(W) Ukyo Kodachi (A/CA) Tatsuma Ejiri Para Bellum’s plan has the world careening towards annihilation, but Gatchaman, Tekkaman, Casshan, and Polimar unite to confront this great evil! Time is running out, and it’s now that the heroes must prove their worth!

(W) Stephen Desberg, Dan Panosian (A/CA) Dan Panosian John Tiffany is one of the best bounty hunters in the world. Given his precarious line of work, he has found that he can only truly trust four people: Pastor Lovejoy, an unorthodox priest; Wan Chao, an underworld geek; Dorothy, his conservative teammate; and Magdalena, a sex worker he has foolishly fallen in love with. But it seems that one of them has turned against him and now he?s the one with a bounty on his head. It's a race against time as he tries to survive being a high-priced target and find out which of his confidantes is the traitor.

(W) Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (A) Martina Niosi (CA) Skylar Patridge To control the population explosion that nearly crippled the city, New York has instituted Kill Train, a randomized, extermination program where designated subway trains are picked at random, and all the passengers are slaughtered by the end of the line. In this not-so-distant future, we meet Vanessa, a struggling single mom in the midst of a nervous breakdown, who discovers that she, herself, is on a Kill Train. Now, for once in her life and with everything to prove, Vanessa decides she's not going down without a fight.

(W) David Hazan (A/CA) Sami Kivela In Cleveland, Ohio, in 1936, Howard Berkowicz, the bookkeeper for the Jewish Mob finds himself on the wrong end of an enforcer’s gun when he tries to spur the Kosher Mafia into action against the rising tide of domestic Nazism in the German American Bund.

(W) Jasmine Walls (A/CA) Dozerdraws Erika, Jacob, Marcelle and Damien are popular in their own corners of the internet— corners that seemingly would never overlap. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they used to be close friends until they drifted apart in high school, leaving their Dice & Deathtraps game unfinished. Now, four years later, their old game master, Amina, has reached out with a chance to reunite and not only to save the community center that fostered their creativity, but to finally finish their abandoned campaign. They have one night to do it, streaming live to their combined followings with tensions—and old grudges—on the rise. Can they mend their fraying friendship or will this last session cut their ties for good?

(W) Elliot Sperl, Amit Tishler (A) Rui Silveira (CA) Zach Howard With an alcoholic father and a hole in her wallet, Danielle Pryer’s life in the rustic town of Bleakwood goes from bad to worse when her long-lost brother, Bruce, returns from the Vietnam War. While Bruce is being plagued by a mysterious and monstrous mutation, he is also being hunted by an incompetent team of paranormal misfits, which leads to Bleakwood quickly becoming ground zero of a supernatural battle that forces Danielle to choose between everything she holds dear and the fate of the world as a whole.

(W) Paul Tobin (A/CA) Arjuna Susini Something is wrong in the deep forests of Broke Tree Valley. Something deadly. Something mammoth. The legends speak of something larger than human comprehension?A monstrous phantom that disappears for decades at a time. Now, it?s back, and things are about to go Very Bad if four people?Olivia, Jess, Kokoro, and Mason, scientists who have come to the small city of Kasbro to investigate a bizarre series of seismic activities in this heavily forested valley?can?t put the Mammoth to rest. One real problem with this is?Olivia?s dead.

(W) Tim Daniel, David DB Andry (A/CA) Marco Finnegan 1956. Kootenai National Forest, Montana. When smokejumper Nathan Garrett perishes in a raging wildfire, his surviving family's hopes and happiness turn to ashes. One year following her husband Nathan's death, wife, and mother of two, Jolene Garrett, takes her crumbling family to the Morning Star lookout seeking solace through closure--to scatter her husband's remains. But something far beyond the reach of their wildest imaginings awaits the Garrett family in the Montana wilderness--something more powerful than their anguish and torment. Something that transcends space and time. No telephones. No electricity. No transportation. No escape.

(W) Albert Ng (A/CA) Jerry Cho After a catastrophic accident, the souls of the dead find themselves in a liminal predicament that straddles life and death. Guided by the maiden messengers, they must face life's judgment. The plaintiff can channel his resentment into a murderous power, while the defendant can trade his own soul for a chance at life by destroying others? souls. They embark on a brutal journey of imbuing their souls with power and deciding how to wield it in order to survive.

In this twisted medieval noir, the Sheriff of Nottingham hunts a serial killer with a penchant for tax collectors. The Sheriff’s investigation makes him the target of England’s most nefarious power-brokers. That’s to say nothing of the Merry Men, terrorists lurking amongst the trees of Sherwood, led by, an enigma known only as “Hood.” Collects issues #1 – 5

(W) David Hazan (A/CA) Shane Connery Volk

(W/A/CA) Matthew Dow Smith Autumn Ackerman grew up believing in fairy tales and magic, but now she?s eighteen and facing reality: A future stuck behind the counter of her small town?s coffee shop. Is this really all there is to life? But then, suddenly, Autumn?s childhood imaginary friend re-appears, and her entire boring world is turned upside-down. Autumn secretly belongs to the strange world of the Night Folk?a society of magical creatures like the ones from the stories she used to believe in. But this magical world is also a dangerous one. Now, Autumn must protect her loved ones from the frightening Mr. Balloon long enough to untangle the mystery tying the Night Folk to her own past.

(W) Jay Sandlin (A) Antonello Cosentino (CA) Antonello Consentino Step Over the Ropes and into 1990s wrestling. Set in a fictional world, Over the Ropes dives into sports entertainment's biggest era. A young high-flyer named Jason Lynn goes off-script in a match to win the world title and sets the southern territory on fire as the face-painted wrestler, Phoenix. Jason's battles between the ropes are only outperformed by his struggles outside the ring. First dates. Crooked promoters. Cage matches. Factions and families. No matter what problems smack him with a steel chair, Collects issues #1-5.

(W) Christopher Sebela (A/CA) David Stoll Haley and her brother, Max, are alone after their mother?s death and are sent to Wayfair Academy, a special needs boarding school. Eventually, they find family amongst other deaf children. One night the group decides to dip their toes into crime? the thrill is too much to leave behind. They soon find out that stealing from the wrong person, has its consequences. With no one to turn to but each other, they must make a choice, one where no one comes out the same.

(W) Joe Harris (A) Russell Olson (CA) Mark Chiarello Henry Hayes could have been the best baseball player anybody ever saw, if only his dark affliction didn?t prevent him from playing in the daylight. But when the barnstorming circuit introduces a new novelty to the game?night baseball under the bright lights?will his dreams of playing pro ball finally be realized, or will his bloody past catch up with him before he gets the chance? From the midwest fields of the 1920s to the big city lights of today, Past Time is a small town thriller on a National scale. This volume collects issues #1-5.

(W) Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson (A) Juan Santacruz (CA) Dave Johnson Imagine a world where the two dominant and competing Cola companies, each worth billions, are owned by former conjoined twins who are now separated and have grown to hate each other so much they hire assassins, saboteurs, and espionage personnel to meddle with each other on a daily basis. This is the story about brotherly love run afoul, and the people they enlist to do their dirty work. Collected for the first time, this explosive soda story is guaranteed to unleash the fizz in your pop!

(W) Ray Fawkes (A) Antonio Fuso (CA) Dan Panosian To catch a rampaging serial killer in Soviet era Leningrad, two detectives must match wits with the murderer while battling the oppressive rules of their own police force and a greater, hidden enemy.

After the incidents of Show?s End Vol. 1, what?s left of Daxton Rickles? Circus is now performing on street corners to get by, but a series of mysterious murders surrounding our troop forces them to head south for safety in a town operated and occupied by circus performers. However, the town is no longer what it once was. It is now ruled by a young, charismatic cult figure named Leviticus ?Miss Levy? Jones, who believes those born ?deformed? are the only ones truly perfect in the eyes of the creator. The longer the group stays, the more sinister the town is revealed to be. Meanwhile, a forgotten figure from Loralye?s past lurks in the distance and is coming to reveal her true path.

(W) Justin Richards (A/CA) Val Halvorson Riley, a horror-obsessed podcaster with a slasher villain fixation, is seeking a new career path: Helping her favorite legendary slasher, The Hopton Valley Killer, regain their long-lost notoriety while learning the ropes herself. Collects The Slasher?s Apprentice #1 - 5

(W) Francesco Barilli (A/CA) Alessandro Ranghiasci Athens, 399 BC. In what may be remembered as the first trial for crimes of opinion, Socrates is sentenced to death. Accused of corrupting youth with atheistic doctrines, the philosopher's line of defense is uncompromising and defiant. He is thus sentenced to drink hemlock by an even larger majority of jurors, and once in prison, awaiting execution, he refuses to flee lest he violate those laws to which he has always been devoted. Socrates was not only one of the best known and most influential philosophers in human history, but also the first martyr for his own ideas. His trial tells how the greatest democracy of the time could have sentenced the best of its citizens to death.

(W) Thomas E. Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson (A) Valeria Burzo (CA) Michael Sta Maria Amarantha is the last of her race, an ancient species that has lived among us for millennia, feeding on the life energies of humanity. Now enjoying a peaceful existence in a retirement community, she continues to consume just enough to survive. But Amarantha has made enemies throughout her long life and an ancient foe thought long defeated has returned and is out for blood, while a newer threat seeks to capture her for their own nefarious purposes! Now Amarantha must do everything in her power to vanquish her enemies and protect the life she has made for herself.

(W) Rick Quinn (A/CA) Dave Chisholm Melody Parker is losing her mind. She’s living on the streets of Seattle during the WTO protests of 1999. She is seeing things. Androids. Aliens. Pigs in high fashion. And a creature named Echo—one of the Sustained: elemental beings with the power to alter reality through music. She invites Melody to join her as she brings about the end of the world. As Melody tries to escape this strange woman, suppressed memories from across vast spans of time flood into her awareness, bringing her very identity into question. You don't want to miss this stunning new release from writer Rick Quinn and music-comic-specialist Dave Chisholm (Miles Davis & the Search for the Sound).

(W) Dave Justus, Lilah Sturges (A/CA) Joe Eisma At America's second-oldest university, four earnest, clever, and desperate teens on the interim student government exploit a charter loophole in an effort to save their school from being demolished, facing down pressures on campus and escalating hostility from the Board of Regents in a story both hilarious and heartfelt.

(W) Pierre-Alexandre Comtois (A) Pierre-Alexandre Comtois (CA) Pierre-Alexandre Comtois, Mark Englert When a mysterious book appears in the library of a young monk named Zeek, he must embark on a quest to find its rightful owner. Unbeknownst to him, another dark figure has been searching for this very book for a very long time, sending his minions across the known planets and using dark magic to find it at all costs. When this evil figure realizes the manuscript has finally resurfaced, it sets events in motion that will send Zeek on an adventure unlike anything he could have ever imagined?leading Zeek to discover his true identity and destiny

(W/A/CA) Mathieu Reynes The future, our world... After years of health, economic and ecological crises, a global civil war breaks out, ignited by a huge pharmaceutical and political scandal denounced by the activist group C.H.A.O.S. 15 years later civilization has recovered, divided between large urban centers, under military and medical surveillance, and freer rural areas, where those who refuse this system of health control take refuge. It is in this divided world that Beck sets out in search of her mentor Kal, who has been missing for several days. This quest leads the young orphan to the town of Bajara, known, among other things, for its free-fighting competitions.

(W) Chris Kappel (A) Alex Arizmendi (CA) Alex Arizmendi, Warnia Sahadewa Nineteen year old Rory Denborough was born into magic by way of the insular society known as The Translators. For his entire life, Rory has been given control over a world of awe-inspiring wonders -- telekinesis, shape-shifting, teleportation, advanced healing, even time travel. Everything is possible thanks to his family?s enchanted bloodline and an ancient language passed down through generations. Rory?s life is full of miracles. But he?s not happy.Because Rory's world is also a world of secrets. Translators hide in the shadows, keeping their power from the world around them. Rory struggles in this secrecy, sneaking out of his family's hidden highrise apartment to blend into the wonderfully normal streets and peoples of New York City. After sneaking out one night, Rory meets Tyson, an Outsider, who knows nothing about the Translators or their gifts. Soon, the two young men are falling in love...but this idyllic romance starts to fall apart once Rory reveals his magical origins. Tyson raises a question--one t

(W) Vaho (A/CA) Felipe Flores Welcome to the Mall – a vintage valhalla with no end in sight. And like our titular hero, it’s a future stuck in the past – both of which are about to erupt in a reckoning. Meet Xero, a hip loner drifting through a sea of consumption. Soaked in sweet nostalgia, he wanders dim arcades, glowing record stores, forgotten theaters and tasty food courts – living for the next item to catch his eye in a never-ending aisle of wonders. But someone’s missing – he can sort of recall who but...damn, has it been that long? Remember Donna. They had a time. Once. Together. And was there a baby? Was she about to have one? Maybe. Buy me and it all UNFOLDS – to a deserted world above with a past, coming to take back tomorrow. Magic vs. Science. Demons vs. Humans. The Apocalypse and Beyond. It’s all here. And for some reason, so is Xero.