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JANUARY - JUNE 2012 GEMS Diary of a Zombie Kid: Rotten Rules (Antarctic Press, pg. 3) Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise Part 1 (Dark Horse, pg. 44) Mass Effect Volume 3: Invasion (Dark Horse, pg. 59) Dark Shadows: The Best of the Original Gold Key Series (Hermes Press, pg. 84) Serenity: Those Left Behind (2nd Edition) (Dark Horse, pg. 38) Hellboy Volume 12: The Storm and the Fury (Dark Horse, pg. 53) Star Wars: Jedi Volume 1 – The Dark Side (Dark Horse, pg. 54) Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Volume 2 (Dynamite Entertainment, pg. 77) Kill Shakespeare: The Complete Edition (IDW Publishing, pg. 98) The Art of the Mass Effect Universe (Dark Horse, pg. 43) Dollhouse Volume 1: Epitaphs (Dark Horse, pg. 57) The Boys Volume 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker (Dynamite Entertainment, pg. 80) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1: Change is Constant (IDW Publishing, pg. 101) Michael Recycle and the Tree Top Cops (IDW Publishing, pg. 107) The Red Wing (Image Comics, pg. 116) Spontaneous (Oni Press, pg. 132) Cleveland (Top Shelf Productions, pg. 142) Anne Rice’s Servant of Bones (IDW Publishing, pg. 111) Sam & Twitch Complete Collection Volume 2 (Image Comics, pg. 123) The Walking Dead Survivors Guide (Image Comics, pg. 124) Hotwire Volume 2: Deep Cut (Radical Publishing, pg. 134) The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2012 (Random House UK, pg. 172) Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom (IDW Publishing, pg. 114) The Art of Todd McFarlane (Image Comics, pg. 125) Angry Birds: Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes (Rovio Mobile, pg. 135) DC Adventures RPG: Heroes & Villains Volume 2 (Green Ronin Publishing, pg. 178) Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 3 (Paizo Publishing, LLC., pg. 187) JANUARY - JUNE 2012 GEMS True Blood Volume 3: The French Quarter (IDW Publishing, pg. 109) JANUARY - JUNE 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Kung Fu Panda: It’s Elemental & Other Stories (Ape Entertainment, pg. 6) Gurren Lagann Volume 7 (Bandai Entertainment, pg. 30) Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven (Dark Horse, pg. 33) Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse, pg. 34) Star Wars: Episode I Adventures (Dark Horse, pg. 39) Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes (Dark Horse, pg. 46) King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel (Dark Horse, pg. 47) The Manara Library Volume 2 (Dark Horse, pg. 49) Afrika (Dark Horse, pg. 50) Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 1 (Dark Horse, pg. 51) The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde (Dark Horse, pg. 55) B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Volume 1 TP (Dark Horse, pg. 56) Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 2: Pirate Queen of Mars (Dynamite Entertainment, pg. 79) Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2: First Encounters (IDW Publishing, pg. 90) Family Circus Volume 3 (IDW Publishing, pg. 91) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Volume 2 (IDW Publishing, pg. 94) Steve Canyon Volume 1: 1947-1948 (IDW Publishing, pg. 100) Womanthology: Heroic (IDW Publishing, pg. 103) Frazetta – Funny Stuff (IDW Publishing, pg. 106) Star Trek Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, pg. 108) Madman 20th Anniversary Monster HC (Image Comics, pg. 120) Mice Templar Volume 3 HC (Image Comics, pg. 121) Pilot Season 2009: Kirkman / Silvestri (Image Comics, pg. 122) The Darkness Compendium Volume 2 (Image Comics, pg. 126) Tank Tankuro Slipcased Hardcover (Presspop Gallery, pg. 133) Darkstalkers: The Ultimate Edition (UDON Entertainment, pg. 145) Animal Planet: World’s Most Dangerous Animals (Zenescope, pg. 150) Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess (Night Shade Books, pg. 167) Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful (Prime Books, pg. 170) Dark Heresy: Only War… (Fantasy Flight Games, pg. 174) Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Core Book (Margaret Weis Productions, pg. 180) JANUARY - JUNE 2012 HIGHLIGHTS Transformers Prime Volume 3 (IDW Publishing, pg. 94) JANUARY - JUNE 2012 CATALOG CONTENTS “New Year, Endless Possibilities” GRAPHIC NOVEL & TRADE PAPERBACKS DBD kicks off 2012 right with a host of graphic and literary gems guaranteed to stir excitement (and sales) all year long — and beyond! For starters, Dark Horse comes fully loaded with Mass Effect: Invasion and The Art of the Mass Effect Universe, primed perfectly with the much-anticipated release of BioWare’s groundbreaking video game, Mass Effect 3! Plus, Mike Mignola sets the stage for a new chapter in the life of B.P.R.D.’s big, red, monster-smashing machine with Hellboy Volume 12: The Storm and the Fury, we follow Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn on a quest with major repercussions for the Jedi Order in Star Wars: Jedi Volume 1 — The Dark Side, and Joss Whedon expounds further upon two of his popular properties with Dollhouse Volume 1: Epitaphs and Serenity: Those Left Behind (2nd Edition). IDW and TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman unleash ninja action to the streets and sewers of NYC with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1: Change is Constant! Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire) brings one of her richest stories to the graphic novel form with Servant of the Bones, a tale of murder, demonic revenge, and the redemptive power of faith. Meanwhile, return to the backwaters of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and Merlotte’s with True Blood Volume 3: The French Quarter and unlock the continuing mystery of Keyhouse with Keys to the Kingdom, the fourth installment of Joe Hill’s Locke & Key! Image Comics and Spawn patriarch, Todd McFarlane, takes the spotlight with a prestige showcase of his unique illustrative talents in The Art of Todd McFarlane. Dig up everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the cast of Robert Kirkman’s critically acclaimed comic series, The Walking Dead, with The Survivor’s Guide! And, strap in for the futuristic ride of your life in award-winning writer Jonathan Hickman’s The Red Wing! Not to be outdone, Rovio Mobile ruffles feathers (and the traditional breakfast) with Angry Birds: Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes, Dynamite Entertainment transports us to Mars (just in time for the release of Disney/Pixars’ John Carter) in Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 2 — Pirate Queen of Mars, Top Shelf Productions revisits Cleveland, autobiographical comic pioneer Harvey Pekar’s (American Splendor) final — and most definitive — graphic novel, Night Shade Books’ gaslamp fantasy, Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess, brings Phil and Kaja Foglio’s world of adventure, romance, and Mad Science to life, and DC Comics’ dazzling array of characters are gloriously detailed in the second volume of Green Ronin’s DC Adventures RPG sourcebook, Heroes & Villains! 801 Media, Inc.........................................................2 Antarctic Press ..........................................................3 Ape Entertainment ....................................................6 Arcana Studios ......................................................13 Ardden Entertainment ............................................27 Aspen MLT, Inc. ......................................................29 Bandai Entertainment ..............................................30 Dark Horse ............................................................33 Digital Manga Publishing ........................................69 Dynamite Entertainment ..........................................74 Hermes Press ..........................................................82 IDW Publishing ......................................................86 Image Comics ......................................................115 Media Blasters ......................................................127 Moonstone ..........................................................128 Oni Press ............................................................130 Presspop Gallery ..................................................133 Radical Publishing ................................................134 Rovio Mobile ........................................................135 Sea Lion Books ....................................................135 SLG Publishing......................................................136 Th3rd World Studios ............................................141 Top Shelf Productions ............................................142 TwoMorrows Publishing ........................................142 Udon Entertainment ..............................................145 Wildside Press ......................................................150 Zenescope ............................................................150 PROSE Yep! 2012 is already shaping up to be a prosperous year — so, take stock in, and stock up on the variety of tomes and treasures you’ll uncover within these pages! ChiZine Publications..............................................106 Fantasy Flight Games............................................108 Moonstone ..........................................................109 Night Shade Books ..............................................110 Paizo Publishing, LLC. ..........................................114 Prime Books..........................................................115 Random House UK................................................118 Wildside Press ......................................................124 All my best, GAMES Fantasy Flight Games............................................174 Green Ronin Publishing ........................................178 Margaret Weis Productions ..................................179 Paizo Publishing, LLC. ..........................................181 CONTACT US Kuo-Yu Liang ORDERING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CATALOG In North America, products in this catalog are also available from Baker & Taylor, Bookazine, Ingram, Partners West and other wholesalers. DBD is proud to represent over fifty comic book, graphic novel, and pop-culture publishers that deliver cutting edge material for the entire book market. 1966 Greenspring Drive, Suite 300 ● Timonium, MD 21093 Phone: 410-560-7100 ext. 819 ● Fax: 410-560-2583 Email: dbd@diamondcomics.com Canalside ● Warrington Road ● Manor Park Runcom, Cheshire WA7 1SN Tel: 01928 531760 ● Fax: 01928 531789 Email: books@diamondcomics.co.uk Due to licensing restrictions, not all products listed are available in the UK. In this issue you’ll find their latest offerings, organized by publisher and arranged by publication date. We have also included information on related products, other works from the creators, and key selling points for each title. You’ll also find separate sections for the Prose and Game publishers that we also represent. The GEMs are our featured titles— the top products, the most high profile projects that are destined for sales success. Highlight products are not to be missed items; titles that are best bets to be proven sellers. CONTENTS Customer Service ..................................................191 DBD Sales Reps ....................................................192 DBD VP Sales and Marketing 1 801 MEDIA, INC. ISBN: 1-934129-51-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-934129-51-7 Price: $17.95 (CAN: $19.99) Publisher: 801 Media, Inc. Imprint: Project H Books Writer: Hiroshi Itaba Artist: Hiroshi Itaba Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Adults Only (18+) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 THREE P (HENTAI MANGA) • Come and check out these three sizzling-hot college gals: Reika, • • This is the newest line of imprint from DMP; Project-H Books — now offering seinen hentai manga series! • Contains mature, extremely explicit content. • Comes shrinkwrapped with an explicit advisory label. KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 0-9837934-7-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-7-2 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.75) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Fred Perry Artist: David Hutchinson Page Count: 128 Carton Qty: 104 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 8/16/2011 DIARY OF A ZOMBIE KID VOLUME 1 • Middle school is horrific enough for any 5th grader’s first day. But for Bill Dookes, it’s a festering, rotting, undead nightmare! Since Bill’s deadbeat dad got arrested trying to burn the house down for the insurance, Mom’s had to make ends meet by volunteering to various medical research companies for cash. This would be fine if she hadn’t brought home a mysterious zombie virus! Now Bill has to deal with skin problems and body chemistry changes that make puberty look like a walk in the park! And then there’s his ever-growing appetite for... BRAINS! ANTARCTIC PRESS Selected Previous Volumes: Diary of a Zombie Kid GN (ISBN 09831823-3-7), Diary of a Zombie Kid: Rotten Rules (ISBN 0-9837934-2-5) 2 Sara and Mizume. Reika — she looks conservative, like a girl next door, but watch out! She’s the wild one! She always gets what she wants! Sara — men just don’t know how to say “no” to her pretty cute face! And Mizume is the beautiful one and she plays hard-to-get with men. These gal pals have no secrets between each other! They talk about their boyfriend problems, sex problems, and compare notes! This one-shot contains nine short stories of these three gals having lots of naughty sex! ISBN: 0-9831823-6-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-9831823-6-8 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Richard Moore Artist: Richard Moore Size: 5 x 8 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 12/13/2011 CHIP POCKET MANGA VOLUME 1 • Fan favorite Richard Moore (Boneyard, Far West, Fire and • Brimstone) presents a ticklish take on the macabre with this new, all-ages story. Dark forces stalk the night, ancient menaces strike terror into the hearts of men everywhere...but not on a statue-selling farm in upstate New York. There, a 4-inch gargoyle named Chip is determined to prove to all the other statues there that he can be scary, too! With the aid of his fairy friend Ash, he sets out to find just the right setting to inspire him and bring out his true potential for wreaking terror...if he can work up the nerve to go there! JAN-JUN 2012 CHICKEN FIGHTER POCKET MANGA VOLUME 2 • Johnny Mo has quit his job at the paper clip factory to fight giant, mutant chickens in a “cool points” contest — all so his smokin’ hot girlfriend will have a safe world in which to have a their baby. Even with the “help” of his decidedly un-cool exboss, Johnny’s managed to take out some of the top cocks of the walk... but soon enough it’ll be time for the final showdown with their leader, Clucky. Then the feathers are gonna fly! DIARY OF A ZOMBIE KID: ROTTEN RULES • As a reward for being S-Mart’s most effiencent (and scariest) security guard ever, Bill Stokes’ zombified mother wins “Employee of the Month” and a free trip to the Diamond Lake Summer Camp for her zombified son! But when the older kids decide to scare the beetles out of the junior campers by bringing to life the tale of “Rotten Rod” and his “rotten rules”, the worm turns, and their fun becomes a series of zombie night frights! ISBN: 0-9831823-9-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-9831823-9-9 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Jey Odin Artist: Jey Odin Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Chicken Fighter Pocket Manga (ISBN 0-9831823-5-3) ISBN: 0-9837934-2-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-2-7 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Fred Perry Artist: David Hutchison, Fred Perry Size: 5.5 x 8 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Children (ages 9 - 12) Genre: Horror, Comedy, Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 GOLD DIGGER PLATINUM VOLUME 3 • Air mercenary leader Dark Bird puts the pressure on Gina’s • JAN-JUN 2012 friend, top pilot Kevin “Ace” Koss, to hitch up with her sexy top gun, Skippy. Gina’s ex-rival, Penny Pincer, has to risk her life in a dogfight with Skippy to win him back — but only after she and Gina smooth some ruffled feathers on a super space fortress in lunar orbit. Then Gina and her student Kylie embarrass Brit’ with geekery as they race to save fellow explorer Isaac Elite from a curse four generations old! Collects Gold Digger Volume 3 #111-115. ISBN: 0-9837934-3-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-3-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Fred Perry Artist: Fred Perry Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 132 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Gold Digger Platinum Volume 1 (ISBN 0-9843375-7-1), Gold Digger Platinum Volume 2 TP (ISBN 09831823-4-5) ANTARCTIC PRESS Selected Previous Volumes: Diary of a Zombie Kid GN (ISBN 09831823-3-7) 3 ISBN: 0-9837934-5-X ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-5-8 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Rod Espinosa Artist: Rod Espinosa Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art Technique Publication Date: 1/3/2012 HOW TO DRAW & DESIGN STEAMPUNK SUPERSIZE TP • Whether you want to delineate dynamic derring-do on paper or consider the construction of a cunning costume, this is the book for you! With its fantastic array of steampunk finery, this howto tome will have you firing up your drawing instruments or the metal press and sewing machine when it fires your imagination. ANTARCTIC PRESS Selected Previous Volumes: How To Draw Steampunk Supersize TP (ISBN 0-9844879-8-0) 4 ISBN: 0-9843375-9-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9843375-9-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Ben Dunn, Various Artist: Ben Dunn, Various Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 128 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art Technique Publication Date: 1/10/2012 HOW TO DRAW MYTHS AND TITANS SUPERSIZE ISBN: 0-9837934-0-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-0-3 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Rod Espinosa Artist: Rod Espinosa Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art Technique Publication Date: 1/10/2012 HOW TO DRAW STEAMPUNK POCKET MANGA • Mystified by the methods of making myths into manga? Perplexed by putting pantheons to paper? Set thy fears to rest, mortal, for the gods (of art instruction) hath smiled upon thee! Within these pages, thou shalt witness the basic and advanced lessons for limning legends, from deities and demigods to epic heroes and their allies and foes! The gods help those who help themselves, so help thyself to this art instruction of the ages. Thy art skills will become the stuff of legend! • Does the challenge of sketching steampunk material leave you in a fog? Feel like an anachronism when it comes to creating old tech out of its time? Be not daunted at depicting derring-do and high adventure! Our intrepid illustrators will outfit you with all you need to make your steam-tech soar and shine — and in a new, portable format that won’t overload your safari kit! JAN-JUN 2012 HOW TO DRAW STREET-FIGHTING WARRIORS: TURBO • Round Two: Fight! You’ve been through your first match of combat comic artistry, but now it’s time for the fancy moves if you wanna get your name on that scoreboard! Step up to the console, grasshoppah, and learn at the side of the high-score champs! From basic moves to more complex combos and fight choreography, we help you get priority over the competition, power up your characters’ super moves, master the flow of a fight, and give you what it takes to get a place in the street-fight art hall of fame! ISBN: 0-9831823-8-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9831823-8-2 Price: $21.95 (CAN: $27.50) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Fred Perry Artist: Fred Perry Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art Technique Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: How To Draw & Defeat Street-Fighting Warriors Supersize (ISBN 09844879-0-5) • In the dead of winter, The Last Zombie: Inferno picks • • JAN-JUN 2012 up where The Last Zombie left off, as Doctor Ian Scott and his team of soldiers and scientists make their way across the wastelands of a post-zombie apocalyptic America. Infected with the virus that caused the zombie outbreak, Ian struggles to stay alive long enough to see his wife again. As if that wasn’t enough, the team finds themselves caught between a raging, state-wide wildfire and the radioactive destruction of a nuclear reactor meltdown. More apocalyptic awesomeness from Brian Keene (Doom Patrol, Dead of Night: Devil Slayer), Joe Wight (Twilight X, The Last Zombie, How to Draw and Fight Zombies), and Fred Perry (Gold Digger, Littlest Zombie, Diary of a Zombie Kid)! Collects The Last Zombie: Inferno #1-5. ISBN: 0-9837934-4-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-4-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Brian Keene Artist: Joseph Wight, Fred Perry Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Last Zombie: Dead New World (ISBN 0-9844879-2-1) ANTARCTIC PRESS THE LAST ZOMBIE: INFERNO TP 5 ANTARCTIC PRESS APE ENTERTAINMENT 6 ISBN: 0-9837934-1-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-1-0 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: Robby Bevard Artist: Joseph Wight, Fred Perry, Rod Espinosa Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Fiction, Horror Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ZOMBIE RECOGNITION GUIDE ISBN: 0-9837934-6-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9837934-6-5 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Antarctic Press Writer: David Hutchison Artist: David Hutchison, Chris Allen Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art Technique Publication Date: 2/7/2012 HOW TO DRAW SCI-FI POCKET MANGA ISBN: 1-936340-56-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-56-9 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.95, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Matt Anderson, Chad Lambert Artist: CV Designs, Christine Larsen Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 24 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Whether you’re a professional hunter, an amateur spotter, or just some poor schmo trying to avoid having his brain eaten, this comprehensive guide is an indispensable tool! Learn standard silhouettes, habitats, weaknesses (NOT always the head!), and more for all types of walking dead — from radiation-spawn to genetic accidents to voodoo slaves! • Do you dream of building a new future on the farthest-spanning reaches of your imagination, but feel like your art skills are somewhere in a black hole? Accept this 128-page mission to the final frontier of sci-fi art! Our intrepid captains of comicdom guide you through the furthest reaches of the possible, from spaceships and ray guns to alien life, other planets, strange stars, and galaxies! And with the latest in super-tech, we’ve miniaturized it to leave you more room and credits to get that new warp coil! KUNG FU PANDA: IT’S ELEMENTAL & OTHER STORIES • Po and the Furious Five have faced many intimidating foes; but can even they stand up to the living embodiment of the Elements — Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood? Will the supernatural powers of the Elements defeat kung fu? Or can Po prove them to be just hot air? JAN-JUN 2012 MEGAMIND VOLUME 2: WHY SO BLUE TP • Based on the best-selling DreamWorks Animation film! Megamind and Minion find a super-powered dog believed to be from their home planet in “Megamutt,” while in “A Sidekick’s Sidekick,” Minion rescues a Metro City boy and decides to take him on as his own sidekick, even though Megamind isn’t keen on the idea. ISBN: 1-936340-50-X ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-50-7 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Troy Dye, Tom Kelesides Artist: Fernando Peniche, Carlos Valenti Page Count: 52 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Superheroes Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Megamind Movie Prequel (ISBN 1-934944-94-7), Megamind Volume 1: Brilliantly Brilliant TP (ISBN 1-936340-49-6) • Because you demanded it! Pocket God returns with a brand-new • story arc — Tale of Two Pygmies. This graphic novel will redefine the Pygmy world and set the stage for the introduction of — new characters! Based on the #1, world-wide, best-selling iPhone comic of 2010 and 2011, Pocket God continues it’s epic run with these all-new stories in print for the FIRST TIME! RICHIE RICH DIGEST VOLUME 1 • The classic character returns as you’ve never seen him before! Get in on the ground floor with two of Richie and his crew’s newest and wildest adventures, “Welcome to Rich Rescue” and “Boon by the Bay”! If that wasn’t enough, check out the brandnew story by the co-creator of Richie Rich, Sid Jacobson, and long time Richie Rich artist, Ernie Colon! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-936340-64-X ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-64-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.25, £9.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Jason M Burns Artist: Rolando Mallado Size: 7 x 10.25 Page Count: 88 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-936340-58-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-58-3 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.75, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Buddy Scalera, Various Artist: Iwan Nazif Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 APE ENTERTAINMENT POCKET GOD: TALE OF TWO PYGMIES GN 7 ISBN: 1-936340-59-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-59-0 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.95, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Buddy Scalera, Tom DeFalco, Matt Anderson, Patrick Rills Artist: Marcelo Ferrerira, Amy Mebberson, Armando M Zanker, James Silvani Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 24 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 APE ENTERTAINMENT ISBN: 1-936340-60-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-60-6 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.99, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Quinn Johnson, Various Artist: James Silvani, Various Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 8 RICHIE RICH DIGEST VOLUME 2: PURSUIT OF PESOS AND OTHER STORIES • While on a mission in South America, Richie and the gang stumble on a map that leads to a conquistador’s long-hidden treasure, but Reggie accidentally triggers an ancient time traveling device, which launches the crew back to the time when the ruins were first built…and dinosaurs ruled the earth! RICHIE RICH DIGEST VOLUME 3: JUST DESSERTS & OTHER STORIES • A mix of James Bond and Indiana Jones with the bank account of Donald Trump, Richie Rich is an altruistic adventurer who travels the world helping the less fortunate! After 20 years away from comics, Richie Rich returns with all-new adventures! This digest collects the all-new stories “Just Desserts Deserts,” “Laughter Is Not Always The Best Medicine,” and “Uncommon Cents.” If that weren’t enough, there’s a wealth of classic Richie Rich tales digitally re-mastered and re-colored! Selected Previous Volumes: Richie Rich Digest Volume 1 (ISBN 1-936340-58-5), Richie Rich Digest Volume 2: Pursuit of Pesos and Other Stories (ISBN 1936340-59-3) ISBN: 1-936340-61-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-61-3 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.99, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Jason M Burns, Various Artist: Marcelo Ferrerira, Various Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Richie Rich Digest Volume 1 (ISBN 1-936340-58-5), Richie Rich Digest Volume 2: Pursuit of Pesos and Other Stories (ISBN 1936340-59-3), Richie Rich Digest Volume 3: Just Desserts & Other Stories (ISBN 1-936340-60-7) RICHIE RICH DIGEST VOLUME 4: YEN FOR A YETI & OTHER STORIES • A mix of James Bond and Indiana Jones with the bank account • of Donald Trump, Richie Rich is an altruistic adventurer who travels the world helping the less fortunate! After 20 years away from comics, Richie Rich returns with all new adventures! In “Yen For A Yeti”, a treasure hunt in the frozen Himalayas turns into a rescue mission, as Richie and the gang face off against fearsome poachers, a mystic order of Ninja Monks, and…a Yeti?! If that weren’t enough, we have a wealth of classic Richie Rich tales digitally re-mastered and re-colored and brought back to print for the first time in over 20 years! JAN-JUN 2012 SHREK VOLUME 2 TP Shrek, Ape Entertainment now brings you a series of all-new, original tales starring everyone’s favorite ogre and his cast of colorful cohorts, including Fiona, Donkey, and Puss. With 100-pages of fun-filled fantasy, this comedic comic book features five stories that promise to leave readers feeling happily ever after. From a camping trip in a haunted forest that goes awry to an at-sea misadventure that ends in a Gulliver-style predicament for the gang; this volume of Shrek features some of the most talented creators in comics today, including Scott Shaw, Arie Kaplan, and Troy Dye. ISBN: 1-936340-19-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-19-4 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Scott Shaw! Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 52 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: SHREK: Once Upon a Slime...TP (ISBN 1-934944-90-4), Shrek Forever After: The Prequel (ISBN 1-934944-85-8) STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DIGEST: THE BERRY SCARY STORM AND OTHER STORIES • Berry Bitty City is a berry busy place for Strawberry Shortcake and her friends in this collection of adventures! The storm of the century is brewing and it’s headed straight for Berry Bitty City in “The Berry Scary Storm!” The Berry Bitty City Founder’s Day theatrical extravaganza is in chaos, and it’s up to Strawberry Shortcake to sort it out in “The Prickly Performance.” Plus, four other stories from the hit mini-series round out this sweet collection! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-936340-51-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-51-4 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.99, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Georgia Ball, Various Artist: Amy Mebberson, Tanya Roberts Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Children (ages 4 - 8) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 APE ENTERTAINMENT • Journeying even further into the storybook world of 9 APE ENTERTAINMENT ISBN: 1-936340-25-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-936340-25-5 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.99, £9.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Matt Anderson, Eric Hutchins Artist: Tim Lattie, Ben Steeves Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 100 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 10 WHITE PICKET FENCES: THE NEIGHBOR SNATCHERS TP • The all-ages sci-fi hit gets collected! Fans old and new are invit• ed to Greenview, the town where narrowly avoiding war with Mars is yesterday’s news. Today everyone wants to know why their neighbors are acting strange? Is it because of the spaceship that crashed in a nearby field? Or are they just jerks? Why has eating your vegetables suddenly become such a bad thing? This volume collects White Picket Fences #1-4 and is a perfect introduction to this critically acclaimed series. ISBN: 1-937676-03-X ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-03-2 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Paul Morrissey, Various Artist: Sabrina Alberghetti, Amy Mebberson Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 3/20/2012 CASPER’S SCARE SCHOOL TP ISBN: 1-937676-04-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-04-9 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Matt Anderson Artist: Ricardo Garcia, Antonio Alfaro Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 3/20/2012 CUT THE ROPE: SPECIAL DELIVERY • Casper The Friendly Ghost makes his return to comics at last, and he’s bringing his Scare School with him! This direct market, limited edition Softcover collects the entire, hit Casper’s Scare School mini-series from Ape Entertainment! Stories include “Halloween Is For The Dogs,” “Scare Fair,” “Food Fight Fright,” and “Cross-Realm Rivalry,” and features a special variant cover gallery and much more! • Based on the bestselling iOS Game Application and in print for the first time! Sometimes opportunity knocks…but in thirteenyear-old Evan Coulton’s case, opportunity ding-dong ditches him and leaves a plain and uninteresting box on his doorstep — with contents that are anything but plain and uninteresting! Before Evan knows it, his kitchen (and his life) have been upturned by an adorable, small, green creature with an endless appetite for sweets, and a knack for getting into serious trouble…which is a problem for Evan, because up until now, tying his shoes was all the trouble he could handle! JAN-JUN 2012 DARK AXIS: RISE OF THE OVERMEN TP • Dark Axis charts the secret conflicts of World War II • and the rise of cutting-edge technology that each of the Axis powers created to swing the balance of the war in their favor. As Allied forces move deep into occupied Germany, Sgt. Bill Bryce leads a squad of rookie soldiers on a scouting mission across an isolated mountain range, but soon discovers all is not as it seems. The squad is quickly swept up in events as they engage an enemy creating weapons that could change the course of human history forever if allowed to enter the war... weapons that would surely put a crushing victory in the grasp of the Axis powers! From the twisted mind of horror director Greg Mclean, comes Dark Axis — a WWII action adventure that tastes like a cross between Saving Private Ryan and Evil Dead featuring secret Nazi weapons, terrifying monsters and machines, and the history of a sprawling, evil conspiracy that almost changed the course of the war. ISBN: 1-937676-05-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-05-6 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Chris Wheeler, Greg McLean, Jason M Burns Artist: Xavier Irvine Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 3/20/2012 • On their 16th birthday, four teens from various parts of the world fell into a strange and sudden coma at the exact same moment. One by one they broke free from their prison of dreams only to be caught in a war on a mysterious new world —Astral. Ruthless creatures called Spooks have infected every crevice of this land and will soon seep their influence into our world unless our heroes can stop them! They will have to journey the harsh lands of Astral and battle an army of monsters in order to make it toward a giant spire of light that holds the answers to saving both worlds. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-937676-06-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-06-3 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Raphael Moran Artist: Marc Borstel, Various Artists Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 3/20/2012 APE ENTERTAINMENT DREAM REAVERS TP 11 KUNG FU PANDA: THE SLOW FAST & OTHER STORIES ISBN: 1-937676-07-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-07-0 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.99, £4.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Matt Anderson, Quinn Johnson Artist: CV Designs, Christine Larsen Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 3/20/2012 APE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: Kung Fu Panda: It’s Elemental & Other Stories (ISBN 1-936340-56-9), Kung Fu Panda: Kung Fu Crew (ISBN 1-936340-55-0) 12 • Po, the panda with dreams only slightly smaller than • his appetite, is back in these all new adventures of awesomeness! The journey from clumsy and awkward Noodle Shop employee to legendary Dragon Warrior was full of adventure, danger, hunger, excitement, occasional fullness, exhaustion, second winds, and hunger! Just because that journey has come to end doesn’t mean that there aren’t new fights to fight, battles to battle, villains to vi—…uh…victor…over…and DINNERS to dine upon! Join Po as he takes on the toughest villains with the Furious Five at his side, and the LARGEST bowls of noodles on his own! Includes stories “The Slow Fast,” “Discipline & Disorder,” and more! POCKET GOD: A QUEST CALLED TRIBE ISBN: 1-937676-08-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-937676-08-7 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.99, £9.99) Publisher: Ape Entertainment Writer: Jason M Burns Artist: Rolando Mallado Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 88 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 3/20/2012 • Sun, the mysterious new female pygmy, convinces • the tribe to help her on her quest to find the rest of her missing tribe mates (more pygmies!?) and save them from the maleficent Newbie! Based on the #1, world-wide, bestselling iPhone comic of 2010 and 2011, Pocket God continues its epic run with these all-new stories in print for the first time! JAN-JUN 2012 • In Heavy Metal, there are dangers that surpass mosh pits and diseased groupies! Playing their largest concert in their hometown, metal band and reformed monster hunters “Subliminal Torment” and their fans are attacked by the worst creatures they’ve ever faced. After the monsters slaughter the fans in homage to a previous encounter, the band is left to take the fall! RIPPERMAN • This story begins the saga of the Ripperman, Killer of Killers. The birth child of God’s disgust for humanities crimes and the Devil’s ambition, the Ripperman was created by both angel and demon. Thrown into a world that he doesn’t understand, he falls under the teachings of Father Thomas Jacob to learn the ways of the Lord — but not if the devil has anything to say about it! TROUT GN • Trout is the story of a nine-year-old boy — and the monster sent to protect him! It centers on a virus created to eradicate the monster gene, and has the power to turn man to monster, and monster to man. Under attack, the scientist who created this Final Solution injects it into his son in order to hide it. Now, everyone wants it and will do anything to get their hands on it! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-897548-90-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-90-5 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: B. Alex Thompson Artist: Andres Guinaldo Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 11/22/2011 ISBN: 1-897548-33-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-33-2 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Joe Martino Page Count: 143 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 11/22/2011 ISBN: 1-926914-41-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-41-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Ben Magid Artist: Chandran, Ismael Hernandez Page Count: 100 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 11/22/2011 ARCANA STUDIOS BLOOD, SHELLS & ROSES 13 ISBN: 1-926914-23-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-23-7 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Casey Jones Artist: Anvit Page Count: 100 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS ISBN: 1-926914-44-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-44-2 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $24.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Ron Marz, Mark Poulton Artist: Grafiksismik Studio Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 14 ISBN: 1-926914-66-X ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-66-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Chris Eric Peterson Artist: Chris Eric Peterson Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ALL FALL DOWN • High school freshman Sophie is desperate to grow up, and she prays emphatically to God for a change. Soon after, every single hero and villain in the world loses his powers permanently! The event is later known as ‘The Fall’. Sophie finds that she has stolen every ‘power’ in the world and is now the center of the world’s attention. She cannot shut them off, and she cannot give them back. Many heroes and villains have already died outright, and it is now up to Sophie to discover the power within herself, to figure out what to do with her new abilities... BLADE OF KUMORI GN • In the mid 19th century, the samurai disappeared forever from the face of the world. Or did they? Blade of Kumori is the tale of present-day samurai, of warriors steeped in honor carrying on their traditions in the modern world. It’s also the tale of a woman who discovers she is something more than a warrior…perhaps even something more than human. DRAGONS VS. DINOSAURS • It is a world of struggle, where conflict is measured by the fall- en! An epic battle between numbers and power! This is a land where weakness is swallowed whole and spit out upon the merciless! This is not a battle between good and evil ... this is Dragons Vs Dinosaurs! JAN-JUN 2012 EVERY WAKING MOMENT • What would you do if you never had to sleep again? That’s the question mankind must answer when visionary billionaire Grant Auden develops an eyeopening new medical procedure, The Wake-Up Call, which eliminates the need for sleep. The world’s most powerful protectors, The Idealists, even undergo the procedure in order to show mankind the benefits of staying forever awake. But as the heroes work tirelessly, reporter Emma Troy discovers an unexpected and alarming side effect. If you don’t sleep, you don’t dream. And those lost dreams will literally come true as they erupt into the waking world, causing chaos beyond belief! ISBN: 1-926914-24-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-24-4 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Jeff Dyer Artist: Steve Ott Page Count: 206 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • In Miami, Gwenesha was queen of South Beach. Only daughter to an old-school gang diva, Gwenesha grew up surrounded by thugs who kept an eye on her like a sister. With none of the drive that supported her Mother, Gwenesha used sex as a tool, playing her way to the top, away from the life she was born into. Today, Gwenesha sits pretty on the arm of Ricco, South Beach Don, gunrunner, and drug supplier, who keeps her covered in the finest things. Avoiding gang politics, Gwenesha ignores Ricco’s hard rule over the streets — as long as her ass is covered in Gucci threads! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926914-70-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-70-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Chaos McKenzie Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS GANGSTA QUEEN 15 ARCANA STUDIOS 16 ISBN: 1-897548-94-X ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-94-3 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $14.95, £7.50) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Siike Donnelly Page Count: 486 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/31/2012 HEAVEN’S ECHO ISBN: 1-926914-71-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-71-8 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Dan Taylor Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 HERO HAPPY HOUR ISBN: 1-897548-71-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-71-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Darin Wagner Artist: Clint Hilinski Page Count: 122 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superheroes Publication Date: 1/10/2012 HYPER ACTIVES GN • Imagine for a moment, turning on the television as you get ready for work. On it, you see a man throwing a car at a helicopter, or a girl flying through the sky. Imagine knowing that overnight, without warning, thousands of people all across the planet obtained super powers. Some of these people may have their heart in the right place, but the majority of them view their new gifts as a way to selfishly improve their situation in life. By doing so, they put the rest of the world in jeopardy. As the people of the planet that have not been granted powers deal with one catastrophe after another, an ancient Atlantean evil that was kept at bay with the combined power is now loose upon the world. • The Hideout Bar & Grill is once again open for business! Rusty the bartender serves up specials for his super heroic clientele of regulars, including Guardian, Night Ranger, Scout, Psiren, and the other super heroes of First City. But the happy hour is shaken when a new dilemma stirs up trouble — and the heroes begin to drop like flies! Is it a new threat slipping mickeys around the Hideout, or has an old foe returned for another round to declare “last call” for Hero Happy Hour? • The HyperActives are super-teen media darlings that care only about the spotlight. Eddie Ellison, a high school student, joins the team as Silverwing and the team dynamics quickly shift. Jealousy and betrayal start to emerge and one of the team members dies. Will this tragedy bring the young team together — or tear them apart? JAN-JUN 2012 • December 7th, 1941: As the Interagents deploy to the Philippines to thwart a surprise attack, Japanese bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor killing 2,388 American servicemen. But who sent the communique that lured the super team away from the true Japanese target? And who murdered the only Interagent who knew of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor? KILLING MACHINE GN • Killing Machine tells the tale of Franklyn J. Hurt, an undercov- er agent for the Global Crime Task Force sent to infiltrate the criminal organization known as The Syndicate Six. When his cover is blown, his wife taken, and daughter murdered before his eyes, Frank wakes up barely a man, a torso with an unrecognizable face, hanging in a warehouse and used as an example for those who betray The Syndicate Six. However, Frank is rescued by Special Forces and taken to a secret installation where in its depths a massive facility of alien technology awaits. There Frank is given the bionic treatment! After rejecting his new duties, Frank seizes an opportunity to escape and go rogue to find his missing wife and seek revenge for the murder of his daughter using a new body that gives him the means to track down and destroy the killers! LETHAL INSTINCT • Frank Aaron is a police officer who struggles with the curse of being a werewolf. As he investigates the brutal murder of the Mayor’s family, he notices claw marks, saliva, and animal hair at the crime scene, leading him to wonder if he might be responsible. But in the course of his investigation, he discovers that there is another werewolf in town, and he’s forced to use the abilities of his feral side to track down his counterpart and solve the mystery of the murder. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926914-47-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-47-3 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Dwight L. MacPherson Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-00-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-00-8 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Scott Milam Artist: Kenneth Loh Page Count: 100 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-39-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-39-8 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.95, £14.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Romulo Soares Page Count: 138 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS INTERAGENTS 17 ARCANA STUDIOS 18 ISBN: 1-926914-61-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-61-9 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Shannon Eric Denton Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 MARKUS FANG ISBN: 1-926914-49-X ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-49-7 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Ryan Foley Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 MIDNIGHT TO DAYLIGHT ISBN: 1-926914-82-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-82-4 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $19.95, £14.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Mariusz Kudranski Artist: Szymon Kudranski Page Count: 90 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/31/2012 REDNECK KINGS • Markus Fang’s focuses on an 18-year-old, trained by an agency to battle an opposing evil agency. The only problem is, while out in the field Fang’s own agency is wiped out. It’s up to Fang and a handful of survivors to bring the opposition down without the weapons, technology, and support network they were trained to use. • No army has ever marched into battle thinking they were the bad guys. And it’s up to the reader to decide who is the hero... and who is the villain? • In a small Texas town, the crime rate has dropped to zero. The FBI sends over one of their Agents to investigate this unusual reporting, but what they find is something much worse than a statistical anomaly! JAN-JUN 2012 • Caught in a web of double-crossed deceit with rogue agents on his shadow, Shoot’s last-shot at redemption lies with Silk, a sensuous femme fatale who melts his Humphrey Bogart tough-guy shell. Together they must discover the key to bringing down Extortion, Inc. — the mysterious criminal syndicate masterminded by the phantom-masked industrialist Romero. Necro York. Just like the old song, “...if you can make it there... you’re probably dead.” SCIONIC GN • Theophilus embodies the archetypal noble warrior. When the • lines are clear in a just cause, he fights as your greatest champion. But, life rarely remains clear. Theophilus refuses to believe that breeding and sacrificing innocent children is necessary for his race’s survival. Unfortunately, his president and former military colleagues believe otherwise. And both sides are about to put the force of their convictions to the ultimate test! Scionic tells an epic tale about a father figure and the children who look up to him. It explores the moral lines in war that any human society might cross when it feels under constant threat. SIDESHOWS • High rollers, lounge singers, cigarettes, alcohol, and superpow- ers — welcome to Las Vegas! In 1950’s Las Vegas, the mob enlisted former circus attractions as their aces in the hole. But, these SideShows had a little secret... they really did harbor the abilities they pretended to! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926914-62-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-62-6 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $14.95, £7.50) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Jaime Collado Artist: Fernando Vicente Page Count: 52 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/31/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-40-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-40-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Philip Daay Artist: Victor Castro Page Count: 93 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-51-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-51-0 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $14.95, £7.50) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Erik Hendrix Artist: Michael David Nelsen Page Count: 77 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Crime Publication Date: 1/31/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS ROMERO’S REQUIEM 19 ISBN: 1-926914-46-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-46-6 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Joshua Gorfain Artist: J. C. Grande Page Count: 90 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/31/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS ISBN: 1-897548-09-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-09-7 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Alexander Najman Artist: Vincente Fuentes Page Count: 50 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 20 ISBN: 1-926914-74-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-74-9 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Michael Mongillo Artist: Rob Ten Pas Page Count: 121 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/31/2012 STERLING • For Jack Sterling, life is an unending bore of working for the neighborhood print shop punctuated by the occasional bar fight and the verbal sparring with his ex-girlfriend Becky. When the body of defeated vigilante, Phantom Gazer, is thrown through his window, Jack stumbles into his life-long dream of being a superhero. Taking the helmet that gave Phantom Gazer his powers, Jack also takes up the fallen hero’s quest of defeating his killer, the criminal overlord Lord Dragon! THE ASSASSIN GN • Students from one of the top International Schools in the coun- try will have to face two of the most challenging issues of their lives: murder and bigotry. It is said that the recent deaths around the school have been assassinations and, intriguingly, a geisha’s kanzashi is always left behind at the scene. Maika is an unfortunate student who has entered the wrong school at the wrong time. Her Japanese heritage makes her an immediate target for the hatred and suspicions of her peers. Will Maika be able to unravel the mystery in time before she becomes the next target of The Assassin? THE LOST GIRL • United in their forbidden love, Joy and Rurik fight a small army of Neurian flesh-eaters who have come to kill Rurik for abandoning their fading clan. JAN-JUN 2012 • In the thirty-first century, three young earthlings fleeing the tyrannical empire known as the Reix form an uneasy alliance with a human-hating alien whose planet has been destroyed. Can they overcome their differences in time to take on the Reix, or will their own prejudices destroy them even before their enemies do? ULTRADUCK GN • Carlos, a regular duck living in the great city of Featherbay, just got dumped by his girlfriend, his life as a freelance do-it-all is going nowhere, and he must make some grown up decisions: to get a real job, get his girl back, and stop drinking. That is, until he gets super powers and becomes the only duck in the world who can stop a powerful creature who’s destroying the city on a vengeful rampage, and an evil weapons manufacturing corporation who wants his abilities. A CAT NAMED HAIKU COLORING BOOK • Based on the hit children’s title A Cat Named Haiku, comes Arcana’s first published Coloring Book! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926914-08-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-08-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Pat Lasparre Artist: Chris Malgrain Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-11-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-11-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Edgar Delgado Artist: Omar Lozano, Humberto Ramos Page Count: 26 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-897548-99-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-99-8 Price: $2.95 (CAN: $3.95) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Mark Poulton Artist: Dexter Weeks Page Count: 24 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS THE ROVERS 21 ARCANA STUDIOS 22 ISBN: 1-926914-72-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-72-5 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: B. Alex Thompson Artist: Ezequiel Pineda Page Count: 94 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Romance Publication Date: 2/7/2012 AMOUR VOLUME 1 ISBN: 1-926914-73-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-73-2 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: B. Alex Thompson Artist: Ezequiel Pineda Page Count: 94 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Romance Publication Date: 2/7/2012 AMOUR VOLUME 2 ISBN: 1-926914-84-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-84-8 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.95, £9.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Bruce Brown, Dwight L. MacPherson Artist: Thomas Boatwright Page Count: 66 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/28/2012 • Romance comics have an outdated and cheesy stigma about them, but once they played a large role within comic history. Within the third phase of the Golden Era (1948 to 1954) comic readership was at an all-time high, read by both men and women, and romance comics were one of the five genres that kept comic readership diverse. In an attempt to bring more diversity back to comics, Arcana is proud to present the Amour Anthology! • Romance comics have an outdated and cheesy stigma about them, but once they played a large role within comic history. Within the third phase of the Golden Era (1948 to 1954) comic readership was at an all-time high, read by both men and women, and romance comics were one of the five genres that kept comic readership diverse. In an attempt to bring more diversity back to comics, Arcana is proud to present the Amour Anthology! HOWARD LOVECRAFT AND THE UNDERSEA KINGDOM • Howard Lovecraft’s family has been imprisoned on a far-flung alien planet, and Spot’s hopelessly captured, slowly becoming a mindless Fishman. Accompanied by his insane father, a pistolpacking constable, and his hungry cat, they must face the allpowerful ruler of the Outer Gods, a vengeful ancient enemy, an army of deadly monsters, and a lethal world called Yuggoth to save the day. All Howard has to do is surrender his father’s Book. But that would mean certain doom for all of mankind! JAN-JUN 2012 • Marlow is an ex-Marine caught in a dilemma impossible to • solve: commit atrocious acts for a global corporation in order to receive medicine that keeps him from reverting to a zombie state, or walk away and suffer the fate of becoming some terrible creature. Struggling with his fears of his affliction and the monster he might become, Marlow abandoned his wife and young daughter, losing his dignity and freedom as he chose a nihilistic life. It is only during this journey that Marlow realizes that perhaps by avoiding suffering he has become like the zombies he so fears to become and that the only way out is to suffer his fate and become one. Marlow is a zombie story inspired by Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”. It’s about one man’s journey into the darkness of his soul, and his discovery that perhaps we’re all zombies. NIEVES • After the events depicted in Kade: Identity, Nieves returns home to her icy kingdom of Veserun to find it in turmoil. The death of Apollyon has sent ripples of evil throughout the world, awakening the ancient demon Malkoth, imprisoned in the ice for thousands of years. His power weakened, but still potent, Malkoth’s corrupting influence forces the ice elves to free him. The only one that stands against him is Nieves! REDFOOT • Saturday mornings spent watching cartoons with a bowl of Choco Puffs are history — now that Jake has superpowers! After a high school prank goes wrong, Jake finds himself with super speed. Now, when his city needs him he dons the yellow and red and becomes Redfoot! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-897548-30-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-30-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Aaron Thomas Nelson Artist: Mathew Reynolds Page Count: 119 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/28/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-77-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-77-0 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Sean Patrick O’Reilly Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ISBN: 1-926914-59-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-59-6 Price: $8.95 (CAN: $19.95, £6.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Alfredo Rodriguez Artist: Diego Toro Page Count: 43 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS MARLOW 23 ARCANA STUDIOS ISBN: 1-926914-63-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-63-3 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Shawn Depasquale Artist: Bruno Oliveira Page Count: 102 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 24 SPACE, MN • Why did the widow, Mrs. Lee, murder her only son? Can the reports of an undead cat possibly be true? What happened to the two paramedics that disappeared during their shift? Space, Minnesota was a quiet town until the Multi Associated Global International Cosmetics (MAGIC) corporation arrived. Now, the Mayor is acting strange and people are dying. The brave men and women of the Space Police Department are determined to bring peace back to their tranquil town — by any means necessary! ISBN: 1-926914-81-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-81-7 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.95, £14.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Michael Asadpour Artist: J. C. Grande Page Count: 164 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/28/2012 THE NETHER WORLD ISBN: 1-897548-04-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-897548-04-2 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Jay Busbee Artist: Martin Morazzo Page Count: 74 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 2/28/2012 THE NETWORK • A cataclysmic event has destroyed 80% of the human popula• tion, and the world has fallen under the dictatorship of the Illuminati, a global government that rules with an iron fist and is in a pact with otherworldly sinister forces and demonic entities. In this chaotic, disaster-ridden world, a brutal war rages between the Illuminati and resisting forces, and humanity’s very survival is at risk. The Nether World: Reign of the Illuminati is a conspiracy/spy thriller taking place in a post-apocalyptic/ Lovecraftian world. The story follows the adventures of Caleb Payne, an Illuminati agent who infiltrates the band of rebels to kill their leader. • Life at The Network, the world’s only television station/Internet • destination/multimedia powerhouse devoted exclusively to superheroes, is tough enough — but when a young cameraman captures a hero committing an unspeakable crime, the job could turn deadly! Plus, who is the mysterious Firefly, and what happens when an enterprising reporter makes a wrong guess at his identity? Ethan McKinnon thinks he’s lucked into the greatest job ever — as a cameraman at The Network, the world-famous, superheroonly tv channel. But when Ethan films one of the country’s greatest heroes in a horrific act of violence, his dream job turns into a nightmare! The fate of The Network — and, perhaps, his very life — lies in his decision! JAN-JUN 2012 KADE: MOURNING SUN • 1892. • Siberia. Kade has found Lucifer and he’s become the leader of a tribe of Cossacks. Lucifer is doing the bidding of the Tsar and wiping out rebellious Khirgans. Kade uncovers him as a demon, but Lucifer has set a trap and the Cossack tribe make a sport of hunting him across the Siberian steppe. 1941. Kade wanders through the depths of winter in Siberia on the hunt for Lucifer. Making his way through masses of fleeing refugees and a retreating Soviet army, Kade learns they’re being driven away by a Panzer division commanded by Lucifer in the guise of an SS General. Demons! Nazis! An army of the dead marching under the swastika! Kade is knee deep in the middle of this madness and is once again…on the hunt! ISBN: 1-926914-76-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-76-3 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Sean Patrick O’Reilly Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 4/1/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Kade: Rising Sun (ISBN 1897548-64-8), Kade: Original Sun (ISBN 1-897548-62-1) • In the backwoods farmland of Rural-Nowhere, USA, there is screaming, sobbing, then silence. A breeze washes over a sea of grass. One group of nameless, college-aged fodder becomes the plaything of The Family. Cannibalistic sadists. Evil and cliché all at once. The day retreats. Night falls. Amid the torture and terror a killer arrives. Lucas. Massive, resolved, the nightmare of nightmares. Over the remaining hours of the night Lucas usurps The Family’s reign. He overtakes their home, their routine, their confidence. He sends their twisted world into chaos, and one by one, the family bows to the finality of the judgment that comes against them! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926914-78-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-78-7 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: David Murdoch Artist: David Murdoch Page Count: 86 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 4/1/2012 ARCANA STUDIOS LUCAS 25 ARCANA STUDIOS ISBN: 1-926914-83-X ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-83-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Devin Hylton Artist: Breno Girafa Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 4/1/2012 26 RED LIGHT • One good cop struggles with visions of his family’s murder — the killer’s memories — courtesy of a memory device sold on every street corner. Desperate to move on, the last thing Detective Sean Simms wants is time to think. But he only needs one second to be taken right back to it — he only needs one Red Light. ISBN: 1-926914-85-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-85-5 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $19.95, £10.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Eliot Witters Page Count: 70 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 4/1/2012 THE TRUMAN VIRUS ISBN: 1-926914-87-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926914-87-9 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: Arcana Studio Writer: Richmond Clements Artist: Alex Moore Page Count: 56 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Children/Fairy Tales Publication Date: 4/1/2012 TURNING TIGER SPECIAL EDITION • In 2012, cancer is on the rise, and when world-renowned scien- tist Lance Truman’s cure backfires, an escaped test subject, along with two lost and confused orphans, travel the country to undo the damage Truman’s cure has created! • A top secret US military robot goes rogue and collides with the world of a suburban American family. Turning Tiger brings a tale of explosive action, government conspiracies, and above all, family. But why has the robot chosen this family and their daughter in particular? All will be revealed! JAN-JUN 2012 • After the events of The Mercy Wars, Flash Gordon explores this • strange, new world and comes across an ancient device that allows him to see into Mongo’s recent past — revealing untold tales of Ming the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Prince Vultan, and more! Featuring stories by JM DeMatteis, Jim Krueger, Tom DeFalco, Joe Casey, Denny O’Neill, and Len Wein. ISBN: 0-9561259-4-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9561259-4-1 Price: $4.99 (CAN: $6.99, £3.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 11/29/2011 FLASH GORDON: INVASION OF THE RED SWORD TP ISBN: 0-9561259-9-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-9561259-9-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Brendan Deneen Artist: Eduardo Garcia Page Count: 132 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 GRIM GHOST TP ISBN: 0-9561259-8-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-9561259-8-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Stephen Susco, Tony Isabella Artist: Kelley Jones, Various Artists Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Find out what happened before the events of Ardden Entertainment’s newest Flash Gordon mini-series, The Vengeance of Ming! The corrupt forces of Earth invade Mongo, with its mysterious leader, The General, on the hunt for Flash Gordon and his friends. Meanwhile, Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov find themselves battling to save Mongo once again, teaming with their allies from The Mercy Wars, including Ming the Merciless! • Thirty-five years in the making! The Fringe is the place between • JAN-JUN 2012 life and death... and Michael Cavallaro is its newest occupant. As Michael begins to learn the nature of The Fringe from Matthew Dunsinane, better known as The Grim Ghost, we also learn about The Grim Ghost’s history, which spans all the way back to the Revolutionary War, and his centuries-long battle with Braddock, a powerful force within the Fringe. The fates of these three men... these three souls... will come crashing together, with the entire existence of both the living — and the dead — at stake! And waiting in the wings is nothing short of a battle between Heaven and Hell! The critically-acclaimed Atlas series, The Grim Ghost, is collected here for the first time, including all six issues and the hard-to-find #0 issue. ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT FLASH GORDON: THE SECRET HISTORY OF MONGO 27 ISBN: 1-61061-265-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61061-265-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Brendan Deneen Artist: Eduardo Garcia Page Count: 88 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: Flash Gordon Volume 1: Mercy Wars TP (ISBN 0-9561259-3-X), Flash Gordon: Invasion of the Red Sword TP (ISBN 0-9561259-9-9) FLASH GORDON: VENGENCE OF MING • Here it is! Ardden Entertainment’s third story arc in its critical- ly-acclaimed Flash Gordon in one pulse-pounding, original graphic novel! After the jaw-dropping conclusion of the Invasion of the Red Sword mini-series, Ming has vowed vengeance on those who attacked Mongo, and is willing to travel to Earth to get his revenge! Can our planet survive an attack from both enemies and former allies alike? Find out here! • The Vengeance of Ming leads up to Ardden’s final Flash Gordon KEY SELLING POINTS: story arc, King of the Impossible, coming soon! ISBN: 1-61061-574-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61061-574-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Brendan Deneen, Jim Krueger Artist: Dean Zachary Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/7/2012 PHOENIX TP ISBN: 1-61979-606-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61979-606-5 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Ardden Entertainment Writer: Andrea Grant Artist: Rey Arzeno, Mike Williams Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/30/2012 MINX TP • Ed Tyler is having a hell of a day. His mom is sick, so he’s reluc- tantly returned home to visit her for the first time in years. His former best friend and ex-girlfriend are less-than-pleased to see him. But his day takes a turn for the apocalyptic when everyone in the entire town suddenly vanishes! And that’s only the first step in an alien invasion — an invasion that Ed is at the heart of — and nothing, and no one, will ever be the same! • They say, “If you die in your dreams, you die in real life...” • 28 For half-Native American Minx, this is not superstition — it is reality. Once a struggling young artist in New York City, Minx’s life is changed forever after suffering a vicious attack and slipping into a coma. But she doesn’t wake in the same world she left; rather, she finds herself in Dreamtime, the alternate reality that humans inhabit when they sleep. With this transition comes great revelation and profound responsibility as Minx evolves into a sophisticated warrior, charged with protecting people from a complex agenda that seeks to transform nightmares into realities, and realities into nightmares. But Minx’s role as vigilante is not born from random coincidence: it is the result of an elaborate conspiracy, an ancient prophecy, and devastating betrayal. Featuring the full Minx storyline, plus tons of extras and an exclusive Minx sketch by David Mack. JAN-JUN 2012 DELLEC VOLUME 1: HANDS OF GOD TP • Dellec is one man’s quest for vengeance and redemp- tion as he attempts to take on the very being that created mankind itself — God! Dellec is really an everyday man caught up in a blur of immorality, yet his quest is always clear — destroy the forces of evil where they flourish... and even places where the lines of good and evil are not easily defined. Following a tragic set of circumstances leading to his wife’s murder at the hands of a malevolent Demi-God named Tera, our hero lands headfirst into the battle between good and evil — and his chances for survival are grim. However, Dellec is not one to back down from a fight no matter the foe, specifically when his own life hangs in the balance. Along the way, Dellec will encounter a primal street gang, ambush an illegal street fight, track down a serial killer, and much more in this riveting first volume of his epic story. ISBN: 0-9823628-4-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-9823628-4-6 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $23.99) Publisher: Aspen MLT, Inc. Writer: Various Artist: Micah Gunnell Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Magic is no longer a myth! Aspen is thrilled to bring • JAN-JUN 2012 you the most complete collection of Michael Turner’s first-ever Aspen series, Soulfire, with this amazing Definitive Edition Tradepaperback! Michael Turner set the world ablaze when his Soulfire series made its debut in the spring of 2003. Still one of today’s most popular independent comic book titles, this long-awaited Volume 1 collection contains: the never-before-solicited Soulfire: Beginnings issues, the rare Soulfire Preview #0, and Soulfire issues #1-10, including the special recap story by Joe Benitez featured in Aspen Seasons: Winter. Also featured is a section of original Soulfire designs, sketches, and script treatments, pin-ups from the Aspen Splash issues, along with a jampacked Soulfire cover gallery and more seldom-seen Soulfire goodies as only Michael Turner and Aspen could deliver! It’s all here, including Michael Turner’s very last illustrated Soulfire art! ISBN: 0-9823628-6-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-9823628-6-0 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Aspen MLT, Inc. Writer: Various Artist: Various Page Count: 376 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ASPEN MLT, INC. MICHAEL TURNER’S SOULFIRE DEFINITIVE EDITION VOLUME 1 TP 29 ASPEN MLT, INC. ISBN: 0-9823628-7-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-9823628-7-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Aspen MLT, Inc. Writer: Vince Hernandez Artist: Sana Takeda Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT • Before the return of the light forever altered the events of the • ISBN: 1-60496-227-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-227-7 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 30 SOULFIRE: SHADOW MAGIC VOLUME 1 TP present Soulfire universe, a long ago era of flourishing magic enveloped the land as well as Soulfire’s preeminent heroine, Grace. Amidst a bloody war between the two dominant races, the Rahtumi and the Sethoru, that endangered both of their existences, an even greater threat soon emerged. It is a malevolent form of magic that threatens to cast a dark shadow over all that is decent and magical by consuming everything in it’s path! And through all of this perilous disorder, Grace attempts to overcome the greatest obstacle she has yet to encounter in her time in Empyrea — the bonds of love. Collecting the entire sold-out Soulfire: Shadow Magic miniseries, and fully illustrated by Sana Takeda, this long-awaited Softcover is a must have addition to everyone’s Soulfire collection. CODE GEASS: QUEEN VOLUME 4 • This anthology series takes a humorous look at the female characters of Code Geass, and features outtakes, what-if’s, oneshots, and laughs from a host of manga creators. • Based on the hit anime series Code Geass. KEY SELLING POINTS: Selected Previous Volumes: Code Geass: Queen Volume 1 (ISBN 160496-224-0), Code Geass: Queen Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60496225-9), Code Geass: Queen Volume 3 (ISBN 1-60496-226-7) ISBN: 1-60496-234-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-234-5 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Kotaro Mori Artist: Kotaro Mori Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 GURREN LAGANN VOLUME 7 • Buxom babes and Giant Robots as only Gainax can deliver! • Based on the hit anime series as seen on SyFy Channel’s AniKEY SELLING POINTS: Monday block! Selected Previous Volumes: Gurren Lagann Manga Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60496-157-0), Gurren Lagann Manga Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60496-158-9), Gurren Lagann Manga Volume 6 (ISBN 160496-233-X) JAN-JUN 2012 KANNAGI VOLUME 3 ber with the help of a young boy named Jin. He accidentally cuts down her sacred tree so her powers are diminished, but she resumes her quest to rid the world of its impurities. However, she has another personality inside of her — Kannagi — so Jin gets two roommates for the cost of one when he lets Nagi move into his house! • This acclaimed manga by Eri Takenashi is a mixture KEY SELLING POINTS: of fantasy, humor, and drama, and features the creative talents behind Haruhi and Lucky Star. ISBN: 1-60496-269-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-269-7 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.99) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Eri Takenashi Artist: Eri Takenashi Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Kannagi Volume 1 (ISBN 160496-267-4), Kannagi Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60496-268-2) TALES OF THE ABYSS: JADE’S SECRET MEMORIES VOLUME 1 • Tales of the Abyss: Jade’s Secret Memories is a manga side-story of the Tales of the Abyss video game license. The property, a video game RPG much like the Final Fantasy franchise, has spun off dozens of successful sub-properties in Japan and the US over the past two decades. This manga adaptation from the POV of one of the series most popular characters, Jade the Necromancer, is timed for release alongside the US release of the series’ anime adaptation. • Tales of the Abyss is a console roleplaying game KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 released by Namco Bandai in Japan and North America in 2006. Created in 1995 by Tomonobu Itagakithe, the Tales of the Abyss series now spans over 12 flagship titles, over 15 side games, and four animated productions — into several types of game genres. On the 10th anniversary of the game, Tales of the Abyss has been adapted as a 26-episode anime series by Sunrise (Gundam, Code Geass), slated for release in North America by Bandai Entertainment in 2011. ISBN: 1-60496-300-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-300-7 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $12.99, £8.50) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Ayumi Kanou Artist: Ayumi Kanou Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT • Nagi is a goddess who wakes up from years of slum- 31 TALES OF THE ABYSS: JADE’S SECRET MEMORIES VOLUME 2 ISBN: 1-60496-301-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-301-4 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.99) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Ayumi Kanou Artist: Ayumi Kanou Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • Conclusion to the side-story! Tales of the Abyss: Jade’s Secret Memories is a manga side-story of the Tales of the Abyss video game license. The property, a video game RPG much like the Final Fantasy franchise, has spun off dozens of successful sub-properties in Japan and the US over the past two decades. This manga adaptation from the POV of one of the series most popular characters, Jade the Necromancer, is timed for release alongside the US release of the series’ anime adaptation. • Tales of the Abyss is a console roleplaying game KEY SELLING POINTS: BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT • 32 released by Namco Bandai in Japan and North America in 2006. Created in 1995 by Tomonobu Itagakithe, the Tales of the Abyss series now spans over 12 flagship titles, over 15 side games, and four animated productions into several types of game genres. On the 10th anniversary of the game, Tales of the Abyss has been adapted as a 26-episode anime series by Sunrise (Gundam, Code Geass), slated for release in North America by Bandai Entertainment in 2011. KANNAGI VOLUME 4 ISBN: 1-60496-270-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60496-270-3 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.99) Publisher: Bandai Entertainment Writer: Eri Takenashi Artist: Eri Takenashi Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 180 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Kannagi Volume 1 (ISBN 160496-267-4), Kannagi Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60496-268-2) • Nagi is a goddess who wakes up from years of slum- • ber with the help of a young boy named Jin. He accidentally cuts down her sacred tree so her powers are diminished, but she resumes her quest to rid the world of its impurities. However, she has another personality inside of her — Kannagi — so Jin gets two roommates for the cost of one when he lets Nagi move into his house! KEY SELLING POINTS: This acclaimed manga by Eri Takenashi is a mixture of fantasy, humor, and drama, and inspired the anime that features the creative talents behind Haruhi and Lucky Star. JAN-JUN 2012 ALIENS: FAST TRACK TO HEAVEN Deep beneath the ice of Jupiter’s moon Europa, life teems in the depths of dark oceans fed by belching, chemical-rich volcanic vents. But more spectacular discoveries of life elsewhere in the cosmos have left Europa little more than another commercial stopover with an orbital station and a decaying space elevator ferrying cargo and personnel to and from the moon. But when one of the massive elevators stops midway with no communication from the crew aboard, a rescue team soon discovers that the stranded elevator is transporting a deadly cargo from another world — a savage organism that threatens life on Europa and, ultimately, life on planet Earth! ISBN: 1-59582-495-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-495-0 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $11.99, £8.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Liam Sharp Artist: Liam Sharp Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 40 Carton Qty: 50 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 12/6/2011 From superstar creator Liam Sharp comes Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven, an all-new, deluxe-format hardcover graphic novella. Sharp’s stunning visuals are well known to comics readers from his work on Judge Dredd, The Incredible Hulk, Testament, Gears of War, and many others, and now, having expanded into prose fiction with God Killers: Machivarius Point and Other Tales, Sharp is solidifying his reputation as one of graphic fiction’s emerging visionaries. • After thirty years of talking about it, it’s finally been KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • announced that original Aliens director Ridley Scott will helm the new entry in the franchise, a prequel to the 1979 blockbuster! Hugely popular franchise, spanning thirty years of films, games, toys, comics, and novels. Major release of new Aliens vs. Predator game for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 in 2010. Six value-priced Aliens Omnibus collections now available, reprinting the classic Dark Horse Aliens library; new Aliens graphic novel release in April. A carton of hate. A wedge of spite. A comic book of idiotic genius. The Eisner Award-winning dairy duo returns in this deluxe hardcover collecting every single, stupid Milk and Cheese comic ever made from 1989 to 2010 along with a sh*t ton of supplemental awesomeness. This has everything you need! Don’t judge it — love it! Or else! • Collects all previously published Milk and Cheese KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 stories and features a sh*t ton of supplemental material! To be followed by brand-new Milk and Cheese stories in upcoming Dark Horse Presents issues. By Eisner and Harvey winner Evan Dorkin (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Superman: The Animated Series, Beasts of Burden, Dork, Hectic Planet). ISBN: 1-59582-805-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-805-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Evan Dorkin Artist: Evan Dorkin Size: 8 x 11 Page Count: 240 Carton Qty: 14 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Humor Publication Date: 12/6/2011 DARK HORSE MILK AND CHEESE: DAIRY PRODUCTS GONE BAD 33 BALTIMORE VOLUME 1: THE PLAGUE SHIPS ISBN: 1-59582-677-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-677-0 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99, £13.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden Artist: Ben Stenbeck, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 44 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 1/3/2012 After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards, on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession. • By award-winning, best-selling writers Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. • “One of the most energetic and inventive new horror comics.” — Joe Hill • “The tone of the writing perfectly matches the tone of KEY SELLING POINTS: • • the artwork and the two combine to create an instant impression of who Lord Henry Baltimore is, why the world he lives in has turned him into such a grim man, and how remarkable it is that he can still be so determined to carry out his hunt.”— ComicsAlliance “Stenbeck draws World War I era vampires in a fantastic style, with military jackets and goggles and hats, and the fight scenes feel fluid and energetic.” — Comic Book Resources A New York Times bestseller. DARK HORSE BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD VOLUME 10 34 ISBN: 1-59582-873-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-873-6 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $10.99, £7.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mi-Kyung Yun Size: 5.75 x 8.25 Page Count: 184 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/31/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Bride of the Water God Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-849-8) Trapped in a luxurious castle on the moon, Soah’s still separated from her husband, Habaek, who’s dealing with his own troubles in the Emperor’s fortress on Earth. Cursed to live in the body of a child during the day — when his elemental powers are weaker — Habaek is also being manipulated by the Emperor of the gods, who wishes to use Habaek’s powers over water to turn the tide in an escalating civil war! The ghost of Habaek’s former human bride, his deceptive mother, and a host of bickering, elemental gods are also in the mix, complicating Soah’s efforts to be reunited with the one she loves. • “Dark Horse’s production is as visually beautiful as Yun’s art.” — SchoolLibraryJournal.com • “. . . Discriminating readers with a taste for fantasyKEY SELLING POINTS: • • laced, shoujo romance will not be disappointed.” — AnimeNewsNetwork.com The gorgeous, detailed artwork in writer/artist MiKyung Yun’s Bride of the Water God has made it a best-selling series in the United States and Korea. Bride of the Water God was adapted into a television series — and Yun received the “Best New Artist” award in 2004 from the esteemed Dokja-manhwadaesang organization. JAN-JUN 2012 BROTHERS OF THE SPEAR ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 A lost treasure of the Golden Age returns in this gorgeous new volume featuring the work of both Russ Manning and Jesse Marsh! Young Natongo and his adopted brother Dan-El share a bond much stronger than blood, so when they learn of Dan-El’s true father and his lost people, they pledge to discover the secret of his birthright together. Their journey across Africa reveals danger at every turn, but nothing to match the shock of finding Dan-El’s home subjugated by an evil witch-doctor. With only each other to fall back on, can the brothers of the spear survive battle, exile, shipwreck, and more to overthrow the usurper so Dan-El can take his rightful place as king? ISBN: 1-59582-821-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-821-7 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Gaylord DuBois Artist: Russ Manning, Jesse Marsh Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 272 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/31/2012 • Stunning artwork by the legendary Russ Manning, and comics master Jesse Marsh. • A never-before-reprinted epic from comics’ Golden Age. • Brothers of the Spear joins Dark Horse’s pantheon of KEY SELLING POINTS: highly acclaimed archive titles such as Creepy, Eerie, Tarzan, and Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery. The journey down the legendary Road of Kings is not a trip down an ordinary road. Being a skilled fighter will only get you so far; you’ll also need plenty of gold to keep you going. Luckily, Conan and his companions are skilled at separating the wealthy from their spare treasure! But they’ll have to brave monsters, pursuing guards, and the sword-handed Gamesh if they’re to reach their final destination. • There are currently over 400,000 Conan volumes in print from Dark Horse! • Written by longtime Conan scribe Roy Thomas and KEY SELLING POINTS: illustrated by Mike Hawthorne and John Lucas with Jason Gorder. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-824-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-824-8 Price: $21.99 (CAN: $27.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Roy Thomas Artist: Mike Hawthorne, John Lucas, Jason Gorder, Others Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 7/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Conan Volume 1: The Frost — Giant’s Daughter and Other Stories (ISBN 1-59307-301-1) DARK HORSE CONAN VOLUME 11: ROAD OF KINGS 35 FLASH GORDON COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES VOLUME 5 ISBN: 1-59582-767-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-767-8 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 296 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-559-2) Flash Gordon — hero of Mongo, gentleman scientist, two-fisted fighter, and now savior of the universe! Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5 provides both exciting sci-fi adventure tales and the comics adaptation of the cult-favorite Flash Gordon movie! Join Flash, the lovely Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov as they make a last desperate stand against alien monsters, corrupt kings, ravenous sharks, and the ultimate supervillain, Ming the Merciless! • Contains the three-issue adaptation of the cult favorite Flash Gordon movie. • Praise for two previous volume of Flash Gordon KEY SELLING POINTS: • Comic Book Archives: “Dark Horse has lovingly reprinted these classic tales in two handsome hardcover format that deserves to be on the shelf of any collector.” — Mania.com This volume contains an introduction by comics veteran Michael T. Gilbert. DARK HORSE GANTZ VOLUME 20 36 ISBN: 1-59582-846-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-846-0 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Hiroya Oku Artist: Hiroya Oku Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 208 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Gantz Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307949-4) Life is confusing for Kei Kurono. Once a conscripted fighter of invisible alien invaders, a strange turn of events finds him back in his old life. Having no recollection of his warrior days, the sense of something missing flickers in the shadows of his memory. But despite a missing past, Kei’s present is still a matter of life and death as he becomes the prey of a band of stylish vampires. Surviving by his wits alone, trying to stave off his third death, who will come to Kei’s aid — his long-lost brother or the former comrades-in-arms he no longer remembers? Hiroya Oku’s Gantz is a dark, violent, and shockingly adult manga, selling over fifteen million copies in Japan and inspiring a popular anime franchise, video game, and live-action film. • Since coming to America, Gantz has been made into KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • a highly acclaimed anime series and a live-action film. There are now over 125,000 copies of Gantz in print from Dark Horse. Each volume comes shrink-wrapped with a parental advisory label. “Gantz is the nastiest manga in the North American market.” — Ain’t It Cool News JAN-JUN 2012 MIGHTY SAMSON ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 The final volume in the Mighty Samson Archives hardcover series delivers nonstop action and scores of creatively mutated beasts! In a world never short on terrifying monsters or desperate scavengers, Samson continues fighting his way across a waste, future America, searching for hope and dishing out justice. With his beautiful companion Sharmaine, her brilliant father Mindor, and a never-ending rogue’s gallery of fearsome foes, Samson and his team are constantly bombarded with danger! • Don’t miss this final volume from the deluxe hardcover series. • The Mighty Samson series is a unique collection for sci-fi and action-adventure comics enthusiasts. • “Mighty Samson has been majorly overdue for a reKEY SELLING POINTS: • ISBN: 1-59582-793-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-793-7 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Jack Abel, José Delbo Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 216 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Mighty Samson Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-579-7) discovery, so thank God Dark Horse is here to save the day again!” — Drew McCabe, ComicAttack.net “Mighty Samson is mighty damn good, filled with fun post-apocalyptic adventure. Page after page is loaded with monsters, mutants, barbarians, and more!” — Drew McCabe, ComicAttack.net Don’t say “crazy”! The campus culture festival is coming up for the students of Class 2-A, and in manga these days that means not only cosplay, but starting an all-girl band! But what are they supposed to do about the fact that the keyboardist, Shinji, isn’t, um, a girl? Well, that’s when it’s time for a little crossplay! Plus, a special bonus 4-koma (four-panel gag strip) feature! • The KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • • JAN-JUN 2012 most famous anime franchise of the last 50 years, Neon Genesis Evangelion aired on Adult Swim. The new anime movie, Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is available from Funimation. The Shinji Ikari Raising Project is an “alternate world” Evangelion based on the final TV episode. Each volume contains four opening pages in full color. Each volume contains your fan art, letters, and special import-only giveaways. ISBN: 1-59582-879-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-879-8 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $10.99, £7.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Osamu Takahashi Artist: Osamu Takahashi Size: 5.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 184 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-321-2) DARK HORSE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: THE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT VOLUME 10 37 OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 40 ISBN: 1-59582-870-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-870-5 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $11.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Kosuke Fujishima Artist: Kosuke Fujishima Size: 5.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy, Romance Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Oh My Goddess! Volume 1 (ISBN 159307-387-9) America’s longest-running manga reaches volume 40! After all his time together with the goddesses, Keiichi is finally leaving Earth with them on an exciting getaway together. But they’re not taking a trip to Heaven . . . instead they’re headed straight for Hell! To reach Hagal, the usurper of Hild’s infernal throne (it’s more like an infernal boardroom, actually . . ., Keiichi must help Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld defeat the door wardens that stand between them and their adversary. But when even the first guardian is the mistress of elemental darkness, you know things aren’t going to be easy! • In print for over 17 years, Oh My Goddess! is America’s longest-running manga series. • Oh My Goddess! won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award in Japan for general excellence. • Inspired the Ah! My Goddess anime TV series, available from Funimation. • Each volume of Oh My Goddess! contains fan art, KEY SELLING POINTS: letters, and commentary from the creator. DARK HORSE SERENITY: THOSE LEFT BEHIND (2ND EDITION) 38 ISBN: 1-59582-914-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-914-6 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $19.99, £13.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews Artist: Will Conrad, Laura Martin Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 96 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale (ISBN 1-59582-561-4), Serenity Volume 2: Better Days (ISBN 159582-162-7) Joss Whedon, the pop-culture mastermind behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, bridged the gap between his cult-hit Firefly TV series and his Serenity motion picture with this three-issue mini series, penned by Whedon and Brett Matthews, a Firefly show writer. The ragtag crew takes on a scavenger mission with the promise of a big payoff. Only too late do they realize the gig is orchestrated by an old enemy eager to remake their acquaintance. • Resolicited with a new ISBN! • This second hardcover edition KEY SELLING POINTS: • • of the fan-favorite Serenity graphic novel contains the exact same contents of the first-edition hardcover, but features a paper-over-boards hardcover and a new lower price! Joss Whedon is responsible for the wildly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, the Serenity series, and the upcoming Avengers film. To date, Dark Horse has sold over 250,000 copies of Serenity graphic novels. JAN-JUN 2012 SOLOMON KANE VOLUME 3: RED SHADOWS Solomon Kane faces two of his greatest foes in Africa, as Bruce Jones (Conan, The Incredible Hulk) scripts thrilling adaptations of Robert E. Howard’s “Red Shadows” and “Skulls in the Stars” adventures! Seeking to avenge the horrible murder of a young girl, Solomon Kane chases the feared swordsman Le Loup across the globe, where he finds the villain in league with Songa, the powerful leader of a deceived jungle tribe. Kane finds an ally in the frail, ancient form of magic man N’Longa — but will the old, deposed witch doctor really be able to challenge Songa and save Solomon’s life? Rising stars Rahsan Ekedal (Creepy, The Cleaners) and Dan Jackson (Kull, Star Wars) illustrate these exciting adaptations, with comic-book titan Bruce Jones at the helm! • Solomon Kane returns with legendary writer Bruce Jones (The Incredible Hulk) at the helm! • An entirely new creative team takes Solomon Kane KEY SELLING POINTS: • ISBN: 1-59582-878-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-878-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $19.99, £13.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Bruce Jones Artist: Rahsan Ekedal, Dan Jackson Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Solomon Kane Volume 1: The Castle of the Devil (ISBN 159582-282-8) into an exciting new era — and all the way to Africa with comic-book titan Bruce Jones! “Highly recommended.” — ComicAttack.net The main characters from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace — Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Queen Amidala — have unseen adventures set within the timeframe of the film. Discover what each of these characters were doing during the moments they weren’t onscreen! Four tales set under the suns of Tatooine! With the film soon to be re released in 3-D, Episode I will be finding a new, younger audience, and this digest-sized graphic novel is made for them. • Don’t miss these extra stories that expand on the Episode I film! • Just in time for the release of Episode I in 3-D! • There are over 7.9 million Star Wars books in print KEY SELLING POINTS: from Dark Horse. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-842-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-842-2 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 5.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/17/2012 DARK HORSE STAR WARS: EPISODE I ADVENTURES 39 ISBN: 1-59582-841-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-841-5 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Henry Gilroy Artist: Various Size: 5.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/17/2012 STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE A perfect companion to the release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace in 3-D, this adaptation is a must-read for any Star Wars follower. Characters that have now become icons in the Star Wars mythos and events that laid the foundation for the ongoing epic struggle between the Jedi and the Sith got their start in Episode I. With the film soon to be re released in 3-D, Episode I will be finding a new, younger audience, and this digest-sized graphic novel is made for them. • The official Episode I movie adaptation, just in time for the 3D release! • There are currently more than 7.9 million Star Wars books in print from Dark Horse. • Handy digest-sized format perfect for Star Wars fans of all ages! KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-59582-802-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-802-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: John Ostrander Artist: Jan Duursema, Dan Parsons, Brad Anderson Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/24/2012 STAR WARS LEGACY: VOLUME 11 — WAR The Legacy saga ends here! It’s an all-out war as the Sith emperor returns from the dead — stronger, more evil, more determined, and prepared to unleash a new secret weapon upon the galaxy! Roan Fel’s loyalist Imperials, the Galactic Alliance, and the Jedi are all on the defensive — reeling from the attacks by the unified Sith. But Cade Skywalker has his own plans for this war — all this time spent running from his legacy has finally shown him that he can’t run... and he must stand alone against Darth Krayt! • Ostrander and Duursema’s fan-favorite series comes to an astounding conclusion! • There are more than 8 million Star Wars books in print from KEY SELLING POINTS: DARK HORSE Dark Horse. ISBN: 1-59582-753-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-753-1 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Gaylord DuBois Artist: Jesse Marsh Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 224 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/17/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Tarzan Archives: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582238-0) TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 10 Tarzan faces his most harrowing adventure yet when his treehouse is targeted and destroyed by slavers, who kidnap Jane and Boy! No less dangerous are the hunters who threaten the family’s new home amongst the pygmies of Opar! This volume also sees Tarzan battle lion-sized wasps, outwit ivory poachers, brave giant spiders to find desperately needed medicine, become stranded in the Valley of Monsters, and even track a murder cult for the British government. Each thrilling story is elevated even higher by the graceful brush strokes of comics master Jesse Marsh, working here at the peak of his artistic powers! • Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years is a New York Times bestselling series! • “I’m enjoying the crap out of these.” — Tom Spurgeon, KEY SELLING POINTS: TheComicsReporter.com 40 JAN-JUN 2012 TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 11 Jesse Marsh continues revolutionizing comics art, imbuing these action-packed adventures with a blend of grace and power that has rarely been matched. Whether swinging through Marsh’s beautifully rendered jungle, flying through the air atop his giant eagle, or battling marauders alongside his friends from all over Africa’s land of Pal-ul-don, Tarzan proves one of comics greatest heroes. And fifty issues in, Jesse Marsh keeps getting better! • Tarzan Archives: The Jesse Marsh Years is a New York Times best-selling series! • “I’m enjoying the crap out of these!” — Tom KEY SELLING POINTS: Spurgeon, TheComicsReporter.com ISBN: 1-59582-754-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-754-8 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Gaylord DuBois Artist: Jesse Marsh Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 216 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 7/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Tarzan Archives: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582238-0) Eisner Award-winning B.P.R.D. artist Guy Davis returns to the dark world of The Marquis in an all-new graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics! In eighteenth-century Venisalle, faith governs life and death, and the guilty hide their shame behind masks, showing their faces only in the secret rites of the confessional. It is to this stronghold of the Inquisition that the souls of Hell have escaped to possess the living, spreading sin, murder, and chaos. Amid the carnage, one man is cursed with the clarity to recognize the devils that prey on his countrymen — and the means to return them to the fires of Hell! Someone is stealing the unborn children of Venisalle. Bereft of the faith that had sustained him, with both army and Inquisition calling for his head, the Marquis finds himself facing a devil like none he has fought before, as the ministry and the armies vie for control of the city and the fate of its masked savior. • Over 200 pages of all-new material! • The first original Marquis volume from Dark Horse. • “[The Marquis] will appeal to anyone who is open to KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 a fascinating tale of horror told with stunning beauty and craft.” — SequentialtArt.com “…[B]eautiful, disturbing, complex, and difficult to put down.” — ComicBookResources.com “Beautiful, smart, and very disturbing — Guy Davis has created his own unique world, a personal vision of good and evil, and his finest work.” — Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy ISBN: 1-59582-499-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-499-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Guy Davis Artist: Guy Davis Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 224 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Horror Publication Date: 1/10/2012 DARK HORSE THE MARQUIS VOLUME 2: THE MARQUIS AND THE MIDWIFE 41 THE NEVERMEN: THE COMPLETE EDITION ISBN: 1-59582-312-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-312-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Phil Amara Artist: Guy Davis, Dave Stewart, Dan Jackson Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 30 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 The greatest heroes who never existed are back! The good citizens of Midnight City live in fear of a rogues, gallery that would make even the staunchest of caped crusaders falter — a disembodied living head served by a legion of homicidal monkey butlers, a macabre super thief backed up by a zombie army, an octopus-headed crime boss with a penchant for fezzes . . . not to mention a host of other bizarre villains all out for a piece of the action, and a mad scientist determined to rip asunder the very fabric of time and space! But, luckily, Midnight City is protected by a band of goggled gangbusters every bit as strange and mysterious — the Nevermen! Dark Horse is proud to present this definitive volume, which includes every published Nevermen story to date, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of this mind-blowing series! • The Nevermen: The Complete Edition includes the KEY SELLING POINTS: • long-out-of-print series The Nevermen and The Nevermen: Streets of Blood, the hard-to-find Nevermen tales from Dark Horse Presents and Dark Horse Extra, and two gorgeous gallery sections — one showcasing all of the comic-book cover art, and the other featuring a collection of concept sketches by series artist Guy Davis. “A beautiful, cinematic world of swing-noir cool menaced by the most grotesque rogues gallery in modern comics. Sharp and stylish, you’ve never read anything like The Nevermen.” — Dan Abnett DARK HORSE TUROK, SON OF STONE VOLUME 1: AZTLÁN 42 ISBN: 1-59582-690-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-690-9 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $17.99, £11.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jim Shooter Artist: Eduardo Francisco, James Harren Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/17/2012 The American Southwest, 1428. Turok, a wandering warrior, rescues young Andar from death at the hands of the ruthless Maxtla and his Aztec horde. Turok and Andar seek refuge in a vast cavern, where an otherworldly force sweeps them and their pursuers to a savage, timeless land of rampaging dinosaurs and unimagined wonders. Hunted in a world of danger and death, Turok and Andar fight to survive — and to find a way home. • Turok, Son of Stone is one of comics’ truly iconic KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • characters, popular for half a century, and inspiring the wildly popular Turok, Dinosaur Hunter game and the Turok, Son of Stone animated feature. Industry legend Jim Shooter returns to the character he redefined in the 1990s to overwhelming sales and critical success. Part of a major relaunch of related titles, including Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom and Magnus, Robot Fighter. “A tremendous title that announces itself with great style.” — CraveOnline.com JAN-JUN 2012 ARCHIE ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 Pay a visit to the familiar and yet very different world of 1940s Riverdale, home of “America’s newest boy friend,” Archibald “Chick” Andrews. Along with gals and pals Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, and more, Archie and his teenager travails have captured the hearts of comics readers for seventy years, and these hilarious stories are where it all began. So what are you waiting for? Pull up a stool at Pop Tate’s Chocklit Shoppe and get ready for 200-plus pages of mirthful mayhem and beautiful cartooning! • The KEY SELLING POINTS: beloved comics icon gets the Dark Horse archival treatment! ISBN: 1-59582-856-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-856-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 232 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Humor Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Archie Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-716-1) The Mass Effect series is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction’s richest universes. Now BioWare and Dark Horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the Mass Effect saga with The Art of the Mass Effect Universe! Featuring concept art and commentary by BioWare on the games’ characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, and more The Art of the Mass Effect Universe is the most complete companion available to gaming’s most compelling series. • Introduction KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 by Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson and art director Derek Watts, who have led the development of the property since its inception. The third installment of the Mass Effect game series will be released March 6, 2012. ISBN: 1-59582-768-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-768-5 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $43.99, £29.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 9 x 12 Page Count: 184 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption (ISBN 1-59582-481-2), Mass Effect Volume 2: Evolution (ISBN 1-59582-759-5) DARK HORSE THE ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE 43 AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER — THE PROMISE PART 1 ISBN: 1-59582-811-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-811-8 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $11.99, £8.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Gene Luen Yang Artist: Gurihiru Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/7/2012 The wait is over! Ever since the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its millions of fans have been hungry for more — and it’s finally here! Think of it as Book (season) Four of Avatar! This series rejoins Aang and friends for exciting new adventures, beginning with a face off against the Fire Nation that threatens to throw the world into another war, testing all of Aang’s powers and ingenuity! Written by National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese), in close collaboration with series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this is the story that Avatar lovers have been clamoring for, as well as a perfect jumpingon point for new fans! • The canonical continuation of Airbender and the link to the upcoming sequel, Legend of Korra! • “The creators of this fresh and unique series struck KEY SELLING POINTS: • cartoon gold. It’s no wonder why this series has received such critical acclaim.” — IGN.com Dark Horse has sold over 20,000 copies of The Art of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and 12,000 copies of Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures! DARK HORSE B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 2: GODS AND MONSTERS ISBN: 1-59582-822-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-822-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: Tyler Crook, Guy Davis Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth Volume 1: New World (ISBN 1-59582-7072) Between tracking down the followers of a prescient teen pursued by crab like, subterranean beasts, and dealing with a redneck priest who preaches by way of human mutilation to fanatical hillbillies, the B.P.R.D. certainly have their hands full. Can a fractured B.P.R.D. wage a winnable war or are they fighting a battle of attrition? Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, and drawn by 2009 Eisner Award winner Guy Davis (The Marquis) and series newcomer Tyler Crook, B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Gods and Monsters continues the series ComicsAlliance calls “one of the best books on the stands.” • B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth enters a new era of art as Guy Davis passes the torch to Tyler Crook! • Guy Davis’s final issues of B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth! • “No one knows monsters quite so well as Guy Davis.” — iFanboy • “If you like creepy horror, this really is the best time KEY SELLING POINTS: • 44 to jump on board and see for yourself. 75 issues of a series is no small feat these days, and B.P.R.D. has well earned that high count. Check it out.” — Comic Book Resources “The acronym ‘B.P.R.D.’ has become for us synonymous for a good read.” — MTV Geek JAN-JUN 2012 CARDCAPTOR SAKURA VOLUME 3 Now that Sakura has proven herself as a magician, she finds that there are other unnatural forces threatening her town...forces linked, somehow, to two mysterious transfer students who’ve just arrived — one attracted to her brother, the other attracted to her! Li and Sakura may be friends now instead of rivals, but if there’s a rival for Sakura’s affections, is he going back to Hong Kong? • Cardcaptor Sakura Book One made eight critics’ lists for Best Manga of 2010. • “(Four stars out of four)...One of the very best manga KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • • available in English.”— Manga: The Complete Guide Remastered from the original artwork in CLAMP’s studio vaults. Book Three contains thirty bonus Cardcaptor Sakura illustrations in full color. Inspired the Cardcaptor Sakura anime TV series and movies, released through Geneon. “Cardcaptor Sakura is a charming and surprisingly unique magical girl manga which breaks a few conventions of the genre while retaining the best of the style. It gives me no choice but to kowtow to Dark Horse and their prowess on deciding to re-release this classic.” — Otaku News ISBN: 1-59582-808-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-808-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: CLAMP Artist: CLAMP Size: 5.75 x 8 Page Count: 600 Format: Softcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: 10+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/28/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-522-3) The man who brought Conan to comics, legendary writer Roy Thomas, returns to scripting the Cimmerian’s exploits! The journey down the fabled Road of Kings is a treacherous one, filled with monsters, angry victims of Conan’s light fingers, and other thieving highwaymen. While Conan becomes caught up in palace intrigue along the way, a slaver kidnaps his companion Olivia, determined to collect a ransom from her royal father! Collecting Conan: Road of Kings #1- 6, this volume contains some of the most thrilling Conan stories ever printed! • Witness the triumphant return of Roy Thomas to the KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 character he helped establish in the minds of generations of comics fans! Road of Kings features the stunning, bold artwork of Mike Hawthorne! “A regal read.” — MTV Geek ISBN: 1-59582-817-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-817-0 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50, £18.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Roy Thomas Artist: Jason Gorder, John Lucas, Mike Hawthorne, Dave Stewart, Dan Jackson Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 152 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Conan Volume 1: The FrostGiant’s Daughter and Other Stories (ISBN 1-59307-301-1) DARK HORSE CONAN VOLUME 11: ROAD OF KINGS HC 45 CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 12 ISBN: 1-59582-770-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-770-8 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.5 x 10.75 Page Count: 272 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Horror Publication Date: 2/28/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Creepy Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-973-7) Horror, humor, legendary comics creators, and several do-it-yourself board games — Creepy Archives Volume 12 has all of that and more! With a new introduction by modern comics storyteller and painter Jason Shawn Alexander, this volume’s special feature includes the color Creepy Monster Match board game (cut out and play at your own risk), a series of color stories by Richard Corben, and all text pieces from the initial Creepy run! • “Terrifyingly good!” — Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net • Creepy is an Eisner Award-winning archival series. • Both the Creepy and Eerie Archives series have made KEY SELLING POINTS: • numerous appearances on the New York Times top ten graphic novel list. “Since the stock is much finer than the authentic newsprint, visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moody, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings.” — Publishers Weekly DARK HORSE DOTTER OF HER FATHER’S EYES ISBN: 1-59582-850-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-850-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $16.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mary M. Talbot Artist: Bryan Talbot Page Count: 96 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Genre: Literary Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions and personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds, poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of award-winning graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers and artists, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes is smart, funny, and sad — an essential addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir. • Bryan Talbot is recognized worldwide as one of the truly original voices in graphic fiction. • Bryan Talbot’s original comics work for Dark Horse KEY SELLING POINTS: • • 46 includes The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Heart of Empire, Alice in Sunderland, Grandville, and Grandville Mon Amour. Talbot has also created art for 2000 AD, Hellblazer, Sandman, Fables, and Batman, as well as for Magic: the Gathering. Mary Talbot, PhD, is an internationally acclaimed scholar and author. JAN-JUN 2012 EERIE ARCHIVES VOLUME 9 Another massive collection of madness, mirth, and mayhem is upon us! Whether traveling through space in “Someday” or trapped in a mad scientist’s greenhouse in “The Root of Evil,” you’ll be mesmerized by these timeless tales of horror! This collection also reprints all color stories, letters pages, and articles from the original magazines and features a new foreword by Timothy Truman (modern Creepy King Conan). • “All credit to Dark Horse for lovingly reproducing KEY SELLING POINTS: • • this series of lost treasures of macabre mayhem and the overall attention to quality and detail they invested in.” — New York Journal of Books “These Eerie Archives are big, well put-together hardcover editions that maintain the original size of the magazines. Dark Horse made some really smart decisions in putting these books together.” — Comics Bulletin “There’s an astonishing assortment of style and craftsmanship contained in each and every volume of the Eerie (and for that matter, Creepy) Archives.” — Mania.com ISBN: 1-59582-773-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-773-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Page Count: 272 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Horror Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Eerie Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 159582-245-3) Trapped in the dungeons beneath an evil wizard’s scarlet stronghold, Conan must confront a slew of new challenges and foes as he fights to free himself and reclaim the throne of Aquilonia! Featuring duplicitous betrayers, sparring sorcerers, and all of the brutal excitement you’ve come to expect from the rampaging Cimmerian, this softcover collects the four-issue King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel adaptation by the celebrated creative team of Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia! • Dark Horse’s first collection featuring the adventures of Robert E. Howard’s King Conan! • Featuring the creative team from the fan-favorite, critically acclaimed series Conan the Cimmerian. • This volume includes an introduction by writer Timothy Truman and a bonus art gallery. • “Tomás Giorello and José Villarrubia’s art is so great KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 here that it’s the ultimate selling point...it’s just beautiful.” — Comic Book Resources “Writer Tim Truman is a perfect choice to adapt the oeuvre of Robert E. Howard into comics form.” — Comics Buyer’s Guide “I would have to say Conan is in good hands with the people at Dark Horse. Robert E. Howard would be proud his creation is in the hands of people who care about the character and enjoy telling great stories!” — Comic Attack ISBN: 1-59582-838-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-838-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $16.99, £10.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Timothy Truman Artist: Tomás Giorello, José Villarrubia, Darick Robertson Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/28/2012 DARK HORSE KING CONAN: THE SCARLET CITADEL 47 NINGEN’S NIGHTMARES ISBN: 1-59582-859-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-859-0 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: J. P. Kalonji Artist: J. P. Kalonji, Dan Jackson Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/28/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: 365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice (ISBN 1-59582-412-X) In ancient Japan, a witch named Hannya seeks to use the warrior-monk Ningen’s enlightened body and spirit to resurrect the demon-samurai Atsumori and unleash an era of chaos on an already-troubled country. After leaving the safety of his temple to protect poor commoners who are caught in bloody battles between feuding warlords, Ningen soon finds that several colorful bounty hunters are on his trail — seeking his head and his lifeblood for Hannya’s twisted spells! Having collaborated with such international clients as Wyclef Jean, Amnesty International, Thrasher, and Burton snowboards, writer/artist J. P. Kalonji (The Strange, D’un monde à l’autre) now revisits the world of 365 Samurai — his previous Dark Horse graphic novel — to tell a fast-paced adventure with his unique, street-informed style! • J. P. Kalonji revisits the world of 365 Samurai and a KEY SELLING POINTS: Few Bowls of Rice in a new, standalone adventure! DARK HORSE SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON VOLUME 3 48 ISBN: 1-59582-835-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-835-4 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Gaylord DuBois Artist: Dan Spiegle Page Count: 216 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/28/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Space Family Robinson Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-724-2) Between the fourteen-legged metal eaters, a prison break of shape-shifting Dreephars, and flying manta ray -like creatures, life is never dull for America’s first outer-space family! But while the lost Robinsons continue their interstellar journey to return home, swords and sorcery meet science fiction as the familial explorers team up with medieval knights and return to Earth — in the twelfth century! • Volume 3 of Space Family Robinson includes the beautiful, original painted covers by George Wilson! • As with all the Dark Horse archives editions, Space KEY SELLING POINTS: • Family Robinson is a shrink-wrapped hardcover, ideal for the nostalgic collector. Written by the famed Tarzan scribe and creator of Turok, Son of Stone Gaylord DuBois! JAN-JUN 2012 THE MANARA LIBRARY VOLUME 2 Dark Horse continues to bring the works of Italian comics master Milo Manara to American audiences with Volume 2 of The Milo Manara Library! This deluxe hardcover, newly translated by Eurocomics expert Kim Thompson, features the sweeping historical epic El Gaucho, the second of Manara’s storied collaborations with his mentor Hugo Pratt, author of the internationally acclaimed Corto Maltese. Rounding out this volume is “Trial by Jury,” a series of shorts, never before published in the US, in which some of history’s most notorious figures undergo a mock trial. The Manara Library offers English-language readers a chance to experience the illustrative storytelling of a true comics master. ISBN: 1-59582-783-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-783-8 Price: $59.99 (CAN: $65.99, £45.00) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mino Milani, Hugo Pratt Artist: Milo Manara Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Page Count: 280 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Graphic Lit. Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Manara Library Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-782-X) • New translation of El Gaucho by Manara and Hugo Pratt! • The first and only comprehensive English collection of Manara’s work. • Includes introductory material by artist Stefano KEY SELLING POINTS: Gaudiano providing historical context for American readers. Look out! Here comes The Mighty Skullboy Army! Skullboy is back with a second volume of manic fun, and the robotic, rascally Unit 1 and super smart, simian Unit 2 await his orders. They’re ready to face any challenge that comes Skullboy’s way, from dodge balls to monster brawls — but are you ready? Are you ready for necktie-wearing bears in thinking caps, ninjas in tuxedos, police chases, giant squid battles, time-travel showdowns, not-so-evil duplicates, vengeful pigeons, flying dogs, wrestlers, jungle commando clashes, and more? Well, are you?! Dark Horse New Recruits winner Jacob Chabot returns with another hilarious collection of Skullboy short stories! • Mind-bending comics that everyone can enjoy — in KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 the vein of Axe Cop Herbie Archives, and Flaming Carrot. “Best Publication for Teens” 2008 Eisner Award nominee. “The entire collection feels like a cousin of Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes.” — Library Journal ISBN: 1-59582-872-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-872-9 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $16.99, £10.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jacob Chabot Artist: Jacob Chabot Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Mighty Skullboy Army Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-629-0) DARK HORSE THE MIGHTY SKULLBOY ARMY VOLUME 2 49 WITCHFINDER VOLUME 2: LOST AND GONE FOREVER ISBN: 1-59582-794-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-794-4 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $19.99, £13.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: John Severin, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 136 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels (ISBN 1-59582-483-9) In the hellish frontiers of the American Wild West, nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey finds himself caught in a showdown with an evil witch, bloodthirsty criminals, and zombie cowboys! EC Comics legend John Severin (Two-Fisted Tales) rejoins the Hellboy line after his stellar debut in B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs! • “Severin is a real living legend, and him drawing KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever should, quite frankly, be a big deal.” — Comic Book Resources “If I can recommend Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever for any reason, the biggest would be John Severin’s art…an old master returning to the drawing board.” — Newsarama Cover art by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola! John Severin’s weirdest western yet! DARK HORSE AFRIKA ISBN: 1-59582-844-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-844-6 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $17.99, £11.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Hermann Huppen Artist: Hermann Huppen Size: 8 x 10.75 Page Count: 56 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/27/2012 Dark Horse proudly presents this gorgeously illustrated masterpiece by Belgian comics creator Hermann, available in English for the first time! A misanthropic European expatriate, Dario Ferrer, acts as guardian of a Tanzanian wildlife preserve. Accompanied by Charlotte, a naive European journalist, Ferrer discovers a village under fire from mysterious agents of the foreign-backed government. Ferrer and Charlotte must fight not only to protect the preserve, but to expose government corruption — and survive to see another day. Born in 1938, Hermann’s childhood was marked by WWII and the early need to earn a living on his own. He tried various professions and studied fine arts in Belgium, but he didn’t get into comic books until later in life, when his first story was published in a magazine. In 1979 he started his first solo volume, Jeremiah, which he continues publishing today. He is known to be a hard-working, demanding writer constantly attempting new things. His works include Comanche and Towers of Bois-Maury, among others. • Action and intrigue from award-winning creator Hermann. • Hermann’s works are international bestsellers. • Gorgeous watercolor art and a fast-paced, violent KEY SELLING POINTS: • 50 story appeal to enthusiasts of European graphic storytelling. Dario Ferrer is unlike any action hero you’ve ever seen before! JAN-JUN 2012 BUNNY IN THE MOON: THE ART OF TARA MCPHERSON VOLUME 3 Bunny in the Moon features compelling new works in paint, print, pencil, and sculpture informed by mythology and folklore of Japanese, Brazilian, Saxon, Greek, and Pagan origin. The resulting imagery combines the primal power at the core of ancient culture with McPherson’s contemporary explorations of love, loss, strength, vulnerability, and female empowerment. This volume also contains a foreword by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me). • Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson is already KEY SELLING POINTS: • • in its fourth printing; Lost Constellations: The Art of Tara McPherson Volume 2 is in its third! Crowned “The Crown Princess of poster art” by Elle, Tara has created prints for Kings of Leon, Beck, High on Fire, Depeche Mode, Green Day, and many more. “Tara McPherson is blazing a trail between illustration and fine art that is both personal and universal, and changing the face of the art world in her wake.” — Hi-Fructose ISBN: 1-59582-855-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-855-2 Price: $23.99 (CAN: $26.50, £17.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Tara McPherson Artist: Tara McPherson Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 112 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 3/27/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson (ISBN 1-59582-1023), Lost Constellations: The Art of Tara McPherson (ISBN 1-59582222-4) The steamy cape-and-tights comedy so outrageous that the bonds of regular graphic novels could not hold the laughs within, Empowered has expanded into a tome so massive that even the superpowered can barely lift it! • Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects all the KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • • JAN-JUN 2012 material from the first three Empowered volumes, plus several metric tons (okay, like forty pages) of top-secret, never-before-seen extras, including unpublished Empowered stories, sketches, logo variants, Adam’s story notes, and more! Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 1 will be a limited, one-time-only hardcover printing. Featuring a new Adam Warren cover illustration in the paper-over-boards format. “A fantastically rendered book on every conceivable level.” — Comic Book Resources Each copy is shrink wrapped and labeled with a parental advisory warning. ISBN: 1-59582-864-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-864-4 Price: $59.99 (CAN: $65.99, £45.00) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Adam Warren Artist: Adam Warren Size: 6.5 x 9 Page Count: 712 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: 16+ Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Empowered Volume 1 (ISBN 159307-672-X), Empowered Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59307-816-1), Empowered Volume 3 (ISBN 159307-870-6) DARK HORSE EMPOWERED DELUXE EDITION VOLUME 1 51 GANTZ VOLUME 21 ISBN: 1-59582-847-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-847-7 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.99, £9.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Hiroya Oku Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 208 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Manga, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Gantz Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307949-4) A new chapter in the Gantz saga brings with it a new level of action and mayhem! The alien-hunting Gantz warriors are transported to their new mission, leaving behind their fallen comrades, Kurono and Izumi. Given no time to mourn, they find themselves in a completely unfamiliar location, well beyond the confines of Tokyo in the Dotombori district of Osaka. Even more surprising is an encounter with another group in Gantz suits. Are the members of this unknown team allies...or deadly new foes? • Gantz has sold over 175,000 copies in the United States since 2008! • Gantz has sold over 15,000,000 copies in Japan! • Gantz has been adapted into a highly acclaimed anime series and a live-action feature film. • “Gantz is the nastiest manga in the North American market.” — Ain’t It Cool News • “Drawn with eye-popping realism.” — Entertainment Weekly • Each copy of Gantz is shrink-wrapped and labeled KEY SELLING POINTS: with a parental advisory warning. DARK HORSE GATE 7 VOLUME 2 52 ISBN: 1-59582-807-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-807-1 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $11.99, £8.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: CLAMP Artist: CLAMP Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 192 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Gate 7 Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-8060) A strange dimension overlaps with our reality, sending magical creatures and bloodthirsty spell casters against the forces of Hana, Chikahito, and their team of Earth’s protectors. As the newest member in Hana’s group, awkward high schooler Chikahito Takamoto is looked upon with puzzlement and suspicion by his other teammates. Finding himself in the middle of a mystical war, Chikahito tries to make sense of the quirky, moody allies he’s found himself aligned with and his own feelings for Hana — a strong, short, and awfully cute warrior! • An KEY SELLING POINTS: • • original new series from CLAMP, the highly esteemed creators of Chobits, Clover, and Cardcaptor Sakura! Each volume of Gate 7 comes to the US just months after the Japanese release. CLAMP has released more titles in English than any other manga creator, making it the most prolific creative team in the genre! JAN-JUN 2012 HELLBOY VOLUME 12: THE STORM AND THE FURY Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo conclude their epic collaboration that began in 2007’s Darkness Calls — a saga that changes everything for Hellboy! In The Storm and the Fury, Hellboy cuts a deal with the devious Baba Yaga that may secure the survival of mankind in this follow-up to 2009’s lauded Hellboy: The Wild Hunt. But when war ensues between the forces of good and evil, Hellboy must finally confront the Queen of Blood in a battle which will set the stage for a new chapter in Hellboy’s life! • The Storm and the Fury contains the most defining KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • • moment in Hellboy’s life to date! Readers WILL NOT want to miss this volume! “One of Mignola’s watershed stories and a defining chapter in the plucky demon’s life.” — IGN “Moody, dark, exciting, even a little loving; it’s all here. Good, good stuff.” — Comic Book Resources “[Hellboy is] one of the most beloved and recognizable characters in the comics world.” — USA Today Featuring an introduction by Glen David Gold (Carter Beats the Devil). ISBN: 1-59582-827-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-827-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola Artist: Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction (ISBN 1-59307-0942) Sora Hasegawa faces off against Keiichi in a crazy gokart race through campus to settle who will lead the Motor Club. Keiichi has the experience...but Hasegawa is being trained by Belldandy! No more gap on your bookshelf, Oh My Goddess! fans — volume 20 completes the run of “classic” OMG! series, previously released flopped, now all reissued in Japanese reading order. • Oh My Goddess! has been published by Dark Horse KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • JAN-JUN 2012 for over seventeen years...the longest-running manga in the US! Oh My Goddess! won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award in Japan for general excellence. Inspired the Ah! My Goddess anime TV series, available from Funimation. Each volume of Oh My Goddess! contains fan art, letters, and commentary from the creator. ISBN: 1-59582-901-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-901-6 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $12.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Kosuke Fujishima Artist: Kosuke Fujishima Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 248 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Oh My Goddess! Volume 1 (ISBN 159307-387-9) DARK HORSE OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 20 53 STAR WARS OMNIBUS: A LONG TIME AGO...VOLUME 5 ISBN: 1-59582-801-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-801-9 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jo Duffy, Archie Goodwin, Ann Nocenti, Randy Stradley Artist: Various Artists Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 568 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582486-3), Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago...Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59582-554-1) The classic-era Star Wars adventures conclude in this fifth and final volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... All your favorite characters are here — Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewie, the droids, and more — bringing peace to a recently liberated galaxy, and finding new troubles confronting them! With nearly six hundred pages of material, this massive omnibus collects Marvel Comics’ Star Wars #86- 107, their final US-published issues! • To date, there are more than 7.9 million volumes of Star Wars graphic novels in print from Dark Horse! • Don’t miss these fan-favorite stories from the classic era of the original Star Wars films. • This giant 568-page omnibus comes at the forefront of a new wave of Star Wars fans and events. • With the release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga KEY SELLING POINTS: (Episodes I-VI) on Blu-ray, there will be renewed interest in the original Star Wars characters. DARK HORSE STAR WARS: JEDI VOLUME 1 — THE DARK SIDE 54 ISBN: 1-59582-840-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-840-8 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Scott Allie Artist: Mahmud A. Asrar, Paul Mounts Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 3/27/2012 Following a shocking political assassination, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos — whose father is planetary governor. For the headstrong Xanatos, this return to his home has dredged up hidden resentments and passionate emotions. It is a mission that will lead Qui-Gon into close contact with the Dark Side and start him on a quest that will have a major impact on the future of the Jedi Order! • There are more than 7.9 million Star Wars graphic novels in print! • With the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode I in KEY SELLING POINTS: • 3-D, now is the time to get fans hooked on the amazing stories of Qui-Gon Jinn. Star Wars: Jedi Volume 1 — The Dark Side contains frantic, epic battles featuring one of the most revered Jedi of all time! JAN-JUN 2012 THE CHRONICLES OF KULL VOLUME 5: DEAD MEN OF THE DEEP AND OTHER STORIES Kull slew the bloody-handed King Borna to free the people of Valusia from his tyranny, but that act turned out to be the easiest of Kull’s reign. Now his sovereignty is threatened from all sides; evil mages, eldritch spirits, plague, and serpent-men would see Kull, the barbarian king, to an early grave! The final Chronicles of Kull collection features an unbelievably talented pool of creators including John Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Bolton, Marie Severin, and more, to give the conquering Atlantean king a proper farewell! • The final installment of the Chronicles of Kull collection is here! • Reprinted with the original colors in the beautiful Dark Horse archive tradition. • The Chronicles of Kull features some of comics, most KEY SELLING POINTS: highly esteemed creators, including John Buscema, John Bolton, Ernie Chan, and so many more! ISBN: 1-59582-906-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-906-1 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99, £13.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Alan Zelenetz Artist: Klaus Janson, Joe Rubenstein, John Beatty, Marie Severin, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Mel Candido, Christie Scheele, John Buscema, Charles Vess, Ernie Chan, John Bolton, Butch Guice, Bill Sienkiewicz, Sal Buscema Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/27/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Chronicles of Kull Volume 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories (ISBN 1-59582-413-8) Five years after Mr. Edward Hyde’s bloody reign of terror, the streets of London run red once again when a series of prostitutes are murdered with surgical precision. Convinced that the killer is using the same serum that birthed Hyde, Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard seeks assistance from its creator, the imprisoned Dr. Henry Jekyll. But even as Jekyll convinces Adye that he can best aid in the hunt if freed from prison, evidence mounts that he is not completely cured of Hyde. With the two monsters set to collide, can Adye—or his soul—survive intact? • The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde is a thrilling Victorian horror written by exciting newcomer Cole Haddon. • Cole Haddon was born and raised in Detroit, KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 Michigan, where he discovered his love of film while watching Errol Flynn movies. He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the Lawrence Kasdan Fellowship. This was followed by much globe-traipsing and a successful run as a film and music journalist for Village Voice Media amongst others, more than 30 print publications in total. Haddon’s current film projects include Thieves of Baghdad for Warner Bros. and Hyde for Skydance Entertainment. Early next year, Kickstart Entertainment will publish his second graphic novel, Space Gladiator. ISBN: 1-59582-814-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-814-9 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $16.99, £10.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Cole Haddon Artist: M.S. Corley, Jim Campbell Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Crime/Mystery Publication Date: 3/6/2012 DARK HORSE THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. HYDE 55 ISBN: 1-59582-911-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-911-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $16.50, £10.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Malachai Nicolle Artist: Ethan Nicolle Size: 6.5 x 10 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Axe Cop Volume 1 (ISBN 1-159582681-5), Axe Cop Volume 2: Bad Guy Earth (ISBN 1-59582-825-7) ISBN: 1-59582-860-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-860-6 Price: $34.99 (CAN: $38.99, £25.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: Guy Davis, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 448 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 4/17/2012 DARK HORSE Selected Previous Volumes: B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Hardcover Collection Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-609-2), B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Hardcover Collection Volume 2 (ISBN 159582-672-6) ISBN: 1-59582-675-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-675-6 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50, £18.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Geoff Johns, Mike Avon Oeming, Others Artist: Guy Davis, Ryan Sook, Cameron Stewart, Mike Avon Oeming, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 408 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/10/2012 AXE COP VOLUME 3 Axe Cop returns with a collection of new, exciting, and unpredictable stories! Written by the endlessly inventive six-year-old Malachai Nicolle and drawn by his Eisner Award–nominated thirty-year-old brother Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop joins his comrades Unibaby, Bat Warthog Man, and Dinosaur Soldier to fight bad guys and restore justice for kids — and grownups — everywhere! • Features foreword by Lost scribe Damon Lindelof! • Features “Stolen Pizza, Stolen Lives,” a guest episode crossover special with fellow webcomics superstar Dr. McNinja! • Contains a Halloween story, “The Night Monster,” and a special Christmas episode, “The Power of Christmas”! • Upon its debut as a webcomic in December of 2009, Axe Cop was instantly hailed by the entertainment press as a hit! • Axe Cop Volume 1 has sold over 12,000 copies to date! KEY SELLING POINTS: B.P.R.D.: PLAGUE OF FROGS HARDCOVER COLLECTION VOLUME 3 Following the Bureau’s catastrophic encounter with the monstergod Katha-Hem, Kate heads to France with hopes of bringing Roger back to life, and Daimio reveals the truth about his death in the jungles of Bolivia. The coming frog apocalypse heats up as Abe meets a secret society of Victorian cyborgs with ties to his origins, and Liz’s visions grow increasingly dire! • Collects three Mignola trades in one! • The Plague of Frogs saga will leave the Bureau and its members KEY SELLING POINTS: • B.P.R.D.: PLAGUE OF FROGS VOLUME 1 TPB The successful B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs hardcover — the first of four epic volumes collecting the entire Plague of Frogs saga from Hollow Earth to King of Fear — returns as an affordable paperback! With over 400 pages for $24.99, there’s never been a better time to delve into the haunting world of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Led by fish-man Abe Sapien, fire-starter Liz Sherman and a bizarre roster of special agents must reestablish the B.P.R.D. after Hellboy’s departure and defend the world from occult menaces! • Now in paperback! • B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs Volume 1 TPB includes the first KEY SELLING POINTS: • 56 forever changed! Don’t miss this fan-favorite chapter in the B.P.R.D. timeline! From Hollow Earth to King of Fear — Dark Horse is collecting the entire war on frogs into four high-quality volumes! appearances of fan-favorite characters Lobster Johnson and Johann Kraus! Guy Davis’s Hellboy-universe debut! JAN-JUN 2012 CRIME DOES NOT PAY ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 Uncut and uncensored, the infamous pre-Code Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers! With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s. The series was a favorite target of Dr. Frederic Wertham and other censors and is partially responsible for the creation of the stifling Comics Code Authority. Now revered and mythic, this collection of the first four hardto-find Crime Does Not Pay comics features a fine roster of golden-age creators and a new introduction by Matt Fraction (Iron Man, Casanova)! ISBN: 1-59582-289-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-289-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 6.5 x 10 Page Count: 280 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Crime Publication Date: 4/10/2012 • The first “true crime” comic, Crime Does Not Pay set the pace for the violent pre-Code comics era. • The most popular and most violent comic book of the forties returns to terrify new generations of readers! • Extremely popular in its time, Crime Does Not Pay exceeded a million sales per issue by 1948! • The comic not only ripped stories from the headlines; KEY SELLING POINTS: when its own editor committed murder it made headlines! Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse continues, written by television-series mainstays Andrew Chambliss (the CW’s Vampire Diaries, cowriter of Buffy Season 9), Maurissa Tancharoen (Spartacus), and Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible)! The Rossum Corporation’s Dollhouse technology has gone viral with a synchronized phone call that wiped the minds of everyone it reached, turning them into mindless killers. Those who avoided the call — including show favorites Echo, Alpha, Mag, Zone, and Griff — must try to survive in the sudden apocalypse and be wary of Rossum’s expansive technological reach. This is only the beginning! • Created by Joss Whedon! • Written by series writers Andrew Chambliss, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon! • Fan-favorite show continues in comics! KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-863-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-863-7 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99, £13.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Andrew Chambliss, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen Artist: Cliff Richards, Andy Owens, Michelle Madsen Size: 6.75 x 10 Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/24/2012 DARK HORSE DOLLHOUSE VOLUME 1: EPITAPHS 57 EERIE PRESENTS: HUNTER ISBN: 1-59582-810-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-810-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Rich Margopoulos, Budd Lewis, Bill DuBay, Jim Stenstrum Artist: Paul Neary, Alex Nino, Moreno Casares, Al Sanchez, E. R. Cruz Size: 8.25 x 10.75 Page Count: 232 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Fantasy, Horror Publication Date: 4/24/2012 Son of a mutant general and a human mother, Hunter is a half-breed warrior who fights for survival on a weird, irradiated alternate Earth. Cursed to remain apart from humanity, Hunter still protects the defenseless with the hope that mankind will someday rise from barbarism and rule again! A perfect synthesis of fantasy and science-fiction storytelling, Eerie Presents: Hunter features the artwork of Paul Neary and collects the stories of all three incarnations of the Hunter character. With a new introduction by Dark Horse Comics publisher Mike Richardson, this deluxe hardcover also includes all color Hunter covers, a full-color bonus story, and all Hunter spot art pieces and guest appearances that ran in the original Eerie magazine run! • All Hunter stories from the legendary Eerie magazine — finally collected! • Eerie magazine’s infamous demon-hunting hero KEY SELLING POINTS: fights to free humanity! DARK HORSE THE KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE VOLUME 12 58 ISBN: 1-59582-686-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-686-2 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $12.99, £8.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Eiji Otsuka Artist: Housui Yamazaki Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 224 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Adults Only (18+) Publication Date: 4/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-555-3) Your body is their business! Five strange young students at a Buddhist university find little call for their job skills in today’s Tokyo…among the living, that is! But all that stuff in college they were told would never pay off gives them a direct line to the dead…the dead who are still trapped in their corpses and can’t move on to the next reincarnation. The five form the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: whether suicide, murder, accident, or illness, they’ll carry your body wherever it needs to go to free your soul! In Volume 12: Second Death, two bodies found in the woods — one not quite departed, the other horribly mutilated — lead the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service to investigate a private online community. The virtual world offers you the chance to do all kinds of things in simulation that you couldn’t do in life... but are you sure everyone playing is still alive? • Nominated KEY SELLING POINTS: • for an Eagle Award....the only manga nominated for Amazon.com’s Best Book Covers of 2009! “Pick of the Week...The tales of five Buddhist university students who help free souls trapped in their corpses are, at turns, disturbing, touching and funny.” — Kevin Melrose, Blog@Newsarama JAN-JUN 2012 MASS EFFECT VOLUME 3: INVASION Mass Effect 2 and 3 lead writer Mac Walters returns with an essential story from BioWare’s massively anticipated video game, Mass Effect 3! The Omega space station is the center of lawlessness in the galaxy, a den of vice ruled by the deadly asari Aria. It is also a strategic foothold in a galaxy-wide power struggle, and when the station comes under attack from a new threat unleashed by the humanityfirst organization Cerberus, Aria is forced to become more ruthless than ever to protect her home — and her dominion! • An essential, canonical lead-in to Mass Effect 3, the most anticipated game of 2012! • IGN.com named Mass Effect 2 the greatest Xbox 360 game of all time! • The Mass Effect games have sold over seven million copies! • Includes Mass Effect: Conviction, the never-before-printed KEY SELLING POINTS: • ISBN: 1-59582-867-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-867-5 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $18.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mac Walters, John Jackson Miller Artist: Omar Francia, Michael Atiyeh Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Publication Date: 4/17/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Mass Effect Volume 2: Evolution (ISBN 1-59582-759-5), Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption (ISBN 159582-481-2) eight-page story introducing James Vega, Commander Shepard’s newest ally in Mass Effect 3! “The book stays true to everything we know and love about the Mass Effect games.” — VGChartz MEGATOKYO OMNIBUS Megatokyo celebrates years of successful web and print publication with the massive and economical Megatokyo Omnibus edition! Featuring the first three volumes of Fred Gallagher’s popular otaku/gamer/fantasy/zombie/romance story! Join irrepressible otaku Piro and his game-obsessed freakazoid friend Largo on their unexpected adventures while stranded in Japan. They may not find love, but they’ll definitely find mayhem! • Megatokyo Omnibus features exclusive content and sketch material that existing fans of the books will certainly enjoy. • Megatokyo Omnibus is a perfect entry point for new manga ISBN: 1-59582-823-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-823-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Fred Gallagher Artist: Fred Gallagher Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 670 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Manga Publication Date: 4/17/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: MIGHTY SAMSON: JUDGMENT 500 years after the end of the world, the N’Yark tribe survives amid the ruins of a once-great city scourged by mutated monsters, marauders, and subhuman predators. But from among the N’Yark arises a champion who can vanquish the most fearsome beast and stand alone against an army. He holds at bay the murderous hordes of Jerz and the dark ambitions of the beautiful, ruthless Queen Terra. Mighty Samson may be the last, best hope for humankind! • “Mighty Samson is a treasure of an action comic that you won’t be able to put down.” — ComicAttack.net • Written by industry legend Jim Shooter! KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUL 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-871-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-871-2 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $17.99, £11.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jim Shooter Artist: Patrick Olliffe, Mark Irwin, Dan Jackson Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Science Fiction, Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 4/3/2012 DARK HORSE readers, and the writing is witty and entertaining enough that experienced manga fans will love it even more. 59 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS — THE ENEMY WITHIN ISBN: 1-59582-845-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-845-3 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jeremy Barlow Artist: Brian Koschak, Mae Hao Size: 5.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Star Wars: The Clone Wars —The Colossus of Destiny (ISBN 159582-416-2), Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Crash Course (ISBN 1-59582-230-5) Spearheading a bold, covert mission intended to bring an end to the fighting on a war-torn world, a platoon of clone troopers find their plans undone by faulty intelligence and bad luck, and themselves stranded deep inside hostile territory. With no choice but to see their flawed mission through to its end, the ragged soldiers make their final push toward their target, unaware that their victory could spell disaster for the Republic! • A Clone Wars story that’s all about the clones! • There are currently more than 7.9 million Star Wars KEY SELLING POINTS: titles in print from Dark Horse! DARK HORSE STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC VOLUME 3 — THE LOST SUNS 60 ISBN: 1-59582-637-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-637-4 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Alexander Freed Artist: George Freeman, Dave Ross, David Daza, Mark McKenna, Michael Atiyeh Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Star Wars: The Old Republic Volume 1 — Blood of the Empire (ISBN 1-59582-646-7), Star Wars: The Old Republic Volume 2 — Threat of Peace (ISBN 1-59582-642-4) One of the Republic’s elite spies, Theron Shan, embarks on an assignment to uncover dark secrets that could shatter the fragile peace with the Sith and plunge the galaxy back into war! An old Jedi, Ngani Zho — once Theron’s mentor, and formerly thought lost in Sith territory — has returned, quite a bit more peculiar than before he left. Unfortunately, he’s the only one who can guide Theron on his mission. Quickly, Theron’s hands are full with Zho, a troublesome thief, and the Sith who never should have let that old Jedi return to the Republic! • LucasArts and BioWare’s online game Star Wars: The Old Republic comes straight to comics! • All-new events in The Lost Suns run concurrently with the events in the game! • Written by Alexander Freed, a senior writer of the game! • There are currently more than 7.9 million Star Wars KEY SELLING POINTS: graphic novels in print from Dark Horse! JAN-JUN 2012 THE COMPLEAT TERMINAL CITY Visionary designer and comics creator Dean Motter (Mister X, Electropolis, Batman: Nine Lives) returns with the purest expression to date of his patented retro futurism! Terminal City is a place where transistor-tube robots rub elbows with old-time gangsters, where bright, shiny technologies cast deep noir shadows. The city has been in decline since a group of celebrated adventurers — Kid Gloves, the boxer; Monty Vickers, the explorer; Eno Orez, the Man of 1,000 Faces, and Cosmo Quinn, the human fly — were each disgraced or disappeared into obscurity. Now a series of strange mysteries involving an unopenable briefcase, a missing link in evolution, a daring lady in red, and an obscene skywriter brings the four men together once again, some on the side of the law, some involved in shady business, with explosive results! ISBN: 1-59582-877-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-877-4 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50, £18.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Dean Motter Artist: Michael Lark Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 368 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Crime/Mystery Publication Date: 4/3/2012 • All fourteen issues of the Eisner and Harvey AwardKEY SELLING POINTS: • nominated series, collected together for the first time! “This is one of the best marriages of story and art I’ve seen in years and an absolute delight to read.” — Alex Ross, artist of Marvels and Kingdom Come In a world plagued by zombie cowboys, squid pirates, abominable snowmen, mustachioed skulls, movie phantoms, and fat, flying demons, only millionaire film director Lawrence St. George and his associate, Benedict of the venerable guild of Corpus Monstrum, have the capabilities and the wit to bring these horrors down! • The complete MonsterMen! Featuring the stories of KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 Robert E. Howard, William Hope Hodgson, and more! By Eisner Award winner Gary Gianni (Batman: Black & White, Prince Valiant) Introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Gentlemen of the Road) ISBN: 1-59582-829-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-829-3 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50, £18.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Gary Gianni Artist: Gary Gianni Size: 8.5 x 10.75 Page Count: 168 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 4/3/2012 DARK HORSE THE MONSTERMEN AND OTHER SCARY STORIES 61 ISBN: 1-59582-852-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-852-1 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Donald Glut Artist: Jesse Santos Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 200 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 4/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 159582-600-9), The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59582-667-X), The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives Volume 3 (ISBN 159582-819-2) ISBN: 1-59582-925-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-925-2 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $19.99, £13.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: James Harren, Patric Reynolds, Peter Snejbjerg, Dave Stewart Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 16+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 5/22/2012 DARK HORSE Selected Previous Volumes: Abe Sapien Volume 1: The Drowning (ISBN 1-59582-185-6) ISBN: 1-59582-857-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-857-6 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $54.99, £37.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 224 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 8+ Genre: Humor Publication Date: 5/22/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Archie Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-716-1), Archie Archives Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59582-791-9) 62 THE OCCULT FILES OF DOCTOR SPEKTOR ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 Confronting supernatural threats and vengeful monsters, the courageous Dr. Adam Spektor travels from Scottish lochs to cursed swamplands — and from the surreal dreamscape of the Egyptian afterlife to New York City’s Chinatown! This final volume also contains all of the “Dr. Spektor’s Secret Files” pieces, and a prose tour of Spektor Manor, as found in the original comics, along with another informative introduction by Dr. Spektor cocreator Don Glut! • “[The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives] are pure fun with enough goosebumps to go around.” — Bookgasm.com • Featuring an in-depth introduction from creator and original series writer Don Glut! • Reprints notes from Spektor’s secret files about Gold Key greats KEY SELLING POINTS: • the Man of the Atom, Dr. Solar; Simbar, the Lord of the Lions; and many more! “[Jesse Santos] possesses an economical understanding of linework, never cluttering the panels with anything other than what is absolutely essential — and then drawing the heck out of those essentials.” — Amazon’s Omnivoracious blog ABE SAPIEN VOLUME 2: THE DEVIL DOES NOT JEST AND OTHER STORIES Paranormal crime scenes wreak havoc on Abe Sapien as he investigates a recluse demonologist’s evil house, a haunted lake, and a sunken Soviet U-boat filled with zombies! • Don’t miss this next solo adventure of fan-favorite Abe Sapien! • Straight from the pages of B.P.R.D. and Hellboy! • The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories is the perfect supKEY SELLING POINTS: plement for the B.P.R.D. and Hellboy fan who wants to explore the early life of one of their favorite characters! ARCHIE ARCHIVES VOLUME 5 Celebrate the mirth of a nation with Archie Comics and Dark Horse Comics in this latest addition to the Archie Archives line! 1940s America instantly fell in love with Archie Andrews, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and the whole gang from Riverdale, so much so that within just a few short years publisher MLJ Magazines became Archie Comics, beginning with some of the stories in this volume! Learn why Archie and friends became comics icons in these 200-plus pages of hilarious high-school high jinx from Archie’s Golden Age! • Includes all Archie-related game pages and ads. • “Some of the best Archie comics I have ever read — reprinted KEY SELLING POINTS: from when the ideas were still fresh and the characters new.” — Comics Bulletin JAN-JUN 2012 BLOOD BLOCKADE BATTLEFRONT VOLUME 2 In the interdimensional maelstrom of New Jerusalem — what New York used to be before it went to hell, literally! — the agents of Libra quietly keep the lid on the paranormal pressure cooker. When agent Klaus Reinhertz tracks the source of the super-drug Angel Scale, he is drawn into a deadly game with a mob boss from Beyond: win, and have your dreams come true; lose and have your mind absorbed by the alien godfather! • Sci-fi insanity from Yasuhiro Nightow, creator of Trigun and Gungrave! • Trigun: Badlands Rumble animated film now available in North American markets. • “Blood Blockade Battlefront is a series Trigun fans can’t miss KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-59582-912-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-912-2 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $11.99, £8.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Yasuhiro Nightow Artist: Yasuhiro Nightow Size: 4.5 x 7.25 Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy Publication Date: 5/22/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Blood Blockade Battlefront Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-718-8) and one that the US superhero comic reader and sci-fi hero fans would be well advised to give a look.” — The Fandom Post Betrayed, horribly injured, and still reeling from the fate that befell his former human bride, Habaek is reunited with Soah and seeks to patch things up with her. Will this troubled couple finally be able to recover from the treachery that’s warped their lives? Star-crossed lovers, strange curses, feuding elemental gods, and seething grudges set the stage for this eleventh installment in MiKyung Yun’s Bride of the Water God series! This volume also includes Mi-Kyung Yun’s hilarious “How to Draw Bride of the Water God” bonus strip section! • “Dark Horse’s production is as visually beautiful as Yun’s art.” — SchoolLibraryJournal.com • “Discriminating readers with a taste for fantasy-laced, shoujo KEY SELLING POINTS: • ISBN: 1-59582-874-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-874-3 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $10.99, £7.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mi-Kyung Yun Artist: Mi-Kyung Yun Size: 5.75 x 8.25 Page Count: 168 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy, Romance Publication Date: 5/29/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Bride of the Water God Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-849-8) romance will not be disappointed.” — AnimeNewsNetwork.com Bride of the Water God is a best-selling series in Korea — where it’s begun a run as a popular television series — and creator MiKyung Yun received the “Best New Artist” award in 2004 from the esteemed Dokja-manhwa-daesang organization. BRODY’S GHOST VOLUME 3 Brody’s fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren’t quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer. With the help of the ghost Talia, herself hoping to bring the killer to justice, Brody must resort to desperate measures to find the killer before he strikes again — and Brody’s received a psychic vision of his ex-girlfriend Nicole in the worst trouble imaginable... • Superb artwork and masterful storytelling from thirteen-time Eisner Award nominee Mark Crilley! • Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt’s Plan B have acquired Miki KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-59582-862-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-862-0 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $7.99, £4.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Mark Crilley Artist: Mark Crilley Size: 5.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 14+ Publication Date: 5/1/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Brody’s Ghost Volume 1 (ISBN 159582-521-5), Brody’s Ghost Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59582-665-3) DARK HORSE BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD VOLUME 11 Falls, a four-volume OEL manga series created by Mark Crilley! JAN-JUL 2012 63 FEAR AGENT VOLUME 6 ISBN: 1-59582-880-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-880-4 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $18.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Rick Remender Artist: Mike Hawthorne, Tony Moore, John Lucas, Lee Loughridge Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 136 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 5/15/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Fear Agent Volume 1: Re-Ignition (ISBN 1-59307-764-5) The final tale of the last Fear Agent! Heath Huston is the only remaining human in a universe that has been totally amalgamated by Tetaldian robotic conquerors. As the Tetaldians continue to hunt him, Heath uncovers the history of the robot hordes and their secret coconspirators. The odds stacked higher than ever, his body aged and broken, he’s finally presented with one final opportunity for redemption — can the last Fear Agent move past his role in it all and give the bastards a little back? Sure he can! A drink is poured, a rocketship ignited, and a cigar lit — the last Fear Agent sets off on his closing bid for redemption! • Super champions of sci-fi pulp Rick Remender, Mike KEY SELLING POINTS: • • Hawthorne, Tony Moore, John Lucas, and Lee Loughridge reunite one final time, for one final drink! “Rick Remender is too damn creative. There ought to be a law.” — James Robinson (Starman, Justice League of America) “Fear Agent is just beautiful, I couldn’t put it down. God bless him, I wish Harvey Kurtzman was around to see it.” — Jack Davis (Two-Fisted Tales, Tales from the Crypt, Mad) DARK HORSE GANTZ VOLUME 22 64 ISBN: 1-59582-848-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-848-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Hiroya Oku Artist: Hiroya Oku Size: 5.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 208 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Manga, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 5/1/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Gantz Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307949-4), Gantz Volume 2 (ISBN 159582-188-0), Gantz Volume 3 (ISBN 1-59582-232-1) A spectacle without precedent unfolds in the streets of Osaka, leaving a path of complete and utter destruction as the battle with the aliens in Dotombori continues to escalate. Beset by a growing number of ghouls, each more deadly than the last, even the battle-hardened Gantz warriors find their numbers dwindling. In the midst of the mayhem, Kato must choose between saving innocent bystanders — or himself. Can Kato’s sense of justice melt the frozen hearts of the Osaka team? • Gantz has sold over fifteen million copies in Japan! • Gantz has been adapted into a popular anime series as well as a live-action feature film! • “Gantz is the nastiest manga in the North American market.” — Ain’t It Cool News • “Gantz is a mind-blowing, sci-fi suspense story that KEY SELLING POINTS: reads like a first-person shooter video game.” — About.com JAN-JUN 2012 HELLCYON Military cadet Nika McKay returns to his birthplace, the distant colony moon of Halcyon, only to witness the ruthless suppression of the colony’s fledgling independence movement. Joining would-be insurgents, Nika aids in the capture of military “jackets,” combat suits of incredible power and capability. Carrying out a guerrilla campaign, Nika and crew become local legends and targets of Earth’s ire. Dubbed the “Suicide Division,” their nickname may become a prophecy! • “Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!” — Comic Attack • Lucas Marangon is famous for his stellar artwork on KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-59582-885-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-885-9 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.50, £10.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Lucas Marangon Artist: Lucas Marangon Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 5/8/2012 Star Wars, Dethklok, and R.I.P.D.! The Monkey King is Asia’s greatest fantasy epic, the inspiration for everything from Dragon Ball to Saiyuki. But the legend has never been more brutal, more barbaric, more beautiful, than in Katsuya Terada’s The Monkey King Volume 2! After a seven-year hiatus, Katsuya Terada, one of Japan’s most sought-after commercial illustrators, returns to his adaptation of the saga with The Monkey King Volume 2. A rare example of a manga painted entirely in full color, The Monkey King is the epic of Goku, a savage ape once imprisoned by Lord Buddha himself, but now freed by the monk Sanzo to serve as his bodyguard on a journey to the West...across a wasteland filled with weird, violent, and sexy demons! • The long-awaited sequel to Dark Horse’s 2005 Katsuya Terada’s The Monkey King Volume 1! • Stylish Dark Horse edition has wraparound cover, French flaps, and special endpapers! • Katsuya Terada was character designer for the anime KEY SELLING POINTS: Blood: The Last Vampire. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-924-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-924-5 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $18.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Katsuya Terada Artist: Katsuya Terada Size: 6 x 8.25 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy Publication Date: 5/8/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Monkey King Volume 1 (ISBN 159307-304-6) DARK HORSE KATSUYA TERADA’S THE MONKEY KING VOLUME 2 65 MANARA EROTICA VOLUME 1 ISBN: 1-59582-779-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-779-1 Price: $59.99 (CAN: $65.99, £45.00) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Milo Manara Artist: Milo Manara Size: 8.5 x 10.75 Page Count: 288 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 18+ Genre: Literary Publication Date: 5/22/2012 Milo Manara’s landmark collaboration with Dark Horse continues with the premier volume of Manara Erotica, a sumptuous companion to the Manara Library! A master of storytelling and of the human form, Manara has created some of the sexiest comics ever published, all of which are included in this deluxe, three-volume series. Volume 1 is anchored by all four parts of Manara’s internationally acclaimed Click! A beautiful but passionless woman is plunged into a hilarious, world-spanning adventure when she is implanted with a remotecontrolled chip able to unlock her inner lustfulness. Manara classics Fatal Rendezvous and Piercing round out this dazzling compilation, a must-own for any fan of European comics. • All four volumes of Click!, newly translated and collected together for the first time in America! • The first and only comprehensive English collection of Manara’s erotic work! • Includes introductory material providing historical context for American readers! • Translated by Eurocomics expert Kim Thompson! KEY SELLING POINTS: DARK HORSE OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 41 66 ISBN: 1-59582-891-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-891-0 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $14.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Kosuke Fujishima Artist: Kosuke Fujishima Size: 5.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 168 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Manga, Fantasy, Romance Publication Date: 5/8/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Oh My Goddess! Volume 1 (ISBN 159307-387-9), Oh My Goddess! Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59307-457-3) Thrym — in Norse legend, the frost giant who once stole Thor’s hammer! But in Oh My Goddess!, Thrym is no legend, but a very real, buffed-out demonness who stands guard over the next chamber of Hell, aiming to stop Keiichi and the goddesses in their journey to free Hild. To defeat this massive door warden, spells won’t be enough — and Belldandy must engage in something shocking for her...hand-to-hand combat! • Oh My Goddess! has sold 30,000 copies in 2011 alone! • In print for over 17 years, Oh My Goddess! is America’s longest-running manga series. • Oh My Goddess! won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award in Japan for general excellence. • Inspired the Ah! My Goddess anime TV series, available from Funimation. • Each volume of Oh My Goddess! contains fan art, KEY SELLING POINTS: letters, and commentary from the creator. JAN-JUN 2012 THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 11 After many journeys trading his feared sword arm for gold, Conan returns to the land of his birth, Cimmeria, only to find his family murdered and his sister enslaved by a ruthless rival clan. While the mighty slayer cannot bring back the dead, he can still mete out a terrible vengeance, but can even a warrior as skilled and merciless as Conan take on an entire clan whose treacherous hands hold a blade to his sister’s throat? • The KEY SELLING POINTS: • • value-priced The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 11 boasts over 500 pages of classic Conan tales of magic, monsters, and mayhem! Don’t miss the new Conan the Barbarian film from Lionsgate, which has brought increased media attention to this classic sword-and-sorcery franchise! Watch for the new Conan comics series from fan favorites Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan! ISBN: 1-59582-903-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-903-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Larry Yakata, Michael Fleisher, Don Krarr Artist: Pablo Marcos, Val Mayerik, Ernie Chan, Gary Kwapisz, Dave Simons, Rudy Nebres Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 536 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: 14+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 5/15/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59307-838-2), The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59307-894-3), The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 3 (ISBN 1-59307-960-5) Anakin and Luke Skywalker weren’t the only ones from Tatooine to leave their marks on the galaxy. Biggs Darklighter left home and joined the Empire, but soon defected to the Rebellion and became a key player in the assault on the Death Star. Janek “Tank” Sunber became a hero for the Empire, honestly believing in its mission until the enemy he encountered was his old friend Luke Skywalker. And BoShek, the galaxy’s second-coolest smuggler, found that integrity was worth more than any cargo. These are the tales of the other sons of Tatooine! • There are currently over 7.9 million Star Wars titles from Dark Horse in print! • Star Wars Omnibus: The Other Sons of Tatooine is packed with tales from the classic Star Wars era! • Star Wars Omnibus: The Other Sons of Tatooine KEY SELLING POINTS: highlights stories featuring everyone’s favorite Rebels, Imperials, smugglers, and even the dreaded Darth Vader! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59582-866-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-866-8 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.50) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Jeremy Barlow, Mike W. Barr, Paul Chadwick, Michael A. Stackpole, Welles Hartley, Rob Williams Artist: Brandon Badeaux, Gary Erskine, Davidé Fabbri, Tomás Giorello, Doug Wheatley, Christian Dalla Vecchia, Brad Anderson, Michael Atiyeh, Chris Chuckry, Neziti Domenico, Wil Glass, Dave Nestelle, Joe Wayne Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 440 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 5/1/2012 DARK HORSE STAR WARS OMNIBUS: THE OTHER SONS OF TATOOINE 67 STAR WARS: INVASION VOLUME 3 — REVELATIONS ISBN: 1-59582-882-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-882-8 Price: $18.99 (CAN: $20.99) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Colin Wilson, Wes Dzioba Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 5/29/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Star Wars: Invasion Volume 1 — Refugees (ISBN 1-59582-479-0), Star Wars: Invasion Volume 2 — Rescues (ISBN 1-59582-630-0) The galaxy is united against the invading Yuuzhan Vong. Or is it? The Galfridian royal family has been at the forefront of the Yuuzhan Vong war since their homeworld was conquered. Princess Kaye and Queen Nina have gathered refugees and seek to reunite them with their families at a safe haven. But could a haven run by the Empire really be safe? Meanwhile, Finn Galfridian, under the guidance of Jedi Master Dray, infiltrates Coruscant and discovers revelations about the leaders of the New Republic that could lead to disaster for the war, and for his family! On the frontlines, or undercover, Invasion means action! • Set within the time frame of the New Jedi Order novels from Del Rey! • New heroes on a new front in the Yuuzhan Vong war! • The return of the Empire! • There are over 7.9 million Star Wars graphic novels KEY SELLING POINTS: in print from Dark Horse! DARK HORSE TUROK, SON OF STONE ARCHIVES VOLUME 10 68 ISBN: 1-59582-861-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-861-3 Price: $59.99 (CAN: $65.99, £45.00) Publisher: Dark Horse Writer: Paul S. Newman, Others Artist: Alberto Giolitti, Rex Maxon, Others Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 248 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: 12+ Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 5/29/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Turok, Son of Stone Archives Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59582-155-4), Turok, Son of Stone Archives Volume 2 (ISBN 1-59582-275-5) Turok and Andar find themselves in a never-ending string of dangerous situations as they struggle to escape the lost valley that traps them, keeping them from returning to their homeland and their tribe. Pursued by maddened beasts, surrounded by sea honkers, threatened by a volcanic eruption, or fighting for their lives in a dead city, the braves never give up hope of one day finding a way out of the strange and perilous land! • Featuring the work of artist Alberto Giolitti in his prime! • Turok, Son of Stone is one of the most cherished, well-recognized comics of the, 60s and, 70s! • Each volume comes shrink wrapped, perfect for colKEY SELLING POINTS: lectors! JAN-JUN 2012 • Wedding coordinator Asaka could never forget his very first clients. When he meets up once more with that very same client, the man who spends his life arranging weddings for others unexpectedly learns a few things about love himself. Heartwarmingly bittersweet, this is the eagerly awaited English-language debut of mangaka Tomo Ootake! • A well-established writer in the yaoi industry, Narise Konohara KEY SELLING POINTS: is no stranger to the DMP library with the top-selling Cold series (Cold Fever, Cold Sleep, and Cold Light) BAD TEACHER’S EQUATION VOLUME 3 (YAOI MANGA) • Atsushi can hardly believe his good luck — he’s scored an actu• al, day-long date with the man of his dreams! But will he manage to stay totally cool, calm, and collected during the biggest moment of his young life? And will the rest of the gang leave him alone…or stalk his every nervous move?! Bad Teacher’s Equation shows that growing up can be a dizzying, delirious trip through incredible highs…and terrible lows! Can a sweet, determined boy prove that he’s got the strength, drive, and commitment to catch and keep his ideal man? Or will his passion flicker and fade like a forgotten childhood fantasy? BORDER VOLUME 3 (YAOI MANGA) • Sweet (and sugar-addicted) programmer Kippei is an invaluable • JAN-JUL 2012 part of his team! But when a client’s case regarding a long-lost heir suddenly brings the bright young boy into the spotlight, everyone is forced to look back on Kippei’s shadowy former life in order to uncover the darkest of secrets. Will the squad stand strong…or will they lose Kippei forever? Border breaks down the barrier between work and play with a team of brilliant guys who think nothing of fighting crime and roughhousing after hours! Though they come from totally different backgrounds, these men share a bond that runs much deeper than blood. But will they be ready to let go in the toughest of circumstances? ISBN: 1-56970-215-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-215-4 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: JUNE Writer: Kazuma Kodaka Artist: Kazuma Kodaka Page Count: 300 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/31/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Bad Teacher’s Equation Volume 1 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-213-6), Bad Teacher’s Equation Volume 2 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-214-4) ISBN: 1-56970-211-X ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-211-6 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: JUNE Writer: Kazuma Kodaka Artist: Kazuma Kodaka Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/31/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Border Volume 1 (Yaoi) (ISBN 156970-209-8), Border Volume 2 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-210-1) DIGITAL MANGA ABOUT LOVE (YAOI) ISBN: 1-56970-243-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-243-7 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Narise Konohara Artist: Tomo Ootake Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 69 ISBN: 1-56970-247-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-247-5 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Naduki Koujima Artist: Naduki Koujima Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/3/2012 GREAT PLACE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL VOLUME 4 (YAOI) • It’s summer and the boys are gearing up for summer camp in Hokkaido. Will the unfamiliar surroundings add spice to their burgeoning relationships or will it bring new distractions? This fourth installment of the super popular boy’s love comedy brings more laughs and love trials for our favorite couples! Selected Previous Volumes: Great Place High School - Student Council (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970125-3), Great Place High School – Student Council Volume 2 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-199-7), Great Place High School - Student Council Volume 3 (Yaoi) (ISBN 156970-200-4) DIGITAL MANGA ISBN: 1-56970-228-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-228-4 Price: $16.95 (CAN: $18.99, £12.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: DMP Writer: Kaoru Tada Artist: Kaoru Tada Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Children (ages 9 - 12) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Now that Kotoko has had her dream of marrying Irie-kun come true, she should get her happily ever after, right? But not only is Naoki still his normal tsundere self, but Kotoko’s dream honeymoon is turning out to be a bit of a nightmare. When they meet another couple on the plane who are also honeymooning, Kotoko discovers that even being married doesn’t keep rivals from appearing! Just what does a girl have to do to get her man all to herself? And, is that Naoki’s mother stalking the pair? It’s more laughs as the unlikely couple experience the trip of a lifetime! Selected Previous Volumes: Itazura Na Kiss Volume 1 (ISBN 1-56970-131-8), Itazura Na Kiss Volume 2 (ISBN 1-56970-136-9), Itazura Na Kiss Volume 3 (ISBN 1-56970-171-7), Itazura Na Kiss Volume 4 (ISBN 1-56970-1911), Itazura Na Kiss Volume 5 (ISBN 1-56970-192-X), Itazura Na Kiss Volume 6 (ISBN 156970-197-0) ISBN: 1-56970-070-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-070-9 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Yukari Hashida Artist: Yukari Hashida Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Kabuki Volume 1: Flower (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-592-5), Kabuki Volume 2: Red (Yaoi) (ISBN 156970-593-3), Kabuki Volume 3: Moon (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-0699) 70 ITAZURA NA KISS VOLUME 7 KABUKI VOLUME 4: GREEN (YAOI) • Battle-shy samurai Kounosuke wants nothing more than to while away his time with his page boy Kageya. But, when an unexpected visitor arrives, things are thrown into turmoil. Indeed, Kageya is plagued with feelings of dread. Continuing the backstory of the reincarnated, starcrossed lovers, mangaka Yukari Hashida delivers a lavishly illustrated period romance filled with excitement, intrigue, and plenty of humor. • Yukari Hashida, the creator of Waru and Tricky Prince, completes her latest series, Kabuki. • Serious yet playful, heart-warming yet distressing, Kabuki KEY SELLING POINTS: frames the classic boys love tale with a new and unique twist. JAN-JUL 2012 MOON AND BLOOD VOLUME 2 • It’s school festival time and Sayaka must get Kai to agree to rep• resent their class in drag. As if that’s not enough of a dilemma for Kai, his growing feelings towards Sayaka and Natsuki’s growing suspicions about him add to his worries. Are his secrets about to be unmasked? Not if Ai, “the don’t call me a cute kitty”, can help it! Though someone else may have other ideas and plan to gatecrash Kai’s current life. The second installment of Nao Yazawa’s new work, Moon and Blood, brings teenaged vampire/human romance to an all-new level. •A KEY SELLING POINTS: world-famous manga artist, Nao Yazawa’s most notable works include the Wedding Peach series. MR. CONVENIENCE (YAOI) • When working for a convenience agency, no job is too big or too • small. From changing a lightbulb to helping move furniture, it’s all in a day’s work. When Chiba recives a job request by email to come and be someone’s friend, he unexpectedly makes the aquaintance of Aki Kirigaya, a workaholic businessman. The job turns out to be far from typical, and beyond either man’s expectations. Then there is Chiba’s young co-worker, Miyashiro. He’s used to customers thinking they can buy him rather than his handyman services, and his latest customer seems to be no different. Unlike the rest of his clients, this guy is unnervingly persistent. What’s up with this guy? It’s the handyman special as Nase Yamato’s comedy fanfavorite makes its long-awaited English language debut! ISBN: 1-56970-242-X ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-242-0 Price: $6.95 (CAN: $7.99, £4.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: DMP Writer: Nao Yazawa Artist: Nao Yazawa Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Moon And Blood (ISBN 156970-207-1) ISBN: 1-56970-241-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-241-3 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Nase Yamato Artist: Nase Yamato Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Wealthy man meets middle class working man in this playful, warm, comical series. ONLY SERIOUS ABOUT YOU VOLUME 2 (YAOI) • Yoshioka has gotten quite used to having Osawa and Chizu liv- ing in his home. Bonding together as a family, he is unprepared for the day Chizu’s mother reappears and asks Osawa to return the child to her as she has remarried. Is this the end for their little family? The conclusion to the tender love story of a single parent, his newfound love, and the little girl who loves both her fathers as much as they treasure her. ISBN: 1-56970-232-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-232-1 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: june Writer: Kai Asou Artist: Kai Asou Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Only Serious About You Volume 1 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-231-4) JAN-JUL 2012 DIGITAL MANGA KEY SELLING POINTS: 71 ISBN: 1-56970-234-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-234-5 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: june Writer: Yuu Moegi Artist: Yuu Moegi Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/3/2012 PRIVATE TEACHER VOLUME 2 (YAOI) • Kaede-san and Rintaro have become lovers, but even with the • frequent assignations during their tutoring sessions, it seems it isn’t enough. Kaede-san seems to have developed a deep need to monopolize Rintaro completely! Maybe it’s time for more lessons in love and relationships before it all becomes too much! Yuu Moegi’s English language debut continues in this second volume of her hit boy’s love manga! Selected Previous Volumes: Private Teacher! Volume 1 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-233-0) DIGITAL MANGA ISBN: 1-56970-176-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-176-8 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Hinako Takanaga Artist: Hinako Takanaga Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 1/3/2012 72 THE TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE VOLUME 5 (YAOI) • Morinaga and Soichi are at last living under one roof. It should be bliss right? Well, it’s not quite the newlywed life, because Soichi keeps finding ways to evade Morinaga’s advances. Will Morinaga manage to help move their relationship along, or will Soichi pound him into submission with his fists? It’s another love trial for Morinaga in his relationship with his beloved tyrant. The super popular manga by Hinako Takanaga continues! Selected Previous Volumes: The Tyrant Falls In Love Volume 1 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-172-5), The Tyrant Falls In Love Volume 2 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-173-3), The Tyrant Falls In Love Volume 3 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-174-1), The Tyrant Falls In Love Volume 4 (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-175-X) ISBN: 1-56970-253-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-253-6 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.50, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: June Writer: Masara Minase Artist: Masara Minase Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 2/28/2012 AMBIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP (YAOI MANGA) • Satoru is used to being alone. Ever since high school, he has • lived his life without anyone else. Then one rainy night he encounters a stranded stranger. Taking him in, he unexpectedly finds that being alone is not what he wants at all, and that what he wants may just be within his grasp. But does Reiji feel the same way? And will Reiji’s family accept it when they discover where he is? A selection of angsty romance stories by master mangaka Masara Minase, published in English for the very first time! JAN-JUL 2012 GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT BETWEEN A RABBIT AND A WOLF (YAOI MANGA) • It’s all in a name — USAGIKAWA, the rabbit. KAIOOKAMI, the wolf. They’re both in a creative and promotional department of a toy manufacturing company. Were they destined to fight? Every time they see each other, they fight like cats and dogs! One day, as a special promotional campaign, they’re assigned to go out on the street wearing a animal suits. Huffin’ and puffin’, whining and complaining, they head to the locker room to change into their suits. But, when the wolf sees the rabbit getting change, he finds him charming and attractive. Can the wolf suppress his desire — and appetite? • Once again, Oumi delivers a perfect romance comeKEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-56970-254-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-254-3 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $14.95, £9.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: JUNE Writer: Shinano Oumi Artist: Shinano Oumi Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 2/7/2012 dy in this one shot! • Returning home, Ranmaru discovers that the surpris- es just keep coming. It seems he and Kei are not the only ones with secrets, as back at the dojo he learns some news that has him doing some soul searching: his father is alive! How will this affect him and the way he wishes to lead his life with his beloved by his side? Is this a new obstacle, or a potential ally? And why was he led to believe that his father was deceased? This time the bonds of love being tested are not his and Kei’s, but the ones that hold the very fabric of his family together and all he ever thought he knew. Can he and Kei weather this emotional storm together and come out stronger for it? ISBN: 1-56970-181-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-181-2 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $21.99, £14.99) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Imprint: JUNE Writer: Kazuma Kodaka Artist: Kazuma Kodaka Page Count: 400 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Manga Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Kizuna Volume 1 Deluxe Edition (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-177-6), Kizuna Volume 2 Deluxe Edition (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-178-4), Kizuna Volume 3 Deluxe Edition (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-179-2), Kizuna Volume 4 Deluxe Edition (Yaoi) (ISBN 1-56970-180-6) JAN-JUL 2012 DIGITAL MANGA KIZUNA VOLUME 5 (YAOI MANGA) 73 ISBN: 1-60690-118-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-118-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Brett Matthews Artist: Sergio Cariello Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 140 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Western Publication Date: 12/6/2011 THE LONE RANGER VOLUME 4: RESOLVE SC • The Ranger and Tonto head for their final confrontation with the • villainy that is Butch Cavendish. Along the way, love is found, life is lost, and the Ranger learns the true meaning of “Resolve”. Collects issues #17-24, along with a complete cover gallery by artist John Cassaday. • Soon to be a Major Motion Picture! KEY SELLING POINTS: DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: The Lone Ranger Volume 1: Now & Forever (ISBN 1-933305-40-1), The Lone Ranger Volume 2: Lines Not Crossed (ISBN 1-93330570-3), The Lone Ranger Volume 3: Scorched Earth (ISBN 160690-041-2) 74 ISBN: 1-926838-06-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-926838-06-9 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.95, £29.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Ryan Sohmer Artist: Various Artists Page Count: 136 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-60690-246-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-246-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Andy Hartnell Artist: Cris Bolson Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ABSOLUTE ULTIMATE GUTTERS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 • The Absolute Ultimate Gutters Omnibus Volume 1 is the first printed collection of the wildly popular Gutters comic. Written by Ryan Sohmer (Least I Could Do, Looking For Group), Gutters is a series of standalone pages that parody the comic book industry and the heroes and characters that dwell within. Each page is penciled, inked, and colored by a different artist, varying from the industry veteran to the newcomer. DANGER GIRL AND THE ARMY OF DARKNESS TP • Abbey Chase, the world’s most daring adventuress, returns to • action as she aims to recover a dark and mysterious piece of ancient history. When Abbey learns that the elusive “Book of the Dead” has resurfaced and fallen into nefarious hands, she and the Danger Girls embark on a mission to track down the powerful tome. But when their journey leads them to cross paths with another seeking the book — a man with a personal vendetta and a literal hand in the book’s sordid history — they find themselves spiraling through the most outrageous crossover event of the year! Featuring the first epic cross-over between Dynamite Entertainment and IDW Publishing, Danger Girl and the Army of Darkness is written by Danger Girl co-creator Andy Hartnell, rendered by Red Sonja‘s Chris Bolson, and features covers by Danger Girl co-creator and legendary comics favorite, J. Scott Campbell, as well as AoD‘s own Nick Bradshaw! JAN-JUL 2012 GREEN HORNET VOLUME 3: IDOLS TP • Picking up right where Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet • left off! The Black Hornet is history, but a new, even deadlier threat has grown right in the heart of Century City, and it may already be too late for The Green Hornet and Kato to stop it. How can Green Hornet scare a street gang out of business when the gang members themselves have no fear of anything — even death? Is the horrifying power behind their fearless ferocity truly supernatural? And just who is Saint Death? Collects issues #11-15 in one volume, along with complete cover gallery. ISBN: 1-60690-219-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-219-6 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $19.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Phil Hester Artist: Jonathan Lau Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 JOHN MOORE PRESENTS RICHIE SMYTH’S DEAD SOLIDER TP • From • • JAN-JUL 2012 acclaimed filmmakers John Moore (Max Payne, Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen) and Richie Smyth, comes the story of Colonel John Donner, aka John Doe. It’s the last days of World War One — the Great War. On an obscure patch of mud, a small company of American soldiers fights to the last man against a powerful German offensive. John Doe is the only American survivor of the attack. He wanders alone for days amongst the maze of trenches and blast holes. Shellshocked, badly wounded, and without food or medicine, he is lost. Through a twist of events, Donner is transformed into a creature of unthinkable power, a monster that pledges he will avenge the deaths of his fallen comrades, not only on the muddy battlefields of WWI, but across the generations to the slaughter-fields of the “War on Terror.” But Donner’s actions have not gone unnoticed, and he will soon face an enemy from a place he could never have contemplated. Collecting the four-issue Dead Soldier series from Liquid and Dynamite in one volume. ISBN: 1-60690-213-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-213-4 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Richie Smyth Artist: Dean Ruben Hyrapiet Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: Kevin Smiths Green Hornet TP Vol 01: Sins of the Father (ISBN 160690-191-5), Kevin Smiths Green Hornet Volume 2: Wearing o the Green TP (ISBN 1-60690193-1) 75 ISBN: 1-60690-211-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-211-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $21.50, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Leah Moore, John Reppion Artist: Guiu Vilanova Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 1/10/2012 RAISE THE DEAD 2 TP • The zombie infestation continues unchecked and only a handful • • of survivors fight for their lives against the rising tide of undead mayhem! Will these poor souls find hope in the small coastal town of Alfredo Bay, or has that world died along with most everything else in this post apocalyptic nightmare? Dynamite’s hit series Raise the Dead returns with an all-new tale of undead debauchery, plotted by Leah Moore & John Reppion, scripted by Mike Raicht, and with art by Guiu Vilanova! Collecting the four-issue series in one volume, complete with bonus material and a cover gallery. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: Raise The Dead (ISBN 1-933305-56-8) ISBN: 1-60690-143-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-143-4 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 300 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-60690-248-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-248-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $4.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Scott Beatty Artist: Eduardo Ferigato, Johnny Desjardins Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 170 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Last Phantom TP (ISBN 1-60690201-6) 76 ROBOCOP OMNIBUS SC • Collecting all the RoboCop material originally published by Dark Horse Comics and more in one complete volume: RoboCop: Prime Suspect, RoboCop: Mortal Coils, RoboCop: Roulette, and the RoboCop 3 movie adaptation. THE LAST PHANTOM VOLUME 2: JUNGLE RULES TP • Following the conclusion of the harrowing “Ghost Walk,” a new • era begins for The Phantom! Injured and on the run from both sides of the law, Kit Walker makes plans for his future while reflecting on his brutal training to carry on the legacy of The Ghost Who Walks. Witness Kit’s debut adventure as The Phantom-in-training in a tale uniting father and son as heroes for the FIRST and LAST time! Collecting issues #7-12 of the series, along with complete cover gallery with art by Alex Ross and more. As a bonus, this trade also includes The Phantom Annual, as clues to the fate of the previous Phantom are uncovered in this untold tale of skullduggery in the heart of the Deep Woods! JAN-JUL 2012 VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES VOLUME 4 HC • Vintage horror at its best, re-mastered and collected in a fourth • volume of the iconic Vampirella Magazine! Complete with a sexy heroine and things that go bump in the night, as told by some of the most legendary creators in the industry. Collecting Vampirella Magazine #22-28, these classic issues feature the talents of Steve Englehart, Jose Gonzalez, Esteban Moroto, Len Wein, Doug Moench, and many others. ISBN: 1-60690-204-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-204-2 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Size: 8.5 x 10.75 Page Count: 380 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror, Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 GARTH ENNIS’ JENNIFER BLOOD VOLUME 1 TP • Jennifer Blood is a suburban wife and mom by day — and a • ruthless vigilante by night! Every day she makes breakfast, takes the kids to school, cleans the house, naps for an hour or two, makes dinner, puts the kids to bed, and kisses her husband goodnight. This suburban punisher is ready to be unleashed in a story that can only be told by the legendary Garth Ennis. Collecting issues #1-6 of the hit series, along with additional bonus material, sketches, cover gallery, and interview with Garth Ennis. PATRICIA BRIGGS’ MERCY THOMPSON: MOON CALLED TP VOLUME 2 • In the past week, coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has seen • her friends kidnapped, killed, and assaulted — and things are about to get worse! A war between werewolves is erupting, and Mercy is caught smack in the middle! Can she unravel the secrets of the dark conspiracy that threatens them all in time to save her friends…and herself? Scores are settled and secrets revealed in the thrilling climax of Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Moon Called. Collecting issues #5-8 of the series, along with an all-new, never-before-published 8-page bonus story, and a complete cover gallery. • Patricia Briggs’ Mercy novels have a proven track record of sucKEY SELLING POINTS: cess, appearing numerous times on The New York Times‘ bestsellers list. JAN-JUL 2012 ISBN: 1-60690-261-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-261-5 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $22.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Adriano Batista Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ISBN: 1-60690-214-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-214-1 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $19.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Patricia Briggs, David Lawrence Artist: Amelia Woo Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Volume 1 TP (ISBN 1-60690-203-2), Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (ISBN 978-0-345-50988-8) DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: Vampirella Archives Volume 1 HC (ISBN 1-60690-175-3), Vampirella Archives Volume 2 HC (ISBN 1-60690-189-3), Vampirella Archives Volume 3 HC (ISBN 1-60690-194-X) 77 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT ISBN: 1-60690-260-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-260-8 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $19.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Rob Williams Artist: PJ Holden Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/14/2012 78 TERMINATOR/ROBOCOP: KILL HUMAN TP • The ultimate killing machine meets the future of law enforce- • ment! In the future, humanity has been wiped out and the machines are triumphant. Traumatised by his Skynet-influenced actions, Robocop looks to travel back in time and change the course of history. But when he emerges in the middle of Jon and Sarah Connor’s assault on Cyberdyne Systems, he comes faceto-face with the second time-travelling Terminator. Bullets will fly! And the T-1000 can’t be far behind! Collecting the four-issue series in one volume along with bonus material, and a cover gallery with art by Walt Simonson and Tom Feister. ISBN: 1-60690-157-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-157-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Ande Parks Artist: Esteve Polls Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Western Publication Date: 2/7/2012 THE LONE RANGER/ZORRO: THE DEATH OF ZORRO TP ISBN: 1-60690-247-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-247-9 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $19.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Eric Trautmann Artist: Fabiano Neves Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 2/21/2012 VAMPIRELLA VOLUME 2 TP Selected Previous Volumes: Vampirella Volume 1: Crown of Worms TP (ISBN 1-60690-212-1) • The legendary masked crime-fighter, Zorro, now in his sixties, • has hung up his cape and sword. Living on a peaceful ranch in the new state of California, Don Diego tends to his cattle, breaks horses, and enjoys the company of his wife. When a renegade band of Confederate bushwhackers attack a nearby Indian settlement, though, Don Diego cannot just stand by and let innocents be slaughtered. Zorro heads back into action again... for the last time! Guest starring another legendary masked lawman — The Lone Ranger! Collecting the entire five-issue series, along with bonus material and a complete cover gallery. • A lonely stretch of highway. A tiny town in the middle of • nowhere. A trio of vicious creatures on a mission of murder and destruction. And all that stands in their way is Vampirella! It’s a road-trip through death and horror, as Vampirella, still dealing with the aftermath of her first adventure, faces a threat that may finally be her match. Also, while en route to their first international adventure, Vampirella and Sofia are summoned to the German countryside, tasked with security detail for a sacred ceremony. But the original mission becomes something entirely different once they reach their destination! It’s a mind-bending tale of demons, denial, and dark secret fears! Collecting issues #8-11 of the ongoing series, plus a complete cover gallery. JAN-JUL 2012 • Greater and Lesser Helium are united behind Dejah Thoris. But • just when things seem to be getting back to normal, Helium’s precious supply of water begins running dry. Dejah heads to the Antarctic ice caps to investigate, only to find herself pulled into the deadly mysteries of the forbidden south. A swashbuckling adventure of sky pirates, renegade princesses, lost treasure, and ancient curses abound in Dejah Thoris: Pirate Queen of Mars! Collecting issues #6-10 of the ongoing series, along with a complete cover gallery and bonus material. • Disney’s John Carter in theaters everywhere March 9, 2012! KEY SELLING POINTS: WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM VOLUME 1 TP • 100,000 years before the time of John Carter! Barsoom is a • dying world: its once mighty oceans are receding and its atmosphere grows more tenuous by the day. The Orovars, who have dominated for a million years, are on the verge of extinction at the hands of the Green Hordes and the emerging Red Martians. Two Orovars — a Scientist and a General — race against time to save their people before Mars plunges into barbarism! This Softcover collects the 5-issue series into one volume, with a cover gallery and bonus material. • Disney’s John Carter in theaters everywhere March 9, 2012! ISBN: 1-60690-267-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-267-7 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $21.25, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Arvid Nelson Artist: Carlos Rafael Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Volume 1 - The Colossus of Mars TP (ISBN 1-60690-245-8) ISBN: 1-60690-268-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-268-4 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Robert Place Napton Artist: Robert Castro Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 2/21/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: CHARLAINE HARRIS’ GRAVE SIGHT PART 3 • Harper Connelly finds dead people for a living, but not every- • one appreciates her special gift. In the stunning conclusion to this three-part series, Harper’s step-brother, Tolliver Lang, finds himself in trouble with the law while Harper struggles to clear his name. And then there’s the matter of a mysterious killer who seems to follow in Harper’s wake. Will Harper and Tolliver get out of Sarne, Arkansas in one piece, or will they be the killer’s next victims? Grave Sight Part 3 features 44-pages of story and art, with the balance consisting of bonus and behind-the-scenes material, as well as an extended interview with Charlaine. • Charlaine’s Sookie Stackhouse novels became the basis for one KEY SELLING POINTS: of today’s most successful television shows, the hit HBO series True Blood! ISBN: 1-60690-269-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-269-1 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: William Harms Artist: Denis Medri Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Graphic Novel Literary Publication Date: 3/13/2012 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS VOLUME 2 PIRATE QUEEN OF MARS TP Selected Previous Volumes: Charlaine Harris’ Grave Sight Part 2 (ISBN 1-60690-239-3), Charlaine Harris’ Grave Sight Part 1 (ISBN 1-60690-229-6) 79 ISBN: 1-60690-264-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-264-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Darick Robertson Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superheroes Publication Date: 3/6/2012 THE BOYS VOLUME 10: BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICKMAKER TP • The story of Billy Butcher, the Boys’ mysterious leader, is told • at last! From the backstreets of London’s East End to the carnage of the Falklands War, from the heights of love to the depths of tragedy, the most violent man in comics reveals the terrible nature of the forces that drive him. And when he’s done, he’ll be ready — to finish things once and for all! Collects the hit 6-issue mini-series of 2011, along with a complete cover gallery and bonus material. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Selected Previous Volumes: The Boys Volume 7 The Innocents TP (ISBN 1-60690-150-8), The Boys Volume 8: Highland Laddie TP (ISBN 1-60690-207-5), The Boys Volume 9: The Big Ride TP (ISBN 1-60690-220-2) ISBN: 1-60690-265-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-265-3 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Joe Harris Artist: Jose Malaga Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 3/20/2012 VAMPIRELLA AND THE SCARLET LEGION TP ISBN: 1-60690-274-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-274-5 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $34.99, £22.50) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: James Kuhoric, Mike Raicht Artist: Kevin Sharpe, Fernando Blanco Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 400 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 4/25/2012 ARMY OF DARKNESS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 • The Crimson Chronicles, that foul bible of blood, foretells the • coming of Chaos, the Destroyer, and his servants on earth. Since her earliest days, Vampirella has stood between that vicious cult and their Mad God’s plans. But when an ancient prophecy of doom is uncovered and a new push to resurrect the foulest demons from the pit is revealed, it’s clear Vampirella won’t be able to take them on alone. Enter The Scarlet Legion — assembled to keep the dark things at bay and protect this world from the evils which lie beyond. The only question is, will they see Vampirella as friend... or foe? Collecting the 5-issue mini-series in one volume, with bonus material and a complete cover gallery. • Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents this second omnibus with over 18 issues worth of the acclaimed Army of Darkness series! Featuring Army of Darkness Vol. 1 issues #8-13 (“Ash vs Classic Monsters,” “Death of Ash”), and Army of Darkness Vol. 2 issues #1-12 (“From the Ashes,” “Long Road Home,” “Home Sweet Hell”). • The Army of Darkness series was a 2006 Scream Award Winner KEY SELLING POINTS: and was nominated for a Scream Award in 2007. Selected Previous Volumes: Army of Darkness Omnibus Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60690-100-1) 80 JAN-JUL 2012 DARK SHADOWS VOLUME 1 TP • Television’s • original reluctant vampire is back! Barnabas Collins is re-adjusting to life under his vampiric curse. Haunted by terrifying dreams of his age-old lover and nemesis, Angelique, and fighting his bloodlust, Barnabas fears that danger lies ahead for all who live at Collinwood. Meanwhile, Barnabas’ ally and trusted friend Dr. Julia Hoffman is harboring secrets of her own... Collecting the first four issues of Dynamite’s Dark Shadows series, along with a complete cover gallery! • New Tim Burton-directed Dark Shadows movie starring Johnny ISBN: 1-60690-275-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-275-2 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $19.99, £12.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Stuart Manning Artist: Aaron Campbell Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Horror Publication Date: 4/4/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: QUEEN SONJA VOLUME 3: COMING OF AGE TP • Explore a time before Sonja was a queen, before she was a leg• end. A time when she was just a girl lost in a big brutal world. An orphan whose parents were butchered in front of her, and whose innocence was stolen. A girl with something to prove, running from the past into the great unknown. Before she was Red Sonja, she was a thief known only as ‘’Red’‘. Experience Sonja’s journey from wild child, to thief, to warrior! Collecting Queen Sonja #11-15, along with a cover gallery and bonus material. ISBN: 1-60690-266-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-266-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Luke Lieberman Artist: Mel Rubi Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 4/18/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Queen Sonja Volume 1 SC (ISBN 1-60690-182-6), Queen Sonja Volume 2 TP (ISBN 1-60690215-6) ZORRO RIDES AGAIN VOLUME 1 TP • The one and only Matt (Mage, Grendel) Wagner returns to con• clude his epic story of Zorro! We return to the story as Alejeandro de la Vega finds out that his son, Don Diego, is pulling double-duty as Zorro. How will this affect Zorro’s continuing crusade against the alcalde of Los Angeles, Luis Quintero? Find out in Zorro Rides Again! Collecting issues #1-6 of the 12-issue series, including bonus material and a complete cover gallery. ISBN: 1-60690-271-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60690-271-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Writer: Matt Wagner Artist: Esteve Polls Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 4/11/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Zorro Volume 1 TPB (ISBN 1-60690013-7), Zorro Year One Volume 2 TPB (ISBN 1-60690-116-8), Zorro TP Volume 3 (ISBN 160690-236-9) JAN-JUL 2012 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Depp, Eva Green, and Michelle Pfeiffer in theaters everywhere May 11, 2012! 81 ISBN: 1-61345-004-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-004-8 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Writer: Frank Robbins Artist: Frank Robbins Size: 9 x 11.75 Page Count: 288 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/20/2011 JOHNNY HAZARD THE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME ONE: 1944-1946 • Frank • ISBN: 1-932563-79-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-79-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Paul S. Newman Artist: Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle, Mike Arens Size: 7 x 10.25 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 15 Carton Weight: 45 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 12/20/2011 Robbins’ masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, is back! When Johnny Hazard first saw newsprint it was near the end of the Second World War. The first storyline in the feature finds Johnny escaping from a Japanese prisoner of war camp by stealing an enemy airplane. From there his adventures were packed with never-ending action, Veronica Lake-esque women, and classic bad guys. Now you can see it all from the beginning, complemented by the work of one of the master artists of the comic strip medium, Frank Robbins. Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs. MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES VOLUME ONE • Uncle Martin is back and he’s found a new home with Hermes • Press! Everyone’s favorite martian from the classic TV series My Favorite Martian returns with Hermes Press’ full-color, digitally remastered reprint of the Gold Key comic book tie-in. The first seven issues will be re-printed in Volume One with supplementary essays, photographs, show promotional material, and classic cover art. The stories in Volume One feature artwork by Silver Age greats Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle, and Mike Arens with scripts by Western Publishing mainstay Paul S. Newman. • Reprint of the cult 1960s television tie-in comic book with art KEY SELLING POINTS: HERMES PRESS by Silver Age greats Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle, and Mike Arens. 82 ISBN: 1-61345-005-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-005-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Writer: Bill Harris Artist: Bill Lignante Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 256 Carton Qty: 20 Carton Weight: 60 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 12/20/2011 THE PHANTOM THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE GOLD KEY YEARS VOLUME ONE • The 1960s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in • full, glorious color! This series of collections, which consists of eight volumes, spans 15 years and starts by assembling all 17 Gold Key The Phantom comic books into two volumes. Featuring cover art by famed painter George Wilson with interior artwork by Bill Lignante and stories by Bill Harris, the Gold Key comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, the Ghost Who Walks, is now available, digitally remastered! The Phantom The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years Volume One reprints issues #1-8. JAN-JUL 2012 • The saga of the Sunday version of Buck Rogers in the 25th • Century, the world’s most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues with Volume 2 of Hermes Press’ critically acclaimed, full-color, large-format, complete reprint of this ground-breaking title. Featuring Buddy Deering and Alura, these strips, showcasing art by Rick Yager, include four more years of the strip, from 1933 to 1937. Volume 2 also includes a special 16-page introductory essay jam-packed with production artwork, toys, and promotionals. DARK SHADOWS THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES VOLUME 4 • With anticipation building with the announcement of release of • the new Tim Burton production of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp next April, Hermes Press proudly announces the fourth volume of its complete reprint of Gold Key Comics’ television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series Dark Shadows in a series of five hardcover volumes. The forerunner to today’s immensely popular vampire-themed television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last forty years. The comic books to be collected in Hermes Press’ completely digitally restored series present archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural. The stories contained in the collection are thoughtful and beautifully crafted; they are the perfect companion for fans of the show, but stand on their own as fine examples of compelling and effective comic book storytelling. DARK SHADOWS: THE COMPLETE SERIES VOLUME THREE • Hermes Press proudly announces the third in their complete • JAN-JUL 2012 reprint of Gold Key Comics’ television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series, Dark Shadows. Volume Three features seven more installments (issues #15-#21) of the four-color adaptation of the show. The comic books collected in Hermes Press’ completely digitally restored series present archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural. Volume Three of the complete Dark Shadows presents the work of Silver Age comic book writers such as Donald Arneson and Arnold Drake. ISBN: 1-932563-81-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-81-8 Price: $75.00 (CAN: $93.99, £55.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: John F. Dille Artist: Rick Yager Size: 11 x 14 Page Count: 208 Carton Qty: 10 Carton Weight: 55 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Sundays Volume 1 1930-1935 (ISBN 1932563-40-7) ISBN: 1-61345-010-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-010-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $47.97, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: D.J. Arneson Artist: Joe Certa Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 15 Carton Weight: 60 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Shadows The Original Series Story Digest (ISBN 1-61345-0036), Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume Three (ISBN 1932563-57-1), Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume 2 (ISBN 1-932563-47-4) ISBN: 1-932563-57-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-932563-57-3 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Arnold Drake Artist: Joe Certa Size: 10.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 15 Carton Weight: 52.5 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/3/2012 HERMES PRESS BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY: COMPLETE NEWSPAPER SUNDAYS VOLUME TWO 1933-1937 Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume 1 (ISBN 1-932563-45-8), Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume 2 (ISBN 1932563-47-4) 83 ISBN: 1-61345-016-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-016-1 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $52.72, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: D.J. Arneson, Arnold Drake Artist: Joe Certa Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 336 Carton Qty: 10 Carton Weight: 50 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 2/21/2012 DARK SHADOWS: THE BEST OF THE ORIGINAL GOLD KEY SERIES • Hermes Press proudly announces the collection of the best sto• ries from its complete reprint of Gold Key Comics’ television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series, Dark Shadows. The comic books collected in this volume are completely digitally restored and present twelve complete issues, carefully selected from the entire thirty-five book run of the feature, presenting archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural — together with a huge photo supplement and informative essays on the series. • The forerunner to today’s immensely popular, vampire-themed KEY SELLING POINTS: • HERMES PRESS ISBN: 1-61345-014-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-014-7 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $52.72, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: D.J. Arneson, Arnold Drake Artist: Joe Certa Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 12 Carton Weight: 48 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume 1 (ISBN 1-932563-45-8), Dark Shadows: The Complete Series Volume 2 (ISBN 1932563-47-4) ISBN: 1-61345-009-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-009-3 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $47.97, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Dick Wood Artist: Bill Lignante Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 256 Carton Qty: 15 Carton Weight: 60 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Phantom The Complete Series: The Charlton Years: Volume One (ISBN 1-61345-006-0), The Phantom The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years Volume One (ISBN 1-61345-005-2) 84 television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last forty years. Just in time for the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp theatrical release of Dark Shadows. DARK SHADOWS: THE COMPLETE SERIES VOLUME 5 • Hermes Press proudly announces the fifth and final volume of its complete reprint of Gold Key Comics’ television tie-in of the legendary supernatural suspense series, Dark Shadows. The comic books collected are completely digitally restored, and present archetypal tales of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural. • The forerunner to today’s immensely popular vampire-themed KEY SELLING POINTS: • • television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last forty years! Presents seven Dark Shadows comic books in a graphic novel format. Just in time for the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp theatrical release of Dark Shadows. THE PHANTOM THE COMPLETE SERIES: THE KING YEARS • The mid-1960s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious color! Hermes Press is collecting all 74 issues of The Phantom comic books which ran from 1962-1977, and this volume features the King years. This volume picks up with The Phantom #18, the first King issue, and features all The Phantom stories from issues #18-28. Featuring cover and interior art by Bill Lignante, the King comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, the Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the original books. • Continues KEY SELLING POINTS: Hermes Press’ complete reprinting of all of The Phantom comic books and newspaper strips from 1962-1979. JAN-JUL 2012 THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 1 (1936-1937) • The first Volume of Hermes Press’ critically acclaimed series of • Phantom reprints quickly sold out after its initial release last year. To celebrate the release of The Complete Phantom Sundays, Hermes Press is re-issuing Volume 1! Spanning the first two years of the strips, The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 1 (1936-1937) presents the origin of the Phantom as well as two additional continuities of the strip. Included in this deluxe reprint are comprehensive historic essays by comic historian Ron Goulart and Phantom expert Ed Rhoades, plus loads of documentary material. • First volume of the critically acclaimed Phantom reprint series KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-61345-013-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-013-0 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.49, £37.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Lee Falk Artist: Ray Moore Size: 12 x 9 Page Count: 272 Carton Qty: 15 Carton Weight: 60 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 2 (1938-1940) (ISBN 1-93256342-3) — now back in print! THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOLUME 1 (1939-1943) • The long-anticipated reprint of the entire run of Lee Falk’s full- color Phantom Sundays, with art by Ray Moore begins! Fans of “The Ghost Who Walks” have waited years for a complete series of hardcover volumes featuring the complete Phantom Sundays — and this is the first book in the series. As with Hermes Press’ complete reprint of The Phantom dailies, this book contains every strip, digitally reconstructed to perfection. Presented in Volume 1 are the first eight storylines of the strips which encompass the first continuity: “The League of Lost Men” (May 28-October 15, 1939) to “Castle in the Clouds” (October 18, 1942-April 18, 1943). In addition to the strips, this volume contains documentary material and a detailed essay. ISBN: 1-61345-012-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-012-3 Price: $60.00 (CAN: $62.35, £45.00) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Lee Falk Artist: Ray Moore Size: 12 x 9.5 Page Count: 224 Carton Qty: 10 Carton Weight: 50 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/14/2012 • First full-color reprint of comic’s first masked hero, The Phantom! • Internationally recognized as one of the most important adventure figures, The Phantom’s Sundays have never been reprinted in their entirety — until now! TAILS BOOK 1 • Quirky, funny, and surreal, Tails follows the semi-autobiograph- • ical exploits of hapless and hopeless hipster cartoonist Ethan Young. Ethan uses his comic book creation, Crusader Cat, to steal away from the real world...and things get interesting when his escapist work starts to talk back to him! Poignant, funny, and daring, Tails is an unflinching portrait of a believable character as he starts to fall into the abyss of an unbelievable world, with the results ranging from hilarious to heart-breaking. Published as a black and white hardcover, Tails: Book 1 by Comeback Kings artist Ethan Young is the first of a three-volume series recommended for mature readers. • Release of the popular web-comic series, revised with all new KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-61345-015-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61345-015-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $13.70, £9.99) Publisher: Hermes Press Imprint: Hermes Press Writer: Ethan Young Artist: Ethan Young Size: 7.5 x 10 Page Count: 128 Carton Qty: 30 Carton Weight: 60 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/20/2012 HERMES PRESS KEY SELLING POINTS: material. JAN-JUL 2012 85 IDW PUBLISHING 86 ISBN: 1-61377-063-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-063-4 Price: $50.00 (CAN: $62.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Various Artist: Dave Gibbons Size: 9 x 13 Page Count: 372 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 12/13/2011 DOCTOR WHO : THE DAVE GIBBONS COLLECTION ISBN: 1-61377-169-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-169-3 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Harlan Ellison Artist: Alan Robinson Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Publication Date: 12/13/2011 PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES ISBN: 1-60010-965-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-965-2 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Steve Niles Artist: Ben Templesmith Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 392 Format: Case, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Industry legend Dave Gibbons illustrated a classic run of Doctor Who comics, and this oversized, hardcover book collects them all for the first time — and in full color! Gibbons-drawn strips began appearing in the very first issue of Doctor Who Magazine (then titled Doctor Who Weekly), starring the Fourth Doctor as portrayed by Tom Baker, and Gibbons continued as the primary artist until issue #69, a Fifth Doctor tale. This volume also features an introduction by Gibbons, along with never-before-seen sketches from the master. • Harlan Ellison, one of the Grand Masters of science fiction and • a multiple Hugo-, Nebula-, and Edgar Award-winner, returns to his roots with the graphic novel, Phoenix Without Ashes. The year is 2785, and Devon, a farmer banished for challenging his community’s Elders, discovers a secret that changes everything he knew about the world, leading him on an adventure and a quest to solve a mystery beyond his understanding before his entire world is destroyed in a cataclysm! 30 DAYS OF NIGHT COLLECTOR’S SET • The vampire tale that put horror back on the map! The 30 Days of Night Collector’s Set collects the original trilogy of stories told about Barrow, Alaska and its deadly visitors, written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith — 30 Days of Night, Dark Days, and Return to Barrow — all gathered in one handsome slipcase! JAN-JUN 2012 30 DAYS OF NIGHT PRESTIGE EDITION • In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn’t rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love. • Now available in a 9” x 13.5” prestige edition hardcover. KEY SELLING POINTS: ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL VOLUME 4 • The excitement of After the Fall continues in this fourth volume from Whedon and Lynch! With truths revealed, master plans laid out, and people dying, it’s clear evil is winning the fight in Los Angeles. In this decisive story, a climactic battle will see Angel live free or die for the final time! • Now available in Softcover! KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-60010-956-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-956-0 Price: $50.00 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Steve Niles Artist: Ben Templesmith Size: 9 x 13.5 Page Count: 104 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-100-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-100-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch Artist: Stephen Mooney, Franco Urru Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 136 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/3/2012 ANGEL: THE COVERS HC • The staggering collection of art created for the final year of Angel and Spike comic-book covers is lovingly collected and presented in this oversize hardcover volume. In addition to galleries by Jenny Frison, David Messina, Nick Runge, Elena Casagrande, and Franco Urru, this collector’s item also features a Q&A with the artists. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60010-969-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-969-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Scott Tipton Artist: jenny frison, David Messina, Nick Runge, Elena Casagrande, Franco Urru Size: 10 x 13 Page Count: 80 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IDW PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: Angel: After The Fall Volume 1 HC (ISBN 1-60010-181-X), Angel: After The Fall Volume 2 First Night HC (ISBN 1-60010231-X) 87 ART OF AMANDA CONNER HC ISBN: 1-60010-950-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-950-8 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Desperado Publishing Writer: Amanda Conner Artist: Amanda Conner Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 200 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Desperado and IDW are proud to present this inau- gural collection of one of comics’ brightest and most popular talents in the field today. Her art has been called charming, inviting, friendly, and accessible. A foundation of elegance, dynamic design, and personality can be found in every single panel of her work. Sought after by all the top writers in comics today — including Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, and Jimmy Palmiotti — Amanda Conner, with her amazing modern and tasteful take on the classic pin-up, has paved the way for countless female artists in a predominately male-oriented industry. IDW PUBLISHING ART OF GEORGE PEREZ 88 ISBN: 1-60010-859-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-859-4 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Desperado Writer: George Perez Artist: George Perez Size: 9 x 12 Page Count: 256 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Desperado and IDW are proud to present a retrospec- tive volume devoted to the entire career of one of today’s most popular artists — George Perez! This book offers readers and fans a chance to witness his immense and sensational career from his early days at Marvel to his glory days at DC where he co-created the New Teen Titans, which rivaled the X-Men in popularity at the time, and revitalized Wonder Woman as both writer and artist. This volume covers his return to the Avengers, as well as his resurrgence at CrossGen and his own independent projects. This tome also offers glimpses of previously neverbefore-seen material from his files and sketchbooks, private commissioned work, as well as beautifully reproduced images of his personal favorites with insights into his life and creative process. • Also available as a signed edition limited to 500 KEY SELLING POINTS: • • copies [978-1-60010-860-0; $79.99 CAN: $99.99, £60.00] George Perez was the 2006 Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Also available in a limited signed and number edition of 500 with a special bookplate by the artist. JAN-JUN 2012 BERKELEY BREATHED’S BLOOM COUNTY 2012 CALENDAR • Debuting on December 8, 1980, and running until August 6, • 1989, Bloom County was one of the most popular and influential comic strips of a generation. The strip ran in as many as 1,500 newspapers a day, a number rarely matched before or since. Bloom County‘s cast includes: Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, Cutter John, Michael Binkley, Oliver Wendell Jones, and, most popular of all, Bill the Cat, and Opus. This 12-month calendar features 12 of the finest Sunday pages from the Bloom County run. Each Sunday page has been carefully chosen and has been digitally remastered and recolored. Also, rather than the usual two-tier format, each Sunday page is reproduced as full three-tier pages. Each month will have special moments in Bloom County history, as well as “great” moments in history. ISBN: 1-61377-039-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-039-9 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Berkeley Breathed Artist: Berkeley Breathed Size: 11 x 14 Page Count: 24 Format: Calendar, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • The first paperback collection of Bloom County, Loose Tails, KEY SELLING POINTS: CLASSIC JURASSIC PARK VOLUME 4: RETURN TO JURASSIC PARK • The fourth volume of Classic Jurassic Park stories continues with Return to Jurassic Park #1-9, which contains the lead-in story to the four-issue adaptation of The Lost World. It also contains the two part stories “Heirs to the Thunder” and “Photo Finish” ending with the final issue, “Jurassic Jam,” which featured multiple artists such as John Byrne and Walter Simonson. CRAWL TO ME • Wire Hangers creator/hard-rock musician, Alan Robert, is back for blood with an all-new horror tale, Crawl to Me, which centers on Ryan as he struggles to protect his family from what appears to be an evil entity living within their basement’s crawl space. It is only after a series of violent events occur that Ryan realizes he must set aside all he believes to be true in order to face his shocking and inevitable reality. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-117-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-117-4 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Steve Englehart Artist: Joe Staton Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/24/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-118-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-118-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Alan Robert Artist: Alan Robert Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 1/17/2012 IDW PUBLISHING • sold over one million copies, with cumulative sales of all TPBs at over Six Million copies! Berkeley Breathed was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1987 for his work on Bloom County, as well as a Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Children’s Science Fiction for the Mars Needs Moms! 2008 Picture Book. 89 ISBN: 1-61377-119-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-119-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Richard K. Morgan Artist: Peter Bergting Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 148 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/31/2012 CRYSIS • The epic mini-series collected for the first time! Earth, 2020. United States Special Forces Major Laurence “Prophet” Barnes and the soldiers of Raptor Team thought their deployment on the Lingshan islands was a basic covert op against North Korean forces. They couldn’t have been more wrong. Archaeologists had awoken a nightmare on the island that had lain buried for millions of years — the Ceph, an alien race utterly hostile to human life. In a battle that stretches across the solar system and back, can Prophet and Raptor Team stop the aliens and save mankind? • From the award-winning lead writer of the monster hit video KEY SELLING POINTS: game, Crysis 2! IDW PUBLISHING ISBN: 1-61377-120-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-120-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Tom Waltz Artist: Xermanico Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 124 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/24/2012 90 ISBN: 1-61377-084-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-084-9 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: John Rogers Artist: Andrea Di Vito, Denis Medri, Horacio Domingues, Juan Antonio Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 152 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Dungeons & Dragons Volume 1: Shadowplague HC (ISBN 160010-922-5) DUKE NUKEM: GLORIOUS BASTARD • What • do time-traveling Nazi UFOs, space pigs, and a hot French Resistance babe code-named the “French Tickler” have in common? They’re all about to run head-on into Duke Nukem, and for some of them (the ones that don’t look good in bikinis, that is), it’s gonna end painfully! Video game legend Duke Nukem tears it up in his first-ever graphic novel, written by Tom Waltz (The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding) and illustrated by Xermanico. The King is finally back, baby, and he’s bigger and badder than ever! DUNGEONS & DRAGONS VOLUME 2: FIRST ENCOUNTERS • This second volume of the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons comic reveals how our favorite band of adventurers first came together! But in present day, Fell’s Five has found itself stranded in the mystical realm known as the Feywild, with few options for returning home. Join the party as John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito bring us a new chapter in their thrilling adventures of swords and sorcery! • Inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons game played by more than 30 million people. • Written by John Rogers, Transformers screenwriter and co-creKEY SELLING POINTS: ator of the hit TV series, Leverage. JAN-JUN 2012 FAMILY CIRCUS VOLUME 3 • The Family Circus Library Volume Three collects Bil Keane’s classic comic strip for the second half of 1963 and all of 1964, both dailies and FULL COLOR Sundays. Produced with the full cooperation of Bil Keane and family, this volume showcases the fine cartooning ability of the creator - as well as displaying his obvious skill as a keen observer (pun intended), and one with the perfect cast to draw material from - his own family! ISBN: 1-60010-775-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-775-7 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Bil Keane Artist: Bil Keane Size: 11 x 7.5 Page Count: 258 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Family Circus Library Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60010-657-9), Family Circus Library Volume 1 (ISBN 160010-548-3) • This volume collects all four of the action-packed G.I. Joe Yearbooks. Re-caps of important storylines, character profiles, and new stories were presented in these yearly comics that were published from 1985–1988. It also includes cover galleries and pin–ups by G.I. Joe cover artist Mike Zeck. G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO VOLUME 3 • After COBRA’s last relentless assault, you’d think G.I. JOE • JAN-JUN 2012 would finally catch a break. You’d be DEAD wrong! When a team of G.I. JOES led by Iceberg arrives on the North Polar Icecap to investigate an old Russian ice station, it doesn’t take long for COBRA to set an ambush and capture the Joes! Meanwhile, Firefly and Crystal Ball unleash an insidious operation to infiltrate a G.I. JOE stronghold located in the heart of New York and shut the Joes’ secret weapon down. It’s up to Mainframe and Joe Colton to put an end to COBRA’s scheme. But the clock’s ticking… can they shut down the assault in time to help out Iceberg and his team? Featuring S L Gallant and Ron Wagner on art, and Larry Hama penning the tale, you can definitely expect an action-packed throw-down in the latest G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero! ISBN: 1-61377-121-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-121-1 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Larry Hama Artist: Herb Trimpe, Tony Salmons, Ron Wagner, Mike Zeck, Dennis Janke Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 264 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/24/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-105-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-105-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Larry Hama Artist: S.L. Gallant Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 124 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-864-4), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Volume 2 TP (ISBN 1-60010941-1) IDW PUBLISHING G.I. JOE YEARBOOK 91 ISBN: 1-61377-001-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-001-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Artist: J. Scott Campbell Size: 10 x 18 Page Count: 24 Format: Calendar, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-109-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-109-9 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Grell Artist: Mike Grell, Sergio Aragones Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 412 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 J. SCOTT CAMPBELL’S FAIRY TALE FANTASIES CALENDAR 2012 • J. Scott Campbell is the renowned creator of Danger Girl and Gen13, as well as being one of the most in-demand cover artists currently working. His first two Fairytale Fantasies calendars featured lovely renditions of fairytale vixens, each drawn in his uniquely appealing style, and both quickly selling out. IDW is pleased to announce the third calendar in the Fairytale Fantasies series by this outstanding artist. JON SABLE, FREELANCE: OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 • The action of Mike Grell’s Jon Sable: Freelance continues as issues #17–33 are collected in this second omnibus. The adventure resumes as Sable battles with the elusive Sparrow, gets involved in a real mystery involving the Maltese Falcon, and heads to Nicaragua on an explosive mission. Includes a special guest artist appearance by Sergio Aragones (MAD Magazine, Groo)! IDW PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: Jon Sable, Freelance: Omnibus Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-694-3) 92 ISBN: 1-60010-782-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-782-5 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Jack Kent Artist: Jack Kent Size: 9.5 x 7.5 Page Count: 360 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: King Aroo Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010581-5) KING AROO VOLUME 2 • The peaceable little kingdom of Myopia rocks with laughter in the second IDW/TheLibrary of American Comics collection of Jack Kent’s King Aroo. Colorful visitors come and go while Professor Yorgle pontificates, faithful Yupyop frets, and Mr. Elephant forgets everything but his own name! Kindly King Aroo presides over all the outlandish slapstick and witty wordplay in over seven-hundred daily and Sunday comic strips from 1953-1954, edited and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney. Plus, Bruce Canwell continues his groundbreaking biography of Jack Kent, featuring rare photos and never-beforeseen artwork. JAN-JUN 2012 LI’L ABNER VOLUME 4 • In Volume 4 in The Complete Li’l Abner…You’ll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters — it’s the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you’ll meet Available Jones (“Is yo’ available, Available?”), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the world’s greatest jinx!), Dorothy Lamour (yes, that Dorothy Lamour), Lorna Goon, Orville Wolf, Cherry Blossom, the parents of Gat Garson, Sadie Hawkins V, Dinsmore Jerque, J.P. Fangsby, Tiny Mite, and that hog-wallowin’ bundle of pulchritude, Moonbeam McSwine! They help make 1941 and 1942 fast, funny, and unforgettable! ISBN: 1-61377-123-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-123-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Al Capp Artist: Al Capp Size: 9.5 x 12 Page Count: 272 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 1/31/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Lil Abner Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010611-0) LILLY’S CHANCE • New to Sayville High, ninth grader Lilly Joss was just begin- ning to adjust to life as a freshmen when her friends convinced her to try out for the chorus in the upcoming holiday concert. But when she was chosen by Mrs. McGraf to solo at the biggest event of the year, everything in her life began to change... • Ties directly into the Dream Mining Company, an online interactive destination. • A world to create, a place to dream, and a place to play! At KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-60010-831-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-831-0 Price: $4.99 (CAN: $6.50, £3.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Rob Kurtz Size: 5.5 x 7 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 RECYCLE MICHAEL • The wonder and magic of recycling are introduced to young readers in this eco-friendly tale! An aluminum can named Recycle Michael teaches his new friend about all the great ways recycling protects land, air, and trees, and how it turns today’s garbage into tomorrow’s working materials. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60010-906-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-906-5 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Ginger Criswell Artist: Michael Graham Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 24 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Humor, Nonfiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IDW PUBLISHING Dream Mining we love fashion, music, and film — and we especially love it when you design, sing, and make videos! We have great animated videos for you and real stars singing original songs. We have great characters with stories you’ll love, and you can earn points and membership just by reading books you’ll love. So play, listen, watch, create, win contests, and, most of all, Dream Big! 93 ISBN: 1-61377-129-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-129-7 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta Artist: Igor Kordey Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/3/2012 STAR TREK CLASSICS: THE NEXT GENERATION THE GORN CRISIS ISBN: 1-61377-088-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-088-7 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Kevin B. Eastman, Peter Laird Artist: Kevin B. Eastman, Peter Laird, Michael Dooney, Ryan Brown, Jim Lawson Size: 9 x 12 Page Count: 256 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOLUME 2 • With a fierce war raging and resources running low, the U.S.S Enterprise has been assigned a sensitive diplomatic mission — to enlist aid from the alien race known as the Gorn. But the Gorn have a crisis of their own, a brewing revolution in their ranks. And when it comes to the Federation, some of the Gorn have long memories… • The classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action continues in the second volume of IDW’s Ultimate Collections! In this outing, uncover issues #8–11, along with the Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello “micro-series” one-shots, presented in an oversized hardcover — you’ve never seen the TURLES like this! IDW PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1 (ISBN 1-61377-007-3) 94 ISBN: 1-60010-960-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-960-7 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $7.99, £5.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 TRANSFORMERS PRIME VOLUME 3 • The Autobots and Decepticons continue their centuries-span- ning battle on Earth as the events of Prime unfold. Can the small team of Cybertronians and their teenage friends stop the Decepticons menace? Selected Previous Volumes: Transformers Prime Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-857-1) JAN-JUN 2012 TRANSFORMERS PRIME VOLUME 4 • The stakes are higher than even before as Optimus Prime and his Autobot warriors match up against Megatron and the Decepticons — while the ‘Bots teenage friends are caught in the middle. Can good leadership overcome the Megatron menace? ISBN: 1-60010-982-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-982-9 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Various Artist: Various Artists Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Transformers Prime Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-857-1), Transformers Prime Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60010-910-1), Transformers Prime Volume 3 (ISBN 1-60010-960-8) • The Autobot special ops crew, The Wreckers, are sent to investigate Garrus-9, a prison that fell to the Decepticons three years ago with no communication in or out since. Who’s really behind the prison siege, and what dark secret awaits Springer there? The answers to those questions will send this mission to the razors edge! • This KEY SELLING POINTS: definitive hardcover features new cover art by Trevor Hutchison and a bevy of extra content. CARTOON MONARCH: OTTO SOGLOW AND THE LITTLE KING • A Big Book for a Little King! A long-overdue examination of the unique pantomime cartoons of Otto Soglow, who entertained millions for more than fifty years and whose influence remains current in the works of Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Ivan Brunetti, and others, this compendium features hundreds of pages of Soglow’s most famous creation, The Little King — plus copious examples of his other work and a fascinating account by Jared Gardner of Soglow’s long career that ranged from the socialist magazines of the 1920s to his long association with The New Yorker, which continues to use Soglow’s art thirty-five years after his death. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-126-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-126-6 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: James Roberts Artist: Nick Roche Size: 7 x 11 Page Count: 172 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/17/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-148-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-148-8 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Otto Soglow Artist: Otto Soglow Size: 9.25 x 7.5 Page Count: 432 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 2/14/2012 IDW PUBLISHING TRANSFORMERS: LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS HC 95 ISBN: 1-61377-132-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-132-7 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Chuck Dixon Artist: Javier Saltares Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 2/14/2012 G.I. JOE: COBRA CIVIL WAR VOLUME 2 • THE COBRA CIVIL WAR CONTINUES! G.I. Joe goes under- ground — literally! They’ve been on the defensive for the last four months, and now they’ve got a plan to get out of the line of fire, regroup, and start painting Cobra with red, white, and blue butt-kicking! That is, if Cobra doesn’t find them and kill them first… and, now, as the Cobra Civil War comes to a close, a new Cobra Commander will take over and bring Cobra out of the shadows! Selected Previous Volumes: G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War Vol. 1 (ISBN 1-61377-023-5) ISBN: 1-61377-133-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-133-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Brandon Jerwa Artist: Tim Seeley, Jason Millet Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 136 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 2/21/2012 G.I. JOE: DISAVOWED VOLUME 5 • G.I. Joe: Disavowed continues in this fifth volume with issues #27-32, containing the one-part “Paradigm Shift” and the return of the Red Ninja Clan and the five-part “Players and Pawns” storyline where Cobra Commander returns as leader while the Joes are once again called into Sierra Gordo. It all leads up to a one-on-one fight between Hawk and Cobra Commander! IDW PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 4 (ISBN 1-61377-046-4), G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 1 (ISBN 160010-658-7), G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 2 (ISBN 160010-796-6) 96 ISBN: 1-61377-074-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-074-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: T. P. Lousie, Chris Ryall Artist: Ashley Wood Size: 8.5 x 13 Page Count: 80 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/7/2012 GHOST OF D’ARIAN AVENTURE • Collecting the long sold-out D’Airian Aventures #1 & 2 with over 20 all-new pages by Ashley Wood. Presented in a deluxe, over-sized hardcover format, this is Wood’s first IDW book in over a year and includes Les Mort 13 (written by T.P. Louise) and Black Magick (written by Chris Ryall). JAN-JUN 2012 GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS VOLUME 2 • Eric Powell and Tracy Marsh continue their massive • monster saga! After a destructive tussle between Godzilla and Anguirus leaves Los Angeles in ruins, it’s now painfully clear that Armageddon has descended on the human race. Sergeant Steven Woods is one of the many survivors in the US trying to escape the monster’s rampage, making his way through a country that the government can’t defend and people can no longer live in. As more and more attempts to stop the monsters prove useless, will humanity find a way to stave off its own extinction? And also... GIANT MONSTER FIGHTS! Destruction abounds in this volume of Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, featuring new artist Victor Santos! ISBN: 1-61377-122-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-122-8 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Eric Powell, Tracy Marsh Artist: Victor Santos Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/7/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Vol. 1 (ISBN 1-61377-016-2) • A few years ago, there were hundreds of “dot com millionaires.” When the Internet bubble burst and the smoke cleared, few of those titans were left standing. Howard Jonas and his company, IDT, were among the few survivors, and IDT now ranks among the top players in the telecommunications field. Maybe it’s got something to do with Jonas. His quirky personality is anything but average. He doesn’t run IDT the way Wall Street wants him to. He does it his way, and his attitude toward business and life — strongly grounded in his traditional Jewish values — is refreshingly uncommon. • This book is an entertaining, enlightening, occasionKEY SELLING POINTS: ally intense first-person glimpse at Howard’s take on life. Look at the world through his eyes and you’re guaranteed to see things differently. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60010-976-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-976-8 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Howard Jonas Size: 4.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 126 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 2/28/2012 IDW PUBLISHING I’M NOT THE BOSS (I JUST WORK HERE) HC 97 JACK AVARICE IS THE COURIER ISBN: 1-61377-134-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-134-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Chris Madden Artist: Chris Madden Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/28/2012 • Spies, explosions, voodoo magic, deadly beauties, high-caliber thrills, and high-octane destruction... action-adventure has a brand-new name, and it’s JACK AVARICE! The world of spies and intrigue is very much real and lies hidden just below the surface. But when a down-on-his-luck kid who dreams of a life like the movies meets the world’s greatest secret agent, he’ll discover the reality of spycraft is far deadlier and more explosive than any movie he could imagine — and he now has a starring role! IDW PUBLISHING KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE COMPLETE EDITION 98 ISBN: 1-61377-130-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-130-3 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col Artist: Andy Belanger Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 352 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Graphic Novel Literary Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • What Fables does for fairy tales, Kill Shakespeare • does with the greatest writer of all time. This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare. All 12 issues, collected in one complete volume! Selected Previous Volumes: Kill Shakespeare Volume 2 (ISBN 161377-025-1), Kill Shakespeare Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-781-8) JAN-JUN 2012 LAST UNICORN: THE DELUXE EDITION (SIGNED & NUMBERED) • Whimsical. Lyrical. Poignant. Adapted for the first • time from the acclaimed and beloved novel by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn is a tale for any age about the wonders of magic, the power of love, and the tragedy of loss. The unicorn, alone in her enchanted wood, discovers that she may be the last of her kind. Reluctant at first, she sets out on a journey to find her fellow unicorns, even if it means facing the terrifying anger of the Red Bull and malignant evil of the king who wields his power. Adapted by Peter B. Gillis and lushly illustrated by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon, this special, oversized edition features additional art galleries and loads of extras, expanding the universe of The Last Unicorn. ISBN: 1-61377-135-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-135-8 Price: $50.00 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Peter S. Beagle, Peter B. Gillis Artist: Renae DeLiz Size: 9.5 x 13 Page Count: 200 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 2/28/2012 • Michael Wm. Kaluta has been creating beautiful imagery for more than 40 years. Highlights of his career include what many consider to be the definitive version of The Shadow, the still in-progress Starstruck, and a myriad of stunning covers illustrated for nearly every comics publisher — as well as being part of the legendary STUDIO (along with Jeffery Catherine Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Bernie Wrightson). This sketchbook is the first in a series that will provide a glimpse into the inner workings of this great artist, from the very earliest creative spark to more finished concepts and nearly completed works. Each image has been scanned from Kaluta’s personal sketchbooks and archives, and is accompanied by commentary from the artist. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-136-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-136-5 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Artist: Michael Wm. Kaluta Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 2/14/2012 IDW PUBLISHING MICHAEL WM. KALUTA: SKETCHBOOK SERIES VOLUME 1 99 STAR TREK CLASSICS: THE NEXT GENERATION ENEMY UNSEEN ISBN: 1-61377-131-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-131-0 Price: $21.99 (CAN: $27.50, £16.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Keith R. A. DeCandido, Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Scott Ciencin Artist: Peter Pachoumis, Scott Benefiel, Dave Hoover, Andrew Currie Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 224 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • In a long and distinguished career, Captain Jean-Luc • Picard and his crew have faced uncounted foes and vanquished incredible dangers. But what happens when the enemy can’t be easily seen — when it lurks in the shadows, disguises itself as polite society, or emerges from the depths of one’s own mind? These are the antagonists with which the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise must contend with in this volume, the most dangerous kind of enemy — the enemy unseen. Contains the three stories “Perchance to Dream”, “Embrace the Wolf,” and “The Killing Shadows.” IDW PUBLISHING STEVE CANYON VOLUME 1: 1947-1948 100 ISBN: 1-61377-125-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-125-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Milton Caniff Artist: Milton Caniff Size: 11 x 8.5 Page Count: 336 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • Steve Canyon like you’ve never seen it before — • • reproduced directly from Milton Caniff’s personal set of syndicate proofs! For the first time: the definitive edition of the Steve Canyon newspaper strip by Milton Caniff featuring every Sunday in color and the daily strips in their original, uncropped versions. Caniff quit Terry and the Pirates in 1946 to begin Steve Canyon and it became his biggest-selling work. Forever known as the “Rembrandt of the Comic Strip,” Caniff is at the absolute peak of his artistic prowess in these strips. Your passport is stamped for Adventure, Intrigue, and Danger on your expedition to exotic locales with your pilot, the one and only Steve Canyon! The Caniff women are also on display, as Steve Canyon Volume 1 features steely yet sexy “Copper” Calhoun; the beautiful schemer, Delta; that modern-day Mata Hari, Madame Lynx; Dr. Deen Wilderness, who is as capable as she is lovely; plus Captain Shark, Convoy, and the footloose Fancy. Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, with historical essays by Bruce Canwell, Steve Canyon is presented in a matching hardcover set to the Library of American Comics’s Eisner Award-winning Terry and the Pirates. JAN-JUN 2012 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES VOLUME 1: CHANGE IS CONSTANT • The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return to comics in their first IDW adventure! It’s a different world for the Turtles. The group is broken as Raphael wanders the streets of NYC in search of food and shelter. His brothers and Master Splinter are on the search, but so far all they can find is trouble — in the form of mutant alley cat Old Hob and his gang of criminals! The very core of the Turtles family is at stake as the new origin of TMNT is revealed! Join Tom Waltz, Dan Duncan, and TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman for the start of a wild ride! ISBN: 1-61377-139-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-139-6 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Kevin B. Eastman, Tom Waltz Artist: Dan Duncan Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/14/2012 • The final volume in the Torpedo library delivers a gut shot of killer stories to the solar plexus. Luca Torelli, AKA the Torpedo, cuts a vicious swath of mayhem and murder through the criminal underbelly of 1930s Gotham. New York in those days was crammed full of diseased rodents, both the four and two-legged variety, and Luca was the exterminator! ISBN: 1-61377-162-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-162-4 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Enrique Sanchez Abuli Artist: Jordi Bernet Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 144 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Crime, Drama Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Torpedo Volume 1 (ISBN 160010-454-1), Torpedo Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60010-614-5), Torpedo Volume 4 (ISBN 161377-089-8) JAN-JUN 2012 IDW PUBLISHING TORPEDO VOLUME 5 101 ISBN: 1-61377-170-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-170-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Chuck Dixon Artist: Guido Guidi Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/14/2012 IDW PUBLISHING ISBN: 1-61377-141-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-141-9 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Simon Furman, Ian Mennell, Wilf Prigmore, James Hill, Jamie Delano Artist: Barry Kitson, Will Simpson, Tim Perkins, John Stokes, Jeff Anderson, Geoff Senior Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 276 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/21/2012 102 TRANSFORMERS : EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL (2012 EDITION) • Long before finding the AllSpark on Earth, or defeating the • Fallen, or being discovered in the Dark of the Moon, the Autobots and Decepticons were influencing the American Industrial Revolution. Or, at least, that’s what writer Chuck Dixon and artist Guido Guidi would have you believe in Evolutions: Hearts of Steel. Young inventor Tobias Muldoon didn’t impress Mr. Twain or Mr. Verne with his submarine prototype, but his dreams of finding financing and support to build fantastic machines comes to pass with the help from some unlikely supporters — Starscream, Shockwave, and a host of Decepticons. Meanwhile, Bumblebee is the lone Autobot roused from stasis by a small group of combatants hidden below ground for millennia. But time has greatly changed the surface of the planet they once waged war upon, and the wheels of progress have brought industry. Soon Bumblebee will befriend a human — a man named John Henry — and begin a frantic lesson in living amongst humans during the Industrial Revolution. A lesson that will teach both Autobots and Decepticons not to underestimate the power of man. TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS: UK VOLUME 2 • Classic Transformers tales from the UK continuity continue • here! These vintage stories are presented in order, many published for the first time in the United States! Writer and life-long Transformers fan James Roberts provides in-depth, historical perspective in each volume, and Transformers UK artist Andrew Wildman provides new covers! Collects issues #45-59. Selected Previous Volumes: Transformers Classics: UK Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-943-8) ISBN: 1-61377-164-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-164-8 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Costa Artist: Brendan Cahill, E.J. Su Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 2/21/2012 TRANSFORMERS VOLUME 6: CHAOS: POLICE ACTION • While there is much “CHAOS” on Cybertron, there’s no less bedlam here on Earth as our remaining Autobots investigate the accusation that Spike, their trusted human ally, murdered a Transformer! Prowl and Jazz take center stage as the alliance between the two races are on the brink. Also includes the Prowl Spotlight. Selected Previous Volumes: Transfomers Volume 5: Chaos Theory (ISBN 1-61377-090-1), Transformers Volume 7: Chaos (ISBN 1-61377-140-1) JAN-JUN 2012 WOMANTHOLOGY: HEROIC • Womanthology is a large-scale anthology showcasing • the works of women in comics. It is created entirely by over 140 women of all experience levels, from young girls who love to create comics all the way up to top industry professionals. All of the short stories will center around the theme for this volume — Heroic. There will also be features, such as Professional How-To’s, a Kids/Teens section showcasing their works and giving tips, as well as a section dedicated to some Iconic female comic creators of the past, such as Nell Brinkley, and much more. Profits of this book will go towards the Charities of GlobalGiving.org. ISBN: 1-61377-147-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-147-1 Price: $50.00 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Ann Nocenti, Anya Martin, Barbara Kesel, Kimberly Komatsu, Gail Simone, Trina Robbins, Samantha Newark Artist: Camilla D’ Errico, Renae DeLiz, Ming Doyle, Colleen Doran, Fiona Staples, Stephanie Buscema Size: 9 x 13 Page Count: 300 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Anthology Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • Continuing the Eisner Award-winning series of the rare Archie newspaper strips by Bob Montana, we turn our attention to his remarkable, full-color Sunday pages. Archie’s Sunday Best is the first-ever collection of the late 1940s and early 1950s Sundays. Montana is approaching the peak of his creative juices in these pages, which feature classic Archie themes and characters. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-152-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-152-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Bob Montana Artist: Bob Montana Size: 9.25 x 12 Page Count: 160 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comic Strip Collections Publication Date: 3/6/2012 IDW PUBLISHING ARCHIE’S SUNDAY BEST 103 ART OF MOLLY CRABAPPLE VOLUME 1: WEEK IN HELL ISBN: 1-61377-154-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-154-9 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Artist: Molly Crabapple Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 48 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 3/13/2012 • In September 2011 artist and firebrand, Molly Crabapple, locked herself in a hotel room, covered the walls in paper, and filled 270 square feet of wall with art. The project, called “Molly Crabapple’s Week in Hell,” is a wild ride through the imagination of an artist stretching herself to the limits of her endurance. Gorgeous photographs by Steve Prue show Ms. Crabapple’s sheer talent, audacity, and ambition at work. From the first stroke of pen upon paper to the glorious 360-degree view of a room full of art, this book chronicles the trials and joys of the Week in Hell, including visits from some of New York City’s artistic luminaries, absinthe parties, live models, and musical accompaniment. The project was funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign which garnered 745 backers who watched the whole week unfold in live webcasts with the artist, following Molly Crabapple into the madness of art. IDW PUBLISHING CLASSIC G.I. JOE VOLUME 14 104 ISBN: 1-61377-153-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-153-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Larry Hama, Eric Fein, Vic Sutherland Artist: Andrew Wildman, Chris Batista, Steve Lieber, William Rosado, Jesse Orozco, Tom Mandrake, Phil Gosier Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/13/2012 • Classic G.I. Joe Volume 14 continues the newly recolored run of A Real American Hero with issues #135-145. Is Scarlett joining COBRA? What are Megatron and Cobra Commander up to as they join forces in the 4-issue Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover and take a look at the early days of some of the JOE’s careers and lives. Selected Previous Volumes: Classic G.I. Joe Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-345-6), Classic G.I. Joe Volume 12 TP (ISBN 1-60010972-1), Classic G.I. Joe Volume 13 (ISBN 1-61377-082-0) JAN-JUN 2012 CLASSIC NEXT MEN VOLUME 3 • John Byrne’s Classic Next Men Volume 3 contains the last 12 issues of the original run from #19-30, including the stories “Faith,” “Power,” and “Lies.” Also features one of the earliest appearances of Mike Mignola’s iconic character, Hellboy! • Includes one of the earliest appearances of Mike Mignola’s KEY SELLING POINTS: iconic character, Hellboy! ISBN: 1-61377-160-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-160-0 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: John Byrne Artist: John Byrne Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 332 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Classic Next Men Volume 1 TP (ISBN 1-60010-971-3), Classic Next Men Volume 2 (ISBN 161377-083-9) • The Doctor, Amy, Rory, and new travelling companion Kevin — a cybernetic dinosaur — find a scientific crew under attack from a giant, Cthulhloid space squid! Also, the two–part “Bodysnatchers” where the crew find themselves inside an alien asylum and discover that many of the human patients within actually house the minds of some of the Doctor’s most terrifying enemies! And a special, silent Christmas story: When robots attack Santa in order to destroy Christmas, it’s up to the Doctor to save the day! DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE LEGEND OF DRIZZT NEVERWINTER TALES • The MOST POPULAR CHARACTER from the MOST POPU- LAR FANTASY WORLD of all time comes to life in his FIRST ORIGINAL comic book tale! Drizzt leads this massive thriller into R.A. Salvatore’s next blockbuster novel! Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor’crae factor into the mystery. • Plotted by bestselling author R.A. Salvatore. KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-155-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-155-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Tony Lee Artist: Josh Adams, Matthew Dow Smith, Paul Grist Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Doctor Who II Volume 1: The Ripper TP (ISBN 1-60010-974-8), Doctor Who II Volume 2: When Worlds Collide (ISBN 1-61377104-5) ISBN: 1-61377-156-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-156-3 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: R. A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore Artist: Agustin Padilla Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 136 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/13/2012 IDW PUBLISHING DOCTOR WHO II VOLUME 3: IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 105 FRAZETTA — FUNNY STUFF ISBN: 1-61377-167-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-167-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Yoe Books Writer: Frank Frazetta Artist: Frank Frazetta Size: 8.5 x 12 Page Count: 256 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 3/20/2012 • Frank • Frazetta! He’s been rightfully called “The Grand Master of Fantasy Art”! But, it’s little known that Frazetta also conquered other worlds in the Golden Age of Comics, as shown in his Donald Duck-ish funny animal and hilarious hillbilly comic book stories. Even those aware of this wonderful Frazetta art don’t know the extent — this book is a whopping 256, large-format pages! Did we mention ferocious, terrifying wolves and swampland creatures in the plethora of animal stories illustrations as only Frazetta could draw them? There’s also lions and tigers and bears — oh my! — before Frazetta’s famous paintings captured the same subjects. But wait, there’s more! You’ll see the roots of the Frazetta Girl in the sexy Kathy teenage girl adventures and the hot Daisy Mae-look-alike, Clarabelle, in the hillbilly hi-jinks stories of her beau, Looey Lazybones (Holy Li’l Abner!). The introduction is by famed cartoon director Ralph Bakshi, who closely worked with Frazetta when they co-produced the animated feature film, Fire and Ice. Bakshi shares rare insights, anecdotes, photos, and Frazetta drawings, and created a special painting of Frazetta and himself as funny animals for this beautiful hardcover, full-color coffee table book! Frazetta — Funny Stuff is edited and designed by Eisner award-winner Craig Yoe. IDW PUBLISHING G.I. JOE: SNAKE EYES COBRA CIVIL WAR VOLUME 2 106 ISBN: 1-61377-159-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-159-4 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Chuck Dixon Artist: Alberto Muriel Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/6/2012 • COBRA CIVIL WAR infects the world! The Joes are struck by a pandemic released by Cobra madman Rodrigo Vargas and it gets personal as Duke is one of the infected. Snake Eyes’ only hope is to find Vargas, but as Duke slowly worsens, can Snake Eyes help save his fellow Joe in time? Selected Previous Volumes: G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Cobra Civil War Vol. 1 (ISBN 1-61377-032-4) JAN-JUN 2012 • Collect the entire 28-issue run of G.I. Joe: Special Missions in this box set containing all four tradepaperbacks! Unencumbered with the contraints of pushing toys to readers, Hama sinks his teeth into gritty military stories, starring your favorite Joes, filled with authentic dialogue and actual soldering experiences. • Series cover artist Robert Atkins provides an all-new, wrapKEY SELLING POINTS: around illustration for this collector’s set! GHOSTBUSTERS VOLUME 1 • Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter, or ghost? If the answer is yes, call the professionals! Psychokinetic energy is on the rise again, business is booming for the boys, and Ray is troubled by what could be a prophetic dream. Is this an ill omen of an upcoming apocaplypse, or just a little indigestion? MICHAEL RECYCLE AND THE TREE TOP COPS • Even super-heroes need a vacation, so where better than one of the world’s natural wonders, the great Redwood Forest! But disaster has struck and the forest is under threat... can Michael Recycle and his new friends, the Tree Top Cops, save the day? ISBN: 1-61377-158-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-158-7 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Larry Hama Artist: Herb Trimpe, Dave Cockrum Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 688 Format: Box, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/20/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-157-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-157-0 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Erik Burnham Artist: Dan Schoening, Tristan Jones Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/20/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-161-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-161-7 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Ellie Patterson Artist: Alexandra Colombo Size: 11.25 x 10.25 Page Count: 24 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 3/13/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Michael Recycle Saves Christmas (ISBN 1-60010-843-1), Michael Recycle (ISBN 1-60010-224-7), Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug (ISBN 1-60010-392-8) JAN-JUN 2012 IDW PUBLISHING G.I. JOE: SPECIAL MISSIONS BOX SET 107 IDW PUBLISHING 108 ISBN: 1-60010-952-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60010-952-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Howard Jonas Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 294 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 3/27/2012 ON A ROLL ISBN: 1-61377-150-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-150-1 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Johnson Artist: Steve Molnar, Tim Bradstreet Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/13/2012 STAR TREK VOLUME 1 ISBN: 1-61377-163-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-163-1 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Bob Budiansky, Steve Parkhouse Artist: Don Perlin, John Ridgway, Mike Collins, José Delbo Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 276 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/27/2012 TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS VOLUME 3 • An enterprising kid from the Bronx, Howard had one simple — but smart — idea that revolutionized telecommunications. He pioneered what is now an over-a-billion-dollar-a-year-industry, successfully fought off AT&T’s aggressive attempts to pull the plug on his operation — then took his own start-up company public, to net over $100 million for himself. And it all began with a hot dog stand, as Jonas relates in this effervescent account of how he became the milionaire nextdoor. • The adventures of the Starship Enterprise continue in this new story that picks up where the blockbuster 2009 film left off! Featuring the new cast of the film, these missions re-imagine the stories from the original series in the alternate timeline created by the film, along with new threats and characters never seen before! With creative collaboration from Star Trek writer/producer Roberto Orci, this new series begins the countdown to the much-anticipated movie sequel premiering in 2012! • The historic comic book roots of The Transformers are re-pre• sented for maximum Cybertronian enjoyment. Collecting issues from the original run, rejoin Optimus Prime, Megatron, and their competing factions as their war stretches across the cosmos. Freshly re-mastered and re-colored, these stories are accompanied by an in-depth introduction as well as select issue notes by Mark W. Bellomo. Selected Previous Volumes: Transformers Classics Volume 2 (ISBN 1-61377-091-X), Transformers Classics Volume 1 TP (ISBN 1-60010-935-7) JAN-JUN 2012 TRANSFORMERS VOLUME 7: CHAOS • CHAOS IS HERE! The long-awaited event that will have Transformers fans talking for years and have lasting repercussions on the lives of our heroes and villains! The Autobots land on Cybertron to discover Galvatron’s plan is already in effect — but what is it he seeks in the heart of Cybertron? What could he possibly want on a dead planet? Optimus Prime must face off against Galvatron, in a battle where the fate of the whole planet rests on the outcome! ISBN: 1-61377-140-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-140-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Costa, James Roberts Artist: Livio Ramondelli Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 124 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Transfomers Volume 5: Chaos Theory (ISBN 1-61377-090-1), Transformers Volume 3 (ISBN 160010-981-0) • The complete guide to drawing Transformers! Everyone knows that Transformers are fun to watch and play, but did you know that they are also fun to draw? Now you can become a first-rate Transformers artist just by following these step-by-step instructions! TRUE BLOOD VOLUME 3: THE FRENCH QUARTER • In this sequel to the first New York Times bestselling True Blood mini-series, “All Together Now,” mind-reading waitress Sookie Stackhouse is in New Orleans helping Vampire Sheriff Eric Northman track down an insane killer named Guerra. Bill Compton’s in town, too, making sure Eric doesn’t get fresh with Sookie, and investigating a local Hep-D outbreak that may be connected to Guerra’s latest victims. Meanwhile, back in Bon Temps, why is Pam hanging out at Merlotte’s — and what does she want with Lafayette? • Based on the HBO mega-hit series, True Blood, created by Alan KEY SELLING POINTS: Ball. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-149-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-149-5 Price: $4.99 (CAN: $6.50, £3.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Nick Roche Artist: Nick Roche Size: 8 x 10 Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/6/2012 ISBN: 1-61377-165-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-165-5 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: David Tischman, Mariah Huehner Artist: David Messina, Claudia Balboni Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 160 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: True Blood Volume 1: All Together Now (ISBN 1-60010-868-7), True Blood, Vol. 2: Tainted Love (ISBN 1-61377-019-7) IDW PUBLISHING TRANSFORMERS: HOW TO DRAW TRANSFORMERS 109 ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS: THIS MEANS WAR! ISBN: 1-61377-143-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-143-3 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Jesse Bullington, Nancy Collins, Lincoln Crisler, Brea Grant, Robert Hood, Nicholas Kaufmann, James A. Moore, Norman Prentiss, Rachel Swirsky, Steve Rasnic Tem, Rio Youers, Jeff Conner Artist: Fabio Listrani Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 342 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fiction, Horror Publication Date: 3/20/2012 • ZVR: • This Means War! takes IDW’s splatterific Zombie vs Robots comic book series — created by writer Chris Ryall and artist Ashley Wood — and expands it in ways that will redefine both zombie and robot fiction. A shambling cohort of top horror and fantasy writers from across the globe (okay, Canada, England, Australia, and Bakersfield) have devoted themselves to making evocative word-pictures in your brain of this delicious cult series. Featuring the Brain-Eating Talents of (in alphabetical order) Jesse Bullington (The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart, The Enterprise of Death), Nancy Collins (Sonja Blue, Swamp Thing, Vamps), Lincoln Crisler (Despairs & Delights, Magick & Misery), Brea Grant (Dexter), Robert Hood (Immaterial), Nicholas Kaufmann (Chasing the Dragon), James A. Moore (Vendetta), Norman Prentiss (Invisible Fences), Rachel Swirsky (“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window”), Steve Rasnic (Bram Stoker Award Winner), Rio Youers (End Times), and Jeff Conner (editor/World Fantasy Award Nominee). IDW PUBLISHING 30 DAYS OF NIGHT VOLUME 1 110 ISBN: 1-61377-172-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-172-3 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Steve Niles Artist: Sam Keith Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 4/3/2012 • Fright-master Steve Niles returns to the creation that launched his career for an all-new 30 Days of Night series, with warped genius Sam Kieth handling the art duties. Features an all-new cast of characters being introduced to the world of 30 Days of Night for the first time! • Expanding the popular Vampire-centric world of 30 KEY SELLING POINTS: Days of Night. JAN-JUN 2012 ANNE RICE’S SERVANT OF THE BONES • Anne Rice, among the most iconic creators in horror, brings one of her richest stories to the graphic novel form. A tale of murder, demonic revenge, and the redemptive power of faith, Servant of the Bones is ornately illustrated by the New York Times bestselling team of Renae DeLiz and Ray Dillon. ISBN: 1-61377-173-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-173-0 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Anne Rice, Mariah McCourt Artist: Renae DeLiz, Ray Dillon Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 152 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 4/10/2012 • Berkeley Breathed, the mad genius who boggled and • JAN-JUN 2012 bewildered us with Bloom County, is back! Soon after retiring Bloom County — and at the peak of its popularity — Breathed returned with an all-new Sunday-only newspaper strip: Outland. Debuting just four weeks after the final Bloom County was published, and with many of the same cast members, Outland continues on in the same traditions set forth by its forebears — ranging from delightful whimsy to raging satire! This volume contains every Outland strip published, some never-before-collected in book form, and nearly all have been scanned from the original art, provided by Breathed from his personal archives. More than 280 Sunday pages, all in fully remastered color, from September 3, 1989 through March 26, 1995. As an added bonus, this volume will have a selection of the extremely rare Academia Waltz, the college strip Breathed did as a precursor to Bloom County! ISBN: 1-61377-176-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-176-1 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Berkeley Breathed Artist: Berkeley Breathed Size: 11 x 8.5 Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 4/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010531-9), Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 2 (ISBN 1-60010-583-1), Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 5 (ISBN 1-61377-061-8) IDW PUBLISHING BERKELY BREATHED’S OUTLAND: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 111 ISBN: 1-61377-177-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-177-8 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: John Byrne Artist: John Byrne Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 4/3/2012 COLD WAR VOLUME 1 ISBN: 1-61377-178-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-178-5 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.25, £18.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: John Rogers Artist: Andrea Di Vito, Nacho Arranz, Vicente Alcazar, Andres Ponce Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 132 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 4/17/2012 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS VOLUME 3: DOWN • Acclaimed creator John Byrne (Next Men) releases his latest creation, MI-6 agent Michael Swann. In Swann’s opening adventure, “The Damoclese Contract,” the secret agent is called on to stop a defecting British scientist from granting the Soviets complete nuclear dominion over the free world… promising ample doses of intrigue and espionage. • More high-stakes adventure from Dungeons & Dragons! The new story arc kicks off as Fell’s Five has returned home, only to find shattering news for Khal. And now that he’s made up his mind, nothing will stand in his way! IDW PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: Dungeons & Dragons Volume 1: Shadowplague HC (ISBN 160010-922-5), Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2: First Encounters (ISBN 1-61377-0847) 112 ISBN: 1-61377-179-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-179-2 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Costa Artist: Werther Dell edera Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 4/17/2012 G.I. JOE: COBRA: COBRA CIVIL WAR VOLUME 2 • The Cobra Civil War rages on as the new Chameleon takes center stage and we delve into the dark past of Cobra’s sleeper agent. Selected Previous Volumes: G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War Vol. 1 (ISBN 1-61377-023-5), G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Cobra Civil War Vol. 1 (ISBN 1-61377-032-4), G.I. JOE: Cobra - Cobra Civil War Volume 1 (ISBN 1-61377-036-7) JAN-JUN 2012 GENIUS, ILLUSTRATED: THE LIFE AND ART OF ALEX TOTH • Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell continue their • • comprehensive review of the life and art of Alex Toth in Genius, Illustrated. Covering the years from the 1960s to Toth’s poignant death in 2006, this oversized 9.5” v 13” book features artwork and complete stories from Toth’s latter-day work at Warren, DC Comics, Red Circle, Marvel, and his own creatorowned properties, plus samples of his animation work for Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and others, as well as sketchbook pages, doodles, advertising art, and other rarities provided through the cooperation of Toth’s family and his legion of fans. Two of Toth’s best stories are reproduced complete from the original artwork: “Burma Skies” and “White Devil…Yellow Devil.” A full-length text biography will chart the path from Toth’s increasingly-reclusive lifestyle to his touching re-connection to the world in his final years. Fans of comics, cartoons, and all-around great artwork revere Alex Toth. See why Genius, Illustrated — along with its companion volume, 2011’s Genius, Isolated — are being praised as the definitive examination of the life and art of The Master, Alex Toth. Volume 2 of a definitive three-volume series. ISBN: 1-61377-024-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-024-5 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Imprint: Library of American Comics Writer: Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell Artist: Alex Toth Size: 9.5 x 13 Page Count: 288 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 4/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (ISBN 1-60010-8288) • H.P. Lovecraft is known as one of the key founders of modern horror, cited as a major influence by many prominent authors, such as Stephen King. In collaboration with renowned Lovecraft historian and literary caretaker Robert Weinberg, IDW is bringing you the definitive Lovecraft comics updated for a 21st century audience. Adapting “The Dunwich Horror” and “The Hound,” a new vision of Lovecraft emerges, courtesy of Joe Lansdale and company! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61377-180-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-180-8 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: H. P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale Artist: Peter Bergting, Menton Matthews III Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 4/17/2012 IDW PUBLISHING H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE DUNWICH HORROR 113 ISBN: 1-61377-183-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-183-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mike Costa, Zander Cannon, Nick Roche, James Roberts Artist: Don Figueroa, Chee, Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, E.J. Su Size: 7 x 11 Page Count: 364 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 4/17/2012 TRANSFORMERS: THE IDW COLLECTION VOLUME 6 • The re-presentation of IDW’s Transformers Universe continues in volume 6! Includes the first six issues of the ongoing series written by Mike Costa and drawn by Don Figueroa, the fourissue Bumblebee series by Zander Cannon and Chee, the fanfavorite Last Stand of the Wreckers by James Roberts and Nick Roche, and the Prowl Spotlight. Selected Previous Volumes: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 1 (ISBN 1-60010-667-6), Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 3 (ISBN 1-60010-856-3) ISBN: 1-61377-002-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-002-3 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $19.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Greg Bear, Erik Bear Artist: Jorge Jimenez Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 5/8/2012 JURASSIC PARK: DANGEROUS GAMES • It is eleven years after the events of the Jurassic Park movies and CIA agent Daniel Espinoza is working undercover to infiltrate infamously brutal Nicaraguan drug lord Gabriel Cazares’ drug ring. Cazares and his henchmen have taken over Isla Nubar and converted the main facility into a walled fortress and pleasure palace in the center of a primeval jungle filled with savage monsters. When his deep cover is blown, Espinoza finds himself lost and alone on the dangerous island, hunted by both armed thugs and prehistoric monstrosities. And there’s someone else watching him, too — a mysterious figure in the shadows who could be Espinoza’s only hope for survival... or the bringer of his ultimate doom! • Written by bestselling author Greg Bear! IDW PUBLISHING KEY SELLING POINTS: 114 ISBN: 1-61377-207-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-207-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Joe Hill Artist: Gabriel Rodriguez Size: 6.5 x 10.25 Page Count: 160 Format: Trade Paperback, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Horror Publication Date: 5/15/2012 LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 4: KEYS TO THE KINGDOM TP • Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key unwinds into its fourth volume in Keys to the Kingdom. With more keys making themselves known, and the depths of the Locke’s family’s mysteries ever-expanding, Dodge’s desperation to end his shadowy quest drives the habitants of Keyhouse ever closer to a revealing conclusion. Selected Previous Volumes: Locke & Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft TP (ISBN 1-60010-384-7), Locke & Key Volume 2: Head Games TP (ISBN 1-60010-761-3), Locke & Key Volume 3: Crown of Shadows TP (ISBN 1-60010953-5) JAN-JUN 2012 • The Badass With A Badge returns in a glorious oversized hardcover! Brought to you by Joe Casey (Butcher Baker) and Chris Burnham (Batman, Inc.) — now with added pages of over-thetop sex and violence — experience Officer Downe as it was meant to be experienced! You’ve never felt “command presence” quite like this! This is the cop that’ll keep coming back for more…even from beyond the grave! RATFIST TP • Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel is publishing his Webcomic Ratfist, a vigilante-in-tights that satirizes comics, politics, philosophy, and even Tennapel himself! Featuring a forward written by MST3K/RiffTraxx’s Michael J. Nelson, and pin-ups by Ryan Ottley, Scott Kurtz, Christopher Hastings, and Ethan Nicolle. SCREAMLAND: DEATH OF THE PARTY TP • It’s con season in Screamland. When a legendary sex tape threatens to leak and Invisible Man is found murdered in his booth, it’s up to Wolfman Carl and his pal Travis to run through the monstrous suspects and stop the film before it drives a stake through the heart of all their careers! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60706-477-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-477-0 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $16.25, £13.50) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Chris Burnham Page Count: 96 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 12/27/2011 ISBN: 1-60706-478-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-478-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Doug Tennapel Artist: Doug Tennapel, Katherine Garner Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/27/2011 ISBN: 1-60706-434-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-434-3 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.25, £12.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Harold Sipe, Christopher Sebela Artist: Lee Leslie Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 162 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/27/2011 IMAGE OFFICER DOWNE: BIGGER BETTER BASTARD EDITION HC 115 IMAGE 116 ISBN: 1-60706-445-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-445-9 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin Artist: Various Artists Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/27/2011 SPAWN: ORIGINS VOLUME 13 TP ISBN: 1-60706-243-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-243-1 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Various Artists Page Count: 325 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/27/2011 SPAWN: ORIGINS VOLUME 5 HC ISBN: 1-60706-479-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-479-4 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Pitarra Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 140 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 12/27/2011 THE RED WING TP • The latest addition to the ever-expanding classic Spawn Softcover program, Spawn: Origins Volume 13 collects classic issues written by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane with legendary artist Greg Capullo providing stellar pencil work. Spawn visits Greenworld to help restore the earth’s splendor. When he returns, he helps Sam and Twitch solve a series of senseless murders. • With Spawn, legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful independent comic book in history. Spawn: Origins Book 5 includes classic Spawn stories written by Todd McFarlane. Revisit stories of deception and betrayal, with Al’s former boss, Jason Wynn, in the center of it all. Includes the epic clash between Spawn and the Savage Dragon! Extra features include color and b/w cover gallery and behind-the-scenes art. All this and more in an oversized, hardcover format complete with a wraparound painted cover by renowned artist Clayton Crain. • To stay alive in the future, the best fighter pilots in the world not • only have to perfect their skills and master their aircraft, they also have to know how to travel through time! Collecting the acclaimed mini-series brought to you by award winning writer Jonathan Hickman and possibly the best new talent of the year, Nick Pitarra, The Red Wing is the story of the greatest battle in the history of three worlds. JAN-JUN 2012 WALKING DEAD: RISE OF THE GOVERNOR DLX SLIPCASE EDITION • Find out the true origins of The Governor, the most vile and deadly villain to appear in The Walking Dead series. Discover his transformation into the monster we grew to know, presented in a deluxe format that will keep it looking pristine on a bookshelf for decades to come. A must have for any die-hard Walking Dead fan, and the perfect gift for, well, anyone! • Also available in a deluxe slipcased, signed & numKEY SELLING POINTS: bered edition [978-1-60706-483-1; $124.99; CAN: $162.99, £95.00] ISBN: 1-60706-482-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-482-4 Price: $74.99 (CAN: $95.00, £55.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Robert Kirkman, Jay Bonansinga Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 12/20/2011 50 GIRLS 50: SHAKEDOWN VOLUME 1 TP • Old-School ISBN: 1-60706-469-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-469-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Doug Murray, Frank Cho Artist: Axel Medellin Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IMAGE • Sci-Fi Explores the Worlds of Tomorrow! This complete edition of Frank Cho (XMen: Schism), Doug Murray (The ‘Nam), and Axel Medellin’s (Elephantmen) contains all four issues of their space-faring epic featuring the galaxy-lost ESS Savannah‘s search for home! If that’s not enough, it’s also packed with bonus pieces written by Murray further exploring the worlds of 50 Girls 50 and a gallery of art by both Medellin and Cho. Collects 50 Girls 50 #1-4. JAN-JUN 2012 117 ISBN: 1-60706-234-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-234-9 Price: $100.00 (CAN: $125.00, £75.00) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Todd McFarlane Page Count: 300 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ART OF TODD MCFARLANE: THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS S&N HC • Showcasing Todd McFarlane’s unique art style, which burst onto the comic book scene in the late 1980s and forever changed the landscape of comic book art. Features art from original comic art boards, rare, never-before-seen sketches, as well as art from McFarlane’s work on Batman, Spider-Man, and the Hulk (amongst many others), and his own top-selling creation, Spawn. Also features selected commentary by the artist himself. • This large format hardcover book presents McFarlane’s detailed art style at a previously unpublished size! • Limited edition of 5,000 initial print run! IMAGE KEY SELLING POINTS: 118 ISBN: 1-60706-376-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-376-6 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ben McCool Artist: Ben Templesmith Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 CHOKER VOLUME 1 TP ISBN: 1-60706-468-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-468-8 Price: $34.99 (CAN: $43.75, £25.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Richard Starkings Artist: Various Page Count: 312 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/3/2012 ELEPHANTMEN VOLUME 0 HC • Johnny Jackson is a bitter ex-cop working at a deadbeat detec• tive agency, but an escaped fugitive soon thrusts Johnny right back into the thick of the police force and Shotgun City’s despicable underworld! Collects Choker #1-6. • Collecting the sold out War Toys Softcover — now in full-color • for the first time — and the sequel, Enemy Species, this highly anticipated Elephantmen Volume 0 is packed with extras, including Moritat and Boo Cook sketchbooks and unseen work by Ladronn, Marian Churchland, Marley Zarcone, and a new prologue by Axel Medellin. Collects Elephantmen: War Toys Volume 1: No Surrender, Elephantmen: Yvette One-Shot, and Elephantmen #34-35. JAN-JUN 2012 • ALL-NEW ELEPHANTMEN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL! In this sequel to the sold-out War Toys Volume 1: No Surrender TP, Yvette is alive, and artist Boo Cook (Judge Dredd, X-Factor) pits her against a new foe... with Hip Flask, Ebony Hide, and Obadiah Horn caught in the middle! Featuring 60-pages of beautifully colored pencil art and a bounty of interviews, sketches, and more! FIREBREATHER VS DRAGON PRINCE (ONE-SHOT) • Something monstrous is killing visitors at an isolated mountain • lake, and only the combined might of Firebreather and Dragon Prince can hope to overcome it! But when the strange being’s plans for our young heroes are revealed, can their newfound friendship withstand its deadly siren call? Features an all-new, 40-page story, plus reprints of the classic origins of Firebreather and Dragon Prince by their original creators. INFINITE VOLUME 1 TP • Freedom fighter, Bowen, has lost everything in the war against The Infinite. His only hope: travel back in time to prevent their world domination before it starts! But, Bowen can’t do this alone. He must turn to the only ally he knows he can trust: HIMSELF! Now a man in his 40s, damaged by the horrors of war, must team-up with his younger, reckless, and optimistic 20year-old self in order to save the world! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60706-351-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-351-3 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Richard Starkings Artist: Boo Cook Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-60706-332-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-332-2 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Phil Hester, Ron Marz Artist: Saumin Patel, Andy Kuhn Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-60706-475-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-475-6 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Rob Liefeld Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/3/2012 IMAGE ELEPHANTMEN WAR TOYS VOLUME 2: ENEMY SPECIES GN 119 LAST BATTLE ONE-SHOT ISBN: 1-60706-473-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-473-2 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Tito Faraci Artist: Daniel Brereton Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/3/2012 • The sheen of Hollywood’s Rome is blasted away for • this gritty, unflinching tale of an unsung commander in Caesar’s Legions. In 52 BCE Gaul, Caesar’s forces lay siege to the barbarian stronghold of Alesia in one of the biggest battles in history; nearby, another barbarian army prepares to attack the Romans from behind, led by the rebel Cammius, who once fought for Rome. Caesar dispatches his greatest general, Caius Rodius, to track through the untamed countryside and bring back the rebel’s head. Who better to hunt Cammius than the man who taught him the very skills he now uses to defy Rome? Torn between duty and friendship, Rodius questions whether the Roman “road of stone and blood” is a path he still wants to follow. Story by Tito Faraci (Diabolik, Spider-Man: The Secret of Glass, The Devil and Captain America) with art by Dan Brereton (Nocturnals, The Punisher, God-Sized Thor, Red Sonja). MADMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER HC IMAGE ISBN: 1-60706-472-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-472-5 Price: $100.00 (CAN: $125.00, £75.00) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Mike Allred Artist: Mike Allred Size: 11 x 17 Page Count: 264 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/3/2012 120 • FRAZETTA! KIRBY! TOTH! MOEBIUS! KUBERT! MILLER! STEVENS! The BIG one! Literally: This gigantic 11 x 17 hardcover is the coffee table book of the Millennium! Nearly every great artist to ever work in comics is in this book which includes new stories from Peter Bagge, Kyle Baker, Philip Bond, Peter Milligan, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Cooper, Dean Haspiel, Los Bros Hernandez, Erik Larsen, David Mack, Pat McKeown, Bernie Mireault, Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Pope, Eric Powell, Frank Quitely, Steven T. Seagle, Teddy Kristiansen, Jeff Smith, Jay Stephens, Craig Thompson, Matt Wagner, Joe Quinones, and Maris Wicks. Also, Michael Allred’s latest — and most epic ever — Madman story! PLUS, almost every Madman illustration collected over the past 20 years from all the greats. Surprises galore! JAN-JUN 2012 MICE TEMPLAR VOLUME 3 HC • “A MIDWINTER NIGHT’S DREAM” — Karic was • the prophesied “Chosen One,” yet now all the Dark Lands will suffer for his audacious actions against King Icarus and the snake god of the druids. Winter has come to the Shadow Time. The Druid High Priest claims the vacant throne and unleashes a wave of tyranny. Civil war looms between rats and weasels. The legend of “Karic Lives” sparks open rebellion. While the hero Karic lies in a feverish coma, unable to wake: yet his dreams are a portal to the Outer Darkness, where the accursed evil of Donas the Nathair lays claim to Karic’s very soul! The two-time Harvey Award-winning series continues, from the acclaimed writer of Thor: First Thunder and the co-creator of POWERS and Takio! ISBN: 1-60706-457-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-457-2 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50, £22.50) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Bryan J. L. Glass, Michael Avon Oeming Artist: Michael Avon Oeming, Victor Santos Page Count: 250 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 NETHERWORLD TP • Top Cow Productions, Inc. and Heroes and Villains ISBN: 1-60706-431-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-431-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Bryan Edward Hill, Rob Levin Artist: Tony Shasteen Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IMAGE Entertainment present the next evolution of supernatural noir! It’s the message on the walls. It’s the feeling in your gut. In this city, ‘We Are All Lost.’ Ray certainly is; a former cop turned private eye and junkie, haunted by his past in a city with no sun and no hope. A beautiful woman and a slick criminal both offer him the same job: find a girl name Madeline and bring her to them. Ray doesn’t want the job, but he can’t just leave this girl in the middle. Thrust into the city’s twisted underbelly, Ray will unveil Netherworld’s darkest secrets and come face-to-face with his past. JAN-JUN 2012 121 PILOT SEASON 2009: KIRKMAN/SILVESTRI ISBN: 1-60706-196-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-196-0 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Imprint: Top Cow Productions Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Marc Silvestri Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and Marc Silvestri (The Darkness) team up to bring you five brand-new original concepts with an all star list of collaborators including Nelson Blake II, Joe Benitez, Sheldon Mitchell, Bernard Chang, and Brian Stelfreeze. Building on the success of the previous two years of Pilot Season events, where fans are put in control and allowed to vote and determine the winner from a pack of potential comic series, this Softcover collects five pilot issues (Murderer, Demonic, Stealth, Stellar, and Hardcore), complete with a cover gallery by Silvestri and behind-thescenes bonus material including sketches, letters, and more. • The first Pilot Season competition garnered over 4 million votes on MySpace • Three Pilot Season concepts from 2008 are currently KEY SELLING POINTS: • • in development for feature films (Alibi, Genius, Twilight Guardian) Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead is currently greenlit as a television series on AMC Co-creator Marc Silvestri has a long history of creating iconic properties, including The Darkness and Witchblade. RED MANTIS • Love is never easy...especially for Lola, the legendary Red Mantis, and world’s deadliest female assassin. When she falls in love with Dennis, an FBI agent, Dennis doesn’t know who she really is...and Lola’s been marked for death by a powerful gangster. Even if they manage to stay alive, can their love survive after Dennis learns the truth? IMAGE ISBN: 1-934220-08-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-934220-08-5 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Martin Pardo Artist: David Morancho Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 64 Carton Qty: 1 Carton Weight: 0.3 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 122 JAN-JUN 2012 SAM & TWITCH COMPLETE COLLECTION VOLUME 2 HC • The Spawn Universe’s favorite detectives come at • you full-force in their own ground breaking series. Featuring an all-star cast of creators, the bar was set high for gritty crime fiction when Sam and Twitch first came on the scene. Follow the exploits of NYPD’s two most dedicated public servants as they try to uncover the secrets behind the “Bounty Hunter Wars”. Also includes the never-before-reprinted “John Doe Affair” story arc by Todd McFarlane, with Alex Maleev and Pat Lee on art chores. ISBN: 1-60706-242-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-242-4 Price: $34.99 (CAN: $43.75, £25.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Todd McFarlane Artist: Various Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/3/2012 SHINKU VOLUME 1 TP • Bloody horror meets martial-arts mayhem in the first ISBN: 1-60706-480-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-480-0 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Various Artists Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IMAGE collection from the sold-out series by Ron Marz (Witchblade, Artifacts) and Lee Moder (Wonder Woman). The last surviving member of a samurai family wages a one-woman war against a clan of vampires in modern-day Tokyo in the first story arc from the acclaimed new series. If you like your vampires to sparkle, look elsewhere! Also contains a cover gallery, sketchbook, pin-ups, and the rare black, white, and red Ashcan edition. JAN-JUN 2012 123 ISBN: 1-60706-253-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-253-0 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50, £12.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Mark Andrew Smith Artist: James Stokoe Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 150 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IMAGE ISBN: 1-60706-471-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-471-8 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $9.99, £5.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Mark Millar, John Smith, Alan McKenzie Artist: Rian Hughes Page Count: 88 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/3/2012 124 ISBN: 1-60706-458-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-458-9 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $18.99, £9.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Tim Daniel, Robert Kirkman Artist: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn Page Count: 112 Carton Qty: 75 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 2/1/2012 SULLIVAN’S SLUGGERS • Long past their former glory, the minor league Sluggers get an • invitation to play a baseball game in a cursed small town. After the 7th inning stretch, the sun goes down, and the dysfunctional teammates find themselves fighting for their lives against a town of flesh-eating monsters! Now, it’s up to coach Casey Sullivan to put down the booze, step up to the proverbial plate, and help his team escape from being the next dish in the town’s terrifying feeding frenzy! Harvey Award-winning graphic novel author Mark Andrew Smith joins forces with Eisner Award-nominated illustrator James Stokoe for a gripping rollercoaster of a graphic novel, packed with shocks, gore, and screamingly outrageous humor, when America’s Favorite Past Time becomes one team’s nightmare! TALES FROM BEYOND SCIENCE TP • Follow your host Hilary Tremayne on eight surreal journeys into • the unknown. Discover the truth behind the mysteries of spontaneous human combustion, the Bermuda Triangle, the lost 13th month, and the real reason men have nipples. Drawn by Rian Hughes and written by a Rogue’s Gallery of Britain’s finest comic writers including Mark Millar (Kick Ass, Wanted), Alan McKenzie (The Harrison Ford Story), and John Smith (Devin Waugh), this hardcover volume collects the complete series. WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE TP • Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the cast of The Walking Dead! The Survivor’s Guide is a handy checklist of all the characters who have appeared in the series thus far — alive or dead! JAN-JUN 2012 • This collection showcases Todd McFarlane’s unique art style, • • which burst onto the comic book scene in the late 1980s and forever changed the landscape of comic book art. Features art from original comic art boards, rare, never-before-seen sketches, as well as art from McFarlane’s work on Batman, Spider-Man, and the Hulk (amongst many others), and his own top-selling creation, Spawn, complete with selected commentary by the artist himself. Large format hardcover book presents Todd McFarlane’s detailed art style at a previously unpublished size! Limited edition of 5,000 initial run! WITCHBLADE REDEMPTION VOLUME 4 TP • END • OF AN ERA! Longtime scribe Ron Marz (Artifacts, Magdalena) and artistic partner Stjepan Sejic (Broken Trinity) conclude their critically acclaimed run on Witchblade. In this volume, Sara Pezzini must defeat the ancient Babylonian goddess-queen Tiamat, who has returned after centuries with an ax to grind with the Witchblade bearer. Also in this volume, the oversized, landmark 150th issue of Witchblade where Internal Affairs closes in on Sara’s mystical secret, forcing her to choose between her role as Witchblade bearer and detective. Collects Witchblade #145-150. WITCHBLADE VOLUME 1 DELUXE SLIPCASE EDITION • Available for the first time, this limited-edition slipcase collects Witchblade Volume 1 through 4 by Ron Marz (Artifacts) at volume price. These volumes collect issues #80 through #109. • Quantities are limited, allocations may occur. KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60706-233-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-233-2 Price: $64.99 (CAN: $81.50, £48.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Todd McFarlane Size: 9 x 12 Page Count: 300 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-60706-424-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-424-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Stjepan Sejic Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/3/2012 ISBN: 1-60706-213-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-213-4 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Various Page Count: 820 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 IMAGE THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE 125 ISBN: 1-60706-425-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-425-1 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Ron Marz Artist: Jeremy Haun Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 2/14/2012 ARTIFACTS VOLUME 3 TP • The final act of Artifacts is collected here! The lines have been IMAGE • 126 drawn and the ultimate battle for the fate of the Top Cow Universe begins. The alliance formed by Sara Pezzini, bearer of the Witchblade, and Jackie Estacado, host of The Darkness, has been battered to the edge of defeat. Meanwhile, the antagonist’s machinations have gone exactly as planned, and his bearers move to bring about Armageddon to remake the world. One question remains… what role will Sara and Jackie’s daughter, Hope, play in the end of the Universe? Collected in this volume are Artifacts #9-12 by Top Cow Universe architect Ron Marz (Witchblade) and artist Jeremy Haun (Detective Comics), along with a complete cover gallery, behind-the-scenes commentary, and more! ISBN: 1-60706-449-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-449-7 Price: $69.99 (CAN: $74.99, £52.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Various Artist: Various Page Count: 1280 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 2/7/2012 THE DARKNESS COMPENDIUM VOLUME 2 ISBN: 1-60706-489-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60706-489-3 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Todd McFarlane Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 3/21/2012 SPAWN ORIGINS VOLUME 2 TP (NEW PRINTING) • The twisted journey of Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there, continues! Follow Jackie as he returns from Hell itself to seek revenge against the Franchetti mob family, rises to Don, becomes a Kingpin, and falls from grace in these stories by Top Cow’s Finest. • Featuring the stories and artwork by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane that laid the groundwork for the most successful independent comic book ever published. Spawn Origins Volume 2 includes classic Spawn stories written by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, as well as the introduction of memorable characters into the Spawn universe. JAN-JUN 2012 • It’s not easy drawing Dojin manga to make money on the side, and that’s exactly what Najimi is learning...and she’s not alone. There are literally thousands of artists trying to make a buck, and many of them suck just as bad as Najimi. Enter Kaneru — a rival artist who’s so deluded she thinks she’s better than Najimi...unfortunately she’s awful, too! They have to find a way to bring attention to their books...but what could possibly draw the Otaku in? DOUJIN WORK VOLUME 3 • It takes a lot of work and dedication to make dojinshi manga — • unfortunately, Najimi is in denial and decides to go to the beach and blow off all her deadlines. She’s in her own world and is undeservedly acting like a diva. But it takes a lot more than selling 30 copies to become a manga superstar! Read all about the seedy, scary, nerdy underworld of fan-made comics in Volume 3 of Dojin Work! DOUJIN WORK VOLUME 4 • Inside her heart, Najimi is confident that she can make money with manga. Perhaps if she just prints enough copies, her enthusiasm and spirit, alone, will sell the books. She’ll do it, and with her friends at her side — Justice, Sora, Kaneru and Hoshi — she’ll succeed…or, at least, she’ll be surrounded by friends when she fails! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59883-448-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59883-448-2 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) Publisher: Media Blasters Imprint: Anime Works Writer: Hiroyuki Artist: Hiroyuki Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 124 Carton Qty: 38 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-59883-454-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59883-454-3 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) Publisher: Media Blasters Imprint: Anime Works Writer: Hiroyuki Artist: Hiroyuki Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 120 Carton Qty: 38 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-59883-509-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59883-509-0 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99) Publisher: Media Blasters Imprint: Anime Works Writer: Hiroyuki Artist: Hiroyuki Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 120 Carton Qty: 38 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 MEDIA BLASTERS DOJIN WORK VOLUME 2 127 MOONSTONE 128 ISBN: 1-936814-04-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-04-6 Price: $41.99 (CAN: $52.50) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Nancy Holder Artist: Steve Bryant, Various Page Count: 162 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 DOMINO LADY: BLONDE AMBITION LIMITED EDITION HC ISBN: 1-936814-06-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-06-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: C. J. Henderson Artist: Kieran Yanner Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 124 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 LAI WAN: THE DREAMWALKER HC ISBN: 1-936814-14-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-14-5 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.50) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Stuart M. Kaminsky, C. J. Henderson Artist: Dennis Calero, Gordon Purcell, Cortney Skinner Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/7/2012 BIG BOOK OF KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER • This will be the only time this material is reprinted in color! Join • New York Times best-selling author Nancy Holder as she makes sure that Domino Lady gets embroiled in all kinds of mysteries that need her special touch. She will bring the bad guys to their knees any way she can! This volume collects Domino Lady #1-5 of the regular series, plus an exclusive, brand-new Domino Lady/Boston Blackie Cthulhu tale! • Lai Wan: the Dreamwalker, seer and prophet, able to walk between realities, feared by any who embrace evil because of her one, terrible power — the ability to always know the absolute truth. At long last, Moonstone has gathered all the graphic stories of Lai Wan, C.J. Henderson’s fantastic break-out character from his popular Teddy London series, into one beautiful collection, while adding a team-up between Lai Wan and Kolchak the Nightstalker, and a never-before seen novella, Terrible Anticipation, a sequel to H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror! • This tome collects the long-out-of-print first two Kolchak TPB’s all in one affordable package! • Contains seven complete stories: “The Night Stalker,” “Get of Belial,” “Fever Pitch,” “Mask of Moment,” “Pain Most Human,” “Pain without Tears,” and “Devil in the Details.” JAN-JUN 2012 KOLCHAK AND THE LOST WORLD • After getting a serial killer to confess, Kolchak is offered an international assignment with massive coverage around the world. With fame and fortune finally within reach, Kolchak is ready to cover the story — until he’s confronted by a mysterious monk who warns him that “the seventy-two must always be.” What this means is not explained. But, before he knows it, Kolchak’s dreams are invaded by unexplainable images that let him know every step he takes toward this story is bringing him closer to death! • Johnny Depp will be portraying Kolchak in an upcoming film! ISBN: 1-936814-16-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-16-9 Price: $4.99 (CAN: $4.92) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: C. J. Henderson Artist: Douglas Klauba Size: 4.25 x 6.75 Page Count: 130 Format: Mass Market, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Horror Publication Date: 2/21/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: ROTTEN: THE LOST DIARY OF JOHN J. FLYNN, U.S. AGENT GN • ZOMBIES…SPIES…THE OLD WEST! Before the zombie mayhem depicted in the sold-out Rotten #1, Special Agent J.J. Flynn kept a diary of the bizarre events preceding his arrival in the West — all revealed here, in a document officially suppressed for generations. Strange accounts of the dead walking the earth have sparked a top-secret investigation assignment from President Rutherford B. Hayes. Special Agent J.J. Flynn took a detour on the journey West, involving none other than Jesse James. ISBN: 1-936814-00-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-00-8 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Robert Horton Artist: Dan Dougherty Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Horror Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • “More than just a blood-and-guts affair.” — USA Today • “Genius!” — FHM THE LONE RANGER: VENDETTA • The Masked Man in a brand-new adventure! From out of the past comes a mysterious killer systematically murdering anyone with a connection to the Masked Rider of the Plains former identity. When all signs point to Butch Cavendish, a man long dead, The Lone Ranger finds himself trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the life of his faithful Indian companion hanging in the balance! • Jonnhy Depp to star in a Lone Ranger movie from Disney. KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-936814-15-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-15-2 Price: $4.99 (CAN: $4.92) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Howard Hopkins Artist: Doug Klauba Size: 4.25 x 6.75 Page Count: 130 Format: Mass Market, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Western Publication Date: 2/21/2012 MOONSTONE KEY SELLING POINTS: 129 POLLY AND THE PIRATES VOLUME 2: MYSTERY OF THE DRAGONFISH ISBN: 1-934964-73-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-73-6 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99, £8.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Ted Naifeh Artist: Robbi Rodriguez Size: 5 x 7.5 Page Count: 168 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/25/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Polly and the Pirates Volume 1 (ISBN 1-932664-46-7) • Polly Pringle reunites with her pirate crew at long last! Honor-bound to rescue Emperor Norton from his unfair imprisonment, Polly escapes her cozy boarding school and returns to the high seas! But Polly and the Emperor have stumbled onto the fiendish plot of a foreign power, which endangers not only their own lives, but everyone in the Americas! • “...charming, fresh yet classic tale a winner from start to finish.” — Publisher’s Weekly • Action-adventure comics targeted at your girls with a KEY SELLING POINTS: • • strong female lead and positive message. Great for middle readers. This is the highly anticipated continuation of the Polly and the Pirates series from creator Ted Naifeh working very closely with artist Robbi Rodriguez in bringing even more life to the already fantastical world of Polly. Polly and the Pirates should be an easy up-sell for any vendors interested in Naifeh’s body work. ONI PRESS AVALON CHRONICLES VOLUME 1: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON 130 ISBN: 1-934964-75-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-75-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $19.99, £14.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Nunzio Defilippis, Christina Weir Artist: Emma Vieceli Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 152 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/21/2012 • When Aeslin Finn was a little girl, her parents read to her from a magical book called The Avalon Chronicles. But that was a long time ago. Now a teenager, Aeslin is about to discover just how magical she and that book really are. Transported to the world of Avalon, she discovers a kingdom in need of a Dragon Knight — and the last dragon, Blue Moon, is waiting for her! • The first book in a new ongoing series from Oni KEY SELLING POINTS: Press! JAN-JUN 2012 POSSESSIONS VOLUME 3: THE BETTER HOUSE TRAP • Enough is enough! Gurgazon the Pit Demon has been • welcomed, nurtured, fed, and complimented. Gurgazon can tolerate no more! The time has come, once and for all, for escape! The Lewellyn-Vane house has been mapped. The plans are laid out. The ghosts are ready. The only thing that still stands in their way is... the butler. But is Gurgazon prepared for him this time? Can he really be defeated? Possessions Book 3: The Better House Trap is the third in the YALSA award-winning slapstick series by Ray Fawkes. ISBN: 1-934964-76-X ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-76-7 Price: $7.99 (CAN: $7.50, £5.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Ray Fawkes Artist: Ray Fawkes Size: 5.5 x 8 Page Count: 72 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Children (ages 9 - 12) Genre: Humor Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Possessions Volume 2: The Ghost Table GN (ISBN 1-934964-61-1), Possessions GN Vol 1: Unclean Getaway (ISBN 1-934964-36-0) • The Guandong Factory isn’t like other restaurants. It’s five-stories-tall, for one. For two, it’s produces more peach dumplings per day than most eateries do in a decade. For three, it’s the home of Sharknife — a mystical protector charged with protecting the establishment from those who would do it harm! Once just a simple busboy, now Caesar Ives is something more — a crazy red rocket hero destined for greatness! But can Caesar juggle both lives? Nabbing both the girl (the supersexy Chieko Plumbheart) and stopping the baddies? • This Third Edition of the long anticipated sequel to KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 the hit debut graphic novel from creator Corey “The Rey” Lewis features a new cover and a Bonus Stage with Karate Ray! Re-release of Sharknife Volume 1 on the same day as the debut of Sharknife Volume 2. ISBN: 1-934964-64-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-64-4 Price: $11.99 (CAN: $14.99, £8.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Corey Lewis Artist: Corey Lewis Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: 168 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/27/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Seedless OGN (ISBN 1-60706301-8) ONI PRESS SHARKNIFE VOLUME 1: STAGE FIRST 131 SPONTANEOUS ISBN: 1-934964-74-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-74-3 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Joe Harris Artist: Brett Weldele Size: 6.5 x 10 Page Count: 144 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 3/6/2012 • Phenomenon, conspiracy, or delusion? “Kelvin” Melvin Reyes was only three years old when Spontaneous Human Combustion took his father from him. He’s since devoted his life to exploring the mystery behind the phenomenon, searching for a pattern and predictors that he might save others from that same fiery fate. But the closer he gets to his goal, the further things lead down a well of secrets, horrors, and terrible truths. Is SHC real? And, if so, can it be stopped? • “This has the look of a breakout hit.” — Comics Waiting Room • From Joe Harris, the writer of Wizard Magazine’s KEY SELLING POINTS: Best Mini Series of 2010 (Ghost Projekt), and Brett Weldele, the artist of the hit comic turned movie The Surrogates. ONI PRESS COURTNEY CRUMRIN VOLUME 1: THE NIGHT THINGS SPECIAL EDITION 132 ISBN: 1-934964-77-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-77-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Ted Naifeh Artist: Ted Naifeh Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 144 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/11/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Courtney Crumrin Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom (ISBN 1932664-01-7), Courtney Crumrin Volume 4: Courtney Crumrin’s Monstrous Holiday (ISBN 1934964-11-5) • Fan-favorite and critical darling Courtney Crurmin is back in a series of newly remastered, full-color hardcover editions! Courtney’s parents have dragged her out to a high-to-do suburb to live with her creepy Great Uncle Aloysius in his spooky old house. She’s not only the new kid in school, but also discovers strange things lurking under her bed! • The first of the full-color, completely remastered, hardcover editions of the Courtney Crumrin series. • Courtney is perfect fit for fans of Harry Potter looking for a new magical story. • 2012 is the 10 Year Anniversary of the Courtney Crumrin series! • Naifeh’s other major comic series, Polly and the KEY SELLING POINTS: Pirates, premieres Volume 2 in early 2012. JAN-JUN 2012 • Most girls, when they get to a new school, just want to fit in. But Dashiell Brody isn’t like most girls. A natural at softball, Dashiell discovers her new school has a championship level baseball team — and Dashiell wants to play ball! One girl’s quest to play the national pastime with the boys will turn her family, her school, and her state upside down! • According KEY SELLING POINTS: to Little League baseball statistics, approximately 100,000 girls are currently playing in their organization. ISBN: 1-934964-79-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-934964-79-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Oni Press Writer: Nunzio Defilippis, Christina Weir Artist: Jackie Lewis Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 144 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Humor Publication Date: 4/25/2012 ONI PRESS PLAY BALL • First Official English Publication! The roots of Astro Boy, Tank Tankuro pioneered robot manga during the pre-World War II period in Japan. First published in 1934, Tank Tankuro was one of the most famous manga characters of the era. Tankuro and his villain, Kuro Kabuto, famous among Japanese SF fans for his resembalance to Darth Vader, laid the foundation for such manga greats as Tezuka, Sugiura, and Fujiko. • Recommended in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. • Manga’s original robot superhero showcased in deluxe hard cover with cover design by Chris Ware. • Japanese pre-war manga published in English for the first time. • Historically valuable work including text on pre-war KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 Japan, manga during that time, and an artist’s struggle to fight for true creativity. A must read for students and all people interested in manga, its history, Japan, and WWII. ISBN: 4-903090-24-8 ISBN-13: 978-4-903090-24-5 Price: $29.95 (CAN: $37.50) Publisher: Presspop Gallery Writer: Gajo Sakamoto Artist: Gajo Sakamoto Page Count: 256 Carton Qty: 16 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 8/16/2011 PRESSPOP GALLERY TANK TANKURO SLIPCASED HARDCOVER 133 HOTWIRE VOLUME 2: DEEP CUT ISBN: 1-935417-41-X ISBN-13: 978-1-935417-41-5 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $10.95, £7.50) Publisher: Radical Publishing Writer: Warren Ellis Artist: Steve Pugh Size: 6.25 x 10.5 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 RADICAL PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: Hotwire: Requiem For The Dead (ISBN 0-9802335-3-4) 134 • Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire is back in Hotwire: • • Deep Cut, the second installment of the Hotwire series created by Steve Pugh (Hellblazer) and Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Red). Recovering from injuries sustained while protecting her city from an outbreak of violent “blue-lights,” the occasionally vicious electrical echoes of the dead, Alice Hotwire has taken a sabbatical from the Metro Police force. However, in Alice’s absence, the bluelights have begun to evolve, presenting a new and unpredictable danger to the city and its inhabitants. In the face of a growing threat, Alice must overcome her troubled past, come out of hiding, and once again save the city from an enemy only she can fight. This “Director’s Cut” edition collects the critically acclaimed, three-issue mini-series along with all-new pages of story, a gallery of never-before-seen concept and character art, as well as creator interviews, offering new insight into this innovative Radical miniseries. SWORD OF THE APOCALYPSE ILLUSTRATED NOVEL HC ISBN: 1-935417-38-X ISBN-13: 978-1-935417-38-5 Price: $13.95 (CAN: $27.95, £10.50) Publisher: Radical Publishing Writer: David Liss Artist: Meduzarts Digital Environment Studio, Various Artists Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 168 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Historical Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • In the 13th Century, amidst an ongoing battle for con- trol of the holy city of Jerusalem, unlikely alliances are formed between warring factions when the existence of a mysterious sword that grants its bearer awesome and devastating power comes to light. With the fate of the world resting in their hands, Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Saladin, Maimonides, Genghis Khan, and Morgiana — all legendary figures in their own right — must band together amidst hardship, betrayal, and the nightmarish assassins of Hassan-i-Sabbah to discover and protect the longhidden secrets of Al-Batar: the Holy Sword of the Apocalypse! • An epic action-adventure story that brings together KEY SELLING POINTS: • fiction’s most classic and legendary heroes, including Robert of Locksley, Saladin, and Richard the Lionheart. Created by Flint Dille, popular screenwriter, game designer, and producer of some of recent history’s most popular animated movies and television shows, including Transformers: The Movie, G.I. Joe, and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. JAN-JUN 2012 ing to knock you down. The kitchen is your pigpen and life’s good! From the classics to off the wall, these 40 top-secret egg recipes — ranging from scrambled eggs and omelets to Eggs Benedict and quiche — will fill your tummy and tickle your brain! Whether you need some help in the kitchen or a unique gift for the Angry Birds gamer in your life, this cookbook is bound to knock you over! THE PENDULUM • Power up! Destiny is a choice! Anne Elizabeth takes her hero- ine, Tia Stanton, on an off-world journey to a land with strange creatures, power struggles, and an evil dictator. Even with all her magical power, she is no longer just a stock girl by day at Vivant, the sentient supernatural store, or a monster-hunting vigilante at night, Tia is being courted to become a queen! Our heroine is at a serious turning point in her life and difficult choices face her, but it is crucial that she make her own decision. • Anne Elizabeth is a published romance author, a comic creator, KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 0-9828186-3-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-9828186-3-3 Price: $7.95 (CAN: $12.95, £5.99) Publisher: Sea Lion Books Writer: Anne Elizabeth Artist: Siya Oum Size: 6 x 10 Page Count: 56 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 12/13/2011 and the columnist on the topic of comics, manga, and graphic novels for RT Book Reviews magazine and a member of the Author’s Guild and Romance Writers of American, as well as a regular presenter at the RT Book Lovers Convention. CARNAL: PRIDE OF THE LIONS • The first graphic novel in the Carnal series, Pride of the Lions takes place on the continent of New Africa and focuses on three main species of humanistic animals. After the Great War decades earlier between the hyenas and the lions, the victorious and once united lion prides now lay scattered across the land, torn by civil unrest over territory disputes and food shortages. The hyena clans that survived the war were forced deep into the Earth and now live in a massive underground city under the control of a terrible witch. The buffalo race is indifferent to most other species and have walled themselves off from the rest of the kingdoms. Humans have lost their hold on the African territories long ago and live as a simple, nomadic species. • John Connell is a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston. He is ROVIO MOBILE • Be a pig for a day, no worries in the world, no Angry Birds try- ISBN: 952-276-000-5 ISBN-13: 978-952-276-000-5 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Rovio Mobile Writer: Various Size: 8.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 96 Carton Qty: 24 Carton Weight: 32 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 12/13/2011 ISBN: 0-9836131-6-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9836131-6-9 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.95, £14.99) Publisher: Sea Lion Books Writer: John Connell, Jason Bergenstock Artist: John Connell Size: 6.5 x 10 Page Count: 120 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/24/2012 SEA LION BOOKS ANGRY BIRDS: BAD PIGGIES’ EGG RECIPES KEY SELLING POINTS: a freelance artist whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. JAN-JUN 2012 135 SEA LION BOOKS HUSH, HUSH ISBN: 0-9836131-1-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-9836131-1-4 Price: $19.95 (CAN: $24.95, £14.99) Publisher: Sea Lion Books Writer: Becca Fitzpatrick Artist: Jennyson Rosero Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 120 Carton Weight: 1 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. • She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen — and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life! This title also contains an exclusive, original story written especially for this book by the author. This bonus story tells what happens to the characters between Book 1 and Book 2 of this series and will only be available in this book. • Becca Fitzpatrick is the New York Times bestselling KEY SELLING POINTS: author of the Hush, Hush series, which has been a YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten pick, a Barnes & Noble’s Best Teen Books of 2009 selection, and a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Series. SLG PUBLISHING THE ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ ISBN: 1-59362-216-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-216-9 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $14.95, £10.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Tommy Kovac Artist: Andy Hirsch Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 11/29/2011 • Frank Fizzle wishes his father would have just a sin- • • “The Royal Historian of Oz is a fun little series that KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • 136 gle, original idea. Instead, Jasper Fizzle sees himself as the new “Royal Historian of OZ” as he insists on writing new OZ stories. When the failed writer discovers that Oz really exists, he makes an error in judgment that brands him a criminal in two worlds. Frank may be doomed to pay for the “sins of the father” at the hands of the axe-wielding Tin-Man and the ghost of the Wicked Witch. Can Frank save the day and redeem the Fizzle family name, or will the drizzly ghost of the Wicked Witch of the West destroy them all? This Softcover collects all five issues of the Royal Historian of OZ series, with plenty of extras and an introduction by Eric Shanower. plays far more creatively with its source material than other, more successful mashups such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” — Shelfabuse.com “This is a comic that sneaks up on you and rewards those who stop and think about what the pair of creators is trying to say. You don’t have to be an Oz fan to enjoy this comic (although it couldn’t hurt).” — readboutcomics.com “The Royal Historian of Oz was a great little find, and I definitely recommend it.” — Box of Comics After Dark review at Comicbookresources.com “This is not just a great Oz comic, but a terrific comic by any standards.” — Guttergeek.com JAN-JUN 2012 EVERYTHING CAN BE BEATEN HARDCOVER EDITION • Follow the adventure of IT as he discovers a door out • of his monotonous life beating kittens and into an exciting new world where all sorts of new things can be (and generally are) beaten. This full-color, 6 x 5” storybook tale of discovery is written and with layouts by Jhonen Vasquez (under the name Mr. Chancre Scolex) and vividly painted by his friend, Mr. Crab Scrambly. Originall printed as a small, CD-sized booklet, this edition will be printed larger, in hardcover, and feature a new cover. • Will appeal to new fans of Vasquez and Scrambly as ISBN: 1-59362-214-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-214-5 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $13.95, £9.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Jhonen Vasquez Artist: Crab Scrambly Size: 9 x 7 Page Count: 32 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Dark Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: well as Invader Zim fans who may never have seen this book. • Tired of long lines at the airport or road trips that lead • JAN-JUN 2012 nowhere? Sick of the same old monuments and dusty geologic formations? Now you can visit fascinating, non-existent locales from the comfort of your favorite reading spot. Exclusively with this book you will see such sights as Java Town: the city that never sleeps — because it can’t; Surly Flats: Trailer parks and waitresses as far as the eye can see; and Manville: Beer, buds, and big screen TV as well as other (and other worldly) stops along the way. Java Town collects stories from the ongoing webcomic by Scott Saavedra and combines them with stories from the Java Town comic book series previously published by SLG. ISBN: 1-59362-186-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-186-5 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Scott Saavedra Artist: Scott Saavedra Size: 5 x 7.75 Page Count: 128 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Humor, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 SLG PUBLISHING JAVA TOWN AND OTHER UNLIKELY DESTINATIONS 137 LOSERVILLE VOLUME ONE: AND THEN YOU MIGHT EXPLODE ISBN: 1-59362-212-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-212-1 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Alex Cox Artist: Alex Cox Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Alex Cox presents a story that can only be set in Loserville. Deke and Jenna are a happily married couple working their way through life until something unexpected changes their lives. Deke has ambitions, he wants to be either a novelist, or screenwriter, or artist, or professional wrestler. He can’t decide which, all he knows is he doesn’t like working at an insurance company. Jenna, on the other hand, is a workaholic. While Deke is not sure what it is that Jenna does, he does know that she complains about it — a lot. Jenna also complains about having hot feet and that she might have the worst disease in the world: Multiple Sploderorsis. A disease that dooms you to a life of crippling pain... and then you might explode! Not very many people have it, because they all explode. Now Deke and Jenna are faced with the challenges of knowing that she might explode at any minute. Because sometimes that’s just the way these stories go. SLG PUBLISHING MALLEUS MALEFICARUM ISBN: 1-59362-213-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-213-8 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $11.95, £9.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Mike Rosen Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 136 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • In 1487, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger wrote • the Malleus Maleficarum, the premiere manual for exposing, capturing, prosecuting, and burning witches used by every right-thinking European magistrate of the late middle ages. Cartoonist Mike Rosen has adapted this warm and uplifting tome which fueled a wave of witch-hunting that lasted for nearly two centuries and cost nearly 60,000 people (mostly women) their lives. The adaptation’s tongue-in-cheek tone exposes a kind of paranoid thinking which exists to this day in some circles and answeres all of those nagging eternal questions; Do witches kill newborn babies for use in their rituals? Can they turn men into beasts? Can they steal mens’ penises, collecting them in great numbers, to hide in, say, a bird’s nest up in a tree, where they then move around like squiggly phallic snakes and eat corn and oats? Finally, most importantly, do witches have sexual relations with devils? How do they have sexual relations with devils? And could we hear some more about these sexual relations with devils? Nothing makes for a fun read like torture, murder, infanticide, and disembodied penises! Always fun and educational. • Humorous look at medieval times that are oddly relKEY SELLING POINTS: evant today. 138 JAN-JUN 2012 STRAY CATS • Penny is an embarrassment to her wealthy parents, and suffers the mental anguish of their disappointment. Paul, from “the wrong side of town,” deals with physical pain as he endures the brutal beatings administered by his father. Their time together provides their only moments of happiness. One fateful evening, Penny sneaks away, following the lure of a stray cat at her window. The freedom of the night is exhilarating, and she loses herself in this new world. But the night is dangerous, and Penny soon realizes her folly, even as she is engulfed by the darkness. Meanwhile, Paul fights for his very life after a particularly vicious attack from his father. During their separate journeys, it is only their love for one another, and the hope of being reunited, that sustains them in the darkness. ISBN: 1-59362-210-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-210-7 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Lillian Mousli Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 104 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Dark Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • El Tigre was once one of the most famous wrestlers in all of Mexico. Now, El Tigre returns to his native Mexico and, in a turn of events, finds himself cleaning up crime and corruption there. ISBN: 1-59362-206-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-206-0 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Allan Gladfelter Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Strongman (ISBN 1-59362-1523) JAN-JUN 2012 SLG PUBLISHING STRONGMAN VOLUME TWO: OAXACA TAPOUT 139 THE FLOUNDERING TIME ISBN: 1-59362-211-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-211-4 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Katey Weselcouch Artist: Katey Weselcouch Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Drama Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Best friends Emma and Joey are in their senior year at a women’s college, navigating through their last days in the school’s isolated scene. Emma is harboring a long-standing crush on her transgender friend, Elliott, while messy Joey works her way through stoic bad-girl types. They stumble through drunken parties, rock shows, and day trips, avoiding the looming questions of their “futures” in pursuit of misguided crushes and cool-girl status. • Katy Weselcouch started drawing comics during her KEY SELLING POINTS: teenage zine years in Syracuse, NY. She studied art at Smith College, an experience that informed her love of mixed-up girl heroines. This is her first graphic novel. SLG PUBLISHING SPARKO 140 ISBN: 1-59362-220-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59362-220-6 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $14.95, £10.99) Publisher: SLG Publishing Writer: Karl Stephan Artist: Karl Stephan Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/7/2012 • In London, hitting rock bottom isn’t all it’s cracked • up to be. Indeed, when Norman gets stabbed and thrown in the Thames, little does he know that he would soon be taking a bad trip through a subterranean nightmare jungle, writhing with curious creatures and ectoplasmic manifestations (GHOSTS, stupid!). It is here that he will be forced to confront the truth about his girlfriend’s untimely death and unravel the mystery of the river Thames. Luckily he has a friend in the pick-pocketing Belle, who keeps him ahead of carnivorous spectres, killer Chihuahuas, and black-clad goblins in guyliner. Sparko is an offbeat urban fantasy, a nightmarish ride through the collective unconscious of the world’s glummest city; Sparko is pop psychosis, a story about love’s shadow; Sparko is a comedy; Sparko is a tragedy; Sparko is Neverwhere with Tourette’s! Go off the deep end with it! JAN-JUN 2012 THE INTREPID ESCAPEGOAT: CURSE OF THE BUDDHA’S TOOTH • The EscapeGoat comic universe is set in a pseudo- Victorian era Earth; it is a time of discovery and advances in science, but also a time of ancient magics. Thomas Fleet (AKA The Intrepid EscapeGoat) is a world famous escape artist, a star of the stage and screen who performs before packed houses all over the globe. What separates EscapeGoat from other magicians and mediums of the time is that he knows there is REAL magic in the world, and on occasion it falls on him to stop the supernatural threats facing mankind. He travels the world with his act, solving the paranormal riddles that plague the towns and cities he visits along the way. ISBN: 0-9832161-3-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-9832161-3-1 Price: $12.95 (CAN: $16.25, £9.99) Publisher: Th3rd World Studios Writer: Brian Smith Artist: Brian Smith Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Humor Publication Date: 1/3/2012 • Author of the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel, The Stuff of Legend. • Illustrator of The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA KEY SELLING POINTS: THE STUFF OF LEGEND: BOOK 3 - A JESTER’S TALE • Continuing the saga of the New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novel! Following the shocking revelations of The Stuff of Legend Volume 2: The Jungle, Jester embarks on a solo quest that will take him to the farthest corners of the Dark. High seas adventure awaits in The Stuff of Legend: A Jester’s Tale #1! • The KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 continuing story of the New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novel The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark and Book 2: The Jungle. Beautiful, fully rendered pencils by 2010 Russ Manning Award nominee Charles Paul Wilson III. ISBN: 0-9832161-2-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-9832161-2-4 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $19.50, £11.99) Publisher: Th3rd World Studios Writer: Brian Smith, Mike Raicht Artist: Charles Paul Wilson III Page Count: 124 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Stuff of Legend Book 1: The Dark (ISBN 978-0-345-52100-2), The Stuff of Legend Book 2: The Jungle (ISBN 0-9832161-0-X) TH3RD WORLD STUDIOS LOUD BOY! series published by Penguin (USA), named one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youths 2009 by Booklist Online. 141 TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING 142 CLEVELAND ISBN: 1-60309-091-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60309-091-9 Price: $21.99 (CAN: $27.50, £16.50) Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Writer: Harvey Pekar Artist: Joseph Remnant Size: 9.25 x 7.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Non-fiction Publication Date: 3/13/2012 • A lifelong Cleveland resident, Harvey Pekar (1939- 2010) pioneered autobiographical comics, mining the mundane for magic since 1976 in his ongoing American Splendor series. Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland is sadly one of his last, but happily one of his most definitive graphic novels. It combines classic American Splendor-ous autobiographical anecdotes with key moments and characters in the city’s history as relayed to us by Our Man and meticulously researched and rendered by artist Joseph Remnant. With an introduction by Alan Moore to boot! Published by ZIP Comics and Top Shelf Productions. • “One of the very greatest works by that unique and KEY SELLING POINTS: irreplaceable American voice, the truly splendorous Harvey Pekar... graced by the impeccable and poignant artistry of Joseph Remnant.” — From the Introduction by Alan Moore LOU SCHEIMER: CREATING THE FILMATION GENERATION ISBN: 1-893905-96-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-893905-96-2 Price: $21.95 (CAN: $24.99, £16.50) Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Writer: Andy Mangels Artist: Lou Scheimer Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 160 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Movie/TV-Related Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Hailed as one of the fathers of Saturday morning tel- evision, Lou Scheimer was the co-founder of Filmation Studios, which for over 25 years provided animated excitement for TV and film. Always at the forefront, Scheimer’s company created the first DC cartoons with Superman, Batman, and Aquaman, ruled the song charts with The Archies, kept Trekkie hope alive with the Emmy-winning Star Trek: The Animated Series, taught morals with Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and swung into high adventure with Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, and Zorro. Forays into live-action included Shazam! and The Secrets of Isis, plus groundbreaking special effects work on Jason of Star Command and others. And in the 1980s, Filmation single-handedly caused the syndication explosion with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and its successors. Profusely illustrated with photos, model sheets, storyboards, presentation art, looks at rare and unproduced series, and more — plus stories from top animation insiders about Scheimer and Filmation’s past — this book will show the Filmation Generation the story behind the stories! JAN-JUN 2012 MATT BAKER: THE ART OF GLAMOUR • liest African-American comic book artists. But it wasn’t the color of his skin which made him such a significant figure in the history of the medium — it was his innate ability to draw gorgeous, exciting women and handsome, dynamic men in a fluid, graceful style. Imagine Dave Stevens or Adam Hughes working in the ’40s, drawing a new story every month, and you’ll have a good idea of Matt Baker’s place in the industry throughout his career. Yet, few of today’s comic book fans know of the artist or his work, because he died in 1959 at the young age of 38, just as the Silver Age of Comics was blossoming and bringing in a new generation of readers. Edited by Jim Amash and Eric Nolen-Weathington, Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour presents an impressive career cut tragically short. It features a wealth of essays, interviews with Baker’s friends, family, and co-workers, and a treasure trove of his finest artwork, including several complete stories, at last giving the wonderfully talented artist his full due. ISBN: 1-60549-032-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-032-8 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Writer: Jim Amash, Eric NolenWeathington Artist: Matt Baker Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 192 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Popular Culture Publication Date: 1/10/2012 THE QUALITY COMPANION: CELEBRATING THE FORGOTTEN PUBLISHER OF PLASTIC MAN • The Quality Companion provides the first dedicated look at the prolific Golden Age publisher which spawned a treasure trove of beautiful art and classic characters, including the modern-day “Freedom Fighters” — Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, The Ray, Human Bomb, and Doll Man — as well as Plastic Man, the Blackhawks, and others now under the DC Comics umbrella. It provides the firstever A-Z, in-depth character profile of every Quality costumed hero, many of whom were superbly-produced but are now long-forgotten. It also reprints, in full-color, several 1940s key stories of these characters from such rare 1940s collector’s items as Smash Comics, Police Comics, National Comics, Feature Comics, and Crack Comics, and features Golden Age art by the top artistic talents of that era, including Lou Fine, Reed Crandall, Jack Cole, Chuck Cuidera, Matt Baker, Will Eisner, and others! Creators who were instrumental in the revival of the Quality characters from the 1970s to today are also interviewed, including Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and Jimmy Palmiotti. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60549-037-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-037-3 Price: $31.95 (CAN: $39.99, £23.99) Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Writer: Mike Kooiman, Jim Amash Artist: Will Eisner, Louis K Fine, Jack Cole Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Comics History Publication Date: 1/10/2012 TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING • In the early 1940s, Matt Baker became of one the ear- 143 YOU CAN BUILD IT BOOK 1 ISBN: 1-60549-035-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-035-9 UPCAN: 1-82658-00020-2 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Writer: Joe Meno Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 84 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: You Can Build It Book 2 (ISBN 160549-036-9) • You Can Build It is a new, ongoing series of instruc- tion books on the art of LEGO custom building, from the producers of BrickJournal magazine! Spinning off from BrickJournal‘s popular “You Can Build It” column, these full-color books are loaded with nothing but Step-By-Step instructions by some of the top custom builders in the LEGO fan community. Designed for beginning-to-intermediate builders, Book 1 features instructions for custom creations including Miniland figures, a fire engine, Christmas ornaments, and a street vignette, plus miniscale models from “a galaxy far, far away”! • From the producers of BrickJournal, the magazine for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages. • Features step-by-step instructions by some of the top KEY SELLING POINTS: TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING custom builders in the LEGO fan community. 144 YOU CAN BUILD IT BOOK 2 ISBN: 1-60549-036-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-036-6 UPCAN: 1-82658-00021-9 Price: $9.95 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing Writer: Joe Meno Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 84 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: You Can Build It Book 1 (ISBN 160549-035-0) • You Can Build It is a new, ongoing series of instruc- tion books on the art of LEGO custom building, from the producers of BrickJournal magazine! Spinning off from BrickJournal‘s popular “You Can Build It” column, these full-color books are loaded with nothing but Step-By-Step instructions by some of the top custom builders in the LEGO fan community. Designed for intermediate-to-advanced builders, Book 2 features even more detailed projects to tackle, including advanced Miniland figures, a miniscale yellow castle, a deep sea scene, a mini USS Constitution, and more! • From the producers of BrickJournal, the magazine for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages. • Features step-by-step instructions by some of the top KEY SELLING POINTS: custom builders in the LEGO fan community. JAN-JUN 2012 • The creators of the Apple anthology/artbook series are back with an all-new volume of gorgeous pinup artwork! Apple Selection features dozens of Korea’s top illustrators creating brand-new pin-up work of cute summer girls, seductive nurses, jamming punk rockettes, and more. DARKSTALKERS: THE ULTIMATE EDITION • Morrigan, Demitri, Felicia, Donovan, Victor, Talbain, and more of your favorite Darkstalkers battle it out for control of the night in this ultimate Darkstalkers comic collection! Featuring both the complete Darkstalkers and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors comic series, this oversized collection also includes every Darkstalkers bonus story and variant cover. • The Darkstalkers characters are always a fan-favorite for fightKEY SELLING POINTS: ing game players, and feature prominently in several of Capcom’s recent game releases including Tastunoko VS Capcom and Marvel VS Capcom 3. APPLE SELECTION VOLUME 2: AUTUMN • The creators of the Apple anthology/artbook series are back with an all-new volume of gorgeous pin-up artwork! Apple Selection Volume 2 features dozens of Korea’s top illustrators creating brand-new pin-up work of fun beach scenes, retro pin-ups, cute anime girls, and more. Apple Selection belongs in everyone’s art book collection! ISBN: 1-926778-29-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-29-7 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art/Coffee Table Book Publication Date: 1/17/2012 ISBN: 1-926778-34-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-34-1 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $59.99, £37.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Ken Siu-Chong Artist: Alvin Lee, Eric Vedder, Joe Vriens, Mark Brooks, Skottie Young, LeSean Thomas, Joe Ng Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 264 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/24/2012 ISBN: 1-926778-36-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-36-5 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 160 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art/Coffee Table Book Publication Date: 2/21/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Apple Selection Volume 1: Summer (ISBN 1-926778-29-4) JAN-JUN 2012 UDON ENTERTAINMENT APPLE SELECTION VOLUME 1: SUMMER 145 ISBN: 1-926778-19-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-19-8 Price: $13.99 (CAN: $17.50, £10.50) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: UDON Artist: Capcom Size: 5.75 x 8.25 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Graphic Novel/Literature Publication Date: 2/7/2012 MEGA MAN: ROBOT MASTER FIELD GUIDE • The Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide is the ultimate handbook to the classic Mega Man universe. Inside you’ll find profiles of every major Mega Man character, including all the Robot Masters from Mega Man 1-10, Mega Man and Bass, the Mega Man Gameboy series, plus important special characters like Proto Man, Rush, Roll, Duo, and more. Each profile features classic CAPCOM artwork, and includes bios, quotes, likes and dislikes, weapons, and, of course, each Robot Master’s secret weakness! • Mega Man is CAPCOM’s most popular franchise, and one of the most recognizable icons of gaming worldwide. • 2011 sees the release of Mega Man Universe, and all-new entry KEY SELLING POINTS: in the classic Mega Man franchise. UDON ENTERTAINMENT ISBN: 1-926778-39-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-39-6 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Omar Dogan Artist: Omar Dogan Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Coffee Table Book Publication Date: 2/28/2012 146 OMAR DOGAN’S GIRL SEVEN • Showcasing the gorgeous good-girl pin-up art of Omar Dogan, Girl Seven features a cast of seven lovely ladies, all designed by Omar Dogan in a variety of themes such as swimsuits, martial arts, sports, goth, uniforms, and more. Over 80 all-new, fullcolor pin-ups have been created exclusively for this volume, plus rough sketches, character profiles, and creator commentary throughout the book. • Featuring 100%, all-new original art from Omar Dogan • Omar has been one of UDON’s key artists for nearly a decade, KEY SELLING POINTS: and has built a dedicated base of loyal fans through his convention appearances and his popular online gallery on deviantart.com ISBN: 1-926778-43-X ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-43-3 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $44.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Atlus Artist: Shigenori Soejima Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 144 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 2/28/2012 PERSONA 3: OFFICIAL DESIGN WORKS • Featuring the character designs of Shigenori Soejima! Go behind the scenes of Persona 3, one of the most unique and respected RPG’s ever. Inside you’ll find character designs, rough sketches, storyboards, backgrounds & settings, an exclusive interview with the game’s creators, and more! • Persona 3 and Persona 4 are often cited among the top video KEY SELLING POINTS: game RPG’s of all time! JAN-JUN 2012 PIXIV ALMANAC • ultimate online art community. The web site allows creators to show off their work, share feedback, and grow into even better artists. The PIXIV Almanac collects artwork from some of the community’s most talented members, showcasing a variety of colorful anime, manga, and CG art styles. Plus, the book also includes many works featuring Japan’s most popular synthetic singing sensation — Hatsune Miku! ISBN: 1-926778-35-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-35-8 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 258 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art/Coffee Table Book Publication Date: 2/21/2012 SENGOKU BASARA SAMURAI HEROES: OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS • In Sengoku Basara, mighty samurai warlords and their armies battle all across feudal Japan, each hoping to enact their own personal vision for the future of the land. Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes: Official Complete Works collects the unique artwork behind the latest game in this landmark Capcom series. Included in this collection are character designs, rough sketches, promotional art, and an exclusive interview with the creators behind Sengoku Basara. • Sengoku Basara is one of gaming giant Capcom’s KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 most popular franchises in Japan, spawning animated series, books, toys, and more! The Sengoku Basara game series for the Sony Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii has sold over 1.5 million comics worldwide. ISBN: 1-926778-37-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-37-2 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Capcom Artist: Capcom Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 2/21/2012 UDON ENTERTAINMENT • Featuring over 2-million members, PIXIV is Japan’s 147 SENGOKU BASARA: SAMURAI LEGENDS VOLUME 1 ISBN: 1-926778-33-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-33-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $23.99, £14.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Yak Haibara Artist: Yak Haibara Size: 5.75 x 8.25 Page Count: 360 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 2/28/2012 • During • the Sengoku era of feudal Japan, mighty samurai armies battle all across the land of the rising sun. The sudden murder of the powerful lord Nobunaga has sparked a mad dash for power. Warlords from every kingdom have charged their soldiers into combat, each hoping to enact their own personal vision for the future of Japan. Sengoku Basara takes real Japanese historical events and figures, and makes them larger-than-life with dynamic character designs and all-out action. Samurai Legends serves as a prequel to the actionpacked Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii game Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. • Sengoku Basara is one of gaming giant Capcom’s KEY SELLING POINTS: UDON ENTERTAINMENT • 148 most popular franchises in Japan, spawning animated series, books, toys, and more! The Sengoku Basara game series for the Sony Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii has sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. VALKYRIA CHRONICLES 2: WORLD ARTWORKS ISBN: 1-926778-38-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-38-9 Price: $49.99 (CAN: $59.99, £37.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Sega Artist: Raita Honjou Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 304 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 2/28/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Valkyria Chronicles: Design Archive (ISBN 1-926778-16-2) • Featuring the spectacular artwork of Valkyria Chronicles 2, the Sony PSP follow-up to SEGA’s critically acclaimed tactical RPG! Valkyria Chronicles 2: World Artworks includes over 300pages of character designs, vehicle and weapon designs, storyboards, and promotional art, all accompanied by detailed character information and creator commentary. • The KEY SELLING POINTS: • Valkyria Chronicles series is a critically acclaimed tactical RPG video game for the Sony Playstation 3 and PSP, with a very dedicated fan base, and has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. A sequel game, Valkyria Chronicles 3, was released recently in Japan for the Sony PSP. With the success of the previous two games, fans are expecting this new game will also be brought to North America soon. JAN-JUN 2012 CAPTAIN COMMANDO VOLUME 1 • In the year 2026, Metro City is at the mercy of a vicious gang of super-criminals, lead by the villainous Lord Scumocide. Only one fighting force can prevent total catastrophe by standing up to these mutant maniacs — the Commando Team! GINZU — the Ninja Commando! MACK — the Mummy Commando! BABY HEAD — the Baby Commando! And, of course, the man himself, CAPTAIN COMMANDO — the greatest hero of all time! • Fan-favorite character Captain Commando was originally conKEY SELLING POINTS: ceived as the fictional spokesperson for video game publisher Capcom. In the early 90s, Captain Commando received his own beat-emup arcade game, and went on to guest star in other game series such as Marvel VS Capcom and Namco X Capcom. TOXIC VOLUME 1 • In TOXIC, Korea’s top illustrators are joined by several prolific fantasy painters in this all-new anthology series! This gorgeous volume features original comic stories, pin-up art and paintings, concept work, and artist interviews. If you enjoy the APPLE anthology series, you’ll love TOXIC! • TOXIC is the spiritual successor to the APPLE anthology series, KEY SELLING POINTS: created by the same Korean studio, and featuring several of the same artists. PERSONA 4: OFFICIAL DESIGN WORKS • Featuring the character designs of Shigenori Soejima! Go behind the scenes of Persona 4, the final game of the landmark Persona series! Inside you’ll find character designs, rough sketches, backgrounds and settings, an exclusive interview with the game’s creators, and more! • Persona 3 and Persona 4 are often cited among the top video game RPG’s of all time! • The all-new Persona 4 anime began airing in Japan in October KEY SELLING POINTS: 2011, and is currently being simulcast to North American viewers through the cable and satellite channel Anime Network. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-926778-44-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-44-0 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $44.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Various Artist: Hyung-Tae Kim, Hichi, Adrian Smith, Sylverster Song, Vincent Durait Size: 8.75 x 11 Page Count: 192 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Art/Coffee Table Book Publication Date: 3/27/2012 ISBN: 1-926778-45-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-45-7 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $44.99, £29.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Atlus Artist: Shigenori Soejima Size: 8.25 x 11.75 Page Count: 192 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Art, Coffee Table, Popular Culture Publication Date: 4/25/2012 UDON ENTERTAINMENT • ISBN: 1-926778-40-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-926778-40-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $23.99, £14.99) Publisher: Udon Entertainment Writer: Kenkou Tabuchi Artist: Kotomi Tobashi Size: 5.75 x 8.25 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Manga, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/27/2012 149 WILDSIDE PRESS ISBN: 1-4344-3211-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-4344-3211-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $14.99, £10.99) Publisher: Wildside Press Imprint: Wildside Press Writer: Robert Asprin, Mel White, Selina Rosen Artist: Mel White Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Humor Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ZENESCOPE • Duncan was the naive son of a minor nobleman, more interest- ed in romance than war. Mallory was a dragon, more interested in con jobs and quick money than being a fearsome monster. When they team up, their adventures — or rather mis-adventures — make for a hilarious fantasy romp! • Robert Asprin created the bestselling MYTH series. • Based on the Duncan & Mallory comics by Mel White and Robert Asprin. • Wildside Press is reprinting the comics to tie in with the book release. • One of the few posthumous works by Robert Asprin that actualKEY SELLING POINTS: ly contains work by Asprin. ISBN: 0-9825826-3-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-3-3 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.99, £10.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Scott Burn Artist: Pablo Churin Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 150 THE ADVENTURES OF DUNCAN & MALLORY #1: THE BEGINNING ISBN: 0-9827507-3-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-9827507-3-5 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Zenescope Imprint: Silver Dragon Books Writer: Joe Brusha, Neo Edmund, Barbara Randall Kesel, Paul Kupperberg, Aaron Rosenberg, Darren Vincenzo Artist: Steambot Studios Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 AGON • The year is 2012 and Earth has finally made contact with an alien species... however, the message is very clear: Fight or Die! Forced to participate in an intergalactic gladiatorial battle that pits highly evolved species from various planets against one another, Earth must pick its best warriors to compete in the ancient combat ritual of AGON, a tournament which will ultimately determine the fate of the planet! ANIMAL PLANET: WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS • Grizzly Bears, giant Salt Water Crocodiles, rogue Lions... we • don’t occupy a place on their list of usual prey items and rarely do we cross paths with these deadly predators. Still, on occasion, the most dangerous animals in the wild set their sights on humans and when they do the results can be devastating! This first book in Silver Dragon Books Animal Planet series looks at these terrifying encounters and illustrates what happens when humans interact with the World’s Most Dangerous Animals! JAN-JUN 2012 • The years have passed quickly for The Charmed Ones since they learned of their magical heritage. In only one decade they have experienced so much love and loss, joy and sorrow, failure and success. But time marches on and new challenges will be met as Phoebe is haunted by her past, Piper must deal with the present, and Paige is forced to cope with the future. But none of those events will prepare them to face the truth behind a family secret that could change everything for the Warren line! GRIMM FAIRY TALES PRESENTS: NEVERLAND TP • The creators of Grimm Fairy Tales and Return to Wonderland bring you a dark, new addition to the Grimm Universe. Pan never wanted to grow up — and now he’s found the key to immortality and a way to rule the realm of Neverland forever! All he needs is a steady supply of children to complete his sinister plans. Once a magical paradise, Pan has reshaped Neverland into the ultimate nightmare for any child unlucky enough to visit. Only one child has ever been able to escape. Now as an adult, Hook may be the only person who can put a stop to Pan’s madness! GRIMM FAIRY TALES SOURCE BOOK HC • Grimm fairy Tales is one of the longest running independent comics of all time. The series has spawned multiple spin-offs including the Neverland and Wonderland trilogy and introduced its own fairy tale mythology. The Grimm Universe is filled with hundreds of characters and the multiple realms in which they inhabit. At last, here is a sourcebook that catalogues the biographies of all the Grimm Heroes and Villains and explores the rich mythology of the Grimm Universe. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-937068-96-X ISBN-13: 978-1-937068-96-7 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Paul Ruditis Page Count: 184 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Charmed : Season 9 Volume 1 (ISBN 0-9825826-7-6), Charmed Season 9 Volume 2 (ISBN 09825826-9-2) ISBN: 0-9830404-6-X ISBN-13: 978-0-9830404-6-0 Price: $17.99 (CAN: $22.50, £13.50) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha Artist: Jean Paul Deshong, David Finch Page Count: 232 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Graphic Novel/Literature Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-937068-92-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-937068-92-9 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $44.99, £29.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha Page Count: 200 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 & 2 Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 09786874-4-2) ZENESCOPE CHARMED SEASON 9 VOLUME 3 151 GRIMM FAIRY TALES VOLUME 5 & 6 OVERSIZED HARDCOVER ISBN: 0-9823630-9-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-9823630-9-6 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $44.99, £29.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Ralph Tedesco, Raven Gregory, Joe Brusha Artist: Nei Ruffino, Jeff Zornow, Eric Basaldua Size: 7.75 x 11 Page Count: 376 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Graphic Novel/Literature Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales has quickly become • one of the most intriguing and best-selling comic books in the world. By exploring a much darker side of the infamous fables you heard as a child these classic tales are retold and re-imagined with a terrifying twist you’ll simply love as an adult! This limited, oversized, hardcover graphic novel features the complete collected editions of the Grimm Fairy Tales Volumes 5 & 6 Softcovers. Selected Previous Volumes: Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 & 2 Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 09786874-4-2), Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 3 & 4 Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0-9817550-97) ZENESCOPE GRIMM FAIRY TALES: THE LIBRARY TP 152 ISBN: 1-937068-97-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-937068-97-4 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha Artist: Various Page Count: 184 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 (ISBN 0-9786874-0-X), Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2 (ISBN 09786874-6-9) • When fourteen-year-old Sela Mathers discovers an • ancient magic book in a condemned library, she and her younger brother cast a spell that unlocks the amazing worlds and characters from the books and novels around them. Hercules, Robin Hood, and Pecos Bill all come magically to life! But, heroes aren’t the only characters in stories. Villains, too, are affected by the magic spell and soon the children find themselves in a race against time to reverse the spell as evil characters from all of literature threaten to take over the world! Their only chance lies with the heroes they’ve brought to life. But even that may not be enough to stop the Frankenstein Monster, Baba Yaga, and the Wicked Witch of the West! Grimm Fairy Tales presents an all new mini-series that explores an alternate reality of the Grimm Universe. JAN-JUN 2012 H.P. LOVECRAFT’S CHRONICLES OF DR. HERBERT WEST • Zenescope brings you a modern update of the classic H.P. Lovecraft story Herbert West: Reanimator. • Doctor Herbert West is a brilliant medical student, nobody disputes this fact, but his experiments with a serum created to re-animate the dead are frowned upon at the New England University he attends. West is soon forced to continue his grotesque experiments in secret, with varying degrees of success. But the closer he gets to perfecting his serum, the more obsessed he becomes with reversing death. And when he makes his greatest breakthrough the young genius will soon learn that some things were never meant to return from the grave. ISBN: 0-9825826-6-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-6-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha, Dan Wickline Artist: Axel Machain Size: 6.25 x 10.75 Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Horror Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Fifty years in the future the world has become a strange blend of advanced technology interwoven with a seedy and gritty underbelly. And this world is where you will find a Merc named Sonny Grissom. Sonny is a human mercenary whose obscene blend of human tissue and cybernetics has taken a drastic toll in just ten short years. Sonny was once considered the best in the business, and he still might be, but Sonny’s coming to the end of the road and he knows it. He’s also about to get the one offer that might give him his only chance at redeeming a wasted life. And who knows, today might be the day he takes his last shot! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 0-9825826-4-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-9825826-4-0 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Jerry Brown Artist: Daniel Schneider Size: 6.75 x 10.25 Page Count: 176 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ZENESCOPE MERC 153 SCI-FI & FANTASY TP ISBN: 1-937068-91-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-937068-91-2 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: Joe Brusha Page Count: 168 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • The worldwide web has all but taken over our lives. • Many people now communicate more through Facebook and YouTube than by actual personal interaction. As technology changes the way humans interact what will happen to our relationships? Will these seemingly positive advances in technology and communication doom our society? Blending horror with science fiction & fantasy, this graphic novel paints a bleak and grim picture of what human relationships and our societies will look like in the all-too-near near future. This book contains the digital story “Virtually a Playboy,” released here for the first time in print. SPIKE TV’S 1000 WAYS TO DIE • Based on one of Spike TV’s hottest shows, this book pushes the line between life & death with 22 episodes that showcase the bizarre, disturbing, and often comical way people succumb to death! ZENESCOPE ISBN: 0-9830404-3-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-9830404-3-9 Price: $15.99 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: Zenescope Writer: David Seidman Page Count: 200 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/10/2012 154 JAN-JUN 2012 SILVER DRAGON BOOKS PRESENTS: JUMPSTART COMIC/ACTIVITY BOOK • From the award-winning educational software and • kid-favorite gaming website Jumpstart.com, arrives the first-ever Graphic Novel from JumpStart and Knowledge Adventure! Come visit Windy Hallows and follow our group of adventurers: Logan, Maggie, Nicolas, Selena, and Poe as they arrive at Oakcrest School of Magic. There they discover that their teacher is absent, with a note that says, “Will be back soon. Read your lesson books and DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!” Follow them as they venture into Windy Hallows and embark on a series of quests to undo a potion that went terribly wrong! ISBN: 0-9830404-7-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-9830404-7-7 Price: $5.99 (CAN: $7.75, £4.50) Publisher: Zenescope Imprint: Silver Dragon Books Writer: Neo Edmund Page Count: 80 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Includes Bonus Sticker Pages to create your own KEY SELLING POINTS: comic with the JumpStart friends! • Far off lands, exotic and mysterious places, adven- ture on the high seas...these are things that capture the imagination, and are everyday occurrences in the life of a pirate. The first book in Silver Dragon’s Tales of Adventure series explores the exciting and danger-filled lives of the pirates that have sailed and terrorized the seven seas. Black Beard, Henry Morgan, and Captain Kidd are just a few of the reallife pirates that are featured in this groundbreaking, all-ages graphic novel. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 0-9830404-2-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-9830404-2-2 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Zenescope Imprint: Silver Dragon Books Writer: Joe Brusha Artist: Various Page Count: 120 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ZENESCOPE SILVER DRAGON PRESENTS: TALES OF ADVENTURE - REAL PIRATES 155 SHOEBOX TRAIN WRECK ISBN: 1-926851-54-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-54-9 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $17.95, £11.99) Publisher: ChiZine Publications Writer: John Mantooth Artist: Danny Evarts Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 250 Carton Qty: 40 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror Publication Date: 3/13/2012 • “The living haunt the dead...” These fifteen genre-bend- • ing stories are set against a backdrop of sudden violence and profound regret, populated by characters whose circumstances and longings drive them to the point of no return... and sometimes even further. A young girl takes a journey to see what is really hidden within the belly of an ancient water tower. A high school senior learns about defiance on a school bus and witnesses a tragedy that he won’t soon forget. Six survivors in an underground bunker discuss the possibility of Armageddon being an elaborate hoax. Two brothers take a walk on the dark side of the wheat field and discover that some bonds are stronger than death. And in the title story, a former train conductor must confront the ghosts of his past while learning that it’s not the dead who haunt the living, but the other way around. Traversing the back roads of the south and beyond, these stories probe the boundaries of imagination, taking the reader to the fringes of a society where the world looks different, and once you visit, you won’t ever be the same. • John Mantooth is an award-winning author whose short KEY SELLING POINTS: stories have been recognized in numerous year’s best anthologies. His short fiction has been published in Fantasy Magazine, Crime Factory, Thuglit, and the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology, Haunted Legends (Tor, 2010), among others. CHIZINE PUBLICATIONS THE STEEL SERAGLIO 156 ISBN: 1-926851-53-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-53-2 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $17.95, £11.99) Publisher: ChiZine Publications Writer: Mike Carey, Linda Carey, Louise Carey Artist: Nimit Malavia Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 400 Carton Qty: 40 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Dark Fantasy Publication Date: 3/13/2012 • The sultan Bokhari Al-Bokhari of Bessa has 365 concu- bines — until a violent coup puts the city in the hands of the religious zealot Hakkim Mehdad. Hakkim has no use for the pleasures of the flesh: he condemns the women first to exile — and then to death! Cast into the desert, the concubines must rely on themselves and each other to escape from the new sultan’s fanatical pursuit. But their goals go beyond mere survival: with the aid of the champions who emerge from among them, they intend to topple the usurper and retake Bessa from the repressive power that now controls it. The assassin, Zuleika, whose hands are weapons. The seer, Rem, whose tears are ink. The wise Gursoon, who was the dead sultan’s canniest advisor. The camel-thief, Anwar Das, who offers his lying tongue to the concubines’ cause. Together, they must forge the women of the harem into an army, a seraglio of steel, and use it to conquer a city. But even if they succeed, their troubles will just be beginning — because their most dangerous enemy is within their own number... • Mike Carey has written extensively in the comics field, KEY SELLING POINTS: • where his credits include Lucifer, Hellblazer, X-Men, and The Unwritten (nominated for both the Eisner and Hugo Awards). He is also the author of the Felix Castor novels, and of the X-Men: Destiny console game for Activision. He is currently writing a movie screenplay, Silent War, for Slingshot Studios and Intrepid Pictures. Louise Carey wrote The Diary of a London Schoolgirl for the website of the London Metropolitan Archive. She also co-wrote the graphic novel Confessions of a Blabbermouth with Mike. Linda, writing as A.J. Lake, authored the Darkest Age fantasy trilogy, and has written for television, most notably for the German fantasy animation series Meadowlands. JAN-JUN 2012 ISON OF THE ISLES • Revolution has broken out in the Forsaken Isles. The • islanders have risen up to drive out the Inning Empire, but still they have no one to unite them. Only an Ison can do that — a leader whose heart has been cleansed by the curing of dhota-nur. The power to create an Ison lies in the hands of three people, and none of them are heroes. Spaeth has the ancient Lashnura heritage, but does she have the stature? Harg has the military genius, but he utterly rejects the price of dhota-nur. And Nathaway, the Inning outsider, finds himself unexpectedly holding the key to the future of the Isles. Perilously poised between Inning conquest and the savage powers of ancient forces, the Forsakens need them to decide. But for an Ison to rise, each of them must betray one of the others. Ison of the Isles continues the story started in Isles of the Forsaken. ISBN: 1-926851-56-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-56-3 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $17.95, £11.99) Publisher: ChiZine Publications Writer: Carolyn Ives Gilman Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Carton Qty: 40 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Dark Fantasy Publication Date: 4/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Isles of the Forsaken (ISBN 1-92685136-6) • Carolyn Ives Gilmand’s first novel, Halfway Human, KEY SELLING POINTS: WESTLAKE SOUL • “All superheroes get their powers from somewhere. • A radioactive spider bite. A science experiment gone awry. I got mine from a surfing accident in Tofino. The ultimate wipeout. I woke up with the most powerful mind on the planet, but a body like a wet paper bag...” Meet Westlake Soul, a twenty-three-year-old former surfing champion. A loving son and brother. But if you think he’s just a regular dude, think again; Westlake is in a permanent vegetative state. He can’t move, has no response to stimuli, and can only communicate with Hub, the faithful family dog. And like all superheroes, Westlake has an archenemy: Dr. Quietus — a nightmarish embodiment of Death itself. Westlake dreams of a normal life — of surfing and loving again. But time is running out; Dr. Quietus is getting closer, and stronger. Can Westlake use his superbrain to recover... to slip his enemy’s cold embrace before it’s too late? • Rio Youers is the author of two novellas, Mama Fish KEY SELLING POINTS: • • JAN-JUN 2012 (Shroud Publishing) and Old Man Scratch (PS Publishing) — the latter earning him a British Fantasy Award nomination in 2010. “Rio Youers is one of the most vital, most exciting young talents to come along in this decade.” — Peter Straub “Rio Youers writes about scarred, lost people, struggling to regain their humanity, with passion and eloquence. He’s a writer to watch.” — Joe Hill ISBN: 1-926851-55-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-55-6 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $17.95, £11.99) Publisher: ChiZine Publications Writer: Rio Youers Size: 5 x 7.25 Page Count: 250 Carton Qty: 52 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Dark Fantasy Publication Date: 4/10/2012 CHIZINE PUBLICATIONS • was called “one of the most compelling explorations of gender and power in recent SF” by Locus magazine. Her short fiction has appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Bending the Landscape, Interzone, Universe, Full Spectrum, and Realms of Fantasy. 157 MARK TWAIN’S TALES OF MYSTERY ISBN: 1-61377-124-X ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-124-2 Price: $16.99 (CAN: $21.25, £12.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Mark Twain Artist: Menton Matthews III Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 220 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Literature Publication Date: 1/24/2012 • Sherlock Holmes in America? Mark Twain a charac- ter in his own stories? Can it be true? True indeed, dear reader, as Mark Twain makes his mark on the mystery genre with this collection of short stories by the grand master himself! Including “A Double Barreled Detective Story,” “Tom Sawyer, Detective,” “A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage,” and “The Stolen White Elephant,” delight as Twain breaks convention and bends cherished characters to tell stories that are wholly his own. Illustrations provided by Menton3 (The Lovecraft Library, Classics Multilated, Monocyte). IDW PUBLISHING SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE GREATEST CASES VOLUME 1 158 ISBN: 1-61377-021-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-021-4 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $39.99, £29.99) Publisher: IDW Publishing Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle Artist: Kelley Jones Size: 9 x 13 Page Count: 188 Format: Hardcover, Partial Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Graphic Lit. Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Collecting many of the great Sherlock Holmes’ most notable cases, The Best of Sherlock Holmes is an oversized volume for the Sherlock fan in your life. Includes tales such as “The Gloria Scott,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “The Resident Patient,” A Study in Scarlet,” “The Adventures of The Noble Bachelor,” and more, all illustrated by the esteemed Kelley Jones. JAN-JUN 2012 • Moonstone Books is proud to present this original anthology • featuring never-before-seen tales of the world’s first consulting detective, Mr Sherlock Holmes, as he teams up with other investigators and notables of his time! Holmes teams up with one of the most famous thieves of literature, Arsene Lupin! Lawrence of Arabi! Calamity Jane! Sexton Blake! Houdini! The Thinking Machine! Doc Savage’s father, Colonel Savage! Featuring short stories from incredible authors including Barbara Hambly, Will Murray, Kevin Van Hook, Martin Powell, Matthew Baugh, Martin Gately, Don Roff, Win Scott Eckert, Chris Sequiera, and Joe Gentile, this collection showcases the secret sequel to the classic Holmes novel “The Sign of Four”, as well as Sherlock and Conan Doyle’s own “Lost World” Professor Challenger! WEREWOLVES OF NEW IDRIA SC • A new breed of werewolf! Holy warriors, led by a 900-year-old knight who fought beside El Cid, now in a deadly struggle against a motorcycle gang headed by Satan’s ken, hell bent on revenge! The Aceves family is like no other. With patriarch, Roberto Aceves, forever a Spanish knight after being bitten by a werewolf, he and his clan have secretly fought man’s wars for 900 years. Today, near the abandoned mining town of New Idria, they must battle against a demon and his biker gang who want nothing more than to destroy the entire clan. THE HONEY WEST FILES VOLUME 1 • The first female private eye is back in action, and she’s a volatile • combination of Marilyn Monroe and Mike Hammer! First appearing in 1957, Honey went on to star in eleven novels and the successful 1965 TV show starring Anne Francis, as well as the current series of comic books from Moonstone. For the first time anywhere, the original Honey West novels are reprinted in one series of books! This volume collects “This Girl for Hire”, “A Gun for Honey”, and “Girl on the Loose”. • Long-standing appeal of actress Anne Francis • Honey West recently released on DVD • Film rights just purchased KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-933076-99-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-933076-99-7 Price: $16.95 (CAN: $21.50) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Barbara Hambly, Kevin Van Hook, Will Murray Artist: Timothy Lantz Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 240 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Young Adult Genre: Crime/Mystery Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-936814-03-X ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-03-9 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $19.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: John Chadwell Artist: Duncan Long Size: 7 x 10 Page Count: 152 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ISBN: 1-936814-17-X ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-17-6 Price: $23.99 (CAN: $29.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: G. G. Fickling Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 600 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Crime/Mystery Publication Date: 3/27/2012 MOONSTONE SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CROSSOVERS CASEBOOK SC 159 ISBN: 1-936814-23-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-23-7 Price: $18.95 (CAN: $23.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: James Reasoner, Johnny D. Boggs, Dennis O’Neil Artist: David Palumbo Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 288 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure, Western Publication Date: 3/27/2012 THE LONE RANGER CHRONICLES • The First Ever Collection of New Lone Ranger Prose Stories! • The masked ex-Texas Ranger and his Native American companion Tonto fight injustice in the Wild West! Stories include meetings with The Cisco Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday, as well as the origin of Tonto and the origin of Silver! Authors include Spur Award-winner Johnny D Boggs, James Reasoner, Alex Award-winner Mel Odom, Anthony Award-winner Bill Crider, Matthew Baugh, Tim Lasiuta, Joe Gentile, Paul Kupperberg, Denny O’Neil, Kent Conwell, David McDonald, Thom Brannon, Troy D. Smith, Chick Dixon, and Richard Dean Starr. • Also available as a limited edition hardcover [978-1-93681422-0;$29.95, CAN: $37.50] • Johnny Depp Lone Ranger movie in development • Westerns on the rise: Deadwood and Cowboys & Aliens • Guest starring: The Cisco Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday • First time telling of Tonto’s origin! • First time telling of the origin of Silver! KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-936814-20-X ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-20-6 Price: $6.99 (CAN: $8.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: C. J. Henderson Artist: J. Anthony Kosar Size: 4.25 x 6.75 Page Count: 190 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/27/2012 THE SPIDER: SHADOW OF EVIL • The first new Spider novel in 65 years picks up where the last • left off, packed to the gills with the greatest slam-bang action ever penned by master pulpster CJ Henderson! Richard Wentworth, the Spider, wonders if his long struggle against the forces of evil has been worth it? Should he continue, or grab for personal happiness before his time runs out? Then, at the moment he makes his decision, fate unleashes the most hellish horrors of all time against New York City! • Pulp Fiction back in favor: The Shadow and Doc Savage both have been optioned for films • Also available as a limited edition hardcover [978-1-93681419-0; $22.99, CAN: $28.99] • This is the first NEW Spider novel in 65 years! • The Spider has appeared in 119 novels! MOONSTONE KEY SELLING POINTS: 160 ISBN: 1-936814-21-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-936814-21-3 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $18.99) Publisher: Moonstone Writer: Donald Cormack Artist: Stephen Bryant Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 190 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/27/2012 THE SPIDER: SLAUGHTER, INC. • For the FIRST time anywhere…the last Spider pulp novel ever written, published as an actual Spider novel! • A criminal genius has created an organization to sell murder where innocents are fingered for the crimes. When Nita Van Sloan is framed for murder, the Spider must infiltrate the cartel in disguise and clean house! • Pulp Fiction on the rise: The Shadow and Doc Savage have been optioned for films. • The Spider appeared in 119 novels. KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 A PATH TO COLDNESS OF HEART • At long last, the conclusion to Glen Cook’s Dread • Empire saga has arrived! King Bragi Ragnarson is a prisoner, shamed, nameless, and held captive by Lord Shih-kaa and the Empress Mist at the heart of the Dread Empire. Far away in Kavelin, Bragia’s queen and what remains of his army seek to find and free their king, hampered by the loss or desertion of their best and brightest warriors. Kavelina’s spymaster, Michael Trebilcock, is missing in action, as is loyal soldier Aral Dantice. Meanwhile, Dane, Duke of Greyfells, seeks to seize the rule of Kavelin and place the kingdom in his pocket, beginning a new line of succession through Bragia’s queen, Dane’s cousin Inger. And in the highest peaks of the Dragona’s Teeth, in the ancient castle Fangdred, the sorcerer called Varthlokkur uses his arts to spy on the world at large, observing the puppet strings that control kings and empires alike, waiting... For the time of the wrath of kings is almost at hand, and vengeance lies along a path to coldness of heart. ISBN: 1-59780-329-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-329-8 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.99, £18.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Glen Cook Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/17/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle Of The Dread Empire (ISBN 1-59780104-6) • Third novel in the final Dread Empire Trilogy! • Dread Empire/Glen Cook promotional campaign celKEY SELLING POINTS: DANCING WITH BEARS • Dancing With Bears follows the adventures of noto- rious con-men Darger and Surplus: They’ve lied and cheated their way onto the caravan that is delivering a priceless gift from the Caliph of Baghdad to the Duke of Muscovy. The only thing harder than the journey to Muscovy is their arrival in Muscovy. An audience with the Duke seems impossible to obtain, and Darger and Surplus quickly become entangled in a morass of deceit and revolution. The only thing more dangerous than the convoluted political web surrounding Darger and Surplus is the gift itself, the Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoesophia, the governess sworn to protect their virtue. • “...Dancing with Bears is a fast-paced, enjoyable read.” — i09.com • “You’ll be rooting for Darger and Surplus as you read this book.” — Escape Pod • “Dancing With Bears is an amazing, entertaining dip into a distinctively imagined future.” — Jay Lake • Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards for his work. Swanwick’s stories have appeared in Omni, Penthouse, Amazing, Asimov’s, High Times, New Dimensions, Starlight, Universe, Full Spectrum, Triquarterly, and elsewhere. ISBN: 1-59780-334-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-334-2 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Michael Swanwick Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 300 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/17/2012 NIGHT SHADE BOOKS • • ebrating the completing of the Dread Empire series, and the ebook premiere of the entire Glen Cook backlist. Targeted 300 copy finished copy mailing, targeting fantasy websites and reviewers Promotional hardcopy and e-copy contests at Night Shade branded author group blog, author’s facebook, twitter and web page 161 FAITH ISBN: 1-59780-390-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-390-8 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: John Love Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 376 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/17/2012 • Moby Dick meets Duel in John Love’s debut novel of Space Opera and Military Science Fiction! Faith is the name humanity has given to the unknown, seemingly invincible alien ship that has begun to harass the newly emergent Commonwealth. 300 years earlier, the same ship destroyed the Sakhran Empire, allowing the Commonwealth to expand its sphere of influence. But now Faith has returned! The ship is as devastating as before, and its attacks leave some Commonwealth solar systems in chaos. Eventually it reaches Sakhra, now an important Commonwealth possession, and it seems like history is about to repeat itself. But this time, something is waiting: an Outsider, one of the Commonwealth’s ultimate warships. Slender silver ships, full of functionality and crewed by people of unusual abilities, often sociopaths or psychopaths, Outsiders were conceived in back alleys, built and launched in secret, and commissioned without ceremony. One system away from earth, the Outsider ship Charles Manson makes a stand. Commander Foord waits with his crew of miscreants and sociopath, hoping to accomplish what no other human has been able to do — to destroy Faith! • “…a huge widescreen premise… the perfect mix of space battles and politics.” — io9.com • Debut Space Opera/Military SF novel by exciting new British Author • Advance coverage and author Interview at I09.com, chronicling the creation of this novel. • 300 copy targeted finished hard-copy mailing. • Feature write up in 10,000+ subscriber newsletter • Extensive online promotion at Author’s own blog, Night NIGHT SHADE BOOKS KEY SELLING POINTS: 162 • bizarre guest posts, and excerpts to be run at various SF themed portal sights. 8,000 copy print run. THE SERPENT SEA ISBN: 1-59780-332-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-332-8 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Martha Wells Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/17/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Cloud Roads (ISBN 1-59780216-6) • Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to • Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he’s found a tribe where he belongs. But when the travelers reach the ancestral home of Indigo Cloud, shrouded within the trunk of a mountain-sized tree, they discover a blight infecting its core. Nearby they find the remains of the invaders who may be responsible, as well as evidence of a devastating theft. This discovery sends Moon and the hunters of Indigo Cloud on a quest for the heartstone of the tree — a quest that will lead them far away, across the Serpent Sea. In this followup to The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells returns with a world-spanning odyssey, a mystery that only provokes more questions — and the adventure of a lifetime. • “Wells…spins an exciting adventure around an alien KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • • hero who anyone can identify with.” — Publishers Weekly “A starring light of the fantasy genre recaptures her mojo by going in a new direction.” — SF Signal Targeted 300 copy finished copy mailing, targeting fantasy websites and reviewers. Promotional hardcopy and e-copy contests at Night Shade branded author group blog, author’s facebook, twitter and web page. 8,000 copy print run. JAN-JUN 2012 ENORMITY • W. G. Marshall delivers a strange tale of a small man with a gigantic problem in Enormity, a comedic horror novel featuring surfing gangbangers, elderly terrorists, and a North Korean assassin who thinks she’s Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. • Author is part of Night Shade “New Voices in Science Fiction and Fantasy” program. • A humorous romp set in near future South-Korea, California and everywhere in between. • Reviews and features targeted at southern California media outlets. • Author blog tour scheduled for SF/Genre blogs and KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-59780-394-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-394-6 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: W.G. Marshall Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/14/2012 websites. • Two years ago, on the same day but miles apart, Finn Darby lost two of the most important people in his life: his wife Lorena, struck by lightning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, and his abusive, alcoholic grandfather, Tom Darby, creator of the longrunning newspaper comic strip Toy Shop. Against his grandfather’s dying wish, Finn has resurrected Toy Shop, adding new characters, and the strip is more popular than ever, bringing in fan letters, merchandising deals, and talk of TV specials. Finn has even started dating again.When a terrorist attack decimates Atlanta, killing half a million souls, Finn begins blurting things in a strange voice beyond his control. The voice says things only his grandfather could know. Countless other residents of Atlanta are suffering a similar bizarre affliction. Is it mass hysteria, or have the dead returned to possess the living? Finn soon realizes he has a hitcher within his skin... his grandfather. And Grandpa isn’t terribly happy about the changes Finn has been making to Toy Shop. Together with a pair of possessed friends, an aging rock star, and a waitress, Finn races against time to find a way to send the dead back to Deadland… or die trying! • Hugo Award-winning author. • Author is part of the “Night Shade New Voices in Science Fiction” program. • Publishers Weekly called Will Mcintosh’s debut novel a “moving debut.” • “Bottom line: If Soft Apocalypse isn’t nominated for KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 a Hugo or Nebula Award, I will eat the entire book page by page...” — Paul Goat Allen “(McIntosh) has written a first novel that’s compelling, credible, and relentless, who’s best and most disturbing moments will stay with the reader for a long time.” — Locus ISBN: 1-59780-335-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-335-9 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.99, £18.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Will McIntosh Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 264 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/14/2012 NIGHT SHADE BOOKS HITCHERS 163 TOOTH AND NAIL ISBN: 1-59780-392-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-392-2 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Jennifer Safrey Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 • Gemma Fae Cross, a tough-girl amateur boxer whose fiancé is running for congress, has just made a startling discovery about herself. She is half faerie — and not just any faerie, but a tooth faerie! A hybrid of fae and human, Gemma is destined to defend the Olde Way and protect the fae — who are incapable of committing violence — from threats to their peaceful and idyllic way of life, which must be maintained by distilling innocence collected from children’s baby teeth. But when a threat to the fae mission emerges, Gemma is called upon to protect her heritage, and become a legendary fae warrior... even if it means sacrificing everything she knows about being human! • Author is part of the “Night Shade New Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy” program. • “Gemma Cross is not the lost princess of Faerie. KEY SELLING POINTS: • NIGHT SHADE BOOKS • Princesses get to keep their hands clean and their noses unbroken. No, Gemma does the dirty work, which in this case means searching for whatever is stealing the innocence of Washington, D.C.’s kids. The story that results is so engaging you may find yourself wanting to take up boxing!” — Emma Bull, author of War for the Oaks and Territory “... [A] quirky juxtaposition of testosterone-laden gym scenes with tooth fairy business. The writing is smooth and fun to read.” — Nina Kiriki Hoffman, author of The Thread that Binds the Bones and Thresholds “A forthright, alarmingly logical urban fairy tale with a very engaging protagonist. It balances its whimsy nicely with sarcasm and genuine emotion.” — Pamela Dean, author of Tam Lin and Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary WHEN WE WERE EXECUTIONERS ISBN: 1-59780-338-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-338-0 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: J. M, McDermott Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 246 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 • J. M. McDermott returns to Dogsland in the stunning • novel When We Were Executioners, book two of a sweeping fantasy series that revels in the small details of life. Corporal Jona, the demon-stained Lord of Joni, died in the woods. His lover, the Senta Rachel Nolander, is a demon-tainted fugitive, running from the wolfskin-clad priest and priestess of Erin, who track her through the city based on dreams plucked from Jona’s crying skull, plotting to cleanse the world of the lovers’ demonic taint. Past and present collide as the tale of two ill-fated outcasts unfolds, and the executioners of Erin grow ever closer to their quarry. • Follow up to the critically acclaimed first novel, Never Knew Another. • Author has been compared to Gene Wolfe and China Mieville. • Author blog tour. • Author is part of the “Night Shade New Voices in KEY SELLING POINTS: Science Fiction and Fantasy” Program. 164 JAN-JUN 2012 AND BLUE SKIES FROM PAIN • It’s November of 1977: The punk rock movement is a year old and the brutal thirty-year war referred to as “The Troubles” is escalating. According to Irish tradition, the month of November is a time for remembrance of the dead. Liam Kelly, in particular, wishes it were otherwise. Born a Catholic in Londonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland, Liam, a former wheelman for the Provisional IRA, is only half mortal. His father is Bran, a puca — a shape-shifting, ghostlike creature — and a member of the ancient Fíanna. Liam must dodge both the Royal Ulster Constabulary, who want him for the car bombing that killed Constable Haddock, and the Provisional IRA, who want him for the deaths of Éamon Walsh and several others found ripped apart in a burned down farmhouse in Armagh. Fortunately for Liam, both the Ulster Constabulary and the Provisional IRA think he’s dead. On the other hand, the Militis Dei — a group of Roman Catholic priest-assassins, whose sole purpose is to dispose of fallen angels and demons found living on this earth — is very aware that Liam is alive, and very aware of his preternatural parentage. With the help of his unlikely ally Father Murray — a Militis Dei operative who has known Liam since childhood — he must convince the Church that he and his fey brethren aren’t demonic in origin, and aren’t allied with The Fallen. ISBN: 1-59780-347-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-347-2 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $18.75, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Stina Leicht Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 300 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Of Blood and Honey (ISBN 159780-213-1) • The clash between The Fallen and The Fey intensi• • fies against the backdrop of the Irish/English conflicts in And Blue Skies from Pain, Stina Leicht’s follow up to her critically acclaimed debut, Of Blood and Honey. Part of the Night Shade New Voices in Science Fiction and Fantasy Program. “...a haunting gem of a novel that should be read by anyone and everyone who enjoys Celtic myth-powered fantasy and/or dark fantasy.” — BN.com JANE CARVER OF WAAR • Jane’s having a bad day. On the run from the cops after accidentally killing a pervert outside her favorite biker bar, she first had to ditch her beloved Harley in a swimming pool, and then the weird, glowing gadget she found in the cave in which she decided to hide appears to have transported her to another planet... a planet with a Tidy Bowl-blue sky, a fat orange sun, and bizarre blue shrubbery. A planet where Jane encounters a gang of nearly naked purple men in gold cloaks beating the crap out of a bunch of other nearly naked purple men in red cloaks. A planet rife with slavery, feudalism, monsters, pirates, and priests. What’s a biker girl to do in a strange, savage land? Kick a little ass, of course! • First original novel from screen writer, TV producer, KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-59780-396-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-396-0 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Nathan Long Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 3/6/2012 NIGHT SHADE BOOKS KEY SELLING POINTS: rock musician, and gaming tie-in novelist, Nathan Long. Author is part of the Night Shade New Voices Program. 165 PILLARS OF HERCULES ISBN: 1-59780-397-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-397-7 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: David Constantine Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 3/6/2012 • In • the doomed Athenian province of Egypt, Alexander the Great’s victorious forces bear down upon the Nile delta. At the behest of a Zoroastrian witch, two soldiers of fortune, Lugorix and Matthias, smuggle a Persian noblewoman out of Alexander’s clutches and help her escape to Athens, where they ally with the legendary orator Demosthenes. Alexander has become convinced by the Oracle at Siwah that he is the son of Zeus — a demigod — and he plots to destroy the Athenian Empire, whose capital is an impregnable fortress protected by shippatrolled moats, steam-driven catapults, and flamethrowers. But Alexander has his own magicians who harness all manner of strange devices of war — powered by fire, water, and gears — in the pursuit of victory. And now the philosopher-scientist Aristotle has made a discovery that could determine the course of the war: the location of the magical artifacts that were sunk beyond the Pillars of Hercules more than a thousand years before, in the lost city of Atlantis. But the secret that Atlantis holds was buried for a reason... Action, conquest, and steam-powered war machines come to life in Pillars of Hercules, the epic alternatesteampunk-history novel from David Constantine. • First novel by debut author. • Part of the Night Shade New Voices Program. • Novel offers a new spin on “Steampunk” themes. NIGHT SHADE BOOKS KEY SELLING POINTS: 166 THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR VOLUME 6 ISBN: 1-59780-345-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-345-8 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $22.99, £14.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Peter S. Beagle, Libba Bray, John Crowley, Karen Joy Fowler, Dylan Horrocks, Kij Johnson, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ellen Klages, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Ken Liu, An Owomoyela, Paul Park, K. J. Parker, Peter Watts Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 500 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 3/6/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5 (ISBN 159780-172-0), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 4 (ISBN 1-59780-171-2), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 3 (ISBN 1-59780-149-6), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Of The Year Volume 2 (ISBN 159780-124-0), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Of The Year Volume 1 (ISBN 1-59780-068-6) • The science fiction and fantasy fields continue to • evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories to captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major “best of” anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover. Jonathan Strahan has edited more than thirty anthologies and collections, including The Locus Awards (with Charles N. Brown), The New Space Opera (with Gardner Dozois), and Swords and Dark MagiCAN: The New Sword and Sorcery. • Strahan has won the Ditmar, William J. Atheling Jr., KEY SELLING POINTS: • Peter McNamara, and World Fantasy awards for his work as an anthologist and reviewer, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for his editorial work. Strahan is currently the reviews editor for Locus. JAN-JUN 2012 AGATHA H. AND THE CLOCKWORK PRINCESS • Intrigue! Subterfuge! Circus Folk! In a time when the • • Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare, mad science rules the world… with mixed success. With the help of Krosp, Emperor of All Cats, Agatha has escaped from the massive airship known as Castle Wulfenbach. After crashing their escape dirigible, Agatha and Krosp fall in with Master Payne’s Circus of Adventure, a traveling troupe of performers dedicated to staging Heterodyne shows — dramatizations of the exploits of Bill and Barry Heterodyne and their allies — who are unaware of Agatha’s connection to the Heterodyne line. Pursued by the ruthless Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, his handsome son Gil, and their minions (not to mention Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer), Agatha hides in plain sight among the circus folk, servicing their clanks and proving herself adept in performing the role of Lucrezia Mongfish, nemesis to — and later wife of — Barry Heterodyne. She also begins training under Zeetha, swordmistress and princess of the lost city of Skifander. Together, Agatha, Krosp, and the performers travel across the treacherous wasteland of war-torn Europa, towards Mechanicsburg, and the ancestral home of the Heterodynes — Castle Heterodyne. But with many perils standing in her way — including Wulfenbach’s crack troops, mysterious Geisterdamen, savage Jägermonsters, and the fabled Storm King — it’s going to take more than a spark of Mad Science for Agatha to get through. ISBN: 1-59780-222-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-222-2 Price: $24.99 (CAN: $27.99, £18.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 3500 Format: Hardcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 4/3/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Agatha H. and the Airship City (ISBN 1-59780-212-3) • From Phil and Kaja Foglio, creators of the multiple WCCA and Hugo Award-winning webcomic Girl Genius, comes Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess, a gaslamp fantasy filled to bursting with Adventure! Romance! And Mad Science! FAUSTUS RESURRECTUS • Donovan • Graham, part-time bartender, full-time occult scholar, has just graduated college with a Master’s Degree in Philosophical Hermeneutics, having completed his thesis on the Faustus legend. Now, on the recommendation of his friend and mentor, Father Maurice Carroll, Donovan has begun helping the NYPD investigate a particularly gruesome series of murders, in which the victims have been artfully arranged to resemble the signs of the Zodiac. Is it a serial killer Donovan and the NYPD seek, or is something deeper and more sinister taking place? From newcomer Thomas Morrissey comes Faustus Resurrectus, an action-packed, urban occult thriller in the tradition of Richard Kadrey, Laird Barron, and William Peter Blatty. • Author is a “Night Shade New Voice” and debut nov- ISBN: 1-59780-405-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-405-9 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Thomas Morrissey Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 5000 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 4/3/2012 NIGHT SHADE BOOKS KEY SELLING POINTS: KEY SELLING POINTS: elist. JAN-JUN 2012 167 THE STRAITS OF GALAHESH: BOOK TWO OF THE LAYS OF ANUSKAYA ISBN: 1-59780-349-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-349-6 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Bradley P. Beaulieu Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 4000 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 4/3/2012 • West • Selected Previous Volumes: The Winds of Khalakovo (ISBN 159780-218-2) • of the Grand Duchy of Anuskaya lies the Empire of Yrstanla, the Motherland. The Empire has lived at peace with Anuskaya for generations, but with political turmoil brewing and the wasting disease still rampant, opportunists from the mainland have begun to set their sights on the Grand Duchy, seeking to expand their empire. Five years have passed since Prince Nikandr, heir to the scepter of Khalakovo, was tasked with finding Nasim, the child prodigy behind a deadly summoning that led to a grand clash between the armies of man and elder elemental spirits. Today, that boy has grown into a young man driven to understand his past — and the darkness from which Nikandr awakened him. Nikandr’s lover, Atiana, has become a Matra, casting her spirit forth to explore, influence, and protect the Grand Duchy. But when the Al-Aqim, long thought lost to the past, return to the islands and threaten to bring about indaraqiram — a change that means certain destruction for both the Landed and the Landless — bitter enemies must become allies and stand against their horrific plans. From Bradley P. Beaulieu, author of the critically acclaimed debut novel The Winds of Khalakovo, comes Book Two of The Lays of Anuskaya, The Straits of Galahesh. • Second novel in a series. • Author is a “Night Shade New Voice” NIGHT SHADE BOOKS KEY SELLING POINTS: THE SUMMONING ISBN: 1-59780-398-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-398-4 Price: $14.99 (CAN: $17.99, £10.99) Publisher: Night Shade Books Writer: Carol Wolf Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 6000 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 4/3/2012 • The World Snake is coming, devourer of Thrace and • • Atlantis… and the only one standing in its way is Amber, a sixteen-year-old runaway, recently arrived in Los Angeles. Amber is more than just a girl with a stolen ID and an attitude; she is a daughter of the wolf-kind, a shapeshifter able to change forms at will. One night, as Amber prowls the Hollywood Hills in wolf form, she stumbles onto an occult ceremony, interrupting the ritual. As a result, Amber finds herself the unwilling mistress of a handsome demonic servant, Richard. Appearing as a fair youth of eighteen years, Richard is a demon accidentally summoned, then captured, by Dr. John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I. Richard has been trying for four centuries to free himself from a succession of masters and mistresses, but finds himself bound to Amber, the only one who can protect him from his greatest fear, the herald of the World Snake, the Eater of Souls. But all hell is about to break loose, and Amber and Richard are going to need some allies to stop the Eater of Souls and avert the World Snake, and the battle has only begun. From Carol Wolf comes the urban fantasy debut Summoning, a novel of a wolf girl, a demon boy, and a city on the edge of disaster. • Author is a “Night Shade New Voice” and debut novKEY SELLING POINTS: elist 168 JAN-JUN 2012 PATHFINDER TALES: CITY OF THE FALLEN SKY • Once a student of alchemy with the dark scholars of • the Technic League, Alaeron fled their arcane order when his conscience got the better of him, taking with him a few strange devices of unknown function. Now in hiding in a distant city, he’s happy to use his skills creating minor potions and wonders — at least until the back-alley rescue of an adventurer named Jaya lands him in trouble with a powerful crime lord. In order to keep their heads, Alaeron and Jaya must travel across wide seas and steaming jungles in search of a wrecked flying city and the magical artifacts that can buy their freedom. Yet the Technic League hasn’t forgotten Alaeron’s betrayal, and an assassin armed with alien weaponry is hot on their trail... From Hugo Award-winner Tim Pratt comes a new fantastical adventure set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. • City of the Fallen Sky is the eighth novel in the new ISBN: 1-60125-418-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-418-4 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Tim Pratt Size: 4.25 x 6.75 Page Count: 400 Format: Mass Market, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 4/25/2011 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Tales: Death’s Heretic (ISBN 1-60125-369-9), Pathfinder Tales: The Worldwound Gambit (ISBN 160125-327-3) KEY SELLING POINTS: PATHFINDER TALES: SONG OF THE SERPENT • To an experienced thief like Krunzle the Quick, the merchant nation of Druma is full of treasures just waiting to be liberated. Yet when the fast-talking scoundrel gets caught stealing from one of the most powerful prophets of Kalistrade, the only option is to undertake a dangerous mission to recover the merchantlord’s runaway daughter — and the magical artifact she took with her. Armed with an arsenal of decidedly unhelpful magical items and chaperoned by an intelligent snake necklace happy to choke him into submission, Krunzle must venture far from the cities of the merchant utopia and into a series of adventures that will make him a rich man — or a corpse! JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60125-388-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-388-0 Price: $9.99 (CAN: $12.50, £7.50) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Hugh Matthews Size: 4.5 x 6.75 Page Count: 400 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Tales: The Worldwound Gambit (ISBN 160125-327-3), Pathfinder Tales: Master of Devils (ISBN 1-60125357-5), Pathfinder Tales: Death’s Heretic (ISBN 1-60125-369-9) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. • • Pathfinder Tales fiction line, which explores the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game through sword & sorcery novels rich with exploration and excitement. The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. Pathfinder boasts more than 100,000 active players and is a leading brand in the tabletop RPG industry. 169 ISBN: 1-60701-292-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-292-4 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $16.95, £10.99) Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Writer: John Shirley Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 320 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 1/17/2012 EVERYTHING IS BROKEN • Twenty-year-old Russ arrives in the northern California town of Freedom to visit his dad. Freedom has peculiarities other than its odd name: the local mayor’s ideas of “decentralization” have left it without normal connections to state or federal government and minimal public services. Russ meets an interesting young woman, Pendra, but before he can get to know much about Freedom or its people, a savage tsunami strikes the West Coast. The wave of human brutality that soon hits the isolated town proves more dangerous to the survivors than the natural disaster. Russ, his father, Pendra, and the other townsfolk must tap all their courage and ingenuity — and find strength they never knew they had — if they have any hope of living to find real freedom! • John KEY SELLING POINTS: PRIME BOOKS Shirley is currently a #1 bestseller on Bookscan with Bioshock tie-in novel. 170 ISBN: 1-60701-318-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-318-1 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $16.95, £10.99) Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Writer: Rachel Swirsky Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 384 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/7/2012 ROBOTS: THE RECENT A.I. ISBN: 1-60701-294-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-294-8 Price: $15.95 (CAN: $19.99, £11.99) Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Writer: Neil Gaiman, Mercedes Lackey, Kelly Link, Andre Norton, Jane Yolen Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 384 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 3/6/2012 WITCHES: WICKED, WILD & WONDERFUL • From Kapek’s biotech machines of R.U.R. to Kuttner’s Proud Robot to the fictional assortment of mechanical sex toys, rebels, grandmothers, servants, and masters, these machines have represented our dreams as well as our anxieties. We love these literary creations but fear them as well. Stories from the last decade representing the many faces of robots — beautiful, hideous, and everything in between. • Surrounded by the aura of magic, witches have captured our imagination for millennia and fascinate us now more than ever. No longer confined to the image of a hexing old crone, witches can be kindly healers and protectors, tough modern urban heroines, holders of forbidden knowledge, sweetly domestic spellcasters, darkly domineering, sexy enchantresses, ancient sorceresses, modern Wiccans, empowered or persecuted, possessors of supernatural abilities that can be used for good or evil — or perhaps only perceived as such. Welcome to the world of witchery in many guises: wicked, wild, and wonderful! JAN-JUN 2012 A SONG CALLED YOUTH: ECLIPSE, ECLIPSE PENUMBRA, ECLIPSE CORONA • In a near-future dystopia, a limited nuclear strike has • destroyed portions of Europe, bringing the remaining nation-cities under control of the Second Alliance, a frighteningly fundamentalist international security corporation with designs on world domination. The only defense against the Alliance’s creeping totalitarianism is the New Resistance, a polyglot team of rebels that includes Rick Rickenharp, a retro-rocker whose artistic and political sensibilities intertwine, and John Swenson, a mole who has infiltrated the Alliance. As the fight continues and years progress, so does the technology and brutality of the Alliance... but ordinary people like the damaged visionary Smoke, Claire Rimpler on FirStep, and Dance Torrence and his fellow urban warriors on Earth are bound together by the truth and a single purpose: to keep the darkness from becoming humankind’s Total Eclipse — or die trying! ISBN: 1-60701-330-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-330-3 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $31.99, £18.99) Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Writer: John Shirley Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 768 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/4/2012 • An omnibus of all three novels — revised by the KEY SELLING POINTS: • author — of the prophetic, still frighteningly relevant cyberpunk masterpiece. “John Shirley was cyberpunk’s patient zero, first locus of the virus, certifiably virulent. A Carrier.” — William Gibson • In a world where vampires have taken every humble chapel, defiled every grand cathedral, subdued most nations, and treated every human as cattle, Dumas’ hero musketeers rise to a greater challenge than they ever met in their original adventures. Athos has spent a decade fighting vampires in the king’s musketeers. He never expected to see his wife again — he’d discovered Charlotte was a vampiric servant, hanged and left for dead ten years before — yet it is she who turns Athos into a vampire. Or does she? Despite the craving for blood and overwhelming sexual hunger, Athos walks the fine line between the worlds, remaining human enough to fight vampires. Only his commitment and loyalty to his friends — fellow musketeers Porthos and Aramis — and a young Gascon named D’Artagnan, allows him to keep his soul through an adventure that tests the heights of his heroism and the depth of his darkest desires. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60701-331-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-60701-331-0 Price: $14.95 (CAN: $16.95, £10.99) Publisher: Prime Books Imprint: Prime Books Writer: Sarah Marques Size: 6 x 9 Page Count: 336 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 4/4/2012 PRIME BOOKS SWORD & BLOOD: THE VAMPIRE MUSKETEERS 171 RANDOM HOUSE UK THE BRILLIANT BOOK OF DOCTOR WHO 2012 HC ISBN: 1-84990-230-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-84990-230-4 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: Random House UK Writer: None Size: 11 x 8.25 Page Count: 160 Carton Qty: 16 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Media Tie-In, Science Fiction Publication Date: 12/6/2011 Selected Previous Volumes: The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2011 HC (ISBN 1-84607-991-8) • Packed with unseen photographs and original art- work and illustrations, The Brilliant Book of Doctor Who 2012 is your indispensable guide to Series 6 of Doctor Who. Weaving fact and fiction, interviews and information, The Brilliant Book boasts brand new material from the writers of the TV show, including Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts, Matthew Graham, Tom Macrae, and Steve Thompson, plus exclusive fiction from award-winning novelist Neil Gaiman. Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, and Alex Kingston take us behind the scenes in revealing new interviews, while showrunner Steven Moffat unravels the secrets of the scripts. • New, chunkier format to appeal to an older market, KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • with an added value Audio download included inside. Ties-into all 13 episodes of the brand-new series of Doctor Who, and includes contributions from key talent, as well as all-new, specially commissioned artwork and photography, fiction, and interviews. The Brilliant Book 2011 has achieved sales of over 50,000 copies Vista (over 35,000 TCM), with 40,000 copies taken by The Book People. Doctor Who is the most popular family programme on television — the new series starring Matt Smith debuted to 8 million viewers and a 36.7% audience share. WILDSIDE PRESS TEMPTING THE GODS: THE SELECTED STORIES OF TANITH LEE VOLUME 1 172 ISBN: 1-4344-3307-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-4344-3307-7 Price: $13.99 (CAN: $13.99, £10.50) Publisher: Wildside Press Imprint: Wildside Press Writer: Tanith Lee Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 256 Format: Softcover, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • Tempting the Gods collects some of Tanith Lee’s fic- tion from the late 80s to the present, from a variety of venues (Asimovs’, Weird Tales, and Realms of Fantasy). They range in tone from the dark (“Cain”) and Arthurian Legend (“The Kingdoms of the Air”), to Arabian Nights adventure (“These Beasts”) and the just plain weird (“Tiger I”). All stories feature Lee’s carefully crafted language, tight plotting, vivid imagination, and matchless evocation of atmosphere. Not all tales are dark — there’s even some humor, such as the new to this collection “God and the Pig.” Like Bradbury and Vance, Lee is a unique stylist. This collection — the first part of a two part series — is a perfect introduction to her work, some of the best writing in the weird fiction category. • Recipient of two Nebula Awards, 10 World Fantasy KEY SELLING POINTS: Awards, and six British Fantasy Awards, Tanith Lee is a perennially popular fantasy author, with more than 70 novels to her credit. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-61661-352-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-61661-352-5 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99)) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 11.25 x 8.75 Page Count: 144 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Publication Date: 1/31/2012 BLACK CRUSADE: HAND OF CORRUPTION • Hand of Corruption is an adventure in three acts for Black Crusade. Presented in one comprehensive volume, this epic story takes a small band of Heretics from the swirling depths of the Screaming Vortex to the far reaches of the Calixis Sector, and then to a parched and windswept Imperial penal world called Saint Annard’s Penance. With a host of challenges designed to appeal to a range of group types and play styles, Hand of Corruption offers ample opportunities for both savvy roleplaying and grueling combat. Selected Previous Volumes: Black Crusade (ISBN 1-61661-143-X) • Based on the wildly popular Warhammer 40,000 setting • An adventure book for Black Crusade, FFG’s latest Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay line • Features a complete three-part adventure in a single, comprehensive volume • Takes characters to three distinct settings, each with its own unique challenges • Appropriate for characters of all levels and play styles FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES KEY SELLING POINTS: 174 ISBN: 1-58994-764-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-764-1 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 DARK HERESY: ONLY WAR... • The men and women of the Imperial Guard face horrors with • nothing but a lasgun and their faith. Commissars shout over the boom of battle cannons as those under their command give their lives so that humanity might survive. Within these pages you will find expanded rules for Imperial Guardsmen, vehicles, and systems for campaigns surrounding the Imperial Guard! Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Heresy RPG: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-454-2) ISBN: 1-58994-762-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-762-7 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $31.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 72 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 DARK HERESY: THE APOSTASY GAMBIT II CHURCH OF THE DAMNED • The Apostasy Gambit is a sweeping trilogy of adventures that unlocks secrets of the Calixis Sector that shake it to its very foundation! Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Heresy RPG: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-454-2) JAN-JUN 2012 DARK HERESY: THE APOSTASY GAMBIT III: CHAOS COMMANDMENT • The Apostasy Gambit is a sweeping trilogy of adventures that unlocks the secrets of the Calixis Sector that shake it to its very foundation! ISBN: 1-58994-763-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-763-4 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $31.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 72 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Heresy: The Apostasy Gambit I Black Sepulchre (ISBN 1-58994761-4), Dark Heresy: The Apostasy Gambit II - Church of the Damned (ISBN 1-58994-7622) • Deep within the hives of the Calixis Sector, vile gangs wage tiny • but deadly wars with Enforcers. By the flickering light of ancient lamps the streets of the underhive are home to many dangers that obfuscate the truths that Acolytes might desperately seek This book presents material for Arbitrators, Scum, and all Acolytes who operate in the arena in the Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy Roleplay Game, ideal for players looking to expand their characters into the depths of the underhive! DEATHWATCH: THE ACHILUS ASSAULT • In service to the Emperor, choose which worlds shall be saved... • and which shall burn! A sourcebook for Deathwatch, The Achilus Assault includes descriptions of the fires of war raging in the Jericho Reach, from the numberless tides of the Tyranids in Hive Fleet Dagon to the hellish legions of Chaos pouring forth from the Hadex Anomaly and the expansionist aggression of the Tau Empire. The threats presented in this tome provide Game Masters with a surfeit of antagonists and mysteries to confront a Deathwatch Kill-team. With this thorough resource, players can learn about the Jericho Reach’s most significant warzones and plan new Deathwatch missions of vital importance to the Crusade. Learn about the major threats to the Crusade’s advance, including foes that can be reasoned with — and those that must be annihilated! With new NPCs, adventure seeds, and player options, The Achilus Assault brings your campaign to the front lines. • Sourcebook for Deathwatch • A product set in the popular Warhammer 40,000 universe • Includes new NPCs, adventure seeds, and player options • Features descriptions of the Jericho Reach’s warzones • Helps players plan new Deathwatch missions KEY SELLING POINTS: JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-58994-760-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-760-3 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 11.25 x 8.25 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Dark Heresy RPG: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-454-2) ISBN: 1-58994-783-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-783-2 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Ross Watson Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Warhammer 40K RPG: Deathwatch Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-778-9), Deathwatch RPG: Game Masters Tool Kit (ISBN 1-58994-779-7), Deathwatch: The Emperor Protects (ISBN 1-58994-780-0), Deathwatch RPG: Rites of Battle (ISBN 1-58994-781-9), Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos (ISBN 1-58994-782-7) FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES DARK HERESY: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT 175 ISBN: 1-58994-800-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-800-6 Price: $24.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Rogue Trader RPG: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-675-8) ROGUE TRADER: HOSTILE ACQUISITIONS • Rogue Traders are accustomed to earning their livings in the grey areas of the law, but a few brave or foolhardy captains take it a step further! Hostile Acquisitions is a guide to crime for Explorers with a flexible sense of morality. A catalog of valuable treasures wait to be “liberated.” And with information on piracy, smuggling, blackmail, con games, and more, Hostile Acquisitions is proof that in the Koronus Expanse, crime often pays. • A guide to living on the other side of the law in the Warhammer 40,000 gaming universe! • Filled with new equipment, treasures, and other booty ready to be plundered and acquired. • Information for players on piracy, smuggling, blackmail, con KEY SELLING POINTS: FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES games, and more areas for players to explore. 176 ISBN: 1-58994-801-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-801-3 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Page Count: 144 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 ROGUE TRADER: XENOS COMPENDIUM • Across the Koronus Expanse, a multitude of beings both terri• Selected Previous Volumes: Rogue Trader RPG: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-58994-675-8) ISBN: 1-58994-815-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-815-0 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 8.25 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Box, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Set (ISBN 1-58994-696-0) fying and mysterious await discovery. Some will offer aid, others destruction... but make no mistake, each has its own agenda! Xenos Compendium is a comprehensive collection of countless horrifying denizens of the Koronus Expanse. From the Rak’Gol to the Yu’vath, Orks, Eldar, Daemons, and monsters from countless worlds, Xenos Compendium provides the details necessary to for players of the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Roleplay Game to defend themselves and their ships! WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY: BLACKFIRE PASS • Explore the legendary location of Black Fire Pass through the • eyes of the stout dwarfs. As a setting of constant turmoil, Black Fire Pass presents a deeper look into this important site. Black Fire Pass introduces an in-depth look at dwarfs, with more information about their history and presence in the Old World. Including new careers, actions, location cards, and two rulebooks, Black Fire Pass expands the options available to players and GMs. In addition to showcasing dwarf technology and rune magic, this supplement also includes a full adventure that is set in this volatile location. JAN-JUN 2012 WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY: HERO’S CALL Call! Hero’s Call is an epic supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay that takes your campaign to the peaks of power! Heroes gain tremendous new ammunition to face the challenges rising against them, including new high-powered careers, regional options for men and dwarfs from outside Reikland, two new player races, action cards for each new trait, and spells and blessings for Ranks 4 and 5. Players are going to need to take advantage of all these thrilling new powers, too, because Hero’s Call gives GMs exciting new ways to challenge high-powered parties, with tips for addressing their fame — or infamy, guidelines for running notable adversaries, such as Archaon the Everchosen, and a complete adventure, “The Art of Waaagh!” ISBN: 1-61661-334-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-61661-334-1 Price: $49.95 (CAN: $62.50) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.75 x 11 Page Count: 80 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Box, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Publication Date: 1/31/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Set (ISBN 1-58994-696-0) WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY: OMENS OF WAR • Prepare for war! Introducing exciting new options for combat and warfare, Omens of War greatly expands the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay experience. This third instalment in the Ruinous Power cycle allows players to further customise their characters by incorporating new fighting styles and mounted combat, while exploring military campaigns and battles across the Empire. Omens of War also introduces the Ruinous Power of Khorne and his minions, as well as provides a complete adventure that will pit players against the machinations of the Blood God. ISBN: 1-58994-818-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-58994-818-1 Price: $49.95 (CAN: $62.50) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Writer: Fantasy Flight Games Size: 8.25 x 11.25 Carton Qty: 6 Format: Box, Black & White Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Set (ISBN 1-58994-696-0) JAN-JUN 2012 FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES • Rise above the ordinary when you answer the Hero’s 177 DC ADVENTURES RPG: HEROES & VILLAINS VOLUME 2 ISBN: 1-934547-39-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-39-7 Price: $49.95 (CAN: $62.50, £37.99) Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing Writer: Darren Bulmer, Leon Chang, Walt Ciechanowski, Chris Huff, Seth Johnson, Matthew E. Kaiser, Steve Kenson, Christopher McGlothlin, Alejandro Melchor, Jason Mical, Jack Norris, Aaron Sullivan, Steven Trustrum, Ray Winninger Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 GREEN RONIN PUBLISHING Selected Previous Volumes: DC Adventures RPG Heroes & Villians Volume 1 (ISBN 1-934547-38-7) 178 • The DC Universe features a dazzling array of charac- • ters who have thrilled readers for generations. The two-volume Heroes & Villains set details more than 500 of those characters for use in your DC Adventures games, all featuring character stats fully compatible with the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds RPG. With Heroes & Villains in-hand, you will never lack for characters to use in your game, from heroic guest-stars and villainous foes to heroes suitable as ready-to-play characters. You’ll also have a comprehensive guide for modeling your own DC characters based on existing examples along with a collection of animals and monsters useful for mimics and shapechangers. It’s the comprehensive guide to the heroes and villains of the DC Universe no fan should be without! Volume 2 covers characters from the League of Assassins and Legion of Super-Heroes to Zatanna and Zauriel. DC ADVENTURES RPG: UNIVERSE ISBN: 1-934547-40-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-40-3 Price: $39.95 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing Writer: Darren Bulmer, Aaron Sullivan, John Polojac, Seth Johnson Artist: Alex Ross Size: 7.5 x 11 Page Count: 256 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superhero Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • From the streets of Metropolis and Gotham to the thousands of space sectors patrolled by the Green Lantern Corps; from a swirl of stars held in a vast and mysterious hand to the distant reaches of the 853rd century and beyond: the DC Universe covers vast stretches of time and space. Home to 75 years of the greatest tales of comic book history, this universe is now yours as a setting for endless adventures. DC Adventures Universe is a comprehensive guide to the ultimate superhero setting, including information on numerous characters, creatures, and places — everything you need for the backdrop of your game set in the DC Universe! Selected Previous Volumes: DC Adventures RPG Heros Handbook: Super-Hero Roleplaying in the DC Universe (ISBN 1-934547-37-9), DC Adventures RPG Heroes & Villians Volume 1 (ISBN 1-934547-38-7), DC Adventures RPG: Heroes & Villains Volume 2 (ISBN 1934547-39-5) JAN-JUN 2012 City is a brand new setting for your Mutants & Masterminds Third Edition campaign. Set in the same universe as the award-winning Freedom City, Emerald City provides a home base for your heroes and a place they can shine. This rich and detailed sourcebook describes a fully realized city that until recently was downright normal. It didn’t have alien armadas filling the sky, or mad gods trying to turn it into a Hell on Earth. Things were stable…until the Silver Storm tore through the city and unleashed a flood of dangerous super-villains and monsters! Now criminal masterminds have cast aside years of fragile peace, ready to go to war to settle old scores and claim the throne of the city’s underworld. Emerald City has no established teams to call on in this crisis. It is a city that needs heroes. Will you answer the call? • The first setting designed specifically for Mutants & Masterminds, Third Edition. • Expands the universe of Freedom City, which is already hugely popular amongst Mutants & Masterminds players. • This is the setting for Emerald City Knights, the first major advenKEY SELLING POINTS: Selected Previous Volumes: Mutants & Masterminds Heros Handbook (ISBN 1-934547-417), Mutants & Masterminds RPG: Gamemaster’s Guide (ISBN 1934547-42-5), Mutants & Masterminds RPG GM’s Kit (ISBN 1-934547-43-3) ture series of Mutants & Masterminds, Third Edition. LEVERAGE RPG: GRIFTERS AND MASTERMINDS • Every job needs a plan, and every con needs a player. This sourcebook for the Leverage RPG includes expanded rules for staging heists, planning capers, and putting one over on the mark. The ultimate resource for both players and Game Masters, Grifters and Masterminds features more classic con frameworks, new twists, a host of cover identities, criminal masterminds, and plenty of scenario ideas. • Margaret Weis Productions is known for producing great roleplaying games tied to existing, successful media franchises. • Based on Electric Entertainment’s Leverage — the hit series KEY SELLING POINTS: currently airing on TNT starring Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton. LEVERAGE: HITTERS, HACKERS, AND THIEVES • If you have to break in, bust heads, or bypass a firewall, this sourcebook for the Leverage RPG gives you the tools and tricks to do it. Hitters, Hackers, and Thieves features cutting-edge technology, high-powered weapons, more fighting styles, and expanded rules for overcoming security measures and handling tech-heavy jobs. • Margaret Weis Productions is known for producing great roleplaying games tied to existing, successful media franchises. • Based on Electric Entertainment’s Leverage — the hit series KEY SELLING POINTS: currently airing on TNT starring Academy Award-winner Timothy Hutton. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-931567-86-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-931567-86-2 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50) Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Writer: Margaret Weis Productions Artist: Fred Hicks Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Leverage: The Quickstart Job (ISBN 1-931567-85-9), Leverage: The Roleplaying Game (ISBN 1931567-24-7), Leverage: Hitters, Hackers, and Thieves (ISBN 1931567-87-5) ISBN: 1-931567-87-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-931567-87-9 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50) Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Writer: Margaret Weis Productions Artist: Fred Hicks Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 112 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Leverage: The Quickstart Job (ISBN 1-931567-85-9), Leverage: The Roleplaying Game (ISBN 1931567-24-7), Leverage RPG: Grifters and Masterminds (ISBN 1-931567-86-7) GREEN RONIN PUBLISHING • Emerald ISBN: 1-934547-45-X ISBN-13: 978-1-934547-45-8 Price: $34.95 (CAN: $34.95, £25.99) Publisher: Green Ronin Publishing Writer: Steve Kenson, Darren Bulmer, Christopher McGlothlin, Aaron Sullivan Size: 7.25 x 10.75 Page Count: 224 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Superheroes Publication Date: 3/6/2012 MARGARET WEIS PRODUCTIONS MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS RPG: EMERALD CITY CAMPAIGN SETTING 179 SMALLVILLE: THE WATCHTOWER REPORTS ISBN: 1-931567-91-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-931567-91-6 Price: $29.99 (CAN: $37.50) Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Writer: Josh Roby, Joe Blomquist, Roberta Olson, Mary Blomquist, Cam Banks Artist: Tiara Lynn Agresta Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 112 Carton Qty: 1 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Mature Readers (ages 16 and up) Genre: Media Tie-in Publication Date: 1/10/2012 • It didn’t end with the Wall of Weird. Mysterious proj- ects, villainous experiments, and superpowered opponents have all risen to challenge Clark and his companions, and much of it can be traced back to LuthorCorp! This Smallville RPG sourcebook is your guide for dozens of superpowered antagonists, abilities, and adventure hooks. • From Smallville Executive Producers Kelly Souders KEY SELLING POINTS: and Brian Peterson: “Two hundred stories and counting, that is our Smallville legacy. But there are still more stories to tell. With this game, you, too, can take up the mantle of storyteller. You can create new characters, new situations, new beginnings, and new ends. You can more fully explore the world we’ve all come to love… and you truly can make Clark’s story your own.” MARGARET WEIS PRODUCTIONS Selected Previous Volumes: Smallville Role Playing Game (ISBN 1-931567-89-1), Smallville High School Yearbook (ISBN 1931567-90-5) 180 MARVEL HEROIC ROLEPLAYING CORE BOOK ISBN: 1-936685-16-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-936685-16-5 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99) Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Writer: Various Artist: Various Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 128 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: Young Adult Publication Date: 2/14/2012 • Experience the pulse-pounding action and nail-biting • drama of the Marvel Universe at your gaming table. It’s one thing to stop an alien invasion or throw down with the Juggernaut, but sometimes you have to make the hard choices when you’re saving the world. With the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game books, that great power and great responsibility is yours! Based on the acclaimed Cortex Plus system, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying takes the award-winning events in the history of the Marvel Universe and gives you all of the heroes, villains, key decision points, and rich background you need to fight your own battles and forge a new destiny! • Hero KEY SELLING POINTS: • • • files for Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Wolverine, Luke Cage and Spider-Woman... plus the world-shaking Sentry! A mighty mob of Marvel villains from Armadillo to Zzzax! Easy-to-learn game rules make this a perfect entry point to Super Hero roleplaying games. All the action and drama that gamers have come to expect from Margaret Weis Productions and the Cortex Plus System. JAN-JUN 2012 GAMEMASTERY MAP PACK: LOST ISLAND full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason Engle, that combine to form a variety of tropical locales fit for both burying and discovering lost treasure! Locations include: a Pirate’s Cove, a Shipwreck, a Castaway’s Lean-to, an Idol, a Treasure Trove, a Waterfall, Rapids, and Jungle Paths. • For use with all tabletop roleplaying and miniatures KEY SELLING POINTS: • games and suitable for experienced GMs and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles! ISBN: 1-60125-414-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-414-6 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Jason Engle Size: 5 x 8 Page Count: 18 Format: Pack, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/25/2011 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Map Pack: Ship’s Cabins (ISBN 1-60125-406-7), GameMastery Map Pack: Waterfront (ISBN 1-60125-1629) PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: SKULL & SHACKLES PART 3 TEMPEST RISING • The adventurers have come a long way since the vio- • lent and desperate launch of their pirate career. Now, their ship’s hold full of loot and plunder, they make their triumphant return to Port Peril to present themselves to the Hurricane King to officially gain recognition as Free Captains of the Shackles. But with this recognition comes new opportunities, as other pirates take action to aid or hinder the heroes, during which hints of a hidden plot begin to surface. Maintaining and improving their infamy eventually sends the heroes into the notorious Free Captains’ Regatta, an annual race along the fringes of the Eye of Abendego — yet this year, more than a supernatural hurricane lies in wait for those brave or foolish enough to sail these deadly waters! Continuing the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path, Tempest Rising is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 7th-level characters. • The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. • More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. • Pathfinder’s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60125-413-X ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-413-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Matthew Goodall Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/25/2011 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Skull & Shackles Part 1 - The Wormwood Mutiny (ISBN 160125-404-0), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Skull & Shackles Part 2 - Raiders of the Fever Sea (ISBN 1-60125-409-1) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. • GameMastery Map Pack: Lost Island contains 18 more than 10,000 readers, making it the best-selling monthly print RPG product on the market. Tempest Rising was written by Matthew Goodall, winner of Paizo’s 2010 RPG Superstar game designer talent search. 181 PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING: GIANTS REVISITED ISBN: 1-60125-412-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-412-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Jason Nelson, Brian R. James, Ryan Costello, Ray Vallese, Russ Taylor, Jesse Benner Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/25/2011 PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mythical Monsters Revisited (ISBN 1-60125-384-2), Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Undead Revisited (ISBN 1-60125-303-6) • This Pathfinder sourcebook explores the societies, ecologies, mythologies, and secrets of ten of the most memorable races of giant-kind, including hill giants, stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants, storm giants, rune giants, marsh giants, taiga giants, and cyclopes. Each chapter includes full statistics for a sample leader or jarl, as well as new rules like feats, spells, and magical items crafted not just by these towering monsters, but by those who seek to fight against them. • The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. • More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. • Pathfinder’s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys KEY SELLING POINTS: more than 10,000 readers, making it the best-selling monthly print RPG product on the market. PATHFINDER PLAYER COMPANION: BLOOD OF FIENDS ISBN: 1-60125-423-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-423-8 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99, £8.50) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Colin McComb, Hal Maclean Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/25/2011 • They have been shunned and feared by society forev- • Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Player Companion: Faiths of Corruption (ISBN 160125-375-3), Pathfinder Player Companion: Goblins of Golarion (ISBN 1-60125-362-1) • The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. • More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. • Pathfinder’s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys KEY SELLING POINTS: • 182 er. Born of tainted bloodlines and raised in shameful secrecy, the tieflings of Golarion count among their ancestors some of the greatest evils of the Great Beyond. Yet not all tieflings succumb to the sinister compulsions of their evil blood — some strive to rise above the stereotype and become heroes in their own right. This Pathfinder sourcebook explores all that it is to be a tiefling, including not only an extensive discussion of tiefling culture and society, but also presenting numerous variations on the standard tiefling character. Rules for tieflings of specific fiendish heritages, new feats and magic, variant tiefling abilities and tiefling appearances, and new options for inquisitors, summoners, sorcerers, clerics and more await discovery in this Pathfinder Player Companion. more than 10,000 readers, making it the best-selling monthly print RPG product on the market. The Pathfinder Player Companion’s low price and excellent production values make it the ideal introduction to new Pathfinder customers. JAN-JUN 2012 PATHFINDER ROLEPLAYING GAME: ADVANCED RACE GUIDE • This definitive sourcebook for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game provides tons of new character options for all seven “core” player character races, from archetypes that allow elf characters to explore their connection to nature and magic, to feats and spells that let a dwarf character carry on the legacy of his multi-generational clan, or a gnome explore her connection to the First World or delve deep into her weird obsessions. Additionally, the Advanced Race Guide offers meaty sections on a dozen “spotlight” races that make interesting and exciting player character options, such as goblins, aasimar, tieflings, dhampyrs, drow, the elemental races from Bestiary 2, and several others, and, for the first time, allows players to create and play characters like merfolk, grippli, duergar, stryx, and every other appropriate monster currently in the Pathfinder game. Lastly, the Advanced Race Guide includes an extensive section that allows players and GMs to build their own custom races, either to emulate more powerful creatures that already exist in the game or to create wholly original characters unique to their campaign. ISBN: 1-60125-390-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-390-3 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Jason Bulmahn Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 256 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 4/25/2011 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2 (ISBN 1-60125-2684), Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: The Pathfinder Bestiary (ISBN 160125-183-1) • The Advanced • • Race Guide is a major Pathfinder RPG release for 2012, with major marketing, advertising, and Pathfinder Society Organized Play support throughout the calendar year. The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. GAMEMASTERY FLIP-MAT: PIRATE SHIP • Prepare • to keelhaul scurvy scallywags with GameMastery Flip-Mat: Pirate Ship! One side presents side-to-side vessels pulled close for ship-to-ship combat, while the other reveals the decks of one ship, making this durable accessory perfect for both highseas combat or your home on the waves in any tabletop fantasy campaign! This portable, affordable map measures 24” x 30” unfolded, and 8” x 10” folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. • Usable KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 by experienced GMs and novices alike, GameMastery Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal! Flip-Mats easily fold up to fit in a backpack or briefcase, making them an excellent accessory for convention-based gamers and participants in Paizo’s enormous Pathfinder Society organized play megacampaign, a program involving thousands of gamers around the world. ISBN: 1-60125-402-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-402-3 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Jason A. Engle Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 18 Format: Pack, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Flip-Mat: Warehouse (ISBN 1-60125-3826), GameMastery Flip-Mat: Monastery (ISBN 1-60125-3680), GameMastery Flip-Mat: Haunted Dungeon (ISBN 160125-356-7) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. KEY SELLING POINTS: 183 GAMEMASTERY ITEM CARDS: JADE REGENT ISBN: 1-60125-364-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-364-4 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Paizo Staff Size: 3 x 3.5 Page Count: 54 Format: Deck, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Item Cards: Kingmaker (ISBN 1-60125-2315), GameMastery Item Cards: Dragon’s Trove (ISBN 1-60125033-9), GameMastery Item Cards: Carrion Crown Deck (ISBN 1-60125-321-4) • On the other side of the world, in the courts of the Jade Regent, the right equipment can mean the difference between life and death, honor and shame. This 54-card deck includes beautiful, full-color illustrations you can use to give life and visual flair to the items and treasure of the eastern-themed Jade Regent Adventure Path. From ninja weapons like shuriken and kusarigama to eastern armors, scrolls, and more, Jade Regent Item Cards add an exotic element to any Item Card collection and bring a great sense of immersion to any fantasy campaign. • GameMastery Item Cards allow heroes to keep track KEY SELLING POINTS: • PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: JADE REGENT PART 5 TIDE OF HONOR ISBN: 1-60125-385-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-385-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Tito Leati Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 4 - Forest of Spirits (ISBN 1-60125-380-X), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 3 - Hungry Storm (ISBN 1-60125-374-5), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 2 - Night of Frozen Shadows (ISBN 1-60125-366-4) • The heroes arrive in Minkai only to discover the empire • is on its knees. The Jade Regent has twisted the ruling government to cater to his despotic whims, and throughout the realm, the people suffer. Before the heroes can attempt to stand against the Jade Regent and liberate Minkai, they must first earn the trust and respect of the ancient empire’s people and recruit aid from throughout the beleaguered empire — all the while dodging the oni and ninja agents controlled by the Five Storms! Tide of Honor is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 12th-level characters. This volume continues the Jade Regent Adventure Path, a sweeping quest that takes the heroes from familiar territory in Varisia all the way across the ice fields of the Crown of the World to distant Tian Xia, the land of the Dragon Empires. Tide of Honor also features an extensive gazetteer of the exotic and intriguing land of Minkai and an article about Irori, the god of self-perfection and martial arts. Plus, you’ll find several new monsters drawn from Japanese mythology in the Pathfinder Bestiary, new adventures of Varian Jeggare and Radovan (stars of the Pathfinder Tales novels Prince of Wolves and Master of Devils) in the Pathfinder’s Journal, and much more. • The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the KEY SELLING POINTS: • 184 of their equipment in style, and this deck is completely compatible with all of Paizo’s other GameMastery Item Card sets. Each of these full-color cards features a beautiful portrait of an item on one side with space on the back to keep notes. best-selling tabletop RPG on the market. More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. Pathfinder’s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys more than 10,000 readers, making it the best-selling monthly print RPG product on the market. Tide of Honor continues the long-awaited Jade Regent Adventure Path, which takes the heroes to distant Tian Xia, lands of ninjas and samurais, and reveals the “other side of the world” for the very first time. JAN-JUN 2012 PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: JADE REGENT PART 6 THE EMPTY THRONE • the Jade Regent’s tyranny, the heroes must escort their friend Ameiko to one final site — the Imperial Shrine on a hidden island in the capital’s harbor. Here, they must seek the blessing of Minkai’s dead emperors if they hope to have a chance to liberate the nation, but even here the Five Storms and the Jade Regent have their influence, and hungry demons and ravenous ghosts must be defeated before the ancestor spirits of the empire will give their blessings! The Empty Throne is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 14th-level characters. This volume concludes the Jade Regent Adventure Path, a sweeping quest that takes the heroes from familiar territory in Varisia all the way across the ice fields of the Crown of the World to distant Tian Xia, the land of the Dragon Empires. • Pathfinder’s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys KEY SELLING POINTS: • more than 10,000 readers, making it the best-selling monthly print RPG product on the market. The Empty Throne concludes the long-awaited Jade Regent Adventure Path, which takes the heroes to distant Tian Xia, lands of ninjas and samurais, and reveals the “other side of the world” for the very first time. ISBN: 1-60125-400-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-400-9 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $23.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Neil Spicer Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 4 - Forest of Spirits (ISBN 1-60125-380-X), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 3 - Hungry Storm (ISBN 1-60125-374-5), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 2 - Night of Frozen Shadows (ISBN 1-60125-366-4) PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING: JADE REGENT POSTER MAP FOLIO • Who would be so foolish as to travel from one end of • the world to the other without a trusty map to lead the way? With this map folio, you’ll find three invaluable maps for running the Jade Regent Adventure Path — yet these maps can serve any campaign that heads beyond the borders of the Inner Sea into the northern continent known as the Crown of the World or the vast continent of Tian Xia, the so-called Dragon Empires. Within this map folio, you’ll find three, huge, 8-panel poster maps — one of the city of Kassai (the capital city of the empire of Minkai), one of the frozen reaches of the Crown of the World, and one of the entire continent of Tian Xia from the chill steppes of Hongal to the north to the trackless monster-infested Valashmai Jungle far to the south. Even if you aren’t running the Jade Regent Adventure Path, the maps inside reveal for the first time two more of Golarion’s continents — realms filled with countless opportunities for exotic new adventure! • This beautiful poster map folio contains huge maps KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 of key regions and locations from the smash-hit Jade Regent Adventure Path campaign. These maps show never-before-revealed details about the “other side of the world,” and have been eagerly awaited by Pathfinder players and Game Masters alike. The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the bestselling tabletop RPG on the market. More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. ISBN: 1-60125-399-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-399-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Rob Lazzaretti Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 24 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Map Pack: Palace (ISBN 1-60125-387-7), GameMastery Flip-Mat: Pirate Ship (ISBN 1-60125-402-4) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. • War has come to Minkai! As resistance rises against 185 PATHFINDER CHRONICLES: BOOK OF THE DAMNED VOLUME 3 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE ISBN: 1-60125-373-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-373-6 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Imprint: Pathfinder Campaign Setting Writer: Todd Stewart Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure Publication Date: 1/10/2012 PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook (ISBN 1-60125150-5), Pathfinder Chronicles: Book of the Damned Volume 1Princes of Darkness (ISBN 160125-189-0), Pathfinder Chronicles: Book of the Damned Volume 2 - Lords of Chaos (ISBN 1-60125-250-1) 186 • Devils may seek to corrupt your faith and mind, and • demons certainly look to twist your body and destroy your home. But the fiends known as daemons seek something altogether more fundamental from mortals — they seek life itself! Evil without the distraction of binding law or capricious chaos, they look to the world with hungry eyes for fresh souls to consume. Horseman of the Apocalypse continues the Book of the Damned series by taking a detailed look at the daemons — ushers of catastrophe and harbingers of disaster. Personifying the worst ways a person can die, daemons constitute the third arm of major fiendish races, hailing from the nightmare realm of Abaddon, where they are led by four legendary figures- the so-called Horsemen of the Apocalypse! • Within these pages you’ll discover: • Presentations on the Four Horseman themselves — paragons of death, famine, war, and pestilence. • A complete list of all the major daemon races, includKEY SELLING POINTS: • • ing details on how to summon and manipulate them — if you dare! The souldrinker prestige class, a daemonic cultist who has learned how to harvest mortal souls to further his own power. Eight brand-new daemons with full statistics to plague your characters! PATHFINDER MODULE: THE MIDNIGHT MIRROR ISBN: 1-60125-401-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-401-6 Price: $13.99 (CAN: $17.50, £10.50) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Sam Zeitlin Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 1/24/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Module: The Harrowing (ISBN 1-60125-3559), Pathfinder Module: The Ruby Phoenix Tournament (ISBN 160125-381-8), Pathfinder Module: The Feast of Ravenmoor (ISBN 1-60125-367-2) • In shadow-haunted Nidal, the denizens of the Plane • of Shadow intermingle with common man. Now people are disappearing, and it falls to the adventurers to stop the terror. Faced with terrible shadow creatures, an unruly mob of scared citizens, and an unpredictable creature of light, can the heroes undo a greedy and uncaring noble’s self-serving mistake? The Midnight Mirror is an adventure for 4th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world’s oldest RPG. In addition to the adventure, this volume also features a brand-new monster and a gazetteer of a brand new location in the shadowtainted nation of Nidal. • Written KEY SELLING POINTS: • by Sam Zeitlin, the winner of Paizo Publishing’s RPG Superstar 2011 contest, which allows unpublished authors to compete before a panel of celebrity game designers and legions of their peers for the chance to write a Pathfinder Module. Upon its release, The Midnight Mirror will be immediately sanctioned for play in the Pathfinder Society Organized Play mega-campaign, a program involving thousands of gamers around the world, bringing more than 15,000 additional potential customers to this exciting release. JAN-JUN 2012 PATHFINDER ROLEPLAYING GAME: BESTIARY 3 • Unleash a world of monsters! Bestiary 3 presents hundreds of • new creatures for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Within this collection of creatures you’ll find grave knights and savage cyclopes, kappa and colossal kaiju, clockwork killers, mysterious sphinxes, imperial dragons, and so much more! A companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary, Bestiary 3 features more than 300 different monsters, including new creatures drawn from the best-known beasts of legend, literature, and Pathfinder RPG adventures, hordes of new templates and variants, numerous lists of monsters to aid in navigation, expanded universal monster rules to simplify special attacks, defenses, and qualities, and new familiars, animal companions, and other allies. • The Pathfinder RPG is now tied for first place as the bestselling tabletop roleplaying game on the market. • More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG camKEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN: 1-60125-378-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-378-1 Price: $39.99 (CAN: $49.99, £29.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Imprint: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Writer: Jason Bulmahn Artist: Wayne Reynolds Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 320 Format: Hardcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: 1/10/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2 (ISBN 1-60125-2684), Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: The Pathfinder Bestiary (ISBN 160125-183-1) GAMEMASTERY ITEM CARDS: SKULL AND SHACKLES • Lay claim to the high seas with a scallywag’s stockpile of weapons, magic items, and other plunder. The riches of pirate kings and lost empires awaits discovery in the Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path. This 54-card set of beautifully illustrated, full-color item cards allows you to track your newest and most dastardly treasures in vibrant detail. • GameMastery Item Cards allow heroes to keep track of their KEY SELLING POINTS: • equipment in style, and this deck is completely compatible with all of Paizo’s other GameMastery Item Card sets. Each of these full-color cards features a beautiful portrait of an item on one side with space on the back to keep notes. GAMEMASTERY MAP PACK: SHIP’S CABINS • GameMastery Map Pack: Ship’s Cabin contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Jason Engle, that combine to form a variety of seaworthy locales fit for both pirates and privateers! These tiles also link up with Flip Mat: Pirate Ship. Locations include: Captain’s Cabin, Officer’s Cabin, Sailors’ Quarters, Cargo Hold, Galley, and Bilge. • For use with all tabletop roleplaying and miniatures games and KEY SELLING POINTS: • JAN-JUN 2012 suitable for experienced GMs and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles! ISBN: 1-60125-407-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-407-8 Price: $10.99 (CAN: $13.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Paizo Staff Size: 3 x 3.25 Page Count: 54 Format: Deck, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Item Cards: Carrion Crown Deck (ISBN 160125-321-4), GameMastery Item Cards: Kingmaker (ISBN 160125-231-5), GameMastery Item Cards: Jade Regent (ISBN 160125-364-8) ISBN: 1-60125-406-7 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-406-1 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Paizo Staff Size: 5 x 8.5 Page Count: 18 Format: Pack, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Map Pack: Shrines (ISBN 1-60125-363-X), GameMastery Map Pack: Mines (ISBN 1-60125-376-1), GameMastery Map Pack: Waterfront (ISBN 1-60125-1629) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. paigns. 187 PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: SKULL & SHACKLES PART 1 THE WORMWOOD MUTINY ISBN: 1-60125-404-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-404-7 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Richard Pett Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 1 - The Brinewall Legacy (ISBN 1-60125-361-3), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 2 - Night of Frozen Shadows (ISBN 1-60125-366-4) 188 • The adventurers wake up in the hold of a ship at sea, • only to discover they’ve been press-ganged into a crew of scoundrels, thieves, and buccaneers from the pirate isles of the Shackles. When they’re assigned to a captured ship as part of a skeleton crew, the adventurers finally have a chance to stage a mutiny, but a sudden storm strands them on an isolated island inhabited by strange monsters? Can the adventurers survive the dangers of the island to overthrow their cruel captors and take control of their own destinies? Will they become feared pirates with their own ship, or will they meet their ends in a watery grave? A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1stlevel characters, this volume launches the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path. This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path also features details on the faith of Besmara, goddess of piracy, as well as details on the life of pirates adding new rules and insights useable throughout this high-seas campaign. New monsters from the depths of the sea and exotic islands also fill the Pathfinder Bestiary, while Robin D. Laws (author of the Pathfinder Tales novel The Worldwound Gambit) pens a tale of pirates and lost treasures in the Pathfinder’s Journal. PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING: DISTANT WORLDS ISBN: 1-60125-403-2 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-403-0 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: James L. Sutter Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Magic (ISBN 1-60125360-5), Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mythical Monsters Revisited (ISBN 1-60125-384-2), Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dungeons of Golarion (ISBN 160125-304-4) • This 64-page softcover explores the solar system of the Pathfinder campaign setting. Along with extensive gazetteers and maps of each of the numerous planets of this system (including the war-torn Red Planet of Akiton, the undead world of Eox, the primeval Green Planet of Castrovel, gas giants, asteroids, moons, and more), this book includes guidelines for traveling from world to world and exploring the dark depths of outer space. Rules for several new monsters, alien races, and magic round out the otherworldly offerings. • The Pathfinder RPG is now the bestselling tabletop KEY SELLING POINTS: • RPG on the market. More than 100,000 gamers play in active Pathfinder RPG campaigns. Pathfinder‘s monthly Adventure Path product enjoys more than 10,000 readers, making it the bestselling monthly print RPG product on the market. JAN-JUN 2012 • Details on pirate strongholds, from the tropical isles of the Shackles to the Varisian city of Riddleport and beyond, present a wide range of options for freebooters, corsairs, scallywags, and even government-sponsored privateers throughout the Inner Sea region. Pirate-themed archetypes, new spells and magic, feats, piratical character traits, a pirate slang primer, and more await plunder in this player-friendly book! • Perfect for use with the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path! KEY SELLING POINTS: GAMEMASTERY FLIP-MAT: URBAN TAVERN • Get ready for a barroom blitz with GameMastery Flip-Mat: • Urban Tavern! Pull up a stool at a high-scale taproom on one side, or take you pick from a block of seedy taverns and feast halls on the other, making this durable accessory perfect for both danger and downtime in any tabletop fantasy campaign. This portable, affordable map measures 24” x 30” unfolded, with a coated surface designed to can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. • Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, GameMastery Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal! • Flip-Mats easily fold up to fit in a backpack or briefcase, makKEY SELLING POINTS: ing them an excellent accessory for convention-based gamers and participants in Paizo’s enormous Pathfinder Society organized play mega-campaign, a program involving thousands of gamers around the world. PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: SKULL & SHACKLES PART 2 RAIDERS OF THE FEVER SEA • Now masters of their own ship, the adventurers can become • pirates in their own right, but they must first rename and refit their stolen ship. But to be considered equals by the pirates of the Shackles, they have to prove themselves worthy of the name. When they discover a treasure map tattooed on a defeated pirate rival, the adventurers go in search of buried treasure. If found, they’ll have enough plunder to return to the Shackles as true Free Captains! A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 4th-level characters. • Pathfinder enjoys more than 10,000 readers, making it the bestselling monthly print RPG product on the market. • Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License KEY SELLING POINTS: and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy roleplaying rules set. JAN-JUN 2012 ISBN: 1-60125-405-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-405-4 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Amber E. Scott Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 2/14/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Player Companion: Goblins of Golarion (ISBN 160125-362-1), Pathfinder Player Companion: Inner Sea Primer (ISBN 1-60125-277-3), Pathfinder Player Companion: Faiths of Corruption (ISBN 160125-375-3) ISBN: 1-60125-411-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-411-5 Price: $12.99 (CAN: $16.50, £9.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Paizo Staff Size: 10 x 8 Page Count: 18 Format: Pack, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: GameMastery Flip-Mat: Warehouse (ISBN 1-60125-3826), GameMastery Flip-Mat: Haunted Dungeon (ISBN 160125-356-7), GameMastery Flip-Mat: Pirate Ship (ISBN 160125-402-4) ISBN: 1-60125-409-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-409-2 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Greg A. Vaughan Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 96 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Skull & Shackles Part 1 - The Wormwood Mutiny (ISBN 160125-404-0), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 1 - The Brinewall Legacy (ISBN 160125-361-3), Pathfinder Adventure Path: Jade Regent Part 2 - Night of Frozen Shadows (ISBN 1-60125-366-4) PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. PATHFINDER PLAYER COMPANION: PIRATES OF THE INNER SEA 189 PATHFINDER CAMPAIGN SETTING: ISLE OF THE SHACKLES ISBN: 1-60125-408-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-408-5 Price: $19.99 (CAN: $24.99, £14.99) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Mike Shel Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 64 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/20/2012 PAIZO PUBLISHING, LLC. Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Rule of Fear (ISBN 1-60125-301X), Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mythical Monsters Revisited (ISBN 1-60125-384-2), Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Lands of the Linnorm Kings (ISBN 1-60125365-6) 190 • This 64-page book explores one of the Inner Sea • region’s most notorious realms — the pirate isles known as the Shackles. Here, pirates from throughout the region congregate, yet not all of the Shackles isles are civilized, even by buccaneers and freebooters. Some hold ancient cyclopean ruins and lost treasures, while others are infested with horrific monsters and savage beasts. Isles of the Shackles explores these islands, providing dozens of interesting and exciting sites for adventures and makes a perfect companion volume for GMs seeking to expand their experience running the Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path. A monstrous bestiary containing numerous beasts and filthy pirate villains completes this invaluable addition to any piracy-themed campaign. • Isle of the Shackles is the perfect compliment to the KEY SELLING POINTS: Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path, giving players and Game Masters alike details to aid them during their nautical campaigns. PATHFINDER MODULE: NO RESPONSE FROM DEEPMAR ISBN: 1-60125-410-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-410-8 Price: $13.99 (CAN: $17.50, £10.50) Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. Writer: Stephen S. Greer Size: 8.5 x 11 Page Count: 32 Format: Softcover, Full Color Recommended Age: All Ages Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: 3/20/2012 Selected Previous Volumes: Pathfinder Module: Academy of Secrets (ISBN 1-60125-343-5), Pathfinder Module: The Feast of Ravenmoor (ISBN 1-60125-3672), Pathfinder Module: The Ruby Phoenix Tournament (ISBN 160125-381-8) • The island penal mining colony of Deepmar off the • north coast of Cheliax has provided the infernal House of Thrune with a steady supply of valuable crystals for decades — but now all contact with the island has ceased! Sent to the isolated island to investigate, the heroes must explore the eerily abandoned mining colony and the surrounding island to discover what sinister threat has silenced the settlement and interrupted the steady flow of minerals from the colony’s mines. Can the heroes discover the truth behind the disappearance of the island’s inhabitants and get the rich resources of Deepmar flowing to the mainland again, or will they, too, vanish, never to be heard from again? No Response From Deepmar is a dungeon and wilderness exploration Pathfinder Module designed for 8th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 Edition of the world’s oldest RPG. The adventure includes a detailed gazetteer of a penal mining colony for use in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting or any fantasy roleplaying world. • No Response From Deepmar is an official adventure KEY SELLING POINTS: • for the new Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the next evolution in fantasy gaming that featured more than 50,000 playtesters and was tied for first-place as the bestselling tabletop RPG of 2011. Upon its release, No Response From Deepmar will be immediately sanctioned for play in the Pathfinder Society Organized Play mega-campaign, a program involving thousands of gamers around the world, bringing more than 15,000 additional potential customers to this exciting release. 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