THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018
DARK HORSE COMICS FOR APRIL
ALIENS: DUST TO DUST #1
Gabriel Hardman (W/A/Cover) and Carlos D'Anda (Variant cover)
The Trono colony on LV-871 is under attack. Emergency evacuations are ordered. Evac shuttles are taking off. All twelve-year-old Maxon and his mom have to do is make it to the spaceport. Except between them and it are . . . Aliens!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 25.
AMERICAN GODS: MY AINSEL #2
Neil Gaiman (W), P. Craig Russell (W/A), Scott Hampton (A/C), Glenn Fabry (Cover), Adam Brown (Cover), and David Mack (Variant cover)
The bizarre road trip across America continues as our heroes gather reinforcements for the imminent god war! Shadow arrives in Lakeside, a small town with more snowdrifts than residents. As he is welcomed by the town's denizens, Shadow becomes more and more drawn into the warmth and safety of his alter ego, Mike Ainsel.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 11.
BEANWORLD OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 TP
Larry Marder (W/A)
The iconic inhabitants of Larry Marder's unique Beanworld universe are introduced in this complete collection of the Beanworld comic-book run! Join Mr. Spook, Professor Garbanzo, Beanish, and many others as they experience adventures in their world that prove, whether friends or adversaries, they are all ultimately dependent on each other for survival. Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm with its own unique rules, truths, and lingo. Collects issues #1-21.
600 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 27.
BLACK HAMMER: AGE OF DOOM #1
Jeff Lemire (W), Dean Ormston (A/Cover), Dave Stewart (C), and Skottie Young (Variant cover)
Picking up immediately where we left off -- Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm and can escape she vanishes. Now our new Black Hammer finds herself trapped in a gritty world filled with punk rock detectives, emo gods, anthropomorphic humans, absurdist heroes, and many more weirdoes, in a mad world in which there is no escape!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 18.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: GILES #3
Joss Whedon (W), Erika Alexander (W), Jon Lam (A), Dan Jackson (C), Steve Morris (Cover), Arielle Jovellanos (Variant cover)
Love is complicated. For a guy and a girl, both aware the other is keeping secrets, they shouldn't even consider love. But for Giles and Roux there hasn't been a choice: uneasy allies, they've been falling in love while working together against a demon. But "trying" to trust one another isn't working anymore. Roux will finally tell Giles her secrets . . . or he may have to kill her.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 25.
DAVE MCKEAN: SHORT FILMS HC
Dave McKean (W/A/Cover)
Best known for his work with Neil Gaiman and his Harvey Award-winning graphic novel Cages, comes this Blu-ray collection of Dave McKean's surreal short films collected in a behind the scenes hardcover book. Dark Horse presents Dave McKean's short cinema on Blu-Rray included in a 9 1/2" x 11" hardcover book featuring photos, posters, stills, drawings, and more. A must-have for McKean fans! Foreword by Michael Sheen!
80 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 27.
DOCTOR STAR & THE KINGDOM OF LOST TOMORROWS: FROM THE WORLD OF BLACK HAMMER #2
Jeff Lemire (W), Max Fiumara (A/cover), Dave Stewart (C) JG Jones (Variant cover)
Astral crime fighter Doctor Star discovers a sprawling alien city that desperately needs his help to defend itself against a powerful intergalactic space monster!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 4.
EC ARCHIVES: WEIRD FANTASY 3 HC
Bill Gaines (W), Al Feldstein (W/A), Frank Frazetta (A), Wally Wood (A), Jack Kamen (A), Joe Orlando (A), Al Williamson (A), Carlos Badilla (C), and more
One of the greatest sci-fi comics ever published now collected! This wonderful and strange volume collects issues #13-18 of the groundbreaking comics anthology -- remastered in glorious digital color! Featuring amazing tales from iconic writers and artists including Al Feldstein, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, and more.
216 pages, $49.99, in stores on June 13.
ELFQUEST: THE FINAL QUEST VOLUME 4 TP
Wendy Pini (W/A/Cover), Richard Pini (W), and Sonny Strait (C)
The startling conclusion to the most world-changing chapter in all of ElfQuest: Final Quest! It is time for the Palace of the High Ones to return the elves of the World of Two Moons to their original Star Home, but not all have chosen to go. As human invaders threaten the sacred Father Tree itself, in the heart of the Wolfriders' home, freedom of choice comes with a terrible price. Volume 4 collects issues #19-24 of The Final Quest.
160 pages, $17.99, in stores on June 27.
EMPOWERED & SISTAH SPOOKY'S HIGH SCHOOL HELL #5
Adam Warren (W), Carla Speed McNeil (A/Cover), and Jenn Manley Lee (C)
While the embattled Empowered and Sistah Spooky struggle through the high-school hellscape's final, grueling classroom deathtraps, the ruthless "Game of Blondes" among Spooky's quite literally soulless ex-classmates reaches a crescendo of violence and treachery -- and "levels-up" the survivors to near-godlike status! Look out, Emp and Spooky! Like, yikes!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 25.
EMPOWERED AND THE SOLDIER OF LOVE TP
Adam Warren (W) and Karla Diaz (A/Cover)
Crimefighters Empowered and Ninjette struggle with a superhero community fatally inflamed by rampant romance, courtesy of the passion powers of embittered "magical-girl" The Soldier of Love. If she prevails, love is toast! Collects Empowered and the Soldier of Love #1-3 plus Adam Warren's "Pew! Pew! Pew!" Empowered one-shot.
128 pages, $17.99, in stores on June 20.
FINAL FANTASY ULTIMANIA ARCHIVE VOLUME 1 HC
Square Enix (W)
Dark Horse and Square Enix are thrilled to offer the first of three volumes celebrating the entrancing lore and exciting development of the initial six entries into the Final Fantasy saga. This astonishing journey through the creation of the seminal roll playing epic is finally available in English under official license for the first time ever!
336 pages, $39.99, in stores on June 5.
GAME OF THRONES STARK STAINLESS STEEL STEIN
Whether it be mead, ale, or cider you're drinking, you can show where you stand in the Great War with this stainless steel stein, adorned with the House Stark sigil. This stein holds 16oz and comes packaged in a full color box.
$39.99, in stores on July 25.
GANTZ G VOLUME 1 TP
Horoya Oku (W) and Keita Iizuka (A/Cover)
Victims of a lethal bus plunge wake in a schoolroom where an ominous black sphere announces Your lives have ended. How you use your new lives is entirely up to me. Thus, a new Gantz team is sent to fight bizarre aliens that will show how the dead can die!
216 pages, black and white, $13.99, in stores on June 13.
GIANTS #5
Carlos Valderrama (W) and Miguel Valderrama (A/Cover)
Gogi and his adopted family face his former friend Zeedo and the gang he now controls. Against the backdrop of two giant monsters battling for supremacy, Gogi and Zeedo must determine which is stronger -- brotherhood or ambition! The deadliest monsters live in the heart.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 11.
GO TEAM VENTURE! THE ART AND MAKING OF THE VENTURE BROS. HC
Jackson Publick (W/A), Doc Hammer (W/A), and Ken Plume (W)
Ken Plume sits down with series creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer to have a conversation about the creation of every single episode through season 6 and much more. From the earliest sketches of Hank and Dean scribbled in a notebook to pitching the series to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, learning the ins and outs of animation, character designs for each season, storyboards, painted backgrounds, and behind-the-scenes recollections of how the show came together -- it's all here.
184 pages, $39.99, in stores on June 20.
HARROW COUNTY #30
Cullen Bunn (W) and Tyler Crook (A/Cover)
The evil witch has returned with more power than ever, intent on consuming Emmy and her magic in this final arc to the hit series!
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 25.
HELLBOY: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES VOLUME 1 TP
Mike Mignola (W/A/Cover), John Byrne (W), Richard Corben (A), Duncan Fegredo (A), Mick McMahon (A), Gabriel Ba (A), Fabio Moon (A), Matt Hollingsworth (C), James Sinclair (C), and Dave Stewart (C)
In 1994 Mike Mignola released the first Hellboy series, Seed of Destruction, as Hellboy faced his supposed destiny as Beast of the Apocalypse. Before that, he'd spent fifty years fighting monsters as a somewhat carefree member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. The Complete Short Stories volumes 1 & 2 present those early adventures. "The Crooked Man" and "Double Feature of Evil," both of which earned Mignola and his legendary collaborator Richard Corben Eisner Awards, are collected with the complete "Hellboy in Mexico" saga, featuring collaborations with Corben, Mick McMahon, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon, as well as one of Mignola's early masterpiece, "The Corpse." This 368-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1947 to 1961.
368 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 13.
HELLBOY OMNIBUS VOLUME 2: STRANGE PLACES TP
Mike Mignola (W/A/Cover), Gary Gianni (W/A), Richard Corben, (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
The four-volume Hellboy Omnibus series along with the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola's award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience. This 416-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1998 to 2005, reprinting Conqueror Worm, Strange Places, Into the Silent Sea, and "The Right Hand of Doom," "Box Full of Evil," and "Being Human" from The Right Hand of Doom and B.P.R.D.: Being Human.
416 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 20.
HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1955 TP
Mike Mignola (W), Chris Roberson (W), Shawn Martinbrough (A), Brian Churilla (A), Paolo Rivera (P/Cover), Joe Rivera (I), and Dave Stewart (C)
Hellboy encounters unseen predators, strange cases of spontaneous combustion, and a weapon at an Air Force base that is more than it seems. This volume collects Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.: 1955 -- Secret Nature, Occult Intelligence #1-#3, Burning Season, the 1955 story from the Hellboy Winter Special, and bonus material!
144 pages, $19.99, in stores on June 6.
HUNGRY GHOSTS #4
Anthony Bourdain (W), Joel Rose (W), Francesco Francavilla (A), Irene Koh (A), José Villarrubia (C), and Paul Pope (Cover)
The last candles are lit and the final, most forbidden tales told in this shocking finale! In the frozen Nigata Prefecture, a country cook learns discretion the hard way after an encounter with the cryptic, but irresistible Snow Woman, and Hungry Ghosts seal the insatiable fate of famine-stricken villagers in the most voracious, unthinkable way possible when a stranger comes to town.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 25.
INCOGNEGRO: RENAISSANCE #3
Mat Johnson (W) and Warren Pleece (A/Cover)
At Harlem's Cotton Club, the hottest scene in 1920s' New York, Harlem's cub reporter Zane Pinchback is on the hunt to find the femme fatale who left him for dead in the streets. To solve a murder, Zane must go "Incognegro," using his light appearance to enter this "white patrons only" club and find the true killer.
32 pages, black and white, $3.99, in stores on April 4.
KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS #4
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Ben Stenbeck (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
An encounter at a witches' Sabbath leads Koshchei down a road of betrayal, and in his revenge he comes face to face with the enemy he least expects.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 4.
THE LEGEND OF KORRA: TURF WARS PART 3 TP
Michael Dante DiMartino (W), Irene Koh (A), Vivian Ng (C), and Heather Campbell (Cover)
When Asami is kidnapped, Korra sets out to the Spirit Wilds to find her. Now teeming with dark spirits influenced by the half spirit-half human Tokuga, the landscape is more dangerous than ever before. The two women must trust in each other and work together if they are to make it out alive. Their fate is revealed in this stunning, action-packed conclusion to The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars!
80 pages, $10.99, in stores on June 13.
MATA HARI #3
Emma Beeby (W), Ariela Kristantina (A/Cover), and Pat Masioni (C)
From Lady MacLeod to Lady Godiva. Mata Hari looks back at the death and despair that ravaged her life as a wife and young mother in the Dutch East Indies. After a few short years she leaves it all behind, changes her name, and heads to Paris, joining the Cirque. Mata Hari is born, and the world hasn't seen anything like her before.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on April 18.
MICHAEL CHABON'S THE ESCAPIST: PULSE-POUNDING THRILLS TP
Michael Chabon (W), Howard Chaykin, Will Eisner (W/A), Matt Kindt (W/A), Jeffrey Brown (A), Eduardo Barreto (A), and more!
Golden-Age superhero, the Escapist -- master of elusion, and champion of liberation -- was conceived in the fictional world of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. This comic book anthology collects a multitude of the Escapist's amazing adventures, including an encounter with Will Eisner's The Spirit! Containing a total of twenty-two tales, along with three never-before-collected stories, this volume also contains five never-before-published stories, as well as a robust gallery of pinups celebrating the world of the Escapist!
408 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 6.
MOEBIUS LIBRARY: INSIDE MOEBIUS PART 2 HC
Moebius (W/A)
Actively exploring his storytelling methods within his own mind, Moebius draws himself encountering his favorite characters in an expansive desert setting. He interacts with Arzak, Blueberry, Stel, Atan, and others -- and he also meets younger versions of himself! A self-reflective six-part study, Inside Moebius Part 2 collects the two middle chapters in this hilariously unique exploration of a creator over-analyzing his thought processes as he creates new comics.
248 pages, $39.99, in stores on June 6.
NEIL GAIMAN'S A STUDY IN EMERALD HC
Neil Gaiman (W), Rafael Albuquerque (W/A/Cover), Rafael Scavone (W), and Dave Stewart (C)
This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. This complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror!
80 pages, $17.99, in stores on June 20.
PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES VOLUME 10: RUMBLE AT LAKE GUMBO HC
Paul Tobin (W), Ron Chan (A/Cover), Kevin Burkhalter (A), Christianne Goudreau (A), and Matt J. Rainwater (C)
The battle for clean water begins! As soon as Dr. Zomboss discovers Lake Gumbo near Neighborville, Gargantuars start posing on Muscle Beach, volleyballs bounce off bungee zombies, and Zomboss uses a giant underwater drill to muddy and pollute the lake! Neighborhood defenders Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave spot trouble and grab all the Tangle Kelp and Party Crabs they can to quell another zombie attack!
88 pages, $9.99, in stores on June 13.
RESIDENT ALIEN: AN ALIEN IN NEW YORK #1
Peter Hogan (W) and Steve Parkhouse (A/Cover)
A stranded alien continues to hide in plain sight in Patience, Washington, posing as the small town's doctor. When a startling new mystery catches his attention, he takes a trip to New York City with one of his only human friends, a Native American shaman. Peter Hogan (2000 AD, Tom Strong) and Steve Parkhouse (Milkman Murders, Doctor Who) continue their unique, acclaimed science-fiction/murder-mystery series!
32 pages, $3.99, in store on April 26.
STEPHEN MCCRANIE'S SPACE BOY VOLUME 1 TP
Stephen McCranie (W/A/Cover)
Amy lives on a mining colony out in deep space, but when her dad loses his job the entire family is forced to move back to Earth. Amy says goodbye to her best friend Jemmah and climbs into a cryotube where she will spend the next 30 years frozen in a state of suspended animation, hurtling in a rocket toward her new home. Her life will never be the same, but all she can think about is how when she gets to Earth, Jemmah will have grown up without her.
248 pages, $10.99, in stores on June 20.
TOMB RAIDER VOLUME 3: SURVIVOR'S CRUSADE TP
Jackson Lanzing (W), Collin Kelly (W), Ashley A. Woods (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Hannah Fisher (Cover)
