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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Mothra, Queen of the Monsters,’ flutters into comic shops this week

This week brings the return of the Secret Six, a new X-Men crossover, more Monkey Meat, a Will Eisner collection and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

I’ve pulled out some of the 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. With Diamond going through bankruptcy proceedings, distribution has become even more questionable, with deliveries and arrival dates changing. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Sophie Campbell + Matt Frank will resurrect Mothra at IDW

The ‘Queen of the Monsters’ will star in a five-issue miniseries next year.

At the New York Comic Con this weekend, IDW announced a Godzilla-adjacent miniseries featuring Mothra, the giant moth-like kaiju who protects the Earth from other kaiju. Former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer Sophie Campbell is writing the series and providing variant covers, while Godzilla: Rulers of Earth artist Matt Frank will draw it.

“I have been a fan of Sophie and her work for years, and when the opportunity came up to finally collaborate with her on this new mini-series, I could barely contain my excitement!” Frank told Godzilla.com. “And what a perfect project! Sophie’s initial pitch drew me in to the massive potential of Mothra’s own dedicated comic, and it’s metamorphosed into a true collaboration. We’ve been coming up with so many cool ideas that our comic can barely contain them all.”

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