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AVATAR PRESS INC

CINEMA PURGATORIO #6

VAST CVR

(W) Alan Moore (A) Kevin O'Neil (CA) Gabriel Andrade

The lights are low and that surreal ticking noise from behind you could be the film reel or something else...  As the first images begin to flicker across the screen, you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand and a chill run down your spine. It's an like an old cartoon meant to amuse before the main feature starts - but something is very wrong with it. This is the beginning of Alan Moore's trip to the theatre of the unreal. Now showing: Cinema Purgatorio by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, A More Perfect Union by Max Brooks and Michael DiPascale, Code Pru by Garth Ennis and Raulo Caceres, Modded by Kieron Gillen and Ig NAcio Calero, and The Vast by Christos Gage and Gabriel Andrade. Each story has its own cover by the series artist and there is also an Ancient Tome Premium edition limited to 1000 copies.

JET CITY COMICS

CIRQUE AMERICAN GIRL OVER PARIS #4 (OF 4)

(W) Gwenda Bond (A) Ming Doyle (CA) Ming Doyle

From bestselling writers Gwenda Bond () and Kate Leth (), featuring stunning art by acclaimed artist Ming Doyle (,). The ghostly Harlequin has taken wire walker Jules's boyfriend, Remy, captive in his underground lair, but what does he want? A dazzling acrobatic duel high above the streets of Paris will decide Remy's fate, as Jules pushes past her limits to best the super NAtural skills of the ghostly Harlequin!

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II GODS OF WAR TP

(W) Dan Abnett (A) Emilio Laiso (CA) Jay A NAcleto

The world is on the brink of chaos. But when only the best are called into action, where does that leave the world's first super hero? Will Hercules force his way onto the front lines of this new Civil War ripping through the Marvel Universe? Either way, Herc has problems of his own. There's a threat that only he knows about, and the Avengers are too busy to lend a hand. Time to get out his address book and call in some much older friends. Ancient legends like Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Ire, Theseus, Sigurd and Lorelei - the Gods of War! Can they prevail against the wrath of a new race of deities? Or has CIVIL WAR II provided the Uprising Storm with the perfect opportunity to master the world? Collecting CIVIL WAR II: GODS OF WAR #1-4, plus the classic JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY ANNUAL (1965) #1. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II KINGPIN #4 (OF 4)

(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Aaron Kuder

• He may be a crimi NAl, but Wilson Fisk is a self-made man. He's worked hard to secure his empire. He built it from the ground up. •  And now that Fisk knows one of his men has betrayed him in an attempt to take away his life's work, he's prepared to give his all to put an end to the mutiny. •  After all, you don't become the KINGPIN of crime without breaking a few rules and a lot of blood, sweat and tears... Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II KINGPIN #4 (OF 4)

BAKER VAR

(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Aaron Kuder

• He may be a crimi NAl, but Wilson Fisk is a self-made man. He's worked hard to secure his empire. He built it from the ground up. •  And now that Fisk knows one of his men has betrayed him in an attempt to take away his life's work, he's prepared to give his all to put an end to the mutiny. •  After all, you don't become the KINGPIN of crime without breaking a few rules and a lot of blood, sweat and tears... Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II KINGPIN TP

(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Aaron Kuder

When Earth's heroes go to war, that only spells opportunity for the villains! And few have the knowhow to take advantage like the Kingpin! For while an Inhuman with the ability to predict the future has inspired a clampdown on crime before it can even happen, Wilson Fisk has ma NAged to stay one step ahead of the good guys - and his business is booming! But what's his secret? One thing's for sure - his competitors are jealous and that's bad news for Fisk's men. Worse still, Fisk has reason to believe that one of his own is plotting against him. But enemies inside and out are nothing compared to the ultimate threat to his empire - the Punisher! As conflict rages all around him, can Wilson Fisk stay the Kingpin of a world without crime? Collecting CIVIL WAR II: KINGPIN #1-4, plus the classic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #51. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II ULYSSES #3 (OF 3)

(W) Al Ewing (A) Jefte Palo (CA) Francesco Francavilla

• He's been pushed, he's been pulled, he's been scared deathless... •  ...history is a nightmare from which he is trying to awake... •  ...and Ulysses will have no more of it!! •  In this prequel to CIVIL WAR II, Ulysses and Kar NAk fi NAlly come to blows! Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

CIVIL WAR II ULYSSES #3 (OF 3)

WALKER VAR

(W) Al Ewing (A) Jefte Palo (CA) Francesco Francavilla

• He's been pushed, he's been pulled, he's been scared deathless... •  ...history is a nightmare from which he is trying to awake... •  ...and Ulysses will have no more of it!! •  In this prequel to CIVIL WAR II, Ulysses and Kar NAk fi NAlly come to blows! Rated T+

CINEBOOK

CLEAR BLUE TOMORROWS GN

(W) Fabien Vehlmann (A) Bruno Gazzotti (CA) Bruno Gazzotti

When a traveler from the future recounts his memories, it's a vision both frightening and touching that unrolls before us. In the future, the entire population is under a de facto dictatorship because of cerebral implants invented by one F.G. Wilson. Nolan Ska, an engineer, ma NAges to travel back in time, with the intention of changing history by encouraging Wilson first career: novelist. But the man who will eventually become a seemingly immortal despot turns out to be a poor writer, and it will be up to Nolan to use his own memories to be his ghost writer.

MARVEL COMICS

CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)

(W) TBD (A) TBD (CA) TBD

"DEAD NO MORE": The Jackal is back and has conquered death. The Amazing Spider-Man is outmatched by his classic enemy's army. Does the wall-crawler stand a chance? SHOULD he stand in The Jackal's way if he's found the key to eter NAl life? RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)

BAGLEY VAR

(W) TBD (A) TBD (CA) TBD

"DEAD NO MORE": The Jackal is back and has conquered death. The Amazing Spider-Man is outmatched by his classic enemy's army. Does the wall-crawler stand a chance? SHOULD he stand in The Jackal's way if he's found the key to eter NAl life? RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)

CHEUNG VAR

(W) TBD (A) TBD (CA) TBD

"DEAD NO MORE": The Jackal is back and has conquered death. The Amazing Spider-Man is outmatched by his classic enemy's army. Does the wall-crawler stand a chance? SHOULD he stand in The Jackal's way if he's found the key to eter NAl life? RATED T+

MARVEL COMICS

CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)

LOZANO TEASER VAR

(W) TBD (A) TBD (CA) TBD

"DEAD NO MORE": The Jackal is back and has conquered death. The Amazing Spider-Man is outmatched by his classic enemy's army. Does the wall-crawler stand a chance? SHOULD he stand in The Jackal's way if he's found the key to eter NAl life? RATED T+

ONI PRESS INC.

COLDEST WINTER HC

(W) Antony Johnston (A) Steven Perkins (CA) Steven Perkins

Writer ANTONY JOHNSTON and artist STEVEN PERKINS return to Cold War-era Berlin for this prequel to THE COLDEST CITY. After a string of botched assignments for MI6 in Berlin, David Perceval is being sent home. Even his fi NAl mission before leaving - the defection of a Soviet scientist - goes badly wrong, as the coldest winter for 30 years descends on Europe. With transport out of Berlin impossible, and the KGB searching everywhere for their lost scientist, Perceval must improvise a deadly game of cat and mouse through the frozen city to keep the Russians at bay, and deliver his own unique brand of revenge!

BOOM! STUDIOS

COMPLETE FRANK MILLER ROBOCOP OMNIBUS TP #1

(W) Steven Grant (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Frank Miller

The complete collected adaptation of legendary storyteller Frank Miller's origi NAl vision of RoboCop. Included in this omnibus are writer Steven Grant's (2 Guns) adaptations of the unproduced screenplays for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3 origi NAlly written by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300). Bear witness to the wall-to-wall violence, black comedy, science fiction, and neo-noir that never made it to the big screen.

IDW PUBLISHING

COMPLETE LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE HC #13

(W) Harold Gray (A) Harold Gray (CA) Harold Gray

Will "The World's Greatest Cartoonist" get a chance to prove his worth? And if so, will the public take into their hearts an orphan character with the unlikely NAme of "Little Widget, the Waif"? That may be the least of Annie's worries as she finds herself caught between spies and counterspies in an adventure that reprises the quest for "Daddy"?Warbucks' atomic bomb formula! And if that weren't enough, the inscrutable Joe Christmas enters the picture, the mysterious Mr. Am returns, and Annie comes face to face with the man she most likely fears more than any other-the deadly crimi NAl NAmed Axel! Volume Thirteen of The Complete Little Orphan Annie reprints all daily and Sunday strips from January 12, 1947 to August 18, 1948.

EUROTICA

COMPLETE PEANUT BUTTER GN SET VOL 1-8

(W) Cornnell Clarke (A) Cornnell Clarke (CA) Cornnell Clarke

Catch the buzz on one of the hottest college girls in erotic comics and get the complete jour NAl of Molly's extreme NAughtiness all in beautifully painted color from graduating high school on up! Collects the entire series.

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

COMPLETE PEANUTS HC #26

COMICS & STORIES

(W) Charles M. Schulz (A) Charles M. Schulz (CA) Charles M. Schulz

While the 50-year run of the Peanuts newspaper strip (1950-2000) is obviously the heart and soul of Charles Schulz's career, he also created a large amount of Peanuts material that didn't run in the strip. This bonus 26th volume collects all of Schulz's non-strip related Peanuts art: storybooks, comic book stories, single-panel gags, advertising art, book illustrations, photographs, and even a recipe. With close to 1,000 Peanuts images included, all created by Schulz himself, no true Peanuts library would be complete without this fi NAl, celebratory volume of The Complete Peanuts.

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

COMPLETE PEANUTS HC BOX SET 1999-2000 COMICS STORIES #12

(W) Charles M. Schulz (A) Charles M. Schulz (CA) Charles M. Schulz

While the 50-year run of the Peanuts newspaper strip (1950-2000) is obviously the heart and soul of Charles Schulz's career, he also created a large amount of Peanuts material that didn't run in the strip. This bonus 26th volume collects all of Schulz's non-strip related Peanuts art: storybooks, comic book stories, single-panel gags, advertising art, book illustrations, photographs, and even a recipe. With close to 1,000 Peanuts images included, all created by Schulz himself, no true Peanuts library would be complete without this fi NAl, celebratory volume of The Complete Peanuts.

D. E.

COMPLETE RAISE THE DEAD TP

(W) Leah Moore (A) Hugo Petrus (CA) Arthur Suydam

Dy NAmite Entertainment's wildly successful entry into the zombie horror genre is fi NAlly collected in its entirety! The zombie infestation rages unchecked. Only a handful of survivors remain, fighting for their lives against the rising tide of undead mayhem! Will these poor souls survive the perils of an overrun city and find safe haven Alfredo Bay's small coastal town... or has that world died along with most everything else in this post-apocalyptic nightmare? This gloriously gory compendium of car NAge comes with a special introduction by Max Brooks, author of the New York Times bestselling Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z!

DC COMICS

(W) Lee Bermejo (A) Lee Bermejo (CA) Lee Bermejo

The origi NAl six-issue run of SUICIDERS and the entire six-issue KINGS OF HELL.A. miniseries are collected in a single volume! After a devastating earthquake, the Southland has seceded from the union, leaving the city split in two: the walled-off, wealthy New Angeles and the crimi NAl-run Lost Angeles. What unifies them all is the Suiciders: a reality sport in which murder, mayhem and brutality rule!

AUTOMATIC PICTURES

CON MANS SPECTRUM #3

CVR A STONE

(W) Pj Haarsma (A) Sarah Stone (CA) Sarah Stone

Earth's last survivors are running out of options: they're completely surrounded, outmatched, and the only man who knows how to fly - their escape ship - is dying. Ketheria's fi NAl gambit is their only hope - and she's on the other side of the universe! The first story arc of the sci-fi epic from stars Alan Tudyk and NAthan Fillion concludes!

AUTOMATIC PICTURES

CON MANS SPECTRUM #3

CVR B JIMENEZ

(W) Pj Haarsma (A) Sarah Stone (CA) Phil Jimenez

Earth's last survivors are running out of options: they're completely surrounded, outmatched, and the only man who knows how to fly Spectrum -- their escape ship -- is dying. Ketheria's fi NAl gambit is their only hope -- and she's on the other side of the universe. The first story arc of the sci-fi epic from Firefly stars Alan Tudyk and NAthan Fillion concludes!

MARVEL COMICS

CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS TP #2

FI NAL FIGHT

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Paco Medi NA

Earth's impossible-tackling super-team has entered the game - and that means it's time for Ultimate fighting! But when Captain Marvel, Black Panther and the rest of the Ultimates discover the Contest of Champions, they don't take kindly to it! Is this the end of Maestro's dream of power? Or the start of a whole new level of crazy? Crazy sounds right when the Symbioids join the battle. They're half Venom, half Void - and all deadly! Then, what do you get when you cross CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS with the origi NAl CIVIL WAR? Fights! Lots and lots of fights! Because a new team is coming - and they are very pro-registration! Their next mission: extermi NAte the renegade champions scattered across Battleworld! When Maestro and Iron Patriot share the same stage, which megalomaniac will reign supreme? Plus: the classic first appearance of CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS contestant Nigel Higgins - a.k.a. Outlaw, the British Punisher! Collecting CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS (2015) #7-10 and PUNISHER (1987) #64. Rated T

D. E.

CONTROL #5 (OF 6)

(W) Andy Diggle (A) Andrea Mutti (CA) Ben Oliver

It was never just a routine homicide case. Detective-Sergeant Kate Burnham tried to be professio NAl about it. That didn't work out. And now, as a well-laid trap is sprung and the bodies pile up in her wake, it's about to get just a little too perso NAl...