AFTER LAND VOL 1 (of 3, GN)
Publisher: ALTERNATIVE COMICS
Writer/Art/Cover: CHRIS TAYLOR
SRP: $19.99
A science-fiction soap opera featuring the exploits of a no-nonsense detective named Nono, who is the composite of two females named Jo and Do. Jo has the mysterious ability to ingest the milk from the Madeleine Flower and enter an ethereal realm known as Pure Intuition where she can spy on the unconscious minds of humanity. Together, as Nono, they sell it to the highest bidder in the Cloud.
What was that middle part again?
ARCHIE #15
Publisher: ARCHIE COMICS
Script: MARK WAID
Art: JOE EISMA, ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ, JACK MORELLI
Cover: JOE EISMA
Variant Covers: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, CHRISSIE ZULLO
32-page • full color comic • $3.99 U.S.
For a while after Veronica’s departure, no woman was around who could wreck the Jughead/Archie bromance. We all knew that couldn’t last forever, right? Meanwhile, the Veronica vs. Cheryl Blossom feud reaches its peak!
In case anyone here is too young to know, Cover A is an homage to a famous poster from the 1970s featuring Farrah Fawcett.
ASSASSIN'S CREED: AWAKENING #2
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writer: YANO TAKASHI
Artist: OIWA KENJI
Cover A: OIWA KENJI
Cover B: KATE BROWN
Cover C: JOHN AGGS
FC • 32pp • $3.99
With Masato's mother in a coma and her life in the Templars' hands, will Masato be able to find the answers he seeks by continuing with Edward Senway's life as an 18th Century pirate turned unwilling Assassin? Or could this next voyage kill them both?
BARBIE PUPPIES VOL 1: PUPPY PARTY (GN)
Publisher: PAPERCUTZ
Writers: DANICA DAVIDSON, M. VICTORIA ROBADO
Art: DANICA DAVIDSON, M. VICTORIA ROBADO
SRP: $7.99
Barbie and her sisters, Chelsea, Stacie, and Skipper, along with their puppies, Taffy, DJ, Honey, and Rookie, are invited to a prestigious Dog Show in the big city. The Dog Show is trying to change its elitest image by inviting all types of dogs to enter-not just purebreds. But something funny is going on at the Dog Show as one contestant after another starts to mysteriously disappear. But just to make matters even more complicated, Taffy, DJ, Honey, and Rookie wind up getting lost in the city. Will Barbie and her sisters be reunited with their puppies? Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.
My blood sugar just spiked.
BARBIE: STARLIGHT VOL 1 (GN)
Publisher: PAPERCUTZ
Writer: TINI HOWARD
Art/Cover: MARIE CONDENZIO
SRP: $7.99
Barbie has explored many worlds and careers but none more "out there" than Para-Den, the strange alien planet where a girl named Barbie lives with her father and her flying pet, Pupcorn. But something is not right in Barbie's galaxy. One by one the stars are going out an no one seems to know why. Of course, no one is more surprised than Barbie when she is chosen by King Constantine to join a special mission to make the stars dance once again. Along with Prince Leo, hover board champion Sal-Lee and the colorful twins Kareena and Sheena, Barbie must solve the mystery of the creatures known as Whailens and find a way to bring the starlight back before the stars stop dancing forever! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.
Ahhh! 20 CCs of insulin, STAT!
BLACK HOOD SEASON 2 #2
Publisher: ARCHIE COMICS
Script: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art: GREG SCOTT, RACHEL DEERING, KELLY FITZPATRICK
Cover: GREG SMALLWOOD
Variant Cover: MICHAEL WALSH
32-page • full color comic • $3.99 U.S.
“The Nobody Murders, Part 2”: Greg Hettinger, a.k.a. The Black Hood. thought he could run from the violence. But now he finds himself running across the country from a merciless assassin who calls himself The Nobody. Greg not only has to figure out the identity of his would-be killer, but also his connection to the original Black Hood—which means going to the one place Greg vowed he never visit again: home. Don’t miss the high-octane action and high-stakes suspense that is season 2 of THE BLACK HOOD!
BLOODSHOT U.S.A. #3 (of 4)
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover A by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover B by RYAN BODENHEIM
Cover C by DAVE JOHNSON
Variant Cover by JUAN JOSE RYP
Variant Cover by MICO SUAYAN
$3.99 • 32 pgs. • T+
Valiant Cat Cosplay Cover Also Available
War for the home of the brave!
New York City is in flames. From the Bronx to Broadway, panic has taken hold…and Project Rising Spirit’s latest experiment – an airborne weapons test designed to turn eight million New Yorkers into nanite-infected killers – is already paying dividends. America’s politicians have demanded action…and you can bet your bottom dollar they’re going to get it when Bloodshot and Deathmate make a last stand to defuse NYC’s very own armageddon!
The explosive standalone comics event of the fall reaches a fever pitch as New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Moon Knight) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS, Justice) unleash the next barrage in Bloodshot’s borough-busting battle royale!
DEAD INSIDE #1 (of 5)
Arcudi and Fejzula Lock Down New Series Dead Inside
Publisher: DARK HORSE
Writer: JOHN ARCUDI
Art: TONI FEJZULA
Variant: FAITH ERIN HICKS
Colors: ANDRÉ MAY
Cover: DAVE JOHNSON
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Miniseries
This winter Dark Horse Comics is set to release Dead Inside, a brand-new creator-owned series from acclaimed writer John Arcudi (Rumble, The Creep, B.P.R.D.) and up-and-coming artist Toni Fejzula (Cthulhu, Lobster Johnson, Veil). Dead Inside is a twisted, bloody and unexpected crime story where a murder has occurred in the least expected place: behind bars.
“It’s not often that I get to write crime fiction, because I worry I don’t have anything to add to the genre. This time I feel like I do. The more I read about jail crimes investigations, the more I knew I had to tell this story,” said Arcudi.
The Jail Crimes Division of the Sheriff’s Office in Mariposa County investigates crimes committed inside county jails. With a limited number of suspects who can’t escape, these are usually easy cases to solve—but not this one. As Detective Linda Caruso gets closer to the heart of the case, she discovers uncomfortable truths about her friends, her job, and herself.
With stunning covers by Dave Johnson, Dead Inside is perfect for fans of crime or prison television, such as Orange Is the New Black, American Crime Story or Making a Murderer. With Dead Inside, Arcudi offers a fresh perspective on the ever-popular crime genre.
The series is already generating buzz from creators and press:
“Dead Inside is the best kind of murder mystery.”—COMICS ALLIANCE
"Dead Inside is a crime story like I’ve never seen. I’m a big crime fiction guy, so that takes some doing. Arcudi and Fejula have crafted a story about a murder mystery behind bars. Take a damaged detective and a crime no wants solved, and you’ve got a classic noir from a new angle. If you like crime comics, this is the one to read.”—Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
“One of my favorite new comics of the year. … Brilliant and a must read for fans of the genre.”—FORCES OF GEEK
“Dead Inside is the kind of mystery comic that creeps under your skin, burrows into your brain, and lingers there between issues.”—Cullen Bunn (Harrow County)
“This has been a banner year for strange murder-mystery comics.”—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“An intriguing set-up to a compelling mystery, well-executed by the consistently great John Arcudi. And with fantastic-looking art to boot!”—John Layman (Chew)
“Criminally good.”—MULTIVERSITY
“Dead Inside reveals John Arcudi at the top of his game. I'll be following this one all the way.”—Garth Ennis (Preacher)
"A compelling angle on the crime genre: prison murder investigator. It’s as lurid and unsettling as it sounds, and I love every page of it."—Brian Wood (Briggs Land)
“Arcudi and Fejzula immerse us in a compelling murder mystery with blood and dread around every small town corner. You can feel something wicked this way coming.”—Peter J. Tomasi (House of Penance, Superman)
“Fills your pores with existential dread.”—FREAK SUGAR
Nice pun in the title. Looking forward to trying this one.
DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE #1 (of 4)
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover A by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Variant Cover by JEFFRE VEREGGE
Variant Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD
Variant Cover by ADAM GORHAM
Valiant Cat Cosplay Variant Also Available
Blank Cover Also Available
$3.99 • 32 pgs. • T+ • VALIANT PRESTIGE
This winter, the Valiant Universe you once knew is no more. … Only the Stalinverse remains!
Valiant is proud to present DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of Valiant’s all-new event-level epic from the 7-time Harvey Award-nominated creative team of writer Matt Kindt (4001 A.D.), artist Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis), inker Ryan Winn (X-O MANOWAR), and colorist David Baron (BLOODSHOT REBORN)!
At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were racing to the stars. But, while America was aiming for the moon, Russia had its eyes on the cosmos. In secret, they launched a three-man mission into the far reaches of space. In the depths, they discovered something Unknown. Something that…changed them. Imbued with god-like powers, the long-lost cosmonauts returned home…only to discover that their old ideology, communism, lost the war to western capitalism in the decades since their journey first began. But now they have the power to change it all …
The sold-out sci-fi saga that redefined the Valiant Universe begins a reality-shattering comics event that will collide the world’s most formidable heroes with a disturbing new vision. … One where a worldwide Soviet empire now rules a world order. … The Iron Curtain extends across continents, shattering governments and armies in its wake. … And the communist global super-state rules not only with an iron fist, but with powers far beyond the comprehension of mortal men.
Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone. Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade.
“Divinity’s place in the Valiant Universe is about to fundamentally reshape the world as we thought we knew it, and the ramifications of this series will play out for months and years after the final page,” said Valiant CEO and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani. “Not only is the story fully in continuity, it will leave several major new, key elements and characters in place that will be essential to Valiant’s plans going forward. We're incredibly excited for readers to finally see all the twists, turns and surprises that DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE has in store!"
Witness a disturbing new vision of the world as it now stands! One where the Cold War was won long ago and a global Soviet empire now rules the world. … Where the Iron Curtain extends across oceans and continents, subsuming freedom and liberty in its wake. … And where the Russian communist super-state rules the world not only with an iron fist, but with ultimate power far beyond the comprehension of mortal men.
“STALINVERSE has always been something we’ve been building towards since the very beginning of DIVINITY,” said Valiant Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons. “This series will not only have major repercussions for every key hero and villain in the Valiant Universe, but will also give us our first glimpse of new characters with a long-term trajectory. From HARBINGER WARS to BOOK OF DEATH to 4001 A.D., Valiant’s events have always been big, but Matt and Trevor are elevating the stakes to a truly global concern here – they’re building not just an event, but an entirely new and terrifying world.”
Then: the revolutionary upheaval continues on Dec. 28 as New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Death of X) and comics superstar Clayton Crain (4001 A.D.) present a blood-curdling examination of the Stalinverse’s ultimate state-sponsored assassin in DIVINITY III: KOMANDAR BLOODSHOT #1 – the first of four essential specials revealing the super-powered Soviet regime behind the winter’s most incendiary comics event!
He’s put down protests, led the purge of political undesirables, and executed dozens of traitors to the Soviet super-state. His name is KOMANDAR BLOODSHOT. …and his existence is a hushed whisper among the terrified populace of the 21st century’s global Soviet Union. But just who is this unrelenting enforcer of state superiority… and what is the shocking truth about his power, his allegiances, and his true identity?
Don’t miss the shocking twists and turmoil that await in DIVINITY III: KOMANDAR BLOODSHOT #1 – featuring an iron-clad line of covers from Clayton Crain (Carnage), Ryan Bodenheim (The Dying & The Dead), Greg Smallwood (Moon Knight), Trevor Hairsine (DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE), and Kano (Daredevil)!
Plus: The Staliverse’s subversive spread continues in DIVINITY III: ARIC, SON OF THE REVOLUTION #1! On January 18th, join acclaimed writer Joe Harris (Snowfall, The X-Files: Season 10) and Valiant-exclusive superstar David Lafuente (Ultimate Spider-Man) as they reveal what happens when Valiant’s leading legend – the unstoppable X-O Manowar – becomes the supreme fighting force of the CCCP in the next must-read one-shot torn from the pages of DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE!
ELEVENTH DOCTOR #2.15
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writer: SI SPURRIER, ROB WILLIAMS
Artist: SIMON FRASER
Colorist: GARY CALDWELL
Letterer: COMICRAFT
Cover A: TOM HUMBERSTONE
Cover B: Will Brooks Photo
Cover C: JAKE
FC • 32pp • $3.99
It’s all come down to this, the epic conclusion to the Eleventh Doctor’s second year! With a trail of temporal devastation in his wake, and casualties mounting among his companions, can the Doctor find the truth at last about his Time War crime? And will that truth, once won, prove to have been worth the cost?!
GAMORA #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by NICOLE PERLMAN
Art by MARCO CHECCHETTO
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
Variant Covers by MARCO CHECCHETTO
And TULA LOTAY
Hip-Hop Variant by ELIZABETH TORQUE
Teaser Variant by MIKE DEODATO
ICX Variant by BOBBY RUBIO
32 PGS. • Rated T • $3.99
Meet the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy – Your First Look at GAMORA #1!
From the Co-Screenwriter of “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy”
Before the Guardians, there was only … Gamora! Today, Marvel is pleased to present the highly anticipated GAMORA #1, coming to comic shops and digital devices everywhere on December 21st! From Nicole Perlman – co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and blockbuster artist Marco Checchetto (Star Wars: Shattered Empire) comes a tale of blood and vengeance. Once upon a time she was Thanos’ heartless pet assassin and favorite daughter. Today she is the backbone of the Guardians of the Galaxy, putting her life on the line to defend the innocent. What was it that transformed her from being used as a tool of her oppressor to a champion of the powerless? Embark on a journey of revenge, redemption and retribution, and witness how she earned her reputation as the deadliest woman in the galaxy. Don’t miss GAMORA #1 – coming to comic shops and digital devices everywhere on December 21st!
What the heck is that shirt on Cover A made of? It looks like a cross between chain mail and a comfy sweater.
GREEN HORNET: REIGN OF THE DEMON #1 (OF 4)
Publisher: DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: DAVID LISS
Art: KEWBER BAAL
Cover A: KEN LASHLEY
Cover B: ANTHONY MARQUES
32 pages • Teen + • $3.99
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery for most people, it could be the deadliest for The Green Hornet and Kato. With their vigilantism tearing apart organized crime, Chicago is visited by two more masked individuals: one claiming to be a friend and the other ... their most formidable foe yet!
I haven't read any of Dynamite's Hornet stories yet. This might be a good time to jump on.
GUMBALLS #1
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer/Art/Cover: ERIN NATIONS
$3.99 • 32-pages • FC • 6.625" x 9.5"
Pop in your quarters and see what pops out of Gumballs — a brand new one-man anthology comic from Portland cartoonist Erin Nations! His bright, candy-colored palette and crisp linework pop off the page, while his stories reflect a fascination with humanity in all its diverse foibles — hinting at one of his earliest creative influences, Matt Groening’s The Simpsons.
In Gumballs #1, Erin serves up a delicious variety of stories: recollections of growing up as a triplet, interactions with oddball grocery-store customers, the adventures of clueless dork Tobias, painfully funny faux Personal Ads, and “Tales of Being Trans” -- reflections on Erin’s true-life journey of gender transition.
Gumballs tips its hat to the classic alt-comic tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve and Box Office Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice for the modern age.
Gumballs breaks new ground as Top Shelf's first project from an openly transgender cartoonist, but it's also our first new project in the comic book format in over a decade. The last comic book series launched under the Top Shelf banner was The Surrogates by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele, which went on to become a New York Times Bestseller and inspire a hundred-million-dollar movie ... so clearly the future is bright for Erin Nations and Gumballs!
This doesn't look like my flavor of alt-comics, but I'm glad it exists.
HARBINGER RENEGADE #2
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art by DARICK ROBERTSON with JUAN JOSE RYP
Cover A by DARICK ROBERTSON
Cover B by ADAM POLLINA
Cover C by MONIKA PALOSZ
Variant Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant Cover by KANO )
Variant Cover by JIM MAHFOOD
Valiant Cat Cosplay Variant Also Available
$3.99 • 32 pgs. • T+
This December, the Renegades reunite … and a new enemy rises!
Valiant is proud to present your first look inside HARBINGER RENEGADE #2 – the next can’t-miss chapter of the essential Valiant ongoing series debut of 2016! On December 21st, join multiple Harvey Award nominee Rafer Roberts (Plastic Farm), and superstar artist Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan) as they push Valiant’s high-powered team of psiot upstarts off of the sidelines and into the firefight of their lives! Alexander Solomon – the renegade pupil of Toyo Harada – can predict the future, and his plans for the future could transform the world – or end it altogether. Now, as the Harbinger Renegades reassemble their lives and learn to be a team, Solomon will force them toward a new purpose in his campaign for a disturbing new tomorrow...
Kris Hathaway, Peter Stanchek, Faith Herbert, and John Torkelson thought they could go underground. They thought they could get their old lives back. They were wrong. As four psionically powered “psiots” that can defy the laws of physics with a thought alone, this extraordinarily dangerous team of teenagers won’t be able to escape the fight that society has brought to their door. As Alexander Solomon’s violent, new superpower movement spreads across the suburbs, America’s only hope will be the teenagers it wished it could forget.
Plus: Incendiary artist Juan Jose Ryp (BRITANNIA) joins Rafer Roberts and Darick Robertson for the next startling chapter of Alexander Solomon’s never-before-revealed origin as the rise of Valiant’s next great villain stands revealed!
HOOK JAW #1
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writer: SI SPURRIER
Artist: CONOR BOYLE
Colorist: GUILIA BRUSCO
Cover A: CONOR BOYLE
Cover B: JOHN MCCREA
Cover C: MARC LAMING
Cover D: ANNA DITTMAN
Cover E: STEVE WHITE
Diamond UK variant: BRIAN WILLIAMSON
FC • 32pp • $3.99
HOOKJAW RESURFACES AT TITAN COMICS
THE CLASSIC KILLER GREAT WHITE - REIMAGINED BY COMICS SUPERSTAR SI SPURRIER & RISING STAR CONOR BOYLE!
Titan Comics are thrilled to announce the release of a brand-new Hookjaw mini-series.
The five issue miniseries is written by comics fire-cracker Si Spurrier (Cry Havoc, Weavers, Doctor Who, Numbercruncher) and illustrated by rising star Conor Boyle, with colors by Giulia Brusco and edited by legendary British comics editor and marine life expert artist, Steve White.
The miniseries is set to be an intense modern iteration of the titular ocean predator, which debuted in legendary British comic (and forerunner to 2000 AD) Action #1. Initially inspired by the success of the film, Jaws, Hookjaw was one of many Action strips so violent it was banned from the shelves upon release!
“I've wanted to do a Hookjaw story as long as I've been making comics,” gushed A-list writer Si Spurrier. “Social, complex, intelligent and exceptionally good at what it does, today's Hookjaw arrives like a shadow amidst a catalogue of zoologists, soldiers, spies and Somali pirates. Every person involved thinks they're the hero of the story. They're all wrong.”
As the series synopsis indicates, this creative team are pushing this new iteration into completely uncharted water.
Off the coast of Somalia, a rag-tag group of marine scientists are studying the Virgin Brides, a pack of female great whites. What secrets are laying at the bottom of the Indian Ocean? And just how will they face up to the shadowy terror of the legendary great white – HOOKJAW?!
Hookjaw #1 will be on sale in comic stores and digital devices from December 2016 and is available to order from the October edition of PREVIEWS.
Here's the third book this month with a great white shark as the principal villain. Why? You're about a million times more likely to die from a car wreck than a shark bite. But eventually we'll be out of sharks, and still have too many cars.
JEM: THE MISFITS #1
Writer: KELLY THOMPSON
Art: JENN ST. ONGE
Cover: M. VICTORIA ROBADO
Subscription Variant: JENN ST. ONGE
Blank Sketch Variant
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
“GREEN IS THE NEW EVERYTHING,” part 1! Their songs may be better, but the Misfits have lost their label and nobody will touch them in the music business. On the ropes and desperate to get back on top, they’re forced to consider the worst case scenario…A MISFITS REALITY TV SHOW. Though it promises the chance to get them back in the spotlight, it comes with a heavy, privacy-destroying price.
• Learn how The Misfits first came together!
• Will a Misfits Reality Show be the thing that will finally tear them apart… forever?!
• Misfit’s first ever series of their own!
• Variant cover by George Caltsoudas!
The movie failed spectacularly, and I'd be surprised if the cartoon still exists. But the comics keep chugging along!
JUSTICE LEAGUE SUICIDE SQUAD #1 (OF 6)
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
Variant covers by TBD
40 pg • FC • 1 of 6 • $4.99 US • RATED T
The first major event storyline of DC’s Rebirth era begins with a day Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a deal-breaker for Earth’s paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet that the Wall and her Task Force X won’t go down without the fight to end all fights as this weekly series gets underway!
If you're not excited about the premise, maybe this will do it for you: The big head in the back belongs to Maxwell Lord.
THE MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL #0
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Writer: MARGARET STOHL
Art: RAMON ROSANAS
Cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE
Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO
Variant Cover by RAMON ROSANAS
Variant Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
ICX Variant Cover by TBA
32 PGS. • Rated T+ • $3.99
Behold the mightiest, fightiest super hero there is! Captain Marvel returns to her helm as Alpha Flight commander with the world cheering her on. She’s the biggest hero in the world – but has Captain Marvel become someone Carol Danvers no longer recognizes? New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures, Black Widow: Forever Red) makes her comics series debut in a blockbuster Marvel story decades in the making.
I keep hoping they'll make Carol Danvers a superstar, but Marvel keeps getting off on the wrong foot with her. (See: Civil War II.) Maybe this latest re-start will do it.
MYCROFT HOLMES #4
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writers: KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, RAYMOND OBSTFELD
Artist: JOSHUA CASSARA
Cover A: CLAUDIA IANNICIELLO
Cover B: JOSHUA CASSARA & LUIS GUERRERO
Cover C: MARIANO LACLAUSTRA
FC • 32pp • $3.99
In search of the purloined Apocalypse Handbook, Mycroft Holmes and Lark Adler criss-cross the United States, facing danger and intrigue at every turn. But what does the latest heist of Jesse James and his band of outlaws have to do with their quest? What secrets is Lark hiding in her past? And what traumas and triumphs have shaped Mycroft into the man he is today?
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST: SWEET CHRISTMAS ANNUAL #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Writer: DAVID F. WALKER
Art: SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover: JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant Cover by TREVOR VON EEDEN
Variant cover by KRIS ANKA
Variant Cover by TBA
40 PGS. • Rated T+ • $4.99
YOU BETTER NOT POUT, YOU BETTER NOT CRY!
• ’Cause you’re getting an extra helping of POWER MAN AND IRON FIST! This Christmas will be sweet, indeed!
• But not for Luke Cage, who is feeling neither holly nor jolly.
• Surely Danny can change that! Or maybe these demonic toys will! Wait, demonic toys?! OH, NO!
If this didn't exist, I'd have to make my own.
PETER DAVID: ARTFUL #1
Publisher: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Writers: NICOLE D'ANDRIA, PETER DAVID
Art/Cover A: LAURA NEUBERT
Cover B: LAURA NEUBERT concept sketch
Cover C: BRIAN HESS
SRP: $4.99
Award winning author and comics legend, Peter David, brings the adaption of his novel, Artful, to Action Lab! Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed story of one of the most facinating characters in literary history, the Artful Dodger from the classic Oliver Twist, this time with a twist: Vampires.
This doesn't look like my kind of thing, but the name "Peter David" has got me interested.
SAMURAI: BROTHERS IN ARMS #4
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writer: JEAN-FRANÇOIS DI GIORGIO
Artist: FRÉDÉRIC GENÊT
FC • 32pp • $3.99
COVER A: JOHN MCCREA
COVER B: STEVE KURTH
COVER C: NICK PERCIVAL
Destiny derails Takeo once again in his attempt to lift the veil on the mysterious family history he and his brother Akio are attempting to uncover. But this time, it’ not only warlords getting in their way … women have entered the fray!
STAR-LORD #1
GROUNDED! Your First Look at STAR-LORD #1!
Outer Space Action Comes Planetside This December
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art & Cover by KRIS ANKA
Variant Cover by CHIP ZDARSKY
Action Figure Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Hip-Hop Variant by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
ICX Variant by CHRIS STEVENS
Games Variant Also Available
Animation Variant Also Available
32 PGS. • Rated T+ • $3.99
Peter Quill may have been born on Earth, but he’s been gone a long time. This December, he returns to his original home planet, and he’s not leaving anytime soon! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at STAR-LORD #1 – the all-new series from fan-favorite creators Chip Zdarsky (Howard the Duck) and Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men, Captain Marvel)! Ask yourself, how does one man go from soaring through the stars, guarding the galaxy – to ending up with his feet planted firmly on the ground? One thing is for certain, Earth has a new guardian. Be there for terrestrial action with out-of-this world thrills when STAR-LORD #1 comes to comic shops and digital devices!
I have to say, the trailer for the second movie is awfully cool. How did Marvel take this Z-level bunch of characters and make a hit out of them? Still not sure.
STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN VOL 2 #1 (OF 6)
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer: MIKE JOHNSON
Art/Cover: ANGEL HERNANDEZ
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Subscription Variant: RACHEL STOTT
Blank Sketch Variant
The galaxy-spanning crossover epic continues in this sequel to the blockbuster STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN: THE SPECTRUM WAR! Captain Kirk and Hal Jordan lead the combined might of Starfleet and the Lantern Corps on an all-new adventure against new foes from both franchises! Don't miss the crossover event of the 21st Century...and the 23rd!
• Following the blockbuster success of last year’s Star Trek/Green Lantern, DC Entertainment and IDW once again bring you the best team-up in the galaxy!
• Variant cover by Angel Hernandez!
The first series was surprisingly good. Part of what made it work was (SPOILER!) Johnson's complete disregard for the usual rules of publishing crossovers (equal time for both publishers' characters, all characters equally heroic, nobody wins if they fight, status quo is left unchanged, etc.), He started the story by destroying the entire DC Universe on Page One, with a few characters from the GL mythos ending up in the Star Trek universe as refugees -- or would-be conquerors (see: Sinestro). That altered the usual dynamic utterly, giving the story both a freshness and a feeling of real suspense. I'm looking forward to Part II.
WARHAMMER 40,000: WILL OF IRON #3
Publisher: TITAN COMICS
Writer: GEORGE MANN
Art: TAZIO BETTIN & ENRICA EREN ANGIOLINI
Cover A: REGULAR COVER: BOO COOK
Cover B: NICK PERCIVAL
Cover C: TAZIO BETTIN & ENRICA EREN ANGIOLINI
Cover D: ØRJAN SVENDSEN
FC • 32pp • $3.99
FROM THE UNIVERSE OF THE EVER-POPULAR TABLETOP MINIATURES WARGAME!
BY SUPERSTAR WRITER GEORGE MAN (WARHAMMER NOVELS, DARK SOULS, DOCTOR WHO)!
WORLD WAR X #1
Writer: JERRY FRISSEN
Art: PETER SNEJBJERG
Cover A: REGULAR COVER: SIMONE DI MEO
Cover B: JOHN MCCREA
Cover C: NICK PERCIVAL
Cover D: NORRIE MILLAR
Cover E: PETER SNEJBJERG
FC • 32pp • $3.99
2017. On the Moon, a monstrous alien creature awakens from a centuries-long sleep, determined to put an end to mankind. Humanity's only hope? Helius, a tired and battle-weary veteran of an ancient war...
Titan Comics are excited to reveal World War X #1 -- a newly released series written by Jerry Frissen (The Z Word) and illustrated by Peter Snejbjerg (B.P.R.D.).
World War X is an apocalyptic, B-movie infused sci-fi horror from the artist of B.P.R.D. and A God Somewhere.
This series is newly released for the U.S. singles format with some terrific covers from top industry talent in comics today including; Simone Di Meo (Grimm Tales of Terror), John McCrea (Assassin's Creed), Nick Percival (Dark Souls), Norrie Millar (Duality) and Peter Snejbjerg (B.P.R.D.).
Perfect for fans of Pacific Rim and The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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Here's another press release:
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
Variant Cover by ANTHONY PIPER
Teaser Variant by MIKE DEODATO
ICX Variant by PASCAL CAMPION
32 PGS. • Rated T+ • $3.99
It’s the story that has the whole industry talking – and it’s unfolding right before your eyes! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your new look inside INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2, the next can’t miss chapter from blockbuster creators Brian Michael Bendis and Stefano Caselli! Riri Williams has built her own homemade Iron Man armor, and now she has an A.I. to help her – the downloaded consciousness of Tony Stark himself! With Tony Stark mentoring her (okay, a version of Tony Stark) she can’t lose right? Let’s just say Riri Williams just might change the face of the Marvel Universe forever … if she survives the experience first. Easier said than done! Don’t miss the highly anticipated next issue when INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2 comes to comic shops and digital devices everywhere!
Missed Riri’s first outing? Be there when INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 returns to comic shops!
I think they are pushing Carol too hard. In cw2 she was the heavy and didn't really have a lot of reasons to go as far as she did. She basically was throwing people into jail for stuff they might do. Ironically she's friends with a lot of the X-men and a lot of the basis for the mu humans to distrust and fear the X-men is because of what they might do because they have powers. You'd think she would have slowed it down a bit, or at least realized how unconstitutional it was. The is the second cw where she's come off as being the heavy, I hate to think what they'll have her do in cw 3, 4, and 5.
The new Iron Heart is intriguing, but if you can whip up Iron Man level armor in a dorm room why doesn't everyone have one? I'm also wondering how she gets her hair to fit into the helmut.
Justice League/Suicide should be interesting. I think when Diana (among others) confronts Waller about what she is doing Waller can counter about how the amazon's have been raping and murdering men throughout the ages and selling male babies for weapons. I'm sure she has a lot of dirt on the JL and will use it.
As curious as I am about these three stories though I'm just not up to paying 13.00 for 3 comics. I've sort of been priced out of this hobby for a while.
“I haven't read any of Dynamite's Hornet stories yet. This might be a good time to jump on.”
A great jumping on point, if you have any interest in Green Hornet at all, would be the recently completed Green Hornet/Lone Ranger mini-series.
Trust me on this.