Previews #331 (vol. XXVI #4) previews publications

THIS MONTH’S COVER ART: New projects from DC Comics and Image Comics!

THIS MONTH’S THEME: Video Game Month!

PREVIEWS is your ultimate guide to comics, graphic novels and pop-culture merchandise available from your local comic book shop... revealed up to 2 months in advance! Read detailed product descriptions and storylines for hundreds comic books and graphic novels from the top comic book publishers; see the coolest toys and pop-culture merchandise on Earth; plus PREVIEWS Exclusive items you’ll find nowhere else! It’s a great monthly read to find out what’s at comic shops! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2016 and beyond.

Catalog, 8x11, 500+pg, PC $3.99
PREVIEWS #333 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — JUNE 2016

PREVIEWS makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2016 and beyond.

FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS

Comic-sized, 62pg, PC PI

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 June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2016 and beyond.

FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS

Comic-sized, 120pg, FC $1.25

Game Trade Magazine, the monthly publication of Alliance Game Distributors, is your guide to what's new in the worlds of gaming! With articles on new and upcoming games, previews, reviews, game-related comics and fiction, self-contained mini-games or game modules, plus product information on upcoming game releases, Game Trade Magazine is your essential guide to gaming today! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2016 and beyond.

Magazine, 8x11, FC $3.99
IMAGE+ #2

IMAGE+ is an all-new monthly magazine featuring Image's upcoming releases, as well as bonus creator-owned comics content. Each issue will feature a four-page chapter in an all-new The Walking Dead story detailing the origin of the series’ greatest villain Negan, created by the New York Times bestselling team of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard! IMAGE+ also showcases exclusive interviews, spotlight features, bonus never-before-seen preview pages, and editorials from industry voices, plus more in-depth, insightful and provocative comics coverage curated by David Brothers, Branding Manager at Image Comics. IMAGE+ is the fans' premiere source for all things creator-owned! This June issue features items scheduled to ship in August 2016 and beyond.

FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS

Magazine, 64pg, FC $1.99

PREMIER VENDORS

Frank Miller (W/A), Gerard Way (W), Christos Gage (W), Randy Stradley (W), Gabriel Bá (A), Phill Norwood (A), and Steve Morris

On sale June 1

FC, 40 pages $10.00 One-shot

As Dark Horse Comics turns thirty, we present a look back at some of our top titles from each past decade—including a brand-new story to launch us into the new one! Included: Aliens vs. Predator: Blood Time (1994), by Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood, Sin City: Daddy’s Little Girl (1996), by Frank Miller, The Umbrella Academy: Anywhere But Here (2008), by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, and a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer tale by Christos Gage!
CELEBRATE 30 YEARS!
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND DISCOUNTS

To commemorate thirty years of publishing, we’re celebrating this special anniversary with Dark Horse Day on June 4. We’re inviting all our retail partners to come on board and celebrate with us. Through selected backlist offerings, retailers will have the opportunity to receive promotional materials and extra discounts. The promotional packs will contain five Dark Horse Day Sampler comics, five posters, five postcards, five window clings, and one patch—all featuring our most popular properties.

All retailers buying at any level will receive an automatic entry to win a Dark Horse Day pizza party for their store ($100 value). Twenty accounts will be chosen at random. One grand prize winner chosen at random will also receive a $1,000 (at retail) credit toward Dark Horse products through their Diamond CSR.

While all qualifying accounts will receive posters, comics, and bookmarks, individual quantities will be based on participation levels. Retailers can qualify for one of the following by placing orders for select backlist titles, as long as their end net order meets or exceeds the tier level. Retailers will qualify for only their highest tier. Qualifying orders and additional sale discounts must be entered using the APR16 Previews order form.

Includes four promotional packages, two copies of Dark Horse Heroes, and a 20% discount on the reorder of any of the featured backlist titles.

Includes three promotional package, two copies of Dark Horse Heroes, and a 15% discount on the reorder of any of the featured backlist titles.

Includes two promotional packages and a 10% discount on the reorder of any of the featured backlist titles.

Includes one promotional package and a 5% discount on the reorder of any of the featured backlist titles.

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Alan Gordon (W), Dean Motter (W/A), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A), Rich Woodall (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Dennis Calero (W/A), Bo Hampton (A), Craig Rousseau (A), and Mike Mignola (Cover)

On sale June 15

48 pages $4.99 Ongoing

This month, return to the urban jungle in The Once and Future Tarzan, written by Alan Gordon with art by Bo Hampton! Then, Dean Motter takes us back to Radiant City with a new Mister X story: Pokerface! Plus, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder: Chase the Lady, Rich Woodall and Craig Rousseau’s Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl, and Michael T. Gilbert’s Mr. Monster continue! Finally, Dennis Calero’s The Suit reaches its thrilling conclusion—all in this issue of Dark Horse Presents!
PROMETHEUS: LIFE AND DEATH #1 (OF 4)

Dan Abnett (W), Andrea Mutti (A), Rain Beredo (C), David Palumbo (Cover), Sachin Teng (Variant cover), and Dave Dorman (30th anniversary variant cover)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

Colonial Marines have commandeered a mysterious alien ship—wresting it from the savage Predators who also wanted it. But now the owner of the vessel has awakened, and the marines find themselves trapped in space with an angry god!
ALIENS: DEFIANCE #3

Brian Wood (W), Riccardo Burchielli (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)

On sale June 29

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Ongoing

Mutiny aboard the Europa. After accessing a Weyland-Yutani network buoy which reprograms their directives, several Davis synthetics seek to take down the mysterious Davis 01 unit and take the ship back to Earth. Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks and Davis 01 must survive an organized tactical assault in deep space.
PREDATOR: LIFE AND DEATH #4 (OF 4)

Dan Abnett (W), Brian Albert Thies (A), Rain Beredo (C), and David Palumbo (Cover)

On sale June 1

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

The battle between the Colonial Marines and the Predators opens on two fronts as the humans attempt to split the enemy’s force and take possession of the mysterious horseshoe-shaped alien spaceship! Getting their hands on the alien technology will be a huge victory for the humans . . . or will it?
HELLBOY IN HELL #10

Mike Mignola (W/A/Cover) and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale June 1

FC, 32 pages $2.99 Ongoing

Hellboy transforms into what he was always meant to be.
ALSO AVAILABLE
HELLBOY IN HELL VOLUME 1

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Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Chris Roberson (W), Ben Stenbeck (A), Michael Walsh (A), Paolo Rivera (P), Joe Rivera (I), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale Aug 10

FC, 152 pages $19.99

TP, 7” x 10”

Hellboy and his mentor Bruttenholm travel across England and confront the phantom hand of a murderer, a demonic water spirit, and some of the most horrible figures of British folklore—Rawhead Rex and Bloody Bones. Back in the States, Hellboy rejoins the team from 1952 as a monster with possible ties to an earlier mission ravages a suburban community. Collects the five-issue miniseries.

Mike Mignola (W), Scott Allie (W), Sebastián Fiumara (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $3.50 Ongoing

In this standalone story, Abe seeks answers in his most crucial and secret place of origin, where his destiny is revealed.
LOBSTER JOHNSON: METAL MONSTERS OF MIDTOWN #2 (OF 3)

Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Tonci Zonjic (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale June 29

FC, 32 pages $3.50 Miniseries

The face-off against giant robots continues as Lobster Johnson’s investigation leads him to a woman whose story reveals the ancient origins behind the machines’ gleaming exteriors.
BALTIMORE: EMPTY GRAVES #3 (OF 5)

Mike Mignola (W), Christopher Golden (W), Peter Bergting (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Ben Stenbeck (Cover)

On sale June 1

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

Baltimore continues his journey to Constantinople, where his search for the Blood-Red Witch leads to the royal family.
CHILDREN OF LOVECRAFT TP

Various (W) and Mike Mignola (Cover)

On sale Aug 31

384 pages $19.99

TP, 5 1/4" x 8”

Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s stories shaped modern horror more than any other author’s in the last two centuries: Cthulhu, the Old Ones, Herbert West: Reanimator, and more terrifying nightmares emerged from the mythos of this legendary writer.

Dark Horse teams up with Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow to bring you this anthology of original prose stories that are inspired by Lovecraft’s mythos. Features work by Richard Kadrey, Brian Hodge, A. C. Wise, Siobhan Carroll, Orrin Grey, and many more, with a stunning cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.
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LOVECRAFT UNBOUND

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Fred Van Lente (W), Guiu Vilanova (A/Cover), and Mauricio Wallace (C)

On sale June 15

FC, 48 pages $3.99 Miniseries

The streets of New York have been plagued by a pattern of crimes too weird and bizarre for the average detective. Lurking in the evidence are shadows of loathsome horrors from beyond space and time, seeking to usher in the unimaginable evil of the Old Ones. And the only man capable of fighting against the unspeakable terrors isn’t a man at all. Detective Sebastian Greene is one of them — it takes a monster to catch a monster.
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RESURRECTIONISTS: NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCED

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Cullen Bunn (W) and Tyler Crook (A/Cover)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Ongoing

Emmy believes she is one of a kind, that there is no one else in the world quite like her. As strangers arrive in Harrow County, though, she discovers just how wrong she is. Are these beings—each possessing strange and ghastly supernatural abilities—her family?
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HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 1: COUNTLESS HAINTS

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Peter Tomasi (W), Ian Bertram (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

A visitor from Winchester’s past stirs up old demons, and she must find new ways to keep them out of her unearthly mansion. Meanwhile, Warren Peck comes face to face with specters from his own past and learns that he has more in common with her than he’d thought . . .
THE SHADOW GLASS #4 (OF 6)

Aly Fell (W/A/Cover)

On sale June 22

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

To protect the enchanted Shadow Glass and the spirit that lives within it, Rosalind must keep its whereabouts secret . . . despite the tortures of the Tower of London.
ALABASTER: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BIRD HC

Caitlín R. Kiernan (W), Daniel Warren Johnson (A), Carlos Badilla (C), and Greg Ruth (Cover)

On sale Aug 31

FC, 128 pages $19.99

HC, 7” x 10”

A year after her death in a burning barn, Dancy Flammarion now finds herself in a hell of her own creation. A new evil haunts the sun-scorched back roads and ghost towns of the American South: murderous twins who command a legion of ghouls. Once again, she must face down demons, both those who walk the world unchallenged and those in her own shattered mind. Collects the five-issue miniseries.

Peter Bagge (W), Dan Braun (W), Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein (W), Richard Corben (A), Ricardo Cabral (A), Peter Bagge (A), Tony Guaraldi-Brown (A), Glenn Fabry (A), Ryan Brown (Cover), and others

On sale June 22

b&w, 40 pages $3.99 Ongoing

FINAL ISSUE! Before Uncle Creepy goes into hibernation, we’re bringing Richard Corben back to the pages of Creepy! Regular contributor Dan Braun will collaborate with Corben on an all-new story, writer Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein joins forces with Portuguese artist Ricardo Cabral, and Peter Bagge revisits the Creepy Family Tree! Tony Guaraldi-Brown delivers a killer Monster Gallery piece, Glenn Fabry provides a disturbing color pinup, and more surprises fill this final foray into fright!
CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 24 HC

Various (W/A)

On sale Aug 17

b&w, 240 pages $49.99

HC, 8 3/8” x 10 7/8”

Uncle Creepy—your favorite cackling comrade—has put together an impressive assembly of creators for Creepy Archives Volume 24! Stories by Archie Goodwin, Bruce Jones, Larry Hama, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Walter Simonson, and many others are collected in this horrifying hardcover. Featuring issues #112–#116 of Warren Publishing’s groundbreaking and experimental horror title!

Christos Gage (W), Rebekah Isaacs (A/Variant cover), Dan Jackson (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)

On sale June 22

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Ongoing

Xander and Dawn take on an incredible journey of dimension hopping, trying their best to return home. Meanwhile, things are bad between Buffy and all the Scoobies . . . Think the world can learn to look out for itself?
ANGEL & FAITH SEASON 10 VOLUME 5: A TALE OF TWO FAMILIES TP

Victor Gischler (W), Will Conrad (A), Michelle Madsen (C), and Scott Fischer (Cover)

On sale Aug 10

FC, 136 pages $18.99

TP, 7” x 10”

The Season Finale! With gangs of vampires bringing trouble to the streets of Magic Town, Angel and Faith have their work cut out for them protecting the citizens from vampire terrorists and also dealing with the source of the trouble: Drusilla and the überdemon Archaeus. Angel, Faith, Fred and Illyria, and Koh will pit their newly formed family against a brood of blood in a battle for London! Collects Angel & Faith Season 10 #21–#25.

Van Jensen (W) and Pete Woods (A/Cover)

On sale June 29

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Ongoing

For time beyond memory, the Nine Families watched from the shadows, believing themselves shepherds and manipulating whole societies as they saw fit. Nothing happened that they didn’t observe or control. Outsiders knew naught of the Families, much less threatened them. Until now.
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE CLASSIC ANIMATED ADVENTURES HC

James Eatock (W)

On sale Aug 17

FC, 592 pages $39.99

HC, 9” x 12”

He-Man and She-Ra entranced boys and girls everywhere with their animated adventures that offered cartoon excitement and moral guidance. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to present the official companion to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power, featuring story synopses, animation processes, and trivia for every episode! Written by animator and He-Man expert James Eatock!

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Kim W. Andersson (W/A/Cover)

On sale Aug 24

FC, 136 pages $17.99

TP, 7” x 10”

Alena’s life is a living hell. Since she arrived at a snobbish boarding school, she’s been harassed every day by Philippa and the girls on the lacrosse team. But Alena’s best friend Josephine is not going to accept that anymore. Not from the counselor or the principal, not from Philippa, and not from anyone else at that horrid school. If Alena does not fight back, then Josephine will take matters into her own hands. There’s just one problem . . . Josephine has been dead for a year.

Anne Szabla (W/A/Cover)

On sale Aug 17

FC, 88 pages $9.99

TP, 6” x 9”

Bali is lost deep within the forbidden forest, hunted by the terrifying Rook Men, and must fight his way across a dangerous land of gods, men, and beasts to keep the sword of Mali Mani, the savior of the sun, from falling into the wrong hands. Finding his way out of the forest is Bali’s only chance to prevent the beasts from roaming the land of people and feasting upon them—and to prove he is worthy of the Smokewalk.

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Gene Ha (W/A/Cover)

On sale June 29

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Ongoing

Mae’s prodigal sister Abbie is running from her past. She was the heroic savior of a fantasy world—that is, until it all came crashing down. Now she’s trying to pick up the pieces of her old life and help Mae take care of their sick father. But sinister creatures have followed her home, and they’re determined to get revenge.
AW YEAH! COMICS: ACTION CAT & ADVENTURE BUG #4 (OF 4)

Art Baltazar (W/A/Cover) and Franco (W)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries

You heard his name . . . You felt his evil presence . . . You trembled at the sound of his voice . . . THE EVIL MARQUAID RETURNS!!! Why does Shelly keep glowing? What’s her connection to the evil creature of the deep? Can both Action Cats stop the menace before he destroys the world? Or does this mean one of our heroes will meet their DOOM?! Unless their cosmic friend can save them . . . before it’s too late, of course!
USAGI YOJIMBO #155

Stan Sakai (W/A/Cover)

On sale June 22

FC, 24 pages $3.99 Ongoing

The rabbit ronin arrives at an isolated temple and is surprised to find none other than the virtuous Inspector Ishida, investigating a brutal murder! Their only clue is a mysterious, massive, and potentially sentient painting depicting the torments of Hell. Legend has it that this, the hell Screen, will seek vengeance on any who displease it! What will happen when Usagi and Inspector Ishida attempt to solve the murder?
DEPT. H #3

Matt Kindt (W/A/Cover) and Sharlene Kindt (C)

On sale June 22

FC, 28 pages $3.99 Ongoing

Matt Kindt’s survival sci-fi series continues! After being stranded on the ocean floor, Mia is brought back to headquarters and leads a rescue party to bring back her missing brother. As the investigations into his disappearance and the station’s destroyed antenna continue, a terrible virus emerges and wreaks havoc on the crew.
LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS: SURVIVING MEGALOPOLIS #6 (OF 6)

Gail Simone (W), J. Calafiore (A/Cover), and Jason Wright (C)

On sale June 8

FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries

A twisted love story gone wrong gets even more wrong as our small band of survivors are forced to ask for help from the only people more dangerous than the city’s heroes . . . the supervillains. Don’t miss this terrifying conclusion of the sequel to the incredible Kickstarter monster hit Leaving Megalopolis!
KING’S ROAD TP

Peter Hogan (W), Staz Johnson (A/Cover), Phil Winslade (A/C), and Douglas A. Sirois (C)