Doctor Who Classics Series IV #1 (of 6)

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Alan McKenzie, John Ridgway (w) • Ridgway (a & c)
IDW’s newly recolored reprints of classic Doctor Who tales from years past returns! This all-new series picks up where Series III left off, with the adventures of the SIXTH DOCTOR! With PERI and FROBISHER in tow, the Doctor must confront the deadly CYBERMEN!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Doctor Who Classics Omnibus, Vol. 2! (A $24.99 retail value!)

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All-new covers by the incomparable John Ridgway!
Featuring fan-favorite companions Frobisher and Peri!

30 Days of Night #5
Steve Niles (w) • Davide Furnó (a & c)
Fright-master Steve Niles continues his all-new 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ongoing series, with regular cover artist Davide Furnó providing interior art! A hero from the past becomes our worst nightmare, as vampires declare war on the world.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Variant menton3 wraparound cover!

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Ask your retailer about the rare menton3 wraparound cover!

DIAMOND ORDER CODE: JAN120474

Next Men: Aftermath #40
John Byrne (w & a & c)

It ain't over till it's over. Project Next Men has been undone, the Past has been rewritten… but it's never easy to reshape the Fourth Dimension. As Jasmine is about to discover. She was afraid to go with Nathan and Bethany back to the 1950s—by the end of this issue, she may regret that decision!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Variant B&W John Byrne cover!

Snake Eyes Ongoing #10
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Robert Atkins (c)

COBRA COMMAND CONTINUES! The new Cobra Commander's war of conquest turns to a war of destruction. COBRA troops are forcing an entire populace to become refugees while eliminating any who dare stay behind. Snake Eyes is now in the killing fields, playing his own game of predator and prey with Stormshadow and the red ninjas of the Arashikage clan!
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Vertically inter-connected variant Tom Whalen cover!

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PART 5 of the G.I. JOE crossover, “COBRA COMMAND”!
A rolling nine-issue crossover between all three ongoing G.I. JOE titles, all with the same art team!
Ask your retailer about the special vertically inter-connected Tom Whalen variant covers on all three titles!

Anne Rice's Servant of the Bones #6 (of 6)
Anne Rice & Mariah McCourt (w) • Renae DeLiz & Ray Dillon (a) • DeLiz (c)

The conclusion of Anne Rice’s epic tale!
Lifetimes of destruction and death have all led Azriel, The Servant of the Bones, to this final confrontation with Gregory Belkin, the mad leader of The Temple of the Mind of God. As Gregory Belkin begins his massive, scripted, bid for world domination Azriel must expose him for the fanatic he is before millions die in Belkin's maniacal grab for power.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Jenny Frison cover!

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #175 - Also available digitally!

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Herb Trimpe, Gallant (c)
The Blue Ninja clan have proven to be worthy adversaries for Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. To take down the rogue ninja clan, strange alliances must be formed, enemies become partners, and unexpected team-ups lead to an all-out assault against the Blue Ninjas. Will the tenous alliance of Snake Eyes and Baroness be enough to finally bring them down? Don't miss the team-up you've all been waiting for in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #175!
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Larry Hama variant sketch cover cover!

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Infestation 2: Transformers #1 (of 2) - Also available digitally!
Chuck Dixon (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Livio Ramondelli, Guidi (c)
The Infestation threat has broken the boundaries of time and the Lovecraftian monsters invade the world of Transformers: Hearts of Steel! It's a steam-punk world in the grips of panic as terrifying beings from the depths of the ocean corrupt both humans and Decepticons! Only one man knows how to stop the Infestation, and it's up to him to awaken the Autobots in time to prevent full-scale cataclysm!
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Inter-connected “Tentacle Attack” cover! Connecting every Infestation 2 tie-in book!

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Returning to the fan-favorite continuity "Hearts of Steel," by the original creative team!

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Doctor Who #14 - Also available digitally!
Joshua Hale Fialkov (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Mark Buckingham, photo (c)
Special issue by Eisner-nominated writer Joshua Hale Fialkov! With Rory in the custody of the local police, the Doctor searches the deserted and fog-filled city of Casablanca. What he stumbles upon may spell the end for not just two recently reunited lovers, but for all of mankind!
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Variant Matthew Dow Smith cover

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Special four-part story written by I, Vampire writer Joshua Hale Fialkov!
Cover by Fables artist Mark Buckingham!
Ask your retailer about the rare Matthew Dow Smith variant cover!

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This is your last week to pre-order IDW books going on sale February 29th. Take a look at the full list below!

G.I. JOE 2 Retaliation: Movie Prequel #2
John Barber (w) • Salvador Navarro (a & c)
The origin of Roadblock! While Roadblock is in a deadly race against time to rescue a childhood friend from the clutches of the enemy, we learn the secrets that shaped the Joe’s heavy ordinance officer. Meanwhile—Snake Eyes is in hot pursuit, and he’s not taking any prisoners.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Variant black & white Salvador Navarro cover!

DIAMOND ORDER CODE: DEC110392

Magic: The Gathering #1

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Matt Forbeck (w) • Martin Coccolo (a) • Aleksi Briclot (c)
Get ready, Magic: The Gathering fans, there’s a new Planeswalker in town! 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!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Eric Deschamps variant cover!
Christopher Moeller variant cover!

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•    Includes an exclusive, playable alternate-art Magic: The Gathering card!
•    Ask your retailer how to get the rare Eric Deschamps variant cover!
•    Ask your retailer how to get the super-rare Christopher Moeller (JLA: League of One, Lucifer) cover!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #6 

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Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Eastman (layouts) • Dan Duncan (a) • Duncan, Eastman (c)
It's a new year and the TMNT and Master Splinter look to the future even as they struggle to come to grips with past mysteries. Meanwhile, General Krang grows increasingly impatient with Baxter Stockman, who is prepared to unleash a horrific new weapon to assist Old Hob in his dark quest to return the turtles and their sensei to StockGen Research, where lab intern April O'Neil continues to suspect all is not what it seems.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Rob Guillory (Chew) Enter the Dragon spoof cover!

IDW and Marvel present classic stories, all scanned from original art

San Diego, CA (January 27, 2012)— JOHN ROMITA’S THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ARTIST’S EDITION is the next book in the ongoing Artist’s Edition series from IDW Publishing. Collecting six classic issues from Romita’s stellar run on The Amazing Spider-Man, each and every page scanned from the original art and presented at full size, the same as it looked on Romita’s drawing table.

“It’s such a treat to put these books together and be able to get up close and see pages by great artists, like John Romita,” said Artist’s Editions Editor, Scott Dunbier. “His work is so precise and clean, he is one of the true masters of the Silver Age of comics.”

As Harry Knowles of Aintitcool.com wrote, “Track this puppy down–go down to your local comic shop and pre-order it. You don’t want to try picking this up on the second hand market.” John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist’s Edition is in stores on February 1st.

What is an Artist’s Edition? Artist’s Editions are printed the same size as the 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.

30 Days of Night #4 - Also available digitally!

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Steve Niles (w) • Sam Kieth (a) • Kieth, Davide Furno (c)
Fright-master Steve Niles continues his all-new 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ongoing series, with warped genius Sam Kieth (creator of The Maxx) joining in the bloodletting! Familiar faces emerge from Barrow as we learn more about our all-new cast of vampires!
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Kieron Dwyer cover!

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Ask your retailer about the rare Kieron Dwyer cover!

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Infes2ation #1 (of 2) - Also available digitally!

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Duane Swierczynski (w) • David Messina (a) • Alex Garner, Livio Ramondelli (c)
Last year’s groundbreaking Infestation series, IDW’s first-ever event, saw many teams from multiple universes fight off a zombie invasion. Now, an even bigger threat has risen to threaten the growing IDW multiverse: Lovecraftian demons threaten to reach across time and space and destroy everyone everywhere and everywhen! Also featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this framing issue presents a threat that perhaps not even TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOEs, Danger Girl, and others can surmount!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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David Messina cover!
Duane Swierczynski signed edition!
Joe Phillips hand-drawn licensed-character sketch cover!
Infes2ation temporary tattoos!

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 and all hell has broken loose! Chuck Greene and his family desperately try to escape to safety while Frank West and Rebecca Chang dig deeper into the zombie conspiracy.
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Dead Rising Concept Art Team cover!

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Cobra Ongoing #10
Mike Costa (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Antonio Fuso (c)
COBRA COMMAND CONTINUES! As the new COBRA COMMANDER lashes out against an unprepared world, the rest of Cobra questions The Council's decision... with deadly results. Meanwhile, the Joes search for a pattern in Cobra's attacks, and a fan-favorite character returns—but will even that be enough to turn the tide of battle?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Vertically inter-connected variant Tom Whalen cover!

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PART 6 of the G.I. JOE crossover, “COBRA COMMAND”!
A rolling nine-issue crossover between all three ongoing G.I. JOE titles, all with the same art team!
Ask your retailer about the special vertically inter-connected Tom Whalen variant covers on all three titles!

DIAMOND ORDER CODE: DEC110398

TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #1

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John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Marcelo Matere x 4, Griffith (c)
The war for Cybertron is over—now the hard part begins!
This first of two new ongoing Transformers series offers an excellent jumping-on point and all-new direction as BUMBLEBEE and his fellow AUTOBOTS struggle to maintain control of a world without OPTIMUS PRIME!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Wraparound Marcelo Matere cover, featuring the inter-connected image of all 4 covers!
Autobot logo temporary tattoos!
Dan Khanna hand-drawn Autobot sketch cover!

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ONE UNIVERSE! This series, in conjunction with Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, expands the Transformers universe into exciting, unexplored territory.
Never read an IDW TRANSFORMERS book? THIS is the place to start!
4 inter-connected covers by Marcelo Matere, each featuring a character from the new ongoing series, combining to make one image!
All covers have an eye-catching foil enhancement!

IDW to release second all-new anthology of Dave Stevens’ beloved character

San Diego, CA (January 24, 2012) – The second all-new, all-fantastic Rocketeer Adventures series launches into stores in March! Each extra-long issue—boasting 25 pages of story and art— will feature covers by Darwyn Cooke and Dave Stevens. The first issue’s line-up includes Peter David, Marc Guggenheim, Sandy Plunkett, Stan Sakai, and Bill Sienkiewicz, with Arthur Adams supplying a pin-up.

“The Rocketeer takes us back to another time,” said series editor Scott Dunbier, “one stuffed to the brim with heroism and thrilling adventures. Some might call these stories old-fashioned—and what’s wrong with that?”

Other contributors to the series include Kyle Baker, J. Scott Campbell, Eric Canete, Paul Dini, Michael Golden, Dave Johnson, David Lapham, John Paul Leon, Bill Morrison, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Chris Sprouse, Tom Taylor, Matt Wagner, Colin Wilson, and more. Rocketeer Adventures is in the current issue of Diamond Previews.

As with the first series, a portion of the profits from Rocketeer Adventures will be donated to the Hairy Cell Leukemia research. Dave Stevens, the creator of The Rocketeer, died of the disease in 2008 at the age of 52.

San Diego, CA (January 23, 2012)— IDW Publishing and Topps are pleased to announce the multiple Eisner Award-winning creative team for MARS ATTACKS, an all-new ongoing comic series based on the fan-favorite Mars Attacks franchise.

Debuting in June 2012, IDW’s comic series will offer the first stories of an all-new Mars Attacks universe, bringing the brand’s outrageous action and dark humor to a new set of tales. Writer John Layman, author and co-creator of the Eisner-winning series Chew, will pen the series, with art by John McCrea, best known for his collaborations with Garth Ennis, including Eisner-winner Hitman.

“I’m a huge fan of Mars Attacks from a long way back. I own about half the original card set from 1962 and have a pretty big collection of collectables and doodads,” Layman said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to destroy the Earth and inflict huge degrees of suffering on the rest of humanity. With this Mars Attacks series, I finally get my chance.”

Created in 1962, Mars Attacks celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012 with major product launches throughout the year. IDW’s new comic series, as well as high-quality reprints of existing material, will be a cornerstone of that effort.

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score
Darwyn Cooke (w & a & c)
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. â€¨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  PC  $24.99  160 pages  6” x 9” • ISBN 978-1-61377-208-9

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Darwyn Cooke’s two previous Parker Adaptations, The Hunter and The Outfit, both won multiple awards, including the prestigious Eisner and Harvey awards!

Ed Greenwood will be joined by artist Lee Ferguson and comic legend Sal Buscema on new series

San Diego, CA (January 17, 2012) – IDW Publishing, in cooperation with Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is pleased to announce the all-new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FORGOTTEN REALMS ongoing comic book series, hitting shelves in April. Legendary writer Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms RPG campaign setting, will be scripting the comic―his first-ever ongoing Dungeons & Dragons comic series―and offering one lucky reader a once-in-a-lifetime chance to have his or her own character appear in the series!

"8x8 Plan" offers one new story each week for eight weeks starting Jan. 20, 2012 

Writer/actress Brea Grant spearheads ZVR e-single pulp-lit push for New Year.

San Diego, CA (January 20, 2012)-IDW Publishing continues expanding its prose publishing activities with a two-month-long "e-singles" promotion featuring all-new stories set in the gleefully gory ZOMBIES VS. ROBOTS universe. The property was first published in 2006 as a two-issue mini-series from the creative team of artist Ashley Wood and writer/editor Chris Ryall. Helpless to resist ZVR's rowdy mix of clunky, wise-cracking robots trying to stem the zombie apocalypse (the fault of clumsy scientists), with the remnants of mankind caught in the middle. There have been multiple ZVR miniseries, and in 2010, Sony Pictures optioned the film rights for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company.

Ghostbusters #5 - Also available digitally!

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Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Schoening, Nick Runge (c)
The smash-hit ongoing series continues in this second story arc! Thanks to the results of their latest adventure, P.C.O.C. chief Walter Peck punishes the Ghostbusters by using the contract the team signed with the city to bar them from doing their jobs... at least until they meet his "reasonable physical requirements" for ghostbusting work. While they groan about having to lose weight and look for a loophole to Peck's authority, strange things are brewing outside Schenectady.
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Jose Holder cover!

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Each issue contains two pages of behind-the-scenes Ghostbusters extras, by Tristan Jones!

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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 this re-imagining of the classic episode OPERATION: ANNIHILATE! Captain Kirk comes face to face with the ghosts of his past when a rescue mission reunites him with the last person he expects to see: his brother! STAR TREK feature writer/producer Roberto Orci oversees this continuation of the story from the blockbuster 2009 movie!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
Photo cover!
Starfleet Academy logo temporary tattoos!

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•    Fully Sanctioned by Paramount pictures, with direct ties to the new movie!

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Acclaimed creator Roger Langridge to write series

San Diego, CA (January 18, 2012)—IDW Publishing today announced that comic industry star Roger Langridge will write the company’s all-new POPEYE comic series, which will debut in April 2012. Expanding their partnership with King Features to include new material, IDW’s POPEYE comics will offer all-new adventures with the famous “Sailor Man” and his friends, including Olive Oyl, Bluto, Wimpy and Swee’ Pea. Joining Langridge to bring Popeye back to comics is rising-star artist Bruce Ozella. The monthly POPEYE series will be co-edited by IDW’s co-founder and chief executive officer, Ted Adams and renowned comics expert Craig Yoe.

“I grew up reading Segar’s Popeye and we’ll be bringing his sensibility to our new series,” said Adams. “Especially now with our all-star creative team, I’m really looking forward to launching this series in April.”

Throughout his more than twenty years in the comics industry, Langridge has garnered critical and fan acclaim for his work on an impressive list of projects, including the Harvey Award-winning Muppet Show Comic Book (Boom! Studios) and Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel Comics).