2000 AD OCT 2020 PROG PACK #1
Incredible SF action from the Eisner-nominated UK anthology! Judge Dredd deals with the aftermath of the Four Horseman as a chaotic city picks up the pieces in "Carry the Nine"; Stickleback fights for the soul of London in "New Jerusalem"; there's horror below the waves in the new supernatural series by Alec Worley and Leigh Gallagher; Nolan Blake goes on the run with a targeted pop star in Skip Tracer: "Hyperballad"; and Celtic warrior Slaine tames dragons in "The Web of Weird"!
ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS INC
AMERICAN RONIN #1 (OF 5)
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(W) Peter Milligan (A) Aco (CA) Aco
War is over, democracy an illusion, real power now lies not with nation states but huge corporations engaged in a silent war for global domination. Their number one weapon: highly-skilled, technologically-enhanced operatives trained since childhood to pledge their allegiance to the corporate flag. But what happens when one such operative breaks free of his mental chains and decides to bring the whole system down? Can one "Ronin" make a difference?
ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS INC
AMERICAN RONIN #1 (OF 5)
CVR B DEODATO JR
(W) Peter Milligan (A) Aco (CA) Mike Deodato
War is over, democracy an illusion, real power now lies not with nation states but huge corporations engaged in a silent war for global domination. Their number one weapon: highly-skilled, technologically-enhanced operatives trained since childhood to pledge their allegiance to the corporate flag. But what happens when one such operative breaks free of his mental chains and decides to bring the whole system down? Can one "Ronin" make a difference?
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Rafael Albuquerque (CA) Rafael Albuquerque
America is broken. Trust between the government and the American public has crumbled. Paranoia reigns supreme. It's 1976, and this is the concluding chapter of the Eisner Award-winning American Vampire! Skinner Sweet has exhausted all efforts to regain his lost immortality. With his powers and purpose gone, he is now determined to go out with a bang. At a seedy motorcycle rally in the desert where he's closer than ever to his death wish, Pearl Jones and a shocking partner tracks him down for one last, desperate mission: The force known as the Gray Trader and its minions are tunneling through the bowels of the world to unleash hell on Earth-just in time for America's bicentennial. With catastrophe looming, it's up to Skinner and Pearl to reconcile and change the course of history-or die trying. The series that launched the careers of superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque returns for nine final issues and the closing chapter of the legacy of American Vampire.
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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Rafael Albuquerque
America is broken. Trust between the government and the American public has crumbled. Paranoia reigns supreme. It's 1976, and this is the concluding chapter of the Eisner Award-winning American Vampire! Skinner Sweet has exhausted all efforts to regain his lost immortality. With his powers and purpose gone, he is now determined to go out with a bang. At a seedy motorcycle rally in the desert where he's closer than ever to his death wish, Pearl Jones and a shocking partner tracks him down for one last, desperate mission: The force known as the Gray Trader and its minions are tunneling through the bowels of the world to unleash hell on Earth-just in time for America's bicentennial. With catastrophe looming, it's up to Skinner and Pearl to reconcile and change the course of history-or die trying. The series that launched the careers of superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque returns for nine final issues and the closing chapter of the legacy of American Vampire.
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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Rafael Albuquerque
America is broken. Trust between the government and the American public has crumbled. Paranoia reigns supreme. It's 1976, and this is the concluding chapter of the Eisner Award-winning American Vampire! Skinner Sweet has exhausted all efforts to regain his lost immortality. With his powers and purpose gone, he is now determined to go out with a bang. At a seedy motorcycle rally in the desert where he's closer than ever to his death wish, Pearl Jones and a shocking partner tracks him down for one last, desperate mission: The force known as the Gray Trader and its minions are tunneling through the bowels of the world to unleash hell on Earth-just in time for America's bicentennial. With catastrophe looming, it's up to Skinner and Pearl to reconcile and change the course of history-or die trying. The series that launched the careers of superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque returns for nine final issues and the closing chapter of the legacy of American Vampire.
ARCHIES HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR #1
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jeff Shultz
Watch out for monsters among us and creatures that go bump in this night in this collection of horrifyingly hilarious Halloween-themed stories!
ASSASSINS CREED VALHALLA SONG OF GLORY #1
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Martin Tunica (CA) Karl Kopinski
Blades clash in this prequel to Ubisoft's next hit video game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Norway. Mid-9th century CE. Eivor, a Viking warrior, observes a village raided by a neighboring kingdom. Bloodshed and mayhem erupt as she seizes the attack in her own favor-but will her victory be a blessing to her clan or a terrible curse? Elsewhere, another Viking searches for a different kind of prize, one of crucible steel . . . o Prequel to Ubisoft's next Assassin's Creed. o Ubisoft's video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla releases Holiday 2020!
(W) Katana Collins (A) Matteo Scalera (CA) Sean Murphy
The Joker is dead, Bruce Wayne is behind bars...and Gotham City is just starting to redefine itself without Batman.
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(W) Katana Collins (A) Matteo Scalera (CA) Matteo Scalera
The Joker is dead, Bruce Wayne is behind bars...and Gotham City is just starting to redefine itself without Batman.
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(W) Katana Collins (A) Matteo Scalera
The Joker is dead, Bruce Wayne is behind bars...and Gotham City is just starting to redefine itself without Batman. As Harley Quinn struggles to adjust to her new life as the mother of Jack Napier's twins, an elusive mastermind called the Producer seizes the moment to assemble a crew of villains-starting with the Starlet, a serial killer who murders Gotham's golden age film stars in homage to their silver screen roles. When a recent, gruesome crime scene suggests a connection to The Joker, the GTO, and FBI agent Hector Quimby turn to Harley as the one person with information that could crack the case. With some help from Bruce, Harley agrees to investigate-but to protect her children and her city from a fatal final act, Harley must flirt with madness and confront her own past.
BELLE HORNS OF MINOTAUR #1
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(W) Dave Franchini (CA) Caanan White
Belle is a beast hunter, a legacy passed down from mother to daughter in her family for generations. With that duty she has taken on many different kinds of creatures to protect our world from the unknown, and who equally wanted to end her life. From centaurs, and aurents, to Medusa herself Belle has stood between them and innocent lives. In her past she has even taken on a Minotaur, but this time something is different, and Belle is going to learn a long lost secret about this race of monster, even if it kills her. Stand back but don't miss this new action-packed issue!
BELLE HORNS OF MINOTAUR #1
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(W) Dave Franchini (CA) Igor Vitorino
Belle is a beast hunter, a legacy passed down from mother to daughter in her family for generations. With that duty she has taken on many different kinds of creatures to protect our world from the unknown, and who equally wanted to end her life. From centaurs, and aurents, to Medusa herself Belle has stood between them and innocent lives. In her past she has even taken on a Minotaur, but this time something is different, and Belle is going to learn a long lost secret about this race of monster, even if it kills her. Stand back but don't miss this new action-packed issue!
BELLE HORNS OF MINOTAUR #1
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(W) Dave Franchini (CA) Nelly Jimenez
Belle is a beast hunter, a legacy passed down from mother to daughter in her family for generations. With that duty she has taken on many different kinds of creatures to protect our world from the unknown, and who equally wanted to end her life. From centaurs, and aurents, to Medusa herself Belle has stood between them and innocent lives. In her past she has even taken on a Minotaur, but this time something is different, and Belle is going to learn a long lost secret about this race of monster, even if it kills her. Stand back but don't miss this new action-packed issue!
BRZRKR (BERZERKER) #1
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(W) Matt Kindt (A) Alessandro Vitti (CA) Rafael Grampá
* Discover the next blockbuster action franchise from the iconic KEANU REEVES in his Must Read comic book writing debut alongside New York Times best-selling co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords, Bang!) and acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti (Marvel's Secret Warriors) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior's fight through the ages. * The man known only as Berzerker is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence...even at the sacrifice of his sanity. * But after wandering the world for centuries, Berzerker may have finally found a refuge - working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. * In exchange, Berzerker will be granted the one thing he desires - the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence... and how to end it. NOTE: This is for Mature Readers
BRZRKR (BERZERKER) #1
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(W) Matt Kindt (A) Alessandro Vitti (CA) Alessandro Vitti
* Discover the next blockbuster action franchise from the iconic KEANU REEVES in his Must Read comic book writing debut alongside New York Times best-selling co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords, Bang!) and acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti (Marvel's Secret Warriors) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior's fight through the ages. * The man known only as Berzerker is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence...even at the sacrifice of his sanity. * But after wandering the world for centuries, Berzerker may have finally found a refuge - working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. * In exchange, Berzerker will be granted the one thing he desires - the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence... and how to end it. NOTE: This is for Mature Readers
BRZRKR (BERZERKER) #1
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(W) Matt Kindt (A) Alessandro Vitti
* Discover the next blockbuster action franchise from the iconic KEANU REEVES in his Must Read comic book writing debut alongside New York Times best-selling co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords, Bang!) and acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti (Marvel's Secret Warriors) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior's fight through the ages. * The man known only as Berzerker is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence...even at the sacrifice of his sanity. * But after wandering the world for centuries, Berzerker may have finally found a refuge - working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. * In exchange, Berzerker will be granted the one thing he desires - the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence... and how to end it. NOTE: This is for Mature Readers
BUTCHER QUEEN PLANET OF THE DEAD #1
CVR A BEN SAWYER
(W) Jim Ousley (A) Ben Sawyer (CA) Ben Sawyer
When a young boy discovers a never-before-seen lifeform, Syd Kiowa and her team of misfits must unravel its connection to a series of global attacks from another dimension.
BUTCHER QUEEN PLANET OF THE DEAD #1
CVR B TIM BRADSTREET
(W) Jim Ousley (A) Ben Sawyer (CA) Tim Bradstreet
SYNOPSIS: When a young boy discovers a never-before-seen lifeform, Syd Kiowa and her team of misfits must unravel its connection to a series of global attacks from another dimension.
CHAMPIONS #1 (OF 5)
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(W) Eve Ewing (A) Simone Di Meo (CA) Ron Lim
THE CHAMPIONS RETURN IN TROUBLED TIMES! • A law is passed that goes against everything Ms. Marvel, Nova and Spider-Man founded the Champions for...But the world still needs heroes, even if the world doesn't want them right now. • After Ms. Marvel makes an unexpected and emotional announcement that her team won't go down without a fight, a group of teen vigilantes gathers to plan their next move. But the C.R.A.D.L.E. task force is hot on their trail, and there's a spy in their midst... • Eve L. Ewing (IRONHEART, OUTLAWED) and Simone Di Meo (IMMORTAL HULK: THE BEST DEFENSE and VENOM: ACTS OF EVIL) team up for a dramatic new era of Champions that will define Marvel's teen heroes for years to come! Rated T
COLD DEAD HANDS #1 (OF 3)
(W) Garrett Gunn (A) Lee Milewski (CA) Brian Balondo
Aspiring mercenary, Kit Kelso, comes wrist to wrist with the deadliest hands in history.
COLD DEAD WAR #1 (OF 4)
(W) George C. Romero (A) German Ponce (CA) German Ponce
Trained to kill enemies of American democracy and freedom, the Pacific Pearl team continue to carry on their mission, even now, long after they'd already given their lives to the cause. A Horror-War series set across the past, present and future, a freak occurrence reanimates an island of freshly killed soldiers in the wake of the Battle of Midway in World War 2. Cold Dead War is the official sequel to the well-known Heavy Metal animated film segment "B-17," written by George C. Romero, son of legendary film director George A. Romero and heir to the Romero Dead media franchise!
COLONEL WEIRD COSMAGOG #1 (OF 4)
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(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Tyler Crook (CA) Tyler Crook
From the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series comes a bizarre sci-fi adventure origin story! Wacky space adventurer Colonel Randall Weird leaves Black Hammer farm and embarks on a strange journey through space and time for something that he's long forgotten with his sanity and life at stake! "Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer feels like it's walking two roads-one honoring the past of superhero comics, and one forging a path into the future of the genre."-Cullen Bunn
COLONEL WEIRD COSMAGOG #1 (OF 4)
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(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Tyler Crook (CA) Jeff Lemire
From the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series comes a bizarre sci-fi adventure origin story! Wacky space adventurer Colonel Randall Weird leaves Black Hammer farm and embarks on a strange journey through space and time for something that he's long forgotten with his sanity and life at stake! "Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer feels like it's walking two roads-one honoring the past of superhero comics, and one forging a path into the future of the genre."-Cullen Bunn
COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #1
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(W) Steve Orlando (A) Davide Tinto (CA) Davide Tinto
The last survivors of the Multiverse live among us under new, superheroic identities, five survivors of doomed worlds...taking a second chance to ensure our world lives on. A new twist on strange superhero comics, with a bleeding-edge eye on the modern moment, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS follows in the footsteps of Doom Patrol and Thunderbolts as five unexpected heroes come together to solve a murder unlike any other. The victim? Compassion itself...This is ideacide! A new series by acclaimed writer STEVE ORLANDO (Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol: Milk Wars, Martian Manhunter) and artist DAVIDE TINTO (Marvel Action: Spider-Man), an intense, weird action thriller reminding us about the importance of compassion and hope in the present moment, and putting fists to faces along the way!