FOC PICKS FOR 9/14/26
Going to be honest…I’m pretty tired and it’s pretty late. Football is back.
I did get bit by what I think was a spider today…but instead of getting super powers I have a swelling and itchiness.
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COVERS
Glow-in-the-Dark quintana.
The publishing phenomenon that is Matt Dinniman’s DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL has come to comics, which means it’s now in COMICS! THE MAGAZINE. We talk with Dinniman, artist Brett Bean (and we address his mega-hit D’ORC too!), co-writer Michael Moreci, and Vault Comics’ Adrian Wassel about the creation and business behind one of the biggest hits to ever reach comic book shelves!
When a new drug infiltrates E.S.U., MATT MURDOCK faces a new challenge threatening the student body…as DAREDEVIL faces off against a resurfaced madman!
The original Mister Fear first appeared in Daredevil #6 (1965), Zoltan Drago, struggling owner of a wax museum who experimented with chemicals to animate his statues and build an army. The formula instead created a potent fear-inducing gas. He donned a scary costume, and used the gas to recruit henchmen like Ox and Eel and clashed with Daredevil. He was later murdered by Starr Saxon, who stole his equipment and became the next Mister Fear.Gerry Conway and Gene Colan created a new version of Mister Fear for Daredevil #90 as a law school rival of Matt Murdock who witnessed Drago’s murder, and also took his identity and equipment. He also gained pheromone abilities. His nephew Larry Cranston would also take the role. Which Mister Fear is this? We may have to wait until October to discover…
May be a new character, or new spin on an older character. But even if it’s not, this cover is pretty good.
The Cola Wars are over. The Sugar Wars are about to begin! Jon Pyle and Dina Deluxe survived the chaos of POP KILL, but eight months later, their relationship is on shaky ground. Just as they struggle to move on from each other, Dina unveils a revolutionary sugar substitute that threatens the fortunes of the world’s most powerful candy companies. Now a secret candy consortium has marked them for death, and Jon and Dina are once again running for their lives. A brand-new POP KILL saga begins here!
Finally, a new story. I think Homer might like this one.
REPRINTS
I have a few copies of the original, so the regular facsimile does nothing for me. But curious to see how the foil looks.
There are regular and foil version of the classic cover…but have not seen a picture of what this lego variant is. Could it be a Tec 27 homage? Or Tec 880…? May be short ordered because of the late cover reveal.
NEW ONES
A generation after the disappearance of astronaut and explorer Tajo Vallar, his children are called home to reunite and solve a new mystery—but first, they have to get there! Experience a guided tour of each of the three worlds and three moons like no other in this stunning, massively oversized introductory issue from the minds of Jonathan Hickman, Mike del Mundo, Mike Huddleston, and Nick Spencer.
3 issue limited series from Dark Horse.
KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE. RAIDING IS THE OTHER HALF! G.I. JOE and LARA CROFT meet for THE FIRST TIME EVER in an all-new limited series from superstars KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK) and ELENA CASAGRANDE (Black Widow) that reveals the classified connection between these pop culture icons. Lara Croft has explored some of the most dangerous locations on Earth, but nothing as treacherous as Cobra Island. For this adventure, she’ll need the help of her old acquaintance, Shipwreck, and several squads of Joes to mount a dangerous expedition into the heart of the island to recover a treasure that’s been hidden there for decades. One that Destro and Baroness will do anything to get their hands on first…
5 issue limited series. Image really pushing Lara Croft in the Joe-Verse…
A shocking new horror comic book event. On a quiet farm, Bronson, the youngest and smallest member of a close-knit family of goats, lives an idyllic life of sun-drenched fields, fresh hay, and sibling rivalries. His greatest concern is proving to his older siblings—and, more importantly, his imposing father—that he is more than just the runt of the herd. Then, in a single night, everything changes. A drug-fueled, sex-obsessed satanic hippie murder cult descends on the farm, slaughtering the family who raised and protected the goats before abducting Bronson and his loved ones. Deep in the wilderness, beneath a blood-red moon, hundreds of cult followers gather for an ancient ritual. Their purpose: to sacrifice the goats and summon a ravenous demon from beyond. Now, the fate of his family rests on the shoulders of the one creature least prepared to save them. Innocent, outmatched, and absurdly cute, Bronson must summon a courage he never knew he possessed as he confronts knife-wielding cultists, unspeakable horrors, and forces far beyond his understanding in a desperate attempt to rescue his family before they are offered up in blood.
5 issue miniseries. LOTS of variants…Bad Idea pushing this book hard.
Welcome to the end of the Wild West. Welcome to the quiet life of a broken-down bounty hunter whose own story, one of bloodshed, pain, and guilt, ended long ago–or so he thought. In a small town called Ashecott, something evil has arrived. Something more dangerous than a gunslinger, more sinister than an outlaw, and older than the town it seeks to infect. Something from a world beyond the only one its victims have ever known. Something darker. Unfortunately for that evil, Jonah Hex has taken notice. Not just of the otherworldly entities surrounding his home or the child with mysterious abilities they seek to capture–but also of the chance to finally redeem himself. A terrifying new era of DC’s most infamous bounty hunter!
Deemed too dangerous to remain on Earth, the TEN RINGS OF POWER were jettisoned off into the depths space – but have since broken containment! Now one of the rings returns to Earth with a brand-new bearer hellbent on getting his hands on the sentient supercomputer, WORLDMIND, as his first step of galactic domination! His target? None other than SAM ALEXANDER, A.K.A. NOVA!
THEY ARE VENOM! Eddie Brock and Venom are reunited – and it feels so good! After years apart, once again THEY ARE VENOM, and Eddie is not going to let this opportunity go to waste. He is determined to be the ultimate host for the symbiote and be the hero he knows he can be…and he’s not going to let any other super heroes say otherwise!
Not sure they had to reboot this series vs. continuing the numbering.