Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy July 2
Your Guide and Cheat Sheet to New Comic Book Day
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Marvelous Market: Best Comics to Buy July 2
Your Guide and Cheat Sheet to New Comic Book Day
Hello, and welcome to the Marvelous Market. If this is your first time here, welcome. This is the log of comics I, Spike Stonehand, the world's greatest comic critic, am considering buying this week. The work going into this curation is made possible by readers like you. For less than the cost of a cup of coffee a month, you can help make this work possible.
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GODZILLA VS. THOR # 1
The solicit doesn't mention the biggest selling point of this issue. Jason Aaron is returning to writing Thor! Sure, it's in a silly Godzilla tie-in one shot, but Jason Aaron on Thor! And he's also reuniting with Aaron Kuder, the main artist on Jason Aaron's AVENGERS run. As frivolous as this may be, it should be masterfully on a technical level.
Solicit Copy: GODZILLA TAKES ON THE GOD OF THUNDER! The deadly group of assassins known as THE HAND have bestowed GODZILLA with the power of THE BEAST! KRA-KOOM!!! THOR must defend MIDGARD from GODZILLA — but at what cost?!
THE FINAL ROUND IN A SERIES OF SIX ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!
Don't Miss This, Trade Paperback or Hardcover
MADMAN OMNIBUS vol. 1
I love Michael Allred's Marvel work. His vintage style really appeals to me. Yet, I've never read his defining indie series, Madman. I couldn't even tell you what Madman is about or if he's a superhero with powers. I'm excited to have the opportunity to dig into this.
Solicit Copy: Over 600 pages drawn by legendary comics creator Michael Allred! For the first time, Madman's debut series is presented in color for the ultimate surreal superhero reading experience in an affordable omnibus format.
From Madman’s first appearance through his mysterious origins to his adventures throughout time, space, and pop-art absurdity; follow Frank Einstein’s superhero alter ego Madman as he adventures through Snap City and encounters many zany and timeless characters and villains in this true homage to superhero fiction, metaphysical philosophy, 1950s science fiction films, rock and roll pop music, and much more in this true humorous and heartfelt comic book classic!
This six-volume Madman universe omnibus series collects all of Allred’s award-winning Madman universe (a.k.a. the “Madmaniverse") stories in selected reading order for the ultimate Madman fan!
This 680-page volume collects Madman’s adventures from 1990 to 1996, reprinting “For the Record,” Madman (original series) 1–3, Madman Adventures 1–3, and Madman Comics 1–10, Mike Allred’s first foray comics called THEY!, and featuring bonus pinups and art by some of comics’ greatest talent like Frank Miller, Jack Kirby, Moebius, Frank Frazetta, Emily Carroll, and more!
What Else I'm Grabbing:
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN # 4
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 7
THE IMMORTAL THOR # 25
RESURRECTION MAN: QUANTUM KARMA # 4
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE # 8
New Number One Issues
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: GREEN GOBLIN # 1
SOLICIT COPY: An ALL-NEW piece of Norman Osborn's villainous history... REVEALED! THE GREEN GOBLIN is one of the most terrifying villains in the Marvel universe — thanks to a deal with Mephisto. But what does the SOUL FORGE have to do with it?
Part TWO of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!
CAPTAIN AMERICA # 1
SOLICIT COPY: While Captain America slumbered in ice, the world changed — for better and for worse. Steve Rogers awakens to a reality where battles are fought in the shadows through secrets and subterfuge, and villains aren't so easy to identify. When a fledgling dictator named Victor Von Doom conquers Latveria, Steve faces a critical decision: adapt to a new kind of warfare, or forge his own path? And what will the choice he makes in the past mean for his future?
Experience the untold tale of Captain America's first encounter with Doctor Doom as Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti team up for a game-changing new era of CAPTAIN AMERICA!
LEGACY #772
CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD PRESENTS: ILLUMINATI # 1
SOLICIT COPY: Charlamagne tha God presents a dark conspiracy tale that shines a light on the most enduring conspiracy of our day. Lilly, an aspiring musician, comes to Los Angeles to bury her sister, Jackie, a rising pop star who died from a drug overdose. But Lilly knows that there is more to Jackie’s death than meets the eye. Embarking on an investigation that takes her on a tour of the dark underbelly of the music industry, Lily uncovers a centuries-old conspiracy that grants fame and fortune at a terrible price. The Illuminati are real and Lilly is about to learn that the world above is the same as the world below, and the power she needs to offset their gravitational pull just might come from the darkness she fears.
DUNE: EDGE OF A CRYSKNIFE - HIDING AMONG HARKONNENS # 1
SOLICIT COPY: A new prequel adaptation from the world of Dune!
Discover the origins of Shadout Mapes!
In the sands of Arrakis, the Fremen plan to strike at the heart of Governor Dmitiri Harkonnen's spice operation.
But not all paths to sabotage run the same, as a young Shadout Mapes discovers going undercover!
EYRIE # 1
SOLICIT COPY: Immortal tales of Horror that salute the great mags of the past, but also plow new territory with imaginative and thought-provoking Comics tales by famed Fantasy & Comics creator Mike Hoffman and his band of supremely talented artists and writers!
GEHENNA: NAKED AGGRESSION # 1
SOLICIT COPY: There's a contract out on Gehenna. But she's managed to stay alive long enough that the contract has been resold several times as consolidated debt between criminal organizations. Now she intends to put a stop to the chain of custody on that contract. With a bullet.
Series creators PATRICK KINDLON (FRONTIERSMAN) and MARCO FERRARI (SCARLETT) and artist MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG (Dylan Dog), bring you nonstop action inspired by Gun Honey and Elektra: Assassin.
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS: UNFIT FOR ORBIT # 1
SOLICIT COPY: MEN MAY BE FROM MARS, BUT BADDIES ARE FROM VENUS!
There's a hot new outer space-themed nightclub in Gotham City, and who better to rob it than Catwoman, Ivy, and Harley? But there's more to this intergalactic discotheque than meets the eye(s), as the Sirens discover when they stumble headfirst into a plot to destroy the entire planet led by the club's owner — the alien despot Despero! I hope you have good insurance, Gotham City, because you're about to get wrecked. Special appearances by deadly DJs, hunky alien hotties, dancers dressed as aliens, mutant failures, one wild UFO, and lots and lots of fire!
SISTERHOOD: A HYDE STREET STORY # 1
SOLICIT COPY: Lifelong friends Sophie and Violet were practically sisters. Now at college, they've been slowly drifting apart. But when Violet accidentally drowns at a sorority hazing, a devastated Sophie pleads with the psychic SISTER HOOD to contact her dead friend. Sometimes you get what you wish for... but on Hyde Street, there's always a cost... and it's a killer.
WOLVERINES AND DEADPOOLS # 1
SOLICIT COPY: CLAWS & MUTANTS. MERCS & MOUTHS. DEADPOOLS & WOLVERINES! What's better than THE BEST THERE IS partnered up with the MERC WITH THE MOUTH? How about adding daughters ELLIE CAMACHO and LAURA KINNEY to the mission as they go up against a classic X-VILLAIN? Wolverines & Deadpools, baby!
THE UNCANNY X-MEN: PRELUDE TO A FUTURE PAST # 1
SOLICIT COPY: The rarest Chris Claremont X-Men tale of all, finally available to the masses — alongside the all-time classic that inspired it! Revisit the nightmarish world of tomorrow that is Days of Future Past in a revelatory prelude that was previously only available in a limited edition hardcover — written by the legendary scribe and illustrated by his X-TREME X-MEN collaborator, Salvador Larroca! Discover at last how the surviving X-Men saved one of their own, Rachel Summers, from her torment as a Hound — and find out which surprising faces had a vital part to play in the mutant resistance! Presented alongside the original saga in which Claremont and John Byrne unveiled their darkly dystopian vision of the future Marvel Universe — where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity's only hope... until they die! Plus: bonus materials celebrating Chris Claremont's fifty-plus years in comics!
Reprinting MARVEL PARAGON COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT – UNCANNY X-MEN #140.5, X-MEN (1963) #141 and UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #142.
X-MEN: HELLFIRE VIGIL # 1
SOLICIT COPY: One year ago, at the final Hellfire Gala, the dream of a unified mutant nation was forever shattered by a cowardly sneak attack by anti-mutant forces.
To mark the moment and to proclaim loudly and strongly to all concerned that mutantkind still stands, the time has come for X-Men of all stripes to come together in solidarity and celebration. Written and drawn by the creators of the entire X-line, and featuring the meetings and moments that fans have been asking for since FROM THE ASHES began! A keystone moment marking the movement of one era into the next and setting up story threads that will play out across the X-line across the next year!
Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers, and OGNs
Maybe you haven't yet been convinced of the superiority of monthly floppy comics. Well, here are some longer form and collected editions for you!
THE AUTHORITY: RELENTLESS - DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION
SOLICIT COPY: The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, the group of insanely powerful superhumans face down countless menaces to Earth, protecting humankind with their cold version of justice.
THE AUTHORITY: RELENTLESS DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION features creators Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan) and Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates) joined by a host of comics' greatest talents, bringing you one of the most groundbreaking and influential sagas in modern comic book history!
CAPTAIN AMERICA EPIC COLLECTION: THE SWINE
SOLICIT COPY: Volume #7 in the Captain America Epic Collections
Captain America’s co-creator crafts compelling stories with his signature artistic energy and excitement!
Jack Kirby concludes his 1970s Captain America tenure with stories that only the King of Comics could create! It begins when the Falcon goes missing in an other-dimensional asylum — that’s run by the inmates! The tale of the Night People and Agron the Unburied One is a tense sci-fi horror thriller. Then comes “The Swine,” a storyline packed with iconic moments like the debut of Arnim Zola, the return of the Red Skull and Nazi X — the android with Hitler’s brain! Also featuring two Annual exploits with the Black Star and Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! In Kirby’s stead, Marvel legend Roy Thomas re-present’s Cap’s origin and puts him face-to-face with a twisted, twelve-foot version of himself, the Ameridroid.
Collecting CAPTAINA AMERICA #201-221 & ANNUAL #3-4
CATWOMAN vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Catwoman is back in action with a fresh start perfect for new readers, as she’s taken away from Gotham City and back to her roots as an international thief!
Selina Kyle does not know why the attempt on her life was made, nor does she know who ordered it. As she desperately searches for clues as to who has suddenly orchestrated this lethal manhunt against her, one thing becomes abundantly clear: the answers don’t lie in her life as the Catwoman of Gotham City.
To save her own life, Selina Kyle must re-enter the world of a sinister international syndicate that years ago helped to transform her into the world’s foremost thief.
A tale of identity, broken alliances, and pulse-pounding action begins here, from writer Torunn Grønbekk and artist Fabiana Mascolo! This new volume of Catwoman is part of DC’s All In initiative, providing bold new jumping-on points for all of DC’s iconic heroes.
This volume collects Catwoman #69-74.
COSMIC CENSORSHIP vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Mecha mastermind Ryuuichi Sadamatsu creates a world threatened by destructive weapons and formidable foes, reminiscent of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Accompany Maki Makino, as she learns to navigate her new powers and a budding romance amidst a chaotic conflict.
Readers must brace themselves for an electrifying journey in this first volume of Cosmic Censorship, filled with mecha mayhem and high-stakes drama.
Manga virtuoso Ryuuichi Sadamatsu thrusts readers into a world engulfed by war, as we instantly witness Maki Makino's life being turned upside down.
The student was previously competing in track and field events, but after her life was saved by a mysterious man, everything changed. She must get to grips with the new powers that have been bestowed upon her before an ominous and formidable threat arrives.
Mecha mastermind Sadamatsu's narrative prowess shines as he creates a world that is at the mercy of technological developments and can be altered by the deft manipulation of time. Readers are also mesmerized by the incredible art, which traps readers within the conflict of destructive weapons and powerful warriors.
Against the backdrop of turmoil, a budding romance fights for survival amidst the wreckage. However, so much more is at stake as Cosmic Censorship draws readers into a conflict with pulse-pounding action, immense firepower, and cunning strategies.
CRUEL UNIVERSE vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Compelled to OBLIVION, driven to ENTROPY, all life in our cosmos can only end in one place: COMPLETE ANNIHILATION! For the first time in 70 years, the limitless fury of EC Comics rages back to life to shred the very fabric of the universe itself—and wrench bizarre tales of time and space into our dimensional plane!
Our guides across this riveting introduction to a cosmic maelstrom of strange extraterrestrial entities, malevolent scientists, and terrifying technological catastrophe? Learn to fear the void with the irradiated imaginations of writers Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One), Christopher Cantwell (Thanos), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT), Stephanie Phillips (Phoenix), Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman), and more as they collide with the wondrously destructive visions of artists Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), Kano (Gotham Central), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Alison Sampson (Department of Truth), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place), Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer: Reborn), and many more!
The unpredictable return of EC Comics continues here with the quantum comics event of the millennium! Galaxies will collapse. Space-time will be distorted. And your very will to exist, too, shall be broken. . . . Just remember: It’s all in the name of SCIENCE!
Collecting Cruel Universe #1–5.
DAREDEVIL MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: THE DEVIL IN CELL-BLOCK D
SOLICIT COPY: Volume #6 in the Daredevil Modern Era Epic Collections
The critically acclaimed creative team of Brubaker and Lark takes the reins!
For the past few years, Matt Murdock’s life has been teetering on the edge of destruction. Now, pushed beyond the limit, Matt finds himself behind the eight ball with no clear way out, the people he calls friends slowly deserting him and Hell’s Kitchen slipping out of control. The question is, with his back against the wall, just how far will Daredevil go to reclaim what’s his? Blaming himself for Foggy Nelson’s death, Matt runs wild behind bars in Rykers, determined to learn out who put his best friend at the end of a knife. But he’s not alone in Cell-Block D. There are some familiar faces looking for vengeance! Meanwhile, with Matt in prison, who’s that running round Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil?
Collecting DAREDEVIL (1998) #82-94 & ANNUAL #1.
DARKWING DUCK OMNIBUS vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: In 1991, the original animated adventures of Darkwing Duck debuted on The Disney Afternoon and ABC. Over the next two years, 91 episodes were aired, and the critically acclaimed series won a legion of die-hard fans while becoming a cultural touchstone for a generation.
This runaway success launched DW into the comics world as well, with a four-issue Darkwing Duck miniseries appearing in 1991, followed by a year-long run in the first 10 issues of The Disney Afternoon magazine in 1994.
Now, over 30 years later, Dynamite is proud to add to the legacy of the Duck Knight by bringing these timeless tales back into print in an all-new omnibus edition!
Reprinted here for the first time in a single volume are all of the Guardian of St. Canard's comic book adventures from the original Darkwing Duck miniseries and The Disney Afternoon #1-10. This comprehensive hardcover collection also features a complete cover gallery from the original publications!
DC FINEST: WONDER WOMAN - THE LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN
SOLICIT COPY: Years 1983–1986 of DC Finest: Wonder Woman
Compelling Wonder Woman stories from the 1980s, long out of print, return in the latest volume of the fan-focused DC Finest series!
DC Finest presents comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!
In DC Finest: Wonder Woman: The Legend of Wonder Woman, readers can experience long out-of-print adventures starring the Amazon Warrior, taking place in the year before the game-changing Crisis on Infinite Earths event. In these tales, written by Dan Mishkin with art by luminaries including Don Heck, Diana faces signature foes including Circe, Cheetah, Dr. Cyber, and more!
Plus, this collection includes The Legend of Wonder Woman by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Trina Robbins, presenting a then-contemporary 1980s take on the iconic hero filtered through a Golden Age aesthetic.
This volume collects stories from Wonder Woman #306-329; DC Comics Presents #76; Blue Devil #10; The Legend of Wonder Woman #1-4.
DCEASED OMNIBUS
SOLICIT COPY: A mysterious techno-virus has been released on Earth, infecting 600 million people, turning them into vicious undead creatures. With the world turned into a War Zone, can the heroes face their most monstrous threat yet?
This massive omnibus edition collects the entirety of one of the most terrifying superhero tales in DC’s modern age. Acclaimed writer (Tom Taylor) alongside a superstar art team brings a bloodthirsty style to DC superheroes. As the undead anti-life virus rages throughout the DC Universe, it will take the heroes still standing on a journey in search of a cure. However, deep in the cosmos an undead Darkseid has infected the New Gods. Will the heroes be able to band together in time to save the earth?
Collects: DCeased #1-6; DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1; DCeased: Dead Planet #1-7; DCeased: Unkillables #1-3; DCeased: Hope At World's End #1-15; DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1-8
THE DEMON PRINCE OF MOMOCHI HOUSE: SUCCESSION vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: As before, shikigami and yokai cluster to Aoi’s side. Things are lively at Himari’s newly purchased “Momochi House,” and mysterious beings from the spiritual realm have already found their way there!
BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Over the years, the Caped Crusader has faced down foes of all different shapes and sizes, from killer mutants to cosmic deities and everything in between. Now, however, he finds himself staring down an enemy like never before: The cold and uncaring march of time!
Over the years, the Caped Crusader has faced down foes of all different shapes and sizes, from killer mutants to cosmic deities and everything in between. Now, however, he finds himself staring down an enemy like never before: The cold and uncaring march of time! Batman confronts his own mortality and uncovers a far-reaching and deadly conspiracy in the process that threatens the very heart of Gotham City. How far will the Dark Knight go to ensure he is able to stand vigil over his home for decades to come? And what price will he have to pay?
Collects Detective Comics #1090-1096.
FLOAT vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Amidst the chaos of her parents’ bitter divorce, Alaskan teenager Waverly Lyons trades in her textbooks and parka for a summer of suntans and short-shorts with her aunt in Florida. A fish out of water even back in the snow, Waverly is determined to be everything she isn’t back home: cool, fun, dare she even say part of a group? There’s just one problem. She doesn’t know how to swim.
Enter Blake -- the super-tan, super-hot, super-arrogant boy next door who seems to hate her guts. When he discovers her secret, Waverly is positive that her perfect summer is perfectly over. But then Blake does the unthinkable. He offers to teach her.
This slice-of-life YA romance is illustrated in an anime-inspired style that readers will love. What are you waiting for? Dive in!
A GUEST IN THE HOUSE
SOLICIT COPY: Lonely, isolated Abby has just married a widowed dentist who recently arrived in town with his daughter and begins to go through the motions of becoming a wife and mother. But the more she learns about his first wife, the more things don't add up-did she really just pass away or is something more sinister afoot? As Abby delves deeper, the first wife's memory seems to become a force all its own, ensnaring Abby in a mystery that leaves her obsessed, fascinated, and desperately in love for the first time in her life-all leading up to an explosive, tragic conclusion. E.M. Carroll's masterful balance of black and white, surreal colors, rich textures, and dramatic lettering is assured to bring this story to life and give readers a chill up their spine as they read.
H. P. LOVECRAFT'S THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE
SOLICIT COPY: H.P. Lovecraft's horror story, rendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe! The complete story in one volume, featuring a tip-in title page in metallic gold ink and four pages in color.
Even the folk of Arkham are frightened of a valley west of town... blighted and deformed by something that fell from space — a twisting, spectral hue.
In 1927, a surveyor examining a site for a new reservoir arrives at the bottom of a desolate valley in rural Massachusetts... a place spoken of in fear, even by the inhabitants of witch-haunted Arkham — for in the past, they say, there were "strange days" there.
The surrounding landscape is weirdly tangled and overgrown, but at the very center of the isolation are five acres where nothing lives and nothing remains, but a fine gray ash unstirred by the wind. What turned this farmland into a sterile, blasted heath? It happened long ago, the visitor learns from aged survivor Ammi Pierce, when in 1882 a visitor fell out of a clear blue sky, trailing smoke like a dragon.
Soon scientists from Miskatonic University arrived at Nahum Gardner's farm, where the meteorite landed — if indeed it was a meteorite, for the strangely plastic object refused to cool after its descent, seemed to gradually shrink, and in the laboratory, samples of it faded away slowly into nothingness. But not before revealing under analysis strange, shining radiance, unlike any known element of the spectrum.
What had been a mystery to the professors gradually becomes a horror for the Gardner family as first, bizarre lightning disintegrates what remains of the cosmic visitor, and then their crops begin to come in strangely — fruits big and bountiful, but bitter and repugnant to eat. Then the unnatural blight spreads to the animals... and finally, to the minds and bodies of the Gardners... twisted by the colour out of space.
THE HITMAN STANS vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Meet "the Killing Machine" Owaru Endou: the cold-blooded and strongest hitman of a massive underworld organization who has decided to retire out of the blue. His reason? To stan his favorite underground idol with his head held high! But old habits die hard, especially for a man whose hands are stained with blood. Can Owaru truly shed his identity to live the ultimate fan life of concerts, meet and greets, and picture lotteries—even when his past comes knocking?
I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE SECOND PRETTIEST GIRL IN MY CLASS vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Maki Maehara is always on his own at school. He has no friends or hobbies others share, and he doesn't expect the upcoming academic year to be any different, even surrounded by new faces. And six months later, it seems like he was right—until he runs into his popular classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and called the “second prettiest in class” by the boys, Asanagi’s from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have more overlapping interests than just the B-grade movies they came to check out...and Asanagi asks Maehara to be her friend!
KARMOPOLIS vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Welcome to a world on wheels! It's nonstop excitement in this nutty graphic novel starring two kids in a fast-paced future.
Karmopolis is a world made up of super-highways and super-vehicles! Drivers zip from their wheeled houses to the moving super-mall without ever touching the ground, while the few mysterious Walkers skulk within the highway median. Two young Drivers, Pooja and her brother Om, are out shopping when they accidentally find a beautiful gem. After two angry men demand that they hand it over, a head-spinning adventure begins — Pooja and Om race across Karmopolis in search of the meaning of the gem, with the two creeps hot on their tailpipe.
Award-winning cartoonist Nick Bertozzi combines old-fashioned comic book thrills with futuristic frenzy and super-cool diagrams in the endlessly imaginative Karmopolis: The Land of Cars.
MISERY
SOLICIT COPY: Cyan Fitzgerald, daughter of Wanda Fitzgerald, the former wife of Al Simmons (SPAWN), is on a quest for identity, grappling with extraordinary powers that isolate her. Yearning for a normal life, she faces an unforgiving reality where chaos endangers her loved ones. At her breaking point, Cyan is ready to unleash her fury!
Additional features include a gallery of covers and artwork from behind the scenes.
Collects MISERY #1-4.
NIGHTWING vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Nightwing goes All-In! Join a brand-new creative team as they send Dick Grayson into a world of rival gangs and escalating violence in his home of Blüdhaven.
Dick Grayson joins DC’s “All In” initiative with a brand-new creative team for Nightwing. It’s not all sunshine when Blüdhaven erupts into a warzone between rival gangs fighting for the future of crime. Nightwing must push himself further than he ever has to save his home and legacy. Don’t miss this groundbreaking new era from the new creative team of writer Dan Watters and artist Dexter Soy.
Collects: Nightwing #119-124.
NUE'S EXORCIST vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Outcast Gakuro Yajima’s only goal in life has been to avoid spirits and try to live in peace. One day, he accidentally enters a sealed room and meets Nue, a quirky spirit who asks him to defeat the evil ones roaming his school. Gakuro is reluctant to take her up on the offer, but the spirits won’t be waiting patiently for him to make up his mind…
THE OLD GUARD: THE IMMORTAL EDITION vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: Old soldiers never die... and some of them don't even fade away. Cursed with immortality, Andromache of Scythia and her comrades-in-arms ply their trade for those who can find — and afford — their services. But in the 21st century, being immortal is a difficult secret to keep, and when you live long enough, you learn that there are many fates far worse than death.
Hitting shelves in time for the release of The Old Guard 2 on Netflix! This hardcover collects the first two stories of Andy, Nile, Nicky, Joe, and Booker — warriors who have, literally, stood the test of time. With never-before published extras, this collection is as immortal as Andromache of Scythia!
Collects THE OLD GUARD #1-5 & THE OLD GUARD: FORCE MULTIPLIED #1-5.
SAM AND TWITCH COLLECTION vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: From the pages of SPAWN, join Sam and Twitch in SAM AND TWITCH COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1! FIFTY-FIVE ISSUES of our favorite Detectives as they maneuver through the dark underbelly of the city and chase mobsters, serial killers, and monsters!
Includes the original 1999 SAM AND TWITCH series, the 2003 CASE FILES, and THE WRITER in FULL COLOR!
Collects SAM AND TWITCH #1-26, CASE FILES SAM AND TWITCH #1-25, and SAM AND TWITCH THE WRITER #1-4.
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES - DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCLUSION ZONE
SOLICIT COPY: This paperback collects the entire Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone miniseries, which tells thrilling stories of Jedi and their allies trapped behind enemy lines as they prepare for their climactic battle against the nefarious Nihil!
The marauders known as the Nihil have stranded hundreds of worlds in a part of the galaxy known as the Occlusion Zone. With communications blocked and ships unable to enter, Jedi Knights Keeve Trennis and Elzar Mann have turned to centuries-old technology to send messages of hope into the Zone.
The messages they receive in return tell stories of a growing resistance movement against Marchion Ro's oppression. Behind the Stormwall, Jedi Knight Qort prepares for war on Eriadu; rebel fighter Ruu cultivates an unlikely ally in the enemy's ranks; Jedi detective Emerick Caphtor investigates the origins of the Nameless alongside the diabolical Niv Drendow; and saber-for-hire Ty Yorrick hunts Nihil on the ravaged surface of Dalna.
This inspired anthology series pairs longtime Star Wars authors Daniels José Older, Alyssa Wong, and Cavan Scott with a roster of amazing illustrators, including Paris Alleyne, Valeria Favoccia, and Lucas Marangon, to bring you tales of the High Republic on the brink of war! Featuring stunning new cover art by fan-favorite artist Jake Bartok.
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III–Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone #1–4.
STRIKEFORCE MORITURI OMNIBUS
SOLICIT COPY: A savage alien race called the Horde has invaded Earth, enslaving its people and plundering its resources. Scientists have devised a method of fighting back: the Morituri process, which grants enhanced abilities to a select ew compatible humans — but the transformation is fatal within a year. Now, a handful of brave volunteers make up Strikeforce: Morituri — an elite, experimental and highly effective fighting force against the Horde's depredations. But the heat of every battle, the celebration of every victory and every quiet moment alone is tainted by the inescapable knowledge that — win or lose — their fate is sealed! The war against the Horde will be filled with monsterous twists and turns — but when it's finally over, will mankind prove victorious? And where will that leave the surviving members of Strikeforce: Morituri?
COLLECTING: Strikeforce: Morituri (1986) 1-31, Strikeforce: Morituri - Electric Undertow (1989) 1-5.
SUPERMAN'S GOOD GUY GANG
SOLICIT COPY: Eight-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super : super-fast, super-strong, and super-cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super-powered kids Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner, a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they'll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow together, and maybe earn some good-guy points along the way. Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more as the Good Guy Gang grows!
This super-powered buddy comedy from the creator behind Death and Sparkles, Rob Justus, launches DC's Early Reader initiative timed to the summer of Superman! Fans will delight in seeing characters from the film featured in this charming story perfect for first-time readers aged 5-7.
TOKYO REVENGERS: BRILLIANT FULL COLOR EDITION OMNIBUS vol. 1-2
SOLICIT COPY: The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang that inspired an anime, live-action, and multiple spin-offs—now available in full, brilliant color!
Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him twelve years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell–the same gang that’s responsible for Hinata’s death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto’s most sinister delinquent gang! But things get complicated when he befriends the gang’s leader, Mikey. What turned Mikey from a petulant child into the leader of the most infamous gang in Tokyo?
TOMB RAIDER COLOSSAL COLLECTION vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: When it comes to recovering priceless artifacts from lost civilizations and bygone eras, there is no one more capable than British archeologist and adventurer Lara Croft.
Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of history, years of experience, and dual pistols, Lara will go to the ends of the earth to preserve the world's most precious treasures from a shadowy organization intent on her destruction. Luckily Lara won't have to go it alone as she's joined by roguish playboy Chase Carver and her buttoned-up assistant Madeline Hovan! Join Lara and her friends as they face down unfathomable foes, betrayal, and ancient secrets!
This colossal, hardcover volume collects #1–#24 and #26–#34 of the Top Cow Tomb Raider series from 1999 to 2003 and features stories from legendary creators Dan Jurgens, Adam Hughes, Michael Turner, Andy Park, Marc Silvestri, David Finch, and many more!
VAN HELSING: ASHES OF THE PAST
SOLICIT COPY: Liesel Van Helsing has gone against almost every type of monster and supernatural creature that this universe, and any other, could throw at her. And, as she's out-smarted, out-scienced, or overpowered just about all of them, she's made many enemies along the way. But what happens when the adversaries are from a past she never knew existed? When all she thought she understood of her history comes burning up around her, will Van Helsing be able to rise from the ashes and stop the horrors that are fighting to be unleashed on our world--or will this be the end of the famed vampire hunter?!
Collects Van Helsing Annual: Hour of the Witch, Van Helsing: Shattered Soul,Van Helsing: Bloodborne, Van Helsing: From the Depths, Van Helsing: Flesh of my Blood, Van Helsing: Rites of Shadows, Van Helsing: Deadly Alchemy, Van Helsing Annual: Sins of the Father.
WHAT IF...? GALACTUS
SOLICIT COPY: Marvel's WHAT IF? returns with a series of cosmos-shattering tales in which surprising new heralds serve the Devourer of Worlds!
A series of shocking stories explore the possibilities of some of Earth's greatest heroes pledging themselves to Galactus! When the World-Eater enlists the Incredible Hulk as his herald, what will turn out to be the bigger mistake: trying to direct the fury of the Green Goliath or giving the great mind of Bruce Banner a cosmic problem to solve? Gambit is the most charismatic and capable thief on Earth – which is exactly how he grabs the attention of the Devourer of Worlds! With the Power Cosmic flowing through his veins, Gambit is unstoppable – but is he clever enough to steal the unstealable? When Khonshu and Galactus clash, Moon Knight is caught in the middle – but when Marc Spector takes his turn as herald, his alters manifest in startling new ways! A young Rogue uses her mutant power to absorb the Power Cosmic of the Silver Surfer, changing the entire course of her storied history! And after coming to the aid of a wounded herald of Galactus, Spider-Gwen is empowered in the Devourer's service!
Collecting WHAT IF...? GALACTUS TRANSFORMED HULK?, WHAT IF...? GALACTUS TRANSFORMED GAMBIT?, WHAT IF...? GALACTUS TRANSFORMED MOON KNIGHT?, WHAT IF...? GALACTUS TRANSFORMED ROGUE? and WHAT IF...? GALACTUS TRANSFORMED SPIDER-GWEN?
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOU vol. 1
SOLICIT COPY: A tragic romance gets a second chance when one woman switches bodies with her husband. The full-color manhwa/webtoon (comic) in English print for the first time ever!
Princess Violet always played by the rules—right down to marrying the hot-tempered Winter, an illegitimate noble, to save her family from ruin. Though Violet fell head over heels for Winter at first sight, her dream of happiness was shattered when her family lost its royal standing on their wedding day, leaving her branded a swindler and an outcast.
Three years later, Violet endures endless shame, convinced even her husband wouldn’t care if she died. Desperate, she attempts to take her own life… only to wake up in Winter’s body! Now, trapped in each other’s lives, they’re forced to see the world through the other’s eyes. Could this strange twist be their one chance to truly understand—and love—each other?
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