4001 A.D.: WAR MOTHER #1
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by TOMAS GIORELLO
Cover A by DAVID MACK
Cover B by JELENA KEVIC DJURDJEVIC
Cover C by CARY NORD
Character Design Variant by ANDRES GUINALDO
Interlocking Mega-Cover Varia
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BATMAN #1
Publisher: DC COMICS
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by DAVID FINCH and MATT BANNING
Variant cover by TIM SALE
32 pg • FC • $2.99 U.S. • RATED T
This issue will ship with t
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ACTION COMICS #958
Publisher: DC COMICS
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by MIKEL JANIN
Variant cover by RYAN SOOK
32 pg • FC • $2.99 US • RATED T
NOW SHIPPING TWICE MONTHLY!
This iss
Read more…A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #5
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art by MIKE NORTON
Cover A by KANO
Cover B by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover C by DARICK ROBERTSON
Cover D by JOE EISMA
Valiant Emoji Variant by SWYFT MEDIA
FAI
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4001 A.D.: SHADOWMAN #1
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by JODY HOUSER & RAFER ROBERTS
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover A by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Cover B by MEGHAN HETRICK
Character Design Variant by RYAN LEE
Interlocking Mega-Cover Variant by
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It's a big week for Dark Horse in particular, with 10-you-count-em-10 books well worth a look. I didn't have time for them all before writing this Guide, but I'll probably get to all of 'em eventually.
ALIENS: DEFIANCE #1
Writer: BR
MAY 18, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT!
Here are first issues to note this week.
ACTIONVERSE #1
Publisher: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: VITO DELSANTE
Art: STEVE WALKER
Colors: WILSON RAMOS JR.
Cover: STEVE WALKER
Connecting Variant: RON FRENZ/MARC DEER
Read more…Kaptara Volume One: Fear Not, Tiny Alien
Chip Zdarsky, writer; Kagan McLeod, artist
Image Comics, 2016
A science fiction adventure that starts out looking pretty conventional, Kaptara begins with an exploratory mission to Mars. But very quickly--dur
Read more…JUNE 15, 2016
A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #4
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover A by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover B by KANO
Cover C by MONICA GALLAGHER
Variant Cover by RAFER ROBERTS
Variant Cover b
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ACTION MAN #1
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Writer: JOHN BARBER
Art: PAOLO VILLANELLI
Cover: CHRIS EVENHUIS
Theme Variant: PAOLO VILLANELLI
Action Figure Variant: PHOTO
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
ACTION MAN IS DEAD—LONG LIVE ACTION MAN! He’s
Read more…Alex + Ada Volume 2
Sarah Vaughn: story, script; Jonathan Luna: story, script assists, illustrations, letters, design
Image Comics, 2015
The first volume culminated with the procedure to make the female android named Ada sentient. It's an illegal
Read more…MAY 25, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT
ACCELERATORS: RELATIVITY #1 (of 5)
Publisher: BLUE JUICE COMICS
Writer: R.F.I. PORTO
Art: GAVIN SMITH
Cover: GAVIN SMITH, TIM YATES
$3.99
A marauding gang of time criminals escape from their prison to wreak havoc on a
Read more…OTHER NICE STUFF
Here's are books that I haven't already talked about that the publishers are touting with press releases, previews or both.
THE BEAUTY #7
Publisher: IMAGE COMICS
Writers: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY
Art: MIKE HUDDLESTON
Cover A:
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BALTIMORE EMPTY GRAVES #1 (of 5)
Writers: MIKE MIGNOLA. CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Art: PETER BERGTING
Colors: DAVE STEWART
Cover: BEN STENBECK
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
With no bodies to bury, Baltimore lays to rest the memories of good fri
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ALIENS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL COMICS SERIES (HC)
Writer: MARK VERHEIDEN
Art/Cover: MARK A. NELSON
B&W, 184 pages, $39.99, HC, 8” x12”
The original sequel to Aliens!
In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by
Read more…I got hooked on David Lapham's crime noir series Stray Bullets the first time I picked up one of the original trade paperback collections. I kept picking them up periodically, but it was a long time before I got to read Vol. 1, and I never found a
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THE SHADOW GLASS #1 (of 6)
Writer/Art/Cover: ALY FELL
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
A young student of England’s greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn’t
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ACTION COMICS #957
Publisher: DC COMICS
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by MIKEL JANIN
Variant cover by RYAN SOOK
32 pg • FC • $2.99 US • RATED T
NOW SHIPPING TWICE MONTHLY!
This issue will ship with two covers.
Read more…ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa
Matt Fraction,story; Christian Ward, art & colors
Image Comics
A sci-fi retelling of the Odyssey, with almost every element of the original story turned on its head. In this version the cast is virtually all women
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
ALABASTER THE GOOD THE BAD & THE BIRD #4
Writer: CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN
Art: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
Colors: CARLOS BADILLA
Cover: GREG RUTH
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
No sooner has Dancy been reunited with Maisie than she finds her
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