WHERE ONCE A CRUEL UNIVERSE BECKONED . . . NOW A CRUEL KINGDOM SHALL REIGN! Oni Press is proud to unveil a spellbinding new chapter in the distinguished lineage of EC history! Enter Cruel Kingdom?EC?s first-ever dark-fantasy anthology conjuring tales of MAGIC, MYTH, and MURDER from forbidden realms long before our own! Behold the bloody and barbarous age of wizards, knights, and dragons as reimagined in the immutable EC manner as master scribes Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), Greg Pak (World War Hulk), Ben H. Winters (Benjamin), and more couple their forces with iron-wrought artists Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), PJ Holden (Judge Dredd), Kano (Gotham Central), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Leomacs (Benjamin), John McCrea (Hitman), Andrea Mutti (Rebels), and more to forge a terrifying new vision of death, life, and adventure ?once upon a time.? From the twisted minds that spawned Epitaphs from the Abyss and Cruel Universe, steel thyself for EC?s first rite of fatal fantasy and skul

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Natacha Bustos (CA) Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson Things could not possibly be worse for Fire and Ice, in Beatriz da Costa's professional opinion. Superman sends the former Justice Leaguers packing for Smallville following an extremely public and utterly disastrous rescue mission (that was all Guy Gardner's fault, thank you very much) and in doing so doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance. Unexpectedly, Ice finds herself drawn to the quiet life and dreams of planting roots. But Fire...well, Fire will do just about anything to get the heck out of dodge and back on the hero circuit including challenging the DCU's biggest villains to a knock-down, drag-out, livestreamed brawl in the streets of Smallville! A raucous, timely, unflinching comedy from rising star Joanne Starer (The Gimmick, Sirens of the City) and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur co-creator Natacha Bustos about a decades-long friendship on the brink of disaster and what it means to be a superhero at a crossroads in your life, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville launches from its Justice League In

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Elena Gogou (CA) Erica Henderson Collecting all five acclaimed issues of THE GIMMICK, a Coen Brothers?style dark comedy from AHOY Comics, writer Joanne Starer (Sirens of the City;?Away From Here) and artist Elena Gogou (Quests Aside). Every wrestler needs a good gimmick: a colorful in-ring persona that dazzles the crowd. Then there?s wrestling champ Shane Bryant. Shane?s a ?nice guy? who floats through life with no repercussions and a forgettable gimmick. But Shane?s been keeping a life-changing secret: he has super strength. And when he accidentally punches his fist straight through his opponent?s brain?in front of 2.4 million horrified viewers?everything changes. Now Shane needs a new gimmick?and a new life. ?Back-breaking laughs and shin-cracking action?plus a lot of heart. The Gimmick has it all!? ?Patton Oswalt