If you’re ready for something big and different in your comic book collecting world, you should be checking out Dark Horse Comics in July!
Many years ago, Dark Horse Comics had their own superhero universe called “Comics Greatest World” and that series featured many fan favorite superheroes such as Titan, Amazing Grace, and the Agents of Change. Now, Dark Horse is bringing back that superhero universe with Catalyst Comix #1, written by Joe Casey and drawn by several fan-favorite alternative and independent artists, and anyone who knows the work of Joe Casey knows that Casey is not one to just do something by the book. He will take a concept and turn it upside down, inside out, and give you something so unique and surreal that you won’t believe what you’re reading it and you won’t believe how much you love it!
Are you a fan of vampires? If you are, then you want to check out Blood Brothers #1 that sees two “BFF” vampires on the brink of breaking up. The problem is that humanity is now being threatened by an apocalypse-obsessed villain that wants to end the world. If you want to know more about Nick and Tree before the world ends, then you should check out this new series from Dark Horse Comics
Another classic superhero that is returning to the to the limelight is Captain Midnight with his new series starting in July. This is a new title in Dark Horse Comics new superhero initiative and we follow the adventures of Captain Midnight as he is transported from the 1940s to present day and doesn’t know who or what he can trust in this present world. Thanks to the Bermuda Triangle, he’s no longer seen as a superhero but as a security risk in the year 2013!
Ever since Hellboy from Mike Mignola was created and released into the comic book industry people cannot get enough of Hellboy nor his universe. July will be no exception as we see the release of Lobster Johnson: A Scent of Lotus #1 hit the shelves in July. This new mini series will see Lobster Johnson on the trail of the Crimson Lotus…an agent that The Tongue are afraid to kill! This new Lobster Johnson series also has ties to the previously released BPRD: Plague of Frogs series, so be sure that you get the full story when it is released in July!
This is just a drop in the bucket of the new stuff that will be released from Dark Horse Comics in July. All of your favorite series of Star Wars and more will still continue to hit the shelves and be available at the comic shop. Be sure and check out the full list of solicitations here and add these new series to your pull list!
Blood Brothers #1 by Dark Horse Comics
BLOOD BROTHERS #1 (of 3)
Mike Gagerman (W), Andrew Waller (W), Evan Shaner (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Juan Doe (Cover)
Nick and Tree have smoked opium with Genghis Khan, had orgies in Michelangelo’s studio, and even fronted a death metal band. But after a century of friendship, these inseparable vampire buddies are on the verge of splitting up. Terrible timing, as an apocalypse-obsessed villain is plotting an end to humanity.
Best friends … forever.
• Covers by Juan Doe (Legion of Monsters, Iron Man Legacy)!
• Interiors by Evan Shaner (Buddy Cops, Eerie, Green Hornet Year One)!
Captain Midnight #1 Dark Horse Comics
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1
Joshua Williamson (W), Fernando Dagnino (A), Ego (C), Felipe Massafera (Cover), and Paolo Rivera (Variant cover)
On the run from the US government after fleeing custody, Captain Midnight has been labeled a security risk. In the forties, he was an American hero, a daredevil fighter pilot, a technological genius . . . a superhero. But since he rifled out of the Bermuda Triangle into the present day, Captain Midnight doesn’t know what or who to trust!
• A key title in Dark Horse’s new superhero initiative!
• Written by Joshua Williamson (Masks and Mobsters, Voodoo, Uncharted) with art by Fernando Dagnino (Resurrection Man, Suicide Squad)!
• Featured on Free Comic Book Day!
Catalyst Comix #1 Dark Horse Comics
CATALYST COMIX #1 (of 9)
Joe Casey (W), Dan McDaid (A), Ulises Farinas (A), Paul Maybury (A), Brad Simpson (C), and Rafael Grampá (Cover)
Straight from the glory of Comics’ Greatest World, Frank “Titan” Wells, Amazing Grace and the Agents of Change are back, baby! But you’ve never seen them like this! Superhero comics get a back-alley facelift as these very different champions confront cosmic threats and personal demons—and it all starts at the end of the world as we know it!
