UFO Robot Grendizer #1 Preview

Cover A: Derrick Chew

Duke Fleed and his sister Maria Grace saw the Vega Empire devastate their world. Forced to flee to Earth, Duke lived with Professor Umon, and worked at Danbei Makuba's ranch until his enemies followed him to Earth. When the Vega Empire assaulted his adoptive homeworld, Duke formed a team to combat the alien threat. But now, Duke and Maria Grace have left to rebuild their homeworld. Will the troubles they brought with them pursue them back to Planet Fleed? Or after destroying their own world, will the Vega Empire set its sights on conquering Earth?

Here's all the info from Titan Comics: 

 

UFO Robot Grendizer #1 (Of 4)

Writer: Xavier Dorison

Artists: Denis Bajram, Brice Cossu, Alexis Sentenac & Yoann Guillo

Cover Artists: Derrick Chew; Denis Bajram, Brice Cossu, Alexis Sentenac & Yoann Guillo; Takeshi Miyazawa; Colm Griffin

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 56 Pages, Full Color

Price: $4.99

Release Date: August 5, 2026

 

 

Duke Fleed’s Story Continues 

in This Long-Awaited Sequel 

to The Seminal Mazinger Mecha Franchise!

 

 

The war between the forces of Vega and Grendizer is but a distant memory. But from the confines of space, the Ruin Division emerges with the most powerful Saucer Beast: THE HYDRAGON.

 

Under siege, pilot Duke Fleed has no choice but to join the fight and reawaken the mighty Robot Grendizer, or risk the world he once fought so hard to protect.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cover B: Denis Bajram, Brice Cossu, Alexis Sentenac & Yoann Guillo

 

 

 

 

Cover C: Takeshi Miyazawa

Cover D: Colm Griffin

Cover E Blueprint: Denis Bajram, Brice Cossu, Alexis Sentenac & Yoann Guillo

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us. 

Black Cat #4 Review

 

Writer: G Willow Wilson

Artist: Gleb Melnikov

Colorist: Brian Reber

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Adam Hughes; Derrick Chew; Inhyuk Lee; Mark Buckingham & Richard Isanove

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 26, 2025

 

After tangling with the Lizard, Felicia Hardy has an epiphany as the Night Nurse stitches her arm. Spider-Man isn’t returning her calls. And instead of quelling the violence on the streets, he is increasing it. Perhaps she needs to step up and make New Yorkers feel safe enough to spend money foolishly again.

 

Black Cat’s attempt to turn her life around attracts the superheroes’ attention. As the glamorous gal gains internet fame, J Jonah Jameson publicly speculates about her love life. Then, Felicia captures Tombstone’s attention. Does Lonnie Lincoln need her expertise with a heist? Or does the new Kingpin of Crime want Felicia to define her relationship with Daredevil? Let’s grab a pinch of catnip, leap into Black Cat #4, and see!

 

Story

After foiling an interstellar drug cartel in New Jersey, Sandman surprises Felicia and punches her lights out. When they come back on, Felicia Hardy finds herself at Tombstone’s feet. The crime lord requests her manifesto. But Felicia can’t define her new war on crime. Perhaps when she figures it out, she'll feel like sharing. Like Steve Perry, Felicia is "Feeling That Way" and enjoying it. But while Black Cat works out her new shtick, she interferes with Tombstone’s big plans for New York.

 

In Black Cat #4, Sandman locks her in a room. It may not be a dungeon. Still, Felicia gives her new accommodation a 1-star rating. As Felicia ponders her life and a means of escape, the wait grows more torturous when she overhears actionable intelligence.

 

G Willow Wilson’s story highlights how difficult career changes can be. While Felicia seeks something more fulfilling than snatching the next sparkly treasure, she hasn't defined what she wants or how best to go about it. And as Boris, her person in the chair, warned, being a superhero is different from stealing rare artifacts. Despite how hard Felicia has worked to become a master thief, she's still a novice hero. Felicia's heart may be in the right place in Black Cat #4, but she cannot trust her instincts. And as she hasn’t paid her dues, Felicia Hardy has a long way to go before she gains the respect of the superhero community. 

 

 

 

Art

As Black Cat gazes up at Tombstone, he squats to study his captive. Felicia's flowing white hair and the fur hanging from her black catsuit evoke plumage. While she cannot compare with Puss in Boots, Felicia’s eyes invite sympathy. Gleb Melnikov employs vignettes to showcase confrontations in Black Cat #4. The intertwined control room conduits, along with the pipes and pumping equipment, hint at reasons why Tombstone chose the building for his temporary HQ. But as an X-Jet streaks over the building, Felicia lies on a cot, unable to investigate.

 

While Tombstone appears in matte gray and dark blue, Sandman’s vibrant green shirt and brown arms evoke the fresh start he considered at the Ravencroft Institute. As Brian Reber lavishes a loaded palette on Black Cat #4, Black Cat's suit gleams. After passing some red pumping equipment, more red pipes line a wall of her cell. As Black Cat wonders what has happened to Spider-Man, the moon imbues her suit with light-blue highlights.

 

 

 

Joe Caramagna shows Tombstone's dialogue as small, uppercase words in clouds. Other characters speak larger uppercase words into dialogue balloons. Felicia’s commentary guides us through her internment, employing white letters in black narrative boxes. But after a creak and a slam herald her imprisonment, the sound of disturbed air gives Felicia hope she can resume her new career. Thanks to Marvel Comics for providing a review copy.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Like Rodney Dangerfield, Felicia Hardy can't get any respect. There's no honor among thieves, the superhero community distrusts her, and J Jonah Jameson isn't interested in her crime reports. As her stumbling in the dark disrupts Tombstone's plans, Felicia discovers how alone she truly is in Black Cat #4.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #4 Preview

 

 

What do you do when you go back to help your younger self be less sad, and you inadvertently turn your hero-friends into Corgi's that escape into the "time cream?" Well, if you're Wonder Girl, you take your younger self with you to visit your elder self. Unfortunately, older doesn't necessarily means wiser. (It just means wrinkles). 

Still, amid romance, not-killing your mom, and counseling a Piranha, all three Elizabeth Marston Princes have recaptured Super Corgi, Robin Corgi, and Bat Corgi. What's next for the three selves of Diana's daughter? And will it involve elephants in trees? 

Here's all the info from DC Connect: 

 

Trinity: Daughter of Wonder Woman #4

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Belén Ortega

Cover Artists: Belén Ortega, Derrick Chew, Mikel Janín & Karen S Darboe

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99 Card Stock

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 6 issues

Release Date: September 10, 2025

 

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, again?! It’s the big day for our lovebirds, but what’s a DC wedding without a little crisis? Lizzie travels to the Wayne Manor of the past to retrieve a corgi pup, and you guessed it…chaos ensues!

 

 

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 Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

Black Cat #1 Review

 

Writer: G Willow Wilson

Artist: Gleb Melnikov

Colorist: Brian Reber

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Adam Hughes; Peach Momoko; Simone Di Meo; J Scott Campbell; Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson; Derrick Chew; Jeehyung

Designer: Stacie Zucker

Editors: Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: August 20, 2025

 

A master thief’s life is filled with peril. Usually, they prove more injurious emotionally than physically. So why is Black Cat sitting in the night nurse’s waiting room? And how might her battle with Hellgate change her? Let’s put on our catsuits, leap into Black Cat #1, and see!

 

Story

Curt Connors gained superpowers by becoming the Lizard. Since then, the two have gone their separate ways. The Lizard identifies with those society discards, such as Miles Morales’ clone brother Shift, the Vermin, and the unhoused who inhabit New York’s underground. But when the Lizard meets Black Cat in G Willow Wilson’s story, he’s on a mission to understand himself better. Unfortunately, neither he nor Black Cat enjoys others getting in their way.

 

But that’s the problem in Black Cat #1. Suddenly, Felicia Hardy isn’t having things her own way. She pushed away Peter Parker to pursue a relationship with Amelia Morrow. Felicia enjoyed a sometime partnership with Mary Jane. Now, Mary Jane has become a member of another family. Recently, Felicia began to wonder what she had left behind when she broke off things with Peter. But as his life begins to settle down following his battles with Cyttorak’s scions, Hellgate takes Peter away from her again.

 

 

In G Willow Wilson’s story, a fraught chase and fight leave Felicia exhausted. As she looks back on her life, she wonders if being the Black Cat is worth it. Has all her hard work yielded the lasting satisfaction we all seek? While her tangle with the lizard prompts a visit to the nurse’s room, it helps her put things in perspective. With Tombstone making a bid to rule the streets, and Spider-Man keeping his distance and taking a tougher stance on crime, New York is becoming a more dangerous place.

 

Felicia Hardy misses Peter Parker. Their different views on life prevented them from bonding as a couple. But she’s not happy being on her own. So, in Black Cat #1, Felicia wonders: what if I tried to be like him? Or at least, the way Peter used to be?

 

 

 

Art

Gleb Melnikov populates the night nurse’s waiting room with costumed characters in need of her services. Some you may recognize. Others, perhaps not. Whether battling Felicia or sitting in the waiting room, the Lizard exudes power in Black Cat #1. Amid his primal fury, he clutches two cages with due care and concern. After their fight, all the barriers fall. As she sinks into a tub of foamy water, Felicia trades glamor in Gleb Melnikov’s 90s Image superhero art for supermodel vulnerability. 

 

 

 

Brian Reber lavishes a loaded palette on Felicia’s flight from the authorities. The setting sun fills the air with gentle pink and orange. As she runs, the brick buildings glow, while the windows of a corner shop burn like a cluster of tiny suns. Hints of streetlights appear in the dark windows of an office where two associates await her call. By the time Black Cat glimpses Spider-Man, the vibrant colors have fled. So, she watches him thwip out of her life beneath a blue and purple sky. 

 

 

 

As Joe Caramagna fills white dialogue balloons with black uppercase text, he shares Felicia’s thoughts with white uppercase letters in black narrative boxes. White letters in green boxes translate the Lizard’s hisses, while red letters flit through a panel, reminding Felicia of those pursuing her. Joe Caramagna stokes the engine powering Black Cat #1 with an ample supply of crash, bang, and big bada boom. Yet whether adorning a symbol of her profession, accompanying an homage, or enhancing the night nurse’s invitation, Joe Caramagna fills Felicia’s moment of truth with all the sounds of reality. Thanks to Marvel for providing a review copy. 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Luck can be an elusive target. Some people work all their lives to achieve it. Others seem blessed with an abundance. Felicia Hardy has always radiated luck. But look beneath the surface, and you’ll see all the hard work she does to make her luck in Black Cat #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch. 

Heat Seeker: Combustion #2 Review

 

Writer: Charles Ardai

Penciller: Ace Continuado

Inker: Juan Castro

Colorist: Asifur Rahman

Letterer: David Leach

Cover Artist: Derrick Chew, Jay Anacleto, Ace Continuado, Cosplay, Thaddeus Robeck, Brao, Kyuyong Eom, Cedric Poulat, Tiago de Silva & Miki Okazaki

Publisher: Titan Comics

Price: 3.99

Release Date: December 11, 2024

 

Rosaline Preiss should have been safe at the convent in Montefiacco. But when “Lady Godiva” and her photographer tried to abduct her after their brochure shoot, Dahlia and Cesar charged to her rescue. After stealing her away on the model's horse, Dahlia rides to the exclusive mountaintop health spa and hides Rosaline in the nurse’s station. But when Dahlia leaves to find an escape route, Lady Godiva breaks into the nurse’s station to attend to the bullet wound in her shoulder. Is Lady Godiva a model, a mercenary, or a Mandalorian who doesn’t believe in wearing armor? And what will she do when she finds Rosaline hiding among the bandages? Let’s burn into Heat Seeker: Combustion #2 and find out!

 

Story

Mercenaries tried to prevent Dahlia and Cesar from taking Rosaline out of Venice. Now, the model has taken the twelve-year-old under her wounded wing. After shooting her “photographer,” the woman speeds off with Dr Bessemer Preiss’ daughter on a snowmobile. But this leaves Rosaline’s would-be rescuer trying to pursue the girl while evading more mercenaries patrolling the exclusive health club in Italy’s Dolomite mountains.

 

As Dahlia searches for the researcher's daughter, the mercenaries pursuing her in Heat Seeker: Combustion #2 force her to draw on her experience. While Dahlia might have trouble justifying her unconventional career path to some people, Charles Ardai reveals experiences that shaped her. These skills help her evade pursuers while racing after the girl she vowed to protect. Thankfully, Dahlia has a friend in Cesar, who admires her concern for Rosaline and leaves the convent to help her.

 

While some might suspect Rosaline of Stockholm Syndrome, Lady Godiva is returning the girl’s kindness. The mercenary never felt right about her orders. The way Rosaline aided her, knowing she wanted to abduct her, clinched the deal. The mercenary knows her boss’ intentions for Rosaline are ignoble. So, the woman risks her life and future to protect Rosaline in Heat Seeker: Combustion #2. If only someone could help them disappear!

 

 

 

Art

The Quietus Spa & Sauna may not be as exclusive as Piz Gloria, but its remote location limits the routes down the mountain. Amid the falling snow, Dahlia slips past gunmen in her green coverall that doesn't cover her front. Like James Bond, she opts for a high-wire act and skiing, pursued by mercenaries on snowmobiles. Dahlia meets a man evoking Nick Fury more than Eric Kriegler, backed by BA Baracus and a team of mercenaries. Later, Dahlia joins a sister act heading down the mountain in a yellow bus but leaves the singing to Whoopi Goldberg.

 

Asifur Rahman lavishes deep and nuanced color on Ace Continuado and Juan Castro’s art in Heat Seeker: Combustion #2. Although Dahlia begins her journey amid gray and white, yellow and pink seep into the sky as the sun rises. A mercenary falls to his death amid flaming yellow and orange. White clouds emulate a bird taking flight as men in black block Dahlia’s path. Lady Godiva’s green pants link her with Dahlia, although the escape artist’s one-piece radiates vitality. But the flesh that fills panels inside a beige stone building trimmed with orange and brown wood is for your eyes only.

 

David Leach launches black uppercase words into white dialogue balloons and colored narrative boxes, while giant letters come before a fall in Heat Seeker: Combustion #2. Sound effects help us hear a cable snap, gunfire in an alpine forest, and Dr Preiss’ hurried gait. A familiar logo adorns a brown box near a green helmet, while black letters beneath images on Dahlia's phone cast light on Dr Preiss' angels of death. Thanks to Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

When Rosaline’s would-be kidnapper risks her boss’ wrath to help her escape, the biological researcher’s daughter learns she is not as unique as she believed but more special than she imagined. Dahlia Racers and Cesar must play catchup across Europe, hoping Dr Preiss' employers don't find his daughter first in Heat Seeker: Combustion #2.

 

Rating 9.5/10

 

For more covers and a look inside see my preview of Heat Seeker: Combustion #2.

Deadpool #8 Review

 

Deadpool #8 Review

Writer: Cody Ziglar & Alexis Quasarano

Artist: Rogê Antônio

Colorist: Guru-eFX

Letterer: Joe Sabino

Cover Artists: Taurin Clarke; Derrick Chew; Ema Lupacchino & Dave McCaig; Cory Smith & Edgar Delgado

Graphic Designer: Kat Walkington

Editors: Drew Baumgartner & Cy Pedro Beltran; Mark Basso; CB Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: November 13, 2024

 

Taskmaster wants to hack Chemocorp’s bank accounts, so he suggests they create a diversion so someone can slip inside. Instead, Ellie and Princess opt for a frontal assault on the Z-List shell company. "Taskzaddy" tries to talk "Cutie-Pool and Wagsly" into descending to the data center, but Princess pursues a familiar scent. Will Deadpool's symbiote-canine daughter ascend to a happy reunion? Or will Ellie and Princess discover someone more deadly than the robots on the ground floor? Let's leap into Deadpool #8 and find out!

 

Story

Taskmaster wanted to dig Deadpool & Daughters, LLC out of a financial hole. His plan was simple but elegant: slip in, steal the data, and leave without anyone noticing. But Ellie is angry. As she can't attack Deathgrip, Ellie hurts other villains. Instead, she discovers that robots guard Chemocorp. Energy weapons sprout from their hands, and they shoot lasers with their eyes. Still, at least one employee of the biochem research company is Human (even if the leaders of Orchis might disagree). Her name is Valentine Vuong, and hypodermic needles adorn her fingers.

 

Although it was likely foreordained, Cody Ziglar & Alexis Quasarano reveal why Deadpool and Valentine parted ways in Deadpool #8. It’s a familiar story about juggling schedules and interests while making time for those we love. What surprises Ellie is how stoically Valentine takes the news of her former paramour's death. But then, Deadpool traded in death while Valentine experiments with life.

 

Wade Wilson may be dead, but his body doesn’t decay. He was killed by a man who swallowed a magic sword and returned from the dead. Ellie assumes that a combination of magic and science can heal her father. While Valentine echoes Taskmaster’s insistence that Alchemy isn’t real, this proto-science aided people for centuries and built the foundation for Valentine’s modern scientific methods. In Deadpool #8, Ellie wants Valentine to overcome her assumptions and try to save the mercenary who loved her so much that he stopped eating noodles.

 

 

 

Art

When Taskmaster pleads with Doug for good news, Doug offers him a graph. Old Skull-face is so depressed by their falling income that when the office rat claims a can from the kiddie pool cooling Wade's severed body, Taskmaster relinquishes the drink to cover his face. When a short Deadpool imposter attacks an evil scientist, and they halt with knives and needles poised at each other's throats, Ellie opts to resolve their differences with conversation rather than blood. Despite her appearance of calm, Valentine turns away when she learns of Wade’s death. Then she embraces Princess and scratches her snout.

 

Guru-eFX lavishes a loaded palette on Rogê Antônio’s art in Deadpool #8. While red, pink, and lavender dominate Valentine’s memories, greens and blues ground the fighting. Red lightsabers color their surroundings pink, and green eyes signal an overwhelming blast of yellow, orange, and red. Like Thanos, Valentine’s employer sports purple and yellow. The pink and lavender laser beams he fires prove more destructive than those of his robot employees.

 

White balloons feature uppercase black text, while Joe Sabino fills red ones with Princesses’ white dialogue. Words occasionally shrink and rarely grow bold, while Wade’s comments fill yellow balloons in Valentine’s story. Colorful sound effects help us hear wailing alarms, laser fire, clashing lightsabers, explosions, malfunctioning Terminators, and Princess' snapping tail, while enlarged dialogue accompanies a gout of oil. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Alchemy was a science written in codes and practiced in secret. In Deadpool #8, robots guard a biochem company, and Human employees who sign an NDA discover that leaving their employment (with the company's secrets) activates a termination clause.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

The Spectacular Spider-Men #3 Review

 

Writer: Greg Weisman

Penciler: Humberto Ramos

Inker: Victor Olazaba

Colorist: Edgar Delgado

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado; Derrick Chew; Lee Garbett & Yen Nitro; Stephen Segovia

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 22, 2024

 

Miles is dating Kamala Khan. Peter and Gwen are married with children, but Aunt May and George Stacy are going out on the town. Did the Time Variance Authority transport us to another Earth? And why couldn’t Miles and Peter find Cedric Harrison in the sewers? Let’s grab our lattes, thwip into The Spectacular Spider-Men #3, and find out!

 

Story

Cedric wanted to earn bucks while having a blast. Turk hungered for his next rush. Kenny and Shelly needed extra cash to rent an apartment for the next semester. Now, Cedric and Shelly explore America in a red convertible. Kenny is back on the football team. Turk makes money hand over fist as a mob boss. The lovers’ European tour continues. An actor achieves popularity and acclaim. And Miles and Peter are living their fondest dreams.

 

Or are they? Do we dream about what we desire most? Or do we explore paths previously rejected to ensure we made the correct choice? In The Spectacular Spider-Men #3, Peter enjoys domesticity with Gwen. He plays with his children, and his career as Spider-Man is a bad memory. Miles and Kamala take their friendship to the next level. Sorry, Starling. It’s been real.

 

 

 

Peter and Miles’ Spiderific adventures began with their weekly visits to The Coffee Bean at the ESU campus. After Dr Seymour Krepps opened Miles Warren's old laboratory, Miles and Peter fought a Hulk-like version of the Jackal. Miles Warren experimented with cloning. He made clones of Gwen Stacy after she died. And then there was that familiar black, white, and pink form thwipping away from a foiled bank robbery. Why wouldn’t Gwen be on Peter’s mind?

 

Kamala's death hit Miles Morales hard. Her return to life and help fighting villains like Rabble has reinvigorated him. Miles has started surprising Kamala with hugs when she least expects it. Is Tiana Toomes falling off Miles’ emotional radar? Or is this just one of those unspoken things Miles has to explore before deciding where he belongs?

 

In The Spectacular Spider-Men #3, past and present tumble into a cauldron of churning dreams. Even if they’re not living their ultimate fantasies, Peter and Miles are happy. They don't want to check out. But why would they ever want to leave?

 

Beware those steely knives, guys!

 

 

 

Art

Peter and Miles separately face their front doors. Gwen hugs Peter from behind as her father offers Aunt May a bouquet of roses. Miles seems taken aback by the wonder in Kamala’s eyes. Yet in the morgue, Carlie Cooper regards Detective Sebbens and Coroner Jane Foster. Ignoring the skull X-rays on her desk, the Police Forensic Scientist crosses her arms over her chest as she and Jane Foster report their findings.

 

Miles and Kamala hold hands across the table of a restaurant's outdoor seating area that intrudes into the street. Peter sits with his children as they play, tickles and wrestles with them, and gazes at them while they sleep. Yet, as Miles and Peter enjoy their evenings with the women in their lives in The Spectacular Spider-Men #3, a familiar form lurks in the corner of their eyes. Can you hear the mission bell, guys?

 

Edgar Delgado lavishes a loaded palette of appealing colors on Humberto Ramos and Victor Olazaba’s art. Shadows stretch across a shiny tile floor. Background fades in closeups, replaced by a haze of diffused, colored lights. The Eiffel Tower glows yellow as lovers gaze upon the City Of Light. Blue and purple characters stand before a red control bank and gaze up at faces arrayed on a wall of monitors.

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase letters into white balloons and colored narrative boxes. The appealing font rarely shrinks. Dialogue often grows bold, changes color, or enlarges. Musical notes nestle in fanciful balloons as Peter sings and plays with his children. Red laughter surrounds his head as Peter tickles his son and daughter. Yet screaming fills a panel as sparks fly, turning the air red in The Spectacular Spider-Men #3. 

 

Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

While students go missing at Empire State University, two emotional vampires suck the life of people by fulfilling their cravings in The Spectacular Spider-Men #3. But is this real life or just a fantasy that could detonate every cell in their bodies?

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.