AFTERSHOCK COMICS FOR MARCH

ANIMOSITY #13

Written by Marguerite Bennett, art and cover by Rafael De Latorre.

The sins of the past bite at Sandor's heels, as the rage of the swarm and the wrath of the flood rise to a fever pitch! Jesse races against time and the mob who is hunting her down to return the queen to her hive before war erupts across the valley!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 21.

ANIMOSITY: EVOLUTION #5

Written by Marguerite Bennett, art and cover by Eric Gapstur.

Murder, intrigue, and men playing God in the seedy underbelly of the City by the Sea -- a hapless refugee hunts for the truth in a noir crime world...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 7.

BABYTEETH #9

Written by Donny Cates, art and cover by Garry Brown.

Sadie and her baby versus the whole goddamn world. And..,well, this is where I normally say something cheeky like, "What else is new?" But, yeah, this issue ain't funny. Not everyone is walking out of this one.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 21.

BACKWAYS #4

Written by Justin Jordan, art and cover by Eleonora Carlini.

Anna and Coyote have escaped from the Morning Wolf, only to be captured by someone more dangerous. If they're going to find Sylvia, they're going to need to learn to control a power they barely understand.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 28.

BETROTHED #1

Written by Sean Lewis, art by Steve Uy, covers by Steve Uy, Juan Doe.

Welcome to the World of Betrothed! Kieron and Tamara are both seniors at the same high school. They've never paid much attention to each other, even though they are the only kids at school who are orphans. On the eve of their eighteenth birthdays, they discover a lifelong secret: in a dimension far away, they are each the leader of an army that is at war with one another...and what's more, when they turn eighteen, they're to be Betrothed or Fight to the Death!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 14.

BRILLIANT TRASH #5

Written by Tim Seeley, art by Priscilla Petraites, cover by Mike Norton, Addison Duke.

As the truth of Lady Last Word is revealed and forces converge on Lifespan, Inc. headquarters, Kennedy must make a choice...does humanity deserve the right to choose to be gods?

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 21.

COLD WAR #2

Written by Christopher Sebela, art and cover by Hayder Sherman.

Their only chance at survival got its head blown off, screaming bodiless robots are after them and enemy forces begin circling for the kill. The Cryonauts scramble for safety from the battlefield, led by kindly grandmother Vinh to higher ground as the dark secrets of this future war and the ones fighting it begin to reveal themselves.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 14.

JIMMY'S BASTARDS #8

Written by Garth Ennis, art by Russ Braun, cover by Andy Clarke and Jose Villarrubia.

Jimmy's final showdown with the Bastards begins in quite bloody style, as Junior plays his trump card and Nancy races to foil the villains' getaway. But the final secret of our hero's supercharged sex-life is still to be revealed...

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 28.

MONSTRO MECHANICA #4

Written by Paul Allor, art and cover by Chris Evenhuis.

A new series starring Leonardo da Vinci, his female apprentice, Isabel, and their wooden robot! The machine is on a rampage through the streets of Volterra! As Isabel and Leonardo da Vinci ponder drastic action, Lorenzo Medici arrives in the city -- and doesn't like what he finds.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 7.

ROUGH RIDERS: RIDE OR DIE #2

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

A young and scared H.P. Lovecraft joins the Rough Riders as they ride again against an ancient evil. This threat has returned to our earthly plane from the great beyond, and is hellbent on killing anything in its path. Our heroes soon learn that these unfortunate souls are not deceased, but instead have been turned into an ARMY OF THE DEAD! And the true nature of this ancient evil will change one of our beloved members forevermore!

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 21.

UNHOLY GRAIL VOL. 1

Written by Cullen Bunn, art and cover by Mirko Colak.

Collecting all five issues of this series! Arthur Pendragon was the king of all Britain. His story is legendary. Merlin. The Lady of the Lake. Excalibur. Camelot. The Knights of the Round Table. But these stories are bright lies painted over the truth. Here is presented the gospel of Arthur's bloody rise to power and his unholy reign. The legend of King Arthur is not the stuff of legends, but the fuel of nightmares. As Arthur descends into darkness, is there any lingering hope that he still might do something good?

120 pages, $14.99, in stores on March 7.

SHOCK

Written and art by various, cover by John Cassaday.

AfterShock Comics continues to push boundaries by presenting its very first anthology collection featuring a slew of today's top writers and artists. Presented in the European Album format (same as the Animosity: The Rise hardcover), this handsome hardcover features the creative talents of Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Charles Vess, Michael Gaydos, Andy Clarke, Andrew Robinson, Mike Carey, Jim Starlin, Phil Hester, Paul Jenkins, Dalibor Talajic, Bill Willingham, Travis Moore, Brian Azzarello, Francesco Francavilla, Cullen Bunn, Marc Guggenheim, Marguerite Bennett, Frank Tieri, Szymon Kudranski, Brian Stelfreeze and more!

160 pages, $34.99, in stores on March 21.