Category: Comic Books

‘100 Bullets: The US of Anger’ debuts in July

The long-running Vertigo series returns with a new miniseries featuring Brother Lono.

When DC announced that the beloved Vertigo imprint would return, most of the titles they announced were new to the world. But the exception was 100 Bullets: The US of Anger, which will see Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso return to the long-running Vertigo title.

The first issue of the eight-issue miniseries will debut July 1.

100 Bullets first debuted back in 1999 and ran for 100 issues — plus a spinoff miniseries in 2014 featuring Brother Lono, one of several “minutemen” who helped safeguard the mysterious group known as The Trust. This new series will also feature Lono, one of the few surviving cast members from the original series, as well as his former protege Loop Hughes.

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Tom Taylor + Otto Schmidt get medieval again with ‘Dark Knights of Steel II’

The sequel to the DC Elseworlds fantasy saga brings a new war, a hidden traitor and a threat rising from beneath the waves.

DC has released details on Dark Knights of Steel II, a sequel to Tom Taylor and Otto Schmidt’s high-fantasy reimagining of the DC Universe. The 12-issue series will kick off on July 15.

The series features colors by Arif Prianto and letters by Wes Abbott, with a main cover by Yasmine Putri. The first issue will be followed on July 22 by Dark Knights of Steel II Special: Heir to the Sea #1, a 48-page one-shot collecting the Aquaman origin story first serialized in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter.

“I was raised on comic books and fantasy novels,” Taylor said. “From as early as I can remember, my mind has been filled with universes of great heroes standing against corrupting evil and injustice. From the Discworld to the DCU, I have been thrilled by the epics and heroism of J.R.R. Tolkien and Mark Waid, by the humor and heart of Gail Simone, Joe Kelly and Terry Pratchett, by the jaw-dropping character arcs of Garth Ennis and Robin Hobb.”

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The X-Men + Fantastic Four team up to save mankind from becoming mutants in ‘DNX’

Marvel’s next big X-Men event by Jed MacKay and Federico Vicentini begins in September.

Marvel has announced their next big mutant event, following the poorly received Age of Revelation event late last year. DNX, which will kick off in September, will spring from the pages of Revelation as Cyclops tries to prevent the Age of Revelation from happening, while the Chairman (aka an evil version of the Beast) wants to make it all come true. Their respective factions will clash, and the X-Men will reach out to the Fantastic Four for help.

Current X-Men scribe Jed MacKay will work with artist Federico Vicentini to bring DNX to life.

“DNX is the next big milestone event of our X-Men run,” MacKay said. “Age of Revelation showed the future, and DNX shows that future’s impact on the present! The X-Men and 3K are on a collision course that has been set since issue one—and only one will survive. And with the Fantastic Four joining the fray, this is going to be an event that will transform the X-Men dramatically.”

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Blade, Supergirl, Aquaman + Jeff the Land Shark star in new digital crossover comics you can read for free

New DC and Marvel crossover comics landed on their respective digital platforms today.

Following the release of their latest crossover, Superman/Spider-Man, DC and Marvel both released digital crossover comics today. And you can read both for free.

Marvel released It’s Jeff!/Aquaman, a one-shot by Kelly Thompson and Andres Genolet, on their Marvel Unlimited platform. If you have an account, even a free one, you can use code CROSSOVER26 at Marvel.com/redeem to snag yourself a copy.

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‘Queen in Black’ expands with Defenders, Venom Unchained + more

Venom, Thor, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man and more will fight back against Hela and Knull’s assault on Earth.

Marvel has revealed more of their plans for the upcoming Queen in Black crossover, which will bring together Spider-Man, Venom, Iron Man, Beta Ray Bill and more to face a two-pronged attack by Knull and Hela.

The five-issue event series by writer Al Ewing and artist Iban Coello will launch July 1, and will be followed by several more tie-in comics in July, including:

  • Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and Dark
  • Queen in Black: Venom Unchained
  • Queen in Black: Hela
  • Queen in Black: Thor
  • Venom #260
  • and the second issue of Queen in Black in July 29.

Queen in Black will bring Hela to Earth with a legion of the galaxy’s deadliest symbiotes, while Knull builds a new army on the edges of the solar system. Spider-Man, Venom, Mary Jane, Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock get caught in the middle of their collision.

Here are more details on each of the July titles:

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DC reveals Absolute Robins and the full cover for ‘Absolute Batman’ #20

Nick Dragotta’s artwork reveals a whole bunch of Robins are on their way.

Back in February, right around the time of the big ComicsPro meeting, DC shared a teaser image for Absolute Batman #20 with a big, giant “R” in the center — hinting that Robin might be arriving in the Absolute universe.

Today DC revealed the full cover for the May issue of their most popular title, and it looks like we need to make “Robin” plural:

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‘Faceless and the Family’ returns for a sequel miniseries in July

Matt Lesniewski’s exiled hero faces a new crisis in a new miniseries from Oni Press.

Matt Lesniewski’s Faceless and the Family, the story of an exiled wanderer on an alien planet seeking redemption, will return later this year with a sequel miniseries, Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens. The four-issue series will kick off from Oni Press in July.

The first series introduced Faceless, our wandering hero, as well as the “found family” of adventurers who joined him on a suicidal mission into the Hand Planet’s class-segregated Finger Cities. It was written and drawn by Lesniewski in the unique, imaginative approach he’s taken to storytelling in projects like the Eisner-nominated The Freak.

“Get ready for more Faceless! The journey picks up right where it left off at the end of Volume One, but this is a brand new story,” Lesniewski said. “That’s right… the quest to find Faceless’ family continues, but the crew is faced with an otherworldly obstacle, as well as the introduction of some new characters. Pick things up here or start at the very beginning while you can… you’ve got well over 200 pages of imaginative crosshatched chaos to jump into. Hope to see you on the Hand Planet. Grab your weapon. Join the family…”

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The Hellfire Gala returns in July

This year’s annual giant-sized X-Men one-shot brings together Jed MacKay, Gail Simone, Eve L. Ewing, Saladin Ahmed and more for a locked-room murder mystery.

The Hellfire Gala — Marvel’s most glamorous and, at the same time, reliably dangerous annual mutant tradition — is back this July with X-Men: The Hellfire Murder #1. The giant-sized one-shot serves as both a capstone to the past year of X-Men storytelling and a launchpad for what’s coming next.

The setup sounds really fun: when an iconic mutant power player is murdered at a masquerade hosted by Sebastian Shaw, Wolverine and Jubilee find themselves investigating a locked-room mystery with dire consequences for all of mutantkind. Everyone at the Gala is a suspect, and the party isn’t over yet. The issue will also reveal the formation of an all-new Hellfire Club, setting up major developments in the X-Men titles.

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DC Pride 2026 puts Galaxy and Dreamer at the center of a major Justice League event series

Years of character-building across DC’s YA and main comics lines culminate in ‘Justice League: Dream Girls,’ a four-issue Pride Month event co-written by Nicole Maines and Jadzia Axelrod

It’s Trans Day of Visibility, which seems like an excellent time to mention DC’s Pride 2026 plans.

Their plans represent something the publisher has been building toward for years — LGBTQIA+ heroes not just celebrated in standalone anthology specials, but placed at the center of a continuity-driven Justice League event series. This year’s initiative spans YA graphic novels, mainline comics and a new four-issue miniseries, anchored by Galaxy and Dreamer. It’s also spanning several months, rather than just Pride Month in June.

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DC’s Summer of Supergirl brings new comics, anthology, an Elseworlds series ahead of this summer’s film

From Sophie Campbell’s ongoing run to a new Elseworlds survival story, DC is giving Kara Zor-El her biggest publishing moment ahead of her new film.

DC is rolling out an ambitious publishing initiative tied to the upcoming Supergirl film, which comes out June 26, and the comics line supporting it spans multiple formats and creative teams.

Just like we saw with Superman last year, DC has declared this summer the “Summer of Supergirl,” which will kick off with the previously announced Supergirl: The World anthology on June 2. June will also bring:

  • Summer of Supergirl Special #1, an anthology one-shot
  • Supergirl: Survive #1, an Elseworlds tale
  • Facsimile editions of Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #23 and Lobo #1
  • An oversized artbook DC W.I.P.: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1
  • Variant covers across many of DC’s June titles
  • And of course, the regular Supergirl monthly title by Sophie Campbell.

You can find more details on each of them below.

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Jeff Lemire signs five-book deal with HarperCollins’ Harper Alley imprint

The deal kicks off with a three-volume series illustrated by Teddy Kristiansen, followed by two standalone graphic novels.

Jeff Lemire has signed a five-book deal with HarperCollins’ Harper Alley imprint as part of the publisher’s inaugural line of original graphic novels for adults, the super-prolific Canadian cartoonist announced on his Substack newsletter.

The deal kicks off with Mr. Oblivion, a three-volume supernatural detective series with artist Teddy Kristiansen. The duo previously worked together on Black Hammer: Spiral City.

The series follows Marty McCabe, who was once the world’s greatest occult detective. But 20 years later, he sells real estate in the suburbs and struggles with middle age, marriage and a teenage daughter. When the demons of his past return, Marty must put on the fabled Merlin Mask to save his family, even if it eats his soul alive.

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Saladin Ahmed + Mario Santoro dig into Bishop’s family history in a new miniseries

The five-issue miniseries reunites Bishop with his sister Shard as a new villain group from his future travels to the present to eliminate him.

The displaced-from-the-future X-Man known as Bishop will star in a five-issue miniseries written by Saladin Ahmed and illustrated by Mario Santoro. The first issue will arrive in June.

The series follows in the footsteps of recent standalone X-Men miniseries like Rogue and Cyclops, delivering a self-contained story that digs into the character’s history while putting him through his paces. In this case, Bishop will reunite with his sister Shard, who appeared in X-Factor and seemingly died in a previous Bishop series.

“I’m having a blast doing a deep dive into the dark corners of Lucas Bishop’s time-travel traumatized mind!” Ahmed said. “I’m a writer who loves both family drama and spectacle, so getting to juxtapose the big visual comic book elements of temporal warping and explosive powers with the quiet pain and joy of sibling relationships is my happy place.”

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