Coming Attractions for April 2012
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MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN (12)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) JOHN ROMITA JR. (A) Does The Return Of The Phoenix To Earth Signal The Rebirth Of The Mutant Species? That’s What The X-Men Believe! Unfortunately, The Avengers Are Convinced That Its Coming Will Mean The End Of All Life On Earth! 40 Pgs./Rated T+ à$3.99
AVX: VS (6)
VARIOUS The Premier Tie-In To Avengers Vs. X-Men! All-Out Action Featuring Cover To Cover Battles, Each Issue Expanding On Fights From The Main AvX Book–In Ways You Can’t Imagine! 32 Pgs./Rated T+ à$3.99
THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES ADVENTURES
CHRIS YOST (W) ADAM DEKRAKER (A) Face Front, Action Fans! It Starts Here! An All-New Line Of Comics Aimed At Readers Of All Ages Who Like Action, Live For Danger–And Love Heroes! The Marvel TV Animated Smash Is Coming To Comics! Written By Chris Yost, Head Writer On The Hit Series! This First Issue Features Two Huge Tales That Catch You Up On All The Action As Agent Coulson Takes You Through The Drama Leading Up To The Launch Of Season Two This Spring On Disney XD. 32 Pgs./All Ages à$2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ADVENTURES
MAN OF ACTION, DAN SLOTT & TY TEMPLETON (W) NUNO PLATI (A) 2012′s Most Anticipated TV Show Is Now The Comic Book You Can’t Miss Out On! By Day, He’s Peter Parker, Mild-Mannered High School Student. But By Night, He’s The Ultimate In Super Heroics–Spider-Man! From The Minds Of The Men Behind The Hit TV Show! 32 Pgs./All Ages à$2.99
THE SECRET SERVICE
MARK MILLAR (W) DAVE GIBBONS (A) From the writer of Kick-Ass and the artist of Watchmen comes a collaboration decades in the making. Says Millar: “Secret Service is the ramifications of [how] America is struggling on the world stage, funding is being seriously undercut to balance the books and some people are trying their best to take advantage of the fragile global situation. The hero and sidekick guys who lead the book are, i think, the best characters I’ve written.” 32 Pgs./Mature à$2.99
DC COMICS
BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED
Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS Art by MIKE MILLER Spinning directly out of the hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, this new series explores the world behind the game in stories focusing on both heroes and villains and how their roles in ARKHAM CITY. A prequel to the game created with the developer, Rocksteady, this first issue features content previously available only as a digital released and explores the Catwoman/Two-Face rivalry and how it leads them into the clutches of Hugo Strange. On sale APRIL 11 40 pg, FC, $2.99 RATED T
GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA It’s the first issue of the monthly series inspired by the new Cartoon Network series! Hal Jordan faces his greatest challenge onboard the Interceptor when he faces off against a captured Red Lantern and his own mentor, Kilowog! Has their trip to the outer reaches of Guardian space driven Kilowog mad? Has their rage-filled prisoner influenced him to rebel against the Guardians’ will? Hal can’t believe his eyes, and neither will you! On sale APRIL 25 ò 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ò RATED E
BONGO COMICS
BART SIMPSON’S PAL MILHOUSE (1)
(W) Pat McGreal, Gail Simone (A) Bob Smith, Carol Lay Bart Simpson’s pal Milhouse takes center stage in the next of our series of Simpsons Comics One-Shots. Take a look at the world of Springfield through the eyes of Bart’s bespectacled best friend, second banana, and juvenile delinquent wannabe, and the fantastical things you see through his thick lenses might surprise you. 32pgs, FC $2.99
BOOM!
FANBOYS VS. ZOMBIES
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Jerry Gaylord SPECIAL $1 DEBUT ISSUE! NEW ONGOING SERIES! One is a decrepit mob of gurgling, ravenous fiendsàand the other is a zombie outbreak. When there is no more room in Hell, the undead shall take over Comic-Con! A crew of feuding best friends find themselves trapped inside America’s largest comic convention transformed into a seething cauldron of zombies. Is a horde of starving brain-eaters any match against reflexes battle-hardened by video games, nerves tested by horror flicks, and courage crystallized by comic books? Find out as an unlikely band of nerds use their genre savvy to survive in Fanboys vs. Zombies! Written by indie sensation Sam Humphries (Our Love is Real) with art by hot new talent Jerry Gaylord! Don’t forget to ask your retailer about the rare CGC 9.8 Near Mint variant by Marvel Zombies artist and Zombie King Arthur Suydam! 32pgs, FC $1.00
DARK HORSE COMICS
GROO VS. CONAN (4)
Mark Evanier (W), Sergio Aragones (A), Thomas Yeates (A), and Tom Luth It had to happen: the most heroic warrior in history meets the stupidest as Robert E. Howard’s immortal Conan the Barbarian crosses swords with Sergio Aragones’ Groo the Wanderer in Groo vs. Conan #1. This four-issue miniseries was concocted by the Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragones, aided by master illustrator Thomas Yeates and master colorist Tom Luth. Will Conan annihilate Groo? Will Groo turn out to be the man who can defeat Conan? We’ll see. FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
MASS EFFECT: HOMEWORLDS
Mac Walters (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), Michael Atiyeh Mass Effect 3 lead writer Mac Walters kicks off a new series of single-issue stories featuring heroes and adventures essential to the story of BioWare’s latest blockbuster! Each issue will star one of the main characters of Mass Effect 3 in a story written by the BioWare writer who wrote that character in the game—beginning with a Mac Walters-penned tale of brash young gun James Vega! FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
RESET (4)
Peter Bagge (W/A/Cover) If you could relive major events in your life, would you take a stab at making things better—and would your best attempts only make things worse? Or would you use your second chance to put your most twisted, perverted fantasies in motion? These are questions washed up actor and comedian Guy Krause asks himself after he signs up to be the main research subject for a virtual reality experiment. b&w, 24 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES—BOBA FETT IS DEAD (4)
Tom Taylor (W), Chris Scalf (A) The news spreads from one end of the galaxy to the other like wildfire: Boba Fett, the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter, is dead. But when members of the team that killed Fett are themselves picked off one by one, Connor Freeman—the son of one of Jango Fett’s clones—gets pulled into the action in a most unexpected way! FC, 40 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
DEJAH THORIS AND THE WHITE APES OF MARS
(W) Mark Rahner (A) Lui Antonio On the way to an archeological dig at an ancient battle site at the ôfaceö of Mars, Dejah Thoris and her party are stranded. They take shelter in a dead, ancient city - infested with killer white apes. Hungry ones. The most harrowing horror story in the annals of Barsoom! MATURE THEMES 32pgs, FC $3.99
MERCILESS: THE RISE OF MING
(W) Scott Beatty (A) Ron Adrian (CA) Alex Ross Visit scenic Mongo before Ming’s rise to power! In this prequel to the critically acclaimed and best-selling FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEST, Prince Ming begins his rise to dominion over the entirety of Mongo! But who (or what) was Ming before he was ‘Merciless’? Find out here as the origin of one of science fiction’s preeminent villains is presented in all its diabolical details! 32pgs, FC $3.99
THE SHADOW
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Aaron Campbell 1938: The Shadow returns in a tale of blazing action and deadly intrigue, as a night of carnage on the New York waterfront plunges the mysterious vigilante into a conspiracy involving the fate of the world itself. As storm clouds gather across the globe, American Military Intelligence meets with a certain Lamont Cranston, determined to beat a host of spies and assassins to the greatest prize of all… but what that might be, only the Shadow knows. 32pgs, FC $3.99
VOLTRON: YEAR ONE
(W) Brandon Thomas (A) Craig Cermak Before they were known as the legendary Voltron Force, they were Space Explorer Squadron #686 of the Galaxy Alliance — four young men, led by Commander Sven, and tasked with keeping the Earth safe and the skies clear in a universe growing more and more dangerous every day. So it was no surprise that central command came to them first with an impossible rescue mission and an enemy even they didn’t truly understand. One that threatens the fragile coalition of planets they’ve risked their lives to maintain. 32pgs, FC $3.99
IDW Publishing
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FORGOTTEN REALMS
Ed Greenwood (w) Lee Ferguson & Sal Buscema (a) FORGOTTEN REALMS creator Ed Greenwood opens the adventures of an unlikely new band of heroes who get into a bit more trouble than usual in the fabled port city of Waterdeep, but soon discover some of the seedier corners of the wider Realms—the hard way! Joined by artist Lee Ferguson (G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes), this new series kicks off a deadly tale with a kidnapping that is more—and less—than it seems. FC 32 pages $3.99
POPEYE (4)
Roger Landridge (w) Bruce Ozella (a) Popeye the Sailor Man sails again! E.C Segar’s classic creation is back, with his first original comic in over 30 years! Written by the Eisner Award-winning Roger Landridge (The Muppets), with pitch-perfect art from rising star Bruce Ozella, it’s a new take on the classic character that’s true to its roots! With a rare incentive cover from legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer! FC 32 pages $3.99
RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE SCORE HC
Darwyn Cooke (w & a) Fresh from his Eisner Award-winning efforts on The Hunter and The Outfit, Darwyn Cooke now sets his steely sights on The Score, the classic Richard Stark Parker novel from 1964. Parker becomes embroiled in a plot with a dozen partners in crime to pull off what might be the ultimate heist—robbing an entire town. Everything was going fine for a while, and then things got bad. Considered one of the best in the Parker series, The Score is the perfect vehicle for Darwyn Cooke to pull out all the stops and let loose with a book that has all the impact of a brutal kick to the solar plexus! HC $24.99 160 pages
IMAGE COMICS
‘68: SCARS (4)
story MARK KIDWELL art NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS Saigon is in flames. Private Kuen Yam is alone and screaming. A handful of human survivors maintains a weakening hold on the only gateway to the skies and escape from Vietnamàand the muddy waters of the Mekong Delta churn like a hellish river Styx as the bloated dead rise from the depths. Few will survive the nightmares of 1968àand those who doàwill bear its mark. Join creators MARK KIDWELL, NAT JONES and JAY FOTOS as they return to a world of military/zombie horror in this second part of the ongoing ‘68 series. ‘68: SCARS! 32 PAGES / FC $3.99
AMERICA’S GOT POWERS (6)
story JONATHAN ROSS art BRYAN HITCH Welcome to AMERICA’S GOT POWERS! It’s the biggest TV show on Earth, where the chance to win fame, fortune and get laid are dangled in front of a generation of super-powered teens. All they have to do is WIN. Who is the fastest, the strongest or the greatest? Who survives? Young Tommy Watt’s dreams of being the greatest hero of them all might just be shattered when the greatest show on the planet begins to reveal it’s dark heart. 32 PAGES / FC $2.99
DANGER CLUB
story LANDRY Q. WALKER art ERIC JONES Faced with the deadliest peril the universe had ever known, the world’s greatest heroes left the Earth to battle a nightmarish evil… and they never came back. Now only their teenage sidekicks remain. Will the Danger Club unite against this unknown cosmic menace, or will their struggle for dominance destroy them? The critically acclaimed creative team of LANDRY Q. WALKER and ERIC JONES (Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures In the 8th Grade, Batman: Brave and the Bold) reunite to tell the apocalyptic tale of these titanic teens. 32 PAGES / FC $2.99
SECRET
story JONATHAN HICKMAN art RYAN BODENHEIM TEETH, WITH WHICH TO EAT—A man gets shot in London, a law firm gets broken into in Washington, an accountant gives away the password to his computer, and something put to sleep 20 years ago awakens. What is the unsavory relationship all these things share, and how could it bring down two of the largest governments in the history of the world? It’s SECRET, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of A RED MASS FOR MARS. Brought to you by award-winning writer JONATHAN HICKMAN and break-out talent, RYAN BODENHEIM, SECRET is an espionage thriller that takes a deep look into the shadow world existing between the government and private security firms. 32 PAGES / FC $3.50
ONI PRESS
COURTNEY CRUMRIN
(W/A) Ted Naifeh Courtney Crumrin returns in her first ever full color series! Welcome to a world where magic and Night Things lurk behind every corner and nothing is as it seems. This is the world introduced to Courtney by her dear Uncle Aloysius — a master mage of unknown age and even more mysterious motivations. What started the Crumrin clan down the dark path and is Courtney strong enough to follow it all the way down? 32pgs, FC $3.99
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