Comic books January 2014

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1st printing.

Written by Brad Meltzer. Art and cover by Chris Eliopoulos.

"Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it," Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography - for his own kids, and for yours. Each book focuses on a particular character trait that made that person heroic. Abraham Lincoln always stayed true to what he knew was right, and thus he freed the country from slavery. Engaging and collectible, these biographies will inspire young kids to strive and dream.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 40 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. Written by Brad Meltzer. Art and cover by Chris Eliopoulos. Bestselling author Brad Meltzer is on a mission to give kids the right role models in this lively, funny picture book biography series. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a vivacious, conversational, accessible way. And each book focuses on a particular character trait that made that person heroic. Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for an answer; she dared to do what no one had ever done before. Engaging and collectible, these biographies will inspire young kids to strive and dream. Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 40 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by JD Calderon. Art by Jerome Jacinto and Daphne Lage Jade Gonzalez.

Collected short comic stories centered around Oswald, a mouse most unusual and the adventures he has with his equally unusual, and fantastic neighbors.

The Oswald Chronicles Vol 2 collects three Oswald Chronicles stories:

The Light That Attracts
Adventure Time Unbidden
How Tender Souls Mourn

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in. 184 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Cover by Pat David. Written by Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch. Art by Qing Ping Mui. After barely surviving the storm, Obama, Tommy, and the other survivors are trapped inside Chet Wayne's house just as the undead night begins to fall! Join all-star creators Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T Mesch (Agent 88) for the fifth installment of the year's most talked-about new zombie book! Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Sam Shearon. Written by Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch. Art by Qing Ping Mui. After barely surviving the storm, Obama, Tommy, and the other survivors are trapped inside Chet Wayne's house just as the undead night begins to fall! Join all-star creators Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T Mesch (Agent 88) for the fifth installment of the year's most talked-about new zombie book! Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

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Cover by Kevin Eastman. Written by Joshua Ortega, Digger T. Mesch. Art by Qing Ping Mui. After barely surviving the storm, Obama, Tommy, and the other survivors are trapped inside Chet Wayne's house just as the undead night begins to fall! Join all-star creators Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T Mesch (Agent 88) for the fifth installment of the year's most talked-about new zombie book! Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

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Written by Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Sam Lofti, Juan Santacruz. Cover by Amanda Connor. PAINKILLER JANE is on a manhunt. The bloody showdown take place in Rockaway, Queens as Jane confronts the man who kidnapped the princess. Meanwhile, father and son strike a dealwith the mysterious government bounty hunter named Churchill, as the princess and her protector go on the run, lost in America. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Written by Jimmy Palmiotti. Art by Juan Santacruz. Cover by Amanda Connor, Dave Johnson. PAINKILLER JANE is asked to look the other way one too many times. This issue everyone and everything is exposed in ways you never dreamed. The climatic conclusion will remind you why it's great not to have too much family in your life. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Winter Worm, Summer Grass!" Story and art by Ben Costa. Shi Long Pang, the 17th-century Buddhist warrior monk, continues the search for his lost brothers after the destruction of their temple. But as he tries to find his way in an unforgiving landscape during a tumultuous period in Chinese history, he'll have to wrestle with what it means to be a monk outside the temple, and what it takes to survive in a world full of ferocious predators, drunken masters, and startling discoveries. Volume 1 is made available again this month. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. The Godfather of American Manga is making an offer you can't refuse! Get a fantastic, limited-edition collection of his sketches, scribbles, doodles and ideas-Ninja High School, Mangaverse, Warrior Nun and more-all in FULL COLOR! Someday you may regret not getting this, so make sure that day may never come! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Fine $7.10

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Aaron Warner and Phillip Gelatt. Art and Cover by Brett Weldele. Genetically engineered geniuses known as Vitros are labeled a terrorist cell after an explosion at a military weapons lab. The Vitros are rounded up and left on a decrepit satellite orbiting Earth. Now they must band together and use their supergenius abilities to get back to Earth safely! Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $8.00

Written by Charles M. Schulz, Nat Gertler, Vicki Scott. Art by Charles M. Schulz, Andy Hirsch, Vicki Scott, Paige Braddock, Mona Koth, Justin Thompson, Jeff Schulz. Cover by Vicki Scott. No matter how hard Charlie Brown looks, he cannot find a single story worth writing about for his school newspaper assignment. Luckily, Lucy is on the case and she has found the perfect solution - when you can't find a story to tell, you have to make life tell the story you want!! PRESS HERE and many more fun stories can be found in this month's issue of PEANUTS. Jam-packed full of brand new stories, starring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Franklin! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Written by Don Preziosi and Tina Skinner. Art by Earl MacPherson. Machines called Mutoscopes offered quick shows for a penny from 1895 until as late as the 1970s, flipping cards to create the impression of a "moving picture." During the 1940s, the International Mutoscope Reel Company began to manufacture coin-operated vending machines that served up 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" cards for collectors, usually of "pin-up" material. These cards are widely collected today, and a wonderful source of inspiring low-brow artwork. This comprehensive collection of more than 250 images includes work by noted artists Zoe Mozert, Earl Moran, and Gil Elvgren, among many other signed and unsigned, talented portrayors of the female form. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

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Written by Tom Hutchison. Art by J. B. Neto. Cover by J. B. Neto. The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death? Cover price $3.50.

Anastasia's Collectibles exclusive variant by Dawn McTigue - Limited to 100 copies (W) Tom Hutchison (A) J. B. Neto The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death?

Written by Tom Hutchison. Art by J. B. Neto. Cover by Oren Kramek. The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death? Cover price $3.50.

Blue Rainbow Nude Variant by Jamie Tyndall. Written by Tom Hutchison. Art by J. B. Neto. The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death? Cover price $3.50.

Virgin Variant Cover by Jen Broomall - Limited to 250 copies. Written by Tom Hutchison. Art by J. B. Neto. The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death?

Web Store Exclusive Virgin Variant Cover by Jen Broomall - Limited to 100 copies (W) Tom Hutchison (A) J. B. Neto (CA) J. B. Neto The third Horseman of the Apocalypse has awoken, but can Jesus control the Horseman known as Death?

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Danger Down Under!"

Written by Todd Degazo. Art and cover by Craig Rousseau.

Two different Monsters from the Southern Hemisphere - one from Australia and one from Peru - test The Perhapanauts' strength, courage, and guile in this far-reaching adventure!

It's action-packed continent-hopping excitement with a heart-stopping conclusion that will have you on the edge of your seat! Or someone's seat.

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Kurtis J. Wiebe. Art andCover by Tyler Jenkins. 'THE HUNT,' Part One In the aftermath of the assault on The Sticks, the team is fractured and Lily's father is dead. Parsons returns to Lily to hear of what happened and he learns her side of the story for the first time. It's a tale of revenge... with the Hunters becoming the hunted! THE FOURTH INCREDIBLE STORY ARC BEGINS HERE! Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. Stones of Satan.

By Robert Wallace, Allan K. Echols, J. Lane Linklater, and John P. Gunnison .

Adventure House Presents pulp magazines that have not been seen since they first appeared on the newsstands nearly seventy-five years ago . Reproduced full size, complete with advertising pages and all.

Softcover, 114 pages, Text (With B&W Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Forever Evil: Blight: Prelude - (W) J. M. DeMatteis (A) Fernando Blanco (CA) Guillem March Months ago, The Question came close to ending the Stranger's life-and now the Stranger wants some payback! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.

1st printing.

By Dean R. Koontz.

They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined…

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 448 pages, Text Only.

Cover price $16.00.

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Story and art by Gregg Schigiel. Teenager! Superhero! Fairy Princess? Make way for Pix, the newest superhero sensation! In her debut original graphic novel, behold: attacking electronics, secret crushes, a magic 8-ball monster, cell service issues, a dragon war, a bad date, worried moms, a furtive frog and a malevolent monkey, all making for One Weirdest Weekend! Thrilling, energetic superhero action! Lively, funny teen dynamics! If Spider-Man were a Disney princess, you'd have PIX! 6-in. x 9-in., 20 pages, full color.

1st printing. Collects Planetary (1999-2009) #1-27, Planetary/Batman: Night on Earth (2003), Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta (2002), and Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (2000). Written by Warren Ellis. Art by John Cassaday, and Jerry Ordway. Cover by John Cassaday. Hailed as a timeless story that turned modern super hero conventions on their heads, PLANETARY stars an inter-dimensional peace-keeping force including Elijah Snow, Jakita Wagner, and The Drummer. Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters! Hardcover, 864 pages, full color. Cover price $75.00.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $8.00

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $5.00

MATURE READERS.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Written by Hidenori Kusaka. Art and cover by Satoshi Yamamoto. Lady faces a new Pokémon battle challenge when she must swap her Pokémon with her opponent and fight with rented Pokémon. Meanwhile, the Battle Frontier begins to suffer from a mysterious communications malfunction... What does it signify? Then, Dia and Pearl set out to visit several Legendary Pokémon of the Sinnoh region. Will they be able to protect them from Team Galactic? Plus, say hello to Togekiss, Empoleon, Heatran, Kakuna, Seedot, Ledian and Rotom! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. All Ages NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Ruby and Sapphire: Part 6 of 8!" Written by Hidenori Kusaka. Art and cover by Satoshi Yamamoto. Ruby is losing friends by the minute...! Why does Sapphire never want to see his face again? And why has one of Ruby's Pokémon run away? Meanwhile, the Hoenn region is on the verge of destruction as two Legendary Pokémon clash in the depths of the ocean...and only Ruby knows how to reach them to intervene!Then, what will happen when evil Team Aqua and equally evil Team Magma team up?! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. All Ages NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Writing, Art, and Cover by Troy Little Oh NO, it looks like Buttercup was right all along! The Ex-Villains have reverted to their old ways and are tearing up Townsville! The Powerpuff Girls are out-numbered but never outmatched-that is, until the horrible shadow of HIM falls across the battlefield. Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, huh? Cover price $3.99.

Subscription Cover by Derek Charm. Writing and Art by Troy Little. Oh NO, it looks like Buttercup was right all along! The Ex-Villains have reverted to their old ways and are tearing up Townsville! The Powerpuff Girls are Cover price $3.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Preacher (1995-2000) #27-33, Preacher Special: Saint of Killers (1996) #1-4 and Preacher Special: Cassidy Blood and Whiskey (1998).

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Steve Dillon. Cover by Glenn Fabry.

During some down time, Jesse Custer faces an enemy from the past who seeks vengeance for his father's death. Also includes a story spotlighting the Saint of Killers and a stand-alone tale starring Cassidy, the vampire.

Softcover, 352 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick. Art by Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire. Cover by Emma Rios. Every Death must love and every Death must die; the cycle of world demands it. The one who captures our last breath must breathe his last before becoming inured to the pain of loss. This cycle is ending. But this Death... will not go easy. Cover price $3.50.

ON OUR FRONT COVER: Joss Whedon's fan-favorite heroine Buffy returns in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #1 from Dark Horse Comics! ON OUR FLIPSIDE COVER: Mark Millar goes cosmic with his next Millarworld series from Image Comics, Starlight! On The Flip Side — With the Free Comic Book Day books for 2014 announced in this issue of PREVIEWS, we take a look back at what fans and retailers did for Free Comic Book Day 2013 to get you psyched up for the biggest FCBD yet! Splash: PREVIEWS shines a special spotlight at some of the blockbuster books and products coming this March, including Matt Murdock's move to San Francisco in Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's Daredevil #1 from Marvel Comics; a look ahead to C-Day 2014 with Avatar Press' Crossed: Badlands #50; the next chapter in Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's Nemo series from Top Shelf, Roses of Berlin; Eaglemoss' Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection special that focuses on the Enterprise from J.J. Abrams' films; this month's special Naruto section; and many more products you have to look forward to! PREVIEWS Exclusive Apparel: There are new t-shirts and hoodies based on the upcoming film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, new Valiant Entertainment shirts with Bloodshot and Unity, new Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles designs, and, of course, a cute new My Little Pony Shirt! Plus, many other fan-favorite properties. Whatever you need to look sharp this spring, PREVIEWS has you covered! This January issue features items scheduled to ship in March 2014 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1951-1952!"

Story and art by Harold Foster.

Our continuing reprinting of Hal Foster's sumptuous epic enters the 1950s. This volume includes the second half of "The Missionaries" and concludes with the beginning of "Valhalla."Prince Valiant Volume 8also includes an article on Foster's "Mounties" ad campaign paintings from the 1930s. Once again, the pages have been scanned directly from Foster's personal collection of syndicate proofs, providing the most spectacular iteration of this material since its original publication in Sunday newspapers 60 years ago.

Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art and cover by Michael William Kaluta. Relive Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic adventure tale in this handsome representation featuring illustrations by Michael Kaluta. A revered illustration powerhouse, Kaluta's unmistakable style presents John Carter's "Barsoom" experiences like you've never seen before. A must have for Burroughs and Kaluta fans. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 124 pages, Text (with full color Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $29.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Johnny Ryan. THE HOLOCAUST BROTHERS TAKE THEIR BOW IN JOHNNY RYAN'S GORY MONSTERPIECE - A huge success in the alternative-comics field, with the first two volumes already in second printings, Prison Pit is Johnny (Angry Youth Comix) Ryan's ongoing taboo-busting sci-fi-prison-planet-body-mutation-splatterfest epic extravaganza, beloved by everyone from the legendary Gary Panter ("GLOREGEFULL!") to Booklist ("Not to be missed"). In the latest installment, our hero Cannibal Fuckface still isn't dead, so the Prison Boss plays what may be his last card: The Holocaust Brothers. But before CF battles the Ho-Bros he's got to destroy his arch-enemy, the seemingly indestructible Slitt, who happens to be the only one who knows how to get the hell out of the Prison Pit. The author promises: "Every single testicle in the world will explode with rage when Prison Pit 5 is unleashed." Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

Written by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy. Art by Simon Roy, Giannis Milonogiannis. Cover by Emma Rios. The Prophets learn more of the mysterious creatures that threaten them while Troll bonds with one of the greatest forces in the universe. Cover price $3.99.

Image Expo Exclusive Variant. Written by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy. Art by Simon Roy, Giannis Milonogiannis. Cover by Emma Rios. The Prophets learn more of the mysterious creatures that threaten them while Troll bonds with one of the greatest forces in the universe. 28 pages, full color.

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Add to cart Fine $2.50

Cover by Gordon Purcell, Michael Atiyeh. Written by J. Michael Straczynski. Art by Gordon Purcell, Michael Atiyeh. Lieutenant Detective John Riley gets the most important and possibly most dangerous assignment ever: to investigate the mysterious death of the Huntsman. Everyone around Riley wants him to classify this as an accidental death, or a death by natural causes. But Riley suspects murder, and intends to follow that suspicion wherever it leads...even if in doing so he jeopardizes a secret held for over fifty years at the very core of Protectors, Inc. Cover price $2.99.

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Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky. Written by J. Michael Straczynski. Art by Gordon Purcell, Michael Atiyeh. Lieutenant Detective John Riley gets the most important and possibly most dangerous assignment ever: to investigate the mysterious death of the Huntsman. Everyone around Riley wants him to classify this as an accidental death, or a death by natural causes. But Riley suspects murder, and intends to follow that suspicion wherever it leads...even if in doing so he jeopardizes a secret held for over fifty years at the very core of Protectors, Inc. Cover price $2.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Michael Alan Nelson. Art by Mariano Navarro. Cover by Stéphane Roux. The 'Black Friday' terrorist plot has been unleashed and the devastation could cripple the United States as we know it. Will the Orphans be able to stop Alconi in time? Or will the saboteur in their ranks break the team apart before they even get the chance? Cover price $3.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Toshiaki Iwashiro. W.I.S.E's elite battle force, nicknamed the "Scourge," is attacking the Root! After a fierce battle, Ageha, his fellow Psionists and the Elmore Wood Gang succeed in driving them away. But when Star Commander Junas shows up, Ageha finds himself driven into a corner... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

2nd and later printings. Collects PunisherMax (2009 Marvel) #1-5.

Written by Jason Aaron. Art by Steve Dillon. Cover by Dave Johnson.

An all-new story from the acclaimed team of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X) and Steve Dillon (PUNISHER: WELCOME BACK FRANK), two guys who were born to tell the exploits of Marvel's most brutal vigilante.

Wilson Fisk is a bodyguard for mob boss Don Rigoletto, but he has his eyes on a much bigger prize, and he's gonna use Frank Castle to help him realize his dreams. It's the biggest story in MAX history, as we witness the birth of the greatest villain the Punisher has ever faced.

Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Cover by Michael Fahy. Edited by Ignatz-Award-nominated editor Robert Kirby, QU33R is an all-new 33-contributor anthology featuring a cross-generational lineup up of LGBTQ cartoonists. Where No Straight Lines set down our history, QU33R shines a light on the future. Featuring Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Diane DiMassa, Edie Fake, Nicole Georges, Ed Luce, and more. Softcover, 264 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by James Asmus. Art and Cover by Ming Doyle. So…two superheroes, a clone, and a goat move into a junior two-bedroom… As a totally questionable romance blossoms between Woody and his runaway science experiment girlfriend, Eric finds himself quickly rising through the ranks of his new employers at Magnum Security. But when he comes to find that his duties as an on-staff superhero are bit more unsavory than he ever expected, it's down to Quantum, an old army buddy, and Woody-interloper!-to discover the illicit truth behind Mr. Magnum's all-seeing private security empire. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by James Asmus. Art by Ming Doyle. Cover by Tom Fowler. So…two superheroes, a clone, and a goat move into a junior two-bedroom… As a totally questionable romance blossoms between Woody and his runaway science experiment girlfriend, Eric finds himself quickly rising through the ranks of his new employers at Magnum Security. But when he comes to find that his duties as an on-staff superhero are bit more unsavory than he ever expected, it's down to Quantum, an old army buddy, and Woody-interloper!-to discover the illicit truth behind Mr. Magnum's all-seeing private security empire. Cover price $3.99.