Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 3rd June 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here).
This week sees the release of Arcadia #2 by British writer Alex Paknadel, drawn by Eric Scott Pfeiffer, which saw its first issue go to a second printing (read our preview of #2 here). Also worth looking out for are two indie titles – Verity Fair Book One: Custard Creams & Pink Elephants by Terry Wiley, published by Britain’s Borderline Press (we have some pages here) and the impressive-looking Drawn and Quarterly 25 Years Of Contemporary Cartoon Comic & Graphic Novel, celebrating the American independent publisher’s quarter-century with new and rare archival comics and essays, including work by Kate Beaton, Tom Gauld and Rutu Modan, alongside rare and never-before-seen work from the likes of Shigeru Mizuki, Guy Delisle, Chris Ware and Art Spiegelman, all wrapped in a cover by Tom Gauld.
Elsewhere, the hugely talented PJ Holden (Judge Dredd, Numbercruncher, Dept. of Monsterology) is back in the limelight, with art on Famous Monsters Presents Gunsuits #1 (cover above) written by Paul Tobin. Armoured warriors and monsters with lots of tentacles – what more do you need to search this out? And also look out for Uncanny Season 2 #3 from Andy Diggle, wrapped in a simply stunning cover by Jock!
Don’t forget that despite many British publishers lack of faith in full-blown cover to cover comic strip action and humour, there are still comics on sale in newsagents that still delight in bringing you such subversive delights, including The Beano, Commando, Judge Dredd Megazine, Panini’s superhero titles and VIZ, with great strips also featuring in titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, Titan’s Doctor Who Comic (collecting their strips from the US format titles) Mega, TOXIC and many others.
The Hachette Judge Dredd Collection is also on sale now, but you may now have to subscribe if you want to continue buying it as Part Works are not distributed in newsagents after their first few issues.
Plus, the wonderful Phoenix Comic is on sale in all Waitrose supermarkets as well as available on subscription and through its dedicated iPad app.
British Publishers
2000AD/Rebellion
2000AD Prog 1933
This week’s all-action cover art featuring Judge Dredd is the work of top veteran art droid, Richard Elson.
JUDGE DREDD // BREAKING BUD By John Wagner and Richard Elson (Art)
Mega-City One, 2137 AD. Home to 50 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, where crime is rampant. Tensions run a constant knife-edge and only the zero-tolerance Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law! Now, time cops from the future are retrieving a highly powerful bracelet…
SLÁINE // PRIMORDIAL By Pat Mills and Simon Davis (Art)
Albion, in a time of legend. Celtic warrior SLÁINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of Ireland. After ruling for seven years, he travelled through time to fight for the Goddess in other eras before returning to save his people from the Fomorian sea devils. Now, having journeyed to the Isle of Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune Lords, he’s being hunted by Trojan soldiers… P
FUTURE SHOCKS // THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BOB By INJ Culbard
Out in the vast reaches of the universe, there are an infinite number of stories waiting to be told. From chronicles of the lowliest swamp denizens in backwater galaxies to the rise and fall of rulers of entire star systems, anything is possible in these twisted tales. Abandon your preconceptions, expect the unexpected, and take a trip beyond the edges of the imagination…
THARG’S 3RILLERS // COMMERCIAL BREAK by Eddie Robson & Mike Collins
Three episodes, one complete, self-contained story — a condensed hit of super-charged Thrill-power beamed to you directly from the Nerve Centre! The Lake District, 1997. Daisy, Annie and Leo are three friends hanging out in the town of Osterpool, where nothing very much happens. But a dying alien has passed them the power of Brixels, organic material that can create anything — and its enemies want to get hold of it…
STRONTIUM DOG // THE STIX FIX by John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra
Late 22nd century. After the Atomic Wars, many survivors were warped by the Strontium 90 fallout. These ‘mutants’ became a victimised underclass, forced into ghettos, and the only career open to them was bounty hunting. One such Search/Destroy agent, or STRONTIUM DOG, is Johnny Alpha, who was thought killed. Now, he’s found the kidnapped NKD leader Jim Jing Jong, and has anticipated a double-cross…
ABC Warriors: Return to Mars
Writer: Pat Mills Artist/Cover Artist: Clint Langley
Mars, the far future. Tasked with increasing the peace on the war-ravaged Red Planet, the A.B.C. Warriors are reunited with one of their oldest number – the mechanic known as Tubal Caine AKA Happy Shrapnel. As Happy explains how he died and was subsequently resurrected by Medusa (the planetary consciousness). Happy’s story exposes the identity of the villain responsible for most of the trouble on Mars – “the father of all A.B.C. Warriors” needs to be executed, and the Warriors are going to need the help of another old ally to carry out the mission!
• Read Antony Esmond’s preview of ABC Warriors: Return to Mars
Borderline Press
VerityFair Book One: Custard Creams & Pink Elephants
By Terry Wiley
Who is Verity Bourneville? She’s a mess, a loudmouth, a waver of hands and a pain in the neck. She’s a bit-part actress and occasional drunken buffoon. She has sticking-out ears, a heart of gold and too many miles on the clock, in search of a decent role and a good night’s sleep. Will she be able to unravel her past to give herself a brighter future? This is a story that will trip you up, surprise you and warm the cockles of your heart (even though that’s not where cockles come from!).
NoBrow Press
The Spectators Graphic Novel
Writer, Artist and Cover Artist: Victor Hussenot
The Spectators unfolds as a poetic and philosophical introspection on the nature of man. Reminiscent of French New Wave cinema with its clipped dialogue, gentle pacing, and departure from a classic narrative structure, Spectators is an exciting new graphic novel by a unique illustrator.
• Read Antony Esmond’s review of The Spectators
Titan Comics
Cat With Really Big Head Graphic Novel
Writer, Artist and Cover Artist: Roman Dirge
The gothic Michelangelo of the macabre and creator of Lenore: The Cute Little Dead Girl, Roman Dirge is back with a collection of two of his strangest and weirdest tales that take us from the biggest headed cat in the whole universe into the centre of a man’s body! The lead story is the tragic tale of a cat called Cat and his stupidly enormous over-sized head as he struggles with day-to-day problems like coping with hairballs, trying to eat Chunky Beef Chunk With Beef catfood or dealing with the neighbourhood mouse, Mr. Stinky and his army of annoying mice. Life hasn’t dealt Cat a good hand, but still there’s always the prospect of reincarnation and a better life, isn’t there?
Doctor Who 12th #8 (Variant Covers)
Writer: Robbie Morrison Artist: Brian Williamson
The thrilling finale of “The Fractures” is here – and it will get under your skin! Bursting from a twisted parallel universe and clawing their way through the void, the Fractures are here, and nothing could prepare the Doctor for their insidious assault on reality! The Doctor, Clara, and UNIT must battle the Fractures, as they slip through the cracks in our world to wear the skin and bodies of innocent people, puppeteering them from the inside! When the war spills out of quiet suburbia and threatens the world, it will take a father and daughter, separated by whole universes, to bring the conflict to an end!
US Comic Publishers
Dark Horse Comics
Age Of Reptiles Ancient Egyptians #1
Angel And Faith Season 10 #15
Baltimore Cult Of The Red King #2
Captain Midnight Trade Paperback Volume 5
Complete Pistolwhip Hard Cover
Courageous Princess Hard Cover Volume 2 Unremembered Lands
Eerie Archives Hard Cover Volume 19
Fathers Day Trade Paperback
Frankenstein Mad Science Of Dick Briefer Trade Paperback
Hero Hard Cover Volume 1
Neverboy #4
Rat God #5
Sundowners Trade Paperback Volume 1
Usagi Yojimbo Saga Limited Edition Hard Cover Volume 3
Usagi Yojimbo Saga Trade Paperback Volume 3
Witcher Fox Children #3
DC Comics
Action Comics #41
Bat Mite #1
Batman Arkham Knight #5
Batman Beyond #1
Batman Noir The Dark Knight Returns Deluxe Edition Hard Cover
Bizarro #1
Flash Season Zero #9
Grayson Hard Cover Volume 1 Agents Of Spyral (N52)
Green Arrow #41
Green Arrow Trade Paperback Volume 3 The Trial Of Oliver Queen
Green Lantern #41
Justice League #41 (Note Price)
Lobo #7
Looney Tunes #225
Midnighter #1
Mortal Kombat X #7 (Mature Readers)
Omega Men #1
Swamp Thing Trade Paperback Volume 6 The Sureen (N52)
Wonder Woman Annual #1
Worlds Finest Trade Paperback Volume 5 Homeard Bound (N52)
IDW Publishing
GI Joe A Real American Hero #214
Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Newspaper Comics Hard Cover Volume 1 1977-1979
Angry Birds Transformers Hard Cover Age Of Eggstinction
Bigger Bang Trade Paperback
Bravo For Adventure Hard Cover
D4ve #5
Dragonlance Classics Trade Paperback Volume 1
Gi Joe A Real American Hero #214 – Second Printing
Jem & The Holograms #1 Plugged In Ed – Second Printing
Maxx Maxximized #20
Millennium #5
My Little Pony Friends Forever #17
Samurai Jack #20
The Last Fall #4
Tmnt Mutanimals #4
Tmnt New Animated Adventures #23
Tmnt Ongoing Trade Paperback Volume 11 Attack On Technodrome
Transformers Vs Gi Joe #7
Winterworld Frozen Fleet #2
Image Comics
Airboy #1 (Mature Readers)
Writer: James Robinson Artist/Cover Artist: Greg Hinkle
Worlds and minds explode in a brand-new series!
When acclaimed comics author JAMES ROBINSON (Starman, Fantastic Four) is hired to write a reboot of the 1940s action hero Airboy, he’s reluctant to do yet another Golden Age reboot. Just what the hell has happened to his career-?! His marriage?! His life?! Hey, it’s nothing that a drink can’t fix.
It’s after one such night of debauchery with artist GREG HINKLE that the project really comes into its own. Quite literally. Because Airboy himself appears to set the two depraved comic book creators on the straight and narrow.
But is the task too much for our hero?
Autumnlands Tooth & Claw #6 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Big Man Plans #3 Cvr A Powell (Mature Readers)
Covenant #1 (Variant Covers)
Criminal Trade Paperback Volume 5: The Sinners (Mature Readers)
Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist/Cover Artist: Sean Phillips
Tracy Lawless returns with a vengeance in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image Comics.
One year after the events of Criminal Volume 2: Lawless, Tracy Lawless is still a man caught between a history of violence and his own conscience. And now the worst bad guy in the world is tasked with a new job: Solving a series of murders of untouchable crime lords.
CRIMINAL returns to its hard-hitting pulp roots!
Death Vigil #7 (Mature Readers)
Empty #4
Fuse Trade Paperback Volume 2 Gridlock (Mature Readers)
Writer: Antony Johnston Artist/Cover Artist: Justin Greenwood
22,000 MILES UP, THERE IS (STILL) NO BACKUP.
They call it “Gridlocking” – maglev-bike races across the Fuse’s vast solar arrays. Fast, dangerous, and very illegal. So when the Number One gridlock racer turns up dead, Klem and Ralph begin their own race to catch a killer…in a case that will force them into the dark underbellies of drug smuggling and terrorism in zero-g!
Collects THE FUSE #7-12
Humans #5 (Mature Readers)
Jupiter’s Circle #3 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Wilfredo Torres, Davide Gianfelice Cover Artist: Frank Quitely
Fitz Fenton is part of America’s greatest super-team. When he meets a sweet small-town girl on one of his missions, sparks fly-but at what cost? With his family back home and his teammates to contend with, Fitz must choose between a promising new life and the respect of those he holds dear.
Mice Templar V Nights End #3 (Variant Covers)
Minimum Wage So Many Bad Decisions #2 (Mature Readers)
Morning Glories #46 (Mature Readers)
Nailbiter #13 (Mature Readers)
No Mercy #3
Writer: Alex De Campi Artist/Cover Artist: Carla Speed McNeil
A long and vicious night ends in savage recriminations, fire…and death. Sister Ines, along with the evening’s unlikely hero, go in search of rescue.
Nonplayer #1 – 4th Printing (Mature Readers)
Nonplayer #2 (Mature Readers)
Wicked & Divine #11 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist/Cover Artist: Jamie McKelvie
The end of Fandemonium. The end of Ragnarock. The end of the arc. The start of something else. Everything’s going to be okay.
Zero #17 (Mature Readers)
Marvel Comics
All New X-Men #41
Amazing Spider-Man #18.1
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #1 (Secret Wars)
Armor Wars #1 (Secret Wars)
Writer: James Robinson Artist: Marcio Takara Cover Artist: Paul Rivoche
A SHADOW FALLS OVER AN ARMOURED UTOPIA!
• TECHNOPOLIS: Amazing Domain of science and wonder created by rival genius brothers TONY AND ARNO STARK. A utopia except… a unique disease forces EVERYONE to wear armour to live and breathe.
• In this armoured land a hero is murdered and the killer’s identity a mystery Baron Tony Stark must solve.
• But in doing so, will Technopolis be forced into a civil war?
Rated T+
Avengers Millennium Trade Paperback
Darth Vader #6
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Salvador Larroca Cover Artist: Adi Granov
• The Emperor’s machinations revealed!
• Everything changes for Vader!
• The tale of Vader’s transformation from A New Hope to The Empire Strikes Back continues!
Rated T
Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Future Imperfect #1 (Secret Wars)
Giant Size Little Marvel AVX #1 (Secret Wars)
Groot #1
Writer: Jeff Loveness Artist: Brian Kesinger Cover Artist: Declan Shalvey
• For the first time ever, the most famous talking-tree-thing in the Marvel Universe is starring in his own series! You might recognize him from Guardians of the Galaxy, the biggest movie of 2014.
• When Rocket and Groot are on an intergalactic roadtrip and calamity strikes, the two get separated – and for the first time in years, Groot’s on his own!
• Written by comedic ace Jeff Loveness (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and drawn by Marvel Comics newcomer Brian Kesinger (Disney Animation), get a front row seat for EXPLOSIONS, SPACE SHARKS, ALIENS, AND INTERGALACTIC HITCHIKING (YEAH, BABY! YOU READ THAT RIGHT.)!
• Whatever may be coming Groot’s way, one thing’s for sure — it’s going to be a GROOT adventure!
Rated T
Guardians Team-Up #6
House Of Hem Trade Paperback
Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars Battleworld Box Set Slipcase Hard Cover
Writer/Artist/Cover Artist: Various
Get the complete legacy of Marvel’s SECRET WARS saga in this action-packed, eleven-volume box set! Featuring the original heroes-vs.-villains showdown on the Beyonder’s Battleworld, the big B’s journey to Earth and the line-wide crossover that ensued, Nick Fury’s highly hush-hush Secret War, and more! All the tie-ins, follow-ups and alternate takes – including a Spidey-centric look at the first Secret Wars, the wildest Thing adventure of all time, and a rematch of good and evil as a very different group get whisked to Battleworld! Plus: an entire volume full of all the special features we could find, as well as a poster showcasing Alex Ross’ sublime version of the iconic cover to SECRET WARS #1! This is one box set that goes above and Beyonder!
Includes MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: TO BATTLEWORLD AND BACK PREMIERE HC, MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS PREMIERE HC, THING: BATTLEWORLD PREMIERE HC, SECRET WARS II VOL. 1 PREMIERE HC, SECRET WARS II VOL. 2 PREMIERE HC, SECRET WARS II VOL. 3 PREMIERE HC, SECRET WARS II VOL. 4 PREMIERE HC, MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS AFTERMATH PREMIERE HC, SECRET WAR PREMIERE HC, BEYOND THE SECRET WARS PREMIERE HC, MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: BEHIND THE SCENES PREMIERE HC; POSTER.
Rated T+
Marvel Universe Ant-Man Digest Trade Paperback
Master Of Kung Fu #2 (Secret Wars)
Marvel Masterworks Not Brand Echh Hard Cover Volume 1
Princess Leia #4
Secret Wars #3
Secret Wars Battleworld #2 (Secret Wars)
Spider-Woman #8
Star Wars #6
Writer: Jason Aaron Artist/Cover Artist: John Cassaday
• Luke vs. Boba Fett! Han Solo in hot water!
• This is “the comic book you’re looking for!” – Comic Book Resources
Rated T
Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Star Wars Marvel Years Omnibus Hard Cover Volume 2
Superior Iron Man #9
Thanos Infinity Relativity OGN Hard Cover
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6
Venom By Remender Complete Collection Trade Paperback Volume 1
Wolverines #20
X-Tinction Agenda #1 (Secret Wars)
Years Of Future Past #1 (Secret Wars)
Other Publishers
Ajin Graphic Novel Volume 5 Demi Human
Arcadia #2
Writer: Alex Paknadel Artist: Eric Scott Pfeiffer Cover Artist: Matt Taylor
In Arcadia, a child psychologist assesses Giacomo, the son of the digital Lee and Sam, and discovers there’s something very different about him. Lee is pulled out of a plastic surgery procedure by officials and flown to Beijing to examine a Homesteader’s corpse. Officials believe that the real world is conspiring to introduce death into Arcadia. In the real world, Valentin confronts Lee about his illegal midnight calls to his suicidal daughter Coral in Arcadia.
Archie #666
Archie Comics Double Digest #261
Assassination Classroom Graphic Novel Volume 4
Big Game Hunters #1
Big Trouble In Little China Trade Paperback Volume 1
Blood Queen Vs Dracula #4
Bloodshot Trade Paperback Volume 6 Glitch And Other Tales
Writer: Peter Milligan & Various Artist: Lewis LaRosa & Various Cover Artist: Lewis LaRosa
A murderer’s row of of comic talents – Peter Milligan (Hellblazer), Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey), B. Clay Moore (JSA: The Liberty Files), Howard Chaykin (American Flagg), Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX), Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), and many more – come together for a collection of stories from throughout the bullet-riddled history of Valiant’s most brutal and relentless hero!
Meet the man behind Bloodshot – or is he? – when one soldier’s untapped killer instinct takes over in “The Glitch”! Then, Russian superpies don’t die easy as “Sleepers” takes Bloodshot deep into the biting cold of a former Soviet state and face to face with an enemy eerily similar to himself. Plus: the origin of Bloodshot retold, Howard Chaykin’s “Protocol”, and much more!
Collecting BLOODSHOT #24, the oversized BLOODSHOT #25 anniversary extravaganza, and an exclusive Director’s Cut of BLOODSHOT #1 – featuring a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes look inside the Script, art, and character designs of the blockbuster first issue that set Bloodshot in motion!
Blue Exorcist Graphic Novel Volume 13
Bravest Warriors #33
Brides Of Helheim #6 (Mature Readers)
Broken World #1
Bunker #11 (Mature Readers)
Bunker Trade Paperback Volume 2 (Mature Readers)
Crossed Badlands #75 Deluxe Collection Box Set (Mature Readers)
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Rafa Ortiz Cover Artist: Fernando Heinz
Prepare for C-Day 2015 with all ten of the solicited Crossed: Badlands #75 covers in this deluxe box set, and three exclusive editions! The Regular, Wraparound, Torture, Art Deco, Femme Fatale, Homo Tortor, Ritual, Megafauna Mayhem, Terror Birds, and the Red Crossed order incentive are included. But that is not all! You also get two Crossed: Badlands #75 exclusive VIP editions and the super-rare Saber Tooth cover, all three of those only available in this boxed set! A $90 value for only $49.99! Limited to just 500 sets, these are sure to go fast!
Crossed Badlands #78 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Rafa Ortiz Cover Artist: Fernando Heinz
Kieron Gillen explores ancient history and a point where the human species was nearly wiped out by a tribe of monstrous killers. And in the present, the search for the man whose theory of the Homo Tortor was mocked reaches a frenzied pace as he may have the only true understanding of what the Crossed plague is. Monsters and madmen collide in a one of a kind Crossed tale that is one part apocalypse and one part prehistoric slaughter. There is no help, there is no hope. There is only the Crossed. Available with Regular and Wraparound Covers by Fernando Heinz, Torture Cover by Raulo Caceres, Art Deco Cover by Michael DiPascale, and a Megafauna Mayhem and Red Crossed Incentive Covers also by Heinz.
Crypt Of Horror #25
D Frag Graphic Novel Volume 5
D&Q 25 Years Of Contemporary Cartoon Comic & Graphic Novel Hard Cover (Mature Readers)
Writer/Artist: Kate Beaton & Various Cover Artist: Various
North America’s pioneering comics publisher celebrates its quarter-century with new and rare archival comics; essays from Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Lemony Snicket, and more! Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels is a massive 800-page hardcover thank-you letter to the cartoonists whose steadfast belief in a Canadian micro-publisher never wavered. With hundreds of pages of new and rare comics by Drawn & Quarterly cartoonists, D+Q: 25 features new work by Kate Beaton, Chester Brown, Michael DeForge, Tom Gauld, Miriam Katin, Rutu Modan, James Sturm, Jillian Tamaki, Yoshihiro Tatsumi alongside rare and never-before-seen work from Shigeru Mizuki, Guy Delisle, Lynda Barry, Chris Ware, Julie Doucet, Anders Nilsen, Art Spiegelman, and Adrian Tomine, and a cover by Tom Gauld.
Editor Tom Devlin digs into the company archives for rare photographs, correspondence, and comics; assembles biographies, personal reminiscences, and interviews with key D+Q staff; and curate’s essays by Margaret Atwood, Lemony Snicket, Sheila Heti, Jonathan Lethem, Deb Olin Unferth, Heather O’Neill, Chris Ware, and noted comics Scholars.
North America’s pioneering comics publisher celebrates its quarter-century with new and rare archival comics; a rare chance to witness a literary movement in progress; how a group of dedicated artists and their publisher changed the future of a century-old medium.
Dead Drop #2 (Variant Covers)
Dragon Ball 3in1 Trade Paperback Volume 9
Fairy Tail Graphic Novel Volume 48
Feathers #6
Flash Gordon Omnibus Trade Paperback Volume 1 Man From Earth
Famous Monsters Presents Gunsuits #1 (Variant Covers)
Writer: Paul Tobin Artist/Cover Artist: P. J. Holden
Potts is a gunsuit pilot engaged in all-out war with horrific tentacled creatures who appear to be from another planet, except in the world of Gunsuits, where wormholes lead to an infinite number of alternate universes, nothing is that simple. Potts is about to come face to face with herself. From the writer of Prometheus and the artist of Numbercruncher!
Food Wars Shokugeki No Soma Graphic Novel Volume 6 (Mature Readers)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales Oz Reign Of Witch Queen #2 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Grimm’s Fairy Tales Wonderland #36(Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Girls Und Panzer Graphic Novel Volume 4
Gronk A Monsters Story Graphic Novel Volume 3
Halogen #4
Help Us Great Warrior #4
Imperium #2 – Second Printing
Writer: Joshua Dysart Artist: Doug Braithwaite Cover Artist: Raul Allen
From Valiant Entertainment. A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad Scientist, a murderous alien and a super powered terrorist are about to try and take over the world … And you’re going to be rooting for them every step of the way. This is Imperium.
Imperium #5 (Variant Covers)
Justice Inc Avenger #1 (Variant Covers)
Justice Inc Trade Paperback Volume 1
Kamisama Kiss Graphic Novel Volume 18
Kimi Ni Todoke Graphic Novel Volume 21 From Me To You
King The Phantom #3
Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Ryan Cody, Scott Godlewski Cover Artist: Declan Shalvey
Magical guest stars! Heyyyyyy…what’s Mandrake the Magician doing in The Phantom’s book? (Hint: Saving Phantom’s life, hopefully) Will magic be a help or hindrance for our purple punching pugilist? And at long last… has the missing next Phantom been found?
Last Zombie Zomnibus Trade Paperback Signed Edition
Legenderry Red Sonja #4
Legenderry Vampirella #4 Rare Davila Virgin
Lola Xoxo Wasteland Madam #2 (variant Covers)
Mage Inc #1
Masks 2 #3
My Little Monster Graphic Novel Volume 8
Naruto Graphic Novel Volume 70
Natsumes Book Of Friends Graphic Novel Volume 18
Ninja Rella Graphic Novel
Ninjak #1 3rd Printing
Ninjak #2 – Second Printing
Phantom #3
Plunder #4
Pokemon Xy Graphic Novel Volume 3
Red Riding Hood Superhero Graphic Novel
Red Sonja Vultures Circle #5
Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics Hard Cover Volume 4
Roy Thomas Presents Planet Comics Hard Cover Volume 8 (May 1944 – Mar 1945)
Roy Thomas Presents Rulah Jungle Goddess Volume 2
Shahrazad #3
Simpsons Illustrated #17
Sixth Gun Valley Of Death #1
Snow White & Seven Robots Graphic Novel
So Cute It Hurts Graphic Novel Volume 1
Sonic Boom #8
Stray #4
Suicide Risk #25
Writer: Mike Carey Artist/Cover Artist: Elena Casagrande
Final issue! Leo must decide between his old life and his new life as the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. Does he save his real family, or the ones they forced
him to love? Does it make a difference?
Swords Of Sorrow #2
Toriko Graphic Novel Volume 28
Uncanny Season 2 #3
Writer: Andy Diggle Artist: Aaron Campbell Cover Artist: Jock
Morgan reveals some hard truths about his brother Deacon Styles. As clairvoyant Holly develops misgivings about her employer, Weaver goes on the offensive.
Vamplets Nightmare Nursery Hard Cover Book 3
War Stories #9 (Variant Covers, Mature Readers)
Writer: Garth Ennis Artist/Cover Artist: Tomas Aria
In the deep, dark woods, Rachel finally learns her saviours’ terrible secret, and struggles to come to terms with the sins of her nation. But as the Soviet advance gets nearer and nearer, she may just take the truth she’s longed for to her grave- in the third and final episode of The Last German Winter. Part three of “The Last German Winter,” by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. Available with Regular &Wraparound Covers by Tomas Aria, and Good Girl Nose Art & Battle Damage Retailer Incentive Covers by Matt Martin.
Woods #13
Magazines
Cinema Retro #32 (Mature Readers)
Comic Shop News #1459
Doctor Who Adventures Magazine #1
Doctor Who Magazine #486
Juxtapoz #174 Jul 2015
Megami Feb 2015
Newtype Feb 2015
Books
Al Parker Illustrator Innovator Hard Cover
Art Of Inside Out Hard Cover
Borb Graphic Novel
Dc Comics New 52 Poster Book Soft Cover
Doc Savage New Adventures Soft Cover Volume 9 Ice Genius
How To Be A Superhero Soft Cover
League Of Regrettable Superheroes
Phoenix Young Adult Novel Soft Cover
Shameless Art Of Attraction Barbara Jensen Soft Cover
Sleep Tight Anna Banana Yr Graphic Novel
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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