(W) Eric Powell, Lucky Yates (A) Gideon Kendall, Eric Powell
Lester, the larping bastard son of the Odin, wanders the post apocalyptic wasteland after thwarting Satan's attempt to bring about the end of days. But can this hero of the downtrodden survive the battle arena of Will Frye the Technomancer Guy? Eric Powell (The Goon) and comedian and voice actor Lucky Yates (Archer) combine twisted comedic talents to bring you Lester of the Lesser Gods. Originally created as an unproduced animated short by Powell a decade ago, the concept was revived when the two writers were looking for a comic project to work on and Lester was born! This collection includes the original one-shot, the new three-part miniseries, a sketchbook and cover gallery.
(W) Charles Soule (A) Alberto Alburquerque & Various (CA) Alberto Alburquerque
The hit series from Charles Soule (Poe Dameron, Daredevil) and Alberto Jim?nez Alberquerque (Mystery Girl) is now available for just $10! Newly-elected president Stephen Blades hoped to tackle the most critical issues facing the nation: war, the economy, and a failing health care system. But in a letter penned by the outgoing president, Blades learns the truth that redefines 'critical': seven years ago, NASA discovered alien presence in the asteroid belt, and kept it a secret from the world. A stealth mission crewed by nine astronauts was sent to make contact, and they're getting close-assuming they survive the long journey to reach their destination. President Blades has just become the most powerful man on the planet. This planet.
(W) Charles Soule (A) Alberto Alburquerque (CA) Dan Jackson
WORLD WAR THREE. The presence of alien life has been revealed to the people of Earth, and all hell has broken loose. A battle rages for control of the planet, between a US-led coalition of nations and a second group secretly controlled by ex-President Francis Carroll. Meanwhile, Earth's only contact with the aliens-the brave crew of the Clarke-has been kept in the dark about the E.T's intentions and prevented from contacting home. When they discover a massive threat headed straight for earth, all their efforts must turn to convincing the aliens to use their advanced technology to save us.
(W) Charles Soule (A) Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque & Various (CA) Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque
Earth will be destroyed. Stephen Blades, 45th president of the United States, knows this, and knows there will be no way to stop it. He knows the crew of the Clarke is most likely dead, and the the 666 that were supposed to be saved now have no chance. The most powerful man on the planet cannot protect it from its fate. But he will not give up. In this thrilling conclusion to the critically-acclaimed and award-winning series, the world will indeed end. But will it take humanity with it?
(W/A) Toufu
An odd-couple comedy about a has-been hero and the Demon Lord trying to whip him into shape! Ten years ago, the hero Max defeated the Demon Lord. In order to regain his power, the Demon Lord went into a deep slumber… but when he awakens, his body is only a chibi version of its fearsome form. Now curious to see what his enemy is up to, the Demon Lord visits Max, only to discover the mighty hero living in a dirty one-room apartment. The Demon Lord decides to move in with Max and help his old enemy become a formidable opponent once more!
(W/A) Toufu
The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over? a shut-in slob?
(W/A) Toufu
The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over? a shut-in slob?
(W/A) Toufu
The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over… a shut-in slob?
(W/A) Toufu
After defeating Baphomet, the fearsome drill sergeant of the demonic army, Max and the gang dive head-first into the world of demons. But the Demonic Realm has changed since Max's last sortie during his hero days, and formidable foes stand between him and his objective-the demon lord's castle! This is what happens when you leave your one-room apartment!
(W/A/CA) Haruhisa Nakata
Levius, victorious in his deadly match against A.J., reaches Grade I, the top league, where the battles are even more intense. His first opponent is Oliver E. Kingsley, who is known as 'the Emperor' and is currently undefeated. Despite all the challenges he's faced so far, is Levius truly ready to fight against a top competitor® For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Haruhisa Nakata
Levius, now a Grade I fighter, must battle the undefeated Emperor on the greatest stage, the Southern Slam. During the preliminaries, A.J. discovers that her younger brother, Balthus, is competing and fighting his way up. His abnormal strength is mysterious and disturbing. What has he done to himself for the sake of competing in Mechanical Martial Arts?! For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Haruhisa Nakata
The Southern Slam, the pinnacle tournament of Mechanical Martial Arts, looms. Despite his fears of a rigged match, Levius has agreed to face 'the Emperor,' Oliver E. Kingsley, in a title fight. Meanwhile, in Grade III, Natalia is progressing smoothly through the preliminary rounds, but her next match will be her most challenging yet.? For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Haruhisa Nakata
The championship fight between Levius and Oliver at the Southern Slam is in full swing. As Levius takes hit after hit and Oliver taunts him about being too soft to actually ever fight effectively, things also look dire for A.J., who has made a surprise sacrifice! For older teen audiences.
(W) Joshua Hale Fialkov (A/CA) Gabo
The first volume of the critically-acclaimed series, now at a $10 introductory price! Jude's life is nothing special. It seems like every day is just a repeat of the last one, until one day, he meets a woman and can suddenly see into her past -- revealing that he is actually in Purgatory for suicides. Now that he's awake, he and the legendary Ernest Hemingway are on the path to change things in the afterlife for the better. Of course, that might not sit very well with the bigwigs down below or up above. Can just a few people change the course of billions of souls?
(W) Joshua Hale Fialkov (A/CA) Gabo
No man can conquer Hell and Heaven alone. With the help of his friends Ernest Hemingway, Nettie, and Essie--plus a whole army of kids and an ancient Aztec god--Jude might just stand a chance to change the system of the afterlife. But will the toppling of the current regime simply be replaced by one just as bureaucratic and unfeeling? And what happens when betrayal comes not from above or below, but from one of their own?
(W) Zoe Thorogood (A) Claudia Leonardi, Andrea Izzo (CA) Zoe Thorogood
After the events of LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Alex & Steph tour across the States in their band until they find another lost soul on the side of the road - Lily. The pair take the teenager under their wing to uncover the truth of what she's running from. But there's more to Lily than meets the eye, as she silently struggles under the weight of heartache and memories from lives she hasn't lived, to protect those around her from the truth of pain. An all too familiar story for Alex, but is there time to save Lily from a similar, lonely, fate?
(W) Zoe Thorogood (A) Claudia Leonardi, Andrea Izzo (CA) Angela Wu
After the events of LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Alex & Steph tour across the States in their band until they find another lost soul on the side of the road - Lily. The pair take the teenager under their wing to uncover the truth of what she's running from. But there's more to Lily than meets the eye, as she silently struggles under the weight of heartache and memories from lives she hasn't lived, to protect those around her from the truth of pain. An all too familiar story for Alex, but is there time to save Lily from a similar, lonely, fate?
(W) Stefano Vietti (A/CA) Marco Checchetto
From the artist of Marvel Comics' Daredevil, Marco Checchetto, comes a thrilling new adventure! Where were you when the cloud arrived? Where were you when the world changed forever? Where were you when people started dying? Ablaze is proud to present Life Zero by Stefano Vietti (Dragonero) and Marco Checchetto (Daredevil, Avengers, Old Man Hawkeye, Wolverine), with colors by Andres Mossa (Wolverine, Avengers, Secret Wars 2099). At the limits between science fiction, action and horror is LIFE ZERO!
(W) Matt Mair Lowery (A/CA) Cassie Anderson
In the wake of an alien invasion-and her father's death-a young girl must fight for the future of Earth. Aided by a shape-shifting rebel alien posing as her father, the unlikely pair bond, fight back, and ponder what it means to be human. The powers of choice, courage, and unity are examined in Lifeformed: Cleo Makes Contact, an unforgettable debut work from creators Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson. o The first work by up-and-coming creators Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson! o Young adult sci-fi adventure starring a relatable, endearing young heroine.
(W) Matt Mair Lowery, Cassie Anderson (A/CA) Cassie Anderson
Cleo, orphaned in the wake of an alien invasion, left behind the life she knew to fight for the future of Earth. Now she and Alex, the shapeshifting rebel alien posing as her father, make a fearsome team in a guerrilla war against the invaders. But Cleo's past is about to come back to haunt her! Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds is the second installment in the sci-fi thriller series from Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson.
(W) Milos Slavkovic, Mirko Topalski (A) Milos Slavkovic, Tiberiu Beka (CA) Milos Slavkovic
Alien worlds, a star-spanning empire, and rogues and rebels seeking a weapon hidden in the transmissions of a radio drama from Earth thousands of years ago. It's a mix that sounds like it couldn't work, but visionary creator Miloš Slavkovi? brings it all together in a seemingly effortless romp. Part space opera, part hard science fiction, Lightstep ties faster-than-light travel to its obvious time-bending realities, and wraps it all in adventure, action, and a universe alive with alien vistas. Collects issues #1-#5
(W) Dan Watters (A/CA) Jan Wijngaard
A detective with no memory, no identity, and no manners. A femme fatale seeking escape from a powerful crime lord. A voodoo queen with a penchant for mixtapes and hi-tops. A goat-eating TV... A surreal neon-noir fusing hardboiled pulp with an 80's VHS visual aesthetic, dripping with neon and static. Collects LIMBO #1-6
(W/A/CA) Ben Hatke
When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!
(W) Tomohiro Maekawa (A/CA) Jinsei Kataoka
Ninety percent of our lives are determined by our fate, and our fates are determined by our 'souls.' But every now and then, something doesn't go according to the plan, and not only are the results of this often grim, the souls of those who have met an untimely fate also pollute their environs, drawing more souls into a viscious circle of ill fate. Sakurai and Amano are an odd-couple team who have been hired to deal with the problems that arise from these tainted souls and have been tasked with finiding those who are heading to an early grave to either prevent them from dying or collect their livingstones - the physical remnants of their souls - before they can inflict further damage.
(W) Mamare Touno (A/CA) Kazuhiro Hara
After getting lost, Krusty finds himself with nothing to do in the Chinese server. Meanwhile, Kanami ventures into the Sirius Grotto Dungeon, but Elias is considered 'too powerful,' preventing him from entering the dungeon raid! He begins to harbor doubts about his won existence but everything will change after their worlds collide!
(W) Mamare Touno (A/CA) Kazuhiro Hara Koyuki
Internal strife in the West Wind Brigade!? An unforeseen crisis menaces the town of Akiba! When the West Wind Brigade assumes responsibility for the Round Table Council's general affairs, Kurinon, the member with an unrivaled fondness for girls, maneuvers secretly in the shadows. Her goal is...the foundation of the New Harem Kurinon Kingdom!? Can our man Soujirou protect the town of Akiba!?
(W) Koyuki (A) Mamare Touno, Kazuhiro Hara
The Equipment Hunter returns with his sights set on one thing - Kuroe. But no way is Soujirou going to let him take her! With the Equipment Hunter's natural enemy in tow, Soujirou and the West Wind Brigade are gonna give it all they've got in this second fight to the death!
(W) Philippe Druillet, Xavier Cazaux-Zago (A/CA) Dimitri Avramoglou
FANS OF SENSATIONAL COMICS CREATOR PHILIPPE DRUILLET WILL ADORE THIS LAVISH ADDITION TO HIS MASTERFUL WORKS! A brand new adventure for the stoic hero Lone Sloane, in his endless struggle against dark gods, robotic entities and alien forces! A trailblazing return for Phillipe Druillet's tortured hero, Lone Sloane, who travels the galaxy for an answer to the mysteries of the universe and his soul.
(W/A/CA) Philippe Druillet
A cosmic game has begun. And Lone Sloane is the pawn they all want to play. Traveling alone in the cosmos, Sloane, a solitary interstellar explorer has become imbued with mystical powers. He finds himself escaping one power-seeking madman only to be captured by another. Follow Sloane through six unpredictable Lovecraftian journeys from space pirates, dragons, to ancient Gods.
(W/A/CA) Philippe Druillet
The next incredible instalment in the award-winning master comic creator Druillet's Lone Sloane saga! Legendary comics artist Druillet brings his classic baroque, psychedelic vision to life once again in this latest Lone Sloane masterpiece edition. 'Philippe Druillet is, and has always been, the master.' - Warren Ellis
(W) Jacques Lob (A/CA) Philippe Druillet
Lone Sloane, the Ulysses of space, cosmic freebooter and rebel, endlessly struggles against dark gods, robotic entities and alien forces! The lonely traveler is in trouble, Lone Sloane is stuck on the planet aptly named Delirius!
(W/A) Tyler Crook
From Russ Manning award-winning and Eisner-nominated Harrow County co-creator Tyler Crook comes this supernatural fantasy about loss, power, and destiny.
An old and out-of-practice monster hunter in hiding crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these chaotic creatures. As the beasts invade their tenement, they set off on a supernatural road trip to stop these ancient evils in a story that explores the ways that youth informs adulthood and how early traumas can haunt us in old age.
Collects Lonesome Hunters series I and II together for the first time in a deluxe, library edition hardcover book with a dustjacket and a new cover.
Sixty-two years after human life on Earth was annihilated by rampaging alien invaders, the enigmatic Messenger O is sent back in time with a mission to unite humanity of past eras -during the Second World War and ancient Japan, even back to the dawn of the species itself - to defeat the invasion before it begins. However, in a future shredded by war and genocide, love waits for O. Will O save humanity only to doom himself?
(W) Bruce Livingstone (A/CA) Mike Willcox
? Called to adventure, young boys Lou and Shiro find themselves on an inter-dimensional submarine captained by an off-the-hinges old man. ? They soon discover Lou's missing father might still be alive as they are transferred into fully grown warriors headed straight for the battlegrounds of Ancient Egypt, the Lost City, and to 1914 Sarajevo. As the gods tinkering with fate become reckless and apathetic, the boys become part of a legion hell-bent on restoring balance to humanity. ? Debuting writer Bruce Livingstone and artist Mike Wilcox present an epic adventure across time and space in the spirit of Copra and Space Riders about the power of family and what it means to fight for what you love most!
(W) Jack Campbell (A) Andre Siregar
The critically-acclaimed sci-fi novel series comes to comics! Written by Jack Campbell (The Lost Fleet) and illustrated by Andre Siregar (Martian Comics, Severa) and Sebastian Cheng (Revolution, Orphan Black)!
(W/A/CA) Bo Hampton
Somewhere in the dark jungles of the Andes mountains lies a Dimensional Bridge which leads to a violent, medieval world ruled by Magic of the Blackest sort! Fortune hunter Tyler Flynn enlists fellow ex-pats Ambrose Bierce and Amelia Earhart in a desperate attempt to break free from the diabolical orbit of... the Lost Planet. The long awaited fantasy opus/reboot Lost Planet from Author/Artist Bo Hampton is returning in a hardcover edition in glorious, living Black and White! Although The six-issue mini-series from 1984 was printed in color, Hampton's line art was done on craft-tint Duo Shade board-a long gone tonal process not seen since the heyday of E.C. Comics. The laboriously plotted, and lavishly illustrated, tale draws upon fantasy and classic pulp tropes for inspiration but remains completely unlike anything in comics, before or since.
(W) Darcy Van Poelgeest (A) Caio Filipe (CA) Alex Eckman-Lawn
Is entropy the end, or is there another way? The mysterious Keeper Program in a cyberpunk, decaying Vancouver of the near-future has developed highly-advanced technology that calls this into question, playing god with the meaning of human life itself. But when an attack on the clandestine program occurs, former police detective Bennie Strikman comes out of retirement to take on one final, chilling case, and hopefully take those involved with the program out of harm's way. But the secrets of the Keeper Program grow deep, with the heart of everything directly connected to the chilling trail that Bennie follows. He won't be the same after what he uncovers? Eisner-winning and Harvey-nominated writer and director Darcy Van Poelgeest (Little Bird) is joined by rising star artist Caio Filipe (Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins) for this timely and thought-provoking look into the human condition, set in a dystopia that's as grounded as it is metaphysical. Collects Lotus Land #1-6.
(W/A) Fe
A half-dead target isn't exactly the kind of present a woman expects, but it's what Chateau gets from her new suitor! That???s the kind of twisted love fellow assassin Ryang-Ha is all too happy to share with her. But when Chateau receives a threat while out at sea with nowhere to run, she'll need more than a present to escape harm...
(W) Rick Remender (A) Greg Tocchini, Dave McCaig (CA) Greg Tocchini
Will Stel Caine rise from the depths to become first human in millennia to set foot on the surface of the Earth? Who is the relentless Minister of Thought on a quest to put an end to Stel's attempt to restore the light to a dying world? Collects LOW #7-10
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Greg Tocchini, Dave McCaig
Stel Caine rises from the depths to the surface of the Earth, the first human in millennia to walk on the sun-blasted wasteland. Her daughters aren't far behind, and not everyone shares Stel's hopeful outlook for the future. Will this family reunion reveal the key to mankind's salvation? or snuff out the light forever? Collects LOW #11-15