D&D and Microtransactions

 Wizards of the Coast is at it again, trying to figure out how to wring more money out of Dungeons and Dragons. Now, it appears the company plans to roll out microtransactions for new D&D products, something the company tried back in 2024 but ended pretty quickly due to the negative response from players (See “More MAP”). It looks as if WotC is revisiting the idea with D&D Beyond Drops. The company plans to release assorted new spells, feats, encounters, maps, etc. to D&D Beyond subscribers with a paid subscription. Subscribers can use this content with their characters and campaigns for as long as they have a paid subscription and lose access to their character additions if they end their subscription.  It does not appear that WotC will charge for each character addition as they will be included with the weekly drops of new content players will be able to access.  However, it also appears WotC wants to move Dungeons and Dragons to a "live service” wherein players subscribing to D&D Beyond will get access to all of the new feats, spells, etc. with WotC determining through the response on the platform which should be incorporated into physical books for later release.  I was bemused to see in one interview, Chris Cooks, CEO of Hasbro, referring to books as “a special totem you can collect” as if they were now cultural artifacts, rather than useful items in the game.  He also pointed out that it can take up to 18 months to move a book from concept to publication so players wanting more material for their game will get a steady diet of it, providing they keep their subscription up to date, rather than waiting for WotC to publish another book.

MSH PRe-release

 

Our Marvel super Heroes pre-release turnout was not nearly as abysmal as turnout was for our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pre-releases as we have done double those numbers so far, really surprising several of my staff members who expected a redux of the TMNT pre-release attendance but attendance is  far below the numbers we saw for Edge of Eternities or even Aetherdrift.  Several of the players at our event even commented they did not care for playing with the Universes Beyond sets, they just liked the opportunity to come out and play in a pre-release. Most of the Marvel Super Heroes buyers we have had so far did not show up for either pre-release event. People who play Magic generally prefer playing with the in-universe sets. Those who want to collect, rip packs for views on social media, and find valuable cards they can sell to someone else gravitate towards the Universes Beyond sets. Incidentally, cards, even graded ones, only have value as long as someone else is willing to pay you more for them than you paid and eventually this nostalgia driven boom will come to an end.

Sample RPG Books

 

If you are an RPG publisher adn you want to get a  print copy of your product into the hands of the exact group of consumers interested in your product, but in order to do that, we need to have more than three copies of your submission to put on the table. Send the store enough copies to get a reasonable number into people's hands.

Free RPG Day

 

Once again the store had a great Free RPG Day with a line of people waiting to get in when we opened (See “Thoughts on the Upcoming Free RPG Day”)  We had a longer line waiting for free role playing stuff than we did for Free Comic Book Day but that does make sense given that we focus more on tabletop games than comics. Foot traffic was up about 20% over a typical Saturday and sales increased about 40% over a usual Saturday as well  RPG sales doubled but I ascribe a significant amount of the increase to the Yu Gi Oh Chaos Origins Premiere event that ran this past weekend. Unlike past recent Premiere events, which ended with us having about half a case of booster boxes remaining, the lure of the first full art Yu Gi Oh cards proved too tempting for local Yu Gi Oh duelists who descended on the set in droves and cleaned us out by the close of the business day on Saturday.

Back to Free RPG Day though. This was the best one we have had in recent years. There was a wide assortment of offerings from which customers could choose and a surprisingly small number of Dungeons and Dragons/5E compatible supplements. Not only did we give away our entire order of items but we managed to clear out all of the Free RPG Day items left over from previous including Cosmic Patrol, which has been kicking around our storeroom since 2015. The only Free RRPG Day item we had left over by the end of the day was the “Enter the Collection” supplement provided by Renegade Game Studios back in 2021. As usual, I do have a few thoughts about the event:

New 40K Releases for July 25th

 

New Edition. A New Beginning. More Ways to Grow the Hobby. New Starter Products for the New Edition   The next chapter of Warhammer has arrived, with the launch of our new edition, there has never been a better time to welcome new hobbyists into the world of Warhammer 40,000.We are releasing a number of new starter products, ideal for making it easy and exciting for new customers to begin their journey in the Warhammer 40,000 hobby. The excitement does not stop at Armageddon, these products provide great opportunities to build momentum and keep hobby journeys moving forward. These products will be added to the Stockist Ranges upon release, Click Here for more details on our on Range Updates.   The following three products are taking their rightful place in our Bestsellers Foundation range.

The following four products are available to all clients and are part of our Extended Box Range. Ask us about how to carry our Extended Box Ranges in your store.

New Comics for July 8th

 Here are the new comics releasing July 8th

2000 AD PROG #2488

ABATTOIR SIX #3

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #22

ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #2

ALADDIN #1

ALTERED STATES WARLORDS #2

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #129 FACSIMILE

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14 FACSIMILE

ARCHIE COMICS 85TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS BETTY & VERONICA SWIMSUIT SPECIAL

BABY GARFIELD #4

BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #3

BATMAN #156 FACSIMILE

BEN 10 #3

BLACK CAT #12

BLEEDING HEARTS #6

BO WOLF #1

CALEXIT SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD #1

CIVIL WAR: UNMASKED #3

CLAYFACE CELEBRITY DIRT #1

CONAN AND DRAGONERO #3

DAREDEVIL #4

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT MIMI GREEN #2

DIE LOADED #7

DINGOLIATH #1

DISPATCHED #1

DO A POWERBOMB BLACK AND WHITE #1

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #19

FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST FOES – SHALLA BAL #1

FIRE AND ICE DARKWOLF #1

FORGED #12

FURY OF FIRESTORM #4

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #330

GREEN LANTERN #49 FACSIMILE

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #18

HANK HOWARD, PIZZA DETECTIVE THE INSIDE JOB #1

INNARDS #2

IT’S SYMBIE #1

JEFF THE LAND SHARK: SUPERSTAR #1

JUST BRUTAL #4

MASK #2

OPERATION: IRON COFFIN #1

ORDER #2

PIMP KILLER #1

SEASONS #11

SEVEN WIVES #2

SHOWDOWN #2

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: 35TH ANNIVERSARY

SORCERER SUPREME #8

SPEED RACER #10

STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #5

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES–PATHFINDERS #3

STAR-CROSSED #1

SUPERGIRL #15

THE ROCKETEER: INFILTRATOR! #1

THE TWILIGHT ZONE #9

THUNDERCATS X SILVERHAWKS #4

TRANSFORMERS #34

UNCANNY X-MEN #31

VAMPYRATES! #1

W0RLDTR33 #21

WHITE BOAT #3

WITCHBLADE #23

WITNESS POINT #1

WOLVERINE #23

X-MEN ’97: SEASON TWO #2

ZORRO’S LEGACY #1

Gotta Catch 'Em All

 Calling all Pokemon Trainers in the area.  Bring us in cards showing the pictured 10 Pokemon on them and you will earn a limited edition Cinderace Pokemon League foil card.

Dungeon Crawler Carl Crowdfunding Campaign

 

Dungeon Crawler Carl the RPG crowdfunding campaign was one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever and a remider as to many publishers are now using crowdfunding, notsomuch as a means of raising funds to publish a product and moreso as a promotional device (See “Dungeon Crawler Carl:  The BackerKit”). After following the Dungeon Crawler Carl campaign, a crowdfunding campaign from another publisher popped up in my social media ads, only this one was touting that their campaign had fully funded in only 15 MINUTES. That sounded pretty impressive so I took a look at it, which now means that ads for their campaign keep showing up all across my social media feeds. The magic of tracking and algorithms.

Anyhow, funding in 15 minutes should mean quite a bit of excitement about the product and, looking at the campaign now, the amount of money it has raised is comparatively impressive but the project’s funding goal was only in the mid four figures, a comparatively easy figure to raise and create the opportunity to promote how quickly it funding and how far in perms of percentage the project is over goal. This is what copywriter Bob Bly refers to as the “magic of false logic”, not lying or misrepresenting the situation but making manipulating existing facts to make the result sound far better than it is through skillful writing. I also have heard this referred to as “fun with statistics”. For example, if a particular game has not sold a copy in six months and then sells two copies, I can legitimately claim a 200% sales increase in six months. Is that a true statement? Absolutely. Does it reflect the actual popularity of the game? Nope.

Cryer from the Castle

 Cryer from the Castle for the Week of June 30, 2026

https://youtu.be/wwbhpM5aJdg

July 18th New GW Releases

 The new Warhammer: The Old World Core Set offers customers the perfect way for two players to start playing games of Warhammer: The Old World right out of the box. Featuring a force of 22 brand new miniatures for the Warriors of Chaos pitched against an army of 31 Grand Cathay miniatures, this game-in-a-box also contains the Core Rulebook (revised edition) and all the essentials and accessories needed.

The new Battle March General's Companion expands on the core rules and allows customers to play smaller 400-750 point “Battle March” games - a fast-paced and accessible way to play.

FCBD 2027

 Please Universal and Penguin Random House, have your people talk with their people and make one consistent brand for the day.  The industry has spent some 20 years working to brand the day as Free Comic Book Day. Tossing   in Comic Giveaway Day just works to dilute that branding. Granted, most customers do not care. They just care about getting free comics and do not care if it is Free Comic Book Day, Comic Giveaway Day or Make Your Annual Appearance to Get Free Stuff Day but it certainly makes it easier on the stores and precludes the distributors from having to make different posters showing the books offered from each one. Give us one poster showing the top books or the books publishers are willing to pay to have appear on the poster.

New comics for 7//26

 100 BULLETS THE US OF ANGER #1

2000 AD PROG #2487

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #16

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #12

ADVENTURE TIME QUADRUPLE FEATURE #1

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN BOOK OF EL #10

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32

ARCHIE COMICS CELEBRATES AMERICAS 250TH

AVENGERS JLA #2 (OF 4) FACSIMILE

BABYLON COVE #2

BATGIRL #21

BATMAN #11

BATMAN #127 FACSIMILE

BATMAN GREEN ARROW THE QUESTION ARCADIA #4

BLADE RUNNER TOKYO NEXUS TO LOSE IS TO WIN #3

CHALLENGES OF DOOM: MR. FANTASTIC #1

COMICS THE MAGAZINE #5

DC W.I.P. SUPERGIRL WOMAN OF TOMORROW #1

DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG THE METAL LEGION #3

DEAD ACRE #1

DEAD SAMURAI #8

DEADMAN #2

DICK TRACY #18

DOCTOR STRANGE #8

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #12

EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO #3

EYRIE MAGAZINE #11

FANTASTIC FOUR #13

FAR CRY: CULL THE HERD  ISSUE #6

FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD–THE SPEED OF DARKNESS #3

GATCHAMAN RED IMPULSE #3

GHOST MACHINE THE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK #4

GODZILLA [KAI-SEI ERA] #12

IRON MAN #7

JADE WARRIORS #1

JSA #21

KILLER INFLUENCES #1

LAST STARFIGHTER #1

LILO AND STITCH 626 #2

LION KING #4

MADAME TARANTULA MAGAZINE #1

MALEVOLENT #5

MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL: BRAND NEW BEACH DAY #1

MINOR ARCANA #16

MORTAL THOR #12

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH #3

ORDAINED #3

POISON IVY #46

POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED #1

PUNISHER #6

RADIANT BLACK #43

RED SONJA NOIR THE PLUNDER AND THE PRINCESS #1

RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #3

RIPCORD #4

ROYALS #4

SHAOLIN COWBOY: STAYING A.I.LIVE #1

SHE-SPAWN #3

SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT DARK WINTER #1

SPAWN #377

SPAWN SCORCHED #52

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – SAW GERRERA #1

STARHENGE BOOK TWO A KISS FOR ATTICUS #1

SUPERGIRL SURVIVE #2

TEAM AMERICA RACING FULL THROTTLE EDITION #1

THE BEAST OF BORIKEN #1

THE CITY BENEATH HER FEET #3

THE DOGSITTER #1

THE OTHER/HALF #3

THE TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #2

TMNT: JOURNEYS #11

VAMPIRELLA SUMMER SPECIAL 2026 #1

WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #6

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #140

WHAT IF…? SECRET WARS #1

X-MEN UNITED #5

YOUNG HELLBOY: THRILLING SKY ADVENTURES #2

ZORRO #2

Games Workshop New Releases for July 11th

 here is what we have coming from GW for release on July 11. A couple of items have already been spoken for 

47-92) ASTRA MILITARUM: CIAPHAS CAIN: 4

(47-57) ASTRA MILITARUM: HIPPOGRIFF AFV: 4

(47-45) ASTRA MILITARUM: CENTAUR RSV: 4

(47-48) BATTLEFORCE: ASTRA MILITARUM PLATOON: 2

(51-36) BATTLEFORCE: TYRANID SWARM: 1

(71-44) BATTLEFORCE: CHAOS S/MARINES WARBAND: 1

(49-71) BATTLEFORCE: NECRON HOST: 1

(31-176) LEGIONES ASTARTES: MAXIMUS BATTLE GROUP: 0

(31-175) JOURNAL TACTICA: ZONE MORTALIS: 0

(31-156) LEGIONES ASTARTES:WHIRLWIND MISSILE TANK: 1

(BL3338) THE SABBAT WORLDS CRUSADE (A4 HB): 0

(BL3329) CIAPHAS CAIN:FOR THE EMPEROR (ILLUS. HB): 0

(BL3322) KRAKENBLOOD (PB): 1

(BL3332) VAGABOND SQUADRON (PB): 1

(BL3348) STARSEER'S RUIN (PB): 1

Packing slips

 

1.      This is one I have asked for before  I doubt I will see any change.  With every new release, Wizards of the Coast and, to a lesser extent, Konami and The Pokemon Company send us a boxful of promotional materials to use promoting that set. Pokemon sends us dice sets, stickers, promotional cards, and activity cards but no indication as to how they want us to use them.  Similarly, Wizards sends us a box filled with assorted promo cards, posters, pins and this time dice and dice bags with the list of items in the kit and their assorted uses posted on the Wizards website. For pity’s sake, put a list in the box that we can use when we open it to see what we are supposed to get and how Wizards wants us to use it. If that is not feasible (and it should be given that whoever packages the kits manages to get the correct items into it almost all of the time), then how about putting a slip of paper with a QR code printed on it taking us to the page listing the items. If it is too much trouble to change the QR code each time, then keep the link static and change the listing of promotional items on the page as each new kit releases.

Allocations

 

1.      Every brick and mortar retailer with which I have spoken reports getting allocated on Pokemon product while online retailers and streamers seem to have plenty of booster boxes to crack open on camera and to sell. Given that the brick and mortar locations are the ones running events which keep people playing, maybe making sure they have the product which their records indicate they can sell. Given the amount of demand for each new product release, getting new product into the hands of influencers instead of into the hands of stores selling the product would seem to take precedence. I doubt I will see any change

Warhammer 40K Armageddon

 The new Warhammer 40K 11th edition Armageddon set releases this Saturday.  We have enough copies to cover pre-orders and will have some left over for the shelf.  The new core rule book will release on the 27th.  The currently codexes will remain usable for this edition, at least for the forseeable future.

New Releases for July 4th

 

A new season of war is upon us with the arrival of the General’s Handbook 2026-2027! This essential Warhammer Age of Sigmar supplement breathes new life into your games with fresh rules, rebalanced faction points, and thrilling new scenarios.   Including unique battleplans, warscrolls, and objective markers, it is a must-have for every dedicated player and collector.

Brand new Slaanesh Battletome and miniatures including the egotistical Lord of Hysteria to offer an ever better choice for collectors alongside a new addition to the Spearhead range: Epicurean Revellers

New Comics Releasing 6/17/26

 New comics releasing June 17.  The 616 Doom Blind Bag will release 6/16

2000 AD PROG #2485

616 DAY MARVEL MYSTERY BAG FEATURING DOOM

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #21

ABSOLUTE FLASH #16

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #2

ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER–THE KYOSHI WARRIORS #2

BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #52

BATWOMAN #4

BLOODLAND #4

CATWOMAN #88

CONCRETE: STARS OVER SAND #1

DEAD TEENAGERS #4

DEADLY HANDS OF K’UN-LUN #5

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #4

DETECTIVE COMICS #359 FACSIMILE

DOG TAG #2

DYING DAYS #1

END OF LIFE #5

EXCOMMUNICATED #2

GI JOE #23

GUN HONEY DOUBLES DOWN #1

HELLBOY IN LOVE: OBSIDIAN #1

HELLO DARKNESS #22

HELLS HALF ACRE #4

IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #2

IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #4

INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #6

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #10

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #492

JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS A DC PRIDE EVENT #3

KILLSWITCH #2

LAND OF NEVER #1

LOBO #1 FACSIMILE

LOBO #4

MAD MAGAZINE #600

MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES–JACE #2

MAGIK & COLOSSUS #5

MURDER DRONES #4

NEW TITANS #36

NIGHTWING #139

ODIN #2

OF THE EARTH #2

OLYMPUS SAGA MEGALITH #2

PHANTOM VS THE RED DRAGONS (ONE SHOT)

PREDATOR: BLOODSHED #5

PUNISHER #5

REDCOAT #18

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN REFORGED #5

SILVER SURFER #4 FACSIMILE

SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE WITCHES OF THE WESTERN WOOD #2

SMILE: FOR THE CAMERA #4

SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #48

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #87

SORCERER SUPREME #7

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #2

SPIDER-MAN: LONG WAY HOME #1

STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP #8

SUPER CREEPSHOW #4

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #14

SUPERNATURAL #8

THE BEAUTY (2025) #6

THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN #5

TRILLION DOLLAR KID #1

UNCANNY X-MEN #30

VAMPIRELLA (2026) #3

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #139

WHAT IF…? THOR #1

WONDER MAN #4

X-MEN UNITED #4

Tables

 We are happy to make our table space available to anyone at no charge but we do ask that, before setting up at a table, you check in at the register to make sure space is available.  We have had several instances of players coming in during the evening, walking past the register and taking a table without checking to see if it will be in use.  This is especially problematic on Tuesdays and Thursdays when we have scheduled miniatures players, who take up 2-4 tables and boardgamers, who take up 1-2 tables. please, check with the staff at the regsiter before setting up on a table. We will do our best to accomodate you.

Customer

We had a couple of reminders this week regarding how long the store has been in business.  One customer brought his grandson in to buy Pokemon cards and told us he remembered bringing his son into the store 25 years or so ago to buy Pokemon here.

Another customer in his early 20s told us he remembered coming into the University Avenue location with his parents and falling asleep in a chair while they played D&D in one of the game rooms at the old location.

Big Muddy Monster Comic

 Brad Moore, cover artist on the Big Muddy Monster comic as well as the Legend of Tuttle Bottoms Comic posing with all three issues, autographed by him and the interior artist on the Big Muddy Monster Books, Nathan Bonner, at no additional charge.

Comics Releasing 6/10/26

 Comics releasing this week

2000 AD PROG #2484

ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1

ACTION COMICS #1099

ALIAS: RED BAND #4

ALIEN: KING KILLER #3

ALTERED STATES WARLORDS #1

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 FACSIMILE

ARCHIE COMICS 85TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS ARCHIE AMERICAN ALL STARS #1

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #1

BABY GARFIELD #3

BAD THOUGHTS #1

BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #2

BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #4

BEN 10 #2

BISHOP #1

BLACK CAT #11

BLEEDING HEARTS #5

BLOOD & THUNDER #14

CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #3

CIVIL WAR: UNMASKED #2

CONAN AND DRAGONERO #2

DAREDEVIL #3

DEAD BY DAYLIGHT THE HILLBILLY #3

DEAD SAMURAI #7

DESTINATION KILL #2

DISNEY VILLAINS GASTON #4

DORC #5

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #18

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2

FORGED #11

FURY OF FIRESTORM #3

GHOST PEPPER #12

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #329

GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE PRESENTS: GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17

HANK HOWARD PIZZA DETECTIVE A SLICE OF LIFE #2

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE WINGS OF FATE #1

JAY & SILENT BOB: JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1

JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS A DC PRIDE EVENT #2

LADY MECHANIKA THE MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #2

M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1

MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #0

MASK #1

MEGA MAN X #4

MONSTERS IN LOVE: A PRIDE ANTHOLOGY

MORTAL THOR #11

MUPPETS NOIR #4

NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #10

ORDER #1

RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #2

SENTRY #4

SKATE ALI #1

SPEED RACER #9

STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #4

SUPERGIRL #14

SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #23 FACSIMILE

SUPERNATURAL SPECIAL CASTIEL #1

TALES OF ASUNDA NIOBE SHE TRIBE VOL 02 #1

TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS #1

TARZAN BEYOND #1

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #19

THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP #5

TIGRESS ISLAND #4

TRANSFORMERS #33

WITCHBLADE #22

WOLVERINE #21

X-MEN #31

YOUNGBLOOD #100

Pokemon

 Got in a small stock of Pokemon tins today.  Limit 1 per customer so decide if you want the larger or smaller tin as we do not expect these to last the weekend. We still have Chaos Rising boosters in stock as well.

Painting Session

 Remember, Eli hosts a miniatures painting session each Saturday at 5 p.m.  You will need to bring a brush but we will have paints and other tools and can even provide a free figure if you want to practice.

Ravenloft

 The new Raveloft:  Horrors Within book is now instock. We have both covers available as well as the map set and Tarokka deck. We sold out of the DMscreen immediately but have more on the way.

Comics this week

 This week's comics

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #15

ADVENTURE TIME PRIDE SPECIAL 2026 #1 ONE-SHOT

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN BOOK OF EL #9

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #30

BATGIRL #20

BATMAN #10

BLADE RUNNER TOKYO NEXUS TO LOSE IS TO WIN #2

CYCLOPS #5

DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG THE METAL LEGION #2

DEADMAN #1

The Deadman enters the Next Level! In the millisecond following his murder, the soul of shifty circus aerialist Boston Brand was commandeered by the goddess Rama Kushna, who deputized the erstwhile performer's ghost with a sacred spectral assignment: the Custodian of All Souls! Now Brand floats — begrudgingly — through this bluegreen purgatory we call Earth, upholding the Laws of Spiritual Math and protecting humanity from evil — even if they can't see or hear him. Open up to this new era of DC's most lively deceased superhero — the Deadman — in a story about life, death, and everything in between... replete with paranormal activity, possessions, and a profusion of other poignant peculiarities.

DOCTOR STRANGE #7

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #11

ESTUARY A GHOST STORY #3

EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO #2

FANTASTIC FOUR #12

FML #8

FRANKENSTEIN: NEW WORLD--THE SPEED OF DARKNESS #2

GATCHAMAN RED IMPULSE #2

GHOST MACHINE THE OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK #3

GODZILLA KAI-SEI ERA #11

GODZILLA: INFINITY ROAR #5

GROO: THE PROPHECY #2

HARLEY AND IVY LIFE AND CRIMES #6

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON TAROT CARD DECK AND GUIDEBOOK

IRON MAN #6

IT'S JEFF: BRAND NEW WEEK #1

Follow everyone's favorite land shark as he spreads his charming chaos across the Marvel Universe! For the first time in print, you can read issues #25-36 of Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru's original It's Jeff infinity comic, plus five delightful tales from Gustavo Duarte's Jeff Week! Jeff tags along for some adventures with fan-favorites like the X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk, and many more! But don't underestimate this little shark — his adorable antics may cause more of a comm-ocean than these heroes can handle...

JSA #20

JUST SPECTACULAR COLLECTION #1

JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS A DC PRIDE EVENT #1

Fresh off the events of Justice League Intergalactic Special #1, Dreamer and Galaxy suddenly awaken on the island of Themyscira... living their best lives as princess and champion of the Amazons! But wait — weren't they just having a blowout friendship fight on the Watchtower, right in front of half the League? And who's this mysterious man that just washed up on their shores, insisting Dreamer leave paradise with him to save the world? And why does this heroic origin story and its increasingly strange and shifting landscape feel both familiar and wrong all at once? It's almost like... they're lost in a dream?

LUCKY DEVILS #8

MAGIC: THE GATHERING: UNTOLD STORIES--ELSPETH #4

MARC SPECTOR: MOON KNIGHT #5

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #1

A new uniform for a new era! The future is now with this visionary relaunch of the globally acclaimed Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. It’s been ten years since the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers turned in their morphers and went their separate ways. But now they’ve been called back to the legendary Command Center to face a new, terrifying form of a familiar foe: Rita Rabiosa. They may not be teenagers with attitudes anymore, but are they still the same heroes they once were?

ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT #1

A strange virus has spread across the world, transforming its victims into monsters. The only cure is to kill another infected soul. When a nonviolent young man sets out from the safety of his settlement to find his missing true love, he must face the corrupted world of monsters and monster-killers. A dramatic survival adventure that dares to ask what we should stand for in the monster apocalypse.

POISON IVY #45

RADIANT BLACK #42

ROOK EXODUS #10

ROYALS #3

SHE-SPAWN #2

SPAWN #376

SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #24

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE - JYN ERSO #1

PRISONER OF THE EMPIRE. A CHANCE AT HOPE. On the toxic WOBANI fields, JYN ERSO's brutal routine shatters when an unlikely crew begs the infamous slicer “LIANA HALLIK” to help pull off an impossible escape. Can Jyn outwit IMPERIAL security droids, tower cannons and incinerators long enough to crack the code — and keep a frightened young prisoner alive? Will a leap of faith heal old scars from GALEN, LYRA and SAW... or will Wobani claim Jyn's future before the REBELLION ever can?

STORM: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST MUTANT #5

SUPERGIRL SURVIVE #1

Kara Zor-El lives a life of small problems. How are you supposed to hold a floppy little baby like her new cousin Kal? Who should she ask to the spring formal? And when will her father and her uncle Jor-El stop squabbling? But the planet Krypton has big problems... like the militaristic dictator Zod ruthlessly crushing dissent and threatening to unleash the planet's most dangerous weapons on the opposition. And when things boil over and Krypton begins to burn, Kara and her infant cousin will find themselves trapped together in a prototype rocket, struggling to survive in a hostile universe that doesn't care if they live or die... and which might prefer the latter!

THE EXORCISM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE #3

THE RING: THE MAN WHO BEAT THE MAN #1

The Ring: The Man Who Beat the Man is an exciting action series that takes a look at both the rich history of boxing and the mindsets of those who step in the ring! Produced with the editorial leadership at the historic boxing magazine The Ring—Dark Horse pairs Simone with the creative team of artist Elisa Romboli (You Never Heard of Me) and colorist/letterer Iolanda Zanfardino (The Least We Can Do) to deliver a boxing tale like no other!

THE TWILIGHT ZONE #7

TMNT: JOURNEYS #10

TOXIC AVENGER COMICS #9

TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION #1

UNCANNY X-MEN #29

WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #5

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #138

WHAT IF...? UNCANNY X-MEN #1

WHAT IF... CYCLOPS HAD STAYED WITH MADELYNE PRYOR? Imagine a world where Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen, had survived the Inferno. What would have happened if Cyclops had saved her soul? What would have happened if he and Maddie had raised their son, Nathan Summers? What would that world look like? And why would that be the most terrible thing to happen to mutantdom and Earth itself?

X-MEN '97: SEASON TWO #1

Spinning out of the X-Men '97 hit TV series, we follow the X-Men left behind in a world that hunts and hates mutantkind! Can they survive? And just where — or when — are the X-Men now?! Leading directly from the end of season one to the start of the upcoming season 2, no X-MEN '97 fan can miss this one!

X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE #4