PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS PREVIEWS #8 AUGUST 2008 COVER ART: The latest projects from Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics! PREVIEWS is your ultimate source for all the merchandise available from your local comic book specialty retailer… approximately two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers, the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth, plus exclusive items available nowhere else! This issue features items scheduled to ship from October 2008 through December 2008. Catalog, 8x11, 480+pg, PC $4.50 PREVIEWS CUSTOMER ORDER FORM #8 (AUGUST 2008) PREVIEWS makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This August order form features items scheduled to ship in October 2008. Comic-sized, 62pg, PC PI MARVEL PREVIEWS #60 Your Marvel companion piece to the regular issue of PREVIEWS! Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 96-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This August issue features items scheduled to ship in October 2008. FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS FC, 96pg $0.99 PREVIEWS ADULT #8 (AUGUST 2008) PREVIEWS Adult features Adult-oriented art, info, and related news not found in the regular edition of PREVIEWS. NOTE: Due to customs and international restrictions, Adult Material may not be available in some international markets. Please check with your local comic book specialty retailer for availability. ADULT MATERIAL Catalog, 24pg, b&w $0.95 COMICS SECTION PREMIER VENDORS DARK HORSE COMICS THE ART OF TONY MILLIONAIRE Tony Millionaire (W/A) On sale Oct 22 FC, 200 pages $39.95 HC, 9" x 12" Prepare to set sail on a drunken fever-dream of dollies, apes, and exotic mysteries that once seen can never be UN-seen! The Art of Tony Millionaire collects illustrations, comics, stories, photographs, and anecdotes from the man once referred to as “Beefy McManus” by the late rock star, “Rocky Stardomes!”—the one and only Tony Millionaire! THRILL to never-before seen illustrations that have made women gasp and grown men gasp, too! PARTAKE in the beautiful genius of the only cartoonist in the history of mankind to have won five Eisner Awards, three Harvey Awards and an Ignatz! He also won Best Marksman at summer camp when he was twelve, but lost the art competition at High School to a girl who drew a lovely ear of corn! ALSO AVAILABLE DRINKY CROW SOFT VINYL FIGURE from Maakies by Tony Millionaire Comes with interchangeable eyes and a bottle of booze! STAR16314 1-56971-809-1 $19.99 LITTLE AND LARGE HC, 36pg, FC, 8" x 8 1/2" (MAY050026) . . . $7.95 MAGNET SET STAR13274 $9.99 SOCK MONKEY ER KOMMT! Women’s style on brown American Apparel T-shirt Medium SEP060061 Large SEP060062 X-Large SEP060063 All sizes $19.99 SOCK MONKEY ER KOMMT! Men’s style on chocolate brown T-shirt Medium SEP060064 Large SEP060065 X-Large SEP060066 XX-Large SEP060067 M-XL $17.99 XXL $19.99 SOCK MONKEY: THE GLASS DOORKNOB HC, 40pg, FC, 8" x 10" (STAR16473) . . . $14.95 SOCK MONKEY: THE INCHES INCIDENT SC, 96pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (MAY070027) . . . $9.95 THAT DARN YARN HC, 36pg, FC, 8" x 8 1/2" (JAN050063) . . . $7.95 TONY MILLIONAIRE’S SOCK MONKEY STATIONERY SET SEP020086 $4.99 TONY MILLIONAIRE’S SOCK MONKEY: UNCLE GABBY HC, 40pg, FC, 6" x 9" (FEB040024) . . . $14.95 UNCLE GABBY FIGURE Stands 6" high and comes with removable hat and brain! STAR19380 $24.99 ************************************************************************ CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), Richard Corben (P), José Villarrubia (C), and Frank Cho (Cover) On sale Aug 20 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Dark Horse’s exciting new Conan era continues with a second round of adventure! As Conan recovers from last issue’s clash with raiders on the Cimmerian borderlands, a kind stranger shelters him and weaves a tale of Conan’s grandfather, Connacht. As an older Cimmerian, Connacht inspired young Conan with tales of dazzling lands and beautiful women, but the story the snowbound stranger relates now is one of a brush with death and supernatural beasts—brought on after an act of selfless kindness. Is it true that “no good deed goes unpunished” . . . ? With cover artist Frank Cho on board, writer Timothy Truman, artist Tomás Giorello, and colorist José Villarrubia are again joined by comic book veteran Richard Corben in a moody, horrific, and surprising issue that will leave readers in a tailspin! CONAN VOL. 6: THE HAND OF NERGAL Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), J.D. Mettler (C), José Villarrubia (C) On sale Oct 22 FC, 152 pages $17.95 TPB, 7" x 10" A mysterious curse lingers, following Conan as he attempts to return to his homeland, and a great darkness looms ahead in the doomed city of Yaralet. This latest collection in Dark Horse’s smart, innovative Conan series finds the cunning Cimmerian chased by both unfinished business from his past and a strange novice magician who seeks to deliver a dire warning to the wandering barbarian. A great evil moves ever closer while unfathomable terrors awaken and come into view. Conan is, of course, eager to meet both head on! ALSO AVAILABLE THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN by Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, and John Buscema VOLUME 1: TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT & OTHER STORIES Collects issues #1-#8 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (STAR19686) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 2: ROGUES IN THE HOUSE & OTHER STORIES Collects issues #9-#13 and #16 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (STAR20379) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 3: THE MONSTER OF THE MONOLITHS AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #14, #15, and #17-#21 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (OCT030031) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 4: THE SONG OF RED SONJA AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #23-#26 and material from the second and third issues of Savage Tales FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (DEC030015) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 5: THE SHADOW IN THE TOMB AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #27-#34 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (MAY040034) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 6: THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #35-#42 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (AUG040018) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 7: THE DWELLER IN THE POOL AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #43-#51 FC, 168pg, SC, 7" x 10" (DEC040017) . . . $15.95 VOLUME 8: BROTHERS OF THE BLADE AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #52-#60 FC, 160pg, SC, 7" x 10" (APR050023) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 9: RIDERS OF THE RIVER-DRAGONS AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #60-63, #65, #69-71 FC, 152pg, SC, 7" x 10" (AUG050017) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 10: WHEN GIANTS WALK THE EARTH AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #72-77, and #79-81 FC, 168pg, SC, 7" x 10" (DEC050016) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 11: THE DANCE OF THE SKULL AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #82-90 FC, 152pg, SC, 7" x 10" (OCT060014) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 12: THE BEAST KING OF ABOMBI AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #91, 93-100 FC, 184pg, SC, 7" x 10" (MAR070031) . . . $16.95 VOLUME 13: WHISPERING SHADOWS AND OTHER STORIES Collects issues #92, 100, 101-107 FC, 152pg, SC, 7" x 10" (JUL070014) . . . $16.95 CONAN VOLUME 1: THE FROST GIANT’S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, and Thomas Yeates SC, 176pg, FC, 7" x 10" (DEC040016) . . . $15.95 CONAN VOLUME 2: THE GOD IN THE BOWL AND OTHER STORIES by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, and Thomas Yeates SC, 176pg, FC, 7" x 10" (JUL050035) . . . $15.95 CONAN VOLUME 3: THE TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT AND OTHER STORIES by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, and Michael Wm. Kaluta SC, 168pg, FC, 7" x 10" (FEB060059) . . . $15.95 CONAN VOLUME 4: THE HALL OF THE DEAD by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Mike Mignola, Tim Truman, and Dave Stewart SC, 200pg, FC, 7" x 10" (JAN070063) . . . $17.95 CONAN VOLUME 5: ROGUES IN THE HOUSE by Tim Truman, Cary Nord, and Tomás Giorella SC, 160pg, FC, 7" x 10" (NOV070032) . . . $17.95 CONAN: BOOK OF THOTH by Kurt Busiek, Len Wein, and Kelley Jones SC, 176pg, FC, 7" x 10" (AUG060015) . . . $17.95 CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF KHITAI by Akira Yoshida, Paul Lee, and Pat Lee SC, 96pg, FC, 7" x 10" (APR060013) . . . $12.95 CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR by P. Craig Russell and Lovern Kindzierski HC, 88pg, FC, 7" x 10" (SEP050030) . . . $13.95 CONAN LUNCHBOX NOV030120 $14.99 CONAN PVC SET: THE FROST GIANT’S DAUGHTER JAN040081 $44.95 CONAN THE BARBARIAN MINI-BUST: CONAN THE CONQUEROR SEP030066 $49.99 CONAN THE BARBARIAN MINI-BUST: CONAN THE AVENGER SEP050067 $54.99 CONAN THE BARBARIAN MINI-BUST: CONAN THE SLAYER JUN030070 $49.99 JANISSA THE WIDOWMAKER STATUE OCT060062 $54.99 THOTH-AMON MINI-BUST NOV050102 $49.99 CONAN ZIPPO® LIGHTER Numbered, limited-edition AUG068067 $39.99 ************************************************************************ EMPOWERED VOLUME 4 Adam Warren (W/A) On sale Sept 17 b&w w/FC, 208 pages $14.95 TPB, 6 1/2 x 9 Costumed crimefighter Empowered is briefly overjoyed to find herself in the running for one of the superhero community’s annual Caped Justice Awards (or “Capeys”)—only to discover that her nomination was merely a cruel joke by her obnoxious superpeers. But when the masked masses face a cataclysmic reckoning for previous heartless hoaxes, can our perpetually struggling heroine overcome her resentment and save the day? And can she cope with the further problems posed by cross-dressing vigilantes, dying wishes from preteen wannabe supervillains, telepathic “booty calls,” a deeply depressed ninja, bedroom “cosplay” conflicts with her boyfriend, and even . . . Hummer® fu? From Adam Warren—writer/artist of the English-language Dirty Pair comics (the original “Original English-Language Manga”)—comes Empowered, a gut-busting gag-fest of life in the superhero slow lane. Dump your boxes of prefab power-fantasy pamphlets and load up on Empowered! THE END LEAGUE #5 Rick Remender (W), Eric Canete (P/Cover), and Sean Parsons (I) On sale Aug 27 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Writer Rick Remender continues his acclaimed new series joined by fan-favorite artist Eric Canete (Iron Man, WildC.A.T.S.) for part one of the all-new storyline “Weathered Statues.” After the shocking events last issue in which half the cast was lost, Black and Arachnakid risk everything to take their revenge on the Smiling Man in his twisted city of Lore. Across the world in New Berlin, the fascist Wolfsangel puts a bounty on the remaining heroes in order to obtain the one item he requires to snatch lordship of Earth from Dead Lexington: An altruistic heart. THE END LEAGUE VOLUME 1: BALLAD OF BIG NOTHING Rick Remender (W), Mat Broome (P/Cover), Sean Parsons (I), and Wendy Broome (C) On sale Oct 15 FC, 104 pages $12.95 TPB, 7" x 10" A thematic merging of The Lord of the Rings and Watchmen, The End League follows a cast of the last remaining super men and women as they embark on a desperate and perilous journey through a world dominated by evil, in hopes of locating the one remaining artifact that can save humanity—the Hammer of Thor. For his return to the world of comics renowned artist Mat Broome (X-Men, Batman) teams up with critically acclaimed writer Rick Remender (Fear Agent) for this, Dark Horse Comics newest superhero series. FEAR AGENT #24: I AGAINST I PART 3 (OF 6) Rick Remender (W), Tony Moore (P/Cover), and Michelle Madsen (C) On sale Aug 27 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Heath finds himself in the roughest sector of the universe with a mob of desperate criminals out for his blood. A dirty, down-in-the-mud street fight leaves him changed forever and desperate for payback. There’s a new sheriff in town. THE HELM #2 (OF 4) Jim Hardison (W), Bart Sears (P), and Randy Elliott (I) On sale Aug 20 FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries The Helm, an enchanted artifact of countless legendary heroes, has learned that its latest Chosen One is a chubby, unemployed fantasy addict … who lives in his mother’s basement. Defying all odds, however, Matt Blurdy managed both to defeat a bloodthirsty hobgoblin and thwart the Helm’s scheme to have him killed. Now the hero’s training begins in earnest: workouts, retrieval of a magic flaming sword, battles with wraiths, and a showdown with a sorcerer in mortal combat. But when the media starts reporting Matt’s victories as murders, an old flame reenters the picture, and true darkness looms on the horizon, even a replica Highlander trench coat might not be enough to save Matt’s hide! BERNIE WRIGHTSON’S FRANKENSTEIN Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (W) and Bernie Wrightson (A) On sale Oct 29 FC, 240 pages $29.95 HC, 9" x 12" Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983. Twenty-five years later, this magnificent pairing of art and literature is still considered to be one of the greatest achievements made by any artist in the field. Now, Wrightson and Dark Horse Books are collaborating on a beautiful new hardcover edition of the book, published in a larger 9" x 12" format intended to show off the exquisitely detailed line art of one of the greatest living artists in comics today. This book includes the complete text of the original ground-breaking novel, and the original forty-seven full-page illustrations that stunned the world with their monumental beauty and uniqueness. ALSO AVAILABLE THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: PANDORA’S BRIDE by Elizabeth Hand SC novel, 275pg, 4" x 6" (JUN060031) . . . $6.99 CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: TIME'S BLACK LAGOON by Paul Di Filippo SC novel, 302pg, 4" x 6" (FEB060078) . . . $6.99 DRACULA: ASYLUM by Paul Witcover SC novel, 320pg, 4" x 6" (OCT050038) . . . $6.99 FRANKENSTEIN: THE SHADOW OF FRANKENSTEIN by Stefan Petrucha SC novel, 275pg, 4" x 6" (APR060048) . . . $6.99 THE MUMMY: DARK RESURRECTION by Michael Paine SC novel, 304pg, 4" x 6" (JUN070041) . . . $6.99 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: CAVALCADE OF HORROR by Various SC, 208pg, FC, 7" x 10" (OCT050022) . . . $19.95 THE WOLF MAN: HUNTER’S MOON by Michael Jan Friedman SC novel, 275pg, 4" x 6" (OCT050039) . . . $6.99 ************************************************************************ GHOST OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 Eric Luke (W), Adam Hughes (A), Terry Dodson (A), Scott Benefiel (A), Matt Haley (A), Adam Hughes (Cover), and others On sale Oct 22 FC, 352 pages $24.95 TPB, 6" x 9" If you’re already dead, you might as well make the best of it. Someone brutally murdered reporter Elisa Cameron, but back from the grave as the spectral avenger Ghost, Elisa intends to find out who killed her and why . . . and grab a double dose of .45-caliber retribution. But Ghost’s journey to the truth follows a dark, twisted path, and the revelations she unearths may lead not to redemption, but damnation. • Includes a roster of top creative talents, including screenwriter Eric Luke and comics superstar artists Adam Hughes and Terry Dodson. • Collects Ghost Special #1, Ghost #1-12 (first series), and “Sweet Things” from Decade of Dark Horse #2. PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 4 Kevin J. Anderson (W), Gordon Rennie (W), Ian Edginton (W), Ron Marz (W), Scott Kolins (A), Mel Rubi (A), Claudio Castellini (A), Ray Lago (Cover), and many more! On sale Oct 8 FC, 352 pages $24.95 TPB, 6" x 9" Across the centuries, humanity’s capacity for violence has marked time as surely as the movement of the stars. And from those very stars have come an invisible participant in our history, the extraterrestrial Predator, who has used Mankind’s own penchant for murder and mayhem as a shadow to cover its own bloody tracks, as a hunting blind from which to take down its human prey. But the Predator has not passed through the ages unnoticed, and despite the alien killer’s strength, cunning, and advanced technology, there are few things more certain than how far men are willing to go when it’s time for a little payback! Predator Omnibus Volume 4 concludes the complete presentation of these never-before-collected classic Dark Horse Predator tales. • This volume collects Predator : Primal #1-2, Predator: Nemesis #1-2, Predator: Homeworld #1-4, Predator: Xenogenesis #1-4, Predator: Hell Come a Walkin’ #1-2, Predator: Captive one-shot, and “Predator: Demon’s Gold” (from DHP #137). MISTER X ARCHIVES Dean Motter (W/A), Jaime Hernandez (P), Paul Rivoche (P), Dave McKean (P), Seth (P), Ty Templeton (P), and others On sale Oct 22 FC, 384 pages $79.95 HC, 7" x 10" When Mister X hit the shelves twenty-five years ago, no one had ever seen anything like it—a fusion of film noir, Art Deco, and German Expressionism channeled through the talents of the greatest up-and-coming artists of the day. The story of a utopian city with architecture that drove its inhabitants mad and the never-sleeping architect who quested tirelessly for a cure, Mister X captivated a generation of comics fans and creators, transforming the landscape of their chosen medium forever. • The masterpiece of legendary designer Dean Motter that featured the artwork of young superstars Jaime Hernandez and Dave McKean and helped launch the careers of independent icons Ty Templeton, Paul Rivoche, and Seth returns to print in a fully remastered hardcover collection! ROBOTS AND DONUTS Eric Joyner (A) On sale Oct 8 FC, 184 pages $99.95 Ltd. Ed. HC, 9" x 12" In the years following World War II the major export from Japan wasn’t electronic equipment, but toys, specifically tin toys. Crafted in the shapes of submarines, planes, trains, cars, and horses, one of the most popular motifs was toy robots. Constructed in virtually every shape imaginable from the 1940s throughout the 1960s, they ranged in appearance from horror to science fiction characters. Today, these toys are not only fondly remembered by collectors but are being re-created for a whole new generation! ?Capturing this period in history became a passion for painter Eric Joyner and in Robots and Donuts he celebrates this forgotten era with images marrying the metal creations with images plucked from his imagination. And, almost always, with donuts. (Why? Well, who doesn’t love donuts?) This whimsical book also features a look into Joyner’s painting style as well as a glimpse at some of his other non-robot-themed artwork. INDIANA JONES AND THE TOMB OF THE GODS #3 (OF 4) Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Nathan Massengill (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) On sale Aug 27 FC, 40 pages $2.99 / Miniseries Breakneck adventure doesn’t let you stop for breath in this continuation of Indiana Jones’s search for ancient artifacts and treasures! Once again, archaeologist and self-stated preserver of history Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is on the trail of something colossal. With exotic locations, natural disasters, wild animals, ever-pesky Nazis, and a beautiful fortune hunter, Indy’s quest for the Tomb of the Gods could be his most amazing and historically disturbing escapade ever! This way for a touch of history and a lot of gripping adventure—Indiana Jones is not your average archaeologist! SERENITY: BETTER DAYS Joss Whedon (W), Brett Matthews (W), Will Conrad (P), Michelle Madsen (C), and Jo Chen (Cover) On sale Oct 29 FC, 80 pages $9.95 TPB, 6" x 9" Serenity: Better Days follows everyone’s favorite space cowboys in a thrilling, action-packed adventure, where Mal and his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when one of Serenity’s crew is taken captive and tortured, the gang must put their enduring differences aside and work together to save one of their own, even if it may mean losing the cash prize of a lifetime. Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity, reuniting with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the bestselling 2005 series Those Left Behind. Collects Serenity: Better Days #1-3. THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: APOCALYPSE SUITE Gerard Way (W), Gabriel Bá (A), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale Oct 29 FC, 232 pages $79.95 Ltd. Ed. HC, 7" x 10" In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who’d previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, “To save the world.” These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. This oversized limited-edition hardcover features an expanded sketchbook with concept designs and original artwork; commentary from the artists; and the short story from the hit 2007 Free Comic Book Day issue. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #17 Joss Whedon (W), Karl Moline (P), Andy Owens (I), Michelle Madsen (C), Jo Chen (Cover), and Georges Jeanty (Cover) On sale Aug 6 FC, 40 pages $2.99 / Ongoing After a shaky introduction, Buffy and Fray must join forces in order to discover the purpose of their meeting, and its impact on the world at large. Joss Whedon and Karl Moline, co-creators of the hit comics series Fray: Future Slayer, reunite in Buffy Season Eight with the highly anticipated story arc “Time of Your Life.” Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty provide covers. ABE SAPIEN VOLUME 1: THE DROWNING Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Jason Shawn Alexander (A), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale Oct 1 FC, 144 pages $17.95 TPB, 7" x 10" A century ago, paranormal investigator Edward Gray fought and destroyed a powerful warlock off the coast of the island of Saint—Sébastien. In the early 1980s, the B.P.R.D.’s newest agent was sent to retrieve the warlock’s remains. But Abe Sapien is ill prepared for the dark forces that block his way. Written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and featuring the haunting art of Jason Shawn Alexander (Damn Nation, The Secret, The Escapists), Abe Sapien: The Drowning is the story of Hellboy and B.P.R.D. mainstay Abe Sapien’s first solo adventure. Collects Abe Sapien: The Drowning #1-5. B.P.R.D.: THE WARNING #2 (OF 5) Mike Mignola (W/Cover), John Arcudi (W), Guy Davis (A), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale Aug 13 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries Abe is forced to give up his search for Daimio when Liz’s mysterious gentleman proves more powerful than the B.P.R.D. had anticipated as they play further into his plans. Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi and drawn by Guy Davis, this series immediately follows the events of B.P.R.D.: The Killing Ground. Kevin Nowlan joins Mignola on cover duties. HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN #2 (OF 3) Mike Mignola (W), Richard Corben (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale Aug 13 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries A lifetime ago, Tom sold his soul to a devil of old Appalachia. Now, he and Hellboy are fighting to win it back—through the witch who first lured it away and a host of supernatural horrors as old as the land itself. The three-issue series reunites Mignola and legendary horror artist Richard Corben (The Bodyssey; Banner; Punisher: The End; Hellboy: Makoma) in a tale of witchcraft rooted in Appalachian folklore. HELLBOY: THE ALL-SEEING EYE Mark Morris (W) and Mike Mignola (Cover) On sale Oct 22 b&w, 256 pages $12.95 Novel, 5 1/4" x 8" In a London funeral parlor, the dead rise and walk again. On a train in the London Underground, a young couple is terrorized by a demon. In a suburb, a poltergeist forces a family to flee their home. Hellboy has his hands full. While the supernatural is on a rampage in London, a series of brutal “Torso Murders” turns up at various sites around the city. All of the corpses are headless, limbless, and drained of their blood. Called in to investigate the killings, B.P.R.D. agents Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman discover a wellspring of black magic under the London streets. They also find a sack of heads. Hellboy descends into the dark underworld of London, encountering demons who prophesy the coming of plague and the opening of an Eye to the otherworld, bringing forth death and destruction upon the land. HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 2: THE CHAINED COFFIN, THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM, AND OTHERS Mike Mignola (W/A), Dave Stewart (C), Matthew Hollingsworth (C), and James Sinclair (C) On sale Oct 15 FC, 278 pages $49.95 HC, 9" x 12" Since Mike Mignola’s Hellboy first hit the stands in 1993, it has become a cultural sensation, racking up a dozen Eisner Awards and inspiring numerous spinoffs, from a novel line, to video games, to feature films. Now, Dark Horse is pleased to present the comics that started it all, collected in deluxe hardcover editions. Sized at a generous 9" by 12", and handsomely bound to match The Art of Hellboy, each volume contains two full story arcs—the equivalent of two full trade paperbacks. Each volume of the Hellboy Library Editions also includes extensive supplemental materials, including previously unreleased sketches and designs. Hellboy Volume 2 collects fifteen stories, presented for the first time in chronological order, with the original Chained Coffin introduction by P. Craig Russell, and a new, expanded sketchbook section — over thirty pages of new sketchbook material. CRIMINAL MACABRE: CELL BLOCK 666 #2 (OF 4) Steve Niles (W), Nick Stakal (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Tim Bradstreet (Cover) On sale Aug 27 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries Caught. Cuffed. Convicted. Cal McDonald has had more tangles with the law in recent years than he can count, but he’s never been a truly wanted man until now. Apparently all it takes is one dirty D.A. with a Cal-shaped chip on his shoulder and a horde of L.A.’s finest on his side to frame and sentence a (mostly) innocent man on a series of trumped-up charges. But what happens when the grittiest former cop in the world checks in for a long stay at the Graybar Hotel? And exactly how long do you think Cal will last in the general population before he gets thrown into solitary? Place your bets, boys and ghouls—the odds are stacked against Cal on this game, but don’t expect him to fold . . . THE EVIL DEAD Mark Verheiden (W) and John Bolton (A) On sale Oct 29 FC, 112 pages $12.95 TPB, 7" x 10" Writer Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, My Name Is Bruce) and illustrator John Bolton (God Save the Queen, Harlequin Valentine) present an exciting expansion on the classic horror film that introduced us to the powerful Book of the Dead, the relentlessly violent deadites, and Ash—one resilient, blood-soaked survivor. Now an iconic horror hero, relive Ash’s first visit to the cabin that brought him face to face with the delectably deranged deadites who possessed his girlfriend and friends . . . and turned “the perfect place to get laid” into a house of fear and fury. Return to the original nonstop gore-fest and experience the thrills, gags, and gagging anew, with unexpected extra scenes. THE GOON #27 Eric Powell (W/A), Dave Stewart (C), and Gris Grimly (Cover) On sale Aug 13 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Goon year continues with three distinctly different stories, written and illustrated by three talented individuals. The first is from Goon creator Eric Powell, who provides readers with a glimpse into the special bond Mother Corpse shares with the horrifying creatures, fondly referred to as “changelings.” Next on deck is comic book artist Kyle Hotz (The Incredible Hulk, Criminal Macabre) who has Goon and Frankie on the hunt for the elusive Skunk Ape. A MySpace Dark Horse Presents discovery, Rebecca Sugar, delves into the life and times of Dr. Alloy who builds a device that should make life easier on his fellow inmates. ALSO AVAILABLE THE GOON VOLUME 0: ROUGH STUFF SC, 96pg, FC, 7" x 10" (NOV030024) . . . $12.95 THE GOON VOLUME 1: NOTHIN’ BUT MISERY SC, 136pg, FC, 7" x 10" (STAR19740) . . . $15.95 THE GOON VOLUME 2: MY MURDEROUS CHILDHOOD (AND OTHER GRIEVOUS YARNS) SC, 128pg, FC, 7" x 10" (FEB040029) . . . $14.95 THE GOON VOLUME 3: HEAPS OF RUINATION SC, 128pg, FC, 7" x 10" (NOV040037) . . . $12.95 THE GOON VOLUME 4: VIRTUE AND THE GRIM CONSEQUENCES THEREOF SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10" (NOV050035) . . . $16.95 THE GOON VOLUME 5: WICKED INCLINATIONS SC, 128pg, FC, 7" x 10" (AUG060036) . . . $14.95 THE GOON: CHINATOWN HC, 112pg, FC, 7" x 10" (JUL070033) . . . $19.95 THE GOON PVC SET The Goon, Franky, Buzzard, and the Zombie Priest AUG040170/$14.99 GOON LUNCHBOX SEP040224/$14.99 ************************************************************************ REX MUNDI #13 Arvid Nelson (W), Guy Davis (P), and Brian Churilla (P) On sale Aug 20 FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing One of the Duke of Lorraine’s ancestors has made a pact with a pagan spirit, and there’s no getting out of this bargain! And Rex Mundi returns to its roots with a brand-new Brother Matthew mystery. A servant girl is brutally murdered in an elite Paris hotel. Mystified by the horrific crime, the Inquisition puts Brother Matthew on the case. Matthew’s partner? None other than the cheerful Inquisitor Moricant! Brother Matthew: Hill of Martyrs will begin in issue 13 and continue completely free online, every week, courtesy of your friends at Dark Horse Comics. Don’t miss the opening chapter of another dark, quirky investigation in the annals of Brother Matthew! Features the spectacular artwork of Guy Davis and Dave Stewart. Newcomers Brian Churilla and Jason Millet will bring Brother Matthew back to life. There hasn’t been a new Brother Matthew story since it debuted online in 2001! ALSO AVAILABLE REX MUNDI VOLUME 1: THE GUARDIAN OF THE TEMPLE by Arvid Nelson, Eric Johnson, Jeromy Cox, and Juan Ferreyra SC, 224pg, FC, 7" x 10" (JUL060031) . . . $16.95 REX MUNDI VOLUME 2: THE RIVER UNDERGROUND by Arvid Nelson, Eric Johnson, Jeromy Cox, and Juan Ferreyra SC, 192pg, FC, 7" x 10" (SEP060028) . . . $16.95 REX MUNDI VOLUME 3: THE LOST KINGS by Arvid Nelson, Eric Johnson, Jeromy Cox, Jim Di Bartolo, and Juan Ferreyra SC, 176pg, FC, 7" x 10" (JUN060036) . . . $16.95 REX MUNDI VOLUME 4: CROWN AND SWORD by Arvid Nelson and Juan Ferreyra SC, 192pg, FC, 7" x 10" (AUG070034) . . . $16.95 ************************************************************************ GHOST TALKER’S DAYDREAM VOLUME 2 Saki Okuse (W) and Sankichi Meguro (A) On sale Oct 8 b&w, 216 pages $10.95 TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/16" Welcome to the sexy, spooky, and suspenseful world of Ghost Talker’s Daydream. In the continuing story of Saiki Misaki, the albino dominatrix necromancer, Misaki has to put her wits, looks and knowledge of ghosts to the test. Follow Misaki as she dodges cops, fights psychos, and exorcises the dead. Fast-paced, smart, and sassy, Ghost Talker’s Daydream is everything you loved about the anime and much, much more. Comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 10 Kosuke Fujishima (W/A) On sale Oct 29 b&w, 184 pages $10.95 TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 3/16" Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal young goddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi’s residence, his personal life has been turned upside down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! It’ll be one, two, three strikes you’re out for the N.I.T. Softball Club if Keiichi can’t help his sister win against their campus rivals—but with the goddesses stepping up to bat, it’s not going to be the old ball game! Then, it’s an unrelaxing hot springs vacation when Mara returns to challenge Urd to the most feared battle imaginable—karaoke! Plus four pages of color, ten Mini-Goddess strips, a message from creator Kosuke Fujishima, and your fan art and letters! HELLSING VOLUME 9 Kohta Hirano (W/A) On sale Oct 22 b&w, 208 pages $9.95 TPB, 5" x 7" After Alucard’s triumphant return, the streets of London were flooded with the blood of vampire Nazi soldiers and crazed Catholic warriors. After the dust settled, only the Hellsing order of Protestant knights was left standing. Now it’s up to the earthly agents of divine punishment to save the souls of the innocent. However, chaos soon engulfs the streets yet again. Come to find out, not all the Nazis were vanquished after all. Will Alucard and his allies have what it takes to save what is left of the city? Earth-shaking destruction and gore-soaked supernatural battles fill the pages of this dark and creepy-cool manga. ALSO AVAILABLE HELLSING VOLUME 1 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR20336) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 2 SC, 192pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (DEC030060) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 3 SC, 200pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (MAR040059) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 4 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUN040053) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 5 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (AUG040042) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 6 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (DEC040049) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 7 SC, 192pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUN050043) . . . $13.95 HELLSING VOLUME 8 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (MAR070077) . . . $13.95 ************************************************************************ VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOL. 11: PALE FALLEN ANGELS PARTS ONE AND TWO Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A) On sale Oct 15 b&w, 480 pages $14.95 Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 ¼" Pale Fallen Angels Parts One and Two, the first two novels of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s groundbreaking epic four-part Vampire Hunter D tale, are presented here in one affordable omnibus collection! Krauhasen: A mysterious land under the control of Lord Vlad Balarge, a member of the vampire Nobility. When Lord Vlad’s son, Baron Byron Balarge, needs to make a long and treacherous journey to faraway Krauhasen, he commissions the help of the infamous Vampire Hunter D, promising a princely sum and a solemn vow—no feasting on any humans for the duration of their journey! Still, D finds his work cut out for him as the duo encounters an ongoing parade of thugs, rogues, and runaways, all with riot and revenge in mind. The pair are joined by the teenage tumbling act, May and Hugh, and the haughty Noblewoman Miska, recently spared death by the stake. But when D discovers the Baron’s plans to murder Lord Vlad, he quickly finds his own life in danger. ALSO AVAILABLE VAMPIRE HUNTER D by Hideyuki Kikuchi and Yoshitaka Amano VOLUME 1 SC, 300pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (FEB050056) . . . $9.95 VOLUME 2 SC, 300pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (MAY050054) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 3 SC, 300pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (OCT050044) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 4 SC, 300pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (APR060051) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 5 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUN060028) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 6 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (AUG060048) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 7 SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (DEC060051) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 8 SC, 224pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (APR070037) . . . $8.95 VOLUME 9 SC, 224pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUL070059) . . . $8.95 ************************************************************************ STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #32—VINDICATION PART 1 (OF 4) John Jackson Miller (W), Brian Ching (P/Cover), and Michael Atiyeh (C) On sale Aug 20 FC, 40 pages $2.99 / Ongoing At long last, Padawan Zayne Carrick confronts the Jedi Masters who framed him for murder! The prophecy that was seen by Zayne’s Masters appears to be coming true. Two pieces of the sequence have come to pass . . . and those who remain alive are still fighting to prevent their vision from becoming a reality. The Jedi Consulars are beginning to doubt themselves and it’s possible they have overlooked a true source of danger! STAR WARS LEGACY #27 John Ostrander (W), Omar Francia (P), Brad Anderson (C), and Omar Francia (Cover) On sale Aug 27 FC, 40 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Darth Wyyrlok is the master of Sith lore and magic in Darth Krayt’s Sith order. He has also been Krayt’s confidant, spokesman, and friend. Now, seeing the further deterioration of his Master from the ravages of the Yuuzhan Vong bioforms, Wyyrlok attempts a dangerous journey into the Deep Core worlds to the birthplace of Lord Andeddu, an ancient Sith Lord, seeking to discover any secrets that might save Darth Krayt. Penetrating the Deep Core, however, is always hazardous and Wyyrlok must call upon his own core—his strength, skills, and beliefs—to simply survive. STAR WARS OMNIBUS—EARLY VICTORIES Terry Austin (W), Darko Macan (W), Ryder Windham (W), Bret Blevins (A), June Brigman(A), Dave Gibbons (A), Roy Richardson (I), Angus McKie (C), Dave Stewart (C), and more On sale Oct 22 FC, 336 pages $24.95 TPB, 6 x 9 Following the destruction of the first Death Star, Luke Skywalker is the new, unexpected hero of the Rebellion. But the galaxy hasn’t been saved yet—Luke and Princess Leia are finding there are many more battles to be fought against the Empire and Darth Vader! This latest Star Wars Omnibus reprints many of the early tales of the rebellion. First, we have Shadow Stalker, Tales from Mos Eisley, and River of Chaos, all of which are long out of print and have never before been collected! Then, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, a story created by George Lucas and Alan Dean Foster before there were plans for any films past Star Wars: A New Hope. And last is Vader’s Quest, in which Vader learns the secret kept from him by Yoda and Obi-Wan: that he has a son! STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS VOLUME 1—SHIPYARDS OF DOOM Henry Gilroy (W), Matt & Shawn Fillbach (A), and Ronda Pattison (C) On sale Sept 24 FC, 96 pages $6.95 TPB, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Introducing a new, quarterly, graphic-novella series based on the exciting new motion picture and television series The Clone Wars! Dark Horse’s first offering, “Shipyards of Doom,” is a digest-sized graphic novella written by Henry Gilroy, the head writer for the TV show, and illustrated by the prolific Fillbach Brothers. We’d love to show you some of this full-length, all-ages comics adventure, but you’ll have to wait for the grand unveiling at Comic-Con International in San Diego! STAR WARS: REBELLION #16—VECTOR PART 8 (OF 12) Rob Williams (W), Dustin Weaver (A), Wil Glass (C), and Dan Scott (Cover) On sale Aug 27 FC, 40 pages $2.99 / Ongoing Darth Vader successfully lures Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia into a trap that could cripple the Rebel Alliance, as “Vector”—the most important Star Wars event of 2008—concludes its third arc, setting the stage for the final galaxy-shaking showdown in Star Wars: Legacy! On the dark surface of a desolate moon, Luke and Leia meet their first Jedi since Obi-Wan Kenobi, only to realize too late this Knight of the Old Republic is far different than their fallen friend—twisted by the Sith’s Muur Talisman and enraged by Darth Vader! Together, Luke and Leia must make a choice with far-reaching consequences, not just for themselves, but for the fate of the entire galaxy! ALSO AVAILABLE STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 1 by Haden Blackman, Ben Caldwell, Matt Fillbach, and Shawn Fillbach SC, 96pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (MAR040020) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 2 by Haden Blackman, Welles Hartley, Matt Fillbach, and Shawn Fillbach SC, 96pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (AUG040087) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 3 by Haden Blackman, Ryan Kaufman, Thomas Andrews, Matt Fillbach, and Shawn Fillbach SC, 96pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (NOV040051) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 4 by Haden Blackman, Ryan Kaufman, Justin Lambros, Rick Lacy, Matt Fillbach, and Shawn Fillbach SC, 96pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (JUN050045) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 5 by Matt Jacobs, Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, Rick Lacy, and various SC, 96pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (JAN060133) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURE VOLUME 6 by Haden Blackman, Mike Kennedy, Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, Stewart McKenny, and more! SC, 88pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (MAY060044) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 7 by Matt and Shawn Fillbach and various SC, 80pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (SEP060043) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 8 by Matt and Shawn Fillbach and various SC, 80pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (FEB070088) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 9 by Matt and Shawn Fillbach and various SC, 80pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (JUN070058) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOLUME 10 by Matt and Shawn Fillbach and various SC, 80pg, FC, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" (SEP070096) . . . $6.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 1: THE DEFENSE OF KAMINO by Haden Blackman, John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, and others SC, 128pg, FC, 7" x 10" (STAR19494) . . . $14.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 2—VICTORIES AND SACRIFICES by Haden Blackman, John Ostrander, Tomás Giorello, Jan Duursema, and Brian Ching SC, 120pg, FC, 7" x 10" (STAR20184) . . . $14.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 3—LAST STAND ON JABIIM by Haden Blackman, Brian Ching, and Victor Llamas SC, 104pg, FC, 7" x 10" (NOV030065) . . . $14.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 4—LIGHT AND DARK by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, and Dan Parsons SC, 136pg, FC, 7" x 10" (FEB040057) . . . $16.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 5—THE BEST BLADES by John Ostrander, Haden Blackman, Jeremy Barlow, Tomás Giorello, Brandon Badeaux, and Hoon SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10" (AUG040088) . . . $17.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 6—ON THE FIELDS OF BATTLE by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson, and Tomás Giorello SC, 168pg, FC, 7" x 10" (MAR050082) . . . $17.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 7—WHEN THEY WERE BROTHERS by Haden Blackman, Miles Lane, Brian Ching, Nicola Scott, and Tomás Giorello SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10" (AUG050077) . . . $17.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 8—THE LAST SIEGE, THE FINAL TRUTH by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson, and Tomás Giorello SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10" (DEC050051) . . . $17.95 STAR WARS: CLONE WARS VOLUME 9—ENDGAME by John Ostrander, Welles Hartley, Jan Duursema, Doug Wheatley, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson, Chris Chuckry, and Tomás Giorello SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10" (APR060062) . . . $17.95 ************************************************************************ BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER’S TAROT On sale Aug 13 78-card deck, instruction pamphlet, 64-page softcover book, in reclosable box with magnetic closure $14.99 Lost hundreds of years ago, the Slayer’s tarot is an important artifact from Slayer history that came into existence after a group of women shared a vision of a rogue Slayer who would love a vampire and who would be aided in her fight against evil by a group of mystical allies. The heretical prophecy led to the suppression of the deck by the Watcher’s Council. Written and conceived by Rachel Pollack, author of twelve books on the tarot, including the renowned 78 Degrees of Wisdom, she teams with long-time Buffy artist Paul Lee to create this one-of-a-kind tarot card set. SERENITY LASER ENGRAVED ACRYLIC ORNAMENT On sale Oct 8 4" x 4" clear lucite cube $16.99 Joss Wheden’s blockbuster Serenity continues to capture the attention of fans of fantastic adventure. Dark Horse is pleased to support the “browncoats” with the next in our series of Serenity themed ornaments. We have scanned the Serenity ship and using the wonders of modern science, crafted it as a wire frame 3D image inside a 4" x 4" clear lucite cube. This process has allowed us to acheive an unprecedented level of accurate detail. We are adding a mechanism of ribbon that can be glued to the cube for hanging display, but as with most ofther “tombstone”-style collectibles, it may be best displayed sitting on a window sill or over a small LED light base. The LED light, commonly available on the open market, is NOT a part of the package. TARA MCPHERSON AND BECI ORPIN JOURNAL’S On sale Sept 17 TARA MCPHERSON “MR. WIGGLES” JOURNAL 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Spiral-bound Journal $9.99 BECI ORPIN “FOLKLORE” JOURNAL 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Spiral-bound Journal $9.99 Two of our favorites are back! We love everything that Tara McPherson and Beci Orpin do, so we’re thrilled that they have agreed to design two new journals for Dark Horse. While both artists incorporate pleasing colors with wonderful designs and a sense of fun, their styles are unique and irresistible. DOMO 5.5" FLOCKED VINYL FIGURES On sale Oct 29 Domo is back! Following the success of our 8" Domo series, we are excited to ramp up a second series of Domo flocked vinyl figures—this time at 5.5". Available in limited quantities, our 5.5" Domo flocked vinyl figure comes in four colors: Classic Brown (limited edition), Olive Green (limited edition of 800), RAAAAR!! Red (limited edition of 800), Earl Grey (limited edition of 800), and Polar White (limited edition of 500). These fun, furry-flocked figures are fuzzy to the touch, just like Domo. CLASSIC BROWN Flocked Vinyl Figure $24.99 OLIVE GREEN Flocked Vinyl Figure $24.99 RAAAAR!! RED Flocked Vinyl Figure $24.99 EARL GREY Flocked Vinyl Figure $24.99 POLAR WHITE Flocked Vinyl Figure $24.99 GACHA! DARK HORSE RELAUNCHES GACHA! MORE OPTIONS. MORE ASSORTMENTS. MORE GACHA! GACHA - $699 Includes eight 100-count bags of capsules per your selection. GACHA JR. - $399 Includes four 100-count bags of capsules per your selection. NEW THIS MONTH: * DISNEY PRINCESS FIGURE #9 * DISNEY/ PIXAR WALL-E BUILDABLE FIGURES * HELLO KITTY CHARM FIGURE #3 * POKEMON CHARM FIGURE #5 * POKEMON BUILDABLE FIGURE #4 Check out the Dark Horse section of www.previewsworld.com for more information, product shots, and Gacha capsule resources. ************************************************************************ DC COMICS Special Events TRINITY #10-13 Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza Art by Mark Bagley & Art Thibert and Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens and Tom Derenick & Wayne Faucher Covers #10-12 by Andy Kubert & Jesse Delperdang; Cover #13 by Jim Lee & Scott Williams DC’s new weekly series TRINITY continues with covers on issues #10-12 by Andy Kubert (BATMAN)! This month in TRINITY: The Justice League joins Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman to stand against the threat that the Crime Syndicate brings to Earth. And, in this month’s co-features, members of Batman's "family" search for clues to what ties several thefts together – and what links them to the cosmic conflict that has resulted! Issue #10 on sale August 6; issue #11 on sale August 13; issue #12 on sale August 20; issue #13 on sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS #1 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Philip Tan, Jeff De Los Santos & Jonathan Glapion Covers by Philip Tan Greg Rucka (52, Whiteout, THE QUESTION: THE FIVE BOOKS OF BLOOD) and rising superstar Philip Tan unleash the wrath of God in this FINAL CRISIS tie-in! With the end of creation nigh, Crispus Allen must embrace his role as The Spectre by exacting God's vengeance on some of the DC Universe's most vile sinners. But even as Allen struggles with his duty, a new threat is arising – one that only his former partner, Renee Montoya, a.k.a. The Question, can help him fight! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by Philip Tan that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 13 • 1 of 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 Written by Geoff Johns Art by George Pérez & Scott Koblish Covers by George Pérez From the moment Kal-El landed on earth until the end of time, the Time Trapper has sought to erase Superman’s impact on the universe. But the Legion of Super-Heroes have always been there to stop him. This time, though, even the Legion won’t be enough. The Time Trapper has found the ultimate weapon to carry out his plan – a twisted mirror image of the boy of steel from a parallel Earth long dead: Superboy-Prime! Who will answer the Legion’s call for help? Find out here as the Crisis of the 31st century begins! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by George Pérez that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 20 • 1 of 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US DC UNIVERSE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT #1 Written by Brad Meltzer Art and covers by Adam Kubert & John Dell New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer (IDENTITY CRISIS, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) makes his return to the DC Universe — and superstar artist Adam Kubert (ACTION COMICS) is riding shotgun! The final battle is quickly approaching. How do the heroes of the DCU prepare for the end? Whom do they approach and say goodbye to before they make the ultimate sacrifice? Featuring the entire DC Universe, Meltzer takes us deep into the hearts and psyches of our heroes. It's the day before you die. What would you do? Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by Adam Kubert that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 27 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US FINAL CRISIS: SUPERMAN BEYOND #1 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy Covers by Doug Mahnke and J.H. Williams III To save the woman he loves, the greatest hero of all time becomes the pawn of ultra-dimensional forces when a wounded emissary from a world of doomed super gods comes to Earth on the eve of the Final Crisis. His mission: To recruit Superman’s help against an epic, reality-spanning menace that originated in the Crisis on Infinite Earths! Join the Man of Steel and his alternate-earth counterparts for a mind-blowing voyage to the edge of the DC Universe — and beyond! Can these super champions overcome their differences to beat the clock, find the ultimate treasure and save all existence from extinction? Writer Grant Morrison and artist Doug Mahnke take you on an unforgettable, hyperdelic journey from the streets of Metropolis, through the 52 worlds of the multiverse, to the haunted court of the King of Limbo, in part one of this 2-issue Superman adventure! With a unique 3-D section, eye-popping visuals and mind-boggling glimpses into the mysteries behind FINAL CRISIS, SUPERMAN BEYOND takes the Man of Tomorrow to new dimensions of action and excitement! This issue comes with a pair of 3-D glasses! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers (one by Doug Mahnke and one by J.H. Williams III) that will ship in a ratio of approximately 50/50. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 27 • 1 of 2 • 40 pg, FC, $4.50 US FINAL CRISIS #1: DIRECTOR’S CUT SPECIAL Written by Grant Morrison Art and cover by J.G. Jones Come on a guided tour of DC’s FINAL CRISIS #1 and become further enveloped in the event of the century. Delve deep into the mind-blowing first issue as we explore what every page and panel represents, and the process behind the story as Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones reveal secrets hidden in the script and art. On sale August 6 • 64 pg, FC, $4.99 US FINAL CRISIS: ROGUES’ REVENGE #2 Written by Geoff Johns Art and covers by Scott Kolins Life was easier when the Rogues had Barry Allen for a foe – or at least it was a bit more fun. Now, hunted by Libra and the Secret Society for refusing to worship the impending evil that is prophesized to claim Earth, Cold and his crew find themselves attacked on several fronts . . . and that doesn’t sit well with the Rogues. Plus, a bizarre twist for Inertia! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by Scott Kolins that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 20 • 2 of 3, 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US REIGN IN HELL #2 Written by Keith Giffen Pencils by Tom Derenick Cover by Mario Alberti The war for control of hell has spread to the DC Universe! Now the mystics must choose sides as the conflict between Lord Satanus and Neron threatens to destroy everything! The stakes and body count are getting higher! Plus, a Dr. Occult backup story! On sale August 27 • 2 of 8 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US RANN/THANAGAR: HOLY WAR #4 Written by Jim Starlin Art by Ron Lim & Rob Hunter Cover by Starlin & Hunter Adam Strange finds himself cornered on Hardcore Station by agents of the Church of Eternal Light. Meanwhile, the people of Rann have been whipped up into a Lady Styx-inspired religious furor and their next target is: Hawkman! On sale August 6 • 4 of 8 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US HAWKMAN SPECIAL #1 Written by Jim Starlin Art and cover by Jim Starlin & Al Milgrom Spiraling out of the events of RANN/THANAGAR: HOLY WAR! Hawkman finds himself face to face with a force of unspeakable evil: Synnar. The things Hawkman will learn in the course of their confrontation may lead him to question his very existence! On sale August 6 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #2 Written by Keith Giffen & Robert Loren Fleming Art by Keith Giffen & Al Milgrom Cover by Jim Starlin & Al Milgrom The second issue of our 6-issue romp through the DC Universe takes us on a mystic journey into space, where we encounter a new world and witness the return of Amber Butane — all, like, irreverently! Irreverentially? Plus, find out what really happened when Ambush Bug met Blue Beetle! On sale August 27 • 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TOR #4 Written by Joe Kubert Art and cover by Joe Kubert Tor and his female companion fight their way back to the surface world, but their bloodthirsty pursuers haven't given up their plans for Tor – plans that involve ritual sacrifice! Can Tor survive in this strange, prehistoric world? On sale August 6 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #4 Written by Bruce Jones Art by Al Barrionuevo & Jimmy Palmiotti Cover by Russ Heath Carson finds his plane intact…and so do the other pilots! But that’s not the biggest mystery facing the exiles from history! Plus, Carson defends Akisha, the woman from the future, against a rampaging prehistoric beast! On sale August 6 • 4 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DC SPECIAL: CYBORG #4 Written by Mark Sable Art by Carlos Magno & Jonathan Glapion Cover by Brian Denham The mysterious Mr. Orr has transformed one of Cyborg's friends into a killing machine! But is Vic's friend the only victim? Orr has cloned two of the world's deadliest super-villains to prevent Cyborg and The Titans from finding out. On sale August 20 • 4 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TEEN TITANS #62 Written by Sean McKeever Art and cover by Eddy Barrows & Ruy José Guest-starring Cyborg! When villains attack, it's up to two remarkable teens to pick up the pieces so the Teen Titans don't have to. This issue: a heartwarming look at Titans Tower through the eyes of its least-known inhabitants: Wendy, Marvin ... and Wonderdog?! On sale August 27 •32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TITANS #5 Written by Judd Winick Art by Rodney Buchemi Cover by Ian Churchill In the stand-alone story “Date Night,” four Titans face the fact that love is a battlefield. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is making his way to Titans Tower. Who is this ominous stranger – and how does he or she know the Titans? On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TANGENT: SUPERMAN’S REIGN #6 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Jamal Igle & Robin Riggs Cover by Matt Haley The secret protector of the Tangent Earth’s band of freedom fighters is revealed! And when the Tangent Superman learns the secret to traveling between worlds, the battle between the Supermen of two worlds begins! On sale August 20 • 6 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BATMAN #680 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea Cover by Alex Ross Variant cover by Tony Daniel It’s “Batman R.I.P.” part 5 – and this issue features two events so monumental that one comic can barely contain them! First, Batman faces off against The Club of Villains. Then, The Joker makes his stand, challenging the Dark Knight to the ultimate battle of wits. Will Batman survive either of these threats – or could this be the end of Gotham City’s greatest hero? Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Tony Daniel). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERMAN #679 Written by James Robinson Art by Renato Guedes & José Wilson Magalháes Cover by Alex Ross Two supermen: One, a man of yore, the other, the Man of Tomorrow! Atlas and Superman continue their all-out war, with Metropolis as the prize. But for all his power, Superman seems unable to defeat this titan of myth. With our hero down for the count, it will take another, unexpected hero to save the day. Guest-starring Supergirl and – someone else! On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DCU: Batman ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER #12 Written by Frank Miller Art and cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams Variant cover by Bill Sienkiewicz Batman and Robin crack the stone-cold psychopath known as The Joker! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Bill Sienkiwicz). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BATGIRL #2 Written by Adam Beechen Art by Jim Calafiore & Jonathan Glapion Cover by Andy Clarke Batgirl’s path of vengeance violently crosses that of another young woman raised by David Cain. When a surprising link is found between Cain and Batgirl’s other target, Deathstroke the Terminator, will the two missions become one? Also, a member of the Bat-Family discovers just what Batgirl is up to. Will her cover be blown? On sale August 20 • 2 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TWO-FACE YEAR ONE #2 Written by Mark Sable Art by Jesus Saiz & Jimmy Palmiotti Cover by Mark Chiarello The election coverage continues as Two-Face throws his hat in the ring! It’s the shocking conclusion to the tightest race in Gotham City history, and it’s only the beginning of Batman’s struggle with a man who used to be his best friend — and the monster within. On sale August 13 • 2 of 2, 48 pg, FC, $5.99 US DETECTIVE COMICS #847 Written by Paul Dini Art by Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs Cover by Dustin Nguyen A “Batman: R.I.P.” tie-in! Secrets shared years ago between Bruce Wayne and Tommy Elliott begin to have dangerous repercussions in the present. Why is this mystery driving Hush to destroy Batman’s life? And what part does Catwoman play in Hush’s plans? On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US CATWOMAN #82 Written by Will Pfeifer Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez Cover by Adam Hughes The not-so-long kiss goodnight! Catwoman’s trying to stay one step ahead of Batman, the police and the supervillains of Gotham City, but in this final issue she’s going to have to doublecross one of them. Will they be able to live with it? And will she still be standing when the smoke has cleared? On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • FINAL ISSUE BATMAN: GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #4 Written by Steve Niles Art and cover by Kelley Jones It’s the ultimate knock-down, drag-out as Batman fights for his life — and all of Gotham City — against a gargantuan Clayface. But what is the mysterious Midnight up to during their fight – and who will be his next victim? Plus, what happens when Detective April Clarkson’s investigations lead her to Bruce Wayne? It’s gonna get gory and gruesome in Gotham after midnight! On sale August 27 • 4 of 12, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #20 Written by Fabian Nicieza Art and cover by Kevin Maguire In part 4 of the 5-part tale “The Bat and The Cat,” Batman enters the fray as Batgirl and Catwoman continue their first, explosive confrontation over Commissioner Gordon's stolen notebook! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US NIGHTWING #147 Written by Peter J. Tomasi Art by Don Kramer & Sandu Florea Cover by Rags Morales A “Batman: R.I.P.” tie-in! Two-Face hits New York City – but when he takes a bite out of the Big Apple, he finds it rotten to the core. He’ll make Nightwing and all of New York pay for their crimes…unless Nightwing can save one of Harvey Dent’s old flames from an assassin’s bullet! On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ROBIN #177 Written by Chuck Dixon Cover by Freddie E. Williams II Art by Rick Leonardi & Lorenzo Ruggiero Facing some of the toughest criminals and monsters known to man is nothing compared to dealing with your on again/off again, back-from-the-dead girlfriend’s enraged deadbeat dad! A not-so-happy reunion puts Robin between Spoiler and Cluemaster and this time, he’s not so easy to get rid of. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SIMON DARK #11 Written by Steve Niles & Scott Hampton Art and cover by Scott Hampton Simon faces a tough decision: Either join the cult that has terrorized Gotham City or throw himself into the abyss in order to save his friends! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DCU: Superman ALL STAR SUPERMAN #12 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Frank Quitely & Jamie Grant Cover by Frank Quitely The Man of Steel has faced twelve super-challenges. Now, as Lex Luthor’s brilliant, criminal machinations come together, what fate awaits the doomed Superman? This is the final, dramatic chapter of the incredible, award-winning 12-issue run of ALL STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant – don’t miss it! On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ACTION COMICS #868 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Gary Frank & Jon Sibal Cover by Frank “Brainiac” part 3 of 5! The frightening storyline that sets the stage for the SUPERMAN event of 2008 continues. Against everyone’s advice, Superman has journeyed to the deepest reaches of space to initiate contact with an alien being he thought he knew: Brainiac. But after learning about the truth behind Brainiac’s existence and his plans for Earth, Superman may regret his decision. On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERGIRL #32 Written by Kelley Puckett Art and cover by Drew Johnson & Ray Snyder It's the moment of truth, as Supergirl struggles to do the impossible by fulfilling her promise to find a cure for a young boy's fatal illness. If she succeeds, she will change the course of history – and maybe not for the better! And if she fails, a child will die. On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERMAN/BATMAN #51 Written by Michael Green & Mike Johnson Art by Rafael Albuequerque Cover by Ryan Sook The Man of Steel and the Dark Knight are shocked to discover little versions of themselves fighting a threat in Metropolis. But where did these tiny heroes come from? As Superman and Batman search for answers, things get worse with the arrival of the Li’l League! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DC Universe BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #10 Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Julian Lopez & Bit Cover by J. Calafiore Acting on a tip from Looker, Batman leads the Outsiders against new metahumans who gained their powers from the bite of a renegade alien! Meanwhile, an accident in the lab leaves an Outsider ally in a coma, with his psyche trapped inside Remac! Guest starring Dr. Kirk Langstrom – the Man-Bat. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BIRDS OF PREY #121 Written by Tony Bedard Art by Michael O’Hare & John Floyd Cover by Stephane Roux The Joker infiltrates the high-tech gang network of the Birds’ new hometown, Platinum Flats! And that’s going to set him up for a direct conflict with Oracle, Barbara Gordon! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BLUE BEETLE #30 Written by Matthew Sturges Art and cover by Rafael Albuquerque “Boundaries” continues as Blue Beetle investigates the mystery of the superpowered men who tried to cross the border illegally. But La Dama and the Posse refuse to help him out, thanks to their own secret agendas. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BOOSTER GOLD #11 Written by Chuck Dixon Art and cover by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund Guest writer Chuck Dixon jumps into the Timestream to tell a tale of Booster Gold and Batman! When Booster is charged with stopping a time-traveling villain from Batman’s past, he must travel back in time and go undercover as Killer Moth to stop this mystery man from destroying Gotham City! Guest-starring Batgirl! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16 Written by Mark Waid Art and cover by Scott Kolins Superman and Catwoman – together at last?! This team clearly won’t be held together with super-glue! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US CHECKMATE #29 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by Manuel Garcia The Royals send an increasingly erratic Chimera up against an imminent apocalypse! Good thing the Global Guardians are there to back him up! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE FLASH #243 Written by Tom Peyer Art and cover by Freddie E. Williams II The conclusion of “Fast Money”! The Flash returns to Keystone, making some bold moves to get his life and reputation back on track – with some serious consequences for his family! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US GREEN LANTERN CORPS #27 Written by Peter J. Tomasi Art by Luke Ross & Fabio Laguna Cover by Rodolfo Migliari Witness the grand opening of the new Warriors bar! Then, meet a mysterious new Lantern by the name of Saarek,who can hear the dead. What brings him to Oa – and why are the dead growing restless? On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US GREEN LANTERN #34 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert Cover by Ivan Reis The penultimate chapter of "Secret Origin"! Hal Jordan and Sinestro face off against Abin Sur's killer - Atrocitus! But what dark secret has Atrocitus uncovered about the impending "Blackest Night?" And what revelation will forever change the relationship between Hal and Carol Ferris? On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DC UNIVERSE SPECIAL: AMBUSH BUG #1 Written by Paul Kupperberg, Keith Giffen & Robert Loren Fleming Art by Carmine Infantino, Keith Giffen & Robert Oksner Cover by Ryan Sook While Ambush Bug is busy tearing through the DC Universe in his new miniseries, here are some of his top stories from the 1980s, torn from the pages of SUPERGIRL #16, ACTION COMICS #560, 563 and 565 and DC COMICS PRESENTS #81! On sale August 6 • 80 pg, FC, $4.99 US GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #11 Written by Judd Winick Art by Mike Norton & Wayne Faucher Cover by Cliff Chiang What happened before Connor Hawke was shot is revealed at last! Plus: Team Arrow finds itself working alongside some longtime enemies! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US INFINITY INC. #12 Written by Peter Milligan Art by Javier Aranda & David Enebral Cover by Pete Woods A Dark Side Club tie-in! The mystery of Professor Fogel and his allegiance to the Dark Side Club are laid bare in this harrowing final issue, in which the Infinity Kids find themselves outmatched in every way! A dream comes to an end, but for Infinity Inc., the nightmare is just beginning. On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • FINAL ISSUE JONAH HEX #34 Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art by Mark Sparacio Cover by Andy Kubert All Jonah Hex wanted was some peace and quiet. He built a cabin in the woods, hoping to start a new life away from the lawless world. But what evil deed will call him back to action – and will he be able to escape his troubled past? Featuring a cover by Andy Kubert (BATMAN)! On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24 Written by Dwayne McDuffie Art and cover by Ed Benes Vixen’s power issues come to the forefront as Vixen, Black Canary, Zatanna, Hal and The Flash pay a visit to Animal Man. The team must team up with Animal Man to battle a new Justice League villain – and at stake is control of the Tantu Totem! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #18 Written by Geoff Johns & Alex Ross Art and variant cover by Dale Eaglesham & Ruy Jose Cover by Alex Ross Magog is introduced into the DC Universe in “Gog” part 3! The last god of the Third World has walked the Earth delivering good will to men wherever he goes. But out of a violent confrontation comes the birth of the one being the Kingdom Come Superman must stop: Magog! Meanwhile, Starman struggles with his new role on the team and Damage celebrates his. Plus, Power Girl’s strange ordeal on Earth-2 leads her to seek out help from an unlikely source. Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Eaglesham & Jose). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #45 Written by Jim Shooter Art and cover by Francis Manapul & John Livesay A massive intruder planet has appeared near Jupiter – and its gravity is ripping apart the solar system! Under Brainiac 5’s guidance, Light Lass and Star Boy fight back, but they’ll have to do the impossible – moving planets – to end the chaos and carnage! On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MANHUNTER #33 Written by Marc Andreyko Art by Michael Gaydos Cover by Liam Sharp Manhunter finds a shocking link between the disappearances of immigrant workers and big business – and that means attorney Kate Spencer’s going to court, if she doesn’t become a target first! On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE SPIRIT #20 Written by Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier Art by Paul Smith & Walden Wong Cover by Paul Smith The Spirit swims with the dolphins – but murder follows him even among these peaceful creatures! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US WONDER WOMAN #23 Written by Gail Simone Art by Aaron Lopresti & Matt Ryan Cover by Aaron Lopresti It’s the finale of the 4-part “Ends of the Earth” epic! Wonder Woman returns from the darkest corners of the DCU, and she's brought something nasty back with her! And will Diana fall at the scene of her Amazon sisters' greatest tragedy? You’ve never seen Wonder Woman like this before! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Trade Paperbacks & Collections BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS VOL. 1: THE CHRYSALIS TP Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Julian Lopez, Carlos Rodriguez and Bit Cover by Doug Braithwaite Collecting the first five issues of the new action series by acclaimed writer Chuck Dixon! The new Outsiders investigate a strange Omac-like entity — but things are made all the more difficult when the team meets Batman’s new recruit! Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 128 pg, FC, $14.99 US BATMAN BLACK & WHITE VOL. 2 TP - NEW EDITION Written by Brian Azzarello, Harlan Ellison, Paul Levitz, Paul Dini and others Cover by Mike Mignola Art by Alex Ross, Jim Lee, Tim Sale, Kyle Baker, Dave Gibbons, Mark Buckingham and others A new edition of the trade paperback collecting stories from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #1-16 and four stories created for this title, now offered at DC’s standard trim size. Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 176 pg, B&W, $19.99 US BATMAN BLACK & WHITE VOL. 3 TP Written by Ed Brubaker, Darwyn Cooke, Dwayne McDuffie, Mike Mignola and others Cover by Frank Miller Art by John Bolton, Alan Davis, Darwyn Cooke, Jason Pearson, Whilce Portacio, Jill Thompson, and others This spectacular volume collecting stories from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #17-49 is offered at DC’s standard trim size! Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 288 pg, B&W, $19.99 US BIRDS OF PREY: METROPOLIS OR DUST TP Written by Sean McKeever Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood Cover by Stephane Roux A high-tech hazard threatens the streets of Metropolis in this latest BIRDS collection, featuring issues #113-117 of their hit series. Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 128 pg, FC, $17.99 US BLUE BEETLE VOL. 4: ENDGAME TP Written by John Rogers, Justin Peniston and Jai Nitz Art by Rafael Albuquerque, Andy Kuhn, Mike Norton and Trevor Scott Cover by Albuquerque Featuring a story that ties into “The Sinestro Corps War,” this volume collects BLUE BEETLE #20-26. This title also includes the special Spanish language story, along with the script translated into English. Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 176 pg, FC, $14.99 US COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. 3 TP Written by Paul Dini, Adam Beechen, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Tony Bedard and Sean McKeever Art by Scott Kolins, Tom Derenick, Jamal Igle, Howard Porter, Jesus Saiz and others Cover by Stefane Roux In this third COUNTDOWN collection, featuring stories from issues #25-13, Jimmy Olsen’s unpredictable super-powers bring him to the attention of Darkseid! Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 296 pg, FC, $19.99 US DC COMICS GOES APE TP Written by Otto Binder, John Broome, Gardner Fox and others Art by Carmine Infantino, Wayne Boring, George Papp, Ross Andru, C.C. Beck, Jim Starlin and others Cover by Arthur Adams You’ll go bananas for this new title collecting simian stories from SUPERBOY #76, SUPERMAN #138, THE FLASH (VOL. 1) #127, DETECTIVE COMICS #339 and 482, HAWKMAN #16, WONDER WOMAN #170, STRANGE ADVENTURES #201, SHAZAM #9, SUPER FRIENDS #30 and THE FLASH (VOL. 2) #151! Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 168 pg, FC, $19.99 US GREEN LANTERN: REVENGE OF THE GREEN LANTERNS TP Written by Geoff Johns Art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis and others Cover by Simone Bianchi In this hard-hitting volume, Green Lantern discovers that Lanterns who were left for dead are alive — and it’s up to Hal to set them free. Collects GREEN LANTERN #7-13. Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 176 pg, FC, $12.99 US DC UNIVERSE ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS VOL. 1 HC Written by Robert Kanigher, Bob Haney, Gardner Fox, Neal Adams, Cary Bates, Len Wein and Howard Liss Art by Neal Adams, Joe Kubert, Nick Cardy, Dick Dillin, Steve Harper and Vince Colletta Cover by Neal Adams At last, it’s here – the first of three hardcover volumes collecting nearly every DC Comics story and cover by Neal Adams not already collected in GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW, BATMAN or DEADMAN titles! Featuring rarely seen stories from OUR ARMY AT WAR #182, 183 and 186, STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES #134 and 144, DETECTIVE COMICS #369, TEEN TITANS #20-22, ACTION COMICS #425, SUPERMAN #254, WEIRD WAR TALES #12 and 13 and more! Advance-solicited; on sale October 22 • 192 pg, FC, $39.99 US JLA: SALVATION RUN TP Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges Art by Sean Chen & Walden Wong Cover by Joe Corroney The hit 7-issue miniseries spinning out of COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS is collected in this new trade paperback. Exiled to a distant hell planet, the villains of the DCU split into two warring factions led by Lex Luthor and The Joker! Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US JSA PRESENTS: GREEN LANTERN TP Written by Steven T. Seagle, Tony Bedard and Junior Thomas Art by John K. Snyder III, Dennis Calero, Staz Johnson, Mike Norton and others Cover by Snyder Earth’s first Green Lantern, Alan Scott, stars in this new collection with tales from GREEN LANTERN: BRIGHTEST DAY/BLACKEST NIGHT and JSA CLASSIFIED #25 and 32-33, including his battle royal with Solomon Grundy! Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 128 pg, FC, $14.99 US JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE TORNADO’S PATH TP Written by Brad Meltzer Art by Ed Benes & Sandra Hope Cover by Michael Turner New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer (IDENTITY CRISIS, The Book of Fate) redefines the World's Greatest Super Team for a new generation in this trade paperback collecting issues #1-7 of the new series, with foldout pages, variant covers and much more! Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 224 pg, FC, $17.99 US JUSTICE VOL. 2 TP Written by Alex Ross & Jim Krueger Art by Doug Braithwaite & Alex Ross Cover by Alex Ross The second serving of JUSTICE is now available in trade paperback! Featuring the amazing artistry of Alex Ross, this volume collects issues #5-8 of the hit maxiseries! Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US KINGDOM COME TP — NEW EDITION Written by Mark Waid Art and cover by Alex Ross Eisner Award-winning artist Alex Ross provides an amazing new cover painting for this new edition of KINGDOM COME, which features a deluxe foldout cover only on its first printing! (Subsequent printings will not include the foldout.) Written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Ross, this is the unforgettable, best-selling tale of a world spinning inexorably out of control. Waid and Ross weave a tale of youth versus experience, tradition versus change, and what defines a hero. KINGDOM COME is a riveting epic that pits the old guard – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their allies – against a new, uncompromising generation of heroes. Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 232 pg, FC, $17.99 US THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: ENEMY RISING HC Written by Jim Shooter Cover by Francis Manapul & Livesay Art by Francis Manapul, Aaron Lopresti & Livesay Collecting LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #37-44, ENEMY RISING features the work of legendary, returning LEGION writer Jim Shooter, with spectacular art by Francis Manapul! Can Lightning Lad grow into his new role as Legion Leader in time to help the team stop an evil from beyond the fringes of the universe? Advance-solicited; on sale October 15 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US THE NEW TEEN TITANS ARCHIVES VOL. 4 HC Written by Marv Wolfman Art and cover by George Pérez & Romeo Tanghal The 1980s adventures continue in this final Archive edition, collecting NEW TEEN TITANS #21-27 and NEW TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1! Don’t miss the Titans’ struggle against the hordes of Brother Blood, Starfire’s confrontation with her evil sister and more! Retailers: Please see this month’s Order Form for a special Archives ordering incentive. Advance-solicited; on sale October 29 • 224 pg, FC, $49.99 US THE NEW TEEN TITANS ARCHIVES VOLS. 1-3 HC Written by Marv Wolfman Covers by George Pérez and others Art by George Pérez, Romeo Tanghal and others Reoffered to coincide with THE NEW TEEN TITANS ARCHIVES VOL. 4! Vol. 1 collects from DC COMICS PRESENTS #26 and NEW TEEN TITANS #1-8; Vol. 2 collects from BEST OF DC #18 and NEW TEEN TITANS #9-16; Vol. 3 collects NEW TEEN TITANS #17-20 and TALES OF THE NEW TEEN TITANS #1-4. Retailers: Please see this month’s Order Form for a special Archives ordering incentive. On sale August 6 • Vols. 1 & 2: 240 pg; Vol. 3: 228 pg, FC, $49.99 US • RELISTS THE PHANTOM STRANGER: THE HEART OF A STRANGER TP Written by Paul Kupperberg, Mike W. Barr, Paul Levitz, Alan Moore and Dan Mishkin Art by Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Jim Aparo, Gene Colan, Joe Orlando and others Cover by Mignola & Russell The celebrated 1987 miniseries featuring art by Mike Mignola (Hellboy) is the centerpiece of this new collected edition, which also includes tales from SECRET ORIGINS #10! Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS: METAL MEN VOL. 2 TP Written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney Art and cover by Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky and George Roussos Cover by Andru & Esposito The Metal Men return in this SHOWCASE PRESENTS volume collecting their adventures from METAL MEN #16-36 and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #66. Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 528 pg, B&W, $16.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS: BLACKHAWK VOL. 1 TP Written by Various Art by Dick Dillin, Charles Cuidera and Sheldon Moldoff Cover by Dillin The 1950s adventures of The Blackhawks are collected for the first time in this new volume featuring stories from BLACKHAWK #108-127! Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US SUPERMAN/BATMAN: THE SEARCH FOR KRYPTONITE HC Written by Michael Green & Mike Johnson Art and cover by Shane Davis & Matt “Batt” Banning The epic adventure from SUPERMAN/BATMAN #44-49 by Michael Green and Mike Johnson, two of the writers of the hit TV series Heroes, is collected in hardcover! The World’s Finest team has a new mission: collect all Kryptonite from across the globe — no matter who gets in their way! Advance-solicited; on sale October 22 • 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US SUPERMAN: THE THIRD KRYPTONIAN TP Written by Kurt Busiek and Dwayne McDuffie Art by Rick Leonardi, Renato Guedes and others Cover by Renato Guedes Who — or what — is The Third Kryptonian? Find out in this new trade paperback collecting SUPERMAN #668-670 and ACTION COMICS #847, plus the backup story from SUPERMAN ANNUAL #13! Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 128 pg, FC, $14.99 US UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS: BRAVE NEW WORLD TP Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art by Renato Arlem Cover by Dave Johnson The 8-issue miniseries is collected in this new trade paperback! In a changing world, how will Uncle Sam and his team fit into a new world order? And how will they stop Red Bee’s insectoid invasion — not to mention saving The Phantom Lady from her own reckless behavior? Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US Johnny DC FAMILY DYNAMIC #1 Written by J. Torres Art by Tim Levins & Dan Davis Cover by Sean Galloway Pyralis! Sirocco! Troylus! Terran! This is The Family Dynamic, defenders of Storm City who use their mystical Elemental Rings to battle the forces of evil. But what happens when members of their extended family want in on the superhero action? They say the family that plays together stays together – but does that count when they’re playing the good guys? Find out in this exciting new 6-issue miniseries by writer J. Torres (WONDER GIRL) and artist Tim Levins (BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES). On sale August 27 • 1 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM! #2 Written by Mike Kunkel Art and cover by Mike Kunkel Billy learns that there is a new kid at school – good luck making friends! Theo Adam has magically returned from banishment, and in the process he's completely forgotten the magic word that changes him into Black Adam! What he does know is that Billy has the same power, so he's going to do everything he can to get the secret word out of Billy – even if it means joining Billy's school and playing nice. On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US TINY TITANS #7 Written by Art Baltazar & Franco Art and cover by Art Baltazar Get ready for a Tiny Titans trip to space! Join the gang as they journey through the galaxy to help Starfire clean her room. And find out what happens at your local Bird Scouts meeting. Plus, Supergirl stops by to save the day! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US SUPER FRIENDS #6 Written by Sholly Fisch Art by Dario Brizuela Cover by J. Bone You’re invited to a special day: The Challenge of The Super Friends! Thrill as our heroes design special traps for each other at a charity event. Chill as those traps are sabotaged by the Key! How will they escape? On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #17 Written by J. Torres Art by Sanford Greene Cover by Alexander Serra A distress call from a stranded United Planets ship pits the Legion against a gang of Thanagarian pirates – and they’re not exactly carrying on Hawkman’s heroic legacy! The team will have to call in the big guns, but their best hope is 1,000 years away. On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US THE BATMAN STRIKES! #48 Written by Russell Lissau Art by Christopher Jones & Terry Beatty Cover by Andie Tong Green Lantern and Batman must work together to keep Mr. Freeze from sending Gotham City into an endless ice age! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #28 Written by Brandon Sawyer, Jim Alexander and Tom Warburton Art by Jay Stephens, Mike Manley, Ethen Beavers and Maurice Fontenot Cover by Jay Stephens Secret Saturdays premieres on Cartoon Network this month, and we’re celebrating with an all-new Secret Saturdays adventure! Plus, a new Kids Next Door mission and a bedtime story from Samurai Jack’s foe Aku! On sale August 20 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #48 Written by Tom Sheppard, John Rozum and Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt Art by Andy Suriano, Phil Moy and Matthew I. Jenkins Cover by Stephanie Gladden Adam and Jake battle each other in a game of Ultimate Fetch! Plus, Dexter leaves his lab for another dimension, and the Powerpuff Girls need your help solving a mystery! On sale August 27 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US LOONEY TUNES #165 Written by Frank Strom and Sholly Fisch Art by Scott Gross, Dave Alvarez, Pablo Zamboni, Jorge Pacheco, Mike DeCarlo and Horacio Ottolini Cover by Scott Gross It’s the race of the year as Speedy Gonzales and The Road Runner finally face off! Unfortunately, it looks like Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote may be planning some dangerous detours! On sale August 6 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US SCOOBY-DOO #135 Written by John Rozum and Darryl Kravitz Art by Scott Gross and Roberto Barrios Cover by John Rozum Ever wonder what those Scooby-Doo villains are up to when they aren’t busy trying to chase off the Mystery Inc. gang? Now’s your chance to find out as Captain Cutler finds himself up against Those Meddling Kids! On sale August 20 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US MAD #493 Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots Too hot to go out? Grab a cool drink and settle in with MAD! On sale August 13 • 48 pg, FC/B&W, $4.99 US MAD KIDS #12 Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots The start of school is just around the corner – now’s the time to have some laughs with MAD KIDS! On sale August 20 • 48 pg, FC/B&W, $4.99 US Wildstorm THE AUTHORITY: WORLD’S END #1 Written by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Christos Gage Art by Simon Coleby and Trevor Hairsine Cover by Simon Coleby The Authority has survived the cataclysmic events following NUMBER OF THE BEAST — but just barely! Do they have a hope of rebuilding their “finer world,” or is that hope dead and gone? Don’t miss the beginning of an astounding new direction for the series! Plus: Part 2 of the John Lynch backup story that began in WILDCATS: WORLD’S END #1, written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis)! On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US STORMWATCH PHD: WORLD’S END #13 Written by Ian Edginton and Christos Gage Art by Leandro Fernández, Francisco Paronzini and Trevor Hairsine Cover by Leandro Fernández After the shattering conclusion to NUMBER OF THE BEAST, Jackson King has once again resumed the role of Weatherman, taking StormWatch in a startling new direction! But what role does StormWatch have in this dramatic, deadly new world? Plus: the fourth and final chapter of the John Lynch backup story that began in WILDCATS: WORLD’S END #1, written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis)! On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US GEN13: WORLD’S END #21 Written by Scott Beatty and Christos Gage Art by Mike Huddleston and Trevor Hairsine Cover by Huddleston After jumping through an I.O. teleportation device at the close of their last adventure, the Gen13 kids find themselves in a radically changed world that they never expected! The fallout from NUMBER OF THE BEAST continues as the epic "Teenage Wasteland" begins! Plus: Part 3 of the John Lynch backup story that began in WILDCATS: WORLD’S END #1, written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis)! On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US WILDCATS: WORLD’S END #2 Written by Christos Gage Art by Neil Googe and Brandon Badeaux Cover by Neil Googe The incredible story continues as the new, devastated world is revealed! The Wildcats find themselves battling a former ally — one who happens to be among the most powerful super-humans alive. Can the team withstand his assault on the HALO building? Also, don’t miss the backup story featuring chapter one of a Wetworks tale written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Brandon Badeaux! On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US STORMING PARADISE #2 Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Butch Guice & Eduardo Barreto Cover by Butch Guice The bloody tale of World War II and Operation Olympus continues as the first U.S. Marines storm the beaches of Japan! But the Land of the Rising Sun will not consider surrender, and every man, woman and child is prepared to make the Americans pay for their impudence. The battle that could have been is only just beginning in this amazing alternate world epic! On sale August 6 • 2 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US CHUCK #3 Written by Peter Johnson & Zev Borow Art by Jeremy Haun & Phil Noto Cover by Kristian Donaldson The miniseries based on the hit NBC television series continues! Chuck Bartowski and his friends continue their globe-trotting, action-packed adventure as they head into the sultry jungles of South America. Does the beautiful rogue agent who suddenly takes an interest in Chuck have his best interests at heart? Who cares? She's hot! On sale August 13 • 3 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US NUMBER OF THE BEAST TP Written by Christos Gage Art and cover by Chris Sprouse & Karl Story Collecting the stunning 8-issue miniseries! WildStorm’s seminal super heroes, The Paladins, are in for a rough day when they discover that the Apocalypse has begun! But how does a secret from WildStorm’s troubled past hold the key to a nightmarish tomorrow? Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US CASEY BLUE: BEYOND TOMORROW #4 Written by B. Clay Moore Art and cover by Carlo Barberi & Jacob Eguren Casey Blue is quickly losing control of her life. First, she killed a man using martial arts she doesn’t even know. Then, she nearly killed an FBI agent investigating the murder, again using fighting techniques she’s never learned. Can a strange neighbor provide any insight into her erratic, dangerous behavior? On sale August 20 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US EX MACHINA #39 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Tony Harris & Jim Clark Cover by Harris In the shocking conclusion to "Dirty Tricks," the groundwork is laid for the epic tragedy that superhero-turned-mayor Mitchell Hundred first hinted at back in the series' very first issue. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • Mature Readers FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH TP Written by Jeff Katz & James Kuhoric Art by Jason Craig Cover by Eric Powell The hit 6-issue miniseries pitting three titans of horrordom against one another is collected in its entirety! Co-published with Dynamite Entertainment. On sale September 10 • 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US MATURE READERS THE LOST BOYS: REIGN OF FROGS #4 Written by Hans Rodionoff Art by Joel Gomez & Don Ho Cover by Jonathan Wayshak It’s the final confrontation between the Frog brothers and the head vampire — but will it be too late to save Sam Emerson? On sale August 27 • 4 of 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.50 US • MATURE READERS THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY: HAWKSMOOR #6 Written by Mike Costa Art by Fiona Staples Cover by Cully Hamner He's been smashed, crushed, shot, blown up, half drowned, manipulated, heartbroken, robbed of his powers and teleported all over the earth. Now, an exhausted Jack Hawksmoor meets the biggest challenge of his life: the awesome God of Cities! On sale August 27 • 6 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10 Written by Walter Simonson Art by Jon Buran & Jerome K. Moore Covers by Samwise Didier and Ludo Lullabi In Stormwind, Prince Anduin digs into the disappearance of his father, King Varian. Meanwhile, Lo’Gosh, Thargas, Valeera and Broll continue to fight the Dark Irons as they search for Thargas’ brother, Hjalmar. This unique group must summon the strength to face insurmountable odds — but at what cost? Retailers: This issue will feature two covers that will ship in a ratio of approximately 50/50. Cover A is by Samwise Didier, and Cover B is by Ludo Lullabi. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERNATURAL: RISING SON #5 Written by Peter Johnson & Rebecca Dessertine Art by Diego Olmos Cover by Dustin Nguyen After John’s shattering realization last issue, he must come to terms about the possibility of who or what Sam is – and what to do about him. But will his decision be made for him when Sam disappears from their motel room? Could the mysterious black car that’s been following them hold the answer? On sale August 27 • 5 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DC/WILDSTORM: DREAMWAR #5 Written by Keith Giffen Art by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott Cover by Gene Ha Things are looking grim for the heroes from both universes. The onslaught of an enraged mother nature and the always-psychotic villains of the DCU are proving to be more than the combined might of both universes’ heroes can handle. On sale August 20 • 5 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE X-FILES SPECIAL #0 Written by Frank Spotnitz Art by Brian Denham Photo cover Variant cover by Brian Denham The hit motion picture and television franchise returns to comics! With July's release of the brand-new X-Files blockbuster, WildStorm joins Mulder and Scully in a previously untold story from the film’s cowriter and producer Frank Spotnitz! Don’t miss this supernatural epic so large it will leave you screaming for more! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a photo cover), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Brian Denham). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. Retro-solicited; on sale July 23 • 40 pg, FC, $2.99 US MINX EMIKO SUPERSTAR Written by Mariko Tamaki Art and cover by Steve Rolston “Auspicious . . . an unusually strong graphic novel – rich in visuals and observations.” — Publishers Weekly on Tamaki’s Skim A borrowed diary, a double life and identity issues fuel a teenager’s quest to find herself before she cracks and commits social suicide. Watch Emi go from dull, suburban babysitter to eclectic urban art star compliments of one crazy summer! Retailers: See this month’s order form for a special ordering incentive on this title. Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 5.25” x 8” • 176 pg, FC, B&W, $9.99 US JANES IN LOVE Written by Cecil Castellucci Art and cover by Jim Rugg “This graphic novel for girls feels like a teen movie and teaches young women the joy of being original.” — USA Today on The Plain Janes, Best Graphic Novels of 2007 The art attacks continue in this sequel to the acclaimed graphic novel THE PLAIN JANES. The coolest clique of misfits ever plays Cupid and becomes entangled in affairs of the heart. P.L.A.I.N. – People Loving Art In Neighborhoods – goes global when the art gang procures a spot in the Metro City Museum of Modern Art Contest. And the Janes will discover that in art and love, the normal rules don’t always apply. Retailers: See this month’s order form for a special ordering incentive on this title. Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 5.25” x 8” • 176 pg, B&W, $9.99 US Vertigo AIR #1 Written by G. Willow Wilson Art and cover by M.K. Perker Ladies and gentlemen, there’s been a change in our flight plan. You may have heard of a group called the Etesian Front — vigilantes dedicated to taking the skies back from terrorism. Sounds like a noble cause, right? But there’s more to them than meets the eye. They’re after someone I know. Someone who is either an average frequent flier — or a terrorist. And he’s got a secret. Something that will change the way we fly — and the way we see technology — forever. To find him, we’ve altered course. We’re en route to a country that doesn’t exist on any maps. Only one person knows how to get us there: me. My name is Blythe, and I’ll be your stewardess today. So buckle your seatbelts — this will be the flight of your life. This extra-sized debut issue features the series’ regular cover price of $2.99 US. Don’t miss a special preview of AIR #1 in MADAME XANADU #1! Retailers: Please check the Previews Order Form for a special ordering incentive. On sale August 20 • 40 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS CAIRO SC Written by G. Willow Wilson Art and cover by M.K. Perker The original graphic novel by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson, a Cairo-based journalist, with art by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker, is now available in trade paperback! The creative team behind the new monthly series AIR brings together ancient and modern Middle East with a Vertigo twist. A stolen hookah, a spiritual underworld and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East’s largest metropolis. This magical-realism thriller interweaves the fates of a drug runner, a down-on-his-luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power, one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa’s legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm – the Undernile – and even darker powers lurk there… Don’t miss the incredible graphic novel Publishers Weekly called “lush and energetic...a beautiful book,” and The Los Angeles Times Book Review praised as “lyrically beautiful.” Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 6.875” x 9” 160 pg, B&W, $17.99 US • MATURE READERS 100 BULLETS #94 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Cover by Dave Johnson As the series speeds toward its epic conclusion, key players and old friends in the 100 BULLETS saga meet for the first time, but will these be friendly encounters? The smart money’s on “no.” On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS 100 BULLETS VOL. 12: DIRTY TP Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Cover by Dave Johnson In this volume collecting issues #84-88 of the award-winning series, more members of The Trust fall, and one family head reaches out to a semi-retired Minuteman for help and protection. But with blood in the water and Graves and his soldiers making a final push for total control, will this old-timer be able to stop the massacre? Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 128 pg, FC, $12.99 US MATURE READERS FABLES: COVERS BY JAMES JEAN HC Written by James Jean Foreword by Bill Willingham Art and cover by James Jean Now, for the first time, the exquisite FABLES covers by James Jean, winner of multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards, whose diverse clients include Prada and Pepsi, are collected in one extraordinary volume! Perfect for any art-book library or FABLES completist, this volume includes never-before-seen sketch material, along with insightful commentary and remarkable insights into Jean’s creative process. Also included is a afterword by celebrated FABLES writer/creator Bill Willingham. Designed and annotated by the artist, this deluxe, oversized hardcover includes ten vellum sleeve inserts, an embossed case and other fine art details that make FABLES: COVERS BY JAMES JEAN as elegant and unique as the FABLES covers themselves. Advance-solicited; on sale October 29 • 8.625” x 11.625” 208 pg, FC, $39.99 US • MATURE READERS JACK OF FABLES #26 Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Part 2 of the 3-part “Turning Pages” stars former wallflower Priscilla Page. It’s chock-full of car crashes, brutal violence, shoplifting and the horrors of mime – not to mention our fearless protagonist Jack facing off against a horrific monster. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS ARMY@LOVE: THE ART OF WAR #1 Written by Rick Veitch Art and cover by Rick Veitch & Gary Erskine What’s the matter, bunky? Quagmire in the Middle East got you down? Economy in the toilet? Closest thing you’ve got to a social life these days is your MySpace page? Then have we got the miniseries for you! Laugh your troubles away with ARMY@LOVE: THE ART OF WAR, as Season Two of the wildly acclaimed satire by Rick Veitch (SWAMP THING) and Gary Erskine (THE FILTH) follows the raucous misadventures of a group of U.S. soldiers fighting the war that modern marketing says is winnable. This 6-issue miniseries provides the perfect entree into the comic book that Entertainment Weekly called “amazingly racy and ruthless,” and that Variety said is “full of the kind of wild ideas that comics used to do all the time.” It’s more over-the-top sex, mayhem and human comedy that boingboing.net described as "the kind of funny we need a lot more of if we’re to keep from laughing ourselves into the grave.” On sale August 6 • 1 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS DMZ #34 Written by Brian Wood Art by Riccardo Burchielli Cover by Brian Wood The dramatic conclusion to the 6-part “Blood in the Game”! Election day. The very future of the DMZ rests in the hands of the voters. The stakes are massive, and Matty and the Delgado Nation are out to keep the peace and bear witness to any intimidation or violence. Will Delgado show? Will it be “by the people, for the people” or just the same old same old? On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS HOUSE OF MYSTERY #4 Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Luca Rossi & Michael Allred Cover by Sam Weber In part 4 of the 5-part “Room and Boredom,” things are going from bad to worse for our heroine Fig Keele – she’s starting to believe that she may never actually escape from the House of Mystery, and that the people she’s trapped with may be less friendly than they appear. But the greatest danger, she will soon realize, comes from the House itself. On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS HELLBLAZER #247 Written by Andy Diggle Art by Leonardo Manco Cover by Lee Bermejo Lord Burnham and the cannibalistic war mage Mako have joined forces to hunt for the legendary Laughing Magician. But first, they must find John Constantine, who is himself about to realize that he finally may have met his match. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell’Edera Cover by Marcelo Frusin In this final volume collecting issues #13-24 of the acclaimed series, the mysterious secret of Blackwater Falls comes into focus when Ruth finally confronts her tragic past. Retailers: This item is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled. Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 288 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS HELLBLAZER SPECIAL: CHAS – THE KNOWLEDGE #2 Written by Simon Oliver Art by Goran Sudzuka Cover by Glenn Fabry A demon is loose in London, and where’s John Constantine? On a beach in Ibiza with a mai tai and a Brazilian model. That leaves Chas alone to solve a bloody mystery – but when one of his old friends goes missing and a new friend emerges to turn his life upside down, saving the city is the last thing on Chas’s overburdened mind. On sale August 6 • 2 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS MADAME XANADU #3 Written by Matt Wagner Art and cover by Amy Reeder Hadley The hands of fate keep on ticking! In the court of Kublai Khan, an ageless seer who’s taken the name Madame Xanadu tries to forget her endless past – but half the globe and nearly a millennium of history do little to conceal her from destiny. On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS NORTHLANDERS #9 Written by Jason Aaron Art by Dean Ormston Cover by Massimo Carnevale An all-new story arc begins! Lindisfarne, England: An ancient center of religion and learning, and the infamous site of the first Viking raid. Described as “demons from hell,” the Vikings kicked it off with a vicious attack on a monastery. See it all from the perspective of a native – a young Saxon boy who dreams of the larger world, of better things, of heroes and myths and foreign gods. Are the Vikings what he’s been waiting for? Featuring guest art by Dean Ormston (LUCIFER)! On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS SCALPED #20 Written by Jason Aaron Art by Davide Furno Cover by Tim Bradstreet Our steamiest arc yet comes to a close as more secrets of Carol's past are revealed, including why she so deeply despises her father, Red Crow. Also, Dash makes a dark and fateful decision that will forever affect his future on the rez. On sale August 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS SCALPED VOL. 3: DEAD MOTHERS TP Written by Jason Aaron Art by R.M. Guera and John Paul Leon Cover by Dave Johnson In this third volume of the acclaimed series, collecting issues #12-18, undercover FBI agent Dashiell Bad Horse’s home reservation wakes up the morning after the opening of the Crazy Horse Casino to find that two women have been murdered during the night. It’s up to Dash to find the killers and, in the process, come to grips with his relationship with his own mother. Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 168 pg, FC, $17.99 US • MATURE READERS THE UN-MEN #13 Written by John Whalen Art by Mike Hawthorne Cover by Tomer Hanuka The curtain falls on the freak show. Vertigo’s strange band of mutants and misfits save the best for last in this powerfully perverse conclusion to THE UN-MEN. Cranius “The Living Brain” perpetrates his sickest crime yet, Kilcrop discovers the tragic secret of Niko’s past, and Aberrance erupts in a bloodbath that puts the carnage back in “carny.” On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS • FINAL ISSUE THE VINYL UNDERGROUND #11 Written by Si Spencer Art by Simon Gane & Ryan Kelly Cover by Sean Phillips Detective Caulfield has a proposition for the Vinyl Underground – if they can find Morrison and actually deal with what he has become. Suicide bridge and crumbling angels feature heavily in this riveting issue. On sale August 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS YOUNG LIARS #6 Written by David Lapham Art and cover by David Lapham Despite last issue’s excruciating events, Danny races to find Sadie before Truman and Annie lead her into the Pinkerton’s death trap. And what happened between Danny and Sadie in that alleyway all those months ago? As bad as you thought it was – it’s worse, as the first story arc comes to a head. On sale August 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Y: THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION BOOK 1 HC Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Pia Guerra & Jose Marzan, Jr. Cover by Massimo Carnevale The first ten issues of the award-winning series written by Brian K. Vaughan (EX MACHINA, Lost) are collected in an oversized hardcover with a new cover! Don’t miss the amazing SF epic that Stephen King called “The best graphic novel I’ve ever read.” Advance-solicited; on sale October 15 • 256 pg, FC, $29.99 US 7.0625” x 10.875” • MATURE READERS CMX THE GIRL WHO RUNS THROUGH TIME VOL. 1 Illustrated by Gaku Tsugano Original story by Yasutaka Tsutsui CMX. Based on a popular Japanese story that has been adapted into both manga and film, THE GIRL WHO RUNS THROUGH TIME shows that even though we might think the ability to change the past would be a great gift, it can also have some unexpected consequences. Kazuko is a high school senior who has no idea what she wants to do in the future. Alone one day after school, she discovers a broken beaker in the science lab. She smells something sweet in the air, passes out, and finds herself transported back to her own past! Will Kazuko use her ability to travel through time wisely or selfishly? Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 5” x 7.375” • 196 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN THE FLAT EARTH/EXCHANGE VOL. 2 Written and Illustrated by Toshimi Nigoshi CMX. Heading back to the Wasteland, where he originally emerged from his suspended state, Kotaro encounters a nomadic group of humans who were put to sleep around the same time as he was but who “woke up” before him. He also learns why the humans were first put into hibernation. This explosive information is sure to shake up the androids! Advance-solicited; on sale August 27 • 5" x 7.375" • 208 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN + GO GO HEAVEN!! VOL. 7 Written and Illustrated by Keiko Yamada CMX. Tragedy strikes Shirayuki’s parents, but she has no time to process her feelings. Prince has found a way to make Shirayuki human again…but it could result in his own death! Later, the stage is set for a final confrontation with Shirayuki’s evil, all-powerful “Dark Half.” It’s not just Shirayuki’s life that’s at stake, though – the fates of both Heaven and Hell could hang in the balance! Advance-solicited; on sale September 3 • 5” x 7.375” • 192 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN MOON CHILD VOL. 12 Written and Illustrated by Reiko Shimizu CMX. Teruto’s cunning plan to drive a wedge between his sibling, Benjamin, and her true love, Art, continues! Teruto uses his psychic powers to make Art think Benjamin is behind recent world catastrophes. Will Teruto’s plans for a Russian nuclear power plant begin the Earth’s ruin as predicted by the mer-people? Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 5” x 7.375” 208 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN MUSASHI #9 VOL. 16 Written and Illustrated by Miyuki Takahashi CMX. In Blue Memories, #19 continues to recall an early mission with #9: to dispose of dangerous chemical weapons stolen by the Russian mafia after the fall of Communism – enough to kill the entire population of a major city. Can even Ultimate Blue overcome the Russian mob armed with deadly chemical weapons? Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 5” x 7.375” • 192 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN STEEL FIST RIKU VOL. 2 Written and Illustrated by Jyutaroh Nishino CMX/FLEX COMIX. Years ago, Riku’s adoptive father, Rocky, destroyed another man’s dojo. Now the man has grown old and wealthy, but he still carries the bitterness of that incident. In fact, he’s been training his grandson to become a crack martial artist so he can get revenge. But when the grandson arrives, Rocky’s away, so Riku is forced to fight. Will this challenger finally humble the girl with the steel fist? Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 5” x 7.375” 162 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN + TERU TERU X SHONEN VOL. 3 Written and Illustrated by Shigeru Takao CMX. As if things weren’t crazy enough, Chiyo, a female ninja from Saizo’s village, arrives in Tokyo to challenge Shinobu at the school’s upcoming athletics festival. Chiyo’s got a thing for Saizo and if she wins, she’s going to take him back home with her. Saizo may not feel the same towards Chiyo, but his adopted brother Sasuke sure does, making this whole situation even more complicated! Advance-solicited; on sale September 3 • 5” x 7.375” • 192 pg, B&W $9.99 US • TEEN + YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL. 13 Written and Illustrated by Yuri Narushima CMX. Besieged by attacks from hordes of magicians under the direction of Ark – the Magician King – Ibuki, Carno and Levi have gone into retreat. But they are not likely to find much peace sequestered in an ancient fortress built by a necromancer, as the remains of many souls are sealed inside. The energy from these souls has rattled Carno, and it may be too much for his volatile personality. Advance-solicited; on sale September 17 • 5” x 7.375” • 200 pg, B&W $9.99 US • MATURE READERS DC Direct WATCHMEN A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, WATCHMEN is set in an 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity… but who is watching the WATCHMEN? Based on the upcoming March 6, 2009, Warner Bros. movie WATCHMEN, DC DIRECT brings both long-time and new fans of WATCHMEN what they crave: collectible action figures, intricately clothed 1:6 scale deluxe collector figures, exquisitely sculpted busts, and straight-from-the-set prop replicas! All products feature movie accurate ikenesses and costume detailing! Get ready for a three-month WATCHMEN movie product extravaganza from DC Direct, beginning in January 2009 and continuing through the release of the WATCHMEN movie in March 2009. WATCHMEN MOVIE: RORSCHACH BUST This hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5” tall x 3” wide x 3” deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. Advance-solicited; On-sale January 21, 2009 * Bust * $69.99 WATCHMEN MOVIE: OZYMANDIAS BUST This hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.5” tall x 3” wide x 3” deep and is packaged in a 4-color box. Advance-solicited; On-sale January 21, 2009 * Bust * $69.99 WATCHMEN MOVIE: DR. MANHATTAN 1:6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE This 1:6 scale deluxe collector figure measures approximately 13” tall and comes with a removable black suit. Packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel, it also includes a 4-color Certificate of Authenticity. Advance-solicited; On Sale January 14, 2009 * Collector figure * $99.99 WATCHMEN MOVIE: ACTION FIGURE ASSORTMENT #1 These action figures, the first of two assortments totaling eight figures, are straight from the movie! Featuring exquisite sculpting and detailing, the first assortment of the WATCHMEN MOVIE action figures includes: * RORSCHACH • 6.25” h * OZYMANDIAS • 6.75” h * NITE OWL (Modern) • 6.75” h * SILK SPECTRE (Modern) • 6.5” h Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base. Packaged in a 4-color window box. Advance-solicited; on sale January 28, 2009 * Action Figures * PI THE JOKER POKER SET A must for fans of The Dark Knight movie and The Joker – don’t miss the limited-edition prop replica, The Joker Poker Set! This unique collectors’ item includes a deck of 54 prop replica Joker cards (as seen in The Dark Knight film!) and a standard “playable” 4-suit, 54 card deck defaced by The Joker. Also included are 100 4-color poker chips in Joker-themed colors of green, purple, red and black, and 5 dice. The entire set comes housed in a black aluminum carrying case (which locks to prevent The Joker from defacing the second set of cards!), and the case is packaged in a 4-color box. A 4-color Certificate of Authenticity is also included and appears as one of the playing cards! Advance-solicited; on sale August 27, 2008 * Poker Set * $99.99 AME-COMI HAWKGIRL PVC FIGURE Designed by Udon Studios DC Direct’s wildly popular AME-COMI Heroines Vinyl Statue line continues as HAWKGIRL takes flight in 2009. Kendra Shiera Saunders is the winged huntress who takes to the sky and soars above the clouds, wielding weapons both ancient and modern against enemies old and new. This limited-edition, non-articulated, 9” PVC statue comes with a base, is packaged in a 4-color window box with J-hook and is manufactured to order. Advance-solicited; on sale January 14, 2009 * Statue * $59.99 US SINESTRO 1:6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE “A face of metal and flesh shall speak of the secrets of the 52.Fear will rise. Willpower will gather. And a war of light will unlesash the truth behind the power of the ring.” – Book of Oa, Green Lantern (vol. 4) #20 After untold millennia, the Weaponers of Qward, Ranx the Sentient City, the Children of the White Lobe, and the Empire of Tears will rise united against the Green Lantern Corps. This is Sinestro’s hope. This is the Sinestro Corps. This 1:6 scale deluxe collector figure of Green Lantern’s number one enemy is dressed in his new, intricately designed and authentically detailed fabric costume and also carries a yellow lantern power battery to charge his fear-fueled yellow power ring! Packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel, this 14” tall figure also comes with extra sets of hands and a display stand. Advance-solicited; on sale January 28, 2009 * Collector figure * $89.99 US CAST IN METAL FOR THE FIRST TIME! JLA TROPHY ROOM: GREEN LANTERN POWER BATTERY PROP REPLICA It’s what fans of Green Lantern have wanted for years – Green Lantern’s Power Battery cast in metal! Comes with a “one-size-fits-most” (size 10) metal Green Lantern ring that lights up the lantern for 30 seconds when the ring is pressed against the face of the lantern. A resin stand is also included to display the Green Lantern ring when it’s not in use. This piece can also be activated by an on/off switch and is powered by 3 AA batteries and LED bulbs, all of which are included. NOTE: Does not charge the Green Lantern Power Ring to full strength. Only the original Power Battery, currently in the possession of Green Lantern, can do that. This detailed prop replica measures approximately 12” tall x 9.75” wide x 8” deep, not including the handle. Packaged in a 4-color box, the GREEN LANTERN POWER BATTERY PROP REPLICA also includes a 4-color Certificate of Authenticity. Advance-solicited; on sale January 21, 2009 * Prop Replica * $395 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURES Designed by Ed Benes It’s here – the third series based on the popular DC Comics series, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, written by New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Ed Benes! Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Geo-Force are the latest JLA heroes to be made into action figures! Figures included: * GREEN LANTERN • 6.75” h * WONDER WOMAN • 6.625” h * THE FLASH • 6.75” h * GEO-FORCE • 6.75” h Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base. 4-color blister card packaging. Advance-solicited; on sale January 7, 2009 * Action Figures * PI BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE STATUE DESIGNED BY ETHAN VAN SCIVER Sculpted by Ray Villafane The popular BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE STATUE line of artist-inspired sculptures continues – and expands – in 2009! Hot off runs as artist of GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR and Superman/Batman, Ethan van Sciver lends his talents to this version of The Caped Crusader. Painted in monochromatic tones, this statue is certain to be another sought-after addition to DC Direct’s line of BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE statues. The statue measures approximately 6” tall x 2.5” wide x 4.5” deep. It features a Bat-logo-shaped base, and is packaged in a black-and-white box. Advance-solicited; on sale January 7, 2009 * Statue * $75 US IMAGE COMICS GOLLY! #1 story PHIL HESTER art BROOK TURNER cover ANDY BRASE The end times have been canceled, but some pockets of Hell didn’t get the memo. Heaven chooses a dimwitted, kindhearted, foul-mouthed carnival ride repairman to wage war on any demonic forces still bent on starting something come Judgment Day. Southern fried horror for fans of Preacher and The Goon. AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 GUERILLAS #1 (OF 8) story BRAHM REVEL art & cover BRAHM REVEL As the Vietnam War continues to drag on, the U.S. decides to implement their new secret weapon… Monkeys! GUERILLAS is the first issue of an action-packed miniseries which follows a troop of specially trained chimpanzees and the lone human soldier brought along for the ride. AUGUST 20 • 50 PAGES • BW • $3.50 FRANK FRAZETTA’S DRACULA MEETS THE WOLF-MAN story STEVE NILES art FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA cover A FRANK FRAZETTA cover B FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA cover C NAT JONES In the wake of the legendary Count Dracula's "final" excursion to England, the bloodthirsty count finds himself on the hunt for a beautiful peasant woman in a village living in the shadows of Dracula's castle. Unfortunately for the seductive Count, someone else has eyes for the beauty, and that someone else just happens to be the fear-inspiring Wolf-Man! Prepare yourself for the battle of the year as vampire faces lycanthrope in a battle to the death! AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.99 IMAGE MONSTER PILE-UP #1 story TODD DEZAGO, ALEX GRECIAN, PHIL HESTER & ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover JASON HOWARD, ANDY KUHN, RILEY ROSSMO & CRAIG ROUSSEAU ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN! FIREBREATHER! PERHAPANAUTS! PROOF! If you've heard of any of these great Image Monster series, but just haven't gotten around to reading them – we're making it easy for you! MONSTER PILE-UP #1 features ALL-NEW stories by the regular creative teams of these four titles, specially designed to tell you everything you need to know about each series in compelling tales essential to each series! This specially priced issue is not to be missed! AUGUST 6 • 24 PAGES • FC • $1.99 THE ROBERTS #1 (OF 2) story WAYNE CHINSANG art & cover ERIK ROSE “ROBERT KENNETH SPRUNGER”—The Boston Strangler and the Zodiac Killer are alive and well, living amongst the old and dying of The Shady Lane Retirement Center. Surrounded by bingo tournaments and tea times, these two notorious serial killers quietly trade "war stories" about their golden years, two seemingly parallel pasts filled with violence and victims. AUGUST 6 • 48 PAGES • FC • $5.99 THE PRO ONE-SHOT (NEW PRINTING) story GARTH ENNIS art & cover AMANDA CONNER & JIMMY PALMIOTTI BACK IN PRINT! Reintroducing the outrageous story of THE PRO in a paperback version of the deluxe hardcover edition. Just when you think GARTH ENNIS has gone too far, just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets, just when you thought no one would go near the idea of the world’s first superhero prostitute…here comes THE PRO! Plus, in “The Pro Meets the Ho,” our plucky heroine faces a super-powered “soiled dove” whose powers of perversion exceed the Pro’s own! AUGUST 6 • 72 PAGES • FC • $7.99 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES DEVOID OF LIFE OGN story RAFFAELE IENCO art & cover RAFFAELE IENCO Following the discovery of a mysterious hidden planet in our solar system a series of horrible deaths occur at an isolated observatory leading investigators to an alien plot that threatens all life on Earth by a guard of unstoppable ghostly alien creatures. Cinematic science-fiction/horror for fans of The Ring and The Sixth Sense by writer/artist powerhouse RAFFAELE IENCO. AUGUST 13 • 132 PAGES • FC • $14.99 INVINCIBLE: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VOL. 4 HC story ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE Witness Invincible’s transition from new hero just starting out to an established superhero! This volume collects Invincible’s violent battle with the villainous Reanimen, the invasion attempt by the Sequids from Mars and the introduction of the Viltrumite agent, Anissa. This is a can’t-miss for any INVINCIBLE fan and a perfect addition to any bookshelf. Collects INVINCIBLE #36-47 AUGUST 6 • 336 PAGES • FC • $34.99 GØDLAND CELESTIAL EDITION, BOOK ONE HC (O/A) story JOE CASEY art & cover TOM SCIOLI NOMINATED FOR A 2008 EISNER AWARD FOR BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM REPRINT! See how the greatest cosmic superhero epic of the new century began! See Commander Adam Archer, Maxim, Basil Cronus, Nickelhead, IBOGA and more in all their oversized glory! What other book delivers the Secret Origin of the Universe? None! What other book squeezes your guts like an angry Torture-Bot? None! Only GØDLAND gives you everything you’ll ever need! Collects GØDLAND issues #1-12 plus over 40 pages of cosmic-powered, behind-the-scenes extras! 360 PAGES • FC • $34.99 HAWAIIAN DICK, VOL. 3: SCREAMING BLACK THUNDER TP story B. CLAY MOORE & STEVEN GRIFFIN art SCOTT CHANTLER, STEVEN GRIFFIN, JASON ARMSTRONG & SHAWN CRYSTAL cover STEVEN GRIFFIN Collecting the critically acclaimed first six issues of the new HAWAIIAN DICK series. The complete "Screaming Black Thunder" storyline is included, as is STEVEN GRIFFIN's solo Kahami story "The Shift." Also featuring the art of JASON ARMSTRONG (Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus, FERRO CITY) and SHAWN CRYSTAL, and the extra features that made the first two trades so popular. AUGUST 27 • 152 PAGES • FC • $14.99 NEW WORLD ORDER: DAWN OF A NEW DAY TP story GUS HIGUERA art GIUSEPPE DE LUCA & MANSYUR DARMAN cover JUAN FERREYRA Conspiracy theorists rejoice! Gus Higuera’s hit series is now collected into a MUST HAVE trade paperback geared to appeal to the intelligent fan! With expanded stories and exciting extras that make this collection stand out in the crowd! Expand your market and your mind as a new day dawns! AUGUST 13 • 128 PAGES • FC • $16.99 PX! BOOK 1: A GIRL AND HER PANDA (NEW PRINTING) story MANNY TREMBLEY & ERIC A. ANDERSON art & cover MANNY TREMBLEY BACK IN PRINT! PX! is the story of a young girl named Dahlia who – with the help of her giant and trusty Panda sidekick - sets off on an epic journey around the globe to save her missing father. Unbeknownst to our heroes, Dad has been kidnapped by Pollo, an evil goat mastermind bent on taking over the world, and it's only a matter of time before Pollo's twisted machinations will be unleashed. Will this unlikely band of misfits be able to stop Pollo in time, or is it already too late for Dalia's dad… and the world? AUGUST 13 • 168 PAGES • FC • $16.99 RUNES OF RAGNAN TP story TY GORTON art & cover JOSH MEDORS & JAY FOTOS Delve into an epic world of Viking mythology spanning more than 1,000 years. Warrior kings touch the face of Odin, an ancient Druid order pulls the puppet strings of perception, a fire giant is unleashed from the depths of Muspell, two immortal brothers fuel mankind’s warring spirit across countless centuries, and at the center one woman battles to maintain a fragile balance. Step into a reality stitched of Nordic lore…join the hunt for the Runes of Ragnan. Collects RUNES OF RAGNAN #1-4 AUGUST 6 • 136 PAGES • FC • $14.99 THE SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLAN POO, BOOK 2 OGN story DWIGHT L. MACPHERSON art AVERY BUTTERWORTH cover THOMAS BOATWRIGHT It's a clash of the titans as the forces of the Nightmare King collide with the armies of Terra Somnium in a battle to decide the fate of the Dream Child! In the end, Edgar Allan Poo must stand alone to rescue his mother and prevent the dark lord from trapping him in the realm of dreams…forever. AUGUST 20 • 96 PAGES • FC • $12.99 TELLOS COLOSSAL VOL. 2 HC story TODD DEZAGO art CRAIG ROUSSEAU, THOR BADENDYCK, CIRO TOTA, MAURICET & MORE cover MIKE WIERINGO, ROB STULL & PAUL MOUNTS Collecting all the rest! This massive, oversized volume collects all other TELLOS material beyond TODD DEZAGO and MIKE WIERINGO’s original ten-issue masterpiece! With artists HOWARD PORTER, ERIC WOLFE HANSON, CARLO BARBERI, DAVE TATA and European superstar CRISSE, this book contains "Maiden Voyage", "The Last Heist", "Sons and Moons" and the three issue, "Tales of Tellos!" Complete your collection today! AUGUST 13 • 240 PAGES • FC • $39.99 ULTRA: SEVEN DAYS TP (NEW PRINTING) story JOSHUA LUNA art & cover JONATHAN LUNA A new printing of the LUNA BROTHERS’ first acclaimed hit series, ULTRA, with an all-new cover! In Spring City, where superheroes blur the line between law enforcement and celebrity, Pearl Penalosa, AKA Ultra, is a workaholic. She has earned a legion of loyal fans, a great career, and a perfect life. Or so she thinks. A chance encounter with a mysterious fortune-teller opens her world to new possibilities. AUGUST 20 • 248 PAGES • FC • $17.99 ’76 #8 (OF 8) story B. CLAY MOORE & SETH PECK art ED TADEM & TIGH WALKER cover ED TADEM In the concluding issue, Jackie Karma and the entire cast find themselves in the street brawl to end all street brawls, while in "Cool," Pete and Leon are dodging bullets as Cherry Baum and Caesar finally face off over the missing drug money. Kicking, punching, shooting and clever dialogue galore! AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • BW • $2.99 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES AMORY WARS II #3 (OF 5) story CLAUDIO SANCHEZ art GABRIEL GUZMAN cover TONY MOORE “THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE, PART VIII”—Mayo Deftinwolf releases the genetically altered Dragonflies, starting a bizarre mutation in the captive Coheed and Cambria, and setting Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan’s evil plan into stinging action. It’s all happening on Paris: Earth, as “The Amory Wars” continues – and Heaven’s Fence will NEVER be the same. AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #9 story ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover JASON HOWARD NOW MONTHLY! Gary Hampton is on the run. His identity is public, and he is wanted for murder. His life has taken a drastic turn for the worse at a time when things seemed their darkest. Now he no longer uses his newfound abilities to help others, he must use them to stay alive! AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 BOMB QUEEN V #4 (OF 6) story JIMMIE ROBINSON art & cover JIMMIE ROBINSON “THE DIVINE COMEDY,” Part Four—Bomb Queen is forced from her city of crime and travels to Littleville, the city of divine. The extroverted Queen rips through the politically-correct town searching for the killer who framed her, and clues to defeat Littleville’s Hero, The White Knight, who can beat her. AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES BRIT #11 story BRUCE BROWN art NATE BELLEGARDE & ANDY KUHN cover RYAN OTTLEY & KELSEY SHANNON edited by ROBERT KIRKMAN With the rest of the heroes down for the count, the fate of Other Earth rests on the shoulders of one man! It’s Brit vs. The Emperor: Winner takes all, loser, y’know...dies. This one is not to be missed, folks! AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 CHARLATAN BALL #3 story JOE CASEY art & cover ANDY SURIANO FIND ROMANTIC BLISS AT THE BALL! Love is in the air between Chuck Amok and Donnarama – a match made in Chaos Magic Heaven! But can these star-crossed lovers face up to the realities of an adult relationship? Namely, the Fire Mage known as WRATHBURN! AUGUST 20 • 24 PAGES • FC • $2.50 DEAD SPACE #6 (OF 6) story ANTONY JOHNSTON art & cover BEN TEMPLESMITH REAL SPACE. REAL TERROR. Concluding the prequel horror series to Electronic Arts' upcoming DEAD SPACE survival horror game! One by one the avenues of escape from the colony of Aegis VII are closed off. Survival seems impossible! But Neumann has a plan. Will it be their salvation? Or will the colony itself become nothing more than a dead space? AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 DYNAMO 5 #16 story JAY FAERBER art & cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY Introducing the new Dynamo 5! AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 ELEPHANTMEN #17 story RICHARD STARKINGS art & cover ROB STEEN variant cover ERIK LARSEN & BOO COOK “THE MONSTER IS LOOSE!” Freed from his lonely prison cell, the Elephantman known as Tusk wanders aimlessly along the dark avenues and alleyways of Mystery City... until he is taken into the care of another lost soul, and then his problems truly begin... AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 FIREBREATHER #4 story PHIL HESTER art & cover ANDY KUHN “ALL THE BEST HEROES ARE ORPHANS” Duncan is faced with an unthinkable task in the shocking conclusion of our first story arc. Will he follow in his father’s footsteps and commit an unforgivable crime to secure his current way of life, or follow his mother’s lead and put everything at risk to preserve his humanity? AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 GEMINI #4 (OF 5) story JAY FAERBER art & cover JON SOMMARIVA & FCO PLASCENCIA Gemini’s journey of self-discovery puts him on a collision course with Dynamo 5! AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 GØDLAND #26 story JOE CASEY art & cover TOM SCIOLI BOOK TWENTY-SIX: TRIP THROUGH THE WIRES! It’s all happening! Commander Adam Archer has traversed the cosmos on an emotional quest, but he has no idea what awaits him on the edge of the universe! And on Earth, Nickelhead’s ultimate plan is in full flower! AUGUST 27 • 24 PAGES • FC • $2.99 HYPERKINETIC #2 (OF 4) story HOWARD M. SHUM art MATTEO SCALERA & OSCAR CELESTINI covers MATTEO SCALERA & HOWARD M. SHUM Alicia, Shirley and Milla battle killer robots. Back at Hyperkinetic, Katiya and Tejigi complete repairs. Katiya decides to venture out into the alien planet. She encounters an unscrupulous alien who acts very bizarre. AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 I KILL GIANTS #2 (OF 7) story JOE KELLY art & cover J. M. KEN NIIMURA As Barbara continues to make her way in a world that just doesn’t get the importance of Giant Slaying, new players enter her tale – the new girl, the bully, and the psychologist. Will any one of the three crack through Barbara’s armor and reach the girl inside? AUGUST 13 • 24 PAGES • BW • $2.99 INFINITE HORIZON #6 (OF 6) story GERRY DUGGAN art & cover PHIL NOTO “HOMECOMING” The Eisner nominated series concludes back in America. The Soldier finally returns home to discover his land and family have been taken from him. He must fight one last time, not for his country...but for his family. Find out how volume one will conclude! AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 INVINCIBLE #55 story ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & FCO PLASCENCIA Omni-Man has been awaiting execution in a Viltrumite Prison for months, but Allen the Alien has different plans for Invincible’s father. The stage is set for the final confrontation with the Viltrumites – and it all starts here! AUGUST 6 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 JACK STAFF #20 story PAUL GRIST art & cover PAUL GRIST Ben Kulmer confronts some dark secrets about his past and some darker secrets about his future when he learns the truth about The Claw! AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #12 STORY MICHAEL ALLRED art & cover MICHAEL ALLRED & LAURA ALLRED "MADGIRL!" This issue's wraparound cover reveals for the very first time the debut of what may be the most exciting or controversial character to enter Snap City! This issue reveals the answers to many of the mysteries that have been brewing in the Madman universe. AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 NOBLE CAUSES #37 story JAY FAERBER art YILDIRAY CINAR & RYAN VERA cover RYAN OTTLEY & RYAN VERA It’s probably the best super-hero team-up in the universe, as Invincible guest stars! He and Zephyr has been friends for a while, but were they ever more than friends? Zephyr’s husband wants to know! AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 THE PERHAPANAUTS #5 story TODD DEZAGO art & cover CRAIG ROUSSEAU "TRIANGLE," Conclusion—It has all been building to this! Mothman War! All of Bedlam's forces are out to defend agains the attacking Tribe of Mothmen while Choopie finds himself alone in an abandoned Bedlam...and up against a very deadly enemy! AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 PROOF #11 story ALEX GRECIAN art & cover RILEY ROSSMO "THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO," Part Two—Giant alligators fight a golem in New York's sewers! A religious cult thinks that Proof is the devil! And what is an ink monkey? Sound like too much for one comic book? Then you haven't seen Proof! AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 A RED MASS FOR MARS #3 (OF 4) story JONATHAN HICKMAN art & cover RYAN BODENHEIM “EQUALITY”—As the son of Mars, Phobos, leads the returning heroes in a battle over the Earth, we find out the reason why Mars refuses to save the world and the history of why he abandoned the Earth. AUGUST 13 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 SAVAGE DRAGON #139 story ERIK LARSEN art & cover ERIK LARSEN "ENTER: INVINCIBLE"—The Savage Dragon's quest to find his wife is coming to its cataclysmic conclusion as our harrowed hero heads to Baltimore and an encounter with Invincible. Dragon's tour of the Image Universe continues. AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 SPAWN #184 story DAVID HINE art & cover BRIAN HABERLIN & GEIRROD VAN DYKE The end of an era. When Al Simmons was murdered, he made a deal with the demon Malebolgia and became a Hellspawn so that he could return from the grave. Now he faces death once again and this time there is nothing that can save him from the jaws of Hell. AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.95 VIX #3 (OF 3) story RANTZ A. HOSELEY art & cover MATTHEW HUMPHREYS "GOOD ENOUGH"—In the final issue of this miniseries, Vix is forced to make the hardest choice of her life. With the blinders torn away, and the discovery of the true nature of her abilities, she must decide: Will the truth break her, or will she stay true to what she believes? AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $3.50 THE WALKING DEAD #54 story ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN All-out action! AUGUST 20 • 32 PAGES • BW • $2.99 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES WAR HEROES #3 (OF 6) story MARK MILLAR art & cover TONY HARRIS inks CLIFF RATHBURN colors JD METTLER After weeks of training, the recruits finally get to try out their super-powers on real-life targets, as Project Olympus marches en masse across the Middle East, much to the horror of the world at large. But things are not as simple as they seem, and Calvin's poster-boy brother is up to something. AUGUST 27 • 32 PAGES • FC • $2.99 YOUNGBLOOD #7 story JOE CASEY art DEREC DONOVAN covers DEREC DONOVAN & ROB LIEFELD The Televillain has delivered the highest ratings of his career! 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The first-ever concert beamed live via satellite was viewed in 40 countries by 1.5 billion people. The concert was a worldwide smash and features the King of Rock ’n’ Roll at his very best. McFarlane Toys showcases Elvis Presley in one of his most famous on-stage performances, wearing one of his most renowned jumpsuits — the American Eagle. Celebrate music’s greatest icon in a performance that has never been equaled — or forgotten! (Item #17274-4) 6 items per case. Figure PI Top Cow Productions BROKEN TRINITY #2 (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic/A, Dale Keown/B The earth-shattering saga revolving around the three main players of the Top Cow Universe continues! The paths of the Witchblade, The Darkness and The Angelus converge on New York City once more. By the end of Broken Trinity, a new balance of power will be forged as new players are introduced and at least one established character will be gone forever. The team of Marz and Sejic that dazzled you with First Born and their ongoing adventures on Witchblade is back to change the face of the Top Cow Universe one more time in spectacular fashion! Full Color 32 pages $2.99 Limited Series OFFERED AGAIN FIRST BORN VOLUME 1 TP (JAN082104) $14.99 *************************8 BROKEN TRINITY: THE DARKNESS (W) Phil Hester (A) Jorge Lucas (Cov) Jorge Lucas, Jeffrey Spokes Depowered and alone, Jackie Estacado latches on to the only two people in the world he still cares about: Sara Pezzini and her baby, Hope. So when the man he’s hired to watch them doesn’t check in, Jackie makes his way back to New York City. But he quickly realizes the journey home is littered with obstacles, and he’s in no mood for delays. This is the first of three tie-in issues to Broken Trinity, featuring the art of Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw) and the first of three alternate covers by Jeffrey Spokes (Sadhu: The Silent Ones). Subsequent tie-in issues will feature Witchblade and The Angelus. Full Color 32 pages $2.99 One-shot THE DARKNESS #7 (W) Phil Hester (A) Jorge Lucas (Cov) Jorge Lucas, Stjepan Sejic Never has Jackie Estacado’s dark, evil history served him so well as when he crosses paths with La Bruja de Las Paredes. Fleeing from the Central American country he once ruled over, Jackie runs afoul of the witch, who has enslaved a Mexican town by eating the memories and nightmares of its citizens. Guest artist Jorge Lucas (Pilot Season: Ripclaw) steps in and shows how his gritty art style perfectly captures the spirit of The Darkness. Stjepan Sejic (Witchblade) contributes a stunning variant cover. Full Color 32 pages $2.99 Ongoing Series WITCHBLADE #120 (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic, Matt Haley, Kevin Nowlan Shaken by a failed and very nearly deadly romance, rookie bearer Dani Baptiste confronts her feelings of betrayal and realizes this life, and the Witchblade, might not be for her. Dani seeks the advice of Sara Pezzini, who's had her share of experience with both the Witchblade and with being betrayed by men like Ian Nottingham and Kenneth Irons. It's time for some girl talk and some ass-kicking, with Dani's future as a bearer hanging in the balance! Full Color 32 pages $2.99 Ongoing Series WITCHBLADE: ORIGINS VOLUME 2 TRADE PAPERBACK (W) David Wohl, Christina Z. (A) Tony Daniel, Michael Turner, Marc Silvestri (Cov) Michael Turner The adventure continues as Sara Pezzini, bearer of the Witchblade, and now free of Kenneth Iron's grasp, must struggle between being in control…and being controlled. Sara soon discovers that supernatural and weird events are drawn to the Witchblade, or is it the other way around? Life with the Witchblade is always complicated, but at least it’s never dull! Collects Witchblade #9-17. Full Color 224 pages $14.99 trade paperback WANTED MOVIE EDITION TRADE PAPERBACK (W) Mark Millar (A) JG Jones (Cov) Filled with exclusive new images from the hit movie plus original interviews with the cast and director, this brand-new collection of the hit mini-series is a must for every movie-loving comic book fan. Featuring an original cover, this hot trade paperback is also perfect for those who’ve seen the movie but have never read the source material! Full Color 224 pages $19.99 Trade Paperback WANTED POSTER (ART BY) JG Jones “Wanted” posters have outgrown post offices with this magnificent, glossy, 24” x 36” wall poster of JG Jones cover art from the popular mini-series and now a hit film from Universal Pictures. Perfect for your bedroom, den, dorm room or just about anywhere you need to feel “Wanted.” Full Color $7.99 Poster WITCHBLADE/DEVI #1 EMERALD CITY COMICON EXCLUSIVE VARIANT (W) Ron Marz (A) Eric Basaldua (Cov) Eric Basaldua Two, beautiful ladies in a seductive pose highlight Basaldua’s mesmerizing variant cover. Limited to 1,000 copies, allocations may occur. Full Color 32 pages $10.00 Convention Exclusive WITCHBLADE #117 EMERALD CITY COMICON EXCLUSIVE VARIANT (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Eric Basaldua Basaldua (Witchblade/Devi) provides a stunning, alternate vision of Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini. Limited to 1,000 copies, allocations may occur. Full Color 32 pages $10.00 Convention Exclusive THE DARKNESS #1-6 EMPIRE PACK (W) Phil Hester (A) Michael Broussard If you haven’t read the new The Darkness series, don’t miss out! Read “Empire,” the inaugural story arc by Hester & Broussard, with this set of the first six issues. Limited to 100 sets. Full Color 32 pages each $5.99 Comic Set (6 issues) FRESHMEN SUMMER READING PACK (W) Hugh Sterbakov (A) Leonard Kirk, Will Conrad, Jorge Correa, Sheldon Micthell (Cov) Rodolfo Migliari New to Freshmen? The complete series co-created by actor Seth Green is now available with this pack containing Volume 1: Introduction to Superpowers, Vol. 2: Fundamentals of Fear, and the recent Summer Vacation Special. Limited to 200 sets. Full Color 300 pages $29.99 Complete Set (2 Trade Paperbacks, 1 One-Shot Special Issue) DIAMOND SELECT TOYS MARVEL SELECT BEST OF AF ASST #3 A Diamond Select Release! Back by popular demand comes this latest assortment of the most popular Marvel Select figures ever to be released! Each case contains Punisher, Ultimate Iron Man, Ultimate Hulk as well as one each of the all-new Omega Flight Arachne and Skrull Three-Pack only available in this assortment! Standing from 7 to 10 inches tall, each figure features multiple points of articulation and a highly detailed display base. Figure $19.99 MARVEL MINIMATES AVENGERS #1 BOX SET A Diamond Select Release! Art Asylum Designs & Sculpts! It all started here, True Believers! Featuring the all-star founders of the Avengers as they first appeared in Avengers #1, this Minimates box set contains Gold Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp and the Incredible Hulk in true Kirby style. Plus, use the included bonus pieces to create alternate looks for the Wasp and transform Ant-Man into Giant Man! Sculpted and designed by Art Asylum, this is one Minimates release that absolutely cannot be missed! Minimates Set $15.99 WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT WIZARD: THE MAGAZINE OF COMICS, ENTERTAINMENT AND POP CULTURE #203 MARVEL KNIGHTS’ 10th ANNIVERSARY! We round up Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti for a Daredevil #1-#8 Directors’ Commentary on the book that launched the imprint—and Joe Q’s Marvel career—to prominence! ‘FINAL CRISIS’ GETS BIGGER! August marks the debut of two of the Final Crisis spinoffs: Geoff Johns and George Pérez on Legion of 3 Worlds and Greg Rucka and Philip Tan on Revelations. Get the 411 on those blockbuster tie-ins, as well as the main event, right here. ‘WOLVERINE’ MOVIE UPDATE! Hugh Jackman breaks out with a solo “Wolverine” movie, a prequel flick that delves into his origin and stars a host of new mutants! Get an advanced look at what’s in store for Marvel’s most popular X-Man! ‘SECRET INVASION’: WHAT’S NEXT? Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu reach the halfway point in their all-star conflict pitting the Marvel U. against the invading, shape- shifting Skrulls! What does it mean for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the rest of the assembled champions? Can the heroes even hope to win? TOP COW: ‘BROKEN TRINITY’ MAYHEM War’s about to break out in the Top Cow Universe when a new mystical artifact shows up that threatens the Witchblade, the Angelus and the Darkness! Jump into the foxhole as we prepare for an unholy conflict that could change the face of the TCU as we know it. Magazine (Quesada/Palmiotti Marvel Knights Anniv Cover) $5.99 Magazine (Wolverine Photo Cover) $5.99 Magazine (Broken Trinity by Marc Silvestri Cover) $5.99 TOYFARE: THE TOY MAGAZINE #134 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE RETURN! Mattel and the Four Horsemen are bringing back He-Man and his muscle-bound compatriots, and we’re going behind-the-scenes to see how they brought them back, plus what they’re going to look like! Plus: an update on the live-action He-Man movie! The new Skeletor will make his world premiere on the cover of this issue. MOST VIOLENT FICTIONAL SPORTS The “Death Race 2000” remake will be roaring into theatres this August, and what better way to celebrate than count down the craziest and most violent fictional sports?! From Death Race to Running Man and Quiddich to Rollerball, we’ll cover all the best, along with some of the craziest real-life sports! YU-PON SKETCHOOK! ToyFare gets a peek into the sketchbook of Japanese artist Yu-Pon, who’s designing spirally-eyed, super-cute interpretations of Marvel superheroes and Indiana Jones characters for Kotobukiya! We’ll see her original artwork, plus character designs no one else has seen, as well as having an in-depth interview! CRAZIEST BOND GADGETS Henchmen and villains are great, but what’s a superspy without those fancy gadgets? Luckily for James Bond, that’s a question he’ll never need to answer. 007’s used some of the craziest gadgets ever invented, and we’ll be counting down the top 10 most ridiculous in his storied history. THE STORY OF STARCOM We take a look at the origin, history and inherent awesomeness of Coleco’s magnetized toy line about the U.S. Space Force. We’ll also go inside the incredible cartoon series! PLUS: COVERAGE OF Wizard World Chicago! Magazine (Skeletor World Premiere Cover) $4.99 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #60 (BLU) RAY OF LIGHT Anime goes high-definition with Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles! FASHION FISASCO Bleach’s group of heroes always saves the world, but it’ll take heroic efforts to save their new wardrobes. Magazine (COVER: Robotech) $4.99 WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT EXCLUSIVE ITEMS 1) Ultimate Avengers #1 Online Exclusive Howard Chaykin Variant Cover CGC 9.8 PI 2) Invincible Iron Man #1 Wizard World Philly Exclusive Quesada Variant Sketch Cover CGC 9.8 PI 3) WA Secret Invasion #1 Online Exclusive Signed Mel Rubi CGC Signature 9.8 PI 4) Wizard Exclusive Indy Heroclix Lot of 2 PI ‘Sojourn’ Arwyn ‘Ring of Blades’ Boon ************************************************************************ COMICS SECTION AAM MARKOSIA THE BOY WHO MADE SILENCE #6 by Josh Hagler In the cliffhanger finale of Volume One, Nestor Gudfred is back at the river where he first lost his hearing, this time with Pastor Clearwater and the congregations of several churches. The Pastor has organized an old-fashioned revival where Nestor is to be baptized. Once submerged, he finds himself face to face with — his father? Nestor creates The Silence for a second time, but on this occasion, the multitude to bear witness is even greater! (C: 0-1-2) 28pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 LAZARUS: IMMORTAL COILS #3 by Joseph Gauthier, Alex Lugo & Carlos Rafael Duarte Four days Lazarus lay in a tomb, but where did he go, and why was he afraid to remember? Resurrected, his friend executed, his family murdered, Lazarus is left alone to discover demons walk the earth. Witness the events you never knew took place! Lazarus recounts his beginnings while, in the present, facing an army trained to kill him. Plus, the secret of Gehenna City revealed! (C: 0-1-2) 28pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $3.50 N-GUARD #2 by Jonathan Bryans & Phillip Jackson Boon and the team are faced with a graver situation — the SpiderSect Empire has discovered the potential whereabouts of the Nature’s Guard! Mother Nature sends the team on a race to find the Nature’s Guard before Grandsilk Weaver. Will they make it in time, or are darker threats from their past scheming against them? (C: 0-1-2) 28pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 STARSHIP TROOPERS #10 by Dethan, Lee, Beranek, Edwards, James & Boswell Worlds collide as ‘Triple Threat’ reaches its climatic conclusion! It’s the Vandals versus the Tigers versus the Reaper Cell in a battle that nobody can win! And when a conspiracy against the Federation is exposed who will stand for it, and who will stand against it? One thing is sure, after this issue Starship Troopers will never be the same again! (C: 0-1-2) 28pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 ABOUT COMICS YOU'LL ALL BE SORRY MMPB by Gail Simone Wonder Woman’s Gail Simone shreds comics’ sacred cows in this first-ever collection of her humorous prose. In this mixture of new stories and classics from her long-running online column, Simone sends up websites, Watchmen, Whiteout, and Wizard, turning her sharp wit on characters, pros, and fans alike! Includes illustrations. SC, 10x7, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $11.99 ABSTRACT STUDIOS TERRY MOORE'S ECHO VOLUME 1: SILVER RAIN TP by Terry Moore Julie Martin is in the wrong place at the wrong time when she’s finds herself under a strange explosion in the desert sky. The resulting fallout covers her in a mysterious silver metal that brings more trouble into Julie’s life than she could ever imagine, and a friend to die for. This first trade paperback collects issues #1-5 of Terry Moore’s new hit series, plus development sketches and design notes in the back. SC, 7x10, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $15.95 STARS OF THE MONTH STRANGERS IN PARADISE TP'S by Terry Moore A horrendous plane crash rips the lives of Francine, Katchoo and David apart in Volume 8: My Other Life, and Katchoo discovers the plane crash was no accident! Then in Volume 9: Child of Rage, Katchoo struggles to fight her way out of the excessive life of hi-tech crime without endangering the lives of her friends, Francine and David. But her deadly rival, the psychotic beauty, Veronica, has other plans for the threesome! VOLUME 8: MY OTHER LIFE (STAR11479)—SC, 7x10, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 VOLUME 9: CHILD OF RAGE (STAR12777)—SC, 7x10, 156pgs, B&W SRP: $15.95 ********************************************************************** AC COMICS MEN OF MYSTERY #73 by Binder, Herron, Woolfolk, Pfeufer & Various Top Golden Age publishers Fawcett and Quality are spotlighted with 7 feature-length stories, including Mr. Scarlet in "The Loot Of Christopher Murden," Commando Yank in "Death Rides A Swallow," Ibis vs."The Moon Menace," Dollman in "The Black Witch," Spy Smasher, Major Midnight, and T-Man in vintage classics all! Another line-up of all-star features from two of the most-successful publishers of the Golden Age of comics, with this issue focusing on the "heavy hitters" from Quality and Fawcett, in more than a half-dozen stories never previously reprinted, and not seen since their original publication in the 1940s. SC, 68pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95 ADHOUSE BOOKS STARS OF THE MONTH PULPHOPE: THE ART OF PAUL POPE SC by Paul Pope PulpHope collects the art of Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100) from manga, to erotica, to rock posters. In America, Paul has been called the "Comics Destroyer." In France, he's been called the "Jim Morrison of comics" and "Comics' Petit Prince." One of a handful of young cartoonists to be consistently gaining critical praise and media attention, his work appears on the Sci-Fi Channel, Much Music, and elsewhere. He's been in everything from Spin to the Village Voice, and he's the only American cartoonist to have worked for Japan's largest manga publisher (Kodansha) for five-plus years. This is his artistic manifesto. (JUL062792) MATURE THEMES SC, 9 x 11, 224pgs, FC SRP: $29.95 THE RIDE HOME GN by Joey Weiser Follow the adventures of Nodo the Van-Gnome as he tries to find his lost home on wheels. During his quest he'll meet sewer dragons, junkyard trolls, and a cow or two. A fun, all-ages romp of a story created by new-comer Joey Weiser. (JUN073174) SC, 5x7, 168pgs, B&W SRP: $8.95 ********************************************************************** A FIRST SALVO CONTRACT #2 by Garan Madeiros, Charles Shell & Ariel Padilla The mission — rescue a kidnapped girl from a gang of black market organ dealers. Tracking them to their hideout, Jessie, Panzer and Tsumi must get past the Organ-rippers protection, a couple of squads of heavily armed combat cyborgs that spend their entire lives viewing the world as an online fantasy video game! 32pgs, FC (2 of 3) SRP: $2.99 AIT/PLANETLAR BLACK DIAMOND GET IN THE CAR & GO TP by Larry Young & Jon Proctor Fifty years from now, an elevated highway spans the nation. Initially a response to international terrorism, the US government grounded commercial airline flights and built "The Black Diamond" under the guidance of project leader and chief architect, Jim Maddox. Years pass and Maddox's daughter Kate has become an engineering savant in her own right. Married to Dr. Don McLaughlin, DDS, they have an idyllic relationship; both the top of their fields and highly respected. But when the government decides to clean up the Black Diamond heading east and when Kate is kidnapped as a hostage by forces loyal to the road, Dr. McLaughlin must borrow his brother-in-law's illegal 1973 Mercury Cougar to get on the highway and rescue his wife — 150 feet above and 100 miles an hour faster than anything he's ever known! He wants his life back, he needs his wife back. It's life in the fast lane! SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 ALTERNA COMICS INC THE CHAIR GN by Peter Simeti & Kevin Christensen Ten years Richard Sullivan has spent on Death Row, awaiting execution for crimes he claims he never committed. But of late, strange events have begun to occur within the prison, including a piling body count of inmates, a viciously sadistic warden, and enough twists and turns to make Sullivan question his own sanity. Can he prove his innocence before it’s too late — or is there something else entirely going on? MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 136pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95 AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHIC THE BABYSITTER GN by Andy Ristaino By night, Setsuko Kagaku is the world's leading babysitter. Equipped with her trusty rocketpack, she jet sets all around the globe keeping the world's greatest resource — the children, silly — safe. But by day, she is just another teenager dealing with the same problems that any other Japanese schoolgirl faces: giant robots, big angry kaijubakumono (monsters), crazy science experiments gone awry, weird tentacled beasties, global conspiracies, and alien invaders — not to mention good grades, plenty of teen angst, and boys! Join Setsuko as she tries to deal with the panic and claustrophobia of living in a depiction of modern Japan that only a completely uninformed and rather stupid American could dream up! SC, 9X15, 112pgs, FC SRP: $29.95 GARGOYLES: BAD GUYS #5 & #6 by Greg Weisman & Various Questions abound in Redemption Chapter V! What's on the mysterious island that the Squad has so desperately been trying to reach? Who sent the flying Robots? And how much does Dingo know about their attacker — a figure from his past? Then, in the final battle against the forces of the Illuminati, each member of the squad will have to decide just whose side they are on. Is redemption even possible for the bad guys? And if so, at what cost? Find out in Redemption Chapters V and VI! ISSUE #5—24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50 ISSUE #6—24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50 OFFERED AGAIN O/A GARGOYLES #8 by Greg Weisman & David Hedgecock "Clan-Building," Chapter 7. From the Holy Land to the British Isles everyone wants a piece of the Rock. Xanatos, Macbeth, Coldsteel, Thailog, Merlin, Cu Chullain and the gargoyles strive to find it, possess it and learn its darkest secrets. 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 NIGHTMARES & FAIRY TALES VOLUME 4 TP by Serena Valentino & Camilla d'Errico Collecting issues #19-23 of Nightmare & Fairy Tales, the collection features "Harmony," a modern and heartbreakingly beautiful adaptation of" Sleeping Beauty," in which Gwen and Aunt Bea take a trip to San Francisco and encounter the spirit of a lovely young woman wandering the Sutro Bath ruins. Also featured is "Song of the Siren," the story of a beautiful mermaid ensnared by a sideshow charlatan and put on display in his traveling carnival, an exquisitely frightening and disturbing tale. Plus, sketches and script excerpts will be included in the collection, along with pin-ups by FSc and Crab Scrambly. (C: 0-1-0) SC, 6x9, 144pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A NIGHTMARES & FAIRY TALES VOLUME 1: ONCE UPON A TIME TP by Serena Valentino & Various This haunting first collection of Annabelle's memories is filled with frightening stories and dary fairy tales about her various owners. Featuring the first 6 issues, and some other spookirific surprises, including an introduction by Tommy Kovac as well as a guest page by Jhonen Vasquez. MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 178pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 REX LIBRIS #12 by James Turner Team Librarian lands on R'lyeh only to discover that the forces of evil have arrived before them. Now it becomes a race to reach the Ear of Cthulhu and read into it the so-called Pamphlet of Utterable Evil (The Ofta'Wuf'uf-Ook-Chal), for the first ones who do will control the obscenely powerful mind of the octopoid deity. But time is running out, because once Cthulhu Two awakes it will be too late — for all of them! 24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50 OFFERED AGAIN O/A REX LIBRIS VOLUME 1: I, LIBRARIAN TP by James Turner Meet the incomparable Rex Libris, Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library, and his unending struggle against the forces of ignorance and darkness. Rex travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books. Wearing his super thick bottle glasses, and armed with an arsenal of high technology weapons, he strikes fear into recalcitrant borrowers, and can take on virtually any foe, from zombies to renegade literary characters! SC, 176pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 UBU BUBU #3 by Jamie Smart As the apocalypse counts down, Ubu Bubu continues his reaping, sloughing and maiming in style! And the filthy soiled stench of death gets a sexy makeover as NubNub, daemon of perversion, thrusts his way into the world and begins a rampage of the most horrifically degraded morals! It all snowballs towards a cliffhanger ending as Ubu Bubu, his new and cute evil buddies, and the doomed innocents Henry and Sissy find themselves assailed and brought to destruction by not only the Nephilim, but a certain someone from Hell itself! MATURE THEMES 24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50 OFFERED AGAIN O/A BOHDA TE #1 by Jamie Smart There is a place not on any map, a place only found by the lost, the forgotten and the rejected. They call it Bohda Te, and if you're unlucky enough to stumble in, you'll also find it home to a horrific feline, a dead schoolgirl, a very angry little robot, the highly volatile military project D.R.3.3.P, singing feces, and a giant squid, not to mention the terrifying secret that lies beneath the soil, and the very inescapable realization that once you're here, you'll never leave! 7x10, 32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50 O/A BIFF! BAM! POW! #1 by Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer Evan Dorkin's latest humor anthology is jam-packed with all the things that make the universe go 'round — superheroes, monsters, monkeys, and the neverending battle between the good, the bad, and the stupid! Biff! Things kick off with controversial Interstellar Anyweight Champ One-Punch Goldberg, and how she left the mob-run boxing world to become a full-time crime-fighter. Bam! Kid Blastoff locks up against Smartypants, the villain with a Thinking Cap that makes his every moronic thought real (and really dangerous). Pow! Sibling rivalry gets out of hand in "Billy vs. Super-Rad!" 13-year-old Billy can't stand his older brother, a beloved jock superhero, so he sets out to become his #1 arch-enemy! All this and a Nutsy Monkey gag strip from the pages of Nickelodeon Magazine. SC, 7x10, 24pgs, B&W SRP: $2.95 O/A THE CAT WITH A REALLY BIG HEAD (AND ONE OTHER STORY THAT ISN'T AS GOOD) TP by Roman Dirge Lenore's Roman Dirge returns with the tragic story of a cat named "Cat," and his misfortunes in life due to his enormously oversized head. This digest-size tale comes with a glossy card-stock cover, and includes an all-new back up story by Dirge. NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories. 6x9, 40pgs, B&W SRP: $2.95 O/A DORK #11 by Evan Dorkin Over three years in the procrastination, with a budget of hundreds of dollars, Evan Dorkin's award-winning humor anthology returns with an issue so incredible, so stupendous, and so magnificent that we just had to call it Dork! Presented in the much-maligned and unfashionable "pamphlet" format, Dork features over 200 fun strips and single-panel gags within its panel-drenched, ink-soaked pages. Some humorous in effect, others, well, we're not so sure! 24pgs, B&W SRP: $2.95 O/A EMO BOY VOLUME 1: NOBODY CARES TP by Steve Emond Poor Emo Boy! He's unpopular, and unloved. He has no family. Not only does he need to deal with things like pondering suicide and questioning his sexual identity, but on top of that he's got these emo super powers that only seem to bring destruction and disaster, causing everyone to hate him more than they already do! SC, 5.5x8.5, 176pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95 O/A FILLER BUNNY FIGURINE by Jhonen Vasquez Filler Bunny — the bunny, the genius, the legend. Now, you can get your hands on a genuine re-creation of this American Classic of comedy. You can throw it against a wall and possibly even break things, all the while imagining the miserable pain this cute little bunny is enduring! Filler Bunny stands about 6" tall, is made of hard plastic, and comes packaged in a plastic tube. Figurine SRP: $12.95 O/A GLOOMCOOKIE VOLUME 1 TP (NEW PRINTING) by Valentino & Naifeh The GloomCookie graphic novel contains #1-6 of this popular series, as well as some other ninja-type surprises, never-before-seen sketches, Serena Valentino's bad art, a cute Halloween story about The Monster entitled "Trick or Treat," special guest artists thingies, Lex's vocabulary list, and lots of other squishy stuff to make you happy! MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $18.95 O/A JELLYFIST GN by Jhonen Vasquez & Jenny Goldberg Jhonen Vasquez grabbed a fishbone and scrawled on the side of a cat a series of surrealist scripts never meant to be read by anyone. Two thousand miles away, J. Goldberg awakens to find that she has illustrated these scenes. In Jellyfist, two artists battle with interpretation — however absurd the intent or outcome — with running commentary from the creators on just how wrong or right it's all gone. The first book published as a result of ferret-aided, carved-kitten-transmitted telepathy, Jellyfist's collection of highly important nonsense just might change your opinion of almost all known things. MATURE THEMES 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 O/A MONSTERS IN MY TUMMY GN (NEW PRINTING) by Roman Dirge Have you ever wondered what madness happens inside you during times of heartbreak and distress? Monsters In My Tummy examines the war that wages in the pit of the lovelorn’s stomach. Brought to you by multiple Eisner-nominated artist Roman Dirge, this book promises to be slightly disturbing, yet funny, in its own special way! (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available only in the United States, Canada, and U.S. Territories. 48pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95 STAR OF THE MONTH THE SUPER-SCARY MONSTER SHOW FEATURING LITTLE GLOOMY VOLUME 1 TP by Landry Walker & Eric Jones Little Gloomy lives in a big scary house in the town of Frightsville. Her life is a constant struggle seeing that she is the only human person in a world filled with monsters. Through the awesome power that is Disney Adventures Magazine, millions of innocent children have already succumbed to the unspeakable terror that is Little Gloomy! Fear the mysterious invasion from the murky depths of space! Dread the impending zombie attack! Witness the inter-dimensional terror that is Carl Cthulhu’s grandmother! Little Gloomy is all ages fun, and this edition has even more fun tossed in for good measure! (JAN083332) (C: 0-1-2) SC, 104pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95 ********************************************************************** ANARCHY STUDIOS/HARRIS COMIC VAMPIRELLA: CRIMSON CHRONICLES MAXIMUM TP by Archie Goodwin, Jose Gonzalez & Various For the first time ever Harris Comics proudly presents a massive and affordable omnibus collection of the very first Vampirella tales! Never before have so many essential classics by Archie Goodwin, Jose Gonzalez, Steve Englehart, and more been collected all in one place for one low price! Includes every Vampirella story from the original Vampirella #1-37. Cover by Jim Silke. (C: 0-0-1) SC, 7x10, 448pgs, B&W SRP: $17.95 VAMPIRELLA QUARTERLY: SUMMER 2008 FRANCHESCO LIMITED EDITION by Fialkov, Salonga, Goodwin & Gonzalez Get your hands on this special limited edition of Vampirella Quarterly: Summer 2008 featuring awesome variant cover art by Franchesco! Only 500 copies have been made, so don't miss out! 40pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 ANCIENT SQUID MEDIA WATER FIGHT GN by Robert Beales & Luis Amoros Each morning the battle begins again. Water guns are loaded and readied. Orders are verified. And all these kids want is to stay dry during their summer break. Water Fight tells the story of neighborhood kids fighting in the greatest water war in history! The story follows Captain Ridge and his ragtag squad as they press into enemy territory to free prisoners and take on the enemy’s super weapon! SC, 7x10, 76pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 ANTARCTIC PRESS FIRE & BRIMSTONE #2 by Richard Moore Demoness Fire and Angel Brimstone, the afterlife's Odd Couple, are still struggling to rein the many monstrous beings they both let free millennia ago. Corruption demons, jealousy demons, pestilence demons — after 5,000 years, Brim's ready to call it quits. Will Fire let her, or will she end up killing her immortal partner, if that's even possible? 32pgs, FC (2 of 3) SRP: $3.95 GOLD DIGGER #99 by Fred Perry Gina and Britanny are rescued from the Dynasty's Soul Furnace by Jon, the spirit-copy of Grandpa Diggers dwelling in his old journal. During the frantic escape attempt, Gina discovers that the Dynasty fortress around them has sufficient power to leave quasi-space. All it needs is a course that will take them home. Then Brit's former friend Crescens, now part of the Dynasty, finds the escapees, and a new battle begins. This time, Brit is determined to snap Crescens out of the Dynasty's control, even if she has to risk her life to do it! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 GOLD DIGGER SOURCEBOOK #20 by Fred Perry & Doug Dlin The ultimate Gold Digger information guide continues! This issue of the indispensable handbook series will tell you exactly where's where in the GD-verse with a guide to realms and dimensions! Get the location lowdown on places and spaces from the Astral Rifts to Quasi-space, from the Library of Time to Oblivion! It's GD, A to Z! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 GOLD DIGGER END OF SUMMER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL 2008 Everybody's goin' surfin', surfin' Gold Digger-style for this year’s End of Summer Swimsuit issue! Hang ten and catch the latest waves of art from GD fans the world over, showcasing the cast enjoying sun, sand, and the sea! You'll have fun, fun, fun from cover to cover! 48pgs, FC SRP: $4.50 GOLD DIGGER TANGENT POCKET MANGA VOLUME 1 TP by Fred Perry The universe of Fred Perry’s adventure extravaganza, Gold Digger, is far too diverse and extensive to contain in one series, so Fred began not one but two online comics to develop stories that reach beyond the scope of the main title. Now these extra-special extensions of the GD-verse are compiled in handy pocket-manga format! Enjoy the tribulations of Ayane “Mistress” Anno, the gorgeous-but-frightening champion freestyle fighter, in her search to add a little cuteness to her life, and the ongoing adventures of the Northern Edge-Guard, a team of were-cat law enforcers on the magical world of Jade, as they face the problems accompanying new recruits, evil death-wabbits, and more! (C: 0-0-2) SC, 120pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95 GOLD DIGGER: TIFFANY & CHARLOTTE #3 by Fred Perry & J.L. Anderson Gold Digger creator Fred Perry and rapidly rising fan-fave artist J.L. Anderson are about to school you in what the next generation of GD is all about! Charlotte's "mother," Penny Pincer, offers to take Tifanny and Charlie to Pismo Beach for a weekend getaway. She even lets Charlotte, who just got her learner's permit, take a turn at the wheel of the new hydrofoil. What happens next is — well, not entirely Charlotte's fault. After dodging a cross between the Loch Ness monster and a Land of the Lost castaway, the trio make it to shore. But with all the volcanic activity and pterodactyls around, it doesn't quite feel like Pismo Beach! 32pgs, FC (3 of 4) SRP: $3.50 THE LAND OF OZ: THE MANGA #3 by David Hutchison Dragon Arms creator David Hutchison follows up Oz: The Manga, his acclaimed adaptation of L. Frank Baum's timeless classic, The Wizard of Oz, with a spectacular re-imagining of the next chapter in the Oz saga! Tip and his friends are reunited as the Emerald City’s defenses fall before General Jinjur’s Army of Revolt. While the greedy army sacks the city, the Scarecrow devises a plan of escape. Soon, Tip and company are off on another dangerous trek in search of safe haven with Nick Chopper. But will the party survive their perilous journey to the land of the Tin Woodsman? 32pgs, B&W (3 of 8) SRP: $2.99 NINJA HIGH SCHOOL #164 by Robby Bevard & Ben Dunn Since World War II, Meppy the cat-girl has been fighting bad guys, battling giant crabs, destroying college dorms, showing off her ninja cat skills, and teaching high school gym. But no matter what she does, explosions and violence all follow close behind, like an unstoppable force of nature. Now, this unpredictable and unholy force for good has turned evil! If what she did before was as a good guy, what will happen when all scruples go out the window? And, worse yet, is that an entire city of sociopathic cat-girls she's recruiting? 32pgs, B&W SRP: $2.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS 2008 ACTION PACK GN'S Antarctic Press heats up the end of summer with a blazin' deal on its hottest action-packed Pocket Mangas! Get double the sword-and-sworcery action with both volumes of David Hutchison's Dragon Arms, full-color modern fantasy action with Fred Perry's Legacy, ultimate battle action with Craig Babiar's Pirates vs. Ninjas, and high-caliber military action in Joe Wight's Twilight X: Storm! You get all five volumes, a total of almost $58 retail, at nearly 40% off the price, a discount big enough to leave some action in your wallet for later! (C: 0-1-0) Set (x5), SC, 5x7, PC SRP: $34.95 ANTARCTIC PRESS 2008 SCI-FI PACK GN'S This month, get a serious (or even Sirius) dog-days deal from Antarctic Press with a pack of five sizzlin' sci-fi Pocket Manga to fire your imagination! Lock down hatches and strap on your helmet for some dark future military sci-fi in Sherard Jackon's Assembly, slam down some cyberpunk goodness with David Hutchison's Biowulf, thrill and laugh to the adventures of the cosmos's mightiest family in Rod Espinosa's Chronicles of the Universe, brace for impact as evolution takes no prisoners in the full-color DinoWars, also by Rod, and plug yourself into David Hutchison's full-color, high-tech thriller Junction-17, where the killer may not be real, but the deaths are! Get all five of these science-fantastic titles, almost a $60 retail value, at over 40% off! You won't need to compute the odds of a better deal! (C: 0-1-0) Set (x5), SC, 5x7, PC SRP: $34.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A HERC AND THOR POCKET MANGA VOLUME 1 TP by Espinosa, Johnson, and Moffett Thor, god of thunder, has lived a life of divine luxury. After a night with Aphrodite, though, he wakes up to find his mighty hammer missing! Now, new gods are threatening to take over Olympus, Asgard, and more! Exiled to Earth, Thor must enlist the aid of Hercules, whom he always belittled, to look for the hammer and stop the new gods before it's too late! Follow this "Godd Couple" as they strive to work together so they can survive an epic adventure of mythological proportions! 136pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 STARS OF THE MONTH FINAL GIRL POCKET MANGA VOLUME 1 GN by Lee Duhig & David Hutchison "Final Girl": A genre term in slasher films referring to the last person alive to confront the killer. Four young women mysteriously awaken in a seemingly abandoned town, accompanied by a group of fellow students. They soon encounter the unspeakable terrors the town conceals and are stalked by its horrific inhabitants. Though the girls desperately struggle to escape, only one of them will be the final girl! Every page of this terror-tome is splattered in Hutchison’s gore-drenched artwork, coupled with an unhealthy dose of black humor! (AUG073352) SC, 128pgs, FC SRP: $15.95 POSE FILE ULTIMATE EDITION SUPERSIZE TP by GURU-eFX, Hartman, Gonzales III & Kilpatrick Collects Pose File Supersize Volumes 1 and 2! The mother of all photo reference series returns! Both volumes of Antarctic Press's runaway best-seller have sold out, but now they're back in one enormous, invaluable collection! Thousands of photos show you male and female models in numerous costumes and poses and with various props. Each pose is photographed "Matrix-style" from three different heights, giving you all the angle views you need for any scene! Grab this photo-reference giant and watch your art develop fast! (SEP073336) SC, 384pgs, B&W SRP: $34.95 SKY SHARKS VOLUME 1 TP by Wes Harman & Fred Perry High-flying, high-octane high adventure in a 1940s where World War II never got off the ground! A hand-picked team of aerial experts for hire — but only to those in need! The team finds trouble right off the deck when commander Frank Derringer accepts a food-shipment escort mission from top client, Prince Ahmed. Thanks to Derringer's loose-cannon hotshot, Jason Mars, the deal turns out to be more than they bargained for. The team must retreat from the Middle East and refuel at the worst possible supply point: the floating fortress known as War-Island! From the get-go, this gun-blazing action/adventure fills you full of daylight and makes the Rocketeer bust one from its awesomeness! (FEB083448) 100pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 ********************************************************************** APE ENTERTAINMENT FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #3 by Christopher Mills, Joe Staton & Mark Stegbauer The beautiful, blonde scourge of the Port Nocturne underworld has a formidible new foe to reckon with when an altruistic scientist's invention for peace is corrupted into the bulletproof killer known as the Robot Mobster! Available with covers by Joe Station and Alfredo Lopez, Jr., or Phil Hester! COVER A: STATON & LOPEZ JR.—32pgs, FC (3 of 4) SRP: $3.95 COVER B: PHIL HESTER—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 ARCANA STUDIO BURN #4 by Scott Sanders & Camilla d'Errico A conflict of epic proportions erupts between human and mecha, with Burn and his metallic half Shoftiel, right in the middle. What will this battle mean as Burn continues his struggle to regain control of his life? Welcome to a world where humans and mecha co-exist. What was once thought to be a symbiotic relationship between humans and machines has turned into a full-scale war due to rising resentment by their human creators! 24pgs, B&W (4 of 6) SRP: $2.99 DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES TP by Dwight MacPherson & Michael DeVito In the golden age of piracy, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Black Bart Roberts, the three most reviled pirates in history, contend for the most sacred prize the world has ever known — the lost Relics of Christ! This absolute edition collects the entire sold-out series hailed by critics and fans alike as “Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones.” Featuring a cover illustration by Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night). SC, 7x10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 TALES OF PENANCE: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY #2 by Ryan Foley & Goof Burn, baby, burn! As the city of Atlanta threatens to destroy itself over the trial of the masked hero Penance, police detective LJ McCloud continues to dig deeper into the mysterious case. She discovers that the case is shedding light on the masked heroes of Atlanta, and they have a connection to her that is closer than she ever imagined possible! Cover by Greg Horn. 44pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.95 THE GWAI #3 by Sean O'Reilly & Pedro Del Gado The pace quickens as the hunters bring Awa back to the cabin. Splintercat needs to navigate through the woods to avoid the Fearsome Creature and Tanu is trapped and his only escape is to understand The Gwaii! 32pgs, FC (3 of 4) SRP: $1.99 ARCHAIA STUDIOS PRESS THE GOD MACHINE #1 by Chandra Free Guy Salvatore can’t get a break. After his girlfriend Sith died, he can’t seem to go through a morning without monsters coming out of the bathroom mirror, or being pressed at school with his friends’ concern over his well-being. All Guy wants is to be left alone. One night after a bad dream, Guy seeks solace in the graveyard by Sith’s tombstone, and is there confronted by an odd bunch of characters that will change his life forever with the promise that Sith might be alive! Meanwhile, a beautiful Goddess known as Good God has lost the key to heaven. She needs the help of her fellow compatriot, Evil God, to search for it down on Earth. But what starts off as a minor chore becomes more when Guy catches them in the graveyard, especially since Gods are supposed to be invisible to mortals! MATURE THEMES 36pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $3.95 KILLER VOLUME 1 HC (NEW PRINTING) by Matz & Luc Jacamon A brutal, bloody, and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth, and slowly losing his mind. Collects the first four issues of the 10-issue series. (C: 0-0-1) MATURE THEMES RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #9 (SEP078146) HC, 128pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 MOUSE GUARD: WINTER 1152 #6 by David Petersen With the food and medicine shortage still unresolved, hares and riders depart from Lockhaven, but not to redistribute food throughout the territories; instead they ride on a desperate search and rescue mission for Celanawe and Lieam, still unaccounted-for. A dramatic climax as this final chapter of Winter 1152 sees the mice honoring the death of one of their own. 8x8, 24pgs, FC (6 of 6) SRP: $3.50 MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME HC by David Petersen & Luke Crane Join the Mouse Guard and defend the Mouse Territories against predators and dangers, in this roleplaying game for the acclaimed Mouse Guard comic book series! Players form their own Mouse Guard patrol and attempt to complete missions while the Game Master takes on the roles of the weather, animals, and the wilderness all trying to thwart the fearless mice. Designed by Origins Award-winning game designer Luke Crane for beginners and veterans alike, the game comes complete with three sample patrols and three sample missions, so you and your friends can get started playing immediately. Includes art and extensive background material on the Mouse Territories specially prepared by Mouse Guard creator David Petersen. Suitable for ages 10 and up. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 8x8, 320pgs, FC SRP: $34.95 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS ARCHIE #588 by Batton Lash & Bill Galvan “Freshman Year," Part 2. In the tradition of Batman: Year One, Superman: The Man of Steel, and the Marvel Ultimates comes the biggest Archie Comics event since the “Love Showdown!” Archie and his friends are just starting the fall semester of their freshman year. Having survived a summer that saw the departure of Jughead and bickering parents, the gang arrives at high schooL — only to find elementary school Principal Mr. Weatherbee has now become the high school Principal! But it’s not just about reunions at Riverdale High. Archie also makes a new friend in Pencilneck G., although he prefers his more laid-back buddy Jughead. He also makes some new enemies in Jared McGerk and his band of bullies! Along the way the other classic faculty members are introduced, as well as Pop Tate and his Choklit Shop! It’s the funniest first year of high school ever, courtesy of fan-favorite writer Batton Lash of Wolff & Byrd, along with popular Archie artist/writer Bill Galvan. 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #122 by Alex Simmons & Fernando Ruiz “California Dreaming," Part 2. Last issue, the news of Archie and his friends’ worldwide, mystery-solving adventures led to a major movie contract and a trip to Tinseltown! While at a swank Hollywood party, the gang is kidnapped along with dozens of celebrity guests, and trapped in a ballroom with wall-to-wall food! That may be fine for Jughead, but the others are determined to break both themselves and their famous fellow prisoners free. The crazy climax features a thrilling “cat and costumed mouse” chase as the teens pursue the lead culprit racing through the Catalina Comic Convention! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 ARCHIE DIGEST #247 by George Gladir, Mike Pellowski, Fernando Ruiz & Henry Scarpelli The town newspaper offers a cash prize for the couple who goes on the most interesting “cheap date,” which leads to "A Date to Remember" for Archie, who has an advntage in this little contest! This is one contest wherein Archie has the advantage! Then, Archie gets away to a secluded spot where he can think about anything but school during his summer break, until a few familiar faces “drop in” to remind him! Plus, other new and classic tales, puzzles, pin-ups, and games! Digest, 96pgs, FC SRP: $2.49 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #191 by George Gladir, Mike Pellowski, Fernando Ruiz & Pat Kennedy It's “A Sign of the Times” when everywhere Archie turns, he sees an advertisement! Then, a ride down a mammoth "Wet and Wild!" water slide becomes a slippery slope for Archie – literally! Finally, the passage of the school budget means many improvements in extracurricular activities, but with summer vacation in full swing those activities will have to wait! Plus, puzzles, games, pin-ups, and more! Digest, 192pgs, FC SRP: $3.69 BETTY & VERONICA #237 by Mike Pellowski & Jeff Shultz “Welcome Back to Riverdale.” Last issue, the memory of “bad boy” Nick St. Clair was evoked by a lothario lifeguard — and lingered like the crumb of a fish sandwich Jughead left behind! This issue, Nick himself is back for sure, but for how long? The seemingly “new and improved” Nick makes sure to apologize to everyone he wronged in the popular “Bad Boy Trouble” story, but not everyone is convinced that he’s changed — until he saves Betty from a rough gang of bikers! Will this lead to a brand-new romance for Betty? 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #187 by Mike Pellowski, George Gladir, Bob Bolling & Tim Kennedy Betty and Veronica are content to lounge pool side, but when Mrs. Lodge comes up a "Bright Idea," will the girls soak up the possibilities of summer or merely continue to soak up the sun? Then, Archie would love to make waves with Betty, but she keeps postponing his dates to explore "The Surfing Whirl!" Plus, other new and classic tales, games, puzzles, and pin-ups! Digest, 96pgs, FC SRP: $2.49 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #29 by George Gladir, Bill Galvan & Fernando Ruiz When marketing research shows teens are overscheduled and overstressed, Mr. Lodge decides what his company needs is an in-action figure — and what better model for it than Jughead! Then, Jughead’s reached the bottom of his pockets, and even his pockets’ holes have holes! But there's "A Change of Fortune," in the form of a comic shop giving away cash prizes! Guest-starring the owners and employees of Hi De Ho Comics! Plus, other new and classic tales, games, pin-ups, and puzzles! Digest, 96pgs, FC SRP: $2.49 JUGHEAD'S DOUBLE DIGEST #143 by George Gladir, Fernando Ruiz, Tim Kennedy & Bill Galvan Jughead’s dad insists he take a job mowing a neighbor’s lawn, but Jughead just isn’t “cut” out for work unless there's "Mow Money" in it! Then, after an ineffectual picnic date with Jughead on the beach, Ethel decides she’d be better off dating a robot — and Dilton’s robot obliges and becomes "The Passionate Rival!" Finally, when Jughead enters Hot Dog in a dog surfing contest, it's Reggie ends up “all wet!” Plus, games, puzzles, pin-ups, and more! Digest, 192pgs, FC SRP: $3.69 KATY KEENE SPECIAL VOLUME 1 TP by Andrew Pepoy Since the 1940s, fashion model supreme Katy Keene has enthralled audiences with her own self-titled series as well as Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade and Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine. Readers have long thrilled to her adventures on the runway as well as her intriguing romances. Best of all, Katy Keene was one of the first interactive comic book series, inviting readers to send in fashion suggestions of their own that were turned into pin-ups and paper dolls that they could cut out and keep! Katy returned in a big way in 2005's Free Comic Book Day entry, and soon she began appearing again on a regular basis in the pages of Archie & Friends. Her new adventures were charted by writer-artist Andrew Pepoy, and were filled with the same adventure and romance Katy fans had come to expect, served up with a modern-day twist, of course! Now these popular Katy stories are collected together in a handsome, fully colored edition that features not only every Katy Keene story from Archie & Friends #101-110, it also includes an all-new story from Pepoy that charts Katy’s whirlwind career! In “Katy’s Diary,” readers will discover how a Michigan girl went from a Chicago University student to a sensational celebrity supermodel! Don't miss out on the high fashion hijinx! SC, 6x9, 112pgs, FC SRP: $10.95 PALS-N-GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #124 by George Gladir, Mike Pellowski, Jeff Shultz & Pat Kennedy “The Big Prize.” An energy conservation contest energizes Riverdale’s teens, who come up with clever and creative ways to keep the town environmentally friendly. Features the return of the “Goodwill Girls,” the group spearheaded by Betty to spread goodwill to needy people and animals everywhere! Then, tired of competing with Adam for Betty and Reggie for Veronica, Archie befriends a new girl — and now must contend with her big “little” boyfriend! Finally, you know what they say — life’s a foul ball, and then you get hit by one! Plus, other new and classic tales, and more! Digest, 192pgs, FC SRP: $3.69 SABRINA VOLUME 2 #96 by Tania del Rio A trip back to the lagoon leaves Sabrina and Llandra with flying carpets and masks that transform the wearer into different creatures! Perhaps this will come in handy for facing the monsters that are terrorizing the Magic Realm. Something must be done, because the monsters are running so rampant that a mandatory curfew has been enacted! This means bad news for Sabrina, as the nightly Charm School shuts down, and Sabrina isn’t allowed to visit Batty Bartholomew for evening tutoring. She knows she could use her powerful wands to destroy the monsters that are in the realm, but she dares not — especially knowing that using that wand too much will make her evil again. As if that weren’t enough, the Magic Council has gotten wind of the new Four Blades movement and is posting signs everywhere warning people to be vigilant and urging people to report suspicious behavior, but where will this all lead? 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #191 by Ian Flynn, Tracy Yardley & Jim Amash “Metal and Mettle," Part 1. The Council of Acorn is dragging its feet to take back Freedom HQ, and Sonic’s not the kind of guy to wait! Our hero is ready to rumble, but is he ready for King Scourge and the newest Metal Sonic? Meanwhile, Knuckles is still haunted by his time as Enerjak. Can his bond with Julie-Su take the strain? 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 SONIC X #36 by Ian Flynn, James Fry III & Terry Austin If Sonic thinks he has a hard time with Eggman, wait until he sees the trouble Chris’ rival Milan Ramada dishes out! This spoiled daughter of a rich businessman could give Veronica Lodge a run for her money! Determined to win the title of “richest kid in town,” Milan travels in style in a souped-up limo made of special components her father’s company dreamt up. Eggman promptly steals those components to build a new robot, but still needs a chaos emerald to complete the task. Can Bokkun dressed as a cat really win the judges’ hearts in any category other than “worst in show?” 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 VERONICA #190 by Dan Parent Veronica decides to become a fashion expert for a business class assignment, and proceeds to give everyone “the business” by giving everyone a makeover! Then, Veronica dreads going to the comic convention with her fangirl cousin Marcy — especially since she insists that Veronica go dressed as an alien queen. But her protests don’t last long, as for every queen there is a king! Finally, Mr. Lodge tries to institute “technology free” nights at the mansion, but finds that even “free” comes at a cost! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25 STARS OF THE MONTH THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE ARCHIE TP'S by Bob Bolling Some of the best and earliest Little Archie stories, written and drawn by Archie Comic’s equivalent of Carl “the Duck Man” Barks, Bob Bolling, are compiled in these special volumes, as Little Archie deals with Martian invaders, secret spies, pirates, freewheeling uncles, gorillas on the loose, and more! VOLUME 1—SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $10.95 VOLUME 2 (JAN083367)—SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $9.95 ARCHIE'S CAMP TALES VOLUME 1 TP by Various With kids home from school and adults on vacation from work, casual comic reading goes up. Especially casual Archie comic reading! For decades, Archie comics have made their way into countless summer campers’ backpacks — and for decades, the writers and artists at Archie have provided readers with stories of Archie and his friends’ adventures at summer camp! Now, some of the best of these stories are collected, and each story is meticulously restored and printed on high-grade paper, so you can feel like you’re camping right alongside Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the rest! (MAR073151) SC, 5x7, 112pgs, FC SRP: $7.49 BETTY & VERONICA: SUMMER FUN VOLUME 1 TP by Various Now you can cherish the innocence of summer days gone by with this paperback collecting the Silver Age stories from the Betty & Veronica Summer Fun editions! (STAR19017) SC, 7x10, 96pgs, FC SRP: $10.95 ********************************************************************** ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT FLASH GORDON #1 by Brendan Deneen & Paul Green America's beloved sci-fi hero is back in a brand new ongoing series, based on Alex Raymond's original ideas but with a modernized twist for the 21st century! CIA Agent Dale Arden draws a reluctant Flash Gordon back into the world of espionage to track down the allegedly insane Hans Zarkov — who's been accused of creating a weapon of mass destruction. Elsewhere in the universe, Ming the "Merciful's" tyrannical shadow looms over Mongo, where an impending civil war is escalating! Ships with two covers in 50/50 ratio. 36pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 ASGMC THE VICTORIAN HORRORS OF OLD MAUCH CHUNK #1 by Michael Bann, Robert Caton & Alan Gallo The Victorian Horrors of Old Mauch Chunk #1 kicks off the white-hot new steampunk adventure series set at the turn of the 20th Century, set in a town at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Action, horror and intrigue abound as modern man fights against an ancient evil for the future of the world. But sometimes there is more to evil than appearances... 40pgs, PC SRP: $3.95 ASPEN MLT INC FATHOM #1 by J.T. Krul, Ale Garza & Sal Regla The seas are rising once again as issue #1 of Michael Turner’s Fathom debuts! The long-docile race of the Blue no longer want solitude in their underwater habitat after the human’s latest attack — they now want revenge! After thwarting the invasion of the Blue cities by Admiral Maylander’s Navy, Aspen Matthews and Chance Calloway have found some much needed seclusion together in a beach house south of the border. But, their romantic getaway will be short-lived as the return of the murderous Killian, now at full-strength, is ready to strike once more against the humans — along with his reunited daughter, Kiani! Plus, the hatred from below the surface is also shared by one other race — the ancient and most powerful underwater beings known as the Black! However, the US Navy has plans of their own for the Blue, as well as a new leader with special ties to both Aspen and Chance! Available with covers from Ale Garza, J. Scott Campbell, and Micahel Turner! GARZA COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 CAMPBELL COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 TURNER COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 FATHOM #1 SIGNED 3-COVER SET by J.T. Krul, Ale Garza & Sal Regla Receive all three of the direct alternate covers to Fathom (Volume 3) #1 signed by the artists, Ale Garza, J. Scott Campbell, and Michael Turner! That’s right, you’ll get all three signatures by these three superstar artists, all included together in this exclusive set. Each signed set comes accompanied by a special Certificate of Authenticity, created especially for this 3 book signed set edition! (C: 0-1-2) Set (x3), FC SRP: $49.99 OFFERED AGAIN O/A FATHOM: ASPEN MATTHEWS "BLACK ARMOR" MINI-BUST An Aspenstore.com exclusive comes to Diamond! Showcasing Fathom’s stunning heroine Aspen Matthews in her alternate Black Armor costume, this beautiful mini-bust is a sight to behold! Designed by artist Michael Turner, and sculpted by Erick Sosa, Aspen Matthews measures over 5” tall and has a 5 1/2“ wingspan! Fully painted and perched upon a clear resin bust with added bubble effects, each base creates a unique look all to its own! Each mini-bust comes hand-numbered and is ready to display. Quantities are limited and allocations may occur. (C: 0-1-2) Mini-Bust SRP: $79.99 O/A FATHOM: KIANI STATUE Showcasing Fathom's fierce female warrior Kiani, this stunning work of art is truly a sight to behold! As deadly as she is beautiful, Kiani raises the bar to all-new heights on hand-sculpted creations! Measuring over 18” inches tall and over 7" wide at the base, this full size statue is sure to be the centerpiece of any collection. Designed by artist Michael Turner, and sculpted by Dene Mason, this is possibly one of the most intricately detailed statues ever produced! The production run is strictly limited to 1,200 produced pieces. Painted and ready to display. Statue SRP: $349.99 O/A FATHOM CLEAR EDITION MINI-BUST SET Designed by Michael Turner; Sculpted by Erick Sosa This is your chance to obtain all three of the previously released Aspen mini-busts in this highly limited Clear Edition Set! You’ll receive the beautiful Aspen Matthews, the stoic Cannon Hawke, and the captivating Kiani, each being portrayed in clear liquid form. Containing unique variations in the water bubbles created during production, no two busts are exactly alike! Limited to only 100 total Clear Edition Sets, each bust set will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Painted and ready to display. (C: 0-1-2) Mini-Bust Set SRP: $229.99 ASYLUM PRESS THE BOMB TP by Steve Mannion Collecting issues #1-4 of The Bomb mini-series, this book has been described as Raiders of the Lost Ark meets MAD Magazine, with a dash of Stan Lee thrown in for good measure! Steve Mannion's signature brush style, colorful characters, and witty gag-writing have already netted the artist a solid underground following. This huge compilation features "Fearless Dawn," "Brownhole Jones," and "Jungle Chick and the Dinosaur." For fans of The Goon, Wally Wood, and classic EC horror, this book is a must! (C: 0-0-1) SC, 7X10, 168pgs, PC SRP: $14.95 WARLASH: DARK NOIR #1 GN by Forte, Mannion, Kudranski & Ponomarew Warlash, armored warrior of the apocalyptic future, returns! This issue reintroduces Warlash with four tales of hard boiled crime noir terror. In “Phlegm Fatale,” Warlash battles a biogenic beast in the sewers below Pittsburgh. “Grubbs” introduces Warlash to the seedy underside of the city he is sworn to protect. In "Wormwar," Part 1, a secret formula is stolen from an underground lab and Warlash must find out who committed the crime. Finally, in “The Demon,” Warlash is confronted with a satanic rite and the hellspawned beast unleased! (C: 0-0-1) SC, 7x10, 56pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 AURORA PUBLISHING INC FUTURE LOVERS GN by Saika Kunieda Kento Kumagaya wishes for just one simple thing: to have a happy family with the ideal housewife, loving kids, and kind grandparents all living together, happily ever after. Life, however, has other plans. Enter Akira Kazuki, a smart, beautiful and unrestrained gay man who shatters Kento’s dream with a single night of wild and passionate love. This is a romantic, sweet and funny story between two different people (in more ways than one) who unexpectedly find the same future together. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95 I SHALL NEVER RETURN VOLUME 4 GN by Kazuna Uchida Ritsurou is gripped with anxiety when Ken decides to leave him and instead, travel with his step-father J to India. Unable to see the future of his relationship with Ken, he finds his heart wavering in the form of Kazuyoshi, who is always by his side as emotional and physical support. Will Ritsurou ultimately choose to have a relationship with someone who is physically close to him rather than continue with a relationship with an unclear future? And why does Ken remain calm and collected throughout these events? (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (4 of 5) SRP: $12.95 MAKE LOVE & PEACE VOLUME 1GN by Takane Yonetai College student Ayame’s boyfriend is the handsome police detective Koichi. Two months after what seemed like a destined meeting, Ayame and Koichi are a couple who want nothing but a spicy relationship. However, having a police detective for a boyfriend naturally implies that constant troubles won’t be far behind. Battling injustices out in society and passion in the bedroom, there is never a dull moment in their relationship! Though wanting a loving and peaceful relationship is understandable, can you really complain if your romance is always steamy? (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 224pgs, B&W (1 of 2) SRP: $10.95 YAKUZA IN LOVE VOLUME 3 GN by Shiuko Kano Intense and full of gun-totin’ action! When Aoi receives a video tape from the current gang leader showing the kidnapped and captured Junki being raped, we see the ever- calm Chihiro finally losing his cool as long buried tensions erupt! Will their relationship finally reach a new level in light of the impending danger to come? As Aoi, Kashira, and Chihiro rush to the rescue of the captured Junki, intense gang fights, surprising confessions, and even unexpected deaths await them. Don’t miss out on this non-stop, action-packed and climactic conclusion to Shiuko Kano’s exciting gangster series! (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 224pgs, B&W (3 of 3) SRP: $12.95 AVATAR PRESS INC CROSSED #0 by Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows Garth Ennis has pulled out all the stops to write the most twisted book of his career, Crossed! Through ten heart-stopping chapters, Crossed is his horrifically visceral exploration of the pure evil that humans are truly capable of indulging. This gut-wrenching vision is brought to vivid — and more than a little disturbing — life by his partner in crime Jacen Burrows. Imagine, for a moment, the worst crimes against humanity. Picture the cruelest affronts to decency. Conjure your darkest nightmares — and then realize it could all be so much worse. When civilization crumbles in one terrifying moment; when people are gleefully breaking into unthinkable acts of violence all around you; when everyone you love has died screaming in agony: What do you do? There is no help. There is no hope. There is no escape. There are only the Crossed. Certain to be the most depraved and corrupt book of the year, this one is not for the faint of heart! This #0 issue is not a preview, it features the essential first chapter of the story and is available with a Regular or Wraparound cover by Burrows as well as a rare 1-in-15 Red Crossed Edition featuring a striking Black, White and Red cover by Burrows. MATURE THEMES REGULAR—16pgs, FC (0 of 9) SRP: $1.00 WRAPAROUND—16pgs, FC SRP: $1.00 STREETS OF GLORY #6 by Garth Ennis & Mike Wolfer Garth Ennis' powerhouse saga of the Old West comes to its blood-drenched conclusion! The epic end to the series is so huge that it needs a super-sized issue to contain the carnage! The times are changing, and Colonel Joseph R. Dunn is a relic of the past, no longer welcome in Gladback. But no one has ever had luck forcing Dunn to do anything he didn’t want to, and he’s not interested in leaving, not while his daughter is in danger. Before he is done making things right, the bodies will pile up while the streets run red with glorious blood. Ennis teams with Mike Wolfer for this epic full color series that promises to thrill every fan of Garth’s powerful story-telling and brutal violence. This issue is available with a regular or wraparound cover by series artist Mike Wolfer. MATURE THEMES RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #1 (JAN083414) REGULAR—40pgs, FC (6 of 6) SRP: $4.99 WRAPAROUND—40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99 STREETS OF GLORY #1-5 BAG SET by Garth Ennis & Mike Wolfer For any fans who missed out on the start of Garth Ennis’ Western masterpiece, we offer this special set of the first 5 issues to go with the #6 that is offered this month, so readers can have the entire, bloody tale! MATURE THEMES Set (x5), FC SRP: $18.99 STARS OF THE MONTH GARTH ENNIS' CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD TP by Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows and Rob Steen Wormwood is the anti-Christ, his dad is Satan, and his demonic powers help him fit right into New York. His best friend is Jesus, a mentally-challenged black man that just isn’t performing many miracles these days. The pesky Armageddon is coming up, and it doesn’t look like Pope Jacko is going to be any help in stopping it! Jacen Burrows illustrates Chronicles of Wormwood, and Rob Steen illustrates The Last Enemy, as Wormwood must contend with Pope Jacko's finest Holy assassin, Brother One, the Killer Eunuch! MATURE THEMES CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD TP (AUG073418)—SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 THE LAST ENEMY GN (AUG073417)—SC, 48pgs, FC SRP: $7.99 GARTH ENNIS' 303 TP by Garth Ennis & Jacen Burrows Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a dozen Russian special forces soldiers race their British opponents for a secret neither of them can imagine. The Russian leader — a war weary Colonel who knows no other life but conflict — carries old ghosts that refuse to let along. However, the battle that awaits him deep in this ancient land will change his life forever, and send him on a violent journey no sane man would contemplate! (OCT063166) (C: 0-1-2) SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 ********************************************************************** ANNA MERCURY #5 by Warren Ellis & Facundo Percio Warren Ellis' seductively mysterious Anna Mercury has teased and tormented with her secrets for long enough, it's time to answer all the burning questions of this all-new color series! Things have gone from bad, to worse, to condition horribly wrong! Anna is back in New Ataraxia, with a last-ditch mission to stop the entire society from committing suicide. That sounds easy enough, but she's got to do it without them finding out whose fault their condition really is. Because, if they do, no-one will be safe! A high-octane blend of The Shadow, Tomb Raider, retropunk science fiction and 21st century Weird Pulp Action, Anna Mercury is a headlong adventure serial about a beautiful and mysterious spy-adventurer who is not what she seems! Anna Mercury will be a series of mini-series, starting with this five issue color series that features art by all-new talent Facundo Percio. This issue is available with a regular cover by Paul Duffield, a wraparound by Juan Jose Ryp, a Painted cover by artist Felipe Massafera, and also a rare 1-in-15 Design Sketch Edition featuring the initial character designs by Percio. MATURE THEMES REGULAR—32pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $3.99 PAINTED—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 WRAPAROUND—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 ANNA MERCURY #1 NEW YORK COMICON EDITION by Warren Ellis & Facundo Percio Previously only available at the New York Comicon, this entrancing edition features and all-new cover by series artist Facundo Percio! This special first printing of #1 is limited to just 1,500 copies! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $5.99 ANNA MERCURY #2 AUXILIARY EDITION by Warren Elis & Facundo Percio The secrets of Anna Mercury begin to unravel in the stunning second issue! Now you can get this special Auxiliary edition of the first printing of #2, limited to 1,500 copies, with a new cover by artist Paul Duffield, still at the original cover price of $3.99! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $3.99 ANNA MERCURY BUST Warren Ellis' sultry Anna Mercury may be a woman of mystery to the citizens of New Ataraxia, but now you can examine her from every angle with this highly-detailed 7" bust! Anna's proportions have been sculpted and hand-painted with incredible attention to detail, from the buttons on her blouse to her indecently huge... hair! This collectible figure was designed by modern master Juan Jose Ryp and ships in a full color box. Don't miss your chance to get this jaw-dropping collectible from the one-time production run of just 500 units. (C: 0-0-2) Bust, FC SRP: $64.99 DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #10 by Warren Ellis & Ivan Rodriguez Doktor Sleepless continues his ranting and radio in this ongoing series from Warren Ellis. It's such a noisy world, isn't it? The cries of the disaffected, the screams of the dying, the complaints of all those previously-cozy folks in Central, and all the mad music that clangs and heralds and sounds a bit like the end of the world. Every day the world gets louder, until it seems like all that's left to do is tune it out. It doesn't seem like anyone's really listening anymore, does it? But if the people of Heavenside aren't listening to the Doktor, they should be — because they don't want to miss what he's going to say next! Warren Ellis' satirical-political science fiction novel continues its on-going run! The issue is available with a regular cover by series artist Ivan Rodriguez, or wraparound cover by Raulo Caceres, and also a rare 1-in-15 Future Warning Sign cover. MATURE THEMES REGULAR—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 WRAPAROUND—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #6 MAD SCIENCE EDITION by Warren Ellis & Ivan Rodriguez The good Doktor can’t stop playing in his crazy laboratory! Now you can get this special Mad Science edition of the first printing of #6, limited to 1,500 copies, with a new cover by artist Juan Jose Ryp, still at the original cover price of $3.99! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 GRAVEL: NEVER A DULL DAY SIGNED & NUMBERED HC by Warren Ellis & Mike Wolfer It's never a dull day, being a magician. Now you can read the collected history of William Gravel in all it's strange glory in this gigantic signed hardcover! All 24 original B&W issues of the adventures of William Gravel are finally together in this super-sized hardcover volume — only available to the Direct Market and Amazon! From lizard women to armies of the undead, bad juju and worse military secrets, strange love and stranger death, this is the ultimate Gravel collectible. Whether you've been following the adventures of William Gravel for ten years, or have just dipped into his world through the ongoing series, Gravel, this is a must-have addition to your collection! As an added bonus, every single copy is signed by the amazing creative team of Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer, the two guys responsible for all the madness! This edition is limited to just a one-time production run of 2,000 copies and will not be offered in a softcover edition! Collected herein are these six volumes: Strange Kiss, Stranger Kisses, Strange Killings, SK: Body Orchard, SK: Stong Medicine, and SK: Necromancer! (C: 0-0-2) MATURE THEMES 576pgs, B&W SRP: $89.99 GRAVEL #6 by Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer & Oscar Jimenez Gravel, the explosive monthly series from Ellis and Wolfer, continues to slam through the competition with it's vicious, bloody run! In his violent search for the six pieces of an ancient text of unimaginable supernatural power, Sergeant Major William Gravel has left the mangled corpses of 14 fellow magicians and Occult Detectives in his wake. Bruised, torn, beaten and cut beyond even super-normal endurance, Gravel would like nothing more than to enjoy the spoils of his victory. What's a bloke got to do before he can get some rest and have a nice breakfast at the country estate of one of the men he murdered? Bill should know better — every victory has an unexpected price. Much to his dismay, Gravel has also inherited the mantle of mentor to dozens of magicians-in-training — acolytes who are now leaderless — because Gravel killed their master! The final two pieces of the Sigsand Manuscript are still in the possession of his most powerful opponents, and it's time for Gravel to call in some favors as he prepares for all-out war. There are, of course, worse things to have at his disposal than a score of magic-wielding assassins to blindly follow him into battle! This issue is available with a regular and wraparound cover by Mike Wolfer, and also a rare 1-in-15 Black Magic Edition featuring a new cover by Wolfer. MATURE THEMES REGULAR—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 WRAPAROUND—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 GRAVEL #0 CONVENTION EDITION by Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer & Raulo Caceres Get in on the ground floor of Combat Magician William Gravel’s on-going monthly series! This special edition has previously only be available at cons around the country! Now you can get this special Convention edition of the first printing of #0, which is limited to 5,000 copies, with a new cover by artist Mike Wolfer, still at the original cover price of $1.99! MATURE THEMES 16pgs, FC SRP: $1.99 GRAVEL #1 WIZARD WORLD LA EDITION by Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer & Raulo Caceres Previously only available at the Wizard World LA show, this special first printing has an all-new cover from super-star Jacen Burrows and is limited to just 1,500 copies! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $5.99 GRAVEL #2 AUXILIARY EDITION by Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer & Raulo Caceres Combat Magician William Gravel continues to unleash bloody carnage in this ongoing monthly series! Now you can get this special Auxiliary edition of the first printing of #2, limited to 1,500 copies, with a new cover by artist Mike Wolfer, still at the original cover price of $3.99! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 WARREN ELLIS' SCARS TP (NEW PRINTING) by Warren Ellis & Jacen Burrows Warren Ellis' brilliant six issue crime opus, Scars, with the stunning art of Jacen Burrows, is available in this deluxe trade paperback with a brand-new cover design! John Cain has been working Homicide long enough to get hard to pretty much anything; even wrenching personal loss. But everyone has a limit, and today it's gotten too much to bear. Today, he gets assigned something that finally breaks through his defenses — a child killing that hits horribly close to home. Until today, he's been a good cop, a cop who goes by procedure because it's the best way to ensure that scum go to prison. Now, he makes the parents of the victim a chilling promise: he will find the killer using any means necessary. And the killer will not get away with it — no matter what it takes. How much of a monster do you have to become to hunt monsters? MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $17.99 BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT INC CODE GEASS: LELOUCH OF THE REVOLUTION VOLUME 1 GN by Goro Taniguichi, Ichiro Okouchi & Majiko The hit series from Japan, as seen on [adult swim], featuring original character designs by the manga powerhouse CLAMP! In the year 2010, the Holy Empire of Brittania declared war on Japan. Powerless to stop them, Japan surrendered in less than a month. Freedom was lost and Japan was renamed “Area 11” and its people became known as “Elevens.” Lelouch is a Brittanian and his friend Suzaku, born an eleven, has achieved the status of honorary Brittanian. As a boy Lelouch vowed to crush his own government, but now 7 years later and in high school, he’s accepted that he can’t change anything. That is until he meets a mysterious girl that gives him the power to control people’s minds — the power of Geass. He dons a mask and becomes the ruthless terrorist known only as Zero, destroying any who might stand in his path — including his boyhood friend, Suzaku! SC, 5x7.5, 180pgs SRP: $9.99 BASEMENT COMICS / AMRYL ENTERT CAVEWOMAN: PANGAEAN SEA #11 SPECIAL EDITION by Budd Root Easily one of Budd’s best cover in years! It’s Meriem vs. the Sinister Sisters — sexy, beautiful and very evil witches whose lust for power, violence and human flesh is legendary! Good or evil, there’s a lot of beautiful women gracing this cover! Our special edition is limited to 750 copies, comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, and is bagged and boarded for protection. RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #1 (JAN083423) 24pgs, B&W PI MIKE HOFFMAN'S NEWSPAPER GIRLS SC by Mike Hoffman This beautiful magazine-sized squarebound art book features brand new hot and sexy renderings in this year-long collection of superb drawings created for collectors and originally executed on actual sheets of newspaper! These enticing, elegant — and sometimes naughty — pieces are reproduced here and show Hoffman pushing his artistic envelope to the extreme. A full 52 Weeks of Women! SC, 8x11, 56pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 BIG CITY COMICS DRAGON CROSS #9 by Jacob Mars, Jeffrey Kaufman & Billy Dallas-Patton “Fire and Claws." A major dragon battle takes place as Talon must choose between his destiny and the lives of his companion. Then, learn more about the Dragon Cross and what it means to Talon. 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.25 OMEGA ONE: ROGUE #2 by Jeffrey Kaufman & Mario Gully Tempest, Totem, Wylde, Wolf, and Native lead by Coldburn take on Charlie Echo and his team Ant, Caliente, Savage, Century and Stone as they storm the White House. A new asset is put into to play when Fortune makes herself known. Also, how can an 8 year-old can take them all down? SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.25 TEMPEST #9 by Jeffrey Kaufman & Tommy Castillo Evil runs rampant as Tempest comes closer to accepting his destiny. How he becomes Ruler of the Vampires while holding down his job as a criminal prosecutor will come to the fore, and blood will flow! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.25 TOTEM #9 by Jeffrey Kaufman & Mark Sparacio Totem has to deal with his new girlfriend and the responsibilities in his life. The Angel Michael lets him know how close his mother’s soul is to falling into Hell. With a scholarship to play football on the table, will Ian take the bait or keep fighting? 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.25 BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS RET ROMANNE #1 by Alan Brooks From the people that brought you Ray Harryhausen‘s Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers comes a brand new adventure! Ret Romanne is from the Off World Base of Untopia, a world of surveillance cameras, monitoring, and investigation under the eyes of "Destinies Designed Corporation." Pat Riot, Operations Manager at the Corporation may have something to do with Ret's demise as a succesful test pilot and his being the partner of Glenda. At least, Ret thinks so. Once Glenda was a starlet in the making, but now she works in the Diner at the end of the road where Ret lives. After his crash, the couple fell apart, and now Ret's body still burns to this day! SC, 32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99 BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS #2 by Various From the creators of 10th Muse, ISIS, and Judo Girl, BlueWater is ready to introduce the next generation of heroes! Readers will come to know Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, Styx and Stone, Missile to the Moon, Tony & Cleopatra, and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Also, preview some of the new Ray Harryhausen titles! Meet them right now in this new 32-page sampler! Explore the worlds of some new titles coming to comic shops soon! RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #3 (MAR083524) 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 GEARZ #3 by Dan Rafter & Thiago Silva Karen Chugg just wanted to graduate high school as valedictorian. But it's not easy to study when the president of the United States sends hooded assassins to kill your three new best friends, who just happen to be deadly robot bodyguards! And how can you be expected to master calculus and physics when you've finally fallen in love, and the boy of your dreams is a killer robot with a split personality? Karen Chugg's life has just become even more complicated! SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 PISTOLFIST #2 by J.S. Earls, David A. Flanary, Jr & Andres Guinaldo Pistolfist's escape attempt results in deadly, unforeseen repercussions. Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin is forced to consider his son's involvement with the Redcoats' lethal agenda. Further revelations of Pistolfist’s past and a surprise ending complete this follow-up to the stunning debut! SC, 32pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.99 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS BACK TO MYSTERIOUS ISLAND #2 by Max Landis & Kevin Gentilcore New, classic monsters are seen on the island. Captain Grastle actually does more damage than the wasp as he attempts to swat it with crazed shots from his AK-47. He finally triggers the engine and, to everybody’s surprise, sends them grinding up onto the beach of the theretofore invisible Mysterious Island! SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS TP by Ryan Burton & Alan Brooks Famed sci-fi novel cover artist Alan Brooks bring you Ray Harryhausen's vision of the 1950s cult-classic Earth vs. the Flying Saucers to graphic novel format! Like every planetary invasion, there are two sides of the story. Told from the perspective of the aliens, see why the Sons of Aberann decide to wage war against Earth, and what type of culture spawned their warmongering ways. See them race on their Screamers in the wastelands of their planet while dodging the beastly Dustspeeds! Witness psychedelic alien fortune telling! And see what fate befalls those who cross the Warlord of Aberann! SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS SINBAD: ROGUE OF MARS SIGNED PRINT This 11" x 17" art print featuring the art from the comic series Ray Harryhausen Presents Sinbad: Rogue of Mars. This new image based on the comic series is signed by artist Mike Maydak and is limited to 300 prints. (C: 0-1-2) 11x17, FC SRP: $19.99 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS WRATH OF THE TITANS SIGNED PRINT This 11" x 17" art print features artwork from the sold-out first issue of Ray Harryhausen Presents Wrath of the Titans. The sequel to the film Clash of the Titans by legendary filmamker Ray Harryhausen, Wrath of the Titans sends Perseus on new adventures. This art print is signed by artist Nadir Balan and is limited to 300 prints. (C: 0-1-2) 11x17, FC SRP: $19.99 BLURRED BOOKS BLURRED VISION VOLUME 4 GN by Various Blurred Books is an anthology if new narrative art that blurs the line between fine art and comics. Ten artists from the worlds of alternative comics and contemporary art have been brought together in this collection that explores new intersections of image and text — art like comics, and comics like art. MATURE THEMES SC, 232pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 BODEGA DISTRIBUTION LLC NEVERLAND GN by Dave Kiersh A post-modern fairytale of love, loneliness, and mordant self-deprecation, Neverland is Dave Kiersh’s ode on the teenage pining for affirmation in the stale world of suburbia, touched with the singular reminiscent poignancy of any John Hughes movie. The suburbs take on the facade of a gingerbread castle on a magical island. What happens to lost boys when they grow up, and their fantasies are no longer innocent? SC, 5x7, 32pgs SRP: $7.00 BONGO COMICS BART SIMPSON COMICS #43 by Bates, Kress, Shaw!, Asprec, Rivette & Santiago Lisa Simpson moves into the spotlight this month in Bart Simpson Comics. First up, Lisa gets even with Bart when he threatens her most cherished form of artistic expression — the saxophone. Then Lisa tries to be one of the girls with Sherri and Terri with mixed results. And finally, after a moment of uncensored exasperation, Lisa finds herself under the tutelage of an unexpected and unexpurgated authority figure, Lunchlady Doris! Back off, Bart! Lisa’s taking the lead this August! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 SIMPSONS COMICS #145 by Rogers, Dixon & Costanza Bart has a “graphic” novel idea and pursues his lifelong dream of owning a comic book store, much to the dismay of the Comic Book Guy. Meanwhile across town, the Springfield Retirement Castle is on the brink of collapse. If it closes for good, where’s Grampa to go? Then back on the homefront Marge puts her sharply-honed household know-how to work to solve a mystery. Simmer this summer with the Simpsons! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 SIMPSONS COMICS TREASURE TROVE #1 by Matt Groening Bongo boasts its very best in a brand-new, pocket-sized digest, brimming with classic Simpsons stories and loaded with laughs. This new quarterly series offers 64-pages packed with comic gems including the Carl Barks-inspired high sea adventure tale “Uncle Burn$!;” Bart’s tricked-out version of Mark Twain’s stories on the mighty Mississippi; a costume drama featuring Bartman; and a high-octane, vintage, Itchy & Scratchy short! It’s a pint-sized package filled with giggles galore this August! SC, 64pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR VOLUME 5: DEAD MAN'S JEST TP by Matt Groening Master of mirthful mayhem, Matt Groening, meets the Monsters of Rock (Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, and Rob Zombie) in a heavy metal, Halloween-inspired rock ’n’ roll odyssey of head-banging, tongue- wagging, dead-raising frights and frivolity. Even “Mr. Nice Guy” Pat Boone gets in a “metal mood” with a twisted tale of dastardly demons and righteous redemption. From donut batter to ghoulish splatter, you’ll be tricked and treated to a chaotic comic collection chock-full of thunder-clapping hell spawn, chainsaw-toting monkeys, televisions run amuck, bible camp ghost stories, lime-flavored Squishee monsters, toilets of the damned, vampire tombs, the Evil Eye, and a very special tribute to EC Comics, the forebears of witty horror and suspense comic storytelling. It’s the Halloween Jam of the Century that’ll blow your mind and rock your soul! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC SRP: $15.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A BART SIMPSON COMICS #17-18 by Various Bart Simpson is the most famous 10 year-old for a reason — he's always doing what other kids are thinking! Join the mischievous youth — and his alter-ego, Bartman — in a variety of madcap adventures! #17—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 #18—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 O/A SIMPSONS COMICS #94-95 by Various The sleepy little town of Springfield is in for a rude awakening when financial necessity requires that all the businesses, all the government programs, and all the citizens operate non-stop 24/7. Then, Marge Simpson hires a life coach to give her life meaning, but is it a meaning she wants when her life coach turns out to be Krusty the Clown? #94—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 #95—32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 BOOM! STUDIOS NECRONOMICON #1 by William Messner-Loebs & Andrew Ritchie In last month’s Cthulhu Tales #5, Mark Waid seeded clues and hints to the scope of BOOM!’s new “horrorverse.” Now that the Necronomicon has been opened, writer William Messner-Loebs brings you the next chapter as he reveals the origins of the forbidden book of legend — and how its catastrophic influence will soon spread over the BOOM! line of titles! Cover by J.K. Woodward. SC, 24pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99 CHALLENGER DEEP #2 by Andrew Cosby & Marcelo Mueller Take a deep breath. Hold it. Now, imagine you’re on a — I didn’t say breathe! — on a sunken submarine at the bottom of the ocean, teetering on enough methane ice to blow the world in half if you make the slightest wrong move. And five world governments are sending underwater commandoes your way right this second! Heart racing? Getting lightheaded? That’s the skill of writer Andrew Cosby, creator of the hit Sci-Fi Channel show Eureka! SC, 24pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.99 HIGH ROLLERS #3 by Gary Phillips & Sergio Carrera Award-winning mystery novelist Gary Phillips came to BOOM! with the best idea they'd heard yet. The Sopranos was about the soap opera of upper-class mob life. What do you get, Gary asked, when you transplant that tension to the African-American gangs of inner-city L.A.? Answer — you get the story of CQ, a young man who thought the mob was his family, until it turned on him, forcing him to fight against California’s crime families to stay alive! A potent mix of American Gangster and The Wire for fans of Brubaker’s Criminal! 24pgs, FC (3 of 4) SRP: $3.99 STATION #3 by Johanna Stokes & Leno Jefferson The ultimate locked-room murder has been committed. Someone’s been killed aboard the international space-station two hundred and twenty miles above the Earth. All six astronauts suspect one another, and paranoia runs high as more victims fall while trying to expose the killer. If he’s not brought to justice — he can bring about the end of the world! A thriller in the vein of Whiteout, from the writer of the Eureka episodes “Right as Raynes” and “Purple Haze"! 24pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $3.99 SCREAM QUEEN #4 by Brendan Hay & Nate Watson BOOM!’s first horror-romance continues! Wrighty, the Shambling Terror of Rumson, continues to try to win the heart of high-schooler Molly by smiting her enemies. Oh, if only Wrighty’s idea of “exacting justice” didn’t involve hot tar, we’d make him a BOOM! editor. Writer Brendan Hay from The Daily Show continues to bring a American Pie-meets-Friday The 13th darkness to his comedy. Or comedy to his darkness! SC, 24pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $3.99 ZOMBIE TALES #5 by William Messner-Loebs, Brian Augustyn, Chee & Leno Carvalho We wish we could tell you that this was planned, but every once in a while an anthology just stumbles onto a theme. It’s a happy occurrence. Even though it involves zombies. Writers William Messner-Loebs and Brian Augustyn explore the role of faith and religion in the face of the coming zombie Apocalypse! Features covers by Pablo Quilgotti or Patrick Ballesteros. COVER A: QUILGOTTI—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 COVER B: BALLESTEROS—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 CTHULHU TALES #6 by Christine Boylan, William Messner-Loebs, Chee & Jon Reed The BOOM! Horrorverse spreads its tendrils into Cthulhu Tales in a sequel to the classic Lovecraft tale, “The Colour Out Of Time,” which BOOM!'s printer is threatening to charge extra for. Nothing but the best for our faithful BOOM! readers. BOOM! Studios, bringing you a black vortex of otherworldly insanity since 2005! Features two alternate covers, by Scott Keating or PopArt Studios. COVER A: KEATING—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 COVER B: POPART STUDIOS—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 FALL OF CTHULHU: GODWAR #2 by Michael Alan Nelson & Mateus Santolouco Open warfare between the Cult of Cthulhu and the followers of Nodens has spilled out onto the streets of Arkham, but as their struggle continues to rage, the Harlot reveals that she has no intention of staying on the sidelines during the Godwar. With the help of Lucifer, the Harlot sets her own plans in motion and welcomes back an old friend! Features two alternate covers, by Mateus Santolouco or Nick Percival. COVER A: SANTOLOUCO—SC, 24pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.99 COVER B: PERCIVAL—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 ENIGMA CIPHER TP by Andrew Cosby, Michael Alan Nelson & Greg Scott Casey Williams and her fellow grad students have a rather interesting homework assignment: decrypt a recently discovered Nazi code left over from World War II. But as they begin their work, those connected with it are found dead. Casey knows that there's more to the “Enigma Cipher” than map coordinates from a sixty-year-old war, but in order to save her own life, she’ll have to crack the code! NOTE: Not available in Germany. SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $15.99 WARHAMMER 40,000: FIRE AND HONOR #1 by Graham McNeill & Tony Parker Meet the Imperial Guardsmen of Blazer Company, garrisoned in a tactical position known with typical soldier's irony as Paradise City. As the Tau attack, the regiment's famed Hellhound tanks fry Tau warriors and mortars drop explosive shells on their heads. In the midst of the battle, the fate of war could tip in the Imperial forces' favor — or tip towards betrayal and annihilation! Beginning here: a new Warhammer 40,000 saga crafted by fan-favorite Black Library novelist Graham McNeill (False Gods)! Features two alternate covers, both by artist Tony Parker. COVER A—SC, 24pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99 COVER B—SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 WARHAMMER 40,000: EXTERMINATUS #3 by Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Daniel Lapham The true extent of House De Kyp's treachery and corruption is about to be revealed when, without warning, a huge object impacts the surface. It’s a drop pod which deposits the nightmarish juggernaut that is a Chaos Dreadnought. Tasked to wipe out both Inquisitor Alastor's team and the Damask Brothers, will Chaos reign? Features two alternate covers, both by Warhammer 40,000: Fire and Honor artist Tony Parker. (C: 0-1-0) COVER A—24pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $3.99 COVER B—24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 OFFERED AGAIN O/A WARHAMMER: FORGE OF WAR TP by Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Rahsan Ekedal On a hundred-mile front across the Northern fringes of the Empire, the defenses of man and his dwarf allies are crumbling, fear threatens to become panic, and the blood of martyrs runs ankle-deep. Here begins the hopeless quest of a ramshackle band led by Greatsword Sergeant Franz Vogel. Vogel must unite his disparate band of men, mages, and dwarfs to take the battle to the forces of Chaos that routed them — but first they must first survive the secrets, both sacred and profane, lurking within the primordial forest to which they fled! Will Vogel and his band find deliverance or eternal damnation? SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 O/A WARHAMMER 40,000: BLOOD & THUNDER TP by Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Daniel Lapham The Orks are the most warlike race in the blood-soaked galaxy of the 41st millennium — cruel, crude, and brutally barbaric! Their unflinching passion for violence is so unquenchable, Ork clans spend as much time warring with each other as they do their enemies! Yet, once in a generation, a leader will emerge, mighty enough to lay waste to his rivals and unite the clans, unleashing armies millions strong upon humankind! Destiny beckons, and it is from the ranks of the Blood Axe clan that the call will be answered! SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $16.99 STARS OF THE MONTH WARHAMMER 40,000: DAMNATION CRUSADE TP by Abnett, Edginton, Boychuk & Antonio In the nightmare future of the 41st Millennium, there is only war! Three great defenders of the Imperium of Man — the Black Templars Raclaw, Gerhart and Tankred — line up in conflicts that will break the stars apart. Only battle will decide who is the greatest hero! (MAY073292) SC, 7x10, 136pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 TAG VOLUME 1 TP by Keith Giffen & Kody Chamberlain After a fight with his girlfriend, a young man meets a random stranger who tags him, handing off an ancient curse! He literally begins to die — and rot — as his body begins to decompose every day before his very eyes. Cursed, he must either surrender, or find the next victim to tag! Collects the three issue mini-series from Keith Giffen and Kody Chamberlain! (NOV063400) SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $14.99 ********************************************************************** WARHAMMER: FORGE OF WAR #4 IRONORC EDITION by Dan Abnett, Ian Edgington & Rahsan Ekedal This extremely limited cover for Warhammer: Forge of War #3 was previously only available as a 1-in-10 retailer incentive. Orders may be allocated. 24pgs, FC (4 of 6) SRP: $14.99 WARHAMMER 40,000: DAMNATION CRUSADE #4 IRONORC EDITION by Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Lui Antonio This extremely limited cover for Warhammer 40,000: Damnation Crusade #4 was previously only available as a 1-in-10 retailer incentive. Orders may be allocated. SC, 24pgs, FC (4 of 6) SRP: $14.99 WARHAMMER 40,000 CONVENTION SPECIAL by Dan Abnett & Lui Antonio Recently unearthed, the premiere Warhammer 40,000 comic book from BOOM! Studios! Previously only available at SDCC 2006 as a convention special, the Warhammer 40,000 Convention Special features the Dan Abnett story "Death From Above," with art by Lui Antonio. Special edition limited. Orders may be allocated. SC, 12pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 WARHAMMER 40,000: EXTERMINATUS #3 IRONORC EDITION by Dan Abnett, Ian Edginton & Dnaiel Lapham Inquisitor Alastor's investigation leads him to track a cargo container carrying a dying Untouchable on its way to the merchant House De Kyp on the planet Demarius Secunda on the orders of the nefarious Damask Brothers. Backed by a squad of Adeptus Arbites, Alastor and his Retinue storm the Damask's island quarters. But can it all really be that simple? Special edition limited to 500 copies. Orders may be allocated. SC, 24pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $9.99 WARHAMMER 40,000: FIRE & HONOR #1 IRONORC EDITION by Graham McNeill & Tony Parker Meet the Imperial Guardsmen of Blazer Company, garrisoned in a tactical position known with typical soldier's irony as Paradise City. In the midst of battle, the fate of war could tip in the Imperial forces' favor — or tip towards betrayal and annihilation! Beginning here: a new Warhammer 40,000 saga crafted by fan-favorite Black Library novelist Graham McNeill! Special edition limited to 500 copies. Orders may be allocated. SC, 24pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $9.99 BROADSWORD COMICS FIONA HORNE: HATS & CATS ART PRINT by Jim Balent Jim Balent has created an enchanting portrait of the bewitchingly beautiful, Fiona Horne — author, TV personality, singer, and practicing witch — who costarred with Tarot in Tarot #49. Posing with her furry familiar and her favorite hat, this print is a purr-fect addition to the fantasy art lover's collection. Measuring 10" x 6 1/2" and suitable for framing, this full-color print is offered as a 200 piece signed edition and a limited unsigned edition. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SIGNED PRINT—6.5x10, FC SRP: $20.00 UNSIGNED PRINT—6.5x10, FC SRP: $10.00 TAROT: WITCH OF BLACK ROSE #31 PHOTO/TATTOO PACK by Jim Balent It's the Spring Equinox, and the world awakens from the long winter sleep. Unfortunately, that includes pesky pixies, one of whom steals the Black Rose birthmark right off Tarot's back! Join Tarot as she battles her way through the fairy realm to regain her birthmark. A great jumping-on point for new readers, as well as another exciting read for her devoted fans who may have missed this hard-to-find issue, this special pack ships with either of the 2 Jim Balent unsigned covers, a photo of Tarot, and temporary tattoo. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $15.00 TAROT: WITCH OF BLACK ROSE #22 TWIN-PACK by Jim Balent "Mists of Darkness," Part 4. A Werecat, a Skeleton Man, thousands of War-Thogs, five Dragon Witches, an army of Ghosts, three Black Rose Witches, and one really blood thirsty Elf, all collide in the sword wielding dramatic conclusion of "Mists of Darkness"! The fate of mankind and the world depends on one Witch! This hard-to-find sold-out issue comes bagged with both covers in good condition. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $10.00 BROCCOLI INTERNATIONAL USA COSMODE VOLUME 2 HC Cosplay is a wildly popular Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, video games, and Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. High interest in manga and anime in the West has created an increasingly large fan base, both male and female, for this fascinating activity. Cosmode features more makeup and posing tips for aspiring and expert cosplayers, plus clothing patterns, how-to guides, photo spreads, and more. How’s your Japanese? (C: 0-1-2) HC, 8x11, 200pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 MY DEAREST DEVIL PRINCESS VOLUME 4 GN by Makoto Matsumoto & Maika Netsu Keita, Maki, and their friends face new challenges — and experience new adventures — in the latest installment of this popular manga series. When Keita shows off his way with women, Maki grows jealous. Meanwhile, Miki conspires to beat Maki and become the demon queen, but when she loses control of her powers, Keita must once again restore order to his always-exciting world. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #4 (APR083666) SC, 5x7, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $9.99 BUENAVENTURA PRESS BOY'S CLUB #1 by Matt Furie Teenage monsters Andy, Brett, Landwolf, and Pepe are always "drinkin', stinkin’, and never thinkin'." These four best friends spend their day-to-day lives together playing Nintendo, eating pizza, and having the occasional psychedelic metamorphosis. Filled with stories about friendship, kiwis, and video games, Boy's Club will make you want to dig out your Air Force Ones and rejoice! This hilarious and wildly popular hard-to-find first issue was originally published by Teenage Dinosaur in 2007, and is now widely available for the first time! MATURE THEMES SC, 40pgs, B&W SRP: $4.95 THE COMPLETE JACK SURVIVES HC by Jerry Moriarty The definitive collection of Jerry Moriarty’s celebrated comic strip Jack Survives! This oversized, full-color edition gathers all of the strips and presents them as the author intended. Moriarty’s painted comics offer slice-of-life vignettes that express a somehow fanciful yet deadpan take on the humor inherent in everyday moments. Since Jack Survives first appeared in Art Spiegelman’s groundbreaking anthology RAW in the ‘80s, it has been lauded for Moriarty’s innovative use of the comics medium. This long-awaited deluxe volume gives these comics new life. Introduction by acclaimed cartoonist Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan). (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES HC, 11X14, 80pgs, FC SRP: $29.95 SOUVLAKI CIRCUS HC by Amanda Vähämäki & Michelangelo Setola Flamingos attack taxi drivers. Bears eat boiled eggs. Bishops contend with an angry mob of seals. And teeth — smiling, hungry, growling, or lacerating — are rarely more than a heartbeat away from being bared. Finnish artist Amanda Vähämäki and Italian artist Michelangelo Setola have created the enigmatic Souvlaki Circus, a series of pencil drawings that weave a patchwork narrative of metaphoric truths about humans and nature. Vähämäki and Setola have tapped into deep and often unsettling imagery to forge a night-time world that vividly illustrates how the differences between human and beast are often as thin as the artists’ delicate pencil strokes. Vähämäki and Setola depict the undeniable humanity of their beasts as easily as they indict man for his beastly savagery, all while blurring the line between humor and suspense. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 80pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95 CARTOON BOOKS BONE BOXED SET #1 (BOOKS 1-3) by Jeff Smith The three Bone cousins — Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone — are lost in a vast, uncharted desert. They soon find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures, where they learn there are dark forces conspiring against them. For the first time, the first three books of Jeff Smith’s thrilling comic book saga are available in this slipcased box set! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, FC SRP: $26.96 JEFF SMITH: BONE & BEYOND HC by Dave Filipi, Scott McCloud & Neil Gaiman Jeff Smith is one of the great success stories of independent comics. In July of 1991, he launched Cartoon Books in Columbus, Ohio, to publish his black-and-white comic strip Bone. A tale of three marshmallowy creatures named Bone, adrift in a world of humans, monsters and fantasy creatures, Bone has since been translated into 15 languages and won Smith countless awards. Bone and Beyond is the first volume to offer an overview of Smith's work. Published in conjunction with the Wexner Center and Cartoon Research Library's 2008 exhibition, this catalogue presents work featured in the show, including examples of Smith's original drawings for Bone, plus the more recent Shazam and Rasl. Also featured are selected works by cartoonists who have influenced Smith, such as George Herriman, Charles Schulz, and Walt Kelly, and essays by comic book and fantasy author Neil Gaiman, comic book artist and scholar Scott McCloud and Wexner Center film/video curator David Filipi, the exhibition's co-curator. Cartoon Research Library curator Lucy Shelton Caswell, the exhibition's other co-curator, provides an introduction. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 10.5x9.5, 96pgs, PC SRP: $24.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A FONE BONE LIFE-SIZED PLUSH TOY We can't believe we haven't made this toy before now, and when you see it, you won't believe it either! Fone Bone is made of extra soft plush material and will be wearing his trademark backpack that can be opened and closed. This life-sized toy stands at an impressive 26" tall! This Fone Bone plush toy is a giant version of the popular 13" Bone toy that surprised everyone last fall! (C: 1-1-4) Plush SRP: $40.00 CATASTROPHIC COMICS SPARKS #3 by Christopher Folino & JM Ringuet William Katt’s monthly superhero noir thriller continues as masked vigilante Ian Sparks reaches his darkest hour just as a figure from his past resurfaces. SC, 32pgs, FC (3 of 8) SRP: $2.99 CATULLUS FOKKE & SUKKE SC by Reid, Geleijnse & Van Tol From the boardroom to the darkroom, from the jungle to the supermarket aisle, Fokke & Sukke are masters at combining the witty and intelligent with the silly and crude. Started as a student prank, Fokke (a duck) and Sukke (a bird) enjoy great popularity in the Netherlands. They feature daily in quality broadsheet NRC Handelsblad, and have their own slot in one of Holland's most popular news shows on TV. Both endearing and repulsive, Fokke & Sukke are remarkably versatile in their consistent effort to redefine the boundaries of good taste. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $10.50 CHECKER BOOK PUBLISHING GROUP CHECKER BOOKS HORROR COMICS SET by Various Whether it’s alien abductions or hellish plains of existence there is no denying that Checker’s Horror Set is perfect for anyone who likes to be scared! With names like Chris Carter and Clive Barker behind these works you may find that you’ll want to keep the lights on at night and check under the bed before you go to sleep. Includes X-Files Volume 1, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Collected Best and Clive Barker’s Tapping the Vein. Set (x3) SRP: $67.85 SUPREME TP'S by Alan Moore & Various Alan Moore follows his Eisner Award-winning "The Story of the Year" Supreme storyline with "The Return," presented here in its entirety for the first time! In Judgment Day Alan Moore was given the opportunity to write a mini-series featuring an entire super-hero universe. The results were just as unpredictable, and ingenious as his work on his landmark work, Watchmen! SUPREME: THE RETURN (STAR19008)—SC, FC SRP: $24.95 JUDGMENT DAY (SEP032204)—SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $16.95 ALEX RAYMOND'S FLASH GORDON HC'S by Alex Raymond Presented in stunning full-color, in a landscape page-format that highlights Alex Raymond's gorgeous, sprawling scenery and cinematic layout, these archival-quality books feature his work on the famous Flash Gordon comic strip! Volume 6 features the Flash Gordon Sundays strips which originally ran from August 1941 through May 1943, and Volume 7 collects Flash Gordon Sundays strips which originally ran from May 1943 through February 1945. VOLUME 6 (OCT063271)—HC, 9x12, 100pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 VOLUME 7 (NOV063431)—HC, 9x12, 100pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 CHIMAERA STUDIOS CONSORTIUM OF JUSTICE #2 by George T. Singley, Jim Mitchel & Marcio Takara The Magnate and his minions battle the Consortium of Justice! Earth’s greatest superheroes band together with a new team of heroes to try and stop this planet destroying foe and his endless hordes of warriors — while the Syndicate of Sorrow plots the demise of the valiant heroes! As one of the world's greatest heroes falls, can the rest of the Consortium of Justice hold off the Magnates global conquests? SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 WARGOD #2 by George T. Singley, Jim Mitchel & Ben Morse Wargod must find a way to free his father from the dark imprisonment of the evil god Sutkeh, while Captain Stellar and his heroes “invite” Wargod to join them. With Wargod's new allies at his side, can they be enough to stop the unearthly menace of Demon-Hunter! SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 CINEBOOK THE SCORPION VOLUME 1: THE DEVIL'S MARK GN by Stephen Desberg & Enrico Marini Rome the beautiful is dying, the symbol of civilization falling, the empire burning. Hidden from massacres and looting, a strange meeting is held by nine families who share the Roman Empire. To retain their power, they decide to support a new religion — Christianity — as well as its representative, the Pope. But who are these 9 mysterious families? Centuries later, during the Renaissance, a brigand called The Scorpion makes a living by unearthing relics in the depths of the Roman catacombs, which he sells at high prices to princes and bishops. Trebaldi, a powerful cardinal, takes an interest in this Scorpion, who is either a creature of the devil or a witness to a cursed era, who must disappear! MATURE THEMES SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 IZNOGOUD VOLUME 2: THE CALIPH'S VACATION TP by R. Goscinny & Tabary Legend has it that in Baghdad the magnificent, a great and particularly dark-minded vizier, who answers to the name of Iznogoud, works on his ambition to steal the throne of Caliph Haroun al-Plassid. Thus his favourite saying: “I want to be caliph instead of the caliph!” Iznogoud, seconded by his faithful servant Wa’at Alahf, goes on vacation with the caliph — in the desert! Of course, his goal is to get rid of him by any means necessary! SC, 48pgs, FC SRP: $11.95 LUCKY LUKE VOLUME 12: THE RIVALS OF PAINFUL GULCH TP by R. Goscinny & Morris Two rival families live in Painful Gulch — the O’Timmins clan, who have big noses, and the O’Haras, who have big ears. They’ve been fighting for decades and don’t even know why anymore. Lucky Luke is appointed mayor in order to bring peace back to the town. But the men and their thick-headed sense of honor will wreck all of Lucky Luke’s plans for reconciliation! SC, 48pgs, FC SRP: $11.95 CLASS COMICS INC ANGELFACE #1 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) ADULT MATERIAL SC, 24pgs, FC SRP: $9.00 COMIC CAVALCADE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ANNUAL #1 GOLD FOIL COVER by John Russo & Edison George This special Gold Foil cover of the Night of the Living Dead Annual was previously only available at conventions and is limited to just 500 copies. All copies ship bagged and boarded with a Certificate of Authenticity. MATURE THEMES 40pgs, FC SRP: $5.99 D. E. PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #7 by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger & Carlos Paul Creators Alex Ross and Jim Kruger, along with artists Carlos Paul and Debora Carita have pulled out all the stops as our heroes have been assembled and stand ready to face the new threats – and promises – of the world they left behind! Issue #7 may close the first chapter of this exciting new series, but the Superpowers will return this fall under the helm of Ross, Kruger, Paul and Carita! Features a stunning cover by Ross depicting the heroes of our series! This issue is also available in a limited edition foil-enhanced cover edition! REGULAR COVER—32pgs, FC (7 of 7) SRP: $2.99 FOIL COVER—32pgs, FC PI THE BOYS #21 by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson The Seven bite off more than they can chew — and then some! Stopping a hijacked airliner looks easy enough in comic books, especially with superpowers... but what happens when you try it for real? The Legend tells Hughie the dreadful secret behind the worst day of the twenty-first century in "I Tell You No Lie, G.I." Part Three! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 THE BOYS DEFINITIVE EDITION HC by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson Controversial. Groundbreaking. These words and more describe Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys. Now, the first fourteen issues of the series, plus bonus artwork and the complete, original script for the first issue, are collected into The Boys Definitive Edition! This slipcased hardcover edition presents The Boys the way Ennis and Robertson mean it to be. Due to the high cost involved in its creation, The Boys Definitive Edition will be printed to initial orders. Also available is the High End Edition, with a hand-drawn sketch by Robertson, signed by Ennis and Robertson. Don't miss out! (C: 0-0-2) MATURE THEMES DEFINITIVE EDITION—Slipcase SRP: $75.00 HIGH-END EDITION—Slipcase SRP: $499.99 THE BOYS PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE SIGNED LITHOGRAPH by Darick Robertson Get this fine art lithograph, signed by creators Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, that features the famous cover from The Boys #1! Measuring 18" x 24" and printed on 80# Gallerie Art Silk stock, this limited edition lithograph will be printed to initial orders only, exclusively through PREVIEWS! (C: 0-1-2) Litho, 18x24 SRP: $49.99 STARS OF THE MONTH THE BOYS TP'S by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the "supes" don't get out of line. Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The Female are The Boys, a CIA-backed team of very dangerous people, each one dedicated to the struggle against the most dangerous force on Earth — superpower! Volume 1 collects the controversial first six issues, and Volume 2 collects issues #7-14, featureing the “legend” the story of the Tek-Knight and the team’s journey to frozen Russia! MATURE THEMES VOLUME 1 (DEC078191)—SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $16.99 VOLUME 2 (DEC073541)—SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $19.99 ********************************************************************** BAD BOY: 10TH-ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION FRANK MILLER COVER HC by Frank Miller & Simon Bisley Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents a brand-new hardcover production of Bad Boy by Frank Miller and Simon Bisley! Bad Boy features Jason, a little boy who comes to realize his parents aren't his parents, and that he's part of a sterile experimental community. Originally produced as a strip for the British edition of GQ, Bad Boy is a powerful piece of graphic fiction as only Miller and Bisley can produce! Featuring an all-new cover by Frank Miller, created exclusively for this Dynamite Hardcover Edition, this new production presents the lost classic as the creators originally envisioned! HC, FC SRP: $14.99 THE LONE RANGER #12 by Brett Matthews & Sergio Cariello Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! After the incredible reaction to issue #11 of our series (featuring the guest artwork of Paul Pope), The Lone Ranger creative team is working hard on the next story arc, which kicks off in this issue! Cover artist John Cassaday, writer Brett Matthews and artist Sergio Cariello present part one of a four-part arc which features the return of Cavendish and the expansion of the re-imagined mythos of The Lone Ranger and Tonto! (C: 0-0-1) MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 BROTHERS IN ARMS #4 by David Wohl, Mike Neumann & Davide Fabbri Dynamite’s dramatic comic book series featuring the real men and battles of World War continues and they partner with Ubisoft/Gearbox to tell the tales of the Brothers in arms! Featuring the writing of game writer Mike Neumann along with the incredibly researched and meticulous art of Davide Fabbri! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 RED SONJA #37 by Brian Reed & Walter Geovanni Know this, reader of these texts — Red Sonja has perished! Fallen in battle with the vile sorcerer Kulan Gath, Sonja gave her life to save all of Hyboria. For a time, the red-maned warrior did journey through Hades at the side of the boatsman Charon. Here, she did learn the truth of her own creation at the hands of the false Goddess Scathach. Twenty winters have passed since last Sonja walked the land. However, now that she has returned, her new incarnation self has yet to learn the truth of her existence, or the reason for her miraculous rebirth! The all-new adventures of Red Sonja continue from the creative team of writer Brian Reed, artist Walter Geovani, and cover artists Mel Rubi, Carlos Rafael and Pablo Marcos! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 RED SONJA #25 PABLO MARCOS ORIGINAL ART SKETCH EDITION by Michael Avon Oeming & Brian Reed This limited edition of Red Sonja # 25 features a sketch cover with original hand-drawn art by artist Pablo Marcos, featuring an incredible hand-drawn image of Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword! This is a one-of-a-kind cover, with each cover an original sketch, not a reproduction! (C: 0-1-2) 32pgs, FC SRP: $69.99 THE MAN WITH NO NAME: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLIER #4 by Christos Gage & Wellington Dias Dynamite entertainment redefined the comic book western with The Lone Ranger, and now with the iconic “Man With No Name” series, they're doing it again! This time out, Blondie and Ramirez attempt to use subterfuge to achieve their means, but in the end, its bullets and blowing things up that are going to rule the day! Featuring another stunning cover by Richard Isanove! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 THE THE MAN WITH NO NAME #1—"WANTED POSTER" BLANK COVER by Christos Gage & Wellington Dias This is the ultra-rare The Man With No Name blank cover, virgin white for fans to take to shows and conventions to get their favorite artist to do a hand-drawn sketch on the cover! Limited in number, fans should jump on these! (C: 0-0-2) 32pgs, FC SRP: $10.00 ZORRO #7 by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla With a flick of the wrist, Zorro leaves his mark! And Dynamite has left their mark with the all-new Dynamite comic book series from writer/cover artist/art director Matt Wagner and artist Francesco Francavilla! Featuring covers by Wagner and Ryan Sook (Countdown)! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 ZORRO #1 SIGNED EDITION by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Writer Matt Wagner has signed copies the sold-out first issue of Zorro #1, and Dynamite is making a few available this month. Quantities are limited, and allocations may occur. (C: 0-0-2)SRP: $29.99 ARMY OF DARKNESS #13 by James Kuhoric, Mike Raicht & Fernando Blanco Unlucky (although in Ash’s case, everything is unlucky!) issue #13 is here! In the past, Dynamite has killed Ash, sent him to fight the Marvel Zombies, hooked him up with Xena, Freddy, Ash and Jason (not all at once)… so what do they have planned for this issue? Find out in August from writers James Kuhoric, Mike Raicht and artist Pere Perez! Covers by Fabiano Neves (75%) and Stjepan Sejic (25%)! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 SAVAGE TALES #9 by Various The Savage Tales from Dynamite Entertainment continue in issue #9! Osin returns in a new story from Lieberman and Rafael. Volaka is back for more adventure in a new tale from Doug Murray and Lui Antonio. Then, it's adventure in ancient Greece with Hercules in a story from writer Doug Murray! Finally, return to the days of legendary Atlantis in a new epic from Leah Moore, John Reppion, and cover artist Pablo Marcos! MATURE THEMES 48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON ZERO #1 MARAT MYCHAELS ORIGINAL ART SKETCH EDITION by Jerwa & Herbert This limited edition of Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #1 features a sketch cover with original hand-drawn art by artist Marat Mychaels, featuring an incredible hand-drawn image! This is a one-of-a-kind cover, with each cover an original sketch, not a reproduction! (C: 0-1-2) 32pgs, FC SRP: $69.99 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: ORIGINS #10 by Robert Napton & Jonathan Lau The Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica series writer Kevin Fahey, joined this issue by co-writer Clay Carmouche, is back and joined by artist Jonathan Lau for a special “origin” series focusing on Kara and Helo! From the academy to their assignment onboard the Galactica, follow the previously untold tale in the Origin series! Featuring two covers, one by Lau and the other a photo cover! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.50 STARS OF THE MONTH BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: CYLON APOCALYPSE TP by Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Carlos Rafael Dual revelations rock the rag-tag fleet as a routine Viper patrol puts them on the edge of a bizarre scene — Cylon Raiders attacking one of their own Basestars! As the Cylon Basestar crashes into an ocean-covered world, Adama and Starbuck discover a bizarre creature that appears to be a Cylon Centurion engulfed by diseased flesh. The Cylons are sick, and the apocalypse has begun! Lost writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach is joined by Battlestar artist Carlos Rafael for this special comic book event! All four issues of the series are collected here along with a special cover gallery featuring the works of Jim Starlin, Michael Golden, Pat Lee, Carlos Rafael, and Stephen Sadowski! (AUG073505) (C: 0-0-2) SC, FC SRP: $14.99 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA VOLUME 3 TP by Greg Pak & Nigel Raynor Sharon leads her strange army into the heart of the Cylon empire, discovering not only the answers to who she is, but the secrets of her very existence! Back on the Galactica, Commander Adama works to put down a violent uprising aboard his ship, while battling the “returner” virus that has crippled more than half his crew! Collecting issues #9-12 of the companion to the award-winning Sci-Fi Channel series! Available with an art cover by Segovia or a photo cover from the hit television series! (C: 0-0-2) SEGOVIA COVER (OCT073402)—96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 PHOTO COVER (OCT073403)—96pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 ********************************************************************** NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON ZERO TP by Jerwa & Herbert Collecting issues #0-6 of Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero, the official prequel to the hit Sci-Fi Channel series! Set approximately two years before the mini-series which relaunched Battlestar Galactica to such acclaim, Season Zero series follows Commander Adama and crew as they take on their first mission on board the Galactica. Everything in that time frame will be explored, including the menace and return of the Cylons, as events hurtle towards the Apocalypse! Wrapped in a cover by Adriano Batista, this trade paperback contains a complete cover gallery! SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $19.99 NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO TP SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $19.99 RED SONJA BY ADAM HUGHES STATUE — FULLY-PAINTED EDITION This sold-out statue is being re-released in a fully painted edition! Inspired by the artwork of Adam Hughes from the rare cover to Red Sonja #2! His incentive cover came to life in the debut statue from Dynamite Select, and now it has been fully painted, bringing the dynamic cover to rich life! Sculpted and painted by Shawn Nagle, every detail of Hughes' vision of the She-Devil with a Sword is captured here! This piece stands 9" tall, 8" wide, and 5" deep. Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to own Robert E. Howard's fantasy heroine! Also available is the ultra-limited "Diamond Eyes" edition! Painted and ready to display. (C: 0-1-2) REGULAR EDITION—Statue SRP: $149.99 DIAMOND EYES EDITION—Statue SRP: $249.99 STARS OF THE MONTH DARK XENA TP by John Layman & Noah Salonga Taking place some time after the series finale of Xena: Warrior Princess and before the events of the "Contest of Pantheons," Dark Xena finds Gabriele making a request of the Gods and learning that you must be very, very careful what you wish for, and how you wish for it! Xena is Dead, Long Live Xena... er... Dark Xena that is. And by "Dark" we mean just plain evil, mean and nasty! Also included is the Xena Annual, by writer Keith Champagne and artist Noah Salonga! (OCT073414) (C: 0-0-2) SC, FC SRP: $14.99 RAISE THE DEAD HC by Leah Moore, John Reppion, & Hugo Petrus Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full-scale zombie infestation! From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling — and all the gory details will be presented in full-color! This oversized hardcover collects the entire four-issue mini-series plus a complete cover gallery featuring the work of Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam! Introduction by Zombie expert Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z! (AUG073499) (C: 0-0-2) HC, FC SRP: $19.99 THE ESSENTIAL PAINKILLER JANE TP by Quesada, Palmiotti, Conner, & Augustyn This trade reprints the classic 1999 zero issue of Painkiller Jane in this essential collection! Features issues #0-6, by the creative team of Joe Quesada, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner and Brian Augustyn, this new edition features a striking cover by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti along with a classic cover gallery! (FEB062967) (C: 0-1-1) SC, 7x10, FC SRP: $19.99 THE LONE RANGER REGULAR EDITION HC by Matthews, Cassaday, Cariello, White & Bowland "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo Silver. The Lone Ranger!" With those words, fans young and old alike grew to love The Lone Ranger, and now Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the definitive collection of their all-new Lone Ranger series! Featuring the all-star creative team of writer Brett Matthews, art director and cover artist John (Planetary, Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, artist Sergio Cariello, colorist Dean White and letterer Simon Bowland, The Lone Ranger has grown to be the most talked about comic of the year! And now, all six issues are presented in one ultimate hardcover collection — the complete story of how John Reid was transformed into The Lone Ranger and, along with his partner Tonto, set a new standard of justice in the Old West! Also features a complete cover gallery featuring all of Cassaday’s covers for the series, and more! (JAN073522) (C: 0-1-2) HC SRP: $24.99 ********************************************************************** DABEL BROTHERS PRODUCTIONS LLC DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: PRODIGAL SON #4 by Dean Koontz, Chuck Dixon & Brett Booth While one of Victor Helios’ creations reaches out for his master’s help in a most peculiar way, Detective Carson investigates the apartment of Bobby Allwine. What clues will the home of the murder victim of the serial killer known as The Surgeon reveal? What she finds there will change her life forever! 32pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $2.99 GEORGE R.R. MARTIN'S WILD CARDS: THE HARD CALL #5 by George R.R. Martin, Daniel Abraham & Eric Battle Croyd Crenson, better known in Jokertown as "The Sleeper," has tracked down the Dog Masked serial killer who framed him for murder. Unfortunately, this mysterious man is an Ace with the ability to dematerialize at will, which means he's impossible to pin down! Will Crenson and Alex be able to stop him from striking again? Or will one of them be his next victim? Meanwhile, Simon has tracked down Kira but will he be able to save her in time? More importantly, does she want to be saved? 32pgs, FC (5 of 6) SRP: $2.99 DEL REY KASUMI VOLUME 1 GN by Surt Lim & Hirofumi Sugimoto Kasumi is a cheerful girl who, upon moving into a strange new town, received the power of invisibility from a tree god. But she is not alone — there are others like her. With her newfound friends, she'll seek to use her powers for good, without falling into the clutches of those who threaten her! SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 MAMOTTE! LOLLIPOP VOLUME 7 GN by Michiyo Kikuta Zero's not just the boy of Nina's dreams — he's also her hero! This super-cute wizard once made a promise to protect her from danger. But when a mysterious group of magicians steals Zero's magic, it is Nina's turn to get tough. Now, Nina's all set to save Zero — with the magical power of love. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 MUSHISHI VOLUME 5 by Yuki Urushibara Imagine being blind, but that nebulous creatures called mushi allow you to see farther and better than any human, even into another person's future. Ginko, whose lifelong task is to understand the many kinds of mushi, encounters such a woman and becomes entangled in the shocking future she sees for him. MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 256pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95 STAR OF THE MONTH MINIMA VOLUME 1 GN by Machiko Sakurai What would you do if your favorite toy came to life and became your best friend? Well, that’s just what happens to Ame Oikawa, a shy schoolgirl. Nicori is a super-cute doll with a mind of its own — and a plan to make Ame’s dreams come true! (DEC073562) SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 ********************************************************************** NEGIMA! VOLUME 19 GN by Ken Akamatsu Now that all his students have shared their deepest secrets and feelings about Negi, will he ever be able to assert his authority as their teacher again? Includes exclusive Negima! stickers! MATURE THEMES SC, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 PRINCESS RESURRECTION VOLUME 4 GN by Yasunori Nitsunaga It's finally time for Blood Warrior Hiro to become Princess Hime's hero. The vampires and the werewolves are clashing in a terrible feud, while the ghosts are whispering of betrayal — and giant insects are planning to make a meal of Hime and her friends. Only one thing's for sure — there's going to be even more blood-soaked mayhem and unstoppable action than ever before! SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 YAGYU NINJA SCROLLS VOLUME 4 GN by Futaro Yamada & Masaki Segawa In seventeenth-century Japan, a rebellion in Aizu Territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty-one warriors dead and most of the nuns in a local convent slaughtered. Now the convent’s survivors have sworn vengeance, dedicating themselves to the study of the deadly ninja arts. From the creators of Basilisk. SC, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95 STARS OF THE MONTH YOZAKURA QUARTET VOLUME 1 GN by Suzuhito Yasuda Hime is a superhero. Ao can read minds. Kotoha can conjure things from thin air. And Akina — well, he's just a regular guy, surrounded by three girls with superpowers. Together, they are the Hizumi Everyday Life Consultation Office, dedicated to protecting their hometown. And with demons dogs and supernatural threats around every corner, there's plenty to keep them busy! (NOV073490) SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.95 MANGA: THE COMPLETE GUIDE SC by Jason Thompson An Eisner Award-nominee! Whether you’re new to the world of manga-style graphic novels or a longtime reader on the lookout for the next hot series, this comprehensive guide to the wide, wonderful world of Japanese comics features more than 900 incisive, full-length reviews of popular manga series, as well as extensive profiles of the biggest names in manga, including CLAMP, Osamu Tezuka, Rumiko Takahashi, and many others. (AUG078469) SC, 6x9, 592pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 ********************************************************************** DESPERADO PUBLISHING ANTOINE SHARP, THE ATHEIST VOLUME 2 #2 by Phil Hester & Kevin Mellon The caustic, but brilliant, skeptical investigator Antoine Sharpe investigates a haunted small town in South Carolina in which an inordinate amount of newlywed brides seem to go missing. The secret Sharpe discovers not only shocks the conscience, but defies reason itself! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.99 DETECTIVES, INC.: A REMEMBERANCE OF THREATENING GREEN HC by Don McGregor & Marshall Rogers In anticipation of the upcoming original Detectives, Inc. graphic novel, Desperado offers this deluxe hardcover of Don McGregor and Marshall Rogers’ gripping tale of the most explosive hero in comics! Together, Ted Denning and Bob Rainier are the New York-based agency, Detectives, Inc. Ted is the stable one, happily involved with Vera, and Bob is the morose loner, a "city-dwelling Heathcliff" trying to pick up the pieces of his life after his divorce. A midwife hires the investigators to find out who killed her lesbian lover, but they find much more than they bargained! Sometimes violent, yet oftentimes touching and emotional, A Remembrance of Threatening Green was at the forefront of the way comics were created, marketed and sold and stands today as one of the most important comics of the modern era! Also includes a look back at the creation of the project from series creator, Don McGregor. HC, 7x10, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $14.99 NECESSARY EVIL #8 by Joshua Williamson & J.C. Grande The adventures at the school for super villains continue! This is it! One of the great mysteries of Necessary Evil — the identity of the father of the Jacob and Miller — is solved! And right in time, because he is the only person that can save the boys from the Devil himself! The rest of the kids are trapped in a prison cell made by Anti, and the only person that can get them out is Thug Junior? It’s the biggest fight yet — The Devil vs. the students of Necessary Evil Academy! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 NO FORMULA: THE STORIES FROM THE CHEMISTRY SET VOLUME 1 GN by Various Founded in 2006, the Chemistry Set has served as the breeding ground for tomorrow's comic all-stars and includes three Xeric Award-winners. Combining talents from America, Australia, Europe and Asia, their chemistry together is seen in stories that range from the heartfelt to the horrifying, from the mythological to the macabre. For the first time in print, you can now join the experiment! Featuring the talents of: Chris Arrant, Kevin Colden, Vito Delsante, Jim Dougan, Andrew Drilon, Rami Efal, Michel Fiffe, Elizabeth Genco, Tony Goins, Steven Goldman, Dean Haspiel, Jessica Hickman, Neil Kleid, Sami Makkonen, Hyeondo Park, James Smith, and Tom Williams. MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 120pgs, PC SRP: $16.99 STAR OF THE MONTH CHERUBS!: PARADISE LOST GN by Bryan Talbot & Mark Stafford Put in the frame for the first murder in Heaven, the outrageous celestial rugrats chase the renegade archangel Abbadon to New York on the eve of the Apocalypse! Befriended by Mary, an exotic dancer, and pursued by unstoppable Seraphim terminators, they join battle with Frankie Dracula and his vampire horde as the Devil prepares to stalk the earth once more! Demons! Vampire Hunters! Fairy hookers! Fart jokes! What more could anyone possibly want? (SEP073554) SC, 7x10, 104pgs, B&W SRP: $14.99 ********************************************************************** ATOMIK MIKE VOLUME 1 TP by Nilson, Cruz, DeGano, & Bonilla Atomik Mike has everything — a fast ship, a great girlfriend, even a cool nickname. The only thing he doesn't have is his human body because he was transformed into a monkey by his jealous arch-rival Captain Tariq! Now, Mike and his loyal crew search for a means to reverse his condition while maintaining his reputation as the fastest cargo hauler in the universe! (JUL073471) SC, 7x10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $15.99 DDP / DEVIL’S DUE PUBLISHING BIONIC COMMANDO #0—99¢ SPECIAL Author: Justin Marks Artist: Jean Diaz Cover Artist: Sean Philips At the whim of social prejudice, Nathan Spencer fell from grace in the Federation he once saved. Stripped of his bionic arm and cast out of society, Spencer is reluctantly called upon once again to fight—this time against his fellow bionic outcasts who are waging war against the government that rebuked them. 24pgs, FC $0.99 DRAFTED #10 Author: Mark Powers Artist: Rebekah Isaacs Cover Artist: Rebekah Isaacs The plight of humanity reaches crucial levels as the enemy they have been preparing for arrives at Earth! With the loss of someone they cared for plaguing their thoughts, can our team hope to stand against the invading army? Plus, a desperate mission takes another group of humans far beyond where any have gone before… could they be the hope all humankind is waiting for? 32 pgs, FC $3.50 HACK/SLASH #15 Author: Tim Seeley Artists: Emily Stone & Courtney Via Cover Artists: A – Joe Jusko; B – Tim Seeley Synopsis Cassie's quest to find her long-lost father leads her to New Mexico… There she finds her past has come back to haunt her! A loathsome spectre from her life has fallen into hands most foul… Herbert West has returned and is planning to reanimate the first slasher Cassie ever faced! The Lunch Lady is back! 32pgs, FC $3.50 MERCY SPARX #0—99¢ SPECIAL Writer: Josh Blaylock Artist: Matt Merhoff Cover Artist: Josh Blaylock Meet Mercy Sparx—a Devil Girl hired by the big shots in Heaven to secretly take down rogue angels. In this issue, Serendipity, a muse turned DeeJay battles it out with our unlikely heroine. It's either succeed, and get a free pass through the Pearly Gates, or fail and risk going somewhere much worse… 24pgs, FC $0.99 VOLTRON: A LEGEND FORGED #2 [OF 5] Writer: Josh Blaylock Artist: Mike Bear Cover Artists: A – Tim Seeley; B – Josh Blaylock; C – Jeremy Roberts; D – Chris Lie; E – Tim Seeley PX Exclusive FOIL The Voltron Force lands light years away and 1200 years in the past where they are saved by mysterious group of warriors – the Knights of Altarus. Before long, the team learns that they're about to witness history in the making, and play a part of the origin of Voltron himself. COVERS A-D—32pgs, FC $3.50 COVERS E (FOIL)—32pgs, FC ($9.99 HALLOWEEN: 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Author: Stefan Hutchinson Artists: Danijel Zezelj, Jim Daly, Tim Seeley, Jeff Zornow, Brett Weldele Cover Artists: A – Tim Seeley; B – Tim Bradstreet/Masters of Comic Book Horror Cover; C – Jeff Zornow; D – Retailer Incentive Photo cover It’s been 30 years since the John Carpenter first unleashed is vision of terror with the original HALLOWEEN. Now, Devil’s Due joins the anniversary celebration with this double-sized issue of five short stories featuring Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis! MATURE THEMES COVER A—48pgs, FC $5.50 COVER B—48pgs, FC $9.50 HALLOWEEN: NIGHTDANCE #1 (SECOND PRINTING) Author: Stefan Hutchinson Artists: Tim Seeley Cover Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz Michael Myers returns! On October 31st, evil descends on the small town of Russellville, Illinois. A young girl named Lisa discovers that a secret from her past has come back to haunt her, and he's leaving a trail of bodies in his wake! 32pgs, FC $3.50 HALLOWEEN: NIGHTDANCE #2 (SECOND PRINTING) Author: Stefan Hutchinson Artists: Tim Seeley Cover Artists: Tim Seeley Terror comes to the small town of Russellville, Illinois! At a state fair, childhood friends Sean, Nikki, and Lisa come face to face with the shape himself — Michael Myers! The body counts rise and the horror is taken to the next level in the 2nd issue of this terrifying new series! 32pgs, FC $3.50 FORGOTTEN REALMS VOL. 7: THE LEGACY TP (The Legend of Drizzt Book VII) Author: R.A. Salvatore Adapted by: Andrew Dabb Artist: Robert Atkins Cover Artist: Tyler Walpole After years of running form his past, the dark elf can hide no more! The one thing he feaed most of all has happened! His violent, revengeful family has returned! The drow are back and are threatening the life Drizzt worked so hard to build. With his archenemy Artemis Entreri working alongside his vile kin, does Drizzt stand a chance in defending those he loves? Collects all three double-sized issues of The Legacy series in one volume! SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $18.99 FORGOTTEN REALMS VOL. 8: STARLESS NIGHT #1 [OF 3] Writers: R.A. Salvatore Adapted by: Andrew Dabb Artist: Juanfran Moyano Cover Artists: A – Robert Atkins, Joey Stone & Wes Dzioba; B – Tyler Stackpole After years of running, Drizzt is finally prepared to face his past. To do so, he has to go to the one place he never wanted to see again… the underground realms where the sun never shines: The Underdark! Unknown to Drizzt, his dearest friend Catti-Brie follows him there in order to help him on his quest… can either of them hope to survive the terrors that lay under the surface? COVER A—48pgs, FC $5.50 COVER B—48pgs, FC $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover) THE WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #6 Authors: R.A. Salvatore, P.N. Elrod Adapted by: Mike O’Sullivan, P.N. Elrod Artists: Juanfran Moyano, Ricardo Sanchez Cover Artists: A – Francis Tsai; B – Rafael Kayanan The R.A. Salvatore classic “Guenhwyvar” unveils the origin of the magical black panther that would become companion to the legendary drow hero, Drizzt Do’Urden, while in the Ravenloft tale “Caretaker,” the vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich demonstrates the nightmarish methods by which he maintains dominion over the cursed realm of Barovia. COVER A—48pgs, FC $5.50 COVER B—48pgs, FC $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover) DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL. III: DRAGONS OF SPRING DAWNING HC 2 Writers: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Adapted by: Andrew Dabb Artists: Pere Perez, Julius Gopez Cover Artist: Jeremy Roberts The final chapter in Weis’ and Hickman’s acclaimed Trilogy! Divided by the enemies that surround them from all sides, the ragtag, unlikely group of heroes called the Companions struggle to defeat the forces of the evil queen Takhisis and her dragon armies, with the fate of the world at stake! SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $34.99 GOLDEN AGE SHEENA: THE BEST OF THE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL. 2 Author(s): Eisner/Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various Artist(s): Eisner /Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various Cover Artist: Eisner /Iger Studios and Various Continuing DDP’s reprints of the classic Golden Age SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE! Featuring classic comics from the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, this second volume features stories from the Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios. Also featured in this collection is an essay and annotation by Stephen E. de Souza (Screenwriter of DIE HARD). A guaranteed must-have for any classic comic collectors! Featuring a special never-before-reprinted SKY GIRL story from the pages of JUMBO COMICS by legendary Golden Age artist Matt Baker! SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $18.99 REST #0 .99¢ SPECIAL Writer: Mark Powers Artist: Vicenc Villaragassa Cover Artists: A – Roger Robinson & Elizabeth John; B – Milo Ventimiglia Photo Cover Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Russ Cundiff (Mall World) join forces with Devil’s Due to bring you REST, a pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller in the tradition of The Bourne Identity and The X-Files! REST tells the tale of John Barret, a white-collar New Yoker whose life changes when he becomes addicted to a drug that prevents him from falling asleep! 32pgs, FC $0.99 CHOPPER ZOMBIE OGN Author: Todd Livingston and Thom Beers Artist: Scott Keating Cover Artist: Scott Keating Sometimes it takes dying to really live! When a motorcycle builder refuses to sell his innovative fuel formula and engine design to a greedy corporation, he is murdered and his inventions are stolen! But what he died for also brings him back to life when he is drowned in his own fuel and he returns as a zombie -- giving him the skills and confidence to exact revenge and claim what is rightfully his! The Producer of MONSTER GARAGE and DEADLIEST CATCH and the writer of THE BLACK FOREST bring you the evolution of horror with CHOPPER ZOMBIE! MATURE THEMES SC, 144pgs, FC $18.99 SERPO OGN Author: Jason M. Burns Artist: Joe Eisma Cover Artist: Roger Robinson Based on the true story of the U.S. Government’s secret extraterrestrial exchange program! In 2005, according to government files, 12 intrepid Americans journeyed to the distant, alien planet SERPO to live among its people! This OGN It’s Close Encounters meets X-Files, from the people who brought you URBAN MONSTERS! SC, 120pgs, FC $16.99 SABBATH: ALL YOUR SINS REBORN TPB Author: Matt Tamao Artist: Josh Medor Cover: Tim Seeley Is a man consumed by pure evil capable of redemption? Forged in the fires of sin, dead torturer Sabbath is reborn, a specter hell-bent upon reclaiming his lost human senses. Battling the Avatars of Sin, Sabbath consumes the suffering of massacre victims, growing in strength. Will his newfound strength draw Sabbath back to his humanity or push him further away? SC, 144pgs, FC $18.99 BALLS: INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS VINYL FIGURE Based upon character design by Incredible Changebots Creator Jeffrey Brown! Created by indie comics phenomenon Jeffrey Brown, the Incredible Change-Bots packed all of the loving sarcasm and action packed humor any child of the ’80s harbors for transformable robots. Now, his spoof becomes its own line of vinyl toys from Devil’s Due POP! Actually transforms between robot and golf cart modes! Vinyl Figure (6” tall) $40.00 DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING A GENTLEMEN'S KISS VOLUME 1 GN (YAOI) by Shinri Fuwa Yakuza heir Homura Yasobe has a secret lover, the young businessman Touji Karasuma. A resourceful man who will do whatever it takes to succeed, Touji is, in fact, the noble son of the rival company competing with Homura. If anyone were to find out, it would mean war between the groups! But can the two keep their rendezvous secret? MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 ONE NIGHT LESSON GN (YAOI) by Ryou Takagi Everyone knew Ryou and Sakura, classmates at the same prep school, as rivals. The baby-faced but sharp-tongued Sakura has a weakness for Ryou, but one day, acting like a completely different person, Sakura issues a passionate invitation: "Have sex with me!" MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 ENCHANTER VOLUME 9 GN by Izumi Kawachi The adventures of Haruhiko, Yuka, and Eukanaria continue in the next installment of this hit series! Will the truth behind Yuka and Fulcanelli's relationship finally be revealed? Will Haruhiko finally give up the fight and give his body over to Fulcanelli's soul? SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 AUTHOR'S PET GN (YAOI) by Deathco Cotorino High school student Yuta bumps into a man outside the train station, injuring him. The man's name is Tsubaki Nishijima, occupation novelist. In exchange for crippling his arm, Tsubaki demands Yuta work like a slave every day! Today's job is to take exact dictation of Tsubaki's words. Whaaat?! What's with this perverted depiction of...??? Isn't this sexual harassment?! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 CANDY GN (YAOI) by Satomi Sugita Since their parents moved overseas, Toru, Hajime, and their little brother Futaba have lived together alone in the Katsuragi house. Then, suddenly, their problematic cousin Takara arrives! As he enters, the three brothers' lives are in an uproar, for some reason Takara doesn't try to get too close to them, and his childhood friend Toru feels unbearably snybbed. When Toru tells him so, Takara quickly shows him a gentle smile, but what kind of dangerous schemes hide behind that expression--?! Palpitation and anticipation under one roof! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 HOT LIMIT GN (YAOI) by Minori Shima & Akira Kanbe During the day, Maya is a handsome, perfect honors student. But at night, he becomes a completely different person - voluptuous and lecherous! Even as university student Kazuma renounces Maya's duality, he grows strongly attracted to him. Before long, the young parliamentarian Tanabe begins to pull Maya's strings like a puppet - that is, until Kazuma finds out Tanabe's been using Maya for political ends... A mysterious love story full of passion from the duo of Kanbe and Shima! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 WILD BUTTERFLY GN (YAOI) by Hiroki Kusumoto In a time of war, Oliver finds himself as an adjutant professor at school. When Mikhail, another teacher, arrives, the once somber and bleak campus becomes filled with new life! Soon the classroom meant to house classes on the imperial order begins to emit children's laughter! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 CLEAR SKIES VOLUME 1 GN (YAOI) by Akira Sugano & Etsumi Ninomiya Obinata Taiga, editor of a science fiction magazine, one day discovers there's a new addition to the family! Out of the blue, his older sister's married, and his new brother-in-law is Shu Asuo, one of the authors he edits and a high school classmate. Taiga's dead set against it, but then his sister suddenly disappears! Because of that, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers, and living with Shu! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 CLEAR SKIES: A CHARMING LOVE STORY (YAOI NOVEL) by Akira Sugano (Author), Etsumi Ninomiya Taiga works at a publishing company, and thanks to his sister's sudden marriage, author and Taiga's best high school friend Shu has become his brother-in-law. But then his sister suddenly disappears! Left behind, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers and living against his will with Shu. Their lively and raucous lives filled with trials accidentally draw them closer together!. And actually, for Taiga, there's a certain feeling he had long ago that won't disappear... A sensitive love story. MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 250pgs, B&W $8.95 S VOLUME 2: A LOVE BITE (YAOI NOVEL) by Saki Aida & Chiharu Nara Shiba, a detective in the fifth anti-organized crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police (a.k.a. "Anti-Gang 5") is on the handgun smuggling beat. The most important element of his investigations is the information gathering skills of his undercover informant S ("Spy"). As S, the high-ranking yakuza Munechika is using his own body to gather information for Shiba. Detective and spy. Their relationship is one in which they share the same fate, but it is also certainly a contradictory one. A twisted and vivid love story of men who live in solitude! MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 250pgs, B&W $8.95 SWEET REGARD GN (YAOI) by Juji Fusa It had already been eight years since he and I first met. My sister's much younger than me, but he was even younger. "How could I give my precious sister to such a child?" I thought. But though I was against it, the two of them married, and then my dearest sister suddenly died. Tormented by the grief of having lost everything, and by hellish sadness, I was saved by he whom I should have hated most! MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W $12.95 DIGITAL WEBBING DEMON'S REGRET #2 by Mitch Brown & Wilfredo Torres The fallen angel Asmodeus — who regrets his path of evil but is powerless to change it — causes two great evils to collide, much to Lucifer’s chagrin! Asmodeus assists a satan-worshiping serial killer in a breakout from his imprisonment for the criminally insane, only to direct his brutish violence towards a sex-trafficking — and heavily protected — crime lord, hoping to knock out two birds with one stone! Lucifer begins to get suspicious of Asmodeus as a traitor to the cause! MATURE THEMES 28pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 FIST OF JUSTICE #3 by Mike Imboden Now that's he's reclaimed his role as Charm City's defender, Fist of Justice faces his toughest opponent yet — his public image! But when he attends an event to woo the crowds, he finds it's been crashed by the living dead. It's up to Fist of Justice and his buddy Black Light to keep them from becoming the death of the party! Guest-starring The Living Corpse! 28pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 DISNEY PRESS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL VOLUME 1 GN Everyone's favorite Wildcats are here: Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, and the rest of the gang in an all-new graphic novel! For the first time, the characters from the smash-hit Disney Channel original movies are illustrated in dynamic, full-color comic panels! This all-new story is sure to thrill every fan of High School Musical! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC SRP: $9.99 DMF COMICS INC SILENT LEAVES: EXCEPTIONS TO LIFE LITHOGRAPH by Christopher Shy Make space on your wall for this beautiful lithograph! This movie poster-style lithograph features art drawn from Silent Leaves: Exceptions to Life. Measuring 18” x 24” and suitable for framing, this print comes on on thick semi-gloss cardstock. 18x24, FC SRP: $14.99 SILENT LEAVES VOLUME 2: EXCEPTIONS TO LIFE GN by Christopher Shy Thy mythology of Silent Leaves continues as IAN learns more about her true nature. A war is brewing as the Prey return to destroy the last of humanity. Both sides are looking for IAN, as she battles sword against metal for her life. Will she survive long enough to save all of mankind? Another layer of this sci-fantasy epic is revealed! SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 DO GOODER PRESS PS238 #35 by Aaron Williams Tyler Marlocke has always been a boy with no powers, going to school alongside the children of Earth’s mightiest. Has he finally gained the abilities his parents have yearned for him to have? Can he control them without unraveling the universe? And will the planet survive a showdown between the Lords of Order and Chaos? 32pgs, B&W SRP: $2.99 DR MASTER PUBLICATIONS INC CHINESE HERO: TALES OF THE BLOOD SWORD VOLUME 7 SC by Wing Shing Ma Poison Master has opened the third order, telling him to make a deadly Battle God of Poison to kill both Hero and Jian. While he was practicing his poison techniques in the forest, he encounters Jian, using his poison powers to capture Jian. Whatever will happen to Jian? SC, 224pgs, FC SRP: $18.95 STAR OF THE MONTH INFINITE RYVIUS COLLECTED EDITION VOLUME 1 TP by Shinsuke Kurihashi & Hajime Yatate Based on the dramatic and popular sci-fi anime thriller, Infinite Ryvius the manga is about a ship full of teenage cadets lost in space desperately trying to get home while dealing with the inner strife and egos of each other. This is set includes Infinite Ryvius, Volumes 1 and 2. (NOV073522) SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $9.99 ********************************************************************** DRAWN & QUARTERLY AGAINST PAIN HC by Ron Regé, Jr. Against Pain is the first collection of multi-page anthology pieces from the radiant "cute-brut" world of Ron Regé, Jr. The storytelling side of his expressive work is featured in these comic strips gathered from McSweeney’s, the New York Times, Kramers Ergot, NON, Rosetta, Arthur, the Comics Journal, and Drawn & Quarterly. Suicide bombers, art appreciation, a Lynda Barry “cover,” and even a Tylenol-sponsored comic about pain are brought together under the theme of suffering and how people cope with it. Against Pain also includes the alt-comics zine classic "Boys," a 22-page collaborative comic — considered by many to be Regé’s finest work — illustrating the “lust” life of a friend in explicitly honest and hilarious detail. HC, 9x12, 144pgs, FC SRP: $24.95 STAR OF THE MONTH SKIBBER BEE-BYE HC by Ron Regé, Jr. Ron Regé, Jr., creates his own visual poetry that sets him apart from other cartoonists as one of the most original artists to enter the medium in the past decade. His storytelling is neither linear nor altogether accessible; however, his recognizable thin line and cute characters draw you into a dreamlike, sensitive fantasy world that, as odd as it seems, is entirely realistic. The seminal graphic novel by this visionary cartoonist. (FEB063010) MATURE THEMES HC, 6x6, 256pgs, PC SRP: $19.95 ********************************************************************** BERLIN BOOK 2: CITY OF SMOKE TP by Jason Lutes The long-awaited second installment of the epic historical trilogy! The people of Weimar Berlin search for answers after the lethal May Day demonstration of 1929. Tension builds along with the dividing wall between communists and nationalists, Jews and gentiles, as the dawn of the Second World War draws closer. The lives of the characters within Lutes’s epic weave together to create a seamless portrait of this transitory city. Marthe Muller follows lover Kurt Severing as he interviews participants in the May Day demonstration, but moonlights in the city’s lesbian nightlife. Lutes creates a sense of anxiety and imminent doom. MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 STAR OF THE MONTH BERLIN BOOK 1: CITY OF STONES TP by Jason Lutes Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by the encroaching shadow of history. (STAR15170) MATURE THEMES SC, 8x11, 212pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 ********************************************************************** JAMILTI & OTHER STORIES HC by Rutu Modan Jamilti and Other Stories is the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to Exit Wounds, and it collects Israeli cartoonist Rutu Modan’s short works, written and drawn over the past 5 years, that lead the reader through unexpected turns of plot and unusual character portraits. Some are darkly fantastical and unsettling, such as the unraveling of a serial-killer murder mystery, or her accounts of an infatuated plastic surgeon and his sanitarium. Others are more attuned to the surprising discoveries that shape personal identity, as in the story of a tragic past that lies within a family’s theme hotel, or that of a struggling musician who hopes an upcoming gig will be his big break. In “Jamilti,” Modan addresses political violence with a suicide bombing that shakes up a day in the lives of a young couple. HC, 6x9, 184pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 STARS OF THE MONTH EXIT WOUNDS HC by Rutu Modan An Eisner Award-nominee! In modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father’s death, he finds himself not only piecing together the last few months of his father’s life, but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties. (MAR073413) MATURE THEMES HC, 6x9, 176pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 THE ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY VOLUME 18 HC by Chris Ware An Eisner Award-nominee! Cartoonist Chris Ware abandons the engaging serialization of his “Rusty Brown” and instead focuses upon his more experimentally grim narrative, “Building Stories.” Set in a Chicago apartment building more or less in the year 2000, the stories move from the straightforward to the complex, invading character’s memories and personal ambitions with a text point size likely unreadable to human beings over the age of 45. (SEP073597) (C: 0-1-0) MATURE THEMES HC, 9x7, 64pgs, FC SRP: $17.95 AYA HC by Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie An Eisner Award-nominee! Meet the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It’s a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa rarely seen — spirited, hopeful and resilient. (DEC063542) HC, 6x9, 112pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 WHITE RAPIDS GN by Pascal Blanchet An Eisner Award-nominee! Founded in 1928 in an isolated region of Quebec forest, the northern Quebec town of White Rapids was constructed by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company to function as a fully-equipped, self-contained living community for workers at the nearby dam and their families. White Rapids provided its residents with all the luxuries of middle-class modem life in a pastoral setting until the town was abruptly shut down in 1971 when the company changed hands. In this English translation of his work, Blanchet seamlessly blends fact and fiction as he weaves together the official history of the town. SC, 7x9, 156pgs, PC SRP: $27.95 ********************************************************************** DYNAMIC FORCES DF LONE RANGER: THE LEGACY 75TH ANNIVERSARY TRADING CARD SERIES — HERITAGE CARDS Dynamic Forces proudly presents the Lone Ranger and Tonto: Legacy “Old School” Trading Card Series! Classic images are used, alongside all the great images released by Dynamite Entertainment! To make this set extra special, Dynamic has gone back to basics, bringing fans what they want most in a trading card series — signed cards in every box, a hand drawn one-of-a kind Sketch Card in every box, other randomly inserted chase cards which will include individually hand-colored cards to help enhance this set! In addition to the 72-card base set, collectors will find one Signed card per box and one Sketch card per box! Some of the greatest artists in comics are doing the sketch cards, and some of them are super-rare Sketch cards by some of the greats: Michael Turner (Civil War), John Cassady (Astonishing X-Men, The Lone Ranger), Sergio Cariello, Dean White, Paul Pope, Laura Martin, Adam Hughes, David Michael Beck, Georges Jeantes (Buffy), Dexter Vines, Bernard Chang, Filip Sablik, Michael Busura, Tommy Smith, Andy Smith, Randy Green, Paul Renaud, and Mara Rose. Plus, a 9-card puzzle subset! And for those fans who love something new that hasn’t been done before, we’re adding in a blank sketch card in every box so fans can visit the cons collecting their own sketches from their favorite artist! Finally, Signature cards from Alex Ross, Frank Cho, Luke Lieberman, Aaron Lopresti, Roy Thomas, Jim Lee, and more! Also available is the official binder for the series, featuring pages for your trading card set, and a limited edition binder card signed by John Cassaday! 7 cards per pack, 36 packs per box. (C: 0-1-2) CARDS—Pack PI COLLECTOR'S ALBUM—Binder SRP: $29.99 DF FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY: MARV 7-INCH STATUE For fans who missed it the first time, Dynamic Forces presents a statue from Frank Miller's seminal Sin City! This sold-out statue is being re-released in a 7" version for collectors who missed out on the original 12" version! And not just any statue! Marv has been forever immortalized by master sculptor William Paquet with this piece being created exclusively for DF as the first in their line of re-released Sin City collectibles! Paquet has sculpted for DC Direct pieces such as Nightwing, The Dark Knight Returns, Simon Bisley's Batman: The Dark Winter's Knight Snow Globe, and Lobo. Looking at this statue you can almost imagine Marv pointing his gun at you and saying one of his signature lines — "That there is one damn fine coat you're wearing." Standing 7" tall, this 'sin-ful' statue features unbelievable detail covering Marv's body with tiny bandages, a flowing trenchcoat, a smoke clenched between his lips, and his pistol drawn! Miller expressed his enthusiasm for Paquet's rendition of his character Marv: "This was never an assignment for William. This wasn't a job somebody handed him. This statue bugged him until he had to let it out. It's gorgeous and inspired. Very cool." Also available as a "Bloody Edition," with a signed Certificate of Authenticity by Paquet. (C: 0-1-2) REGULAR EDITION—Statue SRP: $75.00 BLOODY EDITION—Statue SRP: $89.99 DF LOCKE & KEY #1 EXCLUSIVE BLACK & WHITE VARIANT EDITION by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez From the mind of Joe Hill, best-selling novelist and son of Stephen King, comes one of the greatest horror comic stories of all time! Locke & Key has sold out everywhere, and each issue has gone back to press for second printings. Dynamic Forces worked with IDW Publishing to do a special black-and-white edition of the premiere issue. Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, this exclusive edition is available only through Dynamic Forces. (C: 0-0-1) 32pgs, B&W SRP: $14.99 DF GEORGE PÉREZ: STORYTELLER SIGNED HC (NEW PRINTING) by Christopher Lawrence Over 200 full-color pages highlight the magnificent career of artistic legend George Pérez! From his early days at Marvel on such titles as Fantastic Four and The Avengers to DC Comics' landmark titles, New Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths, plus independent work for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and so many others, along with his own creations Sachs and Violens, Crimson Plague, and his work at Crossgen — this book covers it all and more! Featuring an all-new cover by Pérez — as well as an extensive, career-spanning interview conducted by Lawrence — this is the George Pérez book! Also available is a Re-Marked Edition with a hand-drawn sketch of George Pérez's creator-owned character, Crimson Plague. Just in time for George's Final Crisis: Legion of Super-Heroes series, this fall! (C: 0-1-2) REGULAR EDITION—HC, 200pgs, FC SRP: $49.99 REMARKED EDITION—HC, 200pgs, FC SRP: $89.99 DF RAISE THE DEAD SIGNED HC by Leah Moore, John Reppion & Hugo Petrus Enter the land of the dead with an all-new zombie tale set in the midst of a full-scale zombie invasion! Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling, and this signed, oversized hardcover edition reprints the entire 4-issue mini-series! The Signed Edition features tip-in sheets signed by writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, and the Re-Marked Edition features a signature by cover artist Arthur Suydam. (C: 0-1-2) SIGNED EDITION—HC, 7x10, FC SRP: $29.99 REMARKED EDITION—HC, 7x10, FC SRP: $89.99 DF NON-SPORT UPDATE VOLUME 19 #4 PROJECT SUPERPOWERS COVER Limited edition, yes, that’s right, with only 2,000 copies printed! Featuring stories on Project Superpowers, Red Sonja, and Lone Ranger Legacy card releases! (C: 0-0-1) Magazine, FC SRP: $8.99 DF MERCENARIES #1 LIMITED EDITION COVER by Brian Reed & Edgar Salazar Pandemic Studios' best-selling Mercenaries has revolutionized the world of 3rd-person action-shooters by putting players in the middle of real world combat with the kind of freedom that only a mercenary has! Featuring two connecting pieces of cover art by red-hot artist Michael Turner, this edition of Mercenaries #1 is limited to a print run of 3,000 copies, and they'll be gone in the blink of an eye, just like a Mercenary! 32pgs, FC SRP: $6.99 DF ANGEL #9 EXCLUSIVE VARIANT COVER by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch & Nick Runge Los Angeles is under attack on all sides from the forces of Hell itself, and only Angel and his band of heroes stand in the way! Featuring a story from Angel creator Joss Whedon and a limited edition cover, this issue of the best-selling "After the Fall" storyline is limited to 1,000 copies! (C: 0-0-1) 32pgs, FC SRP: $10.00 DF ANGEL #10 EXCLUSIVE VARIANT COVER by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch & Nick Runge The battle for control of what remains of Los Angeles heats up in this chapter of the "After the Fall" storyline, set after the series finale of Angel! This limited edition features an exclusive cover and is limited to 1,000 copies! 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Litho, FC SRP: $89.99 801 MEDIA INC JUST AROUND THE CORNER GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) ADULT MATERIAL SC, 200pgs, PC SRP: $15.95 EROS COMIX HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY: ALONE WITH ME GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL 48pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95 REAR ENTRY #18 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL 24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.95 SIRIANUS #2 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL 24pgs, B&W SRP: $4.95 STARS OF THE MONTH YOUNG WITCHES VOLUME 4: ETERNAL DREAM TP SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (STAR19679) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 80pgs, FC SRP: $16.95 MANGEROTICA VOLUME 4: HOT TAILS GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (STAR08435) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 64pgs SRP: $19.95 KUNG-FU GIRL GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (DEC022717) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 7x10, 80pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95 SMALL FAVORS VOLUME 1 TP (NEW PRINTING) SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (JAN083630) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 6x9, 128pgs SRP: $16.95 HERE COME THE LOVEJOYS: SECOND COMING GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (NOV073559) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $16.95 FETISH GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (JAN083633) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 48pgs SRP: $9.95 ********************************************************************** EUREKA PRODUCTIONS GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 6: AMBROSE BIERCE (2ND EDITION) by Ambrose Bierce & Various Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce is revised, with 70 new pages, including new adaptations of "Moxon's Master," "The Damned Thing," and "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter." Returning from the first edition are "The Stranger," and four other tales, plus a collection of 20 short fables illustrated by Dan O'Neill, Shary Flenniken, Florence Cestac, Johnny Ryan and more great artists. With a stunning cover illustration by Steven Cerio. SC, 7x10, 144pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 EUROTICA SIZZLE #39 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL Magazine, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95 BAYBA, LADY BROWN GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 9x12, 48pgs, FC SRP: $12.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A BAYBA: THE 110 BJ'S GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 9x12, 48pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 O/A BAYBA, DOMINA IN RED GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 9x12, 48pgs, FC SRP: $11.95 FANFARE / PONENT MON DISAPPEARANCE DIARY GN by Hideo Azuma In 1989 Hideo Azuma ran away from his responsibilities of family and work and tried, unsuccessfully, to hang himself, then went homeless. This autobiographical account of his two disappearances, his slide into alcoholism and his eventual recovery, takes these painful experiences from the darkest reaches of his mind and treats them with an overriding sense of a cartoonist's humor. Awarded the Grand Prize from the 9th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division and the Excellence Priize at the 34th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards. (C: 0-1-2) RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #8 (AUG073630) SC, 6x8, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $22.99 OFFERED AGAIN O/A ICE WANDERER GN by Jiro Taniguchi Lost in the Great North, two men are saved by the appearance of an old hunter who divulges a strange legend to them: Surrounded by wolves and fighting for their survival, two explorers head for Alaska to bury their companion. In 1920's Japan a man sets out to find the bear that killed his son. A marine biologist begins a quest to find the mythical graveyard of whales. Six shorts with as many stories of men confronted with a savage nature which is sometime cruel, sometimes forgiving but always vast. Through tales filled with respect for animal life, this splendid collection, which lies at the crossroads of poetry and adventure, shows master story-imager Taniguchi at his award-winning best. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 240pgs, B&W SRP: $21.99 FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS GHOST WORLD: THE SPECIAL EDITION By Daniel Clowes HC, 8x11, 288 pages, PC, $39.99 This deluxe new edition of our most popular book ever expands the original graphic novel — which tells the story of two best friends, Enid and Rebecca, facing the prospect of growing up and apart — from 80 pages into a 288 page, behind-the-scenes tour through the making of both the classic book and the subsequent hit film. Including a new introduction and several pages of new strips by Clowes, as well as over 200 pages of ‘extras’: the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, dozens of pages of never-before-collected ephemera, including unused concept drawings, notes, movie posters, foreign edition covers, merchandise, and much more, all annotated by Clowes. Truly lavish, definitive and comprehensive. THE PORTABLE FRANK By Jim Woodring; Introduction by Justin Green SC, 7x10, 200pgs, B&W, $16.99 A visionary work of comic art, for all-ages! Readers who haven’t discovered Jim Woodring’s “Frank” stories have a colossal treat waiting for them in this all-ages gem collecting the character’s greatest adventures. Frank is a unique, visionary comic, exquisitely drawn and so fully realized that adults and children alike find themselves drawn deeply into Woodring’s hallucinatory mindscape. The stories, almost entirely wordless, are told with brilliant, candy colors that people of all ages find alluring. The stories themselves unravel like a good puzzle, rewarding re-reading, providing an experience as immersive as that first love affair, that first samadhi, or that first breath. Simply put, the world of Frank must be experienced to be understood.Frank is an 11-year-old generic anthropomorph who lives in a force-laden landscape called the Unifactor. He is curious but not smart, naïve but not noble, and his most outstanding character trait is his ineducability. Along with Pupshaw, Frank’s semi-subservient housedog-like godling, the two traipse across their surreal landscape, occasionally encountering Manhog, the bloated bladder of sin with a heart of radiance who exists to thwart their prosperity. And then there’s the platonic Jerry Chickens, and the lachrymose Lucky, as well as Frank’s Real Pa and Faux Pa, each a part of one of the great cartoon achievements of the 20th century.For all its mystery, the world of Frank is a simple, delightful, mesmerizing example of world-building at its most fanciful, surely to delight parents and children alike. ABANDONED CARS by Tim Lane HC, 7x10, 168pgs, B&W, $22.99 Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane’s first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane’s characters exist on the margins of society—alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash—those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you’re trying to determine what just happened and how badly you’re hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives. The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis’s or Jim Thompson’s prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane’s drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It’s an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters—boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis. Abandoned Cars is an impressive debut of a major young American cartoonist. THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1969-1970 By Charles M. Schulz; Introduction by Mo Willems $28.99 HardcoverHumor / Comic Strips black-and-white, 8 1/2” x 7” THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1967-1970 BOX SET By Charles M. Schulz $49.99 Two hardcovers with custom slipcase Humor / Comic Strips 344 page books, black-and-white, 8 1/2” x 7” He turns up first as Snoopy’s secretary, then gradually becomes a good friend whom Snoopy helps to fly South... but it’s not until June 22, 1970 that the little bird gains a name, in a perfect salute to the decade that ends with this volume: Woodstock!In other timely stories, Peppermint Patty runs afoul of her school’s dress code (those sandals!), Lucy declares herself a “New Feminist,” and Snoopy’s return to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm on a speaking engagement climaxes in a riot and a new love found amidst the teargas (“She had the softest paws...”).Speaking of Snoopy, this volume falls under the sign of the Great Beagle, as three separate storylines focus on the mysterious sovereign of Beagledom. First Snoopy is summoned by a wrathful G.B. when Frieda submits a complaint about his (Snoopy’s) desultory rabbit-chasing efforts; then, back in the Great one’s good graces, Snoopy is sent on a secret mission; and finally he himself ascends (briefly!) to the mantle of Great Beagledom.In other news, an exasperated Lucy throws Schroeder’s piano into the maw of the kite-eating tree, with gruesome results... Miss Othmar goes on strike and Linus gets involved... Charlie Brown’s baseball team has an actual (brief) winning streak... Snoopy’s quest to compete in the Oakland ice skating competition is thwarted by his inability to find a partner... Charlie Brown goes to a banquet to meet his hapless baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik... Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt family’s care as Charlie and Sally Brown head out of town for a vacation... and (alas) the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away... SUBLIFE By John Pham $8.99 Paperback OriginalGraphic Novels 64 pages, two-color, 8 1/4” x 6 3/4” Two white supremacist brothers live in the midst of an “ethnic” urban flood along with a dog they’ve trained as a weapon. A household made up of three renters, a landlord who never leaves her attic bedroom, and her son, who insists on wearing a sheet over his head all the time. A pack of ravenous stray dogs chase a cat down a desolate alleyway. The lonely, grimy silhouette of Los Angeles, ever-present. All these separate threads weave through the first part of 221 Sycamore St., an ongoing story about the desperate need for family in two distinct households that share an indelible yet mysterious connection.Sublife is the engaging new series from emerging talent John Pham (Epoxy, MOME). Similar in format to other great one-man anthology comics before it (Eightball, Acme Novelty Library, Jim), Sublife presents a variety of stories told in a range of styles and voices, all demonstrating a singular vision. Issue one features the first self-contained chapter of 221 Sycamore St. as well as St. Ambrose, a fractured memoir of the author’s grade school alma mater.John Pham won the Xeric Grant in 2000 and has been featured in publications such as Giant Robot, The Face, MOME and The Comics Journal. ROCKY VOL. 2: STRICTLY BUSINESS by Marin Kellerman $14.95 Softcover 112 pages, B&W 9x9 To start things off, Rocky manages to wheedle himself a free trip to New York as a reporter covering a gaming convention; a glutton for punishment, he looks up the girl he knocked up in ROCKY VOL. 1 and gets a BIG suprise! Also: Rocky's temporary roomate Klaus builds himself a "lovers' bunk," with catastrophic results; Rocky's buddy Manny becomes a daddy;l Rocky tries to become rich by taping a reality show starring his pals only to discover that their lives are, in fact, boring beyond belief. Rocky scores a new girlfriend and, against the advice of everyone (including himself), immediately takes her on a month-long vacation to Cuba. Hello Fidel! ROCKY VOL. 2 STRICTLY BUSINESS is Fritz The Cat meets Jane Austen!?! The pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld we all have come to love. Wont you join us for more? Fantagraphics Reoffers SEEING THINGS (SOFTCOVER) Author: Jim Woodring C, 9x11, 104pgs, PC, $16.95 Jim Woodring's charcoal drawings take the otherworldly qualities of his comics (The Frank Book) to a higher level of clarity and nuance. These crisply rendered images reflect his life-long obsession with hidden worlds, alternate realities and the inexplicable resonance of the unprecedented and irrational in lucid art. Seeing Things collects the most toothsome of these drawings and arranges them in four sections. "Lazy Robinson" is a series of portraits of forms taken by a cognizant object during the course of a specific and identifiable stream of thought. "Frogs" celebrates the tender proclivities of the most noble of all animals, by placing them in situations that would dismay a horde of saints. "The Visible World" is a roundup of appalling scenes of sub-rational political activity involving catalytic entities with a high ratio of motivation to altruism. And "The Portfolio in Color" appears like a rainbow at the end of all this exalted storminess to send readers out into the world whistling with delight. Many of these images were created for "Mysterio Sympatico," Woodring's multimedia stage collaboration with guitarist Bill Frisell. There is plenty of echoless, glowing furniture to add to that already crowded storeroom which is briefly, but brilliantly, illuminated in the pages of this stately book. ROCKY VOL. 1: THE BIG PAYBACK Author: Martin Kellerman SC, 9x9, 120pgs, B&W, $12.95 Martin Kellerman is the Jane Austen of 21st century twenty-something urban European slackers. Firmly in the tradition of Fritz the Cat, Hate, and Clerks, Rocky is his mostly autobiographical daily strip detailing the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his circle of layabout pals and neurotic, indignant girlfriends. In this action-packed volume collecting the first year of the smash-hit strip, Rocky gets tossed out of his apartment, flies across the pond to visit a gay African-American pal (not realizing he lives in deepest Harlem); is ill-advisedly given the mission of euthanizing a friend's beloved pet rabbit ("Tom, give this job to Clemenza." "Yes, Godfather."); makes a spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to trade in his girlfriend for her younger, more buxom sister; gets a bowel inflammation and a colonoscopy; goes to a costume party dressed as Tinky Winky; tries to get laid while camping out at a rock festival — and basically drinks and fornicates (or tries to) his way through Stockholm and New York, with hangover following drunken binge and mortification following faux pas as night follows day. What will probably be amazing to American readers is how similar the day-to-day experiences of these Seinfeld-watching, Big Mac-eating, hip-hop-listening Swedes is to theirs. Rocky is a reminder as to how utterly global our culture has become — and a reminder that laughter is truly universal. TWENTIETH CENTURY EIGHTBALL by Daniel Clowes SC, 7x10, 100pgs, B&W, $19.00 Twentieth Century Eightball collects the very best humor strips from Eightball, written and drawn between 1988 and 1996. Included within are such seminal strips as "I Hate You Deeply," "Sexual Frustration," "Ugly Girls," "Why I Hate Christians," "Message to the People of the Future," "Paranoid," "My Suicide," "Chicago," and over three dozen more. Also included is Clowes' hilariously Freudian deconstruction of professional athletes, "On Sports," which caused a stir in San Antonio when reprinted in the city's most popular weekly paper, prompting an advertising boycott and demands for the paper to be destroyed by local sports fans. Further on display is Clowes' absurdist sense of humor, from strips like "Zubrick and Pogeybait" and "Hippypants and Peace-Bear" to "Grip Glutz," "The Sensual Santa," and "Feldman." Noted comics historian Roger Sabin, author of Phaidon's Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, calls Eightball a "corrosively satirical vision of an America cracking apart, and confirms Clowes as a worthy successor to the underground greats of the 1960s." With over 40 pages in color TWENTIETH CENTURY EIGHTBALL is sure to be one of Clowes' most popular books for years to come. CARICATURE by Daniel Clowes SC, 7x10, 100pgs, PC, $16.99 The dramatic short stories included in this softcover edition of CARICATURE have drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their complex naturalism and sense of humor. Anchored by the title story, considered the first apotheosis of Clowes' seminal Eightball underground comic book series, CARICATURE also includes eight other stories, including "Green Eyeliner," a six-page full-color short story originally published in Esquire as the first work of comics to be featured in the magazine's fiction issue (and commissioned by then-editor Dave Eggers). Eisner-Nominated Reoffers MOME VOL. 7-10 PACK Edited by Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds 4 Nominations, including “Best Anthology” Pack (x4) $44.85 PERCY GLOOM By Cathy Malkasian Nominated for “Best Graphic Album—New” HC, 8x10, 174pgs, PC $19.95 POPEYE VOL. 2: “WELL BLOW ME DOWN!” By E.C. Segar Nominated for “Best Archival Album” HC, 11x15, 168pgs, PC $29.95 MEANWHILE… A BIOGRAPHY OF MILTON CANIFF By R.C. Harvey Nominated for “Best Comics-Related Book” HC, 6x9, 952pgs, B&W $34.95 I KILLED ADOLPH HITLER By Jason Nominated for “Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material” SC, 7x10, 48pgs, FC $12.95 I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS By Fletcher Hanks; Edited & Featuring a Comic Strip Afterword by Paul Karasik 2 Nominations, including “Best Archival Collection” SC, 9x11, 120pgs, FC $19.95 TCJ EISNER 3-PACK Edited by Gary Groth, Mike Dean & Kristy Valenti Nominated for “Best Comics-Related Periodical” Includes The Comics Journal #281, 282, and 283. Pack (x3) $19.90 ***************************************** FLUID FRICTION DEVASHARD VOLUME 1: AT FIRST LIGHT GN by Zen, Keith Burns, Ken Cheung & Various Set in the epic world of Bhumi, Devashard chronicles the life of a radiant son robbed of his birthright and plunged into a land gripped by darkness! In this world of magical beasts, mighty gods and cursed demons, the hero must fight to become a fearsome warrior if he is to survive the evil threatening to extinguish him! (C: 0-1-2) 7x10, 48pgs, FC SRP: $5.95 FROGCHILDREN STUDIOS SIXTEEN MILES TO MERRICKS AND OTHER WORKS SC by Barnaby Ward Critically-acclaimed graphic novelist Barnaby Ward paints a story about life, loss, and alienation. Part artbook, part graphic novel, Sixteen Minutes to Merricks and Other Works collects the best and most breathtaking picture and stories from the mind of Ward, in this 200-plus page omnibus. This collection includes "Sixteen Miles to Merricks," "Hibeernation," "The Forest," "Perils of the Uncommon Skyway," as well as a large gallery of Ward's best paintings and illustrations. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 8x10, 216pgs, PC SRP: $29.95 :01 FIRST SECOND THE AMAZING REMARKABLE MONSIEUR LEOTARD SC by Eddie Campbell & Dan Best Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for a glorious spectacle of graphic literature beyond your wildest imaginings, in which young Etienne discovers that replacing his uncle as the Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard — world-renowned acrobat and head of a circus troupe — is every bit as difficult as it appears to be! Etienne is swept up in wonder and work even as he struggles to keep up his grandiose façade, while every day his chances for happiness slip further away. For Etienne, taking a stand for his own happiness is as daring as any trick the Amazing Remarkable Leotard could perform. Eddie Campbell and Dan Best bring to life the historical story of the daring young man on the flying trapeze in a tale filled with wonders and marvels. SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $16.95 STAR OF THE MONTH THE BLACK DIAMOND DETECTIVE AGENCY by Eddie Campbell Eisner Award-winning creator Eddie Campbell brings readers thrills and chills in this engrossing mystery about John Hardin, a desperate man. When the local train explodes, taking with it almost the entire population of his rural Missouri hometown, he is the sole suspect of the renowned Black Diamond Detective Agency, a private operation determined to solve the mystery and bring its perpetrator to justice — at any cost! Once a quiet corn farmer, Hardin now finds himself on the run in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Available in Softcover and Collector's Edition Hardcover. SOFTCOVER (APR073708)—SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $16.95 HARDCOVER—HC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $29.99 THE FATE OF THE ARTIST by Eddie Campbell Artist Eddie Campbell conducts an investegation into his own sudden disappearance. In wildly comical reenactments of incidents from his curious life, his part is played by an actor. With audacious literary slight of hand, he puts words into the mouths of those who knew him. Clues are sought in artistic blowouts from the history of all the arts. Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions. SOFTCOVER (FEB063051)—SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $15.95 HARDCOVER—HC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $25.00 ********************************************************************** OFFERED AGAIN O/A LAIKA SC by Nick Abadzis An Eisner Award nominee! Laika was an abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, the driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health and life. Abadzis gives life to a pivotal moment in modern history, casting light on the hidden moments of deep humanity behind history. A YALSA Top Ten Graphic Novel. SC, 6x8, 208pgs, FC SRP: $17.95 FOX ATOMIC COMICS THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY VOLUME 2 GN by Thomas Ligotti, Stuart Moore & Joe Harris Horror master Thomas Ligotti’s stories are adapted by comics' most talented writers and illustrators in this second volume of The Nightmare Factory. In "Sect of the Idiot" and "The Chymist," writer Stuart Moore explores the Lovecraftian landscape of a world where all is not quite as it seems, and chronicles the life of a doctor whose oath is to harm rather than to heal. Writer Joe Harris ushers forth a sinister backwoods carnival Showman and an evil, ethereal puppet who haunt their victims' every waking dream and sleeping nightmare in "Gas Station Carnivals" and "The Clown Puppet." Fans of the horror gere and of the first volume of The Nightmare Factory won't want to miss this latest take on the legendary author's most celebrated works. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 7x10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $17.99 STAR OF THE MONTH THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY VOLUME 1 GN by Various Three of acclaimed horror writer Ligotti's most terrifying stories are adapted in this volume. In "The Last Feast of the Harlequin," writer Stuart Moore and artist Colleen Doran tell of an anthropologist's discovery of ancient rites of human sacrifice to grotesque worm-like creatures at a surreal winter carnival. Ben Templesmith illustrates Stuart Moore's adaptation of "Dream of a Mannequin," the story of a patient and psychiatrist bound together in a horrific dream. Finally, writer Joe Harris and artist Michael Gaydos adapt a strange urban legend that robs artists of their desire to create art when they're confronted with horrible revelations! (JUN073580) SC, 7x10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $17.99 ********************************************************************** GEMSTONE PUBLISHING UNCLE SCROOGE #381 by Carl Barks, Don Rosa & John Lustig When Scrooge hides his money in an ancient cathedral, he must battle Carl Barks’ “Phantom of Notre Duck!” John Lustig (Last Kiss) finds Scrooge “A Soft Job For a Hard Head”; then Freddy Milton pits Beagle Boys against pit bulls in “Bow-Wow-Wow-Yippee-Yikes!” A new Don Rosa pin-up wraps the book. SC, 64pgs, FC SRP: $7.99 WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #696 by Carl Barks, William Van Horn & Noel Van Horn We all know clowns are evil: now Donald Duck proves it in William Van Horn’s “Lost and Clowned!” Mickey Mouse takes a bite out of Phantom Blot crime in Noel Van Horn's “Fame,” then it’s back-to-school scandal with three honor-roll Duck adventures, including Carl Barks' Donald in “Playin’ Hookey!” SC, 64pgs, FC SRP: $7.99 THE BARKS/ROSA COLLECTION VOLUME 3: DONALD DUCK — THE GOLDEN HELMET/THE LOST CHARTS OF COLUMBUS TP by Carl Barks & Dona Rosa It’s the third Gemstone book pairing Carl Barks’ Duck classics with Don Rosa’s modern sequels! In “The Golden Helmet,” Donald battles Azure Blue for a relic that makes its owner king of North America! Next, “The Lost Charts of Columbus” switch hands between Blue, Donald — and show-off cousin Gladstone! RES. from Previews Vol. XVIII #3 (MAR083727) SC, 64pgs, FC SRP: $8.99 THE BARKS/ROSA COLLECTION VOLUME 1: LAND OF THE PYGMY INDIANS/WAR OF THE WENDIGO! TP by Carl Barks & Don Rosa “Land of the Pygmy Indians” is teamed with its follow-up, "War of the Wendigo!” in this collection that pairs Carl Barks' classic Scrooge story with Don Rosa's modern-day sequel! When Scrooge grows sick of the big city's rumble, his back-to-nature journey takes him to the Peeweegah — a land of Native Americans whose traditions haven't changed in a thousand years, and whom he must defend from modernity's encroaching grasp! (APR073716) SC, 7x10, 64pgs, FC SRP: $8.50 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK TP'S by Don Rosa All twelve chapters of Don Rosa's celebrated Eisner Award-winning The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series, detailing the biography of the "World's Richest Duck," are presented in an affordable trade paperback edition! Also available is The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion, presenting the pre-chapters and in-between chapters of Rosa's sprawling epic! THE LIFE AND TIMES (FEB078237)—SC, 7x10, 256pgs, FC SRP: $17.99 THE LIFE AND TIMES COMPANION (JUN063129)—SC, 7x10, 208pgs, FC SRP: $16.99 MICKEY MOUSE MEETS BLOTMAN GN by Pat and Carol McGreal & Juaquin This Disney one-shot features Mickey Mouse and a heroic version of the Phantom Blot. When Mickey Mouse is hurled into an alternate dimension by one of Doc Stat’s inventions, he discovers that everything in this new world is a little different. (MAY052776) SC, 7x10, 48pgs, FC SRP: $5.99 WALT DISNEY TREASURES VOLUME 2: UNCLE SCROOGE TP by Various Follow Scrooge McDuck's 60-year career in this riveting, unprecedented anthology! We've got the Beagle Boys in Carl Barks' "Seven Cities of Cibola!" Scrooge earns his Number One Dime in the first-ever unedited American printing of Tony Strobl's "Getting That Healthy, Wealthy Feeling!" Scrooge battles Magica De Spell in Marco Rota's legendary "Money Ocean," then Brigitta MacBridge in Romano Scarpa's "Eyewitness!" John Lustig and William Van Horn present DuckTales' "Windfall on Mt. G'zoontight," then Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special" offers a Flintheart Glomgold-plagued birthday celebration. Finally, Lars Jensen visits the far-flung future to ask, "Whatever Happened to Scrooge McDuck?" (SEP073687) SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $16.99 EC ARCHIVES: HAUNT OF FEAR VOLUME 1 HC by Various More than fifty years ago, Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, and Harvey Kurtzman began telling “ghost stories” through The Old Witch, who narrated many of the tales between the pages of Haunt of Fear, one of EC’s creepiest horror stories. Now, Gemstone Publishing is pleased to bring back the fright experienced a generation ago through their EC Archives line! The hauntingly spectacular artwork by legendary comic artists such as Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Feldstein, and Kurtzman has been fully restored in this first volume of Haunt of Fear, which reprints the first six issues, twenty-four stories sure to scare your socks off! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 212pgs, FC SRP: $49.95 EC ARCHIVES: VAULT OF HORROR VOLUME 1 HC by Various Legendary publisher Bill Gaines provided the forum and creators like Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Harry Harrison, Jack Kamen, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, and Jack Davis provided the mayhem. Six full issues and 24 complete stories are collected in this full-color, deluxe volume. Foreword by perennial N.Y. Times best-selling author R.L. Stine. (AUG073676) (C: 0-1-2) HC, 8x11, 212pgs, FC SRP: $49.95 HOPALONG CASSIDY: AN AMERICAN LEGEND HC Hopalong Cassidy: An American Legend, set for mid-summer release from Gemstone, follows "Hoppy" from his introduction in a 1905 magazine story to becoming the B-Western movie hero so perfectly portrayed by William Boyd that he became a national role model and television’s first superstar. Co-written by Grace Bradley Boyd (“Mrs. Hoppy”) and richly illustrated with photos and posters, the 368-page book offers a compelling first-person account of the amazing love story that helped Hopalong Cassidy become America’s most beloved and enduring Western icon! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 368pgs, FC SRP: $75.00 ANTIQUES COLLECTED COMIC STRIP HC by J.C. Vaughn, Brendon & Brian Fraim A Harvey Award nominee! The death of billionaire Jackson Reynolds throws his impossibly high-grade collection of pop culture artifacts into the most comprehensive auction the world has ever seen and attracts competitors from around the globe, including a colorful cast of interested parties who are not what they seem. The complete first story in one book! (JUL073588) (C: 0-1-2) HC, 5x10, 80pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOLUME 38 The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is back with its 38th edition and is packed with all sorts of details from the world of comics including feature articles on the fabled DC ashcan comics, the Gaines file copies, and the history of Star Wars in comics. The Guide remains the most complete listing of comics from the 1500s to the present, and this year’s edition features a choice of covers: Marvel Villains by Mark Sparacio (Heroes For Hire, Shi) and Star Wars by Doug Wheatley (Star Wars: Empire, Superman: Last Son of Earth). MARVEL VILLAINS HC (DEC073675)—HC, 6x9, 1120pgs, PC SRP: $35.00 MARVEL VILLAINS SC (DEC073676)—SC, 6x9, 1120pgs, PC SRP: $29.95 STAR WARS HC (DEC073677)—HC, 6x9, 1120pgs, PC SRP: $35.00 STAR WARS SC (DEC073678)—SC, 6x9, 1120pgs, PC SRP: $29.95 GO MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT LLC AFTER SCHOOL NIGHTMARE VOLUME 9 GN by Setona Mizushiro Mashiro has finally come to terms with his feelings, but even though Sou has cast aside his controlling sister, her hold on him goes deeper than he thinks. When Kureha finds her own strength and decides not to graduate, Mashiro throws himself into his relationship with Sou — but was Sou ever really serious about him? Will appeal to fans of Loveless and Godchild, from the creator of the controversial hit manga series X-Day. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (9 of 10) SRP: $10.99 STAR OF THE MONTH AFTER SCHOOL NIGHTMARE VOLUME 6 GN by Setona Mizushiro After all the hardships they’ve endured, Mashiro and Kureha seemed to finally be a happy couple… but the dream-world knows their true hearts, and when Mashiro meets another classmate that shares his nightmares, it may mean an end to him and Kureha for good. (SEP073712) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W (6 of 10) SRP: $10.99 ********************************************************************** A-I REVOLUTION VOLUME 6 GN by Yuu Asami AT-6 is finally free of Sakaki’s influence, but at a terrible cost. Not remembering who or even what he is, the robot is given a chance at a new life with Vermillion and Kira. But even though AT-6 may not remember the things he’s done, others will never forget! Will appeal to fans of Absolute Boyfriend and Chobits. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (6 of 17) SRP: $10.99 BLACK SUN, SILVER MOON VOLUME 7 GN by Tomo Maeda Shikimi remains trapped in his own body, tormented by the memories of those he killed. His memories of Taki lend him the strength he needs to survive — but is it enough to overcome the demons when Taki finally fulfills his promise? Will appeal to fans of Saiyuki and Vampire Game. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (7 of 7) SRP: $10.99 STAR OF THE MONTH BLACK SUN, SILVER MOON VOLUME 4 GN by Tomo Maeda Though Shikimi does his best to reassure the villagers, they soon fall prey to worry and madness. With everything he’s worked for falling down around him, Shikimi finally turns to his captive for answers. Shikimi, at least, is beyond saving — but what about those he loves? (SEP073713) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W (4 of 7) SRP: $10.99 ********************************************************************** CROSS X BREAK VOLUME 2 GN by Duo Brand Things get more dangerous and more confusing for Akito as he and the mysterious Neon search for a way to cure Yaya. Their travels lead them to Neon’s hometown, but he doesn’t exactly receive a warm welcome! Will appeal to fans of Saiyuki. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (2 of 3) SRP: $10.99 THREE IN LOVE VOLUME 2 GN by Shioko Mizuki Michiru’s attempt at a three-person relationship continues as Hanakago and Suruga grow ever closer. She and Hanakago come to be better friends as they discuss their feelings for Suruga, but Michiru still isn’t sure she loves him as more than a friend — but if that’s the case, why is she so unwilling to let go of him? From the creator of the hit manga series by Crossroad, and will appeal to fans of Hot Gimmick and Paradise Kiss. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (2 of 5) SRP: $10.99 STARS OF THE MONTH TRAIN PLUS TRAIN VOLUME 5 GN by Hideyuki Kurata & Tomomasa Takuma Arena’s past seems to be catching up with her as her grandfather puts a bounty on her head! On the run from bounty hunters and even her fellow students, the spunky heroine fears that she may be losing her edge. With her destination fast approaching and her grandfather’s agents on her heels, Arena is determined to reach her goal — but has she really surpassed her mentor after all? (SEP073715) SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99 NIGHT OF THE BEASTS VOLUME 6 GN by Chika Shiomi Sakura is finally free of Kagara, but at a terrible price. As Aria holds her dying love, she makes one last attempt to free the demon from his own rage and hatred as Kuguri makes the ultimate sacrifice for her master. (SEP073714) MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99 GRAPHIX GOOSEBUMPS GRAPHIX GN'S by R.L Stine & Various Adapting the bestselling Goosebumps books into a cool, new graphic novel format! Scott Morse, creator of the popular comic The Magic Pickle, brings his quirky sense of humor and madcap illustrations to The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, where two kids encounter an unlikely monster in sunny California in Volume 1: Creepy Creatures. Volume 2: Terror Trips features Jill Thompson's "One Day at Horrorland," where a family lost in an amusement park finds the rides a little too creepy and a little too real! Kyle Baker proves he's one funny artist, the perfect guy to draw a story about fun and games at camp — until "The Horror at Camp Jellyjam" is uncovered in Volume 3: Scary Summer. VOLUME 1: CREEPY CREATURES (JUN063152)—SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $8.99 VOLUME 2: TERROR TRIPS (DEC063600)—HC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $8.99 VOLUME 3: SCARY SUMMER (APR073737)—SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $8.99 ********************************************************************** GREAT BIG COMICS (NEED SIGNED THE VOYAGES OF SHEBUCCANEER #2 by Bill & Heidi Hughes Having battled the devil in the Tombs of Eden, the bawdy buccaneer sets sail in search of the mythic foundation stones of the Seven Seas. She and her swarthy pirate crew voyage to the shattered shores of once great Atlantis. To survive, they must avoid being boiled alive by giant mutant cannibals and crushed by a steam-punk colossus driven by the lunatic castaway, Crazy Larry! Every page is a feast of pirate fun for the eyes and unexpected adventures to satisfy the imagination. Featuring a photo centerfold of The SheBuccaneer, plus a chance to join the crew and be in a comic book! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC (2 of 3) SRP: $3.99 HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS VAMPIRE KISSES VOLUME 2: BLOOD RELATIVES GN by Ellen Schreiber & Rem Who says dating a vampire is easy? Raven’s nocturnal romance with her immortal love Alexander is definitely dicey, but even more so with Alexander’s meddling half-vamp cousin in town. Claude and his sketchy gang are on the hunt for a stash of blood-filled vials that can turn them into pure vampires. With an old family feud casting a shadow on the search, they’ll do anything to get their hands on the vials. Raven and Alexander must swiftly mastermind a plan to outwit them, but will the very lure of the vials create more risk for Raven than she could ever imagine? (C: 0-1-2) SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 3) SRP: $9.99 WARRIORS: TIGERSTAR AND SASHA VOLUME 1: INTO THE WOODS GN by Erin Hunter & Don Hudson The legions of Warriors fans who have catapulted the Warriors series up the bestseller lists have long clamored to hear more about Tigerstar — the most infamous and dreaded villain in Warriors history — and his mysterious mate, the rogue Sasha. Their wait is finally over with the debut of the second Warriors manga trilogy, Tigerstar and Sasha! Full of epic adventure, high-stakes battles, and life-changing decisions, these felines come alive in this fully illustrated black-and-white manga novel. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 5x7, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $6.99 HEAD PRESS EYE WITNESS VOLUME 3 GN by Robert James Luedke & Lee Moyer Archeologists, terrorists, prophets, mercenaries, CIA operatives, apostles and assassins — all this and more in the third book in the award-winning Eye Witness graphic novel series. A non-stop thrill ride that creatively combines a modern day international action-thriller with an adaptation of the Book of Acts. SC, 8x11, 96pgs, FC SRP: $13.99 OFFERED AGAIN O/A EYE WITNESS GN'S by Robert James Luedke Amid the violence of current day Jerusalem, a tomb is discovered. It contains a scroll unseen by human eyes for over 2,000 years, an eye-witness chronicle of the last visit of Jesus' last days. Will it confirm or dismiss the Gospels accounts of the Bible? Only forensic archeologist Terry Harper knows the answer and revealing it could cost him his life! VOLUME 1—SC, FC SRP: $13.99 VOLUME 2—SC, 8x11, 104pgs, FC SRP: $13.99 HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE MASSIVE SWERVE SC by Robert Valley A full-color collection of drawings, comics & stories by the Vancouver based animator, Robert Valley. Includes depictions of partying, drinking, drugs, nudity, sex, fighting, etc. Low gravity fun for the whole family! MATURE THEMES SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 HEAVY METAL NOVEMBER 2008 by Various "Felicidad," Part 2. The few survivors of the Darling's crew must experience a terrifying journey on a river! In this second episode, the survivors attempt to reach Puerta de la Felicidad, but the mutation of one of them cast an additional shadow on their metal health. Are they all condemned to be monsters? MATURE THEMES Magazine, 124pgs, FC SRP: $5.99 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY STAR OF THE MONTH THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2007 GN by Various An Eisner Award-noninee! The latest volume in Houghton-Mifflin's ground-breaking series! Guest editor Chris Ware and series editor Anne Elizabeth Moore have sought out the best stories to create this cutting-edge collection. With contributors such as Lynda Barry, R. Crumb, Gilbert Hernandez, and Art Spiegelman, no reader will want to miss out. (AUG073717) (C: 0-1-2) SC, 7x10, 368pgs, PC SRP: $22.00 ********************************************************************** HYPERION BOOKS OFFERED AGAIN O/A SATCHEL PAIGE: STRIKING OUT JIM CROW SC by James Sturm & Rich Tommaso An Eisner Award-nominee! Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League's hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller, and greatest gate attraction. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South. In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American. SC, 7x10, 96pgs, FC SRP: $9.99 ICARUS PUBLISHING BLUE EYES VOLUME 4 TP SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 6x9, 176pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 A-G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #89-90 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL #89—80pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99 #90—80pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99 STARS OF THE MONTH MASQUERADE GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (AUG063339) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 168pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 PLEASE MISS YURI GN SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (DEC073696) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 IDW PUBLISHING IDW PUBLISHING WELCOME TO HOXFORD #1 Ben Templesmith (w & a & c) Acclaimed writer/artist Ben Templesmith (Wormwood Gentleman Corpse) creates his newest horrific comic book right here! In the debut issue of Welcome to Hoxford, Raymond Delgado isn’t welcome at all. Rather, he’s the newest inmate at the Hoxford Correctional Facility and Mental Institution. He has no hope of release, parole, rehabilitation, or decent conversation. On a good day, he'll tell you he's Zeus and only bite your arm off. Literally. On a bad day, you won't have time to scream to the prison guard for help. But Dr Jessica Ainley, his doctor for five years wants to help Ray and can't understand why the newly privatized, corporately run prison, won't give her access to her patients. And why are people always transferred into Hoxford, but no records show anyone ever transferring back out…? Eisner nominee and Spike Scream Award-winner Templesmith offers two terrifying covers for this debut issue. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 THE TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON #2 Shane McCarthy (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Guidi, Trevor Hutchison (c) The invasion has begun! American forces rally to defend New York City against the DECEPTICON onslaught as a key figure is called into the field. The full force of the U.S. military is brought to bear on MEGATRON and his warriors, but will it be enough to turn the tide? And what of the Decepticons’ shocking secret? Series artist Guido Guidi supplies the cover image, and Trevor Hutchison offers an equally striking variant image. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: ARRIVAL #1 Marty Isenberg (w); Dario Brizuela (a); Alex Milne, Marcelo Matere (c) The first ALL-NEW ORIGINAL comic based on the hit TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED series airing on Cartoon Network! In “Dispatches,” TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED series head writer Marty Isenberg, along with artist Dario Brizuela take a brand new look at the story behind the AUTOBOTS’ arrival on Earth. You’ve seen the Transformers Animated movie, but do you know the whole story? You will… as ULTRA MAGNUS, SENTINEL PRIME, STARSCREAM, BLACKARACHNIA, and many more tell their sides of the story that started it all! Alex Milne and Marcelo Matere each provide a special cover for this debut issue. And ask your retailer how to get a special Matere wraparound cover! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SEQUEL: THE REIGN OF STARSCREAM #5 Chris Mowry, Chris Ryall (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, James Raiz (c) The plans set forth by STARSCREAM culminate here, in the fifth and final issue of this official continuation of the blockbuster TRANSFORMERS movie. With the AUTOBOT resistance quelled, Starscream puts new meaning to the term “no sacrifice, no victory.” But will his final act leave Lord Starscream as CYBERTON’S ruler, or its destructor? 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT: DOUBLEDEALER Simon Furman (w) • Dan Khanna (a) • E.J. Su, Nick Roche (c) The apocalyptic Revelations Cycle continues as the spotlight falls on the coldly calculating, self-serving DEALER (aka DOUBLEDEALER)! As the Dead Universe erupts into our own, Dealer and HOT ROD go in search of The Magnificence and, the AUTOBOTS hope, answers! But Dealer is only concerned with finishing the dark intrigues begun on Ki-Aleta! From the mind of TRANSFORMERS über-scribe Simon Furman, and art by Dan Khanna! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL: SAGA OF THE ALLSPARK #2 Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman and Don Figueroa (a); Nick Roche (c) From across the pond comes a special presentation of the U.K.-only TRANSFORMERS movie comics! These special stories, set before IDW’s all-new Movie Sequel, are penned by TRANSFORMERS stalwart Simon Furman, and feature art by some of the best and brightest in TRANSFORMERS history. This issue: RATCHET and DEVASTATOR find themselves lost in space, each facing a trial by fire! All adorned by an all-new Nick Roche cover. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 TRANSFORMERS BEST OF THE UK: TIME WARS #1 Simon Furman (w) • Jeff Anderson, Lee Sullivan, Dan Reed (a) • Dan Khanna (c) A clash of future and present day threatens to tear apart the fabric of time itself. Events come full circle, as AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from two eras unite against a common foe... the time-twisting DECEPTICON known as GALVATRON. This 28-page premiere tale features the return of MEGATRON, his battle with his future self, Galvatron, and Scorponok vs. Highbrow. From longtime TRANSFORMERS scribe Simon Furman, with an all-new cover by Dan Khanna. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #11 Joss Whedon & Brian Lynch (plot) • Brian Lynch (w) • Nick Runge (a) • Alex Garner, Brian Miller (c) Angel. Gunn. Reunited. To quote The Man, ‘nuff said. Brought to you by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch, and artist Nick Runge to bring you the newest chapter in the smash hit Angel: After the Fall! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 SPIKE: AFTER THE FALL #2 Brian Lynch (w) • Franco Urru (a) • (Urru, Sharp Bros (c) Trapped in hell, surrounded by evil, and now, someone's taken his Primordium Demon away… Spike goes on the offensive, and faces off against the most evil creature in town. Maybe Angel's Dragon can help matters… but probably not. The next chapter of Spike and Illyria's story before Angel: After the Fall continues, courtesy of the Angel: After the Fall team of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru! The Sharp Brothers offer a special variant cover. And ask your retailer how to get the “grindhouse”-inspired version of their cover, too! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 GALAXY QUEST: GLOBAL WARNING #1 Scott Lobdell (w) • Ilias Kyriazis (a & c) Preeesenting the first-ever Galaxy Quest comic book tale! It’s been 20 years since the cast of Galaxy Quest ruled the airwaves! (Alas, the intervening decades involved lots of sci fi conventions and retail store grand openings and precious few acting jobs!) Now, on the eve of the relaunch of America's most beloved science fiction series, Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues, a world-threatening crisis occurs! Will the Earth survive? Mmmmaybe, if Jason Nesmith and his fellow actors-turned-adventurers have anything to say about it! In the immortal words of his alter ego, Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, "Never give up! Never surrender!" Brought to you by grizzled vet Scott Lobdell (Uncanny X-Men) and exciting newcomer Ilias Kyriazis! FC • 32 pages • $3.99 DOCTOR WHO: THE FORGOTTEN #1 Tony Lee (w) • Pia Guerra (a) • Nick Roche (a) Stranded in a strange Museum that’s dedicated to him—and with no TARDIS in sight, The Doctor and Martha must make sense of their surroundings, hindered by one small fact—The Doctor has lost his memories of every one of his previous incarnations! With items relevant to each Doctor in their possession, The Doctor must try to use them to regain his memories before it’s too late, starting with his earliest incarnation’s memories, involving Susan, Barbara and Ian. This all-new series written by Tony Lee (Starship Troopers) features artist Pia Guerra in her first monthly comic since Y The Last Man! FC • 32 pages • $3.99 DOCTOR WHO: AGENT PROVACATEUR TP Gary Russell (w) • Nick Roche, Jose Beroy, Stefano Martino, Mirco Pierfederici (a) • Roche (c) The legendary Doctor Who is back, with the first-ever stories created exclusively for the US market. The Doctor is currently the Tenth Doctor, the last of the Time Lords, survivor of a Great Time War and, along with his loyal friend and companion Martha Jones from London, they stop oppression, darkness and evil spreading throughout the galaxies. They’re also on the hunt for the best chocolate milkshakes in the cosmos… and while they track that down, someone else has the Doctor in their sights. As the very last Time Lord out there, he’s highly collectable, to the right people... this trade paperback compilation of IDW’s debut miniseries comes to you courtesy of Doctor Who story editor Gary Russell and artists Nick Roche, Jose Maria Beroy, Stefano Marino, and Mirco Pierfederici. TPB • FC • 144 pages • 6.625” x 10.187” • $19.99 NIGHTWINGS GN Robert Silverberg (w); Michael Parkes (c) Nightwings is the first installment of IDW’s New Classics of the Fantastic, a series of extraordinary titles hand-picked by speculative fiction legend Harlan Ellison. In the Hugo Award-winning Nightwings, civilization is divided into guilds and prophecy calls for an alien invasion of Earth, while the Watchers are charged with keeping vigilant watch over the heavens against such an attack… but in a moment of weakness, one skeptical Watcher is led away from his post… and the attack begins! Featuring new introductions from author Robert Silverberg and Ellison, and a gorgeous cover by acclaimed painter Michael Parkes. Edited by Clifford Meth. TPB • B&W • 232 pages • 5 3/8” x 8 1/4” • $14.99 THE COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD’S DICK TRACY, VOLUME 5 Chester Gould (a); Ashley Wood (c) Presenting the fifth volume of IDW Publishing’s deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould’s timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Five once again contains over 500 comic strips from the series’ early years, this time covering material that originally ran from January 1938 through July 1939. Included in this collection are Tracy story arcs such as “Chief Shellberry,” Karpse,” “Scardol,” and “Whip Chute,” introducing such villains as “Nails,” Jojo Nidle, and Johnny Ramm. As always, this latest Tracy collection features cover and book design by the renowned Ashley Wood, an introduction by Associate Editor and former Tracy newspaper strip writer Max Allan Collins, and the first of a multi-part feature on Tracy merchandise by J.C. Vaughn. HC w/DJ • BW • 352 pages • 10” x 7.5” • $29.99 THE COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD’S DICK TRACY, VOL. 1—2ND PRINTING This new printing of the acclaimed, sold-out premiere volume of this multi-year project includes the five sample strips that Gould used to sell his groundbreaking strip, as well as nearly 500 comic strips, encompassing the series’ beginning, from October 1931-May 1933. Among these strips are the first appearance of many long-time Dick Tracy characters, such as Tess Trueheart, Junior, and Chief Brandon. HC w/ dustjacket • B&W • 352 pages • 7” x 9.5” horizontal • $29.99 THE COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD’S DICK TRACY, VOL. 2—2ND PRINTING This second volume of IDW Publishing’s deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould’s timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. Volume Two once again contains nearly 500 comic strips from the series’ early years, this time covering material that originally ran from May 1933 through January 1935. HC w/ dustjacket • B&W • 352 pages • 7” x 9.5” horizontal • $29.99 STAR TREK: ASSIGNMENT EARTH #4 John Byrne (w & a & c) Mysterious alien technology. Senseless death. And a growing awareness that there may be those beyond our world who don’t want to see Earth survive! Seven and Roberta face their greatest challenge yet… an invasion from the most distant regions of the Galaxy! The penultimate issue in John Byrne’s first-ever Star Trek spin-off! FC • 32 pages • $3.99 STAR TREK YEAR FOUR: THE ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT #5 D.C. Fontana & Derek Chester (w) • Gordon Purcell (a) • Joe & Rob Sharp (c) In the final chapter of The Enterprise Experiment, a great discovery sends the crew of the Starship: Enterprise on a mission to locate an ancient outpost before the Klingon fleet can seize its power for themselves. The answers Kirk and his crew have sought will finally come into focus, as a long-lived mystery is revealed, and new alliances change the political landscape and cause ramifications long into the future. D.C. Fontana, Derek Chester, and Gordon Purcell conclude their Original Series adventure! FC • 32 pages • $3.99 STAR TREK TNG: INTELLIGENCE GATHERING TP Scott & David Tipton (w); David Messina (a); Messina, Joe Corroney (c) One year ago IDW’s Star Trek comics launched with Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between, a series of six stand-alone issues. Now, prepare for the latest voyage of the Enterprise as the creative team that brought you Klingons: Blood Will Tell tackles an all-new TNG mini-series. Collecting all five issues of the Intelligence Gathering series, written by Scott & David Tipton, with art by David Messina, and amazing photorealistic variant covers by Joe Corroney. TPB • FC • 124 pages • 6.625” x 10.187” • $19.99 THE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES #2 Scott Christian Sava (w & a) • Sava, Mike Kunkel (c) The award-winning all-ages series continues in a monthly comic book format! Written and Illustrated by award-winning artist Scott Christian Sava, Dreamland tells the story of Alexander Carter and his discovery of a necklace that takes him to a magical world of his childhood dreams. There he finds danger, adventure, and romance. In issue two, after eight years, Alexander Carter returns to Dreamland to find that some things are just the way he remembers them…and some things will never be the same. Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid, Shazam!) provides a special variant cover, too! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 THE COMPLETE ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TP Ashley Wood (a & c); Chris Ryall (w) The complete array of Wood/Ryall tales featuring zombies, robots, and amazons… as well as ineffectual human scientists, a lone infant survivor, a barbaric zombie minotaur, and even… a giant squid? No, really, it all makes sense (for the most part). Would the Eisner-losing team of Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood steer you wrong? This trade paperback collection compiles the prequel stories and the two smash-hit miniseries, as well as an art gallery of covers and other pin-ups, a new illustrated intro, and a brand-new painted Wood cover, too. TPB • FC • 164 pages • 6.625” x 10.187” • $19.99 TANK GIRL: VISIONS OF BOOGA #4 Alan Martin (w) • Rufus Dayglo (a) • Ashley Wood (c) Part 4: Which Cuts The Finest—The Sabre Or The Blade Of Grass? This final episode of our story brings Tank Girl, her newly wedded husband Booga, and their looney mate Barney to the sun-drenched west coast. Three things await them there—sudden enlightenment, a bloodbath showdown, and a luxury holiday… but not necessarily in that order. Scripted in a torrent of automatic writing by Alan C. Martin, etched onto a cave wall in a shamanic trance by Rufus Dayglo, and hand-bound in the dried skin of Ashley Wood. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 48 MORE ASHLEY WOOD NUDES Ashley Wood (a & c) If the title of this book leaves anything to the imagination as to what the contents of this book contains, well, the glamorous art by acclaimed painter/designer Ashley Wood certainly won’t. This sequel to the first obviously title art showcase features another array of gorgeously painted and sketched images from Spectrum Award-winner Wood. TPB • FC • 48 pages • 8-1/2” x 11” • $14.99 IGOR MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 Barbara Randall Kesek (w) • Grant Bond (a & c) As IDW’s Igor Movie Prequel concludes this month, the adaptation of the creepily all-ages big-screen animated spectacular begins with a four-part weekly series! In a world filled with Mad Scientists and Evil Inventions, one talented evil scientist's hunch-backed lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a Mad Scientist himself and winning the annual Evil Science Fair. This adaptation comes to you courtesy of Barbara Randall Kesel (Ghost Whisperer) and Igor Movie Prequel artist Grant Bond (Clockwork Girl). Issue one will be in stores on August 20. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 IGOR MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 Barbara Randall Kesek (w) • Grant Bond (a & c) The weekly adaptation of the big-screen smash continues courtesy of Barbara Randall Kesel and artist Grant Bond. Issue 2 will be in stores on August 27. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 IGOR MOVIE PREQUEL #4 Dara Naraghi (w) • Grant Bond (a & c) When Igor builds a flying machine, Scamper and Brain convince our intrepid lab assistant to take them along on his test flight. But one crash-landing later, the trio find themselves stranded in the countryside, with no help in sight. Until they come across the "Home for Blind Orphans", that is. And in our backup tale, Malaria's most infamous evil geniuses mingle at the egotistical Dr. Schadenfreude's big pre-Evil Science Fair gala ball. But with so many mad scientists in one place, things are bound to go wrong. Creepy, all-ages fun courtesy of Dara Naraghi (Lifelike) and artist Grant Bond (Clockwork Girl). FC • 32 pages • $3.99 FALLEN ANGEL #29 Peter David (w) • J.K. Woodward (a & c) You thought you had trouble going on a trip? Imagine being the Fallen Angel, her son Jude, and Black Mariah, trying to get to the fabled City of Life, stuck in the middle of the ocean with sharks converging and no land in sight. Just having to deal with lost luggage doesn't seem so bad now, does it? From New York Times Best-Selling author Peter David and art by Fallen Angel mainstay J.K. Woodward. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL’S TOOLS #5 Doug Wojtowicz (w) • S.L. Gallant (a) • Justin Randall (c) It's all come down to this. In the Border Steel Cartel's grim Mexican fortress, Mack Bolan, the Executioner and Melissa Nye, captured ATF agent, have two goals: destroy the cartel… and get out alive. Writer Doug Wojtowicz, artist SL Gallant, colorist Luis Delgado, and cover artist Justin Randall are on hand, backing our heroes against impossible odds. There will be blood and thunder in this explosive climax to IDW's Executioner miniseries. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #9 Pat Mills, John Wagner, Steve Moore (w) • Dave Gibbons (a) • Charlie Kirchoff (c) This time around, the good (Fourth) Doctor runs afoul of the “Dragon’s Claw.” By Steve Moore, John Wagner, Pat Mills, and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), with all-new colors over Gibbons’ classic art by Charlie Kirchoff, who also re-creates the original Gibbons cover for this issue, too. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 FX #6 Wayne Osborne (w) • John Byrne (a & c) It's the final showdown between FX and Erevos! But will all of Tom's power combined with the might of Homefront be enough to defeat the ultimate evil and bring his friends and family safely home? I could tell you now but that would spoil all the fun. This sixth and final issue the limited series brought to you by Osborne, Byrne, Cordier, Turnbull, and Workman. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 BEN TEMPLESMITH’S ART OF WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE Ben Templesmith (a & c) Ben Templesmith collects all the notable art plus a large amount of unpublished ideas, sketches and never-before-seen paintings from his cult classic, semi-regular, off-beat serial Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse. Includes an original Wormwood short story. See the art, read the story, ride the worm. TPB • FC • 96 pages • 8-1/2” x 11” • $19.99 BEN TEMPLESMITH’S ART OF WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE S&N HC This special hardcover edition is strictly limited to 500 copies and comes with a numbered tip-in plate signed by artist Ben Templesmith. HC • FC • 96 pages • 8-1/2” x 11” • $49.99 BEN TEMPLESMITH’S ART OF WORMWOOD: GENTLEMAN CORPSE S&N HC This deluxe limited edition hardcover is strictly limited to only 100 copies. Each copy will include an all-new, hand-drawn Wormwood sketch by artist Ben Templesmith. HC • FC • 96 pages • 8-1/2” x 11” • $100.00 FUBEAR STUDIOS HC David Slade (a & c) What is Fubear? Fubear is the schism that exists between "funny ha-ha” and “funny-strange.” It is collection of illustrations in one nice, small, square hardcover book that will tie in with the release of the animated short "Meatdog: What’s Fer Dinner” to be premiered at ComiCon and play to the over seven million users of xBox live this summer. Oddly, Behind Fubear Studios is David Slade, film director of the 2005 thriller and cult hit Hard Candy and the 2007 No.1 box office movie adaptation of the IDW comic 30 Days of Night. Fubear Studios v 0.1 is a 48-page book of illustrations created by Slade (as his alter-ego Fubear Studios) 2003 and 2008 to illustrate the world of MEATDOG and a plethora of characters. Meet "Meatdog” (a dog made of meat cuts); “Bearleftbear” (obsessive-compulsive bear in a car); the “Alienbears” (hungry, carnivorous octarian creatures from another universe); “Drumming Dogs,” “Hazmat Bears” from a chemical psychoverse, and many more… HC • FC • 6" x 6" • 48 pages • $11.99 August Backlist COMPLETELY DOOMED Chris Ryall & others (w) • Ashley Wood & others (a) TPB • B/W • $19.99 • MAR073528 CSI: BAD RAP—DIGEST Max Allan Collins (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez, Ashley Wood (a) TPB • FC • $11.99 • JAN083721 THE KEEP F. Paul Wilson (a) • Matthew Smith (a) TPB • B/W • $19.99 • APR063231 LIFELIKE Dara Naraghi (w) • Marvin Mann & others (a) HC • FC • $19.99 • OCT073596 LORE VOL. 2 T.P. Louise, Ashley Wood (w) • Ashley Wood (a) TPB • FC • $24.99 • OCT063528 MASTERS OF HORROR TPB Chris Ryall, Ivan Brandon (w) • Jeremy Haun, Dennis Calero (a) TPB • FC • $17.99 • JUL063264 MAZE AGENCY VOL. 1 Mike W. 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HC • FC • 24 pages • 11.375” x 10.375” • $15.99 WILLIAM’S DINOSAURS Alan Baker (w/a) At the end of William’s garden is a dark, dark wood. But is it only trees that tower over William as he walks there? Or are there dinosaurs hiding in the shade? Join William on incredible adventure. HC • FC • 24 pages • 11.375” x 10.375” • $15.99 ************************************ IMPERIUM COMICS TRAILER PARK OF TERROR COLOR SPECIAL #10 by James Dracoules, Dean Kotz & Various This issue answers the age-old question “What happens when a demon comes back from the dead as a zombie?” Since the demon-zombie happens to be womanizing Ray-Bob’s jealous ex-girlfriend, disaster ensues! Meanwhile, Big Ed throws a barbeque and Norma brings out her knives. All this, plus a Marv the Zombie solo story. MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 INFINITY STUDIOS STAR OF THE MONTH NOW VOLUME 3 GN by Sung-Woo Park Just before the fall of the mighty Korean Kingdom of Goguryeo, a lone man roamed the lands causing destruction beyond imagine using Sa Shin Mu, a form of martial arts never before seen in this world. Now, 20 years after the fall of the Kingdom of Goguryeo, a new rumor is spreading that a secret manual detailing this legendary martial art has resurfaced. Will Sa Shin Mu once again dictate the fate of this new era? (APR073832) 5x7, 176pgs, PC SRP: $10.95 ********************************************************************** INNOVATIVE KIDS PHONICS COMICS LEVEL 1: SUGAR AND SPICE, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER by Wendy Wax & Lisa Perrert It's phonics! It's comics! It's awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Level 1 titles feature easy-to sound out words, simple sentences, strong picture clues, and beginning sight words. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico. SC, 6x9, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 PHONICS COMICS LEVEL 2: HIRO, DRAGON WARRIOR — BATTLE AT MOUNT KAMADO by David and Bobbi Weiss & Robbie Short Hiro the dragon warrior is back for more adventure! In this sequel, Hiro continues his quest to learn from Master Fu and to recover another long-lost Power Jade from evil Master Gomi. (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico. SC, 6x9, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 PHONICS COMICS LEVEL 3: OTIS C. MOUSE — EGYPT by Wendy Wax & Bradley Slocum Otis C. Mouse lives a happy life in the big city — until the day he accidentally gets packed away in a suitcase! When he awakens in Egypt his epic adventure begins. It's a tale of too many cities! (C: 1-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. NOTE: Available only in the United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico. SC, 6x9, 24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 KENZER & COMPANY KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #142 by Jolly Blackburn & Various Knights of the Dinner Table is the longest running comic on the subject of games ever! Though B.A., Brian, Bob, Dave and Sara may play different characters in different games, their personalities always shine through. KoDT also features d20, HackMaster and other articles for gamers, from a gamer’s perspective. A hilarious and hysterical slice of (fantasy) life in strips, features and a wonderful celebration of the gaming culture! 80pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE SPECIAL EDITION: LAST MAN STANDING by Jolly Blackburn A new live action game has hit Muncie, and the Knights are in! Armed with paint ball guns, it's gamer vs. gamer as they hunt each other down. The goal? To be the last man standing! This original self-contained story has it all — intrigue, betrayal, and laughs. From Weird Pete’s back room, the public library, to the open gaming room at GaryCon itself, no one is safe. Don’t turn your back. Don’t trust your friend. And save the last paint ball for yourself! 32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.49 LADY DEATH STORE.COM LADY DEATH VISIONS #1—PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE EDITION A Previews Exclusive! This all-new comic features astounding images of Lady Death by classic and all-new artists including: Scott Lewis, Ivan Reis, Matt Busch, Tommy Castillo, Stuart Sagar, Ken Branch, Alayna Magnan, and many more. Strictly limited to 200 numbered copies, each comes bagged, boarded and signed by Matt Busch and Brian Pulido! This is the first-ever, officially licensed Matt Busch signed Lady Death comic collectible! Be part of history! Comes backed by a custom Certificate of Authenticity. (C: 0-1-2) 20pgs, FC SRP: $39.99 LAST GASP TOLERANCE HC by Chris Mars Perhaps best known as the dummer for The Replacements, Chris Ware turned his attention in the 1990's toward graphic arts, and he has produced a remarkable body of work in his new career. Chris Mars' painting style, examples of which graced all of his album covers, is marked by nightmarish landscapes and grotesque, distorted figures. He draws inspiration from his older brother's struggle with schizophrenia. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES HC, 10x12, 176pgs, FC SRP: $40.00 THE ART OF HERGÉ: INVENTOR OF TINTIN HC by Phillipe Goddin & Michael Farr The first in a three-volume series, this is a selection of Hergé's outstanding, often unpublished drawings showing the diversity of his work and offering the reader a view of the range of his talent. Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin and Snowy, was born a century ago. He left an exceptional legacy, the center of which is Tintin, but also includes much other work. This first volume of The Art of Hergé covers the years 1907 to 1937 and his development as a young, promising artist — his childhood and schoolboy sketches, his first published drawings, his burgeoning work as an illustrator and graphic designer, ads, the occasional painting, and of course, his comics. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES HC, 11x8, 208pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $39.95 TOKYO ZOMBIE SC by Yusaku Hanakuma As this horror-comedy manga begins, Fujio and Mitsuo, two blue-collar factory workers dream of training in martial arts overseas and become famous. When they accidentally kill their overbearing boss, they bury him at a man-made garbage mountain known as Dark Fuji, where tons of rotting garbage have been contaminated with industrial waste which, naturally, transforms the bodies of the dead into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies! Fujio and Mitsuo try their best to survive in this horrific new landscape, but the hapless pair become separated after an idiotic mistake involving potato chips and a stray dog. Originally serialized in the cutting-edge magazine AX. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 8x6, 164pgs, PC SRP: $9.95 LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP GRAPHIC UNIVERSE: BEOWULF, MONSTER SLAYER SC by Paul D. Storrie & Ron Randal This graphic novel tells a classic tale taken from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem. The warrior hero Beowulf hears that Denmark, the kingdom of his father’s friend, is under attack. Beowulf sails from Geatland to Denmark to help, and finds the kingdom plagued by the violent monster Grendel. Beowulf slays Grendel, but then he must face the wrath of Grendel’s monstrous mother! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 GRAPHIC UNIVERSE: KING ARTHUR, FIGHT FOR CAMELOT SC by Jeff Limke & Thomas Yeates This classic tale is taken from England’s Arthurian legends. When Queen Guinivere is accused of a crime, her husband, King Arthur, must remain neutral. Instead, Arthur’s greatest knight, Sir Lancelot, defends the queen’s honor. But a group of knights tries to use the controversy to weaken Arthur’s rule. Arthur must fight to keep Camelot united, and Lancelot and Guinivere must prove their loyalty to the king! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 GRAPHIC UNIVERSE: ODYSSEUS, ESCAPING POSEIDON'S CURSE SC by Dan Jolley & Thomas Yeates Follows the Greek hero, Odysseus on his perilous return home after the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men encounter dangerous monsters (including the one-eyed Cyclops and the man-eating Scylla) and many other dangers and temptations. Writer Dan Jolley’s script is based on Homer’s legendary story The Odyssey. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 GRAPHIC UNIVERSE: SINBAD, SAILING INTO PERIL SC by Marie P. Croall & Clint Hilinski Sinbad is a wealthy young man who squanders his fortune and must sell his possessions to survive. He leaves his home in Baghdad and goes to sea to earn a living as a merchant. On his travels, Sinbad meets giant birds, an ogre, a sea serpent, and more — yet even after he becomes a rich man, he returns to the sea to seek more adventure. Will Sinbad survive his perilous journeys? Will he overcome the dangers he faces and return to his beloved homeland? In creating this retelling of Sinbad, Marie P. Croall relied heavily on Arabian Nights Volume I: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights, adapted from Richard F. Burton’s unexpurgated translation by Jack Zipes. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 GRAPHIC UNIVERSE: THESEUS, BATTLING THE MINOTAUR SC by Jeff Limke & John McCrea Theseus is one of ancient Greece’s greatest legendary heroes. To prove his mettle, he sets out on a journey from his home to achieve his birthright — to be the king of the city of Athens. Along the way, he shows his strength and cunning by defeating several challengers. Soon after arriving Athens, he is sent on a mission to the island of Crete, where he is sent into the legendary labyrinth to face the deadly half-man/half-bull beast, the Minotaur. He wins and gets to be king. Artist John McCrea and author Jeff Limke consulted a variety of classic mythology reference sources, including Bulfinch’s Mythology, to create a colorful, fast-moving tale that is true to the original Greek legend. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 6x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 LINSNER.COM DAWN: GENESIS DAWN DIGITAL ART PRINT by Joseph Michael Linsner The "Genesis Dawn" artwork has been demanded by Goddess worshippers for years, and finally, for the first time ever, here she is! Clad in nothing but a mysterious expression and a tastefully placed rose, this is one beauty that will captivate any observer. Suitable for framing, "Genesis Dawn" measures 11" x 17" and ships in a tough sleeve, with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. (C: 0-1-2) Print, 11x17, FC SRP: $25.00 DAWN: "LACEY FACE" DIGITAL ART PRINT by Joseph Michael Linsner Never before available as a print, this soft and sensual image of Dawn is a huge hit with the ladies! Rendered against a lacey background, "Lacey Face" measures 11" x 17" and comes in a plastic protector with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. (C: 0-1-2) Print, 11x17, FC SRP: $25.00 LITTLE ROCKET PUBLICATIONS OFFERED AGAIN O/A WILD STARS VOLUME 1: THE BOOK OF CIRCLES GN by Michael Tierney & Various The culmination of 20 years worth of work, The Book of Circles combines new material with 10 previous publications. Seventy-five thousand years ago, mankind first migrated into space and colonized the brightest stars in the night sky, calling them Wild Stars. Now, in modern times, their war against the planet destroying Brothan has reached Old Atlantis — the world also known as Earth! Featuring artwork by Tierney, Dave Simons, and Frank Brunner, Wild Stars: The Book of Circles will take readers on an intoxicating journey through myth and history and sets the stage for humanity's future! SC, 6x9, 292pgs, B&W SRP: $17.95 WILD STARS VOLUME 3 #1-7 SET by Tierney, Brewer, Simons & Brunner Combining mythology and science fiction, Michael Tierney's Wild Stars saga spans the stars. In a past so ancient it is no longer half-remembered as myth or legend, humanity journeyed to the stars, leaving Earth behind. While those left on Earth fell into savagery and civilization was reborn, leading to our modern age, in the stars humanity colonized the galaxy and came into conflict with the wolf-like Brothan. Now, humanity's interstellar descendants return to Earth, drawing the world into the conflict that has engulfed the galaxy! Collecting all seven issues of the third volume of Tierney's Wild Stars, these issues feature the interior artwork of Dave Simons and the cover artwork of the legendary Frank Brunner! 7x10, B&W SRP: $23.65 MICROCOSM PUBLISHING SNAKEPIT VOLUME 3: 2007 TP by Ben Snakepit Follow Ben through his daily life illustrated as 3 comic panel adventures involving beer, weed, work, shows, tour, love, and parties filled with monsters! His drawing and writing style is sincere and heartfelt and you can imagine and feel his highs and lows. Each day is illustrated along with what he was listening to while drawing the frame. Awarded 2007 Best Mini-Comic Award by Wizard Magazine! MATURE THEMES 5x7, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $6.00 OFFERED AGAIN O/A SNAKEPIT VOLUME 2: MY LIFE IN A JUGULAR VEIN TP by Ben Snakepit Collects years 4-6 of Snakepit — the 3-panel daily autobiographical comic by Ben Snakepit. A partying, record store clerk, rock and roller, and big sweet softy, Ben tours the world with his band, J Church, drinks like a fish, goes to parties, and gets his heart broken over and over when he’s not breaking hearts. The more you read, the more addictive it gets. Includes a compilation CD of Ben’s daily listening! MATURE THEMES SC, 5x9, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $15.00 BRAINFAG FOREVER (BFF) GN by Nate Beaty Brainfag is a medical term for "brain fatigue," culled from a turn-of-the-century Grape-Nuts ad. Beaty uses comics to explore self-expression, love, love lost, the ups and downs of urban existence versus living off the grid, balancing art and coding on the computer, and generally staying sane in a world gone mad. Featuring extensive new material explaining each issue, including the first 25 years of his life in five pages! Climb inside the head of a cartoonist using comics as cheap therapy. Collects nearly a decade of Nate Beaty's self-published comics. SC, 5x7, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $9.00 MIRAGE STUDIOS TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #49 by Dan Gerger & Jim Lawson "Mind Games." Discover what actually happened when the Turtles went west to save Raphael from the clutches of DARPA (as seen in TMNT Volume 2)! Mr. Braunze returns to New York with a deadly pack of villains on his trail, and only the Turtles can save him from a fate worse than death! It's a psionic shoot-out of epic proportions! 32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.25 MOONSTONE CAPTAIN ACTION #1 by Nicieza, Wolfman, Kupperberg & Sparacio The first issue of Cap's ongoing super-spy thriller takes off here! The new Captain Action has to take down the superhuman targets who have been co-opted by the Red Crawl. He's got to put them out of commission in a hurry — by whatever means necessary! Cap learns there's an extra bonus by using the dermaplast genetic manipulation gunk to disguise himself as someone else, but that bonus comes at a price! And get ready for this shocker of an ending! Also, in this can't-miss issue, Moonstone's first appearance of Mandrake The Magician by Mike Bullock! Choose from either the "modern cover" by Mark Sparacio, or the "homage cover" (to DC's Captain Action #1) by Marat Mychaels! (C: 0-1-2) MYCHAELS COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 SPARACIO COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 THE PHANTOM #26 by Mike Bullock, Zeu & Silvestre Szilagyi "Man O' War." From the Chronicles of the 13th Phantom! While returning to the United States with his wife, Jeannette, The Ghost Who Walks finds himself embroiled in a battle with sea faring slave traders. Will The Phantom be able to free the enslaved members of the Llongo tribe, or join them in chains? And how does this tie in to the life of the 21st Phantom? Find out here! (C: 0-1-2) 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER: CRY OF THUNDER #1 by Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno A Moonstone Crime Wave Event! Not a dream, not a hoax, not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery — 100 years apart from each other! The lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, the present day hell of Hollywood — there, and back again! Follow Sherlock Holmes' trail of a man who was wrongfully and willingly imprisoned, to shocking New World Order anarchy, to a beautiful woman who needs Kolchak to delve into the surreal past, to the shunned man who has the the key! Available with two covers, one from Joe Corroney (Doctor Who Classics), the other from Eddy Newell! (C: 0-1-2) CORRONEY COVER—32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $3.99 NEWELL COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 MCCANDLESS & COMPANY: INSECURITIES ONE-SHOT by J.C. Vaughn & Gene Gonzales A Moonstone Crime Wave event! From the Harvey Award-nominated creator of Antiques: The Comic Strip and Zombie-Proof and the writer of 24 comes this story of two private detectives from two very different walks of life, Carey McCandless and Jessica Williams. Along with their only employee, would-be writer David Bradshaw, they investigate the surprisingly deadly theft of $60 million from a mutual fund. Covers by Gene Gonzales and Michael Avon Oeming (Mice Templar) in a 50/50 ratio. (C: 0-1-2) 56pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99 PARTNERS IN CRIME NOVEL by C.J. Henderson & Joe Gentile A Moontsone Crime Wave event! The past meets the future to defeat un unspeakable evil! Europe, 1945. In the final days of World War II, a sinister Nazi plan to defeat the Allies using black sorcery is thwarted, only to be resurrected again in a form more terrible than ever before! Over six turbulent decades, across multiple continents, and through the darkest alternate dimensions, a force of unimaginable power is poised to subjugate all mankind, and some of history's greatest fictional crime fighters find themselves in a battle against the ultimate evil! Their names are legend: their exploits are known around the world — Kolchak, the Night Stalker; Boston Blackie; Johnny Dollar; Lain Wan; Candy Matson; Pat Novak; Blackshirt; Mr. Keen; and Jack Hagee. Now, this amazing group will find themselves pitted against a power that transcends time and space — an evil so corrupt that the fate of humanity may hang in the balance! SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 SEX, LIES AND PRIVATE EYES NOVEL by Various A Moonstone Crime Wave event! When it comes to sex, lies often follow & in the dark heart of the city, death can be the ultimate payback! A landmark collection of all-new original noir short stories with the theme of "sex for sale." Written by some of today's top crime writers, Sex, Lies and Private Eyes features a stunning cast of legendary characters from the best mysteries of the past and present: Alo Nudger, Fred Carver, Blackshirt, Candy Matson Domino Lady, Kolchak, Lai Wan, Jack Hagee PI, Johnny Dollar, Mr. Keen, Pat Novak, Sherlock Holmes, The Silencers, The Maze Agency, Toby Peters, Truxton Lewis, and more! With stories by Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estleman, Stuart M. Kaminksy, Mike W. Barr, Mike Bullock, Barbara Collins, Steven Grant, CJ Henderson, David Tischman, and more, this is one noir ride you won't want to miss! SC, 6x9, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $16.95 MR. MOTO: WELCOME BACK, MR. MOTO TP by Rafael Nieves & Tim Hamilton A Moonstone Crime Wave Event! Pulitzer Prize-winner John P. Marquand's creation makes his comics debut! With the end of World War II, Ken Takashi is released from an internment camp. Instead of being greeted by a culture that should be ashamed of what it did to so many innocent men and women, he finds himself surrounded by bigots, still quick to dehumanize any Asian it comes across. Frustrated, humilliated, and without many options, he is met by Mr. Moto. He is there to help Ken, many times — but his motives are his own — and he may show Ken that he has much more to lose than he could ever have dreamed! (C: 0-1-2) RES. from Previews Vol. XIV #10 (OCT042843) SC, 7x10, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 MR. KEEN: TRACER OF LOST PERSONS TP by Justin Gray & Lee Ferguson A Moonstone Crime Wave event! In a city that can swallow you whole, only one man can find what cannot be found. Ninette Moeller steps off a flight from Paris and onto the mean streets of New York City. She's after one Lucien Denali, a man who has done her unspeakable damage. She hires the tireless Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, to hunt him down. Sure, it sounds easy — the man's a big name in the underworld, getting him in their sights should be no sweat — but will Mr. Keen underestimate the sheer evil that runs through Denali? MATURE THEMES RES. from Previews Vol. XIV #8 (AUG042855) SC, 7x10, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER: NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE TP (NEW PRINTING) by Joe Gentile & Various A Moonstone Crime Wave event! Ride the rails with the man who knows your story, whether you're willing to tell it or not! The Traveler is destined to ride this train alongside passengers with questionable fates. Fates that must be explored as they come to this crossroads, then guided along to their final destination. Together these three eerie stories showcase the Traveler at his best, with plenty of moody atmosphere and emotion. Pry open a deeper insight into of the most enigmatic comic characters of all time! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99 BOSTON BLACKIE: BLOODY SHAME GN (NEW PRINTING) by Stefan Petrucha, Kirk Van Wormer & Chris Burnham A Moonstone Crime Wave event! Suave safe-cracker/ex-con, Boston Blackie is misunderstood.— a lot. A jewel heist goes horribly wrong. A five-year-old boy disappears, is presumed dead, and all fingers point to Boston Blackie. The body is never found, and seven years later Boston Blackie is still haunted by what happened that night. And then, a woman from Blackie's past comes to him for help. Her son is sitting on death row for a murder she know he did not commit! (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 6x8, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $10.49 STARS OF THE MONTH LANCE BARNES: POST NUKE DICK TP by Stefan Petrucha & Barry Crain GASP! as gumshoe Lance Barnes snips the wrong wire on an ICBM and ends the world! SCREECH! as he guiltily wanders the post-nuke landscape with his one-legged secretary Peg! THRILL! to the collected comic and a new text adventure! READ! what Stan Lee called "[full of] amazing originality and offbeat humor!" Includes the previously published Epic 4-issue mini-series, as well as a brand new Lance illustrated short story by creator Stefan Petrucha (The X-Files)! (APR042769) (C: 1-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 136pgs, B&W MSRP: $11.95 THE SILENCERS: BLACK KISS TP by Fred Van Lente, Steve Ellis, & Dae Lim Yoo For decades The Silencers have been the superpowered enforcers of New York's Provenzano Crime Family, protecting them from "The Tights." When Cardinal, their fearsome leader, makes plans to retire from a life of crime, a rival syndicate makes a move against him, and the quiet life he's trying so hard to achieve may slowly trickle out of his grasp. The Sopranos meets Powers in this explosive crime saga of honor and betrayal. Plus extra stuff galore, like an original never before seen short comic story! (MAY052867) SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 BLACKSHIRT GN by Adi Tantimedh & Diego Olmos Richard Jerrill used to be a soldier, a member of Britain's Special Air Service, the Elite Corps that took on the jobs no one else would, and few knew about. Now he's left the SAS for New York City, where he writes best selling techno thrillers loosely based on his experiences in the service. But you can't take the adrenaline out of the junkie. At night, he prowls the city, dressed in black, committing petty heists and pitting himself against high-tech alarm systems, just because he can. His secret life, however, is not secret for long. A mysterious woman named Vox knows all about him. She offers him a deal in exchange for not revealing his nocturnal activities to the police — or his identity to his former enemies. He has to be her modern-day Robin Hood! (MAY042813) MATURE THEMES SC, B&W SRP: $10.95 JACK HAGEE, PRIVATE EYE GN by CJ Henderson, Doug Klauba, Tom Gianni & Richard Clark Novelist and comics scribe CJ Henderson returns to comics with his quintessential loner PI, Jack Hagee. Ex-military Intelligence, former police detective, and the last honest man in New York City: Jack Hagee is bad news for the bad guys. Three all-new tales of the mean streets around us today, plus the previously published “The Little Voice Inside.” For fans of Chandler, Hammett, Ross MacDonald, Spillane, and Robert B. Parker! (JAN052869) MATURE THEMES SC, 5.5x8, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $9.49 ********************************************************************** OFFERED AGAIN O/A MOONSTONE NOIR: THE HAT SQUAD GN by Jay Faerber & Eric Yonge The Hat Squad — four tough cops who deliver justice their way on the streets of Raymond Chandler's L.A.! When actress Sheila Rivers calls "The Squad" because she fears a hit has been put out on her, they blow her off as a flake that watches too many Edward G. Robinson movies. But when she ends up murdered, they snap, and put a heat on the city's underworld that would make the devil burn! MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 48pgs, B&W SRP: $5.50 NASCAR COMICS NASCAR HEROES #5 by Diamond, Habjan & Gallagher For anyone who missed it on FCBD! Meet the NASCAR Heroes — 800-Horsepower comic book action with America's largest spectator sport as a backdrop! Jimmy Dash's super-powered race team is hired to help with stunts for a action-racing movie, Zoom Speedster — but the production is plagued by the mysterious Driver Z ghost car haunting the set. Plus, How-To's, a mini-overview of the ongoing series, with character bios and a story timeline! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 NBM DUNGEON MONSTRES VOLUME 2: THE DARK LORD TP by Sfar, Trondheim, Blanquet & Andreas Terra Amata has exploded into many little floating islands, and Herbert has become a very dark and very powerful lord, a far cry from his goofy, shoot-from-the-belt self. In both tales in this volume, the key is to find the map to the new world, and a great many forces stand in the way. Whether it's the Dark Lord or even a very upcompromising and very determined Marvin the Red, the new map must be found! (C: 0-1-2) 96pgs, FC SRP: $12.95 STARS OF THE MONTH DUNGEON MONSTRES VOLUME 1: THE CRYING GIANT TP by Mazan, Menu, Trondheim & Sfar Jean-Christophe Menu — best known as the head of the publishing company L'Association — presents Alcibiades the wizard in "The Crying Giant." His all-seeing giant's eye cannot stop crying, flooding the entire dungeon. They must find the Giant who gave his eye to remedy this rather wet situation. Mazan also presents the story of John-John the Terrible, the monster split into two living halves. (DEC073818) 96pgs, FC SRP: $12.95 DUNGEON TWILIGHT VOLUME 1: DRAGON CEMETARY GN (NEW PRINTING) by Joann Sfar & Lewis Trondheim The planet Terra Amata, on which Dungeon resides, has stopped turning. On one side, total darkness and absolute coldness. On the other, a searing desert and eternal day. The survivors live on a thin slice of earth where day and night meet, a territory known as "Twilight." (DEC053127) SC, 6x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 ********************************************************************** NETCOMICS DO WHATEVER YOU WANT VOLUME 4 GN by Yeri Na Jinwon Hyun is a carefree and outgoing high school student. He is a great dancer and has a pretty girlfriend. One day, however, he notices that someone is constantly staring at him. He finds out it’s none other than a classmate named Hosoo — who has a girlfriend of his own — and Jinwon is faced with a very strange and worrisome dilemma. The two boys find themselves gradually becoming attracted to each other’s songs and hopes. This subtle shonen-ai story of love, pain, and youthful angst will break readers’ hearts and leave them totally infatuated with Yeri Na and her characters. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 184pgs, B&W (4 of 6) SRP: $9.99 ROMANCE PAPA VOLUME 4 GN by Youngran Lee Sangbum, a misogynistic, germophobic plastic surgeon, is shocked to discover that the sperm he donated as a medical student has resulted in a 13-year-old daughter, Myunghae. Myunghae's foster parents were killed in an accident, so she gets unceremoniously dropped into her biological father's life. Sangbum isn't prepared for the responsibilities of fatherhood, but he quickly comes to love the daughter who looks so much like him. While she adjusts to her happy new life with Sangbum, however, Myunghae is shocked to learn that her boyfriend is now dating her best friend! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 192pgs, B&W (4 of 8) SRP: $9.99 KINGDOM OF THE WINDS VOLUME 3 GN by Kimjin In the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, a ruthless king reigns and the good princes and princesses of the nation live with the constant fear of death. After the forced suicide of his elder brother Haemyung, the previous heir to the throne, the new Crown Prince Muhyul resolves to save his siblings by doing everything in his power to focus his father's wrath onto himself. One night, his youngest brother Prince Yeojin mysteriously disappears and Muhyul must ride out alone into the desolate storm to find him. Little does the new Crown Prince know that there's far more to the disappearance of Yeojin than his father's madness! The forces of Heaven and Hell are moving and Goguryeo lies at the center of their plans. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, B&W (3 of 25) SRP: $9.99 OLYMPIAN PUBLISHING STARS OF THE MONTH DAN BRERETON'S NOCTURNALS HC by Dan Brereton Doc Horror knows there are sinister forces at work trying to bring the downfall of the human race. An outcast, Doc Horror is forced to live by the dark of night, and there he finds compatriots who must also shun the light of day. Polychrome, The Gunwitch, Starfish, Firelion, Komodo, and The Raccoon join Doc in his mission to save this planet — and they don't care how many monsters stand in their way! Volume 1 contains the original six-issue Bravura mini-series, Black Planet, the "Witching Hour" story arc from Dark Horse Presents, and the all-new origin story of how Doc Horror met the Raccoon, entitled "Clean Hands." The PREVIEWS Exclusive Hardcover Edition includes an alternate Brereton cover and an additional 16 pages of sketchbook material, not found in the regular edition! (C: 0-1-2) REGULAR EDITION (SEP073871)—HC, 8x12, 224pgs, FC SRP: $29.99 PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE (SEP073872)—HC, 8x12, 224pgs, FC SRP: $39.99 ********************************************************************** ONI PRESS INC. LOCAL HC by Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly Crossing genres as it crosses the country, Local examines Megan McKeenan, a young woman who sets off from Portland, Oregon with nothing but a backpack and a bad case of wanderlust. Set in twelve real life cities across the United States and Canada, this painstakingly researched and meticulously illustrated volume has earned G4 TV's "Indie Book of the Year" and is "some of the sharpest slices of life the medium has ever seen" says Brian K. Vaughan. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 352pgs, B&W SRP: $29.99 LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE: SIDE B TP by Jamie S. Rich & Marc Ellerby Tristan has two things to his name — a band and a broken heart — and if he’s not careful, he’s liable to lose them both! Things continue to get weird for Tristan as old friends join forces with new enemies and his relationship with Isabelle keeps developing in unexpected ways. How will the band deal with constantly being on the back burner to Tristan's personal life? Then, when Tristan turns to his music for comfort he triumphantly returns to the stage, showcasing a new song, and its debut yields explosive results! Collects the second half of the acclaimed series. SC, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 STAR OF THE MONTH LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE: SIDE A TP by Jamie S. Rich & Marc Ellerby Tristan has two things to his name — a band and a broken heart — and if he’s not careful, he’s liable to lose them both. Like A Dog is a band on the verge of blowing up, and with Tristan finally back from an overseas trip, they think tonight’s gig might just light that fuse! But when Tristan spots his dream girl in the crowd, will she fix his lack of love or send his band’s career down in flames? Collects Love the Way You Love #1-3. (OCT073715) SC, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 ********************************************************************** QUEEN & COUNTRY: DEFINITIVE EDITION VOLUME 3 TP by Greg Rucka, Steve Rolston, Mike Norton & Chris Samnee In this third collection, readers are sucked into the thrilling and often-times devastating world of international espionage as SIS field agent Tara Chase is sent all over the world in service to her Queen and her country all the while Director of Operations Paul Crocker walks a narrow tightrope between his loyalty to his people and the political masters that must be served! Cover by Tim Sale. SC, 6x9, 264pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 STAR OF THE MONTH QUEEN & COUNTRY DEFINITIVE EDITION TP'S by Rucka & Various Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning espionage series gets a face-lift with a new series of massive trade paperbacks that collect the entire critically acclaimed series in just four volumes. The first volume collects Queen & Country #1-12 along with the short story from Oni Press’ second Color Special! In Volume 2, SIS Agent Tara Chase must contend with industrial espionage, ghosts from her director's past, and politicians eager to use the Service for their own ends! MATURE THEMES VOLUME 1 (SEP073874)—SC, 6x9, 376pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 VOLUME 2 (FEB083947)—SC, 6x9, 368pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 ********************************************************************** SHARKNIFE VOLUME 2: DOUBLE Z GN by Corey “The Rey” Lewis Caesar Hallelujah & friends return in this epic sequel to 2005's Sharknife: Stage First! Sharknife has fought 100 battles and it’s time to level up! But at what cost? Will he face defeat at the hands of his nemesis, Ombra the Orcasword? Who is Daring Hallelujah? And who are the Scars of Reximus? Find out in Sharknife: Double Z! Complete with new villains, new heroes, and new transformations! RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #5 (MAY073658) SC, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A SHARKNIFE VOLUME 1: STAGEFIRST GN by Corey Lewis Sharknife, one of the indy comics breakout hits of 2005, is back in print and sporting a sweet new cover! Caesar Hallelujah looks like an ordinary busboy, but in reality he’s the fortune cookie-chomping red rocket hero, Sharknife! Thrill to his first set of adventures! SC, 5x8, 136pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95 UNCLE SLAM FIGHTS BACK ONE-SHOT by Ande Parks & T.J. Kirsch Forget John. Don't even think about Barrack. And push Hillary out of your brain. Bill, too, while you're at it, because there's a new champion for the American people and his name is Uncle Slam! Part soldier, part machine, and all patriot, Uncle Slam is coming to the rescue in this funny and biting one-shot that isn't going to take anything else sitting down. It's about time that Uncle Slam Fights Back! 48pgs, B&W SRP: $4.99 OFFERED AGAIN O/A POUNDED TP by Brian Wood & Steve Rolston In a city filled with trust-fund babies and armchair revolutionaries, Heavy Parker rules the punk scene as a benevolent dictator. He sings lead in a local hardcore band; He puts out 'zines, pseudo-revolutionary material, and flypost propaganda about town. It's good to be king. Or at least it is until Missy, Heavy's girlfriend, goes away for college. How can a guy like Heavy be expected to handle a long-distance romance? Short answer: He can't. Missy is out of sight and Heavy's mind is already drifting towards his next sexual conquest. But can he maintain his throne when Missy returns, reborn as a true NYC punk and pissed as all hell? SC, 120pgs, FC SRP: $8.95 PAPERCUTZ CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 3: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS HC by Lewis Carroll & Kyle Baker Kyle Baker's adaptation of the madcap sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is truly inspired. It begins when Alice wonders what's on the other side of the mirror, and is actually able to pass on through to the other side. Along the way she encounters talking flowers and such unforgettable characters such as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, and Humpty-Dumpty, while somehow becoming the White Queen in a surreal chess match against the Red Queen. All the inspired lunacy of Lewis Carroll's classic book comes alive in this beautiful graphic novel. A graphic masterpiece by eight-time Eisner Award-winner Kyle Baker! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 6x9, 56pgs, FC SRP: $9.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 1: GREAT EXPECTATIONS HC by Charles Dickens & Rick Geary The bittersweet tale of one boy’s adolescence, and of the choices he makes to shape his destiny. Into an engrossing mystery, Dickens weaves a heartfelt inquiry into morals and virtues — as the orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, the goodhearted Biddy, the kind Joe and other memorable characters entwine in a battle of human nature. Rick Geary’s delightful illustrations capture the newfound awe and frustrations of young Pip as he comes of age, and begins to understand the opportunities that life presents. HC, 6x9, 56pgs, FC SRP: $9.95 STARS OF THE MONTH CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE VOLUME 1: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame & Michel Plessix The first volume of the Classics Illustrated Deluxe line presents graphic novelist Michel Plessix’s lush adaptation of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. The artwork is in aquarelle, with thin, precise, detailed lines. Plessix breathes life into Mole, Rat, and Toad (of Toad Hall) as they picnic on the riverbank, indulge in Toad's latest fad, and get lost in Wild Wood. The pacing is masterful — each panel lingers just long enough to make you appreciate the simple pleasures of life as the original novel. Available in hardcover and softcover editions. SOFTCOVER (SEP073888)—SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $13.95 HARDCOVER (SEP073889)—HC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $17.95 ********************************************************************** TALES FROM THE CRYPT #8 by Zanier, Van Lente, Salicrup, Dunlavey & Parker Hell hath no fury like a woman POed, as we learn in this issue's deadly double feature narrated by the Old Witch! A pair of misguided scientitsts help turn a homeless woman into a near-invincible, power-hungry being bent on becoming a human weapon of mass destruction in "She Who Would Rule the World" and a man receives telepathic signals from a young beautiful woman, but it all turns out terror-ably wrong in "Glass Heads." Beware, boys — in this issue, girls rule! (C: 0-1-2) 48pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 PENNY FARTHING PRESS THE VICTORIAN ACT IV: SELF-OVERCOMING TP by Trainor Houghton & Jim Burns His name is Laszlo Gerevich. He was born more than a century ago with a remarkable talent for survival. In his time, he was a scholar, a poet, a warrior, a friend, and a lover, and though he has worn many hats in his hundred years, the one he wears now is as the Victorian. Laszlo races against the clock and the mysterious cyclochronometer to stop a cataclysmic event foreseen by the Order of the Blue Rose in the late nineteenth century. He must relive the many roles he has played in his life and discover that his past is indeed alive and walking the streets of New Orleans. Collects issues #19-22, along with a special bonus section and a wrap-around cover by the legendary artist Jim Burns. SC, 124pgs, FC SRP: $19.95 PLATINUM STUDIOS THE ADVENTURES OF TYMM: ALIEN CIRCUS #3 by Dave Roman & L. Frank Weber Tymm, an orphan raised in an alien circus, discovers that he is the rightful heir to an intergalatic kingdom. Will Tymm leave his circus friends to fulfill his destiny as the heir to the Kingdom of Myridia? 48pgs, FC (3 of 3) SRP: $5.95 HERO BY NIGHT ONGOING #5 by DJ Coffman & James Patrick The Steel City Museum has just the thing to deter thieves — a super security robot! The only problem is, it's a little on the malfuctioning side and it's looking to kill the derby girl thieves that are going to rob it, one of which just may have caught Jack's fancy! It's crazy giant robot vs. super-hero vs. tough girl action in the Hero By Night ongoing series! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 I WAS KIDNAPPED BY LESBIAN PIRATES FROM OUTER SPACE #4 by Megan Rose Gedris When mild-mannered secretary Susan Bell is abducted by a gang of interstellar lesbian pirates, she's pulled into wild adventures ranging from bank robbery to — shoe shopping? She may even find romance. If she ever makes it home, Susan will never be the same again! Susan takes her cut of the treasure and heads to planet Megamall. While she's buying every pair of shoes she can find, the Captain enters an intergalactic space race in hopes of scoring a date with the most famous — and beautiful — pilot in the universe! 32pgs, FC (4 of 6) SRP: $3.95 PURE IMAGINATION PUBLISHING FOUR FRIGHTENED WOMEN GN by George Harmon Cox & Earl Whoton One of comics’ first graphic novels is reprinted for the first time since its original publication in 1950! Issued as a paperback, few collectors are even aware of its existence. Follow Kent Murdock, news photographer, as he comes head-to-head with dames and death! (C: 0-1-0) SC, 188pgs, FC SRP: $10.00 JACK MAGIC TP by Greg Theakston & Jack Kirby The long-awaited biography of Jack Kirby, The King of Comics! Written by Greg Theakston, Jack’s workmate and personal historian, it’s a detailed study of Kirby’s life and career. Included are extensive quotes from Kirby, Joe Simon, Will Eisner, and many more. Profusely illustrated with classic art and family photos. SC, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $25.00 RADICAL PUBLISHING CALIBER #4 by Sam Sarkar & Garrie Gastonny Talbot is determined to crush the revolution stirring in Telacoma and sets things in motion aimed to bring about Arthur’s death. Finding events unfolding beyond his control, Whitefeather himself triggers the beginning of the end when he makes a fatal mistake. 28pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $2.99 FREEDOM FORMULA #1 by Edmund Shern, Kai Lim & Chester Ocampo In a future where only genetically engineered pilots are bred to race, the death of a man sends his son to the streets of the city's underworld on a collision course with the secrets of his hidden legacy. 28pgs, FC SRP: $2.99 HERCULES #4 by Steve Moore & Imaginary Friends Studio Hercules and his fellow mercenaries have led the armies of King Cotys to a bloody victory that welds the local tribes into a single nation, only to find themselves betrayed and imprisoned by the very man they served. Now, with Greece itself under threat, only a daring scheme can save the band from imminent torture and death , a scheme which can only lead to bloodshed on a massive scale! 28pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $2.99 RADIO COMIX GENUS #90 SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Not available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K. ADULT MATERIAL 32pgs, B&W SRP: $3.99 RAW JUNIOR LLC STINKY GN by Eleanor Davis Stinky is a monster who loves pickles and possums — but is terrified of people! When a new kid enters his swamp, this adorable little monster comes up with all sorts of crazy plans to scare him away. But Stinky quickly learns to conquer his fear, as he realizes that bats, rats, and toads aren’t the only friends you can find in the swamp. This hilarious and heart-warming story by ferociously talented newcomer Eleanor Davis proves that even monsters can make new friends, warts and all! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 6x9, 40pgs, FC SRP: $12.95 REBELLION 2000 AD #1598-1601 by Various The summer months explode with red-hot Thrill-power as Britain's cult SF anthology comic ramps up the excitement with a stunning line-up of stories! Everything comes to fiery climax as Nikolai Dante tries to stop an apocalypse in "Amerika," by Robbie Morrison (The Authority) and Simon Fraser (Richard Matheson's Hell House), plus the street war gets ugly in "Sinister Dexter," by Dan Abnett (Nova) and Anthony Williams (The Unfunnies) and new dangers rear their undead head in "Defoe," by Pat Mills (Marshall Law) and Leigh Gallagher (The Witching). Then in #1600, a whole new roster of strips begin: the ABC Warriors are back for the third book of "The Volgan War," by Pat Mills and Clint Langley; Captain Jack Dancer and his crew return for more perilous adventure in "Old Gods," by Ian Edginton and Steve Yeowell; and the cranky crustacean Lobster Random delves into his own past in "The Forget-Me-Knot." by Simon Spurrier (Silver Surfer) and Carl Critchlow (Thrud the Barbarian). Plus of course future lawman Judge Dredd continues to enforce the law on the streets of Mega-City One! (C: 0-1-2) Magazine, 32pgs, PC SRP: $4.50 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #275 by Various A British comics icon joins the mighty Megazine as Tank Girl returns to a UK monthly for the first time in over twelve years! An all-new ongoing story, "Skid Marks," by Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo will introduce the anarchic anti-heroine to a new generation of fans. Elsewhere, there's carnage in the Cursed Earth for Judge Dredd, courtesy of John Wagner and Peter Doherty, and Psi-Judge Anderson is caught in a virtual trap in "WiiERD," by Alan Grant and Boo Cook. Plus interviews, reviews, and much more! (C: 0-1-2) Magazine, 64pgs, PC SRP: $7.50 SLÁINE: THE HORNED GOD GN by Pat Mills & Simon Bisley For too long the people of Tir-Nan-Og have suffered under the dominion of the Drunes, strange druids who have poisoned the land with their magic. Sláine has had enough of their tyranny and, through the Earth Goddess, he learns some shocking truths about the priesthood and his own future! Now Sláine must unite the four kings of Tir-Nan-Og and use their mystical weapons as he and the Sessair tribe prepare for all-out war! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 208pgs, FC SRP: $29.50 STICKLEBACK GN by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli From the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed Scarlet Traces! London, the turn of the ninteenth century. In this sprawling city, the inhabitants live in fear of a villainous character known only as Stickleback. He's rumored to be a master criminal, pulling the strings of the denizens of the underworld, manipulating them to his own ends. But Detective Valentine Bey is determined to hunt him down! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $21.00 RED 5 COMICS ATOMIC ROBO: THE DOGS OF WAR #1 by Brian Clevinger & Scott Wegener Atomic Robo is back! And this time, it's war — The Dogs of War! June, 1943: Nazi super mechs threaten to halt the Allied invasion of Sicily before it even begins and only Atomic Robo can stop them. But does he stand a chance against Hitler's personal commando, Otto Skorzeny? And what connection does Helsingard have to these new weapons? 32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $2.95 NEOZOIC #6 by Paul Ens & J. Korim Lilli and Pax escape the dinosaur hoard and flee into an ancient village at the tops of the trees where they uncover a clue to unlocking the mystery of the little girl and the reptile attacks. Meanwhile, the Predator Defense League faces a death sentence under the Talpid occupation! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.95 RENAISSANCE PRESS AMELIA RULES! BOOKSHELF EDITION TP'S by Jimmy Gownley New school, new friends, and a new life are what’s in store for 9-year-old Amelia McBride. Forced out of Manhattan and into small-town life after her parents’ divorce, Amelia struggles to keep her sanity among her new friends. Told with hip wit and charm, Volume 1 collects issues #1-5 of the acclaimed series. In Volume 2, collecting issues #6-10, Amelia lives life, suffers loss, and kisses a ninja. Finally, in Volume 3, collecting issues #11-15, Amelia may be moving again, new friend Trish harbors a terrible secret, and superhero-wannabe Reggie has vowed to destroy the evil Legion of Steves. VOLUME 1 (JUN078072)—SC, 6x9, 176pgs, FC SRP: $11.99 VOLUME 2 (JUN078073)—SC, 6x9, 176pgs, FC SRP: $11.99 VOLUME 3 (JUN078074)—SC, 6x9, 176pgs, FC SRP: $11.99 RIVERHEAD OFFERED AGAIN O/A THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM TP by Ann Marie Fleming An Eisner Award-nominee! Who was Long Tack Sam? He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A theater owner. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered the greatest act in the history of vaudeville. In this gorgeous graphic memoir, his great-granddaughter, the artist and filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming, resurrects his fascinating life for the rest of the world. It's an exhilarating testament to a forgotten man, China's greatest magician. (C: 0-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops. SC, 8x11, 176pgs, FC SRP: $14.00 RUNNING PRESS O/A THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN HC by Don Martin, with a Foreword by Gary Larson An Eisner Award-nominee! The first in “MAD’s Greatest Artists” Series, this deluxe, two-volume, slipcased special edition includes every single work of Don Martin published in MAD Magazine (1957 to 1987), including a selection of his original sketches and notes, and rare photographs, plus commentary from dozens of his MAD colleagues and other famous fans like Jim Davis and Steven Spielberg. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 10x13, 1200pgs, FC SRP: $150.00 SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC BOOGIEPOP AT DAWN NOVEL by Kouhei Kadono The origin of Boogiepop revealed at last! Not only is this the long-awaited story of how Boogiepop was born, but it is also the tale of four very strange individuals: a detective, an eater of fear, a popular writer and a skilled assassin. Uncover all the secrets in this can't-miss adventure! MATURE THEMES SC, 4x6, 370pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 DANCE IN THE VAMPIRE BUND VOLUME 2 GN by Nozomu Tamaki A special district for vampires has been set up in Japan by Mina Tepes, the Vampire Queen. Mina’s extensive preparations include arrangements for a school that she herself attends, along with her servant Akira in tow. Amidst student backlash and clandestine activities by the Japanese government, the president of the student council disappears. Now, Mina and Akira’s new battle has begun! MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $9.99 HE IS MY MASTER VOLUME 4 GN by Mattsu & Asu Tsubaki He is My Master follows the day-to-day life of Yoshitaka, a sex-obsessed 14-year-old with a major superiority complex and a uniform fetish to boot. After his parents die in an accident, Yoshitaka inherits the family fortune — and the family estate. Deciding that the musty old place needs some livening up, he fires the staff, intending to replace them with attractive, live-in maids. His dreams more than come true when three sexy girls — along with their pet alligator, Pochi — lay claim to the jobs. Now, get ready as He Is My Master takes harem fan service to all-new extremes in this fourth laugh-out-loud volume of the hit series! Izumi beats Yoshitaka to a bloody pulp in a tennis match like none other, rival prima donna Takami dons Yoshitaka's skimpy maid uniform, and Izumi is forced to wear a — flesh colored bathing suit? Trust us, it's insane! MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $9.99 I OTAKU VOLUME 3 GN by Jiro Suzuki The third side-splitting volume of otaku insanity is here! Join Sota and his Papico-lovin' friends as they Lupin-it-up in a suave attempt to infiltrate a party held by a gigantic otaku enterprise! And before the volume is up, oblivious fanboy Sota will find himself at the biggest crossroads of his life! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $9.99 THE LAST UNIFORM VOLUME 3 GN by Mera Hakamada Each girl at the Tsubakigaoka Girls’ Dorm is paired with a roommate. Tsumugi with Beniko, and Ai with Fuuko. Yet the girls each have their own crushes on each other, and it’s making it impossible for them to stay "just friends." The final volume of the fan-favorite yuri comedy about a dorm full of amorous friends draws to a touching conclusion. MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.99 SILVER PHOENIX ENT INC MONTANA BRIGGS #1 by Anderson, Rice, Gabrielle, Moy & Broody The time is 1878. The echoes of hoofbeats along a canyon wall, the creak of the hinge on the swing-doors of a saloon, the windswept dust blowing under a burning sun, a flash of menace from a stranger’s eyes, the creak of leather and the glint of blue steel...this is the lawless West of a lone gunman called "Montana" Briggs. A bounty hunter by trade, Briggs takes up the hunt for a band of cut-throats when the shadow of a legendary Territorial Marshal crosses his path. The town of Crystal City holds secrets of friend and foe alike, and a stolen fortune will make the stakes Life or Death in the end. Here again is all the action and adventure of the Great American Western in graphic novel form! SC, 52pgs, FC SRP: $12.95 MYSTERY MANOR HAUNTED THEATRE #3 by Various Packed full of terrifying tales that hearken back to the golden era of EC horror, this expanded 40-page issue contains the third story in the horrific history of the Manor with "The Nightmare Continues," featuring artwork by Mark Kidwell. The origins of Seamus the Firebug are exposed, and this issue includes a special holiday visit from a medieval Christmas creature in "Krampusnacht" — the story of a boy, a girl, and a cloven-hoofed, soul-stealing demon! RES. from Previews Vol. XVII #11 (NOV073799) 40pgs, FC SRP: $3.99 SIRIUS ENTERTAINMENT OFFERED AGAIN O/A DOGWITCH VOLUME 2: TWISTED TP by Daniel Schaffer B-movie Scream Queen Violet Grimm launches her second season of black magic home movies with an Iron Chef-style culinary experiment — one that goes horribly awry. When she accidentally creates the sentient goop called “Black Treacle,” Violet finds herself hunted by creepy creatures and insane clowns. Collects Dogwitch #7-12! MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 144pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 SPARKPLUG COMIC BOOKS O/A BOOKHUNTER GN by Jason Shiga A priceless book has been stolen from the Oakland Public Library. A crack team of Bookhunters (a.k.a. library police) have less than three days to recover the stolen item. It's a race against the clock as they use every tool in their arsenal of library equipment to find the book and the mastermind who stole it. Will the detectives catch this scoundrel? MATURE THEMES SC, 7x10, 144pgs, PC SRP: $15.00 SQUID WORKS GYPSY VOLUME 1: EVERYTHING IS COMING UP ROSES GN by John Peters Gypsy has just been abandoned by her mother at the time in her life when she’s responsible for doing her goddess service. Too bad she’s been kidnapped by a giant winged toad! It’s amazing how much of an adventure you can have while you’re catatonic. Thank goodness for her Doctor, Dr. Ziggy, and her trusty puppet theater troupe, things might just end up hilarious. Collected from the pages of the Girl-A-Matic webcomic. SC, 6x9, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95 STERLING PUBLISHING EAGLE ANNUAL: THE BEST OF THE 1950S COMIC HC Edited by Daniel Tatarsky If you were a young lad in 1950s Britain, most likely you'd have been an avid reader of Eagle magazine. Featuring iconic comics such as Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, and Harris Tweed, Extra Special Agent, along with all the things boys love — nature, military history, magic tricks, cowboys, and childhood hobbies of all stripes — it sold more than one million copies each week. Now it’s back, with this special annual edition that commemorates the Eagle’s heyday. Designed for anyone who loves retro culture, it offers actual features that are reprinted as they first appeared, including the comics, articles, readers’ letters, and even the advertisements that were an integral part of growing up. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 8x11, 176pgs, PC SRP: $19.95 NEVERMORE GN by Edgar Allan Poe & Various This haunting graphic anthology features author Edgar Allan Poe's most famous stories of terror and suspense, adapted by nine teams of celebrated writers and illustrators! Each story is translated in a different visual style, but each succeeds in capturing Poe’s macabre blend of doomed romanticism, gothic melodrama, and ghoulish destiny. Inside you’ll find an illustrated biography of Poe and his most memorable stories, including: “The Raven,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” ‘The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Black Cat,” ‘The Oval Portrait,” ‘The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Masque of the Red Death.” (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6.5x9.5, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 THE TRIAL GN by Franz Kafka & Chantal Montellier The Trial is an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s famous novel, illustrated by one of France’s leading graphic artists, Chantal Montellier. This darkly humorous tale follows Joseph K, arrested one morning for unexplained reasons and then forced to struggle against an absurd judicial process. K finds himself thrown from one disorientating encounter to the next as he becomes increasingly desperate to prove his innocence in the face of unknown charges. In its stark portrayal of an authoritarian bureaucracy trampling over the lives of its estranged citizens, The Trial is as relevant today as ever. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6.5x9.5, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 STUDIO 407 HYBRID #2 by Peter Kwong & Pablo Churin Trapped on a derelict ship adrift in the ocean, four friends are stalked by a mysterious killer. Miles away from shore, they fight for survival onboard a ship that looks as if it has been pulled from the bottom of the ocean. As the killer closes in, they realize he may be something other than human! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC (2 of 4) SRP: $3.50 TALCMEDIA PRESS DREADNOUGHT: INVASION SIX #4 by Richard F. Roszko & Guillermo Sanna Just as Ranor is about to obliterate the Alianna’s former base on Planet Pirene, (now under the control of the enemy), a signal comes through. Ranor sees that Alianna’s alive! They team up to fight the invaders – from the planet and from space. Will they win? Will they lose? Will they survive the fierce final Battle of Planet Pirene in this conclusion to the series? SC, 32pgs, FC (4 of 4) SRP: $3.95 TELLTALE INC STAR OF THE MONTH SAM & MAX: SURFIN' THE HIGHWAY TP by Steve Purcell Steve Purcell’s dog and rabbit Freelance Police Sam & Max — who first appeared in comic books twenty years ago — are returning in a new edition of the long out-of-print collection "Surfin' the Highway!" In addition to all contents from the 1995 original (including "Monkeys Violating the Heavenly Temple," "Bad Day on the Moon," and "On the Road"), the new edition contains extra Sam & Max content from the last decade and an updated cover. (SEP073953) SC, 188pgs, PC SRP: $19.99 ********************************************************************** TITAN PUBLISHING THE BUMPER BOOK OF ROY OF THE ROVERS HC by Various England’s greatest footballer shoots his rocket! Roy Race, Britain’s most famous fantasy footballer, is back with a celebration of the wonderful heyday of British annuals. Collecting together, for the first time ever, 20 years worth of the best material from the golden age of British annuals. Featuring classic comic strips, vintage football features and thrilling short stories all taken from Roy of the Rovers annuals of the 1950s, 60s and 70s! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 8x11, 112pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 CHARLEY'S WAR VOLUME 5: RETURN TO THE FRONT HC by Pat Mills & Joe Colquhoun Renowned UK comics writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law, Sláine) and legendary artist Joe Colquhoun (Johnny Red) continue the thrilling, humorous and horrifying story of World War One soldier Charley Bourne. Returning to the front, Charley is reunited with old comrades Weeper and Old Bill — and, unfortunately, bully Grogan and the vile Lieutenant Snell. As the bullets fly and bombs fall, Charley faces as much danger from his own ranks as from the enemy’s! Rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, this fifth volume of Charley’s War features a brand new introduction and director’s commentary by Pat Mills, plus exclusive bonus content. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 9x12, 112pgs SRP: $19.95 STAR OF THE MONTH CHARLEY'S WAR HC'S by Pat Mills & Joe Colquhoun Previously published in Battle Weekly. In 1916, Charley Bourne lies about his age to enlist and fight on the battlefields of France. But thoughts of glory and patriotism are swept aside by the horror and needless sacrifice amidst the trenches of the First World War. Charley's War is recognized not just as a great story, but also as an outstanding and realistic portrayal of life on the frontlines of the First World War. (C: 0-1-2) VOLUME 1: 2 JUN-1 AUG 1916 (OCT042939)—HC, 9x12, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 VOLUME 2: 1 AUG-17 OCT 1916—HC, 9x12, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 VOLUME 3: 17 OCT 1916-21 FEB 1917 (JUL063429)—HC, 9x12, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 VOLUME 4: BLUE'S STORY (JUN073852)—HC, 9x12, 120pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 ********************************************************************** JAMES BOND: POLESTAR TP by Ian Fleming, Jim Lawrence, Yaroslav Horak & John McLusky The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world’s greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! This bumper action-packed volume collects ultra rare Bond stories that have not been seen since their original syndication: "Flittermouse," "The Scent of Danger," "Snake Goddess," and "Double Eagle." Also collected is "Polestar," a story never previously published in its entirety. Plus a new introduction by one of the Bond girls, and exclusive feature material on the many aspects of the James Bond world, this latest explosive volume is not to be missed! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 9x12, 120pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 NEMI VOLUME 2 HC by Lise Myhre A superstar in her native Norway, Scandinavia, Germany and the UK thanks to the immense success of Nemi — Lise Myhre is back with the witty, wonderful Nemi Volume 2! Nemi Montoya, the cool, romantic, strong-willed, cynical, sexy and all-too-honest twenty-something goth, returns to share more frank and hilarious moments in this brand new collection from artist Lise Myhre! Hang out with Nemi and her mates, including her best friend, the blue-haired Cyan, as they deal with love, friendship, inebriation, sex, and the other really important things of life! (C: 0-1-2) HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 STAR OF THE MONTH NEMI VOLUME 1 HC by Lise Myhre Meet Nemi Montoya — the vegetarian, cynical/romantic, hilariously honest twenty-something goth, perfect for goth-tinged fans of Emily the Strange and Ruby Gloom! Hang out with Nemi and her friends, including her roommate, the blue-haired Cyan; hear opinions on romance and dating; learn how she feels about birch trees, spiders, and blondes; and generally experience the highs and lows of being Nemi! (DEC073886) (C: 0-1-2) HC, 7x9, 160pgs, FC SRP: $14.95 ********************************************************************** TANK GIRL 1 — ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Alan Martin & Jamie Hewlett Celebrating 20 years worth of alcohol and kangaroo abuse! She’s mad, bad and back to wreck her own unique brand of havoc! From the depths of the outback she charges, astride her fabulous tank, it’s Tank Girl! Join everybody’s favourite beer-swilling, chain-smoking, kangaroo-worrying lunatic as she blitzes her way through a dazzling series of bizarre adventures, including delivering colostomy bags to Australian presidents, bounty hunting, kangaroo boxing — and many more outrageous and mind-warping thrills! Marking the 20th anniversary of Tank Girl, with a new introduction from Alan Martin, and previously unseen material from Jamie Hewlett, this is the start of the Anniversary celebration! Collecting comic strips, posters and illustrations from issues #1-15 of the 1980s British cult music/comic magazine, Deadline, presented for the first time, in chronological order and in glorious black and white, the way nature originally intended! (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES SC, 7X10, 136pgs, PC SRP: $14.95 OFFERED AGAIN O/A SPIDER-MAN ICON HC by Steve Saffel With a foreword by Marvel legend Stan Lee himself, this spectacular, full-color hardcover charts Spider-Man throughout pop culture, from his four-color comics days to his big-budget blockbuster present, the entire phenomenon, including interviews with key writers and artists, rare images of merchandise, and unseen artwork from the cartoons and movies! Renowned expert Steve Staffel combines a wealth of knowledge and incredibly rare archive material to create the essential book for Spider-fans! HC, 10x12, 320pgs, FC SRP: $49.95 TOKYOPOP CASTLEVANIA: CURSE OF DARKNESS VOLUME 1 GN Creator: Kou Sasakura Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Gore, Mild Violence In the Middle Ages, a group of esteemed alchemists attempted to turn gas into metal in the hopes of infusing spirits into living beings. At the same time, another group of so-called demonic alchemists tried to use these techniques for nefarious ends: to create demons with magical force. But only two mastered the technique, Isaac and Hector, creating deadly monsters that roamed the earth, looking for fresh meat. And where did they create these villainous creatures? It can only be: Castlevania. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 2) $9.99 I LUV HALLOWEEN—ULTIMATE TWISTED EDITION Author: Keith Giffen Art By: Ben Roman Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) A crazy, full-blown I Luv Halloween! In addition to full-color editions of the original three volumes, this special, hardcover, large-format edition also features bonus 10-page comic, color character design pinups, original character sketches, instructions for making a Piggy mask, a glow-in-the-dark cover, and more! SC, 6x9,504pgs, B&W (1 of 1) $24.99 GOTHIC & LOLITA BIBLE VOLUME 3 Created by: Various Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) Note: Volume 3 will contain original content as well as authorized translation of material originally appearing in Japanese volume 26, September 2007. The Gothic & Lolita Bible is a quarterly mook (magazine/book hybrid) that’s a combination fashion magazine, culture guide, and art book. The Bible caters to fans of two separate but related fashions out of Japan, Gothic and–to a greater extent–Lolita. The Lolita look, a sweet, modest, Victorian-influenced fashion with origins in Japanese street fashion, has a particularly strong and growing fan base in the United States. The Japanese Bible has played in instrumental role in promoting and standardizing the Gothic and Lolita styles, and the U.S. Bible aims to achieve the same success in the American market, where there’s a growing desire for more information in English. SC, 9x12, 170ogs, FC (3 of 6) $19.99 BOYS OF SUMMER—THE COMPLETE SEASON Author: Chuck Austen Art By: Hiroki Otsuka Rating: M (Mature Age 18+) Bud Waterston is a decent looking guy in full hormonal bloom. It’s his first year in college, and he and his best friend Manny can’t wait to begin their "education"...in the opposite sex! But like all best "laid" plans, nothing goes as Bud hoped or expected. Not only is Manny’s roommate a sexual exhibitionist, Bud discovers all the good looking girls in the dorm are interested in somebody else...or in the case of one especially gorgeous baseball player named Chrissie, interested in him dead last. But when Bud’s killer fastball gets him placed on the team, will he make it past home plate? SC, 7x10, 600pgs, B&W $29.99 SPEED GRAPHER VOLUME 1 Creator: Tomozo, Yusuke Kozaki Rating: M (Mature Age 18+) for: Non-Sexual Partial Nudity, Explicit Sexual Violence, Moderate Violence, ,Tobacco Reference/Use In the Tokyo of the future, a second Japanese bubble economy propels the city into a feeding frenzy of desire. It’s in this seedy world that Saiga, a photojournalist and war photographer infiltrates the shadowy secret world of the Roppongi Club and Kagura, a young girl and modern goddess who’s touch transforms Saiga into the Speed Grapher, a man with the supernatural ability to make anything and anyone he photographs explode. And that’s just the beginning... SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 3) $10.99 BURST ANGEL VOLUME 1 Author: GONZO, Minoru Murao Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity, Representation of Pornography, Mild Fanservice, Mild Violence, Moderate Gore When, by chance, Kyohei gets caught up in a shoot out, she meets Jo and other members of the mysterious group Bai Lan. When monsters with glowing brains attack Tokyo, these hot gals are just the group to defeat them! This flaming new series features big guns, lots of bullets, and hot action...which isn’t just limited to the battlefield! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 3) $9.99 GOTH GN Author: Otsuichi Art By: Kendi Oiwa Rating: M (Mature Age 18+) for: Moderate Sexual Violence, Excessive Gore, Moderate Violence, A notebook that leads to murder...a refrigerator filled with hands...a pit of dead dogs...an accidental suicide...a boy buried alive...In these haunting stories, two teenagers linked by an obsession with murder and torture explore the recesses of humanity’s dark side. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 1) $10.99 GANKUTSUOU VOLUME 1 POP-FICTION NOVEL Author: GONZO Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) In a futuristic Paris, Albert and his best friend Franz set out on an adventure to escape the boredom of their everyday aristocratic life. They end up in the moon city of Luna, where they meet a mysterious wealthy aristocrat, the Count of Monte Cristo. Albert becomes fascinated with the Count’s mysteriousness and endeavors to introduce him into Parisian high society. However, Albert doesn’t yet know the Count’s true intentions...to exact revenge upon his father, mother, and Albert himself. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 3) $9.99 PRINCESS AI: ENCOUNTERS Creators: Various Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) The latest exciting Ai Anthology from TOKYOPOP! Featuring a peek into the TOKYOPOP universe, this volume showcases TP’s wide range of original creative talent by throwing our characters into the mix with Princess Ai and her friends! Whether Ai is rocking out with Ein from "A Midnight Opera," playing at the high school prom for the cast of "Rhysmyth," or visiting Pamela at "The Tarot Cafe" to solve a mystery, it’s our beloved rock sensation as we’ve never seen her before! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 1) $9.99 CHIBI VAMPIRE VOLUME 10 Creator: Yuna Kagesaki Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) Things are finally going great for Karin Maaka. She’s now officially going out with Kenta and she’s even met another vampire who has similar problems to hers. However, her luck may not continue when her grandmother once again awakens from a long sleep. What will Elda Marker do when she discovers that Karin is not a normal vampire? And when Karin finds out the true reason why love between vampires and humans is taboo, will it destroy her relationship with Kenta? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (10 of 13) $9.99 LOVELESS VOLUME 8 Creator: Yun Kouga Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Moderate Violence Seimei is back with a vengeance, and it’s Beloved vs. Beloved as Nisei and Soubi match up for the battle of a lifetime! Soubi’s past with Ritsu-sensei is finally revealed, and Ritsuka will have to decide once and for all what his true feeling about his mysterious (and malevolent? ) older brother are, not to mention where his loyalties lie! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (8 of 8) $9.99 DISNEY’S FAIRIES: TINKERBELL CINE-MANGA Rating: A (All Ages) A cine-manga featuring fantastic art and screen captures from the new Disney DVD! SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC (1 of 1) $7.99 FAIRIES: VIDIA AND THE FAIRY CROWN Creator: Disney Rating: A (All Ages) When Queen Clarion’s crown goes missing on the night of the Pixie Hollowa’s biggest bash, all fingers point to one thief... the rude and stand-offish fairy, Vidia! To keep from being banished from Pixie Hollow forever, Vidia and her friend Prilla go on an outrageous hunt for the crown that takes them from one end of Never Land to the other. Can they find the crown in time to save Vidia’s reputation? ! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (1 of 1) $9.99 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 1 & 2: DELUXE EDITION CINE-MANGA Rating: A (All Ages) High Quality screen grabs in manga form from the Disney hit HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, FC (1 of 1) $9.99 HANNAH MONTANA: GRADES AND GROUNDING CINE-MANGA Creator: Disney Rating: Y (Youth 10+) Get Down, Study-udy-udy Miley focuses on Hannah’s impending tour of Europe, instead of paying attention to her school work. After Robbie learns that her grades are suffering, he tells Miley that he’ll call the tour off, unless she finds a way to bring her grades up. Jackson wishes he could fly the coop, when Snowball, Thor’s talkative pet bird, uses his gift of gab to get Jackson into trouble. SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC (5 of 10) $7.99 HANNAH MONTANA: PREVARICATION AND POGO-STICKS CINE-MANGA Creator: Disney Rating: Y (Youth 10+) Sleepwalk This Way– Miley starts sleepwalking and telling the truth to everyone, which gets her into hot water with the sternest teacher in school. Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas– Miley is envious of her Dad spending time jamming with the Jonas Brothers. Jackson tries to break the World Pogo-stick record. SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC (5 of 10) $7.99 SESAME STREET VOLUME 4: ELMO AND ABBEY SEE A DINOSAUR Author: Sesame Workshop Rating: A (All Ages) Elmo’s adventures in Cine-Manga form! SC, 5x7, FC (4 of 6) $3.99 BRATZ: SUPER-BRATZ CINE-MANGA Author: Christine Peymani Art By: Anthony Tan Rating: A (All Ages) The BRATZ girls–Sasha, Yasmin, Cloe, and Jade–realize they have super powers–flight, psychic, speed, and precognition. Now they’ll have to get help from the Academy of Extraordinary Abilities to learn how to control these newfound powers. There, they find other students with superpowers of their own, and it looks like the twins Lance and Liam may be using their powers for evil! SC, 5x7, 96pgs, FC (1 of 1) $3.99 +ANIMA VOLUME 9 Creator: Natsumi Mukai Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Moderate Violence Cooro and the others find themselves in a town that has apparently just been graced with the presence of an angel. Cooro realizes right away that the angel is a +Anima, and when he spots researchers watching the angel, he tells him he’d better stop acting like an angel or leave town so he doesn’t get mixed up with the researchers. The angela doesn’t like that, and turns the town against Cooro by telling them that he’s a messenger of death. When the researchers try to take the angel away it’s up to Cooro and the others to save him! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (9 of 10) $9.99 ME & MY BROTHERS VOLUME 5 Creator: Hari Tokeino Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) Sakura goes to an amusement park with Tanaka, Suzuki, Terada, Nana and Nene. Again, her brothers are nervous to let her be alone with boys, so Masashi and Takeshi secretly follow the group. But what do they think they’ll find, and even more importantly what are they going do about it when they do? ! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (5 of 8) $9.99 V.B. ROSE VOLUME 3 Creator: Banri Hidaka Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Sexuality Ageha’s meddling may succeed in reuniting the Kuromine siblings, but her affect on the staff of VB Rose is getting more and more complicated! Her skills as an assistant are growing exponentially, much to the joy of all concerned, and her feelings for Yukari are quickly noticed by others (if not by Yukari himself). Unfortunately, Nagare proves that he likes manipulating people almost as much as his sister Mamoru. Ageha learns more about Yukari’s family situation, which is alternately heart-warming and a little sad, and she learns the true meaning of the name, "Velvet Blue Rose." SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 11) $9.99 GAKUEN ALICE VOLUME 4 Creator: Tachibana Higuchi Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Sexuality, Aggression, Mild Language Mikan’s daring rescue of Natsume has earned her an upgrade to One-star rank, and just in time for the School Festival to start. The festival is even more spectacular than Mikan had ever dreamed, and she and the rest of the Special Ability class are all set to knock visitor’s socks off with their great new attraction. But what will happen when Mikan and Natsume get locked into the haunted house together? ! And what is going on with the mysterious set of Principals and Hotaru’s older brother? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (4 of 14) $9.99 AFTERLIFE VOLUME 2 Author: Stormcrow Hayes Art By: Rob Steen Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) The Guardian Thaddeus, driven to discover the secrets of the Afterlife, journeys with Nyoko to the cult leader Ponokritos for answers. But is it wisdom or insanity that they find? And Mercutio, on a quest of his own to find his beloved Arrabella, becomes enraged at Thaddeus’ abandonment of his Guardian duties and sets out to bring him back into the fold. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 2) $10.99 ARIA VOLUME 3 Creator: Kozue Amano Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Nudity Alcohol Use, Mild Fanservice, Spring has arrived in Neo-Venezia, marking the first anniversary since Akari Mizunashi came to Aqua. Akari goes to her daily practice with Aika and meets a new friend, Alice, who has impressive skills for a trainee gondolier–her company, Orange Planet, is one of the three major gondola companies in town and a rival to Aika’s company. But their rivalry can wait when Neo-Venezia is submerged under water due to a seasonal phenomenon known as aqua alta and Akari receives a call for help from Mr. Akatsuki! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 11) $9.99 BECK:MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD VOLUME 13 Vreator: Harold Sakuishi Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Moderate Sexuality/Sexual Themes, Moderate Violence Moderate Language At the simple suburban graveyard in Seattle, the unthinkable occurs: the members of Beck are improbably reunited at Jimi Hendrix’s grave. John Lee Davis gives Ryusuke Lucille for good. However, Beck must fill the Lizard House concert hall, or be kicked off the American tour and lose the guitar forever! Ryusuke’s return to the stage shows Beck in impeccable form, but will it be enough to win over the ears of Seattle? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (13 of 31) $9.99 DARK MOON DIARY VOLUME 2 Author: Che Gilson Art By: Brett Uher Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Sexuality, Mild Violence, Mild Language Things are finally beginning to look up for Priscilla, but her vampiric cousin Kitten still can’t stand her. When Balthazar, the town prince and school pretty boy, takes Priscilla out on a date, kittenâ™s out for Priscilla blood–and not just as a tasty beverage. To make matters worse, Priscilla’s snobbish, vampiric grandparents are in town for a visit, and they are less than happy with their salad-eating granddaughter. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 3) $9.99 DAZZLE VOLUME 9 Creator: Minari Endoh Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) Rahzel’s father kicked her out to test her magic abilities in the real world, but now he’s bringing her–and the friends she’s picked up along the way–back home to protect her from his brother Kiara’s mysterious plans. Alzeid has been searching for the woman who killed his father–the man he’s a clone of–but now his dangerously simpleminded clone brother, who Kiara has brought up to be a psychopathic killer, has arrived for a showdown. As her friend Alzeid battles for his life, Rahzel wonders what sinister effects Kiara’s machinations have had on her body... SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W (9 of 10) $9.99 FOXY LADY VOLUME 2 Creator: Ayun Tachibana Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity Alcohol Use, Representation of Pornography, Mild Sexuality, Mild Violence, Moderate Gore, Moderate Fanservice, Tobacco Reference/Use Kogane came to the human world to become a full-fledged human. In order to do so, she must be united with Jin, the heir to the Mikasa Shrine. But it doesnâ™t go easy because her protective Fox Stone gets in the way every time they get close. Not only that, the other residents living in the dorm are not helping either. And now they have a new dorm mate...Sachi Usui from the Occult Club! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 5) $9.99 BEYOND THE BEYOND VOLUME 5 Creator: Yoshitomo Watanabe Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) After accepting a challenge from the elder Virid to fight for the right to the Viridian throne, the younger Virid manages to convince his brother to run away instead to Futaba’s world where they can both exist. Ash, the elder Virid’s winged watcher, agrees to pass on a false message to the Queen that the two princes both died (they might as well be dead if they no longer exist in Ooriooru), but just as everything is settled, an assassin leaps from the bushes and attempts to take the elder Virid’s life! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (5 of 5) $9.99 DEMON FLOWERS: KURUIZAKI NO HANA VOLUME 4 Creator: Mizuki Hakase Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity, Moderate Sexuality, Moderate Violence, Moderate Gore, Alcohol Use, Moderate Language Kareha Yamamoto, Hinoko the fairy, Onibi, who is Ushitora’s friend, and Saiga come to rescue Masato and Nao. Kareha takes them into his house and looks after them. One day, while playing a piano, Masato vanishes. Nao and Onibi leave to look for him. When Masato comes back to Kareha’s house, he finds Kareha’s driver’s license by accident and finds out that Kareha’s real last name is Hiradaira. He realizes that Kareha is his father. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (4 of 5) $9.99 GETBACKERS VOLUME 26 Author: Yuya Aoki Art By: Rando Ayamine Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity, Moderate Sexuality, Moderate Violence, Moderate Language Ban Mido has the power to create illusions in people’s minds. Ginji Amano has the power to amplify electricity. Together they are the invincible retrieval team known as the GetBackers! But how did the GetBackers originally team up? Take a journey to the past and see the early days of Ginji and Ban! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (26 of 39) $9.99 HARUKAZE BITTER BOP VOLUME 3 Author: Court Betten Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Gore, Mild Violence, Tobacco Reference/Use Chiyoharu and Souza continue their epic fight, which ends with Chiyoharu vowing to get Souza’s memory back. They take a bad fall off a building that jolts Souza out of his stupor. Shortly after, a new transfer student by the name of Nazuna Fujisato joins Chiyoharu’s class. Nazuna is unique for having transferred 20 times in her short life, so is a pro at blending in. This leaves her having few real friends however, but she picks out Chiyoharu as a target in need of âœhelp.â Meanwhile, Chiyoharu and that gang are distracted by the fact Kodai has a new girlfriend, but eventually accept that their friendship can still be just as strong. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 4) $9.99 J-POP IDOL VOLUME 2 Author: Millenni+M Art By: Toko Yashiro Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Tobacco Reference/Use Everyone dreams about the gateway for new artists, the âœJ-Idol Auditionâ. The ones who won the competition in the finals was a group of three high school seniors. However, only one of them were offered to debut! This became the cause to tear apart the three’s tight friendship. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 3) $9.99 KING OF HELL VOLUME 20 Author: In-Soo Ra Art By: Jae-Hwan Kim Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Moderate Violence The Battle continues as we find Young fighting the Sa Gok Wolf man! Then it’s Chung Poong’s turn, but the man that Chung Poong fights against has a body as tough as steel! Chung Poong’s sword can’t even make a scratch. And even if it does, the man informs Chung Poong and Young that he doesn’t feel pain! How will Chung Poong defeat him? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (20 of 26) $9.99 THE KNOCKOUT MAKERS VOLUME 3 Author: Kyoko Hashimoto Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity, Mild Sexuality, Mild Violence, Mild Fanservice, Mild Gore Alcohol Reference Toshihiro, Nobuo, and Ryouhei bring beauty and confidence to another batch of damsels in distress. Be it a Kabuki stagehand, a train molester target, or a swimming star, these guys will tackle any tangle and blush up any cheek to make a girl’s inner beauty shine! But when French cosmetics firm L’ouiseu Bleu has plans for Ryouhei’s family, will it mean the end of the Knockout Makers? SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W (3 of 3) $9.99 LIFE VOLUME 10 Creator: Keiko Suenobu Rating: M (Mature Age 18+) for: Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity, Moderate Sexuality, Illegal Drug Use, Moderate Violence, Moderate Language AYUMU finally comes out and says she’s being bullied. Anger, confusion, and escalation in conflict follow. Eventually Mr. Anzai is convinced not to call the police and leaves, having taken the school’s promise to sort this all out, but not before he threatens the jobs of every teacher in the school! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (10 of 16) $10.99 MONOCHROME FACTOR VOLUME 3 Creator: Kaili Sorano Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity, Mild Gore, Mild Violence, Alcohol Reference, Akira demands answers of Shirogane, and for once he seems willing to provide them. He reveals that everything in the light world has a twin in the shadow world. A Shin’s counterpart is called a âœRei.â And as it happens, Akira is Shirogane’s counterpart, destining him to become king of the Rei. However, his transformation into a Shin has made it impossible for him to become a Rei and fully awaken as king. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 4) $9.99 PSY-COMM VOLUME 3 Author: Jason Henderson, Tony Salvaggio Art By: Ramanda Kamarga Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Moderate Violence Having finally reached the border of the Wild Lands, a supposedly utopian community existing outside the control of the corp-states, Mark Leit is confronted by a ghost from his past–the man who killed the girl he loved. While Mark reels under the ramifications of this encounter, his ex-partner, David Jerold, remains doggedly on Mark and Snowâ™s trail, culminating in a final epic showdown between the powerful corporations and the legions of the disenfranchised and discarded. For Mark and Snow, this will be their last stand. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 3) $9.99 THE QUEEN’S KNIGHT VOLUME 13 Creator: Kim Kang Won Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) Yuna makes a difficult decision to leave Rieno because of her love for Phantasma, her hopes for the people of this land, and her duties as Queen. She forsakes her true feelings, neglects her heart’s desire, and ignores the plea of her love, Rieno, and turns her back on him in search of a greater future–one in which everyone can benefit and eternal spring can reign in Phantasma. But what will the cost be for her? Will this newfound determination lead to happier times, or deny what is deep down in her heart? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (13 of 17) $9.99 RAVE MASTER VOLUME 30 Author: Hiro Mashima Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Non-Sexual Nondescript Nudity, Mild Mild Violence, Moderate Language, Mild Sexual Language Fanservice Shuda arrives at Mildian and tries to prevent the five Mother Dark Brings from coming together but. Sieg’s otherwise good idea of putting the DB he got by defeating Haja inside his own body fails when the other four call out to it and it more or less pops out of Sieg’s own flesh. Endless arrives and merges with the five, reverting to its original, true form–the Dark Bringer of Dimensional Destruction! Needless to say, this is bad news. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (30 of 35) $9.99 SAMURAI DEEPER KYO VOLUME 30 Author: Akimine Kamijyo Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity, Moderate Violence, Moderate Language Kyo makes one final attempt to stop Kyoshiro from taking his body and Yuya away, but Kyoshiro’s power and extra interference from Hishigi prevent him from doing so. Meanwhile, Hotaru, Benitora, Akira and Shinrei are traveling through Tokito’s territory, trying to reach the captive Bontenmaru. When they are waylaid and overpowered by Tokito’s personal guards, only a quick escape across the border to Yuana’s territory keeps them alive. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (30 of 38) $9.99 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED VOLUME 8 Author: Ryo Saenagi Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Moderate Violence Yoshitsune, Mai and APP scramble to look for Kaori after viewing a picture of him. Meanwhile, Kaori finds out the truth about the assistant manager, Kamijyo Kaitoâ”he is the son of Tajima Yousuke who was shot by Yoshitsune’s late father, and Kaito was the dreadlocks guy and Kaori made a âœpact of secrecyâ of the arson at Shima’s house. In the end, Kaito is unable to kill Kaori like he intended to initially, and he takes his own life instead ending the long mystery of Shima’s arson case. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (8 of 10) $9.99 SHORT SUNZEN! VOLUME 3 Author: Susugi Sakurai Rating: OT (Older Teen Age 16+) for: Mild Sexuality, Aggression, Alcohol Use, Mild Fanservice The "Doublers" and their friends from Room 12 decide to sneak out and go on an overnight friendship trip to a close-by amusement park. Sendo’s thing is to try to be alone with Satsuki so that he can finally tell her how he feels about her but Satsuki brings her little brother and sister along. At the park, Satsuki is congratulated as she is the one millionth visitor to the newly renovated park! But because of all the paparazzi, Satsuki’s lie is found out by Jumbo, who comes to the park to get her. After all this will Sendo finally get his wish? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 5) $9.99 TACTICS VOLUME 6 Author: Kazuko Higashiyama Art By: Sakura Kinoshita Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) In this volume we follow three stories. The first is a look at a day in the life of Watanabe as he serves Minamoto in his estate. Then there’s a story about Kantatou stealing himself to finally ask Haruka about his past... but getting so distracted by the many familiar faces he runs into in town, that he forgets what it was he was going to ask! The last story is about a lazy kid who runs away from home in the mountains and ends up accompanying Sugino on his search for the lost Muu-chan. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (6 of 9) $9.99 WELCOME TO THE NHK VOLUME 8 Author: Tatsuhiko Takimoto Art By: Kendi Oiwa Rating: M (Mature Age 18+) for: Non-Sexual Full Body Nudity, Moderate Sexuality, Moderate Language We last left off with Misaki offering herself to Shirou, but she can’t turn her back on Satou. Yamazaki is convinced that building a garden of âœillegal herbsâ will create a strong enough revolution to free all Otaku from society’s oppressionâ”along with the help of hentai games. The experience brings each of them closer and when Yamazaki goes to his parents’ house, Satou and Misaki start living together. In the end, Satou takes another crack at being a creator. Things are looking good as we see a touching snapshot of Misaki, Satou, and Yamazaki smiling together in a photograph. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (8 of 8) $9.99 WHITE NIGHT MELODY VOLUME 2 Author: Selena Lin Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) for: Mild Sexuality/Sexual Themes, Occultism, Mild Gore, Continuing with Colleen and Jing Ping’s school life, Jing Ping wants to find out some answers about all his friend’s histories, including Du Xi Hei and Fan Qi Xuan, the former of whom Jing Ping edged-out on some important tests at school. Unfortunately, Du Xi Hei is still not telling anything to Jing Ping, while at the same time, Jing Ping and Du Xi Hei are debating the issue. When a new boy called Ou Ke Ya appears in front of them, things get even more out of control! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 3) $9.99 KARMA CLUB VOLUME 2 Author: D.J. Milky Rating: A (All Ages) Kemmy, Shay, Arcus, Phoebe and Karyna face another major Karma meltdown when the infamous villain, Dawn Queen, threatens to take over the metropolitan planet Big Melon and reduce it to a city-scape of misery and crime. Using their high-flying SkyBoards, modern gadgets and laser e-instruments, the Karma Club teens will have to act fast to find out who has stolen the Ministry of Myth’s Crystal Stone! SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 4) $9.99 MISSING VOLUME 3 (NOVEL): THE HANGED MAN Author: Gakuto Coda Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) Because of Utsume’s previous successes with the other world, the Agency now seems to be hoping to win him to its side – or so it seems... After reading a book he’d brought home from the library, Fuyumi, too, begins to see things. Would she meet a similar fate to her brother, or would Utsume and his friends intercede? More important, is Fuyumi all that she seems to be, or is there something more to her story? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (3 of 13) $9.99 FLCL VOLUME 2 Author: Yoji Enokido Rating: T (Teen Age 13+) The clever class president is also the mayor’s daughter. Eri Ninamori thinks she’s a special girl. However, she secretly loves main character, Naota Nandaba. After some unexpected events, Ninamori discovers Naota’s secret. That night, she stays over at the Nandaba household, close to him. Chastity is at risk, lives are at risk, and the world is at risk! All this, in the second volume from the hot anime. Will Naota, the world’s self-professed unluckiest boy, get any relief during these petrifying and excruciating days? SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W (2 of 3) $9.99 TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS OWLY VOLUME 5: TINY TALES GN by Andy Runton The fifth graphic novel in the amazing all-ages Owly series, Tiny Tales, kicks off with a brand new Owly adventure, and also collects the very first out-of-print stories from the original mini-comics, as well as the out-of-print Free Comic Book Day stories "Splashin' Around," "Breakin' The Ice," and "Helping Hands." Other bonus material includes a sketchbook section as well as a "How To Draw Owly" section. This is a perfect graphic novel to complete your Owly collection and ensure you have every Owly story ever told on your bookshelf. Relying on a mixture of symbols, icons, and expressions to tell his silent stories, Andy Runton's clean, animated, and heartwarming style makes it a perfect read for anyone who's a fan of Jeff Smith's Bone or Dave Pilkey's Captain Underpants. Don't miss the latest big thing in graphic novels! SC, 144pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 KORGI BOOK 2: THE COSMIC COLLECTOR GN by Christian Slade The Cosmic Collector is the second volume in the critically acclaimed, all-ages graphic novel series, Korgi. In this volume, things are not going too well in Korgi Hollow. While a mysterious hunter has trapped and clipped the wings off of many mollies, Ivy and Sprout search for answers in the surrounding woods — but they may be facing something that is totally out of this world! Korgi is a gorgeously illustrated woodland fantasy perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien or Andy Runton. SC, 88pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 HOW TO LOVE HC by Actus In this funny and touching collection of stories by the artists of Actus Independent Comics, How To Love beautifully explores some of the more unconventional facts of love. Packaged within this handsome, full-color hardcover are six gorgeous and provocative stories by Rutu Modan, David Polonsky, Mira Friedmann, Itzik Rennert, Yirmi Pinkus, and Batia Kolton. Published by Actus Independent Comics and distributed by Top Shelf. (C: 0-1-2) MATURE THEMES HC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $29.95 STARS OF THE MONTH OWLY GN'S by Andy Runton Owly is a kind, yet lonely little owl who's always in search of new friends and adventure. With these graphic novels, Owly discovers the meaning of friendship, how it's okay to be different, and how sometimes you have to make sacrifices and work at things that are important — like friendship! VOLUME 1: WAY HOME (JUL043246)—SC, 6x9, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 VOLUME 2: JUST A LITTLE BLUE (DEC042913)—SC, 5x7, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 VOLUME 3: FLYING LESSONS (JUL053175)—SC, 5x7, 112pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 VOLUME 4: TIME TO BE BRAVE (AUG074028)—SC, 5x7, 120pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 KORGI VOLUME 1 GN by Christian Slade Christian Slade, a former Disney animator, has created a gorgeously illustrated woodland fantasy about a young girl Ivy, her dog Sprout, and their amazing adventures in Korgi Hollow. This amazing combination of adventure and fantasy will appeal to anyone who loves Andy Runton's Owly and Jeff Smith's Bone. (FEB073807) SC, 6x9, 80pgs, B&W SRP: $10.00 HIERONYMUS B GN by Ulf K. Top Shelf is one of the five international publishers simultaneously releasing Hieronymus B., the all-new graphic novel from Ulf K., the award-winning German cartoonist. The winner of the Max and Moritz Prize for Best Cartoonist at the International Comic Salon in Erlangen, Ulf K. is best known for his endearing silent stories, and this graphic novel the features tales of the loveable and humble clerk, Hieronymus B. in tales sure to charm everyone. (JAN083928) (C: 0-1-2) HC, 5x7, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95 ********************************************************************** TRANSFUZION PUBLISHING OZ BOOK 2: A GATHERING OF HEROES TP by Stuart Kerr, Ralph Griffith & Bill Bryan Years have passed since the Nome King has wrested power from Ozma, the rightful Queen of Oz. When the earthly trio managed to break the evil spell of Witch Mombi on Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion, a band of heroes join together to retake the Emerald City. Join Tik-Tok, Wogglebug, Jack Pumpkinhead, Sawhorse, and other heroes of Oz as they embark on a war to save the very heart and soul of Oz. Based on the series of novels by Frank L. Baum with a decidedly modern twist. This is the second volume in the complete Caliber and Arrow collection of all the Oz comics, over 30 in all. SC, 180pgs, B&W SRP: $19.99 RAVEN CHRONICLES VOLUME 2: THE RIPPER LEGACY TP by Jim Alexander & Mark Bloodworth Does evil truly die? Can it? Considered the most infamous murderer in history, the very name of Jack the Ripper inspires terror and dread. How can his evil and brutal methods possibly affect the world today, so many years after his last victim was put to rest? Could the work of Jack really be just one wild man who for unknown reasons, embarked on a killing spree of violence and mutilation, or was it an evil force that consumed an innocent and drove him to commit such unspeakable crimes? The answers are forthcoming as the evil force returns again in today’s world! SC, 90pgs, B&W SRP: $13.99 SHERLOCK HOLMES VOLUME 1: SECRETS AND STORIES TP by Steven Jones, Gary Reed & Various "Quick, Watson, the needle!" This volume brings together comic stories of Sherlock Holmes, along with features about the great detective culled from the Sherlock Holmes Reader. Holmes meets the Phantom of the Opera as the mini-series is collected in addition to the one shot of Holmes coming up against Dr. Jekyll’s brutal half, Mr. Hyde. Other stories are included as well as a survey of the world Sherlock Holmes lived in and the impact it had on his cases. "Come, Watson, the game's afoot!" SC, 140pgs, B&W SRP: $16.99 TUNDRA BOOKS GOOD-BYE MARIANNE GN by Irene N. Watts As autumn turns toward winter in 1938 Berlin, life for Marianne Kohn, a young Jewish girl, begins to crumble. First there was the burning of the neighborhood shops. Then her father, a mild-mannered bookseller, must leave the family and go into hiding. No longer allowed to go to school or even sit in a café, Marianne’s only comfort is her beloved mother. Things are bad, but could they get even worse? Based on true events, this fictional account of hatred and racism speaks volumes about both history and human nature. Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson award for historical fiction. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 7X10, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $12.95 KIDNAPPED GN by Alan Grant & Cam Kennedy When David Balfour sets out to find his uncle in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion, he never dreamed that he would be kidnapped — but saved from a life of slavery — and thrown from one escapade to another in the company of the fugitive, masterful swordsman Alan Breck Stewart! They meet on the brig Covenant just before they are shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland. After witnessing the murder of Colin Campbell (the notorious “Red Fox”), David makes a dramatic and extraordinary flight for his life across Scotland before he can claim his rightful inheritance. This new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped — the dramatic and epic adventure story about a seventeen-year-old desperate to secure his inheritance — brings together two creative giants from the world of graphic novels — the absolute “dream team” of artist Cam Kennedy and writer Alan Grant. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 64pgs, FC SRP: $11.95 TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING COLLECTED JACK KIRBY TP by Alan Grant & Cam Kennedy When David Balfour sets out to find his uncle in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion, he never dreamed that he would be kidnapped — but saved from a life of slavery — and thrown from one escapade to another in the company of the fugitive, masterful swordsman Alan Breck Stewart! They meet on the brig Covenant just before they are shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland. After witnessing the murder of Colin Campbell (the notorious “Red Fox”), David makes a dramatic and extraordinary flight for his life across Scotland before he can claim his rightful inheritance. This new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped — the dramatic and epic adventure story about a seventeen-year-old desperate to secure his inheritance — brings together two creative giants from the world of graphic novels — the absolute “dream team” of artist Cam Kennedy and writer Alan Grant. SC, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $29.95 STAR OF THE MONTH MODERN MASTERS VOLUME 16: MIKE ALLRED SC by Eric Nolen-Weathington A few short years into his blossoming career, Mike Allred struck just the right chord when he introduced his hip, pop-inspired creation Madman! The series won the Harvey Award for "Best New Series," and from there Allred was well on his way, going on to create The Atomics and the critically acclaimed Red Rocket 7, as well as illustrate the fan-favorite X-Force/X-Statix series for Marvel Comics. So pull on your go-go boots and do the watusi — it's time to explore the weird and wonderfully way-out worlds of Mike Allred! This 120-page book features a profusely-illustrated career-encompassing interview with Allred, and a full color section spotlighting the exquisite coloring of Mike's wife and partner, the award-winning Laura Allred! (JAN083937) SC, 8x11, 120pgs, PC SRP: $14.95 ********************************************************************** TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS THE DOPPLE GANGER CHRONICLES VOLUME 1: THE FIRST ESCAPE HC by G.P. Taylor From G.P. Taylor, the author of the best-selling fantasy novel, Wormwood, comes The First Escape, the first book in the Dopple Ganger Chronicles, a series following three children: Sadie and Saskia Dopple, and Erik Morrissey Ganger. Sadie and Saskia are mischievous identical twins living at an orphanage — where Erik is their only friend. They are separated when Saskia is adopted by Muzz Elliott, a wealthy woman whose own twin sister is plotting to assume her identity and steal the long-lost family treasure. While Saskia tries to stop the crime, Sadie and Erik run away on a quest to find her. This book is in an exciting new format called an “illustra-novella,” in which the story is told alternately in graphic novel format balanced with traditional text and illustrations. (C: 0-1-2) HC, 6x9, 288pgs, FC SRP: $19.99 MANGA METAMORPHOSIS GN by Kelly Shinozawa Taking full advantage of the artistry and emotion of manga artistic style, Manga Metamorphosis brings the powerful story of the birth and growth of the early Church in the wake of Jesus' crucifixion to vibrant life! Appealing to both kids and adults, readers will find this edgy rendition of the early church accounts in the New Testament both compelling and highly engaging. This authentic cutting-edge art style is combined with fast-paced story-telling to deliver Biblical truths to an ever-changing culture. One of the fastest growing genres in American publishing, manga is uniquely suited to connect the stories of yesterday with today's audiences. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 5.5x8.25, 286pgs, FC SRP: $12.99 UDON ENTERTAINMENT CORP 1520 VOLUME 1 GN by Kai A royal maid named Ana, and a nearby kingdom’s young prince, Zelos, have been accidentally bound together by a magical curse. The two 15-year olds are now each only 10 years of age! They both retain the ability to transform back to their original age, but at the cost of knocking the other down to a mere 5 years old! Now the age-shifting pair must search for a way to break the curse, while also trying to avert the disaster facing their two kingdoms! SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 DOROTHY OF OZ VOLUME 4 GN by Son Hee-Joon Dorothy, Toto, and Abee are joined by Namu — the cybernetically enhanced man known by the codename "Tin Woodsman." Namu is fast, strong, and has more combat tricks up his sleeve than a Swiss army knife. But he lacks one important quality — emotion! Mystery, adventure, and more lie along the Yellow Brick Road! SC, 6x8, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 THE READING CLUB VOLUME 1 GN by Cho Ju-Hee & Suh Yun-Young Fear and insanity take hold in Korea’s first horror comic for girls! After getting stuck with the job of cleaning her high school’s long-forgotten library, a 9th-grade girl stumbles across a suspicious looking book. Simply opening the book causes her to see unspeakable horrors… does she dare read it? If she does, she could find something more terrifying than she ever imagine! SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95 STREET FIGHTER REMIX #0 by Siu-Chong, Ko, Cruz, Ng & Dogan A new era of Street Fighter begins! Street Fighter Remix #0 features 3 all-new pulse-pounding, bone-breaking, fireball-hurling stories, and sets the stage for this fall’s 3 new Street Fighter comic book series — Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III, and Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li! Join the Street Fighter 20th anniversary celebration! 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.95 VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS FRAZETTA: THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE SC by James A. Bond & Dr. David Winiewicz Enter the world of Frank Frazetta with more than 800 illustrations! This is the most complete index of Frazetta artwork ever compiled, with commentary by top Frazetta experts, and dozens of rare images, including Conan, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and more! A fantastic reference for collectors and artists, it's also great entertainment for fans! The Definitive Reference also features essays and illustrated data that reflects on his early 1950s comics, his 1960s monster mags, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, his major movie posters, and his revolutionary Conan paintings. Endorsed by Frazetta himself! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 200pgs, PC SRP: $29.95 STERANKO SC by Steranko & Various This massive, full-color volume of the controversial creator's career explodes with hundreds of images — many never before collected in book form! The package reveals a multitude of behind-the-scenes stories and analytical insights about comics' most innovative artist and writer, from unknown Marvel art and work with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, to the secret origin of Mister Miracle, and a collaboration with science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison! Get all this, plus an annotated Shadow Gallery and more, in this high-quality softcover format! (C: 0-1-2) SC, 128pgs, FC SRP: $24.95 STARS OF THE MONTH THE COMIC BOOK MAKERS VOLUME 1: JOE SIMON HC by Joe & Jim Simon The Comic Book Makers tells the real stories of the Golden Age era, written by a leading participant of the age! Joe Simon tells the compelling, definitive history of the creators. Meet the crime comics editor who would himself be accused of a gruesome murder, the horror artist who was periodically released from a mental hospital in order to meet his publishing deadlines, the famous Senator Estes Kefauver, whose subcommittee investigated comic books as a cause of juvenile delinquency, and dozens of other fascinating personalities! (SEP022359) HC, 8x11, 200pgs, PC SRP: $34.95 RGK: THE ART OF ROY G. KRENKEL SC Edited by Barry Klugerman & J. David Spurlock Influenced by early masters J. Allen St. John, J.C. Coll, and Franklin Booth, Roy G. Krenkel has inspired generations of fantasy artists with his portrayals of futuristic cities, prehistoric beasts, Mongol hordes, jungle men, and bodacious beauties. From pulp-styled drawings of the late '40s to early work in EC Comics' Weird Science, and defining art on Tarzan, Conan, and The Wizard of Oz, RGK: The Art of Roy G. Krenkel is of interest to anyone whose imagination has been inspired by the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs or Robert E. Howard! (MAR053231) (C: 0-1-2) SC, 132pgs, PC SRP: $24.95 ********************************************************************** VERTICAL INC TEZUKA'S DORORO VOLUME 3 GN by Osamu Tezuka Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of the country. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river. The baby survives. Callling himself Hyakkimaru, he searches the world for the 48 demons. Each time he eliminates one, he retrieves one of his missing parts. Hyakkimaru meets a boy thief named Dororo, and together they travel the countryside, confronting monsters and ghosts time and again. In this third and final volume, Hyakkimaru's saga comes to close. (C: 0-1-2) SC, 6x9, 300pgs, B&W SRP: $13.95 STARS OF THE MONTH TEZUKA'S APOLLOS SONG SC by Osamu Tezuka Apollo's Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection, whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods curse Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, and in so doing, heals the psychic scars of his childhood hatred. (MAR073755) MATURE THEMES SC, 6x9, 544pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95 TEZUKA'S MW GN by Osamu Tezuka Yuki is a young bank employee, charismatic but devoid of morality. Garai is the guilt-ridden priest who atones for Yuki's sins. Fifteen years ago they survived the chemical decimation of a seaside village that may have been the hiding place of an experimental psychotic drug, called MW. The Japanese and American governments jointly covered up knowledge of the drug, leaving Yuki and Garai with no one to turn to. Driven by nothing but his desire to inflict evil upon the world, Yuki's salvation can only come from Garai's negotiation of the guilt-ridden torment of their forbidden love, and his responsibility to stop the vicious killer the MW chemical created! (JUL073895) MATURE THEMES HC, 6x9, 600pgs, B&W SRP: $24.95 VILLARD BOOKS MOUSE GUARD: FALL 1152 TP by David Petersen First published in 2006 as a six-issue comics series, Mouse Guard quickly became a surprise hit, enchanting readers of all ages. Its beautiful artwork and engaging animal heroes recall the work of Beatrix Potter, while the narrative has all the dark grandeur of The Lord of the Rings. A thrilling story of heroism, loyalty, and betrayal, Mouse Guard is a major fantasy epic — in miniature. Villard's magnificent trade paperback edition collects the entire six-issue series and features an epilogue, maps, and an inside look at the world of Mouse Guard — plus never-before-published bonus materials. (JAN083948) SC, 8x8, 192pgs, FC SRP: $17.95 POSTCARDS: TRUE STORIES THAT NEVER HAPPENED HC Edited by Jason Rodriguez You find them in the back of almost every antique store: boxes of old postcards. Once the most precious things in the world to the people who wrote and received them, these postcards, and the stories behind them, of love, longing, and lost hope, have now been neglected and forgotten. For twenty-five cents you can purchase a piece of someone's life. Postcards is a book that appreciates their true value. Featuring stories by Phil Hester, Stuart Moore, Michael Gaydos, Robert Tinnell, Harvey Pekar, Kindt, and others! (APR074039) HC, 308pgs, PC SRP: $21.95 ********************************************************************** VIPER COMICS T-BIRD AND THROTTLE #0 by Josh Howard Get the inside story of T-Bird's secret origin in this revealing look into T-Bird's past. What events led to his startling transformation and what are the secrets he'd rather take to his grave? Find out here before the launch of T-Bird and Throttle #1! SC, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.25 WULF AND BATSY #3 by Bryan Baugh It’s not easy being a monster. Wulf and Batsy stumble upon a cemetery where corpses can’t rest in peace, due to constant grave robbing by a mad scientist. They want to help the tragic, unquiet dead — but how? A new storyline begins here, and this issue marks a great “jumping on point” for new readers! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, B&W (3 of 6) SRP: $3.25 VIRGIN COMICS LLC VIRGIN COMICS BLADE OF THE WARRIOR: KSHATRIYA #1 Written by: Arjun Gaind Art by: R.Manikandan Cover by: Ashok Bhadana He is a prince who lost his kingdom. A hero who struggles to be heroic. A name that would define a class of warriors. He is Kshatriya. Before the great civilizations of the world had begun, when myth, magic, sword and sorcery still existed and Gods walked the earth in mortal disguise, our hero was born to oppose an inexorable tide of darkness. Kshatriya’s childhood was stolen from him, as he faces the evil forces of the demonic Shaitan—in the form of his own brother. Our warrior’s fight has just begun, whether he is trained for it… or not. MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC $2.99 DEEPAK CHOPRA’S BUDDHA: A STORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT #5 Written by: Deepak Chopra Adapted by: Joshua Dysart Art & Cover by: Harshvardhan Kadam Siddhartha finally confronts the dangerous demon who has followed his every move in this exciting penultimate issue. Follow Buddha’s journey as he quickly learns that he must give up more than just his worldly possessions while on the path towards enlightenment, as he encounters dreadful sorrows, grueling choices, and unexpected pleasures in this adaptation of Deepak Chopra’s New York Times bestselling novel. 32pgs, FC $2.99 PROJECT: KALKI #4 Written by: Arjun Gaind. Art & Cover by: Vivek Shinde. As Kalki's true intentions for Avatar become maniacally clear, Avatar must gain control of his powers or become the unwilling puppet of a man bent on world domination. Confused and afraid, he makes one last desperate choice that could end the world...or save it. MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC $2.99 RAMAYAN 3392 AD #8 Created by: Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur Written by: Shamik Dasgupta Art and Cover by: Jeevan Kang Civil war rages in the kingdom of Kishkindha, and brothers Rama and Lakshman are caught in the middle as they are forced into battle against a trio of savage champions. With only their comrade Viv-Shan by their side, they know that victory will bring peace to the war-torn kingdom, but defeat means certain death! 32pgs, FC $2.99 DEVI #22 Created by: Shekhar Kapur Story Consultant: Ron Marz Written by: Saurav Mohapatra Art by: Chandrasekhar A. Cover by: TBD Devi is the warrior goddess of light, created by the gods to protect the world of men. Her “father”, Bodha, king of the gods, has summoned her back home, and Devi has returned to find a pantheon on the brink of doom, torn apart by jealousy, intrigue and conspiracies. 32pgs, FC $2.99 INDIA AUTHENTIC #16: THE SAFFRON PRINCESS Created by: Deepak Chopra Written by: Yogesh Chandekar Art & Cover by: Virgin Studios When Prince Gulfaam rescues a huge, feral black panther, little does he know that he's on the brink of an unseen world where animals talk and a forgotten kingdom lies hidden deep in the woods. And it is here that fate will bring him face to face with the love of his life - the fabled 'Saffron Princess'. But what is love without a little peril? Ror the Saffron Princess has fallen prey tothe evil schemes of a seasoned crook. And it is now up to Prince Gulfaam and his feline friend to foil the diabolical plan. 32pgs, FC $2.99 THE SADHU: WHEEL OF DESTINY #4 (OF 5) Story Consultant: Ron Marz Written by: Shamik Dasgupta Art & Cover by: R. Manikandan Once a British officer, now a mystic warrior, James Jensen is the Sadhu. As Jensen recovers from his ordeal in Limbo, Rajat Singh and his rebels turn to a much darker ally in their quest to free India from British rule. The rebels recruit a mysterious necromancer from the west, but his nihilistic vision might doom the entire world! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC $2.99 DEEPAK CHOPRA PRESENTS INDIA AUTHENTIC VOL. 3 TP Created by: Deepak Chopra Written by: Saurav Mohapatra Art by: Virgin Studios Cover by: Virgin Studios Acclaimed best-selling author Deepak Chopra’s third collection of the world’s finest adaptations of Indian mythology features five legendary stories, each with a foreword by Deepak Chopra that demonstrates the significance of these everlasting myths in contemporary society. With stunning artwork and a mesmerizing sketchbook section, this is a collection that will truly resonate with a global audience. Including the stories of the birth of Krishna, the rags-to-riches tale of the born-blind demon king Andhaka and the epic adventure courageous simian hero Hanuman, these are adaptations of tales that have been handed down over hundreds of generations, retold from a fresh perspective keeping in mind their morals and the parallels they have with the world we live in today. SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $14.99 THE STRANDED VOL. 1 LIMITED EDITION HC Written by: Mike Carey Art by: Siddharth Kotian Cover by: Marc Silvestri The first collaboration between Virgin Comics and SCI FI Channel, this deluxe hardcover collects the original miniseries of The Stranded in a strictly limited edition. What if your whole life — all your memories, everything you knew — was a lie? For The Stranded, it's true. They've been sent here from another world and scattered around the world, their minds wiped, and given cover identities. But now the Forgotten, devastators of their homeworld, have sent assassins to kill them... one by one. That is, unless they can unleash the hidden powers within themselves. Written by acclaimed comics writer/novelist Mike Carey (X-Men, Lucifer, The Devil You Know) and featuring cover art by Marc Silvestri (Witchblade, X-Men) and internal art by rising star Siddharth Kotian (Eat the Dead), this is the collection that inspired the upcoming SCI FI Channel 2-hour pilot of The Stranded, penned by Mike Carey! Collects issues #1-5. Limited to 1,000 Copies Worldwide. HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $29.99 ED BURNS’ DOCK WALLOPER VOL. 1 LIMITED EDITION HC Created by: Ed Burns Story by: Jimmy Palmiotti and Ed Burns Written by: Jimmy Palmiotti Art & Cover by: Siju Thomas New York City: It’s the roaring 20s and America’s great metropolis has become the nexus of high society culture, cutting edge industry and the most shocking crime wave in our country’s history. Known for its treacherous underworld, there’s a new power waking up the city that never sleeps. His name... John "The Hand" Smith. An outcast and an orphan, Smith’s massive right hand is nearly twice as large as his left, and when push comes to shove, you’d pity anyone that’s gets in his way. Along with his lightning quick best friend Bootsy, and the martial arts femme fatale Ring-A-Ling, Smith and his crew are taking a big bite outta the apple. But with the Italians wanting him dead and the boss’s girl wanting him in her bed, has John bitten off more than he can chew? From two of New York's favorite sons, actor/director Edward Burns (The Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan) and comics' superstar Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Monolith), comes a story filled with diamond-tooth gangsters, Chinese gangs, the flirtatious and sexy girlfriend of a mob boss, deadly double crosses and plenty of tommy guns. Collects issues #1-5. Limited to 1,000 Copies Worldwide. HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $29.99 JONATHAN MOSTOW PRESENTS: THE MEGAS VOL. 1 LIMITED EDITION HC Created by: Jonathan Mostow Written by: John Harrison Art by: Peter Rubin ( Issue #1); Sunil Nair ( Issue #2- 4) Cover by: Peter Rubin From the director of T3: Rise of the Machines, U-571 and the upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel The Surrogates comes a startling new vision of the United States. What if, 200 years ago, we were founded by a group of elite human beings who lived by the doctrine: All Men Are NOT Created Equal? The Megas represent all that is refined and elevated about humanity and are responsible for all our major leaps in science, culture, and the arts. But when a shocking crime shakes up this perfect facade and society prepares for an uncertain future with the King on his deathbed, Detective Jack Madison must choose between his loyalties to the state and his oath to uncover the truth… no matter the cost. Collects issues #1-4. Limited to 1,000 Copies Worldwide. MATURE THEMES HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC $29.99 STARS OF THE MONTH INDIA AUTHENTIC VOLUME 1 TP Created by: Deepak Chopra Written by: Saurav Mohapatra Art by: Virgin Illustrations Cover by: Abhishek Singh Collects issues #1 thru #5 of the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed series from Virgin Comics! (AUG074058) NOTE: Not Available in India. SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 INDIA AUTHENTIC VOLUME 2 TP Created by: Deepak Chopra Written by: Saurav Mohapatra Art by: Virgin Studios Cover by: Virgin Studios Virgin Comics and Deepak Chopra present a second compilation of the groundbreaking new series, India Authentic. Collecting five immortal tales from Indian mythology in over 140 pages of stunning artwork with a mesmerizing sketchbook section, each tale features a foreword by acclaimed author, Deepak Chopra. (JAN083967) NOTE: Not Available in India. SC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $14.99 ********************************************************************** VIZ MEDIA LLC SHOJO BEAT OCTOBER 2008 VIZ Media's monthly manga magazine, Shojo Beat, offers vast quantities of serialized shojo manga appearing in the United States for the first time. In addition to tons of beautiful artwork and compelling storylines from well-known manga creators, Shojo Beat offers quality editorial on Japanese trends, art, news, fashion, and culture, plus interviews, how-tos, and more! Shojo Beat is a hip, fun, informative read that will appeal to newbies and manga fans alike. Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 7x10, 300pgs, PC SRP: $5.99 SHONEN JUMP OCT 08 The world's most popular manga, Shonen Jump is one of the world's biggest comics, containing the original manga versions of some of the most popular anime ever made! Each issue includes tons of full-color information about toys, TCGs, CCGs, video games and anime, plus amazing manga stories! Rating: T (C: 1-1-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 7x10, 328pgs, PC SRP: $4.99 BLACK CAT VOLUME 16 TP by Kentaro Yabuki Train and River put aside their differences as they face off with Shiki, one of the most powerful members of the Apostles of the Stars. Shiki is determined to show that the Tao is the ultimate form of power, and he's going to take down Train, his friends and all of Chronos to prove it! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 BLEACH VOLUME 24 TP by Tite Kubo Ichigo and the Soul Reapers wage a furious battle against the Arrancars who are attacking Karakura Town. But this enemy is unlike anything they have ever fought before — and these aren't even the strongest of the Arrancars! If Ichigo and his friends can barely face them, how can they hope to fight off the elite Arrancar warriors, the dreaded Espada? Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 BLEACH VOLUMES 1-21 BOXSET by Tite Kubo Get up-to-date with this boxed set featuring the first twenty-one volumes of the manga sensation, Bleach! Follow Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student who can see ghosts, and Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper, as they battle the gods of death and usher souls to the Soul Society! Discover why Bleach is a cultural sensation! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. Set (x21), SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $149.99 DRAGON BALL VOLUME 2 GN (VIZBIG EDITION) by Akira Toriyama Son Goku has made it to the Tenka'ichi Bud kai, the world's number one martial arts tournament where the competitors vie for the title of "Strongest Under the Heavens." Goku may have strength on his side, but even the training of martial arts master Kame Sen'nin hasn't prepared him for what he's about to face. Only seven finalists remain, each with their own special moves. Will the champion be Goku? His fellow student Kuririn? Yamcha, the master of "Fist of the Wolf Fang"? Fighting woman Ran Fuan? Giran, a rubbery monster who's part dinosaur? Namu, an Indian mystic? Or Jackie Chun, the mysterious old man who may be the toughest fighter of all? A modern classic, Dragon Ball is now available in a VIZBIG Edition — three of the original graphic novel releases collected into one volume, featuring color artwork and updated content. Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 6x9, 560pgs, PC SRP: $17.99 NARUTO VOLUME 31 TP by Masashi Kishimoto Naruto, Sakura, Granny Chiyo and Kakashi engage in deadly conflict with Sasori and Deidara. Ultimately, someone will not survive, and if any of them makes the wrong decision, it could be one of Naruto's closest friends who fights their final battle! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 DR. SLUMP VOLUME 16 TP by Akira Toriyama The tables have turned as Akira Toriyama finds himself interviewed by his own creations — and he's got a lot of explaining to do! Meanwhile, Senbei is tempted by the dark side, in the form of the lovely and mischievous Enma. And to top things off, Dr. Masharito reveals his latest plot to take over the world, by dressing up as Santa Claus! Ho, ho, ho — rejected! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 NARUTO ANIME PROFILES: EPISODES 81-135 GN by Masashi Kishimoto Everything has changed for the ninja of the Village Hidden in the Leaves! Discover what you might have missed in Episodes 81-135 of the Naruto anime series, with insider information about the show, including character designs, a must-have fold-out chart featuring fan-favorite Episode 101, "Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi Sensei's True Face!" Packed with special color illustrations, this guide is indispensable for any Naruto fan. Believe it! Rating: None (C: 1-1-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 7x10, 294pgs, FC SRP: $17.99 NARUTO VOLUME 1 COLLECTOR'S EDITION HC by Masashi Kishimoto Naruto learned the truth about the spirit of the demon fox sealed within him, but it didn't change his goal to win the respect of the village by becoming the greatest ninja ever! Color art available for the first time! Premium packaging: larger trim size and hardcover with dust jacket. New cover art on the dust jacket and the original cover art on the hardcover. Printed endpapers and higher quality paper stock for better image quality. Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 6x8, 192pgs, PC SRP: $19.99 STARS OF THE MONTH NARUTO OFFICIAL FANBOOK GN by Masashi Kishimoto Think you know all you can possibly know about Naruto? Think again! The Official Fanbook takes you deeper than ever before into the world of the most determined ninja as he pushes ever closer to his ultimate destiny! Maps, character profiles, previously hidden revelations and more give you all the inside secrets about Masashi Kishimoto's incredible saga. Includes the original 44-page Naruto manga! Rating: T (NOV073900) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 288pgs, PC SRP: $14.99 ONE PIECE VOLUME 1 TP by Eiichiro Oda In a world of pirates, one man wants to become the greatest of them all: Monkey D. Luffy, who gained strange powers from eating the cursed Gum-Gum Fruit! Walking the Plank as a child, Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. Now, Luffy is grown up and sets out to sea in a rowboat, in search of "One Piece," the greatest treasure in the world! Rating: T (STAR19389) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 ********************************************************************** THE PRINCE OF TENNIS VOLUME 27 GN by Takeshi Konomi The Kanto Tournament reaches its electrifying conclusion! All eyes are riveted on center court, where Ryoma and Genichiro Sanada are locked in a furious contest of strength, skill and willpower. Will Ryoma find a way to contain the tremendous power of Genichiro's "Hurin Kazan" shot? Or will Genichiro lead Rikkai to yet another victory? Rating: A (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 184pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 SHAMAN KING VOLUME 18 TP by Hiroyuki Takei Yoh rushes to aid his friends in battle, but is too late to save one of his most gifted allies. Can Jeanne, the leader of the X-Laws, restore him with her healing abilities? She may be our heroes' only hope — but her price is Yoh's withdrawal from the Shaman Fight! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $7.95 SLAM DUNK VOLUME 1 GN by Takehiko Inoue Sakuragi Hanamichi's got no game with girls — none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, PC SRP: $7.99 WHISTLE! VOLUME 20 TP by Daisuke Higuchi Fresh from their victory in Korea, the Tokyo Select Team enter the Japan Toresen — the national youth team tournament. Their first game is against the powerful Kantô Select. And their leader is a figure from Shô's past — Toshiki Sugama. Even if they make it past this rival, another team is waiting in the wings with a new batch of surprises! Rating: A (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 YU-GI-OH! VOLUME 1 COLLECTOR'S EDITION HC by Kazuki Takahashi Tenth-grade loner Yugi always had his head in some game - until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharaohs! Let the games begin! Color art available for the first time! Premium packaging: larger trim size and hardcover with dust jacket. New cover art on the dust jacket and the original cover art on the hardcover. Printed endpapers and higher quality paper stock for better image quality. Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 6x8, 200pgs, PC SRP: $19.99 DEATH NOTE VOLUME 1 COLLECTOR'S EDITION HC by Tsugumi & Takeshi Obata Light Yagami led a boring and uneventful life, until the day he found a mysterious notebook with the title "Death Note" on it. After realizing that the "Death Note" is a tool with the power to kill anyone whose name is written on its pages, Light decided to use it to "cleanse" the world of evil. Soon the many unexplainable deaths of reported criminals are noticed, and Light becomes hunted by the Japanese police force and a mysterious detective known as "L." Color art available for the first time! Premium packaging: larger trim size and hardcover with dust jacket. New cover art on the dust jacket and the original cover art on the hardcover. Printed endpapers and higher quality paper stock for better image quality. Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. HC, 6X8, 200pgs, PC SRP: $19.99 GIN TAMA VOLUME 8 TP by Hideaki Sorachi Do's and Don'ts for Daddy-Daughter Day: 1) Don't let alien monsters grow exponentially by siphoning energy from space terminals and eating your daughter; 2) Do show your dad you've learned to use your abnormal strength to help others — not hurt them; 3) Do respect your daughter's planetary preferences, especially when they're in writing; and 4) Don't assassinate your daughter's boyfriend! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 HUNTER X HUNTER VOLUME 22 TP by Yoshihiro Togashi Having lost their queen, the Chimera ants are spreading beyond their native homelands to establish their own colonies. Some attack Meteor City, and the group of assassins following Gon, known as the Spiders, are called home to fend off the invasion. Meanwhile, in the Republic of East Gorto, Gon and Killua realize that entire populations of towns are going missing. They decide to find out what's happening and try to stop it, but Gon soon realizes he's not alone, and whoever's following him is not friendly! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 KUROHIME VOLUME 7 TP by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura Zero's dead and Kurohime's trying to resurrect him — again! But it must be done before she loses all memories of him. To bring him back from the dead she must face the gods, but she's not doing that unarmed. Wielding a powerful sword hardened by the sun called the Yamato-Dachi, she only needs to find the four great spirit kings in order to stand a chance. But finding them is no easy task! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 STAR OF THE MONTH RAL OMEGA GRAD VOLUME 1 GN by Tsuneo Takano & Takeshi Obata From the creators of Death Note, and based on the Xbox 360 game, Blue Dragon! The people of Sphaein are under siege by an army of monsters knows as Shadows. With the castle walls collapsing and their doom within sight they are persuaded to let loose a boy who himself has a Shadow within him. Released from his black cell a teenager who has never laid eyes on the opposite sex, he meets his beloved teacher face-to-face and discovers there are differences between men and women, differences he deems worth fighting for! Rating: T+ (NOV073907) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $7.99 ********************************************************************** THE GENTLEMEN'S ALLIANCE VOLUME 7 TP by Arina Tanemura Determined to make Haine fall in love with him, Takanari tries to win her over at every opportunity. Haine is troubled by her growing feelings for Takanari, but she's even more concerned about her best friend's long list of paramours! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT VOLUME 5 GN by Kazune Kawahara Just when things are going well for Haruna, in walks transfer student Reona Matsuzaka. Beautiful Reona has only one thing in mind — to destroy Haruna's happiness! Who is this vengeful girl and why does she want to hurt Haruna so badly? Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 184pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 HONEY AND CLOVER VOLUME 3 GN by Chica Umino Professor Hanamoto is off in Mongolia on a research trip, and Hagu is having a hard time coping. The gang do their best to help her out, especially Takemoto. But as graduation threatens to alter their friendships forever, Hagu begins to turn toward Morita! Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 LOVE COM VOLUME 8 TP by Aya Nakahara Risa and Ôtani are totally dating! But it's totally weird. Risa is so used to treating Ôtani like a friend that she has no idea how to act like a girlfriend. Luckily, Ôtani knows just where to go to save a failing date. Could this be happily ever after? Not if Risa's new rival has anything to say about it! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 MONKEY HIGH! VOLUME 3 GN by Shouko Akira On Valentine's Day, it's no surprise that playboy Atsu gets plenty of chocolates from fawning girls. But everyone's shocked when a heart-shaped box is found on Macharu's desk — especially since it's not from Haruna! Does Macharu have a secret admirer? Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 NANA VOLUME 12 TP by Ai Yazawa Hachi tells herself that she's got her eye on the future and her life with Takumi, but she just can't let go of the past and her friendship with Nana and the rest of Blast — especially Nobu. And the tangle gets thicker when Hachi's wedding has to be postponed in favor of Nana and Ren's nuptials. Can Hachi handle another delay in her happily-ever-after? Rating: M (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. MATURE THEMES SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 MIXED VEGETABLES VOLUME 1 GN by Ayumi Komura Hanayu knows that it will break her parents' hearts if she defects from the bakery to become a sushi chef. But if she marries into a sushi family, they'll have to understand her decision. Now she just has to get Hayato Hyuga interested in her, and what better way than to wow him with her cooking skills? Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 S.A. VOLUME 6 GN by Maki Minami The Kokusen Academy Culture Festival is here, and the SA crew is making sure it runs smoothly. But chaos erupts when Kei's grandfather tries to haul Kei off to London! Worse, when Hikari tries to intervene, she gets abducted! But the worst part of it all is that amidst all the drama, Hikari is starting to realize her true feelings for Kei! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 SAND CHRONICLES VOLUME 3 GN by Hinako Ashihara Sweet 16-year-old Ann returns to rural Shimane from Tokyo for the summer, eager to reconnect with her boyfriend Daigo. But will the allure of their close friends — wealthy brother and sister Fuji and Shika — sunder the romantic ties that have bound Ann and Daigo since they were 12? Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 5 TP by Matsuri Hino Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio, the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed, the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene, or will Kaname let Zero take the fall? Rating: T+ (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 SKIP BEAT! VOLUME 14 TP by Yoshiki Nakamura Vie Ghoul is the new band burning up the charts by stealing Sho's moves, and Kyoko's hopping mad on his behalf. Kyoko's confrontation with Sho about his lack of action doesn't go as well as she hoped — Sho gets violent, and the front man for Vie Ghoul gets a good look at Kyoko's demons. And both men seem a little more interested in Kyoko than Ren would like! Rating: T (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 5x7, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99 STAR OF THE MONTH SOCRATES IN LOVE NOVEL SC by Kyoichi Katayama Socrates in Love took the Japanese publishing industry by storm, becoming the all-time best-selling novel in Japan! A national sensation that touched over three million readers, Kyoichi Katayama brought innocent love and romance to the forefront of Japan's ultra-hip mass market. (NOV073919) (C: 1-0-0) NOTE: Available worldwide. SC, 176pgs, B&W SRP: $9.9