Archie Vs The Terminator, Kodi: A Place To Call Home, Scarlet Traces Volume Four, and Pathfinder / Vampirella: Blade of Darkness
From Archie Comics, Dynamite, Top Shelf, and Rebellion
Here is the latest comics news and comics previews, including:
A new crossover from Archie Comics and Dynamite Comics.
A new adventure in Kodi: A Place To Call Home.
The latest volume of Scarlet Traces.
And Pathfinder / Vampirella: Blade of Darkness from Dynamite Comics.
The Terminator Sets Its Sights on Riverdale High
Archie has crossed over with many interesting characters, and now there is something new in Archie Vs. The Terminator from Archie Comics and Dynamite Comics.
Riverdale better watch out, because all manner of chaos is about to kick off when a teenage John Connor enrolls at the local high school, as Dynamite Entertainment, Archie Comics, and STUDIOCANAL present Archie vs. The Terminator starting this fall as a new 5-issue comic book miniseries!
The crossover no one saw coming is here! Archie and the gang have crossed paths with so many icons over their 85 years of history, while The Terminator has set its sights on all manner of victims. This fun-filled mashup is coming in hot for fans starting this October with the historic first meeting of pop culture powerhouses. Who will survive to tell the tale?Writer Rory McConville continues his critically acclaimed tales of The Terminator here in unexpected fashion, following his series The Terminator: Metal. The star scribe of Spawn and Red Sonja brings the eye for action and science fiction twists to this fabled meeting.
"Archie crossovers hold a very special place in comics, so I'm thrilled to be writing the gang's first (maybe last?!) encounter with The Terminator," said writer Rory McConville. "Enrolling John Connor at Riverdale High felt like the perfect way to bring these two iconic franchises together and I can't wait for readers to see what we have in store."
Tackling the pulse-pounding pages inside the book is a heartwarming duo of Steven and Lily Butler. Longtime comics fans will know Butler for his beloved tenure on Spider-Man titles in the 1990s. His bibliography with Archie is deep, especially contributing to their Sonic the Hedgehog titles for years. In 1999 that same series publicly announced the birth of his daughter Lily. Now years later, the father and daughter duo are frequent artistic collaborators and in this series are set to balance the iconic house style of Riverdale with the threatening metal visage of The Terminator!
"When I got the invite to draw the Archie vs. The Terminator mini-series, I was deeply honored and excited at the same time," said artist Steven Butler. "I’ve always loved most the Archie stories that put the gang into some sort of overwhelming peril that they had to try to get themselves out of and now this mini-series gives us the opportunity to tell that kind of story I love so much! The icing on the cake is the fact that I get to work with my daughter Lily on this project — what more could a proud dad want?"
"This story marks my first time working for Dynamite, and working on a full miniseries," added artist Lily Butler. "I’m super excited to be working on characters that I’m very familiar with like the Archie crew and other characters that are new to me. I think we’re working up a really cool project and I’m excited for everyone to see!"
Complementing the thrilling showdown inside the series, each issue of Archie vs. The Terminator features covers by a range of familiar favorites to both Dynamite and Archie readers including Francesco Francavilla, Robert Hack, Björn Barends, and Bill Galvan. Fans can also get a mystery blind bag on the premiere issue, packed with limited editions selected randomly from a range of stunning variants.
This series follows the fan-favorite Archie X Army of Darkness crossover, which marked the first in a new era of continuing crossovers and collaborations between Dynamite Entertainment and Archie Comics. Even more details are to be announced soon!
Top Shelf Embarks on a New Adventure with "Kodi: A Place To Call Home”
Top Shelf has announced a new adventure with Kodi: A Place To Call Home – coming in September 2026.
What happens when two friends get separated by everything in the world…except love! Top Shelf Productions brings this gorgeous story to life in Kodi (Book 2): A Place to Call Home available September 1, 2026. In Kodi 2, painter/cartoonist Jared Cullum returns to his award-winning graphic novel series for an incredible new adventure, full of gorgeous outdoor vistas, amazing animals, lovable and hateable new characters, roaring rivers, thrilling dangers, and tender moments. Readers and animal-lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again.
“The Kodi series of books are very personal to my own journey of self-discovery,” says creator Jared Cullum. “The first book was a more jovial look at the loss and rediscovery of the art-spirit and where that dream can take you. The second Kodi book is about all the hands that can try to take it from you or tell you what you or it are supposed to be and the maturity and bumbling growth it takes to find where you belong, embracing dreams and found-family along the way.”
After being reunited, Katya and Kodi are settling into their fast-paced new life together in the city. But as Katya starts to fall behind in school and Kodi struggles to find his place in this noisy new world, everything is put at risk by a greedy zookeeper who aims to break them up for good. Now, Katya and her unusual family must venture back into the wild, face their fears, and learn to trust new friends, as they fight to find a place to belong.
Kodi: A Place to Call Home will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color softcover graphic novel (ISBN: 978-1-60309-595-2) as well as a digital edition, on September 1, 2026, for a list price of $19.99. For more information please visit the Top Shelf web site.
Scarlet Traces Volume Four
From the pages of 2000 AD and from Rebellion is Scarlet Traces Volume Four, and it’s out in August 2026.
CREATIVE TEAM: Ian Edginton (w) D’Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
RELEASE DATE: August 26th
HARDBACK, 112 pages
PRICE: £17.99
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own!
In the immediate aftermath of The War of the Worlds, Britain, having defeated the invading Martians, is a weakened shell of its former self. As it begins the process of rebuilding, a new, more Earthly, foe seizes its opportunity.
Scarlet Traces continues in this fourth volume of Ian Edginton and D'Israeli's critically acclaimed sequel to H.G. Wells' iconic novel The War of the Worlds.
Available in print from: 2000 AD webshop, book stores, Amazon, and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop, 2000 AD app for Apple & Android
Vampirella Enters the Realm of Pathfinder in New Series
A new crossover from Dynamite Comics with Pathfinder / Vampirella: Blade of Darkness.
Welcome to Golarion! Dynamite Entertainment and Paizo Inc. are proud to present the next project in their nearly 15 years of ongoing collaborations, as the Daughter of Drakulon enters their beloved tabletop fantasy realm in new comic series Pathfinder / Vampirella: Blade of Darkness this October!
It's a world of swords and sorcery, a place where adventurers tempt fate, monsters lurk in every shadow, and powerful beings seek ever more power. One such figure in the realm is the vampire lord Zaloch. He's performed a haunting ritual, one told to summon a figure who will give vampires a new advantage against any who would seek to destroy their kind. To his surprise, the subject of his ritual summons does not result in a raging, fearsome demon... but Vampirella!
Then, right as the raven-haired antiheroine enters the fray, monster hunters show up. Rife with chaos, dark magic, battles with life and death on the line, this unexpected crossover will rival any fantasy and roleplaying romps. Some of Pathfinder's most legendary heroes get tangled up in the mayhem too, as partners on and off the battlefield Kyra and Merisiel, the elf rogue and human Sarenite, join the fracas!Writer Erik Burnham makes his Pathfinder debut, tapping back into his fan-favorite writing of Vampirella from her past crossover with Dejah Thoris. Burnham is otherwise known and revered by fans for his works with Red Sonja, Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more. He's partied up with artist Federico Dallocchio, who was at the forefront of reviving the Suicide Squad at DC, and other titles like Star Wars, Starcraft, and more.
"Golarion is a fantastic sandbox to play in, and the only complaint I’ve had so far is that I only have so many pages to explore it!," said writer Erik Burnham. "Not only has introducing Vampirella into a new world full of gods, monsters, and heroes been a treat for me, so has getting to write those gods, monsters, and heroes for the first time — and knock on wood, not the last!"
Burnham and Dallocchio are joined on this quest by past Pathfinder pencilers Steven Cummings and Andrew Huerta who contribute covers to the series. Prolific RPG and gaming artist Wayne Reynolds also does character sheet covers. Collectors can chase after rare Pathfinder collectibles via the premium mystery blind bag too.Readers are invited to roll the dice and enjoy this new adventure, as Vampirella navigates her way through the world of Pathfinder!