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ARCHIE CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR 2017
ARCHIE COMICS
Various
Get ready for a Christmas spectacular featuring some of Archie’s most festively fun stories!
In Shops: Dec 13, 2017
BACKWAYS #1
AFTERSHOCK COMICS
Justin Jordan, Eleonora Carlini
There is a hidden nation. A nation of magic and madness, one that exists in all the forgotten spaces. Your basement, your attic, the haunted house down the street, anyone of those might be a part of the Backways.
Anna Merrick lost someone in the Backways, and she’ll stop at nothing to get them back. Even if it means unleashing something unimaginable.
From Justin Jordan (Strayer, Green Lantern: New Guardians) and Eleonora Carlini (Batgirl, Doctor Who) comes the brand new series of magic, mystery and mayhem that is sure to appeal to fans of Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia!
In Shops: Dec 20, 2017
BARBARELLA #1
DYNAMITE
Mike Carey, Kenan Yarar, Kenneth Rocafort
Earth’s star-crossed daughter is back!
When Barbarella wanders into a war zone, the theocratic rulers of Parosia arrest and imprison her. A prison break is brewing, but now that she knows what the Parosians do to their own citizens Barbarella decides to make this fight her own…
In Shops: Dec 06, 2017
CEREBUS: THE VARK KNIGHT RETURNS #1
AARDVARK VANAHEIM
Dave Sim, Sandeep Atwal, Gustave Dore, Frank Miller, Lynn Varley
Batvark Invictus; three-part (sorry!) Batvark’s Wedding Vows; Batvark tweets Johnny Depp; also reprints online strips from September 2016: Cerebus goes to see Suicide Squad; King Solomon, rap artist; Cerebus the Party Hat; Xavier Cugat and conga-line snakes; Siamese Twin Girl-Boy and The Aardvarkian League of Justice; building the Poet Laureate Pyramid & The Granite-Slab Freestyle Slalom; “Ode to Beatrice’s JLo Heinie”; Snake Comics; Aardvark-Vanaheim Civil War: Cerebus vs. The Renegade Super-Poets and more!
In Shops: Dec 27, 2017
FAITH’S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1
VALIANT
Marguerite Sauvage
Eisner Award and Russ Manning Award-nominated artistic sensation Marguerite Sauvage (Faith, Shade the Changing Girl) takes the helm for a fanciful tale of Faith Herbert’s very first holiday extravaganza!
As cheer fills the air, Faith “Zephyr” Herbert is about to take a trip down the rabbit hole… and into a mind-bending winter wonderland where every day is something special! But hiding behind the tinsel, all is not what it seems…
White rabbit meets red-nosed reindeer as Faith squares off against a realm of make-believe and merriment for a whimsical flight of superhero fancy, featuring the electrifyingly beautiful artwork of Marguerite Sauvage – one of the fastest rising stars in comics today!
In Shops: Dec 06, 2017
JIM HENSON’S STORYTELLER: FAIRIES #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
Matt Smith
The critically acclaimed Jim Henson’s The Storyteller celebrates four mythic tales of fairies inspired by folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson’s beloved television series.
In this first issue, rising newcomer Matt Smith (Lake of Fire, Barbarian Lord) reimagines the “The Elf Queen and the Shepherd,” a tale of elven fairies in Iceland.
When a Fairy Princess is cursed to the human realm and cursed to bring death with her, Grettir the Strong must discover the source of the trouble and break her curse.
Upcoming issues will include stories by Benjamin Schipper, Tyler Jenkins, and Celia Lowenthal.
In Shops: Dec 20, 2017
JUDAS #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka
Emmy and WGA Award-nominated writer Jeff Loveness (Marvel’s Nova) presents an exploration of the classical biblical character, perfect for fans of Preacher and The Goddamned.
Judas Iscariot journeys through life and death, grappling with his place in “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” and how much of his part was preordained. In a religion built on redemption and forgiveness, one man had to sacrifice himself for everyone…
and it wasn’t Jesus.
In Shops: Dec 13, 2017
KLAUS AND THE CRISIS IN XMASVILLE #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
Grant Morrison, Dan Mora
Eisner Award-winning creator Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman) and Russ Manning Award winner Dan Mora (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers) reunite for a brand-new Klaus Special!
An evil Santa from an alternate dimension has founded an evil soda corporation that uses Christmas and Santa as a marketing tactic to build their fortunes. Only Klaus can defeat the Pola Cola Corp and the zombie-like Santas that are in the evil Santa’s thrall.
In Shops: Dec 06, 2017
QUANTUM AND WOODY #1
VALIANT
Daniel Kibblesmith, Kano, Julian Totino Tedesco
The world’s worst superhero team returns in an explosive new ongoing series!
This December, deeply alarming and untrustworthy writer Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and eyepopping artist Kano (Daredevil) give the Valiant Universe the adjective-worthy superheroes it deserves: Quantum and Woody!
Sometimes… you embrace your destiny. And sometimes… you and your troublemaking adopted brother find yourselves trapped in a scientific lab explosion that grants you [email protected]&%ing awesome superpowers. As a result of their accident, Eric and Woody Henderson – aka Quantum and Woody – must “klang” their wristbands together every 24 hours or both dissipate into nothingness. Which makes superhero-ing pretty awkward when you’re not on speaking terms at the moment. See, Eric has been keeping a pretty big secret: He knows who Woody’s birth father really is… and where he’s been hiding all these years.
With great power comes great sibling rivalry! This winter, you’ll believe two men and one goat can split a one bedroom apartment and still be a credible threat to evil and injustice everywhere when Quantum and Woody make headlines and take names!
In Shops: Dec 20, 2017
ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
Ryan Ferrier, KC Green, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo
Ryan Ferrier (Regular Show) and Ian McGinty (Adventure Time) continue Boom! Studios’ partnership with Nickelodeon with all-new stories about everyone’s favorite wallaby!
When Rocko faces unemployment, a terrible living situation, and increasingly slim job prospects, he is forced to find out just how far he is willing to go to get a job.
Features a backup story by KC Green where Ed Bighead finds himself in the dentist chair of Dr. Hutchison!
In Shops: Dec 06, 2017
UNDER #1
TITAN COMICS
Christophe Bec, Stefano Raffaele, Christian Favrelle, James Stokoe
Some people bury their secrets underground. In Megalopolis, the dirt flows into the sewers.
LT Wilson Jericho, disgraced from his position above ground and now an officer in the sewer police, thinks he knows everything there is to know about what lies beneath. But scientist Sandra Yeatman is determined to discover the truth behind the legends, and something is threatening to crawl out and rip the city apart…
In Shops: Dec 13, 2017