EXCELLENCE #6
CVR B VISIONS OF EXCELLENCE WOODS
(W) Brandon Thomas (A) Khary Randolph (CA) Ashley Woods
END OF STORY ARC Raymond Dales only wanted the best for his son, Spencer, but what has that cost them both? The relationship between father and son hits its breaking point. Plus, where does the Aegis imprison the world's most d ANGErous wizards?
FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE TP
(W) Jody Houser (A) Stephen Segovia (CA) Kano
Every second will count when acclaimed writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Star Wars: Rogue One), explosive artist Stephen Segovia (Ninjak, Action Comics), comics legend Barry Kitson (Fantastic Four), and special surprise guests push faith into a centuries-spanning fight for existence alongside the greatest heroes of the valiant universe...past, present, and future! Faith "Zephyr" Herbert - former member of Unity, current Harbinger Renegade, and Los ANGEles' #1 superhero - is the universe's last, best chance at survival! Centuries from today, a devious artificial intelligence has unleashed a blistering attack on the very foundations of time...one that is the unwriting history from beginning to end! Now, with her options exhausted, Neela Sethi, Timewalker - the self-appointed protector of what is and will be - has returned to the 21st century to recruit Earth's greatest champions of today and tomorrow to oppose this existential threat...and she needs Faith to lead them! But why Faith? And why now? Fly to the farthest edges of the future right here in a death-defying race to save time itself as Faith leads the charge alongside Valiant's greatest heroes...and becomes a new legend for the ages! Collecting FAITH AND THE FUTURE FORCE #1-4.
FAITH DREAMSIDE TP
(W) Jody Houser (A) Mj Kim (CA) Marguerite Sauvage
Faith enters a previously unseen realm of the Valiant Universe! Even before Faith Herbert, AKA Zephyr, gained the power of flight, joined the Harbinger Renegades, and soared through the skies of the Valiant Universe, deep down she was always a hero at heart. But what's a hero to do in the face of a foe that exists only in nightmares? Face them head-on, of course! To protect the dreams of her teammate, Animalia, Faith must venture into a fantastical new realm the likes of which we've never seen...and she'll need some help from the world's premiere parapsychologist, Doctor Mirage, to make it back with her subconscious mind still intact! Uncover the secrets of the Dreamside as writer extraordinaire Jody Houser (FAITH, Str ANGEr Things) and rising star MJ Kim (FAITH'S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1) continue the adventures of the high-flying icon that Uproxx calls, "A joy to read!" Collecting FAITH: DREAMSIDE #1-4 and FAITH'S WINTER WONDERLAND SPECIAL #1.
FAITH TP #1
HOLLYWOOD & VINE
(W) Jody Houser (A) Francis Portela (CA) Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
VALIANT'S MOST DEMANDED HERO STEPS OUT OF HARBINGER...AND INTO AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert - a psionically gifted "psiot" discovered by the Harbinger Foundation - has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she's always known she can be - complete with a mild mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it would... When she's not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of ANGEls' own leading superhero - the skysoaring Zephyr! But flying solo is going to be tougher than she ever thought when Zephyr uncovers a deep-rooted alien conspiracy. Two-bit burglars and car thieves are one thing, but when the world needs a hero to stave off a full-blown extraterrestrial invasion, will Faith find herself in over her head...or ready for her biggest challenge yet? Rising star Jody Houser (Orphan Black) and explosive artists Francis Portela (Green Lantern) and Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells) pilot a new chapter for the high-flying hero that People Magazine calls "a superhero we can all admire." Collecting FAITH (LIMITED SERIES) #1-4.
FAITH TP #3
SUPERSTAR
(W) Jody Houser (A) Joe Eisma (CA) Carmen Nunez Carnero
Fight and flight! As Los ANGEles' high-flying protector, Faith has inspired the dreams of an entire metropolis... Now get ready to meet its worst nightmare! When an escaped psiot prisoner starts tearing through the streets, Faith must stop her fiery rampage before all hell breaks loose! But this isn't just any ordinary threat... Not only can this empowered escapee drain the energy of everything in sight, she's one of L.A.'s most controversial pop stars to boot! Valiant's chart-topping superhero is about to add a major new player to her frenemies list, courtesy of breakout writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic) and acclaimed artists Meghan Hetrick (Red Thorn) and Marguerite Sauvage (DC Comics Bombshells)! Plus: legendary writer Louise Simonson and Harvey Award-nominated artist Pere Pérez present history in the making with a presidential milestone like no other! Collecting FAITH #5-8.
FAITH TP #4
THE FAITHLESS
(W) Jody Houser (A) Joe Eisma (CA) Elsa Charretier
Introducing the ultimate supervillian revenge squad! The villains are coming! Faith's most fearsome foes and ruthless rogues-including Chris Chriswell, Murder Mouse, Dark Star, and Sidney-have finally united, creating an unstoppable coalition of evil with one goal in mind: Destroy Faith Herbert! Together, they are The Faithless...and if Los ANGEles' greatest hero doesn't think fast and fly even faster, they're going to ground the sky-soaring psiot for good! Join acclaimed writer Jody Houser (Mother Panic, Star Wars: Rogue One) and stratospheric artists Joe Eisma (Archie, Morning Glories), Marguerite Sauvage (Shade The Changing Girl), and Kate Niemczyk (Mockingbird) as they send Valiant's high-flying hero headlong into a deadly gauntlet of unstoppable adversaries hellbent on wreaking revenge and ruin!
FANTASTIC FOUR TP PRODIGAL SUN
(W) Peter David (A) Francesco Manna (CA) Mico Suayan
The saga of the Prodigal unites the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Guardians of the Galaxy! Who is this str ANGE alien being that has crash-landed in the Savage Land? When a race of swamp-dwelling barbarians begin worshiping Prodigal, Ka-Zar and Shanna recruit the Fantastic Four to help them stop the barbarians' plans to conquer the entirety of their savage world! If Prodigy is ever to find his way home, the one individual who can help him get there is the Silver Surfer. But the pair have history, dating back to when the Surfer was herald to Galactus! And worse is yet to come: When Prodigal returns home to find a tragedy, he is branded an outlaw - and the Guardians of the Galaxy side with his greatest enemy! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR: PRODIGAL SUN, SILVER SURFER: PRODIGAL SUN and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: PRODIGAL SUN. Rated T+
FATHOM VOL 8 #6
CVR A CAMPETELLA
(W) Vince Hernandez (A) Mauricio Camptella (CA) Mauricio Camptella
The world below is no longer a secret and everything has led to this... Aspen and Kiani take on Killian and Anika in a war of Elite powers, and the fate of both The Blue and Humanity rests in the balance! The volume 8 finale is here, and Fathom's preeminent heroes must contemplate actions that will forever ch ANGE their lives-if anyone survives at all! Aspen's Vince Hernandez (Michael Turner's Fathom: Kiani, Charismagic) marks his debut on Fathom's principal series alongside artist Mauricio Campetella (Jirni) and colorists Peter Steigerwald (Fathom, Superman/Batman) in a storyline that will define the Fathom universe for years to come!
FATHOM VOL 8 #6
CVR B TURNER
(W) Vince Hernandez (A) Mauricio Camptella (CA) Michael Turner
The world below is no longer a secret and everything has led to this... Aspen and Kiani take on Killian and Anika in a war of Elite powers, and the fate of both The Blue and Humanity rests in the balance! The volume 8 finale is here, and Fathom's preeminent heroes must contemplate actions that will forever ch ANGE their lives-if anyone survives at all! Aspen's Vince Hernandez (Michael Turner's Fathom: Kiani, Charismagic) marks his debut on Fathom's principal series alongside artist Mauricio Campetella (Jirni) and colorists Peter Steigerwald (Fathom, Superman/Batman) in a storyline that will define the Fathom universe for years to come!
FEARLESS TP
(W) Seanan McGuire (A) Claire Roe (CA) Jen Bartel
The fiercest ladies of the Marvel Universe - on and off the page! Straight off her silver-screen debut, Captain Marvel takes the world by storm! And speaking of the weather, Storm of the X-Men faces a problem only a goddess could solve. Add in the Invisible Woman, and you've got an unstoppable trio in a story by Hugo-nominated novelist Seanan McGuire! Alien invasion at a summer camp for young girls? You know whom to call. Carol Danvers is on her way - and she won't be alone! Plus: Journey back to the Golden Age of romance with Millie the Model! Enter the d ANGErous world of Night Nurse! And join Patsy Walker - A.K.A. Hellcat - on the prowl! Also featuring "Herstory" profiles on classic and contemporary creators! Collecting FEARLESS #1-4. Rated T+
FIREFLY #10
CVR A MAIN GARBETT
(W) Greg Pak (A) Dan McDaid (CA) Lee Garbett
REVOLUTION! Zoe has finally returned with a Browncoat army to save Mal and depose Boss Moon. But a lot has ch ANGEd since she left, and she has no way to know that Mal and Boss Moon are allies, bound by mutual respect. With the Browncoats taking over the planet, Mal and Boss Moon must choose a side to try to prevent all out war. Will their newfound respect for each other save the planet... or doom it?
FIREFLY #10
CVR B PREORDER QUINONES VAR
(W) Greg Pak (A) Dan McDaid (CA) Joe Quinones
REVOLUTION! Zoe has finally returned with a Browncoat army to save Mal and depose Boss Moon. But a lot has ch ANGEd since she left, and she has no way to know that Mal and Boss Moon are allies, bound by mutual respect. With the Browncoats taking over the planet, Mal and Boss Moon must choose a side to try to prevent all out war. Will their newfound respect for each other save the planet... or doom it?
(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Howard Porter
Go back to the very beginning of Barry Allen's heroic journey in THE FLASH: YEAR ONE! Barry Allen feels helpless in his life in Central City. As a forensic scientist, he's always catching criminals after they've committed their crimes. All that ch ANGEs one fateful night when Barry is struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals. When he wakes from a coma, he realizes he can run at incredible speeds. Can Barry master these powers and be the hero his city needs...or will the powers burn through him? Collects THE FLASH #70-75.
GOLDEN KAMUY GN #12
(W) Satoru Noda (A) Satoru Noda (CA) Satoru Noda
Sugimoto and company have gone after some twisted individuals in their search for the tattooed skins, but none as perverse as the der ANGEd animal lover Dr. Anehata. Collecting Anehata's tattoo will provide one more piece of the map to the Ainu gold, but getting Asirpa together with her father, Noppera-bo, in Abashiri prison is the real key. And what other secrets does the fortune-teller Inkarmat have to reveal about the identity of Asirpa's father? For mature audiences.
HARBINGER DLX HC #2
(W) Joshua Dysart (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Andrew Robinson
From the mind of New York Times best-selling writer Joshua Dysart (IMPERIUM, Unknown Soldier) and an all-star cast of comics' top talents comes the second stunning oversized hardcover collection of the devastating series that the Onion/A.V. Club calls "one of the most binge-worthy superhero comics currently available"! Peter Stanchek. Toyo Harada. The two most destructive superpowers in the world - literally - have come to a reckoning of will. In the fallout of their cataclysmic conflict, their former families - the Renegades and the Harbinger Foundation - will lie in shards around them. What will stop these men - either of them - from reducing the world to ashes? The Renegades thought they could get their old lives back. They thought they could bring down Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. They were wrong. And now their loved ones will pay the price...and their once secret confl ict will ch ANGE the world as we know it. Featuring artwork by Clayton Henry (Incredible Hercules), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Rafa Sandoval (Ultimate Hawkeye), and more - alongside 20+ pages of rarely seen bonus materials and special features - the HARBINGER DELUXE EDITION VOL. 2 represents the entirety of the climatic final act of HARBINGER's acclaimed first series for the first time anywhere in a prestige-sized hardcover format. Collecting HARBINGER #15-25, HARBINGER: OMEGAS #1-3, and HARBINGER: BLEEDING MONK #0.
HARDCORE GAMING 101 PRESENTS JAPANESE VIDEO GAME OBSCURITIES
(W) Kurt Kalata
Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. For any number of reasons, not all of them were ever released outside of the country, especially in the '80s and '90s. While many of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video game community, and in some cases, even unofficially translated, a huge proportion of the Japanese game output is unknown outside of their native territory. Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles, games that are weird, compelling, str ANGE, cool or historically important.
YOTV
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Sami Basri (CA) Guillem March
The trials are over, and Harley Quinn has won! Or has she? Now imbued with the awesome power of the ANGEl of Retribution, Harley is given an impossible choice-and a chance to raise a loved one from the dead! Choose wisely, Harley...the fate of the universe hangs in the balance!
VAR ED YOTV
(W) Sam Humphries (A) Sami Basri (CA) Mauricet
The trials are over, and Harley Quinn has won! Or has she? Now imbued with the awesome power of the ANGEl of Retribution, Harley is given an impossible choice-and a chance to raise a loved one from the dead! Choose wisely, Harley...the fate of the universe hangs in the balance!
HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP #2
STR ANGE PLACES
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Mike Mignola (CA) Mike Mignola
The four-volume Hellboy Omnibus series along with the two volumes of The Complete Short Stories collect all of Mignola's award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience. This 416-page volume covers Hellboy's adventures from 1998 to 2005, reprinting Conqueror Worm, Str ANGE Places, Into the Silent Sea, and "The Right Hand of Doom," "Box Full of Evil," and "Being Human" from The Right Hand of Doom and B.P.R.D.: Being Human.
HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP #4
HELLBOY IN HELL
(W) Mike Mignola (A) Mike Mignola (CA) Mike Mignola
The Hellboy saga concludes, with the most ambitious chapter, Hellboy in Hell, collected in its entirety-all written and drawn by Mike Mignola. Hellboy is cast into Hell, where familiar faces reveal secrets of his origins, and previously unknown family members come forward. Hellboy forever alters the face of Hell, giving new significance to his role of Beast of the Apocalypse. While featuring big answers and one of the most momentous choices Hellboy's ever made, Hellboy in Hell also offers a return to the simplest and best Hellboy stories, as Hellboy roams a unique world only Mignola could present, filled with str ANGE and magical encounters rich with the power of folklore and myth. The Hellboy Omnibus series collects Hellboy stories in chronological order for a definitive reading experience.
HOMESTUCK HC #5
ACT 5 ACT 2 PART 1
(W) Andrew Hussie (A) Andrew Hussie (CA) Andrew Hussie
Years in the past, but not many, a webcomic launched that would captivate legions of devoted fans around the world and take them on a mind-bending, genre-defying epic journey that would forever ch ANGE the way they look at stairs. And buckets. And possibly horses. Now this sprawling saga has been immortalized on dead trees with notes from author Andrew Hussie explaining what the hell he was thinking as he brought this monster to life. A must-have for Homestuck fans who want to re-experience the saga or for new readers looking for a gateway to enter this rich universe. For older teen audiences.
HORDE HC GN
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Leila Leiz (CA) Leila Leiz
After the death of her father, Ruby Ando tries to reconnect with her estr ANGEd and isolated mother, whose hoarder house is a nightmare labyrinth of secrets and d ANGErs. All the love Ruby was never shown she sees her mother lavish on her treasures and trinkets, the possessions that possess her. But when Ruby desperately tries to free her mother, the house wages war, ensnar-ing both women within its maze. Brought to hideous and twisted life by a mother's love, the "Horde" is determined to purge Ruby from the collection-or see her join it forever. Brought to life by Marguerite Bennett (ANIMOSITY, DC's Bombshells, Batwoman) and Leila Leiz (ALTERS, Nvrlnd), HORDE is a haunting, housebound horror story about the things we let control us.
HOUSE OF X #6 (OF 6)
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Pepe Larraz
THE INEVITABLE FUTURE. The revolutionary tale of Mutantkind's rise comes to a conclusion that will lay the groundwork of the X-Men's stories for years to come! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, SECRET WARS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Pepe Larraz (EXTERMINATION, AVENGERS) wrap the series that ch ANGEs everything! Rated T+
HOUSE OF X #6 (OF 6)
COELLO CHARACTER DECADES VAR
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Iban Coello
THE INEVITABLE FUTURE. The revolutionary tale of Mutantkind's rise comes to a conclusion that will lay the groundwork of the X-Men's stories for years to come! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, SECRET WARS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Pepe Larraz (EXTERMINATION, AVENGERS) wrap the series that ch ANGEs everything! Rated T+
HOUSE OF X #6 (OF 6)
CHRISTOPHER ACTION FIGURE VAR
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) John Tyler Christopher
THE INEVITABLE FUTURE. The revolutionary tale of Mutantkind's rise comes to a conclusion that will lay the groundwork of the X-Men's stories for years to come! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, SECRET WARS) and Marvel Young Gun artist Pepe Larraz (EXTERMINATION, AVENGERS) wrap the series that ch ANGEs everything! Rated T+