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STORY / ART / COVER A: RAY FAWKES

COVER B: TULA LOTAY

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

The fearsome creature known as “Lucky” delivers one of our travellers to perdition. The Lady of Birds takes to the wheeling skies. The complex riddle of INTERSECT turns fearsome and discordant...is this the final shape of the new world?
THE LI'L DEPRESSED BOY: SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO #4

STORY: SHAUN STEVEN STRUBLE

ART / COVER: SINA GRACE

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99

"IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY"—Surprises abound as LDB meets Spike's friends and family.
MANIFEST DESTINY #13

STORY: CHRIS DINGESS

ART / COVER: MATTHEW ROBERTS & OWEN GIENI

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

STORY: NICK SPENCER

ART: JOE EISMA

COVER: RODIN ESQUEJO

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

"She's gone."

STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

ART / COVER: MIKE HENDERSON

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

Are the children of Buckaroo, Oregon all going to grow up to be serial killers?
ODYC #3

STORY: MATT FRACTION

ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD

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

O and her crew encounter...the Cyclops.
PENNY DORA & THE WISHING BOX #3 (OF 5)

STORY: MICHAEL STOCK

ART / COVER: SINA GRACE

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / E / $2.99

It was two days after Christmas, and Penny’s first thought was “If you can’t trust your best friend, who can you trust?” So she gave the Wishing Box to her best friend Elizabeth. Or...PRINCESS Elizabeth, as she was soon known in her kingdom of Southern California where she ruled over all the dragons and beasties and even Penny herself.
PROPHET: EARTH WAR #3 (OF 6)

STORY: BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY

ART / COVER: GRIM WILKINS

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

Diehard, John-Ka, and Rein-east push deep into dangerous alien territory on an assassination mission to kill the priest of a religion based on the extinction of humanity.
PUNKS: THE COMIC #4

STORY: JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV

ART / COVER: KODY CHAMBERLAIN

COVER B: JOEY INFURNARI

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

I've written a lot of solicitation copy in my life. I am always curious if people actually read it or not. If you're reading this, email us at mail@punksthecomic.com and we'll send you a free digital thing.

From Eisner and Harvey nominees JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (The Bunker, I, Vampire) and KODY CHAMBERLAIN (Sweets, The Ride) yada yada yada.
RASPUTIN #4

STORY: ALEX GRECIAN

ART: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA

COVER: RILEY ROSSMO

JANUARY 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

BETRAYED! Rasputin’s life changes forever when he’s asked to save the prince’s life. But first the mad monk has to let someone else die. His road to infamy begins here.

STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE

ART: TESS FOWLER

COVER A: TESS FOWLER & ROC UPCHURCH

COVER B: ROC UPCHURCH

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

“BRAGA: THE ONCE PRINCE, NOW BASTARD”—Before joining the Peaches, Braga was destined to become the greatest leader of her people. But a life changing decision proved too controversial for even her most devout followers. A former life paved on the bodies of her enemies left behind...what choice was worth losing everything? Featuring guest artist TESS FOWLER! Special incentive cover by regular artist ROC UPCHURCH!
REVIVAL #27

STORY: TIM SEELEY

ART: MIKE NORTON

COVER: JENNY FRISON

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

Em and May continue their search for the missing father of Em's child. Are they ready for what hides in the deep, dark, cold water?

STORY: MARC SILVESTRI

ART: SUMEYYE KESGIN & TINA VALENTINO

COVER A: TINA VALENTINO

COVER B: SUMEYYE KESGIN

JANUARY 21 / 40 PAGES / FC / T+ / $4.99

OVERSIZED FIRST SEASON FINALE ISSUE! The brilliant, nefarious tech giant Henrich Crisp and the Troll King of Rune have gone mad. Each has decided that if they can’t rule their respective worlds, they will destroy them. Firing a nuclear missile from a captured ballistic submarine, the Troll King has launched Earth’s most terrifying “Magic Of Mass Destruction” at the unprotected Orb. Asa Stone has only now discovered who he truly is, but is it too late to save existence itself? Find out in the epic—and extra long—series finale!
ROCHE LIMIT #5

STORY: MICHAEL MORECI

ART / COVER: VIC MALHOTRA

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

Alex, Sonya, and Bekkah desperately try to get off of Roche Limit and escape the escalating destruction. Learn the secrets of the anomaly in the final issue of the first volume of the critically acclaimed breakout hit!
RUMBLE #2

STORY: JOHN ARCUDI

ART / COVER: JAMES HARREN

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

Last week, Bobby LaRosa was miserable—miserable with his dead-end job, his callous ex-girlfriend, and his lazy, loser skinhead buddy. This week, it’s all sword-swinging scarecrows, guts-dripping demons, a giant bog mummy, and six headed monsters! Right now, last week’s not looking too bad. You get some answers, more questions, and a whole lot of crazy in the second issue of RUMBLE.
SAVAGE DRAGON #202

STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Stripped of his lightning powers, Malcolm Dragon finds that he can no longer rely on the one thing that kept him alive! Now he faces his most fearsome challenge yet—at a time when he's at his most vulnerable. Malcolm Dragon fights the Deadly Damsels of the Vicious Circle! Raptor! Vein! Samurai! Insect! Tigress! Volcanic! Climax! Double-Paige!

STORY: JOE CASEY

ART: IAN MacEWAN & PIOTR KOWALSKI

COVER: PIOTR KOWALSKI

JANUARY 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

Sometimes a cover says it all. Plus: guest art by Ian MacEwan.

STORY: JOE KEATINGE

ART / COVER A: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI

COVER B: ROSS CAMPBELL

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

Cambodia.

STORY / ART: MICHAEL AVON OEMING & TAKI SOMA

COVER A: MICHAEL AVON OEMING

COVER B: CHARLIE ADLARD

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

In the wake of her father’s injury, Jess dons her full costume to become a demon hunter. Even as the police close in on her and her mother becomes more suspicious that something is horribly wrong with this family and she may want out! Special incentive cover by THE WALKING DEAD's CHARLIE ADLARD!

STORY: JASON AARON

ART / COVER: JASON LATOUR

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

As a kid, Euless Boss had football in his blood. But all football ever did for him was make him bleed. Until the day he met a strange man who would change his life and the fate of Craw County forever.
SPREAD #7

STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN

ART / COVER: LIAM COBB

JANUARY 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

“THE PREACHER’S STORY,” with guest artist LIAM COBB.
SUPREME: BLUE ROSE #6

STORY: WARREN ELLIS

ART / COVER: TULA LOTAY

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

Things are closing in on Littlehaven. Barely escaping the center of town with her life, Diana Dane has to solve the puzzle of Ethan Crane before agents of this world and others stop her from understanding the true nature of the "supreme non-state actor."
TECH JACKET #7

STORY: JOE KEATINGE

ART / COVER: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

Tech Jacket’s first victory is overshadowed by the fact that Earth is completely and utterly screwed, while a strange visitor appears to make his personal life go bananas.
THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #2

STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON

ART: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE

COVER: SIMON GANE & FONOGRAFIKS

JANUARY 7 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

It serves you right to suffer.

STORY: KURT BUSIEK

ART / COVER A: BENJAMIN DEWEY

COVER B: ALEX ROSS

JANUARY 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

Enter: Goodfoot the Sly. Is she here to help the wizards...or herself? [Hint: herself.]

STORY / ART: LARIME TAYLOR

COVER A: LARIME TAYLOR & SYLV TAYLOR

COVER B: MAX DUNBAR & SYLV TAYLOR

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

Zoey and Rio narrowly escape the wrath of Mr. Jenkins, but the trouble isn't over yet. One of Zoey's roommates has discovered her dark secret.

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN

COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99

Found.
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #7

STORY: KIERON GILLEN

ART / COVER: JAMIE MCKELVIE & MATT WILSON

JANUARY 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50

Last year, before The Recurrence, fans gathered from their distant worlds at RAGNAROCK to wonder whether the gods were really about to return or not. Now, as the next RAGNAROCK approaches, everyone knows things are different. What's more, there are two gods still to emerge. Will anyone there get "lucky?" Look at us whistle, shuffle feet, and avoid eye contact.

STORY: RON MARZ

ART / COVER A: LAURA BRAGA

COVER B: STJEPAN SEJIC

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

Mysterious agents have appeared in the small town Sara Pezzini calls home. Their agenda, and the secret power behind them, will change Sara's life forever. The next evolution of the WITCHBLADE saga begins here!

STORY: SCOTT SNYDER

ART / COVER: JOCK

JANUARY 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

Now, with the true nature of the wytches revealed, Charlie descends into the Earth in a desperate race to save his daughter and his family from an inconceivable fate.
ZERO #14

STORY: ALES KOT

ART: MARIO OLEKSICKI & JORDIE BELLAIRE

COVER A: MARIO OLEKSICKI & TOM MULLER

COVER B: TONCI ZONJIC & TOM MULLER

JANUARY 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

It all mattered. All of it. Has the world gone mad?
COMICS SECTION
AARDVARK-VANAHEIM
STAR OF THE MONTH
CEREBUS VOLUME 3: CHURCH & STATE I TP

(W/A/CA) Dave Sim

Dave Sim's Cerebus began as a parody of Conan, but evolved into something much, much more! Intellectual, entertaining, and thought-provoking, Cerebus was the longest running independent black-and-white comic published! Volume 3, Church and State I, collects issues #52-80. (STK000103) (STAR00271)

SC, 7x10, B&W $35.00
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ABSTRACT STUDIOS
RACHEL RISING #31

(W/A/CA) Terry Moore

There's a rumor in town that Rachel Beck is dead — and walking around Manson! While Rachel copes with small town minds, Det. Corpell enlists her help to investigate the death of a local teen. (STK659582)

24pgs, B&W $3.99
AC COMICS
CRYPT OF HORROR VOLUME 24 SC

(W) Joe Gill & Various (A) Bob Powell & Various (CA) Warren Kremer

Rare and strange Pre-Code horror from publishers including Ace, Fawcett, Superior, Charlton and others! Grisly stories including "Stand-in For Death," "Aged Curse," "Phantom Gloves," "Chant of the Dead," "Manhunt," "Trial By Ghostlight," "Shadow and Substance," and 14 others not seen anywhere since the 1950's! Art by Powell, Evans, Ditko and others. (STK659929)

SC, 140pgs, B&W $29.95
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL #3

(W) David Pinckney (A/CA) Soo Lee

Round Three! Amarosa has survived two grueling fights and now the stakes are even higher as she finds herself where she never dreamed she’d be: space! Her hands are full trying to survive and learn about herself, but it seems that everyone knows more about her then she does! (STK660172)

32pgs, FC (3 of 4) $3.99
FRACTURE VOLUME 1: ALTERED EGOS TP

(W) Shawn Gabborin (A/CA) Chad Cicconi

In the metropolis of Lower Triton, the city's greatest hero, Virtue, its nastiest villain, Malice, and a run-of-the-mill guy named Jeff have something extremely important in common. They're all the same guy, and none of them knows it — until now! But when Jeff stumbles upon Malice's diabolical plan to murder Virtue, he has to step in way over his head, to try to save himself — all three of himself — from himself! Collecting the first volume of the Fracture series, writer Shawn Gabborin and artist Chad Cicconi take you into a meta-human journey on multiple levels of insanity, comedy, and abject chaos. (STK660158)

SC, 7x10, 96pgs, FC $11.95
OFFERED AGAIN
O/A FRACTURE: VICE & VIRTUE TP

(W) Shawn Gabborin (A/CA) Chad Cicconi, Bill Blankenship

In this exciting installment of Fracture, Jeff fights to assert control over his own mind in an increasingly complex world. With his control slipping and everyone around him in peril, Jeff is forced to seek help from an unlikely source — his evil side's former ally! At a mind-bending pace, this volume crashes towards a final confrontation, with all Jeff's "marbles" on the line! Collects Fracture volume 2 #1-4. (STK644296)

SC, 128pgs, FC $11.99
HERALD: LOVECRAFT AND TESLA #2

(W) John Reilly (A) Tom Rogers, Dexter Weeks (CA) Tom Rogers

After an unwanted guest threatens to derail the partnership before it begins, Tesla is told to find a copy of the Necronomicon at Brown University. Lovecraft’s former professor, however, has other ideas! (STK660087)

32pgs, FC $3.99
HERO CATS TP

(W) Kyle Puttkammer (A) Marcus Williams & Various (CA) Marcus Williams

The cutest heroes on the planet have arrived! Meet the Hero Cats of Stellar City in this, their first spectacular graphic novel. Not your ordinary house cats, they're a tactical action-packed covert team dealing with extraordinary threats to humanity in ways that will amaze. (STK660159)

SC, 7x10, 96pgs, FC $11.99
JACK HAMMER TP

(W) Brandon Barrows (A/CA) Ionic

In Boston, powers are real, heroes are rare and Jack McGriskin is a private detective with a strong right arm and a nose for trouble. When a missing person he’s been hired to find turns up dead, he stumbles into a network of corruption stretching from the streets of Boston to the halls of Congress and the clues lead him back to a world he’d left behind. And just as things are starting to get back to normal, a new shadow falls across his path in the form of the mysterious Usurper. Collects Jack Hammer #1-4 and Jack Hammer: Usurper #1-2. (STK660208)

SC, 7x10, 192pgs, FC $19.99
PIRATE EYE: EXILED FROM EXILE #1

(W) Josiah Grahn (A/CA) Carl Yonder

An old enemy exposes a secret that forces Smitty to flee for his life. Now, with a price on his head on land and at sea, Smitty will have to survive long enough to find out what went wrong, how to make it right, and who is responsible. Variant painted cover by series artist Carl Yonder, limited to 1500 copies! (STK660152)

Valentina is reunited with MOTHER and together, along with Lyana and the rock-beast Ignatius, attempt a daring rescue of Yuri from within the dark heart of Castle Terror. Will they arrive in time? Or will the Queen steal his soul forever? Find out in the epic conclusion: Apocalypse Neva! (STK660086)

32pgs, FC (4 of 4) $3.99
PRINCELESS: THE PIRATE PRINCESS #1

(W) Jeremy Whitley (A/CA) Rosy Higgins, Ted Brandt

Princess Adrienne is back! This time Adrienne and Bedelia have found another young princess locked away in a tower and decided to rescue her. But Princess Raven is more than meets the eye and Adrienne may have finally met her match. The story that started in FCBD 2013 will finally be told with Limited Edition Variant cover by the original FCBD artist Soojin Paek. (STK641100)

RES. from Previews Vol. XXIV #4 (APR140801)

—32pgs, FC (1 of 4) $3.99

—32pgs, FC $4.99
STARS OF THE MONTH
PRINCELESS TP'S

(W) Jeremy Whitley (A/CA) M Goodwin

Adrienne Ashe never wanted to be a princess. She hates fancy dinners, is uncomfortable in lavish dresses, and has never wanted to wait on someone else to save her. However, on the night of her 16th-birthday, her parents, the King and Queen, locked her away in a tower guarded by a dragon to await the rescue of some handsome prince. Now Adrienne has decided to take matters into her own hands! (STK633435)

Captured and alone, Shianndrea is faced with the realization that the world may just be better off with her in the custody of her father. Meanwhile, Kim, Turra, and Ai conduct a suicide mission to rescue their friend. But is it enough to save them all? (STK660164)

32pgs, FC (6 of 6) $3.99
STRAY #1

(W) Vito Delsante (A) Sean Izaakse (CA) Mike Norton, Ben Hunzeker

The Doberman, one of the world's greatest heroes, has been killed...but by whom? And where has his former sidekick, the Rottweiler, been? Will he avenge his mentor's death? Limited-edition variant cover by Khary Randolph, limited to 1500 copies! (STK660165)

Tom Ferris is a forgotten button-down man in a world of super-heroes who streaking across the sky and hurl themselves over rooftops at night. They are commonplace. Each night, he lies awake though, wishing to be the man he was. Today, Tom gets his wish. And the world will never forget him again! Collects the critically acclaimed engrossing four issue series. (STK660163)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC $14.99

Zeus, Isis, and the rest of Earth's mythological gods have a destructive plan to regain humanity's worship. Will it work? Not if Jesus, Satan, and a nun named Maria have anything to say about it! (That is, if Jesus and Satan can keep their hormones under control long enough to mount an attack.)

Includes two limited variant covers by Jerry Gaylord, limited to 1,500 copies each. (STK660160)

MATURE THEMES

As Zombie Tramp makes her way through the Southwest, she stops for a bite at a local fast food chain. It seems that ordering off the menu at this chicken joint can land you in the nugget grinder though, so Janey will have to wield her budding necro powers well if she wants to stay undead! Features a variant cover by Dan Mendoza (limited to 2,000 copies) and a risqué variant cover (limited to 2,500 copies). (STK660069)

MATURE THEMES

REGULAR COVER—32pgs, FC $3.99

RISQUE COVER—32pgs, FC $4.99

VARIANT COVER—32pgs, FC $4.99
ZOMBIE TRAMP VOLUME 1 TP

(W) Dan Mendoza, Jason Martin (A/CA) TMChu

Zombie Tramp begins her new ongoing adventures, learning more about her growing supernatural abilities while traveling the seedier streets the US has to offer — and what better place to start off than Sin City! But can Janey survive her encounter with the "King" of the Las Vegas sex trade? Collects the first four issues of the wildly popular sexy and dangerous new ongoing series. (STK660151)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 7x10, 128pgs, FC $14.99

MATURE THEMES

48pgs, FC $14.95
AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHIC
OFFERED AGAIN
O/A DREAM MAIDEN MEGAN GN

(W/A/CA) Ian Smith, Tyson Smith

Jef's normal. Good grades. Has a job. Unpopular with the ladies. Also, his closet is a portal to another universe, replete with gruesome monsters and Dream Maiden Megan. Which isn't normal at all! For Jef, it has the makings a dream come true. And the trappings of a complete nightmare. Dream Maiden Megan is an all-ages story from the creators of Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand. (STK366850)

SC, 5x7, 96pgs, PC $8.95
STARS OF THE MONTH
ESCAPE FROM DULLSVILLE TP

(W/A/CA) Andrew Ristaino

From the lead character designer of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time! "Something born of extraordinary circumstances tends to allow for more incredible circumstances to happen," says creator Andy Ristaino of his immensely original comic book magnum opus, Life of A Fetus, in which a fetus, tired of its surroundings, decides to make an early exit. Everyone is after the little fetus-lad, aliens, mad truckers, babysitters with jet packs, men in black, crazed monsters, masked wrestlers, and of course the little fetus' mother. (STK404851) (OCT090664)

SC, 148pgs, FC $19.95
MALLEUS MALEFICARUM: A GUIDE TO CATCHING WITCHES GN

(W) Heinrich Kramer & Various (A/CA) Mike Rosen

In 1487 Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger wrote the Malleus Maleficarum, the premiere manual for exposing, capturing, prosecuting and burning witches used by every right-thinking European magistrate of the late middle ages. Cartoonist Mike Rosen's tongue-in-cheek adaptation of this uplifting tome answers all those nagging questions: Do witches kill newborn babies for use in their rituals? Can they turn men into beasts? (STK443520) (DEC110774)

SC $12.95
SKELEBUNNIES GN

(W/A/CA) Tommy Kovac

Join these living-dead abominations in a playful, episodic romp through the forest. You’ll meet their adorable servants, the Woobies, who come in three distinct varieties: Devil Woobies, Bat Woobies, and Mushroom Woobies. You’ll also meet the Skellies’ faithful flying zombie steed, the dainty Pretty-Pretty Pony Macabre. Are the Skelebunnies mean-spirited? Sometimes. Does it all make sense? Not really. What’s the point? To giggle, my friends, to giggle! (STK381402) (DEC083716)

MATURE THEMES

SC, 120pgs, B&W $10.95