The historic crossover mini-series rolls on! Gotham's villains have infiltrated Pop's Chocklit Shoppe to enact their plans of mind control! But when one of Pop's best customers sees the action taking place, will he be able to let the others know, or will the joke be on him?
Written and Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN Cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN EXPLODING FROM THE PAGES OF NEW AVENGERS It's the tail end of the fabulous fifties. NICK FURY and his AVENGERS roar into their secret mission, hunting down NAZI SUPER VILLAINSmen and women relentlessly preparing to unleash hell on a troubled world barely holding onto peaceonly to find the Avengers have what appears to be serious competition in their manhunt for these escaped ubermenschenwhen their mission is suddenly compromised by interference from an unlikely source. 32 pages. (each)/Rated T+
The most famous female cartoon star of all is back! All-new adventures of Betty Boop (with her pals Koko the Clown and Bimbo, natch!) by award-winning writer Roger Langridge and Gisele Lagace. Join Betty as she works at the Oop-A-Doop Club, dreams of hitting the big-time, looks after her old Grampy, fights ghosts and giant bugs, dances to hot jazz, and much more!
Collected in book form for the first time! Polish pilot Janos Prohaska-better known as Blackhawk-is on American soil and in trouble. Accused of Communist leanings, he stumbles across a plot to overthrow the U.S. government and bomb New York City concocted by former Nazis out for revenge. Collects Blackhawk: Blood & Iron #1-3, plus stories from Action Comics Weekly #601-608, #615-622, and #628-635 and Secret Origins #45.
Written by DANIEL KNAUF, CHARLES KNAUF, KYLE HIGGINS, ALEC SIEGEL & HOWARD CHAYKIN Penciled by MITCH BREITWEISER, AGUSTIN PADILLA & HOWARD CHAYKIN Cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN A hero for the ages in a trio of war-torn tales! In Operation Zero Point, a squadron of anti-gravity Nazi aircraft rises from behind enemy lines! In Prisoners of Duty, Steve Rogers is taken captive along with fellow infantrymen inside the forbidding walls of a Nazi-held castle. And in America First!, the Commie-busting Cap of the "50s uncovers a fifth-columnist plot that has its origins in the most unsuspecting of places! It's Cap action set in war-torn Europe and at the height of America's Cold War with the Soviet Union, rendered by a contemporary crew of comics' best! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA: AMERICA FIRST, OPERATION ZERO POINT and PRISONERS OF DUTY. 128 pages. /Rated T+
The cult series returns, remastered and collected in its entirety for the first time ever! Mike Fallon is smooth, suave, and sexy, and a genius at the subtle art of making an assassination look like one of those unfortunate, all-too-frequent accidents. Handsome as James Bond, lethal as Carlos the Jackal, discrete as an air bubble to the heart. Broken neck in the shower? Poor guy probably slipped on the soap. Collect for the first time, Accident Man features four darkly humorous tales of sex, revenge, brutal violence, and people drowning in the bath. [(W) Pat Mills, Tony Skinner (A) Martin Emond & Various (CA) Howard Chaykin]
Three highly trained Delta Force Operators embark on a high-stakes mission to obtain a mysterious serum. But when they are betrayed by one of their own, securing the drug immediately becomes a matter of life, death, and their own resurrection.
An America sundered. An America enraged. An America terrified. An America shattered by greed and racism, violence and fear, nihilism and tragedy and that's when everything really goes to hell. Collects The Divided States Of Hysteria #1-6.
Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN Cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN The depression's going strong, so when Dominic Fortune is hired to bodyguard Jock Madison, Vaughn Lorillard and P.T. Oakley, three drunk and disorderly Hollywood stars, he jumps at the chance to pick up what looks like a few easy bucks, and maybe have a few laughs in the bargain. But when the trio of old school hambones and horndogs prove to be a bigger pain than he anticipated -- and he accidentally stumbles across a conspiracy headed by mysterious American businessman Malcolm Upshaw and Delatriz Betancourt, the recklessly sexy granddaughter of Confederates who fled Reconstruction for South America -- Fortune finds himself in hot waterwith the fate of the USA at stake. This volume also includes stories from Fortune's earliest days in the Marvel U and Howard Chaykin's Dominic Fortune digital comic, for the first time in print! Collecting DOMINIC FORTUNE #1-4, DOMINIC FORTUNE DIGITAL COMIC #1-6, MARVEL PREMIERE #56 and material from MARVEL PREVIEW #2. 176 pages. /Explicit Content
It's two against one when Gemini tag-teams the Flash! The threat is doubled for the Scarlet Speedster when Gemini gets their hands on the Strength Force. But where's that leave Powerhouse? She and the Flash must ride or die together in order to get her super-strength back, but they'll have to survive a trip through the Strength Force first. Follow along in the Flash's footsteps on the next leg of his Force Quest!
Christos N. Gage, Mike Costa (w) Antonio Fuso (a) Howard Chaykin (c) G.I. JOE has an enemy. But until now, that enemy has remained hidden. Join undercover agent CHUCKLES on his descent into the world of COBRA. His mission is to obtain valuable intel for the G.I. JOE team, but he just might sacrifice his soul to do it. This volume collects issues #1-5, plus the 5-page prequel, as well as the Xamot and Tomax follow-up! TPB Full Color. 132 pages. ISBN: 978-160010-535-7
This year's limited edition Hall of Fame edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide celebrates the 35th anniversary of the ground-breaking American Flagg! Also in the spotlight: Marvel's critical 1968 expansion and the 50th anniversary of Planet of the Apes, and former DC President and Publisher Paul Levitz looks at the history of Action Comics as the Bible of serious comic book collectors, dealers and historians returns with its newest edition! It includes new feature articles, new additions to the Overstreet Hall of Fame, new market reports, and more.
Written and created by Howard Chaykin. A crime fighter is genetically engineered to be a super-hero - but when the test goes awry and he doesn't have the superhero qualities needed, he has to be teamed up with a former CIA agent who is the brains behind the duo. One gets all the glory while one has all the power. Collects issues 1-4 as well as the Holiday Special one-shot!
Red Team's latest target could land them in very hot water, protected as he is from on high. Meanwhile, Trudy's late night encounter with an amorous newcomer spells trouble of a different kind- the kind that could finish the entire team for good. [(W) Garth Ennis (A) Craig Cermak (CA) Howard Chaykin]
A close encounter with one of their own leaves Red Team on uncertain ground, while Eddie faces problems at home. So no one's quite ready when a very bad night in the ghetto catapults our heroes into a tense situation beyond their wildest nightmares... [(W) Garth Ennis (A) Craig Cermak (CA) Howard Chaykin]
Catch up with Ruff and Reddy, former cartoon superstars, in this title collecting the six-issue miniseries. When an entrepreneurial talent agent convinces the duo that the world is waiting on their career revival, they set out in pursuit of landing their second big break. Ruff and Reddy then appear in a slew of TV pilots, from crime dramas to sitcoms to game shows to reality TV, in the hope of regaining their fame.
NEW YORK CITY, 1951: The star of the hit TV show Satellite Sam turns up dead in a flophouse filled with dirty secrets. If his son can sober up, he might be able to figure out why in this noir mystery shot through with sex and violence in the seedy underbelly of TV's golden age. By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Casanova, Hawkeye) and HOWARD CHAYKIN (BLACK KISS I & II, AMERICAN FLAGG!). Collects Satellite Sam #1-5. [(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Howard Chaykin]
The second volume of SATELLITE SAM plunges further into the world of sex, addiction, and obsession, all behind the scenes of America's favorite daily sci-fi kids' show, Satellite Sam. Michael White discovers his father was murdered-and his investigation drags dark secrets, shocking twists, and violent pasts into the light... Collects Satellite Sam #6-10. [(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Howard Chaykin]
Collects Satellite Sam #11-15.
1951: Carlyle White-creator and star of the daily children's show SATELLITE SAM-turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a secret life, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father's last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession. This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV's golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity. By the award-winning team of MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ODY-C, Hawkeye) and HOWARD CHAYKIN (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues, special bonus materials, and an all-new epilogue created especially for this collection. Collects Satellite Sam #1-15 & Bonus Material.
Written and illustrated by legendary and award-winning comic book creator Howard Chaykin, The Shadow: Blood & Judgment is collected for the first time since 1991!!! Chaykin's dynamic, visceral style added a new dimension to The Shadow of the 1980"s! The laugh had vanishedthe mocking, sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world. It was gone, lost in the night that echoed it. Now, one by one, his friends and operatives are being ruthlessly murdered. Someone is trying to draw him out. Thirty-five years later, it is time for him to return. The laugh is here again. The Shadow is back. God help the guilty.
The Shadow is dead, a victim of a biological weapon... but his soul survives! Believing that their father's ultimate fate rests in the hidden city of Shambala, the twins Chang and Hsu-Tei carry The Shadow's body deep within the Tibetan mountains, only to find themselves hunted by Chinese authorities and the outlaw denizens of a town called Malice. Meanwhile, without their master's guidance, the agents of The Shadow struggle to find their place in a violent, corrupt world. Intent on curing the disease of crime, the unhinged agent Twitch assumes a fearsome identity of his own as The Inoculator but his brand of vigilante justice draws the attention of a deadly enemy. Will the network of agents survive an assault by The Avenger, a master of disguise as brutal and unrelenting as The Shadow himself? Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the complete, ground-breaking Body & Soul storyline by Andrew Helfer and Kyle Baker, plus two additional stories of The Shadow's past, revealing the secrets that bind his most loyal agents - Margo Lane, Harry Vincent, Burbank, and more - to his never-ending war!
It's New Year's, 1950... the end of a tumultuous decade. Lamont Cranston, the man that the world and the underworld know all too well as The Shadow, has had enough. It's time for the mysterious nemesis of crime to hang up his cloak, his slouch hat, and his twin .45s, and retire from public life. But despite this momentous decision, Margo Lane and the rest of The Shadow's agents fear that mankind, teetering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, may not be quite ready to be bereft of the dark avenger. Howard Chaykin, whose 1980s revival of The Shadow at DC Comics reinvigorated the character for comic lovers everywhere, returns to tell a mind-blowing tale of the Master of Men! Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? Howard Chaykin knows!
IDW Publishing is pleased to offer under license from our good friends at Marvel Comics the first Star Wars Artifact Edition! Featuring scans of original art mainly from the initial 10 issues of Marvel Comics' groundbreaking Star Wars comics, as well as from other early issues by Carmine Infantino. As with all Artist's Edition style books, there will be a wealth of extras, including a superb cover gallery showcasing some of the very earliest examples. With the highly anticipated new film being released in December, the fever-pitch for Star Wars has never been higher!
With its gripping conclusion, Sunshine Patriots #2 brings Howard Chaykin's thrilling two-part story to a satisfying finale!As the former Rough Riders navigate the dangerous world of Hollywood, facing off against mobsters and uncovering secrets, Chaykin's masterful storytelling keeps readers hooked until the very end. With action, intrigue, and unexpected twists at every turn, Sunshine Patriots #2 is a must-read for fans of Westerns and Hollywood history. Don't miss out on the epic conclusion to this captivating series that will leave you eagerly turning the pages until the very last panel!
You think you've read everything about Hollywood? Think Again! And when legendary creator Howard Chaykin is in the director's chair, expect the unexpected. Follow the adventures of two former members of Roosevelt's Rough Riders cavalry, who arrive in Hollywood in 1913 and find themselves caught in the web of a dangerous new world. As the first Sicilian mobsters make their way to the City of Angels, the two heroes find themselves recruited as mercenaries for the movie studios and drawn into the cutthroat world of cinema, with a front-row seat to the building of a new American empire. With its action-packed narrative and exciting new historical setting, Sunshine Patriots is a must-read for fans of the Western genre and anyone interested in the early days of Hollywood and the formation of one of the most important facets of modern American culture.
