Maze Agency, Blood Run & Party Killer in Scout December 2023 Solicits

September 17, 2023

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Mike Barr’s Maze Company returns in Scout Comics’ December 2023 solicits, in addition to Blood Run #1 and Whole Occasion Killer #1 by David Yu.

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Mike W Barr‘s Maze Company returns, drawn by Silvano Beltramo from Scout Comics of their December 2023 solicits and solicitations, in addition to launches for Blood Run #1 by Evan Ok Pozios and Stefano Cardoselli, Whole Occasion Killer #1 by David Yu in addition to Superman and Batman espresso licensed from DC Comics. Which is a brand new one.

THE MAZE AGENCY is again! The Eisner- and Harvey-Award nominated collection by creator Mike W. Barr (author/creator of Camelot 3000 and author of Batman: Son of the Demon) joins forces with artist Silvano Beltramo to return to the world of everybody’s favourite comedian guide detective crew. Jennifer Mays, refined New York non-public eye and proprietor of the Maze Company and her paramour, Gabriel Webb, considerably scruffy true-crime author and novice sleuth, romance, remedy crimes and catch killers in fair-play detective tales that the reader is challenged to unravel earlier than they do! Of their newest journey, somebody is stalking the set of a slasher film collection. Jen and Gabe have to determine the killer’s id and true motive — earlier than they develop into the killer’s subsequent victims!

BLOOD RUN #1
WRITER | EVAN Ok. POZIOS
ARTIST | STEFANO CARDOSELLI
COVER A | STEFANO CARDOSELLI
COVER B | ED BICKFORD
COVER C | STEFANO CARDOSELLI
FULL COLOR | 48 PAGES | $5.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/13/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
For followers of TWSITED METAL and DEATH RACE! Welcome to “The Boneyard,” of us! It is a racetrack from hell, revving its engines with dying and destruction! Essentially the most ruthless of race automotive drivers have come to this unholy superspeedway to check their mettle. There aren’t any limits, and there aren’t any guidelines. However with every passing lap, the sadistic violence ratchets up one other stage—like a toddler burning ants with a flamethrower! Will anybody see the checkered flag? Can anybody survive . . . the Blood Run?!

TOTAL PARTY KILLER #1
WRITER | DAVID YU
ARTIST | DAVID YU
COVER A | DAVID YU
COVER B | DAVID YU
FULL COLOR | 60 PAGES | $7.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
A mature darkish fantasy with a bloody splash of comedy for followers of Quentin Tarantino films and Dungeons & Dragons. Nobody informed Verity, the Adventuring Intern, that her first quest can be this bloody. Perpetually surrounded by mayhem, mutilation, and homicide, Verity finds little sympathy in her mentor Captain Bastion. With the looming hazard of the primordial dragon Gridda on the horizon, Verity has to ask herself one easy query; how badly does she REALLY need this job

COMICS ON COFFEE
BATMAN DARK KNIGHT
ROAST 12OZ BAG
$21.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023

The last word team-up! Scout Comics, Comics On Espresso & DC have joined forces to make your mornings extra thrilling
and motion full of nice tasting espresso! This Darkish Knight Roast is a superb cup of espresso, that may go away your
style buds begging for yet one more cup! Completely no bitter aftertaste, with a tiny trace of citrus and chocolate. For the true
collectors & followers on the market, do not miss your probability to expertise what all vigilantes are calling “A roast you will need to
maintain brewing from sun-up to KNIGHTFALL!” ©️&™️ DC

COMICS ON COFFEE
SUPERMAN METROPOLIS
MOCHA 12OZ BAG
$21.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
Scout Comics, Comics On Espresso & DC have joined forces to make your mornings extra thrilling and motion full of
nice tasting espresso! You do not want x-ray imaginative and prescient to see that this espresso will make you extra highly effective than a
mocha-motive. This daring espresso bean has a pure chocolate style. Sourced from the excessive mountains of Nicaragua;
and like all our coffee- it is Direct Commerce & all pure. We add an all-natural vanilla flavored oil to make it a good larger
tasting espresso. Get able to steep tall buildings with a single floor.
“This espresso has acquired us shifting quicker than a dashing barista.” -The Every day Planet FOC DATE | 11/5/2023

AGENT OF WORLDE
COMPLETE SET
WRITER | DENIZ CAMP
ARTIST | JASON WORDIE
COVER ARTIST | FILYA BRATUKHIN
FULL COLOR | 96 PAGES | $22.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
Attractive robots! Tremendous-evolved orangutan bosses! Joyriders from the twenty sixth Century! Nothing phases Philip Clean, high
agent for the sci-fi spy group referred to as W.O.R.L.D.E.! However recently, Philip’s been questioning if there is not extra to life
than saving the world via artistic violence. What’s Philip hiding from WORLDE, and the way far will he go to maintain it
hidden? Essentially the most fantastically weird guide of the 12 months is right here!
COMPLETE SET – AGENT OF WORLDE 1-4! Allocations could apply.

Having mastered the artwork of Origami, Tofu the Rabbit goes on a quest to be taught the secrets and techniques of good scrapbooking from
Princess Snowpea. Alongside the best way, he battles a troupe of Ninja Scouts in coaching, mentors a wrestling bear, and tries to
keep away from the Evil Ferret, however when Tofu’s rival, Darkish Miso, kidnaps Princess Snowpea for his personal nefarious functions, Tofu
and his new buddies should band collectively to tug off a daring and comedic rescue.

BLADE IN THE DARK #3
WRITER | MORGAN QUAID
ARTIST | WILLI ROBERTS
COVER ARTIST | WILLI ROBERTS
B&W | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
Rook and Goblin proceed their hunt for the god of masks, with the little trickster now in possession of the physique of a
lifeless everlasting. They encounter Safina, goddess of the swamps who acknowledges the lifeless physique of her former companion,
Magnus. Incensed, Safina throws the may of her will in opposition to Rook and Goblin, however earlier than she will be able to deal the dying blow,
Masuku and Rook’s sister arrive to assert victory.

Confronted by her one-night-stand over the existence of magic, excommunicated witch Alyssia Singer lastly spills her
deepest secrets and techniques. And, with all of the playing cards on the desk, Alyssia worries the police may need the fallacious man in custody as
the serial killer concentrating on Baltimore’s witching neighborhood. To unravel the case, Alyssia’s going to must lastly face her
estranged father, the highly effective witch who kicked her out of the household ten years prior…

Gabriel and Cissy are within the Darkish Lands—a as soon as stunning place that has now been diminished to a hellscape ravaged by a
illness known as The Lament. Whereas Cissy begins to show Gabriel the best way to navigate the horrors of the Darkish Lands, he realizes
the important thing to their success find Maddy will likely be to reassemble his outdated army unit. First up is Brambles who was left
stationed within the Forest From The Bushes.

CODE 45 TP
WRITER | BENJAMIN HUNTING
ARTIST | JOE NG
COVER ARTIST | JOE NG
FULL COLOR | 128 PAGES | $19.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/13/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
A subway driver named Vanessa discovers a terrifying world of dragons, medicine, and underground raves lurking
beneath the streets of Montreal. Transferred to the night time shift, she should battle to uncover what’s actual, what’s not, and the way
it ties right into a darkish household secret about psychological well being.
How for much longer can she deny what’s proper earlier than her eyes? Particularly because the disappearances start to multiply and
even her personal buddies aren’t secure from the forces stalking the tunnels. Observe Vanessa deep into the stomach of the beast as
she struggles to place the items collectively in time to save lots of each herself and people she cares about essentially the most from the
relentless menace of Code 45.

DEATH DROP DRAG ASSASSIN #5
WRITER | DAVID HAZAN
ARTIST | ALEX MOORE
COVER ARTIST | ALEX MOORE
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/19/2023
Dying Drop and the Bear face off in opposition to Mom Henny and her faceless minions in a terrifying confrontation at
Posterior Delusions. In the meantime, Hiram lastly exhibits his face to deal a devastating blow.

DUST #5
WRITER | BRETT REGISTER
ARTIST | GASTON GOMEZ
COVER ARTIST | GASTON GOMEZ
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
Keeli and the Mud Pirates plunge into the depths of the Mud looking for the key path to the Grimm Fortress, however
what they discover is much more than they anticipated! Down within the Echo, information of Lord Alldon’s dying flies via town.
Prince Alldon takes the throne and instantly launches an offensive, silencing all dissenters by any
means mandatory.

KITSUNE TP
WRITER | LUCA FRIGERIO
ARTIST | EMANUELE ERCOLANI
COVER ARTIST | EMANUELE ERCOLANI
FULL COLOR | 96 PAGES | $19.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
Twelve years in the past, Kitsunichi Shimitsu was banished by his daimyo due to his function in a conspiracy. Now that his
grasp is not alive, his homeland has descended into chaos as a result of incompetence of the younger daimyo
to rule.
Our hero, accompanied by his buddy Karamatsuki Yamanouchi, has returned house to set issues proper however his efforts
unveil essentially the most horrible of truths—the chaos enveloping his homeland has been instigated by his long-lost, son
Hirotaro Shimitzu!
Will Kitsunichi be capable of redeem himself and maybe save his son? What different disturbing truths will he uncover
alongside his journey?

In Mykko, the world of humanoid mushrooms, a bunch of Outcasts tag together with the ousted Captain Barius on her
return house to save lots of her Clan. Enemy mercenaries patrol the principle highway. The one path leads via an uncharted
forest. However who’re their mysterious foes, and what are they actually plotting?

Making digital comics collectible! This plastic collectible card that accommodates a PDF of the whole LAST STOP
graphic novel (points 1-7)! Time is ticking for the World’s final superhero. Disillusioned, Lincoln Adams (a.ok.a.
Unstoppable) should make peace with the altering world round him-can there really be a spot for him in a world
with out Supers? After studying of his terminal illness, Lincoln sees a simple manner out; nevertheless, the re-emergence
of an outdated Arch-Nemesis, and a brand new shadowy masked determine, flip Lincoln’s plans of a simple passing on their head.
Can Lincoln cease this new risk earlier than the illness stops him?

Making digital comics collectible! Now indvidually numbered plastic collectible card that accommodates a PDF of the
full LOCUST graphic novel (points 1-4)! Most of humanity has fallen sufferer to a horrendous plague that has
turned them into big bugs. The others, the uninfected, wrestle in opposition to the locusts in a battle for his or her lives.
Within the midst of the “Nice Transformation,” a fisherman named Max and his aged mom attempt to escape from an
contaminated and decimated New York Metropolis. The locusts are solely be the primary of many horrible risks.

MIDNIGHT WESTERN THEATRE: WITCH TRIAL #4
WRITER | LOUIS SOUTHARD
ARTIST | BUTCH MAPA
COVER ARTIST | JULIANNE GRIEPP
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
Secrets and techniques and lies are revealed! As the top grows nearer and nearer, the invisible hand of destiny has lastly come to gather
for Ortensia Thomas! The way forward for every little thing rests on her shoulders! However, extra importantly, WHO—OR WHAT—IS
THE LONE SPIRIT?!

MIRACLE KINGDOM
COMPLETE SET
WRITER | DENIZ CAMP
ARTIST | JASON WORDIE
COVER ARTIST | FILYA BRATUKHIN
FULL COLOR | 128 PAGES | $28.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
A forensic accountant investigates a showboating televangelist with doubtful therapeutic powers, and shortly realizes that he
could also be coping with the “Michelangelo of rip-off artists” when his miracles look like astonishingly convincing.
In the meantime, the accountant’s true goal is shrouded in a thriller of its personal. Barely absurd and playfully self-aware,
Miracle Kingdom is a tongue-in-cheek have a look at the clandestine techniques that impression our lives and considers how these
techniques will be challenged. COMPLETE SET – MIRACLE KINGDOM 1-5! Allocations could apply.

MOM BREAKS THE INTERNET #2
WRITER | JAY SANDLIN
ARTIST | PATRICK MULHOLLAND
COVER ARTIST | PATRICK MULHOLLAND
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $19.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
After dropping her tech job, Barbie works with fellow mothers and dons the net persona of MOM, a masked super-hacker
disabling key Web providers till an inventory of honey-do’s are met. Her daughter Penny struggles with trauma from her
assault whereas doxxing her abuser on-line.

OMEGA GANG #6
WRITER | MATTEO RIVOSECCHI
ARTIST | NICCOLÒ LELAPI
COVER ARTIST | NICCOLÒ LELAPI
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/19/2023
Gab goes to London with murderous intent, eager to blow up the Parliament. Luna should discover the
braveness to take motion and confront her buddy. Ama goes again to go to her household for one final time.

QUARRY TP
WRITER | MIKE SALISBURY
ARTIST | MARVIN LUNA
COVER ARTIST | MARVIN LUNA
FULL COLOR | 88 PAGES | $19.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
After a latest household tragedy, a boy units out to buy a Christmas tree with the assistance of his huge brother’s
ex-girlfriend, Katie. Making an attempt to ease his father’s mourning and maintain what’s left of his household collectively, Katie and
the boy seek for a Christmas tree of their small city. Collectively, they attempt to reclaim a little bit of Christmas and assist
one another cope with the aftermath of dying. The Quarry is a coming-of-age story about younger love and loss, set
in opposition to the tough winter wonderland of Northern Michigan.

QUICKSAND
COMPLETE SET
WRITER | JONATHAN HEDRICK
ARTIST | DEBORA LANCIANESE
COVER ARTIST | DEBORA LANCIANESE
FULL COLOR | 128 PAGES | $28.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
After a mysterious gap opens within the Egyptian desert, horrific creatures climb out and wreak havoc on
a close-by metropolis. They retreat as shortly as they arrived, leaving the planet in shock by this unfathomable
occasion. A crew of elite specialists from across the globe known as “Canary One” are despatched after the monsters
to find extra about them. However when the crew by no means returns, the world should put together for the likelihood
of one other wave of assaults COMPLETE SET – QUICKSAND 1-5! Allocations could apply.

REDSHIFT
TP VOL 1
WRITER | HS TAK
ARTIST | BRENT DAVID MCKEE
COVER ARTIST | BRENT DAVID MCKEE
FULL COLOR | 148 PAGES | $19.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/19/2023
A decade in the past, explorer Isabella Faye Drake was chosen to take the illustrious and all-important Voyage to hunt
down a brand new Earth. Like the opposite Voyagers earlier than her, she by no means returned, abandoning two sons Hellener and
Sebastian, and their father Roderick. When the Ministry of Exploration chooses Hellener for a similar deep area
mission, his brother Sebastian is left behind to try to include a depleted Mars that stands on the point of a civil
struggle. Whereas Hellener chases the fleeting dream of a brand new house, Sebastian struggles to make sure his brother could have a
house left to return to.

SHEPHERD #1
SCOUT LEGACY EDITION
WRITER | ANDREA L. MOLINARI, ROBERTO X. MOLINARI
ARTIST | RYAN SHOWERS
COVER ARTIST | LUCA PANCIROLI
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/19/2023
Scout Legacy editions convey again a few of our most prolific difficulty quantity ones again in print! After
Professor Lawrence Miller’s teenage son Val’s tragic dying, he can not shake the sense that his son’s
soul is misplaced and wandering between heaven and earth. Grief-stricken, Lawrence has develop into satisfied
he can rescue his son, however at what value? What lengths will Lawrence go to on this supernatural thriller?

SIDEQUEST #5
WRITER | GRANT STOYE
ARTIST | ALAIRE RACICOT, TANYA ROBERTS
COVER ARTIST | ALAIRE RACICOT & BRENDA SNELL
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
D’arik’s decisions as a husband, a father, and a buddy come to a end result. Can Tareen and crew stave off
Barca’s remaining push? Will the hirsute boogeyman obtain his malicious targets? Within the battle of obligation and
escapism, which comes out on high? BACKUP STORY: Lil’ Uhok should determine between his dad and mom’ expectations
and his coronary heart’s wishes.

STABBITY BUNNY #1
SCOUT LEGACY EDITION
WRITER | RICHARD RIVERA
ARTIST | DWAYNE BIDDIX
COVER ARTIST | DWAYNE BIDDIX
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/20/2023
FOC DATE | 11/12/2023
Seven-year-old Grace, nonetheless clutching her lovable plush bunny, is kidnapped by supernatural forces that
have been looking her household for generations. She awakens in a shack on the outskirts of city, and for
the primary time in her life, the little woman cannot sense her mom’s presence. Her captor is aware of the household’s
secrets and techniques, and that hyperlink has been severed. When her escape try fails, it appears there will likely be lethal
penalties, however an unlikely protector intervenes. It is a huge mistake to kidnap a toddler with an opulent toy
named Stabbity Bunny!

TALES OF VULCANIA
COMPLETE SET
WRITER | MARCO DAERON VENTURA PALMQUIST
ARTIST | MATTEO LEONI
COVER ARTIST | MATTEO LEONI
FULL COLOR | 96 PAGES | $22.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/66/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
Primarily based on the role-playing sport Vulcania by Geargames. The shadow of a struggle has modified the world of Vulcania
without end. Ours is the story of a younger swordswoman named Sydna. She is consumed with rage and has sworn to
avenge her household and her individuals on those that dropped the bomb on her nation. On account of her quest, she
herself is nowhunted and on the run, pursued by a bunch of vicious bounty hunters and harmful mutants. This
is Tales of Vulcania, the start of an epic “magmapunk” journey!
COMPLETE SET – TALES OF VULCANIA 1-4! Allocations could apply.

THE MALL #1
SCOUT LEGACY EDITION
WRITER | JAMES HAICK III, DON HANDFIELD
ARTIST | RAFAEL LOUREIRO
COVER ARTIST | RAFAEL LOUREIRO
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/6/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
Scout Legacy editions convey again a few of our most prolific difficulty quantity ones again in print! The Mall is
set in everybody’s favourite decade, the 1980’s. This coming of age crime story takes place in a small
Florida city on the top of the recognition of indoor malls. When the top of the Cardini Mob Household
mysteriously dies, his three illegitimate youngsters every inherit a retailer within the mall. Whereas the shops entrance as
authorized companies, the true cash is within the unlawful companies. The children are thrust right into a world of crime, all
the whereas simply attempting to outlive regular highschool life. It is like a John Hughes Godfather film.

CHISPA: The 13 Origins is a collection of one-shot origin tales for the members of The 13, a bunch of
Mexicans and Mexican Individuals who uncover they’re chispas, capable of wield unattainable powers.The day
Baytown, Texas observe star Olivia Estela turns eighteen, one in every of her brothers is nearly hit by a automotive—till Olivia runs
impossibly quick and pulls him to security. Swearing her siblings to secrecy, she lets them assist her discover her new
talents as she desires of the independence that being a chispa may lastly give her. However when a possible
tragedy all of a sudden looms on the fringe of city, Olivia will uncover that household and neighborhood are price risking one’s
freedom to guard.

TRAVELERS GUIDE TO FLOGORIA #6
WRITER | SAM MOORE
ARTIST | SAM MOORE
COVER ARTIST | SAM MOORE
FULL COLOR | 40 PAGES | $5.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/27/2023
FOC DATE | 11/19/2023
Harry and Steve discover the winding alleyways of Canyon Metropolis, on the lookout for the Zeebonite temple that is key to
getting Harry house.
As they examine, the varied factions of our story converge. Who will win the battle for the unique alien creature
named Harry Blandford? Will or not it’s the mighty Flendleheim Industries or the mysteriously curious hooded beings?
Possibly it’ll all be tremendous straightforward, and Harry will get house with none points. Yeh that in all probability will not occur.

TRAKOVI #4
WRITER | ADRIEAN KOLERIC
ARTIST | ADRIEAN KOLERIC
COVER A | DAVE THOMAS , ADRIEAN KOLERIC
COVER B | OLIVIA KOLERIC
FULL COLOR | 32 PAGES | $4.99
IN-STORE DATE | 12/13/2023
FOC DATE | 11/5/2023
THE REVENGE OF ULA! A damaged and tortured Trakovi is compelled to reply for his previous by the hands of his
maniacal cousin! In the meantime, WENDY has been despatched on a mission to kill the final of her remaining buddies. Will
SINGH, WALLACE, TOYKOV, and JOMMANDO survive the night time? Relaxation assured—somebody WILL be lifeless by the
finish of this difficulty!

The notorious Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathori simply completed renovating her gothic fort. Friends come to
the darkish residence, however an important factor is that servants are required within the fort. Younger women gladly
go to serve the revered countess, not suspecting that their mistress has already tasted blood and is deeply
immersed in her murderous insanity.

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