IMAGE COMICS FOR DECEMBER

8HOUSE #7: MIRROR PART 2

Story: Emma Rios

Art / Cover: Hwei Lim

A rebellious man-made child returns home to take a dangerous gamble in the colony's darker days.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

IXTH GENERATION #8

Story: Matt Hawkins

Art / Cover B: Atilio Rojo

Cover A: Stjepan Sejic

Series conclusion, The final issue of the IXTH Generation hits shelves in this oversized story. Will the future come to an end?

40 pages, $4.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #7

Story: Larry Young

Art / Cover: Charlie Adlard

Meanwhile, back on the moon... Hayes reveals himself to be a Lex Luthor-level bad guy.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 18.

THE AUTUMNLANDS #8

Story: Kurt Busiek

Art / Cover: Benjamin Dewey

Our heroes meet a god. Maybe. And goats, definitely. Definitely goats.

24 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

AXCEND #3

Story: Shane Davis

Art / Covers A & B: Shane Davis, Michelle Delecki, & Morry Hollowell

Everything is RUIN.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 9.

THE BEAUTY #5

Story: Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley

Art / Cover A: Jeremy Haun

Cover B: Mike Huddleston

Cover C: Mike Tisserand

Everybody dies sometime. Might as well look good doing it...

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 16.

BIRTHRIGHT #12

Story: Joshua Williamson

Art / Cover A: Andrei Bressan & Adriano Lucas

Cover B: Benjamin Dewey

As Mikey and Brennan track the next mage to Seattle, Wendy and Aaron make their own deals to try to save their sons. !

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

BLACK JACK KETCHUM #1

Story: Brian Schirmer

Art: Claudia Balboni

Cover: Jeremy Saliba

In a dreamlike version of the Old West, Tom Ketchum struggles to clear his name”and stay alive”when he's mistaken for wanton outlaw "Black Jack" Ketchum. With the aid of his talking sidearm, a secretive gambler, and a mute girl with a Winchester, Tom evades the mysterious Union and its supernatural enforcers, the faceless Dusters, as he's forced to question his identity, his sanity, and his very existence.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

BLACK MAGICK #3

Story: Greg Rucka

Art / Cover A: Nicola Scott

Cover B: Afua Richardson

Book 1: Awakening, Part Three. The threat begins to reveal itself. Rowan casts twice.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 20.

BLACK SCIENCE #18

Story: Rick Remender

Art / Cover: Matteo Scalera

The last surviving Dimensionaut delves deeper into the beating heart of the Godworld to uncover the secrets of the Eververse, and a lurking shadow of his own past.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 2.

BLOODSTRIKE #4

Story / Art / Cover A: Rob Liefeld

Cover B: Rob Liefeld & Karl Altstaetter

Blackstrike! The Bloodstrike agents are confronted by an ominous figure from the past, a figure that threatens to expose the darkest secrets of Project Born Again.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 30.

CHEW #53

Story: John Layman

Art / Cover: Rob Guillory

Questions. Answers. Dinosaurs.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 23.

CITIZEN JACK #2

Story: Sam Humphries

Art / Cover A: Tommy Patterson

Cover B: Ming Doyle

America meets Jack, as his demon plays a lethal game.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #3

Story: Antony Johnston

Art / Cover A: Shari Chankhamma

Cover B: Annie Wu

On the run and under siege! The odds are stacked against Baboushka, but there's more to this situation than mere piracy”and she's about to find out who she can really trust... !

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

THE COVENANT #5

Story / Cover A: Rob Liefeld

Art / Cover B: Matt Horak

Samuel and his daring band of men in a final showdown to claim the Ark or lose it forever!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

DARK CORRIDOR #5

Story / Art / Cover: Rich Tommaso

Pete catches up with Mia's mystery girl. Also, Rosemary's revenge.

24 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

DEADLY CLASS #17

Story: Rick Remender

Art / Cover: Wes Craig

New story arc. The Kings Dominion school grounds become a killing field, and Marcus Lopez is hunted by his classmates for their final exam. Onetime friends and lovers become hunters in the dark, brandishing blades, bullets, and a burning desire to become best in class.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

DESCENDER #8

Story: Jeff Lemire

Art / Cover: Dustin Nguyen

TIM-21 and his companions are taken to the mind bending home world of the Robot resistance while a long lost figure from Tim's past emerges, but will he be friend or foe?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

EAST OF WEST #24

Story: Jonathan Hickman

Art / Cover: Nick Dragotta

Old friends reappear.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 23.

THE FADE OUT #12

Story: Ed Brubaker

Art / Cover: Sean Phillips & Elizabeth Breitweiser

Series conclusion. It all ends here! The dramatic wrap-up to the mystery and to Brubaker and Phillips' bestselling and most ambitious project yet!

40 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

FASTER THAN LIGHT #4

Story / Art / Cover: Brian Haberlin

Meet The Neighbors. What happens when you meet a highly advanced species to form a new alliance, BUT you can't even stand to look at them? Also, Forest must root out the truth when a collection of space vagabonds try to sell him their home planet.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS #3

Story: Claire Gibson & Marian Churchland

Art: Sloane Leong

Cover: Marian Churchland

Another issue of the magic war between families.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

THE GODDAMNED #2

Story: Jason Aaron

Art / Cover: R.M. Guera

"And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."”Genesis 6:6

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 16.

HEAD LOPPER #2: INTO THE SILENT WOOD

Story / Art / Cover: Andrew MacLean

Cover B: Mike & Laura Allred

Norgal and Agatha pass through a dark forest with a particularly grim history, where they meet a strange little creature named Gnym. Is he a friend? Or does he just want to see undead giants squish the Head Lopper to meat-jelly? All this... and more!

56 pages, $5.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

HUCK #2

Story: Mark Millar

Art / Covers A & B: Rafael Albuquerque

Now under media scrutiny, Huck sets out to help the flood of strangers coming to him in need.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 9.

THE HUMANS #10

Story: Keenan Marshall Keller

Art / Cover: Tom Neely

The Humans' quest for vengeance comes to its violent and bloody conclusion as Johnny and the crew overtake Flex Trucking. Issue 10 concludes the first The Humans miniseries. The Humans will return in 2016.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

I HATE FAIRYLAND #3

Story / Art / Covers A & B: Skottie Young

Queen Cloudia is forced to bend the rules of Fairyland in hopes to rid their world of Gert once and for all.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 16.

INVINCIBLE #126

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art: Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn, & Jean-Francois Beaulieu

Cover: Ryan Ottley & Jean-Francois Beaulieu

"Reboot," part three! Conclusion! Invincible's world comes crashing down around him leaving him with the same question we all have... where do we go from here?

24 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #9

Story: Gabriel Hardman & Corinna Bechko

Art: Gabriel Hardman & Jordan Boyd

Cover: Gabriel Hardman

The key to the past is literally a key. It'll take a zero G heist to unlock it.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 30.

ISLAND MAGAZINE #5

Story / Art: Brandon Graham, Matt Sheean, Malachi Ward, Simon Roy, Johnnie Christmas

Cover: Amy Claire

Stories of space cannibalism, future tech dependency, and volcano gods along with articles and illustration in this monthly oversized comics magazine.

112 pages, $7.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

JUPITER'S CIRCLE, VOL. 2 #2

Story: Mark Millar

Art: Wilfredo Torres

Cover A: Bill Sienkiewicz

Cover B: Frank Quitely

Disillusioned Skyfox tunes out with the Beat Generation, while his former teammates struggle to face social unrest.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 2.

LIMBO #2

Story: Dan Watters

Art / Cover: Caspar Wijngaard

Our detective's open and shut case takes a turn for the surreal as he discovers that in Dedande City even watching television can be deadly. Join us on a cathode ray fuelled nightmare to the centre of the televerse. We're through the static now...

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

MATERIAL #7

Story: Ales Kot

Art: Will Tempest

Cover: Tom Muller

Cam porn, comics, gender, fracking.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 30.

MYTHIC #7

Story: Phil Hester

Art / Cover A: John McCrea

Cover B: Gene Ha

After being fired by Mythic, Nate experiences the chaos of Ragnarok as a helpless civilian.

24 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 30.

MONSTRESS #2

Story: Marjorie Liu

Art / Cover: Sana Takeda

Maika fights to cross the wall.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 2.

NAILBITER #18

Story: Joshua Williamson

Art / Cover: Mike Henderson

There is a new serial killer in Georgia and catching it might mean selling your soul to the Devil.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

NO MERCY #5

Story: Alex De Campi

Art: Carla Speed McNeil & Jenn Manley Lee

Cover: Carla Speed McNeil

Gina finds her spirit animal. The new arc of the teen survival series begins here!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

ODY-C #10

Story: Matt Fraction

Art / Cover: Christian Ward

Ene fights a monolithic beast on the outskirts of space and time as He-of-Troiia tells stories in the mad hope to save his life.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #14

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art / Cover: Paul Azaceta & Elizabeth Breitweiser

Get behind me Satan.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

PAPER GIRLS #3

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art: Cliff Chiang & Matt Wilson

Cover: Cliff Chiang

The ongoing mystery series charges ahead, as the girls have a close encounter with an unexpected visitor.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 2.

PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #5

Story: Kieron Gillen

Art: Jamie McKelvie & Matt Wilson

Cover: Jamie McKelvie

David Kohl. Kid-with-Knife. An Army Surplus Land Rover. An impossible mission to save a friend. It's like 2006 again. Nothing's changed. Except everything has, as PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL reveals while it builds towards its climax...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

PLUTONA #4

Story: Jeff Lemire & Emi Lenox

Art: Emi Lenox & Jeff Lemire

Cover: Emi Lenox

Mie begins to suspect that one of her friends may have broken their pact to keep Plutona's body a secret, but nothing can prepare her for what she finds next.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

PRETTY DEADLY #7

Story: Kelly Sue DeConnick

Art / Cover: Emma Rios

Deathface Ginny and Big Alice take on the Reaper of War.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

RINGSIDE #2

Story: Joe Keatinge

Art / Cover: Nick Barber & Simon Gough

Fact vs. Fiction.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 23.

RUMBLE #10

Story: John Arcudi

Art / Cover: James Harren

Wrapping up the second big RUMBLE arc with battles, rescues, betrayals, and one hell of a last page!

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 30.

SAGA #32

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Fiona Staples

Marko and Alana learn something.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

SAINTS #3

Story: Sean Lewis

Art / Cover: Benjamin Mackey

So it's issue three of this Crusade you want to know about? Our Saints march on in their battle with teen runaway (and telekinetic) Saint Stephen. At the same time the Archangel Michael's soldiers on Earth continue to sacrifice the anointed. Slush puppies, talking religious paintings, and murderous rednecks abound in the third installment of Image's new ongoing series!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

SAVAGE DRAGON #210

Story / Art / Cover: Erik Larsen

Trouble in paradise. Malcolm and Maxine on their honeymoon in hell.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

SIDEKICK #12

Story: J. Michael Straczynski

Art / Cover A: Tom Mandrake & Hifi

Cover B: Ben Templesmith

The culmination of Barry Chase's story ends with more revelations about his dark past, and an even darker future. With power beyond his wildest dreams at his disposal, will Barry turn back toward the path of light, or turn into the greatest menace humanity has ever known?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

SOUTHERN BASTARDS #13

Story: Jason Aaron

Art / Cover: Jason Latour

Coach Boss' Running Rebs face off against their sworn enemy from Wetumpka in the most important game in Craw County history.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 20.

SPAWN #259

Story: Todd Mcfarlane

Art / Cover A: Todd McFarlane & Friends

Cover B: Gerardo Sandoval (Pencils) & Todd McFarlane (Inks)

Beginning "The Satan Saga Wars!" the four-part story chronicling the final fate of Wanda Simmons' soul! This story will forever change the way Spawn will live his life! In the entire run of the Spawn comic, our hero has never had to face his greatest threat: Satan himself! Starting with this issue, Al Simmons will come face to face with Lucifer for the very first time. A battle of epic proportion will begin and the prize is... Wanda's soul. This story will forever change the way Spawn will live his life. Join us on this historic odyssey as Spawn takes on the Evil entity that gave him his powers way back in issue #1.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 30.

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE AND ROSES #11

Story / Art / Cover: David Lapham

Three days from pulling off the crime of the century, Beth must confront the realization that she's about to get everyone she's ever loved killed...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 16.

SUNSTONE, VOL. 4 OGN

Story / Art / Cover: Stjepan Sejic

Meet a girl online: check!

Befriend and flirt for two months online: check!

Know her in person for two weeks: check!

Move in together!

Well...this can only end well!

This is the big one, people! In fact, it's so big we had to up the page count!

200 pages, $14.99, in stores on Dec. 30.

SWITCH #3

Story / Art / Cover A: Stjepan Sejic

Cover B: Linda Sejic

Incentive Cover C: Stjepan Sejic

Mary finally learns what the Witchblade's world is all about as she gets pulled to the other side where she has both friends and enemies...if only she know who was which!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 23.

SYMMETRY #1

Story: Matt Hawkins

Art / Covers A, B, & C: Raffaele Ienco

Utopia is here. Hunger, sickness, work...all relics of a long forgotten past. For the greater good of the human species, all individuality, creativity, and negative emotions have been genetically bred out and medically suppressed. The population is limited to segregated areas where people lead long lives of leisure, games, and socializing. Only one man and one woman seem to notice, care, or think differently. Once they find each other, their relationship sparks a revolution...but will their love cause the salvation or destruction of mankind?

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

TOKYO GHOST #4

Story: Rick Remender

Art: Sean Murphy

Cover A: Sean Murphy & Matt Hollingsworth

Cover B: Sean Murphy & Dave McCaig

Life in paradise is cut short for Led and Debbie, as a snake from their past seeks vengeance on the Constable.

32 pages, $3.99, in store son Dec. 16.

THE VIOLENT #1

Story: Ed Brisson

Art / Cover: Adam Gorham

An all-new, ongoing series. Meet Mason, an ex-con and former drug addict who's trying hard to give up his old life. He's got more important things to live for now: a wife struggling to contain her own addiction and a young daughter who needs them both. When threatened with losing his daughter, Mason falls into old habits, stumbling through a string of desperate criminal acts whose repercussions quickly become deadly serious.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

THE WALKING DEAD #149

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art: Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, & Cliff Rathburn

Cover: Charlie Adlard & Dave Stewart

The devil on your shoulder.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

WAYWARD #12

Story: Jim Zub

Art / Cover A: Steven Cummings & Tamra Bonvillain

Cover B: Vivian Ng

No more hiding. The new gods of Japan are on the attack and Tokyo is caught in the middle.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 16.

WE STAND ON GUARD #6

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Steve Skroce

The smash-hit miniseries reaches its epic final issue with explosive battles and shocking revelations... but how will things end for the Great White North?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Dec. 9.

WHERE IS JAKE ELLIS? #5

Story: Nathan Edmondson

Art: Tonci Zonjic & Jordan Gibson

Cover: Tonci Zonjic

The game has been changed. Jon and Jake have passed the point of no return, and now they are faced with one last thing: EVERGREEN.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 2.

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #17

Story: Kieron Gillen

Art: Brandon Graham, Jamie McKelvie, & Matt Wilson

Cover A: Jamie Mckelvie & Matt Wilson

Cover B: Brandon Graham

In the last of our guest issues, we're joined by Brandon Graham to slink closer to the mysterious and oft-murderous Sakhmet. Plus a backup by Jamie & Matt. Also...the end of an arc? You know WicDiv. Expect big game changers and/or Sakhmet having a nice purr.

32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Dec. 16.