Rebel Blood TPB
Story by: Riley Rossmo & Alex Link Art By: Riley Rossmo
Price: $14.99
A virus has created a wilderness of blood-thirsty creatures standing between you and your family. You don’t know if you can save them in time, or if you’ve even got the strength to try. But you’re about to find out.
In a world of ravenous creatures it doesn’t matter who you used to be. Today you’re lunch.
Collects the 4 issue mini-series.
Rebel Blood #4
Story by: Alex Link & Riley Rossmo Art By: Riley Rossmo
Price: $3.50
Guided by a mysterious voice through a night of carnage, you know the worst of it is still coming. After all, every step of the way home has been a fight for your life, against a whole world out for your blood. Any nightmare could be waiting for you around the next corner.
The terrifying conclusion to a night of carnage, with the trail of blood leading right to your own front door!
Rebel Blood #3
Story by: Alex Link & Riley Rossmo Art By: Riley Rossmo
Price: $3.50
It’s dog-eat-dog out there. And dog-eat-man. A mysterious infection has turned the whole world into a free-for-all feeding frenzy overnight and the forest is alive with infected animals and people out for your blood. They’re after you and they’re hungry! If only they weren’t walking. If only they weren’t dead!
A long weekend is almost here! Yay!
Around the Blogs:
The Beat – Okay, now WB is getting in on the gay superhero PR action – Remember the days when people ran away from gay characters?
Bleeding Cool – Scott Young Writes About The Days Of DC Compgate – A great bit of history.
CBLDF – Critical Fail: The Censorship of RPGs – A good read.
The Beat – Jim Starlin on Avengers Film Compensation (Or Lack Thereof) – Go out and buy this man’s comics!
Around the Tubes Reviews:
CBR – The Flash #9
CBR – Rebel Blood #3
Another week down, hopefully I’ll speed things up and get caught up with reviews.
Avengers: X-Sanction #4 – Wow, just so bad. Why is Spider-Man in his black costume and Wolverine in his X-Force when they don’t wear it at all?! And that ending? This is the lead up to the war between the X-Men and Avengers and if it’s goal was to get me excited, I’m not.
Story: 6.5 Art: 6.5 Overall: 6.5
Batman #7 – Batman suffers from the trauma he experienced from the Court of Owls and we discover the truth behind Talon. This is some of the best Batman I’ve read in years and Scott Snyder’s writing with Greg Capullo’s art is just beyond so much of the other material being put out there. Fantastic.
Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9
Captain Atom #7 – The concept of time is explored as we learn the origin of Captain Atom. Such a fantastic issue, I hope this series finds the audience it deserves. The art is fantastic, story top notch. A great series.
Story: 8.75 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.75
DC Universe Presents #7 – Well, well done DC, another series I don’t have to buy. Hopefully the next arc is more worth it than this one. I just don’t care and I’m just not entertained about the Challengers of the Unknown.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5
Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #1 – Taking place post Katrina in New Orleans this is a pretty interesting story full of Voodoo, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and who knows what else. There’s an interesting vibe to the series, but I’m not totally sold. It’s a decent start, but not quite the kick I was hoping for.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.5
Fables #115 – Another chapter in the war in Oz, the toys of Discardia and the events going on in Castle Dark, so many stories, so much to keep track. Maybe too much to keep track? The series is still solid, I just think there might be too many storylines weaving about.
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25
Fear Itself: The Fearless #11 – Is it just me or does Hellstrom’s actions and depictions not add up in the three different series’ he’s been depicted in this past month? As far as the rest of the story… yawn.
Story: 6.5 Art: 6.5 Overall: 6.5
Generation Hope #17 – And that’s the end of the series. It ended much better than it’s been for quite a bit, but it still feels very junior league to me. The ending was ok, but I think Kenji was a waste of a character even though he was so stereotypical. Oh well….
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7
Green Lantern Corps. #7 – Stewart deals with his actions in an ok story that throws out a lot of possibilities in the future. We’ll see what all of this might lead to in the future, here’s hoping some decent emotional long term repercussions.
Story: 6.75 Art: 7 Overall: 6.75
Hoax Hunters #0 – It’s Scooby Doo and all of those ghost reality shows mixed together in an entertaining series collecting the short stories that’ve appeared before. The series is entertaining and fun mixing some light horror and humor with original ideas. The series will be kicking off into an ongoing soon and it’ll be great to see what they do with the ability to pull off a story over multiple issues.
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
The Invincible Iron Man #514 – Tony is presented an option instead of facing a trial and like a game of chess so many moving parts are going on. It’ll be very interesting to see how this all plays out because as Tony hints towards the end, he’s a few steps ahead of the rest.
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
Justice League #7 – The main story was pretty damn bad. The quiet moments when the team is talking to Trevor is good, and the Shazam short story is interesting enough, but overall, this is supposed to be a top line DC title?
Story: 6.5 Art: 7.25 Overall: 6.5
Kick-Ass 2 #7 – And that’s the end of the second volume. There’s some good stuff here, but it’s still mostly violence for violence sake. There’s a bit of character development and the third volume has potential to be much better than this second one.
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.75 Overall: 6.75
New Mutants #39 – If you need more evidence that Warlock in large doses is annoying… well here you go.
Story: 6.5 Art: 7.25 Overall: 6.5
Nightwing #7 – Seven issues in and it was all a lead up to a crossover with Batman and his Court of Owls storyline. Overall, we really still don’t get the why of it all, it just seems like an empty lead up to me.
Story: 6.75 Art: 7.5 Overall: 6.75
Rebel Blood #1 – Another hot series from Image that fills a nice horror niche. The series is great and left me not totally understanding everything. The story looks great and left me wanting more.
Story: 8 Art: 8 Overall: 8
Supercrooks #1 – Why do criminals always commit crimes in cities where super heroes are? That’s the question this new series from Mark Millar and Leinil Yu asks. The series’ first issue is a solid start with some great action, great characters and solid art. The concept is good and this is a more subdued comic compared to Kick-Ass. This very well might be Millar grown up a bit.
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.75 Overall: 8.5
Supergirl #7 – Supergirl fights the Worldkillers and it’s all a set up for Doomsday to eventually show up. The art is great but story flimsy.
Story: 7 Art: 8 Overall: 7
Thunderbolts #171 – Songbird goes on vacation and of course that goes wrong. The story is very meh, but I guess the point was to get Songbird to a certain point in her powers….
Story: 6.5 Art: 7 Overall: 6.5
Uncanny X-Men #9 – There’s an escape of aliens that make an otherwise boring day exciting, except the writing is bad, the dialogue laughable. The art is decent though.
Story: 7 Art: 8 Overall: 7
Wolverine #303 – The battle between the Hand and Yakuza wages on in what I can only assume is a way to shake some things up when it comes to those entities in the Marvel universe. The story is ok, but I hate hate hate hate hate the switching of the art in the different chapters.
Story: 7 Art: 7 Overall: 7
Wonder Woman #7 – Wonder Woman prepares for a trip to Hell and meets Eros and finds out a truth about the Amazons and any boys born. The story is ok, but not quite the quality we’ve seen from the series, depicting men as victims instead of strong women.
Story: 7 Art: 8.25 Overall: 7.25
X-Factor #233 – The team thinks Jamie is dead so they’re out doing some work for Val and Havok is in charge. The series veers from it’s usually noir feel with more of an action story, but the writing is solid as always.
Story: 7.5 Art: 7 Overall: 7.5
Rebel Blood #2
Story by: Alex Link & Riley Rossmo Art By: Riley Rossmo
Price: $3.50
A mysterious infection is sweeping the land turning animals and people into blood-crazed killers! The food supply is dwindling…and you’re on the menu! How bad can things get? You’re about to find out!
Image Comics has yet another sell out with the debut issue of the new horror series REBEL BLOOD by Alex Link and Riley Rossmo (GREEN WAKE). The issue will immediately go back to press, and the second printing (FEB128198) will be in stores on April 25, the same day as REBEL BLOOD #2 (FEB120517).
Published under Image’s Shadowline imprint, REBEL BLOOD pits fallen firefighter Chuck Neville against a contagion that is turning people — and animals — into bloodthirsty killers. Alone in a remote fire station in the forest, Chuck will have to fight his way out to save his family… or find out that he’s too late.
REBEL BLOOD is a monthly, ongoing comic book. It is available in comic book stores and on multiple digital platforms.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
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Rebel Blood #1
Story by: Alex Link & Riley Rossmo Art By: Riley Rossmo
Price: $3.50
FROM THE DESK OF OFFICER RED PROSPERO; WHILE YOU WERE OUT:
“The world went to hell in a hand basket. A highly infectious disease has turned every living thing into zombies. Your neighbors will rend your flesh with their bare teeth. So will the rats. And if the rats don’t, the squirrels will. Save yourself. Stay in the woods. Pray it hasn’t reached the wolves…and keep your gun loaded.”
Mark Millar has been either hit or miss lately. The miss being the second volume of Kick-Ass and hit being Superior. That being said, his new series, Supercrooks is out this week and the idea is simple, villains doing a heist. That seems to be a popular plot lately, but Millar I’m sure will bring his usual over the top flair and teaming up with Leinil Yu on art isn’t shabby either. The series will sink or swim, I’m hoping it’s the latter.
Official Press Release
IMAGE COMICS SOLICITATIONS FOR MARCH 2012
SAGA #1
story BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover FIONA STAPLES
MARCH 14
48 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
Y: THE LAST MAN writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN returns to comics with red-hot artist FIONA STAPLES for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Star Wars-style action collides with Game of Thrones-esque drama in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers, as new parents Marko and Alana risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war. The adventure begins in a spectacular DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with forty-four pages of story with no ads for the regular price of just $2.99!
THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #1
story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK PITARRA / CRIS PETER
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50
“INFINITE OPPENHEIMERS”
What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other, more unusual, programs? What if the union of a generation’s brightest minds was not a signal for optimism, but foreboding? What if everything… went wrong?
Welcome to THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of THE RED WING.
Brought to you by award-winning writer JONATHAN HICKMAN and possibly the best new talent of the year, NICK PITARRA, THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS is a look at history through a darker, much stranger, lens.
BLOODSTRIKE #26
story TIM SEELEY
art FRANCHESCO GASTON
cover TIM SEELEY & CARLOS BADILLA
variant cover ROB LIEFELD
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
Extreme’s zombie-black op-superheroes return! Cabbot Stone is the last unliving Bloodstrike agent, an unstoppable weapon in America’s war on terror! But being dead is a hell of way to make a living, and Cabbot is losing his faith. Will his latest mission be his last? Bloody horror-action with heart by Hack/Slash writer Tim Seeley and Artist Franchesco Gaston!
HELL YEAH #1
story JOE KEATINGE
art & cover ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T+ TEEN PLUS
$2.99
THE LAST GENERATION OF HEROES IS HERE!
Twenty years ago, the first-ever superheroes debuted without warning and forever altered our global culture! Now, the generation born in their wake fight to claim their place in a world evolved beyond them! Written by Eisner & Harvey award-winner JOE KEATINGE and illustrated by ELEPHANTMEN and POPGUN’s ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ, HELL YEAH combines the over-the-top excitement of the original Image Comics launch with modern, innovative storytelling. It all begins with a giant-sized first issue containing a full thirty-two pages of story with no ads for the regular price of just $2.99!
HOAX HUNTERS #0
story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art JM RINGUET
Cover STEVE SEELEY
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99
“GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER”
Cryptids. Aliens. Monsters. All the world’s bizarre secrets–what if they were real? Their existence would be debunked by a reality TV show! HOAX HUNTERS is that show, publicly disproving all variety of lore. But their real goal is the opposite: as the world’s dark corners surface, the HOAX HUNTERS cover them up.
When a mysterious astronaut made of crows appears in Russia, the HOAX HUNTERS are on the case.
From the pages of HACK/SLASH!
REBEL BLOOD #1 (of 4)
story ALEX LINK & RILEY ROSSMO
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
MARCH 28
32 pages / FC / M
$3.50
FROM THE DESK OF OFFICER RED PROSPERO; WHILE YOU WERE OUT:
“The world went to hell in a hand basket. A highly infectious disease has turned every living thing into zombies. Your neighbors will rend your flesh with their bare teeth. So will the rats. And if the rats don’t, the squirrels will. Save yourself. Stay in the woods. Pray it hasn’t reached the wolves…and keep your gun loaded.”
From the co-creator of COWBOY NINJA VIKING and GREEN WAKE comes a zombie tale like none you’ve read before, with a Twilight Zone twist!
THE DARKNESS #101
story DAVID HINE
art / cover JEREMY HAUN
variant cover MARC SILVESTRI
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
NEW CREATIVE TEAM! BOLD NEW DIRECTION!
“THE CRACK IN EVERYTHING”, PART 1
Hot on the heels of THE DARKNESS II video game release, Top Cow proudly welcomes the new creative team of DAVID HINE (THE DARKNESS: FOUR HORSEMEN, THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN) and JEREMY HAUN (ARTIFACTS, BATTLE HYMN, Detective Comics)! On the surface, Jackie Estacado has everything he ever wanted – control of the Darkness, a successful career, and happy family life. Only his desire to make his life truly perfect will be his undoing.
’68, VOL. 1: BETTER RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE TP
story MARK KIDWELL
art / cover NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
MARCH 7
178 PAGES / FC / M
$19.99
There are zombies in the razorwire. Welcome to 1968…and the end of the world. From the steaming jungles of Viet Nam to the brightly lit campus of demonstration-torn Berkeley, California, ravenous hordes of unstoppable ghouls are changing the face of the Age of Aquarius.
Collected for the first time, this 178-page trade paperback re-presents the first four-issue story arc from the ’68 ongoing series, along with the re-colored and re-lettered original one-shot from 2006! Plus, creators MARK KIDWELL, NAT JONES and JAY FOTOS have included tons of behind-the-scenes extras to make this a must-have for zombie and horror fans everywhere!
Collects ’68 #1-4, plus the 2006 ’68 one-shot
THE DARKNESS: ACCURSED, VOL. 7 TP
story PHIL HESTER
art ROMANO MOLENAAR & LEANDRO OLIVEIRA
cover MICHAEL BROUSSARD
MARCH 14
160 PAGES / FC / T
STANDARD
$19.99
PHIL HESTER’S EPIC RUN CONCLUDES!
Jackie Estacado has been pushed to the limit and beyond. He finally has something worth losing in his life and there is only one true threat to his happiness – the Darkness, itself. Utilizing the Sun Dagger, Estacado will die and plunge himself into the Darkness dimension itself to confront the very source of his gift and his curse.
Longtime writer PHIL HESTER (Wonder Woman, Bionic Man) concludes his critically acclaimed run on one of Top Cow’s flagship franchises with art by ROMANO MOLENAAR (Within Temptation’s the Unforgiving) and LEANDRO OLIVEIRA (Superman) with “Total Darkness.” The perfect way to catch up before starting DAVID HINE and JEREMY HAUN’s new run!
Collects THE DARKNESS #96-100
THE LAST OF THE GREATS, VOL. 1 TP
story JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
art / cover BRENT PEEPLES
MARCH 21
136 PAGES / FC / M
$12.99
MEET THE LAST – He’s mankind’s last hope and he f#@&ing HATES us.
As the Earth stands on the brink of annihilation we must beg the last survivor of a family of superheroes to put aside his hatred and save our asses. From the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer of ECHOES, Tumor and I, Vampire comes the complete first volume of the critically-acclaimed vision of Super Heroes for the 21st century.
Collects LAST OF THE GREATS #1-5
MAGDALENA, VOL. 2 TP
story RON MARZ
art NELSON BLAKE II, DAVID MARQUEZ & KEU CHA
cover NELSON BLAKE II
MARCH 21
160 PAGES / FC / T
STANDARD
$19.99
MAGDALENA RETURNS! GUEST STARRING WITCHBLADE!
Patience, the current Magdalena, has reconciled with the Catholic Church and agreed to work with her former masters. But there are still forces within the Church that feel another might serve more willingly as the bearer of the Spear of Destiny. Patience must fight for her place and then with her partner and mentor, Kristof, recover a piece of the True Cross from mercenaries.
Written by Top Cow Universe architect RON MARZ (ARTIFACTS, WITCHBLADE) and featuring art from NELSON BLAKE II (PILOT SEASON: MURDERER), DAVID MARQUEZ (Fantastic Four: Season One, Days Missing), and KEU CHA (WITCHBLADE, RISING STARS) this collections collects the “Sisters” and “The One, True Cross” story arcs!
Collects MAGDALENA #7-12
MARKSMEN, VOL. 1 TP
story DAVID BAXTER
art JAVIER ARANDA & GARRY LEACH
cover TOMM COKER
MARCH 14
192 PAGES / FC / T
STANDARD SIZE
$15.99
Sixty years ago the oil ran out and debts were called in. Civil war followed that splintered America into warring fiefdoms. New San Diego is a technocratic utopia that offers the last bastion of peace and prosperity, provided you live within its walls. Drake McCoy is its best protector. One of a select group of Marksmen, descended from the Navy Seals, McCoy defends the city from the numerous threats in the wasteland outside the walls. But when the oil rich Lone Star state sends a powerful army to steal New San Diego’s energy technology, even the Marksmen’s skill may not be enough to fend off the siege.
Collects MARKSMEN #1-6
MORIARTY, VOL. 2: THE LAZARUS TREE TP
story DANIEL COREY
art ANTHONY DIECIDUE & MIKE VOSBURG
cover ANTHONY DIECIDUE
MARCH 14
136 PAGES / FC / T
$14.99
In the wake of THE DARK CHAMBER, Professor Moriarty finds himself afflicted with unsettling visions. He sets sail for Burma in search of an old ally, but finds himself caught up in a city on the brink of revolt, a troublesome Imperial Policeman, and a secret that holds the key to his destiny.
Collects MORIARTY #5-9
SAVAGE DRAGON ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VOL. 1 HC
story / art / cover ERIK LARSEN
MARCH 21
336 PAGES / FC / T+
OVERSIZED
$34.99
The earliest adventures of fandom’s favorite fin-head are collected for the first time in an oversized volume in full color! It’s all here! Overlord! SuperPatriot! Mako! Arachnid! Freak Force! It’s the beginning of the greatest comic book in the history of comic books! Savage Dragon defends Chicago from Overlord and the Vicious Circle and the stakes–and body count–couldn’t be higher! It’s the definitive Savage Dragon collection! Guest-starring Rob Liefeld’s Badrock and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Comes with our highest possible recommendation!
Collects the expanded five-issue miniseries and Savage Dragon #1-7, plus covers, sketches and behind the scenes material.
SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 14 TP
story TODD McFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN
art GREG CAPULLO & DANNY MIKI
cover CLAYTON CRAIN
MARCH 7
152 PAGES / FC / T+
STANDARD SIZE
$14.99
Relive the excitement of one of the best-selling independent comics of all time and grow your SPAWN: ORIGINS collection! In this volume: The ghost of slain child killer Billy Kincaid returns to taunt Spawn! Possessing human souls, Kincaid carries out his dirty work vicariously through innocents. Sam and Twitch find themselves knee deep in it when current police officers become victims to Kincaid’s torment. Can they help Spawn save the people without killing all of them too!?
Collects SPAWN #81-86
TELLOS COLOSSAL, VOL. 2 HC
story TODD DEZAGO
art CRAIG ROUSSEAU, THOR BADENDYCK, CIRO TOTA, MAURICET & more
cover MIKE WIERINGO, ROB STULL & PAUL MOUNTS
MARCH 28
240 PAGES / FC / E
OVERSIZED
$39.99
Collecting ALL the rest! This massive, oversized tome collects all of the further adventures, all other TELLOS material beyond TODD DEZAGO and MIKE WIERINGO’s original ten-issue masterpiece! Featuring art by CRAIG ROUSSEAU, THOR BADENDYCK, HOWARD PORTER, CARLO BARBERI, ERIC WOLFE-HANSON, DAVE TATA European Superstar, CRISSE, and more! Complete your TELLOS collection today!
Collects TALES OF TELLOS #1-3, MAIDEN VOYAGE, THE LAST HEIST and SONS AND MOONS
THE WALKING DEAD: CUTTING ROOM FLOOR HC
story & art ROBERT KIRKMAN
cover by CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
MARCH 14
112 PAGES / FC / T
OVERSIZED
$19.99
For the first time ever: an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at ROBERT KIRKMAN’s original, hand-written plot lines for the early issues of the Eisner-award winning series! See what plot lines were left on the cutting room floor and get an in-depth look at how the series came together. This collection includes commentaries on KIRKMAN’s original plots with never before seen material. This is the WALKING DEAD collector’s item of the year!
Collects NEVER BEFORE SEEN WALKING DEAD PLOTS!
THE ACTIVITY #4
story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art & cover MITCH GERADS
MARCH 14
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50
“WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN”
Fort Bragg is calling: DELTA has a problem with an out of control Columbian drug lord, and it’s up to Danny Locke’s Team Omaha to find a solution. THE ACTIVITY #4 is a great jumping-on point as the series continues to grind high-octane realism at all latitudes.
ALPHA GIRL #2
story JEAN-PAUL BONJOUR & JEFF ROENNING
art / cover ROBERT LOVE, DANA SHUKARTSI, & DIEGO SIMONE
MARCH 14
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
The action-packed second issue opens with our heroine getting her first taste of the new apocalyptic world. On the run from rabid women and mysterious men in black rubber suits, Judith flees to the suburbs where she meets Frank, a sex starved teenager with a horrible secret. Joining forces, the two teens set out to evade evisceration and find Judith’s brother!
ARTIFACTS #17
story RON MARZ
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.99
“SEARCH FOR THE ANGELUS,” Part Four
Tom Judge and Tilly Grimes were prepared that not all the bearers of the 13 Artifacts would be receptive to their call to action. They even anticipated that it would shake some to the core. But they never expected what came next. RON MARZ (MAGDALENA, SHINKU) and STJEPAN SEJIC (ANGELUS) continue the story of the Top Cow Universe in directions that will top everything that has come before!
ALSO AVAILABLE:
ARTIFACTS #1-13 Complete 1-in-100 Foil Variant Cover Set – All Signed by MARC SILVESTRI – $500.00
(NOTE: Valued at $975. Limited to 50 sets. Allocations may occur.)
AVENGELYNE #9
story MARK POULTON
art OWEN GIENI
cover A ROB LIEFELD
cover B OWEN GIENI
cover C CORY HAMSCHER
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
“THE HUNT,” Part Three
Guest starring the SEVEN DEADLY SINS. The manhunt for Father Michael continues, as Avengelyne and Passover search for Priest. Meanwhile, the Red Dragon chooses who wields the Luci-Fire weapon. Plus, an Extreme Origins back-up written by Mark Poulton with art by a guest artist!
BLUE ESTATE #10
story VIKTOR KALVACHEV & ANDREW OSBORNE
art VIKTOR KALVACHEV, TOBY CYPRESS & NATHAN FOX
cover VIKTOR KALVACHEV
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
“DEAD HEAT”
With just three episodes left in the season, the race for revenge is on and the fight for survival comes down to a photo finish! See who goes to the mattresses, who sleeps with the fishes and who just stays groovy as Blue Estate scores another bull’s-eye with part ten of the fast, funny, 100% cool series (But wait! There’s more…at www.BlueEstateComic.com!)
THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN: DISINTERRED #3 (of 6)
story DAVID HINE
art & cover SHAKY KANE
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99
“AS FLIES TO WANTON BOYS…”
Coffin Fly rises again to join The Unforgiving Eye in a race against time as The Red Menace launches an attack on planet Earth. But who is really behind this nefarious plan for world domination? Could it be that we are all no more than playthings in the hands of a 10-year-old sociopath?
ELEPHANTMEN #41
story / art DAVID HINE
cover BOO COOK
MARCH 21
40 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99
“A LONG AND GHASTLY KITCHEN”
DAVID HINE, co-creator of THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN, new writer of THE DARKNESS and creator of STRANGE EMBRACE, tells the story of the last days of MAPPO geneticist Javier Kubec…
FATALE #3
story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & DAVE STEWART
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50
What will Detective Walt Booker sacrifice, to what gods? And is he
looking for redemption or revenge? In part three of BRUBAKER and
PHILLIPS’ new horror/noir masterpiece, the threads of the first arc twist together… into a noose around the neck of a corrupt cop in late ‘50s San Francisco.
GLORY #24
story JOE KEATINGE
art & cover ROSS CAMPBELL
FEBRUARY 15
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
“ONCE AND FUTURE,” Part Two
Glory discovers some embers of war can never be extinguished as secrets of her past threaten to devastate the present. The bold new direction written by Eisner & Harvey-award winner JOE KEATINGE and illustrated by Wet Moon’s ROSS CAMPBELL continues with one of the most brutal opening sequences in Extreme history.
HACK/SLASH #14
story TIM SEELEY
art EMILIO LAISO
cover TIM SEELEY & ALAN PASSALAQUA
variant cover SHANE WHITE
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50
“MONSTER BAITING,” Part Three
Cat Curio has been kidnapped by the Gorillaconda! Cassie is prey for a demented hunter slasher! Samhain has to battle his way through Psychosaurs, and make the ultimate decision! Will he become a slasher again to save Cassie and Cat?
HAUNT #24
story JOE CASEY
art / cover NATHAN FOX
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
It’s mayhem on the streets of Manhattan! A relentless creature of fury andfire running amok! Only Haunt can save the city from an apocalyptic end! But at what cost? The new nightmare rolls on in 2012!
THE INFINITE #7
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover ROB LIEFELD
MARCH 7
32 PAGES/FC/ T
$2.99
Bowen’s plan is falling apart. He’s on the run, his team is in disarray–he only has one place to go if he’s going to turn things around. In order to defeat The Infinite and save the world–there’s only one man he can rely on… his father.
INVINCIBLE #91
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
MARCH 14
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
The new Invincible will not back down, will not give in, and he is not going to play nice. What happens when Mark Grayson isn’t happy with his replacement? All this and… What exactly happened between Robot and Monster Girl in the Flaxan Dimension?
THE LI’L DEPRESSED BOY #12
story S. STEVEN STRUBLE
art / cover SINA GRACE
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99
“BRAND NEW SHOES”
The Li’l Depressed Boy may have met a new crush… but does he have the guts to ask if the spark is mutual? It all begins with a question.
MONDO #3 (of 3)
story / art / cover TED McKEEVER
MARCH 7
40 PAGES / BW / M
GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT
$4.99
Y’know those kinds of days when your fuse is so short, you explode at the most mundane circumstance? Mondo doesn’t have those days because EVERY day is that way for him, and in the third and final issue of this explosive ‘Roid-Raging series, he’s about to outdo even himself.
MORNING GLORIES #19
story NICK SPENCER
art JOE EISMA
cover RODIN ESQUEJO
MARCH 21
32 PGS / FC / M
$2.99
Lights Out. Nobody home.
MUDMAN #4
Story / art / cover PAUL GRIST
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50
Burnbridge on Sea is under attack… from the sea? Mudman is the only
person who can the tide – but when you’re made of mud, water isn’t the easiest thing to stop.
NANCY IN HELL (ON EARTH) #3 (of 4)
story EL TORRES
art ENRIQUE LOPEZ LORENZANA
color FRAN GAMBOA
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99
The whole world will be annihilated and consumed by Hell. And the Angels want to cut out that cancer… and that means to destroy the Earth. Nancy and Lucifer must join forces with their worst enemy, Mr. Macabre, to stop Gabrielle… and the nuclear devices she’s ready to detonate.
NEAR DEATH #6
story JAY FAERBER
art SIMONE GUGLIELMINI
cover FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / T+ TEEN PLUS
$2.99
This issue’s a great jumping-on point as Markham embarks on his first case in his new town – protecting the outgoing Los Angeles District Attorney, whose many enemies are coming after him now that he no longer has police protection.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME #2
story ANGELO TIROTTO
art / cover RICHARD JORDAN
MARCH 21
32 pages / FC / M
$2.99
“HOME AGAIN,” Part Two
Dee’s world gets even more complicated when dead bodies, family secrets and a threat from the past set her down a road that will change her life forever! Who said coming home was easy?
PETER PANZERFAUST #2
story KURTIS J. WIEBE
art & cover TYLER JENKINS
MARCH 14
32 Pages / FC / M
$3.50
“THE GREAT ESCAPE,” Part Two
With Calais in the early stages of occupation, Peter and the boys discover a squad of captured British soldiers. Seeing an opportunity to get a ticket to London by saving them, they engage in a dangerous game of espionage that ends with a deadly showdown.
PIGS #7
story NATE COSBY & BEN McCOOL
art BRENO TEMURA
cover CHRISTIAN WARD
MARCH 14
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
“INSIDE”
The “SAN QUENTIN BLUES” saga continues.
The White Russian’s plan has gone horribly wrong. Time to blow everything up.
PROPHET #23
story BRANDON GRAHAM
art SIMON ROY
cover FAREL DALRYMPLE
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
Prophet finally arrives at the towers of Thauili Van. He must reach the G.O.D. satellite by climbing up, all the way to the edge of earths atmosphere past raging battles, crystalline beasts and bizarre alien technology. All the while fighting to stay ahead of the deadly hunter who tracks him.
REED GUNTHER #9
story SHANE HOUGHTON
art & cover CHRIS HOUGHTON
MARCH 14
32 PAGES / FC / E
$2.99
“FIENDS FOREVER,” Part One
When an evil spirit is awakened inside of Sterling, Reed must face off against his best friend and become a bear-fighting cowboy!
SAVAGE DRAGON #180
story / art / cover ERIK LARSEN
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50
“ALIEN INVASION,” the finale!
The war comes to its epic conclusion! Death! Destruction! Genocide!
Earth’s greatest heroes faces their biggest challenge ever – and the fallout is anything but pretty. Will there be anything left worth living for? The answer will leave you breathless.
SPAWN #217
story WILL CARLTON
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD MCFARLANE
cover MICHAEL GOLDEN
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
“THE GATHERING STORM,” Part Five
As the various factions swirling around Jim continue to come into focus, Malebolgia makes his move. He confronts Clown about the missing piece of his power and sets up a showdown that will test Jim’s true power.
THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #6 (of 6)
story JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover TRADD MOORE
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
It ends here. Luther has lost nearly everything, but can he stop the Librarian from taking away the rest? Blood will flow, guts will fly and lives will change as the hit mini series concludes.
SUPER DINOSAUR #10
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover JASON HOWARD
MARCH 21
32 PAGES / FC / E
$2.99
The dreaded Exile proves to be a far more formidable foe than Max Maximus ever was! Super Dinosaur finds himself under attack by The Exile led horde of Dino-Men! Meanwhile, Derek must infiltrate The Exile’s secret base in order to find the key to defeating him once and for all! But what about Derek’s mother? Will he ever find out she exists?
THIEF OF THIEVES #2
story ROBERT KIRKMAN & NICK SPENCER
art / cover SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
MARCH 7
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99
Conrad Paulson has turned his back to his life as Redmond, international master criminal, in order to regain some semblance of the life he left behind. Will it be enough to reconcile with his wife? Save his son from the life? Or will it end up getting them all killed?
THE WALKING DEAD #95
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99
“A LARGER WORLD” CONTINUES
Rick and his group are welcomed into a new community, led by a new charismatic leader. Rick has experienced this before. Is this the beginning of a new era of peace for Rick and the others… or is this man every bit as dangerous as The Governor?
WHISPERS #2
story / art / cover JOSHUA LUNA
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
Sam has a wild imagination. However, as his supernatural ability allows him to see things the human eye cannot and should not see, the more reality will prove to be stranger—and more hellish—than he could ever imagine.
JOSHUA LUNA of THE LUNA BROTHERS (ULTRA, GIRLS, THE SWORD) makes a solo debut with a dark, supernatural thriller that questions free will and explores the obsessions, addictions and urges we all have and may not have control of at all.
WITCHBLADE #155
story TIM SEELEY
art / cover DIEGO BERNARD & FRED BENES
variant cover JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
MARCH 28
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
“UNBALANCED PIECES”, Conclusion
Sara Pezzini only wants to repay Cain Jorgonson by rescuing him, but a mysterious cult stands firmly in her way. The new creative team of TIM SEELEY (HACK/SLASH, BLOODSTRIKE) and DIEGO BERNARD (The Man With No Name) conclude their genre bending first arc on WITCHBLADE as Sara finds herself caught between a Chicago feud much older than she ever suspected! Can Sara protect an innocent cop and save a poseur magician and bring two opposing gangs to justice?
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