The Fellowship has obtained the solicitations for Image Comics that will come out January 2012...
FATALE
#1
story
ED BRUBAKER
art
& cover SEAN PHILLIPS
colors
DAVE STEWART
JANUARY 4
32
PAGES / FC / M $3.50
GUNS! SEX! SECRET CULTS!
AND MONSTERS!
Nothing the BEST-SELLING and
AWARD-WINNING creators of SLEEPER, CRIMINAL and INCOGNITO have done so far will
prepare you for the explosive debut of FATALE!
A reporter in 2012 stumbles on a secret that leads him down
the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman who’s been on the run since
1935, a mobster who may be an immortal demon monster, and the stories of all
the doomed men who’ve been caught in their decades-long struggle.
FATALE
blends noir and horror to tell a riveting epic unlike anything you’ve seen
before.
Issue #1 ships with “Beauty” and
“Beast” variant covers.
PROPHET #21
story BRANDON GRAHAM
art SIMON ROY
cover MARIAN CHURCHLAND
variant cover ROB LIEFELD
JANUARY 18
32 PAGES/FC/T+ $2.99
The distant future
Earth is inhabited by alien settlers that feed off of the ape-men
mankind has devolved into. John Prophet awakes from cryosleep on a mission to
restart the human empire.
WHISPERS #1
story JOSHUA LUNA
art & cover JOSHUA LUNA
JANUARY 11
32
PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
A mentally troubled
man is suddenly empowered with the ability to leave his physical body in
“ghost” form and manipulate people in strange and disturbing ways. With this
incredible power, will he control his demons...or discover even more?
JOSHUA LUNA of the Luna Brothers (ULTRA, GIRLS, THE SWORD) makes
a solo debut with a dark, supernatural thriller that questions free will and
explores the obsessions, addictions and urges we all have and may not have
control of at all.
THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN: DISINTERRED #1
(of 6)
story DAVID HINE
art & cover SHAKY KANE
JANUARY 25
32 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
“KILLER INSIDE” - THE ORIGIN OF THE
SHIELD OF JUSTICE
Back from the grave! The cult hit of
2011 returns with a tale of treachery, murder and unrequited lust. When
headless corpses start to appear on the first night of the full moon, ace
detective Johnny P. Sartre smells a rat…
Contains profanity,
nudity, violence and the graphic depiction of alcohol abuse.
MONDO #1 (of 3)
story, art & cover TED McKEEVER
JANUARY 4
48 PAGES / BW / M
GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT $4.99
And what you have is MONDO, in all its raging glory!
NANCY IN HELL (ON EARTH) #1 (of 4)
story EL TORRES
art ENRIQUE LOPEZ LORENZANA
color FRAN GAMBOA
JANUARY 25
32 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
The unlikely couple
of Nancy and Lucifer are back! After escaping from ell, the
chainsaw-wielding hottie finds that the Gates of Hades
remained open, and
all kind of demons are pouring out on Earth. Our world is the newest
infernal region, and nobody will help the
humans... not even
the angels from Heaven!
COVER GIRLS HC
art & cover GUILLEM
MARCH
JANUARY 4
80 PAGES / FC / M $16.99
This volume collects
some of the best covers and other artwork from rising star GUILLEM MARCH (GOTHAM CITY SIRENS, CATWOMAN). More than one hundred full-color images featuring the sexiest
girls from his stunning work for Eros Magazine or Playboy Spain, never seen in
U.S., plus much unpublished art.
ARTIFACTS
DELUXE HC
story
RON MARZ
art MICHAEL BROUSSARD,
WHILCE PORTACIO, JEREMY HAUN & DALE KEOWN
cover
DALE KEOWN
448
PAGES / FC / T+
OVERSIZED $99.99
/ S&N LTD ED $109.99
ULTIMATE
EVENT, ULTIMATE COLLECTION!
Individually, thirteen ancient and mystical Artifacts have
guided mankind since the beginning of time. Now together, thirteen Artifacts
will threaten to destroy everything when a mysterious antagonist known only as
the Survivor orchestrates a grand symphony to draw the Artifact bearers
together. Featuring virtually every character in the Top Cow Universe,
including Witchblade, The Darkness, Angelus, Magdalena, Cyberforce,
Hunter-Killer, and many more, this over-sized, slip-cased edition collects the
entire ARTIFACTS series.
Written by Top Cow Universe architect RON MARZ (WITCHBLADE, MAGDALENA) and featuring art from MICHAEL BROUSSARD (THE DARKNESS), WHILCE
PORTACIO (UNCANNY X-MEN), JEREMY
HAUN (THE DARKNESS), and DALE KEOWN (THE DARKNESS/PITT), ARTIFACTS
is an event done right!
Collects
ARTIFACTS #0-#13 and ARTIFACTS: ORIGINS. Includes 24” x 36” poster insert.
AVENGELYNE,
VOL. 1: DEVIL IN THE FLESH HC
story
ROB LIEFELD & MARK POULTON
art
OWEN GIENI
cover
ROB LIEFELD
JANUARY
25
184
PAGES / FC / T+
STANDARD
SIZE $24.99
A
FALLEN ANGEL RETURNS!
Created by Image Comics founder ROB LIEFELD, the fallen angel Avengelyne’s quest for redemption is
brought back into the spotlight by writer MARK
POULTON and artist OWEN GIENI.
Together, this new creative team takes this freshly redesigned supernatural
heroine on an epic and tantalizing adventure through the sin-filled streets of
New York City where she encounters the Red Dragon, Torment, Devlin, Priest, the
Coven, and many more.
Collects
AVENGELYNE #1-6
BLUE ESTATE, VOL. 2 TP
story VIKTOR KALVACHEV & ANDREW
OSBORNE
art VIKTOR KALVACHEV, TOBY CYPRESS,
NATHAN FOX, TOM COKER, PAUL MAYBURY, ANDREW ROBINSON, MARLEY ZARCONE.
cover & colors VIKTOR KALVACHE
JANUARY
11
120 PAGES / FC / M $12.99
The stakes increase and the body count rises when a pair of
underachieving sons on opposite sides of the law betray their powerful fathers,
triggering paranoia, chaos, and a deadly case of Dexter obsession in
the second volume of the BLUE
ESTATE saga. Killers battle, schemes unravel, assassins get deployed
and garden gnomes are destroyed as the supercool Hollywood crime series
reloads in this bonus-packed new trade paperback collection!
Collects BLUE ESTATE #5-8
“BLUE ESTATE takes the best of Guy
Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino, but remains unabashedly original.” – USA Today
THE
DARKNESS ACCURSED, VOL. 6 TP
story
PHIL HESTER
art
SHELDON MITCHELL
cover
MICHAEL BROUSSARD
JANUARY
11
160
PAGES / FC / M
STANDARD
SIZE $19.99
OUTER
DARKNESS!
In one of the most explosive THE DARKNESS arcs yet, longtime writer PHIL HESTER (WONDER WOMAN, GODZILLA) and artist SHELDON MITCHELL (PILOT SEASON: STEALTH) push Jackie Estacado, current bearer of the
Darkness, to the brink. Having defeated his enemy, The Sovereign, Estacado had
hoped to settle into a quiet, peaceful life in Chicago. But a series of
attempts on his life, set him on a path that reunites him with old friends,
allies and enemies. However, Jackie soon finds that the most dangerous enemies
don’t come from outside, but rather, from within…
Collects
THE DARKNESS #90-#95
ECHOES
COMPLETE SIGNED SET
story
JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
art
& cover RAHSAN EKEDAL
JANUARY
18
SET
x5 COMICS (32 PAGES each) / BW / M $9.99
THE
HARVEY NOMINATED SERIES SIGNED!
From acclaimed author JOSHUA
HALE FIALKOV (TUMOR, PILOT SEASON: ALIBI)
and rising artist RAHSAN EKEDAL
(SOLOMON KANE, PILOT SEASON: THE TEST)
comes a disturbing story of murder and mystery wrapped in questions of sanity.
Brian Cohn was learning to deal with the schizophrenia inherited from his
father. Supportive wife, new baby on the way, drugs to control the voices. But,
when on his father's deathbed he learns that he also inherited the trophies of
his father's career as a serial killer, will his madness send him further down
into the crawlspace of his father's mind? Get the complete comic set, with a
second printing issue #1, and the full set signed by both creators.
FRACTURED
FABLES TP
story
VARIOUS
art
VARIOUS
JANUARY
18
160
PAGES / FC / T
OVERSIZED $19.99
Some of comic’s most celebrated
creators (including Mike Allred, Jill Thompson, Terry Moore,
Shannon Wheeler, Whilce Portacio, Peter David, Ben Templesmith, Nick Spencer
and over 40 more) turn familiar fairy tales on their ear! This critically
acclaimed, super-star anthology will thrill old and young alike. Now, for the
first time in an oversized trade paperback edition!
INTREPIDS, VOL. 1 TP
story KURTIS J. WIEBE
art & cover SCOTT
KOWALCHUK
JANUARY 4
144 PAGES / FC / T $16.99
The Intrepids are a collection of runaway and homeless
teenagers that have been taken in and cared for by an aging inventor, Dante.
Applying his brilliance, he crafts marvelous technological contraptions. With
his vision and help, the teenagers agree to don his technology for the
betterment of mankind. Together, they combat tyranny and stop madmen from
bringing harm to the world. Included in the collection are Intrepids Public
Service Announcements from your favourite comic artists.
Collects INTREPIDS #1-6
INVINCIBLE, VOL. 15: GET SMART TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art
by RYAN OTTLEY
cover
by RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
JANUARY 11
144
PAGES/ FC / T $16.99
Mark Grayson finds himself at a crossroads:
Is fighting battles head-on always the best solution to the world’s greatest
threats, or is there a better way?
Collects
INVINCIBLE #85-90
RED SPIKE, VOL. 1 TP
story JEFF CAHN
artist
MARK TEXEIRA & SALVADOR NAVARRO
cover MARK TEXEIRA
JANUARY 11
144 PAGES / FC / T $12.99
70 years ago, the
world began its race to create the first Super Soldier. In 2011, the United
States succeeded... twice. Project Red Spike discovered that through the
manipulation and regulation of the adrenal glands the super soldier was no
longer just a dream. Matt Cutler and Greg Dane, the first to survive the
process, have been proven on the field to be everything that was wanting in the
program. Unfortunately, an upgrade to Greg’s implant goes array and now it’s up
to Matt to chase down his friend before he hurts himself, the city and the tax
payers who funded their creation. But as the friends begin their very public battle
in heart of Washington D.C., twisted and sinister secrets begin to emerge from
within the Red Spike program. Can both soldiers survive or are their deaths a
necessary measure to secure the program's secrecy?
Collects
RED SPIKE #1-5
SPAWN COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1 TP
story TODD
McFARLANE
art TODD McFARLANE, GREG CAPULLO &
TONY DANIEL
JANUARY 11
984 PAGES / BW / T+ TEEN PLUS $59.99
TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation,
Spawn, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic
book in history. Add in collaborations with industry giants ALAN MOORE, FRANK MILLER, TONY DANIEL
and GRANT MORRISON and Spawn’s
future as a legend was sealed.
Collected for the
first time in black and white format, McFARLANE’s
hyper-detailed artwork
comes to life like never before. Relive all the
excitement of
everyone’s favorite anti-hero with this new collection.
Collects SPAWN #1-49
SPAWN: NEW BEGINNINGS, VOL. 2 TP
story WILL CARLTON & JON GOFF
art & cover SZYMON KUDRANSKI
JANUARY 25
152 PAGES / FC / T+ $14.99
Jim Downing's re-birth as the newest Hellspawn continues! No
one is safe from the 'Curse of the Spawn,' as the darkness surrounding Jim's
life beings to spread, pulling Twitch and Detective Rowand deeper into a
shadowy world of intrigue and horror. A crash course on the origins of Jim's
new powers and the man known as Al Simmons leads to a violent confrontation
with the one person Jim thought he could trust... Clown.
Collects SPAWN #207-212
THE VAULT, VOL. 1 TP
story
SAM SARKAR
art & cover GARRIE GASTONNY
JANUARY 18
96 PAGES / FC / T $9.99
A small team of treasure hunters
struggles to excavate a dangerous and legendary treasure pit before a massive
storm hits Sable Island, the Graveyard of the North Atlantic. Equipped
with all the latest technology, the scientists believe they are prepared
against all of nature's fury, but nothing can prepare them for what they are
about to unleash from the vault.
Collects THE VAULT #1-3
THE ACTIVITY #2
story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art & cover MITCH GERADS
JANUARY 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
"SILENT NIGHT "
When a Gray Fox
HUMINT operative goes missing in Amsterdam, Team Omaha is sent to track him
down, and Fiddler learns a few things about the nature of working for the
ISA.
AVENGELYNE
#7
story
MARK POULTON
art
OWEN GIENI
cover
A ROB LIEFELD
cover
B OWEN GIENI
cover
C DAVE BULLOCK
JANUARY
25
32
PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
“THE
HUNT,” Part One
Introducing
the Extreme Universe’s government superteam against the supernatural… the WAR
DOGS. After the murder of the Torment Killer, Ned Crowley, the New Church of
the People becomes a media frenzy. With Priest on the run, it’s up to
Avengelyne to get to him before the War Dogs execute their orders to kill on
sight. Plus, an “Extreme Origins”
back-up written by MARK POULTON with
art by a guest artist!
BLOOD RED DRAGON #3
story JON GOFF
art CARLO SORIANO & CRIMELAB
SYNDICATE
cover CARLO SORIANO
JANUARY 4
24 PAGES / FC / T $3.99
Limited print run of 5000 copies
Created by comic book legend, STAN LEE, and rock icon, YOSHIKI,
with art direction by visionary creator, TODD McFARLANE, the epic first
adventure of BLOOD RED DRAGON comes
to its startling conclusion!
AS THE WORLD FALLS A HERO IS BORN.
Calling upon the full
might of his newfound power, Yoshiki risks death as
he unleashes the
awesome fury of the Dragon upon Oblivion’s legions.
But Ky’Rann,
Oblivion’s greatest warrior, has a trick up his sleeve that just
may spell DOOM for
Yoshiki and the world as we know it.
BORN
OF LIGHT. POWERED BY DARKNESS.
A HERO LIKE NO OTHER WILL FACE HIS
GREATEST CHALLENGE,
AND BE FOREVER TRANSFORMED BY THE
DARKNESS WITHIN.
CHEW
#25
story
JOHN LAYMAN
art
& cover ROB GUILLORY
JANUARY 18
32
PAGES / FC / M $2.99
“MAJOR
LEAGUE CHEW,” Part Five
For sale: One Cibopath, slightly used, extremely
damaged.
THE
DARKNESS #99
story
PHIL HESTER
art
ROMANO MOLENAAR
cover
A JEREMY HAUN
cover
B SHELDON MITCHELL
JANUARY
18
32
PAGES / FC / M $2.99
CELEBRATE
THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY!
The Darkness has mustered its considerable defenses in its
home dimension to crush its prodigal son and current bearer, Jackie Estacado.
Long time writer PHIL HESTER (WONDER
WOMAN, THE GREEN HORNET) and ROMANO
MOLENAAR (THE DARKNESS II:
CONFESSION) build to the crescendo that will be landmark THE DARKNESS #100 when Jackie will come
face-to-face with the source of his power and misery.
ELEPHANTMEN #39
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art AXEL MEDELLIN
cover KEU CHA
JANUARY 18
40 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
“THE KILLING SEASON” comes to a chilling end.
GREEN WAKE #9
story KURTIS J. WIEBE
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
JANUARY
25
32 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
“LOST
CHILDREN,” Part Four
Morley starts to
understand the path laid before him as Green Wake begins to change after the
rebellion settles, but the murders that happen behind the scenes are growing
more mysterious. The heinous acts of violence hint at a growing thirst for
blood.
HACK/SLASH #12
story TIM SEELEY
art DANIEL LEISTER
cover A TIM SEELEY & MARK ENGLERT
cover B MARK DOS SANTOS
JANUARY 18
32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
“MONSTER BAITING,” Part One
Cassie, Samhain &
Cat Curio journey to a secret island in search of a cure for slashers! But you
know how it is with secret tropical islands; beautiful scenery, skimpy outfits,
dripping sweat, giant radioactive creatures...
HEART #3 (of 4)
story
BLAIR BUTLER
art
/ cover KEVIN MELLON
JANUARY
11
32
PAGES / BW / M $2.99
M.M.A. fighter Oren
"Rooster" Redmond steps into the cage for the biggest bout of his
career in the shocking, penultimate chapter of this brawl-filled comic. If you
bought the first two issues, this one should be a no-brainer.
THE INFINITE #6
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover ROB LIEFELD
JANUARY 4
32
PAGES / FC / T $2.99
Questions are answered and details are finally
revealed. How did Imperius invent a time
machine? Why? And what happened to him set him toward this path of conquest?
Answers to all these questions and more contained in a very special issue
focusing on the villain Imperius.
THE INFINITE #6 DELUXE EDITION
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover ROB LIEFELD
JANUARY 4
48
PAGES / FC / T $5.99
This Deluxe Edition of THE INFINITE #6 comes
loaded with mountains of behind the scenes sketches and illustrations by ROB
LIEFELD and piles of notes and script pages by ROBERT
KIRKMAN. Much like your
favorite extras-filled DVDs, this version will give you a glimpse behind the
curtain to see all the usually unseen work that goes into the creation of a
comic book.
INVINCIBLE #89
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art
& cover RYAN OTTLEY
JANURY 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
EVERYTHING
IS DIFFERENT NOW!
There’s someone new in the Invincible costume, but why – and
for how long? Answers to all these
questions and more in this monumental status-quo-altering issue!
THE LAST OF THE GREATS #4
story JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
art / cover BRENT PEEPLES
cover B JENNY FRISON
JANUARY 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
“THE DEAL,” Part Four
Meet mankind's last
hope for survival. He's called The Last, and he hates our guts.
Meet the Family.
Beaumont and The Last stand at a crossroads, and coming between them is the
strange new entity named The Child. Does she represent a new era of the Greats
or the end of us all?
THE
LI'L DEPRESSED BOY #10
story
S. STEVEN STRUBLE
art
/ cover SINA GRACE
JANUARY
25
32
PAGES / FC / T $2.99
“WORRIED SHOES”
The Li'l Depressed
Boy's new job finds him in unfamiliar territory. Fighting his more
anti-social nature, LDB struggles to make it through the first day.
MORIARTY #8
story DANIEL COREY
art & cover ANTHONY DIECIDUE
JANUARY 11
32 PAGES / FC / T
$2.99
“THE LAZARUS TREE,” Part Four
A full-scale riot
breaks out in the streets of Kyauktada, and the British authorities sweep in to
take control. The mystery begins to unravel, and Moriarty becomes aware of
the lurking threat of Moran's sniper rifle hunting him in the shadows.
MORNING
GLORIES #17
story
NICK SPENCER
art
JOE EISMA
cover
RODIN ESQUEJO
JANUARY
11
32
PGS / FC / M$2.99
“P.E.,”
Part Five
JANUARY 25
32 PAGES / FC / T $3.50
Did you ever have a
problem where a cute puppy follows you to school? Owen (Mudman) Craig has the
exact same problem. Only it’s a vicious homicidal robot, not a puppy. Still
cute though.
NEAR
DEATH #5
story
JAY FAERBER
art SIMONE GUGLIELMINI
cover TOMM COKER
JANUARY
18
32
PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Markham's past comes back to haunt him as a rival assassin
attempts to undo some of Markham's recent rescues, and someone close to Markham
gets caught in the crossfire.
JANUARY
11
32 PAGES
/ FC / M $2.99
“SAN QUENTIN BLUES”
WATCHMEN artist DAVE
GIBBONS covers PIGS! The Cuban
KGB sleeper cell’s gotta break into the most dangerous prison on earth &
kill a neo-Nazi. It goes…BADLY.
REED GUNTHER #7
story SHANE HOUGHTON
art & cover CHRIS HOUGHTON
JANUARY 11
32 PAGES / FC / E $2.99
"WEREWOLF WOES!"
The bear-riding
cowboy loses all of Starla's money buying a nifty new pair of boots. In order
to make that money back, Reed plans to collect the bounty on a rowdy cowboy who
strolls into town once a month to spread terror as a werewolf! A done-in-one
adventure!
SEVERED #6
story SCOTT SNYDER & SCOTT TUFT
art / cover ATTILA FUTAKI
JANUARY 11
32
PAGES / FC / M $2.99
“PERMANENT
TEETH”
In 1916, a boy runs
away from home in search of his father. But along the way he meets a salesman
with sharp teeth and a hunger for flesh. SCOTT
SNYDER (AMERICAN VAMPIRE, BATMAN, SWAMP THING), SCOTT TUFT and ATTILA FUTAKI
(NYT Best-Selling-Artist: PERCY JACKSON) comes the most terrifying horror
series of the last year.
SPAWN #215
story WILL CARLTON
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD
MCFARLANE
cover MICHAEL GOLDEN
JANUARY 11
32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
"THE
GATHERING STORM," Part Three
Jim Downing has the
powers of a God and he no longer feels the need to hide them. But, as Jim
begins the process of sharing his gifts with the world, many factions begin to
position themselves to control the new Hellspawn. And in the end…
…SOMEBODY DIES!!!
THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER
STRODE #4 (of 6)
story
JUSTIN JORDAN
art
/ cover TRADD MOORE
JANUARY
4
32
PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Luther versus The
Librarian, Round One! The truth is revealed as Luther meets the Librarian for
the first time and finds out the origin of his abilities and what the
pinstriped madman has planned for him. All your questions are answered as the
countdown to the end begins.
SUPER DINOSAUR #8
story
ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover JASON HOWARD
JANUARY
18
32
PAGES/FC $2.99
The fight with The Exile is really heating up! Super
Dinosaur and Derek Dynamo are faced with a threat of monumental
proportions--all this and Doctor Dynamo finds it more and more difficult to
keep his terrible secret.
VESCELL #6
story ENRIQUE CARRION
art / cover JOHN UPCHURCH
JANUARY 25
32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
“WINGS OF THE RIGHTEOUS”
True
Love soars once again, as Machi emerges from her rite of passage. And the
return of every body's favorite badass Cyborg... Batan.
THE WALKING DEAD #93
story
ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF
RATHBURN
JANUARY
25
32
PAGES / BW / M $2.99
“A LARGER WORLD” begins here!
As we ramp up to the release of our monumental 100th issue,
the world is changing. Rick and his band
of survivors are faced with new threats – and new opportunities. Nothing will ever be the same – and with this
book, you know we mean it!
XENOHOLICS #4
story JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art SETH DAMOOSE
cover DAN DUNCAN
JANUARY 18
32 PAGES / FC/ M $3.50
“IT’S
TIME FOR ANSWERS!”
The mysterious Men in
White have captured the Xenoholics and they want answers: “Why were they
abducted? What makes them special?” The only people who can save the Xenoholics
from their brutal interrogation… are the aliens that took them in the first
place.
The truth is here as
this hot new series continues!