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Fallen #1
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Red 5 ⋅ 2023
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Fallen #1
 
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An ancient warrior and immortal servant of Zeus turned private detective, navigates the criminal underworld to solve the murder of a god at the hands of a mysterious killer

Dan Parson's Jade Vampyre #1
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American Mythology ⋅ 2023
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Dan Parson's Jade Vampyre #1
 
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Killed by an experimental vaccine, a woman is entombed in her family crypt on the outskirts of New Orleans only to arise a week later as a full-fledged vampire

Moriarty: Clockwork Empire #1
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Titan ⋅ 2023
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Moriarty: Clockwork Empire #1
 
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Premiere issue of a Sherlock Holmes series

Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids: Slime Again #1
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Dynamite ⋅ 2023
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Madballs vs. Garbage Pail Kids: Slime Again #1
 
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Origin of the Garbage Pail Kids and Madballs feud

Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold #1
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Dynamite ⋅ 2023
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Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold #1
 
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Barbarella embarks on a desperate quest to find and convince the hidden guides of the galaxy, the Architects that a war with the Unnamable will spell the death of every living thing

Draculina: Blood Simple #1
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Dynamite ⋅ 2023
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Draculina: Blood Simple #1
 
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Premiere issue of a new series featuring Vampirella's twin sister

Last Barbarians, The #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Last Barbarians, The #1
 
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A skilled barbarian struggles to find work and accepts a job from a sketchy cleric who promises only a true hero can survive this hero's journey

Torrent #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Torrent #1
 
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Crackerjack is the world's most happy-go-lucky hero until tragedy forces her to cross the line and become a vigilante

Space Job #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Space Job #1
 
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After paying his dues as a chef's assistant, a man finally gets his dream job in space as First Officer but on his first day he discovers nothing seems right aboard the ship and is determined to find out why

Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins #1
 
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In the fall of 1983, two friends set out on a hunting trip but find themselves the prey of a nightmarish beast who has claimed the wilderness around the town of Hawkins

Harrower #1
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BOOM! ⋅ 2023
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Harrower #1
 
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A teenage girl seeks to uncover the secrets of the Harrower, a multi-generational boogeyman of puritanical vengeance against the unrighteous who seems unkillable

Monarch #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Monarch #1
 
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An orphan boy raised in Compton steps up to protect his surrogate family and friends against an alien threat

Where Monsters Lie #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Where Monsters Lie #1
 
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A survivor of slasher movie murderers hones his skills to confront these villains and discovers a gated community called Wilmhurst where the creatures of horror films live in between killing sprees

Banshees #1
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Scout ⋅ 2023
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Banshees #1
 
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A college freshman discovers the terrible history of her dormitory and becomes obsessed in discovering the truth about The Lion, a serial killer that stalked her college campus for nearly a decade

Almighty #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Almighty #1
 
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Five-issue limited series about a killer hired to rescue an abducted girl in a future America ravaged by economic collapse and a mysterious environmental disaster

Blood Tree #1
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Blood Tree #1
 
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Two obsessed NYPD detectives hunt the Angel Killer, a sociopath who preys on the innocent family members of known murderers in order to purify the rest of society

Black Tape #1
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AWA Upshot ⋅ 2023
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Black Tape #1
 
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The widow of a dead rock star is in possession of her husband's final heavy metal masterpiece that just might open a doorway to hell

Tales From Nottingham #1
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Mad Cave ⋅ 2023
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Tales From Nottingham #1
 
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Anthology of stories that explore the origins of Robin Hood and the Merry Men, Marian's violent past and Aya of the Hashashin's first kill that will lead into volume three of the series

Blue Book #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Blue Book #1
 
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Non-fiction series depicting true stories of UFO Encounters, based on the original sources

Immortal Sergeant #1
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Immortal Sergeant #1
 
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On the eve of his retirement, a grizzled detective catches a break on a murder case that has haunted him for decades but due to circumstances, he must drag his anxiety-riddled adult son along for the ride or risk losing the lead forever

White Savior #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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White Savior #1
 
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An ancient prophecy foretold of an outsider that would save the peaceful village of Inoki from an unstoppable army but the American Army Captain in their midst is obviously an awful, drunken idiot

Breath of Shadows #1
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IDW ⋅ 2023
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Breath of Shadows #1
 
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A successful musician in the 1960s attempts to quit drugs via a controversial method in the jungles of South American but is instead confronted with horrors beyond his wildest nightmares

Hammerfall #1
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Opus ⋅ 2023
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Hammerfall #1
 
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A lone warrior rides deep into the forest to face the savagery and madness of a great evil but encounters a figure from his past who cannot be defeated by mastery of arms alone

Hush Ronin #1
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Band of Bards ⋅ 2023
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Hush Ronin #1
 
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After violent clan wars killed his family, a young boy escapes into the wilderness where he meets a mysterious teacher who teaches him to speak with the Voice of the Mountains

Nemesis Reloaded #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Nemesis Reloaded #1
 
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A continuation of Mark Millar's super violent superhero series

Spy Superb #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Spy Superb #1
 
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Jay is the perfect spy, a useful idiot who doesn't even know that he is working for a secret organization but when he picks up the wrong phone, he lands on the radar of elite assassins and his only hope for survival is a total lack of survival skills

Black Cloak #1
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Image ⋅ 2023
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Black Cloak #1
 
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Mystery series that follows two Black Cloaks trying to solve the murder of a beloved prince of the last city in the known world before the city explodes into total war

Bulls of Beacon Hill #1
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Aftershock ⋅ 2023
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Bulls of Beacon Hill #1
 
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A successful surgeon has been able to live his life without the public knowing that his father is a notorious gangster but that is about to change when his political aspirations make him the target of the mob

Trojan #1
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AWA Upshot ⋅ 2023
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Trojan #1
 
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Horror series about the dark web industry of snuff films where creatures once thought to exist only in folklore stories are real and are the victims that are slaughtered on film

Children of the Black Sun #1
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Ablaze ⋅ 2023
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Children of the Black Sun #1
 
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Unspeakable horrors occurred both times that the black sun had risen and while it was in the sky, women who were pregnant gave birth to peculiar babies who, years later, unite to embark on a hallucinatory journey to discover their true nature

Mosely #1
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BOOM! ⋅ 2023
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Mosely #1
 
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In the hyper-technological world of the later 21st century, Mosely is a bitter old janitor on a mission from a higher power to unleash holy Hell upon the Tech Gods

Sereno #1
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Comics Experience Publishing ⋅ 2023
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Sereno #1
 
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Sereno, the Mystic Master of Light and guardian of New Teia battles an evil conspiracy transforming the city

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - From Below #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - From Below #1
 
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The B.P.R.D. investigates an abandoned sawmill that is rumored to be haunted but when they get there, an unexpected discovery reveals an even stranger source of the rumors

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - Fearful Symmetry #1
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Dark Horse ⋅ 2023
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 - Fearful Symmetry #1
 
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Hellboy travels to India to investigate a rash of mysterious animal attacks

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