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INSIDE... SCARED MUCH?... IT’S IDW’S V-WARS! ESSENTIAL HISTORY BOOK... CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for April: Dark Horse PAGE 04... New Series and One-Shots for April: DC Comics PAGE 05... New Series and One-Shots for April: IDW Publishing PAGE 06... New Series and One-Shots for April: Image Comics PAGE 07... New Series and One-Shots for April: PAGE 08... New Series and One-Shots for April: Marvel Comics PAGE 09... New Series and One-Shots for April: Independent Publishers PAGE 10... Novel Ideas - Part One PAGE 11... Novel Ideas - Part Two PAGE 12... Biff’s Bit: Peter Parker Returns PAGE 13... History Books - ‘Essential Marvel Two-In-One Vol.4’ 02 1 FOR $1: EMILY AND DARK HORSE STRANGERS NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR APRIL ELTINGVILLE #1 CLUB Rob Reger, Mariah Huehner, (ONE-SHOT) Emily Ivie, Buzz Evan Dorkin Parker After twenty years, three Eisner With the help of her trio of trouble- CONAN THE Awards, and a smattering of hate making cats, Emily is determined AVENGER #1 mail, the Eltingville Comic Book, Sci- to make the most rockin’ song the ence-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and world has ever known and win a leg- Fred Van Lente, Brian Ching, Iain Role-Playing Club is finally breaking endary haunted guitar . . . but can McCaig up. When Bill’s dream job in a comic she do it ? Only one thing is for shop turns into a nightmare for the sure-what Emily wants, Emily gets . . Nursing his broken heart, Conan club, more than bridges and mem- . sometimes. drinks himself into a stupor in the trou- bership cards are burned in a fiery, In Shops: 16/04/2014 bled city of Shumballa- until a brazen fan-tastic finale! act of thievery launches the Cimmeri- In Shops: 23/04/2014 an into a wild hunt and a supernatural adventure! In Shops: 23/04/2014

STAR WARS REBEL HEIST 1 FOR $1: #1 (OF 4) ITTY BITTY EDGAR #1 ALLAN POE’S Matt Kindt, Marco Castiello, Art Baltazar, PREMATURE Dan Parsons, Franco BURIAL Adam Hughes (ONE-SHOT) Who is Hellboy anyway? Why does A young Rebel meets one of the Al- he have such a big hand and what Richard Corben ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #1 liance’s best for his first mission. But is it used for? Who’s weirder, him or Victor Gischler, Will Conrad, Scott Fischer The fear of being buried alive is pre- the young man’s hero worship is his friends? What is the B.P.R.D.? sented in two horrifying Poe adapta- crushed by the reality of Han Solo. A And what does chicken soup have Angel’s work is never done. During than Angel? At least, that’s what he tions by Eisner Hall of Fame induct- botched escape, a ship that doesn’t to do with all of it? All this and more his most recent world saving, a part thinks. Meanwhile, Faith starts a ee Richard Corben-”The Premature work-could it be that Solo is just a is answered in this premium-priced of London was transformed and new chapter in her life-slaying zom- Burial” and “The Cask of Amontil- lucky bumbler whose luck has run debut issue where BIG things hap- flooded with magic. Who better to pires alongside Buffy?! lado.” out? pen to itty bitty Hellboy! watch over this magical community In Shops: 02/04/2014 In Shops: 02/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 02/04/2014

03 AQUAMAN AND THE DC OTHERS #1 NEW SERIES AND ONE- SHOTS FOR APRIL Dan Jurgens, Lan Medina, Edgar UNITED #0 Tadeo, Ivan Reis, Jeff Lemire, Mike Joe Prado McKone A “Futures End” prelude! Spinning Top comics writer Jeff Lemire teams out of Aquaman, the King of Atlantis VERTIGO QUARTERLY #1: CYAN with superstar artist Mike McKone and his teammates find themselves The four colors that are the basis of best talents in comics - a who’s who for the all-new monthly series Jus- targeted by an unknown foe that comics coloring serve as the jump- of creative minds. Jock, Fabio Moon, tice League United, starring the new wants their Atlantean artifacts! Don’t ing-off point for creators to push the James Tynion IV, Robert Rodi, Shaun team of powerful heroes Earth calls miss the start of this all-new series! boundaries of short graphic fiction Simon, Amy Chu, Joe Keatinge, Cris Justice League Canada! In Shops: 02/04/2014 in the new Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK Peter, Tony Akins and more will take In the aftermath of Forever Evil, Adam series. Starting with stunningly sim- on the challenge of telling compel- Strange is caught up in an adventure ple, bold covers, CMYK will defy ling stories that scream cool “blue.” across the far reaches of the cosmos all conventions of traditional com- Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK will con- that will unite an unexpected team ics anthologies. The unifying color tinue through 2014 with Magenta of heroes including Supergirl, Hawk- could suggest a mood, a plot point, in summer, Yellow in fall and finally man, Green Arrow, Stargirl, Martian BATWOMAN a coloring technique - limited only by Black in winter. Be prepared to see Manhunter and Animal Man - but if ANNUAL #1 the imagination of the fantastic crea- color as only Vertigo can deliver! they’re on the team, who exactly is tors we’ve lined up. And starting with Canadian? Plus: Don’t miss the de- Marc Andreyko, In Shops: 30/04/2014 Trevor McCarthy Cyan, we have tales by some of the but of a new Canadian hero who will have a huge effect on the group! Batwoman vs. Mr. Bones! Will the In Shops: 23/04/2014 DEO triumph over Kate, or will she cross the line and free herself for good! Lingering questions are an- swered as long-standing conflicts reach their final resolutions. In Shops: 30/04/2014 SMALLVILLE SEASON 11: FOREVER SECRET LANTERN #1 EVIL ETERNAL #1 ORIGINS #1 (OF 4) SINESTRO #1 AFTERMATH Scott Snyder, Bryan Q. Miller, Cullen Bunn, Antony Bedard, Dale Eaglesham BATMAN VS Fabok, Kyle Higgins, Marcio Takara, Various Cat Staggs BANE #1 Paulo Siqueira, Thaal Sinestro has lost everything he’s Peter J. Tomasi, Don’t dare miss the start of the Bat- Will Conrad, Lee The Green Lantern ring for space ever loved: his home, his family, his Bermajo Scot Eaton, story so big it’s going to take every sector 2813 was inactive for years af- only friend. But no matter how desper- Jaime Mendoza week of the month to tell! A mas- At last, the Secret Origins of the ter Krypton’s end, until the creation of ate he becomes, Sinestro will never be The title says it all! Forever Evil is sive cast of Gotham City’s best (and World’s Greatest Heroes in The New the Argo colony recalled it to service. without fear...a lesson his one-time ally, over! Now, Batman has returned to worst) examines the relationship be- 52 can be revealed! This new series As none of Zod’s followers are suit- one-time enemy Lyssa Drak is eager take Gotham City back - by force! tween Batman, his allies and his city. gets off to an awesome start with the able candidates, the ring’s search to teach him! Can he take back the The only thing standing in his way? In this debut issue, Commissioner origins of The Last Son of Krypton brings it to the nearest Kryptonian despicable Yellow Lantern Corps? Or Bane! Get ready for the grudge James Gordon is caught on the and Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, plus the it can recruit! Smallville Season 11 does the universe have a new destiny match of the year! wrong side of the law! first Robin, Dick Grayson. continues in “Lantern” part 1 of 4! in mind for Sinestro? In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 09/04/2014 In Shops: 23/04/2014 In Shops: 16/04/2014 In Shops: 16/04/2014 04 IDW NEW SERIES AND ONE- TRANS- SHOTS FOR APRIL DANGER FORMERS: 7TH GIRL: WINDBLADE SWORD #1 MAY DAY #1 #1 (OF 4) John Raffo, (OF 4) Mairghread Nelson Blake II, Andy Hartnell, Scott, Sarah Andrew John Royle, José Stone, Casey W. COVER Robinson Marzan Coller STAR: Daniel Cray-a samurai mercenary- An all-new cast of sinister characters! Who is Windblade? In the aftermath V-WARS #1 stumbles upon the legendary city of Secrets from Deuce’s past! And the of Dark Cybertron, Windblade takes Jonathan ZenZion, a mysterious desert outpost shocking return of the deadliest (and the planet by storm. But where did Maberry, Alan under siege from a vicious warlord. sexiest!) Danger Girl villain of all-time! she come from-and what does her Robinson, Ryan The peace-loving citizenry beg Cray Fans of the original and best-selling secret mean to the future of the Trans- Brown to defend them... forcing Cray to re- Danger Girl series can’t miss what’s formers? A powerful new chapter in When a sniper’s bullet kills the pro- luctantly draw his deadly “Malathane” sure to be the wildest adventure of the the Transformers saga begins here! peace Speaker of the House and a sword one last time to battle a relent- year! Plus... a mysterious Major lurks In Shops: 30/04/2014 terrorist vampire cell takes credit, the less army of robots and their savage in the wings! Vampire War erupts hotter and blood- masters. Science Fiction meets Samu- In Shops: 23/04/2014 ier than ever. Join IDW and New York rai in an epic new adventure from John Times best-selling author, Jonathan Raffo (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story). Maberry, as we take you on a non- In Shops: 30/04/2014 stop thrill ride of action, horror and X-FILES suspense! Welcome to the V-Wars! ANNUAL In Shops: 30/04/2014 2014 STAR Frank Spotnitz, Stuart Sayger, MAGE #1 Andrew Currie, JC De La Torre , Sam Shearon, DEXTER’S Ray Dillon Various TEENAGE 24 #1 LABORATORY Part One: “Darien”-JC De La Torre, The X-Files writer/producer Frank MUTANT Ed Brisson, Michael #1 (OF 4) NINJA author of the critically acclaimed nov- Spotnitz returns with an untold tale Gaydos, Davide Furnò Derek Fridolfs, el Ancient Rising, gives us a new fu- from Mulder and Scully’s first stint with Ryan Jampole TURTLES sion of Science Fiction and Magic in the FBI. When a man returns from the ANNUAL 2014 Jack Bauer lives again! Before Everyone’s favorite boy-genius re- Star Mage. In issue one, Darien Con- dead with a warning for his wife, the Kevin Eastman, the Emmy Award-winning dra- turns to comics! Dexter has reached nors discovers he’s not from Earth, agents investigate and cross paths Tom Waltz ma returns to your television with the pinnacle of his greatest scientific has strange magical powers and is with a very peculiar priest. And in the The Turtles are whisked away to an- Live Another Day, find out what experiment-one that will gift him with the key in an ancient war between second story, Cerebus creator Dave other dimension by a stranger-Renet! the heroic agent has been up to infinite clarity and superhuman intel- two alien races of necromancers. Sim writes his first-ever The X-Files Forced to fight for their survival in a in the several years following the lect beyond all mankind. But with eve- Like Harry Potter meets the Last Star- story and first scripted licensed work tournament featuring the greatest events of the final season. Re- ry precaution in place, will he be able fighter, Star Mage offers wizard bat- in... forever? with “Talk to the Hand,” warriors in the universe, the brothers starting the clock on the high-oc- to finish it before his meddling sister tles with a side of spaceship warfare, a nightmarish tale starring a sleeping will have to master new fighting tech- tane saga are writing sensation Dee Dee ruins everything...AGAIN?! alien worlds and weird creatures. Dana Scully! niques and forge new alliances. But Ed Brisson (Secret Avengers) In Shops: 23/04/2014 In Shops: 23/04/2014 In Shops: 23/04/2014 with the deck stacked against them, and nominee Mi- their chance of survival is slim! chael Gaydos (Alias). In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 23/04/2014 05 GENESIS (ONE-SHOT) ‘68: RULE OF DREAM WAR #1 POLICE #1 Nathan FIELD #1 (OF 4) J. Michael Edmondson, Mark Kidwell, (OF 4) SHUTTER #1 Straczynski, Alison Jeff Zornow, Jay Ed Brisson, Joe Keatinge, Sid Kotian, Bill Sampson Fotos, Nat Jones Simon Roy Leila Del Farmer A trippy journey of creation and In a doom-shadowed Cambodia in- A man wakes in a field wearing noth- Indiana Jones for the 21st century! Dream Police Detectives Joe Thurs- destruction as one man finds fested with the living dead, CIA Spe- ing but his underwear. He’s got no Marvel Knights: Hulk and Glory day and Frank Stanford have been himself with the ability to mani- cial Agent Declan Rule and his ca- idea who he is or how he got there. writer Joe Keatinge teams up with partners for as long as they can re- nine companion Nero stalk a human His only connection to the outside member, patrolling the alternate uni- fest anything by thinking it-only artist extraordinaire Leila Del Duca monster, a neurosurgeon bent on world is a cell phone that receives for her Image Comics debut in an verse of dreams, nightmares, and to learn that with seemingly un- carrying out grisly experiments that mysterious texts warning him of im- all-new ongoing series combining the great void beyond, an alternate limited power comes unstop- turn P.O.W.s into vicious instruments pending danger. Danger like Chris- the urban fantasy of and the but very real dimension of change- pable terror. of war. In Vietnam, Private Kuen Yam tian, an ex-Bible salesman in the globe-spanning adventure of Y: The lings, echoes, wisps, ethers, and In Shops: 16/04/2014 and his ragtag band of survivors bat- middle of a crime spree fueled by Last Man. Kate Kristopher, once the nightwalkers, those who died in their tle their way across a murderous no- Christian Rock, dirty sex, meth, mur- most famous explorer of an Earth far sleep and wander the dreamscape man’s-land in a desperate search for der, and keeping this underwear- more fantastic than the one we know, forever. They’ve seen it all. But when a ticket to the skies. The war is over, clad, nameless, and past-less man is forced to return to the adventurous Frank steps away and disappears... but the battle for humanity’s surviv- close by his side. life she left behind when a family se- and the woman who returns says al has just begun. Courage will be In Shops: 02/04/2014 cret threatens to destroy everything she’s Joe’s partner, that she’s al- tested, sanity will be pushed to the she spent her life protecting. ways been Joe’s partner...he begins breaking point and the rules of war... In Shops: 09/04/2014 a journey into the unknown that will will be broken. shake down to its very In Shops: 02/04/2014 foundations. In Shops: 30/04/2014 SOUTHERN BASTARDS #1 SHOTGUN Jason Aaron , WEDDING #1 Jason Latour (OF 4) Welcome to Craw County, Alabama, William Harms, Edward Pun SELF home of Boss BBQ, the state cham- OBSESSED pion Runnin’ Rebs football team... Mike Stone wants nothing more than and more bastards than you’ve ever to marry the woman of his dreams. (ONE-SHOT) IMAGE seen. When you’re an angry old man Denise is smart, sexy, teaches the Sina Grace NEW SERIES AND ONE- like Earl Tubb, the only way to survive second grade, and loves Mike more For fans of his gothic-tinged retail SHOTS FOR APRIL a place like this...is to carry a really than anything in the world. What she hell graphic novel Not My Bag, Sina big stick. doesn’t know is that Mike is one of Grace (Li’l Depressed Boy, Burn The From the acclaimed team of Jason the world’s top assassins and was Orphanage) presents a collection Aaron and Jason Latour, the same once engaged to a fellow assassin of rare and never-before-seen auto- bastards who brought you Scalped named Chloe. And when Mike aban- biographical strips! Packed with new and Wolverine: Japan’s Most Want- doned Chloe on their wedding day, stories for this edition, Self-Obsessed ed, comes a southern fried crime se- she vowed revenge... is packed with quirky and humorous ries that’s like the Dukes of Hazzard This April, treat yourself to an issue of insights about comics, love, dreams, meets the Coen Brothers...on meth. Shotgun Wedding each Wednesday! and, of course, frenemies. In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 02/04/2014 In Shops: 02/04/2014 06 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 CAPTAIN Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos AMERICA: The Greatest Super Hero of All Time returns! WINTER The world may have changed since Spidey’s been SOLDIER #1 gone, but so has Peter Parker. This is a man with a (DIRECTOR’S HULK #1 second chance at life, and he’s not wasting a moment CUT) , Mark ELEKTRA #1 of it. Same Parker Luck, new Parker attitude. Putting , Bagley, Jerome Haden Blackman, the “friendly” back in the neighborhood, the “hero” back Steve Epting Opena Mike Del Mundo into “super hero,” and the “amazing” back into “Spider- Go behind the scenes of the classic All-new direction! The epic “Banner Witness the beautifully violent return Man!” Also returning: The recharged and reenergized story that inspired Marvel’s Captain D.O.A.” Begins NOW!!! of the world’s deadliest assassin. A Electro! America: The Winter Soldier. The Following the shocking events of last life spent in silent pain has led Ele- In Shops: 30/04/2014 Red Skull lays the groundwork for month’s Indestructible Hulk finale, ktra to the precipice of despair. As his most devastating attack ever on Bruce Banner lies at death’s door! If he she prepares to shed her past and Captain America and the land he survives, it won’t be as the Bruce Ban- take her next step, everything you holds dear - and with the Cosmic ner we’ve known! How will the Hulk know about her will change! Death is Cube in his possession, how can wreak vengeance on Banner’s assail- no escape, but she will find her way Cap hope to stop him? Find out in the ant? How can he? as a new option opens up that will shocking twist-ending you won’t see In Shops: 16/04/2014 take Elektra to places no other Mar- coming. This special edition comes vel character can go. packed with bonus material includ- In Shops: 23/04/2014 ing the complete for the issue, Ed Brubaker’s original series propos- al, Winter Soldier concept sketches and preview pages from Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Art Of The Movie HC. ALL NEW In Shops: 02/04/2014 ULTIMATES #1 Michel Fiffe, X-MEN Amilcar Pinna, LEGACY #1 MARVEL’S David Nakayama GUARDIANS , The next generation of Ultimates is Todd Nauck, OF THE Chris Samnee GALAXY here!!! Spider-Man, Black Widow, PRELUDE #1 Kitty Pryde, Bombshell, Cloak & Nightcrawler is back! (OF 2) Dagger officially unite to tackle the Newly-returned from the afterlife, vet- vicious, rampant crime wave over- Dan Abnett, eran X-Man Kurt Wagner finds him- Andy Lanning, taking Hell’s Kitchen! Diamond- self in a world that’s a far cry from Wellington Alves back leads the teen gang, the the one he left: Professor Xavier is Serpent Skulls, as they run West dead, Cyclops is on the run, and the Get ready for Marvel’s Guardians Of Midtown’s drug and weapons trade X-Men are divided. But determined The Galaxy with an all-new comic & deal in murderous citywide terror! not to let his new lease on life go to book prelude-written by cosmic leg- Detective Brigid O’Reilly and her waste, Nightcrawler hits the road ends Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning! anti-gang unit are on the hunt for alongside Wolverine, eager to right Who is Nebula? What tragic events a serial mask killer called Scourge; some wrongs and safeguard the fu- forged her unbreakable allegiance they get close but not without some ture mutantkind...and he’s going to to her dark lord? Find out here! casualties! do it by the means he loves most: Plus: Gamora! Korath! And more Written by Michel Fiffe, the creator of swashbuckling, lady-charming and- MARVEL from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! the acclaimed indie series Copra. of course-BAMFing! NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR APRIL In Shops: 02/04/2014 In Shops: 09/04/2014 In Shops: 09/04/2014 07 MARVEL DEADPOOL NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR APRIL VS CARNAGE #1 (OF 4) Cullen Bunn, Salva Espin, ALL NEW WHAT IF: DOOP #1 AGE OF Two red-suited madmen for the price (OF 5) ULTRON #1 of one! That’s right-good crazy vs. Peter Milligan, (OF 5) bad crazy, once and for all! And you David Lafuente, Joe Keatinge, can bet it’s gonna be a bloody one! Laura Allred, Raffaele Ienco. In Shops: 02/04/2014 Michael Allred Chris Stevens Living in the margins of the X-Men, In Age of Ultron, a time-travelling Doop has freaked out X-Men and Wolverine killed Hank Pym before he readers alike. However, when he could create the world-conquering gets deeply involved in X-Men busi- Ultron. What would the Marvel Uni- ness (and in the personal life of Kitty verse look like if another founding ULTIMATE Pryde!), Doop will be thrust into the Avenger had been killed instead? FF #1 ORIGINAL SIN #0 spotlight. This adventure will prove A world without the Wasp brings a Joshua Hale Mark Waid, Jim Cheung that Doop is, in fact, the most power- world where Hank Pym created an Fialkov, Mario ful X-Man! Written by co-creator Peter Ultron even more heinous than the Guevara, Mike McKone Milligan and innovative interior art by one we know! David Lafuente (Avengers, Ultimate In Shops: 02/04/2014 Sue Storm, Tony Stark, Machine Man Spider-Man)! and Sam Wilson face the oncoming In Shops: 09/04/2014 destruction. A mysterious new mem- ber will join their ranks, whether they like it or not. Hint: They will not. It’s the prologue In Shops: 16/04/2014 to the biggest Marvel IRON FIST: series of the summer! LIVING Who is The Watcher? WEAPON #1 That’s what Nova is wondering after his INHUMAN #1 Kaare Andrews latest brush with the moon-dwelling enigma UNCANNY he’s encountered before! But what he discovers will Charles Soule, High above the city, in a multi-mil- Joe Madureira have a profound effect on the young hero, as well as lion dollar penthouse, Danny Rand, AVENGERS ANNUAL #1 priming the pump for the most cataclysmic event in The newest super heroes of the Mar- a.k.a. Iron Fist, “The Living Weapon,” Marvel history! What did he see? vel Universe are born! A cloud of is haunted by the consequences of Rick Remender, Terrigen mist is moving around the choosing death over life. A message Paul Renaud, In Shops: 16/04/2014 Arthur Adams world turning regular people into In- from Iron Fist’s mystical homeland of humans with amazing powers. But K’un-Lun brings Danny back to his When the producers of the Mojo- not everyone thinks this is a good blood soaked origin of betrayal and verse can’t make a hit series they thing. Discover the secret history of vengeance! Revenge is a weapon call on Mojo to gather an all-new, all- the Marvel Universe and get in at the that cuts both ways... Will Danny creepy Avengers!Can the Uncanny ground floor of the next big Marvel survive the bloodletting? A one-of-a- Avengers survive the wrath of an un- franchise! kind kung fu action epic! leashed Spirit of Vengeance? In Shops: 02/04/2014 In Shops: 09/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 08 VAMPLETS: UNDEAD PET HEROBEAR SOCIETY #1 AND THE ACTION LAB INDIES NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR APRIL KID: SAVING Gayle Middleton, TIME #1 LOLA XOXO Dave Dwonch, (OF 5) #1 Amanda Coronado, Bill BOOM! ASPEN Blankenship Mike Kunkel Siya Oum The Legend of the Ghost Pony be- Tyler and Herobear are back in an In the “Wasteland”, Lola, a young gins here in this terrifyingly sweet all-new original adventure! woman with a resolve fortified by a installment from Hasbro designer/ Henry, the family’s magical butler, is lifetime of survival on her own, must illustrator of My Little Pony Gayle missing!! It’s up to Tyler and Hero- journey across the nuclear-decimat- Middleton! Ghost Ponies have been bear to figure out what happened to ed United States in order to find the the harbingers of the weird for years. their friend... only they might learn a family that was taken from her! As Whenever they appear, creatures lot moreabout Henry than they ini- her quest for the truth begins, Lola near have disappeared, never to tially thought... and be forced to get uncovers the true inhumanity of the return. Where do they come from? help from an unsuspected source. Apocalypse, as those who seek to What is their terrible secret? And hold power in a new frontier, will do so In Shops: 02/04/2014 what is the Ghost Pony’s connection at all bloody costs-including her life! to a vampyre baby named Lily Rose In Shops: 09/04/2014 Shadowlyn? Find out in this all new adventure! In Shops: 30/04/2014 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SIX #1 (OF 5) DYNAMITE CALIBAN #1 DEAD J. T. Krul, Igor Vitorino, Jenny Frison LUMBER- AVATAR LETTERS #1 JANES #1 Don’t miss this exciting chapter in Battlestar Galactica lore as the early Garth Ennis, BOOM! (OF 8) origins of Number Six are explored. In developing the next generation Facundo Percio Christopher BOOM! of Cylons, getting the models to look human was the easy part. But act- The crew of the Caliban travels hy- Sebela, Chris Visions Noelle ing human is another story. Witness the evolution of Number Six as she perspace on nothing more than a Stevenson, learns live, to love, and to hate. Grace Ellis, routine trip for the giant vessel. Just Creators Christopher Sebela (Ghost, Brooke A. Allen In Shops: 23/04/2014 human beings that have been inside High Crimes) and newcomer Chris a bit too long, confident of no other Visions are two fresh voices that are Five best friends spending the sum- life in the Galaxy, and all the vastness about to take the industry by storm. mer at Lumberjane scout camp...de- of space to remind them how far they Don’t miss out on a wholly unique feating yetis, thre-eeyed wolves, and VICTORIAN are from home. But when an impos- take on supernatural noir. giant falcons...what’s not to love?! SECRET ADVENTURE sible accident suddenly causes the Sam Whistler wakes up in an unfa- Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are STEAM TIME 2014 Caliban to slam into an abandoned miliar motel room, dressed in hospi- five best pals determined to have QUEENS #1 ANNUAL #1 alien ship, a nightmare in space be- tal scrubs and his arms wrapped in an awesome summer together... gins to unfold. bandages. He remembers nothing- and they’re not gonna let any insane ANTARCTIC BOOM! PRESS Master storyteller Garth Ennis deliv- not how he got here, not where here quest or an array of supernatural crit- Frank Gibson, ers his unique brand of flawed char- is...not even his own name. But the Brian Denham Becky Dreistadt ters get in their way! acters, spot-on dialog, and trade- goons knocking down his door sure Lumberjanes is one of those punk These proud, plucky damsels, garbed A very special issue by dynamite mark flare for the unexpected in a do, and it’s going to take every single rock, love-everything-about-it stories in their most elegant finery, dare to creators Becky Dreistdat and Frank new series in the vein of Alien. This move in Sam’s forgotten repertoire to that appeals to fans of basically all defy danger and stoke the steampunk Gibson brings you the cutest thing is the beginning of the end for the outrun and outsmart the gang war excellent things. engines for a royal adventure! imaginable... Baby Fionna and Cake! crew of the Caliban. he’s just stumbled into. In Shops: 09/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 In Shops: 30/04/2014 09 DEADPOOL VOL.4: NOVEL IDEAS DEADPOOL VS NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING S.H.I.E.L.D. FROM APRIL ONWARDS... MARVEL Duggan, Posehn, Koblish AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: S.H.I.E.L.D. makes a grievous tactical PETER PARKER, FRANK 24 OMNIBUS error when they stiff Deadpool on a THE ONE AND MILLER: ART IDW ONLY OF SIN CITY bill, and you can bet that they’re go- Vaughn, MARVEL DARK HORSE ing to regret it! Deadpool declares Guedes, Furnò, a one-man war on the world peace- Various Miller Various keeping agency - but even as the maniacal merc pursues his revenge, It’s a celebration of the world’s great- Frank Miller’s Sin City has set the Follow Jack Bauer’s exploits before S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers someone has est super hero as some of Marvel’s gold standard for crime comics, both President Palmer’s victory as he tries been betraying them...and it seems to most talented creators spin tales of for Miller’s unflinching stories and for to eliminate a mass murderer in the be Agent Preston! Deadpool takes his the original Spider-Man: Peter Parker! his visceral, powerfully charged art. former Yugoslavia, struggles with fight to the Helicarrier, intent on get- Collecting Amazing Spider-Man To honor the artist and his ground- drug cartels and radical separatists, ting his money one way or the other #700.1-700.5. breaking work, Dark Horse is proud as well as economic and ecological - and comes face-to-face with Agent Phil Coulson! You know, the guy from In Shops: 5/14/2014 to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin chaos. This volume collects 24: One City to print, now in an affordable Shot, 24: Midnight Sun, 24: Stories, the hit TV show Marvel’s Agents Of softcover edition. This beautiful artis- 24: Cold Warriors, and the prequel S.H.I.E.L.D.! How cool is this going to tic showcase holds everything a Sin story 24: Nightfall. be?! Plus: it’s another trip back to the City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, In Shops: 4/9/2014 past as the Merc with a Mouth wreaks could ever hope for. havoc on a cosmic level! Collecting In Shops: 6/25/2014 Deadpool (2012) #20-25. (HC) In Shops: 5/21/2014 MARVEL VOL.3: Bendis VELVET VOL.1: DEATH OF BEFORE THE THE FAMILY LIVING END DC COFFIN HILL Imagine that your government want VOL.1: FOREST IMAGE Simone, Benes, to create a covert operations agent OF THE NIGHT Brubaker, Various from nobody, from scratch, from you! Epting, DC VERTIGO Loosely based on events in the Amer- Kittredge, Breitweiser Miranda, ican intelligence community during Batgirl stars in these epics from #14- Johnson the Reagan administration, Fire tells 19 of her monthly series, plus Batman the unique and powerful story of a From the bestselling creators of “Cap- #17, Batgirl Annual #1 and a story from young man’s journey through the tain America: The Winter Soldier”! 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PETER PARKER RETURNS...

Well, it has taken six months longer readers as well as keep the majority NO. We retailers will buy a large monolithic leviathan that is crushing of principal, I will not buy from Amazon than I predicted , but, Peter Parker is of long term readers. The sales of the amount of stock, a large number of small shops and people. PLC and will pay a little bit more and buy from a smaller independent. back as the one and only Amazing title remained consistent through the people will buy just number one and Amazon only achieve low prices by Spider-Man! entire run - a sign to me that those the last Amazing Spider-Man #1, paying their staff minimum wage and that bought it were enjoying it. after the first relaunch (Volume 2 in To be honest I have actually enjoyed then treating them in a similar man- Finally my top graphic novel tip for the 1999), is still only a £5 - £10 book. the Superior Spider-Man run. The I am really looking forward to the re- ner to Victorian work-house owners. month is Afterlife With Archie Vol.1: comic still felt it was a Spider-Man launch in a way that I haven’t for a Amazing Spider-Man is my top com- They legally avoid virtually all of the Escape from Riverdale. Besides comic, but obviously Otto, from his long time about any Marvel launch or ic tip for the month for the startling, government legislation designed finding all the Archie Comic Riverd- actions and thoughts, was not Peter relaunch. I have missed the purerer staggering and amazing reason, it to safeguard employees. They may ale titles the best light-hearted read Parker. There were nice touches of and happy character of Peter Parker. will be a great and refreshing enjoy- employ thousands, but they have in comics today, this zombie twist on insight into Otto Octavius’s mind in The Marvel universe is populated by able read. The Biff thumbs up! also caused the closure of numer- Riverdale is absolutely superb. The it’s pure hateful, selfish, egotistical too many grim and gritty characters. ous small book shops, toy shops first three issues are hard to find, so and deadly form. The introduction of Whilst knowing that grim characters and more. Making, I feel, a greater rush out and buy this reprint of #1-5 Last month in amongst my tips for Peter Parker’s purerer and more no- and more violent scenarios are more number of people unemployed than for a brilliant take on zombies and Ar- titles to try this year was Rachel Ris- ble mind patterns affecting Otto to a realsitic should people have these the jobs they create. The profits they chie which has great art and an en- ing. This month the fourth volume of greater or smaller extent displayed, god-like powers, I mainly read com- make are siphoned off to other coun- gaging storyline, but continues to be reprints is listed and it’s a good time at least for me, what a thin line there ics to see the bad guys beaten and tries whilst paying virtually no tax in an all ages book. Superb. This also to get on board with this volume col- is between a civilised mind and a the good guys win in a triumpant the UK. They get subsidies from the gets the Biff thumbs up! lecting issues #19-24. The advert baseline savage mind. manner (and with the good guys suf- UK government and councils, and from carries the unbe- My feelings are that it was a resound- fering no more that a scratch and the lievable quote, “Easily one of the they take more from the UK than they ing success. Despite the hate mail occassional dented ego). best comics being published today.” give. received by Marvel and Dan Slott, Should the speculator buy into this Unbelievable because the quote By all means use Amazon to buy from and a significant number of people new number one? Will it rise in value is from Amazon! This is just a cun- the independent traders that they host, not buying the title, it did attract new quickly? To these questions I answer ning segue into a little rant about that but not from Amazon PLC. As a matter 12 We have made preordering your favourite comics even easier with the introduction of our 6-Issue Subscription HISTORY BOOKS and Miniseries Subscription services! A GUIDE TO GRAPHIC NOVELS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED... 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