Can’t Wait for Comics | Cloonan + Lotay’s ‘Somna’ awakens at DSTLRY

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving from Becky Cloonan, Tula Lotay, Adam Samberg, Rick Remender, Roland Boschi, Jason Aaron, Sarah Kuhn, Carola Borelli, D.G. Chichester, Matt Wagner and more.

Happy Thanksgiving week and welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital. It’s a lighter week due to the holidays, but you should still find plenty of comics to enjoy after a day of food, family and football.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights 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:

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 always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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Aaron + Mahnke will take Batman ‘Off-World’ in November

The writer of ‘Scalped’ and ‘The Other Side’ returns to DC following the end of his exclusive contract with Marvel.

After years — decades, even — of plotting the course of Marvel titles like Thor, Wolverine and the X-Men and Avengers, writer Jason Aaron has returned to DC for a new Batman story.

Aaron will team with artists Doug Mahnke and Jamie Mendoza for Batman: Off-World, which he describes as “a different sort of Batman story.”

“One that sees a young Dark Knight undertaking his very first trip into space,” Aaron said in his newsletter. “A journey that’s inspired by some of the DC books that made me a comics fan as a kid, and ultimately set the course for the rest of my life.”

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