IDW:  December 2009 Collected Editions Solicits   Classic G.I. Joe, Vol. 6 Simon Furman (w) • Geoff Senior, Jose Delbo, Dwayne Turner, Andrew Wildman (a) The war between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS rages on. This fifth collection of vintage TRANSFORMERS lore spans issues #62-74, and brings us closer to the conclusion of the original series! Enjoy the five-part "Matrix Quest," as well as stories like "Deadly Obsession," "The Human Factor," "...All This and Civil War 2," "Out of Time," and "The Void!" TPB • FC • $19.99  • 284 pages * * * Doctor Who: Through Time and Space Leah Moore & John Reppion, Tony Lee, John Ostrander, Gary Russell, Rich Johnston, Charlie Kirchoff (w) • Ben Templesmith, Paul Grist, Kelly Yates, Adrian Salmon, Tom Mandrake, Eric J (a) • Templesmith (c) Collecting six original Doctor Who, all featuring the Tenth Doctor, as portrayed by David Tennant. Includes the one-shots The Whispering Gallery, The Time Machination, Autopia, Cold-Blooded Cold War, Just a Theory, and Black Death, by a bevy of talented creators, including Ben Templesmith and John Ostrander. TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages   * * * WinterWorld Chuck Dixon (w) • Jorge Zaffino (a & c) Dixon & Zaffino's long out-of-print classic is finally collected! In a bleak and desolate future, when our world has been encased in ice from pole to pole, an amoral adventurer and an orphaned girl form an unlikely alliance-and together fight tooth and nail to stay alive. This features the stunning, groundbreaking artwork of Jorge Zaffino. As a special bonus, this hardcover also collects the never-before-published sequel, Wintersea! HC • BW • $19.99 • 150 pages   * * * Legion: Prophets Scott Stewart, Tom Waltz (w) • Muriel, Holder, Paronzini, Gaydos (a) • J.F. Bruckner (c) Legion is the Sony/Screen Gems feature coming in January 2010 and featuring an all-out war between Heaven and Earth. Legion: Prophets introduces us to the "Prophets"-ordinary people who have yet to understand the powers they possess and their very special role in the apocalyptic events that are about to sweep across the globe two days before Christmas. The series is plotted by the film's director, Scott Stewart, and scripted by Tom Waltz (Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward). TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages   * * * The Original Johnson, Vol. 1 Trevor Von Eeden (w & a & c) At last-The Original Johnson, Trevor Von Eeden's personal and heartfelt graphic novel biography of Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion of the world, international celebrity, and the most controversial American of his time. This is the artistic achievement of Trevor's career (Batman, Green Arrow), more than four years in the making and worth every moment. TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 Pages   * * * Complete Milt Gross Milt Gross (w & a) This beautifully designed book collects the complete comic book stories of comic genius Milt Gross, culled from rare, impossible to track down comic books of the '40s, which have been lovingly restored. Milt Gross was a cartooning genius who was championed by Art Spiegelman in Raw and Dan Nadel in Art Out of Time. Gross wrote and drew what many consider to be the first graphic novel, He Done Her Wrong, and was a popular comic stripper (with hilarious cartoon-style Yiddish-isms), animator, and screenplay writer (co-writer of films with Charlie Chaplin). This thick, full-color, 368-page hardback tome, in addition to exhuming every one of Gross' wild and crazy comic book stories, shares rare photos, sketches, and unpublished art, including the previously unknown cover to the Milt Gross Funnies #3! HC • FC • $39.99 • 368 pages • 8.5" x 11" * * * Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Vol. 9 Chester Gould (w & a & c) Chester Gould's fertile imagination continues at a breakneck pace, as he introduces The Brow, Flattop, Shaky, Breathless Mahoney, Measles, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, and the Summer Sisters! With an introduction by Max Allan Collins, and a special feature by Jeff Kersten of the Dick Tracy Museum about the famous radio program, "Dick Tracy in B-Flat," starring Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope! Edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from March 23, 1944 through September 19, 1945. HC • PC • $39.99 • 264 Pages • 11" x 8.5" * * * Captain Canuck, Vol. 2 Richard Comely (w) • George Freeman (a & c) Captain Canuck has influenced Canadian cartoonists for more than 30 years! Now, Richard Comely and George Freeman's best-selling opus returns with the second of two beautiful, hardcover collections, completely re-mastered from the original coloring. Collects the Summer Special and issues #11-14. HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 pages   * * * Complete World War Robot Ashley Wood (w & a & c) It's total robot war! In development to be a major motion picture, Ashley Wood's World War Robot tells the tale of a dwindling band of humans and robots who face off in a battle that will likely end humanity as we know it - on Earth, on the Moon, and on Mars, too! Badass battles, really intense human/robot drama, and even a little black humor and political intrigue are the order of the day in this oversize epic that collects both previous books in one deluxe hardcover volume. HC • FC • $29.99  • 96 pages * * * The Life and Times of Savior 28 J. M. DeMatteis (w) • Mike Cavallaro (a & c) "To be... or not to be!" How can a man go on living when everything he's ever believed is revealed as a lie? That's the question Savior 28 is forced to ask as we follow him across the decades, from the ashes of Buchenwald to the ashes of 9/11 in this exploration of the dark underbelly of the super hero dream. TPB • FC • $19.99 • 124 pages   * * * Dead, She Said Steve Niles (w) • Bernie Wrightson (a & c) Detective Coogan knows that there are some pretty shady freaks out there in the big city... but he doesn't know that some of those freaks aren't human! He learns it the hard way, and ends up on the wrong side of a bullet in this collection that mixes horror and noir into a tightly wound nightmare of twists and turns. This all-new story by comic book legends Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson is now available in softcover for the first time. TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages