MK1 WEEKLY NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT : Orders due Sunday 18th of September 2022

Spotlighting the latest new series heading our way soon.  We will finalize our order numbers  this coming Sunday - with the debut issues for some of these titles due to arrive in as little as three to four weeks time. 

There are two ways to preorder - message MK1 or sign up for the comic preorder App PULLBOX.  Either way get in touch with MK1 to get things rolling:   Email shop@mk1.co.nz  Phone 07 8393728 or Facebook Messenger @Mark1Comics  or use the MK1 website Chat with us button. More preorder info below. 

Here are the MK1 highlights with a special focus on new series, one shots and crossovers.  To view this week's full FINAL ORDER CUT OFF selection visit this PREVIEWS WORLD page.

BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS GILDED CITY #1 (OF 6) CVR A CAPULLO
DC COMICS (W) Narcisse, Evan (A) Abel (CA) Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion
A mysterious virus has infected Gotham City-turning its victims into rabid, yellow-irised maniacs driven to looting, theft, and bursts of anger. Batman and his Gotham Knights struggle to keep this strange virus contained while investigating its origins. But this is not the first time this unusual illness has overtaken the city. Take a trip to Gotham in the mid-1800s and meet the city's first masked vigilante-the mysterious hero known only as the Runaway-as they, too, find themselves mired in the mystery of this infection! This thrilling and horrific tale, split between modern-day Gotham and the Gotham of 1847, leads directly into the upcoming video game Gotham Knights!

Each issue will also offer a code for readers to redeem in the Gotham Knights game for an exclusive item. For issue 1, readers will receive a code for an exclusive skin variant for the Batcycle! Readers who redeem the codes for all 6 issues will receive a special 7th item!  More info here. MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 25th of October 2022.

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 CVR A TIMMS : DC COMICS (W) Ed Brisson (A/CA) John Timms
From the pages of Batman comes an all-new, all-exciting adventure for Ghost-Maker and his Batman Incorporated team! The team's trust issues and detective skills are immediately put to the test when someone from Ghost-Maker and Batman's recent past is brutally murdered...Is this an isolated event, sending a message to the two? Or is this the start of something darker and more sinister? (Hint-it's sinister and dark!)
The all-star creative team of Ed Brisson and John Timms chart a new future for Batman Incorporated in this exciting new ongoing series, loaded with adventure, excitement, and amazing new members and villains!  MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 11th of October 2022.

DEADLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 5) : MARVEL COMICS
(W) Taboo, B. Earl (A) Juan Ferreyra (CA) Rahzzah
A REVOLUTIONARY DARK TAKE ON SPIDER-MAN BEGINS HERE!
What is reality and what is dream? What is science and what is magic? At the intersection of all of this stands the Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Peter Parker goes to Los Angeles and what he finds there are definitely not angels. The demons waiting for Peter are going to test him like never before. One demon in particular, a very famous one for Marvel and X fans in particular, might just eat Spider-Man alive. MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 19th of October 2022.

HITOMI #1 (OF 5) CVR A NAPOLITANO (MR) IMAGE COMICS (W) H.S. Tak (A) Isabella Mazzanti (CA) Valentina Napolitano
In Feudal Era Japan, a drifter with no prospects begins training in secret under Yasuke, a once-famous, displaced, disgraced warrior, as she struggles to find her place in a society entrenched in discrimination and violence.
Combining the historical sweep and elegance of Kurosawa with the visceral action of Tarantino, this saga follows the trials and tribulations of a young female warrior who travels the countryside unendingly as she works to gain the rank of Samurai-a title no man, monster, or myth can give to her, but one that she will have to take for herself. MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 12th of October 2022.

CRYPT OF SHADOWS #1 : MARVEL COMICS
(W) Chris Cooper, Various (A) Karen Darboe, Various (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
The heroes of the Marvel Universe spend most of their time in the bright sun, flying high above it all...but every once in a while, they venture into the darkness that lurks in the hidden corners of the world. There lurk the creatures, the monsters, the vampires...the ones who prey on innocence and goodness. Join us, and some of your favorite heroes, for tales of fangs, claws and silent, stalking swamp creatures to celebrate All Hallows' Eve!   MK1 Price $12.50 due at MK1 during the week following 19th of October 2022.

HELLBOY IN LOVE #1 (OF 5) : DARK HORSE COMICS (W) Mike Mignola, Christie Golden (A/CA) Matt Smith
Hellboy has been assigned to patrol a train route where goblins have been stealing from passengers. Their latest victim, Anastacia, is a researcher and archaeologist transporting valuable artifacts to a museum, and she's not going to let them go without a fight! Rather than stay behind, she teams up with Hellboy to chase the light-fingered fey through the British countryside and into . . . a local punk show?

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by cowriter Christopher Golden and artist Matt Smith, featuring the colors of Chris O'Halloran, for a story of occult adventure and unlikely romance.  MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 12th of October 2022.

BATMAN ONE BAD DAY PENGUIN #1 CVR A CAMUNCOLI
DC COMICS (W) John Ridley (A/CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli
The Penguin's criminal enterprise and the Iceberg Lounge have been stolen from underneath him by his former associate the Umbrella Man. The Umbrella Man has removed all of the rules for crime in Gotham City that the Penguin put in place, and the city is in chaos. The Penguin is a broken man, and he'll have to travel through the burning streets of Gotham with a gun and a single bullet putting together a new crew to take back what he's built. Will Batman help the devil he knows or face the devil he doesn't in the form of the Umbrella Man? A crime epic from the team behind the critically acclaimed Other History of the DC Universe, John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli-don't miss it!  MK1 Price $17.00 due at MK1 during the week following 18th of October 2022.

FAR CRY ESPERANZAS TEARS #1 CVR A KHALED & BASTI (MR)
ABLAZE PUBLISHING (W) Mathieu Mariolle (A/CA) Afif Khaled, Salaheddine Basti
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING VIDEOGAME COMES TO COMICS!
For Juan Cortez, guerrilla warfare is a profession. Death, a hobby.
There are many of them...humans plagued by addictions. Some only experience extreme sensations, others can't do without euphoric substances. Juan Cortez is a guerrilla warfare addict. For years, he's traveled from countries at war to conflict zones, putting his experience and training at the service of the highest bidder. This time, fate led him to Santa Costa, a South American country that curiously reminds him of Yara, his native land. Because here, as on the island of Ant n Castillo, the recent discovery of a rare resource, a mineral called "Tantalum," has upset the economy of a small nation previously ignored.
Three camps now face each other: the military junta recently established in power by Di Stefano, the bourgeois party led by the daughter of the assassinated former leader, and a revolutionary group, defender of labor and indigenous rights. It was the latter, guided by their leader Max Purillo, who called on Juan's talents. And for him, it's blessed bread. A nascent guerrilla, a troubled period politically, and above all: money. A lot of money. To save the country, he is asked to strike a blow by assassinating General Di Stefano. But of course, nothing will go as planned...
A prequel to the events of Far Cry 6, this amphetamine-boosted comic introduces Juan Cortez, one of the central characters in the newest installment of Ubisoft's bestselling video game series.  MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 12th of October 2022.

DARK CRISIS WORLDS WITHOUT JL GREEN ARROW #1 CVR A HENRY
DC COMICS (W) Stephanie Phillips, Dennis Culver (A) Nik Virella (A/CA) Clayton Henry
When Pariah and his forces of the Great Darkness laid waste to the most powerful superheroes of all time, all hope was lost...until now. To power his weapons of war, Pariah has captured each member of the Justice League and trapped them on worlds suited to their every dream and desire...while the planets themselves slowly eat away at their respective inhabitants. When the Justice League went toe-to-toe with Pariah's Dark Army, Green Arrow was fatally wounded by Doomsday...so how did he wake up on a world tailored to his every desire? And what dark bargain has Black Canary made to will these worlds into existence? Where there's life there's hope, and with that hope comes a deeper unraveling of the tapestry of the DCU's biggest event of 2022!  MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 11th of October 2022.

MIRACLEMAN SILVER AGE #1  (W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) Mark Buckingham
Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's unfinished storyline "The Silver Age" begins! Young Miracleman - the lost member of the Miracleman Family - is back! His last memories were of a 1963 world of joy and innocence. Now, he's been thrust into the 21st century, where his best friends have become gods and monsters. Remastered with stunning new artwork by Mark Buckingham! Including material originally presented in MIRACLEMAN (1985) #23, plus bonus content.  MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 11th of October 2022.

STAR TREK #1 CVR A ROSANAS : IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Ramon Rosanas
It's stardate 2378 and Benjamin Sisko has finally returned from the Bajoran Wormhole-omnipotent-but with every minute, his godhood is failing. Sent by the Prophets on a mission to the deepest parts of space aboard the U.S.S. Theseus, he witnesses the unthinkable-Someone is killing the gods. And only Sisko and his motley crew of Starfleet members from every era of Trek can stop them. From Star Trek: Year Five duo Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Batman Beyond, Captain America) comes IDW's brand-new, flagship Star Trek ongoing series that goes where no one has gone before!  MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 26th of October 2022.

ROGUE STATE #1 CVR A GRANDA (MR) BLACK MASK STUDIOS ENTERTAINME (W) Matteo Pizzolo (A/CA) Carlos Granda
What if a contested Presidential election plunged America into turmoil? What if political violence consumed the streets? And what if a raging Supreme Court, in a strict interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, legitimized and deputized all militias, transforming the entire country into a paramilitary police state?
What if a freedom fighter emerged from the chaos, raised a civilian army, and carved out a territory across the United States?... pushing out police, militias, and National Guard... enforcing its own laws... Sovereign.
What if Americans refused to be governed?
In this speculative fiction comic book series ripped from tomorrow's headlines, a mysterious figure named Vya Of Brightstars will rise from the crisis, but is she a freedom fighter or a terrorist? Either way, her rogue state will not just blaze a path across America, it will also inspire others to raise their own armies... some in solidarity, others in opposition.

"ROGUE STATE... is a genre known as 'speculative fiction.' Except that it doesn't seem as speculative anymore." (-The San Francisco Chronicle)
From writer Matteo Pizzolo (CALEXIT, GODKILLER) and artist Carlos Granda (PIROUETTE, CALEXIT: SAN DIEGO), comes this tale of rebelling against tyranny, reconquering stolen land, punching fascists in the face, and building a better nation.   MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 12th of October 2022.

BATMAN AND SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #1 : DC COMICS  (W) Sholly Fisch (A/CA) Dario Brizuela
THE TEAM-UP SERIES YOU DEMANDED IS BACK!
A strange mystery pulls Batman, Robin, the Batmen of All Nations, Scooby, and the gang into a jet-setting race to some of the most haunted places on Earth. Even scarier, the trail leads straight to Ra's al Ghul and his League of Assassins!  MK1 Price $7.50 due at MK1 during the week following 11th of September 2022.

HALLOWEEN PARTY (ONE-SHOT) IMAGE COMICS  (W) Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, Scott Koblish (A) Scott Koblish, Hi-Fi Colour Design (CA) Hi-Fi Colors
It's a scary time in America, and we're not talking about the razors in the candy. When you might get murdered in a mass shooting, the clowns, monsters and other things that go bump in the night have a harder time doing their job. It's a hilarious bummer at this year's monster mash. Scotch McTiernan and Weed Thing return, and we introduce some new favorites.  MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 12th of October 2022.

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Along with the above new series we will  be placing our final orders for a batch of continuing issues and variant covers - the full list of titles being locked down can be viewed here: