TOP TEN: New Indie Comic Releases 10/27/21


With delays pushing one New Comic Book Day into the next has made what's new in comic shops and online a little confusing and jam-packed. This week's TOP TEN features a little of what should have been released last week with what's out this week. Still, these are only ten and just what we think is worth a look, a convenient guide for buyers. However, there are plenty more titles that wouldn't fit in one short video. Whatever you buy, try to get it from a local shop, support these small businesses. and create a pull-list of your very own so don't miss out on your favorites or hot upcoming books. 


MERLIN & HECTOR #1 

Writer: Rodolfo Santullo

Artist: Jok Before King Arthur, before Camelot, before Excalibur there was Merlin the swineherd., nbsp, nbsp, A young man of an unexceptional past who has never heard of magic, Merlin is looking at a life of hard work, small comfort, until his farm his attacked one night by rampaging monsters. Only local thief Hector believes him, but when the attacks increase it will be up to these two outcasts to save their village. In Shops, Oct 27, 2021 SRP, $3.95 View All Items In This Series

Publisher: Red 5 Comics

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.95

Before King Arthur, before Camelot, before Excalibur there was Merlin the swineherd.  A young man of an unexceptional past who has never heard of magic, Merlin is looking at a life of hard work and small comfort, until his farm his attacked one night by rampaging monsters. Only local thief Hector believes him, but when the attacks increase it will be up to these two outcasts to save their village.


THE INVINCIBLE RED SONJA #5 

Writer: Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner

Artist: Moritat

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Release Date: October 20, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

It's the penultimate installment to this first adventure!  Sonja is on a blood-soaked adventure under the Invincible spell making her the wizard's pawn to use how he wants as the city mourns the murder of their King and two armies get ready to even the score.   Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Moritat continue their epic tale of love, betrayal and evil!


THE GOOD ASIAN #6 

Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote

Artist: Alexandre Tefenkgi, Lee Loughridge

Publisher: Image Comics

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

On the run from the police, Edison Hark heads to the only person he can for help - and

confronts a long-avoided past. Featuring a variant cover by renowned fine artist and star of

FX's Choe Show, DAVID CHOE


DARK BLOOD #4 

Writer: LaToya Morgan

Artist: Moises Hidalgo

Publisher: Boom! Studios

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

Can Avery clear his name and find out what's really happening to him?

On the run, Avery must elude the cops for the accidental death that he's sure to be blamed for.

William, Avery's brother, tries to convince him to explain that it wasn't his fault, but Avery is skeptical the authorities will believe a Black man... and terrified at the possible truth behind the incident.


HARBINGER #1

Writer: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly

Artist: Robbi Rodriguez

Publisher: Valiant Comics

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

Can you make the world better if you can't be better?

A telepath with no memory. A city of superpowered teenagers suppressed.

Redemption. Destruction. Rebirth. A new era of HARBINGER begins here.


PRIMORDIAL #2 

Writer: Jeff Lemire

Artist: Andrea Sorrentino

Publisher: Image Comics

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

The thrilling new series from JEFF LEMIRE and ANDREA SORRENTINO, the award-winning creative team behind GIDEON FALLS, continues!

As Laika's mission strays far from the launch plan, the origins of her involvement are illuminated. Back on Earth, Dr. Pembrook attempts to uncover the truth in West Berlin.


VINYL #5

Writer: Doug Wagner

Artist: Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart

Publisher: Image Comics

Release Date: October 20, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

It's time. Madeleine's bunker of abominations comes face to face with Walter's blood-crazed psychopaths. Let them fight!


The All-Nighter

Writer: Chip Zdarsky

Artists: Jason Loo, Paris Alleyne 

Publisher: Comixology

Release Date: October 26, 2021

Alex is bored--flipping burgers for strangers all night is no way for a vampire to live. But he and his fellow vampires Joy, Cynthia, and Ian have agreed to blend into human society. Inspired by superhero movies, one of few passions in his un-life, Alex decides to don a cape and start fighting bad guys. But his decision will have bigger consequences than he realizes—for himself and for everyone he wants to protect.


LAST BORN VOL. 1 

Writer: Patrick Meaney

Artist: Eric Zawadzki

Publisher: Black Mask Studios

Trade Paperback: October 27, 2021, $16.99

Issues: 4, Issue Reviews: 19

What if the Big Bang was not the first of its kind?  And, more importantly, not the last?  

"Fantastically weird sci-fi." (-Outright Geekery)  

From visionary artist Eric Zawadzki (THE DREGS, ETERNAL) and rising writer Patrick Meaney (who got his start as the documentarian behind Neil Gaiman: Make Good Art, She Makes Comics, and Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods), LAST BORN is a cosmological adventure that'll twist your noggin with its thrillingly mindbending tale of apocalyptic hope-punk.  

"Big cosmic ideas... goes from the dawn of time to the end of humanity with a lot of stops in between." (-USA Today)  

Her whole life, Julia has yearned for adventure, and when she falls through a rupture in spacetime, she finally gets her wish.  

Collects issues 1-4.


HELLBOY: THE SILVER LANTERN CLUB #1 

Writer: Christopher Mitten, Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson

Artist: Ben Stenbeck

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Cover Price: $3.99

Hellboy learns about the mysteries of an exorcism gone wrong and more when his occult investigator relative reveals secretive and perilous adventures of one of the Hellboy Universe's most mysterious societies!  Silver Lantern Club member Simon Bruttenholm relates a tale from the dawn of radio, in which Sir Edward Grey and Sarah Jewel go toe to toe with . . . technology?

Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson expand the Hellboy universe with a new tale of strange spiritual happenings. They're joined by artists Ben Stenbeck and Christopher Mitten, with colors by Michelle Madsen.

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