MONDAY, MAY 27, 2013
TITAN COMICS FOR AUGUST
A1 #5
Written by David Elliott, W.H. Rauf, art by Barnaby Bagenda, Sakti Yuwono, Garrie Gastonny, Rhoald Marcelius, cover by various.
At last, a hint of what lies beneath the Weir in Weirding Willows. The secret of talking animals and dimensional portals revealed. Plus one of our cast dies and we promise you, they will never return. Odyssey: Sharky's back! He leads a SWAT team against a group of protestors on Wall Street. Only one man dares stand in their way. When saving the world, the Carpediem agents prefer to ride in their state-of-the-art, nuclear-powered, phallic-shaped-but-not- overcompensating... by-much, copyright-infringing Yellow Submarine. But one day the submarine is missing. Someone stole it straight from under their noses inside their secret HQ. So join them, under a sky of blue and sea of green, as they hunt for their yellow submarine.
36 pages, $3.99.
CHRONOS COMMANDOS: DAWN PATROL #4
Written, art and cover by Stuart Jennett.
The Sarge and his team battle a vicious Nazi time squad who'll do anything to turn the Allied heroes into fossilised raptor-chow! Plus the rules of time travel are pushed to the limit, as Einstein crosses his own timeline in order to prevent the extinction of the universe, when a Chronosphere goes critical at the Commandos' base!
32 pages, $3.99.
DEATH SENTENCE #1
Written by Monty Nero, art and cover by Michael Dowling.
That's the dilemma facing three people who've contracted the G+ Virus, a terrifying new STD. What can graphic designer Verity, failing indie guitarist Weasel and roguish media personality Monty do in the time they have left? Fade away -- or go out in a blaze of glory? By turns funny, dark, sad and spectacular, Death Sentence is an emotional thrillride through celebrity, loss, passion and creativity. It's the jaw-dropping next stage in superpowered storytelling! Packed with unforgettable shocks, quotable dialogue and the character finds of a generation, this is an unmissable debut by two striking and confident new voices!
32 pages, $3.99.
FIRST KINGDOM VOLUME 1: THE BIRTH OF TUNDRAN HC
Written, art and cover by Jack Katz
The first in a series of six post-apocalyptic graphic novels, created by industry legend and heroic visionary Jack Katz! A true epic future history, following the fall and rise of humanity across a canvas of a thousand years, as they are reborn from the ashes of atomic destruction, become playthings of a new pantheon of gods, and, under the leadership of the heroic Tundran, strike out towards their destiny in the stars! The First Kingdom is presented here in a complete collectors' library for the first time, replete with cleaned and restored art taken from high-resolution scans of the original art pages, and completely relettered throughout.
208 pages, black and white, $24.99.
IT CAME! #3
Written, art and cover by Dan Boultwood.
Director Dan Boultwood's long-lost SF B-movie ratchets towards its jaw-dropping climax! After the terrifying discoveries made in our last astonishing issue, space scientist Dr. Boy Brett and his lady assistant Doris Night are now trapped inside an honest-to-goodness flying saucer, along with a robot that aims to capture them alive! What role does this monstrous, monosyllabic automaton play in the extra-terrestrial invasion plan? And what do drooping upper lips have to do with the fate of Britain -- and the world?
32 pages, $3.99.
NUMBERCRUNCHER #4
Written by Simon Spurrier, art by P.J. Holden.
The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure! An epic battle of wits, wills and divine accountancy has twisted across decades and multiple lifetimes, and now the clash between Bastard Zane and the reincarnating Mathematician is coming to a head. Who gets what they want? Who loses everything forever? And, when all the cunning plans and clever tricks have been resolved, is there still one last card to play?
32 pages, $3.99.
RAZORJACK HC
Written by John Higgins, Michael Carroll, art and cover John Higgins.
When three students inadvertently create an opening into our dimension from an alternate universe known as The Twist, they become the focus for the evil death-bitch Razorjack. Maverick cops, Frame and Ross, are assigned a disturbing serial killer case that draws them into what is potentially the final battle between good and evil. Written and illustrated by acclaimed artist John Higgins (Watchmen, Before Watchmen), this is now available in a deluxe hardback and includes an all-new Razorjack story and never-before-seen bonus sketches and artwork!
104 pages, $19.99.
SOLID STATE TANK GIRL #4
Written by Alan Martin, art and cover by Warwick J. Cadwell.
Spawned in darkness, trained in secret, brewed in a bollock, Anti Tank Girl is the worst nemesis Tank Girl has ever been pitted agains! A towering edifice of pink blondeness, she emits uncontrollable rays of rainbows, love and ponies wherever she goes -- and is out to replace Tank Girl for good! There's no way that Tank Girl and her gang of misfits are going to stand for that. It's the ultimate battle for women's suffrage in the slam-bang, riotously unexpected conclusion to the most insane Tank Girl adventure yet!
32 pages, $3.99.
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS MAGAZINE #19
The latest series of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars may be over, but the adventures continue in the new issue of the magazine! After the Jedi battle an army of escaped bounty hunters in the first of two terrific comic tales, we check out the galaxy's littlest heroes when Ahsoka shows a new batch of Younglings the path of the Jedi! Then, we take a dive under the waters of Mon Calamari, where Obi-Wan comes face-to-face with the breakout star of A New Hope -- that's right, the dianoga! It's got its eye on you!
52 pages, $4.99.
THRUD THE BARBARIAN HC
Written, art and cover by Carl Critchlow.
The barbarian parody series is collected at last! Thrud the Barbarian leads a simple life, one of popping down to his local pub, quaffing a few tankards of ale and starting a fight in which everyone else is beaten senseless. After which comes the wenches! Hurrah! Trouble is, there always seems to be someone with a quest to interrupt his peace, quiet and packet of crisps! In his first-ever collection, Thrud faces down a necromancer, protects his beer against fierce Frost Giants, faces his arch-nemesis, assumes the role of the king he accidentally killed, and gets his pint spilled on a mission into the depths of the jungle!
144 pages, $19.99.
TOMORROWLAND #3
Written by Paul Jenkins, art by Steller Labs and various, cover by Steller Labs
The music-driven ride of your life continues from Paul Jenkins, the Eisner award-winning writer of Wolverine: Origin and The Darkness! Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, DJs at the world-renowned Tomorrowland festival, have been chosen as the Keepers of Creativity. Ranged against the Destructive forces of the Nameless One, they only have a year to come up with an event that will recharge the creative batteries of the whole universe -- and with demons, monsters and the forces of Fate in the way, it's going to be a tall order. These DJs no longer have to make just music. At this year's festival, they need to make history!
32 pages, $3.99.
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