Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for an early look at The Shadow, Merciless: The Rise of Ming, Dejah Thoris and the White Apes of Mars, Vampirella vs. Dracula, Jim Butcher’s the Dresden Files: Fool Moon, and more.
THE SHADOW #3
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by AARON CAMPBELL
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), HOWARD CHAYKIN (25%), JOHN CASSADAY (25%), STEPHEN SEGOVIA (25%)
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The Shadow sets a trap for his foes, but neither Taro Kondo nor the fearsome Buffalo Wong are inclined to step into it without taking certain precautions. A night of slaughter in the Shanghai underworld sees Margo Lane learning just how high the stakes are, and how far her master will go to win his deadly game.
MERCILESS: THE RISE OF MING #2
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by SCOTT BEATTY
Art by RON ADRIAN
Cover by ALEX ROSS
As the saga of Ming continues, the would-be world conqueror moves one step closer to ruling all of Mongo. But Ming’s deviously imagined schemes are complicated by a fetching beauty selected to be a ritual sacrifice to the insatiable Sharkmen! Who will prevail? Even on pitiless Mongo, Ming the Merciless knows that blood is thicker than water!
DEJAH THORIS AND THE WHITE APES OF MARS #3
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Mature
Written by MARK RAHNER
Art by LUI ANTONIO
Covers by BRANDON PETERSON (main), ALÉ GARZA (1:10)
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First they killed and ate her crew. Then her best friends. Now Dejah Thoris is the only person left trapped in the ancient dead city, and the ravenous white apes want her. The suspense and action crank up yet another notch as the princess fights desperately to survive – with a ship full of unwitting children on the way!
VAMPIRELLA VS. DRACULA #5 (of 6)
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
Written by JOE HARRIS
Art by IVAN RODRIGUEZ
Cover by JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER
Vampirella and Dracula have battled through the ages, drawn to each other like kindred souls yet tearing each other to pieces in a clash of stubborn wills, white hot hatreds and deepest, darkest desires. They’ve spilled blood, drank even more, and left a wake of destruction behind them to span the ages. Now, caught between a past unremembered and a present that seems to shift by the day, these time-tossed titans of the vampire breed find themselves unable to resist their animal attraction any longer. And as timelines fold and realities crumble before the climax of their union, an old story comes to a painful close… while a new, bloody saga is born!
JIM BUTCHER’S THE DRESDEN FILES: FOOL MOON #6
32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + • re-solicit
Written by JIM BUTCHER, MARK POWERS
Art and cover by CHASE CONLEY
Harry’s barely survived an attack by the legendary loup-garou — a werewolf of unimaginable power and ferocity — but the worst is not over yet. A building full of Chicago police officers has been utterly savaged. With the deaths of friends and strangers alike weighing on his conscience, Harry comes face to face with the one person who might be able to unravel the mysteries tearing apart his life: himself…
GREEN HORNET VOL. 4: RED HAND TP
160 pages FC • $19.99 • Teen + • (C:0-1-2)
Written by PHIL HESTER, ANDE PARKS
Art by IGOR VITORINO, RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by JONATHAN LAU
Red hand. One of the world’s most proficient assassins-for-hire. He’s killed presidents, CEOs, generals and housewives. He’s killed just about everything that walks the earth on two feet. Before all that, he was Hayashi Kato’s protégé. Now, Red Hand’s sights are set dead center on Hayashi and his current pupils, the new Green Hornet and Kato.
One by one, Red Hand is picking off Century City’s undercover heroes, working his way up to a final confrontation with the man Redhand blames for his own loss of humanity- the original Kato. The stakes have never been greater for Britt Reid and company.Along with the epic “The Devil You Know” arc, this collection contains two stand-alone Green Hornet tales. As the relationship between the new Green Hornet and Kato becomes more complicated, Britt and Mulan find themselves confronting two more relics from the past: a mad German engineer-thief and one of Britt’s former MMA sparring partners.
Collection Features:
• Issues 16-21 of the hit series by Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Igor Vitorino and Ronan Cliquet
• Complete cover gallery by Phil Hester, Jonathan Lau and Brian Denham
“…this is one of my favorite comics being published today. Highly recommended.” – Major Spoilers
“…all of you who aren’t reading this book need to pick [it]up and give it a shot.” – Just About Comics
“If you’re not reading The Green Hornet, you should be.”- Geeks of Doom
“This is one sassy superhero comic.” – Comic Vine
JUNGLE GIRL OMNIBUS VOL. 1 TP
248 pages FC • $29.99 • Teen + * (C:0-1-2)
Written by DOUG MURRAY, FRANK CHO
Art by ADRIANO BATISTA
Cover by FRANK CHO
Experience adventure like never before as Frank Cho (X-Men/Avengers), Doug Murray (Red Sonja, The ‘Nam) and Adriano Batista (Red Sonja, Jennifer Blood) present JUNGLE GIRL! Action, excitement, twists and thrills await as Jana, the undisputed queen of the jungle, travels from the heart of a mysterious jungle to the depths of an uncharted sea to battle dinosaurs, cannibals, mermen and sea monsters in an attempt to save a band of stranded outsiders on the savage island that she calls home!
Collection Features:
• Issues 0-5 of the acclaimed mini-series, Jungle Girl by Frank Cho, Doug Murray and Adriano Batista
• Issues 1-5 of the hit sequel, Jungle Girl: Season 2
• A complete cover gallery featuring the art of Frank Cho and Adriano Batista
“Jungle Girl is one of the more pleasant surprises of [the year]. …What makes this book enjoyable is that it hardly has any faults.” – Philadelphia Daily News
THE LIVING CORPSE VOL. 1: EXHUMED TP
176 pages FC • $19.99 • Teen + • (C:0-1-2)
By KEN HAESER & BUZ HASSON
The Living Corpse rises from the grave in his all new Dynamite debut! Once he was a mindless zombie, but now he is The Living Corpse, protector of the border between the world of the living and the realm of the dead! In this volume, The Living Corpse and his vampire friend, Lilith, must fight their way through a sleazy Nosferatu, a pissed-off Skunk Ap… I mean Bigfoot, the Invisible Man and the U.S. Corpse Corps— the best and brightest dead Marines brought back to life as cyborgs by the evil Doctor Brainchild! And it all leads to the final confrontation with The Living Corpse’s son, Agent Romero, in a bloody battle that not everyone will survive!
Collecting issues #1-6 of the hit series, along with all of the series covers and more!
THE LAST PHANTOM VOL. 2: JUNGLE RULES TP
192 pages FC • $19.99 • Teen + • (C:0-1-2)
Written by SCOTT BEATTY
Art by EDUARDO FERIGATO
Cover by ALEX ROSS
THE GHOST WHO WALKS IS FINALLY GOING HOME
After the climactic confrontation with friend-turned-foe Peter Quisling high above the streets of Midtown Manhattan, The Phantom finds himself on the run and quite literally a man without a country. “JUNGLE RULES” picks up just moments after Kit Walker’s dynamic leap of faith at the conclusion of THE LAST PHANTOM: GHOSTWALK, as Kit decides to leave behind the charitable Walkabout Foundation headquarters in order to return to war-torn Bengali, home to the previous twenty Phantoms that came before him. But the road back is, of course, fraught with danger at every turn… even for a Man Who Cannot Die. Bengali’s blood-soaked military junta may be the least of Kit’s problems when he is forced to face the secret history of the Phantoms and the resurrected ghost of his own father!
Collection Features:
• Issues 7-12 of Dynamite’s hit series featuring Lee Falk’s classic comics hero by Scott Beatty (Buck Rogers, Merciless: The Rise of Ming) and Eduardo Ferigato
• The Last Phantom Annual #1 by Scott Beatty and Johnny Desjardins (Kirby: Genesis – Silver Star)
• All of the covers by Alex Ross (Marvels), Stephen Sadowski (JSA) Fabiano Neves (Vampirella) and Jonathan Lau (Green Hornet).
RED SONJA VOL. 10: MACHINERIES OF EMPIRE TP
128 pages FC • $19.99 • Teen + • (C:0-1-2)
Written by ERIC TRAUTMANN
Art by NOAH SALONGA, PATRICK BERKENKOTTER
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
In a savage, violent world, it takes a strong sword arm and quick wits to survive…
Red Sonja — mercenary, thief, and slayer — arrives in Khorshemish, capital city of the mighty nation of Koth. With enemies on all sides, the She-Devil With a Sword finds herself at a crossroads between rival families, all vying for the kingdom’s throne. Amid such intrigues, there’s always a chance for profit, and Sonja’s roll of the dice throws her into a snakepit of old grudges, ancient magicks, and arcane sciences…with the fate of a kingdom at stake.
Written by Eric Trautmann (Vampirella, Action Comics) and illustrated by Noah Salonga (Xena) and Patrick Berkenkotter (Torch).
Collection Features:
• Issues 56 through 60 of the hit series by Eric Trautmann, Noah Salonga and Patrick Berkenkotter.
• All of the beautiful covers by artists Walter Geovani, Paul Renaud, and Fabiano Neves!
“…an entertaining feast that’s atypical of the simplistic plot usually found in the sword and sorcery genre.” – comicbulletin.com
“…Tons of action, adventure and just plain good old fashioned hot girls and violence. Exactly what a Red Sonja comic should be.” – Geeks of Doom
ART OF HOWARD CHAYKIN HARDCOVER
256 pages FC • $29.99 • (C:0-1-2)
Written ROBERT GREENBERGER
Art and cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Edited by THOMAS KITNER
Legendary for what he has done on the page and infamous for what he has said off it, Howard Chaykin ranks among the superstars of modern comics. In The Art of Howard Chaykin, go behind the scenes with the creator whose pioneering works include American Flagg! The Shadow, Batman, New Avengers, Dominic Fortune and Black Kiss and more. Experience the stories of his life as only he can tell them. Filled with no-holds-barred perspective from his longtime friends and colleagues, and featuring an extensive selection of artwork from throughout his career, including many never-before-published pieces from Chaykin’s own archives, The Art of Howard Chaykin takes readers on an in-depth journey from the 1950s to today with one of the medium’s great storytellers.
“Howard is a legend—and his work is legendary. Any chance we have to talk about how much we love him and that so-incredibly-important work of his—to realize how important his work has been to the development of the medium over the last thirty years, and to say, out loud, that THIS GUY, this thorny, hilarious, shark-witted and black-hearted fiend is an honest-to-god-genius that grew the whole goddamn art form because it was too stupid for him should be taken advantage of and celebrated.”
– Matt Fraction
“Flagg!, in both its style and its concepts, fed the literary genre of cyberpunk that has since watered the entire landscape of popular culture, from comics and computer games to movies to television programs.”
– Michael Chabon
“When I discovered the work of Howard Chaykin—creator, writer, artist, and designer extraordinaire—his work in American Flagg! Forever changed my view of comics were and, more importantly, could be.”
– Jim Lee
