COMICS GUIDE FOR FEB. 25, 2015
Titles listed in the Comics Guide come from the weekly list at the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. website, and are subject to change. The information in the Comics Guide comes not only from Diamond but from solicitations, press releases and previews released by the publishers, except for random comments by Captain Comics (in blue)
THE CAPTAIN'S BEST BETS
Here art the Captain's top books of the week. For more information on these books and the entire list, continue to "This Week's Comics" below.
BLACK HOOD #1 ($3.99, Archie Comics): After decades of failures, Archie has finally figured out how to get me interested in the MLJ superheroes. First, instead of rolling out a new superhero universe, they are introducing books/characters one at a time. Second, each book/character is unique -- The Fox is witty and weird; Black Hood is gritty revenge fantasy. Will the two characters ever meet? I hope not! Nor do I want them to appear in the next book in the pipeline, The Shield, which promises to be gung-ho, superhero hoo-hah (and stars a chick). Why should they meet? Why should there be a coherent universe, if that detracts from each book's uniqueness? I say make 'em all different, Archie, and I'll be in line for them.
D4VE #1 (of 5, $3.99, IDW): D4VE is a robot trapped in a soul-sucking job. Speaking as a non-robot in the same circumstance, this could be fun!
JOE FRANKENSTEIN #1 (of 4): Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan do their take on one of the classic Universal monsters. How could I possibly not like this?
ORPHAN BLACK #1 ($3.99, IDW): If you like the TV show, then this is for you!
THE FADE-OUT VOL 1 ($19.99, Image): Nobody does noir comics better than Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, and here's the first collection of their latest effort, set in the glamor days of Hollywood. And, hey, if you like this, you might want to try their Criminal Special Edition one-shot ($4.99)!
SIDER-GWEN #1 ($3.99, Marvel): If, like most Spidey fans, you've had a secret crush on Gwen Stacy for decades, your time has come at last ... she's finally not dead! (Sorta!)
THIS WEEK'S COMICS
How this works: The "Big Five" publishers and those that send me previews get separate listings. Everything else falls under "Other Publishers"
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL # 4 (OF 4)
Writer: DAVID PINCKNEY
Art/Cover: SOO LEE
32 pgs / Teen / FC / $3.99
ROUND FOUR! Amarosa has made it through three trials that have all tested her in ways she couldn’t imagine. Though her fourth trail is colossal in more ways than one, finding out what makes her special may be the key to her success. The question is … will she figure it out in time?
PIRATE EYE: EXILED FROM EXILE # 2 (of 4)
Writer: JOSIAH GRAHN
Art/Cover: CARL YONDER
32 pgs / Teen / FC / $3.99
Smitty has lost everything twice-over, and now nothing is out of bounds as he desperately seeks a score large enough to buy his way back to safety. His former crewmate, now a feared captain, means to ensure Smitty's continued misery, instead. They can't both succeed.
PRINCELESS :THE PIRATE PRINCESS #2
Writer: JEREMY WHITLEY
Art/Cover: ROSY HIGGINS, TED BRANDT
32 pgs / Teen/ FC / $3.99
Bedelia and Adrienne have a new teammate in Raven, The Pirate Princess. She’s tough, smart, fun-loving and she’s on an epic quest for revenge. When her quest clashes with Adrienne’s, sparks will fly and only one princess can come out on top!
ZOMBIE TRAMP #8
Writers: JASON MARTIN, DAN MENDOZA
Art: WINSTON YOUNG
Cover: TMCHU
Risque variant cover (limited to 2,000): TMCHU
Variant (limited to 1,500): DAN MENDOZA
Valentine Variant (limited to 1,500): ANDREW PEPOY
32 pgs / Mature Readers / FC
$3.99/$4.99 Variant
Janey’s prize possession, her copy of the Necronomicon that helps her blend in and survive as an undead zombie tramp amongst the living, has gone missing. Now can she retrieve the book even though its new owner stirs long lost feelings as well? It’s Valentine’s Day Zombie Tramp style! Also look for the first appearance of an all new character soon to have her own series!
If you're counting, three out of the four Action Lab books this week star girls/women. OK, one of them is a zombie, but still: Action Lab is very girl-friendly. Also dragon- and zombie-friendly. But mostly girl-friendly.
ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE’S FUNHOUSE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #12
Script: ALEX SIMMONS
Art: Pat and TIM KENNEDY
Cover: DAN PARENT, RICH KOSLOWSKI, ROSARIO “TITO” PEÑA
160-page, full color comic,$4.99 U.S.
Meet: ACE ANDREWS, ROAD RACER! This speed demon is on a special mission along with his sidekick WHEELS. They have to deliver a secret package and get away from the evil Dr. Dufeg. What is in this mysterious package? If they don’t make it on time -- what will happen? The answers to all your burning questions can be found in “The Adventures of Ace Racer,” the brand new, action-packed lead story to this fun comics digest!
BETTY & VERONICA COMICS DIGEST #231
Script: PAUL KUPPERBERG
Art: PAT and TIM KENNEDY
Cover: PAT AND TIM KENNEDY, BOB SMITH, ROSARIO “TITO” PEÑA
160-page, full color comic , $4.99 U.S.
The flowers are in bloom and spring is in full swing. … Speaking of swing, Riverdale High is hosting a Spring Swing Dance Contest and Veronica’s got her eyes on the prize! But first, she’ll need a partner who has her level of dancing skills. It’s an all-out dance off between Archie and Reggie to see who will swing their way into her heart and win the prize! Find out who wins in “Dance Fever!”
BLACK HOOD #1
Script: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art: MICHAEL GAYDOS, KELLY FITZPATRICK, RACHEL DEERING
Die-Cut Cover: MICHAEL GAYDOS
Variant Covers: DAVID MACK, FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, HOWARD CHAYKIN, DAVID WILLIAMS
32-page, full color comic . $3.99 U.S.
NEW ONGOING SERIES from the brand new DARK CIRCLE imprint! “The Bullet’s Kiss -- Part 1 of 5” When Philadelphia police officer Greg Hettinger stepped into the middle of a gunfight, hot lead shredded his face -- and he pulled the trigger, blind. Now Greg is waking up in a world where he’s a killer, hopelessly scarred and hooked on painkillers. What does a man do when he can no longer face the world, yet still wants to do good? He puts on a hood …
Lookin' good, "Black Circle Comics," lookin' good!
SONIC UNIVERSE #73
Script: ALEAH BAKER
Art: TRACY YARDLEY, JIM AMASH, JACK MORELLI and MATT HERMS
Cover: TRACY YARDLEY
Extreme BFFs Variant Cover: AGNES GARBOWSKA
32-page, full color comic, $3.99 U.S.
It STARTS with a SPARK! "Spark of Life" Part Three: Shocking truths are exposed as Dr. Ellidy reveals the tragic origin of the beloved A.I., Nicole! Meanwhile, Phage erupts from the shadows of the Digital World to sew chaos on the island! Can our heroes rally to save Nicole and drive off this new threat? Night is falling, and terrible monsters are closing in! Don't miss this exciting next chapter in the latest Sonic Universe epic, featuring all-new cover art from Sonic artist supreme Tracy Yardley, and a special new "EXTREME BFFs" variant cover from My Little Pony artist Agnes Garbowska!
AUTOMATIC PICTURES
HATTER M LOOKING GLASS WARS VOL 5: LOVE OF WONDER
Writers: FRANK BEDDOR, LIZ CAVALIER
Art: SAMI MAKKONEN
Cover: VINCENT PROCE
$24.99
The titles of the first four volumes read like a map of Hatter’s psyche: Far From Wonder, Mad with Wonder, The Nature of Wonder, Zen of Wonder.
and now…
LOVE OF WONDER!
Will Love Bring Alyss Home?
In the fifth and final volume, looking glasses shatter as our worlds collide and characters from Wonderland increasingly cross over to aid or block Hatter in his single-minded quest to find Alyss and bring her home. Redd's Black Imagination has ruled Wonderland for 13 years without fear of reprisal and now the specter of Alyss' return to claim the throne has unleashed a storm of paranoiac rage. Hatter Madigan is at the center of this crusade as he must simultaneously battle the enemies of wonder as well as his own beliefs and loyalties. All paths through time and space, through blood and steel, from his world to our world, have led Hatter Madigan to this moment -- a life or death confrontation with the only warrior in the Looking Glass Wars universe capable of defeating him and destroying the love of wonder.
It’s a big year for Wonderland! 2015 is the 10th anniversary of the publishing of Hatter M and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The controversial book that would lead Hatter to Princess Alyss. Read all about it in ... Hatter M:Love of Wonder.
ABOUT FRANK BEDDOR
Literary Sleuth and world creator Frank Beddor dared to expose the true story of Wonderland in the NY Times bestselling young adult trilogy The Looking Glass Wars.
To satisfy the awakened curiosity of his readers he continued to tell the parallel adventures of Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan’s search for the lost princess in the geo-graphic novel series Hatter M. With the publication of Volume 5 Love of Wonder, the series is complete and available as a boxed set for intrepid Followers of the Glow.
DARK HORSE
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #20
Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art/Cover: MICHAEL BROUSSARD
Colors: JAVIER MENA
FC, 32 pages, $2.99
Ongoing
The final arc of Captain Midnight!
Captain Midnight’s on the hunt for the greatest threat this world has ever known. The Archon is out there, but who is he, and what does he want? Midnight will have to rely on the ever-dangerous and unlikeliest of allies, Helios, to get the information he needs. But that knowledge lies deep within the heart of Project Black Sky’s most secret compound.
Don’t miss the X and Captain Midnight crossover “Marked for Death,” in X #21-22 and Captain Midnight #21-24!
The final arc of Captain Midnight? Does that mean cancellation? Pooh.
COLDER: THE BAD SEED #5
Writer: PAUL TOBIN
Art/Cover: JUAN FERREYRA
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
Eisner winner Paul Tobin!
Reece is trapped in the hungry world, Swivel’s torture of Declan reaches a devastating climax, and a familiar face makes a terrifying reappearance!
Don’t miss Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra on Prometheus: Fire and Stone!
CONAN THE AVENGER #11
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: STEVE ELLIS
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
An old ally becomes a new enemy, and an evil sorcerer stands in Conan’s way! Can Conan acquire the legendary treasure he’s risked everything to find and live to tell the tale?
“By Crom! Now this is how a Conan story should read.” -- Geeks of Doom
HALO: ESCALATION #15
Writer: DUFFY BOUDREAU
Pencils: SERGIO ARIÑO
Inks: JUAN CASTRO
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: JEAN-SÉBASTIEN ROSSBACH
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
“Start reading Halo: Escalation now.” -- Geeked Out Nation
On a treacherous planet, the UNSC Infinity battles the bloodthirsty Covenant for control of the Janus Key -- and the Forerunner empire’s secrets ... The action-packed sequel to Halo 4’s Spartan Ops continues! Story by Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre, Bloodshot), art by Sergio Ariño (Ms. Marvel)!
• An essential addition to the Halo canon!
• The Halo franchise has sales eclipsing $4 billion over its lifetime!
• The penultimate chapter in the newest Halo: Escalation arc!
THE MANARA LIBRARY VOL 6: ESCAPE FROM PIRANESI AND OTHER STORIES (HC)
Writers: MILO MANARA, ALFREDO CASTELLI, VALENTINO ROSSI & various
Artist: MILO MANARA
B&W, FC, 296 pages, $59.99
HC, 8 3/8" x 10 7/8"
EISNER AND HARVEY AWARD WINNER!
In this final volume of The Manara Library, the Maestro’s unmatched draftsmanship and versatility are on full display, with stories spanning science fiction, westerns, war, creature features and more! Featuring the sexy political space opera Escape from Piranesi; the provocative illustrated history of the human race “The Story of Humanity”; Manara and Castelli’s classic tale of spiritual discovery, The Snowman; and Manara’s Reality Comics, among others; all newly translated.
The most comprehensive collection of Manara’s works ever released!
I've mildly enjoyed these, and I'm glad they got printed, but I'm kinda pleased this is the last one. As my wife pointed out, Manara really only has one female body face and type which he draws over and over, so it does tend to get a little repetitious. SIx volumes is quite enough Manara for me for one lifetime (and maybe one or two volumes too many).
MISTER X: RAZED #1 (OF 4)
Writer/Art: DEAN MOTTER
Cover: TY TEMPLETON
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
The return of Mister X!
Visionary creator Dean Motter returns with a new masterpiece of retrofuturism! Radiant City is a metropolis as mysterious as its alleged creator -- Mister X. What should’ve improved the city left it cursed. Now, Mister X must watch over the City of Dreams turned City of Nightmares, keeping vigil during a holiday season that’s anything but jolly.
• From visionary artist and designer Dean Motter!
• The first issue of a new arc, a great jumping-on point for new readers!
“Motter has created his own off-beat, stylized cityscape, and even when it engages with contemporary culture it does so in its own unique way.” -- Comic Book Resources
I really enjoyed "Mister X" back when it first came out, back in the days when you'd find it in books with names like Vortex from publishers you've never heard of. Experimental comics were really coming in to full swing in those days, and it was exciting. But somewhere along the way I lost interest in ol' Mister X.
SERAPHIM: 266613336 WINGS (TPB)
Writer: MAMORU OSHII
Art/Cover: SATOSHI KON
B&W, 248 pages, $19.99
TPB, 6" x 8"
Two of the greatest anime directors!
Two of the most acclaimed anime directors of all time, Ghost in the Shell’s Mamoru Oshii and Perfect Blue’s Satoshi Kon, came together to create a manga: Seraphim: 266613336 Wings. Seraphim is the story of a future earth devastated by the “Angel Plague,” a pandemic that induces apocalyptic visions in the afflicted, even as it ossifies their bodies into dead, seraphic forms.
Seraphim is from Animage, the magazine that originally serialized Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä manga.
TOMB RAIDER #13
Writer: RHIANNA PRATCHETT
Pencils:DERLIS SANTACRUZ
Inks: ANDY OWENS
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: BRENOCH ADAMS
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
New Arc!
Rhianna Pratchett, writer of the 2013 Tomb Raider video game, begins a new arc!
Lara’s quiet life working at the British Museum is shattered as she finds herself drawn into a dangerous game with her friend’s life at stake—a friend who was thought to be already dead!
• The official continuation of Lara Croft’s story!
• The Tomb Raider video game has sold over 6 million copies!
• A great starting point for new readers!
Replies
DC COMICS
AQUAMAN #39
Art/Cover: PAUL PELLETIER, SEAN PARSONS
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Aquaman's mother is alive -- and she wants him dead! Welcome to the family reunion from hell!
The house ads are actually referring to this character as AquaMom. Deal with it!
Art and cover by SHAWN CRYSTAL
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The insanity of Arkham Manor floods the streets of Gotham City!
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GREG CAPULLO and DANNY MIKI
Backup story art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JILL THOMPSON
1:25 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
This issue will ship with four covers.
“Endgame” part 5. The Joker is back! The penultimate issue of the Clown Prince of Crime’s horrifying return! Plus, in the backup story, the inmates and Mahreen finally learn the truth about The Joker!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
Art by RUBEN PROCOPIO
Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
Gotham City has a new hero in town: Joker Man! Can it be? Has the Clown Prince of Crime now become a comedic crimefighter? This new Joker seems to be sincere about lassoing the lawless by rounding up all the criminals, including some of his former allies! In fact, he’s so good at it that the citizenry wonders if they still need Batman and Robin at all!
Art by JUAN FERREYRA
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
In the new order of Gotham City, Selina Kyle holds all the cards … and now it’s up to master spy Julia Pennyworth to steal them back!
Pre-Crisis, Julia Pennyworth was the daughter of Alfred and Mademoiselle Marie. And no, I'm not making that up!
Could be interesting ...
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
208 pg, FC, $16.99 US
The Gotham Underground is about to boil over with anarchy, and no matter who triumphs, Batwing will be the first target. He must travel into the madness that is The Gotham Underground to put an end to those behind the uprising! Will Batman, Inc., be in the market for a new Batwing? Find out in these stories from issues BATWING #27-34 and BATWING: FUTURE’S END #1.
Art by DEAN ORMSTON, MEGHAN HETRICK, TULA LOTAY and PHIL WINSLADE
Cover by CHRISTOPHER MOELLER
32 pg, 8 of 8, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
As Edmond solves the case of his life, Whiteman and Maplewood are offered the chance to save the world in very different ways, and Shahara uncovers the final mystery at the heart of BODIES.
Art by GARRY BROWN
Cover by JAE LEE
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JIM BALENT
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
Will Selina save Gotham City? Or will she burn it to the ground?
Art by TONY S. DANIEL and SANDU FLOREA
Cover by TONY S. DANIEL
1:25 Variant cover by LEONARDO MANCO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
Deathstroke vs. Batman – with Harley Quinn stuck in the middle! The most intense, brutal battle in the history of The New 52 takes place in this issue!
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM, EDDY BARROWS, PAULO SIQUEIRA and JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Does Oliver Queen hold the answers to saving Earth-2?
Art by MARLEY ZARCONE
Cover by W. SCOTT FORBES
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Homicide Detective Grant Moore teams with neophyte police officer/resident TV kid cop “expert” Chondra Jackson to piece together the clues left when a strange body is unearthed in Effigy Mound, Ohio. What’s even stranger than an eons-old corpse with a bullet hole in the head is the contents of its body. And when the pair meets a witness, they discover a twisted tie to Chondra’s pre-Hollywood fame. Meanwhile, there’s something odd brewing at The Influence Center bookstore. What is its disturbing connection to the mysterious corpse?
I read the first issue, and it hasn't grabbed me yet. Maybe issue #2 will do the trick.
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
Blank variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with three covers.
Barry Allen is trapped in the Speed Force while an impostor wreaks havoc at home! Can The Fastest Man Alive make it back in time to put things right?
Art and cover by KARL KERSCHL
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This month’s assignment: Uncover the hideous secrets of Gotham Academy’s North Hall! Also: smooching?!
Art and cover by BEN TEMPLESMITH
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Dr. Szandor Tarr is far from what anyone would consider social, but will it turn out he’s more at home with an insect monster savaging Gotham City than he is with the Midnight Shift?
Art by POP MHAN
Cover by STJEPAN SEJIC
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
High above the Sands of Time, She-Ra leads Stratos and an aerial squadron in search of the Eye of Chrono. Their mission is jeopardized by the appearance of Catra, Scorpia and a Horde Army! Will the Princess of Power defeat these women from her past and retrieve the Eye? The Eternity War is just getting started!
Art by RAFAEL KAYANAN and others
Cover by YILDIRAY CINAR
144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
Randor’s quest for The Sorceress continues in these tales from issues #7-12! Deep in Subternia, the Masters of the Universe face unimaginable horrors. The harrowing nightmares of the Ring of Dreams threaten to overwhelm He-Man and Randor. Meanwhile, on the Ring of Earth, Moss Man is dying – and the final gamble of the King may prove fatal.
Art by ANDRES GUINALDO and WALDEN WONG
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by JOE QUINONES
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
The JLD is reunited! But being lost in the timestream could not prepare them to confront the living embodiment of time itself. And she’s hungry...
Art by ANDRES GUINALDO, MARK IRWIN and WALDEN WONG
Cover by MIKEL JANIN
160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
The fallout from the JL Dark’s battles with Blight and the Trinity of Sin during Forever Evil has left the team in tatters. As Zatanna takes charge, an angry and confused team must put aside their differences to battle the Pantheon! Collecting issues #30-34 and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK: FUTURES END #1!
Written and illustrated by
The Usual Gang of Idiots
56 pg, FC, 8.125” x 10.5” • $5.99 US
Join The Usual Gang of Idiots for the special 532nd issue of MAD! In celebration, we’re stuffing it full of movie and TV parodies, political commentary, Fundalini Pages, the MAD Strip Club, a classic selection from the MAD Vault, Marginal Drawings by Sergio Aragonés, and more – you know, just like every other issue!
Art by IGOR VITORINO
Cover by IVAN REIS
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • DIGITAL FIRST
Now shipping twice monthly! As the civil war in Outworld rages on, Kotal Kahn suffers an unimaginable loss and enlists the power of the Kamidogu to avenge his fallen ally. But will blood magic make Kotal powerful enough to take down Outworld’s champion? Enter: Goro!
Art by ANDY McDONALD
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale FEBRUARY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Major fallout from last issue’s shocking demise of humanity’s one hope against apocalypse!
Art by J. CALAFIORE
Cover by SCOTT HEPBURN
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The rage left behind on Earth following the Atrocitus War is spreading and in danger of erupting at any moment! Guy is determined to purge the world in order to save it, but can a man looking to die stop a primal force on a heavily populated planet?
Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
RESOLICIT • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS
This Special Edition will include the entire fourth issue of the new miniseries before coloring, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at J.H. Williams’s unique process. Williams’s original coloring will be shown in addition to the black, white and gray tones of the original work. Plus, the lettering will be translucent, allowing the reader to see the exquisite artwork behind the word balloons. This issue also features a Q & A with a member of the creative team and an exclusive look at new material.
Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA
128 pg, FC, $12.99 US
Scooby and the gang meet some of the DC Universe’s greatest heroes in these stories from issues #1-6, including Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and the Teen Titans, as they take on the monstrous threat of Man-Bat, explore a Titans Tower mystery, and meet the unpredictable imp known as … Scooby- Mite?!
Art by STJEPAN SEJIC, IRENE KOH and SEAN CHEN
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Get ready for The New 52 origins of Batgirl (written by Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher with art by Irene Koh), Firestorm (courtesy of writer Dan Jurgens and artist Sean Chen) and Poison Ivy (coming your way from writer Caitlin Kittredge and artist Stjepan Sejic)!
Art and cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
HARLEY QUINN Variant cover by IAN BERTRAM
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Sinestro’s siege of Warworld has gone badly, and now Mongul is more powerful than ever. The leader of the Yellow Lanterns still may have a trick or two up his sleeve, but then, so does the planetary dictator with a grudge.
Art by SCOTT HAMPTON
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
G.I. Zombie and Carmen find themselves up against the biggest terrorist threat ever, and it’s in the heart of our country. Can two stand a chance against thousands, or is all lost as the United States of Apocalypse begins?
Art and cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:13 Variant cover by JOCK
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
This issue will arrive in stores with two covers.
In the post-apocalyptic city of New Angeles, killing isn’t just a crime – it’s entertainment.
When the “big one” finally hit the West Coast, Los Angeles was left in ruins. And when the U.S. government decided to cut the city loose, things went from bad to worse. To survive, L.A. did what it does best: It turned survival into entertainment.
Now, thirty years later, the city of New Angeles is thriving once more thanks to the blood sport known as SUICIDERS – a TV series that combines the spectacle of hand-to-hand combat with elaborate, high-tech obstacles that test each competitor’s ability to survive. But these competitors have an edge: They’ve been freakishly enhanced by drugs and technology. The results are both marvelous and monstrous, as the man called The Saint begins to rise above his fellow Suiciders.
SUICIDERS is a dark, post-apocalyptic epic that tells the story of a strange, brutal world, written and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, the #1 New York Times best-selling writer/artist behind JOKER, BATMAN: NOEL, LUTHOR and BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH.
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
THE ART OF THE BOYS: THE COMPLETE COVERS BY DARICK ROBERTSON
HC / 208 Pages / Mature / $39.99
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to commemorate the eye-catching and thought-provoking covers of The Boys, the bestselling comic book series that spanned over 90 issues, in an all-new oversized hardcover, The Art of The Boys: The Complete Covers by Darick Robertson. This 208-page collection will showcase series co-creator Robertson's finished cover artwork from the ongoing series, plus three spin-off miniseries, Herogasm, Highland Laddie and Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker. In addition to never-before-seen bonus contents like the superstar creator's pencil sketches, a brand new cover image, and artist commentary, The Art of The Boys includes a cover gallery featuring alternate covers by Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, Howard Chaykin, David Lloyd and John Cassaday, as well as an afterword by film producer Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights). This high-end art book will make the perfect holiday gift for fans of this highly regarded comic series.
"Dynamite has put together a great collection featuring all the cover art from The Boys, presenting alternate version, early drafts, sketches, and more into a cool hardcover collection," says Robertson. "I'm proud of this book as I really enjoyed my collaboration with (Garth) Ennis while creating these covers, and am pleased to show The Boys fans a peek behind the curtain as to what went into creating these covers. I think this will be a very unique collection and a must-have for any fan of The Boys series."
In addition to The Art of The Boys hardcover edition, Dynamite will make two collectible editions also available, each featuring a personal touch from the superstar artist. A Signed Edition, limited to only 250 copies, will feature Darick Robertson's autograph in the front of the book. Also, a Remarked Edition will feature a character illustration and signature from Robertson; this especially rare edition is limited to only 100 copies in existence.
The Boys, a monumentally successful comic book series co-created by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Punisher) and Darick Robertson (Wolverine, Transmetropolitan), introduced a world where superheroes may stand as pinnacles of justice ... but when they abuse their power and authority, who brings justice to the superheroes? The answer: The Boys do. Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman and The Female comprise the tough-as-nails crew that keep the "supes" in line -- protecting mankind from some truly deranged superheroes.
"We simply couldn't let our 10-year anniversary end without tipping our hats to the series that, even after all this time, is still beloved by so many fans," says Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite. "The Boys was a runaway hit that served as a cornerstone of our company throughout its run. Darick Robertson's cover artwork, with its powerful imagery and uncompromising attitude, made it the can't-miss item on comic shop racks everywhere. It's high time we celebrate his vast body of work on this seminal Mature Readers title!"
Darick Robertson is an American artist best known for his work as a comic book illustrator. Highly prolific, Robertson has illustrated hundreds of comics in his twenty-plus years in the industry. His body of work ranges from science fiction characters of his own creation to headlining on renowned classic characters from Marvel and DC Comics (Wolverine, Punisher, New Warriors, etc.). Robertson is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the satirical comics Transmetropolitan and The Boys.
Art: MIRKA ANDOLFO
Cover: J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
152 PGS / Teen + / $19.99
The horror "heroes" of Chaos! Comics are back! The undead Evil Ernie, goddess Purgatori, vampire Chastity, and supernatural band of misfits known as The Omen have individually witnessed visions of the world's impending doom, and rush headlong into conflict. Some try desperately to avert the holocaust, out of altruism or self-interest, while others just want to raise some hell. So begins the return of the Chaos! universe on an epic scale, the resurrection of fan-favorite boogeymen and femme fatales amidst a violent, apocalyptic upheaval!
Art/Cover: STEVE UY
Video Game Exclusive Variant cover: DEREK HUNTER
32 PGS / All Ages / $3.99
After undergoing a series of psychedelic tests, Doodler can see clearly what the evil Manager has in store for his world. But is knowing enough to defeat his final foe? Don't miss the final issue in this original, all ages-accessible comic book series from Dynamite!
Art: ESTEVE POLLS
Cover A Main: JAE LEE
Cover B Variant: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Cover C Subscription: MARC LAMING
32 pgs / Teen + / $3.99
Diego de la Vega and his bodyguard, Django Freeman, get a firsthand look at the brutal tyranny wielded by the Archduke of Arizona in his drive to construct a railroad line across the length of his realm. Django is still trying to reconcile his first sighting of the masked and mysterious avenger known as El Zorro. Could this strange, black-clad apparition really be the proper and elderly gentleman who has hired him as a bodyguard? Quentin Tarantino and script-writer Matt Wagner continue the excitement along with artist Esteve Pols in this one-of-kind mini-series, the official sequel to the movie, DJANGO UNCHAINED.
Art: CARLOS FURUZONO
Cover A Main: AARON CAMPBELL
Cover B Variant: COLTON WORLEY
32 PGS / Teen + / $3.99
The improbable has become the impossible! With magician Harry Houdini arrested after a blood bath that has left his wife at the edge of death, detective Sherlock Holmes must overcome his suspicions -- and his demons -- to free Houdini and overcome a powerful enemy that commands the unholy powers of the spirits.
Art: RON SALAS
Cover A Main: DARWYN COOKE
32 PGS / Teen + / $3.99
"I'll dare ANY adventure!" Welcome to the KING, full of BRAWLING KNIGHTS and ARTHURIAN ADVERSARIES and MYSTICAL MEDDLING and COURAGEOUS CHIVALRY and SERPENTINE SORCERY and WITHERING VALOR and TIME-SHIFTING ADVENTURERS and CATASTROPHIC CONFIDENCE! BRAVE THE BATTLES courtesy of NATE COSBY (Cow Boy) and RON SALAS (Spider-Man) with a connecting King cover by comic legend DARWYN COOKE!
Art: ABHISHEK MALSUNI
Cover A Main: ED BENES
Cover B Variant: BART SEARS
Cover C Variant: EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
Cover D Subscription: YONAMI
32 pgs / Mature / $3.99
With John Carter lost and presumed dead in the Martian desert, his enemy's triumph is all but assured. But who is Captain Joshua Clark of Earth, and why does his hatred for John Carter know no bounds? As Dejah Thoris prays for her warlord's safe return, the shocking origin of John Carter's arch-enemy is finally revealed! Superstar writer Ron Marz and rising-star artist Abhishek Malsuni continue their acclaimed, official run!
Art: FELIPE CUNHA, RUAIRI COLEMAN
Cover: BART SEARS
B&W Retailer Incentive Variant: BART SEARS
B&W Retailer Incentive Variant: JAE LEE
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FINAL ISSUE! The sheriff of Nottingham is ready for war. And he’s got archers, crusaders, dogs of war, and many, MANY dinosaurs on his side. Can Turok and his merry men survive against impossible odds, and save their brave new world? Is this the end, or a frightful new beginning? Hints in the final pages as Turok “fades to black”.
Art: EDU MENNA
Cover A Variant: GUIU VILANOVA
Cover B Main: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Cover C Subscription: JONTHAN LAU
32 pgs / Teen + / $3.99
The wrenching conclusion of "Stumbling Distance." On a trip to his past, alcoholic writer William Gaunt must decide if he'll intervene in his childhood self's imminent suicide attempt and if he'll confront his monstrous mother. And if he does, what havoc will it wreak on the future?
AIRBOY ARCHIVES, VOL. 3 (OF 5)
Art: GARY KWAPISZ, GRAHAM NOLAN, RON RANDALL, DAN SPIEGLE, LARRY ELMORE, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, STAN WOCH, JOHN K. SNYDER III
Cover: TIMOTHY TRUMAN
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 308 pages
Collecting the Eclipse Comics series issues #26–34, the one-shots Air Maiden's Special, Airboy and Mr. Monster and Airboy Meets the Prowler, plus all of the Skywolf backup stories.
• Collected for the first time!
• Volume 3 of 5!
I've already got all these, so I want reprints of the original, Golden Age Airboy. (Guess I'm probably alone in that ...)
Art/Cover: FERNANDO MELEK, NOVO MALGAPO
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
A pack of griffins is on the loose and tearing up the city -- and that's the least of the problems for this band of misfit animal cops! A dead (human) body has veteran officer Kaminski on the trail of a hybrid animal fighting ring ... that might just be related to a ten-year-old cold case that nearly ended Kaminski's career -- and life!
• The (human) murder investigation deepens!
• A creature that you -- and the officers -- never expected!
• Plus, more panda dogs than you can shake a stick at!
D4VE #1 (of 5)
Art: VALENTIN RAMON
Cover: FIONA STAPLES
Subscription Variant: VALENTIN RAMON
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The partnership between IDW Publishing and Monkeybrain has brought some of the most critically acclaimed digital comic-book series to an entirely new readership, and both are pleased to welcome another to the printed page: D4VE.
A war for Earth was fought and the robots have won but the results are far less “brave new world” and more of the “same old, same old.” Starting February 2015, fans of print comics will get the opportunity to meet D4VE, a great robot war hero who now is trapped behind a desk at a soul-sucking day job.
D4VE is the brainchild of series writer Ryan Ferrier and artist Valentin Ramon. In the five-issue series, D4VE battles traffic, mortgage payments and the mundane when all he wants to do is battle monsters like in his glory days. But those days are gone … right? Little does D4VE know that something big is going to help snap him out of this mid-life: crisis.
“D4VE is a story so close to our hearts, and to be able to bring our special brand of bizarre to the monthly print market is, frankly, insanely freaking cool,” said series writer, Ferrier. “Monkeybrain blessed us with the opportunity to tell this story digital-first, and IDW is the perfect home -- one built on unique and daring storytelling -- for our madness to reach even more readers. We’d have to invent a new word to express our excitement, so we did: we are totally superextribbulated for D4VE to come out through IDW.”
“Having D4VE find a new audience in print through IDW is a huge honor,” said series artist, Ramon. “They are a publisher that inspires so much of what we have aimed to do with our story—pushing boundaries and expectations, featuring characters you can connect with. We hope our readers love D4VE as much as we loved creating it.”
• Featuring a cover by Saga artist, Fiona Staples!!
• “D4VE is a master class in robotic mid life crisis and is ripe with laughs." - Bloody Disgusting
• “Both Ferrier and Ramon are relative newcomers to the industry, but their outstanding work on D4VE makes them two creators to keep an eye on in the future" - The AV Club
Art: MICHAEL MONTENAT
Cover: BLOND
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Creators/Writers Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia (Jericho, Human Target) take Dead Squad #4 down a solemn and surprising road. The Dead Squad’s former commanding officer, Colonel Fischer, turned traitor and snuffed the lives of his own men to cover his tracks. Now a temporarily reanimated Blake, Hooper, and Shane have Fisher in their custody. Will the Dead Squad recover the cutting-edge biotics that might extend their stays of execution? Or will they be thwarted by the next step in Fisher’s plan?
Art/Cover: NACHO ARRANZ
Subscription Variant: MAL GARDINER
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The cast of the GALAXY QUEST have enjoyed a career resurgence since returning from their intergalactic adventure, but all that is about to be interrupted by Qint, an alien with a very surprising ax to grind against Jason Nesmith and the crew of the NSEA Protector!
• Picking up where the classic movie with the massive cult following left off!
• Written by Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)!
Cover: PINGITORE
Deluxe Edition cover: DEAN HASPIEL
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 (reg) / $4.99 (DLX, with sticker by BRENT ENGSTROM)
In December, the Garbage Pail Kids were dragged kicking and screaming into the world of comic books. Now, those miscreants are right where you’d expect to find them ... in love? That can’t be right, you say? Well, if loving GPK is wrong, we don’t want to be right. So join the Kids as they celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: the exchange of bodily fluids (and solids)!
• Revisit the pop-culture phenomenon from the minds of Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, and many others!
• Featuring the most loved creators in alternative comics!
• Classic GPK Bowen Arrow variant cover
G.I. JOE, VOL. 1: THE FALL OF G.I. JOE
Art: STEVE KURTH
Cover: JEFFREY VEREGGE
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
DOES THE WORLD NEED G.I. JOE? Cobra has become an international peacekeeping force… and the future of G.I. JOE looks bleak. SCARLETT leads what’s left of America’s ultimate fighting force—but will she be able to keep the team together? Real-world action and politics collide… and nothing will be the same.
Collects the first four issues of the new series.
Art/Cover: PAOLO VILLANELLI
Subscription Variant: DREW JOHNSON
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
SNAKE EYES begins his mission for COBRA: tracking down the former COBRA COMMANDER’s son and bringing him in. But SNAKE EYES is not the only COBRA agent on the hunt… as Storm Shadow enters the fray, looking for revenge!
Will Storm Shadow have his revenge against SNAKE EYES?
Cover: BERNARD BAILY
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Beware! The dead are walking again! Under this terrifying Bernard Baily cover you'll find a crypt-full of never reprinted Pre-Code classic horror comics by brilliant artists!
The comics the U.S. Senate, Dr. Fredric Wertham, and your mom didn't want you to see! You'll discover grisly, gory, gruesome art and shocking stories in these banned comic -- all lovingly restored!
Art/Cover: GRAHAM NOLAN
Subscription Variant: GRAHAM NOLAN
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
An action/horror/adventure tale by the creators of Bane, Graham Nolan and Chuck Dixon! Young Joe Pratt discovers, upon meeting the monster of his ancestor, that he is the heir to the Frankenstein name. A legacy that may get him killed if the creatures of the night have their way…
All-new series by the creators of Batman villain, Bane!
Art: CARL CRITCHLOW
Cover: MIMI YOON
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
In an all-new adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in the Mega-City One Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” It all starts with Anderson awaking from an unusually strong vision of an attack on the Megapolitan Museum showcasing Cursed Earth artifacts.
“Smith’s sonorous script enriches a visual narrative that could easily have told the story on its own.” -- BigComicPage.com
MY LITTLE PONY: ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP VOL. 2 (HC)
Art: BEN BATES, BRENDA HICKEY, CARLA SPEED MCNEIL
Cover: SARA RICHARD
HC • FC • $9.99 • 76 pages • 6” x 9”
The adventures continue with these tales of fun and friends! Featuring one-shots about Pinkie Pie and Applejack, plus a third story of the two friends entering a baking contest!
Great for kids!
ORPHAN BLACK #1
Art: SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Cover: CAT STAGGS X8
Variant Cover: NICK RUNGE
Subscription Variant: Photo
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
All 8 Covers (Box Set): $29.99
One. Of a kind. Sarah’s life was changed dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looked just like her. Sarah learned that, not only were she and the woman clones, but there were others just like them, and dangerous factions at work set on capturing them all. Now, the mysterious world of Orphan Black widens, with new layers of the conspiracy being peeled back in this miniseries by co-creators John Fawcett and Graeme Manson!
Orphan Black, the acclaimed sci-fi series by Temple Street Productions recently renewed for a third season, assumes a new identity in the form of a comic-book series from IDW Publishing. IDW’s series will not be a clone of the show but will feature some all-new stories set in the complex and thrilling world of Orphan Black.
“Orphan Black, in addition to being a captivating TV series, is a perfect premise for comics,” said Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief. “And as the second season has expanded the series in exciting new directions, that has only increased the amount of stories we’ll be able to tell in comic-book form.”
IDW Publishing is known for its authenticity and attention to detail when approaching licensed properties and Orphan Black is sure to be a comic book series a delight existing fans and make new ones.
“We’re so thrilled for Orphan Black to take shape as a comic series and join the ranks of IDW’s impressive roster,” said John Young, Managing Director of Temple Street Productions. “Orphan Black was met with an enormous amount of enthusiasm at last year’s Comic-Con which really inspired us to give back to fans of the show through a medium so vital to the science fiction world.”
IDW will be working closely with the show’s producers to expand the Orphan Black world. The first cover image seen here is by artist Nick Runge. The full creative teams and series details will be announced soon, with the first comic-book series launching in early 2015. Striker Entertainment on behalf of Temple Street Productions brokered the deal.
• Orphan Black co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett expands on the saga with all-new material exclusive to the comic books!
• Each issue will explore the life of a different clone, starting with Sarah!
• Art this issue provided by Szymon Kudranski (Spawn, Detective Comics)!
• The first issue includes eight covers, each depicting Sarah with another clone or Felix!
Art/Cover: CAT STAGGS
Subscription Variant: Photo
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
"Behemoth,” part 2 of 2: In the epic finale of "Behemoth", the crew of the Enterprise faces an alien threat unlike any they have encountered before - in any timeline! It's a race against time to save the ship or be stranded in uncharted space! Don't miss this all-new adventure overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, director of the new movie!
Art/Cover: ANDY KUHN
Cover: BEN BATES
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have faced down everything from demons to aliens, but starting in February 2014, a new team of mutated animals will take center stage as they face off against an even greater threat! Appearing in the monthly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, the Mutanimals have been questionable allies, and now all of their secrets will be revealed in the 4-issue miniseries TMNT: Mutanimals!
When someone close to the Mutanimals goes missing, the team consisting of Old Hob, Slash, Mondo Gecko, Herman the Hermit Crab and Pigeon Pete will be put to the ultimate test. Teamwork doesn’t exactly come easy to these outsiders, but they’ll have to find a way to work together to take on a mysterious new entity known as The Null Group …
With a number of TMNT Micro-Series one-shots, and both The Utrom Empire and Turtles In Time miniseries already under his belt, Paul Allor will again handle the scripting on this series. Returning to the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be artist Andy Kuhn, who created the new IDW design for Mutanimals leader Slash and will handle covers and interiors, with Ben Bates providing a variant cover to the first issue.
"IDW and all the creators involved have done an amazing job introducing the Mutanimals into this universe,” said Allor. “It's very exciting to see them get their own mini-series, and an absolute honor to be the guy writing it, especially since it means working again with artist Andy Kuhn. Every TMNT tie-in and mini has offered the readers something new and awesome, and we hope to continue that streak on TMNT: Mutanimals."
“I'm super-stoked to be a part of the team that's bringing The Mutanimals back,” said Kuhn. “This year my Christmas is four months long!”
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series at IDW has garnered consistent acclaim for its exciting new takes on many aspects of the legendary TMNT universe. The Mutanimals starred in their own comic book series in the early ‘90s, and now they’re returning to action in this new adventure that ties in directly with the ongoing series!
Art: DARIO BRIZUELA, CHAD THOMAS
Cover: BRIZUELA
Subscription Variant: DEREK CHARM
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
“Flavor of Fear” part 2! Michelangelo has uncovered the hidden truth behind everyone’s strange behavior! With his brothers incapacitated by a devastating mental attack, it’s up to Mikey to save the day!
Art: CORY SMITH
Cover: SMITH, EASTMAN
Variant Cover: AARON CONLEY
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
“Attack on Technodrome” Part 3! A major battle on Burnow Island unfolds! Will the Turtles be able to help Fugitoid to deactivate the Technodrome before it’s too late? Meanwhile, Splinter and the Mutanimals go up against Karai and the Foot!
Twists and turns abound in one of the biggest storylines yet!
Art/Cover: GUIDO GUIDI
Subscription Variant: SARAH STONE
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
FINAL FATE! This is it -- DRIFT and RATCHET show down against the STONE ARMY! Will DRIFT rejoin the AUTOBOTS -- or forge a new fate in the farthest reaches of the galaxy?
• This issue’s fallout will impact TRANSFORMERS comics for years to come!
• Ties in directly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
Art: ANTHONY DIECIDUE, VAL MAYERIK
Cover: ASHLEY WOOD
Subscription Variant: JAMES STOKOE
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
“Inherit the Earth!,” part 2! Even on a dead, nuked Earth, the zombies remain. But how? And both the dead and some of the bots seem to have gained sentience? But why? Also: new humans join the fight? But who? Some answers and more questions are presented here! And in “The Orphan,” part 2, a new friendship is threatened by, of course, hordes of zombies and one very disturbed robot.
• An all-new ongoing series that “roboots” ZvR!
• Ongoing stories written by ZvR co-creator Chris Ryall and The October Faction creator Steve Niles!
• Interior art by Anthony Diecidue, Howard the Duck co-creator Val Mayerik!
• Covers by ZvR co-creator Ashley Wood and James Stokoe!
IMAGE COMICS
CHEW #46
Art / Cover: ROB GUILLORY
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
"BLOOD PUDDIN'," Part one
New partner, new boss, new problems!
Also: A new storyline!
Art / Cover: ROB GUILLORY
160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats, has been busy – busy settling into married life, busy investigating one assignment after another that takes him to the most remote corners of the planet. Meanwhile, the people closest to Tony are conspiring to take on the brutal killer who murdered Tony’s twin sister. And this conspiracy includes Tony’s partner, his arch enemy – and his teenage daughter!
Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants.
Collects CHEW #41-45, plus the blockbuster spin-off one-shot CHEW: WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO
Art: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
Cover: SEAN PHILLIPS
48 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99
Magazine Edition: $5.99
CRIMINAL COMES TO IMAGE!
Image Comics is thrilled to announce that CRIMINAL, the award-winning series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, is finally returning to print in beautifully designed new editions, beginning in January.
And to celebrate the return of the comic that solidified their reputations as Masters of Noir, Brubaker and Phillips, along with colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser, are creating a special 48-page one-shot sure to excite diehard fans and pull in new readers alike. For the true CRIMINAL fanatic, a special CRIMINAL: SAVAGE EDITION magazine-sized variant will also be available.
It's 1976, and Teeg Lawless is doing 30 days in county jail with a price on his head; his only safe company from the savagery: a beat-up old comic magazine his dead cellmate left behind. It's CRIMINAL like you've never seen it before, with a comic within the comic and all those slick ‘70s thrills!
"We've been planning the return of CRIMINAL for the past year, and I couldn't let the launch go by without returning to our underworld for a new story," said Brubaker. "With FATALE and THE FADE OUT, we've been hearing from a lot of new readers, so it couldn't be a better time to get the thing we're most known for back on the shelves."
As an added bonus -- and due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the magazine-size variant of THE FADE OUT -- the CRIMINAL SPECIAL EDITION will also be released in a Savage Edition, a variant in the style of magazine-size comics of the ‘70s!
Praise for Criminal:
"Brubaker and Phillips are the gold standard of the crime graphic novel." – Warren Ellis
Art / Cover A: MARCO TURINI
Cover B retailer variant: MARC SILVESTRI
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
The third arc kicks off with the team’s realization that CDI is a necessary evil to keep even worse things at bay.
This was originally solicited for March 26 ... 2014.
How on earth do you make a comic book a whole year late? How? Was one of the creators in a coma? Stranded on an island? Kidnapped by aliens?
DANGER CLUB #7
Art: ERIC JONES
32 PGS / FC / $2.99
All of reality has been rebooted! A new universe, and new Danger Club, once again stand at the brink of destruction. Is this a bold new direction for the critically acclaimed teenage heroes? Or is this the beginning of the end?
Art/Cover: SEAN PHILLIPS
Colors: ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
120 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
Collects THE FADE OUT #1-4.
BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS' newest hit series, THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end of its Golden Era.
A starlet is found dead, a film is stuck in endless reshoots, McCarthyism looms over the studios, and a writer is plagued with memories of the war and a terrible secret. It’s the end of the Golden Era in a place where only lies are true. Brubaker writes a taut, tense script, while Phillips’ signature art embodies the era with its heavy shadows, beautiful dames, and brooding men.
Brubaker explains what about post-War Hollywood attracts him in an interview at Complex magazine: “The glitz and glamor, the fact so much of that world was all lies and masks and fake names, and it really feels like post-World War II Hollywood was almost a gold rush,” he said. “So many people rushing to L.A. dreaming of fame and fortune, and willing to do anything to make it happen.”
In 2013, the creative team announced a five-year exclusive deal with Image Comics that gives them carte blanche to produce the projects that they most want to work on. THE FADE OUT is the first title produced under this deal.
With a $9.99 price tag, THE FADE OUT, VOLUME 1 is one of more than 50 Image Introduces titles that have specially priced first volumes to encourage readers to delve into their next favorite comic book series.
"So far, The Fade Out is the most popular and most-widely written about book that Sean and I have ever done," said writer Brubaker. "And I'm so proud of that, and the work that Sean and our amazing colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser are doing on the series, that I just wanted to make it easier for new readers to try us out. And hopefully this move will help stores meet demand, since we keep selling out of the issues the first week they come out."
Praise for THE FADE OUT:
“Hollywood has never looked so dark, so sinister and so seductive. It’s a story that only a Brubaker/Phillips comic could tell." -- Darren Orf, Paste Magazine
“The Fade Out is a beautiful book that offers the most complete characters and the most fascinating concept the pair have created, and the most interesting theme they’ve explored. It may be the strongest debut in their illustrious partnership.” -- John Parkin, Comics Alliance
“The Fade Out is simply the best at what it does. It's a clear creative statement that any fans of noir shouldn't miss.” -- Marykate Jasper, Comic Book Resources
“For noir lovers, history buffs, and mystery enthusiasts, The Fade Out has already set an incredibly high bar for itself, and there’s every indication it will continue to challenge and surpass expectations.” -- Matt Dodge, Multiversity Comics
Art / Cover: FRAN BUENO
32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Liam and Hope get a crash course in Vampire 101.
112 PAGES / FC / T / $15.99
New to Image Comics this February, comes Meredith McClaren’s enchanting fantasy HINGES.
Written and drawn by McClaren, the graphic novel introduces the nuts and bolts of a city called Cobble, where one girl new to the city, Orio, must depend on help wherever she can find it. Her assigned familiar, Bauble, has his own agenda however. As the two explore the walls of the city, they find they are not the only new arrivals.
Visually, McClaren had thought about creating a world inhabited by dolls, puppets, and stuffed animals for a few years before a story was even attached to the idea. “Later on I came to Orio, and her growth. The idea of working with dolls meant I could explore a person's development into an individual (from a completely blank slate to a fully realized person) on a much more expedient track then watching a character physically grow up.”
The world in HINGES acts as a character in and of itself in many ways. McClaren added: “I also wanted to play with a world that had a lot of ambiguity. When I look back at the stories I love—the ones that tend to have a more enduring presence—I always come back to the type of stories where the audience isn't given the full explanation but rather a great big sandbox of a world that they can also play with. It's been my observation that the stories people enjoy most are the ones in which they feel they can also participate. I wanted to give my audience that kind of experience. I love it when my audience starts to develop their own theories for why the world of Hinges is the way it is. And I would be ridiculously pleased should some of them find their own stories to tell there.”
HINGES is a modern fairy tale perfect for readers ages nine and up.
Art / Cover: TOM FOWLER & JORDIE BELLAIRE
160 PAGES / FC / E / $9.99
HOWTOONS, the comic that taps into kids’ imagination and curiosity with DIY science projects, is back with HOWTOONS: [RE] IGNITION. In this February graphic novel from Image Comics, Celine and Tucker are siblings who wake up in the far future, where energy is scarce and their parents are missing! They explore a strange new Earth using their gadgeteering skills to create projects and experiments to survive hostile tribes and bizarre mechanized threats -- projects and experiments kids and parents can make themselves at home, and learn basic energy literacy at the same time!
Created by MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Dr. Saul Griffith and Eisner-Award-nominated comic book artist Nick Dragotta, HOWTOONS celebrated its 10th anniversary with TOOLS OF MASS CONSTRUCTION in July 2014. RE [IGNITION] uses the HOWTOONS model -- incorporating fun science projects into stories -- in a post-apocalyptic adventure story written by Fred Van Lente (Action Philosophers, Archer and Armstrong) with art by Tom Fowler (Quantum and Woody) and Eisner-winning colorist Jordie Bellaire.
“I love making things, making comics. So it’s cool to be able to share that with kids and show them all these different disciplines,” said Dragotta in an interview at Multiversity Comics. “Hopefully we can provide an entertaining story first, that will motivate them to build the projects in the book. Maybe learn something through play.”
In HOWTOONS there is something to interest every kid who picks it up, Dragotta explained, whether they’re into art, stories, design, or engineering. “If the book serves as any kind of primer to opening a reader up to something new, I’m all for it,” he said.
Van Lente praised his artistic collaborators in the same interview. “Tom has such great dynamism and expressiveness to his figures,” he said. “he’s really perfect to work on a kids-oriented project that needs to be full of energy -- no pun intended -- and he and Jordie have done so many projects together they’re kind of mind-melded. It’s mildly frightening.”
Melding science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM), HOWTOONS: RE [IGNITION], is perfect for kids from ages 8 to 12 and a must-have graphic novel for every classroom.
INTERSECT #4
Cover B: DECLAN SHALVEY
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
One of our travellers in the warped city is destroyed and the streets are buckling with grief. Flowers grow in the blood of a hero. The Lady of Birds descends for love. Every month, a new facet of the riddle of INTERSECT reveals itself ...
LOW #6
Art / Cover: GREG TOCCHINI
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Tortured and humiliated at the hands of Roln, Pirate Lord of the Third City, Stel Caine has but a single chance to save what remains of her family and escape. How high is too high a price for tomorrow?
Concluding the first arc of LOW, the seminal sci-fi epic from the minds of RICK REMENDER and GREG TOCCHINI.
Art / Cover: CHRISTIAN WARD
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
O and her crew encounter ... the Cyclops.
Art: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA
Cover: RILEY ROSSMO
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN!
Shot by a sniper on the frontlines during WWI! But that’s not the way it’s supposed to happen. Something’s very wrong.
Art: BRENT ANDERSON, KEU CHA, DAVID FINCH, & KARL MOLINE
1008 PAGES / FC / T+ / $69.99
BACK IN PRINT!
When RISING STARS first debuted in 1999, people hailed its fresh take on the superhero mythos, grounding the fantastic in reality. The groundbreaking series by acclaimed writer J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Babylon 5, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) spawned three spin-off miniseries and has influenced successful TV shows like The 4400 and Heroes.
Collects RISING STARS #1-24, #0, #1/2, RISING STARS PRELUDE, RISING STARS: BRIGHT, RISING STARS: VOICES OF THE DEAD, & RISING STARS: UNTOUCHABLE.
Art / Cover: VIC MALHOTRA
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Alex, Sonya, and Bekkah desperately try to get off of Roche Limit and escape the escalating destruction. Learn the secrets of the anomaly in the final issue of the first volume of the critically acclaimed breakout hit!
Art: PIOTR KOWALSKI & IAN MacEWAN
Cover: PIOTR KOWALSKI
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The big date. One step closer. Will Simon get lucky?
Art / Cover: CHIP ZDARSKY
128 PAGES / FC / VERY M / $14.99
The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past.
32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
GOLDEN-AGE SIZE
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
Blackwater burns as the ocean gives up its secrets about the mutated animals in this senses shattered series finale. All will be revealed ...
... Well, maybe not ALL. This IS a Ted McKeever book, after all.
Art: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
Cover: COVER: SIMON GANE & FONOGRAFIKS
24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Don’t look back.
Art / Cover: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
How does the world’s greatest thief relax? Even on vacation, Redmond is always working ...
Art: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
Cover: CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
296 PAGES / BW / M / $34.99
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #121-132.
After Alexandria is destroyed by Negan, the remaining communities unite for one last stand against the Saviors. The aftermath to their war leads to the biggest status quo change in the history of this acclaimed series.
Art / Cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE, MATT WILSON
Variant: BRANDON GRAHAM
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Now the eleventh god is here, it's time to party. You're invited. Everyone's invited. We can sleep when we're dead -- but when you'll be dead within two years, you may as well turn up in your pyjamas. After seven issues of egomaniacs, it's time for an issue where the crowd is the star.
The New York Times bestselling series THE WICKED + THE DIVINE will expand to 40-pages for issue #8 for the regular cover price of $3.50. This special issue will feature a Brandon Graham variant cover full of party-hopping punch.
Art / Cover: VARIOUS ARTISTS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Edward Zero quit being a spy thug, left the Agency, found a better life in Iceland. But when a volcano erupts and the past comes back in a myriad of ways, what does the path ask of him? Palestine, Belfast, the laboratory in the woods—they all come back into play now.
Collects ZERO #11-14.
MAGNETIC PRESS
LOVE VOL 1: THE TIGER (HC)
Art/Cover: FEDERICO BERTOLUCCI
A day in the life of the king of the jungle, this lavishly illustrated story follows a single majestic tiger through a wordless adventure of survival as it hunts pray and defends itself from other would-be killers defending their territory. This exciting tale is told without narration or dialogue, conveyed entirely through the beautiful illustrations of Federico Bertolucci. A beautiful, all-ages title that explores genuine natural behavior through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling. Like a nature documentary in illustration.
$17.99
ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA: FEAR HIM #4
Writer: DENNIS HOPELESS
Art: SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Covers by SIMONE BIANCHI
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
• It’s Nomad’s last stand. As the Scarecrow’s terror pheromone has taken Captain America’s mind… But that’s really the least of his worries.
• What does it take to scare a man who grew up in a Dimension of boogie men?
Art/Cover: STEVE PUGH
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
THE RETURN OF TORO PART TWO
• As the series draws to a close, STEVE ROGERS, JIM HAMMOND and NAMOR consider the INVADERS’ past and future.
• Meanwhile the Neo-Nazi threat that these heroes (including RADIANCE and SAM WILSON CAPTAIN AMERICA) face, now involves both LASH and the Royal Family of the INHUMANS, with both sides after both TORO and IRON CROSS.
• And what of the impending threats from the MARTIANS, the KREE and ETERNALS?
• And the final fate of HAIRBALL THE CAT.
Art: MAHMUD ASRAR
Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO, MARCELO MAIOLO
Cosmicly Enhanced Variant: ANDREA SORRENTINO
Variant: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
• The 4th chapter of the Black Vortex!
• With some of their members captured by the villainous Mr. Knife, the team must decipher the secrets of the Black Vortex. And quickly!
• But with the galaxy in chaos, they don’t have too many options open to them.
• Maybe there’s an old war-buddy Peter can call to help them out?
Art: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
• SPIDER-VERSE EPILOGUE
• See the fallout of Spider-Verse and what it means to Peter Parker and the rest of the Spiders!
Art/Cover: JORGE FORNES
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
THE ONCE AND FUTURE JUGGERNAUT 3 of 4
• Sure, the Juggernaut is bad. But what’s the worst case scenario of possessing that power? You’re about to see.
• “Unstoppable” takes on a whole new meaning as someone finally gets their hands on Cyttorak’s gem.
• The X-Men have fallen. The Juggernaut rises. Bring a change of underwear.
Penciled by ADAM KUBERT, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, TERRY DODSON & JIM CHEUNG
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
240 PGS / Rated T+ / $49.99
Trim size: oversized
The Red Onslaught is broadcasting waves of telepathic hate across the globe — and Marvel’s greatest heroes have turned on their moral axis! What will the Avengers and X-Men find in the Red Skull’s bleak “re-education camps”? What is Tony Stark’s dark secret? And with the heroes “inverted” to evil, who will stand against them? How about an army of villains?! Magneto betrays his alliance, a founding Avenger quits, and the Scarlet Witch is forced to join Dr. Doom! And who are Kluh and the Sorceress Supreme? As the Axis of Evil strikes down the heroes, the all-new Astonishing Avengers battle the Uncanny X-Men! Witness an X-Man’s horrifying fate — and an Avenger’s appalling choice! Who will live or die? Who will remain inverted? The shocking climax will crack the Marvel Universe to its core! Collecting AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #1-9.
Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI, MIKE DEODATO JR. & KEV WALKER
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
112 PGS / Rated T+ / $24.99
Trim size: standard
For Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Illuminati, it has all been building to this. After two years of carefully crafting his cataclysmic saga, writer Jonathan Hickman jumps ahead eight months to the grand finale, the honest-to-goodness immediate future of the Marvel Universe — and the day of the Final Incursion! After the revelation of the Illuminati’s desperate, world-destroying actions, the Avengers are fragmented! While one group seeks out the Illuminati for a confrontation, another takes the fight to the new Cabal! Discover what has become of Tony Stark — to say nothing of Dr. Strange! And have all the battles they’ve endured, and the sacrifices they’ve made, prepared either group for the inevitable moment where time runs out for everybody? The second act of the astonishing climax to Jonathan Hickman’s legendary run is here! Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #38-39 and NEW AVENGERS (2013) #26-28.
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR. with JACK KIRBY
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
200 PGS / Rated T+ / $24.99
Deep in the heart of Africa is Wakanda, a technologically advanced civilization of great power and mystery. During the last ten centuries, as European colonial powers spread their guns, armies and undisputed domination throughout the continent, Wakanda has stood alone as an unconquerable land inhabited by undefeatable warriors. Governing this nation is a lineage of warrior-kings possessing enhanced speed, strength and agility. Today, T’Challa is the latest in this famed family line, the great hero known worldwide as the Black Panther. Despite the futile defeats of the past, outsiders are once more assembling to invade Wakanda and plunder its riches. Leading this brutal assault is Klaw, a deadly assassin with the blood of T’Challa’s murdered father on his hands. Klaw brings with him a powerful army of super-powered mercenaries, all hell-bent on raining death and destruction on this pristine land. Even with Wakanda’s might and his own superhuman skills, can the Black Panther prevail against such a massive invading force? Collecting BLACK PANTHER (2005) #1-6, plus T’Challa’s historic first appearances from FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #52-53.
Art/Cover: CHRIS SAMNEE
Variant: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
THE END BEGINS HERE!
Mark Waid and Chis Samnee begin the climactic final chapter of their beloved, Eisner Award Winning run with the return of one of Matt Murdock’s oldest and (now) scariest enemies.
Penciled by PIOTR KOWALSKI
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
136 PGS / Mature / $19.99
The Dark Tower saga begins again -- on Earth! If you thought the badlands of Mid-World were dangerous, wait until you experience Brooklyn in the 1960s! Meet Eddie Dean, a troubled young man able to open doors to other worlds. Now, Eddie must survive family tragedy, haunting addiction and deadly forces that conspire to stop him from growing up to challenge the Man in Black! Without his mother, what will happen to Eddie and his brother, Henry? What horrors await within the Dutch Hill Mansion? And what offer does the criminal called Balazar make? With magic doors appearing, strange voices in his head and monstrous lobstrosities hungry for his flesh, can Eddie survive his desperate mission? Stephen King’s dark fantasy epic spills onto the streets of New York City! Collecting DARK TOWER: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE -- THE PRISONER #1-5.
Art: SALVADOR LARROCA
Cover by ADI GRANOV
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series!
Ever since Darth Vader made his first on-screen appearance, he became the one of the most popular villains to ever haunt an audience's dreams! Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of A NEW HOPE (and the pages of the new STAR WARS comic book) into his own series, showing the Empire's war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! Writer Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Journey Into Mystery, Iron Man) and artist Salvador Larroca (Invincible Iron Man, X-Men: No More Humans) bring us a peek behind the mask of evil!
DEADPOOL #42
Art: SALVADOR ESPIN
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Parental Advisory / $3.99
• DEADPOOL vs. OMEGA RED!
• This time, it’s personal!
• Well, for one of them. Sort of.
Penciled by OLIVER NOME, ARIELA KRISTANTINA, JUAN DOE, ELIA BONETTI, ANDY CLARKE & PETER NGUYEN
Cover by OLIVER NOME
160 PGS / Rated T+ / $17.99
Wolverine is dead! And with Logan out of the picture, various factions are scrambling to fill the void! Will Wolverine’s decades-long legacy be shaped by the heroes who valiantly fought alongside him — or by the villains who have challenged him during the many years of his long life? Or both? X-23 and Daken react in surprising ways to the death of the man who literally gave them life! With Logan gone, Sabretooth’s rage takes on an entirely new shape and mission. Lady Deathstrike begins a quest to obtain something deadly that formerly belonged to Wolverine, while Mystique comes to grips with her lifetime of crime — and with her destiny. And a vampiric menace shadows all of them! What monumental decision will these heroes and villains make that will forever alter Logan’s legacy? Collecting DEATH OF WOLVERINE: THE LOGAN LEGACY #1-7.
Art/Cover: LEONARD KIRK
Spotlight Variant Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
Connecting Variant Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
THE INTERNET-WRECKING “THE END IS FOUREVER” CONTINUES
• With the Villain’s plans revealed, the invasion of Earth begins with the creatures from the FRANKLINVERSE as well as corrupted versions of the heroes from HEROES REBORN. Will THE FANTASTIC FOUR have enough power to fight them on the streets of NY?
• Meanwhile SUE, NAMOR and JIM HAMMOND resolve into the Franklinverse to combat this threat at it source, but what they find is far more terrifying than they expected.
• Plus the return of SLEEPWALKER.
• And BENTLEY 23’s finest hour.
Art: RYAN STEGMAN
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN & RICHARD ISANOVE
Variant: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
QUEEN MEDUSA VS. KING BLACK BOLT with the fate of the Inhumans in the balance!
KICK-ASS 3 (TPB)
Art/Cover: JOHN ROMITA JR.
232 PGS / Mature / $24.99
The grand finale of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s blockbuster! With Hit-Girl in jail, Kick-Ass must lead the super-hero team Justice Forever. But heroes have been outlawed, leaving Kick-Ass to dodge both cops and some terrifying new foes! For the first time, Kick-Ass begins to doubt. Is he in too deep? Meanwhile, Hit-Girl starts running all the gangs in the joint, and a broken Red Mist gets an education from a terrifying crime boss. Soon every costumed hero is not only running from the law … they’re running for their lives. As the body count rises, Kick-Ass must decide if bringing justice to the city is truly worth the price. Plus: the secret origin of Hit-Girl! How did little Mindy McCready earn her assassin stripes? Find out as KICK-ASS comes to its epic conclusion! Collecting KICK-ASS 3 #1-8.
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: WEB WARRIORS #4
32 PGS / All Ages / $2.99
• Spidey is shrunken down to teeny-tiny size by the fiendish Loki.
• The itsy-bitsy Spider-Man swings into action with the help of the mighty Thor!
Art/Cover: RON GARNEY
Variant Cover by ALEX ROSS
32 PGS / Mature / $3.50
“Jason Aaron and Ron Garney pull no punches in this darkly magnetic read” – IGN
“This is one messed up comic book that I took sheer delight in reading” – Comics Beat
“These are talented creators telling a gut punching tale” – Comicosity
Bear witness as JASON AARON (Southern Bastards, Original Sin) & RON GARNEY (Wolverine:Weapon X, Thor: God of Thunder) bring the story of the Raths to a bloody conclusion. It all started with some sheep. It won’t end until everyone is dead.
Art: KEV WALKER
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Variant: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
IN 3 MONTHS … TIME RUNS OUT!
Penciled by SIMONE BIANCHI & RAGS MORALES
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
136 PGS / Rated T+ / $19.99
The Multiverse is slowly collapsing, destroying entire dimensions, and the Illuminati must combat the ever-increasing Incursions. As they meet the Mapmakers, cartographers of the Apocalypse, they discover the Black Swan’s secrets and cope with their own personal challenges. Black Bolt’s kingdom remains in chaos; the release of the Terrigen Bomb has split the Inhumans and upset the natural world. Reed Richards transforms one of his greatest inventions in order to view the death of worlds, as Dr. Strange considers selling his soul. Black Panther, cast from his kingdom, seeks to end the Wakandan war with Atlantis — and avenge Namor’s slaughter of his people. There’s no turning back for the Illuminati. They’ll pay the price for their sins. But must these new Avengers destroy a perfect world so that the Earth can live? Collecting NEW AVENGERS (2013) #13.INH and #14-17.
Art: MICHAEL WALSH
Cover by TRADD MOORE
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
“DEATH TO THE BULLIES”
• M.O.D.O.K. down. Something is up. Trust M.O.D.O.K.
• Most explosions you have ever seen in a Marvel comic! Maybe. We’re not entirely sure. But we do have an explosion-o-meter.
• SECRET AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
Art: ALAN DAVIS
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
Variant Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
• DIE HARD in the Sanctum Sanctorum! With Dr. Strange elsewhere, magical terrorists have taken over Strange’s sanctum!
• Agent Coulson must lead a strike team into the mansion before time runs out for New York City, and his only available allies are Spider-Man and one of Strange’s oldest foes!
Art & Cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Variant Covers by ADAM HUGHES, SKOTTIE YOUNG & KRIS ANKA
Blank Variant Also Available
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
SPIDER-GWEN SPINS INTO HER OWN SERIES!
Marvel's newest, sensational spider-woman is coming back to comic shops in the highly anticipated SPIDER-GWEN #1! Spinning directly out of the pages of the Amazing Spider-Man’s SPIDER-VERSE and the red-hot, sold-out Edge of Spider-Verse #2, is a new ongoing series that already has the whole comic industry buzzing! Jason Latour (Edge of Spider-Verse, Wolverine and the X-Men), artist Robbi Rodriguez (Edge of Spider-Verse, All-New X-Men), and colorist Rico Renzi all return to chronicle the adventures of the breakout character of 2014!
She's Gwen Stacy, who, in an alternate universe, was the one bitten by the radioactive spider giving her spider-powers! She's smart, tough and charming. She drums in a punk rock band and goes to high school just like you. Only she can lift a car and has spider powers! Gwen is back home following the events of Spider-Verse and you won't believe what she's got waiting for her!
Speaking with Marvel.com, Latour confesses that the drum-playing, rebellious Gwen Stacy, a.k.a. Spider-Gwen, has a long road ahead of her to prove she’s not the costumed menace the NYPD has painted her as -- especially since her father is the NYPD Captain tasked with bringing her down. “[Spider-Gwen’s] journey is going to pull her father along into its wake. He knows her secret, and it’s a truth that threatens to make his world into a very dangerous lie.”
Latour also teased villains for Spider-Gwen and her father through the series, “We’ll absolutely see an ‘evil’ Matt Murdock (a.k.a. Daredevil), and the Kingpin. I’m a huge old school Daredevil fan, so I get this real sick thrill out of twisting him around and making him the villain. There’s also a new twist a character you’d immediately identify as a villain, who we’re re-casting as a more complex threat to Gwen and Captain Stacy -- a character coming at her from within the system ...”
“It’s a rare character that gets the public outcry that Spider-Gwen got,” says Senior Editor Nick Lowe. “From the sell-out of Gwen’s first appearance to the groundswell on Twitter we’re excited to bring more Spider-Gwen into the world with the creators who started it all!”
Now is your chance to get on board with the breakout character of the year as she makes her bombastic debut into her very own ongoing series. Don't miss out when Gwen Stacy swings in to comic shops this February in SPIDER-GWEN #1!
Art: WILLIAM SLINEY
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
Miguel O’Hara returns to the year 2099 to discover that his future is now ... imperfect!
Art: MARCO FAILLA
Cover by STACEY LEE
Variant Cover by TBA
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
• Good news! Spider-Man & his X-Students got the 11:30pm late night talk show slot!
• Bad News! His executive producers are Chameleon and Mojo! And his first guests are The Sinister Sixty-Six!
• Plus! The return of Wolverine? Well ... kind of. (Not really. But sort of.)
Art: YILDIRAY ÇINAR
Cover by MIKE CHOI
32 PGS / Rated T / $3.99
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF TEEN ABOMINATION.
• TONY STARK’S actions of the past come back to hurt him in the present.
• Has his negligence bred monsters?
• And will those monsters destroy him?
Art by ROB GUILLORY, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE & TIMOTHY TRUMAN
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Variant Covers by ROB GUILLORY & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
40 PGS / ONE SHOT / Rated T+ / $4.99
This February, star-studded creators from all corners of comics and entertainment unite for three thunderous stories in THOR ANNUAL #1! Uniting wrestler CM Punk, blockbuster writer Jason Aaron (Thor, Original Sin), rising star Noelle Stevenson (Lumberjanes), Rob Guillory (Chew) and more, this can’t miss lineup brings you three stories featuring three Thors of three eras!
First, wrestling superstar CM Punk makes his comic writing debut alongside artist Rob Guillory for a tale of the brash, boisterous young Thor and his genius idea to prove himself worthy to wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir – by drinking all of Asgard and Midgard under the table!
“The idea was, let’s do a story about young Thor as this kind of brash bratty teenager who’s like, ‘I’m totally worthy of this hammer’,” said CM Punk in an interview with Marvel.com. “’I don’t know why I’m not worthy of the hammer. Look at all this cool stuff I did.”
Then, rising comic stars Noelle Stevenson and Marguerite Sauvage make their Marvel debuts to bring you an all-new tale of the new Thor! Who is the mysterious woman behind the mask? No one in all Ten Realms knows her secret!
“It’s a fun challenge both as a fan of the classic character, but also to be working with a new character who readers haven’t seen much of yet,” says Stevenson, speaking with Marvel.com “I have the old mythology to work with, but I can also help contribute a little bit of new mythology as well!”
Finally, blockbuster Thor writer Jason Aaron and fan-favorite artist Timothy Truman bring you an all-new tale set in the future starring King Thor! Join the Girls of Thunder on their epic quest to find their grandfather the perfect birthday present. How about a brand new Garden of Eden?
Three creative teams. Three Thors. One explosive annual. No fan can afford to miss the explosive THOR ANNUAL #1 – on sale this February!
THOR EPIC COLLECTION: TO WAKE THE MANGOG (TPB)
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY
456 PGS / Rated T / $34.99
From the darkened depths rises a peril greater than any Thor has ever before faced. Mangog threatens to unsheathe the Odinsword and bring Ragnarok upon the Norse gods in this collection of Asgardian classics! And that’s just the beginning — because in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Thor, there’s always another cosmic adventure around the corner! Case in point: a cosmic battle between Galactus and Ego the Living Planet; the return of “Him,” the man who would come to be known as Adam Warlock; and the universe-shaking origin of Galactus! Thor’s adventures get personal, too, with a surprising revelation regarding Donald Blake, the return of Jane Foster, and the dramatic dance between Balder and the Norn queen Karnilla! Collecting THOR (1966) #154-174.
Art/Cover: DANIEL ACUñA
Variant by SIMONE BIANCHI
Variant by PHIL NOTO
32 PGS / Rated T+ / $3.99
COUNTER-EVOLUTIONARY PART 2
• Welcome to Counter-Earth, where the future of your species is being developed by crack evolutionists. A better future awaits and is only one evolutionary updated away.
• The New Men rise for what is theirs. They seek the chaos and the speed to create the true Earth, the true evolution.
• Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver discover a terrible truth about their past.
Art: JUAN DOE
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
32 PGS / Parental Advisory / $3.99
• BETRAYAL! LIES! This is what happens when the Paradise Group and the Wolverines share more than alliances ...
• And what happens when an old buddy of Wolverine shows up for a boondoggle weekend – ENTER FANG!
• Lady Deathstrike is finally coming to the conclusion that she doesn’t have to be alone, but will this moment of vulnerability come back to stab her in the back?
ONI PRESS
LIFE AFTER #7
Artist: GABO
32 PGS / MATURE / $3.99
Nettie’s reunion with her baby daughter isn’t all she’d hoped -- Essie’s grown six years in a few moments apart, and now she doesn’t even remember her mother. Not to mention that she’s the leader of a rebel kid army and hangs out with a giant bunny god all day. Meanwhile, Jude and Hemingway are separated from the group and end up sunning somewhere a little too warm, and the Foreman deals with the repercussions of losing Jude in some not-so-pleasant ways.
DOCTOR WHO: THE TWELFTH DOCTOR #5
Art: DAVE TAYLOR
Colors: LUIS GUERRERO
Humour Strip: COLIN BELL & NEIL SLORANCE
Cover A: ALICE X. ZHANG
32 PGS / FC / $3.99
BETWEEN THE FUTURE AND THE PAST: HORROR!
The Doctor and Clara and their allies are split between two time zones, as the clock counts down to the resurrection of the vengeful Kali! Will an ageless cult succeed where so many villains have failed? What chance does the Doctor have against a plan that has been in motion for thousands of years?
Find out in the pulse-pounding finale of The Swords of Kali!
For more information visit:
http://titan-comics.com/c/241-doctor-who-the-twelfth-doctor/
QUANTUM & WOODY VOL 1 (DELUXE HC)
Art by TOM FOWLER, MING DOYLE, KANO, WILFREDO TORRES, and ERICA HENDERSON
Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
$39.99 | 350 pgs. | T+
OVERSIZED HARDCOVER
The most nominated series of the 2014 Harvey Awards!
From award-winning writer James Asmus (Thief of Thieves, Gambit) and artists Tom Fowler (Venom), Ming Doyle (Mara), Kano (Gotham Central), and more, the origin of the world’s worst superhero team starts right here in Quantum and Woody’s first deluxe oversized hardcover collection!
Once upon a time, Eric and Woody Henderson were inseparable. Adopted brothers. Best friends. Brilliant minds. Years later, they are estranged siblings, petty rivals, and washed-up failures. But when their father’s murder leads them into the throes of a life-altering accident, Eric and Woody will find themselves with a whole new purpose – and a perfectly legitimate reason to wear costumes and fight crime. Go big or go home, folks! Quantum and Woody are coming!
Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY #1–12 and QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, the Quantum and Woody Deluxe Edition Book One oversized hardcover also features more than 20 pages of special features, including rarely seen designs, artwork, and behind-the-scenes bonus material by Tom Fowler (Hulk: Season One), Ming Doyle (Mara), Andrew Robinson (The Fifth Beatle), Ty Templeton (Batman ‘66), Ryan Sook (Seven Soldiers) and many more!
Art by STEVE LIEBER
Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
Variant Cover by JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
Variant Cover by SINA GRACE
$3.99 US | T+ | 32 pgs.
The fix is in – and award-winning creators James Asmus (Gambit) and Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man) are about to unleash a world of hurt on the world’s worst superhero mis-adventurers!
Quantum and Woody have been hyp-mo-tized! But why? And how did these two chuckleheads suddenly become the heroes and idols of millions? A sinister puppet master lays his cards on the table and activates his Manchurian Candidates. Because when the world’s worst superhero team swoops into action … Quantum and Woody must die!
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