AVENGERS ARENA TP COMPLETE COLLECTION
(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker (CA) DAVE JOHNSON
Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman teens - including members of the Runaways and Avengers Academy - are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die. And only one of them will make it out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that tests each combatant's skills, stamina and morals. Welcome to Arcade's Murderworld - where secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game! Cammi and Hazmat battle the mysterious Death Locket, and X-23 and Juston Seyfert's Sentinel join the fray - but who is the killer stalking the heroes in their sleep? Who are the students of the Braddock Academy? And why does Darkhawk equal death? As emotions run high and the bloody final battle draws ever closer, who will find a way to survive? Collecting AVENGERS ARENA #1-18. Rated T+
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(W) Dan Jurgens (A) Will Conrad (CA) DAVE JOHNSON
Batman's got a bull's-eye on his back in part four of "Target: Batman." Thanks to the machinations of the Scarecrow, the entire city of Neo-Gotham is looking to take aim at the Dark Knight-including his own partner, Robin! Will hero turn against hero when fear is in the air? Elsewhere, former Royal Flusher Melanie Walker looks to upgrade her image and take on a new heroic mantle, so she seeks advice from newsman Jack Ryder-unaware that he's a total costumed Creeper!
DEADPOOL ASSASSIN #5 (OF 6)
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(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Mark Bagley (CA) DAVE JOHNSON
• The Assassins Guild has been hunting Deadpool and the people he cares about, but they messed with the wrong Merc! • IN THIS ISSUE - Deadpool and his pals take the fight to the guild and hit 'em where they live...LITERALLY. • I mean it! Deadpool and co. ATTACK THE ASSASSINS GUILD HEADQUARTERS...AND NOT EVERYBODY MAKES IT OUT ALIVE! Parental Advisory
JIMMYS BASTARDS TP #1
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Russell Braun (CA) DAVE JOHNSON
Jimmy Regent, Britain's number one super-spy, has got it all: intrigue, adventure, a license to shoot whoever he likes and beautiful women falling at his feet. He also has a new partner who isn't quite as impressed by Jimmy as all other women appear to be. Now, there's a price to pay for Jimmy's multiple romantic conquests - the results of which are about to come calling in the worst possible way... From the creator and writer of Preacher and The Boys comes the brand-new series that HAD to be told at AfterShock Comics. "Jimmy's Bastards...is a crazy, offensive, beautiful debut to what is sure to be another Garth Ennis winner!" - Lucas Wagner of thatsnotcurrent.com
SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #37
(W) Robbie Thompson (A) Jim Towe (CA) DAVE JOHNSON
• Master Matrix might be the most powerful android on Earth, but it's a total amateur at personhood. • Who better to teach it how to be a human being than SPIDER-MAN and DEADPOOL?! • It's "My Two Super-Dads"! Aren't the best parents always trying to settle old grudges through their children? Rated T+
WITCHER LIBRARY EDITION HC
(W) Paul Tobin (A) Joe Querio (CA) Mike Mignola
Featuring story art by Joe Querio, Piotr Kowalski, Max Bertolini, with a bonus sketchbook section and additional art by DAVE JOHNSON (100 Bullets), Dan Panosian (Slots), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Duncan Fegredo (MPH), Simon Bisley (Lobo), and a cover by Mike Mignola (Hellboy). Collects issues #1-#5 of the Witcher comic series House of Glass, Fox Children, Curse of Crows, and the Killing Monsters one-shot-and features annotations from the creators of the comics, as well as a sketchbook section. "Tobin has the world and characters down pat now, this is an authentic Witcher story through and through."-Bloody Disgusting