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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

IDW PUBLISHING FOR DECEMBER

DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #1

Written by Pat Mills and John Wagner, art by Dave Gibbons, cover by Joe Corroney.

IDW Publishing kicks off its Doctor Who line with monthly re-presentations of classic Doctor Who comics, featuring some of the best talents in the business! Up first, adventures featuring the fourth doctor courtesy. Each issue will feature all-new state-of-the-art coloring by color artist Charlie Kirchoff, as well as a new cover by Joe Corroney. And coming next month, all-new Doctor Who adventures!

32 pages, $3.99.

ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #2

Plot by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch, written by Lynch, art by Franco Urru, covers by Urru and Tony Harris.

Continuing the tale of Angel after the climactic battle that ended the Angel television series. Between the array of new enemies and fallen former friends -- not to mention the state of Los Angeles itself -- can Angel possibly find a reason to go on? And can some familiar faces help provide that reason?

32 pages, $3.99.

SPIKE: SHADOW PUPPETS TPB

Written by Brian Lynch, art by Franco Urru, covers by Urru and David Messina.

Angel once put a stop to an evil children's show, but not before being turned into a puppet during his fight. Now, fresh out of the Asylum, it's Spike's turn! Writer Brian Lynch and artist Franco Urru, the creative force behind the all-new Angel: After the Fall series, are reunited in this collection that sees Spike and Lorne heading off to Japan to stop the latest Japanese kids' showŠ Smile Time! Will they become ³puppetized² themselves? And along the way, find themselves in a fight with hundreds of ninja-puppets, reuniting with fellow Asylum inmates, and be at extreme odds with one other?

110 pages, $17.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS: DEVASTATION #4

Written by Simon Furman, art by Robby Musso, covers by E.J. Su and Nick Roche.

Get ready for cover-to-cover action as Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on Sixshot, the Decepticons' living weapon, with the world at large watching. Nothing will ever be the same again, as the Œsecret' war goes public in a big, big way. Plus, more Headmasters, more Machination, more Sunstreaker, more Reapers a dash of Soundwave, and a pinch of Starscream.

32 pages, $3.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS: MEGATRON ORIGIN TPB

Written by Eric Holmes, art by Alex Milne and Marcelo Matere, cover by Milne.

Before allegiance, rank and function -- before war -- a civilian will become a warrior, and warrior will become a leader. As a leader he will learn of the most powerful weapon on the planet -- a weapon powerful enough to bind legions to his will -- a faction named Decepticon. This landmark collection brings the would-be major players of that faction together for the first time in a seminal story for Megatron, the Deceptiocons and The Great War. Also includes a cover gallery by artist Alex Milne and variant cover artist Marcelo Matere.

104 pages, $17.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS: BEAST WARS: SOURCEBOOK #3

Written by Simon Furman and Ben Yee, art by various, cover by Don Figueroa.

Simon Furman (Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering) and Ben Yee (consultant on the Beast Wars TV series) continue to present an all-encompassing, unifying resource book highlighting the characters, worlds and technology from all generations and incarnations of Beast Wars with the third volume of this informative collection. From Air Hammer to Wolfgang and beyond, and featuring new art from a host of the greatest Transformers artists like Don Figueroa, Marcelo Matere, Robby Musso, Nick Roche, and many more, this is the series that explains everything you need to know about the world of the Beast Wars!

48 pages, $6.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS: BEST OF THE UK: DINOBOTS #4

Written by Simon Furman, art by Will Simpson, cover Nick Roche.

A new chapter of Dinobot lore begins with ³In The National Interest.² Reporter Joyce Meadows declares robot-Master a hoax, and Triple-I decides that she must be silenced. Project: Centurion is accelerated and it will be up to Sludge and the Dinobots to come to the rescue. Nick Roche once again provides an all-new cover re-creating a classic scene from the issue!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS MAGAZINE #4

Written by Simon Furman and Chris Sarracini, art by José Delbo, Don Figueroa and James Raiz, cover by Robby Musso.

Continuing with three tales that span The Transformers' 20- year reign, this special full-color, 8-1/2" x 11" magazine format collection contains an early Marvel story (issue #57, ³Resurrection Gambit"), the continuing Dreamwave run (Armada #4), and the latest contribution to Transformers lore from IDW (Stormbringer #4). Artist Robby Musso (Transformers Spotlight: Ultra Magnus) provides a stunning new cover.

72 pages, $7.99.

LIFELIKE

Written by Dara Naraghi, art by Irapuan Luiz, Shom Bhuiya, Marvin Mann. Neil Errar, Jason Scott Jones, Jerry Lange. Tom Williams, Steven Spenser Ledford, Adrian Barbu, Steve Black, Andy Bennett and Tim McClurg.

Lifelike is a diverse collection of slice-of-life stories... and beyond. Each vignette, illustrated by a different artist, presents a glimpse into a different corner of the world outside our window. From the sentimental to the shocking, the familiar to the unknown, it's all here.

Lifelike's stories are not limited to the clichéd autobiographic tales so often associated with the genre. Instead, the stories range in content from noir crime to love stories to war memoirs to humorous conversation pieces. A multicultural, multiethnic cast of characters infuses the book with a realism often missing from today's comics.

108 pages, $19.99.

THE COMPLETE CLIVE BARKER'S GREAT AND SECRET SHOW

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

Collected here in one deluxe edition is the complete 12-part saga that comprises the comic book adaptation of master of horror Clive Barker's epic journey into the fantastic, The Great and Secret Show. Adapted by Chris Ryall and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, this collection presents the ultimate battle between good and evil that spans many decades and dimensions. Also featuring complete cover galleries by Rodriguez and Barker, full issue-by-issue annotations by Ryall, and more! Available as a TPB, HC or limited edition hardcover featuring an all-new painted piece and signed tip-in plate by Clive Barker, strictly limited to 250 copies.

300 ags, $35 (Hardcover, $55; Signed and numbered hardcover, $125).

BADGER SAVES THE WORLD #1

Written by Mike Baron, art by Kevin Caron, cover by Nick Runge, incentive cover by David Messina.

Badger, that '80s stalwart, is back to do more than just save comics like he did last month... this time, he's here to save the entire world. In the first issue of an all-new, five-part Badger adventure written by creator Mike Baron, Badger finds himself up against amazing odds that take him from a small-town jail cell to, well, you'll have to see it to believe it, Larry.

32 pages, $2.99.

WORMWOOD: CALAMARI RISING PART #1

Written and art by Ben Templesmith.

Just when Wormwood thought he could finally have that quiet drink without worrying about the world coming to an end, or a friend with a parasitic infection trying to kill him, The Brotherhood of the Calamari decide to crash the party. Since their last meeting, they've tracked him across the thousand million dimensional possibilities of existence -- and this time the entire Squideeverse is with them. Wormwood is going to learn the hard way he can't keep running from his problems as his oldest foe now threatens his favorite watering hole, Earth, with absorption into the Calamari group mind.

32 pages, $3.99.

CORY DOCTOROW'S FUTURISTIC TALES OF THE HERE AND NOW #3

Written by Dara Naraghi, art by Paul McCaffrey, cover by Paul Pope.

IDW Publishing continues to bring the stories of acclaimed science-fiction author Cory Doctorow to comics, this time offering up "Craphound." Despite the exoskeleton and mouth full of poisonous suckers, Jerry got along with the alien better than with most humans. In fact, Jerry had nicknamed him "Craphound", after their shared love of hunting for unique treasures at garage sales and thrift stores. They were buddies. That is, until Craphound found the old cowboy trunk.

32 pages, $2.99.

SALLYANDERS

Written and art by Ashley Wood.

Award-winning writer/artist/designer Ashley Wood presents his latest tour de force, in the form of Sallyanders. Sallyanders is a nice town, one in which everything and everyone finds its place. But sometimes that place isn't always a proper one... This off-beat, self-contained tale is presented in landscape format 11" x 8.5" with four-inch cover flaps.

100 pages, $19.99.

SNAKED #1

Written by Clifford Meth, art by Rufus Dayglo, cover by Ashley Wood.

In a world of dirty politics, backstabbing friends and unfaithful women, Bill Timmons discovers that being a Snake is more than a metaphorŠ but he's unprepared for what will happen when he sheds his skin and the fangs start to showŠ and so is everyone else.

32 pages, $2.99.

METAL GEAR SOLID: SONS OF LIBERTY VOL. 2

Written by Alex Garner, art by Rufus Dayglo and Ashley Wood, cover by Wood.

Four years after former FoxHound hero Solid Snake saved the day on Shadow Moses Island, a new terrorist organization known as Dead Cell has hijacked the environmental cleanup facility known as the Big Shell and taken the President of the United States hostage. In response to their threat, FoxHound agent Raiden must join forces with a mysterious Navy Seal known as Pliskin to rescue the President and neutralize Dead Cell, whose leader is said to be none other than Solid Snake himself! Collecting the final six issues of Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty.

148 pages, $19.99.

CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE TPB -- NEW PRINTING

Written by Tom Waltz, art by Casey Maloney, cover by Ashley Wood.

Before they teamed up on Gene Simmons' Zipper, writer Tom Waltz and artist Casey Maloney delivered the horrific wartime tale, Children of the Grave. This new printing features fully colored art for the first time ever, a new back-up story from Waltz and Maloney.

120 pages, $14.99.

FALLEN ANGEL #22

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

In a world where superheroes are merely four-color creations of comic books, a small boy tries to convince his friends about his amazing adventure in a mysterious city that he inadvertently slept-walked into... a city where he would have most certainly died if not for the intervention of a real-life superhero called the Fallen Angel.

32 pages, $3.99.

30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BEYOND BARROW #3

Written by Steve Niles, art and cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

In the dark frozen night John Ikos and a handful of survivors confront an evil greater then anything they have ever faced. Be there for the thrilling, macabre conclusion of the last 30 Days of Night story as told by creator Steve Niles and legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz.

32 pages, $3.99.

ADVENTURES IN OZ TPB -- NEW PRINTING

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, courtesy of award-winning cartoonist Eric Shanower. This all-new printing of the beloved series 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, $39.99.

STAR TREK: ALIEN SPOTLIGHT: ORIONS

Written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, art by Elena Casagrande, covers by Zach Howard and Casagrande.

"The female of the species is deadlier than the male" -- a statement that was never more true than in the case of the Orion Animal Women, infamous from the very first episode of Star Trek, "The Cage"! It's a fact Fleet Captain Christopher Pike will soon discover, as he's caught up in a web of intergalactic criminal intrigue. Can Pike trust the beautiful Orion slave girl -- and can he trust himself around her?

32 pages, $3.99.

STAR TREK: YEAR FOUR #6

Written by David Tischman, art and cover by Steve Conley.

As Kirk and the crew investigate the disappearance of the USS Pasteur, a trail of debris leads the USS Enterprise to an automated facility on a lifeless, desert planet in the Gobi system. A landing party finds robotic nannies caring for a computer-controlled nursery of alien babies -- which Dr. McCoy's analysis proves to be the final survivors of the planet's dead civilization. But when an ensign disappears, and clues of the Pasteur's fate uncover the facility's startling secret, the computer reveals it maternal instincts -- using its awesome power to defend its children -- endangering the Enterprise, and forcing Kirk and the landing party to fight for their lives.

32 pages, $3.99.

GENE SIMMONS' ZIPPER #2

Written by Tom Waltz, art by Casey Malone, cover by Adriano Loyola.

Gene Simmons' stranger in a strange land tale continues, as Denizen Xeng Ral, a solitary fugitive to Earth from his own world, the Nether Ether, finds strange allies in a good-hearted drug dealer and a hardened police detective. Lethal enemies abound, too, as the mysterious Celestial Defense Ministry joins Etherian Hunters in the desperate chase for the now-exposed Xeng Ral.

32 pages, $3.99.

GENE SIMMONS' DOMINATRIX #5

Written by Sean Taylor, art by Esteve Polls, cover by Fernadno Goni.

The adventures of Gene Simmons' cleavage-laden series of intrigue and adventure continues as Dominatrix finally learns the secrets behind her new powers. But a surprising betrayal from an unexpected source could make her new information worthless if she can't save both herself and her friends from the enigmatic Happy Jacq.

32 pages, $3.99.



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