BEST BETS
100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (Marvel Comics, $3.99): This is the first in a series of comics that will publish one per week in July, looking at the Marvel Universe of 2061 -- 100 years after Fantastic Four #1 launched that universe.It could be fun, especially when they throw around terms like "Dr. Doom's granddaughter" and "the Richards-Banner twins."
THE FOX: FREAK MAGNET (TPB, Archie Comics, $14.99): Archie Comics began as MLJ comics, publishing mostly superheroes. Every once in a while Archie Comics takes a stab at reviving one of their old superheroes, usually without much success. This time, though, they've hired the widely-admired writer Mark Waid to do the honors, and he joins with indie artist Dean Haspiel to combine superheroes, screwball comedy and a touch of the supernatural for a story unlike anything Archie's tried before.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Marvel Comics): Anticipating the July 1 premiere of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, there's a lot of Guardians product in the pipeline, and this week is especially heavy. Not all of them will be winners, but you can probably count on the baseline quality of Marvel Comics, and the desire of the company to put their best foot forward to take advantage of interest generated by the movie. Two ongoing Guardians spin-offs -- The Legendary Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon, $3.99 each -- launch this week, joined by two one-shots, Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted ($3.99), starring Rocket Raccoon and Groot; and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude ($14.99), which collects some recent online comics and older, published comics that provide extra background for the movie.
ORIGINAL SIN #5 (Marvel Comics, $3.99): Marvel has put a quarantine on information on this issue, aside from the acknowledgement that something pretty big is going to happen and/or be revealed. That's reason enough to take a look!
ROBOCOP 2014 #1 (BOOM!, $3.99): If you enjoyed the recent movie remake, here's a tie-in title for you.
SCUM OF THE EARTH #1 (Action Lab, $3.99): Two Redneck lovers -- who are also sociopathic, trigger-happy killers -- take a desert road trip in this new Action Lab title. If you enjoyed Natural Born Killers or Bonnie and Clyde, this might be for you.
SNOWPIERCER (TPB, Titan Comics, $14.99): Here's the trade paperback version of the hardback Titan released a while ago, but now it's even more pertinent, given the June 27 premiere of the movie in the U.S.
THE STRAIN: THE FALL VOL 2 (Dark Horse, $19.99): The Strain is superstar director Guillermo del Toro's take on vampire mythology, where the bloodsuckers are (really dangerous) victims of a parasitic viral infection. Del Toro wrote a Strain trilogy, which -- under his oversight -- is being adapted to comics by Dark Horse. The story makes the leap to TV on FX July 13, so catching up on the books or comics isn't a bad idea. This TPB collects the second half of the adaptation of the second book. The first half is in Volume 3, of course, while the first book is collected in Vols 1-2. The first issue of the comic book series adapting the third book, The Strain: Darkness Eternal, is currently on the stands.
THANOS (Marvel Comics): There's a couple of collections starring Marvel's Death-loving mad Titan, for no reason I can perceive beyond coincidence. But it's generally good stuff if you like Jim Starlin-style cosmic hoo-ha. Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus is pretty pricey at $125, but it collects more than 1,000 pages of early 1990s comics that have to do with Thanos' quest to track down the six Infinity gems, attach them to the glove of the title, and displace Eternity as our universe's consciousness. Meanwhile, Thanos Rising ($14.99) is a hardback collection of the recent five-issue miniseries detailing Thanos' origin. If it seems familiar, that's because a Thanos Rising TPB has already been released.
TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL®: ECHOES #1 (of 4, Dynamite, $3.99): Previously only available in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist Special Edition, this story bridges the gap between Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist. Dynamite is presenting the story as a four-issue miniseries, with no doubt a collection planned down the road. If you're a Tom Clancy fan or a fan of the videogame, you'll doubtless want this.
THE X-FILES: CONSPIRACY (HC, IDW Publications, $24.99): IDW pulls off the strangest crossover in comic book history, with the Lone Gunmen of X-Files investigating the Ghostbusters, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Transformers and The Crow. If you're a fan of any of those five franchises, this is probably a must-read, just to see how they do it!
THIS WEEK'S COMICS
The Comics Guide is assembled using the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. website, as a guide, and is subject to change. Clicking on most images results in a larger image. All information is from Diamond and/or publisher solicitations and press releases, except for random comments by Captain Comics (in blue).
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
JACK HAMMER #4 (of 4)
Writer: BRANDON BARROWS
Art/Cover: IONIC
32 pgs./Teen / FC $2.99 / $3.99 Variant
The conclusion to the “Political Science” storyline! Jack McGriskin may be down, but he’s not out. The Black Smile is confident he’s won, and that might just give Jack the edge he needs to bring one of Boston’s most-notorious killers to justice at last! But he’ll need a little help--okay, a lot of help--from his friends! Variant cover by Rafer Roberts.
SCUM OF THE EARTH #1 (Bi-Monthly)
Writer: MARK BERTOLINI
Art/Cover: ROB CROONENBORGHS
32 pgs. / Mature Readers / FC $3.99 / $4.99 Variant
Meet Laura and True -- two bourbon-toasted gunslingers caught between hardcore scores and soul-depraved rehab! Dirty, violent and simple, or so it seems. ... The pair's desert road trip of carnage and courtship may just take a cosmic turn when a mysterious figure begins to tail them on their explosive journey. Features a variant cover edition by Allen Byrnes!
Is it possible the only thing that can stop them is something not of this world?
Scum of the Earth is an old-school grindhouse road movie and sci-fi manhunt mash-up that has been described as Natural Born Killers meets The Predator. The twists and turns will keep you guessing until the very end!
Writer Mark Bertolini describes the main characters as “Total scumbags, thrill-killers, out to get their kicks by causing a ton of chaos on the back roads of the South. Like ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ but with less empathy, if that’s even possible.”
“Sometimes you dictate what characters do, and sometimes they make up their own minds.
Laura and True are most definitely in the latter column. And what they do isn’t particularly nice.”
Series artist Rob Croonenborghs says “I’d like to say they’ll get theirs … but that would be telling …”
Take a look into the minds of Mark Bertolini and Rob Croonenborghs as they sat down with Broken Frontier and explain what makes Scum of the Earth tick:
http://www.brokenfrontier.com/inside-look-scum-of-the-earth-1/
ARCHIE COMICS
BETTY & VERONICA #271
Script: TOM DEFALCO
Art: JEFF SHULTZ, BOB SMITH, JACK MORELLI, GLENN WHITMORE
Cover: DAN PARENT
Marilyns Variant Cover: JEFF SHULTZ, ROSARIO "TITO" PENA
32-page, full color comic, $2.99 U.S.
Betty and Veronica jet off to fabulous New York City for a runway event hosted by an old friend of Mrs. Lodge’s. It promises to be the hottest fashion affair of the season … until a mysterious ailment befalls all of the models and threatens to doom the entire production! Betty and Veronica may end up as more than just purveyors of the show if it’s to go on! Featuring special guest appearances from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Katy Keene, Ginger Snapp, and more classic characters!
Needless to say (to anyone over the age of 40), the B&V poses in the cover at upper left are lifted from the scene made famous by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven-Year Itch:
THE FOX: FREAK MAGNET (TPB)
Script: MARK WAID, J.M. DEMATTEIS
Plot/Art: DEAN HASPIEL, ALLEN PASSALAQUA, MIKE CAVALLARO, TERRY AUSTIN, JOHN WORKMAN
Cover: DEAN HASPIEL
$14.99/$16.99CAN
6 5/8 x 10 3/16”
Trade Paperback, 144 pp, Full Color
It's the critically acclaimed debut of the high-flying FOX! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (BILLY DOGMA, HBO'S BORED TO DEATH) and Eisner Award winning writer Mark Waid (DAREDEVIL, THRILLBENT) bring the legendary, pulp-style hero The Fox to life in FREAK MAGNET! When photojournalist Paul Patton, Jr. donned a superhero costume, he thought it would be a quick way to make some news -- now the strange and unusual just can't help but be drawn to the freak-magnetism of the fabulous fighting Fox! Then, go back in time for an all-new story featuring the world's first patriotic superhero, THE SHIELD from acclaimed writer J.M. DeMatteis (ABADAZAD, JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Mike Cavallaro (PARADE WITH FIREWORKS, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAVIOR 28). What connection does the Shield's top-secret mission in the Arctic have to do with the Fox's diamond-studded adventure? And what ultra-powerful villains have arrived to wreak havoc?? Read on, dear reader -- The Fox and the Shield have their work cut out for them! The Fox: Freak Magnet collects the five-part comic book series of the same name.
SONIC UNIVERSE #65
Script: IAN FLYNN
Art: TRACY YARDLEY, JIM AMASH, JACK MORELLI, MATT HERMS
Cover: TRACY YARDLEY, JIM AMASH, JACK MORELLI, MATT HERMS
Variant Cover art provided by SEGA
32-page, full color comic, $2.99 U.S.
Bust out your detective hats and hop on the case in "The Great Chaos Caper" Part Three: Knuckles and the Chaotix are in the heart of the Aquatic Mines -- where their only two options are to get crushed by a cave-in, or to drown! How on earth (and below earth!) can they make it out alive?! And once they do, they’ve got to chase down the unlikely Chaos Emerald thief before Nack’s team of Hooligans beat them to it! Add in ravenous Dark Gaia Monsters, and there may be too much for our heroes to handle! Featuring new cover art from Sonic comic guru Tracy Yardley and an awesome SEGA game art variant starring the Chaotix!
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DOUBLE DIGEST #41
Script: FRANK DOYLE
Art: DAN DECARLO, RUDY LAPICK, VINCE DECARLO, BARRY GROSSMAN
Cover: JEFF SHULTZ, BOB SMITH, TITO PENA
320-page, full color comic, $6.99 U.S.
Archie’s weekend trip away has Veronica in bad shape -- how will she ever get on without her dear Archiekins? Well, maybe if she has someone to get her mind off him it won’t be too bad! Can she keep her date a secret from her true love, or will she be left completely date-less? Find out in “Foul Bawl,” the fun lead story to a jam-packed double double digest!
DARK HORSE
#1 FOR $1: AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER – THE RIFT #1
Writers: GENE LUEN YANG, MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO, BRYAN KONIETZKO
Art/Cover: GURIHIRU
FC, 32 pages, $1.00
One-shot
Written and drawn by the team behind the best-selling The Promise and The Search, Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru (in collaboration with Airbender and Korra creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), this is the ultimate continuation of Avatar and the perfect companion to Legend of Korra!
• A low-cost entry into the New York Times best-selling series!
• Look for Avatar: The Last Airbender -- The Rift Part 2 on sale in July!
ANGEL & FAITH SEASON 10 #4
Writer: VICTOR GISCHLER
Art: WILL CONRAD
Colors: MICHELLE MADSEN
Cover: SCOTT FISCHER
Variant: CHRIS SAMNEE, JORDIE BELLAIRE
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
New Players, New Rules, New Season!
Angel’s taking some beatings in Magic Town, while Faith is dishing them out, whether they’re deserved or not. The two remain a world apart, dealing with a demonic rock god and a city preyed on by the magical powers exploding inside it.
• Will Conrad (Serenity) returns to the Whedonverse!
• Executive produced by Joss Whedon!
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER VOL 8 -- THE RIFT PART 2
Writers: GENE LUEN YANG & Various
Art/Cover: GURIHIRU
Team Avatar find themselves up to their necks in trouble as mysterious forces threaten to destroy land once sacred to the Airbenders! While Aang journeys to the spirit world in search of clues, Toph faces off against her own past!
CATALYST COMIX (TPB)
Writer: JOE CASEY
Art: DAN MCDAID, PAUL MAYBURY
Art/Cover: ULISES FARINAS
Cover: BRAD SIMPSON
FC, 284 pages, $19.99
TP, 7” x 10”
Superstar writer Joe Casey -- along with the widest array of artistic talent this side of the Renaissance -- gives superhero comics a back-alley face-lift, as these very different champions confront cosmic threats, personal demons, superheroes’ role as global activists, an alien love invasion and the strangest virtual reality you’ve ever experienced -- but not before they face the end of the world as we know it! Collects Catalyst Comix #1-9!
• Joe Casey (The Bounce, Gødland)!
• Contributions from Rafael Grampá, Paul Pope and Brendan McCarthy!
• Never-before-seen character concepts!
CONAN VOLUME 15: THE NIGHTMARE OF THE SHALLOWS (TPB)
Writer: BRIAN WOOD
Art: DAVIDE GIANFELICE, MIRKO COLAK
Pencils: ANDREA MUTTI
Inks: PIERLUIGI BALDASSINI
Colors: DAVE STEWART
Cover: MASSIMO CARNEVALE
On sale July 16
FC, 152 pages, $19.99
TP, 7’’ x 10’’
THE PROMISE OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE . . .
In the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, Conan and Bêlit find their bond buckling under an enormous strain. When Bêlit returns to her childhood home, what she discovers in the sands of Shem could separate her from Conan forever. Conan then seeks clarity through the mind-altering power of the yellow lotus, but the visions revealed to him may be more than the Barbarian can bear. Collects Conan the Barbarian #13-18.
• The most-acclaimed Conan comics in years!
• Don’t miss Brian Wood on Star Wars!
FEAR AGENT VOLUME 4: HATCHET JOB (2ND EDITION TPB)
Writer: RICK REMENDER
Art/Cover: JEROME OPENA
Pencils: KIERON DWYER
Colors: MICHELLE MADSEN
FC, 128 pages, $16.99
TP, 6 5/8” x 10 3/16”
RICK REMENDER’S ORIGINAL SERIES!
From the subterranean mazes of the barbaric Kipferi, to a haunted planet populated by soul-eating ghouls, and finally to a showdown with the deadly space pirates of the Centurion Nebula, the obstacles before Heath Huston and his beleaguered band of Fear Agents become nearly insurmountable! The critically acclaimed team of Rick Remender, Jerome Opeña, and Kieron Dwyer spin a classic tale: drunk on intergalactic adventure ... and whiskey! Collects issues #17-#21 of the landmark series.
From Rick Remender (Captain America, Uncanny X-Force) and Jerome Opeña (Avengers)!
FRANK MILLER: THE ART OF SIN CITY (TPB)
Writer/Art/Cover: FRANK MILLER
On sale June 25
B&W/FC, 128 pages, $25.00
TPB, 9” x 12”
Frank Miller’s Sin City has set the gold standard for crime comics, both for Miller’s unflinching stories and for his visceral, powerfully charged art. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse is proud to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City to print, now in an affordable softcover edition. An astonishing look into a master’s process, containing pieces both published and unpublished, and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional images, this beautiful artistic showcase holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, could ever hope for.
• The out-of-print masterpiece, now in softcover!
• Available just in time for the release of Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For!
• Includes rarely seen art!
• Introduction by art historian R. C. Harvey!
I never thought Frank Miller's art was actually all that good in a technical sense. But it had a lot of dynamism and strong storytelling, like an enthusiastic amateur. The rendering in Sin City added a lot, too. But the bottom line for me is that a "Frank Miller art book" is something of an oxymoron. Divorced from the story, I don't see the appeal. Just MHO.
KISS ME SATAN! (TPB)
Writer: VICTOR GISCHLER
Art: JUAN FERREYRA
Cover: DAVE JOHNSON
FC, 136 pages, $19.99
TP, 7’’ x 10’’
Art by Bleeding Cool’s 2013 artist of the Year!
Cassian Steele is boss of the werewolf mafia in the Big Easy, and he’s got a problem. The old witch Verona has discovered his secret and gone into hiding. Cassian wants her dead. So he sends out the word: An open contract. The first monster to dust her gets a big payday. What they don’t realize is that the witches are under the protection of Barnabus Black, a demon desperately trying to regain his halo. Collects the five-issue miniseries.
• By Victor Gischler (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike -- A Dark Place, Angel & Faith) and Juan Ferreyra (Colder, Prometheus)!
I bet Satan is a lousy kisser.
LONE WOLF AND CUB OMNIBUS VOL 5 (TPB)
Writer: KAZUO KOIKE
Art: GOSEKI KOJIMA
Art: FRANK MILLER, LYNN VARLEY
B&W, 712 pages, $19.99
TP, 5’’ x 7’’
OVER 700 PAGES!
Separated from his son while battling Yagyu assassins, Itto Ogami’s mission of retribution heats to a boil as he cuts through any obstacle to find his missing child. But little Daigoro, though a mere toddler, is the son of the most formidable and resourcefull samurai in the land. Though alone in a cruel world, Daigoro has the heart of a warrior! Collects two stories from Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 10 and all of volumes 11 and 12.
• 712 pages, value priced.
• Over one million copies sold of the original Dark Horse series!
• Cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.
• Eisner and Harvey Award winner.
MICHAEL AVON OEMING'S THE VICTORIES #13
Writer/Art/Cover: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Colors: NICK FILARDI
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
Is all hope lost?
The shadowy organization behind the downfall of the champions chooses Lady Dragon to meet the visitors -- the makers of gods and champions. As she ascends the ranks, will she remember her original cause and the Victories, or has she become an Advisor?
• By Eisner Award winner Michael Avon Oeming (cocreator of Powers).
“A fresh take on the superhero genre.” -- The Weekly Crisis
“10 out of 10.” -- Newsarama
NEVER ENDING (TPB)
Writers: ADAM P. KNAVE, D.J. KIRKBRIDE
Art/Cover: ROBERT LOVE
FC, 88 pages, $9.99
TP, 7’’ x 10’’
From the writers of Amelia Cole!
Fighting crime isn't superhero Charles Baxter's main problem -- it's fighting time! Trapped for decades in a superpowered body that never ages but is now driving him insane, Chuck's only hope for a “permanent cure” is to team up with his archnemesis Archibald McCrae. He just needs the evil scientist to stop hitting him before a dark, devastating arrangement can be made! Collects the three-issue miniseries.
• Robert Love's superheroic follow-up to Number 13!
• An Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writing team!
ROBOCOP VS. THE TERMINATOR GALLERY EDITION (HC)
Writer: FRANK MILLER
Art/Cover: WALTER SIMONSON
FC, 160 pages, $125.00
HC, 15” x 17”
One of the most beloved comics crossovers of all time is back to usher in Dark Horse’s new gallery edition format -- reprinting Walter Simonson’s original art exactly as it appeared on his drawing table 20 years ago! Relive Simonson and writer Frank Miller’s seamless blend of the RoboCop and Terminator worlds while marveling at the sheer virtuosity of Simonson’s draftsmanship in all its original glory. In addition to the full story, this edition provides the greatest insight available into Simonson’s process, with pages of his original pencils and promotional art faithfully reproduced, along with a revealing foreword by the artist himself!
“When Frank first sent me the story for the series, I loved it. And it was both a treat and a challenge to try to bring it to life in pictures,” said Walter Simonson. “I couldn’t be more pleased to see RoboCop vs. the Terminator back in print after all these years. I can only hope that a new generation of readers will take as much delight in discovering the series as we took in creating it."
Comics’ greatest creators pit the supreme machine killer against the ultimate cybernetic cop in one of the most celebrated crossovers ever! When fate reveals that the technology that built RoboCop will lead to the creation of Skynet, Alex Murphy must engage in time-twisting battle against both the murderous computer network and the human resistance fighters out to destroy him! This newly restored collection features remastered colors from Steve Oliff and an introduction by 2 Guns writer Steven Grant!
In addition to the full story, the gallery edition provides the greatest insight available into Simonson’s process, with pages of his original pencils and promotional art faithfully reproduced, along with a revealing foreword by the artist himself!
• Reproducing Simonson’s original art at full size!
• Features additional promotional artwork and copies of Simonson’s pencils!
I had completely forgotten this mini ever existed, although it lurks somewhere in the voluminous catacombs of the Comics Cave. Anyone remember if it deserves this upscale treatment?
ROBOCOP VS. THE TERMINATOR (HC)
Writer: FRANK MILLER
Art/Cover: WALTER SIMONSON
Colors: STEVE OLIFF
FC, 128 pages, $24.99
HC, 7’’ x 10’’
MILLER! SIMONSON! ROBOCOP! TERMINATOR!
Comics’ greatest creators pit the supreme machine killer against the ultimate cybernetic cop in one of the most celebrated crossovers ever! When fate reveals that the technology that built RoboCop will lead to the creation of Skynet, Alex Murphy must engage in time-twisting battle against both the murderous computer network and the human resistance fighters out to destroy him!
Dark Horse is proud to collect for the first time ever, Frank Miller and Walter Simonson’s classic RoboCop vs. The Terminator #1-4 in a newly restored edition!
• From the all-star team of Frank Miller and Walter Simonson!
• New cover by Simonson!
THE SECRET FILES OF DR. DREW (HC)
Writer: MARILYN MERCER
Art/Cover: JERERY GRANDENETTI
FC, 160 pages, $29.99
HC, 6 5/8” x 10 3/16”
Tales of the supernatural!
In 1949, three of Will Eisner’s most talented “ghosts” created the remarkable horror comic strip featuring Dr. Desmond Drew, a paranormal investigator and “supernatural Sherlock Holmes.” Gorgeously drawn by future Creepy contributor Jerry Grandenetti and written in a gripping pulp style by Marilyn Mercer, these 13 chilling stories have been collected and digitally restored while retaining the exquisite design and artwork that characterized the output of the Eisner studio.
• All thirteen hard-to-find Dr. Drew stories in a single volume.
• Brand-new introduction by Michael T. Gilbert.
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE CRY OF SHADOWS (HC)
Writer: TIME SIEDELL
Art: GABRIEL GUZMAN
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: FELIPE MASSAFERA
FC, 120 pages, $24.99
HC, 6 5/8” x 10 3/16”
“Come for Vader, but stay for the scarred Clone Trooper.” -- Comic Bastards
After he is left for dead during the Clone Wars, a single trooper comes to hate the Jedi who abandoned him. Years later, he hears of a great and powerful warrior -- the hand of the new Galactic Empire, Darth Vader! Seeking to serve the Dark Lord, this man, Hock, becomes a stormtrooper and works to gain the respect of Vader! Collects the five-issue miniseries.
Tim Siedell (@badbanana) has one of Time’s 140 Best Twitter Feeds!
“Highly recommended.” -- Unleash the Fanboy
THE STRAIN VOL 4: THE FALL (TPB)
Writer: DAVID LAPHAM
Art: MIKE HUDDLESTON
Colors: DAN JACKSON
Cover: E.M. Gist
FC, 136 pages, $19.99
TP, 7” x 10”
These are Guillermo del Toro's vampires!
As the CDC's Dr. Ephraim Goodweather makes one last attempt to stop the swiftly moving vampire plague, he sends those dearest to him away from the city -- a decision the doctor will soon regret. Meanwhile, a ragtag gang of street fighters joins forces with an elderly pawnbroker to secure an ancient tome that may tip the scales in this ongoing war. Collects issues #5-9 of The Strain: The Fall.
• Continues the critically acclaimed comic adaptation of The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan!
• Premieres on FX in July!
I just interviewed Mike Huddleston, and I am looking forward to the debut of The Strain July 13!
USAGI YOJIMBO: RED SCORPION (TPB, LTD ED HC)
Writer/Art/Cover: STAN SAKAI
B&W, 184 pages, $17.99
TP, 6” x 9”
On sale July 16
B&W, 184 pages, $59.99
Ltd. Ed. HC, 6” x 9”
INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE TAKEI!
The Red Scorpion Gang has been terrorizing the countryside for months, with evidence of their ill deeds appearing everywhere the rabbit ronin turns! Usagi first crosses swords with the Scorpions as the gang extorts protection money from poor farmers, then must defend a temple from their attacks. But when Usagi is accused of being a member of the gang, he has no choice but to take the fight to the Red Scorpion himself! This volume also features the return of wily thief Kitsune and the mysterious Lord of Owls! Collects Usagi Yojimbo #132-138!
• From world-renowned cartoonist Stan Sakai (47 Ronin, The Rocketeer)!
• Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo!
• Also available in a limited edition, signed and numbered hardcover!
VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOL 21: RECORD OF THE BLOOD BATTLE (TPB)
Writer: HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI
Art/Cover: YOSHITAKA AMANO
B&W, 160 pages, $11.99
TP, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
D accompanies a convoy delivering a vampire Noble to face public trial for his crimes against humanity. However, the Noble’s enemies have targeted the men and women of the convoy, and they are out for vengeance! Can D bring himself to kill humans in order to protect the Noble under his charge?
• Six new original illustrations from Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano!
• Presented in English for the first time anywhere!
“Vampire Hunter D is a solid mixture of horror, sci-fi and fantasy.” -- Otaku USA
WHITE SUITS #4
Writer: FRANK BARBIERE
Art/Cover: TOBY CYPRESS
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
The final pieces of the bloodstained puzzle fall into place to reveal the awful truth behind the White Suits’ reign of terror. The truth is all former Suit Prizrak and FBI agent Sarah Anderson ever wanted ... but it may be the last thing they ever get!
• Art by Toby Cypress (Blue Estate, Predator).
• Frank Barbiere is currently writing Blackout for Dark Horse.
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DC COMICS
ABSOLUTE ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER (HC)
Art/Cover: JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
256 pg, FC, 8.25” x 12.5”, $99.99 US
The smash-hit Batman epic by modern master Frank Miller (BATMAN: YEAR ONE, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS) and artists extraordinaire Jim Lee and Scott Williams (BATMAN, SUPERMAN) is now collected in DC’s Absolute format, including issues #1-9! Lee and Miller join forces to tell a new version of Dick Grayson’s origin in a high-octane tale that unfolds with guest appearances by Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black Canary and more!
Did this ever come to a conclusion? I thought it just sort of got longer and longer between issues and then finally the length of time between issue #9 and Issue #10 became "eternity."
Art and cover by AARON KUDER
BATMAN 75 variant cover
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Superman finally succumbs to the Doomsday virus and transforms into SUPERDOOM! Is anybody in the universe safe from his vast power and fury? How can Superman possibly find a cure for his condition when the Monster of Steel has completely taken over his mind?
This is actually an interesting twist on the original -- and boring -- Doomsday epic, with a subtextual shout-out to old red Kryptonite stories. I'm enjoying it!
AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #4
Art by LAN MEDINA and ALLEN MARTINEZ
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Who is the mysterious armored figure that wants Aquaman’s trident and the Others’ Atlantean relics? And more important, why?
Still in the running for the Worst Superhero Team Name award, but I'm really interested to see if Aquaman can carry two monthly books for the first time. Historically, he's had trouble keeping one going!
Art by TY TEMPLETON
Cover by ALEX ROSS
32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
The reunion of the greatest TV team-up of the 1960s continues! The Fearless Foursome struggle to escape General Gumm’s sticky death trap, while the gloating Gumm assumes the worst and plots to take his criminal activities to the next level. His plans for expansion require some expert help from an unexpected source! Assuming our heroes escape, will they be able to overcome this new, deadly duo?
Co-published with Dynamite Entertainment.
You'd have to be pretty cynical to not love this book.
Art by MIKEL JANIN
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
On sale JULY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
A demon from Jim Gordon’s past comes to haunt him in Blackgate while the Gang War threatens to rip Gotham City apart! Can Jason Bard keep the order without coming head to head with Batman himself?
Is this an ongoing weekly, or just, like, a 52-issue thing? Because, man, I'm already tired of this story.
Art/Cover: JAE LEE
DC Collectibles Bombshells Variant: ANT LUCIA
1:25 Variant cover by SHANE DAVIS
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
This issue will ship with four covers.
This story was previously scheduled to appear in BATMAN/SUPERMAN #11.
A new arc begins following the events of “FIRST CONTACT.” The worlds of Batman and Superman come to an explosive clash as something terrible happens to the World’s Finest team, and a Dark Knight who is not quite himself must team up with Lois Lane to find a missing Man of Steel. Meanwhile, Selina Kyle encounters a person of amazing strength who has no idea who he is.
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
I'm not really sure what's going on with this title lately. It's had trouble staying on schedule (this book was originally solicited for June 18), and they're swapping stories around? That sounds like "fill-in" to me. Still, ya gotta love those Jae Lee covers!
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Batwing tries to stem the tide of the Snakebite drug trade, but he may be overwhelmed by his own inner demons – and by the mysterious Gruesome George!
Art/Cover: JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
128 pg, FC, $14.99 US
Cinder and Ashe are a team of private investigators -- one, a veteran of the Vietnam war; the other, the daughter of another U.S. soldier and a native Vietnamese woman. They’ve been hired to find a kidnapped girl -- but as they travel across the U.S. on her trail, their own traumatic pasts come back to haunt them. Collecting the four-issue miniseries for the first time!
Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen some Garcia-Lopez art. That alone may induce me to pick it up!
Art by NICOLA SCOTT and TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by ANDY KUBERT
BATMAN 75 variant cover
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
In this extra-sized issue, Val-Zod finally accepts his role as the new Superman of Earth 2 as he faces the twisted, brutal original Superman, who once protected the planet but now prepares it for Apokolips and the forces of Darkseid.
This certainly is going in an unexpected direction!
Art by RUSS BRAUN
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In this new epic, refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York’s Castle Dark, and Reynard, now able to shapeshift from fox to man, travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits, rubbing the other Fables’ noses in his good fortune. Frustration at their restriction to the Farm threatens to become a issue once more! Can the animals find a way out of their situation?
I assume that not only is this a "new epic," but probably the last one. This book will end when Fables does, which is sooner than I'd like it to be.
Art and cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
As Richard Dragon systematically takes apart Oliver Queen’s world in Seattle, we introduce a new person under Green Arrow’s hood!
So '70s good guy, kung fu master Richard Dragon is a villain in Green Arrow comics, while '70s good guy, kung fu master Bronze Tiger is a villain on the Green Arrow TV show. I don't know what that means, but it sure is an odd coincidence!
Art and cover by BILLY TAN and ROB HUNTER
BATMAN 75 variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
This issue will ship with three covers.
“UPRISING” part 5! The final battle of the uprising to remove the Green Lantern Corps from power begins! Every decision Hal Jordan has made as leader of the Green Lanterns has led to this … but is he leading his soldiers to watery graves below the surface of a bizarre alien sea?
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
I'm of mixed feelings about this. If, as was established in the "Relic" storyline, use of the power rings damages the universe, shouldn't the Green Lantern Corps voluntarily disband anyway?
Art: BERNARD CHANG, BILLY TAN, VICTOR DRUJINIU, IVAN FERNANDEZ, ALLAN JEFFERSON, ALESSANDRO VITTI, BRAD WALKER and others
Cover: J.G. JONES
192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
The Guardians are dead, leaving the Corps to fend for itself. Now, it’s up to John Stewart to train a group of rookies with deadly foes hot on their tails and rings that aren’t functioning properly. And there’s an ancient evil lurking at the edge of the universe that threatens to extinguish their lives forever! This new title collects GREEN LANTERN CORPS #21-27 and ANNUAL #2.
Art: AARON KUDER, ANDREI BRESSAN, ANDRES GUINALDO and others
Cover: AARON KUDER
288 pg, FC, $16.99 US
In this new title collecting issues #0 and 13-20 of the hit series, Kyle Rayner and his fellow Lanterns must join forces to beat back “The Third Army” and survive “The Wrath of the First Lantern!” Green Lantern Kyle Rayner must master the emotional spectrum to stand a chance against The Third Army. But even then, a more dangerous threat lurks in the shadows: The First Lantern!
Art/Cover: PAUL CHADWICK with coloring by KEN STEACY
208 pg, FC, $16.99 US
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- NOW IN PAPERBACK!
“Ferociously intelligent and extremely ambitious … a real treat.” -- Publishers Weekly
“A space opera where high concept arias replace narration and dialogue.” -- Ain’t It Cool News
Harlan Ellison, science fiction’s brightest luminary, has joined forces with multi-award-winning artist Paul Chadwick, creator of Concrete, and colorist Ken Steacy, to bring you 7 AGAINST CHAOS, a graphic novel that is singular, powerful and unpredictable. This extraordinary odyssey of mystery and adventure will take you to the rim of reality and beyond. In a distant future, Earth is in grave danger: The fabric of reality itself is unraveling, leading to catastrophic natural disasters, displaced souls appearing from bygone eras, and sudden, shocking cases of spontaneous combustion. The only hope for Earth’s survival is a force of seven warriors, each with his or her special abilities. But can these alien Seven Samurai learn to get along in time to find the source of the gathering chaos and save all of reality?
I filed a tepid review of this at some point, but other Legionnaires have expressed enthusiasm. I thought it was somewhat cliched and predictable, but others thought that its reliance on the standard Magnificent Seven set-up was fine because it wasn't the set-up that was important, it was the execution, which they thought was done really well.
I guess what it boils down to is personal taste, like most things.
Writer: AMANDA CONNER, JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art: CHAD HARDIN, STEPHANE ROUX
Cover: AMANDA CONNER
Harley and guest star Poison Ivy set out to rescue a bunch of cute puppies and kitties! What could possibly go wrong?
HINTERKIND #9
Art by FRANCESCO TRIFOGLI
Cover by GREG TOCCHINI
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Jon and Prosper become embroiled in an ogre murder mystery, even as the Vampire Nation’s expedition to America continues its search for blood, conquest and a hot lunch! Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Princess Tersia learns how to divine the shape of things to come …
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
The mysterious leader of the Five is revealed as the villains attack the Justice League and lay waste to Cadmus, killing The Flash – again. But you can’t keep a good woman down! Wait ... Did we say woman?
Oh, come on.
Seriously, how many female Flashes have we seen already? Jesse Quick, Dawn Allen, XS, that chick in Kingdom Come, the Tangent Flash ... Seriously, this is supposed to be an exciting new idea?
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by RYAN SOOK
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Can the Masked Superman stop a Rampage in Metropolis? Plus, Batman Beyond must figure out what to do after a startling revelation threatens to change his entire mission.
Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
Wonder Woman’s homeland is under attack by mythological monsters that vanish into thin air before the Amazon warriors can fight back! Scooby, Wonder Woman and the gang must work together to solve this mystery … assuming Daphne and Velma complete their Amazon training in time!
I have a hunch Velma would reallllly enjoy Paradise Island.
SUPERBOY VOL. 4: BLOOD AND STEEL (TPB)
Art: R.B. SILVA, ROBSON ROCHA, MARCUS TO, ED BENES, ANDRES GUINALDO and others
Cover: KEN LASHLEY
160 pg, FC, $14.99 U.S.
The Teen of Steel decides it’s time to become more proactive in his battle against evil, and the H.I.V.E. agency is the perfect place to start! But as Superboy and the Teen Titans get closer to these lethal enemies, they’ll find secrets and revelations darker than they ever could have imagined. Collects SUPERBOY #20-27.
Writer: Scott Lobdell
Art: Ed Benes & Various
Cover: Ed Benes, Jonathan Glapion
"SUPERMAN: DOOMED" continues as Superman continues to change. Plus, Lois's psi powers spike again as we see the looming shadow of Brainiac!
SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #7
Art/Cover: JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
1:25 Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
1:50 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
1:100 B&W Variant cover by JIM LEE
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
This issue will ship with five covers.
It’s a rampage in the Batcave! It’s come to this: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman against Wraith! Alone, they wouldn’t have a chance -- but they don’t have much of one together, either! And all the while, Lex Luthor’s machinations are clicking into place …
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
Originally schedule to ship Feb. 19. I don't know why they bothered to cancel this title -- it's canceling itself.
Art by JAVI PINA
Cover by JESUS SAIZ
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Swamp Thing has more enemies than he ever knew – and one of them is someone he called a friend! But once said friend has put a magical hit on you, and a squadron of occult assassins show up on your doorstep, it gets difficult to smooth things over…
Art and cover by ART BALTAZAR
32 pg, FC, 2 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED E
The Tiny Titans journey to the Fortress of Solitude, where they meet up with the Man of Steel! Can he help them get their treehouse back? Only if he’s not super-busy!
I read the first issue of this, and it's exactly like you'd expect it to be. If you have young children, it would probably go over big.
Art by FERNANDO BLANCO
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The angel Zauriel is dead. And that leaves the Stranger without his guardian angel just in time for the arrival of The Fallen!
DYNAMITE COMICS
THE BLACK BAT #12
Art: RONAN CLIQUET
Covers: JAE LEE
Subscription Variant: BILLY TAN
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
FINAL ISSUE! In the final chapter to this story, the Black Bat is confronted by the unforeseen consequences of his vigilante quest for redemption. He comes face to face with the shadowy villain that has been pulling all of the strings, and must decide how far he is willing to go to save the city.
Originally solicited for May 7. Man, Dynamite has a real problem with timely final issues!
Art: Mirka Andolfo
MAIN Cover: Emanuela Lupacchino
VARIANT COVER A: Tim Seeley
VARIANT COVER B: Nei Ruffino
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
While the Chosen are under siege by zombie biker gang, Homicide and the Dead Onez, Evil Ernie makes his way to St. Louis in search of a man who may the key to Armageddon!
Despite my almost instinctive dislike of Evil Ernie, this is starting to look interesting.
Art: NEIL EDWARDS
Cover: CHRISTIAN WARD
Retailer Incentive #1: PHIL HESTER
Retailer Incentive #2: JAE LEE
Retailer Incentive #3: KEN HAESER ("Li'l Spektor")
Retailer Incentive #4: Mark Waid-signed "Li'l Spektor" Cover
Subscription Variant: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Page Count: 32 pages /Teen +/$3.99
Nothing makes sense … everything that Doctor Spektor has ever known is called into question, and he’ll stop at nothing to uncover the secrets and lies that hide beneath the surface of reality. Can the Master Of The Occult overcome his fears, and learn the unfathomable secrets of the universe? Only the legendary MARK WAID (Daredevil) and NEIL EDWARDS (X-Factor) can tell you …
Art: EMAN CASALLOS, KEWBER BAAL
Cover: MIKE MAYHEW
Mature/296 pages/$29.99
She is no longer orphaned teen Jessica Blute, or suburban mom Jen Fellows, or the notorious vigilante known as Jennifer Blood. She is now just another inmate of Las Chacales Women's Correctional Facility. But in her life she has faced -- and defeated -- unimaginable horrors and overwhelming odds. She knows she can survive this place. She knows that she MUST survive -- because her fight is not yet over.
And very quickly, Jennifer learns that someone on the outside is working on a plan. ... She has no idea what that plan is, or who is behind it. She only knows that she is part of it, and for it to work, she will have to change.
But before she can do anything, she has a major problem to overcome. ... She has been stabbed in the back a dozen times by her fellow prisoners.
Right now, Jennifer Blood is bleeding out into the dirt.
This 296 page volume collects issues 25-36 by Mike Carroll, Kewber Baal and Eman Casallos, and includes all of the covers by Mike Mayhew, Colton Worley and more.
Original on solicitation date: May 25. How can you be late with a collection of a title you published yourself? Maybe Dynamite has cash-flow problems.
Art: CARLOS GOMEZ
Covers: STJEPAN SEJIC
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
The Siege is on! Harry Dresden and his team of young Wardens are trapped in an isolated house surrounded by hundreds of Red Court vampires. But are the Vampires really after the Venatori Harry and co. are there to save, or are they after a bigger prize? And if there is another reason for the Red Court's presence, why didn't the White Council tell their Wardens? Harry has an entire night to discover the truth...if he can keep his charges alive for the next twelve hours or so! This all-new, pulse-pounding original story of the Dresden Files continues!
32 pages/Teen + /$3.99
The streets of New York run red with criminal blood, as the families of organized crime wage war on each other. The streets of London conceal an international conspiracy that may very well put an end to humanity. And Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, has retired. WTF!?!!
This is only two weeks late, which makes it the most on-time Chaykin book currently being published. (See Satellite Sam and Black Kiss Christmas Special blurbs in the Image section.)
Art: Juan Antonio Ramirez
Cover: ALEX ROSS
Variant: KEN HAESER ("Li'l Dollar Man")
Retailer Incentive #1: ALEX ROSS ("Art Board")
Retailer Incentive #2: JAMES KUHORIC ("Rare Gold Signed")
Retailer Incentive #3: ALEX ROSS ("Rare Gold Signed")
Variant: Photo
32 pages/Teen +/$3.99
We can rebuild him. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster. The Six Million Dollar Man is back with an original comic book continuation of the classic television series! Oliver Spencer has lost control of Maskatron and it may cost him and everyone in the OSI their lives. And amid the chaos and fear of alien infection, Steve is reunited with Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman. But can even two bionic powered agents stem the tide rising against humanity?
Art: Marc Laming
Cover: Marc Laming
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
Dynamite Entertainment announced it is teaming up with Ubisoft to release Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Echoes, a thrilling comic book series based on the award-winning Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell video game franchise that has sold more than 27 million copies worldwide since its introduction in 2002.
Splinter Cell Echoes takes place between the events of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction® and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist™. The comic-book series bridges the gap between the two games with a realistic, original story that sets the tone for the opening events in Splinter Cell Blacklist.
Sam Fisher, once a Splinter Cell -- a clandestine elite operative operating in the shadows of the NSA -- is now retired. His enemies, however, are not. Haunted by dreams and memories of his past, he struggles to put his life back together. But when a mysterious terrorist organization called KROWE begins pursuing targets around the globe, Sam's expertise is needed to uncover their endgame and stop them before the deadly plot unfolds.
The project is written by Nathan Edmondson, the critically-acclaimed writer of BLACK WIDOW and THE PUNISHER, who is working with Dynamite for the very first time. Marc Laming, the artist behind EXILE ON THE PLANET OF THE APES, THE RINSE, THE ACTIVITY and Dynamite's own KINGS WATCH, will be joining him.
"With Ubisoft, Marc Laming and I had the unique opportunity to take on one of the most successful and recognizable franchises in video games," says writer Nathan Edmonson. "I'm telling a full and original story that stands on its own as an action-espionage tale that we're both proud of, bringing a narrative element to the thrill of the game in a way that only a comic can do."
"I've had a great time working with Dynamite on Kings Watch & Flash Gordon so it's really good news that the publisher is going to be the home for Splinter Cell Echoes. It's a rattling good spy-fi yarn full of the sort of story elements that Nathan does best. It's a tale that gives good fan service while equally accessible to folk who don't know the Splinter Cell world -- this is a kick ass, globe-trotting secret operative without restraints," said Marc Laming.
"We are very pleased to be working with Ubisoft on this project, and know that it is just the start of a great relationship between the companies," said CEO/Publisher Nick Barrucci. "This book looks and reads fantastic, and we really thought it deserved getting out to a broad audience via Dynamite. When you read the series, you'll see why Ubisoft entrusted Nathan and Marc to be able to tell a story in continuity with the games, definitely a high honor. Nathan Edmonson took a video game, and made it one of the best comics today. It doesn't shock me at all that Marvel entrusted him with such important properties with The Punisher and Black Widow. And with those books, he's knocking them out of the park! Combined with the art of the incredibly talented Marc Laming, it's just a perfect fit all around."
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Echoes was previously only available in a limited print run as part of the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist Collector's Edition. Dynamite will release the project as a four issue mini-series shipping July to October, with a collection to be published shortly thereafter. The project will feature new covers by Marc Laming and include bonus behind-the-scenes material in each issue from Ubisoft.
I Tom Clancy wonder what Tom Clancy Dynamite thinks is Tom Clancy the selling Tom Clancy point for this Tom Clancy book?
Art: GUIU VILANOVA
Covers: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Retailer Incentive #1: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA ("Virgin")
32 pages/Teen +/$3.99
Diana Clark has discovered she can see the future. There's a lot to be said for that power. A lot of ways you can make money. A lot of ways to protect yourself from harm. But when one of those visions involves a mushroom cloud rising over the city, Diana must choose between saving her own life, and risking it all to save millions.
Art: Patrick Berkenkotter
Main Cover: Terry Dodson
Variant Cover: Jenny Frison
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
Continuing Dynamite's celebration of Vampirella's 45th anniversary! Upon learning of Vampirella being marked as a vessel for Lady Umbra, Demon-Queen of the Shadows, her contacts in Cestus Dei label her a threat and send an elite hit-squad of monster-killers -- the Mallus Maleficarum, aka the Witch-Hammer -- lead by the implacable Father Nicodemus, to dispose of her. With her world abruptly turned upside down, Vampirella finds herself unexpectedly allied with the strangest bedfellow imaginable.
A Dodson AND a Frison cover. Man, if the insides looked anything like those covers, you couldn't keep me from this book with a whip!
IDW PUBLICATIONS
BEN 10 CLASSICS VOL 2: IT'S BEN A PLEASURE
Ethen Beavers, Min S Ku, Scott Cohn,
Art: GORDON PURCELL, ETHEN BEAVERS, MIN S KU, SCOTT COHN
Cover: ETHEN BEAVERS
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
The adventures continue with stories such as "Eggs With Legs," "Intergalactic Spazz Club," and more. Volume 2 presents the Ben 10 comics from Cartoon Network Action Pack issues #19–26.
Never before collected!
Art & Cover by RYAN JAMPOLE
Subscription Variant: CHRISTINE LARSEN
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Failing to stop his sister, Dexter has been captured by her royal guards, and now faces punishment at the hands of Princess Dee Dee. As he struggles to endure her torment, can Dexter come up with one last-ditch plan to change their fates? Or is he doomed to live the rest of his life without science?
• Ryan Jampole was nominated for a 2013 Harvey award for "Most Promising Talent" for his work on Archie Comics' Mega Man!
• Variant cover by Tony Fleecs!
Art: GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY, PAUL RUDISH, GILL ALGER, JOHN DELANEY, GARY FIELDS
Cover: ETHEN BEAVERS
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages
Dexter's Laboratory Classics contains the never-before-collected issues starting with Cartoon Network Presents #1 and 4, as well as the first four issues of the ongoing series originally published by DC Comics.
Collects stories written and drawn by creator Genndy Tartakovsky!
Art by ALEX CAL, S L GALLANT, ATILIO ROJO, NICOLE VIRELLA, ROBERT ATKINS, CHRIS EVENHUIS, STEVE KURTH
Cover by STEVE KURTH
In the aftermath of COBRA's New York attack, BARONESS leads a new up-and-coming officer called SIREN around the world -- and into the past uncovering secrets about the previous Cobra Commander while coming face-to-face with the ruthless current one!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
Collects issues #12-15.
Art by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO
Cover by JOSE LOPEZ
Barely escaping the Super Illustrated photo shoot with their body parts (and dignity) intact, Stoner and Barry run into some unexpected trouble as they prep for their People's Choice Awards debut. Meanwhile, Art gets poked, June gets bounced, Cathy gets spurned, Nancy gets pissed, and the mysterious kidnapper, Tarr, gets deadly serious.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Things just keep getting worse for Greg Pincus in Indestructible, created by Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime)!
This started as a six-issue miniseries, so evidently sales have been good.
Art: JAVI GARRON, SALVI GARCIA, CHRIS JOHNSON
Cover: BERNARD CHANG
TPB • FC • $14.99 • 104 pages
Meet Greg Pincus—the planet's brand-spanking-newest Superhero. One small problem: Greg is neither super, nor particularly heroic. But, he's sure enjoying the perks that accompany the world's misconception. Can Greg successfully navigate a celebrity-obsessed culture without revealing his secret shame? Will his hirsute best friend/roommate (Barry) ever stop making things worse? Will the League of Defenders quit sniping long enough to battle evil? And, most importantly, will Greg's Mother–June–ever be freakin' satisfied???
• "A laugh out loud exploration of superhero and superego." -- George R.R. Martin
• Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime, G.I. Joe: Renegades) pens this serio-comedic take on a reluctant hero, and contemplates what it means to be "special" in a world where fame can come and go faster than a speeding bullet. Collects issues #1–4.
HC • B&W• $24.99 • 336 pages • 11” x 4.25”
Art Spiegelman called "The Bungle Family" “the most underrated comic strip in our history.” Bill Blackbeard wrote, “There has been nothing like it in comic strips since.” Hogan’s Alley magazine proclaimed, “'The Bungle Family' was about as wholly an adult comic strip as the field has ever known.”
Yet only sporadic examples of Harry J. Tuthill’s masterpiece have been available to modern readers. Until now! This volume -- collecting the complete 1930 dailies -- remedies that situation.
I know a couple of Legionnaires who will be excited to see this!
Art & Cover by GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ
The bargain-priced debut issues of the beloved series continue here with this dollar comic presenting "The Haunting of Keyhouse," the first chapter of Crown of Shadows, the haunting third storyline in the Locke & Key saga!
FC • 32 pages • $1.00
Wow, re-purposing Locke & Key again. At least it's cheap this time!
THE MAXX: MAXXIMIZED VOL 1 (HC)
Art/Cover: SAM KIETH
HC • FC • $21.99 • 104 pages • 7” x 11”
Sam Kieth's own quirky brand of brilliance has been wowing fans and inspiring cartoonists for more than 25 years. As one of the earliest creators for Image Comics, Kieth created The Maxx -- a homeless superhero who lives in a box. Both Maxx and his social worker friend Julie share adventures in both the real world and in "the Outback," a fantasy realm inhabited by their jungle-inspired totems.
• "Being such a huge fan of The Maxx since its genesis, I honestly cannot think of even one good reason not to run out and get this book." -- Geeked Out Nation
• Every page scanned from the original art and re-mastered! Completely re-colored under the watchful eye of Sam Kieth!
There's a deluxe version of this coming in the next week or so, for those who'd prefer to wait.
Art by DAVE GIBBONS, COLIN WILSON & MIKE DOREY
Cover by JOHN McCREA
Subscription Variant: MIKE DOREY
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Clone war!
Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by war, its atmosphere poisoned by chemical weapons. In this battle-scarred landscape, the Norts and Southers fight where only the Genetic Infantrymen can survive unaided. Rogue is one such soldier, and these are his tales... all in color for the very first time!
• Art by Dave Gibbons, of Watchmen and Doctor Who fame!
• All-new covers by Eisner Award winner John McCrea!
• Enjoy the classic Rogue Trooper strips in color for the first time!
Art & Cover by FRANCO CESPEDES
A few months after the dramatic cliffhanger in Issue 3, Darien and his friends are forced to fend off Orasmas' monsters while Arylos searches for the truth. Plus, what does Earthen Aaron King have to do with anything?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• A crucial new character is revealed!
• Star Mage has been called "Part Ender's Game, part Last Starfighter, even part Star Wars."
• This issue also features two comic shorts -- Whimsy by Marcus Rocco and Jean-Francois Beaulieu and Soul Men Guide Files 03 by Sal Brucculeri and Ibai Canales.
Art: ROGER ROBINSON
Cover: JERRY ORDWAY
The hunt for the hidden Judgment Towers between T.H.U.N.D.E.R. and The Subterraneans takes a twist when a mysterious third organization makes a play for the alien artifacts. Lightning receives some sobering news and a powerful new recruit named John Janus appears, but will he join the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents or destroy them?
I thought this had already come out. But if not, here it is -- complete with that gorgeous cover by Jerry Ordway, the Man Born To Draw T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents!
Writers: MICHAEL GESZEL, PETER SPINETTA
Art/Cover: INAKI MIRANDA
HC • FC • $39.99 • 224 pages • 11” x 8”
Rediscover the post-apocalyptic world of Tribes when an all-new deluxe edition hardcover packed with artwork and bonus material lands on book shelves everywhere.
Since providing stunning illustrations to the story written by Michael Geszel and Peter Spinetta, artist Inaki Miranda has become a breakout artist at Vertigo, where his work on Coffin Hill has earned him further accolades and recognition. One look at Tribes and it's no mystery why.
Imagined by Geszel and Spinetta, in this sci-fi epic a deadly virus constricts the human lifespan to only 21 years, leaving the world in shambles, and a future where teenage youth lead the last of humanity. Can an old tale lead to a new hope and chance at survival for those that remain?
Capitalizing on the deep mythology of the book and Miranda's artistic talents, Tribes: The Dog Years Special Edition features a "found relic" design that looks as if Sundog of the Sky Shadow tribe fashioned it himself.
This deluxe edition collects the original tale in its entirety plus brand new development pages from Miranda. From extremely detailed penciled pages, to concept designs and pin-ups, the meticulous work of a modern master is on full-display in this hardcover deluxe edition.
“Two years after finishing my work on the book, the world of Tribes still lives in my head. That's how strong this creation is and how powerful the characters are,” said Miranda. Geszel continued, “I'm thrilled with the new edition, especially the chance to show Inaki's stellar pencil work in full pages and publish some marvelous concept designs of new characters.”
Celebrated creator Paul Pope says “Tribes is like Mad Max by way of Disney. Inaki draws with a widescreen vision that jumps off the page."
Art: JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ & Various
Cover: OGDEN WHITNEY
$3.99
From the people that bring you the acclaimed Haunted Horror comic comes a horror like no other ... WEIRD Love! WEIRD Love presents the most sexy, bizarro, sick, twisted, politically incorrect, kinky "romance" comics of the 1950s and beyond. In this OMG-I-Can't-Believe-This! first ish, you are going to be astonished to read luridly illustrated pulp comics fiction like "Love of a Lunatic," "I Fell for a Commie," "The Taming of the Brute," the wacko "You Also Snore, Darling," and more! This collector's edition that begins the WEIRD Love series "ends" with a pre-code comics ode to the female derriere(!). No wonder the censors wanted this stuff banned! Sure to be a must-have big-buzz comic - and it's bargain-priced!
WEIRD LOVE #2
The first issue of WEIRD Love was a blazing buzz book -- the hot gossipy talk of comic fans! Now, right on the heels -- the HIGH heels -- of that controversial comic is the second stupifying issue of 1950s and beyond kinky classics. WEIRD Love #2 leads off with a tawdry, torrid tale, "Yes, I was an Escort Girl!" with a vintage salacious cover to match! Five more bizarro stories luridly illustrated with Good Girl Art follow, including, "Mini-skirts Must Go!" and "Too Fat for Love!" WEIRD Love has been called "by far the most jaw-dropping and entertaining comic today!" Order this and you will see why fanboys and fangirls!
FC • 48 pages • $3.99
$3.99 for 48 pages of lovingly weird comics from the Eisner-winning master of archival comics, Craig Yoe and Yoe Studios!
Art: JOHN STANISCI, SALVADOR NAVARRO, MICHAEL WALSH, DHEERAJ VERMA, VIC MALHOTRA
Cover: MIRAN KIM
HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 pages
When The Lone Gunmen discover Internet files from the future, they learn that a plague will soon wipe out most of humanity. With Agents Mulder and Scully working one lead, the Gunmen must spring into action and investigate several urban legends: a group of ghost-hunters, mutant turtles that live in the sewers, shape-changing alien robots, and a vengeful spirit from beyond the grave!
The X-Files investigates the Ghostbusters, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Crow!
IMAGE COMICS
A VOICE IN THE DARK (TPB)
208 pages, black and white, paperback, $19.99
Collects issues #1-7 of A VOICE IN THE DARK
Every day, college student Zoey wakes up and counts the days — the days that she’s resisted temptation, controlled her darker impulses, and resisted what she fears is her true nature. The days since she killed someone. A VOICE IN THE DARK by Larime Taylor, a new graphic novel from Image Comics and Top Cow’s Minotaur Press imprint, delves into the mind of the killer, one who worries about making a good impression on her roommates and just wants to protect her friends. It will be in stores this summer.
But even as Zoey is engaged in her internal turmoil, something sinister is at work in the small university community — one that Zoey suspects she’s given a voice to in her late-night campus radio show.
A VOICE IN THE DARK is written and drawn by Larime Taylor, a “mouth artist” who was born with arthrogryposis. With use of his limbs severely limited, Taylor draws, shades, and letters his comics using a Wacom Cintiq tablet, holding the stylus in his mouth.
Taylor described his protagonist in an interview with Comic Book Resources. “She's not a psychopath or sociopath, she has friends, and her daily life is complicated by these compulsions she's had since her earliest childhood memories,” he said. “They've always been there. Now that she's actually acted on them, though, she's losing her grip on them. She's daydreaming and fantasizing about killing people in the middle of class, or even a conversation. She snaps out of it and realizes it was just her imagination, but she's not sure how much longer it'll just be her imagination.”
Combining the gripping psychological exploration of Dexter and the dry wit of Heathers, A VOICE IN THE DARK VOLUME 1 is a penetrating look at a young woman fighting to seem like what she so desperately wants to be: normal. But her world just may give Zoey a reason to let her inner demons out. It will be in comic book stores on June 25 and arrive in bookstores on July 8.
Praise for A VOICE IN THE DARK:
“Larime Taylor's A Voice In The Dark is an incredibly smart examination of a dark part of American culture.”-- Justin Giampaoli, Comics Bulletin
“A Voice In The Dark delivers a visceral psychological thriller that builds with suspense with each turn of the page. Writer/artist Larime Taylor is bringing things to a slow boil by developing the characters, so that when the blood does finally spill it packs an emotional wallop with readers. A Voice In The Dark has readers fully immersed from the first page to the last as Taylor shows us what it’s like to be trapped inside the mind of a killer.” -- Bloody Disgusting
“[A Voice in the Dark is] another engrossing journey into a burgeoning killer's psyche and if you’re not reading this than you’re missing out. Highly recommended.” -- Harrison Rawdin, Unleash the Fanboy
Is the lead character African-American? I go back on forth on that, perusing these previews every month. It doesn't really matter, I'm just curious.
In fact, I'm getting curious enough about this book in general that I'm tempted to get this trade, even though my Image expenses are currently going through the roof. Anybody reading it? Anybody recommend it?
48 PAGES / FC / M / $5.99
Who says mistletoe can't be in season year-round?
When the weather outside is frightful, or if you think this summer heat is too hot to handle ... think again, because Howard Chaykin's BLACK KISS: XXXMAS SPECIAL will break the thermostat. Celebrate Christmas in July with a little “holiday fun” and an endless stream of incredibly nasty revenge sex. The master of filth in comics, Howard Chaykin, is back with this eagerly anticipated one-shot and Image Comics is pleased to reveal early artwork to lure readers down a festive, lascivious path.
Said Chaykin: "Not to be a bother, but while you're all reveling in the raunch, take a moment to take note of all this research I did. I mean, really -- I care."
This book was originally scheduled to ship DECEMBER 18, 2013.
That's right: It was planned to ship six months ago at Christmas, as you'd expect from a Christmas special. But it got bumped, and bumped, and bumped. ... Now here it is, in JULY.
Art / Cover: JUAN JOSE RYP & ANDY TROY
JULY 2 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
How far would you go to protect your family?
Art / Cover: NICK DRAGOTTA
JUNE 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“BUSILLIS” Our first good look inside the Lair. The Son of Death and Xiaolain makes his move. The beast roams free in EAST OF WEST #13.
Art: AXEL MEDELLIN
Cover: BOO COOK
MAY 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Sahara is ready to give birth to Obadiah Horn's baby.
OK, Boo Cook, if your intent was to utterly disgust me, mission accomplished.
Art / Cover: SIMON ROY
JUNE 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Our protagonist faces down Christian, the ex-Bible salesman turned hedonist, to find out what’s really going on. The Smoke Eaters square off against the Tomorrow Men for the right to kill our plucky hero. Blood! Murder! Mayhem! Bikers and cosplayers fighting to the death!
Art / Cover: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
MAY 14 / 184 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Collects FIVE GHOSTS #6-12
The breakout series continues as pulp and literature collide when treasure hunter Fabian journeys to Japan and the mythical ISLAND OF DREAMS.
Art: EMILIO LAISO
Cover: STEFANO CASELLI
Incentive Variant: CAMERON STEWART
JULY 2 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The fan favorite slasher hunter is back, this time with an all-new series, HACK SLASH: SON OF SAMHAIN! Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley, and Emilio Laiso team up to bring back the character readers have been craving, Cassie Hack.
When a mysterious cult of monsters arises, Cassie is forced to return to the life she thought she'd left behind. Coupled with a new partner and faced with enemies unlike any she has battled before, Cassie must confront the darkness in the world—and in her own life—in new ways. The agents of evil never rest; unfortunately for them, neither does Cassie Hack.
The newest chapter in Cassie Hack's life will appeal to both long-time HACK/SLASH fans and readers looking for a jumping-on point. “Readers are going to get something that is immediately recognizable as Hack/Slash, yet unique in its own way as well,” said Moreci. “I think Tim told the story he wanted to tell, and that’s why he brought in Steve and I -- we’re preserving what he did while building a whole new thing. There’s a lot of great stories to still tell with Cassie Hack and, hopefully, Son of Samhain is just the beginning.”
"All biases aside, I've been a Hack/Slash fan from the beginning. It's a smart book with equal parts horror, comedy, action, sexiness; you name it. We knew continuing that legacy would be a difficult task, considering its history and loyal fan base, but Mike and I are damn proud of what we are doing with the book,” said Steve Seeley. “It's still a sexy, comedic, action-y, horror comic, except it takes two of us to write it now. Mike's all sexy action. I'm comedic horror. This is our sequel … the next step in the evolution of Cassie Hack."
"We made this to be enjoyed by current Hack/Slash fans but bring in the new as well," said Moreci. "It's sexy, fun, and scary, and Emilio's art is out of this world!"
LAZARUS #9
Art/Cover: MICHAEL LARK
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
“LIFT,” Part Five
The critically-acclaimed series reaches the conclusion of its second arc, as Lift Selection begins in Denver, with hundreds of thousands of Waste from all over the Carlyle Domain desperate for a chance at a better life. Amongst them: the Barret Family reach for their last hope, the Resistance seeks to strike a blow, and Forever must find a needle in a haystack.
Originally due in March.
Art: MEGAN LEVENS
Cover: JOELLE JONES & NICK FILARDI
32 PAGES / BW / T+ / $2.99
The secret history of the mad scientist and his monster is revealed. Find out what Courtney did to inspire Vincent to steal her dead body and give her new life. Also, we uncover the childhood transgressions that have made Henry so determined to expose his former friend.
MORNING GLORIES #39
Art: JOE EISMA
Cover: RODIN ESQUEJO
32 PAGES / FC / RATING M / $3.50
"Leadership."
This one has been so long delayed that I don't even know when it was originally solicited!
"Mike and I are blown away to the response to the first two issues of Nailbiter,” said Williamson. “Retailers are really supporting our horror book and it shows. One of the fun things for Mike and me is that we know what's coming down the line in future issues, and for the people who loved issue one and two ... they haven't seen nothing yet. We won't be satisfied until we have you checking under your bed at night for the Nailbiter."
The mystery and suspense builds in these issues as Detective Nicholas Finch enlists the help of the infamous Nailbiter in order to uncover evidence that might point him toward finding his missing friend. But there are secrets lurking beneath the surface in the town of Buckaroo, and not everyone is who they seem.
Praise for NAILBITER:
“If Josh died I wish he’d leave Nailbiter to me in his will so I could say it was my idea.” -- Scott Snyder (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire)
“Prepare your cuticles for this masterful bit of horror.” -- David Pepose, Newsarama
“In the end, Nailbiter stands on a premise so instantly enticing that you can almost see the movie trailer.” -- Robert Tutton, PASTE Magazine
“If you're planning on getting a peaceful night's sleep full of happy, prancing sheep, you may want to hold off on reading Nailbiter. The newest title from creators Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson ... an icky and eerie debut that's sure to turn your sweetest dreams into the stuff of nightmares.” -- Jeff Lake, IGN
“It's a joy to see a dark story make its point without relying on over-the-top or gratuitous scenes. With a big mystery and a killer (or killers) lurking about, you won't know if the main characters will survive for many issues.” -- Tony Guerrero, Comic Vine
Image Comics is pleased to announce that this second issue will be going back to print to meet customer demand. The second printing of NAILBITER #2 will release on 7/2.
Art / Cover: MIKE HENDERSON
32 PAGES / FC / M / 2.99
As the morgue continues to fill with new dead bodies, the citizens of Buckaroo violently demand that Sheriff Crane and Officer Finch arrest the Nailbiter. But in a town full of killers ... anyone could be a suspect.
Art / Cover A: GORDON PURCELL MIKE ATIYEH
Cover B: RENAE DELIZ & RAY DILLON
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The Angel and Detective Riley have joined forces to determine who killed the Huntsman, and why. With each new discovery, the suspicion grows that it was one of the Protectors who did the job...and that there may be other, unsolved murders that could only have been committed by one of their own. In a world without super-powered bad guys, has someone finally crossed over to the other side? And if they have, how can they be stopped? And what secret is Protectors Inc. hiding about all this? Tune in for another thrilling adventure ...
I haven't read any of this yet, but from the previews it seems that the gorgeous platinum blonde plays a central role ... or else the artist just likes drawing her!
Art / Cover: HOWARD CHAYKIN
32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
The clock runs out to save the network from scandal as Michael makes the biggest mistake of his life -- and the only friend he has left behind the scenes has to face his father’s killer alone.
Hey, wait ... did one of the two women who are always canoodling each other on these covers just off the other one? And who ARE they, anyway?
BTW, this title also has trouble keeping a schedule, with this issue originally solicited for May 7.
Art / cover: JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
In the final issue of the second arc, things take a dark turn for the children of Safe Haven. Not all will survive the issue!
Dude, if you're the last survivor of an expedition, and you're covered in blood ... you've got some 'splainin' to do!
(Originally solicited for May 28.)
Art / Cover A: TOM MANDRAKE & HIFI
Cover B: ALINA URUSOV
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Flyboy has learned the truth: his former partner and mentor The Red Cowl faked his death...a discovery that has shattered Barry Chase all the way down to his soul. Allied now with Julia Moonglow, he seeks revenge on the man who he revered and deserted him. But before he can pursue vengeance, he has to get past a new hero in town, sent to reel him in for his recent dangerous behavior. How far will Flyboy go to get past this obstacle ... and will he ever be the same afterward?
Originally solicited for May 7.
Art / Cover: JASON LATOUR
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Earl Tubb’s one-man war to clean up Craw County begins to rage out of control, as it claims its first casualty.
Art: KHARY RANDOLPH & DAVE MCCAIG
Cover: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics is pleased to reveal early artwork for the first issue of the eagerly anticipated TECH JACKET.
“Getting to bring back Tech Jacket to comics with Khary Randolph as an over-the-top, no-budget-constraint, sci-fi blockbuster constantly upping the ante has been been absolutely thrilling to be a part of," said Keatinge. "Khary and colorist Emilio Lopez combine their great skill to create science fiction visuals on a galactic scale, which are set to blow the minds of all who behold them.”
After the out-of-this-world sales of the TECH JACKET DIGITAL miniseries that debuted at Image Expo, Joe Keatinge (SHUTTER, GLORY) and Khary Randolph (Deadpool, Justice League Beyond) announced at Emerald City Comicon that they would team up once again to launch TECH JACKET #1, the first in an all-new print series.
“After the success of the miniseries, Skybound was excited to get more Tech Jacket out there and with Khary on board, I’m on board,” said Keatinge. “Whether or not people read the past series, the DIGITAL miniseries, or none of it, they’re in for what’s going to be the biggest scale science-fiction series I’ve worked on yet. Extremely excited to do so with Khary, Robert Kirkman and company!”
“This project is a dream come true for me,” added Randolph. “Working with Joe, Robert Kirkman, and the rest of the Skybound family has been a blast and I’m sure the fans will see how much fun we are having on this series. If you like action, adventure and excitement then you will love TECH JACKET."
Zack Thompson: community college drop out, lives with his parents. This is who protects us from what lies beyond our world?! But he’s also Tech Jacket, the self-styled “Galactic Guardian of Earth,” and when a big-ass space ship enters Earth’s orbit, Zack will face the greatest challenge of his life!
If you missed Tech Jacket's first go-round, don't worry -- it's been collected, and the solicitation for the TPB follows this one!
Art: EJ SU & KHARY RANDOLPH
Cover: HARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
JULY 2 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Collects TECH JACKET #7 & 8, TECH JACKET DIGITAL #1-3.
Get ready for the new TECH JACKET ongoing series with this brand new collection -- featuring the previously digital-exclusive TECH JACKET DIGITAL miniseries! An intergalactic bounty hunter comes to Earth to claim the ultimate prize: Tech Jacket!
THIEF OF THIEVES #22
ART / COVER: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
32 PAGES/FC/M/$2.99
“The Hit List” continues as Conrad chooses sides in the Cartel/Mob war ... and makes a dangerous new ally.
Art / Cover A: LAURA BRAGA
Cover B: JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Sara Pezzini believes her life is returning to normal ... at least normal for someone who wields an ancient gauntlet of immense supernatural power. But when dark secrets about an abandoned amusement park surface, Sara’s investigation draws her into a living nightmare.
Has anybody every explained why a millennia-old magical artifact that only works for women always dresses its hosts in S&M hooker gear? I mean, you can't really get away with dressing like that now -- I can only imagine the reaction to that outfit in, say, the Middle East in the 5th century!
Or is "fan service" just so standard now that no explanation is necessary?
Art: LAURA BRAGA
Cover: MARC SILVESTRI
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Collects WITCHBLADE #170-174
This first volume in a new series of WITCHBLADE collections provides a perfect jumping-on point! Sara Pezzini has given up the Witchblade and taken up the life of a small-town Sheriff, but her past comes back haunt her in deadly fashion. Acclaimed writer RON MARZ returns to the series, working with gifted artist LAURA BRAGA to tell the next chapter in the life of Sara Pezzini and the Witchblade!
I guess it's hard to do a crucifixion scene in comics that doesn't look like every other crucifixion scene in comics, like the one at bottom right. But this Witchblade cover seems an obvious homage to the Uncanny X-Men cover at bottom left, in tone, color scheme and composition. Heck, both even have purple mist rising from purple skulls at the bottom! The main difference is that Witchblade gets a "W" to Wolverine's "X," but otherwise it's a clear swipe homage.
MARVEL COMICS
100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – FANTASTIC FOUR #1
Art & Cover by JOANNA ESTEP
Interlocking Variant Cover by ALEXANDER LOZANO
$3.99
Do the time warp and fast forward to the year 2061 as Marvel celebrates the upcoming 100th Anniversary of some of its greatest characters in this new head-spinning limited series! Today, Marvel Comics is proud to present your first look at the 100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – FANTASTIC FOUR #1, from fan favorite creators Jen Van Meter & Joanna Estep.
Witness the first family of the future in a way you’ve never seen them before! What does the Fantastic Four look like in the year 2061? Reed Richards, Doctor Doom and Johnny Storm are all gone – presumed dead. The Fantastic Four has been discredited in the eyes of the public – no longer the champions they once were. Now, a new Fantastic Four will rise up – comprised of Doom’s granddaughter and the Richards-Banner twins. But when a key player in the first family’s past resurfaces – it will have earth-shattering effects on their future!
“We’ve had a bunch of anniversaries lately at Marvel,” says Senior Editor Nick Lowe, in an interview with Marvel.com. “Most of our character have had their 50th anniversary in the pasts couple years, We’re right in the middle of Marvel’s 75th anniversary as well. It was [former Senior Editor] Steve Wacker’s idea originally that it would be fun to tackle a 100th anniversary, to imagine our characters as they might be in 40 or 50 years.”
Each week in July sees a new 100th Anniversary Special featuring fan-favorite creators and rising stars as they envision the Marvel Universe of the far flung future! Don’t miss the opening salvo in this mind-bending new weekly limited series when the 100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – FANTASTIC FOUR #1 hits comic shops!
If Marvel is trying to downplay or not publish Fantastic Four while Fox holds the movie rights to the property, as some are speculating, they sure are going about it wrong!
Art: CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by KRIS ANKA & JARED FLETCHER
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• X-Factor brings big trouble to Serval Industries … heavily-armed trouble.
• Gambit’s indiscretion is found out.
• Nobody is happy.
Art: LEINIL FRANCIS YU, GERRY ALANGUILAN
Cover: LEINIL FRANCIS YU
$3.99
The Illuminati, a secret cabal of the Marvel Universe's greatest minds, was brought together for a single purpose -- to protect the world from the threat of multiversal armageddon. But to save our entire universe, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Namor, The Black Panther, The Beast and Black Bolt would have to do the unthinkable. To protect their secret, they tampered with the memories of Captain America -- erasing his knowledge of their terrible acts. But no secret stays buried forever. And Steve Rogers is about to discover the betrayal of his closest allies. With Captain America's memories restored, the Illuminati's days are numbered. The clash of the Avengers and New Avengers is upon us. What shocking secrets have Tony Stark and his secret inner circle been keeping?
Art/Cover: LEINIL FRANCIS YU
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
ORIGINAL SIN tie-in!
INFINITE AVENGERS Part 2: The Time Gem has reappeared, ushering the Avengers into a peril-filled journey into days-to-come!
Art/Cover: PHIL NOTO
32 PGS./Rated T/$3.99
• On a snowy night in Prague, Natasha must fight her way out of disaster alongside the WINTER SOLDIER!
• Meanwhile, Isaiah has business of his own in London, but a simple plan gets complicated.
• Nathan Edmonson and Phil Noto continue their uninterrupted run on one of the most acclaimed books of the year.
According to a recent Marvel press release, they have nine books starring women. Is that true? They're counting the all-female X-Men, but even so, I can't think of that many.
But who cares? What matters is whether or not the book is good, not what gender the protagonist is. And from what I hear -- I'm still awaiting the first Black Widow trade, dang it! -- this book is good.
Art & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
75th Anniversary Variant by ALEX ROSS
75th Anniversary SKETCH Variant by ALEX ROSS
32 PGS./Rated T/$3.99
The Tomorrow Soldier part 1
The final chapter of the saga that started in Dimension Z begins in The Tomorrow Soldier – an epic new story arc kicking off in CAPTAIN AMERICA #22 by writer Rick Remender and artist Carlos Pacheco! After the Earth-shattering events of last issue, the Super-Soldier Serum within Captain America has been neutralized, reducing him to a feeble old man. After everything he’s already been through, how can Steve Rogers cope with such devastating loss? And can he continue to fulfill his duties as Captain America?
There’s no time for doubt, though, as two of Cap’s greatest foes have emerged from the shadows, their master plan almost complete. The Red Skull and Arnim Zola have reunited to finish the job they started – and not even the Avengers can stop them. The next explosive arc of the series that will have everyone talking begins right here!
Apropos of exactly nothing, it pleases me that Black Widow and Captain America tend to come out on the same week. The characters have been linked in my mind for a while now, with the second Cap movie really cementing the connection.
Meanwhile, while I haven't read the first issue of this storyline yet -- tradewaiting, don'tchaknow -- I'm already bummed that they're going back to the "Cap Loses the Super-Soldier Serum" well. Haven't we read that story enough times already?
Art: PETER KRAUSE
Cover: CHRIS SAMNEE
48 PGS./One Shot/Rated T+/$4.99
For the first time in print, the story that bridges the gap between the last Daredevil series and the all-new ongoing!
• A cross country flight pits The Man Without Fear against a man without a heartbeat!
• Plus, TWO DAREDEVILS (for the price of one)!
• Mark Waid (Daredevil, Insufferable) and Peter Krause (Insufferable) bring you the first leg in Daredevil’s journey to a new life!
I think this was the story that first appeared as an online "Marvel Infinite" series. Hopefully it will be included in the first trade of the new DD series, because that's what I'm getting!
Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE & JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
368 PGS./Rated T+ /$39.99
Trim size: oversized
Mark Waid’s critically acclaimed saga continues! As a life-or-death drama plays out in Matt Murdock’s personal life, he faces the hidden foe behind his recent troubles: an unstoppable enemy with a connection to Daredevil’s origin! How will the demons of Matt’s past lead to Daredevil-sized problems in the present, both on the streets and in the courtroom? The Silver Surfer and Hank Pym guest-star as Daredevil faces the Jester, meets his new law partner and finds himself trapped in a monstrous nightmare! And when Daredevil targets the Sons of the Serpent, the secret clan who rules the city’s justice system, he soon learns just how blind justice can be! Elektra returns as Matt Murdock’s life begins spiraling out of control! Something final is building in Daredevil’s life -- and building fast! Collecting DAREDEVIL (2011) #22-36.
Good stuff. This was the last series I bought as floppies. I'll probably end up getting the HCs someday for re-reading/research purposes. Yes, it's that good.
Art: SALVA ESPIN
Cover: GLENN FABRY
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
Will Carnage spread Deadpool all over the landscape? Or will Deadpool talk the scarlet sociopath's ear off? Find out in the conclusion to the 2014 Insanity Cup!
Art by PEPE LARRAZ
Cover by SHANE DAVIS
Variant Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
$3.99
Big guns, big pouches and big action all return as your favorite mercenary goes toe-to-toe with that band of militant mutants in DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE #1 – the first issue in a bombastic new limited series from writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Pepe Larraz! Journey back to the long-forgotten days of the 1990s, when two characters made their thunderous debut and would go on to change the face of Marvel Comics forever.
That’s right – we’re talking about Cable & Deadpool! In this all-new tale, experience the duo’s very first meeting, well before their first comic book appearance together in New Mutants #98, as Cable and his soon to be X-Force race through the timestream to stop a reckless mercenary (that’s Deadpool!) before he destroys American history for good!
“Deadpool's gone back to key points in American military history: the Battle of Germantown during the Revolutionary War; Gettysburg during the Civil War, and then ... well, I can't say anything else, because you know how one little musket ball has a funny of changing the course of human events,” says series writer Duane Swierczynski.
Harkening back to the earliest days of X-Force, this series promises to offer a time-jumping tale featuring that truly resonates the style and tone of the 1990s as Swierczynski is quick to emphasize, “OH THERE WILL BE GUNS, '90s style, although in some cases they'll be fused with some old-school killing machines.”
“Every script I get from Duane is a blast and a half -- and then Pepe gets a hold of it and really kicks it into high gear, says series Editor Jordan D. White. “For fans of the 90s, the American Revolution, and everything in between, this is going to rock.”
Join Cable and his band of mutants as they hunt Deadpool through the annals of American history before he can alter the space-time continuum as we know it! Can they stop him in time? Don’t miss the start of the blast from the past ride that will have everyone on the edge of their seat when DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE #1 erupts off of the shelves this July!
Man, that Deadpool can't get along with anybody, can he? I bet he runs with scissors, too.
Art: FILIPE ANDRADE
Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
32 PGS./All Ages/$3.99
REVEALING THE ORIGINS OF ONE OF DISNEY’S MOST IMAGINATIVE CHARACTERS!
• An all-new steampunk fantasy story exploring the never-before-revealed first adventure of the inventor known as Dreamfinder and his famous dragon Figment!
• Chomped … by Chimera!
• Acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Skullkickers) and Filipe Andrade (CAPTAIN MARVEL) give a Marvel spin to the mind-expanding attraction Journey Into Imagination!
Elements based on Figment © Disney
Art: ANDREA DI VITO
Cover by JEE-HYUNG LEE
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY SARA PICHELLI
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T/$3.99
Rocket Raccoon and Groot -- your favorite cosmic bounty hunters (and soon to be world-famous movie stars) -- leap into action in an all-new adventure! Could it possibly happen? Is Groot attempting to arrest…his best bud Rocket? Plus: Reprinting THOR #314, featuring the Thunder God in cosmic combat with the mean, green Guardian known as Drax!
Penciled by RON LIM, GEORGE PEREZ, TODD SMITH, TOM RANEY, DAVE ROSS, RICK LEONARDI, DALE KEOWN, TONY DEZUNIGA, CHRIS MARRINAN, DAN LAWLIS, DAVE HOOVER, GREG CAPULLO & BRET BLEVINS
Covers by GEORGE PEREZ & JIM STARLIN
1248 PGS./Rated T+/$125
Trim size: oversized
Death has released Thanos from her cold embrace, and he plans to repay her by murdering half the universe! But even as the Mad Titan gathers the six Infinity Gems from across the galaxy, assembling them into the Infinity Gauntlet and gaining truly godlike powers, a host of heroes gather to oppose him -- including the Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Dr. Strange and the Hulk! Even with Dr. Doom, Galactus and the universe’s cosmic powers aiding them, can Marvel’s mightiest possibly prevail against Thanos the all-powerful? At long last, the fan-favorite cosmic event is collected in its entirety! Collecting SILVER SURFER (1987) #34-38, #40 and #44-60; THANOS QUEST #1-2; INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-6; CLOAK AND DAGGER (1988) #18; SPIDER-MAN (1990) #17; INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #383-385; DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME #31-36; QUASAR #26-27 and SLEEPWALKER #7.
INFINITY GAUNTLET OMNIBUS HC STARLIN COVER (DM ONLY)
1248 PGS./Rated T+/$125
Man, that's a lot of Thanos!
Art/Cover: KAARE ANDREWS
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• When the Iron Fist opens his heart to someone, is it inevitable blood will follow?
• Are the wolves literally at the door?
• There is no place to hide, there is nowhere that is safe from the ghosts of Danny Rand’s past.
THE LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1
Art by PACO MEDINA
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Set of 6 All-New Young Guns Variants by MAHMUD ASRAR, NICK BRADSHAW, DAVE MARQUEZ,
SARA PICHELLI, VALERIO SCHITI & RYAN STEGMAN
Movie Variant Also Available
$3.99
This July, Peter Quill flies solo for the very first time in THE LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1 – the bombastic new series from fan-favorite writer Sam Humphries and rising star artist Paco Medina!
Spinning directly out of the pages of Guardians of the Galaxy and just in time for the highly anticipated summer blockbuster – the notorious interstellar outlaw is striking out to swindle and swashbuckle his way across the galaxy in search of big adventures and even bigger scores. Expect a battle with the Badoon, a fight to save an orphanage, not to mention a little flirting with Kitty Pryde of the X-Men -- and that’s just the FIRST ISSUE!
One of Wizard’s "Five Writers to Watch in 2011," Humphries’ work on independent and creator-owned comics such as Our Love is Real initially caught Marvel’s attention for his unique style, wit and creativity. Humphries creator-owned work eventually led to his first work at Marvel on the limited series John Carter: The Gods of Mars and later Ultimate Comics: Ultimates.
Reflecting on how he got started at Marvel, Humphries said "In 2011, I self-published a comic called Our Love Is Real which, because of its unconventional subject matter, quickly became infamous. Then-Senior Editor Stephen Wacker brought it to the attention of Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, who gave me a call pretty much out of the blue. He said, 'Are you ready to get into the mix at Marvel?' I said, 'Before you sign me up, before we get involved -- I just want to make sure -- you have read Our Love Is Real and you know what it is about, right?!' I'm thankful they've trusted me with their books and characters ever since."
He may not have been at Marvel long, but in the span of a few years Humphries has proven himself to be a valuable asset to the Marvel Universe and become a fan-favorite writer. After his time in the Ultimate Universe, which saw Captain America become president of the United States, Humphries made the jump into the Marvel Universe proper during the company’s Marvel NOW! initiative. Under the Marvel NOW! banner, Humphries launched a new volume of the popular Uncanny X-Force series and the fan-favorite sci-fi epic Avengers A.I. July 2014 sees Humphries lend his pen to the highly anticipated The Legendary Star-Lord #1, a new ongoing series starring the brazen outlaw and leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"When I first read Sam Humphries' legendarily notorious independent one-shot Our Love Is Real, I knew I was looking at a bold new voice," says Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. "And I fully expect that bold new voice to be on full display in the solo ongoing of the cosmos' most irreverent and unlikely super-hero, The Legendary Star-Lord."
When asked what’s most exciting about taking on the new series, Humphries responded “Star-Lord is a space cowboy in the classic Marvel mold -- a swaggering adventurer who strives to do the right thing. I'm excited to write The Legendary Star-Lord because it not only explores the cosmic realm of the Marvel Universe, but also the heart of a heroic scoundrel.
“This book is going to be Peter’s adventures untethered from the Guardians, where he gets to play a little more fast and loose in the cosmic playground. He likes to fight. He likes to flirt. He flies by the seat of his pants. This book is almost more like a Space Western. It’s about heists and cons, bounty hunters, revenge and all that good stuff.”
From the cold abyss of deep space to the seedy alien underworld, deadly forces await around every turn – and the Star-Lord stands alone. As the brazen outlaw prepares to strike out on a new journey, no fan can afford to miss the continuing adventures of the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy. An epic new adventure begins right here -- if he lives that long! Hang on dear reader, as Sam Humphries & Paco Medina take you out of this world when THE LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1 explodes onto comic shop shelves and digital devices this July!
Marvel appears to have a lot of faith in this character, but he's probably my least favorite Guardian. OK, second-least favorite, after Drax. But still.
Art: GABRIEL HERNANDEZ
Cover: DECLAN SHALVEY
$3.99
Magneto cuts loose! At the source of the newest Sentinel threat, Magneto puts what's left of his magnetic powers to good use. This may very well be the first step in Magneto becoming the villain he once was ...
Art: JAVI FERNANDEZ
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ARTIST VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• Magneto is on a one-man mission to safeguard the future of mutantkind by any means necessary. So far, he’s done so by eliminating human threats …
• But what happens when it’s MUTANTS who pose a threat to their own species?
• Will Magneto cross a line and raise his hand to his own kind? And if so, just how far will he go?
Pencils: WELLINTON ALVES, DANIEL MIKAH GOVAR, JACK KIRBY, JIM STARLIN, STEVE GAN & SAL BUSCEMA
168 PGS./Rated T/$14.99
Prepare for Marvel Studios’ newest big-screen blockbuster with these new stories taking place just before the film! Who is Nebula? What tragic events forged her unbreakable allegiance to her dark lord? And how does Korath the Pursuer fit in? Then, as Gamora begins her quest for the Orb, learn firsthand why she’s considered the most dangerous woman in the universe! Plus: Relive the Guardians’ solo debuts as Gamora and Star-Lord burst onto the scene, Drax and Iron Man take on Thanos, Rocket Raccoon meets the Hulk -- and Groot attempts to enslave Earth! Collecting MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PRELUDE #1-2, MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY INFINITE COMIC #1, IRON MAN (1968) #55, STRANGE TALES (1951) #181, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #271, and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #13 and MARVEL PREVIEW #4.
Art/Cover: DAVE MARQUEZ
Variant Cover by SARA PICHELLI
• PART THREE OF “REVIVAL” THE MOST SHOCKING SPIDER-MAN STORY OF THE YEAR
• MILES MORALES comes face-to-face with the worst nightmare of the Ultimate SPIDER-MAN Legacy… • NORMAN OSBORN…the GREEN GOBLIN…the man who killed PETER PARKER… or did he?
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
Art: CHUCK AUSTEN
COVER BY JOHN ROMITA JR.
VARIANT COVER BY DALE KEOWN
VARIANT COVER BY ADAM KUBERT
VARIANT COVER BY DAVE GIBBONS
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99
• Miracleman vs. Miracledog!
• Miracleman and Gargunza. Their dreams have been intertwined since 1954. Tonight, one will realize his dream, and the other…
• Including stories originally presented in MIRACLEMAN #7-8, plus bonus material.
Art/Cover: DECLAN SHALVEY
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• An abandoned hotel in New York contains a single abductee and upwards of twenty armed mob enforcers. Moon Knight is going to go inside and rescue the abductee. Alone.
• Every issue has sold out! Go ahead and up your orders so your readers don’t miss out!
Art: ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE
$2.99
The All-New Ms. Marvel has already gained international fame. But in Kamala's case, star-power comes with a whole lot of ... awkwardness. Find out why the most exciting new Marvel hero is also the most lovable!
Art: MARCUS TO
Cover by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• The New Warriors are pulled into INHUMANITY as their own resident Inhuman, Haechi, is targeted by two different tribes of Inhumans.
• Who are Mister Whiskers and Jake Waffles? Whose side are they on, good or evil? What does Jake Waffles possess that Speedball wants so badly?
• And who is hunting NOVA?
Art: MIKE DEODATA
Cover: JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
Variant: MARCO CHECCHETTO
$3.99
• Find out the secret history of the Unseen!
• What is the Original Sin?
POWERS: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION VOL. 6 (HC)
Art/Cover: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
424 PGS./Mature/$34.99
When the power who murdered Hitler is found dead, it’s up to detectives Walker and Sunrise to dig into the secret history of powers past to find the killer. A past that includes the untold tale of Walker’s life before he became one of the world’s greatest superheroes. Then, Walker and Sunrise must investigate the murder of a group of powers who claim to be gods -- and the result is disastrous! Find out what’s going on in this cops-and-capes drama that has NO RULES! Plus: the return of Deena Pilgrim!
CARMEN CARNERO (A)
Cover by MITCH GERADS
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$3.99
NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR KEVIN MAURER (NO EASY DAY) JOINS NATHAN EDMONDSON FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR HARD-HITTING TALE OF JUNGLE WARFARE!
• A wounded Frank Castle and a Special Forces medic hazard dangerous terrain and merciless mercenaries to make their escape
• Crossbones and his crew won’t stop until the Punisher is in their custody.
• It’s a race for survival not to be missed as Frank’s adventure south of the border comes to its blood-soaked end!
Variant: DAVID PETERSEN
Variant: SKOTTIE YOUNG
Stan Lee Lego Variant: LEONEL CASTELLANI
Movie Variant Also Available
Blank Variant Also Available
32 PGS./Rated T /$3.99
On-Sale – 07/02/09
ALL-NEW, IN-CONTINUITY SERIES!
This July, blast off with the smallest Guardian of the Galaxy (packing the biggest gun) in ROCKET RACCOON #1 – written and drawn by Eisner-award winning storyteller Skottie Young! Today, Marvel is proud to present your new look at this highly anticipated ongoing series launching ahead of one of the biggest movies of the Summer!
As defenders of the cosmos go, Rocket Raccoon has faced his fair share of battles. He’s been a hero to the weak, a champion of the good, and a protector the innocent. Not to mention a heartthrob to many intergalactic species across the galaxy. But is he ready to be …a fugitive?!
“I figure that a guy like Rocket, with his attitude, has swindled his way over many planets and charmed many ladies,” says writer/artist Skottie Young. “He’s racked up a militia of ex-girlfriends I’m dubbing the Exterminators. They’re all fed up and they’ve decided it’s time they dish out some payback on his furry little tail.”
Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, Rocket and his pal Groot’s high-flying life of adventure and heroism may be a thing of the past as he’ll soon find himself on the run and on the wrong side of the law. And the authorities aren’t the only one’s hot on his TAIL! (Too easy). An intergalactic boxing match, fierce alien creatures, and a deadly militia of Rocket’s ex-girlfriends known only as the Exterminators – and that’s just the FIRST ISSUE!
“Despite Rocket’s attitude and antics he has a heart under there, says Skottie Young, in an interview with Marvel.com. “He has some things he may or may not want to need in his life. He’s going to have to examine that. When you’re believed to be the last of your kind left in this galaxy or all the galaxies, that’s something you carry with you. That plays a role in the way you operate. We’ll see him explore that a little bit.”
“But ya know, right after that he’ll probably shoot some stuff,” he continued.
It’s one raccoon (but whatever you do, DO NOT call him a raccoon) against the entire galaxy this July as superstar creator Skottie Young brings his A-game! And the galaxy won’t even know what hit it! You do not want to miss the highly anticipated ROCKET RACCOON #1 when it blasts its way into comic shops and digital devices this July!
SAVAGE WOLVERINE VOL. 3: WRATH PREMIERE (HC)
Pencils: PHIL JIMENEZ & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover: RICHARD ISANOVE
136 PGS./Parental Advisory/$24.99
Two savage tales by industry superstars! First, Wolverine encounters a brutal killer on an African safari -- one that will take him halfway across the world, back to his old stomping grounds of Madripoor. But all is not as he left it. And as Wolverine tends to family business, he makes a shocking discovery! Guest-starring Kitty Pryde! Then, during the 1930s, Logan was a bootlegger -- until he found himself the accidental caretaker of a group of orphans whose family was targeted by the mob. Now, Logan must choose between the anonymous life he meticulously built or stepping into the spotlight again to defend the innocent. Corrupt cops, a cross-country chase and a mysterious conspiracy stand against him -- and as a vicious dust storms bears down, Logan learns the brutal secret of Grand Rapids! Collecting SAVAGE WOLVERINE #12-17.
THANOS RISING (HC)
Penciled by SIMONE BIANCHI
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99
Trim size: oversized
Witness the Mad Titan’s dark origin! Thanos, scourge of the cosmos, rises to dominance as the unrivaled rogue of wretchedness in this gripping tale of tragedy, deceit and destiny! Where did this demi-god of death and destruction come from — and, more importantly, what does he want? True love begets a river of blood on the journey that will not only alter the course of one boy’s life, but will soon change the face of the galaxy -- and the very nature of the Marvel Universe! Collecting THANOS RISING #1-5.
THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #24
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ARTIST VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
THE LAST DAYS OF MIDGARD Aftermath
• Thor’s battle against ROXXON has colossal ramifications for all of Asgard. And also for… Jane Foster?
• While in the far future, what dark fate has befallen Galactus at the hands of the King Thor?
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
Pencils: FRAZER IRVING, CHRIS BACHALO & KRIS ANKA
Cover: CHRIS BACHALO
144 PGS./Rated T+/$19.99
The all-new, all-revolutionary Uncanny X-Men have barely had time to find their footing as a team … and now they must face the evil Dormammu! Can Magik match the demon lord’s sorcery? Is she even on the X-Men’s side anymore? Discover the secrets that Magik has been hiding since AVX! Then: school is in session! The Uncanny X-Men have seen what can happen with no control over their powers. It cannot happen again. One mutant learns that once you leave the X-Men, the real world can be a punishing place. Another learns just what it means to be an X-Man. But what, exactly, are they being trained for? Plus: Cyclops and Magneto finally have it out! And which other former ally has signed up with S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep tabs on the X-Men? Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #6-11.
QUANTUM AND WOODY #12
Art by WILFREDO TORRES
Cover by TOM FOWLER
$3.99 | 32 pages, full color | T+ | On sale JULY 2
Beaten! Bloodied! Bamboozled!
Quantum and Woody took the battle straight to the enemy -- the mad-science cabal called Edison’s Radical Acquisitions and their mysterious, monstrous new leader -- and the enemy kicked their ass! When these rogue biologists (and roboticists) get their hands (and robo-claws) on their new lab subjects, Quantum and Woody are as good as vivisected! (And, by vivisected, we mean dead.)
OTHER PUBLISHERS
ACG COLLECTED WORKS: ADVENTURES INTO UNKNOWN VOL 7 (SLIPCASE EDITION)
Writers/Art: Ken Bald & Various
Weird, mysterious and spine-tingling tales from issues #31-36 (May to October 1952) of the ACG classic Adventures Into The Unknown. This seventh volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored. Comes in a collector's slipcase.
$64.99
Having recently started reading collections of The Thing, originally published by Song Hits Inc. (the predecessor to Charlton Comics), I've come to appreciate these ACG books even more. They're not world-beaters, but at least they're competent!
Art: Paul Reinman & Various
Cover: Ken Bald
They may have been Forbidden to some -- particularly when the Wertham Seduction of the Innocent book hit the newsstands -- but to kids the length and breadth of the United States (and a select few in the UK), Richard Hughes and his tremblin’ team of terrific tormenters were where it was at. Big time. And now, a half-century since the first issue appeared, ACG’s wonderful Forbidden Worlds are accessible once more ... and this time in state-of-the-art hardcover volumes containing five to seven issues apiece. This is going to be one hell of a journey: come make it with us as we travel together through some of the most memorable comicbooks of all time.
About Forbidden Worlds Volume Six ...
Weird, Mysterious and Spine-tingling stories featuring Issues #33-39 from September 1954 to December 1955 of the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds. Featuring an essay by Barry Forshaw, this sixth volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored.
$47.99
Writer: Ryan North
Art: Shelli Paroline & Various
Cover: Aaron Renier
Get the special Hardcover edition of ADVENTURE TIME Vol. 2 Mathematical Edition featuring the exclusive Aaron Renier cover! Previously only available at San Diego ComicCon!
$49.99
Writer: Jamie S. Rich
Art/Cover: Dan Christensen
Archer Coe is a performing hypnotist with the stage name "The Mind's Arrow." When his nightly shows are over, he moonlights as a special consultant for the rich and powerful. His latest client is a woman who claims to know him but whom he swears he's never met. Things take a strange turn for the worse when her husband ends up dead, and police suspect Archer of not just killing him, but also of being a sinister killer nicknamed "The Zipper." Archer has no memory of any of this, but it's making him doubt whether or not he's got blood on his hands. Could the master of other people's minds be losing his own?
$19.99
Somehow this one slipped by me -- I haven't even heard of it until now. Has anyone sampled it?
Writers: Eric Powell, John Carpenter
Art: Brian Churilla
Cover: Eric Powell, Joe Quinones
Before, Jack Burton and Wang had to save Wang's kidnapped-bride-to-be.
Now, Wang's the one who's been kidnapped and Jack Burton's back in action! Jack and Egg Shen travel through Chinatown's Black Road and the villains Jack faced before have something new on their mind: REVENGE!
$3.99
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art/Cover: Facundo Percio
Terror Variant: Facundo Percio
Wrap Variant:
Enter a world of creeping horror and unimaginable terror as GARTH ENNIS weaves a tale set in the frozen wastes of deep space. The crew of the Caliban was satisfied in their own brand of denial about the safety of space travel. But when the ship collides with an alien derelict they discover that true despair is something you have to experience to understand. Now a frightening change is taking place and no one can stop it. And even if you are able to survive it... the transformation will make you wish you hadn't. This is sci-fi horror like you have never experienced! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Terror and Design Sketch Incentive covers by Facundo Percio and an ultra-limited Dark Matter edition of just 1500 copies.
Mature/$3.99
Writer/Art: Dash Shaw
The "Cosplayers" chronicle continues as Annie and Verti attend the 3-day anime convention "Tezukon." They enter the cosplay competition as Princess Mononoke and the Devil May Cry Lady. During the convention they face off against a Street Fighter 2 Cammy, encounter two otaku boys who are obsessed with their YouTube videos, and meet a manga scholar named Ben Baxter, who sleeps in a dumpster outside of the hotel and receives visions of the ending of Tezuka's unfinished "Phoenix" saga. "Cosplayers 2" is a sweet, funny, melancholic ode to the anime convention experience!
$5.00
Writer/Art/Cover: Sergio Ponchione
This gorgeous one-shot is an exquisite tribute to three of the most acclaimed comic book artists of all-time: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby and Wally Wood. Acclaimed cartoonist Sergio Ponchione pays tribute to the "holy trinity" of DKW in this wildly imaginative book, split into three chapters, with each chapter drawn in a pitch-perfect homage to one of his idols. A must-have for fans of these Silver Age legends.
$4.99
Interesting.
Writer: Tim Daniel
Art/Cover A: Mehdi Cheggour
Cover B: Riley Rossmo
In the midst of a planetary crisis for food and fuel, a vast ecological cataclysm has spawned "The Enormous," massive beasts unlike anything ever encountered. Humanity struggles to stave off extinction. The original one-shot graphic novel returns in an ongoing series as the companion to the new live-action web series from Machinima!
$3.99
Not only have I not heard of this book, I haven't even heard of this publisher! I did a little Googling around, and they seem to be an indie publisher whose product has mostly been digital. They have a lot of titles on comiXology, for example. It's entirely possible that this is their first print book, but don't quote me on that.
Writer: Max Brooks
Art/Cover: Raulo Caceres
End of Species Variant: Raul Caceres
Wrap Variant: Raul Caceres
Jump on here, as the epic conflict continues right after Vol 1 with a super-sized battle issue! MAX BROOKS returns to the frightening world of zombies versus vampires in his groundbreaking follow up series: Extinction Parade: War! Well known for his breathtakingly original fiction, Brooks pushes the limits of the horror genre with his trademark meticulous research and vision for the next evolution in zombie storytelling. The subdead were always a joke to the aristocratic vampire race. Just a spec on the radar of their immortal lives, nothing worth even a moment's notice in their quest for self-gratification through the veins of their host, the human race. But at last they have been pulled from their ignorance into the reality of the world. The human race is facing extinction and should they succumb so too shall the vampires disappear beneath the waves of rotting walking dead. Extinction Parade: War opens the doors to the next violent chapter in Brooks' epic tale with an oversized issue starting the all-out battle for the survival of the races! Available with Regular, Wraparound, End of a Species, Leather, and Bloodwashed and Pure Art Retailer Order Incentive covers, all by series artist Raulo Caceres. Also, you won't want to miss the Deluxe Collector Set!
Mature/$4.99
I honestly think humanity could and would survive the slow-moving, dumb-as-rocks zombies of The Walking Dead. But I've never figured out how come vampires -- virtually any variety -- haven't taken over the world by now, and herded us into breeding camps for food. They're smart, they're far more physically powerful and they have power sets we're not only not prepared for, but don't even know about. Plus, you know, they like to kill and eat us, and can do so at will. So in stories like this -- vampires AND zombies? -- I think we'd be so far down the food chain we'd be teetering on extinction. We'd have to be conquered and herded into breeding farms by vampires just to survive as a species!
28 pages 7x10 SC standard comic, B&W, $3.99
Frank Forte announces that Asylum Press will be releasing Steve Mannion's crime comic, Fearless Dawn: Hard Times #1 (one-shot) in June 2014. The one-shot is available for pre-order now through comic books stores in Diamond Previews magazine.
The thrilling sequel to Fearless Dawn's Jurassic Jungle Boogie Nights is here at last! In an attempt to leverage some bargaining power, the evil HELGA VON KRAUSE kidnaps Fearless Dawn's canine companion, Dogface. But the trick takes an unexpected turn. Fearless Dawn has become a menace to herself and others! Fans of the Rocketeer, The Goon and MAD Magazine are sure to get a kick out of this series, from the inimitable mind and pen of Steve Mannion! ALSO features a "Manly" Mannion sketchbook section.
"Steve Mannion’s artwork lightens the mood with quirky and fun character designs that make the book a pleasure to read. In what other series can you read about moonbase Nazis, super model secret agents, mad scientists, and genetically engineered zombie monsters? Be sure to pick up Fearless Dawn: Hard Times from Asylum Press as our heroine takes on the whole Nazi army and won't stop until she puts them in the ground or she dies a hero." -- Matt Demory, Diamond Comics
Back issues and other Fearless Dawn books can be ordered at the Asylum Press website:
www.asylumpress.com
This is fun stuff.
Writer: Mark Evanier
Art/Cover: Andy Hirsch
As the summer heats up, Garfield and the gang keep it cool with two allnew stories! First, a tall-tale telling mouse stirs things up for Garfield & Odie, and then, Garfield must solve a whodunit: Who stole his Orange Meringue Pie?
$3.99
Mark Evanier writing Garfield is about the only scenario where I can imagine that strip being funny.
Writer: Jim Davis
Art/Cover: Cedric Michiels
Collecting four volumes of Garfield and Co., with over 100 pages of full-color comics, fans of the series will experience a Mouse Parade, watch Garfield parent baby birds, and uncover a spy who's been revealing all of Garfield's secrets!
$29.99
Writers: Mark Evanier, Scott Nickel
Art: Gary Barker, Andy Hirsch
Cover; Gary Barker
As the summer heats up, Garfield and the gang keep it cool with two all-new stories! First, a tall-tale telling mouse stirs things up for Garfield & Odie, and then, Garfield must solve a whodunit: Who stole his Orange Meringue Pie?
$13.99
Writer: Jeff Massey
Art: TBD
Cover A: J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Cover B: KEN LASHLEY
Cover C: ROBERT ATKINS
Cover D: MIKE KROME
We know how Dorothy's story begins ... but how does it end?
Journey into the future of Oz as the Dark Queen releases the Warlord from his emerald prison and back into the realm that put him there. When the Warlord's shadow falls over Oz, death will strike our heroes. Can anyone escape the Warlord with their life, or is Oz and all of its citizens destined for doom?
*Age of Darkness Tie-in
$5.99
OK, I know it's "fan service," but can anyone give me an in-story reason why Dorothy dresses the way she does on Cover A? It's an outfit with no protection in combat or from weather, the pants are too tight for easy movement, and the shirt would fly off with any quick moves, and, most of all, no one dresses like that, especially girls from Depression-era Kansas. (Or modern Kansas, I'm guessing.) She'd have to custom make that outfit, and why on earth would she? The Emma Frost Doctrine-- "I dress like this to distract my male opponents" -- is an eye-roller of an argument, but even if you take it at face value it does Dorothy no good, as she seems to mostly fight other scantily-clad women. Any suggestions, Legionnaires?
Writer/Art: Michael T. Gilbert & Various
Three great books in three state-of-the-art slipcases (volumes 2, 3, and 4), together with three limited edition art-prints signed by the Introducer and artist on each vikume. It doesn't get any better than this, comic fans, plus you get a paperback edition of PS's sampler, Showcase.
$239.99
LA PERDIDA (NEW PTG TPB)
Writer/Art/Cover: Jessica Abel
From the Harvey and Lulu award-winning creator of Artbabe comes this riveting story of a young woman's misadventures in Mexico City. Carla, an American estranged from her Mexican father, heads to Mexico City to "find herself." She crashes with a former fling, Harry, who is good-humored about Carla's reappearance on his doorstep -- until he realizes that Carla, who spends her days soaking in the city and learning Spanish, has no intention of leaving. Jessica Abel's evocative black-and-white drawings and creative mix of English and Spanish bring Mexico City's past and present to life, unfurling Carla's dark history against the legacies of Burroughs and Kahlo.
$18.00
None of Jessica Abel's bios even hint to her being any kind of relation to Jack Abel, so dismiss that idea from your mind. She began, I think, with a self-published work called ArtBabe, which you may have heard of.
Writer/Art/Cover: Gilbert Hernandez
Gilbert Hernandez's sprawling family saga moves to the United States, where Luba and her sisters Petra and Fritz, find their families' and friends' lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters reminisce, the next generation steps into spotlight: Luba's adult daughter Doralís and Petra's little girl, Venus.
$18.99
Gilbert Hernandez is also not related to Jack Abel in any way. He does seem to have some brothers of some notoriety, though.
Writer: Stefan Petrucha
Art/Cover: Paulo Henrique Marcondes
When an ancient stone idol comes to life and starts blasting everything in its path with a morphing ray, it looks like the world is in pretty deep trouble; but it's nothing compared to the havoc unleashed when Rita Repulsa gets her hands on it! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers join the fray, but this new baddie has extra muscle from Squatt and the Putty Patrol. If the team doesn't get a little help of their own from a trusted friend, this latest mission may be their last!
$7.99
Writer: Danel Olson & Various
Art: Gene Fawcette & Various
Avon calling, kiddies! Yes, after a sixty-plus years lay-off, Avon's mesmerising 15-issue Strange Worlds comic book run is available once more in a handy hardcover first volume comprising issues 1 through 7 and all thanks to those nifty shoe-shufflers at PS Artbooks. The series features artwork by such top talents as Wally Wood, Joe Kubert, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alvin C. Hollingsworth and Charles Sultan.
$64.99
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Art: Carlos Magno
Cover: Goni Montes
WHY WE LOVE IT: If you're like us, the classic 1987 film holds a special place in your fan heart. Now, we're taking the next step to give fans an original, ongoing RoboCop series set in that very world. This is the hard-bitten world of RoboCop we all grew up on!
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you've ever wondered what happens to RoboCop and his partner, Anne Lewis, after the first film, wonder no more. Joshua Williamson (GHOSTED, CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT) crafts a story of crime and corruption that fans of Gotham Central, Stray Bullets, and Incognito will enjoy. Carlos Magno (PLANET OF THE APES, DEATHMATCH) brings RoboCop and Old Detroit to life in detail and intensity never seen before.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: A deadly and charismatic criminal, Killian, is released from jail. He went into the slammer before RoboCop hit the streets. Now he wants to take out the biggest cop in the city. When OCP wants to take guns off the street, Killian sees it as his opportunity to take on the former Alex Murphy!
Mature/$3.99
I understand why BOOM! added "2014" to the title, to distinguish the title not only from previous BOOM! iterations, but also from the Robocop titles published at IDW. But it's a little awkward, isn't it, given that Robocop takes place in the future, and has nothing to do with 2014 at all?
Writer/Art/Cover: Peyo, Yvan Delporte
Collecting volumes 13, 14 and 15 of the critically acclaimed graphic novel series with over 150 pages of full-color comics! Smurfs fans will encounter a giant with a taste for Smurf soup, a search for a missing Baby Smurf, and new neighbors!
$17.99
Writers: Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand
Art/Cover: Jean-Marc Rochette
Snowpiercer is the enthralling and thought-provoking post-apocalyptic graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed movie starring Chris Evans (Captain America, Fantastic Four). Originally published in French, this marks the first time that Snowpiercer will be available in English. In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where Earth has succumbed to treacherously low temperatures, the last remaining members of humanity travel on a train while the outside world remains encased in ice. The surviving community are not without a social hierarchy; those that travel at the front of the train live in relative luxury whilst those unfortunate enough to be at the rear remain clustered like cattle in claustrophobic darkness. Yet, things are about to change aboard the train as passengers become disgruntled.
$14.99
I wrote about this GN some time ago, when it was first published in the U.S. At the time the movie adaptation had no firm release date in the U.S -- it's a Korean production and has been released elsewhere -- and it was possible it would never arrive. But now it's out in a limited release, so try to find it in your area.
Writer: Mike Carey
Art: Elena Casagrande
Cover: Stephanie Hans
With Leo Winters' true past revealed, it's time to explore the origins of two of his closest, most fearsome allies: sisters Dive and Aisa! In this special self-contained one-shot, Mike Carey is joined by fan-favorite CAPTAIN MARVEL artist Filipe Andrade to explore the fracturous and terrifying world of the supervillain siblings!
$3.99
Writer/Art/Cover: Lane Milburn
A COMEDIC SCI-FI SPACE EPIC AND INTERGALACTIC QUEST
This sci-fi epic takes place somewhere in the outer cosmos, beyond reckoning or observation. The mysterious Dr. Z has enlisted three space heroes to search the galaxy for the fabled Twelve Gems of Power: the hulking alien-brawn Furz; the beautiful and deadly sabre-wielding Venus; and the soft-spoken canine technician, Dogstar. They meet many strange and storied characters on their journey, but none so strange or sinister as their dear benefactor himself. With a heavy dose of humor and wall-to-wall action, this is one of the most action-packed and funny books of the year.
$19.99
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Art/Cover: Daniel Gete
Propaganda Poster Variant: Michael DiPascale
War Crimes Variant: Daniel Gete
Wrap Variant: Daniel Gete
KIERON GILLEN and DANIEL GETE begin a frightening new three part story taking readers deep into the carnage of the extended World War. After the horrible strike on England, Sieglinde is on the run. Exhausted, run-down, and nearly out of energy, this may be the opportunity the Allies have dreamed of -- elimination of a Battleship Uber. Join the ranks of fans who are hailing Uber as the best new comic series of 2013. Available with Regular, War Crimes and Wraparound covers by Daniel Gete, Propaganda Poster cover by Michael Dipascale, and a special Blitzkrieg Incentive cover also by Gete.
Mature/$3.99
Writer/Art/Cover: Leela Corman
A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th-century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for "Underthings") tells the story of sisters Esther and Fanya: from wide-eyed little girls to adults battling for their own piece of the "golden land," where each of them much make painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions.
$24.95
Writer/Art/Cover: James Stokoe
James Stokoe's crazy space trucker cooking epic returns to print bigger and badder than ever before! Join Johnny Boyo and Deacon as they cruise the intergalactic superhighways in search of legendary ingredients and amazing adventure. Collects Wonton Soup volumes 1 and 2.
$19.99
"Space trucker cooking epic"?
Writer: James TynionIV
Art: Michael Dialynas
Cover: Ramon K. Perez
As the darkness of night falls, monsters begin to reveal themselves -- from both outside and inside the school. Maria struggles to break free of her false imprisonment before Coach Clay succeeds in instilling martial law, and the exploratory crew finds themselves being hunted by unseen shadows.
$3.99
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