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X-MEN: AGE OF REVELATION OVERTURE #1
Jed MacKay (W) • Ryan Stegman (A/C) THE HEIR RISES – THE RESISTANCE IGNITES! X YEARS LATER, the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi – a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. It all begins here – the dawn of the AGE OF REVELATION!
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #1 (OF 5)
J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (W) • PERE PÉREZ (A) One of the most important Spider-Man writers returns to the webbed wonder! That's right, J. Michael Straczynski is back, but this time, he's digging into a very different part of Spidey history! Jump back with us to Peter's college days at EMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY with Gwen, Harry, MJ and Flash! But not everything is rosy and happy as a new evil rears its head in a way that's sure to impact Peter's future!(Please note: Although released in October, #1 is on the July forms. |Standing orders will start from #1.)
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AMAZING X-MEN #1
Jed MacKay (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A/C) HOPE THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation's chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive.
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BINARY #1
STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (W) • GIADA BELVISO (A) THIS IS BINARY…AND THE UNIVERSE BURNS WITH HER! X YEARS LATER, in the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn – a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, BINARY returns to save what's left. But power this great always comes with a price… and the end of everything might begin with her.
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CLOAK OR DAGGER #1
JUSTINA IRELAND (W) • LORENZO TAMMETTA (A) GHOSTED! X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot – but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time. Reunited at last, the fan-favorite characters from the hit Marvel Rivals face a love story warped by power and fate.
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EXPATRIATE X-MEN #1
EVE L. EWING (W) • FRANCESCO MORTARINO (A/C) UNITED BY WAR! X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control – until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything's on the line?
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FANTASTIC FOUR/GARGOYLES #1
Greg Weisman (W) • ENID BALÁM (A) MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY UNITES WITH THEMANHATTAN CLAN IN THIS EXCITING CROSSOVER! GARGOYLES creator and acclaimed Marvel writer Greg Weisman brings the Gargoyles to the Baxter Building alongside star artist Enid Balám! Danger strikes when the super villain Diablo learns stone gargoyles may hold the secret to eternal life…but the Gargoyles aren't about to let him leech the blood of his own! Fortunately, they've got the help of expert Diablo-bashers – the Fantastic Four! Plus: Tony Stark and David Xanatos compare facial hair, Marvel's own Gargoyle, Isaac Christians, bonds with his new kin, and more! You won't want to miss this collision of beloved universes!
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IMPERIAL WAR: IMPERIAL GUARDIANS #1
DAN ABNETT & JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • CORY SMITH (A) • SPINNING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF IMPERIAL! As the events of IMPERIAL explode in fatal fashion, the SUPER-SKRULL finds himself at the center of a seditious scheme with consequences that will be felt by the entire cosmos! But he's not the only superpower looking for answers – an unlikely team is on the hunt to avert disaster before galactic order is lost for good!
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IRON & FROST #1
CAVAN SCOTT (W) • RUAIRÍ COLEMAN (A) COLD AS FROST, HARD AS IRON! X YEARS LATER, after 3K's devastating terrorist attack cost Tony Stark and Emma Frost everything, the Heartless Queen returns to what remains of her past. Secrets hide in the ruins of New York. The HELLFIRE CLUB has a dangerous new leader.
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LAURA KINNEY SABRETOOTH #1
Erica Schultz (W) • Valentina Pinti (A) THE ALL-NEW SABRETOOTH! X YEARS LATER, she's taken the name of once-bitter enemy SABRETOOTH – and fights beside Revelation himself. Why did Laura Kinney abandon her legacy? What secrets does she keep from the mutant world? When loyalty changes, blood means everything.
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LONGSHOTS #1
GERRY DUGGAN & JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • ALAN ROBINSON (A) BUY THIS COMIC, OR ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE HEROES WILL DIE! X YEARS LATER, and Mojo's got a new game for Wonder Man, Hellcat, Bishop, Rhino and Kraven to play. There are no rules. One survivor wins. The others die. Mojo promises you can vote for the winner with your dollars – but you probably can't. Mojo cannot promise that any of this is true or that you can even vote, as all decisions will be made by Mojo and Mojo alone, in his Mojo dojo, it's fame or fatality in the wildest X-book of the year!
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MARVEL KNIGHTS: PUNISHER #1 (OF 4)
IMMY PALMIOTTI (W) • DAN PANOSIAN (A/C) THE WORLD TO COME EXPANDS! One of the other pillars of MARVEL KNIGHTS enters the fray with THE PUNISHER! How did Frank get from the killer of killers you know to the man you met in THE WORLD TO COME?! Marvel Knights co-founder Jimmy Palmiotti and artist extraordinaire Dan Panosian treat you to one of the most savage comics ever!
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MARVEL: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD AND GUTS #1 (OF 4)
G. Willow Wilson, Al Ewing & Chris Condon (W) Devmalya Pramanik, Kev Walker & More! (A) FACE FRONT, HORROR FANS! It's October! You know what that means…it's the season for ghouls, goblins and other horrifying haunts – and unfortunately for your favorite heroes and villains (but frightfully fortunate for you readers out there in Mighty Marveldom), the Marvel U is far from immune to the effects of this time of year! FIRST! The terrifyingly talented creative team of AL EWING & KEV WALKER brings you a blood-curdling story starring BLADE! THEN! We're not done with BLADE yet, as industry powerhouse G. WILLOW WILSON and your new favorite artist DEVMALYA PRAMANIK have their own daring vision of the daywalker! BUT WAIT! Because you simply cannot afford to miss the final scintillating story in this issue, starring IRON MAN from breakout star CHRIS CONDON! What? You thought we were going to let the horror characters of the Marvel U have all the fun? WELL, YOU WERE WRONG!
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OMEGA KIDS #1
TONY FLEECS (W) • ANDRÉS GENOLET (A) KID OMEGA'S ALL GROWN UP! X YEARS LATER, Quentin Quire protects the dream of mutant supremacy and independence as head of the Revelation Territories' spy network. But when a conspiracy threatens the mutant utopia, Quire and his psychic students will have to distinguish friend from foe. Has Quentin got what it takes to carry the dream forward, or will the next generation replace the former revolutionary?
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RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN #1
JOE KELLY (W) • KEV WALKER (A) UNFRIENDLY AND UNSTABLE! X YEARS LATER, the X-Virus decimated New York – but Spider-Man won't stop fighting. In a desperate gamble, Peter Parker doses himself with lethal radiation to hold the infection at bay. Survival comes at a cost. While this may not kill Peter Parker, it sure messes him up. This is the most dangerous, mutated Spider-Man ever – and he's not alone.
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RETURN TO PLANET HULK #1
GREG PAK (W) • CARLO PAGULAYAN (A/C) GAMMA-IRRADATED GLADITORIAL ACTION ON PLANET HULK! ALL-NEW STORY! Green blood will flow and sparks will fly! After escaping the RED KING'S deadly arena, HULK faces ferocious monsters and smashes his way through malicious machines and wild robotic terrors in one of his most important battles of survival on the war-torn planet of SAKAAR! Two possible destinies are at stake! The SAKAARSON, savior of the planet, or the WORLDBREAKER, the legendary destroyer! Will his rage only fuel the chaos of this alien world? Trust us, you're not going to want to miss out as superstar writer Greg Pak returns to his seminal run in this epic, gripping tale!
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ROGUE STORM #1
Murewa Ayodele (W) • ROLAND BOSCHI (A) KILL THE GODDESS, SAVE THE WORLD! X YEARS LATER, with Earth's gods gone, only ORORO MUNROE, the mutant god of storms remains. She is a goddess driven mad by dark magic and grief. Now, as STORM threatens to freeze the world into a new Ice Age, Rogue leads a team of killers and legends – Gateway, Iceman, Fantomex, Spiral and Warpath. The sole mission of this Uncanny X-Force: kill Storm.
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SINISTER’S SIX #1
DAVID MARQUEZ (W) • RAFAEL LOUREIRO (A) A SINISTER HEIST! X YEARS LATER, Mr. Sinister assembles an elite strike force to take his rightful place…on the throne of Revelation! What has Sinister offered Havok, Black Cat, Domino, Omega Red, Fantomex and Venom to convince them to take on impossible odds? Are Sinister's misfits throwing their lives away, or has Revelation underestimated how far his subjects will go when there's nothing left to lose?
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SPIDER-MAN: NOIR #1 (OF 5)
ERIK LARSEN (W) • ANDREA BROCCARDO (A) Brush up on the coolest Spider-Man before he hits the small screen! Spidey legend ERIK LARSEN puts on his writing hat to reinvent this Spider-Man like he did the original with rising-star artist ANDREA BROCCARDO. It's the 1930s and Peter Parker is a private detective by day, vigilante Spider-Man by night. Things were going well until a certain dame walked into his office to ask Peter to solve the case of her father's murder. The dame's name? GWEN STACY! This case may not only break George Stacy's police department, but Spider-Man himself!
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SPIRITS OF VIOLENCE #1 (OF 5)
Sabir Pirzada (W) • Paul Davidson (A) Johnny Blaze, Danny Ketch, Robbie Reyes,Kushala, Fantasma, Hellverine and more! Ghost Riders unite! When a strange group of new villains set their sinister plan in motion, Ghost Riders past, present and future must combine forces to save the world. But just who is the Spirit of Violence, and what horrors do they bring from Johnny Blaze's and Danny Ketch's pasts? Forget everything you thought you knew about Ghost Rider! The most climactic ride in history starts here! (Please note: this is a resolictitaion from earlier this year. All existing orders are cancelled; so the series needs to be ordered again from this month)
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THE LAST WOLVERINE #1
Saladin Ahmed (W) • EDGAR SALAZAR (A) WHAT HAPPENED TO WOLVERINE? X YEARS LATER, the people of Vancouver cheer a new hero: the WONDERFUL WOLVERINE, A.K.A. the WENDIGO, Logan's last student. But what happened to LOGAN? A secret from Wolverine's past will set the Last Wolverine on a mission to uphold his mentor's legacy…unless a dire threat burns it all down first!
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UNBREAKABLE X-MEN #1
Gail Simone (W) • LUCAS WERNECK (A/C) CRY MUTANT, CRY BLOOD! X YEARS LATER and the Uncanny X-Men have been shattered by loss and tragedy and scattered to different locations around the world. At Haven House, only three remain – wounded, grieving and guarding the portal to the terrifying PENUMBRA. Can they stop the thundering darkness that has lurked below the surface for centuries, screaming to break free? Or will they fail and watch a vengeful god bring an army of tormented souls to the surface, crying for mutant blood?
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UNDEADPOOL #1
Tim Seeley (W) • CARLOS MAGNO (A) THE MERC WITH THE MUTATED MOUTH…HUNGERS! X YEARS LATER, and the virus ravaging the REVELATION TERRITORIES has finally made WADE WILSON into what he always wanted to be – a mutant! But not like this – NOT LIKE THIS! Deadpool's healing factor is on overdrive, his mind a passenger in a body that hungers…and cannot be sated, unless he devours the life force of mutants! His next targets are the new blood known as FEARLESS, MAGNI, KID MAN-THING and FANTASTICA. It's Deadpool like you've never seen him!
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WHITE TIGER: REBORN #1
DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER & CYNTHIA PELAYO (W) • MOISES HIDALGO & MORE! (A) THE RETURN OF THE WHITE TIGER! Ava Ayala is the current wielder of the powers of the White Tiger, bearing the amulet of power that imbue its host with a connection to mystical power and martial arts prowess. As Ava returns to her old stomping grounds to protect the innocent, she becomes embroiled in a mystery that forces her to confront her family's murder and convoluted history linking them to the White Tiger mantle as Ava is brought face-to-face with – Hector Ayala, her dead brother and the original White Tiger?! In this special, celebrating Hispanic and Latin America Heritage Month, superstar writer Daniel José Older uncovers never-before-seen moments of the White Tiger's history and propels Ava into a new era as she reforges her link to the Tiger God and makes the mantle her own in this gripping tale! Plus, don't miss out the Marvel debut of Bram Stroker award winner, Cynthia Pelayo, in this action-packed special celebrating the legacy of American Comic's first Latin Hero!
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WORLD OF REVELATION #1
RYAN NORTH, AL EWING AND MORE (W) • TBA (A) THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW IS GONE! X YEARS LATER, what happened to the Fantastic Four? And what horrors plague the East Coast? How does the rest of the world survive the rise of Revelation? And far above, on Arakko, what does Apocalypse think of his heir's new empire? Discover the far-reaching impact of AGE OF REVELATION across the Marvel Universe.
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X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION #1
Jed MacKay (W) • NETHO DIAZ (A/C) THE GAME OF POWER COMMENCES! X YEARS LATER, after the assassination of one of his prized Choristers, Revelation welcomes a new mutant to his capital city of Philadelphia. But the capital of the Revelation Territories hides many dangers, not the least of which are her rival Choristers – and Fabian Cortez will allow no one to challenge him for Revelation's favor. But this new mutant has a secret ally – the Ghost of Philadelphia!
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X-VENGERS #1
JASON LOO (W) • SERGIO DÁVILA (A) EARTH'S MIGHTIEST…HATED AND FEARED! X YEARS LATER, Earth still needs the Avengers…but what happens when those who are left have transformed into mutants?! Dani Moonstar leads a new team of Avengers (Hawkeye, Vision, Water Widow, Shang-Chi, Variable Man and Cannonball) to protect the planet! But can these "X-Vengers" protect all of Earth, including the Revelation Territories?!
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ABSOLUTE BATMAN 2025 ANNUAL #1
Written by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, JAMES HARREN,and MEREDITH MCCLAREN Art by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, JAMES HARREN, Some of the biggest names in comics take a turn in the Absolute Universe! Daniel Warren Johnson and James Harren tell tales from Absolute Batman’s early days! How did Bruce acquire his batmobile? And what was it like for Black Mask’s party animals when Batman first hit the scene?
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ABSOLUTE EVIL #1
Written by AL EWING Art and cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and STEFANO NESI Without heroes…without protection…without restraint…there is only ABSOLUTE EVIL. The emergence of superheroes has caught the attention of the world…and it’s certainly caught the attention of the people who run it. Ra’s al Ghul, Veronica Cale, Elenore Thawne, Hector Hammond, and the mysterious “Joker” have worked at cross-purposes until now, but this growing threat requires new ways of thinking…and new partnerships. An insidious betrayal from within their ranks is imminent, and if they don’t take action, they’ll lose control of a planet that was built to be their playground! Superstars Al Ewing and Giuseppe Camuncoli join forces to kickstart the next era of Absolute Universe stories…with several shocking new character reveals, and one big unmissable twist!
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DC K.O. #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER Art and acetate cover by JAVI FERNÁNDEZ The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid! The end of the DC Universe is here! The Justice League’s only chance to defeat Darkseid is to enter a deadly tournament, an epic and over-the-top battle royale that will surprise you! The World’s Greatest Heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch…the closer you get to the Heart of Apokolips, the more it corrupts you, changes you into something dangerous. Which DC character has what it takes to make it to the end? Who is willing to do what it takes to win it all, even if it means taking down their friends and family? b You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts!
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GOTHAM ACADEMY: FIRST YEAR #1
Written by BRENDEN FLETCHER, KARL KERSCHL, and BECKY CLOONA Art by MARCO FERRARI Olive Silverlock has a problem, and it is shaped like Gotham’s favorite hero: Batman. He “saved” her when her mom lost control and got Commissioner Gordon to pawn her off on Bruce Wayne, who promptly shuffled her off to Gotham Academy. Boarding school. With a bunch of awful rich kids! As if she wasn’t traumatized enough already! How will Olive navigate her trauma as a new student? Who will she share her first kiss with? And…why are the existing fans talking so much about maps? Fall in love with the fan-favorite characters all over again in this revealing prequel taking readers back to Gotham Academy! Artist Marco Ferrari joins the original team as we return to the hallowed halls for even more mystery, romance, and teen drama. Guaranteed to delight fans of the original series and introduce new readers to the lovable cast; don’t miss the year it all began!
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JOKER/HARLEY: MALICIOUS INTENT #1
Written by KAMI GARCIA Art by MICO SUAYAN and JASON BADOWER One year after defeating The Joker, Harley is still hunting serial killers—just not in the city she used to protect. She burned her association with the GCPD and Lt. Jim Gordon and now works with vigilantes to seek a very different kind of justice. But when Gotham headlines about a new series of grisly crime scenes lead to speculation that her nemesis is somehow escaping Arkham to continue his murder spree, she feels compelled to return. Jonathan Crane, former classmate and current head of Arkham Asylum, assures her that The Joker is securely locked in his cell…yet the women of Gotham are still being stalked by a killer who is using their corpses to make art. Unwilling to return to the police precinct and its regulations, Harley forms an alliance with some unlikely conspirators, and these women work to save the people of Gotham City. New York Times #1 bestseller Kami Garcia (writer of the Teen Titans series), Mico Suayan (Knight Terrors: Action Comics), and Jason Badower (Wonder Woman ’77) return to the gritty, terrifying version of Gotham they explored in the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity to delve into the twisted mind of a killer, his disciple, and the women who will take them down!
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JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE OMEGA ACT #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Art by YASMINE PUTRI A special oversize prologue to DC’s biggest event of the year. Everything since DC All In Special #1 has been building to this moment! Time Trapper is on the run from Darkseid’s Legion. Racing through time to learn how to stop Darkseid’s conquest, he witnesses how the future is already lost and the only hope of survival lies with the Justice League! The Time Trapper has a plan to save the DCU, but it means making an impossible offer to the League…
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POISON IVY 2025 ANNUAL #1
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM A tale of times past! No matter what Pamela Isley does, mercy or slaughter, humanity seems dead set on betraying the Earth. Yet Ivy still refuses to let go of her own humanity in service of that which she claims to love. Hoping to discover a way forward, Poison Ivy sets out to find the living repository of all secrets—the Tree of Knowledge. But like those who have tasted the tree’s fruit before her, Ivy learns far more than she bargained for.
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SUPERMAN RED & BLUE 2025 SPECIAL #1
Written by PAUL DINI, DAN ABNETT, MICHAEL WALSH, and RAINBOW ROWELL Art by CAITLIN YARSKY, MICHAEL WALSH, CIAN TORMEY and MORE! The beloved, Eisner-nominated series returns with a special one-shot to put a cap on Superman’s monumental year! Witness visions of the Man of Steel in his signature colors of red and blue brought to you by comics’ finest writers and artists. Paul Dini soars from Gotham to Metropolis for a touching tale. Meanwhile Dan Abnett (Titans) gives a reporter the Superman scoop of the century, Michael Walsh (Exquisite Corpses) makes his DC debut, and Rainbow Rowell (Runaways) revisits Lois and Clark!
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DEATH TO PACHUCO
STORY: HENRY BARAJAS ART: RACHEL MERRILL, LEE LOUGHRIDGE During the summer of 1943, Los Angeles became a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of fierce clashes erupted between U.S. Navy members and Mexican American youth stemming from the murder of Carlos Urbano. Private eye Ricardo "Ricky" Tellez needs to find the Sleepy Lagoon Killer before the racist mob kills him in the Zoot Suit Riots. The clock is ticking—and it's a bad time to be a Mexican. The syndicated team of Henry Barajas (La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo) and Rachel Merril (IZZY N JEAN, The New Yorker) uncover a Chino Noir rooted in the shameful parts of L.A.'s history!
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G I JOE COLD SLITHER
STORY: TIM SEELEY ART: JUANN CABAL, REX LOKUS The Greatest Band Ever Reunites to Rock and Rule the World. Discover the true (well, kinda) story of what happened to Cold Slither through the eyes of the band themselves (who were, of course, not the Dreadnoks on an undercover mission). But as Cobra is topping the charts and dominating the world, can G.I. Joe find a way to change the tune? Tim Seeley (Rogue, Local Man) and Juann Cabal (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man) present the most unexpected new comic book of the year!
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GOOD DEVILS: DON’T PLAY FAIR WITH EVIL #1
STORY: DAVID BROTHERS ART / COVER: NICK DRAGOTTA From Nick Dragotta (East of West, Absolute Batman) and David Brothers (Time Waits) comes three tales that hit like a truck. Who will rule the roost in the post-apocalypse? Will the greatest boxer alive actually live up to his self-proclaimed legend? And just who will survive in America? Extra-length, perfect bound issue.
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HECTOR PLASM: HUNT THE BIGFOOT #1
STORY: BENITO CERENO ART: DEREK HUNTER, SPENCER HOLT Itinerant ghost-hunter Hector Plasm has faced all sorts of unquiet spirits in his travels, but a series of murders in a Pacific Northwest town leads him to confront a creature more solid than usual: BIGFOOT! Can Hector track down a beast that doe
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ICE CREAM MAN MORTAL COIL SHUFFLE
STORY: W. MAXWELL PRINCE ART: MARTÍN MORAZZO, CHRIS O'HALLORAN Ice Cream Man is proud to present an unprecedented comic book EVENT. Continuing their exploration into just what a comic can BE, the award-nominated team responsible for Ice Cream Man—one of the most enduring comics of the last decade—has pushed the envelope…this time, so far that it might just fall right off the gosh-darn table. "The Mortal Coil Shuffle" is a one-time-only, one-of-a-kind Ice Cream Man story…told via a deck of 55 "playing" cards. And those cards—numbered, sequenced, and packed in a beautiful custom card box—tell a comic book yarn unlike anything you've read before. Every card features art by ICM super-duo Martín Morazzo and Chris O'Halloran… alongside the wring (natch) of W. Maxwell Prince. As for the deck… Some cards tell part of the story; other cards cast "spells" on the characters, reminiscent of a…MAGICAL card game folks have loved for decades; some cards must be joined with other cards to form a complete piece of art—like putting a puzzle together! Not to mention: trick cards, rude intrusions, and "wild cards" that can alter the direction of the story lickety split, just like that. It's a first-of-its-kind comic experiment, and as such will be limited to ONE PRINTING and ONE PRINTING ONLY. And the story told here will also never be collected in trade. The cards will be released, and then…POOF, they'll be gone, like MAGIC. (We suggest reserving one with your LCS far in advance of FOC!) So get ready, comic fans, to Go Fish, Draw Four, Declare War, and (probably) Fold Your Hand in this exciting comic-book-narrative delivery innovation—anchored, of course, by the creepy, strange voice readers have come to love/hate from Ice Cream Man. Good luck, and please do be careful: THE DECK IS STACKED.
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SPAWN THE DARK AGES #1
STORY / ART / COVER A: LIAM MCCORMACK-SHARP Saxon barbarians harry Britain from the east. In the North, the Pictish threat looms. From the West, Hibernians send raiders from the land that shall one day be called Ireland. Aurelianus, newly anointed king, must defend Britain against all of these threats, whilst also dealing with the growing rebellion amongst his own people. For there are stories of another, more worthy king. One anointed by the old Celtic gods – whom the Christians refer to as the Devil Spawn… An exciting new miniseries from acclaimed artist and writer Liam Sharp. Epic brutality comes to the Spawn Universe.
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SUPER CREEPSHOW SPECIAL
STORY: DAN WATTERS, RYAN STEGMAN, ED BRISSON ART: CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, RILEY ROSSMO, ANDREI BRESSAN, INAKI AZPIAZU, ANDRES MOSSA, ADRIANO LUCAS THIS ULTIMATE CREEPSHOW EXPERIENCE IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ! Join the Creep in a special celebration of superheroes new, old, and very, very disturbed in what's possibly already being called the most important comic book of the year! First, Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns, Destro) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (Absolute Superman) plan a funeral for the world's greatest superhero, but his return might be the worst thing that could ever happen! Then, Ryan Stegman (X-Men) and Riley Rossmo (The Moon is Following Us) introduce the world to the Grave Ghost, a superhero who must solve the case of…his own death! Finally, Ed Brisson (Wolverine: Old Man Logan) and Andrei Bressan (Dark Ride) unleash the chilling tale of what happens when a super serum gets injected into someone who may be more super VILLAIN than hero.
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THE AUTHOR IMMORTAL #1
STORY: FRANK J. BARBIERE ART / COVER A: MORGAN BEEM A story about the stories that shape us — and the power they still hold. Hector Ramirez is a failed writer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to help reboot the fantasy book series that defined his childhood. But when he discovers the original author has mysteriously vanished into his fictional world, Hector is pulled into a realm where stories are alive, and some are willing to kill to stay in control. From acclaimed writer Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Violent Love) and rising-star watercolor artist Morgan Beem (Swamp Thing: Twin Branches, You Belong Here) comes a literary fantasy for fans of Locke & Key, The Magicians, and Saga with an oversized 40-page debut issue. The Author Immortal is a bold new ongoing series about legacy, imagination, and reclaiming the power of storytelling.
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UNIVERSAL MONSTERS DRACULA BLACK AND WHITE SPECIAL #1
STORY: JAMES TYNION IV ART / COVER A: MARTIN SIMMONDS THE EISNER AWARD-NOMINATED SERIES IS RESURRECTED IN GLORIOUS BLACK & WHITE! The Department Of Truth creators James Tynion IV (Exquisite Corpses, Something is Killing the Children) and Martin Simmonds present the first two issues of their acclaimed series in remastered stunning black & white in a tribute to the iconic film that changed the face of horror. When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward attempts to apply logic to the impossible…his surrogate daughter Lucy begins to fall under the spell of the twisted Count Dracula!
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AMERICAN CAPER #1
Dan Houser (W) Lazlow (W) David Lapham (A) Lee Loughridge A tale of two totally normal, completely damaged families in a world of corrupt businesses, inept local politicians, bungling criminals, and unfortunate leisurewear. We follow the fortunes of two neighbors on the point of collapse: a Mormon hit man and a gambling-addict lawyer, both intertwined in a real-estate deal gone wrong. Mix in a Mexican beauty queen on the run from her past, two escaped convicts in love, a Wall Street billionaire who has become a cowboy, and a maniac hell-bent on revenge. American culture has become a war about real estate, violence, and snake oil. From the tax avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming to the thought police of liberal Brooklyn to the confused political and environmental battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: this tragedy is someone else’s fault.
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DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER #1
Kyle Starks (W) Piotr Kowalski (A) Something terrible has happened. For forty days she was tortured by five men and left for dead—but she will get her revenge on each and every one of them. And it will be bloody. An event that takes her on a strange and violent supernatural path of payback through bizarre encounters with ex-hitmen, sadistic art enthusiasts, and literal devils. A new dark horror four-issue series from the creators of Where Monsters Lie, Kyle Starks (Those Not Afraid) and Piotr Kowalski (Let This One Be a Devil), that’s perfect for fans of The Crow, revenge horror, and violent, well-deserved retribution.
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HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.:THE GHOST SHIPS OF LABRADOR #1
Mike Mignola (W) Rob Williams (W) Laurence Campbell (A) A town overrun by ghosts would be enough of a problem, but Hellboy has an even bigger problem on his hands when a fellow B.P.R.D. agent disappears among the paranormal chaos.
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JOHN LE CARRÉ’S:THE CIRCUS— LOSING CONTROL
Matt Kindt (W) Ibrahim Moustafa (A) (Cover) Every day, the intelligence agents of the Circus are enmeshed in highstakes, high-wire acts that the average citizen would never notice. They protect Britain’s most sensitive secrets—and in modern Britain, secrets are everything. At the head of it all is Control: the all-powerful puppet master who decides who goes where, who does what, and sometimes, of necessity, who lives and who dies. But now, Control has vanished. He doesn’t show up at the office. He misses his meetings. He won’t—or can’t—answer his phone. He is, simply, nowhere. Control’s assistant Maggie is the only one who knows he’s gone, and with a critical mission blown in Berlin, the clock is ticking. Maggie knows every protocol, every password, and every operative—but whether something has happened to Control or whether this is part of his plan, she has no idea. Either way, she can’t trust anyone with the knowledge of his absence. Can she even trust him? Secrets within the Circus have a way of coming unraveled, and Maggie will have to act fast . . . or risk the walls tumbling down around her.
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SPACE SCOUTS #1
Matt Kindt (W) David Rubin (A) (C) A brand-new science-fiction, action-adventure odyssey by Ether’s Matt Kindt and David Rubin. A young girl heads to the center of the universe to compete in a reality show to become the next “Space Scout.” What starts as a teenage drama turns into deadly war at the edge of the universe as the “winning” recruits are sent into a clandestine interminable battle that they most likely won’t survive. Space Scouts is the latest release from Flux House Books, a new boutique imprint that will feature the writing (and sometimes) art of acclaimed comics creator Matt Kindt, with crime, science-fiction, horror, and humor stories, all told and presented in startling and untraditional ways.
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30 DAYS OF NIGHT: FALLING SUN #1
Story Rodney Barnes Art Chris Shehan IDW’s hit horror franchise returns with a terrifying new tale! The town of Barrow has moved on. Those who remember the vampiric terror of two decades past would rather not talk about it. Those who don’t remember don’t believe the stories. Ignorance will be their downfall, because a dark memory is stirring in the heart of Romania and it has set its sights on Barrow, the death place of Vicente. While vampires seek revenge for their fallen leader in Alaska, troubled teen Jalen James seeks sanctuary. After fleeing gang violence in Los Angeles, Jalen needs a fresh start. But he’s unlikely to find it as the sun falls… Writer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia, Batman: Full Moon) and artist Chris Shehan (House of Slaughter, The Autumnal) welcome you back to Barrow in the oversize first issue of this revival.
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MONSTER HIGH: SHOCK AND AWW!
Story Heather Nuhfer Art Kellee Riley For the first time in over a decade, Monster High and IDW have partnered to bring out-of-print comics back to unlife for the fandom. Each short story from I Only Have Eye for You by Heather Nuhfer and Kellee Riley is back in a new format for fangs to enjoy. In Shock and Aww!, Invisi Billy wishes he could read Scarah Screams’ mind, but he gets a bit more than he asked for when a shock from Frankie Stein causes them to switch bodies! Billy and Scarah will have to work together, and learn how to control each other’s powers, if they want to switch back in time for the Fraidy Hawkins dance!
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RETURN TO SLEEPY HOLLOW #1
Story Casey Gilly Art Savanna Mayer Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999) continues in Return to Sleepy Hollow! From Eisner Award–winning author Casey Gilly (Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer, “A Funeral in Foam”) comes a tale of buried truths, decaying bodies, and rotting gods. The Headless Horseman hasn’t plagued Sleepy Hollow for 15 years now, but unbeknownst to the residents of the drowsy valley, a deeper evil lurks in the roots of the town, and it will stop at nothing to quench its thirst for blood. Ichabod Crane is a man of science and, despite his indisputable brush with the supernatural, has built a name for himself debunking claims of the occult across the world. However, when he receives a frantic letter urging him to return to Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod must reunite with his now estranged love, Katrina Van Tassel, to investigate a string of strange, unexplainable murders. Together, they will uncover the truth of Sleepy Hollow’s origins and the roots that connect them all.
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TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1
Story Mikey Levitt Art Louie Joyce New tales of the TMNT based on the newest Ninja Turtles animated series! When Donatello is invited to a prestigious robotics camp for genius kids, he’s excited to rebuild Metalhead and compete for the camp’s prize for best robot. But when the competition goes haywire, Donnie’s forced to wonder who really invited him, and what do they want with Metalhead? By debut comics writer Mikey Levitt (Tales of the TMNT production team) and neon punk comics artist Louie Joyce (Godzilla: Skate or Die, Haphaven, Past the Last Mountain)
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TUATHA
Story & Art Gavin Fullerton A breathtaking fantasy epic told in 40 gorgeous pages. In a forgotten and war-torn realm, a young woman travels through a dark wood bearing the severed head of her dead king on her back. Tasked with delivering the monarch’s remains to their final resting place on a fabled faraway island, the woman must navigate the many perils of her ancestors’ failed civilization in its final death throes. Along the way, she’ll discover savage beasts, monstrous creatures, slaughtered villagers, and violent raiders battling for the final scraps of the world. Join writer/artist Gavin Fullerton (Closet) in this master class of a horror fantasy one-shot.
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DIE!NAMITE: BLOOD RED #1
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE ARTIST: MARCO FINNEGAN TIME TO DIE ANOTHER DAY! The ravening undead return to resume their feasting upon the living in the newest bloodcurdling chapter of Dynamite's all-star supergroup adventures in the dystopic future! Outside the crazily fortified gates of Sunset City, the zombie hordes search ceaselessly for their prey — and that means women, because the gender-targeting Deadman virus is strictly a boys' club. Inside the walls, rival factions jockey for power under the iron thumb of Purgatori and her enforcers, the Furies — including Vampirella, who's stuck on Earth under Drakulonian quarantine to keep the male plague at bay. But it turns out that Vampi's not the only alien in the skies — and when someone from a certain red planet arrives on the scene, everyone's plans will get scrambled like a Deadman on a busy highway! The newly infected creative team of writer FRED VAN LENTE and artist MARCO FINNEGAN unleash all of your favorite femmes fatales in the epic sci-fi grand guignol that is Die!namite: Blood Red #1 — featuring skull-cracking covers from EJ SU, GODTAIL, DAVID COUSENS, and WILL ROBSON! DIE!NAMITE HEROES NEVER SAY DIE! SPECIAL BLIND BAG VARIANT COVER AVAILABLE!
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DISNEY VILIANS MALIFECENT #1
WRITER: PAULINA GANUCHEAU ARTIST: THEO STULTZ JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS! The Queen of the Forbidden Mountain returns for an all-new tale of villainy crafted by writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU and artist THEO STULTZ! Set in the time just after the vengeful Maleficent leveled her curse against Princess Aurora, this hypnotic new adventure follows the power-hungry regent as she sets out to build up her arsenal of magical energy to the point that she will be invulnerable to any force that would dare challenge her reign. When her goblin minions return from a raid against a neighboring kingdom bearing a mysterious glowing grimoire, the Queen senses an ancient and otherworldly presence between its covers — a force that could deliver to her a new wellspring of nearly unlimited power. To take possession of it, however, she must leave the safety of her kingdom and venture into an unfamiliar and dangerous realm — a place from which few humans ever return! Featuring darkly beautiful covers by PAULINA GANUCHEAU, ELLERY SANTOS, ROBERT QUINN, and THEO STULTZ, Disney Villains: Maleficent Vol. 2 #1 adds a new layer of complexity to one of Disney's most compellingly sinister antagonists! ONCE UPON A NIGHTMARE!
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HARLEY QUINN X ELVIRA #1
WRITERS: AMANDA CONNER, JIMMY PALMIOTTI ARTISTS: AMANDA CONNER, JUAN SAMU THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK MEETS DADDY'S LITTLE MONSTER! THIS IS WHY THE MULTIVERSE WAS CREATED! What happens when the Clown Princess of Crime gets bored? Shenanigans, hijinks, grievous bodily harm… the possibilities are endless! Now add in a certain macabre-minded TV host who seems to attract trouble like crypts attract vampires, and the stage is set for the greatest team-up since Frankenstein met his Bride! With her beloved show on the chopping block following a corporate takeover, Elvira needs to come up with a plan to get things back in the black — and her new friend Harley Quinn has an idea that's just crazy enough to work! Together, they're going to throw the greatest Halloween party Brooklyn has ever seen — whether the borough likes it or not! Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI — the world-famous tag-team of all things Harley Quinn — this crossover event for the ages from Dynamite and DC Comics also showcases Amanda's fan-favorite artistic chops, with each issue featuring two (count 'em, two) Conner covers. And that's not all (certainly not!) — she's also joining interior artist (and Elvira favorite) JUAN SAMU to provide selected story pages for the series! But wait, there's more! This premier issue also includes darkly captivating covers from JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, CHAD HARDIN, BEN CALDWELL, and best-selling Mark Spears Monsters creator MARK SPEARS! *RESOLICIT, ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED*
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SUPERNATURAL #1
WRITER: GREG PAK ARTIST: EDER MESSIAS THE BROTHERS WINCHESTER RETURN! Get ready to hit the road again with Dean and Sam as they prowl the highways and byways of small-town America in search of demonic wrongdoing to put right! Set between the foundational first and second seasons of the landmark television series, this brand-new title from acclaimed author GREG PAK (Darth Vader, Lilo & Stitch) and preternaturally gifted artist EDER MESSIAS (Sam Wilson: Captain America) brings readers back to where the dark magic first began — and reveals a disturbing new threat that the bickering brothers will have to face before they can return to hunting down the demon who killed their mother. In this first issue, the monster hunters must uncover the entity responsible for a series of mysterious fires in a decaying rust belt town — attacks that begin with a Windler Industries factory burning down, and then escalate to several Windler employees themselves going up in flames. But finding the malevolent force behind the otherworldly arsons may not be as straightforward as it might seem — especially once the suspiciously well-prepared CEO Steff Windler gets personally involved! Featuring atmospherically arresting covers from CLAYTON CRAIN, DAVID COUSENS, and EDER MESSIAS, each issue of Supernatural also includes a special PHOTO cover showcasing the beloved cast of the hit show! SAVING PEOPLE, HUNTING THINGS — THE FAMILY BUSINESS!
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THE TERMINATOR: METAL #1
WRITERS: DECLAN SHALVEY, RORY MCCONVILLE ARTIST: LORENZO RE KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE — AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER! In the post-apocalyptic future that follows Judgment Day, the shattered remnants of humanity must make use of every tool they can in their existential battle against the machines — and that includes the deadliest weapons that Skynet sends to annihilate them. For one member of the Resistance, this means trusting his life to a reprogrammed Terminator. Trapped behind enemy lines, the soldier and his repurposed engine of destruction must find a way to both survive and complete their mission — an undertaking with such a low probability of success that it could reboot the Terminator back to its default settings! Acclaimed Terminator and ThunderCats author DECLAN SHALVEY is joined by co-writer RORY MCCONVILLE and returning artist LORENZO RE for a brand-new chapter in his chilling saga of the War Against the Machines with The Terminator: Metal #1 — featuring brutally beautiful covers from SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and IVAN TAO!
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THUNDERCATS: PUMYRA #1
WRITER: ED BRISSON ARTIST: ALICE LECLERT ONE 'CAT AGAINST THE WORLD! In the aftermath of a war against the Mu'tants — a war that claimed her parents' lives — an orphaned Pumyra is taken in by Jaga, who sees untapped potential in the scrappy young cat. As she grows, Pumyra, still angry at the universe over the loss of her parents, trains under Jaga in the art of healing — and discovers the power of compassion to transform pain into hope! Acclaimed author ED BRISSON (ThunderCats: Lost, SilverHawks) and artist ALICE LECLERT (Crossover Division) craft a powerful tale of struggle and redemption in this 40-page one-shot special — uplifted by inspiring covers from CLAYTON HENRY, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, ROBERT QUINN, and WILL ROBSON! OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND INTO THE LIGHT! 28 STORY PAGES!
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HELLO HALLOWEEN #1
Written by R.L. Stine, Robert Hack, Megan Hutchison, Shawn Patrick Boyd Illustrated by Carola Borelli, Robert Hack, Megan Hutchison, Elijah Henry Trick-or-treat yourself to a fresh batch of nightmares. Dare you turn the page? The hit anthology series returns with another chilling installment of bone-rattling horror! Terrifying new tales arrive just in time to haunt your seasonal reading list! Featuring top tier talent and a can’t-miss, brand-new Graveyard Club story from horror master R.L. Stine (Goosebumps) and artist Carola Borelli (SpiderWoman) as well as a new installment of “I Can’t Take You Anywhere” plus short stories by Robert Hack, Megan Hutchison, Shawn Patrick Boyd and Elijah Henry.
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MARIAN HERETIC #1
Written by Tini Howard Illustrated by Joe Jaro Experience a bold new series where divine conviction meets dark compromise. Sister Marian is a witch hunter, a Mother Superior, and a heretic—guided by a Goddess the Church refuses to acknowledge. When the Holy Father brands her order blasphemers, Marian strikes a dark bargain to become their personal enforcer. As she delivers murderous judgment night after night in the city of Vespers, she can feel her soul fracture…but what can she do with the lives of her sisters at stake? Acclaimed writer Tini Howard (Catwoman, Excalibur) and artist Joe Jaro (Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer), launches a provocative new take on nunsploitation, religious horror, and rebellion!
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MARY SUE #1
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin Illustrated by Lisa Sterle Despite what her mom thinks, Cassie has lots of friends—they just all happen to be online, where she can talk to them about her beloved favorite show, Riverview, and get their feedback on her fan fic WIP, starring Jessica, her very own hot vampire OC. But her fic writing persona is revealed to the entire school when her former best friend finds it and can’t resist reading some of it out loud to their classmates. Cassie thinks things can’t get more humiliating, until her very own Mary Sue pops right out of her fic to save the day—or make it much, much worse.
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MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1
To celebrate the spookiest time of the year BOOM! Studios, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro–the ONLY place to get new, official POWER RANGERS stories, bring you the first ever MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! This oversized anthology issue features stories by lauded creators Sina Grace, Meghan Camarena, Danny Lore, Nick Marino, Zachary Sterling, Jodi Nishijima, and Arielle Jovellanos. The spookiest showdown in Angel Grove history is here! For the first time ever, it’s a Power Rangers Halloween short story collection featuring the return of the Pumpkin Rapper and the debut of the sugary Colonel Maize! When the villains capture a bus full of kids and a few of their fellow teammates, the Rangers must swap scary stories from their most harrowing missions to keep hope alive!
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CRANIACS
(W) Sholly Fisch (A) Joe Simko DEBUT COMIC BASED ON HIT CRANIACS TRADING CARDS! CRANIACS TV SERIES IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM ANIMATION STUDIO TITMOUSE (SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE)! INTERIOR ART BY GARBAGE PAIL KIDS LEGEND JOE SIMKO! FROM JOE SIMKO (GARBAGE PAIL KIDS), IRA FRIEDMAN (TOPPS) AND ACCLAIMED WRITER SHOLLY FISCH (BATMAN, SCOOBY-DOO)! Two planets collide, forming one world. Two distinct skull-faced societies split down the middle! One side is wild & stone age named RETROVIA; the other side is systematic & ultra-futuristic named FUTERRA. Innovative reading experience! Read the story of RETROVIA then turn and flip to read about FUTERRA. Two stories that meet in the middle, which leads onto issue #2
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LITTLE NIGHTMARES: DESCENT TO NOWHERE
(W) Lonnie Nadler (A) Dennis Menheere BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING CHARMING HORROR GAME, LITTLE NIGHTMARES! THE WORLD OF THE AWARD-WINNING LITTLE NIGHTMARES AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE! Hush, a timid mute girl, wakes up in a jail cell. Desperate to escape, she befriends another prisoner, Mono, who understands this world far better than her. They will have to find a way out of a very dark Dungeon. Elsewhere, Myra is a detective exhausted by life who meets someone who reignites her will to make a difference. They resume investigating unresolved cases of children vanishing year after year without a trace.
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: REFORGED
(W) Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas (A) Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala REFORGED revitalizes the legendary black-and-white magazine with vivid, all-new color restorations, bringing new depth and intensity to Conan’s celebrated adventures. This new series kicks off with two of Conan’s most iconic stories: Tower of the Elephant featuring art from the legendary John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala, and The Frost-Giant’s Daughter from the incomparable Barry Windsor-Smith, now recolored to fully capture the brutal majesty of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age. The sword is drawn, the battles rage, and the legend is reforged.
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BARBARIC THE BLACK KNIGHT #1
Creators: (W) Michael Moreci, Michael Moreci (A) Nathan Gooden, Gui Balbi An over-length one-shot featuring Flail, the talking…well, Flail! Deadheart, Serra, and Ka return after their (mis)adventures in Queen of Swords to defeat the evil witch Doxon once and for all. Too bad a familiar face…on a spiked ball at the end of a vicious weapon wielded by an ancient knight…has other plans. Someone isn’t making it out of this one-shot in one piece, so you should probably read it—IF you want to keep calling yourself a Barbaric fan.
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VEROTIKA SUSPENSTORIES #1
(W) Glenn Danzig, Simon Bisley (A) Jonathan Wayshak (CA) Simon Bisley
Pumkyl Returns with the Witch to wreak unbridled vengeance on the Town's People. Story by Glenn Danzig and art by Simon Bisley. Then Mystery Girl is back in a bloody way with the Sergeant Anders right on her heels. Story by Glenn Danzig and art by Jonathan Wayshak. Cover by Simon 'Biz' Bisley. (STL381055) (C: 0-1-2)
FC SRP: $5.95
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MARK SPEARS MONSTERS: THE MONSTER & THE WOLF #1
WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY: MARK SPEARS FIRST NEW MARK SPEARS MONSTERS FIRST ISSUE SINCE THE RECORD-BREAKING INDIE COMIC HIT DEBUTED LAST YEAR! From the creator of the hit series Mark Spears Monsters comes this new prequel mini-series written and illustrated by Mark Spears! In a desperate attempt to find a cure to the werewolf curse that haunts him, Clint Abbott's journey leads him to the bitter cold of the Arctic. Through the snow and ice, he senses something is stalking him… but not everything is as it seems. NOTE: Cover A is a BLIND BAG randomly packed with one of more than THIRTY exclusive cover variants by Mark Spears, many of them incredibly rare! RARE VARIANT COVER PULL RATES: Holofoil – 1:14, Black & White – 1:200, Glow In The Dark – 1:200. NOTE: This is only a small sampling of the Mark Spears variant covers exclusive to this blind bag. Expect the unexpected… both tricks and treats!
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GRUBBS LOVES HALLOWEEN #1
WRITTEN BY: MAX WEAVER INTERIOR ART: ÁTHILA FABBIO Hot off the heels of his hit animated holiday special Christmas With Grubbs (with 4.2 MILLION YouTube views!) starring Wil Wheaton and Jerry O'Connell, Grubbs brings his mischievous magic to another holiday in Grubbs Loves Halloween! Trick-or-treating? Please. This Halloween, Billy "Grubbs" Watson has far greater plans: booby-trap a haunted house, outwit the school bullies, and out-candy his twin sister frenemies in an all-out Halloween showdown. What could go wrong? (Answer: everything.) It's a mile-a-minute prank-fest packed with screaming teachers, dunk tanks, stink bombs, and one very unlucky octopus.
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CULT OF THE LAMB SCHISM SPECIAL #1
Creators: (W) Alex Paknadel (A) Troy Little In partnership with Massive Monster and Devolver Digital, the record-setting comic book expansion of CULT OF THE LAMB is BACK in an ALL-NEW, 48-PAGE SPECIAL from writer Alex Paknadel (Astonishing X-Men) and artist Troy Little (Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons)!In the aftermath of their first and closest follower’s sacrifice, Lamb continues the bloody quest to defeat the Bishops of the Old Faith, but they lack the conviction to tend their flock back at the cult. More potential followers are rescued by the day, but with no one to indoctrinate them, Lamb’s power grows stagnant and the One Who Waits becomes weary of his earthly vessel’s resistance to the full power and responsibility of the Red Crown. When famine strikes the cult, a challenger to Lamb’s mantle emerges, and a new struggle begins . . .
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EC OUTLAW SHOWDOWN #1
Creators: (W) John Arcudi, Brian Azzarello, Ann Nocenti, Tony Moore (A) Tony Moore, David Lapham VENGEANCE RIDES AGAIN!As the sun settles high above this bone-dry stretch of mesa, wipe the blood from your boot heels and place your wagers as Oni Press and EC Comics raise their pistols . . . to pump six cylinders of hot lead and cold hearts into OUTLAW SHOWDOWN—EC’s FIRST GIANT-SIZED, 56-PAGE SPECIAL celebrating REVENGE and RETRIBUTION on the lawless frontiers of the Old West! Gunfighters, scoundrels, butchers, and bandits—they’ll all join us here to draw down on fate itself as coffin-bound creators John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Tony Moore (The Walking Dead), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), and more rain hellfire and fury from the holsters on their hip. Plus: A newly remastered and authentically restored tale of hard-won Western justice from the EC vaults!SOME COMIC BOOK COMPANIES ASK YOU TO CHOOSE: DEATH OR GLORY? AT EC COMICS, WE SAY . . . WHY NOT BOTH?!
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HIGH STRANGENESS 1967 #1
Creators: (W) Chris Condon, Daniel Noah (A) Dave Chisholm SpectreVision, the genre-distorting production company co-founded by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, joins forces with Oni Press and a rotating cast of premier comics talents for an unprecedented excursion into HIGH STRANGENESS—a brand-new series influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena, to reveal the liminal spaces where reality and hallucination and science and mythology give way to cosmic wonder and existential terror . . . In the first double-sized, prestige format chapter: Writer, producer, and real-life experiencer Daniel Noah joins acclaimed writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine, That Texas Blood) and Ringo Award–winning artist Dave Chisholm (Plague House) for an unexpected encounter with the Men in Black . . . Chicago, 1967. Magazine writer Harry Kean is dispatched to rural Indiana to investigate the sudden disappearance of Becky Plume, a local teenager who stepped into the national spotlight with staggering photographic evidence of a recent UFO sighting. Frustrated to leave his developing stories in Chicago—and the wife he’s hoping to win back—Harry sets off to expose a hoax but instead finds himself in a labyrinth of high strangeness involving a missing girl, her boyfriend, a UFO, and some mysterious black-clad visitors circling at the perimeter of a mystery more vast than Harry could possibly imagine. Told across five interconnected, prestige-format issues that will interlock to reveal an ambitious, dimension-spanning finale, each chapter of HIGH STRANGENESS also includes a feature-length essay by podcaster and researcher Jim Perry (Euphomet) on the historical facts and documentary evidence underpinning the phenomena detailed in each issue.
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YULETIDE #1
Creators: (W) George Northy (A) Rachele Aragno Have you ever wondered why our brightly colored and joyously cheerful Christmas festivities are held at the peak of winter’s frigid darkness? That is no mere coincidence—and now the truth about the monsters the yuletide holds at bay will finally be revealed in a gleaming gift of epic holiday adventure from creators George Northy (EC’s Shiver SuspenStories) and Rachele Aragno (Leonide the Vampyr)!Welcome to the small town of Christmas, Pennsylvania—the merriest place on Earth . . . or so they’d like everyone to think. When December rolls around, these folks pull out all the stops for America’s biggest, brightest holiday display . . . but not everyone in Christmas, PA, is so enthusiastic. Teens Jake, Abe, and Wyn are more interested in the dark side of the holiday that their parents like to pretend doesn’t exist . . . The ancient legends of mythic monsters and pagan pandemonium that are deeply tied to the festival’s long-forgotten origins. So when their hobby leads them to an abandoned wing of the local Christmas museum to investigate, they’ll discover an ancient relic that, when activated, will bring a furious procession of yuletide horrors long since banished from our plane—and with it, a darkness that has been waiting centuries for its chance to overtake the world!In the tradition The Goonies, Hocus Pocus, and Goosebumps, the countdown to Christmas starts now as Yuletide presents the first three extra-sized, 40-page issues unleashing a monstrous new kind of holiday tale for readers young and old!
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UNCLE SCROOGE FLINTHEART GLOMGOLDS SINISTER SECRET #1
Creators: (W) Francesco Spreafico, Jonathan H. Gray (A) Alessandro Perina “Flintheart Glomgold’s Sinister Secret,” Part 1 of 3! Fandom asked, and Fantagraphics answers: the legacy Disney comic books return to comic shops! And Scrooge McDuck’s ruthless rival, second-richest tycoon Flintheart Glomgold, returns to Duckburg—claiming he’s reformed for good, and inviting Huey, Dewey, and Louie to his luxurious new island estate! Since when was Glomgold a good guy… or a big spender? Soon a trail of deadly trouble ensnares Scrooge and Donald Duck, pointing them to the Amazon and the legendary lost city of Z… where the thrills and chills are only beginning! COVER by Alessandro Perina
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ONE LAST TRICK #1
(W) Joseph Schmalke (A/CA) J. K. Woodward
Julie Bennings is a cybernetic escort. Indebted to the Chambers Corporation for their life saving augments, she has one last job and then her debt is paid. But everyone knows the Chambers Corporation never lets anyone go. Julie soon will discover the truth about the company that dominates mankind. A cyberpunk noir story with eldritch horror, written and created by Joseph Schmalke (We Don't Kill Spiders, the Electric Black, and Seven Years in Darkness) with stunning artwork by co-creator J.K. Woodward (Star Trek, X-Men Origins, and Heavy Metal). (STL381533)
24pgs, FC SRP: $4.99
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SAVAGER #1 (OF 4)
(W) Dirk Blackman, Shannon Eric Denton (A) Kewber Baal (CA) Tehani Farr
Nearly 100 years after Earth fell to cosmic parasites, seemingly only the Savager Riley Phillips, a former secret service agent fused with a deadly alien remains. Alone and driven by vengeance, he roams the wasteland, guided only by the voice inside him. But when he discovers a living human, everything changes. Can a monster that was once a man become humanity's last hope in this bloody post-apocalyptic Western? (STL381522)
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 4) SRP: $5.99
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STAKE PRESENTS JESSAMY #1
(W) David A Byrne (A/CA) Francesca Fantini
It started with a whisper In the mid-18th century, rumors of monsters eating slaves spread from an American tavern across the Atlantic. In the hidden world of Stake, where vampires are real and secrecy is survival, ancient enforcer Jessamy is sent to the New World to investigate. Tasked with protecting the fragile balance between humans and vampires, she must uncover the truth behind a plantation cloaked in blood and myth. Set 250 years before Angel 'Stake' Beltran Stinson's story begins, Stake Presents: Jessamy dives into the secret history of the hit series. (STL381659)
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SPEED RACER TALES FROM THE ROAD #1
AUTHORS: MARK LONDON &DAVID PEPOSE ARTIST: SEBASTIAN PIRIZ Speed Racer: Tales from the Road is an all-new quarterly release featuring oneshot stories that expand the universe of Speed Racer! Two destinies. One road. Only one can walk away. When Interpol sends Racer X on a mission to take down a brutal warlord known only as the Viking, a deadly chase ignites across a shadowy European city. Packed with brutal hand-to-hand combat, turbocharged vehicular mayhem, and a haunting look at the choices that forge a man, this oversized one-shot dives deep into the past of the masked driver you think you know. Also a featuring a Spritle and Chim-Chim backup story where they borrow the Mach 5 for the joyride of a lifetime!
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DICK TRACY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
AUTHORS: ALEX SEGURA, MICHAEL MORECI, & CHANTELLE AIMEE OSMAN ARTIST: CRAIG CERMAK THE GHOULS AND GHOSTS ARE OUT IN THE CITY - and so are some of Dick Tracy's deadliest Rogues...or are they? As Tracy, Pat, Sam, and Tess try to piece together the return of one of The City's most bloodthirsty killers, other Tracy baddies start to creep out from under the woodwork. But the heroes dig deeper into the twisty mystery and discover something new - and perhaps more sinister! Featuring the Mad Cave debut of one of the most iconic Dick Tracy characters ever - THE KID!
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GUNPOWDER PROPHETS #1
AUTHOR: JUSTIN JORDAN ARTIST: PATRICK PIAZZALUNGA Huck and Marley help people for money. Well, in theory anyway... For some reason, their "help" always seems to involve massive amounts of property damage, a somehow guaranteed collision with the supernatural, and if Marley has his way, a huge body count. They’re the Gunpowder Prophets, and a simple job rescuing a girl from a backwoods cult turns weird when the super groovy leader's supernatural powers turn out to be very, very real. It’s seventies-style horror mixed with grindhouse action in Gunpowder Prophets. Gonzo over-the-top action horror from Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode), Patrick Piazzalunga (Monsters are My Business), Roman Stevens, and Taylor Esposito.
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TEMPORAL #1
AUTHOR: STEPHANIE WILLIAMS ARTIST: ASIAH FULMORE Once upon a time, Savannah and Marcus were the most skilled temporal thieves in the business, slipping through history to acquire rare artifacts. That was before they settled down, had a son, and built a quiet life together. Ten years later, as their son Harper celebrates his birthday, Savannah questions whether suburban bliss is enough. When Harper's disappointment over a replica gaming console triggers memories of her former life, Savannah makes a decision that could jeopardize everything she and Marcus have built. Against her husband's knowledge and her best friend's warnings, Savannah steps back into the portal for "one last job" - a simple mission to retrieve an original gaming console from the past. But nothing stays simple for long in a business where time is money.
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TERRORBYTES #1
AUTHOR: MARK RUSSELL ARTIST: FELIX RUIZ In an age where technology intertwines seamlessly with our everyday lives, TERRORBYTES delves deeper into the shadows of our digital existence, exploring the uncharted territories of human consciousness shaped by technological evolution. This new series pushes the boundaries of speculative fiction, presenting stories that challenge the very essence of identity, morality, and reality in a hyper-connected world. In the first issue, a headset that lets users relive their greatest memories at the moment of their death extracts a brutal price
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WAR WOLF #1
AUTHOR: STEVE ORLANDO ARTIST: MARCO PERUGINI After he fends off an alien invasion, Thomas Bruin goes from a nobody security guard to Earth's greatest hero! He's got a supercharged launchpad and no ceiling. Bruin rises from celebrity to congress, then to the head of the planet's first orbital security force. He's married into one of the country's most powerful political families, he's surfing a wave of endorsements, and he's the very symbol of human resilience. So why is Bruin nervous? Because only he knows his great victory is a lie. When the aliens return to Earth, stronger than ever, Bruin has no choice but to be the hero he's fooled the whole world into thinking he is...or die trying.
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