THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
While the big publishers offer their usual avalanche of a books, t's a light week for some publishers. There are no books at all from from Action Lab or Archie,and only one from Valiant. Even "Other Publishers" feels a bit light.
Which is a good thing, because I've been delayed this week by some technical problems, and am running a bit behind. That means no time for recommendations or a ticker -- but there's still plenty of stupid comments!
(Boilerplate: This list is lifted from the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. website, and is subject to change. Clicking on most images results in a larger image. The Captain's remark are in blue.)
DARK HORSE
Five Dark Horse books that were initially listed earlier in the week as coming out March 26 disappeared off the list before today, so I had to remove them to the "overset" list.* That's not atypical. I'd like to pretend that I have some clever insight about this phenomemon, but really, I just want to complain about how it makes a job that's already labor intensive take that much longer. And I shouldn't pick on DH -- the same was true of IDW, Image and Dynamite. Even Marvel and DC bumped a couple of books this week, which they don't often do. That's hard enough for me -- I can only imagine what it's like for retailers!
(*And then my computer ate them. $@**&*&*##!!)
#1 for $1: B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #1
Writer/Cover: MIKE MIGNOLA
Writer: JOHN ARCUDI
Art: GUY DAVIS
Colors: DAVE STEWART
FC, 32 pages, $1.00
One-shot
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth follows the B.P.R.D., now operating under strict UN oversight, as they face new horrors. People are once again vanishing from small towns, monsters are roaming in the woods and a strange new creature arrives to create hell on earth.
• The first issue of B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth for only $1!
• Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi!
“If you want a jumping on point, this is it.” -- Comic Vine
“You will not be disappointed.” -- Read Comic Books
I'm not really a fan of Guy Davis' artwork. It's pretty eccentric, and only fits certain projects -- and I honestly don't think B.P.R.D. is one of those. But he's been doing it for so long that it's grown on me, and now I can't really picture anybody else doing the book.
Besides, the concept and writing really carry the book anyway. It's simply a good read.
BLACKOUT #1 (of 4)
Writers: FRANK BARBIERE, RANDY STRADLEY
Art/Colors: COLIN LORIMER
Art: DOUG WHEATLEY
Colors: WES DZIOBA
Cover: MICAH KANESHIRO
Variant Cover: PAOLO RIVERA
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Miniseries
OUT OF NOWHERE COMES DARK HORSE’S NEWEST HERO!
Scott Travers’s special suit lets him move through our world unseen and untouchable within a shadowy parallel dimension -- but he doesn’t know how the suit works or where it came from. With his benefactor missing and unfriendlies after his Blackout gear, Scott must find answers before the answers find him!
• Story by Frank Barbiere (The White Suits, Five Ghosts).
• Special King Tiger feature by Star Wars stars Randy Stradley and Doug Wheatley!
• Part of Project Black Sky!
• Introduced in the award-winning Dark Horse Presents.
This is part of DH's new superhero line, which will be called "Project Black Sky". It will incorporate existing books Brain Boy, Captain Midnight, Ghost and X, plus several new ones. According to the press releases, the books will play independently, but there's an overarching story that ties them together -- a "universe" concept that DH says is virtually a necessity in today's crowded superhero market.
That's pretty smart, because that's the sort of thing that will induce me (and presumably others like me) to sample virtually the entire line. But to be honest, I'm not very hopeful -- this is DH's third or fourth attempt at a superhero line, and that track record isn't very encouraging.
BLOODHOUND: CROWBAR MEDICINE #5 (of 5)
Writer: DAN JOLLEY
Art/Cover: LEONARD KIRK
Inker: ROBIN RIGGS
Colors: MOOSE BAUMANN
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
Crowbar Medicine reaches its gut-wrenching climax! Cut off from backup, Clev, Saffron, and uneasy ally Terminus confront the scientist behind the ability-granting Power Chip. Still shaken by personal tragedy, and going up against a trio of Power Chip users at Dr. Morgenstern’s side, Clev is about to take on the most vicious fight of his life!
• Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and Leonard Kirk (The Ultimates) take superhero action to a new level!
*Look for Dan Jolley’s new Terminator series in this month’s catalog!
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #9
Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art: FERNANDO DAGNINO
Colors: EGO
Cover: FELIPE MASSAFERA
FC, 32 pages, $2.99
Ongoing
“The more I read of this series, the more I want.” -- Comic Vine
Eager to learn the mysterious fate of his former sidekick, Captain Midnight storms war industrialist Fury Shark’s London stronghold. He’s a man on a mission to confront his archnemesis, but will Midnight be able to handle the truth about his old buddy Chuck Ramsey?
• Artist Fernando Dagnino returns to the pilot seat!
• Written by Joshua Williamson (Ghosted, Masks and Mobsters, Uncharted)!
• Beautiful cover by Felipe Massafera.
I'm struggling through the Golden Age Captain Midnight collections, which are barely readable. But I'm still going to sample this title in trade -- not for comparison, as was my original intent, but because it's part of "Project Black Sky." See? Dark Horse's cunning scheme is working already!
ELFQUEST: THE FINAL QUEST #2
Writer/Art/Cover: WENDY PINI
Writer: RICHARD PINI
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
All new Elfquest!
Fate brings battle unasked for, and heartbreak unforeseen. Chieftess Ember’s Wolfriders try to save a human town, only to lose their own mountain home and Ember and Teir’s dearest wish comes true at the worst possible moment -- with agonizing and far-reaching consequences!
• Winner of the Golden Pen Award from the Young Adult Advisory Committee!
• Includes extensive extra content!
EMPOWERED SPECIAL: INTERNAL MEDICINE
Writer/Art/Cover: ADAM WARREN
Art/Cover: BRANDON GRAHAM
B&W, 32 pages, $3.99
One-shot
ÜBERNURSES!
At the Purple Paladin Memorial Hospital’s terrifying Suprahuman Treatment Wing, Dr. Big McLarge Huge recruits costumed crimefighter Empowered and her best friend Ninjette to save a five-mile-wide alien mothership’s parasite-infested babyship -- if, that is, our heroines can even survive the elevator ride up to the operating room!
• Story (and bonus art) by Adam Warren, illustrated by rising star Brandon Graham (Prophet, King City, Multiple Warheads)
• 30 story pages!
• Over 100,000 Empowered graphic novels in print.
“Empowered stands as one of the great modern superhero comics.” -- View From The Gutters
I read the first collection of this, and it read like porn to me. I mean, what I imagine porn to read like. Cough. All of the action seems geared toward getting the heroine's clothes off, and occasionally into bed.
And, to quote Seinfeld, there's nothing wrong with that. But that doesn't make it "one of the great modern superhero comics," as the quote above attests. Or, really, a top-tier book of any kind. It's porn. Pretty good porn, I guess, as these things go, but porn nonetheless. I wish it all the success in the world, and for those who enjoy it, happy trails.
But for my part, I'm a little embarrassed to have Empowered Volume 1 on my bookshelf.
FURIOUS #3 (of 5)
Writer: BRYAN L. GLASS
Art/Cover: VICTOR SANTOS
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
Do we build our heroes up just to break them down?
Cadence Lark’s past is riddled with fiery ruin and personal train wrecks, and she’s desperate to prove her worth, if only to herself. As Furious, she must tame her own fears, while ensuring the creeps of the world know justice! When she is signaled to help at a rooftop fire, she heeds the call.
• Reuniting the Harvey Award–winning Mice Templar team!
• Unleash the Fanboy says Bryan J. L. Glass’s writing is “truly, a work of art.”
HALO: ESCALATION #4
Writer: CHRIS SCHLERF
Penciller: RICARDO SANCHEZ ARREOLA
Inker:ROB LEAN
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: ANTHONY PALUMBO
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
From Christopher Schlerf, lead writer of Halo 4!
The UNSC Infinity is ambushed by an unexpected enemy while on a mission to rescue a damaged civilian freighter. Across the galaxy, an undercover Lasky enlists the help of an old friend in rooting out a spy inside the UNSC.
• An all-new ongoing Halo series from Dark Horse!
• An essential addition to the Halo canon!
• The Halo franchise has sales eclipsing $3 billion over its lifetime!
KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #2 (of 6)
Writer: TIMOTHY TRUMAN
Art/Cover: TOMAS GIORELLO
Colors: JOSE VILLARRUBIA
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Miniseries
“A violent tribute to the world of Conan and something that all comic book fans should be reading.” -- IGN
Conan finds himself chained on a galley ship manned by some of the Black Corsairs he once sailed with in his youth! If he’s to reach Stygia and recover the magical jewel he needs to regain his throne, he’ll have to lead a slave uprising and reclaim his old title: Amra the Lion!
• Continuing the acclaimed "Hour of the Dragon" adaptation!
• Howard’s only Conan novel -- adapted by a critically acclaimed team!
"This team does it again. Giorello and Villarrubia create such amazing art that's perfect for a serious and bloody Conan." -- iFanboy
I suspect there's a DH Conan omnibus or two in my future. A-list creators, interesting new stories, top-flight adaptations ... really, this is good stuff. I fell off the Conan wagon a couple of years ago in a spasm of thriftiness, and now I want to get back on, and catch up on what I missed.
MASS EFFECT: FOUNDATION #9
Writer: MAC WALTERS
Art: TONY PARKER
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: BENJAMIN CARRE
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
“Great read for fans of the franchise, and those of science fiction in general.” -- Digital Noob
The Illusive Man’s agents redouble their efforts to resurrect Shepard, and in doing so are led to the very model of a scientist salarian -- Mordin Solus!
• Written by Mac Walters, lead writer of Mass Effect 2 and 3!
• Ties directly into Mass Effect 2!
• Mass Effect 3 was named Best RPG at the 2012 Spike VGAs!
THE MASSIVE #21
Writer: BRIAN WOOD
Art: GARRY BROWN
Colors: JORDIE BELLAIRE
Cover: J.P. LEON
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
The Massive’s location revealed?!
In a cathedral in Prague, Cal prepares for a final showdown with his nemesis Arkady, but what will fell him first: his cancer, the bullet from the Russian’s SIG Sauer or the realization that nothing -- nothing -- of the past decade was what it seemed? The conclusion of “Bloc,” the most groundbreaking arc of The Massive to date, takes us into the final year of the series with a stunning reveal.
“Brian Wood’s The Massive proves that there’s room for political comics.” -- Complex
God bless the Legionnaire who took the time out of his life a few weeks ago to explain -- with exaggerated patience, I imagine -- the difference between Mass Effect and Massive, which I keep conflating in my mind. (It doesn't help that both books always come out on the same week every month.) But I will never actually separate them until I read one or both, so are either any good? Surely one of you Legionnaires is reading one or both, and can give me a recommendation!
MIND MGMT #20
Writer/Art: MATT KINDT
FC, 24 pages, $3.99
Ongoing
“Matt’s storytelling is second to none.” -- Unleash the Fanboy
If you thought Mind Management was wild today, wait until you meet the agents of the swinging 1970s!
• Matt Kindt (Justice League of America) is taking comics by storm!
• Introducing a new Giant Man from the creator of 3 Story!
“MIND MGMT is the kind of conspiracy thriller that I can wholeheartedly buy into.” -- Comic Book Resources
PARIAH #2 (of 8)
Writers: ARON WARNER, PHILIP GELATT
Art/Cover: BRETT WELDELE
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
“The story draws you in from the beginning.” -- Open Book Society
On Earth, a hacker causes an economic meltdown in what seems to be a rescue plan to save the vitros, who are trapped in space on a failing satellite.
• Created by Academy Award–winning producer Aron Warner (Shrek).
• Art by Eisner-nominated painter Brett Weldele (The Surrogates).
• Written by Philip Gelatt (Petrograd).
SERENITY: LEAVES ON THE WIND #3 (of 6)
Writer: ZACK WHEDON
Penciller/Variant Cover: GEORGES JEANTY
Inker: KARL STORY
Colors: LAURA MARTIN
Cover: DAN DOS SANTOS
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Miniseries
The story continues after the film!
Serenity is found! The crew, including Jayne and a certain bounty hunter, get themselves ready to restock and retrieve when River wakes from her self-induced sleep and gives Mal a mandate ... which will eventually -- hopefully -- maybe -- lead to Zoe’s rescue!
• Buffy’s Season 8 and 9 artist conquers the galaxy!
• Zack Whedon returns to Serenity!
• Executive producer Joss Whedon!
Here's another TV series that comics fans always rave about, that I never watched. (Yes, there's something wrong with me, and I am a bad person, and my life is clearly empty, and so forth.) As a result, I will never read this funnybook.
But I am always happy when there's a popular book that I don't read, because it means the industry is just that much more diverse. So y'all read on, and good for you!
STAR WARS LEGACY #13
Writer: CORINNA BECHKO
Writer/Art: GABRIEL HARDMAN
Colors: JORDAN BOYD
Cover: AGUSTIN ALESSIO
FC, 32 pages, $2.99
Ongoing
“Highly recommended.” -- Unleash the Fanboy
After a crash landing on a wild planet with her captor -- and former flame -- Ramid, Ania Solo is having trouble shaking the other bounty hunter on her tail. She’s going to need some help from someone, but when you’re accused of murdering an Imperial Knight, friends are hard to come by!
“Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman have introduced me to a new favorite Star Wars character.” -- Comic Vine
Geez, posting Star Wars solicits always feels a little bit like a wake these days. Dead Man Walking, and all that.
TOMB RAIDER #2
Writer: GAIL SIMONE
Penciller: NICOLAS DANIEL SELMA
Inker: JUAN GEDSON
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: DAN SCOTT
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
GAIL SIMONE CONTINUES LARA CROFT’S JOURNEY!
Lara Croft and her friends are experiencing horrific visions in the aftermath of their ordeal in the lost kingdom of Yamatai. But those visions herald a darker fate than they could have imagined!
• The Tomb Raider video game sold over 3.5 million copies in 2013!
• The classic character reimagined and explored anew!
Say, that girl has very large breasts. Has anybody else noticed that, or is it just me?
VANDROID #2 (of 5)
Writer/Cover: TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
Writer: NOAH SMITH
Art: DAN MCDAID
Colors: MELISSA EDWARDS
FC, 32 pages, $3.99
Miniseries
THEY DON’T MAKE ’EM LIKE THIS ANYMORE!
Vandroid ramps up in this no-holds-barred second issue! The Van Man is off the chain, but when he runs afoul of his creator’s loose ends -- including his estranged wife and an old criminal acquaintance -- he finds out that being human is more complicated than his programming indicated!
Complete the Vandroid experience with the remastered soundtrack from Ed Banger Records and the unearthed 1984 movie trailer at Vandroid.com.
Heh. Ed Banger Records. Get it? Ed Banger = Head Banger. Get it? Oh, you already did. Never mind.
DC COMICS
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #11
Writer: JIM KRUEGER
Art/Cover: NEIL EDWARDS and SCOTT HANNA
1:10 DC Collectibles Variant cover
This issue will arrive in stores with two covers.
40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
After learning about the Last Son of Krypton, a troubled alien travels from a distant galaxy to meet Superman … and to confess the horrible secret that he was Krypton’s Green Lantern.
You know, we've already had at least one story about Krypton's Green Lantern in the Old 52 -- that was pre-Crisis, and I have a vague memory of a different one post-Crisis, but I don't really remember. However many there have been, one salient point defines them: They failed to prevent Krypton's destruction. Here's another GL who failed to stop Krypton's destruction, a New 52 version, but we can already guess one thing about him: He probably feels pretty bad about it.
OTOH, one thing I've always wondered about: Isn't it kind of a good thing that a potential race of universe-conquering Supermen are off the table? I mean, Jor-El and Kal-El are very nice fellows, and we can trust them to use super-powers responsibly. But if Krypton had survived, there would be MILLIONS of potential Supermen, and I imagine some of them might use those super-powers somewhat selfishly, like ... oh, I dunno, conquering the universe. As soon as someone like Gen. Zod figured out he'd get super-powers from yellow solar radiation, he'd zip to such a solar system with a quickness with a bunch of soldiers, and probably work up an artificial version to operate under red suns. Next thing you know, we'd all be kneeling before Zod. (Or dead, collateral damage from Supermen warring over our planet.)
This has been an elephant in the room ever since Daxam was introduced, and DC has tried to moot the question by making Daxamites xenophobic and religiously averse to space travel. But, honestly, does it make sense that not ONE Daxamite was sufficiently greedy or non-religious enough to embark on a super-powered spree? After all, Lar Gand opted for a little space exploration -- is it even remotely possible that he's the ONLY Daxamite with a wanderlust?
Heck, various writers have been unable to keep their hands off that elephant, having various bad guys -- from Darkseid to Glorith -- conquer Daxam and use the populace as a super-powered army. Those armies have always been beaten, but more by writer fiat than anything plausible.
Anyway, Daxam aside, we're probably pretty lucky that Krypton went kablooey. Sorry, Kal and Kara, but we're better off without that gun on the mantlepiece.
ALL-STAR WESTERN #29
Writers: JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art: MORITAT
Cover: DARWYN COOKE
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+
Lost in time, Jonah rides through the modern South and into a corrupt town run by a ruthless family whose roots go back to the Civil War. Their name? Turnbull. Hex is about to learn a painful lesson in family history!
AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOL 5 (TPB)
Writer: SCOTT SNYDER
Art: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and DUSTIN NGUYEN
Cover: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
On sale MARCH 26 • 280 pg, FC, $16.99 US • MATURE READERS
Skinner Sweet, Pearl and company return to Hollywood in the ‘50s during the Red Scare. In a time when America was on the lookout for the next Communist threat, was the real danger far more insidious?
Plus: Retired vampire hunter Felicia Book is called back into action to kill the most powerful vampire of all time. Collecting #28-34 of the monthly series, plus the 5-issue miniseries AMERICAN VAMPIRE: LORD OF NIGHTMARES.
AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOL 6 (HC)
Writers: SCOTT SNYDER, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, JASON AARON, JEFF LEMIRE, BECKY CLOONAN, FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, GAIL SIMONE, GABRIEL BA, FABIO MOON and GREG RUCKA
Art: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, DECLAN SHALVEY, IVO MILAZZO, RAY FAWKES, BECKY CLOONAN, FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, TULA LOTAY, GABRIEL BA and FABIO MOON, and J.P. LEON
Cover: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
144 pg, FC, $22.99 US • MATURE READERS
You are cordially invited to a party -- to die for! This new volume collects lost tales starring new characters and old favorites from AMERICAN VAMPIRE: THE LONG ROAD TO HELL #1, starring Travis Kidd -- the vampire hunter who likes to “bite them back” -- plus the stories from the AMERICAN VAMPIRE ANTHOLOGY #1.
Wheee! I just love this series.
AQUAMAN #29
Writer: JEFF PARKER
Art/Cover: PAUL PELLETIER and SEAN PARSONS
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
It’s all-out action as Aquaman feels the wrath It’s all-out action as Aquaman feels the wrath of Atlas as he makes his first appearance in The New 52! And the environmental havoc seen in the pages of SWAMP THING may put Arthur on a collision course with a certain Avatar of the Green!
Atlas? Which one? DC's had about a half dozen!
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #29
Writer: GREGG HURWITZ
Art/Cover: ETHAN VAN SCIVER
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
The savagery of Man-Bat reaches a horrifying peak this final issue of the series!
I hope I'm the only one who is bored by Man-Bat stories. They sure make enough of them.
BEWARE THE BATMAN #6
Writer: MATTHEW W. MANNING
Art/Cover: LUCIANO VECCHIO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
In a story told entirely from first-person perspective, Alfred Pennyworth searches for Batman, who’s in the midst of a fight for his life! Can Alfred get there in time?
You should be careful with those ears, buddy. You could put somebody's eye out!
CATWOMAN #29
Writer: ANN NOCENTI
Art: PATRICK OLLIFFE
Cover by TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Catwoman is tired of slumming it, so she’s making her bid for high society. There, she’ll find her greatest challenge yet: proving herself the best thief in the world! “The Race of Outlaws” starts here!
So far, Ed Brubaker is the only writer who's given me a Catwoman I really enjoyed, and felt like a plausible protagonist and not a supporting character. I'll give Nocenti time to win me over, but I'm not really hopeful.
DC UNIVERSE VS. THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #6
Writers: KEITH GIFFEN and TONY BEDARD
Art: DEXTER SOY
Cover: MIKEL JANIN
32 pg, FC, 6 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
FINAL ISSUE! It’s all-out action as the heroes of the DC Universe and the Masters of the Universe join forces to battle Skeletor and his mysterious Dark Master, with the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance. But what will prove to be more important to Skeletor: his desire to destroy He-Man and his allies, or his distaste for taking orders from anyone?
DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #4
Writers: TOBY LITT and MARK BUCKINGHAM
Art: MARK BUCKINGHAM and GARY ERSKINE
Cover: MARK BUCKINGHAM
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Were Charles and Edwin total fools when they followed Crystal back to their hellish alma mater, St. Hilarion’s, to investigate their own murders? All they’ve done is put Crystal in danger of having her soul stripped out of her by the demon possessed master Nath. If the boys fail to rescue her, all three of them will burn.
I'm enjoying this. If I can't have Ralph and Sue Dibny as ghost detectives, I'll gladly take these two.
FABLES #139
Writer: BILL WILLINGHAM
Art: STEVE LEIALOHA
Cover: NIMIT MALAVIA
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In part one of the two-part “The Boys in the Band,” we return to some Scottish roots. So why are Peter Piper, Joe Shepherd, Puss in Boots and Briar Rose all on their way to Scotland? Well, the band has to stick together, of course! When Danny Boy shows up at the Farm to tell Seamus it’s time to return home, the group sets off on their journey across the ocean. An evil Scottish villain is introduced, and a bloody battle ensues that may mean the loss of one of our favorite feline Fables. Plus, don’t miss this issue’s debut of sensational new cover artist Nimit Malavia!
THE FLASH #29
Writer: BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art: PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover: PASQUAL FERRY
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
The Flash faces the final battle against the Central City killer! But will we learn the truth behind the murder of Barry Allen’s mother? Only Deadman can help solve this mystery!
I'm going to miss Brian Buccellato when he leaves this title. He's no Shakespeare, but his Flash has been zippy and entertaining. And, really, what more do you want in a funnybook?
FOREVER EVIL: A.R.G.U.S. #6
Writer: STERLING GATES
Art: NEIL EDWARDS, JASON PAZ and JAY LEISTEN
Cover: MIKEL JANIN
1:25 B&W Variant: MIKEL JANIN
32 pg, FC, 6 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
The grand finale of Steve Trevor’s bid to save the Justice League! How can one man turn the tide against the Crime Syndicate? It all leads into FOREVER EVIL #7!
Again, enjoying this. It's not often a long-running "event" keeps my interest, but DC is really knocking it out of the park with "Forever Evil." FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION #6
Writer: BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art: SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover: DECLAN SHALVEY
1:25 B&W Variant cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
32 pg, FC, 6 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
The Rogues battle to full strength as they play out a crucial role in the carnage that awaits them in FOREVER EVIL #7! How can these blue-collar criminals defeat the Crime Syndicate?
See above.
HARLEY QUINN #0 (2ND PTG)
Writers: AMANDA CONNER, JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art: AMANDA CONNER & Various
Cover: AMANDA CONNER
$2.99
This bombastic debut issue features art by award-winning illustrators including Darwyn Cooke, Sam Kieth, Tony S. Daniel, Paul Pope, Walter Simonson, Art Baltazar and others -- but will any of them measure up to the exacting standards of the Clown Princess of Crime? Don't miss the thrilling return of Harley Quinn in her own monthly series!
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #11
Writer: DAN ABNETT
Art: MICHAEL O’HARE
Cover: KEN LASHLEY
32 pg, FC, $2.99 U.S.
Deep within the realm of Subternia and reeling from a shocking loss and shattering betrayal, He-Man is overcome and taken prisoner by a surprising enemy. The quest is abandoned and He-Man separated from his allies. He’s about to be made a sacrifice in his adversary’s plan to claim all Eternia.
I'm really impressed with how DC has turned MotU into a viable story. Unfortunately, though, I still can't read the name "He-Man" without laughing.
INJUSTICE YEAR TWO #3
Writer: TOM TAYLOR
Art: BRUNO REDONDO
Cover: JHEREMY RAAPACK
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Superman’s increasing hold over the Earth has concerned the Guardians of the Universe. And with Hal Jordan believing in Superman’s world vision, his allegiance to the Green Lantern Corps is being tested. So under the direction of the Guardians, two more Lanterns -- Guy Gardner and John Stewart -- are sent on a diplomatic mission to Earth to see the effect of Superman’s rule.
I've got the first Injustice collection in my to-read pile, but I never seem to get around to it. Too depressing.
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #29
Writer: J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art/Cover: MIKEL JANIN
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
“FOREVER EVIL: BLIGHT” conclusion! Witness the self-destruction of John Constantine, who might just be more vile than any of the villains in FOREVER EVIL!
LARFLEEZE #9
Writers: KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art: SCOTT KOLINS
Cover: TYLER KIRKHAM
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Larfleeze must decide what’s more important -- the orange light or his life -- when he finds out the source of his power is killing him!
RED LANTERNS #29
Writer: CHARLES SOULE
Art: ALESSANDRO VITTI
Cover: STEPHEN SEGOVIA
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The Reds have found their newest recruit: Supergirl! Guy Gardner is hardly equipped to handle a teenaged Kryptonian Red Lantern, so he heads for Earth and hand her off to her cousin, Superman! But Superman is … unimpressed by Guy’s leadership skills -- or lack thereof …
THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE SPECIAL EDITION #2
Writer: NEIL GAIMAN
Art/Cover: J.H. WILLIAMS III
Resolicit • 44 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS
This Special Edition will include the entire second issue of the new miniseries before final coloring, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at J.H. Williams’ unique process. Williams’ original coloring will be shown with the black, white and gray tones of the original work. Also, the lettering will be translucent, allowing the reader to see the exquisite artwork behind the word balloons. This issue also features a Q&A and a Process Piece with colorist Dave Stewart and other bonus features.
This has been delayed so long I've forgotten what happened in the first issue.
SUICIDE SQUAD: AMANDA WALLER #1
Writer: JIM ZUB
Art: ANDRE COELHO
Cover: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
One-shot • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T+
As head of both Suicide Squad and A.R.G.U.S., Amanda Waller has made a lot of enemies over the years. And now, without either of those groups at her disposal, one of those enemies has come to kill her! She must stop him all by herself or die trying …
I'm still bummed that they turned Waller into a typical comic-book hottie, of which there are a jillion. She was a much more believable, imposing and unique figure as a plus-size woman.
Hey, maybe she'll develop an eating disorder from the stress of being such a rotten person. We can only hope!
SUPERMAN #29
Writer: SCOTT LOBDELL
Art/Cover: ED BENES
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant cover
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Superman and Starfire must deal with a cache of deadly alien weapons -- and its horrifying impact on the innocents who find them! But first, these two heroes will have to stop fighting each other before someone ends up dead!
TALON #17
Writer: TIM SEELEY
Art: JORGE LUCAS
Cover: EMANUEL SIMEONI
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
Calvin Rose and Anya must defeat Lord Death Man, but there’s another master of death in the mix, the key to LDM’s plans: Dr. Darrk! Will Calvin Rose finally be resurrected, or will the Talon succumb to eternal Death?
TEEN TITANS #29
Writer: SCOTT LOBDELL
Art: TYLER KIRKHAM and ART THIBERT
Cover: BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
1:25 Robot Chicken Variant
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
With their adventure through time to the trial of Kid Flash at a close, the Teen Titans make one last harrowing discovery before returning to present-day New York City. Can they survive with what they’ve learned the future of themselves and the team?
THE WAKE #7
Writer: SCOTT SNYDER
Art: SEAN MURPHY
Cover: ANDREW ROBINSON
32 pg, FC, 7 of 10, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Two hundred years in the future, things are not looking good for the human race. But a mysterious call from the deep could change everything. The epic, flooded future of THE WAKE continues here!
I kinda lost track of this complicated story, but recently got the first trade. Once I read that, I should be back on track enough to comment.
WORLDS’ FINEST #21
Writer: PAUL LEVITZ
Art: R.B. SILVA and JOE WEEMS
Cover: EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The “First Contact” crossover with BATMAN/SUPERMAN reaches its conclusion as Kaizan Gamorra unleashes a plot to depower Power Girl and unlock the secrets of Superman of Earth 2!
DYNAMITE
ASH AND THE ARMY OF DARKNESS ANNUAL 2014
Writer: SHANNON ERIC DENTON
Art: NACHO TENORIO
Covers: DENNIS CALERO
Teen + / 40 pages / $4.99
Stranded in the 1300s, Ash Williams leads a war against evil as he searches for a way home to the present day. Ash's search is complicated when his soul is stolen by three witches and the only way for him to go home is to follow them from time period to time period and recover the parts of his missing soul. Ash must once again rise up against the forces of evil and their army of darkness if he is to have any hope of ever returning to the modern world he left behind.
DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS #12 (OF 12)
Writer: MARK RAHNER
Art: JETHRO MORALES
Cover: JAY ANACLETO
A super-special, exclusive Jay Anacleto "Black and White" cover, only available to comic shop subscribers and limited to initial orders!
Mature / 32 pages / $3.99
FINAL ISSUE!!! The finale of the offbeat hit miniseries! Looks like the only success Dejah Thoris will have on a suicide mission with her Thark commandos is the suicide. They have no way to stop the crazed, nihilistic Warhoons they've infiltrated from activating the gigantic, ancient gun unearthed in the desert. And it's aimed at Helium -- for starters.
DOC SAVAGE #4
Writer: CHRIS ROBERSON
Art: BILQUIS EVELY
Cover: ALEX ROSS
Teen + / 32 pages / $3.99
When an experimental drilling technique threatens to set the world's largest oil fields ablaze in 1977, Doc Savage is the only one who can prevent an environmental catastrophe and the worldwide economic crisis which would surely follow. But to succeed, he will first have to help a young woman regain her faith in the future.
I'm delighted there is a Doc Savage comic book, and there always should be. I'm never been very interested in the character, but I'm glad he continues to exist.
GARTH ENNIS' RED TEAM: SEASON ONE TPB
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: Craig Cermak
Cover: Ryan Sook
Mature / 160+ pages ? $XXXX
Red Team is the story of a Major Crimes task force unit in the NYPD, four of New York's finest- and smartest- who decide to murder a suspect. Very soon, the worst possible thing that could possibly happen... happens. Featuring all seven issues of Red Team Season One, a hardcore crime drama in the tradition of The Wire and The Shield. Written by Garth Ennis, one of the most recognizable and popular writers in comics, with legions of fans appreciative of the moral ambiguity and intense violence in such titles as Preacher, The Punisher, Hitman, and The Boys!
LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #5 (of 5)
Writer: GAIL SIMONE, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, BLAIR BUTLER
Art: JACK JADSON, VALENTINE DELANDRO, JIM CALFIORE
Cover: JAY ANACLETO
Subscription Variant: FRANK THORNE
Teen + / 32 pages / $3.99
FINAL ISSUE!!! The epic mini-series featuring all-star creators concludes! This prestigious series, celebrating the She-Devil's 40th anniversary goes out with a bang, including stories written by Gail (Batgirl) Simone, Blair (Attack of the Show, Heart) Butler, and Kelly Sue (Pretty Deadly) DeConnick, with gorgeous art by Jack Jadson, Valentine, and Jim (Secret Six) Calafiore. Sonja makes her final showdown against the brutal and deadly Grey Riders!
I've gotten so accustomed to fantastic Red Sonja covers, that I'm a little disappointed in these -- they're only good, not great!
MY LITTLE PHONEY: A BRONY ADVENTURE (ONE-SHOT)
Writer: MIKE MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
Art: KEN HAESER, TBD
Connecting Cover A: TIM SEELEY
Connecting Cover B: KEN HAESER
Teen + / 40 pages / $5.99
Welcome to the world of the Horse-He, middle-aged men who share an unusual devotion to My Little Phoney. Though the line of sparkley and adorable horses was made for young girls, nothing stops the Horse-Hes from adopting this lifestyle. When a dispute ignites over which clan of Horse-Hes are truest to the Horsey creator's original vision, the game of one-upmanship gets bizarre, and apocalyptic. Now, the Horse-Hes must travel the barren wasteland to discover who the truest Horse-He is. Written by Hack/Slash writers, Mike Moreci & Steve Seeley!
A parody of My Little Pony seems a bit superfluous, doesn't it? WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #37
Writer: ROBERT PLACE NAPTON
Artist: DEBORA CARITA
Covers: JAY ANACLETO (50%), FABIANO NEVES (50%)
Mature / 32 pages / $3.99
Dejah meets a new race on Mars, getting more than she bargained for as she is confronted with an old foe. Meanwhile, her niece continues her dangerous game of deception, as she plots to destroy the royal family of Helium.
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BATMAN: THE SILVER AGE NEWSPAPER COMICS VOL 1: 1966-1967 (HC)
Art: SHELLY MOLDOFF, JOE GIELLA, CARMINE INFANTINO
Cover: PETE POPLASKI
HC • FC • $49.99 • 256 pages
The original Batman newspaper strips collected for the first time!
Renowned for its Eisner and Harvey Award-winning archival work, IDW’s The Library of American Comics will continue its collaboration with DC Entertainment by collecting the Batman’s Silver Age newspaper strips in a matching format to the Silver Age Superman series!
Hot on the heels of the successful hit Batman television show starring Adam West and Burt Ward that resulted in what can only be described as “Batmania,” the Batman newspaper strips debuted in 1966. Written by longtime Batman editor Whitney Ellsworth, with art by DC Comics giants Shelly Moldoff, Joe Giella, and Carmine Infantino, the newspaper strip was a huge success.
The first volume, reprinting all B&W dailies and color Sundays from 1966 and 1967, features an all-star list of Batman and Robin characters, including Catwoman, the Penguin, the Joker, Poison Ivy, and Batgirl! The 11 x 8.5” hardcover designed and edited by Dean Mullaney will feature a dust jacket cover by Pete Poplaski, and will be 256 pages, including an introduction by Joe Desris.
“Ellsworth and the artists perfectly captured the flavor of the television show,” Mullaney says. ‘It’s a tremendous amount of fun, both as nostalgia and as a unique creation of its time.”
Created in 1939 by Bob Kane, Batman has become an icon, a catalyst, and one of the most revered comic book properties of all time. With countless series, animated television shows, video games, and feature films under his utility belt, Batman perches on the top of American pop culture.
When this PR was originally posted, Legionnaire Emerkeith Davyjack added some pertinent information.
"At some point in the '70s, the strip famously fell into a weird legal limbo, with the syndicate deciding that Bruce Wayne was a non-copyrightable generic character, and making the strip [still] under the "Batman" name -- about Wayne as mentor to an original super-hero named 'Galaxo.' ... Eventually DC quashed this and the 'Galaxo' version [was published] exclusively overseas, I think, with Fran Matera art. Even by the last Bruce strips I think it's possible that the strip was [only] overseas only by then."
Emerkeith then provided a link to some online examples of the "Galaxo" era of the strip, which are truly, amazingly awful: www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=66053
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 328 pages • 6” x 9”
IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the January release of the prose novel Calico Horses and the Patchwork Trail by Lorraine Turner.
When the Spirit of Horse speaks to a ten-year-old girl through her dreams and calico patches magically appear as if from nowhere, the residents of Saddlecrest, Nevada have a genuine mystery on their hands.
It's the story of how a girl ripped apart by divorce helps the wild mustangs torn from the range. Together they face uncertainties brought on by the decisions of others.
When Carrie's mom decides to uproot her from their familiar Jersey Shore surroundings to the dusty deserts of Nevada, the move is as prickly to Carrie as the cactus beside her new home. But something mysterious greets her when she closes her eyes each night—like a winding path, her dreams guide her to the horses of the Calico Mountains. Are her developing psychic abilities bringing visits from horse spirits or is her troubled mind playing tricks on her? Her new friend Milla has nightmares of her own—she's the daughter of a government official known as "The Horse Killer."
How can a few children make a difference to the plight of the foals snatched from their homes without warning? Like the tiny patches of cloth that adorn a calico quilt the clues draw them all together. Follow the Calico Horses as they lead us down the trail of adversity to the peaceful pastures found by helping one another.
The genesis of this story was born out of Turner’s experiences as a meditation teacher. The author, who is also the Art Director for the Library of American Comics, began to notice strange and usual images during her daily meditations.
“My twenty-minute tranquility sessions had me seeming to fly over fields covered in calico fabric that morphed into brown withered crops,” says Lorraine Turner, “As the months went by these became more vivid, showing me mountains and horses covered in tiny flowered scraps of fabric. Each meditation gave me more and more bits of information, which eventually led me to the Calico Horses living by the Calico Mountains in Nevada. It was as if my meditations were guiding me to the true story that needed to be told—of wild horses no longer free, much like the children faced with the decisions brought on by parents as they try their best to move forward in life
A portion of all proceeds from this novel will be used to help the horses that are being torn from their freedom. In support of this project, Turner will be offering art/mediation workshops at various horse sanctuaries around the United States. She has also partnered with the Emmy awarding-winning video team she worked with in her days with the NBA to produce an online video trailer (http://youtu.be/9_5g0QbMoOg).
I think this is prose, not comics. But hey, it's from IDW, and girls like horses, so what the heck.
HC • B&W • $39.99 • 260 pages • 11” x 8.5”
Reprints strips from October 25, 1954–May 13, 1956.
In Volume 16, Chester Gould presents an amazing number of memorable characters: grotesques such as the murderous Rughead and a 467-lb. killer named Oodles, health faddist George Ozone and his wild boys named Neki and Hokey, the despicable "Nothing" Yonson, the amoral teenager Joe Period, and the introduction of nightclub photog-turned policewoman Lizz. Plus for the first time Gould brings back an old villain: Mumbles, who was thought drowned in 1947. And finally, he introduces what may be his most mature story of the 1950s -- starring none other than Flattop Jr.!
If I live long enough, I imagine I'll probably get around to collecting these, because Dick Tracy is such a famous, influential strip. But, honestly, I've never been much of a fan. It was one of the few strips I didn't read growing up, because I found the art so unpalatable.
Art: GREG BROTHERTON, NEMO GOULD, OLIVIER PAUWELS, RIK ALLEN, PIERRE MATTERS
Cover: N/A
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • 8.5” x 11”
Travel aboard fantastical vehicles with the Device Galley as they celebrate exploration with some of today’s most talented sculptors. From winged creatures to re-imagined automobiles and planes, Traveling Device is a trip worth taking. Featuring 13 internationally acclaimed artists including Greg Brotherton, Nemo Gould, Olivier Pauwels, Rik Allen, and Pierre Matters.
Curating the most fascinating works from a cast of acclaimed international artists!
GHOSTBUSTERS #14
Art/Cover: DAN SCHOENING
Subscription Variant: ANDY BELANGER
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The embodiment of chaos has taken an interest in earth, and the physical laws of the universe are beginning to come apart at the seams. When Newtonian physics falter in New York City and weirdness is on the rise, you know who's gonna get called... "Mass Hysteria!" continues here!
Part two of the Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary 8-issue maxi-event! “MASS HYSTERIA!”
Art: DAN SCHOENING, TRISTAN JONES
Cover: DAN SCHOENING
HC • FC • $49.99 • 432 pages • 7” x 11”
This is one big Twinkie! They said nothing could hold all 16 issues of IDW's Ghostbusters series—but they didn't count on TOTAL CONTAINMENT! With psychokinetic energy is on the rise in New York City and across the country, and new enemies -- human and otherwise -- threatening their billable hours, Peter, Egon, Ray, and Winston have to prove once again why the Ghostbusters are the real professionals.
Includes all of the bonus material from Tristan Jones, a backup story, and an art gallery!
Art: S L GALLANT
Cover: S L GALLANT, HERB TRIMPE
Subscription Variant: ROBERT ATKINS
Variant: LARRY HAMA
Variant: HERB TRIMPE
FC • 48 pages • $5.99
This is it: the landmark 200th issue in this long-running series! G.I. JOE returns to the Pit, but things are not as they expected at their homebase. HAWK and DUKE prepare to take the team into a new era, as COBRA’s plans and new threats require a fresh approach. Join the adventure in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #200 and prepare for the next 200!
• This is it! The landmark 200th issue of A Real American Hero!
• Extra-sized issue, with bonus content!
200 issues is a pretty remarkable achievement. Good for you, Joe!
Art/Cover: MATT FRANK
Variant: JEFF ZORNOW
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
With many monsters now inhabiting a new home, peace seemingly descends on Earth. Little does humanity realize that the greatest danger now lurks under the waves! Lucy and the Kaiju Watchers will have to act fast to determine the nature of the new threat!
The countdown to the biggest battle yet begins!
LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN (TPB)
Art: BLAIR SHEDD
Cover: ERIC SHANOWER
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 104 pages • 6” x 9”
Building on the world created in the celebrated children's book by Roger Stanton Baum, Legends of Oz will tell the tale of Dorothy's return to the land of Oz. But first, read about the events that transpired to necessitate her return, and witness the rise of the Jester!
• Based on the animated film Legends of Oz being released in May 2014!
HC • B&W • $39.99 • 344 pages • 8.5” x 7.5”
Famed Dirty Duck and Air Pirates cartoonist Bobby London's more than six-year run on the Popeye newspaper strip has been hailed both as a unique original creation and as an homage to Elzie Segar's larger Thimble Theatre vision.
"Segar was the seminal influence in my career," the cartoonist said. London updated the strip to reflect current pop culture and also brought back the extended story format favored by Segar. London gives us new yet familiar versions of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea and Wimpy, as well as Popeye's Pappy, Olive's brother Castor, Eugene the Jeep, Bernice the Whiffle Hen, the menacing Sea Hag, Alice the Goon and more!
The first of two volumes that will collect every one of Bobby London’s daily Popeye strips.
All I've ever seen of London's work is Dirty Duck, which is spectacularly disgusting, so I'm worried that would affect my enjoyment of this.
Art/Cover: ROGER LANGRIDGE
Variant Cover: STEPHANIE BUSCEMA
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop the evil Boris and Natasha from duping a wealthy philanthropist in THE PSYCHIC SIDEKICK. And when Dudley Do-Right tries to woo the beautiful Nell, will Snidely Whiplash get away?
Jay Ward’s The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show™, was known for its wry humor, quality writing and appeal to both adults and children. Now, in partnership with Bullwinkle Studios and DreamWorks Animation, IDW Publishing will keep that tradition alive through the magic of comic books with the release of Rocky & Bullwinkle this March.
This Rocky & Bullwinkle series will be brought to life by a creative team that is truly one for the books! Best known for his humor work, Eisner-winner Mark Evanier (Groo the Wanderer, Garfield and Friends) is a natural fit as the series writer, while the incomparable Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show, Popeye) provides pitch-perfect interior art, and fan-favorite Stephanie Buscema (My Little Pony, Powerpuff Girls) brings her unique style to the not-to-be-missed variant covers.
“I grew up, to the extent I grew up, on these characters,” says Mark Evanier, “I watched ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS™ the first day it was on and I got a lot of my sense of humor, such as it is, from those cartoons. (I was going to say, ‘I was watching it before I was old enough to get all the jokes, but I'm still catching on to what some of them mean.’)”
"Rocky and Bullwinkle wasn't shown in New Zealand when I was growing up, but I was familiar with the comics,” says Roger Langridge, “I particularly love the newspaper strip work of Al Kilgore—his design sense and crisp line are just breathtaking to look at. I'm having to work hard to make sure my art doesn't suffer too much by comparison. It's been a real education to go back to the source and find out where those connections lie."
“My dad, Jay Ward, would be delighted as he was always a huge comic book fan,” says Tiffany Ward daughter of Jay Ward and President of Ward Productions Inc. “It is so exciting to work with IDW Publishing on these new and wonderful releases that will carry on the comic legacy of his characters! It is certainly a special treat for myself and the fans.”
Each issue will be a self-contained story featuring your favorite Rocky & Bullwinkle characters in all-new antics, as well as contain a supporting Dudley Do-Right story, just like the original show. Get ready, because the madcap adventures are about to start!!! But beware, Snidely Whiplash, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale are always lurkin
• The first Rocky & Bullwinkle comic book since the Eighties!
• DreamWorks is producing a short Rocky & Bullwinkle feature in 2014!
I'd hate to be the writer of this -- he's got some mighty big shoes to fill, and some outsize expectations to meet.
Subscription Variant: WALTER SIMONSON
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Walter Simonson can honestly be described as a living legend. Besides co-creating Manhunter with the great Archie Goodwin, in the early days of his career, Simonson has written and drawn nearly all of the Marvel and DC characters at one time or another. Highlights include the Fantastic Four, Batman, Orion, Elric and his groundbreaking run on The Mighty Thor.
But before all of these, there was Star Slammers, a series first devised by Simonson during his college days. The Slammers would later be resurrected as a Marvel Graphic Novel, and then a miniseries. Simonson describes it thus: Once upon a time, there was a race of men who could out-shoot, out-fight and out-kill anybody. They were paid fabulous sums to act as mercenaries. The practice became so lucrative, they decided to go into business. They became the most successful businessmen in history, and they called themselves … The Star Slammers!
• Each page of art has been scanned from Simonson's personal archives to ensure the finest reproduction!
• Completely re-mastered and re-colored!
I read this back in the day. Color me unimpressed.
Art: DARIO BRIZUELA, CHAD THOMAS
Cover: DARIO BRIZUELA
Variant: JON SOMMARIVA
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
This issue features two terrific Turtle tales! In the first, the robot Metal Head starts to act very strangely. When the Turtles try to fix him, an argument between Raph and Don could cause the entire day to go haywire! The second story details the astounding origin of Raph’s new black eye!
Art: PHIL JIMENEZ & BRENDAN CAHILL
Cover: PHIL JIMENEZ
Subscription Variant: CASEY W. COLLER
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
IT GETS EVEN BIGGER! Okay we lied when we were talking about last issue… but this issue is as big as they come. It’s all come down to this moment—every scheme, every lie, every moment of heroism, every relationship, every rivalry … if CYBERTRON falls, so falls the universe!
• Is this the AUTOBOTS’ last stand?!
• Heck, is this the DECEPTICONS’ last stand, too!?!
• Superstar Phil Jimenez returns to provide layouts!
• Whatever you’re expecting -- it isn’t this!
• Variant Cover by Phil Jimenez!
Art/Cover: CHARLES P. WILSON III
Subscription Variant: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Chapter 5: The Rules of the Game: The hunt has begun: Christmasland's prisoners are falling one by one, slaughtered among the park's dark amusements. The only way out has vanished, darkness is coming, and Charlie Manx's children are everywhere. Chess Llewellyn and Agnes Claiborne have one hope -- to figure out the rules of this new, impossible landscape and find a loophole that will allow them to fly away.
• Spinning out of the NY Times Bestselling novel NOS4A2
• Written by NOS4A2 author/Locke & Key scribe Joe Hill!
Art: JOHN STANISCI
Cover: MIRAN KIM
Subscription Variant: ANDREW CURRIE
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The event of the year concludes here! The Lone Gunmen have finished investigating several urban legends -- a group of ghost-hunters, mutant turtles that live in the sewers, shape-changing alien robots, and a vengeful spirit from beyond the grave -- after receiving Internet files from future that foretell a plague that wipes out most of humanity. Now it’s a race against the clock as the Gunmen, with Agents Mulder and Scully, attempt to save the world!
• The event of the year sees characters from The X-Files interact with the Ghostbusters, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Crow!
• Ask your retailer about the Joe Corroney “tabloid” variant covers for each issue of the event!
• Each issue has a special subscription variant that depicts famous conspiracies with a new twist!
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ALEX + ADA #5
Art/Cover: JONATHAN LUNA
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Ada will never be the same again.
I'm not reading this (yet), but from the previews it seems my prediction of a Pinocchio sort of storyline is coming true. But, like with all things, it's not the concept, it's the execution. I'm looking forward to the first trade to find out.
Art/Cover: DAVID MESSINA
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
SO MUCH STUFF CRAMMED INTO THIS ISSUE, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!
You've had questions? We've got answers! The Darling is ready to show his hand! And the Bounce is ready to break on through to the other side! Try to run! Try to hide! But whatever you do, DON'T MISS IT!
Art/Cover: ROB GUILLORY
128 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
Collects CHEW #36-40
Anthony and Antonelle Chu are fraternal twins. Tony and Toni. Each with their own extraordinary, albeit diametrically opposed, ability. Tony is Cibopathic, able to get psychic sensations of the past of anything he bites into or ingests. Toni is Cibovoyant, able to flash onto a vision of the future of any living thing she bit into or ingested.
Tony is alive. Toni is dead. Toni has been murdered. Tony has vowed to catch her killer. Toni is going to help.
Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times bestselling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winning series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants.
I keep hearing good things about this series, but I just can't warm up to the art.
Art/Cover: MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Gage has taken one of his wife’s murderers captive in the back of his van. In pursuit is a fleet of bikers and other murderous bastards. Are you ready for an interrogation at 100 MPH?!
Art/Cover: WESLEY CRAIG & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Tasked with their first assassination mission, Marcus and Willie roam the sad and lonely streets of San Francisco in the dead of night, stalked by a shadow from Marcus’s mysterious past.
Art: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
Cover: SEAN PHILLIPS
32 PAGES/ FC / M / $3.50
Part two of the most intense arc of FATALE so far! Nicolas Lash and Josephine finally meet again, as everything we know about Fatale gets flipped on its side ... when the hunted becomes the hunter.
And don't forget all the back page extras and articles you can only find in FATALE's single issues every month!
Only three issues left. (Sob!)
MARCH 26 / 112 PAGES / BW / M / $14.99
Many comics readers have been introduced to Simon Roy’s expansive imagination in PROPHET, the epic science fiction series that he writes and draws with Brandon Graham. But his deft hand with futuristic alien worlds was first on display in his short stories, seven of which are now being collected by Image Comics in JAN’S ATOMIC HEART AND OTHER STORIES.
As with so much of Roy’s work, the title story in this collection deposits the reader in a fully-formed world while allowing them to see just a tantalizing slice of life in it. Jan is waiting for a new body after his previous body was destroyed in a car accident, and he’s none too pleased with the outdated robot “loaner” he’s using in the meantime -- even before he begins to suspect it played a role in a Lunar terrorist attack.
In every story, Roy brings familiar attitudes to strange settings, whether it is in the banal brutality of imperialism, the unpredictable bond of friendship, or the everyday concerns that exist even in the most alien of places. The tone ranges from grim to poignant and even humorous -- even within a single story.
Roy’s tendency to juxtapose the quotidian with the alien and to find perspectives at odds with each other may have its roots in his time studying in Ukraine, the “old world” as he called it in an interview with Multiversity Comics, “where you can see the history of the place with every step you take, where all of the history is coexisting at once. ... [Y]ou had all this interesting tension between the different ages of this country all coexisting in a very interesting way.”
JAN’S ATOMIC HEART collects seven stories, some of them never before published: “The Cosmonauts,” “Jan’s Atomic Heart,” “Good Business,” “Shipwrecked with Dan the Gorilla,” “Bar Fight,” “Homeward Bound” and “Hunter Killer.” It will be in comic book stores on March 26 and in bookstores on April 8.
Advance praise for JAN’S ATOMIC HEART AND OTHER STORIES
“... a trove of well-written short stories that stand well both individually and as a collective unit.” -- Multiversity Comics
Art/Cover: DEAN KOTZ
MARCH 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
The traitor stands revealed! With his identity exposed, the mole within the Secret Society of Santa Clauses launches his master plan. Only the Krampus stands ready to oppose him, but an offer of freedom from the Santas' reign may trigger the start of a sinister partnership.
THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #19
Art: NICK PITARRA
32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“STRATEGIC ASSASSINATION”
Simultaneous actions on three different worlds result in the most jaw-dropping issue of THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS to date!
MONSTERS & TITANS: BATTLING BOY ON TOUR (TPB)
96 PAGES / FC / 9x12 / T / $24.99
PAUL POPE's new graphic novel Battling Boy debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and the original art is now the focus of a series of traveling art exhibits in the United States and Europe. Image Comics presents POPE's large, lush, brushy original drawings, represented here in detail, photographed from the actual art boards, with minimal editorial interference or digital editing. This is a wide sampling from the various touring exhibits, featuring the art in its original format, with text in English, French, and Italian. The book focuses on the subtleties of the drawings in process, replicating the experience of seeing the art in person. 63 originals from Battling Boy are showcased, along with detailed close-ups of the pages. A critical essay by CHARLES BROWNSTEIN, executive director of CBLDF, is included. POPE himself contributes an essay on the influences behind Battling Boy, as well as his process and technique. This is a must for any POPE fan, student, fellow artist, or fan of the medium. MONSTERS & TITANS is a celebration of the original art from one of the most critically-acclaimed American cartoonists of our time.
I've said it before, and it's likely I'll say it again: I don't see what all the fuss is about vis-a-vis Paul Pope. He gets rave reviews from professionals and fans alike, but I find his stories pretentious, and his artwork to be a mediocre swipe of better European artists. (And one thing that bugs me is that all of his leading men -- ALL of them -- look like Mick Jagger.) I just don't get it.
Art/Cover: ARIEL OLIVETTI
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"I kill therefore, I am." After the explosive debut of actor-turned-hitman Richie Reese, it's time for the prequel: "Episode One: The Childhood Menace." It's the birth of a killer on an epic scale!
This doesn't seem really interesting to me, but Image has been on such a roll lately that I'll probably check it out.
Art/Cover A: GORDON PURCELL & MIKE ATIYEH
Cover B: ALINA URUSOV
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
In every good mystery, there's a moment when the detective confronts the suspects to try and figure out which of them is the killer. But generally speaking, the suspects aren't powerful enough to fly you five miles straight up, rip off your limbs, and drop you into the Atlantic. That's the problem faced by Lieutenant Detective John Riley, when he finally comes face-to-face with the Protectors, one of whom may have murdered the Huntsman. Meanwhile, an autopsy on a woman presumed to have died in a boating accident reveals a grisly connection to the Protectors ...
Art: ROC UPCHURCH
Cover: FIONA STAPLES
MARCH 19 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
Collects RAT QUEENS #1-5
In comic book stores March 26, bookstores April 8
You’ve never seen high fantasy heroines like the Rat Queens before. Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen are foul-mouthed, gleefully blood-spattered, prone to fits of indiscriminate property damage and often intoxicated. They’re the stars of the hit Image Comics/Shadowline comic book series RAT QUEENS, and they’re best f*cking mercenary team in all of Palisade. So why does someone want them dead? Wait, don’t answer that.
Better than any bard’s song of triumph in battle, RAT QUEENS VOLUME ONE: SASS AND SORCERY by Kurtis J. Wiebe (PETER PANZERFAUST) and Roc Upchurch (VESCELL) will be hitting (and we do mean hitting) store shelves in March. The Queens embark on a quest of rare importance, promising fame and fortune should they succeed in this most dangerous of -- OK, so they have to clear some goblins out of a cave. But things take a surprising turn, and the Queens are going to have to use their wits and weapons to uncover a plot on their lives.
RAT QUEENS rocketed to cult status when its first issue appeared in September 2013 and went on to win IGN's coveted Best New Series of the year. This paperback volume of the series collects the first five issues, with a cover by Fiona Staples (SAGA). Readers who like their swords bloody and their sorcery sarcastic won’t want to miss out on this hot new title.
Praise for RAT QUEENS:
“Look, I don't care if you have a job or not. Sell your things, sell your plasma, do whatever you have to do to buy Rat Queens. Give your money to this comic and give it hard. ... It's funny, heartwarming and filled with bloody action. Seriously, this is one of the best comic books being published right now. You're a fool to not buy it. Stop being a fool. Your parents raised you better.” -- Benjamin Bailey, IGN
“Told with plenty of gentle nudges toward classic fantasy games and even more swearing, guts and booze, this is a purely fun and very adult take on the genre.” -- Arielle Yarwood, Bitch Magazine
“I have a new favorite fantasy comic, and it's Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch's Rat Queens. Don't let the strange name fool you; it's a book full of violence, mayhem, friendship, secrets and monsters. Oh, and one of the more charmingly dysfunctional groups of warriors you've seen in a while.” -- Greg McElhatton, Comic Book Resources
“The characters created by Wiebe and Upchurch bring the series to life. With all the glamour and stage presence of an all girl rock group, the Rat Queens fill up every iota of the spotlight. Each woman is strong in her own right, and has a unique and well articulated personality.” -- Sam LeBas, Multiversity Comics
“Rat Queens is destined for comic book greatness, and knows how to sink its bloodthirsty hooks into the growing fandom without succumbing to the over-exhausted and widely problematic tropes prevalent in most Fantasy fiction and art today. This cannot be stressed enough: Rat Queens is fantastic, and you should be reading it.” -- ShadowJayd, Bloody Disgusting
“Rat Queens is that rare comic that: 1) features a mostly female leading cast and 2) manages to let those leading women be feisty and foul mouthed without simply being ‘dudes with boobs’ or flattened out into one-dimensional ‘bitch stereotypes.’” -- Lela Gwenn, Women Write About Comics
Awaiting my first trade. That will determine if I follow this. Rat Queens started strong, but recent issues have been kinda disappointing.
Cover B: FRANK CHO
Cover C: DAVID FINCH
Cover D: TRAVIS CHAREST
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
REAL HEROES TAKES FLIGHT IN MARCH
Bryan Hitch’s new miniseries pits Hollywood celebrities against super evil forces
The celebrity stars of the blockbuster The Olympians films are about to take “method” to a whole new level. In Bryan Hitch’s all-new six-issue miniseries REAL HEROES, a group of actors who are used to playing superheroes on film are forced to don their capes and cowls in real life when a nefarious foe endangers their city.
REAL HEROES #1 is Hitch’s first foray into writing and drawing his own work, and hits the ground running with an explosion and a brutally-orchestrated fight to the death.
Hitch explained that there is more to REAL HEROES than just another superhero series. The characters are average celebrities faced with an enemy meant for their fictional counterparts. “The real stars of this story are the very fallible, very real actors. It's those characters that shape the story when they find themselves doing it for real,” said Hitch. “Robert Downey Jr. isn't really Tony Stark, Hemsworth isn't Thor, and Cavill isn't Superman. Imagine if they got to be? Very different story.”
To read more from this exclusive interview with Hitch on the making of REAL HEROES, visit: www.imagecomics.com.
I pretty much scratch my superhero itch at the Big Two, but wow, look at the names attached to this!
Art/Cover: IAN CHURCHILL
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Griffin Frank is pissed. A doctor outside of Mexico City has removed his face and fingerprints and grafted them onto the young lover of his porn-star wife. Mad with pain, Griffin begins to believe he is The Revenger. And someone’s going to pay.
This book was initially solicited as The Revenger, and I even received a solicitation cover with that title on it, but by the time the first issue came out, it was simply Revenge. If anybody knows the back story of this switcheroo, I'd love to know!
Art/Cover: HOWARD CHAYKIN
MARCH 5 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
SEX! DEATH! LIVE TV!
As the show’s writer finds himself ensnared in a blackmail scheme, the girl behind the scenes stumbles onto the late Carlyle White’s biggest secret of all -- which can't help his son Michael from descending even further into a world of cheap sex and celebrity.
I've got the first Satellite Sam trade, which I hope to get to this week. But I have to ask even before I get into it: Is there a story reason that all of the covers feature two women clearly about to engage in lesbian sex, or is that just Howard Chaykin being Howard Chaykin?
Art/Cover: PIOTR KOWALSKI
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Life in Saturn City is about to get even more complicated. Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? And who's getting laid? The answers will shock and awe as the first year of SEX comes to a climax!
SEX CRIMINALS #1 (6TH PTG)
Art: EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATS
Cover: JAMES GHIO
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
"A DOZEN COUSINS AND A CRUMPLED CROWN," Part One
Weep no more. SKULLKICKERS is back with another head-crushing story arc to fill the fantasy fun void in your life.
The dwarf has been forcibly returned to his homeland and the deranged diminutive denizens of Dwayre will make sure it's a homecoming like no other.
"... one of the best titles currently being published in comics.” -- Comic Bastards
THINK TANK VOL 3 (TPB)
Art/Cover: RAHSAN EKEDAL
$14.99
"OUTBREAK"
Collects THINK TANK #9-12
Art/Cover:CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
"THE MYTH OF HISTORY"
Did you really think we could get through five issues without doing a bit of "now harken ye to these olde legends?" Then you haven't been paying attention. There are clues in here! Important ones! And gods fighting with swords, too, if you like that sort of thing. Some do.
Art: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
Cover: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
MARCH 26 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
"ALL OUT WAR," Part 10
This war has begun to take a toll on us all.
No kidding. I'm tired of it, and I haven't started reading it yet!
Art: CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
Cover TONY MOORE
MARCH 26 / 136 PAGES / BW / M/ $14.99
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #13-18
Available for the first time in the United States, the third volume of THE WALKING DEAD saga is presented in Spanish.
Los Muertos aqui? Vamanos, amigos!
MARVEL COMICS
A+X #18
Art: KEVIN NOWLAN & DAVID YARDIN
Cover: KEVIN NOWLAN
32 PGS./Rated T/$3.99
A+X GOES OUT IN STYLE!
• Superstar BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS and comics legend KEVIN NOWLAN tell a scintillating tale of KITTY PRYDE + VISION!
• Gerry Duggan (DEADPOOL) and David Yardin (X-FACTOR) finish their rip-roaring CAPTAIN AMERICA+CYCLOPS story!
I usually like Nowlan's art, but both of these characters look like they've been stretched -- their waists are just unnaturally long.
Art: CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover: KRIS ANKA & JARED FLETCHER
32 PGS. /Rated T+ / $3.99
Learn the sinister secret of Techno Inc.!
Brought to you by Serval Industries.
How is this title, Legionnaires? I'm on the fence about picking up the first trade.
Art/Cover: ED MCGUINNESS
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale – 3/26/2014
This March, the most bombastic X-Book continues!
Marvel is proud to present your first look at AMAZING X-MEN #5, from the critically acclaimed creative team of Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness!
The X-Men have been reunited with their fallen brother Nightcrawler -- but how long will the reunion last? Azazel and his fleet of hellish warships are advancing -- set to pillage the afterlife for all eternity! Now, Nightcrawler -- the most swashbuckling X-Man of all, must once again take up the sword to save the entire universe! And with his team of amazing X-Men at his back, there’s no stopping him!
But as the battle for the afterlife commences, one of the X-Men must make the ultimate sacrifice. Don’t miss the next blockbuster issue of the series that has everyone talking when AMAZING X-MEN #5 hits the stands this March!
"One of the X-Men must make the ultimate sacrifice!" ... and return in six months.
Good grief. This is a book that was created specifically to return a character from the dead. How worried are we supposed to be?
Art: SALVADOR LARROCA
Cover: MIKE DEODATO
Variant Cover: DUSTIN WEAVER
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
“ADAPT OR DIE”
This March, secrets stand revealed in AVENGERS #27, from blockbuster writer Jonathan Hickman and fan-favorite artist Salvador Larroca! They have come from another space and time, but they are not who they seem. As the science war overtakes the globe, the truth behind the All-New Avengers stands revealed! And it will shock Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to their core. If they live that long. The collision of the Avengers and New Avengers is imminent, and no fan can afford to miss the clash of these two titanic teams! This March, secrets can only stay buried for so long in AVENGERS #27!
But that’s not all! Avengers #27 also contains the full story from ALL-NEW INVADERS #1 as bonus content at no extra charge! Now is your chance to hop on board one of the hottest new series of All-New Marvel NOW! as Captain America, The Winter Soldier, Namor and the Original Human Torch re-band to wage a new kind of war!
If that cover looks familiar, it's because it's an homage to Avengers #45 (1967):
Art: MATTEO BUFFAGNIX
Cover: JORGE MOLINA
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
ALL-OUT WAR IN NEW YORK CITY!
• The demented Dr. June Covington has taken on A.I.M., and is winning. The Avengers are caught in the middle of this Mad Science War!
• But, now, this situation is more important -- because there’s a second Terrigen cocoon in New York, ticking like a time bomb, about to go off. Covington wants it and A.I.M. has it.
• SPIDER-GIRL, who has been mentored by the Avengers in her search for her teacher, abducted by Covington for Nefarious Genetic Purposes, now leads the charge, as the Avengers Assemble to end this conflict before the Terrigen cocoon explodes and New York is doooooomed.
BRILLIANT #5
Art/Cover: MARK BAGLEY
40 PGS./Mature/$3.95
SUPER POWERS HAVE BEEN INVENTED. But with great power comes complete disaster. Albert gets the group back together so they can find a way to save Maria before what happened to Amadeus happens to her. A brand new creator-owned sensation from the men who brought you ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and the AVENGERS. Issue #1 sold out! Don't miss any shocking issue! PREORDER!!
This is up to issue #5 and I haven't heard anything about it, good or bad. Anybody reading it?
CABLE AND X-FORCE VOL. 4: VENDETTAS (TPB)
Pencils: SALVADOR LARROCA, GERARDO SANDOVAL, ANGEL UNZUETA & HARVEY TOLIBAO
Cover: SALVADOR LARROCA
160 PGS./Parental Advisory/$19.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
Father and daughter are reunited, but there’s no rest for the weary as Hope, Cable and X-Force converge to tackle an ominous new threat! What havoc will Forge, in the thrall of the Adversary, unleash upon Cable and X-Force? And can Cable control his drastically altered powers in time to save his daughter? Then, classic X-Force villain Stryfe has returned, and he’s eager to exact revenge on Cable! Meanwhile, Hope comes face-to-face with Bishop, the man who crusaded across centuries to exterminate her. But this time she’s ready to retaliate, and they’ll hold nothing back as they race to destroy one another. Don’t miss this no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag-out X-Force event starring Cable’s squad, and Psylocke and Storm’s uncanny team! Because when the dust settles, only one X-Force will be left standing! Collecting CABLE AND X-FORCE #15-19 and UNCANNY X-FORCE (2013) #16-17.
Art: TOM GRUMMETT
Cover: MARK BAGLEY
48 PGS./ONE-SHOT//Rated T/$3.99
• Captain America and the Black Widow leap into action in an all-new, cinematic-set adventure!
• What brings Steve Rogers back to tour his old Brooklyn neighborhood? Hint: It’s not just the milk shakes!
• Plus: Reprinting the first appearance of Cap’s #1 wingman, the high-flying Falcon!
Pencils: KLAUS JANSON, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, DAVID MACK & ALEX MALEEV
Cover: ALEX MALEEV
216 PGS./Rated T+/$29.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
Brian Bendis heads a team of Daredevil legends to tell the last tale of the Man Without Fear.
Years after the world last set eyes on him, Daredevil finally returned to Hell’s Kitchen, only to be brutally slain by his deadliest foe in a very public battle. But Matt’s enigmatic last word leads Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich to take on one final story: the truth behind what happened to his old friend. Where did Matt go -- and what brought him back, only to die? But while Urich hunts down answers from Daredevil’s array of allies, enemies and former lovers, he is being watched from the shadows -- by a mysterious figure with a strikingly familiar silhouette. Matt Murdock is dead. But is that the end for Daredevil?
Collecting DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS #1-8.
Art: SCOTT KOBLISH
Cover: PHIL NOTO
$2.99
• Another Deadpool FLASHBACK issue! This time ... back to the 1950s?!
• That's right-Deadpool has gone back in time to save Nick Fury...
• ... from the menace of TIME-TRAVELING HITLER!
Pencils: SHAWN CRYSTAL
Cover: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
96 PGS./Explicit Content/$16.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
The X-Men’s own genetically engineered international super-thief takes center stage in his own MAX miniseries! Sexy secret agents, weird weaponry, vintage champagne and a damsel in distress. It’s everything Fantomex lives for -- unless it kills him first!
Investigating vicious villains, a kidnapping and the end of the world, Fantomex finds himself at the bottom of the Antarctic ocean, fighting for his life against a deadly Kraken! Meanwhile, EVA gets a new look -- and gains a terrible understanding.
Can everyone’s favorite faux-French adventurer overcome the lethal government agents of Grover Lane, or will he find this victory to be one thing he can’t steal? It’s all the nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat, uncensored action you could ever want in a comic -- and more!
Collecting FANTOMEX MAX #1-4.
Art/Cover: ALEX MALEEV
NYC Variant Cover: ARTHUR SUYDAM
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$3.99
On-Sale – 3/26/14
IT’S ZOMBIES VS VAMPIRES -- WITH HUMANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE -- AS THE LEGENDARY GEORGE ROMERO UNLEASHES HIS NEXT UNDEAD EPIC!
• Welcome to New York years after the eruption of an undead plague -- a city not only teeming with roaming zombies, but also ruled by vampires!
• Who is plotting against the Mayor? Is there a zombie uprising afoot? And who in the firecracker known as Dixie Peach?
• Plus: It’s a terrorizing team-up in variant cover form when the Zombie Godfather George Romero unites with the Zombie King Arthur Suydam!
“Romero and Maleev make a great team, and this could very well end up being the best Living Dead story in years” -- Comicosity.com
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #13
Art/Cover: SARA PICHELLI
Variant: DALE KEOWN
MOVIE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
The conclusion of THE TRIAL OF JEAN GREY leaves two teams devastated!
Art: CHRIS ELIOPOLOUS
Cover: DAVID AJA
32 PGS./Rated T+/$2.99
• Who could forget that time when Clint Barton let his neighbor’s kids watched a holiday cartoon at his place?
• At long last THIS ISSUE is pretty much the cartoon they all watch. YOU’RE WELCOME.
• A very special holiday HAWKGUY that at long last lets legendary letterer CHRIS ELIOPOLOUS flex his astounding cartooning muscles in our pages. Matt and Matt do their regular jobs though. Maybe David will letter it? Probably not.
Is this a Saga joke?
Art: JHEREMY RAAPACK
Cover: MAHMUD ASRAR
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• BRUCE BANNER has had enough! He’s mad -- and that’s not good!
• Banner blames MARIA HILL and S.H.I.E.L.D. for the tragic fate of his lab assistant and seeks revenge!
• There’s more than enough blame to go around, however -- and Banner’s in the crosshairs of an assassin!
Art/Cover: GARRY BROWN
Variant: MIKE PERKINS
Variant: SKOTTIE YOUNG
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale - 03/26/14
“UNBREAKABLE” PART 1
Jim Rhodes has quit the SECRET AVENGERS!!! As the IRON PATRIOT, he’s bringing his fight against the bad guys to the home front. But a new villain emerges with a brutal plan that could turn Iron Patriot into America’s most wanted!!!
This March, peel back the layers of Colonel James Rhodes in IRON PATRIOT #1 – the all-new series from critically acclaimed writer Ales Kot and fan-favorite artist Garry Brown! Who is the man in the armor? What drives him? James Rhodes may have quit the Secret Avengers, but that’s not going to stop him from bringing the fight to the bad guys from inside the Iron Patriot armor! But his heroism will come with a steep price…
“James Rhodes has a family. James Rhodes has friends. James Rhodes has a suit and responsibility and dreams and hopes, and he just realized he needs a new plan;” says writer Ales Kot, in an interview with Marvel.com. “Something that will be more in touch with who he is and what he wants.”
As new villains emerge and a deadly conspiracy from within America grows – the Iron Patriot stands alone against impossible foes. This March, the war comes to the home front in IRON PATRIOT #1!
Art/Cover: BRAHM REVEL
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• The X-Men conjure up old friends to help them subdue the ghosts from their pasts a two young mutants face tough decisions which could alter their lives forever.
• Past, present and future collide in the action-packed finale to this Marvel Knights limited series!
32 PGS./All Ages/$2.99
• Spidey has to find a way to fight the Juggernaut while also completing his science fair project!
• Guest starring Luke Cage.
Art: GARRY LEACH & ALAN DAVIS
Cover: ALAN DAVIS
Variant: BRYAN HITCH
Variant: JOHN TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER
Variant: GERALD PAREL
48 PGS./Parental AdvisorySLC/$4.99
• Origins and revelations bring the first chapter in the MIRACLEMAN saga to its shocking conclusion!
• An unexpected ally leads Miracleman to Project Zarathustra, the site of the secret British operation that gave birth to the Miracleman Family.
• After last issue’s battle, the Warpsmiths regroup to mourn their dead in “Ghostdance.”
• Including material originally presented in WARRIOR #9-11 and A1 #1, plus bonus material.
Pencils: JACK KIRBY with DON HECK, PAUL REINMAN, DICK AYERS & ROSS ANDRU
Cover: JACK KIRBY & RICHARD ISANOVE
248 PGS./All Ages/$24.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
The MARVEL MASTERWORKS tame the wild, wild West with the one and only Rawhide Kid! Before Stan “the Man” and “King” Kirby spun stories of sensational super heroes, they told the tale of a young frontiersman who bore two Colt six-shooters! After his Uncle Ben Bart was killed at the hands of outlaws, Johnny Bart made it his personal mission to bring justice to the town of Rawhide. Packed full of shootouts and showdowns, renegades and rustlers, guns and girls galore, these Western yarns will be sure to please you in the Mighty Marvel Manner! So hold on to your ten-gallon hat when you read tales of the Terrible Totem, the Kid’s battle against the bank-robbing Bat, and the war with Wolf Waco! Lasso your copy today, True Believer! Collecting RAWHIDE KID (1955) #17-25.
I never made the connection before, but Johnny Bart became the Rawhide Kid after his Uncle Ben was killed? Gee, what're the odds?
Art: RAGS MORALES
Cover: MIKE DEODATA
Variant: RAGS MORALES
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale – 3/26/2014
“THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD ENDED”
The past comes back to haunt even the most powerful heroes in NEW AVENGERS #16.NOW, from New York Times Bestselling writer Jonathan Hickman and chart-topping artist Rags Morales!
No more bloodshed. The proud Black Panther and the arrogant Namor have sued for peace. To save their nations of Wakanda and Atlantis they must set aside their differences. As members of the Illuminati, a secret collective of the Marvel Universe’s most powerful heroes, they must work together in secret to stop the extinction of their entire universe!
But their amends may be too little too late. Their universe is unravelling -- and everyone pays the price for their sins. There’s no turning back for the Illuminati after this issue! No fan can afford to miss NEW AVENGERS #16.NOW!
Art/Cover: ADAM KUBERT
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$3.99
The penultimate issue!
• Logan, Clara and Creed are on the run from Sinister…but could Sinister offer Logan something he can’t refuse?
• Creed’s secret revealed!
Art: RICHARD ELSON
Cover: MARK BROOKS
Variant: JAMIE MCKELVIE
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
THE FINAL ISSUE IN AN 8-PART EPIC
• Marvel UK’s triumphant return reaches its epic conclusion!
• Will the agents of MI:13 be able to stop whatever Mys-Tech has been planning?
Artist Variant: JOHN CASSADAY
32 PGS./Parental Advisory/$3.99
"WRATH" part 3 of 4
• In a race against time, Logan must keep the children in his care away from the Enforcer.
• As the first of the dust storms to ravage the country bears down on South Dakota, Logan must decide which he can survive: his enemies or the black blizzard.
Art/Cover: MICHAEL ALLRED
Variant: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Animal Variant: CHRIS SAMNEE
Young Variant: SKOTTIE YOUNG
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale - 03/26/14
“NEW DAWN”
The sentinel of the skyways blasts off for an all-new adventure in the thrilling SILVER SURFER #1 -- from New York Times Bestselling writer Dan Slott and critically acclaimed artist Mike Allred! Silver Surfer #1 continues the exciting wave of All-New Marvel NOW! launches with a fresh take on Norin Radd and his cosmic quests!
“It’s fun, it’s full of adventure, and it wears its love of the Marvel Universe on its sleeve,” says Slott in an interview with Marvel.com.
The universe is big. Bigger than one could ever imagine, even one such as the Surfer. Propelled by the mighty Power Cosmic, long has he voyaged alone -- journeying from star to star. But soon he’ll discover that the best way to see it … is with someone else. Meet the Earth girl who’s challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the know Marvel U -- and into the strange and unknown!
“One of the limitations of the Surfer character is that, by his nature he’s alone most of the time,” says Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. “So right off the bat, we’re giving him somebody new to bounce off of: the new character Dawn Greenwood. The two of them wind up traveling together, and this gives the Surfer somebody to bond with and relate to along the journey.”
Hop on board and hang ten when the most far-out series of All-New Marvel NOW! makes its epic cosmic debut this March! Hang on! This is the all-new SILVER SURFER #1!
SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN OMNIBUS HC
Art: JOHN ROMITA JR. with MARIE SEVERIN, JIM MOONEY, RON FRENZ, MIKE ZECK, JOHN BYRNE, STEVE LEIALOHA, RICK LEONARDI, DENYS COWAN, LUKE MCDONNELL, ED HANNIGAN, AL MILGROM, BOB HALL
Covers: JOHN ROMITA JR.
1248 PGS./Rated T/$125.00
Because you demanded it! Mighty Marvel presents Roger Stern’s celebrated 1980s run on Spectacular Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man in one sensational Omnibus edition! Paired with John Romita Jr. and a cast of other top art talents, Roger Stern reinvigorated the life of everyone’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Stern crafted definitive battles with the Juggernaut, the Vulture and the Kingpin, the fan-favorite tale of “The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man,” the 1st appearance of Monica Rambeau (a.k.a. Captain Marvel), and amazing introduction of the Hobgoblin! This is Spidey at his best -- and Peter Parker, too! The lovely Black Cat, Amy Powell, and Mary Jane Watson are all vying for our hero’s undivided attention. So now that we have your attention, reserve your copy today, True Believer! Collecting THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 43-61, 85, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 203, 224-252 & ANNUAL (1964) 16-17 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #15, SPECTAULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 and WHAT IF…? #34
“This is all incredibly flattering,” said Stern. “I never imagined that Marvel would collect four years of my Spider-Man stories under one cover.” The collection, Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus, will be 1296 pages long.
Spider-Man, who debuted in 1962, has been written and drawn by a veritable Who's Who of creative talents. A recent poll, conducted to determine the hero's top ten writers, placed Stern at number three, right after Spider-Man creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Working with artist John Romita Jr., Stern wrote many highly-regarded Spider-Man stories. During their tenure, Stern and Romita created the villainous Hobgoblin, and are often credited with reinvigorating the Amazing Spider-Man series.
“When I first started writing comic books, about the only way our readers could find the stories that they'd missed was to search used-book stores, comic book conventions, and flea markets for old, crumbling back issues. But over the past couple decades, comics publishers have put more and more effort into collecting the work of their writers and artists into paperback and hardcover books. It's wonderful to see the stories I wrote become available again in a more durable format.”
The Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus will go on sale in comic book specialty stores on March 26, 2014, and from online sources in April. The book will retail for $125, but many booksellers are offering discounts for readers who order in advance. “I like to encourage readers to support their local comic book stores whenever possible,” said Stern, “so if you're planning on buying a copy of the Omnibus through your local store, please be aware that those stores must submit their final orders to the publisher by December 9th of this year.”
In addition to his Spider-Man work, Stern has written hundreds of stories about such diverse characters as Captain America, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers for Marvel Comics; and Superman, Green Lantern, Starman, and the Justice League for DC Comics.
Stern's first prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman, adapted the history-making story from DC's Superman titles. His second novel, Smallville: Strange Visitors -- an original story based on the hit television series -- was published by Warner Books in 2002. His third novel, Superman: The Never-Ending Battle, was published by Pocket Books in 2005, and an audio book adaptation was released by Graphic Audio in 2008.
Stern has written several graphic novels -- including Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment, Superman: A Nation Divided, The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman and Superman for Earth -- and his stories have been collected in dozens of editions, including Captain America: War & Remembrance, Darkman vs. Army of Darkness and Avengers: Under Siege.
Roger Stern has also written for radio, television, the stage, and the Internet, creating scripts for everything from sketch comedy to flash-animation. He once tugged on Superman's cape.
"Roger Stern is widely considered to be the best Spider-Man writer since Stan Lee. According to Comic Book Resources readers, he is responsible for three of the ten best Spider-Man stories ever: 'The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man' ... 'Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut' ... and the Hobgoblin Saga. His 26 issues of Amazing Spider-Man may just be the most perfect run in the series's history. A new reader who picks it up at a book store is bound to be impressed." -- Thomas Mets, Wordpress.com
"Roger Stern's legendary run on Amazing Spider-Man followed an eighteen-issue run on Spectacular Spider-Man ... an important part of Stern's overall Spider-Man work. That said, when Stern took over Amazing Spider-Man ... he was in the driver's seat for the Spider-Man books as a whole and he was a great driver." -- Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources
Art/Cover: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
On Sale – 03/26/14
Otto Octavius faces his greatest battle yet – and now you’ll get another chance to own it! Marvel is pleased to announce that SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW – the first issue in the blockbuster Goblin Nation arc, has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately head back to press!
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW marks one of almost thirty red-hot Marvel titles to immediately sell out and return for second printings! Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli blast out of the gate with an explosive issue that sets the stage for the biggest Superior Spider-Man story of them all! You don’t want to miss this!
Critics are raving about “Goblin Nation”!
“I’m giddy with anticipation to find out how this is all going to finally shake out” -- Crave Online
“..an incredibly fun read” -- Comic Vine
“[Camuncoli] still finds a way to inject a level of dynamism in even the most static of scenes” -- Newsarama
Art/Cover: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
32 PGS./Rated T/$3.99
“Goblin Nation” Part 4 of 5
• Since the start of DYING WISH, it has ALL been building to this.
• One of the most important moments of the ENTIRE Superior Spider-Man Saga!
• Once this happens, it CANNOT be undone!
• DO NOT MISS THIS ISSUE!
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #11
Art: MARCO CHECCHETTO
Cover: PAOLO RIVERA
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
• In the midst of GOBLIN NATION, the Superior Spider-Man thinks back on an ALL NEW never before seen team-up between Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin!
• You’ve been missing the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN? HERE HE IS! Just as you remember him, facing off with his two greatest foes!
• Who will be the Superior Spider-Man? The Superior Spider-Villain? And what consequences will this flashback adventure have for the present day?
You know, I don't recall Dr. Octopus and Green Goblin ever appearing together in the Silver Age -- or maybe ever.
SURVIVE #1
Art: JOE QUINONES
Cover: OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant: JOE QUINONES
On-Sale - 03/26/14
This March, the Ultimate Universe attempts to rebuild from total devastation at the hands of Galactus. But with every ending there comes a new beginning -- and the next stage of the Ultimate Universe starts here! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at SURVIVE #1 from the blockbuster creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quinones!
Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds descended upon the Ultimate Universe with an insatiable hunger. Though he was defeated by the bravery of a small band of heroes -- the cost was devastatingly high. New York City lays a smoldering ruin, and not everyone made it back alive. Many of the Ultimates are dead – and the remaining heroes are all beaten, broken, and emotionally drained.
“You’ve got all these characters [that] have been through hell together and now they’re coming out the other side and they’re kind of committed to each other, now that Captain America’s gone and some other characters aren’t making it back,” says writer Brian Michael Bendis in an interview with Marvel.com.
“A lot of these characters are very young, and with that comes a lot of emotion, a lot of drama, a lot of people making some disastrous mistakes both in their professional and in their personal lives; and all of that will be on display right away.”
Witness the birth of a new team of Ultimates! Who survived the fury of Galactus? Who didn’t make it out alive? What will become of S.H.I.E.L.D? The future of the Ultimate Universe is happening now! All your questions will be answered this March in SURVIVE #1!
I kinda lost interest in the Ultimate Universe when they killed off Peter Parker. I wasn't that married to the character or anything, but it just kinda felt like they did it just to be shocking. It smelled of desperation, like they had run out of ideas. The whole line just felt played out. Was I wrong, Legionnaires?
Art/Cover: DANIEL ACUÑA
Variant: IN-HYUK LEE
Deadpool Variant: ROB GUILLORY
Animal Variant: KATIE COOK
Captain America Variant also available!
32 PGS./Rated T+/$3.99
On-Sale - 03/26/14
This March, experience the Marvel Universe like you’ve never seen it before when Avenge the Earth kicks off in UNCANNY AVENGERS 18.NOW! From the New York Times Bestselling creators Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña comes the next arc in the series fans are calling “amazing,” “intense” and “epic”!
Welcome to Planet X -- the new mutant homeworld. Torn from their home, Homo Superior has begun anew away from a world that hates and fears them. Life is great -- assuming you possess the mutant gene!
Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, stands alone as the last remaining human being alive. Now, she fights for her life against Magneto and his All-New X-Force! Magneto’s dream of mutant superiority almost in his grasp -- he’ll stop at nothing to exterminate the last of humanity once and for all! But they’ll have to get through the Wasp’s husband Havok first! And the leader of the Uncanny Avengers won’t go down that easily!
“It’s been a long time coming -- more than a year in the making! -- but we’re finally at the big epic climax of Rick’s mega-arc,” says Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. “As readers have reacted to the startling events of the past few issues, wondering just how all of this can possibly be happening, we’ve known all along that the real shockers were yet to come! And Daniel Acuña’s depictions of Planet X are so fully-realized and so amazing that you’ll want to buy a condo there yourself (if you happen to be a mutant!)”
“It’s not too late for readers to get on board for the most amazing finale they’ll read all year! And they’ll need to, if only to feel well-informed and ready when -- but I’ve said too much!”
What has happened to the rest of the Uncanny Avengers? Who survived the Apocalypse Twins cataclysmic plot, and how? Find out when Avenge the Earth kicks off in UNCANNY AVENGERS 18.NOW!
One step closer to the Reset Button.
Pencils: SALVADOR LARROCA, DANIEL ACUÑA & STEVE MCNIVEN
Cover: STEVE MCNIVEN
136 PGS./Rated T/$24.99
(ON-SALE 3/26/14)
It’s the dark origin of the Apocalypse Twins as Kang’s true motives are revealed! A secret pact between Ahab and the Red Skull will bring horror to all mutants -- but when a deranged Sentry kills an Uncanny Avenger, it’s only the first casualty of many! As the Wasp faces the Grim Reaper, the Scarlet Witch confesses her true love and makes an impossible choice. And Sunfire and Rogue must defeat the Apocalypse Twins alone -- or watch the end of our world! Wolverine fails mankind, more Avengers die, villains take their revenge, and the Unity Squad is left shattered. The fate of humanity rests in Thor’s hands, but can even the God of Thunder defeat the combined might of two Apocalypses? Bring on the bad guys, because Ragnarök is now! Collecting UNCANNY AVENGERS #12-17.
Pencils: PHIL BRIONES, ANGEL UNZUETA & HARVEY TOLIBAO
Cover: KRIS ANKA
160 PGS./Parental Advisory/$19.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
X-Force must battle their fiercest enemies yet as the truth about the revenant Owl Queen is revealed -- and she’s one of the X-Men’s greatest foes! As Storm plays her trump card, the Queen and her army rampage through Los Angeles. What sacrifice will one X-Force member make to stop them? Then, classic X-Force villain Stryfe has returned! And he’s eager to exact revenge on Cable! Meanwhile, Hope comes face-to-face with Bishop, the man who crusaded across centuries to exterminate her. But this time she’s ready to retaliate, and they’ll hold nothing back as they race to destroy one another. Don’t miss this no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag-out X-Force event starring Cable’s squad and Psylocke and Storm’s uncanny team! Because when the dust settles, only one X-Force will be left standing! Collecting UNCANNY X-FORCE (2013) #13-17 and CABLE AND X-FORCE #18-19.
Art: ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover: ANDREW ROBINSON
On Sale – 03/26/14
Are you sensing a pattern here? All-New Marvel NOW! is a hit and the latest adventure of Bucky Barnes has critics, retailers, and fans talking! And today, Marvel is pleased to announce that WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH #1 has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately return to press!
Spinning out of the best-selling Captain America series, blockbuster writer Rick Remender and artist Roland Boschi craft a tale of action, adventure, and espionage that hast to be seen to be believed!
“… a fun, pulp-inspired tale with lots of great looking action.” -- IGN
“Boschi’s art grabs the reader from the first page.” -- Multiversity Comics
“… a great first issue … one that fans of Winter Solider and pulp, spy stories should not miss” -- Comicosity
NOW is the chance to jump aboard one of the hottest new series in comics as WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH #1 explodes back into comic shops this March!
This actually looks kinda cool, and I'm not a big Winter Soldier fan.
Pencils: ESAD RIBIC, YANICK PAQUETTE, CP SMITH, RON GARNEY, DAVIDE GIANFELICE & JOCK
Cover: RON GARNEY
320 PGS./Parental Advisory/$34.99
(On-Sale 3/26/14)
He’s the best there is at what he does -- and Wolverine’s not so bad, either. The acclaimed and character-defining Wolverine run of writer Jason Aaron’s (PUNISHERMAX, Scalped) continues in this second volume! Joined by some of comics’ top artists, Aaron puts Wolverine through his paces: fighting the bizarre “living religion” Allgod, battling his way back to sanity from within Dr. Rot’s corrupt asylum, and facing unstoppable Deathlok assassins from the future -- not to mention getting a girlfriend and grappling with the loss of his best friend! Plus: the double threats of Norman Osborn and Mystique! Guest-starring Marvel Boy, Fantomex, Psylocke, Captain America, the Avengers and more! Collecting DARK REIGN: THE LIST -- WOLVERINE, WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #6-16, and material from ALL-NEW WOLVERINE SAGA and DARK X-MEN: THE BEGINNING #3.
VALIANT COMICS
ETERNAL WARRIOR #7
Art : TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover: DIEGO BERNARD
Variant: LEWIS LAROSA
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Eternal Warrior #7 from New York Times best-selling writer Greg Pak (Action Comics) and rising star Robert Gill (Armor Hunters: Harbinger)! The Eternal Warrior's brutal journey through the year 4001 continues right here on March 26th!
King Gilad Anni-Padda hoped to leave his days as the Eternal Emperor behind him. But when an unforeseen challenger threatens the future of his kingdom, Gilad must put down his crown and pick up his sword! After years of peaceful rule, will Earth's immortal champion seek out justice – or give into his own savage nature? And what terror wrought in the modern day has led to this terrible turning point?
War comes to the future's last tattered remnant of civilization when the acclaimed story arc, "Eternal Emperor," soldiers onward in Eternal Warrior #7 – in stores March 26th!
Praise for Pak & Gill's "Eternal Emperor":
"A great jumping-on point … You’ll dig Eternal Warrior." – Ain't It Cool News
"✮✮✮✮✮… Do yourself a favor and buy this." – Comic Vine
"9.0 – A book that is at the top of its game right now." – Multiversity Comics
"A- … An excellent jumping-on point indeed." – Weekly Comic Book Review
"Eternal Warrior is freaking amazing. That's all you need to know." – IGN
"Pak, Bernard, Major, and Sharpe…are blowing it up real good, my friends. Real good." – Comics Bulletin
For more information, visit Valiant on Facebook, on Twitter, on Tumblr, and at ValiantUniverse.com.
For Valiant merchandise and more, visit ValiantStore.com.
ETERNAL WARRIOR #7 ("ETERNAL EMPEROR")
Written by GREG PAK
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by DIEGO BERNARD (JAN141372)
Variant Cover by LEWIS LAROSA (JAN141373)
$3.99/T+/32 pgs.
ON SALE 3/26/14
OTHER PUBLISHERS
ADVENTURE TIME #7-12 (NEW PRINTING CONNECTING COVERS)
Publisher: BOOM ENTERTAINMENT
Writers: RYAN NORTH, FRANK & Various
Art: SHELLI PAROLINE, BRADEN LAMB & Various
Covers: CHRIS HOUGHTON
$3.99 each
Did you miss out on any issues #7-12 of ADVENTURE TIME? Now's your chance to get the special edition 2nd printing of issues #7-12 ... all forming a massive Land of Ooo connecting cover image by Chris Houghton!
Writer: MYTHIC
Art/Cover: JIGOUNOV
$11.95
A document has surfaced, listing the names of American citizens who had shady dealings with the secret police of former East Germany. The CIA sends Alpha to escort its owner and his family, but some of the implicated people are influential and have a long reach, while other countries see in the list an opportunity to blackmail potential agents within the higher spheres of US power. It is a mission that will definitely not be a pleasure cruise.
Writer/Art/Cover: VERA BROSGOL
$9.99
Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "Forever" part! Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who's been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend -- even a ghost -- is just what she needs.
Writer: IKUMI KATAGIRI
Art/Cover: AI NINOMIYA
$11.99
A twist on Alice's adventures in Wonderland in which "Alice" is a boy whose "adventures" more closely resemble a gunfight! Setting off into Caterpillar Alley's One Hundred Stories, Alice and the Hatter are now one step closer to killing the White Rabbit. They just need to follow the Wimpy Book to its end, and it will connect them to the enigmatic entity they seek -- the Dormouse. But when the story loses its plot (literally), Alice finds himself all alone, faced with questions he can't answer. Is the sister in his dreams the real Alice? And did he really take her life? As Alice tries to puzzle out his own story from the few memories he has, the Hatter and the Caterpillar try to figure out how the tale went so horribly wrong!
They must have really, really, really good drugs in Japan.
Writer: YUUKI KODAMA
Art/Cover: KANATA YOSHINO
$11.99
In the vein of Soul Eater, demon and human cultures clash in this dark, urban action-comedy! In this collection of short stories and four-panel comics, Blood Lad creator Yuki Kodama teams up with artist Kanata Yoshino to take us through the black curtain to explore the lives of Demon World Boss Staz and his crew. In this hilarious behind-the-scenes trip, readers will discover the full extent of Staz's anime/manga obsession, join Bell on her treasure-hunting travels, and much more!
Writer/Art/Cover: SHIWO KOMEYAMA
$11.99
Demons and angels collide with a curse in this gothic fantasy that strikes to the core of manga fandom! Tsukimiya and Hinata thought they had secured at last the divine power of God that will allow them to break their deadly curse, but they and Tsuzuki are not the only ones after the power. Even as Tsuzuki collects the power that will fuel his ascent to omnipotence, there is one who would see him brought crashing back to Earth. As both sides race toward the prize, Tsuzuki calls on the half-bloods Tsukimiya and Hinata to join the hunt and prevent the power from falling into dark hands!
Writer: BREEHN BURNS
Art: MIKE HOLMES
Cover A: HAMISH STEELE, TYSON HESSE
Cover B: SAM ELLIS
$3.99
The Bravest Warriors face some of the scariest creatures in the universe but nothing will ever be as scary as facing ... FEELINGS! The Warriors must look inside themselves to defeat their own insecurities! It is the only way for them to become true Warriors ... and true friends.
Writer: MARK ROSLAN
Art/Cover: MIKE BOWDEN
Variant: MIRKO ANDOLFO
$3.99
They like the tech, but live for the high stakes!
The BUBBLEGUN team is forced to make an uneasy alliance with their bitter rivals in order to penetrate the Vitafrone headquarters and attack Craine. With the cost of failure being the life of her captive sister, Devyn, along with Asher, the prized cyber-boy, Molli and the team have no room for error. Of course, Craine has his own plan in place-to ensure this is the team's final mission, once and for all!
Creator and writer Mark Roslan, along with penciler Mike Bowden and colorist David Curiel invite you to take part in what's sure to become Aspen's next hit sci-fi, action adventure series, BUBBLEGUN!
Writer: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
Art/Cover: JOE INFURNARI
$3.99
Each of the friends must decide their fates, as they're faced with the first day of the rest of their lives. By the end, lines are drawn between the Believers and the Skeptics, while another shadowy figure from the future is watching them to make sure they all decide 'correctly.'
Writer: NARISE KONOHARA
Art/Cover: MUKU OGURA
Mature/$13.95
Ever since he spotted Yoruzu with a girl at the fireworks display, Togame put distance between him and Yoruzu. Yoruzu is already anxious because of Togame's abrupt curtness, and then his mom collapses. Yoruzu secretly manages the love hotel, worried about his family's finances, but due to unruly customers, his precious hotel is burned?! It's the moving conclusion to the story of these two awkward guys who disagree about how much they feel about each other.
Writer: GARTH ENNIS
Art/Cover: CNRISTIAN ZANIER
Amazons Variant: JACEN BURROWS
Fatal Fantasy Variant: MATT MARTIN
Mission Failure Variant: MATT MARTIN
Torture Variant: CHRISTIAN ZANIER
True Romance Variant: JACEN BURROWS
Wrap Variant: CHRISTIAN ZANIER
Mature/$3.99
The most highly anticipated Crossed story ever is finally here! GARTH ENNIS -- the creator of Crossed, returns to the miserable world he created to take us all the way back to the beginning with an unforgettable tale of the fabric of society unraveling. From the first issue of Crossed fans have wondered how it all began. Was it an act of god? Did it begin as a man-made bio-weapon? Is it the final evolution of human kind? Now, after more than five years of horror, Ennis reveals his "Patient Zero" in this seven part epic drawn by CHRISTIAN ZANIER. Join the master of modern horror and all of the Crossed Nation faithful as they get a front row seat for the biggest issue of Crossed since it debuted! Available with Regular, Wraparound and Torture covers by Zanier, Fatal Fantasy and Mission Failure covers by Matt Martin, True Romance and Amazons cover by original series artist Jacen Burrows and special Red Crossed and Pure Art Incentive covers.
Mature/$19.99
Beach volleyball, Crossed style! These athletes never looked so good or so deadly. Spike your Crossed collection with these special editions. This two cover limited edition set by Matt Martin is limited to 750 bagged sets.
Hey, wait! Nobody's dying horribly on this cover! And the volleyball is just a volleyball, not a severed head! Did they put the wrong cover on?
Writer/Art/Cover: NOZOMU TAMAKI
Mature/$13.99
Three months have passed since Princess Mina, queen of all vampires, has recaptured the Bund. The damage inflicted to vampire/human relations runs deep, but a peaceful postwar restoration is now underway. Yet appearances can be deceiving. Somebody is trying to kill government liaison Reiko Gotoh, but her lycanthrope bodyguard, Seiji Hama, is nowhere to be found. The mystery of Hama's whereabouts can only be solved by examining the past, when the ill-fated couple first met. The past may be the key to saving Gotoh in the present -- and to the future of the Vampire Bund itself!
Writer: COLIN GOH, YEN YEN WOO
Art: SOO-HYON LEE & Various
Cover: SOO-HYON LEE, MIKE LUCKAS
$14.99
When Prince Roastpork "Porky" goes into hiding from his parents and the slippery Colonel Quickynoodle, the resulting manhunt triggers a chain of disaster, including a coup against the Royal Family and a military assault on all the Dim Sum Warrior schools. Meanwhile, something is stirring deep beneath Dim Sum City!
Writer: MAX BROOKS
Art/Cover: RAULO CACERES
Mature/$29.99
Max Brooks' Extinction Parade is continuing the march to end of all! For the first time, you can own the next exclusive Army of the Bloodlines set of three covers, this time featuring the Blades! This first printing edition set is limited to only 1000 copies.
Writer/Art/Cover: HIRO MASHIMA
$10.99
Seventeen-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world, and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild, and our heroes' adventure together begins.
Writer: GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, DANIEL ABRAHAM
Art: TOMMY PATTERSON
Cover: MIKE S. MILLER
Mature/$3.99
The critically acclaimed adaptation of George R.R. Martin's sweeping epic! Tyrion, under escort by a savage clan of warriors (and in a precarious position of being both their leader and their hostage) reunites with his father. Soon after, Tywin vows to uphold Tyrion's promises to the clans ... provided they fight for him against the army of Robb Stark!
Publisher: ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC
Writers: GIULIA BRUSCO, TROY BROWNFIELD
Art/Cover: TBD
$15.99
The Countdown to 100 begins in this volume! The Dark Queen has risen from the dead, Rapunzel is out for her blood, and Sela struggles to cope with the revelation that she loves a villain! Collects Grimm Fairy Tales issues #89-94.
Writer: PATRICK SHAND
Art: SERGIO OSUNA
Cover A: EMILIO LAISO
Cover B: ALFREDO REYES
Cover C: JAMIE TYNDALL
$3.99
AGE OF DARKNESS
As the opposing factions battling for the fate of Myst come into conflict, the fate of all of the realms hangs in the balance. Will Blake, Bolder, and Aisling triumph, or is the dark future of Myst written in stone? The quest to save the Realms ends here ... and the Age of Darkness begins!
Writer: PATRICK SHAND
Art: MANUEL PREITANO
Cover A: DREW JOHNSON
Cover B: SHELDON GOH
Cover C: JOHNNY DESJARDINS
Cover D: RICHARD ORTIZ
$3.99
AGE OF DARKNESS
FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE TRICKSTER
With the arrival of the Ebony Blade, the Queens of Wonderland have each sent their most powerful lieutenants to claim the mythic weapon for themselves. But even with their combined might, retrieving the blade may prove more problematic than they could ever imagine when the deadly Trickster sets her sights on the weapon for herself.
Wherever the GFT books take place, it must be like every show on The CW -- everyone's between 18 and 25 and a half and impossibly attractive.
Writer/Art/Cover: JAMES KOLCHAKA
TPB $12.99/HC $17.99
The Glorkian Warrior isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so it's good he's got his trusty talking backpack to advise him as they set out on a perilous journey to deliver a pizza. The pizza's got clams and peanut butter on it, so it's not clear who's going to want it, but deliver it they will. With bright, lively illustrations and classic prat-falls, this graphic novel for kids is 112 pages of super icky gross-out humor and ludicrously bad decisions -- in other words, The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza is a winner.
HACKTIVIST #3
Writers: ALYSSA MILANO & Various
Art: MARCUS TO, IAN HERRING
Cover: MARCUS TO
Mature/$3.99
Having successfully escaped to Tunisia, Ed finally meets Sirine face to face, and neither is what the other expected. While Ed is forced to come out from behind his computer screen and deal with the real-life consequences of his hacking, Nate feels the walls starting to close in on him back at YourLife. When the stakes are raised to life and death, will the two best friends be torn apart for good?
You're not seeing things, that's actress/producer Alyssa Milano (Charmed, Mistresses) listed as one of the writers. Here's a story with some quotes from her at CBR. Weird but true.
Writer: RALPH TEDESCO
Art: SAMI KIVELA
Cover: HARVEY TOLIBAO
$15.99
Are we ever truly safe from evil? What if you had the means to play God, choosing who lives and dies? Threats exist all around us and the lives of so many have been ruined by others evil deeds. Now one man will seek vengeance for all those who share in his pain. When a group of professional killers is brought together in order to take out a crew of gangsters, what starts as a seemingly good plan spirals into something more threatening and deadly than anyone saw coming!
Writer/Art/Cover: BOB MANKOFF
$32.50
People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best jobs in the world. He allows us into the hallowed halls of The New Yorker to show us the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation, giving us a detailed look not only at his own work, but that of the other talented cartoonists who keep us laughing week after week. For desert, he reveals the secrets to winning the magazine's caption contest. Throughout, we see his commitment to the motto "Anything worth saying is worth saying funny."
Writer: RENE GOSCINNY
Art/Cover: JEAN TABARY
$11.95
In Baghdad, the Caliph's Grand Vizier Iznogoud has one aim in life: to become Caliph instead of the Caliph. The benign ruler, Haroun al Plassid, is blind to his vizier's scheming to get rid of him and generally would rather take a nap. Iznogoud is faithfully seconded by Wa'at Alahf in trying to put his fiendish designs into action. Never one to give up, Iznogoud buys himself a supercomputer to help him become Caliph instead of the Caliph.
My first reaction when I saw this was that it was probably really insulting to Middle Eastern culture. But I thought about it a bit, and realized it was essentially Black Adder set in Baghdad. I guess that's OK.
Writer: RENE GOSCINNY
Art/Cover: JEAN TABARY
$11.95
Iznogoud is Grand Vizier in Baghdad. He has only one dream: to become Caliph instead of the Caliph. He tries his hardest to no avail. But the usually oblivious Caliph has finally caught a hint of Iznogoud's evil reputation among the people. To help the one he believes to be his friend, he sets off on a quest for the legendary vegetable that brings out man's kinder nature: the carrot!
Writer/Art/Cover: SHIRO AMANO
$12.00
Disney's most beloved characters come together in this manga adaptation of the bestselling video game franchise! Xion, having failed her last mission, is left unconscious and out of commission. Unfortunately, Roxas doesn't have time to worry about his friend because he's been ordered to go to Wonderland with Organization XIII's No. 10 - the Gambler of Fate, Luxord. Can Roxas keep up with the old man's games? Meanwhile, a confrontation with Saïx motivates Axel to find out who Xion really is!
That must be an interesting video game.
Writer: WAYNE GARDINER
Art: MEL JOY SAN
Cover: DAWN MCTEIGUE
$17.99
Knightingail is a beautifully, full-colored illustrated fantasy-adventure comic book for both young and old. Shadow Divisions picks up the story after Volume 1 with Knightingail and her Centurion friends battling the evil forces that invaded their homeland. But now Luceus calls upon Sicari, Queen of the Shadow Ravens, to lead her tribe of assassins against Knightingail. The stresses of war divide even the closest of friends, and Knightingail alone must find a way to save her friends and herself.
Writer: RYAN NORTH
Art: SHELLI PAROLINE, BRADEN LAMB
Cover: JOHN KEOGH
$3.99
Oh, no! The Federation is here to take away the secret weapon that our crew has worked so hard to acquire. But can they get a hold of it without someone suffering the fate of The Midas Touch?!
Mature/$34.99
Each cover features a stunning Matt Martin original piece of art and is limited to 135 copies.
Writer: BEN DUNN, STEVE ROSS
Art/Cover: BEN DUNN
$3.99
Years after Ricky and Jeremy Feeple have disappeared, Quagmire is on the brink of destruction. Only Anna Feeple and Professor Steamhead remain among the ruins after an ancient enemy returns. They have only one hope left, but is the solution worse than the disaster? Find out as this will be launching pad for the All-New, All-Different NINJA HIGH SCHOOL V3! Not to be missed!
I heard a comedian the other day doing a routine about our weird fascination with ninjas. "A guy dressed in pajamas just killed your whole family with a sword!" "Oh no!" "But he was from Japan!" "Oh, cool!"
Writer: ALCANTE
Art/Cover: DIDIER PAGOT
Mature/$11.95
Explore Greek mythology is a new way, as Greek myths and mortal sins are linked to modern technology and its perils! In the United States, the Presidential campaign heats up. Narcissus Shimmer, campaigning for re-election as head of State, leads all the polls. Ron Grubb, a private investigator, is hired by the opposition to dig out the dirt on Shimmer and bring him down. Grubb discovers a baby shrouded in secret, whose birth was monitored by one of the country's leading biotechnologists. Has Grubb discovered the first human clone? Will the most powerful man on earth, Narcissus Shimmer, be dethroned?
Writer: ALCANTE
Art/Cover: DIDIER PAGOT
Mature/$11.95
Sloth, doping and the Trojan War: What is the price to pay for a gold medal at the Olympics? Paris Troy is a sprinter whose 100m record has remained undefeated for nine years. He has never cheated before, but now, as the Istanbul Olympic Games approach, an injury hinders his performance and a newcomer Ace, threatens his dominance. Paris finds it increasingly difficult to push himself to improve his time, so when his brother suggests doping, Paris is tempted.
Will the runner let this highly destructive element into his life? What price is he ready to pay for victory? Is victory "real" when achieved with chemical help?
Writer/Art: MAGICA QUARTET
Cover: HANOKAGE
$13.00
A brand-new story spun off from the world of the hit anime and manga series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica! Mami's warm personality has made it difficult for her to adjust to her solitary life as a magical girl, where survival often takes precedence over kindness. When she meets Kyouko Sakura, a fellow lone wolf, she is excited at the prospect of working together with another magical girl and forging a friendship built on ultimate trust. But many are the sacrifices all magical girls must make, and the consequences of Kyouko's choice are only just becoming clear to her. When the pain becomes unbearable, will Kyouko remain standing beside Mami as a force for the greater good?
Writer: NICK SUMIDA
Art: ALLISON STREJLAU
Cover: ANDY HIRSCH, JONATHAN MORRIS
$3.99
It's a fun time for our unlikely heroes as they prepare their next day off...only this time they might find themselves doing more work than ever planned! Join Mordecai and Rigby as they try to figure out what to do so that they can finally get a day of peace and end up somewhere totally rad!
Writer: STEPHEN DESBERG
Art/Cover: ENRICO MARINI
Mature/$11.95
A shadow from his past stalks the Scorpion - but is it from an angel or a devil? The iron fist of Trebaldi's monks is still strangling Rome, but such an army is expensive. To pay his men before their loyalty begins to slip, the Pope must rely on the financial assistance of European monarchs - and a large sum in gold is coming to Rome. But such a convoy is tempting to many! And all figure they can use the Scorpion against each other to obtain what they want.
Writer: STEPHEN DESBERG
Art/Cover: ENRICO MARINI
Mature/$11.95
Is the reign of terror that grips Rome about to end? One by one, the Pope's warrior monks fall to the Scorpion's blade or desert their master. Feeling his enemy circling ever closer, Trebaldi grows desperate and hires Rome's best paid assassins to go after him-and whomever else stands in his way. As the women in his life choose their destinies, an old enemy reappears to plague the Scorpion - or perhaps to bring him the truth at last, hidden behind his mask.
Writer/Art: MATT GROENING
Cover: JASON HO
$3.99
Experience the world of Springfield in the form of a five-dollar bill as it changes many hands and many lives. It is a tale of hard work, dumb luck, insatiable greed, and time travel, as one five spot changes the course of human events. Then, Bart wins a shopping spree at Krusty's Land of Misfit Toys, but it doesn't take long before all his friends and family members are asking him to score them some free toys. And after Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse take in a scary movie find out who has the worst nightmares.
Writer/Art/Cover: ATSUSHI OHKUBO
Mature/$13.00
In his madness, Death the Kid has embraced a new notion of "order": Only in nothingness can there be true balance and equilibrium. But for Black*Star, being on equal footing with anyone is not his style. Black*Star has always wanted to "transcend the gods." Now, his only chance may be to overpower his shinigami friend and take Death down if he wants to save him!
Writer: XAVIER DORISON, FABIEN NURY
Art/Cover: CHRISTINE ROSSI
$15.95
Will Cuba be free, or will it become part of the United States? As the election draws near, Cuba becomes a powder keg. The exactions of El Santero continue, terrifying the liberators-turned-occupiers and enflaming the spirit of the freedom-starved Cubans. In response, American authorities don't hesitate to use extreme violence to ensure that their candidate will win and become not the president of the Republic of Cuba, but the first governor of the 46th state. For the SPOOKS, torn between duty and convictions, the danger is real, and choices will have to be made!
Writer/Art/Cover: REKI KAWAHARA
$20.00
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other, opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG -- a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death -- both virtual and real!
Writer/Art/Cover: JIM BALENT
Mature/$2.95
There is some "Thing" in the well! At one time the earth was seeded with many Wishing Wells to help mankind. Slowly these Wishing Wells turned dark. Something crawled into the Wells and poisoned them, cursed them. Now Tarot finds out that some evil cannot be wished away.
UBER #8
Writer: KIERON GILLEN
Art: CANAAN WHITE
Cover: MICHAEL DIPASCALE
Mature/$5.99
There is no stopping the Battleships on another stunning War Crimes painted cover! Limited 1250 copies.
Writer: KIERON GILLEN
Art/Cover: GABRIEL ANDRADE
Propaganda Poster Variant: MICHAEL DIPASCALE
Wrap Variant: GABRIEL ANDRADE
Mature/$5.99
KIERON GILLEN digs deep into the origins of Uber with this all-new super-size Special! For the first time ever, he is unveiling the origin and first missions of Sieglinde and the German Battleships illustrated by GABRIEL ANDRADE! The German war machine has been developing the most powerful weapons ever fashioned. Their Battleship class Ubers are like living atom bombs annihilating every obstacle in their paths. But they were once humans, and it takes more than power to make a monster, so what could have forged such cold, murderous beasts? Available with Regular or Wraparound cover by Caanan White, Propaganda Poster cover by Michael Dipascale, a Blitzkrieg Incentive cover by Caanan White, and a special commemorative Three Objectives set of three books that is limited to just 500 sets!
Writer: KIERON GILLEN
Art: CANAAN WHITE
Mature/$19.99
The first collection of KIERON GILLEN's breakout hit reinvention of the alternative history genre is finally here! April 24, 1945, the world holds its breath as the war is only days away from ending. Russian troops move through Germany to the final objective... Hitler himself. As those around the mad dictator crumble, the much ridiculed threats of the "Wunderwafen" finally materialize. A new weapon is delivered, one with unstoppable power - a weapon like no other and with a madman pulling the trigger. The Ubers change the direction of World War II providing a dark and uncompromising alternative history in a way that you've never seen. Kieron Gillen and Caanan White deliver one of the best new series of 2013 collected in a 176 page trade paperback. Uber Vol 1 collects issues #0 - 5 the startling first chapter of this new horror series that reimagines the super soldier in a stark new bloody vision.
Writer/Art/Cover: DANICA NOGORODOFF
$29.99
Deshi, a young man struggling to make a life for himself in rural China, watches his life comes unhinged when he accidentally kills his older brother in a fight. His distraught parents send him on a hopeless journey to acquire a bride for his brother to marry posthumously so he doesn't enter the next world alone, an ancient Chinese tradition with many modern adherents. Eligible female corpses are in short supply, however. When Deshi falls into company with a beautiful, angry, and single young woman named Lily, he sees a solution to his problems. The only hitch is Lily is still very much alive.
Writer: JEAN VAN HAMME
Art/Cover: CHRISTIAN DENAYER
$15.95
The scene is set for the breakout of the century. Wayne Shelton is ready to proceed with the mission and spring his quarry from a Khalak prison. There is a small concern over Madrier, the Frenchman who talked his way onto the team - only to abandon them after he was revealed to be the son of a Khalak dissident. A job's a job, though, and Shelton gave his word to his employer. But what if there are other separate, secret interests among the little band that could jeopardize everything?
Writer/Art/Cover: CHO JUNG-MAN
$17.99
In a world where witches have declared war against humanity, the surviving human population has gathered specialists with the power to hunt and destroy witches. Tasha Godspell, also known as the "Magic Marksman," is one of the best Witch Busters there is. Along with his sword-wielding Jack-o'-Lantern partner known as Halloween, Tasha puts his magical training and weaponry to good use, in his constant battles against witches. And yet, he cannot bring himself to fully hate the very witches he is tasked to destroy.
Writer: MAMORU HOSODA
Art/Cover: YUU
$25.99
In this gentle, bittersweet manga adaptation of Mamoru Hosoda's award-winning Wolf Children film, a young single mother raises two unruly children with an unusual secret in the Japanese countryside. When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as a single mother is hard in any situation, but when your children walk a fine line between man and beast, the rules of parenting all but go out the window. With no one to turn to, how will Hana survive?
Pre-Crisis Tomar-Re attempted to prevent the explosion of Krypton, and failed. This was revealed in the "Fabulous World of Krypton" back-up story in Superman #257.
Luke Blanchard said:
Thanks, Luke! You are a demon on research!
Was that story drawn by Dick Dillin? That's what I see in my head when I think about it. Weirdly, I can remember the artist, but I didn't remember the GL was Tomar-Re! The brain works in mysterious ways.
And now that I think on it further, I think the post-Crisis story I was thinking of was not a Green Lantern failing to stop Krypton from exploding, but John Stewart failing to stop Xanshi from exploding. The Tomar-Re story may be the only one DC has done until now to explain why the GLC dropped the ball on Krypton.
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