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Avatar Press July 2015 Solicitations – Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, Mike Wolfer, Mike Costa And More

Published Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:00:00 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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These are the Avatar Press comic books published for July 2015… which means the launch of Mercury Heat, more Providence from Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, Mike Wolfer writing and drawing Crossed, the end (for now) of Uber, the future of Crossed, War Stories, God Is Dead and lots and lots of covers to look at… go take a peek now!

MERCURY HEAT #1 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Cover &Art: Omar Francia
MR, Color, 32 pages, ongoing monthly

Blasting out of the incredible Free Comic Book Day Mercury Heat Debut comes Kieron Gillen's World-building space epic! This ongoing monthly is pure Gillen, Mercury Heat introduces the sci-fi world of the future where individuals are identified by genetic markers and personality types to fill roles in society, the troublemakers end up on Mercury. Luiza wanted to help people, she wanted with all her heart to be a police officer. But the automated Grapevine system had other plans for her. There are only a few legal options for someone branded with her neuroprofile. As an adult Luiza's dream came true – just on Mercury where she enforces laws with extreme prejudice as a bounty agent in a world of hard-as-nails miners and cyborgs. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Designs Incentive Cover by series artist Omar Francia. This first issue also has a Black Leather cover, limited to just 750 copies!

MERCURY HEAT #1 WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover & Art: Omar Francia
MERCURY HEAT #1 ART NOUVEAU CVR
Cover & Art: Omar Francia
MR, Color, 32 pages, ongoing monthly
MERCURY HEAT #1 EXCESSIVE FORCE CVR
Cover & Art: Omar Francia
MERCURY HEAT #1 LEATHER CVR
Cover & Art: Omar Francia
MERCURY HEAT #1 DESIGNS ORDER INCENTIVE COVER
Cover: Fernando Heinz

PROVIDENCE #3 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $4.99
Writer: Alan Moore
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows
MR, Color, 40 pages (no ads), monthly, 3 of 12
In this super-sized, ad-free, third issue, Alan Moore continues to re-define horror in this amazing tome of Lovecraftian influenced nightmares. Providence is an amazing and unique work where Moore has written every cover, every single page, and every nuance of this work to create his most fully-realized vision to date. In this issue, "A Lurking Fear", Robert Black visits the Bogg's Refinery in Salem and is introduced to some most peculiar-looking local folks. And a few denizens with very bad intentions. Available with Regular, Pantheon, Portrait, Dreamscape Wraparound, Women of HPL, and a special Ancient Tome Incentive cover, all by collaborator Jacen Burrows.

PROVIDENCE #3 DREAMSCAPE WRAPAROUND CVR
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows
PROVIDENCE #3 PANTHEON CVR
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows
PROVIDENCE #3 PORTRAIT CVR
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows
PROVIDENCE #3 WOMEN OF HPL CVR
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows
PROVIDENCE #3 ANCIENT TOME RETAILER INCENTIVE CVR
Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows

CROSSED +100 #8 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Cover: Gabriel Andrade
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Art: Fernando Heinz
MR, Color, 32 pages, monthly
Simon Spurrier continues to deliver a dire new tale based on the extensive world-building notes from Alan Moore! A few years after the events of the first Crossed +100 arc, Future attempts to prepare the people of Murfreesboro for the horrors she saw. But an exploratory balloon ride to the outlying settlements provides an ominous warning that the relative peace that the surviving humans managed to scrape together has begun to crumble. Every nuance of this series has been inspired by the masterfully detailed outlines of Alan Moore. Several special themed covers continue to enrich the series:

American History X Wraparound – Each of these will depict a specific time in the past hundred years, showing how things have changed and offering a peek at some key events. Each cover will display the year in which it takes place to help build the full picture.
Crossed Wires – The Crossed just don't see or make things the same way a person would, these images celebrate that day-to-day madness.
Disastered – These will show how America has changed since the original Crossed outbreak.
Horrific Homage – What if the Crossed were there from the very beginning of comics? This edition will be an Homage to a great Golden Age cover.
Wishful Fiction – The evolution of science-fiction would have been very different with the Crossed as we show you here!
Available with Regular & American History X Wraparound Covers by Gabriel Andrade, Crossed Wires & Disastered Covers by Christian Zanier, Horrific Homage Cover by Michael DiPascale, Wishful Fiction and a Red Crossed Retailer Incentive Cover by Jacen Burrows.

CROSSED +100 #8 AMERICAN HISTORY X WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover: Gabriel Andrade
CROSSED +100 #8 CROSSED WIRES CVR
Art: Fernando Heinz
CROSSED +100 #8 DISASTERED CVR
Cover: Christian Zanier
CROSSED +100 #8 HORRIFIC HOMAGE CVR
Cover: Michael DiPascale
CROSSED +100 #8 WISHFUL FICTION CVR
Cover: Jacen Burrows
CROSSED +100 #8 RED CROSSED RETAILER ORDER INCENTIVE CVR
Cover: Jacen Burrows

CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Cover: Fernando Heinz
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Art: Rafa Ortiz
MR, Color, 32 pages
***In Stores July 15, 2015
The final powerful issue of Kieron Gillen's Crossed exploration of ancient history comes to a shocking conclusion! The truth of the Homo Tortor is revealed and humanity's brush with near extinction in the past is explained. But learning from the mistakes of the past may not save the present. A last-ditch effort goes horribly wrong for the hopeful college student who has tracked down one potential explanation for the Crossed outbreak. Knowledge is power, unless you are facing the horrors of the Crossed. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Torture, Megafauna, and Red Crossed Incentive Covers by Fernando Heinz. Art Deco cover by Michael DiPascale.

CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover: Fernando Heinz
CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 TORTURE CVR
Cover: Fernando Heinz
CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 ART DECO CVR
Cover: Michael DiPascale
CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 MEGAFAUNA MAYHEM CVR
Cover: Fernando Heinz
CROSSED: BADLANDS #80 RED CROSSED ORDER INCV CVR
Cover:Fernando Heinz

CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Cover: Christian Zanier
Writer & Artist: Mike Wolfer
MR, Color, 32 pages
***In Stores July 29, 2015
A new story arc "The Lesser of Two Evils" written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer begins here! Sometimes a group of people can be too clever for their own good. When a motley band of commuters are stranded on a partially collapsed overpass they soon discover that the situation may be a blessing. With the Crossed unable to reach them, they seem relatively safe. But are forced to see the horrors playing out all around them. But in a Crossed world, safety is an illusion that is oft shattered in horrific fashion. Available with Art Deco Limited Edition by Michael DiPascale, Regular and a special Red Crossed Incentive Cover by Christian Zanier, Wraparound by Nahuel Lopez and Torture cover by Raulo Caceres. Also, starting this issue, there is a special C-Day Worldwide cover by Facundo Percio that looks at the first day of the outbreak in different countries and locations around the World!

CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 WRAPAROUND
Cover: Nahuel Lopez
CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 TORTURE CVR
Cover: Raulo Caceres
CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 C-DAY WORLDWIDE CVR
Cover: Facundo Percio
CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 ART DECO LTD EDITION CVR
Cover: Michael DiPascale
CROSSED: BADLANDS #81 RED CROSSED ORDER INCV CVR

UBER #27 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Cover & Art: Daniel Gete
MR, Color, 32 pages, 27 of 27
The final issue of Uber Series 1 is here! Kieron Gillen's incredible altered history epic closes the chapter on the first Uber series with powerful revelations. To this point the war has ravage Europe and left a bloody trail as the Nazi's inexorable march across the continent continued. But now, Hitler's boldest stroke yet leaves the entire world trembling at the possibility of global annihilation. Daniel Gete illustrates the final chapter of the first book of Uber! You won't believe the cliff-hanger here, with answers to follow in 2016's Uber series 2! Available with Regular, Wraparound, War Crimes, and Blitzkrieg Covers by Daniel Gete, and a Propaganda Poster Cover by Michael DiPascale.

UBER #27 WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover& Art: Daniel Gete
UBER #27 PROPAGANDA POSTER CVR
Cover: Michael DiPascale
UBER #27 WAR CRIMES CVR
Cover &Art: Daniel Gete
UBER #27 BLITZKRIEG ORDER INCV CVR
Cover & Art: Daniel Gete

GOD IS DEAD #38 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Mike Costa
Art: Emiliano Urdinola
MR, Color, 32 pages
Mike Costa has crafted some tales worthy of the ancient mythologies that spawned them, but now something in the god ravaged world has changed. After a hundred years of petty gods squabbling and destroying everything around them, suddenly the voices from the void are quiet. Are all the gods dead at last? Or has something even more sinister come to plague a world that has already endured so much? The most ambitious story yet unfolds in the pages of God is Dead! Available with Regular & End of Days Covers by Jacen Burrows,Enchanting & Iconic Covers by Jose Luis, a Carnage Wraparound Cover by German Nobile, and a special Gilded Incentive Cover also by Burrows.

GOD IS DEAD #38 ENCHANTING CVR
Cover: Jose Luis
GOD IS DEAD #38 END OF DAYS CVR
Cover: Jacen Burrows
GOD IS DEAD #38 ICONIC CVR
Cover: Jose Luis
GOD IS DEAD #38 CARNAGE WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover: German Nobile
GOD IS DEAD #38 GILDED RETAILER ORDER INCENTIVE CVR
Writer: Mike Costa

GOD IS DEAD #39 REGULAR CVR
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Mike Costa
Art: Nahuel Lopez
MR, Color, 32 pages
All of humanity has prayed for it secretly and quietly as the gods destroyed the world around them. "Please…just let them all die." And after years of suffering it seems the prayers were answered…all the gods are gone. Or are they just somewhere else? It all changes here, as the most innovative mythology mashup ever published continues is unprecedented run and Mike Costa tells the latest shocking chapter in the world of divine destruction. Available with a Regular Cover by Jacen Burrows, End of Days, Iconic, & Enchanting Covers by Jose Luis, Carnage Wraparound Cover by German Nobile, and a special Gilded Retailer Incentive cover also by Luis.

GOD IS DEAD #39 ENCHANTING CVR
Cover: Jose Luis
GOD IS DEAD #39 END OF DAYS CVR
Cover: Jose Luis
GOD IS DEAD #39 ICONIC CVR
Cover: Jose Luis
GOD IS DEAD #39 CARNAGE WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover: German Nobile
GOD IS DEAD #39 GILDED RETAILER ORDER INCENTIVE CVR
Cover: Jose Luis

WAR STORIES #10 REGULAR CVR
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Garth Ennis
Cover &Art: Tomas Aria
MR, Color, 32 pages, ongoing
A brand new story arc begins here! "T'was England bade our wild geese go, that small nations would be free…" In the Second World War, any Irishman wanting to fight the Nazis had to join the British army- the Republic of Ireland having declared neutrality when the war began. Now, a small unit of Irish soldiers join the advance into Germany- where the going is rough and the enemy nowhere near surrender. And old tensions remain from Ireland's own struggle for independence, as well as the bloody civil war that followed. Part one of Our Wild Geese Go, by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. Available with Regular &Wraparound Covers by Tomas Aria, and Good Girl Nose Art & Battle Damage Retailer Incentive Covers by Matt Martin.

WAR STORIES #10 WRAPAROUND CVR
Cover & Art: Tomas Aria
WAR STORIES #10 GOOD GIRL NOSE ART CVR
Cover: Matt Martin
WAR STORIES #10 BATTLE DAMAGE RETAILER ORDER INCENTIVE CVR
Cover: Matt Martin

CROSSED VOL 13 TPB
Retail Price: $19.99
Cover: Christian Zanier
Writer: David Hine, Justin Jordan
Art: Nahuel Lopez, Fernando Heinz
MR, Color, 144 pages
Twisted tales master David Hine returns to the grueling world of Garth Ennis' survival horror Crossed with a story from the early days of the outbreak. When a Japanese mobster's daughter is trapped at a cosplay convention on C-Day, the criminals learn the hard way that in a Crossed world it doesn't matter how tough you are…just how fast you run. And Justin Jordan locks us in our nightmares with a visceral tale that takes us to Federal Prison. Jesse Bullock is not a good man, but a very hard man. Down for armed robbery and assault, the only crimes they were able to prove, he has but one good quality: he loves his cousin Otis. When they end up imprisoned at the same jail, Jesse intentionally gets himself denied parole to make sure he's there to protect Otis, who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. But that job gets much harder when the Crossed spread inside those escape-proof walls! This volume collects issues #71 – 74 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands series and the Crossed Special 2014. Also available in hard cover.
CROSSED VOL 13 HC
Retail Price: $27.99
Cover: Christian Zanier
Writer: David Hine, Justin Jordan
Art: Nahuel Lopez, Fernando Heinz
MR, Color, 144 pages

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: IN THE HOUSE OF THE WORM TP
Retail Price: $14.99
Writer: George R.R. Martin, John Jos Miller
Art: Ivan Rodriguez
MR, Color, 104 pages
The biggest name in fiction, George R.R. Martin, opens his story vault as we adapt a tale of dark fantasy to comics for the first time with In The House of the Worm. Beneath a ruined city on a forgotten planet lies a world of plots and revenge. When Annelyn is embarrassed in front of his noble friends by the Meatbringer, he sets forth a devious plan that is meant to gain vengeance. But the terrible truth of the dire White Worm turns his ploy into folly in terrible fashion. Now the truth of the Grouns and the Worms will be revealed and Annelyn must face the horrors of what lay beneath his pampered world in the darkness below. Join a master storyteller as he spins a uniquely mysterious tale and reveals new worlds of wonder and horror. This volume collects issues #1 – 4 of the In the House of the Worm series.

GRRM SKIN TRADE TP CGC SIGNATURE SERIES
Retail Price: $119.99
Writer: George R.R. Martin, Daniel Abraham
Art: Mike Wolfer
MR, Color, 104 pages
Here's your chance to get a certified authentic signature from George R.R. Martin! The is the sold-out San Diego Edition of the Skin Trade Collection, and signed by the master himself. Each copy is CGC Authentic and a 9.8 grade! Limited to just 55 copies.

CROSSED: BADLANDS #75 CALGARY ART DECO
Retail Price: $9.99
Cover: Michael DiPascale
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Art: Rafa Ortiz
MR, Color, 32 pages
The next in our line of luscious Art Deco covers, this one previously only available in Calgary and limited to just 350 copies