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AFTERSHOCK COMICS

CLANS OF BELARI #2

(W) Rob Blackie (A) Daniel Maine (CA) Andy Clarke

The Clan Chieftains rebuke Cluthian's bid for Chieftain status, so he turns to amassing alien-tech weapons with which he may take what he wants by force. Te'a has gotten a taste for flying, and despite the class rules against her - she wants nothing more than to become a pilot. She convinces Gummy to pressure a mysterious underground operator to circumvent the rules, but in doing so, Gummy has made a deal with the devil (yes, Cluthian) that is certain to come back to haunt him and Te'a.

SEVEN SEAS ENT - AIRSHIP

CLASSROOM OF ELITE LIGHT NOVEL SC #10

VOL 9

(W) Syougo Kinugasa (A) Shunsaku Tomose (CA) Shunsaku Tomose

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom - if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?

ANTARCTIC PRESS

COARAPTOR KAIJU OF THE WIND #4

(W) Hiroshi Kanatani (A) Hiroshi Kanatani

Something's got the Lone Star State all shook up, so once again, the Guardian Angels of Texas (GAT) must gain the reluctant aid of Qaletaqa, friend and master of Coaraptor.  This time, Coaraptor comes up against a quake-causing kaiju so heavy-handed, it can be downright unmovable.  It's Earth vs. Wind, so the story's gonna be fire!

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE

COLD DEAD WAR TP

(W) George C. Romero

Trained to kill enemies of American democracy and freedom, the Cold Dead teammates 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 II.

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING

COMIC BOOK ARTIST BULLPEN TP

Comic Book Artist Bullpen collects all seven issues of the little-seen labor of love fanzine published in the early 2000s by Jon B. Cooke (editor of Comic Book Creator magazine). Featured are in-depth interviews with some of comics' major league players, including George Tuska, Fred Hembeck, Terry Beatty, and Frank Bolle-and an amazing all-star tribute to Silver Age great Jack Abel by the Marvel Comics Bullpen and others. That previously unpublished all-comics Abel appreciation includes strips by Joe Kubert, Walter Simonson, Kyle Baker, Marie Severin, Gray Morrow, Alan Weiss, Sergio Aragonés, Mort Todd, Dick Ayers, and many more! Plus a new bonus feature on Jack Kirby's unknown 1960s baseball card art, and a 16-page full-color section, all behind a Jack Kirby cover!

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #26

Comic Book Creator presents our career-spanning, in-depth interview with comics phenom Terry Dodson, from breaking into comics at Malibu with Mantra, growth as the quintessential Harley Quinn artist, avoiding a multitude of trouble with Trouble, bouncing between DC (Wonder Woman), Marvel (X-Men), and independents (Red One) and his current Adventureman series with Matt Fraction. Then his go-to inker and wife Rachel Dodson shares a few words about working with hubby! Plus we chat with '70s/'80s portfolio and pro-zine king Sal Quartuccio about his achievements with Phase, Hot Stuf', and exceptional art prints. And, of course, there's our usual cast of regulars: Rich Arndt, Kendall Whitehouse, Darrick Patrick, and the latest from Hembeck!

MANUSCRIPT PRESS

COMICS REVUE PRESENTS AUGUST 2021 #69

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jim Keegan

America's longest-running magazine of classic comics now has twice as many pages of strips as the earlier version, on better paper, includes 8 pages of full-color comic strips, and contains, complete in this issue, "Locusts," the first Buz Sawyer story not yet reprinted in book form. Plus, Drago by Burne Hogarth, Flash Gordon by Harry Harrison, Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde, The Phantom by Sy Barry, Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Tarzan by Gil Kane, Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, and Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts. Plus: a wealth of B&W features!

IMAGE COMICS

COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #11 (OF 12)

CVR A TINTO

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Davide Tinto (CA) Davide Tinto

The fate of all existence comes down to a fistfight. The credits DO say STEVE ORLANDO after all. This is a blockbuster! Every hero left on the last Earth left in the last reality left turns out against the Extinction Society. It's a final race to stave off the very destruction we've brought on ourselves. Can we be good enough, long enough? We better hope so, because the fate of our Earth might've once rested in the hands of the Crisis Command, but they just put it in ours.

IMAGE COMICS

COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #11 (OF 12)

CVR B MARION

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Davide Tinto (CA) V Kenneth Marion

The fate of all existence comes down to a fistfight. The credits DO say STEVE ORLANDO after all. This is a blockbuster! Every hero left on the last Earth left in the last reality left turns out against the Extinction Society. It's a final race to stave off the very destruction we've brought on ourselves. Can we be good enough, long enough? We better hope so, because the fate of our Earth might've once rested in the hands of the Crisis Command, but they just put it in ours.

IMAGE COMICS

COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #11 (OF 12)

CVR C KHALIDAH

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Davide Tinto (CA) Qistina Khalidah

The fate of all existence comes down to a fistfight. The credits DO say STEVE ORLANDO after all. This is a blockbuster! Every hero left on the last Earth left in the last reality left turns out against the Extinction Society. It's a final race to stave off the very destruction we've brought on ourselves. Can we be good enough, long enough? We better hope so, because the fate of our Earth might've once rested in the hands of the Crisis Command, but they just put it in ours.

IMAGE COMICS

COMPASS #3 (OF 5)

(W) Robert Mackenzie (A) Justin Greenwood (CA) Justin Greenwood

GREG RUCKA proudly presents a new direction in adventure with... COMPASS! Evil pursues Shahidah El-Amin to the ends of the Earth...and miles beneath it. The quest for the Cauldron of Eternal Life takes Shahi - and her one-time sister-in-arms, now enemy, Ling Hua - deep within the darkest caverns of Christendom, where the treasure hunters face monsters, visions, and the legions of the dead! The acclaimed OLD GUARD: TALES THROUGH TIME team of writers ROBERT MACKENZIE and DAVE WALKER (LAZARUS SOURCEBOOK) and artist JUSTIN GREENWOOD (LAZARUS: X +66, Stumptown) plunge comics' boldest new heroine to thrilling depths of danger!

MARVEL COMICS

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #24

(W) Jim Zub (A) Cory Smith (CA) Geoff Shaw

A PERFECT STORM! •  CONAN sails home from his adventures in Khitai...but crossing the sea will prove to be his deadliest experience yet! •  If the crew is to survive, they'll need to pull together against the forces of nature...but is there something else at play? And who can Conan trust? •  It all leads up to the landmark 300th issue next month and a shocking return to a fan-favorite Conan era! Parental Advisory

ANTARCTIC PRESS

COOKIE & KID VOL 02 #2

(W) Alex Kosakowski (A) Alex Kosakowski

Cookie and his friends are captured by the deceitful elf Hube.  Now they're trapped in the spiders' den, tangled in webs, frightened and lost, with no hope for escape.  It's dinnertime, and Cookie and the Kid are the main course!

ACTION LAB - DANGER ZONE

CRASH & TROY #2

(W) Jarred Lujan (A) Kyler Clodfelter (CA) Kyler Clodfelter

Oof! Crash & Troy really screwed themselves and a couple of planets! Considered terrorists after breaking out Wexia-2's great dictator Jongil, they must... imprison him again! Delphi, their mission's handler, hates being paired up with those idiots, but the fate of Wexia-1 depends on them!

DARK HORSE COMICS

CREEPING HC

(W) Zack Keller (A) Doug Wheatley (CA) Doug Wheatley

A new internet challenge called "creeping" is sweeping across social media. "Creeping" is a dangerous online trend that dares participants to spend the night at a frightening location-from crumbling cemeteries to derelict morgues. As more people join in, the competition increases-who can outdo the latest scary destination? One group of thrillseekers determines to find the most terrifying place in the world-an abandoned medieval fortress turned insane asylum fills the bill, but they soon realize they are in for more than they bargained for. Written by Zack Keller (Death Head, Meet Me at The Falls) with original story by Mike Richardson (Echoes, Living with the Dead), and art by Doug Wheatley (AVP: Thicker than Blood, Star Wars: Dark Times), this graphic novel takes you on a horrifying journey where fun and mischief take a shocking turn into the ultimate fight for survival.  

WARRANT PUBLISHING COMPANY

CREEPS ANNUAL #4

2022 SPOOKTACULAR

The Creeps 2022 Spooktacular recreates the iconic Warren horror annuals popular in the 1970's by emulating Warren's early page layouts. This Annual edition collects of the best stories from the early years of The Creeps in a perfect bound collector's edition. Each issue is a highly collectible instant classic!

BEEHIVE BOOKS

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AN ILLUMINATED EDITION

(W) Fyodor Dostoevsky (A) Dave McKean

Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, arguably the first modern exploration of psychological realism, is not only a gem of Russian literature but an internationally renowned classic. Now this masterpiece has been vividly transformed by the powerful illustrations of renowned graphic artist Dave McKean, whose multimedia paintings are shrouded with the specters and shadows of Raskolnikov's fever dreams. Featuring over one hundred full-page paintings, spot illustrations and illuminated letters, and housed in an elaborately die-cut and embossed slipcase, this is an heirloom edition designed as a work of art in its own right. Introduction by Lonny Harrison.

DC COMICS

CRIME SYNDICATE #6 (OF 6) CVR A HOWARD PORTER

(W) Andy Schmidt (A) Kieran McKeown, Bryan Hitch (CA) Howard Porter

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Ultragirl? That’s right, folks, Kara Zor-El of Earth-3 arrives, and it’s far from a happy family reunion! Can Ultraman take his cousin down and reclaim his place as the true last survivor of Krypton? Meanwhile, on a hidden island in the Pacific, Emerald Knight must finally decide: Will he stand with the Legion of Justice? Or will he give in to the Crime Syndicate? Don’t miss out on the shocking finale that shakes Earth-3 to its core!

DC COMICS

CRIME SYNDICATE #6 (OF 6) CVR B EVAN DOC SHANER CARD STOCK VAR

(W) Andy Schmidt (A) Kieran McKeown, Bryan Hitch (CA) Evan Doc Shaner

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Ultragirl? That’s right, folks, Kara Zor-El of Earth-3 arrives, and it’s far from a happy family reunion! Can Ultraman take his cousin down and reclaim his place as the true last survivor of Krypton? Meanwhile, on a hidden island in the Pacific, Emerald Knight must finally decide: Will he stand with the Legion of Justice? Or will he give in to the Crime Syndicate? Don’t miss out on the shocking finale that shakes Earth-3 to its core!

AARDVARK VANAHEIM

CRISIS ON INFINITE QUARANTINE ONE SHOT #0

(W) Dave Sim (A) Gustave Dore (CA) Gustave Dore

You thought we were kidding about "Infinite Quarantine" when we ran these strips online last spring.  We're betting Crisis on Infinite Quarantine will be as timely at the end of summer 2021 as it was in the spring of 2020 as the Earth continues to play planet-wide whack-a-mole with a microscopic basketball with knobby little things sticking out of it. If not?

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

CRISIS ZONE TP

(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann

In March 2020, as the planet began to enter lockdown, acclaimed cartoonist Simon Hanselmann set out to make the greatest webcomic ever created! As the Covid-19 pandemic continued to escalate, Crisis Zone escalated right alongside with daily posts on Instagram. Crisis Zone is presented here, unabridged and uncensored, with a slew of added pages and scenes deleted from the webcomic, as well as an extensive "Director's Commentary" from Hanselmann himself. Bouncing rapidly between comedy, horror, action, and relational soap-operatics, Crisis Zone refuses to take the pedal off the gas as we all hurtle towards unknown destinations.

DARK HORSE COMICS

CRITICAL ROLE VOX MACHINA ORIGINS III #4 (OF 6)

(W) Matthew Mercer (A) Olivia Samson (CA) Marina Romero Arias

Waging war in the wintry wastes! Vox Machina - members who aren't magically frozen, anyway - follow their mystery assailant through a portal and find themselves facing something much bigger, both literally and metaphorically, than they anticipated!

AVATAR PRESS INC

CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #1 NWO FIFTY SHADES ANDRADE VAR #0

(CA) Gabriel Andrade

Crossed +100: Mimic-New World Order Fifty Shades Editions - Limited to 50 Copies Each!

AVATAR PRESS INC

CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #1 NWO FIFTY SHADES BURROWS VAR #0

(CA) Jacen Burrows

Crossed +100: Mimic-New World Order Fifty Shades Editions - Limited to 50 Copies Each!

AVATAR PRESS INC

CROSSED PLUS 100 MIMIC #1 NWO FIFTY SHADES MARTIN VAR #0

(CA) Matt Martin

Crossed +100: Mimic-New World Order Fifty Shades Editions - Limited to 50 Copies Each!