The Fellowship has obtained the solicitations for Image Comics that will come out December 2013...
DEAD BODY ROAD #1 (of 6)
story JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
The men involved in his wife’s death must die. All of
them.
Writer JUSTIN JORDAN (LUTHER STRODE) and artist MATTEO
SCALERA (BLACK SCIENCE, Indestructible Hulk) craft the bruising story of one
man’s revenge and the dark road he travels.
THE SAVIORS #1
story JAMES ROBINSON
art / cover J. BONE
DECEMBER 26 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Eisner Award winner JAMES ROBINSON (Starman, Earth 2) and
artist extraordinaire J. BONE (The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror, The Spirit)
present an all-new saga of monstrous alien horror.
When Tomas Ramirez stumbles upon an extraterrestrial
conspiracy to take over the world, his life is changed forever. He must now seek out those few souls who
share this terrible knowledge. But even
united, how can they hope to defeat a shadowy alien cabal that is both
indestructible and eager to kill anyone who threatens it?
KRAMPUS! #1
story BRIAN JOINES
art / cover DEAN KOTZ
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Meet the Secret Society of Santa Clauses. For centuries,
Father Christmas, Ded Moroz, Hoteiosho, and others have magically distributed
Christmas cheer to children around the world. But when the source of their
power is stolen, a desperate Society turns to an usual source for help: the
dreaded Krampus, child-punishing demon of holiday lore. Free of his cell for
the first time in decades, will the Krampus uncover the truth behind the
Santas’ depowering or leave his jailers to their ultimate fate? It’s Snake Plissken by way of the Grinch as
the darkly comedic adventure begins here.
BLACK KISS 2 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (one-shot)
story / art / cover HOWARD CHAYKIN
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / BW / M $3.99
The BLACK KISS 2 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – because nothing says
"holiday fun" like an endless stream of incredibly nasty revenge sex.
CARBON GREY, VOL. 3 #1 (of 2)
story PAUL GARDNER, HOANG NGUYEN
cover a HOANG NGUYEN & KINSUN LOH
cover b KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.99
"MOTHERS OF REVOLUTION," Part One
Long ago, a child fled a revolution. She stole another’s
name, betrayed a king, took his country to war, and turned sister against
sister—all to reclaim her Father’s throne. She is Raisa Vasilyeva, illegitimate
child of a Czar, Queen of Mitteleuropa, and now… destroyer of all things. The
Sisters Grey return for the final devastating chapter of CARBON GREY.
SIN BOLDLY
(one-shot)
story / art / cover JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / BW / M $3.50
JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER writes and draws two stories
featuring characters that his die-hard fans have been asking about for years.
In "Hell Is Waiting," Sinful Suzi learns a lesson about the wages of
sin. And in "Burning Roses," Obsidian Stone loses an old friend and
welcomes a new demon. This guilty pleasure is a long-overdue return to the
B&W short stories that LINSNER started with in CRY FOR DAWN. Because if you
are going to sin, then sin boldly!
APHRODITE IX: THE HIDDEN FILES #1
story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
PEEK INTO THE PROPRIETARY BLACK BOX OF APHRODITE’S MIND!
The cybernetic assassin Aphrodite IX has survived the
rise and fall of countless civilizations. What sacrifices and tragedies has she
seen that have been erased from her memory?
APHRODITE IX #8
story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Is Aphrodite XV a threat? Or an ally?
BEDLAM #11
story NICK SPENCER
art RYAN BROWNE
cover FRAZER IRVING
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
The finale to the explosive second arc is here! The city
is on its knees, manipulated into causing its own destruction... and only
Fillmore Press can save them now.
BURN THE ORPHANAGE: BORN TO LOSE #2 (of 3)
story SINA GRACE & DANIEL FREEDMAN
cover b TRADD MOORE
DECEMBER 4 48 PAGES / FC / M $4.50
PART TWO OF THE BORN TO LOSE TRILOGY!
The events of BURN THE ORPHANAGE have led Rock down a
dark path, where he finds himself on a hidden island, forced to compete in the
ultimate martial arts tournament... one where the participants may not all be
human. New foes, new hos, this is one oversized romp you can't miss!
FATALE, VOL. 4: PRAY FOR RAIN TP
story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
DECEMBER 18 144 PAGES / FC / M $14.99
Sex, drugs, rock-n-roll, and ritual killers all collide
in the strangest and most exciting volume of FATALE yet. A strange woman with
no memory stumbles into the lives of a struggling grunge band in mid-‘90s
Seattle... Is she their muse? Will she save them from "one-hit
wonder" status? Or will she be something much worse, especially since
there's a psycho killer on her trail?
The newest volume of the New York Times Best-Selling
series!
Collects FATALE #15-19
FATALE #20
story ED BRUBAKER
art SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
NEW STORY ARC!
Nicolas Lash is in the deepest trouble possible, and
there's only one person who can save him now... the problem is, trouble is her
business.
And don't forget all the back page extras you can only
find in FATALE's single issues every month!
JUPITER’S LEGACY #1 STUDIO EDITION
story MARK MILLAR
art / cover FRANK QUITELY
DECEMBER 04 32 PAGES / BW / M $4.99
In Jupiter’s Legacy #1, superstar creators MARK MILLAR
and FRANK QUITELY introduced an epic tale about the explosive tensions between
two generations of superheroes. Now, this special edition spotlights Quitely’s
artwork in detailed black and white, plus includes Millar’s original script and
other special features.
MIND THE GAP #16
story JIM McCANN
art RODIN ESQUEJO
cover b JENNY FRISON
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
ACT II BEGINS!
Everything has changed, and the world as these characters
know it will never be the same. New
mysteries, higher stakes, bold action. Welcome to the next phase of MIND THE
GAP.
If you’ve been waiting to jump on, now’s the time!
ARTIFACTS, VOL. 6 TP
story RON MARZ
art STJEPAN SEJIC & MARCO TURINI
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4 144 PAGES / FC / T+ $16.99
“TRUTHS & DESTINIES”
To wage war with the Darkness, Rapture bearer Tom Judge
will need to amass an army of Artifact bearers to back him up.
Collects ARTIFACTS
#25-29
A DISTANT SOIL, VOL. II: THE ASCENDANT TP
story / art / cover COLLEEN DORAN
DECEMBER 18 240 PAGES / BW / T $16.99
A small team of champions band together to protect young
Liana from the Hierarchy, a corrupt otherworld government determined to destroy
her. Unknown to the Hierarchy, Seren, their enshrined Avatar, a powerful
psionic and religious leader, secretly aids Liana, and plots a coup to
overthrow his masters.
GHOSTED, VOL. 1 TP
story JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art GORAN SUDZUKA & MIROSLAV MRVA
cover MATTEO SCALERA
DECEMBER 4 144 PAGES / FC / M $14.99
Jackson T. Winters is one of the greatest criminal
masterminds to ever live…except he’s rotting in jail after his last doomed
score. But when a filthy rich collector breaks Winters out, he’s tasked to put
together an elite team of paranormal experts to do the impossible: steal a
ghost from a haunted house of horrors!
Skybound’s horror/crime mash-up is equal parts Ocean’s 11
and The Shining, by writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (MASKS AND MOBSTERS, Captain
Midnight) and artist GORAN SUDZUKA (OUTLAW NATION, Y: The Last Man)!
Collects GHOSTED #1-5
GREAT PACIFIC, VOL. 2: NATION BUILDING TP
story JOE HARRIS
art / cover MARTÍN
MORAZZO
DECEMBER 4 152 PAGES / FC / M $14.99
Over a year has passed since industrialist adventurer
Chas Worthington founded the New Texas Settlement upon a floating continent of
trash. But while growth has been strong, true sovereignty and statehood will
come at a cost even he cannot afford. The frontier tale of sci-fi, scoundrels,
mayhem, and monsters continues!
Collects GREAT PACIFIC #7-12
HAPPY! DELUXE HC
story GRANT MORRISON
art / cover DARICK ROBERTSON
DECEMBER 4 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / OVERSIZED $24.99
Meet Nick Sax: a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned
hit-man, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex,
eczema, and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and
the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose,
Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas by a tiny blue horse
called Happy...
Re-presented as an oversized hardcover just in time for
the holidays, this deluxe edition of HAPPY! includes an all-new 10-page story
by creators GRANT MORRISON and DARICK ROBERTSON.
Collects HAPPY! #1-4
HOAX HUNTERS, VOL. 3
THE BOOK OF MOTHMAN TP
story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art T-REX JONES
cover STEVE SEELEY
DECEMBER 11 128 PAGES / FC / T+ $14.99
Mix X-Files with Mythbusters and you get HOAX HUNTERS,
the series about a reality show that is out to cover up the dark, mysterious
corners of the world. THE BOOK OF MOTHMAN collects the final arc of the
acclaimed first season — dig deeper into the mysteries of Jack’s dad and the
multiverse, Regan’s powers, and what the heck is going on with Murder.
Collects HOAX HUNTERS #10-13 and CASE FILES #1
THE COMPLETE MULTIPLE WARHEADS TP
story / art / cover BRANDON GRAHAM
DECEMBER 4 208 PAGES / FC / M $17.99
Ex-organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend
Nikoli travel across a sci-fi/fantasy version of Russia while the hardcore
organ hound Blue Nura tracks a bounty across radioactive wastelands.
Slice of life comics from a world where magic and
monsters are commonplace.
Collects MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1-4 and MULTIPLE WARHEADS:
DOWN FALL
SHELTERED, VOL. 1 TP
story ED BRISSON
art / cover
JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 11 128 PAGES / FC / T+ $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
A PRE-APOCALYPTIC TALE OF SURVIVAL AT ANY COST.
The men and women of Safe Haven have been preparing for
any and all end-of-world scenarios for years. However, their bunkers, weapons,
and training can't save them from the one threat they never could have
expected: their own children.
Collects SHELTERED #1-5
SNAPSHOT TP
script ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover JOCK
DECEMBER 11 104 PAGES / BW / T+ $12.99
When Jake Dobson finds a lost cell phone, he’s horrified
to discover it’s full of snapshots of a murder victim. Suddenly he finds
himself hunted by a ruthless hit-man who will stop at nothing to recover his
"proof of kill" photos - and silence Jake forever!
Collects SNAPSHOT #1-4
THIEF OF THIEVES, VOL. 3 TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN & ANDY DIGGLE
art / cover SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & FELIX SERRANO
DECEMBER 4 128 PAGES / FC / M $14.99
Conrad Paulson lives a secret double life as master thief
Redmond. There is nothing he can’t steal, nothing he can’t have...except for
the life he left behind. Now it’s go time for his Venice heist — and THIEF OF
THIEVES’ most EXPLOSIVE story arc yet!
Collects THIEF OF THIEVES #14-19
THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 2 SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover TONY MOORE
DECEMBER 18 132 PAGES / BW / M $14.99
Available for the first time in the US, the second volume
of the Walking Dead saga is presented in Spanish.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #7-12
ALEX + ADA #2
story JONATHAN LUNA & SARAH VAUGHN
art / cover
JONATHAN LUNA
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Alex struggles with figuring out what to do with Ada, his
new android, before anyone finds out about her. She is not what he expected.
ARTIFACTS #33
story KEN PORTER
art -ROM-
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.99
“THE TEACHER AND THE PREACHER”
Top Cow publishes its first team of winners from the 2012
Talent Hunt! Rapture bearer and defrocked priest Tom Judge and the numeromancer
Tilly Grimes are hot on the heels of a prolific serial killer. But even if Tom
is able to save the next intended victim, is he already too late to save her
soul?
BLACK SCIENCE #2
story RICK REMENDER
art MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
cover a MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
cover b ROBBI RODRIGUEZ & DEAN WHITE
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
Run-amok reality! Grant and his crew escape the madness
of the lightning sea-swamp only to be flung into a futurepast trenchworld,
where the Sons of the Wakan Tech-Tanka wage never-ending war on the savages of
Europe! How did the Anarchist League of
Scientists end up this deep in the onion? Who among them sabotaged the Pillar?
THE BOUNCE #8
written JOE CASEY
art / cover DAVID MESSINA
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
The s#!t is hitting the fan in a big, bad way! The
Bounce's grip on this reality is getting looser all the time. Meanwhile, the
Darling is ready to strike! All this, and inter-dimensional pornography, too!
We dare not tell you more!
CHEW #40
story JOHN LAYMAN
art / cover ROB GUILLORY
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
“FAMILY RECIPES,” Conclusion
This is how you kill the Vampire…
CLONE #13
story DAVID SCHULNER, AARON GINSBURG & WADE MCINTYRE
art / cover JUAN JOSE RYP & ANDY TROY
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
“Have you considered the moral and ethical ramifications
of cloning?”
The balance between Luke’s resistance and the anti-clone
movement shifts here...in what is sure to be the most intense issue of CLONE
yet.
DRUMHELLAR #2
story RILEY ROSSMO & ALEX LINK
art / cover RILEY ROSSMO
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
Psychedelic detective Drum Hellar searches for a wayward
bog-man, but finds mutilated livestock instead. Meanwhile, someone else has a
gruesome job in mind for Drum's elusive, soggy bog-buddy, and a new mystery for
him to investigate...himself!
EAST OF WEST #9
story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art / cover NICK DRAGOTTA
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
“HUNTER”
The Ranger and Death finally clash in the inevitable
meeting of LAW and INEVITABILITY.
ELEPHANTMEN #54
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art AXEL MEDELLIN
cover TULA LOTAY & NEI RUFFINO
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.99
"PICKING UP THE PIECES," Part Four
Are Jack Farrell's hands blood red, or are there memories
buried in his subconscious that throw his investigations into a whole new
light?
FIVE GHOSTS #8
story FRANK J. BARBIERE
art / cover CHRIS MOONEYHAM
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
“LOST COASTLINES,” Part Two
Fabian decides to aid his old flame, the rogue Jezebel,
on a journey across the sea to THE ISLAND OF DREAMS. Step one: stealing a
ship! Plus: pirates.
HOAX HUNTERS #13
story MICHAEL MORECI & STEVE SEELEY
art T-REX JONES
cover a MICHAEL WALSH
cover b RILEY ROSSMO
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
"THE BOOK OF
MOTHMAN," Conclusion
SEASON FINALE
INVINCIBLE #109
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover RYAN OTTLEY & JOHN RAUCH
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
What the what?!
After one hundred and nine issues...things take a sharp turn.
INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #8
story PHIL HESTER
art / cover TODD NAUCK & GABE ELTAEB
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Red Eye rules Rio de Janeiro from behind the gold-plated
bars of his prison palace…all the more reason for the Guardians of the Globe to
unleash their most dangerous operatives to take him out!
LAZARUS #6
story GREG RUCKA
art / cover MICHAEL LARK
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
“LIFT,” Part Two
While Johanna continues to try and rehabilitate her image
and prove her loyalty to the Family, Forever investigates rumors of the Freemen
Resistance in Los Angeles. In Montana, the Barrets make a fateful decision, and
begin the long journey to Denver.
THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS #19
story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art NICK PITARRA
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
“STRATEGIC ASSASSINATION”
Simultaneous actions on three different worlds result in
the most jaw-dropping issue of THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS to date!
MANIFEST DESTINY #2
story CHRIS DINGESS
art / cover MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Lewis and Clark uncover a new breed of savage creature
with the Louisiana Purchase. No wonder the French gave it up so easily…
MORNING GLORIES #36
story NICK SPENCER
art JOE EISMA
cover RODIN ESQUEJO
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
"Welcoming Committee"
PRETTY DEADLY #3
script KELLY SUE
DeCONNICK
art EMMA RÍOS & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover EMMA RÍOS
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
All blood spilled into the earth makes its way to a
river. Where those rivers meet, Fox attends the birth of a beast, the child of
a thousand violent deaths.
PROPHET #44
story BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
art GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS & SIMON ROY
cover LUDROE
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.99
The war between the Old Man and the Empire reaches new
heights when Badrock returns.
PROTECTORS, INC. #2
written J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art GORDON PURCELL
& MIKE ATIYEH
cover a GORDON PURCELL & MIKE ATIYEH
cover b RENAE DE LIZ & RAY DILLION
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
An unexplained local disappearance, a corpse that lands
several hundred miles from the scene of the crime, and the very first death of
one of the Protectors...what do these three seemingly unrelated incidents have
in common? And why is Protectors, Inc. so determined to whitewash the
possibility that the super-powered hero was murdered? Lieutenant Detective
Riley may be the only one who really wants to discover the truth.
story KURTIS WIEBE
art / covers ROC UPCHURCH
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
“GOLD, GUTS, AND GROG,” Part Four
Holy vengeance can be a real headache, but it's so much
worse when it's coming from a fifteen foot tall lady troll who's just lost her
dad. In this blood-splattered issue, the Rat Queens find out that every action
has some sort of hilariously brutal consequence!
REALITY CHECK #4 (of 4)
story GLEN BRUNSWICK
art / cover VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Dark Hour has been defeated. Will is forced to "Man
Up" and face the maniac Devil-Inside on his own. If he loses, all Hell
breaks loose — Devil will kill the woman he loves and continue an unstoppable
homicidal reign of murder and mayhem.
REVIVAL #16
story TIM SEELEY
art MIKE NORTON
cover JENNY FRISON
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Dana and her ex, Derrick, investigate Em murderer suspect
Aaron, but they aren't the only ones. Meanwhile, May Tao gets closer to
connecting the Cypresses to the burned bones of the Check brothers.
ROCKET GIRL #3
story BRANDON MONTCLARE
art / cover AMY REEDER
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T $3.50
"DOUBLE REAGENT”
Changing the future is hard to do. Sparks fly when
DaYoung becomes Most Wanted in two different New York Cities. Police in
battling timestreams — 1986 and an alternate 2013 — want to get their girl. But
bringing her in is going to take a coordinated effort from a mysterious player
who straddles both worlds.
SAGA #17
story BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover FIONA
STAPLES
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Prince Robot IV gets everyone into trouble.
SAVAGE DRAGON #195
story / art / cover ERIK LARSEN
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.99
It's hard enough being a 17-year-old kid, but when you're
juggling schoolwork, dating and a deadly menace hellbent on leveling the city
of Chicago? Well, you've just entered the world of the all-new, all-different
Savage Dragon! Malcolm Dragon is on the run and his girlfriend Maxine Lai is
caught in the crossfire!
SECRET #7
story JONATHAN HICKMAN
art RYAN BODENHEIM & MICHAEL GARLAND
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $3.50
“ENDGAME”
It's taken fifteen years of couples counseling. Forty
barrels of ink. Six billion dollars… and a time machine to get to the epic
conclusion of SECRET… and HERE IT IS! The death and resurrection of Steadfast.
Someone lives. Someone dies. And, of course, someone loses a finger.
Check out the final chapter of this modern spy thriller,
SECRET #7: ENDGAME!
SEX #9
story JOE CASEY
art MORGAN JESKE & PIOTR KOWALSKI
cover PIOTR KOWALSKI
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
We know you're all wondering—what was life like in Saturn
City in the glorious heyday of the Armored Saint? Find out this issue in a
special flashback sequence drawn by MORGAN JESKE (CHANGE)! An orgy of action!
Secrets revealed! Onions peeled! Don't miss it!
SEX CRIMINALS #4
story MATT FRACTION
art / cover CHIP
ZDARSKY
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $3.50
She can seemingly control time and space with
her...parts. She's as relentless a manhunter as law enforcement ever created.
And by day she's no one you'd particularly notice, with her quiet suburban life
and pleasant-enough job, but when the temporal dimension is used to break
society's laws they call...HER. Jon and Suzie get in too deep way too fast as
one little sexy fun party crime begets another and the villains of the piece
descend. Turns out Jon and Suzie aren't the only ones after all…
SIDEKICK #5
story J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
art TOM MANDRAKE
& HiFi
cover a TOM MANDRAKE & HiFi
cover b ALINA URUSOV
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
For weeks, super-villain Julia Moonglow has been feeding
off the body and energy of Barry "Flyboy" Chase while keeping him
from remembering this. Now she's ready to let him remember, and reveals why
she's been stalking him and the fate of her late twin sister. But that's just
the warm-up for the big reveal, as Barry learns for the first time that the Red
Cowl may be alive, a discovery that shatters him down to his very core.
SPAWN #238
story TODD MCFARLANE
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI
cover TODD MCFARLANE
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
A HISTORY OF WAR—AND THE ORIGIN OF THE DEAD ZONE!
Jim's struggle to control his new life is put into
perspective as Cogliostro reveals the secrets of the Dead Zone. From the
temptations of Eden to the wars of today, the whole of human history has been
tainted with conflict. While Cogliostro's motives may not be clear, his first
lesson for Jim just may change his life...and alter the course of Heaven and
Hell's eternal war... FOREVER!!!
THINK TANK #12
story MATT HAWKINS
art / cover RAHSAN EKEDAL
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / BW / T+ $3.99
“OUTBREAK,” Conclusion
What will war take from Dr. David Loren?
THREE #3
story KIERON GILLEN
art / cover RYAN KELLY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
historical consultant PROF. STEPHEN HODKINSON
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Curse the Spartan who is a Trembler. Shave his beard. Rip
his cloak. Beat or spit on him if you will. If you found yourself condemned in
such a fashion, a few short years after all of Sparta's men ran, the hypocrisy
could bite. Discover why it's not just the helots who suffer under Spartan Law,
and discover what a Trembler plans for the three slaves responsible for his
shame...
TODD, THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH #8
story KEN KRISTENSEN
art / cover M.K.
PERKER
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
"CHARLIE ROSE'S TABLE: PUBLIC BROADCASTING
SATAN," Conclusion
Our first Christmas issue! Holiday Gift Bonus: Todd Fold
Out Origami with every issue!
In this thrilling conclusion to the PBS arc, Charlie Rose
unleashes the full force of his demonic power, Peggy’s home pregnancy test
catches fire, and Gus discovers Todd has the highly marketable power to restore
virginity.
UMBRAL #2
story ANTONY JOHNSTON
art / cover CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
"FALLING INTO DARK"
The nightmare creatures called Umbral are invading, and
only the young thief Rascal knows it! But in a world where magic and religion
are outlawed, will anyone believe her? And is the mysterious hobo Dalone an
ally... or a deadly enemy?!
VELVET #3
story ED BRUBAKER
art STEVE EPTING & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
cover STEVE EPTING
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
You all know the story: a beautiful woman seduced by a
secret agent into revealing secrets and helping him on his mission...but what
happens to them once the agent is gone? Find out in issue three, as Velvet
tracks Agent X-14's most recent asset down very dark paths.
A VOICE IN THE DARK #2 (of 2)
story / art / cover LARIME TAYLOR
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / BW / M $3.99
“BLOOD MAKES NOISE,” Conclusion
Zoey’s talk radio show will become a deadly public forum
for her twisted listeners before she will even know what hit her.
THE WALKING DEAD #118
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
DECEMBER 11 32 PAGES / BW / M $2.99
ALL OUT WAR CONTINUES!
Maggie takes a stand as Rick’s new plan comes together.
WITCHBLADE #172
story RON MARZ
art LAURA BRAGA
cover STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 4 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99
Sara Pezzini will soon discover who the Witchblade chose
to be its next bearer…
ZERO #4
story ALES KOT
art TRADD MOORE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover a TRADD MOORE & TOM MULLER
cover b CHRISTIAN WARD & TOM MULLER
DECEMBER 18 32 PAGES / FC / M $2.99
Belfast, 2001. Zero is nine years old. The Agency sends
him on his first mission. Zero's target: a supposedly ex-IRA terrorist.




































































