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story MICHAEL AVON OEMING & DANIEL BERMAN

art JOHN BROGLIA

cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING

DECEMBER 2

32 PAGES / FC $2.99

Magic, monsters and GODS are back! In this action packed issue the GODS hit Paul where it hurts… his own neighborhood. And now he must fight for his life; has Paul been found out? Will he be able to protect Sophia and George or are they in as much danger as he is?
INVINCIBLE #70

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & FCO PLASCENCIA

JANUARY 20

32 PAGES / FC $2.99

OVERWHELMED! Invincible finds himself faced against the combined might of the Sequid legions! Is he willing to do what must be done in order to save the world – and will this event push him over the edge or bring him back from it?

story BRANDON GRAHAM

art & cover BRANDON GRAHAM

JANUARY 20

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

It’s the thrilling next chapter of BRANDON GRAHAM’s saga! The coffin is open and the thing inside it walks among us! Statues cry, rivers turn black! In short, s@!# is going down! This is the issue not to miss, as Joe opens up a can of feline whup-ass!

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THE MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #6

story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING

art VICTOR SANTOS

cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING

variant cover VICTOR SANTOS & VERONICA GANDINI

JANUARY 13

32 PAGES / FC $3.50

“THE BATS OF MEAVE”—Karic's destiny has been a mystery to the young mouse ever since tragedy first struck his home, and when he learned he was a focal point for supernatural forces. Now the cryptic Bats of Meave render their judgment, and set Karic upon a course of action that can only end in disaster. While Cassius leads Llochloraine, the Templar, Maeven, and their students in a desperate battle against the fearsome and deadly power of the Scorpion God.

RETAILER NOTE: This issue ships with two covers, intermixed 50/50.
PROOF #28

story ALEXANDER GRECIAN

art CHRIS GRINE

cover RILEY ROSSMO & CHRIS GRINE

DECEMBER 16

32 PAGES / FC $3.50

“CONCLUSIONS”—Series finale... The Dover Demon is gone and Proof’s future is uncertain. As the government moves in to shut down The Lodge, Proof makes a startling discovery that may change everything he thinks he knows about himself.

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story JOSH WAGNER

art & cover CAMILLA D’ERRICO

JANUARY 13

32 PAGES / FC $2.99

As Billy infiltrates Forgotten Isle, the hearts and minds of his friends become a battle ground for a conflict between Witch Queen’s evil machine and the Light Crystal. Though hopelessly outnumbered, Billy’s personal struggles hold the key to defeating the Pirate King. Based on a new game for the Nintendo DS and Wii.

story JEFF PARKER

art & cover STEVE LIEBER

DECEMBER 16

32 PAGES / FC $3.50

MINISERIES CONCLUSION! Wes and Seth have come to the end of the line- and so has Harden. As everyone converges upon the entrance to Stillwater Cave up above, the conflict below reaches a very final conclusion.

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

JANUARY 13

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

At long last... they arrive. But will things get better... or WORSE?

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McFarlane Toys
MCFARLANE’S SPORTS PICKS: NFL SERIES 22 ACTION FIGURES

NFL Debut of Collector Level!

* Tom Brady—Silver Collector Level (93286-7)

* Matt Cassel—Classic Chase (93284-3)

* Adrian Peterson—Gold Collector Level (93283-6)

* Matt Forte—Bronze Collector Level (93281-2)

* Matt Ryan—Classic Chase/Premier Collector Level (93282-9)

(#93280-5) (C:1-1-3) WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts & small ball. Not for children under 3 years.

Assorted Pack Information: 8-pack case includes at least 1 piece of each figure. Every Assorted Case pack will include 7 standard figures and either 1 Classic Chase, or Collector Level figure.

Solid Pack Information: No Collector Level figures are included in Solid Case Packs. All figures available in solid case packs of 8 pieces per case. Figures with Classic Chase versions will come with 7 standard and 1 Classic Chase figure. Refer to individual item codes when ordering.

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MCFARLANE’S SPORTS PICKS: NHL SERIES 23 ACTION FIGURES

NHL Debut of Collector Level!

* Marc-Andre Fleury—Silver Collector Level (76071-2)

* Gordie Howe—Gold Collector Level/MVP Collector Level (76073-6)

* Alexander Ovechkin—Classic Chase/Prmier Collector Level (76072-9)

* Teemu Selanne—All Star Collector Level (76074-3)

* Bobby Orr—Bronze Collector Level (76076-7)

* Luke Schenn—Classic Chase (76078-1)

(#76070-5) (C:1-1-3) WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts & small ball. Not for children under 3 years.

Assorted Pack Information: 8-pack case includes at least 1 piece of each figure. Every Assorted Case pack will include 7 standard figures and either 1 Classic Chase, or Collector Level figure.

Solid Pack Information: No Collector Level figures are included in Solid Case Packs. All figures available in solid case packs of 8 pieces per case. Figures with Classic Chase versions will come with 7 standard and 1 Classic Chase figure. Refer to individual item codes above when ordering.

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(W) Rob Levin (A) Jorge Lucas (Cov) TBD

A Tale of The Darkness! Go back to the turn of the 20th Century and read a tale of lost love, the depravity of man and powers beyond our understanding in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft! Salvador Gomes is a broken man. He has lost his beautiful wife and young daughter in a fire and now spends restless days and sleepless nights looking for solace. In desperation, he makes a bargain with “The Shadow God,” but every bargain has its price…

32pgs, FC $2.99 / one-shot

(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic

Guest Appearance by The Darkness! Danielle Baptiste, the newest bearer of The Angelus, begins to explore what this new role means for her, learning what the Angelus truly is, and how it ties into our notions angels and even Heaven itself. But as she uncovers these truths, Dani begins to realize she might have surrendered any control she has over her own life.

32pgs, FC $2.99 / limited series

(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic

Get this limited edition signed by writer Ron Marz. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

32pgs, FC $14.99 / Signed Edition

(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Sheldon Mitchell (Cov) Marc Silvestri

From the creative minds of Image partners Robert Kirkman & Marc Silvestri!

Todd Carey is recovering from a nasty divorce, his daughter is flunking out of college and he’s just learned that his father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Unable to really take care of himself, Todd has allowed his father to move in with him. What Todd doesn’t know, is that his father is the masked vigilante STEALTH… and has been his entire life. Stealth has many enemies and his erratic behavior could easily get him killed — and all his trouble falls squarely in Todd’s lap.

32pgs, FC $2.99 / pilot issue
CYBERFORCE/HUNTER-KILLER #2—BASALDUA LONG BEACH COMIC CON VARIANT COVER

(W) Mark Waid (A) Kenneth Rocafort (Cov) Eric Basaldua

Get this limited edition wraparound variant cover by Eric Basaldua created exclusively for the Long Beach Comic Con. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

32pgs, FC $10.00 / Convention Exclusive

(W) Jonathan Lincoln (A) Francis Tsai (Cov) Francis Tsai

The first property from Top Cow and Heroes and Villains Entertainment is here!

FBI tracker Alex O'Roark and his partner Jezebel Kendal race against the clock to capture the serial killer Herod before he kills again. When Herod drags Alex's fiancé, Tory, into their game of cat and mouse, Alex may unleash the beast caged within...

32pgs, FC $2.99 / limited series
TRACKER #1—SIGNED EDITION

(W) Jonathan Lincoln (A) Francis Tsai (Cov) Francis Tsai

Get this limited edition signed by writer Jonathan Lincoln and artist Francis Tsai. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

32pgs, FC $2.99 / Signed Edition

(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Sejic, Michal Ivan

PANTHEON: Part 1 (of 3)—Guest-starring Aphrodite IV! Back in New York City, Detective Sara Pezzini, bearer of the Witchblade, still struggles to come to grips with her inhuman actions during “War of the Witchblades.” But introspection might just get Sara killed when she finds herself in the crosshairs of the mysterious and deadly Aphrodite IV! Featuring a cover by series artist Sejic and a variant cover by cover illustrator Michal Ivan (The Darkness)!

Cover A – Stjepan Sejic

Cover B – Michal Ivan

32pgs, FC $2.99 / ongoing series

(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic

Get this limited edition Halloween-themed variant cover by regular artist Stjepan Sejic done for the Baltimore Comic-Con. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

32pgs, FC $10.00 / Convention Exclusive

(W) David Wohl, Christina Z. (A) Marc Silvestri, Joe Benitez, Michael Turner

(Cov) Marc Silvestri

Go back to the beginning and see 21-year-old mob hitman Jackie Estacado struggle with the power and the burden of The Darkness. Also collected in this edition is the first crossover between The Darkness and Witchblade in the fan favorite “Family Ties” storyline. Featuring art by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri and superstar Joe Benitez (Soulfire, Titans). Collects The Darkness #7-10 as well as Witchblade #18-19.

SC, 7x10, 176pgs, FC $14.99
WITCHBLADE #131—ALBANY COMIC CON VARIANT COVER

(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Matthew Smith

Get this limited edition Halloween-themed variant cover by Matthew Smith (Supernatural, Hellboy) done for the Albany Comic-Con. Quantities are limited, allocations may occur.

32pgs, FC $10.00 / Convention Exclusive

All the Comics, Movies, TV Shows, Toys and Collectibles you’ve got to check out!

IRON MAN 2:

Marvel’s armored avenger touches down in the highly anticipated sequel!

COMICS CAVALCADE:

Brian Michael Bendis revamps The Avengers! Geoff Johns takes off with The Flash! Brad Meltzer stakes a claim on Buffy Season 8! All this and loads more from your favorite creators!

LOST:

It’s the final season, and mysteries abound: Who lives? Who dies? What’s up with the four-toed sentinel? How will it all end? We’ve got all the “Lost” 4-1-1 you can handle!

We hook up with fan-fave artist Joe Madureira for a look at his latest project: the forthcoming THQ video game release, Darksiders! Get an exclusive look at Joe Mad’s designs as we catch up with the one-time X-Men superstar.

Available in comic book stores: 01/06/10; Available on newsstands: 01/13/10

Magazine, FC (Iron Man 2 Movie Cover) $5.99

Magazine, FC (Darksiders by Joe Madureira Cover) $5.99
TOYFARE #151

THE ULTIMATE UFC TOYS

We’re grappling with Jakk’s amazing new MMA line!

TWISTED TOYFARE THEATER

M.A.S.K. Goes Hollywood!

DEAD RISING?

The 15 toy lines we’d kill to see make a comeback!

Magazine, FC (UFC by Jakks Cover) $4.99

200-page collective works hardcover (including 48 pages of updated material).

HC, FC $99.99
COMICS SECTION
AARDVARK VANAHEIM
GLAMOURPUSS #11

(W/A) Dave Sim

Glamourpuss takes her annual rehab a little early this year, leaving Dave Slim to fill in with "Classic Corvettes in Crisis," a 10-page "Where Are They Now?" feature on America's first sports car. The "Comics in Photorealism" section examines Stan Drake's "EvenJones, Actress" sequence from 1966-67. Cover by Russ Heath, including a biographical feature: "Russ Heath: The Closest I Ever Came to Getting Married a Second Time."

24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.00

(W/A) Jason Shiga

Follow the tabs to create your own story in this innovative interactive graphic novel! Chocolate or vanilla? This simple choice is all it takes to get started with Meanwhile, the wildly inventive creation of comics mastermind Jason Shiga. Jimmy, whose every move is under your control, finds himself in a mad scientist's lab, where he's given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device, a time-travel machine, or the Killitron 3000 (which is as ominous as it sounds). Down each of these paths there are puzzles, mysterious clues, and shocking revelations. It's up to the reader to lead Jimmy to success or disaster. Each read creates a new adventure! (C: 0-1-2)

HC, 7x9, 80pgs, FC SRP: $15.95

(W/A) Terry Moore

Trapped in an underground bunker, Julie fights with Annie over who should use her body for the escape, and poor Dillon is the referee! Meanwhile, Dan's biker gang buries their fallen brothers. After the funeral, the boys mount up for an all out attack on HeNRI.

24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.50

(W/A) Various (C) Mike Machlan

Ace Comics is featured this issue, as this rarely-covered publisher is represented by a complete reprinting of Four Favorites #3, along with other stories. Though almost forgotten today, Ace Comics was an important player in the formative years of the comic book's development. See Magno, Vulcan, The Sword, Raven, Lash Lightning and other forgotten Ace superheroes! Plus, favorites Miss Masque, Dollman, Minute Man and others, in full-story reprints.

SC, 200pgs, B&W SRP: $29.95

(W) Dave West (A) Marleen Lowe

Life is a balancing act, every decision has positives and negatives. Bobby Doyle has a fantastic ability which could save thousands of lives — but at what price to himself? Join Bobby as he faces the biggest decision of all in this acclaimed science fiction drama. (C: 0-0-1)

52pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95

(W/A) Eric Powell

Lula the Bearded Girl discovers new challenges as she attempts to integrate the uncontrollable monster she named Chimichanga into her circus family. Especially when he continues to try to fit Petunia the elephant in his mouth! This all-ages second issue is part of Powell's first written and illustrated creator owned series since The Goon.

24pgs, B&W (2 of 3) SRP: $3.00

(W/A) Gene Yang

The early work of Gene Luen Yang, creator of American Born Chinese, is collected in this special edition containing Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks and Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order, plus an all new story by Gene. Gordon, a sweet but not very deep-thinking high school student, has his life as a bully disrupted when a tiny alien aircraft lodges in his nostril. Loyola must question her intellect when a junkfood-fueled dream encounter with a powerful alien being forces her to ask if it’s better to be smart than virtuous. These early works have all the qualities expected from the work of the critically acclaimed Gene Luen Yang.

SC, 216pgs, B&W SRP: $14.95

(W/A) Steph Cherrywell

Widgey Q. Butterfluff is the most sickeningly cute person in the Snugglepump Valley, a place that has been stuck on Saturday Morning for over 20 years. With little more than a sunny personality, the titular heroine takes on the full range of kiddy-cartoon villains, from teenaged ennui to armored skeletons to timeslot-appropriate drug metaphors. This original graphic novel introduces us to a cast of characters to appeal to the cartoon-junkie in all of us.

SC, 128pgs, FC SRP: $9.95

(W) Richard Finney, D.L. Snell

Sandy Travis is in a dangerous race against malevolent forces who want to trigger Armageddon as foretold in the Bible. Sandy's plight will have her following a bloody trail of coded secrets and targeted assassinations in an attempt to stop an otherworld cabal from using the process of Near Death Experiences as a way of orchestrating the Demon Days.

MATURE THEMES

SC, 6x9, 196pgs SRP: $9.95
HAIRY THINGS #1

(W) Jay Carvajal (A) Marc Borstel

The Wild West can be a scary place, as four unlikely friends discover, when they stumble upon a remote town deep in the Colorado Rockies that is being attacked by big hairy creatures. Sadly, for this gang, these hairy things may be the least of their worries! Ships Weekly in January!

32pgs, FC (1 of 3) SRP: $3.95

(W) Jay Carvajal (A) Marc Borstel

Bigfoot's attacks continue! Two members of the gang form an alliance with the hairy creatures to try and rescue their captured friends from a town full of cannibals holed up in a church. They better hurry, because the cannibals are getting hungry and the prisoners are looking tasty! Ships Weekly in January!

32pgs, FC (2 of 3) SRP: $3.95

(W) Jay Carvajal (A) Marc Borstel

The thrilling conclusion as the gang and Bigfoot battle the town full of hungry cannibals! Snow, bullets, fur, and blood will be flying as the two sides square off in a fight to the finish in the wild and weird west! Ships Weekly in January!

32pgs, FC (3 of 3) SRP: $3.95

(W/A) Various

Get your hands on this very special box set of the three Best of Vampirella trade paperbacks, enclosed in a slipcase featuring art by Joe Jusko! Volume 1: Lost Tales features stories by Warren Ellis, James Robinson, and a lost Dracula story by Alan Moore. Volume 2 collects the fully-painted Blood Lust by James Robinson and Joe Jusko, as well as Warren Ellis and Amanda Conner’s Vampirella Lives. Volume 3 collects nearly every Vampirella story by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar. This collection is strictly limited to just 250 sets. (C: 0-0-1)

Set (x3), HC, 7x10, FC SRP: $89.95

(W) Fred Perry, Doug Dlin (A) Fred Perry

In the GD Sourcebook tradition, we reveal the secrets and details of Gold Digger's fantastic array of gadgets, weaponry, vehicles, robots, and more...all told from the perspective of Gold Digger's foremost technology expert, Gina Diggers herself! From Beta-Tech's Phantom Rings to Hurt-bots and Peebos, from Ace's many aircraft and the ships of the Dynasty to Gina's Gina-mobiles and the Laz-E-Boy of Doom!

32pgs, FC $3.99

(W/A) Fred Perry

Penny and Gina launch their rescue mission to save Ace from the brig of Night Flight's new giant air battleship, the Falcon Wing, but Skippy's knack for tactics and expert flying unravel all of Penny and Gina's plans! Penny takes one last gamble and challenges Skippy to a one-on-one air duel. Winner takes Ace, loser walks away from him forever!

32pgs, FC $2.99

(W/A) Fred Perry

Elvis would be 75 years young this month, but Spellvis is still alive and kickin'. This soulful-singin' sorceror has been a hunka hunka burnin' thorn in Gina Diggers' side more than once. Maybe the last time you saw him, he was singin' some jailhouse rock, but he ain't about ta take a walk down Lonely Street just yet! Let th' King o' Rock 'n' Roll Magic show you just why you should fear and respect th' comin' o' his cold Kentucky reign!

32pgs, FC $3.99

(W/A) Fred Perry

Life for archaeologist/superscientist/adventurer Gina "Gold Digger" Diggers, her adopted were-cheetah sister Britanny, and their clone-fusion sister Brianna is rarely dull and almost always dangerous—and fun! Britanny gives birth to her darling daughter Tifanny, just in time for her grandfather, cursed to be the Lich King, to escape the Land of the Undead! While the Lich King makes his way back to Earth, Luan Geas, one of the martial arts students under Brit's mom, decides to enter an Ultimate Fighters Federation open match to improve herself for an upcoming mission. But even under the guidance of Ayane "Mistress" Anno, things take an unexpected turn! Meanwhile, the dragon Fauntleroy and his wives have detected a valuable artifact in the Miami Federal Detention Center, and it's up to voluntary inmate Crush and her ex-partner Avenger to keep the peace—or end up in pieces! Collects Gold Digger Vol. 3 #52-56.

SC, 5x7, 128pgs, B&W $14.99

(W/A) Ben Dunn, Brian Denham, Fred Perry, et al.

Got the itch to conquer the comics world with your depictions of villains, fiends, mad scientists and more? Out for vengeance against those who dare claim you couldn't draw a super-villain if you were being held at laser-point? Well, you'll show them! Ben Dunn (Marvel Mangaverse, DC, Image) and his partners in crime show you how to take the comics world by storm with a slew of schemes—that is, lessons on the basics and intricacies of bringing out the best (worst?) in your bad guys.

SC, 9x11, 128pgs,B&W $19.95

(W/A) Ben Dunn, Chris Allen, Fred Perry

Bitten by the radioactive drawing bug, giving you the insatiable desire to draw superpowered heroes? Terrified of tackling the task because you lack the mutant "artist gene"? Fear not, citizen! Ben Dunn (Marvel Mangaverse, DC, Image) is here to save the day! You'll pick up the basics of sketching super do-gooders faster than a speeding bullet, and once you learn the lessons within these pages, you'll be the best there is at what you do! With great artistic power comes great artistic responsibility, so it's our responsibility to show you how it's done!

SC, 5x7, 144pgs, B&W $12.95

(W) Fred Perry (A) Ben Dunn

The economy is crumbling like stale roquefort. We are at war with Owl Kaida, our soldiers being targeted by their traps, poisons and predators. When the nation, perhaps the whole world, needs change, one rodent steps forward to offer it: Barack Obamouse. But if his daring plans for the country are to succeed, he will have to win over his skeptic political rivals and countrymice, including Hen Beck, John McCrane, Sarah Penguin and Ratt Limbaugh!

32pgs, FC $3.99

(W/A) Chris Allen

The 2008 presidential election was arguably one of the most historically significant in decades. But just what are the stories behind its controversial candidates? Antarctic now brings you the collected bioGRAPHIC stories of Barack Obama and John McCain, the candidates who vied for the highest office in the land. Written and illustrated by Chris Allen (illustrator of the acclaimed, best-selling Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver biographies for ABDO Publishing) this biography delves into all the dark times and daring exploits of McCain's past and presents a clear view of the life of the controversial Obama—the good and the bad. See what shaped the men who would compete for the right to lead our country!