THE ADVENTURES OF SPAWN
#1 DIRECTOR’S CUT
created by TODD McFARLANE
story JONATHAN DAVID GOFF
art & cover KHARY RANDOLPH
48 PAGES – FC
- JANUARY 3 - $5.99
ACTION! ADVENTURE! THE
END OF THE WORLD!
Al Simmons is SPAWN X!!! Teamed with the Redeemer and the robotic Omega Spawn,
SPAWN X must fight the villainous forces of Mammon, Overtkill,
Cy-Gor and Tiffany in order to stop them from retrieving
the infamous 13 Relics of Ruin!
Collected and in print
for the very first time! This special “director’s cut” edition features never-before-seen
pages that expand upon the story seen in the original web comic, creative
team interviews and a look at the creative process involved in bringing a
traditionally dark character into the much more colorful, action-packed world
of Saturday morning cartoons-style adventures.
‘68 (one-shot)
story MARK KIDWELL
art & cover NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
3 - $3.99
Vietnam, Fall 1968…A long range listening
post deep in enemy territory has fallen silent. Fearing the worst, a five
man US fire team is scrambled, plunging into the shadow- haunted jungle to
investigate. Led by first Lieutenant Tommy Blake, the squad will enter the
true heart of darkness and discover more to fear than the enemy as a country
turned slaughterhouse gives up it’s bloodthirsty dead.
There are zombies in the razor wire…
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
PIECES FOR MOM: A TALE OF THE UNDEAD (one-shot)
story STEVE NILES
art & cover ANDREW RITCHIE
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 17 - $3.99
The
world has been overrun, the flesh-eating undead rule the streets, and two
teen boys left abandoned in the city to fend for themselves and care for their
rotting mother. In a world where the undead eat human flesh what chance do
two boys have when they can hardly get along themselves? Featuring art by
Andrew Ritchie that will literately crawl under your skin and story by Steve
Niles, readers will discover this is NOT your typical zombie story.
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GØDLAND #16
story JOE CASEY
art TOM SCIOLI
cover TOM SCIOLI & RICHARD STARKINGS
24 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
31 - 60¢
SPECIAL SIXTY-CENT ISSUE!!!!
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In this specially priced issue, the Pentagon is forced to reassess their tenuous
relationship with Commander Adam Archer. Is he an all-American hero… or a
threat to humanity? It’s a journey through the GØDLAND saga so far,
with an outcome you won’t believe! The proverbial “jumping
on point” for new readers. Yeah, yeah, yeah… we know you’ve heard
it a thousand times, but this time IT’S TRUE! Affordable and informative…
what more could anyone want from the ultimate Cosmic Superhero Epic?!
GØDLAND:
SIXTEEN FOR SIXTY!
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BIBLE 2: BLOOD OF CHRIST (one-shot)
story TIM SEELEY
art MIKE NORTON & MARK ENGLERT
cover SKOTTIE YOUNG
48 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 10 - $5.99
You
can't keep a good Messiah down. Jesus is back in an all
new one-shot sequel to the surprise hit, LOADED BIBLE.
Jesus Christ, cloned vampire killer, is on
his own, wandering the barren wastes of Post-Apocalyptic America. Now he must
decide whether he'll be a savior or an exterminator, before hordes of vampires
tear him to shreds. Meanwhile, the sexy Sistine Centuria
plots asssinations, and a trio of Bounty Hunters
set their sights on Jesus.
"... a smart, adventurous read that isn’t afraid to take risks...This
is satire with balls. It’s got laughs supporting good storytelling and I can’t
wait for issue two." -Ain't It Cool News
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
THE WEIRD WORLD
OF JACK STAFF KING-SIZE SPECIAL #1
story PAUL GRIST
art & cover PAUL GRIST
72 PAGES – BW - JANUARY 3 - $5.99
Ben
Kulmer is a thief - he's also an agent of Q, a mysterious
group which investigates the crimes that are too bizarre for the normal police
- the Qestion Mark Crimes. When Kulmer
embarks on a burglary he finds himself caught up in a series of events that
spin out of control and not even his fellow Q agents can help with. The world
of Jack Staff is just weird like that.
Spinning off from the acclaimed JACK STAFF comic, this one-shot
collects the series that ran in the British Comics magazine Comics International,
complete with additional story pages and bonus features!
ABANDONED
HC
story by JAMES PRUETT
painted art by MICHAEL GAYDOS
cover by MICHAEL GAYDOS
64 PAGES - FC - January
17 - $ 14.99
Presented for the first
time in full color, this deluxe hardcover edition of the critically-acclaimed
long out-of-print graphic novella, “Apparition: Abandoned”, features beautifully
rendered painted artwork by fan-favorite Michael Gaydos.
A sketchbook section and a gallery are also added bonuses. In this thematic
story of physical and spiritual abandonment, the archangel Adriel
becomes involved in a lost child's plight, where he must surmount temptation
and overwhelming danger to reunite a forsaken child with his estranged mother.
BATTLE
POPE, VOL 3: PILLOW TALK TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art TONY MOORE & CORY WALKER
cover TONY MOORE & VAL STAPLES
120 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
10 - $12.99
Picking up right were
Volume two left off, the latest trade paperback collection follows Pope through
three love affairs and the sometimes deadly ramifications of them all. Jesus
Vs. Santa! Pope makes time with The Virgin Mary! This one
has it all! Now presented in FULL-COLOR!
Collects BATTLE POPE
#9-11
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
BRIT,
VOL 1: OLD SOLDIER TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art TONY MOORE, CLIFF RATHBURN & VAL STAPLES
cover CLIFF RATHBURN & VAL STAPLES
176 PAGES - JANUARY
17 – FC - $17.99
Meet the government’s
last line of defense when it comes to the really messy parts of keeping the
world safe... BRIT. When super-powered menaces threaten
our home soil, send in Brit. Brit is a one man killing machine, indestructible,
unstoppable... and eligible for a senior citizen’s discount. Now presented
in FULL-COLOR!
Collects BRIT, BRIT:
COLD DEATH & BRIT: RED WHITE BLACK & BLUE
GEAR GN
story & art DOUG TENNAPEL
cover BRIAN HORTON
160 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 15 - $14.99
TenNapel’s
epic graphic novel is now reprinted for the first time in beautifully crafted
full color. GEAR was optioned by Nickelodeon and has became
the award winning cartoon Catscratch...but now you can see where it all began. TenNapel’s
epic depicts stupid cats hi-jacking giant robots to fight in a war against insects
and dogs. Pin up art by MIKE MIGNOLA and ROB SCHRAB.
HIPFLASK: CONCRETE JUNGLE HC
story RICHARD STARKINGS & JOE CASEY
art & cover LADRÖNN
96 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 3 - $29.99
IMAGE
proudly presents the second hardcover volume of RICHARD
STARKINGS' critically acclaimed HIP FLASK series. This lavish
European 'widescreen' format edition collects HIP FLASK: ELEPHANTMEN,
HIP FLASK: MYSTERY CITY and features a special gallery of sketches
and drawings by LADRÖNN, who won an
Eisner award for his work on MYSTERY CITY.
THE IRON GHOST: GEIST
REICH TP
story CHUCK DIXON
art SERGIO CARIELLO & FLINT HENRY
cover SERGIO CARIELLO
144 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 10 - $15.99
1945 Berlin, Germany. The tide of the war has turned in favor of the Allies.
The fall of the Nazi empire is inevitable, but there is still something even
more dangerous than the ever approaching Allies to the Third Reich. The Iron Ghost. It’s up to two Non-Nazi German Police officers
to capture the Ghost, but once they discover the truth will they be able or
even want to stop him?
COLLECTS THE IRON GHOST
#1-6
THE SILENCERS TP
story by MARK ASKWITH
art by R.G. TAYLOR
cover by R.G. TAYLOR
112 PAGES – BW - JANUARY
3 - $ 14.99
Written by television
producer Mark Askwith and drawn by
R.G. Taylor, (best known for his work on "Sandman Mystery Theatre")
Silencers is a compelling look at spies coming to terms with the changing
face of espionage in the new world order. When the newest recruit to the Silencers
is murdered, his death triggers a mission of betrayal and revenge.
COLLECTING THE SLIENCERS
#1-4
SPAWN, VOL. 3 TP
story TODD MCFARLANE
art TODD MCFARLANE, GREG CAPULLO & TONY DANIELS
cover TODD MCFARLANE
480 PAGES - FC - JANUARY 31 - $29.95
Classic TODD MCFARLANE
& GREG CAPULLO art and story!
Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, featured in pivotal confrontations with
The Violator, The Freak, Cy-gor, and The Curse. Complete your SPAWN library! Twenty
issues of pulse-pounding sequentials, containing issues 34-54 of the SPAWN comic!
COLLECTS SPAWN #34-54
BATTLE POPE #14
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover TONY MOORE & VAL STAPLES
32 PAGES - JANUARY
24 – FC - $3.50
Battle Pope vs. God – THE
CONCLUSION!
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
DRAIN #3
story C.B. CEBULSKI
art & cover SANA TAKEDA
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 31 - $2.99
"IN
A FLASH..."
They say when you're about die, your life flashes
before you... but
when you're an immortal vampire who's lived for hundreds of years, who knows
exactly what you'll experience on your deathbed? After her
battle with Freya, we now take a step back in Chinatsu's history and
look at some of the lives she lived prior to coming to New York in her
quest for revenge.
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
ELEPHANTMEN #6
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art MORITAT
cover LADRÖNN
flip cover J. SCOTT CAMPBELL &
DAVE STEWART
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 24 - $2.99
"ABANDONED BY GOD"
story RICHARD STARKINGS art MORITAT
The announcement of the marriage of Obadiah Horn to Sahara sparks a firestorm
of controversy, and even their appearance on LIFE's
morning show seems destined to end in disaster.
"THE LAST THING I REMEMBER"
story RICHARD STARKINGS art DAVID HINE & ROB STEEN
Nikken's determination to create new life means that innocent African women
must surrender their own lives; willingly or unwillingly.
ELEPHANTMEN #1 (new
printing)
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
4 - $2.99
EMISSARY #8
story CHRISTOPHER E. LONG
art & cover JUAN FERREYRA
created & co-plotted by JIM VALENTINO
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
31 - $3.50
"REVELATIONS 3:3"
The s#!t hits the fan in
the Holy Land!
GIRLS #21
story JOSHUA LUNA
art & cover JONATHAN LUNA
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 17 - $2.99
This means war.
Don't miss the final issues of GIRLS, which concludes at issue #24!
RETAILER
WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
INVINCIBLE
#40
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
17 - $2.99
Invincible vs. The
Sequids for the FATE OF THE EARTH!
MELTDOWN
#2 (of 2)
story DAVID SCHWARTZ
art SEAN WANG
cover CHRIS BACHALO
48 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
3 - $5.99
What
if you knew you’d die tomorrow? What would you do with your last few
hours on Earth? Spend them with family and friends? Spend them
settling old scores? Or spend them trying to change the world in some
small but significant way?
The
Flare’s death is rapidly approaching. He’s breaking down, both physically
and emotionally, and he’s got desperate choices to make. See the final
moments that prove what a hero could - and should - be, in the stunning, concluding
chapter of MELTDOWN.
Advance Reviews of MELTDOWN:
5 out of 5 stars - comiccritique.com
5 out of 5 Bullets - silverbulletcomicbooks.com
4 out of 4 stars, Pick of the Month
- Comic Buyers Guide
“Superhero comics do NOT get better than this” - paperbackreader.com
NEGATIVE BURN #9
story & art by BRIAN BOLLAND, EVAN DORKIN, PHIL HESTER, JOE KEATINGE,
DOVE McHARGUE, JOE PRUETT, MATTHEW SMITH, DALIBOR TALAJIC, and
R. G. TAYLOR
cover by MICHAEL GAYDOS
64 PAGES
– BW - JANUARY 31 - $5.99
The Eagle, Eisner, and Harvey Award nominated anthology returns this month
with yet another issue packed with today’s top creators and tomorrow’s brightest
talents. This issue “Milk and Cheese” returns and a cover by fan-favorite
MICHAEL GAYDOS!
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THE NIGHTLY NEWS #3 (of 6)
story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art & cover JONATHAN HICKMAN
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 10 - $2.99
"WE DON’T
NEED NO EDUCATION"
James is inducted into the Brotherhood of the VOICE
while the Hand is busy restructuring the drug trade in the local public schools.
NOBLE
CAUSES #26
story JAY FAERBER
art TIM KANE
cover KHARY RANDOLPH
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY
24 - $3.50
Gaia’s
attempt to jump-start the Nobles’ failing public image goes horribly awry
as the family of super-heroes find themselves in over their heads as they
try to halt the rampage of a powerful monster. This is a great jumping-on
point, as the repercussions of this event will be felt for months.
Featuring stunning artwork
by guest artist TIM KANE!
PHONOGRAM #6
story KIERON GILLEN
art & cover JAMIE McKELVIE
32 PAGES – BW - JANUARY 17 - $3.50
“LIVE FOREVER”
Brittania lives! Yes, she’s a monster, but she lives
and that’s all that matters. Time for revenge, starting
with phonomancer David Kohl. Can he save his old mistress
from herself? Does he even want to? And what does “save” mean anyway? It’s
mortality versus immortality in a fight to the death as PHONOGRAM reaches
its astonishing conclusion.
THE PIRATES OF CONEY ISLAND #4 (of 8)
story RICK SPEARS
art & cover VASILIS LOLOS
variant cover BECKY CLOONAN
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 31 - $2.99
The
turf war between the Pirates and Cherries erupts into a big fat gang RUMBLE!
It’s a nasty fight, with the boys hitting hard and heavy and the girls stabbing
with switchblades. Under it all, the teenage sexual frustration is thick
and palpable, but Patch isn’t out for kicks he wants bloody REVENGE!
PvP
#31
story SCOTT KURTZ
art & cover SCOTT KURTZ
24 PAGES – BW - JANUARY 31 - $2.99
Strange
things are afoot at the offices of PvP Magazine.
A heated fight between Brent and Skull triggers a strange phenomenon that
causes them to swap their consciousness. Now Brent is trapped inside of Skull's
body and Skull is stuck inside of Brent. Fridays have never been freakier
in the Eisner award winning funny book.
RUSSIAN SUNSET #2 (of
5)
story RON MARZ
art MIRKO COLAK
cover LUKE ROSS
32 PAGES – BW - JANUARY 24 - $ 3.99
The crime/espionage thriller
shifts into overdrive as Nik, our Russian mob soldier, touches down in mother Russia.
His mission is to broker a corrupt military officer's sale of a stolen nuclear
warhead to a vicious terrorist faction. But Nik
discovers his partner in the venture is a beautiful woman who also works for
the mob ... and who might prove deadlier to him than any enemy he's ever faced.
SAVAGE DRAGON #132
story ERIK LARSEN
art ERIK LARSEN & FRANK FOSCO
cover ERIK LARSEN
80 PAGES – FC
- JANUARY 31 - $6.99
It’s 80 pages of all-out action as Dragon begins to unravel
the mystery behind Jennifer’s disappearance, while the spotlight shines on
his supporting cast in the all-new “Rock City Diner” written by ERIK LARSEN and
drawn by FRANK FOSCO.
SPAWN #166
story DAVID HINE
art PHILIP TAN
cover GREG CAPULLO
32 PAGES - FC - FEBRUARY
28 - $2.95
THE
RETURN OF THE CLOWN!
In a sleazy bar in Manhattan, a guy in a rumpled designer suit is drinking
hard, and the more he drinks, the more he talks. Jason Wynn is a man who knows
too much, including the secret of New Vista Apartments. By the time Spawn
discovers the truth, it could be too late for the tortured tenants.
STRANGE GIRL #15
story RICK REMENDER
art NICK STAKAL
cover MICAH FARRITOR
32 PAGES – FC - JANUARY 17 - $3.50
Welcome to the new Hell
on Earth – welcome to Europe.
TRUE STORY, SWEAR
TO GOD #4
story TOM BELAND
art & cover TOM BELAND
24 PAGES – BW - JANUARY 17 - $2.99
“FLAME
ON”
Lily takes a speaking engagement at the Caribbean Hilton and takes Tom along
for a romantic weekend. Soft breezes, sandy beaches, hot sun… and a bleach-white
gringo add up to a horrific experience. Romance and comedy at its Eisner-nominated
finest!
THE
WALKING DEAD #36
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
32 PAGES – BW - JANUARY
31 - $2.99
Marriage
proposal.
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WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
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