Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me #5 (of 5)

Devin Faraci (w) • Vic Malhotra (a & c)

Jim Thompson’s sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel comes to a disturbing climax. Small-town deputy Lou Ford seems a little slow and a little boring on the surface, but underneath hides a sickness that has reared its ugly head once again and left a trail of bodies in its wake...

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me #5 (of 5)—Subscription Variant

Devin Faraci (w) • Vic Malhotra (a) • Robert Hack (c)

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99

John Byrne (w & a & c)

Acclaimed creator John Byrne’s MI-6 agent Michael Swann comes your way in this new bargain-priced edition! In “The Damoclese Contract,” the secret agent is called on to stop a defecting British scientist from granting the Soviets complete nuclear dominion over the free world... promising ample doses of intrigue and espionage.

FC • 100 pages • $7.99

Sam Kieth (w & a & c)

Volume 7 concludes the re-presentation of Sam Kieth's groundbreaking series, The Maxx, with all new colors by Ronda Pattison. Collects the final issues of the series, #31–35, in this oversized hardcover.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 128 pages • 7” x 11”

Elaine Lee (w) • Michael Wm. Kaluta (a & c)

• Advance solicited for February release!

Michael Kaluta is one of the most revered and versatile artist’s in comics and illustration. He is frequently recognized as the definitive artist of The Shadow, has been praised for his Lord of the Rings paintings, and illustrated the Metropolis novel. He was also part of the legendary artist’s collective (along with Jeff Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Bernie Wrightson) known simply as THE STUDIO.

But if any project is closest to the artist’s heart it would be Starstruck, an ongoing space-fantasy that began in the pages of Heavy Metal Magazine in 1982, was a Marvel Comics Graphic Novel in 1984, and several series’ of comics from various publishers in the 1980s and ‘90s. Starstruck is still a work in progress and IDW Publishing will release a new series in early 2017, with expanded stories by Lee and Kaluta.

HC • BW • $150.00 retail • 144 pages • 15” x 20”

Ted Osborne and Merrill DeMaris (w) • Al Taliaferro, Hank Porter, and Bob Grant (a) • Al Taliaferro (c)

This second of four volumes presents the spectacular Sunday pages from 1935 to 1939, featuring the first comic strip adaptation of a feature-length film—Snow White… the original Donald Duck series, plus the Three Little Pigs (and the Big Bad Wolf, of course), Elmer the Elephant, Pluto, Goofy, and the Three Little Kittens. The artwork for these rare strips has come straight from the Disney vaults, each page meticulously colored using as a guide the original file copies that belonged to Walt Disney himself!

HC • FC • $49.99 • 192 pages • 12” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-804-5

Byron Erickson (w) • Massimo Fecchi (a) • Ulrich Schroeder (c)

“’Tis No Season!” Mickey and Donald meet up one winter day to find that Christmas suddenly doesn’t exist... and hasn’t been celebrated for sixty years! It’s the start of a time-travel saga full of wacky wormholes, kleptomaniac robot Santas—and a perilous Phantom Blot plot!

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FC • 64 pages • $5.99
Mickey and Donald Christmas Parade #2—Subscription Variant

Byron Erickson (w) • Massimo Fecchi (a) • Daan Jippes (c)

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FC • 64 pages • $5.99

Stefano Ambrosio, Pat McGreal (w) • Paolo De Lorenzi (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)

“The Shark’s Maw!” Our wild steampunk miniseries roars on! Hiding out deep in the Moon of the Dragon, the Phantom Blot’s sinister lieutenant Portis yearns to conquer all Feudarnia... and Donald Duck is the lone hero standing in the way—or is he?

FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Stefano Ambrosio, Pat McGreal (w) • Paolo De Lorenzi (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)

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FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Romano Scarpa, Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Giorgio Cavazzano, Jonathan Gray, David Gerstein, Joe Torcivia (w & a) • Andrea "Casty" Castellan (c)

“Omigosh!” IDW's Mickey Mouse issues #7–12 land in a luxurious, limited collectors’ volume... with epic tales by Romano Scarpa and Andrea "Casty" Castellan, featuring the return of Atomo Bleep-Bleep, the quest for "The Chirikawa Necklace," and the debut of Pegleg Pete's sinister main squeeze, Trudy Van Tubb! Including archival extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this extra-thick Mickey tome brings hours of thrills and comics history!

HC • FC • $29.99 • 256 pages • 7.25” x 10”

Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto, Jonathan Gray (w) • Stefano Intini (a) • Max Monteduro, Stefano Intini (c)

Dragged back into battle with the deadly Evronians, Donald meets “Xadhoom”... genius alien warrior from planet Xerba. The Evronians have destroyed Xadhoom’s world and enslaved her people—and it’s up to Duck Avenger to save them before it’s too late! Wak!

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FC • 64 pages • $4.99
Duck Avenger #2—Subscription Variant

Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto, Jonathan Gray (w) • Stefano Intini (a) • Max Monteduro, Stefano Intini (c)

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FC • 64 pages • $4.99

Romano Scarpa, Thad Komorowski (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • Patrice Croci (c)

“The Weregoof’s Curse!” Pegleg Pete’s genius cousin Portis has a brand-new shapeshifting machine... and a Cruella De Vil-like plan to turn cats into coats. But when he transforms Goofy into a werewolf, Mickey decides it’s a big bad bridge too far!

FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Romano Scarpa, Thad Komorowski (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)

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FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Carl Barks, Giorgio Cavazzano, Victor "Vicar" Arriagada Rios (w & a) • Massimo Fecchi (c)

Sixty years of Disney Parks—who knew? Now IDW is celebrating with decades of Disney's classic Park-themed adventure comics! Carl Barks' Scrooge McDuck and Donald travel from the Mark Twain Riverboat to the top of the Matterhorn… then Mickey investigates the strange disappearance of the Country Bear Jamboree. And is that the real Pegleg Pete standing in for the Cast Member who plays him? "Oh, for gosh sakes!"

TPB • FC • $12.99 • 124 pages • 6” x 9”

Knut Nærum, Tormod Løkling, Byron Erickson (w) • Arild Midthun, Al Taliaferro (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)

“The Substitute Santa of Scotstounhill!” Jump back to long-ago Scotland for a new tale from Scrooge McDuck’s Life and Times! Did you know Christmas parties were banned in long-ago Scotland? It’s true... and it was just another roadblock in the way when Young Scrooge tried to rescue an orphan buddy from a sinister sweatshop!

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FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge #21—Subscription Variant

Knut Nærum, Tormod Løkling, Byron Erickson (w) • Arild Midthun, Al Taliaferro (a) • Marco Rota (c)

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FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Ted Anderson (w) • Andy Price (a & c)

“Chaos Theory,” Part 2 (of 3). With Accord's powers affecting the ponies of Equestria, Twilight and company will have to resort to unorthodox measures to get Discord back to normal! Well, normal for Discord!

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #49—Subscription Variant

Ted Anderson (w) • Andy Price (a) • Sara Richard (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99
My Little Pony: Friends Forever #35

Rob Anderson (w) • Jay Fosgitt (a) • Tony Fleecs (c)

Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer tidy up the library in the Castle of the Two Sisters. What begins as a friendly activity soon turns into magic-based battle of egos and starts to transform the castle into a very dangerous place!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rob Anderson (w) • Jay Fosgitt (a & c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99
My Little Pony: Princess Twilight Sparkle

Various (w & a & c)

The celebrated animated series comes to book shelves! Revisit the habitants of Equestria and learn about the magic that friendship brings in this adaptation of the television series. This volume adapts the two-part "Princess Twilight Sparkle!"

TPB • FC • $7.99 • 148 pages • 5” x 7”

Haley Mancini and Jake Goldman (w) • Nicoletta Baldari (a & c)

While stopping The Fashionistas in their latest attempt to steal the coveted Diamond Pumps, The Powerpuff Girls get blasted by an experimental SASSY RAY! Have they gone from “sugar, spice and everything nice” to “sass, frass and zero class”… forever?!

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Powerpuff Girls #6—Subscription Variant

Haley Mancini and Jake Goldman (w) • Nicoletta Baldari (a) • Ian McGinty (c)

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FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Haley Mancini, Jack Goldman (w) • Derek Charm (a & c)

Following the debut of their NEW hit Cartoon Network show, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS make a triumphant return to the world of comics! These stories, written by show-writers Jake Goldman and Haley Mancini, reintroduce us to the world of TOWNSVILLE, beautifully illustrated by Derek Charm. Collects issues #1–3 of the new series.

HC • FC • $12.99 • 80 pages • 6” x 9”

• Advance solicited for January release!

Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman (w) • Derek Charm (a)

Each collectible Powerpuff Girls: Micro Comic Fun Pack features a power-packed, stand-alone, pocket-sized comic book as well as several collectible components including posters, stickers, and oversized comic panels cards. Collect all three! (Chemical X not included.)

Each Pack Contains:

• A complete stand-alone, 22-page full-color micro comic story!

• 1 of 3 micro posters/checklists

• 1 of 3 sticker sheets

• 1 of 3 oversized comic panel cards with puzzle backs

M$3.99 per Pack

Paul Tobin & Various (w) • Paco Rodriques & Various (a) • Ciro Cangiolosi (c)

SPECIAL OVER-SIZED SEASON FINALE! The birds practice responsible farming. Will the pigs try to steal from the birds when their food runs out? Probably. Meanwhile, the Angry Birds arrive in Soaked Gulch to find it deserted. Pimento Pig and his Gang have taken over. The citizens are in hiding because they’re big chickens, literally!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Paul Tobin & Various (w) • Paco Rodriques & Various (a) • Paco Rodriques (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Popeye Classics #53

Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)

Bud Sagendorf just keeps getting even better, if that’s even possible! Three features are in this must-have issue and your beloved Thimble Theatre cast acts them out: The Jeep, Swee’pea, J. Wellington Wimpy, Olive Oyl, Bluto and the Sea Hag. And, of course the spinach-fueled one-eyed sailor himself!

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FC • 32 pages • $4.99
Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion

Various (w) • Jay Disbrow (a & c)

One of the most bizarre, unique stylists from Pre-Code horror comics is cult-favorite Jay Disbrow. If there’s anyone close to this unknown genius, it’s Basil Wolverton. Working with friend, editor, and colorist L.B. Cole, Disbrow wrote and drew many fear-inducing tales specializing in terrifying demons, scary apparitions, and a horde of hairy monsters. This full color, large format book culls the best of Disbrow’s work from moldy comics like Dark Mysteries, Ghostly Weird Stories, Spook, and Startling Terror Tales. A revealing and lengthy interview with the creator serves a dark, ghostly-weird, startling, and profusely illustrated introduction!

HC • FC • $24.99 • 148 pages • 8.5” x 11”

Various (w & a) • Sheldon Moldoff, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Larry Woromay, more (a) • Bernard Baily (c)

Haunted Horror #25 marks the malignant first issue of a special three-part “Horrors of it All” miniseries of shockers. It compiles all-time favorite atrocities as chosen by devilish co-host and THOIA blogger himself, Steve “Mr. Karswell” Banes. A "gravest hits” if you will, those gutsy enough to open this repugnant issue will find an absolute overload of stomach-churning evil. Supernatural creeps and ferocious fiends perform all seven levels of blood-curdling savagery!

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Chester Gould (w & a & c)

Dick Tracy leaps into the Space Age when Diet Smith’s experimental Space Coupe brings back a visitor from outer space! Meet… Moon Maid, the most outrageous character in the strip’s entire history. Prior to venturing where no detective has gone before, Tracy deals with some very earthbound—and gruesomely entertaining—adventures, including the use of napalm (!) to flush out a gang of crooks from their hideout. In these strips from August 27, 1962 through April 12, 1964 Tracy mixes it up with the criminal 52 Gang—each named for a card in the poker deck—who have found a novel way to dispose of the corpses of their enemies, Junior is smitten by a girl who literally wants him dead, Sparkle

Plenty falls into the hands of crazed modern artists and their ape accomplice, and (six months before it happened in the “real world”) a doctor has perfected heart transplant surgery—but in this case it’s on unwilling victims!

HC • B&W • $44.99 • 272 pages • 11” x 8.5”
StarFall Board Game

Take a trip to the Royal Hinterlands Observatory to discover StarFall is by designer Scott Almes (Tiny Epic Kingdoms, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Harbour) from the publisher behind The Game and Machi Koro! In StarFall, you’ll play as astronomer racing your colleagues to identify astronomical events in a race for glory. This is a clever game of wits and quick thinking and bidding in an attempt to build the most impressive portfolio of cosmic curiosities. Playable in 30 minutes, lose yourself amongst the stars in this must-have game for 2-4 players, all ages.

MSRP $29.99
The Game: On Fire

Are You Ready For More of The Game? The 2015 Speil Des Jahrs nominee is back with a brand new edition! The Game: On Fire adds even more fun to one of the most addictive games to come out in recent years. In The Game: On Fire, 1-5 players work together to try and discard 98 cards into 4 different piles while never telling each other exactly which cards they’re holding. Adding fuel to the fun are the new “On Fire” cards, which MUST be played on when they hit the table. If you like the The Game, you’ll love the added challenge The Game: On Fire brings.

MSRP $19.99
IMAGE COMICS
MOTOR CRUSH #1

STORY: BRENDEN FLETCHER, CAMERON STEWART & BABS TARR

ART: BABS TARR & CAMERON STEWART

COVER A: BABS TARR

COVER B: CAMERON STEWART

DECEMBER 7 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

The team behind the critically acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting “machine narcotic” known as Crush. Featuring Part One of ISOLA: PROLOGUE by BRENDEN FLETCHER and KARL KERSCHL!

ROCKSTARS #1

STORY: JOE HARRIS

ART / COVER: MEGAN HUTCHISON

DECEMBER 14 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

SERIES PREMIERE! Fan-favorite JOE HARRIS (GREAT PACIFIC, The X-Files) and mega-talented newcomer MEGAN HUTCHISON deliver a new ongoing series exploring rock ‘n’ roll’s untold mysteries and secrets!

“NATIVITY IN BLACKLIGHT,” Part One—When a pattern of unsolved ‘groupie’ murders from the 1970s resumes in present-day Los Angeles, nobody makes the connection except Jackie Mayer, a rock nerd with a strange connection to music’s urban legends and lost history. Together with muckraking music writer Dorothy Buell, they soon uncover a vast conspiracy involving a legendary band, demonic possession, and sacrifices to the dark gods of rock.

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER: MATTEO SCALERA & MORENO DINISIO

DECEMBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

New Story Arc! After years adrift in the chaotic Eververse, the McKay family finally reunites in their home dimension. But it’s far from the happy end they expected. To save all there is and ever will be, the Dimensionauts need to cut deeper into the Onion than ever before! RICK REMENDER & MATTEO SCALERA present the sixth chapter of the runaway pulp sci-fi smash hit BLACK SCIENCE!
CYBERFORCE: ARTIFACTS #0

STORY: KELLY BENDER, PAUL PENNA, CAMILLA ZHANG

ART: JIM TOWE, FRANCESCA AURELI

COVER: KHOI PHAM

DECEMBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

CYBERFORCE: ARTIFACTS #0 delves deep inside the secret world of CyberForce with three stories.

“Someone is dealing in Protocol tech, and it's up to APHRODITE IV to stop them dead.”

"Velocity mourns the supposed death of her father, Stryker, the only way a super speedster can."

…and more!
DESCENDER #17

STORY: JEFF LEMIRE

ART / COVER: DUSTIN NGUYEN

DECEMBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99

NEW STORY ARC! "ORBITAL MECHANICS" starts here, launching the bestselling series—with Eisner Award-winning art—into high gear. All the various factions hunting Tim-21 begin to converge, and explosive revelations are made as Tim, Telsa, and Quon escape the Machine Moon, but they may have doomed themselves and the Universe in doing so!
DRIFTER #15

STORY: IVAN BRANDON

ART / COVER: NIC KLEIN

COVER B: DAVID RUBIN

DECEMBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC! Ghost Town is destroyed. The planet Ouro is coming apart at the seams. But even with the world breaking around him, all Abram Pollux can think of is revenge on the man named Bell Emmerich. Prepare yourself for the beginning of the end in IVAN BRANDON and NIC KLEIN’s brooding sci-fi epic DRIFTER. All mysteries will be solved. All questions answered. All scores settled.

STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN

ART: NICK DRAGOTTA & FRANK MARTIN

COVER: NICK DRAGOTTA

DECEMBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC! The final year of the apocalypse begins! Armies rage! Nations at War! A family fights to be reunited.

STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS

ART: AXEL MEDELLIN

COVER: BOO COOK

DECEMBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL,” Part Three—ELEPHANTMEN celebrates its seventy-fifth issue with the explosive story of an old soldier who has had enough.

STORY: JOE KEATINGE

ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI

IMAGE COMICS 25th ANNIVERSARY BRUNCH VARIANT: BRANDON GRAHAM

DECEMBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

SPECIAL TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BRUNCH-RELATED CROSSOVER EVENT

A story twenty-five issues in the making! Kate Kristopher comes face-to-face with the force behind every single moment in SHUTTER thus far for a showdown unlike any other, including: the creation of the universe! The end of the universe! An explanation for all existence threatens to wipe out everything that ever was and only Kate can stop it!

But why doesn't she want to?

PLUS: A brunch twenty-five years in the making! Kick off 2017's Image Comics’ 25th anniversary as founding heroes including (but not limited to!) SAVAGE DRAGON, WITCHBLADE, GLORY, and SHADOWHAWK unite with INVINCIBLE and the cast of SHUTTER for what may prove to be the most delicious crossover event of all time! Don't you dare miss the terrifying biscuits-and-gravy secret no one will see coming!
3 FLOYDS: ALPHA KING #5 (OF 5)

STORY: BRIAN AZZARELLO & NICK FLOYD

ART: SIMON BISLEY & RYAN BROWN

COVER: SIMON BISLEY

DECEMBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

MINI-SERIES FINALE! The first mini-series from 3 FLOYDS BREWING CO. concludes here. Brian Azzarello, Nick Floyd and Simon Bisley deliver a head-crushing, bottle-breaking, throne-overturning finale to satiate the appetites of comic and beer-fanatics alike. Will Brewer rescue CiCi and return to his dimension? Or is his story as ALPHA KING destined to continue? The answers in 3 FLOYDS: ALPHA KING #5!

STORY: SCOTT SNYDER

ART / COVER: JEFF LEMIRE

DECEMBER 28 / 80 PAGES / FC / T / $5.99

What if we found a cure for death? The second chapter of the haunting sci-fi epic by SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire) and JEFF LEMIRE (DESCENDER, Moon Knight, Sweet Tooth). Jonah Cooke is haunted by his long, long past, but will it be enough to push him to turn his back on eternal life? And who or what may be calling to him from the old world below the clouds?
ARCLIGHT #4

STORY: BRANDON GRAHAM

ART / COVER: MARIAN CHURCHLAND

DECEMBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC! The final chapter of this four-part tale of astral projection and blood magic. (NOTE: Formally titled 8house: Arclight.)
CANNIBAL #3

STORY: BRIAN BUCCELLATO & JENNIFER YOUNG

ART/ COVER: MATIAS BERGARA

December 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Danny, a stranger in town, gets the attention of the townsfolk. Also, a new cannibal emerges.

DEADLY CLASS #25

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER: WES CRAIG

DECEMBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Once Upon a Time in Tokyo, there was a girl named Saya…
DEMONIC #5 (of 6)

STORY: CHRISTOPHER SEBELA

ART / COVER: NIKO WALTER & DAN BROWN

DECEMBER 21 / 32 PAGES/ FC / M / $2.99

The trap is set. The streets of NY are now a gauntlet for Demonic to run. But Scott Graves didn’t sell his soul to be caught by cops. He has his own idea of justice, that doesn’t rely on the values of weak men.
ECLIPSE #4

STORY: ZACK KAPLAN

ART / COVER: GIOVANNI TIMPANO

DECEMBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Sun’s out and guns out! In the exciting, climactic issue, Cielo lies trapped by our mysterious killer, whom we’ve just learned holds a secret that may offer salvation to the world’s deadly sunlight. Will our disillusioned hero Bax rise to the occasion? Will he be able to save Cielo and take the killer alive?