If you'd like to see a list of EVERYTHING that's available starting in October 2019, you can head over to PreviewsWorld for a look at all of the 3000+ items that are available to order. Before you start poring over this gigantic list of great books, there are a few titles we'd like to bring to your attention. These are the books that we're most looking forward to reading:
THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY 2019
(W/A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Helen Mingjue Chen
A collection of new short stories and art by some of the best in the business including LUKE PEARSON, the creator of the Netflix show Hilda, and a cute whimsical story by The Great British Bake Off finalist KIM-JOY. This anthology is part of the United Kingdom's Thought Bubble Festival which takes place in Yorkshire, Northern England from November 4-10, 2019. All profits from this comic go to Barnardo's, one of the largest children's charities in the UK.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
RUBY FALLS #1 (OF 4)
(W) Ann Nocenti (A/CA) Flavia Biondi
Ruby Falls is a sleepy town. But sleep brings nightmares, and Lana is about to wake up in the middle of her hometown's biggest secret: the "disappearance" of infamously progressive Betty Gallagher during the mobster-ruled heyday of the old mining town. When details of the cold-case murder start to come out through her grandmother Clara's foggy, dementia-jumbled memories, Lana becomes obsessed with cracking the case, even if it splinters the peaceful town-and endangers everything she loves.
From Ann Nocenti (The Seeds, Daredevil) and rising talent Flavia Biondi (Italian artist of La Generazione making her American comics debut) comes Ruby Falls: a neo-noir tale of love, memory, and murder mysteriously woven through three generations of women, and hinging on their individual, intertwined fights for freedom.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
BATMANS GRAVE #1 (OF 12)
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowland (CA) Bryan Hitch
The World’s Greatest Detective must try to inhabit the mind of a murder victim to solve a case—without filling the empty grave next to those of his parents. Can Batman imagine the life of a corpse with a half-eaten face without dying himself?
Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, one of the most legendary creative partnerships of the modern age, reunite in this maxiseries about life, death and the questions most are too afraid to ask.
32pgs, FC (1 of 12) SRP: $3.99
JOKER KILLER SMILE #1 (OF 3)
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Andrea Sorrentino
Everyone knows The Joker doesn’t have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one’s even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn’t matter to the confident, world-beating Dr. Ben Arnell; he’s going to be the one to unravel this unknowable mind. There’s no way The Joker could ever get through the therapeutic walls Ben has built around himself. Right? There’s no way The Joker’s been entering his house at night…right? There’s no way The Joker has stood over his son’s bed, and put that book in his hands, the one with the, the, the…
The Eisner-nominated creative team of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (GREEN ARROW, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story where nothing is as it seems, your eyes can’t be trusted and Mr. Smiles is waiting behind the basement door.
Wait, who’s Mr. Smiles?
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $5.99
SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN #1 (OF 3)
(W) Gene Luen Yang (A/CA) Gurihiru
The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Metropolis’ Chinatown to the center of the bustling city. While Dr. Lee is greeted warmly in his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to their famous hero, Superman!
While Tommy adjusts to the fast pace of the city, Roberta feels out of place, as she tries and fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. As the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. When the Lee family awakens one night to find a burning cross on their lawn, they consider leaving town. But the Daily Planet offers a reward for information on the KKK, and their top two reporters, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, dig into the story.
When Tommy is kidnapped by the KKK, Superman leaps into action—with help from Roberta! But Superman is still new to his powers—he hasn’t even worked out how to fly yet, so he has to run across town. Will Superman and Roberta reach Tommy in time?
Inspired by the 1940s Superman radio serial “Clan of the Fiery Cross,” Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, The Terrifics, New Super-Man) presents his personal retelling of the adventures of the Lee family as they team up with Superman to smash the Klan.
6x9, 80pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $7.99
TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE BATMAN KNIGHTFALL #1
(W) Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins (A) Javi Fernandez (CA) Lee Weeks
Don’t miss this twisted tale from the pages of the game-changing event “Batman: Knightfall”! Thirty years after Bruce Wayne was broken and failed to take back the mantle of the Bat, Jean-Paul Valley, now known as Saint Batman, has turned Gotham into the city of his dreams. In his new order, killing has become commonplace and criminals live in constant fear—all in the name of justice. But just when all seems lost, a new hope for Gotham City rises…the son of Bane!
48pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
X-MEN #1
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Leinil Francis Yu
DAWN OF X!
The X-Men find themselves in a whole new world of possibility… and things have never been better! Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X, SECRET WARS) and superstar artist Leinil Yu (NEW AVENGERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA) reveal the saga of Cyclops and his hand-picked squad of mutant powerhouses!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
EXCALIBUR #1
(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar
A NEW DAWN IS FORGED!
The Otherworld is rocked by war! It is a new era for mutantkind as a new Captain Britain holds the amulet, fighting for the Kingdom of Avalon with her Excalibur at her side - Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee...and Apocalypse.
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
MARAUDERS #1
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Russell Dauterman
THE X-MEN SAIL AT DAWN!
Even in this glorious new dawn, Mutantkind faces hardships and oppression from their human counterparts. Led by Captain Kate Pryde and funded by Emma Frost and the Hellfire Trading Company, Marauders Storm, Pyro, Bishop and Iceman sail the seas of the world to protect those hated and feared!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FULL CIRCLE #1
(W) Nick Spencer & Various (A) Chris Bachalo & Various (CA) Rod Reis
A summons from SHIELD leads Peter Parker into a globe-spanning adventure that will test him as never before, one in which the future of all mankind lies in his gloved, webbed hands! Who is the mysterious prisoner in the steel box who keeps propelling the wall-crawler onward?
Nick Spencer and an all-star team of Marvel’s biggest writers and artists take up the challenge to create the wildest, maddest, most unconventional AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story of all! Guest-starring Nick Fury, Wolverine and Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham!
Rated T
96pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
DOCTOR DOOM #1
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A) Salvador Larroca (CA) Aco
THE CRACK OF DOOM!
From Christopher Cantwell (HALT AND CATCH FIRE, SHE COULD FLY) comes a new monthly ongoing series…
Victor Von Doom – scientist, sorcerer, disfigured face, twisted soul – has been spending much of his time warning against a trillion-dollar global effort to create the first “artificial” black hole. Wrestling with visions of an entirely different life…a better future…DOCTOR DOOM finds himself at a crossroads. (what is he questioning?)
A catastrophic act of terrorism kills thousands, and the prime suspect is… DOOM? Victor will have to push his unexplained thoughts aside and focus on remaining alive as the title of “Most Wanted Man” is thrust upon him….
Left with no homeland, no armies, no allies, indeed, nothing at all, will the reign of Doctor Doom come to an abrupt halt?
Rated T
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE THE TALE OF STEVEN HC
(W) Rebecca Sugar
In 2019, Cartoon Network aired a pivotal episode in its Emmy- and Annie-award nominated series Steven Universe: The hour-long special "Change Your Mind" revealed the highly anticipated culmination of Pink Diamond's storyline. Featuring an unusual and thought-provoking interactive format, readers will follow the story of Pink Diamond's escape from Homeworld, Rose Quartz's life on Earth, and the creation of Steven Universe, from multiple conflicting perspectives. The Tale of Steven will be an irresistible keepsake for Steven Universe fans of all ages.
Picture Book, HC, 10x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
MONEY SHOT #1
(W) Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie (A/CA) Rebekah Isaacs
In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampos, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device. Her big idea: She'll travel to new worlds, engage-intimately-with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore the universe, each other, and the complexities of sex in MONEY SHOT!
A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind-and money.
MATURE THEMES
7x10, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
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IMAGE COMICS
MARKED #1
(W) David Hine, Brian Haberlin (A/CA) Brian Haberlin, Geirrod Van Dyke
SERIES PREMIERE
DOUBLE-SIZED FOR SINGLE PRICE!
THEIR MAGIC IS CHANNELED THROUGH THEIR TATTOOS!
The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You'll believe in magic-terrifying, soul-destroying magic.
MATURE THEMES
40pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
NOMEN OMEN #1 (OF 15)
(W) Marco B. Bucci (A/CA) Jacopo Camagni
SERIES PREMIERE
"TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART," Part One
No matter how fast you run, sooner or later your past will catch up with you. Enter Becky Kumar, a geeky twenty-year-old from New York City who is about to cross the veil between our reality and a realm of otherworldly truths. From writer and RPG creator MARCO B. BUCCI (Magna Veritas, Memento Mori) and artist JACOPO CAMAGNI (X-Men Blue, Deadpool The Duck) comes a tale of tales, witchcraft, and secrets for mature readers that rewires the rules of urban fantasy. #doyouwannaknowasecret
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 15) SRP: $3.99
CHRONONAUTS FUTURESHOCK #1 (OF 4)
(W) Mark Millar (A) Eric Canete (CA) Pasqual Ferry
MINISERIES PREMIERE
THE BOYS ARE BACK.
CHRONONAUTS returns with FUTURESHOCK, as time-traveling physicists Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly attempt to conquer the future with their new machine-The Timehawk. A little older but none the wiser, the best friends return for their biggest mission yet!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
COPRA #1
(W/A/CA) Michel Fiffe
SERIES PREMIERE
COPRA returns in the first issue of its all-new ONGOING SERIES!
Acclaimed comics auteur MICHEL FIFFE picks up where his band of mercenary misfits left off, reintroducing the entire cast of his Suicide Squad-esque revenge machine in a brutal standoff against their own leader. Jump right into the thick of it with the world's greatest action team in this extra-length debut milestone-36 pages for just $3.99!
MATURE THEMES
36pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
DEAD EYES #1
(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) John McCrea
You can't keep a good comic down.
In the 1990s, DEAD EYES was a prolific stick-up man and hoodlum in Boston until he took down one last big score and disappeared. Nobody ever discovered the truth. He retired to be with the love of his life, but now he's back in the mask to save her. No one-not his wife, the mafia, or the cops-is happy that he's out of retirement.
From JOHN McCREA, the artist and co-creator of MYTHIC and Hitman, and GERRY DUGGAN, the writer of ANALOG and DEADPOOL, comes the action, comedy, and drama of Martin Dobbs, a.k.a. DEAD EYES, the man who says he's descended from one of the original gangs of New York City. Get on board the oversized first issue of an all-new ONGOING SERIES for mature readers.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY 2019
(W/A) Becky Cloonan & Various (CA) Helen Mingjue Chen
A collection of new short stories and art by some of the best in the business including LUKE PEARSON, the creator of the Netflix show Hilda, and a cute whimsical story by The Great British Bake Off finalist KIM-JOY. This anthology is part of the United Kingdom's Thought Bubble Festival which takes place in Yorkshire, Northern England from November 4-10, 2019. All profits from this comic go to Barnardo's, one of the largest children's charities in the UK.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
OFTEN WRONG TP VOL 01
(W/A/CA) Farel Dalrymple
THE OFTEN WRONG is a meaty collection of new and old comic stories, paintings and illustrations, "behind-the-scenes" concept art for The Wrenchies, PROXIMA CENTAURI, POP GUN WAR, IT WILL ALL HURT, and over 100 sketchbook drawings by comic book creator FAREL DALRYMPLE.
SC, 360pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
DARK HORSE COMICS
MASK I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE MASK #1 (OF 4)
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A/CA) Patric Reynolds
The best-selling comic series that inspired the blockbuster film returns with gruesome hilarity from the showrunner of AMC's Halt and Catch Fire and Hellboy's Patric Reynolds.
Years ago, a weird mask of unknown origin and limitless power was buried in the cement of an apartment building's basement floor. Edge City and its residents have all but forgotten the mysterious green-faced killer known only as "Big Head." But now, decades later, the bizarre Tex Avery-style killings are happening all over again and are on a collision course with a bizarre political campaign where a homicidal maniac wants to "Make America Green Again"!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
COUNT CROWLEY RELUCTANT MONSTER HUNTER #1 (OF 4)
(W) David Dastmalchain (A/CA) Lukas Ketner
Aspiring reporter Jerri Bartman is furious when she's demoted to hosting the nightly Creature Feature at her small-town TV station. But Jerri quickly learns that there is more to horror hosting than just introducing bad B-movies. Her first night in the costume of her missing predecessor, Count Crowley, finds her face to face with a living, breathing . . . werewolf. Or was she just that drunk?
* Featuring the dynamic creative team of David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner!
* The perfect comic for the Halloween season!
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
RUBY FALLS #1 (OF 4)
(W) Ann Nocenti (A/CA) Flavia Biondi
Ruby Falls is a sleepy town. But sleep brings nightmares, and Lana is about to wake up in the middle of her hometown's biggest secret: the "disappearance" of infamously progressive Betty Gallagher during the mobster-ruled heyday of the old mining town. When details of the cold-case murder start to come out through her grandmother Clara's foggy, dementia-jumbled memories, Lana becomes obsessed with cracking the case, even if it splinters the peaceful town-and endangers everything she loves.
From Ann Nocenti (The Seeds, Daredevil) and rising talent Flavia Biondi (Italian artist of La Generazione making her American comics debut) comes Ruby Falls: a neo-noir tale of love, memory, and murder mysteriously woven through three generations of women, and hinging on their individual, intertwined fights for freedom.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
SPELL ON WHEELS 2 #1 (OF 5)
(W) Kate Leth (A/CA) Megan Levens
The trio of Witches from Spell on Wheels return in this follow up cross country series! Andy, Claire, and Jolene find themselves back on the road when a dark presence from out west possesses Claire. As they follow the I-10 towards danger unknown, the group grapples with phantoms, family drama, cryptids, and crushes. Kate Leth (Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat), Megan Levens (Star Trek: Boldly Go), and Marissa Louise (Hex Wives, Grumble) bring you another chapter in the Spell on Wheels saga!
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $3.99
HELLBOY & BPRD LONG NIGHT AT GOLOSKI STATION
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Matt Smith (CA) Mike Mignola
A quiet night at a rundown Russian train station turns into an all-out demon battle for Hellboy when three sinister interlopers pass through.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID #1 (OF 3)
(W) Cecil Castellucci (A/CA) Zulema Scotto Lavina
Experience the unforgettable tale of Disney's The Little Mermaid through the first-person perspective of Ariel in this comic retelling. Dive into the heart and mind of the mermaid as her world changes before her eyes-her life, and life under the sea, will never be the same.
32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $3.99
UMBRELLA ACADEMY WRAPPING PAPER
Everyone loves to celebrate with family. Why not spend yours with the famous, dysfunctional super-family of the Umbrella Academy? With this set of three sheets of wrapping paper, each measuring 24" x 36", your gifts will certainly be looking super. And of course, the set comes with four labels to make the celebration even more special!
Item SRP: $9.99
HELLBOY WRAPPING PAPER
Even demons love a good celebration! And perhaps this set of wrapping paper is just what you need to complete the party. Each pack comes with three sheets measuring 24"x 36" and four labels. Summon all your best fiends and have the party of a lifetime.
Item SRP: $9.99
DC COMICS
BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1 (OF 6)
(W) Joe Hill (A) Leomacs (CA) Reiko Murakami
The rain lashes the grassy dunes of Brody Island, and seagulls scream above the bay. A slender figure in a raincoat carries a large wicker basket, which looks like it might be full of melons… covered by a bloodstained scrap of the American flag.
This is the story of June Branch, a young woman trapped with four cunning criminals who have snatched her boyfriend for deranged reasons of their own. Now she must fight for her life with the help of an impossible 8th-century Viking axe that can pass through a man's neck in a single swipe-and leave the severed head still conscious and capable of supernatural speech.
Each disembodied head has a malevolent story of its own to tell, and it isn't long before June finds herself in a desperate struggle to hack through their lies and manipulations... racing to save the man she loves before time runs out.
Plus, in the premiere chapter of the backup story "Sea Dogs," which sails across all the Hill House Comics titles!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 6) SRP: $3.99
BATMANS GRAVE #1 (OF 12)
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowland (CA) Bryan Hitch
The World’s Greatest Detective must try to inhabit the mind of a murder victim to solve a case—without filling the empty grave next to those of his parents. Can Batman imagine the life of a corpse with a half-eaten face without dying himself?
Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, one of the most legendary creative partnerships of the modern age, reunite in this maxiseries about life, death and the questions most are too afraid to ask.
32pgs, FC (1 of 12) SRP: $3.99
BIRDS OF PREY #1
(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy
Black Canary’s life has spiraled out of control: her personal life is going through the ringer and her band is in crisis when an old flame resurfaces only to flicker out and set her on an all-new mission against an all-new opponent. The only thing she can be grateful for is the fact that she’s not alone, as Huntress finds herself on a collision course with Black Canary’s quarry at Detective Montoya’s urging. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn has resurfaced outside of Gotham City and out of the Suicide Squad, with a new lease on life that is sure to make everyone else’s life more complicated. And that’s only the first five pages.
Needless to say, the Birds are back in town! With more pressure and higher stakes than they have ever faced before, brought to you by hard-boiled superstar writer Brian Azzarello and the bombshell art team of Emanuela Lupacchino and Ray McCarthy.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
JOKER YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1
(W) John Carpenter, Anthony Burch (A/CA) Philip Tan, Marc Deering
In the Year of the Villain, what’s a Clown Prince of Crime to do when the world has started to accept doing bad as the only way to live? Out-bad everyone else, of course! The Joker is on a mission to get his mojo back and prove to the world that there is no greater villainy than the kind that leaves you laughing.
This special one-shot is co-written by legendary film auteur John Carpenter (The Thing, Halloween) and Anthony Burch (the Borderlands video games), making for a Joker comic that’s twisted in ways you never imagined!
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
BLACK ADAM YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1
(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Inaki Miranda (CA) Klaus Janson, John RomitaJr
Spinning out of the events of BATMAN/SUPERMAN, Shazam! (infected by the Batman Who Laughs) invades Black Adam’s kingdom! His plan? To turn it into a playground for its new ruler: Billy Batson!
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
BATMAN #251 FACSIMILE EDITION
(W) Dennis O'Neil (A/CA) Neal Adams, Dick Giordano
It’s “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge”—and it will take everything Batman has to stop the Clown Prince of Crime’s homicidal rampage! Don’t miss this 1973 classic in this new facsimile edition!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
JOKER HARLEY CRIMINAL SANITY #1 (OF 9)
(W) Kami Garcia (A) Mico Suayan, Mike Mayhew (CA) Francesco Mattina
In Gotham City, where heinous acts of violence are a daily occurrence, the GCPD relies on Harley Quinn, a young forensic psychiatrist and profiler, to consult on their toughest cases. But Harley is haunted by one unsolved case—the night she discovered her roommate’s body marked with the signature of a notorious serial killer known as The Joker.
Five years later, the case remains unsolved and a new series of horrific murders occur throughout the city. As the murders escalate, Harley’s obsession with finding the depraved psychopath responsible leads her down a dangerous path. When the past and the present finally collide, Harley has to decide how far she is willing to go—and how many lines she is willing to cross—to solve these cases once and for all.
Written by #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Kami Garcia (co-author of Beautiful Creatures, author of Unbreakable and X-Files: Agents of Chaos) with art by Mico Suayan (Bloodshot: Reborn) and Mike Mayhew (The Star Wars), JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY introduces readers to a Joker and Harley Quinn unlike any they’ve seen before, utilizing forensic psychiatry, behavior analysis (profiling) and psychological profiles to create a true-to-life take on these iconic characters that is more terrifying than any psychotic fantasy.
(1 of 9) SRP: $5.99
JOKER KILLER SMILE #1 (OF 3)
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Andrea Sorrentino
Everyone knows The Joker doesn’t have the most promising history with psychotherapists. In fact, no one’s even been able to diagnose him. But that doesn’t matter to the confident, world-beating Dr. Ben Arnell; he’s going to be the one to unravel this unknowable mind. There’s no way The Joker could ever get through the therapeutic walls Ben has built around himself. Right? There’s no way The Joker’s been entering his house at night…right? There’s no way The Joker has stood over his son’s bed, and put that book in his hands, the one with the, the, the…
The Eisner-nominated creative team of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (GREEN ARROW, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story where nothing is as it seems, your eyes can’t be trusted and Mr. Smiles is waiting behind the basement door.
Wait, who’s Mr. Smiles?
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $5.99
LAST GOD #1
(W) Philip Kennedy Johnson (A) Ricardo Federici & Various (CA) Kai Carpenter
THE LAST GOD tells the story of two fellowships of heroes struggling with the same threat…30 years apart. One group will doom their world, the other must save it.
Thirty years ago, a band of heroes traveled beyond the borders of creation and killed the last living god, saving the realm of Cain Anuun from an apocalyptic army of the undead. The legendary companions became the rulers of their world and ushered in a new era of peace and prosperity. But it did not last.
Now the foul legions of the Last God march once more, laying waste to all of Cain Anuun and revealing that the aging fellowship may not be the great heroes they claim to be. With the world burning down around them, a new group of unlikely champions must band together and accomplish what no other has done: kill the Last God, once and for all.
THE LAST GOD: BOOK ONE OF THE FELLSPYRE CHRONICLES is a high-octane, no-holds-barred dark fantasy epic from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Last Sons of America, Warlords of Appalachia, AQUAMAN) and artist Riccardo Federici (DARK NIGHTS: METAL, AQUAMAN), featuring additional work from Kai Carpenter (BOOKS OF MAGIC), Dean White (ALL-STAR BATMAN, Uncanny X-Force) and Jared Blando (Dungeons & Dragons).
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
METAL MEN #1 (OF 12)
(W) Dan DiDio (A) Shane Davis, Michelle Delecki (CA) Shane Davis
The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus’ lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse… (STL134152)
32pgs, FC (1 of 12) SRP: $3.99
RWBY #1 (OF 7)
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Mirka Andolfo (CA) Sarah Stone
In a world rife with monsters known as Grimm, the prestigious Beacon Academy trains the next generation of hunters and huntresses. Tying in with the hit Rooster Teeth web series RWBY, follow the adventures of team RWBY, comprising bruiser Yang Xiao Long, elegant Weiss Schnee, stealthy Blake Belladonna and courageous leader Ruby Rose, as they protect the world from all manner of Grimm!
32pgs, FC (1 of 7) SRP: $3.99
SANDMAN UNIVERSE SPECIAL HELLBLAZER #1
(W) Si Spurrier (A) Marcio Takara (CA) Bilquis Evely
The second year of the Sandman Universe begins with the long-awaited arrival of one of DC’s most iconic characters…John Constantine, Hellblazer!
He’s cheated death and damnation more times than he can count, but never like this. Long ago, in the crucible of a magical war waged across countless futures, Constantine was murdered by an all-powerful adversary: a twisted version of Timothy Hunter, bloated with evil.
But over the past year strange forces have conspired to restart Tim Hunter’s tale, and somehow—amid sorcery, insanity and secret agendas—this older, wiser, wilier shade of Constantine has been dragged back with it. Unlike young Tim, John remembers every second of a life that went very, very wrong. Now he must ask himself why he, the last person in the world to deserve a second chance, has been given one. Is John Constantine here to put Tim Hunter on the right track and avert a terrible outcome? Or is it because he’s the only person in existence with the guts to do what REALLY must be done? After all, he’s a nasty piece of work, chief…ask anybody.
This oversize one-shot sets the stage, and is the perfect jumping-on point, for a new era of Sandman Universe tales beginning in November…and is the official start of the strangest chapter yet in John Constantine’s long life!
MATURE THEMES
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE #1
(W) Paul Dini & Various (A) Rafael Albuquerque & Various (CA) John RomitaJr, Bill Sienkiewicz
Witness what hides within the Sinister House—the DCU’s most horrific secrets and mysteries! Travel alongside Harley Quinn, John Constantine, Detective Chimp, Zatanna, the Atom and others as they face this macabre devastation firsthand! And in the bowels of this dark mansion…we return to the world of the legendary Red Rain to meet once again with the dreaded vampire Batman. Don’t miss this year’s DC Halloween special—because if you do, it’ll haunt you!
Item SRP: $9.99
SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN #1 (OF 3)
(W) Gene Luen Yang (A/CA) Gurihiru
he year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Metropolis’ Chinatown to the center of the bustling city. While Dr. Lee is greeted warmly in his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to their famous hero, Superman!
While Tommy adjusts to the fast pace of the city, Roberta feels out of place, as she tries and fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. As the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. When the Lee family awakens one night to find a burning cross on their lawn, they consider leaving town. But the Daily Planet offers a reward for information on the KKK, and their top two reporters, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, dig into the story.
When Tommy is kidnapped by the KKK, Superman leaps into action—with help from Roberta! But Superman is still new to his powers—he hasn’t even worked out how to fly yet, so he has to run across town. Will Superman and Roberta reach Tommy in time?
Inspired by the 1940s Superman radio serial “Clan of the Fiery Cross,” Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, The Terrifics, New Super-Man) presents his personal retelling of the adventures of the Lee family as they team up with Superman to smash the Klan.
6x9, 80pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $7.99
TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE BATMAN KNIGHTFALL #1
(W) Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins (A) Javi Fernandez (CA) Lee Weeks
Don’t miss this twisted tale from the pages of the game-changing event “Batman: Knightfall”! Thirty years after Bruce Wayne was broken and failed to take back the mantle of the Bat, Jean-Paul Valley, now known as Saint Batman, has turned Gotham into the city of his dreams. In his new order, killing has become commonplace and criminals live in constant fear—all in the name of justice. But just when all seems lost, a new hope for Gotham City rises…the son of Bane!
48pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE DEATH OF SUPERMAN #1
(W) Jeff Loveness (A) Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy (CA) Lee Weeks
The Dark Multiverse takes on the highest-selling comic book event of all time—the Death of Superman! In a broken world much like our own, Lois Lane, twisted by rage and grief, becomes the Eradicator and takes revenge on those who let Superman die, and the corrupt world he could never defeat. Now, with the power of a god, she’s going to end the battle by any means necessary…and the Reign of the Supermen will be over before it begins!
48pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
AQUAMAN ANNUAL #2
(W) Kelly Sue DeConnick, Vita Ayala (A/CA) Victor Ibanez
A “Year of the Villain” tie-in issue! When an assassination attempt on Aquaman tears through Amnesty Bay’s Founders Day festival, tensions between Aquaman and the people of his city reach an all-time high. Worse, Aquaman’s dog Salty has gone missing! Can Aquaman save the festival and find his dog before Amnesty Bay tears itself apart?
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
BATMAN ANNUAL #4
(W) Tom King (A) Lee Weeks, Jorge Fornes (CA) Lee Weeks
In this new annual, it’s two unique stories by BATMAN mastermind Tom King! First, King reteams with Lee Weeks, his collaborator on the Eisner-nominated BATMAN/ELMER FUDD #1 to send the Caped Crusader into space in search of the rare element he needs to save a life on Earth. But what terrible gauntlet of tyrants and monsters will he have to go through to reach his objective? Then, it’s back down to Earth and the grimy streets of Gotham City as King and acclaimed newcomer Jorge Fornés task the Dark Knight Detective with a dangerous case only he can solve.
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS ANNUAL #1
(W) Bryan Hill (A) Max Raynor (CA) Dexter Soy
The soul of Katana’s husband, Maseo, is experiencing great unrest within her sword! The Outsiders must find a way to relieve him, or else the blade itself may shatter, unleashing not only Maseo but whatever unknown spirits and sorcery are trapped with him in the Pandora’s box of Katana’s blade!
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2
(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Travis Moore (CA) Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund
The bullet that shattered Nightwing’s life was the shot fired by the KGBeast in the now-infamous BATMAN #55—and it changed the course of Dick “Ric” Grayson’s career. Gone were the memories and alliances that once defined him, replaced by a near blank-slate persona.
Now go inside those early moments of Ric’s new life, his strained reunion with a stranger named Bruce Wayne and an entire life turned upside down. But amid the chaos lies opportunity…not for Ric, but for an old foe who’s been waiting a lifetime for a moment like this. Echoes of the past return in a story that tees up Nightwing’s own Year of the Villain!
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #3
(W) Steve Orlando (A) V Kenneth Marion, Sandu Florea (CA) Tyler Kirkham
An EVENT LEVIATHAN tie-in issue! Years ago, Wonder Woman saved young Maria Paul from an explosive standoff between A.R.G.U.S. and the insurgent Sons of Liberty. By pulling that child from an inferno of hate, Wonder Woman changed her life. Diana watched Maria grow up into one of A.R.G.U.S.’s top agents. Every step of the way, Wonder Woman mentored Maria, taking her on her first mission – a daring rescue in Gorilla City. But when Leviathan decimates A.R.G.U.S., Diana’s absence causes Maria to question everything, pushing her toward Leviathan itself. And when she does… the truth about her fiery rescue by Wonder Woman might just kill her.
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
IDW PUBLISHING
AUG190705
STAR WARS ADVENTURES RETURN TO VADERS CASTLE #1
(W) Cavan Scott (CA) Francesco Francavilla
This exciting weekly series explores the hidden corners of the Star Wars Galaxy and features a wretched hive of scum and villainy including Darth Maul, Grand Moff Tarkin, Asajj Ventress, Jabba the Hutt-all under the shadow of Darth Vader!
Fans will be excited to discover these creepy stories by fan-favorite writer Cavan Scott, with art by the greatest talent from across the galaxy, including Nicoletta Baldari, Nick Brokenshire, Francesco Francavilla, Kelley Jones, Megan Levens, and Charles Paul Wilson III! Covers by Eisner-winning artist Francesco Francavilla! Collect them all!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
ADDAMS FAMILY THE BODIES
(W) Zoe Quinn (A/CA) Philip Murphy
While searching the Addams library for the creepiest grimoire, Wednesday Addams discovers a mysterious tome that promises true empowerment to the young woman who wields it. Wednesday decides to complete the dark rituals hidden within this Eleventeen magazine-and achieve ultimate power.
* A tie-in to the new Addams Family animated film, in theaters October 2019!
36pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
ROM DIRE WRAITHS #1 (OF 3)
(W) Chris Ryall (A) Luca Pizarri & Various (CA) Luca Pizarri
"Inhumanauts," Part 1: In 1969, two American astronauts became the first humans to set foot on Earth's moon... but they found something inhuman waiting for them! With Rom the Spaceknight nowhere in sight, can even the Earth Corp help prevent one giant leap for Wraithkind? Plus! Find out where Rom is in a special back-up story with art by Guy Dorian Sr. and Rom legend Sal Buscema!
* The return of Rom!
* Helmed by Rom fan-favorite writer Chris Ryall and new-to-ROM artist Luca Pizzari (Weapon X, Black Knight)!
36pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $4.99
COBRA KAI KARATE KID SAGA CONTINUES #1 (OF 4)
(W) Denton J. Tipton (A/CA) Kagan McLeod
"JOHNNY'S STORY," Part 1. See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament Champion. When the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or so goes the story Sensei Lawrence tells his students nearly 35 years later. Written by Denton J. Tipton (X-Files) and illustrated by Kagan McLeod (Infinite Kung Fu). Based on the hit YouTube Original series Cobra Kai!
* The classic Karate Kid movie story told for the first time from Johnny Lawrence's POV!
* Each issue features exciting variant cover art with photos of the cast and other iconic images!
* Story by Denton J. Tipton sure to please Cobra Kai and Karate Kid fans old and new alike!
* Illustrated by Kagan McLeod of Infinite Kung Fu fame!
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
STAR TREK VOYAGER MIRRORS & SMOKE
(W) Paul Allor (A/CA) J. K. Woodward
Stranded far from the ruins of the Terran Empire, Captain Janeway of the rebel ship Voyager has crowned herself Pirate Queen of the Delta Quadrant! Of course, the locals won't give in without a fight-especially not scavengers Neelix and Kes. And who is this apparent Terran who calls herself Annika Hansen? Find out in Mirror Voyager's amazing comic book debut!
36pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
LOCKE & KEY NAILED IT
(W) Joe Hill (A) Gabriel Rodriguez (CA) Jay Fotos
In 2013, the Locke family saga came to a close. Or did it? Some doors, once closed, can never be opened again. While others shouldn't be reopened ever again… Please join us for a return to the Locke & Key mythos with a new story by series creators Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodríguez, plus a behind-the-scenes look at the Locke and Key TV series and a 5-page preview of an all-new series by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds!
36pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
LUPUS TP
(W/A/CA) Frederik Peeters
Lupus Lablennorre is a man on the run. Like a cosmic Odysseus, he wanders from planet to planet, haunted by his past and orbiting around a woman. It starts as a fishing trip with his ex-military pal Tony. Their lifelong friendship has started to feel different lately, and not just because of the drugs. Picking up Sanaa, a wealthy and mysterious runaway, only complicates the situation. When tragedy strikes and they're forced to flee, new worlds await with many ways to disappear. But Lupus will find that the tendrils of friendship, love, and family are not so easily severed. Armed with astonishingly expressive brushwork and a dreamy, intimate narrative, Frederick Peeters drifts on the solar winds to a new understanding of memory, guilt, isolation, and connection.
Award-winning Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters (Blue Pills) soars to new heights with an existential interplanetary epic that never strays far from the human heart.
"Love and Rockets as told by the Swiss… a beautifully realized comic-epic-romance of the type that would appeal strongly to American readers. Its easy juxtapositions of the mundane and the spectacular are genuinely moving and the completion of the story is wonderfully satisfying. This is both a well-crafted page-turner and a book that rewards multiple re-readings. Does that make it a masterpiece? I suppose it probably does."-Bart Beaty, The Comics Reporter
SC, 9x11, 392pgs, B&W SRP: $29.99
MARVEL COMICS
X-MEN #1
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Leinil Francis Yu
DAWN OF X!
The X-Men find themselves in a whole new world of possibility… and things have never been better! Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X, SECRET WARS) and superstar artist Leinil Yu (NEW AVENGERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA) reveal the saga of Cyclops and his hand-picked squad of mutant powerhouses!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
EXCALIBUR #1
(W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA) Mahmud Asrar
A NEW DAWN IS FORGED!
The Otherworld is rocked by war! It is a new era for mutantkind as a new Captain Britain holds the amulet, fighting for the Kingdom of Avalon with her Excalibur at her side - Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee...and Apocalypse.
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
MARAUDERS #1
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Russell Dauterman
THE X-MEN SAIL AT DAWN!
Even in this glorious new dawn, Mutantkind faces hardships and oppression from their human counterparts. Led by Captain Kate Pryde and funded by Emma Frost and the Hellfire Trading Company, Marauders Storm, Pyro, Bishop and Iceman sail the seas of the world to protect those hated and feared!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
AMAZING FANTASY #15 FACSIMILE EDITION
(W) Stan Lee (A) Steve Ditko (CA) Jack Kirby
The landmark, industry-changing issue that introduced the Amazing Spider-Man! When high school wallflower Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, his life is transformed — first for the better, then for the worse! With his new array of arachnid abilities — including speed, strength, agility and, thanks to his scientific know-how, spinning webs — Peter seeks fame as the costumed celebrity called Spider-Man! But his cavalier attitude soon comes back to haunt him, and shatter the lives of his beloved Uncle Ben and Aunt May! Peter Parker is about to learn a powerful lesson, one that has never been taught better than by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko: With great power there must also come great responsibility! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING FANTASY (1962) #15.
All Ages
32pgs SRP: $3.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
(W) Stan Lee (A/CA) Jack Kirby
Meet the Incredible Hulk — for the first time! Re-experience the landmark issue that introduced the strangest being of all: Is he man or monster…or is he both? When puny scientist Bruce Banner’s gamma bomb experiment is interrupted by young Rick Jones, Banner charges onto the test site to rescue the reckless teen — and ends up caught in the blast! When the sun falls, a hulking new form rises — with gray skin, not green! A weakling no longer, the world is his — for he is the Hulk! But who, or what, is the Gargoyle? What are his plans for this newly-minted monster? And will it be the Hulk, or Bruce Banner, who triumphs over this Iron Curtain evil? It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #1.
All Ages
32pgs SRP: $3.99
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE IMMORTAL HULK #1
(W) Al Ewing (A) Filipe Andrade (CA) Kyle Hotz
Before his untimely death, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross was the Red Hulk and, for a time, bonded to the Venom symbiote alongside Alejandra Jones and Laura Kinney. Now, Ross’ corpse has been unearthed, though why and by whom remain shrouded in mystery. With the gamma material in Ross’ body possibly in nefarious hands, that’s just what Bruce Banner intends to find out – one way or another!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
AMAZING MARY JANE #1
(W) Leah Williams (A) Carlos E. Gomez (CA) Humberto Ramos
SPINNING RIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!
“YOU JUST HIT THE JACKPOT!” ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES!
The web-head’s favorite redhead (and yours!) is taking a chance on her dreams. But if you’ve read ASM #25, you’ll know MYSTERIO is behind Mary Jane’s big shot, and someone worse is behind him! What’s real and what’s illusion, what’s illusion and what’s Hollywood phoniness? This fall, Leah Williams (AGE OF X-MEN: EXTREMISTS; GIANT MAN) and Carlos Gomez (UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL, Red Sonja) bring you all this intrigue plus more action, glamor, grit, and – we’ll say it – sass than anyone’s previously dared fit in five fabulous issues! Face it: you don’t wanna miss this!
Rated T
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FULL CIRCLE #1
(W) Nick Spencer & Various (A) Chris Bachalo & Various (CA) Rod Reis
A summons from SHIELD leads Peter Parker into a globe-spanning adventure that will test him as never before, one in which the future of all mankind lies in his gloved, webbed hands! Who is the mysterious prisoner in the steel box who keeps propelling the wall-crawler onward?
Nick Spencer and an all-star team of Marvel’s biggest writers and artists take up the challenge to create the wildest, maddest, most unconventional AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story of all! Guest-starring Nick Fury, Wolverine and Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham!
Rated T
96pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
SPIDER-VERSE #1
(W) Jed MacKay (A) Juan Frigeri & Various (CA) Wendell Dalit
• Miles Morales finally feels like he GETS this Spider-Man stuff… and then falls through a portal!
• But isn’t the WEB OF LIFE & DESTINY destroyed? Maybe not, True Believer. But who spun this new web?
• Regardless, Miles finds himself at the center of a multiversal adventure that will feature a who’s who of creators and characters as the series spins forward!
• And each issue features #SPIDERSONAS from some of the biggest Spidey fans and comic creators both!
Rated T+
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES RESPAWN #1
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
THE HORROR SMASH-HIT LIVES AGAIN!
When Galactus’ corpse appears at the edge of Earth’s solar system, the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus’ body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into the universe’s most terrifying predators! As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from the infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe?
Don’t miss the FIRST ISSUE of this terrifying new vision of the classic Marvel tale!
Rated T+
40pgs SRP: $4.99
RED GOBLIN RED DEATH #1
(W) Patrick Gleason & Various (A) Pete Woods (CA) Philip Tan
DEAD IS THE NEW RED!
In order to finally destroy Spider-Man once and for all Norman Osborn joined himself with the Carnage symbiote, becoming the Red Goblin! Here at last are the untold stories of the Red Goblin’s rein of madness and mayhem! So grab your greatest goblin gear and rend your raiments red, for the Red Goblin rides again!
Parental Advisory
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
GHOST RIDER #1
(W) Ed Brisson (A/CA) Aaron Kuder
ALL HELLS BREAK LOOSE!
The Brothers Ghost Rider are back! Johnny Blaze ain’t just the king of Hell—he’s the warden too. He’s the first line of defense between the demonic hordes trying to escape the joint and the lords of other hells making a play for his throne and all the power that comes with it – including a certain evil queen from his past! Meanwhile, Danny Ketch never wanted to be a Ghost Rider. Now that his brother’s in charge downstairs, Ketch must take on the duty of Earth’s Spirit of Vengeance full-time—no matter how much he’d rather be doing anything else... Superstar creative team ED BRISSON (EXTERMINATION) and AARON KUDER (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) redefine the Marvel Universe’s supernatural underbelly for a brutal new era! PLUS: the first installment of the Caretaker Chronicles! Forget everything you thought you knew!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
FANTASTIC FOUR GRAND DESIGN #1 (OF 2)
(W/A/CA) Tom Scioli
Because you demanded it! The bestselling GRAND DESIGN franchise continues with Marvel’s First Family! Brought to you by critically-acclaimed cartoonist TOM SCIOLI (GODLAND, TRANSFORMERS VS. GI JOE) in the sole-authorship tradition made famous by ED PISKOR’S X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trilogy! Join the Watcher and witness how it all began… Plus appearances by your faves: Doctor Doom! Black Panther! Namor! Galactus! Mole Man! The Inhumans!
Rated T
48pgs, FC (1 of 2) SRP: $5.99
DOCTOR DOOM #1
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A) Salvador Larroca (CA) Aco
THE CRACK OF DOOM!
From Christopher Cantwell (HALT AND CATCH FIRE, SHE COULD FLY) comes a new monthly ongoing series…
Victor Von Doom – scientist, sorcerer, disfigured face, twisted soul – has been spending much of his time warning against a trillion-dollar global effort to create the first “artificial” black hole. Wrestling with visions of an entirely different life…a better future…DOCTOR DOOM finds himself at a crossroads. (what is he questioning?)
A catastrophic act of terrorism kills thousands, and the prime suspect is… DOOM? Victor will have to push his unexplained thoughts aside and focus on remaining alive as the title of “Most Wanted Man” is thrust upon him….
Left with no homeland, no armies, no allies, indeed, nothing at all, will the reign of Doctor Doom come to an abrupt halt?
Rated T
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
BIZARRE ADVENTURES #1
(W) Jed MacKay & Various (A) Francesco Manna & Various (CA) Carlos Pacheco
PREPARE FOR THE BIZARRE!
To celebrate Marvel’s 80th we’re resurrecting one of its wildest creations, BIZARRE ADVENTURES! Within these pages you will see Shang-Chi take on a martial arts master, Ulysses Bloodstone battle a master of the dark arts, Dracula meet his match, and the Marvel debut of Achewood’s Chris Onstad! These adventures will be thrilling, exciting and most definitely BIZARRE!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
FUTURE FIGHT FIRSTS WHITE FOX #1
(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Kevin Libranda, More (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
THE SUPER SPY FROM THE MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT MOBILE GAME STARS IN HER OWN ONE-SHOT!
Ami Han is WHITE FOX: a spy, a superhero, and the last of the kumiho, a mystical race of shapeshifters.
But who was she before she became White Fox? And what happened to the rest of the kumiho?
Also featuring MARVEL’S FUTURE AVENGERS in an all-new story!
Rated T
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
FUTURE FIGHT FIRSTS LUNA SNOW #1
(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Lim, Gang Hyuk, More (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
THE K-POP CRIME-FIGHTER FROM THE MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT MOBILE GAME STARS IN HER OWN ONE-SHOT!
As a South Korean pop sensation, Seol Hee melt her fans’ hearts…and now as Luna Snow she has the power to freeze her enemies!
How does Luna juggle being an international pop star with battling evil as a Super Hero?
How did she gain her powers and what does Stark Industries have to do with it?
Also featuring MARVEL’S FUTURE AVENGERS in an all-new story!
Rated T
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
FUTURE FIGHT FIRSTS CRESCENT & IO #1
(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Jon Lam, More (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
THE ALL-NEW DUO FROM THE MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT MOBILE GAME STAR IN THEIR OWN ONE-SHOT!
How did Dan Bi, a young girl from South Korea, first bring an ancient mystical bear spirit into the modern world?
How did this unlikely duo become the evil-smashing team known as Crescent and Io?
Also featuring MARVEL’S FUTURE AVENGERS in an all-new story!
Rated T
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
CONTAGION #1 (OF 5)
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Roge Antonio & Various (CA) Juan Jose Ryp
A NEW EVIL BEYOND UNDERSTANDING COMES TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
A seemingly unstoppable force has invaded the Marvel Universe, and it’s going to take every hero the streets of New York has to stop it! A strange substance is taking over heroes and citizens alike, draining them of their life force, stealing their knowledge and abilities, and neither science nor magic can stop it! Where did it come from? Can anything destroy it? And who will fall to its awful, overwhelming power?
Parental Advisory
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $3.99
SAVAGE AVENGERS ANNUAL #1
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Ron Garney (CA) Mike Deodato
A barbarian walks into a brothel and thus begins another adventure in the life of Conan of Cimmeria. Human traffickers finally meet an immovable human. Black Widow is drawn into the intrigue by following the trail of bodies left by Kulan Gath’s henchman, and a last prayer from one of the trafficked women summons an unexpected angel, the Son Of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom. It’s the Marvel team-up you didn’t know you needed until now. Pre-order Savage Avengers Annual # 1 or go to hell.
Parental Advisory
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
DOCTOR STRANGE ANNUAL #1
(W) Pornsak Pichetshote, Tini Howard (A) Andy MacDonald, Lalit Kumar Sharma (CA) Ariel Olivetti
The Sanctum Sanctorum holds all of the bizarre and dark relics that Doctor Strange has accumulated on his journey as the Sorcerer Supreme. But when one of those relics awakens and begins wreaking havoc in the halls, will Doctor Strange be able to wrangle back control…or will his Sanctum be transformed into his own personal hell? Find out in this epic Annual from Tini Howard (THANOS), Pornsak Pitchetshote (INFIDEL), and more!
Rated T+
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
JOURNEY STAR WARS RISE SKYWALKER ALLEGIANCE #1
(W) Sacks, Ethan (A) Luke Ross (CA) Marco Checchetto
BEFORE THE EXCITING EVENTS OF STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER!
Hounded by the FIRST ORDER across the galaxy, the RESISTANCE is in dire need of ships, weapons and recruits to make a final stand against KYLO REN'S forces. Desperation drives a delegation led by GENERAL LEIA ORGANA and REY to entreat the Rebel veteran's one-time allies, THE MON CALAMARI, to join the fight - but decades after Imperial occupation enslaved their planet, there are those willing to stop at nothing to prevent another war from bloodying the waters of Mon Cala. A system away, POE DAMERON and FINN have their own mission: to hunt down a weapons cache on the remote moon of Avedot, unaware that they are being hunted by the most notorious criminal gang in the galaxy.
Rated T
40pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
AUG191125
STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA ANNUAL #3
(W) Si Spurrier (A/CA) Elsa Charretier
THE ARRANGEMENT – A DONE-IN-ONE TALE!
• MOS EISLEY: you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy -- and even from far away DOCTOR APHRA wears this place like a glove...
• Caught in her wake, struggling beast-hunters WINLOSS AND NOKK are about to cross paths with their most monstrous adversary yet...
• Oh blast, is that BLACK KRRSANTAN? And is there really an audience with JABBA THE HUTT up for grabs?
Rated T
32pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
VENGEANCE OF VAMPIRELLA #1
(W) Tom Sniegoski (A) Michael Sta. Maria (CA) Joshua Middleton
Originally debuting in 1994, Vengeance of Vampirella portrayed a more savage and feral look at the Daughter of Drakulon. Now, for the 50th Anniversary of Vampirella, original series writer Tom Sniegoski (joined by the incredible art of Michael Sta. Maria) is back and issue #1 features a host of incredible cover artists.
Set 25 years after the initial series, Vampirella is Dead!? Long Live Vampirella!
Humanity holds on, but barely, the playthings and slaves of a multitude of supernatural monstrosities that have made the earth their own. Mistress Nyx continues to rule the planet, her Chaos Lords reigning over the various regions of the world, but she is getting bored – There’s no one to challenge her! That is, until a small, but determined rebellion finds what could be their savior or seal their doom!
This new series – and anniversary event – is not to be missed!
THOMAS E. SNIEGOSKI is the author of more than two dozen novels for adults, teens, and children. His teen fantasy YA series Fallen was adapted into a trilogy of monstrously successful TV movies by ABC Family Channel. His other books for teens include Sleeper Code, Sleeper Agenda, Legacy, and Force Majeure, as well as the series The Brimstone Network. The author's first adult novel, A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, developed into a series of novels about the character Remy Chandler.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
BLACK TERROR #1
(W) Max Bemis (A) Matt Gaudio (CA) Francesco Francavilla
Bob Benton has settled into his "boring" life of being a pharmacist. A daily routine, a co-worker he has a crush on…these are the things that keep him happy. But creeping below the surface are his memories of being a hero. Struggling against his urges to fight crime, he is suddenly sent down a path he thought he had left behind, wanting…needing to be a vigilante, ready to once again punch crime in the face and become the Black Terror!
Join Max Bemis (Moon Knight, Foolkiller) and Matt Gaudio (John Wick, Bettie Page) as they take you for a ride through the life of superhero and all the weirdness along the way.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
BOOM! STUDIOS
STRANGE SKIES OVER EAST BERLIN #1
(W) Jeff Loveness (A) Lisandro Estherren (CA) Evan Cagle
MANKIND MADE IT TO SPACE. AND NOW SPACE HAS FOLLOWED THEM BACK.
* Herring is a disillusioned American spy stationed on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall, struggling with his role in a Cold War that seems to have no end. But when he's sent on a mission behind enemy lines to infiltrate East German intelligence, he soon learns the Soviets have a secret weapon that could change the tides of the conflict: an alien monster that they don't understand, and can't control.
* The Soviets are about to learn that they're not in charge of the monster it's already in their minds and has twisted them to their will. Now now Herring must find a way to understand the impossible before it transforms him into a monster unlike any other.
* Writer Jeff Loveness ( Judas ) and Lisandro Estherren ( Redneck ) team up for a story in the spirit of Cold War classics, for fans of period piece science fiction as well as alien action such as Barrier.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
BUFFY VAMPIRE SLAYER ANGEL HELLMOUTH #1
(W) Jordie Bellaire, Jeremy Lambert (A) Eleonora Carlini (CA) Jenny Frison
THE FIRST EVENT OF THE ALL-NEW BUFFY UNIVERSE STARTS HERE!
* Buffy Summers, the Slayer, has one job... keep the forces of hell from coming to Earth through, uh, Hellmouth. Here's the bad news.she might have failed.
* The Mistress Drusilla and her ally, Spike, have found a weapon to open the Hellmouth and unleash unspeakable evil across the town and the world.
* With time running out, Buffy must team up with a new ally that she doesn't fully trust.the vampire vigilante known as Angel! Can these two find a way to work together before the Hellmouth opens - or these two decide they might be each other's greatest enemy?
* From Eisner Award-nominated writer Jordie Bellaire and rising star Jeremy Lambert ( Doom Patrol ) and Eleonora Carlini ( Saban's Go Go Power Rangers ) comes the first massive event of the Buffyverse.one that threatens to shake the entire fabric of reality. This is an absolute must read from the mind of creator Joss Whedon!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE SPECIAL #1
(W) Kevin Panetta (A) Kendall Goode (CA) Xermanico
* Becky Lynch, The Man, is ready to be part of the new Friday Night Smackdown. As she prepares for the big moment, Becky finds herself in a backstage adventure, encountering WWE Legends; Undertaker, the Hardy Boyz, Kurt Angle, and others, side by side with the current Smackdown Roster.
* Join Becky Lynch backstage of WWE SMACKDOWN as she explores the best that WWE has to offer!
* Featuring a super-sized 25 page story from Kevin Panetta (WWE) and Kendall Goode (WWE: Undertaker), this will have you ready for the premiere of Smackdown Live! on FOX, October 4.
32pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
GIANT DAYS AS TIME GOES BY #1
(W) John Allison (A) Max Sarin (CA) John Allison
* One year after their graduation from university, Esther De Groot and Daisy Wooten are back in Sheffield for a reunion with Susan and McGraw.
* The year apart has not been easy for all of them, and this reunion will only draw out the secrets they have all been keeping for too long!
* The series finale of one of the most acclaimed comics series of the decade reveals the future of everyone's favorite best friends!
7x10, 48pgs, FC SRP: $7.99
OTHER PUBLISHERS
CIMMERIAN QUEEN OF BLACK COAST #1
(W) Jean-David Morvan (A) Pierre Alary (CA) Jason Metcalf
By Crom! For the first time, Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life uncensored! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! Pursued for killing a judge, Conan finds refuge on a merchant ship. But soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions face a threat: the legendary Bêlit, self-proclaimed Queen of the Black Coast! Bonus Material: The original Robert E. Howard short story is included!
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
STEVEN UNIVERSE THE TALE OF STEVEN HC
(W) Rebecca Sugar
In 2019, Cartoon Network aired a pivotal episode in its Emmy- and Annie-award nominated series Steven Universe: The hour-long special "Change Your Mind" revealed the highly anticipated culmination of Pink Diamond's storyline. Featuring an unusual and thought-provoking interactive format, readers will follow the story of Pink Diamond's escape from Homeworld, Rose Quartz's life on Earth, and the creation of Steven Universe, from multiple conflicting perspectives. The Tale of Steven will be an irresistible keepsake for Steven Universe fans of all ages.
Picture Book, HC, 10x9, 48pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
COMMUTE ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR OF FEMALE SHAME HC
(W) Erin Williams
In Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters as well as memories of her battle with alcoholism, addiction, and recovery. As she moves through the world navigating banal, familiar, and sometimes uncomfortable interactions with the familiar-faced strangers she sees daily, Williams weaves together a riveting collection of flashbacks. Her recollections highlight the indefinable moments when lines are crossed and a woman must ask herself if the only way to avoid being objectified is to simply cease to draw any attention to her physical being.
MATURE THEMES
HC, 6x9, 304pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
TIME O1 GN
(W/A) Sterling Hundley
Time O1 collects the time-based journals of acclaimed artist and illustrator Sterling Clinton Hundley. Hundley's intimate observational drawings are layered and revisited over days, weeks, months and years, compressing the fleeting moments of familiar routines into an authentic impression of time.
MATURE THEMES
HC, 6x9, 160pgs, FC SRP: $25.95
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HORDE HC GN
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A/CA) Leila Leiz
After the death of her father, Ruby Ando tries to reconnect with her estranged and isolated mother, whose hoarder house is a nightmare labyrinth of secrets and dangers. All the love Ruby was never shown she sees her mother lavish on her treasures and trinkets, the possessions that possess her. But when Ruby desperately tries to free her mother, the house wages war, ensnar-ing both women within its maze. Brought to hideous and twisted life by a mother's love, the "Horde" is determined to purge Ruby from the collection-or see her join it forever.
Brought to life by Marguerite Bennett (ANIMOSITY, DC's Bombshells, Batwoman) and Leila Leiz (ALTERS, Nvrlnd), HORDE is a haunting, housebound horror story about the things we let control us.
HC, 72pgs, FC SRP: $19.99
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DARK ARK AFTER FLOOD #1
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Juan Doe
THE EPIC SERIES RETURNS!
Two arks were built to survive the Flood. One was filled with the creatures of the natural world. The other was populated by...everything else.
Now that the denizens of the DARK ARK have beaten Noah's Ark to land, a new so-cietal order must be created - one based on the rule of monsters. Khalee, a new sorceress, ventures to maintain order amidst the chaos, but her otherworldly mas-ters have a different task in mind. She must devise a way to bring Noah's Ark to the monsters...because the beasts must feed.
From writer Cullen Bunn (UNHOLY GRAIL, BROTHERS DRACUL, WITCH HAMMER, Deadpool, Venom) and artist Juan Doe (ANIMOSITY: THE RISE, AMERICAN MONSTER, WORLD READER) comes an even more sinister tale of biblical proportions!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
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SHOPLIFTERS WILL BE LIQUIDATED #1
(W) Patrick Kindlon (A/CA) Stefano Simeone
The largest retailer in the world requires the best-trained loss prevention staff, and Security Officer Nussbaum defends the company interests at any cost. Life, human rights, rational thought are all secondary concerns. But his world is upended when he finds a society living under the retail outlet - a culture that challenges his no-tions about consumerism and sense of self. Is he ready for the message? Imagine Judge Dredd working for Amazon, and you've got a hint of what you're in for.
From Patrick Kindlon (PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE!) and Stefano Simeone (CLANKILLERS) comes SHOPLIFTERS WILL BE LIQUIDATED-a satirical take on the consumer society.
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
EDGAR ALLAN POES SNIFTER OF TERROR SEASON 2 #1
(W) Dean R. Motter, Hunt Emerson (A) Dean R. Motter & Various (CA) Richard Williams
AHOY Comics' snarky anthology/desecration of Edgar Allan Poe returns for a new season-beginning with the ultimate Poe mashup! In Dean Motter's "The Tell-Tale Black Cask of Usher," the drink-addled writer falls prey to his own horrific imagination. Hunt Emerson offers another slapstick "Poe and the Black Cat." A selection of horrific prose and pictures rounds out the issue. Painted cover by Richard Williams (MAD).
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
VOID WALKER #1
(W) Spencer Desmond (A/CA) Kristian Rossi
Clinging to life, hitman Parker Ingram bonds with an ancient creature and the Voidwalker is born. With his sights set on a blood-soaked path of revenge and destruction, the wall between our world and the Beyond is ready to fall.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC SRP: $1.50
STEREOTYPICAL FREAKS GN
(W) Howard Shapiro (A) Joe Pekar
High school seniors Tom and Dan consider themselves a "basement band," but when their school puts on a battle of the bands, they decide to rise to the challenge and invite two more students to join them. As they tentatively welcome Mark and Jacoby into the group, they get to know one another and start to see past their differences. They decide to call the band The Stereotypical Freaks because they feel that when people look at them, they see a "smart kid, geek, star athlete, and quiet weirdo." This sweet, brief graphic novel features humor, authentic dialogue, and a great, heartwarming story that touches on bullying, identity, loyalty, and friendship.
SC, 6x8, 140pgs, FC SRP: $13.95
DEAD BEATS MUSICAL HORROR ANTHOLOGY GN
(W) Joe Corallo & Various (A) Richard Case & Various (CA) Lisa Sterle
The Dead Beats music shop is filled with deadly secrets. Run by the mysterious Shoppe Keeper, customers can browse through cursed records, evil sheet music, and instruments of the damned! Our host has dozens of spooky stories to tell you from some of the top names in comics. You're gonna wanna put on your favorite album when you crack open this anthology.
SC, 7x10, 168pgs, FC SRP: $19.99
DEAD LEGENDS PREMIER EDITION #1
(W) James Maddox (A) Gavin Smith (CA) Leonardo Colapietro
A widow seeking revenge. A champion hellbent on losing. A world-class assassin second guessing her contract. The Dead Legends tournament contains a long history of pitting the best fighters in the world against one another, but this year, these combatants bend the rules and place the future of the tournament in jeopardy. A martial arts throwback series that hits harder than a kick to the skull!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
MEZO PREMIER EDITION #1
(W) Tyler Chin-Tanner (A) Josh Zingerman, Doug Garbark (CA) Claudia SG Iannicello
The rise of the Tzalekuhl Empire disrupts the peace across the land of Mezo. When the conquest begins, a young girl named Kyma witnesses the death of her father, a tribal leader who refused to yield. As the solar eclipse nears, Kyma must unite the various tribes against an emperor determined to make them all kneel before his god or be sacrificed in his name. Mezo, a new fantasy epic set in a Mesoamerican-inspired world begins here!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
CURSED HERMIT GN
(W) Kris Bertin (A) Alexander Forbes
Will our Teen Detectives untangle the mystery of Knotty Pines before it's too late? Brennan and Pauline are looking forward to Christmas break when they're sent to an extra-credit boarding school called Knotty Pines. After attending their first classes, however, they realize they may have stumbled on their weirdest case yet! On the final night of their stay, the boys and girls are paired up to pledge eternal allegiance to the long-dead Lord Hobb and to each other in unholy matrimony! Isolated from their fellow sleuths, our intrepid young investigators need to rely on a cast of colorful characters to lift a curse that has plagued the good people of Hobtown for centuries!
SC, 6x9, 180pgs, B&W SRP: $20.00
DAKWAKADA WARRIORS GN
(W/A) Cole Pauls
Growing up in Haines Junction, YT, artist Cole Pauls performed in a traditional song and dance group called the Dakwäkãda Dancers. During that time, Pauls encountered the ancestral language of Southern Tutchone. Driven by a desire to help revitalize the language, he created Dakwäkãda Warriors, a bilingual comic about two earth protectors saving the world from evil pioneers and cyborg sasquatches. Pauls' Elders supported him throughout the creation process by offering consultation and translation. The resulting work is a whimsical young adult graphic novel that offers an accessible allegory of colonialism.
SC, 7x10, 112pgs, 2C SRP: $20.00
PLUMMET GN
(W/A) Sherwin Tjia
When Amelia "Mel" Eichenwald wakes up one morning, she finds herself in endless freefall towards an Earth that is no longer there, surrounded by the junk of human existence. From high heels to houses, billions of random items drop alongside her like fallout from an exploded mall. Plummet follows Mel as she attempts to survive, find allies, and negotiating the balance between becoming prey or predator. What makes us human and keeps us human when gravity is all there is? How do you take a stand when there is literally no place to sit?
SC, 7x10, 160pgs, FC SRP: $20.00
GAIJIN AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR GN
(W/A) Matt Faulkner
San Francisco, 1941: America has just declared war on Japan. With a white mother and a Japanese father, Koji Miyamoto quickly realizes that his home is no longer a welcoming one. Streetcars won't stop for Koji, and his classmates accuse him of being an enemy spy. When a letter arrives from the government notifying him that he must go to a relocation center for Japanese Americans, he and his mother are forced to leave everything they know behind. Once there, Koji soon discovers that being half white in the internment camp is just as difficult as being half Japanese in San Francisco.
SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
REINCARNATION STORIES HC KIM DEITCH
(W/A/CA) Kim Deitch
The award-winning cartoonist returns with a graphic novel that spans the past, present, and future of human history, in which Deitch himself, in a parallel reality, meets his spiritual nemesis, Waldo the Cat.
Kim Deitch is an underground cartoonist—i.e., a contemporary of Spiegelman, et al.—whose craft just keeps getting better and better. Aesthetically inspired by silent film and 1930s animation, Deitch’s comics are infused with 1960s psychedelia and spiritualism. Reincarnation Stories is a collection of comics narratives that combine into a graphic novel. It spans the past, present, and future of human history, with appearances by Frank Sinatra, monkey gods, a forgotten cowboy star of the silver screen, and a tribe of Native Americans that successfully resettled on the moon. In a parallel reality, Deitch himself is the mega-successful creator of a series of kids books about a superhero called Young Avatar, who helps marginalized souls lead better lives and whose alter ego is a carpenter. Deitch’s spiritual nemesis (an incarnation of Judas Iscariot), Waldo the Cat, makes an appearance.
HC, 8x11, 276pgs, B&W SRP: $29.99
FANTAGRAPHICS STUDIO ED HC ED PISKOR
(W/A) Ed Piskor
From Public Enemy to Professor X, this collection of scans of raw, un-retouched original art gives insight into the creative and drawing processes of the best-selling, award-winning Hip Hop Family Tree Tree/X-Men graphic novelist.
This career overview of one of comics' greatest creators collects raw, un-retouched original pages from the best-selling series Hip-Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design, and includes commercial art, designs for a line of Public Enemy action figures, and much more. It features over 150 pages of exact facsimiles of the artwork sitting on Piskor's drawing table, at the exact size created, scanned in full color to showcase every detail in the artist’s process — from blue pencil, to Wite-Out, to swaths of deep, inky blacks. Each piece is annotated by Piskor personally. It’s like sitting in the author’s studio! A must-have book for students, educators, and collectors.
HC, 22x17, 140pgs, FC SRP: $150.00
MAKER COMICS GN DRAW A COMIC
(W/A) JP Coovert
Inside this volume of the popular new DIY comic series you'll find all the tips and tricks you need to create and print your own comic books! The International Comics Library is in a lot of trouble! If Maggie can’t come up with $500,000 in a week, Dr. Carl is going to bulldoze her grandfather’s library and turn it into a parking lot! To save the day, she’ll need all her comic drawing skills, the loyal library watchdog, and her new assistant (that’s you!). With Draw a Comic! you'll learn to create and print your own comics books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics, you can use a pen, a brush, or even a computer! With the help of photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends!
SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $12.99
OPEN BORDERS GN
(W) Bryan Caplan (A) Zach Weinersmith
Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction illustrated by SMBC creator Zach Weinersmith. American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy, greatly benefiting humanity.
SC, 6x9, 256pgs, FC SRP: $19.99
TRUCKUS MAXIMUS GN
(W) Scott Peterson (A) Jose Garcia
In this YA graphic novel, gladiators of the modern-day Roman Empire are enslaved teenagers who race monster trucks on reality TV. In a near-future world where the Roman Empire never fell, only two things matter: honor and The Game. "The Game" is Truckus Maximus, a competition where drivers race against one another to the death. The best of the best is a young driver named Axl. The leader of Team Apollo, Axl drives hard and lives by a strict code of honor. That honor will be pushed to its limits by the Caesar, the cunning ruler of the Roman Empire, and the Dominus, the absolute master of the Truckus Maximus games who can change its rules at will. But Axl can't survive this race on his own. To do that, he'll have to embrace his team, including a defiant new racer named Piston. Will he learn that family is more important than honor and The Game? Or will he go down in flames?
SC, 8x10, 288pgs, FC SRP: $16.99
ALGERNON BLACKWOODS WILLOWS GN
(W) Algernon Blackwood, Nathan Carson (A) Sam Ford
Algernon Blackwood’s immortal novella of extra-dimensional weirdness on the Danube comes to vivid life in graphic comic form thanks to the incredibly detailed black-and-white linework of talented newcomer, Sam Ford. Two adventurous women, one British, one Swedish, encounter strange horrors in the Hungarian wilderness of 1907. What they discover on that crumbling sandbar makes them question their sanity, fear for their lives, and revel in otherworldly strangeness. Readers familiar with the story will delight in seeing it depicted in such painstaking, quality illustrations. And those for whom it is new will want to leave a light on for many nights after.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 8x10, 72pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95
REVENGER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL ONE SHOT
(W/A/CA) Charles Forsman
This Halloween, the century's most notorious vigilante is back and she's out for blood. Vampiric blood. In order to give a young child her life back Revenger must hunt down the girl's father but it won't be easy. See, her dad is a damned blood sucking freak of the worst variety. Don't miss it, nerds.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, 32pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
SCARE CITY HC
(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Fred Pham Chuong
Tensions rise in a Monster Metropolis when spooky things start to happen to its citizens! Will they solve the mystery before ancient rifts tear the community apart?
Deep beneath the human world lies Scare City, the hub where all the ghouls, ghosts and goblins dwell in perfect harmony. It took the monsters centuries to overcome their differences and live together in peace.
But when a mysterious light begins to steal people in the night, Scare City falls back into the hands of angry, pitchfork-wielding mobs! It's up to Gina, a compassionate Zombie-Witch baker, and her crew of spooky friends to solve the mystery and bring everyone together once again.
112pgs, FC SRP: $16.95
STARR CONSPIRACY HC
(W/A) Juan Gimenez
A young journalist chases the conspiratorial scoop of the century through a series of wild galactic adventures.
An aspiring young journalist becomes a chess piece in a strange mystery involving a murder, missing data, and the identity of the space-pirate Captain Drake. When Leo's friend is murdered in a plot to destroy data concerning Captain Drake, he must run for his life as he realizes the missing data is still in his possession.
MATURE THEMES
112pgs, FC SRP: $24.95
BRAMBLE HC
(W) Jean-David Morvan (A) Nesmo
An ecological detective story told amid a backdrop of fantasy and science-fiction.
When a mysterious giant of a man arrives in a vast steampunk megalopolis, death walks beside him, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. It's up to a dysfunctional yet dogged police investigator to find the strange colossus and stop him before the bodies pile even higher… But soon the truth is discovered that this case is far more complicated than the detective could've possibly conceived.
144pgs, FC SRP: $24.95
LONESOME ERA GN
(W/A) Jon Allen
Camden is a cat. Camden is also crushing hard on his best buddy and all-around terrible influence, Jeremiah. Young, bored, and trapped in their slowly decomposing Rust Belt town, Camden tamps down his burgeoning feelings for the local ne'er-do-well and allows himself to be dragged along with every awful idea, every hair-brained plan, and every threat to life and limb Jeremiah can come up with. As the dangers of Camden’s risk-taking mount, an even more terrifying confrontation with who he is and what he truly wants looms ever closer. How much longer can this go on? With acute perception and sensitive wit, Jon Allen explores the depths of teenage yearning below the deceptively shallow details of everyday life in a powerful, page-turning coming-of-age tale.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x7, 424pgs, B&W SRP: $30.00
AIRBOY #51
(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Brent McKee, Jok (CA) Brent McKee
Chuck Dixon returns to the comic book that helped launch his career! This October, Airboy #51 will pick up right where Airboy #50 left off 30 years ago! The year is 1989, and Davy (AKA Airboy) has somehow escaped from the realm of his arch nemesis Misery, only to find himself randomly dumped back on Earth, in Africa at the height of Apartheid! After being saved from a coyote by a young boy, Davy meets his family, and soon finds himself embroiled in a local struggle between honest workers and a crooked Diamond mine. 8 page back-up story featuring The Heap!
7x10, 48pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
PINK LEMONADE #1
(W/A/CA) Nick Cagnetti
Mysterious past... colorful costume... altruistic... nomadic lifestyle... it's all pretty cool! Pink Lemonade dreams of doing big things. She just wants to be good and help where she can. But things don't always work out the way we plan. And soon Pink Lemonade finds herself in jail, after a big misunderstanding with some cops, while trying to help a child. And just when you think she's sunk, a powerful man shows up with an offer she may not be able to refuse! But is it too good to be true? A story full of both fun and mystery, readers are sure to get lost in her strange, action-packed adventures!
24pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
DEATH OF THE MASTER GN
(W/A) Patrick Kyle
An absurdist, art brut rumination on society's structures presented in Patrick Kyle's singular style. After the sudden death of a beloved patriarch who promised eternal life to his followers, a topsy-turvy society attempts to reconcile the deluded teachings of their late leader with the harsh reality he left behind.
SC, 8x7, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $19.95
MOONCAKES GN
(W) Suzanne Walker (A/CA) Wendy Xu
A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.
Nova Huang is still young, but she's one of the most powerful witches in New England. She spends her days working in her grandmothers' spell book shop and her nights hunting down the supernatural.
Tam Lang, a genderqueer werewolf, was Nova's childhood crush. Tam has been wandering from place to place for years until the one fateful night they find themselves back in their hometown… battling a giant horse demon in the woods.
Tam turns to Nova for help, and their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.
SC, 6x9, 256pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
HARDCORE ANXIETY GN GUIDE PUNK ROCK & MENTAL HEALTH
(W/A/CA) Reid Chancellor
Punk rock and mental health have been intertwined since the very beginning. Nervous breakdowns, anxiety, seeking acceptance, attempting to overcome internalized demons, and reacting to harmful and oppressive systems-punk rock embodies and emboldens all our feelings and experiences, positive and negative. Hardcore Anxiety charts and tracks punk movements from the 70s till today, from small towns to stadiums, from the struggles in our heads to the people actively harming us in our communities. Told from the point of view of a young man discovering punk and working through mental illness, this stunning nonfiction graphic novel gives punks the most important advice of all: "You aren't alone. You're going to make it through alive."
SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95
TAMBA CHILD SOLDIER HC GN
(W) Marion Achard (A) Yan Degruel
"My name is Tamba Cisso. When I was eight years old, I lived in the village with my father, my mother and my sister. I went to school and had learned to read. I knew there was war in my country, but I didn't know that children could wage it." Providing a testimonial to one of the most heart-wrenching and chilling developments in modern warfare, this graphic novel chronicles the realities of hundreds of thousands across the world, kidnapped and forced to commit atrocities.
HC, 8x11, 112pgs, FC SRP: $24.99
QUALIFICATION GRAPHIC MEMOIR IN TWELVE STEPS HC GN
(W/A) David Heatley
David Heatley had an unquestionably troubled and eccentric childhood: father a sexually repressed alcoholic, mother an overworked compulsive overeater. Then David’s parents enter the world of 12-step programs and find a sense of support and community. It seems to help. David, meanwhile, grows up struggling with his own troublesome sexual urges and seeking some way to make sense of it all. Eventually he starts attending meetings too. More and more meetings. Meetings for issues he doesn’t have. With stark, sharply drawn art and unflinching honesty, Heatley explores the strange and touching relationships he develops, and the truths about himself and his family he is forced to confront while “working” an ever-increasing number of programs.
HC, 6x9, 416pgs, B&W SRP: $28.95
RETURN TO ROMANCE STRANGE LOVE STORIES OF OGDEN WHITNEY
(W) Dan Nadel & Various (A/CA) Ogden Whitney
Ogden Whitney was one of the unsung masters of American comics. Best remembered for co-creating the satirical superhero Herbie Popnecker, Whitney's romance comics of the late 1950s and 1960s may be even more unique. In Whitney’s hands, the standard formula of meet-cute, minor complications, and final blissful kiss becomes something very different: an unsettling vision of midcentury American romance as a devastating power struggle, a form of intimate psychological warfare dressed up in pearls and flannel suits. From suburban lawns and offices to rocket labs and factories, his men and women scheme and clash, dominate and escape.
SC, 7x10, 112pgs, FC SRP: $19.95
THEATER OF TERROR REVENGE OF THE QUEERS GN
(W) Jillian Tamaki & Various (A) Bradley C. Rader & Various (CA) Phil Jimenez
A horror anthology featuring a remarkable collection of talented LGBTQ cartoonists illustrating in vivid detail what keeps them up at night. With everything from gore to suspense to supernatural horror to camp, this a tome of shocking queer horror comics we dare you to read!
MATURE THEMES
SC, 7x10, 272pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
R(ENDER) #1
(W) Leah Williams (A/CA) Lenka Simeckova
Emie Ocampo, a photographer who can capture the last images from the retina of the
deceased teams up with Natalie Bixel, a skeptical detective, to unravel a slew of unsolved murders in a neon-noir landscape.
6.6x10.1, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
KAIJUMAX SEASON 5 #1
(W/A/CA) Zander Cannon
NEW SEASON! NEW JUMPING ON POINT! The longest rampage is the Orange Mile. Follow us down into the bowels of the earth to Kaijumax's Death Row, where all appeals to cosmic justice have been exhausted and the planet's worst killers await their fates. Powerful mob boss Pikadon is defiant as he is finally brought to trial for an infamous cop-killing, but his legendary reputation is on the wane after a long time in hiding. Up on the pound, the remnants of the prison's other gangs adjust to the arrival of a charismatic new inmate Sprinkles the Unidragon whose history (and charges) are shrouded in mystery. Also: Exonerating special effects footage! Giant-sized side hustles! And... ominous onomatopoeia?
MATURE THEMES
7x10, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
DOG DAYS OF SNAKE PIT TP
(W/A/CA) Ben Snakepit
Ben Snakepit has drawn a three-panel comic strip about his day, every single day, since 2001. This new book compiles the three years of comics from 2016-2018, seeing Ben through the loss of his beloved Peeber and getting to know Frankie, in the low-fi style that he's known for.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 6x8, 288pgs, B&W SRP: $25.00
ROBOTECH REMIX #1
(W) Brenden Fletcher (A) Elmer Damaso (CA) Karl Kerschl
Robotech is reborn from the ashes of Event Horizon! New writer Brenden Fletcher (Motorcrush, Isola) and artist Elmer Damaso (Robotech/Voltron, Marvel Mangaverse) boot up Robotech: Remix, an all-new series that will take beloved characters and iconic mecha to places fans have never seen before!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
OSCAR MARTIN SOLO HC
(W/A) Oscar Martin
Mad Max meets Mighty Mouse! Fievel meets Fallout! From Warner Bros Lifetime Achievement Award-winning writer-artist Oscar Martin (Tom & Jerry, The Lion King). On an Earth ravaged by nuclear war, mutant animals have repopulated the world. When Solo's family faces starvation, the young rat leaves to find his destiny in the irradiated wastes. Solo will need to be faster, smarter and more brutal than the mutant monsters of this chaotic world!
MATURE THEMES
104pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
HOLY HANNAH GN
(W/A) Will Dinski
Holy Hannah is a graphic novel about belief, selfhood, and indoctrination into a religious cult. Loosely based on the life of the notorious Jim Jones, Will Dinski’s Holly Hannah is a close look at the thin line dividing religious belief from cult worship. The massive tome is the apotheosis of Dinski's go-to themes where he explores ways in which people's lives become intertwined in unexpected and frequently toxic ways.
SC, 6x9, 550pgs, B&W SRP: $24.95
MY DOG IVY #1
(W/A) Gabrielle Bell
The latest from the fertile mind of one of America's best cartoonists, Gabrielle Bell. Gabrielle is in for trouble when she over-enthusiastically answers a call to house sit a small Minnesota home for a month. Complete with 2 cats and a neurotic golden retriever named Ivy, the month long "vacation home" proves to be a gargantuan responsibility. As she awkwardly attempts to fill into the void left by the pet owners, Gabrielle's only salvation is the turbulent relationship forged with the dog Ivy.
6x9, 32pgs, B&W SRP: $5.00
ROKU #1 (OF 4)
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Ramon Bachs (CA) Viktor Kalvachev
How many lives must the lethal assassin Roku take in her first series?
Killing her way around the globe, the deadly weapon called Roku will face a challenge she can't simply execute.
Being bad has never been so fun.
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $3.99
CULT CLASSIC CREATURE FEATURE #1
(W) Eliot Rahal (A/CA) John Bivens
Eons ago, visitors from outer space buried an item of unimaginable power in the primordial swamps that would one day become King Lake-a quaint little basin on the edge of Whisper, USA. Millions of years later, a comet's radioactive waves awaken the monster slumbering beneath the lake. As the beast feeds on America's sweet, delicious youth, brain-slugs infect the quiet town, causing victims to vomit up their kill-hungry, zombified skeletons. But for seventeen-year-old Jarrod Parker, none of that stuff matters much. For him, this isn't about the Apocalypse. It's about payback. Nothing-not his friends, not the undead, not even the end of the world-will keep him from vengeance.
MATURE THEMES
7x10, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
MONEY SHOT #1
(W) Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie (A/CA) Rebekah Isaacs
In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampos, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device. Her big idea: She'll travel to new worlds, engage-intimately-with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore the universe, each other, and the complexities of sex in MONEY SHOT!
A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind-and money.
MATURE THEMES
7x10, 32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
