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Manufactured between 3/22/2019 and 4/1/2019 by SOLISCO PRINTERS, SCOTT, QC, CANADA. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 SEPTEMBER NOT FINAL COVER MARVEL MONOGRAPH: THE ART OF ESAD RIBIC TPB Esad Ribic has few peers as a contemporary comic book artist: His lush, painterly style depicts the Marvel Universe in as dramatic and epic a style as it has ever been depicted. His work on SECRET WARS, UNCANNY X-FORCE and THOR: GOD OF THUNDER — not to mention countless covers — has marked him as a superstar. The Marvel Monograph series captures the magic of Esad Ribic from every angle, in an artist study that will be a keepsake for your art book collection. DATA MARKETING Review coverage from major entertainment and comic websites. AUTHOR: JOHN RHETT THOMAS ARTIST: ESAD RIBIC Presence at comic conventions and publishing trade shows. ISBN: 978-1-302-91760-9 Advertising in national magazines, newspapers and trade PUB MONTH: SEPTEMBER publications. 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The Age She also writes about comics, primarily for TeenVogue.com of Conan begins with one of the Barbarian’s and Paste magazine's website. most formidable compatriots, in an all- new story revealing how she became the Before devoting her career solely to comics, artist Kate undisputed Queen of the Black Coast! Teenage Niemczyk worked in preproduction departments for Platige Bêlit is obsessed with the sea — as well as Image and Juice studios. After that she moved to Division48 the monsters and treasures she thinks are studio where she worked on illustrations for video game summoning her there! But when she stows animations such as Might & Magic: Heroes VII and The away on the dread Admiral Atrahasis’ ship, it Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Privately she runs a blog with comic strips connecting her two biggest passions: comics and leads her into a deadly adventure even she video games. could not predict! 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COMP TITLES STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 4: THE CATASTROPHE CON TPB AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT, QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST ISBN: 978-1-302-91153-9 - JAN-19 INTERIOR ART STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 3: REMASTERED TPB ISBN: 978-1-302-91152-2 - JUL-18 6 Conan ® & © 2019 Conan Properties International LLC 7 7 SEPTEMBER WAR OF THE REALMS: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/DAREDEVIL TPB In order to win the War of the Realms, we need a LEAGUE OF REALMS! Thor once led this team with one representative from each fantastical realm, but the League has a NEW leader and representative of Midgard- SPIDER-MAN! Spider-Man must Frodo-up and lead this ragtag group of SCREWBEARD THE DWARF, UD THE TROLL, RO BLOODROOT THE WIZARD, SIR IVORY HONEYSHOT THE LIGHT ELF and TITANYA THE MOUNTAIN GIANT! But who will represent ASGARD?! And gifted the sight of the Bifrost, Daredevil watches all Midgard burn under Malekith’s invasion. How will the Guardian of Hell’s Kitchen guard an entire Earth turned to Hell? COLLECTING: WAR OF THE REALMS: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1-3, WAR SCROLLS 1-3 (DAREDEVIL STORY) DATA PRICE: $15.99 US / $20.99 CAN AUTHORS: SEAN RYAN, JASON SUBJECT CATEGORY: TRADE AARON PAPERBACK ARTISTS: NICO LEON, ANDREA RATING: RATED T SORRENTINO TRIM SIZE: 6-5/8 X 10-3/16 ISBN: 978-1-302-91928-3 PAGE COUNT: 128 PUB MONTH: SEPTEMBER TYPES OF ILLUSTRATION: COLOR COMP TITLES SECRET EMPIRE: BRAVE NEW WORLD TPB ISBN: 978-1-302-90758-7 - DEC-17 CIVIL WAR II: GODS OF WAR TPB ISBN: 978-1-302-90034-2 - NOV-16 WAR OF THE REALMS STRIKEFORCE TPB Deep in the swamps of Svartalfheim stands the Black Bifrost, Malekith’s corrupted Rainbow Bridge and the only reliable means of travel between the realms with the true Bifrost in pieces. If the gods are going to stop Malekith’s invasion, the Black Bridge must fall. With her son missing and husband injured, Lady Freyja must take up the challenge herself. But she won’t go alone. 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Plus, in the depths of space, evil stirs — and a new terror has risen on the fringes of the Marvel Universe.