Freshly Pressed! New Comic Book Day 27th August 2025

Welcome to your definitive guide to the best day of the week: New Comic Book Day! The final Wednesday of August 2025 has quite the array of new starts to tempt you but as always check through all the week's releases below!

Jumping-On Point: New #1s & One-Shots for August 27th, 2025

Bring on the Bad Guys: Mephisto #1 (Marvel Comics)

The "Bring on the Bad Guys" event comes to a fiery conclusion in this final, climactic one-shot. Marvel's premier devil, Mephisto, stands on the verge of his ultimate victory: total control over every soul on Earth. As his epic schemes near fruition, a single, mysterious figure emerges to stand against him. This issue promises a massive confrontation, guest-starring the entire villain lineup from the original "Bring on the Bad Guys" event: Doctor Doom, Dormammu, the Red Skull, the Green Goblin, Loki, and the Abomination. This grand finale will see Marvel's most iconic villains collide as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Entanglement #1 (AWA Studios)

This 48-page sci-fi one-shot is the latest instalment in "The Protopias Collection," an ambitious anthology from AWA Studios and Futurific Studios that explores potential futures that, while imperfect, are brimming with possibilities. Set in Austin, Texas, in the year 2075, the story begins with a revolutionary breakthrough in "botany tech" that promises hyper-efficient energy production. This discovery ignites a new business boom and a ruthless war between two rival companies racing to unlock and control the technology. The narrative is a tense story of corporate espionage, bitter sibling rivalry, and merciless betrayal in a vividly imagined near-future.

Gatchaman Joe Bloodlines #1 (Mad Cave Studios)

This action-packed one-shot puts the spotlight on Joe Asakura, the hot-headed second-in-command of the Science Ninja Team known as The Condor. Joe believes he has finally found a sense of family, but his hopes are shattered when he discovers it was all a trap. Racing to a city under the control of the evil organization Galactor, the Condor walks straight into a web of lies, covert assassins, and weaponized hope. With betrayal fueling his rage, it is now all-out war, and Joe is out for blood.

Hellboy And The B.P.R.D. Professor Harvey is Gone #1 (Dark Horse Comics)

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola pens a new, classic-style mystery for his signature creation. The story begins when a paranoid antiquities professor goes missing, and the B.P.R.D. sends Hellboy to investigate. The search quickly takes a dangerous turn when it becomes clear that the same mysterious individuals who were after the professor may now be targeting Hellboy himself. This one-shot promises a moody and atmospheric tale of paranormal investigation in the grand tradition of Hellboy's best adventures.

Immortal Legend Batman #1 (DC Comics)

DC's Elseworlds imprint delivers one of the most unique takes on the Dark Knight in years. Drawing heavy influence from Japanese "tokusatsu" franchises like Kamen Rider and Power Rangers, this series reimagines Batman in a world scarred by an interdimensional war. In this reality, humanity broke the barrier between our universe and its shadow, unleashing horrific apparitions bent on destruction. From this terror, a legend was born: a warrior who could access the energy of both realms, transforming into a cosmic dark knight called Batman. After fighting to keep humanity safe, he abandoned the war and vanished. Now, years later, he is said to hunt a rogues' gallery of monsters born from the shadows.

Imperial War: Black Panther #1 (Marvel Comics)

Spinning out of Marvel's latest cosmic event, this one-shot places T'Challa in the crosshairs of the entire galaxy. Framed for a series of assassinations that have ignited an all-out galactic war, the Black Panther becomes a fugitive. His first challenge is to survive a brutal assault from two of the universe's heaviest hitters: the World-Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho. All the while, his spacecraft is spiraling towards certain doom, forcing T'Challa to fight a war on multiple fronts as he desperately tries to find the true culprit and clear his name.

Imperial War: Planet She-Hulk #1 (Marvel Comics)

The "Imperial War" storyline continues as Jennifer Walters takes on an unexpected and dangerous new role. Left behind on the savage world of New Sakaar to keep the peace while the Hulk is away on a mission, She-Hulk discovers that this realm has little need for a litigator and a desperate need for a liquidator. Taking on the mantle of the planet's temporary ruler, the reluctant Queen of Sakaar must trade her legal prowess for brute force. She must navigate the complex politics and violent tendencies of warring alien races on a world where only strength is respected.

Masterminds #1 (Dark Horse Comics)

This new five-issue series is a modern noir thriller about the gamification of success and ambition. The story follows a troubled but brilliant video game programmer who dares to audition for a secret society within the tech industry. This cabal is composed of cutthroat, genius masterminds who promise to help their members achieve their wildest dreams. However, the audition process is far from ordinary, as he and his rebellious co-worker find themselves thrown into a deadly gauntlet of real-life puzzles and challenges that will test their intellect and their will to survive.

Red Vector #1 (Mad Cave Studios)

This five-issue series is described as an "earthbound space opera" that brings a massive cosmic conflict to a grounded, realistic setting. Cora Martinez is a park ranger working in the Sonoran Desert, where her days are spent balancing the needs of the environment with the desperation of immigrants crossing the border. She dreams of a world without such conflicts, but her life is irrevocably changed when an alien civil war crashes through a rift in space, bringing two powerful, opposing combatants right to her doorstep. Cora is thrown into the middle of an interstellar war that has just made Earth its newest battlefield.

Sonja Reborn #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)

Legendary writer Christopher Priest delivers a bold reinterpretation of the Red Sonja mythos for a new generation. The story begins in the year 2025, where a young British clerk named Maggie Sutherland is unceremoniously transported from her mundane life into the wilds of the Hyborian Age. This translocation is the work of two ancient, warring gods, The Light and The Dark, who transform her into the renowned Hyrkanian warrior, Red Sonja. Thrown into a brutal realm of monsters and magic, Maggie must quickly learn how to survive as she struggles to understand her new identity and find a way back home.

Stitch #1 (Dynamite Entertainment)

The galaxy's most dangerous and adorable genetic experiment returns in a new all-ages adventure. Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Stitch's creator, is in danger of losing his membership in the prestigious Evil Genius Group-slash-Syndicate (E.G.G.S.). He hasn't earned enough Villain Points to renew his membership, and while he's no longer fully "evil," he desperately wants to stay in the group for their excellent dental plan and complimentary travel lounges. To remain qualified, he creates a series of new evil inventions, but there's one variable he can never account for: the fuzzy blue ball of chaos that is Stitch, who finds a way to hilariously ruin every single one of his brilliant, diabolical plans.

The Man Who Dreamt The Impossible A Tribute to Jack Kirby #1 (Image Comics)

This special treasury edition one-shot is a fictionalized, heartfelt tribute to the life and legacy of the undisputed "King" of comics, Jack Kirby. The story centers on Jack King, the eldest resident in a care home. A man with a prodigious imagination, he is known for telling fascinating stories, but has recently been suffering from extreme fatigue and a lack of motivation. When a young, compassionate orderly named Mike arrives, he helps Jack restore not only his spirit but also his much-loved library, a place that has fallen into disarray and is afflicted by a sinister, metaphorical pestilence lurking on its shelves. The tale is a celebration of Kirby's creative genius and a commentary on the editorial constraints he and others faced throughout their careers.

The Mortal Thor #1 (Marvel Comics)

Following his critically acclaimed run on Immortal Thor, writer Al Ewing relaunches the God of Thunder's story with a bold and startling new premise. The series begins with a shocking revelation: the Norse myths were never real. Asgard was just a story, the gods never walked the Earth, and they never fought for humanity. In a world without gods, nobody is coming to help. But somewhere in a modern city, a man is waking up. A man with a hammer. This series promises to deconstruct the Thor mythos and rebuild it from the ground up, exploring what it means to be a god in a world that has forgotten them.

TMNT: Shredder #1 (IDW Publishing)

One of the most terrifying villains in comics history returns in a dark new series that puts him front and center. Returned from a maddening ordeal beyond imagination, the Shredder is a man out of time. He has been betrayed by those around him, he is without his Foot Clan, and he is quite possibly insane. When one of his former prodigies forms their own rival clan with infernal designs on New York City, the masterless ronin Shredder must embark on a quest deep into the criminal underworld. There, enemies both old and new will discover the price of defiance at the end of his blades in a brutal rags-to-revenge story.

Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man #1 (Image Comics)

The modern master of horror, writer James Tynion IV, teams with artist Dani to resurrect a horror icon in this four-issue miniseries. The story reimagines the classic tale of Jack Griffin, a brilliant scientist who has always felt invisible to the people around him. When an experimental breakthrough presents him with a path to make his metaphorical feelings a physical reality, he takes it, and no one—not even the woman he loves—will stand in his way. The series will witness Griffin's legendary descent into madness as his humanity fades away and the monster inside is finally revealed.

X-Men: Tooth and Claw #1 (Marvel Comics)

This special issue collects the digital-first X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic arc (issues #13-18) in print for the first time, providing crucial backstory for the current X-Men lineup. The story answers a burning question for fans: how did two of mutantkind's most dangerous and infamous villains, Beast and Magneto, become part of Cyclops' new team of X-Men? It explores their complex histories—from Henry McCoy's journey from jovial hero to a beast in deed as well as name, to Max Eisenhardt's path from mutant revolutionary to longtime X-Men ally. A pair of chance encounters will show each of them why a world that hates and fears them still needs them to fight for it.