BAD IDEA SEPTEMBER 2026 SOLICITATIONS ⋆ First Comics News

This September, meet horror’s unlikeliest (and cutest) hero in all-new, prestige-format horror series — IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE!

Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Philip Gelatt (LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS), acclaimed filmmaker David Yarovesky (BRIGHTBURN), and visionary artist Adam Pollina (X-FORCE) carve up a shocking new horror comic book event.

They’re joined by a pantheon of comics’ biggest icons including:

Stray Dogs’ TONY FLEECS, Beneath The Trees’ PATRICK HORVATH, D’Orc’s BRETT BEAN, I Hate Fairyland’s SKOTTIE YOUNG & MORE!

Get all the details below along with cover reveals, a never-before-seen art preview and more!

*** IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE #1 ***
Written by PHILIP GELATT & DAVE YAROVESKY
Art by ADAM POLLINA
Colors by DEAN WHITE
Covers by TONY FLEECS, PATRICK HORVATH, SKOTTIE YOUNG, BRETT BEAN, FLOPS, SUSPIRIA & MORE
$5.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR
FINAL ORDER CUTOFF | IN STORES

PLUS:

New York Times best-seller Mike Costa (Netflix’s LUCIFER) and superstar-in-the-making Jake Baker dial up the heat in LANCER #2
Derek Kolstad (JOHN WICK), New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (SUPERMAN ‘78), and Eisner Award-winning artist Alex Maleev (DAREDEVIL) serve up the next thrilling issue of their action blockbuster with WARBIRD #3
Eisner-nominated writer Joshua Dysart (UNKNOWN SOLDIER) and Eisner-winner David Lapham (STRAY BULLETS) deliver a shocking surprise finale to their modern horror masterpiece in THE HAB #6
AND SO MUCH MORE!

See the catalog for stunning cover reveals from superstar artists like ALEX MALEEV, CHLOE BRAILSFORD, J.G. JONES, etc, lettered previews, and so much more!

Contact your local comic shop today to place your pre-orders before the first Final Order Cutoff on Monday, August 10th!