PREVIEWS #305 (VOL. XXIV #2, FEB14)
Previews PUBLICATIONS
PREVIEWS #307
APRIL 2014
THIS MONTH’S COVER ART: New projects from DC and Dark Horse!
THIS MONTH’S THEME: Movie Blockbusters!
Since 1988, previews has been your ultimate source for all of the comics and merchandise to be available from your local comic book shop… revealed up to two months in advance! Hundreds of comics and graphic novels from the best comic publishers; the coolest pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus previews exclusive items available nowhere else! Now more than ever, previews is here to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This April issue features items scheduled to ship in June 2014 and beyond.
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PREVIEWS #307 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — APRIL 2014
Previews makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This April issue features items scheduled to ship in June 2014 and beyond.
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MARVEL PREVIEWS Volume 2 #21
Each issue of Marvel Previews is a comic book-sized, 120-page, full-color guide and preview to all of Marvel’s upcoming releases — it’s your #1 source for advanced information on Marvel Comics! This April issue features items scheduled to ship in June 2014 and beyond.
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DIAMOND BOOKSHELF #16
The Diamond BookShelf website is the comprehensive resource for promoting comic books and graphic novels to educators and librarians. The BookShelf magazine is a colorful, comic-sized publication designed to complement the website with timely feature articles, recent reviews, news items, core lists and previews. In this issue, we focus on movie-themed comics and graphic novels (including the upcoming Transformers and TMNT), take a look at the groundbreaking new series from Image Comics, and much, much more! (STK636780)
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Frank Miller’s Big Damn Sin City HC
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover) and Lynn Varley (C)
On sale June 25
b&w/FC, 1,360 pages $100.00
HC, 8” x 12 3/16”
The biggest, baddest Sin City ever is here, just in time for fall’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For! This imposing volume, suitable for home defense, contains all seven of Frank Miller's landmark Sin City yarns! In these tales of Marv, Dwight, Gail, Miho, Hartigan, Nancy, and the Yellow Bastard, no corner of Basin City is left unturned, and no bloody deed is left undone. Written with unmatched intensity and drawn in the starkest black-and-white imaginable, with blood-red bits of color, among others, the Sin City books make up the greatest crime saga in comics history, and Big Damn Sin City is the best way to rediscover the whole darn shootin’ match!
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Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City TP
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover)
On sale June 25
b&w/FC, 128 pages $25.00
TP, 9” x 12”
Frank Miller’s Sin City has set the gold standard for crime comics, both for Miller’s unflinching stories and for his visceral, powerfully charged art. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse is proud to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City to print, now in an affordable softcover edition. An astonishing look into a master’s process, containing pieces both published and unpublished, and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional images, this beautiful artistic showcase holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, could ever hope for.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For HC
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover)
On sale June 25
b&w, 216 pages $25.00
HC, 7” x 10”
Stuck with nothing but a seedy gumshoe job and some demons, Dwight's thinking of all the ways he's screwed up and what he'd give for one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb gray hell that is his life. And he'd give anything. Just to feel the fire. One more time. But he can't let himself lose control again, can't ever let the monster out. And then Ava calls.
The Occultist Volume 2: At Death’s Door TP
Tim Seeley (W), Mike Norton (A), Allen Passalaqua (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)
On sale June 25
FC, 136 pages $16.99
TP, 7” x 10
The Occultist has been tricked into abusing his power over life and death, and now he must face the consequences. He must choose the right path—and decide who his real friends are—so he can confront agents from the realm of the dead that want to claim his soul! Collects The Occultist #1–#5.
The Victories Volume 3: Posthuman TP
Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover) and Nick Filardi (C)
On sale June 11
FC, 136 pages $17.99
TP, 7” x 10”
With all the superheroes locked in internment camps and one of the world’s most powerful heroes a mind slave to the mysterious Advisors, who will save us from this shadowy group taking over the world? Collects The Victories #6–#10.
Blackout #2 (of 4)
Frank J. Barbiere (W), Randy Stradley (W), Colin Lorimer (A/C), Doug Wheatley (A), and Micah Kaneshiro (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries
Scott Travers’s mysterious suit grants him unseen, unlimited access to almost anywhere and may hold the key to his benefactor’s disappearance. But others will do anything—including kill—to possess the suit. Will Scott give up the search and ditch the suit to save his own skin?
Ghost #4
Kelly Sue DeConnick (W), Ariel Olivetti (Cover)
On sale Apr 2
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
While Ghost is out busting Chicago’s scum, her friends discover a eulogy written for Elisa Cameron’s funeral. It speaks of her idyllic childhood . . . and a tragic loss of innocence! One woman’s quest for justice comes into focus as past and present meld and the hero now known as Ghost is born!
Captain Midnight #10
Joshua Williamson (W), Fernando Dagnino (A), Ego (C), and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
Captain Midnight’s search for his old sidekick, Chuck Ramsey, comes to an end—but, thanks to the teleporting assassin Helios, the meeting might not be the friendly reunion he expected. One of Captain Midnight’s closest friends is about to die! Can he save them?
Skyman #4 (of 4)
Joshua Hale Fialkov (W), Manuel Garcia (P), Javier Bergantiño Menor (I), Marta Martinez Garcia (C), and Freddie Williams II and Dan Scott (Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries
Fighting for his life thousands of feet above the ground, Skyman faces off against the people who made him a hero—and if he fails, he falls! Literally! They tried to make the perfect weapon, but they got a hero instead. And Skyman intends to act like one, even if it costs him his life!
Two Past Midnight TP
Duane Swierczynski (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), Stefani Rennee (C), and Paolo Rivera (Cover)
On sale June 11
FC, 128 pages $9.99
TP, 7” x 10”
A madman is on the loose. His goal: Shock, awe, panic, and hysteria. Can three disparate heroes—an investigative specter, a psychopathic vigilante, and a time-traveling genius —put aside their differences to defeat this terror-focused sociopath? Find out what happens when Ghost, X, and Captain Midnight meet up in the first crossover of Dark Horse’s new superhero comics! Collects the Two Past Midnight Dynamics ePlate comics/Dark Horse Digital issues #1–#5.
X #12
Duane Swierczynski (W), Eric Nguyen (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Garry Brown (Cover)
On sale Apr 9
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
X faces his greatest challenge of the series as four villains—suicidal maniac Deathwish, stargazing supercriminal Carmine Tango, risk-taking assassin Gamble, and a new threat no one suspected—converge on Arcadia’s lone vigilante . . . but the cruelest stab of all comes from a friend!
Dark Horse Presents #35
Stan Sakai (W/A), Justin Aclin (W), Chad Lambert (W), Dean Motter (W/A/Cover), Mike Richardson (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Dennis Culver (W/A), Christopher Sebela (W), Darrin Grimwood (W), Brendan McCarthy (W/A), Jamie S. Rich (W), Nicolás Daniel Selma (A), Apri Kusbiantoro (A), Ron Chan (A), Brian Churilla (A), and Brent Schoonover (A)
Stan Sakai’s rabbit ronin returns to Dark Horse Presents with a full-color story! Chad Lambert and Apri Kusbiantoro tell another tale of the backstage world behind life in radio! A new chapter in the secret lives of teddy bears is revealed! And long-running serial Integer City comes to its exciting conclusion! Plus, new installments of Cruel Biology, S.H.O.O.T. First, The Deleted, Davey Jones, Mister X, and Mr. Monster!
Bad Blood #4 (of 5)
Jonathan Maberry (W) and Tyler Crook (A/Cover)
On sale Apr 2
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
Our heroes finally find the information they need and, with the help of their battle-hardened teacher, they learn the art of fighting vampires. But can they overcome their weaknesses to truly fight the monsters that are after them? Or will they succumb to the battles raging within?
Juice Squeezers #4 (of 4)
David Lapham (W/A/Cover) and Lee Loughridge (C)
On sale Apr 2
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
The deadliest bug battle in the history of Weeville is imminent when the Juice Squeezers awaken the dormant horde below Valley May Farms! But what secrets hide below the surface? If he can live through the insect onslaught, the newest Squeezer might just find something truly unbelievable!
Bloodhound Volume 2: Crowbar Medicine TP
Dan Jolley (W), Leonard Kirk (P), Robin Riggs (I), Moose Baumann (C), and Dave Johnson (Cover)
On sale June 18
FC, 160 pages $19.99
TP, 7” x 10”
Ex-con and FBI consultant Travis Clevenger doesn’t have superpowers, but he can put a beatdown on anyone who does! When a superhuman tragedy shocks the nation, a rogue scientist announces that he can avert future disasters by granting powers to citizens who pass his personal background check! The ensuing wave of new superhumans sets in! Collects the five-issue miniseries and a story from Dark Horse Presents #23–#25!
Furious #4 (of 5)
Bryan J. L. Glass (W) and Victor Santos (A/C/Cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
An innocent man is dead because of Furious, and she's not going to rest—or feel less guilty—until she finds his killer! Returning to the scene of the crime, she takes out her anger on any punk in sight, but is she after justice or just trying to bury her guilt beneath a beating?
Pariah #3 (of 8)
Aron Warner (W), Philip Gelatt (W), and Brett Weldele (A/Cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
The last Vitro on Earth devises a plan to cut off government control of the Vitro satellite in order to free his comrades in space.
Nexus Omnibus Volume 5 TP
Mike Baron (W), Steve Rude (P/Cover), Paul Smith (P), Adam Hughes (P), John Nyberg (I), Les Dorscheid (C), and others
On sale June 4
FC, 440 pages $24.99
TP, 6” x 9”
When Horatio Hellpop resigns as Nexus, the mantle of cosmic executioner falls to the vengeful and dangerous Loomis sisters. It isn’t long before the amazing power that accompanies the office begins to corrupt Stacy and Michana Loomis, and the nigh-omnipotent Merk must supplant them with a new, nobler host! Collects issues #53–#65 of Nexus volume 2 and issues #2–#4 of The Next Nexus!
The White Suits #3 (of 4)
Frank Barbiere (W) and Toby Cypress (A/Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
Mob war erupts in Chinatown! In a desperate final gambit, New York’s criminal underworld and their Russian mercenaries draw the murderous White Suits into a deadly ambush, with ex-Suit Prizrak and FBI agent Sarah Anderson as hostages. With no way out but death, who will survive the “Kill Box”?
The Massive #22
Brian Wood (W), Danijel Zezelj (A), Jordie Bellaire (C), and J. P. Leon (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Ongoing
Roaring across North Africa, a five-mile-long convoy of water trucks represents life for millions of people. Local soldiers sign on as security, and it’s a high-risk job to repel pirates, saboteurs, and well-armed warlords in 120-degree heat. So why is Mary here?
The Massive Volume 3: Longship TP
Brian Wood (W), Garry Brown (A), Jordie Bellaire (C), and J. P. Leon (Cover)
On sale June 25
FC, 152 pages $19.99
TP, 7” x 10”
In Longship, Callum Israel and Ninth Wave go head to head with a disgraced comrade threatening nuclear war, a rogue faction of the US Navy working as pirates in New York Harbor, and a colony of Norwegian whalers who hunt in the Viking tradition. Collects issues #13¬–#18 of The Massive.
Mind Mgmt #21
Matt Kindt (W/A/Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 24 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
MIND MGMT goes quiet this month in a special “silent” issue! But in a world of psychics and mind readers, silence screams louder than words!
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Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #4 (of 6)
Zack Whedon (W), Georges Jeanty (P/Variant cover), Karl Story (I), Laura Martin (C), and Dan Dos Santos (Cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
With help from the New Resistance, Mal and Serenity’s crew are crashing the secret Alliance facility from which River was rescued. She is certain they need to go there—now. Meanwhile, Zoe is in Alliance custody where she discovers that there is more immediate danger from fellow prisoners than anyone else . . .
Fear Agent Volume 3: The Last Goodbye 2nd edition TP
Rick Remender (W/I), Tony Moore (P/Cover), Ande Parks (I), and Lee Loughridge (C)
On sale June 4
FC, 104 pages $16.99
TP, 7” x 10”
Fan-favorite creators Rick Remender and Tony Moore reunite to tell the pulse-pounding origin of the last Fear Agent! When Earth is attacked by the three feuding alien races, obliterating almost all life on the planet, weary trucker Heath Huston and his wife Charlotte face a living nightmare! Collects issues #12-#15.
Vandroid #3 (of 5)
Tommy Lee Edwards (W/Cover), Noah Smith (W), and Dan McDaid (A)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
In this action-packed third issue, Vandroid gets personal! An all-out brawl with the Mighty Oak Biker Club has Vandroid discovering who he really is . . . and it's not what he expected. But when his best friend is in danger, will Vandroid be able to withstand the brutal experimentation of the R&D Gang, or will he become a wiped motherboard?
Mass Effect: Foundation #10
Mac Walters (W), Tony Parker (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
Before joining Shepard, master thief Kasumi Goto was known as the most skilled burglar in populated space. Witness her early adventures as she pilfers from the galaxy’s most elite—and most dangerous!
Mass Effect: Foundation Volume 2 TP
Mac Walters (W), Matthew Clark (P), Garry Brown (P), Tony Parker (P), Drew Geraci (I), Sean Parsons (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
On sale June 4
FC, 120 pages $16.99
TP, 7” x 10”
Follow Miranda Lawson and Jacob Taylor as they chase Commander Shepard to the lawless and dangerous Terminus Systems, where no training can prepare them for what they’ll find! Then, join the beautiful and cunning Agent Rasa as she hunts Jack, the lethal biotic powerhouse, and crosses paths with the deadly master assassin Thane Krios! Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #5-#8.
Tomb Raider #3
Gail Simone (W), Nicolás Daniel Selma (P), Juan Gedeon (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Ariel Olivetti (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Ongoing
Lara Croft is on the hunt for the strange force that is terrorizing the survivors of the Endurance crew! As ancient mythological creatures appear to wreak havoc on Lara, so too do the ghosts of her past!
Halo: Escalation #5
Chris Schlerf (W), Ricardo Sánchez (P), Rob Lean (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Anthony Palumbo (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
Missing for thirty years, a legendary UNSC warship is discovered deep behind enemy lines. As Infinity plans a rescue mission, however, Admiral Hood’s past with the ship’s captain threatens to jeopardize the mission. The investigation into the UNSC saboteur continues as the journalist infiltrates an Elite holy land in search of answers.
EVE: True Stories HC
Daniel Way (W), Alejandro Aragon (A), Tomm Coker (A), Federico Dallocchio (A), Daniel Warren Johnson (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), Jean-Sebastien Rossbach (Cover)
On sale June 11
FC, 72 pages $12.99
HC, 7” x 10”
In the early hours of February 5, 2009, one man single-handedly destroyed the aggressive Band of Brothers alliance and brought an end to the Great War, the largest war in the history of EVE Online. Inspired by actual player-driven events within the universe of EVE Online, superstar writer Daniel Way tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of the most popular true story of the last decade!
Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1 HC
David Gaider (W), Alexander Freed (W), Chad Hardin (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Anthony Palumbo (Cover)
On sale June 4
FC, 232 pages $39.99
HC, 9” x 12”
Helping set the stage for BioWare’s hotly anticipated Dragon Age: Inquisition, this deluxe oversized hardcover collects every Dark Horse Dragon Age comic to date—The Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, and Until We Sleep—an epic trilogy complete in one volume, written by Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider!
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Volume 1: The Silent Grove HC
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Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #5 (of 12)
J. Michael Straczynski (W), Pete Woods (A/Cover), and Matt Wilson (C)
On sale Apr 2
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
John Connor’s assault on Skynet is met with a devastating counterattack! Controlled by a human serial killer with no loyalty to mankind, the Terminators’ deadly mechanical efficiency is now matched with the creativity and pleasure for killing of a murderous psychopath!
Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy #3 (of 6)
Dan Jolley (W), Jamal Igle (P/Cover), Ray Snyder (I), and Moose Baumann (C)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
With her mission to kidnap biotechnician Elise Fong compromised by the appearance of a massive, seemingly invulnerable killer, ex-CIA operative Farrow Greene calls on all her training for an epic, one-woman war against the stranger! Meanwhile, an army of mercenaries will stop at nothing to capture the Terminator technology!
Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1 (of 4)
Matt Kindt (W/Cover), Marco Castiello (P), Dan Parsons (I), Gabe Eltaeb (C), and Adam Hughes (Cover/Sketch cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
A young Rebel meets one of the Alliance’s best for his first mission. But the young man’s hero worship is crushed by the reality of Han Solo. A botched escape, a ship that doesn’t work—could it be that Solo is just a lucky bumbler whose luck has run out?
Star Wars #16
Brian Wood (W), Stéphane Créty (P), Julien Hugonnard-Bert (I), Gabe Eltaeb (C), and Sean Cooke (Cover)
On sale April 9
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
Establishing the new Rebel base on Arrochar, Wedge Antilles teaches the local pilots Rogue Squadron’s secret tactics, Luke Skywalker joins the Arrocharian militia on a “routine” mission, and Princess Leia balances her duty to the Rebellion with her upcoming duties as a royal wife. So why is everyone so uneasy?
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Volume 3—Force War TP
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P), Dan Parsons (I), Wes Dzioba (C), and David Michael Beck (Cover)
On sale June 11
FC, 128 pages $19.99
TP, 7” x 10”
The Rakata, powerful users of the dark side of the Force, have invaded the Tython system to enslave the Je’daii . . . With Forcesabers in hand, the Je’daii fight, led by mad Je’daii Daegen Lok and the mysterious Force Hound Xesh. But when Xesh is captured, the direction of the war is changed . . . Collects Dawn of the Jedi: Force War #1–#5.
The Star Wars #7
Jonathan Rinzler (W), Mike Mayhew (A), Rain Beredo (C), and Nick Runge (Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
When Princess Leia falls into the hands of Darth Vader, General Skywalker, Annikin Starkiller, and Han Solo must go on the offensive against the Galactic Empire. But they have a secret weapon on their side—one that the Imperials have vastly underestimated: Wookiees!
Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows #5 (of 5)
Tim Siedell (W), Gabriel Guzman (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
Stormtrooper Hock sabotages the remnant Separatists from the inside as they defend against Darth Vader’s advancing forces, and fights for his life against a figure from his past. At Vader’s side, Hock witnesses firsthand the power and ruthlessness of the man-machine he has followed into battle!
Star Wars: Legacy #14
Corinna Bechko (W), Gabriel Hardman (W/A), Jordan Boyd (C), and Agustin Alessio (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
A look into Ania Solo’s prison-camp past reveals a secret connection to the brutal bounty hunter who is desperate to bring her to justice — dead, not alive! But bounty hunters are only part of Ania’s problems!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #2
Christos Gage (W), Rebekah Isaacs (A/Variant cover), Dan Jackson (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Ongoing
The Scoobies are back—including li’l Giles! Revelations about a new kind of vampire menace and the blank Vampyr book have only just begun. Everyone has a job to do, and for Buffy, it’s treading the road of past relationships! Lucky girl . . .
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