In the IDW Publishing previews this week, we see the first issues of Boy-1, String Divers, and X-Files Season 11, as well as new installments of Empire Uprising, Orphan Black, Popeye Classics, The Shrinking Man, Star Trek / Green Lantern, and Uncle Scrooge. This is also a good week for IDW trade collectors, with new volumes of Angry Birds, Dragonlance Chronicles, Millennium, My Little Pony: Friends Forever, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and the Star Trek / Planet of the Apes crossover arriving on shelves.
Official previews:
Angry Birds Comics, Vol. 3: Sky High
Janne Toriseva, Glenn Dakin, Paul Tobin, Ian Carney, Kari Korhonen, Pascal Oost, Kivi Larmola (w) • Cesar Ferioli, Stefano Intini, Jean-Michel Boesch, Paco Rodriques, Oscar Martin & Comicup Studio, Corrado Mastantuono (a) • Ciro Cangialosi (c)
The adventures continue in these charming all-ages comics featuring the ANGRY BIRDS! SKY HIGH contains all-new stories based on the best-selling game!
HC • FC • $12.99 • 80 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-368-2
Bullet points:
- “Angry Birds is one of those comics that I would definitely give my child.” –ComicCrusaders.com
BOY-1 #1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT
H.S. Tak (w) • Amancay Nahuelpan (a) • Zach Howard (c)
In the fast-approaching future, when the drug-addled heir of a genetic-engineering company begins to investigate his company’s murky past, he discovers he is the catalyst in a terrifying global event that will transform him and forever alter the course of human evolution.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- In the tradition of Y: The Last Man and Bladerunner.
- This issue’s cover by Zach Howard (Wild Blue Yonder)!
- Ask your retailer about the variant cover by Amancay Nahuelpan!
Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 2: Dragons of Winter Night
Andrew Dabb (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)
Adapting the second novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman! Krynn was once a peaceful world, until the dragon armies of the evil goddess Takhissis brought devastation across the land. A small group of warriors is the only thing that can now stand against her…
Collects the four-issue series.
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 188 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-370-5
Bullet points:
- Back in print!
Empire: Uprising #4
Mark Waid (w) • Barry Kitson (a & c)
War has been declared on the Empire—but how does the enemy know exactly where to strike and when?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Garbage Pail Kids Go Hollywood—SPOTLIGHT
Bob Fingerman, Jeff Zapata, various (w) • Zapata, various (a) • Mark Pingitore (c)
Everyone’s a critic! Join the Garbage Pail Kids as they put the spotlight on summer’s top GROSSing movies!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Revisit the pop-culture phenomenon from the minds of Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, and many others!
- Featuring the biggest stars of the alternative comics scene! This issue’s leading man is Bob Fingerman (Minimum Wage)!
- Ask your retailer about the classic GPK Manny Eater variant cover!
G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra
Mike Costa (w) • Paolo Villanelli (a & c)
The most beloved G.I. JOE agent of all time… is working with COBRA! Find out how the black-clad American ninja ends up on the wrong side of justice in this explosive mini-series.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-371-2
Bullet points:
- “Fire, explosions, swordplay, and copious amounts of silence from our favorite ninja.” –ComicsTheGathering.com
Millennium
Joe Harris (w) • Colin Lorimer (a) • menton3 (c)
Fifteen years ago, the end of the world—the anticipated “Millennium Event”—was avoided thanks to the efforts of Frank Black and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Or was it? Frank’s psychic gifts have been showing him that evil has continued to grow unabated in the world, and he’s trying his best to ignore it. But soon the resurgence of the Millennium Group and their quest to find Frank’s daughter, Jordan, will pull him into the fray once again.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-376-7
Bullet points:
- “This is the crossover we’ve been waiting for and it’s clear Joe Harris is the person to write it.” –ComicVine.com
My Little Pony: Friends Forever, Vol. 4
Jeremy Whitley, Bobby Curnow (w) • Agnes Garbowska, Brenda Hickey, Jenn Blake (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)
Four tales of friendship and fun! Contains stories involving Rarity and Babs, Spike and Luna, Applejack and Mayor Mare, plus Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara! Collects issues #13–16.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-377-4
Bullet points:
- Rollerderby ponies!
Orphan Black #5
John Fawcett, Graeme Manson & Jody Houser (w) • Cat Staggs (a & c)
Rachel is ruthless corporate efficiency personified. She’s a clone raised self-aware of her genetic identity, occupying an elite position with the Dyad group of companies.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Orphan Black co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett expand on the saga with all-new material exclusive to the comic books!
- Each issue will explore the life of a different clone, this issue—Rachel!
- Variant Cover by Corbyn Kern!
Popeye Classics #37
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
You’ll love “The Search for the Spinach Icebox!” You’ll also love the O.G. Wotasnozzle comic “Amateur Inventor,” and the story “The Big Sting!” Get the fun comic for adult kids and little kids alike, ya swab! Arf! Arf!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant Cover by Dave Calver!
The Shrinking Man #2 (of 4)
Ted Adams (w) • Mark Torres (a & c)
RichardMatheson’s classic tale of horror continues as Scott continues to shrink, leaving him easy prey for predators of the human and feline variety!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star Trek/Green Lantern #2 (of 6)
Mike Johnson (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • Paul Pope (c)
The comics crossover event of 2015 continues here! Hal Jordan meets Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise for the first time as six Lantern rings choose new bearers! But which Trek characters – and which alien races – will be selected? Iconic franchises collide for the first time in this all-new galaxy-spanning epic!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- The blockbuster event of 2015!
- 6 connecting variant covers from Garry Brown, one for every issue, forming one giant image!
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive
Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • Rachael Stott (a & c)
STAR TREK: The hope for the best of mankind’s future! PLANET OF THE APES: A chilling look at the fall of humanity! How could these worlds possibly collide? What could possibly cause Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to side with Dr. Zaius to protect Ape City? And what does Colonel George Taylor have to say about it?
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-362-0
Bullet points:
- “A must have if you’re a fan of either franchise.” –ComicsTheGathering.com
String Divers #1 (of 5)—SPOTLIGHT
Chris Ryall (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
Meet the String Divers! A renegade team called upon to save the universe from arcane threats at the sub-microscopic level! String theory made real, and real thrilling, in “Unified Chaos Theory,” part 1!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
- The first in a coming universe of comics developed from Ashley Wood’s 3A Toys!
- Fans of high-octane insanity and quantum physics—and who isn’t?—this is for you!
- From the creators of Zombies vs Robot and Nelson “Judge Dredd” Daniel!
Transformers: Combiner Wars
Mairghread Scott, John Barber (w) • Sarah Stone, Livio Ramondelli (a) • Sarah Stone (c)
The AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS’ uneasy peace is threatened by the flames of war! STARSCREAM—ruler of CYBERTRON—makes contact with WINDBLADE’S home world—and the only defense against a new CYBERTRONIAN EMPIRE are COMBINERS—multiple CYBERTRONIANS forming together into huge, dangerous forms! Collects issues #39–41 of Transformers and the first three issues of Transformers: Windblade–Combiner Wars.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-386-6
Bullet points:
- “[You] can pick up with no prior knowledge of the comics that came before and really get into the series.” — BigGlasgowComicsPage.com
Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two, Vol. 2
Chris Metzen, Flint Dille, James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli, Matt Frank, Agustin Padilla, Brendan Cahill, Nick Roche, Alex Milne, Andrew Griffith, Steve Kurth (a) • Sarah Stone (c)
Volume two collects the Autocracy mini-series, Spotlights: Trailcutter and Hoist, Robots In Disguise issues #7–9, More Than Meets the Eye issues #6–8, and Spotlight: Orion Pax.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 332 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-364-4
Bullet points:
- Presented in recommended reading order!
Uncle Scrooge #5
Miquel Pujol, Freddy Milton (w & a) • Miquel Pujol (c)
“The Grand Canyon Conquest” wraps this month with a pulse-pounding cliffside showdown between Scrooge and schemers!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Continues this popular series’ legacy numbering at #410!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- “Disney Legacy” Epcot cover by Thom Pratt!
The X-Files: Season 11 #1
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • menton3 (c)
Mulder has become a fugitive from a government that considers him a “secrets stealer” on the order of Julian Assange or Edward Snowden thanks to the mechanizations of “The Glasses-Wearing Man.” It’s up to Scully, and what allies Mulder has left, to work to clear his name and keep the government itself from falling further into the villain’s clutches.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- The X-Files returns with an all-new status quo!
- Executive produced by The X-Files creator Chris Carter!
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