M1: Monster Racing League #1
[Critic Score: 8.0]
M1: Monster Racing League #1 revs its engine but hesitates at the starting lights. The story of Dev, a Chicagoan high schooler, and her discovery of Tokyo’s underground street-racing scene, has exceptional style, but misses a few marks in bringing the racing experience to panel.
Beast of Borikén #1
[Critic Score: 9.0]
Beast of Borikén blends monsters and social commentary set against the backdrop of Puerto Rico. It plays with different themes, and the creative team behind this comic clearly know how to make every page count in a series premiere.
The Ring: The Man Who Beat the Man #1
[Critic Score: 9.0]
There are few things on Earth as narratively satisfying as the comeback, and of all the sports we’ve dreamt up, there aren’t many that can match up to the amazing potential boxing has for them. But what if you combine that with top tier comic book storytelling? You get one of the most exciting new comics of the year.
Final Boss Vol. 1
Final Boss is a love letter to the 80s-90s arcade fighter. Inspired explicitly by Mortal Kombat and Streets of Rage, Tyler Kirkham, as both writer and illustrator, gives readers an amazing take on the EXTREME vibe that we were getting from the era.
Skate Ali #1
[Critic Score: 9.2]
In a dystopian future Los Angeles, the Department of Civic Integrity has one goal: keeping skateboarders off the streets. But even the threat of the DCI can’t stop lone wolf Skater Ali from chasing her dream
Masters of the Universe: The Wings of Fate #1
[Critic Score: 7.8]
Hot on the heels of the most recent adaptation of the Masters of the Universe franchise, Dark Horse has launched a new loosely-related tie-in comic, Masters of the Universe: The Wings of Fate.
Dungeon Crawler Carl Vol. 1
Matt Dinniman's hugely successful book series is no longer constrained to words: Carl’s got visuals now thanks to webtoon house Laurel Pursuit. But he’s still stuck in the same old boxers.