Et voici les sollicitations Image pour Octobre prochain ! et au programme comme d’habitude avec cet éditeur désormais, une tonne de nouvelle séries ! On retiendra surtout le nouveau creator owned de Scott Snyder qu’il signe en compagnie de Jock ! Le duo de Black Mirror se reforme donc et étant donné le niveau stratosphérique de leur dernier projet commun, cela mérite au moins le coup d’œil !
WYTCHES #1
story: SCOTT SNYDER
art / cover: JOCK
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft. None of them were witches. They died protecting a terrible and hidden truth: witches, real witches, are out there. They are ancient, elusive, and deadly creatures that are rarely seen and even more rarely survived. This October, superstar creators SCOTT SNYDER (SEVERED, Batman) and JOCK (SNAPSHOT, Batman) unveil WYTCHES, and introduce you to a world of unimaginable horror in a special EXTRA-SIZED FIRST ISSUE with 30 pages of story and no ads for just $2.99
RASPUTIN #1
story: ALEX GRECIAN
art: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA
cover A: RILEY ROSSMO
cover B: RYAN STEGMAN
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
DRACULA AT DOWNTON ABBEY!
In one night Rasputin was poisoned, beaten, stabbed, shot in the head, drowned, then tied up and thrown in a frozen river. It was really bad timing. His beard was just coming in nicely.
New York Times bestselling author ALEX GRECIAN and fan favorite artist RILEY ROSSMO reunite for the first time since their critically acclaimed series PROOF!
BIRTHRIGHT #1
story: JOSH WILLIAMSON
art / cover: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
OCTOBER 8 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
For the Rhodes family, losing their son was the most devastating thing that could’ve ever occurred… but it couldn’t prepare them for what happened when he returned.
Skybound’s newest original series turns fantasy into reality in this EXTRA-SIZED FIRST ISSUE for just $2.99, by creator/writer JOSH WILLIAMSON (GHOSTED, NAILBITER) and artist ANDREI BRESSAN.
PUNKS: THE COMIC #1
story: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
art / cover A: KODY CHAMBERLAIN
art / cover B: ROB GUILLORY
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Dog, Skull, Fist, and Abe Lincoln live in a house, beat the #### out of each other, and frequently humiliate themselves. There is bleeding and sadness; Morrissey would likely approve.
The cult hit comedy returns with new stories and a classic in the back. From Eisner/Harvey nominees JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (The Bunker, I, Vampire) and KODY CHAMBERLAIN (SWEETS, The Ride).
Exclusive Variant cover by Eisner Award Winner ROB GUILLORY.
GONERS #1
story: JACOB SEMAHN
art / cover: JORGE CORONA
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
« WE ALL FALL DOWN, » Part One
From the colonization of Roanoke to the Cold War, the world famous Latimer Family has been humanity’s lone defense against paranormal horrors for centuries…until tonight. A deadly assault on the lineage forces an unprepared brother and sister to solve their parents’ murder while trying to escape the grim landscape of horrors that stalk the children themselves.
CUTTER #1 – #4
story: ROBERT NAPTON & SEAMUS KEVIN FAHEY
art / cover: CHRISTIAN DIBARI
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
CUTTER: Issues 1-4, weekly throughout October! What if that kid you and your friends picked on in your youth came back with a vengeance…to kill you and your friends? That dark guilt-ridden fear is at the core of CUTTER, a cautionary tale about the sins of your past coming back to haunt you. Jeremy lives a quiet life with his wife in a rural town. Successful and stable, Jeremy is the guy next door. But he and his high school friends share a dark secret. And when that secret literally comes back to haunt them, Jeremy must confront his past and his own sanity as he comes face to face with a vicious serial killer… »The Cutter. » From television writer SEAMUS KEVIN FAHEY (Battlestar Galactica, The Following) and comic writer ROBERT PLACE NAPTON (Son of Merlin) with art by acclaimed horror artist CHRISTIAN DIBARI.
THE LI’L DEPRESSED BOY: SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #1
story: S. STEVEN STRUBLE
art / cover: SINA GRACE
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
« ALWAYS SOMETHING IN MY BLINDSPOT »
The fan favorite LI’L DEPRESSED BOY returns for the everyday adventures of love, life, and vinyl. LDB enjoys his new relationship in spite of work woes. But how will he cope when the last person he wants to see reappears?
MASTERPLASTY (ONE-SHOT)
story / art / cover: JAMES HARVEY
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
OVERSIZED
« A MODERN CLASSIC » – Ronald Wimberly, Prince of Cats, Black Dynamite.
A young man decides to leave his college girlfriend after getting a new medical technique which drastically modifies the physical appearance of the human body in ways both beautiful and hideous. Will changing the outside change what’s within?
The cult online comic is finally available in print. The print debut of UK writer/artist JAMES HARVEY, beautifully illustrated in the tradition of Jamie Hewlett and Katsuhiro Otomo.
EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD (ONE-SHOT)
story: JONATHAN HICKMAN
art / cover: NICK DRAGOTTA
OCTOBER 29 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
« THE WORLD »
A STAND ALONE, all-encompassing look at the wider world of EAST OF WEST. Part atlas, part encyclopedia, part timeline, and part apocrypha, EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD is the must-have one-shot companion to the spellbinding series.
NOTE: EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD will contain pivotal plot and character info that will not be in the regular series…so don’t miss out!
The Apocalypse is illuminated in EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD.
WITCHBLADE CASE FILES #1
story: RYAN CADY
art: MICHAEL TURNER, MARC SILVESTRI, DALE KEOWN, STJEPAN SEJIC, DAVID FINCH, & LAURA BRAGA
cover: LAURA BRAGA
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Take a look into the personal files of Sara Pezzini! 19 years and 180 issues of juggling her career as both a law enforcement officer and the Balance of Good and Evil means a whole lot of crooks, ne’er-do-wells, and straight-up monsters, and we’ve got the scoop on the worst of them. Includes a never-before-seen backup story from Talent Hunt runners-up!
FIVE GHOSTS #13
story: FRANK J. BARBIERE
art / cover: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
BRAND NEW STORY ARC!
« MONSTERS & MEN, » Part One
The critically acclaimed award-winning series returns! Fabian travels to eastern Europe for an all-new adventure!
NAILBITER #6
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art / cover: MIKE HENDERSON
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
It’s a serial killer!
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #5
story: JASON AARON
art / cover: JASON LATOUR
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The hit southern crime series returns, as JASON AARON (Scalped, Thor: God of Thunder) and JASON LATOUR (Wolverine & The X-Men, Loose Ends) pull back the curtain on the history of Craw County and its most famous and feared resident. In a place where only bastards flourish, what does it take to be the biggest, meanest, most powerful bastard of them all? Only Coach Boss knows. And if I was you, I wouldn’t ask him.
THE WALKING DEAD #132
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Happiness.
THE WALKING DEAD #133
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Impending Doom.
CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2014
story: JEFF PARKER, STAN SAKAI, MARC GUGGENHEIM & TARA BUTTERS, JONATHAN HICKMAN, BRIAN WOOD, AMY CHU, AL EWING, ROBIN FURTH, RYAN DUNLAVEY, JEREMY LAMBERT, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, ROB REGER & MARIAH HEUHNER, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, & MERYL JAFFEE
art: TOM FOWLER, STAN SAKAI, MATTHEW HOLM, TERRY DODSON, SHANNON WHEELER, RICH ELSON, EMMA VIECELI, RYAN DUNLAVEY, DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, CAT FARRIS, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, KATE LETH, & JANET LEE
cover A: MICHAEL ALLRED
cover B: WALTER SIMONSON
cover C: DEREK CHARM
OCTOBER 8 / 48 PAGES / FC / E / $4.99
A COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT BOOK!
« USED YOUR IMAGINATION LATELY? »
Calling all dreamers and dancers, wanderers and wonderers, free speakers and free thinkers to this year’s CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL, compiled by former Marvel editor and ardent imaginaut LAUREN SANKOVITCH. Within the pages of this year’s Annual, a merry band of legendary creators has crafted 48 PAGES of THRILLING ADVENTURE, POWERFUL DRAMA, and GUT-BUSTING HILARITY that is not only ALL-NEW but ALL AGES! So grab your favorite life forms and gather ‘round for a series of tales to test the bounds of your imagination and celebrate our freedom to do so!
All proceeds from this book benefit the important First Amendment work of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, who’ve been fighting censorship in comics for over 25 years!
THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY 2014
story / art: CLIFF CHIANG, BOO COOK, MARK ELLERBY, BARRY KITSON, ALES KOT, SARAH McINTYRE, ERIC POWELL, EMMA RIOS, TIM SALE, RICHARD STARKINGS, & MORE
cover: ANNIE WU
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
TABLOID FORMAT
A collection of new short stories by some of the best in the business, plus many more names to be announced. This anthology is part of the United Kingdom’s Thought Bubble Festival which takes place in Leeds, Northern England from 9-16 November 2014. All profits from this comic go to Barnardo’s, one of the largest children’s charities in the UK.
BLACKHAND COMICS HC
story / art / cover: WES CRAIG
OCTOBER 15 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft. None of them were witches. They died protecting a terrible and hidden truth: witches, real witches, are out there. They are ancient, elusive, and deadly creatures that are rarely seen and even more rarely survived. This October, superstar creators SCOTT SNYDER (SEVERED, Batman) and JOCK (SNAPSHOT, Batman) unveil WYTCHES, and introduce you to a world of unimaginable horror in a special EXTRA-SIZED FIRST ISSUE with 30 pages of story and no ads for just $2.99
CASANOVA, VOL. 1: LUXURIA – THE COMPLETE EDITION HC
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: GABRIEL BÁ
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Casanova Quinn, a decadent thief and black sheep to the most famous family in global super-espionage, gets kidnapped across parallel dimensions where survival means masquerading as the greatest secret agent the world has ever known…Casanova Quinn. The first volume of the ultimate in science fiction spy psychedelia collected in an ultra-deluxe oversized edition. At long last, all the covers, all the content, all the comics, between two gorgeous covers. By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, SATELLITE SAM, Hawkeye), GABRIEL BÁ (Umbrella Academy, Daytripper), and FÁBIO MOON (Daytripper, BPRD).
Collects CASANOVA #1-4
BURN THE ORPHANAGE, VOL. 2: REIGN OF TERROR TP
story: DANIEL FREEDMAN & SINA GRACE
art / cover: SINA GRACE
OCTOBER 8 / 152 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
The video game send-up returns for another pulse-pounding volume! Orphan Rock returns home only to find his city under siege by the MannCorp robots…it’s up to him and him and his friends to take down the evil corporation once and for all!
Collects BURN THE ORPHANAGE: REIGN OF TERROR #1-5
CLONE, VOL. 4 TP
story: DAVID SCHULNER, AARON GINSBURG, & WADE McINTYRE
art / cover: JUAN JOSE RYP & ANDY TROY
OCTOBER 1 / 120 PAGES / FC / T+ / $12.99
Luke Taylor’s mission to uncover the truth behind the Clone program has only lead to the death of his friends. Who will be the next to die in his name?
Collects CLONE #16-20
C.O.W.L., VOL. 1: PRINCIPLES OF POWER TP
story: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
art: ROD REIS
cover: TREVOR MCCARTHY
OCTOBER 29 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
The Chicago Organized Workers League once stood as a beacon of hope against an epidemic of organized crime and an unbeatable « brotherhood » of Super-Villains. Now, in 1962, the union faces a disillusioned public, scandal, and a new era of threats. Here’s what the press has been saying about the hit new series:
« A down and dirty Mad Men meets Heroes in ’60s Chicago. »–Entertainment Weekly
« A gorgeous book, and the story is just as captivating as the art. »–The AV Club
« There’s a touch of Mad Men’s style and sex appeal as well as Watchmen’s serious approach to heroes…Stunning. »–Mental Floss
Collects C.O.W.L. #1-5
MINIMUM WAGE, BOOK ONE: FOCUS ON THE STRANGE TP
story / art / cover: BOB FINGERMAN
OCTOBER 8 / 152 PAGES / BW[a] / M / $14.99
Three years after Rob Hoffman said « I do, » concluding the original run of MINIMUM WAGE, he finds himself divorced, back home with mom, trying online dating, and transitioning from doing comics for adult magazines to redefining himself as artist on a superhero franchise. Juggling mutant horseshoe crabs, new girlfriends, and more, Rob and the gang are back in this collection of the first all-new arc of BOB FINGERMAN’s slice-of-life series. Featuring tons of bonus material!
Collects MINIMUM WAGE #1-6
MORNING GLORIES DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 3 HC
story: NICK SPENCER
art: JOE EISMA
cover: RODIN ESQUEJO
OCTOBER 15 / 440 PAGES / FC / T+ / $49.99
The hit, epic series about a sinister boarding school and the kids trapped there, trying to solve the mysteries of time and space—presented once again in the beautiful oversized deluxe hardcover format, and including copious bonus materials: sketches, character designs, cover galleries, and more!
Collects MORNING GLORIES #26-38
NAILBITER, VOL. 1: THERE WILL BE BLOOD TP
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSONbr /> art / cover: MIKE HENDERSON
OCTOBER 1 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
« Where do serial killers come from? » and why has Buckaroo, Oregon given birth to sixteen of the most vile serial killers in the world? NSA Agent Nicholas Finch needs to solve that mystery in order to save his friend, and he’ll have to team up with the infamous Edward « Nailbiter » Warren to do it. JOSHUA WILLIAMSON & MIKE HENDERSON deliver a mystery that mixes Twin Peaks with the horror of Se7en!
Collects NAILBITER #1-5
PETER PANZERFAUST, VOL. 2 DELUXE HC
story: KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover: TYLER JENKINS
DECEMBER 3 (ADVANCE SOLICIT) / 360 PAGES / FC / T+ / $39.99
The continued adventures of Peter, the Darlings, and the Lost Boys as they enter full out war with the German army from a remote mountain base in France. Having escaped the nefarious Kapitan Haken, they are now dogged by his personal friends and former war comrades, The Hunters! It is a war that shapes their future, changes their lives and an experience from which no one comes out unscathed. See the world of PETER PANZERFAUST through the eyes of Felix and Tiger Lily, and discover what the indomitable Peter sacrificed to save them!
Featuring a full military-themed dossier for each character plus never-seen-before behind the scenes process art!
Collects PETER PANZERFAUST #11-20
SKULLKICKERS, VOL. 5: A DOZEN COUSINS AND A CRUMPLED CROWN TP
story: JIM ZUB
art / cover: EDWIN & HUANG & MISTY COATS
OCTOBER 1 / 144 PAGES / FC / T / $16.99
In this volume: The dwarf has been forcibly returned to his homeland and the deranged diminutive denizens of Dwayre will make sure it’s a homecoming like no other. Get ready for compressed calamity, small skirmishes, truncated troubles, and pint-sized pugilism along with the history of dwarves (y’know, the « short » version).
Collects SKULLKICKERS #24-29
STRAY BULLETS, VOL. 1: INNOCENCE OF NIHILISM TP
story / art / cover: DAVID LAPHAM
OCTOBER 22 / 224 PAGES / BW / M / $19.99
With the return of STRAY BULLETS, it’s time to roll out the « by story arc » trades of DAVID LAPHAM’s influential crime masterpiece….
These are their stories. Follow the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control. As the innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double murder. Or an introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. Or party with a pair of low-rent hoods who learn about what is really important in life just when they shouldn’t. And even learn the story of the most infamous gangster who ever lived, Amy Racecar, who talks to God, lunches with the President, and just may be responsible for the end of the world. These are some of the tales that will rip out your guts and break your heart.
Collects STRAY BULLETS #1-7
TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION, VOL. 1 TP
story: MATT HAWKINS
art: SANG-IL JEONG cover: JUNG-GEUN YOON
OCTOBER 29 / 160 PAGES / FC / T+ / $19.99
THE HONORVERSE EXPANDS TO COMICS!
Based on the bestselling military science fiction novels by David Weber, this original comic book series introduces spaceship captain Honor Harrington on the eve of her execution. From prison, Honor relays her epic adventures, starting with a command outpost to a hellish backwater star system that ends up being the lynchpin of an interstellar crisis that will bring war to her home planet.
Collects TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION #1-5
THIEF OF THIEVES, VOL. 4 TP
story: ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
OCTOBER 22 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Conrad may have pulled off his last heist, but not without making some new enemies. Is anyone in his life safe? Find out in « The Hit List! »
Collects THIEF OF THIEVES #20-25
THE WALKING DEAD: ALL OUT WAR AP EDITION HC
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover: CHARLIE ADLARD
OCTOBER 1 / 248 PAGES / BW / M / $34.99
This special Artist Proof edition collects the monumental ALL OUT WAR story arc all in one volume—as seen through artist CHARLIE ADLARD’s raw pencils. Read the story in a whole new way, never before collected together in one single volume. Collects THE WALKING DEAD #115-126
THE WALKING DEAD « ANDREA » T-SHIRT
Men’s & Women’s sizes
S – XXL $25.00
This bold shirt features sharpshooter Andrea from « A New Beginning, » with artwork by CHARLIE ADLARD.
THE WALKING DEAD « WALKER FACES » T-SHIRT
Men’s Shirt & Women’s Tank Top
S – XL $25.00
XXL $27.00
Time to celebrate what you love most about The Walking Dead—the walkers! This patterned black shirt features zombie face silhouettes by artist CHARLIE ADLARD.
’68: HOMEFRONT #2 (of 4)
story: MARK KIDWELL
art / cover B: KYLE CHARLES & JAY FOTOS
cover A: NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Horror haunts the heartland in this action-packed conclusion to the ’68: PEECE AND LOVE story arc. Harbinger, Pennsylvania, home of the Heralds, transforms from peaceful American small town to undead slaughterhouse as a pep rally becomes a battleground, a family doctor stands guard over his personal gateway to hell, and a teenage couple fights for love and each other amongst monsters both supernatural and all too human. The second of four issues, featuring a script by series writer MARK KIDWELL and gruesome artwork by KYLE CHARLES and JAY FOTOS (’68: HALLOWED GROUND), continues to bring 1960s zombie horror back to « the world. »
BLACK SCIENCE #10
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Fueled by a long string of failures as a leader, Kadir launches a mad rescue attempt. Can he live up to his promise and finally redeem himself, or will he fall beneath the crawling chaos of a million psychic millipedes?
CHEW #45
story: JOHN LAYMAN
art / cover: ROB GUILLORY
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« CHICKEN TENDERS, » Conclusion!
The aftermath of last issue’s shocking events, and an ending that’s even MORE shocking.
Plus, this issue comes with a WRAPAROUND TRI-FOLD COVER, starring everybody’s favorite government secret agent cyborg rooster, POYO!!!
DEAD@17: THE BLASPHEMY THRONE #3 (of 7)
story / art / cover: JOSH HOWARD
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
A long-awaited reunion with an old friend becomes bittersweet when Nara discovers the true depths of Pitch’s evil.
DEADLY CLASS #8
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: WES CRAIG & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Kings Dominion School of the Deadly Arts is about to get some competition, as everyone’s favorite animal-loving scar-faced maniac is opening a little murder-academy of his own. And look, he’s brought some friends!
DEATH VIGIL #4 (of 8)
story / art / cover: STJEPAN SEJIC
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Bernie was right. Clara would find friends, she would find a family with the Death Vigil, but she would gain enemies as well. Powerful enemies that have waited long enough. The Codex of the Dreamers is all but translated and the Pale Court needs one last ingredient to put their plans in motion – Veilrippers from slain vigil members.
DRUMHELLAR #10
story: RILEY ROSSMO & ALEX LINK
art / cover: RILEY ROSSMO
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Drum strikes a deal that might keep him alive, but at what cost? The consequences ripple across time and space to affect the living, the dead, and the unborn alike, and Drum learns he might be a pawn in a game of cosmic proportions. Well, at least it’s barbecue season…
ELEPHANTMEN #62
story: RICHARD STARKINGS
art: AXEL MEDELLIN
cover: BOO COOK
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
« THE RED QUEEN, » Conclusion
Sahara’s life is changed forever.
THE FADE OUT #3
story: ED BRUBAKER
art / cover: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ new crime noir masterpiece is just getting started! Remember, every month THE FADE OUT has exclusive back pages articles that are only available in the single issues.
GHOSTED #14
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art: DAVIDE GIANFELICE & MIROSLAV MRVA
cover: DAN PANOSIAN
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
As ghosts of vengeance plague New York, Jackson and company get into an ol’ fashioned biker gang rumble. Time to roll up those sleeves.
GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #2
story: RYAN BROWNE
art / cover A: RYAN BROWNE
cover B: JIM RUGG
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The best comic that your mom probably won’t want to read just got bester!
With an army of space crabs about to launch, we take a second to look back and reflect on why those darn space crabs are so crabby! CRABS!
HACK/SLASH: SON OF SAMHAIN #4
story: MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art: EMILIO LAISO
cover: STEFANO CASELLI
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The story takes a deadly turn as Cassie, October, and Delroy face off against a horde of monsters led to battle by the legendary God Beast.
HOWTOONS #3 (of 5)
story: FRED VAN LENTE
art / cover: TOM FOWLER & JORDIE BELLAIRE
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
Celine and Tuck learn the hard way they’re not the only residents of the ruined city when the feral ORPHANS attack! Can the siblings survive when separated from each other? More projects! More SCIENCE!
IMPERIAL #3
story: STEVEN T. SEAGLE
art / cover: MARK DOS SANTOS
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Better than sex? That’s the party line that super heroic Imperial is towing for his protege hero-in-training, Mark. But even if it is better, does that mean Mark is willing to give it up—along with a lot of other human trappings? And what is the unholy menace that men call « Pancho Sarape? » Well, actually, he’s just a bad wedding DJ, but some things aren’t worth fighting over, right?
INVINCIBLE #116
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover: RYAN OTTLEY, CLIFF RATHBURN, & JOHN RAUCH
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
In the aftermath of Robot’s attempt to take over the world, the few survivors that remain must pick up the pieces of a world once familiar… but now completely alien.
LAZARUS #12
story: GREG RUCKA
art: MICHAEL LARK
cover: OWEN FREEMAN
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« CONCLAVE, » Part Two
The rulers of the world have gathered in high-security luxury, and now every Family is vying for advantage. Joacquim Morray makes his intentions known to Forever, and Jakob Hock advances his plan to destroy the Carlyle Family once and for all.
LOW #4
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: GREG TOCCHINI
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
On their journey to the Earth’s surface, Stel Kane and her son must travel through the Third City, a lost utopia, long abandoned and ruled by a tribe of villainous pirates. The very same pirates who killed Stel’s husband and stole her daughters many years ago.
MADAME FRANKENSTEIN #6 (of 7)
story: JAMIE S. RICH
art: MEGAN LEVENS
cover: JOELLE JONES & NICK FILARDI
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / BW / T+ / $2.99
Tensions build to a boil. Henry confronts Vincent about his messing around with dead bodies and Vincent’s new girlfriend comes snooping in the lab. Violence erupts when the mad doctor’s creation meets her replacement!
THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #25
story: JONATHAN HICKMAN
art: NICK PITARRA
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
« DEPARTURE POINT »
The Manhattan Projects rocket into the COLD WAR with the shocking conclusion of this roller coaster arc. Who lives? Who dies? Find out as…
MANIFEST DESTINY #11
story: CHRIS DINGESS
art / cover: MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
« What do you plan on using as bait? »
MORNING GLORIES #44
story: NICK SPENCER
art: JOE EISMA
cover: RODIN ESQUEJO
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« The Library. »
NIGHTWORLD #3 (of 4)
story: PAOLO LEANDRI & ADAM McGOVERN
art / cover: PAOLO LEANDRI & DOM REGAN
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $3.99
Lost soul Plenilunio glimpses heaven from his private hell, while Hellena’s dragonoid hordes surround the castle of Ludmilla & Lowe. See Hotspot and Plenilunio in all-out metaphysical fisticuffs! See the tragic origin of Hellena! See the runaway hotrod to hell hurtle toward its first arc’s worldshaking conclusion!
ODDLY NORMAL #2
story / art / cover A: OTIS FRAMPTON
cover B: ROB GUILLORY
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
Oddly Normal’s parents and house may have vanished off the face of the earth, but things go from bad to weird when her dotty Great Aunt arrives on the scene.
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #5
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
« A WRATH UNSEEN »
As Kyle and Reverend Anderson travel further into this world, the true nature of things starts to reveal itself, and it’s more terrifying than they could have imagined.
PETER PANZERFAUST #23
story: KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover: TYLER JENKINS
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
« ON TILL MORNING, » Part Three
Paris burns. Ammunition depots are blown sky high, fueling stations burn in a raging inferno, and no German official is safe from the vengeance hand of the Lost Boys. A war is coming.
RAT QUEENS #10
story: KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover: ROC UPCHURCH
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Palisade is shattered and recovering from the grand battle against the Spawn of N’Rygoth while the Rat Queens try to pick up the pieces of their fractured bond. Hey, we never promised it would all be candy and drugs.
REAL HEROES #6
story / art / cover: BRYAN HITCH
OCTOBER 16 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
With the tragedy of the other Earth behind them and the truth about the Olympians revealed, our cast find themselves back home with New York’s refugees. Their homecoming threatens to turn into a war zone though and it’s time to become the heroes they’ve played for real. They really are OUR only hope.
REVIVAL #24
story: TIM SEELEY
art: MIKE NORTON
cover: JENNY FRISON
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
After a long hard winter, Spring has finally come. But as the snow melts, what twisted secrets will be uncovered?
RISE OF THE MAGI #5
story: MARC SILVESTRI
art: SUMEYYE KESGIN & TINA VALENTINO
cover A: MARC SILVESTRI
cover B: STJEPAN SEJIC
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
The first arc comes to a conclusion and Asa Stone’s future is in question! While fighting for his life, Asa learns the terrible lesson that when pitted against the overpowering strength of chaos, order has little or no chance of victory.
SAGA #24
story: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover: FIONA STAPLES
OCTOBER 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Hey, it’s The Brand and Sweet Boy!
SEX #17
story: JOE CASEY
art: DAN McDAID & PIOTR KOWALSKI
cover: PIOTR KOWALSKI
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
« Breaks on a bus, Breaks on a car! Breaks to make you a superstar! Breaks to win and Breaks to lose – but these here Breaks will rock your shoes!«
SEX CRIMINALS #9
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: CHONG ZRPY
OCTOBER 16 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Suze and Jon meet Ana. Or rather, meet Ana AGAIN. Or should we say, meet…Ms. Jazmine St. Cocaine AGAIN. Did we just put those words in that order in PREVIEWS? Yes. Yes we did. By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS) and CHONNY ZDARKO (SEX CRIMINALS).
SHELTERED #13
story: ED BRISSON
art / cover: JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
OCTOBER 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Here is it: the showdown thirteen issues in the making. It’s Safe Haven vs. The World.
SIDEKICK #10
story: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art / cover: TOM MANDRAKE & HIFI
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The noose is tightening around the neck of Thomas Winchester, formerly known as The Red Cowl. Desperate and on the run, his only hope is that his former sidekick, Barry Chase, will show mercy and refrain from killing him to avenge years of pain and deception. But with Julia Moonglow at his side, urging vengeance, will Barry save his former partner…or finish his journey to a world darker than any he could have imagined?
SPAWN #248
story: TODD MCFARLANE
art: SZYMON KUDRANSKI
cover: SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD MCFARLANE
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
With Sara still unresponsive at the hospital, Jim’s paranoia heightens with all those treating her. Frustrated by a lack of information, Jim asserts his power to get answers he needs. Meanwhile, Marc tries to crack the mystery of what happened to Sara and Jim, but is interrupted by someone who appears to be an ally. He alerts Marc to the evil Jim is spreading and wants to stop it once and for all.
SPREAD #4
story: JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover: KYLE STRAHM
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Ravello and his raiders on one side, Church of the Risen God on the other, with No, Hope, and Molly in the middle. This probably won’t end well.
STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS #8
story / art / cover: DAVID LAPHAM
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
Spanish Scott, The Finger Man, Beth, Ron, Monster, Mike Hussey…These are just a few of the killers Virginia Applejack has known in her short life. The effect of knowing this collection of cutthroats has never been fully realized until now. As her safe place falls apart, Virginia realizes that the unraveling of her life began with one person, one incident, long buried. To put it right—to excise the cancer eating at her soul and cursing those around her—she may have to do the unthinkable. Virginia Applejack may have to add her own name to her long list of KILLERS.
SUPERANNUATED MAN #4
story / art / cover: TED McKEEVER
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT
Having barely survived the tortuous antics of the mad scientist Armadillo Jones and his assistant Leopoldo, the human called HE escapes deeper into the viscous underbelly of Blackwater, and finds himself in even worse circumstances.
SUPREME: BLUE ROSE #4
story: WARREN ELLIS
art / cover: TULA TOTAY
OCTOBER 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
People are disappearing from the world. People who may not have belonged in the world at all. Secret protocols are being activated. Diana Dane is on a lost highway. Nothing is what it seems.
TECH JACKET #4
story: JOE KEATINGE
art / cover: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
OCTOBER 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Just what is the Colossal doing to Zack Thompson? The evolution of the Tech Jacket starts here!
TREES #6
story: WARREN ELLIS
art / cover: JOCK
OCTOBER 15 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Blindhail Station is a research post on Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean, where observers have been watching a Tree since it landed ten years earlier. Out here, out of sight of the world, something is changing. And it’s going to change everything.
UMBRAL #10
story: ANTONY JOHNSTON
art / cover: CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« THERE, IN THE GLEAMING… »
Rascal gets in trouble. So what else is new?
…Well, the Mistwalker finally lives up to its name, Dalone finds something that shouldn’t exist in the darkness, and you won’t believe who’s in the cage. Stick that in your Oculus and smoke it.
VELVET #9
story: ED BRUBAKER
art / cover: STEVE EPTING & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Velvet walks a deadly path into the past for answers, as her story takes its darkest turn yet!
A VOICE IN THE DARK: BARREL OF A GUN #2 (of 5)
story / art: LARIME TAYLOR
cover A: LARIME TAYLOR & SYLV TAYLOR
cover B: TERRY MOORE & SYLV TAYLOR
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Zoey and Rio get to know each other better and find in each other someone who truly understands them. Detective Dunst starts to narrow down the suspect list, but is he working for justice or money?
WAYWARD #3
story: JIM ZUB
art: STEVE CUMMINGS & JOHN RAUCH
cover A: STEVE CUMMINGS & ROSS A. CAMPBELL
cover B: JORGE MOLINA
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
IMAGE COMICS’ NEW SUPERNATURAL SENSATION! More students with strange abilities, more creatures emerging from the shadows…Rori can see patterns pulling it all together, but can she discover the secret beneath before it’s too late?
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #5
story: KIERON GILLEN
art / cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Showtime.
WITCHBLADE #179
story: RON MARZ
art / cover A: LAURA BRAGA
cover B: JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
OCTOBER 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Sara Pezzini’s fiercest ally in her battles against the supernatural has always been the Witchblade. But what happens if the Witchblade abandons Sara when she needs it most? A shocking turn of events leaves Sara alone and in deadly danger!
ZERO #11
story: ALES KOT
art: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover A: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & TOM MULLER
cover B: SARAH HORROCKS & TOM MULLER
OCTOBER 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Iceland, one year later. Zero’s past comes knocking.
EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD (ONE-SHOT): youhou!