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off the rack #1186

Monday, October 23, 2017

The back door lock on my X-Trail wasn't working so I had to drop it off this morning at Japan Auto to see if they can fix it. Then it was off to Costco to stock up an a few necessities. It's so nice and warm here in Ottawa that I will be able to read Charles de Lint's new book The Wind in His Heart outside.

Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan #1 - Declan Shalvey (writer) Mike Henderson (art) Lee Loughridge (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). This 5-issue mini has the two stabby heroes with healing factors teaming up to keep a new mutant from being captured by bad guys. Sure, it's a story that's already been told many times but Declan does a good job of keeping the fun factor up so I will keep reading.

Batman: The Drowned #1 - Dan Abnett (writer) Philip Tan & Tyler Kirkman (art) Dean White & Arif Prianto (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). There's a gender swap in this Dark Nights Metal tie-in where a woman named Bryce Wayne transforms herself into an evil version of Aquaman's wife Mera. That was unexpected. I like how this issue clarifies why the bad Batpersons are doing what they're doing. It's a basic motivation and not anything new so there's still a chance that I might stop caring about this story and stop reading.

Kid Lobotomy #1 - Peter Milligan (writer) Tess Fowler (art) Lee Loughridge (colours) Aditya Bidikar (letters). If I had looked at the credits before picking this book off the racks to read I should have expected the extreme weirdness in this comic book written by Peter Milligan. I remember his stint on Shade the Changing Man and what a psychedelic ride that was. This book is loopy too and it was the art that helped me power through to the last page. If you enjoy exploring odd mindscapes you'll like this.

Thor #700 - Jason Aaron (writer) Walt Simonson & Matthew Wilson, Russell Dauterman & Matthew Wilson, Daniel Acuna, James Harren & Dave Stewart, Becky Cloonan & Dave Stewart, Das Pastoras, Chris Burnham & Ive Svorcina, Andrew MacLean & Dave Stewart, Jill Thompson, Mike del Mundo, and Olivier Coipel & Dave Stewart (art) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). This 50-page epic features Part 1 of "The Death of Thor", but which Thor? There's a lot of them. If you've never read a Thor comic book this is a great place to start. You can tell that Jason Aaron is having so much fun writing these adventures and I am one very appreciative fan. Buy this book.

Aquaman #29 - Dan Abnett (writer) Stjepan Sejic (art & colours) Steve Wands (letters). Okay, things are starting to go the good guys' way. Evil King Rath is going to get what fer.

Maestros #1 - Steve Skroce (writer & art) Dave Stewart (colours) Fonografiks (letters). Yay, Steve Skroce is back on the racks and this time he's writing his own book. I loved "We Stand On Guard" and was hoping we'd see Steve's art again soon. This fantasy book is about a young wizard who inherits the title of big kahuna wizard after his Dad is killed. I thought that Geof Darrow did the art for this after turning the first page, but nope, it's Steve just painstakingly drawing up a storm. This new comic book gets added to my "must read" list.

Champions #13 - Mark Waid (writer) Humberto Ramos (pencils) Victor Olazaba (inks) Edgar Delgado (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Part 2 of "Worlds Collide" has the Champions teaming up with the Avengers to stop the High Evolutionary from destroying the planet. Four groups scatter around the world to save lives but even though they keep the world's tallest buildings from disaster there's still plenty of danger ahead. The story continues in Avengers #673 which hits the racks on November 1.

Batman #33 - Tom King (writer) Joelle Jones (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). You gotta read this. Do you guys have a good chuckle when you get to the last page of a really good comic book because you feel happily amused and think, man I can't wait to read the rest of this story? I do. Few writers can make me do that and Tom King just got added to the list of writers that do. Some fans might not like what's going on with Batman's love life but I think it's great. Part 1 of "Rules of Engagement" has the Bat visiting an old flame and boy, is he going to get burned. Joelle "Lady Killer" Jones did a wonderful job showing the men folk back at the mansion and made my heart swoon with her rendition of Selina. I wish the word balloon person hadn't screwed up on the last page, otherwise this issue was a perfect read.

Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 - Jeff Lemire (writer) David Rubin (art, colours & letters). This spin-ff of Black Hammer is worth checking out if you like that mystery about a team of old super heroes. This story focuses on their super villain enemies and follows Black Hammer's daughter as she goes searching for her father. Jeff Lemire is every bit as clever as Alan Moore at creating neat super characters when Alan was doing America's Best Comics.

Ms. Marvel #23 - G. Willow Wilson (writer) Diego Olortegui (art) Ian Herring (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Remember the time when Kamala went to Karachi and had a team up with a hero there? Guess who's in Jersey City and attending her high school now? I'm glad Willow did the conversion to metric on the runaway train's speed. I didn't have a sense of what 25 miles per hour feels like. 40 kilometres per hour I get. This was a great way to have the two heroes commiserate while the train rolls along.

Wonder Woman #32 - James Robinson (writer) Sergio Davila (pencils) Scott Hanna & Mark Morales (inks) Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). I found the writing in this issue was as stilted as a bad soap opera script. I don't like how the relationship between Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor is portrayed. I hate that he calls her "angel". I will read the next issue to find out more about Diana's "brother" Jason and to see Emanuela Lupacchino drawing her first issue of this series.

Groo: Play of the Gods #4 - Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier (writers) Sergio Aragones (art) John Ercek & Tom Luth (colours) Stan Sakai (letters). And so another great Groo mini ends. This time the last laugh was on the gods.

Superman #33 - Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils) Jaime Mendoza (inks) Wil Quintana (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). "Imperius Lex" starts here. With baby Darkseid missing, Apokalips needs a new ruler and it has chosen Lex Luthor. But Lex is a good guy now, right? Maybe he'll find a way to change the Parademons into minions. I like that Lois and Jon are in this story too.

Incredible Hulk #709 - Greg Pak (writer) Greg Land (pencils) Jay Leisten (inks) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). "Return To Planet Hulk" starts here. Not to worry, they haven't resurrected Bruce Banner (yet). This time it's Amadeus "The Totally Awesome Hulk" Cho crash landing on the planet. There's no holding back when the kid unleashes the junk in the trunk as he battles a tribe of bad guys. All hail the Green Scar. This is a refreshing change of pace.

Super Sons #9 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Jorge Jimenez & Carmine Di Giandomenico (art) Alejandro Sanchez & Ivan Plascencia (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). "Planet of the Capes" ends here. I much preferred the art of Jorge Jimenez over that of Carmine Di Giandomenico. Carmine's kids don't look like kids.

Wonder Woman Conan #2 - Gail Simone (writer) Aaron Lopresti (pencils) Matt Ryan (inks) Wendy Broome (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). There's a #MeToo moment in this issue that I found was unnecessary that made me feel disappointed because this is written by a woman. The crew threatening Diana that way wasn't needed for Conan to be any more protective than he already was. I wondered if it was put in just to titillate male readers or to point out that most men are scum. I did like how the crow girls dealt with the wine besotted pervert in the stands though.

Invincible Iron Man #593 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Stefano Caselli & Alex Maleev (art) Marte Gracia & Alex Maleev (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). "The Search for Tony Stark" starts here. Get everything you need to know to start reading this series. It's the rebirth of one of Marvel's iconic super heroes so join us long time shellhead fans and buckle up for a wild ride.

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Artist Valentine M. Smith on her creative spirit and finding inspiration in queer fandom

One of the coolest things about queer media communities is not just the art that comes out of them, but the support they can provide. We’re in an age, thanks to the internet, where artists can share their work with everyone; it’s the kind of art that helps us make it through long hiatuses, tough storylines, and reminds us why we love the characters we do (and why we want them to kiss, probably). We may not have many TV shows and movies at our disposal out here in the LGBTQ community, but what we have helps people find a voice and acquire an audience. You may know Valentine M. Smith from the rad art she’s made for shows like Carmilla, Wynonna Earp, Orphan Black, and more. She’s also done work for novels (Snowball Earth), magazines (THIS), films (Lyle, Bury Your Tropes) and webseries (Couple-ish, Haunted or Hoax). This week I sat down with Valentine to talk art, queerdom, and how we can better support our queer content creators. Erin Carter: Let’s start with the basics: did you go to school for art? Valentine M. Smith: I did, I have a BFA in illustration from the University of the Arts, which is in Center City, Philadelphia. I really liked that school because I knew their illustration program was good, and because it wasn’t just a visual arts school. We had a film department, dance, theatre; I got to take a lot of different things because of that. EC: So you had access to all these other things, why illustration? VMS: Honestly because when I was little I was bit by the film bug. I wanted to do film and I wanted to be a director for a little while; I wrote scripts and I’d cast people for table reads as a twelve year-old. I was like, “We’re making movies!” And they were terrible but as a twelve year-old, no other twelve year-old want to take that seriously so it was easier for me to just draw it and do it all myself, to basically storyboard it in comic form, rather than rely on all these other people…because we were twelve. Then I got more interested in music. I learned to play the drums, I was in a lot of bands so my creative outlet went from film to music. In high school I came back to art and thought, “Oh, I’m not so terrible at drawing anymore!” Because that was a big thing for me, I was really discouraged because I wasn’t good and I wasn’t, at that moment, willing to put in the time [to improve]. EC: How did you work past that fear of not being good enough and decide to start putting in the time? VMS: Sometimes you’re really motivated and sometimes you’re really not. It comes down to just being able to push past it and do the work. Finding different ways to stimulate your learning. When I started getting serious about it is when YouTube was becoming a bigger thing, so I used to watch all of my favorite comic artists draw on YouTube. They’d do livestreams and I remember being up late at night, sitting at my desk drawing, and I’d watch someone else do a livestream and it was like, “It’s basically like we work together!” That was so driving for me. EC: Who were some of your influences or inspirations early on? VMS: Becky Cloonan, I love Becky Cloonan. She’s the reason I picked up a brush and tried to brush ink for the first time. The first time I saw her she was in a picture in Wizard magazine and she was wearing a Phoenix shirt, and I was so mad. I wanted to wear Jean Grey shirts and hang out at cool comic-cons! She was a big one because there weren’t that many women in comics, and I feel like as a kid in the 90s, the big comic artists were all men. They were all drawing really muscled up dudes in spandex and I was like, “That’s nice, I know how to do that, but there aren’t any ladies here.” And I remember literally thinking, “I don’t know how I’m going to get a job.” I also remember looking at other artists in fine art, because there were more women in fine art, and Tara McPherson was a big one for me. Those were the big two. EC: It’s no secret you’re a horror fan; what draws you to that genre? VMS: I think, early on, fear was one of the most tangible emotions that I could emote in my work. Because it was really easy to scare someone, and I’m really good at making blood splatters so when I realized this I was like “SOLD.” I’ve also had really weird dreams so a lot of it I think comes from just being an anxious human being. I always really liked horror movies because there was power in the fact that you could make something that’s fake and transition it into something so real. Also in the sense that it wasn’t just horror but the things horror could represent. A lot of the horror movies that I was into were low-budget, made by people who really loved them, and it seemed more attainable, to be able to go out there and say, “I can make something, here it is.” EC: How did you come into doing work for movies and TV shows? VMS: While I was in university, and drawing every day, in the thick of it, I watched American Mary. This was at a prime time where I had found horror, I found my home, and I felt so comfortable there. So I watched the movie and it was this little gem of an indie film, made by people who wanted to put something out there. It was made by two women, starring women, it was a dream team. I started making art for it because I was really passionate about, and then the Soska sisters found my work. They’re really supportive of their fans and so they shared my work, and got me to a wider audience. And all the good indie horror films were coming out of Canada, so it really put Toronto on my radar. I felt, if I want to be involved in weird independent horror, I needed to go there and be in that. EC: Horror put Toronto on the map for you, so how’d you make the jump to things like webseries and queer television? VMS: I already had the Canada seeds planted, and then I stumbled on Carmilla. Being part of the LGBTQ community, I’m always looking for content. It had the same feel for me; I was already into the little indie darlings, and projects that people were trying to make, and being a part of a lot of those you know that everyone is kind of struggling. It’s this understanding that you’re on the same team and you’re trying to make it work. So I started drawing things up for them because I was passionate about it and I wanted other people to know about it. Doing sketches and character studies became a daily routine for me because I was trying to draw more and get better, so I ended up focusing on that and it would carry over into my other work. I was always really interested in the physicality of acting and how it changes an actor’s body in the sense that there’s a character being housed in there, and I wanted to be able to capture that in my drawing. I had never made the crossover to include LGBTQ work in my own stuff until Carmilla. EC: How has that helped you incorporate more LGBTQ content into your work? VMS: A lot of it is commissioned based, but those are now the projects I’ll seek out and that I want to get jobs for. It’s very similar to the horror community in that it’s smaller than the wider mainstream but they’re very loyal. Working with LGBTQ stuff became more personal, more important and moving for me, and I realized that I needed to be doing it. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I thought, “I never thought of being here, but now I know that I need to be.” EC: What made that switch flip? VMS: It just happened; I worked on Carmilla stuff and I just thought, “I have to keep doing this, this is really important to me.” Being a queer person myself, I liked the work I was making and I liked the person I was when I was making that work. And the thing is, we have creators, but we need to get into those higher seats. We need to be making more work because they can’t tell us that we’re not making things, or that there aren’t jobs for us, or that we aren’t there for the jobs, because we are. There’s no excuse. EC: So basically just make all the things. VMS: Basically, and make it gay! There’s such a starvation within the community for any kind of representation. EC: You were saying that, when you started doing Carmilla stuff, it was at a time when you were actively trying to draw every day. Did you see yourself improve or your style evolve? VMS: I got so much better! The real improvement started right before then; there are these certain pieces that you make that stick in your mind, and you can point to it and know that something changed. I remember I did a university assignment where you had to pick a book and do the book cover. I did a cover for American Psycho and it was the first time that I used my black ink exclusively, and did my textured, cross-hatch marks which is present in a lot of my pieces now. That’s the one that triggered me to study my black and white work, and when Carmilla came along I was finding figures and studying likenesses. It really helped me be able to work quickly, it got me to make better choices, and it helped me figure out a lot of my process. EC: And you do a lot of commissions now for characters and things like that, have you always done those? VMS: Up until Carmilla taking off, the personal commissions I got from people were always tattoos. I’m from a very small town so if somebody finds out you draw they’re like, “oh will you draw my tattoo,” and it’s like give me some dollars and I will do it. After people realized I was interested in drawing queer-specific media, and I got involved in a lot of that, I started getting commissions for characters for the first time. I had never had that happen before. I remember printing my own All Cheerleaders Die shirts because there was no merch, and that’s what drove me to do a lot of this stuff. I’d love this thing and there would be nothing for it, so I had to make it. EC: How’d you end up in Toronto? Did changing environments affect your work at all? VMS: To be perfectly honest, anytime you change cities and you’re a freelance anything, your whole network shifts. The illustration community in Philadelphia is very tight, and I knew a lot of people who could get me in contact with others so I had a lot of opportunity. But it wasn’t the work that I really felt I needed to be doing at the time. I had done my first movie poster out of school for Lyle, which was an indie horror movie starring two women in a queer relationship; it was meant for me. So it was starting to get there, but there’s that joke that goes, “But mom, I’m famous in Canada!” And that’s honestly what was happening, my work was more well known outside of where I was. The work that was being made that I wanted to be a part of was in Toronto. Through a series of weird, miraculous things I got to come up here for FanExpo in 2015, and it was the first time I had really seen the affect my work had had, in any sense. Before that I had been doing work on the side to make ends meet, and then I came up here and I was met with such warmth and support from a community. After that I thought, “I need to do more of this, I need to be here. I don’t care what happens, I have to end up here for just a little bit and give it a try.” EC: You also do a lot of original pieces, what motivates those? VMS: My shorthand is very different from my longform illustration. Art is my outlet and it’s something that calms me down, especially in the way that I work. A lot of that black texture and white speckled work happened because I work quickly, and it became a form of mediation that centered me. It wasn’t just an aesthetic thing, it was an actual process; when I’m doing that it makes me stop to think about the marks that I’m making and what I’m putting down on the page, it allows for that cerebral aspect. I also have a list of things I like, and if I think of more things I put them on that list so that I keep working even when I don’t have jobs or commissions, or if I feel really drained and want to make something that I want to make for the sake of it. If I have to do something colour for work, I’ll do black and white work for myself and vice versa. A lot of my original work is from all the things that have inspired me before; there’s a lot of horror, weird uneasiness, tattoos, and I like drawing hands and people and buildings. I like drawing anything, it’s all good. EC: What kind of projects do you get stoked on? VMS: I know what I get STOKED about. EC: Listen, I’m from California. VMS: I get stoked on anything original, anything film related because that’s a huge part of my inspiration. And anything that’s a new challenge, honestly. It’s partly you trying to figure out what a patron wants, but they came to you for a reason. When someone comes to you with an idea, you’re like, “I really like this but let’s see if we can make it better.” I really enjoy collaborations, as someone who works primarily in a solo studio. I really like getting other voices in there and making something better than what we could have made alone. It’s cool because somebody put that confidence in you; it’s scary, but I feel like fear has always been such a part of doing my work that I feel more at home with it. As an illustrator, it’s your job to figure out what someone wants, you’re a problem-solver, period. Whether it’s editorial, books, film, branding, it all carries over in the sense that there’s a problem and you have to figure out a solution, and that’s exciting. EC: What’s your dream project? VMS: I just want to be more involved. I want to be more in control with the whole process, I really want to brand something. Whether it’s a movie or a shop or a clothing line, I want to create cohesive visuals across a thing. I get to do that now with the Snowball Earth series; there’s a second book in the works and we’re designing the book covers to link up with each other, we had that in plan from the beginning. If you’re making a project, it’s important for it to look the same across the board, you should have the same people on so it looks and feels complete. For a film, the poster should suit the visual style which would suit whatever kind of merch you want to do, and all of those themes that are important in the media would be translated into something that would work illustratively. Especially with movie posters nowadays, a lot of mainstream movie posters are just a bunch of heads on a thing and it doesn’t look good. I know you want to sell your movie with your star, but let’s figure out how to make that look good as well. For FanExpo last year, I got commissioned to do a Carmilla poster and it was designed with the intent of having people sign it. You want them on there so you can recognize them and they can recognize themselves, but I didn’t want to do a bunch of weird shape heads. I made it into a pattern that flows but also looks like a weird old pulp novel; it accomplished having them there but it wasn’t something with just a bunch of floating heads. EC: Why is working within the queer media world important to you? VMS: It’s important to make queer media right now because we just don’t have it. People who aren’t a part of the minority see something new coming in and they think, “Well you have this one, so why aren’t you happy?” because they’ve never experienced being starved for representation. We just don’t have that many choices in a mainstream, accessible sense. We can’t go to a theatre and see multiple queer couples in multiple movies doing completely different things. It might be queer, but is it a fun, queer, sci-fi drama? Or is it a queer horror movie? We just don’t have it so we’re trying to make it. As someone a part of that who is a creator, it’s really important to me that, regardless if anyone is going to give us something to stand on to make it, we just have to because they’re not going to. They don’t want to put their money on what they conceive to be a risk. We’re really people just existing in the world, and a lot of what we want to see now is just that, we just want to exist. In order to make that happen, sometimes we have to do it first, and I’m not afraid to. And I think that a lot of people aren’t afraid to right now, and we’re very loyal to each other in the sense that, if we see someone making something and it’s good, we’ll absolutely help out. I will be more willing to work with a queer creator on making queer content and sacrifice some other part, whether I do it on my own time or if we have to work with a smaller budget to get it made. I’m willing to make those sacrifices because we need it. EC: What can people do to better support queer creators? VMS: You just have to put your money where your mouth is. If you say you want this stuff and you say you want to see it or buy a shirt to support a movie or person, you unfortunately have to put money in. That’s how we survive, that’s how I survive. I’m a full-time freelance illustrator, so when I sell prints or original work or do commissions, that puts a roof over my head, it allows me to have a sense of stability in my life so that I can create more work. I can’t make more things if I can’t pay rent. If you can’t contribute with whatever your talents are, put money into it. And that’s how projects are being made these days, through things like crowd funding, because if they aren’t going to give us the money to make it we’re going to band together. If you’re part of an audience and you want or like something, spread it around, and credit where credit is due. That’s a big thing. Unfortunately, there’s this hive mind thing where it’s like, “this was made and now I can show everyone,” and the creator in question gets lost along the way, so when I see something cool I want to know where it came from so I can go back to them and support that person. If you don’t do that along the way, you’re hindering a potential new client or audience. [Bringing it back to the artist] also creates a good sense of community in general, it comes full circle. EC: What kind of advice would you give to aspiring illustrators? VMS: Draw from life! You’re going to hate it at times, but the whole thing about drawing is that you’re drawing what you see. In order to get better at drawing you have to get better at seeing, in the sense that you have to be able to process that there is something in front of you and however way you choose to interpret that you have to just draw it. It will build your visual vocabulary in your brain. If you spend your time drawing trees, every tree is different, so you’ll know how to draw a tree and if you draw different ones you’ll know how to pull out an oak versus a pine out of nowhere because you’ll have that visual vocabulary. The same goes for figures; please practice figures. It doesn’t have to be in the traditional sense, with all the proportions right, but you do have to do that early on, you have to learn the rules so you can break them. You have to learn what exists and then what can exist. I used to hate doing figure drawing because I felt it had to be perfect, and then once you get to the point where you’re getting it is when you can start to tweak it. I had this professor, Tim Bauer, he has done so much work, he’s an amazing man. He’s quit illustration like three times and come back because we all have this thing inside of us that pushes us to do it whether we like it or not. He would make us do these exercises where we had to draw a wonky shape on a piece of paper and he’d say, “Make the figure exist in that,” and you’d go, “What? How am I supposed to make this in this weird amoeba that I’ve drawn?” You’d end up with these figures that were strangely distorted and, once you let go, you realize there is no certain way it has to be. There are no limits, whatever process works for you isn’t going to work for the next person, and that’s okay. That took me a long time to be okay with, I kept trying to fit into a certain mold and once I let that mold go, I was listening to myself and listening to my body, listening to the way my mind worked and processed things. This was easier for me in black and white which is why I started doing it so much, because if my brain works like this, it’s harder for me to fight that than it is to give into that and see where it can take me. So just follow what feels right. It’s okay to experiment with anything and everything. It’s okay to look at styles you like and imitate them for a piece or two to see how that person is thinking. But take what you’ve learned, strip it away, and keep certain things. Whatever somebody else is doing is not going to work for you, and once you figure out what does it honestly opens your mind; you can make anything! I’ve felt more free since I realized how I work. Figuring that out is really hard, and I struggled with it for a long, long time. EC: And it’s a constant process too, you consistently have those moments of realization. VMS: It’s an evolution! You can pinpoint those pieces, like I said earlier, where something has changed. You might be stagnant for a while and think nothing is happening. When you go back to look at the work as a whole, lay it all out and look at what stayed, what went away. Figure out what was working and if you look at it and think, “Why am I not doing that anymore?” then pick it back up. It’s a constant evolution of your style, yourself, of the things you’re interested in, of your influences. Take all of that, smoosh it into a ball, then put it in a blender, then throw it away and pick it up again, and then you’ll be ready. The work will be better for it if you put your own spin on it. You can find Valentine’s work at valentinemsmith.com, as well as @valentinemsm1th on Twitter and Instagram. http://dlvr.it/Pb1xZZ

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American Gods, Vol. 1: Shadows

Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard?thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent.Collecting the first nine issues of the American Gods comic book series, along with art process features, high res scans of original art, layouts, character designs, and variant covers by BECKY CLOONAN, SKOTTIE YOUNG, FABIO MOON, DAVE MCKEAN, and MORE!story and words by Neil Gaiman ; script and layouts by P. Craig Russell ; art by Scott Hampton ; letters by Rick Parker.

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Image Comics Solicitations for July 2017

Image Comics has released solicitation information and images for new books and products shipping in July 2017. When you’re through checking out these solicitations for new Image releases, be sure to visit CBR’s Image Comics forum to discuss these titles and products with fellow readers and fans.

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MOONSTRUCK #1 – GEM OF THE MONTH

STORY: GRACE ELLIS

ART: SHAE BEAGLE/KATE LETH

COVER: SHAE BEAGLE

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $3.99

A NEW ONGOING SERIES from Lumberjanes creator GRACE ELLIS and talented newcomer SHAE BEAGLE that tells a story of monsters, romance, and magical hijinks! The first arc also includes an additional short story with artist KATE LETH!

Fantasy creatures are living typical, unremarkable lives alongside humans, and barista Julie strives to be the most unremarkable of all. Normal job, normal almost-girlfriend, normal…werewolf transformations that happen when she gets upset? Yikes!

But all bets are off when she and her centaur best friend Chet find themselves in the middle of a magical conspiracy. Will Julie and Chet be able to save their friends? Is Julie’s dogged determination to be normal a lost cause? Who’s going to watch the coffee shop while our heroes are out saving the world?? These questions and more will be answered in MOONSTRUCK, coming July 19 from Image Comics.

SACRED CREATURES #1 – GEM OF THE MONTH

STORY: PABLO RAIMONDI & KLAUS JANSON

ART: PABLO RAIMONDI

COVER A: PABLO RAIMONDI

COVER B: KLAUS JANSON

COVER C (1 IN 25): FRANK MILLER

JULY 5 / 72 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99

When the supernatural forces maintaining the fragile balance of power in this world start to unravel, Josh Miller, a young college grad and expecting father, is caught in the middle of a vast conspiracy threatening to tear apart the foundations of humanity as we know it. As myth and reality collide, Josh finds himself on the frontline of a battle against an enemy dating back to the beginning of time itself.

Comic legends KLAUS JANSON (Daredevil, Dark Knight Returns) and PABLO RAIMONDI (X-Factor, Book of Doom) proudly present SACRED CREATURES, their first-ever creator-owned series, with a monster-sized first issue featuring 66 pages of color art!

BALSAMIC: A SKETCHBOOK AND ART COLLECTION HC

STORY / ART / COVER: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS

AUGUST 16 / 200 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99

ADVANCE SOLICIT

Collecting the best of five years worth of drawings, BALSAMIC is a deep dive into GIANNIS’ (PROPHET, Old City Blues, G.I. Joe) sketchbooks and comics!

BLOODSTRIKE #1 REMASTERED EDITION

STORY: ROB LIEFELD

SCRIPT: ERIC STEPHENSON

ART: DAN FRAGA, DANNY MIKI & ROB LIEFELD

COVER A: DAN FRAGA

COVER B: ROB LIEFELD

JULY 26 / 32 pages / FC / T+ / $3.99

1993’s original BLOODSTRIKE #1. Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Image Comics with a bloody delightful remastered edition of 1993’s BLOODSTRIKE #1, illustrated by DAN FRAGA and DANNY MIKI over layouts from ROB LIEFELD, dramatically recolored by color wizard THOMAS MASON (X-Men)!

BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE TP

STORY / COVER / ART: BECKY CLOONAN

COLOR: LEE LOUGHRIDGE

JULY 26 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $14.99

BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE collects BECKY CLOONAN’s award-winning trilogy: WOLVES, THE MIRE, and DEMETER, with lush colors by LEE LOUGHRIDGE and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you’ve set them down.

CURSE WORDS, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: CHARLES SOULE

ART / COVER: RYAN BROWNE

JULY 19 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99

A wizard has appeared in present-day New York! His name is Wizord, and he’s here to save us all from dark magical forces bent on our destruction. He’s the best wizard of all time! Or…he’s not, and he’s lying to everyone, and secretly is the dark magical force, but wants to hang out in our world for a while because it’s so much nicer than the hellhole he comes from.

Secrets, and spells, and talking koalas—CURSE WORDS is a gonzo dark fantasy from CHARLES SOULE (Daredevil, Letter 44, Star Wars) and RYAN BROWNE (GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS).

Collects CURSE WORDS #1-5

THE DARKNESS: DARKNESS / BATMAN & DARKNESS / SUPERMAN 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION TP

STORY: GARTH ENNIS / SCOTT LOBDELL & JEPH LOEB / RON MARZ

ART: MARC SILVESTRI / DAVID FINCH & CLARENCE LANSANG / TYLER KIRKHAM

COVER: MARC SILVESTRI

JULY 5 / 264 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Image Comics and the 20th anniversary of THE DARKNESS, this special volume collects THE DARKNESS ORIGINS (Issues one through six and Preview), THE DARKNESS/BATMAN, and THE DARKNESS/SUPERMAN! This is a one-time printing in honor of the anniversaries, so don’t miss out!

GENERATION GONE #1

STORY: ALEŠ KOT & ANDRÉ LIMA ARAÚJO

ART / COVER: ANDRÉ LIMA ARAÚJO & CHRIS O’HALLORAN

JULY 19 / 56 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99

America, 2020. Three young hackers with nothing to lose. A secretive scientist with a plan. One final job.

What happens when you’re poor, angry, and get superpowers you never asked for? Skins + Unbreakable = GENERATION GONE, sort of— if you also include multiple trips to the sun, weird black goo, a breakup fight inside a nuclear factory, love, hate, anger, loss…and survival. GENERATION GONE is for every kid struggling out there. It’s about what it means to be young in the USA, 2017.

GOD COUNTRY TP

STORY: DONNY CATES

ART / COVER: GEOFF SHAW

AUGUST 2 / 184 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

ADVANCE SOLICIT

SOUTHERN BASTARDS meets American Gods in a high-stakes fantasy series that masterfully blends high-octane action and jaw-dropping worldbuilding.

In GOD COUNTRY, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn’t just a problem for his children—his violent outbursts are more than the local cops can handle. When a tornado levels his home—as well as the surrounding West Texas town—a restored Quinlan rises from the wreckage. An enchanted sword at the eye of the storm gives him more than a sound mind and body, however. He’s now the only man who can face these otherworldly creatures the sword has drawn down to the Lone Star State… In GOD COUNTRY, salvation is a double-edged sword.

“So much fun to watch creators find that next level. Go, Cates, go!” —BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

Collects GOD COUNTRY #1-6

LAZARUS: X+66 #1 (OF 6)

STORY: GREG RUCKA & ERIC TRAUTMANN

ART: STEVE LIEBER

COVER: MICHAEL LARK

JULY 19 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

FIRST ISSUE

In the wake of “CULL” and setting the stage for “FRACTURE,” the sixth storyline of the critically acclaimed LAZARUS, this series takes us into the year +66 with six separate stories. Casey Solomon has caught the eye of the Lazarus, but gaining the Family’s attention can be as much a curse as a blessing. Will Dagger Selection destroy Casey, or will survival mean something worse?

LOW, BOOK ONE HC

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER: GREG TOCCHINI & DAVE McCAIG

OCTOBER 4 / 440 PAGES / FC / M / $49.99

ADVANCE SOLICIT

Millennia ago, mankind fled the Earth’s surface into the bottomless depths of the darkest oceans. Shielded from a merciless sun’s scorching radiation, the human race tried to stave off certain extinction by sending robotic probes far into the galaxy to search for a new home among the stars. Generations later, one family is about to be torn apart in a conflict that will usher in the final race to save humanity from a world beyond hope.

Dive into an aquatic fantasy like none you’ve ever seen before in this oversized hardcover, packed to the gills with concept art, design sketches, original script, and more hidden treasures, as writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY) and artist GREG TOCCHINI (LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME) bring you a tale of mankind’s final hour in the cold, deathly dark of the sea.

Collects LOW #1-15

MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #0

STORY / ART / COVER: MATT WAGNER

JULY 12 / 16 PAGES / FC / T+ / $1.99 (?)

MATT WAGNER returns with the third and final volume of his epic fantasy trilogy—MAGE: THE HERO DENIED. This long-awaited conclusion follows the adventures of the reluctant everyman hero Kevin Matchstick, who, after encountering a shaggy and beguiling wizard, discovers he is the reincarnation of the legendary Pendragon and able to wield the power of the mystical weapon, Excalibur. The story picks up several years after the fateful climax of THE HERO DEFINED and finds Kevin beginning to once again doubt the virtue of his actions and the course of his destiny.

This introductory, half-sized issue #0 continues MAGE’s tradition of an “Interlude” short-adventure, bridging the gap between this series and the previous storyline. It also acts as a perfect jumping-on spot for new readers.

MAGE: THE HERO DISCOVERED, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: MATT WAGNER

ART: MATT WAGNER & SAM KIETH

COVER: MATT WAGNER

JULY 12 / 224 pages / FC / T+ / $19.99

The first of two volumes reprinting the classic early issues of creator MATT WAGNER’s epic fantasy trilogy. THE HERO DISCOVERED reveals the fledgling adventures of the reluctant everyman hero, Kevin Matchsick. After encountering a shaggy and beguiling wizard, Kevin soon discovers that he is more than he ever imagined.

This seminal work has found an enduring popularity with readers for decades and marks creator MATT WAGNER’s emergence as a powerful story-teller. With the release of the final part of the MAGE trilogy, this series will spark interest with new readers and older fans alike.

THE OTHER SIDE SPECIAL EDITION HC

STORY: JASON AARON

ART / COVER: CAMERON STEWART

JULY 26 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $19.99

THE OTHER SIDE SPECIAL EDITION is a hardcover collection of the Eisner-Award nominated miniseries that started it all for writer JASON AARON (SOUTHERN BASTARDS, THE GODDAMNED, Scalped)! With amazingly visceral artwork from CAMERON STEWART (MOTOR CRUSH, Fight Club 2) and vivid colors from DAVE McCAIG (American Vampire), THE OTHER SIDE tells an unforgettable Vietnam War story from the point of view of two young soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

THE OTHER SIDE SPECIAL EDITION will not only showcase this powerful war story but also include loads of extra materials straight from the files of both writer and artist. CAMERON STEWART was so committed to this project that he traveled to Vietnam to do preliminary research, and this collection will feature pictures, drawings, and journal entries from that trip.

Collects THE OTHER SIDE #1-5

SOLID STATE TP

STORY: JONATHAN COULTON & MATT FRACTION

ART / COVER: ALBERT MONTEYS

JULY 26 / 128 PAGES / FC / T / $19.99 / 10”x10”

From musician, singer-songwriter, and internet superstar JONATHAN COULTON comes the graphic novel accompaniment (in square-bound, 10″ x 10″ format) to his new concept album, SOLID STATE.

Two guys, connected by a name and hundreds of years, somehow stand at the end of man’s beginning, and the beginning of man’s end. But…it’s funny? Also kind of a nightmare. But mostly funny? A funny science FACTion nightmare about the end of everything, but how that’s all kind of okay.

Teaming up with MATT FRACTION, the writer of SEX CRIMINALS, CASANOVA, and ODY-C; and the award-winning Spanish artist of Universe! ALBERT MONTEYS, COULTON’s SOLID STATE is a tech mashup where 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Office Space and getting all we ever wanted might just be a terrible idea.

THE STREET ANGEL GANG HC

STORY: JIM RUGG & BRIAN MARUCA

ART / COVER: JIM RUGG

JULY 26 / 40 PAGES / FC / T / $19.99

What if Kal El had been found by the Warriors instead of the Kents? The deadliest girl alive accidentally joins a super violent street gang. Are the Bleeders the family Jesse never had, or is Jesse the child they never wanted? What? Free snacks at the gang tryout party! Also, SCANDAL—one of the Bleeders is a spy!

THE BEAUTY #16

STORY: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY

ART: THOMAS NACHLIK

COVER A: JEREMY HAUN & JOHN RAUCH

COVER B: SHANE WHITE

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC! The hunt for the Narcissus Killer ends as Detectives Vaughn and Foster come face to face with a career-defining enemy.

BIRTHRIGHT, VOL. 5 TP

STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

ART/COVER: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS

JULY 12 / 112 PAGES / FC / T+ / $12.99

Born during a time of endless war, Rya will do anything to give her child a better future. Whether that’s on Earth or back on Terrenos, she fights for that future alongside her new family. Even as they all start to realize something’s not right with Mikey…

Collects BIRTHRIGHT #21-25.

BITCH PLANET: TRIPLE FEATURE #2

STORY: CHE GRAYSON, DANIELLE HENDERSON & JORDAN CLARK

ART: SHARON DE LA CRUZ, TED BRANDT, RO STEIN & NAOMI FRANQUIZ

COVER: VALENTINE DE LANDRO

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

DECONNICK & DE LANDRO PRESENT: The Triple Feature! Patriarchy beware…this sci-fi kidney punch can’t be stopped! Return to BITCH PLANET for more tales from a world gone upside down…that might just be around the corner… Plus all the backmatter you can handle! 100 percent Grade A satire. Tell your friends. Tell your enemies.

BLACK CLOUD #4

STORY: JASON LATOUR & IVAN BRANDON

ART / COVER: GREG HINKLE & MATT WILSON

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Zelda’s fantasy of escape fades as her past and present collide, and she has to decide if she’ll fight for her place in the Outside.

THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS #8

STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN

ART / COVER: TOMM COKER

JULY 19 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC “UNIONIZED LABOR” The unholy alliance of money and law is formed. Dumas and Ria meet again.

BLACK ROAD, VOL. 2: A PAGAN DEATH TP

STORY: BRIAN WOOD

ART: GARRY BROWN & DAVE McCAIG

COVER: GARRY BROWN

JULY 26 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

Having located Bishop Oakenfort on the extreme northern coast of Norssk, Magnus the Black moves in on this rogue Vatican outpost with the intent to shut it down. But as formidable a Viking warrior as Magnus is, he is still one man versus a fortress. The epic conclusion to the story started with volume one’s “THE HOLY NORTH.”

Collects BLACK ROAD #6-10.

BLACK SCIENCE, VOL. 6 TP

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER: MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO

JULY 5 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

After years adrift in the chaotic Eververse, the McKay family finally reunites in their home dimension. But it’s far from the happy end they expected. To save all there is and ever will be, the Dimensionauts need to cut deeper into the Onion than ever before!

RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA present the sixth chapter of the runaway pulp sci-fi smash hit BLACK SCIENCE!

Collects BLACK SCIENCE #26-30

CANNIBAL #7

STORY: BRIAN BUCCELLATO & JENNIFER YOUNG

ART / COVER: MATIAS BERGARA

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The townsfolk of Willow go on an all-out manhunt for Danny. But to get to him, they’ll have to go through the Hansen family.

CROSSWIND #2

STORY: GAIL SIMONE

ART / COVERS A & B: CAT STAGGS

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The mind-breaking crime fantasy continues! Slick Chicago hitman Cason Bennett and mousy Seattle housewife Juniper Blue have inexplicably switched bodies and lives, and a heartless, relentless killer seems intent on killing them both. Don’t miss this edge-of-your-seat thriller by fan-favorites GAIL SIMONE and CAT STAGGS!

CURSE WORDS #6

STORY: CHARLES SOULE

ART / COVER A: RYAN BROWNE

COVER B: RYAN STEGMAN

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC “EXPLOSIONTOWN,” Part One

CURSE WORDS IS BACK!! The hit series launches its second arc. The full roster of the Demon Sizzajee’s Nine Evil Wizards is revealed! Meet the Carbuncle, Silly Bee, and all the rest…while in New York City, Wizord and his newly de-powered ex, Ruby Stitch, embark upon a most peculiar business venture.

DEADLY CLASS #31

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER A: WES CRAIG & JORDAN BOYD

COVER B: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

ARC FINALE! There’s something grand about being lame, and the lame are making moves to haunt all who imagine themselves members of the council of cool kids.

DESCENDER #22

STORY: JEFF LEMIRE

ART / COVER A: DUSTIN NGUYEN

COVER B (INTERLOCKING VARIANT): JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORYLINE! “RISE OF THE ROBOTS,” Part One

THE FIRST DESCENDER EVENT STARTS HERE! Tim-22 makes his move on Telsa and Quon, Andy and Effie attack the Machine Moon, and Psius and The Hardwire have Tim-21 in their grips. As the various factions hunting Tim-21 close in, the galaxy is on the verge of all-out war. This is it! Everything DESCENDER has been building to begins to erupt in the most important and surprising DESCENDER storyline yet!

This five-part DESCENDER event will include a series of interlocking variant covers by LEMIRE and NGUYEN!

THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA #2

STORY / ART / COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

A city, devastated. A nation, shattered. A people, terrified. And the most hated man in the world…the man who got us here in the first place…is all that stands between us the next attack.

THE DYING AND THE DEAD #6 (OF 10)

STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN

ART / COVER: RYAN BODENHEIM

JULY 26 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

“CLEAR SKIES, EXPECT RAIN” The team heads to Japan to talk to ghosts. Claire leaves the hospital for good.

ETERNAL EMPIRE #3

STORY: SARAH VAUGHN & JONATHAN LUNA

ART / COVER: JONATHAN LUNA

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Tair and Rion discover that they share a fire power when in close proximity with one another. But will they be able to control it? And what will they do now that they’ve defied the Empire?

EXTREMITY #5

STORY / ART / COVER: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON

COLOR: MIKE SPICER

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Thea has followed her father’s every order in their war against the Paznina. But how far is she willing to go?

THE FIX #11

STORY: NICK SPENCER

ART / COVER: STEVE LIEBER & RYAN HILL

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Mac is out for answers.

GRRL SCOUTS: MAGIC SOCKS #3

STORY / ART / COVER A: JIM MAHFOOD

COLORS: JUSTIN STEWART

COVER B: MIKE HUDDLESTON

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES /FC / M / $3.99

Gwen and Rita are forced to pick up the pieces after Daphne’s brutal death. Josie moves into power with the Magic Socks, quickly becoming a pop cult sensation. This third issue is stuffed to the gills with an action-packed story, bonus art, soundtrack, and sketchbook—plus, a variant cover by the mighty, mighty MIKE HUDDLESTON! Pure fun! Pure flavor!

HORIZON, VOL. 2: REMNANT TP

STORY: BRANDON THOMAS

ART: JUAN GEDEON & MIKE SPICER

COVER: JASON HOWARD

JULY 19 / 128 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

Zhia Malen has delivered the first crippling blow to Earth. Now, Chicago braces for a super storm as she kicks off the next phase of her invasion. But the connection between her world and Earth runs deeper than she imagined, making this planet hostile to EVERY species in the galaxy.

Collects HORIZON #7-12

I HATE FAIRYLAND #14

STORY / ART / COVER A: SKOTTIE YOUNG

COVER B (F**K FAIRYLAND UNCENSORED VARIANT): SKOTTIE YOUNG & EWAN McLAUGHLIN

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“LOVE’S LABYRINTH” Gert meets a mysterious (aka super creepy) man who offers her the redemption she’s looking for if she can solve his treacherous maze. You don’t want to know what will happen if she fails! Wait…scratch that. You do want to know. Buy the book to find out.

INJECTION #15

STORY: WARREN ELLIS

ART / COVERS A & B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE

July 19 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC. VOLUME 3, PART V

The Cold House has been opened, and the connection between the Injection and the Other World is open. And that may not be the worst thing in Brigid Roth’s life tonight.

INVINCIBLE #138

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART / COVER: RYAN OTTLEY & NATHAN FAIRBAIRN

JULY 19 / 24 PAGES / FC/ M / $2.99

“THE END OF ALL THINGS,” Part Six. Face to face with Thragg and his new Viltrumite army, Mark and his allies must fight to survive while the fate of the whole universe hangs in the balance!

KILL OR BE KILLED, VOL. 2 TP

STORY: ED BRUBAKER

ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER

COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS

JULY 26 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

Brubaker and Phillips’ bestselling series keeps on hitting, as our vigilante hero goes deeper into the darkness, and the NYPD begin to realize there’s a masked man killing bad guys all over town. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of vigilantism, KILL OR BE KILLED is unlike anything this award-winning team has done before.

Collects KILL OR BE KILLED #5-10

KILL THE MINOTAUR #2

STORY: CHRIS PASETTO & CHRISTIAN CANTAMESSA

ART / COVER: LUKAS KETNER & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU

JULY 19 / 40 PAGES/ FC/ M / $3.99

No one has ever survived the labyrinth. Now it’s kill or be killed as Theseus leads his fellow tributes through its many horrors in a desperate bid to escape. But all paths lead to the dreaded minotaur. Each issue features 30 pages of story!

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #30

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART / COVER: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES/ FC / M / $2.99

“THE COMING STORM” The forces of evil are closing in.

PAKLIS #3

STORY / ART / COVER: DUSTIN WEAVER

July 26 / 32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99

In the third chapter of Amnia Cycle, Tara Donnia crash-lands on a strange world with strange creatures and finds herself at the mercy of strangers. Meanwhile, her friends, having followed her into the Shadow Zone, find themselves caught in a battle between two warring ships. And in part four of Sagittarius A*, micro-blackholes in the brains of chimps? Animals made to depict God? Had Linus Rad’s scientist father lost his mind?

PLASTIC #4 (OF 5)

STORY: DOUG WAGNER

ART: DANIEL HILLYARD, LAURA MARTIN

COVER A: ANDREW ROBINSON

COVER B: DANIEL HILLYARD

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Edwyn takes a hostage of his own, changing all the rules of this bloodcurdling cat-and-mouse game. Will Virginia’s captors finally cut their losses and return her to Edwyn, or will there be more “death by plastic”?

POSTAL #21

STORY: BRYAN HILL

ART: ISAAC GOODHART

COVER: LINDA SEJIC

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC

With tensions at an all-time high between Laura and her son Mark, the criminals of Eden will have to learn to work together because Mark’s father and the FBI are coming to punish the guilty.

RAT QUEENS #4

STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE

ART / COVERS A & B: OWEN GIENI

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“CAT KINGS AND OTHER GARYS,” Part Four. A harmless quest for magic ingredients leads the Queens into the belly of a dark dungeon. Of course it’s full of deadly traps, monsters, and sentient décor that all want the Rat Queens dead.

REDNECK #4

STORY: DONNY CATES

ART / COVER: LISANDRO ESTHERREN & DEE CUNNIFFE

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

In an attempt to stop the chaos engulfing their family, Perry and Bartlett revisit Bartlett’s past…but digging up old wounds sometimes opens new ones. What exactly is Bartlett’s big secret?

REGRESSION #3

STORY: CULLEN BUNN

ART / COVER: DANNY LUCKERT & MARIE ENGER

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The body count is on the rise, and the blood may be on an innocent man’s hands! A dark power is haunting Adrian, terrorizing him, whispering dark secrets and ghastly promises in his ear. Unable to account for his own whereabouts…unable to trust his own senses…Adrian wonders if he is responsible for recent murders. The police certainly seem to think he knows more than he’s letting on. And now Adrian is starting to believe sinister forces are watching him…from the real world…and in the realm of his own nightmares. Meanwhile, Molly worries about her friend, not realizing that she may have become the next target of his unholy desires.

RENATO JONES SEASON TWO #3 (of 5)

STORY / ART / COVER: KAARE KYLE ANDREWS

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“THE FREELANCER,” Part Three. The true power of any Freelancer is to walk away. But when the ONEs keep dying, who is filling in for Renato Jones?

ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN #4

STORY / ART / COVER: KYLE STARKS

JULY 5 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC

Well, you wouldn’t think it could get any worse for our Hobo Heroes did you? On the run from a swarm of G-Men and the Literal Devil, but well, here we are—trapped like rats in a prison?!?! Oh, what have our Sweet Boys done? How will they get to the legendary Rock Candy Mountain if they’re stuck in the clink? Is this all part of Jackson’s mysterious master plan? Can Pomona Slim survive the harsh confines? We’ll have to see won’t we? Oh yeah, and Jackson fights the entire prison.

ROSE #4

STORY: MEREDITH FINCH

ART / COVER A: IG GUARA

COVER B: DAVID FINCH

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99

The battle for the future of Ttereve continues as Thorne is forced to grapple with demons from his past. After a cruel betrayal from a trusted ally, Rose and Ila are separated from their companions and in a fight for their lives. Magic itself hangs in the balance as Drucilla destroys everything and everyone in her path.

ROYAL CITY #5

STORY / ART / COVER: JEFF LEMIRE

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC

The first story arc of JEFF LEMIRE’s acclaimed new series comes to its shocking conclusion as the secrets of the Pike family are finally exposed, and there will be no going back. Meanwhile, while lying in a coma, Peter Pike goes on a bizarre journey with his life hanging in the balance.

SAGA #45

STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

As Hazel and her family venture into the Badlands, their newest companion is left to hold down the fort on her own.

SAMARITAN: VERITAS #3

STORY: MATT HAWKINS

ART / COVER: ATILIO ROJO

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

END OF FIRST STORY ARC! Will Sam be able to take down the president? Several major characters die as this Edenverse arc comes to a close.

SAVAGE DRAGON #226

STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

SELF-CONTAINED ISSUE

“TRUMPED” When a tyrannical madman assumes command of the United States, aliens are deemed a threat to national security and targeted for elimination—and that includes Malcolm Dragon and his family! With a country turned against him, Malcolm Dragon fights as he’s never fought before!

SEVEN TO ETERNITY #8

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER B: JAMES HARREN & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH

COVER A: JEROME OPEÑA & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

That which was pure and perfect is gone. Home, a distant memory. Some yet fight to preserve good, to resist the consumption of the whispers.

SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER! #2 (OF 5)

STORY: JODY LEHEUP & SEBASTIAN GIRNER

ART: NIL VENDRELL & MIKE SPICER

COVER A: ANDREW ROBINSON

COVER B: NATHAN FOX

COVER C: ANDREW MACLEAN

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Savage, wild-eyed bears are attacking cities across America, and only the Shirtless Bear-Fighter can stop them! But as Shirtless punches his way through wave after wave of not-so-friendly fozzies, one question looms large in his furious mind…just what is driving these bears so damn crazy? Enter…THE HILLBILLY WARLOCK!

SHUTTER #30

STORY: JOE KEATINGE

ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

SERIES FINALE

“CODA OBSCURA, PART TWO: SAUDADE” Thirty years later. One last adventure. One final goodbye. KEATINGE and DEL DUCA wrap up their long-running, critically acclaimed series by uncovering the mystery Kate Kristopher has searched for since the very beginning.

SNOTGIRL #6

STORY: BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY & LESLIE HUNG

ART: LESLIE HUNG & RACHAEL COHEN

COVER: LESLIE HUNG

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

NEW STORY ARC!

From the creator of Scott Pilgrim! Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life—at least that’s what she wants you to think. The truth is, she’s an allergy-ridden mess who may or may not have killed somebody! THIS MONTH: Spring is the season for mystery, madness & mucus as Lottie meets her adoring public, Coolgirl has a change of heart, and we learn more than we ever wanted to know about Cutegirl!

SONS OF THE DEVIL #14

STORY: BRIAN BUCCELLATO

ART / COVER: TONI INFANTE

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

SERIES FINALE

“SACRIFICE” The stunning finale of the third arc! Travis and David go head to head, with the lives of everyone Travis loves hanging in the balance.

SOUTHERN CROSS #14

STORY / COVER: BECKY CLOONAN

ART: ANDY BELANGER & LEE LOUGHRIDGE

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“THE CRYPT DIMENSION,” Part Two. Trapped on the Southern Cross, Hazel and her crew have just as much to fear from each other as they do the alien-possessed undead that are haunting the ship.

SPAWN #276

STORY: DARRAGH SAVAGE / JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER

ART / COVER A: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER

COVER B: TODD MCFARLANE

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

“DARK HORROR,” Part One. An even darker new chapter in the SPAWN saga begins with a new creative team! Art by Eisner-nominated illustrator JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, and story by DARRAGH SAVAGE & ALEXANDER (EMPTY ZONE).

On the other side of the world in Tokyo, a dark conspiracy is unleashed. An old enemy resurfaces. To combat this evil, Spawn will evolve NEW POWERS in order to inflict the same HORROR, pain, and destruction as Hell has done to him over the years.

STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #26

STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99

Kretchmeyer takes a trip down memory lane and finds himself on a bloody stretch of bad road.

SUN BAKERY #6

STORY / ART / COVER: COREY LEWIS

JULY 26 / 48 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99

“SOUL OF SHARKNIFE,” Part Two. Sharknife’s new nemesis, a harpooning psycho named PIERCE GASHER reveals himself. Ven attempts to master his unique breakdancing abilities and conquer the copycat breaker The Biter in “FREEZE.” “BAT RIDER”‘s mysteries unfold. “DEAD NAKED” takes us on a trip across the desert. Four amazing stories continue in SUN BAKERY #6.

UNDERWINTER #5

STORY / ART / COVER A: RAY FAWKES

COVER B: JAMIE McKELVIE

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“SYMPHONY” Part Five. As the end approaches and deaths accumulate, the quartet remember what made each of them take up the art that is destroying them all.

VIOLENT LOVE #6

STORY: FRANK J. BARBIERE

ART / COVER: VICTOR SANTOS

JULY 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC

Chapter 6: BASTARDS OF YOUNG

THE WALKING DEAD #169

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO & CLIFF RATHBURN

COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99

NEW STORY ARC

“LINES WE CROSS” It is time for Dwight to step up.

WAYWARD #22

STORY: JIM ZUB

ART / COVER A: STEVEN CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN

COVER B: STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Back in Ireland, revelations of Rori’s past and the road to Tír na nÓg…

Cover B is illustrated by fan-favorite painter STJEPAN SEJIC(SUNSTONE, WITCHBLADE)!

“Wayward isn’t just a fun and addictive read, it is cultural exchange in comic book form.” – Comic Book Resources

WAYWARD, BOOK 2: DELUXE HC

STORY: JIM ZUB

ART / COVER: STEVEn CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN

JULY 5 / 320 PAGES / FC / M / $39.99

Includes a special poster of the five-part WAYWARD connected cover illustration from issues #11-15!

The new gods of Japan have arrived, and a clash with the myths of old will change the country forever. JIM ZUB and STEVEN CUMMINGS combine the camaraderie and emotion of shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Japan’s engaging culture and mythic monsters.

Image Comics’ supernatural sensation continues in this oversized hardcover collection that includes every stunning cover illustration, design sketches, and extensive essay material on culture and mythology by monster scholars ZACK DAVISSON and ANN O’REGAN.

Collects WAYWARD #11-20

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #29

STORY: KIERON GILLEN

ART / COVER A: JAMIE McKELVIE & MATT WILSON

COVER B: JOCK

JULY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC

Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too many to fit in the scant time I have remaining, so what’s a girl to do? The party’s over. The party never ends. A hangover that just won’t go away opens IMPERIAL PHASE (Part II). Heaven help us all.

THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, BOOK TWO HC

STORY: KIERON GILLEN

COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE

ART: JAMIE MCKELVIE, MATT WILSON, BRANDON GRAHAM, KATE BROWN, LEILA DEL DUCA, MAT LOPES, STEPHANIE HANS, TULA LOTAY

JULY 12 / 400 PAGES / FC / M / $44.99

Oversized hardcover collection of issues #12-22 of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, including the most experimental and elating material in the critically acclaimed commercial superstar of a series so far. Collects COMMERCIAL SUICIDE and RISING ACTION with copious making-of material and extensive director’s commentary.

WINNEBAGO GRAVEYARD #2 (OF 4)

STORY: STEVE NILES

ART / COVER A: ALISON SAMPSON, STEPHANE PAITREAU & JORDIE BELLAIRE

COVER B: DAVID RUBIN

JULY 19 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Pursued by cultists, Christine, Dan, and Bobby must run through the night to stay alive.

YOUNGBLOOD #3

STORY: CHAD BOWERS

ART / COVER A: JIM TOWE

COVER B: ROB LIEFELD

COVER C: DAN FRAGA

JULY 26 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

“REBORN,” Part Three. Answers lead to even more questions as the search for Man-Up continues! But Vogue’s plan to infiltrate HELP! headquarters backfires when Youngblood’s sordid legacy threatens to tear the fledgling team apart.

IMAGE+ #16

JULY 26 / 64 PAGES / FC / $1.99

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FINALE TO THE HERE’S NEGAN STORY

Don’t miss this issue of IMAGE+! Read the highly anticipated conclusion to the HERE’S NEGAN! story. This final, jaw-dropping chapter will hit THE WALKING DEAD fans harder than a smack from Lucille. Don’t miss out on this collectible, unforgettable finale to the fan-favorite villain’s origin story by the New York Times bestselling team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & CHARLIE ADLARD.

IMAGE+ features in-depth interviews with creators, extended previews of upcoming titles, insightful essays, spotlights on comic shops, and everything fans want to know about what’s coming soon from Image Comics. IMAGE+ is the winner of 2016’s “Magazine of the Year” Diamond Gem Award and the go-to resource for what’s new and hot at Image Comics.

SKYBOUND PINS

Skybound and Yesterdays have teamed up to bring a new line of enamel pins to the masses. Get your pin fix today! MSRP of $10 for all pins, except Saga – Lying Cat, which is $15.

The Walking Dead – Logo Pin

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Saga – Lying Cat Pin

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Now you can lay waste to all of your document signings with the new Lucille ballpoint pen. Each pen is 6” long and comes pre-blood splattered.

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Monday, March 20, 2017

It's the first day of spring but you would still think it's the dead of winter here in Ottawa. I hear it snowed in Vancouver recently too. I don't consider spring starting until I can't see anymore snow on the ground around our neighbourhood. I figure that will be the middle of April this year. I've already seen a robin at our house though. We put up a bird feeder last fall and it attracts many birds. Mostly house sparrows but we see finches, juncos, nuthatches, chickadee-dee-dees and our favourites the cardinals and woodpeckers. The male cardinals are bright red-orange and the females are a mocha coffee colour. We have had downy, hairy and pileated woodpeckers come and feed. Watching the birds outside our window is like watching fish swim around an aquarium. Very calming. Until the undesirables show up. Starlings and squirrels snark up a lot of feed and scare away the little birdies. The squirrels have gotten so brazen now that I have to go outside to shoo them off the feeder. I used to be able to do that just by banging on the window. Stupid squirrels.

We lost one of the greatest comic book artists on March 18 when Bernie Wrightson succumbed to cancer and passed away. I have always been a bigger fan of the art side of our hobby and Bernie's art gave me goosebumps. His pen and ink work was stunning. Rest in peace Mr. Wrightson.

Punisher #10 - Becky Cloonan (writer) Matt Horak (art) Frank Martin with Guru-eFX (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I'm disappointed in Matt. This whole issue takes place at a sea port in Newfoundland and he didn't put one Canadian flag in any of the panels. Even a little one would have been nice. It looks like another dire situation for Frank but the bad guys screwed themselves. You'll see the obvious giveaway, but maybe I'm wrong.

Uncanny Avengers #21 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Kevin Libranda (art) Dono Sanchez Almara with Protobunker (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). If there's a fill-in artist who makes me just as happy to read this book as when regular artist Pepe Larraz draws it, then it's Kevin Libranda. I liked how Deadpool found a way to defeat the Red Skull's Professor X powers. I wonder if they're going to bring back old Charles.

Batman #19 - Tom King (writer) David Finch (pencils) Danny Miki, Trevor Scott & Sandra Hope (inks) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Deron Bennett (letters). The art in this issue is pretty awesome. Part 4 of "I Am Bane" has the big bad guy wading through Batman's rogues gallery one by one. Almost every Bat villain you can think of get's his licks in. odd that there are no women. I was also bothered by the fact that they're all loose inside Arkham asylum. How are they going to be get back in custody? The last page leads into the inevitable final battle between Bane and Batman and I want to see who wins. Like I couldn't guess.

American Gods #1 - Neil Gaiman (writer) P. Craig Russell (script & layouts) Scott Hampton (art) Rick Parker (letters). I started a list of books I want to read after the Snail closed because I found myself with a lot of extra time. American Gods by Neil Gaiman is on that list. I've been told what the premise of the book is so I had a bit of background going into reading this first issue of the comic book adaptation. Reading the comic book is going to enhance my reading of the novel when I get around to it because I will visualize Scott's depictions of the characters in my head and they are very nice ones. The back-up story "Somewhere in America" by P. Craig Russell (script & art) and Lovern Kindzierski (colours) was a hot piece of erotica about unsafe sex. This gets added to my "must read" list.

Totally Awesome Hulk #17 - Greg Pak (writer) Mahmud Asrar (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) Cory Petit (letters). This hasn't been a solo book for the last few issues with Amadeus hanging out with his friends but I am still enjoying it. This issue is a good place to start as the team has to figure out a way to save themselves and some civilians from being eaten by aliens. You could call these guys the Asian Avengers because what happens in this issue gives them something to avenge. If you jump on here you won't want to jump off until you read the next issue.

Batwoman #1 - Marguerite Bennett & James Tynion IV (writers) Steve Epting (art) Jeromy Cox (colours) Deron Bennett (letters). Kate chases after a mystery woman from her past after dealing with a terrorist in Istanbul. I like how she's teamed up with Julia Pennyworth.

Kill or be Killed #7 - Ed Brubaker (writer) Sean Phillips (art) Elizabeth Breitweiser (colours). This issue features Dylan's ex-girlfriend Kira, now with purple hair instead of red. I'm glad she's still hanging around because boy does she have problems. We start off during a session with her therapist and get a lot of background. I love this kind of stuff because it makes the characters more engaging. Kira might need an emergency session after she decides to do something stupid at Dylan's place.

Monsters Unleashed #5 - Cullen Bunn (writer) Adam Kubert (art) David Curiel & Michael Garland (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Okay, Kid Kaiju comes through to save the world from the Leviathon Mother, showing up all the Marvel super heroes. I guess that's why he's getting his own book. Look for it to hit the racks on April 19. Unless it's drawn by an artist that I really like I will take a pass. The Kid's creations are more suited to fans of action figures or Saturday morning cartoons than an old coot like me.

Super Sons #2 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Jorge Jimenez (art) Alejandro Sanchez (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). This is great. I don't know why but I love really well written comics about young super heroes like this and Champions. Maybe it's because I can't let go of being a kid. Damian and Jonathan have to deal with Super Lex in order to get a lead on Kid Amazo, the very bad boy they're after. Everything doesn't go smoothly and then, uh-oh, their dads find out about what they're doing. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Wild Storm #2 - Warren Ellis (writer) John Davis-Hunt (art) Steve Buccellato (colours) Simon Bowland (letters). This 24 issue series is very ambitious and there are a lot of players involved. If I was a new reader I would be wondering who are these people? Some people work for International Operations (IO) and some people work for Halo. The two organisations don't like each other and they're both after Angela Spica, the Engineer. I hope that helps with getting into this story. One of my favourite things from the old series was the Door which could transport people to different places. I think we're introduced to a new Door this issue and she's a lot better looking than Lockjaw.

Ms. Marvel #16 - G. Willow Wilson (writer) Takeshi Miyazawa (art) Ian Herring (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I like this story about a malevolent computer virus and it looks like Kamala can't defeat it. That is until she gets a clue from her old pal Bruno. I can't wait to find out how Doc.x gets deleted.

Superman #19 - Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason (writers) Patrick Gleason (pencils) Mick Gray (inks) John Kalisz (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Part 3 of "Superman Reborn" looks like it might resurrect the pre-New 52 Lois and Clark. I hope not. That would confuse me to no end and then I would get annoyed and stop reading these amazing Superman books. Patrick draws the creepiest Mr. Mxyzptlk ever. I wonder if they're going to do the saying the imp's name backwards thing?

Guardians of the Galaxy #18 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Valerio Schiti (art) Richard Isanove (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). I love these issues featuring one team member. Angela's up this time around and it's a beautifully drawn fight scene between her and some alien bounty hunter. The issue ends with a major threat heading for Earth. It starts with Th and rhymes with anus.

Spider-Man #14 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Sara Pichelli (art) Justin Ponsor (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Nothing serious between Miles and Gwen despite what the cover shows. This is one of those issues that annoy Bendis detractors because nothing really happens. The heroes hop from one dimension to another and each wind up in different ones by the end of this issue. I can easily forgive because of Sara's art.

Mighty Thor #17 - Jason Aaron (writer) Russell Dauterman (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). The gods of Asgard and the Imperial Guard of the Shi'Ar finally come to blows in part 3 of "The Asgard/Shi'Ar War". Meanwhile Thor can't seem to win much in the challenge of the gads against the Shi'Ar gods Sharra and K'ythri. Mjolnir is sure getting a workout though. This book is not only chock full of action but it's visually stunning as well.

Amazing Spider-Man #25 - Dan Slott (writer) Stuart Immonen (pencils) Wade von Grawbadger (inks) Marte Gracia (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I wish you didn't have to pay $9.99 US for this one issue starting off "The Osborn Identity" story. That's a bit much for one comic book don't you think? Sure you get a bunch of back-up stories but none of those really matter to the main story. You do get 40 pages of Stuart and Wade goodness though, so why couldn't they have printed just that and charged $4.99 US? As you can probably tell Norman Osborn is back so the Green Goblin can't be far behind. I did like the team-up with Mockingbird with a hint of Peter and Bobbi possibly becoming more than friends. Here are the other stories that pad this issue. A fight with Clash by Christos Gage (writer) Todd Nauck (art) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters) which has the old "it's not what you think" twist at the end. A silly Tsum-Tsum story for the younger readers by Jacob Chabot (writer) Ray-Anthony Height (pencils) Walden Wong (inks) Jim Campbell (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Thank Thor that was a blessedly short 6 pages. A Parker Industries mishap at their Shanghai facility by James Asmus (writer) Tana Ford (art) Andres Mossa (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). A young Spider-Man story about a boy and his dog by Hannah Blumenreich (writer & pencils) Jordan Gibson (inks) Jordie Bellaire (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Some Aunt May gags by Cale Atkinson which were even sillier than the Tsum-Tsum story. And finally to ease the pain of having to buy an overpriced comic book, the return of another Spider-Man nemesis. One thing that "The Clone Conspiracy" did was bring back Otto Octavius, Doc Ock. He now has a youthful body thanks to Miles Warren's cloning process. So meet The Superior Octopus by Dan Slott (writer) Giuseppe Camuncoli (pencils) Cam Smith (inks) Jason Keith (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). He's bad-ass now plus he's got Hydra backing. Here's a prediction: Somewhere in the future Peter and Norman have to team up to fight Otto and Hydra.

Archie #18 - Mark Waid (writer) Pete Woods (art & colours) Jack Morelli (letters). This issue proves that love is blind. Archie and Veronica have nothing in common and should not be together. Betty and Dilton Doiley are more compatible. I wish I was Dilton Doiley.

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