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Pinnacle Entertainment Group Partners with Outland Entertainment for New Comics and Fiction Through Outrider Publications

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Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Outland Entertainment have joined forces to bring some of PEG’s most popular IPs to life in the form of new comics and prose!

This comprehensive licensing deal is for Outland to produce fiction based on Pinnacle’s wide range of original gaming properties all under a new imprint: Outrider Publications. Outland will be working directly with Pinnacle President Shane Lacy Hensley. The license represents the first group of properties brought in by Outland’s new Licensing Director, C. Edward Sellner.

With the license, Outland will first release the previous Deadlands graphic novels in all-new, high-quality hardcovers starting with Dead Man’s Hand, a collection of comic stories by top creators set in Shane Lacy Hensley’s Deadlands, launching April 5th on Kickstarter.

New projects will be announced soon, including bringing back top creators and fan-favorite characters and introducing brand new titles set in various Savage Worlds properties.

Deadlands Novel Releases from Tor!

Deadlands GhostwalkersTor Books has announced a new partnership with Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Visionary Comics to publish a series of thrilling novels based on Deadlands, the hugely successful role-playing game set in the Weird West! The series begins with Deadlands: Ghostwalkers (A Tor Trade Paperback; $15.99; September 22, 2015) by New York Times bestselling author, Jonathan Maberry, out just in time for the Halloween season! Maberry has also won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and is an editor and comic book writer as well as a prolific novelist.

As a master of zombie fiction, Maberry pens an adventure unlike any other, where steely-eyed gunslingers rub shoulders with mad scientists and dark, unnatural forces. This is a place where the Great Quake of 1868 has shattered California into a labyrinth of sea-flooded caverns… and a mysterious substance called “ghost rock” fuels exotic steampunk inventions and causes plenty of bloodshed and flying bullets.

In Ghostwalkers, a gun-for-hire, literally haunted by his bloody past, comes to the struggling town of Paradise Falls, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly conflict between the besieged community and a diabolically brilliant alchemist who is building a terrible new weapon of mass destruction… and assembling an army of the living dead!

Tabletop gamers as well as fans of steampunk, science fiction, and alternate history will be swept up in this brand new installment set in the highly acclaimed and beloved world of the Deadlands RPG universe.

Maberry is the multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The King of Plagues, Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, Ghost Road Blues, and Rot & Ruin, among others. He also wrote the novelization of the movie The Wolfman. His work for Marvel Comics includes Captain America, Punisher, Wolverine, DoomWar, Marvel Zombie Return, and Black Panther. His Joe Ledger series has been optioned for TV by Sony Pictures. He has been inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

DEADLANDS: GHOSTWALKERS by Jonathan Maberry
ISBN 978-0-7653-7526-1 | $15.99 | 448 pages paperback
ISBN 978-1-4668-4636-4| $9. 99 | eBook
On sale September 22, 2015
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Deadlands Deals Winning Hand

deadlandsGet ready, as award-winning publisher IDW brings Dead Man’s Hand, the first original collection of the hit Deadlands series to comic shops in March 2015! Based on the popular Deadlands RPG, created by Shane Hensley and Pinnacle Entertainment, and produced by Visionary Comics, the series embodies all the best of horror, western and steampunk in a world filled with creatures of the night, mad science and mysticism!

Deadlands Volume 1: Dead Man’s Hand brings together a who’s-who of superstar horror-western comic talent to launch this unique series that laid the groundwork for every horror-western series since! Join High Moon’s David Gallaher and Steve Ellis as they tell the tale of a cursed weapon created to kill the devil in Devil’s Six Gun. Journey with All-Star Western’s creators Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, and Shinku’s Lee Moder on a young Shamaness’ quest for vengeance in Massacre at Redwing. Duck low for Witchblade’s Ron Marz and Superman / Wonder Woman’s Bart Sears as they tell of a heroic ranger who sets out to kill a whole town in Death Was Silent. Then dive into Desperados’ Jeff Mariotte and Golly’s Brook Turner’s love tale drowned in horror in Black Water.

But that ain’t all! For the first time in the comic market, this volume contains two brand new short stories penned by Deadlands creator Shane Hensley and Brand Manager Matt Cutter, who show us What a Man’s Gotta Do and how to be Vengeful. And for the first time ANYWHERE, get an exclusive sneak peek at the first, original Deadlands novel, Ghostwalkers by New York Times’ best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, to be published by Tor Books in Fall of 2015! This amazing new adventure launches the new Tor novel line for Deadlands scheduled with releases into 2017!

Deadlands Expands to IDW and Tor Books!

Visionary Comics has been around a while and is well known for their Deadlands products. This fall, however, the secret is out, and Visionary is on the move.

Visionary has virtually doubled its staff in recent months, adding Webmaster and AV Chief Christiaan Conover, Admin Director Cathy Dougherty, and Art Manager Mike Munshaw. The studio has also added big guns Jeff Mariotte (comic writer, author) and Shane Hensley (creator of Deadlands) to focus on its expansion into prose publishing and transmedia development.

As part of this expansion, Visionary has announced Deadlands-focused partnerships with IDW Publishing, which will be publishing the first trade, Dead Man’s Hand, in March of 2015, and Tor Books, which will be publishing a line of prose novels coming later next year.

Dead Man’s Hand collects Deadlands one-shots published by Visionary and Image Comics, and features a stunning list of talent: David Gallaher, Steve Ellis, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Lee Moder, Ron Marz, Bart Sears, Jeff Mariotte, Brook Turner, and Michael Atiyeh.

The new novel line will kick off with three books by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, and Jeff Mariotte. Release dates have yet to be confirmed but production has begun in earnest.

In the midst of all this, Deadlands remains in active development for a live-action TV Series.

Visionary has no intention of stopping there, and just announced at Baltimore Comic-Con an exclusive new line of comics under its new Creation imprint. The new imprint will debut on their new webcomics portal, now in an initial test phase on their website. The studio promises a unique line of titles, diverse in genre, format, and focus. They also promise some unique means of fan involvement in what is shaping up to be a promising launch scheduled to roll out over the rest of 2014.

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Deadlands Goes Prose Courtesy of Tor Books

Pinnacle Entertainment Group and Visionary Comics have reached agreement with Tor Books for the publication of all-new, original prose novels set in the world of the popular roleplaying game Deadlands. The deal calls for three novels, with an initial lineup of authors that includes New York Times bestselling, award-winning Jonathan Maberry and Jeff Mariotte.

C. Edward Sellner, chief creative officer for Visionary, said in a statement:

We’re very excited to be bringing Deadlands to such a publishing powerhouse. It’s our first move into non-comics media, and the people at Tor have been fantastic to work with. I have no doubt the fans will enjoy the results.

The novel line is an exciting step in the expansion of the Deadlands world. Visionary Comics has already successfully launched the property as comics.

Shane Hensley, the creator of Deadlands and president of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, said in the same statement:

It’s been such a joy watching Visionary play in our sandbox. We truly consider them partners in growing and expanding the Deadlands universe. Now Jonathan Maberry and Jeff Mariotte get to really dig deep and explore the world in the kind of depth you only get with full-length novels, and we’re as excited as anyone else to see what they do.

Jonathan Maberry added:

I’m really excited about writing Deadlands: Ghostwalkers, a balls-to-the-walls alt-history steampunk supernatural shoot-‘em-up action western. With zombies. I think I was genetically designed to write this kind of book.

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HOUSE M.D. MEETS FINGE IN THE FIRST SKYBOUND ORIGINAL FROM ROBERT KIRKMAN’s NEW COMICS IMPRINT!

Meet Vincent Morrow, a doctor looking for a vaccine… for the apocalypse! In this stand-alone first issue, a family needs Dr. Morrow’s help with their son’s illness: Demonic possession. But when Morrow attempts an experimental cure, he discovers the boy’s disease isn’t all spinning heads and pea soup — it’s like nothing you’ve seen before!  Horror gets a brain transplant in WITCH DOCTOR, the book WARREN ELLIS calls “Mental.”

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JUNE 22

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Kit Bradley is a 20 year-old art student and petty criminal who knows it’s time to leave her delinquent past behind, but isn’t ready for the responsibilities of adulthood.  Her social headquarters is an all night diner, and while trying to put the ‘off’ on an on-again-off-again boyfriend, she runs into an old flame, and an enigmatic loner named Martha, who alters Kit’s life forever.  Created by Eisner and Ignatz Award nominee DAVID HAHN.

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Afghanistan.  Marines face a never-ending onslaught of Taliban.  But even hell can get worse.  The dead are coming back to life in The Graveyard of Empires, and only together can both sides of the today’s conflict survive tomorrow’s undead assault.  Writer MARK SABLE (Unthinkable, Two-Face Year One) reunites with his GROUNDED co-creator, PAUL AZACETA (Amazing Spider-Man) to tell this controversial tale of terror.

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“REED GUNTHER AND THE STEAK SNACKING SNAKE!”

The bear-riding cowboy returns in full-color! The previously self-published all-ages indie book by the Houghton brothers gets the Image treatment. In the exciting first issue, follow Reed Gunther and his trusty grizzly bear steed, Sterling, as they bumble their way through battling one of the wild west’s most ferocious creatures: a giant, cow-hungry snake!

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JUNE 8

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“DEATH OF THE PARTY,” Part One

In a world where movie monsters are real, most of them are just looking for work in an industry dominated by 3D, CGI and other scary acronyms.  Forced to hustle their past glory on the convention circuit, Wolfman Carl London and “Space Path” star Travis Walters put their scheduled appearances aside to stop the screening of a legendary monster porn film that threatens to ruin the careers of feature creatures everywhere.

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SHINKU #1

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“THRONE OF BLOOD,” Part One

The sole surviving descendant of a once-proud samurai clan, Shinku wages a solo war against a powerful vampire clan that has lurked in the shadows for centuries. An epic of horror and martial arts set in modern Japan, but with roots in the feudal past, writer RON MARZ (WITCHBLADE, ARTIFACTS) and artist LEE MODER (Wonder Woman, Legion of Super-Heroes) will serve up sexy, bloody, ongoing action every month. If you’re looking for vampires that sparkle … this ain’t it.

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JUNE 8

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In an era when lineage defined you, three teenagers must make their way through the world hiding their identities in order to find their destinies. As their village burns behind them, they are headed for a city they’d heard about only in stories. The three young samurai must now struggle to stay alive and take vengeance on the evil usurper who has destroyed the rest of their clan and the only world they’d ever known. Will they rise on the tides of vengeance, or they will they fall on the swords of fate?

DEADLANDS (ONE-SHOT)

story DAVID GALLAHER

art & cover STEVE ELLIS

JUNE 15

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BASED ON THE GAME DEADLANDS FROM PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT!

Image Comics, Visionary Comics and Pinnacle Entertainment present the first of four one-shot by industry superstars, bringing the weird Western world of DEADLANDS to comics! In this issue: The Harvey Award-winning High Noon team of DAVID GALLAHER & STEVE ELLIS tell the story of inventory Copernicus Blackburne, who risks even his immortal soul in his Faustian quest to build “The Devil’s Six-Gun!”

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In a crowded futuristic city controlled by gangsters, the Thunder

Alley Rally is the biggest racing event of a generation. The city’s  greatest racers battle across the concrete jungle, through chasms of  wet neon city streets for fame, glory, and sacrifice…But one racer  races for much more. Rodd Racer races for revenge while the city’s deadliest killers chase him. Greatness has a price.

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JUNE 15

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When the woman that raised him is murdered, an assassin turns states evidence against his employers and is given a once in a lifetime chance to enter Operation Trailblazer – the most unique witness protection program in the world.  Sent back in time to the Old West, the assassin begins a new life, but it isn’t long before his past and the future catches up with him.

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The dark mysteries of rock and roll royalty’s “27 Club” are revealed in this collection of the hit series. All the twists, all the action, all the weirdness, in one beautiful package!  Full of extras, including an all-new 12-page backup story, it’s the most exciting thing to hit since the Beatles at Budokan!

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Ariel Chylde is the girl cursed to become any of the creatures from her many Nightmares. But have the shadows circled all her life? Now we go deeper. Into her past. Into her dreams. Where fears roam, and truth is never a friend. New Collection and Cover by RANDY QUEEN.

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Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado was both blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday when he became the bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there. Go back to the beginning and discover Jackie’s first encounters with the Witchblade gauntlet, The Angelus, Sonatine, and Ian Nottingham.

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From acclaimed author JOSHUA HALE FIAKOV (Tumor, PILOT SEASON: ALIBI) and rising artist RAHSAN EKEDAL (Creepy) a disturbing story of murder and mystery wrapped in questions of sanity.
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Collecting the first four issues of the series that Multiversity Comics says is “Crafted so perfectly that it made me smile to no end.” When the Li’l Depressed Boy meets a strange girl, she drags him from his self-seclusion into a world of style points bowling, zombie fighting, laser tag battles, punk rock concerts and house parties.  What will he do to learn her name?  What will be her perfect birthday gift?  How do you eat fried rice without chopsticks?

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Death stalks Proof and the entire team of Lodge agents. Monsters take over Little Tokyo and at least one of Proof’s friends doesn’t make it out alive. The final turning point in the Proof saga. Collects the critically acclaimed first miniseries.

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The Spawn Universe’s favorite detectives come at you full-force in their own groundbreaking series. Featuring an all-star cast of creators, the bar was set high for gritty crime fiction when Sam and Twitch first came on the scene. Follow the exploits of NYPD’s two most dedicated public servants as they try to uncover the secrets behind the Central Park “Witchcraft” murders and also solve the mystery of “Udaku.”

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Spawn partners with Terry Fitzgerald as his plans to take down Jason Wynn continue. The partnership may be too much for either man, with Wanda caught in the middle. Just as headway is being made, the Freak returns with an agenda of his own that will most definitely get in the way.

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As the Eisner Award winning series continues, no one in The Community is safe from what happens within its walls.

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BACKLIST SPOTLIGHT: THE ART OF IMAGE COMICS

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’68 #3 (of 4)

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Visions of home-brewed hell take center stage as an anti-war protest on a California college campus turns into a cannibalistic massacre at the clawing hands of the hungry undead. Two lost soldiers fight their way across a jungle wasteland teeming with rot. And in Vietnam, Agent Declan Rule reveals his true reasons for being in country.

ARTIFACTS #10 (of 13)

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JUNE 29

40 PAGES / FC

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THE FINAL BATTLE COMMENCES!

The Survivor’s true nature has been revealed and his plans to remake our world move forward with machine like precision. Will Sara Pezzini, Jackie Estacado, and their allies solve the mystery of his identity in time to prevent Armageddon? What sacrifices will need to be made to save our world? The stage is set for the final confrontation!

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BLUE ESTATE #3

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art VIKTOR KALVACHEV, NATHAN FOX, TOBY CYPRESS & ROBERT VALLEY

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JUNE 8

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“KING OF THE JUNGLE”

It’s hard telling the predators from the prey in part three of this fast, funny 100% cool new series!  Up-and-coming mobsters Alyosha the Lion and Tony Luciano think they’re kings of the jungle…but their reign may be cut short by forces on both sides of the law.  Featuring art by VIKTOR KALVACHEV (PHERONE, DMZ, The Incredibles), NATHAN FOX (Invincible Iron Man, Pigeons From Hell), TOBY CYPRESS (Batman/Nightwing), ROBERT VALLEY (Gorillaz, Tron), written by Emmy Award winning screenwriter ANDREW OSBORNE.

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JUNE 8

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“BOOK OF REVELATIONS,” PART TWO: “ENLIGHTENMENT”

Ray Stoner finds himself trapped on Demonworld,

weaponless!  But there is intel to be gained and secrets to be

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BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER #4

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art & cover MIKE HUDDLESTON

JUNE 22

32 PAGES / FC

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It’s a super-villain team-up unlike anything ever seen in a comicbook before! And it’s the worst possible timing for Butcher, who’s balls-deep inside some serious superheroine cushioning, desperately trying to prove his manhood! But that’s just the sauce… read it for the pasta, too! So let’s rock out with our c**ks out!

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DAOMU #5

story KENNEDY XU & COLIN JOHNSON

art & cover KEN CHOU

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / FC

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Sean nears the end of his first journey. He will soon learn that friends can just as easily become enemies. The boy’s genetic gift begins to take hold amidst the innumerable obstacles. A warrior is born…

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THE DARKNESS #93

story PHIL HESTER

art SHELDON MITCHELL

cover BANE

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / FC

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“OUTER DARKNESS,” Part Five

The Darkness declares all out war against its most rebellious bearer, Jackie Estacado! With a small group of loyal allies, Jackie must face down an army of doppelgangers, a scorned woman from his past, and the very source of his own power.

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DRUMS #2 (of 4)

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art ABE HERNANDO & FRAB GAMBOA

cover RAUL ALLEN

JUNE 22

32 PAGES / FC

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“EL MACUTO”

FBI agent Irons has no clues about the “Santeria Deaths” in Santa

Rosa. But the deaths didn’t stop at the ceremony, they are still going

on. Irons feels that something dark is about to happen, so dark and

overwhelming like the great storm that is surrounding Florida.

ELEPHANTMEN #33

story RICHARD STARKINGS

art & cover SHAKY KANE

JUNE 22

40 PAGES / FC

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“THE BONES”

BULLETPROOF COFFIN artist and Legend, SHAKY KANE, joins ELEPHANTMEN for the freaky tale of Doctor Sebastian Bone and his wife, Victoria, and her lust for something belonging to Elephantmen.

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GLADSTONE’S SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #2

story MARK ANDREW SMITH

art & cover ARMAND VILLAVERT

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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While the Gladstone’s cadets tune in to watch “Battle in Tokyo” on Pay-Per-View, a real life epic battle breaks out outside the school; It’s a good vs. evil free-for all, as their parents gallantly try their best to police their crew and maintain the delicate armistice between Super Heroes and Super Villains.

GREEN WAKE #3 (of 5)

story KURTIS J. WIEBE

art & cover RILEY ROSSMO

JUNE 1

24 PAGES / FC

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A deformed creature stalks the dark alleys of Green Wake in search of the murderer, its motivations unclear. With the lead suspect in danger of disappearing, Morley stumbles upon a resident who bestows upon him a powerful vision, unlocking a grisly glimpse into a series of events that could change his life forever.

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HACK/SLASH #5

story TIM SEELEY

art KYLE STRAHM

cover A JENNY FRISON

cover B RODIN ESQUEJO

JUNE 8

32 PAGES / FC

$3.50

Guest-artist KYLE STRAHM (We Will Bury You) steps in as the

skull-faced mystery woman Fantomah comes to Cassie and Vlad for help. But, what could a super powerful goddess, known for her horrible (yet creative) methods of tormenting evil doers, need with a teenage girl and a mutant with a machete?

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HAUNT #18

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art GREG CAPULLO & TODD MCFARLANE

cover GREG CAPULLO

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / FC

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It’s a new beginning for haunt.  After the defeat of The Apparition, Haunt has learned he has a purpose – the reason he was brought into existence… He just doesn’t know exactly what it is.  Will he continue on that path or go his own way?  And what could be the consequences of such rebellion?  This issue will set the stage for the next decade of Haunt stories on the horizon.

THE INTREPIDS #4

story KURTIS J. WIEBE

art & cover SCOTT KOWALCHUK

JUNE 1

32 PAGES / FC

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“OPERATION: FISH FRY”

Loyalties are divided as Dante’s true intentions are brought to question. The threat of Doctor Koi looms, and The Intrepids struggle to put their differences aside to come together in the most dangerous mission of their lives.

LAST MORTAL #2 (of 4)

story JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV

art & cover RASHAN EKEDAL

JUNE 29

38 PAGES / FC

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“REGICIDE,” Part Two

What would you do if you hit rock bottom and there was no way out? If you had tried to take the final escape and discovered that path was blocked? In the case of Alec King, the suicidal immortal, you pick up a gun and set out to take out the bastards responsible for your misery. A class noir revenge tale with a supernatural twist from Minotaur Press!

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MEMOIR #6 (of 6)

story BEN McCOOL

art NIKKI COOK

cover BEN TEMPLESMITH

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / BW

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ISSUE SIX: MEMORIES

With escape from Lowesville seemingly impossible, Trent MacGowan must face what is surely his destiny. But the forces dwelling within the “haunted forest” may yet have a say in the outcome… Shocking revelations are guaranteed in the conclusion to one of 2011’s spookiest new books!

THE MICE TEMPLAR, VOL. 3 #6

story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING

art VICTOR SANTOS

cover A MICHAEL AVON OEMING

cover B VICTOR SANTOS & VERONICA GANDINI

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / FC

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“SNOWBLIND”

The rebellion grows! Yet disaster follows when the idealistic youth E’Tan and Gabrielle join the resistance…and come face-to-face with Royal Consort Lorelie and a network of druid spies. And shocking news arrives concerning the fate of King Icarus! Meanwhile, Pilot the Tall and Harad battle side-by-side against rat forces, and the training of One-Arm Leito takes a dark and tragic turn when the young hero embraces vengeance!

The two-time Harvey Award-winning series continues, from the acclaimed writer of Thor: First Thunder and the co-creator of Powers and Takio!

THE MISSION #5

story JON & ERICH HOEBER

art & cover WERTHER DELL’EDERA & ARIANNA FLOREAN

JUNE 22

32 PAGES / FC

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Paul’s world implodes as his wife realizes he’s leading a double-life, and he makes a dangerous attempt to break free from his supernatural handler, Gabriel.

MORIARTY #2

story DANIEL COREY

art & cover ANTHONY DIECIDUE

JUNE 8

34 PAGES / FC

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“THE DARK CHAMBER,” Part Two

Professor Moriarty is on the run: He has been framed for two murders, his identity exposed. Moriarty makes an uneasy alliance with the Jade Serpent, and together they must delve further into the world of the Black Hand and the mysterious device that holds the secret of the Dark Chamber.

MORNING GLORIES #11

story NICK SPENCER

art JOE EISMA

cover RODIN ESQUEJO

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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He’s the Glory everyone loves to hate: This issue, learn all the secrets behind Manhattan’s most devious young socialite!

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TAG: THE BOOK OF THE YEAR JUST KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER! FIND OUT WHY!

NETHERWORLD #3 (of 5)

story BRYANN EDWARD HILL & ROB LEVIN

art & cover TONY SHASTEEN & JD METTLER

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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WE ARE ALL LOST!

Cut off from the Men in White, Ray and Madeline race to the train station through Netherworld’s evil underbelly with Seth and Cyrus Kane’s henchman in hot pursuit.  Operatives are everywhere and they’re out for blood.  Will Ray be able to defend Madeline from the onslaught and help her escape?  Or will his mission end before it begins?

RED SPIKE #2 (of 5)

story JEFF KAHN

art MARK TEXIERA, SALVADOR NAVARRO & IFANSYAH NOOR

cover MARK TEXIERA

JUNE 1

32 PAGES / FC

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One’s past can be a powerful motivator, or a crippling adversary. Memories linger, and the scars of youth can last forever. As Greg awakens from surgery, things begin to come unhinged as complications arise with his new adrenaline implant.

SAVAGE DRAGON #173

story ERIK LARSEN

art & cover ERIK LARSEN

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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THE ABOMINABLE MR. GLUM

It’s Malcolm Dragon vs. Mr. Glum – and Angel vs. Angel as the gates to Dimension-X are thrown wide open and all hell descends on Earth!

SKULLKICKERS #8

story JIM ZUB

art EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATS

cover CHRIS STEVENS

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / FC

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“FIVE FUNERALS AND A BUCKET OF BLOOD,” Part Two

Weaponless, weary and wanted by the law! The Skullkickers’ heroic reputation has flip-flopped in a whirlwind of faerie magic and bloody bodies. Who’s responsible and how bad are they gonna get thumped by everyone’s favorite monster mashers? Image’s hit action-comedy series is on time and kick ass – Believe it!

SPAWN #208

story WILL CARLTON

art SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD MCFARLANE

cover SZYMON KUDRANSKI

JUNE 1

32 PAGES / FC

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“Q&A” Part Two

Twitch’s confrontation with Jim comes to a head, leading to a stunning act of violence and an unexpected encounter that will have a lasting impact on Twitch – both for good… and bad. Across town, Detective Rowand deals with the aftermath of the demonic attack on Sam and his own ability to grasp the true nature of the threat – is Hell really coming to Earth?

SUPER DINOSAUR #3

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover JASON HOWARD

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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ALL-NEW FROM ROBERT KIRKMAN & JASON HOWARD!

Super Dinosaur and Derek Dynamo protect the world from the denizens of Inner Earth!  Meanwhile, Max Maximus’ master plan finally begins to take shape… and it’s BIGGER than anything Super Dinosaur and Derek have faced thus far!  This issue can’t be missed, just like every issue of SUPER DINOSAUR!

UNDYING LOVE #3

story TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN

art TOMM COKER

color DANIEL FREEDMAN

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / FC

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“UNDYING LOVE,” Part Three

After saving himself from the vampire curse, John Sargent races to rescue Mei. But there are others after the girl and they will stop at nothing to capture her.

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THE WALKING DEAD #86

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

JUNE 8

32 PAGES / BW

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How do we deal with what comes next?

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THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVOR’S GUIDE #3 (of 4)

story TIM DANIEL & ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

JUNE 1

32 PAGES / FC

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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the cast of The Walking Dead.  The Survivor’s Guide is a handy checklist of all the characters who have appeared in the series thus far, alive or dead.  This series is a can’t-miss supplement to the hit comic book series that is now a hit TV series on AMC!

THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #22

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

JUNE 1

32 PAGES / BW

$2.99

With the dangers of this zombie filled world safely on the other side of the prison walls our band of survivors finally has time to explore their new home.  Unfortunately there’s still more than enough conflict on the inside of the walls.

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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #23

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

JUNE 8

32 PAGES / BW

$2.99

Fist fight!

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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #24

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

JUNE 15

32 PAGES / BW

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Something has happened to drive Rick over the edge. There’s no turning back now as we ask, “Where do we go from here?” And trust us: This is only the beginning!

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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #25

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

JUNE 22

32 PAGES / BW

$2.99

Everything is different now.

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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #26

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

JUNE 29

32 PAGES / BW

$2.99

The bold new direction for THE WALKING DEAD continues.

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WITCHBLADE #148

story RON MARZ

art & cover STJEPAN SEJIC

JUNE 22

32 PAGES / FC

$2.99

”TIAMAT,” Part Three

Despite her most valiant efforts, Sara Pezzini succumbs to the mythic power of the Babylonian God-Queen Tiamat. With the Balance out of the way, will Tiamat remake New York in her serpantine image?

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