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BOOM! Studios Solicitations - Last Six Months

KONG ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Ryan Ferrier
  • Artist: Carlos Magno
  • Main Cover: Mike Huddleston
  • Pulp Subscription Cover: Hans Woody
  • Connecting Cover: Carlos Magno
  • The damn dirty crossover event you demanded!
  • Following the events of the first Planet of the Apes film (1968) Dr. Zaius and General Ursus lead a small group of soldiers to the Forbidden Zone to destroy any remaining evidence of Taylor’s time among them. To their surprise, they discover...A KONG! Now they must venture to Skull Island with Cornelius and Zira to discover the truth, but they may not survive the deadliest journey of their lives!
  • BOOM Studios’ Kong comics are based on Joe DeVito’s Skull Island and Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: THE GAME

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $99.99
  • Cover Artist: Ilya Golitsyn
  • Game Design: Boris Polonsky, Chris Batarlis, and Jim Samartin
  • In Big Trouble in Little China: The Game, you’ll embark on a wild adventure to experience the mystical underworld of Chinatown. You and up to 3 other players take on the roles of your favorite iconic heroes from the film like Jack, Gracie, and Egg to take down Lo Pan, the Three Storms, and a slew of other powerful henchmen, in this cooperative, replayable, cinematic experience.
  • Comes with a double-sided game board, Questbook with 15 fully narrated detailed story quests, 40 Highly detailed miniatures, 38 Custom molded dice, 6 Hero character boards, 168 Cards, 5 Boss boards, and more. Designed by Everything Epic and Flipside.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA OLD MAN JACK #3

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: John Carpenter & Anthony Burch
  • Artist: Jorge Corona
  • Main Cover: Stephane Roux
  • “Movie Poster” Intermix Cover: Hans Woody
  • Action Figure Subscription Cover: Michael Adams & Marco D’Alfonso
  • Connecting Variant Cover: Will Robson
  • Variant Cover: Greg Smallwood
  • Jack and Lo Pan tear through an ocean of fire and madness, where nothing they see can be trusted—and may mean their demise!

FENCE #1

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: C.S. Pacat
  • Artist: Johanna The Mad
  • Main Cover: Johanna The Mad
  • Variant Cover: Kevin Wada
  • Novelist C.S. Pacat (Captive Prince) and fan-favorite artist Johanna The Mad team up for a new series perfect for fans of Check, Please! and Yuri!!! on Ice.
  • Sixteen-year-old Nicholas Cox is an outsider to the competitive fencing world. Filled with raw talent but lacking proper training, he signs up for a competition that puts him head to head with fencing prodigy Seiji Katayama...and on the road to the elite all boys school Kings Row. A chance at a real team and a place to belong awaits him—if he can make the cut!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #21

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Kyle Higgins
  • Artist: Hendry Prasetya
  • Main Cover: Jamal Campbell
  • Connecting Variant Cover: Steve Morris
  • Variant Cover 1: Dan Mora
  • Variant Cover 2: Miguel Mercado
  • Action Figure Variant Cover: Quest Matthews-Martial
  • The secret history of the true original Power Rangers divides the Mighty Morphin team, and only Zordon can save them.

MECH CADET YU #4

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Greg Pak
  • Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
  • Main Cover: Takeshi Miyazawa
  • Connecting Subscription Cover: Marcus To
  • Now an ongoing series. Stanford and his team are the only ones standing between the Sharg and Earth!

GRASS KINGS #9

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Matt Kindt
  • Artist: Tyler Jenkins
  • Main Cover: Tyler Jenkins
  • Intermix Cover: Matt Kindt
  • Dive deep into the Grass Kingdom’s gruff, mute, corner store owner’s mysterious and violent past.

GODSHAPER SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $19.99
  • Writer: Simon Spurrier
  • Artist: Jonas Goonface
  • Cover Artist: Jonas Goonface
  • Eisner Award-nominated writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, X-Men Legacy) and breakout talent Jonas Goonface introduce a vast world teeming with bold ideas exploring ownership, freedom, and the pettiness of possession—both physical and spiritual.
  • Ennay is a Godshaper—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.
  • Collects the complete six-issue limited series.

EUGENIC #2

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $5.99
  • Writer: James Tynion IV
  • Artist: Eryk Donovan
  • Main Cover: Eryk Donovan
  • Subscription Cover: Robbi Rodriguez
  • It’s been 200 years since the New Humans first appeared and became the dominant form of life. Now the human resistance fights back.

LAZARETTO #3 (of 5)

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman
  • Artist: Jey Levang
  • Cover Artist: Ignacio Valicenti
  • As the sickness takes a greater toll on the trapped students, Charles and Tamara attempt to break out of the quarantine.

THE UNSOUND #6

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Cullen Bunn
  • Artist: Jack T. Cole
  • Cover Artist: Jack T. Cole
  • As the survivors fall around her one by one, Ashli begins to wonder if she’s the one killing them.

WWE SURVIVOR SERIES 2017 SPECIAL

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $7.99
  • Writers: Kevin Panetta, Ryan Ferrier, Julian May
  • Artists: Brooke Allen, Kendall Goode, Jorge Corona, Kelly Williams
  • Main Cover: Rahzzah
  • WWE What If? Incentive Cover: Jim Rugg
  • This oversized WWE special highlights everything we love about the Thanksgiving tradition that rules autumn in sports entertainment—Survivor Series!
  • Features stories across all eras, from the epic showdown between Brock Lesnar and Goldberg twelve years in the making, to the infamous controversial classic that still enrages WWE fans to this day—the Montreal Screwjob.

WWE #11

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Dennis Hopeless
  • Artist: Serg Acuña
  • Main Cover: Dan Mora
  • Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Then Variant Cover: Rahzzah
  • Ted DiBiase Forever Variant Cover: Aaron Dana
  • Action Figure Variant Cover: Adam Riches
  • Royal Rumble Variant Cover: Brent Schoonover
  • Roman Reigns battles the Wyatt Family and only one is left standing—but what do Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins have to say about it?

WWE VOL. 2 SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $16.99
  • Writer: Dennis Hopeless
  • Artist: Serg Acuña
  • Cover Artist: Dan Mora
  • Dean Ambrose decides to take his career to a new level, which begins with provoking the scariest man in the WWE—the beast incarnate, Brock Lesnar. But Dean’s not alone, as he finds an unlikely ally in The Legit Boss, Sasha Banks.
  • Collects issues #5 8 of the hit series.

GEORGE PÉREZ’S SIRENS HC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $29.99
  • Writer: George Pérez
  • Artist: George Pérez
  • Standard Edition: George Pérez
  • Previews Exclusive Edition: George Pérez
  • Comics legend George Pérez (Wonder Woman, The New Teen Titans) writes and illustrates his biggest adventure yet.
  • As an intergalactic force enslaves planets across the galaxy, the legendary team known only as the Sirens must reunite to save the galaxy—but the Sirens don’t even remember who they are, and the rest of the universe only remembers them as villains
  • Collects the complete limited series.

BILL & TED’S MOST EXCELLENT ADULT COLORING BOOK SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $16.99
  • Writer: N/A
  • Artists: Bachan, Jerry Gaylord, Penelope Gaylord, Evan Dorkin, Jamal Campbell, Felipe Smith, and more
  • Cover Artist: Bachan
  • It won’t help you get your history paper done or bring about universal peace, but the Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Adult Coloring Book is a great way to improve your coloring skills!
  • Featuring over 90 black-and-white illustrations showcasing Bill, Ted, Rufus, and all of your favorite characters from throughout space and time, Wyld Stallyns fans can bring the Bill & Ted universe to life in their own unique, most non-heinous way.

THE AMORY WARS: GOOD APOLLO, I’M BURNING STAR IV #8 (of 12)

  • Publisher: BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Claudio Sanchez & Chondra Echert
  • Artist: Rags Morales
  • Cover Artist: Rags Morales
  • The Grail Arbor, cloaked by invisibility, enters Apity Prime’s atmosphere and readies a sneak attack on Ryan’s compound.

JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH 2017 SPECIAL

  • Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $7.99
  • Writers: Adam Smith, Katie Cook, Alessandro Q. Ferrari, Jeff Stokely, Curry Ross, Delilah S. Dawson, and Roger Langridge
  • Artists: Jared Cullum, Katie Cook, Jeff Stokely, and Roger Langridge
  • Main Cover: Derek Kirk Kim
  • Subscription Cover: Jeff Stokely
  • Variant Cover: Ryan Sook
  • Celebrate Jim Henson’s Labyrinth with an all-new collection of short stories celebrating the various characters and creatures from the world of Labyrinth.
  • Includes the never-before-told story of how Sir Didymus met his trusted steed Ambrosius.
  • Also includes the story of a goblin running late to the famous “Dance Magic Dance” sequence from the film.

FARSCAPE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $39.99
  • Writers: Rockne S. O’Bannon, Keith R.A. Decandido
  • Artist: Various
  • Cover Artist: Joe Corroney with Scott Newman
  • The Jim Henson Company and Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon return to one of their most celebrated creations for the official continuation of the beloved and groundbreaking television series.
  • Experience Farscape like never before with this brand-new omnibus edition. With over 600 pages of story collecting the first four volumes of the critically acclaimed Farscape comic book series and the complete spinoff trilogy chronicling the formative adventures of fan-favorite character D’Argo.

GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 6 HC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $26.99
  • Writer: Thomas Siddell
  • Artist: Thomas Siddell
  • Cover Artist: Thomas Siddell
  • Head back to the fantastical world of Gunnerkrigg Court in the next volume of Thomas Siddell’s award-winning webcomic. Antimony Carver’s journey continues as she ventures deeper into the mysteries surrounding her school and Gillitie Wood.

MOUSE GUARD PINS

  • Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $9.99 each
  • Artist: David Petersen
  • Show your support for the Guard with these beautiful enamel pins featuring your favorite characters from David Petersen’s Eisner Award-winning series, Mouse Guard.

GIANT DAYS 2017 SPECIAL

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $7.99
  • Writer: John Allison
  • Artist: Jenn St-Onge
  • Cover Artist: Jenn St-Onge
  • Join Esther, Susan, and Daisy as they spend Christmas in a very “Love Actually” London in this tribute to the films of Richard Curtis.

GIANT DAYS #32

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: John Allison
  • Artists: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
  • Cover Artist: Max Sarin
  • McGraw puts faith in his and Daisy’s “unique understanding” while trying to deal with the fact he is a low-down, double-dealing dirty cheat whose name is now mud in the influential Spanish community.

GIANT DAYS: NOT ON THE TEST EDITION VOL. 2 HC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $34.99
  • Writer: John Allison
  • Artists: Max Sarin, Liz Fleming
  • Cover Artist: Max Sarin
  • It’s springtime at Sheffield University—the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast pals Susan, Esther, and Daisy continue to survive their first year of college.
  • Written by John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and illustrated by Reuben Award winner Max Sarin, this deluxe hardcover collects issues #9 16 of the Eisner Award-nominated series as well as the next installment of Allison’s original webcomic.

SLAM!: THE NEXT JAM #3

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Pamela Ribon
  • Artist: Marina Julia
  • Main Cover: Veronica Fish
  • Subscription Cover: Jen Bartel
  • Knockout is torn between her family drama and her dedication to the derby life.

BOOM! BOX MIX TAPE SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $19.99
  • Writers: John Allison, Ryan North, Kate Leth, and more
  • Artists: Sina Grace, John Kovalic, Veronica Fish, and more
  • Cover Artist: Jake Lawrence
  • The annual BOOM Box Mix Tape is an eclectic collection of stories featuring beloved characters from established BOOM Box series as well as original stories showcasing up and coming creators and brand new content. With original stories featuring Lumberjanes, Giant Days, Cyanide & Happiness, Goldie Vance, The Backstagers, and many more.
  • Collects the BOOM! Box Mix Tape specials from 2014, 2015, and 2016.

LUMBERJANES PINS

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $9.99 each
  • Artist: Various
  • Great Bell Hooks! Show off your love of the Eisner Award-winning Lumberjanes with these enamel pins featuring Ripley, the Holy Kitten, and the classic Lumberjanes logo.

HI-FI FIGHT CLUB #4

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Carly Usdin
  • Artist: Nina Vakueva
  • Cover Artist: Nina Vakueva
  • After Chris discovers a secret code, the girls have a new lead and renewed determination to find Rosie Riot...but what if she doesn’t want to be found?

MISFIT CITY #7

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Kiwi Smith & Kurt Lustgarten
  • Artist: Naomi Franquiz
  • Cover Artist: Naomi Franquiz
  • Wilder, Macy, Karma, and Dot are struggling to keep from attracting any more unwanted attention on their search for the Captain’s would be killer, not to mention the fortune he’d promised to help them uncover.

LUMBERJANES #44

  • Publisher: BOOM Box, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
  • Artist: Ayme Sotuyo
  • Main Cover: Kat Leyh
  • Subscription Cover: Ayme Sotuyo
  • To save the camp from destruction, the Roanokes head out into the woods to chop down a time tree with a magic axe.

RUGRATS #2

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Box Brown
  • Artist: Lisa DuBois
  • Main Cover: Jorge Corona
  • Subscription Cover: Zander Cannon
  • Tommy has a playdate with Chuckie and the two come up with a plan to finally figure out how their parents are able to watch their every move.

ADVENTURE TIME/REGULAR SHOW #4

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Conor McCreery
  • Artist: Mattia Di Meo
  • Main Cover A: Phil Murphy
  • Main Cover B: Phil Murphy
  • Subscription Cover: Derek Charm
  • Homage Variant Cover: Ian McGinty
  • With the Power in hand, the team is divided! Mordecai, Rigby, and the whole park crew are thrust into battle with Finn and Jake to save the Candy Kingdom, while Marceline, Lumpy Space Princess, and Ice King are stuck in the Regular Show world.

ADVENTURE TIME #70

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Kevin Cannon
  • Artist: Joey McCormick
  • Main Cover: Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb
  • Subscription Cover: Joey McCormick
  • Double Troubles, Part 1 of 4! Finn and Jake take the day off from adventuring to enjoy a new carnival, where a witch offers to make them free doubles—twice the Finn and Jake fun!

ADVENTURE TIME: PRINCESS AND PRINCESS OGN SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writer: Jeremy Sorese
  • Artist: Zachary Sterling
  • Cover Artist: Britt Wilson
  • When Finn is asked to kingdom sit for Rock Princess, he’s excited to take a break from his usual responsibilities. That is, until the underground kingdom turns to him with pressing matters in need of deliberation. Now charged with “princess” duties, Finn is overwhelmed by his new job. Especially if it means war against...Princess Bubblegum!

ADVENTURE TIME COMICS #17

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writers: Jeffrey Brown, Michael Moreci, Pat Shand, Jason Cooper¨
  • Artists: Jeffrey Brown, Christopher Mitten, Spencer Amundson, Daniel Bayliss
  • Main Cover: Cole Closser
  • Subscription Cover: Benjamin Marra
  • Variant Cover: Christopher Mitten
  • Birthdays are celebrated, Marceline gets lumpy, and an underground city is revealed.

REGULAR SHOW VOL. 10 SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writer: Mad Rupert
  • Artist: Laura Howell
  • Cover Artist: Jorge Corona, Jen Hickman
  • When Benson decides to retire from managing the Park, it’s not the end of the world...until it is. Literally! It’s up to Mordecai and Rigby to save Skips, High Five Ghost, and Muscleman from the grips of Chaos, and convince Benson to come home, for the sake of the universe.
  • From writer Mad Rupert (Regular Show: Skips, Adventure Time: Banana Guard Academy) and with art by Laura Howell (Angry Birds, Regular Show: Wrasslesplosion), Regular Show Volume 10 collects issues #37-40 and marks the conclusion of the hit comic book series based on the Cartoon Network show.

OVER THE GARDEN WALL #20

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
  • Artist: Jim Campbell
  • Main Cover: Evan Palmer
  • Subscription Cover: Meg Omac
  • Quincy and Marguerite try increasingly zany ideas to help out their failing tea business.

OVER THE GARDEN WALL VOL. 3 SC

  • ****ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR JANUARY 2018****
  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writers: Danielle Burgos, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
  • Artists: Jim Campbell, Cara McGee
  • Cover Artist: Kiernan Sjursen-Lien
  • Journey with Greg and Wirt, along with a whole host of fantastical critters and creatures, as they navigate the deep and dark corners of the Unknown. Both touching and terrifying, there’s no telling what kind of adventures they’ll find.
  • Collects issues #9 12.

STEVEN UNIVERSE #10

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $3.99
  • Writer: Grace Kraft
  • Artist: Rii Abrego
  • Main Cover: Missy Peña
  • Subscription Cover: Natalie Dombois
  • Connie and Steven head to the beach to work on a school project, and Amethyst’s attempts at helping out lead to some surprises with the animals who live in the water.

SNOOPY HC

  • Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM Studios
  • Retail Price: $14.99
  • Writers: Charles M. Schulz, Jason Cooper
  • Artists: Charles M. Schulz, Vicki Scott, Paige Braddock
  • Cover Artist: Kara Leopard
  • Celebrate over 65 years of Charles M. Schulz’s Snoopy with this jam-packed collection of stories starring everyone’s favorite beagle. This first volume in the series contains adventures from the top of the dog house to the skies with the World War I Flying Ace.