(Graphic) Novel Ideas

ALIENS: DEAD ORBIT

DARK HORSE COMICS

James Stokoe

After a horrific accident strikes a space station, an engineering officer must use all available tools-a timer, utility kit, and his wits-to survive an attack from the deadliest creature known to man. Collects issues #1-#4 of the thrilling and claustrophobic Aliens story Dead Orbit, penned by Orc Stain creator James Stokoe!

In Shops: Nov 01, 2017

AVENGERS: STANDOFF

MARVEL COMICS

Nick Spencer, Marc Guggenheim, Gerry Duggan, Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Joshua Williamson, Frank Barbiere, Mark Bagley, Daniel Acuna, German Peralta, Ryan Stegman, Mahmud A. Asrar, Adam Kubert, Gerardo Sandoval, Marcus To, Paul Renaud, Mike Henderson, Brent Schoonover, Jesus Saiz

On his 75th anniversary, Captain America is about to face a challenge unlike any other. Prepare for an assault on... Pleasant Hill! Three shield-wielders past and present - Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson - find themselves in a standoff, with high and very personal stakes. And as this tense conflict quickly escalates out of control, it draws in three teams of Avengers, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more! But it all begins in an idyllic community with friendly neighbors - and a terrible, dark secret. What is going on behind Pleasant Hill's closed doors?

Collecting Avengers Standoff: Welcome To Pleasant Hill; Avengers Standoff: Assault On Pleasant Hill Alpha and </em>Omega; Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #3-4; Uncanny Avengers (2015-B) #7-8; All-New, All-Different Avengers #7-8; New Avengers (2015) #8-10; Captain America: Sam Wilson #7-8; Illuminati #6</em> and Howling Commandos Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6.

In Shops: Oct 11, 2017

BATGIRL VOL.2: SON OF THE PENGUIN

DC COMICS

Hope Larson, Jonathan Lam, Inaki Miranda, Chris Wildgoose

For Barbara Gordon, things take a turn for the strange when the new tech mogul moving into her neighborhood turns out to be the estranged son of the Penguin! But Ethan Cobblepot isn't what she expected, and Babs might just be falling for him! Will he turn out to be the hero he says he is, or the villain he was born to be?

Collects Batgirl #7-11 and Batgirl - Annual #1.

In Shops: Oct 18, 2017

BATMAN - DETECTIVE COMICS VOL.3: LEAGUE

DC COMICS

James Tynion IV, Marcio Takara, Christian Duce, Fernando Blanco, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira

The next big Detective arc explodes here as the League of Shadows goes from mysterious rumor to deadly fact! With two new members on the team, Azrael and Batwing, will the Dark Knight's squadron of crime-fighters be able to discover the League's plan? And what deadly personal secret will be unleashed on the team?

Don't miss this title collecting Detective Comics #950-956.

In Shops: Oct 04, 2017

BATMAN - UNWRAPPED: DEATH OF THE FAMILY (HC)

DC COMICS

Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jock, Greg Capullo

After having his face sliced off, The Joker makes his horrifying return to Gotham City in this epic from issues #13-17 that shook Batman to his core! But even for a man who's committed a lifetime of murder, he's more dangerous than ever before. How can Batman protect his city and those he's closest to?

These stories are presented in black and white for the first time in this new hardcover!

In Shops: Dec 13, 2017

BEST WISHES (HC)

DARK HORSE COMICS

Mike Richardson, Paul Chadwick

When two strangers cast coins into a Central Park fountain, their dreams and desires become supernaturally intertwined. Cal wants fame and respect, and Mary craves true love from her pro quarterback boyfriend, but destiny weaves a tangled fabric. A tale of New York, meme madness, fame's price, and secrets of the heart.

Best Wishes in an original graphic novel, never before published by Mike Richardson, writer of 47 Ronin and Echoes, and Paul Chadwick, the award-winning creator of Concrete.

Best Wishes is Chadwick's first published comics work since 2013!

In Shops: Nov 08, 2017

CALL OF DUTY: ZOMBIES

DARK HORSE COMICS

Justin Jordan, Jonathan Wayshak, Simon Bisley

Join Stuhlinger, Misty, Russman, and Marlton as they fight for survival against the undead horde. The Tranzit crew, last seen in the "Buried" map, are trapped on a deeply unstable and fractured future Earth.

The Call of Duty: Zombies miniseries delves into these characters' backstories, providing a crucial piece of the Zombies puzzle. See what happens between the maps as the Tranzit crew fights to escape Maxis' apocalyptic wasteland.

Collects issues #1-6.

In Shops: Nov 15, 2017

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - NEW GUARD VOL.4: GROUNDED

MARVEL COMICS

Brian Michael Bendis, Valerio Schiti, Arthur Adams, Various

The Guardians of the Galaxy have been grounded! The spacefaring super heroes are stuck, of all places, on Earth. And to make matters worse, they're also not necessarily a team anymore. What's an urban spaceman like Peter Quill to do? As Groot explores the world's forests, can Angela of Heven find a place among the heroes of Midgard? Meanwhile, the most dangerous woman in the galaxy becomes S.H.I.E.L.D.'s deadliest target - but Gamora won't be stopped until she kills Thanos! And speaking of ol' purple-puss, with the team scattered to the winds, could the Mad Titan be the only thing that could bring the band back together? Brian Michael Bendis concludes his Guardians era with a blockbuster finish!

Collecting Guardians Of The Galaxy (2015) #15-19.

In Shops: Oct 18, 2017

JAMES BOND: CASINO ROYALE (HC)

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

Ian Fleming, Van Jensen, Dennis Calero, Faye Dalton

Ian Fleming's literary debut of British Secret Service agent 007 is stylishly adapted to the sequential art medium by Van Jensen and Matt Southworth in the official James Bond: Casino Royale graphic novel.

Sent to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux, Bond aims to eliminate the threat of the deadly Le Chiffre by bankrupting the ruthless SMERSH operative at the baccarat table.

In Shops: Oct 04, 2017

KINGSMAN: SECRET SERVICE

IMAGE COMICS

Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons

The Secret Service: Kingsman is the critically acclaimed comic book series by Kick-Ass writer Mark Millar and Watchmen's Dave Gibbons. Now a Hollywood blockbuster starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton, and directed by Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman reinvents the spy genre for the 21st century. The story follows a British secret agent who takes his wayward nephew under his wing and trains him to become a gentleman spy. Together, they uncover a plot that links kidnapped celebrities with a plot to eradicate 90 percent of the human race!

This 2017 edition comes with a limited edition Fox Movie cover and a brand-new cover by Dave Gibbons, revealed in August.

Collects The Secret Service #1-6.

In Shops: Sep 06, 2017

MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE - ADAPTATION

IDW PUBLISHING

Lauren Faust, Rita Hsiao, Megan McCarthy, Michael Vogel, Various

Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy - plus the whole cast of My Little Pony - are ready for all-new adventures, pulled right from the feature-length film coming to theaters in 2017!

Lighting up theaters everywhere in October, and featuring new stories, songs, and characters to celebrate the occasion, the first new My Little Pony movie in more than a generation is ready to capture audiences by storm.

In Shops: Oct 04, 2017

NICK CAVE: MERCY ON ME

SELFMADEHERO

Reinhard Kleist, Reinhard Kleist

Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output - always uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense - is defined by an extraordinary gift for storytelling.

In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist employs a cast of characters drawn from Cave's music and writing to tell the story of a formidable artist and influencer. Kleist paints an expressive and enthralling portrait of Cave's childhood in Australia; his early years fronting The Birthday Party; the sublime highs of his success with The Bad Seeds; and the crippling lows of his battle with heroin. Kleist's graphic biography, like Cave's songs, is by turns electrifying, sentimental, morbid, and comic - but always engrossing.

In Shops: Sep 20, 2017

ROYAL CITY VOL.1: NEXT OF KIN

IMAGE COMICS

Jeff Lemire

In his most ambitious and most personal project to date, Jeff Lemire spins the captivating and engaging story of a family from the small factory town of Royal City and the ghosts that haunt them.

In a return to the literary and thematic territory of Lemire's breakthrough graphic novel Essex County, Royal City follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing mother, and his browbeaten father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his youngest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades ago.

As each member of the family struggles to keep themselves above water, it quickly becomes clear that Tommy's death isn't the only dark secret tearing the town, and this family, apart at the seams. Can each member of the Pike family come to terms with their own guilt over Tommy's death, and make peace with the many versions of Tommy that still haunt them, or will they all be dragged down below the river along with his lingering ghost?

Royal City promises to be a sprawling serialized graphic novel that will chart the lives, loves, and losses of a troubled family and a vanishing town, across three decades.

Jeff Lemire is the creator of Descender (with Dustin Nguyen), A.D.: After Death (with Scott Snyder), Roughneck, Secret Path (with Gord Downie), Plutona (with Emi Lennox), Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Trillium and The Underwater Welder. He had also written celebrated stories featuring Green Arrow, Animal Man, Bloodshot, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Teen Titans, the Valiant, the X-Men, and Inhumans for the major comic book publishers.

In Shops: Sep 27, 2017

STAR WARS: SCREAMING CITADEL

MARVEL COMICS

Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron, Andrea Broccardo, Salvador Larroca, Marco Checchetto

A rebel pilot and a rogue archaeologist delve side by side into the galaxy's darkest shadows as Luke Skywalker reluctantly joined forces with Doctor Aphra! The not-so-good Doctor will make Luke an offer he can't afford to refuse, leading him to a rare gathering at the heart of the infamous Screaming Citadel! Will Luke find what he's looking for? Can Aphra be trusted? Or will they both wind up victims of the Citadel's queen? And as the unlikely duo enters the lair of one of the most powerful, reclusive and dangerous women in the galaxy, can Han and Leia be far behind them?

Collecting Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel #1, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #7-8 and Star Wars (2015) #31-32.

In Shops: Oct 11, 2017

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOL.1

IDW PUBLISHING

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Peter Laird (A/CA) Kevin Eastman

A thorough look back at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book roots with the original stories plus insightful annotations from co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Rediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with this special collection of Mirage Studios' issues #1-7 along with the Raphael Micro-Series one-shot!

This volume is perfect for fans to relive the glorious days of the Turtles' origins as well as an excellent place for new readers to see where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomena began.

In Shops: Oct 25, 2017

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UNIVERSE VOL.2: NEW STRANGENESS

IDW PUBLISHING

John Lees, Nick Pitarra, Ryan Ferrier, Nick Pitarra, Adam Gorham, Freddie Williams II

Today's best creative teams get a chance to add their mark to the saga of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in exciting stand-alone stories that provide context and sub-plots to the ongoing series.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe expands as new enemies and allies meet for the first time and, what was once safe, turns deadly! Behold the debut of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles's weirdest foe yet: Wyrm! Then, Donatello reboots a new and improved Metalhead only to find that the robot no longer functions entirely as designed... for better and worse! And, Alopex and Nobody are looking for a little rest and relaxation but get more than they ask for when they become the unwilling guests of a never-ending party thrown by the hedonistic Toad Baron!

Collects issues #6-10.

In Shops: Oct 11, 2017

TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT VOL.1

IDW PUBLISHING

James Roberts, Jack Lawrence

Universe united, universe divided! In the aftermath of "Revolution", Rodimus and his crew are stranded with no ship - and no hope of escape!

Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of traumatized, lovelorn and / or sarcastic Autobots set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, they've made a right hash of it. They've misplaced their map. They've lost their ship, the Lost Light, to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they're dead.

Collects issues #1-6.

In Shops: Oct 25, 2017

WALKING DEAD: HERE'S NEGAN (HC)

IMAGE COMICS

Robert Kirkman, Cliff Rathburn, Dave Stewart, Charlie Adlard

Who is Negan? Since his debut in The Walking Dead #100, the charismatic psychopath has antagonized Rick Grimes, murdered his friend with a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire (which he calls "Lucille"), and led the Saviors into war against Alexandria and the neighboring communities. But who was he before society broke down?

That question will be answered here, collecting the "Here's Negan!" story originally serialized in Image + magazine.

In Shops: Oct 04, 2017

WILD STORM VOL.1

DC COMICS

Warren Ellis, Jon Davis-Hunt, Jim Lee, Scott Williams

New York Times best-selling writer Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Red, The Authority) returns to reset the WildStorm universe with new iterations of Grifter, Voodoo, the Engineer, Jenny Sparks and more in this volume collecting issues #1-6 of the hit series.

Everyone is looking up. A man has been thrown from the upper floor of a skyscraper. Angela Spica, sick from the transhuman implants she's buried in her own body - is the only person who can save him.

What she doesn't know is that the act of saving that one man will tip over a vast and secret house of cards that encloses the entire world, if not the inner solar system. This is how the Wild Storm begins, and it may destroy covert power structures, secret space programs and even all of human history.

In Shops: Oct 18, 2017

WONDER WOMAN: REBIRTH - BOOK 1 - DELUXE COLLECTORS EDITION HC

DC COMICS

Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, Bilquis Evely, Matthew Clark, Liam Sharp

In this new Wonder Woman hardcover, after suffering an unimaginable loss, Diana must rebuild her mission as Earth's ultimate protector and champion. However, in the midst of her grief, her Lasso of Truth stopped working! Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman's past unravel her present! Plus, in the definitive tale of Diana's first year as Earth's protector, paradise has been breached, Ares stirs and the Amazons must answer with a champion of their own... one who is willing to sacrifice her home among her sisters to save a world she has never seen. Wonder Woman's journey begins in this epic origin story!

Collects Wonder Woman #1-14 and Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1.

In Shops: Oct 04, 2017