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via AIPT: Mars. Fifty years from now, humanity’s first Martian colony is no longer self-sustaining. Under the thumb of its corporate mining overlords, the surviving colonists slave away just to pay for resupply rockets from Earth, will little or no hope of returning home. One woman has kept a fragile peace: the U.N.’s first and only interplanetary marshal.  A lawwoman escaping a violent past on Earth, she prides herself on never having fired a shot on Mars. But when she’s tasked with solving the murder of the colony’s most hated man, her investigation threatens to tear the red planet apart. Written by Mark...

via Multiversity: AfterShock Comics have announced a second volume of the comedy thriller “Chicken Devil,” titled, “Chicken Devils.” Writer Brian Buccellato and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou will return, while artist/colorist Mattia Monaco (“Knock ‘Em Dead”) will take over from Hayden Sherman (who continues to provide main covers for the series.) The comic will continue the adventures of fast food chain owner-turned-vigilante Mitchell Moss, who’s now working with Detectives Conway and Taylor after his war on the Russian mafia went south last time. “See Mitchell Moss thrust in the middle of a new gang war!,” teases the synopsis. “Watch Mitch battle his...

via AIPT: ‘Side Effects’ is a personal story about mental health and what it takes to find yourself again. Hannah doesn’t want to be a hero. She just wants to be well. Hannah’s dealing with a lot in her first year of college and to make matters worse, she’s also battling her own brain, in the form of anxiety and depression. Fortunately, her therapist has put her on some meds to help, but those meds cause some unintended side effects, like sleepless nights, pounding headaches… …or, in Hannah’s case, superpowers. Now, on top of juggling tests and dates, Hannah has...

via The Beat The upcoming ONE SHOCK from Aftershock will be written by Chris Condon and illustrated by Francesco Biagini. Are you a fan of hard case crime on the streets? Then get ready for hard case crime in the ring! In the upcoming Aftershock “One Shock,” Hell is a Squared Circle by writer Chris Condon, artist Francesco Biagini, colorist Mark Englert, letterer Dave Sharpe, and with a main cover by Jacob Phillips and an incentive cover by Francesco Francavilla, Ted “The Irish Mooska” Walsh is a wrestling heel who is trying to escape his past… but with blood on his boxing gloves, can he really hope to escape...

via AIPT: ‘The 06 Protocol’ is a story of family secrets, betrayal and bonds built in blood. The seemingly perfect life of the Mirino family is shattered when family patriarch, Faust, is brutally murdered on a quiet summer night. His wife, Cat, and 16-year-old daughter, Missy, are forced to confront a shocking truth about Faust’s involvement in a secret government program known as THE 06 PROTOCOL. Now, Cat and Missy have to protect each other as they are hunted, and haunted, by the people and secrets of Faust’s double life. Written by Lee Turner and illustrated by Cliff Richards (10...