I’m getting to this one a little late this week (I’ll tell you why at a later date), but better late than never as Major Spoilers presents a sampling of sneak peeks from our friends at Image Comics that are arriving in stores this week.
WAR HEROES #3 (of 6)
story MARK MILLAR, art & cover TONY HARRIS, variant cover FRANK CHO
32 PAGES, FC, $2.99
After weeks of training, the recruits finally get to try out their super-powers on real-life targets, as Project Olympus marches en masse across the Middle East, much to the horror of the world at large. But things are not as simple as they seem, and Calvin’s poster-boy brother is up to something.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
SAVAGE DRAGON #153
story, art & cover ERIK LARSEN
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
“FAMILY REUNIONâ€
Savage Dragon is reunited with his son Malcolm but the reunion is anything but happy. What’s a son to do when his father has merged with a ruthless, unyielding killer? Meanwhile Dart continues to manipulate the Original Daredevil and the mysterious new Overlord is making a few changes to the Vicious Circle in his quest for power!
PLUS: IMAGE UNITED STARTS HERE, IN A SPECIAL FOUR-PART PRELUDE STORY BY ROBERT KIRKMAN & WHILCE PORTACIO!
PROOF #24
story ALEXANDER GRECIAN art CHRIS GRINE cover RILEY ROSSMO & CHRIS GRINE
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
“BLUE FAIRYâ€
The baby fairy, Joy, travels across the habitat in search of his dead father. A special stand-alone story with art by guest illustrator Chris Grine.
JERSEY GODS #8
story GLEN BRUNSWICK, art DAN McDAID, cover MIKE ALLRED
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
Hecticus has taken Helius prisoner: name, rank and serial number just ain’t gonna cut it. Hecticus is looking to extract his pound of flesh. An emergency beacon sends Barock back to Neboron. Zoe tags along and is thrilled to finally see the sights of Neboron – that is until she gets a little too close to the local wildlife… and then meets Barock’s mother.
I SELL THE DEAD (ONE-SHOT)
story GLENN McQUAID, art & cover BRAHM REVEL
48 PAGES, FC, $4.99
When 19th Century justice catches up with the infamous grave robbers Grimes and Blake, the condemned Blake reveals to the peculiar clergyman, Father Duffy, who you can never… ever… trust a corpse. From GLENN McQUAID’s award winning motion picture starring DOMINIC MONAGHAN, LARRY FASSENDEN and RON PERLMAN.