An all-new quest for Robert E. Howard's Valeria as she seeks truth - and revenge! Journey into the Hyborian Age with Valeria, the hero from Robert E. Howard's classic Conan story Red Nails, on an all-new quest set before the fan-favorite tale! Before her careers as a pirate and mercenary and before she crossed paths with the Red Brotherhood and the likes of Conan of Cimmeria, Valeria was a young woman from Aquilonia, seeking justice for a crime gone unpunished. But as the formidable Valeria makes her way in this world, proving her capability against those who doubt her abilities as a young woman, she will find more than she bargained for in her thirst for revenge. Her deadly fighting skills will be put to the test and her trust will be shaken as she hunts her brother's killer and comes into her own as a force to be reckoned with in the Hyborian Age! Don't miss the start of an all-new classic, from Meredith Finch (Wonder Woman, Savage Sword of Conan) and Aneke (Red Sonja, DC's Bombshells)! Plus: The first chapter of an all-new novella featuring one of Conan's greatest nemeses - the wizard Thoth-Amon!
A deadly force closes in on Valeria! Valeria's quest for revenge brings her one step closer to her brother's killer But a mysterious stranger with deadly intent has picked up her trail! And what secrets do the Knights of Mitra hold, and how do they link to Valeria's past? Plus: The next chapter of an all-new novella featuring one of Conan's greatest nemeses-the wizard Thoth-Amon!
Assault on Mitra! • Valeria tries to recover from her wounds, but cannot rest while her brother's killer remains free! • But when the Priests of Mitra are attacked, will she be strong enough to defend herself and her comrades? • And who is the mysterious man who seems to know about her past? • Plus: The next chapter of an all-new novella featuring one of Conan's greatest nemeses-the wizard Thoth-Amon!
She seeks truth - and revenge! Journey into the Hyborian Age with the hero from the classic Conan tale Red Nails in a story set before that fan-favorite tale! Before Robert E. Howard's Valeria became a pirate and mercenary - before she crossed paths with Conan and the Red Brotherhood - Valeria was a young woman from Aquilonia seeking justice for a crime gone unpunished. But as she makes her way in the cruel Hyborian world, proving herself against those who doubt her abilities, she will find more than she bargained for in her thirst for vengeance! Valeria's deadly fighting skills will be put to the test, and her trust will be shaken, as she hunts her brother's killer - and comes into her own as a force to be reckoned with! Collecting Age Of Conan: Valeria #1-5.
They descend suddenly from the stars, in monumental ships like floating cathedrals. They are touched by a dark and terrible force from beyond our reality, silent but for the one note they emit that freezes all motion. Their mission: to drain the Earth of all its kinetic energy and leave it a lifeless husk. They never expected anyone could escape their songbut the Flash was in the Speed Force when they struck, and Aquaman was in the deepest ravine far below the ocean's floor. These heroes have little in common. They've rarely even fought side by side without their fellow Justice League members. Now they must find a way to work together against impossible odds to save the world and the people they love.
With the Justice League taken out of commission, Aquaman and the Flash face an alien invasion on their own. Will this unlikely pair be able to find the weakness of this seemingly invincible foe and save the Earth? Writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty) team up with rising-star artist Vasco Georgiev to deliver an epic tale of two heroes facing impossible odds. Collects AQUAMAN &,amp, THE FLASH: VOIDSONG #1-3.
In their first encounter with the powerful maniac who's pursuing runaway meta-human Sofia Barrera, Black Lightning and the Outsiders were absolutely humbled. Does everyone on this team have what it takes? Or did Batman make a catastrophic mistake when he entrusted them with Sofia's life? Plus, ousted from power and stripped of wealth, Ra's al Ghul is a broken man. But Lex Luthor has a plan for how the Outsiders could be Ra's' new League of Assassins!
Batman and Robin are finally reunited! Together they will hunt for the truth behind the death of Ra's al Ghul! But then who is left to defend the Secret Society against the League of Shadows? Deathstroke's fight against the Demon's Shadow ends with a shocking cliffhanger! Plus, what happens when you get Deathstroke infected with Joker toxin? Find out in the epic backup story!
The deadly conclusion to the Abyss arc as Lex Luthor's dangerous master plan for Batman Inc. is revealed. And an old ally returns to pull the lost Batman out of Abyss's darkness and a new member of Batman Inc. rises! Backup script and art by Karl Kerschl. In the final chapter of They Make Great Pets, Maps finds the missing piece to the shocking and deadly mystery...with a little help from Batman!
KNIGHT TERRORS TIE-IN! Written by Dennis Culver, Ed Brisson, Rob Williams, and Megan Fitzmartin Art by Otto Schmidt, Jeff Spokes, Stefano Landini, and Belen Ortega While investigating a string of bloody gangland murders, Batman comes face-to-face with the newest member of his rogues gallery--the brutal Mr. Baseball! Dennis Culver and Otto Schmidt tell a gripping, violent tale of the Dark Knight! In a Knight Terrors tie-in, Stormwatch members Flint, Phantom-One, Core, and Shado are trapped in a nightmarish world where their deepest fears lurk around every corner...and their fear is just the beginning, because a new enemy has emerged--the Tempest! The return of Emilia Harcourt by Rob Williams and Stefano Landini! And this issue's Batman Black & White tale by Meghan Fitzmartin and Belen Ortega tells a powerful and brutal story about family, life and death!
Dynamite's new dark fantasy epic continues! Elizabeth's new life at court grows more complicated as the king's niece and the Elder arrive. How does this affect her mission, and what secrets do another investigation in the kingdom hold? And, as passions ignite between Elizabeth and Sir Ferenc, prepare yourself for a shocking final panel! It's all from writer Troy Brownfield and artist Fritz Casas, and we're just getting started.
The reign of blood begins! Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the complete saga of the Blood Queen, a dark fantasy reimagining of the infamous historical figure, Countess Elizabeth Bathory. When the king's daughter suffers from a terrible and mysterious malady, Elizabeth -- a young woman of untold power -- is summoned to cure the ailment. Thus begins a journey that will uncover secrets, reveal forbidden desires, and stoke the fires of war! When the smoke clears, one woman may rise to power, ruling through fear and blood sacrifice... but power may prove fleeting, as the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula, sets his fearsome gaze on her sinister beauty! Collects Blood Queen #1-6, the complete four-issue Blood Queen vs. Dracula series, and the Blood Queen 2014 Annual.
Chastity Jack has been kidnapped, to the great misfortune of her kidnappers. She, along with a dozen other young women, arrive at an audition for a prestigious New York City burlesque act hoping to land a coveted spot in the popular show. When they wake up in chains on a spooky cruise ship in the middle of nowhere, they're congratulated on joining the cast. Realizing they've been drugged and kidnapped by human traffickers, Chastity Jack declines the offer. Grindhouse-style.
The El Kingdom has been ruled with integrity and honesty for generations, by familes from the Waynes to the Els. The future of the kingdom lies with its three heirs and the challenges they will face...but what really prepared them for their tumultuous future? What stories defined Bruce, Zala, and Kal-El? Learn these tales and more from international bestselling writers Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff, and C.S. Pacat!
A greater chaotic force enters the battle, and in so doing threatens reality itself. As more heroes fall, and whole galaxies are lost, the most powerful forces across the cosmos must stop watching from the sidelines and finally act.
She's faced the cannibal Thark, Voro, and he's dead. She's stopped his plot to terrorize Helium and destroy the peace between red and green people. Now, consumed with survivor's guilt, Dejah Thoris does something beyond reckless: joins a team of Thark warriors formerly under Voro's command for a suicide mission. The Princess poses as their slave to infiltrate a savage tribe of green Warhoons trekking across the Barsoomian desert to an ancient, unearthed weapon. Vastly outnumbered, they must stop the Warhoon lunatics from activating it with a psychic in their midst - and turning it on Helium! Collects the final story arc (issues #9-12) from the Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars comic book series, complete with a pin-up gallery featuring the entire gorgeous selection of variant cover artwork. (CAUT: 0-1-2)
The peace John Carter brought to Helium and Thark is new and fragile. On the eve of a Red & Green festival to balm age-old hatreds, Dejah Thoris is kidnapped. The ordeal triggers her lingering nightmares of abuse and helplessness at the hands of brutal Tharks. And the kidnapper is nightmare personified: Voro. He caters to a taste some green men never lost: the red meat of Helium women.
Dejah Thoris has survived a horrific ordeal at the hands of the ravenous Thark, Voro. Now in hiding and mutilated, Voro is behind a terror campaign that threatens to destroy the peace that John Carter brought to red and green inhabitants of Barsoom. The violent Green Martian dreams of the streets of Helium flowing with the blood of its people. Traumatized, isolated, and fighting eons of race hatred, Dejah Thoris must stop the villain's red flood! Collects issues #5-8 of Dejah Thoris & the Green Men of Mars. [(W) Mark Rahner (A) Lui Antonio (CA) Jay Anacleto]
On Alice's sixth birthday, her dying great-aunt sent her the birthday gift she didn't know she always wanted: a big, beautiful 19th-century dollhouse, complete with a family of antique dolls. In no time at all, the dollhouse isn't just Alice's favorite toy...it's her whole world. And soon, young Alice learns she can enter the house to visit a new group of friends, straight out of a heartwarming children's novel: the Dollhouse family. But while the Dollhouse family welcome her with open arms, in the real world, her family life is becoming much more complicated...and deep within the Dollhouse's twisting halls, the black room waits, with an offer to Alice. The house can fix all this, the black room says. All she has to do is say the words... Longtime collaborators Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Lucifer, The Unwritten) are joined by Vince Locke (The Sandman), to bring their most horrifying vision yet to Hill House Comics-a story that echoes into centuries past, into Alice's tormented future, and into the beating heart of the madness that makes up our world...literally. Plus, in chapter two of the "Sea Dogs" backup story written by Joe Hill, spymaster Benjamin Tallmadge's monstrous scheme is underway as his coerced crew of bloodthirsty colonial lycanthropes prepare to gut the Royal Navy from within! Backup story written by JOE HILL. Backup story art by DAN McDAID.
Childhood ends. Children grow up. And young Alice is now a mother herself, raising her daughter alone in 1990s London. But the Dollhouse has never forgotten the promise that she made. The Dollhouse knows where she's gone. And so does Jenny, the ghost of the girl who died in her orphanage...
Special 287th-anniversary issue! Someone in the city of Goliath is killing cops-robot cops, that is!-and it's up to the Doom Patrol Detective Agency to find out who...but their only clues are pages torn from a pulp paperback littering the streets of this neo-noir nightmare of a city. The secret of Goliath will die along with their hope of escape unless the team can band together once again, just like the old days.
The mystery of Draculina's father is revealed to be part of an ancient feud between demons and angels while four (count 'em) distinct visions of Draculina, including Katie the Vampirette and Vampirella's ex-girlfriend Victory, become caught in a tangled web of Vampiverse unreality that pushes O.G. Draculina to the very brink! Is Draculina worth saving and will she stop being a PITA long enough for someone to actually save her?
WHO WILL BE THE LAST DRACULINA LEFT STANDING? Blood Simple reaches its crimson climax with Draculina and Vampirella fighting for their lives within the astral plane known as The Dark World, where Draculina also confronts a shocking vision of her future. Meanwhile, in the real world, Draculina's two alternate selves - Katie, the preteen Vampirette, and Lilith's protégé, Victory - find themselves caught up in a literal holy war between demons and angels. Which Draculina (if any) will survive? Find out this August!
Get Jay Anacleto's cover for Draculina: Blood Simple #5 free of trade dress with this Limited, Virgin Edition!
For over a quarter century, Jay Anacleto has taken pencil to some of the most iconic and sophisticated covers to grace the comics industry. For Dynamite Entertainment, Anacleto has tackled virtually every character in the company's library! Now, all of this incredible art is presented in one incredible hardcover collection, curated by the ancient master himself! Vampirella. Red Sonja. Dejah Thoris. Chaos! Plus: Demons, wizards, monsters and superheroes! 191 pages of worlds and characters beyond imagining!
Rory Norris was once a promising young artist, but tragedy struck, and with it, the loss of her eyesight. Though her life had changed, she was gifted with a vision and ability possessed by few and thrown into a universe of dreams every time she closed her eyes. Taking on beings beyond even her most horrible imaginings, she came out on top and with a newfound understanding of her life. Now, months later, she digs deeper into her abilities while helping anyone she can, in the strange worlds that surround her. But all the while, unbeknownst to her, she has gained the attention of another, one much more ancient, who walks among these subconscious lands and does not appreciate her intrusion.
I went to the moon to eat cheese and fight aliensand I'm all outta cheese. Actually, there wasn't any cheese. I think that's a mythbut aliens, hooo boy, do we have aliens! Horace Reginald Giger would be proud! What? NoI'm positive that's what H.R. stands for. Anyway, this alien-monster-thing might not get a chance to devour Task Force XX, because we're probably gonna kill each other first. What'd you expect, sendin' a buncha angry villains to space without any cheese? I warned ya! The Harley Quinn and Task Force XX space event you've always needed continues here. Cheese not included.
• The newborn gods of the Uprising Storm have power over the world, and are about to destroy you all. Unless you're Hercules, of course, in which case you're going to fight back. You are going to gather a few old friends, gather your trusted weapons, channel the courage that once made you famous, and give the newborn gods a fight they will never forget.
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING Penciled by KYLE HOTZ Cover by JAY ANACLETO FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN! On the devastated Raft, the Purple Man unleashes Elektra as his pet killer-with only The Shroud standing in the way! Meanwhile, in the shattered streets of Manhattan, Misty Knight joins cult faves Gargoyle and Paladin to fight the macabre menace of Monster!
Following the harrowing events of Batman: The Killing Joke, the course of James Gordon's lifeand that of his family'swas forever changed! But what happened when Gordon's path again crossed with The Joker's PUNCHLINE BACKUP: Harper Row has successfully gotten Punchline's former friend, Kelly Ness, out of Blackgate. What Kelly reveals about Punchline's past and true nature will change her criminal case forever, but will Harper and Leslie Thompkins be able to protect her from Punchline's loyalists? Punchline backup written by James Tynion IV and Sam Johns, with art by Belén Ortega.
In this unique collection, ongoing Red Sonja series writer Gail Simone hand-picked eleven of the fiercest, most talented, and most popular female writers from the worlds of comics, prose, games and television, to help her tell the greatest legends in the She-Devil's long history! A group of savage mercenaries hired to hunt and kill Sonja come across campfire tales of her at every turn... and Sonja does not like to be hunted. [(W) Gail Simone & Various (A) Jack Jadson & Various (CA) Jay Anacleto]
EXTINCTION AGENDA - PART 2! The Marauders race toward Shi'ar space on a collision course with an explosive secret, spurred by the crew's malicious eighth member: Cassandra Nova! What could possibly go wrong? But unfortunately for them, the Shi'ar Majestrix has raised an imperial armada to stop the Marauders in their tracks!
End of story arc! The casualties pile up until only Mavin and Liza are left standing. That's an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object-and that never ends well.
The sequel to the award-winning publishing sensation that made Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross into stars! News photographer Phil Sheldon is back to provide the man-on-the-street's perspective on the larger-than-life heroes, villains and big events of the Marvel Universe - from the Avengers, the X-Men and the Secret Wars to Dracula and Werewolf by Night! But this time, Phil's world is about to be rocked not just by superhuman battles and cosmic events, but also by something far more personal. Featuring the stunning work of artist Jay Anacleto, whose gorgeous, photorealistic pencil renderings bring the Marvel Universe into sharp focus - and offer a glimpse of what it would be like to actually live there. Collecting Marvels: Eye Of The Camera #1-6.
Project Superpowers is Back! An all-new threat faces the Earth, while the team faces turmoil from within and must overcome all obstacles to prove their worth and value in a world that desperately needs its heroes. The Death-Defying Devil, Samson, Black Terror, Masquerade, Green Lama, Scarab and more are all here as the adventure begins again!
Mother, part four. The marauders of Shezem will have their blood. They will capture the She-Devil and the young Sitha, whose power has become extraordinary. Sitha's revenge will manifest in ways that not even Red Sonja will be able to contain The ongoing adventures continue, from Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika) and Giuseppe Cafaro (Sacred Six)!
Mother, part three. The She-Devil is in pursuit of warlocks in the swamps of the Koroths River. She will need the aid of a renegade slave, in order to battle necromancers. It is a battle of dark arts, against hardened steel. The ongoing adventures continue, from Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika) and Giuseppe Cafaro (Sacred Six)!
Our second story arc begins with our women of the evening, having lost the woman who'd drawn them together, Lilith of Drakulon, but discovering a new and more powerful incentive to stay and defend the peaceful vampires of Ashthorne: cold, hard cash. Plus the non-team gets one and one-half new recruits-and they don't even realize it! Bonus: our new Nyx micro-series, drawn by fan favorite artist Stephane Roux begins here! Features Issues 7 thru 12 along with a complete cover gallery!
Written by BRYAN J.L. GLASS Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT Cover by JAY ANACLETO Revealed for a new generation: the origin-and first year on Earth-of the God of Thunder! Who is the enigmatic Doctor Donald Blake? What is the secret that drives him to travel the world, seeking its challenges, and how does it connect him to the banished Prince of Asgard? Why has Thor been exiled to walk amongst mankind-and battle threats from beyond the stars? And before the entire saga is over, how will he react when confronted by the likes of Tony Stark, Reed Richardsand his devious brother Loki? Witness the legend reborn with a modern touch by Harvey Award-winning writer Bryan J.L. Glass (The Mice Templar) and acclaimed Eisner-winning artist Tan Eng Huat (SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME)! 40 pages. /Rated T+
Written by BRYAN J.L. GLASS Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT Cover by JAY ANACLETO Revealed for a new generation: the origin - and first year on Earth - of the God of Thunder! Who is the enigmatic Dr. Donald Blake? What is the secret that drives him to travel the world, seeking its challenges, and how does it connect him to the banished Prince of Asgard? Why has Thor been exiled to walk among mankind - and battle threats from beyond the stars? And before the entire saga is over, how will he react when confronted by the likes of Tony Stark, Reed Richardsàand his devious brother, Loki? Witness the legend reborn with a modern touch by Harvey Award-winning writer Bryan J.L. Glass (The Mice Templar) and Eisner Award-winning artist Tan Eng Huat (SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME)! Collecting THOR: FIRST THUNDER #1-5. 120 pages. /Rated T+
The encounter that was destined to happen! When an alien scout ship crashes on Mars, Dejah Thoris must risk reigniting war with the Green Martians and becoming dinner for the white apes. But the stakes are raised so much higher when the ship is revealed to carry Vampirella, who is on a desperate mission of survival-one that might end before it truly begins!
NO MORE MS. NICE VAMPIRE! They're coming for her baby. They're going to murder him before her eyes. And then she's going to kill every last damn one of them. Picking up where Vampirella: Year One left off! In an unprecedented turn for our titular heroine, Vampirella/Dracula: Rage presents Vampirella as you've never seen her before. Inconsolable grief yields to irreducible rage as Vampirella tracks the cultists who threaten her son across Europe and America, unsettling political and economic alliances and unraveling the global network of the baby's father - Dracula. In a macabre exchange of norms, it is Dracula, the Lord of Vampires, hunting the elusive Vampiri, trying to save Vampirella from herself - or, more precisely, to save her from becoming like him. To this end, Dracula recruits Victory, once Vampirella's closest friend, to act as his ersatz Renfield while they try (and fail) to anticipate the next moves of a woman whose anger has now completely consumed her. This bold new limited series bookends Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy, bringing Vampirella's conflict with the Prince of Darkness to its ultimate conclusion and setting up a dramatic change in direction for the Vampirella!
NO MORE MS. NICE VAMPIRE! They're coming for her baby. They're going to murder him before her eyes. And then she's going to kill every last damn one of them. Picking up where Vampirella: Year One left off! In an unprecedented turn for our titular heroine, Vampirella/Dracula: Rage presents Vampirella as you've never seen her before. Inconsolable grief yields to irreducible rage as Vampirella tracks the cultists who threaten her son across Europe and America, unsettling political and economic alliances and unraveling the global network of the baby's father - Dracula.In a macabre exchange of norms, it is Dracula, the Lord of Vampires, hunting the elusive Vampiri, trying to save Vampirella from herself - or, more precisely, to save her from becoming like him. To this end, Dracula recruits Victory, once Vampirella's closest friend, to act as his ersatz Renfield while they try (and fail) to anticipate the next moves of a woman whose anger has now completely consumed her. This bold new limited series bookends Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy, bringing Vampirella's conflict with the Prince of Darkness to its ultimate conclusion and setting up a dramatic change in direction for the Vampirella!
Nancy A. Collins (Swamp Thing, Sunglasses After Dark) has called upon some of today's finest creative talents - including Gail Simone, Steve Niles, Joe R. Lansdale, Devin Grayson, Stephen R. Bissette, and many more - to celebrate Vampirella's 45th Anniversary by crafting an anthology of twisted tales, bizarre bedtime stories, and fearsome fables in the tradition of the original Warren magazines, each featuring everyone's favorite sexy, kick-ass vampire-turned-monster hunter. While exploring the Transylvanian castle she's recently inherited, Vampirella dis(CA)s a strange old book of Feary Tales that seems oddly familiar. Upon opening it, she is sucked inside its pages and lands in a weird alternate reality, where she is compelled by a disembodied voice calling itself 'The Storyteller' to live out each of the 'feary tales' if she ever hopes to return to reality.
Includes three full graphic novels: Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Vol. 5: Rise of the Machine Men, Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Vol. 6: Phantoms of Time, and Warlord of Mars: Dejah Thoris Vol. 7: Duel to the Death.
Thrown forward in time to Mars' dark future, Dejah finds a world all but conquered by invaders from the planet Earth. With no way home, she joins a rebel army of Green and Red men that is led by her own descendant - the Warlord of Mars known as Dejah Carter! In another adventure, Dejah Thoris is once again confronted by a terrible family secret that has haunted her family for months as she discovers a feral niece that she never knew she had living in the wild lands of Barsoom. But is this girl friend or foe? As the mystery unfolds, Dejah must choose between vengeance and justice and the outcome of that decision will change her life forever.
