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NYCC 2026 kicks off today, and AHOY Comics is one of many publishers taking to the show to reveal what's in store for 2027. Among AHOY's new offerings is the latest entry in the popular superhero satire series The Wrong Earth. This time around, it's Absolute Batman's turn to be parodied in a new one-shot special dubbed Absolutely the Wrong Earth.
IGN can exclusively reveal all four new AHOY Comics titles being showcased at NYCC. Read on to learn more about each one.
Absolutely the Wrong Earth
Creative Team: Tom Peyer & Jamal Igle
Release Date: April 7, 2027
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.
Kindergarten Gulag
Creative Team: Mark Russell & Mauricet
Release Date: January 27, 2027
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.
Corduroy Road
Creative Team: Eric Palicki & Chris Peterson
Release Date: January 6, 2027
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.
Dragonproof
Creative Team: Eric Palicki & Giulia Lalli
Release Date: Early 2027
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. DRAGONPROOF is funding soon on Kickstarter.
You can preorder these upcoming titles at your local comic shop.
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