New Comics This Week

The X-generation of Mega Man adventures is here! In this wall-jumping, buster-blasting one-shot, X and Zero track down a rogue Maverick Reploid  the ice cool Chill Penguin! Plus, secrets revealed! How will the future change once X learns what hes truly fighting for!?

Surprise, ghouls - I'm baaack. Did you miss me? For those unacquainted, let me reintrobooce myself. I'm Monster High's purrmiere gossip account, CryptCrier. I know everything and everyghoul. And here is my juiciest piece of gossip yet: IDW is bringing readers a faboolous new miniseries from fang favorites Jacque Aye and Caroline Shuda, starting with a double-sized first issue. Frankie Stein, Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, Cleo de Nile, and Lagoona Blue are starting a new scaremester at Monster High, so this is a creeperific jumping-on point for new fangs. How eekciting. This year, the World's Scare is in New Salem! The brightest minds are gathering to exhibit their latest breakthroughs that could change monster-kind furever. And Monster High's very own Frankie Stein is dreaming up something monstrous to honor her late father, Headmaster Frankenstein. With a little help from her fiends, Frankie is sure to shock the judges.- XOXO CryptCrier

Should any one person get all they want? When fighting an enemy who has no scruples and no ideology other than to win at any cost, any ethical ideology you hold becomes a liability. Sam discovers that you can kill a figurehead, but once it's gone, another will simply take its place.

Tempers flare as the horrors from the nuclear fallout creep ever closer to Old Joe's Diner.

In 1922 a vision of horror was unleashed upon the world and over a century later its haunting imagery still influences modern horror. This frightful anthology gives today's authors and artists an opportunity to tap into that primal terror and deliver Nosferatu vampiric tales inspired by the glorious silent black and white monster that has woven nightmares into our collective subconscious for decades. Join some of today's most creative horror creators as they pull you into the shadows with gripping tales of terror in this throwback to the black & white monster magazines of the past!

The monstrous new arc of the fan-favorite series continues! What does Dr. Jekyll's arrival mean for our hero, Christopher Chaos, and what exactly is his connection to Adam Frankenstein? Can the Monster Club pull together to help when they are constantly being pulled apart, or will the mysterious monster hunter - known only as HELBOUND - spell the end of them all... for good?

American masters Christopher Cantwell (Cruel Universe) & Tyler Crook (Harrow County) tighten the noose and kick the stool out from under the years most thrilling crime odysseywith a heart-stopping conclusion that cannot be missed! All cards are on the table as the escaped Alcatraz convicts, their handler, and the G-men on their trail clash at the border. With freedom finally within reach, who will make it through to the other side . . . and will any survive the last test of their commitment?

These are the strangest of times. An innocent called Elwyna is to be burned as a witch. Sir Hugh de Grey must save his son from the nightmarish Dance of Death. Aaron of Albi seeks plague toxin from the bubo of a corpse. In part three of The Pale Knight, there is madness and poison in the air. And in the hearts and minds of men.

The pieces have fallen into place, the conspiracy against Twitch is starting to come to light, but the reason he was targeted in the first place is still a mystery.

"I QUIT THE SANTOS SISTERS?!" Alana's shocking announcement throws the family into chaos. But wait! Guess who's back? Gary Antzman! Joined by the NATURE NINJAS! Plus, a brand new BOOZY BEES tale: You'll NEVER guess where Buzina hides her lover when Boozy comes home early! Get buzzed with Santos Sisters #9

SPECIAL ALBUM ISSUE, continuing THE KNIGHTS OF FRANKENSTEIN series! A 12-page comics story shows 1887s festive season held mystery and danger aplenty for Holmes and Watson! PLUS: An 11-page prose story lavishly illustrated by W. CHEW CHAN, reveals a case where a ghost defies Holmess effort to disprove its existence!

As seen on Free Comic Book Day! After surviving a terrifying encounter with the mythic creature Green Eyes, Jocelyn and Quigley come across the first person they've seen since the rains began. Despite the strange man's food supply and shelter, the pair soon begin to wonder if it would be safer to brave the acid rain.

As Sonic and the Chaotix struggle against dangerous robots... Wait, what are Shadow and Rouge doing here?! Banding together to figure out Dr. Eggman's next scheme, Sonic and the Chaotix follow their last lead into a rain-drenched secret base full of dangerous robots. As the situation quickly turns scary, they must ask themselves: Will they find the answers they're looking for? Or have they walked right into a trap set by Dr. Eggman? But that's not all! Everything gets even wilder when Shadow and Rouge arrive, leaving our heroes wondering whether they're here to lend a hand... or make things even more dire for our heroes.

JOURNEY TO THE NIGHTMARE PLANET! Under the grudging tutelage of the Guardian of the Spaceways, Jonny, Hadji and Bandit are starting to get a feel for life among the stars. But their beginner's luck is about to run out, leading to a crash landing on a decidedly unhospitable world - and an epic throwdown between Space Ghost and Dr. Nightmare! Courageous chroniclers JOE CASEY and SEBASTIN P RIZ venture into the unknown with Space Ghost/Jonny Quest: Space Quest #3 - bravely backed up by cleverly cartographic covers from MARK SPEARS, JOSHUA MIDDLETON, DERRICK CHEW, BEN OLIVER, and CHAD HARDIN!

Medieval continues to assert himself into Marc's conscience, taking control more and more, but to what end?

Jedi Master Kit Fisto has been sent to the ocean planet Torbus, alongside Mace Windu & Shaak Ti, to investigate a controversial underwater research facility. But when disaster strikes, his diplomatic excursion quickly becomes a rescue mission! Kit Fisto and his fellow Jedi must race against the clock to save innocent lives from the hungry leviathans that circle in the depths. Explore the murky depths and the leviathans that live there in this deep-sea Star Wars adventure, staring Kit Fisto!

Skynet has been sending Terminators to a host of different times in its efforts to crush the human resistance before it can even start and that includes the critical hours before Judgement Day itself! Discover the fate of one T-800 as it relentlessly tracks down its objective, absorbing ever-increasing amounts of damage as it loses more and more of its critical systems. But who will break down first the hunter, or its prey? The suspiciously efficient creative team of DECLAN SHALVEY and LUKE SPARROW reveal a new perspective on the war against the machines with The Terminator #9 reinforced by hauntingly hallucinatory covers by SHALVEY, EDWIN GALMON, CAT STAGGS, and DAVID COUSENS!

The same schmuck who made Ben Grimm's childhood miserable has dragged him into a sprawling conspiracy! But who's been abducting kids from the Thing's turf? And how will Ben rescue the kids when New York's strongest criminals are competing to turn him into rubble?!

After an arduous journey through the desert, the Lost Team finally makes it back to their crashed ship only to find it ransacked and stripped of everything of value. As they search through the wreckage for anything useful to salvage, Scorpius and his company of mercenaries attack but both sides are taken by surprise when a mysterious stranger intervenes in the battle! Agents provocateurs ED BRISSON and RAPHA LOBOSCO send a vital situation report with ThunderCats: Lost #4 cleverly encoded in covers by DECLAN SHALVEY, CLAYTON HENRY, MEGHAN HETRICK, MARK BAGLEY, and JAE LEE & JUNE CHUNG!

WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY SUPERSTAR CREATOR PHIL JIMENEZ! Multiple Eisner Award-winning superstar artist and storyteller Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman: Historia) makes his grand return to another fan-favorite Wonder Woman in this oversized annual story! Donna Troy reflects on the many loves and lives that shaped her as she cuts a trail through New York City to meet her estranged father for the very first time. But what awaits her at the end of her journey will shock Donna and readers alike!

She's eager, she's got a lot to learn, and she probably needs the TMNT's help. She's, like, just so totally stoked you're checking out her comics! From time-traveling wizards to final exams that threaten the space-time continuum... this is the best of Renet! Featuring Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7, Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything #5, content from TMNT: Adventures #14, and - with its first official English-language printing - the Mirage Studios story once lost to time: "The Paradox of Chudnovsky"! Gosharoonies!

Tomorrow Girl attempts to stop a bank robbery, only to find out it was a trap set by the mysterious Section 12. As she battles her way out, she uncovers a sinister secret the could affect her entire world!

Wanda and Vision are lured to the Grim Reaper's lair, but all in the Graverealm isn't as it seems... As they go deeper within, they are forced to partake in a twisted game that leads them to a ballroom. Can the two dance their way through as death tries to wrench them apart?

Its always fun in the sun with Betty and Veronicabut things get even more exciting when they bring some friends along for summertime fun!

In honour of Canada Day (July 1. How do you not know that?), ZCN puts the spotlight on two great Canadian comic creators: Jeff Lemire and Ryan North! Also, Chip Zdarsky, we guess. Did you hear hes writing Captain America? Thats weird!