IMAGE COMICS FOR MAY

BARRIER #1

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente

From the team behind THE PRIVATE EYE, BARRIER is an unconventional drama about violence, language, aend illegal immigration…with a shocking sci-fi twist. After debuting on PanelSyndicate.com, this critically acclaimed five-part miniseries finally comes to print, exclusively from Image Comics. After making the massive, 50-plus-page first issue available to mature readers for FREE on Free Comic Day, this special collector's edition of the first issue is being released in a larger size to match the next four issues being released WEEKLY throughout the rest of May! Printed in its original "landscape" format (side-stapled for convenient shelving!) and graced with gorgeous cardstock covers, each comic is meant to be a durable work of art, and there are no plans for these print issues to ever be collected, so the only way to own your own copies of this groundbreaking story is by supporting your friendly neighborhood comic shop!

56 pages, $4.99, in stores on May 9.

BARRIER #2

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente

This small-town crime story becomes an interstellar adventure! Featuring over 30 pages of story and breathtaking art.

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

BARRIER #3

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente

A very special "silent" issue! This is the first wordless comic ever from either BRIAN K. VAUGHAN or MARCOS MARTIN.

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

BARRIER #4

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente

Though they can't understand a word the other is saying, Oscar and Liddy must learn to communicate if they stand any chance of surviving their otherworldly captors.

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

BARRIER #5

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente

This massive, 50-page finale brings our multilingual epic to its shocking conclusion.

50 pages, $4.99, in stores on May 30.

DEATH OR GLORY #1

Story: Rick Remender

Art / Cover: Bengal

Variant Cover: Duncan Fegredo, James Harren

Meet Glory, raised off the grid in a convoy amid truckers -- the last men and women fighting for true freedom on the American open road. Now, in order to pay for her beloved dying Father's surgery, Glory has three days to pull off four dangerous cross-country heists with mob killers, crooked cops, and a psycho ex-husband all out to bring her in or die trying. The new ongoing series brings you a high-speed chase across the American West that examines our dwindling freedoms and the price paid by those who fight for an untethered life, in this special double-sized first issue with 40 pages of story!

48 pages, $4.99, in stores on May 2.

FLAVOR #1

Story: Joseph Keatinge

Art / Cover: Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain, Rich Tommaso

Within a strange walled city, an unlicensed chef discovers a mystery that threatens to end it all. Go on this culinary epic adventure -- FLAVOR -- where chefs are the ultimate celebrity and food is the most valued commodity. The high-stakes competition of Hunger Games collides with the lush, MIYAZAKI-esque worldbuilding in this delectable new ongoing series featuring culinary consulting and bonus content by ALI BOUZARI, renowned food scientist and author of the IACP Award-winning cookbook Ingredient: Unveiling the Essential Elements of Food.

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

MEDIEVAL SPAWN / WITCHBLADE #1

Story: Brian Holguin, Brian Haberlin

Art / Cover: Brian Haberlin

Fan favorites Spawn and Witchblade team together for the first time in TWO DECADES!! In this issue: A village is besieged by a dark force -- then Spawn emerges from out of the shadows to save them all. Is he their savior…or their destroyer?

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

WHERE WE LIVE: LAS VEGAS SHOOTING BENEFIT ANTHOLOGY TP

Story: Mike Allred, Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Brandon, Kurt Busiek, Amy Chu, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Neil Gaiman, Kieron Gillen, Mike Mignola, Mark Millar, Greg Pak, James Robinson, Gail Simone, Brandon Graham, Rob Williams

Art: Mike Allred, Brandon Graham, Rafael Albuquerque, Paul Azaceta, Cliff Chiang, Geof Darrow, Tess Fowler, Brian Haberlin, Phil Hester, Joelle Jones, Ariela Kristantina, Jeff Lemire, Jamie McKelvie, Michael Avon Oeming, Sean Phillips, Darick Robertson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Javier Pulido, JH Williams III

Cover: JH Williams III

This "unique way" was the genesis of the WHERE WE LIVE anthology -- a riveting collection of both fictional stories and actual eye-witness accounts told by an all-star lineup of the top talent working in comics today. All the creators have graciously volunteered their time and talent to help bring some sense to this senseless act and, in the process, raise money for the survivors and their families. The book will include a variety of perspectives with key themes exploring gun violence, common sense gun control, value of a compassionate society, mental health stigmatization, aftermath of tragedy and how individuals and communities persevere, and an appreciation of Las Vegas as a vibrant community. WHERE WE LIVE also features stories from local writers and artists as they relate their personal experiences and reactions to this tragedy. One hundred percent of the proceeds for the WHERE WE LIVE anthology will be donated to an existing GoFundMe campaign for the survivors in Las Vegas.

256 pages, $19.99, in stores on May 30.

ANGELIC, VOL. 1: HEIRS AND GRACES TP

Story: Simon Spurrier

Art / Cover: Caspar Wijngaard

Centuries after humanity disappeared, the Earth belongs to our leftovers: the animals, genetically modified for a war they don't remember, guarding a world they don't understand. But for one young winged monkey, the repressive tribal routines are unbearable. Her name is QORA. She yearns to explore, to discover...to fly free. An all-ages-friendly fable about teenage rebellion and animal antics amidst the ruins of civilization. Collects ANGELIC #1-6.

168 pages, $12.99, in stores on May 9.

BONEHEAD, VOL. 1 TP

Story: Bryan Hill

Art / Cover: Rhoald Marcellius

In a near future, a sprawling megalopolis sees the rise of "Boneheads," parkour gangs that use neuro-linked helmets to augment their abilities and live for the thrill of physical risk. As a gang war threatens to tear the city apart, a mysterious Bonehead rises -- a man with no past that might be the key to saving the city's future. A story about technological and human revolution. Collects BONEHEAD #1-4.

128 pages, $9.99, in stores on May 23.

IT WILL ALL HURT TP

Story / Art / Cover: Farel Dalrymple

A weird, sad, silly, sketchy, and dreamy watercolor fantasy-action quest in which Alemendra Clementine and her crew of anti-social adventurers all come together on a psych-apocalyptic world to take down an evil wizard. This Eisner Award-nominated webcomic began as a loose stream-of-consciousness exercise and exploration of the comic book medium and takes place in the same world as FAREL DALRYMPLE's The Wrenchies. Collects IT WILL ALL HURT #1-3, plus all six chapters of the webcomic.

176 pages, $18.99, in stores on June 13.

NO. 1 WITH A BULLET TP

Story: Jacob Semahn

Art / Cover: Jorge Corona

Her social media, strong. Her variety show segments, a hit. Nash Huang is at the top of her game. But when the iRis Shutter contact lens hits the market, Nash's life is personally invaded. The latest leap forward in "technological progress," these contacts not only play video or augment reality…but also record with the blink of an eye. Fighting to keep her life together after a leaked sex tape goes viral, a clingy super-fan is the last thing on Nash's mind…but that's exactly when the bodies pile up and the terror begins. Collects NO. 1 WITH A BULLET #1-6

152 pages, $16.99.

SON OF HITLER HC

Story: Anthony Del Col, Geoff Moore

Art / Cover: Jeff Mccomsey

A story so wild it could only be true…maybe… The never-before- told tale of Adolf Hitler's secret child and how this son was the key to ending World War II is now revealed in this audacious graphic novel based upon one of history's most intriguing rumors. In 1944 Occupied France a rogue British agent reveals to a young baker's assistant the true identity of his father, thus recruiting him for a dangerous mission that will end the greatest threat of World War II. Out of respect to the innocent and the dead all the names in this story have been changed… Except for one.

192 pages, $24.99, in stores on May 30.

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES, VOL. 1 TP

Story / Art / Cover: David Lapham

Dark and twisted, funny and heartbreaking, intimate and epic -- SUNSHINE & ROSES tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like STRAY BULLETS, and with SUNSHINE & ROSES, the uncompromising EISNER AWARD-WINNING team of DAVID & MARIA LAPHAM take the series to a new high. Collects STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #1-8.

248 pages, $19.99, in stores on May 2.

STREET ANGEL GOES TO JUVIE HC

Story: Brian Maruca, Jim Rugg

Art / Cover: Jim Rugg

Busted! Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez, aka Shiraz Thunderbird, gets pinched and must do a stretch in Angel City's infamous juvenile corrections center, Alcatraz, Jr. For the Deadliest Girl Alive, three squares a day and a warm, dry bed ain't all bad. Jesse meets a girl gang, besties a superhero sidekick, pushes the lunch lady to the limit, and watches Harriet the Spy! Will juvie break our hero, or will "Shiraz Thunderbird" break OUT of Alcatraz, Jr.? STREET ANGEL GOES TO JUVIE releases alongside the Free Comic Book Day title: STREET ANGEL'S DOG!

40 pages, $19.99, in stores on May 2.

VOID TRIP TP

Story: Ryan O'Sullivan

Art / Cover: Plaid Klaus

The story of Ana and Gabe, the last two humans left alive in the galaxy. They're low on fuel, they're low on food, and they're low on psychedelic space froot, but they're still determined to make it to the promised land: hippy-paradise super-planet Euphoria. This is the story of their journey, the friends and enemies they made along the way, and how the universe responded to those who dared to live freely within it. Collects VOID TRIP #1-5.

144 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 30.

ANALOG #2

Story: Gerry Duggan

Art / Cover: David O'Sullivan, Jordie Bellaire

CHAPTER TWO. It's 2024, and we still don't have flying cars, but good news: we're introducing Jack's sniper-toting, fascist-punching girlfriend, and a mysterious new nemesis from the NSA wants to hack back into the world's secrets by leaning hard on human punching-bag Jack McGinnis and his fellow paper jockeys.

32 pages, $3.99, in stores on May 9

THE BEAUTY, VOL. 4 TP

Story / Cover: Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley

Art: Matthew Dow Smith, Thomas Nachlik

Corporate espionage, government secrets, and private military contracts are uncovered as an investigative journalist looks deep into Abericorp, the most powerful pharmaceutical company in the world. Collects THE BEAUTY #17-21.

128 pages, $16.99, in stores on June 13.

THE BEEF #4

Story: Richard Starkings, Tyler Shainline

Art / Cover: Shaky Kane

Vodino and the twins have Mary Lynn, and Mary Lynn's milkshake brings The Beef to the meatpacking yard. Don't have a cow, man.

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

BLACK MAGICK, VOL. 2: AWAKENINGS 2 TP

Story: Greg Rucka

Art / Cover: Nicola Scott

The trap around Rowan Black continues to close, with the Hammer closing in on one side and the Ascension now in motion on the other. But the ultimate wound may not be wielded by magick, but instead delivered via the heart. The second volume of the series. Collects BLACK MAGICK #6-11.

136 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 16.

BLACK SCIENCE #35

Story: Rick Remender

Art / Cover: Matteo Scalera, Moreno Dinisio

Variant Cover: Chris Samnee

"LATER THAN YOU THINK," Part One Trying to come to terms with her husband's legacy, Sara McKay wanders through countless realities looking for answers to one question: what are the choices that define her, and can she help right the infinite wrongs her husband set in motion? A new chapter in BLACK SCIENCE beings here!

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

COPPERHEAD #19

Story: Scott Godlewski, Jay Faerber

Art / Cover: Scott Godlewski, Ron Riley

Co-creator SCOTT GODLEWSKI returns! The natives are getting restless…

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

CRUDE #2

Story: Steve Orlando

Art / Cover: Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge

The refinery city of Blackstone is the new Russian frontier, stinking of oil, but offering money and sexual freedom to those brave enough to live there. Piotr Petrovich has come for revenge, to hunt his son's killer. But what he finds is the most brutal fight of his life.

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

CURSE WORDS #14

Story: Charles Soule

Art / Cover: Ryan Browne

Variant Cover: Daniel Warren Johnson

"THE HOLE DAMNED WORLD," Part Four. WAR! Battle erupts in the Hole World as we see the fearsome capabilities of the fearsome warriors of the fearsome Tiger Tribe. Sizzajee's crew of evil wizards is down to only four members -- will they be able to successfully defend his realm? ALSO: Wizord and Ruby Stitch continue their search for Margaret, and Jacques Zacques goes batty.

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

CYBER FORCE #3

Story: Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill

Art / Cover: Atilio Rojo

Who is the mother of artificial intelligence? The reimagining of CYBER FORCE continues as the origins of the "Aphrodite Project" are revealed...along with the dark intentions of the group that helped create her.

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

DAYS OF HATE #5

Story: Ales Kot

Art: Danijel Zezelj

Cover: Danijel Zezelj, Tom Muller

This country was always at war.

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

THE DEAD HAND #2

Story: Kyle Higgins

Art / Cover: Stephen Mooney, Jordie Bellaire

"COLD WAR RELICS," Part Two Mountain View's secrets continue to unspool, even as Carter and Renae fight to protect Roger from the outside world...with deadly consequences.

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

DEADLY CLASS #34

Story: Rick Remender

Art / Cover: Wes Craig

Variant Cover: Rory Hensley

"LOVE LIKE BLOOD," Part Three Death gets its fill in Mexico, as Marcus and Victor finally square off. Who will get the revenge they thirst for, and what will be left of the other when they do?

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

DEATH OF LOVE #4

Story: Justin Jordan

Art / Cover: Donal Delay, Omar Estévez

Philo, Bob, and Zoe are on the run from the Cupidae. They have a plan, kind of, but the solution might be way worse than the problem.

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

DESCENDER #30

Story: Jeff Lemire

Art / Cover / Variant Cover: Dustin Nguyen

"THE END OF THE UNIVERSE," Part Two Is this really the end? Tim-21 is delivered to the enemy and betrayed by one of his closest allies. But nothing can prepare the universe for what comes next as King S'Lok returns and does the unthinkable. Meanwhile, Queen Between and Andy face a betrayal of their own, with Bandit hanging in the balance.

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

DRY COUNTY #3

Story / Art / Cover: Rich Tommaso

PART THREE. Lou employs a new gag-writing technique and a teenage groupie to try and track down Janet.

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

ELSEWHERE #7

Story: Jay Faerber

Art / Cover: Sumeyye Kesgin, Ron Riley

After suffering a massive setback, Amelia Earhart and D.B. Cooper push forward in their quest to reach the portal that will take them back to Earth.

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

ETERNAL EMPIRE #9

Story: Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna

Art / Cover: Jonathan Luna

In this penultimate issue, Rion and Tair find themselves separated, trapped, and without hope just as the Suns begin to align.

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

EXTREMITY, VOL. 2: WARRIOR TP

Story: Daniel Warren Johnson

Art / Cover: Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer

The Paznina take desperate measures to finish their war against the Roto…a war that will draw Thea and Rollo back into it -- no matter how much death and heartbreak it promises. Collects EXTREMITY #7-12.

144 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 2.

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NICK WILSON #5

Story: Eddie Gorodetsky, Marc Andreyko

Art: Steve Sadowski

Cover: Pete Woods

Variant Cover: Ian Churchill

The big day is finally here: the grand opening of the Nick Wilson Experience! But where is Nick? Will Clive get his greatest victory? Will Jane find love? Will Nick find Coco? Will Xavier knock that smug grin off Darryl's face? So many questions! ALL, and more, are answered in the final issue of this acclaimed miniseries!

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

GASOLINA #8

Story: Sean Mackiewicz

Art / Cover: Niko Walter, Mat Lopes

"AUTODEFENSAS" Amalia defends her home against intruders while Los Queridos' monsters leave nothing but death and destruction throughout Veracruz.

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

GIDEON FALLS #3

Story: Jeff Lemire

Art / Cover: Andrea Sorrentino

Variant Cover: Greg Smallwood

The bestselling team of JEFF LEMIRE & ANDREA SORRENTINO (Old Man Logan, Green Arrow) unleash their most ambitious story to date with this complex and mesmerizing new supernatural mystery series. Norton gets closer to the secrets of the Black Barn as Fred discovers a grizzly new crime in Gideon Falls.

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

THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #6

Story / Art: Wes Craig

Cover: Wes Craig, Toby Cypress, Niko Guardia

Variant Cover: Matt Forsythe

SECRETS OF THE SPACE-MONKEY REVEALED!!! Left on this planet millions of years ago by a long-vanished group of aliens, the Space-monkey is the key to the apocalypse. The only thing that can kill it is Morgan's ancient blade, left on earth by a rival alien species. Now the Gravediggers are in a race against time to rescue the Space-monkey before the Black Temple can kill it, unleashing the Dark Gods and bringing about the end of mankind!

32 pages, $3.99, in store on May 2.

HACK/SLASH RESURRECTION #7

Story: Tini Howard

Art: Celor, K. Michael Russell

Cover: Tim Seeley

Variant Cover: Rebekah Isaacs

"CAT AND DOG INVESTIGATIONS" Cat Curio and Pooch need Cassie and Vlad's help with a case, and it's fun to catch up with friends! The epic return a lot of you begged for. Enjoy it. This one's a one-shot.

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

HIT-GIRL #4​

Story: Mark Millar

Art: Ricardo Lopez Ortiz

Cover: Amy Reeder

Variant Cover: Amy Reeder, Matteo Scalera

IT'S THE COLOMBIAN SHOWDOWN. In the bloody climax to her Colombian adventure, Hit-Girl makes her last stand against Palmira's gang lords. She's enslaved Mano as a sidekick, but will he finally crack and turn weapons on his own people? HIT-GIRL #4 is an action-packed gorefest -- the bloodbath before Mindy sets off to her next destination.

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

INFIDEL #3

Story: Pornsak Pichetshote

Art / Cover: Aaron Campbell, José Villarrubia

Variant Cover: Alina Urusov

Following last issue's devastating events, the mysterious entities haunting Aisha's home escalate their attacks. As the nightmare spreads to her friends and neighbors, the creatures expose their true natures and long-buried hatreds.

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

INVINCIBLE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 12 HC

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art: Ryan Ottley, Cory Walker, Mark Morales, Nathan Fairbairn

Cover: Ryan Ottley, Nathan Fairbairn

THE END OF ALL THINGS -- the final INVINCIBLE story -- is collected in one incredible volume. This mega story touches every corner of the Invincible Universe, and when it's over...MARK GRAYSON'S STORY IS OVER. Every single story for the past 13 years has been leading up to this! Collects INVINCIBLE #133-144.

336 pages, $39.99, in stores on May 16.

ISOLA #2

Story: Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl

Art: Karl Kerschl, Msassyk

Cover: Karl Kerschl

With the hunting clans closing in, Captain Rook leads the Queen to a city in ruins on a desperate mission to resupply. Unbeknownst to them, however, a new danger awaits within the broken walls -- someone with a connection to Rook's past!

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

KICK-ASS #4​

Story: Mark Millar

Art / Cover / Variant Cover: John Romita Jr.

KICK-ASS IS BACK! Patience is trapped while trying to bust a local gang operation and save an innocent man from torture. Surrounded by gangsters, armed with only her wits and combat training, she must fight her way out and get back to her family. With Violencia now hunting her, desperate for revenge, how long before the villains find out who's under the mask?

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

KILL OR BE KILLED #19

Story: Ed Brubaker

Art: Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser

Cover: Sean Phillips

The fourth arc ends with a bang! If Dylan can't get to the trouble, well...it'll just come to him. Trapped in an insane asylum, Dylan fights for his life and whatever future he may have! And don't forget, every issue of KILL OR BE KILLED contains extra back pages, articles, and art!

40 pages, $3.99, in stores on May 30.

LAZARUS #28

Story: Greg Rucka

Art / Cover: Michael Lark

"FRACTURE: PRELUDE," CONCLUSION. Jonah Carlyle is dead, and Jonah Ker has made a new life for himself on the edges of Bittner Territory. But as much as Jonah may have escaped his Family, he cannot escape the world his Family has made.

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

MAGE, VOL. 4: THE HERO DEFINED, BOOK TWO TP

Story / Art / Cover: Matt Wagner

The fourth of six volumes collecting MATT WAGNER's epic, modern-day fantasy trilogy, MAGE, BOOK TWO: THE HERO DEFINED continues the saga of the reborn Pendragon, Kevin Matchstick. Pursuing their common goal of confronting and defeating the world's hidden supernatural threats, Kevin and his companions Joe Phat and Kirby Hero find themselves drawn northward by mystical forces they don't understand. Trailed by the persistent but befuddled Wally Ut, Kevin finds himself tested by his assumptions of leadership and clarity of purpose. Still hidden from our heroes, dark and familiar forces conspire to drain Kevin's own power…and turn it against him!

200 pages, $19.99, in stores on May 16.

MONSTRESS #17

Story: Marjorie Liu

Art / Cover: Sana Takeda

The Known World is at the brink of war, and Pontus is being threatened by invasion. While her allies work to save the city, Maika battles old enemies -- and the dark truths they bear.

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

MOONSHINE #10

Story: Brian Azzarello

Art / Cover: Eduardo Risso

Variant Cover: Gerardo Zaffino

"MISERY TRAIN," Part Four Lou Pirlo seems to have survived his brush with death…or maybe werewolves just CAN'T die…but the fellow convicts on Lou's chain gang probably won't be so lucky.

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

MOONSTRUCK #7

Story: Grace Ellis

Art: Shae Beagle, Caitlin Quirk

Cover: Shae Beagle

With one of their friends trapped in the fraternity house (darn fairies!), the mythical friends put aside their fear and seek the only person who can help them, at the scariest place in all of Blitheton: the mall. Meanwhile, Julie tries to work up the courage to let Selena into her heart.

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

MOTOR CRUSH, VOL. 2 TP

Story: Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr

Art: Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr

Cover: Babs Tarr

The acclaimed sci-fi action-adventure series MOTOR CRUSH is back for another heat! Two years have passed in Nova Honda, the racing capital of the world, and for Domino Swift, everything has turned upside down. How does she fit in a world without Crush? Collects MOTOR CRUSH #6-11.

160 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 30.

OBLIVION SONG #3

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art: Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni

Cover: Lorenzo De Felici

Nathan Cole finds out that some of the people stranded in Oblivion don't want to leave and will fight to the death in order to stay.

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

PORT OF EARTH #5

Story: Zack Kaplan

Art / Cover: Andrea Mutti

The rogue alien visitor who broke Port protocols now lies dead, and the Port of Earth is open again for business. As our Consortium business partners arrive on Earth for a secretive meeting, Earth Security Agent Rice and partner McIntyre, traumatized and broken, discover there's an unresolved threat at the ESA HQ.

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

PRISM STALKER #3

Story / Art: Sloane Leong

Cover: Sloane Leong, Darius Ou

Vep enters the world of pneumatic martial arts: combat focused on dismantling the resolve of an opponent, commanding their will, and dissolving their effect through your own volition. Vep soon realizes that power is artifice. Now, how to control it...?

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

RAT QUEENS VOL. 2 #10

Story: Kurtis J. Wiebe

Art / Cover: Owen Gieni

Variant Cover: Joseph Michael Linsner

"THE COLOSSAL MAGIC NOTHING," Part Five With all of her friends gone, Betty must confront the reality wizard alone. The past, present, and future collide in a magic maelstrom, and in the battered ruins, a shocking truth is uncovered!

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

THE REALM #6

Story: Seth M. Peck

Art: Jeremy Haun

Cover: Jeremy Haun, Nick Filardi

Variant Cover: Ming Doyle

After the traumatic events of last issue, Rook and Ben embark on a desperate hunt for their enemies, unaware that something else is hunting them as well.

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

REBORN TP

Story: Mark Millar

Art / Cover: Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Fco Plascencia

Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to survive. Somewhere the people from the past are waiting for you -- the good and the bad. Collects REBORN #1-6.

176 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 2.

REDNECK, VOL. 2: THE EYES UPON YOU TP

Story: Donny Cates

Art / Cover: Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe

After leaving Sulphur Springs behind in a bloody hurry, the Bowmans are lying low from the law with a new member of the family in tow. But there are rules to being a vampire…and when the rules are broken, the family will surely suffer…. Collects REDNECK #7-12

128 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 23.

REGRESSION #10

Story: Cullen Bunn

Art: Danny Luckert, Marie Enger

Cover: Danny Luckert

Time is an illusion, and the walls constructed by our own perceptions are starting to crumble. Molly and Anton have learned the shocking truth of their own past lives, and these truths may lead them to Adrian's captors. But Adrian might be beyond help. As his reality begins to crumble, the fiendish Gregory Sutter lives once more. Could salvation lie not in a past-life regression, but in a future-life PROgression?

32 page, $3.99, in stores on May 23.

ROSE #11

Story: Meredith Finch

Art / Cover: Ig Guara

Variant Cover: Loopydave, Sabine Rich, Vicente Cifuentes

"ROSE," Part Five Ila, Felix, and Artus have escaped Drucilla's dungeons and are desperately searching for our young heroine to warn her of Thorne's capture. With a deeper understanding of her powers, Rose embarks on her most dangerous quest yet -- her inevitable confrontation with Drucilla! And the life of Thorne, her khat, is on the line! The fate of Ttereve and its people depends on her success in the next exciting chapter of ROSE.

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

ROYAL CITY #11

Story / Art / Cover: Jeff Lemire

"WE ALL FLOAT ON," Part One A brand-new storyline of JEFF LEMIRE's acclaimed series kicks off as the Pike family rallies around their newest surprise member, but Richie sets off on a dark path that can only end in tragedy.

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

SAGA #52

Story: Brian K. Vaughan

Art / Cover: Fiona Staples

Danger approaches.

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

SAVAGE DRAGON #234

Story / Art / Cover: Erik Larsen

"GHOSTS FROM THE PAST" Malcolm Dragon heads into Dimension-X on a rescue mission to save Angel Murphy, and he comes face to face with an evil alternate-reality version of his own mother: Rapture!

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

SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #9

Story: Sebastian Girner

Art / Cover: Galaad

A very special issue of SCALES & SCOUNDRELS about longing, loneliness, and a song from the sea.

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

SKYWARD #2

Story: Joe Henderson

Art: Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela Cover: Lee Garbett

"MY LOW-G LIFE," Part Two. Willa's Dad claims he knows how to fix the world. Willa thinks he's a crazy old man. The truth lies down on the Streets, where the rich live, staying as far away from the deadly sky as possible. There they use the latest technology to pretend G-day never happened. And Willa quickly discovers they aren't friendly to outsiders.

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

SLEEPLESS #6

Story: Sarah Vaughn

Art / Cover: Leila Del Duca, Alissa Sallah

After Poppy's hopes are dashed, Cyrenic makes a drastic decision that changes everything.

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

SNOTGIRL, VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCREAMING TP

Story: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Leslie Hung

Art / Cover: Leslie Hung

Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A. -- at least that's what she wants you to think. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING finds Lottie putting the past behind her and trying to make the best of a bad situation -- her life! Lottie's new bestie is an emotional roller coaster: first she died, and then she killed someone. Who will Caroline hurt next, and what is her brother Virgil doing here? What secret is Detective John Cho seeking in the desert? Why did Cutegirl ghost her sister? Is Normgirl really going to marry Ashley? And what in god's name did Sunny ever see in Charlene? These questions and many others may possibly be answered in SNOTGIRL, VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCREAMING! Collects SNOTGIRL #6-10.

136 pages, $15.99, in stores on May 23.

SPAWN #286

Story: Todd McFarlane

Art: Jason Shawn Alexander

Cover / Variant Cover: Todd McFarlane, John Giang

On the trail to find his wife's killer, Spawn plants the seeds that will lead him to the mysterious murderer!

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

THROWAWAYS, VOL. 3 TP

Story: Caitlin Kittredge

Art / Cover: Steven Sanders

As ULTRA's election machinations enter their final phase, Dean and Abby couldn't be further from stopping them -- Dean is in a psych ward, Abby is on the run, and Kimiko can't help either of them. But after months of Ostrander and ULTRA being one step ahead, Dean finally gets an ace up his sleeve against Ostrander's brainwashed Alpha subjects...but playing it will destroy Abby's life as she knows it. Collects THROWAWAYS #10-14.

136 pages, $16.99, in stores on May 23.

VS #4

Story: Ivan Brandon

Art / Cover: Esad Ribic

Variant Cover: Esad Ribic, Tom Muller

Satta Flynn's refusal to lay down and die drives the omnipotent systems that rule humanity to make a drastic decision. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down, but what if the hammer breaks the whole world at the same time?

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

THE WALKING DEAD #179

Story: Robert Kirkman

Art: Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn

Cover: Charlie Adlard, Dave Stewart

Variant Cover: Bill Sienkiewicz

"NEW WORLD ORDER," Part Five The journey home. There's nothing worse than returning with fewer people than you left with.

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

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #36

Story: Kieron Gillen

Art / Cover: Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson

Variant Cover: Babs Tarr

"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part Three. One day we'll reveal a happy secret, like a Secret Santa, but not today.

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

WITCHBLADE #6

Story: Caitlin Kittredge

Art / Cover: Roberta Ingranata

"LIFE AFTER," Part Six. Alex Underwood has survived dying, demons, and the perils of hosting the Witchblade, but as she finally confronts the true extent of the demonic forces influencing the NYPD, her enemies, and even those closest to her, she knows this may be a battle she won't survive.

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

YOUNGBLOOD #12

Story: Chad Bowers

Art / Cover: Jim Towe

Variant Cover: Rob Liefeld

"Reinforcements," Part One When a forgotten small town suddenly reappears in Middle America, the man responsible for its return demands an audience with Youngbloods past, present...and future?

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

YOUNGBLOOD, VOL. 2: REBRANDED TP

Story: Chad Bowers

Art: Jim Towe, Juan Rodríguez

Cover: Jim Towe

Gear up for the next electrifying chapter in the rebirth of Rob Liefeld's Extreme Universe! Mission accomplished. Now what? Following the events of "Reborn," the new Youngblood team relocates to Japan in search of a fresh start and a sense of purpose. Meanwhile, personal and political ideologies collide back in the states, as President Diehard risks everything to spin America's renewed interest in all things Youngblood to his advantage. Collects Youngblood #7-11.

112 pages, $14.99, in stores on May 9.