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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | A spook-tacular week for comics

See what’s arriving at your local comic shop this week, including the launch of the Midnight Universe, two creepy DC Next Level titles, several Halloween specials and more!

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. And it’s a very spooky week for comics, especially if you’re planning to go to a midnight release party at your local comic shop. Hey, that’s tonight! I better caffeinate.

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. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson + Juan Santacruz reignite the Sugar Wars in ‘Pop Kill: Big Candy’

The sequel to the satirical action series brings back Jon Pyle and Dina Deluxe as a secret candy consortium targets them over a revolutionary new sugar substitute.

Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson and Juan Santacruz are returning to their sugar-coated world of corporate conspiracies with Pop Kill: Big Candy, a new four-issue miniseries launching from Mad Cave Studios in October.

They’ll be joined by colorist Vittorio Astone and letterer Sean Konot for a story set eight months after the events of Pop Kill, which pitted rival soft drink empires against one another in a violent satire of corporate culture. In Pop Kill: Big Candy, the focus shifts from soda to candy, as Jon Pyle and Dina Deluxe find themselves caught in another deadly conspiracy.

“Pop Kill: Big Candy doesn’t just escalate—it detonates, erupting into a sugar-fueled riot of adult chaos that makes our first run look like a warm-up,” Palmiotti said. “Mad Cave gave us one directive: Go wild. So we ripped off the brakes and hurled Jon Pyle and Dina Deluxe into a world where sugar is worth more than gold.”

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