(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A) Martin Morazzo (CA) Chris O'Halloran
Here comes the Ice Cream Man for another helping of bitter sweets: four more cavity-inducing stories of suffering and surviving-with unlimited sundae toppings. Just try not to rot your teeth on these sickly sequential morsels, which, if you're not careful, could lodge themselves under the gums, deep into the roots, far beyond the reach of even the best dentist. Now, open wide? Collects ICE CREAM MAN #21-24.
(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran
ICE CREAM MAN-the critically acclaimed, bestselling anthological comic book series-continues here with four more unfortunate, enervating episodes of descent: a plane falls from the sky; a man climbs to the bottom of his family tree; Oscar's blood pressure dips below 90/60! It's a compendium of comedowns carefully calibrated for curious and crestfallen content consumers?so come join us below.
Collects ICE CREAM MAN #25-28 (STL201647)
MATURE THEMES
(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran
Open wide for four more scoops of the bestselling, critically acclaimed psycho-horror comic ICE CREAM MAN. Here, bound with medium-grade paper glue, are four tales of objective subjectivity: a man's last wishes are carried out; a controlled experiment loses all control; a cosmic scale is balanced (in verse!); Doug tries his darndest to get clean. It's another assemblage of anguish and ennui for the anthologically inclined art appreciator. Lickety split, y'all! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #29-32.
(W/A) Hideo Yamamoto
Ichi is a cowardly man-that is, until he breaks down into tears. When Ichi is pushed into a mental breakdown, he becomes a ruthless killer who can wreak havoc on the people around him. When he gets mixed up with the sadomasochistic yakuza boss Kakihara, it triggers an orgy of blood, violence, and unmatched depravity. The twisted original manga that inspired the spectacularly gory film!
From the New York Times bestselling creator of Mind MGMT and co-writer of BRZRKR with Keanu Reeves comes a multi-dimensional cosmic odyssey presented in a pulp magazine-sized format!
Robin is a big city reporter, embedded with US Marines heading to the hostile pocket universe called Terminus. Ten minutes in, the entire marine squad is wiped out and she has to survive (and report) on her own. Terminus is full of cosmic wonders-and sci-fi "gods" that are in the middle of a political power struggle. The language is alien, and the politics are deadly. Can she survive long enough to figure out what's going on and get home to tell the story?
If You Find This, I'm Already Dead is the latest release from Flux House Books, a new boutique imprint that will feature the writing (and sometimes) art of acclaimed comics creator Matt Kindt, with crime, science fiction, horror, and humor stories, all told and presented in startling and untraditional ways.
The endless zombie hordes of INFESTATION are defeated... but now a greater threat looms in INFESTATION 2! The balance of magic has been tipped allowing the nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft, the ELDER GODS, to break through their cosmic prison and attack all known realities in the IDW universe!
The first-ever event in IDW Publishing's history crosses over into the Star Trek universe! A routine visit to a colony world takes a horrifying turn when Admiral Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy find themselves surrounded by hordes of the undead! Then, the event continues into the Ghostbusters universe, thanks to a plague of poltergeists that resist long-term storage in the containment grid, the Ghostbusters are dealing with a surplus of work... and their job is only going to get harder when Britt's zombies try to take a nibble out of the Big Apple! And, finally, back to the IDW universe for the grand finale. Britt has returned, armed with new technology that will spread the Infestation across all known realities. Zombie apocalypse looms and the remaining members of CVO are running out of options... humanity's last hope may be a risky sacrifice that could alter the IDW universe forever!
(W) Pornsak Pichetshote (A/CA) Aaron Campbell, Jos? Villarrubia
Currently being adapted for film by Oscar-winning producer Michael Sugar and Tri-Star! A haunted house story for the 21st century, INFIDEL follows an American Muslim woman and her multiracial neighbors who move into a building haunted by entities that feed off xenophobia. Bestselling editor PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE (Swamp Thing, Daytripper, The Unwritten) makes his comics writing debut alongside artist extraordinaire AARON CAMPBELL (The Shadow, James Bond: Felix Leiter), award-winning colorist and editor JOS? VILLARRUBIA (Batman: Year 100, Spider-Man: Reign), and letterer/designer JEFF POWELL (SCALES & SCOUNDRELS). Collects INFIDEL #1-5
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A/CA) Ariela Kristantina
Collecting issues 8-13 of the series! The lovers have barely survived their battle with the Hag, and must now flee to Paris to heal, recover, and restore their love. But beneath the City of Light is a world of darkness, a world pulsing with witchcraft, seduction, and utter, obscene monstrosity... From the brilliant mind of Marguerite Bennett, the writer of the break-out hit ANIMOSITY, Bombshells and Batwoman, with artwork by AfterShock's own Ariela Kristantina!
Introducing the first nine volumes of the greatest superhero comic in the universe, collected into one massive paperback edition! Collects INVINCIBLE #1-47
It's here: the second massive paperback collection of the greatest superhero comic in the universe! Witness Invincible's transition from new kid on the block to established superhero! Collects INVINCIBLE #48-96.
A madman stalks the streets of London's Whitechapel slum, leaving a trail of grisly murders in his wake. The police have only one suspect: a prominent and respected physician named John Watson! The master detective Sherlock Holmes, in order to solve the most fantastic mystery of his career and save his greatest friend from the gallows, employs a band of young street urchins to infiltrate the alleys of Whitechapel. They can go everywhere, see everything, overhear everyone. They are the Baker Street Irregulars! Join the Irregulars in the most fantastic and terrifying adventure of their lives, as they uncover an evil unlike anything Sherlock Holmes has ever faced! Sherlockian mystery and Lovecraftian horror collide in an adventure that's sure to please fans of both genres. From best-selling authors Steven-Elliot Altman (Deprivers , The Touch: Epidemic of the Millennium, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires) and Michael Reaves (Medstar 2: Jedi Healer (Star Wars: Clone Wars Novel), Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul), featuring the incredible artwork of rising star Bong Dazo!
Life - or undeath? - isn't easy for Ayumu Aikawa. A seemingly normal high schooler, he is in fact a zombie who serves as a bodyguard to an introverted necromancer. But his already complicated existence becomes even more outlandish when he accidently steals the powers of a magical girl, transforming into one himself - complete with frilly dress and pink chainsaw! How's a reanimated corpse supposed to keep his head on his shoulders with roommates like these girls around the house?
Ayumu and his housemates are getting on just as if they were an actual warm (or, in his case, cold) and loving family. And with Eu under threat from a mysterious nemesis known only as the 'King of Night,' the motley crew is tighter than ever as they resolve to keep the 'shady necromancer' safe. But when the resident vampire ninja, Sera, receives orders from home that threaten Eu's well-being, will she turn her back on her new friends?
Confronted by Chris, a super-powerful denizen of the magical realm who is intent on getting revenge on Ariel-sensei, Ayumu and the girls are pushed so far into a corner that they have to rely on Eu's forbidden power of the word to get this new villain off their backs! But they aren't able to do that before Chris steals Haruna's newly restored magikewl girl powers! So now Ayumu must seek help in the bosom of Nene, an older babe from the Underworld, who wants a little something in return for her wisdom!
(W) Raule (A/CA) Gabor
Curious about her origins and in search of long-lost Celtic relatives, Isabellae travels to Ireland. But when the ancient druids of the Emerald Isle make a deal with the monstrous Formorian gods, Isabellae finds herself battling in a war for control with her English and Irish allies! In this epic conclusion to the series, Isabellae battles against ancient Celtic beasts and deities that threaten the destruction of humanity.
Final volume! Powerful vampiress Manamir is on the verge of world conquest, but when a teleportation spell goes awry, she finds herself stranded on Earth. Not only has she been flung into a world that's not her own, she has lost the very power that defines a vampire: the ability to drink human blood! Manamir has to make ends meet somehow, and she's about to discover that it's a hard world out there for a single working woman in this raunchy supernatural comedy!
(W/A) JinHo Ko A high schooler finds herself decapitated on the first day of school and is caught between life and death in this tale of high school horror. All hell breaks loose when gangs representing schools from all over the city erupt into an all out war for supremacy. But in the heat of battle these powerful warriors from the south, east, and west districts all have one goal - to be the brave soul who defeats Jack Frost and lay claim to the title of greatest fighter Amityville has ever seen!
Her father killed before her eyes, Noh-A flies into a rage, unleashing her true power as the mirror image. Can her father's words have meant what she suspects? Was Jack Frost responsible for her father's grisly demise in the human world? As Jack prepares to face the vengeful mirror, he cannot help but wonder if Noh-A herself is prepared to learn the truth of her father's past and his relationship with the former mirror image.
A high schooler finds herself decapitated on the first day of school and is caught between life and death in this tale of high school horror. Cornered among the slabs of the Ancient Rock, Helmina comes face-to-face with Dust, head of the West District. With Jack Frost kept busy fighting the West's vicious pack of warriors elsewhere, Helmina is forced to test the strength of her powers against the mighty lycanthrope. Alliances will shift and new powers will rise in the battle for dominance and the mirror image!
(W) Bill Schelly
The definitive biography of the visionary publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland, the magazine that inspired filmmakers Steven Spielberg, George Lucas - now available in paperback. In Empire of Monsters, the award-winning biographer Bill Schelly digs beneath the hype and myth-making to tell the true story of James Warren, one of the 20th century's most influential and independent publishers. Featuring numerous eye-opening, often outrageous anecdotes about the colorful, larger-than-life figure, this book covers Warren's childhood in the slums of south Philadelphia, a traumatic military injury during the Korean War, the hardscrabble origins of Warren Publishing, its great success and ignominious end - as well as his reemergence on the public scene in the 1990s, and the lawsuit to regain ownership of his literary properties. For this impeccably researched biography, Schelly offers insight from new interviews with Warren's colleagues, editors, and friends, augmented by unpublished interviews gathered in past years with Frank Frazetta, Archie Goodwin, Al Williamson, Bi
(W/A/CA) Josh Simmons
Jessica Farm fuses adventure, fantasy and psychological horror, all stamped with Josh Simmon's macabre sensibility. In Book 1, Jessica arrives at her Grandparents farm and the banality is subverted by a ratcheting sense of dread, as we discover that Jessica's increasingly nightmarish house is filled with creatures around every corner. In Book 2, our hero comes upon the Groovy Room, where the atmosphere is different and if you configure your mind just right, you can hover in the air. These books are the beginning of a life-spanning project which will continue for 50 years, until Simmons amasses a 600-page body of work.
(W/A/CA) Josh Simmons
Jessica Farm fuses adventure, fantasy and psychological horror, all stamped with Josh Simmon's macabre sensibility. In Book 1, Jessica arrives at her Grandparents farm and the banality is subverted by a ratcheting sense of dread, as we discover that Jessica's increasingly nightmarish house is filled with creatures around every corner. In Book 2, our hero comes upon the Groovy Room, where the atmosphere is different and if you configure your mind just right, you can hover in the air. These books are the beginning of a life-spanning project which will continue for 50 years, until Simmons amasses a 600-page body of work.
(W) Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden (A) Patric Reynolds (CA) David Palumbo
Forty years after disaster left Lower Manhattan submerged in thirty feet of water, the Drowning City has taken a turn for the weird, and Joe Golem is there to investigate. A mysterious and terrifying creature has been snatching children and pulling them into the depths of the canals, and those that drowned in the floods are coming back to the surface-alive. Collects the five-issue miniseries.
(W) Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden (A) Patric Reynolds (CA) David Palumbo
Occult detective Joe Golem investigates two supernatural mysteries, while demons from his past seep into the present. When men are being driven mad by otherworldly voices in their heads, Joe's search for an explanation leads to another dimension, and a dangerous man who wants to harness its power. Then, Church leads Joe to a crumbling home where a young woman is being possessed by the ghosts of her family. Collects Joe Golem: The Outer Dark #1-#3 and Joe Golem: Flesh and Blood #1-2.
(W) Tieri, Frank (A) Joe Eisma, Pat & Tim Kennedy (CA) Adam Gorham
After months of being on the run as a fugitive, something brings our favorite hamburger eating wolfman back to Riverdale-and that something is an out-for-blood Reggie! Will good ol' Jug survive this battle of the werewolves? Join writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artists Pat & Tim Kennedy (Death of Archie) and Joe Eisma (Archie) for this horrifying graphic novel that collects issues 4-8 of the ongoing Jughead the Hunger series.
(W) Tieri, Frank (A) Joe Eisma, Pat & Tim Kennedy (CA) Pat & Tim Kennedy
Two of Archie Horror's biggest series collide in a terrifying crossover event! In the world of JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER, there are no vampires, having been wiped out in their great war with the werewolves. In the VAMPIRONICA universe, the opposite is the case, as it was the vampires who were the victors. So what happens when these two eternal enemies are brought together again? Whatever it is, it can't be good for poor ol' Jug and Vampironica, you can count on that much… Collects the full 5-issue Jughead the Hunger vs. Vampironica crossover event.
(W/A/CA) Gege Akutami
When a cursed womb appears at a detention facility, Jujutsu High dispatches Itadori and the other first-years to handle the situation. However, the Curse they encounter is far stronger than they ever expect! Itadori and friends now have two options: run and maybe live, or fight and die. While they are distracted, powerful Curses with mysterious designs on Jujutsu High and Satoru Gojo are gathering...
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Danny Luckert
From the co-creator of The Sixth Gun and Harrow County comes a new action horror superhero event that ties into the hit Beyond Mortal comics series! Horror fan turned vigilante Jumpscare can conjure any gore-soaked weapon from any gore-soaked movie she's watched. Using this power, she's become a force for good in Empire City...and the world's most popular superhero! Even with all her powers, though, she may not be able to save her estranged sister from the clutches of mobster-turned-monster-Grindhouse! Especially with a band of eldritch zealots called the Dismal Concordat standing in her way! Collects Jumpscare #1-4.
(W/A/CA) Junji Ito
A new collection of horrific tales from the master of Japanese horror manga, Junji Ito. Detailing the depths at which a teen will go to get revenge on the world, Dissolving Classroom is J-Horror at its most beatifully grotesque. Teenager Yuma Azawa transfers to a new high school but something strange seems to have followed him there. Is it a curse? Or is he cursing those who have been putting him down? Dissolving Classroom collects seven new short horror stories from Japan's master of horror comics Junji Ito.
(W) R. L. Stine (A) Irene Flores (CA) Julian Totino Todesco
There's no business like horror business, it's a real nightmare! Ruthie and Ezra's dreams come true when their family buys an old Hollywood studio, but it soon turns into a nightmare as they discover the secret and forgotten horrors are more than just makeup and special effects. Monstrosity Studios was the biggest name in horror movies until it closed down years ago. As the Dillon family starts production back up, strange 'accidents' start to happen on set and things get truly scary! Will they survive the very real terrors of a haunted movie lot, or will they find themselves on the cutting room floor? The fourth installment of the first original graphic novel series from award-winning, bestselling author R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Fear Street) with artist Irene Flores (Mark of the Succubus) and featuring a terrifying cover by Julian Todesco (Life of Captain Marvel), soon to be a television series on Disney+!
(W) R. L. Stine (A) Kelly Matthews, Nichole Matthews (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
What lies in the shadows? Hiding just beyond the known world? A terrifying school, a camping trip out of nightmares, a journey to a remote mysterious island, and a deadly swamp all await a new generation of those ready for the signature spooky scares of R.L. Stine! This special graphic novel gift set collects Just Beyond: The Scare School, Just Beyond: The Horror At Happy Landings, Just Beyond: Welcome to Beast Island, and Just Beyond: Monstrosity in a single complete set for the first time!
(W) R. L. Stine (A) Kelly Matthews, Nichole Matthews (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
Best-selling author R.L. Stine ( Goosebumps, Fear Street ) comes to BOOM! Studios in this Dogman era with a new four-volume middle-grade supernatural horror series; Just Beyond ! In this first volume R.L. Stine partners with artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews ( Pandora's Legacy ) to bring his signature horror to an all-new generation! WELCOME TO THE SCARE SCHOOL. Middle school feels like the worst place imaginable, but for Jess, Josh, and Marco, their school may actually be the worst place in this world...or any other! After a chance encounter with a deadly creature stalking the school halls, these three unsuspecting students are whisked away to a horrifying realm beyond the school boiler room where they must unravel a terrifying mystery. Can they save the kids they find there and escape themselves, or will they be forever trapped Just Beyond?
(W) Tsutomu Nihei (A/CA) Itoe Takemoto
SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! Part of coming-of-age, part adventure, part high fantasy, this is bound to be a classic. Kaina is the only youth in the last remaining village that clings to life on the Canopy, high above the surface of the world. When Liliha, a princess from the surface, makes her way to the Canopy, each realize that there is more to their world than they knew. Kaina agrees to help Liliha return to the Great Snow Sea far below, where her kingdom is imperiled by the rapacious neighboring kingdom of Bargia. The trip is arduous, and foes lie in wait at the end of their descent. With Liliha taken prisoner and her father the king too caught up in politics to rescue her, Kaina has no choice but to set off with only the young prince in tow, braving the dangers of the great snow sea to rescue Liliha from Bargia's clutches...
(W) Tsutomu Nihei (A/CA) Itoe Takemoto
Kaina is the only youth in the last remaining village that clings to life on the Canopy, high above the surface of the world. When Liliha, a princess from the surface, makes her way to the Canopy, each realize that there is more to their world than they knew. Kaina agrees to help Liliha return to the Great Snow Sea far below, where her kingdom is imperiled by the rapacious neighboring kingdom of Bargia. The trip is arduous, and foes lie in wait at the end of their descent. With Liliha taken prisoner and her father the king too caught up in politics to rescue her, Kaina has no choice but to set off with only the young prince in tow, braving the dangers of the great snow sea to rescue Liliha from Bargia's clutches...
(W) Tsutomu Nihei (A/CA) Itoe Takemoto
SF/Fantasy visionary Tsutomu Nihei's most accessible and exciting series yet! Kaina is the only youth in the last remaining village that clings to life on the Canopy, high above the surface of the world. When Liliha, a princess from the surface, makes her way to the Canopy, each realize that there is more to their world than they knew. Kaina agrees to help Liliha return to the Great Snow Sea far below, where her kingdom is imperiled by the rapacious neighboring kingdom of Bargia. The trip is arduous, and foes lie in wait at the end of their descent. With Liliha taken prisoner and her father the king too caught up in politics to rescue her, Kaina has no choice but to set off with only the young prince in tow, braving the dangers of the great snow sea to rescue Liliha from Bargia's clutches...
(W) Tsutomu Nihei (A/CA) Itoe Takemoto
Kaina, Ririha, and Yaona descend into the bowels of the royal palace to prove the existence of the Great Orbital Spire Tree, but just as they find the evidence they're looking for, Valghia unleashes a monstrous weapon… Can Kaina and his friends save Atland from destruction?! The climactic final chapter in the tale of the young heroes striving to change the fate of their dying world!
(W) Waco Ioka, Midori Yuma (A/CA) Waco Ioka
Aoi wants to work off her debt to the Tenjin-ya inn, but she only has one day to find a position and none of the managers are willing to hire a human! If she can just get someone to see past her family background, Aoi is certain she can prove her worth! For teen audiences.
(W/A) YURITARO
Five-year-old Kaya-chan is a powerful psychic who defeats evil spirits by punching them with her fists. Thanks to Chie-sensei, Kaya-chan is gradually making more friends, but then the sad secret she is hiding is revealed... Find out what it is in the second volume of this horror-action story set in a kindergarten!
New York City is down but not out - the zombie apocalypse has destroyed much of the city, but hard-boiled humanity hangs on. But with the survivors divided into warring factions, and the undead hiding behind every corner, only one man can walk the streets alone: Nick Ewing. His murdered wife and child, from the grave, give him the strength to continue his vendetta against the king of Yankee Stadium. The complete collected hit series from Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez, Chondra Echert, hot new talent Aaron Kuder, and cover artist Nathan Fox.