PREVIEWS June 2006 - August / Sept 2006 Releases - Diamond Comics (go to Marvel Previews)   Ctrl + F = Search PREVIEWS VOL. XVI #6 PREVIEWS PUBLICATIONS PREVIEWS #8 (AUGUST 2006) Previews is your ultimate source for all the merchandise available from your local comic book specialty retailer… approximately two months in advance! Hundreds of comics from a myriad of publishers, the coolest merchandise on Earth, plus exclusive items available nowhere else! This issue features items scheduled to ship from October 2006 through December 2006! Catalog, 8x11, 480+pg, PC $4.50 MARVEL PREVIEWS #36 Each issue of Marvel Previews will be a comic book-sized, 96-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your one source for advanced Marvel solicitations! This August issue features items scheduled to ship in October 2006! FC, 96pg $0.99 (or Free with Purchase of Previews) PREVIEWS CONSUMER ORDER FORM #8 (AUGUST 2006) Previews makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This issue ships in late July 2006 for items on sale in October 2006. Comic-sized, 62pg, PC PI PREVIEWS ADULT #8 (AUGUST 2006) Previews Adult features Adult-oriented art, info, and related news not found in Previews. NOTE: Due to customs and international restrictions, Adult Material may not be available in some international markets. Please check with your local comic book specialty retailer for availability. ADULT MATERIAL Catalog, 24pg, b&w $0.95 COMICS SECTION PREMIER VENDORS DARK HORSE COMICS BANYA: THE EXPLOSIVE DELIVERY MAN TPB KIM YOUNG-OH (W/A) On sale September 20, SC, 184pg, b&w, 5" x 7", $12.95 With a worldwide war raging between humans and monsters, the young delivery men of the Gaya Desert Post Office do not pledge allegiance to any country or king. They are banded together by a pledge to deliver. “Fast. Precise. Secure.” Banya, the craziest and craftiest of the bunch, will stop at nothing to get a job done. Known as the “Explosive Delivery Man” for his risk taking, bold resolve, and impeccable record, Banya agrees to complete a wounded soldier’s mission to transport a parcel of great importance—not knowing what dangers lie in store for him and his friends! As their arduous journey begins, Banya promises, “There isn’t a delivery I can’t make. I always deliver.” Kim Young-Oh’s fantastical world is filled with unique monsters, vicious swordplay, and a dash of hotfooted humor. • This series is presented in its original Korean format and translated by the mother/son team of Anna Kirk and Derek Kirk Kim! • Banya launches Dark Horse’s first foray into manhwa or Korean comics. • Top 10 selling title in Korea! SATSUMA GISHIDEN VOLUME 1 TPB HIROSHI HIRATA (W/A) On sale September 20, SC, 264pg, b&w, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4", $14.95 Controversial, tough, angry, highly skilled, and lost in a time of peace, the characters of Satsuma Gishiden tell a quasi-historical tale of social caste and brutal reprisal. Readers with a taste for Kazuo Koike’s gritty Lone Wolf and Cub will go nuts for master gekiga artist Hiroshi Hirata’s tome of samurai struggle. Hirata’s art and calligraphy leap off the page during scenes of action, only to unfold upon a full bleed that looks like a fine plate print. It’s art at its most expressive, accentuating the classic stoic samurai characters you’ve come to know, only with a little more true society thrown in to help the reader understand what it was really like to be a warrior without a war. • Presented in the authentic right-to-left format to preserve the art, Satsuma Gishiden promises some of the best samurai manga ever. • First time any of Hirata’s works have seen publication in English in twenty-five years! • Often compared to Lone Wolf and Cub in storytelling scope and artistic depth, Satsuma Gishiden will appeal to all period-piece fans, as well as Koike/Kojima fans. • Until the release of Lone Wolf and Cub in Europe, Satsuma Gishiden was the highest- selling samurai manga of all time in France. OHIKKOSHI TPB HIROAKI SAMURA (W/A) On sale October 18, SC, 248pg, b&w, 5 1/4" x 7 1/8", $12.95 These stories are told with the same bold, kinetic art style and brilliantly paced storytelling that Samura’s Blade of the Immortal epic is famous for. The main offering, “Ohikkoshi,” follows the turbulent paths of several twenty-something art students as they fall in love, fall in lust, play in rock bands, ride motorbikes, eat, sleep (together), and try to avoid making life decisions while drunk. This romantic comedy is a “Japanese art school confidential” packed with absurd humor, obscure death metal references, and some expertly placed, dramatic revelations. “Luncheon of Tears Diary” is a vibrant, genre-busting tale that also peppers its humor with sharp, dramatic moments. Natsumi Funabashi, a virgin, is an aspiring manga creator on a quest for love and a fulfilling career. Along the way, she has to cope with overzealous men, gang warfare, a mahjong addiction, and a lascivious manga editor. This collection is rounded off by Samura’s hilarious “Kyoto Super Barhopping Journal: Bloodbath at Midorogaike,” a rare, autobiographical travel piece. • Fans of Hiroaki Samura’s award-winning Blade of the Immortal epic will be overjoyed with this hard-to-find collection–presented in English for the first time! STYLE SCHOOL VOLUME 1 TPB VARIOUS (W/A) On sale October 25, SC, 144pg, FC, 8 7/8" x 10 1/8", $14.95 Japan’s leading manga illustration instructional guide (titled SS Magazine in Japan) comes to America! Learn the techniques of Japan’s top manga and anime artists in Style School, showing step-by-step methods to help today’s up-and-coming illustrators master the use of pen, brush, paint, marker, screen tones, computer modeling, and other tricks of the trade. Gain insight into the weapons of choice of today’s top creators, especially those brands and tools that are so hard to find outside Japan. See for the first time the eye- popping art of tomorrow’s manga and anime stars, with page after gorgeous page of spectacular visual imagination. And find out how to submit your work to be considered for publication in upcoming issues of SS Magazine in Japan! • Six “how to” techniques: watercolor pen, photoshop style, colored ink, watercolor brush, utilizing Liquitex, and effective use and combination of 2D and 3D software art. • Over 360 breathtaking full color and 90+ black and white illustrations. • A must-have book for any aspiring manga artist. • First in a series of SS Magazine art/how-to books. • One of the most successful art publications in Japan, for the first time in English. BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #116: ON THE PERFECTION OF ANATOMY part 5 (of 6) HIROAKI SAMURA (W/A) On sale August 9, b&w, 32pg, $2.99 The return of Hyakurin! Rin continues to live in her family’s abandoned döjö, fretting over Manji’s absence and disturbed by her odd visitors, Döa and Isaku. Hyakurin’s arrival is a relief, and the two ladies set out to search for their missing friends, starting with Giichi. This fan-favorite, bald-and-bespectacled warrior has been missing for quite a while. After the death of his son and the dissolution of the Mugai-ryü, does Giichi even want to be found? Meanwhile, in a horrible prison under Edo castle, Doc Burando continues to write his medical opus, On the Perfection of Anatomy, and several more unlucky convicts become unwilling participants in the demented doctor’s experiments. This issue also features the return of Hiroaki Samura’s absurd and hilarious “Biography,” with rare, accompanying Samura pinups! BERSERK VOLUME 13 TPB KENTARO MIURA (W/A) On sale September 27, SC, 240pg, b&w, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4", $13.95 The Band of the Hawk may have been the most formidable band of fighters around, but when matched up against an army of abyssal monstrosities, earthly fighting skills don’t amount to a hill of beans. The Hawks’ tortured and mutilated former leader, Griffith, has used the accursed Crimson Behelit to open the gates to a shadowy realm of unspeakable horrors, the realm of the demon lords of the Godhand, who are willing to transform Griffith into a being of terrible power and majesty as long as Griffith is willing to give up his former command as sacrifices in the Invocation of Doom. But nobody takes down the Hawks without a fight, and their berserker champion, Guts, will take on anything Hell can throw at him in order to save his lover, Casca, from the sordid violations that only Hell can offer. • Each volume of Berserk comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. CRYING FREEMAN VOLUME 3 TPB KAZUO KOIKE (W) and RYOICHI IKEGAMI (A) On sale September 13, SC, 408pg, b&w, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4", $14.95 A failed assassination attempt brings into Freeman’s possession Muramasa, the Devil’s Sword, an ancient samurai blade that brings misfortune and death to any who possess it. Wishing to spare Freeman and tame the sword’s malevolent spirit, Tiger Orchid, Freeman’s wife, takes the blade to Kowloon to train with a legendary swordmaster. But she’ll need to find him in Kowloon Castle, a slum so riddled with crime and destitution that it officially doesn’t exist. But its dangers are all too real, and even a possessed sword may not be enough to stop a gun-toting criminal army bent on selling Tiger Orchid into slavery! Written by the legendary Kazuo Koike, creator of Lone Wolf and Cub, and illustrated by the incomparable Ryoichi Ikegami, Crying Freeman is adult manga at its most challenging: dark, violent, morally complex, erotically charged, and regarded worldwide as one of the classics of adult graphic fiction. • Each volume of Crying Freeman comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. OCTOPUS GIRL VOLUME 3 TPB TORU YAMAZAKI (W/A) On sale September 20, SC, 192pg, b&w, 4 1/2" x 7", $12.95 In previous volumes, Takako Unabara—the Octopus Girl—has fought zombies, Satanists, school bullies, and the resilient Vampire Granny. Toru Yamazaki’s latest collection of absurdist horror stories pits Octopus Girl and Sakae (her wicked companion who has the body of a moray eel) against alien aggressors, bathroom-invading mutants, jealous teen rivals, and (once again!!) the annoying, tough Vampire Granny. Three bonus, “real world” horror vignettes are also included! These shocking manga tales, available in English for the first time, will hypnotize fans of the macabre and the absurd. Toru Yamazaki is a talented and twisted manga artist who has found recent cult popularity as a Japanese television personality and a recording artist. Cutting a crass, comical niche into modern horror manga, Yamazaki’s Octopus Girl collections serve up the most disgusting dishes of heartbreak and revenge found on land or at sea! • Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. MUSEUM OF TERROR VOLUME 2 TPB JUNJI ITO (W/A) On sale September 6, SC, 376pg, b&w, 5" x 7", $13.95 Think you’ve seen about all there is in horror? Maybe the same tired concepts of phones ringing and mysterious murders is getting a bit old? Well, then we’ve got the horror manga for you! Junji Ito, the man who brought the world Uzumaki, has one of the most inspired minds in horror today. That’s why Dark Horse manga is proud to bring you more from Ito’s Museum of Terror series. Continuing with his “Tomie” stories, about an eternally youthful and perfectly beautiful girl who inspires people to commit murder, Volume Two promises to invent new ways to shock you. For instance, who’d have thought of making sake out of the remains of the killed and hammered-to-mush Tomie? See? It’s crazy! Junji Ito promises to entertain you in the most cracked, yet pretty ways. • From Junji Ito, Japan’s foremost horror manga artist. • With “Tomie,” Ito won the Umezu Prize, based on Kazuo Umezu, considered to be horror manga’s Tezuka-grade creator. • Seven movies and five made-for-T.V. specials have been produced from Ito’s works. MUSEUM OF TERROR VOLUME 3 TPB JUNJI ITO (W/A) On sale October 25, SC, 392pg, b&w, 5" x 7", $13.95 Museum of Terror volumes one and two introduced readers to the horrific, beautiful creature Tomie . . . the woman no man could resist. Now Junji Ito, creator and curator of this horrible museum, brings a new type of exhibit to thrill and chill your senses! First, his lovely violinists will escort you to dinner in a vampire den. Next, in a classroom full of grotesquely masked students, which one is a demon in disguise? A musician’s possessed arm attacks a schoolgirl by way of his mouth, and another young man listens to the tape recording left behind by a suicide victim. Why did she kill herself, and is he safe from its influence? Swordplay, monk-ridden ruins, halls of upright corpses, infectious radio broadcasts, and murderous ceiling hair are among Ito’s beastly offerings in this volume! Find out why Junji Ito is Japan’s foremost creator of horror manga! • Seven movies and five “made-for-TV” specials have been produced from Ito’s works. OLD BOY VOLUME 2 TPB GARON TSUCHIYA (W) and NOBUAKI MINEGISHI (A) On sale October 4, SC, 208pg, b&w, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4", $10.95 Deciding that he must know the truth, the man who calls himself “Yamashita” follows a trail of clues that leads him back to the mysterious building where he was imprisoned and kept incommunicado for ten years. There, with the help of violence and a brutal imagination, he will try to find answers to the questions that haunt him. However, he will discover that his opponent will not yield to him so easily, and that his ordeal is far from finished. • Old Boy is an intense, bare-knuckled urban thriller in the tradition of Pulp Fiction and Payback, and is the manga that inspired the critically acclaimed 2003 film from director Chan-wook Park that took the Grand Jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. • Original Japanese format. • Translated into English for the first time. • Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 4 TPB KOSUKE FUJISHIMA (W/A) On sale October 25, SC, 192pg, b&w, 5 1/8" by 7 3/16", $10.95 Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal young goddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi’s residence, his personal life has been turned upside down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions! Half-goddess, half-demon, Belldandy’s big sister Urd continues her campaign of naughtiness when she brews up a luuuuuv potion that, of course, goes horribly awry, infecting everyone but her poor intended target—Keiichi. But random passion in the streets may be the least of the gang’s worries as a seemingly harmless CD could turn out to be a portal from the underworld, unleashing a most pesky demon, and any other random nasties that happen to be near her! • Oh My Goddess! is the manga that inspired the brand-new anime TV series from Media Blasters. Much-imitated but never equaled, the romantic comedy Oh My Goddess! is drawn with a charm and elegance that attracts both male and female readers, including crossover fans from the shojo genre. PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOLUME 3: COMPARISON OF A MAN TPB KAZUO KOIKE (W) and GOSEKI KOJIMA (A) On sale October 25, SC, 312pg, b&w, 4" x 6", $9.95 Koike and Kojima’s story of the famed ninja, Hanzo Hattori and his trials and tribulations protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two warrirors and the women they love. Path of the Assassin, printed in the same size format as Lone Wolf and Cub and Samurai Executioner, this title is a wonderful addition to the Koike and Kojima samurai collection. • Published in the original Japanese format and unretouched which keeps the art intact. • This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hanzo Hattori. • Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory. • There are over one million copies of Koike-penned titles currently in print in English. REIKO THE ZOMBIE SHOP VOLUME 4 TPB REI MIKAMOTO (W/A) On sale September 13, SC, 200pg, b&w, 5" x 7", $12.95 Reiko Himezono may make good money as a Zombie Shop—a person who can raise the dead and summon obedient zombie servants straight from Hell itself—but is all that cash worth all the trouble? Reiko has had to deal with crazed serial killers, vicious werewolves, and plenty of monsters, not to mention her wicked twin sister, Riruka! Unfortunately for Reiko, her next challenge may well be her toughest yet! When she put an end to beautiful psychopath Saki Yurikawa’s reign of terror, she had no idea that Saki’s little sister Midori was waiting in the wings, all set to re-open the floodgates of tragedy and catastrophe all by herself! Reiko may have thought she was finished with the Yurikawa family, but blood is thicker than water, after all, and is it ever going to fly when Reiko and Midori square off! • Part Sixth Sense and part Evil Dead—the ultra-violent, comical, and disturbing manga Reiko the Zombie Shop has been resurrected stateside and translated into English in its original format for the first time. Don’t miss out on the series that took Japanese readers by the throat and made them scream for more! SCHOOL ZONE VOLUME 3 TPB KANAKO INUKI (W/A) On sale September 27, SC, 192pg, b&w, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4", $12.95 This building may appear to be a normal elementary school, but look a little closer and you will see that it has a very, very dark side. For this is no ordinary school . . . It is a haunted place wrapped in curses, where monsters and ghosts torment the students and nightmares become reality. Terrible things happen to those who enter this place, but the worst fate, it is said, is reserved for those unlucky enough to learn all thirteen of the school’s horrific ghost stories. But what else would you expect from a school that was built on an old burial ground? If only adults believed what the children who have to attend this terrible school have been trying to tell them . . . The secret of the mysterious mirrors has been revealed, but with these precious pieces of spirit-binding glass shattering around them, the students of this spooky school have to deal with the ever-increasing number of vicious ghosts who are crossing from the spirit realm into the realm of the living, and bringing all kinds of wickedness with them! Will Yosuke and his friends find a way to banish these horrors for good or, with all this running for their lives, are they just running out of time? WHO FIGHTER WITH HEART OF DARKNESS TPB SEIHO TAKIZAWA (W/A) On sale October 11, SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7", $11.95 The first story in this anthology, “Who Fighter,” is a play on the legendary “Foo Fighters,” the nickname given to the mysterious, UFO-like fireballs that were sighted by World War II pilots. An ace Japanese pilot manages to shoot one of the fireballs down... or does he? As ominous signs and visions begin to follow in his steps, the bewildered pilot wonders if he’s lost not only his memory of the incident–but also his very mind! The second story, “Heart of Darkness,” is Takizawa’s unique take on the Joseph Conrad novel that inspired the film Apocalypse Now. A Japanese war hero, Colonel Kurutsu, has gone rogue, setting up his own private kingdom deep upriver in the jungles of Burma. A young captain, sent to execute Kurutsu, finds that the true reasons for the Colonel’s “desertion” are very different from what he was told. Finally, a short piece, “Tanks,” closes out the collection with a surreal voyage through one hundred years of armored vehicle battles! • Dark Horse Manga is proud to present the first ever English-language edition of Seiho Takizawa’s work! Who Fighter with Heart of Darkness is a collection of bizarre World War II tales, written and drawn by Takizawa in the detailed, realist tradition made famous by manga legend Katsuhiro Otomo. COFFIN: THE ART OF VAMPIRE HUNTER D YOSHITAKA AMANO (A) On sale September 13, SC in HC slipcase, 200pg, b&w & FC, 14" x 11", $39.95 For over twenty years, the character Vampire Hunter D has haunted the imaginations of people around the world, its image forever etched in the mind’s eye through the dazzling artwork of Yoshitaka Amano. As the original novels appear in English for the first time, American readers are clamoring for a more extensive look at this singular creation. Coffin obliges. This gorgeous retrospective embraces the full scope of Amano’s work with the character: in the novels, as inspiration for the animators of the two theatrical films, rare paintings, and illustrations created for release as limited edition prints. • Amano’s illustrations for Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series and Greg Rucka’s Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer won him legions of new fans. • Coffin features an original Vampire Hunter D short story by creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, available nowhere else! • The definative Vampire Hunter D art book. 113 black and white illustrations and 72 amazing color images! VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 5: THE STUFF OF DREAMS (novel) HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI (W) and YOSHITAKA AMANO (A) On sale August 16, SC, 280pg, w/6 illustrations, 5" x 7", $8.95 In a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, where mortals and vampires have lived in harmony for years. It is there that seventeen-year-old Sheavil Schmidt has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years since first receiving the vampire’s immortal kiss. The mysterious Vampire Hunter D is lured to the tranquil oasis by recurrent dreams of the beautiful, undying girl bathed in an eerie blue light and dancing in a ghostly chateau. • Over 100,000 copies of the Vampire Hunter D novels have been sold. • The Stuff of Dreams is volume 5 in a seventeen volume series. JU-ON (novel) KEI OHISHI (W) On sale October 13, SC, 275pg, 5" x 7", $8.95 In Japan, ju-on is a deadly curse that takes on a life of its own. Always seeking new victims, it’s a grudge that doesn’t stop—it can’t be stopped. Anyone unfortunate enough to meet up with a ghost killed by the grudge is then killed—and so it spreads . . . When a senior citizen outreach volunteer goes to work in a house in a quiet residential area, she soon starts to hear odd noises. As the strange events get more and more ominous, she discovers that some acts of violence can attach themselves to a house and that some evils can reach out and touch you—even after death. Few stories have influenced modern horror as much as Ju-on. The Japanese films set a new standard for horror filmmaking and storytelling with their blend of slow-burning terror and nightmarish imagery. The novel is just as chilling—and just as unforgettable. • The terrifying novelization of the blockbuster horror film, now in English for the first time! • Wildly popular as a film and manga in Japan, Ju-on was remade in America with Sarah Michelle Gellar and grossed more than $110 million at the box office! THE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS: THE DIRECTORS Edited by STEPHEN RANDALL and the editors of Playboy magazine On sale September 13, SC, 300pg, 6" x 9", $22.95 Includes interviews with Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, David Mamet, Spike Lee, and the Coen brothers, among others. The best movies speak in a universal language, communicating effortlessly on both the emotional and the intellectual levels. While there have been many great films, only a few directors have achieved such facility with the filmmaking medium. In this collection of remarkably candid interviews, seventeen of the screen’s most widely acclaimed and creative filmmakers discuss what drives and inspires them. These revealing, thought- provoking, and highly personal interviews, possible only in Playboy's open forum, range from Roman Polanski’s thoughts on the murder of his wife in the Manson Family massacre to Oliver Stone’s frank discussions about the challenges he faced in creating his memorable films. • Many of the interviews are presented for the first time since their original magazine publication—in some cases, almost 40-years ago—and all offer a unique window into the creative minds of some of cinema’s true artists. • Seventeen of the silver screen’s greatest directors discuss their lives and work. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN VOLUME 1: PANDORA’S BRIDE (novel) ELIZABETH HAND (W) On sale September 13, SC, 275pg, 4" x 6", $6.99 Attempting to create life through dreadful experiments, Henry Frankenstein and Dr. Pretorius instead created unspeakable horror: two misshapen monsters, a brutish male and his female mate, stitched together from the bodies of cadavers. Crafted to be the monster’s bride—an undead Eve to an equally accursed Adam—the female creature was destroyed mere minutes after taking its first breath—or was it? This new novel by the critically acclaimed Elizabeth Hand reinterprets the memorable characters from Universal Picture’s classic 1935 film for a new generation of horror fans. Detailing the bride of Frankenstein’s secret history, from the shadows of forgotten laboratories to the streets of Weimar Germany, Hand creates a richly atmospheric tale of horror, mystery, and tragedy as chilling as the creature itself. Praise for author’s previous work: • “One of the most sheerly impressive . . . overwhelmingly beautiful books I have read in a long time. . . . [Elizabeth Hand] has written the best book of her generation.” — Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story • One of fantastical fiction’s most highly regarded writers, Hand is the recipient of the Nebula Award, two World Fantasy Awards, and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year honor. THE HELLBOY COMPANION TPB STEPHEN WEINER (W), JASON HALL (W), and MIKE MIGNOLA (A) On sale September 13, SC, 200pg, FC, 6" x 9", $14.95 Written by Stephen Weiner (The Will Eisner Companion) and Jason Hall (Beware the Creeper; Trigger; Detective Comics) and densely illustrated with classic images from the comics as well as a handful of new drawings from Mignola, this volume offers thorough documentation of the Hellboy universe, compiling the many complex pieces that make up the life of the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator into an easily understandable format. From Abe Sapien to the secret origin of the world, this complete compendium is every hardcore Hellboy fan’s key to the mind of Mike Mignola, and the ultimate introduction for anyone looking to begin their journey in the weird and wondrous world he has created. • Dark Horse presents the definitive guide to Hellboy, including a timeline mapping out the events in over a decade’s worth of comics and novels! B.P.R.D.: THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE #5 (of 5) MIKE MIGNOLA (W/COVER), JOHN ARCUDI (W), GUY DAVIS (A), and DAVE STEWART (C) On sale August 2, FC, 32pg, $2.99 As Kate’s devilish adventure in a haunted French village concludes, Roger’s fate is resolved in an otherworldly confrontation, and each member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defenses confronts the truth of their own deaths—which each has had to face alone. KICKBACK HC DAVID LLOYD (W/A) On sale August 16, HC, 96pg, FC, 7" x 10", $12.95 Joe Canelli is a crooked cop working in a corrupt police force. Joe is haunted by nightmares of powerlessness. When his partner is brutally murdered and he’s betrayed by his colleagues, it appears that Joe’s nightmares are coming true. With his back against the wall there’s only one thing he can do—turn against the criminal network that he once embraced. • Kickback is a fast-paced, action-filled, noir-style, 96 page crime thriller from the co- creator of V for Vendetta, David Lloyd. REX MUNDI #1 ARVID NELSON (W), JUAN FERREYRA (A), and J. H. WILLIAMS III (Cover) On sale August 16, FC, 32pg, $2.99 A quest for the Holy Grail or a murder mystery? This bold, critically acclaimed series joins the Dark Horse horror line! In a Europe where the Catholic Church dominates and sorcery determines political power, Master Physician Julien Saunière must infiltrate a mysterious cult with a thousand-year- old secret that calls into question the root of all power in Europe, as well as the origins of Christianity itself! In this issue, the Duke of Lorraine’s plans have come to fruition—he’s pushed Europe into war, and the French monarchy is in tatters. Lorraine will try to seize the crown by force, but will he survive the coup? Meanwhile, Julien, locked in the dungeon of the Holy Inquisition, faces death and torture. Featuring a cover by J. H. Williams III, artist of Desolation Jones, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and Promethea! • “What started as a simple murder mystery quickly grew into perhaps the smartest and most thought-provoking political thriller comics readers currently have available to them.” —BrokenFrontier.com • “Rex Mundi doesn’t play it safe, rewarding the reader with a genuine mystery to be solved that has equally high stakes for anyone daring to venture too close.” — iComics.com REX MUNDI VOLUME 3: THE LOST KINGS TPB ARVID NELSON (W), ERIC JOHNSON (P), JEROMY COX (C), JIM DI BARTOLO (P/C), and JUAN FERREYRA (C/Cover) On sale September 13, SC, 176pg, FC, 7" x 10", $16.95 In a Paris where magic is real and the Catholic Church never lost its political power, one man’s quest to solve a murder may lead him to the Holy Grail itself! Doctor Julien Saunière continues his investigation into the theft of a mysterious medieval scroll, only dimly aware of the forces tugging him to the doorstep of the powerful Duke of Lorraine. Lorraine wants to provoke a massive, globe-spanning war that will soak the world in blood—but why? The answer to that question, a deadly confrontation in the ancient catacombs beneath Paris, and a blasphemous revelation about Judas, Christ’s betrayer, all await Julien in this volume of the critically acclaimed series Rex Mundi! • Mystery, fantasy, history, and horror combine to create this critically acclaimed comic. This is the volume where it all begins for anyone interested in a literary adventure that’ll challenge their mind as much as it chills their bones! • Rex Mundi is the first part of a Dark Horse program being launched with writer Arvid Nelson. CONAN AND THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #2 (of 5) JOE R. LANSDALE (W), TIMOTHY TRUMAN (A), and DAVE STEWART (C) On sale August 9, FC, 32pg, $2.99 A twisted wizard brews a strange adversary for Conan from blood and the dust of the Stygian wastes. In this forsaken desert, the Cimmerian travels in search of an ancient and glorious prize. Yet its secret must be won from the grip of a conniving spirit and loyal zombie guard. Heat, grit, and evil are relentless in this wretched land, but no more so than Conan, a force of will born from sinew and steel, determined to claim his treasure and see it spent most mirthfully. Acclaimed horror and western writer Joe R. Lansdale and his long-time artistic collaborator Timothy Truman enlist award-winning colorist Dave Stewart to continue their unflinching take on sword-and-sorcery’s greatest hero! CONAN #31 MIKE MIGNOLA (W), CARY NORD (P), DAVE STEWART (C), and TONY HARRIS (Cover) On sale August 16, FC, 32pg, $2.99 Mike Mignola and Cary Nord conclude their bone-crunching adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “The Hall of the Dead” with an epic battle that allies Conan with a former enemy against slithering shadows and a veritable onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead bemoan to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-friend withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with both the loot and their lives? • Written by Eisner Award-winning Hellboy creator Mike Mignola! THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE DEPARTURE OF MISS FINCH HC NEIL GAIMAN (W) and MICHAEL ZULLI (A) On sale October 25, HC, 56pg, FC, 7" x 10", $13.95 Come, come and hear of the strange and terrible tale of Miss Finch, an exacting woman befallen by mystery and abduction deep under the streets of London! New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman delivers another stunning hardcover graphic novel with longtime collaborator Michael Zulli (Creatures of the Night, The Sandman). This is the first comics adaptation of his popular story “The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch,” which saw print only in the U.K. edition of Gaiman’s award-winning work Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions and was recently interpreted for his Speaking in Tongues CD. The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch is a “mostly true story” that combines the author’s trademark magic realism with Zulli’s sumptuous paintings, and has been newly rewritten for this hardcover. Join a group of friends, with the stern Miss Finch in tow, as they enter musty caverns for a subterranean circus spectacle called “The Theatre of Night’s Dreaming.” Come inside, get out of the pounding rain, and witness this strange world of vampires, ringmasters, illusions, and the Cabinet of Wishes Fulfill’d. • The latest hardcover from New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys and The Sandman: Endless Nights), one of the world’s best-loved comics writers! • Smoke and Mirrors won the 1998 MacMillan Silver PEN Award for Best Short Story Collection. CHICKENHARE: HOUSE OF KLAUS TPB CHRIS GRINE (W/A) On sale September 27, SC, 152pg, b&w, 6" x 9", $9.95 He’s a chicken! He’s a hare! He’s Chickenhare! And he’s your new favorite comic book character, whether you know it or not! Night is falling on the frozen landscape as Chickenhare and his turtle friend Abe find themselves on their way to be sold to Klaus—an insane taxidermist with a penchant for unique animals and enough emotional baggage to go on a very long vacation. With the help of two mysterious new companions, our fuzzy, feathered, and amphibious heroes endeavor to escape their dire fate. But they soon discover that might not be so easy when they get caught up in an adventure that could bring Klaus’s villiany to an end for good . . . or they all might die. Whatever happens, Chickenhare is sure to charm, scare, and delight readers young and old alike! • Chickenhare is a hilarious all-ages romp—fun and exciting for kids, but edgy enough to make adults laugh hysterically. • Recommended for fans of Bone, Usagi Yojimbo, and Sock Monkey! LITTLE LULU VOLUME 12: LEAVE IT TO LULU TPB JOHN STANLEY (W/A) and IRVING TRIPP (A) On sale October 11, SC, 208pg, b&w, 6" x 9", $9.95 Dark Horse continues to bring you one of the greatest humor comics of all time with the twelfth volume of Little Lulu. Containing every story and strip from Dell Comics’ Marge’s Little Lulu #48-52, first published between June and October of 1952, this jam-packed volume captures some of the very best yarns ever to star Lulu, Tubby, Annie, Alvin, and all the rest of the rambunctious gang. Whether it’s the troublesome truant officer Mr. McNabbem or the awful Witch Hazel, there’s no grownup too smart for these clever kids. Sit down, have a laugh—or fifty—with these classic all-ages stories that both parents and kids are sure to love! • When Dell first published Little Lulu’s funny-book adventures they were immediate bestsellers, no one had ever seen such wit and grace between the comics pages. Now, relive that magic with this whopping collection of tales filled with truth, laughs, and a grand old time! • “Little Lulu was one of my favorite comics as a kid. Simple enough for kids to enjoy, but hip enough to make grownups laugh out loud, it’s one of the great unsung comics.” — Harvey Pekar, creator of American Splendor • “These little gems are timeless models of wry humor and unsurpassed comic timing . . . Like Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, they create an entire kids’ universe of secret clubhouses, favorite soda fountain hangouts, and fantastic menaces.” — Publishers Weekly USAGI YOJIMBO #96 STAN SAKAI (W/A) On sale August 30, b&w, 24pg, $2.99 Dig, dig, dig. Poor, insane Jodo is digging holes all over town. Boss Hamanaka, Jodo’s father, is dead, and his vast fortune is nowhere to be found! Gangs vying for control of the community wage an impending war just as Usagi arrives on the scene! And there’s another samurai, mysteriously observing everything from the sidelines, who may enter into the fray—or maybe he’s waiting for the town to be torn apart! Internationally acclaimed storyteller Stan Sakai presents the first installment of the two-part “Hamanaka’s Treasure” this month in Usagi Yojimbo! THE ESCAPISTS #2 (of 6) BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (W), GERARD JONES (W), STEVE ROLSTON (A), JASON ALEXANDER (A), and JAMES JEAN (Cover) On sale August 9, FC, 32pg, $2.99 Multiple Eisner Award-winning and Wizard Top Ten writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man; Ex Machina; Runaways) teams with acclaimed artists Steve Rolston (Queen & Country, MEK) and Jason Alexander (Damn Nation, Gotham Central) for the second installment of our first Escapist mini-series! Max Roth and Case Weaver have finished the very first issue of their re-launch comic, featuring a revamped Luna Moth, and their promotional plans include a risky publicity stunt that puts Denny in an old Escapist costume . . . and in harm’s way! Also in this issue is a never-before-seen chapter from Men of Tomorrow, Gerard Jones’s wildly acclaimed book on the history of comics, in which he unearths some scandalous press on the Master of Elusion! With cover art by the sensational James Jean, two-time winner of the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist! • On Men of Tomorrow: “A magnificent piece of work.” –Alan Moore “Fascinating and heartbreaking …” –Art Spiegelman PENNY ARCADE VOLUME 3: THE WARSUN PROPHECIES TPB JERRY HOLKINS (W) and MIKE KRAHULIK (A) On sale October 25, SC, 136pg, FC, 7" x 9", $12.95 So it was written, so it shall be. The coming foretold, sealed into the hands of fate by the lips of the prophets from another time. The mystery is revealed and the great plan will now come to its fruition! Its number shall be three. From the far horizons, across the deepest reaches of the ethereal gulf, the thunderous echo of its name shall be heard! PENNY ARCADE! Penny Arcade, the most powerful webcomic in the universe, returns! The third volume of this cultural and supernatural phenomenon, The Warsun Prophecies, brings you every Penny Arcade strip published online in 2002 A.D., encased with the dark secrets of the mad prophets known as Gabe and Tycho. Behold! It has been foretold! • In the first three months the first volume of Penny Arcade sold over 30, 000 copies! SCARLET TRACES: THE GREAT GAME #2 IAN EDGINTON (W) and D’ISRAELI (A) On sale August 23, FC, 32pg, $2.99 It is five decades after the Martians’ failed attempt to invade Earth. Britain has become the world’s undisputed leader of military technology, but the nation is cracking at the seams, and liberties are being revoked to maintain order. Now a face from the past steps forward to help save the future! The mysterious figure who saved the life of photojournalist Charlotte Hemming was none other than Robert Autumn. The aged gentleman adventurer—and hero of the previous graphic novel, Scarlet Traces—reveals that dastardly deeds are being done on Mars! Someone must go there and bring back the proof they need, and Hemming is the prime candidate. First she must travel incognito from the Earth to the Moon … but even there, all is not what it seems. STAR WARS: DARK EMPIRE II 2nd Edition TPB TOM VEITCH (W), CAM KENNEDY (A), and JIM BAIKIE (A) On sale September 13, SC, 208pg, FC, 7" x 10", $19.95 One of the most influential tales in the history of Star Wars, Dark Empire II gets a brand new edition that includes Empire’s End in the same volume for the first time! With the Empire in retreat, Luke Skywalker undertakes a quest to rebuild the Jedi. Yet he has spent time as the Emperor’s thrall, and the taint of the Dark Side still lurks in his mind. When Palpatine unveils an insidious plan to conquer the galaxy using Han and Leia’s own children, will Luke be able to stop his one-time master? Luke and Lando, Han and Leia, Threepio and Boba Fett—the gang’s all here in one of the most important stories of their lives! • Collects the long out-of-print and highly sought after Empire’s End! STAR WARS: EMPIRE VOLUME 6—IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR FATHERS TPB THOMAS ANDREWS (W), SCOTT ALLIE (W), ADRIANA MELO (P), MICHEL LACOMBE (P), JOE CORRONEY (P), and MICHAEL ATIYEH (C) On sale October 25, SC, 144pg, FC, 7" x 10", $17.95 Luke Skywalker confronts the legacy of the Jedi father he never knew in an epic story involving Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and the fate of an entire planet! When Luke and Leia travel to Jabiim recruiting allies for the fledgling Rebellion, they unwittingly set into motion events that will ignite one man’s betrayal of his people, pit rebel hero against rebel hero, and attract the attention of the Empire’s deadliest enforcer—Darth Vader! • This action-packed tale sheds new light on Anakin Skywalker’s actions at the Battle of Jabiim during the Clone Wars. STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #8 JOHN JACKSON MILLER (W), DUSTIN WEAVER (A), MICHAEL ATIYEH (C), and BRIAN CHING (Cover) On sale August 30, FC, 32pg, $2.99 The Mandalorians have captured one of fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick’s faithful companions, which means one thing—a rescue mission deep behind enemy lines! Above the mining world of Vanquo, Republic and Mandalorian starfighters battle, while down on the surface, the motley crew of the Last Resort become stowaways on their own ship, piloted by an unknown thief. Even if they regain control of the ship in time to pursue their friend’s abductors, how will they ever make it past the Republic and Mandalorian armadas, both of which want them dead! Forget about the Force, what these four need is some cold, hard luck! • Continuing the ongoing monthly series set four thousand years before the rise of the Empire and the fall of Anakin Skywalker (and eight years prior to the events in the Knights of the Old Republic video game). • A great starting point for anyone interested in following the Star Wars saga beyond the films. STAR WARS: LEGACY #3 JOHN OSTRANDER (W), JAN DUURSEMA (P), DAN PARSONS (I), BRAD ANDERSON (C), and ADAM HUGHES (Cover) On sale August 2, FC, 32pg, $2.99 A man struggles with a dilemma: to claim his rightful heritage and save the galaxy, he will have to turn his back on his only kin and abandon them to a dark fate. Elsewhere, a long-kept secret gnaws at a ruthless bounty hunter. Revealing it could mean certain death for him and his companions, but ignoring it just might drive him mad. An unpredictable third installment in the series that reveals the never-before-seen future of the Star Wars universe! A galaxy of intrigue and danger, romance and adventure awaits! • This is the future of Star Wars, the continuation of the story that started in the original trilogy, and none of it has been seen before. STAR WARS: REBELLION #5 ROB WILLIAMS (W), BRANDON BADEAUX (P), and WIL GLASS (C) On sale August 9, FC, 32pg, $2.99 The reunion of Luke Skywalker and his boyhood friend Janek “Tank” Sunber comes to its shocking conclusion, as one of these two men is forced to make a decision that will change both of their lives forever! With the entire Rebel fleet under siege by a massive Imperial force, Wedge Antilles and Red Squadron launch a valiant defense, but even they know if the fleet doesn’t figure out an escape plan soon, there won’t be anything left to defend. Meanwhile, chaos reigns on the Rebel command ship as a threat from inside continues to have devastating consequences for the Alliance. White-knuckled action in an era when Darth Vader was unstoppable and Luke Skywalker was little more than a brave farm boy—don’t miss it! • A compelling new story set between the events of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back exploring the Rebel Alliance’s desperate struggle against the Galactic Empire, delivered in high-octane, widescreen style by writer Rob Williams (Cla$$war, SW Tales) and artist Brandon Badeaux (Superman: Man of Steel, SW Empire) STAR WARS: OMNIBUS—X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON VOLUME 2 TPB MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE (W), JAN STRNAD (W), RYDER WINDHAM (W), SCOTT TOLSON (W), MIKE W. BARR (W), JOHN NADEAU (A), GARY ERSKINE (A), JORDI ENSIGN (A), MONTY SHELDON (A), DAVE NESTELLE (C), PERRY MCNAMEE (C), and CARY PORTER (C) On sale October 11, SC, 288pg, FC, 6" x 9", $24.95 As the Empire withers away and the New Republic grows, one team of ace starfighters takes on the most critical missions to ensure freedom in a galaxy long oppressed—Rogue Squadron! Collecting X-Wing Rogue Squadron #9-20, this mammoth volume includes Battleground Tatooine, The Warrior Princess, and Requiem for a Rogue. Whether it’s keeping a massive weapons cache out of the hands of Jabba the Hutt’s would-be successors, brokering peace on a planet wracked by civil war, or rescuing a downed cruiser from the jaws of an ancient evil, no task is too treacherous for the heroes of Rogue Squadron! • This giant, affordable volume is the perfect opportunity to catch up on some of the most popular stories in the Star Wars Universe! NANCY AND SLUGGO VINYL FIGURES On sale October 25, Nancy, 7" tall, $17.99 On sale October 25, Sluggo, 8" tall, $17.99 The art style of Nancy is graphic communication stripped down to the core. Iconic, minimalist, with a simple storytelling sequence that could be immediately comprehended as easily as a stop sign on the road. Although simply rendered, Nancy was able to communicate a wide range of emotions. She was especially endearing when angry, which was easy to see, since she would eject pen-and-ink droplets in every direction! Nancy’s ragmuffin pal, Sluggo, was a reliable comic foil in cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller’s multi-decade succession of corny jokes. Wearing raggedy, patched-up clothing and sporting a low-brow cap, the young lad lived in a broken-down house, seemingly without adult supervision. As he lazily meandered through life, young Sluggo met the challenges of a hand-to-mouth existence, as well as the annoyances of authority, with a happy-go- lucky attitude that belied his low estate. No matter what kind of trouble they got in to Nancy was always Sluggo’s “goil” and they continue to appear in newspapers today walking in step in side by side. Now both of these endearing characters are available as 8" vinyl figures, packaged in a full-color window box, and has been “approved” by the Bushmiller Society, the shadowy organization of aesthetic avengers dedicated to the philosophical and cultural criteria embodied in Nancy. GACHA! New this Month: DISNEY PIXAR CARS THE MOVIE COLLECTION MARVEL COMIC BUILDABLE FIGURES CURIOUS GEORGE FIGURES PIXAR FIGURE COLLECTION Retailers! See your order form for details on ordering and a special offer! GACHA! AVAILABLE NOW! Figures based on COMIC BOOK HEROES are here! MARVEL SUPERHERO BOBBLE HEADS HELLBOY MOVIE FIGURES FANTASTIC FOUR FIGURES KING KONG FIGURE COLLECTION BETTIE PAGE On sale July 12 With the rising popularity of Bettie Page, and the impending sunshine of Summer, we're bringing out five comfy new styles of t-shirts featuring Bettie at her best! We've got three styles for the ladies and two for all of Bettie's male fans. With her trademark black bangs, Bettie Page remains as much of a legend today as she was during her modeling days. Our Bettie Page boxed notecard set features four photos of the legendary ‘50’s pin-up, each colorized to capture her fabulous style. BETTIE VINTAGE LOGO Women's fine jersey, green, American Apparel t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $19.99 BETTIE VINTAGE LOGO Men's red t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $17.99 XXL . . . $19.99 BETTIE WITH WHIP Women's fine jersey, white, American Apparel t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $19.99 BETTIE WITH WHIP Men's grey t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $17.99 XXL . . . $19.99 BETTIE RED, WHITE, & BLUE Women's fine jersey, green, American Apparel t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $19.99 ON SALE SEPTEMBER 13 BETTIE PAGE BOXED NOTECARD SET Boxed set containing twenty notecards (5 each of 4 images) and twenty-one envelopes, $6.99 ************************************************************************ NECCO JOURNAL AND BOXED NOTECARD SETS On sale September 13 We’re adding notecards to our product line! Established in 1847, Necco is the oldest multi-line candy company in the US. Their colorful Conversation Hearts date back to 1902. About 8 billion hearts will be produced this year—enough candy to stretch from Rome, Italy to Valentine, Arizona and back again twenty times! In addition to our Necco Conversation Hearts Journal and our Necco Candy Boxed Notecard featuring four different classic Necco candies, we’re offering a notecard set featuring the charming Mary Jane girl. Adults will remember Mary Jane adorning the Mary Jane candy wrapper for eighty-five years. All three Necco items are full of nostalgia and the sweetest memories! NECCO CONVERSATION HEARTS JOURNAL 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, spiral bound, 128 pages, $9.99 NECCO CANDY BOXED NOTECARD SET NECCO MARY JANE BOXED NOTECARD SET Each boxed set contains 20 notecards (5 each of 4 images) and 21 envelopes, $6.99 ************************************************************************ KAZUO KOIKE On sale July 12 One of Japan's most prominent and important graphic story-tellers of all time and 2004 Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductee, Kazuo Koike has helped define the language and visual storytelling of Japanese manga. His manga are considered to be all-time classics in the medium in Japan. Our t-shirt designs have been personally assessed and approved by Koike and we believe they will be coveted by fans of his revered work. SAMURAI EXECUTIONER Men's white t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $17.99 XXL . . . $19.99 CRYING FREEMAN Men's black t-shirt, short sleeve M-XL . . . $17.99 XXL . . . $19.99 ************************************************************************ CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF GREAT CREATORS AND CHARACTERS 3 X 3 EYES VOLUME 1: HOUSE OF DEMONS 2ND EDITION TPB by Yuzo Takada SC, 160pg, b&w, 7" x 10" (STAR18430) . . . $14.95 AKIRA BOOK 1 TPB by Katsuhiro Otomo SC, 364pg, b&w, 7" x 10" (STAR12302) . . . $24.95 APPLESEED BOOK TWO: PROMETHEUS UNBOUND TPB by Shirow Masamune SC, 132pg, b&w, 7" x 10" (STAR14782) . . . $16.95 ASTRO BOY VOLUME 3 TPB by Osamu Tezuka SC, 208pg, b&w, 4 1/2" x 7" (STAR15832) . . . $9.95 BERSERK VOLUME 1 TPB by Kentaro Miura SC, 224pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR20106) . . . $13.95 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL VOL. 1: BLOOD OF A THOUSAND TPB by Hiroaki Samura SC, 136pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR09342) . . . $14.95 CANNON GOD EXAXXION: STAGE ONE TPB by Kenichi Sonoda SC, 208pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR17609) . . . $15.95 CLUB 9 VOLUME 1 TPB by Makoto Kobayashi SC, 192pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR17813) . . . $15.95 EDEN VOLUME 1: IT’S AN ENDLESS WORLD! TPB by Hiroki Endo SC, 216pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (AUG050045) . . . $12.95 GHOST IN THE SHELL VOLUME 1 2ND EDITION TPB by Shirow Masamune SC, 368pg, b&w w/color, 7" x 10" (AUG040045) . . . $24.95 GUNSMITH CATS VOLUME 1: BONNIE & CLYDE TPB by Kenichi Sonoda SC, 176pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR09143) . . . $13.95 HARLEQUIN PINK: A GIRL IN A MILLION TPB by Betty Neels and Kako Itoh SC, 160pg, pink & white, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" (SEP050013) . . . $9.95 HARLEQUIN VIOLET: RESPONSE TPB by Penny Jordan and Takako Hashimoto SC, 160pg, violet & white, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" (SEP050014) . . . $9.95 HELLSING VOLUME 1 TPB by Kohta Hirano SC, 208pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR20336) . . . $13.95 INTRON DEPOT I TPB by Shirow Masamune SC, 148pg, FC, 9 1/2" x 13" (STAR17476) . . . $44.95 KATSUYA TERADA’S THE MONKEY KING VOL. 1 TPB by Katsuya Terada SC, 136pg, FC, 6" x 8 1/4" (DEC040056) . . . $14.95 LADY SNOWBLOOD VOLUME 1 TPB by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura SC, 288pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUN050040) . . . $14.95 LONE WOLF AND CUB VOL. 1: THE ASSASSIN’S ROAD TPB by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima SC, 296pg, b&w, 4" x 6" (STAR11783) . . . $9.95 LONE WOLF 2100 VOLUME 1: SHADOWS ON SAPLINGS TPB by Mike Kennedy and Francisco Ruiz Velasco SC, 104pg, FC, 6" x 9" (STAR17942) . . . $12.95 LOST WORLD TPB by Osamu Tezuka SC, 248pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR19223) . . . $17.95 METROPOLIS TPB by Osamu Tezuka SC, 168pg, b&w, 4 1/2" x 7" (STAR18207) . . . $13.95 NEXT WORLD VOLUME 1 TPB by Osamu Tezuka SC, 160pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR19689) . . . $13.95 OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 1 TPB by Kosuke Fujishima SC, 192pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (JUL050053) . . . $10.95 OUTLANDERS VOLUME 3 TPB by Johji Manabe SC, 168pg, b&w, 7" x 10" (STAR01299) . . . $13.95 REIKO THE ZOMBIE SHOP VOLUME 1 TPB by Rei Mikamoto SC, 192pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (SEP050016) . . . $12.95 THE RING VOLUME 1 TPB by Hiroshi Takahashi and Misao Inagaki SC, 304pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR20083) . . . $14.95 SAMURAI EXECUTIONER VOLUME 1 TPB by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima SC, 328pg, b&w, 4" x 6" (APR040075) . . . $9.95 SERAPHIC FEATHER VOLUME 1: CRIMSON ANGEL TPB by Hiroyuki Utatane and Yo Morimoto SC, 232pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR14712) . . . $11.95 SHADOW STAR VOLUME 1: STARFLIGHT TPB by Mohiro Kitoh SC, 192pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR14504) . . . $15.95 TRIGUN VOLUME 1 TPB by Yasuhiro Nightow SC, 360pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (STAR19783) . . . $14.95 TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOLUME 1: THE HERO RETURNS TPB by Yasuhiro Nightow SC, 192pg, b&w, 5" x 7" (FEB040056) . . . $9.95 WHAT’S MICHAEL? VOLUME 10: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TPB by Makoto Kobayashi SC, 88pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (MAR050080) . . . $10.95 YOU’RE UNDER ARREST!: LIGHTS AND SIREN! TPB by Kosuke Fujishima SC, 120pg, b&w, 6" x 9" (STAR10419) . . . $10.95 PVC SETS AND VINYL FIGURES CONAN PVC SET: THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER 4 figure, full color PVC set (JAN040081) . . . $44.95 GOON PVC SET Set of 4 PVC figures, the Goon measures 5" tall, Franky 4 1/2", the Zombie Priest 4 3/4", and Buzzard 5 1/2" (AUG040170) . . . $14.99 GRENDEL PVC SET 7 piece full-color PVC set featuring Hunter Rose, Christine Spar, Brian Li Sung, Eppy Thatcher, Orion & Jupiter Assante, and Grendel-Prime, packaged in a full-color window box (STAR17746) . . . $39.99 LENORE PVC SET 4" tall figures (Lenore, Mr. Gosh, and Ragamuffin & Pooty), packaged in a full-color window box (AUG050092) . . . $14.99 SERGIO ARAGONÉS GROO PVC SET Seven-figure PVC set featuring Groo & Rufferto, Chakaal, Minstrel, The Sage, Taranto, Arba, and Dakarba, packaged in a full-color window box (STAR16824) . . . $39.99 TIM BURTON PVC SET #1: STAIN BOY Three painted 4" figures (Stain Boy, Robot Boy, and The Girl with Many Eyes), packaged in a full-color window box (JUN030071) . . . $14.99 TIM BURTON PVC SET #2: TOXIC BOY Three painted 4" (Toxic Boy, Mummy Boy, and Jimmy the Hideous Penguin Boy), packaged in a full color window box (JUN030072) . . . $14.99 TIM BURTON PVC SET #3: OYSTER BOY Three painted 4" figures (Oyster Boy, Junk Girl, and The Boy with Nails in His Eyes), packaged in a full-color window box (STAR19559) . . . $14.99 TIM BURTON PVC SET #4: PIN CUSHION QUEEN Three painted 4" figures (Staring Girl, Pin Cushion Queen and Brie Boy), packaged in a full-color window box (OCT030056) . . . $14.99 KELLOGG’S™ CORNELIUS® VINYL FIGURE 7 1/2" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box . . . $17.99 KELLOGG’S™ TOUCAN SAM® VINYL FIGURE 6" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box . . . $17.99 KELLOGG’S™ SUGAR POPS PETE® 6 1/2" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box . . . $17.99 KELLOGG’S™ TONY THE TIGER® VINYL FIGURE 7" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box, comes with Tony Junior . . . $17.99 LITTLE LULU VINYL FIGURE 8" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box . . . $17.99 TUBBY VINYL FIGURE 8" vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box . . . $17.99 RON ENGLISH’S RABBBIT SOFT VINYL FIGURE 9" tall, soft vinyl figure, packaged in a full color window box (JUL050070) . . . $17.99 RUSTY THE BOY ROBOT PVC FIGURE 8" tall, full-color PVC figure (JUN020067) . . . $19.99 SHMOO VINYL FIGURE 8"tall, packaged in a full-color window box, and sporting a bright red ribbon . . . $17.99 TONY MILLIONAIRE'S DRINKY CROW PVC 6" PVC figure, packaged in full-color window box (STAR16314) . . . $19.99 TONY MILLIONAIRE’S UNCLE GABBY PVC FIGURE 8" tall three piece PVC figure (STAR19380) . . . $24.99 USAGI YOJIMBO SOFT VINYL FIGURE 8" tall PVC figure, fully painted and packaged in a full-color box (STAR19500) . . . $24.99 DC COMICS Batman BATMAN AND THE MAD MONK #1 Written by Matt Wagner Art and cover by Wagner Join Matt Wagner as he revisits the early career of the young Batman in another adventure inspired by DC’s Golden Age in this blood-curdling sequel to BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN! The Dark Knight is learning that there are more twisted faces of evil than those worn by the street criminals and mobsters of Gotham. Now, Batman must counter sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk! On sale August 23 • 1 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $3.50 US BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN TP Written by Matt Wagner Art and cover by Wagner Matt Wagner takes the Dark Knight through his sophomore season in this new trade paperback collecting the 6-issue miniseries! Batman has spent his first year fighting organized crime — but nothing thus far in his early career as the Caped Crusader has prepared him for the new menace facing Gotham: super-powered villains! Retailers, please see the order form for a special order incentive. On sale August 23 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US CATWOMAN #58 Written by Will Pfeifer Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez Cover by Adam Hughes The life of Catwoman’s child is in danger, and the only person who can save her is Zatanna. But how will Zatanna react when Catwoman needs her to alter more villains’ minds? On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON TP (NEW PRINTING) Written by Mike W. Barr Art by Jerry Bingham Cover by Andy Kubert A new printing of the classic work tying into the BATMAN story by Grant Morrison & Andy Kubert, in standard comics size for the first time! When a terrorist achieves control over the weather, Batman teams with Ra's al Ghul. But Batman finds himself torn between stopping the ruthless terrorist and protecting al Ghul’s daughter Talia, the woman who may be carrying his unborn child! On sale August 2 • 80 pg, FC, $5.99 US BATMAN #656 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Andy Kubert & Jesse Delperdang Cover by Kubert What do you get when you add one Batman, fifty Ninja Man-Bats and the British Prime Minister's wife? Welcome to a glittering night of mayhem among the rich and famous, as Batman faces down a whole army of winged horrors in a no-holds barred, bone-crunching superbrawl among the treasures of London's Pop Art museum. And when the Dark Knight's done, an even greater shock awaits, as we finally meet a startling NEW addition to the Batman family in “Man Bats of London,” – Part 2 of the 4-part “Batman and Son,” by comics legends Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and Andy Kubert (Ultimate X-Men, 1602)! And don’t miss the stunning New Printing of BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON, solicited on page 60! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US DETECTIVE COMICS #822 Written by Paul Dini Art by J.H. Williams III Cover by Simone Bianchi The team of writer Paul Dini (BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME, Batman: The Animated Series), artist J.H. Williams III (PROMETHEA, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and cover artist Simone Bianchi (SEVEN SOLDIERS: SHINING KNIGHT) deliver another intriguing tale of the Dark Knight! When a young socialite is murdered, her grief-stricken uncle turns to the newly reformed Riddler to find her killer. No longer the villain of old, the Riddler has turned his brilliant brain to crime-solving, and to the surprise of both the police and Batman, he's actually good at it. Has Gotham's most pernicious puzzler turned over a new leaf, or is it all a cover for a darker scheme? Prepare for twists, turns and betrayals every step of the way as Batman and the Riddler forge an uneasy alliance to track down the mysterious murderer! On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BATGIRL: DESTRUCTION’S DAUGHTER TP Written by Andersen Gabrych Cover by Tim Sale Art by Pop Mhan, Ale Garza, Andy Kuhn and others Learn the fate of Batgirl in this new trade paperback collecting BATGIRL #65-73! Batgirl has known her father was the deadly mercenary David Cain — but who was her mother? Her quest for truth brings her face-to-face with Lady Shiva and Nyssa. Will she find the answers she's looking for, or will she regret taking this journey? Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 • 224 pg, FC, $19.99 US BATMAN: FACE THE FACE TP Written by James Robinson Cover by Simone Bianchi Art by Leonard Kirk, Don Kramer, Patrick Gleason and others It's One Year Later…and who is the mysterious vigilante who's been murdering Gotham’s highest-profile villains? Find out in this new collection featuring the 8-part “Face the Face” saga from DETECTIVE COMICS #817-820 and BATMAN #651-654! Batman must uncover the murderer’s identity — even as he finds himself in the unlikely role of protecting some of his oldest foes! Advance-solicited; on sale September 6 • 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US BATMAN: GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT TP Written by Brian Augustyn Cover by Mike Mignola Art by by Mignola, Eduardo Barreto and P. Craig Russell Presenting for the first time the adventures of the Victorian Era Batman in one 112-page edition! This volume includes the breakthrough Elseworlds specials GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT and MASTER OF THE FUTURE that pit the Dark Knight againt Jack the Ripper and a death-dealer from the skies over Gotham! On sale August 30 • 112 pg, FC, $12.99 US BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #209 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by Ariel Olivetti Part 3 of the 5-part “Darker Than Death,” written by Bruce Jones (MAN-BAT) with fully rendered color art by Ariel Olivetti (SPACE GHOST)! Is the hostage Batman risked everything to save already beyond his — or anyone’s — help? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MAN-BAT #5 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by Mike Huddleston The shocking miniseries conclusion! All roads have led to the secret hideout of Black Mask, where Kirk Langstrom faces a crucial turning point that will allow him to regain his humanity — or lose it once and for all to the beast known as Man-Bat! And with Hush in the mix, Langstrom's chances for salvation are slim, even with Batman’s help! On sale August 30 • 5 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US NIGHTWING #123 Written by Bruce Jones Art by Robert Teranishi & Bit Cover by Jock Featuring guest art by Robert Teranishi (SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS: VEILED ALLIANCES)! There’s a fire-throwing killer on the streets, targeting the few people Nightwing can trust. The race is on for Nightwing to stop the fires while dodging the bullets and spotlights of the NYPD! On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ROBIN #153 Written by Adam Beechen Art by Freddie E. Williams II Cover by Patrick Gleason & Prentis Rollins Robin and the new Captain Boomerang take a thrill ride through Gotham's forgotten super-villain hideouts in a race against time to find an armed nuclear weapon! On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS: BATMAN VOL. 1 TP Written by Bill Finger, Ed “France” Herron, Gardner Fox and John Broome Art by Bob Kane, Carmine Infantino, Joe Giella, Sheldon Moldoff and others Cover by Kane The spotlight’s on Batman in this volume featuring Detective Comics #327-342 and Batman #164-174! The Dynamic Duo take on some of their most enduring Rogues Gallery members, including Penguin, the Riddler, and the Outsider in these classic Silver Age stories from the era of famed editor Julius Schwartz! On sale August 30 • 552 pg, B&W, $16.99 US Superman SUPERMAN #655 Written by Kurt Busiek Art and cover by Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino Halfway across the world from Metropolis lies a dark secret from another planet, one not even Superman may be able to contain. What is this threat, and why has a certain time-traveling magician taken interest? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ACTION COMICS #842 Written by Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza Art by Pete Woods Cover by Dave Gibbons Part 2 of the stunning, DCU-spanning 3-part story written by Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza with art by Pete Woods (CATWOMAN) and a cover by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, THE ORIGINALS)! An alien race is collecting unique specimens from Earth, and Superman’s on the list! When tossed in with heroes and villains alike, it’ll be up to the Man of Steel to lead the charge against their interstellar jailers! Guest-starring Nightwing, Firestorm, Aquaman and more! On sale August 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERGIRL #9 Written by Joe Kelly Art and cover by Ian Churchill & Norm Rapmund Don’t miss a turning point in Kara's life as some of the missing time from One Year Later is revealed! When Kara returned from space, she found Paradise Island gone, Superboy dead and Superman powerless. Feeling very much alone, she found romance with someone that no hero will condone. Who is Supergirl's boyfriend? On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SUPERMAN: UP, UP AND AWAY! TP Written by Kurt Busiek & Geoff Johns Cover by Terry & Rachel Dodson Art by Pete Woods and Renato Guedes It is One Year Later…and no one has seen or heard from the Man of Steel. In this collection featuring SUPERMAN #650-653 and ACTION #837-840, as Clark Kent concentrates on his career, the need for the Man of Steel has remained as strong as ever — especially now that Lex Luthor has returned to Metropolis, with his thirst for power fully intact! Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 • 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US SUPERMAN: INFINITE CITY SC Written by Mike Kennedy Art and cover by Carlos Meglia Don’t miss this softcover edition of the acclaimed hardcover written by Mike Kennedy (Star Wars: Underworld) and featuring distinctive visuals by Carlos Meglia (ACTION COMICS)! Welcome to Infinite City, where futuristic technology and magic co-exist. But can Superman defeat his doppleganger, the Warden, so that he and Lois Lane may return home? Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 • 96 pg, FC, $17.99 US SUPERMAN/BATMAN #29 Written by Mark Verheiden Art and cover by Ethan Van Sciver In Part 2 of “The Enemies Among Us,” Hal Jordan goes mad just as space villains that once plagued the Green Lantern are attacking Earth. Superman and Batman look to the rest of the Corps for help, and instead find Kilowog gone rogue! On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN VOL. 1 TP Written by Jerry Siegel, Bill Finger and others Art by Curt Swan, Dick Sprang and others Cover by Swan & George Klein This volume collects SUPERMAN #122-133 and ACTION COMICS #241-257, featuring the birth of the Silver Age Superman mythos, including the first appearances of Supergirl, Brainiac, the Fortress of Solitude and more! On sale August 2 • 560 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • Relist SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE SUPERMAN FAMILY VOL. 1 TP Written by Otto Binder Art by Curt Swan, Ruben Moreria, Ray Burnley and others Cover by Swan & Stan Kaye A volume spotlighting Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane and pal Jimmy Olsen, collecting the first 22 issues of SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN and Lois's first solo outing from SHOWCASE #9! On sale August 2 • 576 pg, B&W, $16.99 US • Relist DC Universe THE ALL-NEW ATOM #2 Written by Gail Simone Art by John Byrne & Trevor Scott Cover by Ariel Olivetti Ryan investigates disappearances in Ivy Town and stumbles on the shambling creature M’ngalah and his deformed hordes! Meanwhile, one of The Waiting is given a version of the Atom’s bio-belt and becomes the hyper-violent Dwarfstar! What’s the connection between all these mysterious events in Ivy Town? On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BIRDS OF PREY #97 Written by Gail Simone Art by Paulo Siqueira & Robin Riggs Cover by Jerry Ordway Concluding the 2-part story arc “Headhunting!” Black Alice is torn between good and evil. For which side should she use her magical abilities? As the Huntress and Black Canary pull her towards the Birds, powerful others are influencing Alice’s darker tendencies. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US BLUE BEETLE #6 Written by Keith Giffen & John Rogers Art by Cully Hamner Cover by Duncan Rouleau A jaw-dropping secret about the Beetle’s armor is revealed in this can’t-miss issue! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US CHECKMATE #5 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Jesus Saiz Cover by Lee Bermejo Three candidates compete to become Black Queen’s Knight in the sensational stand-alone tale “Selection.” On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE CREEPER #1 Written by Steve Niles Art by Justiniano & Walden Wong Cover by Justiniano He’s back for the first time in a new 6-issue miniseries written by horror maven Steve Niles (BATMAN: GOTHAM COUNTY LINE, 30 Days of Night) with art by Justiniano & Walden Wong (DAY OF VENGEANCE)! TV pundit Jack Ryder — whose successful show “You Are Wrong” continues to aggravate the nation — runs afoul of a doctor who transforms him into a strange new weapon in Gotham’s war on crime! The 21st century just got a little stranger! For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. On sale August 2 • 1 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Edited by Joey Cavalieri FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN #28 Written by Stuart Moore Art by Jamal Igle & Keith Champagne Cover by Brian Stelfreeze Beginning the biggest Firestorm storyline yet: the 4-part "In My Father's House!" Firestorm investigates his girlfriend Gehenna's mysterious past — and finds a new nuclear-powered menace — as his family life turns to chaos! Is it all connected? And who is the other Firestorm? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE FLASH: FASTEST MAN ALIVE #3 Written by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo Art by Karl Kerschl Cover by Ken Lashley Who’s giving the Flash a run for his money as the new hero of Keystone? Illustrated by guest artist Karl Kerschl! On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US GREEN ARROW #65 Written by Judd Winick Art and cover by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens Part 1 of the new story “Away Game” — a 3-part flashback explaining what happened to Ollie a year ago after he was left for dead with Mia and Connor. After making it to a desert island, the three lick their wounds and plan a return to full power! On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US 52: WEEKS 13-17 Written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid Breakdowns by Keith Giffen Art by various Backup feature by Waid and various Covers by J.G. Jones In WEEK 13, featuring art by Todd Nauck & Marlo Alquiza, it's the resurrection of Sue Dibny! But are the Elongated Man's ex-teammates here to help, or hurt? Plus, the origin of Elongated Man by Mark Waid and Kevin Nowlan! In WEEK 14, with art by Dale Eaglesham & Art Thibert, Steel faces a turning point, and Montoya and the Question go international! Plus, the origin of Steel by Waid and Jon Bogdanove! It’s the death you never expected in WEEK 15, featuring art by Shawn Moll & Tom Nguyen! Plus, the origin of Metamorpho by Waid & Eric Powell (The Goon)! Celebrate the nuptials of Black Adam and Isis in WEEK 16, illustrated by Joe Bennett & Ruy Jose! Plus, the origin of Black Adam by Waid and J.G. Jones! WEEK 17 features art by Chris Batista, Jack Jadson & Ruy Jose, and can be described in one word: Lobo! Plus, the origin of Lobo by Waid and Giffen! 52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes. Week 13 on sale August 2 • Week 14 on sale August 9 • Week 15 on sale August 16 • Week 16 on sale August 23 • Week 17 on sale August 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US THE ENEMY ACE ARCHIVES VOL. 2 HC Written by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, Frank Thorne and Neal Adams Cover by Kubert Death stalks the skies above Europe once more in this second volume of THE ENEMY ACE ARCHIVES, reprinting the classic adventures of World War I German fighter ace Hans von Hammer from the pages of STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES from 1969 through 1976! Advance-solicited; on sale September 6 • 196 pg, FC, $49.99 US GREEN LANTERN CORPS #3 Written by Dave Gibbons Art and cover by Patrick Gleason & Prentis Rollins The explosive conclusion of the 3-part “To Be a Lantern!” On Oa, a murderer is brought to justice and a Lantern is laid to rest, while on Thanagar, a brave warrior’s life is changed, perhaps forever. On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US HAWKGIRL #55 Written by Walter Simonson Art and cover by Howard Chaykin Hawkgirl is torn by the sudden, mysterious return of Hawkman — but facing off against the deadly and progressively more powerful Maww may just be enough to keep her from finding out their deadly connection! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JLA CLASSIFIED #26 Written by Peter Milligan Art by Carlos D'Anda Cover by Howard Porter Kicking off “Kid Amazo,” a 5-part story written by Peter Milligan (X-Men) with art by Carlos D’Anda (OUTSIDERS)! Professor Ivo and Amazo have hatched an unusual experiment that just might mean the downfall of the JLA — but could their experiment turn on them? On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JONAH HEX #10 Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art and cover by Phil Noto In this gothic tale of horror and honor illustrated by artist Phil Noto (DANGER GIRL, Beautiful Killer), Jonah Hex finds himself at odds with the most ruthless, inbred family of killers he's ever come across. Deep in the Louisiana swamplands, two men and a pregnant woman end up in the wrong place at the wrong time — and it’s up to Jonah Hex to set things straight! On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JONAH HEX: A FACE FULL OF VIOLENCE TP Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray Art by Luke Ross and Tony DeZuniga Cover by Tim Bradstreet DC’s legendary gunslinger returns in this action-packed collection featuring the first six issues of the acclaimed new series! The mysterious bounty hunter and thinking man's killer was a hero to some; a villain to others; and wherever he rode, people spoke his name in whispers. Advance-solicited; on sale September 6 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS JONAH HEX VOL. 1 TP Written by John Albano & Michael Fleischer Art by Tony DeZuniga, José Luís Garcia-López and others Cover by Luis Dominguez Reoffered to coincide with JONAH HEX: A FACE FULL OF VIOLENCE! Witness the earliest adventures of DC's legendary gunslinger from ALL-STAR WESTERN #2-8 and #10-11, WEIRD WESTERN TALES #12-14 and #16-33! On sale August 2 • 540 pg, B&W $16.99 US • Relist JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 Written by Brad Meltzer Art by Ed Benes & Sandra Hope Two standard covers by Ed Benes Variant cover by Michael Turner It begins here — a bold new era for the World’s Greatest Heroes by New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer and superstar artist Ed Benes! It’s Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman…and the true roster of members who will become the new Justice League of America. Join us as we head into “The Tornado’s Path.” Retailers please note: this issue will ship with two covers by Ed Benes, one featuring Green Lantern and Green Arrow (left half of art above) and one featuring Superman and Batman (right half of art above). For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. A variant cover by Michael Turner is also available - see order form for details. On sale August 16 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US ION #5 Written by Ron Marz Art by Greg Tocchini & Jay Leisten Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky Green Lantern and Ion — side-by-side against one of their greatest foes! With the source of Kyle’s strange behavior finally revealed, how will our heroes deal with the consequences? Meanwhile, on Earth, the outcome of one of Ion’s recent battles has unexpected repercussions for Kyle’s new friends. On sale August 16 • 5 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JSA CLASSIFIED #15 & 16 Written by Steve Englehart Art by Tom Derenick & Mark Farmer Cover by Mike Zeck & Jerry Ordway Shipping twice in August, Parts 2 and 3 of the 3-part “Double Trouble!” In issue #15, Star Girl, Vixen and Gypsy attempt to raise the stakes, but they find themselves at the mangling paws of a Wildcat gone mad! Can these three fare any better than the rest of the JSA, or will Amos Fortune and the Gambler succeed in cashing in the young heroines’ chips? And in issue #16, the stakes are raised for one final battle for the villains’ fun and profit. Will Stargirl and Wildcat, teamed with Vixen and Gypsy, be enough to turn the tables so the JSA can go home winners? Place your bets, folks! Issue #15 on sale August 9; issue #16 on sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JUSTICE VOL. 1 HC Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross Art by Doug Braithwaite & Ross Cover by Ross The Justice League of America is reimagined by fan-favorite painter Alex Ross (JLA: LIBERTY & JUSTICE, KINGDOM COME) and writer Jim Krueger (Earth X, Universe X) with pencil art by Doug Braithwaite (Paradise X) painted by Ross in this fantastic new hardcover collecting the first four issues of the best-selling maxiseries! The members of the fabled Justice League of America are about to learn they aren't the only ones who can band together toward a common goal. The greatest criminal masterminds of our time appear to be acting in concert — but with a surprising plan that seeks to achieve more good than the JLA ever could! This first volume of three contains expanded character bios and sketches. For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 • 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US JSA: MIXED SIGNALS TP Written by Geoff Johns and Keith Champagne Art by Don Kramer, Dale Eaglesham, Jim Fern and others Cover by Alex Ross Collecting JSA #76-81! Following the events of DAY OF VENGEANCE, the DCU’s magic-based heroes are vulnerable — and the ancient magician Mordru plans to take full advantage of the situation. Meanwhile, the fate of Atom Smasher is decided, the OMACs attack, and Green Lantern is drafted to help in an intergalactic war! Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US MANHUNTER #25 Written by Marc Andreyko Art by Javier Pina & Fernando Blanco Cover by Jesus Saiz The solo adventures of Kate Spencer come to a stunning conclusion — but her new life as a dark hero has only just begun! Final issue. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US JUSTICE #7 Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross Art by Doug Braithwaite & Ross Cover by Ross With Green Lantern out of the way, Brainiac advances his plan! The Justice League meets in the Fortress to reconnoiter…and enlist the aid of Metamorpho and the Doom Patrol! On sale August 30 • 7 of 12 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US INFINITE CRISIS HC Written by Geoff Johns Art by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Jerry Ordway, Ivan Reis, Andy Lanning and others Covers by Jimenez The 7-issue miniseries event that rocked the entire DC Universe in 2005-2006 — a sequel to the epic CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS — is now collected in an amazing hardcover collection! Written by Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN, TEEN TITANS) with art by a who’s who of comics’ greatest talents — including Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Jerry Ordway and more, this hardcover is a must-have for any DC collector. OMAC robots are rampaging, magic is dying, villains are uniting, and a war is raging in space. And in the middle of it all, a critical moment has divided Earth's three greatest heroes: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. It's the DCU's darkest day, and long-lost heroes from the past have returned to make things right in the universe...at any cost. Heroes will live, heroes will die, and the DCU will never be the same again! This exhaustive volume also contains every cover and variant produced for the project, annotations, character designs, excerpts from scripts, unused scenes, and much more! For a signed edition, se the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 • 264 pg, FC, $24.99 US IDENTITY CRISIS TP Written by Brad Meltzer Art and cover by Rags Morales & Michael Bair The best-selling, critically acclaimed comics event written written by New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer (GREEN ARROW) with art by Rags Morales & Michael Bair (WONDER WOMAN) is now available in a stunning softcover edition! This volume collects 2004’s evocative 7-issue miniseries that took all-too-human look into the lives of super-heroes, and the terrible price they pay for doing good. When the spouse of a JLA member is brutally murdered, the entire super-hero community searches for the killer, fearing their own loved ones may be the next targets! But before the mystery is fully solved, a number of long-buried secrets rise to the surface, threatening to tear apart and divide the heroes before they can bring the mysterious killer to justice. Bonus features for this edition include extended commentary by Meltzer and Morales, the rest of the creative team talking about their favorite moments, a look at Morales's sketchbook and more! On sale August 16 • 264 pg, FC, $14.99 US MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1 Written by A.J. Lieberman Art and cover by Al Barrionuevo & Bit Exploding from the pages of BRAVE NEW WORLD, Martian Manhunter stars in his first solo adventure in over five years! Written by A.J. Lieberman (Harley Quinn, BATMAN: Gotham Knights), who's reunited with the artistic team of Al Barrionuevo and Bit (BATMAN: Gotham Knights), this series will change the way you see the last son of Mars! Since coming to Earth, J'onn J'onzz has strived to fit in with his adoptive people, even altering his appearance in order to not frighten Earthlings. And in that time, he has struggled between following the ways and customs of his people and becoming human. But now everything he believed about his past has been shattered, and his tolerance for the failings of humanity is at an end. On a mission to seek the real facts about his past and his long-lost race, Martian Manhunter will stop at nothing to discover the truth about himself and the world he lives in! On sale August 9 • 1 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Edited by Matt Idelson THE NEXT #2 Written by Tad Williams Art and cover by Dietrich Smith & Walden Wong The new miniseries by fantasy writer Tad Williams heats up! The Iron Ring has sent the emissary called Sion to bring the Next back to their home for judgment and sentencing…but they can’t go back without killing Monikka! And even Superman has a tough time going up against Sion… On sale August 9 • 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US OMAC #2 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by Renato Guedes The last OMAC managed to escape Firestorm — now he finds himself in Las Vegas, but still with a deadly mission to complete at the heart of the United States’ military. Success in this mission will unleash an even greater danger, but what chance do any of Earth’s heroes have against the One Man Army Corps? And while the man who has become OMAC is far from the war machine that is OMAC, what hope does he have to prevent freedom’s downfall when he doesn’t even know the menace he carries inside him? On sale August 2 • 2 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US OUTSIDERS #39 Written by Judd Winick Art by Matthew Clark & Art Thibert Cover by Daniel Acuña For these heroes, being an Outsider is in their DNA. But so are a few other things, as the team’s about to learn! On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE SHAZAM! FAMILY ARCHIVES VOL. 1 HC Written by various Art by Mac Raboy, Al Carreno Marc Swayze and C.C. Beck Cover by Mac Raboy A stunning Golden Age Archive featuring the adventures of Captain Marvel, Jr. and the origin of Mary Marvel from MASTER COMICS 23-32, CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. #1 and CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #18! Plus, a foreword by comics historian P.C. Hamerlinck. Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 • 228 pg, FC, $49.99 US RUSH CITY #1 & 2 Written by Chuck Dixon Art by Timothy Green II Covers by Jock Master of action Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING, Punisher) puts the pedal to the metal as a new hero burns rubber down the mean streets of New York City! When someone is lost in Manhattan — and time is running out — there’s only one person to call: Rush! Who is the man behind the wheel? How do the scars of his past guide his future? And what is his secret to rocketing through the world’s most exciting city? In this action-packed first issue, Rush is called in to rescue a young diabetic girl who must be found...before death finds her first! And in issue #2, what is Rush desperately racing through — and under — the streets of New York City to find...and why is special guest Black Canary also on the hunt? Jump on board for an adrenaline rush of sonic screams, hot motorcycles and fishnet stockings! Issue #1 retro-solicited; on sale July 19; issue #2 on sale August 16 • 1 & 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SECRET SIX #4 Written by Gail Simone Art by Brad Walker & Jimmy Palmiotti Cover by Karl Kerschl It's the Secret Six versus the Doom Patrol, fresh off their appearance in Teen Titans! As the Six hunt down the villain who has been targeting them, they uncover some startling secrets. What does the all-new Doom Patrol have to do with all of it? On sale August 23 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN VOL. 1 TP Written by Jack Kirby, Dave Wood and Ed Herron Art by Kirby, Bob Brown, Wally Wood and others Cover by Kirby Collecting Showcase Presents #6, 7, 11, 12 and Challengers of the Unknown #1- 18 (1957-1959)! Relive the classic Silver Age adventures of Jack Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown — a team brought together by fate dedicated to a life of harrowing adventure in the name of good! Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 • 540 pg, B&W $16.99 US SOLO #12 Written by Brendan McCarthy, Tom O'Connor, Jono Howard and Robbie Morrison Art and cover by McCarthy It's the final issue of Solo, and we’re going out with a bang! Artist/writer Brendan McCarthy (Judge Dredd, Rogan Gosh, Skin) lends his unique style to some of DC’s biggest icons: Batman. Superman, the Flash, and even JSA villain Johnny Sorrow! His take on the “World’s Finest” is guaranteed to be like nothing you’ve seen before. And you won’t believe what else is spawned from McCarthy’s fevered imagination! On sale August 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #21 Written by Mark Waid & Tony Bedard Art by Barry Kitson, Adam DeKraker & Mick Gray Cover by Kitson The Legion struggles against the mighty giants of Colossal Boy’s hometown! And with Brainiac’s resurrection plan in action, can the Legion trust him to play god? On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TRIALS OF SHAZAM! #1 Written by Judd Winick Art and cover by Howard Porter Acclaimed writer Judd Winick (OUTSIDERS, GREEN ARROW) redefines the mighty Captain Marvel in a 12-issue maxiseries featuring a stunning new art style for fan- favorite illustrator Howard Porter (THE FLASH, JLA)! The world is in magical turmoil as Captain Marvel tries to keep everything under control in the aftermath of the events of DAY OF VENGEANCE. And with the rest of the Marvel Family powerless, it's all up to him — unless some drastic changes occur fast. Luckily, everything changes by this issue's end! On sale August 30 • 1 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US TEEN TITANS #39 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Tony Daniel & Kevin Conrad Cover by Daniels Part 2 of “Titans Around the World!” It's off to Tokyo to meet one of the many mysterious Teen Titans members from the missing year: the world's greatest teen magician — the all-new Zatara! Plus, and Wonder Girl learn a horrific secret about one of their former members. On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US SHADOWPACT #4 Written by Bill Willingham Art by Steve Scott & Wayne Faucher Cover by Scott A special issue featuring guest art by Steve Scott (JLA) spotlighting a night in the life of Blue Devil! Demons have tracked Blue Devil to his hometown, and the resultant battle may leave it in shambles! It’s wild action from writer Bill Willingham (FABLES)! On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE WARLORD #7 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by Bart Sears Brovis forms an uneasy alliance with Travis Morgan’s friends — uneasy for them, that is! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #2 Written by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti Art and cover by Daniel Acuña The Brave New World continues as the all-new Freedom Fighters set out on their latest mission — to arrest Uncle Sam! On sale August 30 • 2 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US WONDER WOMAN #3 Written by Allan Heinberg Art and cover by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson The adventures of the all-new Wonder Woman continue in Part 3 of the 5-part “Who is Wonder Woman” as three of her predecessor’s most powerful enemies unite to declare war on the Amazing Amazon. But when Wonder Woman attempts to answer their challenge, she discovers a heroic figure from her past literally beating her to the punch. But who is the gods’ new avatar? And where does that leave the new Wonder Woman? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Johnny DC THE BATMAN STRIKES! #24 Written by Matt Manning Art by Wes Craig & Terry Beatty Cover by Dave McCaig It’s a wild night in Gotham City! Batman and Batgirl know that Catwoman’s planning to steal a priceless piece of art. But can they keep an eye on her when some of Gotham’s most dangerous criminals are loose? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #24 Written by Adam Beechen Art by Carlo Barberi & Zach Howard Cover by Ty Templeton Starro has taken over the Watchtower and enslaved the minds of the Justice League’s most powerful members! Can Martian Manhunter save his friends and defeat this monster from outer space? On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US TEEN TITANS GO! #34 Written by J. Torres Art by Todd Nauck & Lary Stucker Cover by Sean Galloway Kid Flash and Mas y Menos run a circuitous race for charity around the world, but the speedsters can’t help but make detours along the way to thwart some super villainy! On sale August 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #4 Written by Man of Action, Robbie Busch and others Art by Christopher Cook and others Cover by Matt Jenkins Another action-packed issue featuring Ben 10, Juniper Lee, and the Powerpuff Girls’ rivals the Rowdyruff Boys! On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #24 Written by Abby Denson, Scott Cunningham and John Rozum Art by Chris Cook, Gary Fields, Scott Roberts, Al Nickerson and Scott McRae Cover by Robert Pope & Mike DeCarlo Kaz is tired of Ami and Yumi hogging the spotlight — he’s ready for a taste of fame! Plus, meet Grim’s prize-winning hound: Cerberus! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US PRINCESS NATASHA #3 Written by Leila Strachan Art and cover by Christopher Cook & Al Nickerson How much harm can hamsters cause? Ask Natasha as she races to save her ambassador and national animal from Lubek’s diabolical Robot Hamsters! On sale August 16 • 3 of 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US LOONEY TUNES #141 Written by Sholly Fisch, Robbie Busch, Frank Strom and Earl Kress Art by Pablo Zamboni, Walter Carzon, Leo Batic, Mike DeCarlo, Horacio Ottolini and Ruben Torreiro Cover by Scott Gross Porky takes Sylvester in for a dental check-up, not suspecting that he’s meeting a doctor who believes all toothaches can be cured by brain removal! On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US SCOOBY-DOO #111 Written by Chuck Dixon, Scott Cunningham and Sholly Fisch Art by Scott Jeralds, Scott Neely and others Cover by Robert Pope & Scott McRae The ghoulish Ghastley family is back – and once again in need of Mystery, Inc’s help! Then Shaggy and Scooby leave the gang behind to investigate the disappearance of the president of their favorite fast food chain! All this and some sinister sounds, too. Jinkies! On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US MAD #469 Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots Madcap summer hilarity as only the Usual Gang of Idiots can deliver! On sale August 2 • 48 pg, FC/B&W, $3.99 US MAD CLASSICS #9 Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots A jam-packed new issue of MAD CLASSICS, featuring the Best of the Web, MAD Marginals, Reader’s Choice picks, and much more! On sale August 9 • 96 pg, FC/B&W, $4.99 US CMX EMMA VOL. 1 Written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori CMX. Meticulously researched and beautifully rendered, EMMA is a beloved, award- winning series that was adapted into an acclaimed anime series in Japan. In Victorian-era England, a young girl is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. Emma meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, and immediately falls in love with him. William shares her feelings, but the strict rules of their society prevent their relationship from ever coming out in the open. Traditional class distinctions and rich, historical details provide the backdrop for this appealing romance. Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 • 5" x 7.375" • 192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN+ KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE VOL. 5 Written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura CMX. As this best-selling series continues, the good news is that Maron and Chiaki seem to be making headway in their relationship after Chiaki shares the secret that’s been eating away at him. The bad news is the secret devastates Maron and brings about the loss of her power! Plus, a lighthearted back-up story features Access Tyme, whose wish finally comes true! Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 5" x 7.375" • 168 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL. 7 Written and illustrated by Yasuko Aoike CMX. The world’s most flamboyant art thief and his hard-nosed NATO nemesis continue their globe-spanning contest of wills! First the Major had to protect the British crown. Now, with the entire world watching him–and what could be worse for a secret agent?–he must protect the Queen of England herself. But in the end, it’s Eroica who looks to be wearing the crown. As for the Major, his day is about to get worse–much worse! Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 5" x 7.375" • 200 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN LAND OF THE BLINDFOLDED VOL. 9 Written and illustrated by Sakura Tsukuba CMX. Events race to a dramatic conclusion in this series finale! With Arou’s birthday approaching, Namiki plots to spoil Kanade’s plans for a surprise party and drive a wedge between the couple. But when Kanade and some classmates find themselves lost in the mountains during an unexpected blizzard, Arou takes matters into his own hands, pushing his powers to the limit in a desperate attempt to save the girl he loves! Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 5" x 7.375" • 200 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • ALL AGES MOON CHILD VOL. 4 Written and illustrated by Reiko Shimizu CMX. Jimmy is still confused between his life as a human boy and his future as a mermaid. Should his twin brothers interfere in their brother’s dangerous relationship with a human? Because when Jimmy once again morphs into the woman named Benjamin, Art is intrigued by the beautiful stranger. If he falls in love, it could be the end of the world! Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 5" x 7.375" • 192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN OYAYUBIHIME INFINITY VOL. 2 Written and illustrated by Toru Fujieda CMX. The acclaimed new series continues! Tsubame originally thought he was destined to be with Kanoko, but she rejected him. Now Kanoko and friends have begun searching for a person with a butterfly-shaped birthmark on her thumb — the sign of a time- spanning connection from a past life — to find Tsubame’s supposed true love. Who was this person, and what’s she like now? But Tsubame might not be ready to give up on Kanoko just yet. He’s got to persuade her that love is more important than fate. Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 5" x 7.375" • 192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN PIECES OF A SPIRAL VOL. 5 Written and illustrated by Kaimu Tachibana CMX. Family intrigue and demonic double-crossing lead Sakuya and Wakyo, the reincarnated brothers, into deadly conflict with the forces of darkness. Sajo, underling of the demon Garai, duped them into setting his boss free. Now Sajo prepares to seize the powers they inherited from Bishu, Garai’s son! Advance-solicited; on sale September 6 5" x 7.375" • 192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN SEIMADEN VOL. 6 Written and illustrated by You Higuri CMX. Following last volume’s shattering events, Laures is barely alive. He finds shelter with Iria, a girl who seems to be a sympathetic ally. But she turns out to be the sister of Karon, lord of Hades, who desires to conquer Laures and use him for his own plans for world domination! And can Roddrick be a town’s savior against an invading demon horde? Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 5" x 7.375" • 180 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN Wildstorm BATTLER BRITTON #2 Written by Garth Ennis Art by Colin Wilson Cover by Garry Leach Tempers flare in the wake of repeated clashes between the Yanks and their newly arrived Brit Associates. As Battler tries to create a new camaraderie, both camps display heroism in the face of death — and for one of their number, it’s too close a call! On sale August 2 • 2 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US THE BOYS #1 & 2 Written by Garth Ennis Art and covers by Darick Robertson “This book will out-PREACHER PREACHER.” – Garth Ennis Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan), co-creators of two of the most thought-provoking comics of the last decade, introduce their first original collaboration for a new monthly series: THE BOYS — a dark, twisted look at super powers, super-people, and the men and women who make sure the world’s “heroes” never go too far. With a quarter-million super-powered beings in the world, someone's got to watch what's going on beneath all those masks and capes. In a U.S.A. uncomfortably like our own, that task falls to The Boys, a government-funded group of operatives dedicated to keeping the “supes” in line. Team leader Billy Butcher, described by a confidential C.I.A. report as “the most lethal individual ever encountered by this agency,” is on the hunt for new recruits — but it takes something special to join this outfit. You have to be smart. You have to be strong. And you have to hate supes with every ounce of black passion in your heart. Issue #1 on sale August 16; issue #2 on sale August 30 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Edited by Ben Abernathy THE AMERICAN WAY #7 Written by John Ridley Art and cover by Georges Jeanty & Karl Story Open combat has erupted in the ranks of the Civil Defense Force, and the New American is at the center of it! With America's super-heroes fighting before television cameras, the President makes a difficult decision about America's super-hero civil war! On sale August 30 • 7 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #3 Written by Chuck Dixon Art and cover by Andy Smith A dark prophecy is fulfilled as a monstrous evil walks the land, drinking the blood of innocents and killing all who oppose it. The destiny of this invincible, demonic force is forever entwined with that of Claw the Unconquered. Can even the cursed barbarian warrior stop hell that threatens the world? On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US EX MACHINA #23 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Tony Harris & Tom Feister Cover by Harris Part 3 of the 4-part “Smoke Smoke.” In the past, the super-heroic Great Machine pursues a drug dealer in a high-speed chase, while in the present, Mayor Mitchell Hundred struggles with crime and punishment in the arena of New York's marijuana laws. On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS GEN13: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE TP Written by Brandon Choi, Jim Lee and J. Scott Campbell Art and cover by Campbell & Alex Garner A new collection presenting the original 5-issue miniseries that launched the phenomenal GEN13 team and the career of J. Scott Campbell! Aided by former Team Seven leader John Lynch, five teenagers with remarkable power must make their escape from the clutches of Ivana Baiul’s array of killers from Internal Operations! Advance-solicited; on sale September 6 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US A MAN CALLED KEV #2 Written by Garth Ennis Art by Carlos Ezquerra Cover by Glenn Fabry After fleeing the United Kingdom in search of a new beginning, Kev tracks down an old friend and his beloved tiger. What he discovers, though, will have a profound effect on his future — if he can escape the sins of a past that are about to come crashing down on everyone he knows! On sale August 9 • 2 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ROKKIN #2 Written by Andy Hartnell Art and wraparound cover by Nick Bradshaw & Jim Charalampidis Bloody and left for dead, Arness is alone and awaiting his fate — which turns out to be something totally unexpected! Now, granted a wondrous power from a magical stone, he must escape captivity and journey in search of new comrades — allies to help him in his quest — while learning how to deal with his strange new power. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MANIFEST ETERNITY #3 Written by Scott Lobdell Art and cover by Dustin Nguyen The innovative series leaps forward 25 years into the intergalactic war! Enter the Spellbreaker, a warship with a deadly mission in service of mankind's empire and operated by a motley crew of humans, aliens, and...children? Space battles with baby dragons and fisticuffs with goblin infiltrators are just the tip of the iceberg! On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US WILDCATS: NEMESIS TP Written by Robbie Morrison Art by Talent Caldwell, Horacio Domingues, Andy Smith and Matt "Batt" Banning Cover by Caldwell & Banning A stunning new volume collecting the exciting 9-issue miniseries chronicling the life and adventures of Charis Adrastrea as she becomes Nemesis — the only warrior who can strike fear and hatred into the hearts of Zealot and her Coda sisters! Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 • 208 pg, FC, $19.99 US WINTER MEN #5 Written by Brett Lewis Art and cover by John Paul-Leon It’s the holiday season, and Kris and Nina must attend Zuko’s Christmas party. Too bad the Scouts decide to spoil the festivities by attacking and killing most of Zuko’s men. Drost turns to the Siberian for help, but will even he make a difference? On sale August 9 • 5 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS TOM STRONG BOOK SIX HC Written by Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock and others Art by Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver and others Cover by Sprouse & Jose Villarrubia Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse return for one grand, final story in which Tom Strong and family are on hand for the apocalypse. All this and more awaits in this wondrous final installment of the Tom Strong saga collecting issues #31-36 of the classic series! Vertigo DEADMAN #1 Written by Bruce Jones Art and cover by John Watkiss The superstar veteran team of fan-favorite writer Bruce Jones (NIGHTWING, THE WARLORD) and innovative artist John Watkiss (SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE, TRIGGER) explores the mysteries of life — and love — after death in this original re-imagining of the classic DC character. Combining over-the-top action and brain-tingling speculation, this is Deadman as only Vertigo could deliver in an ongoing series about sex and string theory; parapsychology and political conspiracy; where the “wonder years” and the afterlife are just two dimensions of the same reality. Brandon Cayce is cocky young pilot for a major airline who likes to fly right and party all night. With his older brother Scott at the controls, Brandon is “deadheading” a free flight with a hangover that won’t quit. Without warning, Scott deliberately crashes the plane into a downtown London skyscraper. Brandon is killed in a horrifying wreck, along with everyone on board. And his day only gets worse from there. To survive his own demise, Brandon must confront these riddles head-on, until he realizes that the person with the answers may be his late brother’s own wife — a woman he once loved himself. And when he encounters her again, he finds that his love for her is one part of himself that will never die. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Edited by Jonathan Vankin Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 • 160 pg, FC, $24.99 US PRIDE OF BAGHDAD HARDCOVER Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art and cover by Niko Henrichon From one of America’s most acclaimed comics writers — a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War inspired by true events. In his award-winning work on Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA (one of Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Ten Best Fiction titles), writer Brian K. Vaughan has displayed an understanding of both the cost of survival and the political nuances of the modern world. Now, in this provocative graphic novel, Vaughan examines life on the streets of war-torn Iraq. The experience is made all the more evocative by the lush, spectacular artwork of Niko Henrichon (BARNUM!). In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate struggle for their lives. In documenting the plight of the lions, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD raises questions about the true meaning of liberation — can it be given, or is it earned only through self-determination and sacrifice? And in the end, is it truly better to die free than to live life in captivity? Based on a true story, Vaughan and Henrichon have created a unique and heartbreaking window into the nature of life during wartime, illuminating this struggle as only the graphic novel can. Advance-solicited; on sale September 13 • 136 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS Edited by Will Dennis 100 BULLETS #75 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Cover by Dave Johnson You know the drill by now: Graves approaches someone down on their luck, gives them the infamous briefcase, and then that person must decide what to do with it. But when Lono is factored in with an offer — and another side of the story in the case — could Agent Graves’ mysterious plans be in jeopardy? On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS AMERICAN VIRGIN #6 Written by Steven T. Seagle Art by Becky Cloonan Cover by Joshua Middleton “Spiritual and grungy, a whole original piece of work.” — Entertainment Weekly In Part 2 of the 4-part "Going Down," it’s con season! For charismatic youth minister Adam Chamberlain, that means heading to Australia for a Christian speakers booking convention. After the life-rocking events Adam’s been through, is it time to leave the past and forge a new future? Or is something more going on? On sale August 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS BITE CLUB: VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT #5 Written by Howard Chaykin & David Tischman Art by David Hahn Cover by Chaykin The bloodsucking miniseries concludes as Lieutenant Fortine gets an offer he can't refuse — or can he? Carrie finds out revenge is a dish best served cold-hearted, as Risa takes a bite into crime. And the killer of he drug-addicted stripper and the homosexual tattoo artist is revealed! On sale August 30 • 5 of 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS DMZ #10 Written by Brian Wood Art by Riccardo Burchielli Cover by Wood In the mind-bending conclusion of the 5-part “Body of a Journalist” story arc, Matty finds himself in a very different place than when and where he began, and the very nature of his status in the DMZ could be changed forever. On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS FABLES #52 Written by Bill Willingham Art by Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha Cover by James Jean Part 1 of the new 4-part story “Sons of the Empire.” What’s it like being the firstborn son of a bloodthirsty emperor whose empire encompasses more than a thousand kingdoms, scattered over a hundred worlds? Poor little Pinocchio is suffering seriously divided loyalties between his father, the Adversary, and his fellow Fable refugees in the Mundy world. What does he do while his father hosts a secret conference of the imperial elite to decide the ultimate fate of Fabletown? Plus, this issue contains the first of four short self-contained backup stories featuring Rapunzel. On sale August 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS THE EXTERMINATORS #8 Written by Simon Oliver Art by Chris Samnee Cover by Philip Bond A special stand-alone issue with guest art by rising star Chris Samnee (Queen and Country) presents Henry with a problem that could turn out more tragic than any pitched battle with bugs: the dreaded “two girlfriends” conundrum — proving that the only force more potent than nature is the human heart. On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS LOVELESS #10 Written by Brian Azzarello Art and cover by Marcelo Frusin Part 2 of “Thicker Than Blackwater.” While the notorious Bloody Bill terrorizes the town of Blackwater, Wes realizes that his own plans for revenge and redemption must be put on hold. But will Wes be able to put an end to the outlaw’s brutality given their shared past? On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS JACK OF FABLES #2 Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrey Pepoy Cover by James Jean So Jack's gone and got himself kidnapped, bloodied, broken, and spirited away to a mysterious prison camp called the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. For any other Fable this would spell a mess of trouble, but for Jack it's no more than a…okay, it's also a mess of trouble for him, but he'll stay undaunted when he meets the enigmatic author of his current dilemma: the mysterious Mr. Revise! On sale August 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS HELLBLAZER #223 Written by Denise Mina Art by Cristiano Cucina Cover by Lee Bermejo “Mina’s vivid slang and pervasive dread work wonders for grown-up comics.” —Entertainment Weekly A stand-alone story from John Constantine’s recent past finds him repaying a debt to a fellow magus who’s dying — along with the city of London itself. The killer? A terror that at first seems supernatural in origin, but turns out to be all too realistic in this memorable story from the mind of Denise Mina, guest-illustrated by Cristiano Cucina. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS THE LOSERS VOL. 5: ENDGAME TP Written by Andy Diggle Art by Jock and Colin Wilson Cover by Jock The saga of the Losers comes to its explosive conclusion with ENDGAME, collecting issues #26-32 of the acclaimed Vertigo series. It’s a white-knuckle ride into nuclear brinksmanship as the team forces a final confrontation with the rogue C.I.A. agent Max, only to discover the shocking secrets behind not only their foe but also one of their own! Advance-solicited; on sale September 27 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS THE LOSERS VOL. 4: CLOSE QUARTERS TP Written by Andy Diggle Art by Jock and Ben Oliver Cover by Jock Reoffered to coincide with THE LOSERS: ENDGAME, this is the fourth volume of the explosive espionage thriller, collecting issues #20-25. A reunion with the traitor Roque in the Company-created bank Cayman Credit Internationale leads the Losers to a cargo ship off the Azores — and a discovery that raises the stakes higher than anyone could have guessed. On sale August 2 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS • Relist OTHERWORLD BOOK ONE TP Written by Phil Jimenez Art by Jimenez & Andy Lanning Cover by Jimenez Hot off his work on INFINITE CRISIS, writer/artist Phil Jimenez delivers an epic saga — combining the dramatic setup and ensemble cast of Lost with the fantasy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and mind-bending technology of The Matrix. BOOK ONE of OTHERWORLD takes readers on an exciting adventure filled with widescreen action that's sexy, smart and unlike anything Vertigo has done before! Advance-solicited; on sale September 20 • 176 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS TESTAMENT #9 Written by Douglas Rushkoff Art and cover by Liam Sharp Part 2 of the 3-Part “Down to Egypt.” What happens when the gods have a plan for you, and that plan involves sleeping with someone you’re trying to avoid? The Biblical Judah found out the hard way — and so will Jake when Dinah lures him into a sexual initiation of her own. And Pierre Fallow and his disciple Alec plan to seduce the world’s youth with a paradise of consumerism that, like all visions of heaven, is too good to be true. On sale August 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Y: THE LAST MAN #48 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Goran Parlov & José Marzan, Jr. Cover by Massimo Carnevale Featuring guest art by Goran Parlov! The final and most important "secret origin" issue of the series reveals the untold story behind former Israeli Defense Forces leader Alter Tse'elon. What drives this female soldier's hunt for the last man on Earth, and what will Alter find that could mean the end of Yorick Brown? On sale August 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS DC Direct THE FLASH 13" DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE The Flash — the “Fastest Man Alive” — is an exciting addition to DC Direct's line of realistically proportioned, super-heroic 1:6-scale figures! This deluxe collector figure comes clothed in an authentically detailed fabric costume and includes a display stand. Packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel. Advance-solicited; on sale January 24 Collector figure • $59.99 U.S. JSA ACTION FIGURES Advance-solicited; on sale January 17 • Action Figure • PI MR. TERRIFIC 6.5” HAWKGIRL 6.5” DR. MIDNITE 6.5” HOURMAN 6.75” THE GOLDEN AGE ATOM 2 PACK 6” BATMAN SERIES 1 MINI FIGURES BY KOTOBUKIYA Imported exclusively by DC Direct! Formerly released in Japan as mystery box collectibles, this is the first time these figures have been sold fully assembled. Featuring Batman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, The Joker, Robin & the Batmobile, these 3” figures are individually packaged in a 4-color blister card. Retrosolicited; on sale July 14 • Mini Figures • 3"H • PI WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE: POWER GIRL BUST Designed by Adam Hughes Sculpted by John G. Mathews Feel the power! Continuing the stunning line of WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE BUSTS designed by award-winning illustrator Adam Hughes, this limited edition, hand- painted, cold-cast porcelain bust measures approximately 5.625" tall x 4" wide and x 2.25" deep, and is packaged in a four-color box. Advance-solicited; on sale January 10 Bust • $ 45.00 U.S. BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE: PAUL POPE Designed by Paul Pope Sculpted by Jean St. Jean Certain to be another sought-after addition to DC Direct’s collection of BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUES, this original creation designed by Paul Pope presents his unique vision of the Caped Crusader. Painted in monochromatic tones, this limited- edition statue reflects the mood of BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE VOL. 1 and 2, the stunning collections of short stories by award-winning talent. The statue measures approximately 6.5” tall x 4.5 ” wide x 3.5” deep. It features a logo-shaped base, and is packaged in a black-and-white box. Advance-solicited; on sale January 3 • Statue • $59.99 US IMAGES COMICS SPAWN GODSLAYER (ONE-SHOT) story by BRIAN HOLGUIN art & cover by JAY ANACLETO August 23 • 64 pages • FC • $6.99 In a far distant age of a world not our own, the Old Gods are dying, slaughtered one by one by the dark blade of a mysterious, unearthly marauder… Under the protection of the goddess Llyra, the island kingdom of Endra-La, oldest and most storied of the Shrouded Isles, has avoided the cruel fate suffered by lesser kingdoms. But on the eve of a royal wedding, black sails are spotted on the horizon. Alarms are sounded and fire fills the skies. The Godslayer has come for them at last. SPAWN: GODSLAYER is a dramatic re-imagining of TODD McFARLANE’s Spawn, a sweeping tale of fallen kingdoms, ancient curses and doomed love, sure to appeal to fans of epic fantasies like Elric, Conan and The Lord of the Rings. BOMB QUEEN VS. BLACKLIGHT (ONE-SHOT) story by SCOTT WHERLE art & cover by JIMMIE ROBINSON August 2 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50 "CAT FIGHT!"—It’s the battle you never expected! All bets are off when Bomb Queen meets Blacklight in battle in Las Vegas! Scott (Blacklight) Wherle and Jimmie (Bomb Queen) Robinson join forces in the sexiest, funniest and wildest one-shot special of the year! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES KITCHEN SINK MAGAZINE #14 August 9 • 128 pg • BW • $5.95 KITCHEN SINK, the Utne Award-winning “magazine for people who think too much,” is pleased to be partnering with Image Comics for the second issue in KITCHEN SINK’s fourth volume. KS14 includes: graphic journalism and Fantagraphics’ MOME; how King Kong '76 ascends its own tower of crap; Eugene Mirman and indie-rock comedy; fallen rapper Pez dispensers and other art by Packard Jennings; strippers for Christ; dating for monkeys; meditations on the first line of Moby Dick; green sex clubs in Japan and so very, very much more. PHONOGRAM #1 story by KEIRON GILLEN art & cover by JAMIE McKELVIE August 2 • 32 pg • BW • $3.50 Phonomancer David Kohl goes hunting for new flames at a feminist festival, only to get burnt by a very old one. A Goddess scorned returns to collect her pound of flesh and demand reparations. Phonogram: a world where music is magic, where a song can save your life… or end it. STRANGE GIRL #10 story by RICK REMENDER art & cover by NICK STAKAL August 30 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99 A marriage of DAVE McKEAN and KENT WILLIAMS, rising star NICK STAKAL joins up as new regular series artist. Six months after the shocking events of last issue, Bethany Black and crew find themselves in New York City on a search for safe passage to Europe and the last gateway to Heaven. They soon discover that safety is an illusion on the road to the home of Lucifer’s Black Hordes. REALM OF THE CLAW GN story by STAN WINSTON & FRANCIS TAKENAGA art by DAVID YARDIN cover by LIAM SHARP August 30 • 184 pg • FC • $16.99 When zookeeper Harrison Reed becomes plagued with strange, dream-like visions, he is forced to confront the unthinkable: that he and his brother are more than they seem. With enemies lurking in every corner and the allure of power corrupting at every turn, the truth must be discovered else his world…and his sanity…will be lost forever. Leaping from the imagination of Hollywood powerhouse STAN WINSTON, REALM OF THE CLAW is a story with bite… a vicious, bone-rattling, bloody bite! LIBERTY MEADOWS: COVER GIRL HC July 23 • 112 pg • $24.99 • FC art & cover by FRANK CHO For the first time, every single one of FRANK CHO’s covers for LIBERTY MEADOWS – from the single issues to the trade paperbacks and then some – is collected in one deluxe hardcover! Featuring an all-new cover and a behind the scenes look at the development of some of your favorite images of Brandy and the gang, from rough sketch to full color. LIBERTY MEADOWS, BOOK 3: SUMMER OF LOVE TP (NEW PRINTING) August 9 • 144 pg • $14.99 • BW story by FRANK CHO art & cover by FRANK CHO BACK IN PRINT! As the summer approaches, Brandy secretly falls in love with Frank. But around the corner, a catastrophe of global proportions awaits. Brandy must battle her evil counterpart from a parallel universe to save Frank and the animal sanctuary! Featuring completely remastered and uncensored strips, plus extensive sketch and illustration sections, a cover gallery and a complete, never-before-published LIBERTY MEADOWS short story. Collects LIBERTY MEADOWS #19 - 27 LIBERTY MEADOWS T-SHIRT S-XL $16.99 XXL $17.99 GROUNDED TP August 2 • 160 pg • FC • $14.99 story by MARK SABLE art & cover by PAUL AZACETA The good news: Superheroes are real. The bad news: You’re not one of them. When Jonathan is sent to a high school for super-powered teens, he’s forced to abandon his dream of having powers and deal with the reality that he’s the only kid without them. Collects GROUNDED #1-6. INVINCIBLE #35 (RES) story by ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover by RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE August 2 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99 What are Nolan's books and why did he tell Mark it was so important to read them? What stories do they tell, and how are they tied into the current events of his life? Secrets are revealed, and the stage is set for the next chapter in Invincible's life -- and it's all leading up to the monumental issue 50. PVP VOL. 1: THE DORK AGES TP (NEW PRINTING) story by SCOTT KURTZ art & cover by SCOTT KURTZ August 2 • 128 pg • BW • $11.99 BACK IN PRINT! Collecting the hard-to-find six-issue run of PvP originally published by Dork Storm Press for the first time. This trade paperback includes over ten pages of dorky extras, including preliminary artwork and gaming stats to play the PvP characters in your Mutants and Masterminds d20 campaigns (from Green Ronin Publishing). Collects PvP, Vol. 1 #1-6 PUT THE BOOK BACK ON THE SHELF: A BELLE & SEBASTIAN ANTHOLOGY GN (NEW PRINTING) by CHARLES BROWNSTEIN & DAVE CROSLAND, IAN CARNEY & JONATHAN EDWARDS, CATIA CHEN, LEELA CORMAN, BRUNO D’ANGELO, JEN DE GUZMAN & BRIAN BELEW, JANET HARVEY & LAURENN McCUBBIN, KAKO, JACOB MAGRAW, B. CLAY MOORE & HECTOR CASANOVA, ANDE PARKS & CHRIS SAMNEE, JAMIE S. RICH & MARK ELLERBY, MARK RICKETTS & LEANN BUCKLEY, RICK SPEARS & ROB G, ANDI WATSON, JOEY WEISER and others AUGUST 9 • 192 pg • FC • $19.99 BACK IN PRINT! With their infe