IDW: Transformers, Doctor Who & More

IDW have released their titles available this week:

 

Cobra Annual 2012: The Origin of Cobra Commander – Also available digitally!
Chuck Dixon (w) • S L Gallant (a) • menton3, Robert Atkins (c)

Now that the COBRA CIVIL WAR has ended, a new, more ruthless Cobra Commander has stepped into place. But how much do we really know about this new Commander? There’s only so much we can tell you! In this first-ever COBRA ANNUAL, Cobra Commander’s origin is finally revealed! Once a [CLASSIFIED] in the [CLASSIFIED], the Commander led a [CLASSIFIED] and stole from [CLASSIFIED] and [CLASSIFIED]. Soon, this caught the attention of COBRA. A choice was given: join us or die. Little did High Command suspect that [CLASSIFIED] would one day become the newest leader of COBRA.
FC • 48 pages • $7.99

*Variant covers:
Robert Atkins Model Sheet Turnaround variant!

Bullet points:   
All new, all original, the true origin of the new Cobra Commander revealed!
Perfect lead-in to the first big G.I. JOE crossover, “COBRA COMMAND” (turn the page to see what we mean!).

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Doctor Who Ongoing Vol. 2 #13 – Also available digitally!
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Joshua Hale Fialkov (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Mark Buckingham, photo (c)
Special four-issue arc by Eisner-nominated writer Joshua Hale Fialkov! 1941. Casablanca. Murder. Sound familiar? It does as well to the Doctor, Amy, and Rory, who revel in being in the setting for the classic film. That is until they uncover a world-domination plot not hatched by Hitler!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Matthew Dow Smith cover!

Bullet points:   
The start of a special 4-part story written by I, Vampire writer Joshua Hale Fialkov!
Cover by Fables artist Mark Buckingham!
Ask your retailer about the rare Matthew Dow Smith variant cover!

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Dungeons & Dragons 100-Page Spectacular – Also available digitally!
R.A. Salvatore, Andrew Daab, Michael Fleisher, Jeff Grubb (w) • Tim Seeley, Jan Duursema, Rags Morales (a & c)

Discover the beginnings of three sagas in this 100-page collection! First, learn the truth about the dark elf Drizzt do’urden’s origins adapted from R.A. Salvatore’s New York Times bestselling novel Homeland. Follow that up with the first issues of the classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Forgotten Realms series by talents such as Rags Morales and Jan Duursemsa, and you have yourself one great bargain!
FC • 100 pages • $7.99

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #174 – Also available digitally!
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Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Herb Trimpe, Gallant (c)
Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are on the hunt, tracking down the members of the deadly Blue Ninja clan and bringing them to justice before they cause more harm to the Arashikage. But these adversaries may prove too difficult for the ninjas to face alone… it may be time to call in reinforcements! It’s a deadly ninja showdown in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #174, don’t miss it!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Larry Hama variant sketch cover!

Bullet points:
¥    Nominated for a 2011 Shel Dorf Award for Best Ongoing Series!

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H.P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror #4 (of 4) – Also available digitally!
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Joe R. Lansdale (w) • Peter Bergting (a) • menton3 (c)
A new vision of the most famous H.P. Lovecraft story concludes, courtesy of Joe R. Lansdale and company! After gaining access to the fabled Necronomicon, four young friends attempt to harness its power to stop the cosmic horror they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Nick Percival cover!
“The Hound” prose chapbook!

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Includes a back-up story by Robert Weinberg and menton3!
Ask your retailer how to get the rare Nick Percival cover!
Ask your retailer how to get a copy of The Hound prose chapbook!

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Snake Eyes Ongoing #9 – Also available digitally!
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Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Robert Atkins (c)
“Cobra Command,” Part Two! Snake Eyes travels halfway around the world with his team to stop the invasion of a sovereign nation under attack by Cobra. But the Joes’ silent warrior may be on a mission all his own. Snake Eyes is haunted by his past and Storm Shadow is at the heart of it. Snake Eyes carves himself his own bloody corner in a war of annihilation!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Nick Runge variant cover!
Arashikaye symbol temporary tattoos!

Bullet points:
PART 2 of the G.I. JOE crossover, “COBRA COMMAND”!
A rolling nine-issue crossover between all three ongoing G.I. JOE titles, all with the same art team!

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TRANSFORMERS: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #1 – Also available digitally!

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James Roberts (w) • Nick Roche (a) • Alex Milne x 4, Roche (c)
The ultimate Transformers saga begins here!
This second all-new ongoing Transformers title reunites the fan-favorite creative team behind Last Stand of the Wreckers and sends the Transformers on an epic quest to the farthest reaches of the Transformers Universe and beyond! The adventure starts here!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:   
Wraparound Alex Milne cover, featuring the inter-connected image of all 4 covers!
Decepticon logo temporary tattoos!
Josh Burcham hand-drawn sketch Decepticon cover!

Bullet points:   
ONE UNIVERSE! This series, in conjunction with Transformers: Robots in Disguise, expands the Transformers universe into exciting, unexplored territory.
Never read an IDW TRANSFORMERS book? THIS is the place to start!
4 inter-connected covers by Alex Milne, each featuring a character from the new ongoing series, combining to make one image!
All covers have an eye-catching foil enhancement!

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