IDW's New Books This Week!
Wednesday, Oct 12th, 2011
Scroll down to look at all the new IDW books coming out this week!
Bloom County,
Vol. 5
Berkeley Breathed (w & a & c)
Book five of The New York Times Best-Selling and
Eisner-award winning series brings us to the final chapter of
Bloom County. This volume of Berkeley
Breathed's Pulitzer Prize winning opus (sorry!) runs from
November 30th, 1987 through August 6, 1989—the day
Breathed, at the top of his game both critically
and in circulation, walked away from Bloom County... leaving us
only fond memories and this wonderful Bloom County Library so we
can revisit Opus, Bill, Steve, Milo and all the rest any time we
want!
HC • PC • $39.99 • 272 Pages • 11” x
8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-061-0
Bullet points:
• Completing the original run of Berkeley
Breathed’s Pulitzer and Eisner-winning classic strip!
Complete
Dick Tracy Vol. 12
Chester Gould (w & a & c)
Chief Brandon steps down, and wait ’til you see
who’s the new Chief! Then, Sam Catchem
joins the force, Sparkle Plenty charms everyone, and two major
characters tie the knot! And the villains? Well, Chester
Gould continues to invent one grotesque, evil bad guy
after another, as Wormy, Pearshape, Big Frost, Sleet, Talcum
Freely, Sketch Paree, and Mousey make life miserable for Tracy and
company. Plus, the first-ever color reprinting of "The Black Bag
Mystery" which only appeared in a single newspaper in
1949!
HC • PC • $39.99 • 276 Pages • 11” x
8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-057-3
Bullet points:
• Edited and Designed by Dean
Mullaney. Introductions by Max Allan
Collins and Jeff Kersten.
Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven
and Other Short Stories
Edgar Allan Poe (w) • Sam Kieth (a & c)
Master horror scribe Edgar Allan Poe's works
are re-presented in this illustrated collection of “The
Raven” and other tales. Legendary comics artist Sam
Kieth (Sandman, The Maxx) provides haunting
interior and cover illustrations. Prepare yourself for telltale
terror the likes of which only Poe and Kieth could command.
HC • FC • $16.99 • 300 Pages • 6” x
9” • ISBN: 978-1-60010-482-4
Bullet Points:
Look for The Raven motion picture, starring John
Cusack, in theaters this fall!
Featuring new illustrations from comics legend Sam
Kieth!
Ghostbusters
#2
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Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Nick Runge (c)
Is Mr. Stay Puft finally reforming after the battle with his
doppelganger during the Infestation? Is that what's
causing the huge PKE uptick in New York? As Winston and Peter
take care of the annoying—and familiar—spook haunting
the Crendall household, Ray receives a visitor at the firehouse...
and this visitor could be what his prophetic dream was trying to
warn him about.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 4-to-1 ratio (4 Dan
Schoening, 1 Nick Runge)
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Dan Schoening “We’re Ready to
Believe You” cover!
Bullet points:
Rolling out of the hit series Infestation, with the same writer!
Featuring fan-favorite artist Dan Schoening!
Each issue contains two pages of behind-the-scenes Ghostbusters
extras, by Tristan Jones!
G.I. JOE, Vol. 1: Cobra Civil War
Chuck Dixon (w) • Javier Saltares (a) • Tom Feister
(c)
A deadly competition within COBRA means trouble for G.I. JOEs as
they become the snake’s primary targets. COBRA's new leader
will be chosen through a TRIAL BY COMBAT and the score is tallied
in BLOOD. The body count is rising and the JOEs don't even know the
game has begun!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 Pages • ISBN:
978-1-61377-023-8
Bullet points:
• Cobra Commander is dead; long live (the
next) Cobra Commander!
• “It looks like all of the G.I. JOE
books are shifting in tone closer to the mature take on the
characters found in G.I. JOE: COBRA. And that’s a good
thing.” — Ain’t It Cool News.com
Infestation:
Outbreak #4 (of 4)
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Chris Ryall & Tom Waltz (w) • David Messina (a) •
Davide Furno (c)
There's action comics... and then there's REAL action comics! The
@#$% hits the fan in a big way as the next stage of the IDW
universe blasts off! Bools & company find Cross, meaning it's
time for some old-fashioned CVO brand ass-kicking. Fortunately
there's a whole mess of aliens, demons and ugly in-laws who need
just that! With this concluding issue, you know there're going to
be some big surprises... and this issue is no exception. Kiss kiss
bang bang!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
* Variants:
Variant David Messina character cover
Bullet points:
Concluding Issue!
Featuring IDW’s vampire team CVO and characters from Groom
Lake!
Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #2 (of 5)
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Greg Bear, Erik Bear (w) • Jorge Jimenez (a) • Jeff
Zornow (c)
The hunt begins! Detective Espinoza is on the run in the deadliest
of locations... Jurassic Park! With well-armed goons on his trail,
this is a seemingly impossible game to win. Luckily Espinoza meets
Dr. Frances White, an animal behaviorial expert also trapped on the
island. But how much help will Dr. White be when she leads him
directly to a hungry T-Rex? This is the dino action you've been
craving!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & white Jeff Zornow cover!
Bullet points:
Co-written by best selling author Greg Bear (The Forge of God,
Blood Music)!
Kill
Shakespeare Vol. 2: The Blast of War
Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col (w) • Andy Belanger (a) •
Kagan McLeod (c)
And so the curtain falls… The critically acclaimed series
ends its first run in this second collection. As Hamlet and
Juliet’s affections begin to blossom, Richard and Lady
Macbeth’s army marches on the lovers’ Prodigal allies.
The rebels’ only hope of survival lies with Hamlet convincing
the wizard/God Shakespeare to return to his people. But in this
ravaged land, does God even exist? Written by Conor
McCreery and Anthony Del Col, and
illustrated by Andy Belanger.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 148 Pages • ISBN:
978-1-61377-025-2
Bullet points:
• “McCreery and Del Col’s
versions of the Bard’s famous characters have firmly
established themselves in their own universe. Watching them plot,
fight, talk and interact is a true treat, both as a fan of the
original source material and as a fan of the comic book
medium.” — Weekly Comic Book
Review
Rip
Haywire
Dan Thompson (w & a & c)
Action! Danger! Dysfunctional Romance! The adventure comic strip
is back—with a twist! Rip Haywire is a soldier of fortune, a
contemporary adventure hero in the classic mold: a brave,
square-jawed man of honor who lives for danger. Accompanied by his
cowardly dog TNT and his venomous ex-girlfriend Cobra, Rip tracks
down lost treasure, takes down madmen, and accepts any job that
promises heart-pounding action, danger, and intrigue—and
cash! Written and illustrated by Dan Thompson,
Rip Haywire is wired for laughs!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 112 Pages • ISBN:
978-1-61377-070-2
Bullet points:
• “Thompson has
crafted a wonderful and funny homage to the era of Steve Canyon and
livened it up with a sense of humor, great draftsmanship and a lot
of guys and gals getting popped in the head and blown up real
good.” — Comix 411
TRANSFORMERS Classics: UK, Vol. 1
Bill Mantlo, Ralph Macchio, Jim Salicrup, Steve Parkhouse, Simon
Furman (w) • Frank Springer, John Ridgway, Mike Collins (a)
• Andrew Wildman (c)
Classic TRANSFORMERS tales from the UK continuity begin here!
Re-mastered and re-colored, these vintage TF stories are presented
in order, many published for the first time in the United States!
Writer and life-long TF fan James Roberts
(Last Stand of the Wreckers) provides in-depth historical
perspective in each volume, and legendary TF UK artist
Andrew Wildman provides new covers!
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 276 Pages • ISBN:
978-1-60010-943-0
Bullet Points:
Celebrate the long history of the TRANSFORMERS and their US/UK
variations in this thoughtful collection!
The Cape #2 (of
4)
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Joe Hill & Jason Ciaramella (w) • Zach Howard (a) • Howard, Nelson Daniel (c)
Something has been awakened. Leaving behind a trail of violence,
Eric sets his sights on the city of Boston, and those closest to
him. Explore your dark side.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
* Variants:
Variant Zach Howard B&W
cover
Bullet points:
• The acclaimed sold-out one-shot continues
in an all-new series by the same creators!
• Spinning out of 20th Century
Ghosts, writer Joe Hill’s short story
collection
The Keep
F. Paul Wilson (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a & c)
The keep had stood empty in the Transylvanian Alps for 500
years. No one knew who built it, or why. But on the eve of WWII,
German soldiers move in and awaken something — something
hungry — something as merciless as the SS
einsatzkommandos accompanying them. Now you can re-live
the tale as it was meant to be told (we didn’t mention the
1980s movie directly, but…) as author F. Paul
Wilson adapts his own story in this 2011 edition with new
cover by Matthew Dow Smith!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 124 Pages • ISBN:
978-1-61377-050-4
Bullet points:
Classic horror from genre master F. Paul Wilson
with crisp storytelling and art.
Zombies vs Robots: The Undercity
Chris Ryall (w) • Mark Torres (a) • Ash Wood (c)
The robot forces are losing the war against these rotting
masses, which leaves only one choice— head
underground… never mind the fact that a possibly even
greater threat is looming in the survivors’ UnderCity
shelter! It's all-new zombie-on-robot carnage in this collection of
the four-issue series by Ryall and artist
Mark Torres!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 104 Pages • 9” x
13” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-073-3
Bullet points:
• “What do you get when you take
Zombies + Robots + Hilarity + OH GOD THIS WAS AWESOME SCREW THIS
EQUATION.” — WatchPlayRead.com
