JAGUAR ONE-SHOT Script: Keryl Brown Ahmed Art: Tango Colors: Ellie Wright Letters: Jack Morelli Cover: Maria Sanapo, Ellie Wright Variant Cover: Reiko Murakami On Sale Date: 2/21 32-page, full-color comic $3.99 U.S. Publisher: Archie Comics Something is killing the Pampas cats of Northern Peru. A group of zoologists has come together to investigate these mysterious slayings. They know the culprit is a bird of prey, but the method of killing is unlike any of the birds local to the region. It's going to take someone with apex predator abilities to find out who's causing these murders...someone like Ivette Velez, aka The Jaguar! But will the predator become the prey? Score: ★★★1/2 (3.5/5) This iteration of The Jaguar originates from the 2012 New Crusaders where Ivette Velez takes the helm of the superhero with the help of a mystical helmet. The character originates back to the 60s superteam the Mighty Crusaders from the Red Circle imprint. The Crusaders have had ...

 Exclusive The Darkness: Sourcebook to feature cover art by the legendary Marc Silvestri Top Cow Productions will re-energize the The Darkness fandom with this week's launch of The Complete The Darkness Volume 3 Kickstarter . This campaign begins the drumbeat of excitement for the return of the iconic, supernatural anti-heroes Sara Pezzini and Jackie Estacado in upcoming new Witchblade and The Darkness series reboots, slated for this year and next, respectively.  The Complete The Darkness Volume 3 Kickstarter will introduce readers to Jackie Estacado and his world of mayhem. There will be new freebie and add-on collectibles exclusive to backers and on Thursday, February 29 at 9 a.m. PST (12 p.m. EST) backers will get a chance to own The Darkness: Sourcebook featuring a brand new cover by Image Comics partner, Top Cow founder, and The Darkness co-creator Marc Silvestri. “ The Darkness is my all-time favorite comic anti-hero," said Silvestri. "He is given...

 Enter a Primal Vision of Mythic Fury in the Aeon Before Own – In Stores April 3rd! Oni Press , the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to unveil a fully animated and ferocious video trailer alongside the first colored interior preview for AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 (of 3) – the MUST-READ, FIRST ISSUE for the bi-monthly, prestige format epic colliding dark fantasy and sword-swinging barbarian combat against ancient African myth and lore from emerging talents Murewa Ayodele ( I Am Iron Man ) and Dotun Akande ( Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood )! In an age thought forgotten . . . when man, monster, and the divine all strode the Earth . . . a lone warrior emerges to test the immortality of the cruel gods who would deal destruction with impunity . . .  He is a one-man reckoning that stands in defiance of his divine masters with a sword in hand and a thirst for godblood. His n...

 FIRE AND ICE: TEEGRA writer: Bill Willingham artist: Gabriele Di Caro covers: Dan Panosian (A), Meghan Hetrick (B) FC | 40 pages | Fantasy | $5.99 | Teen+  In Stores February 28, 2024 When you go to war against the dark forces of the frozen north, there are some things you can’t do without — like warriors, weapons, and the will to fight. You also need strong allies if you want to have any hope of victory. But how do you cement the kind of alliances that help to win wars? Well, if you have a daughter of marriageable age, a strategic betrothal might be a good way to go. And that’s just what King Jarol of Firekeep has in mind for his beautiful, headstrong daughter, Teegra. But what happens when the eligible princes of many kingdoms line up to compete for fair Teegra’s hand, only to find that the promised princess is suddenly nowhere to be found? Find out this February in a story we almost called “Teegra’s Big Run”! Renowned writer BILL WILLINGHAM and fan-favorite ar...

  'Cold Hard Cash: A Martha Chainey Escapade' #1 Written by Gary Phillips Art by Adriana Melo and John Kalisz Letters and designs by Tom Napolitano Published by Comixology Price $2.99 Release date: February 20, 2024 Martha Chainey gets looped into the assignment and sets out into Los Angeles to chase her early leads. Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) One of the advantages crime novelist Gary Phillips has in introducing a character from his prose novels into a comic book story is the familiarity and fully fleshed-out characteristics that brings. Martha Chainey is a confident, smart, no-nonsense, ass-kicker (when necessary), who loves her community and has a knack for finding the truth. She's been hired to find the hackers who hacked a community organization and stole millions of dollars. Her investigation leads to some dangerous and seedy places but she's more than capable of handling herself.   'Cold Hard Cash' is a compelling mystery that's told with confiden...

The Eisner-Award Nominated Comic Written by Sarah Byam. Now Features Gorgeous Colors by José Villarrubia Tim Sale was one of the most celebrated and beloved comic book artists of his generation. Frequently collaborating with writer Jeph Loeb, Tim illustrated seminal stories featuring Batman, Catwoman, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Daredevil as well as the cult favorite TV series Heroes. Now Clover Press is publishing the first-ever hardcover edition of Sale’s first full-length comic book work, the Eisner Award-nominated BILLI 99 , written by Sarah Byam. This new edition, being crowdfunded on Kickstarter , features glorious colors by the award-winning and fan-favorite color artist José Villarrubia.   First published by Dark Horse in 1991 as a four-part mini-series, BILLI 99 is a cautionary tale about corporate greed and a corrupt government. It asks: what is power when everything has been taken away? The book contains 196 pages of breathtaking, ...

  The Ribbon Queen #8 Writer: Garth Ennis Penciler: Jacen Burrows Inker: Guillermo Ortego Colorist: Dan Brown Letterer: Rob Steen Cover A: Declan Shalvey Cover B: Marcelo Frusin Cover C: Horror Film Homage Published by AWA Studios Final Issue in Stores Wed., Feb. 28 SYNOPSIS : Detective Sun faces off with Geary in this epic finale! It’s all been leading to this! In this concluding issue, Detective Amy Sun has a final showdown against the mysterious Geary, who has wreaked his own brand of grisly havoc since coming on the scene and now intends to eliminate The Ribbon Queen by any means necessary. Who will survive to bury the dead? Courtesy of AWA Studios

 A Five-Issue Series From AHOY Comics is Coming This Fall Matt Bors — the founder of The Nib and a political cartoonist who has twice been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist —and acclaimed artist Fred Harper ( Snelson ) are collaborating on an all-new 5-issue comic book series, THE TOXIC AVENGER , starring the satirical superhero of the Troma Films cult classic films. Having already spawned five films, a cartoon, action figures, a musical, and a Marvel comic book series, the Toxic Avenger is a pop culture icon. He is also perfect for AHOY Comics, a Syracuse-based publisher dedicated to satirizing horror, space opera, social satire, sword & sorcery, and superhero stories. THE TOXIC AVENGER will debut this fall. “ THE TOXIC AVENGER delivers what Troma fans want,” said AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “The series has violent action, gross mutations, bursting pustules, eye-popping visuals, and trenchant humor.”  “If there was ever a superhuman hero for thes...

Aloha, Welcome to a Poisonous Pool Party That Bites – As Told in Three, Deluxe Bi-Monthly Issues from the Acclaimed Cartoonist of Jughead Oni Press , the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 is proud to present  TOXIC SUMMER #1 – a fast-paced comics escapade with teeth from the mutated mind of Eisner Award-winning Cartoonist Derek Charm ( Jughead, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl )! Told across three specially formatted, bi-monthly issues beginning on May 1st – on shelves for Free Comic Book Day 2024 – this monster-sized 48-page nightmare beach party will keep you up all night … If you can live long enough to tell the tale! “Inspired by classic beach movies, gross-out teen horror, Mad Magazine , and my own insane friendships, this is a story that has been cooking for some time,” said Derek Charm. “I couldn’t ask for a better home for it than Oni Press or better collaborators than Bess Pallares and Frank ...

CEMETERY KIDS DON'T DIE #1 Writer: Zac Thompson Artist: Daniel Irizarri, Brittany Peer Letters: Andworld Design Publisher: Oni Press Release Date: February 21, 2024 Cover Price: $4.99 Experience the exhilarating, terrifying adventure from critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Hunt for Skinwalker, The Dregs) and blockbuster artist Daniel Irizarri (XINO, Judge Dredd)! The 21st century sucks hard, but it's made somewhat tolerable by the latest and greatest media innovations. Enter the Dreamwave: the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep. The obsession of millions around the globe, it's also the one point of solace for four friends known as the "Cemetery Kids," who spend their nights roaming the endless maps of the most brutal horror game ever created as they seek to dethrone the "King of Sleep"-the Dreamwave's biggest, baddest, and most mysterious boss. Which was fun . . . until one of them doesn't wake up and finds t...

  Garth Ennis, the award-winning writer of Hitman, The Punisher, Sara and Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal , and co-creator of The Boys and Preacher , is teaming up with acclaimed artist and frequent collaborator Jacen Burrows ( Crossed, The Ribbon Queen ) for BABS , a sharp satire of sword & sorcery. The six-part mini-series will debut from AHOY Comics, a Syracuse-based publisher specializing in humorous takes on horror, space opera, social satire, and superheroes.   “Writing BABS was an absolute hoot,” said Ennis. “The character is one of my favorite types—good at the job but crap at life, with a lousy attitude to boot—and the world of Sword & Sorcery provides endless opportunities for deeply disrespectful humor. Having our heroine smash her way through goblins, ogres, imps, incels, and other vermin was extremely satisfying; nobody’s going to be Making Middle Earth Great Again while she’s around." The series introduces Babs, a skilled barbaria...