6/5/24 New Comic Highlights
May 28th, 2024
GET READY — the HOTTEST thing going in comics gets even hotter as the next major ULTIMATE UNIVERSE release arrives with ULTIMATES #1, bringing the arrival of breakout superstar talent DENIZ CAMP! Don’t sleep on this one!!!
Third Eye Faithful, we gotta tell ya: the ULTIMATE UNIVERSE stuff that began this January with ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, has had us HOOKED!!!
All 3 books, SPIDEY, BLACK PANTHER & X-MEN, have been some of the best written, best looking comics we’ve seen on the stands, and we’re telling you now: the upcoming flagship ULTIMATE UNIVERSE title, THE ULTIMATES, that ties it all together, is going to be a MUST-HAVE!!!
In issue #1, THE ULTIMATES RETURN TO GREATNESS! Spinning out of Jonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli’s ULTIMATE UNIVERSE #1, rising stars Deniz Camp (CHILDREN OF THE VAULT, 20th Century Men) and Juan Frigeri (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) assemble an all-new team of ULTIMATES in a series that kicks off the next chapter of the new Ultimate line.
Six months ago, Tony Stark sent Peter Parker a radioactive spider to set him back on the course to become Spider-Man. Since then, Iron Lad (Stark), Captain America, Doom, Thor and Sif have begun to do the same for other lost heroes, building a network of super-powered heroes hungry for change…
Now they must band together to destroy the Maker’s Council and restore freedom and free will to a world ruled from the shadows!
MAKE SURE TO GET ALL THE COVERS FOR ULTIMATES #1!!!
With a landmark launch like this, you KNOW you gotta snag all those covers, and THIRD EYE has you covered!!!
You can snag ’em in-store on NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY, or you can pre-order for Third Eye pick-up or shipping at the link below!!
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THE SKOTTIE YOUNG x MARVEL 10TH ANNIVERSARY Variants begin releasing THIS NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY — don’t sleep on these, collect ’em all!!!
Third Eye Faithful: if there’s one thing that goes together like peanut butter & jelly, it’s SKOTTIE YOUNG’s incredible art and whimsical & fun takes on all your fav MARVEL characters!
And, this Summer, celebrating 10 YEARS OF SKOTTIE bringing his unique style to MARVEL, a very special line of SKOTTIE covers begins releasing with the LITTLE BIG MARVEL variants!
This week, we see the release of covers for CARNAGE, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, GHOST RIDER, VENOM, WOLVERINE & X-MEN!!!
Get the full scoop on all the covers here!
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TMNT ALPHA #1 kicks off the TMNT revival in a HUGE way this NEW COMIC WEDNESDAY, as an essential prelude into the highly anticipated TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 from JASON AARON arriving this JULY!!!
The TURTLES are about to explode, much like the recent revivals of TRANSFORMERS & THUNDERCATS, and this run is set to be the most hard-hitting, back to basics TMNT run we’ve seen yet!
Channeling the raw energy of the early EASTMAN / LAIRD runs, the new TMNT is going to be SO DAMN GOOD!!!
What’s the world like without the TMNT? Since their time-spanning victory over Armaggon, the Turtles have started to pursue other interests, leaving a void in New York among humans and mutants alike. This special issue explores the effects this change has on those connected to the brothers, from Old Hob to Jennika, across the five boroughs and all the way through Mutant Island.
It’s hard to tell how important someone is until they are gone. And who better to write such a story than Tom Waltz, the man who scripted the first 100 issues of IDW’s series and the co-writer of The Last Ronin, and resign TMNT artist Gavin Smith!
Also, get your first glimpse of what is coming in a special prequel to the new TMNT #1, written by superstar scribe Jason Aaron (Scalped, Batman: Off-World) and drawn by white-hot artist Chris Burnham (Batman, Inc., Die!Die!Die!). Donatello has had a hard time since he came back from the future, and he’s found himself in an unexpected place.
Wanna know more about that new TMNT #1? Get the full scoop on our Third Eye SPOTLIGHT blog here!
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SCARLETT #1 kicks off YEAR TWO of the ENERGON UNIVERSE in a HUGE WAY as the next highly anticipated Skybound journey into the world of GI JOE & TRANSFORMERS arrives!!!
We CANNOT wait for this one!
The ENERGON stuff has been so freakin’ cool, and every release has not only been just a great GI JOE or TRANSFORMERS comic, but also: a freakin’ top tier comic in general!
In SCARLETT #1, Shana “Scarlett” O’Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former partner—Jinx—turned Arashikage enforcer. Now, Scarlett must use her very particular set of skills to survive undercover…and discover a shocking weapon that could change the balance of power on Earth.
Red-hot writer KELLY THOMPSON (Black Widow, Birds of Prey) and artist MARCO FERRARI (FRONTIERSMAN) introduce some of the most anticipated characters to the Energon Universe in ways you’ll never expect!
Get the full scoop on ENERGON YEAR 2 at our Third Eye Spotlight blog HERE!
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DUKE TP VOL.1 BRINGS THE NEXT MASSIVE ENERGON UNIVERSE GRAPHIC NOVEL RELEASE!!!
The ENERGON UNIVERSE has been one of the coolest things going in comics, and we’re so stoked to see the 1st year starting to arrive in trade paperback format!
This week, DUKE VOL.1 drops, which begins the road to the big GI JOE angle in ENERGON, and we’re stoked!!!
Codename G.I. Joe Begins HERE!
Conrad Hauser made first contact with an alien being and lived to tell the tale. But no one, not even Colonel Hawk, will believe the story of the colossal transforming robot that nearly killed the man known as Duke.
Now, one of the U.S. Army’s most decorated soldiers is on the hunt for answers, drawn into a conflict that no amount of training could ever prepare him for. A war that only a real American hero has any chance of surviving…
Superstar writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (Superman, Batman) and artist TOM REILLY kick off the first of four action-packed miniseries that will introduce the best and worst humanity has to offer in the Energon Universe.
Featuring a Direct Market Exclusive cover by TOM REILLY that will only be printed once.
Collects DUKE #1-5
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BLOOD HUNT ROLLS INTO THE WORLD OF WOLVERINE IN A BIG WAY WITH WOLVERINE BLOOD HUNT #1 — DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS ONE!!!
BLOOD HUNT has been shaping up to be one of the biggest & best things we’re reading, and holy crap: this WOLVERINE tie-in is VICIOUS!!!
Could this be the essential connective tissue between the recently concluding WOLVERINE run with issue #50 and the upcoming new WOLVERINE REVENGE & WOLVERINE ongoing debuting this Fall? We think it may!
LOGAN FIGHTS BACK THE DARKNESS!
WOLVERINE’s the best there is at what he does – and today, fighting vampires is going to have to top that list! Don’t miss the MARVEL DEBUT of scintillating scribe TOM WALTZ (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Last Ronin) as he teams up with daring artistic dynamo JUAN JOSÉ RYP (WOLVERINE, VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT) for a bloody good time!
As the sky darkens across the globe and vampires reign, what hidden plot puts LOGAN directly in their crosshairs? Hint: It’s like nothing you’ve seen in BLOOD HUNT yet! Be here as the plot (and blood!) thickens when a secret vampire sect enacts a startling strategy that’ll take Logan – and the world – to the brink! Guest-starring some SURPRISE characters from Wolverine’s past!
Wanna know more? Get the full scoop on out Third Eye Guide to BLOOD HUNT here!
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GET READY FOR THE FROM THE ASHES X-MEN RELAUNCH WITH X-MEN #35, WHICH CONCLUDES THE KRAKOA ERA OF X-MEN, AND PROVIDES A SNEAK PEEK AT WHAT’S TO COME AS IT SETS UP THE NEW X-TITLES!!!
Marvel is really bringing the heat this year in 2024, and they’re delivering something that we know you’ve all been waiting for: the perfect place to dive into the X-MEN!!!
This relaunch, FROM THE ASHES, brings new life to the X-Titles, and serves as the perfect place to start reading the characters!!!
FROM THE ASHES takes Marvel’s merry mutants back to their roots, distilling them down to core teams of the iconic X-MEN characters you know & love, and pitting them against some of their most classic villains, while at the same time throwing an exciting new spin on the character!!!
It all begins this July with the first line-up of titles led by X-MEN #1, featuring comics superstar RYAN STEGMAN (KING IN BLACK, VENOM), and joined by a VERY ’90s riff on X-FORCE with X-FORCE #1, along with the arrival of NYX #1 & PHOENIX #1!!!
And then from there, the fun continues in August & September with the arrival of UNCANNY X-MEN #1 & EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #1!
In X-MEN #700, THE END OF AN ERA – UNCANNY X-MEN #700! All good things must come to an end, and as good of a thing as the Krakoan era has been for mutantkind…its time has come at last. The tragedy and triumph of FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, the madness and mystery of RISE OF THE POWERS OF X…they have all come to their end and led to this moment that will change the future of mutantkind for years to come.
Written and drawn by an all-star cast of writers and artists who have shaped the Krakoan Age, this is one milestone no X-Fan will want to miss! Also featuring a story of family by X-Men master Chris Claremont…and a glimpse of things to come!
DON’T SLEEP ON THE X-MEN #700 “EVERY X-MAN EVER VARIANT!” – ONE OF THE COOLEST X-MEN COVERS OF ALL-TIME!!!
Yoooo — this is SO rad!!! You wanna play some WHERE’S WALDO with the X-MEN? Literally every X-MAN ever is on this cover!
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THE ROAD TO SPIDER-GOBLIN CONTINUES IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #51, JUMP ON BOARD WITH AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 & START READING NOW!
A perfect place to begin reading SPIDEY dropped last month in ASM #50, as the biggest arc in the run yet, leading to Peter becoming the SPIDER-GOBLIN, arrives!!!
In this week’s ASM #51, THE SINISTER SIX IS BACK!
As if the Green Goblin weren’t enough, the Sinister Six has returned too!!!
When it rains, it pours – and this rain is going to put Spider-Man into a world of hurt!
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FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL #1 combines the OLD WEST, SAMURAIS & COSMIC HORROR INTO ONE BLOOD-DRENCHED MUST-READ FROM IMAGE COMICS!!!
One of the most promising new IMAGE COMICS launches of 2024 has gotta be FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL!
When we dug into the preview edition of this, we knew this was going to be special, and could NOT wait until we could get this one into your hands!
The sun set on samurai and gunslingers at roughly the same time, but our two leads didn’t die off quietly. In the East, Asami, an Onna-musha warrior and female samurai, would rather die with her weapons than surrender them to a sword hunt. In the West, the gunslinger MacRaith follows his revenge to the bitter end and pays the ultimate price.
The future lovers are mortally wounded a world apart and awake together in a purgatory ruled by a ruthless society of damned warriors. This one has it all—action, the dead, the dying, the undead, and of course…romance.
A unique blend of THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, KILL BILL & SHOGUN ASSASSIN, this book is A BLAST!!!
And… stay tuned, there may be a signing coming later this Summer!
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VAMPIRELLA DARK REFLECTIONS #1 delivers the PERFECT place to start reading the iconic blood-drenched anti-hero!!!
With such a long history in comics, VAMPIRELLA is a character that has so many good runs under her belt, and this upcoming one, DARK REFLECTIONS, is set to be the next big one!
If you’ve always wanted to dive into the character, this is a PERFECT place to start reading, and no prior knowledge of the character is needed to dive in!!!
In DARK REFLECTIONS #1, Lilith, a daughter of Vampirella, now working for the Reality Corp., has been assigned her first mission, investigating an anomaly in one of the many threads of the Fabric where the Vampirella of that world has gone eerily silent.
Upon reaching this reality, Lilith discovers a world overrun by the spawn of Chaos and a Vampirella beaten and broken by the forces she has sworn to combat. It is up to Lilith to save this world from a monstrous evil and to restore Vampirella to the warrior of Order she had once been.
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PRECIOUS METAL #1 debuts from IMAGE COMICS taking us back into the beloved eerie sci-fi fantasy world of LITTLE BIRD with a new reader friendly prequel!
We LOVED the original LITTLE BIRD series (Which you can snag in graphic novel if you haven’t yet grabbed it!), and we’re so stoked to see the team returning with this one!
Ian Bertram’s artwork is so unique, and so compelling, and it brings this amazing creepy sci-fi fantasy to life in such a perfect way!
Thirty-five years before the events of LITTLE BIRD, VOL. 1: THE FIGHT FOR ELDER’S HOPE, disillusioned mod-tracker Max Weaver’s routine hunt for a modified child takes a grisly and unexpected turn. Now, saddled with an unpredictable mod who may be the key to unlocking his missing memories, Max will soon find that he isn’t the only one interested in the child’s unique abilities—and if he wants to know more, it’s going to cost him everything.
Eisner Award-winning creative team DARCY VAN POELGEEST and IAN BERTRAM reunite for their gripping return to the dystopian American Empire.
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THE NEW DC COMPACT LINE ROLLS OUT, DELIVERING DEFINITIVE, ICONIC MODERN DC GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR JUST $9.99!!! READ SOME MODERN MASTERPIECES FOR ONLY $10 A POP! IT ALL STARTS WITH BATMAN: COURT OF OWLS SAGA TP & WATCHMEN TP!
Third Eye Faithful, you should know by now: Third Eye has always had one #1 passion when it comes to comics — reading great stories, and there’s no better way to do that than diving into a beautiful collected edition of a classic arc, to tear through the story in its entirety!
This week, Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo’s character-defining must-read, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA, kicks off the new DC COMPACT line, a line of graphic novels that are similar in size to the manga format (or the more recent INVINCIBLE digest-sized editions), packing hundreds of pages of story into one book for just $10!
Easy to carry anywhere you go, a great deal, and some of the best stories ever told: the DC COMPACT line is DOPE!!!
Graphic novels to read anywhere: DC Compact Comics collect DC’s bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! Considered one of the greatest stories in the Dark Knight’s historic lore, BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS SAGA is an epic tale told by two of comics’ finest storytellers.
After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discovers a conspiracy going back to his youth and beyond to the origins of the city he’s sworn to protect.
Could the Court of Owls, once thought to be nothing more than an urban legend, be behind the crime and corruption? Or is Bruce Wayne losing his grip on sanity and falling prey to the pressures of his war on crime? Collects Batman (2011) #1-11.
And, then right alongside COURT OF OWLS, is one of the most influential comics of all-time, and a book that still stands the test of time as one of our all time favorite reads!
In the DC COMPACT edition of WATCHMEN, we’re taken into an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect!
Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, WATCHMEN begins as a murder mystery but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. A group of reunited heroes–Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias–must test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil. Collects Watchmen #1-12, the complete story.
Keep an eye out for the new DC COMPACT COMICS editions on the new issue rack this week!
CULT OF LAMB #1 BRINGS THE HIT VIDEO GAME TO COMICS! DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS SLEEPER HIT!!!
Whether you’re a huge fan of the video game, or just a savvy collector looking to snag a low print gem with a potentially huge upside, the CULT OF THE LAMB #1 dropping this week is definitely worth a grab!
Like many comics that come out of nowhere, but carry a huge devoted following outside of comics, we’re expecting major demand on this one: so don’t be caught short!
In partnership with Devolver Digital and Massive Monster, acclaimed writer Alex Paknadel (All Against All, Red Goblin) and Eisner Award–nominated artist Troy Little (Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) comes a deviously delightful, heretic-smashing excursion into the sprawling cosmology of the worldwide, BAFTA–nominated video game phenomenon that IGN calls “adorably demonic”!
In a land pervaded by cruelty and evil, the most innocent among us—young Lamb, the last of their kind—was selected to become a final dark sacrifice. Their death would forever seal the darkest of the Old Gods from our realm and usher in a new age ruled by the four eldritch Bishops of the Old Faith. So Lamb died . . . then forged a deal of their own. At the crossroads of eternity, Lamb was met by the imprisoned deity known as the One Who Waits, who revealed the lies and distortions of the false prophets who rule the world above.
And so, Lamb was bequeathed the power and responsibilities of the Red Crown and returned to the land of living with unholy powers to exact vengeance and deliver a new cult unto the earth.
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MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN #1 BRINGS THE RAD NEW ANIMATED SERIES TO COMICS – A PERFECT SUPERMAN READ FOR FANS OF ALL AGES!!!
Looking for something rad to hook up your THIRD EYE JUNIORS? This one is perfect!
Flying from the screen to the page, it’s Superman! Picking up from the explosive end of season one, Clark’s about to spend Christmas alone in Metropolis. Though he’s feeling a bit down and out, a tip about a monster in the sewers sends Superman, Lois, and Jimmy into action! But what is this monster that can absorb anything it touches, and why is it here in Metropolis?
Written by the head writer of My Adventures with Superman, Josie Campbell, and drawn by Pablo M. Collar, this series brings the hit show to your hands with an all-new adventure!
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CARNAGE #8 concludes the current CARNAGE run — and delivers a SPECIAL surprise tie-in prelude to… VENOM WAR!!!
The mysterious VENOM WAR storyline is sounding pretty freakin’ cool, as we’re building towards the much anticipated battle between Dylan Brock & Eddie Brock, with all the symbiotes coming out to play!
In CARNAGE #8, VENOM WAR is coming.
And like any war, it will require new weapons and surprising allies. In this issue, Carnage finds both.
Plus: More Meridius!
This one is flying under the radar — so if you’re a VENOM fan, make sure you scoop yours this NEW COMIC DAY!!!
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