Spotlighting the latest new series heading our way soon. We will finalize our order numbers for these titles this coming Sunday - with the debut issues due to arrive in as little as three to four weeks time. Place a preorder by messaging MK1 - 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.
BATMAN DEAR DETECTIVE #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A LEE BERMEJO DC COMICS: Writer: Lee Bermejo, Artist: Lee Bermejo, Cover Artist: Lee Bermejo
BERMEJO AND BATMAN: AN ICON DRAWS AN ICON. What happens when a comics art powerhouse meets one of the greatest, most exciting heroes of all time? One part prestige art book, one part compelling noir tale, this one-of-a-kind edition collects some of Lee Bermejo’s most jaw-dropping Batman covers woven together to tell a story that strikes right at the heart of the Dark Knight’s never-ending crusade. MK1 Price $17.00 Format Black Label Prestige Magazine size comic. Due at MK1 during the week following 6th of September 2022
OLD DOG #1 CVR A SHALVEY (MR) : IMAGE COMICS (W) Declan Shalvey (A/CA) Declan Shalvey
Jack Lynch was a once-promising CIA operative. On the eve of retirement, looking back at a failed career, he is tasked with one final mission...that goes horribly wrong. He wakes years later to a changed world and deeper changes within him. When a shadow group offers Lynch a second chance at a life of adventure, he's paired with the last person he could ever imagine. In order to adjust, this old dog will have to learn some new tricks...
OLD DOG is a striking new spy-fi series by DECLAN SHALVEY, the accomplished and innovative creator behind books such as Moon Knight, X-Men Unlimited, INJECTION, and TIME BEFORE TIME. The Winter Soldier meets Mission Impossible in this Bourne-esque action/espionage blowout. MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 28th of September 2022.
HARLEY QUINN 2022 ANNUAL #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR C JIM LEE & RYAN SOOK HOMAGE CARD STOCK VARIANT DC Comics
Do you know what ol’ Grandma Quinzel used to say? Live long and fight alien monsters to save Earth! She was full of wisdom like that. And only Task Force XX can save our little blue marble from suffering a full-scale alien takeover! Not all of us are going to survive, but at least we’ll look really good dying thanks to Luke Fox providin’ some new gear. Tune in for the final installment of Harley Quinn’s Task Force XX Space Extravaganza, plus the start of a new status quo for Harley Quinn! MK1 Price $15.00 due at MK1 during the week following 30th of August 2022.
THUNDERBOLTS #1 (OF 5) MARVEL COMICS (W) Jim Zub (A) Sean Izaakse (CA) David Nakayama
...LIKE LIGHTNING!
Super-powered crooks have taken hostages in Staten Island?
A dimensional rift tears open in Chinatown?
Monsters running amok at the Met?
Call in the THUNDER! New York City's finest are here to save the day -
Hawkeye, Spectrum, America Chavez, Power Man, Persuasion and Gutsen Glory!
You know 'em, you love 'em...they're the Thunderbolts!
In the aftermath of Devil's Reign, the Big Apple has big problems, and it's up to a new group of Thunderbolts to turn things around. But when Clint Barton gets tasked with heading up this team and proving they can go toe-to-toe with anything the Marvel Universe can throw at them, the first opponent he's going to have to face is himself. MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 31st of August 2022.
DC SAVED BY THE BELLE REVE #1 (ONE-SHOT) CVR A JUNI BA
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Juni Ba
Written by Art Baltazar, Franco, Andrew Aydin, Dan Watters, Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Tim Seeley, Brandon Thomas, Peter J. Tomasi and Dave Wielgosz Art by Art Baltazar, Nelson Daniel, Juan Ferreyra, Karl Kerschl, Mike Norton, Scott Kolins and Craig Cermak.
School’s back in session, and we just know you’re waiting for the BELLE to give you some REVElief…all right, you can’t say we didn’t try! DC Saved by the Belle Reve’s halls are packed with eight tales of school time fun from around the DC Universe! The Suicide Squad is sent to an international prep school to protect a dignitary’s son! Jean-Paul Valley returns to the school that made him into Azrael! Plus, a return to Tiny Titans by Art Baltazar and Franco, and a new school year starts at Gotham Academy! So grab your pencils and notebooks and get educated! MK1 Price $21.00 due at MK1 during the week following 30th of August 2022.
DETECTIVE COMICS #27 FACSIMILE EDITION (2022) (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Bob Kane
Written by Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Jerry Siegel and others Art by Bob Kane, Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring and others Own a copy of Batman’s first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics with this facsimile version of Detective Comics #27, starring the Dark Knight Detective in The Case of Chemical Syndicate. This edition also includes re-creations of the original vintage ads plus the complete backup stories featuring Speed Saunders, Buck Marshall, the Crimson Avenger, Slam Bradley, and more! MK1 Price $15.00 due at MK1 during the week following 23rd of August 2022.
HARLEY QUINN #21 CVR C RYAN SOOK HOMAGE CARD STOCK VARIANT (W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Simone Buonfantino (CA) Ryan Sook
Nuke it from orbit…is what we shoulda done to this whole entire moon. Who needs a moon anyway? I blame Luke Fox for sending a team of villains into space to fight a horrific alien monster in the first place. Obviously, that was just never going to work out well. Has Luke ever seen a sci-fi movie? And now you’re expectin’ me to save Earth with just my super-awesome-mallet-ofalien-skull-crashing-madness™? Okay, you asked for it… MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 23rd of August 2022.
HARLEY QUINN THE ANIMATED SERIES THE REAL SIDEKICKS OF NEW GOTHAM SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A MAX SARIN (MR)
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Max Sarin
What happens when writers from Harley Quinn the TV show and Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour the comic book get together and swap stories from New Gotham? Absolute mayhem, that’s what! Follow what happened to some of your favorite Gotham sidekicks on Tawny Young’s new trash-tastic daytime talk show and watch the chairs fly as they spill the tea! Guest-starring Clayface, Batgirl, Frank the Plant, and Harley Quinn’s worst sidekick…The Joker! MK1 Price $21.00 due at MK1 during the week following 30th of August 2022.
OLYMPUS REBIRTH #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
(W) Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad (A) Caitlin Yarsky (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
After years of bitter and violent conflict, the Greek pantheon of gods stands united to welcome their latest goddess…Hippolyta of Themyscira! Due to her heroic efforts in the mortal realm, the former queen has earned her rightful place among the gods and plans to use her newfound powers to take care of her Amazon sisters from beyond. Little does she know, some of the gods are wary of the new future Hippolyta brings and will do just about anything to stop it! Join the Wonder Woman writing duo of Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad—along with artist Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer) in her DC debut—for an unforgettable new adventure on Mount Olympus. It’s only the beginning of many exciting things to come for Wonder Woman and her world! MK1 Price $12.50 due at MK1 during the week following 23rd of August 2022.
MR EASTA #1 CVR A KIT WALLIS (W/A/CA) Kit Wallis
"The gloriously demented mind of Kit Wallis brings the galactic adventures of the third best assassin in the universe to Scout Comics! Incredible, kinetically charged artwork blasts the blood, mayhem and quirky humor directly through your brain like a high-caliber bullet. In this issue, it’s Elvis night at an interstellar backwater bar, but with all due respect to the King, that doesn’t stop Mr. Easta. With the help of Frank, his teleportation parasite, who can also transform into any handheld weapon imaginable, it’s business as usual. Be sure to stock up on Scout’s next HIT series because the after-market prices will be killer. MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 31st of August 2022.
HELLBOY & BPRD 1957 FEARFUL SYMMETRY ONE SHOT #1 DARK HORSE COMICS (W) Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson (A) Alison Sampson (CA) Laurence Campbell
When Hellboy is called to India to investigate a rash of mysterious animal attacks, he is reunited with a familiar face. Together they search for the strange beast terrorizing a small village, but the mystery - and the myth behind it - deeper than they thought.
Join the dynamic team of Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson for an all-new B.P.R.D. mystery, featuring art by the talented Alison Sampson (GENESIS) and colors by the amazing Dave Stewart (Hellboy, Umbrella Academy! MK1 Price $9.50 due at MK1 during the week following 24th of August 2022.
MINOR THREATS #1 (OF 4) CVR A HEPBURN : DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum (A/CA) Scott Hepburn
It's hard out there for a supervillain. Not the world conquerors, chaos engines, or arch-nemeses . . . but the little guys. The ones who put on uniforms, knock over jewelry stores, and get tied to poles. And things are about to get worse. The psychotic Stickman has murdered Kid Dusk, sidekick to Twilight City's premier crime-fighter, the Insomniac. The Insomniac's teammates are tearing Twilight apart, turning it into a police state-desperate to capture Stickman and stop the Insomniac from 'crossing that final line' in which he may never come back from. Caught in the middle are the small-time c-list villains, finding it impossible to walk down the street without being harassed by these heroes. With a bounty on the Stickman's head, former villain Playtime decides to assemble a ragtag team of villains to take down the Stickman and kill him themselves. MK1 Price $11.00 due at MK1 during the week following 24th of August 2022
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Along with the new series above 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 at the following links.
- DC Comics https://www.lunardistribution.com/
- Marvel/Indie https://www.previewsworld.com/FinalOrdersDue
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