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TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SEQUEL: THE REIGN OF STARSCREAM #1

Written by Chris Mowry and Chris Ryall, art by Alex Milne, covers by Milne and Gabriel Rodriguez, variant cover by James Raiz.

The official continuation of the blockbuster Transformers movie begins here! When Megatron falls in battle, Starscream assumes the role of Decepticon leader on Earth. Mustering his surviving allies, he sets out to put his own plan in motion. But before he can do that, he'll need to retrieve a fallen comrade, carry out a plan of revenge, and leave the Earth to meet up with a major player in the Decepticon army. Picking up where the film ended, "The Reign of Starscream" also reveals the fates of other surviving film characters in a tale of intrigue, betrayal and dark ambition featuring both old and all-new Transformers characters.

32 pages, $3.99.

THE TRANSFORMERS: BEST OF THE UK: DINOBOTS #6

Written by Simon Furman and Bob Budiansky, art by Will Simpson, Williams Johnson and Kyle Baker, covers by Josh Burcham, retro art.

This final issue featuring 32 full pages of story and art concludes the Dinoobots tale spun by Simon Furman and Will Simpson, along with a bonus standalone Dinos tale -- a repeat performance of "Repeat Performance," a much-loved tale by Bob Budiansky, William Johnson and Kyle Baker.

32 pages, $3.99.

TRANSFORMERS: BEST OF THE U.K.: SPACE PIRATES #2

Written by Simon Furman, art by Dan Reed, cover by Dan Khanna.

Continuing the reprints of the best Transformers epics from across the pond! In chapter two of Space Pirates, Autobot City: Earth has been seized by the cruel and fearsome race known as the Quintessons! Can Rodimus Prime stop them before it's too late?

32 pages, $3.99.

MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #1

Written by Doug Wojtowicz, art by S.L. Gallant, cover by Rebecca A. Wrigley.

IDW Publishing teams up with Gold Eagle to reprise one of adventure fiction's longest-running novel series: Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, The Executioner! The inspiration for countless payback warrior characters since 1969, Bolan returns in an explosive five-issue miniseries that pits him against enemies drawn from the Executioner's many novelized conflicts -- from his war against the Mafia to his battles with the KGB and even today's terrorists!

32 pages, $3.99.

STAR TREK: YEAR FOUR: THE ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT

Written by D.C. Fontana and Derek Chester, art by Gordon Purcell, cover by Joe Sharp and Rob Sharp.

IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Second Stage continues! Showcasing the top Trek writers in print, TV, and comics as IDW beings their second year under Starfleet command. This month, Star Trek legend Dorothy "D.C." Fontana takes the stage for her first-ever Star Trek comic book series. The writer from the original TV series, as well as The Animated Series, The Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine, is joined by partner Derek Chester for The Enterprise Experiment, an all-new series set in the unexplored fourth year of the U.S.S. Enterprise's legendary five-year mission. A sequel to the classic episode "The Enterprise Incident" -- originally written by Fontana herself -- where Kirk and Spock found themselves trapped on an Enterprise out of phase with space itself and facing a plot of revenge from Romulans!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE MUMMY MOVIE PREQUEL: THE RISE & FALL OF XANGO'S AX

Written by Joshua Jabcuga, art and cover by Stephen Mooney.

In the prelude to next summer's blockbuster Mummy movie, adventurer Rick O'Connell and his son Alex embark on their most dangerous adventure yet. In Burma, Rick procures a stolen jewel that has unearthed the vengeful god of thunder, Xango. Now they have to stay one step ahead of corrupt treasure-hunters and angry spirit-demons if they want to prevent Xango from remaking the world in his image!

32 pages, $3.99.

STAR TREK: NEW FRONTIER #2

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

David unveils his all-new adventures of the New Frontier saga in the official continuation of his series of novels. In part two of "Slingshot," Admiral Jellico steals a prototype time ship...or does he? Not everything is what it seems.

32 pages, $3.99.

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: INTELLIGENCE GATHERING #4

Written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, art by David Messina, covers by Messina and Joe Corroney.

When the Enterprise is the target of a mysterious futile attack, Captain Picard and crew find themselves in a mind-control mystery! Will Deanna Troi's empathic abilities prove to be an asset -- or a deadly liability?

32 pages, $3.99.

GHOST WHISPERER #2

Written by Carrie Smith and Becca Smith, art by Elena Casagrande, covers by Casagrande and Joselle Ho.

Continuing an all-new miniseries spinning out of the hit CBS TV show starring Jennifer Love Hewitt! Seventeen-year-old Vicky has drowned‹but that won't stop her from exacting revenge on Joanne, the bullying girls' soccer captain who tormented her. After all, revenge tastes better cold.

32 pages, $3.99.

ROGUE ANGEL: TELLER OF TALL TALES #3

Written by Barbara Kesel, art by Renae De Liz, cover by Rebecca A. Wrigley.

What Annja Creed finds hidden away inside the timbers could rock the world of literature... if she survives long enough to read it! Gold Eagle's novel heroine continues her first foray into comic books.

32 pages, $3.99.

LOCKE & KEY #3

Written by Joe Hill, art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the biggest psycho of them all? Could it be budding serial killer Sam Lesser?

32 pages, $3.99.

EVERYBODY'S DEAD #2

Written by Brian Lynch, art and cover by Dave Crosland.

How do you survive a statewide undead cannibal epidemic when you have no weapons, training, nor athletic abilities? Find the answers (and so much more) in the second issue of Everybody's Dead.

32 pages, $3.99.

FX #2

Written by Wayne Osborne, art and cover by John Byrne.

What's worse than the strangest girl in your class finding out you're a superhero? How about a monster who brings your worst fears to life?

32 pages, $3.99.

BADGER SAVES THE WORLD #5

Written by Mike Baron, art by Kevin Caron, cover by Mike Oeming.

In "The Big Finish," terrorists take over the Oscars and threaten to kill America's beloved celebrities, beginning with Chastity Slut. Into this cluster foxtrot drop Badger and the Little Dragon, fresh off the veldt and primed for combat. The ending will bring not only greater understanding and harmony among the indigenous peoples of the world, but it will materially improve your own lives.

32 pages, $3.99.

DOCTOR WHO #4

Written by Gary Russell, art and cover by Nick Roche.

Someone or something is removing the populations of entire planets. The Doctor and Martha must find out who, what and why, or Earth will be next!

32 pages, $3.99.

DR. WHO CLASSICS #5

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

IDW Publishing continues its re-presentation of classic Doctor Who comics from across time and space as the "Star Beast" saga of the Fourth Doctor concludes!

32 pages, $3.99.

SILENT HILL: SINNER'S REWARD #3

Written by Tom Waltz, art and cover by Steph Stamb, variant cover by Justin Randall.

Jack Stanton and the mysterious teenager Sara carry on their desperate search for their loved ones through the haunted streets of Silent Hill. But will the town allow them to succeed? IDW Publishing continues its return to the darkest corners of Konami's Silent Hill franchise.

32 pages, $3.99.

FALLEN ANGEL #26

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

The war for Bete Noire is over... and it hasn't turned out the way anyone expected. Now the losers are on the run, the victors are hoping to eradicate them, and the race is on to find the one thing that can turn around the outcome.

32 pages, $3.99.

SPEED RACER: CHRONICLES OF THE RACER #4

Written by Arie Kaplan, art and cover by Robby Musso.

A lunatic has rigged a train to explode, and it's heading for the sleepy town of Mahfoon, Arizona. Only Navajo bounty hunter Sleek Raven can out-race the locomotive and save the townŠ Arie Kaplan and Robby Musso conclude their stories of past Racers throughout history with a rip-roarin' tale of the Old West.

32 pages, $3.99.

SPEED RACER/RACER X: THE ORIGINS COLLECTION TPB

Written and art by Tommy Yune, art by Jo Chen, cover by Yune.

Reprinting the twin Wildstorm miniseries recounting the origins of Speed and his enigmatic brother Racer X, collected together in one volume! With writing and art by breakout creator Tommy Yune, the 1999 series became the runaway hit of the year, and became Wizard Magazine's #1 Pick. Retelling the origin of the Mach-5 team, the prequel brings together all the favorite characters from the TV series, while the sequel miniseries unlocks the secret origin of Speed's older brother Rex RacerŠ and his return as the masked and mysterious Racer X.

140 pages, $19.99.

SPEED RACER: CHRONICLES OF THE RACER TPB

Written by Arie Kaplan, art by Robby Musso, cover by Alex Garner.

"Mach Go Go Go!" Speed Racer and all of the characters you know and love -- from Trixie to Chim-Chim and beyond -- are back in all-new adventures. Kicking off a new era of Speed, Kaplan and Musso expand the mythos in a story that spans generations of Racers!

104 pages, $17.99.

GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX TPB, VOL. 1

Written by Sean Taylor, art by Flavio Hoffe and Esteve Polls, cover by Alex Garner.

T&A meets CIA in rock god Gene Simmons' ground-breaking comic as professional dominatrix Dominique Stern becomes ensnared in a world of government cover-ups and international conspiracies. Collecting the first six-issue tale, a Dominatrix photo collage featuring Gene Simmons and some real-life doms and more!

144 pages, $14.99.

GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS TPB VOL. 1

Written by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Tom Waltz, Chris Ryall, Sean Taylor and more, art by Jeffrey Zornow, Esteve Polls, Steph Stamb, Jon Alderink, Grant Bond and more cover by Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo.

You knock at the door of the old mansion up on the hill, and who answers? Your host, none other than Gene Simmons, beckoning you inside. The door slams shut. You try to run, but it's too late... you've entered the home of Simmons Comics Group and there's no turning back! Gene Simmons House of Horrors includes the 15 different and terrifying stories all presided over by Simmons.

192 pages, $27.99. and featuring a cover by fellow legend Todd McFarlane!

GENE SIMMONS ZIPPER #6

Written by Tom Waltz, art and cover by Casey Maloney.

Denizen Xeng Ral has defeated the Etherian Hunters only to face off against the Celestial Defense Ministry militia in a final bloody battle... the amazing first story arc of Gene Simmons' stranger-in-a-strange-land tale reaches its spectacular conclusion!

32 pages, $3.99.

CVO: AFRICAN BLOOD TPB

Written by El Torres, art and cover by Luis Czerniawski.

CVO, the top-secret CIA covert ops squad of vampire agents, goes to Ethiopia to track down a dangerous arms dealer, specializing in powerful artifacts, the kind that even affect the super natural CVO team. Presenting the latest adventure from our nation's first and only line of super natural defense!

108 pages, $17.99.

ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #6

Written by Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch art by John Byrne, Sean Galloway, David Messina, Stephen Mooney and Kevyn Schmidt, covers by Joe Sharp and Rob Sharp and Rebecca A. Wrigley.

First Night begins! What happened on the very night Los Angeles went straight to hell, the incident that ended the Angel television series with such a shocking cliffhanger? Why did the team go their separate ways? And how did Connor rise up to become one of Hell's greatest champions? This first issue of a two-part series-within-a-series has the answers you've been waiting for!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE COMPLETE CHESTER GOULD'S DICK TRACY, VOL. 4

Written and art by Chester Gould.

Presenting the forth volume of IDW Publishing's deluxe hardcover collection of Chester Gould's timeless comic strip, Dick Tracy. This volume contains over 500 comic strips from the series' early years, covering material that ran from July 1936 through January 1938. This special volume features a new introduction by consulting editor Max Allan Collins, as well as a look at Republic Pictures' first Tracy film from 1937, and its relationship to (and departures from) the source material, written by Mike Price.

352 pages, black and white, $29.99.