(W) David Motton (A) Keith Watson The classic adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, one of science fiction's most enduring heroes! This latest volume reprints, for the first time ever, the first two years worth of Dan Dare strips written and drawn by David Motton and Keith Watson. Dan Dare and Digby rocket between action-packed adventures as they defend Earth from giant, mind-controlling spiders, an evil genius buried beneath the pleasure beach of Blackpool, an out-of-control fireball, and a race of malevolent flora!

(W) David Mack, Brian Michael Bendis (A) David Mack, Various (CA) David Finch Visionary creators David Mack and Brian Michael Bendis continue their run on Daredevil, when Matt Murdock takes on a shocking new role, and Echo's full story is revealed! Maya Lopez once nearly took down Daredevil, believing him to be the one who killed her father. After learning it was actually Wilson Fisk - her legal guardian - who was responsible, she shot him and left New York in an attempt to discover herself. Now, with her perceptions completely altered, Echo embarks on a Native American vision quest to pick up the pieces of her shattered life! Meanwhile, Fisk is gone - and Daredevil is the new Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen! But that just means an army of foes who want Matt's newfound power for themselves. So is it a good thing that his ex-partner, Black Widow, is back to help DD keep the streets clean? And just how much will they rekindle their relationship? COLLECTING: Daredevil (1998) 51-65, What If Karen Page Had Lived? (2004) Rated T+

The twisted journey of Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness, an elemental force that allows those who wield it access to an otherworldly dimension and control over the demons who dwell there, continues! Follow Jackie as he returns from Hell itself to seek revenge against the Franchetti mob family, rises to Don, becomes a Kingpin, and falls from grace in these stories by Top Cow's Finest. Collects THE DARKNESS, VOL. 2 #1-24, THE DARKNESS, VOL. 3 #1-10, THE DARKNESS #75-89 & more!

Go back to the beginning and see 21-year-old mob hitman Jackie Estacado struggle with the power and the burden of The Darkness. Also collected in this edition is the first crossover between The Darkness and Witchblade in the fan favorite 'Family Ties' storyline. Featuring art by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri and superstar Joe Benitez (Soulfire, Titans). Collects The Darkness #7-10 as well as Witchblade #18-19. Full Color 176 pages $14.99 trade paperback

BREAKING DARK' Jackie Estacado never feared much of anything, except the Darkness itself. Then the rules changed. Rival Bulgarian gangs are starting to encroach upon his turf. Jackie's wife, Jenny, is losing her mind. Jackie is no longer the host to the Darkness and with everything cracking at the seams he has neglected to notice that his daughter, Hope, has something terribly, terribly wrong with her. Jackie thought he was invincible, but he will soon learn that there are things in this world that even the Darkness should fear. Collects THE DARKNESS #106-110

'THE AGE OF REASON' Jenny is losing her mind, Hope is becoming more corrupted by her Darkness abilities, and an ancient, more powerful evil is about to return to the surface of our world. What will it take for Jackie Estacado to reclaim the Darkness and put an end to the madness that he helped create? Collects THE DARKNESS #112-116

'THE AGE OF REASON' Jenny is losing her mind, Hope is becoming more corrupted by her Darkness abilities, and an ancient, more powerful evil is about to return to the surface of our world. What will it take for Jackie Estacado to reclaim the Darkness and put an end to the madness that he helped create? Collects THE DARKNESS #112-116

This latest volume collects the first foray from STRAY BULLETS mastermind David Lapham (DETECTIVE COMICS) as Jackie travels to Sin City for 'Hell House' joined by Brian Denham (IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY). Then, THE DARKNESS co-creator David Wohl takes the reigns to tell a tale of the age old battle between light and dark, as the Angelus comes to town! Did we mention the Magdalena wants in on that action as well? Collecting THE DARKNESS volume 2 issues #17-#24 plus the fully painted special THE DARKNESS: BLACK SAILS this trade paperback collection delivers new tales of The Darkness from some of the industry's biggest names!

(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/A/CA) David Chelsea Six strange 24-hour comics in one deluxe hardcover volume! Strictly following rules devised by Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), David Chelsea has created six inspired improvisations-each drawn in a single day! This hardcover collection is filled with experimentation, witty pun play, and inventive scenarios!

(W) David Dastmalchian (A) Jesus Hervas (CA) Tirso Cons THE DC UNIVERSE IS FULL OF MONSTERS...SOME MORE DEADLY THAN OTHERS! Meet the Creature Unit, a ragtag group of the cursed and the creepy, brought together to fight against evil by an unstable but talented scientist for a dangerous mission. From gorgons to werewolves, the Creature Commandos have their work cut out for them, delving into the deepest corners of the DC Universe to uncover what mysteries may lie in wait. In this spine-tingling new era of Creature Commandos, masterfully crafted by Count Crowley creator David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Late Night with the Devil), the air is thick with dread, claws are poised to strike, fangs glisten, and blood flows freely. Are they monsters, or are they humanity's last hope? The answer lies in the shadows.

(W) Dave Maass (A) Patrick Lay & Various Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terez?n concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war-everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love? Includes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more.

(W/A) Alan Davis & Various (CA) Joe Quesada Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - and see how Marvel's mighty mutants dominated the Notorious Nineties! As the X-Men's popularity exploded, the X-books were the place to be - and there sure were a lot of them! From EXCALIBUR to the radically revised X-FACTOR to two (count 'em, two) books for the X-Men alone! Generation X learned the ropes, while X-Force kicked butt! Wolverine searched for secrets of his past, Cable struggled with his destiny, X-Man explored our strange new world and Deadpool began his rise to superstardom! But which '90s nemesis would prove most deadly: the Legacy virus or the mansion's latest inhabitant…Sabretooth?! Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #42, WOLVERINE (1988) #48, X-FACTOR (1986) #87, X-MEN (1991) #27, GENERATION X (1994) #4, X-MAN #5, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #328, X-FORCE (1991) #55, DEADPOOL (1997) #2 and CABLE (1993) #64. Rated T+

(W) Arvind Ethan David (A) Ilias Kyriazis, Dani Strips (CA) Ilias Kyriazis Featuring favorite characters from the original Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and from the hit TV series from BBC America! Plagued by nightmares of a life he never had, Dirk Gently discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and they're about to catch up with him!

(W) Arvind Ethan David (A) Ilias Kyriazis (CA) Robert Hack After the many and conflicting versions of the legendary Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently: a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a troubled relationship with the laws of probability and quantum physics, and a love of cats and pizza. After the events of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea Time, but prior to the detective's relocation to California in The Interconnectedness of All Kings, Dirk finds himself investigating a bizarre case of poaching, dumbstruck tourists, and the inner membranes of a rhinoceros' nose.

(W) David Quinn, More (A) Mel Rubi, More (CA) Mark Buckingham Doctor Strange and the Midnight Sons are under siege - and Strange is transformed! Now the masked mystery magician known as Strange tests his sorcery against Doctor Doom and Namor! Clea returns, the Hulk is possessed and the sinister Salom? makes her move. But what is the connection between Strange and Dr. Vincent Stephens? And will the real Sorcerer Supreme please stand up? As Strange masters the power of catastrophe magic, Baron Mordo plots his arch-foe's death! But can even the Master of the Mystic Arts prevent the birth of Chthon? Plus: An untold team-up with Spider-Man! An award-winning tale that will disturb you! And more! Collecting DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME #60-90, ANNUAL #4 and ASHCAN EDITION; STRANGE TALES (1994) #1; MIDNIGHT SONS UNLIMITED #6; DR. STRANGE: WHAT IS IT THAT DISTURBS YOU, STEPHEN? and UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN: STRANGE ENCOUNTER. Rated T+

(W/A/CA) Dav Pilkey Petey is up to no good in the second Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. Dog Man is still learning a few tricks of the trade. Petey the Cat is out of the bag, and his criminal curiosity is taking the city by storm. Something fishy is going on! Can Dog Man unleash justice on this ruffian in time to save the city, or will Petey get away with the purr-fect crime? Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.

(W/A/CA) Dav Pilkey A cute kitten disrupts Petey's plans in the third Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. He was the best of dogs... He was the worst of dogs... It was the age of invention... It was the season of surprise... It was the eve of supa sadness... It was the dawn of hope... Dog Man hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake! This time, Petey the Cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble -- a double in the form of a kitten clone. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog! Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.

(W/A/CA) Dav Pilkey Action and mystery abound on the movie set in the fourth Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. Hot diggity dog! Dog Man is back -- and this time he's not alone. The heroic hound with a real nose for justice now has a furry feline sidekick, and together they have a mystery to sniff out! When a new kitty sitter arrives and a glamorous movie starlet goes missing, it's up to Dog Man and Cat Kid to save the day! Will these heroes stay hot on the trail, or will Petey, the World's Most Evil Cat, send them barking up the wrong tree? Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.

(W/A/CA) Dav Pilkey The heroic hound is send to jail in the sixth Dog Man book from worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey. Is Dog Man bad to the bone? The canine cop is sent to the pound for a crime he didn't commit! While his pals work to prove his innocence, Dog Man struggles to find his place among dogs and people. Being a part of both worlds, will he ever fully fit in with one? Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man series appeals to readers of all ages and explores universally positive themes, including empathy, kindness, persistence, and the importance of being true to one's self.

The lead writer of BioWare's hit Dragon Age games concludes King Alistair's epic quest-in a journey beyond reality itself! Fans around the world have recognized the Dragon Age comics to be an integral addition to the video-game saga. Now, series writer David Gaider pits King Alistair and his noble companions Varric and Isabela against their most nefarious foe-the twisted blood mage Aurelian Titus!

(W) David Avallone, Kevin Eastman (A) Ben Bishop, Troy Little, Kevin Eastman, Brittany Peer, Tomi Varga (CA) Ben Bishop, Taylor Esposito A washed-up comic book writer must scrape together enough cash to pay off Lithuanian mobsters in this totally fictional true story that's perfect for fans ofKiss Kiss Bang Bang.Once upon a time, he and his brother birthed a worldwide phenomenon, self-publishing a crazy indie comic about crime-fighting cat-girls. Now?Books is hitting his forties (hard), the money all gone, artistic inspiration tapped out, beset on all sides?and trying to recover from his catastrophic encounter with the hit-and-run driver called early success.DRAWING BLOOD follows a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd and action-packed than any comic book story he could dream up!This trade collects all four issues of the first volume of DRAWING BLOOD, and as an added bonus, the origin issue of Books? creation, the RADICALLY REARRANGED RONIN RAGDOLLS! Straight from 1992, it?s the first adventure of America?s favorite ferocious felines! 122 pages of comic stories, plus ad

Following up on the popularity of the ever-growing phenomenon known as Drink and Draw Social Club?, Vol. 2 contains even more scribblings and scratchings. Featuring illustrations done strictly in bars and restaurants-the pints and pencil shavings make for good times and even better art. Established in Los Angeles in 2005, the core members of DDSC? (Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian, Jeff Johnson, and Brad Vancata) have now multiplied to over 1,600 participants, with splinter groups popping up everywhere from L.A. to New York, and beyond.

Following up on the popularity of the ever-growing phenomenon known as Drink and Draw Social Club?, Vol. 2 contains even more scribblings and scratchings. Featuring illustrations done strictly in bars and restaurants-the pints and pencil shavings make for good times and even better art. Established in Los Angeles in 2005, the core members of DDSC? (Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian, Jeff Johnson, and Brad Vancata) have now multiplied to over 1,600 participants, with splinter groups popping up everywhere from L.A. to New York, and beyond.

(W/A/CA) Jack Davis When Jack Davis took up his pen for EC Comics, he imbued his stories with a playful sense of (gallows) humor that made his innocent victims more eye-poppingly terrified, his ax-murders more gleefully gruesome, and his revenge-seeking corpses more morbidly motivated than any other EC artist. These horror and suspense tales ? from the pages of Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime SuspenStories, and Shock SuspenStories ? include frightful fare such as ?Hyde and Go Shriek!?, ?Tombs-Day!?, ?Witch Witch?s Witch!?, ?Head-Room!?, ?Chop Talk!?, ?Coffin Spell!?, and more, all leavened with the cackling, pun-laced wit of scripter Al Feldstein and illuminated as only the virtuoso brushwork of Jack Davis could present them.But the standout story has to be ?Foul Play,? the most infamous of all EC horror stories, in which a baseball team takes revenge on a murderous rival player by, um (spoiler alert), ?repurposing? various parts of his anatomy for one final blood-spattered, organ-scattered inning. You?ll never see a baseball game the same way again. And as gruesome as that so

(W) David Mack, Various (A) Joe Quesada, Various (CA) Joe Quesada The stunning and lushly illustrated debut of Marvel's next screen sensation! She is Echo. A deaf young Native American woman with the uncanny ability to assimilate the skills of others by sight. Dancing, piano playing - even hand-to-hand combat! Though Maya Lopez and Matt Murdock meet as seemingly kindred souls, their secret identities are very much at odds. For Maya is seeking vengeance against her father's killer - who the Kingpin claims is Daredevil! Can Matt clear his name before his new love becomes his executioner? With Echo's entire history defined by her quest for justice and revenge, can she make sense of the world when everything she thought she knew is called into question? And will a vision quest help her pick up the pieces of her shattered life? Collecting DAREDEVIL (1998) #9-15 and #51-55. Rated T+

(W) David Rubi?n (A/CA) David Rubin From visionary storyteller David Rub?n (Cosmic Detective, The Hero), El Fuego is a psychological, philosophical, and geographical odyssey through the last remaining days of planet Earth. It is the story of one particular inhabitant, who must decide how much more of himself to give to the greater good before truly finding peace within. A mass-extinction event is imminent as a giant meteorite is hurtling toward the Earth. Renowned architect Alexander Yorba, entrusted to design a citadel on the Moon which would ensure the survival of humanity, is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Thrust into an existential crisis, Alexander begins to question the validity of his successes, having colluded with the world?s elite to spare only the wealthiest members of society, and grapples with what it means to be a decent person in a decaying world. His spiritual and moral journey will take him from the Moon to Madrid, by way of New York, Helsinki, Amsterdam, and Rome, where he will have to confront his past choices with those who were his greatest influences, in ho

(W) David Avallone (A) Juan Samu (CA) John Royle The two titans of horror and comedy unite in comics for the very first time! Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents... Elvira Meets Vincent Price! Elvira is back, with her most historic AND greatest costar ever! The ghost of Vincent Price is a spirit with a mission, and only the Mistress of the Dark can help! The Apocalypse is coming, and it's going to be live-streamed for binge-watching, but a long-lost movie can save the world... if only the movie star specter and the horror hostess with the mostest can find it in time! Thrills, chills, and all sorts of terrible puns!

(W) David Avallone (A) Dave Acosta (CA) John Royle Elvira's traveled through time and been to Hell and back...but does she get to take a breath and recover from her travels? Not in this series friends. Back from Hell, Elvira falls in with a coven of modern-day witches and takes a hot rod broom out for a spin in the sky! Sit down for a spell, and for more thrills, chills, bad puns, cults and super heroes as David Avallone (Bettie Page) and Dave Acosta (Twelve Devils Dancing) bring you the Horror Hostess with the Mostest in the next thrilling volume of ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK! Includes: Elvira Mistress of the Dark issues 9 thru 12.

(W) David Avallone (A) Fran Strukan, Fernando Ruiz (CA) Francesco Francavilla The Mistress of the Dark lands the leading role in a touching art film about human/gill monster romance, but there's something decidedly fishy about her costar. Is there an Oscar(tm) in her future, or is director Billy Bullworth interested in spawning something more than an Academy Award-winning movie?!

(W) David Andry, Tim Daniel (A/CA) Sunando C Life is nothing if not a series of endings. School. Jobs. Friendships. Love. Walter Willem's death was fast and unexpected. His was an unremarkable life. So, how is it that his story continues as cannon fodder in an endless war waged against an insatiable darkness hellbent on consuming all of existence? Buy three copies of END AFTER END TP VOL 1 by the FOC date and get 15% your total order of END AFTER END TP VOL 1 *ADVANCED SOLICIT, MAY 2023 SHIP DATE

(W) Anastazja Davis and Don Handfield (A) Karl Moline and Marco Del Forno (CA) Rob Prior From creators Andy Serkis and Andrew Levitas! 360 CE. The great god Zeus is long dead, brutally murdered in his own temple some thirty years prior. Heracles, Zeus's son and champion, spends his days drunk and depressed as the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena's Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion looking for a powerful relic that once belonged to Zeus, the old gods are convinced they have found Zeus's killer. Now the mighty Heracles must sober up long enough to keep the lone witness, a 9-year-old blind priestess, alive long enough to identify the killer and finally find justice for his dead father.

(W) Dave Justus (A) Travis Moore (CA) Tula Lotay EVERAFTER features the return of FABLES favorites Bo Peep, Peter Piper, Hansel and Connor Wolf! The Shadow Players are a global network of agents-both Fable and mundane-tasked with policing a newly enchanted world and protecting humanity from itself. Collects EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES #1-6. MATURE READERS

Writer/artist David Chelsea's first six 24-Hour Comics are collected into one volume! Following rules devised by comics legend Scott McCloud, the acclaimed graphic novelist and commercial artist has created six inspired improvisations-each drawn in a single day! This hardcover collection is filled with experimentation, witty pun play, and hilarious literary allusions! Surreal fiction from longtime New York Observer illustrator and frequent DHP contributor!

(W) Dave Baker (A/CA) Nicole Goux Becca's dreams of fame seem to have come true when an internet performance-art video she stars in goes viral overnight. But she quickly discovers the allure and danger of sudden stardom. From the creative team of F*ck Off Squad comes a psychological exploration of the modern media frontier and the unique pitfalls that come with internet fame.

(W/A) Alan Davis, Various (CA) Various 'The Epic Collection series collecting the adventures of Marvel's premiere British team of mutants, Excalibur, continues! The Phoenix-powered Rachel Summers is back, fresh from a battle with Galactus! Meanwhile, faces from Captain Britain's past resurface when the Warpies and the RCX return! But dark days lie ahead as the team joins Rachel on a trip to her own timeline: the nightmarish tomorrow of Days of Future Past! The secrets of Widget are revealed, and some surprising faces need help fighting for freedom against the Sentinels! Back in the present, Meggan and Nightcrawler face despair as Captain Britain and Cerise are ripped from the team - and the departures don't end there! Rachel holds the key to Brian's return, but is the cost too high to bear? And what - or who - has Brian become? COLLECTING: Excalibur (1988) 59-75, Excalibur Annual (1993) 1' Rated T

(W/A) Alan Davis, More (CA) Joe Madureira Continuing the offbeat adventures of the strangest X-team of all! Legendary creator Alan Davis returns to steer Excalibur to new heights of greatness - and oddness! But the sinister Technet aren't far behind him! As the Captain Britain Corps puts Brian Braddock on trial, the rest of the team must face the fearsome threat of the Anti-Phoenix - but who has been pulling Excalibur's strings since the very beginning? Rachel Summers takes a journey of discovery, the team expands with strange new members, faces from Captain Britain's past resurface when the Warpies and the RCX return and Excalibur takes a trip to the Days of Future Past! Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #35-67; EXCALIBUR: WEIRD WAR III, THE POSSESSION, AIR APPARENT and XX CROSSING; SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #26 and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #75 and #110. Rated T+

In 2040, a private military operative of reeducated gang members-the Blackshield Angels-are the only hope of liberating a vital fuel supply from a criminal overlord. Blackshield's best agent struggles through betrayal, love, and a seemingly unending war zone-Zone 12-to complete his mission through a dangerous world where tattooed warlords reign supreme and giant satellites watch men from above like gods.

(W/A/CA) Gilbert Shelton, Dave Sheridan In this early epic of the hilarious and politically correct Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Freewheelin? Franklin, Phineas, and Fat Freddy think they?re in the money when they establish their own low-fare one-vehicle bus line in the full-color (painted!) adventure, ?The $29.95 SF to NYC Non-Stop Whiteline Cannonball Express.? But that cheap price means lots of unexpected detours ? especially when they decide to let the passengers vote on the stops along the way! (Of course, they forget to include the cost of gas in their plans, and they don?t seem to understand the meaning of ?express.?) Then, the brothers give Fat Freddy money to score some weed, and he proudly returns with...an electric train set?Other Freak follies in this volume include all of the color strips from the Freak Brothers? adventures as originally published in High Times and Playboy magazines. Plus: Fat Freddy?s Cat stars in the black-and-white ?Chariots of the Globs? and the color ?The Burning of Hollywood,? along with other solo outings!High Times and Misdemeanors is the fifth