Sollicitations Mai 2015 : Image Comics

INJECTION #1
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVERS A & B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
MAY 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Once upon a time, there were five crazy people, and they poisoned the 21st Century. Now they have to deal with the corrosion to try and save us all from a world becoming too weird to support human life.
INJECTION is the new ongoing series created by the acclaimed creative team of Moon Knight. It is science fiction, tales of horror, strange crime fiction, techno-thriller, and ghost story all at the same time. A serialized sequence of graphic novels about how loud and strange the world is getting, about the wild future and the haunted past all crashing into the present day at once, and about five eccentric geniuses dealing with the paranormal and numinous as well as the growing weight of what they did to the planet with the Injection.

MYTHIC #1 
STORY: PHIL HESTER
ART / COVER A: JOHN McCREA
COVER B: SEAN GORDON MURPHY
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $1.99
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $1.99!
Science is a lie, an opiate for the masses. The truth is, magic makes the world go ’round. And when magic breaks, MYTHIC fixes it. Apache shaman Waterson, Greek immortal Cassandra, and cell phone salesman Nate Jayadarma are the crack field team assigned with keeping the gears of the supernatural world turning, and more importantly, keeping you from ever knowing about it.
Join Eisner nominee PHIL HESTER (Green Arrow, The Coffin) and Eisner winner JOHN McCREA (Hitman, The Boys) on their latest expedition to the dark heart of weird comics.

THE MANTLE #1
STORY: ED BRISSON
ART / COVER A: BRIAN LEVEL
COVER B: PHIL HESTER
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Robbie never asked for any of this. While drunkenly walking home from a punk show, he’s hit with lightning and wakes to find that he’s been chosen as the new host for The Mantle, a power set of unimaginable scope. Despite his lack of interest, he’s forced into action. The Plague, a being who has spent 50 years killing every previous host of The Mantle, is already coming for him.

MATERIAL #1
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: WILL TEMPEST
COVER: TOM MULLER
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
A man comes home from Guantanamo Bay, irrevocably changed.
An actress receives an offer that can revive her career.
A boy survives a riot and becomes embedded within a revolutionary movement.
A philosopher is contacted by a being that dismantles his beliefs.
Look around you. Everything is material.

SONS OF THE DEVIL #1
STORY: BRIAN BUCCELLATO
ART / COVER A: TONI INFANTE
COVER B: FRANCIS MANAPUL
COVER C: PAOLO RIVERA
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
From New York Times bestselling writer BRIAN BUCCELLATO and artist TONI INFANTE comes a psychological horror story about TRAVIS, an average guy trying to get by, who discovers that he has familial ties to a deadly cult.
Told across three decades, SONS OF THE DEVIL is an exploration of cults, family, and the dark side of human nature. It’s true DETECTIVE and ORPHAN BLACK meets HELTER SKELTER.

VALHALLA MAD #1
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART / COVER A: PAUL MAYBURY
COVER B: NICK PITARRA
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Their names are legend: the Glorious Knox! Greghorn the Battlebjörn! Jhago the Irritator! Three warrior gods vacationing on Earth, just looking to get their drink on and have a good time! Join the drunken festivities with toastmasters JOE CASEY (SEX) and PAUL MAYBURY (SOVEREIGN). The new mythology begins now!

MINIMUM WAGE: SO MANY BAD DECISIONS #1 (of 6)
STORY / ART / COVER: BOB FINGERMAN
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / 2C / M / $3.99
The first chapter of the new six-issue arc of BOB FINGERMAN’s so-real-it-hurts series.
What do sex dungeons, sleepy-time heart-to-hearts with mutant horseshoe crabs, and feelings of frustration have in common? Rob’s first post-divorce birthday, of course. Season with a soupçon of Dream Sylvia and Real Sheila and bon appétit!

PETER PANZERFAUST #25
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: TYLER JENKINS
MAY 20 / 48 PAGES / FC / T / $4.99
« NEVERLAND »
The grand finale of Peter’s journey and the one interview John Parsons has been building toward: Wendy Darling. The woman who knew Peter as no other reveals her secrets, and the mystery behind the man[g][h] will finally be revealed.  A double-sized issue of intrigue, love and heroism and a final goodbye to Peter Panzerfaust.

RAT QUEENS #11
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Featuring the debut of new regular series artist STJEPAN SEJIC (WITCHBLADE, SUNSTONE)!
« DEMONS »
Road Trip! Having survived the end of the world, the Queens follow Hannah back to where it all began: Mage University. With Necromancers being hunted by a mysterious cadre of religious zealots, Hannah will see to it that the Council of Ten, the overseers of the mage community, do something about it.

ROCHE LIMIT: CLANDESTINY #1
STORY: MICHAEL MORECI
ART: KYLE CHARLES & VIC MALHOTRA
COVER A: KYLE CHARLES
COVER B: VIC MALHOTRA
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T + / $3.50
The breakout hit of 2014 returns with volume two of the groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy!
It’s 75 years after the events that left the Roche Limit colony in flames. When a crew of military and science personnel are sent to the forgotten and desolate planet on a mysterious expedition, they quickly learn its dark secrets — and that their mission is not what they thought it to be. With danger lurking all around, the crew members fight to find a way off the planet and resist the mysterious presence that haunts them all.

ROCKET GIRL #6
STORY: BRANDON MONTCLARE
ART / COVER: AMY REEDER
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
ROCKET GIRL RETURNS!
DaYoung Johansson was prepared to live a normal life — as normal as 1986 New York City could ever be for a teenage cop from a high tech alternate reality 2014. But time travelling isn’t so simple: changes made in both the future and past are now at war, and the present is stuck in the middle.

TREES #9
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVER: JASON HOWARD
MAY 20 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Beginning the second TREES story, « Two Forests. » The Orkney Tree, set among the standing stones of that remote island, seems almost like it was always meant to be there. But, following the events in Svalbard, it could be nothing but a vast unexploded bomb. Across the Atlantic, there is a new mayor in New York City, who grew up under the shadow of the Manhattan Tree. And he might be the bigger threat.

ARTIFACTS: LOST TALES #1
STORY: ROSS HARDY, JONNY HINKLE, & ANDREW KNIGHTON
ART: BRIAN ROGERS, DEMETRES PANAYIDES, & ALVARO SARRESECA
COVER: LINDA SEJIC
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
WITCHBLADE! HEARTSTONE! BLOODSWORD!
Three short stories featuring three artifacts by three Talent Hunt-winning creative teams in this special one-shot!

THE CBLDF PRESENTS: ELEPHANTMEN: SHOTS #1
STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS
ART: DOUGIE BRAITHWAITE, IAN CHURCHILL, BOO COOK, SHAKY KANE, MORITAT, TIM SALE, & DAVE SIM
COVER A: / 1:25 SKETCH VARIANT: J SCOTT CAMPBELL
COVER B: TIM SALE
MAY 27 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $5.99
Led by Tim Sale’s 9-page WHEN THE NIGHT COMES story, this special collects all the ELEPHANTMEN strips from HERO COMICS, LIBERTY, and THE THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY. Features the hard to find JUDGE DREDD, STRONTIUM DOG, and MARINE MAN crossovers and beautiful covers by J SCOTT CAMPBELL and TIM SALE! All proceeds go to the CBLDF!

WYTCHES, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: SCOTT SNYDER
ART / COVER: JOCK
MAY 20 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99!
When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they’re hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient…and hungry.
Collects WYTCHES #1-6

DEATH VIGIL, VOL. 1 TP
STORY / ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
MAY 27 / 256 PAGES / FC / T+ / $24.99
Gifted? Join the Death Vigil in their ongoing war against the ever-growing power of the Primordial Enemy! The only catch is you have to die first. Become a corporeal immortal Death Knight, and obtain reality-altering weaponry in the never-ending battle between Good and Evil.
Collects DEATH VIGIL #1-8

EAST OF WEST, VOL. 4: WHO WANTS WAR? TP
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: NICK DRAGOTTA
MAY 13 / 144 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
It’s the fourth volume of the Eisner-nominated, best-selling EAST OF WEST.
« WHO WANTS WAR? » sees YEAR TWO of the Apocalypse kick into high gear.
Collects EAST OF WEST #16-19 & EAST OF WEST: THE WORLD

FIVE GHOSTS DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 1 HC
STORY: FRANK J. BARBIERE
ART / COVER: CHRIS MOONEYHAM & LAUREN AFFE
MAY 20 / 344 PAGES / FC / T+ / $34.99
The critically-acclaimed series is collected in hardcover for the first time with tons of extras!
After a tragic encounter with an artifact known as « The Dreamstone, » infamous treasure hunter Fabian Gray is possessed by five literary ghosts and granted access to their unique abilities. Join Fabian and his allies as they travel across the world in a pulp-inspired literary action/adventure from writer FRANK J. BARBIERE (Avengers World, Solar: Man of the Atom) and artist CHRIS MOONEYHAM (Predator)!
Collects FIVE GHOSTS #1-12 plus exciting bonus features!

GENIUS, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: MARC BERNARDIN & ADAM FREEMAN
ART / COVER: AFUA RICHARDSON
MAY 27 / 256 PAGES / FC / T+ / $24.99
What if the greatest military mind of our generation was born to a people who are already supremely conditioned to wage war, who know nothing but violence from birth and must continually adapt to new predators in order to survive?
This action-packed book contains the full story of a city that declares war on a brilliant young woman pushed to the edge.
Collects PILOT SEASON: GENIUS #1 & GENIUS #1-5

GRAVEYARD SHIFT TP
STORY: JAY FAERBER
ART / COVER: FRAN BUENO
MAY 20 / 104 PAGES / FC / T / $14.99
Reunited after their memorable run on NOBLE CAUSES, JAY FAERBER and FRAN BUENO bring you a new tale of crime, horror, and romance! It’s Fright Night-style thrills and Castle-style crime-solving as a homicide detective and his girlfriend find their love put to the ultimate test when they run afoul of a gang of vampires!
Collects GRAVEYARD SHIFT #1-4

INTERSECT, VOL. 1: METAMORPH TP
STORY / ART / COVER: RAY FAWKES
MAY 20 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The terrifying, surreal journey of the Intersected begins in this volume! Start at the beginning with the book critics have called « truly original, truly unreplicable, and truly terrifying… »
Collects INTERSECT #1-6

ODY-C, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD
MAY 27 / 128 PAGES / FC / M/ $9.99
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99
The first five issues of FRACTION and WARD’s epic science fiction, gender-broke, mind-expanding retelling of THE ODYSSEY.
Collects ODY-C #1-5

STRAY BULLETS, VOL. 2: SOMEWHERE OUT WEST TP
STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
MAY 20 / 224 PAGES / BW / M / $19.99
Somewhere out West is a town no one knows about — a desert town — whose inhabitants wait for the day a great earthquake will bring them beachfront property.  Here, three desperate friends on the run from the Mob and a young runaway Virginia Applejack will try to escape the nightmares of their pasts.  They’ll band together to battle the demons that threaten to destroy them from within while taking on a corrupt town full of sex, drugs, and inbreeding.  Eventually, they’ll be forced to make horrifying choices when their dark pasts finally catch up with them….
Collects STRAY BULLETS #8-14

DEATH VIGIL T-SHIRT
ART: STJEPAN SEJIC
M / L / XL $19.99
XXL $24.99

DEATH VIGIL LITHOGRAPH PRINT
ART: STJEPAN SEJIC
MAY 27 / $19.99

IMPALER TWO VOLUME SET
STORY: WILLIAM HARMS
ART / COVER: MATT TIMSON & NICK POSTIC
MAY 27 / 288 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99
Combining Volumes 1 and 2 of WILLIAM HARMS’ epic tale in this special, value-priced dual pack!  Allocations may occur.

BIG MAN PLANS #3 (OF 4)
STORY: ERIC POWELL & TIM WIESCH
ART / COVER: ERIC POWELL
1:30 INCENTIVE COVER: GEOF DARROW
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Big Man’s path of revenge takes a dark turn as he fights for his own survival.

BIRTHRIGHT #7
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Her son returned a changed man. Now it’s up to Wendy Rhodes to separate fact from pure fantasy…

BLACK SCIENCE #14
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
As the Dimensionauts struggle to save a helpless reality from the chaos the Pillar has wrought, their newfound heroics are threatened by one of their own. Is Kadir up to his malicious old ways again?

CHEW #49
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
In the kitchen with Chow Chu.

CHRONONAUTS #3
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER: SEAN GORDON MURPHY
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
From ancient Rome to the roaring twenties to the 1980s music scene, Corbin and Danny — the world’s first time travelers — continue to wreak havoc with the time-stream, and get into more hijinks with some of history’s most notorious figures! And it’s all happening while the world — and their bosses — are watching!

COPPERHEAD #7
STORY: JAY FAERBER
ART / COVER: SCOTT GODLEWSKI & RON RILEY
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
Sheriff Clara Bronson goes on a date with handsome schoolteacher Thaddeus Luken, unaware that a gang of vicious outlaws are headed straight for Copperhead.

DEADLY CLASS #13
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: WES CRAIG
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
It’s back to school for Marcus after barely surviving a cartel kill-squad. But he’s about to discover that even hardened teenage assassins aren’t immune to the ravages of broken hearts and breakup notes.

DESCENDER #3
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER A: DUSTIN NGUYEN
COVER B: LESLEY-ANNE GREEN
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
After the shocking conclusion of issue 2, Quon and Telsa arrive at the Colony, but they may be too late to save TIM-21’s memory. Meanwhile, Driller continues his rampage and TIM’s AI has a strange encounter.

THE DYING AND THE DEAD #5
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN

ART / COVER: RYAN BODENHEIM
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
« THE CITY »
All our disparate players collide together in an underground City, and it all hinges on an ultimate betrayal.

EGOs #8 
STORY: STUART MOORE
ART / COVER: GUS STORMS
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
As « CRUNCHED » barrels toward next issue’s shocking conclusion, the EGOs’ investigation leads them to the Quantum Trust — mysterious, all-powerful bankers to the galaxy.
« EGOs sets up house at the junction of superhero stories and big-ideas sci-fi — then trashes the junction and builds its own huge, insane theme park. » -Mike Carey

GHOSTED #20
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART: VLADIMIR KRSTIC, GORAN SUDZUKA, & MIROSLAV MRVA
COVER: DAN PANOSIAN
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
There’s no more cheating death…

GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #8
STORY / ART / COVER A: RYAN BROWNE
COVER B: GENE HA
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Flagrant misuse of the time-traveling « Cosmo-Chair » leads to some extremely stupid dumbness of the stupidest order.

INTERSECT #7
STORY / ART / COVER: RAY FAWKES
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
A new chapter in the twisted world of Intersect brings readers to a disturbing new setting, following the story of the mysterious Lady Flock as she flees the remains of Detroit and navigates the new world…

INVINCIBLE #120
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: RYAN OTTLEY, CLIFF RATHBURN, & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Thragg vs. Battle Beast conclusion!

INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #3
STORY: GABRIEL HARDMAN & CORINNA BECHKO
ART / COVER: GABRIEL HARDMAN
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Arthur McBride discovers Maia’s secret…and her act of compassion could get them both killed.

JUPITER’S CIRCLE #2
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART: WILFREDO TORRES
COVER: FRANK QUITELY
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
It’s 1958 America, and Dr. Richard Conrad is a superhero and celebrated surgeon…with another identity that he struggles to keep hidden from his trusted teammates. When the director of the FBI threatens to reveal his secret, Richard is forced to make an impossible decision, all while his team battles to keep the world safe.

KAPTARA #2
STORY: CHIP ZDARSKY
ART / COVER: KAGAN McLEOD
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
MANTON! DARTOR! MOTIVATIONAL ORB!
Heroes for the ages! As they set out to save Earth, our hero Keith Kanga retires to a life of luxury on Kaptara! But can he resist the siren song of guilt?
A perfect jumping-on point for people who’ve read issue one!

LAZARUS #17
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART: MICHAEL LARK
COVER: OWEN FREEMAN
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC: « POISON, » Part One
The Families are at war, Malcolm hovers at death’s door in the wake of Hock’s assassination attempt, and Forever must hold the line against enemies from without as well as within…including her siblings.

LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #2
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART / COVER: TRADD MOORE & FELIPE SOBREIRO
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
With the help of Delilah, Luther and Petra have tracked the cult to Russia, where they have to confront their deadliest foe yet…the Gardener!

THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE SUN BEYOND THE STARS #3
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART / COVER: NICK PITARRA
MAY  27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
« UNRELIABLE »
If you’re depending on a lying robot not to get you into trouble with an intergalactic criminal science organization called the Library, then always bet on Black.
The greatest FEEL GOOD, BAD SCIENCE book in the long history of man returns in THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE SUN BEYOND THE STARS.

MANIFEST DESTINY #16
STORY: CHRIS DINGESS
ART / COVER: MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
One of the crew goes native, while the rest try not to lose their heads. Or get them ripped off. Or bitten off. An issue of unimaginable horror!

MICE TEMPLAR V: NIGHT’S END #3
STORY: BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
ART: VICTOR SANTOS & SERENA GUERRA
COVER A: VICTOR SANTOS
COVER B: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
« TWISTS OF FATE »
Long ago, two brothers fought for control of the Templar and plunged the Dark Lands into chaos and tyranny. Now, on the brink of restoration and victory…Karic and Cassius, Leito and Pilot grapple over which noble mouse deserves to wield the sacred Mark of Kuhl-En and lead the final assault on the palace. One will win. One will die. And the hearts of those who survive will be forever changed.

MORNING GLORIES #47
STORY: NICK SPENCER
ART: JOE EISMA
COVER: RODIN ESQUEJO
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« Field Trip. »

NAILBITER #12
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: MIKE HENDERSON
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The dreaded media has arrived!

NAMELESS #4
STORY: GRANT MORRISON
ART / COVER: CHRIS BURNHAM
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The world descends into chaos and the astronauts stranded in the Tunnels of Xibalba must endure unspeakable tortures when their captors finally reveal themselves.
As all human hopes, fears, doubts, and dreams are subjected to the cruel and merciless scrutiny of an inhuman, sadistic intelligence, is reality collapsing? Or sanity?

NO MERCY #2 
STORY: ALEX DE CAMPI
ART / COVER: CARLA SPEED McNEIL
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Chad and Charlene make a second startling discovery. But with nightfall, death comes for them all again…this time, on four feet.

ODDLY NORMAL #7
STORY: OTIS FRAMPTON
ART: OTIS FRAMPTON & TRACY BAILEY
COVER A: OTIS FRAMPTON
COVER B: MARYN ROOS
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
Oddly Normal’s trip down memory lane comes to an end.

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #9
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
What lurks within.

PISCES #2
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
With the Vietnam War a few years gone, Dillon finds difficulty adjusting to civilian life. His hope dwindles while living with an abusive father and working a night shift at a local office,  but the creeping dread rises when the dark begins to speak in the voice of friend long dead.

POSTAL #4
STORY: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS
ART: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER LINDA SEJIC
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Mark, having barely survived capture, suffers emotional and physical scars. With the mayor and the sheriff afraid to confront the threats to the town, Mark chooses to confront the town’s enemies on his own, but the price of vengeance may change him and the town forever.

REYN #5
STORY: KEL SYMONS
ART / COVER: NATHAN STOCKMAN
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC /  T+ / $2.99
On the run from Venn, Reyn and Seph delve deeper into the enemy stronghold and make a shocking discovery.

RUNLOVEKILL #2
STORY: JONATHAN TSUEI & ERIC CANETE

ART: ERIC CANETE
COVER: ERIC CANETE & MANU FERNANDEZ
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The hunt is on! Rain’s past and present collide as « The Origami, » a military force tasked to capture her, begin to tighten their circle. Janus enters and offers a final chance of reprieve. And finally: DINOSAURS!
NOT FINAL COVER!

SAGA #28
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Alana acts.

SATELLITE SAM #14
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
Who killed Satellite Sam? And why? Everybody’s cards are on the table and the table’s on fire as our grand finale rapidly approaches.

SAVIOR #2
STORY: BRIAN HOLGUIN & TODD McFARLANE

ART / COVER: CLAYTON CRAIN
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
A tragic airline crash has killed hundreds. Why?
And because of the massive catastrophe, a small town braces itself for the onslaught of news media invading their city. But the biggest mystery may be the man who randomly walked out of the corn fields following the crash. Who is he? Where did he come from? And why can’t he remember if he was a passenger on that fatal plane?
This second issue is FULLY-PAINTED by artist CLAYTON CRAIN.

SECRET IDENTITIES #4
STORY: BRIAN JOINES & JAY FAERBER
ART: ILIAS KYRIAZIS & RON RILEY
COVER: ILIAS KYRIAZIS
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Punchline must uncover the truth when she and Vesuvius find themselves pulled into battle against a super-powered stalker. Meanwhile, Crosswind continues manipulating one of his new teammates, bringing him one step closer to learning the secrets of the Front Line.

SEX #21
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART / COVER A: PIOTR KOWALSKI
COVER B: DUSTIN NGUYEN
COVER C: JIM MAHFOOD
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The next phase begins right here.

SHUTTER #12
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
THE EXTRA-SIZED FINALE TO YEAR ONE IS HERE! NO ADS!
Year One of the critically acclaimed series comes to an explosive end in a massive cover-to-cover story promising to change the way you’ve viewed every single issue up ’til now. Really. I mean, look, you’re rolling your eyes, because people say that all the time, but this month it’s actually true, especially when we give you the startling answer to the series’ biggest question: WHO IS KATE KRISTOPHER?
SHUTTER WILL RETURN JULY 2015

SKULLKICKERS #33
STORY: JIM ZUB
ART: EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATS
COVER: EDWIN HUANG & JEFF « CHAMBA » CRUZ
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
« INFINITE ICONS OF THE ENDLESS EPIC, » Part Three
Double, double, toil, and trouble…heroes burn and dimensions bubble!
This issue has the second of two connecting gatefold covers by EDWIN HUANG & JEFF « CHAMBA » CRUZ. Get this one and the previous month’s issue to put together the ultimate SKULLKICKERS battle panorama!

SOUTHERN CROSS #3
STORY / COVER: BECKY CLOONAN
ART: ANDY BELANGER
COLORS: LEE LOUGHRIDGE
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
The Southern Cross begins to give up its secrets, and Braith finds that the more she learns about her sister’s death, the less she actually knows her.

SPAWN #253
STORY: PAUL JENKINS
ART / COVER: JONBOY
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
What if you had the ability to communicate with someone inside their final dream but were powerless to prevent the dream from ending? Al Simmons journeys to a place he vowed he would never go: to his childhood, and to the side of a dying man he never fully knew in order to save the soul of his own estranged father. Meanwhile, Al’s personal tragedy magnifies as the forces of darkness close in on the souls of those he loves the most.

SPREAD #8
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART / COVER: KYLE STRAHM & FELIPE SOBREIRO
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
« THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE »
There is a place that offers sanctuary from the Spread. The only problem? No and company need to escort a group of children through the Spread to get there.

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #5
STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
Nina: Spoiled, a user, undeniably beautiful. The perfect femme fatale. A tragic past has left her a prisoner in a prison without bars. Now all she has is a brief window of freedom to find the only person who can help her escape and exact her revenge. But as the clock ticks toward her approaching doom — the only person who can help her can barely help himself…

THE SURFACE #4
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: LANGDON FOSS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: LANGDON FOSS, TOM MULLER, & JORDIE BELLAIRE
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The city mutates. Nasia runs. The ghosts are more than ghosts now — they are real, and decisions are made.

TECH JACKET #11
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
MAY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
With the existence of the entire galaxy at stake, what’s the cost of a few loved ones’ lives? Is Tech Jacket’s life about to get seriously jacked up?

THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #6
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART / COVER: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
MAY 27 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
CHAPTER SIX: « COMPLICATED SHADOWS »

THIEF OF THIEVES #29
STORY: ANDY DIGGLE
ART / COVER: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
One thief’s career is over while another’s is just getting started.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR PRESENTS…BEYOND BELIEF #3 (of 4)
STORY: BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER
ART / COVER: PHIL HESTER
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
BASED ON THE HIT NERDIST PODCAST!
A haunted tree makes nature monsters who make trouble for the Doyles who make drinks! Also: An ancient blood magick cult thinks it’s so great! And the return of America’s #1 Under-the-Bed Boogeyman…Mr. Fuzzyface!

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR PRESENTS…SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS #4 (of 4)
STORY: BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER
ART / COVER: J. BONE
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
BASED ON THE HIT NERDIST PODCAST!
Somebody that Sparks didn’t think was a threat is totally a humongous threat, like a big crazy cosmic-level threat, and maybe Mars is gonna get all blown up?

THE TITHE #2
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVERS A & B: RAHSAN EKEDAL
MAY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Another mega-church is robbed despite the FBI’s surveillance. Tension ratchets up as a member of Samaritan’s « heist » team is killed and the « Robin Hood » act isn’t quite as fun as they thought.

VELVET #13
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART / COVER: STEVE EPTING & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Velvet’s answers begin falling into place, and everything is much worse than she ever thought it would be!

THE WALKING DEAD #141
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
MAY 13 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Opportunity.

WAYWARD #8
STORY: JIM ZUB
ART / COVER A: STEVEN CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
COVER B: KEN NIIMURA
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Ayane’s strange feline origin is revealed in the most unlikely of places.
Cover A is part three of a five-part panorama by STEVEN CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN. Buy all five issues of this story arc to fit them together into a massive WAYWARD illustration.
Cover B is a variant by acclaimed illustrator KEN NIIMURA (I KILL GIANTS).

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #11
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVER: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The end of Fandemonium. The end of Ragnarock. The end of the arc. The start of something else. Everything’s going to be okay.

ZERO #17
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: ROBERT SAMMELIN & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: ROBERT SAMMELIN & TOM MULLER
MAY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
There’s still time.