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ILLUMINATIONS THIS DECEMBER... OCT 2015 CHRISTMAS COMICS! SPIDEY! / TMNT! ! BLACK JACK KETCHUM! BIFF’S BIT THOUGHTS ON NEW MARVEL! NOVEL IDEAS TRANS AND MORE! FORMERS Batman / Teenage Ninja Turtles (DC) CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for December: Dark Horse

PAGE 04... New Series and One-Shots for December: DC Comics

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PAGE 06... New Series and One-Shots for December: IDW Publishing

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PAGE 10... New Series and One-Shots for December: Marvel Comics

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PAGE 12... New Series and One-Shots for December: Indies

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PAGE 14... Novel Ideas - Part One

PAGE 15... Novel Ideas - Part Two SIGN UP FOR THE ACE COMICS MAILOUT PAGE 16... Biff’s Bit: Thoughts On Marvel’s Relaunch First Wave AND KEEP UP TO DATE PAGE 17... Top 20 Graphic Novels: August’s Bestselling Books WITH THE LATEST RELEASES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, CHARTS, ILLUMINATIONS, EVENTS acecomics.co.uk AND MORE! 02 ALABASTER: MASSIVE: THE GOOD DRAGON NINTH WAVE #1 THE BAD AGE: AND THE MAGEKILLER Brian Wood, Garry Brown, BIRD #1 #1 John Paul Leon Caitlin R. Greg Rucka, In the pages of The Mas- Kiernan, Daniel Carmen Nunez Warren, Carlos Carnero, Terry sive, Ninth Wave was strug- Badilla, Greg Pallot, Sachin gling to repair a broken world. Ruth Teng But before that, they were the A new evil haunts the sun-scorched Greg Rucka begins an all-new story preeminent global environ- back roads and towns of the set in the immersive dark-fantasy mental-rescue unit, taking on American South-murderous twins world of Dragon Age! criminals, polluters, politicians, who command a of ghouls. Tessa and Marius are mercenary and states. The Mas- Once again, Dancy Flammarion partners, eliminating those who must face down demons: both use blood magic to hurt others, but sive: Ninth Wave tells these those who walk the world unchal- when a powerful patron employs stories in a stylish, high-action, lenged and those in her own shat- them, they realize this next job may done-in-one format, reuniting tered mind. be their last... the entire creative team from In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 16/12/2015 the original series. In Shops: 09/12/2015 KING CONAN: WOLVES BEYOND LOBSTER MYSTERY THE JOHNSON: GIRL #1 BORDER #1 GLASS Paul Tobin, Timothy Alberto Truman, Tomás Mike Mignola, Alburquerque Giorello , Toni Fejzula, Trine Hampstead knows everything. King Conan grows weary of the Tonci Zonjic Ask her a question like “Where are crown. When an old soldier visits Murder interrupts the opening of my keys?” or “Is he cheating on him with talk of a cursed relic and a new exhibit at the Metropolitan me?” or “How are there perfectly rumors of Pictish tribes preparing Museum. Lobster Johnson inves- preserved mammoths in recent a full-scale invasion on Aquilonia’s tigates to find out what makes a ice?” and she just knows. She’s the borders, Conan eagerly embarks on blown-glass sculpture worth kill- Mystery Girl. The only thing Trine what could be his final adventure! A ing for. doesn’t know is how she knows-or fan-favorite team expands on Rob- anything else from the last ten years ert E. Howard’s unfinished “Wolves In Shops: 30/12/2015 of her life. beyond the Border” tale! In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 23/12/2015 DARK HORSE NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER 03 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR HARLEY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK #1 DC DECEMBER BATMAN / Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti BATMAN 66 TEENAGE It’s the sensational debut of a bimonthly, over- MEETS THE MUTANT MAN FROM NINJA stuffed, oversized team-up series in which UNCLE #1 TURTLES #1 Harley meets (and almost certainly annoys) Jeff Parker, James Tynion the greatest heroes and villains of the DC David Hahn, IV, Freddie Universe! First up? The incredible Wonder Michael Allred Williams Woman! There’s a plot to assassinate Won- Two 1960s television icons cross DC Comics and IDW team up for dy, and Harley is convinced that only she paths for a groovy, globe-spanning the crossover you never saw com- could possibly stop it! (Hey, you want to adventure in this one-of-a-kind ing as two of the greatest entertain- miniseries. The deadly organiza- ment icons meet for the first time! In tell her about all the other options? We tion known as T.H.R.U.S.H. has a Gotham City, a series of deadly raids tried) new twist in their plans for world leads Batman to believe he’s up In Shops: 02/12/2015 conquest-they’re recruiting some of against a group of highly trained nin- Gotham City’s most infamous vil- jas known as the Foot Clan! Some- lains! Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya how, they’ve crossed over to an- Kuryakin bring this information to other dimension and are determined the one man who knows everything to take advantage of the situation INJUSTICE about these new enemies: Batman. while looking to get back home. But - GODS Before you can say “Open channel they haven’t come alone: Leonardo, AMONG US: D,” the Dynamic Duo and the Men Raphael, Donatello and Michelan- YEAR FOUR from U.N.C.L.E. are jetting off to Eu- gelo are hot on their trail. Get ready ANNUAL #1 rope to thwart the schemes of this for excitement as heroes and villains Tom Taylor, deadly criminal cartel. from both worlds clash and team up Bruno Redondo In Shops: 23/12/2015 in an epic battle that threatens the very fabric of reality! Tom Taylor (Earth 2, Superior In Shops: 09/12/2015 ) returns to the series he launched for this one time special DC event that kicks off the story you’ll PRESENTS: DC see in the upcoming Injustice - Gods DARKSEID PRESENTS: Among Us: Year 5. In his efforts to WAR - WAR maintain world peace and wipe out 100 PAGE - 100 PAGE crime, has locked up all SPECTAC- SPECTAC- of Earth’s villains, as well as his en- ULAR #1 ULAR #1 emies (including the Green Lantern , Geoff Johns, Corps), in an undisclosed, impene- Various Andy Kubert, trable facility. Now, a surprising new Darkseid has been making trouble for Various prisoner may have discovered how a long time now-and here are some It’s Robin vs. Robin vs. Robin in to free himself and everyone else of his earliest epics, from the pages these stories from Teen Titans #29, from this previously inescapable lo- of Mister Miracle #1, New Gods #1 Batman #657, Nightwing #139 and cation. and 7, and The Forever People #1! Batman: Battle For The Cowl #3. In Shops: 30/12/2015 In Shops: 16/12/2015 In Shops: 02/12/2015 04 and Gabriel has accused Lucifer LAST GANG IN TOWN #1 of His murder. Lucifer had motive and opportunity, but claims he Simon Oliver, Rufus Dayglo, Rob Davis can prove his innocence. If Gabriel Forget what you know of England, of the “Land of Hope and Glory.” Instead, try damp finds the killer and takes the culprit and depressing, and embrace this miserable island for what it is. Our story kicks off in into custody, his sins will be forgot- 1976: the country coming apart at its flared corduroy seams, a decade after the Great LUCIFER #1 ten, and he’ll be welcomed back Holly Black, to Silver City. So, despite the fact , when British crime has gone decidedly soft in the middle. Lee Garbett, that Lucifer just opened a nightclub Time for a new generation of criminals to rise: a band of snotty- Dave Johnson on Earth and is hiding a mysterious nosed heroes driven by and cheap cider, who will strike The anti-hero who made his de- wound, the two brothers set off to fear back into the establishment, put art back into crime and crime but in The and starred in solve their Father’s murder. Their back into art, and pull off what will become known as the heist of his own hit series is back in a new investigation will span Heaven, series by best-selling writer Holly Hell, Earth and beyond in this an- the century. Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles) tagonistic buddy-cop noir with an This new series from Simon Oliver (FBP: Federal Bureau Of Phys- and artist Lee Garbett ()! angelic flair. ics) and Rufus Dayglo (), spans three decades, from the As this series begins, God is dead- In Shops: 16/12/2015 punk rock ‘70s to the decadent ‘80s and beyond, charting the rise, fall and redemption of a group of bandits that changed the face of the criminal underworld and closed the door on a legacy. DC In Shops: 23/12/2015 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER

NEW ROMANCER ROBIN WAR SHERIFF OF #1 #1 BABYLON #1 , Tom King, Tom King, Brett Parson Khary Mitch Gerads, Fired from a cushy job in Silicon Val- Randolph John Paul Leon ley, Lexy becomes a coder for New In part one of this new epic, it’s On the rain-soaked streets of Glas- Romancer, an Internet-dating app Robins vs. cops! Robins vs. Robins! gow, a girl whose drawings some- that’s seen better days. To create Robins vs. Batman! And Robins vs. how come to life has just stumbled fake profiles, she plunders charac- the Court of Owls?! across her one true love. And thou- teristics from history’s most notori- Damian Wayne returns to Gotham sands of miles below those streets, ous lovers. Using little-known writ- City, and he is not happy. There are an ancient demi-god plots his es- ings by Ada Lovelace, the world’s kids all over the city calling themselves cape from the prison where he’s first computer programmer, Lexy Robin, Bruce Wayne is no longer Bat- been held for nearly two thousand pushes the boundaries of coding man and the GCPD, led by the new, years. Evil forces are at play and and accidentally unleashes his- armored-up Batman, is cracking no one is safe as the legends of tory’s greatest lover: Lord Byron. down on anybody wearing the “R.” Scottish mythology collide with the Online dating meets courtly love in And things only get worse when Red modern world. Fans of Fables and this paranormal rom-com by Vertigo , Red Robin and Grayson all The Sandman won’t want to miss veteran writer Peter Milligan and ris- come back to Gotham City... this riveting dark fantasy epic! ing art-star Brett Parson (Tank Girl). In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 18/12/2015 In Shops: 09/12/2015 05 DC PINOCCHIO, VAMPIRE SLAYER IDW BROOKLYN ANIMAL VERSUS THE NEW SERIES CONTROL VAMPIRE AND ONE-SHOTS JT Petty, ZOO FOR DECEMBER Stephen Van Jensen, Thompson Dusty Higgins Brooklyn Animal Control is not Venture back into the world of your run-of-the-mill social services the acclaimed Pinocchio, Vam- agency, and the officers assigned pire Slayer in this brand-new ad- to it are not your average case- venture from creators Dusty Hig- JUDGE DREDD #1 workers... they are a breed apart. gins (Knights Of The Living Dead, Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas, These street-hardened veterans Miles Taylor And The Golden Cape) Dan McDaid negotiate a dangerous secret world and Van Jensen (The , Green in the heart of City, one Lantern Corps). Pinocchio and his “Mega-City Zero,” part one! inhabited by werewolves that roam band of slayers are battling the un- Ushering in a brave new era, the streets by night, and infest the dead across Italy when they come Judge Dredd awakens to find hidden back rooms of the criminal across a zoo and decide to take a that Mega-City One has been elite in their human alter-egos by break from the hunt. But the ani- sent back to the Stone Age, day. Which of their forms is more mals of this zoo have been infected viscous is open to debate... but by the vampiric curse. Now, the with city blocks overgrown both are equally deadly! gang has to fight its way through and nary a citizen to be found. In Shops: 16/12/2015 hyenas, bats and one damn mean Witness as Dredd struggles vampire gorilla to survive! to unravel the mystery as In Shops: 23/12/2015 he copes with being just an ordinary Joe... In Shops: 16/12/2015 STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY #1 Mike Johnson, ROCKETEER Ryan Parrott, AT WAR #1 Derek Charm Marc A bold new chapter for Star Trek Guggenheim, begins here, in an all-new series Dave Bullock that shows you what life is like Europe, 1942-the world is at war! EIGHTH for cadets at the galaxy’s greatest As the Allies battle against the Axis, SEAL #1 school! able bodied men everywhere en- James Tynion Witness the student days of the list in the war effort, including Cliff IV, Jeremy iconic cast before they joined the Secord. Secord, also known as Rock Enterprise, immediately before the The Rocketeer, has been thrust full One woman’s visceral nightmares 2009 film! Plus, meet throttle into the heat of battle, and- bleed into reality as she struggles to an all-new group of students as with or without his jet pack-he will live in the political spotlight. Is she they embark on bold new adven- depend on his wits and daring if he losing her mind, or do these visions tures of their own! is to survive! hold some darker truth? In Shops: 23/12/2015 In Shops: 23/12/2015 In Shops: 30/12/2015 06 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS IDW FOR DECEMBER JEM & THE HOLO- H GRAMS: COVER STAR H HOLIDAY TRANS SPECIAL FORMERS: Kelly HOLIDAY Thompson, SPECIAL Amy John Barber, Mebberson Josh Burcham, Casey W. Secret Santas! When Jem and The Coller, Various Holograms and The Misfits draw - Holidays in the stars! Three stories each other in their shared record la about three casts and three unique bel’s gift exchange, heads will roll... holiday adventures! You’ll laugh, or is the holiday spirit getting to you’ll cry, and you’ll never look at even the bitterest of enemies? Cybertron - or the holidays - the same way again! In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 02/12/2015

X-FILES: X-MAS MY LITTLE SPECIAL PONY: Joe Harris, HOLIDAY Matthew Dow SPECIAL Smith, Menton3 Katie Cook Special Season 11 tie-in! Just in time for the holiday season, the It’s holiday time in Equestria and the Lone Gunmen learn of the impend ponies are ready to celebrate! Join ing arrival of some unwelcome visi- the celebration in this special one- tors. But before they can raise the- shot that shows how different po alarm, they receive some other un nies enjoy the festivities! expected guests... - 16/12/2015 In Shops: In Shops: 23/12/2015

07 BLACK JACK KETCHUM #1 Brian Schirmer, Claudia Balboni, Jeremy Saliba IMAGE In a dreamlike version of the Old West, Tom Ketchum NEW SERIES AND struggles to clear his name-and stay alive-when he’s SYMMETRY ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER mistaken for wanton “Black Jack” Ketchum. #1 With the aid of his talking sidearm, a secretive gambler, Matt Hawkins, and a mute girl with a Winchester, Tom evades the Raffaele Ienco mysterious Union and its supernatural , Utopia is here. Hunger, sickness, the faceless Dusters, as he’s forced to question his work...all relics of a long forgotten past. For the greater good of the hu- identity, his sanity, and his very existence. man species, all individuality, crea- In Shops: 02/12/2015 tivity, and negative emotions have been genetically bred out and medi- cally suppressed. The population is limited to segregated areas where people lead long lives of leisure, games, and socializing. Only one man and one woman seem to no- tice, care, or think differently. Once they find each other, their relation- ship sparks a revolution...but will their love cause the salvation or de- struction of mankind? In Shops: 09/12/2015

VIOLENT #1 Ed Brisson, Adam Gorham Meet Mason, an ex-con and former drug addict who’s trying hard to give up his old life. He’s got more impor- tant things to live for now: a wife struggling to contain her own ad- diction and a young daughter who needs them both. When threatened with losing his daughter, Mason falls into old habits, stumbling through a string of desperate criminal acts whose repercussions quickly be- come deadly serious. In Shops: 09/12/2015 08 MARVEL DARTH NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER VADER AND : A-FORCE #1 ANNUAL #1 SPLIT G. Willow , SECOND #1 Wilson, Jorge Leinil Francis Fabian Nicieza, Molina Yu Reilly Brown A-Force, assemble! From the ashes The planet Shu-Torin has gone Call them a duo with a special kind of , Marvel’s newest hero against the will of the Empire. It’s of dynamics...call them the odd Singularity has risen and entered time for Vader to bring them in line. couple but with guns...call them 90s the . But she didn’t A great, evil jumping-on point for comics distilled down into two char- make the journey alone. To com- fans of the Dark Lord! acters - Deadpool and Cable are bat the most fearsome threats from In Shops: 16/12/2015 back, baby! That’s right-The Merc across the multiverse, Singularity with the Mouth and the Soldier with will summon the world’s mightiest the Scowl are together again in this team of to her side: She- all-new series! When Cable gets a . Captain Marvel. . Me- of a terrible future set off by dusa. Nico Minoru. Together, they the death of one man, he knows he are ‘a force’ to be reckoned with! GUARDIANS must protect him no matter what! I’ll In Shops: 16/12/2015 OF INFINITY get you three guesses who’s been #1 hired to kill that guy. Go on, guess! , In Shops: 09/12/2015 Jason Latour, Carlo Barberi, Jim Cheung ALL NEW Who are the Guardians 1000?! Defending the galaxy is a good gig, #1 but Drax isn’t thrilled with the com- Charles Soule, bat hours (not enough of them) and James Asmus, Rocket isn’t thrilled with the com- Stefano Caselli pensation (not enough of it). They’re GWENPOOL As the Terrigen Clouds move around off on an adventure to supplement SPECIAL #1 the world they leave in their wake the both, and is happy to come Kris Anka, wrecked lives of the Inhumanized. along. But instead of the perks they Various and her team are tasked to want, they’re about to get more An all-new, all-different Marvel holi- help as many of these NuHumans DAREDEVIL #1 trouble than they can handle. Good day special! She-Hulk throws a as possible, but it’s not going to be Charles Soule, Ron Garney thing the Guardians 3000 are on holiday party and invites the entire easy. Not only are views of these hand to help! But what about... the Marvel U! Deadpool teams up with new super-powered people varied Back in black and on his home turf, Daredevil begins again in Guardians 1000??!! both Hawkeyes - Kate and Clint - (from fear to anger to amazement) as a new enemy emerges. Meanwhile his alter Also in this issue, Latour and to...stop a pickpocket?! Ms. Marvel but even those who get the pow- ego, Matt Murdock, is on a new side of the law in the District Cheung tell a one-off story of Ben takes on her most dangerous threat ers aren’t always glad to get them. Attorney’s office. Fighting crime in the shadows, prosecuting Grimm and , stuck yet: the holiday blues! And then Add to that the nineteen mysterious bad guys in the light, it’s a whole new chapter for our man on a planet where culture is based there’s the reason for the season(al Skyspears that recently crashed into on Earth-style professional wres- special): Gwenpool! Yup, you read the Earth, and the Inhuman world without fear-including the arrival of the devil’s advocate. tling...but the stakes are life and that right - Gwen. Pool. C’mon, you just got a lot more complicated. Welcome to Hell, Blindspot. death! This ain’t kayfabe, brother! know you’re curious. In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 09/12/2015 09 SPIDEY #1 Robert P. Thompson, Nick Bradshaw MARVEL Think you know everything about Peter Parker’s early days? NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER Think again. It’s action, adventure and a rip-roaring romp MARVEL’S in classic Marvel style as Spidey swings onto shelves this CAPTAIN winter! Featuring adventures from throughout the web- AMERICA: pares to job hunting in New York slinging wonder’s younger years, it’s a return to the days - City! Between trying to make rent PRELUDE #1 and dodging (literal) bullets, Patsy of overdue homework, not knowing how to talk to girls (or PATSY barely has time to deal with her anybody, really) and just a plenty of danger. Witness some of Will Pilgrim, WALKER Szymon mother’s exploitative romance com- Spidey’s earliest tangles with the likes of Doc Ock, Sandman Kudranski AKA ics about her childhood resurfacing, and a host of other unexpected guests! HELLCAT #1 much less how they start to interfere When The strikes at the Kate Leth, with her work and dating life. As she In Shops: 02/12/2015 with a series of dead- Brittney goes from living a double life to a ly terror attacks, Iron Man must take Williams triple, what the Hell is Patsy Walker action! But can Tony Stark handle Patsy Walker has managed to es- supposed to do? Raise your (literal) the pressure when he has his own cape her past, her enemies and Hell claws for Patsy Walker, aka Hellcat! demons to face? itself (literally), but nothing com- In Shops: 23/12/2015 In Shops: 16/12/2015

SCARLET SQUADRON RED WOLF WITCH #1 SUPREME #1 #1 James James Nathan Robinson, Robinson, Edmondson, Vanesa Del Leonard Kirk, Dalibor Talajic, Rey, David Aja Jeffrey Veregge Witchcraft is broken - and the Scar- They’re each the sole survivor of a Frontier boomtown Timely has more let Witch is on a journey across the lost Earth and they’ll do anything to than its share of scoundrels: it takes globe to fix it. From the back alleys protect this one, whether you like a hero to keep them in line. Red of Manhattan, to the serene Greek it or not. The Wolf-the who crossed Isles, to the bustling streets of Hong -- comprising (Avengers), the desert and stood up to Mayor Kong, Wanda will have to face Nighthawk (Supreme Power), Dr. Wilson Fisk in Secret Wars’ 1872- down her foes and find out who Spectrum (the Great Society), Blur is the only man who can fill fallen her true friends are. But as Wanda (DP7) and Power Princess -- are a Sheriff Steve Rogers’ boots. As an solves magical crimes and pieces team that doesn’t ask permission or and an honest man, Red is witchcraft back together, the most what the rules are. To them all that going to need all his wits, and both important question remains: Who is matters is the safety of Earth and his fists, to serve and protect. The the mastermind that broke it in the if you stand in the way...that’s your tale of how Red Wolf wins the West first place? Written by Eisner Award problem! Tell that to the Squadron’s starts in 1872, and will take him far- winner James Robinson, with cov- first target -- , destroyer of ther than he could ever imagine! ers by Eisner Award winner David Dr. Spectrum’s homeworld, who will In Shops: 02/12/2015 Aja with the first issue drawn by fan- have to pay for his crimes...but at favorite Vanesa Del Rey! what cost to the people of Atlantis. In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 16/12/2015 10 MARVEL STAR WARS SPECIAL: NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER C-3PO James STAR WARS Robinson, Tony ANNUAL #1 STARBRAND Harris AND Follow everyone’s favorite protocol Kieron Gillen, Angel NIGHTMASK droid as he Journeys to Star Wars: Unzueta, John Cassaday #1 The Force Awakens, in this spe- Galactic espionage hits the Greg Weisman, cial one-shot leading up to his ap- Dominike pearance in the film! Just how did Empire-hard! “Domo” Threepio get a red arm, anyway? Haarkon Dak has been Stanton, Yasmine Putri Find out here as the blockbuster undercover in the Imperial creative team of James Robinson bureaucracy for years... but Two former Avengers with tremen- dous power and almost zero life and Tony Harris of DC’s Starman now, he’s the only chance reunite for the first time in nearly experience are on their own, trying two decades! to save Rebel sympathetic to find their place as heroes, - cos You may be fluent in over six mil- senators! mic entities and... college students? lion forms of communication...but In Shops: 09/12/2015 What meal plan will cover a cosmic this book is a must have in any lan- metabolism? Can two all-powerful guage! entities share a dorm room the size of roach motel? Can you safely tel- In Shops: 02/12/2015 eport to Mars after partying all night long at your first kegger? Find out in Starbrand And Nightmask! TOTALLY In Shops: 16/12/2015 AWESOME HULK #1 UNCANNY , X-MEN #1 Frank Cho Cullen Bunn, There’s a brand new Hulk in town, WEIRD Greg Land and his name is Amadeus Cho! WORLD #1 In a world that’s never hated or Get ready for the craziest Hulk story Sam feared mutants more, there is only of the millennium as a kid genius Humphries, one constant: bigger threats require decides he’s gonna be the best Mike Del more threatening X-Men. Refusing Hulk ever -- and just possibly brings Mundo to accept one more mutant death, the entire Marvel Universe crashing Imagine, being trapped in a world of the most ruthless mutants on Earth down into chaos! Totally awesome sword and sorcery. With no sword have banded together to proactively beach day! Massive monster may- and sorcery experience to speak of. mow down their enemies. But with a hem! She-Hulk and Lady Hellbend- This is the story of Becca, a girl stuck team populated by relentless killers, er! Massive heart and ridiculous ac- in Weirdworld, with only one mission: one question applies above all oth- tion brought to you by Planet Hulk get home alive! Marvel’s own twisted ers: Can they stay away from each writer Greg Pak and superstar artist fantasy realm comes alive before other’s throats long enough to sever Frank Cho! Is it possible for us to fit your eyes! Barbarians! Wizards! And their targets’? in one more exclamation point? Yes! tricked out sports cars! In Shops: 06/01/2016 In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 16/12/2015 11 DOCTOR MIRAGE: SECOND WITCH INDIES LIVES #1 FINDER NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER SNOW GENERAL #1 VALIANT BLIND #1 Jen Van Meter, DEVIL’S DUE Roberto De La BOOM! Chris Grine, Torre, Jelena Ollie Masters, Chris “Doc” Kevic-Djurdjevic Tyler Jenkins Wyatt Occult investigators Shan and Hwen What happens when you discover Recent graduate Drew Jackson’s Mirage lived their lives in the thrall your dad isn’t the man you thought dream internship at the Pentagon of an epic love that few will ever he was? For high school teen Ted- turns bizarre when he’s assigned to have... until Hwen died tragically dy, life in a sleepy suburb in Alaska “The United States Department of before his time. Now, after a peril- turns upside-down when he inno- the Witchfinder General.” Drew is ous trip through the underworld, cently posts a photo of his dad on soon swept into a world of haunted Shan and Hwen have been reunited, Facebook, only to learn he and his Amish farm houses, British Revolu- but Hwen is still an intangible spirit family are in the Witness Protection tionary War vampires, and the pissed of the dead, incapable of opening a Program. A man seeking revenge off ghost of Benjamin Franklin! spellbook or even touching his wife. invades their town, and soon FBI In Shops: 23/12/2015 Their options exhausted, the death- agents arrive, too. But what if his defying Doctors Mirage are about to dad’s reasons for going into the pro- enact a dangerous spell to restore gram aren’t as innocent as he says? Hwen’s solid form. But, in the wrong A tense noir story set in the bleak, hands, their ancient rite will become snow-covered landscape of Alaska. GFT: a tool of terror - and unleash a force In Shops: 09/12/2015 INFERNO of pure, homicidal evil that lusts RESURR- for the murder of the living and the ECTION #1 dead alike... DOC ZENESCOPE In Shops: 23/12/2015 SAVAGE: Ralph Tedesco SPIDERS Mercy Dante returns in a brand new WEB #1 epic and action-packed five part DOCTOR DYNAMITE mini-series. Ex-Assassin turned de- WHO: 12TH - Chris mon bounty-hunter, Mercy Dante, YEAR TWO Roberson, is back and better than ever. After #1 Cezar Razek, being given a second chance at life TITAN Wilfredo Torres by the ruler of the Inferno, Lucifer, Robbie Morrison, While responding to a devastat- Mercy’s been tasked with hunting Rachael Stott, ing earthquake in South America, demons who’ve escaped from hell Alice X Zhang Doc Savage and company discover and returning them to where they The Golden Years of the Doctor and that not only was the disaster far belong. Meanwhile, she’s teamed Clara begin, as the twelfth Doctor from natural, but that it seems to be up with a couple of new compan- comics leap into Series 9! Writer linked to a menace that Doc faced ions whose job it is to keep Los Robbie Morrison is back with a year- many years before. As he begins Angeles demon-free. But as Mercy long extravaganza that kicks off to investigate, Doc discovers that a acclimates to her new life, she must with an excellent jumping-on point number of closed cases that he had begin to answer for the sins from for new readers, while Rachael Stott considered to be isolated threats her past while tracking a serial killer (Star Trek) joins us as the new regu- were in fact part of a larger web that who may be more powerful than lar series artist! he never suspected before now. any she’s ever confronted. 12 In Shops: 23/12/2015 In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 30/12/2015 X-O STREET MANOWAR FIGHTER MUNCHKIN: COMM- UNLIMITED DECK THE ANDER #1 DUNGEONS INDIES NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR DECEMBER TRILL #0 UDON #1 VALIANT Ken Siu- BOOM! Robert Venditti, Chong, Jim Katie Cook, Francis Portela, Zub, Joe Ng, Mike Luckas, Phil Jimenez Edwin Huang Ian McGinty All-new jumping-on point! The ori- Street Fighter monthly comics are There’s nothing better than getting gin of X-O Manowar’s unrelenting back! Gearing up for the release a ton of loot during the holidays, arch enemy... told for the very first of Street Fighter V in 2016, Udon and we can always count on Spyke time! launches an all-new monthly comic and Flower to make the Yuletide a From Aric of Dacia’s escape with book series that will pack in more little more interesting! the X-O Manowar armor to the de- adrenaline, more battles, and more Charles Dickens is turning in his struction of his own home world, characters than ever before! A new grave as Katie Cook (My Little pain and consequence have haunt- era for the undisputed king of fight- Pony: Friendship Is Magic) and ed the life of the alien general called ing games begins here! Mike Luckas (Skull Kickers) put a Commander Trill. Now, on the eve In Shops: 09/12/2015 Munchkin-sized spin on A Christ- of the most devastating assault mas Carol. yet, find out why with an essen- Tour the Dungeons of Past, Pre- tial, standalone zero issue detailing sent, and Future! No one learns the battle-scarred life and origin of anything, obviously, except to pil- the Vine’s mightiest military lead- PRECINCT #1 lage, steal and stab others in the er... and an all-new prelude to X-O back in the spirit of Christmas. Manowar’s most terrifying clash of DYNAMITE In Shops: 02/12/2015 the year! Frank J. Barbiere, In Shops: 02/12/2015 Crizam Zamora, Joe Benitez In the sprawling, steampunk me- GARFIELD’S tropolis of the big city, it’s up to CHEESY THE TROOP one group to keep the peace and HOLIDAY #1 #1 uphold the law-the officers of The BOOM! TITAN Precinct! Mortimer Hill is a veteran Mark Evanier, Noel Clarke, officer who has busted his fair share Scott Nickel, Joshua of criminals, but when mechanical Andy Hirsch, David DeGrand Cassara monsters start causing trouble he’ll Across the planet and unknown need to use all his wits (and brawn!) The Fat Cat makes the perfect to each other, a group of troubled to get to the heart of the mystery. lasagna-stuffed stocking stuffer teenagers lead lives of quiet des- Along with his new partner-a rep- in this oversized holiday one-shot peration. But hell is about to befall resentative from the enigmatic Al- from some of our favorite Garfield them and they find their lives- de chemy Academy-Mort will face the pals! stroyed when they are targeted by biggest case of his career-and the It’s time for the not-so-classic sto- dark forces. On the run, they dis- most dangerous! Join writer Frank ry of “The Lasagna Monster That cover they have unbelievable pow- J. Barbiere and Crizam Zamora on Stole Christmas,” where the Lasa- ers and must come together as The an action-packed, steampunk ad- gna Monster steals all the lasagna Troop! venture full of mystery and magic! in the world on Christmas Day! In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 09/12/2015 13 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM DECEMBER ONWARDS...

GRAYSON VOL.1: AGENTS CIVIL GHOST OF SPRYAL WAR (HC) WHERE IS BUSTERS: DC NEW PRINT JAKE ELLIS? GET REAL Seeley, King, MARVEL IMAGE IDW Janin, Mooney, Millar, McNiven, Edmondson, Burnham, Robinson Vines, Hollowell Zonjic Schoening

As Dick Grayson digs into Spyral Whose side are you on? In the wake Jon Moore and Jake Ellis are back. When a confrontation with the elder and learns about his new partner, of a superhuman tragedy, Capitol The sequel to the Eisner-nomi- God goes awry, Peter, Ray, Helena Bertinelli, how can he keep Hill proposes the Superhuman Reg- nated Who Is Jake Ellis? finds the Winston, and Egon will meet... the track of all the lies? istration Act, requiring all costumed American spy now without his in- Real Ghostbusters! Plus: Dick Grayson goes toe-to-toe heroes to unmask themselves be- visible guide, but their enemies are In Shops: 09/12/2015 with the ! fore the United States government. still after them. Where is Jake, and Divided, the nation’s greatest cham- Collects Grayson #1-4, a story from will Jon find him in time to stop pions must each decide how to re- Secret Origins #7 and Grayson: Fu- The Facility from furthering their act - a decision that will alter the VOL.1: tures End #1. designs? GODDESS OF course of their lives forever! Captain In Shops: 20/01/2016 Collects Where Is Jake Ellis #1-5. THUNDER America rejects the Act and goes MARVEL underground, Iron Man steps up to In Shops: 03/02/2016 Aaron, spearhead the registration effort - Dauterman, and Marvel’s heroes split right down Molina the middle! BUFFY SEASON 10 Collecting Civil War (2006) #1-7 and BATMAN: Mjolnir lies on the moon, unable to VOL.4: OLD Marvel Spotlight: /Steve ARKHAM be lifted! The secrets of Original Sin DEMONS McNiven. KNIGHT VOL.1 DARK HORSE DC have left the God of Thunder un- In Shops: 06/04/2016 worthy for the first time! But when Gage, Isaacs, Tomasi, Morris Bogdanovic, Frost Giants invade Earth, a new Thibert, Rauch hand will grasp the hammer - and a WALKING mysterious woman will take up the Buffy needs serious backup. DEAD mantle of the mighty Thor! Who is With an ultimate Big Bad, Ar- OMNIBUS Collecting the first four issues of this new Goddess of Thunder? Not chaeus, connected to so many VOL.6 (HC) the new series! even knows... but she may be from the Slayer’s past, she’s call- IMAGE The Joker is dead. Arkham City is Earth’s only hope against the Frost ing in reinforcements-and saying to Kirkman, Adlard, closed. As a new day begins, Bruce Giants! Get ready for a Thor like hell with the awkward consequenc- Stewart, Various Wayne finds himself in devastating you’ve never seen before, as this es. As the gang get closer to Ar- pain, recovering from his injuries all-new heroine takes Midgard by chaeus, the extent of his plans and This deluxe hardcover features is- and questioning whether his role ! Plus: the Odinson doesn’t their connection to the new rules of sues #121-144 of the hit series, The as Batman is still necessary to the like that someone else is holding magic are revealed. Walking Dead, along with the cov- city’s survival. his hammer... and now it’s Thor vs. Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ers for the issues all in one massive, But can even death keep The Joker Thor! Season 10 #16-#20. oversized slipcased volume. from tormenting the Dark Knight? Collecting Thor (2014) #1-5. 14 In Shops: 10/02/2016 In Shops: 02/12/2015 In Shops: 06/01/2016 In Shops: 20/01/2016 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM DECEMBER ONWARDS...

TEENAGE BARB WIRE MUTANT NINJA VOL.1: STEEL TURTLES: HARBOR CASEY AND SUNSTONE BLUES STAR WARS: APRIL VOL.4 DARK HORSE LANDO IDW IMAGE Warner, Olliffe, MARVEL Tamaki, Koh Sejic Nguyen, Hughes Soule, Maleev

Casey and April take a road trip to Meet a girl online: check! Befriend Hard as nails and hot as hell, ba- You know him, you love him - now, the southwest to dig up more clues and flirt for two months online: dass bounty hunter Barb Wire rides join him for his biggest caper ever about the mysterious Pantheon check! Know her in person for two the meanest streets of America’s as master of charm Lando Calris- that has seemingly been pulling the weeks: check! Move in together! toughest town: Steel Harbor, USA. sian steps into his very own high- strings on the Turtles’ lives from the Well...this can only end well! This is Barb tracks gangsters who can stakes adventure! beginning. the big one, people! In fact, it’s so punch through walls and crush Before he joined the rebellion, be- They will find even deeper mys- big we had to up the page count! cars like beer cans, but it’s a living. fore he ran Cloud City, Lando made tery, unexpected danger, and start In Shops: 30/12/2015 Call her a bitch-just don’t call her his way in the galaxy getting by on a new chapter in their relationship. babe! some swindles, some swagger and Collects the 4-issue miniseries Collects Barb Wire #1-4. a smile. With the loyal Lobot at his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ca- side, Lando has a plan to steal a DEADPOOL’S In Shops: 17/02/2016 sey And April. SECRET very valuable ship. But has he bitten off more than he can chew? It’s the In Shops: 16/12/2015 SECRET WARS MARVEL tale of a scoundrel in his natural ele- Bunn, Shooter, ment: trouble! Lolli, Harris, Collecting Lando #1-5. Various SHOWCASE PRESENTS: In Shops: 20/01/2016 BATMAN MY LITTLE Official Secret Wars tie-in! Well, not VOL.6 PONY: A DC CANTERLOT that Secret Wars - we’re talking the WEDDING original epic from 1984! But wait, O’Neil, Robbins, SHERLOCK Adams, Various IDW Deadpool wasn’t in that series, right? HOLMES: Wrong! Prepare to learn the terrifying CRIME ALLEYS Various (HC) truth as the team behind Deadpool In this new collection of tales from DARK HORSE Killustrated reveals the crucial role Batman #229-244 and Detective The celebrated animated series the Merc with a Mouth played on Comics #408-426, Batman returns Cordurie, Nespolino comes to bookshelves! the ’s Battleworld! A role to his roots as the Dark Knight De- Revisit the habitants of Eques- so secret, the rest of Marvel’s super tective, operating on his own in tria and learn about the magic that heroes don’t even remember it! Pre- the shadows of Gotham City. With When members of England’s literati friendship brings in this adaptation pare to discover how the sassin’ as- Robin away in college, Batman begin disappearing without ransom of the television series. sassin saved the universe! faces new foes and old, includ- or a trace, Sherlock Holmes springs This volume adapts the season two Collecting Deadpool’s Secret Se- ing Two-Face, Man-Bat and Ra’s into action! But the mastermind be- finale-event, “A Canterlot Wed- cret Wars #1-4 and Marvel Super al Ghul, making his debut appear- hind the abductions may prove too ding,” parts 1 and 2. Heroes Secret Wars #1. ance. cunning even for the great detective! In Shops: 16/12/2015 In Shops: 06/01/2016 In Shops: 20/01/2016 In Shops: 03/02/2016 15 BIFF’S BIT Email Biff here: [email protected]

actually want to know more about. a chance to assess whether you background detail. The Cosmic So a quick push for a Biff ‘10’ book This is my favourite and gets ‘10’ want to expand your reads. An- ‘’ is summoning an ec- - Paper Girls #1. This is the new from Biff. other ‘9’ from Biff. lectic mix of heroes and villains for series from Brian K. Vaughan and has a lovely recap Avengers #0 runs through the vari- his ‘death matches’. Putting heroes is a unique story. It opens with a THOUGHTS ON of his origin using original Ditko ous Avenger teams in a unique into a situation where they have to group of paper girls meeting up on art from Strange Tales, albeit ob- and compelling manner as a story kill is not my idea of a fun comic. I their paper round, nothing unusual FIRST WAVE scured slightly by the modern. The told from the perspective of Night- want - nay need - my heroes to be here. They get harangued by some OF MARVEL new Stephen Strange is more flip- Hawk and the Squadron Supreme. better than that and it is decidedly belligerent young males, nothing pant with a slightly cockier attitude The Squadron are going to be on not for all ages. I give it a ‘4’. unusual here. They get hassled by a bigoted cop, par for the course. RELAUNCH 2015 than I am used to from the Sorcerer my ‘must read’ list as they are the A creditable start and it bodes well Along the way you get to know the Supreme. The story is a full, com- good guys, but will cross the line if for the titles that are to follow. I am thoroughly enjoying Secret cast and care within a few pages. Wars. It is beautifully drawn, ex- Then they find a spooky alien ma- pertly paced and full of characteri- chine in a basement and the fun sation and intrigue. It seemed like begins. The art is clear and defined a perfect way to line up the launch and while the background is a bit of the All-New All-Different Marvel lacking, the colouring is excellent. Universe. Then it became delayed! Yes, the comic is fun and has a As issue #6 hit the shelves (another nice hook at the end to make you excellent read), so did half a dozen want to buy issue #2. So, get out of the new series. Doubly strange/ there and buy it for a nice change annoying is that Marvel have now of pace and a refreshing art style. extended the series to 9 issues! Mission for the month: Casu- Like everyone else I cannot hold off ally drop into conversation ideas reading the new releases as I wait derived from comics and mention for the full 9 issues of Secret Wars their source. I was heartened to to finally come in. hear on the Graham Norton Show, So, what did I think? pelling read even if the art doesn’t necessary to protect Earth and the during one of his interviews, com- Invincible Iron Man, superb. The art quite fit my visions of ‘mystical’. universe. We see the Squadron ap- HOWEVER ics and graphic novels just men- tioned in passing. No big push, just has clear, defined black lines and This gets a ‘9’ from Biff. praise all the Avenger teams and COMICS ARE nice to see that graphic novels and the characters are uniquely drawn decide on how, if necessary, they Amazing Spider-Man is it’s usual comics are slowly becoming part of so there is no difficulty knowing would deal with them or work with NOT ALL excellent self. is still at the general media scene! who is who. Every panel is a delight the top of his game. Peter Parker is them as the situation dictates. As an and needs to be savoured for a SUPERHEROES not the old, down on his luck char- introduction the Avengers’ world, it moment or two before reading. The is first class and can help you de- I know that once again I have fo- acter I am more familiar with, but cussed on a mainstream company, opening story is full of intrigue and cide on which titles to buy or not to clearly defines the new character of despite my reservations, the story however while Marvel and DC do buy. This gets an ‘8’ from Biff. Iron Man, much improved from Su- pulled me in and was thoroughly sell the most comics, they do not perior Iron Man. Madame Masque enjoyable. Then it has a back-up The weakest of the bunch is Con- sell the most graphic novels (well, returns and is brought to life as a section showcasing the other Spi- test Of . The art is lack as far as ACE is concerned they do cold, calculating main villain you der family titles which gives you lustre computer art with minimal not). 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