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Essential Rogue Trooper: The Traitor General is a solid continuation in the Essential series

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Rogue Trooper comes face to face with the Traitor General in the second volume of the Essential Rogue Trooper collection.

The second volume in the Essential line featuring 2000 AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper!

Rogue Trooper, the last of the GIs, continues his hunt for the man responsible for the Quartz Zone Massacre, which cost the lives of his comrades. After narrowing his list of suspects to four high-ranking officers, Rogue travels to a downed satellite which serves as the hideout of the Marauders, a renegade force of deserters and space bandits. But the hunter becomes the hunted when Rogue falls into a trap set by the Marauders’ leader – the Traitor General himself!

Story: Gerry Finley-Day, Gordon Rennie
Art: Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, PJ Holden
Color: Len O’Grady
Letterer: Bill Nuttall, Tony Jacob, Peter Knight, Clive McGee, Simon Bowland, Ellie De Ville

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Essential Rogue Trooper: Genetic Infantryman is a great introduction to the character and world

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The first of a new series in the Essential line featuring 2000AD’s legendary war machine, Rogue Trooper! Featuring the character’s origins and presented in full color, it’s the ideal starting point for new readers.

Rogue Trooper is the last of the G.I.s – genetically-engineered infantrymen designed to withstand the noxious atmosphere of Nu-Earth, a planet ravaged by the conflict between Norts and Southers. The lone survivor of the Quartz Zone Massacre, equipped with the bio-chips of his fallen clone brothers, he crosses the war-torn landscape in search of the Traitor General, the man responsible for their deaths – and he will not rest until he has his revenge!

Story: Gerry Finley-Day
Art: Dave Gibbons, Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, Brett Ewins
Color: Charlie Kirchoff
Letterer: Dave Gibbons, Bill Nutall, Tom Frame, Tony Jacob

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Preview: Gears of War Omnibus Vol. 2

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Gears of War Omnibus Vol. 2

(W) Karen Traviss, Joshua Ortega (A) Pop Mhan, Colin Wilson (A/CA) Leonardo Manco
In Shops: Dec 18, 2019
SRP: $24.99

Two Gears of War comic book series are collected in this special omnibus edition. First, as the Pendulum Wars rage on, Marcus Fenix and his right-hand man Dominic Santiago are deployed on their first military tour and must endure the harsh reality of battle, loss, and the waning hope of victory. Then, in the “Dirty Little Secrets” miniseries, follow Marcus and the rest of Delta Squad as they fight to defend the last of humanity. Collects issues #14-24 of the DC Comics series.

Gears of War Omnibus Vol. 2

Rogue Trooper Joins the Fight!

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Following the success of Judge Dredd, IDW and Rebellion/2000 AD have expanded their thriving relationship with the addition of Rogue Trooper to their publishing slate! IDW will launch an all-new Rogue Trooper series in 2014, and also offer newly colored re-presentations of past Rogue Trooper comics, too.

Co-created by Gerry Finley-Day and renowned artist Dave Gibbons in 1981 for 2000 AD, Rogue Trooper became a showcase for some of Britain’s top artistic talent. In addition to Gibbons, Steve Dillon, Colin Wilson, Cam Kennedy, Bret Ewins, and Chris Weston have contributed art to the popular strip.

A future war has poisoned the entire atmosphere of Nu-Earth, prompting one side to create Genetic Infantrymen: blue-skinned soldiers who can breathe the toxic air, equipped with bio-chips to record their personalities in their final moments for eventual re-corporation. But a traitor sold the G.I.s out, and all but one were slaughtered. Now he stalks Nu-Earth on a mission of revenge, aided by his dead friends now “living” in his gun, helmet and backpack. He is the last G.I.—the Rogue Trooper!

Classic Rogue Trooper strips will be seen in a whole new light in full-color comics and collections with hues provided by colorist Adrian Salmon, best known for his work on Doctor Who and Judge Dredd. The all-new series in the offing will follow the tradition of IDW’s successful Judge Dredd series by Duane Swierczynski and Nelson Daniel. Creator names and details will follow at a later date.

With a rich history to build upon, IDW will add to the proven franchise, bringing Rogue Trooper into the 21st century for an all-new audience.

Bullet to the Head Opens With a Bullet to the Head

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Bullet_to_the_Head_PosterBullet to the Head, which opened this past weekend, was taken out behind theaters and shot opened with about $4.5 million despite being in 2,400 theaters. The weekend of the Super Bowl tends to be tough in movie theaters, but this Sly Stallone movie was an impressive stinker. The movie is the worst opening in over 2,000 locations so far this year.

Bullet to the Head‘s audience was 60 percent male and 81 percent over the age of 25, and they awarded the movie a poor “B-” CinemaScore. The movie averaged $1,872 per theater. We’ll quickly see theaters cutting screens with such a poor showing.

The movie is based on a French graphic novel written by Matz with art by Colin Wilson.  It was published in the U.S. by Dynamite. I had a feeling the movie would debut poorly as the hype from the comic publisher was none and buzz in generally in comic geekdom was non-existent.

There’s a chance the movie will do a little bit better next week as it’s targeted male audience heads to theaters post Super Bowl, but it’s not looking good. I’m pretty sure we can pronounce it D.O.A.

F.A.C.T.S 2012 Raises The Dead For Charity

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There’s Zombie-guests galore at F.A.C.T.S. 2012 and it’s now also a Zombie-Comic! While the Mayan civilization has proclaimed 2012 to be the end of the world, F.A.C.T.S. found it appropriate to invite “zombie-guests” for October 20-21, 2012 and to celebrate the event even more F.A.C.T.S. has developed a Zombie-Comic with the help of the artists invited to the show!  You can check out more info at http://www.facts.be/dead-cold-exclusive-facts-2012-collector

Artists included are Sean Philips, Paul Duffield, Dean Yeagle, Colin Wilson, Tyler Kirkham, Lectrr, Romano Molenaar, Louis & Lamirand, XA, Emmanuel Nhieu, Popescu, Kristof Spaey and Sophian Cholet.

The cover will be provided by convention Guest Of Honor Charlie Adlard, who also provided an introduction as well as picked Greenpeace as beneficiary to the proceedings of this special edition, called “Dead Cold… zombie art”.

F.A.C.T.S Convention is the signature pop culture event of the Benelux, presenting guests and programming to cater for the top segments of the comics, anime, sci-fi, film, TV, and gaming industries.

Entering its 22th edition, F.A.C.T.S. is expected to draw over 21,000+ attendees to its October 21-22, 2012 convention held at the Gent Flanders Expo Convention Center located in Gent, Belgium.

The show will sport 3,000 extra meters compared to its last edition and will now have 15,000 square meters. FACTS will host over a mile of dealers of toys, comics, movie merchandise, fantasy merchandise, manga and will see 2,500+ cosplayers and a cosplay competition, life size props, model kit exhibitions, an entire fan-village, a Japanese Village, a huge game zone with dozens of consoles, as well as loads of surprises, to brighten up the already amazing venue!

For more information, please go to http://www.facts.be

Rocketeer Adventures Vol. 2 #1 Coming in March!

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Official Press Release

ROCKETEER ADVENTURES Vol. 2 #1 Coming in March!

IDW to release second all-new anthology of Dave Stevens’ beloved character

[Rocketeer Adventures Vol. 2 #1 Cover]San Diego, CA (January 24, 2012) – The second all-new, all-fantastic Rocketeer Adventures series launches into stores in March! Each extra-long issue—boasting 25 pages of story and art— will feature covers by Darwyn Cooke and Dave Stevens. The first issue’s line-up includes Peter David, Marc Guggenheim, Sandy Plunkett, Stan Sakai, and Bill Sienkiewicz, with Arthur Adams supplying a pin-up.

“The Rocketeer takes us back to another time,” said series editor Scott Dunbier, “one stuffed to the brim with heroism and thrilling adventures. Some might call these stories old-fashioned—and what’s wrong with that?”

Other contributors to the series include Kyle Baker, J. Scott Campbell, Eric Canete, Paul Dini, Michael Golden, Dave Johnson, David Lapham, John Paul Leon, Bill Morrison, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Tom Taylor, Matt Wagner, Colin Wilson, and more. Rocketeer Adventures is in the current issue of Diamond Previews.

As with the first series, a portion of the profits from Rocketeer Adventures will be donated to the Hairy Cell Leukemia research. Dave Stevens, the creator of The Rocketeer, died of the disease in 2008 at the age of 52.

ROCKETEER ADVENTURES VOL. 2 #1 ($3.99, 32 pages; full color) will be available in March 2012. Diamond order code: JAN12 0408.

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About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.

IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.