Thrillington Superhero Book Reviews

  Book Name: Atomic Coffin Author: Benedict Anning Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else: Original Story Published Date: October 6, 2026 Official Synopsis: December 1984. SIS field asset Heidi Sperling [codename Thistle] exfiltrates from East Berlin with the only copy of a critical intelligence coup – a naval log containing a solitary message received from a previously unidentified Soviet Typhoon ballistic missile nuclear submarine. Incredulously – impossibly – it seems the vessel, known only as TK-15, has been sitting motionless and undetected in the waters between Scotland and Iceland for three years. Now NATO needs to be on high alert because that one-word message ACTIVE . . . Picked up from East Germany’s Baltic Coast by the Royal Navy’s hunter-killer submarine HMS Viking, Heidi is thrown into a mission to find and investigate the TK-15, and must confront her own paralytic fear of the ocean’s crushing black depths and HMS Viking’s seemingly hostile crew. When ...

Book Name : Marvel Dimensions: A Graphic Novel Author : Alex Ross Comic Series : Marvel Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : Expected publication: September 1, 2026 Official Synopsis : Alex Ross, the award-winning and bestselling creator of Marvels, Kingdom Come, and Fantastic Four: Full Circle, takes readers through the Marvel Universe—but all is not as it seems. Marvel Dimensions includes a bonus 32-page comic and is legendary artist Alex Ross’ second book in the Marvel Arts series, following the national bestselling, critically acclaimed, and award-winning Fantastic Four: Full Circle. The story opens with a sweeping tour through the classic origins of Marvel’s most iconic characters. Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Wolverine, and many others appear in dramatic, fully painted spreads that echo their earliest stories. A narrator describes each moment with confidence, guiding the reader through these touchstones of Marvel’s histor...

  Book Name : Something Is Killing the Children: Hope Is a Knife Author : James Tynion IV and Kiersten White Comic Series : Something Is Killing the Children Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : Expected publication October 13, 2026 Official Synopsis : Welcome to the dark. It has very sharp teeth. Based on the internationally bestselling comic series, with millions of copies in print,​ the first full-length novel from the terrifying world of Something Is Killing the Children—a stunning collaboration between Eisner-winning co-creator James Tynion IV and #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White As a Black Mask, Erica Slaughter has a very straightforward job: find the monster, kill the monster, then do it all again. But when she arrives in Badwater, Idaho, nothing is simple. She can’t determine whether the horrific killer of a twelve-year-old was a bear, a person, or something much worse. Complicating matters is the charismatic d...

  Book Name: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring Author: Patrick Horvath Comic Series: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else: Original Story Published Date: July 21, 2026 Official Synopsis: The Eisner-nominated cozy-horror comic series returns in this sequel to the critically acclaimed first volume! It’s been eight long years since a bloodlusting brown bear drove into the city, kidnapped a kind young duck, dissected his body, and buried the pieces in the woods. The duck’s family painstakingly sought justice…but this brown bear was smart…she covered her tracks…and in the ’80s, there simply wasn’t a way for the duck’s family to find answers. But it’s not the ’80s anymore. Almost a decade after cuddly brown bear Samantha Strong solidified herself as the sole serial killer in Woodbrook, the world is entering a new era. As Samantha will soon find out, there are no secrets in the age of the internet. And thos...

  Book Name : 30 Days of Night: Falling Sun Author : Rodney Barnes Comic Series : 30 Days of Night Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : Expected publication July 21, 2026 Official Synopsis : The town of Barrow, Alaska, has survived vampires before. But decades after the first attack, when the long polar night falls, it’s no longer just vampires stalking the darkness for revenge…and no one is safe in this horror graphic novel. Over two decades after the terrifying vampire attack of 30 Days of Night, the town of Barrow, Alaska, has moved on. When troubled teenager Jalen James moves to town, fleeing the gang violence of Los Angeles, he finds himself trapped in a place just as dangerous. As both vampires and Jalen’s former gang seek revenge, the people of Barrow must remember its history if they want to survive the long polar night. While Jalen deals with the trauma he is running from, an old vampire is resurrected from blood and ash…and vows ...

    Book Name : X-Men: Elsewhen (Volume 1 of 3) Author : John Byrne Comic Series : X-Men Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : June 23, 2026 Official Synopsis : Legendary comic book creator John Byrne returns to the title he first drew 50 years ago, Uncanny X-Men, with this one-of-a-kind new graphic novel series, X-Men: Elsewhen. This three-volume graphic novel series picks up the story from Byrne’s original run, taking the characters in new and unexpected directions. In Volume 1 of X-Men: Elsewhen, the Dark Phoenix Saga is over and Phoenix is . . . alive?! Diverging from the epic finale of the original storyline from 1984, X-Men: Elsewhen presents a universe where Jean Grey’s powers and intellect have been greatly reduced, and from there, everything you thought you know about the X-Men is forever changed. John Byrne’s monumental return to the X-Men heads in entirely new and surprising directions, as the X-Men head back to the Savag...