This week’s new books include The Cape: 1969 #3, Classic Popeye #2, The Crow #3, True Blood #4, and more!
The Cape: 1969 #3 (of 4) – Also available digitally!
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Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Zach Howard (c)
Something dark and sinister has awakened inside Captain Chase. The brutal murder of a fellow captive has seemingly, somehow, transferred that power to Captain Chase. A power that began as peaceful, but soon becomes something else—something filled with hate, desiring of destruction, and hungry for revenge. With these new-found powers, Captain Chase takes to the sky and aims to settle the score with the man responsible for his torture and the death of his crew. Explore your dark side.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Nelson Daniel cover
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Classic Popeye #2 – Also available digitally!
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Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
Classic Popeye stories by Bud Sagendorf, the long-time assistant to Popeye’s creator E.C. Segar, are back! A meticulously faithful reprint of Popeye #2 from May-June 1948 includes a long rousing action-packed story “That’s What I Yam” starring Popeye and Swee’pea and a howler comic “Easy Money” $tarring Popeye and his Pappy. Plus you’ll find those glorious Sagendorf one-pagers in the cartoonist’s gloriously funny writing and drawing style! Sagendorf comics are great comics!
FC • 52 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• A perfect companion to the new Popeye series!
• Bud Sagendorf’s classic tales, lovingly restored!
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The Crow #3 (of 5) – Also available digitally!
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John Shirley (w) • Kevin Colden (a) • Kyle Hotz (c)
“Dark Bird, Lonely Island.” Shibishii: “Lonely Island,” off the coast of Japan. The entire island, a high-security fortress and a comfortable retreat at once, belongs to Biotrope International. Surely the Crow can’t get them there, can he? He can and will, in search of Hendra, the woman who stole his beloved’s body. He searches, too, for the shadowy Soro, the
man who hides secrets within secrets… and uses the electronic to mask the demonic…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
James O’Barr cover
Bullet points:
• Written by John Shirley, co-screenwriter of The Crow and novelist (Everything is Broken)
• Incentive covers by The Crow creator James O’Barr and a classic image from Kent Williams!
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G.I. JOE #17 – Also available digitally!
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Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a & c)
DEEP TERROR Epilogue! COBRA’s scheme to take the Joes public goes viral. America’s most secret fighting force is on the run! COBRA COMMANDER dispenses his own rewards for failure. Copperback a prisoner of the JOEs! And SCARLETT learns that SNAKE EYES is still alive and confronts Helix in an encounter only one of them may survive!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Robert Atkins cover
Bullet points:
• The artist of the smash hit COBRA COMMAND is back!
• A pivotal moment that defines the future of G.I. JOE!
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Love and Capes: What to Expect #2 (of 6) – Also available digitally!
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Thom Zahler (w & a) • Thom Zahler & Sean Tiffany (c)
As their pregnancy continues, Mark and Abby are starting to worry what kind of parents they’ll be. So when Abby’s cousin Olivia needs a babysitter, they jump at the chance to have an adventure in babysitting. How will they do? Meanwhile, Darkblade and Amazonia make a big decision about their relationship.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• “Love and Capes is warm, witty, clever and lighthearted without being empty—there’s real, satisfying emotion underlying the comedy.” —Kurt Busiek
• Romantic comedy for fans of “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #4 – Also available digitally!
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Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w) • Eastman, Laird (a & c)
This tale of the original TMNT, now in all-new color, expanded the Turtles universe COSMICALLY! In the search for the missing Splinter, the TMNT run headfirst into Foot Ninja and a mystery corporation that has ties to their pre-mutated past. But their investigation into the past drags them into a wholly unexpected future — one of epic science fiction proportions!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• The original series is back, this time in COLOR!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Microseries #8: Fugitoid – Also available digitally!
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Paul Allor (w) • Paul McCaffrey (a) • David Petersen, McCaffrey (c)
Professor Honeycutt was instrumental in developing General Krang’s technology. But when he realized just how insanely tyrannical his boss was, he decided to defect. One doesn’t betray Krang without consequences, though, and Honeycutt’s only chance for survival was to transport his mind into a fugitive robot body! The resulting adventure leads the new ‘Fugitoid’ to Earth, and stands to affect the Turtles’ future in an unexpected and crucial way!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
David Petersen Black & White cover
Bullet points:
• Sets up an upcoming TMNT ongoing story arc!
• Amazing art from Paul McCaffrey (Men of War)!
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TRANSFORMERS: Regeneration One #83 – Also available digitally!
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Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)
The Wreckers are on Earth—and their fates rest in the hands of… a human? A very particular human—Spike Witwicky, the Circuit Smasher! The AUTOBOTs learn what MEGATRON’s been doing the past 20 years… and OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to come to a decision about the future!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Geoff Senior cover
Bullet points:
• The original TRANSFORMERS comics saga continues!
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TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #9 – Also available digitally!
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John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Griffith, Casey Coller (c)
DINOBOT HUNT! Ironhide and the DINOBOTS journey deep into the Cybertronian wilderness… and what they find is not what they expected! Meanwhile, the DECEPTICONS enact a dangerous plan with bizarre consequences!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Marcelo Matere cover
Bullet points:
• DINOBOTS AT WAR!
• The fate of the Aerialbots revealed!
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True Blood #4 – Also available digitally!
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Annie Nocenti & Michael McMillian (w) • Michael Gaydos (a) • Tim Bradstreet, photo (c)
Alan Ball’s hit HBO series continues its ongoing comic tale. Learn what happened to your favorite characters on the night vampires revealed their existence to the world, with this issue focusing on ALCIDE!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Tim Bradstreet sketch cover
Bullet points:
• Co-Written by Michael McMillian, “Steve Newlin” from the show, with fan-favorite Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow)!
• Series features covers by Tim Bradstreet (The Punisher)!
• Ask your retailer about the Tim Bradstreet sketch cover!
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