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Collect the first two arcs of James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming’s Blue Book in a new Library Edition

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Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion present Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1, a new hardcover compiling Blue Book: 1961, Blue Book: 1947, all of the series’ cover art, and behind-the-scenes sketches by Michael Avon Oeming. Written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Oeming, and lettered by Aditya Bidikar, these “True Weird” stories—tales of ordinary people encountering the strange and impossible—will be collected in a hardcover oversized edition for the first time July 2025. It will also include a cover gallery and sketchbook section.

In Blue Book: 1961, Tynion and Oeming retell the story of the Betty and Barney Hill abduction—the widely publicized and very first abduction that went on to shape and influence all future encounter stories.

In Blue Book: 1947, we follow pilot Kenneth Arnold, who flew his Call-Air A-2 over the skies of the Pacific Northwest and encountered otherworldly blinding flashes of silver light that would change the course of his life forever.

Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1 crash lands in bookstores on July 8, 2025 and in comic shops on July 9, 2025. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TFAW, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $49.99.

Blue Book Library Edition Volume 1

Preview: Blue Book 1947 #5

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Blue Book 1947 #5

(W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Jun 26, 2024
SRP: $4.99

The wave of “UFO hysteria” in 1947 was strong enough to spur the official Federal investigations of unidentified flying objects and launch Project Blue Book by the U.S. Air Force in 1952. In the final chapter of the Blue Book: 1947 series by James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming, we see the causes of this national fervor and the beginnings of the grip on pop culture that have lasted for almost a century. Also including a True Weird backup story by Josh Trujillo, Jack T. Cole, and Aditya Bidikar!

Blue Book 1947 #5

Preview: Blue Book 1947 #4

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Blue Book 1947 #4

(W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: May 22, 2024
SRP: $4.99

The country’s fascination with UFOs grew tremendously after the crash discovery in Roswell, New Mexico and the fervor starts to inspire hoaxes, lies, and further paranoia as the information (whether true or not) spreads across the United States of America. Also including a True Weird backup story by John Harris Dunning, John J. Pearson, and Aditya Bidikar!

Blue Book 1947 #4

Preview: Blue Book 1947 #3

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Blue Book 1947 #3

(W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming
In Shops: Apr 17, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Now a changed man after his bizarre aerial encounter with the mysterious fleet of light in the sky, Kenneth Arnold hunts for evidence of his confrontation to show the world, while at the same time federal agencies begin to get in the way of his quest for truth. Also including a True Weird backup story by Chris Condon, Jacob Philips, and Aditya Bidikar!

Blue Book 1947 #3

James Tynion IV and Michael Avon Oeming’s Blue Book returns with Blue Book: 1947

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Long before Betty and Barney Hill excited the public with their alien encounter story, there were years and years of suspected sightings and abductions. James Tynion IV, Michael Avon Oeming, Tom Napolitano, and Dark Horse Comics return with another deeply weird non-fiction tale exploring alien sightings in the upcoming comic, Blue Book: 1947.

In 1947, Kenneth Arnold flew his Call-Air A-2 over the skies of the Pacific Northwest when all of a sudden, he saw a blinding flash of silver light. What followed was a bizarre and difficult to explain encounter with several flying objects that would change the course of his life forever.

Blue Book: 1947 #1 is written by Tynion, illustrated by Oeming, and lettered by Napolitano. The first issue will also include six variant covers by artists Michael Avon Oeming, Fábio Moon, Michael Allred, Cully Hammer, Joe Quinones (1:10 virgin retailer incentive variant), and Christian Ward (1:10 virgin retailer incentive variant). One additional variant cover will be revealed at a later date.

Blue Book: 1947 #1 also includes a True Weird backup story by Zac Thompson, Gavin Fullerton, and Aditya Bidikar.

Blue Book: 1947 #1 (of 5) flies into comic shops on February 7, 2024. It is now available to pre-order for $4.99 at your local comic shop.