Yeti Picks of the Week fo September 23, 2026
Hey Everyone, Welcome back to Comic Book Yeti's Picks of the Week. Lot of exciting stuff coming out in shops, Cowboys vs AI, Mad Science, Gorilla turned Academy Award Winner, secret societies, space operas and superhero mites. Check them all out, each single issue is under $5 and each collection is under $20.
The Comic Picks
DARK HORSE $4.99
(W/A) Geof Darrow (C) Ian Herring (L) Nate Piekos
FROM THE SOLICIT:
GONG FU VS. THE ROBOTS!!!
After escaping an ICY reception in small town Amerigunn, The Shaolin Cowboy must now deal with an army of COLA-CRAZED ROBOTS and these Chatbots aren’t interested in chit chat! They are only interested in finding a final solution to the Cowboy’s immigration status. Will the Cowboy’s unique mix of Shaolin, Tai-Chi, Wing Chun, Hung Gar, Bak Mei, Choy Li Fut, Changquan, Xingyiquan, Xingyiquan, Karate, Iaido, and Mahjong be enough to stop Emil Cola’s deadly engines of VENGEANCE????
You’ll have to get through 28 pages of exciting 6-7 thrills to FIND OUT!!!
Nate Piekos will spell it out!
Ian Herring will provide the color commentary!
Geof Darrow draws the lines in the sand!!
Mad Science Division: The Cold Open
IGNITION PRESS $4.99
(W) Dan Watters (A) Brian Level (C)Lee Loughridge (L) Frank Cvetkovic
From the Solicits:
A LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY EXCLUSIVE!
It’s no secret Archimedes Anderson is a nepo hire. Assigned chief-coordinator of R&D at the American arm of genetic engineering and bioweapons development company Miyashi-Smith, everyone knows he’s here for one purpose: to slash the budget and trim the fat. If he can cut 30% of expenditure from the unaffectionately nicknamed Mad Science Division, he’s been promised a cushy, high-level job at HQ.
He goes in with a move-fast-and-break-stuff attitude but, knowing absolutely nothing about the dangerous genetic experiments taking place in the division, he upsets the delicate equilibrium of the department factions, and removes guard rails which protect the workers and the public--exposing them to terrible, evil experiments. In this special introductory issue, featuring an all-new and exclusive story, readers and Archimedes go through orientation at the Mad Science Division together!
Ignition's latest series comes from the demented brains of Dan Watters (Nightwing; TMNT: Shredder) and Brian Level (Venom: Black, White & Blood). And this exclusive first chapter is only available in comic shops for Local Comic Shop Day!
CRIMES AGAINST NATURE #1
IMAGE COMICS $3.99
(W) Eliot Rahal (A/CA) Mattia Monaco
From the Solicits:
SERIES PREMIERE TWO BEST FRIENDS. A MAN AND HIS APE AGAINST THE WORLD. A famous Hollywood Animal Trainer, Doctor Kermit Groeden, and his only client/best friend—Amigo the Ape, the first gorilla ever nominated for an Academy Award—are framed for a crime they didn’t commit. Now they’re on the run. And to clear their names and save their lives, Kermit and Amigo will be forced to reveal their darkest secrets and confront each other’s hidden past. Will their friendship be able to survive? A story about secrets, sins, and simians. ??Koko the Gorilla meets The Usual Suspects and Pineapple Express in this Hollywood neo-noir buddy crime comedy.
The Collections Picks
Roots of Madness
IGNITION PRESS $19.99
(W) Stephanie Williams (A) Letizia Cadonici (C) Alessandro Santoro (L) AndWorld Design
From the Solicits:
When traditional remedies meet a new frontier of science — can long kept family secrets help the world, or doom us all to cosmic oblivion?
In a terrifying body horror reimagining of Madam CJ Walker’s life, Etta Knight must break a generational curse or succumb to the maw of madness!
At the turn of the 20th century, a young Black woman named Etta Knight picks up the tradition of her late mother for creating special medicines using natural ingredients and secrets passed down from generation to generation. Her mother has passed on a book of recipes and formulas, but it’s also full of strange symbols and dark musings that she doesn’t quite understand. Within her community, one of the problems she hopes to fix is counteracting the poisonous and abrasive solutions women of color are sold for straightening her hair.
So, when the Meridian Fellowship reaches out and offers her a spot at their institute in Savannah, GA, to use their facilities to do her research, Etta jumps at the chance. She packs up her mother’s book and heads to the school, but what she finds there is a secret society and a campus surrounded by natural wonders that may point the way to understanding the more mysterious parts of her mother’s work…if dark forces don’t claim her first.
Inspired by the life of Madame CJ Walker, this alternate history combines tradition with the supernatural for something truly modern and unique.
This volume collects issues 1-6 of Roots of Madness.
KILLING MACHINE TP VOL 1
MASSIVE PUBLISHING $18.99
(W) Darin S Cape (A) Michel Fortin (CA) Tokio Aoyama
From the Solicits:
The Killing Machine is a gripping space opera about war, artificial intelligence, and the consequences of first contact on a galactic scale. Combining philosophical depth with explosive military conflict and richly imagined alien civilizations, The Killing Machine delivers both large-scale spectacle and thought-provoking storytelling for readers seeking intelligent, ambitious science fiction. The series features cinematic artwork by Michel Fortin alongside a tightly crafted narrative by Darin S. Cape.
METEOR MITE
PAPERCUTZ $17.99
(W/A/CA) Art Baltazar
From the Solicits:
Years in the making! A tale of Galactic Proportions! Our SAGA takes us to the far reaches of space, where a mysterious runaway CRYSTAL is being pursued by the EVIL Meteor Mongers! The MONGERS will not stop until they find the Enchanted Crystal! WHAT? WHY? What's so important about this Crystal? Could it be the Ultimate POWER in the Universe? I think so! Or maybe the Crystal is about to choose the newest Hero of the AW YEAH COMICS UNIVERSE! You bet! Introducing METEOR MITE! The most powerful being on earth...and the world heavyweight championship wrestler? Every hero has an origin story, and this one belongs to METEOR MITE! But how does one learn to be a superhero? Is Mikey worthy of this power? Where do those powers come from? Mikey is about to step into a whole new world...while accidentally making enemies along the way. Created from the mind of the Eisner, Harvey, & CIPA Award-winning Famous Cartoonist ART BALTAZAR! Superhero Sci-Fi epic-ness at its best! AW YEAH!
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