Solicitations for February 2020
November 19, 2019
Age of Bronze, Vol. 2: Sacrifice TP
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Eric Shanower
FEBRUARY 19 / 224 pages / FC/ T+ / $19.99
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2004Now in full color for the first time!Multiple Eisner Award winner ERIC SHANOWER’s epic retelling of the Trojan War continues in brilliant tones from colorist JOHN DALLAIRE. High King Agamemnon faces an impossible choice. If he wants victory over Troy, he must sacrifice the life of his eldest daughter. Collects AGE OF BRONZE #10-19TRIM SIZE: 10.5" x 7"
American Jesus: The New Messiah #3
WRITER: Mark Millar
ARTIST: Peter Gross
COVER B / COVER C: Jason Shawn Alexander
FEBRUARY 19 / 40 pages / FC/ T+ / $4.99
The Messiah is running wild in her new life, free from the rules of the church and the protection of her parents. But evil forces are descending. Evil forces that want to snuff her out before she receives her holy powers. Evil forces that will kill her to make way for the Antichrist's rule.
Ascender #9
WRITER: Jeff Lemire
ARTIST / COVER A: Dustin Nguyen
FEBRUARY 12 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"THE DEAD SEA," Part FourThe evil "Mother" may rule the universe with an iron hand, but even mothers were young once—and after growing up on an ice-covered planet, it’s easy to see why she might have an ice-covered heart, too.
Battlepug, Vol. 1: War on Christmas TP
WRITER: Mike Norton
ARTIST: Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua
COVER A: Allen Passalaqua, Mike Norton
FEBRUARY 19 / 128 pages / FC/ T+ / $16.99
The epic tale of blood and drool continues! It’s been a few years since the Last Kinmundian and his faithful Battlepug saved the world from a magical apocalypse, so when a familiar threat emerges, they’ll need help from old and new friends alike to get back on the job! A great place for seasoned fans and BATTLEPUG beginners to join the adventure. Collects BATTLEPUG: THE SERIES #1-5
Birthright #41
WRITER: Joshua Williamson
ARTIST / COVER A: Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas
FEBRUARY 05 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
The God King Lore has arrived. The war for Earth begins with BIRTHRIGHT’s biggest battle yet!
Bitter Root #6
WRITER: David F. Walker, Chuck Brown
ARTIST / COVER A: Sanford Greene
COVER B: Chris Brunner
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
The critically acclaimed series returns! Loved ones once thought lost forever have returned, though the bliss of this family reunion doesn’t last for long. Cullen has changed, and everyone is concerned. But they’ll need all the help they can get, as a new threat has arrived on Earth...
The Clock #2 (of 4)
WRITER: Matt Hawkins
ARTIST / COVER A: Colleen Doran
FEBRUARY 12 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
When aggressive cancer begins spreading through humanity like a virus, one scientist will sacrifice anything for answers. Is it a global eugenics conspiracy? The beginning of World War III? And can he get to the bottom of it before it takes what’s left of his family?
Copra #36
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A: Michel Fiffe
FEBRUARY 05 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"TENDER LIVING"This prelude to "THE OCHIZON SAGA" pits our crew against a destructive quartet of villain-husks who help usher in a cruel dynasty of cosmic proportions. How do you even fight that with a fist, a gun, or malfunctioning armor? End times aren’t nigh, they’re here; COPRA is swimming in them.
Crowded #11
WRITER: Christopher Sebela
ARTIST / COVER A: Triona Farrell, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt
COVER B: Zoe Thorogood
FEBRUARY 05 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Charlie and Vita look for safe harbor in a community of reformed cultists and militia nuts. And with their new romance in full bloom, everything is coming up Charlie. What could possibly go wrong?
Deadly Class #43
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST: Jordan Boyd, Wes Craig
COVER A: Wes Craig
COVER B: Bengal
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"BONE MACHINE," Part FourThe gang catch a break.
Death Or Glory #9
WRITER: Rick Remender
ARTIST / COVER A: Bengal
COVER B: Sean Murphy
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Glory's caravan continues to eat up the miles in their race against the clock—and the gang of body snatchers, unscrupulous surgeons, and crooked cops on their tail.
Die, Vol. 2: Split The Party TP
WRITER: Kieron Gillen
ARTIST / COVER A: Stephanie Hans
FEBRUARY 05 / 160 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
No one can escape DIE until everyone agrees to go home. Or rather, no one can escape DIE until everyone who is alive agrees to go home. The commercial and critical hit second arc of the bleakly romantic fantasy fiction series starts to reveal the secrets of the world, and our heroes’ pasts. There’s always the chance they’ll escape DIE. They’ll never escape themselves.Collects DIE #6-10
Family Tree #4
WRITER: Jeff Lemire
ARTIST: Eric Gapstur, Phil Hester, Ryan Cody
COVER A: Phil Hester, Ryan Cody
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Grandpa Judd and Loretta are close to a reconciliation of sorts just as the crazed and deadly Arborist closes in on their Chinatown hideout.
First Knife #2
WRITER: Daniel M. Bensen, Simon Roy
ARTIST: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Artyom Trakhanov, Jason Wordie
COVER A: James Harren
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
First Knife leads his slavers south to retake the city of Shikka-Go. The city is now home to a demon of the old world, but First Knife has a plan. His predecessors have fought such creatures before.
Gideon Falls #21
WRITER: Jeff Lemire
ARTIST: Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart
COVER A: Andrea Sorrentino
COVER B: Michael Walsh
FEBRUARY 05 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
2019 EISNER AWARD WINNER, BEST NEW SERIES"THE PENTOCULUS," Part FiveClara comes face-to-face with the Laughing Man (or maybe it’s face-to-face-to-face-to-face) as Fred and Angie take a leap of faith through the Multiverse!
Hardcore: Reloaded #3 (of 5)
WRITER: Brandon Thomas
ARTIST: Francis Portela, Leonardo Paciarotti
COVER A: Nic Klein
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Agent Drake is hot on the trail of the men responsible for assassinating the President. Too bad the body he just hijacked has been poisoned and he’s surrounded by a team of rogue Hardcore operators…
Heart Attack #4
WRITER: Shawn Kittelsen
ARTIST / COVER A: Eric Zawadzki, Mike Spicer
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
With the threat of Powers of Mass Destruction hanging over the city, two masked Variants appear to unleash their own brand of justice!
Hit-Girl, Vol. 6 TP
WRITER: Peter Milligan
ARTIST: Alison Sampson
COVER A: Declan Shalvey
FEBRUARY 19 / 104 pages / FC/ M / $14.99
HIT-GIRL's in Mumbai. Mindy lands in India looking for a new mission and quickly uncovers a criminal operation that mutilates children and forces them to beg in the streets. Time for Hit-Girl to track down the gang’s master and serve justice. A new riot of color and bloodshed from your favorite tween superhero.Collects HIT-GIRL SEASON TWO #9-12
Ice Cream Man #18
WRITER: W. Maxwell Prince
ARTIST / COVER A: Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo
COVER B: Emma Ríos
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"WATCH AS IT ALL RECEDES"The lights that line the hallway of your mind will blink off one by one.
Isola #10
WRITER: Karl Kerschl, Brenden Fletcher
ARTIST: Karl Kerschl, msassyk
COVER A: Karl Kerschl
COVER B: Becky Cloonan
FEBRUARY 05 / 28 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Secrets from the past threaten to tear Olwyn and Rook apart.
Killadelphia #4
WRITER: Rodney Barnes
ARTIST: Luis Nct, Jason Shawn Alexander
COVER A: Jason Shawn Alexander
COVER B: Eric Canete
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"SINS OF THE FATHER," Part FourAs vampires flood the city, no one in Philly is safe. The streets become a bloodbath as the population desperately tries to survive until morning. But will dissension in John Adams’ undead army open a crack that Jimmy and Jose can exploit to defeat them…or will Jimmy’s insecurities have him chasing ghosts?
Lucy Claire: Redemption #3
WRITER / ARTIST / COVER A / COVER B: John Upchurch
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Lucy sets out to find the only weapons that can bring an end to the werewolves…again! However, this time around she’ll have help: a crew of wolf hunters who don’t know or trust her. Beggars can’t be choosers, and with myriad obstacles in her path, Lucy will need all the help she can get.
Manifest Destiny #41
WRITER: Chris Dingess
ARTIST / COVER A: Matthew Roberts, Owen Gieni
FEBRUARY 05 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Reckoning! While some of the Corps seeks comfort with the rabbit-women of the prairie, Lewis and Clark drop a bombshell on Magdalene.
The Marked #4
WRITER: Brian Haberlin, David Hine
ARTIST: Brian Haberlin, Geirrod van Dyke
COVER A / COVER B: Geirrod van Dyke, Brian Haberlin
FEBRUARY 05 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
As a malevolent darkness spreads out from Shadowgate, The Marked join with The Shangen and The Mages in a final, all-out assault. This time, they have to win, because there is no Plan B.
Middlewest #15
WRITER: Skottie Young
ARTIST / COVER A: Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Jorge Corona
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
While Fox, Jeb, Maggie, Wrench, and the others struggle through increasingly threatening weather, they also seek to grow their ranks. Any assault on the Raider Farms compound will need as many able hands and sharp minds as the Middlewest can muster.
Monstress #26
WRITER: Marjorie Liu
ARTIST / COVER A: Sana Takeda
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
In a border city about to be invaded by Federation troops, Maika finally begins to accept who she must become to survive…no matter the cost.
Moonshine #16
WRITER: Brian Azzarello
ARTIST / COVER A: Eduardo Risso
FEBRUARY 12 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"RUE LE JOUR," Part FourAs Lou goes on a rampage through the bayou in his werewolf form, his lover Delia makes a deal with a local devil that may save Lou’s soul.
Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici #24
WRITER: Robert Kirkman
ARTIST: Annalisa Leoni, Lorenzo De Felici
COVER A: Lorenzo De Felici
FEBRUARY 19 / 28 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
It’s all been leading to this. Ed and Marco lead their strike team against the Faceless Men—but elsewhere, Nathan is in a whole different world of trouble.
The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #3 (of 5)
WRITER: Greg Rucka
ARTIST / COVER A: Leandro Fernández
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
In her 6,000 years of life, death, warfare, and sin, Andy has never faced an enemy so deadly as the killer who stands before her now. After disrupting a human trafficking operation, Nile and the rest of the team meet the mastermind—a figure from Andy’s past she never thought she’d see again. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne, THE OLD GUARD roars back! From the acclaimed New York Times-bestselling team of GREG RUCKA and LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ and the stellar artistic talents of DANIELA MIWA, JODI WYNNE, and ERIC TRAUTMANN.
Olympia #4 (of 5)
WRITER: Curt Pires, Tony Pires
ARTIST / COVER A: Alex Diotto, Dee Cunniffe
COVER B: Paul Maybury
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ T+ / $3.99
Olympian, Elon, and Kirby rush to stop the invading force. The world burns. A reckoning begins.
On The Stump #1
WRITER: Chuck Brown
ARTIST / COVER A: Prenzy
COVER B: Sanford Greene
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Each issue of arc one features a connecting variant cover by SANFORD GREENE!The campaign trail is paved with blood and broken bones.History diverged in 1868 when a pivotal presidential debate turned violent. Today, elections are decided by highly publicized hand-to-hand combat in arenas called Stumps. Unfortunately, the violence doesn't end in the ring, and powerful people can still get away with murder. Senator Jack Hammer and FBI Agent Anna Bell Lister are teaming up to bring it all down.Eisner-nominated writer CHUCK BROWN (BITTER ROOT) joins forces with Italian artist PRENZY (#Like4Like) and letterer CLAYTON COWLES to create a hyper-violent tale full of countless injustices—and people who have to fight for their place in it.
Postal: Deliverance #7
WRITER: Bryan Hill
ARTIST / COVER A: Raffaele Ienco
FEBRUARY 12 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
Mark recovers from a vicious knife wound and has horrific dreams about the afterlife while Laura reclaims her seat as mayor of Eden.
Rat Queens, Vol. 7: The Once and Future King TP
WRITER: Ryan Ferrier
ARTIST / COVER A: Marco Lesko, Priscilla Petraites
FEBRUARY 12 / 136 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
A vengeful presence from the past forces the Rat Queens to face their own demons in order to save everything they’ve ever loved! Can the Queens hold their own legacy together when faced with their greatest challenge yet? A whole new era for the Rat Queens begins here, chronicled by a brand new creative team!Collects RAT QUEENS Volume 2 #16-20
Reaver, Vol. 1: Hell's Half-Dozen TP
WRITER: Justin Jordan
ARTIST: Alex Guimarães, Rebekah Isaacs
COVER A: Becky Cloonan
FEBRUARY 12 / 152 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
Deep within the untamed continent of Madaras, a darkness builds that must be stopped at all costs. To prevent the end of this new world, the Imperials assemble six of their most despicable prisoners—a turncoat, a skin eater, a sorcerer, his bodyguard, a serial killer, and the Devil’s Son. They are Hell’s Half-Dozen. JUSTIN JORDAN (LUTHER STRODE) and REBEKAH ISAACS (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) create a grim fantasy comic for a post-Game of Thrones world.Collects REAVER #1-6
Redneck #26
WRITER: Donny Cates
ARTIST / COVER A: Dee Cunniffe, Lisandro Estherren
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"TALL TALES," Part Two"TALL TALES" continues as we unravel the secrets of the first vampire, Demus! Plus, the origin of the one we know as Granpa!
Sex Criminals #27
WRITER: Matt Fraction
ARTIST / COVER A: Chip Zdarsky
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"THE END," Part TwoSuze and Jon inch closer to the big finish, albeit in very different ways, bringing Suze face-to-face with her future, and Jon—well, read it, it’s a whole thing.
Sex Criminals #27 XXX Variant
WRITER: Matt Fraction
ARTIST: Chip Zdarsky
COVER A: Aud Koch
FEBRUARY 26 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $4.69
"THE END," Part TwoAll the same stuff but with a naughty cover by the brilliant AUD KOCH.
SFSX (Safe Sex) #6
WRITER: Tina Horn
ARTIST: Rye Hickman
COVER A: Tula Lotay
FEBRUARY 12 / 28 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"RISK"Trapped and confronted with their worst nightmares, the Dirty Mind team resorts to desperate measures to get out of the Pleasure Center intact—with possibly fatal consequences.
Sonata #8
WRITER: Brian Haberlin, David Hine
ARTIST: Brian Haberlin, Geirrod van Dyke
COVER A / COVER B: Geirrod van Dyke, Brian Haberlin
FEBRUARY 12 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
"THE CITADEL: WHEN DOVES DIE" Part TwoKantor prepares to wage war on the rebel Tayans. Knowing that whoever wins will come after the Rans next, their leader Matari tries to make peace, while Sonata risks everything by setting off to find the last of the Old Gods.
Space Bandits TP
WRITER: Mark Millar
ARTIST / COVER A: Matteo Scalera
FEBRUARY 12 / 152 pages / FC/ M / $16.99
Thena Khole and Cody Blue are among the universe’s most-wanted felons. Each the leader of their own criminal ops, they run heists across the galaxies—hopping from ship to ship to fleece everyone inside. But when both women are betrayed by their crews, the bandits only have one thing on their minds: REVENGE.Collects SPACE BANDITS #1-5
Spawn #305
WRITER / COVER B: Todd McFarlane
ARTIST: Todd McFarlane, Jason Shawn Alexander
COVER A / COVER C: Francesco Mattina
COVER D: Jason Shawn Alexander
FEBRUARY 19 / 32 pages / FC/ T / $2.99
"HELL HUNT," Part FourJessica Priest struggles with her new powers. Eddie Frank fights against the influence of the Redeemer. And Spawn has a final showdown with Medieval Spawn that will alter the course of the war between Heaven and Hell. With this gripping story arc finale, featuring a special 5-page bonus comic drawn by TODD McFARLANE, the hunt is on, and a new era of SPAWN has begun!
Tartarus #1
WRITER / COVER B: Johnnie Christmas
ARTIST / COVER A: Jack T. Cole
FEBRUARY 12 / 56 pages / FC/ T / $5.99
A new adventure series with all the sci-fi drama of Breaking Bad set in Mos Eisley! Promising young cadet Tilde is framed for crimes against the empire after discovering her mother was the ruthless warlord of the deadly colony Tartarus, a vital player in the galactic war. Now, Tilde’s only way home may be to reclaim her mother’s dark crown.#1 New York Times bestseller JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS (Alien 3) and artistic phenom JACK T. COLE (The Unsound) kick off this ongoing series with 44 big pages of story!
Undiscovered Country #4
WRITER: Charles Soule, Scott Snyder
ARTIST: Daniele Orlandini, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Matt Wilson
COVER A: Giuseppe Camuncoli
COVER B: Jamie McKelvie
FEBRUARY 19 / 36 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
All is lost. The world will wither under the Sky pandemic, and the Destiny Man will murder our intrepid explorers before they’ve made it further into the former US than Nevada. Unless, that is, brilliant journalist Valentina Sandoval can discover one…essential…truth.
The Weatherman, Vol. 2 TP
WRITER: Jody LeHeup
ARTIST / COVER A: Nathan Fox
FEBRUARY 26 / 208 pages / FC/ M / $17.99
Mars’ wise-cracking, hard-partying local weatherman Nathan Bright has no memory of his alleged role in the terrorist attack that killed 18 billion people, but that won’t stop him from trying to atone for the actions of his past self. Hunted by literally everyone in the galaxy, Nathan’s quest takes him back to Earth, the scene of the crime, where he continues his search for the key to saving humanity from another extinction-level attack. Writer JODY LEHEUP (SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER!), artist NATHAN FOX (HAUNT, DMZ), and colorist MORENO DINISIO (BLACK SCIENCE) return with the hotly anticipated second chapter of their jaw-dropping, critically acclaimed sci-fi sensation! Collects THE WEATHERMAN Volume 2 #1-6