Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. This week brings a trio of new X-Men titles, along with a DC K.O. tie-in, a fun new title by Kristen Gudsnuk and more.
I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:
- Penguin Random House (Marvel + IDW + Dark Horse + more)
- Lunar Distribution (DC + Image + Mad Cave + more)
- ComicList (Pretty much all of the above)
- Amazon/Kindle new releases (digital comics)
As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.
Inglorious X-Force #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Tim Seeley and Michael Sta. Maria launch an all-new X-Force series, as Cable returns from the future with gaping holes in his memory and a handful of clues about a looming assassination. It’s up to Hellverine, Archangel and Cable’s former teammate Boom-Boom to help their fearless leader figure everything out before the tragedy occurs.
Rogue #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Erica Schultz and Luigi Zagaria launch Rogue into her own solo series. The Uncanny X-Men’s leader faces her past and reunites with Mystique and Destiny to deal with some skeletons that come out from her former life as a villain.
Psylocke: Ninja #1 (Marvel, $4.99): This one may not technically be a Shadows of Tomorrow title, but hey, it’s got an X-Man! Tim Seeley and Nico Leon flash back to the time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine, as the reborn Psylocke stars in a “lost” story alongside Elektra and the Hand.
DC K.O. Green Lantern: Galactic Slam (DC, $5.99): Jeremy Adams and Cian Tormey expand DC K.O. beyond Earth as Kyle Rayner finds himself pulled into an intergalactic fight circuit. As Earth’s heroes brawl for survival, Kyle finds himself slammed across the galaxy into the intergalactic wrestling fed known as Wrestlers Across the Multiverse, or WAM, where the Omniversal Heavyweight Champion Omega Bam Man is ready for action.
Archie Valentine’s Spectacular (Archie Comics, $4.99): Archie goes full K-Pop in this Valentine’s Day one-shot that blends romance, pop music and supernatural elements. When Sabrina, Betty, Veronica, and Josie form a band to spread positivity, their message draws the attention of a dark spirit threatened by their joy. It’s written by Holly G! with art by Steven Butler, Lily Butler, Glenn Whitmore and Jack Morelli.
Speed Racer: Tales from the Road – A Wrench in Plans (Mad Cave Studios, $6.99): This anthology one-shot features stories by Richard Hamilton, Derrick Acosta, Joseph Sieracki, Pablo Andres and more, as they look back at the Racer family’s legacy through Pops’ early years.
Touched by a Demon #1 (Dark Horse, $4.99): Henchgirl creator Kristen Gudsnuk launches a four-issue series about redemption and second chances — is this the Touched by an Angel spinoff we’ve been waiting for? Probably not, but it does sound fun. Longing for the days when he lived in Heaven, a low-level demon attempts to earn redemption by opening a life coach agency on Earth — he’s determined to help humans save their souls in the hopes that maybe with enough good deeds, God will give him a second chance.
Bloodland #1 (Ignition Press, $4.99): B. Clay Moore and Mack Chater helm this 12-issue political horror series. President Andrew Cross is deep into an unconstitutional extended term, seized and shielded by executive orders, martial law and a stacked Supreme Court. (Wow, that sounds familiar). With support splintering, Cross forges an alliance with a cabal of ancient European vampires (Which doesn’t sound that far-fetched these days). Against it all, Army veteran Heather Brooks is a lone wolf on a warpath to find and avenge her newborn son who’s been sacrificed to the state, and retired pro quarterback Son Cassidy rallies an idealistic resistance.
Gatchaman: Jinpei Henshin (Mad Cave Studios, $6.99): Written by Tommy Lee Edwards with art by Daniel Hansen, this one-shot shifts focus to Jinpei as the Science Ninja Team is incapacitated by a bio-mechanical virus — so their youngest member must act alone to save both his team and the city.
Ultimate Black Panther #24 (Marvel, $4.99): Bryan Hill and Stefano Caselli deliver the finale to the story of Ultimate Black Panther and Storm. T’Challa faces the Progenitors in a final showdown for control of not only vibranium and Wakanda, but the whole world.
Everything Dead & Dying #5 (Image Comics, $4.99): Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips bring their miniseries to a close as death finally comes to Caverton. This issue ends a quiet, unsettling horror story that focused less on spectacle and more on atmosphere, grief and inevitability.
Exquisite Corpses #9 (Image Comics, $4.99): Launching a new story arc, this issue unites James Tynion IV, Tyler Boss, Valentine De Landro and Michael Walsh as the rules governing Oak Valley begin to unravel. A standout series from 2025, the comic continues to explore controlled violence, survival and power through a shifting ensemble of killers and civilians.
Worst-Case Scenario HC (Abrams, $18.99): Ray Stoeve delivers an enemies-to-lovers romance about nemeses forced to share their school’s Queer Alliance presidency following a tie in the election. Sidney has two goals for their junior year: become president of their school’s Queer Alliance club and keep their self-diagnosed anxiety in check so their grades don’t tank. But when the election results in a tie with their arch nemesis, the class clown Forrest, the two are forced to share the presidency until a revote at the end of term.
Altamont (Image Comics, $24.99): Written by Herik Hanna and illustrated by The Walking Dead‘s Charlie Adlard, this graphic novel revisits the infamous Altamont Speedway Free Festival of December 1969 through the eyes of Jenny and her friends, who travel north expecting music and community and instead find violence and chaos. Blending historical fact with fictional perspectives, the book traces how a poorly organized concert, escalating tensions and the involvement of the Hells Angels turned a supposed “Woodstock West” into a cultural breaking point.
I Am Their Silence HC (Dark Horse, $24.99): Jordi Lafebre, creator of the Eisner Award-nominated Always Never, delivers a murder mystery about a brilliant psychiatrist in the throes of a bipolar episode, navigating her own spiraling mental health as she’s pulled down a scandalous rabbit hole. When one of her first patients and only friends invites her to the reading of her grandmother’s living will, Eva finds the family’s current patriarch dead the night before, transforming her into an amateur sleuth.
My Soul Mate (Nakama Press/Mad Cave Studios, $10.99): Wah Kee’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel follows a comics assistant whose sudden death doesn’t end his creative ambitions. Blending the supernatural with an intimate look at artistic collaboration, the book explores unfinished work, lingering dreams and the emotional bonds formed through making comics.
The Pass (Fantagraphics, $24.99): Katriona Chapman brings the fast-paced, high-pressure atmosphere of restaurant life to the comics page in this new graphic novel. It’s about Claudia, who is fast becoming a sensation on the culinary scene. While putting her chic London restaurant, Alley, on the map, she decides to enter the upcoming Chef of the Year competition, all while attempting to make a name for herself beyond the shadow of her famous chef father. As the day of the competition nears, tensions simmer as the pressures of ambition, business, family and friendship threaten to throw her world awry.
Leo Rising: Queer Spaces, Sexuality, and Fame (Abrams ComicArts, $25.99): Written and drawn by Archie Bongiovanni, this graphic novel follows Laura, a lesbian influencer navigating identity, internet fame and evolving understandings of gender and sexuality. Set against queer communities both online and in Alaska, the book blends humor and vulnerability as Laura experiments with a secret trans identity and confronts the consequences of living multiple lives.
Fustuk (Penguin Workshop, $17.99): Robert Mgrdich Apelian weaves together multiple timelines in an inventive, fantastical story of family and food inspired by Armenian and Persian mythology. Katah Fustukian has always felt like the odd one out in his family of chefs. Unlike his older siblings, he is useless in the kitchen and too young to have known their late father, a legendary chef who made a name for himself in the Pars Empire. But with his mom’s illness worsening, Katah hopes that his vision-like dreams are a sign of magic stirring within him, especially after they lead him to Az, a powerful div with some mysterious connection to his family.
Oil & Water: The Paintings of Brian J. Haberlin (Image Comics, $50): Best known to comic fans for his work on titles like Spawn and Witchblade, Brian Haberlin is also a painter, and this hardcover art book showcases more than 100 paintings by Brian Haberlin, presenting his work in watercolor and oil outside the context of sequential storytelling.