Solicitations for August 2021
May 21, 2021
Ascender #18
WRITER / COVER B: Jeff Lemire
ARTIST / COVER A: Dustin Nguyen
AUGUST 18 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"STAR SEED," Part FourConcluding the sci-fi/fantasy epic that began in the pages of DESCENDER, JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN present the final account of one young robot’s struggle to keep his friends alive as the forces of magic and science meet in a climactic fashion.
Bitter Root #15
WRITER: David F. Walker, Chuck Brown
ARTIST / COVER A: Sanford Greene
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"LEGACY," Part FiveThe third arc of the Eisner Award-winning BITTER ROOT comes to an epic conclusion that will decide the fate of humanity. For the Sangerye family, it means making another sacrifice while searching for hope during hopeless times.
Chu #7
WRITER: John Layman
ARTIST / COVER A: Dan Boultwood
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"(SHE) DRUNK HISTORY," Part TwoFrance. A wine heist. A double-cross. And cupcakes…OF DOOM!
Commanders In Crisis #11 (of 12)
WRITER: L.A. Thornhill, Steve Orlando
ARTIST / COVER A: Davide Tinto
COVER B: V Ken Marion
COVER C: Qistina Khalidah
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
The fate of all existence comes down to a fistfight. The credits DO say STEVE ORLANDO after all. This is a blockbuster! Every hero left on the last Earth left in the last reality left turns out against the Extinction Society. It’s a final race to stave off the very destruction we’ve brought on ourselves. Can we be good enough, long enough? We better hope so, because the fate of our Earth might’ve once rested in the hands of the Crisis Command, but they just put it in ours.
Compass #3 (of 5)
WRITER: Dave Walker, Robert Mackenzie
ARTIST / COVER A: Justin Greenwood
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
GREG RUCKA proudly presents a new direction in adventure with…COMPASS!Evil pursues Shahidah El-Amin to the ends of the Earth…and miles beneath it. The quest for the Cauldron of Eternal Life takes Shahi—and her one-time sister-in-arms, now enemy, Ling Hua—deep within the darkest caverns of Christendom, where the treasure hunters face monsters, visions, and the legions of the dead!
The acclaimed OLD GUARD: TALES THROUGH TIME team of writers ROBERT MACKENZIE and DAVE WALKER (LAZARUS SOURCEBOOK) and artist JUSTIN GREENWOOD (LAZARUS: X +66, Stumptown) plunge comics' boldest new heroine to thrilling depths of danger!
Deep Beyond #7 (of 12)
WRITER: David Goy, Mirka Andolfo
ARTIST / COVER A: Andrea Broccardo
COVER B: Mirka Andolfo
COVER C: Darko Lafuente
COVER D: Matteo Lolli
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Now that the gang has discovered a strange, "new" world (that actually seems to be "not-so-new"), they start facing a new range of problems, and they will start asking themselves the question: who really are the good guys? And what’s the final purpose of the terrible troops pursuing them?
The Department of Truth #12
WRITER: James Tynion IV
ARTIST / COVER A: Martin Simmonds
COVER B: Caspar Wijngaard
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
America was built on a lie that's never quite come true. The cracks in that idealistic vision have inspired dangerous people to do horrible things in the name of an America that's never really existed. Hawk Harrison knows the genuine story of this country, and he's ready to give Cole Turner a history lesson.
Die #19
WRITER: Kieron Gillen
ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans
COVER B: Jenny Frison
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"BLEED," Part FourThe final encounter approaches. Everything to play for, even if everyone’s already lost.
Echolands #1
WRITER: J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman
ARTIST: J.H. Williams III, Dave Stewart
COVER A / COVER B: J.H. Williams III
AUGUST 25 / 44 pages / FC/ M / $4.99
A MAJOR IMAGE COMICS 2021 EVENT!The story of Earth’s last war starts with Hope’s sticky fingers…The multiple award-winning Batwoman team, J. H. WILLIAMS III (Promethea, The Sandman: Overture, Batman) and W. HADEN BLACKMAN (Star Wars, Elektra), reunites for an all-new ongoing series! They’re joined once again by colorist supreme DAVE STEWART and master letterer TODD KLEIN.In a bizarre future world that has forgotten its history, a reckless thief, Hope Redhood, holds the key to excavating its dark, strange past—if only she and her crew can escape a tyrannical wizard and his unstoppable daughter. But fate will send them all on a path leading to a war between worlds. ECHOLANDS is a landscape format, mythic-fiction epic where anything is possible—a fast-paced genre mashup adventure that combines everything from horror movie vampires to classic mobsters and cyborg elves, to Roman demigods and retro rocket ships. It’s going to be a helluva ride! Each issue of the series will offer a Raw Cut edition, featuring the art from J. H. WILLIAMS III as it looked leaving his work studio.Early praise for ECHOLANDS:"It's every fictional world, each with its own artistic style, intersecting and exploding with JHW3 magic and crackle. I can't wait to see where he and Haden Blackman are taking us—into a world in which anything can happen, and undoubtedly will." —Neil Gaiman"So complex and unique and expertly executed it pushes the medium forward in new directions and leads to invigorated interest in the medium of comics itself." —Robert Kirkman"A dazzling, kinetic ride through an exquisitely realized fantasy world, bursting with graphic energy and excitement." —Dave Gibbons"Echolands’ fallen fantasy San Francisco is painted as a monstrous blend of magic and technology, and reads like a blockbuster car chase." —Kyle Shutt (The Sword)"Getting an eyeful is a massive understatement. I love looking at the drawings as they expand with more details emerging every time I look." —Debbie Harry (Blondie, Face It: A Memoir)
Fire Power By Kirkman & Samnee #14
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST / COVER A: Chris Samnee, Matt Wilson
AUGUST 04 / 28 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
Owen thought he and his family could return to their normal lives, but the Serpent’s Omen is called that for a reason!
Geiger #5
WRITER: Geoff Johns
ARTIST / COVER A: Gary Frank, Brad Anderson
COVER B: Jerry Ordway
COVER C: Paul Pelletier
COVER D: Gary Frank
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Allies…or a different kind of enemy? Geiger’s quest to find sanctuary takes him deep inside a remnant of the old world and face to face with the desperate survivors within. When a heartbreaking discovery puts them at odds with Geiger, an ancient warrior is awakened with one mission: bring down Geiger, dead or alive!By the critically acclaimed team of GEOFF JOHNS, GARY FRANK, and BRAD ANDERSON!
The Good Asian #4 (of 10)
WRITER: Pornsak Pichetshote
ARTIST: Alexandre Tefenkgi, Lee Loughridge
COVER A: Dave Johnson
COVER B: Awanqi
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Hark suffers a devastating blow as Chinatown’s Hui Long killer hits closer to home, leading Hark to begin peeling back the layers of his family’s chilling secrets."This is absolutely the best kind of comics noir." —KIERON GILLEN (DIE)
Hey Kids! Comics! Vol 2: Prophets & Loss #4 (of 6)
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Howard Chaykin
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
What’s the sound of a faceplant into a plate of spaghetti? It might just be opportunity knocking!There’s a changing of the guard everywhere you look, and the only constant is that the entrenched can’t see it coming.
Home #5 (of 5)
WRITER: Julio Anta
ARTIST: Anna Wieszczyk
COVER A: Lisa Sterle
COVER B: Jacoby Salcedo
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
Juan’s rage comes to a head, and the world will never be the same again.
Home Sick Pilots #8
WRITER: Dan Watters
ARTIST / COVER A: Caspar Wijngaard
COVER B: Martin Simmonds
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
As its horrors emanate across America, the Home Sick Pilots must return to the Old James House. Which could be difficult, as they did leave it at the bottom of the ocean.
Ice Cream Man #25
WRITER: W. Maxwell Prince
ARTIST / COVER A / COVER E: Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo
COVER B: Zoe Thorogood
COVER C: Yuko Shimizu
COVER D: Frazer Irving
AUGUST 25 / 40 pages / FC/ M / $4.99
CELEBRATING OUR 25th "ANNIVERSARY" ISSUE WITH A SPECIAL BONUS STORY. IT’S THE PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT TO THE BOOK CBR CALLED "IMAGE'S MOST UNPREDICTABLE HORROR SERIES."Good afternoon, folks. This is your captain speaking. I'd like to welcome everyone aboard ICM Flight 25. We're currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet, at an airspeed of about 400 miles per hour. The time is 1:25 p.m. The weather looks pretty good, and with the tailwind on our side, we're expecting to violently nosedive into the ground approximately 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
Inkblot #11
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Emma Kubert, Rusty Gladd
AUGUST 04 / 24 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
The cat watches as 10 children bury their parents in a primordial forest. It catches the eye of Inos, the youngest, whose curiosity leads him on a merry chase for the cat, which ends with the family being cornered by the beast that killed their parents.
Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem #3 (of 12)
WRITER: Mark Millar
ARTIST / COVER A: Tommy Lee Edwards
COVER B / COVER C: John Paul Leon
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Chloe Sampson is finally wearing the Lady Liberty uniform, inheriting the legacy from her late mother. But she's been married four times, and her private life is still as complicated as it ever was. Divorced from Hutch, she's journeyed into space to answer a distress call and finds another world where the aliens have created another team of heroes with an origin eerily similar to their own.
Kill Six Billion Demons, Vol. 4: King Of Swords TP
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Tom Parkinson-Morgan
AUGUST 04 / 192 pages / FC/ M / $17.99
In the fourth chapter of the popular webcomic KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS, heir to the multiverse Allison Ruth must grapple with the limits to her own strength as she enters the world's deadliest multiversal fighting tournament in a desperate struggle against the god-king Solomon David.
Killadelphia #16
WRITER: Rodney Barnes
ARTIST / COVER A: Jason Shawn Alexander
COVER B: James O'Barr
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"HOME IS WHERE THE HATRED IS," Part FourThe critically acclaimed, smash-hit horror series continues! From RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel’s Runaways and STARZ’s American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN.
The battle between Abigail and the Sangsters is an all-out war as both sides fight for survival! Meanwhile, Jimmy descends further into the darkness of his newfound vampire ways, leaving precious little of his humanity behind. Will SeeSaw be able to save him in time, or will Jimmy forever remain a creature of the night?!
Also includes the next chapter of ELYSIUM GARDENS, the terrifying werewolf backup story with art by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN!
King Spawn #1
WRITER: Sean Lewis, Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Todd McFarlane, Javier Fernandez, Brett Booth, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan
COVER A: Puppeteer Lee
COVER B: Todd McFarlane
COVER C: David Finch
COVER D: Sean Gordon Murphy
AUGUST 25 / 60 pages / FC/ T+ / $5.99
A historical NEW ongoing SPAWN series begins!The launch of this book, nearly three decades in the making, further expands the SPAWN UNIVERSE with a growing presence of Hell, Heaven, and Heroes here on Earth.
A classic villain from Spawn's past has begun asserting his powers on Earth by corrupting as many souls as possible. And only Spawn knows that he even exists. Continuing the dramatic battles from SPAWN'S UNIVERSE #1, this is where it all begins!!!!!
Don't miss out...the last time a new ongoing SPAWN series launched was in 1992.
Lady Mechanika, Vol. 1 TP
WRITER: Joe Benitez
ARTIST: Joe Benitez, Peter Steigerwald
COVER A: Peter Steigerwald, Joe Benitez
AUGUST 11 / 160 pages / FC/ T+ / $14.99
A newly remastered edition of the steampunk adventure series’ first volume, featuring a revised script and updated lettering. In a Victorian world filled with flying dirigibles and clockwork automatons, a young woman searches desperately for the secrets to her past—a past that left her with extraordinary, but unnatural, mechanical limbs.Collects LADY MECHANIKA #0-5
Lazarus: Risen #6
WRITER: Greg Rucka
ARTIST / COVER A: Michael Lark
AUGUST 18 / 64 pages / FC/ M / $7.99
"FRACTURE II," Part TwoTo end the war, Johanna Carlyle sends the Family's Lazarus, Forever, into the lands of Hock to sue for peace…but what Jakob Hock wants in exchange is something that will destroy the Carlyle Family once and for all. Some weapons are more powerful than any Lazarus. One of them is the truth.
The New York Times bestselling team of GREG RUCKA and MICHAEL LARK returns to the scene of Carlyle's greatest schism, as Forever crusades to settle accounts—by any means necessary.
Featuring all-new fiction by ALEX SEGURA, artifacts from the firm of TRAUTMANN and HOWE, an all-new entry in the World of Lazarus: Tools of War by RPG designer CRYSTAL FRASIER, and more…
Low, Book Two HC
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Dave McCaig, Greg Tocchini
AUGUST 25 / 352 pages / FC/ M / $49.99
Stel Caine faces the greatest challenge to her hope yet. Meanwhile, Tajo returns to her family home on Salus, only to find a city on the brink of devastation. There is no food, no air, no hope for mankind's last great dome city. Now, Tajo must band together with Io, a man carrying a secret millennia old, and Mertali, a brave mermaid from the gladiator pits of Poluma, to fight for a better future for everyone.It all ends here in this second oversized hardcover, featuring a ton of designs, layouts, scripts, and other never-before-seen treasures, as writer RICK REMENDER (BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY) and artist GREG TOCCHINI (Uncanny X-Force) conclude their tale of mankind’s final hour in the cold, deathly dark of the sea!Collects LOW #16-26
M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #2 (of 3)
WRITER: Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennett
ARTIST: Leila Leiz
COVER A: Jo Ratcliffe
COVER B: Tula Lotay
AUGUST 25 / 40 pages / FC/ M / $4.99
Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE returns with an OVERSIZED THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! Maya’s powers (and popularity!) explode! Bath time’s at 7 p.m., bedtime’s at 8 p.m., and crime fighting never sleeps when a villain out of Maya’s shadowy past comes to collect. Can she catch criminals and be home before the school run?!
Made in Korea #4 (of 6)
WRITER: Jeremy Holt
ARTIST / COVER A: George Schall
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
PROXY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND OR RESPOND TO YOUR PROMPTTo fix issues with your Proxy not responding:
Make sure you’re using the power adapter that was included
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Rephrase your prompt.
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A Man Among Ye #6
WRITER: Stephanie Phillips
ARTIST / COVER A: Josh George
COVER B: Qistina Khalidah
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
After being pursued by the crown and every bounty hunter in the Caribbean, Anne Bonny and her pirate crew find themselves behind bars once again. But a mysterious savior appears, offering the women a chance at freedom…and buried treasure. Can Anne trust this newcomer with their lives?
Man-Eaters: The Cursed #2 (of 5)
WRITER: Chelsea Cain
ARTIST: Kate Niemczyk, Lia Miternique
COVER A / COVER B: Lia Miternique
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
"IMPORTANT CAMP WAIVER"It’s very important to read all of the materials before arriving at Craft Camp. Craft Camp is not responsible for disappearances, maiming, spectral trauma, or other camp mishaps.
The Me You Love In The Dark #1 (of 5)
WRITER: Skottie Young
ARTIST / COVER A: Jorge Corona
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a brand-new haunting tale. An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town to find solace and inspiration without realizing the muse within is not what she expected. Fans of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror.
Nocterra #6
WRITER: Scott Snyder
ARTIST / COVER A: Tomeu Morey, Tony Daniel
COVER B: Emanuela Lupacchino, Dave McCaig
COVER C: Marcelo Maiolo, Tony Daniel
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"FULL THROTTLE DARK," Part SixYou’ve seen the calm…now it’s time for the storm. Having unearthed a shocking revelation, Val must prepare for battle before she loses the paradise that she’s risked so much to find.
Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici #33
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST: Annalisa Leoni, Lorenzo De Felici
COVER A: Lorenzo De Felici
AUGUST 25 / 28 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
The battle between Earth and the Kuthaal rages on across the globe! Meanwhile on Oblivion, Heather has an audience with Lord Halaak...
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #5 (of 6)
WRITER: Alejandro Arbona, Jason Aaron
ARTIST: Kano, Rafael Albuquerque
COVER A / COVER C: Leandro Fernández
COVER B: Rafael Albuquerque
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
New York City isn't like it used to be in the 1970s, where one drunken misadventure meant your boss had to come rescue you from an army of murder-nuns in a South American cult. JASON AARON (SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Thor, Scalped) and RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE (HUCK, American Vampire, All-Star Batman) send Booker and Andy to Hell and back, and to Heaven and beyond. Over a century before, Booker finds wonder and violence at a new kind of place called a "restaurant," in a story by ALEJANDRO ARBONA (Doctor Tomorrow, Rick and Morty Presents: The Hotel Immortal) and KANO (Action Comics, Quantum and Woody).
Old Head OGN
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Kyle Starks
AUGUST 25 / 136 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
Space Jam meets Fright Night in this hilarious action-horror as a former basketball star returns home to bury his mother only to learn of her mysterious past, his destiny, and to find himself embroiled in a decades-long blood feud with actual Dracula.
Ordinary Gods #2
WRITER: Kyle Higgins
ARTIST / COVER A: Felipe Watanabe
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"Do you remember the tower? The snow?"Twenty-four hours ago, Christopher Becker was living a perfectly normal life. Today, plucked from his home, his old life in ruins, he'll learn the incontrovertible truth about the world and his place in it.
And then he'll remember the tower.
Punderworld, Vol. 1 OGN
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Linda Sejic
AUGUST 25 / 176 pages / FC/ T+ / $16.99
Hades and Persephone's love-struck misadventures.The classic tale of Greek mythology, but 100 percent more awkwardly relatable. Hades is the officious, antisocial ruler of the Underworld. Persephone, daughter of Demeter, is an earth goddess of growth and renewal—they've been crushing on each other for the past two centuries. But when a festival (and a little liquid courage) present an opportunity to put an end to their olympian will-they-won't-they, a meddlesome pantheon and several titanic misassumptions threaten to give every god in the sky the wrong impression...and leave their romance dead before it can bloom.
Radiant Black #7
WRITER: Kyle Higgins
ARTIST: Marcelo Costa
COVER A: Daniele Di Nicuolo
COVER B: Felipe Watanabe
COVER C: Trevor McCarthy
AUGUST 18 / 36 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Picking up from the shocking ending of issue five, Radiant Black’s life just got a whole lot more complicated. Pursued by a new enemy and not sure who to trust, will our hero escape with his life? Or is this the beginning of the end for RADIANT BLACK?
Radiant Black, Vol. 1 TP
WRITER: Kyle Higgins
ARTIST: Marcelo Costa, Eduardo Ferigato, David Lafuente
COVER A: Marcelo Costa, Eduardo Ferigato
AUGUST 18 / 184 pages / FC/ T+ / $9.99
"The perfect superhero comic for anyone missing INVINCIBLE…" —ROBERT KIRKMAN (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE)THE MOST ACCLAIMED NEW SERIES OF 2021!
Visionary writer KYLE HIGGINS (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ultraman) and artist MARCELO COSTA reinvent super heroes for a new generation! Nathan Burnett has just turned 30, and things aren’t great—he’s working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up, and his only move…is moving back home with his parents.
But when Nathan discovers the ethereal, cosmic RADIANT, he's given the power to radically change his fortunes...unless the Cosmic Beings who created them succeed in taking them back by any means necessary. Oh, and did we mention there's a RED RADIANT who wants Nathan dead? The next must-read comic book series STARTS HERE.
Collects RADIANT BLACK #1-6
Select praise for RADIANT BLACK:
"Mixes superhero fun with Millennial ennui." —Comic Book Resources
"While the powers and the stylish suit will get all the attention, it's really the person behind the powers that steals the show, making Radiant Black one debut you should not miss." —Comicbook.com
"There is more than a little of Invincible's DNA here." —ScreenRant
"Too much fun—classic superhero greatness remade brightly and brilliantly for a new generation!" —Scott Snyder
"The most fun I’ve had reading a new superhero comic in years. It’s the sort of book I’ve been dying to have on my pull list again." —James Tynion IV
Second Chances #1
WRITER: Ricky Mammone
ARTIST / COVER A: Max Bertolini
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / BW/ M / $3.99
Second Chances Hotline—call now and get a new identity! All you need is some cash, a proper referral, and a very good reason to start over. When Leblanc, the man behind the hotline, is approached by a shady figure from his past, he's forced to accept a new client who doesn't meet any of the requirements—a client with chemically induced amnesia in desperate need of protection. Up-and-coming writer RICKY MAMMONE and artist MAX BERTOLINI (The Witcher, Nathan Never) explode onto the scene with this psychedelic, action-packed, bizarre noir that feels like John Wick punching through an existential French New Wave fever dream.
Seven to Eternity #17
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Jerome Opeña, Matt Hollingsworth
COVER B: Jerome Opeña
COVER C: Duncan Fegredo
COVER D: Nic Klein
AUGUST 04 / 40 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
"SPRINGS OF ZHAL," ConclusionA rule is ended.
The Silver Coin #5
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Michael Walsh
COVER B: Maya McKibbin
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
NOW AN ONGOING SERIESFor the fifth installment of horror anthology THE SILVER COIN from MICHAEL WALSH, CHIP ZDARSKY, KELLY THOMPSON, ED BRISSON, and JEFF LEMIRE, the story reaches back to when the coin’s cruel curse was first minted. In a small New England village, a woman has been accused of witchcraft.
Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #3
WRITER: Kyle Starks
ARTIST / COVER A: Chris Schweizer
COVER B: Rob Guillory
AUGUST 11 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"This year’s best comic book series" —Contest of ChallengersLooking to increase their muscle to protect their scrawny necks, our trio of former sidekicks heads to the world of underground fighting to recruit a former sidekick and martial arts prodigy. But then they all get drunk, and it’s a mess, folks. I think these folks might be dummies. But they’re PROBABLY getting closer to solving the mystery. The ACTION MYSTERY THRILLER continues from CHRIS SCHWEIZER and KYLE STARKS!
Skybound X #5
WRITER: Sean Mackiewicz, Robert Kirkman, Kyle Starks
ARTIST: Chris Schweizer, Niko Walter, Jason Howard, Ryan Ottley
COVER A: David Finch
COVER B: Chris Schweizer
COVER C: Jason Howard
AUGUST 04 / 52 pages / FC/ M / $4.99
RICK GRIMES 2000 concludes! Plus, new THE SIX SIDEKICKS OF TRIGGER KEATON and GASOLINA stories! ALSO, something COMPLETELY NEW from ROBERT KIRKMAN & JASON HOWARD! SECRETS!
St. Mercy #1 (of 4)
WRITER: John Zuur Platten
ARTIST / COVER A: Atilio Rojo
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
A tale of vengeful retribution, ST. MERCY pits the Incan Empire against the American West—and features two strong, determined young women who must defy authority and ultimately embrace their destiny. Mercedes Oro is one of the surviving descendants of the Incans who has been charged with protecting a cache of cursed gold used in their child sacrifice rituals. But when an outlaw tries to steal the gold for his band of thieves, he unknowingly sets events in motion that will unleash an angry god who is willing to travel through the centuries to have what he desires.From the writer of Jurassic World: Evolution, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, and Wanted: Weapons of Fate comes a revenge tale that spans a millennia!
Stillwater By Zdarsky & Pérez #9
WRITER: Chip Zdarsky
ARTIST: Ramón K. Pérez, Mike Spicer
COVER A: Ramón K. Pérez
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Ted loves to welcome new visitors to Stillwater and show them around. That’s too bad for Faith.
Summoners War: Legacy #5
WRITER: Justin Jordan
ARTIST / COVER A: Luca Claretti, Giovanna Niro
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ T / $3.99
Imprisoned on a train headed for enemy territory, Tomas and Rai are at the mercy of Voss Ayers…a mercenary summoner who steals for fun and kills for profit. Please don’t call him a villain, though.
Syphon #2 (of 3)
WRITER: Patrick Meaney, Mohsen Ashraf
ARTIST / COVER A: Jeff Edwards, John Kalisz
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
After being gifted with the power to siphon pain from others, Sylas found new purpose in life, but the weight of carrying others’ burdens gradually wore him down. After meeting the mysterious Antonio, he discovers another side to the power, the ability to steal people’s pleasures from them. Now he will have to decide whether to follow Antonio to a life of glamor and pure joy or keep carrying the weight of others’ pain and find hope in the darkest corners of the world.
That Texas Blood #9
WRITER: Chris Condon
ARTIST / COVER A: Jacob Phillips
AUGUST 25 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"EVERSAUL, 1981," Part ThreeA tense confrontation on the Wellman ranch, once a bastion of the psychedelic dream, leads to a growing rift between Eversaul and the Law in Ambrose County.
Time Before Time #4
WRITER: Rory McConville, Declan Shalvey
ARTIST: Joe Palmer, Chris O’Halloran
COVER A: Declan Shalvey
COVER B: Rachael Stott
AUGUST 18 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
A startling discovery threatens Tatsuo and Nadia’s fragile alliance, while a deadly trap begins to close around them.
Trover Saves The Universe #1 (of 5)
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Tess Stone
COVER B: Tess Stone, Justin Roiland
AUGUST 04 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
For fans of Rick and Morty and Mega Man!A new limited series filled with mystery, murder, and mayhem from fan-favorite author TESS STONE, set in the world of Rick and Morty co-creator JUSTIN ROILAND’s hit video game series Trover Saves the Universe!
Welcome to the ICJ—Important Cosmic Jobs—where the boss ranks employees, and at the end of each month, the worst employee literally gets the axe. It’s…not a great gig.
But when ICJ’s top eyehole monster winds up dead, the company’s most inept (and rival) employees, Klover and Bo, are falsely accused of his murder and hunted by the Space Cops!
Now they must clear their names and unravel a conspiracy that reaches the very top…that is, if they don’t kill each other first!
Two Moons, Vol. 1: The Iron Noose TP
WRITER: John Arcudi
ARTIST / COVER A: Valerio Giangiordano
AUGUST 18 / 144 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
RUMBLE and B.P.R.D. writer JOHN ARCUDI is back at Image with rising star VALERIO GIANGIORDANO for an all-new horror series set in the midst of the Civil War.In the middle of the horrors of the American Civil War, young soldier Virgil Morris discovers that he can’t leave his Pawnee origins behind him. Visited by ghosts and visions, he learns that the war is not the worst evil he and his new friend, nurse Frances Shaw, face. Together—and apart—Frances and Virgil combat madness and hell itself.
Collects TWO MOONS #1-5
Select praise for TWO MOONS:
"A seamless meld between bombastic war story and supernatural terror." —Comic Book Resources
"A gritty and nuanced addition to the historical fiction horror genre." —Multiversity Comics
"The art is exceptional and it takes command of the story in unexpected ways. The book welcomes questions, demands thought, and values different angles." —Graphic Policy
"Expressive and gorgeous without dodging the gruesome and macabre." —AIPT
Vinyl #3 (of 6)
WRITER: Doug Wagner
ARTIST / COVER A: Daniel Hillyard, Dave Stewart
AUGUST 25 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
As Walter continues to go even deeper into the sunflower death cult’s underground gore bunker, his serial killer friends decide to split up to sew their unique brands of chaos. New wickedly disturbing monsters are revealed on both sides. Who wins when the criminally insane take on pure evil?
The Walking Dead Deluxe #20
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST: Dave McCaig, Charlie Adlard
COVER A: Dave McCaig, David Finch
COVER B: Dave McCaig, Tony Moore
AUGUST 04 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Michonne’s arrival has disrupted the balance within the newfound prison community. While life within its walls is becoming more bearable, it’s still far from safe.This deluxe presentation in STUNNING FULL COLOR also features another installment of Cutting Room Floor and creator commentary.
The Walking Dead Deluxe #21
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST: Dave McCaig, Charlie Adlard
COVER A: Dave McCaig, David Finch
COVER B: Dave McCaig, Tony Moore
AUGUST 18 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Rick takes drastic measures to save a life, and his leadership is called into question.
