Here are the IDW Publishing January 2012 solicitations.
Martin Powell (w) • Terry Beatty (a) • Ray Dillon (c)
The weekly event of the year starts on the second day of the year! Mars Attacks Martians invade five different IDW timelines and universes this month, starting with their assault on Sweethaven. How can Popeye, Alice the Goon, the Sea Hag the rest of the one-eyed sailor’s friends and foes possibly contend with this threat from beyond the stars?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant “Mars Attacks Miss Fury” by J. Bone!
Variant “Mars Attacks Opus” by Berkeley Breathed!
Bullet points:
· Mars Attacks IDW weekly throughout January!
· All five regular issues will feature front and back covers like Mars Attacks trading cards!
· Insanely cool incentive covers on all five issues!
Chris Ryall (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Ray Dillon (c)
The only thing worse than Earth having an inter-dimensional stargate that led to the Zombies vs Robots catastrophe are Martians using one of their own to lead a sneak attack on Earth. But what will happen when zombies get a scent of those big, exposed Martian brains…? Zombie-Robot-Martian chaos from the co-creator of ZvR, Chris Ryall, and TMNT artist Andy Kuhn!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant “Mars Attacks ROG-2000” John Byrne cover
Variant “Mars Attacks Cerebus” by Dave Sim!
Chris Ryall (w) • Alan Robinson (a) • Ray Dillon (c)
The weekly invasion continues here! In 1970s New York, four teens are handed the power to become godlike figures… unless some attacking Martians find a way to steal that power for themselves! A tale torn from the original 1976 Kiss comic, courtesy of Chris “God of Thunder” Ryall and Alan “War Machine” Robinson!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant “Mars Attacks Judge Dredd” cover by Greg Staples!
Variant Mars Attacks Starslammers” by Walter Simonson!
Erik Burnham (w) • Jose Holder (a) • Ray Dillon (c)
Something even stranger is in the neighborhood when the restless spirits of some merciless Martians are stirred from their slumber to attack again! It’s up to the REAL Ghostbusters to save New Jersey from this angry red threat. Well… if they must.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant “Mars Attacks Chew” cover by Rob Guillory!
Variant “Mars Attacks Madman” by Mike Allred!
Shane McCarthy (w) • Matt Frank (a) • Ray Dillon (c)
The weekly invasion continues: AUTOBOTS vs. DECEPTICONS vs… MARTIANS?! The invaders from Mars take advantage of the colossal Cybertronian’s conflict and begin their assault on Earth in full force. It’s Martian vs. Machine as the audacious Autobots and the devilish Decepticons begrudgingly join forces to repel the inhuman invaders and save the planet!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant “Mars Attacks Spike” cover by Franco Urru!
Variant “Mars Attacks Strangers in Paradise” by Terry Moore!
Dwight Jon Zimmerman (w) • Claude St. Aubin & Hugh Haynes (a) • Matt Frank (c)
Volume 3 contains the #1/2 issue "The Invasion Dossier," the Baseball Special "Take Em Out At The Ballgame," the “Mars Attacks: Savage Dragon crossover,” and the two-part "High School" series.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 180 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-564-6
Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a & c)
When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-551-6
Bullet points:
· The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2!
Mike Johnson (w) • Claudia Balboni (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)
As the release of the next STAR TREK film gets closer, the ongoing series focuses on the never-been-seen origins of the Enterprise crew in the new movie timeline! First up is Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy: find out how the cantankerous miracle worker found himself on a shuttle to Starfleet Academy with James T. Kirk! With a story overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this all-new tale sets the stage for the upcoming film!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
Variant Photo Cover!
Mike Johnson (w) • David Messina, photo (a & c)
The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS is the can’t-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Unique variant cover, graded by the CGC!
Bullet points:
· Ask your retailer about the totally unique CGC-Graded variant cover! Limited to 100 copies only, each issue of the prequel will have one! The only copies of this unique variant will be graded!
Offered Again!
Star Trek: Countdown HC • FC • $21.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-639-2
Star Trek: Countdown TPB • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-420-6
Star Trek: Nero TPB • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-603-3
Andy Diggle (w) • Craig Hamilton (a) • Mark Buckingham (c)
Andy Diggle returns! The Doctor books a trip for Amy and Rory on a luxury star-liner for a little rest and relaxation after their recent adventures. But when the Doctor crosses paths with a thief from his past, any thoughts of peace go right out the porthole!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant photo cover!
Gary Russell, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Tony Lee, John Ostrander, Richard Starkings, Rich Johnston, & Charlie Kirchoff (w) • Nick Roche, Jose Maria Beroy, Stefano Martino, Mirco Pierfederici, Ben Templesmith, Paul Grist, Kelly Yates, Adrian Salmon, Eric J, Tom Mandrake, & Pia Guerra (a) • Ben Templesmith (c)
Doctor Who Omnibus Volume 1 collects three Doctor Who tales, all involving the Tenth Doctor, as portrayed by David Tennant. It begins with Agent Provocateur, as The Doctor and Martha Jones search for the best chocolate milkshakes in the cosmos, someone else is on the hunt for him. Through Time And Space is a collection of six one shots from creators such as Leah Moore, Ben Templesmith, Tony Lee, and John Ostrander. It concludes with The Forgotten, where The Doctor is stranded in a strange museum that’s dedicated to him and features appearances by all 10 Doctors.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 420 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN 978-1-61377-348-2
Bullet points:
• What A Deal! Three books in one!
Scott & David Tipton (w) • Simon Fraser (a) • Francesco Francavilla (c)
November 23, 1963: A day that changed the world forever. That day saw the broadcast debut of Doctor Who, which was to become the longest-running science-fiction series on television. And now 50 years later, we pay tribute to one of the greatest pop-culture heroes of all time with this special series, which tells an epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the intrepid traveler through time and space known simply as… the Doctor.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant Simon Fraser cover!
Variant photo cover of the first Doctor!
Bullet points:
· A yearlong celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary, featuring all 11 Doctors!
· Covers by Eisner Award-winning cover artist Francesco Francavilla!
· Ask your retailer about the Simon Fraser incentive cover!
· Ask your retailer about the photo incentive cover featuring the first Doctor as portrayed by William Hartnell!
· Each issue will include an essay on the featured Doctor by prominent Whovians. First up: producer, director and script editor for Big Finish Productions, John Ainsworth!
Roger Langridge (w) • Ken Wheaton (a & c)
Schtuff! You can’t get enough! Schtuff! It makes you feel tough! Schtuff! WHAT THE HECK IS IT?? Time for Popeye and the gang to take a trip to Goon Island to take on that ol’ stinker, Bluto – and for Alice the Goon to go native! PLUS: More nuttiness with Sappo and Wotasnozzle!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Al Jaffee variant cover!
Bullet points:
· Variant cover by Mad Magazine legend Al Jaffee!
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
A meticulous reprint of the Golden Age great Popeye #6 from 1949 starts powerfully with the one-eyed sailor battling a shark on the cover then gloriously opens to a "Saga of the Sea, Entitled ‘Raft!’ Or ‘It’s A Long Drift Home!!’ Or ‘Rafts Are Boats, But Not So Comfortable!!’" This long tale has high-sea villains, gold and Swee’pea at his lovable best giving his own mighty-mite version of the twister sock to evil-doers sock alongside Popeye! The second comic writ and drewed by the brilliant genius Bud Sagendorf stars everybody’s favorite character… "Thimble Theater presents J.W. Wimpy in a Story of Hunger and Desert Madness Entitled ‘Food! Food!’ or ‘May I Borrow Your Duck Mister?’" A big AHOY and thank you to retailers, reviewers and fans to the fantastic, enthusiastic response to this series!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
· A perfect companion to the new Popeye series!
· Bud Sagendorf’s classic tales, lovingly restored!
Katie Cook (w) • Andy Price (a) Amy Mebberson, Stephanie Buscema (c)
The Mane 6 enter the heart of the Changeling Kingdom to rescue their friends! Danger lurks everywhere, and each Pony will have to put their best hoof forward if they are to survive the night! Unfortunately that’s exactly what the Changeling Queen expects! Will our heroes fall into her trap?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
J. Scott Campbell variant cover!
Bullet points:
· An epic quest descends into danger!
Tom Waltz (w) • Kenneth Loh (a) • Kenneth Loh, Xermanico (c)
“Into the Void,” Part 2! The Four-Who-Are-One and the Destroyer battle it out in a grand finale of cosmic proportions! The Demon, the Starchild, the Celestial, and the Catman—can they come together as never before to repel darkest evil from the universe once and for all?!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant photo cover!
Annie Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos (a & c)
The latest True Blood storyline comes to an end in an all-out battle! Jason and Sookie struggle to keep their shaky alliance of vampires and werewolves together long enough to save Bon Temp from an ancient and powerful wolf pack. Find out how successful they are in this hair-raising issue!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant photo cover!
Bullet points:
· All-new story delves into the mystery of True Blood’s werewolves!
· Ask your retailer about the photo incentive cover!
Duane Swierczynski (w) • Nelson Daniel, Langdon Foss (a) • Zach Howard, Nelson Daniel (c)
"We’ve Got You Now!" In Mega-City One, kidnapping of the rich is a thing of the past, thanks to personal security droids. But a ruthless team of high-tech snatchers has come up with a cruel twist on the oldest racket on the books. They don’t nab you. Just… a certain part of you. But the kidnappers may regret holding one of the city’s most prominent citizens for ransom, because Judge Dredd’s just signed on to be the bagman! Plus: A shocking backup story with art by Langdon Foss that will leave you seeing double…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Nick Percival cover!
Bullet points:
· Special back-up story illustrated by Get Jiro’s Langdon Foss!
Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird (w & a) • Kevin Eastman (c)
This final Ultimate Collection brings the end of the "City At War" storyline and concludes the Eastman & Laird era of TMNT. Featuring brand-new annotations by Eastman and Laird as well as an all-new cover by Eastman, this is a must-have for TMNT collectors and fans.
HC • PC • $49.99 • 204 pages • 9” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-553-0
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)
The TMNT’s first intergalactic adventure comes to a startling close! It’s Turtles vs. Triceratons on a interplanetary gladiatorial fight to the finish? Will the Turtles make it home and be reunited with Master Splinter? Read here to find out!
FC • 38 pages • $3.99
Dean Clarrain (w) • Jim Lawson & Ken Mitchroney (a) • Jim Lawson (c)
The all-ages TMNT action continues in this collection of TMNT Adventures! Enjoy classic Turtles tales like "Codename: Chameleon," "Going Down?," "White Light," and "The Lost World."
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 124 pages • 7” x 10.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-554-7
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Ben Bates (a) • Bates, Eastman (c)
The Turtles are stranded in Dimension X! With Krang waging a massive war against the Neutrinos, the Turtles have no choice but to help. What can four lone Turtles do against an army of Stone Soldiers? The answer lies with a curious robot named the Fugitoid!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Mark Torres variant “rock poster” cover!
Bullet points:
· Massive interstellar intrigue as the first TMNT cosmic event kicks into high gear!
· The “IDW World Tour” continues! Watch for variant “rock poster” covers of all your favorite titles over the coming months, culminating in a rock festival blowout you won’t believe for San Diego Comic-Con International 2013!
Mateus Santolouco, Erik Burnham (w) • Santolouco (a & c)
The TMNT and the Foot Clan race to intercept the one man who may be able to uncover long-lost secrets of Shredder’s power! In Feudal Japan, Oroku Saki’s friendship with Hamato Yoshi crumbles as Saki begins to fully comprehend his true destiny in the Foot Clan. Can his ambition be contained?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Charles Paul Wilson III variant cover!
Bullet points:
· The shocking origin of Shredder continues!
Chuck Dixon (w) • Will Rosado (a) • Kenneth Loh (c)
General Hawk is retired from G.I. JOE, but COBRA isn’t through with him! A team of elite snakeheads targets the former honcho for capture and interrogation. But old soldiers never die, they kick butt and take names. Big one-against-all action as an outnumbered and outgunned Hawk shows us how he earned those stars.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Robert Atkins variant cover!
Bullet points:
· The return of GENERAL HAWK!
· FINAL ISSUE OF THE SERIES!!!
· Is this the end of G.I. Joe? No! Check this space next month!
Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a & c)
A “silent” issue in homage to the classic G.I. JOE #21. But this time it’s Storm Shadow in ninja action. He’s survived the massacre of the Arashikage clan and is seeking payback. But he needs to visit the Hard Master before he heads out on the road to vengeance and, possibly, his own destruction. It’s swords and shadows as an era comes to an end.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Alex Cal variant cover!
Bullet points:
· SILENT EPILOGUE!
· FINAL ISSUE OF THE SERIES!!!
· Is this the end of Snake Eyes? IT MIGHT BE!
Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso, Werther Dell’edera (a) • Fuso (c)
OKTOBER ends! The battle between the covert G.I. JOE team and the OKTOBER GUARD takes a turn for the worse as COBRA forces bear down on their location… and they may just manage to eliminate both sides of the conflict. The consequences will be dire and this G.I. Joe team will never be the same again!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Joe Eisma and Juan Castro variant cover!
Bullet points:
· The conclusion to the biggest COBRA story ever told!
· The OKTOBER GUARD vs. G.I. JOE—only one can win!
· FINAL ISSUE OF THE SERIES!!!
Larry Hama (w) • Ron Wagner (a) • S L Gallant (c)
DARKLON has managed to get the best of DESTRO and is going forward on his sale of the stolen nuclear trigger device. But when COLONEL FAROUD, the potential buyer of the device, asks for proof that it works, Darklon is forced to make a drastic choice that may put everyone—G.I. JOE, COBRA and even Darklon himself—in mortal danger! The clock starts ticking in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #186!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Larry Hama sketch cover!
Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Joe Eisma & Juan Castro (c)
A NEW ERA BEGINS HERE! With the G.I. JOE team fragmented, somebody’s got to handle the dirty work. G.I. JOE goes underground! Armed with secret knowledge of COBRA’s inner workings, a rag-tag force of ex-villains and damaged heroes takes the fight to the darkest corners of the world, under the vigilant eye of Flint!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-547-9
Bullet points:
• Collects issues #13–16!
Larry Hama & Chuck Dixon (w) • Tom Feister, Mike Hawthorne, Andrea Mutti, Agustin Padilla, Rick Ketcham, & Robert Atkins (a) • Nick Runge (c)
It’s a new era with new challenges, and to face these challenges the United States military has forged a new group of the best of the best, G.I. JOE. Starting with G.I. JOE: ORIGINS read from the beginning the whole story of how G.I. JOE came to be and their realization of a shadowy group that keeps popping up wherever trouble is.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 352 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-549-3
Bullet points:
• Includes G.I. JOE: ORIGINS #0–6 and #8–10 and G.I. JOE #0–6.
Andy Hartnell (w) • John Royle (a) • J. Scott Campbell (c)
The two most incredible covert action teams the world has ever known—so covert, in fact, that neither knows the other exists—are meeting for the first time ever! Repeat: Danger Girl and G.I. JOE, together. Spies! Girls! Ninjas! COBRA!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-418-2
Michael Golden’s G.I. JOE Yearbook: Artist’s Edition Portfolio
Larry Hama (w) • Michael Golden (a & c)
From the people who bring you the Eisner Award-winning Artist’s Edition series, comes the next Artist’s Edition portfolio: the legendary G.I. JOE Year Book #2 by Michael Golden. The cover and all 22 interior pages are all presented here on individual pages that mimic Golden’s gorgeous original art. And, remember, this is a HARDCOVER portfolio—like the Neal Adams Thrillkill and Bernie Wrightson Much Monster portfolios before it—and matches the exacting quality of all previous Artist’s Editions.
BW • $30.00 net price • 23 prints • 11” x 17”
Bullet points:
· Advance Solicited for a February release!
· All pages scanned directly from the original art!
Matt Forbeck (w) • Martin Coccolo (a) • Chris Rahn (c)
Dack Fayden has finally uncovered Sifa Grent’s plan for Ravnica… and it could bring unbelievable devastation to the city-plane! Now, Dack must make his way through Ravnica, with Rakdos cultists and city guards hot on his trail, in the hope that he can stop Sifa before it’s too late!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
*Variant cover:
Variant menton3 cover!
Bullet points:
· This issue includes an exclusive, alternate art playable Magic: The Gathering card!
James Roberts (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Alex Milne, Nick Roche (c)
SHORE LEAVE! The AUTOBOTS visit the planet Hedonia—and get a chance to put recent events behind them, ingest some energon, and relax. Everyone, that is, except SWERVE, who faces the toughest challenge of his life: in just six hours, he has to teach ULTRA MAGNUS how to have fun.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!
Bullet points:
· Fan-favorite character SWERVE takes center stage!
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller (c)
ON THE PROWL! It’s “no more mister nice guy,” as CYBERTRON burns and one AUTOBOT is all that stand between order and anarchy. Meet the new PROWL—deadlier than ever, colder then any other AUTOBOT, and ready to end the DECEPTICON threat—forever.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!
Bullet points:
· Cybertron hangs in the balance!
· Will the Autobots go too far?
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)
WAR CRY! The conquest of IACON begins in earnest, as SCORPONOK’s game-changing strategy threatens the very nature of what it means to be AUTOBOT… Or DECEPTICON! And HOT ROD begins his own personal odyssey to the very heart of CYBERTRON—where ancient forces are stirring!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Geoff Senior cover!
Bullet points:
· The action heats up!
· Continuing the story of the original 1980s Transformers series!
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman & Stephen Baskerville (a) • Andrew Wildman (c)
The TRANSFORMERS comic that began it all—is back. With a vengeance! 21 years have passed since CYBERTRON was restored to its former glory, and finally there is peace. But, after millions of years of bitter civil war, can all ever truly be one?
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-555-4
Bullet points:
· The original Transformers creative team of Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman is back, taking up where they left off!
Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
SPAWNS OF SHOCKWAVE! The mind-blowing introduction of the DINOBOTS into the PRIME universe continues here! The Dinobots enter the belly of the beast in an attempt to save their comrades. But when SHOCKWAVE’s minions turn the tables, GRIMLOCK will have to decide whether to beat them…or join
them!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Nick Roche inter-connected variant cover, connecting with the variants for issues # 1 – 4!
TV series character cover!
Bullet points:
· The Dinobots tear up Cybertron!
· Directly leads in to the future of TRANSFORMERS: PRIME!
John Barber (w) • Chee (a) • Chee, Livio Ramondeli (c)
In the dark days of the war for Cybertron, THUNDERCRACKER had a special mission—one never revealed before! Now, as he faces off against BUMBLEBEE for the first time, the fate of METROPLEX—and an entire civilization—is at stake!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Clayton Crain cover!
Bullet points:
· An untold tale of the war for Cybertron!
· Tie directly in to the ongoing TRANSFORMERS series!
Mikey Neumann (w) • Agustin Padilla (a & c)
“Mordecai.” For the millions and millions of fans of the smash-hit video game BORDERLANDS, a lingering question exists: how did the Vault Hunters get on the bus with Marcus in the first place? The tone shifts to an old-school Spaghetti Western as we find out where Mordecai comes from and what secrets he is hiding in his past. FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Jose Holder cover!
Bullet points:
• Over 8 million copies of the Borderlands video game sold worldwide!
• Comics contain all-new official canon Borderlands origin stories not seen anywhere else!
Jerry Prosser (w) • Charlie Adlard (a) • Kyle Hotz (c)
Michael and Jan didn’t plan to die… but justice is wild, and Michael is about to learn from his two crow guides just what he needs to do to see his love again.
TPB • B&W • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-546-2
The Crow: Skinning the Wolves #2 (of 3)
Part 2: “Agressions Ascend.” The long night gives way to fire and blood as the Crow sets his chess board for a final game against The Commandant
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
James O’Barr variant cover!
Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Bob Eggleton (c)
The end is NIGH! Space Godzilla and other interstellar enemies arrive on Earth and they’re here to stay… and destroy humanity! Boxer, with his team decimated, realizes just how over his head he is. There’s only one possible ally he can turn to… his greatest enemy, Godzilla!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Matt Frank variant cover!
Bullet points:
· The triumphant return of SPACE GODZILLA!
J.M. DeMatteis (w) • Vassilis Gogtzilas (a & c)
With her existence on Earth erased from the minds of those who loved her, Augusta heads into the cosmic fog called The Swirl. But the road to Nowhere Island is dark and dangerous—and a mysterious Forever Wall lies ahead.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Vasillis Gogtzilas cover!
Bullet points:
• All-new fantasy series from the acclaimed writer of Abadazad, J.M. DeMatteis!
Brea & Zane Grant (w) • EricJ (a & c)
Punk is dead. You’re next. A girl’s ultimate descent into a world of blood comes to a close. After all the twists and turns, the killer is finally revealed! Find out who lives and who dies in this brutal climax!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Fabio Moon cover!
Bullet points:
· Ask your retailer about the Fabio Moon (Casanova) incentive cover!
Thom Zahler (w & a) • Zahler & Rich Faber (c)
You’ve been wondering it for months now… what will happen to Abby’s bookstore? Wait, no. You’ve been asking, “Is it a boy? A girl? Twins? Triplets? Will it have powers? Is it an illusion cast by a magic spell?” (Okay, we’ll answer the last one right now: No.) Your questions will be answered this issue! And, seriously, the fate of the bookstore is revealed, too.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
John Byrne (w & a & c)
Humanity has not yet reached for the stars, but the Solar System is still a busy, exciting, and sometimes very dangerous place, as young Eddie Wallace is about to discover, when he joins the crew of a freighter that hauls cargo along THE HIGH WAYS. John Byrne’s all-new, space-faring series begins here!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
· All-new star-spanning series created, written, and drawn by John Byrne (Star Trek: McCoy, Trio)!
Chris Ryall (w) • Sam Kieth (a & c)
Chris Ryall and Sam Kieth continue their crazed collaboration with The Hollows, Part 2: “Taking Flight.” When living above the chaos and soul-stealing “hollows” is no longer an option, can Kobayashi manage to rise above the impending doom that surrounds he and his loved ones…?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Bagged watercolor Hollows print signed by Sam Kieth and Chris Ryall!
Sohaib Awan (w) • Tony Vassallo (a & c)
Part 1: “Manifest Destiny.” International student Andrew Marcus’ world is torn asunder when interstellar forces, the “Kibrani,” invade earth. With all hope seemingly lost, humanity’s last chance may be a long-despised and forgotten race: the Jinn (otherwise known as “genies”)! But are they our hope… or greatest fear? Combining the best of summer blockbuster fare and quest myths like Lord of the Rings, Jinnrise is a modern re-introduction to global myth.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Daxiong Guo cover!
Bullet points:
· Featuring sequential art from 2011’s top Kubert School graduates, Tony Vassallo and Timothy Yates, and incentive covers by China’s most-respected comic book illustrator, Daxiong Guo (www.flagstudios.com).
· “With visuals that would put the average Hollywood blockbuster to shame and a storyline that gleefully criss-crosses genres and throws ‘the book’ out the window, Jinnrise is one of the most inventive comics currently available.”
—James Berardinelli, film critic and founder of ReelViews (www.reelviews.net).
Joe Hill & Jason Ciaramella (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Zach Howard (c)
It’s 1969 and the war in Vietnam rages on. Captain Chase, a Medevac helicopter pilot for the US Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong. We soon learn that machine guns and grenades aren’t the only scary things hiding in the jungle.
HC • FC • $21.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-545-5
Bullet points:
• Find out what happens in this origin prequel to the Eisner Award-nominated hit, The Cape.
Offered Again!
The Cape HC • FC • $24.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-196-9
Joe Gill (w) • Steve Ditko (a & c)
The genius artist Steve Ditko is a towering monster of awesomeness…and so is the character he chronicled….GORGO! If you love Godzilla–and who doesn’t–you’ll love Gorgo who ravages London, New York City, and HOLLYWOOD! Gorgo goes head to head with the British Navy, atomic bombs, Communists, and aliens from the planet Corpus III! This is the complete Ditko Gorgo, 200 pages of comics, including 6 pulse-pounding covers all drawn during the height of Ditko’s prowess concurrent with his Spider-man and Dr. Strange creative explosions. Scripts are by the fan favorite writer Joe Gill. Introduction by Eisner award winner Craig Yoe with fascinating insight into the comics and the monster movie that inspired them. Every page is lovingly restored and the book is a large format 224-page hardcover to showcase the monstrous Ditko art.
HC • FC • $34.99 • 224 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-552-3
Bullet points:
• By the same folks who brought you the acclaimed "The Art of Ditko" and "The Creativity of Ditko"
• Look for the companion volume, "Ditko Monsters: Konga" in April!
Extreme Finale New Printing
Ashley Wood (w & a & c)
Forget an omnibus… this is a new edition of the Ashley Wood mega-bus you’ve been waiting for! Collecting the out-of-print Grande Finale and Sencilla Finale, which are comprised of long-sold-out works such as Uno Fanta, Dos Fanta, Tres Fanta, Sencilla Fanta, and even Grande Fanta in one deluxe hardcover volume, this is more Wood than you can find anywhere, for almost any price! Includes 60 bonus pages of art, too!
HC • FC • $150.00 • 800 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-577-6
Bullet points:
· 800 pages of Ashley Wood amazement!
Matthew Scott, Tim Westland (w) • Dietrich Smith (a & c)
Two terrifying encounters with her daughter’s kidnapper have left Sue with blood on her hands and a trail of bodies in her wake and no hope of saving her daughter… until the one person alive with the means of helping her reveals himself and provides Sue with the twisted supernatural history of her tormentor and possibly the means to destroy him…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• From the twisted mind of Star Wars horror novelist Joe Schreiber (Red Harvest, Death Troopers)!
Mike Bullock (w) • Fernando Peniche (a) • Marat Mychaels (c)
The vice tightens on MMA fighter Joe Palooka! While being hunted down for a murder he didn’t commit, Joe tries to lay low but ends up fighting for his life a bully Khan in "the circle," where only the most violent disputes are settled. Set in the dangerous world of top-tier mixed martial arts, this series will get you in its grip and will not let go until you tap out.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Fernando Peniche variant cover!
Bullet points:
Top UFC superstars are on board and the first full-length MMA comic book ever has MMA and UFC fans BUZZING in anticipation of Joe Palooka’s release.
Sidney Smith (w & a & c)
In the late 1910s, Sidney Smith developed a formula of the daily strip that would make The Gumps one of the most popular comics of the 1920s and himself one of the richest cartoonists of his day. By the end of the decade Sidney Smith’s The Gumps had secured a huge and loyal audience with a decade of melodrama, adventure, mystery, and comedy. So devoted were his readers, in fact, that they regularly wrote in to offer advice for his characters’ love lives and business decisions and they generally treated the characters as friends and family members. In 1928-29, with the launching of what would be his most famous story, "The Saga of Mary Gold," Smith’s relationship to his readers would be tested as never before. Its heartbreaking conclusion would change comics forever. Here for the first time since the story made headlines across America in the spring of 1929 we reprint the saga that Hogan’s Alley magazine called "One of the Ten Biggest Events in Comics History"—a tale that has lost none of its power to captivate readers in the 21st Century.
HC • B&W • $19.99 • 336 pages • 11.5” x 4.25” • ISBN 978-1-61377-573-8
Bullet points:
• LOAC ESSENTIALS reprints, in yearly volumes, the rare early daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also significantly contributing to the advancement of the medium. Every volume in the series contains a year’s worth of dailies bound in hardcover, retailing for $19.99.
Devin Grayson, Jody Houser & Christine Ellis (w) • Sally Thompson, Kathryn Lano, Lindsay Walker & Lois Van Baarle (a) • Baarle (c)
Let the stories shine bright in the penultimate issue of the acclaimed Womanthology: Space series. Traveling past the far reaches of the universe, these three tales explore what it means to be alone, lost, and reaching for the stars.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Classics Mutilated Required Reading Remix Re-List! Available for the first time in the direct market!
Joe R. Lansdale, Rio Youers, John Shirley, Mike Resnick & Nancy Collins (w) • Mike Dubisch (a) • menton3 (c)
Cultural icons as you’ve never seen them before–remixed for your pleasure. Huck Finn vs Cthulhu, Billy the Kid meets Frankenstein, Poe vs The Doors, Albert Einstein: Nazi fighter, and Captain Ahab in the Great White North!
TPB• BW • $4.97 • 140 pages • ISBN 978-1-60010-962-1
Bullet points:
• English class was never like this!
Sean Taylor, Chris Ryall, Mark Morris, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow (w) • Mike Dubisch (a & c)
Alice vs Snow White, Asgard 90210, The Sex Pistols vs Voodoo, Dickinson and Death, and Dr. Moreau vs Holllywood!
TPB• BW • $4.97 • 148 pages • ISBN 978-1-60010-963-8
Lezli Robyn, Louisa May Alcott, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Tom Piccirilli & Marc Laidlaw (w) • Mike Dubisch (a) • menton3 (c)
Android of Green Gables, Little Women in Black, Sen. Joe McCarthy vs Killer Frogs, The Mob vs Witchcraft, and Anime run amok!
TPB• BW • $4.97 • 140 pages • ISBN 978-1-60010-964-5
- The Comic Book Critic