Mad Cave Studios November 2026 Solicitations

Genshi's desperate search for a cure leads him to the mysterious Victoria Jaguar, who forces both man and Tengu to confront the fears and desires that have bound them together for six centuries. But just as a fragile new understanding is reached, a devastating new enemy strikes.

While Celeste faces Diamondhead and his army alone, Harvey, Gord and Jarrod have a much bigger problem: a gigantic, nearly indestructible kaiju that’s getting angrier by the second. But surviving the battle uncovers an even bigger conspiracy, sending our rejects toward Washington with giant robots, alien weapons and an all-out assault on the White House!

WAR OF THE ROSES! Racer X is accused of murder! The police are on a manhunt for the killer of controversial racing official Gaff Gunsel--and they're confident it's the vigilante racer! With Racer X injured and in hiding, it's up to Speed to find the real killer...before they strike again. Rev your engines for a brand-new arc!

FIELD OF BODIES! Showdown in the ruins of Soldiers Field! Maya Torres’ past catches up to Snake at the worst possible moment. Years ago, Maya’s parents smuggled something into Chicago, a device that could change the balance of power between Chicago’s warring gangs. Not just that—it could transform the prison city entirely. The Torres died on the mission, but now Maya’s poked her head above water, and every gun in the city is trained on it. She hired Snake to get her out of Chicago. It was supposed to be an extraction, not a suicide run. If there’s anyone who can get their asses out of the fire, it’s Snake Plissken—but when Maya learns HIS secrets, Snake may have one more enemy too many.

FROM THE TWISTED MIND OF BENJAMIN PERCY COMES A SCIFI HORROR EPIC LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE Easter Sunday in the Midwest. Sunrise service. The Lord has risen, and the hungry will come. A visitor crash-lands in the woods surrounding the picket-fence suburbia where little Piper lives with her mom Tina and her nasty stepdad Don. The world is frightening and alien for both Piper and her new…friend… but on this day of cosmic forgiveness, when her family falls apart, the unlikely pair may find their own salvations. Bestselling writer Benjamin Percy (The End Times, Wolverine, Punisher) and artist RaUl Fernández (Profane, Terrors Through Time) launch the most ambitious series of the year!

The newest chapter in the Underworld Universe, Victoria Jaguar is written by Underworld creator Mark London and brought to life with stunning painted artwork by comics superstar Marco Rudy. A man tormented by impossible nightmares journeys across the world in search of the mythical Victoria Jaguar, an immortal guardian chosen by the Night Sky itself centuries ago. But when Victoria uncovers the truth behind his visions, she realizes the nightmare is real—and an unseen enemy has already set its sights on her.

CHRISTOPHER SEBELA & TANGO REMAKE A CRIME FICTION LEGEND! War hero. Star athlete. Brilliant scientist. Savvy private investigator. Rip Kirby’s reputation is long-secured, and these days he’s enjoying the post-war boom of New York City. With gorgeous and quick-witted Honey Dorian at his side and reformed criminal valet Desmond running the show, it’s a perfect life, and perfectly balanced. It’s been perfect for what seems like forever! But Rip’s world is about to get complicated, and his unflappably decent ways newly tested. Up against a world that seems to be growing too fast, can an upstanding man of morals and fair play like Rip remain himself or, he will be swallowed up by the ugliness? In 1946, co-creators Alex Raymond and Ward Greene introduced a new, sophisticated kind of detective, and left an indelible mark on newspaper strips and crime fiction. Now, two-time Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Dead Letters) and rising star artist Tango (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Archie Horror) bring Rip Kirby to a contemporary audience with a mystery series as charming as it is thrilling.

Jon and Dina survive an attack that should have killed them, but escaping the wreckage is only the beginning. As Big Candy's shadowy operatives tighten the noose, the pair uncover clues that send them across the globe in pursuit of the truth. The wrappers are off, the gloves are off, and one thing's for certain: the only thing sweeter than candy is revenge. Jimmy Palmiotti and Dave Johnson deliver another irresistible helping of razor-sharp satire, explosive action, and enough candy-coated chaos to satisfy even the sweetest tooth in this can't-miss second issue!

Trapped inside a ghoulish recreation of her hometown, Jules and the rest of the prisoners are hunted by Hammer Head -- the same monster who’s haunted Jules’s nightmares for the past twenty years. As they try to stay one step ahead of Hammer Head and unravel the sick secret behind the murderous game of hide-and-seek they’ve been thrust into, it becomes clear: to survive, they may have to sacrifice the one person Hammer Head wants most: Jules.

The arrival of the magical book finally sends Zeek on his very first adventure; to find the rightful owner of this mysterious book. After a long conversation, it is decided that he should go into town where an old friend of the Abbott, the owner of the apothecary, might know the whereabouts of an old Wizard who supposedly used to live nearby. All the while, on the other side of the galaxy, other sinister forces are at play. An ancient creature has been looking for that book for a very long time. Now that it has resurfaced, the creature known as Mollock is back on the hunt for it!

The survivors finally arrive at Buckley Ranch, where William Buckley's final wishes are revealed... And with them, the horrifying truth behind the fortune that has left so many dead. As old sins ignite into an inferno of vengeance, greed, and supernatural terror, June must confront the dark covenant that binds her family to the land itself. Some inheritances are worth killing for. Others should have remained buried forever.

Blood War Part 1 - With Ed and Uriel’s lives at stake, the Order, led by Quartermaster Rosetta Oje, presents themselves before the Coven of Wright with as much strength as they can muster. With them, some of their most experienced doctors and the coven’s imprisoned queen, Jezebel Wright, as a bargaining chip. Will Damien’s gamble to bring the professor save them from walking into a trap? Or is mass bloodshed truly inevitable?

When the president's black sheep son is caught on a bender in Malibu, he's sent off to Area 51 to work in the warehouse as discipline. It doesn't take long for him and his coworkers to mess up. When they do they mess up big—and all the secrets, horrors and wonders housed at the black site are now leaking into the world and wrecking havoc. Their task: to put the genies back in the bottle and bury the stories, and to do so they'll have to contend with aliens, superheroes, and all manners of experimental weaponry.

EXIT CITY: VITRUVIAN launches a chilling new case for detectives McCormick and Miller—one that cuts straight to the soul of creativity in a city where technology has no limits. A NEW STORY ARC IN THE UNDERWORLD UNIVERSE BEGINS HERE. Detectives McCormick and Miller return in EXIT CITY: VITRUVIAN, a chilling new case set in the lawless techno-metropolis of Exit City. When a celebrated artist is found murdered—his brainstem surgically removed—the investigation exposes a disturbing pattern: artists across the city are being stalked by an enigmatic figure known only as Vitruvian. As bodies mount and the trail leads through Exit City’s avant-garde art enclaves and underground street-art scene, McCormick and Miller uncover a horrifying truth—Vitruvian is not human, but an artificial intelligence harvesting artists in a desperate attempt to create “true” art. And when the machine sets its sights on McCormick’s unique mind, the case becomes a race to stop creativity itself from being consumed. A brutal sci-fi noir murder mystery, EXIT CITY: VITRUVIAN expands the Underworld Universe with a razor-sharp exploration of art, authorship, and the dark cost of unchecked technology.

Don't bury the lede. Bury your enemies. Kirby Kuo might be late to her true purpose in life—but no one would call the 30-something journalist intern out of time. After all, it's Kirby who uncovers a conspiracy surrounding Cole Saxon, a billionaire tech industrialist who, it turns out, is also really good at treason. But when a shocking act of violence brings vengeance to Kirby's door, it'll be up to this budding writer, her agoraphobic roommate, Lennox, and the staff of the defunct magazine RIOT! to bring truth to light... and the powerful to justice.

One on a quest for vengeance, the other on a quest for love! Their destinies intertwine in Fantasy—a graphic novel with two perspectives, and two stories. For Alma, it's the big day: Chosen by the kingdom for the ritual of the bleeding of the gods, the crown princess will journey to the lands of the gods to slay one, and thus avenge an affront to humanity 500 years old. For Yourcenar, it's the big day: The Oracle finally predicted that she will encounter her beloved. But the young giantess soon realizes that her beloved is human...and thus begins a wait that will last one thousand years. What happens when these two worlds collide? Read Fantasy and find out—with each perspective starting on opposite sides of the book and meeting in the middle!

One on a quest for vengeance, the other on a quest for love! Their destinies intertwine in Fantasy—a graphic novel with two perspectives, and two stories. For Alma, it's the big day: Chosen by the kingdom for the ritual of the bleeding of the gods, the crown princess will journey to the lands of the gods to slay one, and thus avenge an affront to humanity 500 years old. For Yourcenar, it's the big day: The Oracle finally predicted that she will encounter her beloved. But the young giantess soon realizes that her beloved is human...and thus begins a wait that will last one thousand years. What happens when these two worlds collide? Read Fantasy and find out—with each perspective starting on opposite sides of the book and meeting in the middle!

Escalating tensions between Flash and Ming threaten to bring about a full scale planetary war--and only Ming's estranged son-in-law Prince Barin can avert it. This latest Classic Collection reprints all of Austin Briggs Daily strips from 1940 to Sept 1942, the period considered to be his most artistic peak, restored from the original tearsheets. Briggs was a master at clean and consistent brush work in his line art that rivaled any daily strip artists of the time. He had a solid grasp of the characters and the science fiction/fantasy atmosphere that Alex Raymond first created. This beautiful hardcover format does justice to the amazing artist's body of work on Flash Gordon.

Picking up with characters and storylines from the original series, the Defenders stage a multi-world hunt for the missing Dale Arden, The Phantom fights for his spot in the family legacy, and the younger generation--Rick, LJ, Jedda, and Kshin--take up their mentors' roles as both Earth and Mongo fracture in political chaos! All twelve issues written by Dan DiDio and drawn by celebrated artists J. Calafiore, Alex Sanchez, and more are collected here in a gorgeous, oversized collection.

In a world where Flash Gordon never flew to space to stop him, Ming the Merciless rules over a conquered and devastated Earth. There, a nameless laborer looks to the sky and dreams of the hero he might have been. On Mongo, the Emperor’s tormented bride, Dale Arden, cannot shake the memory of a man she saw briefly on an airplane years ago, and thoughts of what might have been. Who was he? And why does it feel like they were meant to have met? Acclaimed cartoonist Scott Chantler presents a two-part Flash Gordon epic that pays tribute to Alex Raymond’s 1930s sci-fi/fantasy adventure classic, while also providing a thoughtful and thrilling reinvention.

In a world where Flash Gordon never flew to space to stop him, Ming the Merciless rules over a conquered and devastated Earth. There, a nameless laborer looks to the sky and dreams of the hero he might have been. On Mongo, the Emperor’s tormented bride, Dale Arden, cannot shake the memory of a man she saw briefly on an airplane years ago, and thoughts of what might have been. Who was he? And why does it feel like they were meant to have met? Acclaimed cartoonist Scott Chantler presents a two-part Flash Gordon epic that pays tribute to Alex Raymond’s 1930s sci-fi/fantasy adventure classic, while also providing a thoughtful and thrilling reinvention.

A mysterious mecha appears in the desert, prompting the Science Ninja Team to investigate—but it’s a decoy, hiding a much larger threat: a coordinated swarm of killer whale mechas attacking ISO facilities worldwid! As the G-Team scrambles to stop the attacks, a group of former trainees—Mara, Jace, Keiko, Haruto, and Marcus—undergo a ruthless transformation into Galactor’s new elite force, the Blackbirds. The war with Galactor is only just beginning.

A mysterious signal in Antarctica introduces the Phantom Ascendency—three eerily brilliant scientists whose miracle technology promises unlimited energy, peace, and a better world. As towering Spires rise across the globe, humanity celebrates... but the Science Ninja Team begins to see the cracks beneath the shine. When the truth is revealed, the Spires aren't salvation—they're a weapon designed to control the planet itself. With the world watching and history on the brink, the Science Ninja Team must risk everything to stop a perfect future from becoming humanity's final mistake.

Chloe and Jan come into an unexpected inheritance, and it couldn't come at a better time for Chloe. Desperate for cash, she advertises her late uncle's possessions online—in particular a strange little box—and gets a very motivated buyer. But when the deal goes south, Chloe's arrested for murder and Jan disappears. Superstars Mike Carey and Pablo Raimondi deliver a bold supernatural thriller with an all new 10 page epilogue made exclusively for this special Mad Cave edition!