This Week's New Print & Digital Books!
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
This week's new bokos inlude The Cape, Comic Book History of Comics, Godzilla #1, Hero Comics, Smoke & Mirrors #3, and more!
The Cape
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Jason Ciaramella (w) • Zach Howard (a & c)
Every little boy dreams about putting on a cape and soaring up, up,
and away... but what if one day that dream were to come true?
Eric was like every other eight-year-old boy, until a tragic
accident changed his life forever. The Cape explores the dark side
of power, as the adult Eric - a confused and broken man - takes to
the skies... and sets out to exact a terrible vengeance on everyone
who ever disappointed him.
This critically acclaimed, Eisner-Award nominated story, written by
Jason Ciaramella, based on the short story by New York Times
bestselling author Joe Hill, with art by Zach Howard and Nelson
Daniel, will linger with you long after you turn the last page, and
force you to ask yourself the question: “What if?”
HC • FC • $24.99 • 132 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-196-9
Bullet points:
• “If you’re unsure about picking up The Cape then
you need to ask yourself one question: do I want a comic that will
surprise me? If you’re after something different, this book
has it in spades.” –Comic Book Resources
G.I. JOE:
Cobra #13 - Also available digitally!
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Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Fuso x 2 (c)
A NEW ERA BEGINS HERE! The critically-acclaimed COBRA series enters
a new era! With the JOEs fragmented, somebody’s got to handle
the dirty work. Who will it be? Find out here! When G.I. JOE goes
underground, the world will never be the same!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant David Williams cover!
Variant Black & White David Williams cover!
Bullet points:
• NEW CHARACTERS! NEW MISSION!
• SAME CUTTING-EDGE STORYTELLING!
• All the G.I. JOE titles this month have two foil character
covers! Collect all six!
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Comic Book History of Comics
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Fred Van Lente (w) • Ryan Dunlavey (a & c)
For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly
insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in
comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred
Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye
to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan
Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein,
Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka -- and more! Collects
Comic Book Comics #1-6.
TPB • FC • $21.99 • 224 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-197-6
Bullet points:
• "Done with
wit, energy, a healthy dose of insolence and a dedication to
getting it right." – NPR
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 4
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Larry Hama (w) • S.L. Gallant (a & c)
The mission has begun: FLINT, LADY JAYE, and HEAVY DUTY take point
on a top-secret operation to find an elusive foe that was
long-thought dead. Meanwhile, SNAKE EYES, STORM SHADOW and BILLY
face the largest threat to the Arashikage clan yet! The
continuation of the original A REAL AMERICAN HERO story line brings
more danger, battles, and surprises from long time G.I. JOE scribe
Larry Hama.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-202-7
Bullet points:
• “The A Real American Hero
book continues to impress on a monthly basis and never fails to
immerse me once again in a sense of 10 year old wonder…the
same feeling I had when reading the old school Marvel series.
They just seem to “get it” which is a rare feat
these days.” –generalsjoes.com
•“For twelve years, Larry Hama wrote the adventures of
every kid’s favorite daring, highly trained, special missions
force. Now, almost 20 years later, he picks up right where he left
off and it seems like not even a month has passed between
titles.” –GeeksOfDoom.com
Godzilla #1
- Now also available digitally!
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Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Art Adams,
Tony Harris (c)
Godzilla is back... in an all-new ongoing series! Duane
Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie
blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special
forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the
terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team
to take down monster-sized threats... at $7 billion a bounty. What
starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer...
if he can live past day one!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Ryan Kelly movie-tribute cover!
Art Adams gatefold cover!
Bullet Points:
• The new ongoing Godzilla series
STARTS HERE!
• Bigger, badder and more radioactive... this is the ultimate
Godzilla tale!
• Every issue contains a random Art Adams monster trading
card! 9 different cards available, collect the whole set! Also,
look for randomly inserted unique sketch cards from Matt Frank!
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purchase the digital version.
Hero Comics
2012
Matt Fraction, Chris Ryall, Kevin Eastman, more
(w) • Ashley Wood, Kevin Eastman, Andy Kuhn, more (a) •
J. Scott Campbell, Joe Jusko (c)
A comic to benefit the Hero Initiative, featuring all-new stories
by some of the best creators in comics! Fantastic features include:
An original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short story, a Zombies vs.
Robots extravaganza, a new Rex Mantooth Kung-Fu Gorilla story, plus
more! And this book will also present single page stories by comics
creators who have personally benefitted from the Hero
Initiative!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Magic:
The Gathering #4 (of 4) - Also available
digitally!
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Matt Forbeck (w) • Martín Cóccolo (a) •
Karl Kopinski (c)
Dack Fayden has finally caught up to the mage that destroyed his
home village, but it might be too late: she has begun casting a
deadly spell that will drain hundreds of their life force. And, now
that Dack has arrived, he may fall prey to the same dark magic as
the rest!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Variant Tyler Walpole cover!
Bullet points:
• This issue includes an exclusive,
alternate art playable Magic: The Gathering card!
• Continuing the adventures of the brand new Planeswalker,
Dack Fayden!
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Smoke and
Mirrors #3 (of 5) - Also available
digitally!
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Mike Costa & Jon Armstrong (w) Ryan Browne (w) Browne,
Francesco Francavilla (c)
MAGIC IS REAL—BUT SLEIGHT OF HAND IS KING! Stage magician
Terry Ward makes his way in a world of sorcery using only his
skills and his wits! But will that prove to me enough when the
dangers of the world start compounding?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Ryan Browne Black & White
cover!
Bullet points:
• Features an all-new magic trick
INSIDE THE ISSUE!
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purchase the digital version.
TRANSFORMERS: Autocracy #10 - ONLY
available digitally!
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Chris Metzen, Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a)
12 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! MEGATRON victorious! All hope
seems lost, as the DECEPTICONS tighten their grip! The shattered
remnants of the Autobots struggle valiantly—but their chances
seem slim. If ever CYBERTRON needed a hero, the time is now!
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TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #5
- Also available digitally!
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James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Nick Roche
(c)
TERROR BEYOND THE STARS! The dark secret at the heart of Delphi is
revealed as Ratchet’s world starts to fall apart. Time is
running out for the Autobot’s Chief Medical Officer and his
band of followers, who must confront an enemy that literally cannot
be reckoned with. Warning: not everyone will make it out alive!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Marcelo Matere variant! Interlocks
with TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise #5’s RI cover!
Bullet points:
• The breakout success of the
TRANSFORMERS relaunch continues with new dangers!
Winners of the UNDERBASE awards for BEST WRITER, BEST ARTIST, and
BEST SINGLE ISSUE!
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True Blood
#1 - Also available digitally!
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Ann Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos
(a) • Tim Bradstreet, photo (c)
Alan Ball’s hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of
the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of
creatures, returns as an ongoing series! With creative
collaboration from TRUE BLOOD creator/writer/producer Alan Ball,
this series features writers Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow)
and Michael McMillian, with art by Michael Gaydos (Alias).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Variant Tim Bradstreet sketch
cover!
Bullet points:
• Co-Written by Michael McMillian,
“Steve Newlin” from the show, with fan-favorite Ann
Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow)!
• Series features covers by Tim Bradstreet (The Punisher)!
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purchase the digital version.
