(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Eduardo Risso (CA) Dave Johnson In these stories from 100 BULLETS #59-80, the Houses of the Trust are looking for the right angle in their impending war, while the Minutemen choose sides and make their own battle plans. Then, following Lono's ascension to warlord for the Houses of the Trust, players on both sides ready themselves for the endgame of their private war.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM UNIVERSAL! Trench is a deep-cover DEA agent. Steadman is an undercover Naval Intelligence officer. Both think the other is a simple gun-for-hire, the perfect accomplice to help steal a bank vault full of mob money for the good guys. And neither realizes that their caper is a gigantic double-cross from the mob, who's just tricked both men into stealing $50 million from the CIA! Now Trench and Steadman race headlong across the Southwest, guns blazing, desperately outrunning Feds and mobsters alike while scrambling madly to find some way of clearing both their names before they're carved on tombstones! Written by comics legend Steven Grant (Marvel's PUNISHER: CIRCLE OF BLOOD, AVENGERS, INCREDIBLE HULK) and drawn by rising star Mat Santolouco (DC's DIAL H, AMERICAN VAMPIRE), 2 GUNS is a lightning-paced, plot-rich crime thriller perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard, Ocean's 11, and The Italian Job! Collecting the classic series for the first time in a full-size edition, featuring a new cover by Rafael Albuquerque (AMERICAN VAMPIRE) and exclusive bonus con

(W) Steven Grant (A) Emilio Laiso (CA) Rafael Albuquerque WHY WE LOVE IT: Creator Steven Grant (DAMNED, Punisher: Circle of Blood) returns along with original series cover artist Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire) and interior artist Emilio Laiso (Hack/Slash) for more action-comedy thrills! WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you're a fan of the hit 2013 summer blockbuster 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, find out what happens next! Or if you like stories featuring reluctant, unlikely partners like 48 Hours, Lethal Weapon, or Die Hard with a Vengeance, you'll like 3 GUNS! WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Trench was a deepcover DEA agent. Steadman was an undercover Naval Intelligence officer. Now, after racing headlong across the Southwest, desperately outrunning Feds and mobsters while trying to clear their names, Trench and Steadman are pulled into another impossible situation: brokering gun deals between the Russians and anti-government revolutionaries?from opposite sides. And little do they know, a Third Gun has her eyes set on the ultimate prize-and she won't go down without a fight. C

Crisara, a tough cop who's survived a terrible car accident, discovers his wife is dead and his daughter is in critical condition. Believing this was a planned hit by the city's drug loard he's been pursuing, Ray's brain injury leaves him five days before he dies to track the killer of be there for his little girl... Ray's clock is ticking!

(W/A/CA) Natsume Ono When political conspiracies abound, preserving the peace is no piece of cake. It's up to one deceptively aloof hero to sniff out corruption in this atmospheric thriller by Natsume Ono (House of Five Leaves, Ristorante Paradiso)!

(W/A/CA) Natsume Ono Jean Otus, vice chairman of the ACCA government's Inspection Department, is suspected of being complicit in plans for a coup d'etat. The government sends a special agent to keep an eye on Jean--someone close to home.

(W/A/CA) Natsume Ono Like a wisp of smoke, political intrigue entwines around ACCA vice-chairman Jean Otus and those both near to him and far. What secrets from the past connect Nino to the royal family? Why is Lotta's life threatened by a shadowy assassin? And who is the true mastermind behind the coup that threatens unrest upon the people of Dowa? Thoroughly embroiled in all the drama, Jean alone holds the key to the future of ACCA...

(W/A/CA) Natsume Ono As the day of the coup d'etat arrives, the future of all those who have been embroiled in it hangs in the balance, not least that of ACCA. Will Inspection Department vice-chairman Jean Otus, the man who holds the key to resolution, peer through the veil of intrigue to get to the bottom of the coup and the chaos that threatens to unfold? One thing's for certain: regardless of the outcome, life in the kingdom of Dowa will never be quite the same...

Smoke and mirrors. Fake names and a web of lies. The men of the organization will be forever clad in a cloak of deception-except now. Just once, the truth of that fateful night will be revealed? For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Ron Marz (A) Marco Castiello (CA) Rus Wooton Spies...like us? In 2008, husband-and-wife Russian intelligence operatives walked into the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic and made a deal to trade secrets for new lives. But instead of the American Dream, the Neumanns found themselves caught up in red tape, bureaucracy and turf wars between the FBI and the CIA - all while their past tries to kill them. Based on the real-life story of real-life spies, ALMOST AMERICAN is written by comics master Ron Marz in close consultation with the Neumanns, with art by rising star Marco Castiello. This volume collects the entire series, issues #1-5.

(W) Brian Azzarello (A/CA) Juan Doe writer: Brian Azzarello artist: Juan Doe cover: Juan Doe 'Epic?' BigComicPage.com 'Absolutely gorgeous?' TheFandomPost.com The ugliest side of humanity may be humanity's only hope. Collecting the first five issues of Brian Azzarello's (100 Bullets, Dark Knight III) latest masterpiece, with horrifically, beautiful artwork from Juan Doe (Fantastic Four, Joker's Asylum). In a small Midwestern town, a large man with a horribly scarred face gets off a bus, and takes a room. He spooks the locals-nobody knows him-or do they? It's impossible to say be-cause he seemingly has no face. The man's intentions remain unknown, until he takes on a corrupt sheriff and the rural crew of racist arms dealers. The town's impression of the man changes, and he's seen as a hero?until his real intentions bubble to the surface. The man isn't there to end the gang, but to take it over. And he's just getting started.

(W) Izar Lunacek, Nejc Juren (A) Izar Lunacek (CA) Troy Little Anthropomorphic animals like you've never seen them before. It's Chinatown meets Animal Farm. Giraffe detectives, hippo mob members, prey-obsessed lions, street fighting elephants, and oppressed zebras are just part of this wild animal kingdom. Bullet points: * 'Although there is a lot of Zootopia here, there is even more Blacksad. This is noir. It is dark and cynical. World-weary PIs with connections on both sides of the law handle matters too delicate for the official constabulary.'-ComicWow.tv * Advance solicited for September release!

Archer Coe is a performing hypnotist with the stage name 'The Mind's Arrow.' When his nightly shows are over, he moonlights as a special consultant for the rich and powerful. His latest client is a woman who claims to know him but whom he swears he's never met. Things take a strange turn for the worse when her husband ends up dead, and police suspect Archer of not just killing him, but also of being a sinister killer nicknamed 'The Zipper.' Archer has no memory of any of this, but it's making him doubt whether or not he's got blood on his hands. Could the master of other people's minds be losing his own?

(W) Jamie S. Rich (A/CA) Dan Christensen Archer Coe, master hypnotist, is back to performing by day and consulting for the rich and influential by night. Most of his cases are mundane-save his most recent, which ended in quite a few deaths-and that's what Archer expects from his newest client, heiress Nicolette Hardy. Her mother's untimely death has sent her father into a deep depression, and a self-proclaimed mystic, Jane Collins, has taken advantage of his grief by promising him an audience with his dead wife. Archer knows Jane, and he believes she's a fraud. But he has trouble convincing Nicolette's father, and as strange happenings unfold around him, Archer soon has trouble convincing himself. It's clear Jane holds some power-but it's also clear that Jane has no idea how much. Will Archer save Jane and the Hardys before her power becomes uncontrollable? Or will this case be his final curtain?

(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo, Mat Lopes 'A fantastically imaginative take on 60s adventure comics, but with their own special twist set in the weird world of art galleries.' -Monkeys Fighting Robots Presenting here the first major work from the creative minds behind ICE CREAM MAN-re-lettered, remastered, and under its original intended name! The world of fine art is falling apart, and only ART BRUT knows how to fix it. Alongside the Bureau of Artistic Integrity, Arthur Brut the Mad Dreampainter (and his trusty sidekick, Manny the Mannequin) must dive back into the very paintings that made him insane?or reality itself might just crumble to pieces. A colorful, gonzo romp through art and art history, ART BRUT is equal parts police procedural, hyper-fantasy, and psychological thriller-a veritable Pollock-splatter of comics genres tossed onto one giant pulpy canvas! Each chapter features new cover art, new design, and a new Silver Age-style backup story featuring the art hero that no one's ever heard of-until now! Originally published under the title The Electric Sublim

(W) Mikage Sawamura (A) Toji Aio Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When a paper of his piques the interest of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man, he soon finds himself dragged into Akira's research. Now, as the assistant in charge of common sense, he must help his professor interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena?

(W) Fabien Nury (A/CA) Bruno A man forced into slavery seeks bitter revenge on those who stole his freedom! Fabien Nury, award-winning writer of the best-selling The Death of Stalin and Tyler Cross, tells a new story for fans of Django Unchained. Atar Gull is a prince among his people - until he is kidnapped by the ruthless Captain Brulart. Shipped to Jamaica and sold like livestock, he suffers pain, loss, and humiliation - but Atar Gull is a patient man, and his revenge will be served cold indeed.

(W/A) Yuji Kaku When the chairman of the Enma Syndicate-the largest criminal organization in the Kanto region-dies, his death sends shock waves throughout the entirety of the Ayashimon underworld in Japan. These otherworldly criminal organizations are now on the brink of war, and the chairman's daughter Urara plans to come out on top. She's about to find an unlikely ally in the human world?a manga fanatic who wants nothing more than to be a manga hero! For older teen audiences.

(W/A) Yuji Kaku Maruo and Urara might have convinced the Todoroki Alliance to join them, but with the Enma Syndicate declaring open season on every other gang in Kabukicho, will it be enough? While Urara negotiates with the tanuki and kitsune of the Kori Hotel, Maruo must prove his worth as a manga hero by finding a way for his fists to overcome Doppo's phantasmal flames and end the monstrous ayashimon's reign of terror.

A baboon fights its way back to its rightful spot in the animal kingdom in this wonderfully illustrated, wordless graphic novel by revered Spanish writer and artist Pau, author of Atlas and Axis! After the death of its adopted leopard mother, an orphaned baboon wanders the wild in search of companionship and a sense of identity. Stumbling upon the troop of baboons from which it was originally stolen, the baboon falls in love with the troop's head female. Initially rejected, beaten, and discarded by the alpha baboon of the troop, the orphaned baboon trains to fight and earn its respect in the animal kingdom!

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A/CA) Katsumi Enami From the New York Times bestselling author of Durarara!! comes a series full of mobsters, thieves, and immortals! New York, 1927. In a corrupt city where crime rules the streets, Firo Prochainezo is Camorra, an Italian criminal syndicate distinct from the mafia. A member of the relatively small Martillo family, Firo's nevertheless got big ambitions and is determined to make his mark. But while the Martillos may not be the biggest bad guys on the block, they've got some distinct advantages working in their favor. Does Firo have what it takes to become a made man? Let the crazy ruckus begin!

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A) Shinta Fujimoto (CA) Katsumi Enami From the New York Times bestselling author of Durarara!! comes a series full of mobsters, thieves, and immortals! It's the year 1930. Three years after the Phantom Father incident, Firo is about to get a promotion within the Martillo Family. But the intricate web of fate has other plans in store for him as the elixir of immortality nears its completion, setting off a chain of events that brings together gangsters, alchemists, and everything in between!

Three years after the Phantom Father incident, Firo is about to get a promotion within the Martillo Family. But the intricate web of fate has other plans in store for him as the elixir of immortality nears its completion, setting off a chain of events that brings together gangsters, alchemists, and everything in between!

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A) Katsumi Enami After the incident at the Mist Wall, the Martillo Family's youngest capo finds himself on his way to prison to protect the one he loves. The rest are there for their own reasons-the homicidal maniac wants to taste the thrill of killing an immortal, the thief simply got himself caught, the hitman is there on a mission for Nebula, and the alchemist was incarcerated years ago. As the FBI attempts to get to the bottom of Huey's machinations, another ruckus is about erupt across the San Francisco Bay-deep in the heart of Alcatraz.

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A/CA) Katsumi Enami The year 1705, in a town on the coast of Italy. All 15-year-old Huey Laforet feels towards his life is tedium and despair, and he dreams of the day when he can destroy the world he despises. Meanwhile, there are rumors of a strange string of murders performed by a figure in a white mask-and whoever witnesses the killing is doomed to be the next target. As the serial killer shakes the town of Lotto Valentino, Huey's life is about to change, too!

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A/CA) Katsumi Enami The year 2002. The luxury cruise ship Entrance has been hijacked--and thanks to a mysterious cult, its sister ship Exit isn't faring much better. As the two ships race toward each other across the Pacific, what will happen when the two finally meet...?!

It began in the year 1707, when Maiza introduced playwright Jean-Pierre to an alchemist named Fermet. Two years later, Huey finds himself opening his heart to Elmer and Monica more than he ever expected with his troubled past, but Jean-Pierre's new play only invites trouble, and darkness falls over the trio? For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A) Katsumi Enami The year 1711. The momentous voyage of the Advena Avis to the New World is near, and each passenger is boarding for their own reasons. Whether driven by determination, ambition, curiosity, or someone more powerful, the alchemists and pioneers are not motivated by anything so simple as fate. And at the center of the storm is Huey Laforet...

(W) Ryohgo Narita (A) Katsumi Enami The casino party is finally underway, and everyone involved in the Flying Pussycat and Mist Wall incidents has gathered at the new Ra's Lance hotel. Is there a shadowy figure pulling the strings behind the scenes, or is it fate? Meanwhile, the Martillo family has been hit by Melvi, the Runorata family's dealer. Amid the confusion, Firo heads to the casino fueled by anger and determination... And so the gamble begins!

A determined antique dealer, a curious junkyard worker, and a bored porn star all cross paths as they follow the sinewy and deadly trail of one Bad Break, a long-dead tattooed sailor whose history holds the key to a possibly very profitable secret. Written and drawn by Philippe Riche in his trademark loose yet graceful line, this noir tale is sure to thrill you as well as make you laugh with its distinct touches of dark humor. For fans of Darwyn Cooke's Parker and Jeff Smith's RASL.

(W) Christa Faust (A/CA) Mike Deodato A nerve-racking thriller from crime writer Christa Faust and blockbuster artist Mike Deodato Jr. (The Resistance, Infinity Wars). When her teenaged daughter goes missing under mysterious circumstances, suburban soccer mom April Walters embarks on a harrowing mission to find her; a journey that takes her through the underbelly of her suburban community and sets her on a collision course with a massive crime syndicate and its lethal matriarch. Tested to her limits and beyond, April discovers that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.

(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean Phillips JUST IN TIME FOR CONVENTION SEASON-the ultimate comic con crime tale! Comics won't just break your heart. Comics will kill you. Hal Crane should know, he's been around since practically the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Hal's weekend takes us on a dark ride through the secret history of a medium that's always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers. BAD WEEKEND-the story some are already calling the comic of the year from its serialization in CRIMINAL #2 and 3-has been expanded, with several new scenes added and remastered into a hardcover graphic novel, in the same format as BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS' (KILL OR BE KILLED, FATALE, CRIMINAL) bestselling MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES. This gorgeous package is a must-have, an evergreen graphic novel every true comics fan will want to own. Collects CRIMINAL #2-3 with new expanded content

(W) Steven Grant (A) Vince Giarrano (CA) Tim Bradstreet Conrad 'Connie' Bremen is an ex-con carrying the stench of a sordid, secret past. Connie just wants to get on with his life, but he's attracting the attention of all the wrong people: the mob, the CIA, and the FBI, just to name a few. They all have plans for Connie, whether he likes it or not-and some of those plans include the murder of a president. For Connie Bremen, the road to Dallas begins and ends here, in the Badlands. o This second edition features a brand new cover, illustrated by Tim Bradstreet! o From Steven Grant (2 Guns, The Rook) and Vince Giarrano (Terminator)!

(W) Joe Kelly (A/CA) Adrian Sibar Vinnie has a new life. New York, the mob and all its horrors are a distant memory...until Autumn blows into San Francisco. Autumn, the one who broke his heart, the one he left behind...begging Vinnie to pull one last job: Rob the sadistic mob boss who wants him dead...so she can afford the gender reassignment surgery that will make her the woman Vinnie always wanted. Remastering the provocative Vertigo series, this new volume presents Bang!Tango as it was always meant to be!

(W) Alex De Campi (A/CA) Chris Cross A past betrayal has primed Marcus King for revenge-and now that he has been given enhanced abilities, the fuse is lit! From the mountains of Ukraine to a lush tropical island, no place is safe from his vengeance! Marcus King: modern-day Robin Hood or terrorist? Maybe both? When Marcus comes face to face with an adversary who knows all of his carefully buried truths, he's forced to become the man he has always pretended to be. God help his enemies! The complete five-issue miniseries!

(W/A/CA) Max de Radigues After conducting 52 simultaneous robberies in the same city, May and Eugene are now on the run from the law, former accomplices, and their own violent past. What makes these criminals so surprising is that they are a young mother and her preteen son. Bastard traces the escape of May and Eugene as they crisscross the United States, racing to get to their stolen cash. Both bloody and tender and full of plot twists and high tension, Bastard is a hard-boiled page-turner introducing an adolescent anti-hero that you're sure not to forget.

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Valeria Favoccia Featuring characters from the million copy-selling novels of USA Today bestselling author Mark Dawson and written by Harley Quinn writer Stephanie Phillips! Beatrix Rose-an assassin ripped from her old life, Sapped working for the Triads in Hong Kong, and forced to protect them when a killer starts to target her bosses. They call this killer a Demon, unable to be stopped, striking at will. Beatrix has no choice but to find this Demon, to take them out, or die trying. Collects issues 1-5 of Mark Dawson's Beatrix Rose: Vigilante.

(W) Ryan Lindsay (A/CA) Sami Kivela Beautiful Canvas is 2017's smash hit warped crime miniseries about Lon Eisley discovering the similarities and differences between her job as a hitwoman and her new role as a mother-to-be when she finds out her girlfriend is pregnant. Going from destroyer to creator/protector is a major swerve, but parents still have plenty of violent and brutal moments to contend with, especially when the world is full of pyrokinetic sleeper agents, animal/hybrid muscle-squads, and one hell of a nasty boss pulling your strings. From the creative team of Sami Kivela (Abbott) and Ryan K Lindsay (Negative Space, Eternal, DC Writers Workshop) comes this gonzo world of future noir, where the story aims to deliver a brutal blow to your heart and piss in your brainpan.

Imagine a sexually transmitted disease that makes those infected better looking... a disease people want. That disease is real, and it's called the Beauty. Two years after the Beauty burst onto the scene, over half of America is infected. Now, it looks like the downside may be far worse than anyone suspected. Detectives Vaughn and Foster find themselves on the front line of the battle against the Beauty, embroiled in a conspiracy they never knew existed. Collects THE BEAUTY #1-6

(W) Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley (A) Mike Huddleston & Various (CA) Jeremy Haun, John Rauch After the shocking events of Issue 6, we're introduced to Timo, Ezerae, and a host of new characters, as well as your favorites from the first arc, to further explore a dark and demented world tainted by THE BEAUTY, where perfection is a fatal disease, and not everyone wants a cure. The disturbing world of THE BEAUTY, from creators JEREMY HAUN and JASON A. HURLEY, expands with new stories featuring guest artists MIKE HUDDLESTON, BRETT WELDELE, and STEPHEN GREEN. Collects THE BEAUTY #7-11