 BITCH PLANET #1
story: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
art / cover: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) team up for the very third time to bring you the premiere issue of BITCH PLANET, their highly-anticipated women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff. Think Margaret Atwood meets Inglourious Basterds.
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 RUMBLE #1
story: JOHN ARCUDI
art / cover: JAMES HARREN
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Okay, so a scarecrow walks into a bar...and proceeds to wreak havoc across two worlds! After a long absence, Rathraq, Scarecrow Warrior God, is back—and very unhappy. Bad news for his old enemies, yes, but worse news for everybody else! JOHN ARCUDI and JAMES HARREN bring you a modern day action/adventure fantasy thriller where rundown dive bars, undead kitty cats, psycho skinheads, and giant mummies all play a part. It’s Louis C.K. meets Robert E. Howard in a David Fincher universe.
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 GRAVEYARD SHIFT #1 (OF 4)
story: JAY FAERBER
art / cover: FRAN BUENO
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Reunited after their memorable run on the critically acclaimed NOBLE CAUSES, JAY FAERBER and FRAN BUENO bring you a new tale of crime, horror, and romance! It's Fright Night-style thrills and Castle-style crime-solving as a homicide detective and his girlfriend find their love put to the ultimate test when they run afoul of a gang of vampires!
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 THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #1
story: ERIC STEPHENSON
art: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover: SIMON GANE & FONOGRAFIKS
DECEMBER 24 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Eisner-nominated NOWHERE MEN writer ERIC STEPHENSON teams up with red-hot artist SIMON GANE for an all-new ongoing series! We all have advantages over one another, but what if you were capable of things most of us can only imagine? What would you do – and who would you be? A doctor? An athlete? A soldier? A hero? Everyone has to make a choice about how to use the abilities they’re born with... but they're not like us.
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 EAST OF WEST #16
story: JONATHAN HICKMAN
art: NICK DRAGOTTA
DECEMBER 10 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“THE APOCALYPSE: YEAR TWO” begins in the over-sized EAST OF WEST #16!
Following the dramatic conclusion of YEAR ONE, the Great Beast now roams the fractured United States of America.
Deep into an all-consuming war between the splintered nations, the Four Horsemen move to further their individual agendas while resisting the inevitability of The Message.
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 MAGDALENA SEVENTH SACRAMENT (ONE-SHOT)
story: TINI HOWARD
art: AILEEN ORACION
cover: –ROM–
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Talent Hunt winning writer TINI HOWARD and artist AILEEN ORACION challenge the legend of the Spear of Destiny as sins of omission come to light in this one shot special! Detective Sara Pezzini reveals a lost manuscript that speaks of a bright young martyr and the dark acts she eclipses in this tale of an all-new Magdalena.
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 SHELTERED #15
story: ED BRISSON
art / cover: JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
THIS IS IT! THE FINAL ISSUE!
It's the end of Safe Haven, but is it the end of the world?
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 SHUTTER #7
story: JOE KEATINGE
art / cover A: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
cover B: FRANK CHO
cover C: RAY FAWKES
cover D: JOHN WORKMAN
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
INDIANA JONES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY RETURNS IN AN ALL-NEW STORY ARC! Kate Kristopher’s finally face-to-face with the sibling she never knew about, who’s dead set on destroying what little Kate has left. Family rivalry was never so cataclysmic in the globe-trotting and mind-melting second arc of the comic book ROBERT KIRKMAN (THE WALKING DEAD) describes as “so completely and utterly new that it reminds you of the potential of this medium!" ALL THIS PLUS: say hello to SHUTTER’s new letterer, the legendary JOHN WORKMAN (Thor, Doom Patrol, Heavy Liquid) with his commemorative variant cover and a comprehensive career retrospective written by SHEA HENNUM!
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 THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #6
story: KIERON GILLEN
art / cover: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
THE FAUST ACT is over. Welcome to FANDEMONIUM.
The second arc of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE begins in its traditional manner (i.e. a ludicrous pun.) We'd say something like “nothing will ever be the same again” but if you think about it, you can say that about literally everything, ever. Er...also some comic story. Probably.
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 SUNSTONE OGN
story / art / cover: STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 24 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Two women deal with modern themes of sex, relationships, and fetishism in this erotic romantic comedy. So beware all who enter, because, to quote a few hundred thousand readers on DeviantArt: "I'm not into BDSM...but this story...I get it."
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 BLACK SCIENCE, VOL. 2: WELCOME, NOWHERE TP
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE
DECEMBER 24 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
The Anarchist League of Scientists has lost their leader, the most recent victim of the Pillar’s violently random jumps through the Eververse...but are they really random? As the survivors fight their way through a world where magic and science are one and the same, the secrets of their predicament slowly come to light...and illuminate a terrible truth.
Collects BLACK SCIENCE #7-11
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 CASANOVA, VOL 3: AVARITIA - THE COMPLETE EDITION HC
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: GABRIEL BÁ
DECEMBER 17 / 176 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
Destroying whole universes is easy until you meet the man destined to destroy your life. Just ask Casanova Quinn. The finale of the first CASANOVA trilogy collected with a massive slab of bonus material.
COLLECTS CASANOVA: AVARITIA 1-4
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 DARK ENGINE, VOL. 1: THE ART OF DESTRUCTION TP
story: RYAN BURTON
art / cover: JOHN BIVENS
DECEMBER 17 / 112 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
By blood and fury, Sym is born, and sent back in time to destroy her creators' enemies. With ribsword in hand, with gore in her curling locks, she is unstoppable. But the alchemists that made her do not realize that the engine that powers her is sentient, that it is the seed of their destruction.
Collects DARK ENGINE #1-4
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 DREAM POLICE, VOL. 1 TP
story: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
cover: SID KOTIAN & HiFi
art: SID KOTIAN, BILL FARMER, & HiFi
DECEMBER 3 / 160 PAGES / FC / T / $12.99
Enter the world you normally experience when you sleep...the world of the Dreamscape, filled with danger, eroticism, enlightenment, and at the heart of it all a mystery: did Lieutenant Detective Joe Thursday have a partner before the capable Kate Black who simply...disappeared one day? If so, why can't he remember this partner? What happened to him? And most of all: why? What secret is at the heart of the Dreamscape, a secret so important that some would destroy everything Joe holds dear to keep it?To reveal that truth, Joe must go against everything he has believed in...and undertake a journey to the very edge of the unknown.
Collects DREAM POLICE #1-6
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 DRUMHELLAR, VOL. 2: DOGS AND GODS TP
story: RILEY ROSSMO & ADAM LINK
art / cover: RILEY ROSSMO
DECEMBER 17 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
When a trio of child killers make Drum their next target, the most shocking thing of all is the truth about Drum’s origins, his father, and his soul. Whether you’re a dog or a god, Drum discovers that nobody—not even Harold—is as innocent as they seem. Concluding the most psychedelic comic of the millennium!
Collects DRUMHELLAR #6-10
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 GHOSTED, VOL. 3 TP
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art: DAVIDE GIANFELICE, GORAN SUDZUKA, & MIROSLAV MRVA cover: MATTEO SCALERA
DECEMBER 10 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
A magician that grants death wishes. A biker gang that sacrifices virgins. A supernatural black market. It’s time for Jackson to stop running from his past and face it head on.
Collects GHOSTED #11-15
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 MANIFEST DESTINY, VOL. 2 TP
story: CHRIS DINGESS
art / cover: MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI
DECEMBER 17 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
Lewis, Clark and the surviving members of their expedition continue westward across America, only to learn there is nowhere to run on a river.
Collects MANIFEST DESTINY #7-12
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 MORNING GLORIES, VOL. 1 COMPENDIUM TP
story: NICK SPENCER
art: JOE EISMA
cover: RODIN ESQUEJO
DECEMBER 3 / 1048 PAGES / FC / T+ / $59.99
Introducing the first seven volumes of the critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling series, now collected into one massive paperback edition!
At over one thousand pages, this epic volume is the perfect introduction to the spellbinding mysteries and deadly secrets of Morning Glory Academy! From the arrival of six brilliant but troubled new students to the time-spanning perils of the Woodrun contest to the violent insurrection of the Truants, this collection offers the most comprehensive exploration yet of the comic often described as "Runaways meets Lost."
Collects MORNING GLORIES #1-38
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 OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA, VOL. 1 TP
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
DECEMBER 17 / 152 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
NEW HORROR SERIES FROM THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR ROBERT KIRKMAN!
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
Collects OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #1-6
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 POWERS SCRIPTBOOK TP
text:BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
DECEMBER 3 / 344 PAGES / BW / M / $19.95
Study the original scripts of the first two graphic novels of POWERS, the award-winning series created by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS and MICHAEL AVON OEMING, soon to be a television series on PlayStation Network. The perfect companion to BENDIS's Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, the POWERS SCRIPTBOOK gives you a look behind the creation of a graphic novel from an angle few creators allow the audience to see.
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 RED CITY TP
story: DANIEL COREY
art / cover: ANTHONY DIECIDUE & MARK DOS SANTOS
DECEMBER 3 / 120 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99
It's L.A. Confidential on Mars: Interplanetary investigator Cal Talmage is on the case to find an ambassador’s daughter in Mars Central, a.k.a. Red City. The routine assignment quickly heats up as Cal finds himself in the midst of rival alien mobs, political conspiracies, and the threat of war.
Bonus materials include the new short story MORIARTY: ENDGAME, by DANIEL COREY and ANTHONY DIECIDUE.
Collects RED CITY #1-4
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 SAGA, VOL. 4 TP
story: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover: FIONA STAPLES
DECEMBER 17 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER RETURNS!
Visit new planets, meet new adversaries and explore a very new direction, as Hazel becomes a toddler while her family struggles to stay on their feet.
Collects SAGA #19-24
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 SAVAGE DRAGON: A NEW BEGINNING! TP
story / art / cover: ERIK LARSEN
DECEMBER 10 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99
A NEW BEGINNING!
It's the ultimate jumping on point for new readers and a bold new beginning as Malcolm Dragon takes over the title role from his famous father, fighting the forces of evil in the Windy City! New dangers! New adventures! New villains! Tantrum! Torment! Red Rage! Samurai! Dart! Assassin! Brawn! Insect! Rogue Warrior! Roughneck! Victorious! War-Cry! The Demonoids! The Ant Menaces! Trolls! Demons! Malcolm's tragic transformation! It's all here and more! A whole new SAVAGE DRAGON!
Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #193-198
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 SEX CRIMINALS, VOL. 2: TWO WORLDS ONE COP TP
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: CHIP ZDARSKY
DECEMBER 24 / 128 PAGES / FC / VERY M / $14.99
The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past.
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 SOVEREIGN TP
story: CHRIS ROBERSON
art / cover: PAUL MAYBURY
DECEMBER 3 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
An epic fantasy in the tradition of Game of Thrones, SOVEREIGN is set in a world which once knew gods, demons, and magic, and to which all three are returning. New York Times bestseller CHRIS ROBERSON joins artist PAUL MAYBURY to tell the story of masked undertakers facing the undead with swords, of civil wars and cultures in collision, of ancient threats emerging from the ashes of history to menace the future.
Collects SOVEREIGN #1-5, plus extras
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 STRAY BULLETS, VOL. 6: KILLERS TP
story / art / cover: DAVID LAPHAM
DECEMBER 17 / 248 PAGES / BW / M / $19.99
A little boy learns too late that running your mouth can get you run over. A young babysitter gets in way over her head when when she's hired to sit by a dangerous man to with a strange request. A young couple's hopeful visit to the city turns anything but when they step into the middle of a mob turf war and watch more than just friends die. And a young man just trying to help his hustler cousin out of a bad spot instead becomes the ultimate killer. These are only some of the eight stories comprising “KILLERS,” the newest arc in the ongoing world of STRAY BULLETS. Each story stands on its own but collectively they tell the twisted story of two teen – Virginia and Eli - both scarred by tragic childhood intersections with the Baltimore underworld, drawn together in the sleepy seaside town of Sandcastle, unable to escape their dark pasts....
Collects STRAY BULLETS: KILLERS #1-8
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 WHITE LIKE SHE TP
story / art / cover: BOB FINGERMAN
DECEMBER 3 / 136 PAGES / BW / M / $14.99
20th Anniversary Edition of BOB FINGERMAN’s race and gender-swapping pseudo-science- fiction social satire is back in print and better than ever. The tale of a down-on-his-luck African-American nuclear power plant custodian whose brain is transplanted into a militant white teenage girl’s skull, WHITE LIKE SHE takes a cue from the ’70s exploitation movie playbook and mixes message, humor, violence and Frankensteinian brain-juggling. Featuring never-before-seen bonus material and newly added gray tone, this is the definitive edition.
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 INVINCIBLE "ATOM EVE" SHIRT
Men’s & Women’s
S – XL: $24.99
XXL: $26.99
Now you can look just like Atom Eve, the atom-manipulating badass of the Invincible Universe, with this stylish pink shirt!
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 THE WALKING DEAD 2015 CALENDAR
$14.99
This calendar features thirteen killer images from THE WALKING DEAD comics to get you through the year!
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 THE WALKING DEAD "FREE NEGAN" T-SHIRT
Men’s sizes only
S – XL: $19.99
XXL: $21.99
Make a statement with this controversial shirt and let everyone know that you want Negan out of prison and terrorizing the post-apocalyptic streets once more.
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  DEADLY CLASS and BLACK SCIENCE Skateboards!
The Deadly Class board has been offered by: Rick Remender, Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge.
The Black Science board has been offered by: Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera and Dean White.
$75.00
Constructed from 7 ply maple, these boards measures in at 9.25” W x 29.5” L. We are only offering 100 copies of these decks. When they are gone they are gone forever... Get one for your wall or the street!
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 SOUTHERN BASTARDS T-SHIRTS
Unisex Sizes
S-3XL: $19.99
Do y’all like Sweet Tea? Of course ya do! How about BBQ? Well you’re alive, ain't cha?!
Now you can show your love for SOUTHERN BASTARDS and all things Southern cooked by repping one of our signature T-Shirts. Featuring BOSS BBQ on black Canvas style and Tad’s iconic SAWWEEET-TEE "Sugah Jug" on yellow Canvas.
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IMAGE FIRSTS
Our IMAGE FIRSTS editions reprint the first issues of some of our most popular series for only $1. Perfectly priced for new readers interested in trying out a new series or sampling the first chapters of some of our trade paperbacks at little to no risk, IMAGE FIRSTS are available year-round to order upon retailer request, and this month we’re adding eight new titles to our growing list of dollar comics that are always in stock:
DECEMBER 3
OUTCAST #1
THE WICKED + DIVINE #1
DECEMBER 10
LOW #1
SHUTTER #1
DECEMBER 17
THE FADE OUT #1
C.O.W.L. #1
DECEMBER 24
NAILBITER #1
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #1 |
  ’68: HOMEFRONT #4 (OF 4)
story: MARK KIDWELL
art: KYLE CHARLES & JAY FOTOS
cover A: NAT JONES
cover B: CHRISTOPHER SHY
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Trapped in a snow bound cabin somewhere outside Black Falls, Canada, a group of terrified survivors must battle more than the blizzard outside to keep their pulses. A maniacal, gun-toting mountain man, an undead Mountie, and a mob of shambling, rotting, reanimated corpses all want inside. As Vietnam-era draft cards burn, horror mounts...and blood will stain the snow.
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 ALEX + ADA #11
story: JONATHAN LUNA & SARAH VAUGHN
art / cover: JONATHAN LUNA
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Ada needs to find a balance between freedom and safety. Alex’s friends have opinions on his relationship with Ada.
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 BIRTHRIGHT #3
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art / cover: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
After a standoff in the police station, the Rhodes family is on the run from the law, and for their lives. And just what horrors did Mikey survive while he was away?
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 COPPERHEAD #4
story: JAY FAERBER
art / cover: SCOTT GODLEWSKI & RON RILEY
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.50
Sheriff Clara Bronson sets a trap while Deputy Boo chases down lead—both figuratively and literally.
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 C.O.W.L. #7
story: KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL
art: ROD REIS cover: TREVOR MCCARTHY
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The times they are a changin'. After the shocking murder of a C.O.W.L. hero, members of the organization must put aside their differences in order to find the killer...before Detective Evelyn Frost and the Chicago Police do.
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 DEAD@17: THE BLASPHEMY THRONE #5 (of 7)
story / art / cover: JOSH HOWARD
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
The final battle between gods and man begins, and all of Earth is the battlefield.
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 DEADLY CLASS #10
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: WES CRAIG & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Even teens training to be the world’s coldest killers need a day off, so Marcus and Maria hit the streets of San Francisco. But you know what doesn’t mesh well with too much booze and heartbreak? A seething cartel hit squad! It’s true. Look it up.
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 DEATH VIGIL #6 (OF 8)
story / art / cover: STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Rest in peace Samuel Lewis.
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 DRIFTER #2
story: IVAN BRANDON
art / cover A: NIC KLEIN
art / cover B: BECKY CLOONAN
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Abram and the Sheriff explore the sunken ruins of Abram’s crashed ship. In search of answers, they find a horde of scavenging raiders and a lightning storm that brings more than just thunder and rain.
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 FIVE GHOSTS #15
story: FRANK J. BARBIERE
art / cover: CHRIS MOONEYHAM
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
“MONSTERS & MEN,” Part Three
Fabian’s adventure in Eastern Europe takes a dark turn.
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 THE FUSE #8
story: ANTONY JOHNSTON
art / cover: JUSTIN GREENWOOD
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"GRIDLOCK," Part Two
Turns out the gridlocker's death was no accident, and Klem for one is shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, to discover this is a murder case. But it won't stop her going over The Wall, or even down into Smacktown, to find the killer!
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  GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #4
story / art / cover A: RYAN BROWNE
cover B: PAOLO RIVERA
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The invasion of King Tiger Eating a Cheeseburger's space crab army is about to begin! I sure hope all those crappy NASA "superheroes" are ready to save the Earth. Oh, spoiler alert—THEY AREN'T!
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 GONERS #3
story: JACOB SEMAHN
art / cover: JORGE CORONA
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
“WE ALL FALL DOWN,” Part Three
A family separated. A family found. A family death.
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 HOWTOONS: (RE)IGNITION #5
story: FRED VAN LENTE
art / cover: TOM FOWLER & JORDIE BELLAIRE
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
The battle for the future begins now! As Tuck and Celine rally the disparate factions of the energy apocalypse against Dino-E's onslaught, they learn how the present can be saved from itself! And so can YOU!
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 THE HUMANS #2
story: KEENAN MARSHALL KELLER
art / cover: TOM NEELY
color: KRISTINA COLLANTES
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
From out of the smoke of their lost brothers' funeral pyre comes a ghostly figure from the past. A long-thought-dead member returns to The HUMANS, bringing visions of hell and loss with him and a night of mourning quickly turns into an outta-sight homecoming party!
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 INTERSECT #2
story / art / cover A: RAY FAWKES
cover B: MATT KINDT
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
While a mysterious, luminous singer begins the last aria of Detroit, our travellers are witnesses to the shifting form of the city from on high. Is this collapse, or something far stranger? The intricate, mind-bending mystery of INTERSECT is unfolding...
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 LAZARUS #14
story: GREG RUCKA
art: MICHAEL LARK
cover: OWEN FREEMAN
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“CONCLAVE,” Part Four
Forever has been sent by her father to kill her traitorous brother, Jonah. What happens next is the start of a revolution.
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 THE LI'L DEPRESSED BOY: SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #3
story: SHAUN STEVEN STRUBLE
art / cover: SINA GRACE
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
To escape all the recent drama, the Li'l Depressed Boy and Spike run off for a day of fun and music. Featuring an appearance by Bridge Nine recording artist LEMURIA!
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 LOW #6
story: RICK REMENDER
art / cover: GREG TOCCHINI
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Tortured and humiliated at the hands of Roln, Pirate Lord of the Third City, Stel Caine has but a single chance to save what remains of her family and escape. How high is too high a price for tomorrow?
Concluding the first arc of LOW, the seminal sci-fi epic from the minds of RICK REMENDER and GREG TOCCHINI.
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 THE MERCENARY SEA #8
story: KEL SYMONS
art / cover: MATHEW REYNOLDS
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
"ON TREASURE ISLAND"
The second of a two-part story: On the hunt for Koji Ra, Jack and the crew of the Venture explore ancient ruins on a deserted island and run into an old adversary.
This issue also includes a bonus short story just in time for Christmas.
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 NAILBITER #8
story: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art / cover: MIKE HENDERSON
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
“BEES!”
Since the beginning, the Nailbiter’s hometown has been plagued with bees. Are they responsible for creating the serial killers?
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 ODDLY NORMAL #4
story / art / cover A: OTIS FRAMPTON
cover B: ROBB MOMMAERTS
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
New classmates, new teachers and a perplexing new lunch menu. Oddly's first day at a strange new school continues...
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 ODYC #2
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: CHRISTIAN WARD
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Odyssia and her crew are tempted by the deadly and dangerous Lotus Eaters, living sources of the most powerful narcotic in the galaxy.
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 PENNY DORA & THE WISHING BOX #2 (OF 5)
story: MICHAEL STOCK
art / cover: SINA GRACE
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99
It was the day after Christmas when the mysterious box began to ask its question again. “What do you wish for? What do you wish for??” it insisted. This time, to Penny’s best friend, Elizabeth. And that’s where the trouble really began. With Elizabeth’s small, simple wish.
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 PROPHET: EARTH WAR #2 (OF 6)
story: BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
art / cover: GIANNIS MILOGIANNIS
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Old Man Prophet must make alliances with strange aliens in order to wrench control of Earth from the Empire.
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 PUNKS: THE COMIC #3
story: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
art / cover: KODY CHAMBERLAIN
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The true story of four strangers, picked to live in a house, work together, and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start punching each other in the junk.
From Eisner and Harvey nominees JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (The Bunker, I, Vampire) and KODY CHAMBERLAIN (Sweets, The Ride).
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 RASPUTIN #3
story: ALEX GRECIAN
art / cover: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Young Rasputin has the power to heal people, to give them energy, and to make them feel better than they ever have before. The ladies do not complain.
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 REVIVAL #26
story: TIM SEELEY
art: MIKE NORTON
cover: JENNY FRISON
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Blaine Abel. Demonologist. All around evil scumbag. But now he's on the side of the angels, offering his expertise with the supernatural. Can Em trust a man who she once ran into an eighteen-wheeler?
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 RISE OF THE MAGI #6
story: MARC SILVESTRI
art: SUMEYYE KESGIN & TINA VALENTINO
cover A: TINA VALENTINO
cover B: STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The dark forces have played their hand in Rune and on Earth as both worlds teeter on the brink of war. It’s magic vs. technology with mutual destruction assured. Asa Stone and April Mae June have had no choice but to put their trust in the untrustworthy, resulting in a dangerous game of chess among allies. The Magi have been called together, but are they enough to stand in the way of two worlds’ wars?!
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 ROCHE LIMIT #4
story: MICHAEL MORECI
art / cover: VIC MALHOTRA
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Alex and Sonya take a dangerous trip to the anomaly while all hell breaks loose on the colony.
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 SAVAGE DRAGON #201
story / art / cover: ERIK LARSEN
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Following the cataclysmic events of our awe-inspiring 200th issue, Malcolm Dragon comes face-to-face with the new head of the Vicious Circle! It's a battle like none you've seen before!
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  SINERGY #2
story / art: MICHAEL AVON OEMING & TAKI SOMA
cover A: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
cover B: MICHAEL ALLRED & LAURA ALLRED
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Monster hunting is tough on families, especially when it’s a secret! Jess can't believe her boyfriend may be the same monster her father warned her about! Also in this issue, a back-up story about monster men written and drawn by TAKI SOMA!
Special incentive cover by superstars MICHAEL & LAURA ALLRED
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 SPREAD #6
story: JUSTIN JORDAN
art / cover: KYLE STRAHM
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Spreadworms, Sirens, Raiders, Cannibals, The Preacher. Everything collides. Almost everybody dies. The first arc ends here.
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 THE SUPERANNUATED MAN #5
story / art / cover: TED McKEEVER
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
GOLDEN-AGE FORMAT
One of the last remaining humans, HE, after returning from the brink of extinction, now intends to repay the evolved mutations that caused the annihilation of humanity, with a severity that borders on the atomic.
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 SUPREME: BLUE ROSE #5
story: WARREN ELLIS
art / cover: TULA LOTAY
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
We could like to introduce you to Doctor Colonel Rex Ellingwood Richards III. He likes people to call him Doc Rocket. He's from an entirely different stream of history, and he is delighted and frankly relieved to meet you.
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 TECH JACKET #6
story: JOE KEATINGE
art / cover: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Where Zack Thompson has failed against the Colossal, can the Tech Jacket Corps succeed? It’s the most amazing action comic you’ll read all year!
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  TOOTH & CLAW #2
story: KURT BUSIEK
art / cover A: BENJAMIN DEWEY
cover B: ALEX ROSS
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
After the shattering disaster last issue, the Great Champion of ancient legend is reawakened. And things get worse.
Plus! A special variant cover by ALEX ROSS, painting more animal-people at once than he ever has before!
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 TREES #8
story: WARREN ELLIS
art / cover: JASON HOWARD
DECEMBER 10 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Something is happening. There are shadows in the Chinese city of Shu, shadows falling across Cefalu and Puntland, and shadows crawling across the snows of Svalbard. Things are getting darker, and, suddenly, there is no
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 UMBRAL #12
story: ANTONY JOHNSTON
art / cover: CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
"IF IT BLEEDS"
Yeah, you read it right. New Year’s Eve, last day of the year. That’s when we decide to publish the last issue of Book Two, probably the most important issue of UMBRAL yet. It’s just how we roll.
(Seriously, you’ll want this one. It’s kind of climactic.)
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 A VOICE IN THE DARK: GET YOUR GUN #4 (of 5)
story / art: LARIME TAYLOR
cover A: LARIME TAYLOR & SYLV TAYLOR
cover B: MAX DUNBAR & SYLV TAYLOR
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Now in the clutches of the late Mandy Jenkins' wealthy and powerful father, Zoey and Rio must try to escape a man with only one thing on his mind: revenge.
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 THE WALKING DEAD #135
story: ROBERT KIRKMAN
art: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
cover: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
DECEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Face to face.
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  WAYWARD #5
story: JIM ZUB
art: STEVE CUMMINGS & JOHN RAUCH
cover A: STEVE CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
cover B: MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
IMAGE COMICS'S SUPERNATURAL SENSATION!
The first story arc ends. Revelation and sacrifice.
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 WITCHBLADE #181
story: DAVID HINE
art / cover A: LAURA BRAGA
cover B: STJEPAN SEJIC
DECEMBER 24 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
The one where Jackie dies! This is the way it had to end. Sara Pezzini goes head to head with Jackie Estacado and the Darkness. Sometimes there are no winners...
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 WYTCHES #3
story: SCOTT SNYDER
art / cover: JOCK
DECEMBER 3 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A parent's worst nightmare: a beloved child lost in the woods. Behind the trees lurk horrors, and the brush conceals atrocity. No matter how desperate the search, understand that your prayers will fall on deaf ears. There is no escape from the Wytches.
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 ZERO #13
story: ALES KOT
art: ALBERTO PONTICELLI & JORDIE BELLAIRE
cover: ALBERTO PONTICELLI & TOM MULLER
DECEMBER 17 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
A team of professionals goes after Zero and the entire Agency. It all points back to the Beit Hanoun incident.
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