Corpse Knight buzz

The week’s comic chatter coalesced around one debut: *Corpse Knight* #1, a new Skybound and Image Comics miniseries that reaches shops on April 22, 2026. (imagecomics.com) Image describes the 32-page first issue as a dark fantasy set in war-ravaged France, where a girl named Foy sees her father return from the dead after tragedy. Writer Michael Chaves co-created the book with artist Matthew Roberts, with colors by Rico Renzi, and Skybound announced the six-issue series on January 14. (imagecomics.com) (skybound.com) The early review cycle gave the launch extra lift. Comics Bulletin’s April 20 review called it a “gothic horror limited-series” from a “top-tier creative team,” while also arguing that the first issue moves so quickly that some emotional beats land lightly. (comicsbulletin.com) Part of the attention comes from Chaves arriving from film rather than the usual monthly-comics pipeline. Skybound pitched the book as Chaves’ first comic project after his work in *The Conjuring* franchise, and the publisher paired that with a variant-cover rollout that includes incentive covers across all six issues. (skybound.com) (icv2.com) The rest of the week’s roundup was heavier on established properties. *Batwoman* #2, *Nightwing* #137, *G.I. Joe* #21 and *X-Men United* #2 all went on sale April 15, 2026, giving readers a mix of DC, Skybound and Marvel franchise books alongside the new launch. (comixnow.com) (aiptcomics.com) (imagecomics.com) (marvel.com) That split screen — a fresh creator-owned horror book beside familiar superhero and licensed series — also framed the wider conversation around comics this week. Social posts mixed anticipation for *Corpse Knight* with nostalgia for 1990s *Punisher* material and newer review traffic for ILYA’s *Romo the WolfBoy* from SelfMadeHero. (selfmadehero.com) (brokenfrontier.com) SelfMadeHero lists *Romo the WolfBoy* as a 256-page hardback by ILYA, following Romo and a stagehand named Francis in a Victorian traveling circus. Recent reviews from Broken Frontier and Now Read This pushed that book as another current point of interest outside the superhero mainstream. (selfmadehero.com) (brokenfrontier.com) (comicsreview.co.uk) For now, the clearest near-term test is simple: whether *Corpse Knight* #1 turns online anticipation into pull-list momentum when the first issue lands on Wednesday, April 22. (imagecomics.com)