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MARVEL COMICS


AVENGERS ARENA
DENNIS HOPELESS (W), KEV WALKER (A)
Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including members of the Runaways, Avengers Academy & Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die…only one will walk out alive!!


AVENGERS (marvel now)
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W), JEROME OPEÑA (A)
The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable
team! Now shipping twice a month, the Avengers expand their
roster and their sphere of influence to a global level. Big
threats, big ideas, big idealism - these are the Avengers NOW!


CABLE AND X-FORCE (marvel now)
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)
Cable is back! NOW! with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about. But just who are Cable’s new recruits, and why is his team public enemy number one?


CASTLE: A CALM BEFORE THE STORM (5 issue mini-series) 
PETER DAVID (w) • ROBERT ATKINS (a)
Based on the hit ABC show Castle! The Derrick Storm adaptations continue! Who is The Fear and what does he want with Derrick Storm? Clara Strike returns!
 

RED SHE-HULK   
JEFF PARKER (W), CARLO PAGULAYAN & WELLINTON ALVES (A) VS. THE AVENGERS!!! Red She-Hulk = National Threat! What shocking discovery does Machine Man make about the future of super-humans?


SCARLET SPIDER   
CHRISTOPHER YOST (w) • PAULO SIQUEIRA (a)
SCARLET SPIDER’S DARKEST HOUR BEGINS! Kaine’s investigation brings him face to face with the Hand and Bruiser! What does Kingpin want with Houston? Bringing you the answers as a brand new year of Scarlet action awaits!


THUNDERBOLTS (marvel now)
DANIEL WAY (W) • STEVE DILLON (A)
Red Hulk, Venom, Elektra, Deadpool, the Punisher. Forget the courts, the jails, the system — this team of Thunderbolts fights fire
with fire, targeting the most dangerous and lethal players.


CAPTAIN AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE (tpb)
Waid & Kubert Collects #20-24 $16.99
The shattering of Captain America's seemingly indestructible shield has caused a harmonic "Vibranium cancer" wave, which threatens to destroy every piece of the miracle metal remaining on Earth! But as Cap races to contain the unseen threat, the villainous Klaw prepares to capitalize on it. It will take a miracle to defeat the master of sound, but a miracle just might be what Captain America gets! Then, Cap goes undercover in prison, faces down Crossbones and the Absorbing Man, and battles the terrorist threats of Hydra and Flag-Smasher! Plus: a WWII tale featuring Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos, captured by the vampiric Baron Blood! Blockbuster writer Mark Waid wraps up his run here, and it's a doozy! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1998) #20-24, CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL 1999 and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE LEGEND.


DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA (tpb)
Join Roland Deschain as he explores Mid-World's darkest corners. Near death from an attack by slow mutants, Roland is taken in by a group of nuns who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpse-like creatures - the Little Sisters of Eluria - have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current condition, there's almost nothing the last Gunslinger can do to prevent their tender mercies from taking hold. DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER continues with one of the series' most shocking, blood-curdling stories yet - a retelling of author Stephen King's original novella The Little Sisters of Eluria, later compiled in the anthology Everything's Eventual. Collecting DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA #1-5.


HIT-GIRL (hc)
Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga! Mindy McCready attempts to settle into life as a regular schoolgirl, but desires nothing more than to be dispensing hot justice to the scum of New York City. Her mother thinks she's doing her homework - but in reality, she's taken Kick-Ass on as her sidekick. She's training him up to punch, shoot and stab - just like Daddy would have wanted. And in return, Kick-Ass is helping her learn to survive middle school - without spilling anyone's blood. But when Kick-Ass gets benched, leaving Mindy to take on the mafia solo, even Hit-Girl may be in over her head. Meanwhile, Red Mist pursues his goal of becoming a super villain - and faces a final test of his own. Collecting HIT-GIRL #1-5.



DC COMICS


ARROW (2 issue mini-series)
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM and ANDREW KREISBERG
Discover exciting new mysteries and plotlines for
the ultimate Arrow experience!


BEFORE WATCHMEN MOLOCH (2 issue mini-series)
writer J. Michael Straczynski, art by Eduardo Risso
If you don't know who Moloch is, he's a villian in the
Watchmen universe. In fact, you may have recently seen a
glimpse or two of him and now, you're about to learn a lot more.


DIAL H
CHINA MIEVILLE (W) ALBERTO PONTICELLI (A)
Nelson & Manteau are off to Europe in search of a relic
that might hold the answer to their secret powers!
Meanwhile, a powerful stranger arrives in Littleville.



DJANGO UNCHAINED (5 issue mini-series)
Based on the screenplay by QUENTIN TARANTINO Art by R.M. GUERA The blood-soaked tale of a bounty-hunting dentist & his
partner, a recently freed slave, in the post-Civil War South!
Includes scenes that may not make it into the final theatrical cut!



HUMAN BOMB (4 issue mini-series)
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art and cover by JERRY ORDWAY
Ex-Marine and war veteran Michael Taylor discovers a conspiracy to
use human bombs to destroy the United States! But how can he possibly stop them when he could be their ultimate bomb?



JSA: LIBERTY FILES (6 issue mini-series)
Written by B. CLAY MOORE Art and cover by TONY HARRIS
In 1940s Europe, the Nazi war machine is on the move…but crimes
are still committed in even the smallest hamlets. Can one
heroic duo solve the most bizarre mystery of all?



ANIMAL MAN VOL 2 ANIMAL VS MAN (tpb)
In this second ANIMAL MAN collection, when Buddy goes missing, his family receives assistance from John Constantine and the Justice League Dark. Plus, learn the history between The Red, the Green, and the Rot! Collects ANIMAL MAN #7-11 and 0 and ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1



BATMAN DARK KNIGHT GOLDEN DAWN (tpb)
This tale explores the murder of one of Bruce Wayne's childhood friends! • Collects BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1-5, plus a story from SUPERMAN/BATMAN #75 and BATMAN: THE RETURN #1!



FABLES VOL 18 CUBS IN TOYLAND (tpb)
In these tales from FABLES #114-121, a harrowing epic starts when Snow and Bigby's cub Therese receives a Christmas gift from an unknown admirer. This red plastic boat may hold the key to a deep, disturbing secret that will incite a series of soul-crushing events for the denizens of Fabletown. Plus, don't miss Bufkin's (mis)adventures in Oz!




INDEPENDENT COMICS


BLACKACRE
story DUFFY BOUDREAU, art WENDELL CAVALCANTI. 100 YEARS AFTER THE FALL... A retired soldier on a secret mission sent out from the walled city into the violent wilderness! Tribal cults, roaming bands of barbarians, vicious warlords!


CHANGE (4 issue mini-series)
story ALES KOT, art MORGAN JESKE. A screenwriter who moonlights as a car thief. be guaranteed ***
A wealthy rapper completely disconnected from the real world. A dying cosmonauton his way back to Earth. These 3 are the only people able to save the world.
 

I LOVE TROUBLE
story KEL SYMONS, art MARK A. ROBINSON. “DISAPPEARING ACT”—Felicia Castillo, a New Orleans grifter, is on the run from mobsters when she discovers she possesses an unusual superpower in the middle of a plane crash.


LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE (6 issue mini-series)
story JUSTIN JORDAN, art TRADD MOORE. Luther Strode lives. Luther has become a legend. But somebody is hunting the bogeyman. Luther Strode lives; but for how long?


MARA (6 issue mini-series)
story BRIAN WOOD, art MING DOYLE & JORDIE BELLAIRE. Mara is at the top of the world, worshipped as a celebrity. After she manifests supernatural abilities on live TV, she becomes famous all over again but for the worst reasons.


BLACK BEETLE: NIGHT SHIFT (one-shot)
Francesco Francavilla (W/A). When a totem of dark magic shows up at the Museum, Hitler sends his Werwolf Korps to collect it. But Colt City’s protector is on the case!


CRIMINAL MACABRE FINAL NIGHT 30 DAYS (4 issue mini-series)
Steve Niles (W) When Mo’Lock’s sometimes ghoul-friend is murdered, Cal’s on the hunt for Eben—the longtime protagonist/antagonist of 30 Days of Night.


HELLBOY IN HELL (new ongoing)
Mike Mignola (W/A) After saving the world, but sacrificing himself, Hellboy is dead, cast into Hell, where he finds many familiar faces, and a throne that awaits him.


HOUSE OF FUN (one-shot)
Evan Dorkin (W/A) Evan Dorkin’s sick and twisted sense of humor unleashes itself with a new Murder Family episode, , and new Milk and Cheese strips.


TO HELL YOU RIDE (5 issue mini-series)
(W) Lance Henriksen, Joseph Maddrey (A) Tom Mandrake
A curse plagues the small town of Telluride, melting the flesh from its victims - the violent revenge four warriors set in motion when their sacred burial grounds were disturbed for the sake of gold miners' greed!


STAR WARS PURGE TYRANTS FIST (2 issue mini-series)
Alexander Freed (W), Marco Castiello (P), Andrea Chella (P). The Dark Lord must snuff out a surviving Jedi, as well as kill the fire of rebellion in the native populace.


TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES SECRET FOOT CLAN (4 issue mini-series)
Mateus Santolouco, Erik Burnham (w) • Santolouco (a)
Demons, ninjas, and hostile takeovers-what more can you expect from a TMNT comic? Reveals a history never told before about the original founder of the Foot! Join the Turtles as they get a history lesson that they will never forget!


HOLLOWS (4 issue mini-series)
Chris Ryall (w) • Sam Kieth (a) A near-future Japan, burned-out husks (the Hollows) devour souls throughout the city. Far above, a segment of society lives safely in giant tree-cities, but the problems below have a way of growing out of control.


TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT ORION PAX
James Roberts (w) • Steve Kurth (a) BEFORE OPTIMUS PRIME—there was Orion Pax! 4 million years ago, the future leader of the AUTOBOTS disappeared to save a friend. What happened next would take him to the very brink!


CALIGULA HEART OF ROME (6 issue mini-series)
(W) David Lapham (A) German Noble. The demon lives on & 10 years later the job of finding the beast has fallen to heroic Laurentius. But can anyone unravel the mystery of the demon before its bloody tendrils can make glorious Rome a wasteland?


GRIMM FAIRY TALES BAD GIRLS (tpb)
What's worse than battling the Mistress of Limbo? Battling Baba Yaga, Venus, the Goblin Queen and the Queen of Spades along with her! Sela's nightmare has come true as the evil forces of the Grimm Universe join together through a very powerful artifact. The only way Sela can defeat them and protect the Earth is by joining forces with two badass falsebloods she found years ago - Red Riding Hood and Samantha. Don't miss this action-packed Grimm Fairy Tales spinoff mini-series by Zenescope Entertainment! It never felt so good to be so bad!


WONDERLAND Vol 1 (tpb)
Wonderland returns with full force as Calie Liddle and her daughter, Violet, continue to hide from the very madness that still might be searching for them. But how long can they hide before having to face what they fear most? While Calie fights to protect her only daughter from danger, the Queen of Spades bides her time in Wonderland as she builds an army to finally take control of the realm and destroy the Queen of Hearts. Meanwhile, a new Mad Hatter has been born and he's not what anyone sees coming!
From the writers and creators who brought you Zenescope's original Wonderland trilogy comes a whole new world of madness like you've never seen before. Don't miss this epic trade paperback which collects Wonderland issues 1 through 5!
      

HACK SLASH VOL 11 (tpb)
This volume collects two of HACK/SLASH's most controversial storylines, as Cassie and Vlad go face to face with the Bomb Queen in "Interdimensional Women's Prison Breakout," and then must prevent Samhain from going to the dark side in the midst of a giant monster invasion in "Monster Baiting." Sex, blood, and one giant snake gorilla, in the finest HACK/SLASH tradition!

Collects HACK/SLASH, VOL. 2 #9-15






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