AHOY Comics has <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/superhero-satire-the-wrong-earth-takes-on-absolute-batman-in-absolutely-the-wrong-earth-nycc-2026″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>unveiled a trio of new titles set to arrive in stores in 2027, including the return of one of their original hit series. The publisher also offered more details about the original graphic novel that’s part of their upcoming next crowdfunding campaign.
Of the three new series, one will be familiar to longtime AHOY readers. Absolutely The Wrong Earth is a new one-shot from writer Tom Peyer and artist Jamal Igle. The latest addition to the creative team’s The Wrong Earth series, which saw a pair of Batman-coded superheroes, the campy Dragonflyman of Earth-Alpha and the gritty Dragonfly of Earth-Omega, swap Earths and eventually team up against larger threats. The new one-shot will add another world to the Wrong Earth multiverse, with a new version of Dragonflyman who’s bulkier than ever before. Here’s how AHOY describes the issue, which dropkicks into stores in April:
Indie comics publisher AHOY Comics’s first-ever title—THE WRONG EARTH by writer Tom Peyer (Hourman) and award-winning artist Jamal Igle (creator of Molly Danger and artist of Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine)—blew the multiverse concept wide open with two parallel heroes inhabiting different worlds: Earth-Alpha’s bright and campy Dragonflyman and Earth-Omega’s dark and gritty Dragonfly. The fan-favorite satire kicked off a series of acclaimed titles featuring Dragonfly, Dragonflyman, and their kid sidekick(s) Stinger, including DRAGONFLY VS. DRAGONFLYMAN, THE WRONG EARTH: NIGHT & DAY, THE WRONG EARTH one-shots, THE WRONG EARTH: WE COULD BE HEROES, and THE WRONG EARTH: DEAD RINGERS. Now prepare to meet the final version of your favorite superhero on the wrongest earth in Peyer and Igle’s latest can’t-miss collaboration: ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG EARTH, a hilarious and action-packed oversized 40-page one-shot which rappels into stores near you on April 7.
Along with Absolutely the Wrong Earth, a pair of titles from established AHOY creators will arrive in January. The first, a one-shot titled Kindergarten Gulag, comes from writer Mark Russell and artist Mauricet, and follows a man who wakes up in a prison controlled by a quintet of toddlers. From the announcement:
This January, writer Mark Russell (X-Factor, Second Coming) and artist Mauricet (Howl) – the team behind indie publisher AHOY Comics’s innovative one-shot Thanksgiving, which IGN called “hilarious but disturbingly relevant” – will reunite for a brand-new chilling tale in KINDERGARTEN GULAG, a disturbing meditation on the innocent things that can hurt us most. The darkly funny one-shot follows Igby, a man who wakes up to find himself the sole inmate in a prison run by five very young, very creepy children arguing about whether or not to kill him. KINDERGARTEN GULAG will land in stores on January 27, 2027.
The final title, Corduroy Road, comes from writer Eric Palicki and artist Christopher Peterson. The series, which debuts its first issue with a cover by Erica Henderson on January 6th, is a supernatural crime series that follows a PI investigating a grisly murder. Again from the announcement:
Something strange is happening in Chicago, starting with the gruesome murders of the Suydam family. Enter Paul Corduroy, a P.I. and monster killer who handles cases the police can’t—and who’s about to learn a few shocking things about himself, too. Writer Eric Palicki, creator of Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists and Black’s Myth, and artist Chris Peterson (Grindhouse) presents a brutal mix of mystery and paranormal action in the tradition of Hack/Slash and Something Is Killing the Children.
Writer Palicki will also have a limited-edition ashcan edition of Corduroy Road #1 available at NYCC, featuring the cover above by Adam Markiewicz.
Along with the three books announced, AHOY also teased Dragonproof, the graphic novel the publisher will be crowdfundingia Lalli, with a cover by Tango, the 80-page fantasy graphic novel follows a woman on a mission to free dragons from captivity:
Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest on an ill-fate camping trip, Ashleigh Cole stumbles upon a dying dragon in the woods, its hide peppered with bullet wounds and tattooed with U.S. military markings. Ash returns to her mundane life, convinced her experience in the woods was all just a hallucination—until she begins to display some oddly dragonlike characteristics herself. Compelled by voices in her mind, Ash undertakes a mission to rescue other captive dragons and help the mythical creatures escape—but the shadowy government organization determined to turn them into weapons of mass destruction has other plans. Funny, heartfelt, and action-packed, DRAGONPROOF will appeal to adult readers who grew up on Buffy and Gargoyles and capture the imagination of post-YA readers of The Fourth Wing, ACOTAR, and more.
Check out an extended preview for the graphic novel right here on The Beat. You can follow the prelaunch page for the Dragonproof Kickstarter now, and look for the three newly-announced titles to arrive in comic shops in 2027.
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