Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Space Ghost’ haunts comic shops once again

This week brings new comics by David Pepose, Jonathan Lau, W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran, Chip Kidd, Michael Cho, Stephanie Phillips, Marc Guggenheim, Tommaso Bianchi and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week. This is a fun week for comics, with a new Space Ghost series, more TMNT/MMPR shenanigans, a colorful approach to Superman and much more.

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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Slugfest | The Thing takes on the world in Marvel’s August solicitations

Plus: Spider-Gwen gets a reboot, Venom goes black & white, and Uncle Scrooge returns!

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on Marvel’s August 2025 solicitations. Well, mostly. Hit the links for more information.

For the past few years, Marvel has made a habit of releasing a one-shot in August to celebrate its anniversary. This year appropriately will feature Marvel’s First Family, whose first issue debuted in August of 1961, and more importantly are starring in the big summer blockbuster Fantastic Four: First Steps. So history and synergy make a fantastic combo.

The Thing takes center stage in Marvel All-On-One: The Thing vs. the Marvel Universe by Ryan North and Ed McGuinness — a play off the team-up title Marvel Two-In-One, which featured The Thing. In this special, though, Ben Grimm isn’t exactly teaming up with anyone — he returns from a solo mission in space to find the entire Marvel Universe wants to kill him. The story will be told in “all splash pages,” so expect a lot of action.

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