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Pick(s) of the Week: Dead Body Road #1 and more

deadbodyroad01_coverThe men involved in his wife’s death must die. All of them. Writer Justin Jordan and artist Matteo Scalera bring us this story of one man’s revenge and the dark road he travels. That’s the new comic, Dead Body Road.

With a set up like that and a title like that, this sounds like a good revenge tale full of pulpy violence and over the top moments. Hopefully it meets with expectations but know Jordan’s previous work, I’m pretty sure it will.

Expect another hit from publisher Image Comics with this one.

Check out below for the rest of our picks.

Brett:

Top Pick: Dead Body Road #1 (Image Comics) – see above why this is on my list

Death Sentence #3 (Titan Comics) – I’ve loved the first two issues of this series about a sexually transmitted disease that gives you powers, but also kills you in 6 months.

Indestructible #1 (IDW Publishing/Darby Pop Publishing) – The first book from Darby Pop. Indestructible is the story of a not-so-heroic slacker, Greg Pincus who when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time, thwarts a robbery with what the general public believes to be “superpowers.”

Superior Foes of Spider-Man #6 (Marvel) – This has been one of the best debuts by Marvel this year. The focus on Spider-Man’s “B” list of villains has been entertaining and fun with every issue.

Unity #2 (Valiant) – The first issue was a hell of a debut. I imagine the second will be just as solid.

Graphic Novel/TPB Top Pick: Richard Starks’ Parker: Slayground (IDW Publishing) – Every release of this pulp series has been an amazing read and beautiful to look at. Expect another fantastic noir read.

Scott:

Top Pick: Dead Body Road #1 (Image Comics) – I love a good revenge story, and with a title like this I know I’m going to get some hardcore, pulpy violence. Bring it on.

Batman #26 (DC Comics) – I don’t even know what to say about this anymore. Read this book, people! Read it for the story. Read it for the art. Read it for the lettering, I don’t care. Just read it.

Lazarus #5 (Image Comics) – This is the beginning of a new arc, and I can’t wait to see how Jonah’s betrayal, and Johanna’s manipulation of him, plays out.

Manifest Destiny #2 (Image Comics) – The debut of his book wasn’t immediately amazing, but come on: centaurs in the Louisiana Purchase.That’s definitely worth a read.

Graphic Novels/Trades:

Snapshot (Image Comics) – I hear mixed reviews about the story, but the fact that Jock did the interiors sold it for me. I’d probably read anything with his name on it. He could draw a My Little Pony mini series, and I’d eventually read it.

Sheltered Vol. 1 (Image Comics) – This book collects issues 1-5 of a series that consistently grew and got better as it went on, and everyone should really give it a chance.

Image Comics in December 2013

DEAD BODY ROAD #1 (of 6)

story JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

The men involved in his wife’s death must die. All of them.

Writer JUSTIN JORDAN (LUTHER STRODE) and artist MATTEO SCALERA (BLACK SCIENCE, Indestructible Hulk) craft the bruising story of one man’s revenge and the dark road he travels.

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THE SAVIORS #1

story JAMES ROBINSON
art / cover J. BONE
DECEMBER 26
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Eisner Award winner JAMES ROBINSON (Starman, Earth 2) and artist extraordinaire J. BONE (The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, The Spirit) present an all-new saga of monstrous alien horror.

When Tomas Ramirez stumbles upon an extraterrestrial conspiracy to take over the world, his life is changed forever.  He must now seek out those few souls who share this terrible knowledge.  But even united, how can they hope to defeat a shadowy alien cabal that is both indestructible and eager to kill anyone who threatens it?

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KRAMPUS! #1

story BRIAN JOINES
art / cover DEAN KOTZ
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Meet the Secret Society of Santa Clauses. For centuries, Father Christmas, Ded Moroz, Hoteiosho, and others have magically distributed Christmas cheer to children around the world. But when the source of their power is stolen, a desperate Society turns to an usual source for help: the dreaded Krampus, child-punishing demon of holiday lore. Free of his cell for the first time in decades, will the Krampus uncover the truth behind the Santas’ depowering or leave his jailers to their ultimate fate?  It’s Snake Plissken by way of the Grinch as the darkly comedic adventure begins here.

BLACK KISS 2 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (one-shot)

story / art / cover HOWARD CHAYKIN
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / BW / M
$3.99

The BLACK KISS 2 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – because nothing says “holiday fun” like an endless stream of incredibly nasty revenge sex.

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CARBON GREY, VOL. 3 #1 (of 2)

story PAUL GARDNER, HOANG NGUYEN
art KHARI EVANS, HOANG NGUYEN & KINSUN LOH
cover a HOANG NGUYEN & KINSUN LOH
cover b KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

“MOTHERS OF REVOLUTION,” Part One

Long ago, a child fled a revolution. She stole another’s name, betrayed a king, took his country to war, and turned sister against sister—all to reclaim her Father’s throne. She is Raisa Vasilyeva, illegitimate child of a Czar, Queen of Mitteleuropa, and now… destroyer of all things. The Sisters Grey return for the final devastating chapter of CARBON GREY.

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SIN BOLDLY  (one-shot)

story / art / cover JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / BW / M
$3.50

JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER writes and draws two stories featuring characters that his die-hard fans have been asking about for years. In “Hell Is Waiting,” Sinful Suzi learns a lesson about the wages of sin. And in “Burning Roses,” Obsidian Stone loses an old friend and welcomes a new demon. This guilty pleasure is a long-overdue return to the B&W short stories that LINSNER started with in CRY FOR DAWN. Because if you are going to sin, then sin boldly!

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APHRODITE IX: THE HIDDEN FILES #1

story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

PEEK INTO THE PROPRIETARY BLACK BOX OF APHRODITE’S MIND!

The cybernetic assassin Aphrodite IX has survived the rise and fall of countless civilizations. What sacrifices and tragedies has she seen that have been erased from her memory?

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APHRODITE IX #8

story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Is Aphrodite XV a threat? Or an ally?

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BEDLAM #11

story NICK SPENCER
art RYAN BROWNE
cover FRAZER IRVING
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

The finale to the explosive second arc is here! The city is on its knees, manipulated into causing its own destruction… and only Fillmore Press can save them now.

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BURN THE ORPHANAGE: BORN TO LOSE #2 (of 3)

story SINA GRACE & DANIEL FREEDMAN
art / cover a SINA GRACE
cover b TRADD MOORE
DECEMBER 4
48 PAGES / FC / M
$4.50

PART TWO OF THE BORN TO LOSE TRILOGY!

The events of BURN THE ORPHANAGE have led Rock down a dark path, where he finds himself on a hidden island, forced to compete in the ultimate martial arts tournament… one where the participants may not all be human. New foes, new hos, this is one oversized romp you can’t miss!

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FATALE, VOL. 4: PRAY FOR RAIN TP

story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
DECEMBER 18
144 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

Sex, drugs, rock-n-roll, and ritual killers all collide in the strangest and most exciting volume of FATALE yet. A strange woman with no memory stumbles into the lives of a struggling grunge band in mid-‘90s Seattle… Is she their muse? Will she save them from “one-hit wonder” status? Or will she be something much worse, especially since there’s a psycho killer on her trail?

The newest volume of the New York Times Best-Selling series!

Collects FATALE #15-19

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FATALE #20

story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

NEW STORY ARC!

Nicolas Lash is in the deepest trouble possible, and there’s only one person who can save him now… the problem is, trouble is her business.

And don’t forget all the back page extras you can only find in FATALE’s single issues every month!

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JUPITER’S LEGACY #1 STUDIO EDITION

story MARK MILLAR
art / cover FRANK QUITELY
DECEMBER 04
32 PAGES / BW / M
$4.99

In Jupiter’s Legacy #1, superstar creators MARK MILLAR and FRANK QUITELY introduced an epic tale about the explosive tensions between two generations of superheroes. Now, this special edition spotlights Quitely’s artwork in detailed black and white, plus includes Millar’s original script and other special features.

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MIND THE GAP #16

story JIM McCANN
art RODIN ESQUEJO
cover a RODIN ESQUEJO
cover b JENNY FRISON
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

NEW STORY ARC

ACT II BEGINS!

Everything has changed, and the world as these characters know it will never be the same.  New mysteries, higher stakes, bold action. Welcome to the next phase of MIND THE GAP.

If you’ve been waiting to jump on, now’s the time!

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ARTIFACTS, VOL. 6 TP

story RON MARZ
art STJEPAN SEJIC & MARCO TURINI
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4
144 PAGES / FC / T+
$16.99

“TRUTHS & DESTINIES”

To wage war with the Darkness, Rapture bearer Tom Judge will need to amass an army of Artifact bearers to back him up.

Collects ARTIFACTS  #25-29

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A DISTANT SOIL, VOL. II: THE ASCENDANT TP

story / art / cover COLLEEN DORAN
DECEMBER 18
240 PAGES / BW / T
$16.99

A small team of champions band together to protect young Liana from the Hierarchy, a corrupt otherworld government determined to destroy her. Unknown to the Hierarchy, Seren, their enshrined Avatar, a powerful psionic and religious leader, secretly aids Liana, and plots a coup to overthrow his masters.

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GHOSTED, VOL. 1 TP

story JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art GORAN SUDZUKA & MIROSLAV MRVA
cover MATTEO SCALERA
DECEMBER 4
144 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

Jackson T. Winters is one of the greatest criminal masterminds to ever live…except he’s rotting in jail after his last doomed score. But when a filthy rich collector breaks Winters out, he’s tasked to put together an elite team of paranormal experts to do the impossible: steal a ghost from a haunted house of horrors!

Skybound’s horror/crime mash-up is equal parts Ocean’s 11 and The Shining, by writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (MASKS AND MOBSTERS, Captain Midnight) and artist GORAN SUDZUKA (OUTLAW NATION, Y: The Last Man)!

Collects GHOSTED #1-5

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GREAT PACIFIC, VOL. 2: NATION BUILDING TP

story JOE HARRIS
art / cover  MARTÍN MORAZZO
DECEMBER 4
152 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

Over a year has passed since industrialist adventurer Chas Worthington founded the New Texas Settlement upon a floating continent of trash. But while growth has been strong, true sovereignty and statehood will come at a cost even he cannot afford. The frontier tale of sci-fi, scoundrels, mayhem, and monsters continues!

Collects GREAT PACIFIC #7-12

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HAPPY! DELUXE HC

story GRANT MORRISON
art / cover DARICK ROBERTSON
DECEMBER 4
128 PAGES / FC / T+ / OVERSIZED
$24.99

Meet Nick Sax: a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hit-man, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema, and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose, Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas by a tiny blue horse called Happy…

Re-presented as an oversized hardcover just in time for the holidays, this deluxe edition of HAPPY! includes an all-new 10-page story by creators GRANT MORRISON and DARICK ROBERTSON.

Collects HAPPY! #1-4

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HOAX HUNTERS, VOL. 3  THE BOOK OF MOTHMAN TP

story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art T-REX JONES
cover STEVE SEELEY
DECEMBER 11
128 PAGES / FC / T+
$14.99

Mix X-Files with Mythbusters and you get HOAX HUNTERS, the series about a reality show that is out to cover up the dark, mysterious corners of the world. THE BOOK OF MOTHMAN collects the final arc of the acclaimed first season — dig deeper into the mysteries of Jack’s dad and the multiverse, Regan’s powers, and what the heck is going on with Murder.

Collects HOAX HUNTERS #10-13 and CASE FILES #1

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THE COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS TP

story / art / cover BRANDON GRAHAM
DECEMBER 4
208 PAGES / FC / M
$17.99

Ex-organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli travel across a sci-fi/fantasy version of Russia while the hardcore organ hound Blue Nura tracks a bounty across radioactive wastelands.

Slice of life comics from a world where magic and monsters are commonplace.

Collects MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1-4 and MULTIPLE WARHEADS: DOWN FALL

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SHELTERED, VOL. 1 TP

story ED BRISSON
art / cover  JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 11
128 PAGES / FC / T+
$9.99

SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE!

A PRE-APOCALYPTIC TALE OF SURVIVAL AT ANY COST.

The men and women of Safe Haven have been preparing for any and all end-of-world scenarios for years. However, their bunkers, weapons, and training can’t save them from the one threat they never could have expected: their own children.

Collects SHELTERED #1-5

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SNAPSHOT TP

script ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover  JOCK
DECEMBER 11
104 PAGES / BW / T+
$12.99

When Jake Dobson finds a lost cell phone, he’s horrified to discover it’s full of snapshots of a murder victim. Suddenly he finds himself hunted by a ruthless hit-man who will stop at nothing to recover his “proof of kill” photos – and silence Jake forever!

Collects SNAPSHOT #1-4

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THIEF OF THIEVES, VOL. 3 TP

story ROBERT KIRKMAN & ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & FELIX SERRANO
DECEMBER 4
128 PAGES / FC / M
$14.99

Conrad Paulson lives a secret double life as master thief Redmond. There is nothing he can’t steal, nothing he can’t have…except for the life he left behind. Now it’s go time for his Venice heist — and THIEF OF THIEVES’ most EXPLOSIVE story arc yet!

Collects THIEF OF THIEVES #14-19

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THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 2 SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION TP

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover TONY MOORE
DECEMBER 18
132 PAGES / BW / M
$14.99

Available for the first time in the US, the second volume of the Walking Dead saga is presented in Spanish.

Collects THE WALKING DEAD #7-12

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ALEX + ADA #2

story JONATHAN LUNA & SARAH VAUGHN
art / cover  JONATHAN LUNA
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Alex struggles with figuring out what to do with Ada, his new android, before anyone finds out about her. She is not what he expected.

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ARTIFACTS #33

story KEN PORTER
art -ROM-
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

“THE TEACHER AND THE PREACHER”

Top Cow publishes its first team of winners from the 2012 Talent Hunt! Rapture bearer and defrocked priest Tom Judge and the numeromancer Tilly Grimes are hot on the heels of a prolific serial killer. But even if Tom is able to save the next intended victim, is he already too late to save her soul?

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BLACK SCIENCE #2

story RICK REMENDER
art MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
cover a MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
cover b ROBBI RODRIGUEZ & DEAN WHITE
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

Run-amok reality! Grant and his crew escape the madness of the lightning sea-swamp only to be flung into a futurepast trenchworld, where the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka wage never-ending war on the savages of Europe!  How did the Anarchist League of Scientists end up this deep in the onion? Who among them sabotaged the Pillar?

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THE BOUNCE #8

written JOE CASEY
art / cover DAVID MESSINA
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

The s#!t is hitting the fan in a big, bad way! The Bounce’s grip on this reality is getting looser all the time. Meanwhile, the Darling is ready to strike! All this, and inter-dimensional pornography, too! We dare not tell you more!

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CHEW #40

story JOHN LAYMAN
art / cover ROB GUILLORY
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“FAMILY RECIPES,” Conclusion

This is how you kill the Vampire…

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CLONE #13

story DAVID SCHULNER, AARON GINSBURG & WADE MCINTYRE
art / cover JUAN JOSE RYP & ANDY TROY
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“Have you considered the moral and ethical ramifications of cloning?”

The balance between Luke’s resistance and the anti-clone movement shifts here…in what is sure to be the most intense issue of CLONE yet.

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DRUMHELLAR #2

story RILEY ROSSMO & ALEX LINK
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

Psychedelic detective Drum Hellar searches for a wayward bog-man, but finds mutilated livestock instead. Meanwhile, someone else has a gruesome job in mind for Drum’s elusive, soggy bog-buddy, and a new mystery for him to investigate…himself!

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EAST OF WEST #9

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art / cover NICK DRAGOTTA
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“HUNTER”

The Ranger and Death finally clash in the inevitable meeting of LAW and INEVITABILITY.

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ELEPHANTMEN #54

story RICHARD STARKINGS
art AXEL MEDELLIN
cover TULA LOTAY & NEI RUFFINO
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

“PICKING UP THE PIECES,” Part Four

Are Jack Farrell’s hands blood red, or are there memories buried in his subconscious that throw his investigations into a whole new light?

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FIVE GHOSTS #8

story FRANK J. BARBIERE
art / cover CHRIS MOONEYHAM
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“LOST COASTLINES,” Part Two

Fabian decides to aid his old flame, the rogue Jezebel, on a journey across the sea to THE ISLAND OF DREAMS. Step one: stealing a ship!  Plus: pirates.

“Writer Frank J. Barbiere and artist Chris Mooneyham have yet to disappoint. Through premise, script, and art they’ve set the standard for all others to emulate.” -Graphic Policy

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HOAX HUNTERS #13

story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art T-REX JONES
cover a MICHAEL WALSH
cover b RILEY ROSSMO
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“THE BOOK OF MOTHMAN,” Conclusion

SEASON FINALE

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INVINCIBLE #109

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

What the what?!  After one hundred and nine issues…things take a sharp turn.

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INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #8

story PHIL HESTER
art / cover TODD NAUCK & GABE ELTAEB
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Red Eye rules Rio de Janeiro from behind the gold-plated bars of his prison palace…all the more reason for the Guardians of the Globe to unleash their most dangerous operatives to take him out!

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LAZARUS #6

story GREG RUCKA
art / cover MICHAEL LARK
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“LIFT,” Part Two

While Johanna continues to try and rehabilitate her image and prove her loyalty to the Family, Forever investigates rumors of the Freemen Resistance in Los Angeles. In Montana, the Barrets make a fateful decision, and begin the long journey to Denver.

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THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #19

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK PITARRA
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“STRATEGIC ASSASSINATION”

Simultaneous actions on three different worlds result in the most jaw-dropping issue of THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS to date!

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MANIFEST DESTINY #2

story CHRIS DINGESS
art / cover MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Lewis and Clark uncover a new breed of savage creature with the Louisiana Purchase. No wonder the French gave it up so easily…

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MORNING GLORIES #36

story NICK SPENCER
art JOE EISMA
cover RODIN ESQUEJO
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

“Welcoming Committee”

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PRETTY DEADLY #3

script  KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
art EMMA RÍOS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover EMMA RÍOS
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

All blood spilled into the earth makes its way to a river. Where those rivers meet, Fox attends the birth of a beast, the child of a thousand violent deaths.

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PROPHET #44

story BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
art GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS & SIMON ROY
cover LUDROE
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

The war between the Old Man and the Empire reaches new heights when Badrock returns.

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PROTECTORS, INC. #2

written J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art  GORDON PURCELL & MIKE ATIYEH
cover a GORDON PURCELL & MIKE ATIYEH
cover b RENAE DE LIZ & RAY DILLION
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

An unexplained local disappearance, a corpse that lands several hundred miles from the scene of the crime, and the very first death of one of the Protectors…what do these three seemingly unrelated incidents have in common? And why is Protectors, Inc. so determined to whitewash the possibility that the super-powered hero was murdered? Lieutenant Detective Riley may be the only one who really wants to discover the truth.

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RAT QUEENS #4

story KURTIS WIEBE
art / covers ROC UPCHURCH
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

“GOLD, GUTS, AND GROG,” Part Four

Holy vengeance can be a real headache, but it’s so much worse when it’s coming from a fifteen foot tall lady troll who’s just lost her dad. In this blood-splattered issue, the Rat Queens find out that every action has some sort of hilariously brutal consequence!

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REALITY CHECK #4 (of 4)

story GLEN BRUNSWICK
art / cover VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Dark Hour has been defeated. Will is forced to “Man Up” and face the maniac Devil-Inside on his own. If he loses, all Hell breaks loose — Devil will kill the woman he loves and continue an unstoppable homicidal reign of murder and mayhem.

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REVIVAL #16

story TIM SEELEY
art MIKE NORTON
cover JENNY FRISON
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Dana and her ex, Derrick, investigate Em murderer suspect Aaron, but they aren’t the only ones. Meanwhile, May Tao gets closer to connecting the Cypresses to the burned bones of the Check brothers.

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ROCKET GIRL #3

story BRANDON MONTCLARE
art / cover AMY REEDER
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

“DOUBLE REAGENT”

Changing the future is hard to do. Sparks fly when DaYoung becomes Most Wanted in two different New York Cities. Police in battling timestreams — 1986 and an alternate 2013 — want to get their girl. But bringing her in is going to take a coordinated effort from a mysterious player who straddles both worlds.

“This is Amy and Brandon firing on all cylinders. I’m blown away by all the life and energy in this book (and the mind-boggling backgrounds!). I can’t wait to see more of DaYoung.” — ROSS CAMPBELL (GLORY, Wet Moon)

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SAGA #17

story BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover  FIONA STAPLES
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Prince Robot IV gets everyone into trouble.

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SAVAGE DRAGON #195

story / art / cover ERIK LARSEN
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

It’s hard enough being a 17-year-old kid, but when you’re juggling schoolwork, dating and a deadly menace hellbent on leveling the city of Chicago? Well, you’ve just entered the world of the all-new, all-different Savage Dragon! Malcolm Dragon is on the run and his girlfriend Maxine Lai is caught in the crossfire!

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SECRET #7

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art RYAN BODENHEIM & MICHAEL GARLAND
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“ENDGAME”

It’s taken fifteen years of couples counseling. Forty barrels of ink. Six billion dollars… and a time machine to get to the epic conclusion of SECRET… and HERE IT IS! The death and resurrection of Steadfast. Someone lives. Someone dies. And, of course, someone loses a finger.

Check out the final chapter of this modern spy thriller, SECRET #7: ENDGAME!

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SEX #9

story JOE CASEY
art MORGAN JESKE & PIOTR KOWALSKI
cover PIOTR KOWALSKI
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

We know you’re all wondering—what was life like in Saturn City in the glorious heyday of the Armored Saint? Find out this issue in a special flashback sequence drawn by MORGAN JESKE (CHANGE)! An orgy of action! Secrets revealed! Onions peeled! Don’t miss it!

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SEX CRIMINALS #4

story MATT FRACTION
art / cover  CHIP ZDARSKY
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.50

She can seemingly control time and space with her…parts. She’s as relentless a manhunter as law enforcement ever created. And by day she’s no one you’d particularly notice, with her quiet suburban life and pleasant-enough job, but when the temporal dimension is used to break society’s laws they call…HER. Jon and Suzie get in too deep way too fast as one little sexy fun party crime begets another and the villains of the piece descend. Turns out Jon and Suzie aren’t the only ones after all…

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SIDEKICK #5

story J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art  TOM MANDRAKE & HiFi
cover a TOM MANDRAKE & HiFi
cover b ALINA URUSOV
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

For weeks, super-villain Julia Moonglow has been feeding off the body and energy of Barry “Flyboy” Chase while keeping him from remembering this. Now she’s ready to let him remember, and reveals why she’s been stalking him and the fate of her late twin sister. But that’s just the warm-up for the big reveal, as Barry learns for the first time that the Red Cowl may be alive, a discovery that shatters him down to his very core.

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SPAWN #238

story TODD MCFARLANE
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI
cover TODD MCFARLANE
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

A HISTORY OF WAR—AND THE ORIGIN OF THE DEAD ZONE!

Jim’s struggle to control his new life is put into perspective as Cogliostro reveals the secrets of the Dead Zone. From the temptations of Eden to the wars of today, the whole of human history has been tainted with conflict. While Cogliostro’s motives may not be clear, his first lesson for Jim just may change his life…and alter the course of Heaven and Hell’s eternal war… FOREVER!!!

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THINK TANK #12

story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover RAHSAN EKEDAL
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / BW / T+
$3.99

“OUTBREAK,” Conclusion

What will war take from Dr. David Loren?

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THREE #3

story KIERON GILLEN
art / cover RYAN KELLY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
historical consultant PROF. STEPHEN HODKINSON
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Curse the Spartan who is a Trembler. Shave his beard. Rip his cloak. Beat or spit on him if you will. If you found yourself condemned in such a fashion, a few short years after all of Sparta’s men ran, the hypocrisy could bite. Discover why it’s not just the helots who suffer under Spartan Law, and discover what a Trembler plans for the three slaves responsible for his shame…

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TODD, THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH #8

story KEN KRISTENSEN
art / cover  M.K. PERKER
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“CHARLIE ROSE’S TABLE: PUBLIC BROADCASTING SATAN,” Conclusion

Our first Christmas issue! Holiday Gift Bonus: Todd Fold Out Origami with every issue!

In this thrilling conclusion to the PBS arc, Charlie Rose unleashes the full force of his demonic power, Peggy’s home pregnancy test catches fire, and Gus discovers Todd has the highly marketable power to restore virginity.

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UMBRAL #2

story ANTONY JOHNSTON
art / cover CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“FALLING INTO DARK”

The nightmare creatures called Umbral are invading, and only the young thief Rascal knows it! But in a world where magic and religion are outlawed, will anyone believe her? And is the mysterious hobo Dalone an ally… or a deadly enemy?!

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VELVET #3

story ED BRUBAKER
art STEVE EPTING & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover STEVE EPTING
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

You all know the story: a beautiful woman seduced by a secret agent into revealing secrets and helping him on his mission…but what happens to them once the agent is gone? Find out in issue three, as Velvet tracks Agent X-14’s most recent asset down very dark paths.

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A VOICE IN THE DARK #2 (of 2)

story / art / cover LARIME TAYLOR
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / BW / M
$3.99

“BLOOD MAKES NOISE,” Conclusion

Zoey’s talk radio show will become a deadly public forum for her twisted listeners before she will even know what hit her.

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THE WALKING DEAD #118

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
DECEMBER 11
32 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99

ALL OUT WAR CONTINUES!

Maggie takes a stand as Rick’s new plan comes together.

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WITCHBLADE #172

story RON MARZ
art LAURA BRAGA
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Sara Pezzini will soon discover who the Witchblade chose to be its next bearer…

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ZERO #4

story ALES KOT
art TRADD MOORE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover a TRADD MOORE & TOM MULLER
cover b CHRISTIAN WARD & TOM MULLER
DECEMBER 18
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Belfast, 2001. Zero is nine years old. The Agency sends him on his first mission. Zero’s target: a supposedly ex-IRA terrorist.

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Preview: Snapshot #4 (of 4)

Snapshot #4 (of 4)

Story by: Andy Diggle
Art By: Jock
Price: $2.99

MINISERIES CONCLUSION!
It all ends here as the awful truth behind a multi-million dollar conspiracy is revealed, with deadly consequences. If young Jake is to survive , what kind of man must he become? And is it worth the price?

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Preview: Snapshot #3 (of 4)

Snapshot #3 (of 4)

Story by: Andy Diggle
Art By: Jock
Price: $2.99

Hunted by a ruthless killer who has framed them for murder, Jake and Callie try to infiltrate the mysterious gated community at the heart of the deadly conspiracy. But nothing can prepare them for what they will find there. Continuing the new thriller from the creators of The Losers and Green Arrow: Year One!

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Around the Tubes

It’s new comic book day! What’s everyone getting?

Around the Tubes

The Mary Sue – Robert Downey Jr. Says Awesome Things About Women In Superhero Action Films Nice.

Bleeding Cool – Orson Scott Card, ComiXology And Marvel Not sure what comiXology has to do with this, but the points about Card and time frame are very valid.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Flickering Myth – Before Watchmen: Rorschach #4

The Beat – Halcyon and Tenderfoot

Bleeding Cool – Snapshot #2

IGN – Wolverine #1

Around the Tubes

The weekend is almost here. Woo hoo!

Around the Tubes

Bleeding Cool – Fanboy Rampage: James Stokoe Pulls Out Of Sullivan’s Sluggers, Mark Andrew Smith Strikes Back 1) Another crack in the Kickstarter shine 2) Not sure if I’d of given if knowing this.

Bleeding Cool – Doctor Who Getting Own Official Anniversary Con Courtesy Of The BBC I want to go!

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

CBR – A+X #5

The Beat – The Adventures of Superhero Girl

SciFi Now – Catwoman Volume 2: Dollhouse

ICv2 – Johnny Red – Angels Over Stalingrad: Vol. 3 HC

Talking Comics – Mara #3

Talking Comics – Sex #1

Talking Comics – Snapshot #2

Talking Comics – Superior Spider-Man #5

CBR – Swamp Thing #18

Talking Comics – Winter Soldier #16

Preview – Snapshot #2 (of 4)

Snapshot #2 (of 4)

Story by: Andy Diggle Art By: Jock
Price: $2.99

Jake’s life spirals into nightmare as he finds himself hunted by the very hit-man who has framed him for murder. Maybe the victim’s daughter can give Jake the key to the mystery… if he lives that long! Continuing the new thriller from the creators of The Losers and Green Arrow: Year One!

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Image Comics in May 2013

TEN GRAND #1

story J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art  / cover BEN TEMPLESMITH
variant cover BILL SIENKIEWICZ
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Joe Fitzgerald was a mob enforcer until the day he met Laura, who convinced him to leave that world behind.  Before quitting, Joe agreed to one last job, little realizing that the man he’d been sent to kill was deeply involved in demonlogy.  He survived Joe’s attempt and came after him, fatally wounding Joe and killing Laura.  As he lay dying, an angelic force (who may or may not be what she appears) pointed out that where she is going, he can’t follow, and where he is going, he wouldn’t want her to follow.  But if he will agree to work for them as a different kind of enforcer, they will bring him to life and keep on bringing him to life every time he is killed in a righteous cause.  The reward: for those five minutes of death, he will be with Laura again.  Would you endure an eternity of pain and death, dying over and over, to be with the woman you love for just five minutes each time you died?  Most people might say no.  But Joe Fitzgerald isn’t most people.

A bold new era begins with the long-anticipated return of Joe’s Comics, the imprint that brought you MIDNIGHT NATION and RISING STARS.  All-new stories from J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Thor, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman: Earth One) return in 2013 with an action packed line up featuring everything from superhero action to supernatural thrillers. Watch this space as a new wave of exciting, challenging and experimental stories begins!

THE BOUNCE #1

written by JOE CASEY
art and cover by DAVID MESSINA
MAY 22
32 PAGES/FC/M
$2.99

FIRST ISSUE SPECTACULAR!

Meet the ultimate slacker superhero for the 21st Century! Jasper Jenkins is a super-head AND a super-hero! He’s relatable AND reliable and he’s embarking on the adventure of a lifetime! The sensational debut of the new feel-good hero of the decade! You can’t afford to miss it!

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THE DREAM MERCHANT #1 (of 6)

story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art/cover KONSTANTIN NOVOSADOV
MAY 15
52 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

“PART ONE.” 

A double-size issue to kick off a new sci-fi series from Nathan Edmondson and newcomer Konstantin Novosadov.  Haunted by recurring dreams, a boy named Winslow is hunted by mysterious beings and protected by an old traveler.  Soon Winslow will realize that what is in his dreams is what the rest of the world has been made to forget–and what strange entities will stop at nothing to erase from his mind.

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ALL-NEW SECRET SKULLKICKERS #1

story JIM ZUB
art EDWIN HUANG
cover A  EDWIN HUANG & ROSS A. CAMPBELL
cover B  SAEJIN OH
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

THE ALL-NEW SECRET SKULLKICKERS: We can’t hide the secret any longer!

SKULLKICKERS is the most fun adventure comic in the entire industry.

Jump on board with this unbooted new first issue and see why!

And, for those of you wishing comics kept the original numbering: No problem! Our B cover variant is a legacy-tastic issue twenty-two.

P.S. Retailers: Rack this comic beside other “All-New” or “Secret” comics you may have at your shop and tell people it’s a crossover or alternate universe title.

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AMERICA’S GOT POWERS #7 (of 7)

story JONATHAN ROSS
art / cover BRYAN HITCH
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Too many Americans with too many powers…so the government decides it’s time to wipe them all out and start from scratch. Nobody ever said it would be easy.

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BEDLAM #7

story NICK SPENCER
art RYAN BROWNE
cover FRAZER IRVING
MAY 15
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“Way Back When.”

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BEDLAM, VOL. 1 TP

story NICK SPENCER
art RILEY ROSSMO
cover FRAZER IRVING
MAY 1
178 PAGES / FC / T+
$9.99

One of the hottest new series of the year gets its first, new reader friendly-priced collection!

Fillmore Press was once Madder Red, a homicidal maniac and criminal overlord who ruled the city of Bedlam. Now he’s been cured of his mania, and says he wants to help protect the place he once terrorized – but can he be trusted?

Collects BEDLAM 1-6

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BLACKACRE #6

story DUFFY BOUDREAU
art WENDELL CAVALCANTI & ANTONIO FABELA
cover BRIAN CHURILLA
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

A special stand-alone issue taking you to the darkest corners of the Hinterlands. Visions of heaven, the reality of hell… and a secret buried deep in the woods.

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BLACKACRE,VOL. 1 TP

story DUFFY BOUDREAU
art WENDELL CAVALCANTI & ANTONIO FABELA
cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
MAY 1
124 PAGES / FC /M
STANDARD SIZE
$9.99

“AN ERRAND INTO THE WILDERNESS”

A walled utopia conceived by the elites of the former United States. A barbaric wilderness engulfed in the perpetual strife of tribal warfare. A crack soldier tasked with a clandestine mission to recover a lost comrade. Welcome to the American dark age of the 22nd Century.

The first arc of Image’s dystopian espionage thriller is collected here! Already acclaimed by some of comics’ top creators and released just in time for readers to jump on board with issue 6!

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IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS #10

story JAMIE S. RICH
art NATALIE NOURIGAT
cover MICHAEL & LAURA ALLRED
MAY 15
32 PAGES / FC / E EVERYONE
$2.99

TWEENAGE FBI” Part One

BETWEEN GEARS creator NATALIE NOURIGAT joins the Atomics team! Someone broke into Flem’s lab and stole a dangerous invention. It Girl picks up the crooks’ trail, only to discover it leads to a team of underage secret agents – though the real criminal mastermind is centuries older than all of them.

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MORNING GLORIES #27

story NICK SPENCER
art JOE EISMA
cover VARIOUS
MAY 29
48 PAGES/FC
$3.99

“THERE IS NO BEGINNING”

The double-sized Season 2 premiere! With an astonishing array of covers by some of the hottest artists working today: JENNY FRISSON, ROB GUILLORY, SHAWN  MARTINBROUGH, JAMIE McKELVIE, EMMA RIOS and MORNING GLORIES‘ own JOE EISMA!

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THIEF OF THIEVES #14

story ANDY DIGGLE & ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & FELIX SERRANO
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Heist master Andy Diggle joins the THIEF OF THIEVES team for the start of a brand new arc! Meet Lola, the Cartel boss. And what Lola wants, Lola gets – and Conrad’s going to learn that the hard way.  Get ready for the most EXPLOSIVE story arc of THIEF OF THIEVES yet!

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G-MAN, VOL. 3: COMING HOME TP

story CHRIS GIARRUSSO
art / cover  CHRIS GIARRUSSO
MAY 1
128 PAGES / FC / E
$9.99

Chris Giarrusso’s critically-acclaimed kid superhero series continues with volume three! The brothers G-Man and Great Man have finally returned from their Cape Crisis adventure, only to discover that not everybody is happy that they’re back. Will they be allowed to keep their superpowers? What has Wizard Glendolf made for lunch this time?

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ARTIFACTS, VOL. 5 TP

story RON MARZ
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
MAY 15
160 PAGES / FC / T+
$16.99

Tom Judge was once a priest, responsible for lost souls. Now he is the bearer of the ancient, powerful Artifact called the Rapture, and responsible for the survival of the entire universe. Tom’s only hope of preserving all creation is to gather the other Artifact bearers, and make a stand against the Darkness. It’s a battle could cost Tom his own soul.

Collects ARTIFACTS 19-24

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CLONE, VOL. 1 TP

story DAVID SCHULNER
art / cover JUAN JOSE RYP & FELIX SERRANO
MAY 22
128 PAGES / FC / T+
$12.99

From ROBERT KIRKMAN’s Skybound imprint comes a sci-fi story like you’ve never seen before! Dr. Luke Taylor’s perfect life comes to a dramatic halt when an identical, bloodied version of himself arrives at his doorstep with news that he is one of many clones… and they’re all after his pregnant wife and their unborn child!

Collects CLONE 1-5

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COMEBACK TP

story ED BRISSON
art & cover  MICHAEL WALSH

MAY 8
136 PAGES/ FC/ T+
$14.99

Reconnect agents Mark and Seth go back in time to save people from their untimely demise – for a fee. But, when a rescue mission goes awry, both agents find themselves trapped in the past and on the run from both the FBI, who want to jail them, and their own employers who want to kill them to protect their own dark and deadly secrets.

Collects COMEBACK 1-5, plus never-seen-before extras.

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ELEPHANTMEN, VOL. 1 REVISED & EXPANDED HC

story RICHARD STARKINGS with JOE CASEY & JOE KELLY
art LADRONN, MORITAT, HENRY FLINT, TOM SCIOLI, DAVE HINE & CHRIS BACHALO
cover  BOO COOK
MAY 1
312 PAGES / FC / M
$39.99

The sold out first hardcover volume of ELEPHANTMEN is back in print and now includes the sold out ZERO issue with art by LADRÖNN, as well as a sketchbook section, the English & Media Studies back matter from the single issues, and an introduction by JONATHAN ROSS!

Collects ELEPHANTMEN 0-7

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GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES, VOL. 1

story MARK SABLE
art & cover PAUL AZACETA 
MAY 2013
128 PAGES / FC /
$14.99

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

Collects GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES 1-4

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GREAT PACIFIC, VOL. 1: TRASHED! TP

story JOE HARRIS
art / cover  MARTÍN MORAZZO
MAY 1
168 PAGES / FC / M – MATURE
$9.99

When fugitive oil heir Chas Worthington settles the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch and declares it his own sovereign nation, the reality of the environmental catastrophe is only the beginning of his odyssey. Collects the first arc of this breakout hit series – a sprawling adventure across earth’s newest, strangest frontier!

Collects GREAT PACIFIC 1-6

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HACK/SLASH OMNIBUS, VOL. 5 TP

story TIM SEELEY & VARIOUS
art DAN LEISTER, ELENA CASAGRANDE & VARIOUS
cover STEFANO CASELLI
MAY 22
300 PAGES / FC / T+
$34.99

The last volume in the HACK/SLASH horror saga collects the epic FINALE and the acclaimed bloodsoaked tales that lead up to it! When Cassie discovers a potential cure for slashers, she accidently kickstarts a chain of events that will lead to the ultimate betrayal at the hands of a man she thought she could trust! Giant monsters, Vlad’s man-eating family, the secret life of Cat Curio, and the finale showdown fans have waited years to see!

Collects HACK/SLASH. VOL. 2 12 -25 & HACK/SLASH vs. MERCY SPARX

HOAX HUNTERS, VOL. 2: SECRETS AND LIES TP

story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art AXEL MEDELLIN & BRENT SCHOONOVER
cover JOE EISMA
MAY 1
112 PAGES / FC / T+
$9.99

The recipient of numerous “best of” accolades in 2012, HOAX HUNTERS continues  its critically acclaimed run! In this collection, the Hoax Hunters visit Haunchyville to bust the myth of the gnomes and their albino king while trying to prevent the Hoax Hunters Hunters from blowing their cover. Also included is the fan-favorite flip issue spoofing a certain ghost-hunting reality show and two all-new shorts!

Collects HOAX HUNTERS 6-9

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SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 18 TP

story TODD MCFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN
art ANGEL MEDINA
cover CLAYTON CRAIN
MAY 15
176 PAGES / FC / T+
$14.99

In 1992, legendary writer and artist TODD MCFARLANE unleashed his iconic antihero, Spawn, on the world. In so doing, he launched the most successful independent comic book in history – and the world would never be the same.

SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 18 features the stories and artwork that helped cement the Spawn legacy. Relive the excitement of this groundbreaking series – collected in this accessibly priced format with exclusive bonus content, including cover galleries, black and white art, classic quotes and an exclusive digitally painted cover by CLAYTON CRAIN

Collects SPAWN 105-110

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WITCHBLADE: REBIRTH, VOL. 3 TP

story TIM SEELEY
art DIEGO BERNARD
cover JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
MAY 15
160 PAGES / FC / T+
$16.99

“APPARITIONS”

Sara Pezzini moved to Chicago and started a new life as a private investigator to escape her past in New York. But instead of getting settled into her new career, Sara has felt like she has been running in circles chasing ghosts… or, is it the ghosts that have been chasing her? Sara will have to contend against mercenaries, gangsters, and power hungry leprechauns, all while suffering the drudgeries of trying to stay profitable. Maybe black cats really do bring quantifiable amounts of bad luck.

Collects WITCHBLADE 161-165

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’68 JUNGLE JIM #2 (OF 4)

story MARK KIDWELL
art / cover JEFF ZORNOW & JAY FOTOS
variant cover NATE VAN DYKE  JAY FOTOS
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

 The skies over Vietnam rain liquid fire as Brian Curliss, AKA Jungle Jim continues his epic quest to find the rotting, undead remains of Sergeant Jim Asher. Jim’s search carries him across the border into war-torn Cambodia, where the struggling occupants of an isolated French mission hold their own against hunger, madness and the ravenous dead.

In the dripping shadows of the rainforest, human life hangs on a hair trigger and to save himself and those who need him, Jim will have to face more than the living dead and swarms of vengeful Viet Cong… because here there be tigers.

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THE ACTIVITY #16

story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art / cover MITCH GERADS
MAY 29
52 PAGES / FC / T+
$4.50

“WARFARE WITHOUT WARNING”

Special double-size issue.  The Activity is going to war.

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ARTIFACTS #29

story RON MARZ
art NELSON BLAKE II
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
MAY 15
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

Who is Tilly Grimes? A goth? A punk? A numeromancer? Partner to FBI Profiler and Rapture bearer Tom Judge? She’s all those and more, gifted or perhaps cursed with the ability to glean the future from mathematical equations. Learn the truth about Tilly in a stand-alone issue unlike any other you’ve ever seen.

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CHEW #35

story JOHN LAYMAN
art / cover ROB GUILLORY
MAY
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

Dietary restrictions.

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CHIN MUSIC #2

story STEVE NILES
art / cover  TONY HARRIS
MAY 15
22 PAGES / C / M
$2.99

Al Capone is dead. Shot through the skull by Shaws cursed slug, the gangland legend lies dead before Eliot Ness could drag him to court of tax evasion. Shaw’s interference has uprooted history and now Ness wants it set straight. The shot also alerted Shaw’s enemies of his presence in Capone era Chicago, and they are coming for him. They took his skin last time. This time they’ll have his eternal soul.

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CLONE #7

story DAVID SCHULNER, AARON GINSBURG & WADE MCINTYRE
art / cover JUAN JOSE RYP & FELIX SERRANO
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

What do you do after you kill one clone? Kill the rest. Beta is hell bent on exterminating his predecessors from the face of the planet. But has he also unlocked the killer within Luke?

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THE DARKNESS #114

story DAVID HINE
art / cover JEREMY HAUN & JOHN RAUCH
MAY 22
48 PAGES / FC / M
$4.99

“THE AGE OF REASON,” Part One

Jackie Estacado is no longer lord over The Darkness. His Doppelganger has usurped his place at the head of his crime organization and his daughter Hope is quickly maturing and growing in her abilities to inherit the Darkness power for herself. Jump on board in the first part of this special, oversized issue of The Darkness that unveils the horrors that come to life when Hope’s nightmares are allowed to roam free.

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS #3

story ALEXANDER GRECIAN, KURTIS WIEBE & JOE KEATINGE
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
MAY 22
40 PAGES / FC / M
$4.99

GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT

Inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead, artist extraordinaire, RILEY ROSSMO, interprets stories from three of today’s top writers. From KURTIS WIEBE (PETER PANZERFAUST) comes a heartbreaking love story–in this world or the next. JOE KEATINGE (GLORY, HELL YEAH) offers up Day of the Dead 3000. As Ultra Muertos falls at the hands of Mother Slaughter, his grandson takes over the mantle with a death wish for all-out apocalypse! And New York Times bestselling author ALEXANDER GRECIAN (PROOF) tells a tale of ghost children.

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A DISTANT SOIL #40

story / art /cover COLLEEN DORAN
MAY 29
32 PAGES / BW / T
$3.50

The final chapter of the A DISTANT SOIL saga continues as fifteen-year-old Liana, the ultimate psionic weapon of mass destruction, loses control of her power and threatens to destroy everyone and everything in her path.

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EAST OF WEST #3

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK DRAGOTTA
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“THE DRAGON”

Death’s reign of terror over THOSE WHO RULE continues, as the forces of the END TIMES continue to work to bring about the Apocalypse. It’s the END OF THE WORLD: Someone dies, someone lives, and someone falls in love.

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ELEPHANTMEN #48

story RICHARD STARKINGS
art AXEL MEDELLIN
cover BOO COOK
MAY 29
40 PAGES / FC / M
$3.99

“SLEEPING PARTNERS,” Part Seven

There’s a price on Gabbatha’s head and the Silencer means to collect.

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FIVE GHOSTS: THE HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY #3 (of 5)

story FRANK J. BARBIERE
art / cover CHRIS MOONEYHAM
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“ENTER: THE FORGOTTEN CITY!”

In a fantastic valley…far from the eyes of man…Fabian Gray meets THE GUARDIAN OF DREAMS!

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FIVE WEAPONS #4 (of 5)

story / art / cover JIMMIE ROBINSON
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.50

Tyler has to battle the Gun Club, beat the faculty’s scheme to expel him and keep his secret identity safe at the school of Five Weapons.  Not a problem for Tyler’s devious calculations – except this time he doesn’t have a plan.

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HELL YEAH #10

story JOE KEATINGE
art ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ & FABIO REDIVO
cover RICKEN
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+ 
$3.50

“DEATH OF PLANET EARTH,” Conclusion

2013’S SUPERSPLOITATION REVENGE EPIC REACHES ITS GRAND FINALE (for now)! 

Planets are blown up. Destinies are realized. The good guys don’t win.

BONUS: WHAT IS JOE KEATINGE & JAMES HARVEY’S NULL/VOID?! (Find out!)

SERIES ONE CONCLUDES

I LOVE TROUBLE #6 (of 6)

story KEL SYMONS
art/cover MARK A. ROBINSON
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

“AN APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA”

You can’t outrun your troubles.

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INVINCIBLE #103

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
MAY 15
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Angstrom Levy returns.

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INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #2

story PHIL HESTER
art / cover TODD NAUCK & JOHN RAUCH
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Cecil Steadman’s bargain with Mr. Liu has taken a turn for the worst – and now the greatest heroes of the Invincible Universe must defeat the dragon unleashed! But who will pay the cost for Cecil’s choice?

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THE LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE #6 (of 6)

story JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover TRADD MOORE
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / M
3.50

MINISERIES CONCLUSION!

Jack is loose in the world, and Luther isn’t strong enough to stop him. But Petra might be.

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LOST VEGAS #3 (of 4)

story JIM McCANN

art / cover JANET LEE
cover A JANET LEE

cover B TONY FLEECS

1:10 incentive cover FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
MAY 1

32 PAGES / FC / T+ 

$3.50

The stakes have never been higher. It all comes down to one hand.  And if that doesn’t work, how do you create a Plan B on the fly with the galaxy’s most treacherous race has discovered you and your handful of allies?  The last-page solution will shock you as Roland and his crew must make a major sacrifice.

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THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #14

story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK PITARRA
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.50

“UPWARD BOUND”

Lines are drawn as the Manhattan Projects fractures. Who is on which side? Where are the lines drawn? Can anyone trust anyone? The great game called FUTURE begins!

The thrilling FEEL GOOD, BAD SCIENCE series continues in THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS 13: UPWARD BOUND! 

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MICE TEMPLAR IV: LEGEND #2

story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
art / cover VICTOR SANTOS
variant cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99

“DESPERATE SEASON”

Karic and his cause have been betrayed, and the fragile alliance he forged crumbles before him. Faced with ever-increasing loss, the courageous mouse makes a daring decision! Meanwhile, his surviving family and friends in hiding at the capital city face an even greater betrayal by one of their own; and Karic’s mother Mornae comes face-to-face with the wrath of the mad king Icarus!

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MIND THE GAP #11


story JIM McCANN

art SAMI BASRI

cover A RODIN ESQUEJO

cover B by MICHAEL GAYDOS

MAY 1

32 PAGES / FC / T+ 

$2.99

OUT OF BODIES,” Part One

As the Hoodie revelation sinks in, lines are drawn in the sand, friendships are torn apart, and new mysteries come to light.  Can what was said be the truth? Who is a pawn and who is a player?  Meanwhile, Elle is finding her own mental world being overwhelmed now that her secret has come to light to the rest of the spirits in the Garden. But that’s not going to stop her from getting answers from someone who has betrayed her!

Special guest artist SAMI BASRI
 (Voodoo, Power Girl) joins us for a thrilling two-part arc, as well as the amazing MICHAEL GAYDOS (Alias) killing it on alternate covers! With the first two volumes out, this is a great jumping on point! Join the mystery everyone is talking about!!

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MINIATURE JESUS #2 (of 5)

story / art / cover TED McKEEVER
MAY 22
24 PAGES / BW / M
$3.99

GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT

Critically acclaimed writer/artist TED McKEEVER returns to the theater of the bizarre, as a small-town Pastor thinks the eight-inch Jesus that descended from a cross on the church’s wall is the devil’s work. Meanwhile, a recovering alcoholic’s fractured reality battling his own demons is becoming all too literal.

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NOWHERE MEN #6

story ERIC STEPHENSON
art NATE BELLEGARDE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover NATE BELLEGARDE & FONOGRAFIKS
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

Thinking the unthinkable.

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PROPHET #37

story BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
art SIMON ROY & GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS
cover  FIL BARLOW
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / T+

$3.99

New father must finish the job that his lifebomb brother failed at (in Issue 31) and destroy the dismembered body city of Ixpoliniox.

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REVIVAL #10

story TIM SEELEY
art MIKE NORTON
cover by JENNY FRISON
MAY 15
32 PAGES / FC / T+ TEEN PLUS
$2.99

Ibrahaim’s first door-to-door inspection goes badly when he’s sent to the Holt farm. The Check brothers have Cooper hostage, and unfortunately for them, it’s Em Cypress to the rescue.

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SAVAGE DRAGON #188

story / art / cover ERIK LARSEN
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T
$3.99

“THE CLAW”

The Claw returns! the legendary villain from the Golden Age of comics strikes again! Malcolm Dragon joins forces with the Claw’s most hated enemy–the Golden Age Daredevil in an effort to stop the notorious menace! Plus, we continue to look into the lives of the sons and daughters of Chicago’s Vicious Circle. It’s a tantalizing glimpse at the crime family they were born to inherit and the forces who oppose them.

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SEX #3

story JOE CASEY
art / cover PIOTR KOWALSKI
MAY 22
32 PAGES / FC / M
$2.99

There are a million stories in Saturn City, and Simon Cooke’s is just one of them! His future may be wide open, but the past is hot on his tail! The Old Man can still get it up! No two ways about it -– this is the perfect time to pay for SEX!  It’s even better than you think!

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SNAPSHOT #4 (of 4)

script ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover  JOCK
MAY 1
32 PAGES / BW / T+ 
$2.99

MINISERIES CONCLUSION!

It all ends here as the awful truth behind a multi-million dollar conspiracy is revealed, with deadly consequences. If young Jake is to survive , what kind of man must he become? And is it worth the price?

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SON OF MERLIN #4

story ROBERT NAPTON
art / cover ZID
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

OSCAILT AMACH!

Morgana has found the brilliant M.I.T. professor and heir to Merlin’s magic, Dr. Simon Ambrose, and will stop at nothing to seize Merlin’s power from his grasp. Simon, however, is untrained in magic and until he is better versed in casting Druid spells, he will need to rely on the safeguards Merlin planned in advance for him to flee Morgana’s wrath. But will it be enough?

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SPAWN #231


story TODD MCFARLANE 

art SZYMON KUDRANSKI
cover TODD MCFARLANE
MAY 1
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99
 

“COMPLEX MESSIAH” Part Three

Who Is In Control? The Man? Or the Monster?

“Complex Messiah” is an epic new story arc, serving as a jumping on point for new readers, as well as the next phase in Spawn’s evolution. As the worldwide fervor around Jim Downing’s miraculous gifts continues to grow, the darkness that lives within him begins to threaten his newfound fame.

Meanwhile, a small group of online friends gain insight into their understanding of the Hellspawn, slowly piecing together a dangerous new theory about the world’s newest “messiah.”

And, somewhere in the shadows, an old enemy lurks.

Also featured: Detective Craig Rowand came to New York looking for clues. That journey brought him face-to-face with evil in the form of the demonic temptress, Hel. Haunted by the encounter, a good man’s steady spiral into madness begins here.

*FOR RETAILER FORM:

For very 25 copies ordered, retailers may order one Todd McFarlane B/W cover.

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SUPER DINOSAUR #20

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art JASON HOWARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover JASON HOWARD
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / E
$2.99

The search for the cure for Derek’s mother takes him and Super Dinosaur to some interesting… and DANGEROUS places.  Will they find it in time?

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THE WALKING DEAD #110

story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
MAY 8
32 PAGES / BW / M
$2.99

Ezekiel vs. Michonne?

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WITCHBLADE #166

story TIM SEELEY
art / cover DIEGO BERNARD
variant cover  JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
MAY 8
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$2.99

“SKELETONS”

Sara Pezzini’s world has become increasingly gray since she became a private investigator. Without the laws and regulations that being a cop used to provide, Sara has no idea whether her actions have been for the greater good or not. But to both put food on the table and stop a more powerful evil, Sara will need to dig up enough dirt to destroy the career of the only decent and honest politician left in Chicago.

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YOUNGBLOOD #78

STORY Rob Liefeld
ART Jon Malin
COVER Rob Liefeld
MAY 29
32 PAGES / FC / T+
3.99

“DARK RISING”

In the wake of Lord Chapel’s return, the Youngblood Corps. assembles en masse to combat the dark lord’s terrible plan to converge with another dimension. Guest starring every Youngblood member featured in the history of Youngblood.

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McFARLANE TOYS SOLICITATIONS FOR MAY 2013

#14437-6 The Walking Dead – Michonne ‘Limited Edition’ Resin Statue

Standing over 14-inches tall; this limited-edition statue captures, in amazing detail, the embodiment of Michonne’s character — with the fearlessness and lethality that has made her a fan favorite in the Walking Dead universe. With acute attention to every decaying detail the Michonne statue was created, developed and designed by Todd McFarlane and his award-winning McFarlane Toys design group, in conjunction with Robert Kirkman and Skybound publishing. This statue also includes a detailed rotating display base with gruesome action at every angle!

Each sequentially numbered piece is hand-signed by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and will include a Certificate of Authenticity hand-signed by Todd McFarlane.

Solid Case Pack Information:

(1) Piece per case. Refer to individual item code above when ordering. Call your retailer for pricing.

Snapshot #1 Gets Second Printing

Snapshot #1 by Andy Diggle and Jock, the Image Comics debut of the renowned creative team, has sold out after hitting stores on February 6. A second printing is set to be on shelves on March 13.

The four-issue, black-and-white mini-series follows Jake Dobson, an ordinary comic book nerd who becomes entangled in a bizarre murder plot when he finds a cell phone with a gruesome photo stored on it. Now, whoever is responsible for the killing depicted wants the phone back and Jack out of the way… permanently!

To celebrate the success of Snapshot — and as a nod to its City-by-the-Bay setting —James Sime, owner of Isotope Comic Book Lounge in San Francisco, is launching a special Snapshot contest for fans of the book!

Simply take a picture of a staged “murder” on your cell phone and post it to Twitter with the hashtag #snapshotcomic or on the Tumblr page snapshotcomic.tumblr.com. The pictures will be posted on the Tumblr page, and selected fans whose pictures are posted will receive a limited edition Snapshot bookplate signed by the series creators. In addition, Diggle and Jock will choose their favorite picture as the grand prize winner, who will receive a piece of original art by Jock from Snapshot!

Snapshot #2 will be in stores on March 6.

Around the Tubes

The weekend is almost here, what’s everyone doing?

Around the Tubes

IGN – Is Warner Bros. Scrapping the Justice League Movie Script? Rut roh raggy…

IGN – Could Venom Be in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Or it’s a teaser as to the third film…

ComicVine – Six DC Titles Canceled, Major Shift In Creative Teams None of this is shocking.

Bleeding Cool – Orson Scott Card, Superman And Here We Go Again My first thought about this announcement too.

Around the Tubes Reviews

CBR – Avengers #5

CBR – Dial H #9

Talking Comics – Epic Kill #8

Examiner – Fearless Defenders #1

Uproxx – Red Team #1

Talking Comics – Snapshot #1

The Beat – Thief of Thieves Vol. 1 – “I Quit.”

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