IDW's New Print & Digital Books!
Wednesday, Jun 20th, 2012
Archie:
Americana Vol. 4: The '70s
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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
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unfinished and unpublished Rio story.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
Eternal
Descent, Vol. 2 #5 (of 6) - Also available digitally!
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Llexi Leon, Justin Peniston (w) • Ivan Fernandez (a) •
Iban Coello, Santi Casas (c)
Caught in an apocalyptic future ravaged by khaos, Lyra finds
herself mistaken for the enemy, facing off against Angela Gossow
and her mercenary force of human resistance fighters. Metal master
Michael Amott lies at the heart of this dark reality, empowered by
a mysterious guitar carved from solid amber. Obsessed with the
instrument and the amber, Michael exhibits strange and unearthly
powers beyond his comprehension. Can Lyra and Angela reconcile
their past and confront Michael before he loses control?! Find out,
as special guests Arch Enemy make their Eternal Descent debut.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
• Guest-starring Angela Gossow and Michael Amott of Arch
Enemy!
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Ghostbusters
#10 - Also available digitally!
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Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Tristan
Jones (c)
It's one haunted hotspot down and three to go as the Ghostbusters
head south, leaving the Motor City for the Big Easy. But ain't
nothin' gonna be easy down Louisiana way for the boys in
gray—Marie Laveau is back in the Quarter and lookin' to stick
around! Join us as Haunted America continues... in New
Orleans!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
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!
Godzilla #2 - Also
available digitally!
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Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Zach Howard,
Matt Frank (c)
Boxer is ready to settle the score with Godzilla, and assembles his
"Monster Kill Crew," a group of highly-trained weirdos, each with
their own private grudge against the kaiju. As we get to know these
mercenaries the team stocks up on all the equipment they'll need to
take down their first bounty—ANGUIRUS!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Jeff Zornow variant cover!
Bullet Points:
• The action-packed monster movie in comic book form you've
been waiting for!
Godzilla:
Legends - Also available digitally!
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Matt Frank, Jeff Prezenkowski, John Vankin, Mike Raicht, Chris
Mowry, & Bobby Curnow (w) • Matt Frank, Simon Gane, Tony
Parker, EJ Su, & Dean Haspiel (a) • Art Adams (c)
Focusing on Godzilla's fearsome rogues gallery, each story shines a
light on a kaiju that has never before been the center of a
comic book story. These stories delve into the minds of Anguirus,
Rodan, Titanosaurus, Hedorah, and Kumonga to bring the TOHO
universe to life!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-223-2
Bullet points:
• This collection also includes an incredible cover gallery by
legendary Godzilla artists Chris Scalf, Bob Eggleton, and Art
Adams!
Illustrated
Masques
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Wayne Allen Sallee, Robert R. McCammon, Mort Castle, Robert E.
Weinberg, F. Paul Wilson, Paul Dale Anderson, Stephen King (w)
• Clive Barker, Andy B. Clarkson, Cristina de Lara Stockler,
Daniel Indro, Mike Okamoto, Ted Naifeh, Tim Vigil, Mark Evans,
Apriyadi Kusbiantoro, Jose Pimentel, & Matt Thompson (a) •
Fabio Listrani (c)
"Scare me!" From 1984 through 2006, such writers as Stephen King,
F. Paul Wilson, and Robert R. McCammon did just that in five
volumes of MASQUES, creating classics for the darkest nights of the
darkest souls.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-237-9
Bullet points:
• Editors Mort Castle and David Campiti bring MASQUES tales to
haunting and memorable life in graphic story format in J.N.
WILLIAMSON'S ILLUSTRATED MASQUES!
• "A MASQUES story offers something beyond the transitory
horror, the cheap thrill, the soon-forgotten fright… it's
horror fiction that says something about the way people are, at
heart.” – J.N. Williamson
Magic: The
Gathering
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Matt Forbeck (w) • Martin Coccolo (a) • Aleksi Briclot
(c)
In search of greater magical knowledge and on the hunt for the
people who destroyed his town, Dack Fayden is the greatest thief in
the Multiverse. When he gets his hands on his latest prize, though,
he has no idea where it will lead him—or to who!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-228-7
Bullet points:
• Get ready, Magic: The Gathering fans, there’s a new
Planeswalker in town!
Mars Attacks #1
- Also available digitally!
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John Layman (w) • John McCrea (a) • Wally Wood & Bob
Powell & Norman Saunders x55 (c)
The invasion begins! The first stories of an all-new MARS ATTACKS
universe are here, bringing outrageous action and dark humor to the
comics page. Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew) is joined by
Eisner-winning artist John McCrea (Hitman) to sound the alarm.
Beware! The Martians are coming!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant John McCrea cover
Bullet Points:
• 55 different covers, each depicting one card from the
original 1962 set! All 55 have a unique back cover, featuring the
original card art that told the story!
• Written by John Layman, co-creator of the Eisner-winning
series Chew!
• Art by John McCrea, Eisner-winner for Hitman!
• Look for the trading card set from Topps in the trading card
section of this issue of Previews!
Mars
Attacks #1 Complete Box Set
Want to collect the whole set, but don’t have the time for a
long hunt? Buy the complete 55-comic set, which comes packed in a
collectible box adorned by a perfect replicate of the original
TOPPS 1962 box art! Including the checklist card cover, as well as
a special bonus 56th cover, only available as part of this set!
FC • $199.95
Mars
Attacks Classics, Vol. 1
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Keith Giffen & Len Brown (w) • Charles Adlard, Giffen, Tom
Sutton (a) • Nick Bradshaw (c)
Mars Attacks Classics brings back your favorite comics from the
past. This volume collects the first five-issue miniseries from
Topps Comics, and features stories by beloved creators like Keith
Giffen, Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), and more!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 156 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-229-4
Bullet points:
• Includes the back up stories written by Mars Attacks
co-creator Len Brown!
Memorial #6 (of 6) -
Also available digitally!
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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!
Next Men:
Aftermath #44 - Also available digitally!
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John Byrne (w & a & c)
It all ENDS here! Is the timeline shredding? Is it repairing
itself? Or is it something else entirely? An old friend
returns—and the beginning of an answer are seen. But it
may not be an answer any of the Next Men like!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & White John Byrne cover
Bullet points:
• The explosive Aftermath finale!
Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #14 - Also available
digitally!
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Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a) • Andrea Di Vito, Lee
Ferguson & Sal Buscema (c)
“Serpent’s Shadow,” part 2!
Ninja versus Ninja! SNAKE EYES goes deeper into the Arashikage
clan—but will his mission succeed or will STORM SHADOW
corrupt the commando? Differnces will have to be put aside as both
turn their swords against—Zartan!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & White Andrea Di Vito cover!
Bullet Points:
• Non-stop ninja and commando action!
• Featuring the key villain from G.I. JOE: RETALIATION!
Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles Microseries #5: Splinter - Also available
digitally!
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Erik Burnham (w) • Charles Paul Wilson III (a) • David
Petersen, Wilson III (c)
Face-to-face with the man who killed his family so many years ago,
Master Splinter comes to terms with a life of assasination, love
and redemption. This story takes a look back at the entire life of
Splinter, including his secret life as Hamato Yoshi. This soul
searching provides a startling revelation for Splinter, one that
will change his and his son's lives forever!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
David Petersen black & white variant cover!
Bullet Points:
• An important issue that ties directly to the ongoing TMNT
comic!
TRANSFORMERS: Autocracy #12 - ONLY available
digitally!
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Chris Metzen, Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli
12 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! Its time for the endgame!
OPTIMUS PRIME comes face-to-face with MEGATRON and the fate of
their world hangs in the balance! Nothing will be the same after
this EXTRA-LENGTH conclusion!
True Blood #2 -
Also available digitally!
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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, is back 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:
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)!
• Ask your retailer about the Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan, Vol. 4
Archie Goodwin (w) • Al Williamson (a & c)
Volume Four of Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson's definitive run on
Secret Agent X9 continues its break neck pace as agent Phil
Corrigan dives head first into ever more thrilling and outrageous
adventures! Beginning on November 4th, 1974 and reproducing every
gorgeously drawn strip until June 11th, 1977.
HC • BW • $49.99 • 288 pages • 11” x
10” • ISBN 978-1-61377-236-2
Bullet points:
• Each strip scanned from Al Williamson's own personal set of
syndicate proofs – more than 800 in all!
