Comics Final Order Cutoff – 17th September 2023

This is your weekly reminder that Final Order Cutoff (FOC) orders are due by ~~10am~~ 4pm today! Send an email over to shop@proudlion.co.uk to add any of these titles to your orders or pull list. This week’s FOC includes the start of DC’s new Golden Age; Scott Snyder’s Gold Rush horror story; creepy stories set on Mars, at a meta-physical crossroads, on a highway through hell, in an alternate America, spilling out of Marvel’s Crypt of Shadows, and more; new stories delving deeper into Giant Robot Hellboy, Spider-Man’s sidekick Spider-Boy, the Tenth Doctor, and Ash Williams; plus a multi-genre hijinx with a giant anthropomorphic rabbit called Mitch; and the new oroginal science fiction graphic novel from the creators of Snowpiercer!

Some publishers are no longer offering later printings, and some titles sell out on release. Orders placed after FOC rely on extra stock being available, so get your order in today so you don’t miss out!

WESLEY DODDS THE SANDMAN #1 (OF 6) – The Dawn of DC’s New Golden Age series of comics starts here! Spinning out of JSA and Stargirl: The Lost Children, three classic JSA heroes are returning with their own titles, starting with the original Sandman! After years of testing and experimentation, Wesley Dodds perfected his sleep gas as the optimal weapon to fight crime without causing undue harm. But when his journal detailing all his failed and far more deadly formulas is stolen, the Sandman must hunt down the thief and find out who is pulling the strings from the shadows,before the contents of the journal are released!

CANARY #1 – Set in the final days of the Gold Rush, Canary mixes real history with modern horror. In 1891, a company in Colorado strikes uranium just before the mine collapses in on itself. Legends soon spring up about the mine being cursed or haunted. Years later, as the frontier becomes settled and more civilised, new legends arise. Stories of random killings and people going mad, murdering their friends without cause. It is one such killing that summons Marshal Azrael Holt. What he, and a brilliant geologist discover, will defy everything they know. From Scott Snyder and Dan Panosian!

A HAUNTED GIRL #1 (OF 4) – Meet Cleo, a 16-year-old adopted Japanese-American whose anxiety and depression drove her to suicidal ideation. Now she’s fresh out of the hospital and trying unsuccessfully to reintegrate back into her old life. What she doesn’t know is that her struggles are about to intensify as she finds herself encountering an increasingly terrifying succession of ghosts. Is she losing her grip on reality… or is the explanation much, much worse?

A HAUNTING ON MARS #1 – Mars is a wasteland: a defunct colony, founded by a deceased billionaire, holding darkness and secrets within. Secrets which Echo Team have been sent to uncover. But they’ve crashed far from the LZ and their sanity is already unraveling!

TRIBUTE HC – A new sci-fi epic from the creators of Snowpiercer! Against the backdrop of a raging intergalactic war that threatens the survival of humanity, a team of scientists and soldiers land on an alien planet in the hopes of finding a new source of energy. The team must battle against the hostile climate and a protective, indigenous species to unravel the mysteries of this extraordinary planet before it’s too late.

SPIDER-BOY #1 – After the events of The End Of The Spider-Verse, Spider-Boy’s secret history as Spider-Man’s sidekick was nearly forgotten forever. But now those mysteries will be revealed while they embark on exciting new adventures… together! Spinning out of the pages of DAN SLOTT and MARK BAGLEY’s monumental Spider-Man run!

DESTINY GATE #1 (OF 4) – A blend of Inception and Amnesia: The Dark Descent, in an action-packed anthology series where the “wrong” decision can lead you to a crossroads on the other side of the Destiny Gate. Do you fight for a chance to survive and to start anew, or do you succumb to your inner demons and end it all for you and, worse, yours? In this opening tale, we meet Mitchell Slate at the height of the Great Depression. Down on his luck and heading home to a disappointed and desperate family, Mitchell’s train ride veers off the rails and transforms into a macabre and darkly fantastical journey inspired by films like Dark City and Jacob’s Ladder that journeys deep into his own fragile soul.

DOCTOR WHO ONCE UPON A TIMELORD GN – An epic one-shot from Eisner award-winner (and Doctor Whosuper-fan!) Dan Slott that sees Martha Jones captured by the Insatiable Pyromeths! Her best chance at survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes!Plus a bonus story starring the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler!

GIANT ROBOT HELLBOY #1 – Inspired by Mignola’s viral-hit pencil drawings from Mike Mignola: The Quarantine Sketchbook, Giant Robot Hellboy sees Hellboy kidnapped and hooked up to a massive mecha version of himself for a mission on a mysterious, faraway island. An island that might just put up a fight of its own! From Mignola and longtime Hellboy artist Duncan Fegredo!

FRANK FRAZETTA DEATH DEALER 2099 #1 (OF 4) – The legend of Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer continues… in 2099! Sword and sorcery meet cybernetics and supercomputers!! It’s the next chapter in the saga of the cursed horned helmet, bestowed upon a new warrior in a dark, unforgiving future!

CRYPT OF SHADOWS #1 – This October, take another frightening journey through the shadows of the Marvel Universe as the hit one-shot returns for another year of spooky tales. The crypt will be reopened and the creatures, monsters, and ghouls of the Marvel Universe will emerge in this collection of terrifying and easily accessible stories that will haunt new fans and longtime readers alike this Halloween!

NIGHTS #1 – A new vision of urban gothic adventure starts here! Supernatural creatures exist among the common folk, and America is comprised of just 31 states. It’s 2003, and Vince Okonma has lost his parents and moved in with his secret mercenary cousin and his video game-making roommate in Florida when he befriends “the greatest vampire who’s ever lived.” And that’s just the first 20 pages!

DRIVE LIKE HELL #1 – Bobby Ray almost had it made. One last big job, then it was splitsville, set for life with his girl, Dahlia, by his side! But everything went wrong, and she took a bullet to the head as they made their escape. But dear Dahlia didn’t stay dead. And now Bobby’s embroiled in a battle of otherworldly proportions, and if he wants to survivewith his skin intact, he’s gonna have to drive like hell!

MITCH #1 – Roger Rabbit with a bad temper meets Indiana Jones, set in a Sam Raimi’s looking cityscape, Mitch is a story about one furry guy on a quest to find his true origins, unintentionally stumbling into adventure, mystery, and a secret ongoing extraterrestrial conflict over Earth and its unsuspecting occupants. Mixing comedy, science fiction and urban fantasy, juxtaposed with the seemingly realistic world of the late 90s!

AOD FOREVER #1 – Ash is back, baby! Picking up immediately after the events of Army of Darkness (the Director’s Cut, natch), Ash chainsaws his way through the Techno Army of Darkness in 2093 and defends the sacred aisles of the S-Mart in 1993! (What? How!?) Meanwhile, in the distant past, his lady love Sheila fights off a rising evil at Castle Kandar!

The second issues of the following titles are also due for final orders this week. If you want them added to your pull list, make sure to let us know now so you don’t miss out!