Doctor Who Circuit Breaker #2 Cover Preview

 

Cover A: Nipuni

As the head of UNIT's Black Archive, Osgood is responsible for returning artifacts corrupted by dangerous energy to their proper place in time. Her assistant, Andrew, invented the Resistor to facilitate their return, and strip the objects of the energy that threatens the fabric of reality. Osgood and Andrew have enlisted the earliest known Doctor to return these corrupted relics. But this Doctor is even more unpredictable than her later incarnations. 

After the Fugitive Doctor's mission to Thessaloniki in ancient Greece, where will the next alien artifact take her? And who observed the Doctor's attempts to protect the Humans and the Metiki from a Dalek scout?

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #2 (Of 2)

Writers: Dan Watters & Dulce M. Montoya

Artists: Roberta Ingranata, Sami Kivelä, Valentina Bianconi

Cover Artists: Nipuni, Kit Wallis & Flops

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $6.99

Comic Description: 48 Pages, Full Color

Release Date: August 5, 2026 

 

The Doctor travels to the war-ravaged world of Skaro as she battles the Daleks with the fate of their Kaled forebears at stake!

 

 

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Cover B: Photo

 

Cover C: Kit Wallis

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Cover D: Flops

Cover E: Flops - Color Your Own

 

 

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

 

 

For what happened last time see my review of Doctor Who Circuit Breaker #1. 

 

For the previous Doctor Who story, see my review of Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP. 

 

Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP Review

 

Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP Review

Writer: Dan Watters

Artist: Sami Kivelä

Colorist: Valentina Bianconi

Letterers: Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith

Cover Artist: Nipuni

Editor: Jonathan H Wilkins

Art Director: Oz Browne

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $17.99

Release Date: July 21, 2026

 

The Doctor has worn many faces and lived many lives. In his current incarnation, he has loved and lost. Given his abilities to travel through time and his extraordinarily long life, a companion helps him remember all the people who need his help. After Earth’s sun went nova, the Doctor and his companion freed its remaining inhabitants and reunited a little, lost girl with her parents. Where will the Doctor travel next? And who will help him rescue people in need? Let’s grab our sonic screwdrivers, leap into Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP, and see!

 

Story

After robots abducted her, the Doctor was trying to help Belinda Chandra return home. But something was shielding the Earth from his TARDIS’ navigational computers. Then, amid their search for Earth, Shadow Proclamation agents abducted the Human nurse. While Earth hides, the Doctor tracks his abducted companion to the Panoptopolis, a space station that orbits a black hole. No one who arrives there ever leaves. Still, that won’t deter the Doctor from rescuing his companion.

 

Yet in Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP, Belinda isn’t his companion. The Doctor arrives on a prison shuttle with a cyborg, a Tentaculon, an Adipose, and a member of the Slitheen family. And when Security drags the new arrivals to Interrogation because of an irregular energy reading, H-8 the Living Gun, Methelough, Annie, and Felik decide they’re better off with the Doctor than going it alone in the Prison’s Gen Pop.

 

Dan Watters’ story contrasts the Doctor with the Warden of Panoptopolis. While the Doctor has lived for centuries, the Warden has ruled the maximum-security establishment for 800 years. Due to the Black Hole's gravity, uncrewed shuttles bring new inmates and supplies. The Warden can always shoot troublesome prisoners into the singularity. But the inhabitants, the Gravelyte guards, and the Warden can never leave.

 

As the Doctor and his new companions set off to find the Warden’s office, they must brave inmates who prey on their fellow captives. The Doctor points out that he and H-8 have slightly different life philosophies. But as his new companions aid him in his search for the Human nurse, the Doctor’s words and actions prompt them to reflect on their past. Yet while his new companions ponder how they might live differently, Belinda Chandra sits in the Warden’s office. And the only thing that keeps her breathing is her ability to entertain the bored ruler of his forever home in Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP.

 

Art

Sami Kivelä surrounds the ringed space station with inset panels of the arriving shuttle and a view inside. The Doctor sits on a bench, his hands chained to the floor, beside a tooth-like Adipose and gassy, green Sliveen. Seated nearer the hatch, a purple cephalopod and a multi-armed cyborg frame the trio. Rock-creatures with horns direct them inside with their cattle prods. Before mingling with the rest of the prison population in the dining hall, the Doctor gazes up at an eyeball security camera. Then, he demands they release one of their prisoners to him.

 

Valentina Bianconi links the Doctor's orange-brown coat with the orange-tan rocky guards. With a purple Tentaculon and a green Sliveen for company, the fashion-conscious Doctor stands out among the prisoners and guards in Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP. Yellow makes its presence felt in this lavishly colored story. The latest visitors enter beneath a yellow-and-black warning line. They pass through a brownish-yellow hall. The rock guards scan a white card adorned with yellow. As they enter a cafeteria filled with inmates wearing yellow coveralls, a yellow-eyed security camera watches them. Yet red will fill the air and make its presence felt, all too soon.

 

Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith fill white dialogue balloons with uppercase black dialogue. The narrator speaks into light-yellow boxes, while the rocky guards use cloudy, light-yellow balloons. The words grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. Sound effects enhance battles and put would-be rescuers at ease. Yet a lowly character speaks the loudest, even if it is a squeak. The tightly bound trade paperback features glossy paper and doesn’t obscure the art near the gutter. A cover gallery and pages from Sami Kivelä’s notebook fill out this trade paperback. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a physical review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The Panoptopolis holds many dangerous prisoners. But none of them are as dangerous as the guards or as ruthless as the Warden. In this story about the temptations and abuses of power, the Doctor inspires the imprisoned to ignore their fears in Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox TP.

 

Rating 9.8/10

Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor: The Prison Paradox Preview

 

The Doctor is a Time Lord from Gallifrey. He loves fashion and fixing problems. He also loves people of all species, even if they're unfashionable. So after robots abduct Belinda Chandra from Earth, the Doctor tries to take her home. Strangely, he cannot find his favorite planet. Did an alien species that writes atrocious poetry destroy Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass? Or did someone transport the planet elsewhere and rename it Ravalox?  

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor: The Prison Paradox

Author: Dan Watters

Artist: Sami Kivela

Publisher: Titan Comics 

SC, 112 pages, FC, $17.99

ISBN: 9781787748439

On sale July 21, 2026

 

The Doctor and Belinda star in a spectacular new adventure as they encounter new foes and new friends aboard an inescapable prison facility in a forgotten part of the universe.

 

The Doctor continues his adventures through time and space alongside a team of allies from across the universe, fellow prisoners held captive in a maximum security space prison! Each has a story to tell and a role to play in uncovering the mysteries of their incarceration.

 

ANNIE THE ADIPOSE: The Adipose are a parasite race, only able to reproduce through the death of others. When discovered they are euthanized or imprisoned to prevent interplanetary epidemics. Conviction: Existence as a parasitic lifeform.

 

H-8 THE CYBORG: A ship of Theseus of pilfered cybernetics, H-8 doesn’t remember what part of him is biological anymore, or what species he started out as. A hulking being obsessed with firepower, he’s bristling with weapons- including a Dalek gun attached to his arm! Despite this, he’s surprisingly affable. You’d like him. Conviction: Weapons theft.

 

FELIK THE SLITHEEN: Embarrassed by her family’s history, Felik fled them to become the pirate scourge of two galaxies. Endlessly hunted by her own kind. Conviction: Piracy.

 

MEEZAN THE TENTACULON: An aquatic squid being made entirely out of twisting tentacles; Meezan is the last of her kind and very sad about it. After her underwater planet became a desert, she returned to try and flood it. Which was not taken well by the land-dwelling species that had come to settle there. Conviction: Attempted terraforming without a permit.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-order it now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Forbidden Planet for the UK and Europe. 

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For the 15th Doctor's adventures with Ruby Sunday, see my review of Doctor Who: Everyone Must Go TP. 

 

Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 Review

 

Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 Review

Writers: Dulce M Montoya & Dan Watters

Artist: Robert Ingranata

Colorist: Valentina Bianconi

Letterer: Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith

Editor: Jonathan H Wilkins

Cover Artists: Jay Anacleto, Photo, Robert Sienicki & Flops

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: $6.99

Release Date: July 8, 2026

 

Time Travel is a tricky business. Forget stepping on a Butterfly. You can change someone’s life with a harsh word or a smile. And then there are the things we touch or take with us when we leave. Thankfully, there is an organization that keeps track of all these ripples in spacetime. The Unified Intelligence Taskforce safeguards the people of Earth from alien invasions, scheming mad scientists, and interference in the timestream. But how is UNIT watching over us? And who helps them prevent reality-shattering paradoxes? Let’s leap into Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 and see!

 

Story

Osgood and Andrew were looking forward to working with the Doctor. But they didn't realize that the Fugitive Doctor would assist them. Unlike the others the Doctors have met, the Fugitive Doctor doesn't know about her other incarnations. Nor does she care what Osgood and Andrew think of her. She has a job to do, and she's doing it her way.

 

UNIT has amassed a storehouse of items from other planets and time periods. In Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1, the Fugitive Doctor must assess where they belong. When she takes each item to her TARDIS, it transports her to the general area where the item belongs. But the Doctor doesn't know who to return it to.

 

Dulce M Montoya and Dan Watters' story transports the Fugitive Doctor to ancient Greece. Instead of arriving amid the Trojan War, she finds a land at peace. The local town has a bustling marketplace. And the locals bring their offerings to Zeus' temple, even if it leaves them with little to eat themselves. Unfortunately, no one there recognizes the item the Fugitive Doctor is trying to return. And after seeing a man faint with hunger, she cannot help but hike up to Mount Olympus to discuss the gods' reliance on the locals' generosity.

 

The Fugitive Doctor arrived in Greece under a cloud, as Osgood and Andrew worried that her last mission might initiate a civil war. But the Doctor can't help their worries. They cannot blame her for other people's irrational actions. As the Doctor attempts to rectify the problems threatening peace in ancient Greece, she tries to help people work together to better their lives. But while an unseen party observes, the Doctor fails to recognize that not everyone shares her definition of reasonable behavior in Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1.

 

Art

After a view from space of other planets, the Doctor, Osgood, and Andrew walk between tall rows of open shelving. The Doctor plucks a pair of alien glasses and tries them on. Osgood rips them away from her. The Doctor frowns and looks away, her body language defensive. Then, the Doctor’s eyes fix on an item crackling with energy set on a high shelf. She runs outside, past the trees rising above a fence, and into her blue police box. The shape of the ceiling and the double-hexagon shadow on the floor evoke the First Doctor’s TARDIS. Then, as she sets the Dalek gun on the console, the Doctor sets her coordinates and pulls a lever as the weapon crackles with energy.

 

As Robert Ingranata portrays the Doctor amid pastoral splendor, Valentina Bianconi adorns Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 with vibrant colors. The surrounding hills and trees recall the greenery beyond the UNIT base. The white-robed people in the fields seem as innocent as the grazing sheep. Villagers wear browns and pastels, while some in the market dress in more vibrant colors. She may be the Fugitive Doctor. Yet the Time Lord's bright purple hat and suit, accentuated with a multicolored blouse and hatband, command people's attention.

 

Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith fill white and green balloons and boxes with black uppercase dialogue. Raised voices enlarge words and turn balloons spiky. Giant white letters warn the Doctor of approaching danger, while giant red letters accompany its arrival. She faced down a red apple with certainty. But the Fugitive Doctor finds another red menace more difficult to reason with, even if it speaks in a font befitting the birthplace of modern philosophy. Thanks to Titan Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

The Fugitive Doctor recognizes she needs to work on her people skills. Yet she doesn’t understand why people can’t get along. As she goes about her job, trying to prevent world-threatening paradoxes, she struggles to see things from other people’s perspectives. Still, she tries to help, even if success seems unlikely, in Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1.

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversaryof the Daleks #1. 

 

Nightwing #140 Preview

 

 

Prosecutor Eastbourne doesn't live in Dick Grayson's world of gods and monsters. So now, a judge has issued an arrest warrant in Nightwing's name. He'd like to bring closure to the victims' families. But until he finds her again, Dick can't take the woman who claims to be a deceased witch, and caused a deadly pileup on Mayor Bisogni's superhighway, to the authorities. 

So instead, Dick Grayson helps the coroner's office untangle cold cases they would never get around to on their own. And as the secrets weigh on his soul, Dick draws his lines in the sand, and battles on. What gods and monsters will Mayor Bisogni's superhighway awaken next? And how will Dick Grayson cope with them, as sleep continues to elude him?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Nightwing #140 Preview

Writer: Dan Watters

Artist: Denys Cowan

Cover Artist: Jorge Fornés

Variant Cover Artists: Guillem March & Werther Dell'edera

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $4.99 US/Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

Release Date: July 15, 2026

 

 

Highway To Hell!

 

 

The hunt for a killer in downtown Blüdhaven leads to revelations about the super-villainous architect of the city’s superhighway. But is it too late for Nightwing to pull back from the precipice before he does something he’ll truly regret?

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For Dick Grayson's team-up with Dr Benas Sereika see my review of Nightwing #139. 

For Dick Grayson's team-up with Starfire, see my review of Nightwing #138.

For Dick Grayson's team-up with Batman, see my preview of Nightwing #137.

For Dick Grayson's encounter with the witch of the crossroads, see my preview of Nightwing #136. 

 

For Batman's team-up with Dr Benas Sereika, see my review of Batman: Dark Patterns #1. 

 

Doctor Who Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 Preview

 

COVER A: JAY ANACLETO

When the BBC shut down TV production after the Seventh Doctor and Ace's final onscreen adventures in 1989, work began on making a Doctor Who movie. As the property drifted between filmmakers and studios, all the scripts had one idea in common. Hollywood was fascinated with the Daleks. They just didn't know how to reinvent them for the big screen. 

Perhaps it's just as well the Daleks didn't feature in the 1996 American-made Eighth Doctor TV pilot, as the series eventual return to the BBC in 2005 proved that the Daleks didn't need to be reinvented. They were still capable of turning the Doctor's life inside out, and endangering the Earth, whenever they wished.

Yet every time they've appeared, each Doctor Who story has explored new aspects of the Daleks. What changes will the Daleks demonstrate when the Doctor discovers them meddling in Earth's past? And can the Doctor prevent them from destroying our future?

Here's all the info from Titan Comics: 

DOCTOR WHO: CIRCUIT BREAKER – ADVERSARY OF THE DALEKS

Writers: Dan Watters & Dulce M. Montoya

Artists: Roberta Ingranata, Sami Kivelä & Valentina Bianconi

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Length: 48 Pages (Full Color)

Price: $6.99

Release Date: July 8, 2026 

 

THE DALEKS ARE BACK! Titan Comics is thrilled to announce their involvement in the Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker mixed-media event, with TWO comics and an all-new graphic novel which will feature the Fugitive Doctor’s first encounter with the Daleks!

With Issue #1 launching the first full adventure of the epic Circuit Breaker mixed-media event, Titan will publish two thrilling adventures that send the Doctor across time and space into her deadliest conflict yet. In Adversary of the Daleks, the Doctor arrives in Thessaloniki in ancient Greece where she discovers that even the gods fear strange visitors from across the universe.

While in Dawn of the Daleks, the Doctor travels to the war-ravaged world of Skaro as the Doctor battles the Daleks with the fate of their Kaled forebears at stake!

Written by acclaimed comics writers Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns, Nightwing) - and brought to life by stunning artwork from Sami Kivelä (Undone by Blood), these comics will be a must-read for fans of Doctor Who, science fiction, and epic intergalactic adventures. 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

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COVER B: PHOTO

 

COVER C: ROBERT SIENICKI

 

 

COVER D: FLOPS

 

COVER E: FLOPS - COLOUR YOUR OWN VARIANT

 

Jay Anacleto Inks Cover

 

 

Here's the full list of cover options for both issues:

 

ISSUE 1:

COVER A: JAY ANACLETO

COVER B: PHOTO

COVER C: ROBERT SIENICKI

COVER D: FLOPS

COVER E: FLOPS - COLOUR YOUR OWN VARIANT

 

ISSUE 2:

COVER A: NIPUNI

COVER B: PHOTO

COVER C: KIT WALLIS

COVER D: FLOPS

COVER E: FLOPS

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker: Adversary of the Daleks #1 will be released on July 8, 2026, with Issue #2 on August 5, 2026, and the Graphic Novel to follow on the December 2, 2026. 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us.