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Color Your Own Damn Dirty Apes: BOOM! Studios April 2018 Solicits

Brian Wood and Jorge Coelho bring your Robocop: Citizens Arrest #1, Nicole Andelfinger, Esdras Cristobal, Sarah Webb, Brittney Williams, and Ilaria Catalani bring you the R is for Reptar special, WWE brings you a Wrestlemania 2018 special, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Annual 2018 comes at you, and you can finally color your own Planet of the Apes. All this is brought to you by BOOM! Studios April solicits. Details below.

ROBOCOP: CITIZENS ARREST #1

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Brian Wood
• Artist: Jorge Coelho
• Main Cover: Nimit Malavia
• Recruitment Ad Variant Cover: David Rubín
• Incentive Variant Cover: Jim Towe
• Brian Wood, the visionary writer behind DMZ and Briggs Land, and Jorge Coelho (Venom, Rocket Raccoon) present a provocative vision of a future where justice is crowdsourced… and lethal.
• It's been decades since the RoboCop program first began. Corporations have taken over the schools and the government—and law enforcement is the biggest private contract of all. Traditional police forces no longer exist as all citizens are encouraged—and rewarded—to spy on their neighbors. There is only one authority on the streets: ROBOCOP.

WWE WRESTLEMANIA 2018 SPECIAL #1

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $7.99
• Writers: Ryan Ferrier, Tini Howard, Lan Pitts, Julian May
• Artists: Kendall Goode, Rodrigo Lorenzo
• Main Cover: Rahzzah
• Incentive Cover: Marco D'Alfonso
• WrestleMania is the biggest event in the world of sports entertainment, and we're celebrating it with an oversized one-shot showcasing the biggest WWE Superstars!
• This year's special includes a closer look at one of the greatest matches of all time: Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat at WrestleMania III.

WWE #16

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: Dennis Hopeless, Tini Howard
• Artists: Serg Acuña, Hyeonjin Kim
• Main Cover: Dan Mora
• Action Figure Variant Cover: Adam Riches
• RAW Connecting Cover: Brent Schoonover
• Alexa Bliss Incentive Cover: Lucas Werneck
• The Women's Evolution continues as the bond between the Four Horsewomen fractures! And in part three of the Asuka backup story, The Empress of Tomorrow makes a decision regarding her future.

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS 2018 ANNUAL #1

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Anthony Burch, Adam Cesare, and more!
• Artists: Dylan Burnett, Marcus To, Patrick Mullholland, and more!
• Main Cover: Dan Mora
• Incentive Cover 1: George Caltsoudas
• Incentive Cover 2: Matt Taylor
• Featuring fan-favorite teams from across the Power Rangers universe—Dino Charge, RPM, Time Force, Ninja Steel, Dino Thunder—the entire fabric of reality is under threat as Drakkon invades!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS ARCHIVE VOL. 1 SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $19.99
• Writers: Fabien Nicieza, Scott Lobdell, various
• Artists: Ron Lim, various
• Cover Artist: Evan Metcalt, Jake Jacobsen
• Experience the morphinominal, remastered collection of the original Power Rangers comics from Marvel, Image, Papercutz, and Hamilton Comics—all collected in one volume for the first time ever.
• Based on the TV series that started a revolution and written by Fabian Nicieza ( Deadpool) and Scott Lobdell ( Uncanny X-Men ), you can now experience all the Ranger action and adventure of the 1990s.
• This volume chronicles Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , the Alien Rangers saga, and Power Rangers: Zeo.

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #26

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Kyle Higgins
• Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo
• Main Cover: Jamal Campbell
• Vintage Subscription Cover: Jordan Gibson
• Incentive Cover: Carlos Villa
• After the shocking events of the last issue, Lord Drakkon's victory seems assured—unless the Rangers can find a way to team up with another team of Power Rangers they've never met before!

WILD'S END VOL. 3: JOURNEY'S END OGN SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $19.99
• Writer: Dan Abnett
• Artist: I.N.J. Culbard
• Cover Artist: I.N.J. Culbard
• The conclusion to the celebrated, anthropomorphic, sci-fi comic series is finally here, presented as an original graphic novel.
• Despite the military's best efforts, the alien invaders have seized a firm grip on the world. Cities have been invaded and the countryside overrun, leaving little hope for humanity's resistance. With few options left, the survivors will need to look to the very people they once feared to make a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the war.
• Written by Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Aquaman Rebirth) and illustrated by I.N.J. Culbard (Doctor Who) in the classic sci-fi tradition but with an anthropomorphic twist, Wild's End: Journey's End reveals powerful acts of humanity persevering in the face of war on a worldwide scale.

PLANET OF THE APES ADULT COLORING BOOK SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $16.99
• Writer: N/A
• Artists: Gabriel Hardman, Herb Trimpe, Carlos Magno, and more!
• Cover Artist: Carlos Magno
• Experience the classic movie franchise of Planet of the Apes like never before in the first-ever Planet of the Apes Adult Coloring Book.
• Featuring over 40 black-and-white illustrations showcasing the post-apocalyptic world of the Planet of the Apes, featuring your favorite characters from the films like Doctor Zaius, Zira, Cornelius, Caesar, and many more, waiting to be brought to colorful life!

PLANET OF THE APES: URSUS #4

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: David F. Walker
• Artist: Christopher Mooneyham
• Main Cover: Paolo Rivera
• Intermix Cover: Mike Allred
• Subscription Cover: Becca Carey
• As Ursus' mysterious past comes to light, we learn the truth about his hatred of mankind.

KONG ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #6

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Ryan Ferrier
• Artist: Carlos Magno
• Main Cover: Mike Huddleston
• Connecting Variant Cover: Carlos Magno
• Pulp Variant Cover: Fay Dalton
• It all comes down to this: the final confrontation between Kong and those damn dirty apes who tore him from his home!

JIM HENSON'S THE DARK CRYSTAL ARTIST TRIBUTE HC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $24.99
• Writer: N/A
• Artists: Brian Froud, Jae Lee, David Petersen, Benjamin Dewey, Mark Buckingham, Sana Takeda, Jeff Stokely, and more
• Cover Artist: Mike Huddleston
• Since its original release in 1982, Jim Henson's groundbreaking fantasy film The Dark Crystal has captured the minds and imaginations of authors, artists, filmmakers, and fans across the world with its ambitious worldbuilding and stunning visuals.
• Now, return to the world of The Dark Crystal and see the vivid locations, lifelike creatures, and beloved heroes as realized by a collection of uniquely original artistic voices in celebration of one of Jim Henson's most enduring creations.
• The Dark Crystal Artist Tribute features illustrations from artist luminaries and newcomers alike, including Jae Lee, David Petersen, Mark Buckingham, Cory Godbey, Jeff Stokely, Benjamin Dewey, Sana Takeda, and the film's original concept artist, Brian Froud.

JIM HENSON'S LABYRINTH: CORONATION #3

• Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Simon Spurrier
• Artist: Daniel Bayliss
• Main Cover: Fiona Staples
• Subscription Cover: Rebekah Isaacs
• A young woman journeys deeper into the mysterious Labyrinth and faces trials the likes of which she could never have imagined. Still, she is determined that nothing will stop her from saving her son!

ABOUT BETTY'S BOOB OGN HC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $29.99
• Writer: Véro Cazot
• Artist: Julie Rocheleau
• Cover Artist: Julie Rocheleau
• An inspiring and surprisingly comedic tale of loss and acceptance told largely through silent sequential narrative, About Betty's Boob is a seminal work from master storytellers Véro Cazot and Julie Rocheleau.
• Betty lost her left breast, her job, and her guy. She does not know it yet, but this is the best day of her life.

THE COMPLETE THE KILLER SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $39.99
• Writer: Matz
• Artist: Luc Jacamon
• Cover Artist: Luc Jacamon
• Artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia) deliver the definitive collection of the Eisner Award-nominated crime saga, The Killer, a hardboiled, noir series following a hitman lost in a world without a moral compass.
• Get inside the mind of a professional assassin, a man of few scruples, nerves of steel, and a steady trigger finger. A man whose crimes might be catching up with him. A man on the verge of cracking…
• After misadventures in Central and South America and having earned enough money to retire comfortably, the Killer retires to Mexico, but his colleagues are still in need of his irreplaceable skills… and before long he's drawn back into the great geopolitical game between Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States.

RUGRATS: R IS FOR REPTAR 2018 SPECIAL #1

• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $7.99
• Writer: Nicole Andelfinger
• Artists: : Esdras Cristobal, Sarah Webb, Brittney Williams, Ilaria Catalani
• Main Cover: Savanna Ganucheau
• Incentive Cover: Matt Frank
• When the power goes out at the Pickles house, the babies and adults come together to share their own personal favorite Reptar stories.
• This collection includes short stories by Grandpa Lou, Phil & Lil, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael, and Tommy Pickles as they each tell you their own version of Reptar.

RUGRATS #7

• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Box Brown
• Artist: Lisa DuBois
• Main Cover: Jorge Corona
• Subscription Cover: Sarah Searle
• With solid proof that the lizard people walk among humans—and babies—Tommy struggles with who to trust.

LUCY DREAMING #2

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Max Bemis
• Artist: Michael Dialynas
• Cover Artist: Michael Dialynas
• Lucy dreams herself into the world of the dystopian novel that's currently all the rage at her school—but instead of being the hero, she's the villain of this particular story.

MECH CADET YU #8

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Greg Pak
• Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
• Main Cover: Takeshi Miyazawa
• Subscription Cover: Marcus To
• The Sharg's newest weapon means the end of Earth unless Stanford and the other cadets disobey direct orders!

LUCAS STAND: INNER DEMONS #3

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: Kurt Sutter & Caitlin Kittredge
• Artist: Jesús Hervás
• Cover Artist: Adam Gorham
• Lucas makes the decision to lie low in the past, but the evil forces that pursue him will not be deterred.

ABBOTT #4

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Saladin Ahmed
• Artist: Sami Kivelä
• Cover Artist: Taj Tenfold
• Abbott has hit rock bottom—no job, no friends, and no hope against the mysterious forces that continue to plague Detroit. But that doesn't mean she's giving up.

SISTERS OF SORROW SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $14.99
• Writers: Kurt Sutter & Courtney Alameda
• Artist: Hyeonjin Kim
• Cover Artist: Jae Lee
• Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC) brings this all-new original tale of revenge and recovery to comics with novelist Courtney Alameda (Shutter) and breakthrough artist Hyeonjin Kim.
• By day, Dominique, Greta, Misha, and Sarah run a nonprofit women's shelter. At night, they each don a nun's habit and move through Los Angeles hunting down violent abusers who have escaped justice. Their increasingly public vigilantism has earned them the nickname Sisters of Sorrow, and has drawn the ire of L.A.'s notorious anti-crime task force.
• Collects the complete limited series.

GRASS KINGS VOL. 2 HC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $29.99
• Writer: Matt Kindt
• Artist: Tyler Jenkins
• Cover Artist: Tyler Jenkins
• The next chapter in the lives of the Grass Kings—three brothers who rule their own trailer park kingdom outside of the laws of man—begins not with a whimper, but with a bang, as Robert uproots the community in search of the long-fabled serial killer. With paranoia setting in, Bruce and Ashur must decide if their brother is still fit to lead.
• Written by The New York Times bestseller Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and beautifully illustrated by Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust), Grass Kings Volume Two continues the critically acclaimed rural mystery series that explores the binding legacies of love and loss.
• Collects issues #7-11.

GRASS KINGS #14

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Matt Kindt
• Artist: Tyler Jenkins
• Main Cover: Tyler Jenkins
• Intermix Cover: Matt Kindt
• The penultimate issue! An enemy sits on the throne of the Grass Kingdom, and it's up to the three brothers to band together once again to take back their home.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: OLD MAN JACK #8

• Publisher: BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: John Carpenter & Anthony Burch
• Artist: Jorge Corona
• Main Cover: Greg Smallwood
• Action Figure Subscription Cover: Michael Adams & Marco D'Alfonso
• Connecting "Jack Through Time" Cover: Will Robson
• Jack has finally come face to face with Ching Dai. It's a battle of wits, a battle of magic, a battle to end all battles. As soon as Jack can find his reading glasses…

DODGE CITY #2

• Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Josh Trujillo
• Artist: Cara McGee
• Cover Artists: Cara McGee
• Tomás is no longer the newest player on the Jazz Pandas, and with another teammate they stand a better chance of making it through the season, if they can manage not kill to each other first!

GIANT DAYS #37

• Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: John Allison
• Artists: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
• Cover Artist: Max Sarin
• Introducing your girlfriend to your family can be difficult, but it's much worse when that girlfriend is Ingrid.

GIANT DAYS: EXTRA CREDIT VOL. 1 SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $14.99
• Writer: John Allison
• Artists: John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Canaan Grall, Jenn St-Onge
• Cover Artist: Lissa Treiman
• College is a time of trials and tribulations, and not all of Esther, Susan, and Daisy's made it into the main Giant Days series of college shenanigans.
• Head back to school with Esther, Susan, and Daisy in this collection of shorts and bonus material from the Eisner Award-nominated series Giant Days.
• Experience the "universally beloved" terror Desmond Fishman, the magic of London at Christmas, and that one unfortunately unforgettable experience of the girls' first music festival.
• Features a special "what-if" story in which Susan, Esther, and Daisy never became friends!

LUMBERJANES TO THE MAX EDITION VOL. 4 HC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $39.99
• Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
• Artists: Carey Pietsch, Ayme Sotuyo
• When the High Council comes to camp for inspection, it's all Lumberjanes and magic kittens on deck to rescue the Grand Lodge from a marauding roc, while (hopefully) keeping them from finding out about the mysterious goings-on back at camp.
• Don't miss out on The New York Times best-selling and multiple Eisner Award-winning series written by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh (Super Cakes), with stories illustrated by Ayme Sotuyo, and Carey Pietsch (Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift).
• Collects Volumes 7 and 8 of the ongoing series into a deluxe hardcover edition.

LUMBERJANES #49

• Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
• Artist: Dozerdraws
• Main Cover: Kat Leyh
• Subscription Cover: Dozerdraws
• On a rainy day at camp, the Lumberjane scouts have to make their own fun. For some, that means board games and books. For others, it's finding a labyrinth of secret underground tunnels under the camp.

ADVENTURE TIME #75

• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $4.99
• Writers: Ryan North, Mariko Tamaki, Christopher Hastings
• Artists: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb, Zachary Sterling, Ian McGinty
• Main Cover: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
• Variant Cover: JJ Harrison
• Subscription Cover: Pius Bak
• Celebration Wraparound Incentive Cover: Designed by Grace Park
• Follow the story of Ooo from the past, present, and future in this oversized final issue! At the wedding of Jake's granddaughter, Jake, Finn, and the residents of Ooo reminisce on the long path that took them here, remembering friends, enemies, and those who fall somewhere in between.

ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #22

• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writers: Matt Frank, Jamie Coe, Benjamin Mara
• Artists: Matt Frank, Jamie Coe, Benjamin Mara
• Main Cover: Kyle Smart
• Subscription Cover: Nuno Plati
• Incentive Cover: Mike Henderson
• Ooo is being invaded by dragons and Finn and Jake are the heroes for the job! All seems to be going well until Jake tries to disguise himself as a dragon. It goes… poorly.

ADVENTURE TIME: THUNDER ROAD VOL. 12 OGN SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $14.99
• Writer: Jeremy Sorese
• Artist: Zachary Sterling
• Cover Artist: Jonathan Cantero
• Marceline starts feeling restless and comes across a motorcycle gang of storm clouds. Marceline sets off on the open road with her new friends but things take a turn when she realizes that the storm clouds might be taking things a bit too far when it comes to their pranks. Luckily, the answer comes from an unexpected source who just happened to be trailing the clouds… for research, of course.

STEVEN UNIVERSE #15

• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $3.99
• Writer: Grace Kraft
• Artist: Rii Abrego
• Main Cover: Joey Granger
• Subscription Cover: Jade Lee
• Garnet takes Steven on a solo mission.

OVER THE GARDEN WALL VOL. 4 SC

• *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2018*****
• Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
• Retail Price: $14.99
• Writers: Danielle Burgos, George Mager, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
• Artists: Jim Campbell, Cara McGee, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
• Cover Artist: Meg Omac
• Join half-brothers Wirt and Greg as they experience the fantastical world that is found in the Unknown.
• The Eisner Award-winning series continues with a collection of stories from Over the Garden Wall storyboarder Jim Campbell, Danielle Burgos, Cara McGee (Clarence), and Kiernan Sjursen-Lien. Don't miss the ongoing adventures based on the Emmy Award-winning show from Cartoon Network.
• Collects issues #13-16

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