Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘That Texas Blood’ saddles up again in a new miniseries

That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 (Image, $4.99): Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips relaunch one of the best crime comics of recent years, as Sheriff Joe Bob Coates and Deputy Wilson Hart are back on duty. They’re called to the largest ranch in the United States, where family grievances have bloomed into all-out war.

Gambit: Gone #1 (Marvel, $4.99): This new miniseries by Steve Orlando, Eduardo Aoudino and Gerardo Sandoval spins directly out of the conclusion of X-Men of Apocalypse: Omega, as Remy LeBeau faces his own demons and the demons of all mutantkind across two intertwined stories.

Star Trek #1 (IDW, $4.99): Fresh off Star Trek: Defiant and Star Trek: Red Shirts, Christopher Cantwell teams with Dennis Menheere to launch IDW’s new flagship Star Trek series. The Enterprise-G, captained by Seven of Nine, goes on a mission beyond the known galaxy to relocate a dying people. When they find three pristine worlds in an uncharted region called the Epsilon Corridor, it seems like a colonist’s dream, but vanished structures, inexplicable artifacts and time skips suggest the worlds have been curated or quarantined for reasons nobody understands yet.

Absolute Batman #24 (DC, $4.99): Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta bring the internal war of Bruce Wayne to its pivot point, as they prepare for the extra-sized issue #25 next month, followed by a brief hiatus until January. This issue also intros a new figure called Absolute Bat, who has a mission of her own.

Conan the Barbarian: Tides of the Tyrant King #1 (Titan, $4.99): Jim Zub and Jesus Merino launch a new four-issue series featuring Thulsa Doom. The Atlantean necromancer stirs again after Conan believed his evil was banished forever, and the dead begin to rise.

Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1 (Marvel, $6.99): If you thought that MAD About DC Special was the zaniest thing Chip Zdarsky was going to work on this year, well … Marvel said, “Hold my beer.” Zdarsky and MacKenzie Cadenhead team with artists Pete Woods and David Baldeón to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show with a 56-page crossover between the Muppets and the Marvel U. When Rowlf the Dog gets kidnapped by Mojo, it’s Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Spider-Man, Black Panther and Emma Frost to the rescue.

Ghost of a Ghost #1 (Dark Horse, $4.99): Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Michael Avon Oeming and Taki Soma launch a new miniseries set in the Hellboy Universe. Agent Jian, first seen in Giant Robot Hellboy, returns with the enkeldite-fueled powers she acquired there, now working for a mysterious spy ring investigating the material while trying to figure out whose hands she needs to keep it out of.

Crimes Against Nature #1 (Image, $3.99): Eliot Rahal and Mattia Monaco launch what may be the most delightful premise of the week. A famous Hollywood animal trainer, Dr. Kermit Groeden, and his best friend and only client, Amigo the Ape, are framed for a crime they didn’t commit and go on the run.

Escape from New York: Escape from Chicago #1 (Mad Cave, $4.99): The oddly titled new miniseries from Kyle Higgins and Val Rodrigues expands the Snake Plissken universe. Five years after the events of the film, Snake survives as a coyote, smuggling people and contraband between the dead zones of abandoned prison territories. When he’s hired to extract a woman wanted by Chicago’s warlord, he sees one more shot at redemption.

Marvel Mangaverse: Ghostlocke #1 (Marvel, $4.99): Carnage is carving a bloody path through humans and yokai alike, fulfilling a cataclysmic prophecy, and the only thing standing in his way is Kwannon as Ghost Rider on a Shinigami bike. Alyssa Wong and Michael YG reunite for this Marvel Mangaverse 25th anniversary special

A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24.99): Elizabeth Agyemang writes and draws this TRON-meets-sixth-grade graphic novel. While grieving her grandfather and navigating shifting middle school friendships, Lexie discovers a mysterious journal inside his things full of cryptic notes and cheat codes for an unfinished video game called Warrior’s Quest. When she and her sister are pulled into the pixelated world, it’s time to fight the monsters.

Meteor Mite: Up & At ‘Em (Papercutz, $17.99): Art Baltazar tells the cosmic origin story of Meteor Mite, a young bug chosen by an enchanted crystal being pursued by the evil Meteor Mongers to become the newest hero of the Aw Yeah Comics Universe.

Havana Split (Mad Cave, $29.99): Brremaud and Vic Macioci team up for this stylish pulp adventure set in 1958 Havana. Lily is reunited with her gambling addict father only to find he’s been kidnapped by a mafioso. Naturlaly she assembles an unlikely crew, including an ex-CIA agent and a full-time coward, to pull off a rescue in the middle of the Cuban Revolution.