Image Comics has released the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in January 2011.
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? #1
story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art & cover TONCI ZONJIC
JANUARY 5
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
Jon Moore is the most sought after spy-for-hire in Europe’s criminal world. This is because of Jake Ellis, a psychic man who is invisible to everyone except Moore. When a deal goes bad, the only one who can protect Moore from Europe’s most dangerous criminals is Jake Ellis.
No one but Moore can see Jake Ellis. But Jake Ellis can see everything.
THE INFINITE VACATION #1
story NICK SPENCER
art & Cover CHRISTIAN WARD
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
Welcome to the Infinite Vacation, where changing your life is always just a click away!
Mark lives in a world where alternate realities are up for sale, and buying and trading your way through unlimited variations of yourself is as commonplace as checking your email or updating your status. But when other “hims” start dying suddenly and he meets a mysterious girl who wants nothing to do with “life-changing,” he’ll learn the truth about the universe he stumbles through, and what happens when your vacation turns on you.
From the writer of the hit series MORNING GLORIES and the artist of OLYMPUS!
An epic high concept sci-fi love story perfect for fans of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, and INCEPTION.
MEMOIR #1 (of 6)
story BEN McCOOL
art NIKKI COOK
cover JOHN CASSADAY
JANUARY 19
32 PAGES / BW
$3.50
ISSUE ONE: …LONG, LONG ROAD
Writer BEN McCOOL (CHOKER) teams up with artist NIKKI COOK (Girl Comics, DMZ) for this six-part tale of mystery and memory loss. Lowesville is a small town in the American Midwest, peaceful and quaint. But one morning the population awakens with no idea of who they are, where they are, or what’s happened. The town’s memory has been completely erased. All except for one man… He remembers everything.
Throughout 2011, THE WALKING DEAD will be reprinted in single issue form and shipping weekly! It’s the perfect opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the series that inspired the hit AMC television series!
THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #1
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover TONY MOORE
JANUARY 5
32 PAGES / BW
$2.99
Starting in this issue, Rick Grimes awakens to a world he’s not prepared for. This small town cop must now fight the forces of the undead while he searches for his missing wife and son. This is the issue that started it all!
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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #2
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover TONY MOORE
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES
$2.99
Rick Grime’s horrific adventure continues. Everything he knew is gone, and the search for his family begins. Rick sets out for Atlanta, the last known location of his wife and son.
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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #3
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover TONY MOORE
JANUARY 19
32 PAGES
$2.99
Now, reunited with his family Rick Grime’s focus shifts from survival to protection. It’s one thing to know that you have to watch your back every second of every day. It’s another thing entirely to have to worry about losing your family in the blink of an eye.
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THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #4
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover TONY MOORE
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES
$2.99
It is decided that in order to survive… every person at the camp should have guns. As it is, they don’t have enough to go around and the only place to get more guns is the city, but it means certain death to go into the city. Is Rick crazy enough to risk his life for the good of the camp?
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THE WALKING DEAD GROUP T-SHIRT
art CHARLIE ADLARD
DECEMBER 1
S-XL $24.99
XXL $27.99
An all-new t-shirt featuring ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD! Featuring artwork by CHARLIE ADLARD, it’s the best way to show your love for the undead!
HACK/SLASH: ME WITHOUT YOU (ONE-SHOT)
story TIM SEELEY
art DANIEL LEISTER
cover A DANIEL LEISTER
cover B ROSS CAMPBELL
JANUARY 5
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
The follow-up to the smash hit HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC miniseries, as the secret origin of comicdom’s favorite hulking sidekick is revealed! Before Vlad roamed the country with Cassie Hack, he haunted the alleyways of Chicago as the living urban legend, the Meat Man! But even a cleaver-wielding monster gets lonely, and Vlad’s quest to find out who he really is will lead him on a bloody path!
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ELEPHANTMEN: WAR TOYS, VOL. 2: ENEMY SPECIES OGN
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art & cover BOO COOK
JANUARY 26
104 PAGES / FC
$9.99
ALL-NEW ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!
In this sequel to the sold out WAR TOYS, VOL. 1: NO SURRENDER TP… Yvette is alive, and artist BOO COOK (Judge Dredd, X-Factor) pits her against a new foe… with Hip Flask, Ebony Hide and Obadiah Horn caught in the middle! 60 pages of beautifully colored pencil art and a bounty of interviews, sketches & more!
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TERM LIFE OGN
story A.J. LIEBERMAN
art & cover by NICK THORNBORROW
JANUARY 12
144 PAGES / FC
$16.99
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days he’ll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn’t take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they’ll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.
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DARKCHYLDE, VOL. 1: LEGACY AND REDEMPTION TP
story RANDY QUEEN
art & cover RANDY QUEEN
JANUARY 12
160 PAGES / FC
$16.99
Ariel Chylde, the girl who can become the creatures from her many nightmares, seeks salvation and a cure for her curse following the deadly events in Salem! Collected for the first time comes the fan favorite “Legacy” and “Redemption” storylines, with brand new art, and cover gallery by RANDY QUEEN.
Collects DARKCHYLDE: LEGACY #1/2 & 1-3, and DARKCHYLDE: REDEMPTION #1/2 & 1-3
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HAUNT, VOL. 2 TP (RES)
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover GREG CAPULLO & TODD MCFARLANE
JANUARY 12
160 PAGES / FC
$16.99
The top selling monthly title brings its second knockout story arc to trade paperback format. Due to his unique ability to bond with his brother Kurt’s ghost, priest Daniel Kilgore joins forces with an undercover agency and tries to get used to his new life of murder and espionage. Features original HAUNT layout artist and master storyteller GREG CAPULLO stepping up to full-time penciling duties. Also contains the stand-alone issue HAUNT #6, retelling the first explosive story-arc from Mirage’s perspective.
Collects HAUNT #6-12
LOVEBUNNY & MR. HELL, VOL. 1 TP
story TIM SEELEY
art TIM SEELEY & VARIOUS
cover TIM SEELEY
JANUARY 12
128 PAGES / FC
$14.99
Before HACK/SLASH, TIM SEELEY introduced another critically acclaimed duo to the world in the form of dysfunctional superheroes, Lovebunny & Mr. Hell! Former sidekick Beth Bowers wants to be her own hero, but she’s saddled with a sidekick of her own; the demonic, eternally hungry Mr. Hell! Long out of print, their twisted adventures return in an all new, volume in full color for the first time! Include EVERY appearance of LOVEBUNNY & MR.HELL to date including the HACK/SLASH strips and the crossover with Savage Dragon!
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NANCY IN HELL TP
story EL TORRES
art JUAN JOSÉ RYP & MALAKA STUDIO & FRAN GAMBOA
cover JUAN JOSÉ RYP & FRAN GAMBOA
JANUARY 19
104 PAGES / FC
$12.99
The complete miniseries in a single volume! Take a white-knuckle tour of Hell… because it seems it’s the only choice in the afterlife! Nancy claims to be a good girl… but she’s a sexy chick wielding a chainsaw wandering in tormented landscapes filled with tortured souls, lusty demons… and a broken-hearted Lucifer.
Collects NANCY IN HELL #1-4
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SPAWN: ENDGAME COLLECTION TP
story TODD McFARLANE & BRIAN HOLGUIN
art WHILCE PORTACIO, GREG CAPULLO, ROB LIEFELD & TODD McFARLANE
cover TODD McFARLANE
JANUARY 26
320 PAGES / FC
$24.99
Witness the demise of Al Simmons and follow the chain of events that are set in motion in the wake of his death.
SPAWN: ENDGAME features the return of award-winning Spawn creator, TODD McFARLANE, to his flagship title. Joining him is the all-star team of artist WHILCE PORTACIO (WetWorks, Batman Confidential) and writer Brian Holguin (Spawn: Godslayer), with guest artists Greg Capullo (Spawn, The Creech) and Rob Liefeld (Youngblood).
This volume collects the entire 12 issues of the sold out, monumental SPAWN: ENDGAME story arc. This milestone in the Spawn saga re-imagines the classic character as only Spawn creator TODD McFARLANE can.
Collects SPAWN #185-196
SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 9 TP
story TODD McFARLANE
art GREG CAPULLO, TODD McFARLANE & DANNY MIKI
cover GREG CAPULLO
JANUARY 19
112 PAGES / FC
$14.99
The SPAWN: ORIGINS family of books adds another handsome member to it’s growing family with SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 9! Collecting classic SPAWN issues written by Spawn creator TODD McFARLANE with fan-favorite GREG CAPULLO providing stellar pencil work.
Journey with Spawn as he visits the Fifth Level of Hell, only to battle with none other than the Savage Dragon!
Relive the excitement of one of the best-selling independent comics of all time and grow your SPAWN: ORIGINS collection!
Collects SPAWN #51-56
SUPERPATRIOT: AMERICA’S FIGHTING FORCE TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CORY WALKER
JANUARY 19
136 PAGES / FC
$14.99
Before they created INVINCIBLE together, ROBERT KIRKMAN and CORY WALKER collaborated on this epic miniseries featuring ERIK LARSEN’s SUPERPATRIOT. Watch the aging superhero deal with some of his deadliest foes yet in this action-packed miniseries collected here for the first time.
Collects SUPERPATRIOT: AMERICA’S FIGHTING FORCE #1-4
THE WALKING DEAD OMNIBUS, VOL. 3 HC
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
JANUARY 5
560 PAGES / BW
$100.00 S&N LTD ED $150.00
This deluxe hardcover features the next 24 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one massive, oversized slip-cased volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone needing a heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead. Strictly limited to a print run of 3000.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #49-72
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27 #3 (of 4)
story CHARLES SOULE
art RENZO PODESTA
cover W. SCOTT FORBES
JANUARY 5
28 pages/FC
$3.99
Will Garland’s quest to learn the truth about the 27 Club – famous musicians who die at age 27 (with our guitarist hero as its latest member) – takes an incredible turn as Garland meets a former member of the club and finally gets some answers. But wait, aren’t all the other 27 Club folks dead? Hmmmm….
27 is about burning out vs. fading away. It’s about living to see 28.
BOMB QUEEN VI #4 (of 4)
story JIMMIE ROBINSON
art & cover JIMMIE ROBINSON
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“OH-BOMB-AH!” Conclusion
President Obama believes he can finally beat the scandalous Bomb Queen, but our favorite super villain is ready to show the world the TRUE meaning of darkest evil. Don’t miss this world-altering conclusion to Bomb Queen vs. Obama where nobody is safe and rivers of blood will flow in the streets.
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CHEW #17
Story JOHN LAYMAN
Art & cover ROB GUILLORY
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“FLAMBÉ,” Part Two
Bullied nerd Peter Pilaf goes all “food-Columbine” on the students of Francis Bacon High. Plus: fun with astronauts!
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FIREBREATHER: HOLMGANG #2 OF 4
story by PHIL HESTER
art & cover by ANDY KUHN & BILL CRABTREE
JANUARY 5
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
As seen on Cartoon Network!
As Prom Night approaches, romance is in the air, but so is brimstone. Duncan expands his romantic horizons, and a long lost relative makes his brutal claim to Duncan’s heritage. Belloc’s vacant throne must be bought with blood, Duncan’s… or his brother’s.
GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE #6
story ROBERT KIRKMAN & BENITO CERENO
art RANSOM GETTY
cover RANSOM GETTY & FCO PLASCENCIA
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES /FC
$3.50
As the hit miniseries comes to it’s conclusion, The Order finally make their move. The Guardians of the Globe find themselves up against the biggest threat they’ve faced to date and not everyone will make it out unscathed. Also in this issue: The final fate of Robot and Monster Girl is revealed!
HALCYON #3
story MARC GUGGENHEIM & TARA BUTTERS
art & cover RYAN BODENHEIM & MARK ENGLERT
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
Sabre is determined to discover what’s behind the new era of world peace… but the mystery might kill him.
The next evolution of super-heroes brought to you by MARC GUGGENHEIM (No Ordinary Family), TARA BUTTERS (Dollhouse), RYAN BODENHEIM (Red Mass for Mars) and ALISA TAGER (Serenity).
HAUNT #13 (RES)
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art GREG CAPULLO & TODD McFARLANE
covers GREG CAPULLO, RYAN OTTLEY & ERIK LARSEN/TODD McFARLANE
JANUARY 5
24 PAGES / FC
$1.99
NEW STORY ARC! SPECIAL PRICE!
As the next chapter in HAUNT begins, Kurt Kilgore’s continued presence in the realm of the living has been detected. Rules have been broken, the natural order of things must be restored. It’s coming for Kurt—this could be the end of Haunt. Who or what is THE APPARITION?
INVINCIBLE #80
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & FCO PLASCENCIA
JANUARY 19
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
DINOSAURUS returns! Hellbent on righting what he sees as wrong in the world he comes face-to-face with Invincible and the result is devastating.
MARINEMAN #2
story IAN CHURCHILL
art & cover IAN CHURCHILL
JANUARY 5
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
“DEEP TROUBLE”
IAN CHURCHILL (Hulk, Supergirl) continues his brand new creator-owned series! Lieutenant Greene gets a tour of Ocean Point and ends up seeing more than expected! Meanwhile, in South Africa, Jake’s life is accidentally put in mortal danger and only Marineman can possibly save him… but at what cost?!
MICE TEMPLAR, VOL. 3 #2
story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
art VICTOR SANTOS
cover a MICHAEL AVON OEMING
cover b VICTOR SANTOS & VERONICA GANDINI
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“CONSEQUENCES”
The war for the Dark Lands has begun! Ronan declares the hero Karic’s fate, forcing Cassius to make a life-threatening choice. The next generation of Maeven archers fight for their lives against the fearsome Mortair sisterhood of rat assassins. While at the capital city, events grow even more dire for those trapped within its walls, as the Druid High Priest assumes command of the vacant throne of King Icarus!
The two-time Harvey Award-winning series continues, from the acclaimed co-creator of Powers and the writer of Valkyrie and Thor: First Thunder.
MORNING GLORIES #6
story NICK SPENCER
art JOE EISMA
cover RODIN ESQUELJO
JANUARY 19
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
Mutually Assured Destruction.
“Nick Spencer gives each of our six teens a distinct voice, whereas Joe Eisma gives them each a distinct look. I think this is a case where one is not better than the other, they expertly mesh into a fairly flawless book.” -Newsarama Best Shots
“Verdict is that anyone that loved the Runaways needs to check this out. It’s a strong story with awesome artwork. This will be a book I will watch very closely!” -Eric Ratcliff, Comic Related
The hottest new series of the year! EVERY ISSUE HAS SOLD OUT and gone into MULTILE PRINTINGS! See what all of the buzz is about!
MURDERLAND #5
story STEPHEN SCOTT
art DAVID HAHN & GUILLEM MARI
JANUARY 19
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“LOOSE ENDS & FRIENDS”
Before The Arabber renews his pledge of non-violence, he has a pair of loose ends to tie up: The Fairy Bombs. But to any roller derby squad, there are more than just two players. It may be hard to kill the Arabber, but it isn’t impossible.
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PROOF: ENDANGERED #2
story ALEX GRECIAN
art & cover RILEY ROSSMO
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
“ENDANGERED,” Part Two
Proof’s deadliest enemy is going to kill the people Proof cares about. And he’s willing to destroy all of Chinatown to get at them. Elvis and Ginger are in for the fight of their lives and there’s no way they can win unless Proof surrenders himself.
SAVAGE DRAGON #168
story ERIK LARSEN
art & cover ERIK LARSEN
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“EMPEROR DRAGON,” CONCLUSION
Emperor Kurr vs. Virus in the battle to end all battles: Whoever wins – we lose! Emperor Kurr’s master plan is executed at last! Death! Destruction! It’s a cataclysmic conclusion of biblical proportions – Old Testament – real wrath of God type stuff! The world goes through its death throes as the whole damned human races comes to a screeching halt! It’s unlike anything you’ve ever read or imagined! It’s the most mind-blowing finale in the history of comics! This is the big one! It’s the end of the world as we know it!
SKULLKICKERS #5
story JIM ZUBKAVICH
art EDWIN HUANG & MISTY COATS
cover EDWIN HUANG & JOY ANG
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“ONE THOUSAND OPAS AND A DEAD BODY,” Part Five
Rampaging army of the demonic dead? Check.
Witty banter amidst a wild chase scene? Check.
Brain-busting action climax? Check.
See how the first story arc of Image’s hit new action-comedy series
wraps up in this head-smashing comic maelstrom.
Fantasy just got its head kicked in.
SPAWN #203 (RES)
story WILL CARLTON
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD MCFARLANE
cover SZYMON KUDRANSKI
JANUARY 26
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
Jim Downing learns he has a lineage connection to both Clown and Bludd. This puts him in a coveted group aptly named the Unholy Trinity.
THE WALKING DEAD #81
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / BW
$2.99
“NO WAY OUT” continues!
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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THE WEIRD WORLD OF JACK STAFF #9
story PAUL GRIST
art/cover PAUL GRIST & BILL CRABTREE
JANUARY 12
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
Sgt. States is the embodiment of the American Dream–a symbol of hope in a time of despair. He’s also a bloodsucking vampire killer, but everyone has their dark side. But what could make Sgt. States seek out the help of his former teammate, Jack Staff, and the woman he killed, Becky Burdock?
