IDW Publishing previews this week’s releases, including new installments of Insufferable, Jem & The Holograms, Maxx Maxximized, Mickey Mouse, Star Trek / Green Lantern, and Uncle Scrooge, as well as the GI Joe Cobra World Order Prelude, the original graphic novel Junction True, and three trade collections: Angel Season 6 Vol. 1, Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1, and Haunted Horror Vol. 3.
Official previews:
Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1—CERTIFIED COOL
Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch (w) • Franco Urru, Tim Kane, David Messina, Stephen Mooney, John Byrne, Nick Runge, Fabio Mantovani, Kevyn Schmidt, Mirco Pierfederici (a) • Nick Runge (c)
After the Fall?! How about after the show?! Picking up where the television series left off, Angel: Season Six brings all the best moments from Angel: First Night, Spike: After the Fall, and Angel: After the Fall into a two-volume set. With Season Six on your shelf, the memory of Angel will not fade away.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 376 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-438-2
Bullet points:
- Brian Lynch’s epic storyline is collected as last!
- Continues the celebrated Angel TV show!
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero: COBRA WORLD ORDER Prelude—SPOTLIGHT
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Paul Pope (c)
It’s zero hour for Real American Hero! This table-setter leads into a mammoth 6-part bi-weekly event kicking off with next month’s RAH #219 and #220! G.I. JOE has been fighting the evil forces of COBRA for decades, but now COBRA is ready to unleash its master plan on an unsuspecting G.I. JOE!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
- A perfect jumping on point for G.I. Joe fans, new and old!
- Covers from Paul Pope, Francesco Francavilla and Phil Jimenez!
- The 7-part COBRA WORLD ORDER starts here and comnitnues in next month’s now- bi-weekly RAH!
- Part of IDW’s Artist’s Edition Month promotion!
Haunted Horror, Vol. 3: Pre-Code Comics So Good, They’re Scary
Various (w) • Frank Giacoia, Nick Cardy, Shelly Moldoff, Bob Powell, Jack Sparling, Joe Certa, Lin Streeter (a) • Lee Elias (c)
Volume 3 is the monstrously great curated collection of the goriest, craziest, rarest comics that the U.S. Government didn’t want you to see! David Colton in USA Today screams, “The comic book industry’s most obscure and outrageous stories of the 1950s!” Decapitated Dan screeches, “Some of the greatest horror comic material ever to be reprinted!” Under the infamous melting face cover you’ll witness under-appreciated artists Frank Giacoia, Nick Cardy, Shelly Moldoff, Bob Powell, Jack Sparling, Joe Certa, and Lin Streeter, masters of the horror comics genre!
HC • FC • $24.99 • 160 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-425-2
Bullet points:
- Tell your comic shop, “Haunted Horror for me, see!?”
Insufferable #6
Mark Waid (w) • Peter Krause (a & c)
What was Malvolia’s plan? How is Praetorean involved in the murder of Galahad’s mother? And who is wearing the Suit of Babies?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Jem and the Holograms, Vol. 1: Showtime—SPOTLIGHT
Kelly Thompson (w) • Sophie Campbell (a & c)
Meet Jerrica Benton—a girl with a secret. She and her sisters team up with to become… JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS! But what does it mean to be JEM today? Fashion, art, action, and style collide in Jem and the Holograms: Showtime!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-395-8
Bullet points:
- “One of the brightest, most beautiful books on the shelves, and it’s such a treat to read.” –Comic Book Resources
Jem and the Holograms #8
Kelly Thompson (w) • Emma Vieceli (a & c)
“Viral,” Part 2! JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS finish their new video with holographic supercomputer SYNERGY’s help and prepare for a house party celebrating the video’s world wide launch. Meanwhile, THE MISFITS bristle under the new management of… ERIC RAYMOND!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet Points:
- Part of IDW’s Artist’s Edition Month promotion!
- The Misfits try to repair their tarnished image… and that can’t go wrong, right?
Junction True—SPOTLIGHT
Ray Fawkes (w) • Vince Locke (a & c)
“It’s the freaks who always change the world.”
“We brought down the genome patents and open-sourced the medical profession. That was us. We crashed the plastic surgery business. We paved the way for parasite chic. The body became a new kind of playground and we, celebrating the future, we became the Neumod.”
In the near-future Neumod culture of parasite addicts and hardcore one-upmanship, Dirk Brody has found love. He’ll do anything to prove himself to the woman of his dreams — even if it means blurring the boundaries of his flesh with the radical, illegal Junction True procedure.
Once he starts, he can never go back…
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 128 pages • 6.5” x 9.625” • ISBN: 978-1-89183-099-0
Bullet points:
- Acclaimed creators Ray Fawkes (One Soul) and Vince Locke (A History of Violence) present a mind-bending and hypnotic story of love, sex, and servitude, in a twisted near-future where body-modification has evolved to shocking extremes.
The Maxx: Maxximized #24
Sam Kieth (w & a & c)
Sara finds herself out on a pier, literally and figuratively, and is swallowed up by exploding fairies and the relentless Yellow Slug, as the self-esteem tape—which plays in his head—does nothing to slow his destructive path of mayhem!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Mickey Mouse #5
Bill Wright (w & a) • Jonathan Gray (c)
“The Ghost of Man-Eater Mountain!” Mickey’s and Goofy’s skiing holiday turns spooky—and near-deadly!—when a spectral kidnapper strikes!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Boo! Right on target for Halloween, it’s an extra-long spook story by Golden Age Mouse artist Bill Wright!
- Continues this classic series’ legacy numbering at #314!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- Variant “Disney Legacy” Halloween-inspired Haunted Mansion cover by David Alvarez!
Star Trek/Green Lantern #4 (of 6)
Mike Johnson (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • Marc Laming (c)
The crossover event of 2015 continues here, as Starfleet and the Green Lantern Corps team up in the middle of a ring-powered galactic war! The evil Nekron has arrived in the Star Trek universe… with his eye on resurrecting the planet Vulcan itself! Don’t miss out on the latest chapter of this franchise-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!
Uncle Scrooge #7
Romano Scarpa, Joe Torcivia (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • William Van Horn (c)
“Mummy Fearest”: When Scrooge rebuilds his Money Bin in pyramid form, rival tycoon John D. Rockerduck decides it’s time for a Pharaoh’s curse!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Boo again! Our Halloween cover and McDuck mummy tale are seasonally suited to set your feathers on end!
- Continues this popular series’ legacy numbering at #412!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
- Variant “Disney Legacy” Halloween-inspired Haunted Mansion cover by Derek Charm!