Image Comics Solicitations for August 2007

Image Comics has provided Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles shipping in August 2007.

SPECIAL FORCES #1 (of 6)
story KYLE BAKER
art & cover KYLE BAKER

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $2.99

GET READY TO RAQ! It’s Black Hawk Upside-Down!

EISNER award-winning Kyle Baker brings you SPECIAL FORCES the wackiest boot camp since “Stripes”! SPECIAL FORCES follows a small-town autistic teen from his recruitment, through basic training, and then off to war in Iraq. With violent felons, mental patients, a violent mental hot chick felon and at least one “Don’t ask don’t tell”, his unit is composed of the military’s last line of defense. The very last line!

What happens when desperate army recruiters fall below quota at the same time the President calls for additional troops? Find out in SPECIAL FORCES!

Inspired by a true 2006 incident in which an 18-year-old autistic Oregon boy was recruited into the army.

BRIT #1
story BRUCE BROWN
art & cover CLIFF RATHBURN
editor ROBERT KIRKMAN

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $2.99

Brit is a one-man, unstoppable killing machine… and eligible for a senior citizen’s discount. He’s been this country’s last line of defense for almost a century–but after he inadvertently caused the death of his ex-wife and her son, he quit. Now SOMETHING has drawn him out of retirement. Look out, evil – BRIT IS BACK!

FROM THE CREATOR OF THE WALKING DEAD AND INVINCIBLE!

BONDS #1 (of 3)
story DURWIN TALON
art & cover DURWIN TALON

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $3.99

“ALLEGRO”
Faith Warner is an up and coming cellist leading a seemingly perfect life until the night she loses her father to an assassin’s bullet. So when Faith discovers she has the opportunity to use long dormant magical abilities to exact her revenge, she takes it. Her path of retribution is a bloody one. To become an instrument of vengeance, she must sever the bonds of her happiness… and sacrifice her future. BONDS is by DURWIN TALON, artist on BATMAN: OFFICER DOWN.

A supernatural thriller about a woman’s bloody path to retribution.

BOMB QUEEN IV # 1 (of 4)
story JIMMIE ROBINSON
art & cover JIMMIE ROBINSON

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 29 $3.50

“SUICIDE BOMBER”
Bomb Queen declares war against the Image Universe! The nuclear aftermath from the Queen’s last adventure put the country on high alert and forced government sanctions on her dictatorship. However, unknown to the Queen, there’s a deeper, more evil plot forming right under her feet.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

CASANOVA #8
story MATT FRACTION
art FABIO MOON
cover GABRIEL BA

24 PAGES 2C AUGUST 8 $1.99

An all-new storyline drawn by the stunning FÁBIO MOON ignites here as CASANOVA returns with the perfect jumping-on point for new readers. What terrible truth lurks inside of Dokkktor Klockhammer’s horror hospital? How much time passes on page 11? Who’s the stone-cold fox behind the stick of that sick assault aircraft from the future? Do all women from the future look like that? We hope so — because that’s where we’re spending all our tomorrows. Besides, only a girl from the future would dare ask…
WHEN IS CASANOVA QUINN?

COMPASS #1
written C.B. CEBULSKI & AKIHIDE YANAGI
art & cover RYUSUKE HAMAMOTO

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 1 $2.99

CAN FOUR YOUNG WITCHES WIELD THE POWER OF EARTH’S MAGIC?

In the world where Magic rules, the last four clans of witches meet on the summer solstice for the Rite of Ascendency ceremony. They are set to ring in a new generation of spiritual leadership and appoint their newest “Heirs to the Elements”. However, a deadly attack by forces unknown leaves four young witches alone and helpless as they must learn to cooperate and use their knowledge, skills and magical abilities to prove they are indeed worthy of inheriting the abilities to control Earth’s mystic forces.

C.B. Cebulski teams with writer Akihide Yanagi and renowed Japanese manga artist Ryusuke Hamamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sea Sir Sun) for this new full-color manga series, debuting first in the United States.

ELEPHANTMEN: WAR TOYS #1 (of 3)
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art MORITAT
cover BOO COOK
variant pencil cover LADRÖNN

40 PAGES BW AUGUST 22 $2.99

INVASION!
Africa and China are at war. The battlefield: Europe. Enter: MAPPO’s genetically engineered soldiers, The Elephantmen. At last, Starkings & Moritat tell the story of the war to end all wars in this special three-issue miniseries.

ELEPHANTMEN: HIP FLASK Jigsaw puzzle
Art LADRÖNN
1000 PIECES
FC
AUGUST 22
$24.99

Because you demanded it — the first HIP FLASK jigsaw featuring the Eisner award-winning work of ELEPHANTMEN cover artist, Ladrönn! Much like every lovingly crafted issue of HIP FLASK, this thousand piece puzzle won’t come together quickly… measuring 48.5 X 68 cm, it’s a great gift and perfect for those rainy days in Mystery City.

IN HER DARKEST HOUR (ONE-SHOT)
story FERNANDA CHIELLA
art & cover FERNANDA CHIELLA

32 PAGES BW AUGUST 8 $3.50

Lisa is a young girl on the brink of suicide. Living alone in a town with no family and no friends, she has fallen into despair. Can her newfound friend Joshua convince her that life is worth living, or will she fall to the embrace of death in her darkest hour?

Brilliant, newly discovered artist Fernanda Chiella has created one of the most visually stunning and emotionally gripping freshman efforts in years. Hers is a name we’ll be hearing more from in years to come.

KILLING GIRL #1 (of 5)
story by GLEN BRUNSWICK
art & cover by FRANK ESPINOSA

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 8 $2.99

What if the Mafia had their own secret service…?

Sara doesn’t remember her real name. What she does know is that she traded away misery as a former prostitute and became a world-class killing machine.

When a routine hit goes sour, Sara makes a shocking discovery: Suppressed memories, haunting her since childhood, are in fact TRUE! And her REAL family, presumed dead, may actually still be alive.

She begins to wonder about her life that could have been. Is it too late to reclaim her humanity? No one has ever retired from the Cosa Nostra secret service and lived.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

SORROW #1 (of 4)
story RICK REMENDER & SETH PECK
art FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
cover KIERON DWYER

32 PAGES BW AUGUST 1 $2.99

In 1952, the U.S. Government’s nuclear testing killed all of the good people of Sorrow, Nevada. Today, the sign in front of town reads “population zero”. The locals, however, will tell you a very different story… When a car accident strands four young travelers in this desolate ghost town, they soon find that not all that is buried is dead.

A modern take on the classic ghost story SORROW mingles the psychological terror of The Exorcist with the eerie dread of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks to inspire fear in the most hardened of horror fans.

STEVE NILES’ STRANGE CASES #1 (of ???)
concept STEVE NILES
story by DAN WICKLINE
art by DAVID HARTMAN

32 page FC AUGUST 1 $2.99

“THE GATHERING”
The greatest monster hunters in the world are called to Holcomb Manor to hear an offer they may not live long enough to refuse. From the mind of horror master STEVE NILES along with writer DAN WICKLINE (30 Days of Night, Unravel) and artist DAVID HARTMAN (Rob Zombie’s American Witch) comes the first part of the multi-format collaboration with D2C Games.

CRIMELAND OGN
story FELIPE FERREIRA & IVAN BRANDON
art & cover RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

96 PAGES FC AUGUST 1 $9.99

Drug dealing, underground death-match fights and prostitution are every day fare La Rambla, but when Squallo, the top of the criminal food chain is assassinated, a long-standing truce between rival gangs is broken and life is about to get worse. Revenge, corruption and power rain down on the city when the 3 heirs to the crime-throne go to war on the streets of the city. Everyone is a suspect in this bombastic crime thriller loaded with violence, intrigue and lies.

THE SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLAN POO OGN

story DWIGHT L. MACPHERSON
art THOMAS BOATWRIGHT
cover DAVID HARTMAN

96 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $9.99

Edgar Allan Poe just lost everything. His dead wife is haunting him in his dreams, his latest book has bombed, and the imagination that fueled his stories has become a curse. His prayer to never dream again is answered one evening as he falls asleep in an outhouse. His discarded creativity takes the form of his dream child, Edgar Allan Poo, who must now undergo a strange odyssey through the poet’s troubled mind.
This August, Shadowline presents a twisted glimpse into the dream life of America’s greatest fantasist in DWIGHT L. MACPHERSON & THOMAS BOATWRIGHT’s unusual epic, THE SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLAN POO!

GLISTER #1
story ANDI WATSON
art & cover ANDI WATSON

64 PAGES BW AUGUST 1 $5.99

“GLISTER BUTTERWORTH AND THE HAUNTED TEAPOT”

From the writer of DC MINX graphic novel CLUBBING, the Eisner and Harvey-nominated
creator’s new series follows the adventures of Glister, a girl who’s a magnet for the weird and unusual. Ghost writers back from the dead, upset houses who can change appearance, a Toll Troll in the wishing well, unscrupulous antiquarian ex-wrestlers, and a misplaced Sphinx are just some the oddities she encounters in the self-contained, all-ages stories.

Includes a new SKELETON KEY back-up.

24seven, VOL. 2 OGN
story and art by: ASHLEY WOOD, GENE HA, ADAM HUGHES, DAVE JOHNSON, FRAZER IRVING, MICHAEL AVON OEMING, JUAN DOE, JASON AARON, NIKO HENRICHON, CB CEBULSKI, BEN TEMPLESMITH, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, JOHN NEY RIEBER, WILL PFEIFFER, FÁBIO MOON, GABRIEL BÁ & MANY MORE!
cover by ASHLEY WOOD

200 PAGES FC AUGUST 1 $19.99

24seven features a who’s who of today’s best writers and artists from comics, film and animation, telling tales of ROBOTS in the city that never sleeps. Following in the tradition of the acclaimed hit 24seven volume one, volume two’s stories run a cross-genre gamut, from crisis in space to bank robberies to gambling robot dogs. 24seven has romance, action, horror – everything you want – told by a cross-section of the most diverse writers and artists you’ll find on the printed page.

THE ART OF GREG CAPULLO TP
art & cover GREG CAPULLO

160 PAGES FC AUGUST 1 $24.99

“The comic artist’s artist!” Ask anyone who knows the medium and that is what they will say about GREG CAPULLO. This collection features many never before seen pieces, with GREG taking you step by step through the creation of the new cover painting for the soft cover. CAPULLO’s very best from comics and illustration, this stunning collection of drawings and paintings finally removes the text and logos from all those covers, and lets you take a good long look at the art itself. A must for any SPAWN or comic art fan.

MADMAN, VOL. 1 TP
story MIKE ALLRED
art & cover MIKE ALLRED

300 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $24.99

MIKE ALLRED holds rank in the pantheon of great American cartoonists, and Image Comics is proud to present this first volume of his seminal work collecting the first MADMAN series, MADMAN ADVENTURES, and some extra goodies. With a new series, a new publisher and new movie with Sin City’s ROBERT RODRIGUEZ in the works, this is going to be a huge year ALLRED fans!

MIKE ALLRED weaves colorful characters, pop culture and super-heroics into heartfelt modern myth!

NOBLE CAUSES VOL. 7: POWERLESS TP
story JAY FAERBER
art JON BOSCO
cover KHARY RANDOLPH

184 PAGES FC AUGUST 8 $15.99

Race Noble has lost his powers, and he’s convinced his life is over. But his wife Liz has never had any superpowers, and she tries to convince him that there’s more to life than being a superhero. Meanwhile, Rusty Noble learns a horrible secret about his girlfriend, which sends him on a collision course with his hated half-brother, Frost.

Collects NOBLE CAUSES 19-25

PX! OGN BOOK 1: A GIRL AND HER PANDA
story MANNY TREMBLEY & ERIC A. ANDERSON
art & cover MANNY TREMBLEY

168 PAGES FC AUGUST 1 $16.99

PX! is the story of a young girl named Dahlia who – with the help of her giant and trusty Panda sidekick – sets off on an epic journey around the globe to save her missing father. Unbeknownst to our heroes, Dad has been kidnapped by Pollo, an evil goat mastermind bent on taking over the world, and it’s only a matter of time before Pollo’s twisted machinations will be unleashed. Paths will be crossed, alliances will be formed, and ninjas will be punched! Will this unlikely band of misfits be able to stop Pollo in time, or is it already too late for Dalia’s dad… and the world?

An all-ages adventure from the creators of SAM NOIR: MANNY TREMBLEY and ERIC A. ANDERSON!

SPAWN, VOL. 4 TP
story TODD MCFARLANE, BRIAN HOLGUIN
art TODD MCFARLANE, GREG CAPULLO
cover TODD MCFARLANE

480 PAGES FC AUGUST 29 $29.95

Classic TODD MCFARLANE and GREG CAPULLO at the top of their game in both art and story! Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, features in pivotal confrontations with many classic villains. Complete your Spawn library! Twenty issues of pulse pounding sequentials, containing issues 55-75 of the Spawn comic.

COLLECTS SPAWN 55-75

STRAY TOASTERS TP
story BILL SIENKIEWICZ
art & cover BILL SIENKIEWICZ

224 PAGES FC AUGUST 28 $24.99

Locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, burnt out detective Egon Rustemagick is released from a high security mental institution in order to catch a serial-killing monster who is murdering and mutilating housewives and young children. Thus STRAY TOASTERS, the legendary seminal graphic novel written and painted by one of the
world’s most innovative and influential comic book artists, BILL SIENKIEWICZ.

STRAY TOASTERS, a full-color definitive annotated volume, showcases SIENKIEWICZ at the top of his game. Contains new cover, cover gallery and a few surprises.

TECH JACKET VOL 1: THE BOY FROM EARTH TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover E.J. SU

144 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $14.99

The Geldarians are a race of incredibly intelligent, yet physically weak and fragile beings. To compensate for their frailty they have invented the “Tech Jacket,” a vest that every Geldarian is equipped with upon birth. A fully developed Tech Jacket is considered to be one of the most powerful weapons in the universe. Zack Thompson, through an event of sheer chance, has come to possess a Tech Jacket of his own. Now it appears that the fate of the entire universe rests on his shoulders as he learns that with infinite power comes infinite responsibility.

FROM THE WRITER OF INVINCIBLE AND THE WALKING DEAD!

Collects TECH JACKET 1-6 in FULL COLOR for the first time in the USA

THE AMORY WARS #3 (of 5)
story CLAUDIO SANCHEZ
art M.S. MILLER
cover TONY MOORE

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $2.99

Coheed and Cambria have been captured and ride a spaceship bound for Paris: Earth. At the house, Claudio discovers Josephine’s dead body, the vicious Priest that killed her – and some amazing new powers – as his own fight for survival begins. How does the Kilgannon family’s self-awareness play into Inferno’s plans for revenge? Will Maria’s rebellion free Heaven’s Fence – or destroy it?

BAD PLANET #3 (RES)
story STEVE NILES & THOMAS JANE art JIM DALY & TIM BRADSTREET
cover MARK SCHULTZ

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $2.99

The fearsome, loathsome DeathSpiders™ continue their sickening carnal rampage over the ravaged earth – this time in heart-thumping, mind-numbing SUPER-TERROR 3-D!

The Phaedon Warrior makes his way to Earth, and Veronica Falcon thinks he may hold the key to stopping the horrific Deathspiders™. But will the escaped alien convict want to lend a hand? Or is he here to revel in the destruction?

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

PLUS no less than 14 pages of FULL COLOR 3D done by the MASTER of STEREOSCOPIC imaging, RAY ZONE! SUPER-TERROR 3-D GLASSES included!

DUST #2 (of 2)
story mink & PAOLO PARENTE
art & cover PAOLO PARENTE

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $3.99

With the Axis poised to launch a manned orbiting space probe to end WWII once and for all, the Sino-soviets lead a sabotage mission to Reicher Castle to stop the rocket. Outmanned and outgunned, the team was captured. Now, deep behind enemy lines, a ragtag U.S. Special Forces ranger team must mount a seemingly impossible rescue mission to save the Sino-soviet unit allies and destroy the rocket.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

DYNAMO 5 #6
story JAY FAERBER
art & cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 2 $3.50

Chrysalis and her offspring have got Maddie backed into a corner as they reveal even more secrets about Captain Dynamo, which leads Maddie to take desperate measures. Meanwhile, F.L.A.G. agent Augie Ford makes an offer to someone on the Dynamo 5 team… but can Augie be trusted?

FRANK FRAZETTA’S DEATH DEALER #5 (of 6)
story JOSHUA ORTEGA
art NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
covers FRANK FRAZETTA, NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 8 $3.99

Rian Atar finally reaches the castle of King Strom–only to find a most terrible surprise waiting for him and his men! Adelia, Lambeau and Dreovid follow the Death Dealer to the edge of the Angra Swamp, where the grotesque Dazaka lies in wait… Featuring one of the biggest shocks in fantasy history–this is one twist you won’t see coming!

Get ready for the one of the biggest shockers of the year!

GUTSVILLE #4 (of 6)
story SIMON SPURRIER
art & cover FRAZER IRVING

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 29 $3.99

Albert finds himself tangled amongst the Vittals: a cadre of idealistic revolutionaries. Will he finally discover the peace he craves, or merely trade one violent life for another? Meanwhile, Emelia must endure her marriage to the unctuous George Rathbone, finally witnessing first-hand the freaky practices of the JonahKin. And all the while, the Great Beast swims on, far more aware of the life in its belly than the citizens of Gutsville could ever guess.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

HIDING IN TIME #2 (of 4)
story CHRISTOPHER E. LONG
art & cover RYAN WINN

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $3.50

With every passing moment Abraham Smith remains in 1774, he comes closer to having to fight three assassins from the future! Outgunned, outmanned, and out of time, Abraham must decide whether to abandon his new life and family… and live to fight another day.

INVINCIBLE #46
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $2.99

Invincible and Rex Splode haven’t always seen eye-to-eye but when Dupli-Kate’s twin brother Multi-Paul comes to town, more than a little angry about his sister’s death, the two of them find a little common ground on which to relate – common ground called KICKING ASS!

PVP# 37
story & art SCOTT KURTZ
cover CLAIRE HUMMEL

24 PAGES W AUGUST 22 $3.50

After a hard day’s night, curl up with a copy of PvP and take a magical mystery tour of hilarity. It will please, please you.

REPO #3 (of 5)
story RICK SPEARS
art & cover ROB G

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 15 $3.50

KD and Emil have got the clone, and everyone in the sprawl is after them! The Boss man puts the dangerous Chinese repo brothers Ming and Ling on the case, Killian dispatches his well-armed private mercenary security force and the Clone Liberation Army is fired up and in hot pursuit. But it’s Lola who comes up ahead as the chase blasts off Earth– final destination: the moon!

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THE RIDE: DIE VALKYRIE! #3 (of 3)
story DOUG WAGNER
art & variant cover BRIAN STELFREEZE
cover ROB HAYNES

32 PAGES BW AUGUST 15 $2.99

All roads merge when the Valkyries meet Laci and the nuns, with the bad guys hot on their tails and taking no prisoners! As the bodies pile up, the true Laci is unleashed.

Uh-oh…

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SPAWN #173
story DAVID HINE
art BRIAN HABERLIN
cover GREG CAPULLO

32 PAGES FC SEPTEMBER 26 $2.95

“A Tale of Three Brothers” continues as Al Simmons becomes a cold-blooded killer, while his brothers follow their own paths: one to become a man of justice, the other descending into drug addiction and mental breakdown. As the memories flood back, Spawn begins to realize that it was no accident that he was chosen to become a Hellspawn.

SPAWN: GODSLAYER #4
story BRIAN HOLGUIN
art PHILIP TAN
cover JAY ANACLETO

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 22 $2.99

“THE WINTER KING,” Conclusion
In the conclusion to the Winter King saga, it’s a furious battle to the death between the Godslayer and the cannibal God, Urshrek. But Bairn soon discovers there may be more at stake in the outcome than he had bargained for. Meanwhile, Neva makes a bargain of her own.

STRANGE EMBRACE #4 (of 8)
story DAVID HINE
art & cover DAVID HINE
color ROB STEEN

32 PAGES FC AUGUST 8 $2.99

The death of his father only seems to make Anthony Corbeau’s strange obsessions more extreme, and Sarah starts to learn more about the sinister family secret concerning Anthony’s mother. SPAWN and DISTRICT X writer DAVID HINE continues his gothic masterpiece.

THE WALKING DEAD #42
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN

32 PAGES BW AUGUST 22 $2.99

The time has come.

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