PREVIEWS: AUG17

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SACRED CREATURES #4

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(W) Pablo Raimondi (A) Pablo Raimondi (CA) Klaus Janson

Adrian meets Julia, Naviel makes a difficult decision, and KLAUS starts splitting art duties with PABLO as they begin to unravel the Sacred Creatures' history!

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SAGA #48

(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A) Fiona Staples (CA) Fiona Staples

END OF STORY ARC Ghüs and Squire have an adventure.

IDW PUBLISHING

SAMURAI JACK QUANTUM JACK #2 (OF 5)

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(W) Fabian Rangel (A) Warwick J. Cadwell (CA) James Stokoe

Viva La Lucha! Jack continues to tumble through the quantum stream and finds himself inside the ring-masked and ready to wrestle!

IDW PUBLISHING

SAMURAI JACK QUANTUM JACK #2 (OF 5)

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(W) Fabian Rangel (A) Warwick J. Cadwell (CA) Warwick J. Cadwell

Viva La Lucha! Jack continues to tumble through the quantum stream and finds himself inside the ring-masked and ready to wrestle!

SCOUT COMICS

SANTA VS DRACULA GN

(W) Ed Power (A) Melissa Dejesus (CA) Melissa Dejesus

Vampire vs. Elf! Werewolf vs. Reindeer! Frankenstein vs. Snowman! When Count Dracula, Igor, Mr. Hyde, and their forces of darkness invade the North Pole to obtain Ole' Saint Nick's ability to gain entrance into any home, Santa, Mrs. Claus, Jack Frost, and all the forces of Christmas are forced to defend their home and their holiday! This is it, naughty vs. nice in an all-out, epic battle of the ageless for the ages! Santa vs. Dracula, this time it's seasonal!

IDW PUBLISHING

SAUCER STATE #6 (OF 6)

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(W) Paul Cornell (A) Ryan Kelly (CA) Ryan Kelly

Kidd and Chloe are lost in Hollywood and... under fire?! Astelle has been alien abducted... by Isis?! The WW2 origins of the UFO myth are... fake news?! And of course, of course, of course, President Arcadia Alvarado is in Moscow, the axis of the story, the axis of recent history, for the season finale of... the human race? Bullet points: * Picks up where Saucer Country left off! * One of the very few mainstream comics to be nominated for SF's prestigious Hugo Award! * Tackles real world US politics from the point of view of a female President!

IDW PUBLISHING

SAUCER STATE #6 (OF 6)

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(W) Paul Cornell (A) Ryan Kelly (CA) Jeffrey Veregge

Kidd and Chloe are lost in Hollywood and... under fire?! Astelle has been alien abducted... by Isis?! The WW2 origins of the UFO myth are... fake news?! And of course, of course, of course, President Arcadia Alvarado is in Moscow, the axis of the story, the axis of recent history, for the season finale of... the human race? Bullet points: * Picks up where Saucer Country left off! * One of the very few mainstream comics to be nominated for SF's prestigious Hugo Award! * Tackles real world US politics from the point of view of a female President!

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SAVAGE DRAGON #228

(W) Erik Larsen (A) Erik Larsen (CA) Erik Larsen

"OH! CANADA!" Part Two Relocated to the Great White North, Dragon faces a number of new challenges: a new job, a new home, a new life, and the return of the enigmatic villain, the Seeker. At long last-all of his secrets are revealed! This one comes with our highest possible recommendation!

DC COMICS

(W) Justin Jordan (A) Ibrahim Moustafa (CA) John Paul Leon

Everything culminates in one final Black Forest showdown. After his team's bleak marathon to salvage New York City, Koenig's past and present demons come home to roost once and for all. Abel and Kira must initiate final measures to finish Cain and suppress his now global reign of destruction-but their partnership is threatened by a stunning revelation that will test their skills and uncover a darker clandestine legacy.

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SCALES & SCOUNDRELS #2

(W) Sebastian Girner (A) Galaad (CA) Galaad

What do a secretive treasure hunter, a wayward prince from a far-off land, his shadowy bodyguard, and a plucky lady-dwarf have in common? A thirst for adventure of course! And where better to find that than the fabled bottomless dungeon known as "The Dragon's Maw"?!

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SCARY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #106

In a spectacular, simian-inspired tribute to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the original Planet of the Apes film, our "106th APE-ocalypse Issue" includes "The Apes of Wrath" and "Planet of Primates," Which is a look "behind the cages" at the science underlying the film. This pulp-paper APE-idemic also includes kaiju Korner's review of King Kong's "career" since 1933. And our new coli,m "collecting Classic Monsters" debuts, joining Strange Days, Dr. Gangrene's Mad Interbiew, Weird USA and much more as "Primate Change" heats up with this issue!

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SCIENCE COMICS DOGS GN

(W) Andy Hirsch (A) Andy Hirsch (CA) Andy Hirsch

Each volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In Dogs, we follow an adorable Cocker Jack named Rudy on a exciting trip to the dog park. There he introduces us to to his friends and works through key scientific principles from Gregory Mendel, Charles Darwin, and Dmitir Belyaev to explain dog taxonomy, origin, genetic makeup, and much more! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.

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SCIENCE COMICS DOGS HC GN

(W) Andy Hirsch (A) Andy Hirsch (CA) Andy Hirsch

Come play evolutionary fetch with Andy Hirsch in this volume of Science Comics, an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! This volume: In Dogs, we follow an adorable Cocker Jack named Rudy on a exciting trip to the dog park. There he introduces us to to his friends and works through key scientific principles from Gregory Mendel, Charles Darwin, and Dmitir Belyaev to explain dog taxonomy, origin, genetic makeup, and much more!

DC COMICS

(W) Keith Giffen (A) Ron Wagner (CA) Carlos D'Anda

Welcome to the block party from hell. After barely escaping with their lives, the gang seeks shelter in a nearby town that seems untouched by the disaster. But looks can be deceiving.  Meanwhile, in our backup story, Secret Squirrel takes his first steps towards saving the world...maybe. RATED T

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(W) Keith Giffen (A) Ron Wagner (CA) Mark Buckingham

Welcome to the block party from hell. After barely escaping with their lives, the gang seeks shelter in a nearby town that seems untouched by the disaster. But looks can be deceiving.  Meanwhile, in our backup story, Secret Squirrel takes his first steps towards saving the world...maybe. RATED T

REDAN PUBLISHING, INC.

SCOOBY DOO MAGAZINE #42

(W) Various (A) Various

Get ready for the holidays Scooby style! In "The Secret Santa Mystery", the gang is spending the holidays at a cabin in the woods, but all their Christmas gifts have been taken. It's up to the Scoobies to figure out who the culprit is before Santa finishes off his naughty list.

DC COMICS

(W) Sholly Fisch (A) Dario Brizuela (CA) Dario Brizuela

Normally, ghosts make Shaggy want to curl up small to hide. But that won't help him his time-not when the Atom shrinks Scooby and the gang down for a trip to a haunted subatomic world, where they'll face "The Ghost at the Heart of the Atom!"   RATED E

DC COMICS

(W) Ivan Cohen (A) Randy Elliott (CA) Scott Gross

When Velma is forced to stay awake in a hospital bed for 24 hours, Scooby and the rest of Mystery Incorporated do their best to keep their resident super-sleuth occupied. But will their hijinks distract them from solving an even greater mystery? RATED E

ASPEN MLT INC

SCOURGE TP #1

(W) Scott Lobdell (A) Eric Battle

They are taking over... From the innovative mind of acclaimed movie producer Gale Anne Hurd, and written by superstar writer and visionary Scott Lobdell, comes THE SCOURGE! The skies of New York City are no longer safe. In mere hours, the greatest metropolis on the planet is turned into an island of horrors, as a virus rapidly advances throughout the city transforming its citizens into savage, bloodthirsty gargoyles!! Amidst the outbreak, one man, NYPD SWAT officer John Griffin finds himself as the last remaining hope to prevent the cataclysmic spread of the virus from the island, locating his estranged son within the chaos, and saving the city itself from complete annihilation! Collecting together the long sold-out series for the very first time, The Scourge trade paperback vol. 1 includes a complete cover gallery, special guest foreward and a whole lot more!

REBELLION / 2000AD

SCREAM MISTY SPECIAL #1

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Na

Two of Britain's best-loved supernatural comics have been resurrected this Halloween and merged into one terrifying tome featuring all-new stories! Max the crazy computer makes a welcome return in The Thirteenth Floor by Guy Adams, John Stokes and Frazer Irving; the fangs are out in The Dracula File by Grainne McEntee and Tristan Jones; weirdos, warriors and weasels plucked from the pages of various 70s and 80s British comics congregate in Death-Man: The Gathering by Henry Flint; Kek-W and Simon Coleby collaborate on Black Max, the German World War One fighter pilot that's descended from a race of bat-people; the high-rise horrors of Birdwood are back in Return of the Sentinels by Hannah Berry and Ben Willsher; and fairies can be frightening in Fate of the Fairy Hunter by Alec Worley and DaNi.

ALTERNA COMICS

SCRIMSHAW #3

(W) Eric Borden (A) Dave Mims (CA) Dave Mims

Cornered in a dangerous Chinatown alley, Taipuitea is forced to unleash one of the most brutal beatdowns in all of comics!  With assassins at every turn, can the crew of the Runaway Horse get out in one piece? Printed on newsprint. Perfect for fans of X-Men and Suicide Squad.

YEN PRESS

SCUM WISH GN #5

(W) Mengo (A) Yokoyari

Fake relationships are fraught with unrequited love in Scum's Wish Twisted love causes problems. Hanabi and Mugi are supposed to be dating, but Ebato's love confession has confused Hanabi. Moka's love for Mugi is still unrequited, a painful thorn hiding beneath the blossoms of love. As all around them people are changing their shape, will their feelings change also...?

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SECRET CODERS GN #4

ROBOTS & REPEATS

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Mike Holmes (CA) Mike Holmes

Dr. One-Zero has added a new class to Stately Academy's curriculum. But in "Advanced Chemistry," they only teach one lesson: how to make Green Pop! While their classmates are manufacturing this dangerous soda, the Coders uncover a clue that may lead them to Hopper's missing dad. Is it time to use Professor Bee's most powerful weapon: the Turtle of Light? From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders is a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.

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SECRET CODERS HC GN #4

ROBOTS & REPEATS

(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Mike Holmes (CA) Mike Holmes

The coders are back in the fourth volume of the hit computer-programming series by New York Times-bestselling author Gene Luen Yang. Dr. One-Zero has added a new class to Stately Academy's curriculum. But in "Advanced Chemistry," they only teach one lesson: how to make Green Pop! While their classmates are manufacturing this dangerous soda, the Coders uncover a clue that may lead them to Hopper's missing dad. Is it time to use Professor Bee's most powerful weapon: the Turtle of Light? From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang, Secret Coders is a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!

MARVEL COMICS

SECRET EMPIRE HC

(W) Nick Spencer (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Mark Brooks

The year's most startling and unexpected comic-book event! Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world's greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Now, using the trust and respect he's been accorded by the great powers of the Marvel Universe, Steve Rogers makes Hydra's ideals a reality - and changes the landscape of the world dramatically! How will he take some of his biggest threats off the board? Who will remain to stand against him? And which heroes will fight on his side? Find out as the impossible becomes real! Hail Hydra! Collecting SECRET EMPIRE #0-10 and OMEGA, and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (SECRET EMPIRE) #1. Rated T+