Spelunking the Solicits for March 2026 Releases

Welcome back to Spelunking the Solicits for the January Catalogs for books releasing in March 2026, where I pick 10 issues and 10 collections you might not have noticed are up for pre-order at your local comic shop or LCS for short.

I'll be pulling from the Lunar Catalog #49 and as Doug use to write it, the Random Penguin Catalog for January. So if you want to check them out yourself links are right there.

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The Single Issues

LOBO #1

DC Comics

Lunar Pg 97 $3.99

(w) Skottie Young (a) Jorge Corona

Skottie and George were born to work on this book. This duo makes great comics.

Dead Teenagers #1 (of 5)

Oni Press

Lunar pg 502

$4.99

(w) Jude Ellison S Doyle (a) Caitlyn Yarsky

What if Groundhogs Day was a slasher set in a high school?

Thundarr The Barbarian #3

Dynamite Entertainment

Lunar pg 233

$4.99

(w) Jason Aaron (a) Kewber Baal

Thundarr and crew go back in time 2000 years to the year 1994, the year their world ended.

Tigress Island#1 (of 5)

Image Comics

Lunar pg 304

$3.99

(w) Patrick Kindlon (a) EPHK

Out of work actresses are taken against their will to a prison island and have to work together to escape.

Feral #21

Image Comics

Lunar pg 311

$3.99

(w) Tony Fleecs (a) Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson

This is being teased as a crossover to the other wildly successful series from the same creative team of Stray Dogs.

GI Joe #20

Image Comics

Lunar pg 331

$3.99

(w) Joshua Williamson (a) Andrea Milan, Lee Loughridge

Duke Meets Optimus for the 1st time in the Energon Universe

Honor and Curse #1

Mad Cave Studios

Lunar pg 382

$4.99

(w) Mark London (a) Jaime Infante

An immortal ninja hidden away for centuries to lock away a war hungry spirit must return to proctect his decendents even if it means possibly releasing that spirit again.

Speed Racer #6

Mad Cave Studios

Lunar pg 386

$4.99

(w) David Pepose (a) Davide Tinto

The Demon on Wheels returns to the comic stands with issue 6 with the newly resurrected GRX engine.

Barbarian Behind Bars #2

Mad Cave Studios

Lunar pg 397

$4.99

(w) Elliott Kalan (a) Andrea Mutti

The Team behind Maniac of New York return with a 2nd issue for Barbarian Behind Bars.

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The Collections

Immortal Legends Batman HC

DC Comics

Lunar pg 140 $29.99

(w) Mat Groom. Kyle Higgins (a) Erica D'urso, Dan Mora and Daniel Bayliss

The Tokusatsu-inspired Batman is collected here. Don't miss it.

Herculoids Vol 1 The Beginning Collections

Dynamite Entertainment

Lunar Page 238

HC $24.99, TP $19.99

(w) Tom Sniegoski (a) Craig Rousseau

If you're a fan of the 60s era cartoon comic revitalisation like I am, you can't miss this one.

Speak of the Devil TP A witchy graphic novel

Harper Collins

Lunar pg 276

$18.99

(w/a) Sweeney Boo

A young witch named Abigail saved her school in Over My Dead Body. She returns again and her world is turned upside down as school secrets may hold to keys to her own past.

Death to Pachuco TP

Image Comics

Lunar pg 362

$16.99

(w) Henry Barajas (a) Rachel Merrill, Lee Loughridge

A 1940s tale set in during the chicano zoot suit riots. Tension rise during the summer of 1943 after the murder of Carlos Urbano.

The Department of Truth: The Complete Conspiracy Deluxe Book 2

Image Comics

Lunar pg 363

$49.99

(w) James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder (a) Martin Simmonds, Letizia Cadonici, Alison Sampson, Joshua Hixson, Elsa Charretier, Tyler Boss, David Romero

This collects issues 18-33 of the Dept of Truth, one of my favorite series ever.

Beneath the Trees where Nobody Sees/ Beneath the Trees where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring

IDW

PRH Pg 77/78

$29.99/$29.99

(w/a) Patrick Horvath

A 2 for 1 release here. You can only get these in comic shops. Its one of the best comics of 2025.

Escape TP

Image Comics

Lunar pg 365

$18.99

(w) Rick Remender (a) Daniel Acuña

This was named as one of the best comics of 2025 also in Comic Book Yeti's "Best of 2025" article. Read issues 1-6 here now.

Council of Frogs TP

Strangers Fanzine Publishing

Lunar pg 563

$32

(w/a) Matt Emmons

A frog sets out on a quest to save his family. He learns how dangerous and magical the world can be outside his swamp.

Beat Every 1-Up OGN

Maverick

Lunar pg 431

$16.99

(w) Lan Pitts (a) Joe Hunter

A fantasy tale set in a video game like universe. Check out this OGN from a Yeti favorite publisher, Maverick.

Dead Head Vol 1 TP

Iron Age Comics

Lunar pg 470

$25.99

(w) AC Medina (a) Gabriel Fonseca

A slasher takes on other slasher in this beat 'em up series.

Think Freddy vs Jason meets John Wick.

Thanks for checking out this list pulled from over 700 pages of solicits.

Thanks again, this was Luis from Comic Book Yeti, signing off with another Spelunking the Solicits . Be good, do good, and read comics! Find me on the CBY discord  or BlueSky ‪@luisgodoyii.bsky.social‬