Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Review

 

Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Review

Writers: Chris Condon & Tim Seeley

Artist: Charlie Adlard

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $5.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

Words can calm. Or they can kill. But the most dangerous of all are the words we want to hear. Morris Graves knows all about that. As a lobbyist, he spends his life calming people's fears. He believes he helps improve their lives. But when he gives them what they want, people die. And the longer they listen to him, the worse the world gets.

 

Morris enjoys a comfortable lifestyle by helping people prosper. But what price might he pay for steering society in an unhealthy direction? And who else will this special issue introduce us to? Let’s leap into Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 and see!

 

Story

Morris Graves has spent his life explaining how life works. So when an interviewer talks about society's dreamers, Morris shuts her down in "Just Another Memory." Humanity’s essential need drives them to consume. It’s hard enough to secure the life you want and get through each day. In Chris Condon’s story, Morris wants to make things easy for everyone. But even if Humanity won’t strive for greatness, life has a way of surprising us.

 

In “A Crossroads Repetition,” Professor Ben Richmond lectures about the nature of Hell. As he delves into historical literature and mythology, Chris Condon ponders who created Hell and the Devil. Yet, our lives are made up of choices. And choices are powerful things. They can change the world around us. In Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1, our choices reshape reality, often in unpredictable ways.

 

Ezra Hallum dreamed of becoming a storyteller. Yet after his first novel, repeating his literary successes grew increasingly difficult. In "Writer's Block," Tim Seeley shows how creativity's enormous demands have drained Ezra's creative juices. So, Ezra draws on his genre's tropes to create his next literary masterpiece.

 

After tackling society's contemporary problems, Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 looks back to an earlier era. "Death And Pickaxes" recalls an age when Humanity shared the Earth with other intelligent species. Instead of technology, magic shaped people's lives. Yet people still needed others to help them. And as Chris Condon points out, caring for others takes a toll on your emotional health.

 

Art

Straight lines and rectangles define Morris Graves’s world in “Just Another Memory.” Morris smiles as the interviewer leans toward him and glares. Yet despite the comforts of his ordered existence, his modern house and furnishings cannot protect him from the natural world's unpredictability.

 

While Morris greets the world in a suit, unbuttoned shirt, and gold chain necklace, Ben Richards wears a suit and tie as he faces his audience in the darkened auditorium. Saul Henry watches the images Ben conjures on his glowing screen. In "A Crossroads Repetition," a piece of wrapped candy symbolizes one man's moment of contemplation. When a photograph of a smiling man recalls memories, a diagram reveals the intersections between our lives.

 

Tattoos adorn his arms. Cover art from his novels hangs on Ezra’s walls. As he types away on his laptop, he uses a hammer to construct his next story in Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1. As in “A Crossroad Repetition,” a loaded palette enriches Ezra’s world. Yet like Saul Henry’s contemplations, a limited palette adorns Ezra’s furious search for inspiration in “Writer’s Block.”

 

Vibrant pastels adorn “Death And Pickaxes.” As a dwarf regards the princess’s smile, he frowns when he studies the world around him. No matter how green and idyllic, life aboveground hasn't delivered what he desired. So, as red once again seeks to right the scales, blue clothing emphasizes the dwarf's mood.

 

Amid this quartet of tragedy, uppercase letters fill dialogue balloons. Thoughts, off-camera dialogue, and the narrator’s words fill colored narrative boxes. Sound effects accompany protagonists’ attempts to retake control of their lives and the world’s response to their efforts. Yet music notes also help a protagonist see the world from a new angle. Thanks to Oni Press and EC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Life rarely goes our way when we take the easy path. As a new story leads this band of reprints toward uncertain futures, the characters wrestle with their responsibility to others while striving for the lives they desire. Mythology, fantasy, urban legends, and ecological concerns haunt the pages of Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For another collectible cover, see Artists from the Abyss: Charlie Adlard #1 Cover Preview. 

The Savage Sword of Conan #17 Preview

 

Cover A: Alex Horley

The sisterhood calls her the Holy Child. As the daughter of the All-Mother, Râ Morgana enjoys an exalted place within their stone citadel. So, when Té Kortinëa finds her in a man’s arms, she drags Râ up the narrow, winding stairs and hurls her at her mother’s feet. Despite her privileged status, Râ wishes to abandon the sisterhood and spend her life traveling with the man she loves.

 

Will Râ find fulfillment outside her holy order? And how will the All-Mother’s story about the Cimmerian who once aided her influence Râ’s life?

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

The Savage Sword of Conan #17 Preview

Writer: Christy Marx, Zack Davisson & Frank Tieri

Artist: Geoff Isherwood, Ben Dewey & Adam Gorham

Pin-Ups: James Harren & Aaron Lopresti

Letterers: Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith

Cover Artists: Alex Horley & Nick Marinkovich

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 64 Pages, Black-and-White 

Price: $6.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

 

It’s a Conan tale extravaganza! 

 

 

 

The Savage Sword of Conan #17 boasts not one, not two, but three thrilling tales starring the Cimmerian!  

 

 

Featuring the sequel to the classic “Child of Cimmeria” from returning writer Christy Marx with artist Geof Isherwood, a siege-set story of hungry crocs and lost jewels from writer Frank Tieri and artist Adam Gorham, and a creeping tale of ferocious felines and their keeper from writer Zack Davisson and artist Ben Dewey. Augmented with incredible pin-ups and killer covers, Savage Sword Of Conan #17 delivers Cimmerian savagery one tale at a time!

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Here are more collectible covers:

 

 

 

Cover B: Nick Marinkovich

 

Also Available:

 

 

Cover C: Alex Horley Virgin Cardstock 

Cover D: Nick Marinkovich Virgin Cardstock  

 

 

Available from local comic shops. For UK & Europe visit Forbidden Planet. For more details, visit Titan Comics.

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics & Heroic Signatures for sharing this preview with us.

 

For last issue's triple-threat from Cimmerian chronicler Jim Zub, see The Savage Sword of Conan #16 Review.

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Review

 

Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Review

Writer, Artist, Colorist & Letterer: Matt Kindt

Cover Artists: Matt Kindt & Mike del Mundo

Editors: Sierra Hahn & Joelena Despard

Designer: Winston Gambro

Production: Melanie Ujimori

Flux House Production: Ella Kindt

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

The future has never looked bleaker. Every day brings new opportunities for society to go off the rails. To stave off Humanity’s extinction, Mind Mgmt agents work to prevent bad actors from igniting the spark that will detonate the world.

 

The secret government agency trained Jon Swon to see with his nose. By mixing custom scents, he can focus witnesses’ memories or pacify criminals. His partner, Gemini Delphi, has mastered the world’s most lethal martial arts. Yet she’d rather employ her abilities to calm suspects. After arresting the world’s luckiest assassin, what case will the existential detectives tackle next? And why doesn’t Jon’s boss want him to remember more of his past? Let’s leap into Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 and see!

 

Story

The Mind Mgmt Agency used to train its agents to work in pairs. By organizing agents into small cells, the leaders believed they could insulate their organization against corruption. But after a shakeup, one woman runs the government agency. Eraser tests her people until they break. She mixes truth with lies until they crack. Then she congratulates herself on finding weaknesses in her organization.

 

As Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5, another agent seeks to escape from Eraser's manipulation. He tells a police detective about his experiences. Under questioning, the man repeats his story and explains how his superiors controlled him. He wonders what happened to the other agents he trained with.

 

After apprehending Ayush, Jon Swon and Gemini Delphi began another investigation. But rather than picking up where the previous issue left off, Matt Kindt rewinds the clock to reveal how and why their quarry went missing. The story follows different characters as Gemini Delphi's mission statement changes.

 

Once again, Jon and Gemini's lives circle back to their boss's insatiable need to test her agents. The world may constantly perch on the edge of disaster. Yet, like the Duplo Brothers' Sleep Deep podcast, the truth is whatever Eraser needs to manipulate her agents in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

Art

Like literature's greatest consulting detective, when Jon tried to remember elusive facts, smoking multiple cigarettes aided his cognitive abilities. Now, the man in the interview room smokes multiple cigarettes simultaneously. Outside the room, a police officer at a desk watches rows of monitors as a man walks behind him. Taking a seat, the visitor watches over the officer’s shoulder. He recreates what he sees inside pre-drawn panel outlines. When the artist leaves the police station, a blond man with hunched shoulders follows. A lightbulb becomes a symbol of enlightenment, while layers of secreted equipment reveal the science of perception.

 

A blue tint covers the questioning as cigarette smoke surrounds the frightened agent’s head like a calming collar. Pink accompanies the people privy to secret knowledge who prevent the world from falling apart. The man with hunched shoulders wears a yellow jacket, but the moisture trickling down his face isn’t from a recent storm. Most of the watercolors on the white and tan pages follow the agency’s reporting format. One black-outlined page, adorned with another medium, reveals scenes from a non-agent's perspective. Yet blue and pink converge in a location that bridges a frightened man's past and future in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

The frightened agent’s confession fills white boxes with typed letters. Dialogue appears in white, beige, and blue-tinged balloons. Off-camera dialogue and characters’ thoughts fill colored and black narrative boxes. Yet despite all the action and violence in a seemingly tranquil city, sound effects accompany a book that captures what paper, cameras, and microphones never can. Thanks to Oni Press and Superfan Promotions for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

While Jon Swon helps Gemini Delphi search for another rogue agent, he sees more examples of Eraser’s mismanagement. The Human costs of training agents may seem unnecessary to Jon. But as the government agency charged with maintaining world peace goes to war against itself, Jon glimpses more memories Eraser doesn’t want him to remember in Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5.

 

Rating 9/10

 

For all the collectible covers see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #5 Cover Preview. 

 

For how Agent Ayush killed an Immortal, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #4 Review. 

For how Agents Swon and Delphi escape a death cult in Arizona, see Mind Mgmt: New & Improved #3 Review. 

 

Vampire Survivors #3 Cover Preview

 

Cover A: Alex Shibao

Imelda's disappearance filled Antonio with fear. When his sister returned, believing she was cursed, Antonio returned to the Mad Forest to request his former teacher's aid. While awaiting his return, Gennaro and Imelda sought answers in the Inlaid Library. But the cloaked figure only she can see reappeared to menace her brother.

 

Will Antonio return with a strategy for safeguarding his sister? Or must the Belpaese siblings seek help from their family's rivals to escape the sorcerer haunting Imelda's every footstep?

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

Vampire Survivors #3 Cover Preview

Writer: David Hazan

Artist: Jimmy Kucaj

Colorist: Jão Canola

Letterer: Chas Pangburn

Cover Artists: Alex Shibao & Nacho Lazaro

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Series Length: 4 Issues 

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

Based on the Bafta-Winning 

Indie Hit video game! 

 

 

 

No rest for the whacky! Despite the Trickster’s machinations affecting the Belpaese family, they still have a job to do. Gennaro and Imelda are tasked with helping out at the Dairy Plant, a milk factory overrun with monsters! With overwhelming numbers against the siblings, they are forced to turn to an unlikely friend. Someone with a penchant for fighting fire with fire…

 

Here's another collectible cover:

 

 

 

Cover B: Nacho Lazaro

 

Also Available:

 

Cover C: Alex Shibao Virgin Cardstock 

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this cover preview with us.

 

For Antonio's reunion with Maestro Poe, see Vampire Survivors #2 Review. 

 

For all the chaos in the chapel, see Vampire Survivors #1 Review.

Conan & Dragonero #7 Review

 

Conan & Dragonero #7 Review

Writers: Luca Enoch & Stefano Vietti

Artist, Colorist & Cover Artist: Lorenzo Nuti

Letterers: Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith

Editor: Chris Butera

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $4.99/$14.99 Foil

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

Conan of Cimmeria has traveled across the Hyborian Age. Recently, ancient magic opened a portal between worlds. Conan befriended Ian Aranill, also known as Dragonero. After returning to Conan's world, they recovered the gems that prevented an ancient demon from entering the Hyborian Age. But their journey across two worlds took time. And when they secured the gems, no portal offered them rapid transit back to Tarantia. Without Myrva’s skyship, Conan and Ian endured a long journey across desert, river, and sea.

 

Now, Conan and Dragonero have reached Tarantia. But the gems have been away from their resting place too long. Nightmarish creatures slay the fleeing inhabitants. Can Conan and Dragonero kill the lesser demons terrorizing Tarantia? And can these warriors from two worlds stop an ancient demon from invading the Hyborian Age? Let's shout "Khame Adwerte," leap into Conan & Dragonero #7, and see!

 

Story

As they battle the street demons, Ian Aranill remains a stranger to Conan's world. But when Ian asks about the creatures and how they relate to otherworldly events at the temple, Conan shrugs off his friend's ponderings. Dragon blood gave Ian a connection with the winged species. He wonders how magic works in the Hyborian world compared with his own. But Conan isn't interested in how sorcery works, or why the ancient demon sent its foot soldiers ahead. So, he leads his friend to the temple where priests guarded the powerful gems. 

 

In Kuthchemes, Conan and Ian saw how badly things could go when Humans sought to control the gems. Yet when the heroes from two worlds reach the temple, they discover how much worse the Hyborian World is without the gems. In Conan & Dragonero #7, many priests collapsed while protecting Tarantia from an otherworldly being. Amid a glowing portal in the ceiling, the ancient demon's tentacles seek to break through the remaining priests' magical barrier.

 

Luca Enoch and Stefano Vietti keep the action flowing as the heroes battle the ancient demon. Ian and Conan must combine their strengths to reseat the gems in their resting place. But the otherworldly invader won't make it easy in Conan & Dragonero #7.

 

Art

Clad in a loincloth and boots, Conan swings an axe at the demons scrambling across the streets. Ian, still wearing armor and a cloak, attacks them with a sword. The street demons slash the warriors with their claws. Their incisors extend far beyond their giant maws as the street demons attempt to bite off their attackers' heads. Lorenzo Nuti continually changes the shape and orientation of his rectangular panels amid the fighting. Conan and Ian race over an arched footbridge without glancing at the bodies floating in the canal.

 

Scarlet splashes as the heroes battle the demons scrambling across cobblestones or clambering over classical architecture. Ian's armor and cape feel at home as he stands beneath a turquoise-and-tan canopy in the abandoned marketplace. As the warriors ascend the orange-and-red splattered steps toward the temple entrance, the yellow energy within makes the structure glow. Lorenzo Nuti dots the purple-blue sky with dark specks as storm clouds swirl above the temple in Conan & Dragonero #7.

 

Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith fill white balloons with black uppercase letters. They italicize words as voices grow in intensity and swell in volume. Text also changes color as Conan fears for his friend and swears by his god. As wind roars through the carnage-strewn streets, lesser demons and their master screech and scream, and Humans die. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

When Aquilonians established a foothold in Cimmeria, Conan joined the battle of Venarium to repulse them. Yet after securing Cimmeria’s independence, Conan later helped defend an Aquilonian fort in Pict-held lands at Conajohara. Now, he defends Aquilonia's capital city against an otherworldly invader. Alongside Ian Aranill, Conan fights to prevent an ancient demon from establishing an otherworldly stronghold on the Hyborian world in Conan & Dragonero #7.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see Conan & Dragonero #7 Preview. 

 

For how this series began, see Conan & Dragonero #1 Review.

For the Colossus of Kuthchemes, see Conan & Dragonero #6 Preview.  

 

Scott Pilgrim Ex: Dawn Of Metal Scott #1 Cover Preview

 

Scott enjoys reconnecting with his friends. But his life is so busy that sometimes it's just impossible. Still, today, he's making it happen. Scott is finally reconnecting with Wallace Wells. Plus, other Scott is there. Hooray! They can enjoy a great lunch together and reconnect. So what if their reminiscences don't jive? Their disagreement couldn't herald a confrontation with a dangerous new enemy, could it?

Here's all the info from Oni Press:

 

Scott Pilgrim Ex: Dawn Of Metal Scott #1 Cover Preview

Writer, Artist & Cover Artist: Bryan Lee O’Malley

Colorist: Nathan Fairbairn

Design: Jacob Ferguson

Publisher: Oni Press

Issue Description: 24 Pages, Full Color, One-Shot

Price: $3.99 US

Release Date: November 11, 2026

 

 

 

Multiple Eisner Award winner Bryan Lee O’Malley returns to Scott Pilgrim for the first time since the bestselling series’ conclusion... with a brand-new, one-shot prequel to the hit Scott Pilgrim EX video game!

 

Scott met Ramona. Sparks flew. The two of them had to work together to defeat Ramona’s Seven Evil Exes and their nefarious leader, Gideon Gordon Graves. Some other stuff happened in various media formats that may or may not be canon. That’s all in the past. These days, Scott and Ramona are a happy couple, and the Exes have moved on from their unhealthy obsessions. I guess they all got therapy. Or whatever. Now, after a period of peace, a new threat is about to emerge. Are our heroes ready? Let's find out!!!

 

Features the complete 16-page Dawn Of Metal Scott prequel comic, plus never-before-seen extras!

 

 

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

 

 

Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die With Honor #1 Preview

 

COVER A Dylan Teague

Mead and Stix served together on Kalanthia. After an off-the-books mission went wrong, they remade their life together in Tokyo. Keeping under the radar, the AWOL soldiers worked as private detectives. But when Mead agreed to investigate the death of Madame Nomura's daughter, things got complicated fast. 

 

Mead needs Alura's help to get Cheshire's scientists to circumvent her replicant partner's expiration date. But Stix is appalled by the scientist's inhumanity as they experiment on replicants. Can Mead and Stix survive a Yakuza war between Madame Nomura and Alura? And how will Cheshire fare as the Tyrell Corporation seeks to maintain their monopoly on Replicants?

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die With Honor #1 Preview

Writer: Nancy A. Collins

Artist: Mariano Taibo

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Series Length: 4 Issues 

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die with Honor #1 sees Alura show the Kalanthia traitor, who is head of the Cheshire bootleg Replicant program, photos of Stix and Mead. Realising they are still alive, he panics and demands she kills them. Alura refuses until Uldren makes good on his promise of delivering bootleg Replicants as promised.

 

Later, she summons Stix and introduces him to the ‘Borealis Team’ – a three Cheshire Replicant team who are all clones of the original Aurora Team who served with Stix on Kalanthia. He is ordered to lead them on a mission to hunt down and kill Madame Nomura.

 

Meanwhile, Mead, still believing that Stix is the killer of Sayo – Nomura’s daughter, steals his Cheshire ID card and breaks into Cheshire HQ in search of evidence and witnesses the brutal mass assassination of the Yakuza sub-bosses by a second Cheshire Replicant kill team led by Lerna, who is linked to Alura via one of the two surviving Aurora Yokes. 

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are more collectible covers:

 

 

 

COVER B Alan Quah

 

 

COVER C Kit Wallis

 

 

COVER D Jesus Hervas

COVER E Dylan Teague Virgin Cardstock

COVER F Alan Quah Virgin Cardstock 

COVER H Alan Quah Inks

Also Available:

COVER G Alan Quah Foil 

 

Available from local comic shops. For UK & Europe visit Forbidden Planet. For more details, visit Titan Comics. 

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us. 

 

For how this story started, see Blade Runner Tokyo Nexus #1 Review.

For how the second story arc began, see Blade Runner Tokyo Nexus: To Lose is to Win #1 Review.