WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011
IMAGE COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER
WITCHBLADE #150
Written by RON MARZ
art STJEPAN SEJIC
cover A STJEPAN SEJIC
cover B MICHAEL BROUSSARD
cover C MIKE CHOI
cover D MICHAEL TURNER
WITCHBLADE reaches its momentous one hundred-fiftieth issue! The series reaches another landmark as longtime writer RON MARZ and artist STJEPAN SEJIC put a final stamp on the series they helped define for the modern reader with their final issue. Sara Pezzini has long walked the thin line between being the bearer of the Witchblade and a detective for the New York Police Department. Now as Internal Affairs closes in on her, she may be forced to choose between her two lives.
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on Sept. 28.
NEAR DEATH #1
Written byÊJAY FAERBER
art SIMONE GUGLIELMINI cover TOMM COKER
Markham is a professional killer who has a near death experience during a botched mission. Determined to avoid ever returning to the Hell he glimpsed, Markham dedicates himself to balancing the scales. He's going to save a life for every life he's taken. And he's taken a lot of lives...
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
PIGS #1
Written by NATE COSBY & BEN McCOOL
art BRENO TEMURA
cover JOCK
ISSUE ONE: HELLO, CRUEL WORLD
A KGB sleeper cell has been in Cuba since 1962. And now they're coming to kill you. NATE COSBY (MARVEL), BEN McCOOL (CHOKER, MEMOIR) and hotshot newcomer artist BRENO TEMURA present PIGS, an ongoing series set to join Image's elite ranks. Terrorists have descended on America, assigned to destroy everything in their path...but why, and why now?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
HAUNT #19
Written by JOE CASEY
art / cover NATHAN FOX
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An all-new creative team kicks off with a bold new direction! Brothers Daniel and Kurt Killgore have shared an ominous power, but things begin to unravel -- for both of them -- when a past tragedy comes back to haunt them. All-new action! All-new enemies! The new nightmare begins...NOW!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
27: SECOND SET #1
Written by CHARLES SOULE
art RENZO PODESTA
cover SCOTT FORBES
The next, new reader-friendly chapter in the 27 saga begins HERE. Almost a year after the events of 27: FIRST SET, Will Garland, down-on-his-luck rock star, is desperate to recapture his lost fame. How far will he go, and will he encounter more cosmic craziness and intense action on the way? Answers: very far indeed, and absolutely. But on the plus side -- groupies!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
TEEN WOLF: BITE ME #1
Written by DAVID TISCHMAN
art / cover STEPHEN MOONEY
Scott McCall's life is a living nightmare. Sure, he's co-captain of the Beacon Hills High Lacrosse Team and he's got a hot new girlfriend named Allison who adores him -- but Scott was bitten by a werewolf. And every time he gets excited, the claws come out. And the hair. And the fangs. Which might be okay, except Allison's father leads a specially trained group of Hunters who want him dead. ÊScott's managed to keep his secret safe, but what happens when he can't reverse the process? In this original comic book story based on MTV's new hit series, Scott's stuck -- and nothing can change him back. Will he stay a Werewolf forever? The horror begins here.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
ARTIFACTS #13
Written by RON MARZ
art DALE KEOWN & SUNNY GHO
cover A DALE KEOWN
cover B JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
cover C JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
THE DECISION!
It all comes down to this! The Survivor's plan has come to fruition. All thirteen Artifacts and their bearers are in their fated place. The stakes are simple -- the very fate of the Top Cow Universe. And the only question that remains is, will either Jackie Estacado or Sara Pezzini doom the world as Tom Judge predicted? Legendary special guest artist DALE KEOWN (THE DARKNESS/PITT, Hulk) joins Top Cow Universe architect RON MARZ to bring fans an event conclusion they will never forget! PLUS: Each issue will also feature an Artifacts: Origin story written by RON MARZ and drawn by a guest superstar artist.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Oct. 5.
'68: JUNGLE JIM
Written by MARK KIDWELL
art NATE VAN DYKE & JAY FOTOS
cover A NATE VAN DYKE
cover B NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
Vietnam, 1968: Behind enemy lines, a soldier stands alone. A one-man army...armored against the risen, hungry dead under burlap, bamboo and Army green. Armored against the living with a Bowie knife and a mobile arsenal. If you got left behind...he'll find you. If you're the enemy...you'll never see him coming. If you're a zombie...he'll kill you again. Sometimes, to slay monsters...you have to become one yourself. Jungle Jim is a stand-alone one-shot comic story set in the grim world of '68.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Sept. 28.
THE BIG LIE #1
Written byÊRICK VEITCH art RICK VEITCH & GARY ERSKINE cover THOMAS YEATES
A lab tech travels back in time to the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 to try and get her husband out of the world trade center before it falls, but will the facts convince him before it's too late? ÊA riveting tale of 9/11 by award winning master storyteller RICK VEITCH thatÊexposes "The Big Lie!"
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
DEADLANDS: HOPELESS ROADS
Written byÊSTEVE NILES
art / cover FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA based on the game DEADLANDS from PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT
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Visionary Comics and Pinnacle Entertainment bring the weird Western world of Deadlands to comics!ÊÊWhen evil takes over a sleepy western town it will take a heartless father to save the souls of the innocent in the final of four one-shots by masters of horror and noire, Steve Niles and Francesco Francavilla. Backup series also wraps up the origin of Billy the Kid in the world of Deadlands!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
PILOT SEASON: DECLASSIFIED 2011
Written by TOP COW'S FINEST
art / cover TOP COW'S FINEST
TAKE CONTROL!
After five years, the annual Pilot Season has become a comics institution and a unique engine for debuting new ideas and properties into comics! Get your first look at this year's competition, which begins in October, including the list of creative teams, this year's concepts, and an early look at the art from each book. You'll also get an early look at upcoming series from previous winners like GENIUS and 39 MINUTES. We can't tell you much more, because it's still Top Secret, but we will give you this hint: 8. 4. 2.
32 pages, $1, in stores on Sept. 7.
LOVESTRUCK OGN
Written by DENNIS HOPELESS
art KEVIN MELLON
cover ERIK JONES
It's a love story, but not like you think.Ê There's no boy meets girl or star-crossed soul mates. ÊLove is a billion-dollar industry.Ê Cupid's the megalomaniac CEO.Ê And Kali Monroe gets paid to break your heart.Ê Love is all around us. ÊThese are the pricks who control it.
192 pages, $16.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
BLUE ESTATE, VOL. 1 TP
storyÊVIKTOR KALVACHEV &ÊANDREW OSBORNE
art VIKTOR KALVACHEV, TOBY CYPRESS, NATHAN FOX and ROBERT VALLEY
cover VIKTOR KALVACHEV
It all starts with a low-rent private eye trying (and failing) to escape the long shadow of his respected cop father.ÊÊBut a chance encounter with a B-list action star on the mean streets of Hollywood drags the wannabe gumshoe into a world of strippers, mobsters...and the wildest (and only!) case of his career!ÊÊSee who lives, who dies, and who gets the Tiger Blood knocked outta them in the first four issues of the fast, funny smash hit new crime series from Image Comics!Ê Collects BLUE ESTATE #1-4.
120 pages, $12.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
CARBON GREY, VOL. 1: SISTERS AT WAR TP
Written by HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS, PAUL GARDNER & MIKE KENNEDY
art / cover HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH
To a noble family twins are born; Mathilde and Giselle, the Sisters Grey. For centuries the Greys have protected the Kaiser, ruler of Mitteleuropa -- but this is a different time. At the dawn of the industrial age a great war rages. When the Kaiser is found dead Giselle is accused of his murder. Pursued by her sisters and hunted by the enemy Giselle must unravel the prophecy of the Carbon Grey before history itself is rewritten. ÔSisters at War' includes all three issues of the sold-out first arc plus deleted scenes, concept art and additional new content.
96 pages, $9.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
THE DARKNESS COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2 TP
Written by JENKINS, MARZ, HESTER, TIERI, LAPHAM, & FIALKOV
art KEOWN, BROUSSARD, PORTACIO, LUCAS, MONTIEL, & DENHAM
cover BROUSSARD
The twisted journey of Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there, continues! Follow Jackie as he returns from Hell itself to seek revenge against the Franchetti mob family, rises to Don, becomes a Kingpin, and falls from grace in these stories by Top Cow's Finest. Collects THE DARKNESS vol. 2 #1-24, THE DARKNESS vol. 3 #1-10, THE DARKNESS #75-89 & more!
1280 pages, $59.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
ELEPHANTMEN, VOL. 4: QUESTIONABLE THINGS TP
Written by RICHARD STARKINGS
art MORITAT, AXEL MEDELLIN & MARIAN CHURCHLAND
cover BOO COOK
A MAPPO sleeper cell has been reactivating Elephantmen, affecting not only the lives of Hip Flask and Ebony Hide but Vanity Case, Miki, Sahara and LAPD Lieutenant Blackthorne as well. Collects ELEPHANTMEN #24-30.
312 pages, $24.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
GREEN WAKE,ÊVOL. 1 TP
Written by KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
The highly acclaimed, repeat sellout series from writer KURTIS J. WIEBE and artist RILEY ROSSMO is a riveting tale of loss and horror. In the forgotten town of Green Wake, a string of grisly mutilations leads Morley Mack on the trail of a young woman named Ariel, who is the prime suspect. But when a stranger with startling connections to Ariel arrives under mysterious circumstances, Morley unravels a dark plot with a surprising link to his past. Collects GREEN WAKE #1-5.
136 pages, $16.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
MORIARTY, VOL. 1 TP
Written by DANIEL COREY
art / coverÊ ANTHONY DIECIDUE
"THE DARK CHAMBER" Part One
It is the dawn of World War I, and Sherlock Holmes has been dead for 20 years. Holmes' enemy Ñ Professor James Moriarty Ñ is a lost man. MI5 blackmails Moriarty into finding Holmes' long-lost brother, Mycroft, but what at first appears to be a routine case leads to a web of intrigue that involves a psychic box and its creator, a woman from Moriarty's past, and a new villain that threatens to be greater than Moriarty ever was! Collects MORIARTY #1-4.
128 pages, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
SAVAGE DRAGON: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT TP
Written by /Êart / cover ERIK LARSENÊ
Following the devastating conclusion of Emperor Dragon Malcolm and Angel Dragon have to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. Introducing new villains Cutthroat Kid, Thunder-Head and Warren Terror as well as returning favorites Mr. Glum, the Absorbanoids and Monster Rex! Featuring a new Mighty Man, the Golden Age Daredevil and a cast of thousands!ÊComes with our highest possible recommendation! Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #169-174.
128 pages, $16.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 12 TP
Written by TODD McFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN
art GREG CAPULLO, DANNY MIKI, TODD McFARLANE & CHANCE WOLF
cover CLAYTON CRAIN
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The Freak returns with an agenda of his own and Sam and Twitch are caught in the middle. Will Spawn come to their aid or will his apathy be the end of the detectives? Throw Wolfram the Vampire and the Heap in the mix and who knows what'll happen! Relive the excitement of one of the best-selling independent comics of all time and grow your SPAWN: ORIGINS collection! Collects SPAWN #69-74.
152 pages, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
Ê SPAWN: ORIGINS BOOK 4 HC
Written by TODD McFARLANE & ALAN MOORE
art GREG CAPULLO, TODD McFARLANE, TONY DANIEL & KEVIN CONRAD
cover GREG CAPULLO
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Revisit epic battles and relive the introduction of many new
characters into the Spawn universe such as the Tiffany, Cy-gor, the Curse and Tremor. Includes the classic "Christmas" issue as well as the double-sized issue 50!
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Extra features include color and b/w cover gallery and behind-the-scenes art. All this and more in an oversized, hardcover format complete with a wraparound painted cover by master SPAWN artist GREG CAPULLO. Grow your family of SPAWN: ORIGINS collection of books with this latest stellar addition. Collects SPAWN #38-50.
352 pages, $29.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
TWILIGHT GUARDIAN TP
Written by TROY HICKMAN
art SID KOTIAN, BILL FARMER & REZA
cover KEU CHA
PILOT SEASON WINNER!
The entire tale of a lone, dedicated heroÊpatrolling her nine block suburban neighborhood that captured the imaginations of fans during 2008's Pilot Season and after heated voting emerged asÊone of the winning titles is finally collected!ÊCreator and writer TROY HICKMAN (COMMON GROUNDS) along with artist SID KOTIAN (EAT THE DEAD)Êdelves intoÊTwilightÊGuardian's past, her motivations for crime-fighting, and even give her an arch-nemesis in the terrifying Dusk Devil!Ê
CollectsÊTWILIGHT GUARDIAN #1-#4 along with the original PILOT SEASON:ÊTWILIGHT GUARDIAN #1 with a cover gallery, behind-the-scenes insights and more!
160 pages, $19.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
ULTRA: SEVEN DAYS DELUXE HC
Written by JOSHUA LUNA
art / cover ÊJONATHAN LUNAÊ
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This edition collects the complete run of ULTRA: SEVEN DAYS in an oversized hardcover and slipcase format. In Spring City, where superheroes blur the line between law enforcement and celebrity, Pearl Penalosa, AKA Ultra, is a workaholic. At the prestigious agency, Heroine Inc., she has earned a legion of fans, a nomination for "Best Heroine of the Year," and a perfect life. Well...almost perfect.Ê A chance encounter with a mysterious fortune teller prophesizes true love for Pearl within seven days. Limited signed and numbered edition includes an exclusive print.
LIMITED TO INITIAL ORDERS. THESE EDITIONS WILL NEVER BE PRINTED AGAIN! Collects ULTRA: SEVEN DAYS #1-8
248 pages, $74.99, in stores on Sept. 14.
UNDYING LOVE, VOL. 1 TP
Written by / art / cover TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN
A tale of horror-action, equal parts vampire mythology and Chinese folklore, set in modern day Hong Kong. Ex-soldier John Sargent has fallen for a beautiful Chinese woman named Mei. The only thing keeping the star-crossed lovers apart: she's a vampire. To free Mei from the curse, Sargent sets out to destroy the vampire that made her. The only problem: Mei was turned by one of the most powerful vampires in history... Collects UNDYING LOVE #1-4.
102 pages, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
THE WALKING DEAD 2012 CALENDAR
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
13 of the most heart-stopping images from comics' premiere horror series!
26 pages, $14.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
THE WALKING DEAD LOGO T-SHIRT
Show off your love for THE WALKING DEAD!
S-XL, $24.99; XXL, $27.99; in stores on Sept. 21
50 GIRLS 50 #4
Written by FRANK CHO & DOUG MURRAY
art AXEL MEDELLIN
cover FRANK CHO
The first chapter of the of the ESS Savannah saga comes to its epic conclusion as the crew unknowingly has a traitor within their ranks. Has their entire universe-spanning search for home been planned since the beginning? It's looking like it and what results isn't pretty.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 7.
ALL NIGHTERÊÊ#4
Written by DAVID HAHN
art / cover DAVID HAHN
"STEALING SCENES," Part Four
In this penultimate issue, the gang throws a wild Halloween party at the diner, which will turn out to be the last event there for any of them.Ê After Kit reveals to Martha the truth behind her mother's death, Martha vanishes and a police investigation begins.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
AVENGELYNE #3
Written by ROB LIEFELD & MARK POULTON
art OWEN GIENI
cover A ROB LIEFELD
cover B OWEN GIENI
"DEVIL IN THE FLESH," Conclusion
The thrilling conclusion to the first story arc! Has Hell found its new second in command? As Avengelyne battles the serial killer Torment, the Red Dragon shows his true form in battle against Passover!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 21.
BOMB QUEEN VII: QUEEN'S WORLD #2
Written by / art / cover JIMMIE ROBINSON
Bomb Queen brings her reign of horror on the new world order and only one person can stop her: ShadowHawk! But these aren't your classic heroes and villains. This is world domination 2.0 fought on a global scale in the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Sept. 28.
'BREED III #5
Written by / art / cover JIM STARLIN
"INVASION!"
'Breed swam all over Elsewhere, hunting for Raymond, Zoe and Pat, the Prodigal. ÊBut is Pat really the savior everyone's been waiting for? Plus Ray gets very unexpected allies in his battle against the Fathers.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Sept. 28.
BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER #7
Written by JOE CASEY
art / cover MIKE HUDDLESTON
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