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Six Brand New Image Comics In April… And Five Sequel Launches. Which Will Be The New Saga?

April sees the launch of six brand new series. And five sequels/prequels/spinoffs. Which will be the next Walking Dead? The next Saga? The next Sex Criminals?

We heard about some of these at Image Expo. But not all..

SAVIOR #1

STORY: TODD McFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN
ART / COVER: CLAYTON CRAIN
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
What if the MOST DANGEROUS man on Earth was also the one trying to do the MOST GOOD?
The world is real. The people are normal. And then he appears!
A man appears with no background, no memory, and no place to call home. But he has powers. Powers that seem resemble those we learned about in Sunday School. Could it be?! Is it possible that this man is much, much more than that? Is it possible that he is our "SAVIOR" in the flesh? And if he is, then why doesn't he know who he is or how he got his powers?
Strip away the spandex and trappings of the traditional comic superhero and ask yourself the simple question of, "How would I react if GOD suddenly appeared in front of me, but everything we had been taught about him seem out of whack?" What you would have left, beyond your own doubts, is the presence of a man who has to deal with the fact that his appearance in the world is seen as both a blessing and a curse.
Some will see him as a hero; a messiah. Other will see him as an enemy because there isn't room for a person with god-like powers to disrupt the status quo of what we already believe. Some will rally behind him. Others will denounce him. But none of us will be able to ignore him.

KAPTARA #1
STORY: CHIP ZDARSKY
ART / COVER: KAGAN McLEOD
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
A space expedition goes horribly wrong because if it didn't there would be no story! Reluctant explorer Keith Kanga and his crew crash land on KAPTARA, a world filled with danger and weird danger and dangerous weirdos! And if he can't survive, then Earth, the place where YOU live, is doomed!
Join CHIP ZDARSKY (Sex Criminals the Duck) and KAGAN McLEOD (Infinite Kung Fu) as they put the "fi" back into "sci-fi" and pretty much disregard the "sci" part in this epic story of punching and love!

NO MERCY #1
STORY: ALEX de CAMPI
ART / COVER: CARLA SPEED McNEIL
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
It was just a trip, before college. Build schools in a Central American village; get to know some of the other freshmen. But after tragedy strikes, a handful of once-privileged US teens must find their way home in a cruel landscape that at best doesn't like them, and at worst, actively wants to kill them.

PISCES #1
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Former fighter pilot Dillon Carpenter found everything he wanted when he returned from the Vietnam War. A loving partner, a dream career training with NASA to travel through space, and soon, he will learn, a prime candidacy for a secret mission, one that will forever change the world: First Contact. But as Dillon prepares, his war trauma returns and he's haunted by dark visions of his future. There is but one constant; the voice whispering from the stars.
A sci-fi psychological body horror series from the writer of RAT QUEENS and the artist of SHELTERED.

RUNLOVEKILL #1
STORY: JONATHAN TSUEI & ERIC CANETE
ART / COVER: ERIC CANETE
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Sought after by elements from her violent past, fugitive and assassin Rain Oshiro has just 24 hours to escape a barricaded city while trying to evade a military force determined to either capture or kill her.

THE TITHE #1 (of 4)
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER A: RAHSAN EKEDAL
COVER B: RAHSAN EKEDAL
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
A heist story unlike any before! Mega-churches are being robbed for millions of dollars by a crusader hacker group known as Samaritan who is giving the money to causes they deem more worthy. This modern day "Robin Hood" is being pursued by two FBI agents who actually admire their quarry but want to stop the theft before it escalates.

There are also spinoffs and sequels…  and look what's first! What a familiar name…

JUPITER'S CIRCLE #1
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART: WILFREDO TORRES
COVERS A / B: FRANK QUITELY
COVER C: BILL SIENKIEWICZ
COVER D: GORAN PARLOV
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The most celebrated superheroes in mid-century America seem to have it all — fame, riches, adoration — but tensions simmer beneath the glossy surface, threatening to crack open the secrets behind their public AND private exploits. Before the family dynasty in JUPITER'S LEGACY began, there was JUPITER'S CIRCLE — a story about a team whose personal dramas collide with super-powered spectacle!

IXth GENERATION HIDDEN FILES #1
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER A: STJEPAN SEJIC
COVER B: STJEPAN SEJIC
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
An in-depth look at the realistic science of IXth GENERATION focusing on transhumanism, cybernetic enhancement, and genetic alteration in this dossier-style book featuring new art by STJEPAN SEJIC.

LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #1
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART / COVER: TRADD MOORE & FELIPE SOBREIRO
APRIL 1 / 48 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Luther Strode returns.
For five years, Luther Strode and Petra have been on the run. Now the time for running is over, and the Murder Cult is going down. The road to Cain starts here.
JUSTIN JORDAN (SPREAD) and TRADD MOORE (All-New Ghost Rider) bring back Luther and Petra for their final adventure. The last chapter in the hit trilogy begins NOW.
Special double-sized issue!

'68: BAD SIGN (ONE-SHOT)
STORY: MARK KIDWELL
ART: RICHARD BONK & JAY FOTOS
COVER A: NAT JONES, KYLE CHARLES, & JAY FOTOS
COVER B: RICHARD BONK & JAY FOTOS
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
In December of 1968, a violent, random serial killer launched a spree of terror on the San Francisco area. On February 13th…the living dead rose and turned the entire world into a slaughterhouse. Now, hidden away in a derelict warehouse deep in the butchertown district, a human monster continues his bloody work, taunting the few remaining cops and hunting humans without fear in a city of the damned.

PUNKS THE COMIC – CBLDF SPECIAL
STORY: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
ART / COVER: KODY CHAMBERLAIN
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $4.99
EVERY RULE OF THE COMIC CODE WILL BE BROKEN IN THESE 32 PAGES. To say thanks for the assured mutual destruction, 20% of all profits will be donated to the CBLDF. Help support an amazing cause and be seduced by the innocent. Or corrupted by the corrupt. Either/or.

And a whole bunch of other comic books too…

IXth GENERATION #4
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER A: STJEPAN SEJIC
COVER B: STJEPAN SEJIC
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The return of Hope? The Darkness claims its prize. How do you kill an immortal? Aphrodite IX finds a way.

BIRTHRIGHT #6
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
Mikey's return has divided the Rhodes family in unexpected ways. Where do they go from here?

DEADLY CLASS #12
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER A: WES CRAIG
COVER B: JEROME OPENA
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
As the Devil's Cartel hit squad closes in, Marcus must rely on the girl whose heart he just broke to avoid getting a bullet in his own.

NAILBITER #11
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER A: MIKE HENDERSON
COVER B: DUSTIN NGUYEN
COVER C: RILEY ROSSMO
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
Does the Nailbiter know why sixteen of the world's worst serial killers all came from the same small town? Does he know the truth? Find out as the Nailbiter…confesses!

ALEX + ADA #14
STORY: JONATHAN LUNA & SARAH VAUGHN
ART / COVER: JONATHAN LUNA
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Run.

AUTUMNLANDS: TOOTH & CLAW #6
STORY: KURT BUSIEK
ART / COVER: BENJAMIN DEWEY
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The (literally) shattering showdown with the Bison Tribes that tears all alliances apart and sends the series in a whole new direction. Finale of the hit series' first arc!

BIG MAN PLANS #2 (OF 4)
STORY: ERIC POWELL & TIM WIESCH
ART / COVER A: ERIC POWELL
1:30 INCENTIVE COVER B: DAVE JOHNSON
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Big Man, by knee-capping a guy with a drywall hatchet, begins his bloody road of revenge as more clues to his mysterious motivations are revealed.

BITCH PLANET #5
STORY: KELLY SUE DECONNICK
ART / COVER: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The Bitches enter the arena for their very first deathsport match. From 2014 Best Writer Eisner nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE De LANDRO (X-Factor) with colorist CRIS PETER (CASANOVA) and letterer CLAYTON COWLES (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE).

BLACK SCIENCE #13
STORY: RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER: MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The Dimensionauts take on a new mission: leave every world they visit better than when they found it. But their mettle is put to the test in a plague-ridden society that wants to burn them all at the stake.

CASANOVA: ACEDIA #4
STORY: MATT FRACTION & MICHAEL CHABON
ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON & GABRIEL BÁ
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Who is Amiel Boutique? Who is Quentin Cassaday? Who are any of us, really, when you get down to it? Also: Whose minds are Chabon and Bá blowing THIS time?

CHEW #48
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
We can't show you the CHEW #48 cover because it's too spoiler-y, so here's an unfinished picture of Caesar Rob started for the CHEW #43 cover. NOT ACTUAL COVER!

CHRONONAUTS #2
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER: SEAN GORDON MURPHY
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly have become the world's first time travelers — but not all goes according to plan when the two go rogue in their own era-hopping adventure! With the world watching, the buddies get mixed up in an eon's worth of sticky situations while some of history's scariest villains — and their bosses back in the present day — are determined to track them down!

COPPERHEAD #6
STORY: JAY FAERBER
ART / COVER: SCOTT GODLEWSKI & RON RILEY
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
It's payday at the copper mine, which means Sheriff Clara Bronson is in for a particularly rowdy Friday night. Plus, Boo is offered an intriguing partnership.

C.O.W.L. #11
STORY: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
ART / COVER: ROD REIS
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Arc two comes to a close with a monster issue. All of Geoffrey's lies, secrets, and rationalizations have led to this. Plus, Radia's public stand against C.O.W.L. — will she win the independence she wants? And does Arclight have a future with C.O.W.L.? Or at all?

DARK ENGINE #8
STORY: RYAN BURTON
ART / COVER: JOHN BIVENS
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The training of Sym.

DESCENDER #2
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER: DUSTIN NGUYEN
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
As the brutal robot hunting Scrappers close in on TIM-21, the events that first brought him to the mining colony on the outer edges of space are revealed.

THE DYING AND THE DEAD #4
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: RYAN BODENHEIM
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
"THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

We look back on the glory days of the Colonel and crew as they chase a lost artifact through the burning ruins of a fallen city in conquered Japan.
The best new book of the year rambles on in THE DYING AND THE DEAD #4, The Good Old Days.

EGOs #7
STORY: STUART MOORE
ART / COVER: GUS STORMS
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
As CRUNCHED continues, the EGOs' investigation of the galactic conspiracy leads them to a paranoid schizophrenic and a drunken cyborg. Plus: Deuce, leader of the EGOs, actually talks to his wife!
"A phenomenal series with great story and writing, wonderful characters, and spectacular artwork." — All-Comic

ELEPHANTMEN #64
STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS
ART: CARLOS PEDRO
COVER: PIA GUERRA
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
"HOW DID IT GET SO LATE SO SOON?"
Hip Flask and Miki spend a night in.

THE EMPTY #3
STORY / ART / COVER: JIMMIE ROBINSON
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
"THE DEEP," Part Three
Lila and Tanoor attempt to unlock the mystery of the poisonous roots, but as they travel deeper into The Empty, they are confronted by their biggest challenge yet — crossing the toxic sea of bones. Sacrifices must be made to continue the journey and blood will have to be spilled.

THE FADE OUT #7
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
APRIL 29 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Charlie is falling for the replacement blonde…but is he working her for information, or is she playing him for her own ends?

THE FUSE #12
STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON
ART / COVER: JUSTIN GREENWOOD
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"GRIDLOCK," CONCLUSION
CATHY KUANG'S MURDER — SOLVED! But what will the truth cost Klem and Ralph? It's a dangerous place out there on the solar arrays, as Ralph is about to find out…!
"An incredibly exciting read that keeps you guessing." — Book Riot

GHOSTED #19
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART: VLADIMIR KRSTIC
COVER: DAN PANOSIAN
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Their final confrontation between Jackson Winters and Markus Schrecken. Both men have stared down death, but this time someone loses.

GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #7
STORY / ART / COVER A: RYAN BROWNE
COVER B: AARON CONLEY
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
What're we gonna do without Star Grass? It's about "time" someone did something to fix that problem.

INTERSECT #6
STORY / ART / COVER A: RAY FAWKES
COVER B: CHIP ZDARSKY
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The shocking conclusion of the first chapter of INTERSECT brings Jason and Alison to a shattering finale! Who will survive and who will be consumed? What is the shape of the creature that will result? And what does it mean for the future of the city?

INVINCIBLE #119
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: RYAN OTTLEY, CLIFF RATHBURN, & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
APRIL 15 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Mark and Eve take their daughter to the emergency room on an alien planet…which is all kinds of trouble. How long will Mark's domestic life be allowed to continue? Trouble is brewing worlds away.

INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #2
STORY: GABRIEL HARDMAN & CORINNA BECHKO
ART / COVER: GABRIEL HARDMAN
COLORS: JORDAN BOYD
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The brutal rise of Arthur McBride.
Arthur and Maia are on the run in a hostile city after their act of violence at Bright Rock Beach. Meanwhile, disgraced reporter Croger Babb is threatened by a conspiracy from the past as he investigates Maia's story.

LAZARUS #16
STORY: GREG RUCKA & ERIC TRAUTMANN
ART: MICHAEL LARK & OWEN FREEMAN
COVER: OWEN FREEMAN
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"MERCY"
The Conclave has ended, and the world once more is falling to chaos and violence. Sister Bernard travels between Family Domains, ministering to the Waste…and acting as a spy for the Carlyle Family.

THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE SUN BEYOND THE STARS #2
STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART: NICK PITARRA
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
"SINGULARITY"
A secret alien science experiment spins out of control, sucking Yuri and Laika up into a singularity of chaos the likes of which no human, or human-dog-person-thing, has ever seen.
The greatest FEEL GOOD, BAD SCIENCE book in the long history of man returns in THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE SUN BEYOND THE STARS.

MICE TEMPLAR V: NIGHT'S END #2
STORY: BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
ART: VICTOR SANTOS & SERENA GUERRA
COVER A: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
COVER B: VICTOR SANTOS & CHANDRA FREE
APRIL 29 / 56 PAGES / FC / T / $5.99
"RUNNING RED"
The greatest battle in the history of the Dark Lands continues… Templar, Maeven, Rat, Bat, Cat, Weasel, Owl and Serpent wage war for control of the city…and the very destiny of the Shadow Time! Villains rise. Heroes fall. And the streets of Dealrach Ard-Vale run red with the blood of all!

NAMELESS #3
STORY: GRANT MORRISON
ART / COVER: CHRIS BURNHAM & NATHAN FAIRBAIRN
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
As the exploration of vast structures on the surface of the asteroid Xibalba begins, more nightmarish secrets of a prehistoric cosmic war come crawling into the light.
What soul-destroying truth lies buried in Xibalba's immense tunnel network?
What malignancies lie dreaming there?
What is human? And what is NOT?

ODDLY NORMAL #6
STORY: OTIS FRAMPTON
zART: OTIS FRAMPTON & TRACY BAILEY
COVER A: OTIS FRAMPTON
COVER B: SARA RICHARD
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
Oddly gets stuck in a memory. Literally.

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #8
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
"A vast and unending ruin."
Kyle witnesses Reverend Anderson's struggle to prove his worth in the face of unrelenting failure.

POSTAL #3
STORY: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
As the murder continues to fray the fragile peace of the town and Maggie's relationship with the FBI takes a darker turn, Mark decides to come face-to-face with the men responsible for the woman's murder and learns the truth of his own past.

RED ONE #2
STORY: XAVIER DORISON
ART / COVER: TERRY DODSON & RACHEL DODSON
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The U.S.S.R.'s top agent, Vera Yelnikov, is working undercover in 1977 Los Angeles as Alabama Jones, a.k.a. RED ONE, America's greatest hero!
Red One takes on her fiercest foe yet, the fascist serial killer THE CARPENTER, in a funky superhero romp by TERRY & RACHEL DODSON (Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Harley Quinn) and XAVIER DORISON (Long John Silver, The Third Testament).

REYN #4
STORY: KEL SYMONS
ART / COVER: NATHAN STOCKMAN
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Reyn and Seph infiltrate the Venn stronghold hidden in the Rift.

RUMBLE #5
STORY: JOHN ARCUDI
ART / COVER: JAMES HARREN
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Sought after by elements from her violent past, fugitive and assassin Rain Oshiro has just 24 hours to escape a barricaded city while trying to evade a military force determined to either capture or kill her.

SAGA #27
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Poor Marko.

SATELLITE SAM #13
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN
APRIL 22 / 20 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
Mike and Kara split up just as the good Doctor makes his final offer: the Le Monde Network can't survive without Satellite Sam…but Satellite Sam can survive without Michael.

SAVAGE DRAGON #205
STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

SECRET IDENTITIES #3
STORY: BRIAN JOINES & JAY FAERBER
ART: ILIAS KYRIAZIS & RON RILEY
COVER: ILIAS KYRIAZIS
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
A radioactive zombie leaves a scorched trail of destruction in its wake as Gaijin tries to keep her teammates from learning the truth about her connection to the creature. Meanwhile, Crosswind finds some leverage to use against one of his unsuspecting teammates.

SHUTTER #11
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

SKULLKICKERS #32
STORY: JIM ZUB
ART: EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATS
COVER: EDWIN HUANG & JEFF "CHAMBA" CRUZ
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
"INFINITE ICONS OF THE ENDLESS EPIC," Part Two
Monster mashers, elder evil, and now deadly demons… Every one's invited for the brawl at the end of it all!
This issue has the first of two connecting gatefold covers by EDWIN HUANG & JEFF "CHAMBA" CRUZ. Get this one and next month's issue to put together the ultimate Skullkickers battle panorama!

SOUTHERN CROSS #2
STORY/ COVER: BECKY CLOONAN
ART: ANDY BELANGER & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
APRIL / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Day two on board the SOUTHERN CROSS's five-day voyage to Titan, and the mysteries are already piling up. Like where has BRAITH's cabin-mate disappeared to? Just how many people have died on board the ship? And how many of those spirits are still haunting the dark corners of the SOUTHERN CROSS? The plot thickens as BRAITH starts making connections, leading her through doors that should have been kept shut.

SPAWN #252
STORY: PAUL JENKINS
ART / COVER: JONBOY MEYERS
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

SPREAD #9
WRITER: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART / COVER: KYLE STRAHM & FELIPE SOBREIRO
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"The Children's Crusade," Part Two
Terror in the skies!

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #4
STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50
A new player has hit the streets of Baltimore. His name is Kretchmeyer, and with a single shot he's turned the city's underbelly inside out. Now with a manhunt underway, war threatening, and Monster roaming the city imposing his own brand of law and order, Kretchmeyer is ready for the second part of his Master Plan…find a girlfriend. Finding the woman of his dreams is not a problem, but keeping her will prove far harder than any assassination. Kretch, though, is a young man not to be deterred, and as the manhunt closes in and the noose tightens around his neck, he's hell-bent on seeing through his grand scheme…even if it sends both of them to the grave.

THE SURFACE #3
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: LANGDON FOSS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: LANGDON FOSS, TOM MULLER, & JORDIE BELLAIRE
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
After the eruption comes…not peace, but strange machines, astral traveling, and quantum teleportation, all culminating in a chase scene that will bend reality in twenty different directions.
And who is the survivor? Read to find out.

TECH JACKET #10
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Tech Jacket stands on the front lines of a battle that will consume the entire galaxy. Safe to say, no one's making it out of this one without a few scars…

THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #5
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART / COVER: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
APRIL 29 / 24 PAGES/ FC / T+ / $2.99

THIEF OF THIEVES #28
STORY: ANDY DIGGLE
ART / COVER: SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & ADRIANO LUCAS
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC/ M / $2.99
What has Cohen been up to since being dismissed from the FBI? Harboring a few grudges with a certain thief…

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR PRESENTS: BEYOND BELIEF #2 (of 4)
STORY: BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER
ART / COVER: PHIL HESTER
APRIL 15 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Based on the hit NERDIST podcast! Behold MR. FUZZYFACE, the horrendous monster under your bed that's actually a pretty decent guy once you get to know him. But he's not the problem. Problem's the monster that HE'S afraid of…

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR PRESENTS: SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS #3 (of 4)
STORY: BEN ACKER & BEN BLACKER
ART / COVER: J. BONE
APRIL 1 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Based on the hit NERDIST podcast! Sparks dons his robot fists to try'n beat the ever-living snot out of a super-cool bounty hunter that knows space-karate and they fight on top of a moving rocket-powered stagecoach.

VELVET #12
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: STEVE EPTING & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
APRIL 22 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"The Man Who Stole The World" continues as Velvet's search becomes a race for answers amid politics, high business, and murder!

THE WALKING DEAD #140
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
APRIL 8 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Life and Death.

WAYWARD #7
STORY: JIM ZUB
ART: STEVE CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
COVER A: STEVE CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
COVER B: SIE NANAHARA
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
IMAGE'S SUPERNATURAL SENSATION CONTINUES!
Ayane and Nokaido rail against the growing supernatural forces rising up in Tokyo, but are they on the right side of the conflict?

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #10
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE & MATT WILSON
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Ragnarock is finally here. The show to end all shows promises to be a lovely experience for all the gods…wait. Oh noes! Jamie and Matt have drawn Baphomet drenched in blood on the cover. What a hilarious internal communication error. I'm sure it's a mistake and nothing to do with the story whatsoever.

ZERO #16
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: STATHIS TSEMBERLIDIS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
COVER: STATHIS TSEMBERLIDIS & TOM MULLER
APRIL 29 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Edward Zero faces his victims.

APHRODITE IX THE COMPLETE OVERSIZED HARDCOVER
STORY: MATT HAWKINS, DAVID WOHL
ART: STJEPAN SEJIC, DAVID FINCH
COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
APRIL 22 / 528 PAGES / FC / T+ / $49.99
The ultimate Aphrodite IX collection, featuring over 500 pages collecting all of the Aphrodite IX books to date. Taking place hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event scorched the surface, Earth and its inhabitants have been forever altered and new landscapes and political struggles have 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.
Collects APHRODITE IX V1, APHRODITE IX REBIRTH V1, APHRODITE IX REBIRTH V2, & APHRODITE IX/CYBERFORCE

CRIMINAL, VOL. 4: BAD NIGHT TP
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART / COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
APRIL 22 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The best-selling crime series gets weird in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. It's the strangest story yet in the CRIMINAL series, as an insomniac cartoonist gets caught in a winding tale of self-destruction, sex, and deadly deceptions. This is where Brubaker and Phillips showed how far they could push the boundaries between art, experimentation, and pulp.

FIVE GHOSTS, VOL. 3: MONSTERS & MEN TP
STORY: FRANK J. BARBIERE
ART / COVER: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
APRIL 22 / 184 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
The critically acclaimed literary pulp adventure continues! Fabian Gray journeys to Eastern Europe on a quest to save his closest ally while battling his own inner-demons.
Collects FIVE GHOSTS #13-17 & FIVE GHOSTS: SPECIAL #1

IMPERIAL TP
STORY: STEVEN T. SEAGLE
ART / COVER: MARK DOS SANTOS
APRIL 8 / 144 PAGES / FC / T+ / 14.99
Will Mark take the ring of Katie – the woman who has chosen him to be her life-long soul mate? Or will Mark take the crown of Imperial – the hero who has selected him as mankind's next protector? IMPERIAL is a revealing, romantic comedy buddy book with commitment issues (and bonus material) from STEVEN T. SEAGLE (it's a bird…, GENIUS), MARK DOS SANTOS, BRAD SIMPSON, and THOMAS MAUER.
Collects IMPERIAL #1-4

GONERS, VOL. 1: WE ALL FALL DOWN TP
STORY: JACOB SEMAHN
ART / COVER: JORGE CORONA
APRIL 29 / 176 PAGES / FC / T+ / $9.99
In a world where the mortal co-exists with the mythic, a single family through the ages stands as the first line of defense against all that go bump in the night. They are the Family Latimer…and this is the end of their story.
Collects GONERS #1-6

JUPITER'S LEGACY, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER: FRANK QUITELY
APRIL 8 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The children of the world's greatest superheroes may never be able to fill their parents' shoes. When the family becomes embattled by infighting, one branch stages an uprising and another goes into hiding. How long can the world survive when one family's super-powered problems explode onto the global stage? Just in time for the launch of the prequel series JUPITER'S CIRCLE comes this collected edition from storytelling masters MILLAR and QUITELY.
Collects JUPITER'S LEGACY #1-5

PENNY DORA & THE WISHING BOX, VOL 1 TP
STORY: MICHAEL STOCK
ART / COVER: SINA GRACE
APRIL 15 / 144 PAGES / FC / E / $12.99
Once upon a time (on the day before Christmas) a young girl named Penny Dora found a mysterious box on her front doorstep. A magic box with the power to grant wishes. Which sounded great…until Penny Dora found herself face-to-face with a horde of fire-breathing dragons, oodles of monsters and at least seven dwarves…all thanks to the girl she used to call best friend, now known as Princess Elizabeth. An all-ages fantasy/adventure book for fans of Coraline and Courtney Crumrin!
Collects PENNY DORA & THE WISHING BOX #1-5

REVIVAL, VOL. 5 TP: GATHERING OF WATERS
STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART / COVER: MIKE NORTON & MARK ENGLERT
APRIL 22 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that have come with them. As the pregnant Em searches for the missing father of her child, Dana is embroiled in a conspiracy to contain Revivers that ends in fire.
Collects REVIVAL #24-29

RISE OF THE MAGI TP
STORY: MARC SILVESTRI
ART: SUMEYYE KESGIN
COVER: MARC SILVESTRI
APRIL 29 / 160 PAGES / FC / T / $19.99
A small black sphere contains all the magic that exists past, present, and future. Without it, two worlds would not survive: a world of enchantment called Rune and our own. Asa Stone, an unremarkable young man in a place of magic, discovers that the spell has been breached and a small chip of the black sphere has been stolen. Now an unspeakable evil threatens to use the stolen magic to destroy literally all of existence. With nowhere else to turn and the fate of two worlds in his hands, Asa Stone's dreams of a life less mundane come abruptly and horribly true as he finds himself in possession of incalculable power and trapped in a strange and terrifying place called Earth.
Collects RISE OF THE MAGI #0-7

SINERGY TP
STORY / ART: MICHAEL AVON OEMING & TAKI SOMA
ADDITIONAL ART: MIKE ALLRED, CHARLIE ADLARD, EMMA RÍOS, & SKOTTIE YOUNG
COVER: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
APRIL 1 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The day Jess lost her virginity, she found insight into another world right beside our own. She can now see the interdimensional monsters living among us, feeding on our sins. Her father is a 'seer' like her, and together they will save the world, one monster at a time…while trying to keep their family together.
Collects SINERGY #1-5

SOUTHERN BASTARDS, VOL. 2: GRIDIRON TP
WRITER: JASON AARON
ART / COVER: JASON LATOUR
APRIL 15 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The hit new crime series SOUTHERN BASTARDS returns for its second volume, as JASON AARON (Scalped, Thor, Star Wars) and JASON LATOUR (Spider-Gwen, Loose Ends) pull back the curtain on the dark and seedy history of Craw County and its most famous and feared resident, the high school football coach turned backwoods crime lord Euless Boss.
Collects SOUTHERN BASTARDS #5-9

SUNSTONE, VOL. 2 OGN
STORY / ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
APRIL 29 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
STJEPAN SEJIC continues the critically-acclaimed SUNSTONE series. A classy, sexy, fun, and emotional look at two women and the alternative lifestyle they live.

SUPERANNUATED MAN TP
STORY / ART / COVER: TED McKEEVER
APRIL 15 / 152 PAGES / BW / M / $17.99
Humanity has been overthrown. Mutated animals run amuck in a post-apocalyptic world. Think you've seen this type of thing before? Well, not the way TED McKEEVER tells it. Follow the last remaining human, HE, as he encounters every manner of bizarreness the devastated town of Blackwater has to offer, in this collection of McKEEVER's brooding, darkly humorous series, The Superannuated Man. Plus, it contains a substantial amount of bonus material, including . . . doodles.

THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 23 TP
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
APRIL 29 / 128 PAGES / BW/ M / $14.99
The new era of peace and prosperity is interrupted by a new type of enemy. One that travels amongst the walkers. One that will turn whispers of their appearance to screams.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #133-138.

WITCHBLADE: BORNE AGAIN, VOL. 2 TP
STORY: RON MARZ
ART / COVER: LAURA BRAGA
APRIL 29 / 136 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Ending her time spent separated from the Witchblade, Sara Pezzini retook possession of the ancient artifact to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Angelus. During her struggle to regain the Witchblade, Sara learned the new Angelus is Jenny Romano, Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado's wife. With that discovery, Sara takes up the case as to how Jenny, wife of the Darkness, became the Angelus, all while the Witchblade has plans for Sara of its own.
Collects WITCHBLADE #175-179

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