AFTERSHOCK COMICS
DARK RED #5
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Corin Howell (CA) Aaron Campbell
Chip is trapped in an abandoned oil refinery with an army of Nazi vampires - his only allies are a sick woman and a fumbling alcoholic. The end is near. Doom awaits. And Chip - the angry, lonely rural vampire - finally gets his chance to be a good guy. Tim Seeley (BRILLIANT TRASH, Hack/Slash, Grayson) and Corin Howell (Ghostbusters, Bat-Mite) bring you a contemporary and horrifying tale of vampirism in the heart of America - one that'll make you jump right out of your boots.
DEAD KINGS TP #1
(W) Steve Orlando (A) Matthew Dow Smith (CA) Matthew Dow Smith
Sasha never saw his younger brother...until the secret police made him disappear. Sasha Vasnetsov left Thrice-Nine-the dirty folklore world that limps along in the wreckage of a Technomagic War-thirty years ago and never looked back. But word that the secret police have sent his brother Gena to a work camp for the socially degenerate drags him back, with a promise to free Gena and return him to their mother before her fiftieth birthday. The only problem? Sasha isn't a fraction of the tough guy he tries to be, so if he's going to break back into Thrice-Nine...he'll need help. Sasha's only hope is Maria Kamenaya, a former Technomagic Warrior with hundreds of enemy kills to her name, betrayed by the country that made her when her honor conflicted with their agenda. Thrice-Nine took Sasha's brother, and it took Maria's heart. This quest is how they get both of those things back, in the steaming, lawless land of decapitated states...the land of DEAD KINGS. Like True Grit set in the world of Final Fantasy, DEAD KINGS is unrelenting with its passion and thrills, massive in scale and unflinching as it peers into the underside of the obligations that drive us all: to family and country. It's a classic Wild West revenge cast against a haunting, awe-inspiring vision of a future where we've mortally wounded the world, and the prisoners are the only ones left to run the penitentiary
DESCENDENT #3
(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Evgeny Bornyakov (CA) Juan Doe
What do the Salem witch trials and a missing Senator's son have in common? The third installment of DESCENDENT from Stephanie Phillips (Devil Within, Kicking Ice) and Evgeniy Bornyakov (Meteora, Ziggy) investigates the missing link between a mysterious cult and disappearing children. But, as David gets closer to finding out the truth, the cult gets closer to David. Oh, and someone dies. #sorrynotsorry
KILLER GROOVE #3
(W) Ollie Masters (A) Eoin Marron (CA) Eoin Marron
The mayhem continues as Jackie finds herself rubbing shoulders with Jonny's high-flying musician friends when she's hired to track down an old blues musician's guitar. From Ollie Masters (The Kitchen, Snow Blind) and Eoin Marron (HER INFERNAL DESCENT, Army of Darkness, James Bond) comes the next rock'n'roll sensation, with a beat that'll kill you dead.
KNIGHTS TEMPORAL #1
CVR A GALAN
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Fran Galan (CA) Fran Galan
When Auguste de Riviere returned from the Crusades, he was ashamed and horrified by the things he had done. Hoping to reclaim his soul, he pledges to root out evil wherever it might be found. But when he pursued a vile sorcerer into a forbidden forest, his life was shattered. Au-guste ventured into the dark forest, but emerged in the modern world. Accompanied now by the enigmatic Jane Fool, Auguste hunts a madman while trying to piece together the mystery of his very existence.
LAST SPACE RACE #5
(W) Peter Calloway (A) Alex Shibao (CA) Alex Shibao
Disaster! With the success of the saboteur, the ship meant to fly to the mysterious, alien vessel is minutes away from destruction. Will Sasha and Roger be able to save it before everyone on board is killed? Or will they burn up in Earth's atmosphere? Find out what happens in the exciting, action packed conclusion of the first arc of THE LAST SPACE RACE! Written by Peter Calloway (TV's Legion, Cloak & Dagger, American Gods) and drawn by Alex Shibao (Independence Day), THE LAST SPACE RACE is an imaginative investigation into wonder, hope and humankind's grandest purpose - a truly original story AfterShock couldn't be more fired up to tell.
MARY SHELLEY MONSTER HUNTER #4
(W) Adam Glass (A) Hayden Sherman (CA) Hayden Sherman
Mary and her cohorts cover up a murder, but for the crime, Adam must die. Victoria attempts to end Adam's life but fails, driving him, heartbroken, off into the woods. But when female members of Victoria's house staff start going missing, Mary discovers that Adam has done the unthinkable to heal his shattered heart. Brought to life by Adam Glass (ROUGH RIDERS, THE NORMALS, THE LOLLIPOP KIDS) and Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (TV's The Arrangement) with art by Hayden Sherman (COLD WAR, The Few, Wasted Space), MARY SHELLEY: MONSTER HUNTER is historical fiction at its most (After)shocking!
ORPHAN AGE #4
(W) Ted Anderson (A) Nuno Plati (CA) Nuno Plati
The city of Albany. Old friends. Old times. Old wounds. Freedom of speech. The paradox of money. High walls and far sight. An attack from unexpected directions. Written by Ted Anderson (MOTH & WHISPER, My Little Pony, Adventure Time) with art by Nuno Plati (Alpha: Big Time, Marvel Girl).
OUT OF THE BLUE HC GN #2 (OF 2)
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Keith Burns (CA) Keith Burns
The second and final volume of Garth Ennis' oversized hardcover original graphic novel series. Jamie McKenzie's fighter-bomber strike missions against the Germans get even deadlier, but his ongoing feud with his own commanding officer is no picnic either. His loving wife Beth provides a surprise or two of her own- but Jamie soon finds that there are those who've paid a steeper price than himself in the battle with Hitler's Reich. The stage is set for a showdown high above the frozen fjords of Norway, as a horde of Nazi fighters lie in wait for the RAF Mosquito squadrons. Writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) and artist Keith Burns (War Stories) re-unite after the success of their series Johnny Red, presenting another tale of World War Two aerial combat - featuring skies black with flak and enemy fighters, nail-biting low-level action, and the dark humor of men whose lives can be snatched away at any second... Out of the Blue.
TRUST FALL #2
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) Chris Visions (CA) Chris Visions
As the cops close in, Ash Parsons might take the fall for her family's latest heist. But in order to understand why her family has abandoned her, Ash must stay free-and so she sets out to explore the city she's been isolated from her whole life. As her family's new masters, Dead Flag, looms, the answers Ash digs up might destroy her world before she destroys theirs. Brought to life by Christopher Sebela (COLD WAR, Crowded, Shanghai Red, High Crimes) and Chris Visions (Dead Letters, Spider-Gwen, Bitch Planet), TRUST FALL is the crime drama you won't want to miss!
WALK THROUGH HELL #12
(W) Garth Ennis (A) Goran Sudzuka (CA) Goran Sudzuka
Carnahan-or what now looks out from behind his eyes-finally tells Shaw the truth about what's in store for humanity. As the world begins its transformation according to the villain's grand design, Shaw realizes she has only one card left to play-one that will almost certainly mean her own destruction. The next chapter in a new kind of horror story for modern America, written by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys, The Punisher) and drawn by Goran Sud uka (Y: The Last Man, Hellblazer).