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January 2016 Collected Editions Solicits


DARK HORSE

The Art of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End HC

Evan Shannon (W), and Naughty Dog (A/Cover)

On sale Mar 8
FC, 176 pages
$39.99
HC, 9" x 12"

Journey alongside Nathan Drake once again, as Naughty Dog and Dark Horse Books team up to bring you this comprehensive and breathtaking exploration into Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End! Numerous never-before-seen designs and concept art accompanied by commentary from the developers give you behind-the-scenes access to the creation of this gaming masterwork.



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Conan Volume 19: Xuthal of the Dusk HC

Fred Van Lente (W), Brian Ching (A), Guiu Vilanova (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Eric Powell (Cover)

On sale Mar 2
FC, 176 pages
$24.99
HC, 7" x 10"

Conan and the former slave girl Natala dare to enter the city of Xuthal, where a mysterious horror waits in the shadows! Then, Conan fights a deadly duel as Janissa the Widowmaker makes her triumphant return! This enthralling volume collects issues #13–#19 of the Conan the Avenger series.


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The EC Archives: Shock SuspenStories Volume 1 HC

Bill Gaines (W), Al Feldstein (W/A), Jerry De Fuccio (W), Jack Kamen (A), Jack Davis (A), Joe Orlando (A), Graham Ingels (A), and Wally Wood (A/Cover)

On sale Mar 16
FC, 216 pages
$49.99
HC, 8 3/16" x 11"

This beautiful hardcover reprints the first six complete issues of the pulp-comic classic Shock SuspenStories! Featuring the titanic artistic talents of Al Feldstein, Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, and Wally Wood, with a foreword by Steven Spielberg! Collects issues #1–#6 in full color!

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World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 HC

Matt Burns (W), Peter Lee (A), and Joseph Lacroix (A)

On sale November 4
FC, 184 pages
$39.99
HC, 9" x 12"

Journey through an age of myth and legend, long before the Horde and the Alliance. This definitive tome reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped Azeroth. Featuring original art, this is the first in a multipart series exploring the rich lore of the Warcraft universe, from the distant past to the modern era.


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Adam.3: S.E.E.D.S. TP

Scott Kolins (W/A/Cover)

On sale Mar 9
FC, 128 pages
$19.99
TP, 10" x 7"

On a futuristic island paradise populated by talking animals and monitored by orbiting control satellites, the peaceful lives of Adam and his wife Skye are troubled by growing tension between Adam and his son, Beo. The situation goes from bad to worse when an alien invader infects the animals—turning them into aliens themselves. When Beo is captured, Adam must battle his transformed animal friends to save his son—and their island home! Collects Adam.3 #1–#5.

• Published in special “widescreen” format!

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Angel & Faith Season 10 Volume 4: A Little More Than Kin TP

Victor Gischler (W), Cliff Richards (A), Will Conrad (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Scott Fischer (Cover)

On sale Mar 9
FC, 136 pages
$18.99
TP, 7" x 10"

While Angel is stateside, Faith and Fred are tasked with investigating missing students from a local prep school. Attaining gainful employment at St. Cuthbert’s Preparatory School, the girls discover a growing teenage-vampire population. Angel returns to London in the midst of the vampire threat—but he hasn’t returned alone, and he, Faith, and Fred suddenly have double the trouble! Collects Angel & Faith Season 10 #16–#20.

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Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 3 TP

Osamu Tezuka (W/A/Cover)

On sale Mar 23
b&w, 688 pages
$19.99
TP, 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Stranded in the twentieth century, Astro Boy must save Earth from a voracious Martian fungus—and save the intelligent organism from the hydrogen bomb! From Osamu Tezuka, “the Walt Disney of Japan,” Astro Boy is all-ages adventure, loaded with humor and heart! Collects three stories from Astro Boy volume 7 and all of volume 8 and volume 9.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender—Smoke and Shadow Part Three TP

Gene Luen Yang (W), Michael Dante DiMartino (W), Bryan Konietzko (W), and Gurihiru (A/Cover)

On sale Mar 30
FC, 80 pages
$10.99
TP, 6" x 9"

Children are disappearing in the Fire Nation capital! Avatar Aang and his friends are doing everything in their power to save them—but will it be enough?
And worse, when Azula—the mad sister of Fire Lord Zuko—appears on the scene, Zuko locks down the city to catch her, igniting fear and riots in the streets! Will Zuko follow in his evil father’s footsteps in order to save those he holds dear?


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The Chronicles of Conan Volume 31: Empire of the Undead and Other Stories TP

Roy Thomas (W), Gary Hartle (P), Mike Docherty (P), Mike DeCarlo (I), Ernie Chan (I), Gerry Talaoc (I), Nel Yomtov (C), and Todd McFarlane and Scott Williams (Cover)

On sale Mar 16
FC, 224 pages
$19.99
TP, 7" x 10"

Escaping prison in Koth by crawling deep beneath its flaming mountains, Conan and his comrades enter a far deadlier realm. Here is an ancient kingdom of fire, ash, and the undead, commanded by Varnae, First Lord of Vampires! Collects Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian #241–#249.

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Barb Halo: Escalation Volume 4 TP

Duffy Boudreau (W), Ian Richardson (P), Douglas Franchin (P), Denis Freitas (I), Rob Lean (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and TBD (Cover)

On sale Mar 9
FC, 144 pages
$19.99
TP, 7" x 10"

An unexpected ally joins a crack team of Spartans for their most dangerous operation—a secret mission into the mysterious Forerunner site known as the Absolute Record. The Halo® saga continues in this volume collecting Halo: Escalation #19–#24 by Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre, Bloodshot), Ian Richardson (Noble Causes), and Douglas Franchin (Person of Interest).
 

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Halo: Fall of Reach TP

Brian Reed (W), Felix Ruiz (A/Cover), and Val Staples (C)

On sale Mar 16
FC, 296 pages
$24.99
TP, 7” x 10”

In the year 2517, humanity’s last hope is with Dr. Catherine Halsey, the SPARTAN-II program, and one six-year-old boy: John-117. Kidnapped and ruthlessly trained, John endures and rises as the leader of the Spartans: he becomes the Master Chief! These legendary heroes are entrusted with stopping the Covenant at all costs…but will their harrowing biological augmentation and unparalleled MJOLNIR armor be enough to rise to victory?
 

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King Tiger: Son of the Dragon TP

Randy Stradley (W), Doug Wheatley (A/Cover), and Rain Beredo (C)

On sale Mar 9
FC, 120 pages
$14.99
TP, 7" x 10"

Blood, death, and fire—the darkest magic. A monstrous secret from King Tiger’s past hunts the warrior mystic, but can Tiger’s skills and sorcery overcome a supernatural obscenity linked to his own destiny? If Tiger falls, the Dragon rises! Collects the King Tiger miniseries and stories from Blackout #1–#4.
 

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Misfits of Avalon Volume 2: The Ill-Made Guardian TP

Kel McDonald (W/A/Cover)

On sale Mar 2
b&w, 216 pages
$14.99
TP, 6" x 9"

Smart-mouthed, modern-day teens Morgan, Elsie, Kimber, and Rae couldn’t be more different from each other. That is, until a mysterious fairy imbues them with magical powers and tasks them with capturing the sword Excalibur from King Arthur. When they fail to retrieve it after a tense battle, the girls begin to question if their quest is a noble one . . .

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New Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 8 TP

Kazuo Koike (W) and Hideki Mori (A/Cover)

On sale Mar 2
b&w, 232 pages
$13.99
TP, 5" x 7 1/8"

The last Kurokuwa ninja has seen through Mamiya Rinzō’s conspiracy to control the shōgun with drugs. But while trying to stop the plot, she finds herself being used as a pawn in Rinzō’s final assault on rogue swordsman Tōgō Shigekata, Tōgō’s young “cub,” Daigoro—and his own renegade daughter!


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Snow Angel TP

David Chelsea (W/A/Cover)

On sale Mar 30
FC, 112 pages
$9.99
TP, 6" x 9"

An ordinary little girl becomes a crime-fighting cherub whenever she makes an angel in the snow! This full-color, all-ages collection includes the Snow Angel stories from the acclaimed Dark Horse Presents anthology—as well as new adventures from the playful mind of creator David Chelsea (David Chelsea in Love, Sleepless and Other Stories).


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Space-Mullet!: One Gamble at a Time TP

Daniel Warren Johnson (W/A/Cover)

On sale Mar 16
FC, 208 pages
$17.99
TP, 7" x 10"

Ex–Space Marine Jonah and his copilot Alphius rove the galaxy, trying to get by. Drawn into one crazy adventure after another, they forge a crew of misfits into a family and face the darkest parts of the universe together. Space-Mullet! is a richly detailed, accessible sci-fi world with heartfelt characters and an unforgettable story.


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Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra TP

Kevin Panetta (W) and Paulina Ganucheau (A/Cover)

On sale Mar 9
FC, 136 pages
$12.99
TP, 7" x 10"

An elite group of teenage girls with magical powers have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren’t just combating math tests. They’re also battling monsters! But when an evil force infects leader Emma, she must work with her team to save herself—and the world—from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions! Collects Zodiac Starforce #1–#4.


IDW PUBLISHING

The Best of DC War Artist's Edition HC

Robert Kanigher, various (w) • Russ Heath, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, John Severin & Alex Toth (a) • Joe Kubert (c)

DC Comics produced some of the very finest war comics ever, and by some of the best artists in the field. This spectacular Artist's Edition will include an amazing selection of stories by the best of the best: Heath, Kirby, Kubert, Severin, and Toth—a veritable pantheon of classic war artists doing what they do best. As with all Artist's Editions, these complete stories are scanned from the original art work and reproduced to the exacting standards that has garnered IDW five consecutive Eisner Awards for the Artist's Edition series. If you are a fan of Classic DC war comics you cannot afford to miss this incredible book!

HC • BW • $75.00 net discount item • 160 Pages • 12" x 17"

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The Avengers: George Pérez Marvel Artist Select Series HC

Kurt Busiek (w) • George Pérez (a & c)

The next installment of the smash-hit Marvel Artist Select Series is here! Each deluxe hardcover in this series features a collection of issues never-before released together. This oversized, limited-edition hardcover celebrates the legendary George Pérez's time on The Avengers with a hand-curated selection of Pérez's favorite issues chosen by the artist himself. Each copy of this 999-copy limited-edition hardcover is slip-cased, hand-numbered, and signed.

HC • FC • $65.00 net discount item • 384 pages • 9" x 13"

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Kevin Eastman Notebook Series: 2014 Annual HC

Kevin Eastman (a & c)

TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman has been making comics for 30 years—and across three decades he's amassed mountains of developmental character sketches, script notes, page roughs, and even alternate pages. Along the way he's created one-of-a-kind notebooks filled with the detritus of his process, entirely unique collections exploring the inner workings of his creative methods. But now these unattainable treasures are ready for fans far and wide, tirelessly reproduced from the original notebooks, and curated by the foremost TMNT authority in the world!

HC • PC • $24.99 • 64 pages • 10" x 13"

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Skylanders: Light In The Dark HC

Ron Marz & David A. Rodriguez (w) • Fico Ossio, David Baldeon, Jack Lawrence (a) • Fico Ossio (c)

New forces have come to Skylands in the Light and Dark elements and the evil candy king, Pain-Yatta, may have found a way to harness those forces for his own, evil deeds. Can Knight Light, Gear Shift, and their friends ban together in time to stop the avalanche of candy from crushing all of Skylands? Also included in this volume is "Graduation Day" featuring all your favorite Skylanders Minis!

HC • FC • $12.99 • 88 pages

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Sunday Newspaper Comics, Vol. 1 HC

Bob Karp (w) • Al Taliaferro (a & c)

From the Disney Vaults—the original Donald Duck color Sunday comics collected in a book series for the very first time! After a try-out as part of the Silly Symphonies series, Donald was given his own Sunday comics page in late 1939 and it became an instant hit. This premiere volume includes more than three full years of rare Sunday comics, from the first strip on December 10, 1939 through the end of 1942. Drawn by Al Taliaferro and written by Bob Karp, the comics are reproduced from pristine original material in the Disney Vaults!

HC • FC • $49.99 • 168 pages • 11" x 8.5"

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The Maxx: Maxximized, Vol. 5 HC

Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs (w) • Sam Kieth (a & c)

Volume 5 continues the re-presentation of Sam Kieth's and William Messner-Loeb's legendary series, The Maxx, with all new colors by Ronda Pattison. Collects issues #19–24 in this oversized hardcover.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 132 pages • 7" x 11"


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Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Vol. 2: 1953 - 1956 HC

Alvin Schwartz (w) • Wayne Boring (a) • Peter Poplaski (c)

More than 170 never-before-reprinted Superman Sundays from the 1950s. This second book in the Atomic Age Sundays features every Superman weekly strip from March 22, 1953 through June 24, 1956. In these tales, Superman encounters two escaped criminals from Krypton; challenges Lois to discover his secret identity in three different periods in history; battles the mysterious Prankster; meets the legendary Hercules; mixes it up with the Phantom Thief, a crook whom radiation turns invisible; encounters a flying horse named Comet (no, not the one belonging to Supergirl!); and is super-confused when he suffers from super-amnesia!

HC • FC • $49.99 • 180 pages • 9.25" x 12"

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Classic G.I. JOE, Vol. 17 TP

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant, Ron Wagner (a) • Chris Madden (c)

Larry Hama picks up the original storyline from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero. Iceberg and his team are sent to the North Polar Icecap while Mainframe and Joe Colton battle against Firefly and Crystal Ball. Also, Flint, Lady Jaye, and Heavy Duty face an elusive and long-thought dead foe. Collects issues #166–175.

TPB • FC • $29.99 • 244 pages

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Star Trek, Vol. 11 TP

Mike Johnson, Scott Tipton, David Tipton (w) • Rachael Stott, Toney Shasteen, The Sharp Bros. (a) • Joe Corroney (c)

The U.S.S. Enterprise is on a Five Year Mission of discovery into uncharted space. Volume 11 contains the stories "The Tholian Web" and "Deity," from issues #46–49 of the ongoing series and the one-shot Special "Flesh and Stone."

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages


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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 13: Vengeance, Part 2 TP

Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz (w) • Mateus Santolouco, Cory Smith (a) • Mateus Santolouco (c)

The Turtles take the fight to Baxter Stockman, while Karai decrees a "Gauntlet" battle between ancient foes Splinter and Shredder all leading to a final showdown that will determine the fate of NYC, and the world, for years to come! Collects issues #48–50.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages

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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls TP

Ted Anderson, Katie Cook (w) • Tony Fleecs, Andy Price (a) • Tony Fleecs (c)

Based on the hit movie, join the girls as they get settled into Canterlot High. Plus, Sunset Shimmer tries to find the true meaning of the holidays as rumors circulate around the school. Collects the 2013 Annual and the 2014 Holiday Special.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages

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Mickey Mouse: Gift of the Sun Lord TP

Andrea "Casty" Castellan, Jonathan Gray, Bill Wright, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano, Jonathan Gray (a) • Andrea "Casty" Castellan (c)

"Omigosh!" Mickey, Goofy, and Eurasia Toft jump from one epic quest to another—battling ghastly ghosts, putrid Pete, and an awesome planet-size parasite! Follow the thrills and laughs in "Gift of the Sun Lord," "Ghost of Man-Eater Mountain," "Plan Dine From Outer Space," and more!

TPB • FC • $12.99 • 116 pages • 6" x 9"


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Insufferable, Vol. 1 TP

Mark Waid (w) • Peter Krause (a & c)

What happens when your crime-fighting sidekick grows up to be an arrogant, ungrateful douchebag who makes Kanye look humble? Worse, what on Earth could force the two of you together for one last case? Nocturnus and his former protege, Galahad, will find out—if they don't kill one another first. Collects issues #1–6.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages


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Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Omnibus TP

Ed Greenwood, R.A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore (w) • Lee Ferguson, David Baldeon, Agustin Padilla (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)

Collects three adventures in one omnibus! Forgotten Realms brings you the adventures of an unlikely band of heroes in the fabled port city of Waterdeep. Cutter traces the path of two half-drow siblings locked in competition for the ownership of their father's mighty sword. And in Neverwinter Tales, Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt form something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior.

TPB • FC • $24.99 • 348 pages • 6" x 9"

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Garbage Pail Kids TP

James Kochalka, Roger Langridge, Shannon Wheeler, Bill Wray, Dean Haspiel, Peter Bagge, Bob Fingerman, and many more (w & a) • Mark Pingitore (c)

Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the '80s was lame, because that's when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, but they never had their own comic book... until now! In the spirit of the avant-garde cartoonists and humorists who fathered these miscreants, a new generation of alternative-comics creators has lent their unique talents to bring the Garbage Pail Kids into the wacky world of comics. Collects all five one-shots.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages

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Onyx TP

Chris Ryall (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)

From deepest space comes the cyborg warrior Onyx… but has she come to Earth in its time of dire need to save it or to end it? A star-born knight for a new generation takes flight here!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 112 pages


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Zombies vs Robots, Vol. 2: War! 'Bots! TP

Chris Ryall, Lucy Ryall (w) • Paul Davidson, Ashley Wood, Antonio Fuso, James McDonald, Valentin Ramon, James Kochalka, Nico Peña (a) • Antonio Fuso (c)

In this second collection of the ongoing Zombies vs Robots, co-creator Chris Ryall is joined by artists Paul Davidson (Judge Dredd) and Antonio Fuso (Drive) in this latest ZvR collection in stories that expand the battle from the Earth to the moon and back. Also featuring Ryall and Ashley Wood's "Tales of ZvR" strips, a bonus story by Lucy Ryall and Nico Peña, a prose story by Nancy Collins, and a complete cover gallery. Collects issues #7–10.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages

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The Shrinking Man TP

Ted Adams (w) • Mark Torres (a & c)

Richard Matheson's exploration of shrinking manhood is brought to vivid life in this comic-book adaptation! Scott Carey, reducing 1/7" per day, faces tensions big and small as his body continues to shrink away. Also includes an introduction by Peter Straub and an afterword by David Morrell.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages

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Dirk Gently: The Interconnectedness of All Kings TP

Chris Ryall (w) • Tony Akins, Ilias Kyriazis (a) • Tony Akins (c)

After writing all the many and conflicting versions of the legendary Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, beloved author Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently: a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability and physics, and a love of cats and pizza.
In his first-ever comic series, Dirk has been forced to leave his beloved England behind, coming to the too-sunny, too-cheery, and altogether too-bizaarre-even-for-Dirk city of San Diego, California, where he gets embroiled in three separate (or are they?) cases involving reincarnated Egyptians, golden cell phones, and copycat killers. All this in a new town seemingly incapable of making even a single proper cup of tea.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages


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Comic Book Apocalypse: The Graphic World of Jack Kirby SC

Jack Kirby (a & c)

A catalog companion to the exhibition Comic Book Apocalypse at California State University, Northridge, Fall 2015. Featuring scholarly essays on the brilliance and diversity Jack Kirby brought to his work, as well as a rare opportunity to view an amazing selection of the Kirby art that was displayed at the exhibition. Essayists include Glen Alan Gold, Diana Schutz, Howard Chaykin, Carla Speed McNeil and others.

SC • PC • $39.99 • 168 pages • 8" x 12"


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Corto Maltese: Celtic Tales TP

Hugo Pratt (w & a & c)

In this third volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, the action moves from South America to Europe against the backdrop of the First World War. In these six stories Pratt further explores such complicated themes as patriotism and greed, revolution and opportunism, and betrayal and seduction.
Events take Corto from a small island in the Venetian lagoon, where he comes face to face with a beautiful blonde spy, to Stonehenge and an adventure with Merlin, Morgana, and Puck. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway and future billionaire Aristotle Onassis, Irish revolutionary Banshee O'Danann, the legendary Red Baron, and an intense cast of characters who weave in and out of a series of labyrinthine plots and counter-plots.

TPB • BW • $29.99 • 140 pages • 9.25" x 11.75"


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Renee TP

Ludovic Debeurme (w & a & c)

French graphic novelist Ludovic Debeurme returns with a devastating sequel to his prize-winning graphic novel Lucille. While Lucille moves back in with her overbearing mother and Arthur serves time in prison for murder, new character Renée becomes obsessed with a married jazz musician twice her age. Debeurme's haunting border-less panels follow these three lovers between dreams and reality, twining their stories together into a poignant and universal search for love.

TPB • BW • $29.95 • 464 pages


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Strong Female Protagonist

NEW PRINTING • BW • $19.95

Strong Female Protagonist is back in print! With super-strength and invulnerability, Alison Green used to be one of the most powerful superheroes around. Fighting crime with other teenagers under the alter ego Mega Girl was fun until an encounter with Menace, her mind reading arch enemy. He showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy, and suddenly battling giant robots didn't seem so important. Now Alison is going to college and trying to find ways to help the world while still getting to class on time. It's impossible to escape the past, however, and everyone has their own idea of what it means to be a hero.


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Worlds of Color: Welcome to Oz Adult Coloring Book

Eric Shanower (a & c)

Follow the yellow brick road to happiness and wonder with this charming adult coloring book from Eisner-winning creator Eric Shanower! Dorothy and all her friends are here, waiting for your coloring to bring all of Oz to life.

TPB • B&W • $9.99 • 64 pages • 8.5" x 11"



IMAGE COMICS

THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, VOL. 2 HC

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

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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.

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

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INVINCIBLE, VOL. 22 TP

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

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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

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MANIFEST DESTINY, VOL. 3 TP

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

 

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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

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ODY-C, VOL. 2: SONS OF THE WOLF TP

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... 

Collects ODY-C #6-10

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OCTOPUS PIE, VOL. 1 TP

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.

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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

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REYN, 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

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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

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TALES OF HONOR, VOL. 2 TP

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


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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

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VALHALLA MAD TP

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

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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

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WITCHBLADE: BORNE AGAIN, VOL. 3 TP

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