Iron Fist Epic Collection: The Fury of Iron Fist
By Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Larry Hama
Published by Marvel Comics
A Himalayan expedition to find the mystical city of K’un-Lun left nine-year-old Daniel Rand’s parents dead, but he found the path to the K’un-Lun and there spent a decade training under its immortal inhabitants.
He became an unmatched master of martial arts and spiritual control; armed with the shattering power of the iron fist, Daniel left immortality behind to set out into the Western world and avenge his parents’ deaths.
Packed with wall-to-wall kung fu action, Iron Fist runs a gauntlet through the Kara-Kai death cult, ninja adversaries, and mystic dimensions.
COLLECTING: Vol. 1; Marvel Premiere (1972) 15-25, Iron Fist (1975) 1-15, Marvel Team-Up (1972) 63-64
Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert
By Alan Brennert, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano,
Joe Staton, Norm Breyfogle, José Luis García-López
Published by DC Comics
Penning just a handful of comic tales over two decades, writer Alan Brennert was never a prolific contributor to the DC Universe. But to fans familiar with those iconic tales, Brennert ranks among the all-time greatest Batman authors. Primarily a writer of television and literary fiction, he wrote only nine stories for DC Comics, but all were instant classics.
Largely taking place outside of the main DC continuity, in the realms of Elseworlds and Earth-Two, Brennert’s comics are some of the most-thought provoking and insightful in the Dark Knight’s history.
Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert brings together for the first time the complete works of a writer who has been a staple DC “Greatest Stories” collections for decades.
The Fade Out
by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Published by Image Comics
The most ambitious project yet from the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, with acclaimed color artist Elizabeth Breitweiser — Finally available in the gorgeous Deluxe edition their fans have come to expect!
An epic graphic novel of Hollywood in the early days of the Blacklist, The Fade Out tracks the murder of an up-and-coming starlet from studio backlots to the gutters of downtown Los Angeles, as shell-shocked front man Charlie Parish is caught between his own dying sense of morality and his best friend’s righteous sense of justice.
A picture-perfect recreation of a lost era, The Fade Out is an instant classic from one of comics most acclaimed teams.
This beautiful oversized hardback edition collects the entirety of Brubaker and Phillips serialized graphic novel, as well as many behind-the-scenes art and stories, sketches and layouts, illustrations, and several historical essays.
Collects issues 1 – 12 of The Fade Out.
Mickey’s Craziest Adventures
by Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas
Published by IDW Publishing
It’s a “lost” 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments… or is it?
When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge’s Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down―in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas: told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time!
Machine Man: The Complete Collection
by Jack Kirby, Marv Wolfman, Tom Defalco,
Roger Stern, Sal Buscema, Steve Ditko
Published by Marvel Comics
A military machine with a soul, a thinking computer in the form of a man, X-51 is the Machine Man!
Abel Stack gave a government-created robot a human face, nurturing the man inside the machine and calling him son. But Stack’s death left that son, Aaron, alone and running for his life. The military wants to strip him apart, mankind doesn’t understand him – but in exploits crafted by two of the medium’s greatest talents, he’ll still redefine humanity.
Few comic books were lucky enough to be graced by the work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.
COLLECTING: Machine Man (1978) 1-19; Incredible Hulk (1968) 235-237; Marvel Comics Presents 10
The Art of DC Comics Bombshells
by Ant Lucia
Published by DC Comics
The timeless beauty of the DC Universe’s greatest heroines is on full display in The Art of DC Comics Bombshells! Reimagined in the incredibly popular collectibles line as World War II-era pinups, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Poison Ivy and so many more of the most extraordinary characters in comics are showcased as never before. These gorgeous statues have become modern-day classics, capturing imaginations and inspiring covers in their honor, a monthly comic book series and more.
The retro reinventions of these iconic heroes and villains are presented here along with never-before-seen artwork, preliminary designs and commentary from the creative forces behind the ever-expanding world of the Bombshells!
Airboy
by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle
Published by Image Comics
When acclaimed comics author James Robinson (Starman, Fantastic Four) is hired to write a reboot of the 1940s action hero Airboy, he’s reluctant to do yet another Golden Age reboot.
Just what the hell has happened to his career-?! His marriage?! His life?! Hey, it’s nothing that a drink can’t fix.
It’s after one such night of debauchery with artist Greg Hinkle that the project really comes into its own. Quite literally.
Because Airboy himself appears to set the two depraved comic book creators on the straight and narrow. But no one in this story has their life go according to plan.
Read the entire series in one hardcover collected volume, which features a brand new story dealing with the reaction to the comic’s initial publication that doesn’t turn out the way anyone expects…least of all Robinson and Hinkle.
A satirical look into the comic book industry paired with the debauchery of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Super Weird Heroes: Outrageous But Real!
Edited by Craig Yoe
Published by IDW Publishing
SUPER!–SUPER Weird Heroes is the first superhero book from Yoe Books/IDW! Over 500 pages, this ginormous tome is as thick as a brick! This bargained-priced book is filled with tons of rare, full-color, never-before-reprinted comics which could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars on the collector’s market!
WEIRD!–Super WEIRD Heroes is the most bizarro, wacky, wild, astonishing eye-popping, jaw-dropping, book… EVAH! It’s loaded with beyond-belief “WHAT TH’?!?!” moments! Wait till you tell your friends what you discover in its pages!
HEROES!–Super Weird HEROES will make you laugh, cry, and be immensely entertained! You’re going to witness Public Domain superheroes like The Hand (yes, he’s a giant hand), The Eye (you got it―he’s a yuuuge eye), The Bouncer (this super-hero-in-a-skirt’s power is bouncing)!
There’s Rainbow Boy (he sports a towering rainbow mohawk on his head), Boomerang (he defeats Nazi hordes and weaponry by throwing a little boomerang), Kangaroo Man (don’t jump to conclusions―he’s even weirder than you think―his fighting partner is a talking kangaroo!).
You’ll spit-take your milk reading the adventures of The Yellowjacket (he fights villains with bees), Madame Fatal (a cross dressing hero), and Phantasmo (who fights criminals barely wearing any clothes at all)! And this is just a small fraction of the Super Weird Heroes you’ll experience in this must-have book―there are over 65 super weird heroes in all!
Becoming Andy Warhol
by Nick Bertozzi and Pierce Hargan
Published by Abrams Books
Celebrated during his lifetime as much for his personality as for his paintings, Andy Warhol (1928–87) is the most famous and influential of the Pop artists, who developed the notion of 15 minutes of fame, and the idea that an artist could be as illustrious as the work he creates.
This graphic novel biography offers insight into the turning point of Warhol’s career and the creation of the Thirteen Most Wanted Men mural for the 1964 World’s Fair, when Warhol clashed with urban planner Robert Moses, architect Philip Johnson, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller. In Becoming Andy Warhol, New York Times bestselling writer Nick Bertozzi and artist Pierce Hargan showcase the moment when, by stubborn force of personality and sheer burgeoning talent, Warhol went up against the creative establishment and emerged to become one of the most significant artists of the 20th century.
Klaus
by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora
Published by BOOM! Studios
Comics legend Grant Morrison introduces us to an old friend, Santa Claus, as we’ve never seen him before.
He’s a myth. He’s a legend. He’s loved worldwide by children and adults alike . . . but does anyone truly know the origins of Santa Claus? Set in a dark fantastic past of myth and magic, Klaus tells the origin story of Santa Claus. It’s the tale of one man and his wolf against a totalitarian state and the ancient evil that sustains it. Award-winning author Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, The Multiversity) and artist Dan Mora (Hexed) revamp, reinvent, and re-imagine a classic superhero for the 21st century, drawing on Santa’s roots in Viking lore and Siberian shamanism, and taking in the creepier side of Christmas with characters like the sinister Krampus.
Klaus finally answers the burning question: what does Santa Claus do on the other 364 days a year?
Dark Night: A True Batman Story
by Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso
Published by DC Comics
This is a Batman story like no other—the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of writer Paul Dini’s courageous struggle to overcome a desperate situation.
The Caped Crusader has been the all-abiding icon of justice and authority for generations. But in this surprising original graphic novel, we see Batman in a new light—as the savior who helps a discouraged man recover from a brutal attack that left him unable to face the world.
In the 1990s, legendary writer Paul Dini had a flourishing career writing the hugely popular Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures. Walking home one evening, he was jumped and viciously beaten within an inch of his life. His recovery process was arduous, hampered by the imagined antics of the villains he was writing for television including the Joker, Harley Quinn and the Penguin. But despite how bleak his circumstances were, or perhaps because of it, Dini also always imagined the Batman at his side, chivvying him along during his darkest moments.
A gripping graphic memoir of one writer’s traumatic experience and his deep connection with his creative material, Dark Night: A True Batman Story is an original graphic novel that will resonate profoundly with fans. Art by the incredible and talented Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Transmetropolitan).
Jingle Belle: The Whole Package!
by Paul Dini, Jose Garibaldi, J. Bone, Stephen DeStefano, Stephanie Gladden, Kyle Baker, Bill Morrison, Sergio Aragones, Jeff Smith
Published by IDW Publishing
Christmas comes early with IDW’s release of Paul Dini’s Jingle Belle: The Whole Package! From the writer that brought you Harley Quinn comes another madcap creation, a saucy sprite bearing a sleigh load of mirthful mischief!
The number one spot on Santa’s naughty list each year belongs to Jingle Belle Kringle, the jolly old elf’s own rebellious teen-age daughter. Constantly flying in the face of her famous father’s ho-ho-thority, Jingle is determined to unleash her own brand of holiday hi-jinx onto the yuletide season. Whether battling for glory with her all-elf hockey team, or going head to head with the villainous Blizzard Wizard and the vengeful Krampus, sassy, snappy Jingle Belle always keeps things hot at the North Pole.
This super-sized 340 page omnibus features a new cover by Stephane Buscema and reprints all of Jingle’s funniest adventures written by animation legend Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series, Duck Dodgers, JLA) and also includes stories and artwork by a galaxy of comics superstars including Stephen DeStefano, Stephanie Gladden, Jose Garibaldi, Kyle Baker, J. Bone, Bill Morrison, Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, Jeff Smith and many others!
DC Comics: Bombshells Vol. 1: Enlisted
by Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage,
Laura Braga, Bilquis Evely, Mirka Andolfo, Ming Doyle
Published by DC Comics
The incredibly popular DC Collectibles line is brought to life in these stories that reimagine the course of history!
As Word War II rages across Europe, the Allied forces issue a call to arms for the greatest heroines the world has ever known: The Bombshells!
Kate Kane, the all-American Batwoman; Diana of Themyscira, warrior Princess of the Amazons; Kara Starikov and Kortni Duginovna, defenders of Mother Russia; and Mera, royal daughter of the legendary Atlantis! With aid from their allies at home and abroad, these mighty women will turn the tide of war and defend those inviolable rights of Truth, Justice and Freedom.
Collects DC COMICS: BOMBSHELLS #1-6.
Nameless
by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham
Published by Image Comics
Nameless tells the story of a down-at-heel occult hustler known only as “Nameless” who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part of a desperate mission to save the world.
A massive asteroid named Xibalba – the “Place of Fear” in Mayan mythology – is on collision course with the planet Earth and if that wasn’t trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magical symbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solar system’s lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed 65 million years ago at the end of an epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely-powerful, life-hating, extra-dimensional “gods”.
One of those beings is still alive, imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists. When Nameless and his team-mates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul-destroying intelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to the outer reaches of human terror.
Fight Club 2
by Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart, David Mack
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Some imaginary friends never go away . . .
Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, he lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won’t last long, the wife has seen to that. He’s back where he started, but this go-round he’s got more at stake than his own life.The time has arrived . . .Rize or Die.
New York Times bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk and acclaimed artist Cameron Stewart have collaborated for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events of 2015–the return of Tyler Durden.
The first rule of Fight Club 2 might be not to talk about it, but Fight Club 2 is generating international headlines and will introduce a new generation of readers to Project Mayhem.
The Wicked + The Divine: Year One
by Kieron Gillen, Jamie Mckelvie,
Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles
Produced by Image Comics
Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson return with an Eisner Award-nominated modern fantasy where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods.
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved.
They are hated. In two years, they are dead.
But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.
Collects issues 1 through 11.
That’s a Horrible Thing to Say, Josh Latta!
By Josh Latta
Published by Underworld Amusements
The titular phrase of this cartoon collection is the selfsame ejaculation of many denizens of social media who happen to scroll past one of the named artists digitized drawings. Possibly you yourself have seen these graphical hijinx and either recoiled in horror or exclaimed in hilarity.
And now… for the first time ever, six dozen of these precious little monsters/gems have been collected in one place!
That’s right, now you can get your grubby little mitts on a good old-fashioned book and allow grandma the same experience you had without signing her up for FaceSnap or whatever stupid website everyone is on now in the future when you’re reading this.
Actionverse Volume 1
By Vito Delsante, Anthony Ruttgaizer,
Jamal Igle, Shawn Gabborin,
Ray-Anthony Height, Sean Izaakse,
Marco Renna, Chad Cicconi, Steve Walker
Only one force in the universe can bring Jake Roth (The F1rst Hero), Molly Danger, Virtue (from Fracture), Midnight Tiger and Stray together. Who is the mysterious Cascade and what terrible power does he hold?
Molly’s arch-enemy, Medula, holds the answers but will be be friend or foe? Also included: The first meeting of Stray, Midnight Tiger and Molly Danger as they go up against the Hyena!
Collects Actionverse #0-6.
