Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for an early look at Queen Sonja, Zorro Rides Again, Kirby Genesis: Captain Victory, and more.
THE BIONIC MAN #4
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by KEVIN SMITH, PHIL HESTER
Art by JONATHAN LAU
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), JONATHAN LAU (1-in-10)
“Virgin Art” Retailer incentive cover by ALEX ROSS
“Black & White” Retailer incentive cover by JONATHAN LAU
Colonel Steve Austin, a man barely alive…” These words echo through the operating theater in which man is melded with machine to become the most powerful new hero of the twenty-first century: The Bionic Man! But will Steve’s transformation from human to cyborg be completed in time to save the world from the mysterious menace of the maniacal Hull.
THE BOYS VOL. 9: THE BIG RIDE TRADE PAPERBACK
288 pages FC • $ 24.99 • Mature (C:0-1-2)
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by RUSS BRAUN, JOHN McCREA
Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
PROPER PREPARATION AND PLANNING…
In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone’s got to make sure the “supes” don’t get out of line. And someone will.
Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother’s Milk, The Frenchman and The Female are The Boys: a CIA-backed team of very dangerous people, each one dedicated to the struggle against the most lethal force on Earth- superpower. Some superheroes have to be watched. Some have to be controlled. And some of them- sometimes- need to be taken out of the picture.
That’s when you call in The Boys.
All the pieces are falling into place, for the Boys as well as their most mortal enemies. The long-dreaded superhuman conflict is on its way. But first there are secrets still to be uncovered: like the story of the team’s first encounter with supergroup The Seven, and the shockwaves from that disastrous meeting that still reverberate today. Hughie, meanwhile, discovers his comrades’ hidden history, as their original leader Colonel Greg Mallory takes him through sixty years of the filthiest black operations imaginable. And finally, with good and bad guys teetering on the brink, a shadowy force sets events in motion that will push even Butcher over the edge…
This volume collects issues 48-59 of the New York Times Best-Selling series by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Russ Braun and John McCrea, and features all of the covers by Robertson!!
THE BOYS: BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICKMAKER #5 (of 6)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art and cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
Colonel Mallory finds our hero rotting in solitary confinement, at his lowest ebb after the dreadful events of last issue. An offer of employment may provide respite – but will taking a job like this one mean slamming the door forever on any hope of redemption?
KIRBY GENESIS: CAPTAIN VICTORY #1
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Plot by ALEX ROSS & STERLING GATES
Script by STERLING GATES
Art by WAGNER REIS
Covers by ALEX ROSS (main), MICHAEL AVON OEMING (1-in-10), SEAN CHEN (1-in-15), WAGNER REIS (1-in-25)
“Virgin Art” Retailer Incentive cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
“Negetive Effect Art” Retailer Incentive cover by SEAN CHEN
“Negetive Effect Art” Retailer Incentive cover by ALEX ROSS
“Cosmic Red” Retailer Incentive cover by ALEX ROSS
The enigmatic soldier known as Captain Victory leads an elite group of intergalactic rangers through the mysterious and deadly cosmos, fighting against forces set on the destruction of life, itself! But who is this man, and what does he want?
This special first issue written by Sterling Gates and drawn by Wagner Reis starts with a bang, as the deadliest battle Captain Victory and his men have ever fought begins!
THE LIVING CORPSE: EXHUMED #4 (of 6)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Art and Story by KEN HAESER & BUZ HASSON
Covers by KEN HAESER & BUZ HASSON (50%), MOVIE COVER (50%)
Meet THE U.S. CORPSE CORPS! The top of the line of the best and brightest cyberneticlly enhanced dead soldier with one mission— to take down THE LIVING CORPSE! Can our undead hero possibly stand a chance against an army of gun toting cyborgs? And who is this mysterious ZOMBIE NINJA who claims to be The Living Corpse’s only help and what does she have to do with Lilith getting vampire-napped?
CHARLAINE HARRIS’ GRAVE SIGHT PART 2 (or 3)
64 pages FC • $7.99 • Teen + • Advance-solicit. In stores Sept. 2010
Written by CHARLAINE HARRIS & WILLIAM HARMS
Art by DENIS MEDRI
Cover by BENOIT SPRINGER
BOOK TWO: At the age of fifteen, Harper Connelly was struck by lightning, an event that gave her the ability to find the dead and see how they died. Since then, Harper’s scratched out a living selling her services to anyone with a checkbook.
Harper’s latest case has brought her and her step-brother Tolliver to Sarne, Arkansas. What started off as a simple missing person’s case has escalated into a murder mystery, with a demented killer seemingly determined to follow in Harper’s wake. Will she be the killer’s next victim?
CHARLAINE HARRIS is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She is also the author of the successful Sookie Stackhouse urban fantasy series about a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse who works in a bar in the fictional Northern Louisiana town of Bon Temps. Sookie Stackhouse has proven to be so popular that it has been adapted into True Blood for HBO. It was an instant success and is now filming its fourth season. Harris is married and the mother of three and lives in a small town in Southern Arkansas.
DEAN KOONTZ’S NEVERMORE #5 (or 6)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by DEAN KOONTZ & KEITH CHAMPAGNE
Art by LENO CARVALHO
Cover by TYLER WALPOLE
Against all odds, Bobby Godric has captured a Hydra. As Team Nevermore struggles to understand their alien enemy, the question becomes: is the Hydra a prisoner of Bobby Godric or does it have Team Nevermore right where it always wanted?
QUEEN SONJA #24
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by LUKE LIEBERMAN
Art by FRITZ CASAS
Covers by LUCIO PARRILLO (50%), ADRIANO BATISTA (50%)
When finally the forces of Emora and Songoria meet in open battle, who lives and who dies? Can Queen Sonja stop the Emperor’s onslaught on Songoria from a hundred Leagues away? And once she sits on the Emperor’s throne, will she ever give it up?
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #5 (of 12)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by MATT WAGNER
Art by ESTEVE POLLS
Covers by MATT WAGNER
Zorro faces a crippling loss! Can he muster enough strength to do what he does best and fight back? The one and only Matt Wagner (MAGE, GRENDEL) is nearing the conclusion to his epic story of Zorro! Find out as Zorro Rides Again in issue #5!
