Sollicitations Février 2015 : Image Comics

Et voici les sollicitations d’Image pour Février prochain !!! comme d’habitude pas mal de nouvelle séries et la suite de nos titres préférés !!!

Au programme non pas le relaunch de Spawn, puisque Todd McFarlane déteste cette pratique, mais un one shot spécial pour apparemment réintroduire le personnage auprès des fans et notamment présenter la nouvelle équipe créative du titre. En gros un bon jumping point toujours pour 3$…Nouvelle série pour Grant Morrison qui retrouve son compagnon de Batman Inc, l’excellent Chrs Burnham pour un titre…encore bien mystérieux. Bon en même temps, on en attendait pas moins du scénariste…

A surveiller aussi the empty, pour l’idée du monde post apo. La SF est très présente chez Image mais je crois que nous avons peu de titres dans cette veine.

Du côté des séries régulières, nous pouvons à nouveau respirer : Saga est de retour avec son 25e épisode !!! Mais aussi une conclusion, avec la fin du premier arc de Death Vigil que j’attends fébrilement. Le titre de Sejic est devenu l’une de mes lectures préférées ces derniers mois et je suis ravi que l’auteur ait rencontré suffisamment de succès pour lancer après cela d’autres arcs autour de la série. A priori au minimum 2 plus des épisodes spéciaux consacrés à certains personnages.

Je constate que cela va pas mal bouger du côté de Chew…en même temps, vu l’issue présentée dans l’épisode 44…

Enfin côté TPB, je vois beaucoup de choses…qui vont débarquer sans aucun doute en VF en 2015. En effet, désormais la plupart des hits d’Image trouvent une maison dans notre beau pays. Apparemment Urban a récupéré les séries de Remender et Hickman.  Panini, celles de Millar, et Delcourt bien entendu Walking Dead, Chew, Spawn et je me demande si l’acquisition de Ghosted ne préfigure pas l’arrivée chez cet éditeur de titres comme Nailbiter ou encore et surtout Birthright.

 

 

SPAWN RESURRECTION #1 
STORY: BRIAN WOOD
ART / COVER A: JONBOY
COVER B: TODD McFARLANE
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
NEW TEAM! NEW DIRECTION!
The return of Al Simmons, and the start of a brand new era for SPAWN!
No one quite knows where Al’s been all this time, but it’s clear he’s come back a changed man. Wiser, stronger, and with the memories from an experience that’s he’s still struggling to understand. Tucked away in a crime-ridden corner of New York City, he’s beginning to forge new alliances, preparing defenses, and testing out his newly acquired powers… because there’s a battle coming, and it’s something that makes the Heaven/Hell thing seem like a petty squabble. So just who did Al piss off so badly while he was away?
Introducing a bold new direction for SPAWN, as creator TODD McFARLANE hands the reins over to BRIAN WOOD (Star Wars, X-Men, DMZ) and JONBOY (Marvel Adventures, Araña). It all starts right here, and continues next month in SPAWN #251!

NAMELESS #1 
STORY: GRANT MORRISON
ART / COVER:  CHRIS BURNHAM & NATHAN FAIRBAIRN
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning.
A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares.
An occult hustler known only as ‘Nameless’ is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission.
And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth.
But nothing is what it seems—a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin.
Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS.

THE EMPTY #1
STORY: JIMMIE ROBINSON
ART / COVER: JIMMIE ROBINSON
FEBRUARY  11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
“DEATH,” Part One
Tanoor lives in an empty apocalyptic world of poison and decay. Her village is all that remains of humanity as they struggle against mutant beasts and rotting bones.But Tanoor finds a chance to save her people when a stranger drifts into town. A stranger armed with the power to grow life from death. A stranger who could change the world—if Tanoor can keep them alive in the deadly world of The Empty.

POSTAL #1
STORY: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The townsfolk of Eden, Wyoming wake up to the first official murder the town has seen in 25 years. Their reaction to this isn’t normal, and there’s a reason for that. Eden operates as a haven for fugitive criminals who remain here while new identities, often including facial reconstruction, are created for them. There is zero tolerance for any illegal activity that might draw attention to the town and an “official murder” is the last thing they want. A single, tight-knit family runs Eden with the youngest oddball son Mark Shiffron overseeing the postal branch, the only means of shipping in or out of the city. THE FBI has repeatedly been foiled trying to insert an undercover here; they see Mark as the weak link to exploit. This murder gives them a new opportunity.

 

RAVINE TWO VOLUME SET
$19.99
Combining Volumes 1 and 2 of STJEPAN SEJIC’s epic fantasy tale RAVINE in this special value priced dual pack!

SECRET IDENTITIES #1
STORY: BRIAN JOINES & JAY FAERBER
ART / COVER: ILIAS KYRIAZIS & CHARLIE KIRCHOFF
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
The supergroup known as The Front Line have just invited new hero Crosswind to join them. But what they don’t know is that Crosswind is a mole, sent to learn all their secrets. And the Front Line have LOTS of secrets.
Writers BRIAN JOINES and JAY FAERBER and the stunning art team of ILIAS KYRIAZIS and CHARLIE KIRCHOFF bring you classic super-team action and intrigue for the 21st century.
Behind every mask is a secret…

THE SURFACE #1
STORY: ALES KOT
ART / COVER A: LANGDON FOSS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER B: MARCO RUDY
COVER C: MICHAEL WALSH & JORDIE BELLAIRE
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
What
Welcome to Africa. Ebola is no longer a problem. The West and the East are moving in—and three hacker lovers are searching Tanzania for the place that can change everything: THE SURFACE!
The first issue of a mind-bending action SF epic drawn by the esteemed LANGDON FOSS (Get Jiro!, Winter Soldier) and colored by the Eisner-winning JORDIE BELLAIRE (everything)! THE SURFACE!

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR PRESENTS: SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS #1 (OF 4)
STORY: BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER
ART / COVER:  J. BONE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
FEBRUARY 4 / 40 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
BASED ON THE HIT NERDIST PODCAST!
Shine your astro spurs and don your robot fists! Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings fear to robots and aliens…and hope to humans who make this frontier planet their home. He is…SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS!

 

EGOs #5 
STORY: STUART MOORE
ART / COVER: GUS STORMS
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Beginning “CRUNCHED,” the EGOs’ biggest storyline yet!
The narcissistic super-team of the future returns to battle an invisible threat to the galactic economy. Featuring the erratic Prisoner Seven; The Commander, aged hero of the Crunch War; and a few cruel twists.
“An epic sci-fi tale with action, sincerity and humor.” -All-Comic

SAGA #25
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER:  FIONA STAPLES
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Saga is back, as is almost the entire cast! And as thanks to retailers and readers for helping our audience continue to grow every new arc, Fiona Staples created an amazing wraparound cover for this action-packed issue, which is still only $2.99, the best deal in comics!

HINGES, BOOK ONE: CLOCKWORK CITY TP
STORY / ART / COVER: MEREDITH MCCLAREN
FEBRUARY 25 / 112 PAGES / FC / T / $15.99
New to the city of Cobble, Orio must depend on help wherever she can find it, but her assigned familiar Bauble has other interests. And as the two explore the walls of their city, they find that they are not the only new arrivals.

BANG!TANGO TP
STORY: JOE KELLY
ART / COVER: ADRIAN SIBAR
FEBRUARY 11 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Vinnie has a new life. New York, the mob and all its horrors are a distant memory…until Autumn blows into San Francisco. Autumn, the one who broke his heart, the one he left behind…begging Vinnie to pull one last job: Rob the sadistic mob boss who wants him dead…so she can afford the gender reassignment surgery that will make her the woman Vinnie always wanted. Remastering the provocative Vertigo series, this new volume presents Bang!Tango as it was always meant to be!

CHEW, VOL. 9: CHICKEN TENDERS TP
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
FEBRUARY 25 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats, has been busy – busy settling into married life, busy investigating one assignment after another that takes him to the most remote corners of the planet. Meanwhile, the people closest to Tony are conspiring to take on the brutal killer who murdered Tony’s twin sister. And this conspiracy includes Tony’s partner, his arch enemy – and his teenage daughter!
Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants.
Collects CHEW #41-45, plus the blockbuster spin-off one-shot CHEW: WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO

CRIMINAL, VOL. 2: LAWLESS TP
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART / COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
FEBRUARY 18 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
THE BEST-SELLING CRIME SERIES CONTINUES IN THIS STRIKINGLY-DESIGNED NEW EDITION FROM IMAGE!
LAWLESS: A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS take the world they created in CRIMINAL, VOL. 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics can be.

DEADLY CLASS, VOL. 2: KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE TP
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART: WES CRAIG & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
FEBRUARY 18 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Marcus Lopez is settling into life at Kings Dominion for the Deadly Arts, a secret elite school, to train the next generation of assassins. He has a girl, a circle of friends, and he’s learning a trade: the craft of killing.
But his murderous past is about to catch up with him, and there are a few things about Marcus that even his friends don’t know. Secrets that threaten the lives of everyone around him. Because there’s a reason Marcus was sought out by the school’s shadowy principal Master Lin, a man who’s long had an eye for Marcus’s unique talents.
Continuing the story of a group of damaged, deranged, and struggling teenagers living through one of the country’s most vibrant and chilling eras.
Collecting DEADLY CLASS #7-11

ELEPHANTMEN: 2260 BOOK TWO: THE RED QUEEN TP
STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS
ART: AXEL MEDELLIN
COVER: BOO COOK
FEBRUARY 25 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
EVOLUTION!
Sahara is in hiding, ready to give birth to Obadiah Horn’s baby. Her father, Joshua Serengheti, is intent on hunting her down to prevent a hybrid child from coming into the world…Hip Flask, Jack Farrell, and Hiromi Kiyoko are perhaps the only people who can stop him.
Collects ELEPHANTMEN #58-62

THE FADE OUT, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART / COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
FEBRUARY 25 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ newest hit series, THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end of its Golden Era.
A movie stuck in endless reshoots, a writer damaged from the war and lost in the bottle, a dead movie star and the lookalike hired to replace her. Nothing is what it seems in the place where only lies are true. THE FADE OUT is BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ most ambitious project yet.

GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS, VOL. 2: A STAR IS BORN TP
STORY / ART / COVER: RYAN BROWNE
FEBRUARY 4 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The first collection of the new, sold-out series of GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS! Perfect for new readers! Behold the invasion of King Tiger Eating a Cheeseburger and his legion of space crabs! NASA must utilize their every resource (A guy with a ghost-cow head, a bunch of magic bears, and a Chicago cop with robot arms) to avoid an intergalactic incident!
Collects GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS, VOL. 2 #1-5

HOWTOONS: [RE] IGNITION, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: FRED VAN LENTE
ART / COVER: TOM FOWLER & JORDIE BELLAIRE
FEBRUARY 25 / 160 PAGES / FC / E / $9.99
HOWTOONS returns with an all-new sci-fi DIY adventure! Celine and Tuck’s parents put them to sleep for centuries to ride out the energy crisis—but when they awake in the far future and Mom and Dad are missing, it’s the kids who have to save the day! Celine and Tuck must explore a strange new Earth using their gadgeteering skills to create projects and experiments to survive hostile tribes and bizarre mechanized threats—projects and experiments kids and parents can make themselves at home, and learn basic energy literacy at the same time!
Collects HOWTOONS: [RE] IGNITION #1-5 plus backup strips/projects by series originators EAST OF WEST artist NICK DRAGOTTA and MacArthur Grant winner SAUL GRIFFITH.

LOW, VOL 1: THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE TP
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: GREG TOCCHINI
FEBRUARY 11 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
Millennia ago, mankind fled the earth’s surface into the bottomless depths of the darkest oceans. Shielded from a merciless sun’s scorching radiation, the human race tried to stave off certain extinction by sending robotic probes far into the galaxy, to search for a new home among the stars. Generations later, one family is about to be torn apart, in a conflict that will usher in the final race to save humanity from a world beyond hope.
Dive into an aquatic fantasy like none you’ve ever seen before, as writer RICK REMENDER (BLACK SCIENCE, Captain America) and artist GREG TOCCHINI (Last Days of American Crime) bring you a tale of mankind’s final hour in the cold, deathly dark of the sea.
Collects LOW #1-6

MADAME FRANKENSTEIN TP
STORY: JAMIE S. RICH
ART: MEGAN LEVENS
COVER: JOËLLE JONES & NICK FILARDI
FEBRUARY 10 / 192 PAGES / BW / T+ / $16.99
In 1932, Vincent Krall sets out to create his perfect woman by reanimating the corpse of the love of his life. He’ll soon discover, however, that man was never meant to peer beyond the veil between life and death, and a woman is not as easily controlled as he believes. The collected MADAME FRANKENSTEIN contains all the covers by Helheim artist JOËLLE JONES and an exclusive gallery section showcasing MEGAN LEVENS’ development process.
Collects MADAME FRANKENSTEIN #1-7

NIGHTWORLD, VOL. 1: MIDNIGHT SONATA TP
STORY: PAOLO LEANDRI & ADAM McGOVERN
ART: PAOLO LEANDRI & DOM REGAN
FEBRUARY 4 / 104 PAGES / FC / E / $12.99
It’s fast and furious Faustian action as a trio of demons—the noble Plenilunio, the hellraising Hotspot and the haughty Hellena—battle the evil Empyre and each other over mythic artifacts to lift their curse! Meanwhile Plenilunio’s spellbound lover Lidia sleepwalks his castle and haunts his heart.  B-movie psychodrama at its best!
Collects NIGHTWORLD #1-4

PROPHET, VOL. 4: JOINING TP
STORY: BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
ART: SIMON ROY, GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS, & MORE
COVER: JAMES STOKOE
FEBRUARY 4 / 168 PAGES / FC / E / $12.99
The Superbeing Troll’s plans to lure out Badrock come to a head.
Collects PROPHET #39-45

ROCHE LIMIT, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: MICHAEL MORECI
ART / COVER: VIC MALHOTRA
FEBRUARY 25 / 136 PAGES / FC / T+ / $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
« Our destiny is the stars, and I will lead us there. »
Twenty years after this promise, billionaire Langford Skaargard’s dream of cosmic exploration is no more. Roche Limit, a colony situated on the cusp of a mysterious energy anomaly, is a melting pot of crime and terrible secrets. When Bekkah Hudson goes missing, the search to find her will plunge her sister and a cadre of the colony’s underworld figures into an odyssey that reveals a grim future for mankind.
Presenting the first part of the sold-out, critically-acclaimed sci-fi trilogy!
Collects ROCHE LIMIT #1-5

SPREAD, VOL. 1: NO HOPE TP
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART: KYLE STRAHM, LIAM COBB, & FELIPE SOBREIRO
COVER: KYLE STRAHM & FELIPE SOBREIRO
FEBRUARY 18 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Ten years ago, we dug too deep and unleashed something we couldn’t control. Something that twisted and warped every living thing in its path. Something that remade the world in its own image.
The Spread.
One man has found a child who could save the world, but he has to fight monsters, raiders, cannibals, religious fanatics, and one cranky baby to do it.
Collects SPREAD #1-6

STARLIGHT TP
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART: GORAN PARLOV
COVER: JOHN CASSADAY
FEBRUARY 11 / 160 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was the space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old. Now his children have left and his wife has passed away, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories…until a call comes from a distant world asking him back for his final and greatest adventure.
Collects STARLIGHT #1-5

TREES, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVER: JASON HOWARD
FEBRUARY 11 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Ten years after they landed. All over the world. And they did nothing, standing on the surface of the Earth like trees, exerting their silent pressure on the world, as if there were no-one here and nothing under foot. Ten years since we learned that there is intelligent life in the universe, but that they did not recognize us as intelligent or alive.  TREES, a new science fiction novel by WARREN ELLIS (Transmetropolitan, Red) and JASON HOWARD (SUPER DINOSAUR, ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN), looks at a near-future world where life goes on in the shadows of the Trees: in China, where a young painter arrives in the “special cultural zone” of a city under a Tree; in Italy, where a young woman under the menacing protection of a fascist gang meets an old man who wants to teach her terrible skills; and in Svalbard, where a research team is discovering, by accident, that the Trees may not be dormant after all, and the awful threat they truly represent.
Collects TREES #1-5

UMBRAL, VOL. 2: THE DARK PATH TP
STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON
ART / COVER: CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
FEBRUARY 4 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
THE PARANOID DARK FANTASY CONTINUES!
Rascal has escaped the city—and the clutches of the terrible Umbral shadow-creatures, disguised as humans! But danger also haunts the dark mist of the Bulaswode, and as betrayal prepares to stab her in the back, Rascal must choose whether to trust her friends…or an Umbral! Master worldbuilders ANTONY JOHNSTON (THE FUSE, Wasteland) and CHRISTOPHER MITTEN (Criminal Macabre, Wasteland) bring you a dark fantasy unlike anything you’ve seen before!
Collects UMBRAL #7-12

THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 11 HC
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
FEBRUARY 25 / 296 PAGES / BW / M / $34.99
After Alexandria is destroyed by Negan, the remaining communities unite for one last stand against the Saviors. The aftermath to their war leads to the biggest status quo change in the history of this acclaimed series.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #121-132

ZERO, VOL. 3: TENDERNESS OF WOLVES  TP
STORY: ALES KOT
ART / COVER: VARIOUS ARTISTS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
FEBRUARY 25 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Edward Zero quit being a spy thug, left the Agency, found a better life in Iceland. But when a volcano erupts and the past comes back in a myriad of ways, what does the path ask of him? Palestine, Belfast, the laboratory in the woods—they all come back into play now.
Collects ZERO #11-14

IXth GENERATION #2
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVERS: STJEPAN SEJIC
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Aphrodite IX has the Witchblade and several other Artifacts have also appeared, destroying the delicately balanced utopia. Who is wielding the Darkness and why is it so hellbent on killing all of the IXs?

 

RISE OF THE MAGI #2 SIGNED SAN DIEGO COMICON EXCLUSIVE
$9.99 UNSIGNED
$19.99 SIGNED

BIRTHRIGHT #5
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
The never-ending war on Terrenos rocks our world as Mikey battles one of its greatest warriors to the death. No one is safe as BIRTHRIGHT’s first arc comes to an earth-shattering finish!

BITCH PLANET #3
STORY: KELLY SUE DECONNICK
ART: ROBERT WILSON IV
COVER: VALENTINE DELANDRO
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“Too Big to Fail” reveals the specific events leading to zaftig Penny Rolle’s incarceration. ROBERT WILSON IV (Knuckleheads) joins KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) on art duties for this flashback issue.

CASANOVA: ACEDIA #2
STORY: MATT FRACTION & MICHAEL CHABON
ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON & GABRIEL BÁ
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Tensions in Los Angeles continue to rise as Quentin Cassaday, aka Casanova Quinn, dives head-on into the mystery of Emil Boutique.
Meanwhile, CHABON and BÁ continue their whirlwind tour of the Casanovaverse.

CHEW #46
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
« BLOOD PUDDIN’, » Part one
New partner, new boss, new problems!
Also: A new storyline!

C.O.W.L. #9
STORY: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
ART: ROD REIS
COVER: TREVOR MCCARTHY
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Geoffrey Warner and Camden Stone’s false-flag operation continues to escalate with the return of a Chicago Six villain: Skylancer. But who’s under the Skylancer mask will shock even Geoffrey.

DARK ENGINE #6
STORY: RYAN BURTON
ART / COVER: JOHN BIVENS
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Before his great hunt of the last living colossi begins, the Inkface Ranger witnesses the history of the world through the eyes of the living and the dead.

DEAD@17: THE BLASPHEMY THRONE #7 (of  7) 
STORY / ART / COVER: JOSH HOWARD
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
THE FINAL ISSUE!
This is it. With the seventh issue of the seventh series, DEAD@17 reaches its grand conclusion. Every fight, every battle, every life, every death, every blood soaked moment has been leading to this one unforgettable ending.

DEATH VIGIL #8 (OF 8)
STORY / ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
FIRST VOLUME FINALE!
This is it. The Enemy has breached the gates, and Bernardette stands as the last line of defense. This is where it all ends, one way or another, and with this issue DEATH VIGIL ends.  Or does it?

 

DRIFTER #4
STORY: IVAN BRANDON
ART / COVER A: NIC KLEIN
COVER B: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
A killer is loose in Ghost Town and monsters roam the streets. Every step Pollux takes towards the truth brings him closer to the grave.

THE DYING AND THE DEAD #2
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: RYAN BODENHEIM
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“THE OLDEST GENERATION”
Faced with an impossible task, the Colonel assembles the remnants of his WWII team for one final mission and one last ride into the glorious sunset.

EAST OF WEST #18
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: NICK DRAGOTTA
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“THE PATH OF THE PROPHET”
The last days of the world are upon us, and one man has become the living word of the apocalypse. This is the story of Ezra Orion and his unholy resurrection.

THE FADE OUT #5 
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
FEBRUARY 25 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The second act of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ biggest hit ever begins with a bang!
Someone knows who killed Valeria Sommers, but can our « heroes » find them without exposing themselves? And will their search lead them to answers they don’t want to find?
A perfect jumping-on point for new readers, released the same day as the trade! And packed with bonus back pages articles only found in the single issues.

FIVE GHOSTS #17
STORY: FRANK J. BARBIERE
ART / COVER: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“MONSTERS & MEN” CONCLUSION!
Fabian vs. The Vampire

THE FUSE #10
STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON
ART / COVER: JUSTIN GREENWOOD
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“GRIDLOCK,” Part Four
What does terrorism look like on a space station? Klem and Ralph are about to find out—and so are you. You lucky readers.
“Sets a new standard for the genre.” — Comics Alliance

GHOSTED #17
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART: VLADIMIR KRSTIC
COVER: DAN PANOSIAN
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
In a newly created ghost town, a portal to the afterlife has emerged—setting the stage for the greatest heist of Jackson’s career.

GONERS #5
STORY: JACOB SEMAHN
ART / COVER: JORGE CORONA
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
“WE ALL FALL DOWN,” Part Five
Hard answers and death await as the Latimers take the fight to Bellweather Sanatorium.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT #3 (of 4)
STORY: JAY FAERBER
ART / COVER: FRAN BUENO
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Liam and Hope get a crash course in Vampire 101.

THE HUMANS #4
STORY: KEENAN MARSHALL KELLER
ART / COVER: TOM NEELY
COLOR: KRISTINA COLLANTES
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Welcome to the Skin fights, baby!!! The Humans visit FLEX trucking to do a little business and have a lotta fun! Deals go down, bets get made and Skin fighting (homo-sapien cock fighting) is the sport of the day!!!

INTERSECT #4
STORY / ART / COVER A: RAY FAWKES
COVER B: DECLAN SHALVEY
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
One of our travellers in the warped city is destroyed and the streets are buckling with grief. Flowers grow in the blood of a hero. The Lady of Birds descends for love. Every month, a new facet of the riddle of INTERSECT reveals itself…

LAZARUS #15
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART: MICHAEL LARK
COVER: OWEN FREEMAN
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“CONCLAVE,” Part Five
The Conclave concludes, and Malcolm’s plan seems on the verge of success, but one thing still stands in his way: Jakob Hock has demanded a Trial by Combat, and now Forever must fight the Lazarus of Hock’s choosing to the death…

THE LI’L DEPRESSED BOY: SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #5
STORY: SHAUN STEVEN STRUBLE
ART / COVER: SINA GRACE
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
« MOVE WITH YOUR LOVER »
LDB and Spike return to work after their suspension.

MANIFEST DESTINY #14
STORY: CHRIS DINGESS
ART / COVER: MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
One of the crew goes missing as the men make first contact with an unbelievable new civilization…

THE MERCENARY SEA #9
STORY: KEL SYMONS
ART / COVER: MATHEW REYNOLDS
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
« BIG CITY BLUES »
We flashback to how the crew of the Venture first came together, starting with Jack’s backstory as a gangster and bootlegger with the Boston mob.

MORNING GLORIES #46
STORY: NICK SPENCER
ART: JOE EISMA
COVER: RODIN ESQUEJO
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« Independent Study. »

NAILBITER #10
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: MIKE HENDERSON
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
All of the town’s children have gone missing…and only the notorious serial killer the Nailbiter can help Sheriff Crane and Finch find them…but at what price?

ODDLY NORMAL #5
STORY / ART / COVER A: OTIS FRAMPTON
COVER B: DANI JONES
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
Oddly Normal’s horrible, terrible, very bad first day of school finally comes to an end.

ODY-C #4
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD
FEBRUARY 21 / 20 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The core of a fabled starship may make Odyssia’s journey home a matter of moments rather than months—but it comes at a price.

PENNY DORA & THE WISHING BOX #4 (OF 5)
STORY: MICHAEL STOCK
ART / COVER: SINA GRACE
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
On the third day of Christmas, Penny Dora found herself face-to-face with a horde of fire-breathing dragons, oodles of monsters, and at least seven dwarves. All thanks to the girl she used to call best friend, now known as Princess Elizabeth, who ruled over all the lands with her all-powerful Wishing Box.

PETER PANZERFAUST #24
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: TYLER JENKINS
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
“ON ‘TILL MORNING,” Part Four
With the final clue uncovered, Peter, the Lost Boys and an entire squad of the Mermaids track down the Hook to his secret base in Cherbourg. It’s the first meeting of the greatest adversaries in a year and the fate of the entire French Resistance depends on a final clash of swords.

PROPHET: EARTH WAR #4 (OF 6)
STORY: BRANDON GRAHAM WITH SIMON ROY
ART: RON ACKINS
COVER: SANDRA LANZ
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A Prophet General enters a new universe only to find that war exists there as well but with much larger stakes.

PUNKS THE COMIC #5
STORY: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
ART / COVER: KODY CHAMBERLAIN
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The rip-roaring conclusion to the first arc of “PUNKS!”
Questions get answered and answers get questioned! Will Flo leave Boshannon for the Big City? Can Effie ever truly love again? Just how much feeling has Eddie lost from the thresher accident? None of these questions and more won’t be answered.

RASPUTIN #5
STORY: ALEX GRECIAN
ART: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA
COVER: RILEY ROSSMO
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN!
Shot by a sniper on the frontlines during WWI! But that’s not the way it’s supposed to happen. Something’s very wrong.

REVIVAL #28
STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART: MIKE NORTON
COVER: JENNY FRISON
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Dana’s quest for revenge leads her to a massive conspiracy. Em deals with getting what she asked for, and finds out that nothing stays buried in a town where the dead live.

REYN #2
STORY: KEL SYMONS
ART / COVER: NATHAN STOCKMAN
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Captured by M’Thall, one of the mysterious Venn, Reyn is imprisoned in the mines of Menica and the witch, Seph, must rescue him.

RUMBLE #3
STORY: JOHN ARCUDI
ART / COVER: JAMES HARREN
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
It’s literally a whole new world of head-lopping action in this issue as things really start to open up—and all the broken pieces come together. Finally, we’re bringing you the origin of Rathraq! And, in a way, the origin of everybody else, too.

SATELLITE SAM #11
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
Act three of SATELLITE SAM starts here with a bang—is someone at the LeMonde Network a killer? What happened to the girl who knows all the secrets? Will the dark secret that threatens the whole show come out in the gossip columns? The fabulous fifties were never so filthy.

SAVAGE DRAGON #203
STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Malcolm Dragon faces the explosive power of Neutron Bob! And the Deadly Duo are sure to make matters worse! It’s all-out action and hilarious hijinks as Malcolm faces one of his father’s most fearsome foes!

SEX #20
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART: PIOTR KOWALSKI & IAN MacEWAN
COVER: PIOTR KOWALSKI
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The big date. One step closer. Will Simon get lucky?

SHUTTER #9
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER:  LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Prospero could change the world with the fantastic technology the group has hidden away over the centuries, but luckily Kate Kristopher has other ideas.

SINERGY #4
STORY / ART: MICHAEL AVON OEMING & TAKI SOMA
COVER A: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
COVER B: EMMA RIOS
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Jess’s monster lover returns professing love, but she senses a trap-not romance, as the seers prepare themselves for the inevitable monster invasion!
Alternate cover by PRETTY DEADLY’s EMMA RIOS!

SOUTHERN BASTARDS #8
STORY: JASON AARON
ART / COVER: JASON LATOUR
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The final chapter in the story of how the worst football player in Craw County rose to become “Coach Boss,” and the terrible bloody price he had to pay along the way.
Don’t miss the chilling conclusion of “Gridiron,” the second arc in the seminal southern crime series.

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #2
STORY: DAVID LAPHAM
ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
You’ll never find a happier person than Rose. A single mom living among the worst killers, thieves, and drug addicts in the city, she’s never had a down thought cross her mind. Not until her least favorite person hooked up with a boy she was more than sweet on. The day Rose saw Beth and Orson together something broke inside her, and now this air-headed, happy-go-lucky, highly promiscuous, fake-blonde is out for blood—and she doesn’t care whose or how much is spilt. Can this buxom bombshell’s heart be « fixed » before she blows up Baltimore and ruins Orson and Beth’s own revenge plans, or will the next bouquet of flowers she gets be the ones on her grave?

SUPERANNUATED MAN #6
STORY / ART / COVER: TED McKEEVER
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
GOLDEN-AGE SIZE
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
Blackwater burns as the ocean gives up its secrets about the mutated animals in this senses shattered series finale. All will be revealed…
…Well, maybe not ALL. This IS a Ted McKeever book, after all.

SUPREME: BLUE ROSE #7
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVER: TULA LOTAY
FEBRUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
Concluding the story of superhero fiction gone wrong with the final confrontation between Diana and Ethan, between agents and operators from splintered timelines, and between Darius Dax and the nature of the universe. Many questions have been asked, and the answers will kill people.

TECH JACKET #8
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Planets are being murdered. Galaxies are being slaughtered. And Tech Jacket’s latest ally is also his biggest rival. And if that sounds too heavy for you, Zack’s mom tells him to stop being such a dick.

THIEF OF THIEVES #26
STORY: ANDY DIGGLE
ART / COVER: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
How does the world’s greatest thief relax? Even on vacation, Redmond is always working…

THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #3
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: SIMON GANE & FONOGRAFIKS
FEBRUARY 25 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Don’t look back.

TOOTH & CLAW #4
STORY: KURT BUSIEK
ART / COVER: BENJAMIN DEWEY
FEBRUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
With the Great Champion away, the city is vulnerable to Goodfoot’s machinations.

THE WALKING DEAD #137
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
FEBRUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
A future uncertain.

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #8
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVER: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Now the eleventh god is here, it’s time to party. You’re invited. Everyone’s invited. We can sleep when we’re dead—but when you’ll be dead within two years, you may as well turn up in your pyjamas. After seven issues of egomaniacs, it’s time for an issue where the crowd is the star.

WITCHBLADE #183
STORY: RON MARZ
ART / COVER A: LAURA BRAGA
COVER B: STJEPAN SEJIC
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Revelations abound as Sara Pezzini confronts her mysterious assailants, learning not only their true nature, but also the shocking truth of the power they serve. Have Sara and the Witchblade merely been pawns all this time? And will the fallout push her back to New York City, the one place she swore she’d never return?

 

WYTCHES #5
STORY: SCOTT SNYDER
ART: JOCK & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
COVER: JOCK
FEBRUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
In the first half of the opening arc’s two-part finale, Charlie descends into the wytches’ burrow itself to save his daughter from an unspeakable death. But what horrors await him deep beneath the earth? And what secrets…?