Yeti Picks of the Week for July 22nd, 2026
- Luis Godoy II
- 2 hours ago
- 5 min read
Hey Everyone, Welcome back to Comic Book Yeti's Picks of the Week. Its the start of San Diego Comic Con 2026 and don't worry I still had time to make by picks of the week. There seems to be a throughline of bodily changes being central to the plot in each of these picks, whether that is auto-immune disease, alien changes, or lunar induces. Check them all out, each single issue is under $5 and each collection is under $20
The Comic Picks
SICKO #1
IGNITION PRESS $4.99
(W) Tini Howard (A) Amilcar Pinna (C) Amanda Grazini (L) Ariana Maher
FROM THE SOLICIT:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...at least, that’s what healthy people say.
Valentine Virago has always struggled with her health. Her rare autoimmune disorder has defied all treatment, and as she grew older, it defied even classification. You see, Valentine can take her immune system and weaponize it. What would just be a normal sneeze to the rest of us, she can turn into a projectile of bloody miasma. Just as a start.
Fed up with being a test subject, poked and prodded by pushy doctors, Valentine has gone on the lam in search of the freedom to be herself. Unfortunately, interested parties want her back in their care, and they are sending goons in hazmat suits. Led by Jono, her one-time nurse and potential love interest, they’re offering her a spot in a private medical facility run by Jono's parents. Val isn’t one for institutions, however, and what some may see as a safe haven, she sees as a prison— and who wants to be trapped in a prison, when you're already trapped in your own body?
Writer Tini Howard (Marian Heretic, X-Men) teams up with artist Amilcar Pinna (X-Men: First Class, Galactic) and colorist Amanda Grazini (Creepshow, The Cryos) for their new series Sicko, a surreal story perfect for fans of Doom Patrol and mutant adventures of all kinds.
TERMINAL #1
IMAGE $4.99
(W) Robert Kirkman, Joe Casey (A/CA) Andy Kubert, Dave McCaig
From the Solicits:
THE MUST-READ SUPERHERO SERIES OF THE YEAR FROM THE DREAM TEAM OF ROBERT KIRKMAN, JOE CASEY, ANDY KUBERT, DAVID FINCH, AND ARTHUR ADAMS! There is a secret war being waged across the world by two violent forces with superhuman abilities who blur the lines between good and evil. When Marilyn Howe's search for her missing sister Alessandra puts her in the center of this conflict, she'll learn that the power to save the world comes from unlocking your genetic code and giving up everything you thought you knew about yourself…if you survive the experience. Perfect for fans of INVINCIBLE and X-MEN, nothing can prepare you for the most violent and unpredictable superhero series of the year!
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: BLOOD OF THE WOLFMAN #2 (OF 4)
IMAGE $4.99
(W) Joshua Williamson (A/CA) Leomacs, Pip Martin
From the Solicits:
THE MUST READ HORROR SERIES OF THE SUMMER! As the cops close in, Adam must convince his father that monsters do exist...before the full moon rises again.
The Collections Picks
BIG GUNS STUPID REDNECKS TP
SOURCE POINT PRESS $19.99
(W) Austin Allen Hamblin (A) Mariana Meira (CA) Kurt Belcher
From the Solicits:
After a string of unexplained disappearances in the southern parts of the United States, retired detective Clint searches for his white trash brother. While trying to solve the mystery of his brother's disappearance, Clint ends up being abducted... by aliens! He is now in the arena for Big Guns, Stupid Rednecks, intergalactic cable's newest hit show, which puts humans in blaster gun gladiatorial combat, and his brother is the reigning champion with 27 kills! From the minds of Austin Allen Hamblin and Mariana Meira, BIG GUNS, STUPID REDNECKS is a fast-paced social commentary full of rednecks blowing each other up with lasers. This trade paperback collects, for the first time ever, all three issues of the hit indie comic with loads of new bonus material.
D'ORC TP VOL 1
IMAGE $9.99
(W/A/CA) Brett Bean
From the Solicits:
“Hilarious, vivid, endlessly clever, and filled with heart. The best new comic I’ve read in forever!” —Matt Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl "You had me at magic talking eyeball shield. Brett Bean creates a fantasy world like no other! Don't be a dork, buy D'orc!" —Robert Kirkman, Invincible, The Walking Dead “D’orc is pure fun and mayhem! Absolutely my kind of book!” —Skottie Young, I Hate Fairyland The perfect mix of Bone, The Dark Crystal, Discworld, and Monty Python, D'ORC is destined to be a new fan-favorite for years to come. D’orc, the half dwarf/ half orc is fated to end the world because of some inconvenient doomsday prophecy from the Book of Certain Doom. Armed with nothing but a magical yet ambitiously violent shield and a chicken with its head cut off, D’orc is thrown dead center into Sunderaine’s never-ending war between the Light and Dark. Elves vs. Orcs. Wizards vs. Common Sense. Dragons vs. Literally Everyone. Can he survive being hunted, blamed, and beaten by every human, elf, goblin, dwarf, Witch, Timelord, Ice Giant, three headed Dog, and at least three other unpronounceable magical creatures? Join fan-favorite artist BRETT BEAN ( I HATE FAIRYLAND, Dungeon Crawler Carl The Crocodile), colorist JEAN-FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (I HATE FAIRYLAND), and letterer NATE PIEKOS (Minor Threats) for a hilarious high-fantasy romp perfect for fans of Conan, The Lord of the Rings, and of course, Gert's deadpan humor. Collects D’ORC #1-5.
GRIT TP VOL 1
MAD CAVE STUDIOS $17.99
(W) Brian Wickman (A/CA) Kevin Castaniero
From the Solicits:
GRIT is southern-fried sword and sorcery: a pulp fantasy romp as gleeful as it is grisly. When a simple hunt spirals into an occult war, Barrow and Ari must put aside their grudges—or be crushed by the cult that ends the world. From feral packs of bog-hounds to goblin gang wars, Old Man Barrow's solved plenty of problems with the swing of his axe...but when a routine troll hunt spirals into a brush with a would-be doomsday cult, he may be in more trouble than he can chop his way out of. Saddled with Ari, a sharp-tempered witch with little patience for his blood-soaked ways, Barrow is dragged into grotesque occult rituals, the jeering warbles of trash-talking songbirds, and a fight he can't win on his own...whether he admits it or not.
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