Bad Idea Comics closes the year with a December slate that pushes familiar franchises into new directions and brings high-profile collaborators into unexpected roles. Several releases drop in early and mid-December, offering everything from a global pizza whodunit to a Norse epic and a grim horror chapter that could reshape the publisher’s event storytelling.
Hank Howard goes international
The next chapter of the pizza‑centric detective series relocates the action to Tokyo, where corporate expansion collides with sabotage. Written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by David Lapham, the kickoff issue sends Hank after a missing local investigator as a major pizza chain’s first overseas outlet begins to unravel.
Beyond the central mystery, this release is notable for an unusually wide array of variant artwork. Alongside established comic illustrators, Bad Idea tapped notable creators — including an acclaimed chef — to produce alternate covers intended to appeal to collectors and international readers alike.
- Key creative team: Robert Venditti (writer), David Lapham (artist)
- Notable variant artists: Ryan Sook, Tony Fleecs, Mark Buckingham, Jae Lee, Jesse Lonergan, Declan Shalvey, Dan Panosian
- Unique collaborator: James Beard Award‑winning chef Chris Bianco contributed a special “Pizza By” variant
Odinn’s Eye: an expansive mythic quest
Joshua Dysart and Tomás Giorello reunite for a full‑color trade paperback that reframes Norse myth as a coming‑of‑age survival saga. The story follows Solveig, a young woman haunted by visions from the god‑king Odinn, who tasks her with recovering his lost eye to end a seemingly endless winter.
Expect cinematic world‑building and high stakes: failing crops and rising superstition force a desperate community to send Solveig and a small war party northward, where prophecy, violence and transformation collide.
Horror and chaos: It Demands Sacrifice #3
The penultimate issue of the cult horror series escalates the ritual horror at the heart of the story. Co‑written by Philip Gelatt and David Yarovesky with art by Adam Pollina, the installment continues the brutal sequence that has been building toward a summoning of an ancient demon.
Central to this issue is Bronson, a young goat thrust into a violent cult narrative with global implications for the series’ universe. The narrative leans into grotesque imagery and ritual stakes as it races toward the climax.
Sewer survival in Lancer #3
Mike Costa and Jake Baker return with another chapter of action horror set beneath New York. The third issue keeps the focus tight: a crew gone wrong, a cash grab turned into a fight for survival and enough teeth and claws to remind readers why the title leans hard into scariness.
Covers for the issue again include a mix of artists, with one striking contribution from Paul Pope among the variants.
| Title | Creators | On sale | Price | Format / Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Howard, Pizza Detective: The Deep Cut #1 | Robert Venditti (W), David Lapham (A) | Dec 2, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 pages, B&W |
| Odinn’s Eye TPB | Joshua Dysart (W), Tomás Giorello (A) | Dec 2, 2026 | $19.99 | 144 pages, Full color |
| It Demands Sacrifice #3 | Philip Gelatt & David Yarovesky (W), Adam Pollina (A) | Dec 16, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 pages, Full color |
| Lancer #3 | Mike Costa (W), Jake Baker (A) | Dec 16, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 pages, Full color |
What this batch means for readers and collectors: the line mixes ambitious storytelling with marketable collector variants, from mythic epics and body‑horror to pulpy action. The Tokyo angle for the pizza detective series and the involvement of nontraditional contributors on covers signal a continued effort by Bad Idea to broaden both its creative palette and its audience.
Availability aligns with December solicitations, so retailers and subscribers should see the issues hit shelves in early to mid‑December. For fans tracking trends in indie comics, these releases reinforce the publisher’s strategy of blending striking art with genre hooks to keep titles visible during the year’s final sales push.
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