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'The Final Girls' - A Darkly Comedic Superhero Drama Arrives from comiXology Originals

The world’s most popular superheroes have come and gone. The year is 2030 and most of the glamorous American superheroes of the last era have been wiped out, leaving only a handful to deal with the world’s crises. Welcome to The Final Girls . Survive the exposure. Send the invoice. The Final Girls is written by Cara Ellison, making her creator-owned comic book writing debut, with art by Sally Cantirino, colors by Gab Contreras, and lettering by Joamette Gil. The five-issue series is available beginning March 30, 2021, from comiXology Originals. The series is edited by Katie West and features covers by Cantirino and a selection of star-studded guest cover artists, including Annie Wu, Audrey Mok, Tula Lotay, and Olivia Stephens. “Inside every superhuman, there’s still a human,” said Ellison. “And the human needs to eat, pay the bills, have relationships, and send invoices. But what happens when superhumans realise that all the fragile systems of society and economy and politics are g...

Dark Horse Announces HELLBOY OMNIBUS Boxed Set and HELLBOY: HIS LIFE AND TIMES FINE ART PRINT

In 1994 Mike Mignola released the first Hellboy series, Seed of Destruction , and introduced the world to the Right Hand of Doom, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and one of the most iconic comic book characters—and universes—of all time. This fall Dark Horse Comics will publish the HELLBOY OMNIBUS COLLECTION BOXED SET, available in a specially designed box set for the first time and featuring all-new slipcase art by Mignola and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart.  Featuring all new art by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Award-winning Colorist Dave Stewart This fall Dark Horse Comics will publish the HELLBOY OMNIBUS COLLECTION BOXED SET, available in a specially designed box set for the first time and featuring all-new slipcase art by Mignola and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart.  The HELLBOY OMNIBUS COLLECTION BOXED SET features all four Hellboy series TPB omnibuses ( Seed of Destruction; Strange Places; The Wild Hunt ; and Hellboy in Hell ), which...

PREVIEW: 'Red Sonja' #25 by Luke Lieberman and Drew Moss

 Special 25th Issue! New creative team! It has been generations since the end of Sonja The Red’s travails. A Barren, reflecting on her life, will undertake a quest that will force the past to become undead. By LUKE LIEBERMAN ( Red Sonja: Birth Of The She-Devil ) and DREW MOSS ( Vampirella/Red Sonja ). Red Sonja (Vol. 5) #25 writer: Luke Lieberman | artist: Drew Moss covers: Jae Lee (A), Joseph Michael Linsner (B), Sanya Anwar (C), Will Robson (D), Rachel Hollon Cosplay Variant (E), Will Robson (RI/Virgin), Sanya Anwar (RI/Virgin), Joseph Michael Linsner (RI/BW), Jae Lee (RI/BW) FC | 40 pages | Sword and Sorcery | $4.99 | Teen+ In Stores 03/24/2021 Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment

PREVIEW: 'Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens' #1 from Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Bridgit Connell and Michelle Madsen

This summer Mike Mignola, the legendary creator of HELLBOY, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novelist Christopher Golden will reunite for an all-new series, LADY BALTIMORE. The five-part comic-book series from Dark Horse Comics is co-written by Mignola and Golden, with art by Bridgit Connell, colors by Michelle Madsen, and stunning covers by Hugo Award-winning illustrator Abigail Larson.  LADY BALTIMORE: THE WITCH QUEENS #1 Once she was Sofia Valk, living in a village overrun by evil. In time she became Lord Baltimore's most trusted ally. Now, more than a decade after his death, Europe has erupted with the early battles of World War 2 and dark forces are rising again. With witches, vampires, and Nazis on the march, Sofia must embrace the title of Lady Baltimore!  But can she fight monsters without becoming a monster herself? Horror genius writing team Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden reunite, with stellar art by Bridgit Connell and colors by Michelle Madsen as they return ...

FUND THIS! 'The Dusk' is the Next Great Crimefighter from Alex Segura, Elizabeth Little and David Hahn

Down below the abandoned skyscrapers and crumbling colonial architecture, beneath the buzzing lights and ragged billboards, is a fading, floundering city propped up by vice, extortion, and fear. This is BLACKSTONE—a dark, mirror image of Boston or Philadelphia. A city whose history dates back to the earliest days of our nation. A once-mighty industrial titan—now teetering on the edge of oblivion. A city that used to mean something. Blackstone public defender Jaime Nuñez -  former baseball hero, now a divorced dad to a precocious teen - is always trying to do his best.  But the criminal justice system is not without limits. When Jaime comes into an unexpected fortune and some surprising, superheroic tools, he discovers there might be another, more direct way to do some actual good in the world. But can the masked man known only as The Dusk push back against decades of entrenched corruption without compromising his commitment to social justice... Much less his teenage daughte...

Fan-Favorite 'Red Sonja' Writer Amy Chu Returns for 1980s One-Shot

Red Sonja finds herself deep in the culture of the 1980s in a special one-shot this June by acclaimed scribe Amy Chu. 40 years ago, Red Sonja once found herself mysteriously transported to the then-present, tangling with one red and blue wall-crawler and her immortal enemy Kulan Gath. Writer Amy Chu's beloved ongoing run on Red Sonja kicked off in 2016 with a similar premise, taking the fiery-haired heroine to the constantly-under-construction bustling NYC of today. She also found herself out of time in Amy's fun-filled crossover with Riverdale's finest, Betty and Veronica. In this new special story, Sonja finds herself once again in more modern times in the City of Angels. Red Sonja goes to Hollywood! "1982 was a special year. I mean it was the year of E.T., TRON, Magnum PI, Hill Street Blues. MTV was brand new and exciting. The Commodore 64 and Apple II ruled. There was no internet," said writer Amy Chu. "If you thought my last run was wild, well... I ...

Stephen Mooney Takes Bettie Page Tomb Raiding in Ireland!

The eternally beloved queen of the pinups, Bettie Page's next declassified secret mission sees her poking around Irish ruins in Curse of the Banshee! Multitalented writer and artist Stephen Mooney ( Black Widow, James Bond ) scripts this exciting new escapade and is ably assisted by artist Jethro "Jet" Morales. Mooney is set to take elements from all of Dynamite's previous Bettie stories as well as set his own path for the icon. His fan-favorite Half Past Danger independent series is beloved for its similar mix of pulpy flirty flavor, the witty patter of dialogue, and seat of your pants action beats. While this latest tale pulls inspiration from both comedy and horror, like a well-mixed cocktail of Scooby-Doo and The X-Files. "I’m delighted to have another crack at the iconic Miss Page and her exhilarating adventures!," said writer Stephen Mooney. "Bettie and her world lend themselves to so many wonderful facets of comic book storytelling and I’m ...

BLACK’S MYTH - A New Punk Rock Horror Series Coming from Eric Palicki and Wendell Cavalcanti About A Werewolf Private Eye

Eric Palicki, the writer of Atlantis Wasn’t Built For Tourists and No Angel, and BlackAcre artist Wendell Cavalcanti are collaborating on an all-new comic book series, BLACK’S MYTH, about an LA-based private investigator … who is a werewolf.  This punk rock black-and-white horror series will feature covers by rising star Liana Kangas ( She Said Destroy and Trve Cvlt) , and the first issue will feature a variant cover by Jamal Igle ( The Wrong Earth ). BLACK’S MYTH will debut this July from AHOY Comics, the Syracuse-based comic publisher that encourages readers to “expect more” from its stable of unique and off-beat titles. Meet Janie Jones “Strummer” Mercado—just an ordinary werewolf PI, trying to make it on the mean streets of Los Angeles. When the case of a lifetime falls into her lap, it’s up to her and her charming djinn assistant Ben Si’lat to figure out just how many silver bullets have been used, and just where do silver bullets come from anyway? BLACK’S MYTH mixes fami...

Matt Kindt’s Acclaimed MIND MGMT Returns As An NFT

  Acclaimed cartoonist Matt Kindt is announcing an unusual and historic project: an all-new, stand-alone MIND MGMT comic that will only be available as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token). For more than 20 years, Kindt has been writing and illustrating creator-owned comic books and graphic novels like BRZRKR (with Keanu Reeves), ENIAC, MIND MGMT, BANG! Dept H., Ether, Folklords, Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, and Pistolwhip , and he’s once again experimenting with comic book storytelling to create an all-new MIND MGMT comic which will only be available as a one-of-a-kind NFT. “MIND MGMT: The Artifact” is the latest story in Kindt’s globe-trotting mystery series about espionage, super spies, and psychic abilities.  The story will be available, via auction, at https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/3511643341375049533489502144308609956911379505039353382867712348867384049665 .  “I wanted to create an original MIND MGMT comic book narrative that w...

'Jim Lives' Imagines the Lead Singer of The Doors Alive in Upcoming Graphic Novel

Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti re-team for an all-new original graphic novel— Jim Lives: The Mystery of the Lead Singer of The Doors and the 27 Club —a speculative fiction thriller that riffs off the conspiracy theory that Jim Morrison never died. This is the second standalone graphic novel in the trilogy, following last year’s release Paul Is Dead  and will be out from Image Comics in June 2021. “Would you believe me if I told you that right here, in the small village in southern Italy where I set the story, I met Superman jogging on the beach?" said Baron. "(Check out his Instagram: Henry Cavill, July 2019). So, why couldn't Jim Morrison be here too?” Carbonetti added: "Drawing stories like Jim's—I mean stories with Rock legends—is a much more intimate experience than listening to their records. Now it’s no longer them giving something to you, it’s you giving them something back." Amid the intense colors of a foreign land, Jim Lives is the story of...

REVIEW: 'Count' (OGN) by Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

  A sci-fi reimagining of the greatest revenge story of all time: The Count of Monte Cristo. Framed for treason and wrongfully imprisoned at the hands of a jealous rival and a corrupt magistrate, Redxan Samud escapes his hovering prison colony hell-bent on retribution. Given a map from his dying jail companion to the location of a stolen cache of Union Credits large enough to make him wealthy beyond imagination, Samud concocts a plan to exact revenge on those who conspired to let him rot in a cell . COUNT Writer: Ibrahim Moustafa Artist: Ibrahim Moustafa, Brad Simpson Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Publisher: Humanoids Publishing Release Date: March 17, 2021 Cover Price: $19.99 Score: ★★★★★ (5/5) I'm embarrassed to say I never read the literary classic 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas. I've read about it and how it's influenced revenge stories in the 177 years since its publication. The story of Edmond Dantès, a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, es...

PREVIEW: 'Vampirella vs. Purgatori' #1 by Ray Fawkes and Alvaro Sarraseca

 The unholy alliance you prayed would never happen! For countless generations, the fight between good and evil has been fought, as much behind the scenes as in plain view. Unbeknownst to the world at large, one force has stood as a safeguard against the potential triumph of evil and the unleashing of the apocalypse: The 36. Now, someone is after them, a creature of evil known as Purgatori, and the only thing standing in her way is Vampirella. So with all of existence hanging in the balance, what could possibly bring these two enemies to join forces? Hint: Whatever it is, it must be really bad. Vampirella vs. Purgatori #1 writer: Ray Fawkes | artist: Alvaro Sarraseca covers: Derrick Chew (A), Carlo Pagulayan (B), Joseph Michael Linsner (C), Szymon Kudranski (D), Marco Mastrazzo (E), Blank Authentix (F), Joseph Michael Linsner(RI/BW), Carlo Pagulayan (RI/Virgin), Marco Mastrazzo (RI/Virgin), Derrick Chew (RI/BW), Joseph Michael Linsner (RI/BW Virgin), Derrick Chew CGC-Graded, Jose...