Mad Cave August 2025 Solicitations

ARCHITECTS EPIPHANY TP

Creators: (W) Chi-Ho Kwong (A/CA) Chi-Kit Kwong
Price: $10.99 | ISBN: 9781545819029 | Product Code: 0625MA514

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

With pride and driven by vocation, the Shaman Ling Tiber and City Builder Ocean Hacklin valiantly answer their calling and undertake a dire mission to seek hope and redemption, amid the rise and fall of an entire civilization, Aye-Shan City. Join them on their sweeping adventure, set in a world full of fantastical creatures and magical powers!

DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH TP VOL 02

Creators: (W) Dan DiDio (A) Jim Calafiore, Matt Horak, Sal Velluto (CA) Jim Calafiore
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781545817735 | Product Code: 0625MA517

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

Assault on the Seven Nations! The reimagining of the classic animated series continues as Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Lothar attempt to unite a fractured world against threats new and old. Flash’s beloved may still be alive — Lothar’s ex-wife is working with the enemy — The Phantom fights for his spot in the family legacy — and Mandrake recruits surprising allies — it’s all here in Dan DiDio and J. Calafiore’s action-packed series! Collects issues #5-8.

FLASH GORDON TP VOL 02

Creators: (W) Jeremy Adams (A) Will Conrad, Tom Derenick (CA) Will Conrad
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781545817773 | Product Code: 0625MA524

In-Store Date: 8/13/2025

New friends and old enemies collide as Flash re-discovers the galaxy he once protected! Having escaped Planet Death, Flash Gordon and his band of misfits hijack a ship to make the long journey back to the world once known as Mongo. They must leap from planet to planet, refueling, resupplying, and, of course, getting into a heap of trouble. New friends and old enemies collide as Flash re-discovers the galaxy he once protected. The adventure continues in an action-packed second volume!

GALAXY OF MADNESS TP VOL 02

Creators: (W) Magdalene Visaggio (A) Victor Santos (CA) Michael Avon Oeming
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781545817780 | Product Code: 0625MA525

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

In the far-flung future, and on the other side of the galaxy, a swashbuckling space archaeologist is on a one-way trip to vindicate her parents – and bring the man who destroyed their legacy down. The crew of the Verisimilitude is back and Vigil’s search for her lost parents continues…while following their footsteps in trying to unlock the secrets and strangeness of the universe! But will the team survive the madness of the galaxy?! Find out in the newest installment of this four-color fantasy! Collects issues #6-10.

GOD TIER TP VOL 02 (MR)

Creators: (W) Mario B. Long (A) Kuroi, Pablo Rey, Yufo (CA) Kuroi
Price: $10.99 | ISBN: 9781545819128 | Product Code: 0625MA530

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

Rioters have taken over the city. PERSEUS, and HERACLES try to lead PABLO and a group of citizens to safety but THE HYDRA and other perils await them. Meanwhile, the police make a last stand to contain the riot before it burns completely out of control. Are any heroes left to stop the forces of darkness?

IN MOURNING TP

Creators: (W/A/CA) Paula Cheshire
Price: $14.99 | ISBN: 9781545819746 | Product Code: 0625MA531

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

When someone dies, there’s a void–a loss. No matter what. There’s a whirlwind of feelings and confusion. We don’t know what happens to the dead after death, but we do know what happens to the living. Paula beautifully narrates the loss of her mother and how she copes with the sudden loss in this charming and moving graphic novel.

INFINI-T FORCE TP VOL 03

Creators: (W) Ukyo Kodachi (A/CA) Tatsuma Ejiri
Price: $10.99 | ISBN: 9781545819067 | Product Code: 0625MA532

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

Gatchaman! Tekkaman! Casshan! Polimar! The four heroes have begun to get used to their new home, but people are now disappearing one by one from Shibuya… including the heroes themselves! As evil looms near, will anyone remain to oppose it?

KILL TRAIN TP

Creators: (W) Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (A) Martina Niosi (CA) Skylar Patridge
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781545817827 | Product Code: 0625MA533

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

To control the population explosion that nearly crippled the city, New York has instituted Kill Train, a randomized, extermination program where designated subway trains are picked at random, and all the passengers are slaughtered by the end of the line. In this not-so-distant future, we meet Vanessa, a struggling single mom in the midst of a nervous breakdown, who discovers that she, herself, is on a Kill Train. Now, for once in her life and with everything to prove, Vanessa decides she’s not going down without a fight.

POP KILL TP (MR)

Creators: (W) Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson (A) Juan Santacruz (CA) Dave Johnson
Price: $19.99 | ISBN: 9781545817872 | Product Code: 0625MA538

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

Imagine a world where the two dominant and competing Cola companies, each worth billions, are owned by former conjoined twins who are now separated and have grown to hate each other so much they hire assassins, saboteurs, and espionage personnel to meddle with each other on a daily basis. This is the story about brotherly love run afoul, and the people they enlist to do their dirty work. Collected for the first time, this explosive soda story is guaranteed to unleash the fizz in your pop!

PRINCESS GWENEVERE AND THE JEWEL RIDERS TP VOL 02 QUEST FOR AVALON

Creators: (W) Jordie Bellaire (A/CA) Koi Carreon
Price: $14.99 | ISBN: 9781545818183 | Product Code: 0625MA539

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders have defeated Lady Kale—or so they think! While discord among the girls continues to grow, a new threat approaches Avalon. Kale, who has taken over the body of her queen sister, has begun her plans to overtake Avalon, once and for all. Meanwhile, Drake struggles with his feelings of loss no longer being in the Wolf Pack and finds himself facing a new (but familar) enemy, alone in the Icy Wastes. The Jewel Riders must work together in order to rescue the queen, free Drake, and defeat Lady Kale once and for all. Avalon depends on it!

BLUE PALO VERDE #3

Creators: (W) Ray Fawkes (A/CA) Rimanti
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140482300311 | Product Code: 0625MA515

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

While Kristine learns a lesson in trust from her father, Sheriff Whitlock and the strange secret of the town of Promise are closing in on her from both sides. Whichever way she turns, her life will be forever changed. Can she survive the choice? The hotly anticipated folk-horror story of dread and redemption continues in August 2025!

BURIED LONG LONG AGO #4

Creators: (W) Anthony Cleveland (A/CA) Alex Cormack
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140475500411 | Product Code: 0625MA516

In-Store Date: 8/13/2025

Ryelyn and Haddy devise a plan to slow Candle Eyes…but their hopes face an uphill battle as Belle continues to lure more men to her murder farm. As each one ultimately meets their demise by Belle’s hand, Candle Eyes grows stronger with each new burial.

DICK TRACY #11

Creators: (W) Alex Segura, Michael Moreci (A/CA) Geraldo Borges
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60194704612201111 | Product Code: 0625MA518

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

ALL-NEW STORY ARC–AND A PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT! As Dick Tracy investigates a series of brazen bank robberies by the mysterious Summer Sisters, an old army friend appears from across the pond with ominous tidings. Plus, the Detective in Yellow’s personal life gets complicated! Still reeling from The Blank’s murderous rampage–and the ways it changed The City’s criminal underbelly–can Dick Tracy piece together a new mystery while being yanked back into his own complicated past?

DONT FORGET YOUR BRIEFCASE #2

Creators: (W) Eliot Rahal (A/CA) Phillip Sevy
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140481600211 | Product Code: 0625MA520

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

The Nuclear Football is loose, and absolutely no one can know that it’s in the dangerous hands of a small child. Colonel Honken is sent on a recovery mission to clean up her mess by the General of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Meanwhile, Katrina is trying to figure out how to keep her status as a Russian double agent a secret when a long-held family lie is revealed to Elmo and changes his entire world.

EAT YOUR YOUNG #1

Creators: (W) Brian Buccellato (A/CA) Mattia Monaco
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140493900111 | Product Code: 0625MA521

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

What happens when a 2,000-year-old Immortal Warlord decides he’s done? In EAT YOUR YOUNG, EDMUND IRONS names his six-year-old daughter, ELSA, as the next Alpha of his immortal clan. But every hundred years, during a brutal 27-day window known as The Centurium, his children have one chance to rip out his heart and claim the throne — or lose their immortality forever. Now, Edmund’s thirty offspring — an iconic cast of genre archetypes like The Cold War Spy, The Serial Killer, The Vigilante, The Punk Rocker, and The Billionaire Futurist — turn on their father and each other in a zero-sum battle for eternal life.

ENDLESS NIGHT #3

Creators: (W) Mark London (A) Tom Derenick (CA) Chris Weston
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140486100311 | Product Code: 0625MA523

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

The stage is set… for slaughter! In a skyscraper fortress, the vicious mercenary BOSKO delivers a deadly mystical artifact to AXEL BLACK. How can the evil tech billionaire be stopped? Easy! The rogue assassin VELVETEEN has devised a three-step plan. First, launch a full frontal assault alongside detectives McCORMICK & MILLER and monster hunter OWEN BLACKWOOD. Second, kill everyone she sees. And third… have a blast doing it! ENDLESS NIGHT is Mad Cave’s miniseries event of Summer 2025, a genre-smashing collision of archetypal heroes by celebrated writer MARK LONDON (Battlecats, Hunt.Kill.Repeat.) and acclaimed artist TOM DERENICK (Justice League), set in the universe of dark conspiracies, hard-boiled mystery, and unnatural menace known as UNDERWORLD!

GATCHAMAN #11

Creators: (W) Sam Humphries (A) Pasquale Qualano (CA) Inaki Miranda
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60194704601601111 | Product Code: 0625MA526

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

A “Beach Issue” Breather! A surprise typhoon crashes the Gatchaman team’s day off, stranding them in the heart of a storm engineered by Galactor. With their ship destroyed and the skies turning lethal, the team must ride the winds, trust each other, and soar alongside sea creatures to survive. At the eye of the storm lies a monstrous mecha—and the only way out is in. This time, nature’s the weapon, and the Science Ninja Team is the fuse.

GATCHAMAN JOE BLOODLINES #1

Creators: (W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Nicola Scott
Price: $6.99 | UPC: 60196140495300111 | Product Code: 0625MA528

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

Joe Asakura thought he found family…but as it turns out, he found a trap. Racing to a city under Galactor control, the Condor walks straight into a web of lies, covert killers, and weaponized hope. Now it’s war, and Joe’s out for blood.

ORLA #1

Creators: (W) John Lees (A/CA) Sally Cantirino
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140494600111 | Product Code: 0625MA534

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

Love is a monster. Orla Bard is an antique restorer, romance novel enjoyer and keen birder. She also believes in true love, continuing to navigate Seattle’s singles scene despite repeated disappointment. But Orla has a secret. She is afflicted with The Ick, a man-eating monstrous entity dwelling inside her, who violently emerges whenever she gets too angry or afraid. Unable to rid herself of this curse, Orla uses The Ick to save other women by removing the scummiest men from the dating pool…permanently. Hearts (and bodies) will be broken in this offbeat romcom/creature-feature mashup!

PALE KNIGHT #4

Creators: (W) Peter Milligan (A) Val Rodrigues (CA) Nick Marinkovich
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60194704604700411 | Product Code: 0625MA536

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

The Plague Maiden is doomed to do Death’s work, yet unable to die herself. But can Sir Hugh de Grey–another unwilling worker for Death–be the instrument of her release? Meanwhile, Aaron of Albi seeks death in the poison of a bubo. It’s 1342. And there’s a lot of death about.

PAST TIME #5

Creators: (W) Joe Harris (A) Russell Olson (CA) Mark Chiarello
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140474800511 | Product Code: 0625MA537

In-Store Date: 8/13/2025

When a big league scout comes looking for talent, the Monroe County Burners think they’ve got a couple of prospects who might make the cut. With only one spot available, Henry Hayes has to bring his “A” game. That’s bad news for the competition, and worse news for Henry.

RED VECTOR #1

Creators: (W) David DB Andry, Tim Daniel (A/CA) Chris Evenhuis
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140492200111 | Product Code: 0625MA540

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

Cora Martinez has seen her fair share of conflict– as a Sonoran Desert Park Ranger, she straddles the line between sheltering desperate immigrants and steering others away from an uncertain fate. She longs for a place where disputes such as these no longer exist. But a clash far bigger than any on Earth is about to rip the heavens apart and crash land upon her doorstep with the arrival of two opposing combatants in an alien civil war through a rift in space! The earthbound space opera from the creators of Morning Star and Crush Depth begins! When the stars fell, war came to Earth.

SLASHERS APPRENTICE #4

Creators: (W) Justin Richards (A/CA) Val Halvorson
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140476200411 | Product Code: 0625MA542

In-Store Date: 8/13/2025

“Change is inevitable. An ending. A new beginning. Everything in between is merely an obstacle. A weed to be plucked out. Stay tuned.” — A mysterious new killer is disrupting the scene by targeting other slashers that they deem irrelevant. Will Riley and HVK be able to stay ahead of the innovation curve and stay off this new killer’s radar? Or is it too late to teach this old lion some new tricks?

SPEED RACER #2

Creators: (W) David Pepose (A) Davide Tinto (CA) Alessio Zonno
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140488502011 | Product Code: 0625MA543

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

Life in the fast lane! Speed enters the Sword Mountain qualifier with one goal—win a million dollars to save Pops’ life. But racing at the pro level means taking on corporate-backed legends, deadly rivals like Snake Oiler, and the shadowy legacy of the CAT Team—the same crew that cost Rex Racer his life. When slick tricks send Speed spinning, he must decide: play it safe or drive like the street racer he truly is. One wild comeback later, he’s got a shot at the championship… and a target on his back.

VANISHING POINT #4

Creators: (W) Mark Russell (A) Jok (CA) Chris Weston
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140478600411 | Product Code: 0625MA546

In-Store Date: 8/27/2025

In “Proof of Life”, a robot is accused of sentience and put on trial. If it is found to be alive, it will be destroyed. But what proves that you are alive more than not wanting to be destroyed? The brainchild of Mark Russell, Vanishing Point is an anthology series of short stories that are part science fiction and part existential horror, with an exceptional roster of artists tackling each tale. These are stories with a twist in which the twist is not the point of the story, but a beginning point from which to ask what it means to be alive

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CRIMSON JUSTICE #3

Creators: (W) Frank Tieri (A/CA) Inaki Miranda
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140479300311 | Product Code: 0625MA547

In-Store Date: 8/6/2025

Reddy’s back! But how can that be? Is the one-time Crimson Justice sidekick a ghost? Or is he a figment of John Redding’s possibly demented mind? And if his reappearance isn’t enough to make John break out his crimson mist gun again, will our hero finally be forced into action now that Dr. Mayhem’s murderous master plan is revealed? Or is Empire City truly doomed?

WILD ANIMALS #2

Creators: (W) Ed Brisson (A/CA) Andy Kuhn
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 60196140484700211 | Product Code: 0625MA548

In-Store Date: 8/20/2025

Neil returns to Albion Flats to seek vengeance against the men who killed his father, and left him scarred. But as he hunts crooked cops, the adrenaline fades and his anxiety mounts as Neil realises he’s in over his head. He’s just a scared kid barely out of his teens. What’s he going to do when he finally gets his hands on these killers? What’s to stop them from turning him into another victim?