PREVIEWS #299 (VOL. XXIII #8, AUG13)
Previews PUBLICATIONS
PREVIEWS #301
October 2013
COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Dark Horse
Since 1988, previewshas 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 previewsexclusive items available nowhere else! After 25 years and 300 issues, now more than ever, previewsis here to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future!This October issue features items scheduled to ship in December 2013 and beyond.
Catalog, 8x11, 400+pg, PC$4.50
PREVIEWS #301 CUSTOMER ORDER FORM — October 2013
Previews makes it easy for you to order every item in the catalog with this separate order form booklet! This October issue features items scheduled to ship in December 2013 and beyond.
Comic-sized, 62pg, PCPI
MARVEL PREVIEWS Volume 2 #15
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 October issue features items scheduled to ship in December 2013 and beyond.
FREE w/Purchase of PREVIEWS
FC, 120pg$1.25
HALLOWEEN COMICS FEST
Halloween Comic Fest 2013
This Halloween, your local comic shop is the place to be for Halloween fun and FREE comic books and mini-comics! On October 26 & 27, participating retailers will open their doors for Halloween Comic Fest, a new industry-wide event in the spirit of Free Comic Book Day, but anchored to the Halloween holiday! You can expect plenty of spooky fun as your local comic shop celebrates the season with comics, candy, and more comics!
Also, PREVIEWS is once again giving YOU the opportunity to offer an alternative to candy this Halloween season with this new batch of kid-friendly comic books and mini-comics! Each comic is filled with adventure and laughs that will last a lot longer than any chocolate bar or candy confection at the bottom of their goodie bags! All the comics listed are available for purchase — Mini-Comics ship in Bundles of 20 copies, for a retail price of $4.99 and Please Inquire with your retailer to purchase any of the full-sized HCF comics!
FULL-SIZED COMICS
Action Lab Comics
Skyward: Into the Grim—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W/A/CA) Jeremy Dale
Terror lurks at every turn in this sneak peek at the darker, creepier corners of our heroes' world. Enter: the Grim! From Harvey award winner Jeremy Dale (G.I. Joe, Wildguard, Marvel's Kapow!), this is not to be missed for Skyward fans new and old. Plus, the return of Action Lab's flagship superhero title, Fracture!
32pgs, FCFREE
Archie Comics
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #1—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Ian Flynn (A) Jamal Peppers, Rick Bryant, Jack Morelli, Dustin Evans
It’s a Halloween Sonic Fest! Just in time for the launch of the newest smash-hit SEGA video game comes the way-past-coolest video game primer issue exclusively for Halloween Comic Fest 2013! Hitch a ride alongside the truest, bluest hedgehog around as this timeless video game icon takes on the biggest baddies of them all with his faithful pal Tails at his side! Hot off the heels of the titanic, Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide summer blockbuster, Sonic comics have never been hotter! Now is your chance to check out the next big thing from the one and only “blue blur”!
32pgs, FCFREE
Aspen MLT
SOULFIRE: GENESIS 2013—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W/A) Michael Turner, V. Ken Marion, Jeph Loeb, J.T. Krul, Peter Steigerwald
The past and present collide in this special Soulfire Halloween issue! In celebration of Soulfire’s Tenth Anniversary, Aspen is proud to present to you this special edition Soulfire issue, Soulfire: Genesis! Showcasing the original Soulfire Zero issue by the acclaimed Jeph Loeb and Soulfire creator Michael Turner, along with a first look preview at the upcoming all-new Soulfire series (debuting in November!) by newcomer V. Ken Marion and longtime Soulfire writer J.T. Krul, this incredible Halloween Comic Fest issue is not to be missed! Jam-packed with two awe-inspiring Soulfire stories from the past to the present, every comic fan will want to make sure this Aspen goodie goes home with them for the holiday!
32pgs, FCFREE
Avatar Press
DISENCHANTED DEBUT—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Simon Spurrier (A/CA) German Erramouspe
Disenchanted is a stunning new webcomic from writer Simon Spurrier that will be collected twice per year, following the model of Freakangels. Once they were the mainstay of folklore: goblins, leprechauns, pixies and fey. But now? Dispossessed, forgotten, doubting even their own traditions, they've trickled into Vermintown, a vast and vile city of a million inch-tall malcontents. Sprawling through an abandoned subway station deep beneath London, here myth has given way to sleaze, drugs, gangland violence and interracial hatred. Vermintown is where magic went to die.
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FCFREE
DC Comics
Batman: Li’l Gotham #1—HCF 2013 Edition
(W) Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs (A) Dustin Nguyen
Just in time for Halloween, fans of all ages can get this FREE special edition of the critically acclaimed series featuring art by Dustin Nguyen! In this issue, Robin needs Batman's help to learn the true meaning of Halloween. Plus, on Thanksgiving, Batman and Robin join the families of GothamCity around the table for a holiday feast—and birds of a feather flock together to stage a march against the city led by The Penguin!
32pgs, FCFREE
Batman: The Long Halloween #1—HCF 2013 Edition
(W) Jeph Loeb (A) Tim Sale
Just in time for Halloween, fans can get this FREE first chapter of the critically acclaimed graphic novel that pits a young Batman against a killer who only murders on holidays. Can The Dark Knight discover the killer's identity before he strikes again?
32pgs, FCFREE
IDW Publishing
Cartoon Network Super Sampler!—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Robbie Busch, Man of Action
(A) Mark Chiarello, Dario Brizuela, Ricardo Garcia-Fuentes
Three sample stories of the heavy hitters in IDW’s brand-new Cartoon Network line-up! First up, the Powerpuff Girls take on "The Big Green Monster," then Samurai Jack finds himself in a game of "Double Dutch Death Valley," and finally Ben 10 gets into a bull fight in "Olé."
32pgs, FCFREE
IMAGE COMICS
THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Jason Aaron (A)Esad Ribic
Throughout the ages, the gods of the Marvel Universe have been vanishing, their mortal worshippers left in chaos. Now, the Mighty Thor follows a trail of blood that threatens to consume his past, present and future selves. The only hope for these ravaged worlds lies with the God of Thunder unraveling the gruesome mystery of the God Butcher! (Age Rating: T+)
32pgs, FCFREE
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ADVENTURES #1—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Man of Action, Dan Slott, Ty Templeton (A) Nuno Plati
Straight from the hit Disney XD show comes “The Comic Book You Can’t Miss Out On”! By Day, he’s Peter Parker, mild-mannered high school student. But by night, he’s the ultimate in super heroics — Spider-Man — and he’s just the beginning of a super-hero universe! And now, with a special code for a free digital edition, it’s easier than ever to Share Your Universe with young Marvel readers in your life!
32pgs, FCFREE
Viz Media
Junji Ito’s Uzumaki—HCF 2013 EDITION
(W/A) Junji Ito
Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in everything from seashells and whirlpools in water to the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father and the voice from the cochlea in our inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho are pulled ever deeper into a whirlpool from which there is no return!
32pgs, B&WFREE
Yen Press
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children #1--HCF 2013 EDITION
(W) Ransom Riggs (A) Cassandra Jean
Ransom Riggs's haunting fantasy bestseller adapted to a graphic novel! A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob on a journey to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive.
32pgs, FCFREE
MINI-COMICS
Action Lab Comics
Vamplets: The Legend of the Ghost Pony—HCF 2013
(W/CA) Gayle Middleton, Dave Dwonch
(A) Amanda Coronado, Dave Dwonch
In this terrifyingly sweet installment, Rasket the Stinkless Stinkbug tells a bedtime story sure to send chills of joy through your spine! The Ghost Ponies have been the harbingers of the weird for years. Whenever they appear, creatures near have disappeared, never to return. Where do they come from? What is their terrible secret? Find out here, in The Legend of the Ghost Pony!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Antarctic Press
Zombie Kid Diaries 3: The Walking Dad—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) Fred Perry (A/CA) David Hutchison
Despite being a zombie, Bill Stokes has become quite good at maintaining his mediocre grade point average, keeping a low profile, and gaining online notoriety as a top competitor in the pro-gaming world. But now, Bill's dad is back! Released on legal technicalities from his insurance fraud sentence, Dad's out to get even with Mom and Bill for exposing his schemes! How is Bill going to keep his and Mom's zombie-ness from being revealed to the world?
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
APE Entertainment
SESAME STREET #1—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) Jason M. Burns (A) Amy Mebberson
(CA) Jerome Reneaume
Elmo decides to become a superhero, but he doesn’t have any powers! It will be up to the always lovable Super Grover to teach Elmo that he can have any superpowers he wants, because he already has the greatest superpower of all… imagination!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Archaia Entertainment
Pantalones, TX: Zombiñata—HCF 2013 mini-comic
(W/A/CA) Yehudi Mercado
It’s Halloween in Pantalones and everyone is ready to go trick or treating, but Bucky can’t eat any candy because of a dentist appointment! He stashes his candy in his piñata for safekeeping, but on Halloween, piñatas that are fed come back to life. Chico is the first victim and becomes a Zombie Piñata — a ZomBiñata! — and the rest of the gang must figure out how to turn him back before they turn, too. The only tools on their side are toothpaste, costumes, and lots of candy — but which one will save them?
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Archie Comics
Archie's Pals 'N' Gals #1—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Various (CA) Fernando Ruiz, Bob Smith, Tito Peña
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals is a great mini collection of hilarious stories from Archie’s past and present! Featuring two great stories, fashion pin-ups, puzzles, games and more! This book is a fantastic starting point for new readers and a great refresher for long time fans!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
BOOM! Studios
Adventure Time—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) (A)
Magic Man is being a giant meanie! All the Princesses wanted was a nice picnic with nothing going on for once, but don't worry! Finn and Jake are here to save the day...or are they? When Magic Man uses his tricks against our favorite heroes, it's up to the Princesses to save the day! This stand alone issue is definitely a must have, filled with girl power and emoticons!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Dark Horse Comics
ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #1—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W/A) Art Baltazar, Franco
A ghost named Rasputin has been spotted! And Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. are going to find out what he’s up to. Who is Hellboy anyway? Why does he have such a big hand and what is it used for? Who's weirder, him or his friends? What is the B.P.R.D.? And what does chicken soup have to do with all of it? This and more are answered in the debut issue, where BIG things happen to itty bitty Hellboy! A new kids’ comic by the creators of Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, and Aw Yeah Comics!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
IDW Publishing
My Little Pony: Halloween Edition—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) Katie Cook (A) Various (CA) Andy Price
Relive some of the most fun moments from IDW's first year of My Little Pony! Featuring amazing Pony art, great back-up stories and other rarely seen material! The perfect treat to pick-up for all ages readers this season!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
IMAGE COMICS
SUPER DINOSAUR—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) Robert Kirkman (A) Various
Robert Kirkman’s Super Dinosaur comes to Halloween Comic Fest with this special issue, perfect for all ages, packed with action, adventure, super-science, and a talking dinosaur with robotic arms! It just doesn’t get any better than that, kids!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Oni Press
Sketch Monsters: Attack of the 100-Foot Booger—HCF 2013 MINI-COMIC
(W) Joshua Williamson (A/CA) Vicente "Vinny" Navarrete
One of Mandy's Sketch Monsters has escaped from the pages of her sketchbook, and it's terrorizing the whole city! Good thing Mandy's dealt with this situation before. All she has to do is feel the same emotion she felt when she first drew it. But she has no idea what she was feeling when she drew the 100-foot booger monster! It's growing bigger by the second, and if she doesn't figure it out quick, there's snot much she can do about it!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
Viz Media
Ben 10 Omniverse Halloween Special
(W/A) Alan Brown, Joel Enos, Corin Howell, Marcelo Matere, B.Clay Moore
When he was ten years old, Ben Tennyson discovered the Omnitrix, a device that saves and catalogs DNA and then can distribute those powers and attributes to its owner in times of need. Ben becomes a superhero, battling the forces of evil for the next 15 years. Now living in Undertown, a hidden alien community on Earth, sixteen-year-old Ben is saddled with a new partner Rook, a by-the-book plumber, an elite team of space-cops, and is tasked with patrolling Undertown to keep it safe and, you know, saving the universe when it needs it!
Mini-Comic, 16pgs, FCFREE
COMICS SECTION
PREMIER VENDORS
DARK HORSE
SHAOLIN COWBOY #1
Geof Darrow (W/A/Cover), Peter Doherty (C), and Walter Simonson (Variant cover)
The Shaolin Cowboy returns, but nowhere in sight is there a dead Robin, any infinity gauntlets, or a single conquering Ultron—just flat-out action, intrigue, and plenty of roadkill. Geof Darrow’s slow-talkin’, kung-fu-gripping hero proves once again, in this brand-new new series, that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a chainsaw!
• From writer/artist Geof Darrow (Hard Boiled, The Matrix)!
• More action than the rest of your pull list combined!
• All-new story! Start reading here!
• Covers by Darrow and Walter Simonson!
“…Everything fans of the original books had grown to love.”—Comics Alliance
“…The intricacies of carnage is one of Darrow’s specialties…”—io9
FC, 32 pgs.$3.99
THE OCCULTIST #1 (OF 5)
Tim Seeley (W), Mike Norton (A), Allen Passalaqua (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)
An evil witch doctor needs the book of spells known as the Sword to reject the Occultist. He needs the weapon itself to decide that he is a bad host in the ongoing war against the realm of the dead. The solution lies in a Catholic schoolgirl who dabbles in death for a quick high.
Art by Mike Norton (Battlepug, The Answer!, Revival).
Written by Hack/Slash creator Tim Seeley!
Variant cover by Eisner winner Paolo Rivera.
“The Occultist is a comic you should be checking out.”—Comic Book Resources
FC, 32 pgs.$3.50
BLACK BEETLE: NECROLOGUE #1 (OF 5)
Francesco Francavilla (W/A/Cover)
Someone’s murdering the citizens of ColtCity, and there’s only one man who can stop this killing spree: the Black Beetle!
But as Black Beetle investigates these grisly murders, questions arise about the masked detective: Is he a daring hero or a reckless vigilante? With a past veiled in the shadow of mystery, Black Beetle takes on a dark mission that will keep you screaming in the thrilling new miniseries Necrologue!