AHOY COMICS' SECOND WAVE

BRONZE AGE BOOGIE

By writer Stuart Moore, artist Alberto Ponticelli and colorist Giulia Brusco, with a cover by Ponticelli and Brusco

What do you get when you combine all the best-loved comics genres of the 1970s: apes, monsters, Kung Fu, sword-and-sorcery, and cosmic adventure? You get Bronze Age Boogie, an intense, character-based action-fest with plenty of style! In this collector’s item first issue, young barbarian princess Brita Constantina finds herself battling a Martian invasion -- in 1975 AD and BC! Back-feature: Meet Major Ursa, the first bear in space. But will he be a hero or a villain? Plus the usual assortment of AHOY text stories!

$3.99, in stores on April 3.

PLANET OF THE NERDS

Writer Paul Constant, artists Alan Robinson and Randy Elliott, colorist Felipe Sobreiro with covers by David Nakayama.

Three high school jocks in the 1980s are accidentally frozen by an experimental cryogenics device, only to be revived in the computer-driven, superhero movie-loving world of 2019 -- an era ruled by nerds! Plus: A backup series explores the characters’ origins. Extra: Prose and pictures by the finest talents in and out of comics.

$3.99, in stores on April 17.

HASHTAG: DANGER

Writer Tom Peyer, artist Chris Giarrusso, covers by Richard Williams

Exploding from the pages of High Heaven, three scientific adventurers face strange creatures, lost civilizations, and supernatural threats -- when they're not too busy being complete jerks to each other. Plus: Follow the depressing misadventures of Snelson, an over-the-hill comedian who peaked in the 90s. Extra: Pics, prose, and possibly poems!

$3.99, in stores on May 1.

STEEL CAGE

Writers Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Stuart Moore, artists Lanna Souvanny, Alan Robinson, Peter Gross; cover artist Elsa Charretier.

Three dazzling short "pilot" stories from AHOY's finest -- and you get to vote on which series continues! In "Noah Zark" by Mark Waid and Lanna Souvanny, an alien boy is kidnapped into an interplanetary zoo -- and becomes the protector of the animals. In "True Identity" by Tom Peyer and Alan Robinson, we learn what secret anguish drives the most beloved superhero on Earth! And Stuart Moore and Peter Gross's "Bright Boy" tells the grim tale of the world's smartest human -- and the havoc he leaves in his wake.

$3.99, in stores on June 26.