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ILLUMINATIONS NEW FOR JULY MAY 2015 THE BLACKLIST! STAR WARS: LANDO! ARKHAM KNIGHT: ! MARVEL’S CIVIL WAR! WE STAND ON GUARD! BIFF’S BIT ACE COMICS AWARDS 2015! NOVEL IDEAS AND MORE! Star Wars: Lando ()

CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for July: Dark Horse

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

PAGE 05... New Series and One-Shots for July: IDW Publishing

PAGE 08... New Series and One-Shots for July:

PAGE 09... New Series and One-Shots for July: Marvel Comics

PAGE 13... New Series and One-Shots for July: Indies

PAGE 14... New Series and One-Shots for July: Indies

PAGE 15... Novel Ideas - Part One

PAGE 16... Novel Ideas - Part Two SIGN UP FOR THE ACE COMICS MAILOUT PAGE 17... Biff’s Bit: ACE Comics Awards 2015 AND KEEP UP TO DATE PAGE 18... Top 20 Graphic Novels: April’s Bestselling Books WITH THE LATEST RELEASES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, CHARTS, ILLUMINATIONS, EVENTS acecomics.co.uk AND MORE! 02 DARK HORSE NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR JULY

DEATH HEAD #1 NEGATIVE Zack Keller, Nick Keller, SPACE #1 Joanna Estep, Ryan Lindsay, E.M. Gist Owen Gieni Zack Keller (cocreator of Dick Fig- When one man’s writer’s block gets ures, the Streamy, IAWTV, and An- in the way of his suicide note, he nie Award-nominated web series goes for a walk to clear his head with 650 million+ YouTube views) and soon uncovers a century-old and Nick Keller (Turner of the Cen- conspiracy dedicated to creating tury) deliver a supernatural-horror and mining the worst lows of human thriller about family and creeping, desperation. terrifying murder! In Shops: 08/07/2015 When Niles and Justine Burton go camping to get a break from their stressful lives, they expect to find peace... not an abandoned village hiding an ancient evil. In a turn of events ripped straight from a hor- TOMOR- ror movie, a brutal killer wearing a ROWS #1 plague doctor’s mask begins hunt- Curt Pires, ing Niles, Justine, and their two kids. Jason Copland, In Shops: 15/07/2015 Dylan Todd They told you the counterculture LOBSTER was dead. They were wrong. Wel- JOHNSON: come to the new reality. A CHAIN A bold new speculative-fiction com- FORGED IN ic from the mind of writer Curt Pires, LIFE with each issue illustrated by a dif- BARB WIRE #1 (ONE-SHOT) ferent brilliant artist! Mike Mignola, The future: Art is illegal. Everything Chris Warner, Pat Olliffe, Tom Nguyen, Adam Hughes , Various everyone ever posted online has Nail-hard tough and drop-dead gorgeous, Barb Wire is the baddest bounty hunter on been weaponized against them. The the mean streets of Steel Harbor, where gangsters can lift bulldozers and leap rusting Santa was taken hostage after wit- reign of the Corporation is quickly nessing a hostile robbery and a man’s factories in a single bound. The hunting is stupid good and the bounties are hella big-if becoming as absolute as it is brutal- death. Hidden away in a mountain unless the Tomorrows can stop it. Barb lives long enough to collect! cabin, will the Lobster be able to find In Shops: 08/07/2015 In Shops: 01/07/2015 Santa and save Christmas? In Shops: 29/07/2015 03 - ARKHAM KNIGHT: GENESIS #1 Peter J. Tomasi, Alisson Borges, Stjepan Sejic DC Witness the birth of Gotham City’s newest villain, the Arkham LOBO NEW SERIES AND Knight, in this stunning new miniseries written by Peter J. ONE-SHOTS FOR JULY ANNUAL #1 CYBORG #1 Tomasi, the man behind the hit series Batman: Arkham Knight , David Walker, and Batman And Robin! Robson Rocha, Ivan Reis, Joe Leonardo Prado JLA GODS In Shops: 29/07/2015 Manco AND The machine that gives Cyborg his MONSTERS: Lobo’s faced murderers, thieves powers is evolving! The only prob- BATMAN #1 and tyrants as he slaughtered his lem is that machine is his body and , J. way across the universe, but now he has no idea what’s causing these M. DeMatteis, he meets the one group that might changes! Matthew shut down his work for good: the In Shops: 22/07/2015 Dow Smith, Sinestro Corps! In Shops: 29/07/2015 Prequel to the DC Universe movie Justice League: Gods and Monsters! DEATH- In this story, Kirk Langstrom has STROKE been transformed into a blood- ANNUAL #1 sucking creature of the night, prey- ing on society’s dregs. Will a new MAD MAX - Tony S. Daniel, friendship allow him to find his lost FURY ROAD: James Bonny, MAD MAX #1 Tyler Kirkham, humanity or turn him into a soulless Joe Prado monster once and for all? George Miller, Mark Sexton, The “Godkiller” bloodbath contin- In Shops: 22/07/2015 Tommy Lee ues as Slade uses his new weap- Edwards, on to cleave through the world of Various the supernatural! And which side JLA GODS Max. The warrior Max. Haunted by of this conflict will Superman and AND his past and fated to wander the fall on? MONSTERS: brutal Wasteland in search of his In Shops: 29/07/2015 SUPERMAN #1 better self. To do so, Max Rockatan- J. M. sky enters Gastown, the only source DeMatteis, of guzzoline for thousands of miles. Bruce Timm, Here he finds the final piece that Moritat, Gabriel he needs to rebuild his Intercep- Hardman tor - the powerful Boss 351 engine. GOTHAM BY Prequel to the DC Universe movie But in order to acquire the fabled MIDNIGHT Justice League: Gods and Monsters! V8 in a world where car parts are ANNUAL #1 “Truth, justice and the American worth more than a man’s life, Max Ray Fawkes, way” has a very different meaning must survive a gladiatorial battle in Christian Duce, to a Superman raised by poor immi- a place called...Thunderdome Plus! Juan Ferreyra grant farmers. He’s seen abuse and From the mind of George Miller, the Get set for a tale of love and venge- injustice his whole life - and now creator of the Mad Max trilogy, the ance in this centuries-old mystery he’s ready to let the world know prelude series to the upcoming film for the Midnight Shift - and the Gen- what happens when a Man of Steel Mad Max: Fury Road continues in tlemen Ghost! gets angry... its penultimate issue! In Shops: 29/07/2015 In Shops: 29/07/2015 In Shops: 08/07/2015 04 STAR TREK / GREEN LANTERN #1 Mike Johnson, Angel Hernandez, Various Two iconic franchises collide for the blockbuster event of 2015! The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise meets the Green Lantern Corps for the first time in an all-new adventure that spans the cosmos! Don’t miss the thrilling first chapter of The Spectrum War, as Kirk and Spock make a most unusual discovery on a lost world... igniting events that will change the fate of empires! GODZILLA IN HELL #1 In Shops: 08/07/2015 Godzilla meets his greatest ad- versary of all time-the impossible tortures of Hell! Each issue of this TRANS special miniseries will see Godzilla FORMERS: enter a new level of the underworld COMBINER to do battle with the impossible. HUNTERS In Shops: 15/07/2015 (ONE-SHOT) SHRINKING Mairghread Scott, Sara MAN #1 Pitre-Durocher, Ted Adams, THUNDER Casey W. Coller Mark Torres AGENTS: 50TH ANNI- Combiner Wars fallout! Because Richard Matheson’s exploration of VERSARY you demanded it - Windblade and shrinking manhood is brought to SPECIAL #1 Chromia team up with Arcee to put vivid life in this comic-book adapta- an end to the menace of the Com- tion! Scott Carey, reducing 1/7” per Wally Wood, Dan Adkins, biner Wars - but will they end each day, faces tension big and small as Various other first?! his body continues to shrink away... A half-century celebration of Brown In Shops: 29/07/2015 In Shops: 29/07/2015 and Wood’s T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents! 64 pages of classic stories, rarely seen commissions, pin-ups, covers, and other rarities. In Shops: 29/07/2015 TRANS THE X-FILES FORMERS: ANNUAL ROBOTS IN 2015 DISGUISE - Mike Raicht, ANIMATED Kevin Van #1 Hook, Russell ONYX #1 Georgia Walks Chris Ryall, Ball, Priscilla Each year on the anniversary of his Gabriel Tramontano sister’s abduction, Mulder inves- Rodriguez, Go team ‘Bee! Bumblebee leads an tigates the mysterious disappear- IDW Various all-star team of Autobots to Earth to ance of a child in an effort to bring NEW SERIES AND ONE- From deepest space comes the find rogue Decepticons... but in this others peace. This year’s search SHOTS FOR JULY cyborg warrior Onyx... but has she all-new story based on the hit Car- takes him to the high school reun- come to Earth in its time of dire toon Network animated series, they ion of a teen who disappeared in an need to save it or to end it? A star- find more than... they bargained for! abandoned house with friends who born knight for a new generation (You thought we were going to say would go on to start their very own takes flight here! “meets the eye,” didn’t you?) ghost-hunting show. In Shops: 01/07/2015 In Shops: 22/07/2015 In Shops: 22/07/2015 05 IMAGE NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR JULY 68: LAST RIGHTS #1 Mark Kidwell, Jeff Zornow, Jay Fotos, Nate WE STAND ON GUARD #1 Jones Brian K. Vaughan, Steve Skroce Image Comics and Meatgrinder Studios proudly present the climac- Saga writer Brian K. Vaughan teams with artistic legend and tic mini-series that brings all current Matrix storyboard artist Steve Skroce for an action-packed ‘68 storylines full-circle with an ex- ATHENA IX military thriller that will have everyone talking. 100 years from plosive, revealing finish! (ONE-SHOT) now, a heroic band of Canadian civilians must defend their In Shops: 22/07/2015 Ryan Cady, homeland from invasion...by the United States of America! Phillip Sevy The hyper-detailed combat between badass freedom From the pages of IXth Generation fighters and giant f***ing robots begins with a spectacular comes a one-shot special event! 40-page first issue! Ever the didact, Athena IX special- izes in cruel, calculating instruction, In Shops: 01/07/2015 manipulating her siblings and sup- plicants with the intellectual upper hand. But this is the Chairwoman’s WOLF #1 future, not hers, and some lessons Ales Kot, Matt must be taught more harshly than Taylor, Lee others. Loughridge, In Shops: 01/07/2015 Matt Taylor Bestselling new star writer Ales Kot teams up with white-hot artist Matt Taylor and Deadly Class ex- traordinaire Lee Loughridge for an BLOOD all-new ! STRIKE #1 The crime noir thrills and characters reminiscent of True Detective meet X-Force, , and Deadpool with mythical stakes worthy of Neil creator Rob Liefeld returns to Gaiman’s Sandman in this original ISLAND #1 comics with a new ongoing se- fantasy/horror/crime saga for ma- Brandon ries, a lively romp that reveals ture readers. Antoine Wolfe, a hard- Graham, a more mature side to Liefeld boiled paranormal detective with a Various than fans have previously ex- death wish, has to cope with sud- Pretty Deadly artist Emma Rios and perienced. A new recruit to the den responsibility for an orphaned King City, , and Multiple War- Bloodstrike program, (his iden- teenage girl who might be the key heads writer/artist tity as a mystery man from the to the impending apocalypse, Cal- bring you a new ongoing comics historical Extreme Universe soon ifornia-style. The road to and magazine. Each issue holds three to be revealed!) struggles on a back begins in a max-sized first is- issue-length chapters of new work covert mission and loses his life sue, with fifty-eight pages of story from various creators around the as well as his junk to the mysteri- and no ads! globe. Printed oversized with no ads! ous Tragedy Ann! In Shops: 22/07/2015 In Shops: 15/07/2015 In Shops: 08/07/2015 06 CAPTAIN BRITAIN MARVEL AND THE AGE OF NEW SERIES AND ONE- APOC- MIGHTY CIVIL WAR SHOTS FOR JULY ALYPSE #1 #1 , #1 Charles Soule, Gerardo Al Ewing, Alan Leinil Francis Sandoval Davis Yu Secret Wars series. His war has Welcome to - where, in The Civil War never ended. Wel- ANT-MAN ANNUAL #1 been won. The few humans left alive what’s left of Mondo-City One, Boss come to the Warzone, where six are enslaved, the mutant rebellion Cage is the law! When the fascist years of non-stop battle between , Ramon Rosanas, Brent Schoonover, David crushed. En Sabah Nur, the Apoca- futuropolis annexes neighboring the forces of the Blue and the Iron Marquez lypse, rules his Battleworld kingdom Yinsen City, who’ll stand up for Ho have split the nation down its center, Just in time for the Ant-Man movie (funny, that), it’s the team-up without mercy, but the terrorist X- Yinsen’s dream of universal peace? utterly transforming it. In a world of you’ve been waiting for: Scott Lang and Hank Pym, together Men plan to end his reign. Success If you liked the Mighty -- new alliances and strange enemies, means finding one very special mu- you’ll love the Mighty Defenders! President Tony Stark and General again! Ant-bros! tant named Cypher and unleashing In Shops: 15/07/2015 Steve Rogers meet to make one last A classic villain makes his dreaded return! And a new hero is a weapon that will kill Apocalypse attempt at peace. born! Well, not born, really -- he’s already an adult. Nobody -- and possibly all mutants, too! In Shops: 08/07/2015 wants to read about a super-baby. (Or do they?) In Shops: 08/07/2015 In Shops: 15/07/2015

SPIDER- ISLAND #1 #1 Christos N. , RED SKULL Filipe Andrade, STAR WARS: Gage, Tom LANDO #1 HAIL HYDRA #1 DeFalco, W. Scott Forbes #1 Joshua Paco Diaz, Charles Soule, Ron Frenz, Alex Maleev Rick Williams, Luca They can’t ever win. They can’t af- Pizzari, Riley Humberto ford to lose. The SHIELD is the only You know him...you love him...now, Remender, Ramos Roland Boschi, Rossmo thing that protects the more civilized join him for his biggest caper as Andrew One of the most vile villains of the The Spider-Queen has turned Man- areas of Battleworld from the zom- master of charm Lando Calrissian Robinson Marvel Universe gets his very own hattan into an island of Spider- bie hordes, death machines, and gets his very own ! Be- Peace Through Strength! Honor twisted Secret Wars series! Red Madness and Peter Parker has lost, annihilation waves. Anyone who an- fore he joined the rebellion, before Through Obedience! Continuance Skull should be dead but his leg- thanks to Spider-Scribe Christos noys Doom gets sent to The Shield. he ran Cloud City, Lando made Through Conformity! Hail Hydra! end grows, so a team of villains that Gage (Amazing Spider-Man, Su- Anyone who gets sent to the Shield his way in the galaxy getting by on Immortal Hydra! We shall never be includes Winter Soldier, Magneto perior Spider-Man) and rising star deals with Abigail Brand. Miss some swindles, some swagger, and destroyed! Cut off one limb, and and Lady Deathstrike are sent on artist Paco Diaz (, Scarlet America, Lady Katherine, Kang the a smile. Lobot at his side, Lando has two shall take its place! We serve a dangerous odyssey to the Dead- Spiders). With Spider-Man defeated Conqueror, Leah Shieldmen, the a plan to steal a very valuable ship... none but -as the world lands to prove it...but no one ever and captive, does Flash Thompson, Endless Summers Company, Leon- but has he bitten off more than he shall soon serve us! It is a beauti- comes back alive from the Dead- a.k.a. stand a chance? ardo Da Vinci and a cast of thou- can chew? Writer Charles Soule ful Utopia that Hydra has created. lands! Forced to overcome zom- All this, plus visit the MC2 patch of sands will fight to the death to keep (Death Of Wolverine, Inhuman, She- But when a lone figure from outside bies, Ultron drones and the Anni- Battleworld! Mayday Parker and her Battleworld safe. But don’t worry, ) and artist Alex Maleev (Dare- the Regime appears, could his very hilation Wave, the rag-tag team of Spider-Family are back courtesy of Kieron Gillen is writing this book, so devil, Spider-Woman, ) presence be enough to bring this villains will find that they may bitten classic Spider-Girl team Tom De- I’m sure everything will end happily bring us the tale of a scoundrel in perfect society to its ruin? off more than they can chew... falco, Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema! for everyone. his natural element-trouble! In Shops: 01/07/2015 In Shops: 01/07/2015 In Shops: 08/07/2015 In Shops: 08/07/2015 In Shops: 08/07/2015 07 WILL INDIES EISNER’S NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR JULY MERCURY ALIENS VS SPIRIT #1 HEAT #1 ZOMBIES #1 DYNAMITE AVATAR ZENESCOPE , Kieron Gillen, Ralph Tedesco, Dan Schkade, Omar Francia Joe Brusha Eric Powell Blasting out of the incredible Free When a meteor carrying the Zombie In celebration of the 75th anni- Comic Book Day Mercury Heat de- virus hits Earth it triggers the poten- versary of ’s iconic and but comes Kieron Gillen’s World- tial end of mankind. The last chance ground-breaking character, Dyna- building space epic! Mercury Heat for humanity is the spacecraft full of mite Entertainment is proud to pre- introduces the sci-fi world of the fu- Alien scientists tasked with tracking sent an all-new ongoing series fea- ture where individuals are identified the interstellar virus. What will hap- turing The Spirit. Set in the classic by genetic markers and personality pen when humans must team with period of The Spirit’s golden age, types to fill roles in society, the trou- aliens to survive the zombie apoca- the 1940s, the first 12-issue story blemakers end up on Mercury. Luiza lypse? arc follows the strip’s most beloved wanted to help people, she wanted In Shops: 29/07/2015 characters, Commissioner Dolan, with all her heart to be a police of- his daughter Ellen, Ebony White and ficer. But the automated Grapevine Sammy as they attempt to uncover system had other plans for her. As H COVER STAR H why The Spirit has been missing, an adult Luiza’s dream came true - THE and presumed dead, for the past just on Mercury, where she enforces BLACKLIST two years... laws with extreme prejudice as a #1 In Shops: 01/07/2015 bounty agent in a world of hard-as- nails miners and cyborgs. TITAN In Shops: 29/07/2015 Nicole Dawn Phillips, Beni Lobel BOOK OF DEATH: FALL The brand-new original official OF BLOOD- comic series based on the criti- SHOT #1 GRANT cally acclaimed NBC crime drama VALIANT MORRISON’S The Blacklist written by series script 18 DAYS #1 coordinator Nicole Dawn Phillips! , GRAPHIC When the FBI is framed for the pub- INDIA lic killing of a political activitist at an Grant Morrison, open-air rally, Reddington recognis- Superstar creators Jeff Lemire Jeevan Kang es the hallmarks of a dangerous, me- (Bloodshot Reborn) and Doug From legendary creator Grant Mor- dia-manipulating Blacklister, known Braithwaite (Imperium) chronicle rison (All-Star Superman, Batman as The Lobbyist. So begins the lat- Bloodshot’s ultimate fate in a vision- And Robin, The Invisibles), comes est case for the FBI’s covert coun- ary tale of present and future torn the first chapter in his newest crea- ter-intelligence unit codenamed The from the pages of Book Of Death! tion. 18 Days is the story of three Post Office. But is this new Blacklist Don’t miss the never-before-re- generations of super-warriors, member working alone or is there a vealed story of Bloodshot’s final meeting for the final battle of their mysterious puppet master behind adventures as Book Of Death fore- age, a climactic war that concludes the scenes orchestrating a planned tells the devastating fate of Valiant’s the age of the gods and begins the series of attacks against the FBI for unrelenting soldier...from now to a age of man. his own nefarious purposes? thousand years hence... In Shops: 01/07/2015 In Shops: 22/07/2015 In Shops: 22/07/2015 08 RIVERS OF LONDON: BODY WORK #1 BOB’S INDIES ETERNAL BURGERS #1 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR JULY TITAN SOULFIRE #1 Ben Aaronovitch, DYNAMITE , ASPEN Rachel Lee Sullivan, J. T. Krul, Alex Hastings, Frank Luis Guerrero Konat Forte, Various Peter Grant is one of only two mem- The world of magic and technol- Bob’s Burgers is back for more! bers of a very special branch of ogy have finally collided! And, with Join the Belcher family for the sec- London’s Metropolitan Police. He is, it, a new cast of characters will ond-ever series of the Bob’s Burg- in fact, pretty much a wizard and it’s rise. Cassidy, a young high school ers comic book! Brought to you his job to investigate those shad- student with a very big secret, will by the producers and animators of owy crimes that involve urban vam- discover that magic is not only re- the hit TV show, this series brings pires, weird folk in the underground al-but will change her life forever in back your three favorite Belcher and, in this case, why cars are sud- ways she never could’ve imagined. kids, along with some brand-new denly taking on lives of their own Meanwhile, Miya, the ancient warri- stories from the minds of Bob and and killing innocent folk! Written by or from the earliest days of the Soul- Linda. Each comic includes new writer Ben Aaronovitch fire Universe, has returned with a installments of Tina’s Erotic Friend (Remembrance of the ) and vengeance-and both of their paths Fiction, Louise’s Unsolved Myster- set in the world of his own best-sell- will be inextricably united! ies and Curious Curiosities, Gene’s ing novels, with Doctor Who script In Shops: 08/07/2015 Rhymey Rhymes That Could Some- editor Andrew Cartmel! In continu- day Be Songs, Linda’s Attempts to ity with the Rivers of London novels, Take a Nice Family Picture in Front this is an all-new story set between SONIC: of the Restaurant (And How It Al- books 4 and 5! WORLDS ways Goes Wrong), and Bob’s Fan- UNITE In Shops: 15/07/2015 tasy Food Trucks (If Money Were No BATTLES #1 Object). ARCHIE In Shops: 01/07/2015 Joel Enos, Tracy Yardley, ADVENTURE Evan Stanley, TIME: Various FIONNA CAKE #1 All-New Direct Market-Exclusive INVADER special! There are so many epic bat- ZIM #1 BOOM! tles in the Sonic/Mega Man crosso- ONI Jen Wang, Britt ver event that the biggest brawls of Wilson Eric Trueheart, the bunch have exploded into their Rikki Simons, Cake is a Card Wars champ who very own book! Twelve issues just Aaron can’t be beat, and Fionna...is really isn’t enough to contain all the frantic Alexovich, tired of getting beaten! They set off action of “Worlds Unite!” The action Megan Lawton in search of a challenger who can spills over into this second special Zim and his filthy evil ways have really test Cake’s mettle. When they stand-alone issue where an all-star been gone for what feels like years. stumble across some gamer slugs, cast of creators bring you an ex- But Dib knows the alien menace will they think they’ve hit the jackpot, traordinary all-action issue! Watch as rear his head again, and he won’t but these guys have never heard of Sonic battles the Deadly Six, Knuck- leave the house, or his 900 security Cake and refuse to even play with les throws down with Break Man, monitors, until it happens. And it her! and Sticks goes after Roll! will happen. Oh, it will. In Shops: 15/07/2015 In Shops: 15/07/2015 In Shops: 01/07/2015 09 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM JULY ONWARDS...

STAR WARS GALAXY VOL.1: QUEST: THE GUARDIANS SKYWALKER JOURNEY OF THE STRIKES CONTINUES GALAXY: BEST VOL.7 MARVEL IDW STORY EVER IDW Aaron, Burnham, MARVEL Swierczynski, Cassaday Arranz, Robinson Various Daniel, Scott

The greatest space adventure of all The cast of Galaxy Quest has enjoyed This is it: the harrowing tale of the Dredd has defeated the Dark Judges returns to Marvel! Luke Skywalker a career resurgence since returning Guardians’ greatest triumph! (Or so and broken out of Sector One... only and the ragtag rebels opposing the from their intergalactic adventure, but they’d have you believe!) Star-Lord, to find himself a fugitive in Judge Galactic Empire are fresh off their all that is about to be interrupted by Rocket Raccoon and the rest of the Cal’s insane surveillance state with biggest victory so far - the destruc- Qint, an alien with a very surprising ax Guardians Of The Galaxy explode only Anderson in his head helping tion of the massive Death Star. But to grind against Jason Nesmith and into action in this bombastic prison him survive Cal’s rabid chase. Col- the Empire’s not toppled yet! Join the crew of the NSEA Protector! break! Plus: Find out why these rag- lects issues #25-30. Luke, Princess Leia, Han Solo, In Shops: 08/07/2015 tag heroes are worthy of guarding In Shops: 01/07/2015 Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2 and the the galaxy in scintillating solo sto- rest of the Rebel Alliance as they ries! Rocket and Groot team up with fight for freedom against Darth Vad- old friends to rescue a princess, er and his evil master, the Emperor! Drax battles Thanos and in two Plus: the menace of Boba Fett! classic tales! And get a glimpse of MAD MAX: JOKER: Collecting Star Wars (2015) #1-6. FURY ROAD the childhood of Gamora, daughter ENDGAME DC of Thanos! In Shops: 02/09/2015 (HC) Miller, Burchielli, In Shops: 19/08/2015 DC Various Tynion IV, Jones, Kubert, Various HALO: In a fallen world ravaged by oil and ESCALATION water wars, humanity exists without ALIENS: VOL.3 Gotham City is overrun by Joker- law or mercy. All those who wander SALVATION ized victims, and The Joker himself DARK HORSE the Wasteland are ruled by a single (HC) is prowling the streets. Even as Bat- Boudreau, Arino, imperative... survival! Among them DARK HORSE man confronts the Clown Prince of Chavez, Various is Max Rockatansky, a Road War- Gibbons, Crime, ordinary citizens and Arkham rior haunted by his turbulent past... Mignola, Nowlan inmates must confront the mark Halo 4’s Spartan Ops continues here Witness the rise of the Immortan The Joker has left on the city and as the UNSC Infinity battles the Cov- Joe and witness the cycle of vio- One of the most memorable Aliens themselves. Is anyone truly safe? enant for control of the all-powerful lence and tragedy as Max fights to tales ever told, now available as a This jam-packed collection features Forerunner Janus Key. Plus, Spar- rebuild his Interceptor - the vehicle premier-edition hardcover! When backup stories from Batman #35- tan Tanaka’s thrilling story re- that ensures his freedom! the most pious crewman aboard the 39, Batman Annual #3, Gotham vealed! These four stunning preludes to the Maru is forced to abandon ship Academy: Endgame #1, Batgirl: Collecting Halo: Escalation issues film are collected in a single volume with his mad captain, the two are Endgame #1, Detective Comics: #13-18 by Duffy Boudreau, Sergio from the mind of George Miller, the marooned on an inhospitable and re- Endgame #1 and Arkham Manor: Ariño and Douglas Franchin. creator of the Mad Max trilogy. mote world-and they’re not alone... Endgame #1. 15 In Shops: 09/09/2015 In Shops: 26/08/2015 In Shops: 02/09/2015 In Shops: 23/09/2015 10 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM JULY ONWARDS...

BUFFY - TALES OF SEASON 10 THE TEENAGE OPERATION RED ONE: VOL.3: LOVE MUTANT SIN: AGENT WELCOME TO DARES YOU NINJA CARTER AMERICA (HC) DARK HORSE TURTLES VOL.7 MARVEL IMAGE Gage, Brendon, IDW Immonen, Ellis, Dorison, Isaacs, Levens May, Lawson Perez, Komarck Dodson, Dodson

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