Owen makes one last stand against the abbot's minions in this arc finale that will leave you breathless! BARBARIC #3 Writer: Michael Moreci Artist: Nathan Gooden, Addison Duke Letterer: Jim Campbell Publisher: Vault Comics Release Date: August 25, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 Everything's gone to sh*t. But what else is new for a barbarian cursed to do good, who has to follow the commands of a bloodthirsty axe? It's just that today's a little worse. With Owen's back against the wall, and his enemies eager to chop him to bits, things are looking especially grim as the first arc of BARBARIC comes to a close. Score: ★★★★★ (5/5) 'Barbaric' by Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden debuted a mere three months ago. It arrived like a supernova, exploding brightly onto the comic book landscape with bone-crushing action and sly meta-humor. It was just the right mix of fantasy and fun that readers needed, a refreshing adventure the likes of 'Big Trouble in Little China...

RED MASS, PART 1: The countdown to the most unholy union in history begins here! Vampirella (Vol. 5) #23 writer: Christopher Priest artist: Ergün Gündüz, Chris Graves covers: Lucio Parrillo (A), Marco Mastrazzo (B), Shannon Maer (C), Warren Louw (D), Lorraine Cosplay Variant (E), Lucio Parrillo (RI/BW), Warren Louw (RI/BW), Cosplay Variant (RI/Virgin), Warren Louw (RI/Virgin), Marco Mastrazzo (RI/BW), Lucio Parrillo (RI/BW Virgin) FC | 32 pages | Horror, Action/Adventure | $3.99 | Teen+ Having finally returned to Earth from her Interstellar adventure, Vampirella rescues a child from certain death while unwittingly giving life to the greatest evil the world has ever seen! The epic run of CHRISTOPHER PRIEST and ERGUN GUNDUZ is about to reach its crescendo!  Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment

 Don't miss out on your copy for next month! Jupiters Legacy Requiem #4 (of 12)  Written by: Mark Millar Art by: Tommy Lee Edwards Publisher: Image Comics On Sale Date: September 15, 2021 Abducted by the aliens from the island, the new Utopian returns to Earth with no memory of what happened. Meanwhile, Hutch is now divorced from Chloe and going back to his old criminal ways, wearing his father's Skyfox costume and hoping to make a little drug money by joining a supervillain gang for the biggest raid of his career. Courtesy of Mark Millar

Off to a creepy ice island out on the frozen ocean - what could go wrong there? EVERFROST #3 Writer: Ryan K Lindsay Artist: Sami Kivela, Lauren Affe Letters: Jim Campbell Publisher: Black Mask Studios Release Date: August 25, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 Van teams up with the Bloom to find some answers, which is *possible* when you end up in the place where answers go to die, but no one's going to have a good time of it. Van is going to discover that this future hellscape is dynamic enough that it can be tailored just for you. Ryan K. Lindsey, award-winning writer of ETERNAL and NEGATIVE SPACE, teams again with Sami Kivela, the artistic juggernaut behind ABBOTT and UNDONE BY BLOOD, alongside Lauren Affe, the colourist of THE WITCHER, STRANGER THINGS, and FIVE GHOSTS, as they drop an absolute bomb of sci-fi insanity and heartbreaking emotion in the grandest Black Mask tradition. Score: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Van just shocked her allies who brought her into their stronghold and killed their leade...

Welcome to the gothic steampunk world of YELLOW SONJA! Sonjaversal #7 writer: Christopher Hastings artist: Pasquale Qualano covers: Lucio Parrillo (A), Joseph Michael Linsner (B), Jae Lee & June Chung (C), Junggeun Yoon (D), Savannah Polson Lass Cosplay Variant (E), Joseph Michael Linsner (RI-F/BW), Jae Lee (RI-G/BW), Junggeun Yoon (RI-H/BW), Savannah Polson Cosplay Variant (RI-I/Virgin), Joseph Michael Linsner (RI-J/BW Virgin), Jae Lee (RI-K/BW Virgin) FC | 32 pages | Action/Adventure | $3.99 | Teen+ You’re just in time to watch YS struggle to trust her recently-resurrected vampire-hunting family. Meanwhile, Sonja Noir discovers that the roomful of mobsters she killed a SECOND time is starting to attract a bevy of paranormal weirdness. How are these two resurrecting tales connected? Find out, courtesy of CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!namite)!       Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment

Scout Comics Imprint Black Caravan Lets The SWAMP DOGS Out Black Caravan, the horror imprint of Scout Comics, has finally unleashed the SWAMP DOGS on the world-- and the world will never be the same again. The mystery campaign is over, and the cover of Issue 1, by Robert Sammelin ( Sons of Anarchy, Escape From New York, Cimarronin ), has been revealed. “This is one of the best comic book covers I’ve ever seen. And it’s only fitting, given how kickass the comic book is,” said Rich Woodall, co-publisher of Black Caravan. SWAMP DOGS: HOUSE OF CROWS will jumpstart the SWAMP DOGS universe. A 5 issue miniseries, it will introduce readers to the titular villains and the world which they are seeking to create. The book is a modern take that blends grindhouse, 70s and 80s horror, stoner comedies, cult classics, and midnight movies into one wild ride. The mini is a tight, funny, sexy, gory, horrific standalone story that is planned to lead into other ongoing titles, miniseries, and one-shots....

Featuring Over 100 Pages of Comics Inspired by the Folktales of Indigenous Nations Spike Trotman’s Iron Circus Comics is launching a Kickstarter campaign for The Woman and the Woods and Other North American Stories , an all-new anthology of comics inspired by original North American folktales. From the thrilling tale of Chokfi the trickster rabbit to the stirring story of the White Horse Plains, the book features more than 100 pages of entertaining and educational stories by artists and writers from Indigenous people across the continent. Stories include: “As It Was Told to Me”, a creation tale that shows that the world needs good and bad to exist, which is written and illustrated by Elijah Forbes, a transgender Odawa illustrator who has facilitated the creation of illustration projects such as the 2020 “Trans Awareness Week.” “Chokfi,” the story of the trickster rabbit, who is jealous of Otter's fur coat and tries to steal it, by writer Jordaan Arledge, a trans Chickasaw comi...

 Part 2 of “Daylight!” NINJAK #2 By JEFF PARKER & JAVIER PULIDO Cover A by DAVID NAKAYAMA Cover B by MICHAEL WALSH Pre-order Cover by DAVID LOPEZ Who are the trio of extremely powerful bounty hunters hunting Ninjak? Javier Pulido and Jeff Parker’s next stop on their action-packed thrill ride brings Ninjak and fellow agent, Myna, to Scotland in search of the last remnants of MI6… On sale AUGUST 25th | 32 pages, full color | $3.99 US | T+ Courtesy of Valiant Entertainment

An all-new adventure starts here in Part 1 of "Upgrade the World!" X-O MANOWAR #5 Writer: Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum Artist: Emilio Laiso Publisher: Valiant Comics Release Date: August 18, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 Harvey-Nominated Writer Dennis Hopeless and breathtaking artist Emilio Laiso return to continue the epic saga of Aric of Dacia, aka X-O MANOWAR, as he battles an unknown nanite monstrosity that is devouring the earth. Will our classic hero out of time finally evolve into the warrior of the future or will X-O Manowar drown with their past? Score: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) It's always tricky to get attract new readers entering a new arc. It shouldn't be for a flagship title like 'X-O Manowar' from Valiant but each arc is a new jumping-on point for someone and creatives have to serve the overarching storyline while also making it accessible to new readers. Issue five may not be the attraction it needs to be to draw in people. It feels like you've walked...

Strap in for Tokusatsu action with 'Suicide Jockeys' from screenwriter/Ringo Award-winner Rylend Grant and Source Point Press Ten years after a catastrophic mission gone wrong, Denver Wallace, leader of the Suicide Jockeys - a poor, usually drunken, almost certainly mentally ill crew of monster-fighting, tank-and-aircraft-piloting suckers - must pick himself up off of the proverbial and literal floors, slap his estranged, desperately-fractured team back together and right what once went wrong. Creator Rylend Grant describes Suicide Jockeys as diverse cast Tokusatsu for the contemporary action movie fan. It’s essentially Voltron meets The Fast and the  Furious … with an extra dollop of heart and soul. The film comparisons flow freely and easily from Grant, a screenwriter by trade, with a decade’s worth of experience penning smart, character-driven action movies for the likes of JJ Abrams, Ridley Scott, Justin Linn, F. Gary Gray, and John Woo. Grant reteams here with Artist D...