New Comic Book Day this coming Wednesday (12/21) has some great new releases, debuts, and variants galore. PopCultHQ has compiled a list of new releases from indie publishers that we think are must reads and ones to watch. Our top picks this week are from Action Lab & Action Lab: Danger Zone, AfterShock Comics, Aspen Comics, Black Mask, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Valiant.
Check out all the available covers, read up on each one’s synopsis, and then check them out this coming Wednesday! #NCBD
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ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Peter David’s Artful #1
Writer: Nicole D’Andria
Art: Laura Neubert
Cover:Laura Neubert
Cover Price: $3.99
Award winning author and comics legend, Peter David, brings the adaption of his novel, Artful, to Action Lab! Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed story of one of the most facinating characters in literary history, the Artful Dodger from the classic Oliver Twist, this time with a twist: Vampires.
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ACTION LAB: DANGER ZONE
Vampblade #11
Writer: Jason Martin
Art: Winston Young
Cover:Winston Young
Cover Price: $3.99
As Katie’s search for the new Vampblade costume continues, will one giant blade give this warrior angel enough nerve to take on the latest and greatest other-dimensional foe?!? It’s Vampblade 2.0 – harder, faster, stranger!!! Features 3 regular and risqu? variants showcasing another all new Vampblade costume!!
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AFTERSHOCK COMICS
Writer: Paul Jenkins
Art: Leila Leiz
Cover: Brian Stelfreeze
Cover Price: $3.99
Animosity #4
Writer: Marguerite Bennett
Art: Rafael de Latorre
Cover:Rafael de Latorre
Cover Price: $3.99
Fleeing civilization with their new companions, the Bloodhound and his daughter navigate the wilderness, where a hungry new horror is waiting for them…
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ASPEN COMICS
Executive Assistant Iris: Enemies Among Us #1
Writer: David Wohl
Art: Randy Green
Cover: Randy Green
Cover Price: $4.99
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BLACK MASK
Writer: Matthew Rosenberg
Art: Tyler Boss
Cover: Tyler Boss
Cover Price: $3.99
The epic third installment of this tale of children with bad ideas brings us chemistry classes, remote control cars, and poorly planned capers. And there’s a dog.
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BOOM! STUDIOS
Klaus & Witch Of Winter (One Shot) #1
Writer: Grant Morrison
Art: Dan Mora
Cover: Dan Mora
Cover Price: $7.99
* Klaus returns for an epic oversized one-shot, perfect for any comic fan’s stocking! * Brought to you by legendary creator Grant Morrison and 2016 Russ Manning Award winner Dan Mora, join the continuing adventures through space and time of the man that would become Santa Claus.
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DARK HORSE
Writer: Brian Wood
Art: Mack Chater
Cover: Tula Lotay
Cover Price: $3.99
Grace Briggs looks for alliances where she can, both to stave off the out-of-state Aryan Nations moving into her territory and to maintain the integrity of Briggs Land in the face of legal troubles. ATF agents Zigler and Nolan, who are conducting a terrorism investigation into her family, may be Grace’s best bet.
Dead Inside #1
Writer: John Arcudi
Art: Toni Fejzula
Cover: Dave Johnson
Cover Price: $3.99
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IDW PUBLISHING
Locke & Key Small World #1
Writer: Joe Hill
Art: Gabriel Rodriguez
Cover: Gabriel Rodriguez
Cover Price: $4.99
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IMAGE COMICS
Writer: Brandon Thomas
Art: Juan Gedeon
Cover: Jason Howard
Cover Price: $2.99
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END OF STORY ARC Zhia Malen fights only one way: to the death.
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VALIANT
Bloodshot U.S.A. #3
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Art: Doug Braithwaite
Cover:Doug Braithwaite
Cover Price: $3.99
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Divinity III – Stalinverse #1
Writer: Matt Kindt
Art: Trevor Hairsine
Cover:Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic
Cover Price: $3.99
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Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone. Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade.
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Harbinger Renegades #2
Writer: Rafer Roberts
Art: Darick Robertson
Cover: Darick Robertson
Cover Price: $3.99
Kris Hathaway, Peter Stanchek, Faith Herbert, and John Torkelson thought they could go underground. They thought they could get their old lives back. They were wrong. As four psionically powered “psiots” that can defy the laws of physics with a thought alone, this extraordinarily dangerous team of renegades won’t be able to escape the fight that society has brought to their door. As a violent, new superpower movement spreads across the suburbs, America’s only hope will be the teenagers it wished it could forget.
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