IDW Publishing Previews: 7/30/14

Cartoon Network: Super Secret Crisis War! #2 (of 6)

Louise Simonson (w) • Derek Charm (a & c)

Aku and his League of Extraordinary Villains have trapped Samurai Jack, Ben 10, Dexter, the Powerpuff Girls, and Ed, Edd, and Eddy like bugs in a jar. (Okay, the Eds were a mistake!) Of course they’ll escape! Of course, there’ll be mayhem! Sheesh! What did Aku think would happen?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Danger Girl: May Day #3 (of 4)

Andy Hartnell (w) • John Royle (a & c)

After more than a decade of absence, former Danger Girl NATALIA KASSLE is back in action!  But has the world’s deadliest secret agent returned for redemption… or revenge? Find out in the latest chapter of this unsurpassed Danger Girl series!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Ghostbusters #18

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)

Tiamat’s chaotic presence continues to be felt in New York City, and the Ghostbusters are at wits’ end as to how to deal with it. She’s clearly too powerful to capture, and she may be impossible to destroy… does that leave only the most drastic of options open to the team? Mass Hysteria continues here!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Samurai Jack #10

Jim Zub (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Andy Suriano (c)

Samurai Jack’s adventures continue at IDW! The war without has been a failure for Aku, so now it’s time to wage the war within! Can Jack overcome an opponent who unravels the thoughts and memories that make him a samurai?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Slammers: Re-mastered! #5

Walter Simonson (w & a & c)

Chapter 2:  The Empire: The Starship Meredith is flying to the Imperial Capitol of Knossos, carrying priceless cargo, a captured Star Slammer. But things have gone terribly wrong. A hidden assassin aboard the ship has apparently killed the Slammer and his jailers. And the only way for Colonel Phaedra to find out what happened is for her to force the Emperor’s personal telepath to access the minds of the dead men!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #31: Dawn of the Autobots

John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)

MINDBOMB! The humans have access to a CYBERTRONIAN mind—but whose is it—and why do they want it? OPTIMUS PRIME and GALVATRON race for answers, as JAZZ faces the consequences of his last trip to Earth.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

V-Wars #4

Jonathan Maberry (w) • Alan Robinson (a) • Ryan Brown (c)

A group of vampires who claim to be nonviolent and non-predatory, try to settle in a small southern town. When problems escalate between ‘Bloods’ (vampires) and ‘Beats’ (non-infected humans), the military special operations unit, V-8, rolls in to contain the situation. This one doesn’t end well for anyone.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE: The Complete Collection, Vol. 5

Larry Hama (w) • Michael Golden, Rod Whigham, Herb Trimpe (a) • N/A (c)

I. JOE: The Complete Collection presents the full run of original G.I. JOE comics in proper reading order. Includes an introduction by Mark W. Bellomo, issue notes, and vehicle profiles. Collects issues #46–53 of A Real American Hero, #1–2 of Special Missions, and Yearbook #2.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 308 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-956-9

Jinnrise, Vol. 2

Sohaib Awan, David Liss, Tom Taylor (w) • Andrew Huerta, Mark Torres (a) • Huerta (c)

In an effort to defeat the alien Kibrani, Andrew and his ragtag team continue their quest to assemble an army of Jinn (Genies).  The key to victory, however, may rest with the leader of the Jinn…whose master is a ten-year-old farm boy.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-920-0

Locke & Key: The Covers of Gabriel Rodriguez

Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)

Over the six-year run of Locke & Key, series co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez made the transition from promising artist to a celebrated and sought-after talent. Praised for his architect’s precision, deftness with subtle details, and his limitless imagination, Rodriguez brought the bright notes and dark beats of L&K to life. Now, enjoy each comic book and hardcover collection cover in this special volume that celebrates one of the most promising artists of our generation.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-970-5

Rip Kirby, Vol. 7

Fred Dickenson (w) • John Prentice (a & c)

In this seventh volume, Al Williamson takes on a larger role as John Prentice’s assistant, and Prentice fully hits his stride while Fred Dickenson continues to write Rip’s adventures. Rip Kirby, the suave gentleman detective is the right man for his times as then-current 1960s culture reflects a new fascination with sophisticated stories featuring agents, both secret and otherwise. The strips are reproduced from the original King Features Syndicate proofs, insuring that every daily will look even better than when they were first published in newspapers over 50 years ago. Contains nine complete stories in more than 800 sequential comics!

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 288 pages • 11” x 10” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-034-6

Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland HC

Joe Hill (w) • Charles P. Wilson III (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)

Joe Hill’s New York Times bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, in an original new comic miniseries, Hill throws wide the candy cane gates to tell a standalone story that is at once both accessible to new readers and sure to delight fans of the book.

HC • FC • $29.99 • 172 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-898-2


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