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Get ready for a week of exciting new releases! From Dracula: Blood Hunt #1 to Crocodile Black #1, there are plenty of new #1s, one-shots, and story arcs to dive into this Wednesday, May 8th at your local comic shop.

Whether you're a seasoned collector or just starting out, these new releases are the perfect jumping-on point to discover your next favorite series.

So why not Start Here?

MARVEL COMICS
GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1
(W) Ann Nocenti (A) Lee Ferguson (CA) Bryan Hitch
THE AVENGING ANGEL LOSES HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS MAZE OF THE MIND!
A mysterious card has lured the dashing Warren Worthington III, A.K.A.. ANGEL of the X-MEN, to a quiet New York City street...where he will undergo a torturous trial unlike any he's ever faced before! A brand-new villain has it out for mutantkind - and aims to start by knocking Angel out of the sky! PLUS: Includes a reprinting of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #68 by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio and Ron Wilson - a classic Angel-and-Thing team-up tale of daring, drama, doom...and disco?!
Rated T+
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $6.99
PREVIEWS Page #38

MARVEL COMICS
DRACULA BLOOD HUNT #1
(W) Danny Lore (A) Vincenzo Carratu (CA) Rod Reis
ALL WILL BOW TO THE LORD OF VAMPIRES!
BLADE is Dracula's ultimate nemesis: the most formidable vampire hunter in the world. BLADE is Brielle Brooks' father: the man who's training her to follow in his footsteps. But during the BLOOD HUNT, when day is night and all is not as it appears, these enemies may find their interests - however briefly - aligned...for the fate of humanity?!
Rated T+
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #6

MARVEL COMICS
STRANGE ACADEMY BLOOD HUNT #1
(W) Daniel Jose Older (A) Zagaria, Luigi (CA) Humberto Ramos
The vampire onslaught of BLOOD HUNT reaches worldwide all the way down to NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, home of the STRANGE ACADEMY! DOYLE DORMAMMU, SHAYLEE, TOTH, ZOE, GERMÁN get embroiled in an adventure that will take them around the Marvel Universe and right into the center of the BLOOD HUNT action! That's right, the kids from the best new series of the decade find themselves at center stage of the Marvel event of 2024!
Rated T+
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #14

MARVEL COMICS
BLOOD HUNTERS #1
(W) Christos Gage (A) Garron, Javier (CA) Greg Land
The first in a new anthology series that explores how the shattering events of BLOOD HUNT cover the breadth of the Marvel Universe! HAWKEYE is on the run - but does he have enough trick arrows in his quiver to avoid both the long arm of the law AND vampires out for his blood?! MAN-WOLF and J. JONAH JAMESON do a little father-son bonding - while also fighting for their lives against a horde of bloodsuckers! And, in a continuing story, with CLOAK missing in action DAGGER strikes out in search of new and surprising allies. Witness the genesis of Marvel's wildest team yet: the BLOOD HUNTERS! It all begins here!
Rated T+
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #9

BOOM! STUDIOS
CROCODILE BLACK #1 (OF 5) CVR A SORRENTINO (MR)
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Somnath Pal (CA) Andrea Sorrentino
What makes someone turn to crime-especially in a modern, pandemic-riddled dystopia?

Danny, a seemingly mundane young man lost in escapism, with a spiraling lack of control over his life, witnesses something during a delivery job that will change him forever, turning things as dark as the black, crocodile skin boots that he can't take his eyes off of...

In this criminal thriller from Eisner-nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Action Comics) and rising star artist Somnath Pal (Brigands), the morally gray turns to cold-blooded murder.
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #50

BOOM! STUDIOS
AMORY WARS NO WORLD TOMORROW #1 (OF 12) CVR A GUGLIOTTA (MR)
(W) Claudio Sanchez, Chondra Echert (A) Guillaume Martinez (CA) Gianluca Gugliotta
Long time comics creator and Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez makes a triumphant return to conclude the fan-favorite Amory Wars, where death is only the beginning.

Claudio Kilgannon was thought dead by The Red Army, but a rising suspicion sends them on a trail to discover his fate.

If Claudio is in fact alive, he'll be in dire straits amidst the mystery and mayhem that's yet to unfold...

Sanchez teams with co-writer Chondra Echert and artist Guillaume Martinez for this epic maxi-series that acts as a companion story to the Coheed and Cambria album of the same name and is sure to appeal to readers of Descender and Saga!
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #48

IDW-PRH
TMNT BLACK WHITE & GREEN #1 CVR A SHALVEY
(W) Paulina Ganucheau, Gigi Dutreix, Declan Shalvey (CA) Declan Shalvey
It's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like you've never seen them before! This special series gathers up some of comics' most eclectic and exciting talent to bring their takes on TMNT to the page, taking the characters back to their origins in black-and-white independent comics...but with a touch of green!
Thrill to all-new adventures by the likes of Paulina Ganucheau (Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana), Declan Shalvey (Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan, Moon Knight), Gigi Dutreix (Sonic the Hedgehog), Lorenzo Hall, Dave Baker (Mary Tyler Moorhawk), Jesse Lonergen (Man's Best), and more. With covers by Shalvey, Ganucheau, and superstar James Stokoe (Orc Stain; Godzilla: The Half-Century War)!
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $5.99
PREVIEWS Page #217

IMAGE COMICS
ENERGON UNIVERSE 2024 SPEC #1 CVR A JOHNSON & SPICER (ONE-SH
(W) Robert Kirkman, Daniel Warren Johnson, Joshua Williamson (A) Lorenzo De Felici, Ryan Ottley, Jason Howard (CA) Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer
A special new printing of ENERGON UNIVERSE FCBD 2024 SPECIAL featuring three all new stories from the Energon Universe, with stunning revelations for the worlds of TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, and VOID RIVALS from the biggest names in comics.

A perfect jumping-on point for new readers and a can't-miss for long-term fans.
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $3.99

IMAGE COMICS
AINT NO GRAVE #1 (OF 5)
(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Jorge Corona
MINISERIES PREMIERE
Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG and Eisner Award-nominated artist JORGE CORONA, the team behind the hit series MIDDLEWEST and THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK, are back together with an all-new miniseries, AIN'T NO GRAVE! This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fantasy tale for mature readers, told through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens.
Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken away. Now she'll have to pick up her guns once again and ride to kill the one who's behind the threat. Which just happens to be Death.
The genre-bending adventure begins in this DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with forty pages of story and no ads!
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $5.99
PREVIEWS Page #124

DARK HORSE PRH
WITCHER CORVO BIANCO #1 CVR A MASTANTUONO
(W) Bartosz Sztybor (A/CA) Corrado Mastantuono
Geralt acquires a taste for a simple life-good wine and good company. With Yennefer at his side, the routines of a witcher are eclipsed. But the stains of history are deep, and with blood and wine, every drop attracts those who want more. The U.S. comics debut of Italian comics legend Corrado Mastantuono!
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #213

VALIANT
VALIANTS (2024) #1 (OF 4) CVR A ALESSIO
(W) Ryan Cady (A) Al Barrionuevo (CA) Agustin Alessio
A mysterious sinkhole emerges in the heart of DC, devouring the newly erected X-O Memorial statue in its depths. But this is no ordinary sinkhole; it's a gateway to The Faraway, a realm beyond imagination, teeming with peril and unknown wonders.
Prepare for an epic adventure as Jamie Capshaw, the mastermind behind Valiant's new team, brings together an ensemble of extraordinary characters, including the iconic Eternal Warrior, Ninjak, Bloodshot, and other guest stars!
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #222

VALIANT
FAITH RETURNS #1 (OF 2) CVR A ERBETTA
(W) Jody Houser (CA) Luca Erbetta
When Faith's world crumbles under the weight of a wrongful accusation, she turns to the enigmatic Capshaw for aid. But every favor has its price, and now Faith finds herself indebted not only to Capshaw but also to the organization G.A.T.E. Can she navigate the dangerous web of alliances to emerge victorious?
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #224

MAD CAVE STUDIOS
MUGSHOTS #1 (OF 4) CVR A CHRIS MATTHEWS (MR)
(W) Jordan Thomas (A/CA) Chris Matthews
Brighton, UK. 2008. The kidnapping of a young woman sets in motion a chain of events that will set con artists, gangsters, killers and corrupt police on a collision course in this tale of family trauma, betrayal, murder and revenge that threatens to bring the city's whole underworld down.
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $4.99
PREVIEWS Page #338

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