Every week, tons of new books hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are the picks of the week for delivery this Wednesday
What is up Wednesday Warriors? Absolute massive new comic week on tap. Love week’s like this. Here is what is on tap:
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New Series
ARCHIE VS THE TERMINATOR #1
The crossover no one saw coming is here! When a teenage John Connor enrolls at Riverdale High, Archie and the gang soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a Terminator! Written by Rory (Terminator, Red Sonja, Spawn) McConville and drawn by Archie artists Steven Butler and Lily Butler, this 4-issue miniSeries cross-over event features covers by Francesco Francavilla Robert Hack, Bjorn Barends, and Bill Galvan!
COFFIN GIRLS #1
New Orleans, 1732. Three women arrive against their will. The city has no idea what it has brought in. COFFIN GIRLS is a paranormal Gothic series set in colonial New Orleans — a world built on stolen labor, on the bodies of women, on flesh bought and sold. Three women bound by circumstance and a reawakened ancient evil, are about to unleash a nightmare the likes of which the city has never seen. Presented as a stunning flipbook in black, white, and pink.
VENOM #1
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!
Its the Halloween Season!
12-Foot Skeleton #1
This might be Lola and Jimmy’s last Halloween. Not because they’re aging out at 12-years-old…there’s a 12-foot-tall lawn skeleton on a rampage in their neighborhood!Lola is a triple threat of social suicide: goth girl, new kid, and outspoken feminist. Meanwhile, Jimmy is a bookish, quiet, bullied kid trying to enjoy his favorite holiday between cancer treatments. When Lola discovers she might have a much stronger connection with the malevolent force inhabiting the skeleton than she could ever imagine possible, it’s up to Jimmy to inspire them to face certain danger and embrace the future rather than run from their traumatic pasts.Aaron Campbell (Hellblazer), Tim Seeley (Inglorious X-Force), and Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) present a Halloween story with the heart and soul of a classic Spielberg film alongside all the spills, chills, and horrifying thrills of everyone’s favorite 1980s slasher movies!
HAMMER HEAD #1
TERROR CAN’T BE CONTAINED! For 20 years, Jules has been hiding from her past. As the only survivor of the Hammer Head killing-spree, she carries the guilt and trauma of having watched as everyone she loved was brutally murdered. Every couple of years, Hammer Head rises from the dead to continue his reign of terror anew, and with each repeated massacre, Jules falls deeper into the warm embrace of her own dark coping mechanisms. When she’s thrown into prison with no trial and no hope, Jules finds herself part of a dark ritual built to force her back into the past that she’s spent her life trying to escape. The ultimate horror throwback.
MARK SPEARS GRAVEYARD SHIFT #1
Blind Bags Available
NEW SERIES! From the award-winning creator of MARK SPEARS MONSTERS comes an all-new supernatural action-horror universe! Every night at midnight, the Graveyard Shift clocks in. From an abandoned funeral home known as The Office, the mysterious Boss brings the dead back to life by punching their time cards and sending them out to battle the horrors that emerge after dark. By sunrise, their shift is over, and they die once again. As the nights grow longer, the team begins to question who they once were and what it will take to finally earn their retirement from the Graveyard Shift. WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD GOES TO SLEEP, SOMEBODY STILL HAS TO CLOCK IN. From the creator of the record-breaking MARK SPEARS MONSTERS blind bag programs, with more than 700,000 blind bags sold, comes the GRAVEYARD SHIFT #1 Body Bag Edition! Each Body Bag contains one randomly inserted Time Card trading card selected from a 15-card set, including 5 Base Time Cards, 5 Rare Foil Time Cards (1:100), and 5 unique One-of-One Time Cards. Every Body Bag also contains one randomly inserted comic selected from a lineup of Body Bag Exclusive covers available only through the GRAVEYARD SHIFT Body Bag. Eight unique Body Bag Exclusive covers are available to collect, each featuring original artwork and available only through the Graveyard Shift Body Bag. None of these covers are available as standard open-order editions. Body Bag Exclusive Cover H Secret Exclusive Cover (1:50) Cover I Foil Exclusive Cover (1:100) Cover J Glow-in-the-Dark Exclusive Cover (1:200) Cover K Secret Exclusive Cover (1:500) Cover L Signed Chrome Signature Exclusive Cover (1:1,000) Cover M Signed Gold Signature Exclusive Cover (1:5,000) Cover N Hand-Signed & Sketched Exclusive Cover (1:20,000) Cover O Rare covers are randomly inserted throughout the print run at the stated ratios.
VAMP DELUXE #1
The biggest hush-hush in Vegas is that Sanctus Hotel & Casino is run by vampires, and Julian Smith is their personal cleaner. As Head of Guest Relations, Julian works days (and nights) to keep the bloodiest secrets of Sanctus buried with the unluckier guests while ensuring the high-end clientele (not on the menu) are healthy, happy, and always wanting more. But Julian’s world spins into chaos when an old flame comes to town… and paints it red.
YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE #1
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation. When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life — and finds something far more terrifying than she ever imagined. Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive. From Eisner-nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, this paranoia-laced, socially conscious horror mystery will leave you questioning reality… and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream its residents were expecting.
The Cheap One
CLAYFACE #1 SPECIAL EDITION
Read a selection of Clayface’s best stories in Clayface #1 Special Edition, and all for $1! Get ready for DC Studios’ “Clayface” with a special edition comic featuring iconic stories from Clayface’s twisted history. Featuring Matt Hagen’s first appearance in “The Challenge of Clayface” from DETECTIVE COMICS #298, the iconic “If a Man Be Clay” from BATMAN VILLAINS SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS 2005 #1, and a preview of the hit DC All In series, CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #1. DC Studios “Clayface” only in theaters October 23, 2026.
Notable Reprints
BATMAN #227 FACSIMILE EDITION
Classic Neal Adams Cover!
A CHILLING BATMAN STORY FROM COMIC BOOK LEGENDS! When a disturbing letter from Alfred’s niece, Daphne, raises concern for her safety, Batman takes it upon himself to investigate her new position at far-off Gothos Mansion–ancestral home of the mysterious Clifton Heathrow. There, the Dark Knight comes face-to-face with the terrifying secret kept by six generations of the Heathrow family and the dark purpose for which Daphne has been chosen! A bone-chilling Batman tale rendered in all its gothic glory courtesy of the devilish Denny O’Neil!
UNCANNY X-MEN #159 FACSIMILE EDITION
Marvel’s mutants face an unholy threat when the immortal Dracula attempts to make Storm his undead bride! The X-Men get called to the hospital after Ororo is the victim of an apparent mugging — but when her recovery doesn’t go according to plan, the alarm bells start ringing. Storm is plagued by strange dreams and has a sudden aversion to sunlight! Soon Dracula arrives at the Mansion — but Ororo isn’t going to be turned to a vampire without a fight, and the X-Men sure won’t stand aside and let it happen! From legendary creators Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, it’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #159.
The Pick of the Week
Detective Comics #880 Lego Facsimile Edition
So here is the one you must hunt this week. Raw sales on eBay up to $59.99 already. Not many copies on-line currently. Every store is sold out online. You can always try Mycomicshop tomorrow.