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PREVIEWS #279
DECEMBER 2011
COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Diamond Select Toys
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 there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This November issue features items scheduled to ship in January 2012 and beyond.
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THE STRAIN #1 (OF 11)
David Lapham (W), Guillero del Toro (W), Chuck Hogan (W), Mike Huddleston (A/Cover), Steve Morris (Variant cover), and Dan Jackson (C)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$1.00 / Miniseries
When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event—an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness.
ANGEL & FAITH #5
Christos Gage (W), Phil Noto (A), Dan Jackson (C), Steve Morris (Cover), and Rebekah Isaacs (Variant cover)
On sale Dec 28
FC, 32 pages$2.99 / Ongoing
It’s a dark and foggy night in London, and Angel and Faith are about to encounter a most unexpected visitor. Superceleb vampire Harmony Kendall returns! When a stalker threatens to expose one of Harm’s misdeeds, she solicits the help of wayward heroes Angel and Faith. With her little pups, her friend Clem, and her Hollywood entourage by her side, Harmony is taking the UK by storm!
• Harmony Kendall comes to London!
• Guest artist Phil Noto!
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #4
Andrew Chambliss (W), Georges Jeanty (P/Variant cover), Dexter Vines (I), Michelle Madsen (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$2.99 / Ongoing
As Xander, Dawn, and Willow retreat into their own complicated lives, Buffy finds herself drawn more closely to her new friend Severin, a mysterious crime fighter in his own right, and a snappy dresser to boot. Together they take on a new kind of vampire threat while Buffy’s not-in-the-know roomies start snooping through her unslept-in bedroom. Now what could they possibly find?
HELLBOY VOLUME 12: THE STORM AND THE FURY TP
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Duncan Fegredo (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Mar 7
FC, 176 pages$19.99
TP, 7" x 10"
Hellboy cuts a deal with the devious Baba Yaga that may secure the survival of mankind in this climactic follow-up to 2009’s lauded Hellboy: The Wild Hunt. But when war ensues between the forces of good and evil, Hellboy must finally confront the Queen of Blood in a battle that will change the fate of the world! Collects Hellboy: The Storm #1-#3 and Hellboy: The Fury #1-#3.
Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo conclude their epic collaboration that began in 2007’s Darkness Calls—a saga that changes everything for Hellboy!
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: RUSSIA #4 (OF 5)
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Tyler Crook (A), Dave Stewart (C), Dave Johnson (Cover)
On sale Dec 21
32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
While Johann is locked in spectral combat with the spirit of a possessed prisoner of Russia’s Special Sciences Service, Kate learns about the deserted town of Rampayedik and its mysterious zombie looters.
BALTIMORE: THE CURSE BELLS #5 (OF 5)
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Christopher Golden (W), Ben Stenbeck (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
Baltimore makes a final stand against the evil warlock and his clan of undead nuns in order to save the town, rescue the innocents, and finally come face to face with his mortal enemy!
HOUSE OF NIGHT #2 (OF 5)
Kent Dalian (W), P. C. Cast (W), Kristin Cast (W), Joëlle Jones (A), Josh Covey (A), Ryan Hill (C), and Jenny Frison (Cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$2.99 / Miniseries
Struggling to understand her connection to the vampyre goddess Nyx and her elemental affinities, Zoey Redbird’s got her hands full at the House of Night. Add needing a plan to revamp the student group known as the Dark Daughters, and this third-former vampyre’s in need of a hand. Turning to her friends, Zoey hopes to gain clarity in her quest to understand where she fits into the modern world of vampyrism.
THE GOON #37
Eric Powell (W/A/Covers) and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Ongoing
When several workers die in a girdle-factory fire due to poor safety conditions and an out-of-control taco cart, the union is in an uproar. But when the fat cats bring in a supernatural union buster, there's only one man for the workers to turn to: The Goon.
THE OCCULTIST #2 (OF 3)
Tim Seeley (W), Victor Drujiniu (P), Andrew Dalhouse (C), and Steve Morris (Cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
With spell-crazed hit mages and the malevolent serpentine demon known as the Swordbreaker hot on his tail, it’s a steep learning curve for the Occultist, who must master the powerful magic of the Sword—or suffer at the hands of numerous sorcerous enemies. But is our hero wielding this enigmatic weapon, or is it the one in control?
THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. HYDE TP
Cole Haddon (W), M. S. Corley (A/Cover), and Jim Campbell (C)
On sale Feb 22
FC, 96 pages$14.99
TP, 7" x 10"
Sometimes good police work just isn’t enough, as Inspector Thomas Adye? of Scotland Yard finds out when he’s assigned to the Jack the Ripper ?case. He’ll need the guidance of imprisoned madman and amoral ?libertine Dr. Henry Jekyll, whose mind-splitting serum Jack might be ?using to commit his bloody murders. With London’s two greatest monsters pitted against one another, will Adye?—and his soul—survive intact?
• Collecting The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde #1-#4.
ORCHID #3
Tom Morello (W), Scott Hepburn (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Ongoing
Orchid, Simon, and Yehzu meet a mysterious, forest-dwelling woman named Opal and hear the tale of General China’s defeat at the hands of Tomo Wolfe. As Orchid struggles to find an outlet for her anger, Simon pleads for help from this experienced woman, whom he sees as a new and knowledgeable ally. Is this the turning point in the efforts of the uprising? Or another setback for a hopeless cause?
MASS EFFECT: INVASION #3 (OF 4)
Mac Walters (W), John Jackson Miller (W), Omar Francia (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), Massimo Carnevale (Cover), and Paul Renaud (Variant cover)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
The Omega space station has fallen and Aria, Omega’s pirate queen, is on the run from an enemy greater than anything she’s ever faced before. Learning that the battle is merely the first skirmish in a war that will reshape the galaxy, Aria must retake Omega and lead a new charge to save her empire!
Mass Effect 3 lead writer Mac Walters continues building momentum toward the Mass Effect saga’s most powerful chapter!
THE ART OF THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE HC
Casey Hudson (W) and Derek Watts (W)
On sale Feb 8
FC, 184 pages$39.99
HC, 9" x 12"
The Mass Effect trilogy is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction’s richest universes. Now BioWare and Dark Horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the Mass Effect saga with The Art of the Mass Effect Universe! Featuring concept art and commentary by BioWare on the games’ characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, and more—including Mass Effect 3—The Art of the Mass Effect Universe is the most complete companion available to gaming’s most compelling series!
STAR WARS: AGENT OF THE EMPIRE—IRON ECLIPSE #1 (OF 5)
John Ostrander (W), Stéphane Roux (P/Cover), Julien Hugonnard-Bert (I), and Dave Wilkins (Variant cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 40 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
The name’s Cross. Jahan Cross. Move over, James Bond; there’s a new secret agent in the galaxy, and he has the weight of the Empire behind him!
Cross’s mission takes him and his assistant IN-GA 44 to the affluent Corporate Sector. There, on the trail of stolen droid technology, they will rub elbows with diplomats and desperadoes, captains of industry and sergeants of the local police—and rub most of them the wrong way!
STAR WARS: CRIMSON EMPIRE III—EMPIRE LOST #3 (OF 6)
Mike Richardson (W), Paul Gulacy (A), Michael Bartolo (C), and Dave Dorman (Cover)
On sale Dec 28
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
Kir Kanos strikes back at the Empire! Kidnapped and dragooned into a hard-liner Imperial plot, Kir Kanos, the last surviving member of Emperor Palpatine’s royal guard, has had enough! He goes to war with one Imperial faction, even as Leia Organa Solo receives an invitation to meet with emissaries from another.
Treachery layered on treachery is revealed and Kanos answers it the only way he knows how—with violence!
STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT—DELUGE #5 (OF 5)
John Jackson Miller (W), David Daza (P), Sergio Abad (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Joe Quinones (Cover)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 40 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
Caught between a Sith and a Hutt, Jedi Knight Kerra Holt must battle both to save the billions on the planet Darkknell from being drowned by a fleet of ships with the power to flood the planet! Her plan is full-steam-ahead brute force—but her enemies are more cunning than she expected. Is this the end of Kerra Holt, the lone Jedi?
STAR WARS OMNIBUS: A LONG TIME AGO . . . . VOLUME 5 TP
Various (W/A)
On sale Feb 29
FC, 568 pages$24.99
TP, 6” x 9”
The classic-era Star Wars adventures conclude in this fifth and final volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago. . . .
All your favorite characters are here—Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewie, the droids, and more!—bringing peace to a recently liberated galaxy, and finding new troubles confronting them!
With nearly six hundred pages of material, this massive omnibus collects Marvel Comics’ Star Wars #86–#107, their final US-published issues!
THE GUILD: ZABOO
Felicia Day (W), Sandeep Parikh (W), Becky Cloonan (A), Dave Stewart (C), Evan Dorkin (Cover), and Georges Jeanty (Variant cover)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / One-shot
Zaboo has loved Cyd’s game avatar Codex from afar since the two first met playing The Game. Just what he’ll do for love comes to the fore as he senses Cyd is in trouble and embarks on a real-life quest to escape his mother and become Cyd’s knight in shining armor.
Cowritten by Guild creator and star Felicia Day and costar Sandeep Parikh and brought to life by innovative artist Becky Cloonan!
CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #11
Roy Thomas (W), Mike Hawthorne (P), John Lucas (I), Dan Jackson (C), and Aleksi Briclot (Cover)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Ongoing
In need of money after escaping war-torn Tarantia, Conan finds his way to a seaport called Messantia. There he wastes no time in finding old allies and making new enemies. With a friend on the wrong side of the law and Conan himself on the wrong side of the local criminals, all the pieces are in place for Road of Kings’s blowout conclusion!
KING CONAN: THE SCARLET CITADEL TP
Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (A), José Villarrubia (C), and Gerald Parel (Cover)
On sale Feb 15
FC, 112 pages$14.99
TP, 7" x 10"
Trapped in the dungeons beneath an evil wizard’s scarlet stronghold, Conan must confront a slew of new challenges and foes as he fights to free himself and reclaim the throne of Aquilonia! Featuring duplicitous betrayers, sparring sorcerers, and all of the brutal excitement you’ve come to expect from the rampaging Cimmerian, this trade paperback collects the four-issue King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel adaptation.
KULL: THE CAT AND THE SKULL #3 (OF 4)
David Lapham (W), Gabriel Guzman (P), Dan Jackson (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
There is only one place in Valusia that even the bravest men dare not disturb—the Forbidden Lake. Thousands of years before Kull, men sought to conquer the people of the lake, and were turned back by magic and the creatures spawned in those dark waters. When Saremes the cat informs Kull that his closest ally Brule has gone to the lake, the mighty king sets out, sword in hand, to rescue his friend from whatever monsters lie dormant in those mysterious waters!
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THE IMMORTAL: DEMON IN THE BLOOD #1 (OF 4)
Ian Edginton (W), Vicenç Villagrasa (P), José Luis Río (I/C), Dan Jackson (C), and Long Vo (Cover)
On sale Dec 21
FC, 32 pages$3.50 / Miniseries
Wrongly branded a traitor by his fellow samurai, Amane is attacked and left for dead. When he is found by a mysterious tattoo artist, his life is saved—and changed forever! Connected to an immortal oni through a mystical tattoo, he creates a new life for himself as Enma, an apprentice tattooist.
But Enma’s new life comes at a price he has yet to realize . . .
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #7
Mike Mignola (W/A), Neal Adams (W/A), Howard Chaykin (W/A), Andi Watson (W/A), Ricardo Delgado (W/A), Beau Smith (W), M. J. Butler (W), Eduardo Barreto (A), Mark Wheatley (A), Dave Stewart (C), Mike Mignola (Cover), and others
On sale Dec 21
FC, 80 pages$7.99
Ongoing
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is the centerpiece for the 7th all-star issue of Dark Horse Presents!
In addition, this issue packs the beginnings of two new stories—200 People to Kill and Skultar, a brand-new Age of Reptiles story by Ricardo Delgado, a new Skeleton Key story by Andi Watson, and continuing stories by Howard Chaykin and Neal Adams!
EMPOWERED DELUXE EDITION VOLUME 1 HC
Adam Warren (W/A)
On sale Feb 29
b&w, 712 pages$59.99
HC, 6 1/2" x 9"
The steamy cape-and-tights comedy so outrageous that the bonds of regular graphic novels could not hold the laughs within, Empowered has expanded into a tome so massive that even the superpowered can barely lift it! Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects between its rock-hard covers all the material from the first three Empowered volumes, plus several metric tons (okay, like forty pages) of top-secret, never-before-seen extras (except by Adam Warren, a few close friends, and some ninja), including the very first Empowered stories, sketches, logo variants, Adam’s story notes, and more, more, more! That's seven hundred pages, chief, and printed on way nice paper, too! Only you deserve so much!
• Hardcover edition, limited to one printing!
BRODY’S GHOST
Mark Crilley (W/A/Cover) and Dan Jackson (C)
On sale Dec 14
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / One-shot
Former slacker Brody has vowed to uncover the identity of the serial killer known only as the “Penny Murderer.” Will he complete his intense training to develop physical and psychic abilities before the mysterious killer strikes again? Collecting four stories from MySpace Dark Horse Presents, this one-shot issue continues the hilarious, poignant, thrilling tale of Brody’s fight for justice.
NINGEN’S NIGHTMARES TP
J. P. Kalonji (W/A) and Dan Jackson (C)
On sale Feb 15
b&w, 120 pages$12.99
TP, 6" x 9"
In ancient Japan, a witch seeks to use the warrior-monk Ningen’s enlightened body and spirit to resurrect a demon-samurai and unleash an era of chaos on an already-troubled country. After leaving the safety of his temple to protect poor commoners who are caught in bloody battles between feuding warlords, Ningen soon finds that several colorful bounty hunters are on his trail—seeking his head and his very lifeblood for the witch’s twisted spells!