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The Guardians of the Galaxy blaze a new trail through a dark corner of the cosmos in a new trailer

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Next month, the Guardians of the Galaxy enter uncharted depths of space in a new comic run by writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, the superstar duo behind Steve Rogers’ bold ongoing adventures in Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, and drawn by artist Kev Walker, known for his recent acclaimed otherworldly artwork on Predator. Fans can get their first look at this exciting new era in a thrilling comic book trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork!

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 introduces an overwhelming new cosmic threat to the Marvel Universe, one that emerged from the very heart of the team: GROOTFALL. This mysterious phenomenon will push Marvel’s beloved team of intergalactic super heroes to the Manifold Territories: an uncharted, lawless area of Marvel space filled with never-before-visited planets and undiscovered alien species. The Guardians have brought to their lowest depths and their found family is fractured like never before. Tying to outrun their tragedy, the Guardians rise as the Folds’ only chance at salvation. Can they rediscover their heroism and humanity on the bleakest frontier? Can they forgive the failures of their past? Or will they fade into the dark, eternally unforgiven? In the new trailer, fans can see the lineup of the new run in action including Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Nebula, and Mantis. They can also glimpse the devastating effects of Grootfall and witness the true, galaxy-bending might of what the Guardians are up against…

Check out the trailer and variant covers now and see the Guardians of the Galaxy’s bold venture into a new frontier when Guardians of the Galaxy #1 hits stands on April 12!

Battle Chasers returns in June and Celebrates 25 years!

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The bestselling, sales hit Battle Chasers by Joe Madureira will return to shelves this June featuring artwork by Ludo Lullabi and published by Image Comics. Battle Chasers #10 will also showcase variant covers by J. Scott Campbell, Humberto Ramos, Chris Bachalo, Skottie Young, and Mirka Andolfo.

New new issues with Madureira mentioning bringing in a new artist was revealed in 2019 as part of the Battle Chasers: Nightwar Kickstarter campaign. The Kickstarter for Battle Chasers: Nightwar, a video game spin-off, was launched in September of 2015 and went on to raise $856,354 from 14,175 backers. Part of the project was new issues #10 to #12. While the video game was released, the comics have not with no communication regarding them since 2019 leaving backers angry and frustrated.

Battle Chasers #10 promises fans an action-packed new story, with art by Lullabi. In this new story arc, titled “Martial Law,” readers are introduced to the bloody tale of retired swordsman Garrison and the fugitive Red Monika as they face off against Maestro’s gang of supernatural killers—the Martial Paladins!

The Battle Chasers Anthology trade paperback saw an unheard of sales spike upon its release in 2019 and has gone back to print multiple times in order to keep up with feverish enthusiasm for the series. Now Image will bring this popular series back to readers and continue the story in this new story arc.

Battle Chasers #10 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, June 14. The Battle Chasers Anthology trade paperback (ISBN: 978-1534315228) is available now at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Indigo.

Battle Chasers #10

Get your first look at Avengers #1!

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Just in time for the title’s 60th anniversary, a new run of Avengers will launch later this year by superstar creators, writer Jed MacKay and artist C.F. Villa! All week long, fans have seen the new team lineup in action in exciting cover reveals by some of the industry’s hottest artists including Stuart Immonen, Daniel Acuña, Kael Ngu, Derrick Chew, and John Tyler Christopher! Check out an all-new Hidden Gem Variant Cover by legendary artist Paul Smith AND get your first glimpse at interior artwork from the debut issue! The breathtaking pages showcase Captain Marvel, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, and Vision assembling against classic Avengers foe TERMINUS, the first of many epic challenges that await the team in the title’s opening issues.

In MacKay and Villa’s Avengers saga, the team will embrace a new divine purpose after they’re gifted with knowledge of The Tribulation Events, a series of grand-scale disasters that will spark upheaval throughout the known universe. Fans got their first glimpse at MacKay’s overarching Avengers plan in last month’s year-ending one-shot, Timeless, where readers followed Kang in his hunt for the unobtainable “Missing Moment.” Now, a dangerous game is afoot and the prize is greater than anything imaginable… Will the Avengers be able to triumph in the face of the Tribulation Events and learn the connection behind these earth-shattering threats and Kang’s quest? Or will they be reduced to mere pawns in an extraordinary scheme beyond their comprehension?

Check out the covers and interior art now and stay tuned for more Avengers #1 news in the coming months, including the reveal of variant covers by Marco Checchetto, Skottie Young, and Mark Brooks!

I Hate Fairyland #2 heads back to print

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Bestselling, Eisner Award winning Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland, imbued with Brett Bean’s artistic sorcery, has gone to unhinged heights and is holding reader attention hostage with each new chapter. Image Comics will rush I Hate Fairyland (2022) #2 back to print in order to keep up with increasing customer demand. This reprint comes alongside a slew of popular new Image series being rushed back to print this week.

In I Hate Fairyland #2, Gert is more jaded than ever when she discovers the secret behind the mystery man offering her a mission he doesn’t think she can refuse.

I Hate Fairyland (2022) sees the return of everyone’s favorite green-haired, axe-wielding, crazed maniac in this Deadpool-meets-Alice In Wonderland-style adventure. Gert is all grown up and living in the real world. Times are tough and the only job she’s qualified for has her trying to find her way back to the place she hates the most…Fairyland.

I Hate Fairyland (2022) #2, second printing (Diamond Code DEC228535) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 22.

I Hate Fairyland (2022) #3 is available now.

I Hate Fairyland (2022) #4 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 15:

  • Cover A by Young – Diamond Code DEC220244
  • Cover B by Young – Diamond Code DEC220245
  • Cover C by Bean – Diamond Code DEC220246
  • Cover D by Peach Momoko – Diamond Code DEC220247
I Hate Fairyland (2022) #2, second printing

Exclusive Preview: Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #3

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Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #3

(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Mark Buckingham
(CA) Mark Buckingham (VCA) David Aja, Skottie Young
Mature
In Shops: Dec 28, 2022
SRP: $4.99

Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham present the first ALL-NEW chapter in “The Silver Age!” High atop the Himalayas, Dicky Dauntless searches to find his place in the Age of Miracles. He’ll make new friends and encounter a frightening, familiar face – Johnny Bates! It’s Young Miracleman and Kid Miracleman – face-to-face!

Miracleman: The Silver Age #3

Review: I Hate Fairyland #2

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I Hate Fairyland #2

Gert is down on her luck. She does have some highly needed knowledge, she knows Fairyland. She’s been offered a job, head to that world and bring back the son of a very wealthy man. But, as we see in I Hate Fairyland #2, the mission is more complicated and there’s much more at play here.

Skottie Young continues the misadventures of his foulmouthed antisocial heroine as she’s given offer she can’t refuse. Literally, she has nothing else going for her. This is pretty much it. But, the offer is from a billionaire who has more sinister wants from her mission. All of it comes together for another issue full of low brow humor that’s like Looney Tunes on drugs… and really funny.

I Hate Fairyland #2 wears everything about itself on its sleeve. It’s an over-the-top hack and slash-ish story that has no trouble of dropping a censored swear and insult and playing off it’s saccharine infused sweetness. It’s putting the Punisher into Wonderland and letting him go nuts. Things are going to die and do so in brutal ways and that’s part of the entertainment. Young knows that and anyone who has read the series does too. This issue is more focused on the setup though as we learn why Gert has been chosen, what she brings to the table, and clearly she’s going to be double-crossed at some point.

The insanity is delivered through the art of Brett Bean which continues the goofiness of the original series. Bean is joined by Jean-Francois Beaulieu on color and lettering by Nate Piekos and the trio emphasizes the over-the-top nature of it all. Everything is exaggerated, as it should be. This isn’t some grounded story, this is one where the hero wields weapons twice her size and creates bloody mayhem with it. Exaggeration is the name of the game and the visuals nails that down perfectly in every way.

I Hate Fairyland #2 continues that line of humor that goes back to Looney Tunes and then fed drugs in Ren & Stimpy until it’s stretched further today. This is a comic where everything is so amplified that it becomes part of the joke, if not the joke. Everything emphasizes that, things are taken to the extreme. It’s the exact type of silly escape so many of us need and only comics can deliver.

Story: Skottie Young Art: Brett Bean
Color: Jean-Francois Beaulieu Letterer: Nate Piekos
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle

Preview: Strange Academy Finals #2

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Strange Academy Finals #2

(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
RATED T+
In Shops: Nov 30, 2022
SRP: $3.99

• The students still in Strange Academy have their biggest challenge yet!
• Plus, our heroes finally get a lead on Gaslamp and their missing friend.
• But now they have to face the most terrifying villain STRANGE ACADEMY has introduced!

Strange Academy Finals #2

Image announces a trio of Second Printings

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Image Comics has announced that three bestelling series will be fast-tracked for reprints in order to keep up with escalating customer demand—Skottie Young and Brett Bean’s I Hate Fairyland (2022) #1, Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino’s The Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #2, and Wes Craig’s Kaya #2. All three reprints will land on shelves this December.

In Skottie Young and Brett Bean’s I Hate Fairyland (2022) #1, everyone’s favorite green-haired axe-wielding crazed maniac returns in this Deadpool meets Alice In Wonderland-style adventure! Gert is all grown up and living in the real world. Times are tough and the only job she’s qualified for has her trying to find her way back to the place she hates the most…Fairyland.

Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino expand their shared horror universe of titles, The Bone Orchard Mythos, with Ten Thousand Black Feathers. In issue #2, Trish and Jackie are pulled deeper into the fantasy world they’ve created. But the terrors of the real world are difficult to separate and their teenage daydreams are proving to be equally dangerous.

In Wes Craig’s Kaya #2, Kaya has formed an uneasy alliance with the Lizard-Riders. But will a flash flood and a dangerous hunt for food with the treacherous Zothan push Kaya past her breaking point?

I Hate Fairyland (2022) #1, second printing (Diamond Code SEP229024), The Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #2, second printing (Diamond Code SEP229025), and Kaya #2, second printing (Diamond Code SEP229026) will all be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 21.

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