Previews #269 (vol. XXI #2, feb11) previews publications

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 200 Pages

Matt Sturges (w) • Kelly Yates (a) • Mark Buckingham (c)

What’s better: an ugly reality or beautiful fantasy? This is the question the Doctor is forced to confront in a medieval fantasy world where Amy finds herself reluctantly cast as a damsel in distress. Matt Sturges, Eisner Award-nominated writer of Jack of Fables, spins this yarn, featuring covers by Mark Buckingham of Miracleman and Fables fame.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Tony Lee (w) • Richard Piers Rayner (a) • Tommy Lee Edwards, photo (c)

“Ripper’s Curse,” Part 3 of 3: Mary Kelly's dead, but was she supposed to die? In a changing future, the Doctor discovers his actions have led to a larger number of “canonical” Ripper victims—and that Amy is remembered as the next to be murdered... Can they find her before the future becomes real?

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS: SEVENTH DOCTOR #3

Mike Collins (w) • Kev Hopgood (a) • Robert Hack (c)

IDW’s newly recolored reprints of classics Doctor Who tales continue with the Seventh Doctor! The Doctor unravels a mystery in Victorian London in the complete three-parter “Claws of the Klathi.” Features an all-new cover by Robert Hack and new colors by Charlie Kirchoff.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

James Abraham and Andrew Hong (w) • Trevor Goring (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)

The fuse is lit, the plan is set… our intrepid soldiers have combed the ruins of their medieval prison for the pieces of a daring escape attempt. But not everything goes according to plan. Nazi and US soldier fight side by side, as Karl takes the reins to lead the group out of hell... but does the Nazi commander have an ace up his sleeve? Presented in Golden Age size with 27 pages of story and a cover by Tim Bradstreet!

FC • 32 pages • 7.5” x 10.375” • $3.99

Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col (w) • Andy Belanger (a) • Kagan McLeod (c)

All that live must die! As a desperate Hamlet struggles to free himself from Lady Macbeth’s magical trap, the hopelessly outnumbered Prodigals confront the brute strength of Richard III in a battle that will find some of its main players exit the stage… forever!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Thom Zahler (w & a & c)

The continuing adventures of comicdom’s favorite super-couple! Abby’s going back to the past, and taking Mark with her… to her high school reunion. Mark’s going to get to see what teenage Abby was like, but will he like what he sees? And Darkblade and Charlotte have been friends for years. But now that Darkblade and Amazonia are dating, how will the princess warrior feel about that?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Brea Grant (w) • David Hahn (a) • Cameron Stewart (c)

The worldwide network of SuicideGirls wants Frank to join, and Frank desperately wants to find her friend Xenia. But head SG Sana knows Frank isn’t telling the whole truth, and there’s no way they can fight AutoCorpe unless they find out what she’s hiding.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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

When the most infamous villain in Star Trek history is last seen in the Original Series episode “Space Seed,” Khan Noonien Singh’s an elegant, proud warrior-king. When he’s next seen in Star Trek II, he’s a grizzled maniac, twisted by loss and an unquenchable thirst for revenge. What has happened between these two points in time to so radically alter what seemed to be an unbreakable will? That story is finally told!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 Pages

Tom Waltz (w) • Menton J. Matthews III (a & c)

Jebediah “Hellrider” Foster is a violent outlaw in the Dakota Territory in 1867. When he falls for a godly widow who longs to move from the Wild West to a family home in Silent Hill, Foster follows—but peace is not what awaits. By Tom Waltz (writer of Silent Hill: Sinner’s Reward and the Silent Hill video game to be released in 2011), with artwork by Menton J. Matthews III (Zombies Vs. Robots Aventure).

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 Pages

DEEP SLEEPER HC

Phil Hester (w) • Mike Huddleston (a & c)

Cole Gibson is a frustrated writer and family man haunted by terrifying nightmares that prove to be a doorway into a hidden level of reality populated by dazzling and frightening beings. There is a war being fought on this astral plane, a conflict waged with unfathomable forces by creatures beyond imagining: body-stealing shamans bent on usurping the power of God; a planet-killing personification of violence clothed in the flesh of his victims; warrior monks who allow themselves to be possessed to harness the power of the demons they host; and a wasted husk willing to commit any atrocity to regain his physical form. Cole realizes that he himself is the ultimate prize in this war and that he must risk his sanity and his soul to save his family. A unique blend of horror, love story, philosophy and action from the creators of The Coffin!

HC • FC • $21.99 • 144 Pages

Amber Benson, Dan Wickline (w) • Ben Templesmith (a & c)

This collection combines two OG Ben Templesmith artistic outings: the stylized tale of Blood-Stained Sword, written by Dan Wickline, as well as the horrific chills of Demon Father John’s Pinwheel Blues, written by Amber Benson.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 Pages

Matt Nixon, Dara Naraghi (w) • Chris Moreno, Mark Dos Santos (a) • Steve Mannion (c)

IDW and MGM pair up to thrill your optic sensors with dizzying drama and dread from the silver screen. First, in It!, the spaceship Challenge 142 nears Earth as it returns from a rescue mission on Mars, and it turns out they may have more in their cargo than the prisoner they suspect of murder. Then in Motel Hell, Vincent and Ida Smith have unsuspected thrills in store for the guests at their Napa Valley winery! Heads are gonna roll!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 140 Pages

Chuck Dixon (w) • Jorge Zaffino (a & c)

Out of print for twenty years, this brutal and suspenseful tale of survival in a frozen future by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino is one of the most influential comics works of the Eighties. Zaffino's stunning work on this story is considered his masterpiece and presented here in black and white.

TPB • BW • $17.99 • 152 Pages

Tarpé Mills (w & a & c)

Catfights and crossdressers, mad scientists and Gestapo agents with swastika branding irons—it's one lurid and exciting adventure after another in this lavish, full-color collection of the first female superhero created and drawn by a woman. Miss Fury was a sexy adventurer clad in a skin-tight panther costume. By day, she was socialite Marla Drake. By night… Miss Fury. In the first half of the 20th century, women cartoonists could be found in America's newspapers, but Tarpé Mills was one of the few who drew adventure comics, and the only one who drew a costumed superheroine. The Miss Fury Sunday newspaper strip ran from 1941 until 1952 and had millions of readers, among them GIs who painted the beautiful action heroine on the nosecones of their bombers.

HC • FC/BW • $49.99 • 240 Pages • 9.25” x 12”

Peter Bagge (w & a & c)

Collected for the first time in one deluxe hardcover edition, Peter Bagge's Bat Boy strips, which ran in the Weekly World News for two years, are filled with all the insanity, inanity, and cartoonish humor you'd expect from a team-up between Bagge (Hate) and the Bat Boy (beloved). See Bat Boy attain the office of the Presidency (alongside adopted First Lady Martha Stewart and Secretary of Defense Li'l Kim) and much other craziness.

HC • B&W • $17.99 • 104 Pages • 10.187” x 6.625”

FC • $17.99

Berkley Breathed (w & a & c)

Book Four of Berkeley Breathed’s Eisner Award-winning series and New York Times best-seller features some of the most fondly remembered cartoons, both from a humor standpoint and from a biting, political one. This is the period for which Breathed won a Pulitzer Prize, the highest award in journalism, for editorial cartooning. Breathed is one of only two cartoonists to win a Pulitzer for editorial cartooning (Garry Trudeau also won, for Doonesbury).?This volume begins more than six weeks after the strips in volume three conclude. This is because of a near-death experience suffered by Breathed, who, having broken his back in an ultralight-plane crash, was unable to continue his daily grind and the strip went on hiatus for nearly two months. Breathed went on to incorporate some of his experiences into one of the most famous Bloom County sequences ever—Steve Dallas breaking his back after being attacked by an enraged Sean Penn!

HC • PC • $39.99 • 272 Pages • 11” x 8.5”

Berkley Breathed (w & a & c)

IDW Publishing is proud to announce a very special limited edition of Bloom County: The Complete Library Vol. 3. 1,000 numbered, bound-in bookplates, each signed by Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed. ?NOTE: Quantities

HC • PC • $50.00 • 272 Pages • 11” x 8.5”

Dan DeCarlo, Wally Wood, Sam Schwartz (w & a)

Brilliantly combine satire magazines, super-hero send-ups, monster magazines, sexy teenage girls a la Betty and Veronica, surrealism, beatniks and hippies and wackiness and you've got the inimitable Mad House. Mad House was the birthplace of the bewitching Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Captain Sprocket and the comic host with the most, Clyde Didit. Archie's best artists, Dan "Betty and Veronica" DeCarlo, Sam "Jughead" Schwartz and even cartoonists like Wally Wood—yes!—filled Mad House's pages with laughs and lunacy and nutty fun—and hot teenage chicks. Craig Yoe collects the best of the best stories and features, and introduces Mad House with rare art and behind the scenes secrets.

HC • FC • $29.99 • 204 Pages • 8.5” x 11”

Ginger Criswell (w) • Michael Graham (a & c)

The wonder and magic of recycling are introduced to young readers in this eco-friendly tale! An aluminum can named Recycle Michael teaches his new friend about all the great ways recycling protects land, air and trees, and how it turns today’s garbage into tomorrow’s working materials.

HC • FC • $12.99 • 24 Pages • 8.5” x 11”

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover JASON HOWARD

APRIL 20

ALL-NEW FROM ROBERT KIRKMAN & JASON HOWARD!

This is where it begins! The Evil Max Maximus wants to get to Inner-Earth! He wants the dinosaurs that live there! He wants the powerful DynOre mineral that originates there! SUPER DINOSAUR and DEREK DYNAMO are the only ones who can stop him! The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of a ten year-old kid and his best friend, a nine-foot tall Tyrannosaurus Rex who loves to play video games.
UNDYING LOVE #1

story TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN

art & cover TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN

APRIL 6

“UNDYING LOVE” Part One

A horror-action tale, equal parts vampire mythology and Chinese folklore, set in modern day Hong Kong. Ex-soldier John Sargent has fallen for a beautiful Chinese woman named Mei. The only thing keeping the star-crossed lovers apart: Mei's a vampire. To free Mei from the curse, Sargent sets out to destroy the vampire that made her. The only problem: Mei was turned by one of the most powerful vampires in history...

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story MARK KIDWELL

art NAT JONES, TIM VIGIL & JAY FOTOS

cover A: NAT JONES

cover B: NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS

1/10 incentive cover C: NAT JONES

RETAILER NOTE: This issue ships with covers A & B intermixed 50/50.

APRIL 20

On February 13, 1968, during the darkest days of the Vietnam conflict, the gates of hell opened wide, unleashing new and hungry life into the countless war-torn dead. The horrors of war take a back seat as an American tunnel rat crawls into a Viet Cong warren turned undead slaughterhouse, rotting snipers fire their final bullets from treetop perches, and freshly filled body bags twitch and rise from the slab. There are zombies in the razor wire…

Horror comics creators NAT JONES, MARK KIDWELL and JAY FOTOS return to the jungles of Vietnam, expanding the zombie epic started in the original one-shot ’68 with this four-issue mini-series of undead military horror. Each issue features multiple covers by Jones and Fotos, full 22-page stories in series continuity and a bonus 4-page short that expands on the zombie-infected world of 1968 by horror titan Tim Vigil.

Welcome to 1968… and the end of the world.

story VIKTOR KALVACHEV & ANDREW OSBORNE

art VIKTOR KALVACHEV, NATHAN FOX, TOBY CYPRESS & ROBERT VALLEY

cover VIKTOR KALVACHEV

APRIL 6

32 PAGES / FC $2.99

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story KURTIS J. WIEBE

art & cover RILEY ROSSMO

APRIL 6

A riveting tale of loss and horror. In the forgotten town of Green Wake, a string of grisly mutilations leads Morley Mack on the trail of a young woman named Ariel, who is the prime suspect. But when a stranger with startling connections to Ariel arrives under mysterious circumstances, Morley unravels a dark plot with a shocking link to his past.

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MADMAN ALL-NEW GIANT-SIZE SUPER-GINCHY SPECIAL! (ONE-SHOT)

story MICHAEL ALLRED

art & cover MICHAEL ALLRED, MATT KINDT, EMI LENNOX & TONCI ZONJIC

APRIL 6

“IF I SHOULD LIVE TO SEE THE DAY THAT I DIE,” an all-new epic written and drawn by MICHAEL ALLRED, leads off this monster special. Frank "Madman" Einstein faces his most challenging test as one of his dearest friends is met with horrific violence. Revenge, anyone? This special also includes amazing back-up stories by up-and-coming superstars MATT KINDT, EMI LENNOX and TONCI ZONJIC! Plus new pin-ups from comicdom's finest!

created by ZIGGY MARLEY

story JOE CASEY

art & cover JIM MAHFOOD

APRIL 20

48 PAGES /FC $24.99

A new hero for our times — from the fertile imagination of music superstar, ZIGGY MARLEY! A noble champion has arrived on Earth, and he brings an important message even as he struggles to save his own planet. JOE CASEY (GØDLAND, BUTCHER BAKER) and JIM MAHFOOD (KICK DRUM COMIX, MIX TAPE) join forces to bring you this all-new jam, telling a tale of high adventure! We guarantee: This is not the comic you think it is!
NONPLAYER #1 (OF 4)

story NATE SIMPSON

art & cover NATE SIMPSON

APRIL 6

The future kind of sucks, and that goes double for Dana Stevens — she's stuck in a dead-end tamale delivery job, and she's way too old to be living with her mom. But in the online fantasy world of Jarvath, she's an elite warrior. When she slays the wife of celebrity game character King Heremoth, her fame seems all but guaranteed — that is, until the game spins totally out of control.

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THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVOR’S GUIDE #1 (OF 4)

story TIM DANIEL & ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

APRIL 13

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the cast of The Walking Dead. The Survivor’s Guide is a handy checklist of all the characters who have appeared in the series thus far, alive or dead. This series is a can’t-miss supplement to the hit comic book series that is now a hit TV series on AMC!

art CHARLIE ADLARD

APRIL 27th

S-XL $24.99

XXL $27.99

You’ve watched the dead, now wear the dead– an all-new t-shirt featuring ROBERT KIRKMAN'S THE WALKING DEAD! Showcasing artwork by CHARLIE ADLARD, it's the best way to show your love for the undead!

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

APRIL 6

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

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story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

APRIL 13

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

Rick Grimes is on a mission. He’s got a long road ahead of him and many obstacles in his way, but he’s determined. There’s a lot resting on his shoulders. He cannot fail. He must not fail. Too much depends on him.

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story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

APRIL 20

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

Rick returns home to find disaster has struck. He couldn’t have picked a worse time to leave the group behind. Just when he thought it couldn’t get worse...and things were looking up. Now Rick is left wondering: What do I do now?

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story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art CHARLIE ADLARD

cover TONY MOORE

APRIL 27

32 PAGES / BW $2.99

Rick snaps.

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art & design JM KEN NIIMURA

APRIL 21

96 PAGES / FC $12.99

ZERO is a selection of gorgeous illustrations by I KILL GIANTS artist JM KEN NIIMURA. This beautiful volume collects several of Niimura’s dynamic and vibrant illustrations, which were published in magazines, books and advertisements during the 2007–2009 period.

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story DAVID HINE & SHAKY KANE

art / cover SHAKY KANE

APRIL 27

Steve Newman cleans house for the dead until the day he stumbles upon a collection of comic books that shouldn’t exist. Dinosaurs, zombies, provocative women and a hero willing to give up his life for his dreams.

THEY SAID: “Amazing,” “Automythological,” “Baffling,” “Bananas,” “Beautiful,” “Campy,” “Cool,” “Creepy,” “Delicate,” “Delirious,” “Exciting,” “Exhilarating,” “Fascinating,” “Funny,” “Grotesque,” “Haunting,” “Imaginificent,” “Kitschy,” “Meta-fictional,” “Moody,” “Obsessive-compulsive,” “Original,” “Over-the-top,” “Phenomenal,” “Poetic,” “Psychoactivating,” “Quirky,” “Radical,” “Razor-sharp,” “Remarkable,” “Schizophrenic,” “Solipsistic,” “Sublime,” “Subtle,” “Trippy,” “Vibrant,” “Virtuosic,” “Visceral,” “Vital,” “Wacky,” “Weird,” “Wonky,” “Zany.”

WE SAY: The most fun you can have with your clothes on! Read naked for extra thrills!

Collects THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN # 1-6

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story JAY FAERBER

art JULIO BRILHA & MARCIO TAKARA

cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY

APRIL 27

136 PAGES / FC $15.99

Dynamo 5 teams up with guest stars from across the Image universe to defend Tower City from the sons of Dominex, three alien warriors whose father was humiliated in combat with Captain Dynamo years ago.

Also included is a holiday-themed story of family obligations, as the Dynamo 5 kids track down a super-villain with a unique motivation for breaking out of prison.

Collects DYNAMO 5: SINS OF THE FATHER #1-5 and DYNAMO 5 HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2010
GOLLY, VOL. 1: CATCHING HELL TP

story PHIL HESTER

art BROOK TURNER w/BRUCE MCCORKINDALE, RICK HILTBRUNNER & PETER PALMIOTTI

APRIL 27

The Apocalypse has been cancelled for lack of interest, but a few demonic forces didn't get the memo and are bent on starting something come judgment day. Heaven chooses the dim-witted but well-meaning Golly Munhollen, a semi-employed carnival ride repairman and demolition derby champion, to serve as earth's guardian in the fizzled end times. With the help of his carnival pals — Vaughn, the tattooed man; Pig, the fat lady turned strong woman; Miguel, the dog-faced acrobat boy genius; and Satan, former monarch of Hell working the midway for cigarette money — Golly must face off with were-hogs and trailer park vampires in this blend of lowbrow humor and high octane horror.

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INVINCIBLE, VOL. 14: THE VILTRUMITE WAR TP

story ROBERT KIRKMAN

art & cover RYAN OTTLEY

APRIL 27

Collecting issues 71–78, chronicling the Viltrumite War in its entirety, with Invincible and his strongest allies pitted against the entire Viltrumite race. Spanning across the universe, no planet, species, or hero is safe from this epic battle.

Collects INVINCIBLE # 71–78
BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER #2

written JOE CASEY

art & cover MIKE HUDDLESTON

APRIL 13

Fact: If you’re not reading this comicbook, you’re missing the most twisted American hero epic of the 21st Century! Contained within: Willard’s near miss! The mystery of the Absolutely! White Lightning’s rage! The infamous Choke N’ Puke! Jihad Jones’ sinister ambition! Never has so much been crammed into one comicbook — and it’s only issue #2!!!

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CHEW #19

story JOHN LAYMAN

art & cover ROB GUILLORY

APRIL 27

“FLAMBÉ,” Part Four—Welcome to Area 51, Tony Chu. Would you like some steak sauce with your dead extraterrestrial?

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CARBON GREY #2

story HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS, PAUL GARDNER & MIKE KENNEDY

art & cover HOANG NGUYEN, KHARI EVANS & KINSUN LOH

APRIL 13

The General moves to arrest the sisters, as the twins turn to their mentors. The Baron has a hand in Pepper and Dina’s escape, and Howard is convinced he is blessed. As the Greys search for Giselle, Eva becomes concerned about her sister’s allegiances. Who is manipulating the Kaiser’s legacy?

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DAOMU #3