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BATTLE QUEST COMICS
TRIDENT OF AURELIA CORAZON #4 (OF 4)
(W) Lee Moyer (A) Melissa Spandri, Lee Moyer (CA) Anton Oxenuk
"Three do not return." Aura's prophecy comes to pass in ways no one expected, least of all Xiana. And nothing will be the same again. (STL375292)
32pgs, FC (4 of 4) SRP: $4.99
BERSERKER
UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS #5 (MR)
(W) Mark McCann, Baden James Mellonie (A) Steve Austin, Andrei Bressan (CA) Dave Kendall
Under the Floorboards—a horror and science fiction anthology Comic. Featuring two short stories illustrated by Steven Austin and Andrei Bressan. Sins of the Father: Some things do run in the family! The Loop: Wait... I've seen this place before! (STL375464) (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
24pgs, FC SRP: $5.25
BLACK PANEL PRESS
ALL TALK GN (O/A)
(W) Bartosz Sztybor (A/CA) Akeussel
Rahim is a suburban kid like any other, a "good kid." Chilling with his boys, hearing the legends of "Immortal Al," the greatest gangster who ever lived, it's hard not to get stars in his eyes. Rahim starts dreaming of becoming a kingpin, idolizing his local gangsters in the hopes of climbing their ranks. But his friends laugh: they say he's all talk, no action. Until one day, he sees an opportunity to prove himself. (STL258598) (JAN231379)
HC, 7.5x10, 128pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
GORE GN (O/A)
(W) Verity Holloway (A/CA) Ivo De Jager
Beryl Gore is a lonely orphan living and working at the Palace Theater in London. Night after night, the company performs tales of guts and glory to an audience of drunken louts while young Beryl cranks the artificial wave machine, entranced by the drama. The plays color Beryl's otherwise humdrum life amongst the slaughterhouses and cobbled alleys of the city. In her attic room, she pens her own melodrama, a bloody yarn of pirates and damsels where goodness is always rewarded. As Beryl enters adulthood, the theater ages with her, becoming shabbier and emptier with each passing season. As theater-goers turn to fresh spectacles elsewhere, Beryl realizes her theatrical world is in trouble. If the Palace is to be saved, it will need a bold new playwright. (STL263152) (MAY231623)
HC, 7x10, 60pgs, B&W SRP: $14.99
BLACKBOX COMICS
NINJA KAIDAN #1 (OF 5) DLX FRENZ
(W) Eric Palicki (A) Lucas Meyer (CA) Ron Frenz
Not even a lifetime of martial arts training and years as an elite soldier could prepare Yuki Snow for this newest challenge: CEO of his deceased father's company. Suddenly thrust into a leadership role at YOKAI Consolidated, Yuki finds himself taking over his father's pet project, the mysterious Kaidan armor, which would allow its wearer to see, speak to, and touch ghosts. (STL376191)
7x10, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $20.00
NINJA KAIDAN #2 (OF 5) DLX MEYER
(W) Eric Palicki (A/CA) Lucas Meyer
Now in possession of his own Kaidan suit and its amazing abilities to interact with spirits, Yuki Snow attempts to confront the ghost of his father, SATO. Unfortunately, Yuki will have to face the consequences of Sato's broken promises to the living before he can confront the dea (STL376192)
7x10, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $20.00
NINJA KAIDAN #3 (OF 5) DLX MYER
(W) Eric Palicki (A/CA) Lucas Meyer
There's a troubling house in upstate New York, owned by his father's company and reputedly haunted. Before Yuki Snow can truly understand his father, he'll have to unravel the mysteries of that house and learn who filled it with the ghosts of dead warriors. (STL376195)
7x10, 32pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $20.00
NINJA KAIDAN #4 (OF 5) DLX SHODY
(W) Eric Palicki (A) Lucas Meyer (CA) Renan Shody
Finally, with all obstacles cleared, Yuki Snow confronts his father's ghost. With one set of Kaidan armor between father and son, only one-living or dead-will walk away. (STL376197)
32pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $20.00
NINJA KAIDAN #5 (OF 5) DLX BARRICELLI
(W) Eric Palicki (A) Lucas Meyer (CA) LUIGI BARRICELLI
The Kaidan armor is the source of many wonders when it comes to battling ghosts, but it's not much use to a man alone against a very alive Russian gang and their very real bullets. Unfortunately for the Russians, a lifetime of training has prepared Yuki for exactly this. (STL376199)
32pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $20.00
EMPATH #1 (OF 5) CVR A CARITA (O/A)
(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Debora Carita
Get in on the ground level of the Blackbox Universe! return of Devil's Dominion next month! An estranged son from a wealthy family finds his place in a chaotic city filled with vagabonds and wayward individuals. But as much as his family is in his past, his reasons for leaving them behind drives his everyday choices and fuels not only his desire to help others but also his uncanny and empowered empathic abilities to change things for the better. But the city's ills may prove too great for him as both an emotional and physical battle awaits. (STL286562) (C: 0-1-0)
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $4.99
EMPATH #2 (OF 5) CVR A CARITA (O/A)
(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Debora Carita
Jace struggles to find balance with his emotions and his powers despite his uncle's guidance. Dr. Mercer continues her quest to 'free' her patients, setting her sights on Jace's sister. (STL289744) (C: 0-1-0)
32pgs, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $4.99
EMPATH #3 (OF 5) CVR A CARITA (O/A)
(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Debora Carita
Jace is thrown into a whirlwind of a fight when he tries to stop a serial date rapist from claiming another victim; Dr. Mercer and Jace's paths cross and their connection grows deeper. (STL294540) (C: 0-1-0)
32pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $4.99
EMPATH #4 (OF 5) CVR A CARITA (O/A)
(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Debora Carita
Jace takes a chance with Dr. Mercer and discovers something devastating; afterwards, despite Uncle Sal's concerns, Jace continues to push his empath powers to the limits to track down the serial date rapist that got away. (STL298150) (C: 0-1-0)
32pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $4.99
EMPATH #5 (OF 5) CVR A CARITA (O/A)
(W) Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Debora Carita
Jace faces both his emotions and the consequences of pushing his powers to the limit. (STL301760) (C: 0-1-0)
32pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $4.99
MILITIA TP (O/A)
(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Jethro Morales (CA) Dyana Wang
When 40 young girls become pawns in a bloody civil war, the stakes are high. After being thrown into the fire, a special-forces unit led by a fearless woman, is determined to show the world how it's done. Mission 2: The hunt for a terrorist's wife takes Militia and her crew to Afghanistan. (STL147746)
SC, 112pgs, FC SRP: $16.99
WILDER #1 (OF 5) CVR A (O/A)
(W) Rebecca Childs, Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Umberto Giampa
Set in a futuristic San Francisco, Dr. Deja Wilder leads Wilder Investigations, LLC, an anti-poaching and animal rights management firm dedicated to protecting and saving the depleting population of species throughout the world from would-be-human predators. (STL214193)
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $3.99
WILDER #2 (OF 5) CVR A GIAMPA (O/A)
(W) Rebecca Childs, Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Umberto Giampa
Macy and Vergel attempt a daring rescue to free their boss Dr. Deja Wilder from henchmen working for the Big Game Poachers. After Deja's return, the animal crisis manager and "fixer" sets her sights on taking down the animal predators once and for all! (STL217447)
32pgs, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $3.99
WILDER #3 (OF 5) CVR A GIAMPA (O/A)
(W) Rebecca Childs, Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Umberto Giampa
Dr. Deja Wilder and her animal-crisis management team are hot on the trails of the Big Game Operation. Kato continues to work undercover to infiltrate the group that the poachers are selling original animals to, while Macy and Vergel go on the offensive to bring in one of the poachers; tragedy befalls the Wilder Investigations team. (STL220238)
SC, 32pgs, FC (3 of 5) SRP: $3.99
WILDER #4 (OF 5) CVR A (O/A)
(W) Rebecca Childs, Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Umberto Giampa
Reeling from the death of a dear friend and member of the Wilder Investigation team, Macy goes rogue, determined to avenge her friend. Meanwhile, Deja joins Kato in N'Djamena, Chad to rescue the original animals and stop the cloning of original animals in hopes of shutting down the poachers. (STL223180)
SC, 7x10, 32pgs, FC (4 of 5) SRP: $3.99
WILDER #5 (OF 5) CVR A GIAMPA (O/A)
(W) Rebecca Childs, Brian Hawkins (A/CA) Umberto Giampa
Deja and Kato dare a harrowing escape; Macy comes face to face with the machinations of the Big Game Operation. (STL226834)
SC, 7x10, 32pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $3.99
BLISS ON TAP
REVOLUTION OF CASSANDRA #3 (OF 3)
(W) Eric D Howell (A/CA) Gus Vazquez
While caught in the crossfire of a raging civil war, a patchouli-wearing humanitarian must save her tomboy sister from the firing squad by beseeching help from a right-wing gun-smuggler, and changes the entire course of the war by inadvertently starting her own revolution. Cassandra is the dreadlock & Birkenstock equivalent to Lara Croft. An action-romance is in the tradition of Jumanji, The Lost City, and Romancing the Stone. A female Don Quixote living life as it should be. A story about using your voice for what you believe in, not screaming about what you're against! (STL375031) (C: 0-1-1)
7x10, 88pgs, FC (3 of 3) SRP: $5.99
SIX SHOTS #2 (OF 2)
(W) Brian Phillipson, Jordan Lichtman (A/CA) Alex Cormack
Adam Berodach is a man who has lost everything. His family, his career and day-by-day, his sanity. When his family is killed in a violent home invasion robbery, he is presented a unique opportunity to avenge their murders: send five worthy souls to Hell and Adam will be served up the man who stole the lives of his wife and young daughter. Penniless and distraught, a deal with the Devil finds Adam provided with a crude Western revolver and little else to guide him on his dark journey. But such bargains are never what they seem. (STL375032) (C: 0-1-1)
32pgs, FC (2 of 2) SRP: $4.99
BOOK PALACE
DAVID WRIGHTS CAROL DAY SHOWCASE SC
(W/A) David Wright
Collectors often ask what makes the Carol Day comic strip, an obscure and seldom seen newspaper strip from the United Kingdom, so special to a small but growing band of fanatics. The strip hasn't been significantly reprinted and it never achieved wide circulation in newspapers. This book presents, for the first time, the full range of Carol Day art, from Wright's first story to his last, with examples from every story. We have gathered 136 outstanding Carol Day examples from across David Wright's run to display. All are reproduced from the original art to present the flavor of the strip and the magnitude of Wright's achievement. (STL375659) (C: 0-1-2)
Art Book, SC, 12x9, 84pgs, B&W SRP: $33.99
DON LAWRENCE ART EXHIBITION CATALOGUE HC
(W/A) Don Lawrence
We are delighted to offer this incredible collection of original Don Lawrence artwork from the 1960s and 1970s. Rarely if ever has so much of his artwork been available to purchase at one time. This exhibition of original Don Lawrence artwork comprises over 60 originals, all are available to purchase from our website. Featured are pages of Karl the Viking, Olac the Gladiator, The Trigan Empire, The Hand of Zar and Maroc the Mighty. Each art page has been meticulously scanned in high resolution to capture Don Lawrence's superb pen and ink work. The black-and-white pages have been scanned in color (showing the graphite, color pencil, markers and stamped indications on the artboards along with white gouache corrections) to showcase his original pages and all the subtlety of his art. (STL375658) (C: 0-1-2)
Art Book, HC, 13x10, 68pgs, FC SRP: $38.99
ILLUSTRATORS #48 CVR A OCTOPUS
(A) Mark Schultz & Various
More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. We bring you the artwork of Mark Schultz, from Xenozoic to everything he has done to this day, along with two Mark Schultz variant covers. Then we catch up with Chris Moore, one of the UK's leading exponents in sci-fi illustration. From the horror movie posters to VHS and DVD covers, we explore the work of Graham Humphreys. We round off with our Gallery featuring Classic Monsters by modern day artists! (STL375656) (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine, SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $30.00
ILLUSTRATORS #48 CVR B SPIDERS
(A) Mark Schultz & Various
We bring you the artwork of Mark Schultz, from Xenozoic to everything he has done to this day, along with two Mark Schultz variant covers.
Then we catch up with Chris Moore, one of the UK's leading exponents in sci-fi illustration.
From the horror movie posters to VHS and DVD covers, we explore the work of Graham Humphreys. We round off with our Gallery featuring Classic Monsters by modern day artists!
ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL HC #20 HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
(W) Peter Richardson (A) Graham Ingels & Various
You'd better bathe in garlic, grab a crucifix and wrap up warm, for this most spooktacular, edition of illustrators. This 200 page festival of fright delves into the darkest recesses of EC lore with an in-depth look at the life of the most reclusive of the EC gang-as EC scholar Grant Geissman describes Graham Ingels—"Mr Horror Himself." Further light is shed by the reminiscences of fan and fellow EC scholar Don Vaughan as well as Ann Tyler, who attended Ingels classes during the period when he was tutoring painters. For Warren fans (and we know there are many of you out there) we have a contribution from J. David Spurlock, in a feature about Basil and David's friendship with the great man. And from the UK we have Shane Oakley. Once seen, never forgotten—that's Shane's art in a nutshell. Grab yourself a copy of the Illustrators Halloween Spooktacular, plump up your coffin pillow, shake out the worms and maggots from your shroud, and snuggle down for the ultimate fright-fest! (STL375655) (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine, HC, 9x11, 200pgs, FC SRP: $61.99
ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #17 TRIGAN EMPIRE ARTISTS (O/A)
(W) Diego Cordoba (A) Don Lawrence & Various
One of the most fondly remembered British strips was the fully painted The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire. With its pseudo retro setting in a world resembling Ancient Rome but with the advances of science in its weapons and flying vehicles, it set the standard in boys' comics from the 1960s. But it was mainly the absolutely stunning artwork of its initial artist, Don Lawrence, that made it a fan-favorite. We take a closer look at the artwork and feature panels in detail from the various artists who contributed to the series. The majority of the artwork was scanned from the originals and reproduced at their actual size to see the artwork in all its glorious detail. (STL298113) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 9x11, 128pgs, FC SRP: $45.99
ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #14 ILLUS HIST OF WARREN COMIX 2ND PTG (O/A)
The first print sold out in seven weeks. This issue focuses on the history of James Warren's mould-breaking line of comic magazines that showcased the work of some of the greatest fantasy artists and writers. Artists such as Neal Adams, Richard Corben, Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Frank Frazetta, Jerry Grandenetti, Carmine Infantino, Roy Krenkel, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Kenneth Smith, Alex Toth, Vaughn Bode, Al Williamson, Wallace Wood, Bernie Wrightson are featured along with the writers and editors who provided the material and kept the show on the road. (STL226674) (C: 0-1-2)
Art Book, SC, 9x11, 144pgs, FC SRP: $45.99