Image & TopCow Comics Solicitations For June 2006

[OldGuy]

Might as well give equal time to the little guys.

 

 

THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1 HC

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by TONY MOORE, CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

Cover by CHARLIE ADLARD

June 28 • 304 pg • BW • $29.99

Limited S&N edition $59.99

This hardcover features the first 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone needing a slightly heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead.

 

A special edition is also available signed by ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIES ADLARD and limited to 300 copies.

 

Collects THE WALKING DEAD #1-12

 

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

CASANOVA #1

Written by MATT FRACTION

Art & cover by GABRIEL BÁ

June 14 • 32 pg • FC • $1.99

Meet Casanova Quinn: scoundrel, thief and international man of leisure. The death of his twin sister ignites a cosmic blackmail scheme that forces Cass into the mind-bending life of a super-secret agent. Realities smash together, setting father against son, Us vs. Them and launching this slipstream sci-fi espionage epic!

 

THE CRYPTICS

Written by STEVE NILES

Art & cover by BEN ROMAN

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

It's Cryptics time! STEVE (30 Days of Night) NILES and BEN (I luv Halloween) ROMAN take readers on a wildly funny trip in a universe where little monsters grow up in the suburbs, go to school and make monsters in the laboratory! It's the MONSTERS as kids: Jackie Jekyll junior, Drac, Wolfy and Sea-Boy spill onto the pages with hilarious escapades and uproarious mayhem. If you think your kids are trouble, you ain't seen nuthin' until you've seen THE CRYPTICS!

 

GØDLAND #12

Written by JOE CASEY

Art by TOM SCIOLI

wraparound cover by TOM SCIOLI & RICHARD STARKINGS

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! EXTRA-LENGTH STORY AT NO EXTRA CHARGE!!!

 

BOOK TWELVE: HIGH NOON, TEA TIME

The lives of every New Yorker hangs in the balance as Commander Adam Archer confronts the combined evil of King Janus and the Never and their scheme of metropolitan annihilation! More than a rescue, more than a fight... the outcome of this adventure will change EVERYTHING!

 

"GØDLAND always jumps right to the top of my stack for required reading." - Ain't It Cool News

 

"I can't recommend this book more highly to anyone out there with a brain, a sense of humor, and a taste for classic comic absurdity." - Newsarama.com

 

"Suh-weet." - Mike Allred

 

"What can one say about the pairing of Casey and Scioli themselves? Pure sequential magic." - Silver Bullet Comics

 

"Bøld, energetic and pøwerful" - Kurt Busiek

 

"A raw dose of uncut creativity, GØDLAND is the sort of comic you don't so much read as visually inject into your eyeballs. Sure, it's crazy as hell... but it's the kind of crazy that comics need." - Ninth Art

 

"... a hallucinogenic masterpiece, a comic that is equal parts Kirby gosh-wow and tongue-in-cheek po-mo weirdness."

- CHUD.com

 

PAUL JENKINS' SIDEKICK #1 (of 5)

Written by PAUL JENKINS

Art & cover by CHRIS MORENO

June 7 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

By day, he is mild-mannered pizza delivery boy, Eddie Edison. By night, he is also mild-mannered Eddie Edison...who just happens to be the alter ego of the Hyper-Human's teenaged sidekick, Hyper-Lad. But the pay sucks. So Eddie settles upon an unlikely solution: He becomes a paid sidekick to three other superheroes, but soon finds out how hard it is to juggle the schedules of four super-powered .

 

UMBRA #1 (of 3)

Written by MURPHY

Art & cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE

June 7 • 52 pg • BW • $5.99

Set in Iceland in 1999, UMBRA is a three-issue mini-series about a young police forensics technician with an anxiety disorder and a bit of a drinking problem, and how her discovery of a very strange skeleton sets in motion a series of violent and tragic events. And then things get weird.

 

ON ART:

ART BY MIKE HAWTHORNE (QUEEN & COUNTRY, HYSTERIA)

STORY BY MURPHY (TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES)

 

THE BEST OF CURSE OF THE SPAWN

Written by ALLEN McELROY & BRAIN HABERLIN

Art by DWAYNE TURNER & DANNY MIKI

Cover by DWAYNE TURNER

June 28 • 512 pg • BW • $16.99

Meet new Spawns and delve deeply into the cast and characters of the regular series Spawn mythos as well. THE BEST OF CURSE OF THE SPAWN features 23 handpicked issues (1-8, 12-16 and 20-29) of this series written by popular author of the Spawn movie, ALLEN McELROY. And featuring the stunning artwork of industry favorites DWAYNE TURNER and DANNY MIKI. A great addition to any Spawn fan's collection.

 

THE AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS, VOL. 2 TPB

Written by MARK SMITH

Art & cover by DAN HIPP

June 7 • 190 pgs • BW • $12.99

The Amazing Joy Buzzards return in their sexiest and sleekest collection yet. Just as their world tour takes full swing, destiny forces our intrepid trio to track down the nefarious Spider Syndicate! Will they be able to overcome the deadliest menace the world has ever seen? Not if Tesla's Ray, Martian invaders, a Devil Mummy Hipster and an army of Midget Luchadores have anything to say about it!

 

BONUS TRACK: the never before seen full length first meeting of El Campeon and the Amazing Joy Buzzards!

 

COLLECTS THE AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS, VOL. 2 ISSUES 1-5.

 

DAWN, VOL. 3: THREE TIERS HC (RES)

Written by JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER

Art & cover by JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER

June 7 • 176 pg • FC • $39.99

Signed & Numbered Limited Edition $69.99

In a post-apocalyptic Europa, Dawn leads New York warrior Darrian Ashoka through wars, disasters and fire. His dangerous liaisons bring him up against the three faces of the Goddess. Is Dawn a virgin, a queen or a whore? Is Darrian the earthly manifestation of Death, the Horned God? On his quest for Dawn, Darrian faces dragons, fights duels and shatters mirrors. Will Dawn ultimately make his dreams come true, or his nightmares a reality?

 

Collects DAWN: THREE TIERS #1-6

 

THE DROWNERS, TP

Written by NABIEL KANAN

Art & cover by NABIEL KANAN

June 14 • 112 pg • BW • $14.99

James Quinn has built himself a dotcom empire. But when this empire starts to fall, dark secrets from his past emerge, not least of which is the drowning years earlier of a beautiful, mysterious young woman whose presence still haunts him. From the Eisner Award nominated creator of LOST GIRL and EXIT.

 

Collects THE DROWNERS #1-4

 

FEAR AGENT, VOL. 1: RE-IGNITION TP

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art & cover by TONY MOORE

June 21 • 96 pg • FC • $9.99

When down and out alien exterminator, Heath Huston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial legion of amoebas preparing to annihilate the Earth, he's forced to choose between the bottle and resuming his roll as a peace keeper, as the Last Fear Agent.

 

Written by critically acclaimed scribe RICK REMEMNDER (SEA OF RED, STRANGE GIRL) and drawn by Eisner nominated artist TONY MOORE (THE WALKING DEAD, Vertigo's EXTERMINATORS), Fear Agent combines the esthetic elements from all three of the genre's that made EC comics the high water mark of sequential storytelling, science fiction, war, and horror. Taking readers to lush new worlds populated by the likes of jellyfish super brains, wild ape men, and rickety robots bent on domination.

 

AD COPY: The first four critically acclaimed issues at a very special introductory price of $9.99!

 

LIBERTY MEADOWS, VOL. 1 & 2 TP (NEW PRINTINGS)

Written by FRANK CHO

Art & cover by FRANK CHO

June 14 • 144 pg • BW • $14.99

BACK IN PRINT!

Collecting the first eighteen issues of the award winning and totally uncensored LIBERTY MEADOWS in two massive volumes with all-new covers. Also featuring cover galleries and sketch galleries of unpublished LIBERTY MEADOWS art.

 

VOL. 1 COLLECTS ISSUES 1-9

VOL. 2 COLLECTS ISSUES 10-18

 

MINISTRY OF SPACE TP (NEW PRINTING)

Written by WARREN ELLIS

Art & cover by CHRIS WESTON

June 7 • 96 pg • FC • $12.99

This is the story of how we could have gone to space. Maybe how we should have gone to space. This is the story of the Ministry of Space.

 

The black budget that financed the move into space. The deaths of the test pilots, taken from the surviving Spitfire flyers of the Battle of Britain. And in 2000, the end of the Golden Age, as America and Russia begin moving into space. The secret revealed, and the destruction of a man who sacrificed himself for the Ministry of Space.

 

Plus, a sketchbook section by CHRIS WESTON and an all-new appendix by WARREN ELLIS revealing the facts behind the fiction!

 

Collects the sold out MINISTRY OF SPACE #1-3

 

THE RED DIARIES TP

Written by Gary Reed

Art by LAURENCE CAMPBELL, CHRIS JONES & LARRY SHUPUT

aover by KEN MEYER, JR.

June 7 • 168 pg • BW • $16.95

Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, the Mob, Fidel Castro, J. Edgar Hoover, the CIA...it was a conspiracy of secrets, a conspiracy of murder. All was revealed in Marilyn's diaries, her Red Diaries, and it is about to blow everything out into the open.

 

Collects RED DIARIES #1-4

 

THE AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS, VOL. 2 #5

Written by MARK SMITH

Art & cover by DOUG HOLGATE

June 7 • 24 pgs • BW • $2.99

"THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND LUCHADORES!"

RETAILER ALERT! Image Comics is proud to announce that EL CAMPEON'S ORIGIN will finally be revealed in this larger than life adventure! That's right, true believers: SMILIN' SMITH & HECKLIN' HOLGATE release this tale before Hollywood can get to it! It has been decades since readers and speculators alike have desired a single issue as much as this one!

 

ANT #6

Written by MARIO GULLY

Art & cover by MARIO GULLY

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

It's a change of pace and scenery for Ant this issue. Hannah heads to a new city, ready to set up shop and move on with her life. Meanwhile, a new enemy plans on giving her a chilling welcome.

 

BATTLE POPE #10

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by MATTHEW ROBERTS, CORY WALKER, E.J. SU &VAL STAPLES

Cover by CORY WALKER & STAPLES

June 14 • 32 pg • FC • $2.95

In this chapter Battle Pope learns to deal with his new celebrity status, stops a bank robbery, sleeps with a major villain, and has a hell of a nightmare! Beginning a new direction for Pope and his sidekick Jesus. An excellent jumping on point for new readers! (Yes, we mean YOU!)

 

DEADWORLD #5

Written by GARY REED

Art & cover by DALIBOR TALAJIC

June 21 • 32 pg • BW • $3.50

The teens, still reeling from the death of their friends, suddenly find themselves not so alone anymore as a sanctuary of hundreds of other survivors is found. But is there strength in numbers and who is the "hanged man?"

 

DOLL AND CREATURE #4 (of 4)

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by JOHN HEEBINK & MIKE MANLEY

Cover by DAN BRERETON

June 7 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

All of Nether Providence is soon to become a breeding ground for the vile Hyde's unless Doll can let her Creature die.

 

EMISSARY #2

Written by J.R. RAND

Art & cover by JUAN E. FERREYRA

created & co-plotted by JIM VALENTINO

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

"REVELATIONS 2:4"

In the wake of Emissary's dramatic appearance, governments and religions draw up sides. Panic, fear, and in some cases, joy spread across the face of the world. When tensions between the factions spill over into violence, FBI Agents Tara Bright and Josh Wu-Lee must put aside their struggle to make sense of the man himself. Who is he? Where is he from? Why is he here?

 

FEAR AGENT #6

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by JEROME OPENA

Cover by TONY MOORE

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

In a desperate bid to make right his mistakes of the past, Heath Huston irreversibly damages the timeline and finds himself in the custody of the mysterious Keepers.

 

GIRLS #14

Written by JOSHUA LUNA

Art & cover by JONATHAN LUNA

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

Whodunit?!

 

 

 

INVINCIBLE #35

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art & cover by RYAN OTTLEY and BILL CRABTREE

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

What are Nolan's books and why did he tell Mark it was important to read them? What stories do they tell, and how are they tied into the current events of his life? Secrets are revealed, and the stage is set for the next chapter in Invincible's life - and it's all leading up to the monumental issue 50.

 

THE LAST CHRISTMAS #2 (of 6)

Written by GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN

Art by RICK REMENDER & HILARY BARTA

Cover by KIERON DWYER

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

CHAPTER TWO: "VIOLENT NIGHT"

A hard truth is revealed and Santa makes a decision he may soon regret. He and Winky the Elf leave the North Pole on a mission to find the last living boy that still believes in him. But before Santa can drop down the kid's chimney he runs afoul of the marauders and zombies that have inherited the earth.

 

LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS, VOL. II #4 (of 4)

Written by Mike Bullock

Art & cover by Jack Lawrence

May 14 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

"BETRAYAL!" Conclusion

Lord Valthraax is on the verge of remaking the Stuffed Animal Kingdom in his own evil image , and only Joey and the Night Pride stand in his way. But with Joey down for the count, and the Night Pride outnumbered by the Beastie army, is there any hope of wresting the castle from Valthraax's evil grip?

 

NEGATIVE BURN #2

June 14 • 64 pg • BW • $5.99

Written by Brian Bolland, Evan Dorkin, Willy Franz, Ron Marz, Dove McHargue, James A. Owen, R. G. Taylor, Danijel Zezelj

Art by Brian Bolland, Evan Dorkin, Sam Glanzman, Dove McHargue, James A. Owen, Andrew Robinson, R. G. Taylor, Danijel Zezelj

Cover by ANDREW ROBINSON

Now MONTHLY! The return of EVAN DORKIN's Milk & Cheese on a regular basis! The best that you know and the best that you will know! No set genre! No limitations! As always, each issue allows the best creators a showcase to explore their creativity and also introduces readers to tomorrow's superstars!

 

NOBLE CAUSES #21

Written by JAY FAERBER

Art by JON BOSCO

Cover by GABE BRIDWELL

June 7 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

The Blackthornes' latest activities have landed the family of super-villains in the public spotlight in a way some of them weren't prepared for. Meanwhile, Rusty and Zephyr realize their individual quests have a strange connection.

 

THE PORTENT #3 (of 4)

Written by PETER BERGTING

Art & cover by PETER BERGTING

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

The light fades. It's time to leave the world of the living behind. Traveling through the ghost of the world that was once their home, Lin and Milo must find the road to the spirit realm. Can they gather the strength necessary to defeat the horrors that await on the other side? The answer will surprise you.

 

PvP #27

Written by SCOTT KURTZ

Cover & art by SCOTT KURTZ

June 21 • 24 pg • BW • $2.99

Things are getting out of control in the offices of PvP magazine. Jade's hot sister, Miranda is throwing herself at the gang's arch nemesis Max Powers. She's pulling out all of the stops and using her feminine wiles to seduce the boss. Only one thing can stop her: a company sanctioned sexual harassment class? Temperatures rise in this completely inappropriate issue.

 

RETRO ROCKET #4 (of 4)

Written by TONY BEDARD

Art & cover by JASON ORFALAS

June 28 • 32pg • FC • $2.99

Retro and Sparky enter the belly of the beast - face to face with the alien leader aboard the Quorum mothership. What will the invaders offer Retro to betray all humankind? Why will he find himself wanting to say yes? And what dark twist of fate created the Quorum? Find out as the last battle begins for the fate of Planet Earth and for the soul of one brave Man-Mech!

 

ROCKETO: JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN SEA #9

Written by FRANK ESPINOSA & MARIE TAYLOR

Art & cover by FRANK ESPINOSA

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

"HISTORIES"

Rocketo Garrison and the rest of the Hidden Sea expedition has just learned the true origins of the Hidden Sea, and the New World.. Now they must prepare for war as, Scarletto launches his attack on the Hidden city of the Mappers!

 

RUMBLE IN LA RAMBLA #2 (of 3)

Written by FELIPE FERREIRA

Art & cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

June 14 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

"YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE"

As one of La Rambla's three crime bosses (along with Albino and Dozer), Santo is known as a bullet-dodging ladies' man. But ever since Albino was whacked, Santo is pretty much convinced that Dozer is the one to blame for it. What will he do next? Ask Dozer out for some dinner and a cup of coffee where this dire subject will be politely brought up or assemble his Apostles and grab the bull by the horns? Here's a hint: check the book's title!

 

SEA OF RED #11

Written by RICK REMENDER & KIERON DWYER

Art by SALGOOD SAM & PAUL HARMON

Cover by KIERON DWYER

June 14 • 32 pg • • $2.99

The world is in ruins: The Sanguinan Vampires have taken over. Marco, Blackthroat and crew return to their former masters at the sect's home in Spain in hopes of killing the man responsible. A figure from the past returns and a crewmember must die that the others survive.

 

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

SAVAGE DRAGON #127

Written by ERIK LARSEN

Art & cover by ERIK LARSEN

Dragon returns to find that Mister Glum has taken over the world. The

deadliest menace of all time and everyone's favorite fin-head face off-but is Dragon too late to make difference?

 

 

 

SHADOWHAWK #13

June 21 • 32 pg • FC • $3.50

by JIM VALENTINO, SCOTT WHERLE, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ PEDRO ANGOSTO, THE SHARP BROTHERS & JUAN

Cover by THE SHARP BROTHERS

"PAST LIVES"

Four stories! Four creative teams! NO ADS! Welcome back CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, who draws the tale of Halcón Sombrío in Mexico 1519, as told by PEDRO ANGOSTO. The tale of Hawk and his bird Shadow in London 1830, as written and drawn by THE SHARP BROTHERS. Also, the tale of ShadowHawkGirl, New York 1974, as told by SCOTT WHERLE and drawn by JUAN FERREYRA. Plus, a framing sequence written and drawn by creator JIM VALENTINO! You won't want to miss this issue!

 

SPAWN #159

Written by DAVID HINE

Art by PHILIP TAN & DANNY MIKI

Cover by PHILIP TAN & TODD McFARLANE

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $2.95

Wanda's family is torn apart as Spawn bares his heart to Cyan... Literally! And Granny Blake gains her reward for living a virtuous life in the service of God. She is among the pure souls chosen for the Rapture. The one thing she didn't expect was to find that Heaven has become a War Zone and she's on the front line.

 

TRUTH, JUSTIN & THE AMERICAN WAY #4 (of 5)

Written by SCOTT KURTZ & AARON WILLIAMS

Art & cover by GIUSEPPE FERRARIO

June 7 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

THE WEDDING IS OFF!

Justin's been fired, the dresses and suits were burned to a crisp and the super-suit STILL won't come off. Out on the streets, Justin vows to win Bailey back, but how? What's FBI Agent McGee planning for this most un-happy couple? And can Justin finally get the suit to behave long enough to save the day?

 

THE WALKING DEAD #31

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art & cover by CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

June 28 • 32 pg • BW • $2.99

Another chapter closes as a new one begins. Michonne has had trouble adjusting to her new surroundings. Starting this issue, things get even more difficult.

 

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

TOP COW SOLICITATIONS

 

INTRO

 

June is the month of new beginnings - weddings, summer break, and new comic book regimes! That's right, my friends, that spiffy title after my signature is not a typo. It's time to print new business cards and throw me a party because the stars have aligned in my favor. There's a new female Editor in Chief at Top Cow Productions.

 

Some of you may think that I'm in the process of creating some sort of matriarchy. It is pretty amazing that this month we happen to have a new, all female art team on Witchblade. Strangely enough, this has been a long time in the making and the pieces just happened to fall in place now. I'm really glad, though, because when you guys are raving over it, I'm going to take all the credit. Adriana Melo, Mariah Benes, and Sonia Oback are going to knock your socks off!

 

To go along with my "chicks rock" theme, Fiona Avery's Rising Stars: Untouchable, the story of Special Laurel Darkhaven, reaches its poignant finale this month with beautiful artwork by Brent Anderson.

 

I've got a Marc Silvestri double-feature with Hunter-Killer #10 and Cyberforce #0. I mean, what more could a woman ask for? But then I also get a Down/Warren Ellis Trade Paperback!

 

That's quite a roster for my first month and I'm ecstatic! You will be too when you pick up these books. Not bad for a girl, eh?

 

Renae Geerlings

Editor-in-Chief, Top Cow Productions

 

CYBERFORCE #0

Arrow: Silvestri brings back CYBERFORCE!!

(W) Marc Silvestri and David Wohl (P) Marc Silvestri (Col) Steve Firchow (Cov) Marc Silvestri

 

Until now, this story was only available in the Image Anniversary Hardcover. Now you can see the prequel to the current Cyberforce story arc for yourself! The origins of the entire Cyberforce universe are revealed here..... Marc Silvestri and David Wohl prove themselves a formidable team once again!

 

Full Color 32 Pages $2.99 Ongoing Series

ALSO AVAILABLE: Top Cow Fine Art Lithograph of this Marc Silvestri Cyberforce #0 cover! A limited edition of 200 pieces, reproduced at the highest quality possible at 12x18 inches!

Limited edition lithograph $19.99

Limited edition lithograph signed by artist Marc Silvestri $29.99

Legal: © 2006 Top Cow Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. "Cyberforce," the Cyberforce logo, and the likenesses of all featured characters are registered trademarks of Top Cow Productions, Inc.

 

HUNTER-KILLER #10

ARROW: Silvestri turns it up a notch!

(W) Mark Waid (P) Marc Silvestri (I) Joe Weems (Col) Steve Firchow (Cov) Marc Silvestri

 

Ellis now knows all the secrets of the Hunter-Killer program and the Ultra-Sapiens project--plus one other key piece of information. Ellis knows where Morningstar has been hiding his portal into the future, and he's going to find it once and for all--even if it means clambering over Wolf and Samantha's dead bodies to do it!

 

Full color 32 pages $2.99 continuing series

Legal: © 2006 Top Cow Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. "Hunter-Killer," the Hunter-Killer logo and the likenesses of all featured characters are registered trademarks of Top Cow Productions, Inc.

 

RISING STARS: UNTOUCHABLE #5 (of 5)

ARROW: The final sacrifice...

(W) Fiona Avery (Art) Brent Anderson (Col) Brian Buccellato (Cov) Brent Anderson

 

Laurel Darkhaven's story comes to its inspiring conclusion through a web of international intrigue and torn loyalties where the smallest of things can utterly change the world. Fiona Avery and Brent Anderson close this chapter of the Rising Stars saga with a fast paced, explosive tale!

 

Full color 32 pages $2.99 continuing series

Legal: © 2006 Synthetic Worlds and Top Cow Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. "Rising Stars," the Rising Stars logo and the likenesses of all featured characters are registered trademarks of Synthetic Worlds and Top Cow Productions, Inc.

 

WITCHBLADE #99

ARROW: Countdown to #100!

(W) Ron Marz (P) Adriana Melo (I) Mariah Benes (Col) Sonia Oback (Cov)

 

Penciling sensation Adriana Melo (Star Wars: Empire, Birds of Prey covers) makes her Witchblade debut! All the pieces for next month's landmark issue #100 start falling into place around NYPD detective Sara Pezzini. Her former police partner, Jake McCarthy, awakens from his coma and seems to be his normal self. But appearances can be deceiving, as Jake hides a dark and dangerous secret that will threaten not only Sara, but all of New York City and perhaps the entire world! See why Paperback Reader rates Witchblade A+ and says, "If you missed the last ten years, now is a good time to get on board for the next ten. Witchblade hasn't been this good - ever."

 

Full color 32 pages $2.99 ongoing series

 

DOWN/WARREN ELLIS TP

ARROW: Ellis' Greatest Hits!

(W) Warren Ellis (P) Harris/Hamner (C ) JD Mettler (Cov) Tony Harris

 

Get all of Warren Ellis' best Top Cow work including the mini-series Down #1-4 as well as his Tales of the Witchblade issues #3 and 4. If you're an Ellis fan, this is a must-have in your collection Includes new cover art by fan favorite, Tony Harris!

 

Full color 176 pages $ Trade paperback

[OldGuy]

FEAR AGENT #6

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by JEROME OPENA

Cover by TONY MOORE

June 28 • 32 pg • FC • $2.99

In a desperate bid to make right his mistakes of the past, Heath Huston irreversibly damages the timeline and finds himself in the custody of the mysterious Keepers.

 

 

About the most fun you can legaly have with a comic book!

[DKB]

Godland really is very good. Its sad its not getting that much attention.

[Anfield Fox]

With Jim Lee and Liefeld gone, McFarlane and Silvestri not giving a [embarrassing lack of self control] and Valentino and Larsen stuck in a time warp it seems Image are probably putting out the worst material in their history.

 

Renae Geerlings becoming EIC of Top Cow is cool. She's really nice and gorgeous to boot

[Darthdiesel]

TOP COW SOLICITATIONS

 

Nice to see Renae Geerlings moving on up...

 

RISING STARS: UNTOUCHABLE #5 (of 5)

 

WITCHBLADE #99

[Anfield Fox]

Check out her website. hubba, hubba!

 

http://www.renaegeerlings.com/

[DKB]

With Jim Lee and Liefeld gone, McFarlane and Silvestri not giving a [embarrassing lack of self control] and Valentino and Larsen stuck in a time warp it seems Image are probably putting out the worst material in their history.

 

 

You couldn't possibly be further from the truth. Image has never put out as much good stuff as it is right now.

[Anfield Fox]

With Jim Lee and Liefeld gone, McFarlane and Silvestri not giving a [embarrassing lack of self control] and Valentino and Larsen stuck in a time warp it seems Image are probably putting out the worst material in their history.

 

 

You couldn't possibly be further from the truth. Image has never put out as much good stuff as it is right now.

 

If that's the case, please point me in that direction? I'm not saying you are not right but i used to pick up pretty much the entire Wildstorm, Top Cow and McFarlane lines and now i don't see anything that appeals with the exception of Walking Dead.

[DKB]

Walking Dead

Invincible

Sea of Red

Girls/Ultra

Godland

Battle Hymn

Expatriote

Rex Mundi

NYC Mech

Atheist

Stardust Kid

 

 

Grounded and Strange Girl are two books that I haven't read, but that have been selling out. I've also heard good things about Fear Agent.

 

True Story Swear to God is moving to Image.

 

Granted, there are some things there that I don't expect people on this board to be into as it strays way outside traditional superhero/storytelling lines. But Godland? That's right up the alley of anyone who still loves reading cheesy Silver age superhero books.