ILLUMINATIONS SEP 2014

INSIDE... PREVIEW IN THE KITCHEN! NOVEMBER’S BRAND NEW COMIC SERIES AND ALL NEW ! ONE-SHOTS BIFF’S BIT: REBOOT? Superior #1

CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for August: Dark Horse PAGE 09... New Series and One-Shots for August: Indies

PAGE 04... New Series and One-Shots for August: DC Comics PAGE 10... New Series and One-Shots for August: Indies

PAGE 05... New Series and One-Shots for August: IDW Publishing PAGE 11... New Series and One-Shots for August: Indies

PAGE 06... New Series and One-Shots for August: PAGE 12... Novel Ideas - Part One

PAGE 07... New Series and One-Shots for August: PAGE 13... Novel Ideas - Part Two

PAGE 08... New Series and One-Shots for August: Marvel Comics PAGE 14... Biff’s Bit: Million Dollar Comics And The Marvel Reboot!

PAGE 15... Top 20 Graphic Novels: August’s Bestselling Books

acecomics.co.uk 02 RESURRECTIONISTS #1 Fred Van Lente, Maurizio Rosenzweig, Moreno DiNisio, Juan Doe DARK HORSE NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER Are you near-death experienced? Framed architect-turned-thief Jeri- cho Way has discovered he’s a Res- urrectionist, one of a select group of people who can not only remember GRINDHOUSE: their past lives, but become them. 1 FOR $1: AXE DRIVE IN Two groups are now after his servic- COP - BAD GHOST BLEED OUT ITTY BITTY es-the Sojourn corporation, which GUY EARTH #1 FLEET #1 #1 (OF 8) COMICS: wants to exploit his powers for mys- Malachai Nicolle, Donny Cates, Alex De Campi, THE MASK #1 terious purposes, and a motley crew Ethan Nicolle, Dan Johnson, R. M. Guera, Art Baltazar, of modern-day tomb robbers who Dirk Erik Schulz Lauren Affe Giulia Brusco Franco have been trying to pull the same When the so-called “real” police find For the world’s most valuable, dan- Grindhouse is back from the dead, The Mask is back, and it’s Herman impossible heist for 3,000 years-and out about Axe Cop’s bad guy chop- gerous, or secretive cargo, you don’t and it’s meaner, badder, and dirtier Shazbert’s turn! When the mild-man- if Jericho joins them, he may steal ping antics, they team up with the call just any trucking service . . . You than ever! In the first of four new ex- nered zookeeper buys his wife a back his own future! army to take Axe Cop down! But call The Ghost Fleet. When one of ploitation opuses, Scalped’s R. M. strange mask, the whole family wants A new creator-owned ongoing series. when a pair of nasty villains from the world’s most elite combat-trained Guéra joins series writer Alex de to try it on! But watch out, Grandma Art by rising stars Maurizio Rosenz- outer space turn the army into bad truckers takes a forbidden peek at Campi for “Slay Ride,” a brutal holi- Shazbert-it will put quite the pep in weig (Clown Fatale) and Moreno Di- guys, it’s up to Axe Cop to set things his payload, he uncovers a conspir- day tale of revenge and supernatural your step! The Mask is back, and nisio (Dead Body Road)! right! acy that will change his life forever! terror in the driven snow! crazier than ever! In Shops: 11/12/2014 In Shops: 19/11/2014 In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 03 ESSENTIALS: BATMAN - DC YEAR ONE NEW SERIES AND ONE- SPEC ED #1 SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER (A/CA) Batman’s 75th anniversary celebra- tion continues with another promo- MULTI- tionally priced special presenting VERSITY: one of the Dark Knight’s greatest PAX AMERI- tales plus related pages from the CANA #1 2014 DCE Essential Graphic Novels Grant Morrison, catalogue! This special kicks off the Frank Quitely acclaimed, best-selling tale of Bruce Wayne’s first year as the Dark Knight. Brace yourselves for the next ex- citing chapter of The Multiversity In Shops: 05/11/2014 as the acclaimed All- Super- man team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely investigate the conspiracy on Earth-4, home of Pax Americana! Told backwards THE KITCHEN through an experimental storytelling #1 (OF 8) technique that reveals new myster- ies with each turn of the page, Pax Ollie Masters, Ming Doyle, Americana stars The Question, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Nightshade and Peacemaker like you’ve never New York City, late 1970s. Times seen them before! As the assassi- Square is a haven for sex and nation of the U.S. president leads drugs. The city teeters on the verge to political intrigue, interpersonal of bankruptcy, while blackouts can drama and astro-physical wonder, strike at any moment. the truth behind the crime and those The Irish gangs of Hell’s Kitchen rule involved will blow your mind! What the neighborhood, bringing terror to confidential conversation between the streets and doing the dirty work the president and Captain Atom for the Italian Mafia. Jimmy Brennan could reveal everything? How far and his crew were the hardest bas- will The Question take his hunt for tards in the Kitchen, but after they’re the truth before he hurts his former GOTHAM BY MIDNIGHT #1 all put in prison, their wives - Kath, friends - or himself? And who is the Raven and Angie - decide to keep steel-handed bogeyman operating Ray Fawkes, Ben Temple-smith running their rackets. And once they in the shadows? Strange doings are afoot in Gotham City! Look out, though - Jim Corrigan is on the get a taste of the fast life and easy Discover all this and more in this ex- case in this new series by writer Ray Fawkes (Constantine, Batman: Eternal) and artist money, it won’t be easy to stop. citing stand-alone issue which also Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Ten Grand)! The Kitchen reimagines one of the acts as chapter four of the Multiver- In Shops: 26/11/2014 most popular genres in entertain- sity storyline. Join us, if your dare, ment for a new generation. for The Multiversity! In Shops: 12/11/2014 In Shops: 19/11/2014 04 SHADOW SHOW #1 (OF 5) Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, Charles Paul Wilson, Gabriel Rodriguez ANGRY BIRDS In Shadow Show, acclaimed writers and come together to pay tribute to the work of the one and only Ray Brad- / TRANS- bury, the incomparable literary artist who has given us such timeless classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian FORMERS #1 Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and (OF 4) SUPER SECRET Dandelion Wine. Up first is “By The John Barber, Marcelo Ferreira, CRISIS WAR: Silver Water of Lake Champlain,” CODENAME written by Joe Hill and adapted by Livio Ramondelli, Marcelo Ferreira KIDS NEXT Jason Ciaramella (The Cape) and DOOR #1 Charles Paul Wilson III (Wraith). In You got Transformers in my Angry this haunting story, Gail and Joel, Birds! No, you got Angry Birds in my Scott Peterson, Ryan Jampole two young teens, form an unlike- Transformers! Ergh, Oof, Mpphh!!! ly bond over the discovery of a Hey! Waitaminit! This is actually The KND discover something even lifetime. But their lives will soon pretty great! That’s right, comic lov- worse than parents, the Delightful be changed, forever altered ers, two of your favorite IDW comics Children From Down the Lane, edi- by what they found that foggy have morphed into one amazing new tors, or even asparagus, when they day by the silver waters of comic! When the Transformers lose get caught up in the Super Secret Lake Champlain. their powerful Allspark, it ends up on Crisis War! Challenged to a fight by In Shops: 19/11/2014 Piggie Island and the world of Angry a robot created by the evil Aku, the Birds turns robotic! Prepare to meet... KND find they’re in an impossible the Autobirds and Deceptihogs! situation: win and they’re transported In Shops: 05/11/2014 Aku’s space station. But lose and... well, they’re goners! What’s a collec- tion of underage operatives for a su- per secret global organization to do? In Shops: 26/11/2014

BIGGER BANG #1 TRANS- (OF 4) FORMERS: D.J. Kirkbride, DRIFT - Vassilis Gogtzilas EMPIRE OF STONE #1 The Big Bang created all life as we (OF 4) know it. The Bigger Bang creates just one: a being named Cosmos. Shane McCarthy, Guido Guidi Is he a destroyer? A hero? A god? All he knows is that he’s completely Drift returns! Last year, Transform- alone in what was our universe... ers readers were shocked when so he seeks out another where he’ll Drift left the Autobots in disgrace... try to atone for the sins of his mys- and now he’s alone, on a mission to terious creation. From the inven- clean up the darkest depths of the tive minds of D.J. Kirkbride (Amelia galaxy-until Ratchet shows up to try Cole, Never Ending) and Vassilis to bring him home! Gogtzilas (Augusta Wind) comes In Shops: 19/11/2014 a sprawling space-epic of multi-di- mensional proportions. IDW In Shops: 19/11/2014 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER 05 NEW SERIES AND IMAGE ONE- SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER SINERGY #1 DRIFTER #1 PENNY DORA AND Michael Avon Ivan Brandon, AMERICAN Oeming, Taki Nic Klein LEGENDS #1 THE WISHING BOX Soma From the creators of Viking: Writer (OF 5) #1 (OF 5) From the co-creator of the hit series Ivan Brandon (, Men of Bill Schwartz, Michael Stock, Sina Grace Powers! War) and artist Nic Klein (Captain Zachary Schwartz, Studio Once upon a time, on the day Jess was on her way to college with America, ) reunite to bring you a Hive before Christmas, a young girl an athletic scholarship-until her first sci-fi ongoing series joining the dark named Penny Dora found a sexual experience enabled her to revenge themes of Unforgiven with Depicting the extraordinary exploits mysterious box on her front see inter-dimensional monsters who the mind-bending sci-fi universe- of the legendary pioneers Davy doorstep. A magic box with live secretly among us and feed on building of Dune. Crockett, Mike Fink, and Sally Ann the power to grant wishes. But Sinergy (energies emitted by sin)! Thunder on a quest to save the Lew- In its frantic rush to survive itself, what she’s about to learn is the Oh, and did we mention that her is and Clark expedition and thwart mankind has spread across the uni- true (and creepy) meaning of boyfriend is one of them and that a conspiracy hatched by Napoleon verse, colonizing and strip-mining “be careful what you wish for.” her father wants her to start hunting to destroy the promising future of a countless planets. Abram Pollux An all-ages fantasy/adventure these monsters with him? young American nation. barely survives a crash landing on book for fans of Coraline and In Shops: 19/11/2014 Ouro, a lawless backwater world Featuring a unique look at the Hat- Courtney Crumrin! where life is cheap. What starts as fields and McCoys, Johnny Ap- In Shops: 05/11/2014 a struggle for survival quickly be- pleseed, Paul Bunyan, Sacagawea, comes a journey to the very edges and many, many more! These are of what it means to be human. the stories of the great frontiersmen In Shops: 12/11/2014 who explored the magical and sav- age frontier before becoming mythi- cal heroes in American folklore. TOOTH & These are the tall-tales of our youth, CLAW #1 known and loved by all. These are Kurt Busiek, Ben the American Legends. Dewey In Shops: 05/11/2014 HUMANS #1 ODYC #1 Marvels and Astro City writer Kurt Keenan Keller, Matt Fraction, Busiek returns to Image Comics INTERSECT Tom Neely Christian Ward #1 with rising-star artist Ben Dewey for Apart, they are nothing...deemed An epic 26 centuries in the making: an all-new ongoing series! Ray Fawkes by society as outcasts, misfits, los- In the aftermath of a galactic war Conan meets Game of Thrones Blood rains from the skies. A hyp- PROPHET: ers, no good punks! But together, a hundred years long, Odyssia the meets Kamandi in an original high- notic voice trills over the airwaves as EARTH WAR they are The Humans! The Humans Clever Champion and her compa- fantasy epic for mature readers, bodies shift and grow in horrifying #1 (OF 6) is a high-octane, no-holds-barred, triots begin their longest, strangest as a secret conclave of wizards new directions. Are you ready for the Brandon ape-biker-gang chopper ride into trip yet: the one home. brings a legendary champion back new world? Ray Fawkes, acclaimed Graham, Simon ‘70s exploitation genre bliss. Follow through time to save the world, with Roy, Ron Ackins A gender-bent eye-popping psy- creator of One Soul and writer of Bobby, Johnny, and all The Humans chedelic science fiction odyssey disastrous consequences. The ac- Constantine and Batman: Eternal, The epic conclusion to Prophet be- as they fight and fly down the road to begins here, by Matt Fraction (Cas- tion begins in a spectacular dou- launches a terrifying monthly odys- gins here! A clone general goes oblivion on a ride filled with chains, anova, Sex Criminals, Satellite Sam) ble-sized first issue, with forty-four sey of madness and warped flesh in against his Brain-Mother overlords sex, leather, denim, hair, blood, ba- and Christian Ward (Infinite Vaca- pages of story with no ads for the this lush, fully-painted debut issue! to gain control of an egg. nanas, and chrome. tion, Olympus). regular price! In Shops: 19/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 26/11/2014 In Shops: 05/11/2014 06 head of the notorious Cortex corpo- ration? And why is Spider-Man trying to rejoin the team--doesn’t he know CAPTAIN Luke and Jessica have been itching ALL NEW AMERICA for payback ever since he tried to CAPTAIN AND THE take their daughter to Child Services AMERICA #1 MIGHTY back when he was “Superior”?! , #1 They’re the Avengers for the peo- Stuart Immonen Al Ewing, Luke ple, of the people - helping who- DEATH OF WOLVERINE: ever needs it, however they need it. This is it! The all-new, Spy-Fi, highfly- Ross LIFE AFTER LOGAN #1 And together with Sam Wilson - the ing adventures of Sam Wilson Cap- Javier Pulido, Various Spinning directly out of Avengers all-new Captain America - they are tain America and Nomad begin here! And X-Men: Axis! Sam Wilson has Mighty. But in the wake of the earth- The news of Logan’s death hasn’t been easy for Hydra is growing, the terrorist band become Captain America, and when shattering events of Axis, are they those who knew him best. have has infiltrated the Marvel Uni- he assembles the Mighty Aveng- truly together? Or about to fall apart? But what do you do when you’ve got a runt-sized verse completely! But what is their ul- ers, he has a whole new mission Guest-starring the apologetic arach- hole in your heart? timate goal? United by Hydra, Cap’s statement in mind for Earth’s Mighti- nid - Spider-Man! rogue’s gallery gathers to take down est Heroes. But how do the events In Shops: 05/11/2014 the new untested Captain America of Axis already spell doom for the and Nomad! team’s new direction? And what is In Shops: 12/11/2014 Luke Cage doing meeting with the

NEW SERIES AND MARVEL ONE- SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER I guess there’s really only one way to celebrate a man who was the best there was at what he did. In Shops: 05/11/2014 MARVEL MARVEL DEATH OF UNIVERSE: UNIVERSE: WOLVERINE: ULTIMATE AVENGERS WEAPON X SPIDER- ASSEMBLE PROGRAM #1 MAN - WEB - SEASON (OF 5) WARRIORS #1 TWO #1 , Joe Caramagna, Joe Caramagna, Various Various Spinning out of Death Of Wolverine! The start of an all-new era of adven- Twice the action, twice the danger! Desperate Flight! The escaped ture, as Spider-Man teams up with The Avengers return for another sea- subjects of the revamped Weapon the Marvel Universes’ greatest he- son of smashing evil! X program flee increasingly deadly roes! When Red Skull seeks refuge on attempts to bring them back under Spidey joins Captain America in a earth from an even greater villain, the control. What will kill them first - their raid on the fortress of Dr. Doom to Avengers must face their most dan- pasts, their strange new powers, or retrieve Cap’s lost shield! gerous foe yet: Of Titan! their mysterious connection to the Based on the smash hit Disney XD A new chapter in the story of Earth’s Wolverine? animated series. Mightiest Heroes begins here! In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 26/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 07 MARVEL NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER

SCARLET SPIDERS #1 SUPERIOR (OF 3) IRON MAN #1 Mike Costa, Tom Taylor, Paco Diaz, David Yildiray Cinar, Nakayama Mike Choi The first issue in an explosive limited How much would you pay for perfec- series tying into the biggest Spider- tion? Beauty? Immortality? Tony Stark Event ever: Spider-Verse! knows, and he’s ready to give it to In the midst of Spider-Verse, Kaine, you in Superior Iron Man #1! But at a Ben Reilly, and Ultimate Jessica terrible price. Spinning out of Aveng- ers And X-Men: Axis, the old Tony Drew must come together for a mis- SPIDER- sion of vital importance! There is Stark is back, only this time he’s su- WOMAN #1 more to their mission than meets the perior! More stylish, more confident, and more cunning than ever before. Dennis Hopeless, eye - what dangers await the Scar- let Spiders across the multiverse? And he’s ready to lead you into the In Shops: 26/11/2014 future! San Francisco is about to be- New Ongoing Series / “Spider- come the prototype for his new world Verse” tie-in! SPIDER- concept. The first step? Release Jessica Drew has been an agent VERSE #1 Extremis upon the entire city! Only of S.H.I.E.L.D., and agent of (OF 2) Daredevil isn’t down with Stark’s new S.W.O.R.D., an Avenger and so Giuseppe SPIDER- vision of the future. Does the Man much more. But nothing could pre- Camuncoli, VERSE TEAM Without Fear have a place in the city pare her for the multidimensional Various UP #1 (OF 3) of tomorrow? A bold new direction insanity that is Spider-Verse! A war Spider-Verse is here! Dive deep into Christos N. Gage, for the Armored Avenger begins this is brewing, and every spider-char- Roger Stern, the Spider-Verse event with the most November from the all-new creative acter in the multiverse is a target! David Williams, team of Tom Taylor (Injustice: Gods Spider-filled anthology ever! Various But being a target is something Jes- Among Us, Earth 2) and Yildray Ci- sica Drew just won’t abide. She’s a Amazing Spider-Man team Dan Slott “Spider-Verse” tie-in! Which is obvi- nar (Supergirl)! woman with a mission and with , ans Humberto Ramos kick it all off! ous from the title! Two Spidey-sto- New creative team Tom (Injustice: the newest spider-character on the Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon) ries per issue! Gods Among Us/Earth 2) Taylor and block at her side, she’ll have to put and Jake Parker (All-New X-Men) The old-man Spider-Man from Yildiray (Supergirl) Çinar start an all- all her training to the test if she wants tell a Mangaverse Spidey story! Amazing Spider-Man #500 and new series spinning out of Axis! to make it out of Spider-Verse alive! Robbie Thompson (writer of tel- Spider-Ham team-up to recruit Ben How much would you pay for per- Dennis Hopeless (Cable And X- evision’s Supernatural) and Dennis Reilly! fection, beauty... immortality? Tony Force, Avengers: Arena) and Greg Medri introduce a Steampunk Spi- Spider-Man Noir and a Six-Armed Stark is going to find out. The Axis Land (Uncanny X-Men) bring you a der-Woman! Spider-Man go on a mission that effect has changed Iron Man. Now universe spanning adventure star- Katie Cook (Marvel animal variants) terrifies them more than anything he’s going to change the world...at ring Jessica Drew Spider-Woman introduces a new Spider-Character they’ve ever seen! a terrible cost. and the newest spider-hero, Silk! for the ages! In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 In Shops: 19/11/2014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 08 DAWN OF THE ARCHER AND INDIES PLANET ARMSTRONG: NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER OF THE ONE MONO #1 APES #1 PERCENT #1 (OF 6) VALIANT TITAN BOOM! Ray Fawkes, Joe Liam Sharp, Ben Various Eisma, Juan Doe Wolstenholme The hardworld of Dawn Of The Plan- Remember Occupy Wall Street? We “From the Boer War, through the et Of The Apes is brought to life, don’t, but we know you lost and the First and Second World War, the dealing with questions of what the villainous One Percent won! Cold War and beyond, Mono was true meaning of “society” is, and if Now, in the wake of their greatest there...where no one else could being “civilized” is even possible in victory a new vicious brand of One go...” The ape-human hybrid secret a world wracked with strife. Percent rises to the top of the class, agent and Queen’s assassin, pos- Bridging the gap between the Rise and this time there will be no one to sessed of a deadly prehensile tail Of The and bail out their enemies. Don’t miss and “the strength of twelve men,” Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes this wealth of elitist entertainment made his debut in the pulps of the films, fans will bear witness to the introducing a brand new villain into 1930s and enjoyed a brief fall of humanity and the rise of Cae- the Archer and Armstrong universe! in the late 1960s and 70s. But can sar’s civilization. While the apes of In Shops: 12/11/014 it be that the fiction is closer to his- the world have yet to advance as a toric fact than was ever previously species, Caesar must find a way to guessed? Now a series of tales, JOHN told in hand-written journals and re- unify them to one cause. On the oth- CARTER - er side of the country, Malcom must ported first-hand by those that knew WARLORD him, reveal Mono as a dual-natured venture into the decaying Americas OF MARS #1 with his family to find a cure for the and conflicted adventurer - savage DYNAMITE plague slowly killing his wife, Rita. and noble; civilized, but ultimately World powers will shift as civiliza- , untamable. Abhishek tions collapse and rise. Malsuni, J. Scott In Shops: 17/12/014 In Shops: 26/11/2014 Campbell

John Carter: Warlord of Mars returns LONE SOLITARY #1 in a new monthly series, officially au- (OF 4) RANGER: thorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, VINDICATED #1 DEVIL’S DUE Inc.! Writer Ron Marz finally gets to (OF 4) pen the series he has always want- C. W. Cooke, DYNAMITE Nando ed to write, with art talent Abhishek Souzamotta, Malsuni joining him. Return to the Justin Gray, Rey Greg and Fake exotic landscape of Barsoom, as Villegas, John Cassaday Studio, Carl John Carter has to save his adopt- Yonder ed world, not to mention his beloved The Lone Ranger and Tonto are They say orange is the new black, Dejah Thoris, from an enemy like called to the town of Red Mesa but does that work the same way for no other he has ever faced. John to help capture a vicious gang of a ? Tim was once a hero, Carter must truly become Warlord thieves. However things are not now wrongly sentenced to death of Mars against an adversary who what they seem as the masked row, awaiting execution. But what is every bit his equal on the savage man and his faithful companion find happens when this convict discov- red planet. An amazing new era for themselves entangled in a mystery ers he just may be immortal? John Carter of Mars starts here! and surrounded by killers. In Shops: 26/11/014 In Shops: 05/11/014 In Shops: 05/11/014 09 NEW SERIES DJANGO / AND ONE-SHOTS ZORRO #1 INDIES FOR NOVEMBER (OF 6) DYNAMITE Quentin CAPTAIN Tarantino, GRIMM STONE #1 (OF Various FAIRY TALES: 6) CINDERELLA Featuring a story by Oscar Award- TITAN #1 (OF 3) Winning Writer/Director, and Djan- Liam Sharp, go creator Quentin Tarantino, and ZENESCOPE Christina Patrick Shand McCormack award-winning writer/artist/creator Matt Wagner! The official sequel to Grimm Fairy Tales fan-favorite bad The world’s first and only superhero Django Unchained in the first-ever girl finally gets her own series and has disappeared after undergoing sequel ever done of a she doesn’t plan to disappoint. a cataclysmic fall from grace in the Tarantino film! eyes of the world. Middle-aged and As the Age of Darkness continues, Set several years after the events unable to support his operations he Cindy is given a task that only pure of Django Unchained, Django/Zor- had made a preposterous claim that evil would be willing to carry out. ro #1 finds Django again pursuing the world was in danger, a notion de- And she’s more than ready! the evil that men do in his role as a rided by the media and the public at In Shops: 05/11/014 bounty hunter. Since there’s a war- large. But what if the claim is true? rant on his head back east, he’s Outcast writer and infamous murder- mainly been plying his trade in the ess Charlie Chance, AKA The Pet, western states. After safely settling finds herself searching for the one TERRIBLE man who was able to bring her to jus- his wife, Broomhilda, near Chicago, LIZARD #1 tice - Captain Stone. he’s again taken to the road, sending her funds whenever he completes (OF 5) In Shops: 17/12/014 a job. It’s by sheer chance that he ONI encounters the aged and sophisti- , cated Diego de la Vega - the famed Drew Moss, Ryan Hill Zorro - and soon finds himself fas- cinated by this unusual character, The touching story of a girl and her FIGHT LIKE the first wealthy white man he’s ever T-Rex... with a healthy dose of col- A GIRL #1 (OF 4) met who seems totally unconcerned lateral damage and monster conflict with the color of Django’s skin... and on the side. ACTION LAB who can hold his own in a fight. He When the scientists of Cosmos David Pinckney, hires on as Diego’s “bodyguard” for Labs punch a hole through time and Soo Lee one adventure and is soon drawn space, they pull a ferocious dino- Standing before a jury of nine gods, into a fight to free the local indige- saur into the present. The dinosaur Amarosa pleads for a chance to risk nous people from a brutal servitude, imprints on teenage Jessica, prov- her life and gain entry to the Wish- discovering that slavery isn’t exclu- ing to be more mischievous than vi- ing Well where she will attempt to sive to black folks. In the course cious. But he is not alone. Strangely fight her way through and survive of this adventure, he learns much mutated prehistoric monsters begin nine trials to claim her prize: a sin- from the older man (much like King attacking our world. gle wish that will save her terminally- Schultz) and, on several occasions, What’s a girl and her dinosaur-fight- ill brother. Another Action Lab hit in even dons the mask and the whip... ing dinosaur supposed to do? the making! of The Fox! In Shops: 05/11/014 In Shops: 26/11/014 In Shops: 12/11/2014 10 OVER THE PENGUINS GARDEN DARK GODS OF MADA- WALL - INDIES #1 GASCAR #1 SPECIAL #1 NEW SERIES AND ONE-SHOTS FOR NOVEMBER PRESS (OF 4) BOOM! Justin Jordan, TITAN German Alex Matthews, Paul McHale, Erramouspe Alex Fereyra Jim Campbell Justin Jordan is unleashed in an epic DreamWorks’ Penguins of Mada- Bringing the classic feel of a Vic- all-new, ongoing series! Murdock gascar are getting their own brand torian fable, this is a fun journey of leads The Storm, humanity’s last new 4-issue comic series! Yep, two brothers trying to find their way line of defense against the brewing Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private home. With the talent of Pat McHale Primordial Chaos and The Serpent, are jumping from the big and small on story and the illustrative storytell- Tiamet herself! But her children screen to the CMYK panels! Written ing of Jim Campbell this is definitely slowly emerge ahead of her return, by comedy genius Alex Matthews going to be an awesome journey as human-monster hybrids inflict- (Phoenix, Dandy) with eye-popping that will appeal to fans of The Secret ing horrors in their wake. The Storm art from Lucas Fereyra, feathers are of Nimh, The Triplets of Belleville, has to keep this bottled up, prevent set to fly in this unique and exciting and classic fairy tales. the rest of humanity from breaking - and very funny - new series. Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find into panic, and hold back the flood In Shops: 26/11/014 themselves lost in the Unknown, a of horrors that come with the return strange forest adrift in time. With the of the original evils, the Dark Gods BRAVEST help of a shadowy Woodsman and themselves! WARRIORS: an ill-tempered bluebird named Be- In Shops: 26/11/014 PARALYZED atrice, they travel through the foggy HORSE #1 land hoping to find their way home BOOM! and encountering all manner of ad- ventures along the way. ETERNAL James Tynion IV, WARRIOR: Erica Henderson, In Shops: 05/11/2014 DAYS OF Tessa Stone, STEEL #1 Various VALIANT Do you like quirky, leftthings, things CAPTURE Peter Milligan, that are just so unusual, you’re drawn Cary Nord, Bryan CREATURES to it? That’s pretty much Paralyzed #1 Hitch Horse (and all of Bravest Warriors for BOOM! The Eternal Warrior...Gilad Anni- that matter) - a horse that can’t move Frank Gibson, Padda, the Earth’s Fist and Steel... but has farknowledge of the present and future. An amazing team of di- Becky Dreistadt, is forever charged with guarding the Lorena Gomez Geomancer and securing the Earth’s verse creators tell the stories of a safety. After completing another girl named Beth and her um, unu- If you like titles like Pokémon or Digi- brutal mission, the Earth’s undying sual horse, including shorts by Mair- mon, or just like cool things, this is guardian is approached with a cryp- ghread Scott, James Tynion IV and definitely the comic for you. tic task: find and save a baby - in Bravest Warriors vet Tessa Stone. Over a hundred wonderful and ter- whose hands might rest the fate of an This oversized (48 pages!) one fea- rifying creatures have suddenly ap- entire people. But the Eternal Warrior tures new original stories from Par- peared on earth. Two teens inves- is no nursemaid...and, to complicate alyzed Horse’s log that span all of tigate the origins of these curious matters, a thousand Magyar invad- eternity and forever, guestthe entire creatures and how they can stop ers want the baby dead. wacky cast of Bravest Warriors! those who are trying to destroy them. 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ALL NEW BATMAN: X-MEN ETERNAL VOL.4: ALL 24: UNDER- VOL.1 VOL.1 DIFFERENT GROUND DC (DLX ED HC) MARVEL IDW Snyder, Fabok, IMAGE Bendis, Peterson, Brisson, Gaydos, Various Vaughan, Staples Immonen Furnò

In the wake of Forever Evil, the At long last, a deluxe hardcover of The X-Men are shaken to the core Find out what sent Jack Bauer spi- world looks at heroes in a different the Eisner and Hugo Award-winning by the fallout from Battle of the raling into his darkest days as an light, creating tension between Bat- Saga is finally here! Collecting the Atom! Kitty Pryde and the All-New international fugitive in the several man and his allies and the Gotham first 18 issues of the smash-hit se- X-Men’s faith in Wolverine’s Jean years following the events of the fi- City Police Department. When a ries, this massive edition features a Grey School has been completely nal season. gang war breaks out and new vil- striking new cover, as well as spe- eroded - so where have they gone In Shops: 19/11/2014 lains arise, it’s up to the Dark Knight, cial extras, including never-before- instead, and what will they do? Batgirl, and others to turn the tide as seen sketches, script pages, and Meanwhile, X-23 joins the All-New best as they can - but will the GCPD a roundtable discussion with the X-Men - and sets her hunter’s sights be a help or a hindrance? creators about how Saga is really on Cyclops?! What does this mean SAVAGE HULK Don’t miss these stories from Bat- made. Altogether, this hardcover to ? When Jean and X-23 VOL.1: MAN man: Eternal #1-20! contains over 500 pages, collecting are forced to team up against a WITHIN In Shops: 26/11/2014 Saga #1-18! mysterious force, she’d better figure MARVEL In Shops: 19/11/2014 it out fast! Then: ring in the X-Men’s Davis, Thomas, 50th anniversary with new stories Buscema from some of the greatest creators BUFFY THE to ever work on Marvel’s mutants! VAMPIRE Alan Davis writes and draws a SLAYER - Collecting All-New X-Men #18-21 blockbuster story pitting the clas- SEASON 9 VOL.1 and X-Men: Gold #1. JUDGE DREDD: sic Silver Age Hulk against...the (LIBRARY HC) CITY LIMITS In Shops: 17/12/2014 X-Men?! Learn the startling secret DARK HORSE IDW Whedon, Jeanty of Professor Xavier’s connection Swierczynski, to Bruce Banner! While Hulk and Daniel, Howard, Various Abomination have the clash of the A new breed of vampires has been WALKING century, Xavier puts his plan into born-zompires! Still, there’s more DEAD VOL.22: motion. But is he trying to save Ban- A NEW trouble for Buffy: a magic siphon Crime runs rampant in Mega-City BEGINNING ner, or terminate the Hulk? Or both? is loose, student loans have to be One, home to over 400 million citi- IMAGE And Xavier isn’t the only one with paid, Willow goes walkabout, and zens, robots, criminals, and lunatics. far-reaching plans, as the Leader Kirkman, Adlard, Buffy finds herself pregnant while The only line of defense between or- Stewart, Various makes his presence known! Plus: a coming to terms with her relation- der and chaos are... the Judges. blast from the Silver Age past: the ship with Spike. Catch up with the new series with the Hulk’s first encounter with the X-Men Collects Buffy Season 9 Volumes 1 toughest Judge of them all, Judge In the aftermath of All Out War we from the swingin’ sixties! and 2 in an expanded sketchbook Dredd, in this collection of the first 12 discover... A New Beginning. Collecting Savage Hulk #1-4 and X- and deluxe oversized format. issues of IDW’s ongoing series. Collects The Walking Dead #127-132. Men (1963) #66. In Shops: 14/01/2015 In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 10/12/2014 12 NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COLLECTED EDITIONS ARRIVING NOVEL IDEAS FROM NOVEMBER ONWARDS...

NEW 52: FUTURES END BATMAN: THE AMAZING VOL.1 JIRO KUWATA SPIDER-MAN DC BATMANGA 1.1: LEARNING THE BOUNCE VOL.1 TO CRAWL Azzarello, IMAGE Zircher, Sook, DC MARVEL Casey, Messina, Various Kuwata Slott, Perez, Ross Harris

Five years from now, the DC Uni- In the 1960s, a shonen mag- It’s the chapter you never knew The entire mind-bending saga of verse is reeling from a war with an- azine serialized fifty-three chapters about the story you know by heart! The Bounce - all in one book! other Earth, leaving the world un- of original comics starring the Dark Join Peter Parker as he takes his Experience the story as it was meant prepared for an approaching evil Knight, written and illustrated by first steps toward finding his way in to be experienced! Japser Jenkins that threatens to destroy the future. Managaka Jiro Kuwata. Now, DC the world as Spider-Man! He sought is living a double life...along with The only salvation lies in the past, Entertainment is proud to publish the revenge and found responsibility. a handful of newly-superpowered where this future apocalypse must complete Batman Manga adventures From that night on, a new life began. freaks. But is it really his life? Or ours? be averted. Can a time-traveling in English for the first time in three Peter’s not a hero - not yet - but he’ll The hidden secret of our very exist- Batman Beyond help a massive painstakingly restored volumes! get there somehow. But what hap- ence can be found within this book! cast of the DCU’s finest avert the In Shops: 03/12/2014 pens when Peter meets Clash, New Collects The Bounce #1-12 impending apocalypse in these sto- York’s newest menace? Clash is ries from issues #0-17 of the new Spidey’s biggest fan, but what start- In Shops: 19/11/2014 weekly series? ed off as fun and games soon turns In Shops: 03/12/2014 deadly serious - and Clash is about to become his first super villain! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man FIGMENT (HC) (2014) #1.1-1.5 and material from #1. MARVEL NIGHTWING In Shops: 26/11/2014 EYE OF NEWT VOL.5: Zub, Andrade, (HC) SETTING SON Christopher DARK HORSE DC Hague Higgins, Booth, The next great Disney adventure is Barrows, Various MY LITTLE here! Dive into a steampunk fantasy PONY: Legendary illustrator Michael Hague story revealing the origin of the in- FRIENDS takes readers on a strange and fantas- FOREVER VOL.2 Nightwing has moved to Chicago, ventor known as Dreamfinder, and tic journey in Eye of Newt! As a young but the ghosts of Gotham City won’t learn how one little spark of inspira- IDW wizard’s apprentice, Newt, embarks let him be. The Mad Hatter forces tion created a purple dragon called Zahler, Fleecs, on a wonderful and perilous quest Price, Various Nightwing into an uneasy alliance Figment! through the mysterious Netherworld with the mysterious Marionette - Acclaimed and uniquely talented cre- and beyond, he learns a dark secret and the sins of Dick’s past will come ators Jim Zub (Skullkickers) and Fil- Four more tales of friends and fun that could shape his entire destiny! back to haunt him unless he can ipe Andrade (Captain Marvel) give a focusing on Fluttershy and Zecora, Collects the four-issue miniseries make peace with his previous life. Marvel spin to ’s mind-bending Trixie and Rainbow Dash, Princess gorgeously illustrated in the classic Collecting issues #25-30 of the hit attraction, Journey Into Imagination! Luna and Pinkie Pie, and Applejack fantasy style! For fans of The Hobbit series, plus Annual #1! Collecting Figment #1-5. and Rarity! and Harry Potter! In Shops: 10/12/2014 In Shops: 03/12/2014 In Shops: 05/11/2014 In Shops: 21/01/2015 13 BIFF’S BIT Email Biff here: [email protected] MARVEL’S NEW 52 EVENT Will Marvel reboot or not? That is ACTION COMICS the question that Marvel’s press agency are feeding with their dis- SELLS FOR semination of news. $2 MILLION PLUS Certainly events in New Aveng- ers and Avengers are heading for On August 24th , whilst listening to a critical point in six months time. the radio, I was surprised to hear on Certainly Avengers and X-men the radio news that the current list- Axis is moving to another climax in ing , on ebay, of a 9.0 grade Action the mutant world. Certainly Marvel Comics #1, had so far reached $2.2 have killed Wolverine, removed the million. They then had a voice bite MILLION DOLLAR Original Captain America and Thor. from Rich Johnston, creator of the This month sees Tony Stark lose web site and main the plot even more in Superior Iron newshound for the same, who ex- man .Three major characters have tolled the worth of said comic. COMICS & THE ‘disappeared’ , one is going crazy Was I pleased to hear this? Not and sales on the replacements will in the slightest. Once again com- falter, I guarantee this. The only way MARVEL REBOOT? back from all these events is a big ics had made the news for all the wrong reasons. People still, in gen- reboot, clean the slate, the Marvel months. Then these people get by a storyline that can be used to tit- provoke new interest. eral, look down on the medium of Universe is in an in cohesive mess bored, realise that buying for in- illate or astound it’s readership. comics. Hooking the public’s inter- From sales that our stores have right now and the only way back vestment only is a long term, dec- est because a comic book printed In this situation some wealthy inves- seen this has had very little impact. has to be drastic. Anymore tinker- ades even, game and leave. ing around will only make the mess in 1938 has been, or looks like sell- tor has decided that this item will There is one thing that makes a worse. ing for over a million pounds, gains Recently, there was a flurry of activ- rise in value and is treating it as a comic series sell well, a strong sto- a moments thought because of the ity when Superman kissed Wonder commodity, like a Reubens or Con- ryline illustrated by good art, not My advice when buying new Mar- money changing hands. It does not Woman and speculators piled in stable painting. Indeed they are gimmicks that give a very short vel titles this month is; buy to read pique their interest in the source thinking this was a pivotal moment as much showing off their wealth term spike which are normally fol- and to follow a character, don’t buy material. in comics history and hoovered up as showing an interest in the item lowed by a dip that is lower than extras to speculate, in six months it It will bring more people in look- copies of the comic in question. bought. The irony is that despite the sales plateau provoked the will all change. ing at back issues hoping to find These newcomers piled in due to the value of this comic Superman gimmick in the first place. coverage in the main press which a comic that will reach such lofty is not a series highly sort after as My recommendation to all collec- again raised interest for all the heights of value, but who only want a back issue, it is not a series that tors is buy what you enjoy reading to spend under £100. It will bring wrong reasons. sells particularly and recently had or for the artwork you like looking at. in more people who for a while will The press is one of our mediums reached a low point that meant DC If this rises in value over the years, buy every new #1 that Marvel and biggest detractors and only seem to had a creator change relaunch, us- that is a bonus which you can cash DC pump-out over the next few champion us when they are amused ing John Romita Jr as a catalyst to in on, or not. 14 TOP 20 GRAPHIC NOVELS 15 ACE COMICS’ BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR AUGUST 2014 3 9 15 MARVEL UGNC VOL.70: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FINDER: THIRD WORLD FANTASTIC FOUR (HC) ARCHIVES VOL.23 DARK HORSE MARVEL ARCHIE £14.99 £9.99 £5.99 Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket 4 10 16 MARVEL UGNC VOL.71: DARK PUNISHER VOL.1: BLACK IRON MAN - TRAGEDY (HC) VOL.4: REBIRTH OF EVIL AND WHITE MARVEL DC MARVEL £9.99 £12.99 £13.50 Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket 5 11 17 MARVEL UGNC VOL.69: MARVELS MIGHTIEST VOL.17: DAREDEVIL BY SHADOWLAND (HC) INVISIBLE WOMAN (HC) VOL.6 MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL £9.99 £9.99 £11.99 Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket 6 12 18 VS CARNAGE MARVELS MIGHTIEST VOL.18: BATMAN: EARTH ONE MARVEL VISION (HC) DC H 1 MARVEL FABLES VOL.20: CAMELOT £12.99 £9.99 DC VERTIGO £9.99 £14.99 Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket Info / Add to Basket 7 13 19 FOREVER EVIL (HC) BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY: RING OF NIBELUNG (HC) WILLINGHAM | BUCKINGHAM DC SECONDS DARK HORSE A new Round Table is called for, with modern £18.99 BALLANTINE £22.50 knights willing to take on a sacred quest to re- £18.99 assemble the shattered pieces of Fabletown. 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