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BOOM! STUDIOS
NEW LAUNCHING SINGLES AND ONE-SHOTS
GRASS KINGS #1
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Tyler Jenkins
Main Cover: Tyler Jenkins
Intermix Cover: Matt Kindt
From The New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Peter Panzerfaust artist Tyler Jenkins comes a rural mystery series chronicling the tragic lives of the Grass Kings, three brothers and rulers of a trailer park kingdom, a fiefdom of the hopeless and lost, of the desperate poor seeking a promised land.
Eldest brother Robert leads a grief-stricken life, having lost his daughter to a tragic accident, followed by his wife disappearing one morning never to return.
When an enigmatic young woman named Maria flees to their community in search of safe haven, Robert takes her in. Will his decision lead to ruin and retribution dooming the Kingdom?
Perfect for fans of Justified or The Fade Out.
Oversized first issue featuring 30 pages of story!
WWE WRESTLEMANIA 2017 SPECIAL
Retail Price: $7.99
Writers: Dennis Hopeless, Andy Belanger, Box Brown, Aubrey Sitterson, Ross Thibodeaux
Artists: Andy Belanger, Rob Guillory
Main Cover: Rob Schamberger
“Fight Card” Variant Cover: Adam X Vass
“WWE What If” Variant Cover: Jim Rugg
Every April, WrestleMania takes the world by storm as the biggest, most prestigious live event in Sports Entertainment.
What better way to celebrate the Granddaddy of Them All than with a collection of stories featuring the most exciting creators, the biggest Superstars, and the best moments throughout WWE history?
WWE: WrestleMania 2017 #1 is an oversized one-shot that features a variety of stories showcasing the rich history and wealth of Superstars WWE has to offer.
From the seminal ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, to the heart of the Attitude Era, all the way up through Daniel Bryan’s legendary tour de force performance at WM XXX, this special will have something for all WWE fans!
BOOM! BOX
NEW LAUNCHING SINGLES AND ONE-SHOTS
COADY AND THE CREEPIES #1 (OF 4)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Liz Prince
Artist: Amanda Kirk
Main Cover: Audrey Mok
Variant Cover: Liz Prince
Punk isn’t dead…but Coady is.
Coady, Criss, and Corey are sisters and bandmates in the band The Creepies. After a van accident leaves Corey badly scarred and Criss in a wheelchair, they’re getting back into the punk scene!
But they still need to contend with the challenges of staying true to their punk ideals, while also dealing with the media attention they’ve attracted, as well as the tension surrounding the fact that Coady escaped the accident seemingly unscathed.
Now on tour, they’re fighting their way through the (sometimes literal) battle of the bands, earning enamel pins, and heading for the gig of their lives…so long as no one realizes that Coady is actually a ghost.
From award-winning comics creator Liz Prince (Tomboy, Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?) and artist Amanda Kirk.
KABOOM!
NEW LAUNCHING SINGLES AND ONE-SHOTS
BRAVE CHEF BRIANNA #1 (OF 4)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Sam Sykes
Artist: Selina Espiritu
Main Cover: Bridget Underwood
Variant Cover: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
From fantasy author Sam Sykes (Aeons’ Gate) comes a story about budding chef Brianna Jakobsson, who’s trying to impress her father but whose best—and only—customers are monsters.
Brianna has big dreams of starting her own restaurant. When her ailing father, a celebrity restaurant magnate, poses a challenge to his only daughter and 15 sons, she sets out to create the best restaurant around!
Thing is, the only city she can afford to set up shop in is Monster City.
Features a first-ever chalkboard back cover!
Great for fans of Adventure Time and Steven Universe.
BOOM! STUDIOS
ONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES
DEATH BE DAMNED #2 (OF 4)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writers: Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, Andrew Miller
Artist: Hannah Christenson
Cover Artist: Hannah Christenson
Miranda wakes in the Underneath, caught between the living and dead, and learns that even if she can’t die, she may be running out of time to get her revenge.
PLANET OF THE APES/GREEN LANTERN #2 (OF 6)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Robbie Thompson, Justin Jordan
Artist: Barnaby Bagenda
Main Cover: Ethan Van Sciver
“Silver Age” Variant Cover: Paul Rivoche
“Movie Poster” Variant Cover: Robert Sammelin
“Spectrum” Variant Cover: Felipe Massafera
“Vintage Action Figure” Variant Cover: David Ryan Robinson
Ape City is in a panic. Word has spread of the capture of a talking human (Hal) and his bizarre alien companion (Sinestro). What’s worse, a group of strange, scarred humans—Mutants—are spotted in The Forbidden Zone, being led by a strange-acting Cornelius, who’s wearing a ring—a ring Sinestro has long been searching for.
WWE #3
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Dennis Hopeless
Artist: Serg Acuña
Main Cover: Dan Mora
“Now” Bayley Incentive Cover: Frank Zerilli
“Then” Edge Incentive Cover: Dylan Burnett
“Forever” Ric Flair Incentive Cover: Felipe Massafera
Action Figure Variant Cover: Adam Riches
Royal Rumble Variant Cover: Brent Schoonover
WWE Raw Women’s Championship Title Belt Gatefold Variant Cover: Scott Newman
Following his near career-ending knee injury, Seth Rollins is at his lowest. Rather than give up, he buckles down and designs to redesign, rebuild, and reclaim the title he never lost.
LADYCASTLE #3 (OF 4)
Retail Price $3.99
Writer: Delilah S. Dawson
Artist: Ashley A. Woods
Cover Artist: Ashley A. Woods
The next wave of the curse descends upon Ladycastle: harpies!
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA/ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #6 (OF 6)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: Daniel Bayliss
Main Cover: Daniel Bayliss
Subscription Cover: Ryan Browne
Final issue! As the President unleashes his endgame on the world, it will take every good and bad guy Snake and Jack can find to keep the pillars of heaven from crashing down.
SONS OF ANARCHY REDWOOD ORIGINAL #8
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Ollie Masters
Artist: Eoin Marron
Main Cover: Denis Medri
Subscription Cover: Brahm Revel
Guns are drawn as The Biker With No Name makes his final play against Clay to reclaim the drugs, and Jax finally reclaims his place in SAMCRO as a prospect.
KONG OF SKULL ISLAND #9
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: James Asmus
Artist: Carlos Magno
Cover Artist: Nick Robles
Years have passed and the two civilations have become one, surviving the hellscape that is Skull Island. Unrest stirs though, as a plot to overthrow and murder Ewata rises through the ranks.
JOYRIDE #11
Retail Price: $3.99
Writers: Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly
Artist: Marcus To
Cover Artist: Marcus To
Part one of the epic finale! They’ve gone to the edge of the galaxy and back, but the gang can’t run from their past forever. They must return to Earth and nothing will ever be the same.
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #13
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Hendry Prasetya
Main Cover: Jamal Campbell
Connecting Variant Cover: Steve Morris
Morphin Variant Cover: Goñi Montes
Foil Pop-Out Power Coin Variant Cover: Miguel Mercado
Action Figure Variant Cover: Telmos Santos
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #13, change synopsis to read: The remaining Power Rangers storm the Command Center in hopes of taking back their home from Rita and her forces. But is it already too late for Zordon and Alpha 5?
THE WOODS #30
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Michael Dialynas
Cover Artist: Michael Dialynas
As Karen, Ben, and Sander regroup to make one final assault on Isaac and the Black City, those left on Earth struggle with the recent revelations that the Bay Point students are still alive.
ARCHAIA
ONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES
THE POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL #2 (OF 12)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artists: Kelly and Nichole Matthews
Main Cover: Kelly and Nichole Matthews
Subscription Cover: Sana Takeda
While Thurma’s arrival creates chaos at the Crystal Castle, Aughra tries to get a glimpse of what the future may hold for the fireling and Kensho, and discovers a familiar darkness on the horizon: Skeksis!
JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER: GIANTS #4 (OF 4)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Feifei Ruan
Artist: Feifei Ruan
Cover Artist: Feifei Ruan
In the final Giants tale, Feifei Ruan tells the Arabic tale of “The Fisherman and The Giant,” wherein a vengeful king has transformed his people into fish, and a fisherman must work to release the curse.
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ONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES
THE BACKSTAGERS #8 (OF 8)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Rian Sygh
Cover Artist: Veronica Fish
Final issue! The crew has spent so much time in the backstage world that they haven’t gotten around to preparing anything for the show!
GOLDIE VANCE #10
Retail Price: $3.99
Writers: Hope Larson & Jackie Ball
Artist: Noah Hayes
Cover Artist: Nneka Myers
Goldie joins the pit crew of the Prescription 1 race to investigate whether or not the racers, including Sugar, are being sabotaged.
JONESY #11
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Sam Humphries
Artist: Caitlin Rose Boyle
Cover Artist: Caitlin Rose Boyle
The only thing bigger than her hair is her personality! Jonesy keeps on dancing to the beat of her own electric-colored drum in the latest issue of this much-adored series.
GIANT DAYS #24
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: John Allison
Artist: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
Cover Artist: Lissa Treiman
As the Christmas break looms, Susan’s endless cold refuses to go away, Daisy is in the honeymoon period of her relationship with Ingrid, and Esther is working all hours at the comic shop.
LUMBERJANES #36
Retail Price: $3.99
Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
Artist: Carolyn Nowak
Main Cover: Kat Leyh
Variant Cover: Slimm Fabert
The final round of the ’Janes derby match turns into guantlet derby, with swinging swords and spiked pits. Did anyone even read the rule book?!
KABOOM!
ONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES
STEVEN UNIVERSE #2
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Melanie Gillman
Artist: Katy Farina
Main Cover: Missy Pena
Subscription Cover: Rian Sygh
Variant Cover: Jenn St-Onge
When the local business owners in Beach City start to feel the economic pinch during the tourist off-season, Mayor Dewey and Buck come up with a solution: food trucks!
THE DEEP #3 (OF 6)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: James Brouwer
Cover Artist: James Brouwer
The Nekton Family comes face to teeth with the mysterious creature they’ve been searching for and it’s up to Ant and Jeffrey to save the day!
MEGA PRINCESS #5 (of 5)
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Kelly Thompson
Artist: Brianne Drouhard
Cover Artist: Savanna Ganucheau
Final issue! Max and Justine come face-to-face with the Evil Queen who’s been kidnapping princes and turning them into frogs!
ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #9
Retail Price: $3.99
Writers: Fran Krause, Marina Julia, Kiki’ssh
Artists: Fran Krause, Marina Julia, Kiki’ssh
Main Cover: Marie Wu
Subscription Cover: Ariel Ries
Incentive Cover: Feifei Ruan
Variant Cover: Feifei Ruan
In this issue’s short stories, Choose Goose is the worst, Princess Bubblegum just wants to have a nice picnic, and Ooo is definitely a weird place.
OVER THE GARDEN WALL #12
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: George Mager
Artist: George Mager
Main Cover: Meags Fitzgerald
Subscription Cover: Vicki Sigh
Return to Ms. Langtree’s school to learn the story of how the kitty left the family mouse-catching business in search of a proper education!
ADVENTURE TIME #62
Retail Price: $3.99
Writer: Mariko Tamaki
Artist: Ian McGinty
Main Cover: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
Subscription Cover: Brigitte Woltjen
Award-winning graphic novelist Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) guest writes a new story arc! A contest is started to see who is the best Princess in all of Ooo!
BOOM! STUDIOS
TPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS
STRANGE FRUIT
Hardcover
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $24.99
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: J. G. Jones
Cover Artist: J. G. Jones
J.G. Jones (52, Wanted) and Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Superman: Birthright, Kingdom Come) weave a powerful, literary, fully-painted piece of historical fiction that examines the heroic myth while exploring themes of racism, cultural legacy, and human nature.
During the Great Flood of 1927 in Chatterlee, Mississippi, the River is rising as fast as the racial and social tensions in town. But when an otherworldly being falls from the sky and challenges everything these divided people know, it changes things . . . forever.
Includes a foreword by renowned film critic Elvis Mitchell.
Collects the complete limited series and never-before-seen process art by J.G. Jones.
LUCAS STAND
Trade paperback
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $19.99
Writers: Kurt Sutter & Caitlin Kittredge
Artist: Jesús Hervás
Cover Artist: Lee Bermejo
The first original comic book series created by Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy), co-written by novelist Caitlin Kittredge (Nocturne City, The Iron Codex).
A military vet named Lucas Stand, at his lowest, does something he can’t take back and Lucifer comes calling, recruiting him to send back demons who have escaped from Hell during different historical periods.
Given new purpose, Lucas starts to rebuild himself and his life, even as he struggles at the human cost that comes with it.
Collects the complete limited series.
THE LAST CONTRACT
Trade paperback
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $14.99
Writer: Ed Brisson
Artist: Lisandro Estherren
Cover Artist: Lisandro Estherren with Scott Newman
From crime comics writer Ed Brisson (Bullseye) comes a story about a retired hitman known only as The Man whose list of his kills is leaked by a mysterious blackmailer—making targets of anyone associated with his previous jobs.
Forced back into the game he left behind, The Man fights to protect those the list exposed and uncover the identity of the blackmailer, unaware of the consequences the truth may hold.
Collects the complete limited series.
WEAVERS
Trade paperback
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $19.99
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Artist: Dylan Burnett
Cover Artist: Dylan Burnett
Written by Simon Spurrier (The Spire, X-Men: Legacy) and illustrated by Dylan Burnett (Interceptor), Weavers is a twisted blend of Lovecraftian horrors and mafia family drama that explores the unnerving effects of power and addiction.
In the aftermath of a gang-related attack, Sid Thyme becomes an unlikely new addition to the Weavers, a brutal East Coast crime family.
Members of this syndicate are bound to loyalty thanks to the supernatural spiders inside each of them, granting them powerful and grotesque abilities.
Once he realizes what he’s capable of, Sid sets out to uncover the truth behind the mysterious attack, counter to the group’s objectives.
ARCHAIA
TPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS
THE MARCH OF THE CRABS VOL. 2: THE EMPIRE OF THE CRABS
Hardcover
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $19.99
Writer: Arthur De Pins
Artist: Arthur De Pins
Cover Artist: Arthur De Pins
Originally published in French, continue with this second of three volumes of the Eisner Award-nominated adventure from critically acclaimed illustrator and animator Arthur de Pins. It’s crabs versus the world after all species evolve…except one: the square crab. It simply cannot change direction, condemned to walk in one straight line forever. But during one seemingly ordinary summer, three square crabs take matters into their own claws and rebel against the straight and narrow path they have been sentenced to, upending the entire ecosystem in the process.
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GOLDIE VANCE VOL. 2
Trade paperback
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Retail Price: $14.99
Writer: Hope Larson
Artist: Brittney Williams
Cover Artist: Brittney Williams
Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity. She lives at a Florida resort with her dad who manages the place, and it’s her dream to one day become the hotel’s in-house detective. In this second story arc, Goldie investigates the mysterious appearance of a lady astronaut on the beach! Collects issues #5-8.
MUNCHKIN VOL. 5
Trade paperback
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $14.99
Writers: Sam Sykes, Will Hindmarch, Katie Cook
Artists: Mike Luckas, Len Peralta, Phil Murphy
Cover Artist: Mike Luckas
Based on the the mega-hit card game about dungeon adventure, join Spyke and Flower as they compete in fairs, battle Cthulhu monsters, visit Oz, and go on dungeon crawls all in the name of racking up that loot. Collects issues #17-20 of the Munchkin comic with stories from the world of the fantasy roleplaying satire.
KABOOM!
TPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS
THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL: RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Original graphic novel
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $14.99
Writers: Megan Brennan, Kate Sherron
Artist: Katy Farina, Kate Sherron
Cover Artist: Katy Farina
In this third origial graphic novel of The Amazing World of Gumball, Darwin and Richard love the Annual Elmore Bake-Off, and this year, they finally rememebered to sign up. But when a Gumball from the future travels back in time to warn Anais and present-day Gumball of the repercussions of beating the current champion Bobert, they’re faced with a choice: let Darwin and Mr. Dad follow their dreams…or save the world.
GARFIELD: UNREALITY TV
Original graphic novel
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $9.99
Writers: Scott Nickel, Mark Evanier, Judd Winick
Artists: Scott Nickel, Mark Evanier, Judd Winick
Cover Artist: Andy Hirsch
It’s showtime in this second original graphic novel of Garfiekd! The infamous Fat Cat thinks Nermal is annoying, but he has no idea what’s in store as he becomes a contestant on a reality TV program. Join Garfield, Odie, and Jon in a series of all-new adventures from legendary Garfield and Friends show writer Mark Evanier, ongoing Garfield contributors Scott Nickel and Antonio Alfaro, and New York Times best-selling cartoonist Judd Winick (Hilo).
ADVENTURE TIME VOL. 8 MATHEMATICAL EDITION
Hardcover
*****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MAY 2017*****
Retail Price: $24.99
Writers: Ryan North, Christopher Hastings
Artists: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb, Ian McGinty
Cover Design: Kelsey Dieterich
Adventure Time issues #35-39 are collected into a deluxe hardcover edition. It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another in this collection that includes the very the last issue by Ryan North and artists Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb as they take the Adventure Time gang on one last adventure, and introduces indie all-stars Christopher Hastings and Zachary Sterling as they start Finn and Jake on an adventure that is as tasty as it is dangerous!
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