Thursday, October 16, 2025

Return to Skull Island #4 Preview

 

COVER A: STAZ JOHNSON

 

Charlie turned Skull Island against its Human inhabitants when he provoked Kong into fighting a giant serpent, and Kaia won't let him forget it. As the chief races to save her tribe by relocating them on a nearby island, Irene brings Mike and her daughter Annie back to Skull Island. The crew who transported them seem more inclined to go big game hunting than conduct a scientific survey. But with Kong crying out in pain as Benito administers the vapors of Februus, can anyone escape the frenzied monsters and the elemental behemoth arising from the soil and bones?

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:  


RETURN TO SKULL ISLAND #4 (OF 4)

(W) Simon Furman

(A) Christopher Jones

Publisher: Titan Comics

FC, 32pp, $4.99, On Sale Oct 15, 2025

 

CONTINUATION OF THE SKULL ISLAND ANIMATED SERIES! SPINNING OUT OF THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW!

 

While Kong has been recovering from his last clash, a pestilence has corrupted the island and its many monsters have grown.

 

Now, in an epic battle between two titans, Kong defends his human allies against Yuggoth. Will Kong keep his crown, or will Skull Island have a new ruler?

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 


 

 


 




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COVER B: CHRISTOPHER JONES

 

COVER C: MARCELO COSTA


Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us.




 


Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa #2 Preview

 

COVER A BY JUAN GEDEON

 

With so many folks in Cowtown going missing, Marshall Moo Montana wants to tamp down their fears. When Buffalo Bull wants to form a posse, Moo cautions, "If you go looking for trouble, you might just be the trouble." And when Deputy Terrorbull gets ripsnortin' mad that he's not the new Sheriff in Marey Quire's absence, the Marshall tells him, "If you aren't in control of your emotions, then you shouldn't be in control of anything." But with Mayor Bulloney threatening to raise taxes on his dwindling population, can Marshall Moo Montana do more than quote from The Code of the West?

(Cue the chirping cricket). 

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

 

WILD WEST C.O.W.-BOYS OF

MOO MESA #2 (OF #4)

WRITTEN BY MATT HOTSON

ART BY JUAN GEDEON

COVER A BY JUAN GEDEON

COVER B BY ANDREW KRAHNKE

HANDBOOK VARIANT BY AJ JOTHIKUMAR

INTERLOCKING FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY JUAN GEDEON

B&W VARIANT (1:20) BY ANDREW KRAHNKE


MARSHAL MOO MONTANA AIN’T TAKIN’ NO BULL! Writer Matt Hotson (Power Rangers: The Return) and artist Juan Gedeon (DC: The Jurassic League) partner up with the West’s moo-st iconic heroes to solve the mystery that’s been plaguing Cowtown!


A dark cloud has fallen over Moo Mesa in the form of the villainous Dark Horse. In this thrilling installment, Marshal Moo Montana teams up with Deputy Sheriff Terrorbull to stop the shadowy figure responsible for the recent disappearances in Cowtown. As the duo delves deeper into the case, Montana discovers that Terrorbull’s true allegiances may not exactly align with the law!


ON SALE OCTOBER 15th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

COVER B BY ANDREW KRAHNKE

 

B&W VARIANT (1:20) BY ANDREW KRAHNKE

INTERLOCKING FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY JUAN GEDEON

HANDBOOK VARIANT BY AJ JOTHIKUMAR


Thanks to Oni Press for sharing this cover preview with us.

Blade Runner Black Lotus: Las Vegas #2 Preview

 

COVER A: DANI (COLORS BRAD SIMPSON)


This series kicked off with a high-speed train robbery, and a paraplegic given a second chance at mobility. While it showed life in Los Angeles, it also revealed conditions among those living outside the city. Even if you hadn't read the previous series, or seen the TV show, the cast all received great introductions, making it easy to follow them. The art was spectacular, pulling you into this cinematic adventure. 

Unlike Dahlia Racers, most folks don't visit Vegas these days. It's too hot from the radioactive fallout. But Elle doesn't care. She wants answers. Will she find them in Las Vegas?

Here's all the info from Titan Comics: 


BLADE RUNNER BLACK LOTUS: LAS VEGAS #2 (OF 4)

(W) Nancy A. Collins

(A) Jesus Hervas

Publisher: Titan Comics

FC, 32pp, $4.99, On Sale October 15, 2025

 

This all-new series sees the deadly Replicant combat model Elle, aka the Black Lotus Killer, continue searching for answers about her mysterious past. Elle's quest takes her to the irradiated city of Las Vegas (later seen in Blade Runner 2049), a sand-choked ghost town of forgotten memories following the detonation of a dirty bomb.

 

There she finds a community of role-playing Replicants, abandoned hospitality models from the old casinos now living as embodiments of ancient Egyptian and Roman royalty. Meanwhile, Niander Wallace, smarting from his last encounter with Elle, has dispatched a seasoned kill team to bring back her head.

 

WRITTEN BY EISNER AWARD NOMINATED WRITER NANCY A. COLLINS (BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SWAMP THING)

 

 

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COVER B: V.V. GLASS


COVER C: JESÚS HERVÁS


COVER D: FEDERICO SABBATINI


Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us.



 


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1 Review


 


Writer: Alex Paknadel

Artist: Amancay Nahuelpan

Colorist: Luis Antonio Delgado

Letterer: Darran Robinson

Cover Artists: Amancay Nahuelpan & Louis Antonio Delgado; Danny Earls & Jão Canola; Mike Henderson & Adam Guzowski

Editors: Andy Khouri & Dave Wielgosz

Publisher: IDW

Price: $4.99

Release Date: September 10, 2025

 

As the moon shines down on Bear Mountain State Park, a man whistles, and his dogs charge. Each dog races to reach their target first. But when they find it and sink their teeth into its scaly hide, another whistle calls them off. The dogs move aside as their masters approach. As he instructs Simon to kill their quarry, the man assures the boy that there's nothing wrong with ending another person's life. What does this man have against mutants? And why does he equate murder with mercy? Let's grab our masks and clubs, leap into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1, and see!

 

Story

Every time Casey goes to sleep, the nightmare returns. District Attorney Hieronymus Hale smiles as he shoots him. Tonight, Casey awakens in a sweat. But it’s not just the recurring dream. The temperature has risen in the city. Even at night, it doesn’t cool down. And as temperatures rise, tempers fray. The heat wave gives Casey the determination to do what he’s yearned to do for the last few weeks. His city needs him. So, Casey grabs his gear and heads out to protect people from aggressors in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1.

 

Alex Paknadel switches perspectives amid scenes as he relates his story about a “merciful” hunter. But like the full moon, the spotlight shines on Casey through most of the debut issue. Members of Casey's former gang recognize his mask. Casey feels good enough to patrol. But he hasn’t recovered physically or psychologically from being shot. Now, as Casey seeks to protect a mutant from members of the Purple Dragons, he must also deal with their anger for abandoning them.

 

While Casey fights to protect a young mutant from the gang, he must once again decide where he belongs. Casey has found a new family with the Turtles and April O'Neil. But April has been mothering him while he recovers. He only escaped her clutches because she had fallen asleep on his couch. Casey wants to be with Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael. But he doesn't want his friends to limit him. Hieronymus Hale's attack has wounded and traumatized him. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1, Casey needs to prove to himself that he can get past that and resume the life he loves.

 

Art

Spindly, scaly fingers stretch for the shore amid white streaks. Silhouettes of hounds watch with glowing white eyes beneath the stars in the green night sky. The hounds bare their teeth as they race toward their muzzled prey.

 

When Amancay Nahuelpan transports us to an apartment, pigeons scatter outside as Casey rises. A grid of pink squares behind Casey suggests a skylight. Buildings glow yellow beyond his window. Casey clutches the white tape circling his torso as he perches on the edge of his bed. He eyes his clubs and mask leaning against the grey-blue wall. Then, Casey switches off a TV reporter interviewing a woman in a black dress attending a red-carpet premiere.

 

Luis Antonio Delgado shows Casey battling villains in the green and blue park beneath a starry black sky. Yellow, orange, and red overtake panels as weapons slash and crash, and Casey delivers flying kicks. Lights glow behind Casey as he kneels before a young mutant. She has large yellow eyes like the mutant hunted in Bear Mountain State Park. Her jaw opens wide, and her ears stand erect, as a villain delivers a savage blow that creates an orange starburst in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1.

 

Darran Robinson fills balloons and colored narrative boxes with uppercase letters of varying sizes. Sound effects heighten every moment of the chase, Casey’s awakening, his battle in the park, and weapons hooking chains and spilling blood. Yet the repeated scene of Hieronimus Hale smiling and pointing a pistol between Casey's gloved, upraised hands requires no words to communicate its intent. Thanks to IDW for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Casey Jones has taken a beating. But he wants to prove that he's not broken. As Casey attempts a comeback by promising to help a young mutant, he faces gangs with enhanced abilities, and The Most Dangerous Game: Mutant Edition in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey Jones #1.

 

Rating 9/10

 

For more cover art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Howl TPB Preview

 

 

Ziva's mom isn't pleased when she learns that she has stopped attending university. Worse, Ziva has shacked up with a man who abandoned his wife and child. But freed from her mom's controlling interest, Ziva is charting her own path. The young woman loves science fiction, and dreams of becoming a writer like her boyfriend. So while she works as a secretary, she makes substantial revisions to the stories of better known male authors.

I discovered this series with the fourth issue, and enjoyed it so much I reviewed the fifth issue. So what if it was the final issue? Howl #5 had all three f's: fifth, final, and fun! Check out the series that piqued my interest in Ahoy Comics!

Here's all the info: 


HOWL TPB

Writer: Alisa Kwitney

Artist & Cover Artist: Mauricet

Publisher: Ahoy Comics

Release Date: October 15, 2025

Price: $17.99 / $24.99 CAN


Marry a science fiction writer, become science fiction! That’s the law of Greenwich Village in the late 1950s, home of poets, artists, musicians, writers, their put-upon partners—and the extraterrestrial spores that are secretly taking them over! Novelist/comics writer Alisa Kwitney (The Sandman Presents) mixes science fiction with period drama and family memoir, featuring stunning art by Mauricet (Star Wars Adventures).

 

 

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Thanks to Ahoy Comics for sharing this preview with us.



Heat Seeker: Exposed #3 Review

 



Writer: Charles Ardai

Penciller: Ace Continuado

Inker: Juan Castro

Colorist: Asifur Rahman

Letterer: David Leach

Cover Artist: Kendrick Lim, Megan Lara, Bräo, Ace Continuado, Cosplay

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 8, 2025

 

Internet reporter Jacqueline McGee doesn't care how many lives she ruins. Then she gets a boon. While digging into the secrets from the Yamato Vault, Jacqueline learns about the clients Dahlia Racers helps disappear. 

 

When Dahlia refuses to discuss her clients, Jacqueline shares Dahlia’s secrets with the world. The reporter blows up Dahlia’s apartment. Police die along with those Dahlia sought to protect. Then Dahlia dies while trying to evade the police. How will Evie Parker, Rosaline Preiss, and Cesar carry on without her? And who will Jacqueline go after next? Let’s slip on our disguises, leap into Heat Seeker: Exposed #3, and find out!

 

Story

Dahlia makes her living by faking deaths. But unless she can regenerate like Savage Dragon, Dahlia can't recover from falling onto a metal building support. As workers use a hydraulic crane to pull her body off the giant skewer, a paramedic tends to Evie Parker's gunshot wound. The paramedics take her to the hospital and store Dahlia's body in a morgue freezer. Rosaline Preiss cries. Cesar urges her not to, but the girl can't help watching Jacqueline’s final report on Dahlia.

 

In Heat Seeker: Exposed #3, Cesar cares for Rosaline in Evie’s absence. But Jacqueline doesn’t take time to rue her actions. Elated with her success, Jacqueline races off to find the people Dahlia sought to hide. Like US Marshal Samuel Gerard searching for Dr Richard Kimble, Jacqueline doesn't care about her next victim's guilt or innocence. Nor does she care how they may have served society in their new lives. All Jacqueline wants is to capture them, film them for her followers, and deliver the "justice" her fans demand after condemning them online.

 

Charles Ardai's story shows his heroes doing what they do best. It demonstrates how easy it is to be popular if you treat people rudely and vilify them. Amid the high-flying action and the twists and turns, Heat Seeker: Exposed #3 reminds us that we all have skeletons in our closets. In an age when society judges our worth by our social media profile, digital records make everyone fair game.

 

Art

Ace Continuado and Juan Castro open with Dahlia's body spitted on the central metal support rising from a circular platform. After a police officer grabs Jacqueline’s phone, two silhouettes watch it fall with Dahlia’s death on the screen. The paramedics load a body bag on a stretcher into the ambulance. Then, the artists cut to a doctor sewing up Evie’s shoulder. Jacqueline weaves through traffic as she races across a bridge on her motorcycle. 

 

Asifur Rahman lavishes bright and appealing colors on Heat Seeker: Exposed #3. Amid his loaded palette, red hair links Dahlia with Jacqueline. While red seems associated with death, Dahlia's green jumpsuit becomes a symbol of life. Compared with their black body bag, the paramedics wear green stripes on their black jackets. The doctor attending Evie wears green scrubs, while the gray freezer units reside behind a green door. And later, a desperate woman races across a green sea toward a verdant tropical island.

 

David Leach fires black uppercase words into white dialogue balloons and boxes. Off-camera dialogue inhabits colored boxes, while Dahlia’s thoughts dwell in their blue narrative cousins. Sound effects enhance a dramatic rescue, wailing sirens, and automobile accidents. Thanks to Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime for providing a review copy.

 

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Final Thoughts

Dahlia Racers spends her life burying secrets that could harm her clients. Jacqueline McGee devotes her life to unearthing secrets and exploding people's lives. Amid pulse-pounding action, stunning reveals, and generous fan service, Heat Seeker: Exposed #3 compares how our careers shape their characters, and how our perspective fuels us with hate or love.

 

Rating 9/10

 

For how this story started see my review of Heat Seeker: Exposed #1.


Yuletide #1 Preview

 

COVER A BY ITO


Who doesn't love the fun of the festive holiday season? One of my followers in the Philipines has already set up their family Christmas tree. And if you go on holiday, you'll often find a shop that sells Christmas-related items 365 days a year. Last year, Dark Horse Comics even published a limited series called Christmas 365. The story followed a father's struggle to draw his fraying family together by celebrating Christmas each month for an entire year! Interested in another great Christmas adventure?

Here's all the info from Oni Press: 

YULETIDE #1 (of 3)

WRITTEN BY GEORGE NORTHY

ART BY RACHELE ARAGNO

COVER A BY ITO

COVER B BY RACHELE ARAGNO

COVER C BY JO MI-GYEONG

FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY ITO


Have you ever wondered why our brightly colored and joyously cheerful Christmas festivities are held at the peak of winter’s frigid darkness? That is no mere coincidence—and now the truth about the monsters the yuletide holds at bay will finally be revealed in a gleaming gift of epic holiday adventure from creators George Northy (EC’s Shiver SuspenStories) and Rachele Aragno (Leonide the Vampyr)!


Welcome to the small town of Christmas, Pennsylvania—the merriest place on Earth . . . or so they’d like everyone to think. When December rolls around, these folks pull out all the stops for America’s biggest, brightest holiday display . . . but not everyone in Christmas, PA, is so enthusiastic. Teens Jake, Abe, and Wyn are more interested in the dark side of the holiday that their parents like to pretend doesn’t exist . . . The ancient legends of mythic monsters and pagan pandemonium that are deeply tied to the festival’s long-forgotten origins. So when their hobby leads them to an abandoned wing of the local Christmas museum to investigate, they’ll discover an ancient relic that, when activated, will bring a furious procession of yuletide horrors long since banished from our plane—and with it, a darkness that has been waiting centuries for its chance to overtake the world!


In the tradition The Goonies, Hocus Pocus, and Goosebumps, the countdown to Christmas starts now as Yuletide presents the first three extra-sized, 40-page issues unleashing a monstrous new kind of holiday tale for readers young and old!


ON SALE OCTOBER 15th, 2025 | $6.99 | 40 PGS. | FC


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COVER B BY RACHELE ARAGNO

 

COVER C BY JO MI-GYEONG

 
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY ITO

 For more info and a look inside see my preview of Yuletide #1.

C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2 Review

 


Writer: Tom Taylor

Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo

Colorist: Rain Beredo

Letterer: Wes Abbott

Cover Artists: Daniele Di Nicuolo & Rain Beredo; Mattia de Iulis

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 8, 2025

 

Fel and Connor are competitive soccer players. They often gather with their friends to pursue fantasy quests. But when a rock falls out of the sky, and the children pull talking weapons from it, reality and fantasy blur. Why did the spirits of legendary warriors choose them? And aren't Fel, Connor, and their friends too young to be heroes? Let’s leap into C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2 and see!

 

Story

When the police sirens wailed, Arthur Pendragon urged the children to return home and hide their new weapons. But when Fel returns home, Arthur objects to residing under a bed among dust and mold. Instead of hiding, Lancelot guides Connor through the basics of swordplay in his backyard. But like his former king, Lancelot grew used to living in a castle. The former knight's consciousness may reside inside a sword. Still, he has standards.

 

In C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2, Connor accompanies his grandmother to Bingo. Cade Yeager and his daughter may not ride through the room in Shane Dyson’s rally car. Still, the evening doesn’t follow its usual pattern. And on the way home, the threat Arthur and Lancelot worried about surfaces.

 

After a look-in at the Hill in England, Tom Taylor lets us glimpse events from Fel and Connor’s eyes. But while Fel grabbed the spotlight in the last issue, this time, Connor is the star. He navigates the twists and turns life throws at him and rallies his friends to brave the dangers that threaten them all.

 

The weapons may have chosen Fel, Connor, Randall, Ash, Kelly, Kevin, and Hanan. But in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2, the kids discover what it means to wield them. Fel, Connor, and their friends may not be heroes yet. But they've got people watching out for them, and the spirits of experienced warriors to guide them through the adventures to come.

 

Art

Daniele Di Nicuolo returns us to the Hill, where the former guardians of the weapons sit around a round table and study glowing monitors. In the Hollywood Hills, Fel clutches a sword as big as she is with two arms. Soccer players occupy a poster and photos on her walls, while a symbolic sculpture adorns her desk. Connor's thinner blade is longer than he is. As the waning light tinges the windows of his hovel, Connor and Lancelot form a silhouette. But the jewel in the hilt and the blade glow. And when Connor whirls it and casts it into shadow, light races along its edges like a chainsaw blade.

 

Connor's black, white, and blue uniform evokes a martial artist, while his red belt suggests his novice status in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2. His grandmother dresses in the style of her youth. Marnie owns her surroundings while dressed in blue, orange, red, and gold. When Lancelot trained his pupil, the blue blade traced white arcs through the purple, blue, green, orange, and yellow sky. But by the time Connor and Marnie return home, a glowing moon shines in the starry black sky. Blue hovers over nearby buildings. As with the monitors in the Hill, Rain Beredo makes the nearby lamps and vehicle headlights glare.

 

Wes Abbott fills white dialogue balloons and colored narrative boxes with lowercase black letters that grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. The weapons speak colorful letters into white shapes with matching borders. Sound effects follow Fel shutting out the world behind her, the phone that keeps pestering her, Marnie protecting her grandson, and Kevin’s stick breaking its vow of silence. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

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Final Thoughts

Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Rain Beredo, and Wes Abbott deliver a fast-paced adventure that marks Childhood’s End for Fel, Connor, and their friends in C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #2. 

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

For how this series began see my review of C.O.R.T.: Children of the Round Table #1.