DARK HORSE, IDW, AND IMAGE COMICS: May 2018 Collected Editions Solicits DARK HORSE Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Other Stories HC Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Scott Allie (W), Jason Shawn Alexander (A), Patric Reynolds (A) Peter Snejbjerg (A), Sebastian Fiumara (Cover), and others In the early 1980's, new B.P.R.D. agent Abe Sapien was set to retrieve the corpse of a powerful warlock off the coast of France. Abe quickly finds himself in a battle with a century old evil in the form of demonic monks. This mission, along with tales involving a haunted lake, South American vampires, and a mad scientist seeking out man's missing link are collected here! Collects Abe Sapien Vol. 1, 2, and 9. 408 pages, $34.99, in stores on July 11. * * * Buffy Season 10 Library Edition Volume 1 HC Christos Gage (W), Nicholas Brendon (W), Rebekah Isaacs (A), Richard Corben (A), Karl Moline (P), Cliff Richards (P), Andy Owens (I), Dan Jackson (C), and Scott Fischer (Cover) Joss Whedon's Buffy and the Scoobies are shocked to discover another new kind of vampire: harder to kill, able to transform, and walk in the light of day--like Dracula. If that weren't enough, the rules of magic are literally being rewritten in the Vampyr book, making it a highly coveted item. As the crew feels the responsibility of protecting the book and writing the new rules, they are tempted by what new rules can do for them . . . just like the Big Bads who have come knocking on Buffy's door! Collects the first and second volumes of Buffy Season 10 in a deluxe format with sketchbook extras! 260 pages, $29.99, in stores on July 4. . * * * Creepy Archives Volume 26 HC Nicola Cuti (W), Roger McKenzie (W), Bruce Jones (W), Alex Toth (A), Carmine Infantino (A), Alex Nino (A), Val Mayerik (A), Alfredo Alcala (A), Ken Kelly (Cover), and others Creepy Archives returns with more bloodcurdling terror than you can shake a crucifix at! Including bone-chilling tales by Nicola Cuti, Alex Toth, Bruce Jones, Carmine Infantino, Roger McKenzie, Alfredo Alcala, and many more, Creepy Archives Volume 26 exhumes more of the complete annals of the most renowned horror series in comics history! Nearly 300 pages of graphic ghoulishness by the finest writers and artists published in deluxe hardcover format. Collects Creepy Magazine #123-127. 292 pages, black and white, $49.99, in stores on July 18. * * * Dept. H Volume 4: Lifeboat HC Matt Kindt (W/A/Cover) and Sharlene Kindt (C) The remaining survivors of Dept. H abandon the deep-sea base and prepare for their long-awaited ascent. But life above the waterline remains uncertain for the team, and the pressure to solve Hari's murder continues to strengthen its grip on Mia. Secrets and memories begin to surface, but before Mia can unpack the mystery, she must decide the fate of those still stuck six miles below sea level. As the water rises, Mia's time runs out in this last volume of the aquatic sci-fi mystery. 168 pages, $19.99, in stores on July 17. * * * Dork HC Evan Dorkin (W/A/Cover) and Sarah Dyer (C) Comprising years of black humor stories about a living voodoo doll, a serial killer sitcom, truly real live sex, a disco skinhead, an urbane devil puppet, classic works of literature acted out by Fisher-Price toys, and more absurdity--this is a must have for Dorkin fans! Featuring most of the Dork comic run as well as the 2012 full-color House of Fun special, along with rarities, extras, a cover gallery, and a newly drawn introduction. 272 pages, $19.99, in stores on July 18. * * * Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek HC Geof Darrow (W/A/Cover), Pete Doherty (C), Alex Wald (C), Lovern Kindzierski (C), and Dave Stewart (C) The Shaolin Cowboy walks the action-packed path of three enemies: Those from the past, who still pursue him, those from the future who are waiting for him, and those from the present who find killing him isn't going to be as easy as it looks. The original series published by Burlyman Entertainment in all its bloody glory. It's fat, it's fast, it's furious!!! Collects Shaolin Cowboy: The Burlyman series #1-7. 208 pages, $24.99, in stores on July 11. * * * Usagi Yojimbo Volume 32: Mysteries Ltd. Ed. HC Stan Sakai (W/A) Intrigue abounds in this gripping volume as the rabbit ronin partners with Inspector Ishida to solve a series of murders and mysteries. Between deadly puffer fish assassinations, a run-in with a familiar pair of thieves, and a large-scale corruption scheme, Usagi and Ishida have their work cut out for them! Collects Usagi Yojimbo issues #159-165, with an introduction by Usagi Yojimbo voice actor Yuki Matsuzaki! This limited edition is signed by creator Stan Sakai! 208 pages, $59.99, in stores on July 11. * * * Brooklyn Blood TP Paul Levitz (W) and Tim Hamilton (A/Cover) Fresh from the was in Afghanistan, detective Billy O'Connor tries to return to his normal routines despite his PTSD and severe hallucinations. Once he begins to work a gruesome homicide case, however, O'Connor has difficulty sorting out what's real--and after he uncovers some strange clues, he'll have to face the unthinkable to bring the killer to justice. This volume collects all sixteen chapters originally serialized in Dark Horse Presents! 136 pages, $17.99, in stores on July 4. * * * Conan Omnibus Volume 5: Piracy and Passion TP Brian Wood (W), Roy Thomas (W), Darick Robertson (W), Becky Cloonan (A), Mike Hawthorne (A), James Harren (A), Dan Panosian (A), Vasilis Lolos (A), Daclan Shelvey (A), John Lucas (I), Dave Stewart (C), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover) Peerless in battle, Conan meets his match in the alluring pirate queen, Belit in the acclaimed Brian Wood adaptation of Howard's classic "Queen of the Black Coast." Featuring the spectacular art of Becky Cloonan, James Harren, and Mike Hawthorne and the conclusion of the Roy Thomas penned "Road of Kings." Collects Conan Vol. 12: Throne of Aquilonia (Conan: Road of Kings #7-12, #14, #16-21), Conan Vol. 13: Queen of the Black Coast (Conan the Barbarian #1-6), Conan Vol. 14: The Death (Conan the Barbarian #7-12). 432 pages, $24.99, in stores on July 4. * * * Hellboy Omnibus Volume 3: The Wild Hunt TP Mike Mignola (W/A/Cover), Duncan Fegredo (A), and Dave Stewart (C) The basis for the upcoming feature film Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen! Terrible powers determined to kill Hellboy force him strike a deal with the Russian witch, the Baba Yaga, and to confront the truth about his destiny. The human race hangs in the balance, as well as King Arthur's sword Excalibur, in a story that wipes England off the map and sets in motion the end of the world... Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo's complete trilogy is collected for the first time in this 512-page volume, reprinting Darkness Calls, The Wild Hunt, and The Storm and the Fury and the short story "The Mole." The four-volume Hellboy Omnibus series along with the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola's Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience. 416 pages, $24.99, in stores on July 18. * * * Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon TP Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Chris Roberson (W), Christopher Mitten (A), and Dave Stewart (C) Hellboy's future guardian Trevor Bruttenholm, working for Britain's Military Intelligence, uncovers a collection of messages. The messages throw him into a world of animated corpses, deadly mystics, and Nazi agents. The treacherous journey leads him face to face with the man who will bring Hellboy to Earth--Rasputin! Collects Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon #1-5. 144 pages, $19.99, in stores on July 25. * * * Rome West TP Brian Wood (W), Justin Giampaoli (W), Andrea Mutti (A), Lee Loughridge (C), and Matthew Taylor (Cover) In AD 323, a fleet of Roman ships is lost in a storm, and they find themselves on the shores of the New World--one thousand years before Columbus. Unable to return home, they establish a new colony, Roma Occidens, radically altering the timeline of America and subsequent world events as seen through the eyes of one family. 96 pages, $15.99, in stores on July 4. IDW PUBLISHING John Byrne’s X-Men Artifact Edition HC Chris Claremont (w) • John Byrne (a & c) • Terry Austin, Various (inks) John Byrne’s run on theX-Men began with issue #108 and lasted until #143. The team of Claremont, Byrne, andAustin made the X-Men (which was already a hit series under Dave Cockrum) soar to the top of the charts in comics sales. They introduced Alpha Flight, and then  created the near mythical storylines “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Days of Future Past.” These and the rest of their stories remain burned into the memories of collective fandom to this day, and have been the basis for several X-Men films.   This Artifact Edition will include more than 100 pages of X-Men covers, splashes, and pages from Byrne’s X-Men run. All have been meticulously scanned from the original art and reproduced to the exacting Artist’s Edition standards that have won IDW Publishing five highly coveted Eisner Awards (to date)! HC • BW • $125.00 • 144 pages • 12” x 17” * * * Michael Allred’s MADMAN Artist Select HC Michael Allred (w & a) Celebrate a quarter-century of the greatest pop-art hero in comics, Michael Allred’s Madman! This special IDW Limited Artist Select edition of Madman features nearly 500 pages of Allred’s hand-picked favorite issues. From Frank Einstein’s first appearance to his amazing flip-book adventure and far beyond, this oversized hardcover is chock full’a Madman greatness as only Allred can deliver. Also included is a comprehensive new interview with the artist conducted by IDW CCO Chris Ryall. Each copy of this 999-copy limited-edition hardcover is slipcased, hand-numbered, and signed by Michael Allred. The ginchy-est assortment of comic Mad-ness you’ve ever seen! HC w/Slipcase • FC • 468 Pages • $125.00 • 9” x 14” * * * The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Vol. 7 HC Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Mateus Santolouco, Dave Wachter, Michael Dialynas (a) • Dan Duncan (c) A new age begins for the Turtles as the epic events of the past have created new opportunities for the future—but new dangers as well. While the Turtles adjust to a world leading the Foot Clan post-Shredder, they return to the Technodrome to monitor the revival of the Utroms on Burnow Island and are surprised to meet a new mutant—Leatherhead! Plus, Kitsune still poses a threat, and a new group, the Street Phantoms, enters the fray! Collects issues #51–64 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series. HC • FC • $49.99 • 320 pages • 7” x 11” * * * Come Again HC Nate Powell (w & a & c) As the sun sets on the 1970s, the spirit of the Love Generation still lingers among the aging hippies of one “intentional community” high in the Ozarks. But what’s missing? Under impossibly close scrutiny, two families wrestle with long-repressed secrets… while deep within those Arkansas hills, something monstrous stirs, ready to feast on village whispers.   National Book Award-winner Nate Powell returns with a haunting tale of intimacy, guilt, and collective amnesia. HC • FC • $24.99 • 280 pages • 6.5” x 9.5” * * * Lost Girls (Expanded Edition) HC Alan Moore (w) • Melinda Gebbie (a) The groundbreaking and controversial masterpiece of erotic comics, decades in the making, is now available in a sumptuous hardcover collecting all three volumes plus 32 pages of new artwork and commentary... For more than a century, Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy have been our guides through the Wonderland, Neverland, and Land of Oz of our childhoods. Now, like us, these three lost girls have grown up and are ready to guide us again, this time through the realms of our sexual awakening and fulfillment. Through their familiar fairy tales, they share with us their most intimate revelations of desire in its many forms—revelations that shine out radiantly through the dark clouds of war gathering around a luxury Austrian hotel. Drawing on the rich heritage of erotica, Lost Girls is the rediscovery of the power of ecstatic writing and art in a sublime union that only the medium of comics can achieve. Exquisite, thoughtful, and human, Lost Girls is a work of breathtaking scope that challenges the very notion of art fettered by convention. This is erotic fiction at its finest. HC • FC • $49.99 • 352 pages • 9” x 12” * * * For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Vol. 2 HC Lynn Johnston (w & a & c) Since their debut in 1979, the world has watched the Pattersons grow up in real time—and to many readers, they feel like family. The cast expands, and roles that will play a big part down the road are just starting to bud. New adventures await Elizabeth as she enters kindergarten and has to spend some time in the hospital. Michael has to deal with a bully at school and takes a flight to Vancouver—all by himself! John has an unfortunate accident and is arrested for breaking and entering! And Elly finds a worthwhile cause in heading up a campaign to save the historic city hall that has been scheduled for demolition. Volume Two collects the complete daily and Sunday comics from January 1983 through July 14, 1986, with all Sunday comics printed in color. HC • PC • $39.99 • 544 pages • 11” x 8.5” * * * The Silence of Malka HC Jorge Zentner (w) • Ruben Pellejero (a & c) For the family of the little red-headed Malka, trading the Russian shtetl for the Argentine pampas isn't so easy. Even in a country eager to populate its vast territories, the immigrants discover that their new home isn't the promised land. They encounter hostility from both man and nature as they struggle through droughts and locusts in an attempt to cultivate the arid soil. When misery pushes them to the extreme, Malka's uncle is visited by the prophet Elias, who advises that he create a Golem—the mythical creature fashioned from earth and endowed with life by engraving on his body the word “emet” (“truth”)—to pose as a man and aid the immigrants.   Years later, when the adult Malka is visited by Elias, the events of her youth force her to decide whether or not she can maintain her silence—with fate and divine justice hanging in the balance. HC • FC • $24.99 • 112 pages • 8 1/2” x 11” * * * Joe Jusko's Marvel Masterpieces HC Joe Jusko (w & a & c) Joe Jusko’s complete Marvel Masterpieces painted trading card art from the rare 2016 Upper Deck set is collected here in its entirety for the first time—featuring Marvel’s most famous heroes and villains, all beautifully illustrated by the incomparable Joe Jusko!   Joe Jusko's paintings for the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading card collection are credited with launching the '90s trading card boom. In 2016, Upper Deck returned the Masterpieces series to its roots with an all-new set of Jusko cards. The full set of paintings is collected here—more than 130 never-before-seen masterpieces, including the hard-to-find premium cards. Each card is presented at actual size and has been scanned by the artist to ensure the highest quality reproduction. Each piece of art is accompanied by its preliminary sketch, as well as commentary from the artist himself. Art fans not only get the full magnitude of Joe's talent, in great detail, but insight into his thought process behind each piece. A must-have not only for Marvel fans, but for fans of fantastic art as well. HC • FC • $59.99 • 336 pages • 9 1/4” x 13” * * * Star Trek: Boldly Go, Vol. 3 TP Mike Johnson (w) • Josh Hood, Megan Levens, Tana Ford, Marcus To (a) • Tony Shasteen (c) What if Kirk and the Enterprise crew were robots? What if Klingons founded Starfleet? What if Spock wasn't Vulcan? What if all these realities collided? The Star Trek mega-event “I.D.I.C.” brings together all of these worlds for one huge, universe-threatening adventure.   The Vulcan philosophy of celebrating “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations” is one of acceptance, but can the universe accept the simultaneous existence of multiple realities? It's a team-up for the ages as numerous incarnations of Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise crew must work together to stop a foe that threatens all of existence! Featuring the return of Jane Tiberius Kirk and her gender-swapped crew! Collects the entire “I.D.I.C.” storyline from Star Trek: Boldly Go #13–18. TPB • FC • $19.99 • 144 pages * * * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 3: Fall and Rise TP Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz (w) • Mateus Santolouco, Sophie Campbell (a) • Kevin Eastman (c) “City Fall” continues as Shredder reveals his new second-in-command and launches a full-scale war on New York City! With allegiances shifting, the Turtles must formulate a plan to fight back against their deadliest enemy. But as tensions fester, the brothers must cope in their own ways, each drawn to their own path. And as the battle continues, the Turtles turn to old friends and foes for help. Collects issues #25–36 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series. TPB • FC • $29.99 • 292 pages * * * Ghostbusters: Answer the Call TP Kelly Thompson (w) • Corin Howell (a & c) On a routine house call to dispose of a simple Class III spook, the team encounters a truly terrifying Class VII that appears to be feeding on terror. Able to conjure illusions to prey on people’s greatest fears, it can divide and conquer, and has designs on turning the world into its own nightmare dimension. Our ladies may have finally met their match! TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages * * * Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM TP Kurtis J. Wiebe (w) • Max Dunbar (a) • Ryan Brown (c) Before he was a general leading the assault against humanity on the surface, RAAM was an upstart commander tasked with waging an unwinnable war against the Lambent to protect the Locust homeland.   With the enemy pushing inexorably forward, RAAM knows the Horde must turn its attention to more vulnerable prey, and he'll use every atrocity and deception at his disposal to bring Queen Myrrah around to his way of thinking.   See how it all began in this prequel to the original Gears of War, as the Queen’s deadliest servant steers the course of history to bring about Emergence Day and the attack on humans, setting in motion the events of the game! TPB • FC • $15.99 • 96 pages * * * Scarlett's Strike Force TP Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Nelson Daniel, Ilias Kyriazis (a) They've fought back invasions from home and afar—now, they're back on Earth, and ready to take on the wildest, weirdest threats out there!   It's Scarlett's G.I. JOE team, the Strike Force, against a brand-new Cobra Commander, a revitalized Cobra, and everyone else trying to conquer Earth... or destroy it! Featuring all-stars of the Hasbro line as M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand and the Transformers bots join G.I. Joe in the fight against Cobra! Collects issues #1-3, theG.I. JOE First Strike one-shot, and the M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand First Strike one-shot. TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 Pages * * * Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions TP Sophie Campbell, Kate Leth, Sarah Kuhn, Sarah Winifred Searle & Various (w) • Tana Ford, Sophie Campbell, Siobhan Keenan, Sarah Winifred Searle & Various (a) • Derek Charm (c) Jem and the Holograms get back to their rock 'n' roll roots in this new series of stand-alone stories from some of comics' most popular creators. A celebration of creativity, friendship, and being true to yourself, Dimensions is full of humor, fun, and characters that radiate positivity. These uplifting stories will bring a smile to readers’ faces even as they put a song in their hearts. TPB • FC • $15.99 • 96 pages * * * Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters TP Kevin Burke & Chris “Doc” Wyatt (w) • Nikos Koutsis (a) • Aluir Amancio (c) It’s a new Stretch Armstrong for a new age!   Charter City was run down and crime ridden, until the arrival of Rook Unlimited, the leading technology company in the world. The company's biggest achievement is the development of Flexarium, a compound that can stretch to incredible lengths and become lighter than air or dense as lead. One night, high-school friends Jake Armstrong, Ricardo Perez, and Nathan Park go to hang out at the warehouse where Flexarium is stored, causing an accident that leads to the chemical compound bonding with their bodies, giving them superpowers. The trio is enlisted by Rook Unlimited to fight crime in Charter City as Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters! TPB • FC • $9.99 • 80 pages • 6” x 9” * * * My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Vol. 14 TP Christina Rice, Ted Anderson (w) • Agnes Garbowska, Andy Price (a) • Agnes Garbowska (c) Pinkie Pie discovers a secret about Rainbow Dash...she hates pie! Will Pinkie be able to show Dash the wonders of everyone's favorite dessert, or will Dash turn the tables on her? Next, the Cutie Mark Crusaders have a new challenge when a young pony doesn't want to follow in her family's hoofsteps. Then, representatives of ponies, griffons, buffalos, changelings, dragons, and more meet at Mount Massive to discuss the future of the land! Collects My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #59–63. TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages * * * Duck Avenger New Adventures, Book 3 TP Francesco Artibani (w) • Various (a) • Corrado Mastantuono (c) Donald Duck is still the diabolical Duck Avenger... but he wishes he wasn't! Mysterious Dr. Fairfax is shaking up Duckburg with duck-made earthquakes, and time travelers want Donald to battle space aliens in the distant future! With supercomputer One always on duty, how can any heroic mission go wrong... or right? TPB • FC • $24.99 • 160 pages * * * Star Wars Adventures, Vol. 3: Endangered TP Delilah S. Dawson & Various (w) • Derek Charm & Various (a & c) Rose Tico—breakout character from The Last Jedi, and normally a behind-the-scenes operator—takes center stage in the fight against the First Order! Young Anakin Skywalker competes in a podrace that's unlike any he's seen before! And Ezra Bridger, Hera Syndulla, and the rest of the Ghost crew must retrieve a sacred bird from the Empire's clutches, but space pirate Hondo Ohnaka might get it first!   A rotating crew of characters and creators reveal these and more untold tales from the Star Wars galaxy, in stories appropriate for all ages, from Padawans to Jedi Masters. Collects Star Wars Adventures issues #6–8. TPB • FC • $9.99 • 80 pages • 6” x 9” * * * The Infinite Loop, Vol. 2: Nothing But the Truth TP Pierrick Colinet & Elsa Charretier (w) • Daniele Di Nicuolo, Elsa Charretier (a) • Elsa Charretier (c) Although she tried to reboot the future, Teddy's plan failed. While human anomalies are no longer executed merely for the crime of existing, they're forced to live in squalid refugee camps. Teddy and Ano want to fight for the rights of human anomalies, but they're about to find out how hard that can be, especially when powerful people want things to stay the same.   Return to an even darker version of this wildly imagined reality, where threats lurk around every corner and people refuse to accept truth. Filled with danger and tension that will keep readers on the edge of their seats, The Infinite Loop provides a sharp critique of a modern era where truth has become a matter of debate. TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages * * * Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow TP Brian Clevinger (w) • Scott Wegener (a & c) Remember the old days when all you had to worry about were mad scientist dinosaurs or giant sea mutants with lasers? But not in 2017! Atomic Robo delves into the chaos that is modern America, where everything is horrible all of the time! But that's why Robo is setting up the new Tesladyne Institute in the badlands of New Mexico's Jornada del Muerto desert, with Sir Richard Branson's Spaceport on one side and Elon Musk's Solar Farm on the other. With neighbors like these, who needs to uncover an insidious plot that threatens the lives of everyone in the world? TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages * * * Gumballs TP Erin Nations (w & a & c) Gumballsdispenses an array of bright, candy-colored short comics about Erin's gender transition, anecdotal tales of growing up as a triplet, and fictional stories of a socially inept love-struck teenager named Tobias. The wide-ranging series is filled with single-page gag cartoons, visual diaries of everyday life, funny faux personal ads, and real-life horror stories from customers at his day job. Gumballs offers a variety of flavors that will surely delight anyone with a taste for candid self-reflection and observations of humanity. This book collects Gumballs #1-4, plus 32 pages of brand-new content!   Gumballstips its hat to the classic alt-comic tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve, and Box Office Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice for the modern age. TPB • FC • $19.99 • 160 pages * * * Strong Female Protagonist, Book Two TP Brennan Lee Mulligan (w) • Molly Ostertag (a & c) Alison Green used to be a superhero. With unlimited strength and invulnerability, she fought crime with a group of other teens under the alter ego Mega Girl. All that changed after an encounter with Menace, her mind-reading archenemy, who showed her evidence of a sinister conspiracy that made battling giant robots suddenly seem unimportant.   Now, Alison is going to college in New York City, trying to find ways to actually help the world while making friends and getting to class on time. It's impossible to escape the past, however, and trouble comes in the form of mysterious murders, ex-teammates with grudges, robots with a strange sense of humor, an inconvenient crush, a cantankerous professor, and many different kinds of people who think they know the best way to be a hero. TPB • FC • $24.99 • 366 pages • 6” x 9” IMAGE COMICS SON OF HITLER HC STORY: ANTHONY DEL COL, GEOFF MOORE ART / COVER: JEFF MCCOMSEY MAY 30 / 192 PAGES / FC / M / $24.99 A story so wild it could only be true…maybe… The never-before- told tale of Adolf Hitler’s secret child and how this son was the key to ending World War II is now revealed in this audacious graphic novel based upon one of history’s most intriguing rumors. In 1944 Occupied France a rogue British agent reveals to a young baker’s assistant the true identity of his father, thus recruiting him for a dangerous mission that will end the greatest threat of World War II. Out of respect to the innocent and the dead all the names in this story have been changed… Except for one. This action-packed ride in the vein of Inglourious Basterds and The Boys from Brazil is brought to life by acclaimed writer ANTHONY DEL COL (Assassin’s Creed, Kill Shakespeare), New York Times bestselling cartoonist JEFF McCOMSEY (FUBAR, Flutter) and newcomer GEOFF MOORE. * * * STREET ANGEL GOES TO JUVIE HC STORY: BRIAN MARUCA, JIM RUGG ART / COVER: JIM RUGG MAY 02 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $19.99 Busted! Jesse “Street Angel” Sanchez, aka Shiraz Thunderbird, gets pinched and must do a stretch in Angel City’s infamous juvenile corrections center, Alcatraz, Jr. For the Deadliest Girl Alive, three squares a day and a warm, dry bed ain’t all bad. Jesse meets a girl gang, besties a superhero sidekick, pushes the lunch lady to the limit, and watches Harriet the Spy! Will juvie break our hero, or will “Shiraz Thunderbird” break OUT of Alcatraz, Jr.? STREET ANGEL GOES TO JUVIE releases alongside the Free Comic Book Day title: STREET ANGEL’S DOG! * * * INVINCIBLE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 12 HC STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN ART: RYAN OTTLEY, CORY WALKER, MARK MORALES, NATHAN FAIRBAIRN COVER: RYAN OTTLEY, NATHAN FAIRBAIRN MAY 16 / 336 PAGES / FC / T+ / $39.99 THE END OF ALL THINGS—the final INVINCIBLE story—is collected in one incredible volume. This mega story touches every corner of the Invincible Universe, and when it’s over...MARK GRAYSON’S STORY IS OVER. Every single story for the past 13 years has been leading up to this! Collects INVINCIBLE #133-144 * * * WHERE WE LIVE: LAS VEGAS SHOOTING BENEFIT ANTHOLOGY TP STORY: MIKE ALLRED, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, IVAN BRANDON, KURT BUSIEK, AMY CHU, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, NEIL GAIMAN, KIERON GILLEN, MIKE MIGNOLA, MARK MILLAR, GREG PAK, JAMES ROBINSON, GAIL SIMONE, BRANDON GRAHAM, ROB WILLIAMS ART: MIKE ALLRED, BRANDON GRAHAM, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, PAUL AZACETA, CLIFF CHIANG, GEOF DARROW, TESS FOWLER, BRIAN HABERLIN, PHIL HESTER, JOELLE JONES, ARIELA KRISTANTINA, JEFF LEMIRE, JAMIE MCKELVIE, MICHAEL AVON OEMING, SEAN PHILLIPS, DARICK ROBERTSON, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, JAVIER PULIDO, JH WILLIAMS III COLORS: ROB WILLIAMS COVER: JH WILLIAMS III MAY 30 / 256 PAGES / FC / T+ / $19.99 This “unique way” was the genesis of the WHERE WE LIVE anthology—a riveting collection of both fictional stories and actual eye-witness accounts told by an all-star lineup of the top talent working in comics today. All the creators have graciously volunteered their time and talent to help bring some sense to this senseless act and, in the process, raise money for the survivors and their families. The book will include a variety of perspectives with key themes exploring gun violence, common sense gun control, value of a compassionate society, mental health stigmatization, aftermath of tragedy and how individuals and communities persevere, and an appreciation of Las Vegas as a vibrant community. WHERE WE LIVE also features stories from local writers and artists as they relate their personal experiences and reactions to this tragedy. One hundred percent of the proceeds for the WHERE WE LIVE anthology will be donated to an existing GoFundMe campaign for the survivors in Las Vegas. * * * ANGELIC, VOL. 1: HEIRS AND GRACES TP STORY: SIMON SPURRIER ART / COVER: CASPAR WIJNGAARD MAY 09 / 168 PAGES / FC / T / $12.99 Centuries after humanity disappeared, the Earth belongs to our leftovers: the animals, genetically modified for a war they don't remember, guarding a world they don't understand. But for one young winged monkey, the repressive tribal routines are unbearable. Her name is QORA. She yearns to explore, to discover...to fly free. Eisner nominee SIMON SPURRIER (CRY HAVOC, The Spire, X-Men Legacy) and star artist CASPAR WIJNGAARD (LIMBO, Dark Souls, Assassin's Creed) unite for an all-ages-friendly fable about teenage rebellion and animal antics amidst the ruins of civilization. Collects ANGELIC #1-6 * * * BONEHEAD, VOL. 1 TP STORY: BRYAN HILL ART / COVER: RHOALD MARCELLIUS MAY 23 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $9.99 In a near future, a sprawling megalopolis sees the rise of “Boneheads,” parkour gangs that use neuro-linked helmets to augment their abilities and live for the thrill of physical risk. As a gang war threatens to tear the city apart, a mysterious Bonehead rises—a man with no past that might be the key to saving the city’s future. From writer BRYAN HILL (POSTAL) and artist RHOALD MARCELLIUS (Marvel: Contest of Champions) comes a story about technological and human revolution. Collects BONEHEAD #1-4 * * * IT WILL ALL HURT TP TORY / ART / COVER: FAREL DALRYMPLE JUNE 13 / 176 PAGES / FC / T+ / $18.99 A weird, sad, silly, sketchy, and dreamy watercolor fantasy-action quest in which Alemendra Clementine and her crew of anti-social adventurers all come together on a psych-apocalyptic world to take down an evil wizard. This Eisner Award-nominated webcomic began as a loose stream-of-consciousness exercise and exploration of the comic book medium and takes place in the same world as FAREL DALRYMPLE’s The Wrenchies. Collects IT WILL ALL HURT #1-3, plus all six chapters of the webcomic. * * * NO. 1 WITH A BULLET TP STORY: JACOB SEMAHN ART / COVER: JORGE CORONA JUNE 06 / 152 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99 Her social media, strong. Her variety show segments, a hit. Nash Huang is at the top of her game. But when the iRis Shutter contact lens hits the market, Nash’s life is personally invaded. The latest leap forward in “technological progress,” these contacts not only play video or augment reality…but also record with the blink of an eye. Fighting to keep her life together after a leaked sex tape goes viral, a clingy super-fan is the last thing on Nash’s mind…but that’s exactly when the bodies pile up and the terror begins. "Not just good, but important. A haunting shot across the bow of the worst the internet has to offer. Stunning and electric.”—DONNY CATES (GOD COUNTRY, REDNECK) Collects NO. 1 WITH A BULLET #1-6 * * * STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES, VOL. 1 TP STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM MAY 02 / 248 PAGES / BW / M / $19.99 Dark and twisted, funny and heartbreaking, intimate and epic—SUNSHINE & ROSES tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like STRAY BULLETS, and with SUNSHINE & ROSES, the uncompromising EISNER AWARD-WINNING team of DAVID & MARIA LAPHAM take the series to a new high. Collects STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #1-8 * * * VOID TRIP TP STORY: RYAN O'SULLIVAN ART / COVER: PLAID KLAUS MAY 30 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 From writer RYAN O'SULLIVAN (Turncoat, The Evil Within, Warhammer 40,000) and illustrator PLAID KLAUS (Turncoat) comes the story of Ana and Gabe, the last two humans left alive in the galaxy. They're low on fuel, they're low on food, and they're low on psychedelic space froot, but they're still determined to make it to the promised land: hippy-paradise super-planet Euphoria. This is the story of their journey, the friends and enemies they made along the way, and how the universe responded to those who dared to live freely within it. “Beautiful, drugged, and hilarious sci-fi from an alternate universe where the only Captain America anyone cares about is the one in Easy Rider.”— KIERON GILLEN (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, Star Wars: Darth Vader) Collects VOID TRIP #1-5 * * * THE BEAUTY, VOL. 4 TP STORY / COVER: JEREMY HAUN, JASON A. HURLEY ART: MATTHEW DOW SMITH, THOMAS NACHLIK JUNE 13 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 Corporate espionage, government secrets, and private military contracts are uncovered as an investigative journalist looks deep into Abericorp, the most powerful pharmaceutical company in the world. Collects THE BEAUTY #17-21 * * * BLACK MAGICK, VOL. 2: AWAKENINGS 2 TP STORY: GREG RUCKA ART / COVER: NICOLA SCOTT MAY 16 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 The trap around Rowan Black continues to close, with the Hammer closing in on one side and the Ascension now in motion on the other. But the ultimate wound may not be wielded by magick, but instead delivered via the heart. New York Times bestselling creators GREG RUCKA and NICOLA SCOTT bring you the second volume of the critically acclaimed series. Collects BLACK MAGICK #6-11 * * * EXTREMITY, VOL. 2: WARRIOR TP STORY: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON ART / COVER: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, MIKE SPICER MAY 02 / 144 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99 The Paznina take desperate measures to finish their war against the Roto…a war that will draw Thea and Rollo back into it—no matter how much death and heartbreak it promises. Collects EXTREMITY #7-12 * * * MAGE, VOL. 4: THE HERO DEFINED, BOOK TWO TP STORY / ART / COVER: MATT WAGNER MAY 16 / 200 PAGES / FC / T+ / $19.99 The fourth of six volumes collecting MATT WAGNER’s epic, modern-day fantasy trilogy, MAGE, BOOK TWO: THE HERO DEFINED continues the saga of the reborn Pendragon, Kevin Matchstick. Pursuing their common goal of confronting and defeating the world’s hidden supernatural threats, Kevin and his companions Joe Phat and Kirby Hero find themselves drawn northward by mystical forces they don’t understand. Trailed by the persistent but befuddled Wally Ut, Kevin finds himself tested by his assumptions of leadership and clarity of purpose. Still hidden from our heroes, dark and familiar forces conspire to drain Kevin’s own power…and turn it against him! * * * MOTOR CRUSH, VOL. 2 TP STORY: BRENDEN FLETCHER, CAMERON STEWART, BABS TARR ART: CAMERON STEWART, BABS TARR COVER: BABS TARR MAY 30 / 160 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99 The acclaimed sci-fi action-adventure series MOTOR CRUSH is back for another heat! Two years have passed in Nova Honda, the racing capital of the world, and for Domino Swift, everything has turned upside down. How does she fit in a world without Crush? Collects MOTOR CRUSH #6-11 * * * REBORN TP STORY: MARK MILLAR ART / COVER: GREG CAPULLO, JONATHAN GLAPION, FCO PLASCENCIA MAY 02 / 176 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 The MILLAR-CAPULLO smash-hit sellout REBORN is here. Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to survive. Somewhere the people from the past are waiting for you—the good and the bad. Collects REBORN #1-6 * * * REDNECK, VOL. 2: THE EYES UPON YOU TP STORY: DONNY CATES ART / COVER: LISANDRO ESTHERREN, DEE CUNNIFFE MAY 23 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 After leaving Sulphur Springs behind in a bloody hurry, the Bowmans are lying low from the law with a new member of the family in tow. But there are rules to being a vampire…and when the rules are broken, the family will surely suffer…. Collects REDNECK #7-12 * * * SNOTGIRL, VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCREAMING TP STORY: BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY, LESLIE HUNG ART / COVER: LESLIE HUNG MAY 23 / 136 PAGES / FC / T+ / $15.99 Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A.—at least that’s what she wants you to think. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING finds Lottie putting the past behind her and trying to make the best of a bad situation—her life! Lottie’s new bestie is an emotional roller coaster: first she died, and then she killed someone. Who will Caroline hurt next, and what is her brother Virgil doing here? What secret is Detective John Cho seeking in the desert? Why did Cutegirl ghost her sister? Is Normgirl really going to marry Ashley? And what in god’s name did Sunny ever see in Charlene? These questions and many others may possibly be answered in SNOTGIRL, VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCREAMING! IGN calls SNOTGIRL “Fresh and different!” and says “its sheer weirdness, creativity, and heart will appeal to fans of Scott Pilgrim and Seconds!” Collects SNOTGIRL #6-10 * * * THROWAWAYS, VOL. 3 TP STORY: CAITLIN KITTREDGE ART / COVER: STEVEN SANDERS MAY 23 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99 As ULTRA's election machinations enter their final phase, Dean and Abby couldn't be further from stopping them—Dean is in a psych ward, Abby is on the run, and Kimiko can't help either of them. But after months of Ostrander and ULTRA being one step ahead, Dean finally gets an ace up his sleeve against Ostrander's brainwashed Alpha subjects...but playing it will destroy Abby's life as she knows it. Collects THROWAWAYS #10-14 * * * YOUNGBLOOD, VOL. 2: REBRANDED TP STORY: CHAD BOWERS ART: JIM TOWE, JUAN RODRÍGUEZ COVER: JIM TOWE MAY 09 / 112 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99 Gear up for the next electrifying chapter in the rebirth of ROB LIEFELD's Extreme Universe! Mission accomplished. Now what? Following the events of "REBORN," the new Youngblood team relocates to Japan in search of a fresh start and a sense of purpose. Meanwhile, personal and political ideologies collide back in the states, as President Diehard risks everything to spin America's renewed interest in all things Youngblood to his advantage. Find out why fans and critics alike are calling YOUNGBLOOD “the best new team book around!” Collects YOUNGBLOOD #7-11.