AFTERSHOCK COMICS FOR FEBRUARY

ALTERS #5

Written by Paul Jenkins, art and cover by Leila Leiz.

Trapped and outnumbered, Chalice has a final showdown with the dreaded fascist Matter Man, and his band of domestic terrorists. The entire Eastern seaboard may be at risk, and there seems to be no way to stop this madman. A new secret threatens to tip the scales -- Chalice's plan may be the craziest gambit of all time, but it may just work. And the entire thing rests on the shoulders of a young woman who is only just beginning to come to terms with her brand new powers.

32 pages, $3.99.

ANIMOSITY #6

Written by Marguerite Bennett, art and cover by Rafael de Latore.

When Jesse is abducted by humans, Sandor, her faithful and protective Bloodhound, will cut a swath of blood and bone through everything that stands in his path to find and rescue his beloved friend.

32 pages, $3.99.

BLACK-EYED KIDS #11

Written by Joe Pruett, art by Szymon Kudranski, cover by Francesco Francavilla.

The BEK Boy King plots his revenge. Jim sets into play his desperate plan to save his possessed son. Gus and Meredith come face-to-face with someone familiar from the past. The Black-Eyed Children go on the hunt.

32 pages, $3.99.

BLOOD BLISTER #2

Written by Phil Hester, art and cover by Tony Harris.

You don't have to die to go to hell. The corruption Brandon Hull once believed was confined to his soul has now spread to his once-perfect body. Struggling to come to grips with the supernatural realm, Hull seeks answers in the darkest corners of the natural world. Can he stop the infection from not only taking over himself but also the family he loves?

32 pages, $3.99.

ROUGH RIDERS ON THE STORM #1

Written by Adam Glass, art and cover by Pat Olliffe.

Great jumping on point! Three years have passed since the Rough Riders' last adventure, but when an assassin's bullet takes President William McKinley's life, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is thrust into the role of Commander in Chief. As a country mourns the loss of their leader, Roosevelt believes that the assassin is part of a bigger conspiracy, one whose tentacles reach back to Europe and whose intentions are to destroy humanity through world- wide anarchy.

To stop them, Roosevelt must convince Harry Houdini, Jack Johnson, Thomas Edison and a surprisingly very alive Annie Oakley to band together again. But time has strained the bonds that once united them and the ideologies of their enemies may have already seeped into one of their own.

32 pages, $3.99.

SHIPWRECK #5

Written by Warren Ellis, art and cover by Phil Hester.

The clock is ticking. There's a rescue mission ahead. But so is the saboteur who stranded Jonathan Shipwright here in the first place. Can Shipwright reach the end of the road in time? Or does the road have no end?

32 pages, $3.99.

SECOND SIGHT VOL. 1

Written by David Hine, art and cover by Alberto Ponticelli.

Collecting the mind-altering six- issue series! Twenty years ago, Ray Pilgrim became a celebrity when he discovered his unique ability to see through the eyes of psychotic killers who were terrorizing London. But his world collapsed around him when he was accused of the same crimes as the monsters he hunted. Now, Pilgrim's teenage daughter is using her blog to investigate a ring of child abusers that includes some of the most powerful men in British society – men who are prepared to kill anyone who threatens to expose them. In order to protect his daughter and uncover the truth, Pilgrim must reluctantly revisit his past and the twisted path that led to the hotel room the media called The Bloody Chamber.

144 pages, $17.99.