Monster Monday: Catacomb of Torment #11

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day. EC Comics and Oni Press released Catacomb of Torment #11 last week. The three stories included are "Type 'M' for Murder", "Every Cut a Lie" and "The Torment of Hester Godwin". Here is the official summary:

"OH NO? OH YES! IT’S A SINEW-SNAPPING EC ORIGIN SPECTACULAR! EC’s very own Mistress of Malice, the Tormentor, finally takes center stage to reveal her hopes (“to see your bone marrow!”), dreams (“slathering you in scalding oil!”), and aspirations (“finding excruciating new ways of using the ball peen hammer!”) in this VERY SPECIAL and EXTRA BLOODY tale of who she is and how she came to be!Join us for an “all-scar” celebration of Her Royal Majesty of Pain as modern EC Comics master Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Paklis) dons his bloody red pen to write and illustrate this magnificently malignant chapter in Horror Host history!"

Front Cover of Catacomb of Torment #11 from EC Comics and Oni Press

Back Cover of Catacomb of Torment #11 from EC Comics and Oni Press

Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Archie’s Movie Mania #1

Archie Comics released Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Archie’s Movie Mania #1 this week. This issue features two new stories. The cover features Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Betty and Veronica. Here is the offical summary:

"Summertime is here and blockbuster movies are already starting to heat up movie theater screens all over the globe! Of course, Archie and his extended group of friends are going to get in on the action! First, the Superteens and the Power Pets take on some souped up zoo animals in an all-out brawl! But who’s the evil mastermind behind all the chaos? Then, Veronica Lodge and Ginger Lopez battle it out to be the next best fashion critic! Inspired by upcoming movies like: Masters of the Universe, The Mandalorian and Grogu, and The Devil Wears Prada 2, plus plenty more homages to notable movies throughout Archie’s history, you’ll want to make sure you’ve got extra popcorn before diving into this fun-filled issue!"

Cover of Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Archie’s Movie Mania #1

Women Wednesday: She-Spawn #1

Image Comics dropped the digital edition of She-Spawn #1 this week. Here is the official summary:

"A former solider, assassin, superhero, and mother, Priest now finds herself pulled into a brutal confrontation with an angelic cult determined to sacrifice a child in the name of their God. What begins as a mission quickly becomes something far more personal, forcing Jessica to confront the regret and responsibility that have followed her long after she stepped into the role of She-Spawn."

Cover A of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover B of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover C of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover D of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover E of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover F of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Cover G of She-Spawn #1 from Image Comics

Monster Monday: Megaghost Volume 2 #2

Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks released Megaghost volume 2 #2 last week. Here is the official summary:

"A perfect sunny afternoon turns into a nightmare of endless night when the sinister supervillain ultraghoul invites some special guests to visit the haunted hamlet of Dunwich Heights: nosferatons, space vampires from the Dark Side of the Moon! These sci-fi fiends are out to conquer the world, and only junior occultist martin magus and the supernatural giant robot megaghost can stop them… if the intergalactic vampire bat kaiju Drakulaar doesn’t suck them dry first! And how are teen occult detective Joanna Dee and the nefarious nethergods connected to all of this?"

Cover of Megaghost Volume 2 #2 from Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks

Fantasy Friday: Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1

Dynamite Entertainment released Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1 last week. Here is the official summary:

"Red Sonja must protect the last descendent of an ancient bloodline from a revolutionary movement determined to reshape all of Hyboria! Featuring the debut of the Cult of the Rising Sun and several new friends and foes of the She-Devil with a Sword! Be there!"

Cover Gallery Page 1 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1 from Dynamite Entertainment

Cover #1A is by Stuart Sayger, #1B is by Lucio Parrillo, #1C is by Joseph Michael Linsner, #1D is by Mike Rooth and #1E is a cosplay cover featuring Woman of Wonder. There are also lots of variant covers including blank, blind bagged, signed, virgin art, line art, foil and exclusives.

Cover Gallery Page 2 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1 from Dynamite Entertainment

Cover Gallery Page 3 of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword #1 from Dynamite Entertainment

Monster Monday: Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes One-Shot

Dark Horse Comics released Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes one-shot last week. The cover is by Alex Nieto and the script is by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Here is the official summary:

"A cozy visit with retired B.P.R.D agents Archie and Margaret takes a chilly turn when Hellboy and Anastasia investigate the local ghost, whose once only legendary wails have been disturbing their quaint village with more and more urgency."

Cover of Hellboy in Love: Black Eyes One-Shot from Dark Horse Comics

Science Fiction Saturday: The New Space Age #5

Mad Cave Studios released The New Space Age earlier this week. This issue also includes a four page preview of Planet Atmos: Exordium Here is the official summary:

"The science and magic that Mark, Stacey, and Bobby harnessed have been weaponized. Untold destruction and death are going to rain down on San Francisco, and the military’s weapons can’t stop the killing machine they’ve unleashed. Mark and the Stargazer are the only things standing in the killer drone’s path. Can Mark stop the machine and save the city? Or will his only chance to see Joey again be destroyed in front of his eyes?"

Front Cover of The New Space Age #5 from Mad Cave Studios

Back Cover of The New Space Age #5 from Mad Cave Studios

Women Wednesday: Harley Quinn x Elvira #6

DC Comics and Harley Quinn released Harley Quinn x Elvira #6 on March 18. It is the conclusion of the season and seems fitting to end the month of April spotlighting it for this week's Women Wednesday post. Cover artists include Amanda Conner (Cover A), Chad Hardin (Cover B), Joseph Michael Linsner (Cover C) and Ben Caldwell (Cover D). There are also fifteen other variant covers, which I'm not showing. Here is the official summary:

"NO SLEEP ’TIL CONEY ISLAND! Even the coolest, most out-of-this-world road trips have to end sometime, and the party’s nearly over for the Mistress of the Dark and the Clown Princess of crime — but they are definitely going out with the biggest of big bangs! Will this fabulously dynamic duo be able to pull off the most ambitious holiday happening ever attempted by two amateur party planners? Find out as Elvira and Harley Quinn unleash upon the world the glory that is FOOL-O-WEEN!"

Cover A of Haley Quinn x Elvira #6 from DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment

Cover B of Haley Quinn x Elvira #6 from DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment

Cover C of Haley Quinn x Elvira #6 from DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment

Cover D of Haley Quinn x Elvira #6 from DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment

Monster Monday: Corpse Knight #1 and MASK Ad

Image Comics released Corpse Knight #1 on April 23, 2026. Here is the official summary:

"As war ravages France, a young girl named Foy lives in relative peace with her father... until tragedy strikes. As Foy struggles to fend for herself, she’s granted a miracle — her father returns from the dead to protect her. Now, they embark on a sacred quest, confronting murderers, wild animals, wandering armies, and black magic plaguing the countryside. As Foy comes face to face with the dark side of miracles and the secrets of the Corpse Knight, she must question if the man by her side has always been a monster..."

Cover of Corpse Knight #1 from Image Comics

Bonus: There is also a four-page preview of MASK (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) #1 coming in June 2026. Yes, this is a reboot of the 1985 cartoon series. Here is the ad:

MASK #1 Ad from Corpse Knight #1 from Image Comics

Women Wednesday: Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) Cover Gallery

Dark Horse Comics released Vampirella ! (Legacy % 688) today. Here is the official summary:

"Having lost both her Vampiri powers and the baby she stole from her sister Vampirella, a now-human Draculina faces the further loss of her newfound peace of mind when her thirst for blood is cruelly reawakened. Confronted with the prospect of once again being consumed by the evil appetites that had controlled her for centuries, Draculina embarks on a desperate quest to break the patterns of her past — or die trying!"

Cover Gallery Page 1 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Cover Gallery Page 2 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Cover Gallery Page 3 of Vampirella #1 (Legacy #688) from Dark Horse Comics

Science Fiction Saturday: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy -- Lost Contact #1

IDW Publishing released Star Trek: Starfleet Academy -- Lost Contact #1 earlier this week. This mini-series is based on the Paramount+ original tv series. Here is the official summary:

"Caleb, Genesis, Jay-Den, Kyle, and Tarima are all students of Starfleet Academy, the illustrious school responsible for the Federation’s best. One day, they dream to serve as great leaders on board ships of their own, to study the cultural intricacies of sentient life amongst the Galaxy, or to go where no person has explored before. But today, their mission is simply to execute a survey simulation on a lifeless, low-oxygen planet. Or at least, it seems simple… until a huge storm cuts off their contact with their teachers aboard the Athena… and something impossible appears: an alien. Now, they’ll have to work together and use everything they’ve learned in class about first contact to make it off the planet alive!"

Cover of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy -- Lost Contact #1 from IDW Publishing

Monster Monday: Estuary: A Ghost Story

Oni Press released Estuary: A Ghost Story last week. I could have posted this yesterday as a Supernatural Sunday. Here is the official summary:

"Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbues Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California’s oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission’s walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun’s offer to begun excavating a fabled shipwreck lying in wait beneath the Mission’s turbulent waters, she’ll soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of a vengeance that can no longer be contained..."

Cover of Estuary: A Ghost Story from Oni Press

Science Fiction Saturday: Flash Gordon #0

Mad Cave Studios released Flash Gordon #0 this week. The cover features Flash and Dale Arden waving (I'm not crazy about the cover art but the interior art is better). This issue is a prologue and features and continues in Flash Gordon #16, which begins a new adventure with the new creative team that started here. Here is the official summary:

"Flash Gordon has always been a maverick, on the football field and in the stars. But when he’s offered a job training the next generation of explorers, he’ll end up fighting for top gun! A “quick trip” around Neptune’s moons with Flash’s cadets turns into a deadly alien hunt – and one of the new recruits thinks they can save the day without the dusty instructor."

Cover of Flash Gordon #0 from Mad Cave Studios

Fantasy Friday: Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace #1

Dark Horse Comics released Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories - Jace #1 last week. Here is the official summary:

"Jace Beleren is the most talented mind mage in the Multiverse. A master of telepathy, illusion, and memory distortion, Jace’s heroic feats are tainted by a duplicitous past that threatens to unravel him at any given moment."

 

Monster Monday: MegaGhost Volume 2 #1

Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks released MegaGhost volume 2 #1 last week. This is the first issue in a four-part mini-series. Here is the official summary:

"Young scholar of the strange Martin Magus and the supernatural giant robot MegaGhost defend the city of Dunwich Heights against the threat of the Occult Kaiju. But a new menace looms, for the sinister necromancer known as Ultraghoul has made a deal with the Nethergods, dark powers from another dimension, to give him the power to defeat his arcane archenemy for once and for all!"

Cover of MegaGhost Volume 2 #1 from Dark Horse Comics and Albatross Funnybooks

Women Wednesday: Betty and Veronica Pin-up Special

Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Betty and Veronica Pin-Up Special #1 was released today. Here is the official summary:

"Archie Comics is celebrating our milestone 85th Anniverary all year long with a variety of rarities, collector editions, and fun finds! We’re kicking things off with a special collection of some of the best and most gorgeous Betty and Veronica pin-up pages, collected for the first time ever in a comic-size format! This is an absolute must for any collector!"

Cover of Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Betty and Veronica Pin-Up Special #1

Monster Monday: Super Creepshow #1

Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment released Super Creepshow #1 last week. Here is the official summary:

"EARTH’S MIGHTIEST SUPERHERO HORROR SERIES ASSEMBLES! The most star-studded superhero epic of the year begins with a pair of skin-crawling stories! First up, superhero comic icon KIERON GILLEN (Young Avengers, Darth Vader) and ROSSI GIFFORD deliver a terrifying story that will have your spider sense tingling! Then, Eisner Award-winning creators RYAN NORTH (Fantastic Four) and DEREK CHARM (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) make the case that super speed is the most horrific power of all!"

Cover of Super Creepshow #1 from Image and Skybound

Fantasy Friday: Barbarian Behind Bars #1 and #2

Mad Cave Studios released Barbarian Behind Bars #1 on February 12, 2026. Here is the official summary:

"Who is the mysterious, musclebound warrior who came to our world in a storm of magic and violence?! That’s what public defender Irene Chang wants to know. This guy came out of nowhere, doesn’t speak English, and now she’s supposed to help him beat a murder charge after he chopped some other weird dude’s head off with a magic axe in broad daylight? Of course, he may not live to go to trial, with all the enemies he’s making in prison. Good thing his cellmate grills a mean cheese sandwich. BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS is the fight-packed fantasy prison thriller you didn’t know you always needed."

Cover A of Barbarian Behind Bars #1 from Mad Cave Studios

Cover B of Barbarian Behind Bars #1 from Mad Cave Studios

Barbarian Behind Bars #2 was released this week.

Cover of Barbarian Behind Bars #2 from Mad Cave Studios

Dick Tracy St. Patrick's Day Special 2026

Mad Cave Studios released Dick Tracy St. Patrick's Day Special last week. Here is the official summary:

"DICK TRACY’S LUCK RUNS OUT in this special St. Patrick’s Day-themed one-shot. When a masked vigilante starts taking out some of the City’s wealthiest — and most corrupt — citizens, Tracy and Sam must solve the crime while putting aside their own feelings. Can the new partners crack the mystery while trying to stay alive? From the team that brought you last year’s acclaimed and bestselling DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Plus, what’s a lovelorn Acres O’Reilly to do? Can she finally shed her bad luck and get the opportunity for happiness she so deserves?"

Cover A of Dick Tracy St. Patrick's Day Special from Mad Cave Studios

Cover B of Dick Tracy St. Patrick's Day Special from Mad Cave Studios

Superhero Sunday: The Rocketeer: The Island #1

IDW Publishing released The Rocketeer: The Island #1 last month. Here is the official summary:

"The year is 1938, and Cliff Secord (A.K.A. the Rocketeer) is recruited to lead a search and rescue mission. The mission? Find Amelia Earhart! Considering a year has passed since the famous pilot went missing, the Rocketeer is hesitant at first — that is, until he learns the expedition is to the same island Betty ran off to with the scummy photographer Marco! The Rocketeer will have to uncover the secret of the century’s greatest mystery while trying to win back his girlfriend. But what else awaits him on the island?"

Cover of The Rocketeer: The Island #1 from IDW Publishing

Captain Segar aka Popeye and Justin Martin aka Tintin also appear in this issue:

Popeye and Tintin in The Rocketeer: The Island #1