Jumping On: Series Premieres, One-Shots, And New Story Arcs Kicking Off On October 16, 2024

One of the most frustrating things about finding new comics to read and enjoy is finding a good jumping on point. It can be confusing and disheartening to pick up a single issue from the middle of an arc without having the context of the previous chapters.

With that in mind, here are a few New Story Arcs, Series Premieres, and One-Shots that caught my eye for this upcoming New Comic Book Day, Wednesday, October 16th, 2024.

Featured Series Premieres, One-Shots, And New Story Arcs:

Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse #1, Massive

Mike Kingston has partnered for years with wrestling legends Jerry Lawler, Trish Stratus, Lita, Booker T, RVD, and more to produce Headlocked Comics. 

Now he’s working with Vampiro to tell the tale of Everitt Holden, an Austin music vlogger who sets out to discover the truth behind the urban legend known only as Vampiro, an underground guitarist that’s seemingly existed for over a century. Instead, he finds himself dragged into the middle of a shadowy conflict of biblical proportions.

It’s horror, lucha libre, and rockabilly, all wrapped up in one gory awesome package.

Ice Cream Man Presents: Decompression in a Wreck #1, Image

A family on a cross-country roadtrip. Two truckers hauling dairy upstate. And a violent interstate crash that stretches, slows, and warps time…

Presented here in deluxe format (square-bound card stock) is the collected edition of Ice Cream Man issues #39 and #40 — a two-part experiment that explores comic book decompression, the myriad conflicts of the human soul, and that magical place where prose and sequential narrative sometimes meet. 

Keep your eyes on the road.

Chilling Adventures Presents… The Nine Lives of Salem #1, Archie Comics

That hokey black cat puppet on the 1990s Melissa Joan Hart vehicle Sabrina the Teenage Witch was my absolute favorite part of the show. I have to pick this one up. Have to. 

Salem Saberhagen was once a powerful warlock whose misuse of powers led him to live the rest of his life in servitude, acting as a cat familiar to a family of witches. But even in feline form, he can’t escape the sins of his past. And when some familiar faces return seeking revenge, he might just use up all of his nine lives trying to save himself from their wrath.

Tiny Onion Presents #1

The inaugural issue of Tiny Onion’s physical newspaper will be offered at NYCC next weekend for just a buck!

A celebration of print, T.O.P. #1 features expansive articles, including Silver Sprocket and the Return of Indie Comics, A Conversation with Josh Hixson and Tyler Boss, and James Tynion IV Reflects Back on the First Nine Months of Tiny Onion, an interview by SKTCHD’s David Harper.