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Illuminations’, Relaunched for the Digital Era to the first in a new series of Ace Comics’ magazine Welcome ‘Illuminations’, relaunched for the digital era. The magazine serves as a taster for brand new titles solicited this month, along with some valuable input from the team here at Ace Comics. So without further ado, we kick off with the new offerings from Dark Horse, available in April... STAR WARS: ALABASTER: BLOOD TIES - WOLVES #1 BOBA FETT IS Kiernan / Lieber DEAD #1 International Horror NEW Taylor / Scalf Guild Award winning The news spreads author Caitlín R. from one end of the Kiernan brings one galaxy to the other of her most enduring like wildfire: Boba and popular TITLES Fett, the galaxy’s creations to comics! most feared bounty hunter, is dead. For nearly as long as she can But when members of the team that remember, Dancy Flammarion has killed Fett are themselves picked off fought monsters, cutting a bloody one by one, Connor Freeman--the swath through the demons and dark SHIPPING son of one of Jango Fett’s clones-- things of the world, aimed like a gets pulled into the action in a most weapon by forces beyond her control IN APRIL unexpected way! or questioning. MASS EFFECT: RESIDENT ALIEN RESET #1 HOMEWORLDS #0 Bagge #1 Hogan / Parkhouse If you could relive Walters / Francisco / Surviving a crash major events in your Atiyeh landing that ruins life, would you take Mass Effect 3 his spaceship, a stab at making lead writer Mac a stranded alien things better - and Walters kicks off hopes to quietly would your best a new series of live out his life in attempts only make single-issue stories the sleepy town of things worse? Or featuring heroes and adventures Patience, USA, masquerading as would you use your second chance essential to the story of BioWare’s a semi-retired doctor. He has some to put your most twisted, perverted latest blockbuster! alien powers of empathy and the fantasies in motion? These are Each issue will star one of the ability to mask his odd appearance questions washed up actor and main characters of Mass Effect 3 from most people - but how long comedian Guy Krause asks himself in a story written by the BioWare can he last undercover? After three after he signs up to be the main writer who wrote that character in long years of living below the radar, research subject for a virtual reality the game—beginning with a Mac something in Patience is about to experiment. Walters-penned tale of brash young pull him out of hiding and into an gun James Vega! uncomfortable spotlight! NEW TITLES SHIPPING IN APRIL BATMAN: ARKHAM CATWOMAN Vol. 1: THE GAME (SC) UNHINGED Winick / March Fridolfs / Miller Collecting the first six issues of the new 52 series, meet Selina Kyle, also known as This new series Catwoman. She’s addicted to the night. Addicted to shiny objects. Addicted to Batman. explores the world Most of all, Catwoman is addicted to danger. She can’t help herself, and the truth is - behind the hit video she doesn’t want to. She’s good at being bad, and very bad at being good. But this time, game ‘Batman: Selina steals from the wrong man, and now he’s got her. He wants his stuff back, he Arkham City’ in wants answers and he wants blood. stories focusing on both heroes and villains and their roles. A prequel to the game, this first issue explores the Catwoman/Two- ANIMAL MAN Vol. 1: GREEN ARROW Face rivalry and how it leads them THE HUNT (SC) Vol. 1: THE MIDAS into the clutches of Hugo Strange. Lemire / Foreman / TOUCH (SC) Huet / Leon Krul / Giffen / Jurgens / BATMAN: In these tales from Perez / Mccarthy DETECTIVE COMICS issues #1-6 of the In the first six Vol. 1: FACES OF new series, Buddy issues of the New DEATH (HC) Baker has gone 52 event, Oliver Daniel / Winn / Florea from “super” man to Queen is armed family man - but is with cutting-edge In the first seven he strong enough to hold his family weaponry and illegally gained intel hard-hitting issues together when Maxine, his young (courtesy of his team at QCore)! As of Detective Comics, daughter, starts to manifest her own Green Arrow, he’s shooting first and Batman sets his dangerous powers? As these new asking questions later as he travels sights on the abilities continue to terrify Buddy and the world to bring outlaws to justice... Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his his wife Ellen, things take a turn for the and breaking every law there is in sights on Batman. But time is running worse as Buddy and Maxine begin a the process. out as Commissioner Gordon and journey into the heart of The Red. Batman work to uncover the secret of the dread Dollmaker! STORMWATCH JUSTICE LEAGUE Vol. 1: THE DARK SIDE (SC) BATWOMAN Vol. 1: INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGY (HC) Vol. 1: THE SIGNAL Cornell / Sepulveda / MASTERS (SC) Barrionuevo Williams III / Blackman / Reeder Jurgens / Lopresti / Stormwatch returns Ryan / Castiello in this collection of Batwoman’s new the first six issues series begins with Collecting the first six issues of the new of the team’s new this title collecting series! issues #0-5! series, the United Nations brings Jack Hawksmoor, Midnighter, Apollo, Who or what is together Batman, Booster Gold, The Engineer and Martian Manhunter stealing children Green Lantern Guy Gardner, August comprise a dangerous super human from the barrio, and for what vile General in Iron, Fire, Ice, Vixen and police force whose existence is kept purpose? Will Kate train her cousin, Rocket Red to form a new group secret from the world. This covert Bette Kane, as her sidekick? How called Justice League International! team of sci-fi super heroes must battle will she handle unsettling revelations But can they discover the mystery the Earth’s moon itself and find a way about her father, Colonel Jacob Kane? behind the giant alien Signalmen to hide its monstrous metamorphosis And why is a certain government who are appearing all over the globe from the rest of the Earth! agency taking an interest in her? without killing each other first? NEW TITLES SHIPPING IN APRIL ‘68: SCARS #1 AMERICA’S GOT DEJAH THORIS THE Kidwell / Jones / Fotos POWERS #1 AND THE APES OF SHADOW #1 MARS #1 Saigon is in flames. Ross / Hitch By Garth Ennis Private Kuen Welcome to Rahner / Antonio Who knows what Yam is alone and AMERICA’S GOT On the way to an evil lurks in the screaming. A POWERS! It’s the archaeological dig hearts of men? The handful of human biggest TV show at an ancient battle Shadow knows! survivors maintains on Earth, where the site at the ‘face’ of The Shadow a weakening hold chance to win fame, Mars, Dejah Thoris returns to comic on the only gateway fortune and get laid and her party are stores written to the skies and escape from are dangled in front of a generation stranded. They take shelter in a dead, by the man born to write Vietnam...and the muddy waters of of super-powered teens. All they ancient city - infested with killer white him - Garth Ennis. The the Mekong Delta churn like a hellish have to do is WIN. Who is the fastest, apes. Hungry ones. artist joining Garth will be river Styx as the bloated dead rise the strongest or the greatest? Who The most harrowing horror story in Aaron Campbell. from the depths. survives? Young Tommy Watt’s the annals of Barsoom! Featuring covers by Few will survive the nightmares of dreams of being the greatest hero of them all might just be shattered fan favourite artists 1968...and those who do...will bear Alex Ross, Howard its mark. when the greatest show on the planet begins to reveal its dark heart. Chaykin, Jae Lee and John Cassaday. DANGER CLUB #1 SECRET #1 In the The Shadow first issue Walker / Jones Hickman / Bodenheim hits stores of the ongoing Faced with the “Teeth, with which in April series, it’s deadliest peril the to eat” 2012! 1938 and universe had ever A man gets shot in The Shadow known, the world’s London, a law firm returns in a tale of greatest heroes left blazing action and VOLTRON: gets broken into MERCILESS: THE YEAR ONE #1 the Earth to battle in Washington, an RISE OF MING #1 deadly intrigue, as a nightmarish evil... a night of carnage on Thomas / Cermak accountant gives Beatty / Adrian and they never away the password the New York waterfront Before they were came back. 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