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ABE SAPIEN #36

(W) Mike Mignola (A) Sebastian Fiumara (CA) Sebastian Fiumara

The future of mankind hangs in the balance as Abe Sapien finally comes ashore to face the necromancer who's figured out how to use Abe's role in the apocalypse to his advantage. o Series finale!

ALIENS DEFIANCE #5

(W) Brian Wood (A) Riccardo Burchielli (CA) Massimo Carnevale

Zula Hendricks and Davis are about to take on the xenomorph threat as well as a squad of hardened Colonial Marines intent on capturing a specimen in a large midspace fueling station. How far is Zula willing to go to stop her fellow combatants?

ARCHIE ARCHIVES HC #13

(A) Bill Vigoda

There's never a dull moment with Archie, his nutty pal Jughead, and his gal pals Betty and Veronica. Presenting classic Archie tales from comics' Golden Age and featuring the art of Bob Montana, Samm Schwartz, and Bill Vigoda, Archie Archives will bust your gut and tickle your funny bone! Collects Archie Comics #39-#40, Pep Comics #76-#78, and Laugh Comics #35-#37.

AW YEAH COMICS ACTION CAT AND ADVENTURE BUG TP

(W) Art Baltazar (A) Art Baltazar (CA) Art Baltazar

From the pages of Aw Yeah Comics! Art Baltazar and Franco's greatest superheroes, Action Cat and Adventure Bug, star in their very own story! Our heroes run an amazing comics shop, but Evil Cat lurks behind the scenes to do . . . what else? Evil! Beware his new secret weapon, the lizard gun! Collects issues #1-#4.

BALTIMORE EMPTY GRAVES #5

(W) Mike Mignola (A) Peter Bergting (CA) Ben Stenbeck

After the Blood-Red Witch disappears with Baltimore, Sofia and the others must fend off her followers while Rose and Kidd follow a new lead to find the witch and save Baltimore.

BANDETTE HC #3

HOUSE OF THE GREEN MASK

(W) Paul Tobin (A) Colleen Coover (CA) Colleen Coover

Bandette, greatest thief in all the lands, uncovers the greatest of all mysteries: a clue to the location of the legendary House of the Green Mask! But the sinister Voice has set his sights on the same treasure and sent a deadly assassin after the same secrets! Worse, he's stolen the one thing dearest to Bandette's heart. Now, she's after revenge! (And also chocolate.)

BLACK DOG DREAMS OF PAUL NASH LTD ED HC

(W) Dave McKean (A) Dave McKean (CA) Dave McKean

Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Dark Horse proudly presents a new original graphic novel by the legendary artist based on the life of Paul Nash, a surrealist painter during World War I. The Dreams of Paul Nash deals with real soldiers' memoirs, and all the stories add up to a moving piece about how war and extreme situations change us and how we deal with the resultant pain-in Nash's case, by turning his landscapes into powerful and fantastical "psychoscapes."

BLACK DOG DREAMS OF PAUL NASH TP

(W) Dave McKean (A) Dave McKean (CA) Dave McKean

Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Dark Horse proudly presents a new original graphic novel by the legendary artist based on the life of Paul Nash, a surrealist painter during World War I. The Dreams of Paul Nash deals with real soldiers' memoirs, and all the stories add up to a moving piece about how war and extreme situations change us and how we deal with the resultant pain-in Nash's case, by turning his landscapes into powerful and fantastical "psychoscapes."

BLACK HAMMER #0

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Dean Ormston

The Golden Age heroes of Spiral City have been "erased" from existence! Banished years ago to a timeless farming community, the team are torn between accepting their fate and finding a way home! Chapter 2 focuses on child hero Golden Gail, whose unaging body most deeply feels the tragedy of their new lives.

BLACK HAMMER #0

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(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Dean Ormston (CA) Jeff Lemire

The Golden Age heroes of Spiral City have been "erased" from existence! Banished years ago to a timeless farming community, the team are torn between accepting their fate and finding a way home! Chapter 2 focuses on child hero Golden Gail, whose unaging body most deeply feels the tragedy of their new lives.

BOUNTY #2 (OF 10)

(W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Mindy Lee (CA) Mindy Lee

Sisters Nina and Georgie are bounty hunters, wanted criminals, and flat broke. In their quest to finally get paid, they've taken on a dangerous job on a familiar planet. It's a showdown between old enemies and new allies as the epic sci-fi adventure continues! o Rat Queens creator Kurtis Wiebe joins forces with Mindy Lee to present a femme fatale sci-fi caper of epic proportions!

BPRD HELL ON EARTH #144 #35

(W) Mike Mignola (A) Laurence Campbell (CA) Duncan Fegredo

Liz and Johann try to fend off the Ogdru Hem while Kate evacuates BPRD headquarters before the towering Ogdru Jahad can flatten it-and Varvara leads Iosif deeper into Hell.

BRIGGS LAND #1

(W) Brian Wood (A) Mack Chater (CA) Brian Wood

Briggs Land, nearly a hundred square miles of rural wilderness, contains the largest antigovernment secessionist movement in the United States. When matriarch Grace Briggs wrests control of the operation from her incarcerated husband, she sparks a war within the community-and her immediate family-that threatens to bring the full power of the federal government down on their heads. o Perfect for fans of Sons of Anarchy and Justified! o In development for an AMC television show!

BTVS SEASON 10 #30

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(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Rebekah Isaacs (CA) Rebekah Isaacs

In the final issue of Season 10, the fight for the world has come down to Buffy, her friends, and their gamble . . . "Always character driven. Always action packed. Always the best. Buffy the Vampire Slayer should always be on your pull list."-SciFiPulse "Fred Van Lente and Guiu Vilanova's new series is an H. P. Lovecraft inspired take on a murder mystery."-Infinite Comix

BTVS SEASON 10 #30

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(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Rebekah Isaacs (CA) Steve Morris

In the final issue of Season 10, the fight for the world has come down to Buffy, her friends, and their gamble . . . "Always character driven. Always action packed. Always the best. Buffy the Vampire Slayer should always be on your pull list."-SciFiPulse "Fred Van Lente and Guiu Vilanova's new series is an H. P. Lovecraft inspired take on a murder mystery."-Infinite Comix

BUFFY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS GLUTTON PUNISHMENT TP

(W) Kel McDonald (A) Yishan Li (CA) Scott Fischer

When Buffy and Xander sign up for Home Ec, assuming it will be an extra-credit cakewalk, they aren't aware that the teacher is a ravenous tiger demon in disguise! When he's found to be kidnapping his top students and forcing them to cook for him, Buffy must rescue her fellow students-and give the tiger demon his just desserts!

CONAN THE SLAYER #2

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Sergio Davila

Now riding with the fearsome Kozaki, Conan becomes a mentor to one of the chief's two sons-earning the hatred of the other son, who has dire plans for both the tribe and the Cimmerian! Superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Sergio Dávila (Red Sonja, Swords of Sorrow) team up to bring a new chapter of Conan's story to life!

CRYPTOCRACY #3

(W) Van Jensen (A) Pete Woods (CA) Pete Woods

The Nine Prophecies foretell a great cataclysm and the end of the age of the Nine Families that secretly rule the world. The first has come true, and now the mysterious and deadly Hum aims to fulfill the others. Agent Grahame is desperate to prove that Hum is just a man-a man who can be killed. Elsewhere, radio host Bela is drawn into the fight for the fate of the world as she learns some of the Families' long-hidden secrets.

DARK HORSE PRESENTS 2014 #25

(W) Andrew Vachss (A) Carla Speed McNeil (CA) Tim Hamilton

This month's issue features a brand new story by Andrew Vachss! Two great stories conclude: Michael T. Gilbert's Mr. Monster and Dean Motter's Mister X: Pokerface! Then, stick around for all new segments of Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton's Brooklyn Blood, Al Gordon and Bo Hampton's The Once and Future Tarzan, Carla Speed McNeil's Finder: Chase the Lady, and Rich Woodall and Craig Rousseau's Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl! Andrew Vachss (W), Al Gordon (W), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A), Rich Woodall (W), Paul Levitz (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Dean Motter (W/A), Bo Hampton (A), Craig Rousseau (A), and Tim Hamilton (A/Cover)

DAVE MCKEAN CAGES TP 2ND ED

(W) Dave McKean (A) Dave McKean (CA) Dave McKean

Filled with complex characters, intriguing flights of fancy, and all the beautiful visuals you'd expect from the director of MirrorMask, Cages is Dave McKean's magnum opus. It chronicles the intersecting lives of a painter, a writer, and a musician living in the same apartment building, and is a profound rumination on art, God, cats, and the cages we build for ourselves.

DEPT H #5

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt (CA) Matt Kindt

Under six miles of water, the pressure is rising. On her mission to rescue her brother, Mia encounters some of the ocean's most dangerous creatures. It seems that the more clues she uncovers about her father's murder, the more complicated the case becomes. o Featuring content exclusive to the single issues!

FATE ZERO TP #3

(W) Gen Urobuchi (A) Shinjiro

With the Fourth Holy Grail War underway, seven magi and their summoned heroes from history meet and battle to the death to claim the Grail and have their wishes granted. Servants Berserker and Caster reveal the horror of how their masters summoned them, and Kariya's disturbing origins are revealed.

FIFTH BEATLE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY EXPANDED ED TP

(W) Vivek J. Tiwary (A) Andrew Robinson (CA) Andrew Robinson

The Fifth Beatle recounts the untold story of visionary Beatles manager Brian Epstein-who created Beatlemania and guided the band from basement gigs to unprecedented international stardom. This multiple-award-winning graphic novel has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives! This new softcover edition includes a revised sketchbook and Beatles memorabilia bonus section with behind-the-scenes insights from writer Vivek Tiwary and artists Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker-expanded to include eight pages unique to this edition!

FIGHT CLUB 2 LIBRARY HC ED

(W) Chuck Palahniuk (A) Cameron Stewart (CA) David Mack

Rize or Die. New York Times best-selling novelist Chuck Palahniuk and acclaimed artist Cameron Stewart have collaborated for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events of 2015 - the return of Tyler Durden. The first rule of Fight Club 2 might be not to talk about it, but Fight Club 2 is generating international headlines and will introduce a new generation of readers to Project Mayhem. •  Limited edition in slipcase with 50 pages of bonus content. •  Chuck Palahniuk writes the sequel to Fight Club! •  Features a NEW cover by legendary artist David Mack. "Tyler Durden lives and I couldn't be more happier by the prospect of more bedlam." -Newsarama

GOON LIBRARY HC #4

(W) Eric Powell (A) Eric Powell (CA) Eric Powell

Lonely Street comes under all manner of threats both tragic and hilarious in this hardcover edition of The Goon. After surviving the return of Labrazio, Goon wants nothing more than to settle onto a barstool with some whiskey, but a succession of cake-mad hobo gods, snake-hurling hillbillies, and bodacious burlesque dancers have other ideas. And somewhere on Lonely Street, a resurgent Zombie Priest plots his next attack . . .  Collects The Goon Volumes 10-12.