(W) John Layman (A/CA) Dan Boultwood
Tony Chu is a cibopath, able to get psychic impressions from what he eats. Saffron Chu is a cibopars, able to learn secrets from who she eats with. Tony is a cop. Saffron is a criminal. They are brother and sister, and they are on a collision course. Spinning out of the Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling series CHEW, comes CHU, a felonious new food-noir about cops, crooks, cooks & clairvoyants. Collects CHU #1-5.
(W) John Layman (A/CA) Dan Boultwood
Felon. Parole violator. Fugitive. Cibopars. Food-powered master criminal Saffron Chu is back, staring down the barrel of the biggest-and strangest-score of her career. Return to the CHEW-niverse once again for Saffron's second blood-soaked adventure in an alcoholic art heist that spans the centuries. Collects CHU #6-10
(W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Dani
Izzy Tyburn has promised the world that if it won't have her in it, it'll have nothing of her at all. Chased by an unstoppable killer, she's retreading her life, leaving nothing behind but burned rubber, ash, and the sun-scorched bones of those who get in her way. Ride shotgun on an existential road trip through the tangle of a blood-splattered life. Mad Max: Fury Road meets Neil Gaiman's Sandman in this full-throttle, grindhouse fantasy epic! Collects COFFIN BOUND #1-4 'If you like DAN WATTERS' work on Lucifer, this is even weirder?' -Neil Gaiman 'Wholly original. Fresh concepts and characters pop up on almost every page, courtesy of [DAN] WATTERS' mind and DANI's art. This is a series to keep your eye on.' -Entertainment Weekly 'It's a gleeful of literary grindhouse comic that brings to mind Milligan's Arthouse Pulp and notes of PRETTY DEADLY.' -Kieron Gillen 'Something that feels a little bit like the early days of Vertigo Comics laced with the sensibilities of Hunter S. Thompson. WATTERS' script has a confident, poetic swagger while DANI unleas
(W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Dani
Taqa wants nothing in the world other than God - the holy oblivion found in a syringe. But with the city planning to ban the sacred narcotic, it falls to her to prove the existence of the divine by courting death-and the array of deadly assassins who she's set on her own tail. Worship with us on an existential road trip through the tangle of a self-destructive life. Collects COFFIN BOUND #5-8.
(W) Antony Johnston (A/CA) Steven Perkins
Writer ANTONY JOHNSTON and artist STEVEN PERKINS return to Cold War-era Berlin for this prequel to THE COLDEST CITY. After a string of botched assignments for MI6 in Berlin, David Perceval is being sent home. Even his final mission before leaving - the defection of a Soviet scientist - goes badly wrong, as the coldest winter for 30 years descends on Europe. With transport out of Berlin impossible, and the KGB searching everywhere for their lost scientist, Perceval must improvise a deadly game of cat and mouse through the frozen city to keep the Russians at bay, and deliver his own unique brand of revenge!
(W) Jacques Tardi, Jean-Patrick Manchette (A) Jean-Patrick Manchette
Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder is the first of two volumes presenting all four crime graphic novels by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jacques Tardi, including the never-before-collected Griffu and the out-of-print West Coast Blues. This volume also offers a 21-page uncompleted story by Manchette and Tardi as well as a single page introduction to another incomplete story, both published in English for the first time. These gritty stories are like a double shot of Scotch for any fan of unrelenting, uncompromising crime fiction.
(W) Sheldon Allen (A) Karl Mostert
The year is 1986. The streets of Atom City-Miami crawl with extraterrestrials, robots, and genetic mutations. Crime is a plague. There are no good guys. There are no bad guys. There are only survivors. When a rogue telepath begins hijacking unsuspecting minds and bodies to commit vicious crimes, crooked Detective Annie Brunson is charged with cracking the case with her new straight laced telepathic partner, Faith Jones. Concrete Jungle is a science fiction police tale like no other. Collects issues #1-4.
(W) John Arcudi (A) Dale Eaglesham, Brian O'Connel (CA) Dale Eaglesham
ADVANCE SOLICIT Oxel Karnhus is a private detective like no other. With the face of a brute and the broken heart of a child, he navigates the mean streets of 1980s Manhattan in four neo-noir tales that test his courage, his wits, and his ethical core. Fan-favorite artist DALE EAGLESHAM provides the fully rendered pencil art, faithfully reproduced for the first time in this new edition. Also includes an additional story illustrated by BRIAN O'CONNEL with remastered dialogue by Eisner-nominated writer JOHN ARCUDI, plus pinups by some of comics' best artists. Collects THE CREEP #1-4, originally published in Dark Horse Presents
(W) Various (A) John Buscema & Various
Relive the days when gangsters ruled the streets in this gripping collection of notorious vintage pre-Code crime comics! True life criminals Al Capone, Legs Diamond, Pretty Boy Floyd, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and John Dillinger are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze. These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits, living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end. Features masterful creators Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin, Bob Powell, John Prentice, Mike Sekowsky, Leonard Starr, Marvin Stein, Alex Toth, and many others. These Senate-investigated stories are fully restored-over 20 full comic stories in all!
(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips
THE BEST-SELLING CRIME SERIES CONTINUES IN THIS STRIKINGLY-DESIGNED NEW EDITION FROM IMAGE! LAWLESS: A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS take the world they created in CRIMINAL, VOL. 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics can be.
(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips
CRIMINAL, VOL. 3: THE DEAD AND THE DYING - It's the ultimate '70s noir from the noir masters! A beautiful but damaged woman returns home with nothing but vengeance on her mind, and two best friends, one the son of the city's crime kingpin, are caught in the crossfire. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS get experimental, with three interlinking viewpoints that tell a tragic tale.
(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips
Tracy Lawless returns with a vengeance in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image Comics. One year after the events of CRIMINAL, VOL. 2: LAWLESS, Tracy Lawless is still a man caught between a history of violence and his own conscience. And now the worst bad guy in the world is tasked with a new job: Solving a series of murders of untouchable crime lords. CRIMINAL returns to its hard-hitting pulp roots!
(W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Sean Phillips
ADVANCE SOLICIT BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS return to their multiple award-winning series for two interlinked tales of the Lawless family in the 1970s. Teeg Lawless is trapped behind bars with a price on his head, doing anything he can to survive, while Tracy Lawless celebrates his twelfth birthday riding shotgun on a mission of death. Collects CRIMINAL: SPECIAL EDITION and CRIMINAL: 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
(W) Ace Atkins (A) Marco Finnegan (CA) Chris Brunner
After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson-who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads-Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley. From the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times bestselling author ACE ATKINS, and artist MARCO FINNEGAN, comes a thrilling tale of crime and mystery that brings the history of the blues and the Mississippi Delta to life on every page.
(W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge
Killers once feared Piotr Petrovich. Now, they've sent his son home to him in a body bag. Haunted by his failures, Piotr journeys across Russia to learn what type of man his son really was while hunting the bastards who killed him. And once Piotr finds them, they will learn to fear him once more? GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer STEVE ORLANDO (VIRGIL, Midnighter) and artist GARRY BROWN (BLACK ROAD) deliver an emotional, bone-shattering account of murder, masculinity, and mayhem. Collects CRUDE #1-6
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips (CA) Sean Phillips
BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS' CRIMINAL epic, now out in a beautiful new paperback edition! In the summer of '88, Teeg Lawless comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg's son Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers are on, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives. An epic tale of tragedy handed down from generation to generation, CRUEL SUMMER is a crime comic masterpiece from the most celebrated noir masters in the industry, creators of CRIMINAL, FATALE, KILL OR BE KILLED, and THE FADE OUT. Collects CRIMINAL #1 and #5-12
This first CSI Omnibus collection includes CSI: Serial, about a modern-day Jack the Ripper terrorizing Las Vegas; CSI: Bad Rap, when a duel between retro-punk rappers ends with one of them dead; and CSI: Demon House, where the CSI team finds themselves pulling double duty between a series of armed robberies and a body that turns up in a charity haunted house.
In 2054, a man looking for work gets a job at a private military contracting firm that has just won a bid to handle the UN's peacekeeping missions, propelling him into a highly sophisticated war broadcast worldwide by the soldiers themselves thanks to the micro-cameras in their helmets. But how far will he go in exploring the boundaries between war and peacekeeping, news and entertainment?
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Brian Hurtt
In a prohibition-era world where demonic entities pull the strings that make the crime families dance, Eddie is a mortal with two things working for him. First of all, he can't die. Well, he can and does, quite often, but he doesn't stay that way long. Second, Eddie runs the Gehenna Room, a nightclub with a strict 'no demons allowed' policy. But blessings and curses don't look all that different these days. When one of Eddie's old pals shows up seeking sanctuary, Eddie knows he's in for a double-cross. That means walking the line between salvation and damnation once more. Collects the 5-issue 'Ill-Gotten' storyline from The Damned.
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Brian Hurtt
THE DAMNED: PRODIGAL SONS, is the third volume of the fan-favorite series by the award-nominated creative team behind THE SIXTH GUN you won't want to miss! years of playing every side in a world of Prohibition-era crime and violence spearheaded by demonic crime families, Eddie's unfortunate gift of never staying dead may have reached it's limit. While he seeks out their mother in the afterlife, Eddie's cursed brother Morgan has try to keep them both out of the hands of those are determined to make sure Eddie stays dead this time around.
The multiple sell-out miniseries from the writer of WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? and the artist of VIKING, DANCER is the story of a retired assassin who must protect his ballerina love from a sniper stalking them both through the back alleys of a wintry Europe. CNN calls DANCER: 'The best example of what's possible without a man in tights.'
(W) Che Grayson (A) Kelsey Ramsay
In search of a fresh start, teenager Cheyenne Rite and her mother, Rebecca, move to St. Augustine, Florida, where they cross paths with Jean McKnight, a disgraced big-city journalist determined to pay her dues and rebuild her career, starting with a fluff piece on the town's upcoming 450th anniversary celebration. When the quaint community's festivities give way to bloodshed and Cheyenne is the sole witness, Jean begins an investigation and the women find themselves at the heart of a supernatural conspiracy linked to St. Augustine's colonial past. Together, they vow to expose the town's historical sins, but the deeper Jean digs, the less clear it becomes: Who is Cheyenne Rite, and when does a quest for truth become a thirst for vengeance?
(W) Matt Gagnon, Michael Alan Nelson (A/CA) Brian Stelfreeze
WHY WE LOVE IT: Not only did we trip over ourselves to have the first ongoing comic book work from industry legend Brian Stelfreeze since 2005, but Matt Gagnon (FREELANCERS) and Michael Alan Nelson (SUPERGIRL, HEXED) have created a nuanced, action-packed piece of genre fiction that is core to BOOM!'s DNA. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Any fan of smart, sexy vampire fiction will love the juxtaposition of classic crime noir elements in DAY MEN. The world of DAY MEN is utterly unique and completely engrossing. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: For thousands of years, the world has been controlled by the '50 Families,' a secret network of vampire covens engaged in a timeless struggle for power. But when the sun rises, the vampires are forced to employ the services of a human who acts as their daytime fixer and protector. Trained for centuries to be the mortal soldiers of their vampire employers, the Day Men go forth at sunrise, alone into the world, to do the bidding of their sleeping benefactors.
(W) Matt Gagnon, Michael Alan Nelson (A/CA) Brian Stelfreeze
Writers: Matt Gagnon & Michael Alan Nelson Artist: Brian Stelfreeze Cover Artist: Brian Stelfreeze Synopsis: The conclusion to the Day Men epic! The war between the Virgo and Ramses families has been called into a temporary ceasefire by Gustavo, a representative of the Old Families sent to mediate the conflict. But with Azalea facing a guilty verdict and certain death at the hands of a standard war tribunal, Day Man David Reid takes matters into his own hands by proposing Justice by Day, an ancient tradition pitting Day Men against each other in their families' names. Collects issues #5-8.
The men involved in his wife's death must now die. All of them. This volume collects the entire DEAD BODY ROAD miniseries, a bruising story of one man's revenge and the dark road he travels.
(W) Justin Jordan (A) Ben Tiesma, Mat Lopes (CA) Matteo Scalera, Moreno DiNisio
Bree Hale has left a lot behind in her life. Crime. The military. But she can't leave behind her own family, and when the local crime boss puts a hit out on her brother, there's nothing she won't do to save him. Absolutely nothing. Skybound's pulse-pounding action-crime series returns, with writer JUSTIN JORDAN (REAVER, THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE) and artist BENJAMIN TIESMA delivering an explosive tale of revenge like you've never seen before! Collects DEAD BODY ROAD: BAD BLOOD #1-6.
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) John McCrea, Mike Spicer (CA) John McCrea
Meet Martin Dobbs. He's a hot-tempered, foul-mouthed former mercenary and gun-for-hire who's just been forced out of retirement-with both funny and violent results. DEAD EYES is equal parts Unforgiven, The Equalizer, and Robin Hood, from two of comics' most irreverent creators: writer GERRY DUGGAN (Deadpool) and artist JOHN McCREA (Hitman)! Collects DEAD EYES #1-4.
(W) Kyle Higgins (A/CA) Stephen Mooney, Jordie Bellaire
Carter Carlson was a highly decorated operative during the Cold War. But in the Fall of 1991, as the Soviet Union collapsed, Carter discovered a secret that not only changed his life? but also altered the course of history. Now, as the mysterious 'Dead Hand' threatens to end the world once again, the only thing standing in its way is the relationship between four old spies, a secret town, and a special little boy. Collects THE DEAD HAND #1-6
WHY WE LOVE IT: Here at BOOM! Studios, crime is in our blood. From our comic-turned-feature film 2 GUNS to our critically acclaimed series HIT, we've always had a passion for all things noir. DEAD LETTERS is the next step in our exploration of the genre. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Creators Christopher Sebela (Ghost, High Crimes) and new-comer Chris Visions have combined to create a perfectly moody tale that will evoke memories of your favorite noir story-then turn it on its head. Don't miss out on a wholly unique take on crime fiction perfect for fans of Richard Stark's Parker, Criminal, and Fell. 'Christopher Sebela writes this thing to damn near perfection. ?overall, this book looks supreme.' IGN WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Waking up in a fleabag motel with bandaged arms and a revolver on his desk, Sam doesn't remember a thing-not how he got here, where here is, or who he is. But the armed men knocking on his door do and Sam will have to use every trick from his forgotten repertoire to outrun and outsmart his way through a hard-boiled wonderland of gang wars, femme fatales, and big secret
(W) Christopher Sebela (A/CA) Chris Visions
Writer: Christopher Sebela Artist: Chris Visions Cover Artist: Chris Visions Synopsis: After expanding the gang war through the boroughs and into every area of Here, Sam Whistler is faced with a choice: Does he attempt to unite the various factions under one banner to claim independence for the land known as Here, or does he search for God, and with that, perhaps a way back home? Writer Christopher Sebela (Welcome Back, High Crimes) and artist Chris Visions (Constantine: The Hellblazer, Scarlet Witch) conclude their supernatural crime epic. Collects issues #9-12 for the first time in print.
(W) Erica Schultz (A) Carola Borelli & Various (CA) Adriana Melo, Cris Peter
In 1998, three estranged sisters trained by their Nazi-hunting mother come together to solve their mother's murder?and try not to kill each other in the process. Follow the Hawthorn sisters in THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET as they explore what 'family' truly means and discover the lengths they would go to keep a secret. Collects THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET #1-5
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Wesley Craig
Collecting the first three arcs of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG's dark, violent and twistedly humorous story of a group of damaged teens enrolled in a secret high school, training to become the world's greatest assassins. Bursting at the seams with sketches, concept art and other extras, this oversized 8x12' hardcover is the ultimate way to experience the 1980s underground. Collecting DEADLY CLASS #1-16.
(W) Rick Remender (A) Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge (CA) Wes Craig
RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG reunite one last time to bring everyone's favorite assassin undergrads into a new era, but old habits die hard, and old grudges die even harder. Festering rivalries come to a head, dark secrets are revealed, and sins must be atoned for-and few have as many sins as the students of Kings Dominion. Can the latchkey kids of Generation X find a place to belong in a world that doesn't understand them, or will they drift too far into an unknown future and watch themselves fade away? Collects DEADLY CLASS #45-56
(W) Rick Remender (A) Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge (CA) Wes Craig
RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG reunite one last time to bring everyone's favorite assassin undergrads into a new era, but old habits die hard, and old grudges die even harder. Festering rivalries come to a head, dark secrets are revealed, and sins must be atoned for-and few have as many sins as the students of Kings Dominion. Can the latchkey kids of Generation X find a place to belong in a world that doesn't understand them, or will they drift too far into an unknown future and watch themselves fade away? Collects DEADLY CLASS #45-56
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Wes Craig
This new edition of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG's DEADLY CLASS, VOL. 1 features a media tie-in photo cover with key imagery from the highly anticipated SYFY series-coming in 2019 from Executive Producers the RUSSO BROTHERS (Directors of Avengers: Infinity War)!! 'DEADLY CLASS is a solid read for those who want a combination of MARK MILLAR's WANTED and Harry Potter with GARTH ENNIS's (Preacher) style.' -Library Journal (Starred Review) Welcome to the most brutal high school on earth, where the world's top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained. Murder is an art. Killing is a craft. At Kings Dominion School for the Deadly Arts, the dagger in your back isn't always metaphorical. Collects DEADLY CLASS #1-6
(W) Rick Remender (A) Wes Craig, Justin Boyd (CA) Wes Craig
Marcus and Maria have resurfaced, and with them a whole ocean of bad blood crashes on the shores. Shabnam and the Student Council are out to put Marcus and Maria in the grave for good this time, Saya's maniacal brother Kenji stokes the flames of hatred, and in the shadows of those flames looms Headmaster Lin, waiting to reward whoever is left standing with a place by his side-or a sharp knife in the back. It's 1989 and the era is drawing to a close, but it's going to take as many poor bastards with it into oblivion as it can. Collects DEADLY CLASS #32-35
Light is chafing under L's extreme surveillance, but even 64 microphones and cameras hidden in his room aren't enough to stop Light. He steps up the game, but before the battle of wits can really begin, a family emergency distracts him. But even though Light isn't using the Death Note right now, someone else is! Who's the new 'Kira' in town? Rating: T+
Although they've collected plenty of evidence tying the seven Yotsuba members to the newest Kira, Light, L and the rest of the taskforce are no closer to discovering which one actually possesses the Death Note. L recruits Misa to infiltrate the group and gather information. But L's careful planning goes awry when the Shinigami Rem reveals to Misa who the first and second Kira really were, and who the current Kira is. Armed with her new knowledge, Misa will do anything to help Light. But what will that mean for L…? Rating: T+