BOOM! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. We like them so much, we’re sharing them with you, but only if you take the jump!
BARACK OBAMA #1
Drawn by Damian Couceiro
SC, 32pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
Diamond Code: SEP110913
It’s a comic book industry first! Make your voice heard! This November, DECISION 2012 debuts the comic book industry’s first straw poll — with comic books for all the top candidates in the 2012 Presidential race. The decision is in your hands, it’s up to you to see who wins! All print runs of each series will be announced this November — with the candidate having the highest print run winning this pre-Iowa Caucus straw poll! Who’s going to land in the front-runner spot?
In this issue meet President Barack Obama, currently the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party and our President. But how did he get there? BARACK OBAMA #1 charts the course of this candidate from his early beginnings to winning the 2008 presidential election. If Obama is your candidate in 2012, then pre-order this comic book at your local comic shop and let your voice be heard.
DARKWING DUCK #18
Written by Ian Brill
Drawn by James Silvani
SC, 24pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
COVER A: James Silvani
COVER B: Sabrina Alberghetti
Diamond Code: AUG110926
The DARKWING DUCK/DUCKTALES crossover event twenty years in the making continues right here! Picking up from DUCKTALES #6, this issue marks Part 4 of “Dangerous Currency.” This is it fans — the last Disney single issue from KABOOM! has arrived. It’s the end of an era as we say goodbye to Disney at KABOOM! Don’t miss this landmark final issue from the relationship that put kids comics back on the map!
DUCKTALES #6
Written by Warren Spector & Ian Brill
Drawn by James Silvani & Jose Massaroli
SC, 24pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
COVER A: James Silvani
COVER B: James Silvani
Diamond Code: AUG110929
The DARKWING DUCK/DUCKTALES crossover event twenty years in the making heats up right here in Part 3 of “Dangerous Currency.” Following the events of DARKWING DUCK #17, Uncle Scrooge and Darkwing Duck discover the source of all the chaos in Duckburg and St. Canard. But will this less than dynamic duo be able to concentrate on the task at hand when skinflint Scrooge finds a way to turn a profit? Only EPIC MICKEY’s Warren Spector has the answers! Last DUCKTALES issue as KABOOM! says goodbye this month to Disney in a final epic story spanning DARKWING DUCK #17, DUCK TALES #6 and DARKWING DUCK #18 — all out this month!
HELLRAISER #7
Written by Clive Barker, Christopher Monfette
Drawn by Stephen Thompson, Janusz Ordon
SC, 24pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
COVER A: Tim Bradstreet
COVER B: Nick Percival
COVER C: Tim Bradstreet
Diamond Code: JUL110930
One of the greatest horror franchises of all time returns, now under the control of its original creator! Clive Barker has touched HELLRAISER only twice: once to write THE HELLBOUND HEART, and once more to write and direct the original HELLRAISER film. Now witness Barker’s long-awaited return to tell a new chapter in the series’ official continuity—a trajectory that will forever change the Cenobites…and Pinhead! He thought he knew his place in the void, but in this issue Pinhead discovers something that will shake HELLRAISER fans to their core.
OPERATION: BROKEN WINGS, 1936 #1
Written by Herik Hanna
Drawn by Trevor Hairsine
SC, 32pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
COVER: Trevor Hairsine
Diamond Code: SEP110890
X-Men Deadly Genesis and Wisdom artist Trevor Hairsine brings you WWII action like you’ve never seen before! It’s 1936. A German intelligence officer is tortured by his superiors. They want to know why he has turned against them. Imprisoned, he gives up nothing as he seemingly waits for death…or the right time to strike! Written by Herik Hanna and drawn by Trevor Hairsine, Operation: Broken Wings, 1936 gives you deadly intrigue and bone-crunching action exactly as you like it!
SPACE WARPED #5
Written by Hervé Bourhis
Drawn by Rudy Spiessert
SC, 32pgs, FC, SRP: $3.99
COVER: Rudy Spiessert
Diamond Code: SEP110916
The loving, affectionate parody that skewers one of the greatest science fiction franchises of all time continues! In the tradition of ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS and SPACEBALLS, join Lady Leica and Jean-Luc Groundwalker as they set off to rescue Al Alone from the briny clutches of Jean Baptiste! Will they succeed, or will the dark side of IT get in the way? Find out as the year’s hottest parody prepares to reach its conclusion!
WORDGIRL: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ALLOWANCE
Written by Chris Karwowski, Anita Serwacki
Drawn by Steve Young, Andy Price
SC, 128pgs, FC, SRP: $7.99
ISBN13: 9781608866793
Diamond Code: SEP110917
Word up! KABOOM! proudly brings you all-new adventures of WordGirl — based on the Emmy Award-winning animated children’s show of the same name. Join WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face as they fight for truth, justice and use of the right word! When Tobey’s allowance runs dry, the young inventor has only one terrifying option to finance his horde of destructive robots — to get a job! Will WordGirl have what it takes to pummel these cybernetic perils once they have a payroll? Find out in this all new vocabulary-filled volume!
