Category: Comic Books

Corin Howell’s Lilith returns in ‘Lilith: Blood & Burlesque’

The breakout sapphic horror series continues at Vault Comics in October as Lilith and Penelope face new monsters, old enemies and complicated feelings.

Corin Howell’s breakout horror series Lilith returns this October with Lilith: Blood & Burlesque, a new chapter that reunites Howell with colorist Warnia Sahadewa and letterer Haley Rose-Lyon.

Published by Vault Comics, the new series picks up shortly after the events of the original run, sending Lilith and Penelope into another supernatural adventure while their relationship continues to evolve.

“‘Blood and Burlesque‘ follows Lilith shortly after the end of our first chapter,” Howell said in the announcement. “Her journey home hits a snag when Penelope’s shop is in trouble, leading to sexy pinup calendars and pink princess pilates! But there’s a shadow on the horizon in the shape of old faces from Lilith’s past… But that’s nothing compared to Lilith’s biggest hurdle: facing her growing feelings for Penelope.”

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Mad Cave Studios revives Rip Kirby with new series from Christopher Sebela + Tango

The classic detective returns courtesy of the partnership between Mad Cave and King Features.

Mad Cave Studios is reviving another King Features character, Rip Kirby, the detective created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene in 1946.

The all-new series is written by High Crimes writer Christopher Sebela and drawn by Power Rangers artist Tango. They’ll be joined by colorist KJ Diaz, and letterer Jeff Eckleberry on the series, which will kick off in November.

The Rip Kirby comic strip ran from 1946 to 1999. An ex-marine, Rip Kirby was Raymond’s return to the comics page after the artist returned from World War II. The strip set itself apart from the hard-boiled detectives of its era, with Kirby solving cases through intelligence, scientific reasoning and observation, an approach that helped redefine crime fiction and left a lasting mark on newspaper strips.

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Christian Ward + Hernán González bring Event Horizon trilogy to a close with Pandemonium

The finale to IDW’s horror trilogy arrives in comic shops this December.

Christian Ward will close out the Event Horizon trilogy this December with Event Horizon: Pandemonium, joined by artist Hernán González.

The comic series, based on Paramount Pictures’ 1997 film and published under the IDW Dark imprint, kicked off with Event Horizon: Dark Descent in 2025, and continued into Event Horizon: Inferno, which is being published now.

“It’s been such a huge honor to have been trusted with this beloved property that means so much to so many, myself included,” said Ward. “It’s no secret that when I was first invited by IDW editor Nicolas Niño to pitch what my take on Event Horizon would be, what I ended up proposing went far beyond the prequel Dark Descent. I pitched a trilogy that would take even wilder swings and make fans look at the 1997 film in a completely different way, and Pandemonium was always the end goal. Myself and the incredible artist Hernán González are taking you even deeper into the Chaos Realm. Event Horizon will never be the same very again. All roads have been leading us here… to Heaven!”

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Shadow of the Bat, Static, Vixen are Next Level at DC

Deniz Camp, Javier Rodríguez, Stephanie Williams, Khary Randolph, Cody Ziglar and Diego Olortegui helm the next wave of Next Level titles.

DC’s Next Level panel yesterday at the San Diego Comic Con was the gift that kept on giving. Not only did they finally officially announce titles featuring Jonah Hex and The Demon, but they also announced three more titles — one we knew was coming, and two we didn’t.

First up is Shadow of the Bat, which has been teased but we weren’t aware of the creative team until this weekend. And what a creative team it is — Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez, the team behind the recently wrapped Absolute Martian Manhunter and the big winners at last night’s Eisner Awards.

“We’re going to try to do some new things with Batman. I hope you’ll join us,” Camp said on social media.

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Tim Seeley, Aaron Campbell + Ben Templesmith bring my Summerween nightmares to life in ’12 Foot Skeleton’

The new series debuts from Ignition Press in October.

So are you familiar with the term “Summerween,” which has somehow made it into my vernacular despite my best efforts? It actually comes from the TV show Gravity Falls, from an episode where they celebrated Halloween in the summer, which is ok, great even; I’m a big fan of Halloween.

But at my house “Summerween” is the term my wife uses when the Halloween decorations go out at CostCo, Home Depot and [insert the name of any retailer way too close to my house] here. It happens sometime at the end of June, and some years it can be scarier than Halloween. Now, we do not own the very popular giant skeletons that have infiltrated neighborhoods around the United States — we had a neighbor in California who kept theirs up all year and re-decorated it based on the next holiday — but we do have this monstrosity, among other decorations.

But that giant skeleton has become such a phenomenon that it’s getting its own comic, 12 Foot Skeleton, courtesy of Ignition Press, writers Tim Seeley and Aaron Campbell, and artist Ben Templesmith. I mean, who better to help channel my nightmares about Summerween?

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The Punisher faces off with the Predator in a new miniseries

Frank Tieri and Jesús Saíz bring ‘pop culture’s greatest killing machines’ together for a bloody confrontation.

The Punisher is popping up everywhere these days, from numerous comic miniseries to Disney+ specials to big budget blockbusters like the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day. But he’s found someone who won’t be so happy to see him, as he faces off the Predator in a new miniseries.

The four-issue miniseries by Frank Tieri and Jesús Saíz will put Frank Castle against the galaxy’s greatest hunter, following in the footsteps of Black Panther, Wolverine and other Marvel characters who have faced off with the aliens.

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James Harren unleashes ‘The Demon’ in DC’s latest Next Level series

Jason Blood wrestles with the Demon Etrigan bound to his soul as Hell’s monsters feast on humanity in the shadows.

And here’s another Next Level series that joins DC’s growing line: Ultramega creator James Harren will give us all hell in The Demon, which he will both write and draw. He’ll be joined by colorist Dave Stewart and letterer Clayton Cowles.

It joins other recent Next Level launches like Batwoman, Lobo, Deathstroke: The Terminator, The Fury of Firestorm and Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death, which I just finished posting about.

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Jonah Hex rides again in a new miniseries from Michael Walsh

‘Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death’ is the latest addition to DC’s Next Level line, blending frontier grit with horror.

DC’s Next Level line continues to grow, with several announcements coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con today. Let’s start with Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death, a new six-issue series written and drawn by Exquisite Corpses co-creator Michael Walsh.

The miniseries pushes DC’s Next Level initiative into Western territory with a blend of folk horror, frontier grit and psychological tension.

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Marvel will launch Venom + Mary Jane series in the wake of ‘Queen in Black’

Charles Soule and Tommaso Bianchi reunite Eddie Brock with the Venom symbiote, while Ashley Allen and Phil Noto send Mary Jane Watson out on her own.

All good things, right? I’ve been enjoying Al Ewing’s Mary Jane-as-Venom stories, but it looks like they’ll come to an end after Queen in Black concludes.

Marvel has announced what comes next after that event series in San Diego today. Charles Soule and Tommaso Bianchi will helm a relaunched Venom ongoing series beginning in October, while Ashley Allen and Phil Noto bring us a five-issue Friendly Neighborhood Mary Jane series in November.

In Venom #1, Eddie Brock and Venom are reunited after their long separation, with Eddie determined to be the ultimate host for the symbiote and reclaim his role as the Lethal Protector.

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DC pairs Batman + Absolute Batman in a one-shot for Batman Day 2026

‘Batman of Two Worlds’ #1 puts Matt Fraction and Scott Snyder’s takes on the Dark Knight side by side this September.

At the San Diego Comic-Con today, DC has announced Batman of Two Worlds #1, a one-shot that’ll debut for Batman Day 2026 on Sept. 19.

The issue pairs an all-new Batman story by writer Matt Fraction, artist Javi Fernández, colorist Tomeu Morey and letterer Clayton Cowles, alongside an all-new Absolute Batman story from writer Scott Snyder, artist Nick Derington, colorist Frank Martin and letterer Tom Napolitano. The regular artists for those two titles, Jorge Jiménez and Nick Dragotta, drew the cover:

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Shaquille O’Neal partners with Archie Comics for pirate epic ‘Vengeance Unchained: The Legend of Black Caesar’

Stephanie Williams and Ray-Anthony Height team for a new series based on the life of the pirate Black Caesar.

Archie’s October solicitations brings us our first look at Vengeance Unchained: The Legend of Black Caesar, a new series arriving this fall about the rise of one of history’s most mythologized pirates.

If you’re scratching your head and asking yourself, “Archie Comics?” I just want to note that isn’t a typo — the home of Archie Andrews and friends is doing a comic outside their traditional Riverdale universe and sans any Jugheads or Veronicas. Which is different from what we might expect from them, but it’s not unheard of, as they once published Sonic the Hedgehog.

This one is actually a partnership between Archie Comics and Shaquille O’Neal, the basketball Hall of Famer, business mogul and insurance spokesperson. Eisner-nominated writer Stephanie Williams is writing the series, with art from Ray-Anthony Height and Studio Sky-Tiger. Colin Smeeton, Mike Parris and Matthew Gross of O’Neal’s Jersey Legends Productions/Authentic Studios are overseeing the project.

Here’s a look at Height’s cover for the project:

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin III – Return for New York’ will arrive next summer

The original creative team returns for the final chapter set in the Turtle’s future. Meanwhile, the current TMNT title gets a new creative team next year.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin III — Return for New York, the third and final chapter in Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz’s Roninverse trilogy, will arrive next summer. Entertainment Weekly revealed the project and its cover today.

“When [co-creator] Kevin Eastman and I sat down to write the original TMNT: The Last Ronin, we had high hopes readers would love the story just as much as we loved telling it,” Waltz told EW. “Little did we know, that love would be exponentially returned to us and our amazing art teams…From that first volume, throughout all the subsequent prequels/sequels that have followed in what we now fondly call the Roninverse. And, here we are, capping off the main trilogy with TMNT: The Last Ronin III — Return for New York…and we couldn’t be happier!”

The original creative team of Eastman, Waltz, Isaac and Esau Escorza, Luis Antonio Delgado and Ben Bishop will return for this final chapter.

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