CRIMINAL #1
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) SEAN PHILLIPS (CA) SEAN PHILLIPS
SERIES PREMIERE! THE RETURN OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CRIME COMIC OF THE 21ST CENTURY! Hot off their bestselling series KILL OR BE KILLED and their original graphic novel MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, crime comic masters ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS finally return to their most-demanded title-as a new MONTHLY SERIES! In this double-sized (at no additional cost!) debut issue, Teeg Lawless is back in town. But he finds himself in more trouble than ever, thanks to his delinquent teenage son-and this time, fists and bullets may not be enough to solve his problems. A perfect introduction to CRIMINAL and its dark, exciting world, this series will also include back page art and articles to bring readers more fully into the noir experience.
PETER CANNON THUNDERBOLT #1
CVR A PHILLIPS
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Caspar Wijngaard (CA) SEAN PHILLIPS
His level of genius is matched only by his heroics, and in humanity's darkest hour, he's the hero they need the most-alas, poor humanity. Peter Cannon-the man known as Thunderbolt-is only too happy to leave civilization to face its end. Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + the Divine) teams up with powerhouse artist Caspar Wijngaard (Doctor Aphra) as he returns to the superhero genre with a dark, humorous and relentless love song to the genre. Well, "Love Song" in a Leonard Cohen Love Song kind of way. Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt: saving a world he hates.
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Colin Wilson (CA) SEAN PHILLIPS
In these classic stories by writer Ed Brubaker, Grifter is investigating the attempted murder of his friend John Lynch, while covert operative Holden Carver has been placed undercover in a villainous organization led by TAO. As Holden and Grifter cross paths, will cooler heads prevail? Hell no. Riddled with noir undertones and the action of a spy thriller, SLEEPER BOOK ONE collects POINT BLANK #1-5, SLEEPER #1-12.
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Jim Lee (CA) SEAN PHILLIPS
While spymaster John Lynch slept in a coma, his protégé Holden Carver was trapped undercover. But now Lynch is awake, and Carver, now a high-ranking thug in criminal mastermind Tao's organization, must choose between old loyalties and new. Lynch is given a mission from the ''Powers That Be'' to bring Carver back under his control. But can Lynch pull it off now that Holden has thrown his lot in with Tao? And what is Holden's life like now that he's given up hope he'll ever be redeemed? Torn between new loyalties and his original mission, both Lynch and Carver must decide whose side they're each really on. Includes Coup D'etat: Sleeper #1 and Sleeper Season Two #1-12.