Comic books December 2015

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Massimo Marconi and Jan Kruse. Art by Romano Scarpa and Bas Heymans. Cover by Fabio Pochet. Fan favorite Romano Scarpa drags out the Dickens with a futuristic twist-as Donald catches the 'Spaced-Out Christmas' spirit! Then Donald celebrates 'Counterfeit Christmas' with the Beagle Boys... uh-oh! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Massimo Marconi and Jan Kruse. Art by Romano Scarpa and Bas Heymans. Cover by Daan Jippes. Fan favorite Romano Scarpa drags out the Dickens with a futuristic twist-as Donald catches the 'Spaced-Out Christmas' spirit! Then Donald celebrates 'Counterfeit Christmas' with the Beagle Boys... uh-oh! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $95.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1940-1942!"

Written by Bob Karp. Art and cover by Al Taliaferro.

From the Disney Vaults! The early Donald Duck daily strips are collected for the first time ever!

This second volume includes 750 sequential daily comic strips from 1940 to 1942 drawn by Al Taliaferro and written by Bob Karp, and reproduced from pristine original material in the Disney Vaults!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.99.

1st printing. Collects Donald Duck (2015 IDW) #4-6. Written by Rodolfo Cimino. Art by Romano Scarpa. Cover by Marco Rota. Enjoy modern and classic Disney tales such as "The Diabolical Duck Avenger," "The Perfect Calm," "Birthday Bugaboo!," and more by classic creators such as Rodolfo Cimino and Romano Scarpa. Softcover, 116 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Scott Lobdell. Art and Cover by Javi Fernandez. At last! Doomed goes head-to-head with the Alpha Centurion in the avatar-battle to end all avatar-battles! But can Reiser and Roman's friendship survive this clash of titans? And if these roommates split, who will keep all the video games they went halfsies on?! The stakes don't get any bigger than this! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Q Hayashida.

Deep in the Hole, the survivors of En's family continue their mission to revive their slain leader with some "enhanced interrogation" of a Cross-Eye member. The rest of the Cross-Eyes finally come face-to-face with their long-lost boss. And Risu, Asu, and an even more powerful Nikaido find themselves on a surprisingly dangerous quest: getting her gyoza business up and running again.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. Written by Max Allan Collins. Art by Terry Beatty. Cover by Stephen Gardner. In Manhattan of 1948, a famous former striptease artist named Maggie Starr runs her late husband's newspaper syndicate, distributing the superhero comic Wonder Guy. But when the cartoon's publisher winds up dead, Maggie hunts for the killer among a cast of cartoonists, wives and mistresses, and minions of a different sort of syndicate - a crew of suspects with motives that are far from super-heroic. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $7.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

Add to cart VG 4.0 $4.00

Written by Greg Rucka. Art by Carmen Nunez Carnero and Terry Pallot. Cover by Sachin Teng. Tessa and Marius are mercenary partners, eliminating those who use blood magic to hurt others, but when a powerful patron employs them, they realize this next job may be their last . . . 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Volume 31-33 - 1st printing. Collects Dragon Ball Z TPB (2003 Shonen Jump Edition Digest) Vol. 15-17 [Chapters 31-33].

Story and art by Akira Toriyama.

Earth faces its deadliest threat ever! Cell is a biologically engineered abomination constructed from the universe's most powerful beings, including Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and even Freeza! To increase his power and achieve his perfect form, Cell must absorb powerful warriors and steal their energy. Now Cell is about to issue a terrible ultimatum to Earth: produce one warrior who can stand up to Cell one-on-one or he will destroy every living thing on Earth!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 568 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Tsuyoshi Watanabe. After being diagnosed with a disease that makes sexual arousal fatal and undergoing ten years of self-control training, Rintaro's about to face his ultimate test - an all-girls school. Rintaro's got a problem: Sexual arousal can be deadly for him. This is terribly inconvenient when he's admitted to a former girls' academy where 99 percent of the student body is female! And worse, school supremacy is constantly being fought over in a conflict centering around three powerful girls - the Dragons! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Simon Coleby. Cover by Francesco Francavilla. Inspired by true events, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force in WWII and whose humble beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama propelled them into the deadly skies above Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Not only were they instrumental against the Nazi war machine, but also braved an equally great challenge, overcoming everyday bigotry amongst their fellow American soldiers as well as civilians at home. High in the heavens, they fought a battle that would change their country and their world forever. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Simon Coleby. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze. Inspired by true events, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force in WWII and whose humble beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama propelled them into the deadly skies above Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Not only were they instrumental against the Nazi war machine, but also braved an equally great challenge, overcoming everyday bigotry amongst their fellow American soldiers as well as civilians at home. High in the heavens, they fought a battle that would change their country and their world forever. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Hoknes Comics Exclusive Cover by Phil Hester. Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Simon Coleby. Inspired by true events, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force in WWII and whose humble beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama propelled them into the deadly skies above Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Not only were they instrumental against the Nazi war machine, but also braved an equally great challenge, overcoming everyday bigotry amongst their fellow American soldiers as well as civilians at home. High in the heavens, they fought a battle that would change their country and their world forever. 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Shrek and Kung fu Panda: Donkey Ride and Consequences!" Written by Dan Abnett. Art by Brian Williamson and S. L. Gallant. Get ready for some top-notch classic tales starring Kung-Fu Panda and Shrek! Ahead of his brand new movie, check out these Kung-Fu Panda adventures as Po and the Furious Five face hordes of ninja and a tricksy samurai! Plus, join Shrek in "Donkey Ride," where Prince Charming challenges Donkey and Puss, and "Consequences," where a group of water nymphs cause trouble! Softcover, 6-ibn. x 9-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Wake!" Collects Drifter (2014 Image) #6-9. Written by Ivan Brandon. Art and cover by Nic Klein. In search of revenge or a way out, Abram Pollux crosses the grey line to the dark side of planet Ouro, where humanity has no place. Mysteries unravel in the second chapter of th brooding sci-fi epic. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Daniel H. Wilson. Art and Cover by Jorge Jimenez. As the hunt for the traitor who stalks Earth-2 comes to a close, the Fastest Man Alive may not be quick enough to escape his fate on this new world! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Earth 2 Worlds End (2014) #12-26.

Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson and& Cullen Bunn.
Art by Robson Rocha, Eduardo Pansica, Jack Herbert, Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham, Stephen Segovia, Eddy Barrows, R.B. Silva, Pascal Alixe, Juan Jose Ryp, Paul Neary, Guillermo Ortego, Walden Wong, Eber Ferreira, Marc Deering, Vicente Cifuentes, Dan Green and Scott McDaniel.
Cover by Ardian Syaf and Jaime Mendoza.

Racing to learn the fate of Superman, the Wonders of Earth-2 find themselves in the clutches of Desaad and his twisted creations! Meanwhile, the Avatars of various realms come to the aid of Green Lantern to fend off the Furies of Apokolips, but will their might be enough?

Softcover, 360 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $3.00

Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art and Cover by Nick Dragotta. The war between nations heats up. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art and Cover by Nick Dragotta. Revelations and retribution abound in EAST OF WEST #23. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.50.

Dark Horse Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Weird Science (1950-1953 E.C.) #1-6.

Find out what made EC among the most influential comic book lines ever in this complete and newly recolored collection!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color.

NOTE: Published by Dark Horse.

Cover price $49.95.

Written by Justin Jordan, Hal G. Turner, Pete Woods and Jen Van Meter. Art by Tony Parker. Martin Salvador, Kelly Williams and Pete Woods. Cover by Jim Pavelec. Sing scary carols with Cousin Eerie! Featuring frightful familial fables from fiction's fantastically fearsome fabulists! Pick up your Yuletide ghoul guide! 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by James Tynion IV. Art and Cover by Jeremy Rock. One woman's visceral nightmares bleed into reality as she struggles to live in the political spotlight. Is she losing her mind, or do these visions hold some darker truth? 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by James Tynion IV. Art by Jeremy Rock. Cover by Travel Foreman. One woman's visceral nightmares bleed into reality as she struggles to live in the political spotlight. Is she losing her mind, or do these visions hold some darker truth? 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Lore!" By Bethesda. For the first time in print, step into the fantasy world of The Elder Scrolls Online! Tales of Tamriel Volume II: The Lore takes readers on adventure throughout the war-torn landscapes and battlefields of Tamriel, featuring a horde of in-game texts and exclusive artwork. Lavishly bound and produced, this series of books is the definitive guide to lore from the Elder Scrolls Online. Hardcover, 10-in. x 8-in., 232 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: May or May NOT include Cover Sash. Cover price $34.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Emma GN (2006-2009 DC/CMX Digest) Vol. 5-6. Story and art by Kaoru Mori. Despite each resolving to put the other from their minds, Emma and William's unexpected meeting has rekindled the embers of their love for each other. Though with William engaged to the daughter of a viscount - an ideal match in society's view - the two will face many difficult decisions and unbending opposition if they wish to pursue a future together. Mrs. Trollop is sympathetic to their plight, but even though she is fond of Emma and wishes every happiness for her son, she knows firsthand how unforgiving the upper classes can be to those who do not adhere to their standards. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $35.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Arjun Gaind. Art and Cover by Enrique Alacatena. Arrested for treason, Tom Lawrence plans an escape from the dreaded prison of Kala Pani with Azad, his compatriot in the rebellion. But upon reaching the mainland of India, he discovers the Empire of Blood and its ageless queen Elizabeth Bathory have a vastly different fate in store for him. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Conversations with the Dead!" Collects Empty Zone (2015 Image) #1-5. Story and art by Jason Shawn Alexander. In this sci-fi/horror saga, Corinne White attempts to reconcile with the ghosts of her violent past, literally, as she trudges through a world of dystopian cityscapes, reanimated corpses, and ganglands full of animal human hybrids. Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00

Add to cart Very Fine $4.00

Add to cart Fine $3.00

Written by Christopher Sebela. Art by Maxim Simic. Cover by Jason Copland. It's been 12 years, and the government still won't leave Snake Plissken alone. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Escape from Florida!" Collects Escape from New York (2014 Boom) #1-4.

Written by Christopher Sebela. Art by Diego Barreto. Cover by Tim Bradstreet.

What's to Love: "I thought you were dead." "Call me Plissken!" We could seriously quote John Carpenter's gritty cult classic all day. Expanding Carpenter's world of Big Trouble in Little China in comics has been a dream, and now we're diving into the war-torn "future" of Escape from New York with the most reluctant anti-hero in action flicks, Snake Plissken!

What It Is: Snake Plissken is back! Picking up right at the end of the cult classic film, Snake heads south to get away from it all, but trouble follows him to Florida where a militant family leads an attempted secession from the rest of the U.S.!

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by J. T. Krul. Art and Cover by Alex Konat. Michael Turner's classic action-adventure series re-emerges with a brand new era of mystery and magic! The magical warrior Miya's ill-fated plan to revive the spirit of her slain father goes terribly wrong-unleashing a foe unlike any seen before! The first all new Soulfire series to make its debut since Michael Turner introduced you to his incredible magical adventure over 10 years ago, is ready to take you on the ride of your life and explore the world of Soulfire as you've never seen it before! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by J. T. Krul. Art by Alex Konat. Cover by Pasquale Qualano. Michael Turner's classic action-adventure series re-emerges with a brand new era of mystery and magic! The magical warrior Miya's ill-fated plan to revive the spirit of her slain father goes terribly wrong-unleashing a foe unlike any seen before! The first all new Soulfire series to make its debut since Michael Turner introduced you to his incredible magical adventure over 10 years ago, is ready to take you on the ride of your life and explore the world of Soulfire as you've never seen it before! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Aspenstore.com Exclusive Holiday Limited Edition to 200 copies. Cover by Jordan Gunderson and Peter Steigerwald. Written by J. T. Krul. Art by Alex Konat. Cover by Pasquale Qualano. Michael Turner's classic action-adventure series re-emerges with a brand new era of mystery and magic! The magical warrior Miya's ill-fated plan to revive the spirit of her slain father goes terribly wrong-unleashing a foe unlike any seen before! The first all new Soulfire series to make its debut since Michael Turner introduced you to his incredible magical adventure over 10 years ago, is ready to take you on the ride of your life and explore the world of Soulfire as you've never seen it before! 28 pages, full color.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Brian Wood. Art by Eduardo Francisco. Cover by Borkur Eiriksson. An unknown enemy relentlessly pursues the Valkyries. What is their purpose, and what does their specific interest in Rán mean for the future? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Very Fine $3.00

Add to cart Very Fine $3.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Evil Empire (2014 Boom) #5-8. Written by Max Bemis. Art by Ransom Getty and Andrea Mutti and Andrea Mutti. Cover by Jay Shaw. The sands are shifting in America's public consciousness. One action has torn the country apart in a debate over the meaning of right and wrong, and Reese Greenwood is not about to stand by as the American people support the rantings of a mad man. But how far will people go to take a stand for what they believe in? Told through the perspective of an underground rapper with a political bone to pick, Max Bemis' gripping story explores a scenario in which we watch modern society gradually evolve into an evil empire. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Sam Read. Art by Caio Oliveira. Cover by Ramon Villalobos. Jack and Mo continue their rescue attempt, as they sneak aboard the Ruleian mothership with help from Scrap and Hanna, while Grunt reveals a secret to the prisoners that shocks them to the core. Spaceships get ram-raided! Mysteries are revealed! Aliens get punched in the face! 2015's sci-fi punk rock action rollercoaster cranks the volume up to eleven. 20 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Written by Sam Read. Art by Caio Oliveira. Cover by Joe Mulvey. Jack and Mo continue their rescue attempt, as they sneak aboard the Ruleian mothership with help from Scrap and Hanna, while Grunt reveals a secret to the prisoners that shocks them to the core. Spaceships get ram-raided! Mysteries are revealed! Aliens get punched in the face! 2015's sci-fi punk rock action rollercoaster cranks the volume up to eleven. 20 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Sam Read. Art by Caio Oliveira. Cover by Ramon Villalobos. Jack and the gang reunite with their friends and family, only to find themselves face-to-face with the Ruleian horde with no intention of letting this feast escape their clutches. The riotous punk rock sci-fi adventure concludes with a showdown of epic proportions! Will our heroes make it out alive, or end up as alien entrees? 20 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Written by Sam Read. Art by Caio Oliveira. Cover by Joe Mulvey. Jack and the gang reunite with their friends and family, only to find themselves face-to-face with the Ruleian horde with no intention of letting this feast escape their clutches. The riotous punk rock sci-fi adventure concludes with a showdown of epic proportions! Will our heroes make it out alive, or end up as alien entrees? 20 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Andi Ewington and Williams Brothers. Art and Cover by Raymund Bermudez. One might ask the question, what's the one thing a crack-team of classic horror monsters assembled for the single purpose of battling Hitler's secret army of undead super-soldiers should be afraid of? Why, Sergeant Majors boot camp of course! As the team begins to take shape, it's up to Sergeant Major to whip the newly formed Dreadnaughts into a fighting force for freedom. However, when the fledgling squadron turns a military sock-hop into a monsters ball, the big dance could be over before it starts. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Art and Cover by Gabo. Essie and Hemingway try one last effort to get Jude out of Purgatory: they free Nettie, Essie's mother and Jude's killer. But her time in prison may have changed her irrevocably. What will happen when she finds that the man she killed is no longer dead? Also: deals with Heaven's bureaucrats! A journey through the space/time continuum! And... a conversation with God! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Very Fine $7.10

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Fight For Your Life!" Collects F1rst Hero: Fight For Your Life (2015 Action Lab) #1-4. Written by Anthony Ruttgaizer. Art and cover by Danny Zabbal. Jake Roth is still trying to keep his new powers a secret but when an old friend reappears, Jake is drawn into direct conflict with the Philly mafia that has its own extrahuman enforcer: a three-armed fighting machine named Odinson! Can the government's Extrahuman Task Force be far behind? Bullets fly and bodies fall as The First Hero's adventure continues! Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Written by Matthew Sturges and Dave Justus. Art by Steve Sadowski, Shawn McManus and Travis Moore. Cover by Chrissie Zullo. A pigtailed girl, a white doe, and old-world magic collide in a New York City apartment! Bigby ties up loose ends from Salem and rips into clues about the dark corners of Fabletown. Plus: The origin story of Bloody Mary takes a shattering turn! First comes love, then comes marriage...and after what comes next, will Mary ever be able to look herself in the mirror again? 36 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.

Volume 1- 1st printing. A new Fairy Tail prequel that follows clothing-challenged ice wizard Gray Fullbuster in the time before he joined the guild! Gray's master Ur was his only family left in the world. When she sacrificed herself to encase the demon Deliora in ice, he was left to wander the world alone. Before he could join Fairy Tail, he had to undertake a journey of self-discovery and redemption, with a lot of adventures along the way! We know where Gray acquired his disconcerting habit of taking off his clothes (even in polite company), but how did he go from broken young boy to capable Fairy Tail wizard? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 208 pages, B&W Cover price $10.99.

Volume 51 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Hiro Mashima. Translated and Adapted by William Flanagan. Seventeen-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world, and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild, and our heroes' adventure together begins. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Story, Art and Cover by Brian Haberlin. AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCED. Meet The Neighbors. What happens when you meet a highly advanced species to form a new alliance BUT you can't even stand to look at them? Also, Forest must root out the truth when a collection of space vagabonds try to sell him their home planet. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Written by Vince Hernandez. Art by Claudio Avella. Cover by Marco Lorenzana. The epic conclusion to the first volume brings the fragile team of Blue outcasts to their breaking point, as the forces of two worlds, above and below, collide on a cataclysmic level! Don't miss out on the finale of the most talked about new Fathom series! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Vince Hernandez. Art by Claudio Avella. Cover by Pasquale Qualano. The epic conclusion to the first volume brings the fragile team of Blue outcasts to their breaking point, as the forces of two worlds, above and below, collide on a cataclysmic level! Don't miss out on the finale of the most talked about new Fathom series! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.