(W/A/CA) Harold Gray In the depths of the Second World War, Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie's most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves, forgers, and mind readers. The red-garbed orphan sees how petty politicians and their underworld companions can deprive a small town of freedom just as easily as foreign spies, and that a big city can be home to a larger and even more dangerous threat to national security. Reprints all Daily and Sunday strips from August 8, 1943 to April 14, 1945.

From Emma Caulfield, the popular actress who portrayed Anya on Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and co-writer Camilla Rantsen, comes Contropussy, a story about a cat with a major itch to scratch. By day she is a mild mannered feline, but by night she comes alive, adventuring in the city, eventually finding herself a pawn in political schemes.

(W) Jordan Alsaqa (A/CA) Vivian Truong Hana Ozawa is the newest face at the Gourmand Academy of Culinary Combat, a school that will teach her how to fight monsters and how to turn them into delicious meals. Hana is a natural, but so are her classmates, and she struggles to keep up-she's gotta stand out, especially if she wants to impress the warrior chef who saved her life as a child. Throw in a crush on a formidable lady rival and a dash of multicultural cuisine, and this unique and hilarious story is sure to hit the spot! Cooking with Monsters is Naruto with a cast of LGBTQ+ characters. It's Percy Jackson or Harry Potter without a straight white man in the pilot seat. It's perfect for every young reader out there who doesn't feel like they get to see themselves represented in the fantastical adventures they read.

(W) Jordan Alsaqa (A/CA) Vivian Truong Our heroic chefs-in-training are back for their second spicy year at the Gourmand Academy of Culinary Combat. Missed connections and bitter rivalries are rekindled as Hana, Olivia, Bobby, and the others struggle with new monsters, new techniques, and new recipes! But things are only made more difficult when the crew is split up. As Hana and some of her classmates are sent on their first field mission to Clayton Ranch to uncover the secret behind attacks on the local livestock, Olivia, Bobby, and the remaining students in Gourmet City find themselves in the midst of a culinary crime ring. And both seem to be connected to a mysterious band of poachers working for a charismatic and dangerous leader. If the students can't stop her, Gourmand may just go up in smoke!

(W) Crane, Ben (A/CA) Alves, Mimi Strap in for a colorful and action-packed space adventure about friendship, family, and fear of the unknown! Humanity has gone to the stars, and the ESS Khonsu and its crew are leading the charge to explore the galaxy. As the son of the ship's captain, Jimmil might not always live up to his mom's expectations? but right now he and his friends might be the galaxy's only hope. After they're stranded on a strange alien planet, they'll have to do what their parents couldn't: explore the surface, discover the secrets of the terrifying race that lives there, and try to prevent a full-scale war! In their debut graphic novel, Ben Crane and Mimi Alves serve up a heartfelt, thrilling, and vividly colorful and escapade about kids taking the lead, for middle-grade readers who are ready to seek out new life of their own!

(W) Andy Suriano, Matt Chapman (A/CA) Andy Suriano Two creators whose credentials include some of animation's best-loved properties come together for a sci-fi action bromance of galactic proportions, filtered through the lens of an '80s music video. Space-fairing bachelor scalawags Love Savage and Roshambo-along with a little mothering from their ship's AI, Mrs. Billingsley-shuttle from job to job and continually find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Despite their best efforts to look out only for themselves, they usually end up involved with alien crooks, shady black market baby schemes, and space sickness-inducing drugs. They're on the loose and on the run-from everyone! Bullet points: * Matt Chapman is the co-creator of Homestar Runner and has worked on Disney's Gravity Falls. Andy Suriano worked as an artist on both the Samurai Jack TV show and comic. * For fans of sci-fi action comedies with dysfunctional group dynamics, like movies Guardians of the Galaxy and The Fifth Element and TV shows Cowboy Bebop and Futurama. * Advance solicited for December release!

Advance solicited for September release! Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess… until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life might not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world… and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down. Combines the outer-space thrills of Saga and Star Wars with the glamour and revolution of The Hunger Games. A cathartic feminist liberation story in a time of massive cultural frustration at the patriarchy.

(W) Matthew Klein (A) Morgan Beem House meets Gotham Central in this powered up medical drama featuring a prized physician caught amid recovery from addiction and a polarizing campaign aimed to strip superpowered humans of healthcare rights. Rose Osler is a specialist. Her focus? Patients with Powers? at a hospital with a No Powered Patients policy. When a battle between Boston's protectors and destroyers erupts, Rose is trapped between saving the city's beloved hero by day and greatest villain at night. Except Rose could become a casualty when she's forced to risk her recovery. As Rose pushes past her limits to save everyone else, will she be able to save herself?

Straight from the pages of the hit digital series Double Barrel! All systems are whoa! In Crater XV, Kevin Cannon weaves together an intoxicating tale of swashbuckling adventure, abandoned moon bases, blood-thirsty walruses, rogue astronauts, two-faced femme fatales, sailboat chases, Siberian pirates, international arctic politics, and a gaggle of horny orphans. And mixed up in all of it is Army Shanks, the salty sea dog still reeling from the death of his nephew, and Wendy Byrd, the plucky teenager who wants nothing more than a one-way ticket off the face of the Earth.

(W/A/CA) Tom Twomorrow Return to? tomorrow as Tom Tomorrow's unique and celebrated perspective on American lunacy, This Modern World, returns to shelves! The gang's all here as the war drum of doom signals the encroaching apocalypse that is the 2016 American Presidential race-with special guest The Incredible Trump! Serious, elevated discourse and political correctness need not apply. One thing's for sure, in 2016 Crazy Is The New Normal, and Tom Tomorrow is the only guiding light fit to lead us into that darkness! This softcover volume collects select strips from 2013-2016.

(W) Rob Anderson (A) Fernando Melek, Novo Malgapo (CA) Leandro Panganiban, Steve Bird Patchwork, hybrid animals are everywhere, and it's up to the Creature Cops to deal with them! From escaped gator-snakes to neglected Horned Mastiffs, burned out veteran Kaminski and his partner Marita Vasquez think they've seen it all... until they discover a nest of griffins, and end up on the trail of a ten-year-old cold case that nearly ended Kaminski's career-and life!

(W) Matt Anderson, Patrick Pidgeon (A/CA) Tim Lattie It's weird science gone wild! A trio of gifted lab students hatches a bizarre scheme that runs amok when they inadvertently create a mystical bunch of wildly creepy troll-creatures that wreak havoc on campus.

(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) Jim Zub (A) Max Dunbar, Eduardo Mello (CA) Max Dunbar Go beyond your tabletop campaign-or fuel it with new material-in this graphic novel collection featuring one of the Forgotten Realm's most popular settings! The Heroes of Baldur's Gate, led by fan-favorite characters Minsc and Boo, must once again risk life, limb, and dignity to protect the city they mostly love. Whether fending off the devilish forces of Avernus, rooting out a takeover of the city's elite by sinister mind flayers, or confronting their abundant personal problems, Minsc, Boo, Delina, Krydle, and the others never stop adventuring! Collects three graphic novels: Dungeons & Dragons: Evil at Baldur's Gate, Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides, and Dungeons & Dragons: Mindbreaker.

(W) Ryan Ferrier (A/CA) Valentin Ramon After conquering 34RTH as the greatest robot war hero, then saving it from invading aliens, D4VE's next campaign gets political! In the wake of a robo-political assassination, D4VE begins a presidential campaign. A hip new app startup has other plans for the robot society, however, and creates the perfect political rival. The third arc of the acclaimed D4VE series returns in D4VEOCRACY.

(A/CA) J. Scott Campbell Sultry. Sexy. And stripped... of color! The luscious artwork of J. Scott Campbell is unmistakable and often imitated - and now it's yours to color in this collection of artwork from the comic book series Danger Girl. From thrilling scenes to chilling curves, Permission to Thrill brings the best of the comics medium to the world of coloring books!

Who is she? What are her skills? Where is she from? What are her measurements? You'll find those answers and more as she joins the world's sexiest spy agency in their most explosive adventure yet!

(W) Scott Snyder (A) Hayden Sherman 'TELL NO ONE' what you find in a secret torture dungeon. Or the previous owner might come back. Snyder and Sherman reunite for this installment of the Dark Spaces horror anthology. A family moves from the rustle and bustle of the Big Apple to upstate New York. However, their father's dream of a quiet rural life are shattered when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land, filled with torture devices, weapons, and a threatening message on the wall that reads: 'TELL NO ONE.' Paranoia sets in rapidly as the father realizes anyone in his new hometown could be the dungeon master. Who can he trust? And how will he keep this secret from his family while keeping them safe?

(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) Jeremy Lambert (A) Claire Roe This fresh installment of Scott Snyder's Dark Spaces anthology unearths a monster in the twisted underbelly of Pennsylvania mine country. There's a monster lurking outside of Minersville, and he's tired of hiding. Everyone thinks Viv's crazy. Delusional. That she didn't see what she saw. Everyone, that is, except the locals. Vivian copes the best way she can-with a visit to the local watering hole-but it's what happens after that changes everything. The Mismatch Man is hungry, you see? and Vivian's many wounds have never healed.

(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Hayden Sherman Legendary writer Scott Snyder presents Dark Spaces, a thrilling new anthology series exploring our deepest fears of the unknown. Six weeks into the slow burn of the historic Arroyo Fire, a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program are risking everything on the frontlines when their newest recruit-a white-collar convict with a deep network of shady dealers-discovers they're mere miles from her crooked former associate's abandoned mansion. When she proposes a plan to abandon their duties and hunt for riches under cover of smoke and ash, the team must decide if they're ready to jeopardize their one sure path back to normalcy for a shot at a score that would truly change their lives... but is this a flicker of fortune, or a deadly trap?

(W) Mike Carey, Arvind Ethan David (A) Brendan Cahill, Livio Ramondelli (CA) Brendan Cahill When the demons came, humanity reluctantly learned to share the world with another sentient race. Sixty years later, this uneasy co-existence has spawned an endless terrorist conflict. Detective Daniel Aston, charged with being the thin blue line between the two sides, is tested to the limit when a demon sets up house inside his soul. But to save his daughter, he'll pay any price-including genocide. Collects issues #1-6.

(W/A/CA) Dave Cockrum An Artist's Edition featuring the groundbreaking and bestselling X-Men series from the late 1970s by the stellar team of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. This collection is a celebration of some of the most explosive art in X-Men history. Included in this stellar Artist's Edition are more than 100 pages from Dave Cockrum's initial run, selections from his return to the series, and an amazing gallery of sketches and covers. See the Giant-Size X-Men #1 cover as the artist originally imagined it! This is an art book, not a traditional collection of comic books, featuring rare and beautiful imagery, a collection for connoisseurs of the form.

(W/A/CA) Dave Stevens Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the debut of The Rocketeer in comics with this beautiful book showcasing the art of one of the masters of the! In April of 1982, The Rocketeer debuted as a backup feature from Pacific Comics. From those humble beginnings the artistry of Dave Stevens caught the imaginations of countless readers and became a worldwide sensation, even being turned into a big-budget feature film! And in 2010 when IDW launched its award-winning Artist's Edition series, The Rocketeer was the inaugural release, even winning two coveted Eisner Awards that year. The book quickly sold out and went into a second printing. Now, more than ten years later, ?is soaring back with a new 40th anniversary printing. As with all Artist's Editions, the pages reproduced in this book have been meticulously scanned from the original art. Readers will be able to peruse these pages and see all the quirks and nuances that make original art so unique-blue pencil notations, white out, gradients in the ink, and so much more. Unless you were looking over Dave's shoulder as h

(W) Frank Miller (A) David Mazzucchelli In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman: who he is and how he came to be. Sometimes careless and naive, this Dark Knight is far from the flawless vigilante he is today. In his first year on the job, Batman feels his way around a Gotham City far darker than the one he left. His solemn vow to extinguish the town's criminal element is only half the battle. Along with Lieutenant James Gordon, the Dark Knight must also fight a police force more corrupt than the scum in the streets. Batman: Year One stands next to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns on the mantle of greatest Batman graphic novels of all time. The entire groundbreaking story is included in this 14 x 21 inch collection, the same size as most of the pages were drawn. This edition includes the complete graphic novel and a new introduction by David Mazzucchelli.

(W) Frank Miller (A) David Mazzucchelli David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again was released in the much-lauded Artist's Edition format in 2012. It soon became the best-selling Artist's Edition of all time and was universally acclaimed. If ever a book deserved to be published in this format, it is Daredevil Born Again. Frank Miller, at the peak of his powers, crafted a story that remains-in an extraordinary career-one of his finest pieces of writing. And David Mazzucchelli does a stellar, tour de force job as his collaborator, providing a nuanced and nearly pitch-perfect turn as artist. If there is any book deserving to be reread and rediscovered…this is the one!

(W) Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia (A) Michael Montenat (CA) Howard Chaykin Three highly trained Delta Force Operators embark on a high-stakes mission to obtain a mysterious serum. But when they are betrayed by one of their own, securing the drug immediately becomes a matter of life, death, and their own resurrection.

Clueless, na?ve, full of dreams - and unemployed. Fresh out of art school, Dino is ready to start a new chapter in his life, but can't figure out how, and struggles to find his identity as an artist. With a little encouragement from a classmate, he sets out on a fantastic inner journey to wipe the dust off his teenage obsessions and reignite his passion. Blending fact and fiction, past and present, pencil and paint, debut author Dino Pai brings a wide range of voices and influences to bear on the most intimate story in his heart, in this Xeric Award-winning graphic novel.

Doc Holiday! Billy the Kid! Frank James! Belle Starr! Sitting Bull! Led by Charles Bolles (aka Black Bart), these infamous legends descend upon the unforgiving sands of Death Valley in search of untold riches. To stop a mysterious evil far greater than their combined notoriety, the crew must become heroes-with the lives of an innocent Indian tribe at stake, as well as the safety of the burgeoning free world.

Advance solicited for September release! A space bounty hunter tracks down a frog princess, a woman finds a condom where it shouldn't be, and a spoiled art student works his first freelance job. Deep Breaths is a collection of short comics about tension, violence, monsters, and moments… including the award-winning story 'Mooreland Mates' and nine other tales rarely or never before seen. Written by Chris Gooch, winner of the Silver Ledger Award for excellence in Australian comics!

(W/A) Lisa Naffziger Deja Ross is a seventh-grade cryptozoologist. That means she loves monsters? and hopes to someday prove they're real! On a long family road trip, she pulls out her new video camera to search for legendary creatures at every stop. One night, Deja sneaks out of the RV and meets the Texas chupacabra face-to-face! In her excitement to meet an actual cryptid, she charms the beast out of eating her. It turns out that mythological animals are not only real? they can talk. And maybe it's time for their stories to be heard! Deja and her furry new friend hatch a plan to interview the rest of the cryptid community. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones on the trail? and some other monster-hunters don't have intentions as pure as Deja's. Has she led her beloved beasts into a trap?

(W/A/CA) James Albon Rare and delicious fungi spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur in this sumptuously painted graphic novel from one of Scotland's most imaginative young cartoonists. This thrilling page-turner, a fascinating glimpse into the high-pressure world of big-city restaurants, is a must-read for foodies, Anglophiles, Food Network fans, and those with a taste for beautiful, terrible people. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their remote Scottish island with a plan: to grow succulent, organic vegetables in an idyllic market garden, and to open a restaurant serving these wholesome culinary delights to the busy sprawl of London. The world of fine dining seems impossibly competitive... until they discover a deliriously scrumptious new species of mushroom. The dish brings diners in droves, catapulting their small restaurant to success beyond their wildest dreams. Now, pressured by the demands of a hungry city, Tulip is desperate to crack the secret of their new ingredient's growth. But just how much will he sacrifice to feed his own insatiabl

(W) Steve Niles (A/CA) Nat Jones Kick Ass writer and The October Faction creator Steve Niles takes the horror to space! Who knows what mysteries lie deep in the asteroid belt? When a mysterious, huge, and previously undiscovered asteroid looms over their ship, a small crew of blue-collar workers discovers a terrifying threat unlike anything they've ever seen. Now the crew must escape the asteroid, but even if they do, will they be able to escape each other and anything they bring back with them? Advance solicited for December release! 'Delta 13 is a Sci-fi Horror tale that feels familiar enough for readers to immediately recognize the peril that our protagonists face but also fresh enough to excite and unsettle.'-The Brazen Bull

(W) Delilah S Dawson (A/CA) Anna Cattish Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos and all their friends are excited to be hanging out in Evie's starter castle watching Lonnie's first Swords and Shields tournament-but before they can do that, they have to contend with a mysterious magical force that's making the artifacts in the Museum of Cultural History come to life! Available in October.

Chris Eliopoulos' Desperate Times is a comic strip-style humor series about two twenty-something guys, their pet drunken sloth, and their journey from early adulthood lives into a married life for one, and continuing single life for the other.

Travel aboard fantastical vehicles with the Device Galley as they celebrate exploration with some of today's most talented sculptors. From winged creatures to re-imagined automobiles and planes, Traveling Device is a trip worth taking. Featuring 13 internationally acclaimed artists including Greg Brotherton, Nemo Gould, Olivier Pauwels, Rik Allen, and Pierre Matters.

Set in a large European city, The Devil's Concubine revolves around two cool, but not too clever, hitmen hired to retrieve a mysterious cooler by an unknown party. When the two hitmen accidentally shoot their contacts at the exchange without getting their money first, the mess really hits the fan. Chased by the police, a gang of dangerous Rastafarians, and an erratic crime boss out for their blood, the pair bluff and shoot their way through the seedy underworld on their way to the man who hired them, and toward their own destruction.

(W) Chuck Kim & Various (A) Genndy Tartakovsky & Various (CA) Ethen Beavers Dexter's Laboratory Classics contains the never-before-collected issues of the ongoing series originally published by DC Comics and includes stories drawn by creator Genndy Tartakovsky.

(W) Ted Adams (A/CA) Santiperez In one of the most beautiful, most wealthy zip codes in the country lies the sleepy, sun-drenched coastal town of La Jolla, California, and among all of this beauty stands Diablo House. It'll make your dreams come true, if you dare. Surf bum and host Riley invites us into his home and shares stories of the people who fulfill their desires at the cost of all else. Money? Sex? Power? It's all yours-for a price-in this anthology that recalls the classic horror comics of the past.

(W) Chris Ryall, Arvind Ethan David (A) Tony Akins, Ilias Kyriazis (CA) Ilias Kyriazis Douglas Adams' holistic detective Dirk Gently has his comic book adventures collected here in DIRK GENTLY'S BIG HOLISTIC GRAPHIC NOVEL. Containing two stand-alone series, enjoy 'The Interconnectedness of All Kings,' and 'A Spoon Too Short.' But that's not all! Also includes bonus material showing a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the DIRK GENTLY TV show.