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:
New Series
BLOODLAND #1 – The United States is collapsing. And then there are the vampires.President Andrew Cross is deep into an unconstitutional extended term, seized and shielded by executive orders, martial law, and a stacked Supreme Court. With support splintering, Cross forges an alliance with a cabal of ancient European vampires. As the White Cell’s influence expands, the administration‚Äôs pursuit of power and blood purity transforms the landscape into a battleground between emboldened loyalists, aspiring demagogues, and colorful factions of dissenters. Against it all, Army veteran Heather Brooks is a lone wolf on a warpath to find and avenge her newborn son who‚Äôs been sacrificed to the state; and retired pro quarterback Son Cassidy rallies an idealistic resistance. As their courses collide, the two leaders will tilt the odds and change the shape of a cross-country war for the soul of a nation. Monsters pull the strings in this debut of Bloodland, a savage and sweeping 12-issue political horror
CITY OF DEMONS #1 – Wise Acre Comics Presents: A Killer Stalks the Mob. Hollywood Hides the Truth. Los Angeles, 1924. The city is a powder keg. One side of town is draped in velvet and spotlight. The other bleeds. When a powerful crime boss’s family is targeted by a mysterious killer, he hires two private detectives—outsiders with nothing to lose—to track the killer down before an all-out mob war erupts. Their investigation leads them from smoke-filled jazz clubs to Hollywood studio lots, pulling back the curtain on the city’s darkest secrets.
THE CROWN: A TALE OF HELL #1 – Hellboy’s brothers fight for control of Pandemonium in this demonic family reunion. But it isn’t just the siblings who get involved in the power struggle, as their mother returns from her prison for the first time in a hundred years and has plans of her own.Mike Mignola is joined by his brother Todd Mignola (“Hellboy: The Exorcist of Vorsk”) and artist Warwick Johnson-Cadwell (Our Encounters with Evil) in this new Hellboy prequel series. Longtime Mignola collaborator Warwick Johnson-Cadwell joins the Hellboy universe! Brothers Mike and Todd Mignola pen this story about Hellboy’s brothers! Two-issue series.
DIGGER #1 – Invader Comics Presents: In 1930s Veracruz Mexico, along the Gulf Coast, lie Olmec ruins, all but hidden to anyone from the outside world. Locals make money guiding academics and scholars through the region. But there is one name that is spoken in hushed tones, one name guides stay away from, they call him “El Excavador”. But The Boy doesn’t listen to whispers, he hasn’t seen that no one returns from guiding The American in the hat. No, The Boy doesn’t know the man with the eyes of the devil. But, The Boy knows he needs money for his sick grandma, and The Boy knows The American has money, and The Boy KNOWS where the ruins are. What begins as guide and treasure hunter, turns into cat and mouse.
DUNGEONS OF DOOM #1 – In the aftermath of ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, with Doom’s castle empty and masterless, the superpowers of the world race to claim and control the untold power and technology that await inside. But when an explosion sends them all plummeting into a dungeon labyrinth that none of them knew was there, what began as an arms race becomes a terrifying game of survival. Who, if any, will survive? And what horrors lie within the DUNGEONS OF DOOM?
GODZILLA: INFINITY ROAR #1 – EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES UNLEASH THE GALAXY’S DEADLIEST THREAT AS GODZILLA RAMPAGES ACROSS THE COSMOS! The combined forces of Earth’s mightiest heroes managed to spare Earth by exiling Godzilla off into space…but in doing so may have just heralded the end of the larger galaxy! As Knull, the god of the symbiotes fans the flames of Godzilla’s anger, a new campaign for galactic conquest begins with the King of the Monsters and the King in Black at the helm! Will the cosmos be able to band together to stop the two juggernauts, or will a new era of death and destruction descend upon the cosmos? One things for sure, from the Galactic Empire of Wakanda, Shi’ar Empires, Kree-Skrull space and beyond, no planet will be safe as Godzilla destroys the Marvel galaxy!
IRON MAN #1 – The unapologetic Iron Man is a once-in-a-lifetime hero – but the beating heart behind the armor is a once-in-a-century genius. Years ago, Tony Stark was knocking on death’s door, so he created the Iron Man armor to survive! What happens the next time death comes calling? What weapon does he create then? What if someone else creates it first? These questions have haunted Tony for years, a ticking time bomb inside of him waiting to explode. Femme fatale Madame Masque has also asked these questions, and with the power of Advanced Idea Mechanics behind her‚Ķshe’s ready to create the next great weapon. Welcome superstar JOSHUA WILLIAMSON as he makes his powerful return to the hallowed halls of Marvel, taking the reins of the Golden Avenger with Legacy Stormbreaker CARMEN CARNERO! This is classic super-hero storytelling in the MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER, just how you like it!
MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #1 – MOON KNIGHT: MISSING! Marc Spector has been many things – an Avenger, a Fist of Khonshu, a Karnak Cowboy and now… KIDNAPPED?! But by whom? And why?! Don’t they have any idea they’ve trapped MOON KNIGHT?!
ROGUE #1 – YOU CAN’T OUTRUN THE PAST! Rogue has an idyllic life with her sweet Remy LeBeau, but there are still skeletons in her closet…ones that come out when she least expects it. Rogue has worked so hard to leave her villainous past behind. Unfortunately, the past doesn’t stay in the past. What happens when it slams you right in the face? What past sin would make Rogue leave Haven House? Do Mystique and Destiny hold the answer?
SKYCLAD #1 – Louene Willoughby owns Willow’s, an exclusive gentlemen’s club. Her stage persona is a witch. It’s no act. Willow is part of a coven who control natural magic performing rituals “clad by only the sky.” A healer in old world Europe, charged with witchcraft, she was sentenced to death but saved by the real witch Panacea. When Willow discovered Panacea’s evil true source of power she fled in fear. Willow learns that she can feed on the power of men’s unsated sexual appetites, maintaining youth and beauty. Until Panacea returns — seeking revenge for being spurned and to rip that power from Willow’s beating heart.
SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS #1 – the most visually stunning, outrageously otherworldly, and hauntingly heartfelt superhero-horror hit of 2026! Once, Erik Leroux was a mortal musician, selflessly devoted to his music and his true love, Katrina . . . until his sudden death plunged his soul into the carnival-like torments of the Spirit World beyond our own. Now, reborn as a phantom with fleeting memories of his life among the living, and forever cursed to bear the arcane costume his corpse wore to the grave, Erik will claw his way back from the infernal planes to uncover the mysteries of his own life . . . and avenge the dark sins that transformed him into the SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS!
SAI: DIMENSIONAL RIVALS #1 – PEACH MOMOKO TAKES YOU ON A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RIDE WITH SAI! An almost dreamlike work, Peach Momoko has assembled a collective of artists, all telling one story, with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the Multiverse. A true spectacle of the comics medium, unlike anything you’ve seen before!
One and Done
AXICAB #1 – In a crumbling city where blood runs cheaper than gas, a brooding cabbie with a taxi death machine cruises the streets, deploying his own brand of justice and leaving carnage in his wake. Equal parts grindhouse horror and surrealist noir, AxiCab launches readers into a nightmarish urban sprawl where every ride might be your last. Created by television producer Philip Nelson, AxiCab is a bold, bloody debut that dares to go off-meter.
Notable Reprints
50TH ANNIVERSARY TREASURY EDITION SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION – HE MAN OF TOMORROW AND THE WISECRACKING WEB-SLINGER TAKE ON LEX LUTHOR AND DOC OCK! Lex Luthor. Doctor Octopus. Two diabolical geniuses have joined forces to blackmail the world–and exact revenge upon their two most hated foes! With the Man of Steel and the amazing wall-crawler manipulated into battling one another, can the heroes break free and unite in time to turn the tide on their archenemies?
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 FACSIMILE – We have seen this before. But first appearance of Justice League gets reprinted again.
FANTASTIC FOUR #52 FACSIMILE EDITION – The first appearance of the Black Panther – from the wild imaginations of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at the peak of their creative powers! On a mission in the remote African nation of Wakanda, the Fantastic Four encounter T’Challa, the warrior king – and one by one, Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny are bested by the mighty monarch! But when Wakanda comes under attack by Ulysses Klaw and his monstrous creations made of pure sound, the FF and the Black Panther forge an alliance for the ages – and one of the Marvel Universe’s most iconic heroes shows his true mettle! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all!
LOVE AND ROCKETS VOL I #1 FACSIMILE EDITION – To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fantagraphics, we are proud to present a series of “replicant” editions of classic Fantagraphics comics from the company’s storied history, beginning with the one that launched a thousand ships, the very first issue of Love and Rockets Vol. I from 1982! Introducing Maggie, Hopey, Luba and so many more of the extended Love and Rockets cast that readers still know and love, almost 45 years on. Including Gilbert’s groundbreaking “BEM”, Jaime’s instant fan favorite “Mechanics”, and so much more. Look for another classic Fantagraphics replicant next month!
NEW GODS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION – ORION VS. DARKSEID! An epic for our time! The raging warrior of New Genesis, Orion, has his destiny revealed to him by the Source itself, and so–to war! Hunting the lord of Apokolips, Orion finds the eternal cosmic contest of the New Gods has turned the evil Darkseid’s gaze toward Earth–and the coveted Anti-Life Equation.
PUNISHER #1 FACSIMILE EDITION – After years making life complicated for Spider-Man, Daredevil and more, the Marvel Universe’s deadliest vigilante fires his way into his own series – beginning behind bars! Now the criminals have nowhere to run! His true identity revealed for the first time, the Punisher is locked away with New York’s most violent offenders – a fox trapped in the proverbial henhouse. But his rise to the top of the prison food chain is disrupted by Jigsaw, the man responsible for the Punisher’s incarceration in the first place! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all!
First Appearances
BATMAN #5 – Lady Death Man makes her first appearance. She appears on the character design cover