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IDW Publishing in May 2013

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #10

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w & a & c)

Revisit this TMNT Mirage classic in full glorious color (continued from TMNT Color Classics Micro Series: Leonardo)!  As everyone is reacting to Leonardo’s battered body being thrown through April’s apartment window, a cadre of Foot Soldiers crash through in hot pursuit of the fallen Turtle. It’s a desperate fight for survival as the TMNT and their family — with help from Casey Jones — seek an escape from the marauding enemy, who is being led by none other than a resurrected SHREDDER!

FC • 38 pages • $3.99

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries #2 (of 4): Baxter Stockman

Erik Burnham (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)

Baxter Stockman is busy working for Krang on the Technodrome… or so it appears. Little does Krang know that Baxter has secretly been working on his own project that is both mutant AND machine! But when creation turns on creator, Baxter’s trademark smugness might be in short supply! Will Baxter come up with a plan B in time to save himself… and the world?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 5

Rich Hedden & Tom McWeeney (w & a) • Michael Dooney (c)

Volume 5 contains issues #34 and #38–40, which includes the Hedden and McWeeney turtles stories “Toitle Anxiety” and the three-parter “Spaced Out.” All in beautiful new color!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-639-1

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 5: KRANG WAR

Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman (w) • Ben Bates (a) • Nick Pitarra (c)

He is a warlord, a genius, and a squishy pink brain. He is General Krang. One of the most signature villains in TMNT history, Krang has an arsenal and wit unlike any other and his master plan sees the TMNTs come into direct confrontation with one of their mightiest enemies!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-640-7

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 1 • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-234-8

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 2 • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-357-4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 3 • FC • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-538-7

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing, Vol. 1 • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-139-6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing, Vol. 2 • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-288-1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing, Vol. 3 • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-405-2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Mateus Santolouco (a) • Santolouco, Eastman (c)

“CITY FALL” part 1: A normal night on the town for Raphael and Casey turns deadly when the Foot Clan appears in full force. The resulting chaos is only the first step in Shredder’s master plan! The stakes have never been higher, and lives are on the line. Don’t miss the start of the biggest story arc to hit the TMNT yet!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Judge Dredd #7

Duane Swierczynski (w) • Nelson Daniel, Kyle Hotz (a) • Zach Howard, David Williams & Bill Sienkiewicz (c)

Deadly technology glitches continue to plague Mega-City One, and Judge Dredd has been targeted for assassination by one of his own! But Dredd continues to investigate and realizes that the machines aren’t just trying to ruin humanity’s day. They’re part of a much larger plot to hijack our very souls…

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Zach Howard, 1 David Williams & Bill Sienkiewicz)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Judge Dredd: The Cam Kennedy Collection, Vol. 1

John Wagner (w) • Cam Kennedy (a & c)

Return to the legendary tales from Mega-City One in this first collection of tales illustrated by Cam Kennedy! Reprinted in classic black and white and featuring a wealth of complete stories, this collection features stories such as “The Suspect,” “The Falucci Tape,” “Something Abnormal About Norman,” and more.

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 248 pages • 9.25” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-648-3

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Doomsday.1 #1 (of 4)

John Byrne (w & a & c)

The Earth may have dodged a bullet on 12/21/2012, but there are worse things in store for our little blue planet. Seven adventurers aboard the International Space Station watch in horror as most of the world is decimated by a monster solar flare. And their only choice is to return to the surface, and face whatever awaits them there!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doomsday.1 #1—Subscription Variant

John Byrne (w & a & c)

For subscription customers only… enlist up at your local comic shop! A variant wraparound cover by John Byrne! Only for loyal subscription box customers!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #4 (of 4)

Roger Langridge (w) • J. Bone (a) • Walter Simonson (c)

Betty in deadly danger! The great and the good of Hollywood under the control of Otto Rune! And the Rocketeer without the jet-pack he’s come to depend upon! And, just when Cliff Secord thought things couldn’t get any worse… enter the Dark Lord himself, Sh’oggoth! The thrilling climax… in the grand pulp tradition!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Rocketeer Adventures Treasury Edition

Mark Waid, Marc Guggenheim, David Lapham & more (w) • John Cassaday, Darwyn Cooke, Stan Sakai & more (a) • Darwyn Cooke (c)

The first new stories of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer in nearly 20 years appeared in the The Rocketeer Adventures anthology volumes 1 and 2. Full of great stories and art by a virtual who’s who of comic creators, both series’ became hits with fans and critics alike. Now, in the classic IDW treasury format, we are proud to present a selection of outstanding individual stories. Each is a loving tribute to Stevens and his enduring creation.

FC • 72 pages • 9.25” x 14.25” • $9.99

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Ghostbusters #4

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) Schoening, Freddie E. Williams II (c)

They’re BACK! The original boys in gray have escaped captivity, but their captors—the demonic entities know as the Collectors—aren’t going to just let the Ghostbusters get away with a jailbreak! It’ll take all the wits at the disposal of both teams to keep Ray, Peter, Winston and Egon in one piece and on this dimensional plane!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Dan Schoening, 1 Freddie E. Williams II)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Godzilla #13

Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Bob Eggleton, Frank (c)

The devastating conclusion to Swierczynski & Gane’s monster epic is here! Godzilla is battered and beaten but not down for the count… yet his most fearsome foe ever still stands before him! With the end of the world near, Boxer has one final decision to make: to kill or not kill Godzilla!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Bob Eggleton, 1 Matt Frank)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Half Past Danger #1 (of 6)

Stephen Mooney (w & a & c)

DAMES. DINOSAURS. DANGER. Summer, 1943, and in the midst of a war waged by monsters, Staff Sergeant Tommy ‘Irish’ Flynn never expected to encounter a real one. But on a remote island in the South Pacific, Flynn and his squad come face-to-fanged-face with creatures long thought dead.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Half Past Danger #1—Subscription Variant

Stephen Mooney (w & a & c)

For subscription customers only… enlist up at your local comic shop! A variant cover by Tommy Lee Edwards! Only for loyal subscription box customers!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Colonized #2 (of 4)

Chris Ryall (w) • Drew Moss (a) • Dave Sim (c)

Aliens have landed in the separatist town of Carbon Falls… and—worse—they’ve reanimated the town’s dead, too. As Hux Robertson and the rest deal with these crises, they also have to contend with a traitor within and the ATF, too!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Colonized #2 Subscription Variant

Chris Ryall (w) • Drew Moss (a) • Zach Howard (c)

The Cape/Judge Dredd artist Zach Howard provides an amazing cover image available to anyone who pre-orders this issue!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Best of EC, Vol. 1: Artist’s Edition HC—SPOTLIGHT

Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman & more (w) • Al Williamson, Harvey Kurtzman,

Bernie Krigstein, Johnny Craig, Joe Orlando & more (a) • Frank Frazetta (c)

EC Comics is arguably the finest line of comics ever produced. Whether it was science fiction or war, crime or horror, their entire line stood head and shoulders above the rest of the comics on the newsstands. Now IDW Publishing is pleased to present an Artist’s Edition unlike any other, featuring the best stories by the brightest stars of EC Comics. Remember these stories? 50 Girls 50 by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta, The Corpse by Harvey Kurtzman, The Flying Machine by Bernie Krigstein, Touch and Go by Johnny Craig, Judgment Day by Joe Orlando. All these plus more! And a stunning cover gallery crammed with glorious EC goodness!

HC • BW • 160 Pages • 15” x 22” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-650-6

Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter #2 (of 5)

R.A. & Geno Salvatore (w) • David Baldeon (a) • Steve Ellis, Baldeon (c)

Tragedy strikes a peaceful Moon Elf village—and at the heart is Tos’un and Sinnafain’s children: their half-drow daughter Doum’wielle and her brother Tos’un. And driving the tragedy is the bloodthirsty sentient sword Khazid’hea—a blade known for driving its wielders into savage madness!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Steve Ellis, 1 David Baldeon)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt: Neverwinter Tales

R.A. Salvatore & Geno Salvatore (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Gonzalo Flores (c)

The most popular character from the most popular fantasy world of all time comes to life. Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor’crae factor into the mystery.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 136 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-635-3

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Magic: The Gathering, Vol. 3: Path of Vengeance

Matt Forbeck (w) • Martín Cóccolo (a) • Dan Scott (c)

Dack Fayden returns to Ravnica! He knows that the malevolent Sifa Grent has something sinister planned for the city, but he must uncover her plot while being pursued by Rakdos cultists and Boros soldiers. Not only that, but someone from Dack’s past may just put an end to the Planeswalker thief!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-637-7

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Magic: The Gathering, Vol. 1 TPB • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-228-7

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Star Trek #21

Mike Johnson & Ryan Parrot (w) • Erfan Fajar (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)

The hit ongoing STAR TREK series picks up right where this year’s blockbuster sequel STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS leaves off! Don’t miss the all-new adventures of the crew as they go boldly into the unknown, in a story overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Star Trek Classics, Vol. 4: Beginnings

Mike Carlin (w) • Pablo Marcos (a) Bill Sienkiewicz (c)

Set during the earliest voyages of “The Next Generation” series, join Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, Troi, Yar, and Laforge as they learn about each other and encounter: A de-powered Q who seeks refuge aboard the Enterprise as he attempts to learn what it means to be mortal; A world where warriors see battle as a child’s game; A world with dark secrets that threaten both the ship and crew, and more.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-671-1

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Classic Popeye #10

Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)

Popeye’s greatest cartoonist, Bud Sagendorf, is back with no less than five sea-worthy/see-worthy stories in this lovingly reproduced comic of the 1950s, Popeye #10! 52 thick and hilarious Golden Age pages make this the most entertaining comic you will see! Arf! Arf!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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My Little Pony: Mane 6 Micro-Series #4 (of 6): Fluttershy

Barbara Kesel (w) • Tony Fleecs (a) Amy Mebberson, Fleecs (c)

Fluttershy knows her way around knitting! But her hidden talent starts to take on a startling new form, one that could be the next “big thing” in Ponyville! Will timid Fluttershy be able to handle the spotlight? The pressure is only going to increase with a visit from Princess Celestia!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Katie Cook (w) • Andy Price (a & c)

Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something’s not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It’s up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it’s too late!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-605-6

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #7

Katie Cook (w) • Amy Mebberson (a) • Stephanie Buscema, Mebberson (c)

The new Nightmare Moon has revealed herself… and captured our stunned Ponies! With time running short for Equestria before a full-scale invasion, the only hope lies with… Spike?! And what role will Princess Luna play?

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers Spotlight: Hoist

James Roberts (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Padilla, Livio Ramondelli (c)

FACE OFF! HOIST has always managed to fade into the background: until now. Trapped on an alien planet with a narcissist, half a scientist and a creature that may or may not turn into a catapult, the Lost Light’s mild-mannered maintenance engineer must confront the five most dangerous DECEPTICONS ever.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers: Robots in Disguise #17

John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Ramondelli, Casey Coller (c)

SHOCKWAVES! The fate of Cybertron is sealed—but what is the DECEPTICON scientist called SHOCKWAVE planning? After the stunning revelations in MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, learn the origin of the one-eyed, gun-handed master of machinations… and the countdown begins for the biggest TRANSFORMERS event in comic book history.

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #17

James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Sean Chen (c)

REMAIN IN LIGHT! MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE’s first full-blown epic moves into high gear as RODIMUS leads his crew to the gates of heaven—or hell. But larger forces are closing in and an ancient plan is reaching fruition—and as an old friend calls time on the AUTOBOTS’ quest, one thing becomes clear: the LEGISLATORS are on the march.

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #1

Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)

BEAST HUNTERS! They were there when CYBERTRON fell—but what happened to the DINOBOTS for the past few thousand years? Here’s a hint—GRIMLOCK and company haven’t been sitting around and relaxing! The time is now—the place is

CYBERTRON—and the recipe is ACTION!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #1—Subscription Variant

Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Michael Lark (c)

For subscription customers only… enlist up at your local comic shop! A variant cover by superstar Michael Lark! Only for loyal subscription box customers!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers: Prime – Rage of the Dinobots

Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen  (c)

The DINOBOTS hold the line as CYBERTRON falls! With OPTIMUS PRIME and the Ark long gone, the rest of the population makes their escape from the dying world–but SHOCKWAVE remains behind, continuing his experiments!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-606-3

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Transformers: Prime, Vol. 1 • FC • $7.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-857-0

Transformers Regeneration One #91

Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)

THINGS FALL APART! The very fabric of the TRANSFORMERS’ universe begins to unravel, as huge and ancient cosmic forces take note of CYBERTRON’s (and the CYBERTRONIANS’) descent into chaos and anarchy. As HOT ROD struggles to hold things together, still reeling from his own game-changing wake-up call, competing destructive forces inch closer to a cataclysmic confrontation. The end begins here.

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Transformers: Regeneration One, Vol. 2

Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a & c)

The fallout from the devastation on Earth ripples outward, all the way to Nebulos, where GRIMLOCK faces his own dark demons and a fateful choice that may cost him his very Spark. The dark reign of SCORPONOK begins here, and nothing will ever be the same again!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-642-1

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Transformers: Regeneration One, Vol. 1 • FC • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-555-4

G.I. JOE: Complete Cobra Command

Chuck Dixon & Mike Costa (w) • Alex Cal, Beni Lobel, SL Gallant, Will Rosado, & Antonio Fuso (a) • David Williams (c)

The Cobra Civil War is over but “Cobra Command” begins as Krake, the new Cobra Commander, kicks off his reign with total war invading the sovereign nation of Nanzhao with all the military might under his power. While the JOEs have been hit hard, Flint must still lead a team into the country to stop him.

TPB • FC • $34.99 • 328 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-636-0

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G.I. JOE: Field Manual, Vol. 2

Jim Sorenson & Bill Forster (w) • N/A (a) • The Sharp Bros. (c)

Relive your favorite memories of the classic G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero cartoon with the G.I. JOE Field Manual Volume 2, an amazing archive of beautiful animation models focusing on Season 2.

TPB • B&W • $19.99 • 208 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-548-6

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G.I. JOE: Field Manual, Vol. 1 • BW • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-350-5

G.I. Joe #4

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)

HOMEFRONT! DOC has only precious minutes to save a teammate’s life as the forces of COBRA close in—and her injuries prevent her from performing the operation herself. Is another G.I. JOE member ready for a crash course in battlefield surgery? Plus: Can ROADBLOCK & Co. convince the people of Warrenton to turn against COBRA? All this and the return of SCRAP IRON! WHO DOESN’T LOVE SCRAP IRON?!!?

 *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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G.I. Joe: Special Missions #3

Chuck Dixon (w) • Paul Gulacy (a) • Sean Chen, Gulacy (c)

CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett, Mainframe, and the Special Missions team are seeing their first operation fall apart as the weather and overwhelming odds thwart them at every turn. Things aren’t any easier for the Baroness as she faces a mutiny from the crew of scurvy dogs she hired to recover COBRA’s loot off the ocean floor. And now Serpentor has taken an interest and that spells mayhem for everyone!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #2

Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Michael Lark, Fuso (c)

SNAKES AND TIGERS! A break-in at a top-secret research base sends the covert G.I. JOE team into action—and CHAMELEON, eager to redeem herself, takes charge! But what she and FLINT uncover will lead the team straight into the jaws of an enemy unlike any other: a hidden force within COBRA and impossible to track…  unless CHAMELEON risks everything to draw it out of the shadows.

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #190

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

EVERYTHING COMES TO HEAD! G.I. JOE’s high seas rescue mission has gone from bad to worse. Now, each team present must regroup and rally in hopes of stopping the BLACK MAJOR and his RED SHADOWS once and for all. The action heats up in G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #190!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doctor Who Classics #3

Richard Starkings & John Tomlinson (w) • Lee Sullivan (a) • Matthew Dow Smith (c)

Doctor Who Classics is back! This new series presents classic comic strips—many never before reprinted—and in color for the very first time! This issue includes the first three parts of “Nemesis of the Daleks,” featuring the Seventh Doctor. After landing on a planet that has been conquered by the Daleks, the Doctor joins forces with Abslom Daak, a mercenary with a vendetta against the Time Lords’ oldest and most feared foes!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doctor Who #9

Andy Diggle & Eddie Robson (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Mark Buckingham, Photo (c)

The TARDIS has recently been on the fritz, but now it has gone completely out of control. And the Doctor is nowhere to be found! Meanwhile, white holes have been forming throughout time and space, sucking in everything around them. What does the Hypothetical Gentleman have to do with it all? Find out in the four-part story “Sky Jacks”!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Mark Buckingham, 1 Photo)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #5 (of 12)

Scott & David Tipton (w) • Philip Bond (a) • Francesco Francavilla, Dave Sim (c)

Our yearlong celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary continues! TBD, as the Fifth Doctor takes the spotlight in this issue of a 12-part epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the Doctor!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Francesco Francavilla, 1 Dave Sim)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, Vol. 1

Scott & David Tipton (w) • Simon Fraser & Lee Sullivan (a) • Simon Fraser (c)

November 23, 1963: A day that changed the world forever. That day saw the broadcast debut of Doctor Who, which was to become the longest-running science-fiction series on television. And now, 50 years later, we pay tribute to one of the greatest pop-culture heroes of all time with this special series, which tells an epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the intrepid traveler through time and space known simply as… the Doctor.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-653-7

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Danger Girl: Trinity #2 (of 4)

Andy Hartnell (w) • Brian Stelfreeze, Stephen Molnar, John Royle (a) • J. Scott Campbell (c)

More thrills and chills from Abbey Chase, Sydney Savage and Sonya Savage, as the each face their own individual challenges. It’s Dangerously delicious as our trio of secret agents continue on a mission of epic proportions!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Blood #4 (of 5)

Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w) • Andy Belanger (a) • Nimit Malavia (c)

The student seeks to surpass the master!  In this penultimate issue of the acclaimed mini-series, Prospero unleashes his books of power in order to destroy Shakespeare while Juliet, Hamlet and Othello must survive a bloodthirsty Romeo, under the thrall of Lady Macbeth.  Can Juliet’s love cut through the spell, or is someone doomed to die?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Locke & Key: Ω #5 (of 6)

Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)

In the Drowning Cave, the black door is open at last, and for the kids trapped down there, the choice is simple: resist and die, or pass through the door and be lost forever. In the hole beneath Keyhouse the stones run with blood, the living shadows run riot, and time runs out… as Locke & Key enters its final chapters.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Borderlands: Origins

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

For the millions of fans of the smash-hit video game BORDERLANDS, a lingering question exists: how did the Vault Hunters get on the bus with Marcus in the first place? Find out how Roland got on the bus with Mordecai, Lilith, and Brick in this exciting look at the soldiers of the Crimson Lance and what made him leave their ranks and search for the Vault.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-601-8

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Jinnrise #5 (of 5)

Sohaib Awan (w) • Andrew Huerta (a) • Mark Torres (c)

The Kibrani’s invasion of Earth continues… with but a single jinn (“genie”) standing in their way.  The solution?  More jinn!  The quest begins to release the jinn armies… with the planet’s fate in the balance.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Joe Palooka #6 (of 6)

Mike Bullock (w) • Fernando Peniche (a) • Kevin Colden (c)

The red-hot Joe Palooka comic book series, recently featured on the top-rated Fox & Friends morning show, reaches a thunderous climax as Joe meets his adversaries inside the cage as well as outside. Don’t miss a moment, when the action spills over into the Las Vegas Strip, as Joe fights for his life in a packed Las Vegas arena in order to earn a spot on billionaire Tommy Chang’s fight team.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Hollows

Chris Ryall (w) • Sam Kieth (a & c)

Sam Kieth and Chris Ryall transport you to a near-future Japan, where burned-out husks—the Hollows—wantonly devour souls throughout the city. Far above, a segment of society lives safely in giant tree-cities, but the problems below have a way of growing out of control…

HC • FC • $21.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-603-2

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Machine Witches HC

Ashley Wood (w & a & c)

Has acclaimed comic-book artist Ashley Wood gone legit? Find out here in this collection of all the exhibited –and totally sold-out — work from his first-ever fine-art gallery show at the Jonathan Levine gallery in NYC last fall! Also includes unseen paintings, sketches, and a new interview with Ash in a gorgeous oversize hardcover!

HC • FC • $14.99 • 48 pages • 12” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-696-4

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True Blood #13

Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos, photo (a & c)

Alan Ball’s hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures, continues! With creative collaboration from TRUE BLOOD creator/writer/producer Alan Ball, actor/writer Michael McMillian continues a climactic arc that has former Merlotte’s waitresses returning from the dead!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 9-to-1 ratio (9 Michael Gaydos, 1 Photo)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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True Blood: Shake For Me

Annie Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos & Greg Scott (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)

An ancient and powerful nomadic wolf pack comes to Bon Temp to conduct its annual “Great Hunt,” a ritualistic culling of an entire town over the course of a weekend. Can Sookie and Alcide convince the werewolves and vampires to work together and save the town? Plus, a closer look at ALCIDE HERVEAUX and what makes this brooding werewolf tick.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-630-8

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True Blood: Where Were You? • FC • $24.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-424-3

Kiss Solos #3 (of 4): The Celestial

Chris Ryall (w) • Alan Robinson (a) • Angel Medina (c)

“Fractured Mirror”—the penultimate KISS SOLO issue turns the spotlight on the Celestial. This tale of galaxy-spanning high adventure sees the most spaced-out of the Four-Who-Are-One caught up in a battle against twisted alien pirates and… himself…? The odds are long and the stakes high in this standalone, spare-faring story!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Mars Attacks #10

John Layman (w) • John McCrea (a & c)

The second story arc comes to a close as little Tommy Bailey and the Nova Viras continue their contributions to the war effort to devastating effect! See science and robot mayhem play out on a global scale! Don’t miss any of the action in this runaway hit series from John Layman and John McCrea!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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The Crow: Skinning the Wolves

James O’Barr (w) • James O’Barr & Jim Terry (a) • James O’Barr (c)

In this all-new tale James O’Barr and artist Jim Terry craft a harrowing story set in a concentration camp in 1945 Europe. The night train is being unloaded. And one of the passengers is making a return visit…

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-610-0

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Memorial: Imaginary Fiends #3 (of 3)

Chris Roberson (w) • Rich Ellis (a & c)

How can a little girl who loved to draw and her big blue dragon save the shattered land of Maybe? The answers are all here in the final chapter of Imaginary Fiends, by Chris Roberson (Edison Rex, iZombie), Rich Ellis (Stars Below, Twilight Zone), and Grace Allison (Wander)!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Vitriol the Hunter #4 (of 6)

Billy Martin & Brent Allen (w) • Martin (a & c)

Further investigations have brought Vitriol to the truth behind the origins of the Lycans.  It is also brought him and the Defense Initiative into a tooth-and-nail battle with the creatures. With the blood and guts of Barthus’s masterful plan in full effect, the Underlord has placed himself in a powerful position in his attempt to take over Basilika.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1: 1967 – 1970

Russ Manning (w & a & c)

Beginning a new 4-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning. In 1967 Manning was selected by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate to take over the strip and bring it back to the original Burroughs vision. With assists by Bill Stout, Mike Royer, and Dave Stevens, Manning created 26 original Sunday storylines and 7 daily stories. The action took place from Pal-ul-don to Opar and Pellucidar and beyond. The first volume includes more than 750 sequential daily strips from December 1967 through May 1970, reproduced from the Edgar Rice Burroughs file copies.

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 288 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-694-0

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Torpedo, Vol. 3

Enrique Sanchez Abuli (w) • Jordi Bernet (a & c)

Abuli and Bernet’s masterpiece, Torpedo, is the story of Luca Torelli’s rise from the gutters to become the top killer-for-hire in 1930s New York City. The Torpedo, along with his constant companion, Rascal, wreaks swift and terrible underworld justice on all those unfortunate enough to cross their paths. Abuli’s stories are full of cruel and morbidly dark humor, and Bernet’s art style is perfect for showcasing New York as both stylish and grim. Together they work seamlessly to create a classic and timeless series.

TPB • B&W • $17.99 • 144 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-641-4

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Michael Wm. Kaluta: Sketchbook Series, Vol. 4

N/A (w) • Michael Wm. Kaluta (a & c)

Michael Wm. Kaluta has been creating beautiful imagery for more than 40 years. Highlights of his career include what many consider to be the definitive version of The Shadow, the still in-progress Starstruck, and a myriad of stunning covers illustrated for nearly every comics publisher–as well as being part of the legendary The Studio (along with Jeffery Catherine Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Bernie Wrightson).

TPB • B&W • $9.99 • 48 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-638-4

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Womanthology: Space

Sandy Carpenter, Bonnie Burton, Chrissie Zullo, Blair Butler, Joelle Sellner, Ellise Heiskell, Stacie Ponder, Rachel Edidin, Jennifer  De Guzman, Robin Furth, Devin Grayson, Jody Houser & Christine Ellis (w) • Ming Doyle, Stephanie Hans, Jessica Hickman, Stacie Ponder, Maja K., Tanja, Anna Bowie, Alicia Fernandez, Jean Kang, Maarta Laiho, Leigh Dragoon, Sophia Foster-Dimino, Sally Thompson, Kathryn Lano, Lindsay Walker & Lois Van Baarle (a) • Renae DeLiz (c)

Womanthology: Space, the follow up to the hit Kickstarter project, Womanthology: Heroic brings more tales, pinups, how-tos, and more by women of all ages and experience.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-607-0

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Womanthology: Heroic HC • FC • $50.00 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-147-1

Chasing The Dead

Matthew Scott & Tim Westland (w) • Dietrich Smith (a) • David Petersen (c)

A stranger has kidnapped Sue’s daughter, Lily. But he doesn’t want her money, only her suffering–and he will kill Lily if Sue doesn’t follow his every command. With detailed instructions, the faceless abductor leads Sue into a blinding snowstorm on the longest night of the year to a place she has not traveled to since childhood. The voice on the other end of her cell phone somehow knows Sue’s deepest, most chilling secret–an ominous incident from her past, buried long ago…

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-602-5

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Monocyte Limited Red Label Edition HC

Menton3 & Kasra Ghanbari (w) • Menton3 (a & c)

Collecting the hit mini-series, in a limited-edition, custom-designed slipcase, with an exclusive, custom cloth cover by menton3! Two warring immortal races rule a scarred world where time has no meaning. Death (Azrael) sits impotent, quietly planning his restoration. He summons Monocyte, a forgotten immortal necromancer who long ago chose sleep in his failed quest to die. With a fatal pact sealed, Monoctye strikes out as Azrael’s vicious proxy.

HC • FC • 224 pages • 9” x 13.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-695-7

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IDW Publishing launches their new division: IDW Limited

IDW Publishing has announced the launch of IDW Limited, a new division that will specialize in producing high-end, collectible editions of their wide catalog of books. Catering to the loyal and committed fans, IDW Limited books will feature unique elements like original sketches and creator signatures on luxuriously designed packaging not available anywhere else. These top-of-the-line rarities will aim to enhance and expand existing books, providing beautiful reading and collecting experiences fans will be proud to display on their shelves.

The first book offered from IDW Limited will be the four-issue collection of IDW’s best-selling new series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 1, Change Is Constant. The Deluxe Limited Edition will be released in three tiers, each with extremely low quantities available exclusively through the IDW limited website. Fans can expect original signatures from TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, series artist Dan Duncan, and series writer Tom Waltz, as well as unique sketch art from Dan Duncan packaged with each book in a specially hand-constructed, deluxe case.

IDW Limited books are offered in multiple tiers so that fans can select the degree of collectability that is important to them. Each print run is hand-numbered and strictly limited. All three tiers include a signature plate signed by the book’s creators. In addition to signatures, collectors can expect the following:

  • Red Label Edition is limited to 175 copies, features a custom cover, is housed in a limited edition slipcase and paired with an artist’s portfolio containing a unique, spot-color sketch of one of the Ninja Turtles done by series artist Dan Duncan.
  • Black Label Edition is limited to 25 copies featuring the IDW Limited custom cover and is housed in a hand-built traycase, along with an artist’s portfolio containing a multi-color illustration of two classic TMNT characters by series artist Dan Duncan.
  • Blue Label Edition, the rarest tier being offered, is limited to only 10 copies!  For this special version, series artist Dan Duncan will be creating full-color illustrations of the entire Turtle team in action. Each book is packaged with the IDW Limited cover inside a hand-built tray case.

In addition to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, fans can also expect a complete line of limited edition books and merchandise of their favorite titles including Transformers, G.I. Joe, Alan Robert’s Crawl To Me and menton3’s Monocyte this fall, and many more to follow.

TMNT: CHANGE IS CONSTANT DELUXE LIMITED EDITION (RED-$125.00/BLACK-$250.00/BLUE-$350.00; 192 pages; 9” x 12”; hardcover) is now available for pre-order.

IDW Publishing Previews – 8/1/12

30 Days of Night #9

Steve Niles (w) • Christopher Mitten (a & c)

Following the death of his beloved Stella, Eben Olemaun has embraced the dark side of vampirism. Armies are being raised and targets being set. All that stands between life and chaos are Alice Blood and a handful of unsuspecting federal agents. The war between the living and the undead has begun.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Crawl to Me: Evil Edgar Edition

Alan Robert  (w & a) • Menton3 (c)

The gritty, gut-wrenching tale is re-presented as a deluxe oversize hardcover “Evil Edgar” Edition. Complete with a never-before-seen art gallery by the creator, Alan Robert (of the hard-rock band Life of Agony), an introduction written by the legendary Walter Simonson (The Mighty Thor), and a disturbing painted cover by Menton3 (Monocyte), readers will gain even more insight into the mystery of Crawl to Me’s jaw-dropping twist ending.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-393-2

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun: Ianto’s Tomb

Alex Irvine  (w) • Peter Bergting (a) • Wayne Reynolds (c)

The post-apocalyptic Dungeons & Dragons setting’s first-ever comic! Beneath a crimson sun lie wastelands of majestic desolation and cities of cruel splendor, where life hangs by a thread. Welcome to Athas! When an imprisoned gladiator named Grudvik escapes the city of Tyr, a part-time slave hunter and full-time dune trader is hired to bring back the fugitive. But after crossing swords, the pair must join forces to survive the harsh desert.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-349-9

Deadworld: War of the Dead #1 (of 5)

Gary Reed (w) • Sami Makkonen (a & c)

Special All-new 5-part weekly series returns what has been called the forefather of all zombie comics! The undead have overrun the Earth! A small outpost, remnants of a twisted scientists’ scheme to defeat the plague, holds out against the army of King Zombie with their secret weapon, the Lepers—victims of a bizarre experiment that left them with dead flesh in breathing husks with flesh that even zombies won’t touch.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Classic G.I. JOE, Vol. 15

Larry Hama, Eric Fein, & Peter Quinones (w) • Phil Gosier, William Rosado, & Ernie Stiner (a) • Jonboy Meyers (c)

The original run of Marvel’s G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO comes to a conclusion. Issues #146–155 are collected in this final volume of CLASSIC G.I. JOE.

TPB • FC • $24.99 • 248 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-274-4

Infected #1 (of 4)

Chad Minshew, Scott Sigler (w) • Chad Minshew (a & c)

A riveting adaptation of Book One of the New York Times best-selling horror trilogy by Scott Sigler! Chad Minshew brings to life the story of a mysterious disease that turns ordinary people into paranoid, raving murderers. Former all-pro linebacker Perry Dawsey awakens to find mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon after, strange voices start whispering, telling him to do horrible things … he is infected. The disease wants something from Perry, something that could alter the fate of the human race.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Love and Capes: What to Expect #1 (of 6)

Thom Zahler (w & a & c)

Mark and Abby, comicdom’s favorite couple is having a baby, and they’re not telling anyone yet. But will they be able to keep the secret from Darkblade, the world’s best detective? And what problems come about when you’re expecting a super baby? Plus, Mark has a secret of his own.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Magic: The Gathering—The Spell Thief #2

Matt Forbeck (w) • Martín Cóccolo (a) • Dan Scott (c)

Dack Fayden barely escapes the Collector’s prison… and now finds himself back on his home plane of Fiora. Forced to confront the destruction of his hometown, Dack relives the painful memories as he seeks clues that will lead him back on the trail of the malevolent Sifa Grent. Dack must find the strength within himself to carry on or his burden of guilt may prove too overwhelming for the Planeswalker thief. Special playable MAGIC: THE GATHERING card polybagged in this issue!

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Monocyte

Menton3 & Kasra Ghanbari (w) • Menton3 (a & c)

Two warring immortal races rule a scarred world where time has no meaning. Death (Azrael) sits impotent, quietly planning his restoration. He summons Monocyte, a forgotten immortal necromancer who long ago chose sleep in his failed quest to die. With a fatal pact sealed, Monoctye strikes out as Azrael’s vicious proxy.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 224 pages • 9” x 13.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-281-2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (w & a) • Kevin Eastman (c)

The classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action continues in the third volume of IDW’s Ultimate Collections! In this outing, find issues #12, 14, 15, 17, and 19–21, featuring stories like “Survivalists,” “The Unmentionables,” “Dome Doom,” and the multi-part “Return to New York.” Presented in oversize hardcover, and featuring annotations from Eastman and Laird, you’ve never seen the TURLES like this.

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 248 pages • 9” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-138-9

Transformers: Regeneration One #82

Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)

DINOBOT MONTH! And ex-Dinobot commander GRIMLOCK wishes it wasn’t! His quest for a means to restore his ability to change modes takes him to Nebulos—a world off-limits to TRANSFORMERS, where a welcome that’s more incendiary than warm awaits him. Plus, KUP and THE WRECKERS find themselves stranded, hunted and in a whole world of pain. Quite literally!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Cape: 1969 #2 (of 4)

Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Zach Howard (c)

Shot down, imprisoned, beaten, tortured, his crew murdered—none of these things will compare to what Captain Chase will experience next. Watch as his sanity it tested and he struggles to keep his grip on reality.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

IDW Publishing Previews – 7/25/12

The Art of Molly Crabapple, Vol. 2: Devil in the Details

N/A (w) • Molly Crabapple (a) • Molly Crabapple (c)

Fine artist, illustrator, and comics creator Molly Crabapple captures the absurdity of modern life in intricate, theatrical detail in her fine art work, drawing inspiration from politics, polite (and not-so-polite) society, and hundreds of years of literature. Her work is burlesque-inspired in the broadest definition of the word—deftly satirizing the powerful with adorably sinister animals, steampunk-tinged machinery, and of course, beautiful girls.

But it’s not all fantastical—when Occupy Wall Street broke out, Molly was there, capturing the immediacy of the revolutionary feeling in pen and ink. In a new 48-page book from IDW, you can get Molly’s art in gorgeous full-color, work that’s decorated glamorous nightclubs, museums and galleries, and protest signs and occupied spaces around the country.

TPB • FC • $12.99 • 48 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-273-7

Crawl to Me: Evil Edgar Edition

Alan Robert  (w & a) • Menton3 (c)

The gritty, gut-wrenching tale is re-presented as a deluxe oversize hardcover “Evil Edgar” Edition. Complete with a never-before-seen art gallery by the creator, Alan Robert (of the hard-rock band Life of Agony), an introduction written by the legendary Walter Simonson (The Mighty Thor), and a disturbing painted cover by Menton3 (Monocyte), readers will gain even more insight into the mystery of Crawl to Me’s jaw-dropping twist ending.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-393-2

The Crow, Midnight Legends, Vol. 1: Dead Time

J. O’Barr & John Wagner (w) • Alexander Maleev (a) Kyle Hotz (c)

After a ten-year hiatus, James O’Barr returned to The Crow with Dead Time, a story he envisioned as a new Crow film. A tale of grief, reincarnation, and long-sought vengeance, Dead Time is adapted by John Wagner and illustrated by Alexander Maleev.

TPB • BW • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-275-1

Ghostbusters #11

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Tristan Jones (c)

Continuing west on their cross-country caper, the Ghostbusters head from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Chihuahuan desert, and the city of Roswell. Ray’s in heaven with the proliferation of ET attractions in the UFO capital of New Mexico, but will he have time to enjoy it while the ghosts of little green men attack? Haunted America, the Ghostbusters event of the summer, continues here!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Godzilla #3

Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Zach Howard, Matt Frank (c)

Boxer and his Monster Kill Crew are notching some impressive victories against the kaiju, but a battle with Battra almost puts the team down for the count. The Crew decides it’s time to upgrade their fire-power, but questionable methods lead to division in the ranks. With his sights set on Godzilla, Boxer will have to get his team in line—fast!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Hawken #5 (of 6)

Tim & Ben Truman (w) • Tim Truman (a & c)

The Trumans continue to redefine the western horror genre! In the midst of a terrible monsoon, the ghost-haunted killer Hawken descends on the Tucson Ring’s Supply Outpost. But, when the bodies start falling, he discovers a conspiracy that changes EVERYTHING! Alternate cover by Geof “Horror Vacui” Darrow!

PC • 32 pages • $3.99

KISS Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Marvel Years

Stan Lee, Ralph Macchio (w) • John Buscema, John Romita Jr. (a) • Nick Runge (c)

In 1977, Kiss was not only the biggest band in the world, they were the biggest comic-book stars around! For the first time ever, both classic Marvel Super Specials are collected in one in trade paperback, with story and art from Stan LeeJohn BuscemaJohn Romita Jr., and more! Featuring an all-new cover recreation by Kiss: Avatars cover artist Nick Runge!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 144 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-226-3

Monocyte

Menton3 & Kasra Ghanbari (w) • Menton3 (a & c)

Two warring immortal races rule a scarred world where time has no meaning. Death (Azrael) sits impotent, quietly planning his restoration. He summons Monocyte, a forgotten immortal necromancer who long ago chose sleep in his failed quest to die. With a fatal pact sealed, Monoctye strikes out as Azrael’s vicious proxy.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 224 pages • 9” x 13.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-281-2

Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #15

Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a) • Andrea Di Vito (c)

“Serpent’s Shadow,” part 3!

SNAKE EYES continues a deadly game where the rules are known only to him. To prove his renewed loyalty to the Arashikage Clan, he joins a team to kill the new COBRA COMMANDER! But danger lurks for him within the ninja clan with a new betrayal around every corner. ALSO! Zartan makes some interesting new friends.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #12

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Dan Duncan (a) • Duncan, Eastman (c)

Everything has been leading to this issue— the nail-biting conclusion to the Turtles’ first fight with the Foot! Overwhelmed, outnumbered, injured, and running on fumes, the TMNT family is in for the battle of their lives. Will everyone survive? The end to the first year of IDW Turtles finishes big! Don’t miss it!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Microseries #6: Casey Jones

Mike Costa, Ben Epstein (w) • Mike Henderson (a) • David Petersen, Henderson (c)

Casey Jones has a peculiar life— hockey-playing student by day, vigilante by night. Throw in an alcoholic, abusive father and it’s no wonder you’ve got a guy who likes to whale on criminals with sports equipment! One night though, the criminal element strikes too close to home, and Casey is forced to decide how far he’ll go to keep a very important promise. A crucial moment in the life of Casey Jones!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (w & a) • Kevin Eastman (c)

The classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action continues in the third volume of IDW’s Ultimate Collections! In this outing, find issues #12, 14, 15, 17, and 19–21, featuring stories like “Survivalists,” “The Unmentionables,” “Dome Doom,” and the multi-part “Return to New York.” Presented in oversize hardcover, and featuring annotations from Eastman and Laird, you’ve never seen the TURLES like this.

HC • B&W • $49.99 • 248 pages • 9” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-138-9

Transformers Classics: UK, Vol. 3

Simon Furman & James Hill (w) • Geoff Senior, Jeff Anderson, Ron Smith, &Will Simpson  (a) • Andrew Wildman (c)

These vintage TF UK stories are presented in order, many published for the first time in the United States! Writer and life-long TF fan James Roberts provides in-depth historical front matter in each volume, and TF UK artist Andrew Wildman provides new covers!

TPB • FC • $29.99 • 296 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-231-7

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #7

James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Nick Roche (c)

DECEPTICON MONTH! The war’s over — but no-one told the DECEPTICON Justice Division! Meet the five deadliest DECEPTICONS in the galaxy. Their sole purpose: to hunt down and kill anyone who has ever disobeyed MEGATRON. Who’s their next target?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Trio #3

John Byrne (w & a & c)

John Byrne’s return to classic superherodom continues! From beyond the stars comes a menace that makes unexpected allies of our trio of heroes and the one called Nautilus. But are even their combined powers enough to stand against KOSMOS?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

True Blood #3

Ann Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos (a) • Tim Bradstreet, photo (c)

Alan Ball’s hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures, is back as an ongoing series! With creative collaboration from TRUE BLOOD creator/writer/producer Ball, this series features writers Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow) and Michael McMillian, with art by Michael Gaydos (Alias).

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – Raven Entertainment Quits ComicsIf a tree falls in a forest….

The Beat – How much did The New 52 really help sales? These charts may hold the answer.Shocker.

Comicvine – Marvel and Reebok Team Up to Make SneakersNot sure any of these are cool enough for me to get.

Comics Alliance – Marvel Releases First Official ‘Iron Man 3’ ImageInteresting.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

MTV Geek – Harbinger #1

CBR – Incredible Hulk #8

MTV Geek – The Massive #1

CBR – Monocyte #4

Comics Alliance – Spider-Men #1

Early Preview – Monocyte #4

Monocyte #4 hits stores May 16 and concludes the original series. It’s 36 pages, $3.99, and features three covers. Once again the comic features two supplemental stories done by guest creators focused on the human slaves.

Created/written by menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari
Interior art by menton3
Interior art pages 12-19 by Chris Newman
Interior art pages 20-21 by Ben Templesmith [Fell, 30 Days of Night, Wormwood]
A cover – menton3
B cover – David Stoupakis [fine artist, Korn CD cover artist]
Incentive cover – Phil Hale [world-renowned fine artist, formerly cover artist for Marvel/DC]
human slave prose story – Steve Niles [30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre]
final allegorical human slave story – Barron Storey [fine artist, Sandman: Endless Nights, The Marat/Sade Journals]

The Monocyte collected edition will be a 224-page oversized 9×13.5″ hardcover out in July with 60+ pages of new content. It’s in May Previews for pre-ordering (#MAY120462) and will include the series prequel that was previously only available digitally, all 4 issues, all 8 side stories, and all 12 covers. This includes art by Ashley Wood, Bill Sienkiewicz, George Pratt, Phil Hale, Barron Storey, Ben Templesmith, Riley Rossmo, Christopher Mitten, David Stoupakis, and Chris Newman.
The 60+ pages of new content will be filled in part with art contributions by some amazing comic book and fine artists/sculptors such as Scott Radke, Matthew Bone, Guillermo Rigattieri, Richard A. Kirk, Alberto Ruiz, Tim Roosen, David Stoupakis, Richard Friend, Toby Cypress, and many more.

IDW Publishing Previews – 3/21/12

Cartoon Monarch: Otto Soglow and the Little King

Otto Soglow (w & a & c)

A BIG BOOK FOR A LITTLE KING! A long-overdue examination of the unique pantomime cartoons of Otto Soglow, who entertained millions for more than fifty years and whose influence remains current in the works of Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Ivan Brunetti, and others. This compendium features hundreds of pages of Soglow’s most famous creation, The Little King–plus copious examples of his other work and a fascinating account by Jared Gardner of Soglow’s long career that ranged from the socialist magazines of the 1920s to his long association with The New Yorker, which continues to use Soglow’s art thirty-five years after his death.

Soglow began experimenting with eliminating lines that weren’t necessary while at The New Yorker, where he created The Little King in 1931. Lured by William Randolph Hearst, Soglow moved to the Sunday comic’s section with The Ambassador until his contract with The New Yorker ended in 1934. The Ambassador led the way–in more ways than one–for the King, who remained a Sunday funnies mainstay until Soglow’s death in 1975.

Much of the humor in The Little King is aimed at puncturing pomposity, and Soglow accomplishes it with drawings that are, as Brunetti points out, tightly composed, exquisitely timed, carefully structured pieces of machinery.

Otto Soglow’s process of streamlining is at the root of why his cartoons have a timeless sophistication and elegance, and continue to entice new readers and cartoonists. It’s high time for such a fitting tribute to this cartoon monarch.

HC w/ DJ PC $49.99 432 pages • 9.25″ x 7.5″ ISBN 978-1-61377-148-8

Ghostbusters #7

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Nick Runge (c)

It’s a nasty case of possession by a greed-driven ghost, and one of the Ghostbusters is its new vessel!  It’s a battle of wills on the mental plane in this latest issue of the hit ongoing Ghostbusters series!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 (of 2)

Tristan Jones (w) • Mark Torres (a) • menton3 (c)

One of the Turtles have been taken by the things in the dark depths of the sewers, and it’s up to the other brothers to save him. To do so, they will have to navigate the labyrinthine passage ways of the lost sewers and do battle with mind-bending monstrosities. If they fail, not only will their brother be lost, but the entire world as well!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Memorial #4 (of 6)

Chris Roberson (w) • Rich Ellis (a) • Michael WM Kaluta (c)

Em finds herself stranded in the Everlands with no way home, with no one but a lost little girl to guide her. Together, the two make their way across the “Stolen Moments,” encountering people and places that have been forgotten by history, or remembered only as stories. But with the Shadows and an army of living statues dogging her heels, and even greater dangers ahead, can Em survive long enough to find a way back to the only life she knows?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Monocyte #3 (of 4)

menton3, Kasra Ghanbari (w) • menton3 (a) • menton3, Ben Templesmith (c)

The penultimate issue of the series Ain’t It Cool News calls “one of those books you experience and return to again and again finding new things every time.”

The Olignostics are dying, and their fate now rests with the excommunicated Grod. Monocyte turns his attention to the Antedeluvian metropolis and their leader, the Green Man, but is confronted by the Antedeluvian elite guard, who test Monocyte against his greatest foes, light and life. Meanwhile, the liberated Olignostic slaves strike back at their former masters. Also features a cover by Ben Templesmith, an incentive cover by Eisner Award-winner George Pratt, and side stories by the legendary Bill Sienkiewicz and Pratt.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Road Rage #2 (of 4)

Stephen King & Joe Hill, Chris Ryall (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Daniel, Phil Noto (c)

The Tribe have done some baaaad things in their time as a motorcyle club, but surely nothing deserving the full-on assault by an insane trucker in an oil rig! Throttle, the story by acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill and his father, Stephen King, ensure that the road will run red before it’s all over!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1 (of 4)

Marc Guggenheim, Peter David, Stan Sakai (w) • Sandy Plunkett, Bill Sienkiewicz, Stan Sakai (a) • Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stevens (c)

The second volume of Dave Stevens’ Rocketeer blasts off with an all-new selection of great stories by some of the best in the biz! This issue starts off with a bang as Cliff finds himself in a dogfight, followed by a screening of everyone’s favorite cartoon character, and ending on a high-note with a lovely and somewhat familiar story—plus a gorgeous pin-up by Arthur Adams! That’s 25—count ’em, TWO FIVE—pages of topnotch comics!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Smoke and Mirrors #1 (of 5)

Mike Costa & Jon Armstrong (w) Ryan Browne (a) Browne, Fiona Staples (c)

From the company that brought you Locke & Key and Memorial! Mike Costa (COBRA, Blackhawks) teams with sleight-of-hand artist Jon Armstrong (also a consulting Imagineer for Disney) and acclaimed artist Ryan Browne (God Hates Astronauts)! A stage magician is thrust into a world where magic—not technology—rules, and forced to use trickery and illusions to survive!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Snake Eyes Ongoing #11

Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Robert Atkins (c)

The Commander demands satisfaction! COBRA’s war on a helpless sovereign nation roars toward its conclusion. Snake Eyes is alone against the Red Ninjas led by Storm Shadow in the Temple of the Bells as weapons of mass destruction fall over Nanzhao. The Joes are in jeopardy at a border crossing against a squadron of B.A.T.s. Storm Shadow offers Snake Eyes a devil’s deal; the key to the heart of COBRA. Will the most dangerous Joe accept?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek #7

Mike Johnson (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)

The adventures of the new crew of the Enterprise continue in this all new two-part story that takes place soon after the events of the last film! While Vulcans struggle to survive in the wake of their homeworld’s destruction at the hands of rogue Romulans, and some Vulcans believe that the logical response can be summed up in one word: revenge! STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci oversees this original story set in the timeline leading up to the blockbuster film sequel!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes #6 (of 6)

Chris Roberson (w) • Jeffrey Moy & Philip Moy (a) • Phil Jimenez, Jeffrey Moy (c)

It’s all been building up to this. Captain Kirk, Cosmic Boy, and the rest of the timelost Legionnaires and Starfleet officers have reached the end of the line, and are confronted with the powerful forces which have unwritten their respective histories. But with half of their teams stranded in the past and the other half held prisoner in the future, what chance do they have of overcoming the odds and restoring the worlds they once knew?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #3

John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey Coller, Griffith (c)

CYBERTRON IN CRISIS! An explosion in the middle of the capitol city strikes. Was it a DECEPTICON attack? Suspicions run high, and the uneasy peace unravels! Only Wheeljack can solve the puzzle—but will he do it before Starscream takes advantage of the AUTOBOTS weakness! The bold new direction in Transformers storytelling continues!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

IDW Publishing Reivews: Ghostbusters #2, The Cape #2, Monocyte #1

Ghostbusters #2

The first issue of the series I was a bit torn on the fact that the look of the comic fit more with the animated series as opposed to a grittier horror style, but with the second issue it’s really grown on me.  The second issue is all about the setup as opposed the first’s re-introduction of the characters.  Something strange is indeed going on in the neighborhood as ghosts and ghouls are stronger than ever, making it tougher for our paranormal eliminators to do their jobs.

The humor is great, each character really has a distinct personality and they fit with what we know from the movies.  But, the question does pop up, how much of this is me projecting my love of the comic series?  Part of the fun is all of the wink and nods of what’s come before.  It’s entertaining because it brings back great memories, but also adds a nice touch to tie the comic to the movies.

The art has grown on me and the action and the latter ghost are actually pretty solid.  The ghost kids are very creepy, reminding me of the little girl in The Sixth Sense.  The second issue I think improves on the first and the set up as to what’s to come is great.

In the second movie the four triumphantly cheered “we’re back” and with this series it feels like they truly are.  Definitely call this series.

Writer: Erik Burnham Art: Dan Schoening Publisher: IDW Publishing

Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8 Recommendation: Buy

The Cape #2

The first issue of The Cape was one of those comics I put down and said, “holy crap.”  It was that good.  The second issue is just as solid with Eric continuing his trip off the deep end and attempts at revenge against those he feels wronged him like his brother Nicky.

There’s a mix of the present and past and we get a good sense as to why Eric is so messed up.  He’s given this amazing power after being told over and over that he’s worthless.  That’d get to you eventually and because of that, he’s now corrupted.  There’s that saying about absolute power… But, Eric doesn’t care anymore, he’s emboldened by his actions, becoming seen more and more.

But in the end, this is a family piece and the conflict is really between Eric, Nicky and their mother.  We’ve seen this type of story before, where one son feels rejected and plots revenge on his family, but there’s so much here that makes it entertaining and engrossing.

Written by Jason Ciaramella with art by Zach Howard and inspired by a short story by Joe Hill, the comic is beyond solid.  You understand the villain’s motivation and can’t help feel a little bad for him, no matter all of the horrible things he does.  Each issue seems to ramp that up piece by piece, and judging by that last panel, the next issue will add a bit more.

Writer: Jason Ciaramella Art: Zach Howard Publisher: IDW Publishing

Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9 Recommendation: Buy

Monocyte #1

What the hell did I read here!?  It’s like Hellraiser and H.R. Geiger had a kid and the kid was really into the Bible, Dark City and the environment.  The comic is amazing to look at and that’s the draw to me.  The visuals and art is stunning with that sickening beauty you’d find in Hellraiser or a Geiger drawing.

The story is interesting and I’m still not quite sold on it, because there’s really not a whole lot there.  The words and dialogue are kept to a minimum which causes a good part of the story to be told in two pages laying out the factions involved and their history.  Once you read that it somewhat makes sense.

The story is basically a tech based race that feeds on humans versus a more environmentally friendly group that also seems to feed on humans.  Both sides look right at home at a BDSM party and share wardrobe with cenobytes.

The concept and style are very interesting and it all can only be judged after a few issues.  The art is stunning, story is mixed for me.  But, it’s still a recommend buy for me.  The art alone is that solid and how it’s laid out is so different and interesting.  This is a minimalist’s comic as far as story telling forcing you to do some work to put it together.  Overall, very interesting start and very unique even with it’s similarities to those things mentioned.

Writer: Menton 3 and Kasra Ghanbari Art: Menton 3 Publisher: IDW Publishing

Story: 7 Art: 9.5 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review

Immortality Takes a Dark Turn in IDW’s Monocyte

Official Press Release

Immortality Takes a Dark Turn in IDW’s MONOCYTE

Original comic series from menton3 and Kasra

“A fantastic new addition … beautiful artwork” – Ashley Wood

[Monocyte Cover]San Diego, CA (July 14, 2011) – Adding to the growing excitement for San Diego Comic-Con, IDW Publishing today announced MONOCYTE, an all-new four-issue comic series launching in October. Written by breakthrough artist menton3 with Kasra Ghanbari, with art and covers by menton3 (Zombies vs Robots Aventure, Silent Hill: Past Life), MONOCYTE brings readers to a scarred world where time has no meaning, ruled by two warring immortal races.

“I had the wonderful opportunity to work with menton3 on IDW’s Silent Hill: Past Life miniseries,” said IDW senior staff writer and editor, Tom Waltz. “His work on that book was phenomenal and I knew all along he was destined to be a mega-star in this industry. MONOCYTE proves I was right!”

MONOCYTE #1, available in October, tells the tale of two warring immortal races who rule a scarred world absent of duration. Death sits impotent, quietly planning his restoration. He summons Monocyte, a forgotten immortal necromancer who long ago chose sleep in his failed quest to die. With a fatal pact sealed, Monoctye strikes out as Death’s vicious proxy.  MONOCYTE is an action-adventure in a hyperrealistic fantasy setting with occult undertones, filled with visually dazzling characters, environments, and dynamic fight scenes all imbued with magical, occult, political, philosophical, social, and technological themes.

Readers can get a taste of the MONOCYTE horror through a free digital preview, available from IDW this summer. In addition to the two issue #1 covers by menton3, readers are encouraged to ask their local retailer about the variant Ashley Wood cover. Future issues of MONOCYTE will feature variant covers by such luminaries as Bill Sienkiewicz.

Ashley Wood praised MONOCYTE as “a fantastic new addition to the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Filled with menton3’s beautiful artwork, Monocyte combines cerebral complexity and entertainment in one damn fine package.”

MONOCYTE #1 (of 4, $3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in comic stores in October 2011.  

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; and is the print publisher for EA Comics.

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.