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1st printing. Witness all the Classic Cars, the Air and Sea Vehicles, and the Secret Weapons! James Bond: Cars and Vehicles features James Bond cars such as the world-famous Aston Martin DB5, many of the other boats and aircraft he has piloted, as well as some of his most hair-raising chases and escapades, complete with spectacular movie images capturing classic Bond moments enhanced with memorable script quotations and fascinating props. Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

WRITTEN BY BRIAN AZARELLO; ART BY EDUARDO RISSO; PAINTED COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON. The writer-artist team behind the acclaimed JONNY DOUBLE returns with a gripping new ongoing series, featuring painted covers by artist Dave Johnson ("The Justice Society Returns!"). Everyone talks about "getting away with murder," but what would you do if you were given irrefutable proof of the identity of the one that "done you wrong," the opportunity to kill them and the means to get away with it, scot-free? When former gangbanger Dizzy Cordova meets the mysterious Agent Graves, she is given the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of an attache case containing the proof, the gun, and the carte blanche immunity to exact revenge for the drive-by shootings that killed her family. Now she faces the hardest decision of her life in the form of a question that has no easy answer: If you could get away with murder, and your victim truly deserved it, what would you do? MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

WRITTEN BY BRIAN AZZARELLO; ART BY EDUARDO RISSO; PAINTED COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON. A gambler gets his shot at revenge in the conclusion of the 2-part "Short Con, Long Odds." Closing in on his target, gambler Chucky Spinks finds himself in the riskiest game of his life: a high-stakes game where the house wants him to use all of his talents. All the players in this game think they hold the winning hand, but it's Agent Graves who holds all the aces. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG." Cover price $2.50.

WRITTEN BY BRIAN AZZARELLO; ART BY EDUARDO RISSO; PAINTED COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON In stores September 6. Part 2 of the 4-part "Hang Up on the Hang Low." In an odd twist of fate, Loop Hughes learns the ins and outs of the criminal underworld from the one man Agent Graves claimed ruined his life: his wayward father. Sure, revenge is sweet, but for Loop there may be an even sweeter choice: something that has been missing from his life, something that will change it more than taking Graves' offer ever could. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

WRITTEN BY BRIAN AZZARELLO; ART BY EDUARDO RISSO; PAINTED COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON In stores October 3. "Contrabandolero," Part 2 of 3. The wrong woman can drive the right man to do things he normally wouldn't, as ne'er-do-well gas station attendant Wyley Times finds out. Under the sweltering Texas sun, things really start to heat up between Wyley and a certain smoldering femme fatale, whose champagne tastes are way outta' line with Wyley's beer budget. So when her mysterious companion offers Wyley the chance to make a quick buck, how can he say no? MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Cover by Dave Johnson. Hot on the heels of a major player's death, the revealed Minutemen ? led by Victor "The Saint" ? convene to discuss plans on where to make their next move. But who will lead this team of vicious killers ? and more important, will they all survive one another? 32 pg, FC, MATURE READERS Cover price $2.50.

Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Cover by Dave Johnson The final story arc of the series begins here! With all his soldiers in place and his final plan in motion, Agent Graves finally has a chance to kick back and enjoy his success - but is the cork-popping premature? And where does a south-side Chicago crime syndicate fit into the plan? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Steve Bissette. Showdown in the Shimmering Zone!, script by Alan Moore, art by Steve Bissette and John Totleben; N-Man, a Thing-like creature with Reed Richards-type intelligence, is sent to investigate the Shimmering Zone; he encounters Comrade Cockroach, a Russian who tries to stop him from investigating the dimensional rift so the Russians can claim it. Flipsville!, script by Alan Moore, art by Jimmy Valentino and Steve Bissette; the home of Johnny Beyond, a beatnik, is ground zero for a dimensional rift; he encounters his alternate reality counterpart from 1992; Johnny Beyond is similar to Dr. Strange. N-Man pin-up by Steve Bissette. Garab Dorje pinup by Melinda Gebbie. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

Previews & Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. Signed Edition. Signed by Steve Bissette & John Totleben. Limited to 6000 copies. Includes Previews & DCD, Inc. Certificate of Authenticity. Alan Moore script (billed as Al Moore); Steve Bissette pencils; John Totleben inks; Don Simpson letters; Tony Tollin colors. Tales from Beyond - The Unbelievable N-Man Faces a "Showdown in the Shimmering Zone!" Second Feature - Alan Moore script (billed as Al Moore); Jim Valentino pencils (billed as Jimmy Valentino); Steve Bissette inks; Roxanne Starr letters; Tony Tollin colors.

Raphael Albuquerque cover. Written by Steven Grant. Art by Mataes Santolouco. Things start to get interesting as enemies become friends. Trench finds that he's got no allies, as his superiors show their true colors and the world of undercover cops and intelligence operatives proves to be just as tricky as the underworld. Who can he trust? And are the people he trusts the least his only allies? More thriller noir fiction in the vein of Criminal! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

May 13, 1978. Features include M.A.C.H. 1 in "The Final Encounter" finale (script by Pat Mills, art by Montero), Dan Dare in "Ice Planet" part 1 (script by Gerry Finley-Day, art by Dave Gibbons), Judge Dredd in the Cursed Earth chapter 4, "Certain Death" (script by Mills, art by Mike McMahon), Death Planet in "Night of the Animals" (script by Alan Hebden, art by Lopez), and Inferno. Batman and Robin star in a Treborland back cover ad.

August 2, 1980. Features include the Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (script by Kelvin Gosnell, art by Carlos Ezquerra), the Mind of Wolfie Smith (script by Tom Tully, art by Jesus Redondo), Judge Dredd in "The Judge Child" part 16 (script by John Howard, art by Mike McMahon), the V.C.s (script by Gerry Finlay-Day, art by John Richardson), and Robo-Hunter in "Day of the Droids" (script by T.B. Grover, art by Ian Gibson). Wraparound cover by Ezquerra.

Contains Bonus Spotlight on Sport booklet. May 7, 1983. Prog: 315 Featuring Robo-Hunter "The Slaying of Slade" (Part 4 of 4) Written by Grant/Grover, Art by Ian Gibson; Tharg's Time Twisters "The Big Clock" Written by Alan Moore, Art by Eric Bradbury; Judge Dredd "King of the Road" Written by T.B. Grover, Art by Ron Smith; Skizz (Part 8 of 21) Written by Alan Moore, Art by Jim Baikie; Rogue Trooper "Major Magnam" (Part 4 of 4) Written by Gerry Finley-Day, Art by Brett Ewins. Cover by Ron Smith. Futruregraph by Brett Ewins. Saddle Stitched, 9-in. x 11-in., 32 Pages, B&W.

January 21, 1984. Features include Slaine in "Sky Chariots" part 1 (script by Pat Mills, art by Mike McMahon), "D.R. & Quinch Go Girl Crazy" part 1 (script by Alan Moore, art by Alan Davis), Rogue Trooper in "Colonel Kovert" part 3 (script by Gerry Finley-Day, art by Cam Kennedy), Judge Dredd in "Mutie the Pig" (script by T.B. Grover, art by Emberton), and Strontium Dog in "The Killing" part 3 (script by Alan Grant, art by Carlos Ezquerra). Davis cover.

Features include Night Zero (script by John Brosnan, art by Kev Hopgood), Judge Dredd in "City of the Damned" from issue 404 (published version plus original "lost" unpublished pages by Steve Dillon), Tharg's Future-Shocks (script by S. Edwards, art by Kevin Walker), Judge Dredd in "Our Man in Hondo" part 3 (script by John Wagner, art by Colin MacNeil), Hap Hazzard (script and art by Dillon), and Zippy Couriers (script by Hilary Robinson, art by G. Higgins). Hopgood front cover. Walker back cover.

Features include Judge Dredd in "A Child's Tale" (script by Alan Grant, art by Cliff Robinson), Zenith in phase 3, part 5, "Letter From the Underworld" (script by Grant Morrison, art by Steve Yeowell), Slaine chapter 6 (script by Pat Mills, color art by Simon Bisley), Beyond Zero (script by John Brosnan, art by Kev Hopgood), and Inside Moves (script by John Smith, art by Chris Weston). Hopgood cover.

Features include Strontium Dog in "The Final Solution" part 26 (script by Alan Grant, color art by Colin MacNeil), the Harlem Heroes part 9 (script by Michael Fleisher, art by Steve Dillon/Kev Walker), Medivac 318 in "Arcturus" part 3 (script by Hilary Robinson, art by Nigel Dobbyn), Judge Dredd in "Necropolis" part 12 (script by John Wagner, color art by Carlos Ezquerra), and Rogue Trooper in "The War Machine" part 12 (script by Dave Gibbons, color art by Will Simpson). Color pin-up by Simon Jacob. Ezquerra cover.

All color. Features include Judge Dredd in "A Magic Place" part 3 (script by Garth Ennis, art by Simon Coleby, color by Gina Hart), Kola Commandos part 6 (script by Steve Parkhouse, art by Anthony Williams), Tharg's Future Shocks: "Nightmare on Ses-Me Street" (script by Mark Millar, art by Brian Williamson), Rogue Trooper in "Apocalypse Dreadnought" part 6 (script by Michael Fleisher, art by Ron Smith), and Button Man part 6 (script by John Wagner, art by Arthur Ranson). Williams cover.

Featuring Judge Dredd "P.J. & The Mock-Choc Factory" (Part 2 of 3) Written by Garth Ennis, Art by Anthony Williams; Kelly's Eye "Armed Respons" (Part 1 of 10) Written by Alan McKenzie, Art by Brett Ewins; Strontium Dogs "Return of the Gronk" (Part 5 of 8) Written by Garth Ennis, Art by Nigel Dobbyn; Robo-Hunter "Serial Stunners" (Part 3 of 4) Written by Mark Millar, Art by Anthony Williams; Flesh "The Legend of Shamana" (Part 14 of 18) Written by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner, Art by Carl Critchlow. Cover by Brett Ewins, Futuregraph by Paul Marshall.

All color. Features include Judge Dredd in "Last Night Out" (script by Garth Ennis, art by Brett Ewins and Stein), Tharg the Mighty in "Tharg's Masterclass" (script by T.M.O., art by Eric Bradbury), Strontium Dogs in "Return of the Gronk" part 7 (script by Ennis, art by Nigel Dobbyn), Kelly's Eye in "Armed Response" part 3 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Ewins, color by Gina Hart), and Flesh in "The Legend of Shamana" part 16 (script by Pat Mills and Tony Skinner, art by Carl Critchlow). Rian Hughes cover.

All color. Features include Judge Dredd in "Judge Tyrannosaur" (script by Mark Millar, art by Ron Smith), Mean Arena part 4 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Anthony Williams), Tyranny Rex part 4 (script by John Smith, art by Mark Buckingham), Strontium Dogs in "The Darkest Star" part 1 (script by Garth Ennis, art by Nigel Dobbyn), and Slaine in "Demon Killer" part 4 (script by Pat Mills, art by Glenn Fabry). Smith cover.

All color. Features include Judge Dredd in "Roadkill" part 3 (script by John Smith, art by Peter Doherty), Mean Arena part 7 (script by Alan McKenzie, art by Anthony Williams), Tyranny Rex part 7 (script by Smith, art by Paul Marshall, color by Gina Hart), Strontium Dogs in "The Darkest Star" part 4 (script by Garth Ennis, art by Nigel Dobbyn), and Slaine in "Demon Killer" part 7 (script by Pat Mills, art by Glenn Fabry). Judge Dredd back cover by Dermot Power (ad for next issue). Front cover by Doherty.

August 13, 1996. Prog: 1004 Featuring Slaine "The Treasures of Britain" (Part 4 of 10) Written by Pat Mills, Art by Dermot Power; Black Light "Survivor Syndrome" (Part 4 of 5) Written by Dan Abnett and Steve White, Art by John Burns; Durham Red "Night of the Hunters" (Part 5 of 6) Written by Alan Smithee, Art by Mark Harrison; Outlaw "Sand Pirates" (Part 2 of 2) Written by Paul Neal and Marc Wigmore, Art by Marc Wigmore; Judge Dredd "Dead Reckoning" (Part 5 of 7) Written by John Wagner, Art by Greg Staples. Cover by Jim Murray. Saddle Stitched, 9-in x 11 1/2-in, 32 Pages, Full Color.

November 26, 1996. All color. Features include the Hanged Man part 6 (script by Alan Grant, art by Arthur Ranson), Time Flies in "Tempus Fugitive" part 5 (script by Garth Ennis, art by Philip Bond), Rogue Troopers in "Venus" part 6 (script by Dan Abnett and Steve White, art by Greg Staples), Mambo in "Fleshworks" part 6 (script and art by Dave Hine), and Judge Dredd in "Darkside" part 3 (script by John Smith, art by Paul Marshall). Henry Flint cover.

March 7, 2000. All color. Features include Judge Dredd in "Pumpkin Eater" part 3 (script by Alan Grant, art by Bayo Siku), Missionary Man in "The Promised Land" part 9 (script by Gordon Rennie, art by Alex Ronald), Badlands part 5 (script by Dan Abnett, art by Kevin Walker), Judge Dredd in "Cashpoint" (script by Alan Grant, art by Wayne Reynolds), and Glimmer Rats part 9 (script by Rennie, art by Mark Harrison). Jason Brashill cover.

March 17, 2004. All color except for Future Shocks and Rogue Trooper. Features include Judge Dredd in "Brothers of the Blood" part 4 (script by John Wagner, art by Carlos Ezquerra), Future Shocks: "Lucky for Some" (script by Colin Clayton and Chris Dows, art by Alan Burrows), Sinister Dexter in "Just Business" part 2 (script by Dan Abnett, art by Andy Clarke), Valkyries part 5 (script by Steve Moore, art by John Lucas), and Rogue Trooper in "Realpolitik" part 2 (script by Gordon Rennie, art by P.J. Holden). Cover by Clarke and Chris Blythe.

April 20, 2005. All color except for American Gothic. Features include Judge Dredd in "Descent" part 4 (script by Gordon Rennie, art by Boo Cook), Sinister Dexter in "Life's a Beach" part 3 (script by Dan Abnett, art by Steve Yeowell), American Gothic part 4 (script by Ian Edginton, art by Mike Collins), the V.C.s part 4, "Bodyswap" (script by Abnett, art by Anthony Williams), and Nikolai Dante in "Primal Screams" part 3 (script by Robbie Morrison, art by John Burns). Yeowell cover.

Tom Artis cover; The Mean Arena; A. Ridgeway script; M. White art; Pete Knight letters; Return to Armageddon; Malcolm Shaw script; J. Redondo art; Bill Nutall letters; Meltdown Man; Alan Hebden script; Belardinelli art; Tony Jacob letters; Inferno Pin-Up; Inferno; Tom Tully script; Balardinelli art; Peter Knight letters; Cover price $1.75.

Issue published in 1984

Fumetti cover (photo blended with art); "La Tormenta" part one; Jamie Delano script; Warren Pleece art; James Sinclair color; Ellie DeVille letters; Cover price $2.25.

WRITTEN BY JIMMY PALMIOTTI AND JUSTIN GRAY; ART BY JESÚS SAÍZ AND PALMIOTTI; PAINTED COVER BY JOE JUSKO. "Roadside Attractions," Part 4. By all appearances, the town of Big Tuna, Texas is average...but strange, almost magical things are happening on its lonely backroads. Mickey and Preston have no idea that their time together is running out and death is lurking around every curve! Meanwhile, in a secret underground laboratory, Mickey's daughter Alex stares down The Company Man, a metahuman assassin unleashed to stop her at all costs! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

Comic Cavalcade Exclusive at bottom left. Many women with guns on car. Cover by Scott Lee, Joe Quesada & Jimmy Palmiotti; "Married to the Mob part one: Shades of Red"; Joe Quesada Jimmy Palmiotti plot; Fabian Nicieza script; Scott Lee art; Jimmy Palmiotti inks; Chris Eliopoulos letters; Olyoptics colors; Inspired by the Zero Hour Records recording artists; See also Ash; Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Story, Art, and Cover art by Rich Koslowski. Lettering by Sandy Koslowski. Cover colors by Heroic Age Studios. 1st Printing. This is the first issue of the historic THE 3 GEEKS comic book series by Rich Koslowski. This first issue is Part 1 of 3 of the hilarious "Going To The Con" story arc, which finds Keith, Allen, and Jim going to their very first big comic book convention! There they meet their hero "The Man Stan," stand in endless autograph lines, and drool over the babes at the "Big Boobs Comics" booth. Black and white. Cover price $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

2nd Printing. Story, Art, and Cover by Rich Koslowski. Lettering by Sandy Koslowski. Cover colors by Heroic Age Studios. This is the first issue of the historic THE 3 GEEKS comic book series by Rich Koslowski. This first issue is Part 1 of 3 of the hilarious "Going To The Con" story arc, which finds Keith, Allen, and Jim going to their very first big comic book convention! There they meet their hero "The Man Stan," stand in endless autograph lines, and drool over the babes at the "Big Boobs Comics" booth. Black and white. Cover price $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA. Art by JIM MUNIZ. Cover by MIKE DEODATO. "DIVINE TIME" It's a race against time?and across time?as the beleaguered members of the Fantastic Four make one last-ditch effort to overthrow the mad despot Ramades, who has turned the entire planet Earth into his personal battlefield. With so many lives in the balance?and so many lives already sacrificed?this is one battle the FF dare not lose! Part 4 (of 4). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Mickey Spillane, Ray Gill and Harold de Lay. Adventures of clean-cut teen heroes of the 1940s, reprinted from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. Western hero the White Rider and his horse Cloud, the Superhorse, investigate the murder of Old Diamond Hank, the last survivor of a ghost town. Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller establishes an astonishing record as an athlete, but for most people, he was the movie actor best identified with Tarzan. A 2-page (prose) story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane. White Rider; Edison Bell; Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller; A Case of Poison Ivy; Jim Braddock; The Cadet: Visitor's Day At Daunton. 32 pages, Full Color Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Henry Kiefer. Stories and art by Ray Gill and Harold de Lay. After almost 40 issues, 4most switches its issue numbering from individual volumes, as L.B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the title. Western hero the White Rider and his horse Cloud, the Superhorse, track the daring bank robber Tito Romero. A reprint of the first Fearless Fellers adventure, introducing the kid gang, including a rare (for the era) non-stereotypical African-American character. Pitcher Walter Johnson held a career record in strikeouts that lasted more than 50 years. White Rider; Edison Bell; The Secret Wreck; Walter Johnson's Speed Was So Great...; Fearless Fellers; The Cadet: Crime Invades the Cornfield. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Chee. Written by Andy Schmidt. Art by Chee. Ray Crisara, a tough cop who's survived a terrible car accident, discovers his wife is dead and his daughter is in critical condition. Believing this was a planned hit by the city's drug lord he's been pursuing, Ray's brain injury leaves him five days before he dies to either track the killer, or be there for his little girl. Ray's clock is ticking! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Written by Sean Dulaney. Art by Ryan Sergeant. When Professor Simon vanished, the Air Force shanghaied the professor's son to Groom Lake to take over the job of babysitting the "problem" residents of Delta Hanger. Now Kirby Simon has to not only process that aliens actually exist, but the fact his father has been running a refugee camp for them under Area 51 without the government's knowledge and the acting up of the "Deltas" has been a cover for the alien's plan to save the professor from his captors. A plan that involves Kirby leading them - whether he's ready or not! Softcover, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Written by B. CLAY MOORE and SETH PECK. Art by ED TADEM and TIGH WALKER. Cover by ED TADEM. Two continuing tales of Bicentennial street justice, featuring 'Jackie Karma' by B. CLAY MOORE and ED TADEM, and 'Cool,' by SETH PECK and TIGH WALKER. Jackie Karma is a Sixties-era New York City karate master and street fighting legend who comes out of retirement to battle an old foe, while 'Cool' features Los Angeles bounty hunters Pete Walker and Leon Campbell as they deal with runaway strippers, geriatric gangsters, drug-dealing dwarves and ex-porn star hit men. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.99.

Produced by the Automotive Safety Foundation in cooperation with the President's Committee for Traffic Safety. By the early 1960s, the average yearly death toll due to traffic accidents was about 38 million -- in 1962, the fatality toll reached a record of 41,000! We believe this comic was made sometime during 1962-1963, as the Kennedy administration is referenced, but not Johnson's. There's also a possibility that it was released around the time of President Johnson's approval of Public Law 88-515 (which codified certain car safety standards) on August 30, 1964. B&W, 16 pages, standard paper stock.

Wondercon Exclusive cover by Megan Hutchison. Written by Rafer Roberts. Art by David LaFuente. GET SMASHED…OR BE SMASHED! Valiant's (somewhat) dynamic duo are going 'IN THE BAG' for AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES! Meet Armstrong: Since the ancient city of Ur, this immortal adventurer has spent the last 7,000 years drinking and carousing his way through history alongside some of the greatest merrymakers the world has ever known. Meet Archer: A sheltered teenage martial arts master and expert marksman that was raised for a single purpose - to kill the devil incarnate. Little did he know that this undying evil was actually Armstrong (he's actually a pretty good guy…once you get to know him) and, since hitting the road together, the two have become great friends and even better partners. Now: Archer is about to set off on his most dangerous mission yet - a quest into the mystic reaches of Armstrong's bottomless satchel to liberate his friend and comrade from the clutches of the mad god Bacchus! (Okay, so, Armstrong went into the satchel himself to get a bottle of whiskey that he kinda misplaced and got stuck. It's like the Amazon warehouse of arcane treasures in there…and he doesn't exactly have a maid service.) Imprisoned in Armstrong's satchel for centuries, Bacchus now commands a legion of monsters, goblins and golems bent on escaping back into the world of man and enacting revenge on their captor… Can Archer single-handedly combat the godly embodiment of intoxication himself - and rescue his best buddy - without becoming lost amongst Armstrong's endless repository of bizarre artifacts and historical oddities in the process? 32 pages, full color. Rated T+

Written by Damon Hurd. Art and Cover by Pedro Camello. From the Eisner-nominated creators of My Uncle Jeff comes this serialized graphic novel about friendship, brotherhood, and a bond that even death can't break. Owen has just received a phone call informing him of his best friend David's death. As he begins the journey from his home in Boston to their old hometown, he drifts back and forth in his memory of their friendship. Characters in this issue: Owen Reilly; David; Mrs Reilly; Jeffery. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Cover art by Pedro Camello. Written by Damon Hurd. Art by Pedro Camello. Owen returns to Poughkeepsie remembering how he and David always attended the premiers of Star Trek movies. 28 pages. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Joe Carnahan and Tom Waltz. Art by Stephen Mooney. Cover by John K. Snyder III. The wedding cruise is well underway, but the threat to the wedding party remains a mystery. Not that the A-Team hasn't found enough trouble of its own as the problems facing their undercover personas may turn out far worse than the unknown danger they are there to stop. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Joe Carnahan and Tom Waltz. Art by Stephen Mooney. Cover by John K. Snyder III. The threat to the wedding cruise has finally revealed itself to the A-Team... or has it? While fiercely battling to defeat an outside menace, the team will soon discover the true danger comes from within in this wildly explosive conclusion! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. By Tim Lane. Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane's characters exist on the margins of society-alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash-those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you're trying to determine what just happened and how badly you're hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives. The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis's or Jim Thompson's prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane's drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It's an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters-boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis. Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane's characters exist on the margins of society-alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash-those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you're trying to determine what just happened and how badly you're hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives. The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis's or Jim Thompson's prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane's drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It's an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters-boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis. Abandoned Cars is an impressive debut of a major young American cartoonist. Hardcover, 170 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.

Written by Rob Levin and Troy Peteri. Art by Bing Cansino. Cover by Tae Young Choi. From horror director Darren Lynn Bousman comes this chilling tale, set in 1980s-era middle America. After refusing to sell a house with a violent history to an eerie old man, Richard Ashwalt's life is coming apart at the seams under mysterious circumstances. Now separated from his family and falsely accused of murder, Richard is at his wits' end. Aided by policeman Al Sperry, Richard seeks Jebediah Crone, the man who began the course of events that have left Richard's life in shambles and driven him to the brink of insanity. As Richard investigates Crone and the mysteries that surround him, the pieces of a horrifying puzzle begin to fall into place-- but does he truly want to solve it? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Sami Kivela. Cover by Taj Tenfold. In a new series for fans of Something is Killing the Children and Bitter Root, Saladin Ahmed, the visionary writer behind Miles Morales: Spider-Man, and Sami Kivelä, the acclaimed artist behind Tommy Gun Wizards, reunite for this Must Read supernatural thriller. Detroit's hardest hitting journalist, Elena Abbott, is trying to make a fresh start at a new newspaper...but her deadly past isn't ready to let go. The city is days away from the historic election of a Black candidate as their new Mayor, but a vicious new group has emerged to destroy him, targeting anyone who supports his campaign or the change he represents. * That means Abbott, who discovers the group's connection to a dangerous dark magic, has been targeted for certain death - unless she embraces her true power as the Lightbringer to save her city. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Stories by Steve Skeates. Art by Richard "Grass" Green, Tony Tallarico and Anthony Ferme. The classic comedy duo of TV, radio and film lives again in an animated cartoon and this tie-in comic. What was supposed to be a kid's comic based on a cartoon inspired by a vaudeville comedy team took a left turn into weirdness, thanks to the late '60s sensibilities of comics scribe Steve Skeates and underground comix legend Richard "Grass" Green. Bud tries to dial an unlisted number. Lou raises Seymour the Flower Child, a parody of '60s hippies who is an actual flower. Lou is stopped for a man-on-the-street interview by a TV presenter. Showdown at the Curio Corral; So There; Further Flower Power; Mission Accomplished; Wild-Mannered Reporter; Maze Page; Pin-Up Poster; Hansel and Gesundheit; Another Day, Another Catch! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.