by David Wheeler
Check out some of the newest comics from March Previews!
Troublemaker
Writer: Janet Evanovich, Alex Evanovich
Artist: Joelle Jones (Dr. Horrible)
The first graphic novel from Janet Evanovich, author of
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen, continues her New York Times best-selling Barnaby series with her very first graphic novel!
Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker are back together and fighting crime the only way they know how — by leaving a trail of chaos, panic, and disorder. Alex, an auto mechanic and spotter for racecar driver Sam Hooker, is drawn to trouble like a giant palmetto bug to a day-old taco. Unfortunately, she’s also drawn to Hooker in the same fashion. There’s no steering clear of trouble or Hooker when friends Rosa and Felicia call for help. A man has gone missing, and in order to find him Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and southern Florida, surviving Petro Voodoo, explosions, gift-wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker’s mom.
Janet Evanovich has been a #1 New York Times bestseller fourteen times, and her novels have sold over 90 million copies.
Watch for her signing at the Dark Horse booth at the San Diego Comic-Con.
- Format: FC, 112pg., HARD COVER
- Price: $17.99
Brody’s Ghost TP vol 1
Writer: Mark Crilley
Artist: Mark Crilley
From the creator of the Eisner-nominated Akiko!
Brody hoped it was just a hallucination. But no, the teenaged ghostly girl who’d come face to face with him in the middle of a busy city street was all too real. And now she was back, telling him she needed his help in hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden supernatural powers. Thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley joins Dark Horse to launch his most original and action-packed saga to date in Brody’s Ghost, the first in a six-volume limited series.
Crilley is best known for his Akiko young-adult novels and comic books.
- Format: BW, 96pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
- Price: $6.99
DC Universe Legacies #1 (of 10)
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert & J.G. Jones
Cover: Andy Kubert & Joe Kubert
Variant Cover: J.G. Jones
It starts here! DC Comics proudly presents a ten-part history of the DC Universe spanning five generations of heroes from the dawn of the Mystery Men to present day. In this first exciting issue, the Second World War rages on, giving birth to a new breed of hero. Caped and masked urban myths become legends as they emerge from the shadows to earn their place in history. Meanwhile, explore the bizarre new heroes Dr. Fate and The Spectre and learn whether their powers are real…or imagined.
Join renowned writer Len Wein (SWAMP THING, Incredible Hulk), legendary artist Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK), his son, the fan-favorite Andy Kubert (BATMAN, X-Men) and J.G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS, 52) as they unearth the DCU’s epic history in this event you won’t want to miss!
- Format: FC, 40pg., LIMITED SERIES
- Price: $3.99
I, Zombie
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art & Cover: Michael Allred
1:10 Variant Cover: Darwyn Cooke
Gwen Dylan is a gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery…and a zombie detective. Once a month, she has to eat a human brain – both to keep from going all “Night of the Living Dead,” and to keep her own memories intact. As a result, Gwen’s mind is crowded with the dead person’s thoughts. And lately, she feels compelled to fulfill their final requests. Torn between a mysterious mummy and a dashing young monster-hunter, Gwen is set for adventures beyond imagination! A were-terrier, a swinging ’60s ghost and a pack of paintball blasting vampires complete the cast of I, ZOMBIE.
Written by World Fantasy Award finalist Chris Roberson (CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE) with art by Eisner Award-winning superstar artist Michael Allred (X-Statix, Madman), I, ZOMBIE is a monster of a tale with razor-sharp prose and powerful pop artistry.
Don’t miss this special debut issue launching Vertigo’s next monster hit, priced at just $1.00!
- Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
- Price: $1.00
Sam & Twitch: Writer #1 (of 4)
Story: Luca Blengino
Art: Luca Erbetta & Fabior Bono
Colors: Filippo Rizzu
Cover: Luca Erbetta
New crime fiction mini-series shipping bi-weekly! A top-notch creative team from Italy spins a hard-boiled crime fiction tale from the boroughs of NYC! PART ONE: ‘INCIPIT IN MEDIA RES’ In the dead of winter, with a snowstorm looming, a routine homicide investigation has a literary twist. A suspected drug dealer is found dead and naked, with what seems to be part of a larger story written all over his body. Detectives Sam Burke and Twitch Williams, along with graphologist Charlotte Garland, have to discover the truth, but the case, like the weather, can only get worse…
- Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
- Price: $2.99
Sam & Twitch: Writer #1 (of 4)
Story: Luca Blengino
Art: Luca Erbetta & Fabior Bono
Colors: Filippo Rizzu
Cover: Luca Erbetta
New crime fiction mini-series shipping bi-weekly! A top-notch creative team from Italy spins a hard-boiled crime fiction tale from the boroughs of NYC! PART ONE: ‘INCIPIT IN MEDIA RES’ In the dead of winter, with a snowstorm looming, a routine homicide investigation has a literary twist. A suspected drug dealer is found dead and naked, with what seems to be part of a larger story written all over his body. Detectives Sam Burke and Twitch Williams, along with graphologist Charlotte Garland, have to discover the truth, but the case, like the weather, can only get worse…
- Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
- Price: $2.99
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1 (of 4)
W/A: Jeremy Bastian, Alex Sheikman, Ted Naifeh, David Petersen
Inside the June Alley Inn, located in the western mouse city of Barkstone, mice gather to tell tales, each trying to outdo the other. A competition, of sorts, begins. The rules: Every story must contain one truth, one lie, and have never been told in that tavern before. Legends of the Guard is a new Mouse Guard anthology series with artists and storytellers handpicked by creator David Petersen.
- Format: LIMITED SERIES
- Price: $3.50
James Bond Adventures vol 1: TP
By: Charlie Higson, Kev Walker
Years before James Bond was Her Majesty’s Secret Servent with a license to kill, he was a boarding school student at Eton. Acclaimed British writer Charlie Higson, working with Ian Fleming’s estate, writes an edge-of-your seat thriller that brilliantly plants the seeds to show how young James learns the skills that will eventually make him history’s most formidable and suave super spy.
- Format: FC, 160pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
- Price: $9.99
Farscape: Scorpius
By: Rockne S O’bannon, MacK, Mike Ruiz, Joe Benitez, Chad Hardin
Scorpius rises again. Across the Uncharted Territories his name is feared. See Farscape’s greatest mastermind reveal his new plan for revenge on the crew of Moya! An excellent new entry point for Farscape fans that might have missed the previous series! Written by series creator Rockne S. O’Bannon and scripted by fan-favorite Star Trek novelist David Alan Mack.
- Format: COMIC
- Price: $3.99
Avengers #1
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils & Cover: John Romita Jr
Variants: John Romita Jr & Marko Djurdjevic
Heroic Age Variant: Greg Land
The Heroic Age is here!
There came a day! A day unlike any other…where two of Marvel’s top creators teamed up for the very first time to create a bombastic new monthly Marvel comic that not only ushers in the Heroic Age of Marvel Comics but unleashes onto the world the most blockbuster Avengers team ever! Who will answer the call? And will they assemble just in time…because Kang the Conqueror is here from the future. And wait till you find out why…! Bonus back up feature: the oral history of the Avengers, part one. A brand new illustrated look at the Avengers in a way you have never seen before by series writer Brian Michael Bendis
- Format: FC, 32pg
- Price: $3.99
The Thanos Imperative: Ignition #1 (One-Shot)
Writer: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Pencils: Brad Walker
Inks: Array
Letters: VC – Joe Caramagna
Cover:Aleksi Briclot
Thanos is back! On one side you have the Marvel Universe’s #1 threat! On the other: a dark new force determined to obliterate everyone! In the middle are the outnumbered and battle-hardened heroes that stand between us and complete decimation! A war has ignited which will combine the galaxy’s most dedicated warriors with a collection of heroes that you never saw coming! It’s a battle that will span the cosmos, deliver major shocks, and will prove to you why IGN proclaims “Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning can seemingly do no wrong” and Aint It Cool News raves that Abnett and Lanning consistently deliver “terrific action, interesting character development, and some pretty good jokes all rolled into one amazing package.”
- Format: FC, ONE-SHOT
- Price: $3.99
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