Image Comics Sneak Peek for the Week of September 22, 2010

Image Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Cowboy Ninja Viking #9, Elephantmen #27, Hack/Slash: My First Maniac #4, Skullkickers #1, and more that you can check out after the jump.

COWBOY NINJA VIKING #9
story AJ LIEBERMAN
art & cover by RILEY ROSSMO
24 PAGES / FC
$3.99
Finger pointing. In-fighting. Double crosses. And the return of one Johann Blaq! The triplets’ mission couldn’t be going worse… Until their boat blows up and one of their own is revealed a traitor. Oh yeah, and the Viking’s back! Only you’ll never believe where Duncan finds him…
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

DAWN, VOL 3: THREE TIERS TP
story JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
art & cover JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
144 PAGES / FC
$16.99
JOSEPH LINSNER put three years into creating this third chapter of the Dawn saga, his modern reworking of classic earth goddess mythology. In THREE TIERS, Dawn leads her earthly lover Darrian through a post-apocalyptic Europa. She taunts him in visions and dreams, but she is always just one maddening step away. On his quest for Dawn, Darrian fights duels, slays dragons, and makes love to three women a virgin, a queen and a whore. Is Dawn one of them or all three? In chasing Dawn, Darrian stumbles upon the key to his destiny and discovers the true face of the goddess. Collects DAWN: THREE TIERS #1-6

DYNAMO 5 SINS OF THE FATHER #4 (OF 5)
story JAY FAERBER
art JULIO BRILHA
cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY
incentive cover CORY WALKER & RON RILEY
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
Tragedy befalls a member of Dynamo 5 as the team is introduced to THE PRIMARIES, a group of heroes assembled by the US government to help Dynamo 5 defeat the alien invaders. But is that their only agenda?

Plus, in our exclusive back-up series, the battle between NOTORIOUS and Omerta continues.

ELEPHANTMEN #27
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art MORITAT
cover by JASON HOWARD
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“QUESTIONABLE THINGS,” Part Four
There are Crocs loose in an Industrial Slaughterhouse. Flask, Hide and Blackthorne have been assigned to bring them in. Like THAT is going to go well.

FRANKIE STEIN HC
story STEVEN T. SEAGLE
art & cover MARCO CINELLO
48 PAGES / FC
$12.99
From the studio that brought you BEN 10 and GENERATOR REX comes a new children’s book perfect for an all-year-round Halloween hoot! Young Frankie Stein is starting to doubt his father’s claim that “Boys live in castles and monsters live in cities.” Taking a leap of faith, Frankie heads into nearby Transylvania, Pennsylvania, to test that theory for himself…on October 31st! What’s a monster-boy to do in a city filled to overflowing with monsters?! STEVEN T. SEAGLE & MARCO CINELLO craft a timeless tale of perception and personal identity. And…pumpkins!

HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC #4 (of 4)
story TIM SEELEY
art by DAN LEISTER & MARK ENGLERT
cover A TIM SEELEY & CARLOS BADILLA
cover B MICHAEL GAYDOS
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
The new-reader friendly tale of Cassie’s first encounter with a slasher comes to a screaming, bloody end as she takes on the video game obsessed Grinface and his unexpected ally. Can Cassie keep her humanity or will she become a savage killer just like her mom?
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

IMAGE FIRSTS: I KILL GIANTS #1
story JOE KELLY
art & cover J.M. KEN NIIMURA
24 PAGES / FC
$1.00
Reprints the first issue of the critically acclaimed miniseries. Barbara Thorson, a girl battling monsters both real and imagined, kicks butt, takes names, and faces her greatest fear in this bittersweet, coming-of-age story called “Best Indy Book of 2008” by IGN.

MICE TEMPLAR VOL. 2.2: DESTINY PART 2 HC
story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
art VICTOR SANTOS
cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
200 PAGES / FC
$29.99
Destiny, prophecy and free will collide as the young mouse Karic prepares himself for an audacious confrontation with the fearsome Snake God of the Druids, for the salvation of his family and the fate of all mice. Yet many forces stand in Karic’s way: the tyranny of the mad King Icarus, the twisted riddles of the Bats of Meave, a Scorpion god, the ancient demonic Nathair and certain doom at the claws of the Zombie Cat!
Collects MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #6-9

PERHAPANAUTS TP VOL 00 DARK DAYS
story TODD DEZAGO
art & cover CRAIG ROUSSEAU & RICO RENZI
240 Pages / FC
$17.99
The PERHAPANAUTS: DARK DAYS collects, for the first time, in one massive tome, the time-lost tales of the Perhapanauts from their hard-to-find FIRST BLOOD and SECOND CHANCES miniseries! See the origins and early adventures of the most mysterious, thrilling, and, at times, hilarious paranormal team in comics! This is where it all started! Also features several back-up stories and a pin-up gallery by some of the industry’s finest!

SKULLKICKERS #1 CVR A & B
story JIM ZUBKAVICH
art CHRIS STEVENS, EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATES
cover CHRIS STEVENS
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“ONE THOUSAND OPAS AND A DEAD BODY”
No one knows where these two warriors came from. The only thing that’s clear is that they’re two of the most ornery, trouble-making $%@# that have ever lived.

SKULLKICKERS is a fantasy action-comedy: Two mercenaries are entangled in a high-class assassination plot and nothing—werewolves, skeletons or black magic—will stop them from getting paid. If you love tabletop fantasy RPGs or movies like Army of Darkness, SKULLKICKERS is waiting for you!