IDW's New Comics!
Wednesday, Sep 26th, 2012
Take a look below at all the new IDW titles coming out
today!
A Fine & Private Place #1 (of 5) - Also available
digitally!
Peter S. Beagle, Peter B. Gillis (w) • Eduardo Francisco (a)
• Jenny Frison (c)
Beginning the adaptation of Peter S. Beagle’s poignant novel
of memory, despair and love on the other side of the ruins!
What’s it like to die? Can an ex-pharmacist camped out in a
New York cemetery explain the secrets of life and death? Can the
talking raven who steals sandwiches for him? And will the ghosts
listen?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Peter S. Beagle signed edition
Bullet Points:
• Another adaptation by the beloved author
of The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
• Scripts by Peter B. Gillis (The Last
Unicorn)
Archie:
Best of Harry Lucey, Vol. 2
Various (w) • Harry Lucey (a & c)
Harry Lucey was one of the best and most fondly remembered artists
to delineate the Archie cast of characters. Lucey was a master of
comedic timing and uniquely expansive facial expressions—once
read, his work is unforgettable! Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey
will provide long-time Lucey fans, or those just discovering his
art, with many hours of reading entertainment.
HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 pages • 8.5” x
11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-214-0
Bullet points:
• The Best of Harry Lucey is all scanned
from original art and then colored using the original comics as
guides to match the original published comics as much as
possible—except with far batter production values!
Gasoline Alley, Vol.
1
Frank King & Dick Moores (w & a & c)
The year 1964 was a momentous one in the history of Gasoline
Alley—it's when Frank King officially handed the baton to
Dick Moores. King continued to help plot the strip but it's Moores
who takes center stage. More so than any other newspaper strip,
Gasoline Alley is renowned for its strict continuity and this is
our chance to see Moores—who continued writing and drawing
the strip until 1986—make it his own. Forty-plus years
earlier, Walt Wallet found baby Skeezix in a basket on his doorstep
and in the 1964-1966 strips reproduced in this volume, Skeezix is
now middle-aged and has a family of his own. For the first time
since they appeared in newspapers fifty years ago, readers can
enjoy these classic strips featuring Walt and his wife Phyllis,
Skeezix and his wife Nina, Corky, Clovia, Slim, Avery, Mr. Pert,
Joel, Rufus, and a whole cast of familiar characters.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 288 pages • 11” x
8.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-440-3
Bullet points:
• Read along as Dick Moores makes this
classic strip his own!
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #182 - Also available
digitally!
Larry Hama (w) • Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema (a) • Ron
Frenz and Sal Buscema (c)
DARKLON IS ON THE LOOSE! G.I. JOE has lost their prisoner, and
it’s up to Outback and his team to recover the dangerous
villain. Meanwhile, Zartan and COBRA COMMANDER formulate a plan
that would move COBRA HQ to another coast. The villains take center
stage in this issue of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Larry Hama sketch
cover
Hawken #6 (of 6) -
Also available digitally!
Tim & Ben Truman (w) • Tim Truman (a & c)
The climactic showdown of the first Hawken arc! Hawken faces off
with his twisted protegé, Sombre. Timothy and Benjamin
Truman prove the West wasn’t just wild, it was goddamn ugly.
Alternate wraparound cover by Dominic Vivona, artist of the WWII
zombie comic hit FUBAR!
PC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Cover:
Dominic Vivona wraparound cover
Bullet points:
• Concluding the 6-issue weird western
series co-written and drawn by Tim Truman (GrimJack, Hawkman,
Scout)!
• “A dirty and foul book. Isn’t
that what we want our westerns to be?”—Newsarama
Joe
Kubert’s Tarzan of the Apes: Artist’s
Edition
Joe Kubert (w & a & c)
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs' most
enduring creation, Tarzan of the Apes!
Joe Kubert is one of the most acclaimed comic artists ever. His
career in comics began nearly 70 years ago and continues today.
Throughout all those years his hallmarks have been a mastery of
sequential storytelling and exceptionally fine drawing. Highlights
of his career include work on Hawkman, Enemy Ace, Tor, Sgt. Rock,
and the Viking Prince. But of all these exceptional artistic
achievements one stands out: his remarkable adaption of ERB's
Tarzan.
This Artist Edition collects six complete stories by Kubert,
including the four-part classic, Tarzan of the Apes—the
defining story of young Lord Greystoke being orphaned in the
African jungle and adopted by the she-ape Kala, and grows to
manhood to become Tarzan, lord of the jungle.
HC • BW • $75.00 net discount item • 152 Pages
• 12” x 17” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-449-6
Bullet points:
•What is an Artist’s Edition?
•AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE
SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.
•While appearing to be in black & white, each page has
been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the
experience of viewing the actual original art—for example,
you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art,
editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same
size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to
the original art board.
•See these classic tales as they first appeared: On Joe
Kubert’s drawing board!
•Advance solicited for September release!
Mars Attacks
#4 - Also available
digitally!
John Layman (w) • John McCrea (a & c)
The Martians are here! And they’ve brought giant, mutant
insects with them! The invasion continues, from Eisner-winning
writer John Layman (Chew) and Eisner-winning artist John McCrea
(Hitman)!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant menton3 cover
Bullet Points:
• Written by John Layman, co-creator of the
Eisner-winning series Chew!
• Art by John McCrea, Eisner-winner for
Hitman!
Memorial
Chris Roberson (w) • Rich Ellis (a) • Mike Kaluta
(c)
Memorial is the story of Em, a young woman who arrives at a
hospital in Portland, Oregon, with no memory of her past. A year
later, she has rebuilt her life, only to find her existence thrown
into turmoil after she inherits a magical shop. Em is drawn into a
supernatural conflict between beings that not only represent, but
are fundamental elements of the universe itself.
TPB • HC • $24.99 • 152 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-354-3
Bullet points:
• New York Times best-selling author and
Eisner-nominated creator of iZombie, Chris Roberson, delivers a
magical new series with art by Rich Ellis.
John Byrne’s
Next Men, Vol. 3: Aftermath
John Byrne (w & a & c)
It ain't over till it's over. Project Next Men has been undone, the
Past has been rewritten… but it's never easy to reshape the
Fourth Dimension.
HC • FC • $21.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-398-7
Bullet points:
• The final storyline in John Byrne’s
original Next Men saga!
Popeye #5
- Also available
digitally!
Roger Langridge (w) • Vince Musacchia, Tom Neely (a) •
Bruce Ozella (c)
Popeye and the gang travel to King Blozo's kingdom to help find a
spy at the royal palace—only to find themselves in the middle
of a war! Can even Popeye stop a hundred Palookas, each one nearly
as tough as he is? PLUS: More shenanigans with Sappo and
Wotasnozzle!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Seymour Chwast cover!
Bullet points:
• Now an ongoing
series, by popular demand!
Skippy
Vol. 1: Complete Dailies 1925-1927
Percy Crosby
(w & a & c)
Debuting in 1923 in Life magazine, Skippy moved to the comics pages
in 1925 and soon became a sensation, published in 28 countries and
14 languages. In 1931, Skippy became the first comic strip to see
its film version win an Academy Award. Crosby continued writing and
drawing the feature until 1945.
Perhaps more than any other cartoonist before him, Crosby brought
philosophy and politics to the American newspaper comic strip,
ultimately leading to his exile from comics and his forced
incarceration in a mental institution for the last sixteen years of
his life. As a result of his tragic end, Crosby’s remarkable
contributions to American culture have been largely eclipsed, until
now.
Co-edited by Jared Gardner and Dean Mullaney, and designed by
Lorraine Turner, the premiere volume contains the daily comics from
1925 through 1927 and is illustrated with many photographs and rare
artwork from the collection of the cartoonist's daughter, Joan
Crosby Tibbetts, and Skippy, Inc.
HC • PC • $49.99 • 304 pages • 9.5” x
8.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-284-3
Bullet points:
• “There is
not a cartoonist in the country that does not owe [Crosby] a debt
of gratitude." –Milton Caniff
• Skippy can be seen as the spiritual
ancestor to Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, among many other kid
strips. Crosby influenced cartoonists from Charles Schulz to Walt
Kelly and Garry Trudeau.
Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #17 - Also
available digitally!
Chuck Dixon (w) • Atilio Rojo (a) • Ken Loh (c)
Is SNAKE EYES an asset to the Arashikage Clan or a liability?
That’s a question that STORM SHADOW is asking himself as the
wrath of Serpentor is turned upon them and SNAKE EYES becomes a
target for the G.I. JOEs! Blistering ninja action and intrigue!
Nothing is what it seems and loyalties are questioned as the life
of the most dangerous JOE takes a turn!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Robert Atkins cover!
Bullet points:
• Ninja commando
action that never lets up!
Star Trek: The
Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #5 (of 8)
- Also available
digitally!
Scott & David Tipton with Tony Lee (w) • J.K. Woodward (a
& c)
The two greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over
for the first time in history, in STAR TREK: THE NEXT
GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2! Captain Jean-Luc Picard faces
one of the most difficult decisions of his life, but the fate of
the galaxy may depend on it! Can the Doctor convince him to make
the correct choice?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Sharp Brothers cover
Bullet Points:
• The first Star
Trek/Doctor Who crossover ever!
• Featuring fan-favorite villains the Borg
and the Cybermen!
Star Trek:
The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Vol.
1
Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K.
Woodward (a & c)
When the Federation’s most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy
alliance with one of the Doctor’s most hated antagonists, the
result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space
and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS
Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his
companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-403-8
Bullet points:
• The two
greatest science-fiction properties of all time cross over for the
first time in history.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 - Also
available digitally!
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Andy Kuhn (a) • Kuhn,
Eastman (c)
Splinter instructs Raphael in the true way of the ninja, and
Casey's life is irrevocably changed! The Turtles have a new
mission, but Shredder's ambitions could put an end to it before
they begin. Plus, Krang unveils his master plan! This issue lays
the groundwork for a thrilling new story arc that plunges the
Turtles into two epic wars! Don't miss it!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Ramon Perez cover
Bullet points:
• A new mission
for The Turtles!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 3: Shadows of the
Past
Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman (w) • Dan
Duncan (a & c)
The Turtle's home in the sewers is destroyed thanks to a sinister
team-up between Baxter Stockman and Old Hob. Now that the Turtles
are homeless, with one of their own captured, things have never
looked bleaker for our heroes. And enter…THE SHREDDER!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN
978-1-61377-405-2
Bullet points:
• Collects issues
#9 – 12 of the breakout hit relaunch!
• The long awaited return of The
Shredder!
TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #9
- Also available
digitally!
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Nick Roche
(c)
SHADOWPLAY begins here! One AUTOBOT connects the crew of the Lost
Light with pre-war CYBERTRON and the rise of the DECEPTICONs. His
name? OPTIMUS PRIME. The past and the present collide as
Rewind begins telling his crew mates the most shocking story
of all!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover
Bullet points:
• The sequel to
the acclaimed “Chaos Theory”!
• Part one of a three-part epic!
TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise Annual 2012
John
Barber (w) • Brendan Cahill & Guido Guidi (a) • Tim
Seeley, Andrew Griffith (c)
CRASHING DOWN! The mysterious Metrotitan from last month’s
More Than Meets the Eye Annual arrives on CYBERTRON—smashing
into the ruins of the legendary Crystal City! Starscream and Prowl
begin a battle of wills over the fate of this behemoth—and
the outcome will shock you!
FC • 48 pages • $7.99
*Variant cover:
Jimbo Salgado cover that interconnects
with last month’s More Than Meets the Eye annual!
Bullet points:
• An ending so
shocking you wouldn’t believe us if we told you!
• A key story in the ongoing Transformers
saga!
