IDW Publishing previews this Wednesday’s comics including the first issue of D4VE2, new installments of Jem and the Holograms, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Star Trek, Mickey Mouse, String Divers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Adventures, and Weird Love, and several awaited trade paperback collections.
Official previews:
D4VE2 # 1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT
Ryan Ferrier (w) • Valentin Ramon (a & c)
ONE YEAR LATER. With the world seemingly at peace, things seem pretty all right on 34RTH until a strange ship’s arrival sends D4VE head-first into an existential crisis: an inconceivable blast from the past that threatens not only D4VE’s dwindling relationship with 5COTTY, but all of robot-kind itself!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
- The critically acclaimed series returns!
- Variant Cover by Brian Level!
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 12
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)
G.I. JOE faces a force unlike anything they’ve ever encountered before… and the only way to control it is by reviving Serpentor, the Cobra Emperor himself! But bringing him backs sets into motion drastic events that lead to the death of the original Ninja Commando! Collects issues #211–215.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 124 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-406-1
Bullet points:
- THE DEATH OF SNAKE EYES!
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Vol. 6 TPB
Chris Mowry (w) • Matt Frank, Jeff Zornow (a) • Matt Frank (c)
The Trilopods arrive, and no monster is safe! Will Godzilla be able to help save the planet? And which Kaiju will help or hinder him? Collects the conclusion of the series, issues #21–25.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 148 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-407-8
Bullet points:
- “The monster scenes are some of the greatest, and the Trilobites continue to make their mark as worthy Godzilla characters.” –Unleash The Fanboy
Jem and the Holograms #7
Kelly Thompson (w) • Emma Vieceli (a) • Sophie Campbell (c)
VIRAL PART 1! Jerrica and her sisters face their biggest threat yet—success! Meanwhile, the Misfits aren’t taking these upstarts laying down… as they find themselves under new management…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by Paulina Ganucheau!
Mickey Mouse #4
Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Jonathan Gray (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a & c)
Mickey re-teams with super explorer Eurasia Toft to find the awesome “Gift of the Sun Lord”—but Pegleg Pete is out to make their treasure hunt tougher!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Fan favorites Jonathan Gray (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Andrea “Casty” Castellan are back—and so is Mickey’s wild new partner Eurasia Toft!
- Continues this classic series’ legacy numbering at #313!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- “Disney Legacy” Frontierland cover by Amy Mebberson!
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #34
Jeremy Whitley (w) • Andy Price (a & c)
“Siege of the Crystal Empire” Part 1! A enigmatic new foe brings together some of the most villainous characters in Equestria to attack the Crystal Empire! What is their true aim and will our ponies be able to save the day?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Follows up on the events of the hit comics “MLP: FIENDship is Magic #1 and #5!
- Start of an epic four-part storyline!
- Variant Cover by Stewart McKenny!
Star Trek #49—Five-Year Mission
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The FIVE YEAR MISSION of the Starship Enterprise continues here in the epic conclusion to “Deity”! Up against a fierce new enemy, Captain Kirk must choose between sacrificing his ship and crew or allowing an innocent species to perish!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Features the cast of the new Star Trek films!
- “The Heavens” Part 2 of 2!
String Divers #2 (of 5)
Chris Ryall (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
“Unified Chaos Theory,” part 2: The robotic, microscopic String Divers find adventure, peril and quantum threats at a level even theoretical physicists never theorized!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures #2
Landry Walker (w) • Chad Thomas (a) Jon Sommariva (c)
The adventures continue! The Turtles face a new, all-powerful foe. To survive they’ll have to turn to… Shredder?? Bonus story featuring a comic book made by Mikey!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
WEIRD Love #9
Joe Gill, Richard Hughes (w) • John Buscema, Ogden Whitney, various (a) • John Buscema (c)
The New York Journal of Books calls Weird Love, “A wonderful and wildly entertaining collection of romance stories, some of the craziest and weirdest love stories you will ever read. It is impossible to not laugh out loud at some point. Every story in here is one hundred percent high fun.” This issue features The Mini-Dress, Female of the Species, Breakdown, Leader of the Pack, Sorority Sisters, Take Him Shopping, Call Me Wicked and JAILBAIT!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
X-Files: Season 10, Vol. 5 HC
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Francesco Francavilla (c)
For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents Mulder and Scully are no more, consumed and destroyed by those very secrets they kept… or are they? What new secrets will they fight and kill for? And what will become of the X-Files once those secrets are laid bare? The end begins here! Collects issues #21–25.
HC • FC • $24.99 • 144 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-405-4
Bullet points:
- The final volume in the Season 10 series!