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NYCC 2012 – Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Vol. 2 Collector’s Edition on Sale

Round 2 is go for launch, people! This time Lucas Lee has joined the fight!

Today, October 11th, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Oni Press will release the Evil Edition and Collector’s Edition versions of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Volume 2.

Both editions will be available only from Oni Press, debuting at their booth, #1221, at New York Comic-Con 2012. After the convention, they will then be available for order only at OniPress.com on November 7th, 2012.

The Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2 Evil Edition features Lucas Lee. The evil edition will be on sale for $40 US.

Like V1, the limited-to-1000 Collector’s Edition provides fans a deluxe package with a ton of exclusive goodies.

So what comes in Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2 Collector’s Edition?

  • EVIL EDITION Book (Lucas Lee Cover)
  • A numbered book plate signed by Bryan Lee O’Malley
  • Five art prints, measuring 9×12, including both versions of the cover
  • Ten vinyl stickers featuring some of O’Malley’s favorite panels from the book
  • Two scout-style embroidered badges featuring Knives and Lucas Lee
  • A crew pass and lanyard from the set of Lucas Lee’s movie, “You Just Don’t Exist”
  • A code for the digital edition of SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 2 COLOR EDITION from ComiXology

This strictly limited package is $100 US.

The Regular Retail Edition of the book is $24.99 and will feature Knives Chau on the cover. This item will go on sale November 7th at local comics shops, bookstores, ComiXology, and OniPress.com.

Out This Week from Diamond Select – Walking Dead Minimates and Universal Monsters’ Metaluna Mutant

The horror! The horror! With Halloween fast approaching, Diamond Select‘s most blood-curdling products of the year are creeping into comic shops and specialty stores across the country! First up, arriving in stores this Wednesday are the first series of Walking Dead Minimates and the Universal Monsters Select figure of the Metaluna Mutant!

Universal Monsters Select: Metaluna Mutant

DST continues their hit Universal Monsters line with an extra-terrestrial terror! The Metaluna Mutant, from the 1955 film “This Island Earth,” stands over 7 inches tall, is fully articulated and comes with the Interocitor device from the film, which is exclusive to this version. Whether you’re a fan of the original film or the Mystery Science Theater 3000 takedown, this toy is a must-have! The Mutant and interocitor come in oversized collector packaging, and the interocitor is only available on the specialty market! Sculpted by Jean St. Jean! Phantom of the Opera coming soon!

Walking Dead Minimates Series 1

The dead have risen! As Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead comic book celebrates passing its 100th issue, DST is immortalizing the book’s indelible characters with a line of highly detailed Minimates minifigures! The first assortment of two-packs features a mix of humans and zombies, and includes Rick Grimes with One-Armed Zombie, a Herd Zombie 2-pack, the comic-shop exclusive Dale with Female Zombie set, and an exclusive short-packed variant set, Dale in Winter Coat with Female Zombie! Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and a variety of removable and interchangeable parts and accessories. Check and see if your store will be getting in the ComicFest-exclusive black and white set, and be on the lookout for two additional two-packs that are exclusively at Toys “R” Us!

NYCC 2012 – Archaia and Hawken

Archaia Entertainment and Meteor Entertainment announced their plans to promote the upcoming Hawken video game and prequel graphic novel at New York Comic Con.

At the Archaia booth, #1520, Meteor Entertainment and Adhesive Games will set up a playable, multiplayer demo of Hawken, a first-person mech shooter that is catching a lot of buzz as one of the most anticipated, free-to-play titles coming to PC. Attendees will get to pilot their mech to collect energy, protect their base, and take out their enemies in this fast-paced game.

Fans can also meet Adhesive Co-founder and Creative Director Khang Le as he signs free, limited-edition Hawken autograph cards, the fourth in a series of four. You can check at the Archaia booth for a signing schedule.

Le will also be demoing in the Wacom/Epson booth #1765 on Thursday and Friday from 5-6pm.

In addition, famed rock poster artist Justin Hampton will have an exclusive silk-screen Hawken poster for sale in Artists Alley at booth DD6 for $40 each. Hampton’s poster is the first piece of art available to the public as part of the transmedia approach for Hawken.

Two, separate panels at New York Comic Con will further the Hawken experience. “Meteor Entertainment Presents Hawken” panel will take place on Friday, Oct. 12 from 6:45-7:45pm in room 1A07. Attendees will receive closed beta access for Hawken and get to take a walk through the game and hear about the various transmedia components for the game from Khang Le and other panel participants. And at the “Archaia Presents: Transmedia in Graphic Novel Publishing” panel—taking place Saturday, October 13 from 6:30-7:30pm in Room 1A06— attendees will hear from Khang Le and Archaia Publisher Mike Kennedy the latest developments on the Hawken: Genesis graphic novel, an original story Archaia will publish in March 2013 that will delve into the world of the game and enhance the user’s experience. Never-before seen pages from the book will be presented for the first time for fans, so this is your opportunity to get a glimpse of the work in progress!

NYCC 2012 – ComiXology Brings the Digital

This week comiXology returns to the Javits Convention Center for New York Comic-Con 2012 and is providing fans with a hands on experience of digital comics at comiXolgoy’s booth, #1133. In addition, comiXology will be setting the stage for some major revelations during NYCC 2012.

New and old comic book and graphic novel fans alike should come by comiXology’s booth for a first-hand look at the digital comics platform. Offering more than 28,000 comic books and graphic novels, comiXology turns reading comics into a revolutionary experience with their patent pending Guided View™ technology and a buy-once, read anywhere platform that redefines how comics are read on digital devices. ComiXology’s booth will have plenty of iPads with Retina displays where you can see more detail than ever before with comiXology’s CMX-HD format.

Panel Schedule:

Thursday October 11th

2:45 – 3:45 Room 1A01 – Creating Comics The ComiXology Way: From early experiments like Box 13 and Valentine to more recent efforts like Power Play and Marvel’s Infinite Comics, comiXology’s Guided View has ushered in a new era in comic book creation. Join comiXology co-founders David Steinberger and John D. Roberts as they discuss the ins and outs of creating comics using the Guided View tools.

Friday October 12th

1:30pm – 2:30pm Room 1A06 Digital Price Showdown: Join author and futurist Rob Salkowitz (Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture) along with comiXology co-founder John D. Roberts, SVP Sales Publishing David Gabriel of Marvel Comics, publisher Ted Adams of IDW Publishing for a talk that you won’t want to miss.

Saturday Oct. 13th

12:15pm – 1:15pm Room 1A07 comiXology Open Discussion: Everything Digital: Recently hailed by the New York Times as the “iTunes of comics”, here is your opportunity to discover what’s next and ask your burning questions! Join comiXology co-founders David Steinberger and John D. Roberts for an open discussion on…everything digital. All topics are game! Don’t miss out!

Sunday Oct. 14th

1:15pm – 2:15pm Room 1A14 Comicpreneurs: Secrets of Successful Pop Culture Start-ups: Get a rare look behind the scenes as leading pop culture entrepreneurs share their secrets! Join author and futurist Rob Salkowitz (Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture), CEO and co-founder David Steinberger of comiXology, Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Comics, Ted Adams of IDW Publishing and comic retailer Steve Olsen of Little Shop of Comics.

NYCC 2012 – Dark Horse Comics and Dynamics Inc. To Reveal Exclusive Comics For Next-Gen ePlate Credit Card

Dark Horse Comics will reveal two new exclusive comic book series for the ePlate™ payment device at New York Comic Con. The Dark Horse experience™ application is a payments application for the new battery-powered ePlate™ credit card. With every purchase, card carrying comics fans can earn exclusive issues of two new series of Dark Horse comics.  The first exclusive series is Conan: The Phantoms of the Black Coast.  The second exclusive series is a team-up of Dark Horse characters X, Ghost and Captain Midnight!

To celebrate, Dark Horse will be hosting a signing with Dark Horse president, Mike Richardson, as well as Ghost artist, Phil Noto, and Captain Midnight writer, Joshua Williamson at New York Comic Con on Friday October 12 at 10AM in booth #1528, and will distribute  a limited number of  special edition prototype, demonstration ePlate™ devices to attendees.

At any time, an ePlate™ user  can select to use the Dark Horse experience™ application for the ePlate™ payment device.  The Dark Horse application allows users to earn pages of exclusive Dark Horse comic books with each purchase.  After all pages of a particular comic are obtained, the user is provided with a complete digital comic. After a certain number of digital comic books are collected, Dark Horse provides, at no cost to the user, a collectible print copy of each exclusive comic book earned, unavailable anywhere else!

The ePlate™ payment device is subject to a credit approval.

IDW Limited Releases Two Limited Edition Zombies Vs. Robots Hardcovers

Brraaaiiiinnnnssss! IDW Limited has partnered with twelve of the juiciest brains in sci-fi, horror, and fantasy to deliver two limited edition prose novels set in the popular Zombies Vs. Robots universe. Signed, limited editions of Zombies Vs. Robots: Z-Boys In The Robot Graveyard and Zombies Vs. Robots: This Means War! are now available for rabid consumption at www.IDWLimited.com.

“Zombies Vs Robots is a nightmarish dystopian world and one where I’m strangely comfortable,“ said contributor and acclaimed horror author John Shirley. “I can hardly wait for it to come true. Meanwhile I have to help create it.”

Shirley’s Zombies Vs. Robots: Z-Boys In The Robot Graveyard is a brand new collection of two stories with overlapping characters and one central theme; fear. “I wanted to bring something fresh to this world–if there’s anything “fresh” about zombies,” explained Shirley. “I leave it up to the reader to decide who’s the real  monster…and what’s worse, zombies, robots, or the survivors. But there are people out there you can care about…You could drink a beer with them–if they live long enough..”

Both Shirley and Dan Bradford, the book’s illustrator, have signed every copy available from IDW Limited. This special edition features an exclusive variant cover and is limited to just 500 copies.

Because scares come better in pairs, IDW Limited is also offering a special, limited edition run of Zombies Vs. Robots: This Means War!. The first release in the Zombie vs. Robots prose line, this thrilling collection is now presented in a custom slipcase with a new cover, and is signed by each of the eleven writers who contributed a story. A star-studded cast of award-winning writers like Nancy A. Collins and Brea Grant penned these gruesome, terrifying, and sometimes hilarious tales of zombie-on-robot-on-human violence. Each writer has signed the signature plate inside every book, which also features a brand-new variant cover by the book’s artist, Fabio Listrani.

Just in time for the holidays, these very limited editions of Zombies Vs. Robots: Z-Boys In The Robot Graveyard and Zombies Vs. Robots: This Means War! are sure to get under your skin.

Fans are encouraged to sign up for IDW Limited’s free newsletter at www.idwlimited.com to receive updates and learn more about the company and its exclusive new books!

Zombies Vs. Robots: Z-Boys In The Robot Graveyard DELUXE LIMITED EDITION ($39.99; 108 pages; 8” x 10”; hardcover) is available now.

Zombies Vs. Robots: This Means War! DELUXE LIMITED EDITION ($60; 300 pages; 8” x 10”; hardcover) is available now.

Preview – Super Dinosaur #14

Super Dinosaur #14

Story by: Robert Kirkman Art By: Jason Howard
Price: $2.99

“ESCAPE FROM INNER-EARTH,” Part Three
Derek Dynamo learns the terrible secret of Inner-Earth, something even his father, Doctor Dynamo never discovered.  Meanwhile Super Dinosaur and his friends are learning just how dangerous Inner-Earth can be!

Image Comics in December 2012

MARA #1 (of 6)

story BRIAN WOOD 
art / cover MING DOYLE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
DECEMBER 26
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Acclaimed creator BRIAN WOOD  (The Massive, DMZ, Demo, Northlanders) and brilliant newcomer MING DOYLE (The Loneliest Astronaut, Fantastic Four, Girl Comics) bring you MARA, the story of an especially gifted woman in a sports-and war-obsessed future.  Young Mara Prince is at the top of the world, a global celebrity in a culture that prizes physical achievement above all else.  After she manifests supernatural abilities on live TV, she becomes famous all over again but for the worst reasons.  Integrating themes of superpowers, celebrity worship, corporate power, feminism, and political brinksmanship, MARA takes a classic genre to new places.

HIP FLASK: OURBOROUS

story RICHARD STARKINGS
art / cover LADRÖNN
DECEMBER 26
48 PAGES / FC / M
$5.99

LADRÖNN Eisner award winner for his work on HIP FLASK: MYSTERY CITY returns for the penultimate issue in the series. Sahara is dead, but both Hip Flask and Obadiah Horn are determined to save her!

BLACKACRE #1 

story DUFFY BOUDREAU 
art WENDELL CAVALCANTI 
cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

100 YEARS AFTER THE FALL… A NEW GREAT GAME BEGINS.

A retired soldier on a secret mission… sent out from the walled city and the only life he’s ever known into the violent wilderness of the world after the fall! Tribal cults, roaming bands of barbarians, vicious warlords! A startling new take on the post-apocalypse and the most auspicious comics debut of the year!

CHANGE #1 (of 4)

story ALES KOT
art / cover MORGAN JESKE
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

A foul-mouthed struggling screenwriter who moonlights as a car thief. An obscenely wealthy rapper completely disconnected from the real world. A dying cosmonaut on his way back to Earth.

Los Angeles is being toyed with by destructive forces that repeatedly find the city through time and swallow it whole, and those three are the only people able to save it – if they survive the fanatics who live in the hills, National Security Agency agents, and the horrors that lurk in the Pacific Ocean.

I LOVE TROUBLE #1

story KEL SYMONS
art / cover MARK A. ROBINSON
DECEMBER 5
24 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“DISAPPEARING ACT”

Felicia Castillo, a New Orleans grifter, is on the run from mobsters in our premiere issue, when she discovers she possesses an unusual superpower in the middle of a plane crash.

THE LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE #1 (of 6)

story JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover TRADD MOORE
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

Luther Strode lives.

Five years after losing everything, Luther has become more than a nightmare for the evil men in his city… he has become a legend. But somebody is hunting the bogeyman, and he has dangerous allies that Luther will never expect. Luther Strode lives; but for how long?

The sequel to 2011’s breakout hit begins here!

ARTIFACTS #25

story RON MARZ
art STJEPAN SEJIC
cover MARC SILVESTRI
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

Thirteen Artifacts destroyed the Universe.  Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado remade the Universe.  Rapture bearer and defrocked priest Tom Judge has recruited Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini to muscle Jackie into setting everything back to how it was.  Will their triumph return the natural order of things, or will it make matters much, much worse?

HAPPY! #4 (of 4)

story GRANT MORRISON
art / cover  DARICK ROBERTSON
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Christmas is here and the bad men are about to open their presents! It’s showdown time but can Nick Sax save the day without Happy to help him – or will he screw this up like everything else? You must not miss the blood-drenched conclusion of our heartwarming Yuletide classic!

MORNING GLORIES #25

story NICK SPENCER 
art JOE EISMA
cover RODIN ESQUEJO
DECEMBER 19 
48 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

DOUBLE-SIZED 25th ISSUE – and the Season One Finale! Featuring three interconnected covers by rising superstar RODIN ESQUEJO!

“8:13”

FATALE #11

story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & DAVE STEWART
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
DECEMBER 19
32 PGS / FC / M
$3.50

The first of four standalone FATALE FLASHBACK issues, and a perfect place for new readers to jump on board. Welcome to 1930s California, a hard place to be for a girl on the run.  Witness Josephine’s early days with the Femme Fatale curse, and see some of her elusive secrets revealed.

And remember each issue of FATALE contains extra content, articles and artwork that are not available anywhere but the printed single issues.

FATALE, VOL. 2: THE DEVIL’S BUSINESS TP

story ED BRUBAKER
art / cover SEAN PHILLIPS & DAVE STEWART
DECEMBER 19
136 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

The second arc of Image’s new hit collected just in time for new readers to jump on board with issue 11!

In 1970s Los Angeles, Josephine can’t hide from the forces of Hollywood, Satanic Cults and creepy 16mm films collected by wealthy deviants.  And when a struggling actor and his wounded friend cross her path, all hell will break loose, leaving ripples that echo all the way to modern time, where Nicolas Lash falls deeper into Josephine’s spell.

ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS’ best-selling series just gets hotter!

Collects FATALE 6 – 10

KRISHNA: A JOURNEY WITHIN OGN

story / art /cover ABHISHEK SINGH
DECEMBER 5
300 PAGES / FC OVERSIZED / E
$29.99

A searing, human portrayal of Krishna, the god of all gods awaits you in A JOURNEY WITHIN.  Journey along through his pastimes that have swayed the ages. The final confrontation between the fire of man’s consuming greed to conquer all, and the supreme power of the Divine Spirit.

BODY BAGS, VOL. 2 TP

story JASON PEARSON
art / cover JASON PEARSON
DECEMBER 12
112 PAGES / FC / M
$12.99

Jason Pearson’s controversial action series is back in this brand new trade!  BODY BAGS, VOL. 2 collects stories from the sold out 3 THE HARD WAY and ONE SHOT specials, now under the same cover for the first time.  Join Clownface and panda, as the original father/daughter duo kick ass across Terminus, GA!  Featuring a cover gallery and never-before-seen extras, fans of this amazingly illustrated, hard-hitting series are sure to be pleased.

Collects BODY BAGS: 3 THE HARD WAY and ONE SHOT

BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER HC

story JOE CASEY
art MIKE HUDDLESTON
DECEMBER 5
250 PAGES / FC / M        
$24.99

THE SUPERHEROIC PERVERSION OF THE DECADE – NOW IN AN OVERSIZED HARDCOVER EDITION! At one time, Butcher Baker was the preeminent, All-American superhero.  Now he’s… getting laid.  A lot.  But one last mission could signal his return to glory, and now he’s back on the blacktop!  It’s a balls-out, pimp-slappin’, surreal super-epic from the twisted minds of JOE CASEY and MIKE HUDDLESTON! LOADED WITH ALL-NEW BACKMATTER MATERIAL!

Collects BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER 1-8

CHEW, VOL. 6: SPACE CAKES TP

story JOHN LAYMAN
art / cover ROB GUILLORY
DECEMBER 5
156 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants!

While Tony Chu – the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats – clings to life in a hospital ICU, his twin sister Toni steps up to take center stage.  Toni is cibovoyant, able to see the future of anything she eats, and, lately, she’s seeing some pretty terrible things.

Collects CHEW 26-30, plus extras, as well as the blockbuster spin-off one-shot that stole America’s heart, CHEW: SECRET AGENT POYO.

CYBER FORCE ORIGINS, VOL. 2 TP

story MARC SILVESTRI & ERIC SILVESTRI
art MARC SILVESTRI, TODD MCFARLANE & JOE BENITEZ
cover MARC SILVESTRI
DECEMBER 5
280 PAGES / FC / T+
$19.99

ORIGINS CONTINUED!

To coincide with the groundbreaking return of CYBER FORCE, Top Cow proudly continues the original stories that launched the series! Collecting the very first stories of the original ongoing CYBER FORCEseries, this trade includes the “Killer Instinct” and “Assault With a Deadly Woman” storylines and more!  Revisit the adventures of Velocity, Ripclaw, Heatwave, Cyblade, Impact and Ballistic, many of which have never been reprinted prior to this collection! This collection includes a complete cover gallery, character designs, commentary and more!

Collects CYBER FORCE , VOL. 2 1-8, CYBER FORCEORIGINS 1 and more!

HACK/SLASH, VOL. 11: MARRY F*CK KILL TP

story TIM SEELEY
art  DANIEL LEISTER & EMILIO LAISO
cover  TIM SEELEY
DECEMBER 19
160 PAGES / FC / T+
$16.99

This volume collects two of HACK/SLASH’s most controversial storylines, as Cassie and Vlad go face to face with the Bomb Queen in “Interdimensional Women’s Prison Breakout,” and then must prevent Samhain from going to the dark side in the midst of a giant monster invasion in “Monster Baiting.” Sex, blood, and one giant snake gorilla, in the finest HACK/SLASH tradition!

Collects HACK/SLASH, VOL. 2 9-15 

HOAX HUNTERS, VOL. 1: MURDER, DEATH & THE DEVIL TP

story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art JM RINGUET, AXEL MEDELLIN & EMILIO LAISO
cover STEVE SEELEY
DECEMBER 5
160 PAGES / FC / T+
$14.99

In this first collection of the critically acclaimed series, the Hoax Hunters travel to Russia, the Louisiana Bayou, and 1984 New Jersey to seek out the truth behind supernatural events – and cover them up! The Hoax Hunters demonstrate the truth isn’t out there. Includes the much sought after issue 0.

Collects HOAX HUNTERS 0-5

THE PERHAPANAUTS, VOL. 2: TREASURE OBSCURA TP

story  TODD DEZAGO
art CRAIG ROUSSEAU & VARIOUS
cover CRAIG ROUSSEAU
DECEMBER 12
128 PAGES / FC / E
$9.99

Buried treasure from THE PERHAPANAUTS vaults! Includes THE PERHAPANAUTS 5.5, THE PERHAPANAUTS 6, THE PERHAPANAUTS HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR 1, and THE PERHAPANAUTS: MOLLY’S STORY 1. Plus; never-before-published stories from the online “Tales from the Perhaps”! and other extras!

REVIVAL, VOL. 1: YOU’RE AMONG FRIENDS TP

story TIM SEELEY
art / cover  MIKE NORTON & MARK ENGLERT
DECEMBER 12
128 PAGES / FC / T+
$12.99

For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. The sell-out hit series created by NYT Bestselling author TIM SEELEY and Eisner winning artist MIKE NORTON is collected with bonus material!

Collects REVIVAL 1-5 and the FREE COMIC BOOK DAY short story

THINK TANK TP

story MATT HAWKINS
art RAHSAN EKEDAL
cover RAHSAN EKEDAL & BRIAN REBER
DECEMBER 5
120 PAGES / BW / T
$14.99

Dr. David Loren is many things: child prodigy, inventor, genius, slacker… mass murderer.  When a military think tank’s smartest scientist decides he can no longer stomach creating weapons of destruction, will he be able to think his way out of his dilemma or find himself subject to the machinations of smaller men?

Collecting the original series in its entirety, this trade paperback also is jam packed with a complete cover gallery, bonus articles, behind-the-scenes sketches, and more!

Collects THINK TANK 1-4

THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS, VOL 4 HC

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
DECEMBER 5
560 PAGES / BW / OVERSIZED / M
$100.00
S&N EDITION $150.00

This deluxe hardcover features 24 issues of the hit series, The Walking Dead, along with the covers for the issues all in one massive, oversized slip-cased volume. Perfect for long-time fans, new readers, and anyone needing a heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead!

Collects THE WALKING DEAD 73-96

AGE OF BRONZE #32

story ERIC SHANOWER
art / cover ERIC SHANOWER
DECEMBER 12
24 PAGES / BW / T
$3.50

“THE STORY OF THE TROJAN WAR: BETRAYAL,” Part 13

Cressida enters the Achaean camp, far from Troilus, her lover in Troy. The Achaeans treat her little better than a whore, while her father, the Trojan traitor Kalchas, won’t listen. Only Diomedes shows her respect – but can Diomedes survive in battle against Troilus?

THE ACTIVITY #12

story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art MARC LAMING
cover MITCH GERADS
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

Before SWITCHFOOT was in the activity, he was an operator in Delta Force.  Guest artist Marc Laming takes Switchfoot’s Delta squad into Fallujah during the 2004 siege where the team’s actions will draw fire from the enemy and the US Marines alike.

BEDLAM #3

story NICK SPENCER
art RILEY ROSSMO
cover FRAZER IRVING
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

The First.

BLACK KISS #5 (of 6)

story / art / cover HOWARD CHAYKIN
DECEMBER 5
24 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99

Welcome to Los Angeles, 1984. A trying time and a difficult place for relationships of every stripe, as old lovers fall out and new ones fall in. And Las Vegas, 1991, where and when nostalgia for a carefree world of sexual depravity makes for the strangest bedfellows.

CLONE #2

story DAVID SCHULNER
art / cover JUAN JOSE RYP & FELIX SERRANO
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Dr. Luke Taylor’s world continues to unravel and open up as the hunt for his missing, and very much pregnant, wife continues. His clone counterparts show him just how many clones are out there – and how much the government had a role to play!

COMEBACK #2 (of 5)

story ED BRISSON
art / cover MICHAEL WALSH
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

An FBI raid throws RECONNECT, an illegal time travel agency, into a panic. Trapped in the past, RECONNECT agent Mark Thomas has lost the woman whose life he was sent to save. He must find her and throw the FBI off his trail or lose his only method of getting back home.

CREATOR OWNED HEROES #7 

story STEVE NILES & SCOTT MORSE, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY, JERRY LANDO, PAUL MOUNTS & DARWYN COOKE
art / cover  DAN PANOSIAN & SCOTT MORSE
DECEMBER 5
56 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

SPECIAL EXTRA PAGES ISSUE!

A brand new story by STEVE NILES and SCOTT MORSE, and more madness from DARWYN COOKE!

“KILL SWITCH,” Part Three

Locked in a Peruvian Prison, Kill Switch awaits a Mexican hit squad as he tries to discover who put a bounty on his head and why. The bullets fly as our hero is led into a deadly game of death against the world’s best and most eccentric assassins, but the gloves come off when they threaten his family.

“MEATBAG,” Part One

Detective Paul DeSanto works the seedy side of Los Angeles. He specializes in cheaters and losers, but he never chooses sides. In Hollywood cheats and loses work both sides of the street. After one of his operatives is eviscerated in an alleyway, DeSanto discovers the strange side of seedy.

Plus: LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: INDEPENDENT SPIRITS a profile feature by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner spotlighting EVAN DORKIN.

CYBER FORCE #3

story MARC SILVESTRI & MATT HAWKINS
art KHOI PHAM & SUNNY GHO
cover MARC SILVESTRI
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T+
FREE

CYBER FORCE CONTINUES IN ITS GROUND-BREAKING RELAUNCH!

The massive corporation CDI continues to engineer technologically enhanced humans. Opposing CDI is a lone group of rebels. Will the public perceive the newly formed Cyber Force as resistance fighters battling for public good – or terrorists who must be stopped?

Not content in pushing the envelope just in terms of story and art, Top Cow will be the first major US comic publisher to launch one of their biggest properties with top tier creators concurrently for the traditional print market and exploding worldwide digital market for FREE. That’s right, thanks to the support of fans through Kickstarter and participating comic shops, you can get the first FIVE issues of CYBER FORCE at no cost.

THE DARKNESS #110

story DAVID HINE
art / cover JEREMY HAUN
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“BREAKING DARK” CONCLUSION!

There is something terribly, terribly wrong with Jackie Estacado’s daughter Hope.  But with Jenny’s fragile mental state and the empire he created for himself crumbling around him, Jackie has failed to notice that his greatest problem isn’t the Bulgarian mob, Aram the Witch King, or the ancient powers he’s allowed back into the world – it’s Hope!

EPIC KILL #7

story / art / cover RAFFAELE IENCO
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Trapped between life and death in a nether zone of imagination, Song awakens just in time to fight alongside her Uncle against government drones and super-powered mercenaries.

GLORY #31

story JOE KEATINGE
art ROSS CAMPBELL & ULISES FARINAS
cover NATE BELLEGARDE
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

“WAR TORN,” Part One

The entire first year of Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell’s GLORY saga has been leading to this: Glory vs. Silverfall. PLUS: a special flashback sequence illustrated by Ulises Farinas finally revealing why Glory was near death when Riley found her.

GREAT PACIFIC #2

story JOE HARRIS
art / cover  MARTÌN MORAZZO
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“TRASHED!” Part Two

Throwing his life of privilege and comfort aside, fugitive oil heir Chas Worthington plants a flag on the floating continent of trash known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and proclaims it his own, sovereign nation.  But he’s not the only one who’s come to check out Earth’s newest, strangest frontier!

GUARDING THE GLOBE #4

story PHIL HESTER
art / cover TODD NAUCK & JOHN RAUCH
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

The Earth’s greatest superheroes could be ravaged by an alien parasite, leaving mankind vulnerable to an even darker evil brewing behind the scenes.  Also: What’s been going on with Outrun?

HARVEST #5 (of 5)

story A.J. LIEBERMAN
art / cover COLIN LORIMER
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

The bad news?  Everything is going wrong for ex-Dr. Benjamin Dane.  His patient has been kidnapped. The FBI is closing in on him and he’s bleeding out in a motel bathroom.  The only thing that can save him now is vast amounts of luck, his Yakuza bodyguard and the six-year-old kid on his shoulder.

INVINCIBLE #99

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“THE DEATH OF EVERYONE” continues!

Invincible Vs. Dinosaurus for the fate of the world!  Could this be the end of Mark Grayson?!

IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS #5

story JAMIE S. RICH
art MIKE NORTON
cover MICHAEL & LAURA ALLRED
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / E
$2.99

“DARK STREETS, SNAP CITY” Part Five

It Girl has seen the true face of her enemy, and she’s confronting LaLa Wah-Wah on the villain’s own turf: inside the video game dimension! It’s a dangerous showdown, but with the Atomics rallying behind her, It Girl can’t lose. Concluding the first arc of Image’s newest hit series.

MACGYVER: FUGITIVE GAUNTLET #3 (of 5)

story LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF & TONY LEE
art WILL SLINEY & OWEN JOLLANDS
cover ANDIE TONG & CIARAN LUCAS
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

En route to Moscow, MacGyver and Kari find themselves on a plane journey to certain death when an old nemesis of Mac’s returns to claim his bounty – and things go from bad to worse! Catch up with the series everyone’s talking about, co-written by MACGYVER creator LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF!

MIND THE GAP #7


story JIM McCANN

art RODIN ESQUEJO
 & SONIA OBACK
cover A RODIN ESQUEJO

cover B SONIA OBACK

DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / T+ 

$2.99

“WISH YOU WERE HERE,” Part Two

New Arc! Great Jumping on point! Join the mystery everyone is talking about!!

As Dane and Jo try to find a way to clear his name, someone else is sitting pretty, unaware that it is merely the calm before the storm for them.  And after Elle’s latest “possession,” will Dr Geller and Detective Wallace be able to set aside science and facts to start trusting in the supernatural?

MULTIPLE WARHEADS: ALPHABET TO INFINITY #3 (of 4)

story / art / cover BRANDON GRAHAM
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Sexica runs into some old Organ hounds from the Red city that have discovered a magic secret about the city built into the Whaling wall.

NON-HUMANS #3 (of 4)

story GLEN BRUNSWICK
art / cover WHILCE PORTACIO
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / T+
S2.99

Aimes has an “About Last Night” moment.  His son, Todd, is in some really deep Non-Humans crap.  Is Eden harboring a secret that could bring them all down?

NOWHERE MEN #2

story ERIC STEPHENSON
art NATE BELLEGARDE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover NATE BELLEGARDE & FONOGRAFIKS
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

There are fates worse than death.

PERHAPANAUTS: DANGER DOWN UNDER #2 (of 5)

Story: TODD DEZAGO
art/cover A: CRAIG ROUSSEAU
cover B: JOE STATON
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES/FC/E
$3.50

“THE AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE,” Part Two

As BIG puts together his team to go after the legendary – and deadly – BUNYIP, MOLLY opts out, unable to work with one of Big’s selections.  Who is this mysterious agent that causes such a stir?

Plus: “Molly’s Mission” by ERIC HENSON and “Choopie and Karl in the Wild Wild West!” by MATT WIERINGO and CHRISTIAN LEAF!

PETER PANZERFAUST #9

story KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover TYLER JENKINS
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

PARIS” Part Four

Captured! Peter and the boys face the terror of Nazi interrogation and despite saving Felix, their adventures have come to an end. There is no way out and the indomitable Kapitan Haken will have his questions answered, one way or another.

POINT OF IMPACT #3 (of 4)

story JAY FAERBER
art & cover KORAY KURANEL
Dec 12
32 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99

It’s the penultimate issue of Jay Faerber’s murder mystery! As Boone attempts to infiltrate the conspiracy surrounding Nicole Rafferty’s murder, Mitch Rafferty manages to track down the man who could have all the answers. Meanwhile, Det. Abby Warren discovers the aftermath of a violent encounter.

PROPHET #32

story / art / cover SIMON ROY
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T+

$3.99


John Ka, Earth Empire scout, has found little trace of mankind since her pod surfaced. However, when she finds a band of feral humans – and a Prophet clone who has gone native to protect them – she finds herself questioning what it means to be human.

SAGA #8 

story BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover  FIONA STAPLES   
DECEMBER 19 
32 PAGES / FC / M 
$2.99

Former soldier and new mom Alana has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies and alien monstrosities, but now she faces her greatest challenge yet: the in-laws.

SPAWN #226

story TODD MCFARLANE
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI
cover TODD MCFARLANE
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“DE-PROGRAMMED,” Part Two

The SECRET ORIGIN of the PROGRAM!

The RISE of Jason Wynn!

NEW TODD MCFARLANE cover!

Jason Wynn, Al Simmons’ old mentor and superior, and one of the Spawn universe’s greatest villains, returns to shed light on the dark realities of Jim’s past. But Wynn, ever the puppet master, has motivations beyond simply filling in the blurred gaps in Jim’s memory.  What happens when Wynn finds himself to be nothing more than another pawn in the endless war between Heaven and Hell? Witness the early days of Wynn’s rise to power, and the unbridled ambition that made him one of the most powerful men on the planet as “DE-PROGRAMMED” continues with this special two-part chapter entitled, “The Life and Death of Jason Wynn!”

STORM DOGS #2 (of 6)

story DAVID HINE
art DOUG BRAITHWAITE
colors ULISES ARREOLA
cover DOUG BRAITHWAITE
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

Jered’s story: The crime team’s forensic pathologist performs an autopsy that reveals a new mystery, a meeting with the native aliens leads to violence and the second day on Amaranth ends in a close encounter with an enigmatic character called…Doll.

SUPER DINOSAUR #17

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover JASON HOWARD
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / E
$2.99

Super Dinosaur is on his own – pursued by an unknown attacker that could mean the end of him!  While Derek Dynamo is dealing with something far more deadly that could mean the end of the world!  And something very strange is happening to Minimus – what is he transforming into?!

THIEF OF THIEVES #11

story ROBERT KIRKMAN & JAMES ASMUS
art / cover SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & FELIX SERRANO
DECEMBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

The lines are drawn between the cartel and Augustus’ group in the race to save Emma.  The only problem is that things could get a little grisly before either party is ready to strike.

THE WALKING DEAD #105

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99

“Sing me a song.”

WHERE IS JAKE ELLIS? #2 (of 5)

story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art/ cover TONCI ZONJIC
DECEMBER 12
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

CHAPTER SEVEN

Jon must use all of his ingenuity to escape Bangkok and the ruthless hunter pursuing him – but can Jon make it on his own?

WITCH DOCTOR: MAL PRACTICE #2 (of 6)

story BRANDON SEIFERT
art / cover LUKAS KETNER & ANDY TROY
DECEMBER 19
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99

Doc Morrow doesn’t remember what happened to him last night — and what he doesn’t know might kill him! With the clock ticking, Morrow consults with some very unorthodox specialists. But will the cure prove worse than the disease?     “Charmingly demented… I can’t wait for future volumes.” — Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

SKYBOUND PRODUCTIONS MERCHANDISE

SUPER DINOSAUR LUNCHBOX

art JASON HOWARD
DECEMBER 5
ONE SIZE
$14.99

Spend the holidays with some dino-cheer!

This nylon lunchbox features Derek Dynamo jamming into action with his best friend Super Dinosaur.  Perfect for kids’ school snacks, or the adult on the go!

THE WALKING DEAD “SKULL & CROSSBONES” T-SHIRT

art CHARLIE ADLARD
DECEMBER 5
S-XL $24.99 
XXL $27.99

This iconic shirt features no branding, but everyone will know what it is!  Featuring NEW artwork from series artist, CHARLIE ADLARD, this is the perfect gift for all Walking Dead fans.

THE WALKING DEAD “NO WAY OUT” POSTER

art CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
DECEMBER 5
24×36
$9.99

Relive your favorite moments from the most haunting chapter in the ongoing survival horror with this new poster… and always be reminded that there is NO WAY OUT.

McFARLANE TOYS

#19172-1 Halo 4 Series 1 Deluxe Figure – KNIGHT

The Knight Deluxe Action Figure is approx. 9-inches tall

The Knight has an opening compartment in its back to carry our Halo 4 Watcher figure (the Watcher is sold separately and will be available in NOV)

Includes mounted Scattershot weapon on its right arm and energy blade weapon on its left arm

Case Pack Information:

Case pack is 2. Refer to individual item code above when ordering. Call your local retailer for pricing.

#92131-1 HAUNT Resin Statue

  • Individually numbered
  • Hand signed plaque attached to base by Haunt creators TODD McFARLANE and ROBERT KIRKMAN (creator of The AMC’S Walking Dead TV Series)
  • Stands over 12 inches tall with a highly detailed 360 degree rotating base, 10 inches in diameter
  • Limited to 500 pieces worldwide

Solid Case Pack Information:

Case pack is 1. Refer to individual item code above when ordering. Call your local retailer for pricing.

Baltimore Comic Con is Tomorrow! Here’s the Last Minute Details!

This weekend, September 8-9, 2012, is the Baltimore Comic-Con at the Baltimore Convention Center! We’ll be there, will you?I'll See You In Baltimore 2012

For the first time, the convention is expanding their Saturday hours, allowing us more time to squeeze panels, comics and comics-related products shopping, the Costume Contest, the auction, and collecting autographs and commissioning sketches from our favorite comics pros and newfound rising talent. The convention will be open from 10am to 7pm on Saturday (and the same 10am to 5pm on Sunday that they’ve had in years past).

The convention also has announced further details about the 2012 Costume Contest: Registration will be taking place in booth #2606, and will cost $5 for adults 18 and older (children 17 and younger are free!). There are 10 categories with prizes for each, and $1,000 up for grabs to the person with the best overall costume! The Costume Contest, presented by StylinOnline.com, will be held on Sunday, September 9th in Room 307-310 upstairs from the convention center floor. Don’t miss it!

Regretfully, they have announced that a few of the show’s guests have had to cancel their trip to the show. Michael and Laura Allred, Keith Giffen, Mark McKenna, Sean Gordon Murphy, Scott Kurtz, Alex Saviuk, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Connor, and Laura Martin will all unfortunately be unable to make it this year’s event.

They’ve also revealed their 2012 Show Map.  You can find it in the 2012 Program Guide, now available at their website at http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com/bcc-2012-program-web.pdf.

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