THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
AFTERSHOCK COMICS FOR APRIL
ELEANOR & THE EGRET #1
Written by John Layman, art and cover by Sam Kieth, variant cover by Elizabeth Torque.
The most daring art thief in Paris has struck again, and the police have assigned their best detective to the case. His only clue? A single white feather left at the scene. Could this feather belong to the thief? To the thief's accomplice, an oversized talking egret? Or will his investigation lead him to somewhere even stranger? (Answer: all of the above.) Presenting a peculiar and unforgettable tale of birds and banditry, paintings and pets, larceny, love and... lamprey-wielding assassins?
32 pages, $3.99.
WORLD READER #1
Written by Jeff Loveness, art and cover by Juan Doe, variant cover by Elizabeth Torque.
Meet Sarah, an astronaut traveling from dead planet to dead planet, talking to the ghosts of the dead worlds... as she fights to discover the secret that's killing the universe. But Death doesn't give up its secrets so easily, and as Death hunts her from planet to planet, Sarah struggles to maintain the trust of her crew and her own sanity in the endless ocean of lives. Every world has a story, and if she can find the secret tying them all together, she can save Earth from being the next world to die.
32 pages, $3.99.
ANIMOSITY #7
Written by Marguerite Bennett, art and cover by Rafael de Latorre.
As Jesse and Sandor embark on their American road trip, their faith in life, death -- and each other -- is tested at last.
32 pages, $3.99.
AMERICAN MONSTER #6
Written by Brian Azzarello, art and cover by Juan Doe, variant cover by Francesco Francavilla.
Volume 2 begins here! The small town that Mont now calls home is about to boil over in a flurry of blood, bile and bullets. Just the way he likes it. Fasten your seat belts for the beginning of the second volume of American Monster, with even higher doses of violence, bloodshed, sex and mayhem!
32 pages, $3.99.
JACKPOT #5
Written by Ray Fawkes, art by Georges Duarte, cover by Brian Stelfreeze.
The secret history of the world! The end of an era! Bloodshed and backstabbing! And the ascension of a new God. Everything's going to turn out for the best, right?
32 pages, $3.99.
BLACK EYED KIDS VOL. 2
Written by Joe Pruett, art by Szymon Kudranski, cover by Francesco Francavilla.
The urban legend come to life. The Black-Eyed Children have announced their presence with horrific authority, leavings lives shattered and multiple bodies in their wake. Jim Loudin and his family, along with a local police officer and a mysterious stranger, seemingly with past ties to these devil children, fight not only for their own lives, but for potentially mankind's very existence. Collecting #6-10 of the series, and the original short story from AfterShock Genesis one-shot.
128 pages, $14.99.
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