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(W) Bryan Hill (A) Dexter Soy (CA) Blank Cover

When the quest for justice drives Batman into some morally ambiguous areas, he calls in the most moral man he knows: Jefferson Pierce, a.k.a. Black Lightning, and his team of operatives known as the Outsiders! Several years ago Batman perso NAlly put the Barrera family into hiding after they suffered through terrible experiments at the hands of an organization called the Ark. Now all but one of them has turned up dead...and Batman needs to locate Sofia Barrera before the wrong people get their hands on her-and her surprising power! But it wouldn't be Batman without a hidden agenda, would it? And when Black Lightning, Kata NA, the Sig NAl and Orphan find out what Batman is really up to, their every loyalty will be called into question!

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(W) Bob Haney (A) Jim Aparo (CA) Karl Kerschl

Throughout the 1970s Batman fought evil side by side with DC's greatest-and occasio NAlly, strangest-superheroes, including these tales guest-starring such legendary heroes as the Teen Titans, the Flash, the Metal Men, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Black Ca NAry and others. Collects THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #92-109.

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(W) Bill Finger (A) Dick Sprang (CA) J. Bone

This fourth Golden Age collection includes dozens of stories from the mid-1940s in which the Dy NAmic Duo battle evildoers including the Penguin, The Joker, Two-Face and many more. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #92-111, BATMAN #26-35 and stories from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #15-22.

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(W) Bill Finger (A) Dick Sprang (CA) Jim Aparo

In these tales from the late 1940s, the Dy NAmic Duo battle evil-doers including the Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman and many more. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #113-132, BATMAN #36-45 and stories from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #23-32.

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(W) Jeph Loeb (A) Tim Sale (CA) Tim Sale

From the early days of Batman's crimefighting career, this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays. Working with Harvey Dent and Lieute NAnt Gordon, Batman races to discover who Holiday is! Collected from the origi NAl 13-issue series!

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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Jock (CA) Jock

Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of METAL, but now he is e NActing a sinister plan across the Multiverse-something both terrifying and oddly familiar. But when Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won't break...the same rule that created this insatiable villain-the Batman Who Laughs!

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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Jock (CA) Ben Oliver

Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of METAL, but now he is e NActing a sinister plan across the Multiverse-something both terrifying and oddly familiar. But when Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won't break...the same rule that created this insatiable villain-the Batman Who Laughs!

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(W) Scott Snyder (A) Jock (CA) Blank Cover

Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of METAL, but now he is e NActing a sinister plan across the Multiverse-something both terrifying and oddly familiar. But when Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won't break...the same rule that created this insatiable villain-the Batman Who Laughs!

KODANSHA COMICS

BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN #5

(W) Yukito Kishiro (A) Yukito Kishiro (CA) Yukito Kishiro

The cyber-martial arts saga that has spanned a solar system and over two decades in print returns, with creator Yukito Kishiro's new sequel that reveals the true story of Alita's childhood on Mars, and the mind-bending adventures that still await her. For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system's most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl NAmed Yoko. The future and past of the battle angel fan out across the reaches of space in the fi NAl chapter of one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!

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WONDERLAND REBIRTH

(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Fer NAndo Blanco (CA) Michael Cho

When Colonel Jacob Kane realized his daughter Kate would never become the soldier he wanted, he chose someone else to lead the secret paramilitary group known as the Colony. That man - Colony Prime - hates nobody on Earth the way he hates Kate... and the feeling is mutual! When the two of them are stranded in the Sahara Desert, heavily dosed with Scarecrow's fear toxin, with no way to survive except to rely on each other...they might just choose death instead! Collects issues #7-12.

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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF KANE

(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Fer NAndo Blanco (CA) Lee Bermejo

After her deadly trip around the world hunting the infamous Many Arms of Death, Batwoman returns to Brussels, the site of her most brutal losses and memories. As the clock begins to tick on a new cycle of violence, Kate must overcome her haunted past to ensure her terrorist foes don't begin the New Year with a bang! Collects issues #12-18.

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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ONE-SHOT #0

(W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Ash Jackson (CA) Frank Zigarelli

They say we all have a monster lurking inside us. Four beautiful college girls uncover their secret passengers - mythic creatures of a long dead age. The surfacing of their true NAture hurls them into a hidden world of awakening magic, wonder, and monsters. From Rat Queens creator Kurtis Wiebe comes Beautiful Creatures, back in print. Cover image subject to change.

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BEAUTY #26

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(W) Jeremy Haun (A) Thomas NAchlik (CA) Jeremy Haun

END OF STORY ARC This arc concludes as Foster, Vaughn, Timo, and Ezerae fight to survive. And fight they will!

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BEAUTY #26

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(W) Jeremy Haun (A) Thomas NAchlik (CA) Danielle Otrakji

END OF STORY ARC This arc concludes as Foster, Vaughn, Timo, and Ezerae fight to survive. And fight they will!

IDW PUBLISHING

BELZEBUBS HC

(W) JP Ahonen (A) JP Ahonen (CA) JP Ahonen

Belzebubs is a "trve kvlt mockumentary" focusing on the everyday challenges of family life: raising kids, running a small business, and making time for worship. Except the kids are NAmed Lilith and Leviathan, the business is a black-metal band, and the worship... isn't exactly aimed upstairs. In a few short years, what started out as improvised social-media doodles has now become a wildly successful webcomic with hundreds of thousands of fans. The irresistible cartooning of JP Ahonen (Sing No Evil) combines relatable slice-of-life humor with over-the-top occult antics and references from metal music to Lovecraftian horror, making Belzebubs a devil of a good time. Advance solicited for February release! Calvin & Hobbes meets Call of Cthulhu as the sensatio NAlly popular heavy metal webcomic Belzebubs comes to print in a grim, goofy, and gorgeous hardcover. Over 250,000 rabid Facebook fans! Official soundtrack on Century Media Records, the world's biggest heavy metal label! Visit belzebubs.com for strips, music video, and much more!

DARK HORSE COMICS

BERSERK DELUXE EDITION HC #1

(W) Kentaro Miura (A) Kentaro Miura

Kentaro Miura's Berserk has ouraged, horrified, and delighted readers since 1989, and now the badass champion of adult fantasy manga is presented in a deluxe hardcover edition amassing the first three Berserk volumes in 7" x 10" format, with further volumes to come to present the entire series in handsome bookshelf collections. Have you got the Guts? Kentaro Miura's Berserk has ouraged, horrified, and delighted manga and anime fa NAtics since 1989, creating an inter NAtio NAl legion of hardcore devotees and inspiring a plethora of TV series, feature films, and video games. And now the badass champion of adult fantasy manga is presented in an oversized 7" x 10" deluxe hardcover edition, nearly 700 pages amassing the first three Berserk volumes, with following volumes to come to serve up the entire series in handsome bookshelf collections. No Guts, no glory! Collects volumes 1-3.

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(W) David Avallone (A) Julius Ohta (CA) John Royle

When aliens have kid NApped Elizabeth the Second, UFOs are buzzing London, and Winston Churchill asks you to play dress-up...what's a girl to do? Long Live Queen Bettie the First! Another chapter from The Secret Diary of Bettie Page is revealed! David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) and Julius Ohta (Sherlock Holmes) take you back to a 1952 you never dreamed of, in the second installment of THE PRINCESS AND THE PIN-UP.

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(W) David Avallone (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Scott Chantler

When aliens have kid NApped Elizabeth the Second, UFOs are buzzing London, and Winston Churchill asks you to play dress-up...what's a girl to do? Long Live Queen Bettie the First! Another chapter from The Secret Diary of Bettie Page is revealed! David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) and Julius Ohta (Sherlock Holmes) take you back to a 1952 you never dreamed of, in the second installment of THE PRINCESS AND THE PIN-UP.

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(W) David Avallone (A) Julius Ohta (CA) David Williams

When aliens have kid NApped Elizabeth the Second, UFOs are buzzing London, and Winston Churchill asks you to play dress-up...what's a girl to do? Long Live Queen Bettie the First! Another chapter from The Secret Diary of Bettie Page is revealed! David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) and Julius Ohta (Sherlock Holmes) take you back to a 1952 you never dreamed of, in the second installment of THE PRINCESS AND THE PIN-UP.

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(W) David Avallone (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Julius Ohta

When aliens have kid NApped Elizabeth the Second, UFOs are buzzing London, and Winston Churchill asks you to play dress-up...what's a girl to do? Long Live Queen Bettie the First! Another chapter from The Secret Diary of Bettie Page is revealed! David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) and Julius Ohta (Sherlock Holmes) take you back to a 1952 you never dreamed of, in the second installment of THE PRINCESS AND THE PIN-UP.

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(W) David Avallone (A) Julius Ohta (CA) Photo

When aliens have kid NApped Elizabeth the Second, UFOs are buzzing London, and Winston Churchill asks you to play dress-up...what's a girl to do? Long Live Queen Bettie the First! Another chapter from The Secret Diary of Bettie Page is revealed! David Avallone (Elvira: Mistress of the Dark) and Julius Ohta (Sherlock Holmes) take you back to a 1952 you never dreamed of, in the second installment of THE PRINCESS AND THE PIN-UP.

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #269

(W) Bill Golliher (A) Dan Parent (CA) Jeff Schultz

BRAND NEW LEAD STORY: "Cat NApped!" When Betty's beloved cat Caramel goes missing, it's up to her and Veronica to find him-but Veronica takes the search a bit too far!  

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

BEYONDERS #5

(W) Paul Jenkins (A) Wesley St. Claire (CA) Wesley St. Claire

Fi NAl issue of the first arc! As Jake, NArine, and the redoubtable Shadwell struggle to solve the mystery of the Beyonders Code-one that seems to be connected across time and space-they are running out of options with the Faceless Man and his Order in hot pursuit. Will they uncover the mystery of mankind's greatest riddle? Will they unearth a stunning answer that turns all of modern history on its head? Will they prevent a cataclysmic end to the world? And will there be time for a sandwich? All of these answers and more will be revealed inside the book that contains its very own treasure hunt! From Paul Jenkins (ALTERS, Wolverine: Origin, Sentry) and Wesley St. Claire (FU JITSU, Teen Titans) comes the mystery series that can be summed up in one word of its own-AfterShock!

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BITTER ROOT #2

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(W) David Walker (A) Sanford Greene (CA) Sanford Greene

An evil force stalks the streets of Harlem as Berg and Cullen face off against a deadly creature that may be more than they can handle. Meanwhile, in Mississippi, a mysterious stranger unleashes furious retribution in the NAme of justice. BITTER ROOT Cover As by SANFORD GREENE will be connecting through the first story arc.

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BITTER ROOT #2

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(W) David Walker (A) Sanford Greene (CA) Bill Sienkiewicz

An evil force stalks the streets of Harlem as Berg and Cullen face off against a deadly creature that may be more than they can handle. Meanwhile, in Mississippi, a mysterious stranger unleashes furious retribution in the NAme of justice. BITTER ROOT Cover As by SANFORD GREENE will be connecting through the first story arc.