Top Comics This Week: December 3, 2025
Happy December, weekly comics fans! We all know the ritual: new releases arrive like tiny portals, each promising a quick detour into someone else’s storm or triumph. This week’s slate feels especially fizzy, like the shelves are humming with crossed destinies, holiday hauntings, and a few cosmic diversions. Below are the first five issues that deserve a glance before they vanish into long-box lore.
1.) “DC K.O.: Superman vs Captain Atom #1” (DC Comics)
DC opens the month by lighting the fuse on a clash that feels less like a fight and more like a philosophical detonation. The creative team wastes no time setting the stage: mysterious energy surges ripple across the Midwest, and Captain Atom is framed as the only one capable of stopping them—even if it means confronting a suspiciously reluctant Superman. Beneath the punches is a simmering question: who gets to decide what “safety” really means when you can split atoms with your eyelashes? A sharp, propulsive comics debut.
2.) “Doctor Strange #1” (Marvel)
Marvel’s new chapter for the Sorcerer Supreme hits the ground levitating. Strange is pulled into a crisis that smells faintly of burned sage and temporal sabotage, as an unknown faction begins rewriting magical treaties older than civilization. The comics issue threads a haunted mood through its panels—Strange feels slightly frayed, as though he’s been awake for centuries and only just noticed. The magic pulses with inventive flourishes, and the dialogue swirls like incantation run-off. By the last page, the stakes have escalated from “minor reality hiccup” to “cosmic eviction notice,” making this a potent doorway for both newcomers and long-time mystics.
3.) “The Terminator: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town #1” (Dynamite Entertainment)
Somehow, against all logic, this holiday-flavored blood-and-chrome comics mashup works. In a preview from Dynamite Entertainment:
“HUMANITY IS ON THE NAUGHTY LIST! It’s Christmas Eve in Skynet’s apocalyptic future, and the atmosphere is pretty far from festive…The story of the jolly old man in a red suit who infiltrated people’s perimeters is especially intriguing. How did he avoid the sentries and guard dogs? What kind of exfiltration technique was he using? And most important, did he have glowing red eyes that matched his fur-trimmed hat – like the hulking figure that’s now advancing on their position?”
What follows is a wild sleigh-ride chase across snow-rattled rooftops, with Santa portrayed less as a jolly mascot and more as a mythic courier who knows how to go to war with wonder itself. It’s absurd in the way good genre experiments often are, braiding humor and dread without apology. Consider this your seasonal palate cleanser.
4.) “Dread The Halls 2025 #1” (Image Comics)
Image leans into winter horror with a tale that crawls under the skin like cold air under a door. Set in a shuttered boarding school preparing for demolition, the story opens with workers discovering chalkboard messages no one wrote and hallways that seem to lengthen when unobserved. The issue builds its dread quietly, like a choir warming up in a basement. The art drips with muted reds and dim, uneasy corners, turning every page into a dare. By the end, it’s clear the “haunting” isn’t tied to a ghost but something older, hungrier, and chillingly patient. A strong start for readers who want holiday fear with teeth.
5.) “Rick and Morty: The End #1” (Oni Press)
Oni Press promises a finale, and this opener delivers a chaotic prelude to the multiversal unraveling. In a preview from Oni Press:
“Rick Sanchez, the most wanted man in this and every other universe, is on the run. With a bounty on his head, every government, military, pirate, mobster, bounty hunter, bail bondsman, religious institution, theater troupe, circus clown, and endangered species is on the hunt to bring in Rick – DEAD OR ALIVE. The only one who can bring Rick in warm is the one person who knows him best: Morty Smith. But Morty’s not the only Smith hot on Rick’s trail . . . “Space Beth” Smith is determined to bring Rick in, and she doesn’t particularly care how. Now it’s just a question of who can get to him first…!”
The humor crackles with that familiar acidic warmth, but beneath it lurks a surprising tenderness: an awareness that endings, even absurd ones, carry weight. The issue balances existential punchlines with genuine stakes, marking the beginning of what could be one of the series’ most emotional arcs.
Final Thoughts
This week’s top comics feel like a constellation of fresh beginnings—bright, strange, and buzzing with possibility. And if these first issues are any indication, December intends to carry us through the dark nights with stories that spark, rattle, and occasionally grin back at us. Consider this your reminder that even in winter, comics know how to keep the lights on.
