TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006
IMAGE COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER
TRUE STORY, SWEAR TO GOD #1
Written, art and cover by Tom Beland.
"If This Be Payday." Tom Beland is a California cartoonist who is now living on the island of Puerto Rico, with the woman of his dreams he met at a bus stop a year ago in Disneyworld. It hasn't been easy, since his freelance clients haven't paid him in months, while demanding more work from him. But all that is going to change as Beland demands restitution... or else! Join the romance/comedy nominated for two Eisner Awars at its new home at Image Comics.
24 pages, black and white, $2.99.
THE CROSS BRONX #1
Written by Michael Avon Oeming and Ivan Brandon, art and cover by Oeming, variant cover by Esad Ribic.
Mike Oeming, co-creator of Powers, returns to full art duties in violent noir fashion with a twist of the paranormal as The Cross Bronx shows you NY at its highs and lows. When an assassin targets dozens of low-level gangbangers all over the city, Detective Ortiz must look to a comatose girl for the
answers.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 6.
SAM NOIR: SAMURAI DETECTIVE #1
Written by Eric A. Anderson and Manny Trembley, art and cover by Trembly.
"Payback is a Niche." On the third floor of a cluttered low-rent office, Sam Noir met his destiny. Destiny wore a dress, and she was the best thing to walk into Sam's life -- right up until they snuffed her out, that is. They nixed his Betty, and now he's gonna nix them. Once he finds out who "they" are.
24 pages, black and white, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 13.
TABULA RASA
Written by Keith Giffen and Shannon Denton, art and cover by Matt Jacobs.
A dying cop has his soul transported into the body of a near unstoppable clay version of
himself and must now enact vengeance on those that killed him within seven days or lose his soul forever. But first he has to figure out who killed him.
48 pages, black and white, $4.99, in stores on Sept. 6.
BATTLE POPE VOL. 2: MAYHEM TP
Written by Robert Kirkman, art and cover by Matthew Roberts, Tony Moore and Val Staples.
Picking up right where volume one left off, this collection paves the way for all future
Battle Pope stories. Featuring the downfall of HellCorp and Pope's rise to local celebrity status, plus as many fights, guns, jokes, chicks and violence as you can fit in a 120-page trade paperback. Now presented in full color. Collects Battle Pope #5-8.
120 pages, $12.99, in stores on Sept. 27.
CAPTAIN AMAZING TP
Written, art and cover by Scott Kurtz.
Before PvP, before Truth, Justin And The American WayŠ there was Captain Amazing. Follow the debut adventure of this determined little hero as he fights for the right to be sole protector of Metro City. Collects some of Scott Kurtz's earliest work from his 1995 mini-comic as well as comic strips from his college newspaper days. A must for PvP fans interested in the origins of Scott's work.
80 pages, black and white, $8.99, in stores on Sept. 6.
DEADWORLD: DEAD-KILLER TP
Written by Gary Reed, art and cover by Ron McCain.
A mysterious man rose from the ashes of a Deadworld. He was a killer, a hunter... and his prey is the undead's leader, the intelligent zombie known as King Zombie. Only one will survive. A collection of the Dead-Killer's appearances from the original Deadworld series. Collects Deadworld: The Killer and The King 1-3 and The Dead-Killer one-shot.
120 pages, black and white, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
DOLL AND CREATURE, VOL. 1: EVERYTHING TURNS GRAY TP
Written by Rick Remender, art by John Heebink and Mike Manley, cover by Kieron Dwyer and Kevin Nowlan.
Religion is outlawed and blasé hedonism is the norm, in the skewed future of Doll and Creature. Unleashed into this godless society is a horrible new drug, Gray Matter, which physically transforms its users into monsters, called "Hydes." As the cities rot a mysterious creature emerges with only one instinct: hunt down the Hydes to rid society of them.
Presenting for the first time in trade form: the re-mastered full color version of the cult classic series.
104 pages, $12.99, in stores on Sept. 13.
INVINCIBLE, VOL 7: THREE'S COMPANY
Written by Robert Kirkman, art and cover by Ryan Ottley and Bill Crabtree.
On a trip to Africa Mark finds himself torn between two lives; his normal life with his girlfriend Amber and his superhero life with good friend Atom Eve. Decisions, decisions... Also in this volume: Angstrom Levy makes his move and the truth about Robot is revealed! Collects Invincible #31-35.
144 pages, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS , VOL. 1 TP NEW PRINTING
Written by Mike Bullock, art and cover by Jack Lawrence.
"Fear and Pride."
Follow Joey Price on the adventure of a lifetime through the Stuffed Animal Kingdom is this epic all-ages odyssey! When Joey's worst fears, The Beasties, come crawling out of his closet in the middle of the night, he finds out his new stuffed animals, the Night Pride, are more real and more needed than he ever could have imagined.
128 pages, $12.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
THE SPAWN MANGA COLLECTION TP
Written and art by Juzo Tokoro, cover by Brian Haberlin and Tokoro.
Ken Kurosawa was the bodyguard for a L.A. gang leader. In the midst of a gang war, Ken was murdered by a car bomb. That was when he made his fateful deal with Malebogia, not knowing that from then on he'd be part of his hellish hordes as a Spawn! Opposed by numerous enemies, constantly manipulated, he is brought to fight his best friend without knowing it. 100 percent authentic manga!
600 pages, black and white, $17.99, in storese on Sept. 20.
THE UNTOUCHABLES TP
Written by Joe Pruett, art by John Kissee, cover by Galen Showman.
Twenty years after the fall of Capone and the rise to fame of Ness comes a new group of Treasury agents code-named Untouchables. Prohibition now includes not only liquor, but tobacco and firearms. Gun fights, car chases, gangsters, nightclubs and sexy dames galore can be found throughout this hard-boiled, alternate take on the days of the mob and the officers who hunted them. Collects Untouchables #1-4 and the Crimewave one-shot.
160 pages, black and white, $16.99, in stores on Sept. 13.
ANT #9
Written, art and cover by Mario Gully.
"Moving On," conclusion.
Ant and her new friends Caliente and Rundown join forces to take on the Mind Drainer. Cold Burn rises again as the serious opposition. Can Hannah's memories be recovered or are they lost forever? Will Gadget man find a way to retrieve and attach Ant's arm? So many questions, so little time!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
CASANOVA #4
Written by Matt Fraction, art and cover by Gabriel Ba.
Fourteen years ago, a man began to meditate. His goal: reincarnate as the Supersammasambuddha for fun and profit. Now, on the eve of his great awakening and reincarnation as a god, Casanova Quinn is preparing to steal him. And how do you steal a god? Trust us. It's totally awesome.
24 pages, $1.99, in stores on Sept. 13.
DEATH, JR., VOL. II #2
Written by Gary Whitta, art by Ted Naifeh, cover by Chad Pfarr.
The summer is off to a less-than-savory start for DJ and his friends. DJ discovered that working with his dad is definitely not all he thought it would be, and the rest of the gang is miserable at summer camp. But DJ finds an easy way to zoom to the top (or so he thinks). When Pandora gets word of DJ's new ambitions she decides to break out of camp and come to the rescue, but will she be in time?
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on Sept. 13
ELEPHANTMEN #3
Written by Richard Starkings, art by Moritat and Tom Scioli, cover by Ladronn, variant cover by Brian Bolland.
27 pages of story!
As Hip Flask recovers from his battle with Elijah Delaney, Miki gets a good look at him as they wait for medical help... Meanwhile, Ebony Hide may need help himself after a run-in with gang baron Serengheti in "The Elephant in the Room," a special story drawn by Godland's Tom Scioli.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
EMISSARY #5
Writen by Christopher E. Long, co-plotted by Jim Valentino, art and cover by Juan E. Ferreyra.
"Revelations 2:1."
A new story arc begins here! Emissary spans the globe in an effort to gain deeper insight into humanity, both its achievements and its atrocities. Meanwhile, a secret think-tank in the U.S. Capitol convenes to devise a strategy to bring him down...by any means possible!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 27.
FEAR AGENT #9
Written by Rick Remender, art by Jerome Opena, cover by Tony Moore.
On the far side of the universe there is a light and it never goes out...
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
FELL #8
Written by Warren Ellis, art and cover by Ben Templesmith.
A dead body outside Idiots Bar brings the personal and professional together very awkwardly for Detective Richard Fell, Snowtown PD; because his friend, bar owner Mayko, is being blamed by the dead man's friends for his death...
24 pages, $1.99, in stores on Sept. 27.
GIRLS #17
Written by Joshua Luna, art and cover by Jonathan Luna.
Castrated.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
INVINCIBLE #36
Written by Robert Kirkman, art by Ryan Ottley and Bill Crabtree.
The Re-animen strike! After months of careful planning and preparation D.A. Sinclair unleashes his undead automatons on Upstate University. Luckily, a young man named Mark Grayson just happens to be attending classes there. He'll be able to do something to stop them he's Invincible!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 8.
JACK STAFF #13
Written, art and cover by Paul Grist.
There's something wrong in Castletown, but only Becky Burdock Vampire Hunter seems to have noticed, and if she's going to sort it out the only man who can help her is Jack Staff, Britain's greatest Villain!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 27.
NEGATIVE BURN #5
By Jim Alexander, Brian Bolland, Chris Eliopoulos, Miceh Fiffe, Adam Ford, Dean Haspiel, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Joe Pruett, Matthew Smith and Eric Stephenson, cover by Tomislav Tikulin.
The Eisner, Harvey and Eagle Award nominee continues with another all-star line-up of talent! Negative Burn is the monthly source for the best new talent mingled with the finest established talent!
64 pages, black and white, $5.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
NOBLE CAUSES #24
Written by Jay Faerber, art by Jon Bosco, cover by Khary Randolph. story JAY FAERBER
Race's quest to regain his powers leads him down a dark path. Will Liz follow?
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 13.
OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCE #3
Written by David Atchison and Rosario Dawson, art and cover by Tony Shasteen.
Tensions rise to dangerous levels in Manhattan as the Soul Ripper's horrific murder spree reaches beyond the streets of the Otherground and into the city at large. Sophia's only lead comes from Joan Alastor, a retired detective with a hex on her head and a chip on her shoulder. To find out what Joan knows, a bargain must be struck and what she wants in return may be more than Sophia and the O.C.T. can offer.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 20.
PHONOGRAM #2
Written by Kieron Gillen, art and cover by Jamie McKelvie.
"I Can't Imagine the World Without Me."Someone won't let Britannia, sacred Mod-goddess of Britpop, rest in peace. If David Kohl can't find out whom, his very existence is forfeit. Clues? He hasn't any until he sees the solemn ghost of an old girlfriend. For David, ghosts are normal. Ghosts of living girls, however, are something very different...
32 pages, black and white, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 7.
ROCKETO #12
Written by Frank Espinosa and Marie Taylor, art and cover by Espinosa.
The Journey to the Hidden Sea thunders towards its dramatic conclusion! In his race against time Rocketo must call on the deadly forces that killed his parents to rescue his friends from Scarletto. He confronts the gigantic Lucernean Armada that threatens all life in the Hidden Sea. As this epic comes to an end, the New World beckons Rocketo to further adventures.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Sept. 6.
SAVAGE DRAGON #129
Written, art and cover by Erik Larsen.
Having suffered the most unexpected loss of all, Savage Dragon must do all he can just to stay alive. And if that wasn't enough, he must also face the looming threat of a deadly new foe!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 27.
SHADOWHAWK #15
Written and art by Jim Valentino, cover by Juan Ferreyra.
"On the Rebound," Part Two
Eddie gets laid. Finally.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 13.
SPAWN #162
Written by David Hine, art by Philip Tan and Danny Miki, cover by Tan.
Beyond good and evil!
Spawn and Zera fight it out amongst the ruins of a devastated civilization. This is Spawn as you've never seen him before, facing an adversary who is too insane to ever admit defeat. No one gets out
of here alive!
32 pages, $2.95, in stores on Sept. 27.
STRANGE GIRL #11
Written by Rick Remender, art and cover by Nick Stakal.
Bethany is forced to take a slight detour... to hell.
