Trees, Vol. 2
Warren Ellis, writer; Jason Howard, artist
Image Comics, 2016
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Ray Fawkes, writer; Jeremy Haun, artist; Richard Horie & Tany Horie, colorists
DC Comics, 2015
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Writer: STEVE NILES
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Art & Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
Variant by JOHN ROMITA SR.
Variant by ADAM KUBERT
Action Figure Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
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Jonathan Hickman, writer; Nick Pitarra, artist
Image Comics, 2016
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Rick Remender, writer; Greg Tocchini, artist
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Jason Aaron, writer; Jason Latour, artist
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GENERATION ZERO #4
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover A by STEPHEN MOONEY
Cover B by TOM MULLER
Character Design Variant by ANDRÉS GUINALDO
Variant Cover by JEFFREY VEREGGE
$3.99 • 32 pgs.
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Brian Wood (Writer), Danijel Žeželj (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Colorist)
Image Comics, 2016
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ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #14
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Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Cliff Chiang, artist; Matt Wilson, colorist
Image Comics, 2016
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Created, Written & Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books, 2015
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CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #1
Publisher: DC COMICS
Writers: GERARD WAY, JON RIVERA
Art/Cover: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Variant cover: MATT WAGNER
Variant cover: BILL SIENKIEWIC
40 pg • FC • $3.99 U.S. • MATURE READER
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Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer: JORGE ZENTNER
Art/Cover: RUBEN PELLEJERO
TPB • FC • $49.99 • 264 pages • 8.5” x 11”
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Publisher: DARK HORSE
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