Image Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. There’s some NSFW content after the jump, so tread carefully if your boss is around… or if you are easily offended.
BUTCHER BAKER, THE RIGHTEOUS MAKER #1
story JOE CASEY, art & cover MIKE HUDDLESTON
32 PAGES, FC, 2.99
Maybe you’ve seen the PR — now read the comicbook! At one time, BUTCHER BAKER was the preeminent, All-American superhero. Now, he’s getting laid. A lot. But one last mission could signal his return to glory, so he’s back on the blacktop! It’s a balls-out, surreal super-epic from creators JOE CASEY (GØDLAND, Ben 10) and MIKE HUDDLESTON (The Coffin), and it starts right here!
DEAD@17, VOL. 6: THE WITCH QUEEN TP
story, art, and cover JOSH HOWARD
104 PAGES, FC, $12.99
After being forced to kill her closest friend, Nara has been banished to Purgatory. Doomed to wander a hostile and timeless wasteland ruled by the mysterious Witch Queen, Nara has accepted her fate as penance for her actions. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, she faces her greatest challenge as she confronts who she’s been and what she will become.
ELEPHANTMEN: MAN AND ELEPHANTMAN #1 COV A
story RICHARD STARKINGS, art AXEL MEDELLIN, cover BOO COOK
40 PAGES, FC, $3.99
Hip Flask awakens one morning to find everything is not as it seems… A great jump-on issue for new readers — in the style of INVINCIBLE RETURNS #1!
Features the first of a triptych of retailer incentive covers by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL!
HALCYON #4
story MARC GUGGENHEIM & TARA BUTTERS, art & cover RYAN BODENHEIM & MARK ENGLERT
32 PAGES, FC, $2.99
What caused crime, war and violence in the world to vanish? Who or what is responsible? All is revealed in this groundbreaking issue by MARC GUGGENHEIM (No Ordinary Family), TARA BUTTERS (Reaper), RYAN BODENHEIM (RED MASS FOR MARS) and ALISA TAGER (Serenity).
PROOF: ENDANGERED #4
story ALEX GRECIAN, art & cover RILEY ROSSMO
32 PAGES, FC, $3.99
“ENDANGERED,” Part Four
Proof has been fighting monsters for more than 200 years. Now somebody finally dies. Proof’s running out of friends and may have to turn to his enemies for help.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
SAVAGE DRAGON #170
story, art, & cover ERIK LARSEN
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
“MIGHTY MADMAN”
The world’s mightiest man is back — and that spells trouble! Mighty Man returns, and it’s no cause for celebration as his rampage threatens to level what’s left of the Windy City! What hope does Malcolm Dragon have against the most powerful being to ever walk the face of the Earth?
THE WALKING DEAD #83
story ROBERT KIRKMAN, art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
32 PAGES, BW, $2.99
“NO WAY OUT” continues. What is left but surrender.
THE WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #13
story ROBERT KIRKMAN, art CHARLIE ADLARD, cover TONY MOORE
32 PAGES, BW, $2.99
The epic tale of survival continues. Rick and crew have found another place that could possibly become a suitable shelter. This place is perfect: It’s secure, it’s large, it has nearly everything they could ever need. The only problem is that it’s already got tenants. Dead ones… lots of them.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
UNDYING LOVE #1
story, art, and cover by TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN
32 PAGES, FC, $2.99
“UNDYING LOVE” Part One
A horror-action tale, equal parts vampire mythology and Chinese folklore, set in modern day Hong Kong. Ex-soldier John Sargent has fallen for a beautiful Chinese woman named Mei. The only thing keeping the star-crossed lovers apart: Mei’s a vampire. To free Mei from the curse, Sargent sets out to destroy the vampire that made her. The only problem: Mei was turned by one of the most powerful vampires in history…
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
