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Cry Havoc, Four Eyes, Pencil Head, Prophet Earth War, Octopus – 5 Launches From Image In January 2016's Solicitations, Along With Walking Dead #150
Here you go folks….
Image Comics is starting 2016 off with a bang, with the debut of Simon Spurrier & Ryan Kelly's CRY HAVOC, Joe Kelly & Max Fiumara's FOUR EYES: HEARTS OF FIRE, Ted McKeever's PENCIL HEAD, Brandon Graham & Giannis Milonogiannis's PROPHET EARTH WAR, and Meredith Gran's OCTOPUS PIE! In addition to all this, you're going to find continuing stories and paperbacks from creators like Corinna Bechko, Declan Shalvey, Mark Millar, Alex de Campi, Emi Lenox, Brian K. Vaughan, Paul Azaceta, Bryan Hill, and dozens more of your favorite creators, and a special treat for fans of the smash hit juggernaut SAGA.Below, you'll find the full solicitations for January 2016.
SINGLE ISSUES:
ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #8
STORY: LARRY YOUNG
ART / COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES/ BW / T+ / $2.99
Russian nuclear missiles. A mad dash across the moon on the back of a robot. Defeating the bad guy, and all in time to get home and feed the fish.
THE AUTUMNLANDS #9
STORY: KURT BUSIEK
ART / COVER: BENJAMIN DEWEY
JANUARY 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Sheep. Beer. Mountain. TROUBLE.
AXCEND #4
STORY: SHANE DAVIS
ART / COVERS A & B: SHANE DAVIS, MICHELLE DELECKI, & MORRY HOLLOWELL
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Welcome to the United States of Ruin. A player has leveled up and taken a king. Can Morn and Rayne's combined forces be enough to overcome Ruin's grasp on the USA, as the R.U.N. Program inches closer to nuclear devastation?
THE BEAUTY #6
STORY: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY
ART / COVER A: JEREMY HAUN
COVER B: GREG HINKLE
COVER C: KATE SHERRON
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The final issue of the first thrilling story arc!
BIRTHRIGHT #13
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER A: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
COVER B: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
The battle between Mikey and the deadly Sameal erupts in Chicago, while the remaining war criminals of Terenos close in on the Rhodes family.
Plus, a new "Hero's Journey" variant by Daniel Warren Johnson!
BITCH PLANET #6
STORY: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
ART: TAKI SOMA
COVER: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
JANUARY 6 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
"Extraordinary Machine" uncovers the past of the Bitches' secret weapon Meiko Maki, how she went from promising engineer to killer—and the ace up her sleeve. From KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) with guest pencils by TAKI SOMA (Takio, The Victories).
BLACK JACK KETCHUM #2
STORY: BRIAN SCHIRMER
ART: CLAUDIA BALBONI
COVER: JEREMY SALIBA
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
Tom's hunt for "Black Jack" Ketchum leads him to a small town… and finds him pressed into service as the new sheriff! Will the arrival of an old friend be enough to set Tom back on his quest? Or, will the Judge and the supernatural Dusters finally capture him?
BLACK MAGICK #4
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART / COVER A: NICOLA SCOTT
COVER B: MING DOYLE
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
"AWAKENING," Part Four
A stranger arrives in Portsmouth.
BLACK SCIENCE #19
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: MATTEO SCALERA
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"GODWORLD," Part Three
A meeting with the Godhead.
CHEW #54
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Amelia feels doom.
CITIZEN JACK #3
STORY: SAM HUMPHRIES
ART: TOMMY PATTERSON
COVER A: TOMMY PATTERSON & DYLAN TODD
COVER B: PHIL JIMENEZ
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Jack and his demon make a bloody mess at the national convention.
CODENAME BABOUSHKA: THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #4
STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON
ART / COVER A: SHARI CHANKHAMMA
COVER B: TESS FOWLER
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The truth about the pirates' plan is revealed—or is it?! Can Baboushka trust anyone? Or is it just safer to shoot everyone and ask questions later? Take a wild guess.
COMIC BOOK LETTERING: THE COMICRAFT WAY
JANUARY 6 / 64 PAGES / FC / T / $9.99
Back by popular demand! Sixty-four pages of comic book lettering tips and tricks from the award-winning Comicraft studio. This full color step-by-step guide is filled to the brim with the wisdom–and wit!–of Comicraft founders RICHARD STARKINGS and JOHN 'JG' ROSHELL.
CRY HAVOC #1
STORY: SIMON SPURRIER
ART: RYAN KELLY
COVER A: RYAN KELLY & EMMA PRICE
COVER B: CAMERON STEWART
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
BEHOLD THE MODERN MONSTROSITY.
X-Men Legacy writer SIMON SPURRIER and superstar artist RYAN KELLY present fiends, fragility, and firepower in an all-new series, mixing the hard-boiled militaria of Jarhead with the dark folklore of Pan's Labyrinth. Includes an unprecedented use of multiple colorists (MATT WILSON, LEE LOUGHRIDGE, & NICK FILARDI) to define the story's threads, and an incredible variant cover by Eisner Award winner CAMERON STEWART. This is not the tale of a lesbian werewolf who goes to war. Except it kind of is.
DARK CORRIDOR #6
STORY / ART / COVER: RICH TOMMASO
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
A delay in plans proves catastrophic for the Seven Deadly Daughters.
DEADLY CLASS #18
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: WES CRAIG
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"DIE FOR ME," Part Two
The Freshman Finals killing spree spills into the streets of San Francisco.
DESCENDER #9
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER: DUSTIN NGUYEN
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
TIM-21, Telsa and Quon arrive at the amazing hidden home world of The Robot Resistance. But will this be a haven or a prison for Tim and his companions? And what new secrets lie at the centre of the Machine Moon?
DREAM POLICE #8
STORY: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
ART / COVER: SID KOTIAN & JUAN FERNANDEZ
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
The Verge, the no-man's land between the Dreamscape and the Waking World, has been off limits since time immemorial. But to solve the mystery of Joe Thursday's missing partner, he and Kate Black must go through a gauntlet of impossible pain and danger. Even if they come through the Verge alive, they will not come through unchanged.
FASTER THAN LIGHT #5
STORY / ART / COVER: BRIAN HABERLIN
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCED!
Fight or flee. With a group of nomadic spacers after The Discovery, Captain Forest is forced to make a high stakes gamble for the life of his ship and crew that may leave them all stranded to die in the depths of space.
FOUR EYES: HEARTS OF FIRE #1 (OF 4)
STORY: JOE KELLY
ART / COVER: MAX FIUMARA
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Launching the second arc in the critically-acclaimed story of a boy and his dragon on the hunt for revenge in Depression-era New York City. The training begins.
FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS #4
STORY: CLAIRE GIBSON & MARIAN CHURCHLAND
ART: SLOANE LEONG
COVER: MARIAN CHURCHLAND
JANUARY 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
SLOANE LEONG (Adventure Time), CLAIRE GIBSON, and MARIAN CHURCHLAND (8HOUSE: ARCLIGHT) return with another issue of the magic war between families.
THE FUSE #17
STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON
ART: JUSTIN GREENWOOD & SHARI CHANKHAMMA
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
"PERIHELION," Part Five
Klem gets stealthy, Ralph gets decompressed, and some perps are gonna die. That's what happens when you let guns onto a space station…
THE GODDAMNED #3
STORY: JASON AARON
ART / COVER A: r.m.GUÉRA
COVER B: ESAD RIBIC
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
"…and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." Genesis 4:15
HUCK #3
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVERS A & B: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Huck takes his mission across the country, helping those in need, while powerful figures in the US establishment try to use his abilities for their own ends.
I HATE FAIRYLAND #4
STORY / ART / COVER A: SKOTTIE YOUNG
COVER B: SKOTTIE YOUNG (F-CK FAIRYLAND VARIANT)
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Gert finally has a face to face with Queen Cloudia. Will she leave with her face, or will it be blasted off her rotten skull by the Queen?
INJECTION #6
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVERS A & B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
JANUARY 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
BEGINNING A NEW VOLUME: In New York, consulting detective Vivek Headland takes on a case that quickly invokes a murderous sandwich.
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #10
STORY: GABRIEL HARDMAN & CORINNA BECHKO
ART: GABRIEL HARDMAN & JORDAN BOYD
COVER: GABRIEL HARDMAN
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A betrayal from within has deadly consequences.
ISLAND MAGAZINE #6
STORY / ART: ONTA, FIL BARLOW, GAEL BERTRAND, & BRANDON GRAHAM
COVER: ONTA
JANUARY 20 / 112 PAGES / FC / T+ / $7.99
Onta shows how two very different guys spend a day at the gay pride parade. Plus the recolored return of FIL BARLOW's fun, bizarre, plastoid conspiracy science fiction: ZOONIVERSE! and more.
JUPITER'S CIRCLE, VOL. 2 #3 (OF 6)
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART: CHRIS SPROUSE
COVER A: BILL SIENKIEWICZ
COVER B: FRANK QUITELY
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Skyfox was once a member of America's greatest super team—now he's kidnapped the Vice President in a bid to stop the Vietnam War.
LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #4
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART / COVER: TRADD MOORE & FELIPE SOBREIRO
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
On the border of the Land of Nod, Luther has to defeat the one opponent he can't fight.
LIMBO #3 (OF 6)
STORY: DAN WATTERS
ART / COVER: CASPAR WIJNGAARD
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A parade hits Dedande City, and after the trials of last issue our detective could do with some time off. It's normal to let you hair down at these things. Have a dance. Have a couple of drinks. Puke up some snakes…
LOW #11: SHORE OF THE DYING LIGHT PART 1 (OF 5)
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART: GREG TOCCHINI & DAVE McCAIG
COVERS A & B: GREG TOCCHINI
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
Sisters Stel and Della Caine return to their family home haunted by ghosts of their past. Do they seek blood or redemption?
MONSTRESS #3
STORY: MARJORIE LIU
ART / COVER: SANA TAKEDA
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Maika must confront the deadly secrets that live inside her.
MYTHIC #8
STORY: PHIL HESTER
ART: JOHN McCREA
COVER A: JOHN McCREA & RIAN HUGHES
COVER B: SIMON BISLEY
JANUARY 27 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
With Mythic disbanded, can Nate use his meager skills to head off armageddon?
NAILBITER #19
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: MIKE HENDERSON
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Serial Killer Theater!
NO MERCY #6
STORY: ALEX DE CAMPI
ART: CARLA SPEED McNEIL & JENN MANLEY LEE
COVER: CARLA SPEED McNEIL
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Travis makes friends. Chad makes enemies.
"Chilling." — The A.V. Club
"Highly addictive." — Bleeding Cool
NOWHERE MEN #7
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART: DAVE TAYLOR, EMI LENOX, & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: DAVE TAYLOR & FONOGRAFIKS
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
ERIC STEPHENSON, JORDIE BELLAIRE, and FONOGRAFIKS welcome new artists DAVE TAYLOR and EMI LENOX as the Eisner-nominated series returns with the first of six all-new issues. Featuring thirty-two pages of story and no ads for $2.99, the second story arc picks up right where the volume one trade paperback left off and will ship monthly through May 2016.
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #15
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
All Alone Now. Kyle Barnes is left to his own devices in a world where danger lurks around every corner. Is he ready for this?
PAPER GIRLS #4
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART: CLIFF CHIANG & MATT WILSON
COVER: CLIFF CHIANG
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
What lurks beneath the streets of Stony Stream?
PENCIL HEAD #1 (OF 5)
STORY / ART / COVER: TED McKEEVER
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
PENCIL HEAD is Ted McKeever's semi-autobiographical take on the whacked-out world of the comic book industry. Journey along as we witness protagonist Poodwaddle's trials and tribulations of working, and sustaining, his place in the absurd world of comics, where what happens behind the scenes is far more twisted, and bizarrely hilarious, than anything on the printed page.
PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #6 (OF 6)
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE & MATTHEW WILSON
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
MINI-SERIES CONCLUSION
Adieu! Adieu! Auf Wiedersehen! Goodbye! Emily! Aster! Is probably going to die!
PLUTONA #5 (OF 5)
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE & EMI LENOX
ART / COVER: EMI LENOX
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
MINI-SERIES CONCLUSION
With the kids torn apart and lost in the woods, nothing can prepare them for what happens next. The startling conclusion to PLUTONA, with an ending that no one will see coming!
POSTAL #9
STORY: BRYAN HILL
ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The FBI forces Mayor Shiffron to take a new, young woman into Eden and the secret she carries will change Mark forever.
PRETTY DEADLY #8
STORY: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
ART / COVER: EMMA RÍOS
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Meet the Reaper of War.
PROPHET: EARTH WAR #1
STORY: BRANDON GRAHAM
ART: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS
COVER: SIMON ROY
JANUARY 20 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO PROPHET BEGINS HERE!
A clone general goes against his Brain-Mother overlords to gain control of an alien egg. Beginning of the final six issue mini-series.
RAT QUEENS #15
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART: TESS FOWLER
COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
"DEMONS," Part Five
A betrayal changes the Rat Queens FOREVER! Prepare to be shocked! You did not see this one coming!
REVIVAL #36
STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART: MIKE NORTON
COVER: JENNY FRISON
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
A great jumping on point for new readers as ninety-eight-year-old fitness guru, Lester Majak, reassesses what it means to live forever in a city full of the undead.
RINGSIDE #3
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: NICK BARBER & SIMON GOUGH
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The past is present.
SAGA #33
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Upsher and Doff are back on the case.
SAINTS #4
STORY: SEAN LEWIS
ART / COVER: BENJAMIN MACKEY
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The wild group of Saints exit to New Mexico after battling Michael's Southern Fried Henchmen. There an old friend of Blaise's plays some metal records backwards and accidentally conjures Baal, the prince of hell. Heavy Metal, irreverent humor, and saintly murder continue in this ongoing series.
SAVAGE DRAGON #211
STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
Malcolm Dragon fulfills his destiny and joins the Chicago Police Force. ERIK LARSEN brings it!
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #14
STORY: JASON AARON
ART / COVER: JASON LATOUR
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The big game is over. But the troubles have only just begun. The return of Roberta Tubb.
SPAWN #260
STORY: TODD McFARLANE AND ERIK LARSEN
ART: ERIK LARSEN (PENCILS/INKS) & TODD McFARLANE (INKS/PENCILS)
COVER A: ERIK LARSEN (PENCILS) & TODD McFARLANE (INKS)
COVER B: GERARDO SANDOVAL & TODD McFARLANE (INKS)
JANUARY 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
"THE SATAN SAGA WARS," Part Two
The legendary Todd McFarlane and Erik Larsen join forces for a historic and show-stopping collaboration of titanic proportions in an epic display of creative talent on SPAWN!
SPREAD #12
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART: JEN HICKMAN & FELIPE SOBREIRO
COVER A: KYLE STRAHM & FELIPE SOBREIRO
COVER B: CAMILA TORRANO
COVER C: MICHAEL ADAMS & KYLE STRAHM
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
Molly's story with guest artist Jen Hickman.
STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE AND ROSES #12
STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
With Kretchmeyer forcing their hand, the heist is happening tonight whether Beth and Orson like it or not, and they must come to terms with the fact that they're likely to be caught, subjected to unimaginable torture and pain, then die.
SYMMETRY #2
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVERS A & B: RAFFAELE IENCO
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Would you sacrifice love and creativity for an otherwise perfect life for everyone? In a world where there is no ambition, everything is beautiful and no one needs to work, the truth Michael discovers disrupts society's symmetry… and life will never be the same.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #12
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART / COVER: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
JANUARY 27 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
12: WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
THEY'RE NOT LIKE US WILL RETURN IN APRIL
THE TITHE #8
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART: RAHSAN EKEDAL & PHILLIP SEVY
COVER A: RAHSAN EKEDAL
COVER B: PHILLIP SEVY
JANUARY 6 / 48 PAGES / FC / T+ / $5.99
"ISLAMOPHOBIA," Conclusion
Double-sized final issue of this second arc comes to a fiery conclusion with a special guest appearance by Dr. David Loren from THINK TANK.
THE TITHE WILL RETURN IN JUNE
TOKYO GHOST #5
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART: SEAN MURPHY
COVER A: SEAN MURPHY & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
COVER B: SEAN MURPHY & DAVE McCAIG
JANUARY 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
As Eden burns around her, Debbie fights to save the man she loves from the monster he's become.
THE VIOLENT #2
STORY: ED BRISSON
ART / COVER: ADAM GORHAM
JANUARY 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Desperation leads to murder.
THE WALKING DEAD #150
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER A: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
COVER B: BLANK SKETCH VARIANT
JANUARY 13 / 40 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
SPECIAL EXTRA-SIZED ANNIVERSARY ISSUE – 40 PAGES FOR ONLY $2.99!
In our 150th issue, Rick Grimes finds himself… BETRAYED.
WAYWARD #13
STORY: JIM ZUB
ART / COVER A: STEVEN CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
COVER B: TOM RANEY & GINA GOING
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Tokyo Tower is under siege as Yokai and young gods clash.
WOLF #5
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
COVER: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & TOM MULLER
JANUARY 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
Years after the events of issue four, Wolfe and Anita do their best to pick up the broken pieces.
A brand-new timeline means a brand-new artist—RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ (ZERO)—on board!
COLLECTED EDITIONS:
APHRODITE IX: REBIRTH, VOL.1 TP
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
JANUARY 27 / 144 PAGES / FC / T+ / $9.99
BACK IN PRINT
Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event scorched the surface, Earth and its inhabitants have been forever altered and a new landscape and political struggle has taken hold between two distinct factions fighting for control. Aphrodite IX is both anachronism and advanced technology in a world that she no longer recognizes. To survive in this future, she must choose sides in a war that she wants no part in.
Collects Aphrodite IX #1-5
APHRODITE IX: REBIRTH, VOL. 2 TP
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
JANUARY 27 / 216 PAGES / FC / T+ / $19.99
BACK IN PRINT
New printing, new cover, more pages, includes APHRODITE IX/CYBER FORCE one shot not previously reprinted.
Determined to never be controlled by outside forces again, Aphrodite IX seeks revenge against those who manipulated her.
Collects APHRODITE IX #6-11 and APHRODITE IX/CYBER FORCE #1
IXth GENERATION, VOL. 2 TP
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART: ATILIO ROJO
COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
FEBRUARY 17 / 160 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Eight centuries in the future, a group of cybernetic deities–the IXth Generation–have awakened to find themselves in charge of a world kneeling at their feet and faced with an ancient evil known as the Darkness. But instead of unifying against this common enemy, the IXs have fallen into bitter infighting and territorial battles, risking the fate of the world they were meant to rule. Will the discovery of other ancient Artifacts—including Aphrodite IX's wielding of the Witchblade—bring hope to this barren future? And will the Protocol be fulfilled… or subverted?
Collects IXth GENERATION #5-8
INVINCIBLE, VOL. 22 TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: RYAN OTTLEY, CLIFF RATHBURN, JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU, & RUS WOOTON
FEBRUARY 17 / 152 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99
While Mark, Eve, and Terra make the best of their life on Talescria, Thragg has eluded capture. In this volume, loose ends are tied up, conflicts are brought to a resolution, and a door is closed… so that a new one can open.
Collects INVINCIBLE #121-126
LAZARUS, VOL. 4: POISON TP
STORY: GREG RUCKA
ART: MICHAEL LARK
COVER: OWEN FREEMAN
JANUARY 20 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The world is at war, and Family Carlyle must fight to defend itself. With Malcolm Carlyle hovering at death's door, the siblings struggle to maintain control. But deception and war go hand in hand, culminating in a final revelation that will truly change everything for Forever Carlyle.
Collects LAZARUS #16-21
THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, VOL. 2 HC (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: NICK PITARRA
FEBRUARY 3 / 296 PAGES / FC / T+ / $34.99
"SCIENCE. BAD."
What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other, more unusual, programs? What if the union of a generation's brightest minds was not a signal for optimism, but foreboding? What if everything… went wrong?
Collects THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #11-20
MANIFEST DESTINY, VOL. 3 TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: CHRIS DINGESS
ART / COVER: MATTHEW ROBERTS, STEFANO GAUDIANO, TONY AKINS, OWEN GIENI, & PAT BROSSEAU
FEBRUARY 3 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Deep in America's heartland, Lewis & Clark's expedition discovers a civilization unlike any they—or anyone else on Earth—has encountered. An encounter that will push their men to the brink of mutiny, and redefines the relationship between man and monster, predator and prey.
Collects MANIFEST DESTINY #13-18
MIDNIGHT NATION TP
STORY: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
ART / COVER: GARY FRANK
JANUARY 27 / 304 PAGES / FC / M / $24.99
BACK IN PRINT
A soul in limbo. A cross-country journey. A hard-boiled cop with one last chance to save the doomed and the desperate.
In this deluxe trade paperback volume, writer J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI's classic tale of loss and redemption comes collected in its entirety with all twelve issues, MIDNIGHT NATION #½, and a cover gallery. Also includes a touching and insightful afterword from STRACZYNSKI.
Collects MIDNIGHT NATION #1-12
NAMELESS HC
STORY: GRANT MORRISON
ART / COVER: CHRIS BURNHAM & NATHAN FAIRBAIRN
JANUARY 13 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99
NAMELESS tells the story of a down-at-heel occult hustler known only as "Nameless" who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part of a desperate mission to save the world. A massive asteroid named Xibalba—the "Place of Fear" in Mayan mythology—is on collision course with the planet Earth. If that wasn't trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magical symbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solar system's lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed sixty-five million years ago at the end of an epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely powerful, life-hating, extra-dimensional "gods." One of those beings is still alive, imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists. When Nameless and his teammates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul-destroying intelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to the outer reaches of human terror.
ODY-C, VOL. 2: SONS OF THE WOLF TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD
FEBRUARY 17 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Some people would do anything for love… even go to war… forever. What happened to Ene the Conqueror, and He, of Troiia, after the end of the Troiian War and they departed for home, reunited at last? It doesn't go well for either of them, it turns out. You think war is hell? Try being married to these two. This legendary couple finds themselves trapped on a world where madness reigns and blood flows daily. To escape, Ene must hunt and kill the bastard son of a god and He must weave stories night after night hoping to stay alive long enough for his bride to rescue him…
"Fraction and Ward are doing wildly imaginative work combining fantastic Greek mythology with futuristic science fiction, and the book has a visual sensibility unlike anything else on the stands." — The A.V. Club
Collects ODY-C #6-10
OCTOPUS PIE, VOL. 1 TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: MEREDITH GRAN
ART / COVER: MEREDITH GRAN
FEBRUARY 3 / 272 PAGES / BW / T+ / $14.99
In this first collected volume of the OCTOPUS PIE series, we follow grumpy twenty-something Eve and her stoner roommate Hanna as they navigate post-college life. They'll take on crazed childhood rivals, troubling art scenes, the discomfort of exes, and maybe even… friendship? All this and more in the fictional, totally made-up city of Brooklyn.
"Well paced and grounded, ranging from funny ha-ha to odd observational humor, OCTOPUS PIE's ultimate hooks are its flawed, but genuine characters." — BOOKLIST
RASPUTIN, VOL. 2 TP
STORY: ALEX GRECIAN
ART / COVER: RILEY ROSSMO
JANUARY 27 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
What really happened at that fateful dinner and how did Rasputin survive his plunge into the icy river in 1916? All is revealed as a new life begins for the "mad monk" at Ellis Island.
Collects RASPUTIN #6-10
REYN, VOL. 2 TP
STORY: Kel symons
ART / COVER: Nathan stockman
JANUARY 13 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Swordsman Reyn and his traveling companions, lead by Seph, discover Fate isn't what they thought-they're actually traveling in a massive generation ship on a journey through the stars after Earth was consumed when the sun went nova. Now they must stop alien invaders from destroying the ship and all aboard.
Collects REYN #6-10
SEX, VOL. 4: DAISY CHAINS TP
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART: PIOTR KOWLASKI
COVER: SONIA HARRIS
JANUARY 27 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The fourth volume of SEX in book form!
Collects SEX #21-26
TALES OF HONOR, VOL. 2 TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: MATT HAWKINS & DAN WICKLINE
ART / COVER: LINDA SEJIC
FEBRUARY 24 / 160 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
The first ever original comic book tale set in David Weber's HONORVERSE!
On the leisure station Eros, naval commander Honor Harrington's roguish uncle has gone missing… under very mysterious circumstances. In the absence of actual shore leave, it's up to Honor and her crewmen, officers Horace Harkness and Scotty Tremaine, with the help of her pet Treecat, Nimitz, to infiltrate Eros and uncover a mystery of galactic proportions! But what they find will extend far beyond a simple kidnapping, and will push Honor and her crew to their absolute limits… and then some.
Collects TALES OF HONOR: BRED TO KILL #0-4
TREES, VOL. 2: TWO FORESTS TP
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVER: JASON HOWARD
JANUARY 6 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
A survivor of the Blindhail Event looks for signs of imminent global disaster among the megaliths and relics of Orkney, while the new mayor of New York plans to extract his revenge for the awful thing that happened the day the Tree landed on Manhattan.
Collects TREES #9-14
VALHALLA MAD TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART / COVER: PAUL MAYBURY
FEBRUARY 24 / 120 PAGES / FC / T+ / $12.99
Their names are legend: the Glorious Knox! Greghorn the Battlebjörn! Jhago the Irritator! Three warrior gods vacationing on Earth, just looking to get their drink on and have a good time! Join the drunken festivities with toastmasters Joe Casey (SEX) and Paul Maybury (SOVEREIGN). The new mythology begins now!
Collects VALHALLA MAD #1-4
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, VOL. 3 TP
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART: JAMIE McKELVIE, KATE BROWN, TULA LOTAY, STEPHANIE HANS, LEILA DEL DUCA, MATTHEW WILSON, MAT LOPES, BRANDON GRAHAM, & CLAYTON COWLES
COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE
FEBRUARY 3 / 200 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
After the detonation of FANDEMONIUM the gods-as-pop-stars of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE try living in the long dark shadow. Team WicDiv are joined by a stellar cast of guest artists to put the spotlight on each of the gods. The multiple Eisner Award nominated series continues in the only way it knows how: darker, weirder, faster. Don't worry. It's going to be okay.
Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #12-17
WITCHBLADE: BORNE AGAIN, VOL. 3 TP (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
STORY: RON MARZ & MATT HAWKINS
ART: MAAN HOUSE, MICHAEL TURNER, STJEPAN SEJIC, GABRIEL REARTE, LINDA SEJIC, NELSON BLAKE II, PHILLIP SEVY, ISAAC GOODHART, BETSY GONIA, J.D. SMITH, & TROY PETERI
FEBRUARY 24 / 184 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF SARA PEZZINI!
During her twenty years as Bearer of the Witchblade, Sara Pezzini has traveled the globe to do battle with just about every form of evil under the sun. When a powerful collector of the supernatural offers Sara a job, though, she finds herself called back to where it all began: New York City. If things seem too good to be true, however, it's because they are. Looming over this new opportunity is the cold, hard fact that nothing lasts forever, and Sara's tenure as Witchblade is almost at its end. Of course, Sara can't help but wonder: Is this the end of the Artifact, or the end of her life?
Collects WITCHBLADE #180-185
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