Sneak Previews: The Animals are Running the Asylum in BOOM! Studios' Animal Pound

The October edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly PREVIEWS catalog arrives in comic shops and digitally on September 27th and features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning December 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: BOOM! Studios’ Animal Pound #1 OCT230009		Back Cover: Titan Comics’ Gumaa: The Beginning of Her #1 OCT230984

ON OUR FRONT COVER: Tom King (Batman) and Peter Gross (Lucifer) team for their first collaboration, BOOM! Studios' Animal Pound (OCT230010), as a group of unwanted animals take control of the animal shelter that is their home.

ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Acclaimed cover artist Jee-Hyung Lee writes and illustrates an original horror tale, Gumaa: The Beginning of Her (OCT230985), from Titan Comics.

ON OUR ORDER FORM COVER AND CATALOG SPINE: Meet the characters of Zack Snyder's forthcoming space opera for Netflix, Rebel Moon, with Diamond Select Toys’ Rebel Moon Wave 1 Deluxe Action Figures (OCT232318).

Holiday Gift Ideas: The leaves are falling, there's a chill in the air, and the winter holidays will be here before you know it. For all of your comic and pop culture gift giving needs for loved ones—or yourself!—look for the Holiday Gift Ideas icon through this month’s issue of PREVIEWS.

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

· BOOM! Studios’ Animal Pound #1 (OCT230009), The Book of Butcher #1 (OCT230025), and Underheist #1 (OCT230017)
· Dynamite Entertainment’s Disney Villains: Cruella de Vil #1 (OCT230194), Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary #1 (OCT230247), and Justice Ducks #1 (OCT230205)
· Image Comics’ Duke #1 (OCT230401)
· Marvel Comics’ Star Wars: Revelations #1 (OCT230732)

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

· ABLAZE Publishing’ The Awl Volume 1 (OCT231031), Traveling to Mars TP (OCT231032), and Zombie Makeout Club Volume 2 GN (OCT231029)
· Massive Publishing: Quested Volume 2 #1 (OCT231089) and Washed in the Blood #1 (OCT231098)
· Opus Comics’ Bill & Ted: Holidaze TP (OCT231083) and Washed in the Blood #1 (OCT231073)
· Titan Comics’ The Cold Ever After HC (OCT231006), Gumaa: The Beginning of Her #1 (OCT230984), Life Is Strange: Forget-Me-Not #1 (OCT230995), and Tengen Hero Wars Volume 1 GN (OCT231019)
· Zenescope Entertainment’s Cinderella: Princess of Death One-Shot (OCT231137)

catBUZZ: PREVIEWS takes a look at some of the blockbuster books and products coming out in the months ahead. Some problems in St. Canard are too big for Darkwing Duck alone, and when he needs allies he calls upon Roger Langridge and Carlo Lauro's Justice Ducks (OCT230207) from Dynamite Entertainment. Plus, Tom King and Peter Gross team up for a modern take on George Orwell's Animal Farm in BOOM! Studios' Animal Pound (OCT230010); a decorated soldier will confront the truth about extraterrestrial intelligences in Image Comics' new Energon Universe book, Josh Williamson and Tom Reilly's Duke (OCT230402); Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev reunite for the new Jinxworld book, Dark Horse's Masterpiece (OCT231200), as the teenage daughter of the world's two greatest thieves runs a heist of her own against a billionaire; Mike W. Barr's award-winning mystery comic The Maze Agency (OCT231972) returns from Scout Comics; fan-favorite anime Demon Slayer is reimagined into a comedy manga in VIZ Media's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy (OCT232084); andmany more products coming you will look forward to in the months to come

catBUZZ Toys: On the catalog's flip side, PREVIEWS looks at some upcoming toy projects that will have fans excited in the months to come. Zack Snyder (300, Batman v Superman) takes audiences to a new universe of an interstellar empire in turmoil in his Netflix film Rebel Moon, and Diamond Select Toys kicks off a line of collectibles with the Rebel Moon Deluxe Wave 1 Action Figure (OCT232318), featuring cyborg sword master Nemesis and ancient robot Jimmy. Plus, Funko's series of POP! figures based on the anime The Seven Deadly Sins features a PREVIEWS Exclusive release, the POP! The Seven Deadly Sins: Meliodas (Demon Mark Form) Vinyl Figure (OCT232338); Surreal Entertainment offers four new PREVIEWS Exclusive Dragonball Z Tin Titans Lunchboxes (Saiyan Saga: OCT232526); beloved X-Man Rogue returns to Kotobukiya's Bishoujo statue line, popping claws she took from Wolverine with her mutant power, with the Marvel X-Men (Rebirth) Bishoujo Statue (OCT232522); andother exiting toys will be coming your way this year and next.

PREVIEWS Exclusive Merchandise: Each month PREVIEWS offers a selection of products that can only be found at your local comic shop. Frank Frazetta's fans will be captivated by Vanguard Publishing's Frazetta: World's Best Comics Cover Artist (OCT232031), available in a PREVIEWS Exclusive deluxe slipcase edition. In addition to the Seven Deadly Sins PREVIEWS Exclusive POP! figure, Funko also offers fans the PREVIEWS Exclusive POP! Demon Slayer: Yahaba Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl Figure (OCT232336), the POP! Dragonball Z: Angel Goku Vinyl Figure (OCT232337), and POP! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer 30th-Anniversary Vinyl Figure (OCT232339). Look for the PREVIEWS Exclusive icon throughout the catalog to find these and other exciting products you can find only at your local comic shop in the months ahead.

Indie Edge: PREVIEWS talks to Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan) about his decades-long career, recent projects, his focus on writing, and the comics he's enjoying today.

Editor's Note: In this month's Editor's Note, PREVIEWS editor Marty Grosser talks about his July adventures in California around San Diego Comic-Con, reconnecing with old friends, and his comic, The Gunhand (OCT231626), and the cover by Mike Plog.

Plus: So much more!

All this awaits you in the October edition of PREVIEWS, which goes on sale at your local comic shop or specialty store on Wednesday, September 27th in print at your local comic shop or specialty store at its regular cover price of just $4.99 or digitally at PREVIEWSworld.com/digital!