We went through the 1,000+ October catalog items to pick out the potentially best and brightest comics. Take a look below to see what is on tap:
Another month with a lot of cool new series on Pre-order. Check out what is on tap:
New Series
Alien Armaggedon 1944 #1 – The D-Day invasion marks the turning point in World War 2. But few know the whole story. The Allies and the Axis powers were not the only forces on the beaches that day. We are shown what happens when an alien craft appears over Omaha Beach on D-Day, and follow a pair of soldiers as they attempt to combat this new threat. Also comes in an Uncensored Version
Alien Paradiso #1 – Welcome to Paradiso, where the money flows like blood and the blood flows like acid! The Tulum of space, Paradiso is a hidden gem among the colonies with its tropical climate, white sand beaches and a remarkable population of hyper-wealthy criminals. When Colonial Marshals Dash Nanda and Lydia Reeves are sent there to bust a smuggling ring, they think they’ve hit the job-assignment jackpot. But the only ones getting lucky here are those HUNGRY enough to take what they need. Steve Foxe, Edgar Salazar and guest contributor Peter Nguyen shine neon lights on the horrors of the Alien franchise with a bold story of the gambles we must take to survive! EXPLICIT CONTENT
Cable Love and Chrome #1 – the mutant known as Cable has been living on borrowed time, waging a lonely war against the ravages of the Techno-Organic Virus. Yet when a high-stakes mission in the future goes catastrophically awry, Cable is left stranded in the dystopian city of Salvation Bay — and will find himself caught in the midst of a civil war that will change his life forever. Get ready for big action, bigger threats and the biggest guns in the Marvel Universe
Challengers of the Unknown #1 – the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe…tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe…enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League–where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth–Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers’ past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time!
Daredevil Unleash Hell- Red Band #1 – DAREDEVIL: UNLEASH HELL – RED BAND is the latest Marvel Red Band comic series, following the likes of BLOOD HUNT, BLADE: RED BAND, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, and WOLVERINE: REVENGE. Labeled with a Parental Advisory and polybagged to keep those faint of heart for experiencing its intensity, the series allows Elektra to unleash unrestricted bloodshed against her targets as she continues to protect the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as the Woman Without Fear!
Dust to Dust #1 – Serial Killer on the loose during the Dust Bowl. An unforgettable yarn of desperation, murder, and resilience in this beautifully hand-painted story of Americana in the primal grip of brutality
Dyed Hard #1 – a bloody tale of the Easter Bunny trying to enjoy a simple vacation, only to find out that an evil group of mercenaries have taken his destination and all its visitors hostage. Now it’s up to Peter Cottontail to return to his violent roots, save the hostages, and get back in time to deliver Easter joy to the kids of the world. Featuring the animated art style of J. Hammond, this ‘Not for Kids’ title screams Venture Bros. meets Violent Night and delivers on the promise that the Easter Bunny is the perfect action hero!
Ec Shiver Suspenstories #1 – Another new EC Horror book!
Freddie the Fix #1 – **A twisted horror tale from GARTH ENNIS (the legendary creator of The Boys and Preacher) and MIKE PERKINS (Bat-man: First Knight, Swamp Thing)! ** Hollywood After Dark—werewolves, vampires, zombies, aliens, bogeymen, predators, and…things. They all have their kinks, and they all get in deep shit. They all call Freddie…to fix it. The horror-skewed intersection of The Boys and Ray Donovan. The debut offering from NINTH CIRCLE, the creator-owned, creator-driven, horror showcase of standalone bone-chilling tales of terror and mayhem! NOTE: this one-shot will be perfect bound, magazine trim size (8.5 x 10.875) & feature a cardstock cover.
Hellhunters #1 – GHOST RIDER ’44! 1944: As U.S. Sergeant Sal Romero is parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, young Nazi officer Felix Bruckner becomes the host for an unspeakable evil. In the aftermath of their violent meeting, Romero is reborn as GHOST RIDER ’44, who sets out not only to take revenge on Bruckner and the Nazis, but to save mankind from annihilation! Featuring an ALL-STAR CAST of Marvel’s most badass heroes, don’t miss the origin of the INCREDIBLE HULK’s GHOST RIDER ’44!
Hellverine #1 – Following his debut, and his mini series, Hellverine gets his own ongoing series.
In Bloom #1 – 43% of the cells within a healthy human body belong to something other than the human host. Microbiomes, invasive bacteria, fungal and viral agents, and something else. Something…more. When the BLOOM finally happened, humanity was changed forever, transformed by the symbiotic fungal megasystems that infected their bodies. Some of the affected grew new body parts, some found their personalities changed in radical new ways, while others reported contact with an intelligence that was not their own. In this bold new world, Agent Spears finds herself investigating a series of mysterious murders, a chain of violence that leads her to a terrifying question on which the fate of every living being rests.
Juvenile #1 – In a future where a deadly virus kills everyone upon reaching adulthood, teenagers are confined to massive medical facilities—until a mysterious new patient arrives and reveals a shocking secret! MINISERIES PREMIERE SARA is locked up in El Castillo, a fortress for troubled youth ruled with an iron fist by a retired military officer. Everything changes with the arrival of a mysterious new patient who reveals a shocking secret: the virus isn’t killing them; it is giving them telekinetic abilities that the adults are desperately trying to suppress with medication and experimental surgeries. In a race against time, they decide to use their newfound powers to escape. But when the adults find out, they will discover that not only are their lives at stake, but also the fate of the human race. Visionary filmmaker JESÚS ORELLANA (Rosa)** **storms into comics with a cinematic five-issue miniseries that seamlessly bridges the gap between film and comics!
Katabasis #1 – Demons can’t get into Heaven, Angels can’t get into Hell but Juniper, once the deadliest mercenary on Earth, can with her new supernatural upgrades. To earn entrance into Heaven, Juniper is tasked with saving a soul trapped in the Underworld but first she must prove herself worthy of the mission
Kidpool Spider-Boy #1 – Your favorite foul-mouthed adolescent, KIDPOOL, is back in comic book form starring alongside the biggest debut character in recent memory, SPIDER-BOY! Will the Adolescent-Arachnid be able to keep the Murderous Middle-Grader from causing the return of the Comics Code? UNLIKELY! But Bailey is going to try! Don’t miss the comic that every kid and kid-at-heart in America is going to sneakily read under their sheets with a flashlight
Magik #1 – The X-Man Ilyanna Rasputina strikes out on her own with new allies and dark powers arrayed against her. Something ancient has awakened beneath the Alaskan ice. Unfortunately for it, that’s Magik’s territory now! Written by rising star Ashley Allen (X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – MAGIK, MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD) and illustrated by the incomparable Germán Peralta (LOKI, BLACK PANTHER), this is a stylish, high-octane demon-hunting adventure starring the fiercest X-Man of them all!
Metamorpho the Element Man #1 – To know him is to love him–that fab freak who can change himself into any element in the human body! He’s the one and only Rex Mason, alias Metamorpho… but can even he win out against Cy.C.L.O.P.S., the hairy eyeball of crime that gazes from the top of the pop charts to the lowest depths of evil–and even into the far-off, far-out Ra-Realm? To find out, the Element Man must survive a hand-picked assassin who can match him change for change…and that’s just the first issue! Join us for this covalent bond of friends and foes in the brand new ongoing series from superstar team Al Ewing and Steve Lieber!
Missing on the Moon #1 – ‘The year is 1997, and crime on the Moon runs rampant…and in the Lunar colony of Buzztown, a billionaire’s daughter has just gone missing. Washed-up private investigator Daniel Schwinn is tasked with finding the missing child, but in the process discovers a dark conspiracy stemming back decades… Schwinn will have to navigate a world of undead drug addicts, mechanized robocops, and blue-skinned Soviets known as Darksiders to discover the truth. In doing so, he’ll have to confront his own allegiances, and try to atone for past mistakes since resurfaced. Missing on the Moon is your next neon-noir obsession
New Champions #1 – What do four kids whose lives were derailed by Hydra, Scarlet Witch’s mysterious protégé, a cursed roller derby jammer and a Wakandan runaway have in common? Not much! But when Hellrune’s mysterious powers activate to bring them together, they’ll have to learn how to work as a team quickly – or face the wrath of the Cult of Hela! Steve Foxe and Ivan Fiorelli (TIMESLIDE) team up to introduce the next generation of Marvel Heroes!
New Gods #1 – An old god has died, and the reverberations of his passing are felt across the universe, setting forth the soldiers of an intergalactic army and awakening the latent powers of a mysterious child on Earth. But this has all been foreseen–prophesized by the Source and fed as enigmatic images to its agent, Metron. Now, as Metron brings word of this cosmos-shattering prediction to the residents of New Genesis and Apokolips, both worlds are thrown into chaos and conflict. On Earth, Scott Free and Barda find themselves unaware of this incoming chaos while consumed with their most daunting task yet: parenthood. Ram V and Evan Cagle bring the Fourth World to a whole new generation in this epic of cosmic proportions. An old god has died…the New Gods are born!
New Years Prey – 3.2.1.You’re Dead! Let’s bring in this New Year with a fang! Receiving a New Year’s Eve party invitation to the Janus family mansion was like something out of a dream for Jake and Sylvie. The glitz and glamour of high society was all they thought it would be until they discovered a darker, depraved side to that world and a secret so horrible, so sinister, it was kept locked away, deep inside the bowels of the ancestral home, forgotten, except for that one time of the year, it was allowed to feed. What do you do when people become prey and your only resolution is to survive the night? Don’t let the clock strike dead! Your time just ran out! New Year – New Fears!
Nosferatu Nightmares #1 – In 1922 a vision of horror was unleashed upon the world and over a century later its haunting imagery still influences modern horror. This frightful anthology gives today’s authors and artists an opportunity to tap into that primal terror and deliver Nosferatu vampiric tales inspired by the glorious silent black and white monster that has woven nightmares into our collective subconscious for decades. Join some of today’s most creative horror creators as they pull you into the shadows with gripping tales of terror in this throwback to the black & white monster magazines of the past!
Petpool Pool Party #1 TOO MANY POOLS! How many PetPools does it take to collect a comic? Find out in this oversized, fan-favorite, once-in-a-lifetime, Tony Award-winning, DOGgone, CATastrophic, MOUSE…somethingorother comic book, collecting EVERY SINGLE INSTALLMENT EVER of the Dogpool, Catpool, Mousepool and Dogpool Team-Up infinity comics. What’s that? You want more?! Well, it’s your lucky day, because we’ve also thrown in a brand-new, never-before-seen PetPool holiday instant classic that we created just for this printing. Why? Because you $@&%ing deserve it.
Ripperland #1 – The year is 2188 and Jack the Ripper has returned to London. For the last century, a shattered post-Brexit England has operated as a massive Victorian theme park in exchange for American military and financial protection. But when an American mogul’s grandson is killed in the heart of London, the delicate status quo is threatened. Is the killer a brilliant maniac? Americans taking advantage of their superior technology? Or the English Underground Resistance, wishing to throw off the yoke of American oppression and re-join the modern world? American Special Agent Jesse Holden and local British Police Detective Edwin Fogg must overcome their clashing ideologies in order to find the truth in the foggy streets of 22nd Century London.
Rogue the Savage Land #1 – Fan service series throwing Rogue in her most popular costume, the Savage Land bikini. I am sure there are dinosaurs and stuff.
Sabretooth the Dead Dont Talk #1 – SABRETOOTH IS DEAD…BUT HIS PAST IS ALIVE AND LETHAL! A person alive in the 1900’s seen in a picture on the wall of NYC’s oldest tavern? Yes. A feared gangster and murderer who rose to power among the notorious gangs of NY? Yes. And also, perhaps most shockingly of all, none other than…Sabretooth?!? Join us – and Wolverine – as we uncover this secret untold chapter from the life of Logan’s greatest foe in a tale of violence, betrayal, shocking reveals and more violence. Sabretooth may be dead…but the secrets from his past – and the ways in which they may affect Wolverine in the present – are very much alive
Sam Wilson Captain America #1 – The new series sets Captain America on a collision course with the Red Hulk after the Winged Avenger uncovers a nefarious plot parading itself as a new tech venture. As both a social worker and a super hero, Sam will reckon with his legacy as Captain America in this super spy thriller.
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories-The Bad Batch-Ghost Agents – The Bad Batch is back for another high-octane adventure set during the Clone Wars! Their mission: to hunt down the mysterious Separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant! The thief’s trail leads Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech to the seediest corners of the galaxy where kingpins and thugs threaten the clones’ mission – and their lives! Have the Bad Batch met their match? The first Bad Batch solo comics miniseries, set during the Clone Wars!
Those Not Afraid #1 – Two serial killers discover they are within reach of the state record for kills and enter a terrible competition to see who gets there first.
Timeslide #1 – n X-Man from the future arrives in the present with a dire warning: One of mutantkind’s most hyper-advanced foes is eating his way through time, trying to stop the X-Gene from ever evolving in the first place. Only two X-Men can stop this chronal predator from achieving his goal-if they can tolerate working together long enough. Join BISHOP and CABLE on a trip through futures past, present and beyond. Your first look at the most unforgettable stories of 2025 begins here!
Tva #1 – FOR ALL TIMES, ALWAYS! The Time Variance Authority has long watched over the timeline, protecting it from dangerous variations that could cause the end of EVERYTHING. Now, as the organization begins to expand its tolerance of variants, it’s enlisted some new recruits from timelines that have been wiped from existence: Captain Peggy Carter, Super-Soldier of her world; Gambit, despondent and aimless from the loss of his lady love; and this can’t be right Spider-Gwen?!? Has her world been destroyed?!?
One and Done
Book of Cutter #1 – As it crosses its 5th anniversary, the Slaughterverse unveils one of its darkest chapters yet in this oversized one-shot exploring a brand new facet to the mythos of monsters… and the ones who hunt them. Maxine Slaughter, a former pack hunter who renounced her White Mask to take up the Black for the Order of St. George, journeys to Europe to seek out House Cutter and their mysterious ways.
Dread the Halls – Collection of Holiday related Horror stories from Image comics.
What if Galactus? Galactus Transformed Gambit #1 – New series of one-shots about different alternate heralds, this time, Gambit.
What if Galactus? Galactus Transformed Hulk #1 – Same as above but this time, the Hulk.
What if Mickey & Friends Became Fantastic Four #1 – Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Pluto become the Fantastic Four.
For the Cover
Ascencia #29
New Characters
Amazing Spider-Man #63 – Introduces Cyrios, the Scion of Cyttorak, who represents the inevitability of time and takes Spider-Man on a heartbreaking tour through Peter Parker’s past AND future in excruciating detail
Detective Comics #1092 – The streets of Gotham run red with blood–blood that the mysterious villain known only as Asema has taken quite an interest in. Who is this scalpel-fingered creature collecting the plasma of young men, and what is Asema’s connection to Bruce Wayne?
Ultimate Universe One Year in #1 – THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN TO THE MAKER’S ARRIVAL! Deniz Camp flips the narrative on ULTIMATES and takes us inside the Maker’s Council! The heroes of the Ultimate Universe aren’t the only ones who have been preparing for the return of the Maker, and the clock is ticking down This unique one-shot sets the stage for the second year of the Ultimate line and includes the debut of the Ultimate versions of two major Marvel characters!
Notable Reprints
Fantastic Four #1 Facsimile Ed – Marvel’s First Family gets a reprint of their introduction.
Flash Comics #1 (Facsimile Edition (Cover B – Sheldon Moldoff Foil Variant)) – First appearance of the Golden Age Flash.
Green Lantern #59 Facsimile Edition (Cover A – Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson) – first appearance of Guy Gardner