August 2021

Dynamite August 2021 Solicitations

Dynamite August 2021 Solicitations

The Dynamite August 2021 solicitations are here! Red Sonja Superpowers gets a TPB, KISS Phantom Obsession begins, Elvira Meets Prince begins, and the various Red Sonja and Vampirella titles continue!

Common abbreviations

  • TP/TPB: Trade Paperback
  • SC: Softcover (like a TPB)
  • HC: Hardcover
  • FC: Full Color
  • DM: Direct Market. This refers primarily to comic book stores or online shops that order via the same means as a comic book store (primarily Diamond or Lunar). Places like Amazon or Barnes and Noble will generally NOT have these variants.
  • FOC: Final Order Cutoff – The time an order has to be submitted by the vendor. Also when you need to get your order in by at TalesofWonder for preorders.
  • RES: Resolicit – A new listing for a product that was previously solicited in PREVIEWS or New to Order, and which is being listed anew since the original Solicitation was cancelled either by the vendor or by Diamond.
  • O/A: Offered Again – This designates an item that has been previously solicited and released, but is being solicited again.

ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO PAPER SHORTAGES, PRINTER JAMS, AND SHIPPING CONFLICTS.

Trade Paperbacks

Red Sonja: The Superpowers TPB

Cover: Junggeun Yoon | Writer: Dan Abnett | Artist: Jonathan Lau
ISBN-13: 978-1-5241-2029-0
Price: $19.99
Format: Softcover
On Sale Date: 8/25/2021

The She-Devil With A Sword has battled barbarians, scuffled with sorcerers, and mangled magical creatures of all sizes. But when a collective of superheroes from THE PROJECT enter her world, will Sonja know how to adjust to their foreign ways, before they all kill each other?

…and be sure to pick up the parallel story, VAMPIRELLA: THE DARK POWERS!

Single Issues

KISS: Phantom Obsession #1

Writer: Ian Edginton | Artist: Celor
Cover A: Jae Lee
Cover B: Stuart Sayger
Cover C: Tim Seeley
Cover D: Celor
Cover E: Photo
Cover F: Blank Authentix
On Sale Date: 8/4/2021
Price: $3.99

KISS Comics are back! Dynamite Proudly presents the best, because you wanted the best… KISS in “Phantom Obsession”!

Darius Cho is the richest man in existence and the most reclusive. To many, he’s a ghost, a phantom… whilst other believe he doesn’t exist and is actually a front for a maze of companies and consortiums. Truth is, he does exist and he’s a KISS fan! KISS are hired by Cho to play a private party and from there, Cho’s obsession takes center stage and it’s the fight of the band’s life!

Featuring the most metal of heavy metal covers by super star artist Jae Lee, Stuart Sayger, Tim Seeley, series artist Celor and a special photo cover featuring the one-and-only legends of Rock and/or Roll – KISS!

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1

Writer: David Avallone | Artist: Juan Samu
Cover A: Dave Acosta
Cover B: Juan Samu
Cover C: John Royle
Cover D: Photo
Cover E: Blank Authentix
On Sale Date: 8/4/2021
Price: $3.99

The two titans of horror and comedy untie in comics for the very first time! Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price!

Elvira is back, with her most historic AND greatest costar ever! The ghost of Vincent Price is a spirit with a mission, and only the Mistress of the Dark can help! The Apocalypse is coming, and it’s going to be live-streamed for binge-watching, but a long-lost movie can save the world… if only the movie star specter and the horror hostess with the mostest can find it in time! Thrills, chills, and all sorts of terrible puns!

Issue #1 features an all-star cast of cover artists, including fan favorites Dave Acosta, John Royle, series artist Juan Samu and a stunning photo of the gorgeous lady herself – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark!

Red Sonja: Black, White, Red #2

Writer: Jonboy Meyers, Jeff Parker, David F. Walker | Artist: Jonboy Meyers, Natalie Nourigat, Will Robson
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Jonboy Meyers
Cover C: David Nakayama
Cover D: Tabitha Lyons Cosplay
On Sale Date: 8/11/2021
Price: $4.99

The greatest tales! The most amazing storytellers! Red Sonja, like you’ve NEVER seen before…all presented in beautiful black, white, and red!
JONBOY MEYERS (Teen Titans) presents an aging Queen Sonja, face-to-face with a long-forgotten foe who threatens to change the world for the worse…
JEFF PARKER (Aquaman) and NATALIE NOURIGAT (Disney) toss Sonja into a living sentient fungus bog, with no easy exit out…
DAVID F. WALKER (Naomi, Bitter Root) and WILL ROBSON (Fantastic Four) feature a creature from myth, with a craving for the blood of a She-Devil…

Barbarella #2

Writer: Sarah Hoyt | Artist: Madibek Musabekov
Cover A: Lucio Parillo
Cover B: Derrick Chew
Cover C: Carla Cohen
Cover D: Mike Krome
Cover E: Rachel Hollon Cosplay
On Sale Date: 8/18/2021
Price: $3.99

Mystery abounds on the planet Camelot, and it’s up to Barbarella to unravel it all in order to save a secretly enslaved populace in what’s supposed to be a literal paradise. Answers will be forthcoming, but getting there will be half the fun—at least for you, gentle reader! And those answers may just bring down paradise…and lead to an even greater galactic evil! Love, lasers and liberty—this one’s got it all, courtesy of acclaimed novelist SARAH HOYT and visionary artist MADIBEK MUSABEKOV!

Dejah Thoris vs. John Carter of Mars #2

Writer: Dan Abnett | Artist: Alessandro Miracolo
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Alessandro Miracolo
Cover D: Rachel Hollon Cosplay
On Sale Date: 8/25/2021
Price: $3.99

The epic continues! Dejah takes a calculated risk, and trusts someone that could aid in defending against the dreaded Longborn. Little did she anticipate the arrival of THE BLACK PIRATES! Sweeping sci-fi action by DAN ABNETT (Justice League Odyssey) and ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO (Red Sonja)!

DIE!namite Lives! #3

Writer: Fred Van Lente | Artist: Vincenzo Carratu
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Arthur Suydam
Cover C: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover D: Dave Acosta
Cover E: Gracie The Cosplay Lass & Elizabethrage
On Sale Date: 8/18/2021
Price: $3.99

HAWAII! Surfers! Bikinis! Evil zombies! Flesh-eating superheroes! And Vampirella meets the wrong end of Ash’s BOOMSTICK! Absolute batsh*t craziness from FRED VAN LENTE (Wolverine) and VINCENZO CARRATU (Zorro)!

Bettie Page & The Curse of The Banshee #3

Writer: Stephen Mooney | Artist: Jethro Morales
Cover A: Marat Mychaels
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Stephen Mooney
Cover D: Ani-Mia Cosplay Photo
Cover E: Bettie Page Vintage Pin-Up
On Sale Date: 8/11/2021
Price: $3.99

The pin-up queen… of adventure is back! Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents: Bettie Page in “The Curse of the Banshee!”

An all-new Bettie Page series under the guidance of writer Stephen Mooney, ably assisted by artist Jethro “Jet” Morales and a host of incredible covers artists, cosplay goddesses and the queen of the pin-up herself – Bettie Page!

In issue 3 Bettie and the Banshee seem to become as one as the curse unfolds all around our hero in high heels (or sensible flats!) Plus: more clues as to the whereabouts of the Key Artefact.

Covers by: Marat Mychaels, Joseph Michael Linsner, Stephen Mooney, Rachel Hollon(Cosplay) and Bettie Page (Vintage Pin-Up Photo)

The Invincible Red Sonja #4

Writer: Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti | Artist: Moritat
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Celina
Cover D: Frank Cho “Outrage”
Cover E: Dominica Cosplay
On Sale Date: 8/18/2021
Price: $3.99

This issue is all out action as the Grim Reaper descends upon the kingdom of Erkhara in response to Red Sonja’s actions, dangerously destabilizing the realm, and as for Sonja herself? Let’s just say those glowing eyes of hers in issue #1 are a clue!

AMANDA CONNER, JIMMY PALMIOTTI and MORITAT continue to reveal an epic which will stand the test of time!

Sonjaversal #7

Writer: Christopher Hastings | Artist: Kewber Baal
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Jae Lee & June Chung
Cover D: Junggeun Yoon
Cover E: Savannah Polson Cosplay
On Sale Date: 8/25/2021
Price: $3.99

Welcome to the gothic steampunk world of YELLOW SONJA! You’re just in time to watch YS struggle to trust her recently-resurrected vampire-hunting family. Meanwhile, Sonja Noir discovers that the roomful of mobsters she killed a SECOND time is starting to attract a bevy of paranormal weirdness. How are these two resurrecting tale connected? Find out, courtesy of CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (Deadpool) and PASQUALE QUALANO (DIE!namite)!

Vengeance of Vampirella #21

Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Ben Oliver
Cover C: Stephen Segovia
Cover D: Marissa Ramirez Cosplay
Writer: Tom Sniegoski | Artist: Kewber Baal
On Sale Date: 8/25/2021
Price: $3.99

Issue #21! Writer Tom Sniegoski continues to weave a post-apocalyptic tale featuring a literal hell on earth as a reborn Vampirella fights against the literal forces of chaos to save humanity from its ultimate destruction!

Mistress Nyx is no more, but the evil she was responsible still infects the world. Vampirella wanders a wasteland on the verge of rebirth while searching for her own, lost humanity. Will she find it, or will she succumb to the darkness that still grips the world once ruled by Chaos?