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ILLUMINATIONS THIS NOVEMBER... SEP 2015 DARK KNIGHT III! JAMES BOND: 007! CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III! ALL NEW ! ORPHAN BLACK: HELSINKI! BIFF’S BIT AT INVASION COLCHESTER! DK3 NOVEL IDEAS AND MORE! Deadpool (Marvel) CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for October: Dark Horse

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

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PAGE 14... Novel Ideas - Part Two SIGN UP FOR THE ACE COMICS MAILOUT PAGE 15... Biff’s Bit: ACE At Invasion Colchester AND KEEP UP TO DATE PAGE 16... Top 20 Graphic Novels: August’s Bestselling Books WITH THE LATEST RELEASES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, CHARTS, ILLUMINATIONS, EVENTS acecomics.co.uk AND MORE! 02 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III #1 , Marcelo Ferrerira, Benjamin Carre JOE GOLEM: The hit game franchise comes OCCULT to comics! DETECTIVE #1 A prequel to the highly antici- , pated game, the Call of Duty®: Christopher Black Ops III se- Golden, Patric Reynolds, ries follows an elite group of David Palumbo soldiers as they wage a se- Forty years after disaster left Low- cret war across a futuristic, er Manhattan submerged in thirty war-torn world transformed by feet of water, children have begun technology. In the bullet-ridden disappearing below the surface. In first issue, the team infiltrates this new series, Joe Golem hunts Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to take the terrifying creature that has been down a double agent... but pulling children into the depths of the canals. as they close in, they uncover In Shops: 04/11/2015 something much more sinister at hand. In Shops: 04/11/2015

ITTY BITTY : KINGSWAY SEARCH WEST #1 FOR THE , WERE- Mirko Colak JAGUAR #1 After thirteen years in prison, a Chi- Art Baltazar, nese gunslinger named Kingsway Franco Law just wants to find his wife. But Aw yeah! Art Baltazar and Franco in a fantastical American Old West return to Itty Bitty Hellboy! This time, crackling with magic, monsters, and Hellboy, Abe, Liz, and friends are on racist vigilantes, trouble just won’t a very special quest . . . to deliver leave him be. And in this case, trou- underwear to the Island of Rogers! ble is a woman with a magic sword But their mission is suddenly in- who needs his help. terrupted by the discovery of the In Shops: 11/11/2015 strange, mysterious known as the were-jaguar! DARK HORSE In Shops: 25/11/2015 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER 03 : ARKHAM DC KNIGHT DC NEW SERIES AND ONE- - ROBIN PRESENTS SPECIAL #1 LOIS AND SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER CLARK: 100 Peter J. Tomasi, PAGE SPEC- Robson Rocha, Juan Albarran, TACULAR #1 Francis , Manapul Various After an intense training session in It’s the 1990s epic in which Clark BATMAN: the Batcave, settles in for Kent and Lois Lane tied the knot, EUROPA #1 a normal day as a science teacher featuring stories and art by some of Matteo Casali, at Robinson Academy. But just as a greatest storytellers of Brian Azzarello, class field trip to Wayne Industries all time! Guest-starring Batman, Mr. , Jim begins, things take a violent turn Mxyzptlk and more! Lee when a gang of armed thugs enter In Shops: 04/11/2015 the building. Don’t miss this special Superstar artist Jim Lee returns to spotlight issue on the Boy Wonder! the Dark Knight with this premiere issue! The impossible has happened In Shops: 25/11/2015 and Batman is on the verge of being DC taken down by an enemy he cannot PRESENTS H COVER STAR H defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salva- HUNT 100 DARK KNIGHT III: tion is The ! Who infected Bat- PAGE SPEC- THE MASTER RACE #1 man, what does the Clown Prince of BATMAN: TACULAR #1 ENDGAME - , Brian Azzarello, Andy Crime know, and how will the Dark , Knight get that information? Togeth- DIRECTORS Bruno Premiani, Kubert, Nick Cardy er, the enemies crisscross Europe, CUT #1 The epic ending you never saw com- desperate to find answers before , The Titans Hunt is on-and now, DC ing is here because you demanded it! time runs out. , Comics collects some of the original Danny Miki stories that brought together your fa- The Dark Knight rises again to face the Co-conceived by Matteo Casali and The sensational finale to the “End- vorite teen heroes! Don’t miss some dawn of the master race! Brian Azzarello, this 4-issue minise- game” epic gets the Director’s Cut of the earliest tales of the ries event will feature art by top tal- In Shops: 25/11/2015 treatment! Batman #40 is reprinted in these stories from Brave And The ents over layouts by the incompara- with Greg Capullo’s art in pencil Bold #54 and 60, and Teen Titans #1 ble Giuseppe Camuncoli (, form, plus original pages by and 4, starring Robin, , Kid Dark ), with the first issue the one and only Scott Snyder! , and ! pencilled and inked by none other than Jim Lee! In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015

04 SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN #1 , Nick Dragotta, Ryan Sook Hollywood screenwriter and nominee Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra, SLASH & Adventures Of Superman) joins forces with top comics artists including , Francis Manapul BURN #1 and Jae Lee to bring you Superman: American Alien, a 7-issue miniseries chronicling the life of JACKED #1 Si Spencer, Eric Kripke, Max Dunbar, Clark Kent and his development into the archetypal hero he will eventually become. But these , Ande Parks, are not the stories of the iconic “Superman” as you know him, but of the soft-spoken, charm- Glenn Fabry Tula Lotay ing, often-funny Kansas farm-boy behind the Man of Steel. With the tone of each issue ranging Eric Kripke (creator of Supernatural) Another day, another hot date. Fire- from heartwarming and simple, to frighteningly gritty and violent, to sexy, sun-kissed and funny, teams up with Vertigo veterans John fighter Rosheen Hayes takes her Superman: American Alien is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Higgins and Glenn Fabry to bring relationships with conflagration seri- you a very Vertigo take on the mod- ously, whether it’s the trigger-happy In this first issue, superstar artist Nick Dragotta (East of West, ) illustrates the ern in this six-issue mini- burn victim with his sights on her story of Jonathan and Martha Kent as they struggle to deal with their 12-year-old son’s latest series. Josh Jaffe, a neurotic family partner or a chance encounter ignit- quirk-he’s been floating up into the , sometimes hundreds of feet! man mid-midlife , buys an online ing memories of arson at the orphan- In Shops: 11/11/2015 “smart pill” to increase his focus and age. But is she the super-sleuth fire- jolt him out of his slump. But to Josh’s whisperer or twisted firestarter? surprise, the pill gives him incredible This new series from Si Spencer is a strength and power-but its cost is that tricky thriller that explores both the it’s extremely addictive. This irreverent excitement and the consequences of and brutally realistic story examines succumbing to one’s darkest impuls- both the mighty highs and humiliating es with all the mystery and intrigue of lows of being a real-life superhero. his hit Vertigo miniseries Bodies. In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015

RED THORN #1 UNFOLLOW David Baillie, #1 Meghan Rob Williams, Hetrick- Michael Murante, Dowling, Matt Choong Yoon Taylor On the rain-soaked streets of Glas- A dying social media mogul leaves gow, a girl whose drawings somehow his billions to be split evenly between come to life has just stumbled across 140 random people-or however her one true love. And thousands of many of them are still alive at the mo- miles below those streets, an ancient ment of his . Rob Williams and demi-god plots his escape from the Michael Dowling assemble a cast prison where he’s been held for nearly that includes a young black man try- two thousand years. Evil forces are at ing to get by in St. Louis, an Iranian play and no one is safe as the legends reporter in need of hope, a retired of Scottish mythology collide with the special forces soldier with a strange modern world. Fans of Fables and sense of purpose, and a thrill-seek- The won’t want to miss this ing heiress, in this thriller that shows riveting dark fantasy epic! we’re all still part of the food chain. DC In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 04/11/2015 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER 05 IDW NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER ORPHAN BLACK: HELSINKI #1 Graeme Manson, Alan Quah, Corbyn S. Kern, Various STAR TREK Helsinki. Spoken in hushed - NEW tones, the word means almost VISIONS: certain death for the clones of HOLLOW MAN Project Leda. Learn the dark John Byrne secrets of this codename in this special event miniseries by A mysterious message draws Mr. Spock on a mission to a distant co-creators John Fawcett and part of the Federation, where an old Graeme Manson. friend awaits, as well as a menace In Shops: 25/10/2015 with the potential to threaten the en- tire galaxy. In Shops: 11/11/2015

GHOST BUSTERS ANNUAL TRANS 2015 FORMERS: Erik Burnham, SINS OF THE Dan Schoening WRECKERS #1 After the firehouse suffers severe in the wake of a super- Nick Roche natural attack, the The Wreckers return! Somebody’s find themselves thinking about their kidnapped Prowl... but does any- past while cleaning up. But their body want him back? A lifetime nostalgia may not be innocent, and of messing with everybody’s lives who knows what they may find at comes around to haunt him. Fortu- the end of their trip down memory nately, he’s always got a plan. In this lane...? Join Ray, Peter, Winston, case... the one team of brutal, bro- and Egon in their “Daydreams and ken heroes... the Wreckers! Nightmares!” In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015

06 MONSTRESS #1 POSTAL: FBI CITIZEN JUPITER’S Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda DOSSIER #1 JACK #1 CIRCLE Astonishing X-men and Black Widow writer Matt Hawkins, Sam VOL.2 #1 Bryan Edward Humphries, , returns to comics with artist Sana Takeda (X-23) for an all- Hill, Isaac Tommy Wilfredo Torres, new ! Steampunk meets Kaiju in this original Goodhart, Patterson Bill Sienkiewicz fantasy epic for mature readers, as young Maika risks Linda Sejic A horror-comedy for anyone who Legendary Mark Millar reunites with everything to control her psychic link with a monster of Why doesn’t the FBI raid Eden? hates politics! Every presidential the superlative Wilfredo Torres in tremendous power, placing her in the center of a devastating Find out how Mayor Shiffron keeps candidate has a skeleton in their this epic prequel to the smash-hit the wolves at bay as she thumbs closet - Jack Northworthy wor- Jupiter’s Legacy series! In midcen- war between human and otherworldly forces. The adventure through the latest FBI profiles. ships the devil! A scandal-plagued, tury America, the world’s greatest begins in a spectacular triple-sized first issue! In Shops: 11/11/2015 small town politician, Jack should superheroes triumph in their public In Shops: 04/11/2015 in no way be president. But he’s battles, while struggling with private got a secret weapon: Marlinspike, ones. Mad Men-style period dra- a malevolent demon of high ambi- ma meets -inspired tions. Together, they’re running for team action in a brand new volume. president in an outrageous cam- Introducing new regular cover artist paign that America will never forget! Bill Sienkiewicz. Also features char- Blockbuster writer acter design cover by . and Times bestselling art- In Shops: 04/11/2015 THE GOD- ist Tommy Patterson debut a brand DAMNED #1 new ongoing series! Jason , In Shops: 04/11/2015 R. M. Guera, Giulia Brusco Writer and artist R.M. Guéra, the creators of the seminal LIMBO #1 crime series , reunite for Dan Watters, a new ongoing series of stark and Caspar IMAGE brutal biblical noir, which begins HUCK #1 Wijngaard NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER with a special over-sized debut is- sue featuring thirty pages of story. Mark Millar, A detective with no memory, no Rafael identity and no manners. A femme (Shutter, Glory, Tech Jacket) and “And the earth was filled with vio- Albuquerque fatale seeking escape from a pow- drawn by acclaimed illustrator Nick lence.” - Genesis 6:11 erful crime lord. A voodoo queen In a quiet seaside town, Huck uses Barber, combining the ensemble It’s 1655 years after Eden, and life on with a penchant for mixtapes and his special gifts to do a good deed drama of The Walking Dead with in- Earth has already gone to hell. The hi-tops. A goat-eating TV... Wel- each day. His neighbors return the terconnected rotating perspectives world of man is a place of wanton favors by keeping his abilities a se- come to Dedande City, where good cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric akin to The Wire. Each issue will cret. But when a newcomer alerts people check under their beds at RINGSIDE #1 monsters and -age marauders explore the relationship between art the media, a firestorm erupts, send- night and reality is never quite what Joe Keatinge, roam the land. Murder and destruc- and industry from the view of the ing Huck on an adventure that will it seems. Nick Barber, tion are the rule of the day. Human- change everything. This brand-new A new surreal neon-noir series Gough wrestlers themselves, the creatives kind is a failed experiment. This is series from writer Mark Millar and crossing 50s pulp with an 80s VHS The professional wrestling epic be- they work with, the suits in charge life before the Flood. The story of artist Rafael Albuquerque presents visual aesthetic drawing from the gins in an over-sized first issue! and the fans cheering them all on. man on the verge of his first apoca- a comicbook unlike anything you’ve likes of Carpenter, Cronenbrg, and Ringside is an ongoing series set But that’s just the beginning. The lypse. Welcome to the world of The read before. Lynch. within the world of professional real violence is outside the ring. Goddamned. In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 wrestling, written by Joe Keatinge In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 07 ALL NEW WOLVERINE #1 ALL NEW Tom Taylor, David Lopez, David Navarrot, Bengal ALL DIFFERENT Laura Kinney embraces her destiny. Here! Comes! Wolverine! X-23 was created to be a weapon and for a time, that’s all #1 she was. But with the help of her mentor, Logan - the original , ALL NEW #1 , , Wolverine - she escaped that dark past. Tragically, Logan has Mahmud A. #1 , but Laura will continue in his footsteps as a hero. Recent Asrar, Alex Mike Perkins, Ross Jeff Lemire, Mike Del events have her doing everything in her power to keep those Ramon K. Mundo The Avengers are dead - long live the around her alive, as violent forces are hell-bent on mutual Perez Get ready to ! Carnage, the Avengers! Earth’s Mightiest Heroes - destruction. If anyone can stop them, it’s Laura. She is the Hawkeye and Hawkeye take aim homicidal is back, and , , and Iron at another season. But it’s not all he’s leaving a trail of bodies behind best there is at what she does. She is the All-New Wolverine. Man - are living separate lives, not tied straight as an arrow for Clint and him. The FBI is hot on his trail, with In Shops: 11/11/2015 to any team, but when a threat from Kate. A deep-seated rift that stretch- a different playbook since their se- beyond the stars targets our world, es across time, brings old man Clint rial killer is a super villain. They’re fate draws them together once more, and a wiser Kate back together as equipped with the latest sonic tech alongside , Ms. Marvel and they chase down mistakes from and a team including military hero/ a.k.a. Spider-Man! their past. The star-studded team astronaut and a re- In Shops: 11/11/2015 of Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez re- formed /! But turn, bringing you another inspired when Carnage escapes into an look at the world of Hawkeye. abandoned coal mine, the FBI’s In Shops: 11/11/2015 plan is starting to look like a trap... for them! BLACK In Shops: 11/11/2015 KNIGHT #1 Frank Tieri, Luca Pizzari, Julian Totino Tedesco ALL NEW DEADPOOL What do you do when it’s your X-MEN #1 #1 destiny to be damned? That is the Dennis question that has plagued each Gerry Hopeless, Mark Duggan, Mike wielder of the Ebony Blade... with all Bagley Hawthorne, of them meeting untimely ends due Hated and feared more than ever, Tony Moore to the sword’s curse. And it is the the world is a dangerous place for He’s annoying. He’s dangerous. He question the current Black Knight, mutants. As the few remaining X- smells terrible. But the public love Dane Whitman, must ask himself Men retreat into seclusion, a handful him. That’s right-the Merc with the as his addiction to the blade grows of mutant teenagers refuse to allow Mouth may make money for mis- stronger and he finds himself in the their destiny to be decided for them. sions of murky morality...but he’s aptly named . What are Cyclops. Beast. . Angel. The become the most popular hero in the circumstances that brought him All-New Wolverine. Kid . the world for it. Eat that, Spidey! The to leave Earth and enter this strange Oya. Stepping out of the shadows world belongs to... Deadpool. The and dangerous realm? And what do of their predecessors, the All-New fan favorite team of Gerry Duggan the Uncanny Avengers have to do X-Men are striking out on their own, and Mike Hawthorne return to bring with it? Find out in this new ongo- determined to write their own futures! Deadpool in to his most successful ing tale of sword, sorcery and one adventures yet! man’s struggle to not lose his soul. In Shops: 04/11/2015 MARVEL In Shops: 04/11/2015 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER In Shops: 11/11/2015 08 NEW SERIES MARVEL AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER

DRAX #1 Cm Punk, #1 , Dan Abnett, MS MARVEL #1 Scott Hepburn Luke Ros UFC fighter CM Punk makes his “Still going Strong”. MIGHTY G. Willow #1 Wilson, Takeshi Mighty Marvel debut! The World’s first super hero decides Joshua THOR #1 Miyagawa, Drax the is the muscle it’s time to get back in the game, Williamson, Jason Aaron, Adrian for the Guardians of the Galaxy, but protect the innocent, defend the Shawn Crystal, Russell Alphona, Cliff what does he do when he’s not ad- world, and generally remind every- Riley Rossmo Dauterman Chiang venturing through space with the one why he set the mark for hero- How do the villains of the Marvel When Dr. lifts the mystic The internationally-beloved, butt- Guardians? He lets his bloodthirsty ism in the first place. Make way... Universe live in a world where the hammer , she is transformed kicking, smack-talking, most adora- quest for revenge take the pilot seat, Hercules is back! The greatest son sky is constantly filled with heroes? into the Goddess of Thunder, the ble super hero makes her triumphant of course! Determined to find and of Olympus is thrown into the fight What do they do when they want Mighty Thor! Her enemies are many, return. Look out world, kill once and for all, Drax is against threats ancient and modern, out of that life? There is no escape. as descends further into is back and officially an Avenger! ready to take on the universe. But and Hercules demonstrates that a No future. Who saves the villains? chaos and war threatens to spread Yup, the dream to end all dreams when you’re tooling around the uni- legend, no matter how strong he The believes he might be that throughout the Ten Realms. Yet her has happened for Kamala. She’s toe verse in a ship aptly named “The is, survives on his experience, and savior. He wants everyone to have a greatest battle will be against a far to toe with the best of the best, but Space Sucker”, an unwavering de- his ability to move with the times. place at the table. Now all he needs more personal foe: the cancer that will being one of Earth’s mightiest sire for isn’t enough to A modern world, an age-old hero... to do is build his army... Featuring is killing her mortal form. heros be everything she imagined? keep a mission from derailing. The and blockbuster action! , Mad Thinker, Thunderball, In Shops: 18/11/2015 Is being a celebrity hero as wonder- depths of space may not be big In Shops: 04/11/2015 Black Ant and Enchantress, Illumi- ful as Kamala has hoped? enough to contain this much grit, nati is a tale of villains just trying to In Shops: 18/11/2015 vengeance and all-out action! survive in the All-New All-Different In Shops: 04/11/2015 Marvel Universe. In Shops: 11/11/2015 MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #1 Reeder, MARVEL NOVA #1 MAX RIDE #1 UNIVERSE: Brandon ULTIMATE Montclare, Sean Ryan, Jody Houser, Natacha Cory Smith, HOWARD R. B. Silva, SPIDER-MAN Bustos Humberto Yasmine Putri - SPIDER- THE DUCK #1 Lunella Lafayette is a preteen super Ramos The James Patterson smash hit re- VERSE #1 Chip Zdarsky, genius who wants to change the Two Novas?!?! Sam Alexander’s turns for a second series! Joe Quinones Joe world-but learned the hard way that it missing father is finally back and the Caramagna First spectacular issue! A great Max and the Flock are back - and takes more than just big brains. Fear- two are making adventure a family jumping on point! Sure to go up in more determined than ever to un- Join Spidey on his wildest adven- ful of the monstrous Inhuman genes business. With their Nova helmets value! Don’t miss out on the series lock the secrets of their origin. But ture yet, when the inside her, life is turned upside down that enable them to fly and shoot everyone is calling “Howard the when a new comes into transports him to alternate dimen- when a savage, red-scaled tyrant is energy beams, they’re policing the Duck”! The last page will shock you! their lives, she’ll turn their whole sions... each with its own alternate teleported from prehistoric past to a Milky Way with their Nothing will ever be the same again! world upside down. Spider-Man (or Woman!). far-flung future we call today. The pair of two. But is everything what it Hey! Where are you going? Come Will Max be able to save the world Don’t miss the start of this unprece- are many things, and together the seems? And if that weren’t enough, back! Waugh! AND her family? dented 4-part series: Spider-Verse! most amazing Marvel Team-Up! Sam is also now an Avenger! In Shops: 04/11/2015 In Shops: 04/11/2015 In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 04/11/2015 09 MARVEL SPIDER- STAR-LORD SECRET WOMAN #1 #1 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER WARS TOO Dennis Sam #1 Hopeless, Humphries, Chip Zdarsky, Javier Javi Garron, Various Rodriguez Dave Johnson UNCANNY The Beyonders try their (scary, ex- Jessica Drew is a private investi- Before Peter Quill traversed the uni- AVENGERS VISION #1 tra-dimensional) hand at marketing: gator, a super hero and... a mom verse, before he was a Guardian, ANNUAL #1 Tom King, We are Beyond. Dreamers. Destroy- to be? before he was Star-Lord, he was... James Gabriel ers. All of reality our whim. And Since we last saw her, Spider-Wom- an astronaut! Well, at least, he want- Robinson, Hernandez frankly... we get bored. These tales an’s got a whole new responsibility - ed to be. But as NASA’s biggest Marc Laming, Walta, Mike Del Mundo from across the multifarious do- she’s super heroing for two now, af- burn-out, it looked like the once mains of - not of hero- ter all! and Porcupine are and future Star-Lord was destined The only good Nazi is an undead The Vision wants to be human, and ism or consequence, but of humor still along for the adventure, too, and to stay grounded on Earth forever. Nazi... The Uncanny Avengers take what’s more human than family? - provide a brief respite from mil- aren’t making Jess’ life any easier - However, with his burning desire for on magic in this supernatural ad- He goes to the laboratory where lennia of omnipotence. We cannot half the time they won’t even let her vengeance, his expert spacecraft venture! Featuring Deadpool! Doc- he was created, where he first im- be comprehended by the miniscule leave the car! How’s a gal supposed knowhow, and his distinct lack of tor Voodoo! Agatha Harkness! And agined that he could be a normal, human mind. Turn your attention to to save innocent people and keep scruples, odds are he won’t be on the Emerald Warlock makes his ordinary man. And he builds them. this book instead of trying. You are herself out of harm’s way? See how Earth much longer. See how Mar- marvel debut! A wife. Two teenage twins. They welcome. in the mother of all Spider-Stories! vel’s scoundrel of the spaceways In Shops: 18/11/2015 look like him. They have his powers. discovered the galaxy he was des- In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015 They share his grandest ambition or tined to guard! perhaps obsession: the unrelenting In Shops: 18/11/2015 need to be ordinary. Behold The Vi- sions! They’re the family next door, and they have the power to kill us : all. What could possibly go wrong? SPACE KNIGHT #1 In Shops: 04/11/2015 #1 : Robbie VADER Robbie Thompson, Thompson, DOWN #1 #1 Ariel Olivetti Stacey Lee, Jason Aaron, , In space, no one can hear you Helen Chen Mike Deodato, Kenneth scream... with excitement! Flash WEB Silk is back and badder than ever! Rocafort Thompson is a lot of things. Soldier. WARRIORS Cindy Moon has been working to When Darth Vader accidentally Black Panther! Captain Marvel! Ms. Veteran. Doubleamputee. Host to a #1 find the missing members of her finds himself facing off against the America Chavez! Spectrum! Blue powerful alien symbiote. Now, apart Mike Costa, family since she escaped the bun- Rebel Fleet on his own, the rebels Marvel! The ultimate superteam from the Guardians Of The Galaxy, David Baldeon, ker that was her home prior to the will learn the true strength of the comes together to find and fix prob- Flash has also been tasked with be- Julian Totino events of Spider-Verse. But her Dark Side of the Force! lems beyond the limits of the infi- ing an intergalactic ambassador of Tedesco quest has taken her down a darker Once Vader crashes on a nearby nite! From cosmic forces lurking on Earth and an Agent of the Cosmos. It’s high-stakes action when path than she expected, and she’s planet, the Rebellion is willing to Earth to what waits on the outside What does that mean? It means threatens all of reality! From their now in cahoots with none other everything for this once-in-a- of the omniverse - the impossible is will be what he’s base on Earth-001, it’s up to Spider- than the most ferocious feline in the lifetime chance to take out one of where they start! And what’s more always wanted to be: A Big. Damn. Gwen, Spider-Man Noir, Spider- Marvel Universe - Black Cat! What’s their biggest enemies! Luke! Vader! impossible than ending the threat of Hero. It’s high adventure in deep Man India, Spider-Uk, Spider-Ham gotten under her skin, and is there Leia! Aphra! Han! Chewie! And all , the devourer of worlds... space as Venom swashbuckles his and a ton of other surprise spider- any redeeming the Sinister Silk?! manner of Droid, good and evil! forever? way across the universe! guest stars to stop him! In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 10 LAST SONS OF AMERICA #1 INDIES JAMES NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER BOND #1 BOOM! JOHNNY Philip Kennedy RED #1 DYNAMITE Johnson, Warren Ellis, Matthew Dow TITAN Jason Masters, Smith, Tonci Ennis, Dom Reardon Zonjic Keith Page Beginning “Vargr”, the first story in Elmore Leonard wrote Chil- Legendary British fighter ace, John- the ongoing James Bond comic se- dren of Men? ny “Red” Redburn, returns once ries by best-selling writer Warren El- When a biological terrorist attack more as the commander of the Fal- lis! James Bond returns to London makes it impossible for anyone cons, a Russian fighter squadron after a mission of vengeance in Hel- in America to conceive children, battling the Nazis in the skies over sinki, to take up the workload of a adoption of kids from other coun- Stalingrad. But dogfighting Mess- fallen 00 Section agent. But some- ties explodes. Brothers Jackie and erschmitts is about to become the thing evil is moving through the back Julian are adoption agents based in least of his troubles when the NVKD, streets of the city, and sinister plans Nicaragua. They usually do all their the notorious Soviet secret police, are being laid for Bond in Berlin... options through legal means, but come calling! In Stores November 4th in advance they’re facing increasing competi- In Shops: 04/11/2015 of the block buster movie on No- tion from straight-up kidnappers. vember 6th! Dynamite Entertain- One desperate move from Jackie ment is proud to launch the first could put them in the cross-hairs of James Bond comic book series in some very dangerous people. 20 years! In Shops: 11/11/2015 CROSSED: In Shops: 04/11/2015 DEAD OR ALIVE #1 PACIFIC RIM: AVATAR TALES FROM , THE DRIFT Daniel Gete, EXODUS: #1 Matt Martin LIFE AFTER LEGENDARY #1 Garth Ennis returns to Crossed with Joshua Hale a special series that is designed ONI Fialkov, Marcos to help bring this startling and dis- Joshua Hale Marz turbed world to film. Proceeds from Fialkov, Gabo Following the Tales this project will be used to bring Jude has been sent right back From Year Zero, Legendary takes Ennis’ uncensored vision for a live where he started: Purgatory. With no you back to the front lines with Pa- action Crossed series written and memory of his previous adventures cific Rim: Tales From The Drift. The directed by Ennis! Join us on a dire or relationships, Jude’s existence is official new comic series presented trek through the wilderness as one stark and empty. Yet, just outside by director Guillermo del Toro and man remembers the fear and misery his awareness, his friends - includ- Pacific Rim screenwriter Travis Bea- that spun out of C-Day. As his world ing the late, great Ernest Heming- cham. Prepare to do battle with all- unraveled that fateful day he des- way and a very tenacious preteen new Kaiju creatures in this thrilling perately joined a group to survive in girl - struggle to free him. Because continuation of the Pacific Rim uni- a world gone mad. Now his every in the quest to overthrow God him- verse. The series comes from writer step brings him closer to madness self, the only person who stands a Joshua Fialkov with artwork by Mar- as the stress of Hell-on-Earth grinds chance is his son. cos Marz. at the fabric of the bands of misfits. In Shops: 04/11/2015 In Shops: 04/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 11 PEANUTS: SNOOPY CAGE HERO SPECIAL #1 #1 BOOM! KLAUS #1 DYNAMITE Charles M. Kevin Eastman, Schulz, Jason BOOM! Rik Hoskin, Cooper, Vicki , Renato Rei Scott Dan Mora From the minds of Kevin Eastman Celebrate the release of the new film Grant Morrison is one of the most (co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja with this one-shot Snoopy Special. prolific and best-selling writers in Turtles), Ian Parker (MMA expert and Follow Snoopy, the World Famous comics, earning a reputation for his former UFC Manager), and Mark Sergeant-Major of the Foreign Le- ability to effectively revamp super- Mastrandrea (MMA personality), gion, on the mission of a lifetime heroes like Animal Man, Batman, comes Cage Hero! A middle school to save his dear brother Spike, and the X-Men. In Klaus, Grant re- student and wrestling star, raised by encountering adventure at every imagines one of the biggest cul- his strict grandfather, finds himself which corner of the neighborhood- tural myths in history! Set in a dark on an epic journey to meet his true from Lucy’s Psychiatric Booth to fantastic past of myth and magic, destiny when he is recruited to lead Schroeder’s piano. Klaus tells the story of how Santa a super-powered team of mixed In Shops: 25/11/2015 Claus really came to be. Where did martial artists known as the Cage he begin? What was he like when he Heroes! Trained in their own unique was young? Why does he do what martial art discipline, all connected PATHFINDER: he does? How does he do what he by a secret past, this new team will HOLLOW does? And what happens when he have to dig deep with themselves to MOUNTAIN faces his greatest challenge? Draw- protect the world from an evil net- #1 ing on Santa Claus’ wilder roots in work known as Empire. DYNAMITE Viking lore and Siberian shamanism, In Shops: 04/11/2015 James L. Klaus is a “Santa Claus: Year One.” Sutter, Tom In Shops: 04/11/2015 Garcia, Carlos E. Gomez When an expedition into an ancient runelord stronghold meets with dis- WRATH aster, the Pathfinder heroes find OF THE ETERNAL WAKFU #1 themselves working together with some of the setting’s most notorious WARRIOR #1 TITAN villains in order to survive and locate VALIANT Kahel, Mig, a priceless magical item. But even Robert Venditti, Saturax with their own lives on the line, can Raul Allen, For the first time, the colourful, an agent of the sinister Aspis Con- David LaFuente wacky world of the hit series Wakfu sortium ever really be trusted? Brave The Eternal Warrior has been torn is to be available in comics. In this the fearsome monsters and deadly from the world he once protected and first issue, the intrepid hero-in-the- traps of Hollow Mountain in the first finds himself stranded in a hostile making Yugo and his friends stum- sword-swinging issue from Path- alien landscape unlike any he’s faced ble across a mysterious amusement finder co-creator James L. Sutter before. Separated from his earthly en- park. While the band explore, it (Pathfinder Origins, Death’s Heretic), virons, can history’s deadliest soldier seems that one of their number has with art from rising star Tom Garcia survive a realm far older, far deadlier, caught the eye of the secretive and (Mercy Thompson). Contains pull- and fare more ruinous than anything INDIES lonely Shak Shaka! out map and official RPG encounter! he’s ever encountered? NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS In Shops: 11/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015 FOR NOVEMBER 12 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM NOVEMBER ONWARDS...

BLACK DETECTIVE X-MEN: YEARS SCIENCE: COMICS OF FUTURE BEGINNERS MIDNIGHT VOL.7: PAST GUIDE TO SOCIETY: THE ANARKY (HC) MARVEL ENTROPY (HC) BLACK LAKE DC Bennett, Norton, IMAGE DARK HORSE Manapul, Adams Various Johnson Buccellato

A classic X-Men saga revisited for the Collecting the first three arcs of the Forty years ago, England’s greatest Francis Manapul and Brian Buccel- modern day! In the dystopian nations seminal pulp sci-fi smash hit by jive- adventurers shattered their friend- lato continue their groundbreaking of Battleworld, the mutants of New ass, super powered, disco dancers ship, making a terrible choice that run on with the York City fight to survive the Sentinels’ and Matteo Scalera. would come to haunt humanity. return of Anarky! As oppressive rule. Imprisoned and per- Crammed with sketches, concept Forty years later, secret agent Ma- decends into chaos at the hands secuted, the X-Men are a desperate art and other rare goodies in a glo- tilda Finn faces the consequences of Anarky and his quest for revenge family. At their center is Kate Pryde, rious oversized 8”x12” hardcover, of that choice and questions her on both the villains and protectors mother of the last mutant to be born truly the most incredible edition of already-loose ties to human society. of Gotham, Batman must team up before the purges of the Mutant Con- Black Science in all the Eververse. Collects Midnight Society: The with the cantankerous Harvey Bull- trol Act. With revolution on the wind, Collects Black Sceince #1-16. Black Lake #1-4. ock of the Gotham City PD to find the X-Men must break free, rescue Anarky’s true motivation for bringing In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 20/01/2016 their teammates from a terrible fate Gotham to it’s knees. and seek out the haven where a dire Collects issues #35-40. weapon waits! The mutants’ hour of In Shops: 06/01/2016 judgment is at hand! Collecting Years Of Future Past #1-5. INFINITE In Shops: 25/11/2015 LOOP IDW ULTIMATE END MARVEL Colinet, Charretier Bendis, Bagley POSTAL VOL.2 BATMAN / IMAGE SUPERMAN VOL.3: SECOND This is it - the swan song of the Ul- Hill, Hawkins, CHANCE A science-fiction series that asks the Goodhart age-old question, “What would you timate Universe! As the Incursions DC risk for a chance at true love?” Meet destroy everything, and the Marvel Pak, Raney, Lee, Teddy, a young woman who lives in a and Ultimate Universes meet and Mark Shiffron is more than the mail- Various faraway future where time traveling is collide, Miles Morales and the rest man of Eden, Wyoming. Now he’s a common practice and her job is to of the Ultimate heroes face final ex- the problem solver, working with his In this collection of issues #10-15, a maintain the status quo by correct- tinction! It’s the battle you thought mother, the Mayor, to keep a town Dark Knight who is not quite himself ing time paradoxes. But when she you’d never see as the tear between full of criminals from tearing itself must team up with Lois Lane to find meets Ano, “a time paradox” and the domains deepens - and a universe apart. As ambition and desire grow a missing Man of Steel. Meanwhile, girl of her dreams, Teddy must de- dies! The dramatic end of an era is within him, Mark uses his unique Selina Kyle encounters a person of cide between fixing the time stream here, brought to you by the Ultimate perspective to try and keep Eden amazing strength who has no idea or the love of her life, both of which Universe’s founding fathers! under his mother’s control. who he is. have unique consequences. Collecting Ultimate End #1-5. Collects Postal #5-8. 13 In Shops: 16/12/2015 In Shops: 18/11/2015 In Shops: 09/12/2015 In Shops: 25/11/2015 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM NOVEMBER ONWARDS...

MY LITTLE HARLEY PONY: ART IS SPIDER-GWEN QUINN VOL.2: MAGIC VOL.0: MOST POWER IDW WANTED GIRL CRAZY OUTAGE (HC) Mebberson, MARVEL DC Richard, Price, Latour, DARK HORSE Palmiotti, Fleecs, Hickey Rodriguez Hernandez Conner, Various

Celebrate the charming and diverse The breakout character hit of the Kitten, Maribel, and Gaby are child- The first rule of Skate Club is... artwork of IDW’s My Little Pony year is : Spider-Wom- hood friends celebrating their six- you do not mess with the Mis- comic book series is this special art an! In one universe, it wasn’t Peter teenth birthday. But someone’s tress of Mayhem! Harley stumbles book! Read along as fan-favorite Parker who was bitten by the ra- missing-their fourth friend, Una, is across an underground fight club artists Amy Mebberson, Sara Rich- dioactive spider, but Gwen Stacy! imprisoned in Tijuana. So the girls where big money equals big body ard, Tony Fleecs, Andy Price, Bren- She’s smart, charming and can lift set out to give Una the ultimate counts! She’s in...and she’s mak- da Hickey, and Agnes Garbowska a car - just don’t tell her father the birthday gift-freedom-even if it ing Sy Borgman her agent. Plus, showcase a selection of their most police ! And now, in the wake means taking on an entire city! what would happen if the demented cherished pieces, provide insight of Spider-Verse, Gwen swings into In Shops: 06/01/2016 Clown Princess of Crime visited the into their process, and share the her own solo adventures! most popular comic-con out there? identities of their favorite ponies! Collecting Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 Collects #9-13, Harley In Shops: 11/11/2015 and Spider-Gwen #1-5. Quinn: Futures End #1, a story from Secret Origins #4 and the star-stud- In Shops: 25/11/2015 DEADPOOL VS ded Harley Quinn Invades Comic- THANOS Con International: San Diego #1! ANGEL AND FAITH MARVEL In Shops: 09/12/2015 SEASON 9 STAR Seeley, Bondoc, VOL.3 (HC) TREK: NEW Moore DARK HORSE ADVENTURES FATALE: VOL.2 Gage, Isaacs, It’s the confrontation that every sin- DELUXE Morris IDW EDITION gle Marvel comic has been building VOL.2 (HC) Johnson, Molnar, to: the Merc With a Mouth versus Shipper, Various IMAGE When a demon from Giles’s past the Jerk With That Jaw! Deadpool reemerges in London, it gives An- goes to and beyond when he Brubaker, Phillips gel the opportunity he’s been wait- The New Adventures of the Starship throws down the gauntlet against ing for: capturing the final piece Enterprise continue with stories fo- Thanos of Titan! These calamitous of the late ’s soul. Faith’s cusing on the new crew in the new combatants are two sides of an un- This Deluxe Edition presents the Slayer comrades discover her long- timeline that take place between the holy love triangle, with Death their conclusion of Brubaker and Phillips standing relationship with public en- first and second movies, plus the sto- fickle mistress. But when everything best-selling orror-oir series Fatale in emy number one, Angel. And if that ry “After Darkness,” which picks up in the universe stops dying, could a gorgeous hardcover edition filled wasn’t enough, Slayers start turning where Star Trek Into Darkness leaves the with the killer cheek- with insightful extras and behind-the- into zombies! off, all with creative collaboration with bones have her bony hands full with scenes artwork. This the book for se- Collects Angel And Faith Volumes 4 writer/producer Roberto Orci! someone else?!? rious Brubaker and Phillips collectors! and 5. Collects issues #13-24 of Star Trek. Collecting Deadpool Vs Thanos #1-4. Collects Fatale #11-24. In Shops: 13/01/2016 In Shops: 04/11/2015 In Shops: 25/11/2015 In Shops: 11/11/2015 14 BIFF’S BIT Email Biff here: [email protected]

Now a quick boost for comics Frank Miller’s swan song (he is not in the best of health) is on this months new listings, Dark Knight ACE AT III: The Master Race #1 (of 8). With a host of assists from other estab- INVASION lished creators this could be the se- ries that Dark Knight Strikes Again COLCHESTER should have been. 2015 Over at Marvel there is a host of For five years now we have been great new re-launches: Deadpool, heavily involved with Invasion Col- All New Hawkeye, Mighty Thor, chester. This event is one giant Black Knight, Venom Space Knight, to name a few. character, costume and cosplay fair with the purpose of raising money Finally a quick mention for Klaus, for local charities. From Buffy to by Grant Morrison, published by Batman, Gamorrean Guards to Boom! Studios. Set in a dark fan- Ghostbusters and Disney Prin- tastic past of myth and magic, cesses to Dredd, the streets of Klaus tells the story of how Santa Claus really came to be. Where did Colchester were filled with favour- Families were on a special day out and prize-draw tickets go to the lo- over 50% to approximately £7,000, he begin? What was he like when he ite characters to meet and greet! to get pictures of themselves and cal Hospice and Colchester Hospi- all the money pledged has yet to be was young? Why does he do what Some were professional, some their children with as many of these tals Charity. Secondly because it is completely collected and we may he does? How does he do what amateur, and some just dressed characters as they could. so much fun, and now thirdly the well exceed this figure. he does? And what happens when up on the spur of the moment. The people of Colchester will not let us There was a charity auction with What made this even more special he faces his greatest challenge? streets were full of colour, mayhem, stop! art from the likes of , was that not one of our cosplay Drawing on Santa Claus’ wilder fun and laughter. Des Taylor and John Watson up for The local shopping centres, who characters was subjected to ridi- roots in Viking lore and Siberian There was a Exhibition grabs (all the art sold was kindly have automated footfall counting, cule, every single one was warmly shamanism-taking in the creepier donated free of charge by the art- informed us that we added over and The Dukes Of Hazzard, Starsky received and for this one day of the side of Christmas, and characters ists)! 10,000 people to their precincts! like the sinister Krampus-Klaus is And Hutch, Supernatural and the year sci-fi and fantasy ruled! US Highway Patrol were featured To entertain the children there was One very happy retailer hunted a “Santa Claus: Year One.” Grant We hold Invasion Colchester the among a number of famous four- a character hunt, ending up at ACE down our very own Kerrie, who Morrison at his best? wheelers on display. Also some Comics central where the first 175 does all the hard graft, and volun- first week of September so make Resident Evil vehicles! completed entries got free Lego tarily gave her an extra £50 for the a note for next year, bookmark charity as he had done so well on invasioncolchester.co.uk. It really There was music: Committed To and everyone got 10% off of any- the day! is fabulous and if you join in the The Blues Brothers (the UK’s thing in the store! character hunt for the meagre sum number one Blues Brothers trib- Why do we do it? Primarily to raise Already we are being besieged with of £1 to the charities you can get ute band), Wooden Maiden (heavy money for two local charities - all requests for next year. metal rock, but on wood), plus proceeds from the on street collec- This was our best year yet on every 10% off at ACE Colchester . many other local bands played live. tions on the day, the charity auction level. 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