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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Tom King and Dan Parent help Archie make ‘The Decision’

See what new comics and graphic novels will arrive in stores this week, by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribić, Michael Walsh, Magdalene Visaggio, Eliot Rahal, Craig Cermak, Stephanie Phillips, Brian Azzarello, Danijel Zezelj, Rob Liefeld, Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Lawrence Lindell and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital. This week Archie Comics has two big releases, as Tom King joins with Dan Parent to help Archie Andrews make a monumental decision, while their horror titles converge in The Cursed Library. We also have the Avengers facing off with Aliens, Rob Liefeld’s final Deadpool series, the debut of Skybound’s Frankenstein and a celebration of the 1990s and DC’s Zero Hour. It’s another big week for the final month of summer.

I’ve pulled out some of the other highlights for this week 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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John Arcudi + Savannah Finley bring ‘Convert’ to Image Comics

The miniseries kicks off in August.

Veteran comics writer John Arcudi will return this summer with a new miniseries drawn by Savannah Finley. Convert is a science fiction story about a science officer who is stranded on an alien planet, where he’s haunted by his dead crew.

The writer of B.P.R.D., Major Bummer and more said the new series is a “more intimate” approach to science fiction for him.

“Convert was maybe my first opportunity to write a science fiction story the way I wanted to, meaning something more personal, more intimate—while at the the same time more fantastic—than what I’m used to seeing in the genre,” Arcudi said. “My hope is that this human element in the comic will connect with readers.”

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