Speed Racer: Tales From the Road, Gunpowder Prophets, and Bloodletter
From Mad Cave Studios, and Image Comics
New comics and previews to check out including:
A new addition to the Speed Racer universe.
A new series with Gunpowder Prophets.
More from the Spawn universe and Image Comics.
Buckle Up and shift into high gear with Speed Racer: Tales From the Road by Mark London
Mad Cave Studios are really building this up - with some new Speed Racer stories to check out in Speed Racer: Tales From the Road.
He’s fast, he’s fierce, and he’s back! Mad Cave Studios and Japan’s legendary Tatsunoko Production team up to bring fans a brand-new Speed Racer series that tears off the main track and dives into the shadowy side streets of the celebrated world.
Speed Racer: Tales from the Road #1 hits the pedal with a full-throttle 32-page Racer X story written by Mark London (Endless Night, Hour of the Wolf, Exit City), making his debut in the world of licensed comics, alongside Mad Cave’s Speed Racer series writer, David Pepose. Featuring interior art by Sebastián Píriz (Gargoyles, Stranger Things), with colors by Rex Lokus (Aquaman), letters by Buddy Beaudoin (Speed Racer), and covers from Andy Clarke (Batman) and Dan Panosian (Savage Red Sonja), Shane Connery Volk (Nottingham), and Joe Quesada (The Amazing Spider-man)—this latest batch of tales peels back the curtain on the characters that have fueled decades of fandom, starting with the most elusive of them all, Racer X!
Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is an all-new quarterly release featuring one-shot stories that expand the universe of Speed Racer! Two destinies. One road. Only one can walk away. When Interpol sends Racer X on a mission to take down a brutal warlord known only as the Viking, a deadly chase ignites across a shadowy European city. Packed with brutal hand-to-hand combat, turbocharged vehicular mayhem, and a haunting look at the choices that forge a man, this oversized one-shot dives deep into the past of the masked driver you think you know. Also featuring a Spritle and Chim-Chim backup story where they borrow the Mach 5 for the joyride of a lifetime!
Mark London spoke of this exciting new venture: “I’ve been obsessed with Racer X since I was a kid—he was always the mysterious, badass enigma I wanted to know more about. So getting to write a full story that dives deep into his world? Total dream come true. Tales from the Road lets us explore corners of the Speed Racer universe that the main series doesn’t usually touch, and I think fans—old and new—are going to love what we’re doing. It’s going to be explosive in every way.”
“Mad Cave gave me a lot of freedom to have fun with the art for this action-packed story, and I'm really enjoying it,” added artist Sebastián Píriz. “It's always great to be able to be a small part of the history of something as big as Racer-X and the whole Speed Racer universe!”
“It's been a thrill to explore the wild, weird corners of the Speed Racer series in Tales from the Road,” said Mad Cave Studios editor, Chas! Pangburn. “Each self-contained issue is a high-octane pit stop, letting us pop the hood on characters from the main series and see what makes them tick. With a rotating pit crew of writers and artists, there’s a scenic detour for every kind of reader.”
First introduced in the 1960s anime classic from Tatsunoko, Speed Racer has become a cross-generational phenomenon, spawning films, toys, and comics around the globe. With Speed Racer: Tales from the Road, Mad Cave is taking fans on a pit stop with stories that’ll get ‘em to the finish line.
Perfect for anyone who ever wanted to know what really happens beyond the flags, Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is sure to add the nitro boost to your comic book shelf! Issue #1 speeds into comic shops on October 22, 2025.
Grindhouse Mayhem Meets Supernatural Chaos!
More coming from Mad Cave Studios this October with Gunpowder Prophets.
Get ready for a gonzo splatterfest packed with cults, corpses, and consequences…
Mad Cave Studios is proud to announce GUNPOWDER PROPHETS, a full-throttle supernatural grindhouse horror series in five blood-soaked issues—written by Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode), illustrated by Patrick Piazzalunga (Monsters Are My Business), with colors by Roman Stevens (Batman Begins) and letters by award-winning Taylor Esposito, featuring a variant cover by Jorge Corona (Batgirls, Middlewest).
Huck and Marley help people for money. Well, in theory anyway... For some reason, their "help" always seems to involve massive amounts of property damage, a somehow guaranteed collision with the supernatural, and if Marley has his way, a huge body count. They’re the Gunpowder Prophets, and a simple job rescuing a girl from a backwoods cult turns weird when the super groovy leader's supernatural powers turn out to be very, very real. It’s seventies-style horror mixed with grindhouse action in Gunpowder Prophets.
Writer Justin Jordan said, “It’s seventies exploitation cinema meets Fulci-style horror with a healthy dose of buddy comedy. Huck wants to get paid. Marley wants to kill. Neither of them is ready for what’s coming.”
“It was a blast collaborating with Justin on this—we brainstormed the story together from the ground up, and now it’s finally real,” said Patrick Piazzalunga. “If you’re into grindhouse crime and ‘70s horror vibes, this one’s got your name on it: biker zombies, high-octane chases, a no-bullshit sheriff, brutal splatter, and more. Huck and Marley are ready for you. Just… don’t tick Marley off.”
It’s gonzo-style over-the-top action horror and the wildest B-movie horror you’ve ever seen at midnight. If you like Evil Dead II, Cemetery Man, Odd Thomas, or just want to watch a couple of morally flexible guys fight literal monsters with guns and grit, don’t miss Gunpowder Prophets!
Gunpowder Prophets #1 hits shelves October 1, 2025. Preorder it at your local comic shop from Mad Cave—and remember: always get paid up front.
The Battle for Power in the Spawn Universe Gets Bloodier, Bolder, and More Personal
The Spawn universe continues to expand with the upcoming second issue of Bloodletter from Image Comics.
Back for more blood. BLOODLETTER #2 hits shelves this Wednesday from Image Comics and the minds of writer Joseph P. Illidge (The Shadow Cabinet), artist Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Nightwing), with killer art from Christian Rosado (Summoner’s War, Dark Ride) and a variant cover by Raymond Gay (Static, Batman: Urban Legends). Set deep within Todd McFarlane’s ever-expanding Spawn Universe, this issue sharpens the blade and cuts deeper—don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Since getting burned all those years ago, Tasha has lived the life of a mercenary. But one chance encounter with someone from her past sends the Bloodletter down a path she may soon regret.
If you’re into the sharp edges of Something is Killing the Children, the mystique of Witchblade, or the grit of Grim, Storm, Catwoman, and Psylocke, then Bloodletter is your next obsession—a genre-smasher with bite, attitude, and a lead who doesn’t ask permission to burn it all down. Bloodletter #2 arrives Wednesday, July 23.
Bloodletter #2, Cover A by Christian Rosado – Lunar Code: 0525IM480
Bloodletter #2, Cover B by Raymond Gay – Lunar Code: 0525IM481
The issue will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
