Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #3 Preview

 

Before he broke out of Arkham Towers, the psychiatrist who evaluated him insisted that he was Todd Russel, not Basil Karlo. Since all eight known Clayfaces share the same DNA, perhaps "Todd Russell" is the same person as the others. 

Now, he's in Los Angeles. Basil Karlo stars in a new production on the Worldwide International Studios lot. Yet the film crew thinks he's a monster. The people who should be his fans belittle him. Is Clayface just someone who impersonates actors because he lacks a meaningful life? And how many more people will die as Todd tries to reclaim his life from that "monster" Basil Karlo?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #3 Preview

Writer: Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Artist: Fran Galán

Cover Artist: Riley Rossmo

Variant Cover Artists: Mike Del Mundo & Bruno Redondo

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 6 Issues

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: September 9, 2026

 

 

What Do Missing Women, 

A Dangerous New Supplement, 

And Los Angeles’s Newest Resident All Have In Common?

 

 

Hot on the trail of his double, Basil Karlo’s investigation continues with shocking videos of a designer supplement’s side effects. Surely there’s no connection to the missing women in the other Basil Karlo’s orbit…And how will the real Basil convince Dr. Victoria October to help him after she learns his most deeply buried secret—especially now that his only friend in L.A. has gone missing?

 

Horror sensation Jude Ellison S. Doyle and rising star Fran Galán push their body horror noir to terrifying new extremes.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For "Todd's" fight to reclaim his life in Los Angeles, see Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #2 Preview. 

For how this series began, see my Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #1 Preview.

For more recent series involving Clayface, 

See my review of DC K.O. Knightfight #1,

My preview of Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes #1 & 

My review of Batman and Robin: Year One #1. 

 

Lobo #6 Preview

 

At Omni Omega+ Entertainment Corps, Lobo is too popular for Mr Kzzt's own good. He doesn't want the bounty hunter to send him on any more unscheduled flights out of his office window. So Mr Kzzt sends his other clients after Lobo to ensure that the Main Man cannot resume his reality TV series. But when Lobo comes calling anyway, Mr Kzzt finds a way to make Lobo smile. It involves a lot of gold, and a little job to convince a service provider to lower his rates. How will Lobo like his new assignment? And will it be more dangerous than a second encounter with the Johnnies?

Here's all the info from DC Connect: 

Lobo #6 Preview

Writer: Skottie Young

Artist: Riley Rossmo

Cover Artist: Jorge Corona

Variant Cover Artists: David Nakayama, Stevan Subic, And Riley Rossmo

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: August 19, 2026

 

Sink Your Teeth into This One!

 

Four out of five dentists agree that the Tooth Fairy is real, and they’re freaky enough to make your teeth chatter right out of your head! Good thing Lobo’s teeth always grow back, because he’s been hired to merc the mystical master of molars, and the pay’s good enough to make a Main Man want to get the fluoride treatment. If you’re familiar with Lobo’s previous contracts and specials, you know you can’t miss this one! Guest-drawn by Riley Rossmo (The Moon Is Following Us, Martian Manhunter)!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For Lobo's reunion with Mr Kzzt, see Lobo #5 Review. 

For Lobo's battle over becoming a "better" person, see my review of Summer of Supergirl Special #1. 

For Lobo's assault on the Fortress of Solitude, see my preview of Lobo #4. 

For Lobo's origin story, see my review of Lobo #3.

For Lobo's epic fight with Emperor Aquaman, see my preview of Lobo #2.

For how this series started, see my preview of Lobo #1.

 

DC’s Zatannic Panic! #1 Preview

 

 

Her father was one of DC's earliest characters. Giovanni Zatara was a stage magician and superhero who sacrificed himself to save his daughter's life. This anthology begins by showing how deeply Zatanna cherishes her father's memory. How much more will it reveal about the heroes she fights alongside, and the villains they battle?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

DC’s Zatannic Panic! #1

Writers: Daniel Warren Johnson, Roberto Recchioni, Andrew MacLean, Lyndon Radchenka, Callie C Miller, Rowan MacColl & Cavan Scott

Artists: Riley Rossmo, Gigi Cavenago, Andrew MacLean, John McCrea, Rowan MacColl & Don Aguillo

Cover Artists: Lee Bermejo, Daniel Warren Johnson & Sean “Raiko” Tay

Publisher: DC Commics

Price: $9.99

Issue Length: 80 Pages

Release Date: October 1, 2025

 

A haunting anthology to usher in the Halloween season!

 

Spooky stories for terrifying times, featuring bone-chilling tales from some of comics’ most fearsome fabulists and harrowing artists! With spine-tingling shorts starring Batman, Ambush Bug, Raven, The Demon, Plastic Man, Swamp Thing, and, of course, the Mistress of Magic herself, Zatanna, as they summon spirits and struggle against the supernatural!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

EC Cruel Universe #2 Preview

COVER A BY LEE BERMEJO

 

This is a cool comic series. Each issue is filled with short Science Fiction stories. The first issue tackled racism, our relationship to our aquatic friends, and the role of anger in reaching for the stars. Yes, Commander Saru, it's okay to scream! EC Comics is worth screaming about!

Here's all the info on this upcoming issue:

 

EC CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #2 (of 12)

WRITTEN BY CHRIS CONDON, MELISSA FLORES & DAVE WIELGOSZ

ART BY SAMI KIVELÄ, CLAIRE ROE & RILEY ROSSMO

COVER A BY LEE BERMEJO

COVER B BY TOM FOWLER

EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS

B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER

ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD

ON SALE SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

IOC: 7/26/2025

FOC: 8/11/2025

 

EMBRACE OBVILION AS YOUR PHYSICAL BODY SACRIFICES ITSELF … ALL IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE! Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to reveal a first look at the story “Ham Radio” by Melissa Flores (Power Rangers Prime) and Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special) from CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #2 (of 12) – the next installment of the Eisner Award-nominated science-fiction anthology series featuring a stellar group of creators forcing readers beyond the brink of reality itself! 

For millennia, mankind has earned to explore the stars. Foolish humans—that was your first mistake! Like a stray space capsule that’s unexpectedly escaped our solar system and is now cursed to rocket forward at ever-escalating velocities that will slowly reduce its crew to a slick film of goo, EC Comics proudly presents a new roster of callously cosmic tales positively oozing with pain, paranoia, and the pent-up regret of human ambition! To copilot this doomed survey of the stars, join writers Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Melissa Flores (Power Rangers Prime), and Dave Wielgosz (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) as they execute the logarithmic calculations that could save our explorers . . . only for the danger-defying artists Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), and Riley Rossmo (Harley Quinn) to bear witness to inescapable galactic calamity of their all-too-human hubris. Whoops!

Yes, human, it has been foretold in our data tablets: You will gaze in slackjawed wonder as CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #2 (of 12) crosses the vacuum of space to deliver new allotments of optical ingenuity in the form of comic book covers by Lee Bermejo (Joker), Tom Fowler (Epitaphs from the Abyss), Albert Monteys (Slaughterhouse-Five), and Malachi Ward (Black Hammer: The End) to begin a eons-long rein of EC Comics-inspired cosmic terror! You wanted to live life as a sentient being … Now pay the price in CRUEL UNIVERSE 2 #2 (of 12) – on sale September 3rd!

Plus: Also on sale in September from Oni Press and EC Comics – There’s no rest for the wicked as CATACOMB OF TORMENT #3 presents three tales of fear and frightful persecution fresher than the bludgeoned corpses in your quiet neighbor’s basement! Join our brutally beloved host, the Tormentor, to visit violently vivid vivisections upon our artfully agonizing creators Valeria Burzo (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Ryan Haddock (The Brothers Flick), J. Holtham (Hulu’s A Handmaid’s Tale), Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Christopher Mitten (Hellboy & The B.P.R.D.) and Joanne Starer (Fire & Ice) as EC’s brand-new and all-out brutal horror anthology continues its experiments in human anatomy! 

For more updates on Oni Press, visit them on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

Here are more cover options:

ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY MALACHI WARD

 

COVER B BY TOM FOWLER

 

B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER

EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY ALBERT MONTEYS

Thanks to Oni Press for sharing this preview with us.

The Moon Is Following Us #1 Review

 

Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson

Artists: Daniel Warren Johnson & Riley Rossmo

Colorist: Mike Spicer

Cover Artists: Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer

Publisher: Image

Price: $3.99

Release Date: September 18, 2024

 

Sam and Duncan need a special weapon to rescue their six-year-old daughter, Penny. If they wait for Tash to arrive, they may miss Pigface. Should Sam and Duncan storm the fortress guarded by Cascade soldiers? Or is there another way to meet the arms dealer? Let's grab our guns and swords, leap into The Moon Is Following Us #1, and see what happens!

 

Story

The clock is ticking, and Sam is tired of waiting. She and her husband have trained hard and gained combat experience. Sam believes that if you want something in life, you don't wait for it to arrive. Sam hopes their companion will support her argument. But Brio refuses to participate in a family feud.

 

Life has taught Duncan to be cautious. Failure may not be an option, but it’s always a possibility. Duncan begs her to reconsider. His wife refuses to wait a minute longer for Tash. Sam agrees to do it Duncan's way and sneak into the fortress. Duncan is grateful for that concession. Still, he believes Tash would have a better plan.

 

When they reach the fortress in The Moon Is Following Us #1, Sam’s Bull In A China Shop attack puts the fortress on high alert. Now, instead of slipping in quietly, husband and wife are storming the castle. They measure each step in bullets and blood. Along the way, they find Tash. Their advisor helps them dispatch all the nearby guards. Still, after the immediate conflict ceases, Sam worries that Duncan isn’t fully invested in their fight to free their daughter.

 

After securing Pigface's weapon, Sam and Duncan also need an escape plan. But first, they must sacrifice part of themselves. In Daniel Warren Johnson’s High Fantasy story, heroes gain nothing without cost. Even their best attempts may fail. But while Duncan's reserve irritates Sam, he doesn’t just want his daughter back. When, like Tash and Pigface, Duncan leaves this world behind, he wants it to be with his entire family.

 

Art

Duncan wears synthetic modern armor with a thick arm covering reminiscent of Thorin's oaken shield. Sam wears long armored boots, a bikini, and a spiked helmet in The Moon Is Following Us #1. While Duncan carries a rifle, Sam carries an RPG with a sword affixed as a bayonet. Brio wears a crown and carries a backpack, a bedroll, and the longest firearm. Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo’s frog prince smokes a cigarette while he waits. When Sam leads her companion to a precipice, they gaze across a chasm. A castle rises in the distance. A Pegasus circles above the towers. Whatever bridge once aided travelers no longer exists. Sam and Duncan must find a route to the valley. Then, they must scale the fortress' natural defense and stone walls. Either that or take the long, winding road to the castle gates.

 

Mike Spicer lavishes a palette of soft pastels on The Moon Is Following Us #1. Sam’s pink and gold attire and Duncan's green armor glow against teal grass, grey stone, and purple sky. The black Cascade warriors have four legs, a donut chest, and a green face you might not want in your family portrait. Gray shadows fall on vivid flesh tones, clothes, and armor, while purple foregrounds complement gray and purple-gray backgrounds. Yellow invades the background during extreme violence, such as when orange blood sprays from the black-and-green Cascade soldiers. A forked branch aids Tash's footsteps. The hunchback's cape resembles wings composed of fabric swatches. The multiarmed Pigface resembles a humanoid bat with a porcine hat. When Pigface spreads his wings, buyer beware!

 

Black uppercase lettering in white and colored dialogue balloons hover over our heroes in The Moon Is Following Us #1. Amid the highly detailed and richly colored art, the dialogue shrinks for lowered voices and rarely emboldens or swells. Sound effects heighten the clash of arms, while screams and shouts accentuate an intense final battle. Thanks to Image for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

Technology, magic, and fairy tales collide in The Moon Is Following Us #1. The fantasy adventure celebrates creativity and imagination, the power of dreams, and parents' love for their children.

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

For more cover art and a trailer see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Destro #2 Review

 

Writer: Dan Watters

Artist: Andrei Bressan

Colorist: Adriano Lucas

Letterer: Rus Wooton

Cover Artists: Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas; Riley Rossmo; Nikola Čižešija; Jeff Spokes; Yasmin Putri; Tyler Kirkham

Publisher: Image

Price: $3.99

Release Date: July 17, 2024

 

Destro’s concern for Darklonia reawakened when he realized he could profit from controlling the beleaguered country. Now, he can market MARS’ weapons without governmental interference as his cousin rules the coastal European state. But Xamot and Tomax view Destro’s investment as an opportunity. Their company, Extensive Enterprises, can attack the unrecognized state without angering the international community. Will Destro’s investment in Darklonia drive MARS into bankruptcy? Will the stresses of war break Destro’s sanity? Let’s strap on our armor, load our weapons, march into Destro #2, and find out!

 

Story

The attack in Darklonia occurs at a crucial time for MARS. Destro has secured an exclusive supply of Energon from Cobra Commander. Destro tantalized buyers at the arms fair that officially wasn't happening with military inventions that technically didn't exist. But Extensive Enterprises dispelled Destro’s aura of invincibility by deploying drones using cloaking technology that shielded them from MARS satellites.

 

Xamot and Tomax value people over technology. They focus on training their Crimson Guard and hire engineers to steal and recreate others' inventions. They wield an army of ruthless soldiers who prize reliable people as assets and liquidate liabilities. In attacking the Darklonian arms fair, they reduce demand for MARS weaponry and stand ready to deploy their Crimson Guard mercenaries in any conflict.

 

Dan Watters illustrates the similarities and differences between Destro and his adversaries in Destro #2. Destro may have smiled when he realized he was at war, but he’s angry now. Xamot and Tomax surprised and shamed him. The surviving buyers will return home with reports of deaths and a billion dollars worth of destroyed MARS weaponry. Xamot and Tomax claim Destro made a false flag attack on the Darklonian arms fair. Why shouldn't buyers believe Destro attacked the event with combat drones? Extensive Enterprises deploys Human power, while MARS sells the machinery of war.

 

Worse, Destro deployed his experimental Battle Android Troopers in the Darklonian attack using Cobra Commander’s Energon. Destro added insult to injury by insisting that he determines what he does with this limited resource. This unprovoked war risks exposing his secret "game-changing" power source to his competitors and losing his privileged relationship with Cobra Commander.

 

Art

Fires burn outside the crenelated stone walls of the former prime minister’s castle as Destro addresses his troops. Andrei Bressan shows Xamot and Tomax brief their legions inside their sleek modern building. While hundreds gather between fencing and tanks in Darklonia, thousands fill the vast interior of the Extensive Enterprises New York City headquarters. From a rubble-strewn cliff overlooking the ocean to harsh, snowy Scotland, Destro argues, attacks and communes. Yet Xamot and Tomax's expressions reveal a determination to win that rivals the man in the iron mask in Destro #2.

 

Yellow and orange flames choke the Darklonian air with gray smoke while Extensive Enterprises stands undamaged beneath bright blue skies. Adriano Lucas reminds us of the stark differences that divide the US political battleground as the rival leaders address their seas of green or red followers. Yet Lucas hints the two sides are not as different as they seem, as Crimson Guard fight amid the greenery of a training ground, and Destro’s wide red collar surrounds a silver face that reflects his soldiers' green uniforms.

 

Rus Wooton orders readers into Destro #2 with large uppercase black lettering in white dialogue balloons and narrative boxes. Wooton shows how business leaders conduct war, or warriors conduct business, as words embolden for emphasis but never swell or shrink. Sound effects help readers hear explosions knock Crimson Guard off their feet as Assault System Pods send MARS aircraft crashing. Thanks to Image Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Hasbro for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

Destro and his rivals Xamot and Tomax believe war refines the Human species and the most adaptable players survive. But Xamot and Tomax inspire others, while Destro values property over people and communion with the dead over the camaraderie of the living in Destro #2.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To view more cover art see my review of Comic Book Dispatch.