IDW Publishing previews this week’s releases, including The Rocketeer at War #1, Transformers Holiday Special, GI Joe A Real American Hero #222, String Divers #5, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #53, Transformers More Than Meets the Eye #48, Transformers Vs. GI Joe #10, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #726, and X-Files X-Mas Special, as well as several hardcover and trade collections, including The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Newspaper Comics Vol 2, Crystal Cadets, Polly & Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics Vol 2, Star Wars Artifact Edition, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection Vol 6, and Walt Disney Donald Duck Newspaper Comics Vol 2.
Official previews:
Amazing Spider-man Newspaper Strips, Vol. 2: 1979 – 1981
Stan Lee (w) • John Romita and Larry Lieber (a) • John Romita (c)
The exciting second volume of the wondrous wall-crawler’s long-running newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita, and Larry Lieber, with all Sundays in color and integrated with the dailies—just as they originally appeared in newspapers worldwide. Edited by Bruce Canwell, this book includes more than 700 sequential comics—the complete run from January 1979 through the January 1981!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 320 pages • 11” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-498-6
Bullet points:
- Advance solicited for December release!
Crystal Cadets
Anne Toole (w) • Katie O’Neill, Paulina Ganucheau (a) • Katie O’Neill (c)
Cadets Go! Join this team of darkness-fighting, world-saving, power-packed teen girls from all over the world on their first adventure! When an unusual crystal grants Zoe mysterious powers of light she becomes the Diamond Cadet, but she’s not the only one! Suddenly she’s meeting new friends with their own powers! It’s all fun at first, but every light casts a shadow… and this group of action-hero girls will have to confront a growing threat—The Darkness.
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-462-7
Bullet points:
- Popular Studio Ghibli-esque look appeals to a younger generation of fans raised on both American animation and Anime.
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #222: COBRA WORLD ORDER Part 4
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Phil Jimenez (c)
Cobra finally insinuates itself into the highest positions in the US government, while G.I. Joe approaches the highest powers in the pentagon for aid in the fight. But help comes from an unexpected ally that reveals the true nature of the COBRA WORLD ORDER!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- COBRA WORLD ORDER comes to a head—COBRA’S true plan is finally revealed!
Polly and Her Pals: Complete Sunday Comics, 1928-1930
Cliff Sterrett (w & a & c)
This volume reprints all of Sterrett’s Sunday pages from the height of his Surrealistic Period in a large 12″ x 16″ Champagne Edition format so they can be fully appreciated. The majority of the Sundays have never before been reprinted.
Polly Perkins is young, blonde, and the apple of many a young man’s eye. Yet while Polly is out on the town or frolicking at the beach, it’s her family that creates all the hubbub!
Edited by Dean Mullaney and designed by two-time Emmy winner Lorraine Turner, the book contains the detailed background and biographic material that has made Library of American Comics the “gold standard” in strip reprints.
HC • FC • $75.00 • 160 pages • 12″ x 16″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-244-9
Bullet points:
- Art Spiegelman says, “Polly and Her Pals is a glorious composition…a happy pop synthesis of Art Deco, Futurism, Surrealism, Dada, and Pure Cartoon.”
The Rocketeer At War! #1 (of 4)
Marc Guggenheim (w) • Dave Bullock (a & c)
Europe, 1942–the world is at war! As the Allies battle against the Axis, able bodied men everywhere enlist in the war effort, including Cliff Secord. Secord, also known as The Rocketeer, has been thrust full throttle into the heat of battle, and–with or without his jet pack–he will depend on his wits and daring if he is to survive!
FC • 40 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- The triumphant return of Dave Stevens’ classic creation, The Rocketeer!
String Divers #5 (of 5)
Chris Ryall (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
The laws of physics have always been immutable… until now! For still-inexplicable reasons, everything is suddenly very, uh, mutable and the String Divers desperately fight to save our world from complete quantum chaos!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star Wars: Artifact Edition HC
Roy Thomas (w) • Howard Chaykin, Carmine Infantino, Tom Palmer, and others (a) • Howard Chaykin (c)
IDW Publishing is pleased to offer under license from our good friends at Marvel Comics the first Star Wars Artifact Edition! Featuring scans of original art mainly from the initial 10 issues of Marvel Comics’ groundbreaking Star Wars comics, as well as from other early issues by Carmine Infantino. As with all Artist’s Edition style books, there will be a wealth of extras, including a superb cover gallery showcasing some of the very earliest examples. With the highly anticipated new film being released in December, the fever-pitch for Star Wars has never been higher!
HC • BW • $75.00 net discount item • 160 Pages • 12” x 17” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-458-0
Bullet points:
- What is an Artifact Edition?
- LIKE AN ARTIST’S EDITION, AN ARTIFACT EDITION PRESENTS PAGES SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART. While the Artist’s Edition line produces only complete stories, Artifact Editions allow IDW to present books even if all of the original art cannot be obtained, and will include extras such as advertisements, portfolio pieces, color guides, and more.
- While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for example, you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.
- Advance-solicited for November release!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #53
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Michael Dialynas (a & c)
Michelangelo is warmly welcomed when he visits the Mutanimals. But the hospitality may be cut short when he discovers what Hob’s new plan is…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Michelangelo strikes out on his own!
- Variant Cover by Atilio Rojo!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and various (w & a) • Kevin Eastman (c)
The Ultimate Collection returns! The celebrated hardcover series collecting all the most important TMNT work by Eastman and Laird is back to present the best of the one-shots and short stories. Whether handled as a team or on their own with another creator, these stories expand the universe of TMNT and established the characters and story lines that are today so loved and revered.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 256 pages • 9″ x 12″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-389-7
Bullet points:
- Final volume of the Ultimate Collection! Complete your set!
- With annotations from Eastman and Laird!
Transformers Holiday Special
John Barber, James Roberts, Mairghread Scott (w) • Josh Burcham, Corin Howell, and Kotteri (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
HOLIDAYS IN THE STARS! Three stories about three casts and three unique holiday adventures! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll never look at CYBERTRON—or the holidays—the same way again!
FC • 48 pages • $5.99
Bullet points:
- James Roberts and Kotteri celebrate with the crew of MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
- Mairghread Scott and Corin Howell party with WINDBLADE and friends (and enemies)!
- John Barber and Josh Burcham open up presents with the cast of TRANSFORMERS!
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #48
James Roberts (w) • Hayato Sakamoto (a) • Alex Milne (c)
MIND GAMES! The crew of the Lost Light are caught off guard when a dead friend appears out of the blue. But there’s no time for a happy reunion: someone else has found his way onto the ship—someone with the power to tear the crew apart.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- James Roberts gets completely autobiographical with this one!
- Alex Milne draws the run-up to issue 50!
- Sometimes MTMTE is funny… sometimes it breaks your heart.
- Variant cover by Alex Milne!
Transformers vs G.I. JOE #10
Tom Scioli, John Barber (w) • Scioli (a & c)
REMEMBER US?! The most titanic tale of the twenty-first century takes an unexpected twist—BUT WHEN HAS TRANSFORMERS VS. G.I. JOE DONE ANY LESS?! Expect the unexpected—then throw your expectations out the window!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Boom!
- BOOM!
- BOOOOOOOM!
Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #726
Bruno Sarda, David Gerstein, Jonathan Gray (w) • Massimo De Vita, Mark Kausler (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)
“The Search For the Zodiac Stone—Chapter 6!” Donald hits Hawaii to find the powerful Pisces pendant. But Gladstone Gander might be more powerful still! Then Oswald the Lucky Rabbit celebrates Christmas at Ortensia’s… but everything goes wrong “Just Like Magic!”
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- By popular demand—Disney’s first star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, hops back in the spotlight with his first-ever Comics and Stories adventure!
- Disney’s most long-lived, celebrated monthly title is back! Discover Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories again for the first time!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- Variant Cover by Dave Alvarez!
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics, Vol. 2
Bob Karp (w) • Al Taliaferro (a & c)
From the Disney Vaults! The early Donald Duck daily strips are collected for the first time ever! This second volume includes 750 sequential daily comic strips from 1940 to 1942 drawn by Al Taliaferro and written by Bob Karp, and reproduced from pristine original material in the Disney Vaults!
HC • BW • $39.99 • 272 pages • 11” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-502-0
The X-Files X-Mas Special
Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • menton3 (c)
Special Season 11 tie-in! Just in time for the holiday season, the Lone Gunmen learn of the impending arrival of some unwelcome visitors. But before they can raise the alarm, they receive some other unexpected guests…
FC • 48 pages • $7.99
Bullet points:
- Double-sized story by the regular Season 11 team of Joe Harris, Matthew Dow Smith and Jordie Bellaire!