IDW Publishing Previews: 10/22/14

7th Sword #5

John Raffo (w) • Nur Iman (a) • Andrew Robinson (c)

After far too little time together, Cray and his Students part ways—the latter setting off to storm the warlord Kavanaugh’s sandship, the former having booked passage back to Earth. But along the way, the reluctant warrior is faced with a choice. Will he follow the path before him, or follow the code he has lived by… to almost certain death?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Borderlands: The Fall of Fyrestone #3

Mikey Neumann (w) • Agustin Padilla (a & c)

It’s time to meet Nine Toes in part three of “The Fall of Fyrestone!” Roland, Lilith, Mordecai, and Brick are armed to the teeth and ready for the fight of their lives. People are gonna die! Lots of ‘em! Innocent people are GOING TO DIE in this issue of BORDERLANDS.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Dungeons & Dragons Legends of Baldur’s Gate #1

Jim Zub (w) • Max Dunbar (a) • Sarah Stone (c)

Evil, meet my sword! Sword, meet evil! Generations have passed since the original Heroes of Baldur’s Gate saved the city and the Realms. Now a new threat rises and an unlikely group of misfits are thrust into adventure with MINSC, the legendary Ranger do-gooder with a heart of gold, brain of lead, and hamster of pronounced wisdom.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Edward Scissorhands #1 (of 5)

Kate Leth (w) • Drew Rausch (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)

An all-new adventure revisiting Edward Scissorhands two decades after the end of the fan-favorite movie!

In castle just outside a sleepy suburban town, a brilliant inventor created Edward Scissorhands…but left him tragically unfinished. Two generations of exile have left Edward digging through abandoned experiments, but once he wakes up a creature left buried, he discovers he isn’t the only one missing a vital piece. As Edward tries to fix a grave mistake, he comes face to face with a teenage girl who was sure he was only myth… despite the stories her grandmother told her, about the man she could never touch.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. Joe #2

Karen Traviss (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Jeffrey Veregge (c)

THE FALL OF G.I. JOE! Scarlett’s last chance to save the G.I. JOE team’s existence is threatened on all sides—the U.S. government, shady spy organizations, two warring factions in a nation in the throes of civil war… plus the benevolent peace-keeping forces of Cobra?!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Godzilla: Cataclysm #3

Cullen Bunn (w) • Dave Wachter (a & c)

Hiroshi’s tribe debates how to best avert the wraith of the rising monster, unaware that they may have already brought doom upon themselves! As monsters battle in the skies above, the choice Hiroshi makes will have profound affects on the future of humanity!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #17

Chris Mowry (w) • Jeff Zornow (a & c)

Government experiments with new forms of energy bring unintended consequences… in the form of SpaceGodzilla! Before he returns to Earth, he’ll have to do battle with an unexpected foe! Meanwhile, Godzilla has his hands full with a monster he’s never fought before!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Judge Dredd: Anderson, Psi-Division #3

Matt Smith (w) • Carl Critchlow (a) • Matt Haley (c)

In an all-new adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” The theft of Cursed Earth artifacts has led Anderson deep into the swamplands near Texas City, where she grapples with mutant creatures and a heart of darkness… Plus, Judge Dredd!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Maxx: Maxximized #12

Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs (w) • Kieth (a & c)

Up on a roof-top, an alienated boy named Harry seeks out Mr. Gone to learn how he might gain power. Meanwhile, Maxx breaks into Gone’s lair and is distraught by clues on a series of tapes Gone made for Sarah. Back on the roof, Gone’s advice for Harry meets with disastrous results—for Mr. Gone.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: Friends Forever #10

Christina Rice (w) • Agnes Garbowska (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)

Fluttershy gets an unexpected visit from the most aggressive guy around, Iron Will! Can Fluttershy teach the minotaur the benefits of a more gentle demeanor?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rot & Ruin #2

Jonathan Maberry (w) • Tony Vargas (a) • Alex Ronald (c)

The dead rose, we fell. The zombie apocalypse happened fifteen years ago, when Benny Imura was just a baby. Now he and his friends are witnessing the horrors of what happened to the world after doomsday. NY Times best-selling author and multiple Bram Stoker award-winner, Jonathan Maberry, continues an all-new tale set in the world of the Rot & Ruin!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Samurai Jack #13

Jim Zub (w) • Andy Suriano, Ethen Beavers (a) • Suriano (c)

Weak and exhausted, the fugitive samurai known only as “Jack” is running out of hope. Will anyone come to his aid or is this the end of his lifelong mission? The “Quest of the Broken Blade” storyline kicks into high gear!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Super Secret Crisis War!: Cow & Chicken #1

Jim Zub, Louise Simonson (w) • Jorge Monlongo, Derek Charm (a) • Monlongo (c)

Cow’s strange new robotic visitor from parts unknown has Chicken feeling overlooked and ignored. Our foul-tempered fowl is looking for options and the Red Guy is more than happy to oblige…

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1 (of 4)

Erik Burnham, Tom Waltz (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)

When a new invention goes haywire, the Turtles are sent to a whole new type of New York City. One with a whole lot more ghosts… and Ghostbusters! The two teams will have to learn to get along quickly, because a new foe from the Turtles past has followed them and aims to conquer NYC!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Primacy #3 (of 4)

Chris Metzen & Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)

CYBERTRON AT WAR! The giant city-sized Titans, METROPLEX and TRYPTICON, battle on a scale the universe has never seen—and the destruction they leave in their wake leaves CYBERTRON ready for the DECEPTICONS to strike!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #34

John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Andrew Griffith (a)

THE ENIGMA! At last… the secret origins of CYBERTRON’s golden age are revealed to OPTIMUS PRIME—and what he learns changes everything about the AUTOBOTS’ mission on Earth!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The X-Files: Year Zero #4 (of 5)

Karl Kesel (w) • Vic Malhotra, Greg Scott (a) • Carlos Valenzuela (c)

Prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious “Mr. Zero” have convinced Mulder that it is the same otherworldly entity that led to the establishment of “the X-Files”!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The X-Files: Season 10 #17

Joe Harris (w) • Colin Lorimer (a) • Francesco Francavilla (c)

“Immaculate,” Part 2 of 2: An abortion clinic bombing has led Scully and Mulder to investigate a right-wing extremist group helmed by a teenage girl who claims to hear the voice of God in her head. But her actions are far from heavenly… Plus, a special guest star you’ll never see coming!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99