Welcome to the December 2-8, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.
Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Vault Comics, Top Cow, AWA Studios, and GUNGIR.
Monday, December 2, 2024
The Witcher (Verticals) - New Arrival
Traveling near the edge of the Black Forest, monster hunter Geralt meets a widowed fisherman whose dead and murderous wife resides in an eerie mansion known as the House of Glass—a labyrinth of endless rooms with nothing to fill them, and horror around every corner.
Cyberpunk 2077 (Verticals) - New Arrival
Nadia, an assistant EMT for a privately-owned business known as Trauma Team International, is the sole survivor of a failed rescue mission turned shootout. After she agrees to continue work for an upcoming extraction mission, Nadia and her new team find themselves in an even more dangerous and life-threatening situation.
Port Of Earth - New Arrival
In a pivotal deal with an alien business Consortium, humanity opened a Port of Earth for galactic travelers. But after countless violent and often deadly incidents between aliens and humans, aliens have been stationed here to help keep the peace. Now, the Earth Security Agency must contain a deadly alien outbreak, curb a growing human resistance, and navigate a delicate relationship with our alien partners or risk planetary occupation. Collects PORT OF EARTH #9-12
Hyde Street - New Arrival
SERIES PREMIERE A new epic era in character-centered horror begins as GHOST MACHINE launches HYDE STREET, its newest ongoing series from creators GEOFF JOHNS and IVAN REIS (Blackest Night, Green Lantern, Aquaman! In every city and town, off every country road and metropolis avenue, if you make a wrong turn…you might find yourself on Hyde Street. But be careful who you talk to and what you do because the consequences make death itself seem like the easy way out. Introducing MR. X-RAY! PRANKY, THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS SCOUT! MISS GOODBODY! AND MANY MORE…out to delight, fright, and say good night. What is their secret and that of Hyde Street? Only they know. For now.
Duke (Volume) - New Arrival
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 (The_ Thing_, Ant-Man) kick off the first of four action-packed miniseries that will introduce the best and worst humanity has to offer in the Energon Universe.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Barbaric (Verticals) #42 - Updated Series
Owen the Barbarian has been cursed to do good with what remains of his life. His bloodthirsty weapon, Axe, has become his moral compass with a drinking problem. Together they wander the realm, foredoomed to help any who seek assistance. But there is one thing Owen hates more than a life with rules: Witches. Welcome to the skull-cracking, blood-splattering, mayhem-loving comic brave enough to ask: How can a man sworn to do good do so much violence? Hah! F***ing with you. It’s just BARBARIC.
Tokyo Ghost - New Arrival
The Isles of Los Angeles 2089: Humanity is addicted to technology. Getting a virtual buzz is the only thing left to live for, and gangsters run it all. And who do these gangsters turn to when they need their rule enforced? Constables Led Dent and Debbie Decay are about to be given a job that will force them out of the familiar squalor of LA and into the last tech-less country on Earth: The Garden Nation of Tokyo. Presenting the full run of the smash hit TOKYO GHOST.
Old Dog: Operations (One Shot) - New Arrival
Following his blistering debut in IMAGE! #1 and the acclaimed REDACT ONE, DECLAN SHALVEY’s OLD DOG returns in a collection of short missions, joined by some of the industry’s best creators. This special anthology one-shot delivers a brand-new story by SHALVEY along with operations by CHARLES SOULE, LEONARDO ROMERO, MATIAS BERGARA, ALEX PAKNADEL, and more. Sign up for some spy-fi duty this September.
Precious Metal - New Arrival
Factions clash over control of the modified child with devastating consequences as Max confronts a past transgression—pushing him toward a disturbing moment of selfdiscovery.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The Top Cow Holiday Special: All Through The House… [One-shot] - New Arrival
Snuggle up by the fire, but stay out of the shadows, and join us for The Top Cow Holiday Special!
Drawing Blood (Volume) - New Arrival
A washed-up comic book writer must scrape together enough cash to pay off Lithuanian mobsters in this totally fictional true story that’s perfect for fans of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Once upon a time, he and his brother birthed a worldwide phenomenon, self-publishing a crazy indie comic about crime-fighting cat-girls. Now…Books is hitting his forties (hard), the money all gone, artistic inspiration tapped out, beset on all side and trying to recover from his catastrophic encounter with the hit-and-run driver called early success. DRAWING BLOOD follows a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could dream up! This trade collects all four issues of the first volume of DRAWING BLOOD
Phantom Road Vol. 2 - Updated Series
**Mad Max: Fury Road **meets **_The Sandman_** in this high-octane adventure wrapped in a dark fantasy aesthetic. Dom is a long-haul truck driver attempting to stay ahead of his tragic past. When he stops one night to assist Birdie, who has been in a massive car crash, they pull an artifact from the wreckage that throws their lives into fifth gear. Suddenly, a typical midnight run has become a frantic journey through a surreal world where Dom and Birdie find themselves the quarry of stran...
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Submerged (Verticals) #3 - Updated Series
On the night of the biggest storm in New York City history, Elysia Puente gets a call from her estranged little brother Angel, terrified, begging for help. When the call cuts out suddenly, despite the bad feelings between them, Ellie rushes into the night. Finding his broken phone in front of a barricaded subway station, Ellie follows echoes of her brother into the sinister darkness of the underground, desperate to find him before it’s too late.
The Last Mermaid Vol. 1 - Updated Series
A lone mermaid roams an endless wasteland on a quest beyond reason. To press ever onward, she must survive the interminable stretches between tiny pockets of water, the roaming bands of cybernetic cannibals, and the fearsome mutant beasts. What propels her forward to take such a risk?
Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty!) (Volume) - New Arrival
RUBEN KWAN is a 50-year-old legacy firefighter who’s been afraid of fire his whole life. Instead of running into burning buildings, he pushes papers, living in the shadow of his father, who died a hero on the job. After 25 years in the LAFD, he’s firmly in the middle of an unremarkable life…until his new wife gets pregnant and a random act of courage reveals that Ruben is FIREPROOF! New York Times-bestselling writer BRIAN BUCCELLATO (The Flash, Chicken Devil, Justice League, Godzilla vs. Kong) teams up with star artist STEFANO SIMEONE (RADIANT BLACK, The Last Days of Black Hammer) to tell the totally relatable story of a middle-aged man who embarks on the greatest midlife crisis of all: becoming a superhero—and a DAD—at fifty! Collects MIDLIFE (OR HOW TO HERO AT FIFTY!...
Friday, December 6, 2024
Year Zero (Verticals) #21 - Updated Series
Benjamin Percy (Wolverine) and Ramon Rosanas (Star Wars: Age of Resistance) present an epic tale that offers a global look at the Zombie Apocalypse. A Japanese hitman, a Mexican street urchin, an Afghan military aide, a Polar research scientist, a midwestern American survivalist – five survivors of a horrific global epidemic who must draw upon their unique skills and deepest instincts to navigate a world of shambling dead. Year Zero wrestles with the weighty moral and theological questions posed by the pandemic and investigates its cause and possible cure.
Bone Orchard: Tenement - Updated Series
From the Eisner Award winning creative team behind GIDEON FALLS and PRIMORDIAL, comes the most significant and essential project yet in the bold and ambitious new shared horror universe of THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS!
In TENEMENT, **JEFF LEMIRE **& ANDREA SORRENTINO bring you the story of seven residents of a building and the dark secrets that bind them together. It begins with a sinister death and leads the neighbors on a mindmelting and horrific journey to save their own lives and each other’s. As they find their way home, the secrets of the Bone Orchard are finally revealed in this critical chapter that readers have been waiting for!
Collects BONE ORCHARD: TENEMENT #1-10
1949 - New Arrival
By day, Detective Blank is a cop on the trail of a vicious serial killer in the year 1949. But when she sleeps, Blank lives a different life—two hundred years in the future. Is Detective Blank next on the killer’s list? Her dreams may hold the key to the case, if only she can remember them in time. The danger mounts and the suspense builds as the detective closes in, in this genre-bending sci-fi noir thriller. For Detective Blank, to catch the killer will mean facing her greatest mystery—herself. Collects the entire story of PAKLIS: 1949, as originally published in PAKLIS #5-7
Saturday, December 7, 2024
The Nasty (Verticals) #17 - Updated Series
The Ring meets Empire Records in THE NASTY, a coming-of-age horror story splattered with dark comedy, as a group of horror movie-loving teens bites off more than they can handle when the most sought-after video nasty ever slips through their fingers, and they are forced to film their own video nasty slasher movie – where evil, screams, and nightmares bleed into reality. Keep telling yourself: “It’s Only a Movie. It’s ONLY a Movie! IT’S ONLY A MOVIE!!! Isn't it?
Nights (Volume) - New Arrival
It’s 2003, supernatural creatures casually exist amongst humans, and America is made up of 31 states. Vince Okonma has lost his parents, moved in with his secret mercenary cousin and his video game-making roommate, and befriended “the greatest vampire who’s ever lived.“ And that’s just the first 20 pages. From WYATT KENNEDY (BOLERO) and newcomer LUIGI FORMISANO, a new vision of urban gothic adventure starts here! Welcome to Florida, where the youth is wasted on the young… Collects NIGHTS #1-6
JUNIOR BAKER THE RIGHTEOUS FAKER - New Arrival
Miniseries Finale This one’s got it all! The final showdown with the Clergymen! The Inevitability reveals all! Dizzy Baker finally confronts the tortured legacy of his family name! This shocking finale will have your jaws on the floor!
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Chupacabra (Verticals) - Updated Series
Hi it’s me, Alessandra, you can call me Sanny though, wait, don’t think that’s because we’re close or anything, I just don’t want to hear you butcher the rolling R in my name thats all. Anyhow I guess you're wondering why you're here, how did we even meet? You know I’m just a high school senior right? I know, impressive, but stay with me, I’m trying to uncover the truth about these strange occurrences, these strange coincidences happening in my home town of East Valley.
The Department of Truth: Wild Fiction - Updated Series
Some fictions manifest in reality as dangerous, half-formed things. The Department of Truth relies on hunters to track down and contain these wild tulpas before they become too real. In these case files from the Department of Truth Field Office, discover the truths, hoaxes, and lore of some of the most dangerous cryptids the rangers have ever catalogued.
Designed as in-world reports on beings like Mothman, Bigfoot, the Flatwoods Monster, and more, each entry features stunning art from some of the most renowned illustrators in comics, including James Stokoe, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yuko Shimuzu, Erica Henderson, DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH co-creator Martin Simmonds, and more.
Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH: WILD FICTIONS entries, as well as exclusive additional materials.
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FeelinGlonky 9 months ago
Some really great stuff here, thanks ArtCrumbs!
TLJack 9 months ago
Tokyo Ghost compendium, Witcher and new cyberpunk book are some good additions! looking forward to reading them
samzzatw 9 months ago
Bunch of very exciting books here!
Cassie 9 months ago
I love the series coincidence. Its amazing!