Sneak PREVIEWS: Put Your Gaming Skills to the Test in Image's Arcade Kings

The March edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops and digitally on February 22nd and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning May 2023.

You can get a look at the catalog now on the PREVIEWSworld website by checking out the site’s sections that spotlight the Gems of the Month as well as the full catalog sections for Comics; Graphic Novels; Books; Magazines; Trading Cards; Apparel; Toys, Statues, and Models; Collectibles; and Games.

Front Cover: Image Comics/Skybound’s Arcade Kings #1 MAR230009		Back Cover: UDON Entertainment’s Street Fighter 6 #1 MAR232141

ON OUR FRONT COVER: The top arcade player in Infinity City is going to move beyond fighting with a joystick to fighting with his fists in Dylan Burnett’s new series from Image Comics’ Skybound imprint, Arcade King (MAR210010).

ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: CAPCOM’s Street Fighter returns this summer, and UDON Entertainment has the official, weekly 4-part prequel to the highly anticipated new fighting game, beginning in Street Fighter 6 #1 (MAR232142).

ON OUR ORDER FORM COVER: Based on the popular mobile game Clash of Clans, First Second Books’ The Book of Clash Volume 1: Legendarious Achievery (MAR231524) from Gene Luen Yang, Les McClaine, and Alison Acton features all new stories featuring the characters from the game.

ON OUR CATALOG SPINE: Enter a world of magic with Diamond Select Toys’s newest Dungeons & Dragons Minimates box set, this one focused on the villains of the fan-favorite 1980s animated series, complete with Venger and his horse, with the Dungeons & Dragons Minimates Villains Box Set (MAR232343).

The March PREVIEWS Includes:

Women in Comics Month: This issue of PREVIEWS celebrates the many women who work within the comics industry and community, whether it is behind-the-scenes as publishers, editors, marketing, design or translation, or in the creative spotlight as writers and artists.

Gems of the Month: March’s PREVIEWS Gems of the Month include:

· BOOM! Studios’ Ghostlore #1 (MAR230224) and Once Upon a Time at the End of the World (MAR230231)
· Dark Horse Comics’ The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #1 (MAR230287) and Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #1 (MAR230239)
· Dynamite Entertainment’s Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 (MAR230382) and Vampirella and the Superpowers (MAR230404)
· Image Comics’ Arcade Kings #1 (MAR230009) and Something Epic #1 (MAR230015)
· Marvel Comics’ Avengers #1 (MAR230597)

Deluxe Publishers: Among the Featured items from the Deluxe Publishers this month:

· ABLAZE Publishing’ Animal Castle Volume 2 #1 (MAR231061) and Centaurs Volume 1 (MAR231070)
· Aftershock Comics’ Bulls of Beacon Hill #5 (MAR231014)
· Frank Miller Presents’ Ancient Enemies: The Wraith & Son One-Shot (FEB231056)
· Titan Comics’ Dead by Daylight #1 (MAR231030) and Marvel Comics: The Hulk: The First 60 Years HC (MAR231048)

PREVIEWS Exclusive Merchandise: This month’s PREVIEWS features an item available exclusively through PREVIEWS and your local comic shop. From the pages of IDW Publishing—s G.I. Joe comics, Kotobukiya brings the new Snake Eyes to life with the G.I. Joe: Dawn Moreno (White Outfit) Bishoujo Statue (MAR232511). Plus, new PREVIEWS exclusive t-shirts from Impact Merchandising including the Spider-Man: Spider-Geddon Black T-Shirt (XL: MAR232317) and the Man-Thing: Ted Face T-Shirt (XL: MAR212327). Look fo rthe PREVIEWS Exclusive logo throughtout the March catalog to find these and other exciting products available only through PREVIEWS and your local comic shop.

Indie Edge: Multi-award winning writer/artist Phil Foglio (Girl Genius, Stanley and His Monster) talks about the return of Robert Asprin’s MythAdventures to print, his work on Girl Genius and Magic: The Gathering, his upcoming gaming projects, and what he’s reading today

In the Editor’s Note: PREVIEWS editor Marty Grosser talks about Diamond’s forty-first birthday and the history of Steve Geppi’s company, highlights Women in Comics Month, and more.

Plus: So much more!

All this awaits you in the March edition of PREVIEWS, which goes on sale at your local comic shop or specialty store on Wednesday, February 22nd in print at your local comic shop or specialty store at its regular cover price of $4.99 or digitally at PREVIEWSworld.com/digital!