Idw Publishing October 2026 Solicitations

The power of the King of the Monsters…the rage of a scorned teenager…can anyone stop Energy Godzilla? Godzilla has returned to New York City! One might think that Jacen’s influence might stop Godzilla’s rampage…but it seems his rage has only fueled the king of the kaiju. Can Nuki and Rumi get to the heart of the problem before Jacen has real blood on his hands? What is Jacen’s end goal in this new wave of destruction? Meanwhile…Lament and Onishi grow closer and closer to their goal…Destoroyah.

The AAL Football Championship is days away—and quarterback Max Dupree is cracking under the weight of it. The pressure to win, the whispers from the sidelines, the sense that something bigger than just the game is at stake…it’s starting to cost him more than his focus. Across town, St. Augustine Tribune reporter Rita is chasing a lead no one else will touch—a string of suicides with a chilling connection to the AAL. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes: This isn’t coincidence. It’s a pattern. And each and every one of the deceased died smiling… As Max spirals and Rita closes in, the truth behind the city’s gambling underworld threatens to surface. And it could cost them both everything. The clock is ticking. The game is fixed. And someone is going to lose far more than the championship in issue #2 of Any Given Smile, based on the critically acclaimed film franchise.

Enter THE CITY THAT NEVER DIES! It’s time for Shredder to test the mettle of his new army, so he throws them into the onslaught of the undead in an assessment mission only he could devise. But, as with everything the Shredder does, there’s more to his plan than first meets the eye…

As everyone’s favorite things go missing, all eyes are on the chaos-loving Kuromi™- but Hello Kitty® has a hunch. Analyzing the photos she has taken throughout this very series, Hello Kitty pieces together that Kuromi couldn’t be at fault, making her into a fast ally. When another iconic accessory disappears, Hello Kitty, My Melody™, and Kuromi set a trap to figure out once and for all who is behind this. However, their scheme just might put the world’s most famous bow on the line. Join comics legend and multiple Eisner Award–winning author Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Detective Comics) and rising artist Cody Lemieux for the groundbreaking comics launch of the world’s sweetheart!

Series finale! The Nazis have unleashed their top-secret superweapon on the French Resistance! Betty and her new friend in MI6 are on board the aircraft carrying the weapon, but their efforts may not be enough to save the day. Can the Rocketeer get to them in time to save his girlfriend and all of France?! Gabriel Hardman and Dean Kotz present the gripping finale you’ve been waiting for!

The town of Vail is in chaos—residents and Blood Mountain tourists fear for their safety after a threat is leveled against leading actress Summer Stephens, in town for the tenth anniversary celebration. While Mounties concoct conspiracies, blow past police barriers, and flee far away, superfan Taylor finds herself questioning her loyalties to the fandom…but unable to leave Vail just yet. She hasn’t seen all her favorite filming locations yet: the trails where Lucy and Cain fell in love, the famous Fang Cafe, or the vampires’ den. So, armed with determination and rose-colored glasses, Taylor trudges forward. After all, being in Vail, her happy place, with a potential killer, is better than being at home. But the fictional vampires of her dreams may be less dangerous than the angry fans and disgruntled movie stars lurking around every corner, all with a bloody vendetta to wage.

The Wanderer is held captive by G-Force! Far, far away from his home in the Deadzone, the Wanderer is a captive in New York City! As he’s poked and prodded by a team of scientists, he’ll fill in the gaps of his mysterious past…and learn of the government’s true plans for the future of the Deadzone. Join Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Pablo Tunica as they return to the Deadzone in this five-issue miniseries!

Something odd is happening in the Twilight Zone. In the middle ground between light and shadow, there is now…color?! This volume of The Twilight Zone (#11–16) will feature one color per issue! Enjoy your terrifying black and white with a flourish of pigment. This issue: Writer Mark Russell (Superman: Space Age, The Flintstones) and artistic powerhouse Victor Alpi lead you into the Twilight Zone, where scientists Roger and Tina strive to understand an alien vegetation that landed on Earth. But as the vegetation grows to cover the Earth and threaten humanity, their research will take on a dire importance. Tell us, dear reader—what would you sacrifice to save humanity? And when would you need to save only yourself?

Godzilla’s terrifying rampage continues! Tokyo, 1954. Godzilla’s first rampage continues in terrifying detail. But something about this first attack has been kept secret all these years…a horrific mutation that Godzilla’s kai-sei energy caused in its first victims…who will evolve into monsters in their own right…

The Turtles’ beachside adventure continues in this issue! Sharks can sense a drop of blood in the water, and if the mutant shark Armaggon has his way, the Jersey Shore will run red! He doesn’t just have it out for the Turtles—he wants to sink his teeth into the Big Apple itself. He’s got a scheme for revenge and it’s gonna make a splash!

How much more devastation can a blue hedgehog handle? Explosions! Freefalls! Rampant property destruction! The city is under a nonstop barrage of kaiju carnage, with Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and Tails seeing no signs of relief…especially with the biggest, baddest monster now in Sonic’s World— All right. Enough about the problems of those meddling simpletons! Let’s talk about me, Dr. Eggman. This is a grim entry in my files, as the odious Shadow the Hedgehog has entered my vicinity, pulling me away from vital field research. However, I may have an unexpected opportunity. As Operation Dark Future nears completion, an ultimate source of energy has sought me out, and I must admit that the timing is pure perfection.

The undead take over New York! As the veil between worlds fully collapses and droves of undead Foot Clan, Purple Dragons, and others try to take the city from the living. The Turtles must split up to have any hope of stopping the onslaught. Meanwhile, Baxter Stockman makes a dangerous new ally, and Shinigami must decide where her true allegiance lies.

Revisit the vampire tale that kick-started a modern horror comics revival in this fourth collected deluxe edition that features three graphic novels. A town plunged into darkness, a group of vampires hungry for blood, and only a husband-and-wife sheriff’s team to stop them. This premise set the stage for an iconic horror franchise that went on to become a feature-length film from Sony Pictures in 2007. Book four collects 30 Days ’Til Death, Night Again, and the 2018 30 Days of Night series! The horrible events of Barrow have rippled throughout the world. In 30 Days ’Til Death by David Lapham, a war has started in the secret society of vampires. A death squad of elders has come to America to “thin the herd” of the troublesome new breed. Fleeing the site of a secondary vampire infestation in the cold wilds of Alaska, a band of survivors arrive at a climate-change facility during the final days of a long period of extended daylight. The inhabitants of the research compound are trying to determine the nature of a strange object found in the ice when the survivors arrive, leading to a frightening and bloody confrontation between humans and vampires in Night Again by Joe R. Lansdale and Sam Kieth. As the sun sets over an isolated Alaskan township—not to rise again for a month—a new evil emerges from the shadows to terrorize the town. But after a series of strange events and horrific killings, the question becomes…What lurks in the shadows? 30 Days of Night is reborn in an all-new reimagining of the series designed to titillate the mind and horrify the senses by co-creator Steve Niles and Piotr Kowalski.

Legendary writer Scott Snyder presents a thrilling crime/horror series exploring our deepest fears of the unknown. This collection includes all four graphic novels in one book for the first time! Dark Spaces Casebook collects Wildfire and Dungeon by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman, Good Deeds by Che Grayson and Kelsey Ramsay, and The Hollywood Special by Jeremy Lambert and Claire Roe. In Wildfire , a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program are risking everything on the frontlines when their newest recruit—a white-collar convict with a deep network of shady dealers—discovers they’re mere miles from her crooked former associate’s abandoned mansion. When she proposes a plan to abandon their duties and hunt for riches under cover of smoke and ash, the team must decide if they’re ready to jeopardize their one sure path back to normalcy for a shot at a score that would truly change their lives…but is this a flicker of fortune, or a deadly trap? In Good Deeds , teenager Cheyenne Rite and her mother, Rebecca, move to St. Augustine, Florida. There, they cross paths with Jean McKnight, a disgraced big-city journalist determined to pay her dues and rebuild her career, starting with a fluff piece on the town’s upcoming 450th anniversary celebration. When the quaint community’s festivities give way to bloodshed and Cheyenne is the sole witness, Jean begins an investigation and the women find themselves at the heart of a supernatural conspiracy linked to St. Augustine’s colonial past. Together, they vow to expose the town’s historical sins, but the deeper Jean digs, the less clear everything becomes. Who is Cheyenne Rite, and when does a quest for truth become a thirst for vengeance? In The Hollywood Special , it’s 1942 and a train is touring the U.S. supporting the war effort. On board is fading star Vivian Drake. When the Special pulls into the coal-mining town of Minersville, Pennsylvania, amid the collapse of a mine, Vivian finds herself facing every failure and bad memory she’s bottled up in the form of what the miners found in the dark—the thing they call the Mismatch Man, who feeds on pain and regret. And Vivian’s got both in spades. In Dungeon , Tyler Letts moved his family from the rustle and bustle of the Big Apple to upstate New York. However, his dream of a quiet rural life is interrupted when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land, filled with torture devices, weapons, and a threatening message on the wall that reads “Tell anyone and you and yours are next.” FBI agent Bohdi Madoc is called in to investigate. Decades ago, he was trapped in one of these dungeons. Now, he’ll have to drudge up his past and work alongside Tyler to find out who the dungeon master is. Perfect for fans of thrillers, horror, and crime, these four graphic novels will take you into the dark spaces of the unknown!

Brand-new Godzilla design! Brand-new talking monsters! Brand-new kaiju-powered humans! Brand-new world! A new Godzilla comics universe begins here—collected here in a compact black-and-white format! In 1954, experimentation with a mysterious energy source known as kai-sei awakened Godzilla and a host of immortal kaiju. In the years that followed, humanity has been pummeled by near-constant monster attacks. While Japan has begun to treat the kaiju like natural disasters—understanding that their attempts to fight Godzilla only make the threat worse—the American G-Force is going to fight, fight, fight. And the Americans have just discovered the ultimate tool in the fight against kaiju: a young boy named Jacen with the power of Godzilla. Able to harness the mysterious kai-sei in the same vein as the King of the Monsters, this boy will either save the world…or bring about its doom. Join Tim Seeley (Grayson, Hack/Slash, Local Man) , and Nikola Čižmešija (Sword of Azrael, Batman and Robin) on the ride of a lifetime! Collects issues #1–6 of the brand-new ongoing series—and concludes with the most shocking twist Godzilla fans have ever seen. This volume is the entry point to the new Godzilla connected comic book universe shared with Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone and Starship: Godzilla!

Read every single Godzilla comic series by IDW! Volume 7 includes Rage Across Time, Godzilla Rivals, and Here There Be Dragons . The Godzilla Library Collection is a comprehensive line of books that will collect every Godzilla comic series by IDW! Move over, dinosaurs…monsters used to rule the planet! Travel to different time periods to examine the origin of myths that fueled nightmares in Rage Across Time! Visit feudal Japan, ancient Greece, medieval England, classic Rome, and the Cretaceous in these stories by Ulises Fariñas, Erick Freitas, Chris Mowry, Ryan Ferrier, Matt Frank, Tadd Galusha, Jeff Zornow, and more! In Godzilla: Rivals , Godzilla faces off with Hedorah, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Battra! Across the grimy street of New York City, in the deep waters of Japan, and over the crimson sands of Mars, Godzilla defends its reign, facing each fearsome adversary one-on-one. These stories provide an all-out, knockdown kaiju brawl of epic proportions by Paul Allor, E.J. Su, Mary Kenney, SL Gallant, Adam Gorham, Rosie Knight, and Oliver Ono. Then, in Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons , a ship of seafaring navigators in the 16th century runs afoul of a lost world where there is only one king, the King of the Monsters! “Here there be dragons” was written on maps to denote areas people dared not go, but as Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe, he finds that monsters do lurk yonder, living on an island that still doesn’t appear on any map. By Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda.

Journey into the Deadzone! A wasteland filled with human/monster hybrids, strange cults, and more kaiju than you’ve ever imagined—all set in the world of the all-new Godzilla Kai-Sei Era. Collected here in a compact black-and-white format! Inside the new IDW Godzilla universe, there exists a mystery larger than any other…what is the Deadzone? Inhabitants of this new world know the Deadzone to be a walled-off portion of the Pacific Northwest, cordoned off after the most disastrous Godzilla attack the country has ever faced. The government would have its citizens believe that nothing is still alive inside the Deadzone…but do you believe that? There are stories of a man…or rather, a half kaiju, half man…who travels freely throughout the Deadzone. Some say he can even kill a kaiju. Some say…this “wanderer” is not the only of his kind. Follow the Wanderer as he encounters the strangest characters to hit comics in a decade: Glasseater and Runt! Two kaiju-controlling kids who are being hunted for their strange abilities. Together, these three will run afoul of Godzilla-worshipping churches, the world’s biggest Godzilla fan (literally!), and an underground kaiju fight ring. Journey into this mysterious new world with writers Griffin Sheridan and Ethan S. Parker (Kill Your Darlings) and artist Pablo Tunica (Godzilla/Ghostbusters 2, Sea Serpent’s Heir) . Part of the new Godzilla connected comic book universe with Godzilla: End of the Reign [Kai-Sei Era] and Starship: Godzilla!

Travel through history with Godzilla in this trilogy of graphic novels full of action, adventure, and intrigue! From the 1500s to the 1950s, Godzilla battles from the age of discovery to the age of UFOs! This omnibus collects the complete trilogy of Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II—Sons of Giants, and Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens by writer Frank Tieri and artists Inaki Miranda and Angel Hernandez for the first time. Before humanity had successfully traveled the entire globe, it was believed that monsters ruled the oceans just beyond the horizon. “Here there be dragons…” was written on maps to denote the areas people dared not go. That is, until Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the seas, visiting foreign lands and collecting treasure. That’s what history tells us, at least, but history does not have the full tale. Monsters did lurk yonder, living on an island that still doesn’t appear on any map, and among them was the king of them all…Godzilla! Then, in the sequel, discover the shadowy society that controls the secrets of the kaiju, from ancient Rome to colonial America and beyond. Who are the members of this Illuminati-esque cult, known only as the Sons of Giants, and what is their mission? More importantly, how have they been pulling the strings of every major kaiju encounter since the dawn of time? In the finale, it’s the middle of the 20th century, and Americans everywhere are terrified of the strange lights hovering above them in the night sky…and they should be. These UFOs are actually the Xilien invasion force! Revealed to have already been on Earth during the events of Sons of Giants , the Xiliens have been attempting to destabilize the planet with the help of kaiju from outer space. With the aliens’ claws deep inside the U.S. government, will our rogue operatives manage to band together to save humanity? Read all three graphic novels in one collection for the first time!

The blood-stained truth can’t be hidden… Hiromu Morinaga has lived through the unthinkable and it changed him forever. Ever since witnessing his parents’ brutal murder, he’s been cursed with a chilling gift: he can see the faces of victims etched onto the backs of their killers. But nothing prepares him for Yuzuka Kohaku. The moment she steps into his classroom, he sees it a mass of tormented souls clinging to her, more than he’s ever witnessed before. Who is she? What has she done? And if she really is an unstoppable killer… why has she chosen this school? Experience the complete collection of this haunting, edge-of-your-seat thriller—where every face tells a story, and every secret cuts deeper than the last.

POWER UNLEASHED. TRUST SHATTERED. DESTINY REWRITTEN. After Jabari and Fayne’s explosive showdown, a new force takes center stage—Liam. His powers are bigger, darker, and more dangerous than anyone imagined. But as he fights to protect the team, buried secrets begin to surface… and nothing holds. Jabari spirals under Liam’s influence, while Sep, Ali, and Han uncover a conspiracy that rewrites everything they thought they knew about the Leakers. Detained and alone, Liam is forced to confront his past—from his recruitment and the brutal origins of the Hound program to the tragedy that forged the Knight of EDYN. Now the truth is out. The lines are drawn. And destiny? It’s about to break.

It’s the coolest ninja matchup you could have ever dreamed of! The Heroes in a Half-Shell meet the host of the Nine-Tailed Fox in this graphic novel crossover! When teenage reporter April O’Neil has a clandestine meeting with Tsunade, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village, it garners the attention of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi. They aren’t the only ones who are wondering what the two women were discussing, though. The sinister Foot Clan have their own interest in April’s visit, as they think she might hold the valuable information on mutation research being conducted by the scientist Baxter Stockman. With April caught between the forces of the Hidden Leaf Village and the Foot Clan, it can’t be long before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show up to lend her a hand! Writer Caleb Goellner and artist Hendry Prasetya bring together two of the most iconic ninja teams ever assembled in a crossover event generations in the making. Collects issues #1-4 now presented in a brand-new black-and-white manga style in a convenient, compact size.

FDR had radio. JFK had television. Donald Trump transformed social media into a political megaphone. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Shannon Wheeler turns some of the most unforgettable presidential posts of the digital age into sharp, hilarious cartoons. Drawn from the messages, controversies, and viral moments that dominated headlines and timelines alike, these illustrations capture a pivotal chapter in modern American politics and media culture. Part satire, part historical snapshot, Sh*t My President Says chronicles the rise of politics in the age of instant communication, where a single post could spark news cycles, move markets, and ignite global debate. Wheeler's trademark blend of wit, absurdity, and keen observation transforms these real-world messages into a comedic portrait of one of the most consequential and polarizing public figures of the 21st century. Whether you're a political junkie, a student of media culture, or simply fascinated by the way social platforms reshaped public discourse, this collection offers a humorous and revealing look back at the posts that helped define an era. Nominated for the 2018 Ringo Award for Best Humor Comic.

Explore the final frontier in these three graphic novels set in the world of the original series. Join Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew in this pocket-sized (6 x 9) edition! Fans of Star Trek will revel in The City on the Edge of Forever and Assignment: Earth , stories that tie in directly with the TV. series, while the third story centers on the fan-favorite Klingons! The City on the Edge of Forever presents an unrevised version of the episode of the same name penned by writer Harlan Ellison, as he originally intended it, with painted art by JK Woodward! The 1968 TV episode “Assignment: Earth” was the season 2 finale for the original Star Trek series and was intended by Gene Roddenberry as the pilot for a spin-off series that never came to pass. Now, John Byrne delivers the series decades after it would have debuted, recounting the adventures of interstellar agent Gary Seven and his Earth-born assistant as they covertly confront threats to the past so that they can save Star Trek ’s future. In Klingons: Blood Will Tell , dive deep into some of the most famous encounters between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire—from the Klingon perspective! By Scott Tipton, David Tipton, and David Messina. IDW Classic Collections give readers the best stories from IDW’s archives, all collected into portable 6 x 9 editions!

Join a crew of cosmic misfits as they soar through the stars in Mechagodzilla in this series that ties in with the all-new Kai-Sei Era of Godzilla comics in a black-and-white edition! You didn’t think kaiju were only on Earth, did you? In the fight for galactic supremacy, no weapon is more powerful than a kaiju…and no team is better equipped to capture and transport these titanic monsters than the crew of Starship Godzilla! This ragtag group flies through space in Mechagodzilla and takes high-risk, high-reward missions across the galaxy. A kaiju heading toward your planet? Give them a call. A colossal space pest clogging up your trade route? They’ll get rid of it. A galactic civil war utilizing kaiju on both sides? They’ll…uh…do their best to stay out of it. But where there’s a galactic war, there’s a galactic conspiracy, and our crew members may not all land on the same side of this fight. A brand-new kaiju space epic starts here in Starship Godzilla from Chris Gooch (In Utero, Under-Earth) and Oliver Ono (Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp)! Part of the new Godzilla connected comic book universe with Godzilla: End of the Reign (Kai-Sei Era) and Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone!