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Get ready for a week of exciting new releases! From Spider-Society #1 to the Jonny Quest #1, there are plenty of new #1s, one-shots, and story arcs to dive into this Wednesday, August 14th at your local comic shop.

Whether you're a seasoned collector or just starting out, these new releases are the perfect jumping-on point to discover your next favorite series.

So why not Start Here?

IMAGE COMICS
POWER FANTASY #1 CVR A WIJNGAARD
(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Caspar Wijngaard
Series Premiere. "Superpowered." You have certain preconceptions. They're incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, "any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA." There are six such people on Earth. The planet's survival relies on them never coming into conflict. Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock with Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + the Divine, Die) and Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots, All Against All). The eternal fight against fighting starts now.
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #167

BOOM! STUDIOS
SIR #1 (OF 5) CVR A HOUND
(W) Fell Hound (A/CA) Fell Hound
Get ready for your new obsession... MOTORCYCLE JOUSTING!

Fate brutally separated Avery Sakai from her girlfriend Nico Xing, but acceptance at Bridleham Academy might be just the thing to bring them back together. As it turns out though, Nico's extracurriculars are the last thing Avery expected.

Now to win a chance at love, Avery will need to throw herself into the violent but captivating world of the motorcycle jousting fight club known as the Seismic Ironclash Roulette!

Ringo Award-nominated, indie darling cartoonist Fell Hound (Commander Rao, And We Love You) brings an over-the-top sports and battle anime energy to BOOM! Box!
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
IRON FIST 50TH ANN SPECIAL #1
(W) Jason Loo, Various (A) Whilce Portacio, Various (CA) Alan Davis
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF THE IMMORTAL PROTECTOR OF K'UN-LUN!
The LEGACY OF THE IRON FIST is a long-lived legend spanning centuries...all the way back to the year 10,000,000 B.C.E.! IN THIS ISSUE: Chris Claremont and Lan Medina bring you a classic tale featuring...WOLVERINE?! Alyssa Wong and Von Randal bring you a current tale of today's IRON FIST, LIN LIE! PLUS: Justina Ireland and Elena Casagrande's EMERGENCY CALL, featuring THE DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON! And Frank Tieri and Ty Templeton make the call to HEROES FOR HIRE! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! The future of Danny Rand rests in the hands of JASON LOO and WHILCE PORTACIO... You won't want to miss it!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
SPIDER-SOCIETY #1 (OF 4)
(W) Alex Segura (A) Scott Godlewski (CA) Pete Woods
Every Spider-Character you love! (and some you haven't met yet!) May the first meeting of the Spider-Society commence! That's right, every Spider-Character you love (and some you haven't met yet) all show up in the same room for the most crazy meeting the Multiverse has ever seen. That's right, every Spider-Person will be in the same room for the most crazy meeting the Multiverse has ever seen! Don't miss the start of this incredible new miniseries!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #42

MARVEL COMICS
ULTRAMAN X THE AVENGERS #1 (OF 4)
(W) Kyle Higgins (A) Francesco Manna (CA) Dike Ruan
THE GREATEST HERO OF JAPAN AND EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES JOIN FORCES FOR AN EPIC ADVENTURE!
Spider-Man has disappeared from New York, an intergalactic invader has arrived on Ultraman's doorstep and the Kaiju of Earth are acting even more mysteriously than usual. This can only mean one thing: It's time for Ultraman to meet the Avengers! But what cosmic threat is great enough to require a team-up of Marvel's mightiest champions and Japan's greatest hero? Find out as Shin meets Sam, Spacium Ray meets Repulsor Ray and "THWIP!" meets "SHUWATCH!" - in the epic crossover event: ULTRAMAN x AVENGERS!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
VENOM WAR SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 4)
(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Greg Land
THE SPIDER-MAN IN BLACK!
Eddie Brock wants the symbiote, Dylan Brock wants the symbiote...but they're forgetting about the first host to ever wear the black...PETER PARKER! That's right - Spider-Man is back in black again, and this time, he's liking how it fits him! Maybe the winner of the Venom War could be the OG!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT RED BAND #1
(W) Jason Loo (A) Sergio Davila (CA) E.M. Gist
FULL MOON RISE - WEREWOLF KILL! Jack Russell has been trying to live a simple life - but in the deadly and dramatic wake of the BLOOD HUNT, his life is about to be turned upside down in ways he never imagined! With new enemies hoping to extract a (literal) pound of flesh and Jack unsure if he can be trusted around old allies and a lost love, the original WEREWOLF BY NIGHT is in for the fight of his life...and he's in it alone! POLYBAGGED FOR YOUR PROTECTION!

Explicit Content
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
WOLVERINE ANNUAL #1
(W) Ezra Claytan Daniels, Derek Landy (A) Yildiray Cinar, Sara Pichelli (CA) Salvador Larroca
"INFINITY WATCH" PART FIVE!
WOLVERINE vs. INFINITY WATCH, and the whole world hangs in the balance! Logan's efforts to rescue a community from destruction are upended when the new Infinity Watch crashes into town! The claws come out to protect the innocents, but can even adamantium withstand the raw power of the INFINITY STONES? The best there is must summon the best he's got to survive! PLUS: Derek Landy and Sara Pichelli bring NICK FURY's investigation to a head as he closes in on the Death Stone bearer!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
X-FACTOR #1
(W) Mark Russell (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Greg Land
FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe! International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America's X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy! Join Angel, Havok, Frenzy, Feral, Pyro and more as they go from one death-defying mission to another. Who will die? Who will fall in love? Who will be the first to sell out? Like, comment and subscribe to find out!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
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DYNAMITE
JONNY QUEST #1 CVR A HARDIN
(W) Joe Casey (A) Sebastian Piriz (CA) Chad Hardin
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN... OR CAN YOU?

Get ready to climb aboard the Sea Quest and embark for adventure once more! Legendary boy explorer JONNY QUEST is back, along with his intrepid scientist dad Dr. Benton Quest, bodyguard "Race" Bannon, adopted brother Hadji, and all the rest of the beloved cast from the classic animated series!

Launching out of its issue #0 prelude story in Dynamite's 2024 Free Comic Book Day release, this action-packed new title begins where the show left off in 1964, but things quickly take a turn for the uncanny as they team returns from an experiment at sea to their home base in Palm Key, only to discover that the once-familiar landscape is now strangely, disquietingly different!

Superstar writer JOE CASEY (Superman, Ben 10) and powerhouse artist SEBASTIÁN PIRIZ (We Ride Titans, Deadweights) join together to bring you the brand-new tales of Jonny and the Quest team that the world has been waiting for - all enhanced by fully frameable covers from CHAD HARDIN, TOM RANEY, RICHARD PACE, and BOB LAYTON!

ALL COVERS CARDSTOCK
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #91

AHOY COMICS
BABS #1 (OF 6) CVR A BURROWS (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) Jacen Burrows
From legendary writer Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) and superstar artist Jacen Burrows (Crossed, The Punisher): Meet Babs, a barbarian thief with an itchy metal wardrobe and the world's worst enchanted sword (named  Barry). Together they travel a fantastic landscape of wizards, dragons, demons, castles-and a band of very angry, very white knights. Babs wasn't looking for a fight, but she's never found a bad situation she couldn't make 100 times worse! Featuring variant covers by Chris Burnham (Batman Inc.) and Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn).
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #247

ALIEN BOOKS
DAMAGED PEOPLE #1 (OF 4) CVR A CONNELLY
(W) Damian Connelly (A/CA) Damian Connelly
Episode one: A ghost girl. In the first episode, we will learn the story of Abigail, a boring and lonely girl who spends her days scaring people until his life changes completely when he meets Mary, a ghost girl. A gothic romance in the 90's, with dark places, flowers, and two damaged people.
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #258

MAD CAVE STUDIOS
DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH #1 (OF 8) CVR A JIM CALAFIORE
(W) Dan DiDio (A/CA) Jim Calafiore
The first action-packed issue in an eight-part series! Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Lothar are united again in this reimagining of the classic animated series, Defenders of the Earth. Picking up with characters and storylines from the original series, Flash confronts Ming in final battle, only to find that even greater threats await him as his teammates as they each must confront ghosts of their past to protect their families and future.

In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #382

DARK HORSE PRH
GILT FRAME #1
(W) Matt Kindt, Margie Kindt (A/CA) Matt Kindt
A classic whodunit murder mystery that spans the globe from Paris to Hawaii to Montenegro as we hustle to keep up with the most unlikely murder-solving duo in the history of murder-solvers. Sam, who is in his early twenties, is an orphan, taken in when he was younger by his well-off Aunt Merry who has an eccentric taste for antiques and travel. Together, Sam and Merry have solved some of the most notorious murders in the world. And true to form, their Parisian vacation is cut short when they stumble upon a murder scene so bizarre that only a raging psychopath could have produced it. But to solve the crime, they have to wrestle with jewel thieves, art forgers, gun-runners, a lost puppy, and a master French detective who may just solve the crime before they do.
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $9.99
PREVIEWS Page #222

VEROTIK
HELLMASK #1 (MR)
(W) Glenn Danzig, Simon Bisley (A) Glenn Danzig (A/CA) Simon Bisley
Fresh from Hellmask's first appearance in the Verotik 30th Anniversary Comic, Danzig & Bisley's Hellmask gets his own book! Their first Sword & Sorcery character since the incredible Death Dealer #1, Hellmask cuts a bloody path of carnage and brutality through the kingdom's enemies. Sweet painted cover by Simon 'Biz' Bisley!
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $5.95
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DARK HORSE PRH
MIDST #1
(W) Colin Lorimer (A) Alejandro Aragon (CA) Will Kirkby
Caught between the Un and the Fold sits the islet of Midst... When their ramshackle postal ship crashes on a mysterious new landmass, siblings Rowan and Ogden have to make the best of it. Adventurous Ogden convinces reluctant Rowan to make a fresh start in the strange new islet that sits between the bright Un and the dark Fold. But Midst holds dangers that will challenge Ogden and Rowan's family bonds as well as their will to survive. Crash into the expanded cosmos of Midst, featuring writing by Colin Lorimer, art by Alejandro Aragon, and colors by Chris O'Halloran. Third Person and Critical Role proudly present the first in a new series of stories from the Midst cosmos.
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $7.99
PREVIEWS Page #224

IDW-PRH
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES NIGHTWATCHER #1 40TH ANNIV
(W) Juni Ba (A) Fero Pe (CA) Eric Talbot
After making a dark debut in the Free Comic Book Day special, fans have one burning question: Who is the Nightwatcher?Violence and discrimination against mutants is running wild, and a new vigilante will rise up to combat it... but who is this fearsome armored fighter standing bravely against the criminals who wish to harm mutants?
From the brilliant mind of writer Juni Ba and astonishing artist Fero Pe comes an action-packed ongoing series that spins out of the pages of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES to delve into the grim reality of New York City after the Mutagen Bomb and unveil the secrets behind the mask.
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #240

DARK HORSE PRH
TINY TINAS WONDERLANDS LAND OF GIANTS #1
(W) Paul Tobin (A/CA) Luisa Russo
A new comic tie-in to video games Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Borderlands! Tiny Tina is running a new game of "Bunkers & Badasses" with explorers Frette, Valentine, and Hammerlock playing as Skrrmish the Bogbarian, Crasher the Stabbomancer, and Blasteen the Deadshot! Playing in a world from the colorful mind of Tiny Tina, the three heroes set off to hunt a bounty on the giant Hilly the Kid!
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #226

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
TOM HOLLAND FRIGHT NIGHT EVIL ED RISING #1 CVR A MARTINEZ
(W) S.A. Check, James Kuhoric (A) Gerardo Gambone (CA) Roy Alan Martinez
Plucked straight from the cult classic horror franchise Fright Night, fan favorite character - Evil Ed is back! And he's left Charley, Amy, and Peter in the shadows! He's a vampire without rules! Without cares! And without a future! Follow everyone's favorite horror fan turned creature of the night as he embarks on a solo journey to find some type of meaning to his new existence. Haunted by memories of Jerry Dandrige and his former life, a new threat has emerged which could bring it all crumbling down around him! Don't miss out on this one-shot feeding frenzy of fangs and fun! You're so cool, Brewster!
In Shops: Aug 14, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #230

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