IDW's May Solicitations!
Friday, Feb 17th, 2012
Star Trek/Doctor Who Crossover, Ghostbusters Haunted America, Frankenstein Alive Alive, Godzilla Ongoing, True Blood Ongoing and more are all coming in May 2011!
Click "Read More" to see the full list of IDW Comics and books, coming in May
Star Trek
#9
Mike Johnson (w) • Stephen Molnar (a) • Tim Bradstreet,
Joe Phillips (c)
The countdown to the next STAR TREK movie continues here in "The
Return of the Archons!" Kirk, Spock and the crew search for a
lost Starfleet ship that may hold clues to the future of the entire
Federation. TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci oversees this latest
chapter in the ongoing adventures of the
starship Enterprise!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
Variant Photo cover!
Bullet Points:
¥ Fully sanctioned by Paramount pictures,
with direct ties to the new movie!
¥ The new adventures continue here!
¥ Look for the variant of the CBLDF contest
winner!
Star Trek
Classics, Vol. 3: Encounters With The Unknown
Nathan Archer, Janine Ellen Young, Doselle Young, Dan Abnett, Andy
Lanning, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, & Dean Wesley Smith (w) •
Jeffrey Moy, David Roach, & Robert Teranishi (a) • Drew
Struzan (c)
Lost in the Delta Quadrant, Captain Janeway and the crew of the
U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 have been seeking a way home for years.
But their quest is interrupted by encounters with an astonishing
variety of foes—and a few new friends. This collection
contains four tales that exemplify all that's best about the
adventures of Voyager. Contains the stories, "False Colors,”
"Avalon Rising,” "Elite Force,” and "Planet
Killer.”
TPB • FC • $21.99 • 204 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-211-9
Doctor Who Classics Series IV #4 (of 6)
Grant Morrison, Simon Furman (w) • John Ridgway (a &
c)
IDW’s newly recolored reprints of classic Doctor Who tales
from years past! This all-new series picks up where Series III left
off, with the adventures of the SIXTH DOCTOR! Features two complete
stories from celebrated writers Grant Morrison (Batman
Incorporated) and Simon Furman (Transformers)!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
¥ Featuring a complete Sixth Doctor tale by
Grant Morrison!
¥ All-new cover by the incomparable John
Ridgway!
Star Trek
TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #1
Scott & David Tipton with Tony Lee (w) • J.K. Woodward (a)
• Woodward, David Messina (c)
They said it would never happen! Nearly five decades and 1500
episodes in the making! The two greatest science-fiction properties
of all time cross over for the first time in history, in STAR TREK:
THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2!
When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy
alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the
result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space
and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS
Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his
companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
Written by Scott and David Tipton, the authors of the critically
acclaimed Star Trek: Infestaion, and featuring the beautiful
painted artwork of J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel), this is the
adventure that both Trekkers and Whovians have waited for all their
lives! Geronimo? Make it so!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant wrap-around photo cover!
Joe Corroney “TARDIS crew on the Enterprise” cover
Star Trek TNG: A New Frontier TPB (A $19.99 retail value!)
Bullet Points:
• The first Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover
ever!
• Featuring fan-favorite villains the Borg
and the Cybermen!
• Fully painted artwork by J.K.
Woodward!
• Ask your retailer about the rare
wraparound photo cover!
• Ask your retailer about the super-rare Joe
Corroney cover featuring the Doctor and friends aboard the USS
Enterprise!
Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1
Steve Niles (w)
• Bernie Wrightson (a & c)
Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim
and reverence that Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated version of
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein was met with upon
its original release in 1983.
Nearly 30 years later, Wrightson returns to his passion project
with a comic series that picks up at the end of the classic novel,
hailed as one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Frequent
Wrightson collaborator Steve Niles provides the script for this
epic, decades in the making.
While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in
color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the
actual original art, showing off the exquisitely detailed brush
work of one of the greatest living artists in comics today.
Each issue will also include supplemental materials, including
interviews, essays and a serialization of the original prose story
by Shelley.
B&W • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & White Variant Bernie
Wrightson Cover!
Bullet points:
Legendary artist Bernie Wrightson returns to Frankenstein for the first time in nearly 30 years!
Each black-and-white page reproduced in color, exhibiting the exquisite brushwork of the living legend!
“Bernie Wrightson is an artist of great talent and great heart.” —Stephen King
Trio #1
John
Byrne (w & a & c)
ZAP! POW! BAM! -- are sound effects you may actually see in this
series, as John Byrne returns to his roots with a brand-new
superhero series. Their code names are simple ONE, TWO and THREE,
but the world calls them ROCK, PAPER and SCISSORS. Together,
they are Trio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant cover penciled by John Byrne
and inked by Joe Sinnott
Bullet points:
¥ John Byrne’s return to classic
superheroes!
¥ Fans of Byrne’s Fantastic Four and
Alpha Flight especially, this is for you!
¥ Variant cover art on each issue inked by
past Byrne favorites! Up first: Joltin’ Joe Sinnott!
True Blood
#1
Ann Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) •
Michael Gaydos (a) • Tim Bradstreet, photo (c)
Alan Ball’s hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of
the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of
creatures, returns as an ongoing series! With creative
collaboration from TRUE BLOOD creator/writer/producer Alan Ball,
this series features writers Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow)
and Michael McMillian, with art by Michael Gaydos (Alias).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Tim Bradstreet sketch
cover!
Bullet points:
Co-Written by Michael
McMillian, “Steve Newlin” from the show, with
fan-favorite Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow)!
Series features covers by Tim Bradstreet (The Punisher)!
Magic: The
Gathering: The Spell Thief #1 (of 4)
Matt Forbeck (w)
• Martín Cóccolo, Christian Duce (a) •
Christopher Moeller (c)
Planeswalker Dack Fayden has followed Sifa Grent into a mysterious
plane, where a Titan’s castle looms invitingly in the
distance. Entering the castle in search of Sifa, Dack is soon
imprisoned by the Titan and added to his vast collection. Dack must
find a way out before the trail to Sifa runs cold and he remains
the Titan’s prisoner forever! Special playable Magic: The
Gathering card polybagged in each issue!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Martin Coccolo cover!
Bullet points:
¥ This issue includes an exclusive, alternate
art playable Magic: The Gathering card!
G.I. Joe: Ongoing Vol. 2 #13
Chuck Dixon (w) • Will Rosado (a) • Rosado x 2 (c)
“Deep Terror” begins here! COBRA is digging a
miles-deep shaft in the Patagonian wilderness and what they're
digging for could change the world forever and NOT in a good way.
The Joes are looking for payback after recent events but will the
cuts to their operating budget allow for a mission to the bottom of
the world? Also: A new JOE arrives at Fort Baxter!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Tommy Lee Edwards cover!
Variant Black & White Tommy Lee Edwards cover!
Bullet points:
¥ An all-new direction for G.I. JOE!
¥ All the G.I. JOE titles this month have two
foil character covers! Collect all six!
Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #13
Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a) • Atkins x 2 (c)
“Serpent’s Shadow,” part 1! SNAKE EYES returns to
Japan to re-join the Arashikage clan to team with STORM SHADOW.
Their target: the new COBRA COMMANDER! Will the most dangerous JOE
turn his back on his loyalties and his friends just to bring down
the new COBRA leader? Only HE knows! And G.I. JOE master penciller
Robert Atkins is back on art!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Steve Ellis cover!
Variant Black & White Steve Ellis cover!
Bullet points:
¥ Snake Eyes
becomes Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow with this issue!
¥ All the G.I. JOE titles this month have two
foil character covers! Collect all six!
G.I. Joe: Cobra
#13
Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Fuso
x 2 (c)
A NEW ERA BEGINS HERE! The critically-acclaimed COBRA series enters
a new era! With the JOEs fragmented, somebody’s got to handle
the dirty work. Who will it be? Find out here! When G.I. JOE goes
underground, the world will never be the same!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant David Williams cover!
Variant Black & White David Williams cover!
Bullet points:
¥ NEW CHARACTERS! NEW MISSION!
¥ SAME CUTTING-EDGE STORYTELLING!
¥ All the G.I. JOE titles this month have two
foil character covers! Collect all six!
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Movie Prequel
John
Barber (w) • Salvador Navarro & Atilio Rojo (a) •
Salvador Navarro (c)
Snake Eyes and Roadblock. Perhaps the most dangerous of all the
JOEs — their combination of stealth, cunning, power, and raw
courage is nearly unmatched. Go figure, these two forces of might
can't always see eye-to-eye. But when Storm Shadow and his ninja
enter the picture, these two JOEs will have to put aside their
differences if they want to stop the enemy.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-203-4
Bullet points:
¥ Sets the stage
for stars like Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum,
Adrianne Palicki, and the RZA to explode into theaters this
summer!
G.I. JOE: Special Missions Box Set
Larry
Hama (w) • Herb Trimpe & Dave Cockrum (a) • Robert
Atkins (c)
Collect the entire 28-issue run of G.I. JOE: SPECIAL MISSIONS in
this box set containing all four TPBs! Unencumbered with the
constraints of pushing toys to readers, Larry Hama sinks his teeth
into gritty military stories, starring your favorite JOEs, filled
with authentic dialogue and actual soldiering experiences.
TPB • FC • $69.99 • 688 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-158-7
Bullet points:
¥ Slipcase features all new art by Robert
Atkins!
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #178
Larry Hama
(w) • S L Gallant (a) • Herb Trimpe, Gallant (c)
Cobra is in trouble! The Blue Ninja clan has infiltrated
COBRA’s american stronghold and, even with G.I. JOE’s
help, they may not be able to stop the destruction. The leader of
the Blue Ninjas, a mysterious cyborg that goes by the codename of
BN-001, has arrived in Broca Beach as well. And when he goes after
SNAKE EYES and BARONESS, his unmatched skills may finally be too
much for the silent Arashikage warrior. Prepare for devastation in
the newest issue of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
¥ Larry Hama variant sketch cover!
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Vol. 4
Larry Hama (w) • S.L. Gallant (a & c)
The mission has begun: FLINT, LADY JAYE, and HEAVY DUTY take point
on a top-secret operation to find an elusive foe that was
long-thought dead. Meanwhile, SNAKE EYES, STORM SHADOW and BILLY
face the largest threat to the Arashikage clan yet! The
continuation of the original A REAL AMERICAN HERO story line brings
more danger, battles, and surprises from long time G.I. JOE scribe
Larry Hama.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-202-7
Bullet points:
¥ “The A Real American Hero book
continues to impress on a monthly basis and never fails to immerse
me once again in a sense of 10 year old wonder…the same
feeling I had when reading the old school Marvel series. They
just seem to “get it” which is a rare feat these
days.” –generalsjoes.com
¥ “For twelve years, Larry Hama wrote
the adventures of every kid’s favorite daring, highly
trained, special missions force. Now, almost 20 years later, he
picks up right where he left off and it seems like not even a month
has passed between titles.” –GeeksOfDoom.com
Offered Again!
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 1 • FC •
$19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-864-8
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 2 • FC •
$19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-941-6
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 3 • FC •
$19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-105-1
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms #2
Ed Greenwood (w) • Lee Ferguson & Sal Buscema (a) •
Tyler Walpole, Steve Ellis (c)
Young friends Randral and Torn are on the run, cursed to find and
rescue the noble Lady Talandra Roaringhorn—hopefully before
the Watch and the Roaringhorn house guards find them! Will they
prevail against Talandra’s kidnappers? Does she want them to?
And who is the serpent-headed slayer lurking in the shadows?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Character Design cover!
Bullet points:
¥ Forgotten
Realms® setting creator Ed Greenwood writes this all-new
ongoing series!
¥ Inks by legendary comic artist Sal
Buscema!
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics,
Vol. 3
Jeff Grubb (w) • Dan Reed, Eric
Kachelhofer, Tom Lyle, Ken Penders, Rags Morales, Tom Raney, &
Dave Simons (a) • Rags Morales (c)
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics continues as the
Annual #1 and issues 15–18 are collected in this volume. The
Annual featured a new adventure as the crew of the Realms Master
and the Heroes of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons team up to fight
a collection of their deadliest enemies. The ongoing comics
continue with the story arc, Fallen Idols, which follows the crew
as they must battle the wrath of the god Enoreth.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 164 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-201-0
Bullet points:
¥ “If you're at all interested in
fantasy or sword and sorcery comics, I'd recommend this as an
especially fun, lighthearted example of the genre, with pretty
great art.” –EverydayIsLikeWednesday.blogspot.com
Offered Again!
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Vol. 1
• FC • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-863-1
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Classics, Vol. 2
• FC • $24.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-014-6
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing
#5
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) •
Milne, Nick Roche (c)
TERROR BEYOND THE STARS! The dark secret at the heart of Delphi is
revealed as Ratchet’s world starts to fall apart. Time is
running out for the Autobot’s Chief Medical Officer and his
band of followers, who must confront an enemy that literally cannot
be reckoned with. Warning: not everyone will make it out alive!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Marcelo Matere variant! Interlocks
with TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise #5’s RI cover!
Bullet points:
¥ The breakout
success of the TRANSFORMERS relaunch continues with new
dangers!
¥ Winners of the UNDERBASE awards for BEST
WRITER, BEST ARTIST, and BEST SINGLE ISSUE!
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #5
John
Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey Coller, Griffith
(c)
TORN APART FROM WITHIN! Tensions reach a breaking point—a new
arrival on Cybertron tips the scales and violence erupts! Will
Bumblebee be able to stop his own allies? Plus: Ironhide reveals a
secret that will redefine the future of the Transformers!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Marcelo Matere variant! Interlocks
with TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets The Eye #5’s RI cover!
Bullet points:
¥ The breakout
success of the TRANSFORMERS relaunch continues with new
dangers!
¥ Fan-favorite characters from the
ultra-popular franchise in all-new adventures!
David
Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil Born Again: Artist’s
Edition
Frank Miller (w) David Mazzucchelli (a &
c)
Daredevil Born Again. That title strikes a chord with comic fans
who know what it means. Fans who know that it represents two of the
finest creators at the absolute peaks of their game. David
Mazzucchelli's superhero work had reached an artistic apex when
this series was released, and the same is true for Frank Miller's
writing. Together they combined to craft a story of extraordinary
impact that is still regarded as a true masterpiece.
Collecting the entire storyline of Born Again, this book will
feature the complete issues of Daredevil numbers 227, 228, 229,
230, 231, 232 and 233, plus covers and extras. Each page was
personally scanned by Mazzucchelli from his own original art. This
is the largest Artist's Edition yet, weighing in at a rock solid
200 pages of beautiful Mazzucchelli art in the way you've always
wanted to see it—the next bet thing to holding the actual
original art!
HC • BW • $95.00 net discount item • 200 Pages
• 12” x 17” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-238-6
Bullet points:
What is an
Artist’s Edition?
AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE
SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.
While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been
scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of
viewing the actual original art—for example, you are able to
clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes,
art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and
the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art
board.
The Cape
Jason Ciaramella (w) • Zach
Howard (a & c)
Every little boy dreams about putting on a cape and soaring up, up,
and away... but what if one day that dream were to come true?
Eric was like every other eight-year-old boy, until a tragic
accident changed his life forever. The Cape explores the dark side
of power, as the adult Eric - a confused and broken man - takes to
the skies... and sets out to exact a terrible vengeance on everyone
who ever disappointed him.
This critically acclaimed, Eisner-Award nominated story, written by
Jason Ciaramella, based on the short story by New York Times
bestselling author Joe Hill, with art by Zach Howard and Nelson
Daniel, will linger with you long after you turn the last page, and
force you to ask yourself the question: “What if?”
HC • FC • $24.99 • 132 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-196-9
Bullet points:
¥ “If you’re unsure about picking
up The Cape then you need to ask yourself one question: do I want a
comic that will surprise me? If you’re after something
different, this book has it in spades.” –Comic Book
Resources
Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the
Kingdom
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key unwinds into its
fourth volume in “Keys To The Kingdom.” With more keys
making themselves known, and the depths of the Locke's family's
mysteries ever expanding, Dodge's desperation to end his shadowy
quest drives the habitants of Keyhouse ever closer to a revealing
conclusion.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 160 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-207-2
Bullet points:
¥ The multiple-Eisner-nominated (and Best
Writer-winning) fourth volume, Keys to the Kingdom, gets its
softcover due.
¥ “That. Just. Happened.”
— IGN.com
Offered Again!
Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft • FC •
$19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-384-1
Locke & Key Vol. 2: Head Games • FC • $19.99 •
ISBN: 978-1-60010-761-0
Locke & Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows • FC • $19.99
• ISBN: 978-1-60010-953-9
Locke & Key
Game
Gabriel Rodriguez (a)
Developed by Cryptozoic, makers of the World of Warcraft trading
card game, and featuring Gabriel Rodriguez’ stunning Locke
& Key art, this card game lets you inside Keyhouse, where
walking through the door will transform you, and hate-filled
creatures await...
FC • $30.00 • 9.25” x 6.25” x 1.75”
• ISBN 978-1-61768-109-7
Bullet points:
¥ You’ve
read the New York Times Bestselling books from Joe Hill and Gabriel
Rodriguez... now, play the game!
Ghostbusters #9
Erik Burnham (w) • Dan
Schoening (a) • Schoening, Tristan Jones (c)
New York City doesn't have a monopoly on the supernatural, and it
was only a matter of time before apparitions in other areas were
enhanced by the expansion of psychokinetic energy! HAUNTED AMERICA
finds the Ghostbusters venturing out far beyond the comfortable
confines of the Empire State. So grab some snacks and get ready...
it'll be the most spirited road trip of the year!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Mike Henderson cover!
Bullet points:
¥ Each issue contains a back-up Ghostbusters
story by Tristan Jones! “Who Killed Laura Parr?” will
run in all 4 issues of Haunted America!
¥ The Ghostbusters leave New York! On the
road for the first time in comics!
¥ Four Dan Schoening covers connect to make a
unified National map, each featuring a different Ghostbuster! Four
Tristan Jones covers featuring a haunted tourist postcard
theme!
Road Rage #4 (of
4)
Richard Matheson, Chris Ryall (w) • Rafa Garres
(a & c)
The harrowing conclusion of the first-ever comic adaptation of
Richard Matheson’s classic, Duel. It’s just Mann and
his damaged car trying to survive the final onslaught of a
murderous and crazed trucker, as brought to life by Matheson, Chris
Ryall, and artist Rafa Garres.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Black & White Rafa Garres
cover
Bullet points:
¥ Story by Richard
Matheson, the inspiration behind Steven Spielberg’s classic
movie!
Godzilla
#1
Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) •
Art Adams, Tony Harris (c)
Godzilla is back... in an all-new ongoing series! Duane
Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie
blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special
forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the
terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team
to take down monster-sized threats... at $7 billion a bounty. What
starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer...
if he can live past day one!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Ryan Kelly movie-tribute cover!
Art Adams gatefold cover!
Bullet Points:
¥ The new ongoing
Godzilla series STARTS HERE!
¥ Bigger, badder and more radioactive... this
is the ultimate Godzilla tale!
¥ Every issue contains a random Art Adams
monster trading card! 9 different cards available, collect the
whole set! Also, look for randomly inserted unique sketch cards
from Matt Frank!
Godzilla: Kingdom Of Monsters, Vol. 3
Jason
Ciaramella (w) • Victor Santos (a) • David Messina
(c)
As the dust settles on another epic monster battle, humanity has
finally found a way to beat back the relentless assault of giants.
But in this brief moment of respite, new threats arise, and mankind
finds itself on the losing end again. Plus, the twins are back, and
they are after the King of Monsters himself! Battra, Rodan,
Godzilla! Get ready for a battle of titans.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-205-8
Bullet points:
¥ “Why is this so much fun? Godzilla:
KOM gives American G-Fans what they always wanted: Godzilla on
American soil.” –ComicBastards.blogspot.com
¥ Collects Issues #7-12!
Dorothy of
Oz Prequel #3 (of 4)
Denton J. Tipton (w) • Blair Shedd (a) • Eric Shanower
(c)
Based on the upcoming animated film Dorothy Of Oz! Building on the
world created in the celebrated children’s book by Roger
Stanton Baum, Dorothy Of Oz will tell the tale of Dorothy’s
return to the Land of Oz. But first, read here about what events
transpired to necessitate Dorothy’s return, and witness the
rise of the Jester!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant CGI character art cover!
Bullet points:
¥ Starring classic
Oz characters the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man!
¥ Covers by Eisner-winning artist Eric
Shanower!
Comic
Book History of Comics
Fred Van Lente (w) • Ryan
Dunlavey (a & c)
For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly
insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in
comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred
Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye
to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan
Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein,
Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka -- and more! Collects
Comic Book Comics #1-6.
TPB • FC • $21.99 • 224 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-197-6
Bullet points:
¥ "Done with wit, energy, a healthy dose of
insolence and a dedication to getting it right." – NPR
Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3
Kevin Eastman and
Peter Laird (w & a) • Kevin Eastman (c)
The classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action continues in the
third volume of IDW's Ultimate Collections! In this outing, find
issues #12, 14, 15, 17, and 19–21, featuring stories like
"Survivalists," "The Unmentionables," "Dome Doom," and the
multi-part "Return to New York." Presented in oversize hardcover,
and featuring annotations from Eastman and Laird, you've never seen
the TURLES like this.
HC • B&W • $49.99 • 248 pages • 9” x
12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-138-9
Bullet points:
¥ “IDW
should be commended for putting together another well-constructed
volume.” –Geek-News.MTV.com
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #10
Tom
Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Dan Duncan (a) • Duncan,
Eastman (c)
This May, enter... THE SHREDDER!
(What else need be said?!)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Tyler Walpole variant!
Bullet points:
¥ The long awaited
return of THE SHREDDER! A re-match 600 years in the making!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics
#1
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w) • Eastman, Laird
(a & c)
Relive the exciting origins of TMNT, this time in all-new
full-color comics! This is where world-wide Turtle mania started!
Detailing the entire origin of the Turtles and their first fateful
encounter with the Foot Clan and the Shredder! This is your chance
to get in on the ground floor of the entire Mirage Studios
experience, with the most successful independent comic of all time.
Don't miss it!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
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Rocketeer
Adventures 2 #3 (of 4)
David Lapham, Louise Simonson,
Kyle Baker (w) • Chris Sprouse & Karl Story, Walter
Simonson, Kyle Baker (a) • Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stevens (c)
The third issue of the critically acclaimed Rocketeer anthology
presents a trio of stories by truly legendary creators. The first
shows us a glimpse into what the future may hold for Cliff and
Betty. The second is a thrilling adventure of the Rocketeer locked
in combat with a long-range bomber intent on destruction. And last
but not least, a mad-cap romp in which Betty and Butch take no
gruff!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Black & White Darwyn Cooke
cover!
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features 25 pages of stories and art!
¥ Rocketeer Adventures Volume One won
IGN.com’s Best Anthology of 2011!
Next Men:
Aftermath #43
John Byrne (w & a & c)
The world is broken, time is out of joint—but the surviving
Next Men are about to discover it may not be entirely their fault.
A familiar face returns, but will it be good news or bad for
our ragged band?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Black & White John Byrne
cover!
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Next Men saga continues!
Night of
1,000 Wolves #1 (of 3)
Bobby Curnow (w) • Dave
Wachter (a & c)
In the Dark Ages, the tranquil life of Harrick Benjyon and his
family is shattered by unthinkable tragedy. Before they can react,
the family find themselves under seige by hordes of wolves with one
aim. Death. A race for survival becomes all the more impossible by
the arrival of the supernatural... and the dark secrets that lie at
the heart of the Benjyon family. Another classic horror tale from
the company that brought you 30 Days of Night and Locke &
Key!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Micheal Manomivibul
cover!
Bullet points:
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and chills — skilled, confident, and accomplished
storytelling" - Alan Heinberg (Avengers: Children's Crusade)
¥ Art by Eisner and Harvey nominee Dave
Wachter (That Hellbound Train, Guns of Shadow Valley)
Zombies vs
Robots Annual
Chris Ryall, Daniel Wilson, Rio Youers,
Kevin Grevioux (w) • Ashley Wood, Sam Kieth, Andy Kuhn, Drew
Ford (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
This first-ever ZvR special not only reunites co-creators Chris
Ryall & Ashley Wood, but it opens the ZvR world to other
creators, too. Creators like novelists Daniel Wilson
(Robopocalypse) and Rio Youers, artists Sam Kieth and Andy Kuhn! In
“Seasons of War,” each creative team looks at a
different season of the zombie-robot apocalypse!
FC • 48 pages • $7.99
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¥ Features an all-new story by co-creators
Ashley Wood & Chris Ryall
¥ Also features the first-ever comic work
from Robopocalypse author Daniel Wilson and author Rio Youers!
¥ Acclaimed artists Sam Kieth and Andy Kuhn
illustrate the ZvR world for the first time!
Smoke and
Mirrors #3 (of 5)
Mike Costa & Jon Armstrong (w)
Ryan Browne (w) Browne, Francesco Francavilla (c)
MAGIC IS REAL—BUT SLEIGHT OF HAND IS KING! Stage magician
Terry Ward makes his way in a world of sorcery using only his
skills and his wits! But will that prove to me enough when the
dangers of the world start compounding?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Ryan Browne Black & White
cover!
Bullet points:
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Memorial #6 (of
6)
Chris Roberson (w) • Rich Ellis (a) •
Michael WM Kaluta (c)
Em’s journey has brought her to the Everglade, a garden of
statues that lies at the very heart of the Everlands, where she
finds herself face to face with the power that has disrupted all of
reality. But when Em learns who she once was, and why she lost her
memory, the answers only raise new questions. Things are not as
they have seemed, and Em realizes that her journey is far, far from
over.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & White Michael Kaluta
cover!
Bullet points:
¥ From the company
that brought you 30 Days of Night and Locke & Key comes the
latest creator-owned hit series!
¥ The first groundbreaking arc concludes!
¥ Covers by Michael Kaluta!
30 Days of Night #7
Steve Niles (w) •
Christopher Mitten (a) • Davide Furnó (c)
Fright-master Steve Niles continues the all-new, critically
acclaimed 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ongoing series! Word of the Barrow
Massacre has reached Los Angeles—and the FBI—and
special Agent Blood knows she can no longer stay away from her
duty. Meanwhile, a new army of undead is growing as three vampire
factions head toward collision.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Jason Shawn Alexander
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preeminent modern vampire story.”—Newsarama
30 Days of Night: 10 Bloody Years Treasury
Edition
Steve Niles (w) • Ben Templesmith (a)
• Ashley Wood (c)
It’s the 10th anniversary of 30 Days of Night’s
groundbreaking first issue! To properly commemorate this momentous
comic, we’re releasing the entire miniseries by Niles and
Templesmith as an oversize Treasury Edition! See the story that
established IDW and the creators as forces to be reckoned with!
FC • Cardstock • $9.99 • 72 pages •
9.25” x 14.25”
Bullet points:
¥ Special Treasury Edition collects 30 Days
of Night #1-3 in one oversize package
¥ Features Ashley Wood’s original 30
Days of Night #1 cover art
Zombies
(Chilling Archives of Horror Comics)
Jack Cole, Bob
Powell, Howard Nostrand, Wally Wood, Gene Colan, Lou Cameron, Reed
Crandall, & more (w & a) • Lee Elias (c)
From the banned 1950s horror comics that Dr. Fredric Wertham, The
U.S. Senate, and mothers didn't want innocent children to devour
comes a terrifying and timely anthology of comics of the
undead…"Zombies". These gruesome mini-masterpieces are
hauntingly delineated by some of the Golden Age's greatest artists
at their very best. The nightmarish scripts of the unstoppable
living dead will make your spine freeze over in terror! Edited and
designed by Eisner winner Craig Yoe with an introduction by the
host of the popular "The Horrors of It All" vintage comics blog,
Steve "Karswell" Banes. "Zombies" follows in the footsteps of "Dick
Briefer's Frankenstein" and "Bob Powell's Terror."
HC • FC • $21.99 • 148 pages • 8.5” x
11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-213-3
Bullet points:
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not-to-be-missed book in The Chilling Archives of Horror
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Offered Again!
Dick Briefer’s
Frankenstein HC • FC • $21.99 • ISBN:
978-1-60010-722-1
Bob Powell’s Terror HC • FC • $24.99 • ISBN:
978-1-61377-067-2
Dead Rising
Tom Waltz (w) • Kenneth Loh
(a & c)
The first-ever comic book based on Capcom’s mega-popular
zombie survival game series! Bridging the gap between Dead Rising
and Dead Rising: Case Zero, fans will finally learn what happens to
Frank West, Chuck Greene, Rebecca Chang, and other popular Dead
Rising characters during the fateful Las Vegas outbreak!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-200-3
Bullet points:
¥ “Zombies
with exploding heads? Check. Flesh-ripping zombie biting action?
Check. Grenade launcher? Double-check. I’m happy to report
that even if you’ve never played the Dead Rising video games,
this book is completely enjoyable on its own.”
–ZombieZoneNews.com
Offered Again!
Black Heart Billy
Color Edition TPB • FC • $19.99 • ISBN:
978-1-60010-317-9
Night Mary TPB • FC • $19.99 • ISBN:
978-1-93323-927-9
Big John Buscema:
Comics & Drawings
John Buscema (a & c)
John Buscema has been called one of the finest comic artists who
ever put pen to paper. His work for Marvel Comics on The Avengers,
Thor, the Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer are all classics,
highly regarded by fans from around the world. The same is true for
his definitive rendition of Conan the Barbarian—Buscema
breathed life into Robert E. Howard's legendary creation in a
manner that has rarely been rivaled.
IDW is proud to announce the first American publication of John
Buscema: Comics & Drawings, a special edition of the fine art
catalog created for the most extensive exhibition of Buscema's art
ever staged. Weighing in at nearly 300 pages, this gorgeous
hardcover book is a dream come true for fans of the visual mastery
of John Buscema, an artist who's ilk we are unlikely to see
again.
HC • FC & BW • $59.99 • 328 pages •
9.5” x 11.5” •ISBN 978-1-61377-195-2
Bullet points:
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Edition!
Doug Wildey's Rio: The Complete
Saga
Doug Wildey (w & a & c)
Doug Wildey was an acclaimed Comic book and comic strip artist, as
well as a noted animator. Very much in the school of Milton Caniff
and Alex Toth, Wildey was an artist's artist, a storyteller of the
highest order, and worked in many genres—westerns and war
stories being some of his most memorable. As an animator he created
and designed the groundbreaking Johnny Quest series in 1964, which
inspired a generation of cartoonists with it's memorable
characters, thrilling, breakneck pace, and innovative designs.
In 1987 Wildey began one of his most personal works, the story of
an aging cowboy and gunfighter, as well as special agent for the
President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. Wildey created
stories full of human drama and historical accuracy rarely seem
before or since in the comic book western. This volume collects the
entire Rio saga in one handsome collection, including the final,
unfinished and unpublished Rio story.
HC • FC & BW • $49.99 • 272 pages •
8” x 12” • ISBN 978-1-61377-210-2
In The Shadow
Of Poe: Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Horace
Walpole, Sir Walter Scott, E.T.A. Hoffmann, F. Marion Crawford, Guy
de Maupassant, Sarah Orne Jewett, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs,
Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon
Blackwood, & Lord Dunsany (w) • Michael Manomivibul (a
& c)
The third entry in IDW’s “In the Shadow
of…” series with noted scholar and award-winning
editor Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Dracula, The New
Annotated Sherlock Holmes, The Annotated Sandman) again presents a
host of classic genre tales worthy of rediscovery by modern
readers!
Les Klinger collects and annotates a lush collection from the
Gothic writers who influenced Poe, and the writers who were
influenced by him. Here we briefly visit the birth of the Gothic
literary tradition in the mid-1700s—a popular genre that Poe
reinvented as a commercial vehicle for his own original
voice—as well as significant writers whose works adapted
Poe’s ideas and themes to their own artistic goals.
These “other stories of mystery and imagination” are
both culturally significant and highly entertaining. In The Shadow
Of Poe honors Poe the writer while putting his work in a new
context for contemporary readers.
TPB • B&W • $16.99 • 368 pages • 7” x
10” • ISBN 978-1-61377-206-5
Lovecraft
Library, Vol. 2: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Mythos
Tales
H.P. Lovecraft (w) • Sam
“Mister-Sam” Shearon (a & c)
“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange
eons even death may die,” declared H.P. Lovecraft describing
the truth hidden beneath the surface of his most nightmarish
stories. In this collection of six short stories and novellas,
Lovecraft explores the boundaries of modern horror, ranging from
the cosmic dread of demonic creatures from the stars in “The
Call of Cthulhu,” to “The Haunter of the Dark,”
and the hidden horrors lurking within “The Shunned
House” and “The Diary of Alonzo Typer.” Also
includes “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and “The
Festival.” With color art by Sam “Mister-Sam”
Shearon and a new introduction by Lovecraft scholar Robert
Weinberg.
HC • FC • $16.99 • 232 pages • 6” x
9” • ISBN 978-1-61377-208-9
Bullet points:
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by Lovecraft scholar Robert Weinberg!
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Lovecraft Library,
Vol. 1 HC • FC • $16.99 • ISBN:
978-1-61377-026-9
Complete Dick
Tracy, Vol. 13
Chester Gould (w & a & c)
Dick and Tess's house fire bombed! B.O. Plenty riddled with
bullets! Sam Catchum apparently crushed to death! This volume's
villains include Blowtop, T.V. Wiggles, Dr. Plain, and Empty
Williams. Plus a baby named Bonnie Braids is born, Vitamin
Flintheart returns, and who's the mysterious woman named Crewy Lou?
Contains all strips from March 26, 1950 - September 15, 1951.
HC • PC • $39.99 • 252 pages • 11” x
8.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-198-3
Bullet points:
¥ "One of the best
things to happen to the comic market in the last few years was
IDW's decision to publish The Complete Chester Gould's Dick
Tracy."
-Scoop
Complete
Little Orphan Annie, Vol. 8
Harold Gray (w & a
& c)
Jack, Ace Chance, and Shanghai Peg each play unexpected parts in
the conclusion to Harold Gray’s most sophisticated story of
the 1930s. Plus, Annie encounters the gangster Nick Gatt and is
captured by the international criminal mastermind named Axel. Can
“Daddy” save her? He brings along
some heavy-duty help—Punjab, the Asp, and
“Daddy’s” old pal, Wun Wey—but things
don’t turn out as expected in Volume Eight of The Complete
Little Orphan Annie. Contains all strips from June 9, 1938 -
February 28, 1940.
HC • PC • $49.99 • 288 pages • 11” x
8.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-199-0
Bullet points:
¥ “The
Complete Little Orphan Annie has raised the bar against which such
compilations will be judged. The research, the articles providing
insight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction
of the material have preserved these strips for those who knew them
and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them
for the first time.” –Scoop
Archie:
Americana Vol. 4: The '70s
Various (w) • Various
(a) • Andrew Pepoy (c)
The Archie Best of the Decades series continues with the 1970s.
Experience the women's movement as it spreads through Riverdale!
Relive the Bicentennial! Witness the emergence of patches, pet
rocks, and CB's! Play along with "Pong"! Boogie with Archie and the
gang at the disco and laugh again at the antics of America's #1
teenagers!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 188 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-194-5
