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OK, so not only did we miss last week, we're late this week. What can we tell you, the only organised member of staff we have is on holiday...
So, without further ado, click on our cover of the fortnight to browse the whole rack online or scroll on down for the first issues and highlights!
A classic whodunit murder mystery that spans the globe from Paris to Hawaii to Montenegro as we hustle to keep up with the most unlikely murder-solving duo in the history of murder-solvers!
Sam, who is in his early twenties, is an orphan, taken in when he was younger by his well-off Aunt Merry who has an eccentric taste for antiques and travel. Together, Sam and Merry have solved some of the most notorious murders in the world. And true to form, their Parisian vacation is cut short when they stumble upon a murder scene so bizarre that only a raging psychopath could have produced it.
But to solve the crime, they have to wrestle with jewel thieves, art forgers, gun-runners, a lost puppy, and a master French detective who may just solve the crime before they do.
Fresh from Hellmask's first appearance in the Verotik 30th Anniversary Comic, Danzig & Bisley's Hellmask gets his own book! Their first Sword & Sorcery character since the incredible Death Dealer #1, Hellmask cuts a bloody path of carnage and brutality through the kingdom's enemies. Sweet painted cover by Simon 'Biz' Bisley!
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF THE IMMORTAL PROTECTOR OF K'UN-LUN!
The LEGACY OF THE IRON FIST is a long-lived legend spanning centuries all the way back to the year 10,000,000 B.C.E.! IN THIS ISSUE: Chris Claremont and Lan Medina bring you a classic tale featuring WOLVERINE?! Alyssa Wong and Von Randal bring you a current tale of today's IRON FIST, LIN LIE! PLUS: Justina Ireland and Elena Casagrande's EMERGENCY CALL, featuring THE DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON! And Frank Tieri and Ty Templeton make the call to HEROES FOR HIRE! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! The future of Danny Rand rests in the hands of JASON LOO and WHILCE PORTACIO You won't want to miss it!
Rated T+
Caught between the Un and the Fold sits the islet of Midst When their ramshackle postal ship crashes on a mysterious new landmass, siblings Rowan and Ogden have to make the best of it. Adventurous Ogden convinces reluctant Rowan to make a fresh start in the strange new islet that sits between the bright Un and the dark Fold.
But Midst holds dangers that will challenge Ogden and Rowan's family bonds as well as their will to survive. Crash into the expanded cosmos of Midst, featuring writing by Colin Lorimer, art by Alejandro Aragon, and colors by Chris O'Halloran. Third Person and Critical Role proudly present the first in a new series of stories from the Midst cosmos.
Get ready for your new obsession MOTORCYCLE JOUSTING!
Fate brutally separated Avery Sakai from her girlfriend Nico Xing, but acceptance at Bridleham Academy might be just the thing to bring them back together. As it turns out though, Nico's extracurriculars are the last thing Avery expected. Now to win a chance at love, Avery will need to throw herself into the violent but captivating world of the motorcycle jousting fight club known as the Seismic Ironclash Roulette!
Ringo Award-nominated, indie darling cartoonist Fell Hound (Commander Rao, And We Love You) brings an over-the-top sports and battle anime energy to BOOM! Box!
Every Spider-Character you love! (and some you haven't met yet!) May the first meeting of the Spider-Society commence!
That's right, every Spider-Character you love (and some you haven't met yet) all show up in the same room for the most crazy meeting the Multiverse has ever seen.
That's right, every Spider-Person will be in the same room for the most crazy meeting the Multiverse has ever seen! Don't miss the start of this incredible new miniseries!
Rated T+
After making a dark debut in the Free Comic Book Day special, fans have one burning question: Who is the Nightwatcher?
Violence and discrimination against mutants is running wild, and a new vigilante will rise up to combat it but who is this fearsome armoured fighter standing bravely against the criminals who wish to harm mutants?
From the brilliant mind of writer Juni Ba and astonishing artist Fero Pe comes an action-packed ongoing series that spins out of the pages of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to delve into the grim reality of New York City after the Mutagen Bomb and unveil the secrets behind the mask.
A new comic tie-in to video games Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Borderlands! Tiny Tina is running a new game of 'Bunkers & Badasses' with explorers Frette, Valentine, and Hammerlock playing as Skrrmish the Bogbarian, Crasher the Stabbomancer, and Blasteen the Deadshot! Playing in a world from the colorful mind of Tiny Tina, the three heroes set off to hunt a bounty on the giant Hilly the Kid!
Summer 2024 is our fourth print quarterly and it’s packed full of impressive content as ever: under a Sean Phillips cover, we talk to Ed Brubaker and Phillips about collaborating together for the past twenty-five years, exclusively for Image and also offering a preview of their Criminal comic heading to the small-screen at Amazon later this year.
Also we celebrate US indie publisher Mad Cave Studios’ 10th anniversary, now the home of such iconic creations as Flash Gordon and Dick Tracy, and look back at 40 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with its co-creator Kevin Eastman.
It also includes the final part of our 101 Greatest Comic Artists Of All Time, counting down to Number One and our popular strip section Stripwire, featuring a preview of Sherlock Holmes And The Empire Builders Volume Two by Tripwire editor-in-chief Joel Meadows and artist Andy Bennett. 100 pages designed to its usual high production values!
FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe!
International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America's X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy!
Join Angel, Havok, Frenzy, Feral, Pyro and more as they go from one death-defying mission to another. Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to sell out? Like, comment and subscribe to find out!
Rated T+
Life was all just one big game to adventuring socialite Jenny Barnes. That was, until her sister was abducted by a dangerous cult. Although Jenny thwarted the cultists sacrificial endeavours, and battled the eldritch monsters at their command, the high priestess Abigail Olmstead fled-and took Izzie with her.
Private investigator Joe Diamond may not understand Jenny's story but he understands loss. Joe and Jenny must work together and follow the clues to find Izzie, but more horrors await them in Arkham, Massachusetts, and time appears to be running out...
Introducing the most unpredictable outlaw couple since Harley & Ivy!
Red Before Black is a violent, hyper kinetic, women-led crime thriller reminiscent of 2000s-era Vertigo from superstar writer Stephanie Phillips (Grim, Harley Quinn) and acclaimed artist Goran Sud uka (Hellblazer, Y The Last Man), perfect for fans of Birds of Prey and Killing Eve.
On a special assignment from the FBI, disgraced army veteran Val is sent to Florida to hunt down an infamous drug runner named Leo. But she soon finds that they have an unexpected enemy in common, turning the game of cat and mouse into something else entirely!
'THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE!'
An all-star lineup of writers and artists assemble to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Spider-Man's iconic black costume, 'black, white & blood' style! J.M. DeMatteis returns to the pages of 'Kraven's Last Hunt' to tell a never-before-seen tale of Spidey's past! J. Michael Straczynski rips Peter Parker's (and the symbiote's) heart out! And Dustin Nguyen's stunning take on the wall-crawler will bring Spidey to uncharted heights against the backdrop of Dustin's groundbreaking visual style!
Rated T+
PROFESSOR X...IS GONE!
A core group of essential X-Men rise FROM THE ASHES to face a world without a home - and without Professor X! All bonds among the mutant community seem to be slipping away, and ROGUE reluctantly finds herself as the hero designated to bring them back together...but a fearless, malignant power is out there hunting mutants, and it has a terrible secret that may destroy what remains of the X-Men!
Rated T+
LAST VENOM STANDING!
The Venom Symbiote has bonded with both Eddie Brock and his son Dylan at different points. Now both Brocks are going head-to-head, determined to be the one, true Venom! Father versus son in a showdown of showdowns that threatens to tear the world asunder! From heavyweight talent champions Al Ewing and Iban Coello comes a Battle for the 'Biote like you've never seen!
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