This week, Dynamite Entertainment teases us with sneak peeks of The Boys #52, Bring the Thunder #3, Dean Koontz’ Frankenstein: Prodigal Son Volume 2 #4, and Red Sonja #55.
VAMPIRELLA MASTERS SERIES VOL 3: MARK MILLAR TRADE PAPERBACK
136 pages FC • $19.99 • Teen +
Written by MARK MILLAR & JOHN SMITH
Art & cover by MIKE MAYHEW
For Vampirella, only the best will do…
Vampirella has always been associated with some of the greatest names in the industry, and this third volume of the Vampirella Masters Series collects Mark Millar’s solo run on Vampirella into one gorgeous trade paperback. Mark Millar’s run on Vampirella takes readers on a journey to the town of “Nowheresville!” Along for the ride is artist Mike Mayhew, whose incredibly realistic depiction of Vampirella is featured throughout this collection. Also reprinted here is Mayhew and writer John Smith’s “Fear Of Mirrors”. Collects issues one through six of Vampirella, and features a cover gallery with art by Mayhew, David Finch, J.H. Williams, Bruce Timm, Greg Horn, J. Scott Campbell and more!
“Vampirella was so hot I used to buy every comic I could get my hands on. The fact she didn’t exist didn’t bother me because we have these quintessential female images in our mind…”
– James Cameron, Director of Avatar, Titanic, Aliens and Terminator
THE BOYS #52
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by JOHN McCREA
Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
Beginning the four part “Barbary Coast”: Hughie travels out west to finally meet Lieutenant-Colonel Greg Mallory, the man who started The Boys. All kinds of secrets await our hero, beginning with the terrible story of the first supes to see action in World War Two. When the revelations cease, will Hughie return – or walk away from the team forever?
BRING THE THUNDER #3 (of 4)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written byJAI NITZ
Art by WILSON TORTOSA
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main) & WILSON TORTOSA (1-in-10)
Wayne Russell tests out his new powers and discovers that someone is watching him. When he tries to track them down, he falls into a trap set by the local gang he encountered last issue. They have a surprise in store for their superpowered nemesis. Meanwhile, halfway around the world, trouble brews in Afghanistan when a man with similar powers emerges.
DEAN KOONTZ’ FRANKENSTEIN:
PRODIGAL SON VOL 2 #4
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by DEAN KOONTZ & CHUCK DIXON
Art & cover by SCOTT COHN
The undead Deucalion continues to aid Carson and Michael in their hunt for the rogue Detective Harker, who, in hiding, shares a disturbing secret with Father Duchaine. And will Erika be forced to pay the ultimate price now that Victor has discovered her insubordination? Find out in the penultimate chapter of DEAN KOONTZ’S FRANKENSTEIN!
RED SONJA #55
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN • Art by PATRICK BERKENKOTTER
Covers by PATRICK BERKENKOTTER (50%), MICHAEL AVON OEMING (25%) & WALTER GEOVANI (25%)
What do you do when the war is over and your comrades are dead on the battlefield? You find the nearest tavern and drink a toast: “To Absent Friends.” Red Sonja considers her next move after the deadly conflicts in Shem (issues #51-#54), but where there’s a tavern, there’s some drunken fool who starts a fight…