The Humans #4
Story By: Keenan Marshall Keller
Art By: Tom Neely
Colored By: Kristina Collantes
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: DEC140737
Published: February 4, 2015
Welcome to the Skin fights, baby!!! The Humans visit FLEX trucking to do a little business and have a lotta fun! Deals go down, bets get made and Skin fighting (homo-sapien cock fighting) is the sport of the day!!!
Garfield #34: His 9 Lives (Part 2 of 4)
Imprint: KaBOOM!
Author: Scott Nickel
Artists: Roger Langridge, Yehudi Mercado, and Andy Hirsch
“His 9 Lives, Part 2.” Our trip through Garfield’s 9 Lives continues with two more all-star artists! This month, Roger Langridge (Jim Henson’s The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow) brings us The Fat Cat on the High Seas, as we learn of Garfield’s pirate past! Also, Yehudi Mercado (Rocket Salvage, Guardians of the Galaxy: Universal Weapon) draws Garfield in the Old West.
Grimm Tales of Terror #7 – Bloody Mary
Story by Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco, Josh Gorfain
Written by Ralph Tedesco
Art by Joel Ojeda (1-13) and Eleonora Carlini (14-22)
Colors by Fran Gamboa
Letters by Micah Myers
Edited by Nicole Glade
Price: $3.99
Release Date: 2/4/15
As the legend goes, if you say those words three times while looking in a mirror, the ghost of Bloody Mary will appear. But what happens when an innocent ghost story becomes much more real?
The horror anthology series from Zenescope Entertainment continues!
King: Jungle Jim #1
Paul Tobin (w)
Sandy Jarrell (a)
Darwyn Cooke (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
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“He IS the forest!” Welcome to the KING, full of RUSTIC WARS and BEASTIAL BLUSTER and UNFORGIVING TERRAIN and IMPOSSIBLE ORIGINS and ENIGMATIC ABILITIES and CREEPY DOMICILES and REALLY REALLY REALLY WEIRD MONKEYS! STRAP IN for HIGH ADVENTURE from Eisner-Award Winner PAUL TOBIN (Bandette) and SANDY JARRELL (Meteor Men) with a connecting King cover by comic legend DARWYN COOKE!
Continuing our Black History Month comics coverage comes the first character spotlight. I thought through who should be first, and decide on one of the first, and one that’ll become more in the spotlight as the Marvel Cinematic Universe heads towards his solo film, T’Challa, aka The Black Panther.
The Black Panther was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby appearing for the first time in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966. He’s considered the first black superhero in mainstream American comics.
The character’s role has changed over the years but generally the Black Panther has been the leader of the African nation of Wakanda with the title being passed down between leaders. The nation is technologically advanced and rich, partially due to its abundance of the metal resource Vibranium (the same material Captain America’s shield is made from). This has also led to the nation having one of the greatest armies on Earth.
That role hasn’t always been the case, and he’s given up his leadership role of the nation, and instead has become the leader of the dead instead (it’s a weird story). One of my favorite story arcs saw the character move to Hells Kitchen, watching over it for Daredevil and forcing the character to use his intelligence and physical abilities instead of his wealth. It added a bit of a street level feel to the character. He was also married to the X-Men member Storm for a bit, and their relationship is a bit strained right now as they’ve separated.
The character has been both a hero and villain, it’s all perspectives, but most recently he’s been a part of the Illuminati, a secret cabal of some of the world’s greatest heroes who have worked in secret to protect Earth and the multiverse.
Actor Chadwick Boseman will be play the character in several films as a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and rumors has his first appearance coming this summer in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Expect to hear much more about the Black Panther in entertainment over the coming months and years.
Stray Bullets: Sunshine And Roses #1
Story By: David Lapham
Art By: David Lapham
Cover By: David Lapham
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: NOV140580
Published: February 4, 2015
STRAY BULLETS CONTINUES WITH THE BEGINNING OF A BRAND-NEW ARC OF STORIES! SUNSHINE AND ROSES is about violence, love, and really bad decisions. The Baltimore underworld is falling apart at the seams and blood has been spilt. Where and when things went to hell in a handbasket can be traced back to a time a few years earlier, when a man named Harry ran the city, Spanish Scott and Monster enforced the rules, and an insecure young man named Orson met a wild and crazy girl named Beth. The two together cooked up the boldest, most outlandish, and just about the stupidest plan ever devised—a plan to steal a whole lot of Harry’s money and drugs and get a little revenge along the way. While every issue of STRAY BULLETS presents a complete story, the start of each new arc is the perfect place to jump on board and see what everybody else is talking about.
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE MAGAZINE #4
Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Art: Francesco Francavilla
Cover: Francesco Francavilla
On Sale Date: 2/4
48-page, full color comic
$4.99 US.
“Escape from Riverdale,” Part 4 [of 5]: With two more members of our beloved gang infected by the dreadful zombie-virus, Riverdale’s one sanctuary—Lodge Mansion—has been compromised. The kids are left to make a significant decision—do they stay and fight or flee the only town they’ve ever known? Meanwhile, Archie makes a horrific discovery in his own home, one that may cost him his life! It’s red-headed teen versus gruesomely undead canine PLUS sorcery stories from the vault and all new special features in this magazine-size version of the award-winning TEEN+ series. Definitely NOT for all ages!
Zombie Tramp #7
Writer(s): Jason Martin, Dan Mendoza
Artist Name(s): Winston Young
Cover Artist(s): TMChu, Dan Mendoza (limited variant)
Risque variant cover (limited to 2500): TMChu
Artist variant cover (limited to 2000): Dan Mendoza
32 pgs./FC/ Mature Readers
$3.99 USD(reg.)/$4.99 USD (var.)
As Zombie Tramp makes her way through the Southwest, she stops for a bite at a local fast food chain. It seems that ordering off the menu at this chicken joint can land you in the nugget grinder though, so Janey will have to wield her budding necro powers well if she wants to stay undead!
Hollywood Zombie Apocalypse #2 (of 2)
Written by Ralph Tedesco & Joe Brusha
Art by David Lorenzo Riveiro
Colors by Jorge Alberto Cortes
Letters by Jim Campbell
Edited by Nicole Glade
Price: $5.99
Release Date: 2/4/15
Hollywood and Zombies collide in this hilarious parody comic from Zenescope Entertainment!
After a zombie outbreak hits Hollywood, a group of star actors finds itself trapped in the Roosevelt Hotel. With few options left, the A-List celebrities try to put their differences (and EGOS!) aside while chaos surrounds them. Can the eclectic group work together as a team or are they destined to fall victim to the zombie horde?
Django / Zorro #3
Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner (w)
Esteve Polls (a)
Jae Lee, Francesco Francavilla, Mike Mayhew (c)
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FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
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Our heroes finally arrive in Phoenix and their first encounter with the self-proclaimed Archduke of Arizona, whose charming demeanor is tinged with a merciless arrogance. Diego is welcomed into the Archduke’s inner circle of wealthy investors but Django soon finds himself exploring behind the scenes with the silent but intrepid Bernardo. The Archduke’s massive railroad project is a being built be the local Yaqui tribes, who are all but enslaved by their master’s tyrannical regime. This exciting series is the first-ever sequel to any of Quentin Tarantino’s films and features one of the original western heroes, the masked crusader known as Zorro!
