Mad Cave Studios October 2026 Solicitations

Creative Team

• A/CAJok
• WCurt Pires

Description

Diamondhead makes his play on the world stage. The team tries to figure out what's next. The secret history of Groves and Area 51 is revealed.

Creative Team

• A/CAJoe Eisma
• WRafer Roberts

Description

Does Heather get back together with her hunky high school ex who once broke her heart? Or could Heather’s true love be the cute shy boy with the massive crush? Or, is her soulmate the ancient demon who’s taken over the town? The fate of Babylon Cove rests on Heather and who she chooses, but Heather has a history of choosing poorly…

Creative Team

• AErmitis Blanco
• WPallie Paul Allor
• CAVictor Ibanez

Description

Ace and Zora face a gentler type of violence, when Dr. Mandrake presents a new chance at freedom and safety. And all it will cost is the unthinkable. In a laboratory filled with body parts and brutal lies, Ace and Zora must decide what their future is worth.

Creative Team

• APier Brito
• WJimmy Palmiotti
• WJustin Gray
• CAAmanda Conner

Description

Max has finally reached a breaking point with his wife’s kidnappers and, with his most trusted allies by his side, has taken matters into his own hands to get her back. But when a shocking revelation shatters his world and everything he believed, it soon becomes a race against time to save the city from total systemic destruction, countless deaths, and absolute chaos. Will Max be able to stop this insidious enemy before it’s too late, or is this the end of everything he’s worked so hard to build all these long years? Either way, nothing will ever be the same in Denver after this, especially Max himself. It's the stunning conclusion from Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray & Pier Brito.

Creative Team

• ADavid Ferracci
• W/CADan Panosian

Description

The frontier erupts into violence when June and the remaining heirs find themselves pursued by a band of Native riders whose intentions remain shrouded in mystery. As fear and paranoia consume the group, long-buried secrets come to light and deadly accusations turn friend against friend. But the truth behind William Buckley's legacy may be far stranger and far more terrifying than anyone imagined.

Creative Team

• A/CAPJ Holden
• WMark Russell

Description

The Hibakusha. The war in Europe over, Tom is sent to the Pacific to cover what he believes will be the Allied invasion of Japan. But fate intervenes and he is suddenly given a different, but just as harrowing story to tell.

Creative Team

• AVal Rodrigues
• AAlex Sanchez
• WKyle Higgins
• CAStephen Mooney
• CAMark Englert

Description

Chicago’s prison territories are tightly controlled by militarized factions. The Stockyard Nation controls the industrial south side, running brutal scavenger operations through abandoned slaughterhouses. The Magnificent Mile Syndicate operates out of the city’s former financial district, ruling through organized crime and calculated violence. Along the shoreline, the Lakefront Raiders dominate the highways with fast-moving vehicle gangs. Snake knows how to move through hostile territory, but Chicago is different. Here, every neighborhood is claimed, every street watched. And the eyes watching him closest belong to the very woman who’s hired him to guide her. There’s bad blood between Maya Torres and Snake Plissken…And if they can survive the macheted maniacs on all sides, they’ll have to contend with each other. Chapter two of the genre-breaking thriller!

Creative Team

• A/CAChris Evenhuis
• WPallie Paul Allor

Description

In the basement of Grimaldi Manor, the family patriarch says a prayer and stabs himself in the throat. Blood falls. The demon watches. A woman tries to scream. Upstairs, three generations of the Grimaldi family and a snapping turtle fill the house with unfulfilled promise and joyful childhood shrieks. These are tremendous, terrible times for the lineage! The Grimaldis hold a contract with Their Lord Below for ten more years of prodigious wealth and glory. But old contracts can sour. Monsters can misbehave. And a filthy little lamb can still have teeth.

Creative Team

• AJan Bazaldua
• ARodrigo Vazquez
• A/WJohn Lucas
• WSarah Gailey
• WSam Romesburg
• WSam Freeman
• CAYanick Paquette
• CAArif Prianto

Description

Hugo Award-winning writer Sarah Gailey and former Marvel Stormbreaker artist Jan Bazaldua lead the charge on the most action-packed anthology yet! Flash Gordon finds himself right at home on Planet Yonder! Ming the Merciless is on the run, but his trail's gone cold. The King of Planet Yonder can tell Flash exactly where to find his archnemesis...but he'll have to prove his worth first. Watch the hero wrangle his way out of his wildest adventure yet! Next, the writers and artist behind Mad Cave Studios' HOUND join forces again for Lone Barin and Cub, a fantastical tale of romance and revenge starring the King of Arboria! Then, writer and artist John Lucas shows us a world without Flash Gordon. What other heroes might arise? What villains? No More Mings delivers a tale both classic and relevant!

Creative Team

• A/CAChris Batista
• WSam Humphries
• CASabrina Cintron
• CATom Chu

Description

A NEW ARC STARTS HERE! Science Ninja Team has solved the problem of fossil fuels! Thanks to newly recovered technology, the International Science Organization has discovered a way to fully harness the energy of the sun. But that kind of power draws villains like flies--and there are no villains so persistent as Galactor. With the Neo Blackbirds still doing Galactor's bidding, Science Ninja Team can't relax even for a second. But can they take the heat?! Sam Humphries and Chris Batista put them to the test!

Creative Team

• A/CADamian Couceiro
• WEd Brisson

Description

TERROR CAN'T BE CONTAINED! For 20 years, Jules has been hiding from her past. As the only survivor of the Hammer Head killing-spree, she carries the guilt and trauma of having watched as everyone she loved was brutally murdered. Every couple of years, Hammer Head rises from the dead to continue his reign of terror anew, and with each repeated massacre, Jules falls deeper into the warm embrace of her own dark coping mechanisms. When she's thrown into prison with no trial and no hope, Jules finds herself part of a dark ritual built to force her back into the past that she's spent her life trying to escape. Co-creators, writer Ed Brisson (Predator, Old Man Logan, Ghost Rider) and artist Damian Couceiro (Wolverine & Kitty Pryde, X-Force, Old Man Logan) team up once again to bring you the ultimate horror throwback.

Creative Team

• AJaime Infante
• WMark London
• CANick Marinkovich

Description

Genshi races across Exit City to reach the safety of Mountain Protection—but the monstrous Tengu refuses to release its grip on his soul. As allies become enemies and bullets fly, a shocking betrayal changes everything.

Creative Team

• AFelix Ruiz
• WMark London
• CAMark Chiarello

Description

A terrifying new story arc begins! When a secret experiment unleashes the ancient God of Nightmares, Owen Blackwood is thrust into his most dangerous case yet. As the horrors of the Underworld Universe spill into the waking world, Owen must confront monsters both supernatural... and deeply personal. Perfect for new readers, this pulse-pounding new chapter reveals haunting secrets from Owen's past while expanding the dark mythology of the Underworld Universe.

Creative Team

• A/CAMiguel Mora
• WSteve Orlando

Description

Two unstoppable fathers get one step closer to finding their lost children as Jim Hoke and Casey Smith confront Doctor Lily Williams, the headmaster at Lighthouse Orphanage. Williams spoke out against the Floating Man’s creation and paid the price—now she’s got her chance for justice. As Hoke and Smith uncover the horror of the Floating Man’s nightmarish origins, their children fight to survive. Wendy Hoke and Rufus Smith are seeding the Floating Man’s wonderland with one of childhood’s most powerful ideas—rebellion.

Creative Team

• ADavid Cutler
• WBenjamin Raab
• WDeric A. Hughes
• CADavid Lopez

Description

THE BELOVED DUPLICATE GETS HIS DUE! When the Ko-Dan Armada sent an assassin to kill small-town boy Alex Rogan, it was Alex’s simuloid duplicate Beta who saved the day, sacrificing himself to convince the Ko-Dan that Alex was dead. The move bought the Last Starfighter valuable time—enough to sabotage the Ko-Dan mothership and save the planet Rylos. That’s been the story for forty years. Now, the original film writer Jonathan Betuel joins a star-studded creative team to reveal Beta’s true fate! Beta survived the Ko-Dan assault, but he’s not the only alien entity left on Earth. And with Alex far away, Beta’s stranded and alone. Can an organic robot with no orders to execute find his own purpose on an alien planet? Not if the Zando-Zan have anything to say about it! A hilarious and heartwarming one-shot from writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes (Syfy's WAREHOUSE 13, The CW's ARROW, NBC’s QUANTUM LEAP & more) and artist David Cutler (Marvel’s Voices, Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird), and a can’t-miss installment in The Last Starfighter mythos!

Description

Ed takes Uriel outside of the Order for the first time in his life to respond to a feral vampire sighting and discover much more than the greenhorn lad is prepared for. Can Ed keep them both alive? Meanwhile at the Order…enter Archibald Jonathan Journey III, Professor of history, carrier of the werewolf curse, and…Damien’s friend? The dark burden the wolf-man carries is revealed along with Damien’s desire to help him. Then, a shocking event brings the order’s leaders together for the first time in a long time as they must discuss a powerful looming threat as the vampire faction seeks to make a deadly trade.

Creative Team

• AAlden Kaye
• WMark London
• CADuncan Rouleau

Description

Nemo and his crew uncover a long-abandoned Unity Ultima outpost where a fanatical madman is determined to unlock the secrets of a lost future. But as an impossible experiment tears open forces beyond human understanding, the Nautilus sails straight into a deadly trap.

Creative Team

• A/CAPauli Junquera
• WJames Patrick

Description

The mob has inventions from the Omega Book and Cless now has pages of it. Inventions and pages that nobody in this day and age should have. Everything Alexander feared has come true, and he must resort to desperate measures, even if it means having his own son Brady use the most advanced machine created by the book. A machine that could kill him. But the book must be destroyed and by any means necessary!

Creative Team

• AAndrea Cucchi
• WD. R. Bushnell
• CAAshe Kirk

Description

The season has taken lives. Bodies are broken, and the pilots who remain carry scars that don't show on the leaderboard. As Nik Erikkson unveils his grandest ambition yet - a Dyson sphere arena built to make ExoGP the galaxy's premier spectacle - the human cost of his vision mount behind closed doors. Fathers and sons, rivals and allies, masters and slaves: everyone on Atmos is hurtling toward a reckoning. And the finish line is a cliff's edge.

Creative Team

• AJuan Santacruz
• WJimmy Palmiotti
• W/CADave Johnson

Description

The Cola Wars are over. The Sugar Wars are about to begin! Jon Pyle and Dina Deluxe survived the chaos of POP KILL, but eight months later, their relationship is on shaky ground. Just as they struggle to move on from each other, Dina unveils a revolutionary sugar substitute that threatens the fortunes of the world's most powerful candy companies. Now a secret candy consortium has marked them for death, and Jon and Dina are once again running for their lives. A brand-new POP KILL saga begins here!

Creative Team

• A/CAClay McCormack
• WMatt Miner

Description

A sleepy 1980s town is stalked by a masked slasher at the height of the Satanic Panic, where every heavy metal record, Dungeons & Dragons campaign and teenage outsider is treated as evidence of devil worship. As fear spreads and bodies pile up, three local misfits become the prime suspects in a series of gruesome murders. Join D&D geeks and Ozzy enthusiasts Naz, Sal, and Terry as they race to clear their names, survive an increasingly blood-soaked town and unmask the real killer before paranoia claims more innocent lives. But in a community eager to blame the weird kids, proving their innocence may be deadlier than facing the murderer. From Ringo Award and GLAAD Media Award-winning writer Matt Miner (Poser, Young Men in Love, Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins) and artist Clayton McCormack (Batman: White Knight Presents – Generation Joker) comes a brutal new horror series that blends slasher terror and the paranoia of the Satanic Panic into one unforgettable nightmare.

Creative Team

• AMac Rey
• AAguste Calcagno
• AGabriele Falzone
• WMark London
• WJennifer Liao
• WDL White
• CADave Chisholm

Description

Halloween arrives with a fresh dose of futuristic horror in this terrifying special issue of TERRORBYTES! Featuring two all-new tales from the winners of Mad Cave's 2025 Talent Search—along with a chilling bonus story by Mark London—this oversized one-shot delivers unforgettable nightmares where technology, humanity, and fear collide. Three visions of tomorrow prove the scariest monsters aren't hiding in the dark... they're already here.

Creative Team

• A/W/CAMimi Szeto

Description

Yu Kiu and Hou Yuet once inspired each other to take their first steps toward art and music. But as family pressure, school demands, and growing distance pull them apart, both begin to question their paths. While Yu Kiu pushes toward her dream of studying art abroad, Hou Yuet faces a future where music may no longer be possible. Misunderstandings and silence challenge their connection—but also force them to discover what courage truly means. In this moving continuation of A Little Step, two young artists learn that even the smallest step forward can change everything.

Creative Team

• A/W/CAAndrea Mutti
• WArturo Fabra

Description

In a distant galaxy, where energy is drawn from the blood of colossal space-beasts known as Molok, young Ishmael finds himself aboard the cursed starship Pekuod. Bound by fate to Quee-Keg, a fierce alien warrior with a haunted past, he is thrust into a hunt led by the relentless Captain Akhabb—whose obsession with the legendary Pale Molok threatens to doom them all. Betrayal, forbidden love, and cosmic monsters collide in a tale of survival where the true battle is not only against the beasts of space, but the darkness within.

Creative Team

• A/CAMelisa Jones
• WCraig Hurd-McKenney

Description

Sixteen-year-old Landon Snyder never expected to spend his summer in the world of dog shows. But after a family illness combined with a breakup sends him to live with his Aunt Iva, who runs a bustling dog rescue, Landon discovers a surprising talent for training—and a bond with Blue, Iva's champion show dog. Between a cocky rival, a shy new friend who sees him like no one else, and the pressures of the Best in Show, Landon learns that healing doesn't always come with a ribbon... but sometimes with love, loyalty, and second chances.

Creative Team

• A/CATatsuma Ejiri
• WUkyo Kodachi

Description

The final battle begins. A cosmic force known as the Will of the Universe has taken form—using Z as its vessel—and the fate of humanity now hangs by a thread. With reality itself on the brink of collapse, Gatchaman, Polimar, Tekkaman, and Casshan unite for one last stand. At the center of it all is Emi, whose choices will determine not only the outcome of the war, but the meaning of justice itself. As infinite power meets unwavering resolve, legends awaken—and the future is drawn at last. The epic conclusion to Infini-T Force!

Creative Team

• A/W/CADave Chisholm

Description

This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world's only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat—oh, and the only "person" he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread. Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn't hurt anyone...or himself. When Ted's mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong. IS TED OK? mashes up the paranoid existentialism of SEVERANCE with the cosmic sci-fi of AKIRA while exploring what happens when the act of help goes horribly wrong. From creator Dave Chisholm (SPECTRUM, MILES DAVIS & THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUND), Is Ted OK? is a spectacularly unpredictable yarn—each successive issue shatters the scope of the previous, all without losing its core: a search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.

Creative Team

• A/CAIgnacio Noe
• WJohn Cusack

Description

Acclaimed actor John Cusack and celebrated international artist Ignacio Noé deliver a wild, genre-bending road trip with cosmic stakes. Two fugitives form an uneasy alliance on a mission tied to none other than Jackie Gleason—yes, that Jackie Gleason—and quickly find themselves in way over their heads. What follows is a surreal collision of pulp sci-fi, occult mystery, and dark humor, packed with bizarre encounters, buried secrets, and forces far beyond their control. As reality starts to crack and loyalties fray, one thing becomes clear: this trip could save the world…or end it in spectacular fashion.

Creative Team

• A/CAIgnacio Noe
• WJohn Cusack

Description

Acclaimed actor John Cusack and celebrated international artist Ignacio Noé deliver a wild, genre-bending road trip with cosmic stakes. Two fugitives form an uneasy alliance on a mission tied to none other than Jackie Gleason—yes, that Jackie Gleason—and quickly find themselves in way over their heads. What follows is a surreal collision of pulp sci-fi, occult mystery, and dark humor, packed with bizarre encounters, buried secrets, and forces far beyond their control. As reality starts to crack and loyalties fray, one thing becomes clear: this trip could save the world…or end it in spectacular fashion.

Creative Team

• A/CAIgnacio Noe
• WJohn Cusack

Description

Acclaimed actor John Cusack and celebrated international artist Ignacio Noé deliver a wild, genre-bending road trip with cosmic stakes. Two fugitives form an uneasy alliance on a mission tied to none other than Jackie Gleason—yes, that Jackie Gleason—and quickly find themselves in way over their heads. What follows is a surreal collision of pulp sci-fi, occult mystery, and dark humor, packed with bizarre encounters, buried secrets, and forces far beyond their control. As reality starts to crack and loyalties fray, one thing becomes clear: this trip could save the world…or end it in spectacular fashion.

Creative Team

• A/CACassio Ribeiro
• WJeremy Whitley

Description

Neesha Sparks is a disabled, vocal community activist with a passion for costume design. Gabby Graciana is an optimistic surfer—and, like Neesha, a new kid at school. When the two girls discover that they like the same manga series, Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids. But it was more than just having read the same book series—neither of them had finished it! Soon, they become new friends on a mission—to track down the remaining Navigator Nozomi books. This slice-of-life romance follows the two girls as they adventure across North Carolina to find each book, with their story intercut with the tales of Navigator Nozomi. Neesha and Gabby find more than just the books though—they find acceptance, friendship, understanding, and love.

Creative Team

• A/W/CAMatthew Dow Smith

Description

18-year-old Autumn Ackerman has always dreamed of a more magical world, but ever since she learned that she was one of the Night Folk, a race of incredible creatures that lie in the shadows of our world, the world has become a nightmare. Strange powers, family secrets. ancient enemies, and now her own father is dead, leaving Autumn with nothing but more questions about who she is and what the Night Folk really are. But the one person who can answer her questions, the October King, leader of the Night Folk and Autumn's grandfather, is dying, and the only hope of saving him lies in a place Autumn has only seen in her dreams, a place many of the Night Folk fled to centuries ago when humanity turned on them, including her grandmother—the Night World. Now Autumn has to find a way to the Night World and unravel the secrets of the Night Folk to save her grandfather and her world. Along the way, she will face old enemies and new friends, and discover the truth about the Night Folk. The critically acclaimed October Girl series continues with an all new adventure from Mad Cave/Maverick and Matthew Dow Smith (DC's MISFITS OF MAGIC and the AMELIA SHADOWS series).

Creative Team

• A/CASebastian Piriz
• AAlessio Zonno
• APablo Andres
• AMaggie Martinmaas
• WMark London
• WDavid Pepose
• WRichard Ashley Hamilton
• WFred Kennedy

Description

The legacy of Speed Racer roars back to life in this action-packed collection! Speed Racer: Tales from the Road delivers a series of pulse-pounding, self-contained stories that uncover the rivalries, risks, and revelations behind the world’s most dangerous races. From secret syndicates to impossible tracks, every twist of the wheel pushes Speed, Racer X, Trixie, and the Mach 5 to the limit. Whether you grew up with the classic series or are discovering it for the first time, this first volume of Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is the perfect entry point into a legacy of speed, danger, and family. The road ahead is full of surprises! Collects the first three Tales from the Road one-shots with stories by writers Mark London, David Pepose, Richard Ashley Hamilton, Derrick Acosta, Joseph Sieracki, Ariel Rakhlin, Fred Kennedy, Anthony Cleveland, and artists

Creative Team

• A/CAClaire Low
• WFelicia Low-Jimenez

Description

In a world where every person bears the mark of their Chinese zodiac sign, Tiger-born girls are feared as omens of calamity—and quietly eliminated. But Suling is the rare survivor, raised in secrecy on the remote Tiger Island among her fierce but isolated Tiger Sisters. Forced into the role of record-keeper, Suling longs for something more—freedom, purpose, answers. When a mysterious woman washes ashore during a raging monsoon, Suling's carefully controlled world splits open. The stranger carries dangerous knowledge of the mainland... and secrets linked to Suling's own past. As tensions rise and the island's future is thrown into doubt, Suling must decide: will she embrace her fate, or rewrite it? Discover the haunting, action-filled saga in this stunning graphic novel, collecting the celebrated Tiger Girls webcomic, an exclusive new short story, and bonus behind-the-scenes content. A tale of destiny, sisterhood, and the courage to defy the stars.

Creative Team

• AMarco Perugini
• WSteve Orlando
• CADavid Talaski

Description

When the aliens return to Earth, stronger than ever, Thomas Bruin, a nobody security guard turned Earth's greatest hero, has no choice but to be the hero he's fooled the whole world into thinking he is...or die trying.

Creative Team

• A/WVarious
• CADavid Cutler
• CAParis Alleyne

Description

Native voices sing out in a star-studded fundraiser anthology! You Are On Native Land collects stories and art donated by some of comics' biggest Indigenous creators such as Jon Proudstar, Maria Wolf, and Steph Littlebird. Tales of Native resistance, family and kinship, love and grief fill this beautiful collection, which includes a special reprint of TRIBAL FORCE #1, credited as the first comic to feature a superhero team made up entirely of Indigenous heroes. Winner of the 2025 Clampett Humanitarian Award with the book LA STRONG, publisher Mad Cave Studios continues its commitment to giving back with its third fundraiser anthology. All profits will be donated to Indigenous-led organizations, with a special focus on the Missing & Murdered movement. Featuring stories from Kelly Lynne D'Angelo, Arihhonni David, Jackie Fawn, Gord Hill, Gene Jimenez, Chag Lowry, Shaunna Oteka, McCovey, Maya McKibbin, Jon Proudstar, Michael Sheyahshe, Jim Terry, Weshoyot Alvitre, Shaun Beyale, Roy Boney, Arihhonni David, Jackie Fawn, Gord Hill, Gene Jimenez, Steph Littlebird, David Mack, Maya McKibbin, Jim Terry, and Chris Williams.