New Marvel and Indie Comic Book Releases for Wednesday, April 7th!

CHAINSAW MAN GN VOL 04
(W) Tatsuki Fujimoto (A) Tatsuki Fujimoto
As Denji and his team investigate the whereabouts of the Gun Devil, they’re ambushed by a coordinated attack to take them all out. Denji will have to get stronger if he wants to stay alive in this dangerous game!
For older teen audiences.

DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA GN VOL 21
(W) Koyoharu Gotouge (A) Koyoharu Gotouge
The fight with Kokushibo, the highest-ranking demon among Muzan’s servants, is over. Although Himejima and Sanemi defeated Kokushibo and sent him to hell, the price the Demon Slayer Corps has paid is very high. Kiriya Ubuyashiki, the new leader of the Demon Slayers, struggles to recover from the losses. With the battle against Muzan far from over, the remaining fighters will need his help more than ever. Meanwhile, deep within Infinity Castle, Tanjiro and his friends come face-to-face with their nemesis at last…
For teen audiences.

EXCALIBUR #20
(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar
THE PHANTOM MENACE!
An invisible threat is loose on the island of Krakoa – unseen,
unheard, undetectable by any…except Excalibur.
Rated T+

FIRE POWER BY KIRKMAN #10
(W) Robert Kirkman (A/CA) Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson
The tragic life of Owen Johnson becomes…more tragic?& SAMNEE #10

GEIGER #1
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank
Industry heavyweights GEOFF JOHNS (Superman, Green Lantern, Batman: Three Jokers) and GARY FRANK (Superman, Supergirl, The Incredible Hulk) of DC’s DOOMSDAY CLOCK reteam for what will be one of the most anticipated new series of 2021 in the forthcoming GEIGER. This mind blowing new series will take local comic shops by storm in April from Image Comics.

Who are the scavengers of a dying earth? GEIGER is set in the years since a nuclear war ravaged the planet, desperate outlaws battle for survival in a world of radioactive chaos. Out past the poisoned wasteland lives a man even the Nightcrawlers and Organ People fear. Some name him Joe Glow, others call him The Meltdown Man. But his name… is Geiger.

HOLLOW HEART #2
(W) Paul Allor (A/CA) Paul Tucker
As their escape draws near, Mateo shows EL a different way to live: free from constant pain, and filled with pleasure, sex and new sensations. But these lessons serve to underscore the cruelty of EL’s captors and to awaken a new level of anger within him. Meanwhile, Mateo tests the limits of his own empathy in increasingly dangerous ways.

IMMORTAL HULK #45 
(W) Al Ewing (A) Joe Bennett (CA) Carlos Pacheco
• The Hulk is at his lowest point.
•  His strength is gone. His friends cannot reach him. Gamma itself has turned against him. What hope is there now?
•  What hope is left… for THE WEAKEST THERE IS?
Rated T+

KING IN BLACK #5 (OF 5) 
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman
WHAT’S A GOD TO A NONBELIEVER?
Rated T+

MAGIC THE GATHERING (MTG) #1
(W) Jed MacKay (A) Ig Guara (CA) Matteo Scalera

* A new beginning for the pop culture phenomenon of Magic starts here from Jed MacKay (Marvel’s Black Cat) and Ig Guara (Marvel’s Ghost-Spider), perfect for new readers and long time fans.

* Across the vast Multiverse, those gifted with a “spark” can tap into the raw power of Magic and travel across realms -they are Planeswalkers.

* When coordinated assassination attempts on Guildmasters Ral Zarek, Vraska and Kaya rock the city of Ravnica and leave Jace Belleren’s life hanging in the balance, a fuse is lit that threatens not just these three Guilds, but the entire plane of Ravnica.

* Now these three must covertly infiltrate the wild plane of Zendikar and form a tenuous alliance to uncover why the targets of the assassins have all been Planeswalkers…

* …which will lead them straight to one of the most enigmatic characters in Magic history!

NOCTERRA #2
(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey
“FULL THROTTLE DARK,” Part Two-Val brings her passengers to their first truckstop – the Neon Grove! But with her brother getting worse by the minute, and dark forces in hot pursuit, our ferryman finds herself faced with a grave decision.

RESISTANCE UPRISING #1
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) C. P. Smith (CA) Rahzzah
Acclaimed writer J. Michael Straczynski returns the prescient, ambitious world of The Resistance! In the wake of the assassination of their leader, the Resistance is in disarray, disconnected from each other and hunted by authorities around the world – including an army of “reborns” recruited by the American government. To avert decimation at the hands of a fascistic government crackdown, the Resistance must discover the ace up their sleeve, and then the key to unlocking it

SILVER COIN #1 (OF 5)
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Michael Walsh
Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with an all-star lineup of collaborators-CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS)-on a new horror anthology miniseries for mature readers. Each issue will tell a tale of terror in a shared supernatural world. The story starts in 1978 with a failing rock band whose fortune suddenly changes when they find the mysterious Silver Coin. Little do they know that fame comes with a cost, and a curse is always hungry.

STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC #4 
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Ario Anindito (CA) Phil Noto
THE JEDI TURNED AGAINST EACH OTHER?!
•  AVAR KRISS and her band of brave JEDI helpless in the clutches of a traitor in their midst.
STARLIGHT BEACON under attack from an insidious foe. Danger from an age-old enemy.
•  Who is really pulling the strings on the distant planet of SEDRI?
•  Plus: The secret history of the terrifying DRENGIR revealed.

STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES #3
(W) Daniel Jose Older (A/CA) Harvey Tolibao

In the glory days of the Republic, the Jedi stand as guardians of galactic peace-until a powerful new adversary called the Nihil arrives. Zeen accompanies the Jedi to the Starlight Beacon, a glowing symbol of the Jedi and Republic. where she learns what it means to be a Padawan. Meanwhile, Krix and the Nihil fight their way through a Republic blockade to safety, and Krix begins to wonder who this strange man who helped him really is.
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Writer Daniel José Older, bestselling author of Star Wars: Last Shot, and artist Harvey Tolibao bring IDW into The High Republic, a massive publishing crossover spanning comics and prose!

THE RISE #1 (OF 6)
(W) George C. Romero (A/CA) Diego Yapur
The film Night of the Living Dead changed popular culture forever, and now George C. Romero, the son of legendary film director George A. Romero, tells the story before the worst night on Earth. Learn about the death, destruction, and tragedy that led to the birth of the modern zombie in this prequel horror saga to the most significant and influential horror film franchise in history!