(Graphic) Novel Ideas
Take a look at our selection of recommended graphic novel solicitations scheduled for release from May 2019 onwards.
Amazing Spider-Man: Goblin Lives (Epic Collection)
Marvel Comics
Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich, Arnold Drake, Ross Andru,John Romita, Various
It’s horror on the home front when Peter Parker becomes the third wheel to comics’ oddest couple! Yes, Aunt May has found a new special friend: Dr. Otto Octavius! While a klonk on the head may help Spidey forget that one, teaming up with Doc Ock isn’t going to improve his image as Public Enemy No. 1! Spidey battles his way through Ka-Zar, the Vulture and Mysterio, but his deadliest battle is yet to come: Norman Osborn has regained his memory – and the Green Goblin has returned! Spider-Man’s most dangerous foe, the only villain to uncover his identity as Peter Parker, is back with a vengeance – and the two will face off in a gigantic, 58-page magazine masterpiece!
Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #53-67, Spectacular Spider-Man (1968) #1-2, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #14 and material from Not Brand Echh #6 and #11.
In Shops: Jun 19, 2019
Avengers: No Road Home
Marvel Comics
Al Ewing, Jim Zub, Mark Waid, Paco Medina, Sean Izaakse, Yasmin Putri
The team that brought you Avengers: No Surrender reunites for a startling new adventure! Night has fallen across the universe. Now, seven of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – and one surprising new addition – must journey forth to bring back the light. But when the threat they face has destroyed even the gods, will anyone make it home? Nyx, the Queen of Night, will battle the assembled Avengers over the broken bodies of her victims – and Hawkeye will pay the high price of defiance! But what is Nyx’s stunning story? And what trouble will her Children bring? Plus: Scarlet Witch, trapped in a prison of darkness! Spectrum takes command! The Hulk faces Hypnos, Lord of Sleep, in the realm of Nightmare! And are you ready for… Conan the Barbarian?!
Collecting Avengers: No Road Home #1-10.
In Shops: Jun 12, 2019
Batman: Damned (HC)
DC Comics
Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo
The first new series from DC Black Label is collected in a spectacular new hardcover!
The Joker is dead. There is no doubt about that. But whether Batman finally snapped his scrawny neck or some other sinister force in Gotham City did the deed is still a mystery.
Problem is, Batman can’t remember… and the more he digs into this labyrinthian case, the more his mind starts to doubt everything he’s uncovering. so who better to set him straight than… John Constantine? Problem with that is as much as John loves a good mystery, he loves messing with people’s heads even more. So with John’s “help,” the pair will delve into the sordid underbelly of Gotham as they race toward the mind-blowing truth of who murdered The Joker.
Batman: Damned is a supernatural horror story told by two of comics’ greatest modern creators-a visceral thrill-ride that proudly puts the “black” in Black Label.
This new collection includes a sketch gallery and other bonus features.
In Shops: Sep 04, 2019
BPRD – Devil You Know Vol.3: Ragna Rok
Dark Horse Comics
Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Dave Stewart, Laurence Campbell
After fifteen years of B.P.R.D. comics, the series reaches its explosive conclusion!
In Shops: Jul 17, 2019
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vol.1
Boom! Studios
Jordie Bellaire, Dan Mora, Matt Taylor
Go back to the beginning as the critically acclaimed pop culture phenomenon Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon!
This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil. But her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window, as Jordie Bellaire (Redlands) and Russ Manning Award-winner Dan Mora (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers) bring Buffy into a new era with new challenges, new friends… and a few enemies you might already recognize. But the more things change, the more they stay the same, as the Gang faces brand new Big Bads, and the threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High confirms what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell.
Collects issues #1-4.
In Shops: May 08, 2019
Cemetery Beach
Image Comics
Warren Ellis, Jason Howard
A professional pathfinder breaks out of a torture cell in pursuit of his worst extraction scenario ever: escaping on foot across a sprawling and secret off-world colony established a hundred years ago and filled with generations of lunatics. His only ally? A disaffected young murderess.
From Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, the creators of the critically acclaimed Trees, which is currently being adapted for television.
Collects Cemetery Beach #1-7.
In Shops: Jun 05, 2019
Copra Vol.1
Image Comics
Michel Fiffe
They’re ugly. They’re mean. But up until today, they’ve always been loyal. So when one of their own betrays them, Copra has no choice but to turn their nightmarish skills back on everyone who ever even looked at them funny.
Here it is: the first six issues of Michel Fiffe’s critically acclaimed superhero revenge machine.
Collects Copra #1-6.
In Shops: May 01, 2019
Crimson Lotus
Dark Horse Comics
John Arcudi, Mindy Lee, Michelle Madsen, Tonci Zonjic
The Crimson Lotus began life as a young girl whose family was caught up in the Russo-Japanese war. Thirty years later, she exacts her revenge against those who wronged her, with terrifying results! Two spies in China must try to chase her down before they become just another pair of flies in her web.
Collects issues #1-5 of the series, plus bonus material.
In Shops: Jul 03, 2019
Dear Justice League
DC Comics
Michael Northrop, Gustavo Durate
The greatest heroes in the DC Universe, the Justice League of America, answer mail from their biggest fans – kids! – courtesy of Michael Northrop, New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, and artist Gustavo Duarte (Bizarro).
Does Superman ever make mistakes? What was Wonder Woman’s 11th birthday like? Does Aquaman smell like fish? In this new middle grade graphic novel, iconic heroes are asked questions both big and small, and when they are not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond. Their honest and humorous answers will surprise and delight readers of any age, as it turns out that being a superhero is not too different from being a kid.
Full of feats, follies, and colorful illustrations, Dear Justice League gives readers the inside scoop on everyday heroics, no matter who wears the cape!
In Shops: Jul 31, 2019
Die Vol.01: Fantasy Heartbreaker
Image Comics
Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans
The Wicked + The Divine writer Kieron Gillen teams up with artist supernova Stephanie Hans (The Wicked + The Divine, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic!
Die is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron’s in a rush, he describes it as “Goth Jumanji”, but that’s only the tip of this critically acclaimed obsidian iceberg.
Collects Die #1-5.
In Shops: Jun 05, 2019
Massive (Omnibus) Vol.1
Dark Horse Comics
Brian Wood, Garry Brown, Kristian Donaldson, Jordie Bellaire, JP Leon
In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, the environmental action trawler Kapital scours the earth’s oceans for its mysteriously missing sister ship, The Massive.
This first-ever omnibus collects The Massive #0-15.
In Shops: Jul 03, 2019
Middlewest – Book 1
Image Comics
Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Mike Huddleston
The lands between the coasts are vast, slow to change, and full of hidden magics. The town of Farmington has been destroyed, sending an unwitting adventurer and his vulpine companion in search of answers-and to quell a coming storm that speaks his name.
From author Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Deadpool, Fortunately, The Milk) and artist Jorge Corona (No.1 With a Bullet, Feathers, Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack) comes the tale of Abel, a young boy who must navigate an old land in order to reconcile his family’s history.
The perfect read for fans of dark fantasy like Return to Oz, classic Don Bluth animation, and/or Miyazaki animation.
Collects Middlewest #1-6.
In Shops: May 22, 2019
Sonic the Hedgehog Vol.3: Battle for Angel Island
IDW Publishing
Ian Flynn, Tracy Yardley, Evan Stanley, Nathalie Fourdraine
A powerful new foe has set his sights on Angel Island, and Sonic and his friends must defend it at all costs!
When Neo Metal Sonic – an evil robot with Sonic’s speed, Dr. Eggman’s intellect, and an unbreakable mechanical body – conquers the island to grow his power even more, Sonic and his friends must team up and take the fight to him. But even with the full power of the Resistance behind him, will Sonic be able to take down Neo Metal Sonic once and for all?
Collects Sonic the Hedgehog #9-12.
In Shops: Jul 17, 2019
Sugar Vol.1
Image Comics
Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung, Yishan Li
A companion book to both Sunstone and Swing, Sugar is about a couple who embark on a relationship that starts as more of an arrangement and ends with them falling in love… but that love has consequences!
Julia works three jobs and is trying to finish college in her early 20’s. John is recently divorced, still stinging from that breakup and trying to start anew. Neither has ever done anything like this before and the emotional swings they face challenge what could be a perfect match.
In Shops: Apr 17, 2019
They Called Us Enemy
IDW Publishing
George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steve Scott, Harmony Becker
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father’s – and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.
In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon – and America itself – in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
In Shops: Jul 17, 2019
Tomb Raider (Omnibus) Vol.1
Dark Horse Comics
Gail Simone, Rhianna Pratchett, Derlis Santa Cruz, Nicolas Daniel Selma, Various
Collected in a softcover omnibus for the very first time, and with over 450 pages of material, this is a must-have for all Tomb Raider fans!
This collection fully compiles issues #1-18 of Dark Horse’s 2014 Tomb Raider series, as well as a bonus prequel issue to Crystal Dynamics’ highly successful 2013 reboot of the franchise, Tomb Raider: The Beginning.
In Shops: Jul 24, 2019
United States vs Murder Inc Vol.1
DC Comics
Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming
Years ago, the five families of organized crime had such a stranglehold over the American public that the U.S. government found itself forced to give up part of the country or lose all of it. Now the unrest between America and the families has come to a boil. A war is about to come-a war no one is ready for. Newly made man Valentine Gallo and mob hit woman Jagger Rose find themselves torn over which side of the war they want to be on.
Collects the new six-issue miniseries!
In Shops: Jun 12, 2019
William Gibson’s Alien 3 (HC)
Dark Horse Comics
William Gibson, Johnnie Christmas, Tamra Bonvillain, Johnnie Christmas
This is the official adaptation of the original screenplay for Alien 3, written by William Gibson, the award-winning science fiction author of the cyberpunk cult classic Neuromancer. You’ll see familiar characters and places – but not all is the same in this horrifying Cold War thriller!
Collects William Gibson’s Alien 3 #1-5.
In Shops: Jul 24, 2019
Witcher Vol.4: Of Flesh and Flame
Dark Horse Comics
Aleksandra Motyka, Marianna Strychowska
Geralt is summoned by an old acquaintance to help solve a mystery involving his daughter. Upon arriving to investigate the situation, however, Geralt finds Dandelion, and the duo unexpectedly find themselves transported to regions beyond. Geralt works to defeat the dark forces plaguing the land, but discovers that the situation only leads to more trouble and results in all signs pointing toward him as the prime suspect.
Collects issues #1-4 of the series.
In Shops: Jul 03, 2019