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It's April. Spring is springing, presumably the showers are showering, and there is a sense of renewal in the air. Click on our Cover of the Month to browse the everything coming in the whole month online, or scroll on down to check out our highlights and first issues.
Remember, order April titles before Wednesday 13th March to benefit from pre-order discounts or secure those discounts forever by adding a title to your monthly order!
A NEW ERA FOR THE MERC WITH A MOUTH, AND A GUN, AND A SWORD...
CODY ZIGLAR (Futurama, Miles Morales: Spider-Man) has a wild ride planned for the Merc with the mouth!
Introducing a terrifying new villain who won't stop until he catches Wade in his DEATH GRIP.
But all work and no play makes Deadpool a very dead boy!
Rated T+
SERIES PREMIERE - IT ALL STARTS HERE!
The critically acclaimed team of storytellers GEOFF JOHNS and GARY FRANK return to the nuclear wasteland of GEIGER for an ALL-NEW ONGOING series starring the violent and unpredictable GLOWING MAN!
Leaving his home behind, Tariq Geiger now walks the radioactive roads of the former United States with his two-headed wolf Barney.
But as his enemies doggedly pursue him, Geiger discovers salvation from the unlikeliest of foes. What secrets does this potential ally hold that could help Geiger?
And exactly how many people are after The Glowing Man and why?
Don't miss this vital action-packed chapter in THE UNNAMED saga!
THE ONLY WAY TO CONTAIN THE HULK...IS IN A GIANT-SIZE STORY!
Riding the rails is no walk in the park - especially for the INCREDIBLE HULK! And particularly when something - no, someONE - has been stolen from him by a gruesome new threat with evil machinations in mind.
Clear the tracks - the HULK is coming through!!!
PLUS: Includes a reprinting of INCREDIBLE HULK #372 by Peter David and Dale Keown, featuring high-speed action and heartrending drama in a Hulk tale for the ages!
Rated T+
Worlds collide a second time as everyone's favorite kaiju meets up with Earth's mightiest warriors once again to take on the most fearsome monsters from both sides of the multiverse, with Rita Repulsa egging them on!
This one has it all:
SpaceGodzilla!
Clawhammer!
Tentacreep!
But what exactly does Rita intend to do with their collective might, and how have her mysterious new allies, Astronema and the Alliance of Evil-given her added reach across worlds?
The Power Rangers are on a mission to find out, but first all roads lead back to Godzilla!
The hit superhero saga that's Watchmen meets The Wire returns from Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum and superstar artist Scott Hepburn.
Frankie Follis AKA the costumed criminal Playtime has won. Twilight City's greatest hero The Insomniac and its greatest villain The Stickman are dead, allowing Frankie to unify the super crook underworld and assert herself as the Queenpin of Redport.
But Frankie is feeling the pressure from every side:
Rival gangs are challenging her authority, Scalpel her consigliere is pushing her to legitimize her empire, and the act of murdering The Insomniac has broken something deep inside her.
Frankie is about to learn the hard way...
...heavy is the head that wears the supervillain crown.
In the vein of Sin City, Black Hammer, and The Boys, this noir-ish superhero caper, focuses on a lower-class kind of criminal, similar to the Coen Bros most pulpy films, but set in a high concept world of heroes and villains.
SERIES PREMIERE!
Immortal.
Mercenary.
Kind of a tool.
Meet Simon Pure, the newest UNNAMED hero, created by comic all-stars GEOFF JOHNS and BRYAN HITCH.
British redcoat and all-around rogue, Simon mysteriously became immortal in 1776 after a run-in with the clandestine cabal known as the Founding Fathers, which included George Washington, John Hancock, and many other prominent American Revolutionary War leaders.
Since that fateful day, Simon has led a life of adventure and avarice, rubbing elbows (and sometimes fists) with many of history's most renowned figures, including his nemesis Benedict Arnold, Albert Einstein, Annie Oakley, and many more.
One thing they all agree on: they never want to see him again! But what are the true origins and extent of Simon's power and the mysterious organization behind them? And how has it secretly shaped America and the world? Simon's on a quest to find out! 34 pages of story for only £3.75!
After landing in jail following a night of drunken revelry, Red Sonja hears an outlandish story from a fellow inmate.
Deep in the mountains lies a dead city in a valley with no name. Abandoned and forgotten, its fields and streets are littered with the bones of two armies, all destroyed by a curse from a warlock who has long since vanished, along with his vast treasure - untold riches just waiting to be taken.
At least that is the legend.
But Sonja's cellmate Morgo has more than a diverting tale - he's also got a map that says this legend could well be reality. All they need to do is break out of lockup and hit the road - which may be easier said than done!
Crafted by legendary writer STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night, Simon Dark) and rising art star ALESSANDRO AMORUSO, Red Sonja: Empire of the Damned #1 delivers monsters, magic, and mayhem in equal measure - ALL COVERS CARDSTOCK
SERIES PREMIERE GEOFF JOHNS and JASON FABOK, the celebrated team behind the smash hit Batman: Three Jokers, reunite for an all-new science fiction series!
Hundreds of years from now, the man known as Rook was once a simple farmer who fled the crumbling Earth for a new life on the planet Exodus; a terraformed planet where all of nature, including its imported animal population, was completely controlled by humans called Wardens.
But when Exodus's world engine failed, the Wardens' power fell into the wrong hands, creating chaos and mass evacuation for those who could afford it.
The rest, like Rook, must scavenge for an escape vessel as the war for control of what's left of Exodus begins.
44 pages of story for only £3.75!
What better month to have a special dedicated to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' favorite journalist in a jumpsuit?
Shredder's been stranded after his plan to acquire a new Technodrome backfired on him, but April still finds herself in a serious situation with the heroes in a half-shell nowhere in sight!
Luckily, April doesn't have to adventure alone, as Ace Duck makes his debut, seeking hidden treasure in the Lost Temple of Avila!
This adventure will be newsworthy and that's no April fooling!
Also, because you demanded it, this 40-page issue features the return of another very special mutant: Mona Lisa!
NORMAN OSBORN WAS NOT THE FIRST GOBLIN!
Norman Osborn is the GREEN GOBLIN you know. But he is NOT the ORIGINAL GOBLIN!
Learn the shocking secrets of the PROTO-GOBLIN, and its dramatic connection to the Osborn family!
What role does a young Peter Parker, who has not yet understood his great power and responsibility, play in this unfolding of events?
J.M. DEMATTEIS (SPIDER-MAN: KRAVEN'S LAST HUNT) continues to build his legacy and the mythos of classic SPIDER-LORE, this time paired with rising star MICHAEL STA. MARIA!
Rated T
Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to discover much later that he is really a criminal with a huge bounty on his head!
Of course, wherever there is a huge reward you will find bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog...
...and other unscrupulous trackers!
Years ago, a stranger came to Carraig an Bhun, a little town on the edge of the Southern Territories. The locals eventually came to see this 'blow-in,' Meabh of Cklonia, as one of their own.
Now, Meabh has taken over as proprietor of The Lough Inn, finding a semblance of peace after a lifetime of adventuring however, the proposed opening of a branch of the Adventurers' Guild risks dragging her past into the present.
What would the townsfolk do if they discovered their beloved barkeep was once part of a ruthless band of rogue sell-swords masquerading as noble heroes?
It's a tragic tale of loss and redemption that asks what's left behind long after the bodies are buried and When the Blood Has Dried.
SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE MARKING 60 YEARS OF DAREDEVIL!
A dragnet is closing around Matt Murdock, A.K.A. DAREDEVIL!
Police on both sides of the law are hunting him, something vicious with a deep connection to Matt's very soul is hunting his friends and, in the midst of that chaos, an old foe with the blood of Matt's closest allies on his hands returns...
Rated T+
The Deck of Many Things is the most infamous item in the Dungeons & Dragons canon. Any one of its cards could throw the world into chaos or, in the wrong hands, end it all together.
This mega one-shot reveals fresh lore tied to the Book of Many Things Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook and brings the legends of the Deck to life.
Our quest follows two ex-romantic rivals who team up to steal the cards, risking everything for the chance to save the lover they lost.
Dungeons & Dragons icon Jim Zub joins forces with up-and-coming writer Ellen Boener and artist Eduardo Mello for this new Baldur's Gate tale.
THE CHAMPION OF OLYMPUS RETURNS!
The world's favourite demigod-turned-mortal is back, and he's about to embark on the biggest adventure since The Odyssey!
The Greek gods don't really get why Hercules chose a mortal life over the opportunity to join them on Mt. Olympus, but since he proved his mettle as a hero many times over, they're happy to enlist his help with missions that require interventions in the earthly realm.
So when Aphrodite grants an artist's wish that his sculpture be brought to life, Herc gets the call to clean things up when the newly conscious artwork proves to be more bone-crushingly lively than expected!
But after discovering that the rogue statue is just misunderstood, and a little rambunctious (much like himself as a youth), Hercules returns to explain the situation to Aphrodite - only to find her temple empty and abandoned.
Is the goddess of love just pouting, or is something more sinister afoot?
If you know anything about classic mythology, you know it's going to be the latter! The immortal team of Emmy Award-winning writer ELLIOTT KALAN (The Daily Show) and Gargoyles artist GEORGE KAMBADAIS bring these legends of antiquity to hilarious new life in this brand-new ongoing series!
From the co-creator of The Sixth Gun and Harrow County comes a new action horror comedy!
Meet Tanner 'Griz' Grisholm. Along with a shrewd necromancer who wants him dead and a chainsaw-wielding koala bear named Cuddles, as he wages a bloody war against nightmares from beyond time and space.
It's thankless work, but someone has to do it. And when a group of government contractors go missing in the nightmare landscape of the Flooded Zone, Griz stumbles into a mystery he may not be able to carve his way out of.
His old biker pals, the Howling Gargoyles, are up to no good, and the memories might be too much for Griz to handle.
SERIES PREMIERE!
The EXTRA-LENGTH first issue of RAT CITY has finally arrived!
Peter Cairn is an ex-soldier, an amputee, and a Hellspawn in a post-war future. But Peter's not dead like Al.
Peter got his Spawn powers from the nanites in his prosthetic legs-nanites that were affected when Al Simmons initiated his necroplasmic detonation in the present.
Al had no clue that the effects would ripple across not just space, and but time as well...
Something wicked crawled out screaming.
Edith 'Eddie' Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at a gas station.
But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies.
The police prove useless, so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is-Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself...
NEW SERIES DEBUT from DSTLRY!
Modern masters JAMES TYNION IV and CHRISTIAN WARD join forces to bring you their next horror classic.
A ghost story steeped in the decay of a century of capitalism. For years, the mansion has sat strangely, nestled into the coastline just a short drive north of Los Angeles. Rumors have haunted the place for years. Its owner a titan of American industry, with a strange fascination in the occult and the paranormal.
For decades, the richest men and women in the country have whispered to each other, trying to understand what he was building alone in that mansion for all those years. And now finally, with his death, and his estate finally open for sale They are eager to find out for themselves.
Two of the most celebrated visionaries of the medium, multiple-Eisner Award winners James Tynion IV (THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE, SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, W0RLDTR33) and Christian Ward (BATMAN: CITY OF MADNESS, INVISIBLE KINGDOM) invite you into the world of SPECTREGRAPH, a haunting, cerebral horror novel that peels back the layers of America's opulent wealth and uncovers the rot underneath. But be careful: once you enter, you may never leave. SPECTREGRAPH is perfect for fans of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE & THE CONJURING.
TRAPPED IN THE 616...FOR GOOD!
Welcome to New York!
Gwen truly becomes a Ghost-Spider when she moves full time to the universe where Gwen Stacy died years ago.
But why did she leave Earth-65?
Why aren't the other spiders supposed to know she's here?
Why isn't she supposed to suit up?
And who will get hurt when she does?
Rated T+
Everything has been building to this double-size celebration!
And here at the end, we'll return to the start Donatello has been searching for his future self to understand how he can fight Armaggon. Now, knowing where he is (or should we say 'when he is'?) Donatello is racing to his past to convene with his future.
Can he get there and learn what he needs to before Armaggon eats the TMNT out of the timeline?
This epic finale from writer Sophie Campbell and a roster of all-star artists pays off on years of IDW storytelling, reckoning with the history of the Turtles while also setting the stage for the next mutation of must-read TMNT comics!
Oliver is a seemingly typical 12 year old boy except for a mysterious family history that seems to start and end with his mother, and unexplainable powers, that is.
He can do things other boys can't, to the point of landing him in some trouble. Baffled by the surreal cartoonish nature of his abilities and followed by a murder of peculiar crows, the mystery behind Oliver's family history finally unfolds!
Written by fan-favourite writer Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, Local Man) and illustrated by acclaimed artist Dave Wachter (Punisher, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), discover what makes Oliver special and strange as he searches for his place in the world.
SERIES PREMIERE!
First time in (news)print!
From the fevered brain and drawing desk of TP LOUISE and ASHLEY WOOD comes an all-new ongoing series collecting bits and bobs from ASH's storied career.
Up first, two full-length tales, 'Duostar Racers' and 'Miss and Mrs'! Featuring 48 newsprint pages of madness and mayhem!
Unyielding wildlife photographer Brynne Brautigan, isolated in the remote cold of Baffin Island, sees something she can't unsee.
An argument, followed by an outburst of intense violence between two nearby climbers-did she just witness a murder?
In a frantic search for the truth, Brynne discovers just what she's looking for, but little does she know that more than the silent white of winter is keeping her company...
Hit writer Zac Thompson (Hunt for the Skinwalker, Cemetery Kids Don't Die) and star artist Nicola Izzo (Buffy: The Last Vampire Slayer) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with murder and paranoia, in the tradition of Fargo and Rear Window!
From New York Times-bestselling creators Scott Snyder and Jamal Igle comes this rollicking sci-fi adventure story about a boy, his dog, and a machine that controls time and space!
What could go wrong?
Have you ever wondered why all the great figures in history had a pet companion, and if they were all running from the same mysterious threat? Such questions have never crossed the mind of Dudley Datson, a fifteen year-old with a penchant for invention.
But when dastardly foes turn his world upside down, Dudley is going to have to start facing things beyond his wildest imagination in this modern day fable!
EMBRACE YOUR INNER VENOM! JAPAN, 977.
KID VENOM has made his presence known to the evil symbiotes taking people and creatures hostage...
...but who else has their eye on Kintaro and his symbiote?
The world of KID VENOM expands as new characters and dangers are revealed!
Breakout manga creator TAIGAMI continues his vision of KID VENOM in this brand-new series!
Rated T+
From the pages of IMMORTAL THOR - the ROXXON AGE OF COMIXX BEGINS!
In his secret identity as A.I. spokesguru CHAD HAMMER, the son of Odin knows Mama Gaea is a TOP PRIORITY for heroes AND for business!
But when a group of insane environmental activists take 'saving the Earth' TOO FAR, it's time to show them the wisdom on BOTH sides - AS THOR! But WHICH God of Evil is prompting the kids to rebel?
Could it be...
...LOKI, GOD OF EVIL???
Featuring an all-star cast of heroes! MINOTAUR! EXECUTIONER! ENCHANTRESS! And the THOR-TRUCK! This is the story of THE ROXXIN' THOR... and it's a VITAL part of the 'ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTION' MEGA-EVENT!
Rated T+
Mutated by the Shredder.
Befriended by the Turtles.
Isolated by alliances formed without her.
Now - a clan leader building a new family.
Alopex has worn many masks but always tried to stay true to herself. Relive her biggest moments from then to now and get to know one of the Turtles' earliest allies!
Collecting TMNT: Villains Micro-Series #4, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011) #66, TMNT: Armageddon Game-The Alliance #3, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011) #140.
DICK TRACY RETURNS IN A NEW ONGOING SERIES FROM MAD CAVE!
A new era for the iconic detective starts here, from bestselling and acclaimed authors Alex Segura and Michael Moreci, as an all-new, noir-infused chapter in the Dick Tracy legacy kicks off with superstar artist Geraldo Borges!
In the aftermath of World War II, the country stands frozen--waiting for the next shoe to drop.
In The City, a brutal murder draws the attention of rising star detective Dick Tracy, who soon discovers the bloodshed is just the beginning of a complicated web that threatens to ensnare everything he cares about.
Blending the classic elements of the Dick Tracy world (including his iconic villains, supporting cast, and unforgettable watch radio) with a hardboiled and realistic take, DICK TRACY #1 kicks off a fresh and modern take on the iconic detective that remains true to his rich history.
SERIES PREMIERE KEVIN EASTMAN (TMNT co-creator) returns with a look into the roller coaster life of a successful comics creator!
When you create a global franchise before you turn twenty what happens next? Welcome to the world of Shane Bookman, a cartoonist whose real life has become more absurd than any comic book!
From the New York Times-bestselling hosts of the hit The Last Podcast on the Left and Black Hammer's David Rubin comes the second instalment of the humorous, horror, and action-packed comic book series that's Near Dark meets Ocean's Eleven.
Our ragtag group of young, alienated vampires head down to the swamps of Florida to disrupt a nasty ancient vampire party and to put into motion 'Operation Sunshine'-their plot to steal a magical object that can turn themselves back to human and put an end to the elder vampires once and for all.
DARTH MAUL STARS IN HIS VERY OWN HORROR BLOCKBUSTER!
A prison ship - transporting a cult known as the FINAL OCCULTATION - goes offline, and DARTH MAUL is sent by PALPATINE to investigate.
What he finds on board is the stuff of nightmares!!!
It's up to him to stop this profoundly dark and unstable force that wishes to bring chaos to the galaxy.
Rated T
Vigia Relaunched!
Gazala, an alien science officer, and her artificial intelligence companion, Adi, crash on a peculiar world.
They find a supposedly extinct civilization that is surprisingly alive. Join them on a journey to escape the planet, facing terror and uncovering the gruesome secrets of the Qon.
It's a mix of archaeology, horror, and action-packed thrills.