TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
AVATAR PRESS FOR JANUARY
NO HERO TPB
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Written by Warren Ellis, art and cover by Juan Jose Ryp.
How much do you want to be super human? Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, the team behind Black Summer, are revolutionizing masked heroes yet again in this blockbuster epic! Dead heroes in the dirt. A killer capable of almost supernatural tortures. Five generations of the world's only superhuman group. A forty-year legacy of standing for the rights of freedom and safety. A young man obsessed with the need for street justice. How much do you want to be a superhuman? How badly does he want it? Bad enough to bring on the last days of an American legend? If he even gets to survive that long? Forty years ago, a group of superhumans emerged in San Francisco, guided by the man whose unique new drugs gave them their incredible powers. But the team is not the only thing that's advanced over the years, and there are no easy victories when their luck finally begins to run out... This huge collection features all eight issues of the series with a cover gallery under an all-new cover by Juan Jose Ryp. This tome is also available as a Hardcover edition with an exclusive cover by series artist Ryp that is limited to just 2000 copies and a special Dual Signed Hardcover featuring a new cover and is signed by both writer Warren Ellis and artist Juan Jose Ryp that is limited to only 400 copies!
Softcover, 192 pages, $19.99; Hardocver, $192 pages, $27.99; Deluxe Hardcover, 192 pages, $49.99.
CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD VOL. 1 TP (NEW PRINTING)
Written by Garth Ennis, art and cover by Jacen Burrows.
Volume 1 is back in print! Garth Ennis launches his next major anti-religious epic in the vein of Preacher, told in a series of mini-series! Danny Wormwood is the anti-Christ, no way around it, his dad is Satan and his demonic powers help him fit right into New York where he runs a TV studio. He has a trusty talking rabbit named Jimmy and his best friend is Jesus, who is a black, mentally-challenged, man that just isnít performing many miracles these days. The pesky Armageddon is coming right up, and it doesnít look like Pope Jacko is going to be any help in stopping it. Ennis drags the whole world into the gutter with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue, biting wit, and the stunning art of Jacen Burrows, all in full-color.
144 pages, $19.99.
CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD: THE LAST BATTLE #5
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Written by Garth Ennis, art and cover by Oscar Jimenez.
Continuing the on-going series of mini-series, Jimmy the Rabbit, Jay, and Danny Wormwood, the Anti-Christ himself, are back in a new full-color six issue series that promises to provide everything you love about Ennis! The recently-departed Pope Jacko is back in New York and turning it into a demonic infested Hell and he has finally crushed Dannyís spirit and taken the life of one of his dearest friends! Series artist Oscar Jimenez provides the stunning cover and interior art. Ennis drags the whole world into the gutter with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue, biting wit, and the stunning art of Jimenez, all in full-color. This sacrilegious artifact is available with Regular and Visions of Hell Wraparound, both by series artist Jimenez, and special retailer incentive Anti-Christ Edition!
32 pages, $3.99.
SUPERGOD #3
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Written by Warren Ellis, art by Garrie Gastonny, covers by Felipe Massafera and Gastonny.
SUPERGOD: Your God walks among you. Praying wonít help, expect to die shortly. From the creator of Black Summer and No Hero comes the craziest, nastiest, most soulless and criminal superhero comic of the year! SUPERGOD issue 3: the classic cold-war rivalry lives as the first atomic powered gods clash! In one corner Americaís Jerry Carney and in the other Soviet Russiaís Novaya Goraj. But the collateral damage is beyond imagining and these arenít even the most powerful of the Supergods. This is what a superhuman arms race would look like. This is what asking to be saved by men who can fly would look like. Take every superhero comic ever published, shove them into a nuclear-powered blender, soak it in bad vodka and set the whole thing alight -- and SUPERGOD will crawl out and eat your brain! This five issue color series is drawn by Garrie Gastonny with colors by Digikore. SUPERGOD is available with a Regular cover painted by Felipe Massafera, a Wraparound by series artist Garrie Gastonny, and a special retailer incentive Church Of Supergod Edition!
32 pages, $3.99.
ABSOLUTION #6
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Written by Christos Gage, art by Roberto Viacava, covers by Jacen Burrows, Juan Jose Ryp and Mike Wolfer.
It all comes to a head in this explosive final issue! The house of cards has collapsed. The web of lies has unraveled. With his life falling apart around him, can John Dusk survive? Or will he who chases monsters become a monster himself? Don't miss the shocking conclusion of the acclaimed miniseries - the book Ed Brubaker calls "my favorite thing from Christos Gage so far"! John always knew there would come a time when he had to choose between his two lives. That time is now. And either way, there's no going back. He wants to be forgiven...but he doesn't want to stop. This series explodes into stores with a Regular cover by Jacen Burrows, Wraparound by Juan Jose Ryp and Crime Files Edition by Mike Wolfer, as well as a Vigilante Retailer Order Incentive.
32 pages, $3.99.
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