CHAINSAW MAN GN #7
(W) Tatsuki Fujimoto (A) Tatsuki Fujimoto
Denji's career as a devil hunter is really taking off! And after he appears on TV, the whole world knows about the mysterious Chainsaw Man. But that's not all good news, considering assassins are now on their way to Japan to claim his heart! Can Denji's team keep him safe from the world's most dangerous killers? For older teen audiences.
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER SONS #7 (OF 7) CVR A SIMONE DI MEO
(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Max Raynor (CA) Simone Di Meo
The boys have saved just about every single member of the Justice League from a horrendous fate at the hands of the DOOM SCROLL…but can the boys save themselves?! Challenge of the Super Sons ends here!
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER SONS #7 (OF 7) CVR B RILEY ROSSMO CARD STOCK VAR
(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Max Raynor (CA) Riley Rossmo
The boys have saved just about every single member of the Justice League from a horrendous fate at the hands of the DOOM SCROLL…but can the boys save themselves?! Challenge of the Super Sons ends here!
CHAMPIONS #10
(W) Danny Lore (A) Luciano Vecchio (CA) Toni Infante
THE FINALE OF KILLER APP! The Champions win a major victory over Roxxon - only to discover a much deadlier threat waiting in the wings! Can they win against vicious machines engineered to predict their every move? Or is it the end of the line for our young heroes? RATED T
ARTISTS WRITERS & ARTISANS INC
CHARIOT TP
(W) Bryan Edward Hill (A) Priscilla Petraites (CA) Jeff Dekal
The Chariot was a Cold War-era secret government project to provide its star agent with a weapon unlike any other in the form of a super-charged muscle car. It sank into the ocean decades ago, and the agent along with it. Now, a petty criminal looking to reform his life has stumbled upon the Chariot, and he's about to find out that the agent's consciousness is still controlling it in this synthwave thriller.
CHARLES ADDAMS A CARTOONISTS LIFE HC
(W) Linda H. Davis
The Addams Family is creepy and kooky, but believe it or not, the real Addams family was even more strange and outrageous than the beloved comic's characters. In Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life, meet the legendary cartoonist behind the altogether ooky Addams Family in this first biographical exposé, written with exclusive access to Charles' Addams' private archives. Take a front-row seat to the widespread rumors and storytelling genius behind one of America's oddest and most iconic creators. Even as The Addams Family grew in fame, the life of Charles Addams remained shrouded in mystery. Did he really sleep in a coffin and drink martinis garnished with eyeballs? In reality, Addams himself was charismatic and spellbinding as the characters he created. Discover the real stories behind Addams' most famous, and most private drawings, including the cartoon that offended the Nazis. From his dazzling love for sports cars and beautiful women-Jackie Kennedy and Joan Fontaine among them-to the darkest relationship of his life, this witty book reveals Addams' life as never before. With rare family photographs, classic and previously unpublished cartoons, and private drawings accompanying this portrait of Charles Addams, Linda H. Davis provides a fascinating journey into the life of a beloved American icon.
CHARLES ADDAMS A CARTOONISTS LIFE SC
(W) Linda H. Davis
The Addams Family is creepy and kooky, but believe it or not, the real Addams family was even more strange and outrageous than the beloved comic's characters. In Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life, meet the legendary cartoonist behind the altogether ooky Addams Family in this first biographical exposé, written with exclusive access to Charles' Addams' private archives. Take a front-row seat to the widespread rumors and storytelling genius behind one of America's oddest and most iconic creators. Even as The Addams Family grew in fame, the life of Charles Addams remained shrouded in mystery. Did he really sleep in a coffin and drink martinis garnished with eyeballs? In reality, Addams himself was charismatic and spellbinding as the characters he created. Discover the real stories behind Addams' most famous, and most private drawings, including the cartoon that offended the Nazis. From his dazzling love for sports cars and beautiful women-Jackie Kennedy and Joan Fontaine among them-to the darkest relationship of his life, this witty book reveals Addams' life as never before. With rare family photographs, classic and previously unpublished cartoons, and private drawings accompanying this portrait of Charles Addams, Linda H. Davis provides a fascinating journey into the life of a beloved American icon.
CHARLIES SPOT #1
CVR A ALPI & LAXTON
(W) George O'Connor (A) Meredith Laxton (CA) Meredith Laxton
Chaos! It's a turf war between rival groups for control of the park's best busking spot. Clowns vs. bears! Jugglers vs. dancers! Improvers vs. hula-hoopers! It's up to the spot's former owner, Charlie, to bring peace back to the city. But why is this spot so important to Charlie? Features the first of four linked variant covers featuring extraordinary watercolor paintings by interior artist Meredith Laxton!
CHARLIES SPOT #1
CVR B LAXTON
(W) George O'Connor (A) Meredith Laxton (CA) Meredith Laxton
Chaos! It's a turf war between rival groups for control of the park's best busking spot. Clowns vs. bears! Jugglers vs. dancers! Improvers vs. hula-hoopers! It's up to the spot's former owner, Charlie, to bring peace back to the city. But why is this spot so important to Charlie? Features the first of four linked variant covers featuring extraordinary watercolor paintings by interior artist Meredith Laxton!
CHECKMATE #5 (OF 6) CVR A ALEX MALEEV
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Alex Maleev (CA) Alex Maleev
THE DAEMON ROSE IDENTITY…REVEALED! Ripped from the pages of Justice League! As Checkmate digs deeper, it's obvious that what Leviathan is selling is a dirty lie that cannot sustain itself…so Checkmate has to…INFILTRATE LEVIATHAN. But with Checkmate being so outside of the system, once any of them go undercover, they are officially…not on our side.
CHECKMATE #5 (OF 6) CVR B MATT TAYLOR CARD STOCK VAR
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Alex Maleev (CA) Matt Taylor
CHERRY BLACKBIRD #4 (OF 5)
(W) Joseph Schmalke (A) Joseph Schmalke
Black Caravan Imprint: After the events of last issue, rockstar Cherry Blackbird comes face to face with the deadly Mr. October and he's about to learn he just messed with the wrong woman. Cherry is out to save her soul from eternal damnation, and heaven help anyone who gets in her way! The blood-soaked cross-country trip continues. Mature readers only. Each issue comes polybagged.
CHICKEN DEVIL #1
CVR A HAYDEN SHERMAN
(W) Brian Buccellato (A) Hayden Sherman (CA) Hayden Sherman
Mitchell Moss is about as regular as it gets. He's married with two children, and co-owns a successful chain of Memphis Hot Chicken restaurants. It's not the life that screams hero/vigilante...until he discovers that his business partner is in bed with the mob and owes them $2 million. Unfortunately, Mitch is ill-equipped to be a badass-he's just a guy who makes really good chicken. Can he protect his family from cold-blooded gangsters? Absolutely not. But maybe the CHICKEN DEVIL can... Writer Brian Buccellato (Detective Comics, The Flash, Witchblade) and artist Hayden Sherman (COLD WAR, MARY SHELLEY MONSTER HUNTER) serve up a darkly comedic crime drama that's juicy, tender and finger-lickin' hilarious.
CHILLING ADV OF SABRINA #9
CVR A HACK
(W) Roberto Aguirre Sacasa (A) Robert Hack (CA) Robert Hack
THE HIT HORROR SERIES THAT SPAWNED A MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL NETFLIX SERIES RETURNS! "WITCH WAR" Part 3: "The Sacrificial Lamb" - Sabrina has brought Harvey's body back to life (along with her father's soul). But there is a cost to everything. Unless she wants the Gates of Hell to open, Sabrina must find a person to sacrifice in Harvey's place. But wait... Sabrina would never kill someone, would she?
CHILLING ADV OF SABRINA #9
CVR B HACK
(W) Roberto Aguirre Sacasa (A) Robert Hack (CA) Robert Hack
THE HIT HORROR SERIES THAT SPAWNED A MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL NETFLIX SERIES RETURNS! "WITCH WAR" Part 3: "The Sacrificial Lamb" - Sabrina has brought Harvey's body back to life (along with her father's soul). But there is a cost to everything. Unless she wants the Gates of Hell to open, Sabrina must find a person to sacrifice in Harvey's place. But wait... Sabrina would never kill someone, would she?
CHRISTMAS PIG HC
(W) J. K. Rowling (A) Jim Field (CA) Morse Hernandez
One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve, something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack's newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP's annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they'll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known... A heartwarming page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world's greatest storytellers. Featuring 9 black and white spreads and decorative inside art from renowned illustrator, Jim Field.
CHU #9
(W) John Layman (A) Dan Boultwood (CA) Dan Boultwood
"(SHE) DRUNK HISTORY," Part Four"Steal the priceless painting, Saffron Chu," the mob boss says, "or I put a bullet in your head and the heads of your entire crew." "Where can I find this painting?" Saffron asks. His answer: "1808."
CIMMERIAN BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #1
CVR A CLARA TESSIER
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Anthony Jean (CA) Clara Tessier
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion...
CIMMERIAN BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #1
CVR B JEAN
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Anthony Jean (CA) Anthony Jean
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion...
CIMMERIAN BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #1
CVR C TAMURA
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Anthony Jean (CA) Breno Tamura
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion...
CIMMERIAN BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #1
CVR D CASAS
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Anthony Jean (CA) Fritz Casas
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion...
CIMMERIAN BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #1
CVR E BLANK
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Anthony Jean (CA) Blank Cover
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Picte country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the colonists who have established themselves here, on these hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody invasion...
CIMMERIAN HC #3
(W) Robert E. Howard (A) Virginie Augustin (CA) Virginie Augustin
Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! Ablaze returns with two more thrilling adventures of Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 3 includes two complete stories, Iron Shadows in the Moon and The Man-Eaters of Zamboula! In Iron Shadows in the Moon, a young woman in danger is pursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just been wiped out by this same master, puts an end to the beauty's pursuer, and saves her with a blow of his sword. Bound by fate, the couple decide to hit the road together. Their journey takes them to an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited by dark magic. Their paradise-like refuge soon turns into a suffocating nightmare where shadows lurk. Who knows the extent of the dangers that lie there? They will quickly learn that on an island, the biggest threat does not always come from the outside... Iron Shadows in the Moon reveals the genius of its author in describing universes as singular as they are mysterious. With her line, both delicate and powerful, Virginie Augustin illustrates this oppressive and mystical atmosphere, and gives the story a new graphic breath. In The Man-Eaters of Zamboula, the Cimmerian finds himself in the land of a thousand and one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages and cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene of many dark legends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned of the dangers of Aram Baksh's home. It is said that most of the foreigners who stay there disappear under obscure circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian is spending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious cases of kidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret, even more terrible, linked to the whole of the city of Zamboula... A story imbued with orientalism and macabre witchcraft, The Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess the opportunity to deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic book story of exotic and dark beauty. BONUS: Includes the original Robert E Howard prose stories and a complete cover gallery!
CINEMA RETRO #51
We end the year with a "Blockbuster" of an issue, with a 12-page feature on the Cinerama drama Ice Station Zebra (1969), a 14-page photo-fest dedicated to Cleopatra (1963), and a 7-page feature on Sean Connery's forgotten Russian/Italian roadshow movie, The Red Tent (1969). If that's not enough, Terence Denham asks if Michael (Hammer) Carreras' western Savage Guns (scripted by Jimmy Sangster!) should be regarded as the "first" spaghetti western? All of this, plus our usual round of DVD, Book and CD news and reviews.
CIRQUE DU FREAK MANGA OMNIBUS GN #4
(W) Darren Shan (A) Takahiro Arai
Setting out from Vampire Mountain, Darren embarks on a mission as part of an elite quartet sent to find the Vampanese Lord. Along their journey, though, they are imparted an ominous prophecy: "...If you have face the Vampaneze Lord four times and fail to kill him, only one of you will live to witness the fall of the vampire clan."