November Comics Look Aheads

Nick Nazar 25 Oct 24, 2025

Hey there comics fans! November is just around the corner and with every new month comes new comics! We've combed through the catalogs and found a few books out of the onslaught of new stuff to highlight. Cause we think they're neat and fun! What did we highlight this month? Only one way to find out!

Upcoming Publisher Catalogs

Before we get into our reviews and recommendations for November, here's a one-stop shop for all of the digital catalogs for most of the comics publishers we carry. If you're looking to get a head start on finding your own new favorites, or hey maybe you just want to stay well ahead of the deadlines, we've got you. We'll post links to the current plus upcoming months here in our look aheads every month.

November Release Comics

December Release Comics

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Reviews and Recommendations

What’s cooking this November? We’ve got a team-up review for a new Harley Quinn book (because honestly it was either this or Sloane and Elise fought each other for the opportunity to talk this book up), the return of Kieron Gillen’s haunted RPG comic, a planet full of she-hulk, and more! Please enjoy these lovely reviews and recommendations, courtesy of your friends on Team Phoenix - Elise, Sloane, and Nick.

Harley Ivy: Life & Crimes

DC Comics

By Erica Henderson (writer and artist)

You read that right. Erica Henderson is making a Poison Ivy X Harley Quinn comic!(!!!!!!) I cannot emphasize enough how excited I am for this. Henderson’s Harley Quinn Annual last year was one of my favorite things I read all year and directly led to me buying a Sloane an F.B.I. (Female Body Inspector) shirt that she cut up and wears to work (lesbians everywhere rejoice). I’m a huge fan of Henderson’s slightly squnchy (complimentary) art and off the wall sense of humor. If I see her name on something I will read it no matter if I care about it or not but in this case I’ve lucked out and I do care about these funky little lesbians so so much. So much so, in fact, that Sloane and I had to fight to see who got to write about this for look aheads but we tied so you get us both. –Elise

Three-time Eisner Award winner Erica Hendersonn is one of my favorite creatives in comics, and I love her not just as an artist, but also increasingly as a writer. Obviously I was a huge fan of Squirrel Girl back in the day, and I love her art in basically anything, but she’s also secretly been writing Harley Quinn comics for kind of a while now? From last year’s Harley Quinn Annual (one of my favorite single issues all year) to mini comics in Harley: Black, White & Blood and the back of main Harley Quinn series, she’s written the character a few times now and every time she does it’s exactly what I want to read. I guess I’m not alone in this, because DC finally decided to give her a full series to work with! And it’s ✨gay!✨ Harley/Ivy shippers rejoice! -Sloane

- Sloane & Elise (or Sloalise if you will)

[I will not? –Sloane]

{I’m peer pressureable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Elise}

Die: Loaded

Image Comics

By Kieron Gillen (writer), Stephanie Hans (artist), Clayton Cowles (lettering)

Heck yeah, yall. Die is back and just in time for the fall / winter season. What better time to read about childhood trauma, a haunted role playing game, and what happens when you let Kieron nerd out over two of his favorite things - comics & RPGs. For those of you not familiar - the original Die series told the story of 6 kids who sat down for the first session of their game master’s new role playing game. They created their characters and each chose a die to represent what powers and abilities they’d have within the world.

And then they vanished for over a year only to return one party member short (their GM), one arm short, with a bunch of horrifying trauma, and with a geas that prevented any of them from telling their parents what the @#$! happened to all of them. Thirty years later, they get a message from their GM pulling them back into the world of Die. And that focus is the story of the first series. Told in twenty issues (because of course it was Kieron you nerd), the original series gave those of us who read it a lot of satisfaction and tied things off pretty nicely.…and it also left us wanting to see more of this absolutely gorgeous world that Kieron, Stephanie, and Clayton built together.

This new series picks up one year after the original left off. The players have returned to their lives and they’re trying to cope (poorly) with the events of the last series. They may have finished with the game, but the game clearly isn’t finished with them. And I can’t wait to dive back in. This is a book for those of you who love the TTRPG genre, and it’s absolutely fantastic. Stephanie’s art lend itself perfectly to all of the haunted dark fantasy settings that the party finds within the facets of the world. Kieron’s writing is at the same time both a little bit distanced and cerebral and yet also absolutely brilliantly brutal in its efficiency in communicating just how all @#$%ed up all of the players are.

- Nick

Planet She-Hulk

Marvel

By Stephanie Phillips (writer) and Aaron Kuder (artist)

Look, I know who shops at this store. This book is She-Hulk going Conan the Barbarian mode all over an alien planet, it basically sells itself. But if that description wasn’t enough for all you thirsty sword lesbians out there, here are the deets: Remember Sakaar? The planet that the Hulk pummeled into submission 20 years ago during Planet Hulk? During Marvel’s recent galaxy-spanning crossover event Imperial, Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk) promised her cousin Bruce (He-Hulk) that she’d keep the peace on the war-torn planet, but it’s been way, way longer than she thought she’d be there. She finds herself thrown into the midst of a Game of Thrones-style web of political machinations complete with witches, rebels, and cannibals. As an outsider, all of these complicated relationships and tenuous alliances are a bit much to take in all at once, so thank goodness She-Hulk has a giant sword she can solve her problems with instead.

We all know what this is: an excuse to read about a giant green lady beating up aliens – and I, for one, am here for it.

- Sloane

X-Men of Apocalypse

Marvel

By Jeff Loeb (writer) and Simone Di Meo (artist)

Did you pick up a copy of X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha and ask us to subscribe, but we couldn’t at the time because Marvel loves one-shots as prelude to their mini-series? Well guess what - you can now! X-Men of Apocalypse is a four issue mini-series in another homage to the 30th anniversary of Marvel’s Age of Apocalypse storyline. While the other homage (Age of Revelation) is a totally (temporary) line-wide interruption to the status quo, this mini-series is going to be a lot more self-contained, even if it does bring five of the AoA characters into the main Marvel universe.

For those of you who missed the Alpha Issue, X-Men of Apocalypse covers the immediate aftermath of the original series. The main Marvel universe may have returned to normal, but for those characters stranded in the Age of Apocalypse, things aren’t so great. And in order to save their universe, six characters - Sabretooth & Wild Child, Blink, Morph, Forge, and Gambit have to make the leap across dimensions.

Hey I’m all here for a little 90’s love (see also Batman / Static: Beyond which is also due out this month). And if it means that one or two of these characters get ported over into the main x-universe after all of this Age of Revelation crossover stuff gets sorted out, so much the better. X-Men of Apocalypse is slated to run 4 issues, with an “Omega” issue bookending the whole thing. If you’re subbed to the main series, we’ll do our best to make sure we get a copy of the Omega issue too (but it wouldn’t be a terrible idea to remind us you want it in December).

- Nick

Batman / Static: Beyond

DC Comics

By Evan Narcisse (writer) and Nikolas Draper-Ivey (artist)

Holy childhood-nostalgia mining Batman! DC’s taking another shot at making Terry McGinnis of Batman Beyond and Virgil Hawkins of Static Shock and making them the breakout heroes the late 90’s kids knew and loved. And they’re doing so by homaging a two-part Justice League Unlimited episode written by the late great Dwayne McDuffy, who introduced us to an older and wiser Virgil as an adult Static (not to mention let Kevin Conroy do both Batman and cranky-old Batman/Bruce Wayne. Seriously folks if you have not watched Justice League unlimited you should!).

Evan is no stranger to writing comics - he’s done work on Marvel’s Sam Wilson: Captain America this year, their Wakanda mini-series a few years ago, and he’s done work with Static in the Milestone 30th Anniversary Special. I have no doubt he’ll do justice to these characters, and I’m excited to give this book a try. I think it’s got real potential in how Static is being portrayed as the older / wiser veteran hero, whereas Terry (Batman: Beyond) is being written as a newer hero still learning the tricks of the trade. Plus any excuse to visit future-neo-Gotham city is always great!

- Nick

One-Shots & Graphic Novels

This month's one-shots feature a really cool book about going fast, a sequel to one of Elise’s favorite books of the past couple of years, and the finale of Kami Garcia’s long-running Teen Titans YA series. There's a lot to explore, so check them out!

Faster (Complete Edition)

Bulgilhan Press

By Jesse Lonergan

This book looks crazy, bro. Originally published as a risograph zine, Faster is a wildly stylish and cinematic book about speed. A motley crue of racers assemble, and the perpetual runner-up seeks to finally unseat the five time world champion. The medium is the message in this one, and every page and panel is laid out thoughtfully to convey the build-up to the race, the tension before it starts, and the blistering pace of the cars themselves. This book is frankly gorgeous, and a masterclass in using panel layout to establish rhythm and tempo. It feels like a stylized Edgar Wright action scene in comic form. Presented here in what I think is its first large print run, this new edition also contains the author’s original sketches. A little short, but a must for anyone who loves inventive page composition and fun panel angles.

- Sloane

Rune: Tale of the Obsidian Maze

Flying Eye Books

By Carlos Sánchez (writer and artist)

I didn’t realize Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces was getting a sequel and I couldn’t be more hyped! In the original, orphan best friends Chiri and Dai accidentally travel through a portal to a magical world that is plagued by the evil Shadow King. They learn about a magic that can defeat him but very few people can master it. Chiri learns that although she is deaf she can learn the somatic language of magic more easily than most because it functions almost exactly like sign language! The kids have a classic children’s portal fantasy adventure across the magic land of Puddin where they meet wizards, and cats, and possessed toys, and get into lots of trouble. The art is plush and expressive and fantastically colorful, making fantastic use of its limited color palette.

Rune: Tale of the Obsidian Maze promises more adventure and excitement and Dai continues to learn to use his sword and Chiri continues to learn more about magic. They will face new enemies and challenges as they encounter MidKnight in the titular Obsidian Maze. The first book in this series is one I make sure we never run out of because being able to hand kids a book about a deaf character that features sign language, a hearing aid, and a character whose disability is their strength is so important.

- Elise

Teen Titans Together

By Kami Garcia (writer) and Gabriel Picolo (artist)

It’s all coming together. Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s 2019 collaboration Teen Titans: Raven is finally coming to a conclusion five books and six years later. We’re getting the team up anyone who has looked at Teen Titans fanart on Pinterest in the last five years has dreamed of. After being rescued from experimentation by the team Starfire has to decide who she can trust as the all facing the looming danger of H.I.V.E. who is supposed to be the ally and advocate of super powered people everywhere. But something is going on and the team will have to figure it out and convince everyone else before it’s too late.

Garcia’s background as a popular young adult novelist really shines in the teen relationships and friendships these books center around. The kids all also have normal modern problems to contend with like navigating disabilities and the foster care system. Picolo’s art is what first drew me to the series years ago because the modern, fashionable fanart that he features on his online profiles makes the characters seem like real teens with their own unique styles and personalities outside of “the emo one” and “the nerd”. I can’t wait to finally see everyone all together at last and see how it all wraps up!

- Elise

And that's it for this November’s look aheads! If you saw something you wanted, please reach out to us and ask us about ordering it or setting it aside for you, or head over to our subscription page and add it to your pull! Otherwise, check back with us here later early next month for a discussion of all fun things coming up December!