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REVIEW CAPSULE: 'Dog Tag' #1, 'Red Roots' #1, 'Showdown' #1

  I don't have as much time to write full reviews as I'd like but I had to highlight these great new comic book reads. DOG TAG #1 Dog Tag is a fictional story about a very real war. Borrowed from real world stories and little known events of World War II, Dog Tag asks big questions about the war while focusing on the heroism of the ordinary people who lived and died during the conflict. By @manruss , @pauljasonholden , @bertacious , Jon Moisan, @jpthwip , @sebpiriz , @ericafails @madcave Score:  ★★★★★ (5/5) FLASH REVIEW: An absorbing and sobering look at WWII through the eyes of a young soldier. A timely reminder of what true freedom costs.  RED ROOTS #1 The lives of a professional killer and a high school teacher are bound by a terrifying, mysterious force. Writer/Artist: @lore_de_fe Score:   ★★★★ (4/5) FLASH REVIEW: An unrelenting violent tale of a professional killer on a rampage with twisty supernatural turns. Gripping and mysterious.  SHOWDOWN ...

COMING SOON: Explosive New Anti-Spy Thriller YUMI: 00EX from Doug Wagner and Hoyt Silva

  Fan favorite writer Doug Wagner ( Narco, Plastic, I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer ) teams up with rising star artist Hoyt Silva for an all-new, action-packed thrill-ride in, Yumi: 00EX . This four-issue miniseries is set to launch in August from Image Comics . The series will also feature eye-popping variant covers by artists Mirka Andolfo ( Sweet Paprika ) and up-and-comer Nicoletta Baldari . When her MI6 boyfriend disappears, Yumi storms the agency—hacking their network, dismantling their operatives, and setting everything on fire. There she finds her first ally… a fully AI Lamborghini that’s built less like a car and more like a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Yumi is in love. Yumi is lethal. "Part The Kingsman , part K-Pop Demon Hunters , all attitude," said Wagner in an exclusive scoop on the announcement at Popverse . "We even tossed in an AI Lamborghini sidekick that’s built like a WMD, because with Hoyt and I involved, subtlety never really had...

PREVIEW: 'Space Ghost' #11 by David Pepose, Jonathan Lau, and Andrew Dalhouse

  SPACE GHOST #11 Writer: David Pepose Artist: Jonathan Lau Covers: Francesco Mattina (A), Jae Lee (B), Michael Cho (C), Bjorn Barends (D) FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen In Stores May 13, 2026 Tempus the Time-Master, Part Two! Enter... the Time Tyrants! With Space Ghost trapped alone in the prehistoric jungle, he finds himself hunted by Tempus the Time-Master's enforcers: Toymaker, Tarko the Terrible, Barbos the Time-Pirate, and the Sorceress! Meanwhile, Jan and Jace must survive a dystopian future ruled by the Rock Robots! In order to survive this doomed timeline, they'll have to team up with a future from the past... as Space Spectre makes his triumphant return! Written by David ( Punisher ) Pepose and drawn by Dynamite superstar Jonathan Lau, issue #1 features an array of the most incredible artists in the known Galaxy: Bjorn Barends, Francesco Mattina, Jae Lee and Michael Cho!

PREVIEW: 'Archie's Movie Mania' One-Shot by Jamie L. Rotante, Steven Butler, and Bill Galvan

  ARCHIE’S MOVIE MANIA (ONE-SHOT) Features two new movie-themed stories by Jamie L. Rotante , Steven Butler , and Bill Galvan : first, the SuperTeens need help from the Power Pets to stop a rampage at the zoo, then Ginger Lopez stars in a send-up of The Devil Wears Prada . Press materials include the complete classic story "Alien" by Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo .  

Rick Remender & Steve Epting Go Hardboiled Horror with Upcoming 'Hammerfist'

  Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in a filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare from New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender ( Escape, Captain America ) and acclaimed artist Steve Epting ( Velvet, Captain America ), with colors by Matt Hollingsworth, in the upcoming Hammerfist . This all-new ongoing series was announced exclusively at IGN this week and is set to launch this August from Image Comics. Hammerfist will launch with a lineup of jaw-dropping variant covers by such superstar artists as Jerome Opeña, Nic Klein, Dan Panosian, Daniel Acuña, Andrew Robinson, and more as well as a blank sketch cover and a special foil-treated version of Robinson’s cover art. “ Hammerfist is for people who grew up on those unhinged genre films of the VHS era, over-the-top, hard-R, wildly original, but never forgetting to be fun,” said Remender . “A hardboiled crime story that mutates into an ultra-violent, Raimi-style horror story follow...

Action-Packed 'Witchblade/Vampirella' #1 Crossover One-Shot Raises the Stakes

  Witchblade series writer Marguerite Bennett ( Odin, Bombshells, Batwoman ) and Witchblade fan favorite artist and alumni Laura Braga ( Future State: The Next Batman, Captain Marvel, Dazzler ) team up to bring two leading comics ladies together in an epic one-shot, Witchblade/Vampirella #1. The first of two exciting mashups will hit shelves in August from Image Comics/Top Cow, followed by another jaw-dropping crossover event in the Vampirella/Witchblade #1 one-shot by Erica Schultz ( Rat City, The Deadliest Bouquet ) and Valentina Pinti ( Daredevil: Unleash Hell ) in September from Dynamite Entertainment. “This is the kind of crossover that only works when everyone leans in—creatively and as partners,” said Matt Hawkins, President and COO at Top Cow, in an exclusive scoop with CBR . “You’ve got two iconic characters, two publishers, and a story that doesn’t play it safe. It puts Sara and Vampirella on a collision course where trust is fragile and the consequences ar...

PREVIEW: 'Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword' #1 by Rory McConville and Pablo de Bonis

 NEW DEBUT ISSUE! RED SONJA: SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD #1 Writer: Rory McConville Artist: Pablo de Bonis Covers: Stuart Sayger (A), Lucio Parrillo (B), Joseph Michael Linsner (C), Mike Rooth (D), Cosplay – Woman of Wonder (E) In Stores May 6, 2026 FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Sword and Sorcery | $4.99 | Teen+ "Know also, 'o prince, that in the self-same days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania." A bold new series, featuring the Dynamite Debut of writer Rory ( King Spawn ) McConville and artist Pablo de Bonis! Red Sonja must protect the last descendent of an ancient bloodline from a revolutionary movement determined to reshape all of Hyboria! Featuring the debut of the Cult of the Rising Sun and several new friends and foes of the She-Devil with a Sword! Be there! Cover artists include: Stuart Sayger, Lucio Parillo, Joseph Michael ...