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#NCBD 8/7/19: FCBD's 10 Comics for New Comic Book Day!

Every Wednesday is New Comic Book Day (#NCBD) in comic book shops, where new comic releases hit the shelves of comic book shops!

We've spotlighted ten comics that are perfect recommendations for anyone looking to get into comics! 

In this week's list for comics coming out 8/7/19, there's definitely something great for everyone: Cletus Kasady at last stands poised to make his grand return to New York in Absolute Carnage, 'City of Bane' continues in Batman, after being featured on Free Comic Book Day, Dark Age begins with issue #1, and more!

What will you be getting at your local comic shop? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter!

MARVEL COMICS
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1 (OF 5) AC
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman, J. P. Mayer
After turning Venom's world upside down a year ago, DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN are about to put the Sinister Symbiote through hell again, only this time CARNAGE has come calling, and everyone who's ever worn a symbiote is dead in his sights! He's skirted the periphery of the Marvel Universe for months, but Cletus Kasady at last stands poised to make his grand return to New York in a blistering 60-PAGE story... and he wants to paint the town red!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $7.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS Page #6
MARVEL COMICS
HOUSE OF X #2 (OF 6)
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Pepe Larraz
Learn the truth about one of the X-Men's closest allies...and then begin the fight for the future of mutantkind! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (AVENGERS, SECRET WARS, FANTASTIC FOUR) continues reshaping the X-Men's world with Marvel Young Gun artist Pepe Larraz (EXTERMINATION, AVENGERS)!
Rated T+
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $4.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS Page #18
DC COMICS
BATMAN #76 YOTV DARK GIFTS
(W) Tom King (A) Sandu Florea, Norm Rapmund (A/CA) Tony S. Daniel
"City of Bane" continues! Bane has taken over Gotham City, and Batman is nowhere to be found. At least, not a Batman anyone recognizes. Flashpoint Batman is now patrolling the city, dispensing a violent brand of justice and taking out rogue villains who haven't yet signed on with Bane. It's all building to a rebellion among the bad guys who don't want to play along- and distrust in those who do! Meanwhile, a surprising ally has come to Bruce Wayne's aid, nursing him back to health so that he can get back to his city.
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
DC PREVIEWS Page #22
DC COMICS
DCEASED #4 (OF 6)
(W) Tom Taylor (A) Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Guadiano (CA) Andy Kubert
The Daily Planet has become a beacon of hope for the living as the Anti-Life Equation sweeps the planet. What's left of the Justice League have begun to gather there, bringing survivors and family alike. But the city is being overrun with infected humans...and superhumans! The war for Metropolis begins!
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
DC PREVIEWS Page #29
BOOM! STUDIOS
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #7 CVR A MAIN ASPINALL
(W) Jordie Bellaire (A) David Lopez, Sas Milledge (CA) Marc Aspinall
With time and options running out quickly, Buffy must turn to the new face in Sunnydale, someone she doesn't fully trust - ANGEL! If you're expecting sparks to fly, you're probably guessing wrong... but fists and stakes just might!
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #215
RED 5 COMICS
(USE JUL198120) DARK AGE #1
(W) Don Handfield (A) Leonardo Rodrigues
Featured on Free Comic Book Day, from the creator of The Rift! In the near future all metal on earth suddenly turns to worthless piles of rust and dust. With no technology, no guns, no computers, humanity reverts to a violent feudal system. Each pocket of civilization is ruled by knights of wood & glass & concrete. This is the new Dark Age.
In Shops: Jul 31, 2019
SRP: $3.95
PREVIEWS Page #368
DARK HORSE COMICS
BERSERKER UNBOUND #1 (OF 4) CVR A DEODATO
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Mike Deodato
A merciless sword and sorcery warrior finds himself blasted through a wormhole to a modern-day metropolis where he must protect those around him from an evil wizard determined to send him to hell. From the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr., and Frank Martin comes this urban warrior fantasy series!
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #86
IMAGE COMICS
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 32
(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn (CA) Dave Stewart (A/CA) Charlie Adlard
    The New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award winning THE WALKING DEAD series takes readers on the harrowing journey of Rick Grimes: a small town sheriff's deputy who slipped into a coma and awoke in an apocalyptic landscape where the undead have risen and prey on the living. Character drama, suspense, and dystopian survival horror collide in this pop culture phenomenon by Robert Kirkman (Super Dinosaur, Oblivion Song, Invincible) and Charlie Adlard upon which the hit AMC television series is based.

The conflict in the Commonwealth hits a fever pitch... could this be the end of civilization as we've come to know it? After sixteen years and millions of copies sold globally, nothing can prepare fans for the exciting, emotional conclusion in this final volume, REST IN PEACE. Collects THE WALKING DEAD #187-193.
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $16.99
PREVIEWS Page #59
DYNAMITE
RED SONJA VAMPIRELLA BETTY VERONICA #3 CVR A DALTON
(W) Amy Chu (A) Maria Sanapo (CA) Fay Dalton
Things are getting weirder and weirder in Riverdale as Red Sonja and Vampirella investigate a string of grisly murders with the help of their new friends Betty and Veronica. But as the body count increases and the leads dry up, police suspicion turns to the outsiders who need to find the real murderer and FAST.
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #199
IDW PUBLISHING
MY LITTLE PONY FEATS OF FRIENDSHIP #1 CVR A FLEECS
(W) Ian Flynn (A/CA) Tony Fleecs
Come one, come all, to the School of Friendship's very first sporting event-the Feats of Friendship! As Sandbar, Smolder, Gallus, Ocellus, Yona, and Silverstream prepare for the new competition, they realize they're going to need one more pony to round out their team. Enter Swift Foot, a mysterious new exchange student! But will she help strengthen the Young Six's bonds of friendship-or just drive them apart? Jealousy threatens our favorite youngsters in this brand-new miniseries!

Ian Flynn (Sonic the Hedgehog) makes his My Little Pony debut!
Variant covers by Katie O'Neill, Eisner Award-winning author and artist of The Tea Dragon Society!
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #137

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