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FANTASY FLIGHT PUBLISHING INC
THE LEGENDS OF PERCEVAN VOLUME 3: THE SHADOW OF MALICORNE HC

(W) Léturgie, Jean & Xavier Fauche (A) Philipe Luguy

Percevan is a brave and noble knight in the service of the king. In his adventures he has made many friends and many enemies. He has treated with powerful wizards, rescued a beautiful princess, and been the salvation of an entire kingdom.

Now an ancient magic has been reawakened, and Percevan shall be one of its first victims! In order to save him, his trusted companions, and others whose loyalty is less certain, must unravel long-lost magical secrets and defeat warriors who cannot be killed. Such is the legend of Percevan…

This volume of the Legends of Percevan collects three stories: "The Keys of Fire,” “The Infernal Knights,” and “The Emerald Table.”

HC, 8x11, 160pgs, FC SRP: $19.95

by Pirus & Mezzo

64 pgs, Full Color, 9 x 12.5

$18.99 Hardcover

Set in a suburb that is both nowhere and everywhere, King of the Flies is a glorious bastard, combining the intricacy and subtlety of the best European graphic novels with a hyperdetailed, controlled noir style derived from the finest American cartoonists. King of the Flies first appears to be a series of unrelated short stories, each starring and narrated by a different protagonist, but it soon becomes clear that these seemingly disparate episodes weave together to form a single complex narrative, with events that are only glimpsed — revisited from different perspectives — revolving around a ne’er-do-well teenager at war with his stepfather and, apparently, the whole world. King of the Flies is designed as a trilogy of books, which will combine to form a single, stunning graphic novel!
MOME WINTER 2010 (VOL. 17)

by various; ed. by G. Groth & Eric Reynolds

120 pgs | Full Color | 7 x 9

$14.99 Softcover

The acclaimed anthology continues with the concluding chapter of Paul Hornschemeier’s third graphic novel “Life with Mr. Dangerous,” which has been running in MOME since the first issue! Meanwhile, Bottomless Belly Button scribe Dash Shaw and MOME regular Tom Kaczynski collaborate on a mind-bending sciencefiction story, “Resolution,” where “reality” exists as a virtual world and people live thru their avatars. Olivier Schrauwen delivers the surrealistic gem “Chromo Congo”; Derek Van Gieson offers a horrific WWII story, “Devil Doll”; Renee French’s “Almost Sound” returns, as does Ted Stearn’s “The Moolah Tree” starring Fuzz & Pluck; plus new work from Kurt Wolfgang, Laura Park, Rick Froberg, and T. Edward Bak.
MOME BACKLIST
MOME is a quarterly anthology showcasing the best new talent of this decade’s rising cartoon generation. MOME was conceived as a contemporary literary journal, though one that tells its stories via the medium of comics, rather than prose. Go to MOME for the standard in comics sophistication.
All volumes are by various artists and edited by Gary Groth and Eric Reynolds / 120pgs / Full-Color / 7x9
MOME VOL. 1

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MOME VOL. 15

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by Jason

$24.99 Hardcover

Almost Silent collects four original Jason graphic novels — three of them out of print for several years — into one compact and classy hardcover omnibus. “You Can’t Get There From Here,” the longest story of the book, tells the tale of a love triangle involving FRANKENSTEIN, Frankenstein’s Monster, and The Monster’s Bride! “Tell Me Something” is a brisk, near-totally-silent graphic novelette about love lost and found again, told with a tricky and tactful mixture of forward and back-flashing narrative. “Meow, Baby” is a collection of Jason’s smart short stories and gut bustin’ gags. “The Living and the Dead” is a hilariously deadpan and gory take on the traditional Romero-style ZOMBIE thriller. Almost Silent is a perfect starting point for a new reader as well as a handsome and handy, inexpensive collection for the committed Jason fan.
LOW MOON

by Jason

$24.99 Hardcover / MAR094249

Five yarns from the Norwegian master: the titular New York Times serial collected for the first time and four all-new stories featuring murder, cavemen, sex, and alien abduction. Funny, poignant, and wry, this is Jason at his best.
YOU SHALL DIE BY YOUR OWN EVIL CREATION

by Fletcher Hanks; ed. by Paul Karasik

224 pgs, Full Color, 8.5 x 11

$24.99 Softcover / APR090827

Readers of the first Fletcher Hanks volume were stunned by its pop surrealism and outright violent mayhem. This larger second volume, when combined with the first, comprises the complete comics work of the heretofore forgotten Golden Age visionary.
HOTWIRE COMICS VOL. 3

by various; ed. by Glenn Head

136 pgs, Color and B&W, 9 x 12

$22.99 Softcover

The HARVEY and EISNER nominated anthology of action! thrills! chills! and transgression! is back with a third volume of anything goes, gut-wrenching, viscerality that you can tune in and rest your overheaed brain on after a long hard day. Get down and daffy with these mad cartoon luminaries as they lick your eyeballs with their pulpy, pulse-pounding inky throwdowns! Glenn Head, Rick Altergott, Johnny Ryan, Michael Kupperman, Mats?!, Mary Fleener, David Sandlin, J. Bradley Johnson, Carol Swain, Doug Allen, Stéphane Blanquet, Sam Henderson, Max Andersson, Danny Hellman, Jayr Pulga, Mack White and more! Looking for laffs? A psychic jolt? Look no further...
HOTWIRE COMICS VOL. 1

by various; ed. by Glenn Head

136 pgs, Color and B&W, 9 x 12

$19.95 Softcover / JAN063036

A big, bold, beautiful poke to the eyeballs featuring short, punchy, hilarious, all-around comics ‘n stories. With Tony Millionaire, Johnny Ryan, Mack White, Craig Yoe, Carol Swain, Ivan Brunetti, R. Sikoryak and many more.
HOTWIRE COMICS VOL. 2

by various; ed. by Glenn Head

136 pgs, Color and B&W, 9 x 12

$22.99 Softcover / DEC073638

The cartoon anthology that puts the kicks back in comics strikes again. Climb on board the Hotwire express for another electrifying joyride, from the sublime to the ridiculous, and all parts in between.
UNLOVABLE VOL. 2

by Esther Pearl Watson

408 pgs, Two Color, 5.75 x 5.75

$22.99 Hardcover

Loosely based on a teenager’s diary from the 1980s found in a gas station bathroom, Unlovable is the remarkable story of Tammy Pierce, as filtered through the pen of Los Angeles super-artist Esther Pearl Watson. This second and concluding volume picks up where the first volume left off and finishes Tammy’s tragicomic sophomore year of high school in 1985. This beautifully produced, dayglo-orange and sparkly pink hardcover presents over 400 pages of her sometimes ordinary, sometimes humiliating, often poignant and always hilarious exploits. Unlovable is about the rawness of trying to figure out who you are in a very public and humiliating way. Unlovable addresses these mysteries of adolescence through Tammy’s naiveté; girls and women in particular will find much that resonates, but men will also relate to Unlovable’s universal humor and wide cast of characters.
UNLOVABLE VOL. 1

by Esther Pearl Watson

416 pgs, Two Color, 5.75 x 5.75

$22.99 Hardcover / OCT084160

From the pages of Bust magazine! Meet Tammy Pierce, ‘80s teen underdog from the underworld of modern America. Pertinent items addressed: big hair, boogers, boys and other high school pitfalls.
SUPERMEN! THE FIRST WAVE OF COMIC BOOK HEROES 1936-1941 (NEW PRINTING)

by various; ed. by Greg Sadowski

192 pgs, Full Color, 7.5 x 10.5

$24.99 Softcover / NOV084059

An indispensable collection of comic book heroes from the best and the brightest of the first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton.
EROS COMIX
TEENS AT PLAY GIRLS WILL BE BOYS GN

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(W/A) George O'Connor

This isn't your grandmother's Greek mythology. Myth meets marvel in George O'Connor's new series of graphic novels, Olympians, a superhero-sized account of gods and goddesses. Zeus, King of the Gods tells the story of the ruler of the Greek pantheon, from his boyhood to his ascendance to supreme power. Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions. (C: 0-1-2)

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FEMME FATALES COMICS
THE UNKNOWNS #2

(W) Mark A. Altman, Steve Kriozere (A) Alisson Borges

Alexis Davenport has discovered she was once part of a superhero team called "The Unknowns." She travels to Las Vegas to meet the elusive Ryan Cypher, a telepath who might hold the key to unlocking the secrets of her past and the dark forces surrounding her.

20pgs, FC SRP: $3.99

(E) Robert M. Overstreet

The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the definitive guide for comic collectors and dealers alike, is back for its 39th edition, including a 70th anniversary look at Batman's first year, an introduction to The Hero Initiative, an amazing roster of new entries in the Overstreet Hall of Fame, and the most extensive pricing from the world of comics! This edition features a choice of two covers — a great modern interpretation of The Avengers #1 by John K. Snyder III and a spot-on recreation of the classic All-Select Comics #1 by Murphy Anderson.

ALL-SELECT SC (DEC084049)—SC SRP: $29.95

ALL-SELECT HC—HC SRP: $35.00

AVENGERS SC (DEC084047)—SC SRP: $29.95

AVENGERS HC (DEC084046)—HC SRP: $35.00
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KAZU KIBUISHI'S COPPER GN

(W/A) Kazu Kibuishi

Copper is curious, Fred is fearful. Together, boy and dog are off on a series of adventures through marvelous worlds, powered by Copper's limitless enthusiasm and imagination. Each story in this collection is a complete vignette, filled with richly detailed settings and told with a wry sense of humor. These two enormously likable characters build ships and planes to travel to surprising destinations and have a knack for getting into all sorts of odd situations. :This definitive collection of the popular webcomic includes all-new comics and stories, and a special section on the making of Copper. Available in Softcover and Hardcover. (C: 0-1-2)

SOFTCOVER—SC, 9x9, 96pgs, FC SRP: $12.99

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HERMES PRESS
LAND OF THE GIANTS: THE COMPLETE SERIES HC

(A) Tom Gill

Based on the classic Irwin Allen television series, the Land of the Giants comic, originally published by Gold Key comics, returns in a single volume. The series features stunning artwork by Lone Ranger artist Tom Gill. In addition to the complete reprint of all five issues, the collection features essays about the show, behind-the-scenes and never-before published documentary photos, blue-prints, models, design artwork, and more! (C: 0-1-2)

HC, 7x10, 208pgs, FC SRP: $39.99

(W) Yoram Bauman (A) Grady Klein

From the optimizing individual to game theory to price theory, The Cartoon Introduction to Economics is the most digestible, explicable, and humorous 200-page introduction to microeconomics you’ll ever read. If the vertiginous economy or a dour professor’s 600-page econ textbook has you desperate for a fun, factual guide to economics, let the collaborative genius of the Klein-Bauman team walk you through an entire introductory microeconomics course. (C: 0-1-2)

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Mike Costa, Christos N. Gage (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Fuso, Howard Chaykin (c)

CHUCKLES is the only man alive to have successfully infiltrated COBRA... and he’s M.I.A. Has he been killed? Defected? Gone rogue to fight a one-man war against the enemy? None of these alternatives are acceptable to GENERAL HAWK. He wants CHUCKLES back with G.I. JOE, so he’s sending a new Joe to retrieve him. But what she finds may be worse than anyone could have imagined... Also, get a deeper look inside COBRA than ever before, as TOMAX, XAMOT, and Erika continue to feel the effects of the previous miniseries, and several COBRA operatives are introduced for the first time in an IDW book! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio.

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Peter Milligan (w) • Dexter Soy (a) • Chester Ocampo (c)

Coinciding with the release Army of Two: The 40th Day, this new ongoing monthly series, written by comics veteran Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Greek Street), follows ex-Army Rangers Salem and Rios as they form their own Private Military Corporation: Trans World Operations. But the pair get more than they bargained for as they are unexpectedly caught in a brewing war between the Mexican Army, drug cartels, and The Maras—one of the most powerful street gangs in Mexico!

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Ray Park, Kevin VanHook (w) • Lee Ferguson (a & c)

Having returned to the village where he trained with the Arashikage Clan, SNAKE EYES uncovers the true identity of the murderer who had stolen his identity! Now Snake Eyes must take the battle to holy ground as he confronts a demon from his past—and watches the world around him go up in flames!

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Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a) • Robert Atkins, David Williams (c)

SNAKE EYES and the Hard Master reunite as the JOE’s silent bringer of death seeks the tutelage of his mentor. And a COBRA operative invades a college campus with deadly results for the JOES. The action builds as the M.A.S.S. Device moves closer to a reality! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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J.T. Krul (w) • Klaus Scherwinski (a) • Scherwinski, Tom Feister (c)

When Army Ranger Wayne Sneeden washes ashore in Guatemala with no memory of who he is, how he got there, or who shot him, putting together the pieces of his past shows him a future he never imagined—and a new name to go with it: BEACH HEAD! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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Larry Hama (w) • Frank Springer, Rod Whigham (a) • Andrea DiVito (c)

Collecting the most incriminating moment of G.I. JOE’S BARONESS, this volume focuses on the Baroness, COBRA’S most seductively evil intelligence officer and lieutenant to Cobra Commander himself.

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Nick Roche (w) • Nick Roche (a) • Roche, Trevor Hutchison (c)

The AUTOBOT special ops crew, THE WRECKERS, are sent to investigate Garrus-9, a prison that fell to the DECEPTICONS three years ago with no communication in or out since. Who’s really behind the prison siege, and what dark secret awaits SPRINGER there? Writer/artist Nick Roche (Maximum Dinobots) does all the dirty work. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio.

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Zander Cannon (w) • Chee (a) • Chee, Guido Guidi (c)

“Things Fall Apart,” Part 2: BUMBLEBEE’s human-allied Skywatch team tracks down their latest target: the AUTOBOT BLURR. With this forced betrayal, the team’s morale takes a deep plunge until BUMBLEBEE and WHEELJACK devise a dangerous mission to free them all from the kill-switches that compel them to obey Col. Horiuchi’s commands. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio.

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Mike Costa (w) • Don Figueroa (a) • Figueroa, Andrew Wildman (c)

HOT ROD’s desire to get off-planet leads to some desperate measures, OPTIMUS PRIME and Spike sit down for an unpleasant conversation, and a new arrival to the AUTOBOT camp comes at their most vulnerable time possible. Costa and Figueroa continue to make history, bringing the AUTOBOTS to their (almost) darkest hour. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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Chris Mowry (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Carlos Magno, Milne (c)

Setting out in search of OPTIMUS PRIME and the AUTOBOTS, ARCEE is captured by the vicious THUNDERCRACKER. And what better punishment for this AUTOBOT warrior than being the catalyst for a new squad of DECEPTICONS? ARCEE must learn that a good leader conquers all, especially in war. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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Simon Furman, Mike Costa, Shane McCarthy, Andy Schmidt, Nick Roche, Denton J. Tipton, Zander Canon (w) • Don Figueroa, Chee Yang Ong, Emiliano Santalucia, Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller, Nick Roche, and Guido Guidi (a) • Trevor Hutchinson (c)

It ends here. All loose ends are laid to rest in this collection that ends the All Hail Megatron saga and sets the stage for big things to come for the TRANSFORMERS!

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Marty Isenberg (w) • Various (a)

The Season 2 adventures of the TRANSFORMERS in New Detroit come to a dramatic conclusion in episodes "A Bridge Too Close" parts one and two. Featuring OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, RATCHET, MEGATRON, BLITZWING and more, the Transformers Animated series puts new TF action in your pocket!

TPB • FC • $7.99 • 112 Pages • 5” x 7”

Bill Willingham, Bill Williams (w) • Brian Denham, David Messina (a) • Jenny Frison, David Messina (c)

Where has the “hero of L.A.” gone? While Team Angel Investigations try to figure out how to handle the everyday demons, danger, and evil-doing on their own, Angel’s whereabouts turn out to be part of a seriously sinister conspiracy. Plus: chapter of the Eddie Hope back-up by Williams and Messina. 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio.

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Scott Tipton (w) • Elena Casagrande (a & c)

IDW's series of adaptations of landmark Angel episodes continues with A Hole in the World, one of the series' most heartbreaking episodes! As Fred begins to succumb to a horrible curse, Angel and his crew frantically race to find a cure, and discover only treachery in their midst, in the form of a betrayal from one of their own…

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Tony Lee (w) • Al Davison (a) • Paul Grist, Davison (c)

Part 1 of the two-part “Tessaract,” featuring the return of artist Al Davison. When a 5th-dimensional spacecraft crashes into and through the TARDIS, it’s up to the Doctor and his two new friends to stabilize the console room and stop both ships from imploding! But the console room is missing, and the other ship is filled with an alien race that wants the Doctor dead! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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Scott & David Tipton (w) • Federica Manfredi (a) • David Messina (c)

Introducing a brand-new series focusing on some of the most famous Captains in Starfleet history! In the debut issue, Captain Hikaru Sulu, still new to the command of the U.S.S. Excelsior, finds himself once again face to face with one of the Federation's most dangerous and mysterious adversaries—the Tholians! From the creative team behind Spock: Reflections!

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Scott & David Tipton (w) • Fabio Mantovani (a) • Sharp Brothers, David Messina (c)

Deep Space Nine teeters on the brink of anarchy as swarms of treasure-hunters and mercenaries continue to flood the station. Major Kira and Constable Odo are on the case, and the investigation leads to a not-unexpected destination: Quark's Bar! 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

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Zander Cannon (w) • Javier Aranda (a) • Joe Corroney (c)

With Worf captured and under threat of execution, Geordi, Troi, and Dr. Crusher race to get information that will exonerate him. Picard and Riker negotiate with Worf's captors, but the paranoid warlords continue to regard all outsiders as a threat, and launch a military attack on the ship under the Enterprise's protection.

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Scott & David Tipton (w) • David Messina, Frederica Manfredi (a) • Messina (c)