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Both publishers are distributed exclusively by Lunar Distribution (for now) DC Comics is replacing the titles with second printings and offering additional credit And now it seems that Image Comics is also providing free replacement copies of subsequent printings and a freight credit as well, "Dear Retailer Partners, Due to an unforeseen printing press snafu a[...]

$19.99 7/15/2026 NORTH VALLEY GRIMOIRE TP VOL 01 CVR A DAVID NAKAYAMA LUNAR EXCLUXIVE (W) Blake Northcott (A) Giuseppe Cafaro (CA) David Nakayama SPYCRAFT MEETS SPELLCRAFT in North Valley is a slick, James Bond-style adventure fused with the supernatural suspense of Buffy the Vampire Slayer This thrilling comic adaptation of the hit novel by author Blake Northcott (Barbarella,[...]

So I actually feel bad for the Lunar reps that are going to be bombarded with complaints come Monday." Vault 35 posted "All copies of Absolute Batman #20 came in damaged Lunar apparently couldn't be bothered to respond to the issue until Monday Absolutely inexcusable quality control from Lunar and DC though." Midcoast Comics posted "Hello folks![...]

Drumsticks Of Doom by Jon Westhoff, Dan Dougherty, Ryan Vella and Wes Wong gets collected in Part-Time Comix's July 2026 full solicits and solicitations, through Massive Indies and Lunar Distribution. DRUMSTICK OF DOOM TP VOL 01 (W) Jon Westhoff (A) Dan Dougherty, Ryan Vella (CA) Dan Dougherty, Wes Wong When Black Sabbath (not the Beatles) became the world's[...]

Source Point Press' July 2026 solicits and solicitations, through Prana Publishers and Lunar Distribution, launch with Big Guns Stupid Rednecks by Austin Allen Hamblin and Mariana Meira, formerly of Band Of Bards Hamblin says that "The idea for Big Guns Stupid Rednecks is a riff on the X-Men villain Mojo It's actually a dream project of mine to write an[...]

As Storm King Comics comes to Lunar Distribution via Massive Indies, they are bringing John Carpenter's Night Terrors, with Chaplain, and Blood Of The Taken… and lookijng like this. JOHN CARPENTERS NIGHT TERRORS CHAPLAIN TP VOL 01 (MR) (W) Brad Sun, Wesley Sun (A) Raulo Caceres, Ryan Winn, Marshall Dillon (CA) Raulo Caceres An aging and increasingly weary[...]

Bob Fingerman's Recess Pieces Reanimated and Squire MacGuire's Side Quests To World Domination take up Cosmic Lion July 2026 full solicits and solicitations, courtesy of Prana Direct and Lunar Distribution… with previews of the both of them! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

Joe Cheesecake inspired comic launch in Iron Age Comics' July 2026 solicits and solicitations alongside Abbatoir Six and Dead Head, part of Massive Indies and Lunar Distribution's comic book direct market… Iron Age Full July 2026 Solicits Iron Age Full July 2026 Solicits Iron Age Full July 2026 Solicits WATSON V HOLMES #1 (OF 12) (MR) (W) Jon Santana (A)[...]

Ablaze comes to Lunar Distribution in July 2026, with a new Conan comic, The Cimmerian: Xuthal Of Dusk #1, and Christophe Bec based on the Robert E Howard original, drawn by Stevan Subic, as well as the Norse god legal parody Valhallaw #1 by Ben Fisher and Pedro R M Andreo… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

I reported that Universal had a structure and system more similar to that of Diamond Comic Distributors, so retailers who miss that at Lunar Distribution might find it at Universal And indeed many former Diamond employees have found gainful employ at Universal. I was also told that Universal would match the keenly negotiated DC Comics discounts[...]

Heavy Metal Magazine are skipping their June 2026 solicits and solicitations for new content, via Massive Indies and Lunar Distribution Instead, they are putting their first issue of the new volume into hardcover… and charging forty bucks for the privilege Previously, this had been restricted to the Kickstarter campaign, as well as directly on their[...]

Hoffman International brings out Eyrie Magazine #11 and launches Madame Tarantula #1 in their June 2026 solicitations, through Massive Indies and Lunar Distribution, while Warrant Publishing puts out Vampiress Carmilla… Hoffman International June 2026 Solicits EYRIE MAGAZINE #11 (MR) (W) Mike Hoffman, Jason Crawley, Trevor Denham, Manek Deboto (A) Mike Hoffman, Jason Paulos, Trevor Denham, Nik Poliwko (CA)[...]

These days, he publishes directly, through Massive Indies and Lunar Distribution He is known for titles such as We Don't Kill Spiders,  Murder Hobo, One Last Trick, Prophets of Doom, The Infernal Pact, Cherry Blackbird, Phantom Starkiller and The Electric Black, but these days it's mostly for his continuing series-of-series comic book Seven Years in Darkness[...]

Hit by the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy, and part of the Ad Hoc Committee Of Consigned Publishers, American Mythology has partnered with Prana Publishers through Lunar Distribution starting with the current catalogue for June 2026, for their 10th anniversary "Reaching our 10th anniversary is both humbling and energizing," said James Kuhoric, President of American Mythology, former[...]

Rae Media is joining Massive Indies through Lunar Distribution for their May 2026 solicits and solicitations, debuting with Tisena #1 by TJ Sterling and the Xong Bros, Krishna Banerjee and Balram Banerjee, with a cover by the legendary David Mack Tisena is an expansion within Rae Media's Okemus universe, focusing on Tisena, one of the[...]

Comic book seller and publisher  Shawn Hudachko posts to social media "MERC WILL BE BACK IN STORES! LEGENDS WILL BE BACK IN STORES! We just renewed our distribution agreement with Lunar for Merc Publishing and Legends Publishing Thank you to the team at Lunar for your patience and for renewing your belief in what we[...]

At the ComicsPRO comic book retailer event this past week (catch up with all our coverage here), Lunar Distribution co-owner Christine Merkler showed off all the publishers that had joined Lunar Distribution since last year, when the Diamond bankruptcy was all kicking off But also mentioning two that weren't on the display yet She began[...]

Owen Johnson, Director of Sales at Rebellion Publishing, took to the stand at the ComicsPRO event this weekend to discuss the return of the British sci-fi weekly comic book 2000AD to North America, available through Lunar Distribution And for the first time, weekly, because it is now partially printed in North America. And you can catch[...]

A limited run of the British sci-fi weekly comic book 2000AD will now be printed in North America and made available, weekly, for the first time in the US, through Lunar Distribution, and priced at eight dollars each The UK price is £7.50, or around $6, but this is intended for US retailers to be[...]

At the ComicsPRO comic industry retailer event being held in Glendale, California, yesterday, two prominent folks talked about the issue with comic books and street dates right now: Christine Merkler co-owner of Lunar Distribution and David Gabriel, SVP of Marvel Comics You can follow along with more announcements with this ComicsPRO handy tag right now. Previously, when Diamond[...]

Rebellion Publishing has announced at the ComicsPRO retailer event that the sci-fi weekly comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Pat Mills and John Wagner in 1977, will be returning to US comic book stores, and what's more, for the first time, they will be making it available to US comics stores on a weekly basis,[...]

Currently listed as part of Massive Indies in the Lunar Distribution catalogue, Panick titles will still be available through Lunar but are now subdistributed by Rocketship's Lunar listing, which also has access to bookstores via Simon & Schuster This is intended to expand the reach of Panick's "creator-driven" comics, which are revealed below This switch[...]

Avery Hill Publishing and Lunar Distribution logos Okay, so this is a thing The fall of Diamond Comic Distributors into bankruptcy, buyout and managed decline hit, amongst others, British comic book publishers who used Diamond UK to reach US comic book stores, with no other option Of late, we have seen Lunar Distribution begin to distribute[...]

Dark Horizons and Thellus begin in Heavy Metal Magazine's April 2026 solicits and solicitations

Another day, another shake-up for direct market distribution… Oni Press, publisher of Scott Pilgrim, Rick And Morty, EC Comics, Adventure Time, Murder Drones, Sixth Gun and Gender Queer is quitting both Lunar Distribution for the direct market and Simon & Schuster for bookstores, and putting all its exclusive distribution eggs in one basket, with Penguin[...]

Will the 2000AD weekly title be far behind? And to make the occasion, it's on the front of the Lunar Distribution Next Phase digital magazine for the month… And telling us "Galactic Greetings, Retailers! Judge Dredd Megazine Is Now Available At Lunar! This 100 Page Monthly Magazine Has All- New Comics Featuring Characters Like Dredd And[...]

Bleeding Cool reports that they have signed with Massive Indies to be distributed by Lunar Distribution and will also make their bookstore market debut this year as one of the growing list of publishers under IPG's new graphic novel initiative IPG's graphic novel list for bookstores and the direct market includes not only Battle Quest[...]

One of the expressed concerns about Lunar Distribution becoming the major comic book distributor in the USA is that they are the same company as the biggest comics retailers in the USA, DCBS and InstockTrades And so, not only can they access the data of all their competitors, but they can also secure the best[...]

When Lunar Distribution was set up by DC Comics and DCBS to replace Diamond Comic Distributors, which distributed DC Comics, then Image, then most everyone else, Lunar made a big impact on comic book retailers by having what was seen as over-the-top packing materials, with all comics wrapped in bubble wrap, a big difference from[...]

All that went away, and while Rebellion Publishing was soliciting their graphic novels, which are printed in North America through Lunar Distribution, Lunar didn't seem at the time able to cope with a weekly comic coming from the UK. Christine Merkler, co-owner of Lunar Distribution, spoke with David Harper of Sketchd on the Off Panel Podcast, and it came up[...]