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Encoded #1

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Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2020
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In the future, humanity safeguards the threat of an A.I. rebellion by activating something called the Analog Protocol but somewhere, a piece of Aurelius' awareness remains in the mind of a hemp farmer

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The Ninja Nuns aid those who are experiencing paranormal problems

2020 #1

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Behemoth ⋅ 2021
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A post-apocalyptic warrior reaches the end of a long hunt for mutant giants in an abandoned city at the end of the world and can finally rest

Aftershock ⋅ 2021
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Years after a nuclear apocalypse, a new society has risen from the ashes... and their bible is an old Ranger Scout manual

BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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A young girl sets out to discover the secrets of a witch's tower while the tower's resident is out hunting children in the village

Scout ⋅ 2021
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Sengi, the mouse and Tembo, the Elephant set out together in search for the Land Without A Beginning

Abbott 1973 #1

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BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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A Detroit journalist is marked for death after she discovers a plot by a group of black magic practitioners to kill a mayoral candidate

Image ⋅ 2021
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Five-issue, oversized, limited series that takes place in the far future where people live in literal walking cities that come under fire from a mysterious force

Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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A woman seeking revenge for the loss of her family stumbles upon a plot by the government to weaponize folk tales and use them to raise children into super assassins

Scout ⋅ 2021
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Jonny is an old-model crash test dummy repurposed as a hitman but he questions his programming after falling in love with his target

Loot #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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An ex-thief turns her criminal lifestyle into a treasure hunting hobby with such success that she is recruited by the government’s division of recovering stolen antiquities

Ashcan preceded this premiere issue

Stake #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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A woman who lost the life she had once known is out for revenge on the vampires who took it from her

Shepherd #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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A grief-stricken professor believes he can rescue the soul of his deceased son who he senses is lost and wandering between heaven and hell

Released on Scout's Non-Stop imprint where the first issue is released then the remainder of the story is collected in one volume

Fear Case #1

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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Secret Service agents investigate the Fear Case, a mysterious box that appears throughout history at sites of tragedy that must be passed on within three days or the possessor will face deadly consequences

Mapmaker #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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Any map that the Mapmaker makes comes to life which is a power highly desired by King Gus and the only thing that stands in his way is the captain and crew of the Rogue Wave who aim to deliver the Mapmaker's successor before his waning powers are lost forever

Deep Beyond #1

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Image ⋅ 2021
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Fearing catastrophe, what remains of mankind seeks to discover what is hidden in the depths of the abyss

Luna #1

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BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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A woman learns the truth about the Family of the Sun - blood rituals, drugs and sex while she is forced to confront the dark secrets behind her dreams

Intended for mature readers

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Anthology of stories exploring the romantic and bloody history of Glarien, the most dangerous elf in the nine realms

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1st appearance of Radiant Black

1st appearance of Marshall, later becomes the second Radiant Black

1st cameo appearance of Radiant Red

Preview of Inferno Girl Red aka Dragon Girl Red

Black Friday #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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A cleaning crew discovers something evil and dark had been awoken during the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday

Maiden #1

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Heavy Metal ⋅ 2021
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Haunting tales of unrelenting, unrepentant revenge that spans worlds, times and genres with the horrifyingly tragic curse of the Maiden written in the blood of many

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2021
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5-issue limited series about a dark fantasy world ravaged by the rampant abuse of a drug made from the blood of dragons

By The Horns #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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Six-issue limited series about a woman and her hybrid companion tracking down and killing unicorns whose mission of vengeance takes a dangerous turn

Aftershock ⋅ 2021
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A series set in 1957 that follows a family's struggle to survive in a new America, underground, after the Midwest is slammed by a nuclear bomb

Image ⋅ 2021
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Five-issue suspense thriller described as Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs

[September 2020 - Paramount purchased the rights for a dark animated adaptation / December 2023 - Gary Dauberman (It, Annabelle) is attached to the currently in-development Stray Dogs project]

Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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A young girl is missing and the only chance she has to be found is her best friend who must navigate through misleading stories from the local townspeople

Bad Idea ⋅ 2021
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On August 6th, 1945, the U.S. dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Only President Truman wasn't the one who gave the order...it was ENIAC

Limited distribution to 200 comic shops

Image ⋅ 2021
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The only way to survive is to stay in the light or hitch a ride with Valentina, the ferryman who escorts people and goods along unlit roads with her luminescent 18-wheeler

[August 2021 - Scott Snyder confirms a Nocterra TV deal has been reached / November 2021 - writer Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld) attached to produce for Netflix / April 2023 - James Wan and his Atomic Monster company attached to Nocterra]

Image ⋅ 2021
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A woman who commits suicide is taken on a journey of discovery by a strange and quirky angel named Karmen

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The notorious Red Tom and his dastardly posse have laid claim to the once prosperous vista of Liberty Springs until two black-clad strangers suddenly arrive

[June 2022 - optioned for TV by Management Production Entertainment]

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2021
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A horror-war series set across the past, present and future, a freak occurrence reanimates an island of freshly killed soldiers in the wake of the Battle of Midway in World War 2

Written by George Romero, the son of the creator of Night of the Living Dead

Rabid World #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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When an outbreak of a rabies-like virus devastates the world, it's a fight for survival in a world gone mad

Impure #1

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Scout ⋅ 2021
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When Minerva betrays her Nero, and all they ever believed in, it is up to Nero to stop his sister before she reaches the alien alliance

Witchblood #1

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Vault ⋅ 2021
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A road trip story about a witch cruising the Southwest as a band of biker vampires, The Hounds of Love, hunt her scattered coven for the source of all magic: witch blood

Image ⋅ 2021
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The dark tones of Demon Slayer and Something Is Killing The Children meets a cast of contemporary teen characters

[March 2021 - optioned by Netflix]

IDW ⋅ 2021
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Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, in search of treasure, chained to the headstone that marked his grave

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2021
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Prequel to The Night of the Living Dead, telling the story of what led to the birth of the modern zombie

Written by George C. Romero, the son of George A. Romero, director of The Night of the Living Dead

Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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During World War II, a desperate band of resistance soldiers and their white witch allies rest their fate in the hands of Cojacaru's ghost

Behemoth ⋅ 2021
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An post-apocalyptic story in the spirit of Mad Max involving a psychedelic (drug?) addict surviving in a glacial wasteland

Scout ⋅ 2021
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An intergalactic adventure that pays homage to the Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s and 90s

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2021
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A horror/romance series about a female medical student, attracted to a brilliant surgeon named James Frankenstein who seeks to further medical science by all means necessary

Antarctic ⋅ 2021
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A haunted detective must work with a lonely social worker to catch an elusive killer who has learned how to hunt from the astral plane

Scout ⋅ 2021
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A hardcore voyage into the violent world of human hair trafficking, a trade as deadly as the drug game

[September 2023 - optioned by Warner Bros. TV]

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Written by Garth Ennis, Marjorie's trail of larceny from the Bing Bang to the Ninety-Fifth Reich attracts the attention of the Temporal police

[December 2022 - adaptation in the works by AWA Studios and LuckyChap Entertainment (Barbie) for a film with director Ruben Fleischer (Uncharted, Venom) and screenwriter attached]

BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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After the ice caps melted and released a disease that ended most of humanity, a girl name Eve awoke with a purpose but the virtual reality she was raised in had not adequately prepared her for the real world

[November 2022 - a Twitter inquiry about Eve being optioned was answered affirmatively by the writer - tap cover and swipe to view the exchange]

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Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban, the Chinese, as they're besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes

[March 2023 - James Wan’s Atomic Monster and 3 Arts are developing The Good Asian into a series, details to come]

Bad Idea ⋅ 2021
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One-shot told almost entirely in double-page spreads

A boy's last thoughts before being swallowed by a whale is that his father will seek vengeance for his son's death, but when he discovers a tiny town inside of the whale, his father becomes their greatest threat

Silver City #1

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Aftershock ⋅ 2021
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When a young roughneck lands in Silver City, the gritty, purgatorial metropolis of the afterlife, she must adapt to her new existence, while attempting to uncov-er how and why she died

Image ⋅ 2021
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The year is 2140, and to escape a world with no future, many turn to the Syndicate, a criminal organization who, for the right price, will smuggle you back in time to a better life

Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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Four-issue sci-fi/fantasy limited series

A team of inexperienced soldiers venture out on their first mission into uncharted territories

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