IDW Publishing previews this week’s releases, including Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #1, Donald Duck #13, Maxx Maxximized #31, Mickey Mouse #12, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #42, Popeye #46, Rocketeer at War #3, Satellite Falling #1, Star Trek #57, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #58.
Official previews:
Angry Birds: Big Movie Eggstravaganza
Jeff Parker, Paul Tobin (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano, Corrado Mastantuono, Paco Rodriques, Cèsar Ferioli (a) • Paco Rodriques (c)
ALL-NEW ADVENTURES based on The Angry Birds Movie cast of characters! Join Red, Stella, Chuck, Matilda, and the rest of the gang in these all-ages tales of action, adventure, and heart-warming romance. The movie never ends with these gorgeously illustrated, wonderfully written new stories from some of comics most talented creators!
HC • FC • $12.99 • 80 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-568-6
Bullet points:
- All-new stories!
- All-new movie, in theaters Summer 2016!
Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire
Brian Clevinger (w) • Scott Wegener (a & c)
Tesladyne was seized by a top secret government agency and transformed into Task Force ULTRA to bring global super science firms under the direct control of the military industrial complex. Escaped Tesladyne scientists went underground and are hunting for Robo. Oh, and giant monsters are threatening to consume all life on Earth. Sure was a nice planet we had for a while there!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-569-3
Bullet points:
- “One of the most fun and easily read sci-fi adventures in comics today.” –ComicBuzz.com
Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #1 (of 5)
Bob Gale, Erik Burnham (w) • Alan Robinson (a & c)
Time-travelling into comics directly out of Telltale’s 2010 smash-hit episodic video game BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME, adapted to comics at last! When an empty time-traveling DeLorean suddenly shows up in 1986, Marty McFly quickly learns that his friend Doctor Emmett “Doc” Brown is stranded in 1931 and possibly in mortal danger. Now it’s up to Marty to return to the past to once again save Doc and the time-space continuum! But this time, will he be too late?
FC • 40 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- Featuring the talents of Back to the Future co-creator Bob Gale, writer Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Back to the Future), and artist Alan Robinson (V-Wars, Back to the Future).
- Adapting the hit video game from writers Bob Gale, Michael Stemmie, Andy Hartzell and Jonathan Straw for the first time!
- Variant cover by Tom Whalen!
Cigarette Girl
Masahiko Matsumoto (w & a & c)
Welcome to the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as “gekiga.” Originally published in 1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto’s mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but
with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto’s trademark.
TP • BW • $24.99 • 264 pages • 5.1575” x 7.2835” • ISBN: 978-1-60309-382-8
Bullet points:
- With a new introduction by Matsumoto’s well-known colleague, the late Yoshihiro Tatsumi.
Donald Duck #13
Lars Jensen, Dick Kinney (w) • Flemming Andersen, Al Hubbard (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)
“Goosebusters!” When lucky cousin Gladstone acquires a haunted English castle, will Donald exorcise the ghosts inside—or sneakily team up with them?
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Punk paranormalist Donald is back in the Tamers of Nonhuman Threats—courtesy of fan favorites Lars Jensen and Flemming Andersen!
- Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #380!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- Check out the Grizzly River Run variant cover!
The Maxx: Maxximized #31
Sam Kieth (w & a & c)
An unconscious Sara/Isz/Football/Fairy continues to befuddle Maxx, Julie, and Mark, so they throw her in the bathtub for safe keeping. Meanwhile, Magen explores her fascination with the taller older girl at School, which she secretly refers to as her Amazon Soccer Queen of Love!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Mickey Mouse #12
Romano Scarpa (w & a) • Giorgio Cavazzano (c)
When manic mynah bird Ellsworth adopts bratty little Ellroy, Mickey lands up to his big ears in trouble! Introducing an outrageous new co-star from Mouse Maestro Romano Scarpa!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Mickey’s fans have spoken… you want more new-to-USA Romano Scarpa tales, and IDW delivers!
- Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #320!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- Check out the Grizzly River Run variant cover!
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #42
Katie Cook (w) • Andy Price (a & c)
Pinkie Pie decides to make her very own comic book! Pinkie’s version of a comic book might just be a little bit different than what you’re expecting!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Enter the creative mind of Pinkie Pie…if you dare!
- Variant cover by Caytlin Vibrandy!
Popeye Classics #46
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
A special issue featuring two stories with everyone’s favorite, Swee’pea! Plus you’ll read the story “Mountain Magic” and also the wackiest O.G. Wotasnozzle comic yet. Wild stories, layouts and art in this issue, Sagendorf was on a spinach-fueled ROLL!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by Jim Siergey!
The Rocketeer At War! #3 (of 4)
Marc Guggenheim (w) • Dave Bullock (a & c)
Cliff Secord—the Rocketeer—is reporting for duty! Now a soldier in the United States Army, the Rocketeer faces his deadliest challenge yet in the Nazi plan to take over the world known as Project Bedlam! Rip-roaring adventure brought to you by Marc Guggenheim and Dave Bullock.
FC • 40 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- The triumphant return of Dave Stevens’ classic creation, The Rocketeer!
Satellite Falling #1
Steve Horton (w) • Stephen Thompson (a & c)
A lone human survived the death of the one she loved, and escaped a
corrupt Earth. She now makes her way as a bounty hunter, on a satellite
full of aliens. But someone’s about to turn her life upside down…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
- By Amala’s Blade writer Steve Horton and Star Wars artist Stephen Thompson!
- Variant cover by Judge Dredd artist PJ Holden!
- For fans of space opera, crime fiction and lots of things exploding!
Star Trek #57—Legacy of Spock, Part Three
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The special “Legacy of Spock” event continues here! As the future of New Vulcan hangs in the balance, the elder Spock finds himself a prisoner of the Romulan Empire! Don’t miss this exciting chapter the in 50th Anniversary Celebration of the STAR TREK franchise!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- See what happens to Leonard Nimoy’s Spock after the events of the 2009 film!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #58
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Mateus Santolouco (a & c)
“Leatherhead” Part 3! A violent skirmish between different factions breaks out in the Technodrome! The Turtles will have to make a difficult decision if they are to save the Utroms race.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- The conclusion to Leatherhead’s debut storyline!
- Variant cover by Paolo Villanelli!
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