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Image debuts new titles, including Axcend, Black Magick and more, plus Invincible reboots?!

'68: LAST RITES #4 (OF 4)

STORY: MARK KIDWELL

ART: JEFF ZORNOW & JAY FOTOS

COVER A: NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS

COVER B: NATE VAN DYKE & JAY FOTOS
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The explosive conclusion to the '68 storyline! War-Face and his army of star pupil-trained zombies wage an all-out attack on Yam and his fellow survivors in Vietnam.
In America, a lone assassin attempts to put an end to the government corruption that sent a world to hell. And in the midst of chaos, a hero will fall. Tying up all current '68 storylines, this epic final issue with script by MARK KIDWELL and art by JEFF ZORNOW and JAY FOTOS sends the military/horror saga out with a bang!


8HOUSE: YORRIS #5

STORY: HELEN MAIER & FIL BARLOW

ART / COVER: FIL BARLOW
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
 









ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #5

STORY: LARRY YOUNG

ART: MATTHEW DOW SMITH

COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / BW / T+ / $2.99
It's just the fifth issue of an eleven issue series. Yeah, and Neil Armstrong had just one small step for a man.






AXCEND #1

STORY: SHANE DAVIS

ART / COVER: SHANE DAVIS, MICHELLE DELECKI, & MORRY HOLLOWELL
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES/ FC / M / $3.50
Superman Earth One co-creator SHANE DAVIS returns to comics for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! What happens when a video game decides to come to our reality to play? When there are no extra lives, and Armageddon looms on the horizon, when your life revolves around gaming like teenager Eric Morn, you Press Start.
Writer/artist SHANE DAVIS (Superman: Earth One), MICHELLE DELECKI (JLA,Venom) and MORRY HOLLOWELL (Civil War, Old Man Logan) bring you an epic sci-fi/thriller that's like Tron meets Inception with a cheat code! This special introductory issue features 28 full pages and no ads! Each issue of the series will feature a VS. linking cover variant by DAVIS showcasing the book's cast.


THE BEAUTY #3

STORY: JEREMY HAUN & JASON A. HURLEY

ART / COVER A: JEREMY HAUN

COVER B: CHRIS MITTEN

COVER C: JEREMY HAUN
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The Beauties are dying. They're dying bad. Foster and Vaughn find unlikely allies in their fight to find the truth.



BLACK MAGICK #1

STORY: GREG RUCKA

ART / COVER A: NICOLA SCOTT

COVER B: JILL THOMPSON
OCTOBER 28 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The hammer falls this Halloween! From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning writer GREG RUCKA (LAZARUS, Stumptown, Gotham Central) and superstar artist NICOLA SCOTT (Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Earth 2)! Detective Rowan Black works robbery/homicide for the Portsmouth PD, but her greatest mystery is the truth about herself...both who she has been, and who she will become. Yet there are others in Rowan's world with very long memories, and the power that one person holds, another will always covet. PLUS, each issue also features an all-new work of original fiction by GREG RUCKA! A new gothic-noir ongoing series about legacy, destiny, redemption...and the price of magic.

BLACK MAGICK #1 MAGAZINE SIZE VARIANT

STORY: GREG RUCKA

ART / COVER A: NICOLA SCOTT

COVER B: JILL THOMPSON

OCTOBER 28 / 64 PAGES / FC / M / $5.99
 





CAMP MIDNIGHT OGN

STORY: STEVEN T. SEAGLE

ART / COVER: JASON ADAM KATZENSTEIN
OCTOBER 7 / 248 PAGES / 6” x 8” / FC / E / $16.99
Ben 10 and Big Hero 6 creator STEVEN T. SEAGLE returns to comics with New Yorker Magazine cartoonist JASON ADAM KATZENSTEIN for a new graphic novel. Reluctant Skye is accidentally sent to the wrong summer camp. Not wanting to please her “step monster,” Skye is dead-set on not fitting in. That won't be a problem, as everyone at Camp Midnight—with the exception of fellow camper and fast-friend Mia—is a full-fledged monster! The perfect book for readers who love Raina Telgemeier's Smile but wish it had more bowls of gooey eyeballs in the lunch scenes and was just in time for Halloween.



CASANOVA: ACEDIA, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: MATT FRACTION & MICHAEL CHABON

ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON & GABRIEL BÁ
OCTOBER 28 / 136 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
Casanova Quinn, interdimensional superspy and assassin, has crash-landed here on Earth—on OUR Earth—with absolutely no memory of who he is or the things he's done. He works for a man with just as mysterious a past as his own and has found the New Normal of his life under the name “Quentin Cassaday.” That's when the end of the world begins. With nine days to a supposed apocalypse, Los Angeles simmers in fear as a weird cult readies itself for what comes next...and what comes next runs straight through Casanova Quinn. By Eisner Award-winning writer MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ODY-C, SATELLITE SAM) and with art by international superstar FÁBIO MOON (Two Brothers, Daytripper), this volume also features exclusive back-up stories written by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist MICHAEL CHABON (Telegraph Avenue, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay) and drawn by CASANOVA co-creator GABRIEL BÁ (The Umbrella Academy, Two Brothers) that tells the story of the women tasked with hunting Casanova Quinn down across space and time.
Collects CASANOVA: ACEDIA #1-4


CBLDF PRESENTS LIBERTY ANNUAL 2015

STORY: JOHN ARCUDI, PETER BAGGE, JEFFREY BROWN, JOSHUA FIALKOV, RON MARZ, GABE SORIA, ART SPIEGELMAN, FRED VAN LENTE, & MORE

ART : PETER BAGGE, JEFFREY BROWN, TYLER CROOK, EVAN DORKIN, GABRIEL HARDMAN, ED LUCE, KATIE SKELLY, ART SPIEGELMAN, & MORE

COVER A: TOM FOWLER

COVER B: DUNCAN FEGREDO

COVER C: VANESA R. DEL REY
OCTOBER 7 / 48 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99
Pointed Satire! Off-color Parody! Bawdy Laffs! Relive the days when adult humor magazines ruled the newsstand, with the 2015 CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL! An anthology of some of the funniest folks in comics, tipping sacred cows, writing stupid gags, and drawing the ridiculous. With an all-star line-up of talent, this 48 page monster benefits the Free Speech work of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND!


CHEW #51

STORY: JOHN LAYMAN

ART / COVER: ROB GUILLORY
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Hey, remember when DC did “One Year Later” and it was the greatest, most creative, and most revolutionary thing in comics EVER? We thought long and hard about how we could do something that awesome, and we came up with something TWICE as amazing. That's right! “Two Years Later...”
Presenting a bold new chapter in CHEW, which just so happens to be the FINAL chapter. “The Last Suppers,” Part 1. The countdown begins.



CODENAME BABOUSHKA: 
THE CONCLAVE OF DEATH #1

STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON

ART / COVER A: SHARI CHANKHAMMA

COVER B: TULA LOTAY
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
CODENAME BABOUSHKA is an action-packed modern pulp spy thriller full of high-stakes thrills in exotic locations, with a kick-ass female hero in the style of James Bond and Modesty Blaise!
Written by ANTONY JOHNSTON (THE FUSE, The Coldest City, Daredevil) and illustrated by SHARI CHANKHAMMA (SHELTERED, The Sisters' Luck).
The enigmatic Contessa is a wealthy socialite, the last heiress to a noble Russian line—and secretly a deadly assassin! Blackmailed by the US government to carry out dirty jobs even the CIA can't sanction, she's got nothing to lose...and everything to fight for!


COPPERHEAD, VOL. 2 TP

STORY: JAY FAERBER

ART / COVER: SCOTT GODLEWSKI & RON RILEY
OCTOBER 14 / 128 PAGES / FC / T / $14.99
What starts out as just another Friday night in Copperhead quickly escalates into a rip-roaring adventure featuring a botched date, a band of outlaws, and a desperate chase across the desert.
Collects COPPERHEAD #6-10




DARK CORRIDOR #3

STORY / ART / COVER: RICH TOMMASO
OCTOBER 7 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The Seven Deadly Daughters integrate themselves more seamlessly into The Red Circle saga.








DRIFTER #9

STORY: IVAN BRANDON

ART / COVER: NIC KLEIN

COVER B: PAUL AZACETA
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
At the end of Arc 2, everything burns.





EAST OF WEST #23

STORY: JONATHAN HICKMAN

ART: NICK DRAGOTTA
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
Revelations and retribution abound in EAST OF WEST #23.







ELEPHANTMEN #68

STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS

ART: AXEL MEDELLIN

COVER: SIMON DAVIS
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!






EMPTY ZONE #5

STORY / ART / COVER: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
We learn Corinne's dark secret and everything crashes down in pure destruction as she takes on a gang of thugs that are half-animal.








THE FADE OUT #10

STORY: ED BRUBAKER

ART / COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
OCTOBER 21 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Another secret about the murder comes to light!







FASTER THAN LIGHT #2

STORY: BRIAN HABERLIN

ART / COVER: BRIAN HABERLIN & GEIRROD VANDYKE
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
While investigating a newly discovered rogue planet in our solar system, the crew wakes an ancient sleeping terror that could mean the end of their mission!
This book features the free cutting edge Augmented Reality app that makes it look like interactive holograms are coming out of the book!



FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS #2

STORY: CLAIRE GIBSON & MARIAN CHURCHLAND

ART: SLOANE LEONG

COVER: MARIAN CHURCHLAND
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
 






THE FUSE #15

STORY: ANTONY JOHNSTON

ART / COVER: JUSTIN GREENWOOD & SHARI CHANKHAMMA
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

"PERIHELION," Part Three

The Fuse's annual day of chaos continues! Terror strikes at the hospital, strangeness abounds at the hydroponics...and a good old- fashioned murder turns up at the Sungazing rally!


THE HUMANS #8

STORY: KEENAN MARSHALL KELLER

ART / COVER: TOM NEELY

COLORS: KRISTINA COLLANTES
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Rage fills the collective heart of The HUMANS as Johnny leads them on the road to vengeance.




I HATE FAIRYLAND #1

STORY / ART / COVER: SKOTTIE YOUNG

COLORS: JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Superstar SKOTTIE YOUNG (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of Oz) makes his Image debut with an ALL-NEW SERIES! The Adventure Time/Alice in Wonderland-style epic that smashes its cute little face against Tank Girl/Deadpool-esque violent madness has arrived. In an adventure that ain't for the little kiddies, (unless you have super cool parents, then whatever), you'll meet Gert—a six year old girl who has been stuck in the magical world of Fairyland for thirty years and will hack and slash her way through anything to find her way back home. Join Gert and her giant battle-axe on a delightfully blood soaked journey to see who will survive the girl who HATES FAIRYLAND!

F*CK FAIRYLAND #1 VARIANT

STORY / ART / COVER: SKOTTIE YOUNG

COLORS: JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
 









INJECTION, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: WARREN ELLIS

ART / COVER: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
OCTOBER 7 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
Once upon a time, there were five crazy people. And they poisoned the 21st Century. From the creators of Moon Knight: From the Dead, collecting issues 1-5 of INJECTION, the story of five mad geniuses trying to save us all from themselves.
Collects INJECTION #1-5



INVINCIBLE #124

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART: RYAN OTTLEY, CLIFF RATHBURN, & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU

COVER: RYAN OTTLEY & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
OCTOBER 21 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
“REBOOT?” Part One!

This one is big, folks. We're going back to square one. Mark suddenly finds himself without powers. BACK HOME...but aware of everything he's lived through. What does he change, who can he save...and how will he deal with his father now that he's knows what's coming?


INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #7

STORY: GABRIEL HARDMAN & CORINNA BECHKO

ART / COVER: GABRIEL HARDMAN & JORDAN BOYD
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
An old enemy is their new friend.







ISLAND MAGAZINE #4

STORY / ART: BRANDON GRAHAM,FAREL DALRYMPLE, & GAEL BERTRAND

COVER:GAEL BERTRAND
OCTOBER 28 / 112 PAGES / FC / M / $7.99
Fourth issue of the OVERSIZED COMICS MAGAZINE. This issue introduces new work by GAEL BERTRAND and a new chapter of FAREL DALRYMPLE's Pop Gun War.





JUPITER'S CIRCLE, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: MARK MILLAR

ART: WILFREDO TORRES & DAVIDE GIANFELICE

COVER: FRANK QUITELY
OCTOBER 7 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99!

In midcentury America, a team of young superheroes faces epic threats in public while battling personal demons behind closed doors.
Collects JUPITER'S CIRCLE #1-6


KAPTARA, VOL. 1: FEAR NOT, TINY ALIEN

STORY: CHIP ZDARSKY

ART / COVER: KAGAN McLEOD
OCTOBER 21 / 128 PAGES / FC / T+ / $9.98
HOLY COW THE CHEAPEST IMAGE TRADE YET AT $9.98! That's "Chip Cheap™"!

Keith Kanga crash lands on KAPTARA, a world filled with danger and weird danger and dangerous weirdos! And if he can't survive, then Earth, the place where YOU live, is doomed! Come check out this sci-fi comedy from CHIP ZDARSKY (Sex Criminals) and KAGAN McLEOD (Infinite Kung-Fu) that everyone is calling "published!"
Collects KAPTARA #1-5


LOW, VOL. 2 TP: BEFORE THE DAWN BURNS US

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART: GREG TOCCHINI & DAVE McCAIG

COVER: GREG TOCCHINI
OCTOBER 21 / 104 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Will Stel Caine rise from the depths to become first human in millennia to set foot on the surface of the Earth? Who is the relentless Minister of Thought on a quest to put an end to Stel's attempt to restore the light to a dying world?
Collects LOW #7-10


THE MANTLE, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: ED BRISSON

ART / COVER: BRIAN LEVEL
OCTOBER 7 / 112 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99
Inheriting unimaginable power rules! Learning you're the 38th person to host that power in the last decade and that there's an equally powerful intergalactic baddie whose sole purpose in life is to kill you? Not so cool.
Collects THE MANTLE #1-5




MATERIAL #5

STORY: ALES KOT

ART: WILL TEMPEST

COVER: TOM MULLER
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Porn!





MINIMUM WAGE: SO MANY BAD DECISIONS #6

STORY / ART / COVER: BOB FINGERMAN
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / PARTIAL COLOR / M / $3.99
Like a malign spirit, All Hallows Eve looms in the season finale, as Rob finds the self-administered noose that is his rekindled relationship with Sylvia ever-tightening. Eyes wide open and with no exit strategy in mind, dark forces and the specter of death converge on Sylvia's band's Halloween gig.





NAILBITER #16

STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

ART / COVER: MIKE HENDERSON
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN ISSUE!







ODDLY NORMAL, VOL. 2 TP

STORY / COVER: OTIS FRAMPTON

ART: OTIS FRAMPTON & TRACY BAILEY
OCTOBER 21 / 128 PAGES / FC / E / $9.99
Oddly Normal's adventures in the fantastic world of Fignation continue!
Collects ODDLY NORMAL #6-10






ODY-C #8

STORY: MATT FRACTION

ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99



 





PAPER GIRLS #1

STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

ART: CLIFF CHIANG & MATT WILSON

COVER: CLIFF CHIANG
OCTOBER 7 / 48 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
SAGA writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN launches a brand-new ONGOING SERIES with superstar Wonder Woman artist CLIFF CHIANG! In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Stand By Me meets War of the Worlds in this mysterious young adult adventure, starting with a spectacular DOUBLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE for the regular price of just $2.99!


PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #3 (of 6)

STORY: KIERON GILLEN

ART / COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE & MATT WILSON
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Turn around, bright eyes, every now and then we do a comic. Monthly. After years of delays and not doing it, but monthly now, honest.







PLUTONA #2

STORY: JEFF LEMIRE & EMI LENOX

ART / COVER: EMI LENOX
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99

 








POSTAL #8

STORY: BRYAN HILL & MATT HAWKINS

ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART

COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Mark watches the struggle for power in Eden turn into violence when an internal threat joins forces with the outside world. To save the town, Mark will have to trust the man who wants to destroy it, his own father.



RASPUTIN #10

STORY: ALEX GRECIAN

ART: RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA

COVER: RILEY ROSSMO
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The October Revolution, the mystery of Anastasia revealed, and the final fate of Rasputin. A new life for the “mad monk” begins with the deaths of those closest to him.



REVIVAL #34

STORY: TIM SEELEY

ART: MIKE NORTON

COVER: JENNY FRISON
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
An excellent jumping on point issue, focusing on Dana Cypress...sister, daughter, mother...and revenge-seeking cop with blood on her hands.




REYN #9

STORY: KEL SYMONS

ART / COVER: NATHAN STOCKMAN
OCTOBER 21 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
 
 







RUMBLE #8

STORY: JOHN ARCUDI

ART / COVER: JAMES HARREN
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Special Halloween issue, introducing a new major character!







SAINTS #1

STORY: SEAN LEWIS

ART / COVER: BENJAMIN MACKEY
OCTOBER 7 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Award-winning playwright and This American Life personality SEAN LEWIS teams with red-hot artist BENJAMIN MACKEY for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Dexter-style action collides with a Preacher-esque sensibility in this crime/horror series for mature readers. Blaise, Lucy, and Sebastian discover a Holy War is erupting and they, unwittingly, are the next generation of Saints poised to fight for a heaven that God has abandoned. The occult rises in a spectacular, action-packed first issue crammed full of heavy metal, sex, and deadly one-liners.


SATELLITE SAM DELUXE HC

STORY: MATT FRACTION

ART / COVER: HOWARD CHAYKIN
OCTOBER 14 / 400 PAGES / BW / M /$44.99
1951: Carlyle White—creator and star of the daily children's show SATELLITE SAM—turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a secret life, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father's last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession. This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV's golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity. By the award-winning team of MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ODY-C, Hawkeye) and HOWARD CHAYKIN (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues, special bonus materials, and an all-new epilogue created especially for this collection.
Collects SATELLITE SAM #1-15 & BONUS MATERIAL


SAVAGE DRAGON #209

STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Malcolm Dragon gets married. His new life begins here.









SAVIOR #7

STORY: TODD McFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN

ART / COVER: CLAYTON CRAIN
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
Only one issue left before the conclusion of the SAVIOR series. Part 7 of an 8-issue origin story.







SECRET IDENTITIES, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: BRIAN JOINES & JAY FAERBER

ART: ILIAS KYRIAZIS & RON RILEY

COVER: ILIAS KYRIAZIS
OCTOBER 7 / 184 PAGES / FC / T / $14.99
COLLECTS THE COMPLETE SERIES!

The supergroup known as The Front Line have just invited new hero Crosswind to join them. But what they don't know is that Crosswind is a mole, sent to learn all their secrets. And the Front Line have LOTS of secrets...
Collects SECRET IDENTITIES #1-7


SEX #25

STORY: JOE CASEY

ART: PIOTR KOWALSKI

COVER: PIOTR KOWALSKI & SONIA HARRIS
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Some taboos are better left untouched...






SEX CRIMINALS #15

STORY: MATT FRACTION

ART / COVER: CHIP ZDARSKY
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50










SEX CRIMINALS #15 XXX LOS BROS VARIANT

STORY: MATT FRACTION

ART: CHIP ZDARSKY

COVER: LOS BROS HERNANDEZ
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $4.69







SHUTTER #16

STORY: JOE KEATINGE

ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Kingslayer.







SOUTHERN BASTARDS #12

STORY / ART / COVER: JASON LATOUR
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Special issue written & drawn by Bastard Prime JASON LATOUR!











SOUTHERN CROSS, VOL. 1 TP

STORY / COVER: BECKY CLOONAN

ART: ANDY BELANGER & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
OCTOBER 7 / 160 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99!

Now boarding: Southern Cross, tanker flight 73 to Titan. Alex Braith is tracing her sister's steps to the refinery moon, hoping to collect her remains and find some answers. The questions keep coming though—and they lead her down a path of intrigue, betrayal, and galactic horror.
Collects SOUTHERN CROSS #1-5


SPAWN #258

STORY: TODD McFARLANE

ART / COVER: JONBOY
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
Spawn returns to the one place he never thought he would see again...HELL.








SPREAD #11

STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN

ART / COVER: KYLE STRAHM
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE,” Part Four

The Spread attacks.






STARVE #5

STORY: BRIAN WOOD

ART / COVER: DANIJEL ZEZELJ & DAVE STEWART
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Thus endeth the first story arc with the the showdown at Master Paleo BBQ. Platters of smoked meat and life lessons learned, what's not to like?







STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #9

STORY / ART / COVER: DAVID LAPHAM
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.50











SWITCH #1

STORY / ART / COVER: STJEPAN SEJIC
OCTOBER 14 / 48 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
After millions of views on DeviantArt, this popular web comic finally gets its own series. A teenage girl gets a mighty artifact that grants her immense powers...the catch? It's a bit haunted! This self-contained “universe” includes Artifacts and characters from other series (with permission!) in a delectably STJEPAN SEJIC fashion!






TALES OF HONOR: BRED TO KILL #4

STORY: MATT HAWKINS & DAN WICKLINE

ART / COVERS A & B: LINDA SEJIC
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Honor confronts the horror of genetic slavery!








THEY'RE NOT LIKE US #9

STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON

ART / COVER: SIMON GANE & JORDIE BELLAIRE
OCTOBER 28 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99










THINK TANK #2

STORY: MATT HAWKINS

ART / COVERS A & B: RAHSAN EKEDAL
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
“CREATIVE DESTRUCTION,” Part Two

Has Dr. David Loren lost his mind?






THE TITHE #6

STORY: MATT HAWKINS

ART: RAHSAN EKEDAL & PHILLIP SEVY

COVER A: RAHSAN EKEDAL

COVER B: PHILLIP SEVY
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
“ISLAMOPHOBIA,” PART 2

Hypocrisy hits new heights.


TOKYO GHOST #2

STORY: RICK REMENDER

ART / COVER A: SEAN MURPHY & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH

COVER B: SEAN MURPHY
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Constables Led Dent and Debbie Decay are given their final mission: purge their bodies of all technology and invade the Garden Nation of Tokyo.





TREES #14

STORY: WARREN ELLIS

ART / COVER: JASON HOWARD
OCTOBER 21 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Trees grow on dirt full of dead things.








THE WALKING DEAD #147

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN

COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Out in the open.





THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL.3

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN

ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN

COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
OCTOBER 7 / 1104 PAGES / BW / M / $59.99
Just in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan- favorite, New York Times bestselling series returns with its third massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of ROBERT KIRKMAN's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror. Rick Grimes's dream of rebuilding civilization is tested as the people of Alexandria come into contact with other communities that have developed their own methods of survival.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #97-144


WAYWARD, BOOK 1: DELUXE HC

STORY: JIM ZUB

ART: STEVE CUMMINGS, TAMRA BONVILLAIN, & JOHN RAUCH

COVER: STEVE CUMMINGS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
OCTOBER 14 / 320 PAGES / FC / M/ $39.99
“If Wayward isn't the next Saga, it will be a damn criminal shame.” —Bleeding Cool
Includes a special poster of the 5-part WAYWARD connected cover illustration from issues #6-10!
Rori Lane is trying to start a new life in Japan, but ancient creatures lurking in the shadows of Tokyo sense something hidden deep within her, threatening everything she holds dear. Can she unlock the secrets of her power before it's too late?
Image Comics's new supernatural sensation gets the deluxe treatment in this oversized hardcover collection that includes every stunning cover illustration, design sketches, and extensive essay material on Japanese culture and mythology by noted monster scholar ZACK DAVISSON.
Collects WAYWARD #1-10


WE STAND ON GUARD #4

STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

ART / COVER: STEVE SKROCE
OCTOBER 7 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
There goes the hideout.








THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #15

STORY: KIERON GILLEN

ART / COVER A: STEPHANIE HANS, JAMIE MCKELVIE, & MATT WILSON

COVER B: STEPHANIE HANS
OCTOBER 14 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
STEPHANIE HANS's Amaterasu alternate cover was so stunning we figured doing a whole issue of that would be a good idea. Plus JAMIE and MATT on a back-up, obv.



WITCHBLADE #185

STORY: RON MARZ, MATT HAWKINS, MARC SILVESTRI

ART: KEU CHA, STJEPAN SEJIC, & ABHISHEK MALSUNI

BRIAN CHING, RANDY GREEN, MICHAEL TURNER, ISAAC GOODHART, NELSON BLAKE II, LINDA SEJIC, & MARC SILVESTRI

COVER A (MEMORIAL COVER): MICHAEL TURNER

COVER B: KEU CHA
OCTOBER 14 / 48 PAGES / FC / T+ / $5.99
SERIES FINALE!

An era comes to a close with the double-sized final issue of Sara Pezzini's twenty-year run. Several previous Witchblade artists return to the title to send her off in style. The story resolves Sara's return to New York and her relationship with Gleason and her attempt to find a suitable bearer to give the Artifact to.


WITCHBLADE 20th ANNIVERSARY “ART OF” HARDCOVER

ART: MICHAEL TURNER, MARC SILVESTRI, DAVE FINCH, JOE BENITEZ, J. SCOTT CAMPBELL, ADAM HUGHES, TONY DANIEL, LAURA BRAGA, STJEPAN SEJIC, JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER, & JOSEPH LINSNER
OCTOBER 28 / 96 PAGES / FC / T+ / $39.99
An oversized hardcover (12 x 8) celebrating 20 years of Witchblade with a veritable who's who of comic artists. NOTE—This is an original book, not a hardcover reprint of THE ART OF WITCHBLADE.





WITCHBLADE 20th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE LITHOGRAPH

ART: MICHAEL TURNER
OCTOBER 28 / 11” x 17” / FC / $30.00
Limited to 100 units. Allocations may occur.










WITCHBLADE REBIRTH 4 VOLUME SPECIAL EDITION SET

STORY: TIM SEELEY

ART: DIEGO BERNARD & NELSON BLAKE II
OCTOBER 28 / FC / T+ / $24.99
Collects WITCHBLADE REBIRTH: #151-169









WOLF #4

STORY: ALES KOT

ART / COVER: MATT TAYLOR

COVER: LEE LOUGHRIDGE
OCTOBER 21 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Can't bury the past, but you can try.

T-SHIRTS ON SALE IN OCTOBER

COMICS ARE FOR EVERYBODY T-SHIRT

Comics Are For Everybody shirts now available through Image Comics. Help promote an inclusive community while supporting the CBLDF.
$24.99 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S S / M / L / XL / XXL
 









DEADLY CLASS T-SHIRT

Enroll in Kings Dominion High School for the Deadly Art with a custom DEADLY CLASS shirt, designed by series artist WESLEY CRAIG!
$24.99 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S S / M / L / XL / XXL
 










NAILBITER “MURDER STORE” T-SHIRT

Based on the infamous “Murder Store” from the hit Image Comics horror series NAILBITER!
$24.99 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S S / M / L / XL / XXL
OCTOBER 28 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $24.99

All images courtesy of Image Comics.