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BOOM! Studios Solicitations - Last Six Months

BOOM! STUDIOSNEW LAUNCHING SINGLES AND ONE-SHOTS

GODSHAPER #1

  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Simon Spurrier
  • Artist: Jonas Goonface
  • Main Cover: Jonas Goonface
  • Main Cover: Sonny Liew
  • Written by Eisner Award-nominated writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, X-Men Legacy) and illustrated by breakout talent Jonas Goonface, Godshaper introduces a vast world where there's a god for every person and a person for every god...though for Ennay, unfortunately exceptions may apply.
  • People like him are Godshapers, godless social pariahs with the ability to mold and shape the gods of others. Paired with Bud, an off-kilter but affectionate god without a human, the two travel from town to town looking for shelter, a hot meal, and the next paying rock'n'roll gig.

THE AMORY WARS: GOOD APOLLO #1 (of 12)

  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
  • Artist: Rags Morales
  • Main Cover: Rags Morales
  • Incentive Cover: Rags Morales
  • Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez (Translucid) and Chondra Echert team up with best-selling artist Rags Morales (Identity Crisis, Action Comics) for the long-awaited third installment of The New York Times best-selling series, The Amory Wars!
  • The evil Wilhelm Ryan remains in power. All those around Claudio Kilgannon are now convinced he is The Crowing, but is he? Ambellina believes she and The Crowing can save Heaven’s Fence rather than destroying it. But with Ryan and a new, even bigger threat looming—can they succeed?

KABOOM!NEW LAUNCHING SINGLES AND ONE-SHOTS

REGULAR SHOW 2017 SPECIAL #1

  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Derek Fridolfs, Hannah Blumenreich, Alex Solis, Sara Goetter, Ellen Kramer
  • Artists: Pamela, Lovas, Hannah Blumenreich, Alex Solis, Sara Goetter, Ellen Kramer
  • Main Cover: Derek Fridolfs
  • Incentive Cover: Alex Solis
  • Mordecai, Rigby, Skips, Benson, and all your favorites from the hit Cartoon Network series embark on a series of adventures in this very special anthology issue of Regular Show.
  • Features work from The New York Times best-selling writer Derek Fridolfs (Study Hall of Justice), Hannah Blumenreich (Spidey Zine), and a series of new groundbreaking storytellers!
  • Rigby attempts to make dinner for a date night with Eileen, Rigby is caught lying about his birthday to get free cake all year, Mordecai agrees to be Rigby’s roller-skating coach, and Muscle Man accidentally summons the Four Mini-Bikers of the Apocalypse in new stories!

BOOM! STUDIOSONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES

GRASS KINGS #2

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Matt Kindt
  • Artist: Tyler Jenkins
  • Main Cover: Tyler Jenkins
  • Intermix Cover: Matt Kindt
  • Robert takes in the mysterious woman from the lake and opens up to her about his missing daughter...a daughter that would be about the same age as the woman in front of him.

DEATH BE DAMNED

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Ben Acker & Ben Blacker, Andrew Miller
  • Artist: Hannah Christenson
  • Cover Artist: Hannah Christenson
  • After surviving their latest dance with death, Joseph and Miranda begin to share the heartbreak that led them into this situation.

PLANET OF THE APES/GREEN LANTERN #3 (of 6)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Robbie Thompson, Justin Jordan
  • Artist: Barnaby Bagenda
  • Main Cover: Dan Mora
  • Movie Poster Incentive: E. M. Gist
  • Classic Incentive: Paul Rivoche
  • Spectrum Incentive: Felipe Massafera
  • Unlockable “Vintage” Action Figure Variant: David Ryan Robinson
  • As Cornelius loses himself to the ring, Doctor Zaius and Sinestro uncover a grave truth about the Planet of the Apes. With Hal Jordan, Zira, and Nova on the hunt through the Forbidden Zone, Kilowog, Guy Gardner, and Arisia bring reinforcements.

WWE #4

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Dennis Hopeless
  • Artist: Serg Acuña
  • Main Cover: Dan Mora
  • Enzo Amore & Big Cass Incentive Cover: Marco D’Alfonso
  • Chris Jericho Incentive Cover: Jorge Corona
  • Sting Incentive Cover: Frazer Irving
  • Unlockable Action Figure Variant Cover: Adam Riches
  • Unlockable Royal Rumble Variant Cover: Brent Schoonover
  • Unlockable Tag Team Championship Title Belt Foil Variant Cover: Scott Newman
  • Seth wants a title match against Roman at Extreme Rules, but The Authority isn’t sold that Rollins is still what’s “best for business.” No matter—Seth is willing to break all the rules to regain his spot at the top.

LADYCASTLE #4 (of 4)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Delilah S. Dawson
  • Artist: Ashley A. Woods
  • Cover Artist: Missy Peña
  • Final issue! In order to free Gwyneff from an evil knight, a champion must win three challenges!

SONS OF ANARCHY REDWOOD ORIGINAL #9

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Ollie Masters
  • Artist: Eoin Marron
  • Main Cover: Eoin Marron
  • Subscription Cover: Jonas Scharf
  • Having mended fences with Clay and the club following his run-in with the Biker With No Name, Jax faces a new challenge at the hands of the Israeli Mafia-backed ecstasy dealers on Opie’s college campus.

KONG OF SKULL ISLAND #10

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: James Asmus
  • Artist: Carlos Magno
  • Cover Artist: Nick Robles
  • Ewata, queen of Skull Island, must fight her way through the island to rescue her daughter.

JOYRIDE #12

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
  • Artist: Marcus To
  • Cover Artist: Marcus To
  • Final issue! The triumvirate’s greatest fears become reality as alien life forms arrive on Earth, and Uma, Catrin, and Dewydd must save mankind’s present to reimagine its future.

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #14

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Kyle Higgins
  • Artist: Hendry Prasetya
  • Main Cover: Jamal Campbell
  • Connecting Incentive Cover: Steve Morris
  • Morphin Incentive Cover: Goñi Montes
  • Unlockable Action Figure Variant: Telmos Santos
  • As our heroes fight to reclaim the Command Center, Tommy and Billy work with the resistance to defend against Lord Drakkon and his sentries.

THE WOODS #31

  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: James Tynion IV
  • Artist: Michael Dialynas
  • Cover Artist: Michael Dialynas
  • The final war erupts as the forces of good and evil on the alien moon collide, with the students’ path back to Earth hanging in the balance.

ARCHAIAONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES

THE POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL #3 (of 12)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Simon Spurrier
  • Artists: Kelly and Nichole Matthews
  • Main Cover: Kelly and Nichole Matthews
  • Subscription Cover: Sana Takeda
  • The return of the Skeksis kicks Jen out of a daze and back on the offensive in the name of Thra. Meanwhile, Kensho and Thurm look to escape the Crystal Castle unnoticed.

BOOM! BOXONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES

COADY AND THE CREEPIES #2 (of 4)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Liz Prince
  • Artist: Amanda Kirk
  • Main Cover: Vaughn Pinpin
  • Incentive Cover: Liz Prince
  • Coady and the Creepies make their way into the punk underground that’s literally populated by demon punks!

SLAM! #5

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Pamela Ribon
  • Artist: Veronica Fish
  • Main Cover: Veronica Fish
  • Incentive Cover: Jen Bartel
  • Now that their first real bout is over, Can-Can and Knockout find themselves on the same side...against a developer who wants to tear down the league’s space!

GOLDIE VANCE #11

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Jackie Ball & Hope Larson
  • Artist: Noah Hayes
  • Cover Artist: Kassandra Heller
  • On the hunt for Sugar’s saboteur, Goldie has a new suspect in mind: Sugar’s older sister, Red!

JONESY #12

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Sam Humphries
  • Artist: Caitlin Rose Boyle
  • Cover Artist: Caitlin Rose Boyle
  • Final issue! Jonesy lets her powers get the better of her and now she has to deal with a nightmare pair of star-crossed lovers!

GIANT DAYS #25

  • Retail $4.99
  • Writer: John Allison
  • Artist: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
  • Main: Max Sarin
  • Incentive: Meredith Gran
  • Special oversized issue celebrating two years of Giant Days! Susan goes home for the holidays and attempts to repair the rift between her parents with the help of her six older siblings!

LUMBERJANES #37

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
  • Artist: Ayme Sotuyo
  • Main Cover: Kat Leyh
  • Incentive Cover: Ayme Sotuyo
  • A new storyline kicks off Year 4 of Lumberjanes, perfect for new readers to jump on! Everyone at camp is super excited about the best day of the summer—Parents’ Day, when they get to show their folks what they’ve been up to! Molly seems really worried, though, and even her friends are unsure of how to cheer her up.

KABOOM!ONGOINGS AND LIMITED SERIES

BRAVE CHEF BRIANNA #2 (of 4)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Sam Sykes
  • Artist: Selina Espiritu
  • Cover Artist: Bridget Underwood
  • The heat gets turned up on Brianna when rival restaurant owner, Madame Cron, shows up unexpectedly during the dinner rush!

STEVEN UNIVERSE #3

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Melanie Gillman
  • Artist: Katy Farina
  • Main Cover: Missy Peña
  • Subscription Cover: Rian Sygh
  • Incentive Cover: Jenn St-Onge
  • When Steven and Connie fuse into Stevonnie to sneak into a PG-13 film, they run into Kiki and agree to take her to the prom!

THE DEEP #4 (of 6)

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Tom Taylor
  • Artist: James Brouwer
  • Cover Artist: James Brouwer
  • Danger, ancient messages, and shocking revelations await the Nektons when they embark on a new investigation.

ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #10

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writers: Jorge Corona, Marina Julia, Kellye Perdue
  • Artists: Jorge Corona, Marina Julia, Kellye Perdue
  • Main Cover: Adam Gorham
  • Subscription Cover: Kellye Perdue
  • Incentive Cover: Helen Mask
  • Finn and Jake try to find a challenging new quest, Marceline helps Princess Bubblegum deal with her haunted lab, and BMO wants to see what the big deal about 3-D is.

OVER THE GARDEN WALL #13

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Danielle Burgos, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
  • Artist: James Campbell, Cara McGee
  • Main Cover: Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
  • Subscription Cover: Jeremy Sorese
  • The Hero Frog has been discovered, but he might not be the hero that Wirt and Greg were expecting.

ADVENTURE TIME #63

  • Retail $3.99
  • Writer: Mariko Tamaki
  • Artist: Ian McGinty
  • Main Cover: Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
  • Subscription Cover: Pranas Naujokaitis
  • The Princess competition continues with everyone trying to do their best despite the prankster trying to ruin their fun.

BOOM! STUDIOSTPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS

STRANGE ATTRACTORS TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $19.99
  • Writer: Charles Soule
  • Artists: Greg Scott and Soo Lee
  • Cover Artist: Ryan Stegman
  • Writer Charles Soule (Daredevil, Poe Dameron) and illustrator Greg Scott come together for a science-fiction tale of the ties that bind New York City.
  • Dr. Spencer Brownfield, a disgraced former professor, believes a series of cataclysmic events are coming to New York City, and someone has to keep the city safe after he’s gone. Enter Heller Wilson, a brilliant mathematics student who discovers that his ailing—perhaps insane—mentor has been saving New York City from societal collapse by a series of “adjustments,” a la the butterfly effect. But now, all signs point toward an impending disaster. Can Wilson take what little he’s learned and save the city in time?
  • Collects the complete series. Includes the never-before collected short story “Antithesis,” illustrated by Soo Lee (Liquid City).

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS VOL. 3 TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $16.99
  • Writer: Kyle Higgins
  • Artists: Hendry Prasetya, Jonathan Lam
  • Cover Artist: Goñi Montes
  • The first new Mighty Morphin Power Ranger in 23 years makes his debut in the comic book epic that had the world asking: who is this mysterious new Power Ranger? From writer Kyle Higgins (Nightwing, Batman Beyond 2.0) and artists Hendry Prasetya (Power Girl) and Jonathan Lam (Gotham Academy) comes the shocking revelations that will rock the Power Rangers to their core! This collection also includes new stories from the Adventures of Bulk and Skull by Steve Orlando (Namesake, Supergirl) and Corin Howell (Transformers: Windblade, Bat-Mite).
  • Collects issues #9-12.

IRREDEEMABLE PREMIER EDITION VOL. 4 HC

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $29.99
  • Writer: Mark Waid
  • Artist: Peter Krause, Diego Barreto, Eduardo Barreto, Damian Couceiro
  • Cover Artists: Michelle Ankley, with art by John Cassady & Laura Martin, Jeffrey Spokes, Dan Panosian and Peter Kraus
  • Our series of oversized, deluxe hardcovers collecting the award-nominated Irredeemable continues. Mark Waid’s (Daredevil) superhero epic asks the question, “What if the world’s greatest superhero decided to become the world’s greatest supervillain?”
  • Collects issues #24-31.

PAKNADEL & TRAKHANOV’S TURNCOAT TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $19.99
  • Writer: Alex Paknadel
  • Artist: Artyom Trakhanov
  • Cover Artist: Artyom Trakhanov
  • Written by Alex Paknadel (Arcadia, Assassin’s Creed) and illustrated by Artyom Trakhanov (Undertow, American Vampire), Paknadel & Trakhanov’s Turncoat is a gripping exploration of the sociopolitical ramifications of occupation in a post-war civilization where the transition from oppression to emancipation is anything but clean.
  • It’s been three hundred years since humanity was brutally subjugated by the alien race known as Management—and two years since these invaders abandoned Earth to return to their home world. Following her participation in the brutal massacre that caused Management’s withdrawal, resistance fighter Marta Gonzalez is riddled with guilt. Rather than join the new human government, she starts her own private detective agency. When a missing persons case lands on her desk, Gonzalez is forced to confront her own bloody past as she delves into the seedy underworld that’s bloomed after the alien departure.
  • Collects the complete limited series.

ARCHAIATPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS

SIEGFRIED VOL. 3 HC

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $34.99
  • Writer: Alex Alice
  • Artist: Alex Alice
  • Cover Artist: Alex Alice
  • The breathtaking conclusion to master storyteller Alex Alice’s groundbreaking adaptation of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung opera cycle brings the ancient Norse legend to life with spellbinding artistry. Young Siegfried has made it to the Land of Mists and now must face the great Dragon Fafnir at last and fight for the survival of mankind, no matter what the sacrifice.

BOOM! BOXTPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS

GIANT DAYS VOL. 5 TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writer: John Allison
  • Artists: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
  • Cover Artist: Lissa Treiman
  • Written by John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and illustrated by Max Sarin, Giant Days Volume 5 finishes off freshman year in style, collecting issues #17-20 of the Eisner Award-nominated series. Their freshman year is finally coming to a close and Daisy, Susan, and Esther say goodbye to Catterick Hall forever. Literally forever. It’s being bulldozed and re-purposed as a luxury dorm next semester. But as one door closes, another opens and between end of semester hookups, music festivals, and moving into their first home together, their life experiences are just getting started.

KABOOM!TPS, OGNS, AND HARDCOVERS

ADVENTURE TIME COMICS VOL. 2 TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writers: Whit Taylor, Sheanon Garrity, Mariko Tamaki, Derek Fridolfs, Zacahary Sterling, Eva Eskelinen, Ryan Browne, Kelsey Wroten, Kevin Jay Stanton, Riley Rossmo, Kiki’ssh, Meg Omac, Mar Julia
  • Artists: Kyla Vanderklugt, Roger Langridge, Leela Wagner, Derek Fridolfs, Zacahary Sterling, Eva Eskelinen, Ryan Browne, Kelsey Wroten, Kevin Jay Stanton, Riley Rossmo, Kiki’ssh, Meg Omac, Mar Julia
  • Cover Artist: Erin Hunting
  • It’s Adventure Time Comics time! These sweet shorts come in many shapes and sizes, featuring all of the beloved characters from the Land of Ooo, written and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonists and storytellers from all over the world. Presented in the artist’s own style, each story captures the creativity that Adventure Time inspires! Featuring work by Derek Fridolfs (Study Hall of Justice), Zachary Sterling (Adventure Time), Riley Rossmo (Batman), Kyla Vanderklugt (Storyteller: Witches), Roger Langridge (The Baker Street Peculiars, Snarked), and many more!
  • Collects issues #5-8

REGULAR SHOW: WRASSLESPLOSION OGN TP

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writer: Ryan Ferrier
  • Artist: Laura Howell
  • Cover Artist: Jorge Corona
  • Oooh, yeah! Get ready as the park hosts the greatest wrestling event in all the land, and Mordecai and Rigby become...a tag team? Just wait till you see who else enters the squared circle, as Ryan Ferrier (Kennel Block Blues) and Regular Show series artist Laura Howell bring you the newest original graphic novel Regular Show: Wrasslesplosion!

AN APPLE AND AN ADVENTURE HC

  • *****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JUNE 2017*****
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writer: Martin Cendreda
  • Artist: Martin Cendreda
  • Cover Artist: Martin Cendreda
  • Archaia adds a new children’s book to its library with Martin Cendreda’s An Apple and An Adventure, which uses rhyme and the ABCs to create an engaging world of wonder that’s both educational and fun. A young cave girl and her triceratops set out on an adventure from A to Z and make new friends along the way—galloping goliaths, nine newts, petite plesiosaurs, and more greet them on their journey through the alphabet!