Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. Hit the links for more info.
As announced at this weekend’s Emerald City Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics will publish Dungeons & Dragons: Total Party Killers, a four-issue series arriving in July that flips the script and makes the monsters the heroes.
Written by Christopher Hastings and illustrated by Denis Medri, the series follows a lycanthrope, gelatinous cube, mind flayer, death knight and baby beholder who must band together to protect the lair of their recently deceased wizard master — or find a way to trick someone into setting them free.
Colors are by Dan Jackson and letters are by Lucas Gattoni, with a main cover by Elizabeth Beals and variants by Michael Walsh, Lukas Ketner and Matías Bergara. There’s also a fun blank character sheet variant cover.
Mad Cave Studios will collect the original The Last Starfighter comic adaptation
Mad Cave Studios will publish The Last Starfighter Movie Adaptation, an 80-page paperback collecting the original three-issue 1984 comic adaptation of the cult-classic film, arriving in comic shops in June. Originally published by Marvel, The Last Starfighter is by writer Bill Mantlo, artists Bret Blevins and Tony Salmons, colorist Christie Scheele and letterer Rick Parker, with covers by the late Jackson Guice. The project was developed with original film screenwriter Jonathan Betuel and producer Paul Davidson, who said more new stories set in the Starfighter universe are on the way.
Dark Horse will collect Francesco Francavilla’s Black Beetle stories
Dark Horse has announced The Black Beetle Omnibus, collecting all three of Francesco Francavilla’s pulp noir adventures featuring the masked Colt City hero for the first time in a single volume. The 216-page paperback includes the full-length stories No Way Out and Kara Bocek, the one-shot Night Shift, and never-before-seen bonus content including concept art, character studies, vintage-style lobby cards and sketchbook material, along with a new cover by Francavilla. The omnibus arrives in shops Sept. 22.
Dynamite Entertainment will publish The Stitch Book: Top Secret Adventures original graphic novel in May
Dynamite Entertainment will publish The Stitch Book: Top Secret Adventures, a 208-page original graphic novel for younger readers, on May 6. Written and illustrated by Jeff Parker, the book is framed as a journal commissioned by Agent Cobra Bubbles to chronicle the life of Experiment 626, with Lilo narrating and Stitch handling the illustrations. Parker mimics the characters’ in-universe art styles throughout.
The book is the first in a planned series and is sized at 5.5 by 8.25 inches, designed to be portable for young readers.
Dynamite will launch a new ‘Aladdin’ comic series in May
In more Disney licensing news, Dynamite will also publish a new Aladdin ongoing series beginning in May, written by James III and illustrated by Agnese Eterno, a rising Italian artist affiliated with Mirka Andolfo’s Arancia Studio. Set after the events of the 1992 Disney film, the series finds Aladdin and Jasmine united and Genie free — but trouble never far behind. Issue #1 features covers by J. Scott Campbell, Nicoletta Baldari, Natacha Bustos and Eterno, and will also be available in a blind bag featuring the Genie’s lamp design containing three randomly selected exclusive variant covers.
Babs Tarr covers the WonderCon 2026 Events Guide
Artist Babs Tarr, best known for her run on the Batgirl of Burnside comics and her creator-owned series Motor Crush, has provided the cover art for the WonderCon 2026 Events Guide. The piece features Black Canary, Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn from DC Black Label’s Sirens: Love Hurts, which Tarr also draws. WonderCon returns to Anaheim, Calif. March 27–29, with Tarr appearing as a special guest.