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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012

IDW PUBLISHING FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: G.I. JOE: COBRA #13

Written by: Mike Costa.

Art by: Antonio Fuso.

Covers by: Antonio Fuso.

Description: A new era begins here! The critically-acclaimed Cobra series enters a new era! With the Joes fragmented, somebody's got to handle the dirty work. Who will it be? Find out here! When G.I. Joe goes underground, the world will never be the same!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS

Written by: Fred Van Lente.

Art by: Ryan Dunlavey.

Cover by: Ryan Dunlavey.

Description: For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka -- and more! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6.

Pages: 224.

Price: $21.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: GODZILLA #1

Written by: Duane Swierczynski.

Art by: Simon Gane.

Covers by: Art Adams and Tony Harris.

Description: Godzilla is back... in an all-new ongoing series! Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team to take down monster-sized threats... at $7 billion a bounty. What starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer... if he can live past day one!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: MAGIC: THE GATHERING #4

Written by: Matt Forbeck.

Art by: Martín Coccolo.

Cover by: Karl Kopinski.

Description: Dack Fayden has finally caught up to the mage that destroyed his home village, but it might be too late: she has begun casting a deadly spell that will drain hundreds of their life force. And, now that Dack has arrived, he may fall prey to the same dark magic as the rest!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: SMOKE AND MIRRORS #3

Written by: Mike Costa and Jon Armstrong .

Art by: Ryan Browne.

Covers by: Ryan Browne and Francesco Francavilla.

Description: Stage magician Terry Ward makes his way in a world of sorcery using only his skills and his wits! But will that prove to me enough when the dangers of the world start compounding?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #5

Written by: James Roberts.

Art by: Alex Milne.

Covers by: Alex Milne and Nick Roche.

Description: The dark secret at the heart of Delphi is revealed as Ratchet's world starts to fall apart. Time is running out for the Autobot's Chief Medical Officer and his band of followers, who must confront an enemy that literally cannot be reckoned with. Warning: not everyone will make it out alive!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.





FIRST LOOK: TRUE BLOOD #1

Written by: Ann Nocenti and Michael McMillian.

Art by: Michael Gaydos.

Covers by: Tim Bradstreet and more.

Description: Alan Ball's HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures, returns as an ongoing series! With creative collaboration from True Blood creator/writer/producer Alan Ball, this series features writers Ann Nocenti and Michael McMillian, with art by Michael Gaydos.

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 23.








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