The new comics this week are ready to transform and roll out, and we’ve got your full comics list for October 4, 2023.
The biggie, in case you couldn’t figure it out from the opening paragraph, is Image Comics/Skybound’s Transformers #1. Written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson, the book has already reportedly sold over 150,000 copies to stores. That’s a lot of copies! Transformers is part of the new Energon Universe line of books, which includes Robert Kirkman’s Void Rivals, and the upcoming Duke comic, which I would like to think is a Gummi Bears comic but is actually G.I. Joe.
Over at Marvel there’s another biggie: G.O.D.S. #1, the highly hyped new book from Jonathan Hickman that hopes to “redefine the cosmology of the Marvel Universe.” Or in plain language, it’s going to take all of those cosmic and magic concepts and give ’em the ‘ol Hickman razzle-dazzle.
Though there’s some exciting stuff coming from DC, including Birds of Prey #2, and the continuing Gotham War storyline in Batman #138, it’s mostly a good week for reprints. You’ve got a bunch of free Halloween editions dropping in stores (IDW is also getting in on the action), and Geoff Johns’s JSA and The New Golden Age both get special editions.
More? You want… More?? Dark Horse has a trade collection of Where Monsters Lie, the great serial killer comedy from Kyle Starks. IDW has a book called Star Trek: Holo-Ween, which sounds pretty fun. And Image Comics also has Clementine, Vol. 2, Tillie Walden’s sequel to one of the best YA graphic novels of last year.
Looking for previous lists? Check out our New Comics This Week archive for back-lists of comics, so you can get caught up quickly.
New Marvel Comics This Week:
- Alien Annual #1
- Amazing Spider-Man: The Birth of Tombstone #1 (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2023 Edition)
- Black Panther #5
- Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #4 (of 5)
- Captain Marvel: Higher, Faster, Further #1 (Halloween Trick-Or_Read 2023 Edition)
- Doctor Strange #8
- Doctor Strange By Jed Mackay, Vol. 1: The Life Of Doctor Strange TP
- Fantastic Four #12
- G.O.D.S. #1
- Ghost Rider Annual #1
- Ghost Rider By Ed Brisson TP
- Immortal X-Men #16
- Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 1 – Divided we Fall TP
- Moon Knight: Knight of Blood #1 (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2023 Edition)
- Red Goblin #9
- Spider and his Amazing Friends (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2023 Edition)
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #39
- Star Wars: Darth Vader #39
- Star Wars: The High Republic – Attack of the Hutts #1 (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2023 Edition)
- Star Wars: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #1
- Strange Academy: The Amazing Spider-Man #1
- X-23: Deadly Regenesis TP
- X-Force #45
- X-Men #27
- X-Men By Gerry Duggan, Vol. 4 TP
New DC Comics This Week (Out October 3):
- Batgirls, Vol. 3: Girls To The Front TP
- Batman #138
- Batman: The Adventures Continue, Season Three #8
- Batman, Vol. 4: The Cowardly Lot TP
- Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Vol. 2 TP
- Birds of Prey #2
- Blue Beetle #2 (English)
- Blue Beetle #2 (Spanish)
- DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead HC
- DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber TP
- DCeased: The Deluxe Edition HC
- DC’s Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun #1
- Detective Comics #140
- Fire And Ice: Welcome to Smallville #2
- Ghost-Maker/Clownhunter By James Tynion IV TP
- The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #11
- JSA: Gold Edition #1
- The New Golden Age: Special Edition #1
- Peacemaker Tries Hard #6
- Poison Ivy #15
- Power Girl Returns TP
- Scooby-Doo: Where Are You? #124
- Shazam #4
- Superman: The Harvests of Youth TP
- Vixen NYC, Vol. 2 TP
- Zatanna and the Ripper, Vol. 1 TP
Ahoy Comics:
- n/a
Archie Comics:
- Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #344
- Archie Halloween Spectacular #1
BOOM! Studios:
- Abbott: 1979 #1
- Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #3
- Ghostlore #5
- Ghostlore, Vol. 1 SC: Discover Now Edition
- Power Rangers Unlimited: Call to Darkness SC
- Ranger Academy #1
- We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, Deluxe Edition HC
- We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, Deluxe Edition HC, LE w/Slipcase
Dark Horse Comics:
- American Gods, Vol. 3: The Moment of the Storm TP
- B.P.R.D. Omnibus, Vol. 7: Frogs And Monsters TP
- Breathers TP
- Dragon Age: The Missing TP
- Eerie Archives, Vol. 1 TP
- The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy, Vol. 2 TP
- The Making of Assassin’s Creed: 15th Anniversary HC
- The Making of Assassin’s Creed: 15th Anniversary HC (Deluxe Edition)
- Masters of the Universe: Forge of Destiny #2
- The Midnite Show #1
- Stone Star, Vol. 2: In The Spotlight TP
- Tear Us Apart #2
- Where Monsters Lie, TP
- White Savior TP
- The Witcher Omnibus, Vol. 2 TP
DSTLRY:
- tktk
Dynamite Entertainment:
- Alice Cooper #1
- Baldwin’s Big Christmas Delivery HC
- How The North Pole Works HC
- Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #2
- Snow Boy HC
- Vampirella: Dead Flowers #1
IDW Publishing:
- Best Of The Beauty of Horror: Another Goregeous Coloring Book SC
- Cat Fight #4
- Cooking With Monsters Festiary
- Dark Spaces (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2023 Edition)
- For Better Or For Worse: The Complete Library Vol. 7 HC
- Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #4
- My Little Pony: Camp Bighoof #3
- Rocketeer: In The Den of Thieves #3
- Star Trek: Defiant #8
- Star Trek: Holo-Ween #1
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Scorpius Run #2
- Star Trek: Year Five – Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 HC
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium, Vol. 1 HC
- Walter Simonson’s Fantastic Four: Artist’s Edition SC
Image Comics:
- The Chosen One: The American Jesus Trilogy
- Clementine: Book Two
- Cosmic Detective GN
- The Enfield Gang Massacre #3
- Heart Attack TP
- Junk Rabbit TP
- King Spawn #26
- King Spawn, Vol. 3
- Local Man, Vol. 1
- Parasocial
- Phantom Road, Vol. 1
- Sacrificers #3
- Spawn Origins, Vol. 27
- Transformers #1
- The Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland #4
- The Walking Dead Deluxe #72
Oni Press:
- Let Me Out GN
Titan Comics:
- Dead By Daylight #3 (of 4)
- Rivers of London, Vol. 7-9 Box Set
- Star Trek Explorer Magazine #8
- Star Wars Insider #221
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