VAULT COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER

AUTUMNAL #1

Written by Daniel Kraus, art and cover by Chris Shehan, cover by Nathan Gooden.

Following the death of her estranged mother, Kat Somerville and her daughter, Sybil, flee a difficult life in Chicago for the quaint -- and possibly pernicious -- own of Comfort Notch, New Hampshire. A haunting vision of America-s prettiest autumn.

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

HEAVY #1

Written by Max Bemis, art and cover by Eryk Donovan, cover by Tim Daniel.

Bill may be dead, but he's got a job to do. Welcome to the Big Wait, where folks who don't quite make the cut go to work off their debt. Everyone in the Wait's got a job. Bill is a Heavy, whose job is policing the multiverse, making sure bad eggs get what's coming to them. He's on track to earn his Climb and reunite with the woman he loves... until he meets his new partner: the worst dude of all time.

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

HUNDRED WOLVES #1

(W) Myke Cole (A/CA) Tony Akins

The Hundred Wolves are bloody-handed terrors of the steppe. Andrei and Oksana have left the Cossack band to raise their daughter on a farm they hold from the noble Count Ostoja, but the raiding life isn't done with them. Both the Hundred Wolves and the couple's new liege lord wish to employ their deadly skills-and neither will take no for an answer.

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

BLEED THEM DRY #3

Written by Hiroshi Koizumi, Eliot Rahal, art and cover by Dike Ruan.

The sinister, and newly reconstructed, Detective Atticus Black has been placed in charge of stopping the so-called "Vampire Slayer" and finding (the still missing) Detective Harper Halloway. But what Black doesn't know is that the killer he's hunting is from a distant past, when humanity waged war against their immortal brethren. And that Toyo has partnered with Detective Harper Halloway to bring Black's crimes and treason to light.

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

ENGINEWARD #3

Written by George Mann, art and cover by Joe Eisma.

As the Celestials gather to discuss the reactivation of the ancient ghoulem, Virgo and Gemini consider their next move. Meanwhile, Kreek's consciousness continues to blossom in surprising ways, and Joss gathers a crew for an expedition into the wastelands beyond the shantytown -- unaware of the terror that awaits them in the ruins.

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

FINGER GUNS #5

Written by Sabs Cooper, Justin Richards, art and cover by Val Halvorson

The people we love most leave the deepest scars.

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

HEATHEN VOL. 3

Written, art and cover by Natasha Alterici, art by Ashley Woods.

After a perilous journey across the northern sea, Aydis has reached the godlands. With the help of sneaky friends and skeptical trolls, she'll finally confront the corrupt god-king Odin face-to-face. Meanwhile, his army marches toward her home, where her friends and family prepare for a final battle.

$14.99, in stores on Sept. 9.

MONEY SHOT #8

Written by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, art and cover by Rebekah Isaacs.

Enter the Planet Cockaigne (a real name from history that we totally didn't make up)! The XXXplorers arrive in a world of pleasure and leisure where scientists are superstars. The only problem is... they've been forced to bring along moron and POTUS Luke Kirk! How long until he says or does something really terrible?

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

NO ONE'S ROSE #5

Written by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, art and cover by Alberto Jimenez-Alburquerque.

After the devastating events of the last issue, The Green Zone is in decline. As Tenn reels from the destructive choices of her brother, she's faced with a new and dangerous path forward. For the first time in a long time, the future is crumbling. But as one story ends, another begins.

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

PLOT #7

Written by Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel, art and cover by Josh Hixson.

An ancient evil has stalked the Blaines for generations, darkening the doorstep of their ancestral home. For surviving patriarch Chase Blaine, there's only one option left: hold his remaining family close and burn it all to the ground. But an old flame stands in his way.

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

SHADOW SERVICE #2

Written by Cavan Scott, art and cover by Corin Howell, cover by Triona Farrell.

Captured by supernatural secret agents, Gina faces the mysterious head of MI666. With her powers turned against her, the witch-turned-private investigator must risk everything to escape. But with her enemies closing in, can Gina resist one final call for help?

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

VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE #2

(W) Tim Seeley, Tini Howard, Blake Howard (A) Dev Pramanik, Nathan Gooden (CA) Aaron Campbell

Cecily Bain takes fledgling vampire Ali on a twisted tour of the night life of the Twin Cities. But those lessons can't prepare her for the assignment she has to complete by dawn: her first feeding!

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

WASTED SPACE VOL. 3

Written by Michael Moreci, art and cover by Hayden Sherman.

Your favorite existential space opera is back for a third round, and this time it's personal! Internal strife tears Billy, Molly, and Dust apart when a grew of galactic guardians hijacks their ship. Now divided, the team careens across the galaxy. Molly and Dust wage war with an evil sorcerer, while Billy is held captive on a planet that demands he cleanse his twisted soul.

$17.99, in stores on Sept. 9.