IDW Publishing has released previews of this week’s arrivals, including Animal Noir #2, Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #3, Comic Book History of Comics #5, Star Trek Boldly Go #6, Rom #8, Cosmic Scoundrels #2, GI Joe A Real American Hero #238, Jem & The Holograms #24, Mask Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #4, Orphan Black Deviations #1, Transformers Lost Light #4, Transformers Till All Are One #8, Weird Love #17, and X-Files #12.
Previews:
Animal Noir #2
Izar Lunacek & Nejc Juren (w) • Izar Lunacek (a & c)
Manny Diamond’s search for his uncle’s wife’s missing prey fantasy movie heats up! As Manny tries to get info from the former star, she puts him on track to meet up with a former co-worker and anti-prey-film activist. With such a passionate companion in tow, will Manny be able to keep his head down away from hungry lions, drugged out monkeys, hippo mobsters and the cops?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #3
Bob Gale, Derek Fridolfs (w) • Alan Robinson (a & c)
“Biff Goes To Town” They say you can never go home again, but no one told that to Biff Tannen. With a growing fortune and his eyes set on Hill Valley, Biff returns to claim the city and grow it in his toxic image with the creation of BIFFCO ENTERPRISES. As a result, the Hill Valley Civic Committee is formed to stop Biff by any means necessary. But will tragedy dissolve them before they get their chance?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by Anthony Marques!
Comic Book History of Comics #5
Fred Van Lente (w) • Ryan Dunlavey (a & c)
The inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga continues in four-color glory! This issue, the award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey bring you FANBASE COMICS, SUPERHERO EVOLUTION, and OUTER SPACE!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cosmic Scoundrels #2
Andy Suriano & Matt Chapman (w) • Andy Suriano (a & c)
After discovering last issue that their big score was actually a baby, the Scoundrels are faced with a choice: keep the kid and start calling themselves Cosmic Scoundrels & Son… or sell him to the highest bidder at The Fence, an intergalactic black market space mall, home of chromosomal bath houses, discount hadron colliders, and dudes named ‘Hairbath.’
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Plus, the Fist Puncher gets an upgrade and does some actual fist punching! Magic spit bubbles, magic wristbands, and choking hazards abound (not recommended for humanoids under 3)!
- Andy Suriano is an Emmy and Annie Award-winning artist who has worked on such iconic series as Samurai Jack and Star Wars: The Clone Wars!
- Matt Chapman is a writer of Disney’s Gravity Falls and the co-creator of Disney XD’s Two More Eggs and Homestar Runner!
Gabriel Rodriguez’ Locke & Key Covers Artist’s Edition Portfolio
Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Presenting a selection of some of the finest and most inventive cover images from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’ best-selling and critically acclaimed horror series, all in the IDW award-winning Artist’s Edition format. 12 intricate and thought-provoking images by Rodriguez, all scanned directly from the original art and delivered in a lovely hardcover case.
HC portfolio • BW • $39.99 • 12 plates • 11” x 17” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-944-8
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #238
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)
The hunt for Dawn Moreno continues, as Zartan chases after the newest student of the Arashikage clan. He intends to bring her back to Cobra… dead or alive!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Haunted Horror: The Screaming Skulls and Much More
Various (w) • Doug Wildley, Don Heck, Bernard Baily (a) • Bernard Baily (c)
You’ll scream with terror when you experience these terrifying Pre-Code stories sure to rot your brain! Never collected together in book form, you’ll thrill when you read under your dark covers: “Terror of the Nightmares,” “Headless Horror,” “Death Ala Carte,” “The Devil from the Deep,” and macabre more! The Ghastly Award-winning Haunted Horror series presents–in large-format bloody-color–carefully restored walking zombies, screaming skulls, and ravenous cannibal monsters!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 160 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-835-9
Bullet points:
- Rue Morgue Magazine wails, “Classic stories! These stories are just plain fun and perfectly accomplish what good comics should: they entertain!”
Jem and the Holograms #25
Kelly Thompson (w) • Gisele Lagace (a) • Jen Bartel (c)
Truly Outrageous Part Two! In Hawaii The Stingers plot against Jem and The Holograms for “stealing Raya” as Riot tries to win back Jem. Meanwhile Jerrica must reconcile the two people she has become – Jem and Jerrica – and that might just mean telling Rio the truth!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Is someone going to throw Kimber into a volcano? Possibly!
- When tempted, what will Raya do with The Holograms greatest secret?
- Variant cover by Gisele Lagace!
M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #5
Brandon Easton (w) • Tony Vargas (a) • Tommy Lee Edwards (c)
With all secrets revealed, Matt Trakker and the M.A.S.K. team take on Miles Mayhem and V.E.N.O.M. in a brutal final assault. With their first major victory in their sights, the M.A.S.K. team must remain vigilant as other powerful and unforeseen forces rise up from the darkness. New enemies are on the horizon and you must NOT miss what happens on the last page!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- All-new storyline starts next month!
- Variant cover by Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos!
Orphan Black: Deviations #1
Heli Kennedy (w) • Wayne Nichols (a) • Cat Staggs (c)
In a world where Sarah managed to save Beth from taking her own life! With this single twist of fate, the Clone Club comes together in a completely different way and the mystery of Project LEDA unfolds in new, exiting ways! See all your favorite characters return in an all-new light!
FC • 40 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- Find out what happens in a world… where Sarah saved Beth!
- Check out the Mash-up variant!
- Part of IDW’s Deviations five-week event!
- Papercraft variant cover!
Revolution Deluxe HC
John Barber, Brandon Easton, Cullen Bunn, Chris Ryall, Christos Gage, Aubrey Sitterson, James Roberts (w) • Fico Ossio, Tony Vargas, Chris Panda, Ron Joseph, Giannis Milonogiannis, Paolo Villanelli (a) • James Biggie (c)
THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! Celebrating more than a decade of stories by IDW and HASBRO, this unprecedented event draws everything together—and leaves nothing standing. The REVOLUTION is here—TAKE A STAND! Collects Revolution issues #0–5, plus all eight one-shots, and an expanded cover gallery.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 348 pages • 7” x11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-937-0
Bullet points:
- This DELUXE hardcover collection is available only to DIRECT MARKET RETAILERS! Don’t miss this exclusive offer!
Rom #8
Chris Ryall & Christos Gage (w) • Paolo Villanelli (a) • Nelson Daniel (c)
Other Space Knights have arrived on Earth… two warriors with ties to ROM’s past and who are determined to ensure that the DIRE WRAITHS have no future… even if it means destroying the planet along with them!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by Jeff Zornow!
Star Trek: Boldly Go #6
Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott (w) • Chris Mooneyham (a) • George Caltsoudas (c)
The hit new series continues with this all-new story set after the events of STAR TREK BEYOND! After their encounter with the deadly Borg, Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Endeavour face an uncertain future… and a powerful new threat to the Federation!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Don’t miss the all-new ongoing series set after the events of Star Trek Beyond!
- Variant cover by Marc Laming!
Transformers: Lost Light #4
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
RODIMUS, MEGATRON and the exiled crew of the Lost Light realise that there’s only one thing they need to do before they can resume their quest. Unfortunately, that thing is “save the world.” Can the AUTOBOTS overcome the odds and save the day? To be honest, probably not.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Some characters might die! Oh no!
- Variant cover by E.J. Su!
Transformers: Till All Are One #8
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
This is it: the final stand for Cybertron! Will Starscream and Windblade’s gamble finally pay off or will all of Iacon be destroyed by the zombie titans?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by Nelson Daniel!
Weird Love #17
Various (w & a) • Dick Giordano and Vince Colleta (c)
Shocking, scintillating and WEIRD stories like “Too Young For Love”, “High School Affair,” “Teacher’s Pet,” and the weirdest of all, “Miss Atwood and the Fountain of Youth.” PLUS THREE MORE NOT-TO-MISS SCANDALS! Don’t miss this issue or I’ll have to see you after class!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The X-Files #12
Joe Harris (w) • Andrew Currie (a) • menton3 (c)
“Skinner,” Part 1 (of 2): Assistant Director Walter Skinner finally gets the spotlight! When a face from the past resurfaces, Skinner must confront painful memories of the Vietnam War in his effort to keep a dark secret from being exposed.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Executive produced by The X-Files creator Chris Carter!
