November 2023 Catalog Highlights (For January Release)

We went through the 1,000+ November catalog items to pick out the potentially best and brightest comics. Take a look below to see what is on tap:

New Series
Cobra Commander #1 – Lots of heat behind the new GI Joe books coming out from Skybound. May be worth picking up the first issues.

Dead X-Men #1 – Five mutants who dies at the beginning of the siege of Krakoa return to team up, before they die again.

Deer Editor #1 – Mad Cave – Mad Cave puts out some pretty good reads, this seems interesting. A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at ‘The Truth,’ it’s all in a day’s work… …but he also happens to be a deer. Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series?

Dracula After Man #1 – Prepare for the in-your-face horror event of 2024! Vampires have always fed on the lifeblood of innocent victims but what if there were no sheep left in the stable? After a million-year long slumber, Dracula wakes up to find Earth (and humanity) fundamentally changed and enslaved by a vicious alien species. Faced with this strange new world, the lord of the vampires must adapt to a nightmarish existence or perish alongside the remnants of the people he fed upon. It’s a brand-new nightmare vision of horror that will have you on the edge of your seat!

Edie #1 – Blood Moon Comics – Every aspect of Edie’s life appears to be falling apart, but things seem to turn around when the guy of her dreams asks her out. He assaults her, but that’s not the worst of it. As she attempts to escape, a voracious alien captures her, consumes her, and changes her forever.

Edge of Spider-Verse #1 – Just when you though the Spider-verse was over, here we go again.

Fear City Thumper #1 – Scout Comics – Featuring the storytelling and artwork from Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto concept artist Stephen Bliss! A young Philippo is the world’s worst-looking super-hero vigilante, but he’s stronger, smarter, and more ruthless when he wears the Thumper mask.

Ghost Machine – A Groundbreaking New Era for Comics, Characters, and Creators Begins Here! From the powerhouse creative collective that is Ghost Machine comes an extra-sized 48-page special introducing its all-new shared universes of strange, fun, and action-packed characters: Geiger! Redcoat! Rook! The Rocketfellers! And many, many more! What ties Geiger, Redcoat, Widow X, and the other mysterious, historical heroes of The Unnamed together? Why is Rook the key to saving the war-torn world of Exodus? How will everyone’s soon-to-be-favorite family of the future adapt to a new life in the present? The stories all start now! Creators you know. Characters you’ll love. This is Ghost Machine. Written and illustrated by Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Geoff Johns, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Brad Meltzer, Ivan Reis, Peter Tomasi, Maytal Zchut, and more!

Jackpot #1 – Jackpot, AKA Mary Jane Watson, gets her own solo series.

Jill and the Killers #1 – One Press – a new kind of game where even murder is much more than it seems . . Returning to school after the unsolved disappearance of her mother, teenager Jill Estrada can’t wait for things to return to normal . . . even as her friends become compulsively obsessed with Box Killers, a true-crime subscription game where each month’s ‘unsolved case’ is custom-tailored to the life of its player. There’s only one catch: Jill’s game seems to be all too real . . . and when her clues begin to connect to a series of disappearances in her town, Jill and her friends must uncover the truth behind these mysterious crimes before one of their own becomes the next victim.

Kill All Immortals #1 – A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. Now, in our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire. But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks to finally be free from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power.

Moon Man #1 – Kid Cudi makes his comics debut alongside creative director Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black), Eisner Award-winning writer David F. Walker (Bitter Root, Naomi) and breakout artist Marco Locati in the extra-length first issue of the biggest book of 2024! Scott Townsend is ready for a quiet life. Whatever went wrong on that failed moon mission, whatever happened in the missing minutes the cameras didn’t capture, all he really wants is to settle down back home. But those missing minutes hold an Earth-shattering secret-and, with all eyes turned to him, Scott will soon find himself becoming something the world has never seen before.

Pine and Merrimac #1 – perfect for readers of Reckless and The Department of Truth. After witnessing the worst that humanity has to offer, former homicide detective Linnea Kent has decided to put all of that behind her. Alongside her husband, a former professional MMA fighter and the unofficial brawn to her brains, she’s moved far from the busy city to open up a quiet little detective agency. At first, the simple cases this nook of the world has to offer were exactly what she was looking for, but there’s more to the quaint hamlet than Linnea could have possibly imagined, and something truly sinister pulling the strings.

Rebel Moon House Blood Axe #1 – Conflicted between living up to his father’s domineering legacy and maintaining the peace, it is up to Yisrael to settle the conflicts within himself, and his family, before the entire planet erupts in war. Based on the upcoming Zack Snyder Netflix show

Scarlet Witch Quicksilver #1 – New Series for the mutant siblings.

Star Wars Thrawn Alliances #1 – Sequel to the first Thrawn series kicks off here.

Star Wars Mace Windu #1 – The most badass Jedi ever gets a new series.

Ultimate Black Panther #1 – New Ultimate Universe kicking off, with some pretty cool changes. Looking forward to these early series.

One and Done
Colonized – Image- Where there’s aliens, there’s zombies! These otherworldy threats converge in the secluded Carbon Falls Collective. A 2nd-gen off-the-grid’er, Huxley Robertson is dealing with both loss and the elders’ pushback against his plans for a fully sustainable town. Amidst those volatile, circumstances, a vainglorious alien explorer inadvertently re-animates the town’s dead! Add a rogue ATF agent into the mix and let’s just say this is a bad time for the sleepy town to be cut off from the outside world.

Ones to Watch
Action Comics #1061 – Jason Aaron begins on Action with Bruce Timm.

Spawn #350 – Spawn shatters a new record reaching 350 issues, and a new ruler of hell is crowned.

For the Cover

Washed in the Blood #2 (of 3) (Cover D – Flops) – Flops is gaining popularity, his covers are starting to have heat behind them, but Flops does not have that many “mainstream covers”. Definitely a name to watch out for and a cover to tuck away