Image Comics August 2026 Solicitations

NEW STORY ARC “THE DEADTONES,” Part One Spinning out of the wildly popular “Who Are the Unbelievables?” crossover, Rose Hornsby and Zach Halo cross paths with other supernatural beings hidden in plain sight: the rock band called The Deadtones! Plus: What is the temperature of evil, and how will it turn on the heat for Rose and Zach?

END OF STORY ARC Can Sara stop Aphrodite IX from enacting her bloody revenge? Or at the very least, limit the collateral damage? The mysterious creator of the enhanced assassin finally steps into the light. But who is this mysterious Chairwoman...and what does she want with the Witchblade?

A Union.

Welcome to Clown Town! While Gunslinger tries to protect the people of Spring Valley, he gets sidetracked by visions of long-past kills. Dakota is still desperate to get answers from her father. Meanwhile, Regulators Risa and Cassius are assigned to dispatch an ailing doctor whose time had already run out.

A Gathering. This deluxe presentation in STUNNING FULL COLOR also features another installment of Cutting Room Floor and creator commentary.?

CAN ANYONE STOP THE WOLF MAN? Henry Jaeger will do anything to protect his son... ANYTHING.

NEW STORY ARC IT HAD TO HAPPEN: G.I. JOE VS. NIGHT FORCE! Everything has been leading to this EXTRA-SIZED landmark issue as Joe battles Joe, friends become enemies, and the chart-topping team of JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and TOM REILLY kick off the biggest G.I. JOE story in Energon Universe history!

MINISERIES PREMIERE The backyard battlefield heats up and it’s even more brutal and bloodier than before. Superstar creators JASON AARON & MAHMUD ASRAR return to the savage suburban epic that feeds Honey, I Shrunk the Kids through a war grinder and marinates it in Conan-flavored myth and mayhem. Six months after the Yard ran red with insect blood, uneasy peace is shattered as ancient enemies rise from the Woods, corporate extermination forces close in, and Slade Slaymaker is dragged back into a brutal world where roach knights ride, squirrel armies gather, and survival means choosing your side in a war no human was meant to fight. Welcome back to BUG WARS: THE COMING OF THE WARDOOM.

AMERICA, THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE—NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE...EXCEPT FOR HIM! As technology in America advanced, cities began creating the GRID—a robotic transportation system that not only made cars obsolete, it made them illegal. But an outlaw named “Clutch” has no choice but to get behind the wheel one more time. What starts out as a race to save his granddaughter's life quickly turns into a rebellion against technology, fascism, and the future of a divided America. Superstar artist and longtime gearhead SEAN GORDON MURPHY (Batman: White Knight, TOKYO GHOST, Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) writes and draws this highly anticipated ongoing series.

END OF STORY ARC VIOLET IS ON HER OWN! In the aftermath of last issue’s shocking events, Violet flees San Francisco, more determined than ever to find her dad. But will the gift given to her by Walter be a blessing or a curse? David attempts to escape the scavenger camp, but as he does, it’s attacked.

Between new encounters and terrible revelations, it seems like there's really no way to catch your breath in the Dam.

“INVADERS, Y’ALL,” Part One Refusing to believe his father is dead, young Richie desperately searches for any sign of life. But the Rocketfeller family also encounters another displaced family…one that will have consequences in both the 21st AND 25th centuries…and just happen to be from Jupiter! Are they friend or foe?

TIME IS (STILL) HAVING A CRISIS! In this volume, Sasha struggles with her role as caretaker for her husband as he slips through time, Tom tries to live in a world where dead bodies with his face and finger prints keep appearing, a homeless comic book artist literally falls into the gutters, and a look into the temporal gig economy. The hit series returns with more sad, beautiful, experimental, funny, gory stories of people and time in crisis! Collects ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #6-9

TIME IS (STILL) HAVING A CRISIS! In this volume, Sasha struggles with her role as caretaker for her husband as he slips through time, Tom tries to live in a world where dead bodies with his face and finger prints keep appearing, a homeless comic book artist literally falls into the gutters, and a look into the temporal gig economy. The hit series returns with more sad, beautiful, experimental, funny, gory stories of people and time in crisis! Collects ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #6-9

Prepare for an absurd, action-packed journey across the cosmos with BATTLEPUG: COSMIC DOGGYSSEY, continuing Mike Norton's Eisner and Harvey award-winning fantasy comedy that delivers the perfect blend of sword and sorcery, humor, and heart. Picking up right where the Image series BATTLEPUG: WAR ON CHRISTMAS left off, the last Kindmundian and his oversized companion find themselves in dreamlike worlds of demented danger!

DEATH FIGHT FOREVER is the eye-popping, face-melting action-comedy your momma warned you about. The world is a harsh place, rife with greed, malice, and corruption. It's a world won in blood and bought in gasoline—a world ripe for the taking. The trans-dimensional demon, Lord Slyther, aims to do just that, and he'll crush anyone who gets in his way. Of Slyther's countless victims, super-thief Bash Biggle and ex-Slyther loyalist Sergeant Marla Mendoza may be the only two uniquely gifted enough to stop him. These would-be enemies are fueled by a burning desire for revenge and are ready to chase Lord Slyther to the ends of the universe to reclaim their lives. But first, they'll have to set aside their pasts and learn to work together. Buckle up, buttercup. We're about to get weird with it. Collects DEATH FIGHT FOREVER #1-5

A new day has dawned at the Department of Truth. Lee Harvey Oswald and his ruthless new recruits are ready to do whatever it takes to make the agency great again. Now, Cole Turner is on the run—and he may have nowhere left to turn except for Black Hat, the counter-agency that’s been trying to recruit him since the very beginning… ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: critically acclaimed artist Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) joins the series to reveal the shockingly primeval origin of gun-toting, Bible-quoting new agent Charity Sinclair. And legendary creators Scott Snyder (Absolute Batman) and Joshua Hixson (The Deviant) explore who--or what--was Elvis Presley? Collects issues #0 & #34-38, including "Suspicious Minds"

ADVANCE SOLICIT **Experience the stunning artistry of Paul Smith during his fan-favorite run on Doctor Strange, in this deluxe, oversized Artist’s Edition. ** Paul Smith’s work on iconic Marvel comics, including Doctor Strange_ _and Uncanny X-Men, made him one of the most popular and acclaimed artists in the ‘80s through today.  With his impactful run on Doctor Strange, Smith’s work became a cult-classic and further cemented him as a legend in Marvel history. This Artist’s Edition of his popular _Doctor Strange _issues will give a one-of-a-kind view into his process.  DOCTOR STRANGE BY PAUL SMITH ARTIST’S EDITION is a truly staggering presentation—and includes his complete stories from Doctor Strange (issues #65, #69, #71, and #72), an additional 40 pages from an array of issues, PLUS more beautiful covers and pages representing every corner of the Marvel Universe, including Smith’s very first published Marvel story from Marvel Fanfare #1 featuring Daredevil.  Although appearing to be in black and white, all the art is scanned in color, enabling the reader to see the work as close to the original as possible—ink gradients, blue pencil, and all the unique nuances that make original art so special—are all clearly visible and printed at the same size as drawn. 

ADVANCE SOLICIT **Experience the stunning artistry of Paul Smith during his fan-favorite run on Doctor Strange, in this deluxe, oversized Artist’s Edition. ** Paul Smith’s work on iconic Marvel comics, including Doctor Strange_ _and Uncanny X-Men, made him one of the most popular and acclaimed artists in the ‘80s through today.  With his impactful run on Doctor Strange, Smith’s work became a cult-classic and further cemented him as a legend in Marvel history. This Artist’s Edition of his popular _Doctor Strange _issues will give a one-of-a-kind view into his process.  DOCTOR STRANGE BY PAUL SMITH ARTIST’S EDITION is a truly staggering presentation—and includes his complete stories from Doctor Strange (issues #65, #69, #71, and #72), an additional 40 pages from an array of issues, PLUS more beautiful covers and pages representing every corner of the Marvel Universe, including Smith’s very first published Marvel story from Marvel Fanfare #1 featuring Daredevil.  Although appearing to be in black and white, all the art is scanned in color, enabling the reader to see the work as close to the original as possible—ink gradients, blue pencil, and all the unique nuances that make original art so special—are all clearly visible and printed at the same size as drawn. 

“Lyrical in its brutality and mesmerizing in its chaos, Exquisite Corpses transforms a quiet town into a stage for elegant carnage, as a wonderfully twisted menagerie of killers descends like a fever dream, blending Battle Royale with The Silence of the Lambs.”—Geoff Johns (Geiger, Green Lantern) Trick-or-treating. Clocking in for your shift at work. Going to the annual Halloween party down at the Pit. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine, any one of these activities could spell a gruesome death as twelve of the most dangerous killers in the world turn their sleepy little town into the playing field for a game that will decide the fate of the entire country for years to come. As the sun begins to rise on the unlucky town chosen as this year’s arena, the last remaining killers gather to determine the winner. But the civilians of Oak Valley have been pushed to their limits, and with nothing left to lose, they’re not going to let the powers-that-be play the game by their rules any longer… JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH) and MICHAEL WALSH (THE SILVER COIN) are joined by TYLER BOSS (YOU’LL DO BAD THINGS), JORDIE BELLAIRE (REDLANDS), CHE GRAYSON (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), VALENTINE DE LANDRO (BITCH PLANET), MARIANNA IGNAZZI (Catwoman), and GAVIN FULLERTON (THE CLOSET) as they conclude the blood-soaked first season of the groundbreaking horror epic! Collects EXQUISITE CORPSES #9-13

American Library Association Outstanding Comics Award for Young Adults Series Honor Book (2025) THE STRAY DOGS RETURN! The indoor cats find themselves imprisoned in a makeshift CDC laboratory where they come face-to-face with everyone’s favorite murder solving canines, THE STRAY DOGS. And it might be just in time because there may be a killer lurking among the doctors conducting experiments on the BAD KIND. ?Cats and Dogs working together?? They don't even speak the same language! Even if they manage to communicate, there’s no guarantee they’ll all survive. Collects FERAL #21-25

Collecting the fourth arc of the critically acclaimed pulp-sci-fi sensation in an oversized format! Face to face with the Empress who holds their lives in thrall, the five women of Forged team Scimitar-3 uncovered her campaign of interdimensional genocide, and thwarted it—temporarily. Now guilty of the highest treason, and stripped of their combat armor, they need to out-think, out-run, and out-gun the full might of the Imperial Navy…plus an even deadlier foe: the other Forged teams coming for their heads. Collects THE FORGED #10-12

“FREE PLANET, a kind of space-politics-opera, brings shades of the cosmic imagination of Jack Vance, Jack Kirby, and Samuel Delany and Howard Chaykin’s great lost Empire." —Jonathan Lethem (The Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn) The critically acclaimed space opera returns, with more sci-fi military action, intense interpersonal drama and complex geopolitical maneuvering than ever before. The first completely free planet in human history has successfully carved out a space between rival galactic superpowers: a corporate-dominated oligarchy and a bellicose, authoritarian empire. But as the revolutionary heroes of the Freedom Guard attempt to defend the planet from threats external, they must also contend with food riots, domestic terrorism, rebellious indigenous populations, separatist movements, skirmishes over resources and a neighboring planet's desperate pleas for help, all as the team's tenuous bonds threaten to splinter over a single, deceptively simple question: "What does true freedom actually entail?" Designed to function as both literature and art object, AUBREY SITTERSON (The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, No One Left to Fight) and JED DOUGHERTY (Savage Hearts, Worlds’ Finest) have harnessed extensive real-world research and design work to craft a rumination on freedom, the sacrifices it demands, the discipline it requires and the authority that must arise in its absence. Collects FREE PLANET #9-14

DESTRO MUST DIE! As the battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra incurs heavy losses on both sides, Cobra Commander turns his sights toward a traitor in his midst: Destro. Now it’s a search and destroy mission for Cobra’s Most Wanted! Plus, Snake-Eyes' origin is revealed! What horrific secrets connect his past to Cobra Commander? Discover even more explosive moments from Larry Hama’s long-running series that changed pop culture forever, including the very first G.I. JOE/TRANSFORMERS crossover! Collects G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #114-155, G.I. JOE AND THE TRANSFORMERS #1-4, G.I. JOE: ORDER OF BATTLE #1-4 & G.I. JOE SPECIAL #1