INSIDE... SCARED MUCH?... IT’S IDW’S V-WARS! ESSENTIAL HISTORY BOOK... CONTENTS: PAGE 03... New Series and One-Shots for April: Dark Horse PAGE 04... New Series and One-Shots for April: DC Comics PAGE 05... New Series and One-Shots for April: IDW Publishing PAGE 06... New Series and One-Shots for April: Image Comics PAGE 07... New Series and One-Shots for April: Marvel Comics PAGE 08... New Series and One-Shots for April: Marvel Comics PAGE 09... New Series and One-Shots for April: Independent Publishers PAGE 10... Novel Ideas - Part One PAGE 11... Novel Ideas - Part Two PAGE 12... Biff’s Bit: Peter Parker Returns PAGE 13... 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Spinning Top comics writer Jeff Lemire teams out of Aquaman, the King of Atlantis VERTIGO QUARTERLY #1: CYAN with superstar artist Mike McKone and his teammates find themselves The four colors that are the basis of best talents in comics - a who’s who for the all-new monthly series Jus- targeted by an unknown foe that comics coloring serve as the jump- of creative minds. Jock, Fabio Moon, tice League United, starring the new wants their Atlantean artifacts! Don’t ing-off point for creators to push the James Tynion IV, Robert Rodi, Shaun team of powerful heroes Earth calls miss the start of this all-new series! boundaries of short graphic fiction Simon, Amy Chu, Joe Keatinge, Cris Justice League Canada! In Shops: 02/04/2014 in the new Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK Peter, Tony Akins and more will take In the aftermath of Forever Evil, Adam series. 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