Comics Final Order Cutoff – 18th March 2023

This is your weekly reminder that Final Order Cutoff (FOC) orders are due by 10am on Saturday! 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 devastated partnerships, horrific mysteries, kinky kaiju, eagerly anticipated episodes of The Expanse and reality TV with a buttery biscuit base where the competition is murder!

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!

EXPANSE THE DRAGON TOOTH #1 (OF 12) – Picking up after the final season of the acclaimed and beloved sci-fi series, Andy Diggle (Green Lanterns, James Bond) and artist Rubine (Voltron: Legendary Defender) broadens The Expanse universe by filling in the missing years between the books Babylon’s Ashes and Persepolis Rising! Everything comes together in this epic 12-issue story, tying together the threads of the show and answering lingering questions that will bring readers and viewers alike far beyond the stellar horizon as the secret history of your favourite characters are revealed for the first time!

W0RLDTR33 #1 – The next major horror outing from multiple Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (The Department Of Truth, The Nice House On The Lake) and Fernando Blanco (Detective Comics) is here! In 1999, Gabriel and his friends discovered a secret architecture to the Internet – the Undernet. They charted their exploration on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Until someone broke into W0RLDTR33 and they lost control. Someone who welcomed the violent hold the Undernet had on them. Gabriel and the others thought they sealed the Undernet away for good, albeit at great personal cost. But they were wrong. Now they will know the meaning of PH34R…

GREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF #1 (OF 4) – Giant Days‘ John Allison and Max Sarin return with an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set in the world of English competitive baking! Shauna Wickle’s goal is to delight the judges, charm her country, and maybe make a few friends along the way. But when a fellow contestant is poisoned, it’s down to her to apprehend the culprit, avoid premature elimination from the UK Bakery Tent, and also avoid being the poisoner’s next victim!

SANDMAN UNIVERSE NIGHTMARE COUNTRY GLASS HOUSE #1 – The Corinthian’s relentless pursuit of the Smiling Man continues! Turned loose on our realm once more, he will carve a bloody path through Silicon Valley from the C-suite of Prophet Capital to the bowels of a demonic nightclub, and no one will be safe from his reach. Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV reunites with superstar horror artist Lisandro Estherren to bring you the nightmare-fueled follow-up you’ve been craving, a tale that will plumb the bottomless depths of our yearning for more at the heart of the American dream.

EXORCISTS NEVER DIE #1 (OF 6) – The world’s two foremost combat exorcists can’t stand each other. Syd Miller and Ellen Blair’s romantic relationship ended in a monumental breakup some years ago. But when the biggest soul auction in history kicks off beneath Los Angeles, they are forced to come together to raid the HELLSCRAPER, an infernal tower going straight down into the Earth. With thousands of souls on the line, Syd and Ellen must fight their way to the bottom – or die trying.

GIANT KOKJU #1 (OF 3) – The Despicable Deadpool team of Gerry Duggan and Scott Koblish reunite to give the world the M-rated giant monster attack story that movies and TV are too squeamish to show you. For this is a tale of woe about an enormous creature with physical needs. It need to eat. It inevitably needs a restroom. And it needs… sexual satisfaction. This coming is NOT suitable for ALL-AGES as it features violence, mild gore, sexual situations, nudity, dudity, turds, and, um, some very tasteful swearing in this dramatic comedy!

WARLOCK REBIRTH #1 (OF 5) – An untold story of Adam Warlock and the Infinity Watch as Ron Marz and Ron Lim (Silver Surfer: Rebirth) introduce a new character – someone who is stronger, faster and smarter than Adam – that will forever impact Warlock’s legacy!

STAR TREK PICARD STARGAZER TP – Following the climactic events of Season Two’s finale, Jean-Luc and Seven of Nine launch an unsanctioned mission that sets the stage for the upcoming Season Three! Before his days on the Enterprise, a young Picard violated the Prime Directive for the greater good… and created an enemy that now threatens not only the now missing Stargazer and it’s new captain, but an entire system. For Seven, agreeing to help Picard means putting her own future at risk – but is it even the future she wants? Star Trek: Picard creator Kirsten Beyer re-teams with veteran Trek comics scribe Mike Johnson and artist Angel Hernandez for an adventure that promises to unearth secrets – of the past, present, and future – at every turn!

NIGHTCRAWLERS VOL 01 BOY WHO CRIED WOLF HC – Eisner Award winning writer Marco Lopez and artist on the rise Rachel Distler present an new all-ages supernatural adventure about a group of supernatural kid detectives for fans of Goosebumps, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, and Stranger Things. If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbour might be a vampire, then there’s only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers. This unlikeliest group of friends come together to help others… with a spooky twist!

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!