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Jump into New Comics on April 16th - Start Here

Get ready for a week of exciting new releases! From Godzilla vs Hulk #1 to Giant-Size Wacky Races #1, there are plenty of new #1s, one-shots, and story arcs to dive into this Wednesday, April 16th 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?

MARVEL COMICS
GODZILLA VS HULK #1
(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli
ROUND TWO: VS. THE INCREDIBLE HULK!

GENERAL ROSS has no tolerance for monsters in any form. With his anti-kaiju taskforce THE THUNDERBOLTS he's taken down or imprisoned the biggest and baddest monsters on the planet: Fin Fang Foom, Mothra, Kumonga, even the Hulk. Now all that's left is his biggest hunt of all... GODZILLA. But the Thunderbolts' efforts to bring their last monster to heel may just result in the most destructive battle royale to ever rock the earth. It's time to figure out who's really the strongest there is!

ROUND TWO IN A SERIES OF SIX ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!
ONE-SHOT

Rated T +
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
SUPERIOR AVENGERS #1 (OF 6)
(W) Steve Foxe (A) Luca Maresca (CA) R. B. Silva
THESE AIN'T YOUR DADDY'S AVENGERS!

•  And there came a day, unlike any other, when Doctor Doom ruled the world...and he needed an AVENGERS team all of his own!
•  Kristoff Vernard, son of VICTOR VON DOOM, has been tasked with building the newest iteration of Earth's Mightiest Heroes!
•  But who are these would-be heroes? And how did they come to be the SUPERIOR AVENGERS?
•  Find out when STEVE FOXE & LUCA MARESCA bring you a tale unlike any other in the landscape that is ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM!

RATED T+
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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MARVEL COMICS
WEB OF VENOMVERSE FRESH BRAINS #1
(W) Matt Groom, Erica Schultz (A) Chris Allen, Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Luciano Vecchio
THE VENOMVERSE IS UPON US!

The existence of Venom and symbiotes across the entire VENOMVERSE will be at stake if they go head-to-head with their Spidery counterparts to defend the Symbiote Hive-Mind from the SPIDER-VERSE! As an eight-legged fight creeps to the surface, meet the three new symbiotes who could put the Spiders at the edge of their webs! Which of them has what it takes? Could it be the devious Venomouse? The disorderly Katie Power? Or a whole new Eddie Brock? Read and find out!

RATED T+
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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DYNAMITE
GIANT-SIZE WACKY RACES #1 CVR A LINSNER
(W) Ivan Cohen (A) Mariano Benitiz Chapo (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner
Featuring 40 pages of story and art! Thrill to the all-new adventures of Penelope Pitstop!
This Giant-Size one-shot features three thrilling chapters that take us on a high-octane adventure from writer Ivan Cohen and super-star-artist-in-the-making Mariano Benitez-Chapo! Featuring a race-for-the-ages with tough and beautiful Penelope, handsome and mysterious Peter Perfect and of course Dick Dastardly (and a new look at Muttley! All of this action and high-speed adventure under three covers: Joseph Michael Linsner, Egal Galmon and Robert Hack!

Ivan Cohen has written titles starring some of the best-loved and most-well known characters in fiction, ranging from Batman, Spider-Man, and the Teen Titans to Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, and even the Space Jam version of LeBron James. His work includes mainstream comics for all ages; custom projects for clients such as LEGO, Honda, Mars, Incorporated, and Snickers; the award-winning THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES, and the teen/adult-focused MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE, featuring the breakthrough character Kid Quick.

Wacky Races is an animated TV series, aired in 1968 to 1970 on CBS. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, as it consists of eleven drivers racing across North America in order to win the title of ""World's Wackiest Racer"". The cartoon has a large number of regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among eleven race cars.
In Shops: Apr 30, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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DYNAMITE
RED SONJA VS AOD #1 CVR A BARENDS
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Jim Terry (CA) Bjorn Barends
"Demon bitches are my specialty."
-Ash

An all-new mini-series featuring everyone's favorite, Deadite-slaying, bumbling hero - Ashely J. Williams as he sends himself (once again) back in time, to the wrong time, only this time, THIS TIME he faces Red Sonja - She-Devil with a Sword! And lurking in the shadows? Kulan Gath himself and if the most dread Wizard of the Hyborian Age gets his hands on the Necronomicon? Well sh*t, that's ain't gonna be good!
"What I've like to do here is use the Army of Darkenss dark magic stuff and infuse it into Sonja's Hyborian age, so we can do a modernized take on those earliest Thomas/Jones/Throne/Buscema comics...gritty, dark sword and sorcery, full of weird monsters and grim morality talesthe difference being that Sonja is now weighed down by Ash who is, as always, kind of a moron who ruins thingsis totally enamored with Sonja."

Seeley

Featuring art by Jim Terry, our series launches with a lead cover by the red-hot  Mark Spears along with Tim Seeley, Bjorn Barends and the Dynamite debut of Nikkol Jelenic!
Tim [Seeley] is one of those "slash" people...a writer-slash-artist. He has drawn a number of different comic book series including G.I JOE, HALLOWEEN, WILDCATS and EXSANGUINE. His writing work includes NY TIMES bestselling HACK/SLASH, NIGHTWING, BATMAN ETERNAL, MONEY SHOT and the critically acclaimed REVIVAL.  He has also done consultation work for Cacao Barry, artist Hebru Brantley and Dreamworks Animation, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and daughter, and works at home where he is never far from his 80s action figure collection.
In Shops: Apr 30, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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IMAGE COMICS
MOONSHINE BIGFOOT #1 (OF 4) CVR A HOWARD DANIEL ELLIS
(W) Zach Howard, Mike Marlow (A/CA) Zach Howard, Nelson Daniel, Steve Ellis
Mini-Series Premiere. Buzzard County, 1981-Moonshine Bigfoot spends his days making a living while outwitting clueless cops, reckless rivals, and buffoonish Bigfoot Hunters. All is hunky-dory until he draws the attention of an Illuminati-esque cabal. With his partner in life and crime, Amethyst, our hairy hero is about to learn that some problems can't be handled just by jumping them in a souped-up Mach 1.
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $4.99
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IMAGE COMICS
YOUNGBLOOD DELUXE #1
(W) Rob Liefeld, Joe Casey (A/CA) Rob Liefeld
The Blood Is Back! Badrock! Shaft! Die-Hard! Vogue! Sentinel! Riptide! Cougar! Chapel! This is the ultimate collector's edition you've been waiting for. Re-scripted, re-colored, and re-lettered, this fully remastered historic first issue of Youngblood #1 is ready to take comic stores by storm just like it did in 1992-when it shook all of comics to its core! Jam-packed with 40 pages of story and art, this deluxe edition (just in time for its 33rd anniversary) is the definitive version of Youngblood #1, the groundbreaking series that launched the Image Revolution!
In Shops: Apr 16, 2025
SRP: $3.99
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