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ILLUMINATIONSOCT 2016 THIS DECEMBER... MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL # 337 GI JOE ROCKSTARS JL / DOCTOR APHRA BIFF’S BIT... HALLOWEEN COMICFEST NOVEL IDEAS AND MORE! / Suicide Squad #1 (DC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

PAGE 11... Novel Ideas - Part One

PAGE 12... Novel Ideas - Part Two

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DEAD INSIDE #1 Arcudi, Fejzula, Johnson The Jail Crimes Division of the Sheriff’s Office in Mariposa County investigates crimes committed inside county jails. With a limited number of suspects who can’t escape, these are usually easy cases to solve-but not this one. As Detective Linda Caruso gets closer to the heart of the case, she discovers uncomfortable truths about her friends, her job, and herself. Perfect for fans of crime and prison television, such as Law & Order, NCIS, Orange Is the New Black, American Crime Story, or Making a Murderer. A new series from Rumble writer John Arcudi ALIENS VS PREDATOR: and Veil artist Toni Fejzula. In Shops: 21/12/2016 LIFE AND DEATH #1 Abnett, Thies, Palumbo The Predators arrive on LV-223! The question is: are they here to finish the fight with the Colonial Marines, or will they join the marines in the battle SHADOWS ON against the Aliens? And who will Ahab- THE GRAVE #1 the Predator from the Fire and Corben story cycle-side with? The master of supernatural horror is back with In Shops: 28/12/2016 bizarre tales of terror in his signature black- and-white style. Running through the entire series is the continuing story of Corben’s new warrior character, Denaeus, reminiscent of his best-loved creation, Den from the classic Heavy Metal series. New stories from 2012 Eisner Hall of Fame award winner Richard Corben! In Shops: 14/12/2016

03 SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER #1 Tamaki, Jones Flying and crushing coal into diamonds may INJUSTICE: come easy, but try popping a Kryptonian GODS AMONG US - ALL STAR #1 zit! Caldecott Honor-winning and Eisner GROUND ZERO #1 - DIRECTOR’S CUT Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This Sebela, Mhan, Oliver Snyder, Romita One Summer) teams with Eisner Award- Don’t miss the start of this new series bridging Superstar writer Scott Snyder explodes into an the gap between the recently concluded Injustice all-new Batman series alongside legendary artist nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) digital first series and the upcoming Injustice 2 John Romita Jr., in this pencils-only Director’s for a coming-of-age tale like you’ve never game! Cut of the smash-hit All Star Batman #1. seen before. But while growing pains shake The story of the first Injustice: Gods Among Us Batman must take Two-Face to a destination videogame is told in format for the outside of , but the duplicitous up Kara’s world, a deadly earthquake rocks first time, but from the skewed perspective of villain has a two of spades up his sleeve. Every the small town of Midvale beneath her feet! . As heroes from the parallel Earth assassin, bounty hunter and ordinary citizen with arrive to tip the balance against ’s something to hide is on their tails with one goal: The Girl of Steel has a choice: let her world regime, Harley’s determined to cause her own kill Batman! Handcuffed together on the road die, or overcome her adolescent insecurities brand of mayhem with her newly formed to hell, this is Batman and Two-Face as you’ve and be super! Clan! never seen them before! In Shops: 28/12/2016 In Shops: 07/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016

DC REBIRTH: HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 Dini, Tynion IV, Orlando, SUICIDE SQUAD #1 Ayala, Bunn, Seeley, JUSTICE LEAGUE / - DIRECTOR’S CUT Asmus, Corson, Perkins, SUICIDE SQUAD #1 Williams, Fabok, Lee Rodriguez, Duarte Williamson, Fabok Superstar artists Jim Lee and Jason Fabok join DC’s biggest and brightest heroes celebrate the The first major event storyline of DC’s Rebirth era writer Rob Williams to bring you a new vision holidays in this new special! begins with a day always knew of the Suicide Squad in this new pencils-only Don’t miss a Chanukah crisis for , a would come: the Justice League discovers the Director’s Cut special! family Christmas, interrupting existence of the Suicide Squad! As “The Black Vault” begins, a mysterious John Constantine’s hellblazing pagan party and This government-sponsored black-ops team cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into more-including the return of Detective Chimp! of super-villains with bombs implanted in their enemy hands, and America has only one option: Today’s top talents bring you a very special brains is obviously a deal- for Earth’s Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of holiday gift that’ll keep on giving through the paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop New Year! And writer Paul Dini crafts a Harley that the Wall and her Task Force X won’t go down for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- holiday tale featuring DCU guests that bridges all without the fight to end all fights as this weekly violence, this “Suicide Squad” only handles the stories in the weirdest, wildest way. series gets underway! missions they’re not expected to survive. In Shops: 14/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 07/12/2016 NEW SERIES AND DC ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER 04 IDW DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: NEW SERIES AND FROST GIANTS ONE�SHOTS FOR FURY #1 GUMBALLS #1 DECEMBER REVOLUTIONARIES #1 Zub, Diaz, Dunbar Nations Barber, Ossio, Moore Mighty giants stir across the land and, before Pop in your quarters and see what pops out of The Revolution may be over, but the future is just their crushing might, nothing is safe. Badly injured Gumballs - a brand-new, one-man anthology comic beginning! Ripped from the pages of the hottest after their encounters in the Demiplane of Dread from Portland cartoonist Erin Nations! His bright, of the year, the Revolution team of and now lost in the northern reaches of candy-colored palette and crisp linework pop off GI JOE #1 John Barber and Fico Ossio continue the action! the Forgotten Realms, the Baldur’s Gate heroes the page, while his stories reflect a fascination with Sitterson, Milonogiannis, Kup is a Cybertronian literally older than the will be tested like never before. Roll for initiative, humanity in all its diverse foibles - hinting at one of universe; is the ultimate special a new Dungeons And Dragons adventure begins! his earliest creative influences, Matt Groening. Olivetti agent trying to live up to an impossible legacy; Jim Zub returns with a new D&D story tying into In Gumballs #1, Erin serves up a delicious GI Joe is back! Mayday is a GI Joe leader trying to rescue her the Storm King’s Thunder event that runs across variety of stories: recollections of growing up first command; and Blackrock is a Cybertronian multiple RPG products, novels, and video games. as a triplet, interactions with oddball grocery- In the wake of that thinks he’s a human. It takes the mind- This series continues with the cast from the hit store customers, the adventures of clueless dork IDW’s Revolution bending clash of ROM versus Major Bludd and Legends of Baldur’s Gate and Shadows of the Tobias, painfully funny faux Personal Ads, and crossover event, GI the Oktober Guard to bring this unlikely team Vampire stories, but is also built as a perfect “Tales of Being Trans” - reflections on Erin’s true- together... and the secret they learn threatens to jumping on point for new readers, bringing them life journey of gender transition. Joe’s mission has unravel the entire universe. into D&D’s classic blend of sword and sorcery Gumballs tips its hat to the classic alt-comic become a global one - they Exclusive bound-in, Sgt. Savage mini-comic adventure. tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve and Box Office aren’t just Real American Heroes, they’re Real Earth Heroes. reprinting a lost tale written and drawn by the In Shops: 14/12/2016 Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice late, great Joe Kubert himself! for the modern age. Get ready for an explosive, innovative take on Joe, as writer Aubrey The secrets of the universe will be In Shops: 21/12/2016 revealed. If you follow one new book this month, Sitterson (Street Fighter X / GI Joe, Skald) and artist Giannis make it Revolutionaries! Milonogiannis (, Old City Blues) bring you lasers, intense In Shops: 28/12/2016 sci-fi action, and the return of all your favorite characters: , , and more! JEM: MISFITS #1 Spinning directly out of the events of IDW’s Revolution event, writer Thompson, St Onge, Aubrey Sitterson brings his unique take on the GI Joe characters Robado LOCKE AND KEY: SMALL WORLD and mythos, featuring stunning, updated character designs by “Green Is The New Everything,” Part 1! series artist Giannis Milonogiannis! Their songs may be better, but the Misfits have Hill, Fotos, Rodriguez : lost their label and nobody will touch them in the Three years after wrapping up their award- In Shops: 21/12/2016 LOST LIGHT #1 music business. On the ropes and desperate to winning, best-selling Locke And Key saga, the get back on top, they’re forced to consider the team that built Keyhouse returns to Lovecraft, Roberts, Lawrence worst case scenario... a Misfits reality tv show. Massachusetts with a new tale of terror and / GREEN LANTERN VOL.2 #1 Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of Though it promises the chance to get them back suspense! An impossible birthday gift for two traumatised, lovelorn and/or sarcastic in the spotlight, it comes with a heavy, privacy- little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a Johnson, Hernandez set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, destroying price. monster on eight legs! Captain Kirk and Hal Jordan lead the combined might of Starfleet and the they’ve made a right hash of it. They’ve misplaced Learn how The Misfits first came together! Will a The Eisner-winning series returns to unlock a Lantern Corps on an all-new adventure against new foes from both franchises! their map. They’ve lost their ship, the Lost Light, Misfits Reality Show be the thing that will finally special tale from Keyhouse’s sordid past in this Don’t miss the crossover event of the 21st Century... and the 23rd! to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they’re dead. tear them apart... forever?! Misfit’s first ever all-new 24-page story by series creators Joe Hill, Following the success of last year’s Star Trek/Green Lantern, DC The crew from More Than Meets The Eye might series of their own! Gabriel Rodriguez, and Jay Fotos! Entertainment and IDW once again bring you the best team-up in the galaxy! be dead, but the Lost Light lives on! In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 05 IMAGE NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER

CYBERFORCE: ARTIFACTS #0 Bender, Penna, Zhang, Towe, Aureli, Pham Cyberforce: Artifacts #0 delves deep inside the secret world of CyberForce with three stories. “Someone is dealing in Protocol tech, and it’s up to Aphrodite IV to stop them dead.” “Velocity mourns the supposed death of her father, Stryker, the only way a super speedster can.” ROCKSTARS #1 ...and more! Harris, Hutchison In Shops: 28/12/2016 Fan-favorite Joe Harris (Great Pacific, The X-Files) and mega-talented newcomer Megan Hutchison deliver a new exploring rock ‘n’ roll’s untold mysteries and secrets! “Nativity In Blacklight,” Part One: When a pattern of unsolved ‘groupie’ murders from the 1970s MOTOR CRUSH #1 resumes in present-day Los Angeles, nobody Fletcher, Stewart, Tarr The team behind the critically acclaimed revamp makes the connection except Jackie Mayer, a of returns with an exciting sci-fi action- rock nerd with a strange connection to music’s adventure series! urban legends and lost history. Together with By day, Domino Swift competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. muckraking music writer Dorothy Buell, they By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal soon uncover a vast conspiracy involving a bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting “machine legendary band, demonic possession, and narcotic” known as Crush. sacrifices to the dark gods of rock. Featuring Part One of “Isola: Prologue” by In Shops: 14/12/2016 Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl! In Shops: 07/12/2016 06 #1 Perlman, Checchetto, Ribic MARVEL DOCTOR STRANGE Before the Guardians...there was Gamora! From screenwriter Nicole NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER / THE PUNISHER: MAGIC BULLETS #1 Perlman - co-writer of the Guardians of the Galaxy screenplay - Barber, Broccardo, Muhr, and Marvel superstar artist Marco Checchetto comes a killer new Walsh ongoing series! The team-up to end all team-ups is here, as two of the most different Marvel characters worlds’ Once upon a time she was ’ heartless pet assassin and collide! favorite daughter. Today, she is the backbone of the Guardians of the H COVER STAR H What new mafia threat is so great that the Galaxy, putting her life on the line to defend the innocent. What was Punisher needs Doctor Strange’s help? HOLIDAY SPECIAL: MIGHTY CAPTAIN it that transformed her from being used as a tool of her oppressor, MERRY MIX UP MARVEL #0 Find out as the Sorcerer Supreme teams with the One Man War on Crime! to a champion of the powerless? Embark on a journey of revenge Various Stohl, Rosanas, Torque In Shops: 07/12/2016 and redemption, and witness how Gamora earned her reputation as It’s the holidays yet again, and that means it’s Behold the mightiest, fightiest super hero there is! the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy. time to join everyone’s favorite Gwen (take that, Captain Marvel returns to her helm as Alpha Stacy!) and celebrate good times, come on! Flight commander with the world cheering her In Shops: 21/12/2016 Only problem is... somehow this year’s festive on. She’s the biggest hero in the world - but has traditions seem to be a little... off... and Gwen’s Captain Marvel become someone Carol Danvers the only one who notices. no longer recognizes? Featuring: Gwenpool (duh), Spider-Man, Red New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl Skull, Punisher and even ! This is one (Beautiful Creatures, Black Widow: Forever Red) present you know you gotta buy yourself! makes her comics series debut in a blockbuster HAWKEYE #1 In Shops: 14/12/2016 Marvel story decades in the making. Thompson, Romero, In Shops: 21/12/2016 Tedesco Remember Hawkeye? No not that Hawkeye, our favorite Hawkeye, the chick who puts the in Hawkeye, the butt- kicking hero who had to save the other Hawkeye’s butt all the time. Yup, you know her, it’s the dazzling Kate Bishop making her solo comics debut! HULK #1 Kate is heading west and returning to Los Tamaki, Leon, Dekal #1 Angeles, with her bow and arrow and P.I. badge Jennifer Walters has survived the Civil War... Loveness, Perez in tow. There are crimes to solve and she’s the barely... and having risen from the rubble, she best archer to handle ‘em! The City of Angels has re-enters the world a different kind of hero. Nova makes his roaring return to the ! a new guardian angel. Fueled by a quiet rage, she is determined to The talented duo of Kelly Thompson (A-Force, move forward, to go on with her life, but the pain How will Sam Alexander cope with this Jem) and Leonardo Romero (Squadron Supreme, of the past and all she’s lost is always there - unfathomable homecoming? It’s the return you’ve Doctor Strange) bring you a Kate Bishop like an undercurrent, a pulse, waiting to quicken and all been waiting for. Or is something... else? you’ve never seen her before, in a brand-new trigger Jen’s transformation into the one thing Strap in True Believer, you’ve never seen a Nova ongoing series that really hits the mark! she doesn’t have control over... book like this before! In Shops: 14/12/2016 In Shops: 28/12/2016 In Shops: 07/12/2016 07 : DOCTOR APHRA #1 Gillen, Walker, Shirahama Because you demanded it! Following the blockbuster finale of #25, the fan-favorite character begins a new journey in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1 - the new ongoing series coming this December! From superstar writer Kieron Gillen (Darth Vader) and fan-favorite artist Kev Walker (Marvel Zombies) comes Marvel’s first ongoing series starring an original character created in the comics! Following her time in the clutches of Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra has barely escaped with her life. If he ever learns of her survival, he’ll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it’s time for a return to what she does best. With the droids 0-0-0 and BT-1 in tow, she’s off in search of rare artifacts from the galactic center to the Outer Rim and everywhere in between. Aphra’s got debts to pay after all. Just as long as she can stay one step ahead of the , some Bounty Hunters and just about everyone else in the galaxy! In Shops: 07/12/2016 MARVEL NEW SERIES AND ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST: SWEET CHRISTMAS #1 SLAPSTICK #1 ANNUAL #1 Rosenberg, Coehlo, Brown, Van Lente, STAR-LORD #1 US #1 Walker, Hepburn, Campbell Nakayama Olortegui, Nakayama Zdarsky, Anka Ewing, Medina You better not pout, you better not cry! Grounded! From the pages of Guardians of the Steve Harmon was an average teenager who had Grounded! Peter Quill might have been born on In a world beset by danger, the United States of America needs a team of heroes they can rely on. ‘Cause you’re getting an extra helping of Power Galaxy, Rocket has found himself stuck in the last an average job as your average clown, living in Earth, but he’s been away a long time. place he wants to be - the backwards, no-class, average New Jersey. But after being zapped by Welcome to... American Intelligence Mechanics! Man And Iron Fist! This Christmas will be sweet, How does a man go from soaring through of a planet called Earth. weird and mysterious extradimensional energy, indeed! stars as the legendary Star-Lord to living with A.I.M. will dare any danger - no matter how It’s where those dumb furry things people say he Steve became Slapstick, a living, breathing his feet planted firmly on the ground? What kind awesome that danger might be - to save their cartoon! Now, after joining, and then quitting, But not for Luke Cage, who is feeling neither holly looks like are from! of job options are available for a guy whose CV nation from the wildest, weirdest threats of all! Deadpool’s Mercs for Money, Slapstick is striking nor jolly. mostly consists of “guarding the galaxy”? The most patriotic super-group ever is here to One thing is clear - it doesn’t matter who or what it out on his own terms! Sure he’s gotta move save the day. And they’ll do it all looking tried Surely Danny can change that! Or maybe these gets in his way... he’s gotta get off this mudball, back in with his parents, but these new business One thing is certain, Earth has a new guardian. and true in the red, white & blue! Can you live will! Wait, demonic toys?! Oh, no! now. Easier said than done. ventures take time! Also, a new bartender. without... the U.S.Avengers? In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 28/12/2016 In Shops: 07/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 04/01/2017 08 WONDER WOMAN / DOCTOR WHO: BIONIC WOMAN 77 #1 THE 10TH DOCTOR - DYNAMITE ARTFUL #1 YEAR THREE #1 Mangels, Tondora, ACTION LAB TITAN COMICS Staggs D’Andria, David, Neubert Abadzis, Sposito, Burns Party like it’s 1977 in this cross-over event fans Award winning author and comics legend, Peter It’s a brand-new season for the Tenth Doctor and have wanted for decades - but never thought David, brings the adaption of his novel, Artful, to his loyal traveling companions, Gabby Gonzalez possible! Action Lab! and Cindy Wu! Now, Diana Prince meets Jaime Sommers... or Artful is the dark, funny, and action-packed story Jump on board with a two-part opening story – should we say, Wonder Woman meets The Bionic of one of the most facinating characters in literary “Breakfast at Tyrannies” that introduces a whole Woman? In this action-packed mini-series, the history, the Artful Dodger from the classic Oliver new terror to test the Doctor and his friends! two television titans team up to fight a rogue Twist, this time with a twist: Vampires. Plus: a new companion joins the TARDIS – the cabal bent on wreaking havoc and stealing In Shops: 21/12/2016 like of which you’ve never seen! deadly weapons. Can CASTRA be stopped before their real targets are revealed and lives are lost? In Shops: 04/01/2017 With super powers, bionic enhancements, surprise villains, and an invisible plane, just about anything is possible! In Shops: 07/12/2016 GI JOE VS SPECIAL: PROJECT DOWNFALL Lane, Abrera, Khanna, REGGIE AND ME #1 Wittenrich ARCHIE COMICS Deep amidst the treacherous, jagged peaks of DeFalco, Jarrell KLAUS AND THE the American Rocky Mountains, ferocity deals a There is no one more loved, revered, admired WITCH OF WINTER vicious strike! and adored in Riverdale than... Reggie Mantle? (ONE-SHOT) Lethal scavengers, the Cobra Night Vultures, Well, at least Reggie doesn’t think there’s anyone and aerial acrobats, the Cobra Air Devils, join BOOM! STUDIOS as loved and admired as himself. And his best forces to lash out at neighboring airfields. They friend can back that idea up-his best friend, of Morrison, Mora stealthily break the bases’ defenses, looting their course, being his dog, Vader. The unstoppable Klaus returns for an epic oversized one-shot, technology and taking down anyone in their path. duo is known around town for pulling the funniest perfect for any comic fan’s stocking! In their greed, they have set their sights on the pranks, getting the hottest dates and throwing G.I. Joe Sky Patrol and their experimental aircraft. Brought to you by legendary creator Grant the best parties. And if anyone even dares to Morrison and 2016 Russ Manning Award winner Who will survive in aerial combat? And whose compete with them, there is going to be hell to Dan Mora, join the continuing adventures through mission will tumble and crash to the ground? pay. space and time of the man that would become Featuring cover art by Dan Khanna with exclusive Come take a look at the life of your hero, the Santa Claus. Diamond edition bonus content included as well! handsome, hilarious Reggie Mantle. In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 28/12/2016 In Shops: 07/12/2016 NEW SERIES AND INDIES ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER 09 NEW SERIES AND INDIES ONE�SHOTS FOR DECEMBER

EVIL DEAD 2: MERRY DEADITE GRIMM HOOKJAW #1 XMAS (ONE-SHOT) FAIRY TALES #1 TITAN COMICS SPACE GOAT ZENESCOPE Spurrier, Boyle Ball, Riccardi Brusha, Tedesco, Finch In the troubled waters off Somalia, a rag-tag group Ho-ho-horror! Have a groovy Evil Dead holiday New Series Launch! Grimm Fairy Tales is Back! of marine scientists studying a pack of female season with this brand new one-shot story that’s The world of humans has forever changed and great white sharks find themselves caught in a guaranteed to put the undead into your holiday the Grimm Universe has been shaken to its core. conflict between pirates and the might of the US dread! It started with the Age of Darkness and now with Navy. This one-shot special “Peace On Earth” story the death of Sela Mathers, earth’s long time But why is the CIA so interested in the work of pits Annie and Ash against a Christmas horde of guardian, the Realms of Power have fallen into the scientists? And just how will they face up to Deadites at Santa’s Snowy Garden, a rundown chaos. But Sela left behind one thing that may be the shadowy terror of the legendary great white theme park. Pretty soon, it’s Annie, Ash, the theme able to save the world...her daughter, Skye. - Hookjaw?! park staff, and time-traveling demon hunters Don’t miss this new chapter in Grimm Fairy Tales In Shops: 14/12/2016 against the forces of beloved but possessed that takes the series back to its roots. holiday icons. In Shops: 14/12/2016 The gang must use their knowledge of Elves, St. Nick, Misfit Toys, Snowmen, Angels, 10 Lords- A-Leaping, and annoying holiday songs to wish themselves a Merry Christmas of survival. Writer Georgia Ball (Frozen, Evil Dead 2: Revenge of Jack the Ripper) brings in the true holiday fear with art by the captivating Vincenzo Riccardi (Aliens vs. Zombies). UBER: INVASION #1 In Shops: 21/12/2016 RED SONJA #0 AVATAR PRESS DYNAMITE Gillen, Gete Chu, Gomez, Bradshaw Kieron Gillen’s reimagining of superpowers and The barbarian She-Devil with a Sword faces a history is back with America under attack! whole different world and challenges in this new In the waning days of World War II, the Germans adventure written by Amy Chu and drawn by discovered a way to enhance soldiers into Carlos Gomez. DIVINITY III: unstoppable monsters. With these weapons Somewhere deep underground, strange and Hitler conquered all of Europe and now has set STALINVERSE #1 powerful demons clad in metal armor attack his sights on the United States. This is Uber: VALIANT and roust Red Sonja from a deep magical sleep. Invasion! Kindt, Hairsine, Confused and weaponless, she must find a way The German battleships are on American soil and Djurdjevic to defeat these mysterious creatures, escape with the allies struggling to make up lost ground from her solitary prison, and make her way to the in Enhanced Soldier development; the young Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone. surface to discover where she is, and why she country is facing the possibility of ! Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade. was put there... In Shops: 28/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 14/12/2016

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There’s only one woman capable of tracking The Caped Crusader has never been stopped. Marvel’s epic exploration of the Star Wars galaxy In these stories from Justice League: Rebirth #1 down the world’s rarest artifacts: Lara Croft. Not by the Joker. Not by Two-Face. Not even continues! Take a walk on the dark side with and issues #1-5 of the new series, a new day Armed with her iconic twin pistols, and aided by by the Justice League. But now, in the wake of Sgt. Kreel and an elite group of Imperial soldiers dawns for the Justice League as they welcome roguish playboy Chase Carver and her buttoned- DC Universe: Rebirth, Batman faces his most aboard the Star Destroyer Harbinger! It’s a nigh- a slew of new members into their ranks. The up assistant Madeline Hovan, Lara crisscrosses challenging foe ever - the idealistic hero known indestructible weapon of war. It’s also the target question though, can the world’s the globe in search of adventure. Join Lara as as Gotham, who wants to save the city from of the rebels’ new top-secret plan. Never afraid greatest superheroes trust these new recruits? she fights against a shadowy organization intent Batman himself! of defying the odds, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo And will the members of the League be able on her destruction, faces the ultimate betrayal, Collects the pages of Batman: Rebirth #1 and and Leia Organa are determined to make this the to come together against an ancient evil that and uncovers legendary treasures. issues #1-6 of the new, hit Batman series! This Harbinger’s last flight! But Kreel and his SCAR threatens to reclaim not just the world, but the This deluxe hardcover collects issues #1-15 collection features a new cover by superstar Squad specialize in taking down rebels - hard! entire universe? of the 1999 Top Cow Tomb Raider series and artist David Finch! Plus: Jabba the Hutt has a problem, and he’s hired In Shops: Jan 18, 2017 the Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan to features the art of superstar artists Michael In Shops: 11/01/2017 Turner, , David Finch, Andy Part and solve it. But a certain old hermit of the dune wastes many more, all in an oversized format. might have a little something to say about it! In Shops: Nov 30, 2016 Collecting Star Wars (2015) #20-25. BLACK PANTHER - BOOK In Shops: 18/01/2017 2: NATION UNDER OUR FEET MARVEL COMICS SCOOTER GIRL Coates, Sprouse, Stelfreeze IMAGE COMICS VOL.1 Clugston Flores IDW PUBLISHING MIDNIGHT OF THE SOUL Counting down the final days of the kingdom Bunn, Baldeon, Dunbar, VOL.1 of Wakanda! As Zenzi and The People poison Williams Take a ride to southern California and experience IMAGE COMICS Wakanda’s citizens against the Black Panther, a Chynna Clugston Flores’ screwball dark comedy cabal of nation-breakers is assembled. And Ayo classic in full color. Chaykin, Aburtov and Aneka, the Midnight Angels, are courted to They came from a dying universe! Acroyear, A love letter to mod and scooter culture, Scooter raise their land to new glory! His allies dwindling, Space Glider, Biotron and their allies are back, on Joel Breakstone, a GI liberator of Buchenwald T’Challa must rely on his elite secret police, the the run from the evil Baron Karza, and blasting Girl is the story of Ashton Archer, the Vespa- riding, swanky suit-wearing man about town who and brutally damaged goods, follows a path of Hatut Zeraze, and fellow Avenger Eden Fesi, a.k.a. through a universe where magic and science vie vengeance that leads to redemption in a violent Manifold! And with T’Challa’s back truly against for control! has it all. That is, until lightning strikes when the girl of his dreams motors right past him on her journey into his own heart of darkness - in a the wall, some old friends lend a hand: Luke With resources dwindling, the long-lost Time Lambretta, causing him to lose it all. Convinced spiritual adventure from comics’ contemporary Cage, Misty Knight and Storm! But Wakanda may Travelers may hold the key to salvation... but will that her presence and antagonization has ruined master of crime and punishment, Howard be too far gone for this all-new, all-different crew! it mean Armageddon for our world? his life, Ashton sets out to end the black curse Chaykin. Collecting Black Panther (2016) #5-8, plus Collects issues #1-6. put upon him by any means necessary. Collects Midnight Of The Soul #1-5. Jungle Action #6-7 and bonus content. 11 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 21/12/2016 In Shops: 14/12/2016 In Shops: 11/01/2017 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS NOVEL IDEAS ARRIVING FROM DECEMBER ONWARDS...

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