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ARKHAM HORROR: THE TERROR AT THE END OF TIME #3

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) Rafael Albuquerque

After their encounter with Olmstead, Joe and Jenny are hurtled through the depths of time. With prehistoric beasts on their tail—and bound by the whims of the artifact—Joe and Jenny must find their way home. But where will they end up next? And what terror awaits them at the end of time?

BARSTOW #1

(W) Rebekah McKendry (A/CA) Tyler Jenkins

At the center of the Mojave Desert, at the crossroads between hell and gone, lies Barstow. Agent Miranda Diaz is in this godforsaken land on the trail of a missing agent. He's a man she's never met, and yet her name was the only clue he left behind. Something dark... something demonic... lurks beneath this oddball town, but can Miranda unravel the mystery before all hell breaks loose? Award-winning horror writing and filmmaking team David Ian McKendry and Rebekah McKendry team-up with Eisner-nominated artist Tyler Jenkins for this all-new comedy-horror series!

CYBERPUNK 2077: KICKDOWN #4

(W) Tomasz Marchewka (A) Tommasso Bennato (CA) Jake Elphick

Like father, like daughter. Mint's meeting with Kickdown has gone sideways and between the NCPD and the gangs, there's no escape-she'll have to ride head on into danger. In this final race, it's not just the target on her head she must outrun, but her past, the memories of her father, and all that she could have been...

IMBOKODO #1

(W) Thabiso Mabanna, Thabo Rametsi (A/CA) Katlego Motaung

In the land of the pyramid sun, a single step of the Badimu is a thousand Muntu life times. This is the land of NDAWO, home to the first Muntu. A thousand years after the great war between the Badimu that brought darkness to the land and birthed a new kind of Muntu-one that wants, owns, and is never sated-Ndawo remains divided. And recently, numerous young girls have gone missing from their villages, a trail of carnage left in their wake. In the empire of Monomotapa, Queen Nyameka commands the greatest warriors in all of Ndawo, the IMBOKODO. Here, a nameless woman will fight to secure her place amongst the Imbokodo-to stand for the Queen, the Empire, and for the freedom of all Muntu.

PARANOID GARDENS #5

(W) Gerard Way, Shaun Simon (A/CA) Chris Weston

As Loo's traumatic past is finally revealed, all hell breaks loose as the Gardens continue to crumble, patients die, and a bizarre hostile amusement park cult begin to take over.

PRODIGY: SLAVES OF MARS #4

(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Stefano Landini

Why did Edison Crane's older, smarter brother leave home and drop out when he had everything to live for? What made him become a homeless drug addict who literally despised his father? And what ties it all to the planet Mars?

SEANCE IN THE ASYLUM #2

(W) Clay McLeod Chapman (A/CA) Andrea Mutti

Carl, a comatosed soldier suffering from combat fatigue, hasn't spoken a word in   years. But thanks to Alicia's séance, he has finally awoken out from his war-torn stupor. But something is different about him. Something has changed. Not only is he not acting like himself, he appears to be someone else altogether. He seems to be... possessed? But by who?

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES PHASE III #12

(W) Daniel José Older (A/CA) Harvey Tolibao

The Nihil are closing in on Valo and a mysterious pirate radio broadcaster known as the Scarlet Skull has called for help. Padawan Ram Jomaram and Jedi Knight Farzala Tarabal have bravely answered the distress call, but soon find themselves in over their heads. Will Ram, Farzala, and the Scarlet Skull mange to save Valo from the Nihil... again?

THE MASKED MACHER #3

(W) David Goodman (A/CA) Alex Andres

After the Masked Macher's publicity stunt with the bear backfires, Tony Hollywood seeks out other avenues to fame and fortune. It only leads to more trouble, this time with a wrestler known as "The Sheik." Adding to his troubles, a reporter who interviewed him ends up dead, and so now instead of adoring fans, Tony's got the attention of the police.

WHERE MONSTERS LIE: CULL-DE-SAC #2

(W) Kyle Starks (A/CA) Piotr Kowalski

Welcome to Site C! Home of hillbilly slashers, backwoods cannibals, and all the rural killers. I'm sure everything will be perfectly fine here.  Oh, and the other monsters send Final Girl turned Special Agent, Connor Hayes out to kill a babysitter to prove his loyalty to them. I'm sure that also will turn out absolutely fine. The monstrous terrors increase in the second issue of the second arc!

YOU NEVER HEARD OF ME #1

(W) Iolanda Zanfardino (A/CA) Elisa Romboli

The ability to touch someone and see both the best and the worst moment of their life, be it past or future, means the ability to try to change things for the better. Such power can feel like a curse, especially if you're a teenage seer who thinks he has enough problems.