Top Comics to Buy for March 4, 2026: Two of the best series in comics get finale issues

For this week’s Top Comics to Buy for March 4, I was stunned that two of my favorite series in recent memories both ended up wrapping on the same day, especially since they didn’t launch on the same day, or even the same month. But hey, that’s just one of those fun coincidences you get to enjoy when you’re a weekly comics sicko. Which two series? Well, you’ll just have to scroll down to my recommendations to find out.

And along with my five favorite comics, you’ll also find 10 more books I liked, along with release lists for the new #1s and graphic novels/trades out this week…enjoy!

Top Comics to Buy for March 4

Batman #7
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Jorge Jimenez
Colorist: Tomeu Morey
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Publisher: DC Comics
As Batman is beckoned to Arkham Towers by the mysterious man in Room Ten, nothing will prepare him for who he finds there. Some might call him the Caped Crusader’s archnemesis. Others might call him Batman’s best friend. Everyone calls him the Joker.
Why It’s Cool: Who doesn’t love a good Batman-Joker issue? And with this current run working as well as it had, it was, of course, only a matter of time before The Joker showed up. The version we get is recognizably chilling but still different and perfect for this run. And the streak of great cliffhanger endings continues.
Price: $4.99

The Beauty #4
Writer: Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley
Artist: Emanuela Lupacchino
Colorist: Leonardo Paciarotti
Letterer: AndWorld Design
Publisher: Ignition Press
In order to fulfill her mission and uncover secrets for her mysterious client, Nox is forced to contract the Beauty to access an exclusive island and reach her affluent target. When she arrives, she discovers the task has a deep, unexpected connection to the Abernathy.
Why It’s Cool: This The Beauty revival (just in time for the new TV show) has been fantastic, juggling multiple interesting threads and pushing forward some of the story’s great central concepts. Emanuela Lupacchino also remains a perfect choice as the new series artist.
Price: $4.99

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #6
Cartoonist: Patrick Horvath
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Publisher: IDW Publishing
The series finale of the critically acclaimed cozy-horror smash hit! Samantha Strong has made her choice… and Woodbrook will never be the same. The events of the previous issue are so incredibly wild that we actually can’t type anything else here without it being a major spoiler. But you won’t want to miss the conclusion to Patrick Horvath’s epic follow-up to Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees.
Why It’s Cool: It’s hard to think of a more perfectly executed (heh) new series than Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, now in its second full arc, and this week we get the finale to that second arc. It’s tough to discuss here without spoiling, but it’s just as dark and eventful as readers of the book would expect (complimentary).
Price: $4.99

Hello Darkness #19
Writers: Tate Brombal, Paulina Ganucheau, Fell Hound, Sam Humphries
Artists: Piotr Kowalski (colored by Brad Simpson), Paulina Ganucheau, Robert Hack, Fell Hound, Eleonora Carlini
Letterers: Ed Dukeshire, Becca Carey, Jodie Troutman
Stop and smell the corpses! The horrors of winter are behind us, but a sinister new season awaits… HELLO DARKNESS returns this spring with a fresh bouquet of horror!
Why It’s Cool: There are so many good comics anthologies right now (most of them horror), but Hello Darkness has slowly started to emerge as the one I look forward to most. This is no slight against the other books, I just find the comics in this one to be the most varied, surprising, and well-done. This issue serves up such a great set of horror comics, with very little in common between them, with vampires, and dopplegangers, and magic baseball teams, and on it goes.
Price: $5.99

Sleep #8
Cartoonist: Zander Cannon
Publisher: Image Comics
When Jonathan Reason falls asleep, he becomes… something terrible. Taking the unfinished pill that was supposed to cure his curse leaves Jon in a twilight state, suddenly fully aware of the blood-soaked rampage he is on… as well as the reasons why.
Why It’s Cool: This has been one of my favorite books in comics throughout its run, the type that lands on the absolute top of my to-read stack, because I’m just that eager to see what happens next. It’s been a suspenseful, horror mystery box so far, and this eighth and final issue does a great job explaining just enough of what’s been going on, while still leaving some dark mystery at the center. While I enjoyed reading this book month-to-month, I think its cliffhanger chapter structure and tight eight issue length are going to make it one of the best binge reads in comics this year, once it gets collected in trade. Simply put, do not sleep on Sleep.
Price: $3.99

10 Other Comics I Enjoyed This Week

• Absolute Flash #12
• Absolute Superman #17
• Autumn Kingdom: Wraithbound Queen #2
• Batman/Green Arrow/Question: Arcadia #3
• Briar: Nights Terror #3
• Cruel Universe #8
• Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man #1
• Narco #1
• Poison Ivy #42
• Twilight Zone #5

New #1s and One-Shots

• Disney Villains: Gaston #1
• Iceman Omega #1 (one-shot)
• Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man #1
• Moonstar #1
• Narco #1
• Nectar #1
• Sonic the Hedgehog – Sonic Racing CrossWorlds #1 (one-shot)
• Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #1
• X-Men Annual #1

Graphic Novels and Trade Collections

• Absolute Superman Vol 2 Son of the Demon HC/TP
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 Through the Gates of Hell TP
• Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells Omnibus Vol 1 HC
• Cave Grave Wild West Tales HC
• Conan The Barbarian The Original Comics Omnibus Vol 7 HC
• Creatures and Corridors HC
• Earth 2 The New 52 Omnibus Vol 1 HC
• Expanse Dragon Tooth Deluxe Edition HC
• Feral Vol 4 Pet City TP
• Flight Vol 6 GN Inklore Edition
• Harley Quinn Vol 2 Friends With Detriments TP
• Helen of Wyndhorn Deluxe Edition HC
• Invincible Vol 14 TP New Edition
• Kanga-U Lost in a Labyrinth – A Wonder Woman Graphic Novel TP
• King Spawn Vol 7 TP
• Lobo Back to Back TP
• My Gun Is The Jury And Other Stories HC
• News From The Fallout TP
• Nightwing: Leaping Into The Light TP (DC Compact Comics Edition)
• Rick and Morty Oni Compact Comics Edition Ain’t Nothing to Frick With GN
• Savage Sword of Conan The Original Comics Omnibus Vol 7 HC
• Shin Zero Vol 1 TP
• Skating Wilder TP
• Testament TP
• Thor Epic Collection Vol 13 The Surtur War TP
• Wild Animals TP
• Wolverines and Deadpools TP
• X-Factor The Original X-Men Omnibus Vol 2 HC
• X-Men Epic Collection Vol 2 Lonely Are The Hunted TP

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