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WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE: THE TASTER

Written and art by Ben Templesmith.

Ben Templesmith returns with his first solo project since Singularity 7. Meet Wormwood, the English-accented, beer-drinking, sentient corpse possessing a maggot expat from the Hell dimension. Well, one of them. If he's not attempting to save Earth from demonic, parasitic fungal infections or undead strippers, then he's off drinking with his homemade mechanical sidekick, Mr. Pendulum. Collecting one of the original short stories first seen in Lo-Fi Magazine, this book also includes extra pages, new artwork and background material. It's a perfect prelude to the upcoming, all-new Wormwood regular series coming from IDW Publishing, written and drawn by the artist responsible for 30 Days of Night, Singularity 7, and Fell.

32 pages, $3.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS #4

Written by Simon Furman, art by EJ Su, covers by Su, Guidi, Raiz and Wildman.

Ratchet needs answers, before the crisis on Earth escalates, and that means sending a crack team deep‹literally‹into enemy territory. Too bad then, given Ratchet's oath to protect human life, that his available resources amount to Verity, Hunter and Jimmy. Too bad also that Decepticon unit commander Starscream is intent on removing all evidence of his indiscretions, and that includes the particular bit of enemy territory in question. Enter: Blitzwing and Skywarp! By Simon Furman and E.J. Su. Covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

32 pages, $2.99.

TRANSFORMERS: BEAST WARS #3

Written by Simon Furman, art by Don Figueroa, covers by Figueroa, Roche, Raiz and Guidi.

The Beast Wars‹a timelost series of conflicts on Earth: heroic Maximals pitted against evil Predacons. The action steps up into an even higher gear as Magmatron turns his attention to fulfilling his original (Tri-Predacus Council-approved) mission objective: capture Megatron and return him to Cybertron for trial. Does that mean he's prepared to just let Razorbeast and his Maximal militia be? Of course not. Not now that Ravage is on the case!

32 pages, $2.99.

TRANSFORMERS: GENERATIONS #2

Written by Bob Budiansky, art by Don Perlin and Al Gordon, covers by AshleyWood and Nick Roche.

IDW continues their look back at some of the most beloved Transformers comics from years past. This special monthly series with rolled back cover prices continues to present classic hard-to-find stories from the past two decades of Transformers comics. Once again, this issue features brand-new cover art from Ashley Wood (Metal Gear Solid) and Nick Roche, both of whom present recreations of the original cover art. This issue looks at one of the most off-beat TF stories of all time, "Shooting Star," originally presented in Marvel Comics' The Transformers #3.

24 pages, $1.99.

ANGEL SPOTLIGHT: ILLYRIA

Written by Peter David, art by Nicola Scott.

Presenting an all-new series of Angel one-shots focusing on different members of the supporting cast. Each issue will be presented by a different creative team. First up, Peter David and Nicola Scott focus on Illyria‹a goddess without worshippers, existing in a world not her own, surrounded by humans whose emotions she is trying to comprehend. And her greatest sin was the means by which she arrived here in the first place: she destroyed Winnifred Burkle's body and soul in order to use it as her own vessel to exist. Now witness Illyria as she tries to find a personal touchstone by which she can at least understand the human‹she returns to the remnants of Fred's old life to try and make herself feel guilty over having destroyed Fred's very existence. This first issue features covers from Nicola Scott, Zach Howard, Russell Walks, and Steph Stamb. Covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

32 pages, $3.99.

SPIKE: LOST AND FOUND

Written by Scott Tipton, art and cover by Fernando Goni.

There's a vampire preying on the citizens of Los Angeles‹nothing new for Spike and company, right? Only one problem: the attacks are happening in broad daylight! As Spike and Angel try to track down the killer, Spike finds himself struggling with something even more unexpected‹his own guilty conscience. Can Spike put aside the demons of his past in time to face the vamp feeding on L.A.?

48 pages, $7.49.

SPIKE VS. DRACULA #3

Written by Peter David, art by Joe Corroney.

The third installment of the centuries-spanning Spike saga. With Darla a prisoner of the Third Reich, Spike must become an agent of Hitler and help deliver gypsy tribes into the hands of the Nazis­forcing our vampire hero into an unlikely and uneasy alliance with his foremost rival, Dracula. Artist Joe Corroney will also provide covers for all five issues, as will variant cover artists Zach Howard, Sean Murphy, and Eric Wight. Covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

32 pages, $3.99.

ANGEL SCRIPTBOOK #2

Written by Joss Whedon, art and cover by Jeff Johnson.

Presenting monthly-illustrated scriptbooks based on the very best Angel episodes pulled from its five-season run. Each specially priced 48-page scriptbook will feature the entire shooting script and full-page and spot illustrations from the episode by artist Jeff Johnson. The second script offered in this series is from the episode "A Hole in the World," written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon.

48 pages, black and white, $3.99.

WILL EISNER'S JOHN LAW: ANGELS AND ASHES, DEVILS AND DUST #1

Written and art by Gary Chaloner.

Will Eisner's one-eyed detective is back in a brand-new four-part series by award-winning creator, Gary Chaloner. The heat in Crossroads begins to rise as John Law and Nubbin face off against mobsters, movie stars and monsters. This series will mark an important change in Law's life, as he moves closer to learning the truth behind his father's death... with tragic consequences in this very first issue. Co-starring Nubbin, the Shoeshine Boy, Enzo "The Angel" D'Angelo, Lady Luck, Mr. Mystic, and featuring the debut of Melba, Private Eye-ful!‹a Texas cactus with city-bloomed thorns! Best of all, every issue will feature a full 28 pages of story and art from Chaloner.

32 pages, black and white, $3.99.

DOOMED #2

By various.

The macabre Ms. Doomed is back, and she brings with her four more tales of the damned, adapted from the short works of Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David J. Schow, and F. Paul Wilson. This time out, channeling the artistic spirit of Œ70s horror tales are Mike Hoffman, Tony Salmons, Alex Sanchez, and Ashley Wood. Wood and artist Jeremy Geddes once again provide covers for IDW's horror magazine revival. Covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

72 pages, black and white, $7.99.

ADVENTURES IN OZ -- TPB, HC

Written and art by Eric Shanower.

In the marvelous Land of Oz, magic is always around the next corner. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and their many Oz friends can't stop plunging into one adventure after another. Come journey over the rainbow to help save Oz from the Wicked Witch of the South, to ride an enchanted whirlpool that leads to a hidden island, to explore the spooky Great Gray Gillikin Swamp, to prevent a war between dragons and wood-nymphs, and to soar in an emerald unicorn to the frozen land of the mysterious Ice King. Wonder and magic abound in five full-color stories, The Enchanted Apples of Oz, The Secret Island of Oz, The Ice King of Oz, The Forgotten Forest of Oz, and The Blue Witch of Oz, by award-winning cartoonist Eric Shanower, collected here for the first time in one volume. This special volume also contains over 70 pages of sketches and other bonus material from Shanower. L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz lives again in stories that Booklist calls "well-written" and "charming" by "the superbly talented Shanower."

328 pages, Price TBA.

THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW #2

Written by Chris Ryall, art and cover by Gabriel Rodriquez.

The Great and Secret Show is about to begin in the small Northern California town of Palomo Grove. A strange and innocent-looking new lake in the town just might be the birthplace of the apocalypse. Continuing the extended adaptation of horror writer Clive Barker's epic tale.

32 pages, $3.99.

FALLEN ANGEL #5

Written by Peter David, art and cover by J.K. Woodward.

This is the issue that Fallen Angel fans have been waiting for. The final showdown between the Fallen Angel and Doctor Juris for control of Bete Noire, with the fate of their son hanging in the balance.

32 pages, $3.99.

SILENT HILL: DEAD/ALIVE #5

Written by Scott Ciencin, art by Nick Stakal.

A deadly game draws to a close as the living dead girl Christabella must escape from her greatest enemies and put herself in the path of malevolent beings that are neither angels nor demons, but something worseŠ if she is to stop them from putting the world to flame and realize her own twisted plans for the monster-laden mist-enshrouded haunted town of Silent Hill. Ted McKeever once again provides a horrifying cover for this issue, as does artist Chris Bolton. Covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

32 pages, $3.99.

CHICANOS #6

Written by Carlos Trillo, art and cover by Eduardo Risso.

The smash European series Chicanos continues! In this issue, the unlikely detective A.Y. Jalisco takes a night-shift job at an Asian laundromat, only to make a shocking discovery about the identity of the thief that's been robbing it. Then, her luck seems to change when she gets a call from a rich benefactor, but instead of a big payday she experiences the worst day ever!

32 pages, black and white, $3.99.

JON SABLE FREELANCE: BLOODTRAIL TPB

Written and art by Mike Grell.

At long last, the best-selling independent hero of the 1980s has returned -- Mike Grell's Jon Sable Freelance. But this time around, Sable isn't quite at the top of his form as he is haunted by his dark past. His career in a tailspin, Sable signs on to prevent the assassination of a foreign national visiting terror-torn ManhattanŠ but who are the killers really after, and why? And what will it take for Jon Sable to get his act together? Series creator Mike Grell returns to provide the story and art for Bloodtrail, the newest and most thrilling chapter in the continuing saga of Jon Sable, Freelance.

144 pages, $19.99.