BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD #13, the next issue in the highly acclaimed sci-fi epic from superstar writer Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), artist Simone Di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) with color assistance by Mariasara Miotti, and letterer AndWorld Design, set in a universe that revolves around mining the corpses of dead gods and a conflict that threatens to tear apart the galaxy. Available in August 2022.

The final story arc continues as Honorhim flashes back to the attempt on his life, the catalyst for his current paranoia. But as he debates what to do about Thierry, and what the revelation of his survival means, he may discover that Newdawn has her own agenda…

WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD #13 features main cover art by series artist Di Meo and variant covers by fan-favorite artists Toni Infante (Seven Secrets, Winter Guard) and Fabrizio De Tommaso (Morgan Lost).

WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Basilisk by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Alice Ever After by Dan Panosian and Giorgio Spalletta; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; and the upcoming Briar by Christopher Cantwell and German Garcia, and Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Marco Renna, and Moises Hidalgo; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.

Print copies of WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD #13 will be available on August 31, 2022 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle. WE ONLY FIND THEM WHEN THEY’RE DEAD VOL 1 and VOL 2 are available now wherever books are sold.

Marvel has been shuffling their projects for a while now and with the now resolved writers’ strike and the still going actors’ strike, things may still be shifting. But The Direct is reporting that Echo has a new release date and it’s not that far off. Originally planned to be released in late November, the series got bumped and now the second season of What If…?! is supposed to come out in December, but the Hawkeye spinoff series is now planned for January 10th. And unlike all of the previous Marvel series, Echo is supposed to have all episodes released on the same day. The release date doesn’t come from Marvel officially but rather is being pulled from the US Copyright Catalog, but a January release was expected after the series got bumped. Along with the listing in the catalog came the series synopsis: "Marvel Studios presents 'Echo' in which Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) struggles to reconnect with her Native American roots while balancing aspirations tied to a life of crime as successor to the brutal legacy of Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) aka Kingpin. In the first episode we are introduced to Maya Lopez and her struggles." Besides being a spinoff from the Hawkeye series, this is also supposed to help set up Daredevil: Born Again which we should see later in 2024.       

According to the AMC website, Marvel Studios’ next film is the shortest one yet. The Marvels, which will be released on November 10th, got a PG-13 rating and is said to clock in at 1 hour and 45 minutes. This is a good 8 minutes shorter than the previous two shortest MCU films, the Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World. It’s also quite a bit shorter than the original Captain Marvel film which ran for 2 hours and 3 minutes. This could be interpreted in a few ways. The first being that in recent years, the shorter films have tended to not be as good, racing through character development and trying to win fans over with lots of action. But a shorter film can also be a positive when it comes to the box office numbers as it allows theaters to do more showings in a day. You could do almost three and a half showings of The Marvels in the same time you could show Avengers: Endgame twice.      

Warner Bros is not quite done with the Batgirl movie after all as film extra Cristina Stanovici plans to sue the studio after she was hit by a speeding motorbike while filming in Glasgow. In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Stanovici said she felt it would’ve been easier had she died. The 5ft 1in actress was posing as a bystander when camera-carrying motorcycle drove into her. She received a broken thigh, shin, hip, pelvis, and thumb plus a gash to the head. This led to multiple surgeries. Stanovici was hit on the right side and thrown into the air. She screamed to get help and ended up lying on the ground for almost an hour as paramedics checked her out and stabilized her. She was in intensive care for three days and is still in pain 17 months later. Stanovici has hired a legal firm to sue Warner Bros, the studio that subsequently scrapped the $90M film even though it was already completed.    

Deadline is reporting that now that a deal with the Writers Guild has been worked out, Marvel Studios plans to start meetings with prospective writers to hear pitches for the anticipated X-Men movies. While there is no set date for the Mutant characters to make their MCU debut, it is believed that the studio wants to start the ball rolling in early 2024. The characters made their initial big screen premiere in the early 2000s and ran for seven films and multiple spinoffs under 20th Century Fox, the franchise was among the IP that went to Disney after the 2019 buyout, returning Wolverine, Cyclops and the rest of the X characters to the universe with Captain America and Iron Man as they are in the comic books. It is believed that Marvel will being the transition by ending the Fox X universe with the upcoming Deadpool 3 and then bring the characters into the MCU moving forward.   

PLOT A COURSE TO THE FUTURE OF STAR WARS COMIC BOOK STORYTELLING IN STAR WARS: REVELATIONS #1! The special one-shot that sets the stage for what’s to come to the galaxy far, far away returns this December.   New York, NY— September 22, 2023 — Announced earlier this week at StarWars.com, STAR WARS: REVELATIONS, the can’t miss issue that offers readers a startling glimpse at what’s to come next year in Star Wars comics, is back with more surprises than ever this December!   Last year’s Star Wars: Revelations prepared fans for a dramatic year of Star Wars sagas including putting the pieces in place for the current crossover event, Star Wars: Dark Droids. This year will be no different with a giant-sized installment packed with the first appearances of major players, and new twists and turns across all of Marvel’s STAR WARS line!   Crafted by an army of current and upcoming Star Wars talent including writers Marc Guggenheim (Star Wars: Dark Droids - D-Squad), Charles Soule (Star Wars, Star Wars: Dark Droids, Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight), Greg Pak (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Alyssa Wong (Star Wars: Doctor Aphra), Ethan Sacks (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters), Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III), and Marc Bernardin, this star-studded issue will impact the titles currently exploring the era between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as well as Marvel’s upcoming Star Wars: High Republic Phase III titles. In addition, the one-shot will lay the groundwork for exciting all-new comic series that have yet to be announced!   Check out Phil Noto’s cover below which teases a host of upcoming appearances including Mace Windu and Grand Admiral Thrawn, and find out what’s on the horizon for Darth Vader, the heroes of the Rebellion, the Jedi Knights of the High Republic, and many more this December! For more information, visit Marvel.com.  
  STAR WARS: REVELATIONS [2023] #1 Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM, CHARLES SOULE, GREK PAK, MARC BERNARDIN, ALYSSA WONG, ETHAN SACKS & CAVAN SCOTT Art by SALVADOR LARROCA, WILL SLINEY, MARIKA CRESTA, IBRAIM ROBERSON & MORE! Cover by ROD REIS On Sale 12/20

  Jennifer Blood's Back From the Dead (Again)
Fred Van Lente Puts the "Die" in Diary
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September 21, Mt. Laurel, NJ: The one and only Jennifer Blood returns for an all-new tale of extralegal killing and ruthless vigilantism this December from ongoing writer Fred Van Lente!

The iconic suburban housewife turned brutal crusader against crime created by author extraordinaire Garth Ennis is back from the grave once more and she's setting her sights on a new dangerous target, vicious neo-Nazi prison gangs.

Writer Fred Van Lente (DIE!namite, Incredible Hercules) continues his epic chronicles of Dynamite's top gunslinging force of vengeance following the grisly events of "Bloodlines" where she took down swaths of mafia made men. Van Lente is reunited with artist Robert Carey following their collaboration on the Jennifer Blood Presents... Giulietta Romeo: Hitwoman special.       
"She’s a vigilante who cares more about killing any criminal she happens to come across than her own life," said writer Fred Van Lente. "As a character she’s a live hand grenade you just lob in the middle of any situation and it instantly becomes dramatic. It’s hard not to get the blood pumping when you have such a limitless possibility of stories like that. I’m just thrilled the readers are responding too, and keep us coming back out for encores. What’s not to love?"

The modern Jennifer Blood is the daughter of the original, Jennifer Blute, created by Garth Ennis, her daughter Alice all grown up and taking on her mantle of cleaning the streets of bad actors and up against the whole world for the life she was cursed with. At the end of her last adventure, the new Blood was once again presumed dead in action, the one-woman army believed buried. That's always her master plan though, but it's torn to pieces when she decides to visit her mother's original penitentiary gravesite.

This time Jennifer Blood will find herself under the aim of America's white supremacist groups, prolific in and out of the prison system. Nothing is ever simple with Blood involved though, so she finds herself stuck between two rival factions, the Volk and Crooked Cross. With fake, testy alliances and playing both sides, this can only end up with one outcome... Blood, and lots of dead Nazis.       
The new series Battle Diary features covers by Joseph Michael Linsner, Lesley "Leirix" Li, and Rebeca Puebla.

Its first issue is also set to coincide with the release of the collected graphic novel of her last adventure "Blood Debt" and readers and retailers can also order the previous volumes by Van Lente, Garth Ennis, and Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk, Immortal Thor).    
JENNIFER BLOOD: BATTLE DIARY #1 is solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ October 2023 Previews catalog, the premier source of merchandise for the comic book specialty market, and slated for release in December 2023. Comic book fans are encouraged to preorder copies of the issue with their local comic book retailers. It will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and more!

 

Legenderry Red Sonja Returns to Her Steampunk World!
Katana Collins Writes Special Plus Sean Gordon Murphy Cover!
September 21, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite invites readers to once more journey to the steampunk world of Legenderry for a new adventure of this multiversal take on Red Sonja!

USA Today bestselling author Katana Collins, renowned for her work in the Batman: White Knight titles and recent Dynamite title Cherish, as well as her prose writing in romance novels and beyond, is taking on the She-Devil With a Sword (and gun!). She's trying her hand at art theft, and she's going to steal more than she bargained for!

"To date, this is one of my favorite stories and characters I've ever written!," said writer Katana Collins. "As soon as this project was in discussion, all I needed to hear was 'steampunk Red Sonja' and I was all in. And in true steampunk style, we have one hell of a cameo within the story."

When last we saw the Red Sonja of Legenderry, she was living the pirate's life aboard her ship The Nautilus. Times have changed and this special 40-page special adventure tied to Red Sonja's 50th anniversary weaves a tale of thievery, deception, and a mysterious artifact into an action-packed epic. An infamous painting with a decidedly handsome and un-aging owner is set in the sights of her revolver, and she intends to walk away with it at the end of her journey.       
Collins is joined by incomparable artist Kewber Baal (Vengeance of Vampirella, Elvira in Monsterland), as well as a trio of tantalizing covers. Frequent collaborator and husband Sean Gordon Murphy lends his superstar talents to the main cover. He's joined by artist Corin M. Howell and cosplayer Shannon Kingston.

“In my entire career, I’ve never drawn Red Sonja until now," said Sean Gordon Murphy. "I loved getting to do something a little outside the norm for me and tweaking her original look to combine it with the steampunk elements in Legenderry’s version in an empowering way."

The 50th anniversary of Red Sonja continues here, and in the steampunk world of Legenderry the possibilities are endless, like the gear wheels!     
LEGENDERRY RED SONJA is solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ October 2023 Previews catalog, the premier source of merchandise for the comic book specialty market, and slated for release in December 2023. Comic book fans are encouraged to preorder copies of the issue with their local comic book retailers. It will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and more!

Dynamite Entertainment and Humble Bundle invite fans to explore worlds of fantasy in a bursting treasury of digital comics, headlined by the graphic novel adaptations of Robert Jordan's beloved epic The Wheel of Time released to date. Additional fantasy and adjacent genre titles round out a massive digital bundle including the likes of Red Sonja, Vampirella, Dejah Thoris, John Carter, and many more beloved characters. With a fabulous charity partner as well, this is a can't-miss deal!

With the second season of Amazon's Prime series adaptation kicking off this Friday, September 1, and a new comic series adapting the second novel The Great Hunt coming in November, it's the perfect time to dig into the comics alongside this new burst of content for fans old and new.

The bundle is live right now, and it's only available for a limited time, so jump in! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/wheel-time-and-more-dynamite-books-books   Humble Bundle's innovative bundle system gives readers the opportunity to choose between three tiers with different costs to customize their digital haul to their budget and liking.

It all starts at just a single dollar! Supporters at that level can walk away with three diverse classics to dig into. Power couple Leah Moore and John Reppion's top of class graphic novel adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice in Wonderland - also including Through the Looking Glass and the "lost" chapter of "The Wasp in a Wig!" Then for a true celebration of fantasy epics and classic literature, fans can join Bill Willingham of Fables fame for The Greatest Adventure, the ultimate team-up between the creations of Edgar Rice Burroughs. That includes Tarzan, Jane, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, Korak the Killer, and many more across time and space. Across Earth, Mars, and 250 pages, it's a blast. Last but certainly not least, the intro level also includes the recent Savage Tales: Winter Special with tales of Vampirella, Draculina, John Carter and Dejah Thoris, and Captain Gullivar Jones.

A second tier at just $10 is highlighted by Willingham's other crossover epic from Dynamite, the steampunk celebration of Legenderry as well as its spinoffs. Even more Tarzan adventures can be found in this tier. Then two legendary creators are spotlighted, with hotly anticipated restored reprints of their works and follow ups, in Frank Frazetta's Thun'Da and Bill Mantlo's Swords of the Swashbucklers.

For $18 at the top tier, the avalanche of awesome comics really unleashes. Fans can dive into the graphic adaptations of the inaugural Wheel of Time novel, Eye of the World as well as its essential prequel chapter New Spring. Also bundled in are additional takes on the Savage Tales anthology concept, with the full 2007 series, as well as more recent one-off specials. Each of these issues is stacked with multiple thrilling tales across fantasy, horror, sword and sorcery, and surprises. Dynamite's all-out action event Prophecy including all its biggest characters is included. Plus, readers can travel to the jungles with Sheena and Jungle Girl. Or they can rocket off to Mars, or Barsoom as the locals call it, to learn more about John Carter and Dejah Thoris.

Countless writers and artists have contributions included within this bundle, including but not limited to Bill Willingham, Frank Frazetta, John Cassaday, Bill Mantlo, Colleen Doran, Frank Cho, Marguerite Bennett, David Avallone, Nick Bradshaw, Walter Geovani, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Ron Marz, Arvid Nelson, Butch Guice, Geof Isherwood, Marc Guggenheim, Chuck Dixon, Aneke, and more.

The charity partner for this bundle is Direct Relief, a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization. Active across the United States and beyond across the world, their mission is to help people affected by poverty or emergencies. Right now some primary focuses of Direct Relief are the wildfires in Hawaii, the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, and efforts in Ukraine.   https://www.humblebundle.com/books/wheel-time-and-more-dynamite-books-books

An interesting box office weekend with last week’s number one dropping to fourth place, a new film in the top slot at the second highest Labor Day Weekend opening and a little superhero film that keeps chugging along. Denzel Washington has a hit with the third Equalizer film with an estimated 4-day total of $42M, behind only Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings for opening on this holiday. Barbie continued its path towards the highest grossing film of the year, adding another $13M domestically taking it to $1.38B worldwide passing Super Mario Bros. Blue Beetle continues to pull fans in, making another $9M over the for days and hanging on to the third spot for the second week in a row. Gran Turismo drops from a controversial first down to fourth with $8.5M and Oppenheimer stays in the top five with $7.2M. Next weekend should be interesting as there are a few films opening wide, but none of them have an particular buzz with the only one getting any decent marketing being My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, could that be the new #1 or will Barbie rise to the top again? 

It was never originally planned for Ross Keller to get married then divorced so quickly in the fourth and fifth seasons of Friends. According to director James Burrows new memoir, the character of Emily Waltham was meant to stick around but they found that Helen Baxendale, the actress playing Emily, and David Schwimmer had zero on-screen chemistry and to bring in a character like that, they needed her to be as funny as Rachel played by Jennifer Aniston.  “She was nice, but not particularly funny,” Burrows wrote of Baxendale. “Schwimmer had no one to bounce off. It was like clapping with one hand. In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry. We discovered that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny as Rachel.” While there was talk about recasting, the tight deadlines on the series made it impossible, so Emily was around for 14 episodes before the fifth season opened with their marriage and Ross almost saying Rachel’s name… the character was written out shortly after.