New Comics for Wednesday, August 19, 2026
/New Comics for Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A Very Busy Weekend… and Then Wednesday Happens
It is shaping up to be a very fun-packed weekend around here. We've got drawing, beer, giant mutant lizards, live music, poetry, prose, visual art, and a whole lot of good people doing interesting things in and around Dearborn.
And then, just when you think you've had enough excitement for one week, Wednesday rolls around and the new comics hit the shelves at Green Brain Comics.
And this week? We've got some seriously fun stuff coming.
But first, let's get through the weekend.
TONIGHT: East Dearborn Drink & Draw
Tonight is the August edition of East Dearborn's Drink & Draw at Downey Brewing Company!
We're co-sponsoring the evening with our pals at Blick Art Materials, bringing together drawing, beer, and good company in one of East Dearborn's coolest hangouts.
No pressure. No art degree required. Just come draw.
More info & event details
Facebook event
SATURDAY: Giant Lizards. Outside. For Free.
Saturday night, our pals at the Senate Theater are taking things outdoors for a FREE screening of The Giant Gila Monster (1959).
Because apparently the only thing better than a giant monster movie is a giant monster movie outside on a summer night.
The screening starts at 8:45 PM on Saturday, August 15.
MONDAY: Brain Candy #81
Monday night brings another edition of Brain Candy, our monthly celebration of emerging writers, musicians, poets, and visual artists.
Brain Candy #81 — Monday, August 17 at 7 PM
Poetry: Esperanza Cintron
Music: Willy FoTang
Prose: Zach Weedon
Visual Art: Laena Faye Bradley
Host: Aubri Adkins
Brain Candy #81 event details
Facebook event
BRAINSCAN
Every Tuesday at 6:30 PM, BrainScan is your first look at the new comics hitting the shelves the following morning. We flip through the week's stack, talk about the books that caught our attention, and generally try to make sense of the beautiful chaos that is New Comic Day. It's a preview, a recommendation engine, and occasionally a support group for people who have absolutely no business adding another comic to their pull list.
BrainScan airs Tuesday nights at 6:30 PM.
LAST CALL
Friday afternoons at 5 PM, Last Call takes a look at the comics approaching their Final Order Cutoff. We focus on #1s, one-shots, new story arcs, and fresh jumping-on points — the books worth getting on your radar before the preorder window closes.
If something catches your eye, you've got until Sunday at midnight to lock it in.
Last Call drops Friday at 5 PM.
SPOTLIGHT BOOKS
And now, a few of the books we're especially excited to see hit the shelves this Wednesday.
BUG WARS: THE COMING OF THE WARDOOM #1
Jason Aaron • Mahmud Asrar • Matthew Wilson
The backyard war is back — and it's bigger, bloodier, and weirder. Roach knights, squirrel armies, ancient enemies, corporate exterminators and a whole lot of insect mayhem collide in the new eight-issue miniseries from Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar.
If you liked the first BUG WARS, welcome back to the Yard.
THE LAST DRIVER #1
Sean Gordon Murphy • Simon Gough
In a future where automated transportation has made driving illegal, one outlaw has to get behind the wheel again to save his granddaughter.
Sean Gordon Murphy writing and drawing a dystopian, gearhead-fueled road story? Yeah, we're interested.
LAZARUS ORDER #1
Sloane M. Siegel • Juan Doe
Medieval plague doctors with supernatural powers battle vampires, werewolves, undead creatures and Rattusvir — aka rat-man disease.
The catch? Their powers consume them every time they use them.
Plague doctors + dark fantasy + monsters + a mysterious ancient sickness = we're in.
NEW TITANS #38
Tate Brombal • Sami Basri • Taurin Clarke
STATIC IS BACK!
Static joins the New Titans just in time for the team's first major mission — a trip to the Amazon.
Dakota City's favorite electric hero is back in the mix, and we're very curious to see what he does to the Titans' chemistry.
SPIDER-MAN/HULK: FIRE AND BRIMSTONE #1
Kevin Smith • Andy McElfresh • R.B. Silva
Spider-Man. Hulk. An exorcism.
Bruce Banner needs his demons removed, apparently.
Kevin Smith and Andy McElfresh team up with R.B. Silva for a supernatural Spider-Man/Hulk adventure promising big action, big laughs, and presumably at least one very confused Hulk.
We're sold.
AND NOW… THE NEW LIST
Those are just a few of the books we're looking forward to this week. There are a whole lot more making their way onto the shelves Wednesday, August 19.
New comics. New manga. New graphic novels. New stories.
Let's see what's new.
KIDS COMICS & STORYBOOKS
ALADDIN #2 4.99
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: ALL HAIL THE PUMPKIN KING ISSUE #2 4.99
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS: FOR THE FANS! LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK 12.99
FANTASY / ADVENTURE
ADVENTURE TIME (2025) #16 4.99
ALTERED STATES WARLORDS #3 4.99
BUG WARS THE COMING OF THE WARDOOM #1 (OF 8) 4.99
CRITICAL ROLE: THE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 29.99
HORNSBY & HALO #15 3.99
KAYA #36 3.99
LUCKY DEVILS #9 3.99
SOLOMON KANE THE LION ERRANT #2 (OF 4) 4.99
SCIFI / ADVENTURE
ALIEN: KING KILLER #5 4.99
ARCADIA #7 4.99
ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS TP VOL 02 16.99
DARKNESS #7 3.99
DESTINATION KILL #4 5.99
IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #4 3.99
KILLSWITCH #4 (OF 4) 4.99
LAST DRIVER #1 (OF 5) 3.99
LAST STARFIGHTER #2 4.99
M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #3 3.99
MISTER NEMO #2 4.99
OLYMPUS SAGA MEGALITH #3 (OF 3) 5.99
RESIDENT ALIEN VOLUME 9: THE BOOK OF CHANGES 19.99
SKATE ALI #3 4.99
STAR TREK: THE LAST STARSHIP #10 4.99
STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE - ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #5 4.99
CRIME / ESPIONAGE
AMERICAN CAPER #10 4.99
CALEXIT SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD #2 (OF 3) (MR) 4.99
DISPATCHED #2 4.99
END OF LIFE #7 3.99
EVERYONE LOVES A JEWEL THIEF #4 4.99
KILLER INFLUENCES #2 4.99
VOYEUR TP 19.99
WITNESS POINT #2 4.99
HORROR / SUSPENSE
DEAD ACRE #2 3.99
EXQUISITE CORPSES TP VOL 03 (MR) 16.99
LAST DAY OF H.P. LOVECRAFT TP 19.99
LAZARUS ORDER #1 (OF 8) 4.99
ONLY THE SAVAGE ARE LEFT #3 4.99
SLEEPY HOLLOW: THE WITCHES OF THE WESTERN WOOD #4 4.99
SOMETHING EPIC #14 3.99
THING ON THE DOORSTEP TP 16.99
VAMPYRATES! #2 4.99
WALKING DEAD DELUXE #143 3.99
SUPER / ACTION
EC SHELLSHOCK #1 8.99
GI JOE #25 4.99
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE BATTLE BEAST #12 3.99
JUNK PUNCH #3 (OF 5) (MR) 4.99
JUPITER'S LEGACY OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 29.99
LADY MECHANIKA THE MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #4 (OF 4) 3.99
MUMM RA THE EVER LIVING #5 4.99
PHANTOM VS THE SINGH BROTHERHOOD (ONE-SHOT) 6.99
POWERS 25 #12 4.99
REDCOAT #19 3.99
GUNSLINGER SPAWN #57 3.99
TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS # 3 (OF 5) 5.99
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #21 4.99
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER #11 4.99
ZORRO'S LEGACY #2 4.99
DC UNIVERSE
ABSOLUTE FLASH #18 4.99
ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #4 (OF 6) 4.99
BATGIRL #22 3.99
BATMAN & SON TP (DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION) 9.99
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #54 3.99
BATWOMAN #6 3.99
CATWOMAN #90 3.99
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL II #2 (OF 12) 4.99
DC FINEST EVENTS CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TP PART 02 39.99
DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #6 3.99
LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION #25 FACSIMILE EDITION 14.99
LOBO #6 3.99
NIGHTWING #141 4.99
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #16 (KINGDOM OF ZOD) 4.99
NEW TITANS #38 3.99
WONDER WOMAN #36 4.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE
AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3 4.99
AVENGERS: SECRET WARS [MARVEL PREMIER COLLECTION] 14.99
AVENGERS: TIME RUNS OUT [MARVEL PREMIER COLLECTION] 14.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL: DARK PAST #5 4.99
DAREDEVIL #4 2ND PTG 4.99
DAREDEVIL #5 4.99
PUNISHER VS. SPIDER-MAN #2 4.99
QUEEN IN BLACK #3 [QIB] 4.99
QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #2 [QIB] 4.99
SILVER SURFER #6 FACSIMILE EDITION 6.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION: SPIDER-MAN NO MORE 49.99
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #4 4.99
SPIDER-MAN/HULK: FIRE AND BRIMSTONE #1 5.99
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY - THE ART OF THE MOVIE 50
THOR #800 6.99
WHAT IF...? RUNAWAYS #1 4.99
ULTIMATE IMPACT: REBORN #4 4.99
BISHOP #3 4.99
INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #8 4.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #34 4.99
MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVELS
LUNA THE VAMPIRE: ON THE GO GN 13.99
MIRACULOUS LADYBUG CHIBI TP HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 9.99
UNDERCOVER MONSTER TP 14.99
MANGA
CAT + CRAZY VOLUME 4 12.99
CAT-LIFE BALANCE 2 13.99
MANGA TEEN+
DOGSRED VOL 6 14.99
CLASSIC COMIC / STRIP ARCHIVES
MAD MAGAZINE #601 5.99
ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVELS
DISCIPLES OF THE SOIL TP 12.95
HOME TIME: TWELVE DAYS GN 39.99
LOVERS OF THE EMPIRE HC VOL 01 (MR) 24.99
MIMI AND THE WOLVES HC (MR) 19.95
NIKOLA TESLA TP 19.99
OUTLINE GN 29.99
CHILDREN OF LIGHT GN 29.95