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Wednesday, Jan 25th, 2012
New Print & Digital Books This Week!
This week's new print and digital books include Dead Rising:Road to Fortune #3, 30 Days of Night #4, Infestation 2 #1, andmore!
Dead Rising: Road to Fortune #3 (of 4)- Also available digitally!
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Tom Waltz (w) • Kenneth Loh (a & c)
Phenotrans has launched its diabolical plot against Las Vegas andall hell has broken loose! Chuck Greene and his family desperatelytry to escape to safety while Frank West and Rebecca Chang digdeeper into the zombie conspiracy.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Dead Rising Concept Art Team cover!
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Tuesday, Jan 24th, 2012
Final Week to Pre-Order!
It's your last chance to pre-order these books, on saleFebruary 22, 2012. Take a look at the full list below.
Cobra Ongoing#10
Mike Costa (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, AntonioFuso (c)
COBRA COMMAND CONTINUES! As the new COBRA COMMANDER lashes outagainst an unprepared world, the rest of Cobra questions TheCouncil's decision... with deadly results. Meanwhile, the Joessearch for a pattern in Cobra's attacks, and a fan-favoritecharacter returns—but will even that be enough to turn thetide of battle?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Vertically inter-connected variant Tom Whalen cover!
Bullet points:
PART 6 of the G.I. JOE crossover, “COBRA COMMAND”!
A rolling nine-issue crossover between all three ongoing G.I. JOEtitles, all with the same art team!
Ask your retailer about the special vertically inter-connected TomWhalen variant covers on all three titles!
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: DEC110398
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Tuesday, Jan 24th, 2012
Transformers: Robots in Digsuise #1 Available This Week!
The first issue of Transformers: Robots in Disguise isavailable tomorrow!
TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #1
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John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Marcelo Materex 4, Griffith (c)
The war for Cybertron is over—now the hard part begins!
This first of two new ongoing Transformers series offers anexcellent jumping-on point and all-new direction as BUMBLEBEE andhis fellow AUTOBOTS struggle to maintain control of a world withoutOPTIMUS PRIME!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Wraparound Marcelo Matere cover, featuring the inter-connectedimage of all 4 covers!
Autobot logo temporary tattoos!
Dan Khanna hand-drawn Autobot sketch cover!
Bullet points:
ONE UNIVERSE! This series, in conjunction with Transformers: MoreThan Meets the Eye, expands the Transformers universe intoexciting, unexplored territory.
Never read an IDW TRANSFORMERS book? THIS is the place tostart!
4 inter-connected covers by Marcelo Matere, each featuring acharacter from the new ongoing series, combining to make oneimage!
All covers have an eye-catching foil enhancement!
Tuesday, Jan 24th, 2012
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES Vol. 2 #1 Coming in March!
IDW to release second all-new anthology of Dave Stevens’beloved character
San Diego,CA (January 24, 2012) – The second all-new, all-fantasticRocketeer Adventures series launches into stores in March!Each extra-long issue—boasting 25 pages of story andart— will feature covers by Darwyn Cooke andDave Stevens. The first issue’s line-upincludes Peter David, MarcGuggenheim, Sandy Plunkett, StanSakai, and Bill Sienkiewicz, withArthur Adams supplying a pin-up.
“The Rocketeer takes us back to another time,”said series editor Scott Dunbier, “onestuffed to the brim with heroism and thrilling adventures. Somemight call these stories old-fashioned—and what’s wrongwith that?”
Other contributors to the series include KyleBaker, J. Scott Campbell, EricCanete, Paul Dini, MichaelGolden, Dave Johnson, DavidLapham, John Paul Leon, BillMorrison, Louise Simonson, WalterSimonson, Chris Sprouse, TomTaylor, Matt Wagner, ColinWilson, and more. Rocketeer Adventures is in thecurrent issue of Diamond Previews.
As with the first series, a portion of the profits fromRocketeer Adventures will be donated to the Hairy CellLeukemia research. Dave Stevens, the creator ofThe Rocketeer, died of the disease in 2008 at the age of52.
Monday, Jan 23rd, 2012
Eisner-winning Creators Tapped For Mars Attacks Ongoing Series
John Layman, John McCrea to reimagine cult sci-fi classic inJune
San Diego, CA (January23, 2012)— IDW Publishing and Topps are pleased to announcethe multiple Eisner Award-winning creative team for MARS ATTACKS,an all-new ongoing comic series based on the fan-favorite MarsAttacks franchise.
Debuting in June 2012, IDW’s comic series will offer thefirst stories of an all-new Mars Attacks universe,bringing the brand’s outrageous action and dark humor to anew set of tales. Writer John Layman, author andco-creator of the Eisner-winning series Chew, will pen theseries, with art by John McCrea, best known forhis collaborations with Garth Ennis, includingEisner-winner Hitman.
“I’m a huge fan of Mars Attacks from a longway back. I own about half the original card set from 1962 and havea pretty big collection of collectables and doodads,”Layman said. “It’s always been a dreamof mine to destroy the Earth and inflict huge degrees of sufferingon the rest of humanity. With this Mars Attacks series, Ifinally get my chance.”
Created in 1962, Mars Attacks celebrates its 50thanniversary in 2012 with major product launches throughout theyear. IDW’s new comic series, as well as high-qualityreprints of existing material, will be a cornerstone of thateffort.
Monday, Jan 23rd, 2012
IDW's April Solicitations!
From adventure and action to horror and mystery, there areplenty of new and exciting IDW books coming in April. Take a lookat the full list below!
RichardStark’s Parker: The Score
Darwyn Cooke (w & a & c)
Fresh from his Eisner Award-winning efforts on The Hunter and TheOutfit, Darwyn Cooke now sets his steely sights on The Score, theclassic Richard Stark Parker novel from1964. 
Parker becomes embroiled in a plotwith a dozen partners in crime to pull off what might be theultimate heist—robbing an entire town. Everything was goingfine for a while, and then things got bad. Considered one of thebest in the Parker series, The Score is the perfect vehicle forDarwyn Cooke to pull out all the stops and let loose with a bookthat has all the impact of a brutal kick to the solar plexus!
HC PC $24.99 160 pages 6” x 9”• ISBN 978-1-61377-208-9
Bullet points:
Darwyn Cooke’s two previous Parker Adaptations, The Hunterand The Outfit, both won multiple awards, including the prestigiousEisner and Harvey awards!
Friday, Jan 20th, 2012
Forgotten Realms Creator to Script New Ongoing Dungeons & Dragons®: Forgotten Realms® Comic Book Series
Ed Greenwood will be joined by artistLee Ferguson and comic legend Sal Buscema on newseries
San Diego, CA (January 17,2012) – IDW Publishing, in cooperation with Wizards of theCoast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is pleased to announce theall-new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FORGOTTEN REALMS ongoing comic bookseries, hitting shelves in April. Legendary writer Ed Greenwood,creator of the Forgotten Realms RPG campaign setting, will bescripting the comic―his first-ever ongoingDungeons & Dragons comic series―and offeringone lucky reader a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have his or her owncharacter appear in the series!
Friday, Jan 20th, 2012
IDW Unleashes Zombies vs. Robots Prose ePub Program
"8x8 Plan" offers one newstory each week for eight weeks starting Jan. 20,2012
Writer/actress Brea Grant spearheads ZVR e-singlepulp-lit push for New Year.
San Diego, CA (January 20, 2012)-IDW Publishing continuesexpanding its prose publishing activities with a two-month-long"e-singles" promotion featuring all-new stories set in thegleefully gory ZOMBIES VS. ROBOTS universe. The property wasfirst published in 2006 as a two-issue mini-series from thecreative team of artist Ashley Wood andwriter/editor Chris Ryall. Helpless to resistZVR's rowdy mix of clunky, wise-cracking robots trying to stem thezombie apocalypse (the fault of clumsy scientists), with theremnants of mankind caught in the middle. There have been multipleZVR miniseries, and in 2010, Sony Pictures optioned the film rightsfor Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes productioncompany.
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Issue #5 of Ghostbusters is Now Available!
Stop by your local comic shop or buy the digital version,either way Ghostbusters #5 is now available!
Ghostbusters #5 -Also available digitally!
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Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, NickRunge (c)
The smash-hit ongoing series continues in this second story arc!Thanks to the results of their latest adventure, P.C.O.C. chiefWalter Peck punishes the Ghostbusters by using the contract theteam signed with the city to bar them from doing their jobs... atleast until they meet his "reasonable physical requirements" forghostbusting work. While they groan about having to lose weight andlook for a loophole to Peck's authority, strange things are brewingoutside Schenectady.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Jose Holder cover!
Bullet points:
Each issue contains two pages of behind-the-scenes Ghostbustersextras, by Tristan Jones!
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Get Star Trek #5 Today!
The new adventures start here! Classic Star Trek episodesupdated in the new mythology!
Star Trek #5 - Also available digitally!
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Mike Johnson (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • Tim Bradstreet(c)
The voyages of the new crew of the Enterprise continue in thisre-imagining of the classic episode OPERATION:ANNIHILATE! Captain Kirk comes face to face with the ghosts ofhis past when a rescue mission reunites him with the last person heexpects to see: his brother! STAR TREK featurewriter/producer Roberto Orci oversees this continuation of thestory from the blockbuster 2009 movie!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
Photo cover!
Starfleet Academy logo temporary tattoos!
Bullet Points:
• FullySanctioned by Paramount pictures, with direct ties to the newmovie!
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