Sneak Peeks: Dynamite Entertainment January 14, 2015

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Dynamite that will come out this week...

Vampirella #100
Nancy A. Collins, Tim Seeley, Eric Trautmann, Mark Rahner, Brandon Jerwa (w)
Francesco Mann, Dave Acosta, Eman Casallos, Javier Miranda-Garcia (a)
Joe Jusko, Joyce Chin, Cedric Poulat “bombshell”, Tony Fleecs (c)

Get ready to party – Vampi style! With one hundred issues stacked high since Dynamite’s launch of Vampirella in 2010, it’s time for a giant-sized spectacular. To commemorate the occasion, we welcome the best Vampirella writers – past, present, and even future – to contribute short stories, guaranteed to send chills up your spine and quicken your pulse. Featuring Nancy A. Collins (who launched the current ongoing series with her bold new take), Eric Trautmann (who kicked off the Dynamite era), Brandon Jerwa (who expanded the mythology in over 20 issues), Mark Rahner (who spoofed pop horror culture with several one-shot specials), and Tim Seeley (the architect of Chaos who debuts his first-ever Vampi work here)!


Alice Cooper #5
Joe Harris (w)
Eman Casallos (a)
David Mack (c)

As friends, fans, demons and derelicts gather for his big "comeback" show, Alice Cooper prepares his final vengeance against Clan Black. The first rocking, shocking story arc concludes... and there will be casualties.





Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #2
Dan Abnett (w)
Dietrich Smith (a)
Mike Mayhew, Dietrich Smith, Livio Ramondelli, Ardian Syaf (c)

The Colonial Fleet has finally found an unexpected promise of salvation, after ten years of desperate survival. Yet is it all it seems to be? The Cylons have been quiet for a long time, but they never sleep and they never give up. Apollo and his fellow warriors embark on a dangerous mission to unlock the truth... and the consequences will change the lives of all aboard the Galactica forever. The shocking, continuity-shaking story continues from cosmic superstar writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy)!


Battlestar Galactica Vol 2 TPB
Dan Abnett, Robert Place Napton (w)
Dietrich Smith, Cezar Razek, Kewber Baal (a)
Livio Ramondelli (c)

For the Battlestar Galactica and its fleet, which is the greater threat: what lies ahead, or what snaps at their heels? Driven into an uncharted storm zone by the pursuing Cylons, the last survivors of the Twelve Colonies discover a vast, mysterious artifact. With half of the crew haunted by chilling dreams of lost Earth, Commander Adama and Captain Apollo find themselves at odds over their course of action– a conflict that leads the leader of humankind to question if the time has come to pass the torch. Will Adama entrust the sanctity of the fleet to the next generation… and if so, would they survive the coming massive Cylon attack without his tactical genius? And finally– the origin of the traitorous Baltar is finally revealed! What kind of man could betray his own species, and how did the Cylons foster his sinister ambition?


Doodle Jump #5
Meredith Gran, Mario Udzenija (w)
Steve Uy (a/c)

Continuing the brand new, all-ages accessible, original comic book series from Dynamite! Doodler has been captured by a menacing robot! Stuck in a strange world and abandoned by his friends, a great challenge awaits our hero.







Evil Ernie #3
Tim Seeley, Steve Seeley (w)
Raphael Lanhellas (a)
Tim Seeley, Ardian Syaf, Joyce Chin (c)

Ernie and Smiley have made their way to a Ghost Hunting Convention, but they aren't here to see "celebrities." It's superhuman slasher against superhuman slasher as Evil Ernie takes on the Death worshiping psycho Carrion Jane! Meanwhile, it's up to Mary Young to save innocent bystanders, because Ernie and Jane only have eyes for each other!




Ex-Con #5
Duane Swierczynski (w)
Keith Burns (a)
Tim Bradstreet (c)

Last issue! Crime boss Barnaby Creed once gave him a piece of advice: "Only a crazy man makes the same mistake twice." And Cody Pomeray is taking that advice to heart -- namely, by making a whole new set of mistakes! Racing from downtown L.A. to a gravesite in Mexico, Cody knows it's the final showdown. But will he be able to figure out who’s betrayed him in time to keep him out of the slammer? Don't miss the shocking conclusion of this grifter noir saga!

Lone Ranger: Vindicated #3
Justin Gray (w)
Rey Villegas (a)
Marc Laming (c)

The Lone Ranger sets out to bring justice and fireworks to the men that beat Tonto and left him for dead in the streets of Red River, but a surprising twist reveals the true greed and ambition of the men they're chasing. Meanwhile the Lone Ranger's feelings for Fiona Doyle might be putting him and Tonto at greater risk!



Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly #4
Patricia Briggs, Rik Hoskin (w)
Tom Garcia (a/c)

While Mercy discovers how the fae are connected to the unearthed dead bodies, her stepdaughter Jesse finds herself shunned by her classmates just as news breaks that her class rival Kayla has gone missing. Suddenly, Jesse’s the prime suspect in the disappearance. High School never felt crueler!





The Shadow Special 2014: Death Factory
Phil Hester (w)
Ivan Rodriguez (a)
Phil Hester (c)

The weed of crime, which once grew madly in the rich soil of the Great Depression, is now withering on the streets of New York. A new factory has sprung up among the shuttered sweatshops, sweeping the city's most notorious criminals and desperate lowlifes into its employ. When The Shadow's loyal operative Jericho Druke infiltrates the works, he finds it run by a fascist, technocratic madman bent on fomenting the racial tensions that threaten to shatter the United States. The Shadow and his team must destroy this Factory of Death before its lethal product poisons a nation.

Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini #3
Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery (w)
Carlos Furuzono (a)
Aaron Campbell, Colton Worley (c)

Detective Sherlock Holmes’ and magician Harry Houdini’s refusal to investigate the attacks on Houdini’s shows together leads to a horrific attack on a loved one and puts Holmes and Houdini face to face with a deadly force that defies death...





Twilight Zone #11
J. Michael Straczynski (w)
Guiu Vilanova (a)
Francesco Francavilla (c)

At the end of his career and at the bottom of a bottle, Ben Chambers took on one last case: investigate the unsolved murder of an Iraq War veteran and son to corporate CEO Jason Black. What he got was a trip through the past unlike any other.. Having broken the timestream, will Detective Chambers be able to save the young man’s life, and if so, what kind of consequences might it have on the present? The answers to these questions and more lay waiting for you in The Twilight Zone.