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ILLUMINATIONS THIS NOVEMBER... MOTOR GIRL .A.S.K. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER A.D.: AFTER DEATH INVINCIBLE BIFF’S BIT... MARVEL: ‘NOW’ WHAT? NOVEL IDEAS AND MORE! Motor Girl Annual (DC)

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

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

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

PAGE 06... New Series and One-Shots for November:

PAGE 07... New Series and One-Shots for November:

PAGE 08... New Series and One-Shots for November: Marvel Comics

PAGE 09... New Series and One-Shots for November: Indies

PAGE 10... New Series and One-Shots for November: Indies

PAGE 11... Novel Ideas - Part One

PAGE 12... Novel Ideas - Part Two

PAGE 13... Biff’s Bit: Marvel - ‘Now’ What? SIGN UP FOR THE PAGE 14.. Graphic Novel Top 20: ’s Bestselling Books ACE COMICS MAILOUT AND KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST RELEASES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, CHARTS, acecomics.co.uk ILLUMINATIONS, EVENTS For the complete catalogue of new releases visit previews.com/catalog AND MORE! 02 ETHER #1 Kindt, Rubin, Lemire A science-minded adventurer gets mixed up in the mysteries of a fantasy world in this charming new adventure from an award- winning creative team. Boone Dias is an interdimensional explorer, a scientist from Earth who has stumbled into great responsibility. He’s got an explanation for everything, so of course the Ether’s magical residents turn to him to solve their toughest crimes. But maybe keeping the real and the abstract separate is too big a job for just one man. From New York Times best-selling author Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT, Past Aways, Super Spy, Dept. H) with stunning artwork from David Rubín! In Shops: 16/11/2016

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - SEASON 11 #1 HELLBOY AND Gage, Isaacs, Morris THE BPRD - 1954: DARK Life is good for Buffy and the Scoobies with everyone finally finding a happy and THE UNREASONING calm place in their lives. But when a supernatural disaster wreaks havoc on their #1 Mignola, Roberson, Green, HORSE very existence, and the entire city of San Francisco, they are forced back into Huddleston NEW SERIES fighting form. An unusual ghost hunt leads Hellboy to a A N D O N E � S H O T S Rebekah Isaacs and return for Season 11! spectral monkey with a message for a grieving FOR NOVEMBER family. Catch “deleted scenes” on the variant covers from Rebekah Isaacs and Christos Joe Golem artist Patric Reynolds draws Hellboy! Gage! Special 30th anniversary variant by artist Karl Moline! In Shops: 23/11/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 03 : ELECTION NIGHT #1 Finch, Russell, Caldwell, Davis DC NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER It’s mayoral election time in , and while the city is up in arms, Catwoman couldn’t care less! But when the candidates get personal, the Feline decides to get involved-much to the detriment of...well, everyone! INJUSTICE - This issue contains a special bonus story featuring the return of GODS AMONG US: President Beth Ross from the critically acclaimed Prez miniseries. BATMAN YEAR FIVE In Shops: 02/11/2016 ANNUAL #1 ANNUAL #1 King, Snyder, Dini, Orlando, Buccellato, Miller, Wilson, Rossmo, Adams, Santucci, Xermanico, MOTHER PANIC #1 Finch Yardin Houser, Edwards “Silent Night”! A hush of winter snowfall has Catch up on three untold tales from the final Meet Violet Paige, a celebutante with a bad fallen over Gotham City... but a quiet night in year of Injustice: Gods Among Us. attitude and a temper to match, who no one this place is never truly quiet. Batman and his goes to The ’s oldest hideout suspects of having anything lying beneath the allies-and his many foes-stalk the streets in this only to find a band of ex-Joker lackeys have surface of her outrageous exploits. But Violet icy showcase of top talent. taken up residence there. isn’t just another bored heiress in the upper In Shops: 30/11/2016 echelons of Gotham City’s elite. Motivated Ares returns from his imprisonment on Apokolips by her traumatic youth, Violet seeks to exact to try and win the favor of ’s regime, vengeance on her privileged peers as the but can anyone trust him? terrifying new vigilante known only as Mother Black Lightning-not seen since Year One- Panic. switches sides and takes a leadership role in In Shops: 09/11/2016 Superman’s plans to rebuild Metropolis. NEW TALENT In Shops: 30/11/2016 SHOWCASE #1 Ayala, Beeby, Jones, Khan, McMillian, Moreci, Schultz, Sebela, Smith, Liew, Messina, Randolph, Janson In this new one-shot, unleashes her true god of war against a parade of monsters! Superman discovers a new threat that might SUPER POWERS #1 be bigger and badder than the joker himself! SUPERMAN Baltazar, Franco solves crimes in the weird weapons ANNUAL #1 Aw yeah, the World’s Greatest Heroes are back unit for the GCPD! and Tomasi, Gleason, Jimenez in a new, all-ages miniseries-except for Batman! fight about ice cream in space! “Earth To Earth, Ashes To Ashes”! Mr. Oz told Superman helps out by cleaning up in Gotham You’ll find all of this and so much more in Superman he was not what he thought. Now, City, where he discovers a clue that sends New Talent Showcase #1, where recent comes hunting for the Man of Wonder Woman into space to find the Caped graduate writers from the inaugural DC Talent Steel to discover what strange connection this Crusader. Her journey brings her a step closer Development workshop showcase some of their new Superman has to the planet. But their to Batman, but can she uncover the truth behind strongest work yet! contact is something neither is prepared for, his disappearance? From the award-winning See what they’ve learned from masters of the leading to Kal-El battling the Earth elemental creative team that brought you Tiny Titans and craft Scott Snyder, Jim Lee and Klaus Janson. who wants to bury him! Superman Family Adventures! In Shops: 30/11/2016 In Shops: 30/11/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 04 IDW NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER

COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS #1 Van Lente, Dunlavey For the first time ever, the story of comics, graphic BATMAN / TMNT novels, and manga is presented in four-color glory! ADVENTURES #1 OPTIMUS PRIME #1 Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their Manning, Sommariva Barber, Zama irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of , R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, , Stan When villains start to mysteriously escape Revolution is over-but the danger to Earth is Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Arkham, Batman seeks to track them down. What just beginning. As Optimus Prime pulls Earth Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka - and more! happens when he discovers that they have left into the larger universe, he’s painted a target on Gotham completely... and entered the TMNT’s Earth... and a new alien incursion begins when a In Shops: 23/11/2016 ? corkscrew shaped craft drills into our world! The animated worlds of the current TMNT The next evolution of is here as Nickelodeon cartoon and Batman: The Animated Optimus Prime’s past on Cybertron haunts his Series collide in this outstanding mini-series! present on Earth! The greatest all-ages crossover of all-time Artist Kei Zama (Scarlett Witch) makes her debut featuring villains and allies from both universes! with veteran writer John Barber (Transformers)! The influential Batman: The Animated Series In Shops: 16/11/2016 DONALD QUEST #1 returns to comics! Ambrosio, McGreal, In Shops: 09/11/2016 M.A.S.K.: Freccero MOBILE ARMORED STRIKE KOMMAND #1 In the steampunk warrior world of Feudarnia, only the Magnus Malleus can save humanity from Easton, Vargas, Edwards marauding Meteorbeasts! It’s an epic weapon for TRANSFORMERS - Launching from the events of Revolution! an epic hero... so why is it up to Donald Duck to MORE THAN MEETS grab it before Magica De Spell, the Beagle Boys, THE EYE: REVOLUTION The M.A.S.K. team streaks into a dangerous, unstable landscape and the Blot get there first? WYNONNA EARP In Shops: 30/11/2016 LEGENDS DOC #1 of dark wars, high intrigue and non-stop where they’ll HOLLIDAY #1 Roberts, Roche, Milne encounter the nearly unstoppable threat of Miles Mayhem and Smith, Rozon, Evenhuis A date wth destiny! After years of doing very little, his black ops squadron known as V.E.N.O.M. Krok, Crankcase, Fulcrum, Spinister, and Misfire Wynonna Earp and Doc Holliday have faced off think they can wriggle out of anything-but not How will an untested Matt Trakker lead M.A.S.K. through a against demons and Revenants, but nothing even they can avoid a heavily-promoted multi- complex new world order where nothing is what it seems? can prepare them to square off against the franchise crossover. It’s the Scavengers Versus infamous Pinkertons. When Doc catches wind of Your Childhood in a story that exposes all other Join writer Brandon Easton (Marvel’s Agent Carter), artist Tony YAKUZA DEMON an abandoned stash of gold from a train robbery, art for the sham it is. he and Wynonna race to track it down before Vargas (Rot and Ruin) and cover artist Tommy Lee Edwards for KILLERS #1 Pinkerton agents get their hands on it. What will the universe’s worst Decepticons make Chauhan, Powell of the world’s greatest crossover? an exciting 21st century spin on the classic series where “illusion Beau Smith and Tim Rozon, Wynonna Earp’s is the ultimate weapon!” Tokyo harbors a dark secret! When a museum Doc Holliday himself, bring fans a tale of unlikely One last dance with the your favorite Decepticons heist goes wrong, a damaged thief named team ups, thrilling shootouts, and the occasional before LOST LIGHT begins next month! Special back-up material in every issue written by Tommy Lee Ochita becomes trapped in the middle of a battle make-out session in Wynonna Earp Legends: The entire creative team that launched More between a horde of demons and the merciless Doc Holliday! Than Meets The Eye returns! Edwards! Yakuza. No matter who wins, humanity loses. In Shops: 16/11/2016 In Shops: 02/11/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 In Shops: 16/11/2016 05 CBLDF LIBERTY IMAGE ANNUAL 2016 NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS Aydin, Bennett, Keatinge, FRONTIER #1 FOR NOVEMBER Marder, Pope, Reed, Hickman A.D.: AFTER DEATH - Schkade, Talbot, Wimberly, Fielder, Guinan, Niimura, Series premiere. “Tranquility”. BOOK 1 Schkade, Talbot, Wheeler, Snyder, Lemire Powell Double-sized first issue! Series premiere. “Great Heroes”. The planets have aligned, and What if we found a cure for death? Be The Change! CBLDF salutes the real people the prodigal son has returned! Two of comics’ most acclaimed creators, Scott who changed the world, from suffragettes Snyder (Wytches, Batman, American Vampire) to sports legends, creative visionaries to For the first time in eight and Jeff Lemire (Descender, , Sweet courageous citizens who took a stand. CBLDF years, Jonathan Hickman Tooth) unite to create a three-part epic like no Liberty Annual 2016 will inspire readers to go out (East Of West, Black Monday other, set in a future where a genetic cure for and optimistically build a better world by telling death has been found. Years after the discovery, the stories of the people who did just that! Murders, Secret Wars, one man starts to question everything, leading All proceeds from this benefit anthology support ) is both writing him on a mind-bending journey that will bring him Legal Defense Fund’s important face-to-face with his past and his own mortality. work protecting the freedom to read. and drawing a new A unique combination of comics, prose, and In Shops: 02/11/2016 comic series: Frontier. illustration, A.D.: After Death will be serialized monthly as three oversized prestige format books It’s like , but written by Snyder and fully painted by Lemire. super depressing. In Shops: 23/11/2016 Seriously. Not a joke. The final frontier... is a total bummer. Each issue contains MAYDAY #1 galaxy-expanding bonus De Campi, Blond, Parker content like star maps, Series premiere. breakdowns of alien races, VIOLENT LOVE #1 A Cold War action-thriller like no other. interstellar factions, and Barbiere, Santos It’s 1971, and two young Soviet operatives are detailed spaceship schematics. sent to California to kill a defector and recover Daisy Jane and Rock Bradley were two of the top-secret information. As the mission falls Frontier is a brand new most notorious bank robbers in the American apart into a mess of good sex, bad drugs, and Southwest. And then they fell in love. ugly violence, the young Russians are faced with science fiction story about Join Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, The a dilemma: they need to rely on each other to utopia lost, and how we might Revisionist) and Victor Santos (The Mice Templar, escape America, but they must betray each other Polar) for a pulp-infused criminal romance oozing to survive Russia. just gain it back. with style and action! By critically-acclaimed thriller writer Alex De In Shops: 16/11/2016 Double-sized debut issue! Campi with art by Tony Parker and Blond. In Shops: 09/11/2016 In Shops: 02/11/2016

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AMAZING #1 SPIDER-MAN ALL NEW X-MEN Smith, Beyruth, Moore, ANNUAL #1 ANNUAL #1 Checchetto Various Grace, Ogle, Smith, Various Spider-Man Around The World! Young X-Man Idie Okonkwo has come a long Robbie Reyes is back! It’s on wheels as the Don’t miss Spider-Man’s adventure in Mexico way since she left her home in Nigeria to attend spirit of vengeance makes his roaring return! City! Xavier’s School. But has her time with the X-Men A mysterious object from space crash-lands prepared her for her biggest adventure yet: Date in southern California, drawing some of the And Cloak and Dagger at the night?! Plus: Dani Moonstar returns! office in Shanghai! brightest minds in the to Ghost In Shops: 23/11/2016 Rider’s backyard - including Amadeus Cho, the And if that weren’t enough, star of stage and Totally Awesome ! What mayhem will be screen Wayne Brady tries his hand at comics unleashed as the High-octane Hothead comes with the funniest Spider-Man story ever! face-to-face with the Jade Genius? And with In Shops: 02/11/2016 Robbie still possessed by the ghost of his evil uncle Eli...who’s really in the driver’s seat? Then, BLACK PANTHER: meet the newest speed trap in Ghost Rider’s life as his original creators Felipe Smith and Tradd WORLD OF WAKANDA Moore reunite for a special backup story and #1 the debut of an all-new villain. Strap in and start Coates, Gay, Harvey, your engines, True Believer, this one’s gonna be Martinez, Richardson a scorcher! “You deserved so much more, little flower. You In Shops: 30/11/2016 deserved a Wakanda that cherished you.” Writer Roxane Gay (Bad Feminst, ) spins AMAZING a Wakandan love story - its tenderness matched SPIDER-MAN: RENEW only by its brutality. You know them now as The Midnight Angels, but in this story they are just Ayo YOUR VOWS #1 and Aneka, young women recruited to become Conway, Stegman Dora Milaje, an elite task trained to protect AVENGERS #1 The Parker family is web-slinging and wall- the crown at all costs. What happens when your crawling their way into your hearts and into comic nation needs your hearts and minds, but you FOOLKILLER #1 shops later this year! already gave them to each other? Illustrated by Waid, Del Mundo, Ross industry veteran Alitha E. Martinez (Iron Man, Bemis, Talajic, Johnson Life is good for Peter Parker and Mary Jane; their Black Panther). The time has come! Their ranks shattered by , their spirits daughter Annie is their pride and joy, they’re both Greg Salinger was just your typical merc for hire weighted down by a toll both personal and spiritual, Earth’s Mightiest working and (barely) making ends meet, they’re And in a special backup story, acclaimed poet - Foolkiller - killing those that he deemed to be keeping the streets of New York City safe from Yona Harvey (Hemming the Water) explores the “foolish.” And for money. But that life is behind Heroes must find the resolve to stand united one final time against super villains... you know, normal family stuff. true origins of The People’s mysterious leader him now. Today, he’s a psychiatrist, trying to help their greatest foe! Zenzi. Black Panther thinks he knows who Zenzi others. But now S.H.I.E.L.D. wants him to try to Oh, did we mention MJ and Annie have Spider- is and how she got her powers, but he only knows rehabilitate super villains. The catch? If these ! ! The Vision! The Wasp! Spider-Man! ! Powers -- just like Peter?! part of the story... Illustrated by rising star Afua “patients” don’t make enough progress, they’re When the settles, not a one of these heroes will make Being Spider-Man just became a family affair... Richardson (Genius). dead! it to the final page alive! This is Kang War One! In Shops: 09/11/2016 In Shops: 09/11/2016 In Shops: 02/11/2016 In Shops: 02/11/2016 07 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 08 Bendis, Caselli From the violent streets of Chicago, a new armored hero rises! Clad in her very own Iron Man armor, Riri Williams is ready to show OCCUPY AVENGERS the Marvel Universe what she can do as the self-made hero of #1 IVX #0 ULTIMATES 2 #1 tomorrow. But is she ready for all the problems that come with Walker, Pacheco, Alessio Soule, Rocafort Ewing, Foreman stepping into Iron Man’s jet boots? Where’s a genius billionaire Super heroes - they’re a privileged class. Doing This issue sets the stage for the upcoming Who - or what - is the Cosmic Jailer? What being what they want, when they want and suffering vs. X-Men mega-event! Learn who is powerful enough to chain Eternity itself? playboy philanthropist when you need one? no consequences. They have no regard for the the major players will be, plus the seeds of the That is the mystery must solve - before In Shops: 09/11/2016 ordinary people who are left behind to suffer in incredible plan that will unfold in IVX #1. Beast it’s too late. their wake. and Iso travel the world to learn a desperate Ultimate problems require ultimate solutions, and Who will stand up for the little guy? truth, the X-Men assemble their ranks and the Inhumans prepare for the war to come. Galactus will call on those who helped cure his There is a man. If you can find him, and if he insatiable hunger. In Shops: 30/11/2016 believes in your story, he and his friends will put Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, things right. Some call them outlaws, rebels, Spectrum and Ms. America! Hoods. To others, they are heroes. No powers to speak of - just skills, smarts and a Together they are the Ultimates, protectors of the burning drive to do the right thing. Omniverse. But now they are something more - the newest heralds of Galactus, the Lifebringer! His name is . In Shops: 23/11/2016 Occupy Avengers: It’s time to “Take Back Justice”! In Shops: 02/11/2016 UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #1 Bunn, Piper, Lashley, Aco Caught in the crossfire between the Uncanny X-Men and the Dark Riders, Young X-Man was a casualty of war. But can a whose power deals in life and death stay gone for long? In Shops: 16/11/2016 UNWORTHY THOR #1 Aaron, Coipel #1 Odinson’s desperate search to regain his worthiness has taken him out into the cosmos, Lemire, Deodato where he’s learned of the existence of a Evil has been unleashed on the universe. mysterious other Mjolnir. Thanos, possibly the most evil individual in the This weapon of unimaginable power, a relic Marvel Universe, is back... and he’s out for from a dead universe, is the to Odinson’s vengeance on all who would oppose him. VENOM #1 redemption - but some of the greatest villains of Unfortunately for the Mad Titan, he’s also heading Costa, Sandoval the Marvel Universe are now anxious to get their hands on it as well. for an unexpected reckoning... with his family. The you know and love has returned to Take an ongoing walk on the dark side of the New York City. No more “Agent of the Cosmos.” Can The Odinson reclaim his honor, or will the galaxy, following the deadly trail of destruction No more “Lethal Protector.” It’s time for a new power of thunder be wielded for evil? left in the wake of... Thanos! Venom, and it’s great to be bad. The quest for the hammer begins here. In Shops: 16/11/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 In Shops: 02/11/2016 MARVEL NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER NEW SERIES AND INDIES ONE�SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER

WWE: THEN. NOW. ATHENA VOLTAIRE FOREVER. #1 H COVER STAR H AND THE VOLCANO BOOM! MOTOR GIRL #1 GODDESS #1 Hopeless, Bayliss, ABSTRACT ACTION LAB Powell, Mora Moore Bryant Building off the buzz from the partnership First Issue! When Samantha’s junkyard is The fan-favorite pulp heroine returns in an all- announcement prior to San Diego Comic-Con visited by a UFO looking for spare parts, she new miniseries written and drawn by Eisner 2016, WWE: Then. Now. Forever. #1 delivers is only too happy to oblige. But when word and Manning Award-nominated creator Steve authentic Sports Entertainment featuring gets out she is a reliable source, Sam’s Bryant. WWE Superstars to comic readers! booming alien business catches the attention When her father gains possession of a This oversized issue contains the WWE SDCC of an Area 51 investigator determined to shut legendary necklace, Athena Voltaire must 2016 one-page comics along with a wealth her down! Don’t miss the premier issue of save him from both strange assassins and of new content, celebrating the versatility and Terry Moore’s new series! the Nazis, who want the power the artifact diversity of WWE throughout its various eras. In Shops: 30/11/2016 could unlock! Variant cover by comics legend Includes the 20-page story “The Breaking Michael (Madman) Allred! of the Shield,” where Seth Rollins chose In Shops: 23/11/2016 to betray his brothers Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns at the behest of Triple H and . In Shops: 09/11/2016

SLAM #1 BOOM! NO ANGEL #1 Ribon, Fish BLACK MASK Television Without Pity’s Pamela Ribon (Rick Palicki, Palicki, and Morty) and artist Veronica Fish (Archie) Syahrazad, Nahuelpan GORDON: dive into the fast-paced, hard-hitting world of roller derby! Religious texts from The Bible to the KINGS CROSS #1 Sumerian tablets speak of strange creatures DYNAMITE Jennifer Chu and Maise Huff (aka Knockout descending from the heavens and mating and Ithinka Can on the track) have been best Parker, Hamm, Langridge with humans, their children the superhuman friends since their first day of Fresh Meat heroes of myth. None of this ever meant Superstar (Future Quest) returns Orientation for the Eastside Roller Girls, but anything to Iraq War veteran Hannah Gregory, to , alongside the astounding when they get drafted for two different teams until she found herself in the crosshairs of team of Jesse Hamm and Grace Allison! they’ll have to figure out if the bond between a dangerous cult convinced that she’s a Flash, Mandrake The Magician and The them is stronger than the pull of a team when descendant of these mysterious bloodlines... Phantoms struggle to bring peace to a broken a win is on the line. bloodlines they’re determined to eradicate. Earth... but a far-too-familiar foe from beyond You get slammed on the track and slammed No Angel is a cosmological and conspiratorial threatens to destroy everything they hold in life, and in both cases you have to take modern Western in the style of Preacher dear! your hits and get back up again! meets Justified by way of Jodorowsky. In Shops: 02/11/2016 In Shops: 09/11/2016 In Shops: 30/11/2016

09 VAMPIRE HUNTER D: MESSAGE FROM WHITE #1 MOTRO #1 MARS #1 DEVILS DUE / 1FIRST ONI STRANGER Schaffer Farinas Jones, Broussard Eighteen-year-old small town Willa Harba A reclusive young boy with superhuman Drawn to Mars by an ancient message from starts a new job as a producer’s assistant at strength follows a prophecy from his dead Cecile, a girl who could see the future, D an LA film studio. It doesn’t take her long to father on a mission to save people, but arrives to find a colony that is little more than discover the ruthless and brutal nature of the when he finds the area villagers are less a blood farm. With Left Hand by his side, Hollywood apex predator. than thrilled by his noble intentions and he D sets out to cleanse Mars of the vampiric On the way to an oversea location, the studio’s faces adversaries both human and magical- scourge! private jet goes down in the Pacific. Willa is mechanical, what will it take to fulfill his In Shops: 16/11/2016 now faced with a purer kind of predator after destiny? Can his miniature talking motorcycle surviving the crash. Two thousand miles from help? From illustrator and intricate world- land, five hours from rescue, six inches from builder Ulises Fariñas (IDW’s ), shark-infested waters. comes the first story in the life and legend of a fantasy hero for the ages. From British fan favorite Dan Schaffer. In Shops: 02/11/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 HARBINGER: RENEGADES #1 VALIANT Roberts, Robertson BATTLESTAR Six months ago, a secret team of renegade GALACTICA: whistleblowers leaked the existence of these GRAND PASSION #1 extraordinarily dangerous individuals to a GODS AND DYNAMITE MONSTERS #1 stunned world. Today, all across the country, Robinson, Feister, crude, DIY psiot activation attempts have DYNAMITE Cassaday left hundreds brain damaged...or worse. The Kesel, Morgan emergence of a new psiot in a community One of the comic industry’s finest -- James often leads to riots and mass violence. Gun All new stories from the ground-breaking re- Robinson (Squadron Supreme, , sales are through the roof. imagined series! Starman) -- delivers the surprising, funny, With this revolutionary upheaval now in motion, Baltar believes he was chosen by god- and violent, and sexy tale of romance that comics have been missing! Kris Hathaway, John “Torque” Torkelson, Faith now moves closer to being one himself when “Zephyr” Herbert, and Peter Stanchek are he constructs a living Cylon Centurion! Is it Doc’s a cop. Mabel’s a crook. They’re two about to discover their calling. Together, the his greatest achievement or biggest mistake? wayward souls, fated to fall in love at first Harbinger Renegades are moving from town Truly obedient or waiting for the perfect sight... even as Mabel swears to kill Doc if it’s to town, building their ranks, and subverting time to strike? Is it the protector of Sharon’s the last thing she does. authority one mind at a time... and setting unborn baby or its greatest threat? It’s Romance meets Hard-Boiled out to prove once and for all that behind their Will the Cylon’s bloody history repeat itself? Crime, as only James Robinson could deliver! power, there has always been a purpose. In Shops: 02/11/2016 In Shops: 16/11/2016 In Shops: 16/11/2016 NEW SERIES AND INDIES ONE�SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER 10 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS NOVEL IDEAS ARRIVING FROM NOVEMBER ONWARDS...

CAPTAIN AMERICA: XENA WARRIOR STEVE ROGERS VOL.1: STAR WARS: HAN : ALL ROADS BATMAN VOL.9: BLOOM HAIL MARVEL COMICS DYNAMITE DC COMICS MARVEL COMICS Liu, Brooks, Coipel Valentine, Medel, Land Snyder, Miki, Paquette, Capullo Spencer, Pina, Saiz

Everyone’s favorite scoundrel goes Solo! Han is After the Twilight of the Gods, the world is As the new Batman, former police commissioner He’s back! Steve Rogers - the original given a top-secret undercover mission for the precariously uncertain, and Xena and Gabrielle Jim Gordon is in for the fight of his life against of Liberty - is reinvigorated, with a new shield, Rebellion: rescuing several informants and spies! have been missing for twenty-five years. The the bizarre threat of Mr. Bloom, who controls the a new team, a new mission... and a new secret! His cover for the assignment? Only the biggest power of Rome is growing; Caesar is determined underworld in Gotham City! Because Steve isn’t the only one who’s returned. and most infamous starship race in the galaxy, to conquer by lies what he can’t conquer by At the same time, an amnesiac Bruce Wayne Cut off one limb, and two more will take its place the Dragon Void - a tournament he has dreamt of force, and the people at its edges know what’s has discovered the truth of his past as the - Hail Hydra! And never in Captain America’s winning his entire life. With a chance of glory, can coming. Our heroines return to stop him before Dark Knight-and now he must descend into the history have those two words been so dramatic! Han keep his mind on the mission? Or is failing they have to wage war against a man they once Batcave and reclaim that painful legacy. But as a resurgent Hydra once more worms its Leia worse than losing? If that wasn’t enough, called a friend... but along the way, Xena will insidious way into Steve’s life, when Iron Man there’s also the small matter of finding a traitor have to confront her past against a band Don’t miss the latest helping of Dark Knight tales and Captain Marvel lead the Marvel Universe into within the Rebellion. of women warriors, and Gabrielle, whose secret from issues #46-50 and a story from Detective Civil War II, Cap finds himself stuck in the middle Comics #27. Place your bets for the ultimate space race! Our visions are becoming prophecy, will have to again! money’s on Han and the Millennium Falcon - protect her partner at any cost. In Shops: 14/12/2016 Collecting Captain America: Steve Rogers #1-6; after all, it’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in In Shops: 09/11/2016 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2016 less than twelve parsecs! (Captain America) #1. Collecting Han Solo #1-5. In Shops: 07/12/2016 In Shops: 04/01/2017

X-FILES: REVIVAL ALIENS: DEFIANCE VOL.1 IDW PUBLISHING BATMAN: DEATH AND THE MAIDENS Harris, Dow Smith, Currie, Menton3 (DELUXE EDITION HC) DESCENDER VOL.3: Wood, Jones, Carnevale SINGULARITIES DC COMICS Rucka, Janson IMAGE COMICS For years, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana In the aftermath of the intense battle against Scully toiled in the X-Files Unit, a one-office Lemire, Nguyen the Colonial Marines, Zula Hendricks and Davis division of the Bureau dealing with cases In this new Deluxe Edition collecting the classic have gone from being merely AWOL to full-blown deemed unsolvable and related to unexplained traitors. As they drift into a quiet part of space nine-issue miniseries, a dying Ra’s al Ghul must This third collection of the bestselling series by phenomena. Eventually, both agents left the beg Batman for help against a woman who Jeff Lemire and 2016 Eisner Award winning artist to recover and regroup, new crew member Dr. FBI and began new lives in peaceful anonymity. Hollis discovers something in the medical bay once shared his life. In exchange, he offers the Dustin Nguyen dives deep into the secret histories However, recent events prompted them to return Dark Knight the chance to speak with his dead of each cast member with revelations that will that changes everything. Sometimes evil comes to the Bureau and the X-Files. from within. parents! But what they say to him will profoundly propel young robot Tim-21’s sci-fi adventure into Contains the stories “Active Shooter,” “Dia De affect both the man and the hero. This collection dangerous and exciting new territory. Artist Stephanie Hans joins the team on covers! Los Muertos,” and “Ismael” from issues #1-5 of includes behind-the-scenes unused art and Collects Descender #12-16. The second arc begins here! the new series. sketches by artist Klaus Janson. 11 In Shops: 14/12/2016 In Shops: 25/01/2017 In Shops: 09/11/2016 In Shops: 25/01/2017 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS NOVEL IDEAS ARRIVING FROM NOVEMBER ONWARDS...

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This hardcover features the first twelve issues Colonial Marines commandeer an alien When a threat from beyond the stars targets Rachel rises from the grave to track down her of the hit comic book series, along with covers spacecraft. But instead of returning to Earth, they our world, fate draws Captain America, Thor, own murderer in this chilling tale of suspense. and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover end up on LV-223 (from the Prometheus film)! Vision and Iron Man together again - alongside a With the help of a 10-year old serial killer carrying volume. Perfect for long-time readers and fans of This is the second chapter in the Life and Death group of young adventurers who will reinvigorate the of Satan’s sword, and a sister who the Cinemax TV show. story cycle, the follow-up to 2015’s epic Fire Earth’s Mightiest Heroes like never before! is literally the first woman to ever exist, Rachel In Shops: 02/11/2016 and Stone crossover event. Before this tale is Welcome to the big leagues, Nova, Ms. Marvel uncovers the wicked secrets of small town complete, the story lines of Predator, Prometheus, and , a.k.a Spider-Man! But who Manson and its terrible role in earth’s final days. Aliens, and Aliens vs. Predator will all converge! is the familiar villain pulling the reassembled Can Rachel learn from her past in time to save the Avengers’ strings? And can the new lineup last future? Find out in this collection of the critically Collects issues #1-4. long enough to be more than a footnote in the acclaimed series from Terry Moore! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: In Shops: 11/01/2017 team’s great history? In Shops: 30/11/2016 GREAT RESPONSIBILITY Collecting All-New, All-Different Avengers #1- (EPIC COLLECTION) 12; and material from Avengers (2015) #0, Free MARVEL COMICS Comic Book Day 2015 (Avengers) #1 and Free Lee, Ditko, Ditki Comic Book Day 2016 (Civil War II) #1. HARLEY QUINN: VOL.6: BLACK, WHITE AND RED In Shops: 01/03/2017 ODYC VOL.1: CYCLE ONE and Steve Ditko created an unabashed ALL OVER (HC) cultural phenomenon in the Amazing Spider- IMAGE COMICS Man. Their pitch-perfect blend of Peter Parker’s DC COMICS everyday woes and Spider-Man’s never-say-die Conner, Palmiotti, Hardin, Fraction, Ward adventures was something undeniably special. Timms BATMAN AND ROBIN And after years of perfecting that formula, they ADVENTURES VOL.1 ODY-C, modeled after Homer’s Odyssey, is a unleashed the definitive Spider-Man masterpiece: In the aftermath of her encounter with The Joker, DC COMICS psychedelic, gender-broke science-fiction epic the Master Planner saga! Putting Spider-Man Harley’s head is spinning, and she wants nothing Dini, Templeton, Burchett, that tells the story of three legendary warrior- through the most wrenching experience of his more than to get back to her normal life... she Harkins queens returning home after a centuries-long career, Lee and Ditko defined the spirit of a hero. should know by now there’s no such thing! battle. This Epic Collection has that complete story and Harley’s known for her even temperament and In these all-ages tales collected here for the first Told in verse with a visual sensibility that redefines so much more in store: the economy of language-oh, we can’t even finish time, Gotham City’s most iconic foes are poised the very possibilities of the comics medium, this of , Peter Parker’s high-school that sentence. Let’s face it: she’s crazy, and to strike-but they’ll have to get through the gloriously oversized hardcover also has exclusive graduation and landmark battles with the Green she talks too much. So what happens when she Dynamic Duo first! Batman and Robin face off bonus materials including essays by classicist Goblin - plus a spellbinding team-up with that discovers a nemesis even more insane and more against the likes of The Joker, Two Face, Dani Colman, teaching aids, and a massive 10- other famous Lee/Ditko creation, ! hyper-loquacious? and more. page fold-out previously only available in the Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #18-38 It’s Harley vs. the unbelievable Redtool in these This title collects Batman And Robin Adventures sold-out first issue. and Annual #2. tales from Harley Quinn #26-30. #1-10. Collects ODY-C #1-12. In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 18/01/2017 In Shops: 14/12/2016 In Shops: 23/11/2016 12 BIFF’S BIT Email Biff here: [email protected]

a point-one series running alongside it. Call me from our suppliers with the intention to sell out old fashioned, but I know from past experience within one to two months. that point-one series sell about one-third of the Of all the recently announced and solicited regular series. If the stories are worth telling titles from Marvel, only Venom and Jessica then place them in the regular numbering and MARVEL: Jones have the proven interest and predicted more people will actually get to see and read longevity to make it worth considering stocking them! At present it seems a waste of the talents up on the early issues. For titles like Foolkiller, of Barry Kitson and Mark Waid. ‘NOW’ WHAT? , Great Lakes Avengers, Mosaic, Solo, In response to the unarguable success of DC: And don’t get me started on Occupy Avengers! Cage, Occupy Avengers, IVX and Thanos, I ex- Rebirth, Marvel have initiated another Marvel This is really Hawkeye so either sell it as a pect none to last more than a year and a few NOW line. Unfortunately, this has none of the Hawkeye series or not at all. Occupy Avengers - miniseries not withstanding - to last six issues cohesion of the DC re-launch and is leaving the - such a snazzy name, Stan Lee will be choking tops. Marvel line in a strange limbo of post-Secret- on his alliteration dictionary to see such an My last criticism is happening over in Squadron War, post-DC-Rebirth confusion. unimaginative title. Supreme. It was bad enough that they killed Civil War II, their big hitter, is running behind That segues into Unworthy Thor, the five issue Prince in issue two within a meagre few schedule (reminiscent of the Secret Wars mini series. This will be a good series as it is pages, but now they are bringing him back to debacle) and has been extended to eight issues (written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Olivier life!! This is a man who had his head chopped (just as they extended Secret Wars from eight Coipel), but why not place this within the Mighty off! His death didn’t even seem to cause a slight to nine issues). This will do nothing to clarify Thor numbering and have two issues of Mighty ripple across the Marvel Universe, so perhaps they think his rebirth will save the Squadron Su- the effects on the main titles - if any main titles Thor per month for five months? Once again, preme title from cancellation. I think they will be remain - nor make enough sense of all the new more people would then buy it and get to see disappointed. releases which, in my opinion, need as much what will be a story worthy (no pun intended) of help as they can get. the Thor canon.

Are Marvel killing off all Mutants? Death Of X, Yet another Invincible Iron Man series! Marvel For good news, go to see any DC: Rebirth title a four issue mini series, will be followed by IVX seem to think that restarting at issue one and enjoy modern comics as they should be #0, setting the stage for the Inhumans versus will give this new female Iron Man a kick done! X-Men war, but nothing is really clear and start. I firmly believe that in the long term this interest is, so far, very low. This could have been should have stayed within the current series done more coherently within one of the ‘X’ titles numbering. Once again, more people will be exposed to this intriguing story in the long term. or by way of a mini series that stuck to a core As a retailer, this is one of the most important story with a clear message to attract readers. aspects of selling comics. ACE Comics will only As it stands, the response from you Acers out take extra copies of each new release if we feel there has been muted to say the least. the series has longevity, and by this I mean well Yet more Avengers titles! One is back to plain over a year. Less than a year and the odds are old Avengers, but just to confuse, has also got that we will be left with surplus stock. We order 13 Red Virgin And The Vision Of Utopia 13 DARK HORSE COMICS £17.99

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