SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013
IDW PUBLISHING FOR APRIL FOR APRIL
STAR TREK #20
Mike Johnson (w), Claudia Balboni (a), Tim Bradstreet (c).
The all-new origin stories of the Enterprise crew conclude with this special issue that focuses on TWO Trek Stalwarts: Sulu and Chekov! Witness their first meeting at Starfleet Academy, and learn how their paths intertwined all the way to the bridge of the Enterprise! Overseen by Trek writer/producer Roberto Orci, this issue sets the stage for Sulu and Chekov's new adventures in the blockbuster film sequel!
32 pages, $3.99.
STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS #4
Mike Johnson (w), David Messina (a), Messina, photo (c).
The shocking conclusion of this official prequel to next spring's STAR TREK film sequel! Overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this climactic issue leads directly into the upcoming blockbuster as Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew fight for fate of the Galaxy!
32 pages, $3.99.
STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS
Mike Johnson (w), David Messina (a & c)
The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS is the can't-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew!
104 pages, $17.99.
STAR TREK: JOHN BYRNE COLLECTION
John Byrne (w & a & c)
Comics legend John Byrne has taken on four Star Trek titles, all collected in this oversized hardcover collection. "Assignment Earth" recounts the adventures of interstellar agent Gary Seven, "Crew" recounts a tale from the very beginnings of the United Federation of Planets, "Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor" is a collection of tales from this famous member of the Frontier Medics Program, and mystery, intrigue, and war abound in "Romulans: Pawns of War."
320 pages, $49.99.
STAR TREK SPACE-SPANNING TREASURY EDITION
Mike Johnson (w) Stephen Molnar (a) Tim Bradstreet (c).
IDW continues to boldly go where no comic book company has gone before -- producing beautiful treasury editions of comics deserving of a BIG format! Collecting three issues that tell two complete stories, featuring one story inspired from the original series as well as one completely new tale! Great stories by ace Trek scribe Mike Johnson and stupendous art by Stephen Molnar featuring THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS and THE REDSHIRTS STORY!
72 pages, $9.99.
MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #6
Katie Cook (w), Amy Mebberson (a), Stephanie Buscema, Mebberson (c).
Nightmare Moon returns! But it's not the same old Nightmare Moon! Someone new, someone close to our heroes, has taken the mantle! What will the Ponies do when the danger hits so close to home? Read it and find out!
32 pages, $3.99.
MY LITTLE PONY: MICRO-SERIES #3: RARITY
Katie Cook (w), Andy Price (a) Amy Mebberson, Andy Price, Sabrina Alberghetti (c).
Rarity is in need of some well-deserved R & R after working hard on her new fashion line. A sweet spa retreat turns sour when Rarity learns that the establishment is a little too "down to earth"! How will this resourceful pony make the best out of this "rustic" situation? Read on to find out!
32 pages, $3.99.
G.I. JOE #3
Fred Van Lente (w), Steve Kurth (a), Juan Doe, Kurth, Ryan Dunlavey (c).
CHOOSE YOUR PATH! You become DUKE, leader of the G.I. JOE team, as he begins his journey to become a Real American Hero! You make the life or death decisions! Or -- is Duke just being tortured horrifically at the hands of the Baroness, and this is way of dealing with it -- a never-ending branching series of "Might Have Beens?" Or... is it both?
32 pages, $3.99.
G.I. JOE: SPECIAL MISSIONS #2
Chuck Dixon (w), Paul Gulacy (a), Sean Chen, Gulacy, Jim Rugg (c).
CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett and her Special Missions team rush to the heart of a perfect storm to retrieve a prize of forty billion (with a B!) of COBRA funds lying in the ocean deep. The only trouble is that the Baroness is already on the scene with a cutthroat crew of her own to reclaim the booty for COBRA!
32 pages, $3.99.
G.I. JOE: THE COBRA FILES #1
Mike Costa (w), Antonio Fuso (a), Michael Lark, Fuso, Tom Whalen (c).
A SNAKE IN THEIR MIDST! Her name is CHAMELEON -- and she used to be a COBRA agent. Now she's made her way into the G.I. JOE team -- the honest way. But even with the best of intentions, does she have what it takes to fight on the side of the angels? FLINT thinks she does, and he's willing to gamble the lives of this teammates on her… Unfortunately, with the Crimson Twin called TOMAX pulling the strings, no bet is a sure thing.
32 pages, $3.99.
G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #189
Larry Hama (w), S L Gallant (a & c)
G.I. JOE takes to the high seas to stop the BLACK MAJOR from eliminating the hostages aboard an oil survey ship. Can SCARLETT, STALKER, TORPEDO, GUNG-HO and BEACH HEAD storm the ship and get the hostages to safety? G.I. JOE is in for choppy waters in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189!
32 pages, $3.99.
G.I JOE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, VOL. 2
Larry Hama & Steven Grant (w), Mike Vosburg, Geof Isherwood, Larry Hama, Russ Heath, & Frank Springer (a), N/A (c).
G.I. JOE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION presents the full run of original A REAL AMERICAN HERO stories, placed into proper reading order with subsequent series, like Special Missions. Volume 2 contains issues #13–25 along with extras such as character file cards and an introduction by Mark W. Bellomo that sheds light on the creation of the series.
312 pages, $49.99.
G.I. JOE: TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS
Max Brooks, Chuck Dixon, Matt Forbeck, Jon McGoran, Jonathan Maberry, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow, Duane Swierczynski, Dennis Tafoya (w), Gabriele Dell'Otto (c).
G.I. JOE: Tales from the Cobra Wars is an action-packed collection of all-original prose stories. Flint, Scarlett, Destro, the Baroness―they're all here as the ongoing war between GI JOE and COBRA is depicted from every angle. This trade paperback presents eight novella-length tales, penned by today's leading crime and thriller writers, such as Jonathan Maberry, Duane Swierczynski, Chuck Dixon, and Dennis Tafoya. Cobra Wars is edited by Max Brooks, who also supplies a new story, and features new illustrations for each story.
320 pages, black and white, $9.99.
G.I. JOE: COBRA: OKTOBER GUARD
Mike Costa (w), Antonio Fuso & Werther Dell'Edera (a), Antonio Fuso (c).
Who is the OKTOBER GUARD? The deadliest group of elite killers and assassins ever faced by G.I. JOE or COBRA! But with the main G.I. JOE force focused on tracking down SNAKE EYES, it's all up to FLINT and the covert G.I. JOE squad to step in -- and take them down!
128 pages, $19.99.
G.I. JOE/TRANSFORMERS, VOL. 3
Tim Seeley (w), Joe Ng, James Raiz, Alex Milne, & Andrew Wildman (a), Brendan Cahill (c).
The G.I. JOE vs The Transformers saga continues as the AUTOBOTS return to earth and with the help of G.I. JOE plan on destroying all Cybertronian technology. But Serpentor has other objectives.
208 pages, $24.99.
GHOSTBUSTERS #3
Erik Burnham (w), Dan Schoening (a & c).
New York loves the New Ghostbusters -- so much so that PCOC's liason Jack Hardemeyer would like them to downplay efforts in finding their predecessors in order to devote more time to their loving public. Janine would happily tell him where to shove a neutrona wand if she and the others didn't have to contend with the restless spirit of a mythological monster! Meanwhile, in limbo -- Egon and Ray think they've come up with a way to escape their ethereal prison!
32 pages, $3.99.
DANGER GIRL: TRINITY #1
Andy Hartnell (w), John Royle, Stephen Molnar, Brian Stelfreeze (a), J. Scott Campbell (c).
It's three times the ACTION, three times the THRILLS, and three times the DANGER!!! Abbey, Sydney and Sonya embark on three different knuckle-clenching adventures, each an epic tale of intrigue and derring-do, and each drawn by a different fantastic artist -- It's a triple-play of danger that will climax with the biggest surprise of the year!
32 pages, $3.99.
THE ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR #3
Roger Langridge (w), J. Bone (a), Walter Simonson (c).
His rocket-pack gone, his girl not speaking to him, and all of Hollywood about to fall into the clutches of the sinister Otto Rune...what's young Cliff Secord to do? And what's that dangerous-looking thing Peevy's been building, anyway? It's back to Square One for the Rocketeer... as he has to learn to fly all over again!
32 pages, $3.99.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: CUTTER #1
R.A. & Geno Salvatore (w), David Baldeon (a), Steve Ellis (c).
BIRTHRIGHT! Tierflin and Doum'weille are half-Drow siblings, locked in competition for the ownership of the bloodthirsty sword Khazid'hea -- the Cutter! Their father, the Drow renegade Tos'un -- a veteran of battles against the Kingdom of Many-Arrows -- is forced to choose his heir… but what does the powerful sword have to say on the subject?
32 pages, $3.99.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, VOL. 3: DOWN
John Rogers (w), Andrea Di Vito, Andres Ponce, Nacho Arranz, & Vicente Alcazar (a), Tyler Walpole (c).
Fell's Five have returned to Fallcrest, only to find shattering news for Khal. He's heading home, and nothing will stand in his way as he must lead Fell's Five against a sinister new threat in the Underdark. But this "threat" is someone near and dear to another of the group!
104 pages, $17.99.
THE COLONIZED #1
Chris Ryall (w), Drew Moss (a), Dave Sim (c).
Part 1: "Minutemen in Black" – In this all-new miniseries, a spaceship crashes into a separatist camp and manages to reanimate the dead as well! It's aliens vs. zombies vs. militiamen in a carnage-filled tale from the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots! And if that ain't enough, covers for this series will be by acclaimed Cerebus creator, Dave Sim!
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFUSION
Steve Niles (w), menton3 (a & c).
In a future overrun by out-of-control machines and monsters, a handful of human survivors try to fight their way back to a normal life. But what is normal in a world where both monsters and machines need human blood? And which are the real bad guys? Find out in this horrific new story by 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles and menton3, the demented artist behind Monocyte!
104 pages, $17.99.
JINNRISE #4
Sohaib Awan (w), Tony Vassallo (a & c).
Saved from interstellar forces, student Andrew Marcus' fate rests in the hands of Yunus…a boy in control of a living "myth": a Jinn (Genie). But can a single Jinn stand against these invaders…led by their greatest warrior, Lahasad-Brim? The answer might depend on a wildcard: a mysterious stranger who might be friend...or foe.
32 pages, $3.99.
GODZILLA #12
Duane Swierczynski (w), Simon Gane (a), Bob Eggleton, Matt Frank (c).
It all comes down to this… Godzilla vs. his mightiest enemy yet! The fate of the world hangs in the balance! What role will Boxer play? Will he be Godzilla's salvation or destruction? It's all been building to this, don't miss it!
32 pages, $3.99.
GODZILLA: THE HALF-CENTURY WAR
James Stokoe (w & a & c)
Introducing a new and exciting look at Godzilla's reign of destruction, courtesy of Orc Stain creator James Stokoe! The year is 1954 and Lieutenant Ota Murakami is on hand when Godzilla makes first landfall in Japan. Along with his pal Kentaro, Ota makes a desperate gamble to save lives... and in the process begins an obsession with the King of the Monsters that lasts fifty years!
124 pages, $19.99.
JOE HILL'S TERRIFYINGLY TRAGIC TREASURY EDITION
Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella (w), Nat Jones, Seth Fisher, Langdon Foss, Zach Howard, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos (a), Gabriel Rodriguez (c).
Author Joe Hill is much more than just the Eisner-winning creator of Locke & Key! As this oversized extravaganza shows, his mind is twisted in all kinds of clever and disturbing ways. Contained herein is his one-shot "Kodiak," Seth Fisher's final work in "Freddie Wertham Goes to Hell," the original Eisner-nominated one-shot "The Cape," and the award-winning Locke & Key short "Open the Moon." Come for the insane writings, stay for the beautiful art reproduce at Treasury-sized proportions!
72 pages, $9.99.
THE HIGH WAYS #4
John Byrne (w & a & c).
Many secrets hide in the asteroid belt, and our crew have just found themselves thrust into the biggest one of all. Questions will be answered -- but some of those answers may turn out to be questions of their own!
32 pages, $3.99.
TRUE BLOOD #12
Michael McMillian (w), Michael Gaydos (a & c).
Alan Ball's HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures, continues! With creative collaboration from TRUE BLOOD creator/writer/producer Alan Ball, actor/writer Michael McMillian continues a climactic arc that threatens to rip up Bon Temps at its roots!
32 pages, $3.99.
POPEYE #12
Roger Langridge (w & a & c).
Horse-racing, history-making hi-jinks this issue as Popeye meets comics' most famous oat-muncher, the mighty Spark Plug -- and his owner, Barney Google -- for the first time ever! Plus: Pint-sized shenanigans as Swee' Pea takes to the ring against the terrible "Berzerker Mazurka"!
32 pages, $3.99.
CLASSIC POPEYE #9
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
"This comic book contains the singular most bizarre and hilarious comic book story in the history of comic books and anyone that disagrees with me will feel the wrath of me twister-sock," proclaims feisty Classic Popeye co-editor Craig Yoe. The comics historian is referring to "Misermerites -or- I'd rather Have Termites!" Bud Sagendorf follows that right up in this ish with a wild Sappo story "The Experiment of the Sound Pills." Plus there's a bonus special story with Swee' Pea as a plundering pirate entitled Black Jack!
32 pages, $3.99.
MARS ATTACKS #9
John Layman (w), John McCrea (a & c).
In the small town of Tortilla Flats, New Mexico, events are unfolding that could change the direction of the war. What the heck do a boy and a former mobster have to do with it? Don't miss any of the action in this runaway hit series!
