Amazing Spider-Man: Halloween Special #1

HAPPY SPIDER-WEEN! Treat yourself with tricks in this epic Halloween adventure! The TRICK — Hallows' Eve tries to pull off her biggest heist yet, and Spider-Man's gotta stop her before she imperils the ENTIRE 616! The TREAT — a new costume for Spidey?!

PLUS, WE HAVE SOME SPIDEY SECRETS HIDDEN AWAY IN THIS ISSUE, TOO!

RACHEL'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Punisher Showdowns: Black Widow #1

FRANK CASTLE CROSSES PATHS WITH HEROES OF THE MARVEL U!

In the first of an all-new series, a threat from a terrorist cell puts FRANK CASTLE on a mission to LAS VEGAS, where the BLACK WIDOW's intel on a WOLF SPIDER operative will set them all on a bullet-riddled collision course! But will PUNISHER and BLACK WIDOW see eye to eye, or is this eye-for-an-eye going to leave bodies in their wake?! The Punisher's one-man war on the guilty crosses paths with other denizens of the Marvel Universe with explosive and unexpected results in THE PUNISHER SHOWDOWNS!

It Demands Sacrifice #1

Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Philip Gelatt (LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS), acclaimed filmmaker David Yarovesky (BRIGHTBURN), and visionary artist Adam Pollina (X-FORCE) carve up 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.

Three Worlds / Three Moons: Arrivals #1

From the New York Times bestselling and multi-Eisner award-nominated creator of East of West, The Manhattan Projects, Decorum, and more comes this ambitious science-fiction universe presented by comics titan Jonathan Hickman.

A grand new sci-fi epic begins in a bold new universe...

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 — featuring contributions from Christian Ward, James Stokoe, Juni Ba and many more!

ThunderCats #1

Superstar writer GREG PAK (World War Hulk, X-Men, Superman/Batman) joins rising star artist DAVID COUSENS (Cheetara: Worldbreaker) to present a stunning new chapter in the ‘Cats history!

The THUNDERCATS face a strange, dangerous new life on their Earth, sharing the world with the SILVERHAWKS, a multitude of other societies, and the cat-hating MU’TANTS. This is a time for outreach and diplomacy... or it would be, if it weren’t for a mysterious omen from the sky that unleashes a beast within team leader LION-O, transforming him into the deadly FERAL KING!

This issue features a PREMIUM MYSTERY BLIND BAG which contains three limited editions of the issue selected randomly from a range of variant covers exclusive to this title. Please Note: The number of Blind Bags is limited. Allocations may occur.

Iron Man: Racing Towards Doom #1

FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED: MARVEL STYLE!

When high-speed tech collides with worldshaking danger, IRON MAN must take the lead! ATLASSIAN WILLIAMS F1 TEAM star drivers CARLOS SAINZ and ALEX ALBON face a LATVERIAN threat on and off the track. But at the finish line, DOCTOR DOOM waits, and he’s playing for keeps!!! Also starring BLACK WIDOW and CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON.

Leaded Gasoline #1

In the 1980s a killer stalks the streets of South Los Angeles. Task forces are assembled, detectives work overtime, but the bodies keep coming. This is the story of a community college professor who believes there's more to the story than a single madman. From writer Patrick Kindlon (Frontiersman, Nobody Is In Control, We Can Never Go Home) and your next favorite artist Lorenzo Re, Leaded Gasoline captures the mad energy of the most brash and risk-taking horror comics that are smart, dangerous, and intent on taking a sledgehammer to your mind.

ADAM'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Cyberpunk 2077: Jayk's Case #1

A private investigator is hired to find the killer of a high-ranking executive, but the objective isn’t for justice — it’s for an escape. Embroiled in a network of Militech agents, he’ll need to find the killer before they do, but what truth are they trying to silence? And with ties to one of Night City’s most dangerous gangs, the death of one corpo may be just the beginning.

The Book of Nosferatu #1

Every monster has a beginning! Learn the origin of Nosferatu in this adult tale of unrestrained gothic horror written by Michael Moreci (Barbaric, Dick Tracy) and illustrated by Todor Hristov (Stranger Things)! Emil's wife is missing, but no one in his village will do anything about it. No one will even speak of it. It's like she never even existed. But Emil knows the truth: Bella did not simply vanish, she was taken, prey to the region's terrifying blight...Nosferatu. Unable to break through the taboo surrounding any interference in these cursed matters, Emil turns away from society and into a world full of unknown and strange powers. What terrible things lurk between the villages in the deep, dark woods, and how can he harness them to find his beloved bride? Can he harness them at all, or will he too succumb to their curses?

ADAM'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Street Fighter Masters: Cammy vs. Chun-Li #1

Cammy and Chun-Li - Street Fighter's two leading ladies - come to blows in an all-new one-shot! A three-chapter story set across three eras of Street Fighter will decide which of these World Warrior women comes out on top!

Mirka Andolfo's Sweet Paprika: Black, White, & Pink – Halloween Special #1

SWEET PAPRIKA CASTS A WICKED SPELL THIS HALLOWEEN…IN BLACK, WHITE & PINK! From the world of the Eisner-nominated and Harvey Award-winning SWEET PAPRIKA comes a brand-new Halloween special brimming with spooky, spicy mischief! Night is falling, the jack-o'-lanterns are grinning, and temptation is in the air at Infernum Press, where every shadow glows in black, white & pink. As the costumes come off and inhibitions follow, Paprika and her mates chase tricks, treats, and a little trouble under the full moon. This devilish delight serves up sexy and hilarious tales by an all-star team: MIRKA ANDOLFO (SWEET PAPRIKA, MERCY, UNNATURAL), Hugo and Ringo Award winner BARTOSZ SZTYBOR (Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher), acclaimed illustrator LEIRIX in her very first interior work, RACHELE ARAGNO (Young Hellboy, Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III, Leonide the Vampyr), and more spellbinding talents… Treat yourself to the spookiest night at Infernum…Paprika style!

MEG'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Filthy Lambs #1

In the basement of Grimaldi Manor, the family patriarch says a prayer and stabs himself in the throat. Blood falls. The demon watches. A woman tries to scream. Upstairs, three generations of the Grimaldi family and a snapping turtle fill the house with unfulfilled promise and joyful childhood shrieks. These are tremendous, terrible times for the lineage! The Grimaldis hold a contract with Their Lord Below for ten more years of prodigious wealth and glory. But old contracts can sour. Monsters can misbehave. And a filthy little lamb can still have teeth.

Valiant Beyond: The X-O Manowar Finale – The Pilgrimage #1

ONWARD TO THE SHINING CITY!

Aric and Shanhara emerged victorious from their deadly battle against Banelus End, but the PUNX were not so lucky. With their homes at THE DIVE destroyed beyond repair, the journey to find a new refuge begins as they embark on a fraught mission to find the Shining City. Will this voyage lay the Foundation for a bold new society or is it a Harbinger of the true end times?

Writer Steve Orlando (Spider-Man 2099) and artist Diego Giribaldi (RESURGENCE: FINALE) take Aric and his new allies on the Pilgrimage as the first year of Valiant Beyond accelerates towards its epic conclusion!

DAN'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu – Nightmare on Nevarro #1

Sinister creatures with glowing red eyes are terrorizing the people of Nevarro, and it’s up to the Mandalorian Din Djarin and his foundling Grogu to put an end to the haunting! Once again, the pair venture into the belly of Nevarro’s magma-filled lava tubes to uncover the truth. Between menacing cave creatures, a deranged mining droid, and the red-eyed flying specters, surviving the darkness may be the greatest challenge of all. It’s a spooky Star Wars adventure where not everything is as it seems!

The Last Starfighter: Beta #1

THE BELOVED DUPLICATE GETS HIS DUE!

When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate Beta who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sabotage the Ko-Dan mothership and save the planet Rylos.

That’s been the story for forty years. Now, the original film writer Jonathan Betuel joins a star-studded creative team to reveal Beta’s true fate! Beta survived the Ko-Dan assault, but he’s not the only alien entity left on Earth. And with Alex far away, Beta’s stranded and alone. Can an organic robot with no orders to execute find his own purpose on an alien planet? Not if the Zando-Zan have anything to say about it! A hilarious and heartwarming one-shot from writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes (Syfy's WAREHOUSE 13, The CW's ARROW, NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP & more) and artist David Cutler (Marvel’s Voices, Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird), and a can’t-miss installment in The Last Starfighter mythos!

Terrorbytes Halloween Annual #1

Halloween arrives with a fresh dose of futuristic horror in this terrifying special issue of TERRORBYTES! Featuring two all-new tales from the winners of Mad Cave's 2025 Talent Search—along with a chilling bonus story by Mark London—this oversized one-shot delivers unforgettable nightmares where technology, humanity, and fear collide. Three visions of tomorrow prove the scariest monsters aren't hiding in the dark... they're already here.

Circuits Seduction Revenge #1

An all-new quarterly ongoing series! In 2050 A.D., Earth has survived the AI singularity and settled into a strange new equilibrium: futuristic metropolises under mandatory logdowns, cities reserved for sentient survivors of a deactivated AI consciousness, and breakaway communities living like it’s still 1985. This new cyberpunk saga merges the worlds of the previous Circuits: Seduction-Revenge one-shot and The Encoded, as a mysterious rogue pleasure android wreaks havoc on the trillionaire class, forcing them to turn to an equally dangerous artificial life-form to stop her.

X-O Manowar: Black, White & Gold #1

FOUR STORIES. ONE VISION FOR AN EXPLOSIVE NEW MINI-SERIES ALL BLACK, WHITE & GOLD!

Aric of Dacia, a Visigoth warrior with a code of honor, is abducted by aliens and returns to Earth with the Shanhara armor, the most powerful weapon in the universe! But Aric finds that the Earth he’d returned to is very different from the one he left, as over 2,000 years have passed him by!

This anthology will explore different eras of Aric’s past, present, and future from an assortment of perennial favorites and up-and-coming comics talent:

• "Visigoth Therapy" by Peter Milligan and Sebastian Cabrol
• "Memento" by Ron Marz and Bart Sears
• "Routine Containment Operations" by Dan Abnett and Sid Kotian
• "The Day Off" by Kevin Roditeli and Javier Ortiz

Heard #1

A heart-pounding survival thriller with a family drama core that blends edge-of-your-seat suspense with tear-jerking emotion. When eleven-year-old Owen Mayfield, a nonspeaking autistic boy with a vivid inner voice, struggles to be understood by the world around him, his father hopes a camping trip into Montana's rugged Bob Marshall Wilderness will help them reconnect. But as father and son begin to bridge the gap between them, tensions mount, local legends of a deadly grizzly spread, and an unseen threat stalks the wilderness, leaving a gruesome path of destruction in its wake. Inspired by creator Alex George Pickering's experiences raising his son Ethan, HEARD is a deeply personal story of family, resilience, and survival.

DAN'S PICK OF THE WEEK:

Zenescope Zombie Pinup Special 2026 #1

This October, zombies are invading the Zenescope Universe!

Get ready to check out all your favorite Grimm Universe heroes and villains as they battle zombie hordes! Some of the industry's top artists contribute gorgeous pin-ups in this stunning collection.

Also includes an original Grimm Fairy Tales short story.

Kid Slapshot: Cosmic Horror #1

Includes bonus pull-out poster by D Brad Gibson! Kid Slapshot and Dillzy are back and ready to go on another adventure in search of the ultimate score: the most candy possible this Halloween! Their search for sweets leads them to a rogue planet that appears once every 13 years in the solar system, where they encounter far more than what their minds can comprehend...

Drumsticks of Doom: Band on the Silver Mountain #1

When Black Sabbath (not the Beatles) became the world’s most famous band, the universe was changed, musically and otherwise. Lost arts, like Alchemy, were made common, schools taught about transfiguration and alternate science, Demons were summoned and some stuck around. The new 3-issue mini-series has Lana and the crew taking the next step in their music journey as they head to The Silver Mountain to record their first album. Their private recording session isn't so private when characters new and old start trying to get in on the tracks.

Claw and Covenant #1

From the Soska sisters—Claw and Covenant: a pact made in blood, a creature bound by ancient law, and the team Sydnee Bloodruth builds from both. Art by Megan Mushi.

Fresh off the events of Bloodruth #3 (10/13/26), Sydnee Bloodruth isn't done—and she isn't walking into what's coming alone. Claw and Covenant is the story of how Sydnee gathers her companions: a thief of shadows, a hellian bound by covenant, and the blood-magic bargains that hold a team together when ancient law says it shouldn't exist at all. Every covenant has a cost. Sydnee pays in the only currency a Bloodruth carries.

A self-contained one-shot that bridges the conclusion of Sydnee's debut arc and her central role in the Rippaverse's first major crossover event, Exclave (beginning 11/03/26)—the team she builds here is the team she brings with her. Sydnee Bloodruth was created by Eric July; the Soskas have written her from issue #1—the horror voice behind Yaira, The Cursed, and The Hellbound Stagecoach, working the corner of the line where monsters negotiate and bargains bite back.

From Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska, with interior art by Megan Mushi and colors by Rohvel Yumul.

The Boy with a Balloon for a Head #1

When a family moves into a new neighbourhood, their son has difficulty adjusting because he's "different".

The Boy With a Balloon for a Head is an original, wonderful story.

Here's what our colorist Przemyslaw Dedelis had to say after reading this issue:

"I read the first part of Balloon Boy, and I find it to be one of those unputdownable reads.

Basically, it piques interest and intrigue from the get-go, raises a couple of questions and makes me want to read it all in one sitting just so I could find out what the deal is with the boy. It's a great idea and very well executed, reading it makes me even more happier to be involved in this project!"

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