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MOTOR CRUSH

Image Comics, available now

The team behind the Doc Martens–wearing Batgirl creates a sci-fi series featuring Domino Swift, motorcycle-racing champ by day and skull cracker by night.

STEVEN UNIVERSE

Boom! Studios, February

The Cartoon Network show gets an ongoing comic series about a boy raised by three magical aliens. The kid-friendly stories explore issues like gender identity.

BATWOMAN

DC Comics, February

Batwoman is perhaps the highest-profile queer superhero. She’ll get her own series co-written by Marguerite Bennett, who has penned DC’s female-focused Bombshells comics.

EXTREMITY

Image Comics, March

Thea, an artist and the daughter of a warrior, seeks revenge after warlords decimate her home and chop off her drawing hand in this Mad Max–esque series.

AMERICA

Marvel Comics, March

Queer Latina superhero America Chavez gets her own comic–and a striking cover inspired by Beyoncé’s “Formation”–after starring in the Young Avengers series.

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