THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
Marvel keeps canceling and rebooting its titles in a seemingly meaningless fashion. That's pretty irritating for long-time fans, completists and serious collectors. But don't let that stop you from enjoying two first issues this week.
The first is a known quantity: Daredevil #1. This new Daredevil series is by exactly the same creators as the last Daredevil book, writer Mark Waid and artist Chris Samnee. And that book was wildly popular with both critics and readers, so this book is likely to be pretty good, too!
What Waid did on the last iteration of Daredevil is to, essentially, drop everything about the character introduced by Frank Miller. Long-time fans will remember that Daredevil was a relatively light-hearted book until Miller came along and made the book more and more grim and depressing with characters like Kingpin, Bullseye, Stick and Elektra. Some of them had previously existed, but Miller used them to make the series a brutal, downbeat crime noir. Which it has remained ever since.
And it wasn't until Waid that I realized how hard it truly was to read Daredevil without anti-depressants. But the new Daredevil was like a blazing ray of sunshine cutting through a gloomy, overcast sky, instantly bringing warmth, color and joy back to the strip. And, wow, did it feel good!
Why the new Daredevil #1? Well, only Marvel can say for sure, but I'd guess it's because of a change in venue for Murdock. The previous series ended with a shock -- well, that's what the solicits say, I haven't read it yet -- and Matt Murdock is moving back to San Francisco. In between the two print series Marvel is publishing an e-comic under the Infnite Comics line, Daredevil: Road Warrior, which will likely see print before too long.
And I say Murdock is moving BACK to San Francisco, because he used to live there. Long-time fans will remember -- possibly fondly -- that Daredevil and Black Widow moved there in 1972, with the Widow even getting logo billing for a couple of years. It wasn't an especially memorable couple of years, but comics trivia master Waid surely remembers, so this move cannot possibly be random.
Meanwhile, the other first issue this week really is a fresh start. Not only does it resurrect a concept that has long lain fallow, but it does so with an entirely new spin.
All-New Ghost Rider #1 lives up to its billing, by introducing a new alter ego for the Spirit of Vengeance, Robbie Reyes, a Hispanic teen from the barrios of East L.A. And Ghost Rider is changing as well; he's ditching his trademark motorcycle for rides more appropriate for L.A., like muscle cars and the like. All of them a-flame, of course, which is actually a pretty cool visual.
I'm not familiar with the creative team on All-New Ghost Rider -- writer Felipe Smith and artist Tradd Moore -- but I like the concept and the covers are ginchy. I suppose it's only a matter of time before boring old Johnny Blaze shows up, but until then I plan to enjoy a Ghost Rider like I've never seen before!
TICKER: American Vampire returns from hiatus at Vertigo ... Fantagraphics publishes a new edition of Wally Wood's 1960s tough-guy noir story Cannon ... Jeff Lemire's reboot of the Emerald Archer is collected in Green Arrow Volume 4: The Kill Machine ... Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 gives the back story to a new character that never appeared in the old Valiant Comics ... Dark Horse celebrates with the Hellboy: The First 20 Years HC ... Nemo: The Roses of Berlin is a new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen hardcover, starring the captain of the Nautilus ... Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel and Niko Henrichon adapt the movie Noah in a hardcover graphic novel ... Action Lab's Princeless Volume 1 gets a second printing ... The Saint returns in a new graphic novel from Moonstone ... Chris Roberson's Sovereign #1 brings the Monkeybrain e-series to print ... IDW's Transformers: Regeneration One reaches issue #100 ... Marvel's Infinite Comics title Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted is collected for print ... Wonder Woman #29 reflects a big change in Amazing Amazon's job description ... X-O Manowar #23 begins Valiant's summer event, "Armor Hunters"
THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Here is all the information I've collected on the titles that ship this week, according to Diamond Comics Distributors Inc. Remember that this information is subject to change. Click on images for larger images. My comments appear in blue.
ACTION LAB
PRINCELESS (ENCORE EDITION TPB)
Writer: JEREMY WHITLEY
Art/Cover: M. GOODWIN
128 pages/ All Ages/ FC $11.99
The 2011 Eisner Award nominated series is collected in a brand new printing.
Adrienne Ashe never wanted to be a princess. She hates fancy dinners, is uncomfortable in lavish dresses, and has never wanted to wait on someone else to save her. However, on the night of her 16th birthday her parents, the King and Queen, locked her away in a tower guarded by a dragon to await the rescue of some handsome prince. Now Adrienne has decided to take matters into her own hands! Come join the Eisner-nominated team of Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin for a tale of swashbuckling in the face of sexism. Princeless is the action adventure for the girl who's tired of waiting to be rescued and ready to save herself.
Princeless is no stranger to accolades and we at Action Lab Entertainment, the comic book industries most exciting and innovative new publisher, are proud to add one more feather to our already impressive cap.
The Amelia Bloomer Project has Jeremy Whitley’s Princeless to be honored this year on the Amelia Bloomer Project List. Each year the Amelia Bloomer Project List selects the best books with significant feminist content that will appeal to young readers from birth to 18 years old, published in the previous 18 months.
The Amelia Bloomer Project is part of the American Library Association, Social Responsibilities Round Table’s (SRRT) Feminist Task Force (FTF). We create an annual booklist of the best feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18.
You can find out more about the Amelia Bloomer Project at http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/ and view the complete list of recommended titles athttp://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/2014-amelia-bloomer-project-list/
ARCHIE COMICS
ARCHIE’S FUNHOUSE DOUBLE DIGEST #3
Writer: GEORGE GLADIR
Art: FERNANDO RUIZ, AL NICKERSON, JACK MORELLI, BARRY GROSSMAN
Cover: FERNANDO RUIZ, BOB SMITH, ROSARIO "TITO" PENA
160-page, full color comic, $3.99 U.S.
Meet Ultra-Teen: Chuck’s new superhero creation. He’s super fast, super strong, and he’s got x-ray vision! He only uses his powers for good -- but can too much good be a bad thing? Find out if Ultra-Teen’s goody two shoes behavior can save the day -- and save his friendships -- in this super lead story!
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #258
Writer: IAN FLYNN
Art: EVAN STANLEY, TERRY AUSTIN, JOHN WORKMAN, STEVE DOWNER
Cover: TYSON HESSE
Return of Princess Sally Variant cover: RAFA KNIGHT
32-page, full color comic, $2.99 US.
The SHATTERED WORLD CRISIS continues! "The Chase" Part One: Uncle Chuck and Professor Pickle -- CAPTURED by the nefarious Dr. Eggman! It’s up to Sonic and the Freedom Fighters to secure the precious kidnapped cargo from the Egg Train! But they're going to be in for the surprise of their lives when they discover that there are more than just badniks guarding it! Featuring a special CGI "Return of Princess Sally" variant cover by Rafa Knight!
WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #38
Writer: BOB ROZAKIS
Art: FERNANDO RUIZ, RICH KOSLOWSKI, VICKIE WILLIAMS, BARRY GROSSMAN
Cover: FERNANDO RUIZ, RICH KOSLOWSKI, ROSARIO "TITO" PENA
192-page, full color comic, $4.99 U.S.
When a new invention of Dilton’s catches Mr. Lodge’s eye, he’s determined to pitch it to his business partners for millions. But will they like it, or will they think he doesn’t have enough sense to come in from the rain? Find out in “When It Rains …” the lead story to this extra-sized double digest!
DARK HORSE
ARCHIE ADVENTURES ARCHIVES 9 (HC)
Art: BILL VIGODA, IRV NOVICK, AL FAGALY
FC, 240 pages, $59.99
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
THE GOLDEN AGE OF RIVERDALE!
Dark Horse Comics and Archie Comics team up once again to bring you over 200 pages of sidesplitting high jinks from the Golden Age of Archie! The gang’s all here: “typical teenager” Archie Andrews, his best pal Jughead, his eternal rival Reggie and his lovely girlfriends Betty and Veronica -- and when these zany teens get together, the fun just never stops! Put some Pep in your step and have a laugh with Archie! Collecting every Archie appearance from Archie Comics #29-31, Pep Comics #65-67, and Laugh Comics #25-26!
• Foreword by multiple Eisner Award–winning creator Jill Thompson (Beasts of Burden)!
• Gorgeous Golden Age art by Bill Vigoda and Irv Novick!
These Archives are marching along at an impressive clip, and it won't be long before people who are buying this series (like me) will be able to say something nearly impossible not so long ago, that they've read every Archie story from the 1940s!
Cocommitant with that is reaching that Dark Hole of my comics collection, the 1950s. That will slow the Archives a bit, since Archie expanded in the '50s, not only to new ongoing series like Jughead (which actually began in 1949), but also one-shots like Jughead's Folly (1957, an Elvis parody). I'm looking forward to seeing these legendary books for the first time, so thank you Dark Horse, and keep up the good work!
BLOOD BROTHERS (TPB)
Writers: MIKE GAGERMAN, ANDREW WALLER
Art: EVAN SHANER
Colors: DAN JACKSON
Cover: JUAN DOE
FC, 104 pages, $12.99
TP, 7” x 10”
THE HANGOVER WITH VAMPIRES!
After a century of friendship, smoking opium with Genghis Khan and having orgies in Michelangelo’s studio, two inseparable vampire buddies are on the verge of splitting up. Terrible timing, as an apocalypse-obsessed villain is plotting an end to humanity. Looks like Nick and Tree, immortal best buds getting by as bail bondsmen, are humanity’s last hope. ... Can they put their baggage aside long enough to save the world? Collects the entire miniseries.
• Covers by Juan Doe (Legion of Monsters, Iron Man Legacy)!
“If you like the combination of humor/action/crime/supernatural (in that order) check out Blood Brothers.” -- Comic Spectrum
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #117
Writers: MIKE MIGNOLA, JOHN ARCUDI
Art/Variant Cover: JAMES HARREN
Colors: DAVE STEWART
Cover: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
“B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth brings the creepiness every month.” -- Comic Book Resources
A defiant Iosif launches a full-scale assault against the Zinco tower, confident that his troops can make short work of its monster security. Meanwhile, Liz goes after the Black Flame. Unfortunately for her, the Flame knows it was Liz who killed him. And this time, he’s the one in control.
• Third of five special variant covers celebrating 20 years of Hellboy!
• Art by James Harren, who Multiversity calls one of their “favorite artists ever.”
• From the pages of Hellboy!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 10 #1
Writer: CHRISTOS GAGE
Art/Variant Cover/Ultraviolent Cover: REBEKAH ISAACS
Colors: DAN JACKSON
Cover: STEVE MORRIS
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
The team from Angel & Faith relaunches Buffy!
New season. New rules. The age-old battle of Slayer vs. vampire is the focus of Buffy’s life once again -- it’s downright nostalgic! But with all the toying with magic she’s done lately, this girl should know it’s time for another game change. ... Shouldn’t she?
• Executive produced by Joss Whedon!
“Gage and Isaacs have created a comic that all future Buffy creators should use as a model.” -- Comic Book Resources
Next month, Angel & Faith returns!
I never watched Buffy when it was on (insert expressions of ridicule and disbelief here), but I did enjoy the comic book for a time. I haven't followed it since it began this new direction, "continuing" the TV show as Season 8, Season 9 and now Season 10. (I did collect through the early issues of Season 8, but not having watched the show, I didn't have any idea what was going on. Like, who is Dawn, and why was she a giant? How and when did Xander lose an eye? Why was there an army of Slayers? Where was the rest of the Scooby gang? I got tired of holding these questions in abeyance, and eased my cognitive dissonance by simply giving up the book.)
All that being said, how are these books, TV Buffy fans? Do they succeed in capturing the show's spirit? Do you get the same enjoyment? I can't tell, so you'll have to tell me.
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #34
Writer: CHRISTOPHER SEBELA, RICH JOHNSTON DARRIN GRIMWOOD, JAMIE S. RICH, JUSTIN ACLIN, MIKE BARON
Writer/Art: DEAN MOTTER, DENNIS CULVER, BRENDAN MCCARTHY, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, KEL MCDONALD
Art: BRIAN CHURILLA, SIMON ROHRMULLER, BRENT SCHOONOVER, NICOLAS DANIEL SELMA, STEVE RUDE
Cover: MICHAEL KALUTA
FC, 80 pages, $7.99
Ongoing
Dennis Culver delivers seaside high jinks in Davey Jones and the Mystery of the Monocle Men, Justin Aclin and Nicolás Daniel Selma’s S.H.O.O.T. First is back in action against secular threats, Kel McDonald takes you on a balloon ride in Across the Channel, and Mike Baron and Steve Rude complete their long-running Nexus story “Into the Past”!
• Plus, new installments of Cruel Biology, Mister X, Integer City, The Deleted, Miss Cranbourne and Mr. Monster!
“Dark Horse’s prestigious anthology series ... showcases emerging talent alongside some of the greatest writers, artists and cartoonists comics has to offer, as well as promising new and underground talents.” -- ComicsAlliance
“Comics’ best kept secret trove of great comics.” -- Comic Book Resources
HELLBOY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SAMPLER BUNDLE
Writer: MIKE MIGNOLA, R. SIKORYAK
Art: MIKE MIGNOLA & Various
Cover: MIKE MIGNOLA
Get familiar with the Beast of the Apocalypse with two classic Mignola tales, "The Ghoul" and "Another Day at the Office," and two new stories by Mignola, Fábio Moon and R. Sikoryak.
• Four stories!
• A great starting point for new readers!
• Featuring the new story "The Coffin Man," by Mignola and Moon!
CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF HELLBOY!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the worlds greatest paranormal investigator and the release of the Hellboy: The First 20 Years art book, we are announcing March 22 to be Hellboy Day. To commemorate this event, Dark Horse is offering special support for our retail partners and inviting you to celebrate with us! Through these promotional offerings, retailers will have the chance to receive special materials and additional sale pricing, and all participating retailers will be automatically entered to win an original piece of Mike Mignola art.
While qualifying accounts will receive five posters, five Hellboy comic samplers, five window clings, and five B.P.R.D. miniprints, quantities will be based on participation levels. Retailers can qualify for one of the following by placing orders for any of the Hellboy or B.P.R.D. titles listed on the facing page.
Liz Sherman (Level 1): Order 5 trade paperbacks
Includes one promotional package, an additional 5% discount, and an automatic entry to win a piece of original Mignola art.
Abe Sapien (Level 2): Order 10 trade paperbacks
Includes two promotional packages, an additional 10% discount, and an automatic entry to win a piece of original Mignola art.
Hellboy (Level 3): Order 15 trade paperbacks
Includes three promotional packages, an additional 15% discount, and an automatic entry to win a piece of original Mignola art.
™ © 2014 Mike Mignola.
So if you walk into your LCS and it's covered in Hellboy paraphernalia, now you know why.
HELLBOY: THE FIRST 20 YEARS (HC)
Writer/Art/Cover: MIKE MIGNOLA
Colors: DAVE STEWART
On sale Mar 19
FC, 136 pages, $19.99
HC, 12 3/16” x 8”
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HELLBOY!
Mignola has expanded Hellboy into the most exciting group of books since the early Marvel universe, and his style has influenced art and illustration far beyond the world of comics. Selected finished pieces are shown alongside sketches and raw scans from the last twenty years.
• Never-before-seen art!
• Mignola’s best pieces from the last twenty years!
“Nothing is better than having Mignola himself rendering Hellboy’s world.” -- IGN
“I envy the sheer variety and invention Mignola brings to Hellboy’s world. [He] consistently manages to depict even the most grotesque monstrosity and make it somehow beautiful.” -- Peter de Sève, award-winning New Yorker cover artist and character designer for Ice Age film series, from his introduction
Hmmm. I wonder if it's worth buying this, if you're already buying the oversize Hellboy Library series (like me). Probably not, but we shall see. For people not buying the Library and not overly familiar with Hellboy, it's probably a heck of an introduction!
SKYMAN #3 (of 4)
Writer: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
Pencils: MANUEL GARCIA
Inks: BIT
Cover: FREDDIE WILLIAMS II, JEREMY ROBERTS
FC, 32 pages, $2.99
Miniseries
They wanted a weapon. They got a hero.
After a violent clash with his handlers, Skyman’s at odds with the agents of the program that created him -- and now he needs to fight his way out of dangerous airspace into friendlier skies before things get worse! Knowing he can’t fly solo, the new hero seeks an alliance with a fellow patriot, but will he be greeted as friend or foe?
• Joshua Hale Fialkov (Hunger, The Bunker) delivers a new kind of Dark Horse hero!
• Cover by Freddie Williams II and Jeremy Roberts!
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE CRY OF SHADOWS #4 (of 5)
Writer: TIM SIEDELL
Art: GABRIEL GUZMAN
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: FELIPE MASSAFERA
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Miniseries
“I haven’t enjoyed a Star Wars comic this much in years!” -- Comic Bastards
Fighting at the side of Darth Vader in an air attack against a group of inspired, cause-driven Separatists, stormtrooper Hock has an opportunity to show his value. When he is captured, learning of the enemy’s cause -- and who they’re working with -- only reinforces Hock’s belief in the Galactic Empire.
• Tim Siedell (@badbanana) has one of Time’s 140 Best Twitter Feeds!
Apropos of nothing, I have to say that I lost a lot of interest in Darth Vader after the three prequel movies, where I discovered he was a whiny brat. Prior to Phantom Menace, I thought he was one of the coolest villains since Dr. Doom. After Phantom Menace, I felt like he just needed a spanking.
STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI -- FORCE WAR #5 (of 5)
Writer: JOHN OSTRANDER
Pencils: JAN DUURSEMA
Inks: DAN PARSONS
Colors: WES DZIOBA
Cover: DAVID MICHAEL BECK
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Miniseries
Battle at the edge of the galaxy!
The alien Rakata are on the brink of opening the Infinity Gate, ready to unleash their Empire on an unsuspecting galaxy! The Je’daii must win this battle -- even if it means the end of their order. But how can they attain victory when their greatest hero has joined the enemy?
“Ostrander and Duursema have reverse-engineered the setting, characters, and Force philosophies to create a fully believable ‘real’ ancient history of the Jedi.” -- Fan Girl Blog
I hope everyone read Chris Fluit's description of DH's current Star Wars books.
THE STRAIN: THE FALL #9
Writer: DAVID LAPHAM
Art: MIKE HUDDLESTON
Colors: DAN JACKSON
Cover: E. M. GIST
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
THE HUGE 32-PAGE FINALE!
As the Master’s plan to cover the world in eternal darkness is coming to fruition, Abraham Setrakian launches a desperate attack on his oldest enemy! The lives of our characters and the landscape of the world will never be the same. The Fall concludes!
• From director Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan!
• The TV show on FX launches July 2014!
“This is how you make vampires scary again.” -- IGN
Evidently this is going to be a TV show, so I guess I have to bone up on it. Any Legionnaires already reading this?
TERMINATOR: ENEMY OF MY ENEMY #2 (of 6)
Writer: DAN JOLLEY
Pencils/Cover: JAMAL IGLE
Inks: RAY SNYDER
Colors: MOOSE BAUMANN
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
SKYNET TAKES NEW YORK!
Biotechnician Elise Fong is destined to discover a vital weapon against the Terminators, and Skynet has no intention of waiting until she does! Targeted for actions in her future, Fong’s only hope in the present is the ex-CIA operative tasked with kidnapping her. But can even CIA training stop a T-800?
• Dan Jolley (Bloodhound, Prototype 2) spins a classic-style Terminator yarn!
• Superstar artist Jamal Igle (Supergirl)!
THE WHITE SUITS #2 (of 4)
Writer: FRANK BARBIERE
Art/Cover: TOBY CYPRESS
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
FROM RUSSIA WITH BLOOD!
The White Suits, scourges of Russia’s underworld, have declared war on New York’s organized crime. But NYC’s crime overlords have their own army of Russian mercenaries hunting the Suits, with FBI agent Sarah Anderson and the former Suit known as Prizrak certain to be caught in the crossfire!
• Debuted in the award-winning Dark Horse Presents.
• Violent noir action from Frank Barbiere (Blackout) and Toby Cypress (Blue Estate, Predator).
• Frank Barbiere’s Image series Five Ghosts is a breakout hit!
“Lots of guns and mystery.” -- Comic Attack
THE WITCHER #1 (of 5)
Writer: PAUL TOBIN
Art: JOE QUERIO
Colors: CARLOS BADILLA
Cover: DAN PANOSIAN, DAVE JOHNSON
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
From the acclaimed monster-hunting video game!
Traveling near the edge of the Black Forest, monster hunter Geralt meets a widowed fisherman whose dead and murderous wife resides in an eerie mansion known as the House of Glass -- which seems to have endless rooms, nothing to fill them with, and horror around every corner.
• Written by Eisner winner Paul Tobin!
• The Witcher games have collectively won over 250 awards and sold more then 5.5 million copies worldwide.
• There are currently two games available across multiple platforms, and a third is slated for release in 2014.
Replies
DC COMICS
AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #1
Art/Cover: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:50 Variant: JAE LEE
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
“I’ve missed these characters dearly, and I’m bringing them back with a vengeance.” -- Scott Snyder
The Eisner Award-winning, critically acclaimed series is back! #1 New York Times best-selling writer Scott Snyder (BATMAN, SUPERMAN UNCHAINED, THE WAKE) and acclaimed artist Rafael Albuquerque (ANIMAL MAN) bring their bloodsoaked opus into the 1960s!
The story so far ...
Pearl Jones is a new kind of vampire, one of an American breed that can walk in the sun and has rattlesnake fangs. She’s beautiful and powerful -- and she’s hiding from a tragic past …
Skinner Sweet is an American vamp too -- the kind you love to hate. He’s good when he wants to be, but most of the time he’s downright bad. He’s Pearl’s maker, but he’s off in Mexico with an agenda of his own …
Will their two stories collide, or are they separated forever? And who is this new villain on the horizon, someone bloodier and more evil than anything seen in AMERICAN VAMPIRE before? Who is THE GRAY TRADER and what does his arrival mean for Skinner and Pearl?
Whether you’re already a fan or interested in checking out this series, the extra-sized AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #1 is the perfect jumping-on point!
I am so looking forward to this.
Also, it bears mention that this cover reflects the first cover, but indicating the changes in lead character Pearl Jones. On the first cover, the bottom third was Pearl in an identical position as above, only in 1920s clothing and blood dripping from fang marks on her neck. Here, the blood is dripping from her mouth -- uh oh -- and she has, ironically, a "peace" button on a 1960s jacket.
Art/Cover: JEFF LEMIRE and TRAVEL FOREMAN
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • FINAL ISSUE
A special finale to Jeff Lemire’s run on the series by the creative team that launched Animal Man in The New 52! What is left of Buddy in the wake of “Evolve or Die”?
Art: CRAIG ROUSSEAU and RUBEN PROCOPIO
Cover: MICHAEL ALLRED
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
They’re caught in a trap -- and they can’t walk out! Make that several traps, all arranged by Zelda the Great! Zelda’s trying to learn new tricks for her stage act, and she wants Batman and Robin to show her how to escape them … whether they want to or not. Plus: the Dynamic Duo heads west for a showdown with Shame!
BATMAN AND AQUAMAN #29
Art/Cover: PATRICK GLEASON and
MICK GRAY
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Batman is ready to settle the score with Ra’s al Ghul, who stole Robin’s body out of the grave! As the Dark Knight travels to the island where Damian was born, he’s set on a collision course with Aquaman!
BATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #8
Art: IBAN COELLO, THONY SILAS and ERIC WIGHT
Cover: KHARY RANDOLPH
48 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
In Justice League Beyond, the battle against Brainiac hits Paradise Island! But with a new body made of Nth metal, this Brainiac may be unstoppable! Meanwhile, the Man-Bat saga reaches its conclusion! Will Terry make the ultimate sacrifice to save Neo-Gotham? Plus, discover more about the relationship between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon – past and future!
BATMAN: BRUCE WAYNE -- MURDERER? (NEW EDITION TPB)
Art by various
Cover: DAVE JOHNSON
552 pg, FC, $29.99 US
This new, expanded edition of the classic Batman title collects BATGIRL #24, 27, BATMAN #599-602, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #25-28, BATMAN: THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE #1, BIRDS OF PREY #39, 40-41, 43, DETECTIVE COMICS #766-767, NIGHTWING #65-66, 68-69 and ROBIN #98-99.
What I remember from this storyline is that A) it was kinda implausible that Batman could be so easily framed, and B) Batman/Bruce was an unlikeable jerk throughout, especially to Dick (whom he kept insulting for no reason) and Sasha Bordeaux (whom he left in jail for no reason, after she got arrested for protecting his secret identity). Not only should Bruce have found a way to spring her because she knew his identity -- I mean, duh, she gets out if she blabs -- but also because he was sleeping with her at the time and because it's simply the decent thing to do. Leaving her in the pokey wasn't just stupid and unheroic, it was despicable. Eventually Sasha got out of jail, but only by becoming a reluctant agent of Checkmate. And somewhere along the way she lost an eye! Thanks for nothing, Bruce.
I may be misremembering a detail here or there, but the upshot is that I didn't think this was a very good story, despite a promising start, and I don't recommend it.
Art: KELLEY JONES, JOHN BEATTY and EDUARDO BARRETO
Cover: KELLEY JONES
432 pg, FC, $39.99 US
In these moody 1990s tales from BATMAN #515-525, 527-532 and 535-536, Batman emerges from the shadows to face foes including Killer Croc, The Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face and more. Plus, don’t miss guest-appearances by Nightwing, Robin, Deadman and Swamp Thing.
Kelley Jones is the Bat-artist that broke me of the habit of thinking Batman should always look like he was drawn by Neal Adams or Jim Aparo. Now I accept Batmen drawn in all kinds of eccentric ways, and I have more fun as a result. Thanks, Kelley -- even if under you pencil Batman's ears grew and shrank alarmingly through every story!
Art: JASON MASTERS
Cover: TREVOR McCARTHY
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
The secret behind Wolf Spider’s assault is revealed -- but will it be too late for Batwoman to save her father from his deadly grasp? Guest-starring Maggie’s very angry ex-husband!
I trade-wait this, and I'm dreading the first collection with the new creative team. I'm sure they're fine, capable people, but it was the art/design that drew me to Batwoman, and without it, she's really not very interesting to me. I'll give Andreyko and Masters a chance to wow me, but I'm not really hopeful.
Art: ROBSON ROCHA and JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover: JORGE MOLINA
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Black Canary confronts Ra’s al Ghul, who makes her an offer that could save her husband! Is she willing to pay the ultimate price?
Wait, Black Canary is married? To whom? I don't read this book, and I'm not likely to, so someone "spoil" this for me, please.
Art: CHRIS BACHALO, MARK BUCKINGHAM, MIKE DRINGENBERG, MALCOLM JONES III, MARK PENNINGTON, COLLEEN DORAN, DAVE McKEAN and JEFFREY JONES
Cover: DAVE McKEAN
320 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS
This new trade paperback collects Neil Gaiman’s DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING #1-3, DEATH: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE #1-3! Also included are extras like “Death Talks about Life” AIDS pamphlet, stories from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #2 and THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, the short story “The Wheel” from the 9-11 tribute book, SANDMAN #8 and #20, and art from the DEATH GALLERY!
Recommended. Making Death a chipper, Goth-dressing teenage girl was a stroke of genius. Kudos to Gaiman for realizing that the robe-wearing skeleton with the scythe had become such a cliche that the image no longer had much power.
Art: JIM LEE, TIM SALE and others
Cover: JIM LEE
272 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $24.99 US
This Deluxe Edition collects issues #1-12 of the Deathblow series illustrated by Jim Lee and Tim Sale, plus a story from DARKER IMAGE #1. Deathblow is a Black Ops agent with the powers of immortality who is pulled into a deadly battle between good and evil!
Art/Cover: ANDREA SORRENTINO
192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
In these stories from GREEN ARROW #17-24, a mysterious villain called Komodo knows Oliver Queens’s secrets and uses them to rob Oliver of all his wealth and his company. Now on the run from this seemingly unstoppable force, Ollie finds himself in a mystery involving his father and the island where he first became Green Arrow!
Everything will change for the Emerald Archer in this new beginning for the character.
GREEN ARROW VOLUME 4: THE KILL MACHINE collects the beginning of award-winning writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino's run on the series which reinvents the Green Arrow mythos.
Taking notes from The CW's hit television show Arrow, Lemire creates the most compelling Oliver Queen yet. When Green Arrow's world is changed forever, he has to pull himself together and face the greatest enemy he never knew he had: Komodo. With the help of his new allies, will he finally discover the truth about himself and build himself, piece by piece, into the Green Arrow that he needs to be?
Lemire says that it ".. .really will be like a first issue, and a great new start, and a really bold new direction. Green Arrow has the potential to be an A-List character and an A-List DC title." He goes on to say "I thought it was my chance to do a really big crime noir superhero story, and really create this big mythology behind Oliver Queen's past and his destiny and the island and all this stuff. It became this huge, sprawling mythology that I'm building. And it's hopefully something that will really hook readers."
Oliver Queen is getting a lot of attention right now and GREEN ARROW VOLUME 4: THE KILL MACHINE is a great place to jump on and see why! This volume of the New 52 series is a brand new beginning for Oliver Queen, as the series is taken in a bold new direction with an incredible creative team! Award-winning writer Jeff Lemire (ANIMAL MAN and SWEET TOOTH) and artist Andrea Sorrentino (I, VAMPIRE) unite to bring you the next chapter for Green Arrow. Pick up this volume and discover why it's a great time to be a Green Arrow fan.
"Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino hit the bullseye perfectly with GREEN ARROW. Sharply written and featuring beautiful artwork, this is another hidden gem in the New 52 crown." -- CraveOnline
"One of the top superhero reads." -- The Onion/AV Club
"So, great writing, awesome artwork, fun premise and looks of cool action? Yep, GREEN ARROW's got it all." -- IGN
OK, now this is more like it! Seriously, I was turned off by the New 52 Green Arrow with the first issue, but most of the things I hated about it Lemire addressed and corrected in this storyline. I'm only about 2/3 of the way through this book, but I heartily recommend it.
Art: DOUG MAHNKE, CHRISTIAN ALAMY, CAFU, FERNANDO PASARIN, SCOTT HANNA, MIGUEL SEPULVEDA, ANDREI BRESSAN, AMILCAR PINNA and AARON KUDER
Cover: IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
416 pg, FC, $24.99 US
The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause in this epic from GREEN LANTERN #13-16, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #13-16, GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #1, RED LANTERNS #13-16 and GREEN LANTERNS: NEW GUARDIANS #13-16! The mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path -- and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are nowhere to be found. Now, it’s up to new Green Lantern Simon Baz to become the hero that the Corps needs!
Art/Cover: BRAD WALKER and DREW HENNESSY
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The powerful God-Killers are coming for the Tamaranean goddess X’Hal – but she’s taken a VERY strong interest in Kyle Rayner! But is her dark side too much for Kyle to bear?
HARLEY QUINN #4
Art: CHAD HARDIN
Cover: AMANDA CONNER
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Meet Harley’s new neighbors, and shudder at the horrifying realization that they are so twisted they make her seem like the normal one on the block!
JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND: IN GODS WE TRUST (TPB)
Art: DUSTIN NGUYEN, HOWARD PORTER and others
Cover: HOWARD PORTER, LIVESAY
208 pg, FC, $17.99 US
In these stories from BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #10-17, Sector 2814’s newest Green Lantern has been posing as a student to expose a secret organization called The Brain Trust that is brainwashing young students and training them to destroy the Justice League.
Art: FRAZER IRVING, BEN OLIVER, KEITH GIFFEN and SCOTT KOBLISH
Cover: BEN OLIVER
144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
The origins of Eternia’s heroes and villains are revealed in stories from MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: ORIGIN OF SKELETOR #1, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: ORIGIN OF HE-MAN #1, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: ORIGIN OF HORDAK #1 and MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE digital chapters #2-7!
Art: RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover: PHILLIP TAN
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Jason and Kori set out to deliver justice to alien murderers, but they’ll need to steal a spaceship to do it! Now who in
The New 52 has something like that they could “borrow” ...?
Art: ADAM ARCHER and BEN BATES
Cover: ADAM ARCHER
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E • DIGITAL FIRST
Maxwell and Lily’s journey takes them to the Watchtower, where they find themselves face-to-face with the Justice League! But as Batman analyzes the technology used against them, chaos begins to break out all over the universe – and the villain behind it all is revealed!
Art: DAN SPIEGLE, DICK AYERS, TONY DEZUNIGA and more
Cover: JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
544 pg, B&W, $19.99 US
This new HEX collection includes tales of Christmas in the Wild West, Hex’s deadly battles with U.S. troops and native Americans, plus forces of the supernatural, a shotgun wedding and more! Collects WEIRD WESTERN TALES #34-38 and JONAH HEX #1-22!
Man, look at those credits. I never thought I'd be nostalgic for creators like Fleischer and DeZuniga, but I sure am. It's part of my youth that can't be re-captured -- although buying this book is start! (Even though I already have the individual issues.)
Art: DANIEL HDR and CAT STAGGS
Cover: CAT STAGGS
160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
In these stories from issues #13-15 and SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 SPECIAL #2, Clark Kent finds himself transported to the future, where he meets the greatest heroes of the 31st Century: Booster Gold and the Legion of Super-Heroes! But it’s not just a social call: Superman must stop war between Earth and a stunning villain!
Art: PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover: STEVE SKROCE
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The Squad must stop The Thinker from delivering OMAC to the Crime Syndicate, but with Belle Reve in ruins and the team betrayed by one of their own, do they really stand a chance?
SUPERGIRL #29
Art: YILDIRAY CINAR and RAY McCARTHY
Cover: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CAM SMITH
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
She’s done with people pushing her around, taking advantage of her and betraying her. She’s done feeling helpless, lost and discarded. She’s done with hope, faith and acceptance. Now, all that’s left is rage. And she’ll burn the universe down before she lets another person tell her who she should be. Supergirl’s journey as a Red Lantern continues here in “Red Daughter of Krypton.”
I swear, DC is doing everything they can to make me dislike this character. I'm trying to give her a chance, I really am. But this is not a person I'd like to meet.
SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #6
Art /Cover: JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Backup story art: DUSTIN NGUYEN
1:300 B&W Variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
“We Can Be Heroes” Blank variant cover available
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
This issue will ship with twelve covers.
The Man of Tomorrow and the Superman of yesterday go at it -- no holds barred! Supes goes full throttle after his would-be ally, Wraith, in a seismic battle ranging from deep space to the ocean’s floor and ultimately the core of the earth! Meanwhile, Lois Lane holds the key to defeating Ascension, but she needs to reach the Fortress of Solitude to ensure its safekeeping -- not to mention hers! And she’s being pursued by a heavily armed force, and it isn’t Ascension!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.
This book was originally solicited for Dec.18. The title is scheduled to be canceled, but how will anyone be able to tell?
Art: FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover: JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
FOREVER EVIL: BLIGHT continues! On the brink of victory, the Justice League Dark is betrayed … by John Constantine?! Don’t miss the conclusion in this month’s JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #29!
Art: DANIEL SAMPERE, VICENTE CIFUENTES and FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover: RYAN SOOK
144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
In these stories from issues #1-6 of Pandora’s new series, tying into “TRINITY WAR,”as the heroes and villains of the DCU hunt for Pandora, she embarks on a quest to destroy the Seven Deadly Sins and free the earth from their influence!
I've snarked about Pandora for some time as a character whose sole reason to exist evaporated at the end of Trinity War, but I am going to read this, and give Fawkes and Sampere a chance to convince me there's an actual personality behind the plot device.
THE UNWRITTEN VOL. 2: APOCALYPSE #3
Art: PETER GROSS
Cover: YUKO SHIMIZU
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Tom discovers just how quickly the world is dissolving into chaos – and why. But where in all this fractured, insane landscape will he find an ally, and what price will he have to pay? The answer lies in the Divadlo Trinka puppet theatre of Prague, and in the old cliché: “My enemy’s enemy is my friend.“
Art/Cover: CLIFF CHIANG
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
If the helmet fits … then it’s time to play God!
If you've read through Wonder Woman Volume 4, you know what's going on here ... and it's going to be interesting.
DYNAMITE
ARMY OF DARKNESS OMNIBUS VOL 1 (NEW PRINTING TPB)
Art: NICK BRADSHAW, SANFORD GREENE, KEVIN SHARPE and more
Cover: JOHN BOLTON
Teen +/488 pages/$29.99
Made available again in a brand-new printing, Dynamite presents the first 18 issues of the acclaimed Army of Darkness series in one massive omnibus! Featuring the movie adaptation based on the screenplay by Sam and Ivan Raimi, and illustrated by John Bolton, as well as the first four story arcs from the ongoing series -- "Ashes to Ashes," "Shop till You Drop (Dead)," "Ash vs. Re-Animator," "Old School," and the shorts stories presented in Tales of the Army of Darkness! Featuring the work of Andy (Danger Girl) Hartnell, James (Freddy vs. Ash vs. Jason) Kuhoric and so many more (including a short story by Robert (Walking Dead) Kirkman! Also includes a complete cover gallery!
Art/Cover: BRUNO BESSADI
Mature/32 pages/$3.99
Dead End has finally reached his namesake -- there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, especially once the Black Snake gets on his trails. As a wealthy vigilante, the Black Snake feels that it's his job to bring the deviously cunning Dead End to justice. But Dead End won't go easy. After some shocking revelations into his origin story, it becomes clear that Dead End is no run of the mill villain -- he is a tried and true psychopath with sharp wit in place of emotions.
Art: CEZAR RAZEK
Cover: LIVIO RAMONDELLI
Subscription Variant: CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
The terrifying story arc concludes. The Galactica has led the fleet into an uncharted storm zone to escape the Cylons, and encountered a vast and mysterious artifact. What is its purpose, and what part will it play in the fate of the human race? And what happens if the Cylons get to it first? The final secrets are revealed in the last part of "Dreams of the Thirteenth"!
Art: ROD RODOLFO
Cover: LUCIO PARRILLO
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
The "Labors of a Grimm" continue! As Silvo's poison brings Nick closer to death, the gang is forced to face off against a pureblood Hydra Wesen! Meanwhile, the true motive behind Silvio's "labors" comes into focus as a new villain presents itself.
Art: SERGIO FERNANDEZ DAVILA
Covers: JOE BENITEZ
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
Fleeing the Big City, Magna Spadarossa boards The Victory, a magnificent commercial airship under the command of Captain Victory himself, with intent of journeying to the great city of Landing. However, her plans quickly go awry as she learns that the assassins after her have also found passage, along with beasts unlike any she has ever known! And who is this Six Thousand Dollar Man ...?
I didn't realize it before, but this is written by the same guy who writes Fables. Is this his attempt to re-create the concept, but in a creator-owned vehicle? I haven't read an issue of this yet, so I don't know if it's mining adventure fiction like Fables mined fairy tales, but the title certainly suggests that.
Artist: GIOVANNIT TIMPANO
Cover: ALEX ROSS
Variant: DEAN MOTTER
Subscription Variant: DENNIS CALERO
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
The search for the secret of the girasol is finally nearing its end, and the trail has led the Shadow from the jungles of Guatemala back home to the concrete canyons of New York City. But is he prepared for the answers that he will find?
Does The Shadow's ring actually need an origin? Well, I guess we're getting one whether we want one or not. Next: The origin of The Shadow's spats!
THE SPIDER #18
Writer: DAVID LISS
Artist: IVAN RODRIGUEZ
Teen +/32 pages/$3.99
FINAL ISSUE!!! It's the series finale, and Wentworth must take on the greatest threat to the New York: Wentworth Industries! With his back to the wall, his family business in criminal hands and his allies gone, the Spider has never been more desperate -- or more dangerous. This is the thrilling, exploding, guns-a-blazing series conclusion that will change the character forever!
This was originally solicited for Nov. 20. That's a looooong wait for a finale!
IDW PUBLISHING
ARTFUL DAGGERS: FIFTY YEARS LATER (TPB)
Art: ANDREW LOSQ
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages
With smash hits like Edison Rex and Amelia Cole, MonkeyBrain Comics and IDW Publishing have established a new precedent for comics moving from digital to print. After success being serialized digitally, these great titles get handsome collections, meant for the traditional comic and book markets. The next title to find a whole new audience in print will be Artful Daggers: Fifty Years Later, scheduled to hit shelves in March 2014.
Created by Sean E. Williams (Fairest), Adam P. Knave (Amelia Cole) and Andrew Losq, with lettering by Frank Cvetkovic (Molly Danger), Artful Daggers is a story of greed, betrayal and ultimately, corruption. Fifty years after a time-traveler brings science and technology to the medieval ages, corporations have replaced kingdoms, and the future teeters on a bleak precipice. Agents and assassins, hired for their specialties by the rivaling companies, stem the flow of information with the flow of blood. But the current system can't hold, and the balance of power is shifting.
"We all had a blast making this first ARTFUL DAGGERS arc, a spin-off of Mark Twain's A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, and have been blown away by the enthusiasm of digital readers,” Williams said. “Partnering with IDW for the print collected means a whole new set of readers can discover Andrew's astounding art and explore this alternate universe for the first time, with the lush attention to detail that IDW brings to its books."
The relationship between digital and print comics moves into the future, IDW and MonkeyBrain remain at the forefront, releasing quality title after quality title, and Artful Daggers is no exception!
Includes a foreword by Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, Mice Templar), and pin-ups by some of the top artists in comics!
Art: HARVEY TALIBAO
Cover: DAN PANOSIAN
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
On the trail of a vitally important -- and wildly volatile -- briefcase, the Danger Girls enter into what amounts to the most treacherous and dangerous game of hot potato of all time! Abbey, Sydney and Sonya use any and all means to traverse towns, cities, states, countries, continents(!) in their relentless pursuit to retrieve -- and keep! -- this unstable ticking time bomb … before it begins its countdown to unimaginable danger!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages
In the 21st Century Bea's friends and family begin to suspect that something is wrong, but Bea knows she cannot tell them about her dreams. As tensions rise, she struggles to return to the 18th century, where her friends' lives are threatened by the ever-growing war -- and this time, she just might be too late to save them.
“You don't need to be a history buff or comic book fan to love my book, The Dreamer,” say creator Lora Innes. “The reason the book resonates with readers is it's filled with romance, action and adventure that anyone can relate to. The fact that much of this actually happened is only backdrop to the story, but it makes it much richer.”
The Dreamer has been nominated for numerous Harvey Awards and is a fan-favorite among comic book and mainstream readers alike. The Dreamer Volume 1 and Volume 2 are also available in both print and digital formats. Volume 4 in the series is planned for 2016.
What others have said about The Dreamer:
“There is not a single misstep in the entire book. To say I’m hooked is a huge understatement. I’m buying this volume, the previous volume and will preorder the next volume.” -- FirstComicNews.com
“That this beautiful work is paired to a pitch-perfect story at once epic and intimate, both serious and playful, that straddles a teenage present and our nation’s most dramatic past is a testament to a creativity that knows no bounds.” -- Michael Frost Beckner, producer of Spy Games
“The best books in life are the one you’re surprised by -- the ones where you see the cover and think, “Huh. This looks cool.” … And then you don’t come up for air until you’ve read all the way through to the end. That’s what happened with Lora Innes’s The Dreamer.” -- Fantasy Magazine
Visit www.thedreamercomic.com for more information.
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dreamer-Comic/146005828774488
Follow Creator Lora Innes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoraInnes
2013 Harvey Awards Nominee for Best Online Comics Work.
It's not often that I'm swayed by blurbs, but I like what the critics have to say. I'm not entirely sold, but I'm leaning toward getting this series.
Art/Cover: DENNIS CULVER
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages
Edison Rex continues his efforts to transition from super villain to super hero, in his quest to be the self-appointed defender of Earth. However, the other heroes are not convinced about Rex’s change of heart and the other villains are less than pleased with his new career.
Collects issues #7–12 of the Monkeybrain Comics digital series for the first time.
This concept has already been mined a few times recently, hasn't it?
FELIX THE CAT PAINTINGS (HC)
Art/Cover: DO ORIOLO
$34.99
The multi-talented Don Oriolo has brought us Felix The Cat's adventures through movies, television, comic books, merchandising, and song. Don's paintings are colorful, imaginative and a fitting tribute to his muse, the World's Most Famous Cat, Felix!
Foreword by Craig Yoe and essays from cartoon aficionados Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, David Gerstein, and Paul Castiglia. What Fun!
I can't imagine why I'd want this. But maybe you do. So here it is.
Art/Cover: STEVE KUTH
Variant: FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
SIREN’S SONG! The G.I. JOE team goes toe-to-toe with COBRA’s newest agent! SIREN knows all of COBRA’s secrets—and with the eyes of the world on DUKE and the squad, how will they break her spell?
Siren -- a student of the darkest recesses of COBRA’s past -- strikes!
Art/Cover: KEVIN SHARPE
Subscription Variant: JERRY ORDWAY
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The Illegitimates go tropical as Dannikor's deadly plan begins to unfold! But, can these five newbies bring down the man who murdered their father before it's too late? Meanwhile, what is orbiting the earth and what do the Illegitimates' mothers have to do with it? The adventure continues in the fourth chapter of the Illegitimates' inaugural mission!
JUDGE DREDD: BIG DROKKIN' TREASURY EDITION
Art: KEVIN O'NEILL, MIKE MCMAHON, CLIFF ROBINSON, RON SMITH, IAN GIBSON
Cover: CLIFF ROBINSON
B&W/FC • 72 pages • 9.25” x 14.25” • $9.99
An oversized array of classic Judge Dredd stories drawn by a murderer’s row of beloved 2000AD artists not yet published by IDW! “The Law According to Judge Dredd,” Judge Minty, monkey business, zombies, Uncle Ump and even Santa Claus all make an appearance in this big drokkin’ book.
I hate fake future slang just about anywhere I read it, including the "drokks" and "gruds" in Judge Dredd. But that doesn't disturb my enjoyment of the world's toughest (and possibly most fascist) lawman!
MAGIC: THE GATHERING – THEROS #5 (of 5)
Art: MARTIN COCCOLO
Cover: MICHAEL KOMARCK
Variant Cover: MARTIN COCCOLO
32 pages • $4.99
A new threat stalks the nightmares of the people of THEROS and it’s up to Dack Fayden to figure out a way to stop this new enemy. But will Dack’s own dreams be overtaken before he can confront this threat? Perhaps he will have to seek help from the gods of Theros before he can stop Ashiok, the Nightmare Weaver!
This issue includes an exclusive, alternate art playable Magic: The Gathering card!
Art/Cover: SAM KIETH
Subscription Variant: SAM KIETH
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
After Laying on the couch and feeling sorry for himself, being spied upon by some isz … Maxx plunges down the proverbial rabbit hole, and encounters the "Crappon in the Hat," tries to save a fish, spills some beans, discovers a little girl (who's a developmentally stunted version of the Jungle Queen), then struggles to make sense of it all … and finding himself on Julie's couch again.
Art: ANDY KUHN, KEVIN COLDEN, NATHAN ST. JOHN, PALLE SCHMIDT
Cover: ROBERT HACK
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 456 pages • 6” x 9”
The Mean Streets of IDW are explored in this collection of four crime stories: "Easy Way" by Christopher E. Long and Andy Kuhn, "The Devil’s Concubine" by Palle Schmidt, "Fishtown" by Kevin Colden and "Baja" by Ben Wagner and Nathan St. John.
Four great books in one!
This seems sprung on us out of nowhere: A graphic novel of four crime noir short stories. My brief Internet search turned up no predecessor or miniseries leading to this, although there appears to be an unrelated prose collection of the same name from Roc Books in 2009. I generally like crime noir, but I'm not inclined to gamble $30 on a pig in a poke.
Art: ANDY PRICE
Cover: ANDY PRICE, BRENDA HICKEY
Variant: KATIE COOK
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
“Reflections” part 1. The start of this epic four-part story will see the ponies travel to a new world in desperate need of aid... that is, if they can discover the secret spells of Starswirl the Bearded! Secret traps and magical danger are only the first steps on the ponies greatest adventure yet!
Uncover a brand new world of Magic!
THE OTHER DEAD #6 (of 6)
Art: QING PING MUI
Cover: SAM SHEARON
Variant Cover: SHANE PIERCE
Variant Cover: KEVIN EASTMAN
32 pages • $3.99
Tommy, Az, the President, and the other survivors are stranded amidst the most nightmarish menagerie of Zombie Animals imaginable! All-star creators Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T Mesch (Agent 88) join up with rising star Qing Ping Mui for the action-packed conclusion of the year’s most talked-about and critically acclaimed new horror series!
This has been long delayed. That makes me feel bad for the folks who gambled on this title and collected it through issue #5.
FC • 52 pages • $3.99
Featuring a grand western tale, the kind Popeye fans love! And the genius Bud Sagendorf does his own thing in a non-Popeye comic featuring a rousing kid character Bud created named Sherman. Plus, more entertaining Golden-Age goodness!
Art: BRITTNEY WILLIAMS
Cover: ANDY SURIANO
Subscription Variant: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
In this issue: Fans demanded it and IDW delivers -- The return of the Scotsman! The humungous highland hooligan and the stoically stalwart samurai team up once again! This time they battle against a bizarre mystic curse that -- okay, that part’s a secret but trust us, it’s a doozy!
Fan-favorite The Scotsman returns!
“…a comic that captures the distinct tone of the series to the point where you might wonder if this is secretly a lost script from Tartakovsky himself.” -- IGN
Art/Cover: ERFAN FAJAR
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
War breaks out across the stars as the Klingon and Romulan Empires fight for supremacy, with the Enterprise caught in the middle! Don't miss this epic all-new story set after the events of the blockbuster movie STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci!
Collects issues #25–28 of the ongoing series.
STEVE CANYON VOL 4: 1953-1954
HC • PC • $49.99 • 336 pages
Volume 4 of The Complete Steve Canyon opens with Steve as the newly minted Light Colonel bringing the jet age to the town of Indian Cape -- and the natives are after an old friend’s scalp! Can Steve and new sidekick Pipper the Piper find a way to still an entire town’s wrath? Canyon encounters old friends throughout 1953 and into 1954: Princess Snowflower, the irascible Dogie Hogan, and the leader of a band of Hooligans on horseback. Of course, there are girls, girls, girls -- Herself Muldoon, Summer Olson, plus Miss Mizzou, still wearing that trench coat! Then Steve looks up the Indexes, and the sparks really start to fly near the top of the world!
Art/Cover: ANDY KUHN
Subscription Variant: NICK PITARRA
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Baxter’s gambit reaches its endgame, but Fugitoid has some tricks up his sleeve! With the fate of the Utrom race in his hands, whom will the robot scientist end up saving? The dramatic past of the Utroms will have dire consequences in the present day!
Thunderous climax that will have an impact on the ongoing series!
Art: AGUSTIN PADILLA
Cover: KEN CHRISTIANSEN
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages
As the Dinobots lend a hand to their fellow underground Autobots things quickly go awry as the very planet begins to quake and shift. Is Cybertron crumbling to its ultimate death or will it be reborn?
Collects issues #5–8.
Art/Covert: ANDREW WILDMAN, GUIDO GUIDI
Subscription Variant: ROBERT ATKINS
Variant: HERB TRIMPE
Variant: GEOFF SENIOR
FC • 48 pages • $5.99
THE GREATEST ENEMY ... the greatest challenge ... shall come from within. And there will be an ending. This is it, the battle the TRANSFORMERS must win, and yet dare not. The original and founding TRANSFORMERS comic comes to an epic and giant-sized conclusion, with all-out battle on CYBERTRON. Or should that be “Cybertrons”? Shocks, surprises, guest stars and more. It may be a cliché, but this one really does have it all.
The soul-shattering conclusion to the 100-issue original TRANSFORMERS EPIC!
Wow, 100 issues -- and I haven't bought a one. That's pretty rare! But apparently these are really good or there's a dedicated fan base, or both. Good for you, robots-in-disguise fans! But tell me, what does the "Regeneration One" mean? Second generation?
Art: ANDREW GRIFFITH
Cover: CASEY W. COLLER
Subscription Variant: PHIL JIMENEZ
Variant: MARCEL MATERE
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DEATH OF A HERO! BUMBLEBEE! RODIMUS! ULTRA MAGNUS! PROWL! One will fall in final battle with SHOCKWAVE! This one is for all the marbles, folks -- it just doesn’t get any bigger than this!
Art by ROBOTS IN DISGUISE superstar ANDREW GRIFFITH!
IMAGE COMICS
A VOICE IN THE DARK #5
32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
“KILLING GAME,” Part Three
With the fallout of the sorority party piling up all around her, will Zoey finally give in to her urges and start planning for murder?
Written and drawn by mouth by disabled creator Larime Taylor.
For four issues I've been moving this title where it belongs alphabetically, under "V" for "Voice," since you're not supposed to consider indefinite articles when organizing titles alphabetically. But Image, which put titles beginning with "the" in their proper place, insists that this book begins with an "A." OK, FINE! I'm tired of moving it!
Dynamite does the same thing with The Lone Ranger. Most books beginning with "the" they ignore the article, but they always put Lone Ranger under "T" instead of "L."
Which, of course, drives me to a murderous rage.
Now what were we talking about again?
Art: STJEPAN SEJIC
Cover A: STJEPAN SEJIC
Cover B: LINDA SEJIC
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
“DANGERS OF THE DESOLATE ZONE”
The ninth issue of APHRODITE IX finally reveals what the numbering system really means. Plus, Aphrodite XV’s design and build reveals more about Aphrodite IX’s future -- and her past -- than she could ever anticipate.
"The ninth issue of APHRODITE IX finally reveals what the numbering system really means." If it means something other than there are eight previous Aphrodite models/experiments, I'll be genuinely surprised.
Art/Cover: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
“LOST COASTLINES,” Part Four
The Island of Dreams.
I found the first volume kinda mediocre. I'm on the fence about continuing.
Art/Cover: JUSTIN GREENWOOD
Variant: RILEY ROSSMO (Bedlam, Drumhellar)
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"THE RUSSIA SHIFT,” Part Two
Two dead cablers. Two MCPD murder police. One of them is an FGU. One vic leads to Midway City Hall. The other leads into the cables of SOLAR 1. The LT is furious. I-SEEC won’t help them. But the ME can.
"Someone want to run all that by me again? In English?"
Praise for THE FUSE:
"Space cops investigating space murders is the sort of synopsis that gets my attention, and so far Johnston and Greenwood appear to have the world-building skills and noir chops to back it up. ... If you're a fan of detective stories and sci-fi that's more gritty than glossy, it's worth a look." -- Laura Hudson, WIRED
"THE FUSE thrusts us immediately into a future that seems grimy rather than shiny, and cold rather than optimistic, and it's an impeccable setting for a neo-noir. ... A must-read. 5/5" -- Jen Aprahamian, Comic Vine
"This is "lived-in" science fiction that develops itself slowly, through accumulation rather than explanation. ... By Issue #5 The Fuse will be what everyone's talking about. Why not get a head start? 4/5" -- Marykate Jasper, Comic Book Resources
"Crisp dialogue, fantastic milieu, intriguing mystery, involving and interesting characters ... writer Antony Johnston and artist Justin Greenwood deliver it all in this one." -- Marc Mason, The Comics Waiting Room
"Detective Noir set in a space station? I'd buy that even if it wasn't by the guy who's quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. Pick of the week." -- Drew Bradley, Multiversity Comics
"The Fuse hits fast and hard, with unapologetic wit and a no-nonsense attitude. ... It's clear that Johnston is playing his cards close to the chest, leaving many questions unanswered, keeping you hanging on to the final pages begging for more. 4/5" -- Bree Ogden, Bloody Disgusting
Art: DAVIDE GIANFELICE & MIROSLAV MRVA
Cover: MATTEO SCALERA
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
In the jungles of Mexico, the Brotherhood of the Closed Books ply their supernatural trade ... and give Jackson T. Winters and his associates very real reasons to be afraid of the dark.
Art / cover MICHAEL LARK
32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
"LIFT," Part Three
Forever’s investigation into the thefts of Carlyle materiel lead to an alarming discovery and a new insight into the Freemen Resistance. The Barrets continue making their way to Denver, and pay a terrible toll.
I have yet to read the trade of this that I received some time ago. I keep finding other things I'd rather read first. That's not really fair, is it? I promise I'll have it read by the time Lazarus #8 comes out. (Given the frequent delays on this book, I've got plenty of time!)
Art: NIKO HENRICHON
256 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
From acclaimed filmmaker DARREN ARONOFSKY (Black Swan, The Wrestler) and artist NIKO HENRICHON (Pride of Baghdad), NOAH is a fresh take on the biblical epic for the 21st Century. A fantastical world is about to be destroyed and one man is chosen to start a new one. As wicked forces try to take his Ark, Noah must hold his family together while they watch the annihilation of all they know. Infusing the Book of Genesis with fantasy and science fiction, NOAH both reinvents the elements of the Flood story everyone knows and simultaneously takes the reader beyond them and into the unexpected.
The graphic novel is based on the first draft of the screenplay for the feature film, Noah. Noah, directed by Aronofsky, and starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, and Anthony Hopkins, hits theaters in March 2014.
“It has been a great thrill to see an artist of Niko’s caliber interpret the Noah screenplay through his own vision,” said Aronofsky. “The results are lavish. This take on the story is from the original screenplay Ari and I wrote, before we began the long process of shaping the story for the big screen. So it is a slightly different take on the material. This book, not merely a movie companion piece, will hopefully give readers a rare insight into the creative process.”
This is Henrichon’s first major work since he teamed up with Brian K. Vaughan to create the critically acclaimed Pride of Baghdad. His signature style of sweeping, majestic panoramas lend an otherworldly quality to the pre-Flood world’s environment.
"Niko Henrichon is one of the greatest living artists of graphic novels, and a book from him of this scope is a once-in-a-decade experience. I can't wait for Darren Aronofsky's film, but this NOAH is very much its own story, one whose beauty would be just about impossible to translate to any medium but comics." -- Brian K. Vaughan (SAGA, Pride of Baghdad, Y: The Last Man)
A ten-page preview of NOAH is on Image Comics’ website.
All right, full disclosure: I've been peeved at the story of Noah ever since I first read The Epic of Gilgamesh and found out that Noah's story was cribbed from half a dozen flood legends from earlier times in other lands. I don't care if it is The Bible, it's still plagiarism to me!
That being said, I'll probably get this book for the Henrichon art.
Art: NIKO HENRICHON
Signed and numbered, limited to 300 copies
256 pages, full color, hardbound, with gold-stamped linen covers and slipcase, $200.00
In addition to the hardbound edition with a cover by Henrichon, the lushly illustrated, 256-page graphic novel will also be available as a limited deluxe edition, signed and numbered by the creators. The NOAH special edition will be oversized, with covers and slipcase bound in white linen and beautifully gold-foil-stamped with an elegant, minimalist design. The special edition will be limited to 300 copies and retail for $200. Both editions will be in stores on March 18.
Art/Cover: TYLER JENKINS
$39.99
A coming-of-age tale told through the eyes of a group of French orphans during World War II who are saved by a brave and daring American boy named Peter. As they travel together, they get tangled up in the French Resistance and their efforts against a growing German presence under the leadership of a fanatical hook-handed SS officer hellbent on wiping them out!
Collecting the first 10 issues of this Peter Pan re-imagining, the Deluxe Hardcover contains never before seen illustrations by TYLER JENKINS and reveals the Peter Pan Easter eggs as written by KURTIS J. WIEBE.
Art DAVE TAYLOR
Cover SIMON ROY
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
BATMAN: DEATH BY DESIGN ARTIST DAVE TAYLOR DRAWS PROPHET!
An Empire Red-Mother is sent to investigate a fallen Prophet arc.
So long delayed I don't even have an original ship date any more. I'm guessing those who follow this series don't remember why they're following it.
ROCKET GIRL #4
Art / cover AMY REEDER
JANUARY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
"NOWHERE FAST"
The book everyone is talking about has plenty more surprises locked, loaded, and ready to shoot you in the face. It’s all-out action in this issue with a rocket chase through the graffiti-littered subway tunnels of NYC. DaYoung is stuck in the '80s, with only her jetpack and wits to help the teenager crack a time-spanning conspiracy. Rocket Girl will get the who, what, where, when, and why — and deliver the wham!
This has been delayed by two months, which really hurts, because I like this series. Hey, guys, don't screw this title up!
Art/Cover: FIONA STAPLES
MARCH 19 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Collects SAGA #13-18
The New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning, and Hugo Award-winning series SAGA continues with the much-anticipated third volume trade paperback.
While Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, enemy pursuers remain hot on their trail. Forced to contend with tragedy, complications, running for their lives and hope, the family at the heart of SAGA is pushed to the limit in this volume.
Praise for SAGA:
Voted #1 on Buzzfeed’s “The 30 Greatest Comic Moments of 2013”
Voted #1 on Paste Magazine’s “The Best Comics Artists of 2013”
Voted # 3 on TIME Magazine’s “Top Ten Comics and Graphic Novels of 2013”
Voted #11 on The Onion’s A.V. Club’s “The Best Mainstream and Superhero Comics of 2013”
“best comic, ever” -- Felicia Day, actress
“A break-out hit … Mischievous, vulgar, and gloriously inventive.” -- Douglas Wolk, TIME Magazine
“This is a completely addictive, human story that will leave readers desperately awaiting the next volume.” -- Publishers Weekly
“One thing I found myself quickly appreciating is that Vaughan isn't playing a 'good side/bad side' game here. Neither race comes across as heroes or villains here; they're both clearly seeing themselves as the good ones of course, but both sides make choices that put them in the 'to be feared' camp.” -- Greg McElhatton, Comic Book Resources
“It is such a refreshing delight to see something come along that is unapologetically bold. That is fearless in the choices it makes. That has the confidence of a writer that knows exactly what he’s doing, and entices you to come along with him.” -- Kelly Thompson, LitReactor
“Saga #1 deftly establishes entire cultures and presents a wide-ranging cast of characters who we understand almost instantly. This is more settled, self-assured work from Vaughan, but it is anything but bland. Instead, it’s prickly and precise, and perhaps a bit unsettling, because it’s somehow completely familiar and yet entirely new. And that discordancy helps to power its narrative.” -- Tim Callahan, Tor.com
“Brian K. Vaughan has certainly given Saga legs, balancing the tense threatening bad guy jerk-attack issues with familial drama.” -- Andy Hunsaker, Crave Online
Wheeeee! Can't wait for this to arrive from Amazon!
Art / cover CHIP ZDARSKY
FEBRUARY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The best part of a new relationship is the first three weeks, right? The rush of the new, the gravitational pull of the sudden other-ness in your life, the almost-illicit charge of nothing else mattering...and then it's time to pay the bills. Well, the honeymoon is over for the SEX CRIMINALS. Can Jon and Suzie survive Jon and Suzie?
Despite my antipathy for the first issue, I've re-adjusted my attitude and ordered the first trade. I want to like this series, but I'm not sure I will.
Art/Cover: PAUL MAYBURY
MARCH 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
An epic fantasy in the tradition of Game of Thrones.
In a world where gods, demons and magic have slipped into myth, SOVEREIGN tells the story of masked undertakers facing the undead with swords while civil wars threaten the delicate balance between colliding cultures. But out of the ashes of history rises a new threat and the promise that magic has not yet faded into mere memory.
Chris Roberson (Edison Rex, iZombie) joins artist Paul Maybury (POPGUN, Catalyst Comix) to bring to life a multi-layered series featuring Tolkien-esque story of war, magic and the humanity that co-exists in both in SOVEREIGN #1.
SOVEREIGN is a much different take on the classic high fantasy genre. “So many of the fantasy stories I encountered growing up were set in worlds that were largely modeled on medieval Europe, in one way or another. Lots of white folks in feudal societies, castles and kings, that kind of thing. And I love a lot of those, but I thought it would be more interesting for me personally to look to other cultures for inspiration,” said Roberson. “Sovereign is set in a world in which there are a number of cultures in the mix, and all kinds of ethnicities and types, and the drama comes as much from the cultural interactions as it does from the monsters invading from another dimension.”
Roberson explained that part of the magic behind creating a powerful fantasy series is finding the right team. “Paul’s was the first name that occurred to me when I started thinking about what artist would be a good fit for the story, and the work that he’s done on the book so far suggests that I was right on the money,” said Roberson. “It looks amazing, and isn’t quite like anything else out there.”
"An epic fantasy in the tradition of Game of Thrones ..." As I joked last month, you can actually read Game of Thrones, or watch it on TV, or read the comics adaptaions, so, um, it's not like there's a lot of pent-up demand. Oh well, I guess copywriters have to write something!
"In a world where gods, demons and magic have slipped into myth ..." Wait, isn't that OUR world? I guess they mean it happened before any Industrial Revolution, in like Bronze Age times. Or something.
I don't mean to be so snarky, because I generally enjoy Roberson's work. But, honestly, if you set 'em up, I have to knock 'em down.
Art: C.P. SMITH
Cover: WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover: MICHAEL ATIYEH
MARCH 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Joe Fitzgerald entered Hell to find out what happened to Laura, the greatest love he has ever known. At last, he has found her...only to be captured by the same man who killed both of them and seized Laura's spirit from deep inside Heaven. It's the beginning of the confrontation Joe has been fighting to make happen ever since the Angel put him on this mission, but nothing's going his way. If Joe dies this time, it's permanent, and he and Laura will be trapped in Hell forever.
Image has been on quite a role lately, but here this series and the next two (Ten Grand, Undertow) are ones that didn't grab me the first time I tried them. Anybody want to recommend I try one of them again?
Art/Cover: ARTYOM TRAKHANOV
MARCH 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A Sea Locust: thirty feet of armored spines, claws that strike at the speed of sound. And it's devastating Ukinnu Alal's team by the second. They're talking mutiny on the Deliverer, and Bau Zikia's the only one standing between them and Uruku's sword.
Art: VANESA R DEL REY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
Cover A: VANESA R DEL REY & TOM MULLER
Cover B: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA & TOM MULLER
Cover C: NICK DRAGOTTA & TOM MULLER
Cover D: CAMERON STEWART & TOM MULLER
MARCH 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The Large Hadron Collider. Edward Zero's newly gained knowledge. A man with a plan to end the universe so a better one can be born.
They all connect here.
MARVEL COMICS
ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #1
Art/Cover: TRADD MOORE
Variant: FELIPE SMITH
Animal Variant: MIKE DELMUNDO
Young Variant: SKOTTIE YOUNG
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
“ENGINES OF VENGEANCE” PART 1
A new legend is born on the streets of Los Angeles in ALL-NEW GHOST RIDER #1 – the high-octane new series from writer Felipe Smith and artist Tradd Moore! All-New Ghost Rider #1 will continue the exciting wave of All-New Marvel NOW! series with a brand new & sensational take on the Spirit of Vengeance!
A high speed street race in East L.A. leads a young man down the fast and furious road of destiny. Amid an East Los Angeles neighborhood full of gang violence and drug trafficking, 18-year old Robbie Reyes explodes onto the scene as the newest Ghost Rider!
"In Robbie Reyes, Felipe Smith and Tradd Moore have created one of the most complex and likable characters to be granted great power -- and a great ride! -- and learn the great responsibility that comes with both," says Editor In Chief Axel Alonso. "Reyes comes from a very different zip code than Peter Parker, but his story is universal."
“His vehicle of choice, the automobile, very clearly sets him apart visually,” says series writer Felipe Smith in an interview with Marvel.com “In comparison to his vengeance seeking predecessors, he’s very young and inexperienced in most aspects of life; but as a the product of a harsh inner city upbringing, Robbie’s street smarts, overall distrust for most people and clear contempt for his violent surroundings make him the perfect host for a Spirit of Vengeance.”
But motorcycles and cars were just the beginning! Robbie has the ability to turn any vehicle into a flaming engine of retribution. And he’ll need it. War is brewing in the criminal underworld. But crime and corruption have a new enemy. With the pedal to the metal, Marvel’s newest Ghost Rider puts vengeance into overdrive!
Art: STEVE PUGH
Cover: MUKESH SINGH
Artist Variant: JEROME OPEÑA
CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
“GODS AND SOLDIERS” PART THREE
• The plans are drawn, the task is clear -- to save their ally NAMOR, the remaining INVADERS must live up to their name and take the fight to Hala, the Kree homeworld!
• But his how does AARKUS, THE ORIGINAL VISION, figure into this strategy? And how will the WINTER SOLDIER track him down in the first place?
• Plus, Namor in battle with Tanalth and her elite Pursuer Corps!
• And a guest star no one will expect -- especially not the Invaders themselves!
I see the Golden Age Vision is guest starring, which is a nice surprise. He's one of the few GA heroes with actual super-powers and a genuinely novel background -- much could be done with him now that Golden Age creators didn't think of or didn't dare do. Most GA characters were plain vanilla masked brawlers, which is why I don't mind upgrades like what was done with Blazing Skull back in the last Invaders series. (Or was it the one before that?) Anyway, Aarkus doesn't need retooling, just re-imagining.
And has the absence of Toro been explained yet? Oh, this trade-waiting is such a bother!
Art: STEFANO CASELLI
Cover: MIKE DEODATO
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• The City of The Dead will rise.
• StarBrand must confront the ghosts of his past.
Isn't this StarBrand a new character? How can he have a past? And why are we suddenly capitalizing the "B" in his name?
Art/Cover: CHRIS SAMNEE
75th Anniversary Variant: ALEX ROSS
75th Anniversary Sketch Variant: ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover: PAOLO RIVERA
Animal Variant: CHRIS SAMNEE
Young Variant: SKOTTIE YOUNG
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale -03/19/14
The Critically Acclaimed Creative Team Returns!
You just can’t keep the Man Without Fear down! Matt Murdock makes his All-New Marvel NOW! debut with an exciting new monthly series starting with Daredevil #1!
Beloved by critics and fans alike, Eisner-Award winning storytellers Mark Waid (Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man) and Chris Samnee (Thor: The Mighty Avenger) re-team to take Marvel’s fearless hero in a bold new direction – starting with a move to The City by the Bay!
Spinning out of the groundbreaking new Infinite Comic series Daredevil: Road Warrior, Daredevil #1 marks a new start for Matt Murdock. Armed with an imperceptible radar sense and a passion for justice – the blind lawyer from Hell’s Kitchen is ready to make his mark on the Golden City’s streets. But, San Francisco local vigilante, The Shroud, is already keeping the street safe -- and he’s not ready to share the spotlight!
Big changes are in store for the Man Without Fear -- as old haunts and familiar faces emerge ready to give the devil his due!
“Mark and Chris (along with Javier Rodriguez and Joe Caramagna) have made history on Daredevil over the past couple years,” said Senior Editor Stephen Wacker. “But their new plans for the Man Without Fear are their most exciting yet. This is a perfect place to jump on see what everyone is talking about.”
“With a new status quo that demanded an ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! launch,” says Editor Ellie Pyle, “this is a perfect time to jump on to DAREDEVIL. With the Eisner-Award winning creative team and the kick-butt San Francisco setting (and did we mention the Netflix series starting next year?) you’re crazy not to give DAREDEVIL #1 a try!”
Every FIRST ISSUE bearing the All New Marvel NOW! branding includes a code for a free digital copy of that same comic on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices. For more on Daredevil & All-New Marvel NOW!, please visit now.marvel.com and join in the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #MarvelNOW.
Art: DALIBOR TALAJIC
Cover: MICHAEL DEL MUNDO
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$3.99
DEXTER’S BACK IN AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE
WRITTEN BY HIS CREATOR JEFF LINDSAY!
• When Dexter Morgan -- the serial killer of serial killers -- travels down under, he quickly discovers that sharks aren’t Australia’s only deadly predator!
• Who is setting up illegal hunting safaris in the Outback -- and are humans in the crosshairs?
My wife gave up on the TV series before it ended, and it takes a LOT to get my wife to drop a show after she's invested time in the first few seasons. That tells me all I need to know about this franchise.
Art: FILIPE ANDRADE
Cover: MIKE DEL MUNDO
Imagineer Variant: BRIAN CROSBY
32 PGS./All Ages/$3.99
NOW YOU CAN FINALLY SEE IT: DISNEY’S LEGENDARY MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD!
• With their parents kidnapped, teens Maxwell and Melody leap into a thrilling race through the world’s most strange -- and treacherous -- museum!
• In a catacomb of crawling Mushroom People and a Séance Room under glass, our teen heroes discover the truth about the Chaos Clock—and their own destinies!
• Designed -- but never built -- by famous Walt Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump, the Museum of the Weird at last comes to life!
Art: LUKE ROSS
Cover: MIKE DEL MUNDO
Variant: JOE QUINONES
Animal Variant: JENNY PARKS
Deadpool Party Variant: LEONARD KIRK
Deadpool Party Sketch Variant Also Available!
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
AN ALL-NEW EPIC BEGINS, “RINGS OF THE MANDARINS”
This March, Tony battles for his life against supernatural forces unlike anything he’s ever faced before when the explosive Rings of the Mandarin arc begins in IRON MAN 23.NOW!
From blockbuster writer Kieron Gillen and red hot artist Luke Ross – the destructive and powerful Mandarin Rings have resurfaced, in search of new hosts. In the wrong hands, just one could cause untold destruction. And all ten are seeking out enemies of Tony Stark!
But while the ten rings search for bearers – a deadly foe seeks to claim their power for his own. And it’s not who you think it is! Malekith the Accursed seeks their power, and with an army of Dark Elves at his back he may just have the power to do it! When a single ring possesses the power to level cities, how can Tony face off against all ten? Thankfully, he’ll find help in the most unlikely of places. But even the help of Marvel UK’s Dark Angel and his brother Arno may not be enough to stop the cataclysmic power of Malekith!
It’s the world’s most cutting edge science versus the most arcane science known to man when Iron Man squares off against Malekith and his armies this Marhc! Don’t miss the start of the brand new arc that will have everyone talking when Rings of the Mandarins kicks off in IRON MAN 23.NOW!
“Iron Man has faced magical and mythical threats before, but never one as absolutely devious, demented and driven as Malekith,” says series Editor Mark Paniccia. “This issue introduces an epic rivalry that’s sure to get the THOR editors all up in arms that we stole one of their best villains!”
Wow, Marvel somehow managed to get a #1 on this cover without actually starting over at #1. Why didn't they just go ahead and start over? It's not like there's any obvious reason when they do or don't!
Pencils: JOHN ROMITA JR., PAUL RYAN & MARK BRIGHT
Cover: JOHN ROMITA JR.
512 PGS./Rated T/$39.99
ON-SALE 3/19/14
Volume 16 in the Iron Man Epic Collection Series
John Byrne’s complete run is collected in one volume! Tony Stark has a bullet lodged in his spine, and that could be the least of his problems! The ghost of an old enemy, the machinations of a vengeful madman and a menace from within Tony’s own body come to a head in “Armor Wars II,” the cataclysmic sequel to one of Iron Man’s most memorable storylines! Things get worse as the Mandarin returns -- but when the villain unleashes the power of the king-sized alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, it will take two Iron Men to stop them! And it’s Cold War chaos as Iron Man and the Black Widow race to prevent World War III! Plus: the origin of Iron Man! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #258-277.
Art: LEE GARBETT
Cover: JENNY FRISON
Old god. New trickster. It’s official – fans can’t get enough Loki, and the newest adventure of the Norse God of Mischief is a hit! Marvel is proud to announce that Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately head back to press!
The red-hot creative team of Al Ewing and Lee Garbett craft a tale of action and adventure with a healthy dose of lies, tricks, and deceits that has the critics raving!
“Ewing and Garbett deliver a stellar start” – IGN
“The start to this new series comes out swinging” – Comic Vine
“I’m already on pins and needles waiting for issue 2” – Comicosity
“Only stopped making me smile when I had to laugh aloud” – Comic Book Resources
MARVEL KNIGHTS: HULK #4 (OF 4)
Art/Cover: PIOTR KOWALSKI
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
1 RAMPAGING MONSTER + 2 RISING STARS = MARVEL KNIGHTS MAGIC!
• What has brought Bruce Banner back to the launch pad of the original gamma bomb…and will the site of the Hulk’s birth also be the location of his death?
• It’s a brain-bending mystery and quirky cool Hulk action downloaded directly from the mad minds of Keatinge & Kowalski!
Pencils: SAL BUSCEMA with JOHN ROMITA
Cover: SAL BUSCEMA
248 PGS./Rated T/$69.99
A new era begins for the Sentinel of Liberty in this must-have Marvel Masterworks volume! It’s a Captain America extravaganza including shocking revelations; the debut of seminal Cap scribe Steve Englehart; and action, action, action aplenty! Our hero’s battles begin with Batroc the Leaper, the Stranger, the Scorpion and Mr. Hyde -- but it’s all prelude to Cap facing off against S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury. Meanwhile, the Falcon has a surprise encounter with two familiar -- and anything but friendly -- faces that will change Captain America’s life forever. It’s the shock of the year as Cap discovers that while he was frozen in the Arctic, there was second Captain America and Bucky! Now they’re back -- and fighting mad! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #149-159.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 7 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 204 (DM ONLY)
248 PGS./Rated T/$69.99
This was a pretty good run of Captain America. Englehart pushed the title a little -- the '50s Cap story was a pretty audacious for the time -- and S. Buscema was solid, if not very flashy. Of course, this was the run that killed off Sharon Carter the first time, which seemed pretty unnecessary to me then, as it does now. Or was it the second time? She disappeared after the Lee-Kirby run for a while, but I don't remember why.
Anyway, Cap has never had so many extraneous supporting characters that you can spare one. Stop killing Sharon Carter, you guys!
Pencils: GREG LAND
Cover: GREG LAND
112 PGS./Rated T+/$17.99
ON-SALE 3/19/14
INFINITY tie-in! The Avengers are light-years away in space, but Thanos’ marauders are ransacking Earth! Who will defend mankind? The Mighty Avengers! Luke Cage! The Superior Spider-Man! Spectrum! White Tiger! The new Power Man! And more! These unlikely heroes must assemble when no one else can! But when Promixa Midnight begins killing New York City one block at a time, Cage’s ad-hoc Avengers might not be able to stop her -- and the one hero who can is at the bottom of the sea! Blue Marvel joins the fight, the Ebony Maw makes his move, a new Ronin is born … and who the heck is Spider Hero? Luke Cage brings his Mighty Avengers together, but a certain Superior Someone is not happy about it! All this and the mystery of the Cortex Corporation! Collecting MIGHTY AVENGERS (2013) #1-5.
Trade-waiting, and points to Marvel for not only having enough non-white superheroes to make an Avengers squad out of 'em, but for going ahead and doing it. (Although I loathe the new "Power Man.")
Art: ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover: SARA PICHELLI
On Sale – 03/19/14
“This may be the most important comic published in 2014” -- Comics Alliance
Critics, fans, and retailers the world over have spoken -- and the Marvel Universe’s newest hero is a hit! Today, Marvel is proud to announce that the first adventure of Marvel’s newest leading lady Kamala Khan has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately head back to press!
Seen everywhere from The New York Times to CNN to Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report -- Ms. Marvel is a bona fide hit! Don’t believe us? Here’s what critics had to say:
“Everything I wanted it to be” -- The Washington Post
“Entertainment industry, take note” -- The Guardian
“Brings a modern relevance to the Marvel Universe” -- USA TODAY
“Amazing” -- TIME
“Amid a media storm and a world of expectation. … I’m glad to say it defies both” -- Comic Book Resources
“An amazing debut.” -- IGN
NOW is the chance to jump aboard the hottest new series in comics as Ms. Marvel prepares to reignite comic shops yet again! The future of comics is here, and there’s no better proof than the second printing of MS. MARVEL #1!
Art: ADRIAN ALPHONA
Cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE
Artist Variant: JORGE MOLINA
32 PGS./Rated T+/$2.99
On-Sale 03/19/14
• As seen in the New York Times, CNN and other media outlets the world-over, the all-new Ms. Marvel has made her thunderous debut!
• Kamala Khan’s very ordinary life has suddenly become extraordinary. Is she ready to wield these strange and immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle?
• Critically acclaimed writer G. Willow Wilson (Air, Cairo) and fan-beloved artist Adrian Alphona (Runaways, Uncanny X-Force) bring you the groundbreaking Marvel series that has set the world abuzz. Don’t miss history in the making.
NEW AVENGERS #15
• Meet the Mapmakers, cartographers of the Apocalypse.
• Doctor Strange sells his soul.
• Reed Richards and the Illuminati rekindle an old relationship.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Art: STEVE EPTING
Cover: JOCK
152 PGS./Rated T+/$19.99
The Illuminati must reassemble to prevent the collision of our universe with another! It’s the Marvel Universe’s most powerful and brilliant team — Black Panther, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Black Bolt, Mr. Fantastic, Sub-Mariner and the Beast — armed with the six Infinity Gems against an infinite legion of parallel realities. But their task is complicated by old wounds, lies and secret agendas. When the Illuminati experiences its first dimensional incursion, can the members of this loose brotherhood trust each other enough to use the Infinity Gems in unison? And when they learn Earth is the center point for the death of the universe, doesn’t that mean destroying it might save everything else? Enter the world-eater, Galactus, as the Illuminati do the unthinkable! Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting revamp New Avengers in a multiverse-spanning saga! Collecting NEW AVENGERS (2013) #1-6.
Art: DAVID BALDEON
Cover: PACO MEDINA
Variant: DALE KEOWN
32 PGS./Rated T/$3.99
• Sam leads an intergalactic exodus off an orbiting slum.
• Can he rescue Beta Ray Bill’s people before they’re sold into slavery, and will he catch up to Captain Skaarn before he can hurt anyone else?
I never really thought about it before, but I finally figured out why the Sif-Beta Ray Bill quasi-romance bugged me back in the day. It's his face. He looks so much like a horse that subconsciously it was too close to bestiality for me. I mean, I guess it's not technically bestiality if the horse is sentient, but still. Too weird.
What's that got to do with Nova? Nothing, really, except that Bill is currently a supporting character there.
Art: GARY ERSKINE
Cover: MARK BROOKS
Variant: GARY ERSKINE
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• Colonel Liger, formerly of the evil organization Mys-Tech, has started working as an agent of MI:13, Mys-Tech’s rival agency.
• Not everything is as it appears, though -- because Liger has just discovered that his old team, The Warheads, are still alive -- and nothing’s going to stop him from finding them.
The Marvel UK characters were so poorly conceived and fundamentally lame that I cannot conceive of a reboot making them sufficiently less awful that I could tolerate them. So I've avoided these books. Is anyone else reading Revolutionary War? Have I underestimated Lanning, Cowsill and Erskine?
Art/Cover: STEVE LIEBER
32 PGS./Rated T+/$2.99
The Crime of the Century, Part 4
• Ever wonder what Shocker does on his day off? The answer is, “Get punched. Repeatedly.”
• Thanos shows up. Well, no, he doesn’t. Not at all. Wouldn’t that be awesome, though? And then have the Foes eat Shawarma?
• Spencer. Lieber. Rosenberg. The sleeper hit of the year. Again.
I hope this book continues after Spidey goes off Otto-pilot. It's a good gag.
Art: JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
Cover: MIKE DeMUNDO
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/ Rated T/$4.99
• The last temptation of Green Goblin … Phil Urich!
• As Goblin Nation consumes New York, the Superior Spider-Man’s world is in flames!
• Who will rise? Who will fall? NO ONE will be the same after this!
OK, that cover is just nasty. Cool, but nasty.
Art/Cover: ESAD RIBIC
Variant: NIC KLEIN
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
"The Last Days of Midgard" Part Two
The Odinson battles to save the Earth across the timestream in THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #20 -- from the New York Times bestselling creative team of Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic! In the present day, the God of Thunder battles alongside S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Roz Solomon against the evil Roxxon corporation and their sinister CEO Dario Agger -- a.k.a. The Minotaur! But even a God may not be powerful enough to stop the world’s most powerful super-corporation! Meanwhile, far in the future, King Thor -- one of the last remaining beings on Midgard -- battles for the planet’s survival against a terrible and awesome foe! Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, has come to consume what remains of the planet Earth! And even if King Thor succeeds, the Earth may still be doomed. Don’t miss the next blockbuster chapter of The Last Days of Midgard when THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #20 hits comic shops this March!
So are Viking Age Thor and end-of-the-universe Thor becoming supporting characters now? That's actually not a bad idea, provided it doesn't become too regular.
Art: CARLO BARBERI
Cover: JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$2.99
• It’s Venom’s turn to set the Thunderbolts’ mission!
• So, why does he have them targeting … himself?
• That’s right -- VENOM vs. THE THUNDERBOLTS!
Every time I see a solicitation for this book, I get a rush of self-congratulation for not buying it. I'd ignore it completely if I didn't enjoy hating it so much.
Pencils: DAVID MARQUEZ & SARA PICHELLI
Cover: SARA PICHELLI
112 PGS./Rated T+/$19.99
(ON-SALE 3/19/14)
Miles Morales has the powers, costume and web-shooters. But to really learn what it is to be Spider-Man, Miles needs an arch-nemesis … and he may have found one in a terrifying new Venom. The sinister symbiote believes he has discovered who now wears the webbed mask -- but Venom has mistakenly tracked down Miles’ father! His dad’s life in the balance, the fledgling web-slinger faces his greatest challenge yet: to overcome this horrific foe as his fragile secret comes ever closer to being exposed. With aid from Peter Parker’s former girlfriends, Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, Miles confronts the dark side of the Parker legacy. And as his life is turned upside down once again, he learns that -- for Spider-Man -- with great power there also comes great tragedy. Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN (2011) #16.1 and #19-22.
Art/Cover: CHRIS BACHALO
Variant: J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Sketch Variant: J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Animal Variant: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
The next stage in humankind is here, and the Uncanny X-Men are leading the way! With original X-Man Cyclops at the revolution’s helm, Emma Frost, Magik and a new generation of mutants defend and educate all homo-superior as warriors of the atom! But after relentless persecution from a society that fears and hates them, the Uncanny X-Men are going on the offensive! Their target? The international spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D! However, as Cyclops’ team fights to save their species, are they only digging themselves into a deeper and more dangerous hole?
Art: ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover: ANDREW ROBINSON
Variant: AGUSTIN ALESSIO
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale – 3/19/2014
• Shield agent Ran Shen is responsible for escorting the two most important humans on the planet to the United States.
• The only thing in his way is Winter Soldier. And the only thing in the Winter Soldier’s way is an elite Hydra squad run by Chancellor Cassandra and Madam Worm.
• Rate pace, high adventure, sex, murder, intrigue, in this 1960s spy action story that will have ramification echoing to the modern Marvel Universe!
Art: MAHMUD ASRAR
32 PGS. / Rated T+ / $3.99
WELCOME TO THE JEAN GREY SCHOOL OF HIGHER LEARNING! The ALL NEW MARVEL NOW smash hit series schools with Jason Latour (WINTER SOLDIER) and Mahmud Asrar (X-MEN) leading the charge with drama, action and homework(?)! World-famous X-Men Wolverine, Storm and a star-studded faculty must educate the next generation all-powerful, but inexperienced mutants! But with their own lives steeped in deadly enemies and personal crises, how can the X-Men guide and educate -- let alone defend -- the school? At the Jean Grey School, you never know who will enroll … or who will lead the class! And what mysterious organization waits in the shadows to destroy Wolverine’s mutant sanctuary? These questions and more are answered in the All-New Marvel Now sure-to-be-smash, WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1!
Art: YVES BIGEREL & PACO DIAZ
Cover: ED MCGUINNESS
168 PGS./Rated T+/$34.99
It’s the first print edition of the story previously available only in Marvel’s innovative Infinite Comics format as superstar writer Jason Aaron pits Wolverine against a threat unlike any he has ever faced! Wolverine is Public Enemy No. 1 in Japan, on the run from the authorities -- and it’s all Sabretooth’s doing! As Wolverine clashes with the new Silver Samurai, the secret Book of the Hand stands revealed. But who is Osen, and what is her connection to both Wolverine and the Hand? As Sunfire joins the fray, Wolverine and Osen seek out the Hand’s First Clan. But can they put their differences aside long enough to fight their mutual foe? When Silver Samurai and his Iron Hand attack, Wolverine goes to war! It’s ninja vs. ninja, with a nation’s fate in the balance! Collecting WOLVERINE: JAPAN’S MOST WANTED INFINITE COMIC #1-13.
Evidently if you wait long enough, all Infinite Comics end up in print.
Art: FELIX RUIZ & ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover: JOCK
112 PGS./Explicit Content/$16.99
Wolverine has settled in a trailer park outside Las Vegas, working as an extreme fighter -- but he’s not sure why he did. Who wrote the note that led him here? And why can’t he bring himself to leave? Ex-showgirl Suzie may have the answers, but is she more than she appears? And when Logan witnesses a crime in his own backyard, will this mystery drag him back into the world of high-stakes adventure whether he likes it or not? Under the control of an evil hypnotist, Logan learns new dark secrets from his past -- and one of these secrets may lead him to kill again. As an old friend turns out to be an older enemy, Logan inches closer to finding out who he was. But what he finds out isn’t what he was expecting. Collecting WOLVERINE MAX #11-15.
Art: KRIS ANKA
Cover: TERRY DODSON
Variant Cover: J.G. JONES
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
Conclusion to GHOSTS
• The Sisterhood is fully formed, and the battle for leadership begins!
• The X-Men must choose … take down the Arkea Sentinels or go after the Sisterhood.
Art: JAMIE MCKELVIE, EMMA VIECELI, CHRISTIAN WARD, ANNIE WU
Cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE
112 PGS./Rated T+/$15.99
They say you can never go home. For the Young Avengers, that’s not true. They can go home -- it’s just that if they do, the universe may end. The team takes on the gig to save reality, but is Kate Bishop an enemy in waiting? Will Noh-Varr get an arrow through the head? And is this the end of the loveable/strangle-able Kid Loki? As the Young Avengers take on “the Young Avengers,” Loki’s scheme reaches its final twist -- and the Young Avengers’ jaws hit the floor. Then, the team gathers in a nightclub for a string of connected and overlapping stories illustrated by an all-star cast of people we really like. And as the New Year looms, the Young Avengers get a resolution -- and so do you. Plus: Kissing! Drama! Conflict! Kissing! Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS (2013) #11-15.
I haven't read the second trade yet, because the first disappointed me so much. This title had awesome potential, but the first trade was, honestly, a little mediocre. Evidently others felt the same as I did, because this potential breakout hit ends with this trade.
VALIANT COMICS
HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0
Art: MICO SUAYAN, KHARI EVANS, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, and LEWIS LAROSA
Cover: CLAYTON HENRY
Pullbox Exclusive Variant: CLAYTON CRAIN
Variant Cover: MICO SUAYAN
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE 3/19/14
Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0 – an all-new, standalone introduction into the world of Toyo Harada's Harbinger Foundation from New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (Harbinger Wars, Unknown Soldier) and an all-star cast of jaw-dropping artistic talents, including Mico Suayan (The Punisher), Khari Evans (Harbinger), Stephen Segovia (Superior Carnage), and Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX)!
What has become of the Bleeding Monk? Formerly Toyo Harada's right hand, the cryptic and seemingly immortal seer at the center of the battle between the Harbinger Foundation and Peter Stanchek's Renegades has been missing for over a year. But now, for the first time, the mysterious monk who bleeds but does not die will reveal the truth of how he came to be, and, with it, the first of many secret revelations to come …
Before "Death of a Renegade" strikes this April in Harbinger #22, start reading here on March 19th as Valiant unleashes another monumental jumping-on point for series that The Onion/A.V. Club calls "a superhero comic with a legitimate sense of risk," right here in Harbinger: Bleeding Monk #0!
For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter, and at ValiantUniverse.com. For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.
This character didn't exist in the original Valiant Comics, so us old Valiant readers don't know any more about him than new Valiant readers. And he is a fascinating character, with a cool visual and hints of a long and fantastic history. I'm looking forward to this book, and I actually hope they don't tell me everything -- mystery is part of the character's charm.
Art/Cover: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Variant: RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
A great and terrible loa of the Vodun pantheon is at large in the world of men…and its name is SHADOWMAN!
The only way to contain it: kill the man who houses the shadow, Jack Boniface -- an innocent, cursed with possession and gifted with a tremendous power he doesn't yet understand. But a force of nature known only as Tremble is spreading terror through the city of New Orleans. Turning Shadowman loose on his ancient rival, the god of fear, is either humanity's best option … or impending disaster.
Art: DIEGO BERNARD
Cover: CAFU
Variant Cover: TOM RANEY
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
CLASSIFIED!
ON SALE MARCH 19th!
Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of X-O Manowar #23 - the FIRST ISSUE of PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS, an essential prologue to Valiant's blockbuster summer 2014 crossover event! From New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti and Valiant's next superstar artist Diego Bernard, the march toward X-O Manowar's first epic confrontation with the galaxy's most feared team of hunter-killers, the Armor Hunters, starts here on March 19th!
For eons, one threat above all others has brought pain and strife down upon civilizations across the universe – the X-O Manowar armor. And now the Manowar has come to Earth. What will follow in its wake? Only the creature called Malgam knows the truth … and, in the wake of Unity, Aric of Dacia is about to be forced into a brutal confrontation with the deadly legacy behind the universe's most powerful weapon.
On March 19th, Robert Venditti and Diego Bernard unleash the opening salvo of the cataclysm that is to come in X-O Manowar #23, the FIRST ISSUE of PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS, and a key stepping stone toward Valiant's first milestone spectacular – X-O Manowar #25!
Then, the Valiant event of 2014 begins in full force this June in Armor Hunters #1 (of 4) by writer Robert Venditti and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite! The crossover epic of the year then continues with two brand new story arcs beginning in Unity #8 and X-O Manowar #26 – and look for even more Valiant heroes to join the fight against Valiant’s first full-scale alien incursion as the summer continues!
This summer, Earth will be the greatest hunt of all. Armor Hunters is coming!
For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter, and at ValiantUniverse.com. For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.
OTHER PUBLISHERS
16-BIT ZOMBIES #1
Writer: FRED PERRY
Art/Cover: DAVID HUTCHINSON
$3.99
The survivors of the arcade zombie apocalypse only escaped the carnage by jumping onto a GeoNeo arcade cartridge. Little did they suspect the zombie virus would be able to follow them! What began in the arcades comes to the living room, as the zombie game sprites stalk and devour hapless 16-bit characters! The DigiZombies are coming. Without "pause". With no way to "reset" the situation. And there is nothing that can "save" the game!
Zombie computer viruses? This could, for all I know, be a terrific book. But my first reaction is "Aw, come ON!"
Writer/Art/Cover: FREDERIK PEETERS
Mature/$19.95
In the distant future, Verloc Nim wakes up in the middle of nowhere, remembering nothing of his former life. But when Verloc is handed his diary by a robot-ape called Churchill, he is able to revisit his past. His life, he discovers, was a miserable one. He lost his business, his family, and his friends because he refused the technological advancements of society. Theeye implants, the pharyngeal filters, the genetic modifications, he went without all these. He was astray in a society he deeply resented -- that is, until his brother, Conrad, took him to another planet to retrieve a mysterious substance called aama.
Writers: MALCOLM POYNTER & Various
Art: OGDEN WHITNEY & Various
$64.99
Weird, mysterious, and spine-tingling tales featuring issues #21-25 from July to November 1951 of the ACG classic Adventures Into The Unknown. This fifth volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored. Limited to 300 copies worldwide, it comes in a full-color slipcase featuring restored a cover to issue #21. Special introduction by Malcolm Poynter.
Writer: RYAN NORTH
Art: SHELLI PAROLINE, BRADEN LAMB
Cover: CRAIG ARNDT, HANNAH BISCHAK
Cover A: MIKE HOLMES
Cover B: CRAIG ARNDT
$3.99
Finn and Jake have always been best buds; they are always together, it's just something best buds do. But what happens when these two friends get separated on a crazy adventure with twists and turns? Will our pals be able to find each other again or is this just all part of growing up?
Writer/Art/Cover: TIM YATES
$3.99
Set sail on the Great Sea, a world full of magic, danger and excitement! Join Ariana, a most unlikely heroine, aboard an enchanted ship as she discovers what it truly means to be a pirate, on a journey that will change the world forever.
Wow, pirate comics are really becoming a thing, aren't they?
Writer/Art/Cover: JOHN WAGNER
$19.99
In a city like Mega-City One where 400 million citizens are crowded into huge housing blocks, free space is at a premium. Gardens, greenery and uninhabited space is extremely rare and only available for the wealthiest citizens. Naturally, these areas need to be protected at all costs -- enter the Banzai Battalion -- tiny droids who will take on anything that threatens their rooftop garden domain! This collection also features Judge Dredd's adventures against malfunctioning 'droids of the Big Meg!
Here's this, while Judge Dredd proper is being printed over at IDW. 'Tis a puzzlement.
Writers: IAN BOOTHBY & Various
Art: DEAN RANKINE & Various
Cover: JASON HO
$2.99
After an unfortunate trip to the dentist, Principal Skinner is mistaken for a vampire. It doesn't help that Bart fuels the fire (and supplies the pitchforks) to an unruly mob uprising. And when Bart brings one of Professor Frink's recent discoveries to school, it leads to some hair-raising hilarity. Then, Bart and Milhouse embark on an embittered and injurious thumbwrestling battle. Also, join McBain in the first of a series heroic features as he takes on his archenemy -- "Mendoza!!!!!"
Writer/Art/Cover: ALEC LONGSTRETH
$19.95
Basewood is the story of an amnesiac young man attempting to remember his mysterious past. Along the way he meets an old hermit who lives in a treehouse with his loyal dog, a young woman who fights for what she believes and a giant wolf-dragon who threatens their survival.
Writer/Cover: WALLY WOOD
Art: WALLY WOOD, STEVE DITKO
$35.00
A riotous and raunchy no-holds barred spy romp featuring beautiful women, explosive gunplay, naked catfights, Hitler, death from above and more naked women! Because Cannon first appeared in the U.S. military newspaper Overseas Weekly in the 1960s, it was not subject to the usual editorial censorship and legendary artist Wallace Wood took full advantage. Drawing from from newly unearthed source material, Fantagraphics Books will be producing the biggest, baddest, best-looking collection of Cannon, ever!
I seem to have this vague memory of having seen or read Cannon in the Long Before Time, and not having a very high opinion of the story -- that it was just a pastiche of tough-guy cliches that were old when the world was young. Of course, it's Wally Wood art, so what does the story matter? I may have to pick up a copy just to remind myself why I was unimpressed with Cannon back in the day.
Writer: JACK LONDON
Art/Cover: RIFF REB
Deluxe HC $17.99/TPB $13.99
When the ferry the intellectual Humphrey van Weyden is aboard sinks off of the San Francisco Bay, he drifts in the ocean until a seal-hunting schooner, under the command of hardened sailor Wolf Larsen, rescues him. Wolf Larsen is an incredibly strong brute and a hedonist who sees no value in life but is also educated- he likes that Humphrey (or "Hump") is someone he can have meaningful conversations with, and decides to let him stay. This rescue comes with a catch, however -- the boat is not returning to port soon. If van Weyden wants to stay onboard he must become a cabin boy and do chores on the ship, while he avoids angering the murderous crew. Furthermore, if he's going to survive this trip, van Weyden must keep the crew from killing their captain, and the captain from tossing him overboard.
Writer: DANIEL WAY
Art: EMILIANO URINOLA
Cover: RAFAEL ORTIZ
Torture Variant: RAFAEL ORTIZ
Wraparound Variant: GERMAN ERRAMOUSPE
Mature/$3.99
DANIEL WAY's horrific Crossed story concludes with the full misery of the worst of humanity unleashed. Dreaming of a way out of the world's horrors usually only leads to a violent and devastating death at the hands of the infected. After years of careful observation and planning, that message falls upon deaf ears until the bitter end. Now the captain faces the rotten fruits of his labors and the gleeful hate in every Crossed monster. Available with Regular and Torture covers by Rafa Ortiz, Wraparound by German Erramouspe, and special Red Crossed Incentive cover.
Writers: MICHAEL MORECI, TIM DANIEL
Art: RILEY ROSSMO, COLIN LORIMER
Cover: RILEY ROSSIMO
$3.99
The cold vice grip of death looms, but is it captor or captive feeling its steel jaws tighten? For Laney Griffin, the world is a ticking time bomb, as the night of the full moon -- and Anton's transformation -- draws nearer. With little room for error, Laney begins to lose his grip, and a startling revelation regarding his past threatens everything he holds dear.
$24.99
The eighth Doctor's adventures reach a shattering conclusion in this final volume of classic strips!
Fans will find newly-extended conclusions to "Sins of the Fathers" and "The Flood!" plus behind-the-scenes features, sketch artwork, and "Flood Barriers," an essay that documents the regeneration that never was!
Writers: MARK G. HEIKE & Various
Art: ROCK BAKER & Various
Cover: WILL MEUGNIOT
$9.95
Renegade surfaces, and the resolution to one long-running mystery leads to another, as new revelations bring the true history of the Femforce universe into clearer focus. Ms. Victory averts disaster on the high seas, Tara has a solo adventure on Jungle Island, and She-Cat goes to prison! Special cover by Will Meugniot!
This must be, like, a Will Meugniot convention sketch that someone colored or something. Because Meugniot is a MUCH better artist than this -- especially when it comes to "Good Girl Art," as anyone who's seen an issue of DNAgents can attest.
Writer/Art/Cover: KIO SHIMOKU
$10.99
School festival season is here! With friends of Yajima and Yoshitake visiting, someone from Hato's past chooses just the moment to reappear. Amid the chaos, an essential turning point arrives for Madarame! The stories feature the everyday lives of otaku, people with super-geeky obsessions. American fans can relate, and have even formed their own Genshiken clubs at schools across the country! This sequel series introduces a wide range of female characters, updating the series to correspond to the changing demographics of manga and anime fandom.
Writer: PATRICK SHAND
Art: LARRY WATTS
Cover: KEN LASHLEY
Cover B: JENNY FRISON
Cover C: STJEPAN SEJIC
Cover D: NEI RUFFINO
$2.99
THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
Everyone's favorite female archer is back in this brand new miniseries! Robyn thought she lost everything, but when the villainous Guy of Gisbourne makes his way to Earth, Robyn is faced with a choice. Return to Myst to save the people of Nottingham once and for all, or live life as a normal person. The final volume of the fan favorite Robyn Hood trilogy begins now ...
ROBYN RETURNS!
Cover B -- the one in the center on the top tier -- is by the same artist who does those gorgeous covers for Gail Simone's Red Sonja books over at Dynamite. There's something so natural about her chicks that they seem a million times hotter than the pneumatic, awkwardly posed Barbies that are so in vogue these days. Every time I see Jenny Frison's work, I'm more impressed. Anybody know if she's done any interior work?
Writer: RAVEN GREGORY
Art: ABHISHEK MALSUNI
Cover: DAWN MCTEIGUE
Cover B: VINCENZO CUCCA
Cover C: SEAN CHEN
Cover D: MIKE S. MILLER
Mature/$3.99
CALIE RETURNS TO WONDERLAND
SHATTERED REFLECTIONS -- Part One
Calie has returned to Wonderland with new powers, ready to end the reign of madness that has plagued her and her family's lives for so long. Unfortunately for her, Wonderland has other plans ... plans that include the creation of one of the greatest adversaries Calie has ever faced.
Writers: RAVEN GREGORY, PATRICK SHAND
Art: TONY BRESCINI
Cover: MIKE S. MILLER
Cover B: CHRIS EHNOT
Cover C: DAVID NAKAYAMA
Mature/$3.99
Violet accepts her destiny as the bride of the Void! A new Mad Hatter rises! An old villains burns! An army approaches Wonderland! The insane conclusion to the new Wonderland trilogy rockets to its bizarre climax as the sinister truth about the Realm of Wonderland is revealed at last.
Writers: V.J. BOYD, JUSTIN BOYD
Art/Cover: CHRIS DIBARI
$3.99
Ghost cop Tom Fraley stands alone, his allies fallen like so many dominoes, while the serial killer who took Tom's earthly life 65 years ago becomes ever more powerful as he claims more victims. Can Tom put a stop to the rampage before the killer becomes truly omnipotent?
GOD IS DEAD #9
Writer: MIKE COSTA
Art: JUAN FRIGERI
Cover: JACEN BURROWS
Wraparound Variant: GERMAN NOBILE
End of Days Variant: JACEN BURROWS
Iconic Variant: JACEN BURROWS
Mature/$3.99
Man's hubris truly does know no bounds. Albert has negotiated a coalition of gods to turn their wrath upon Gaia in an attempt at breaking her hold on the world. But can his sight be truly that finite to not recognize the tsunami of misery his actions may bring down upon the world? And as the titans prepare to battle for dominance, Ivy finds the shocking secret that turned a group of scientists into the gods that would inherit the earth. MIKE COSTA turns the intensity and darkness up a notch with his dramatic new stories about humanity at the brink. Available with not only a Regular cover but also an End of Days cover, Iconic and Gilded Order Incentive copies by Jacen Burrows and a special Carnage Wraparound by German Nobile.
Hickman's gone, but the title continues. I'm on the fence about getting the first trade. Any guidance, Legionnaires?
GRAVEL: COMBAT MAGICIAN #2
Writer: MIKE WOLFER
Art/Cover: GABRIEL REARTE
Wraparound Variant: GABRIEL REARTE
Horror Variant: GABRIEL REARTE
Mature/$3.99
The monthly adventures of William Gravel continue! Pressed into military service after his release from prison, Gravel finds that much has changed since his incarceration. Not only has the Combat Magician program for which he once instructed been practically abandoned by the British S.A.S., but the recruits who graduated the program have been less than stellar applicants, and none of them properly trained. Meanwhile, one man has turned the Tokyo subway system into his own personal abattoir, and it appears to be done using combat magic! Available with a Regular cover by artist Gabriel Rearte, Wraparound, Horror and a Black Magic Order Incentive cover by Mike Wolfer.
Writers: JOLLY BLACKBURN & Various
Art: JOLLY BLACKBURN
Cover: TBD
$5.99
This multiple award-winning comic magazine features the hilarious misadventures of a group of gamers (the Knights) and their friends, along with useful role-playing and other articles for gamers, from a gamer's perspective. It's a slice of (fantasy) life in strips, reviews and features, and a wonderful celebration of the gaming culture!
I'm baffled how Diamond can post a cover, but list the credits as "TBD." But they did, and here it is.
Writer: CHARLES SOULE
Art/Cover: ALBERTO ALBUQUERQUE
$3.99
An expedition to explore an alien artifact turns into a desperate fight for survival; and President Blades orders a special forces team to take down the most unlikely target imaginable.
Writer: ERIC M. ESQUIVEL
Art: JERRY GAYLORD
Cover: ALEXIS ZIRITT
$3.99
What happens when Loki goes from Norse god to rock god? Sex, fame, power! Loki becomes the world's biggest rock star and gains a legion of devout worshippers! It's a new experience for Loki. He likes it. The other gods? They don't like it so much, as Loki soon learns ... as the original series from Eric Esquivel (FREELANCERS) and Jerry Gaylord (FANBOYS VS. ZOMBIES) continues!
Writer: KIM HYUNG-MIN
Art/Cover: YANG KYUNG-IL
Mature/$12.99
The diabolic Lady Janjaghee has captured Rodin in hopes of luring March to her death. Enraged, March goes after her nemesis while Belma and Jake do their best to hold her back -- for if March allows her love for Rodin to overwhelm her, the Ill inside her will devour her soul. But tapping the evil force in her heart may be the only way for March to defeat Lady Janjaghee!
Writer/Art: Various
Cover: DERRICK CHEW
Mature/$22.99
This second stunning anthology unleashes a wave of top-flight Asian comics creators -- each running rampant through their dark imaginations! Monster Massacre is an exciting new graphic anthology series for fans of science fiction, fantasy, big monsters and all-out adventure! Jaw-dropping oversized pages showcase astounding new stories from the best creators in comics from all over the world. In this thrilling second volume, the greatest Asian pop culture talents - from Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan -- give free rein to their imaginations in this massive creator-owned testament to Mayhem, Mischief and Monsters! Plus: Short stories in the worlds of The Weirding Willows, Carpe DIEm and Sharky/Maximum Force!
I received the first volume of this as a review copy, but never got around to that review. Maybe second time's the charm.
Writer: ALAN MOORE
Art: KEVIN O'NEILL
Mature/$14.95
56 pages, FC, HC, 6.625” x 10.125”
From The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father's weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life.
Now it is 1941, and with her daughter strategically married into the family of aerial warlord Jean Robur, Janni's raiders have only limited contact with the military might of the clownish German-Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel. But when the pirate queen learns that her loved ones are held hostage in the nightmarish Berlin, she has no choice save to intervene directly, travelling with her ageing lover Broad Arrow Jack into the belly of the beastly metropolis. Within that alienated city await monsters, criminals and legends, including the remaining vestiges of Germany’s notorious ‘Twilight Heroes’, a dark Teutonic counterpart to Mina Murray’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And waiting at the far end of this gauntlet of alarming adversaries there is something much, much worse.
Continuing in the thrilling tradition of Heart of Ice, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill rampage through twentieth-century culture in a blazing new adventure, set in a city of totalitarian shadows and mechanical nightmares. Cultures clash and lives are lost in the explosive collision of four unforgettable women, lost in the black and bloody alleyways where thrive THE ROSES OF BERLIN.
When Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill followed up their League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century trilogy with 2013's spinoff Nemo: Heart of Ice, critics hailed it as a return to form, "a throwback to the high adventure of the initial series," and a "late-career masterpiece, with a chiseled veneer of cracked adventure on the surface and a bubbling enthusiasm for the magic of storytelling welling up inside."
Now saddle up your submarines and study up on your silent films, because the new NEMO is now available for pre-order! Moore & O'Neill rampage through twentieth-century culture in a blazing new adventure, set in a city of totalitarian shadows and mechanical nightmares. Cultures clash and lives are lost in the explosive collision of four unforgettable women, lost in the black and bloody alleyways where thrive THE ROSES OF BERLIN.
I decided after Moore left DC that I'd collect his League comics in collected form, but I have lost track. Has the first story from Top Shelf been entirely collected? Is there a collection coming with these one-shots? The more I read the Amazon descriptions the confused-er I get.
Writer/Art/Cover: HUB
$19.99
When two of Pajan's great clans covertly agree to a marriage between their heirs to form a powerful alliance, Okko the ronin and his group of demon hunters are recruited to insure the security of the ceremony in the long-awaited fourth volume of the series that blends the fantasy and samurai genres.
I read a number of Okko books -- and looking at the title above, I'm guessing it was volumes 1-3, representing Air, Earth and Water. I seem to remember enjoying them, but not so much that they stuck with me. Take that review for what you will (until I get a chance to refresh my memory).
Writer/Art/Cover: OSCAR ZARATE
Mature/$24.95
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, an incident takes place in a North London park. Chris is accidentally bitten by an excited dog and aims a defensive kick at it. The owner, a well-known polemicist Ivan Grubb, takes to his blog to express his outrage, spinning the story to fit happily with his own narrative. When Ivan and Chris relate the event to their children, they are surprised and confused by the strength of feeling their reactions provoke. The Park is a delicate examination of how anger, repression, and powerlessness can overwhelm even the most logical and well-intentioned person amid the confusion of the modern world.
Writer: NEIL PEART, KEVIN J. ANDERSON
Art: NICK ROBLES
Cover: HUGH SYME
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WHY WE LOVE IT
Rush's Clockwork Angels is a testament to the band's creative versatility, successful as a concept album, novel and international tour. Now Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart and New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson are bringing the story of Clockwork Angels to comics, where newcomer artist Nick Robles will bring the journey of Owen Hardy to visual life!
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
Die-hard Rush fans have longed for Peart's narrative songwriting to be adapted into comic book form for decades, but fans of steampunk fantasy will enjoy journeying into the world Albion thanks to Anderson's skilled storytelling.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Owen Hardy, like all the people of Albion, has lived his whole life under the rule of The Watchmaker. His entire life has been planned down to the exact second. But what happens when a young boy decides that things should not always goes as planned?
I was never a Rush fan, so I have no idea what this blurb is talking about. We got any Rush fans in the audience? Tell me this isn't as dopey as it appears!
Writers: LESLIE CHARTERIS, MEL ODOM
Art/Cover: DAVID BRYANT
$9.99
First ever graphic novel for The Saint! Simon Templar seeks to bring a drug smuggler to justice. In this story, Templar is shown in the process of establishing his reputation as a crime buster working with a team of mysterious individuals (akin to Robin Hood's Merry Men). Patricia Holm, Templar's love interest and fellow adventurer, appears as well.
Hey, I didn't know Moonstone was still in business. Good to see 'em. I might try this, although Roger Moore (who played The Saint in a series I never saw) left such a bad taste in my mouth via James Bond that I'm starting from a negative. That's how much I am Not A Roger Moore Fan -- he taints stuff I haven't even seen him in!
Writer: MAX DAVISON
Art: PHIL ORTIZ
Cover: JASON HO
$2.99
When an archaic town statute is enacted by City Hall, Homer Simpson and Chief Clancy Wiggum find themselves on the receiving end of an unexpected career switcheroo. Will this dramatic power shift cause life-altering changes in Springfield when the two donut-loving deadbeats take on each other's deliciously do-nothing jobs? Um ... not really.
Writer: CULLEN BUNN
Art/Cover: BRIAN HURTT
$3.99
The most tragic chapter of The Sixth Gun continues. Still reeling from the attack on the city of Brimstone, Drake and Becky are shocked by the appearance of an old enemy! Jesup is back, and he's out for blood. A shockingly brutal fight erupts between Nahuel and the man who has been turned into a killing machine by the Grey Witch!
Writer: MARK POULTON
Art/Cover: JIM HANNA
$14.95
Written by Mark Poulton (Savage Hawkman, Avengelyne) with art by Jim Hanna and Marat Mychaels
(Deadpool Corps, Grifter), Spotlight is Entourage meets the Justice League. As Spotlight, Tyler James is Hollywood's brightest star. He navigates the challenges of celebrity and being a superhero with a close-knit group of friends until a girl enters the inner circle, putting a strain on the relationship between him and his best friend, Mikey. Now, that jealousy has reared its ugly head, Spotlight soon learns the cost of fame and finds out who his real friends truly are.
Writers: SEAN O'REILLY, ERIK W. HENDRIX
Art/Cover: YANNIS ROUMBOULIAS
$19.95
The Steam Engines of Oz is back in an all-new story! Return to Arcana's World of Oz, set 100 years after The Wizard of Oz in a Steampunk future. Encounter old friends and new characters along the way as Victoria learns the secret of twins tied to Oz's infamous past. Along the way, a father searches for his lost sons, a fallen hero is on the path to redemption, former prisoners adjust to life among the rough n' tumble Munchkins and, most importantly, what is the Geared Leviathan?
Writer: MIKE CAREY
Art: ELENA CASAGRANDE
Cover: TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
$16.99
THE NIGHTMARE CONQUERS ALL
With the Nightmare Crew's true plan revealed, Leo Winters must test the limits of his burgeoning power to stop them-but will this play right into their hands? Or, will it cause an even bigger tragedy than the one Leo's putting everything at risk trying to stop?
Mike Carey (LUCIFER, THE UNWRITTEN) and fanfavorite artist Elena Casagrande (HULK, HACK/SLASH) raise the bar in this pulse-pounding
second arc of SUICIDE RISK, which also includes the critically acclaimed standalone story illustrated by spotlight artist Joëlle Jones (ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, HELHEIM).
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE
Writer/Art/Cover: KEN AKAMATSU
$10.99
A brand new series from Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina, Negima!). Set in the far future of the world of Negima!, it will draw in older Negima! fans. But it is also an entirely new story, so new fans will enjoy it as well. Negi Springfield, the boy wizard of the hit manga Negima!, fought and won many battles. Now it is decades later and Negi's grandson, a little boy name Touta, dreams of leaving his quiet village and heading to the City. But first he must defeat his teacher, the immortal vampire Evangeline!
Publisher: VIZ LLC
Writer/Art/Cover: TAKEHIKO INOUE
Mature/$9.95
Musashi takes on a different kind of opponent when he comes to the aid of a young orphaned boy and tries to defeat one of the fundamental elements of nature, water. This side journey takes him to the verge of discovering something that is perhaps even greater than becoming invincible.
Writer: ANTONY JOHNSTON
Art: SAM KIETH
Cover: CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
Mature/$3.99
LEGENDARY ARTIST SAM KIETH joins Wasteland for this special one-shot issue! What happened to all the lives Michael and Abi have touched on their journey? Find out in this unique interlude, with gorgeous art pieces by the master of atmosphere himself, Sam Kieth!
Writer: ANTONY JOHNSTON
Art: JUSTIN GREENWOOD
Cover: CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
Mature/$14.99
The beginning of the end! Marcus has long dreamed that "everything ends in fire," but even he didn't expect this! As the city prepares to face his mysterious father, a cabal of his closest advisors plots to assassinate Marcus ... but the Lord Founder has a few secrets of his own, and their revelation will bring the city to its knees!
Writer: MICK FOLEY
Art/Cover: ALITHA MARTINEZ
$3.99
From Papercutz. Second printing of the sold-out smash!
"Money in the Bank" Part 2
While the whole world wonders what happened to CM Punk, the answer is right here! He's in Titan City! Imagine a city much like any other crumbling, crime-ridden, corrupt modern city, except its key people are shockingly similar to WWE super-stars. That city is Titan City. And Titan City is on the brink of chaos while warring factions try to track down the missing $10,000,000.00 that was allegedly stolen by John Cena! CM Punk prepares the people against the corrupt McMahon machine. John Cena finds himself manhandled by the enforcer Mark Henry. And Randy Orton confronts someone who could change the landscape of the city forever with just one word: Yes! Daniel Bryan is ready to take over! 2nd printing with new cover featuring Ryback vs. CM Punk and a blank sketch back cover!
Writer: MICK FOLEY
Art/Cover: ALITHA MARTINEZ
$3.99
"The Barrens." John Cena and Randy Orton are forced to work together when they find themselves trapped in the middle of a desert wasteland controlled by the psychotic Wyatt Family. But old feuds die hard and their mutual distrust for each other may cause them greater problems than the crazed followers of Bray Wyatt.
Writer/Art/Cover: CLAMP
$19.99
Part drama, part mystery, xxxHOLiC spins engaging tales that have remarkable depth. Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko's shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.
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