The Mortal Thor #1

The legend begins! The Norse Myths tell of Gods who walked the Earth, doing great deeds for the mortals who believed in them. But Asgard isn't real, and never was. The Gods never soared in our skies, never stood with our heroes, never fought for kindness or justice. It was all just a story. Nobody's coming to help us. But somewhere in the city... a man is waking up. A man with a hammer.

LEGACY #787

Immortal Legend Batman #1

Humanity broke the barrier between our universe and our universe's shadow. From the void came horrific apparitions that craved nothing but destruction. But from this terror... a legend was born. A warrior who found a way to access the energy that binds our universe and the shadow universe, transforming him into a cosmic dark knight. This immortal legend was named Batman. He fought to keep us safe but then one day abandoned the war. Though he didn't disappear entirely. Now they say he hunts a rogues gallery of monsters... born from the shadows!

Imperial War: Planet She-Hulk #1

Left behind on New Sakaar to keep the peace, Jen Walters discovers that in this savage realm, what's needed isn't a litigator, it's a liquidator! Fortunately, She-Hulk is accomplished at being both!

Imperial War: Black Panther #1

Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all-out galactic war, T'Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit! And all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom! Sounds like another day at the office for the Black Panther!

Doomed 2099 #1

The Future is Doomed! The world is Doom's... but does that include the world that is yet to be? A coalition from the future — including OLD MAN LOGAN, RACHEL SUMMERS PHOENIX, BISHOP, COSMIC GHOST RIDER, THE MAESTRO and DEATHLOK say otherwise. But will the arrival of Doom 2099 change the odds for the new Sorcerer Supreme? Is he there to back his past self... or destroy him forever?

Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man #1

JAMES TYNION IV & DANI RESSURECT A HORROR ICON!

Jack Griffin has always been invisible to the people around him — at least in his own mind. But when an experimental breakthrough presents a path to make his dreams of invisibility a reality, no one — not even the woman he loves — will stand in his way.

Witness Griffin's legendary descent into madness as his humanity fades away and the monster inside is revealed, leaving only... THE INVISIBLE MAN!

The horror dream team of JAMES TYNION IV (SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, EXQUISITE CORPSES) and DANI (The Low, Low Woods) reveal their vision for one of the most horrific monsters in cinematic history!

Bring on the Bad Guys: Dormammu #1

Who dares test the dread Dormammu?! Bring on the Bad Guys takes a mind-bending turn as Dormammu is drawn into a battle across generations! The arcane horrors of the Dark Dimension come to vivid life as you've never seen them before! But what could possibly move Dormammu to help anyone seeking his aid?

Part SIX of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

Bring on the Bad Guys: Mephisto #1

Mephisto's epic schemes come to a fiery conclusion! Victory is in Mephisto's grasp as he prepares to take control over all souls on Earth! But who is the mysterious figure who stands against him? Guest-starring the entire villain lineup of the original Bring on the Bad Guys: Doctor Doom, Dormammu , the Red Skull, the Green Goblin, Loki, and the Abomination!

Part SEVEN of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder #1

As a dark new power rises from the shadows of New York, so does a much darker power return to the city's streets... for revenge. One of the most terrifying villains in the history of comics is back — and more deadly than ever!

Returned forever changed by a maddening ordeal beyond imagining, the Shredder is a man out of time, betrayed by all around him, without the Foot Clan, and quite possibly insane. When one of his former Foot prodigies forms their own rival clan with infernal designs on New York, a recovering Shredder must quest deep into the criminal underworld, where enemies both old and new will discover what defiance will bring them at the end of the Shredder's blades.

Dan Watters, the celebrated writer of Batman: Dark Patterns, Nightwing, Lucifer, Six Fingers, and Home Sick Pilots, teams with Michele Bandini (Batman Incorporated, Spider-Man: City at War) to tell the rags-to-revenge story of the ultimate ronin.

Stay Out of the Woods #1

A nightmarish terror once again haunts the shadowy woods of a small town community. Three young friends have to confront their own childhood fears, undead creatures that stalk the living, an enigmatic tree that seemingly collects souls, and an ancient forest entity that seeks to reclaim these lands as its own. It's Tom Sawyer meets Pan's Labyrinth meets It in this coming-of-age tale of redemption and courage in the face of pure evil.

From Eisner Award winner JOE PRUETT (X-Men, Black-Eyed Kids, VOICES IN MY HEAD) and fan-favorite artist BUTCH GUICE (Captain America, Winter Soldier, Flash). With an incentive cover by the legendary MICHAEL WM. KALUTA! From NINTH CIRCLE, bringing you the BEST horror each month by the industry's TOP creative talent!

X-Men: Tooth and Claw #1

How did two of mutantkind's most dangerous villains become part of Cyclops' X-Men?

When they met across the battlefield, Henry McCoy and Max Eisenhardt were a brilliant, jovial athlete turned super hero and a mutant revolutionary, respectively. By the time they ruled the world as leaders of Krakoa, Hank was a Beast in deed as well as name, while Magneto was a longtime ally of the X-Men shocked by the inadequacy of his fulfilled dream. Cast back into a world that hates and fears them, a pair of chance encounters will show each why that world still needs them and the X-Men!

Collects the fan-favorite X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES #13-18 for the first time in print!

Nemesis: Forever #1

Nemesis is the world's most dangerous man and now he's made himself into one of the richest. No longer content just to terrorize the forces of law and order, his new plan is to wreak havoc on his enemies and seize control of the world itself and enslave humanity with super-technology.

Sonja Reborn #1

BAPTISM OF FIRE!

In a contest to decide the fate of the world, the ancient (and codependent) gods The Light and The Dark transport Maggie Sutherland, a young British clerk, from the year 2025 into the wilds of Hyboria, where she awakens transformed into the renowned Hyrkanian Bellatrix Red Sonja. Thrown headlong into a realm of gods and monsters, Maggie must quickly learn how to survive both the harsh environment and the constant threats posed by friends and foes alike as she struggles to find her way home.

Legendary comics writer CHRISTOPHER PRIEST (Vampirella, Black Panther, Conan) and artist ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO rebuild the crimson-maned warrior from the inside out in Sonja Reborn - a riveting reinterpretation of her hero's journey that reveals what it might actually take for a single woman to survive in a brutal world of sorcery and barbarism!

Featuring bewitching covers from renowned talents STJEPAN SEJIC, JOSHUA MIDDLETON, CHAD HARDIN, GREG LAND, and cosplay by ANI-MIA, this first issue is the perfect gateway to adventure for sword & sorcery fans old and new!

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone #1

A paranoid antiquities professor goes missing, and Hellboy's search for him takes a dangerous turn when the same person who was after the professor might be after Hellboy as well. Mike Mignola writes and Giuseppe Manunta (Artemis, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Haut-Koenigsbourg) draws this new one-shot!

Stitch #1

THE GALAXY'S MOST DANGEROUS (AND ADORABLE) WEAPON RETURNS!

Dr. Jumba Jookiba, the scientist responsible for releasing the blue-furred phenomenon known as Stitch onto an unsuspecting galaxy, is in danger of losing his membership in E.G.G.S. - the Evil Genius Group-slash-Syndicate. With all the time that he's been spending on Earth, Dr. Jumba hasn't earned enough Villain Points to re-up next year. And while he no longer considers himself fully "evil," he really wants to stay in E.G.G.S. - mainly for their great dental plan, and complimentary intergalactic travel lounges.

What's a morally flexible genius to do? Why, create a series of evil inventions in an attempt to remain qualified, of course! There's just one problem (well, two, if you count Pleakley's vain attempts to rein in the good doctor): Stitch is a wild card that Jumba can never properly account for in his calculations - and the fuzzy little ball of chaos finds a way to ruin every one of his brilliant inventions!

Acclaimed writers/comedians/podcasters CONNOR RATLIFF and JAMES III (Tiny Dinos, Dead Eyes, Young Dylan, All That) join forces with otherworldly artist GRETA XELLA to bring Earthlings everywhere the all-new adventures of Lilo's irrepressible pet - featuring singularly celebratory covers from EDWIN GALMON, JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG, CIRO CANGIALOSI, and JENNIFER L. MEYER!

Masterminds #1

When an ambitious and troubled video game programmer dares to audition for a secret society in the gaming/tech industry, composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds that promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams, he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves in a gauntlet of real-life puzzles that quickly turn deadly. Are they truly smart enough to survive the mysterious game of the Masterminds?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Seeds of Salvation #1

From Strange New Worlds season 4 writer Robbie Thompson (The Sin Bin, Marvel's Silk) and Star Trek knockout artist Travis Mercer (Cyborg, Teen Titans) comes a Lovecraftian horror the likes of which the crew of the Enterprise has never seen before!

After plodding through uneventful mission after uneventful mission, Christine Chapel is itching for a real adventure. So, when an opportunity to reunite with her old scientist friend Jinare for research on the planet Poilant crops up, Chapel is excited to finally do what Starfleet does best: explore strange new worlds. However, when the Enterprise arrives in Poilant's space, the crew cannot get into contact with Jinare or any of her researchers. Chapel, Una, Spock, La'An, and Scotty beam down, and they are greeted by... nothing... no one... and no signs of what caused their disappearance, only a robot named D6 who urges them to descend into the planet's depths in search of his friends. But there's more than scientists lurking in the watery abyss. Ancient life-forms and behemoths await — and they might mean more adventure than even Chapel can handle.

Dune: Edge of a Crysknife – Rage of Shai-Hulud #1

A new prequel adaptation from the world of Dune. Discover the origins of Shadout Mapes.

It's a battle of generations as Mapes's son, Samos, launches a bold assault against Baron Abulurd Harkonnen, son of Dmitri!

To bring down a heavily fortified Harkonnen outpost, the Fremen will need a tool of unimaginable destruction... Shai-Hulud, also known as sandworms!

Gatchaman: Joe – Bloodlines #1

Joe Asakura thought he found family... but as it turns out, he found a trap. Racing to a city under Galactor control, the Condor walks straight into a web of lies, covert killers, and weaponized hope. Now it's war, and Joe's out for blood.

The Man Who Dreamt the Impossible: A Tribute to Jack Kirby #1

Jack King is the eldest in the care home. A prodigy of imagination, always telling fascinating stories, but recently suffering from extreme fatigue and lack of motivation. Then comes Mike, a young orderly who will help restore Jack's spirit and his much-loved library, a place fallen into disarray and near abandonment, certainly not unrelated to the sinister pestilence lurking on its shelves...

A fictionalized tribute to JACK KIRBY, to the men who better took care of his work, and to others who suffered the same creative and editorial constraints throughout their careers.

Entanglement #1

Austin, TX. 2075. When a breakthrough in “botany tech” ushers in a new business boom centered around hyper-efficient energy production, two companies race to unlock the full potential of the technology in this story of corporate espionage, sibling rivalry, and merciless betrayal.

Red Vector #1

Cora Martinez has seen her fair share of conflict — as a Sonoran Desert Park Ranger, she straddles the line between sheltering desperate immigrants and steering others away from an uncertain fate. She longs for a place where disputes such as these no longer exist. But a clash far bigger than any on Earth is about to rip the heavens apart and crash land upon her doorstep with the arrival of two opposing combatants in an alien civil war through a rift in space!

The earthbound space opera from the creators of Morning Star and Crush Depth begins! When the stars fell, war came to Earth.

Robyn Hood: Infinite War #1

Trapped in an endless time loop by Father Time, Robyn Hood is forced to battle every enemy she's ever faced, over and over again, with no escape. As she fights through the relentless onslaught, flashbacks to her past reveal the unbreakable spirit that makes her the one warrior time itself cannot erase.

The Dusk #1

The city of Blackstone is propped up by corruption and fear. Public defender Jaime Nuñez—former baseball hero, now a divorced dad—has tried his best, but the criminal justice system targets the weak and poor. So Jaime has chosen a more direct way to make a difference: as the masked hero known as The Dusk. When his newly inherited wealth garners him an invite to an elegant gathering of the city’s elite, he decides to confront corruption at the highest levels, unaware of the secrets that await him.

Oz: Tablet of Destinies #1

When Dorothy is sent to retrieve the powerful Tablet of Destinies to save time itself, she faces an impossible choice-stop the ancient witches destroying Oz or complete her mission...

...at the cost of her adopted home!

Romanis Magicae #1

In the slums and gutters of ancient Rome a broken ex legionary named Marcus wanders in a drunken stupor, haunted by the shame of loss and failure of duty. Suddenly, he stumbles across a young girl being chased by strange, hooded demons, and in his attempt to help he is plunged into a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy the Empire. Step into a vision of ancient Rome that moves away from the temples of marble and clean white togas and into the dirty underbelly of one of history's greatest empires. Combining magic, myth, violence, and intrigue into a story that is equal parts HELLBOY, BPRD, and a little bit of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

Safiya Mummy #1

Monster Masters, Dan Parsons & Michael Gordon, delivers their stark grey tone creature feature - Jade Vampyre - in a single glorious issue!  The story originally serialized in American Mythology Monsters is told the way it was meant to be read, in a single horrifying sitting. Beautiful Egyptologist, Safiya Mahmoud discovers much more than even she bargained for when she and her fellow archeologists uncover a long forgotten sarcophagus buried deep in the heart of the desert. After extensive study and examination at Safiya's ultra-modern Cairo research facility, the truth begins to reveal itself about what they have found. What lies in the State-of-the-Art examination chamber is no ordinary mummified corpse, but "Mernheptan: The Plague Giver,"the most evil, reviled pharaoh in Egyptian History. Despite the concerns of her friends and colleagues, Safiya's obsession with the ancient cadaver intensifies. She works day and night in the laboratory, never leaving the mummy's side until the strange supernatural attraction totally consumes her, with unimaginable and terrifying consequences!

Vampire Ninja Ono: Curse of the Hakken #1

ONO!  OH, YES! BEN DUNN'S NINJA VAMPIRE RISES AGAIN!

After returning to the United States, Alex Powell believes the nightmare he faced in Japan is over, but he soon realizes the nightmare has followed him.  Demonic oni roam through the streets of Los Angeles, clashing with vampires and werewolves, all in a race to hunt him down.  But why?  What do the undead want with him?  Only Ono, the vampire ninja, holds the answers, and only she stands between him and a fate worse than death.

Toybox Guardians #1

HEROIC SOULS TRAPPED IN PLASTIC PLAYTHINGS! SMALL-SCALE FIGHTERS IN A HIGH-STAKES WAR!

From another dimension, the souls of warriors have come in pursuit of an ancient enemy that has now entered our world.  But to battle their foe, they need physical forms, and what their spirits find to inhabit...are children's toys.  Now they must use these new bodies to protect the innocent as they fight the age-old evil!

It's combat on an epic (3 3/4") scale, co-created and cowritten by Antarctic Press founder and Ninja High School creator Ben Dunn!

The Tall Jacks #1

In development with Sony Entertainment! Tall Jacks tells the story of Stiv, a trickster gang member whose rebellious nature puts a target on his back. While the wicked and supernatural gangs of Blood World City rise to power, Stiv threatens to tear it all apart. Brimming with manga-style action, stakes, and a promise for chaos, Tall Jacks preludes the Night of the Cadillacs comic book world from Ex Posse.

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