Image January 2025 Solicitations

BLACK KISS OMNIBUS HC (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Howard Chaykin
Price: $39.99 | ISBN: 9781534378315 | Product Code: 1124IM261

In-Store Date: 3/19/2025

ADVANCE SOLICIT

The infamous, hardboiled-erotica series is collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover omnibus featuring new material.

It’s been a long, long time…one last time.

Collecting for the first time, every stop along the way on HOWARD CHAYKIN’s transgressively groundbreaking trail, the BLACK KISS OMNIBUS collects the legendary 1988 series, its 2012 sequel BLACK KISS 2, plus the BLACK KISS XXXMAS IN JULY SPECIAL, and, created just for this volume, the all-new 28-page BLACK KISS HALLOWEEN, which will mark CHAYKIN’s final excursion into this world’s hardboiled-erotic noir.

Throw in a look back at the project’s long history of sensationalism and censorship, plus a large assortment of extras from across nearly four decades, and this 400-page collection will be the definitive shelf-filler that once again makes readers ask that vital question…does it have to be so dirty?

Collects BLACK KISS #1-12, BLACK KISS 2 #1-6, and the BLACK KISS XXXMAS IN JULY SPECIAL

FISHFLIES HC (MR)

Creators: (W) Jeff Lemire (A) Jeff Lemire, Shawn Kuruneru (CA) Jeff Lemire
Price: $44.99 | ISBN: 9781534395176 | Product Code: 1124IM270

In-Store Date: 3/5/2025

ADVANCE SOLICIT

A strange and surreal new tale of friendship and small town tragedy from the creator of Sweet Tooth and DESCENDER.

A small-town crime sets off a chain of events that will permanently alter the lives of several residents of bucolic Belle River, Ontario. As the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them both on an odyssey of discovery and redemption… a journey that also uncovers dark secrets from the town’s eery past.

Collects FISHFLIES #1-7

Select praise for Fishflies:

“Eerie and creepy till the final page, FISHFLIES is an absolute must-read for all fans of comics.” —The GWW

“A unique exploration of LEMIRE’s creative storytelling prowess.” —GonkBonk

“LEMIRE combines natural horror themes with a touch of fantasy to present a story that stands on its own.” —Nerd Initiative

“Equal parts Tales from the Crypt_ _and Stand By Me.” —AIPT

“A bizarre book but unquestionably memorable.” —ComicBook.com

“It’s not really a surprise when JEFF LEMIRE creates another great story—but it is refreshing… It’s vintage Lemire—and that is a very good thing for readers.” —Comicon

“A great slow burn of a comic that keeps readers guessing.” —Major Spoilers

ART OF INVINCIBLE HC SEASON TWO

Creators: (W) Marc Sumerak, Robert Kirkman (A) Cory Walker, Various (CA) Cory Walker, Dave McCaig
Price: $39.99 | ISBN: 9781534348332 | Product Code: 1124IM273

In-Store Date: 4/2/2025

ADVANCE SOLICIT

This official behind-the-scenes companion to Prime Video’s second season of the hit animated series, INVINCIBLE, featuring a foreword from co-creator ROBERT KIRKMAN! 

THE ART OF INVINCIBLE SEASON TWO features exclusive character, background, and vehicle designs along with key art and more! This volume takes fans behind the scenes and includes interviews with key creatives, including INVINCIBLE creators ROBERT KIRKMAN and CORY WALKER.   

HACK SLASH DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05 (MR)

Creators: (W) Tim Seeley, Justin Jordan, Michael Moreci, Steve Orlando (A) Elena Casagrande, Matt Merhoff, Joe Song (CA) Tim Seeley
Price: $49.99 | ISBN: 9781534358034 | Product Code: 1124IM277

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

When Cassie discovers a potential cure for slashers, she accidentally kickstarts a chain of events that will lead to the ultimate betrayal at the hands of a man she thought she could trust! Giant monsters, Vlad’s man-eating family, the secret life of Cat Curio, and the final showdown fans have waited years to see!

This HACK/SLASH DELUXE EDITION collects MERCY SPARKS: A SLICE OF HELL and issues #12-25 of the ongoing Image Comics series, including guest stories by writers JUSTIN JORDAN (LUTHER STRODE), STEVE SEELEY and MICHAEL MORECI (Barbaric). Also includes a brand-new bonus story by acclaimed creators STEVE ORLANDO and STEVE KURTH!

SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH ORIGINS HC BOOK 02

Creators: (W) Brian Michael Bendis, Todd McFarlane (A) Clayton Crain, Jonathan Glapion, Jay Fotos, Drew Hutchinson (CA) Ashley Wood
Price: $29.99 | ISBN: 9781534390416 | Product Code: 1124IM281

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

The Spawn Universe’s favorite detectives come at you in full force in their groundbreaking series. Featuring an all-star cast of creators, the bar was set high for gritty crime fiction when Sam and Twitch first came on the scene. Follow the exploits of NYPD’s two most dedicated public servants as they try to uncover the secrets behind the “Bounty Hunter Wars.” Also includes the never before reprinted “John Doe Affair” story arc by TODD MCFARLANE (story), with ALEX MALEEV (art) and PAUL LEE (art).  

Collected in an all-new size and format, SAM AND TWITCH ORIGINS HARDCOVER BOOK 2 brings you the art and stories that made this series a classic. Extra features include an ASHLEY WOOD cover gallery and behind-the-scenes art.  

Collects SAM AND TWITCH #14-26

CHEW NOMNIBUS TP (MR)

Creators: (W) John Layman (A/CA) Rob Guillory
Price: $64.99 | ISBN: 9781534354371 | Product Code: 1124IM263

In-Store Date: 2/19/2025

ADVANCE SOLICIT

Collecting all 60 issues of the _New York Times-_bestselling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winning series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants in a single massive volume.

Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he’s a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn’t mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He’s been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, and most bizarre cases.

Also included are the blockbuster one-shots featuring everybody’s favorite homicidal rooster, SECRET AGENT POYO, WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO, DEMON CHICKEN POYO.

CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD NEW PRINTING (MR)

Creators: (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Val Staples (CA) Sean Phillips
Price: $9.99 | ISBN: 9781534370906 | Product Code: 1124IM265

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

Celebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS groundbreaking crime series returns to print with stunning new cover paintings and designs.

In this first installment of the bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning crime noir series, readers meet Leo, a world-class pickpocket who is pressed into helping the cops pull off a heist. But when the job goes terribly wrong, Leo must go into hiding, his dire situation escalates, forcing the thief to put his skills to the test.

Originally published in 2007, CRIMINAL, VOL. 1: COWARD_ is just the beginning of the critically acclaimed comic book series from ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS—the creative team behind FATALE, NIGHT FEVER, WHERE THE BODY WAS, and more.

“BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS are modern masters, who craft nail-bitingly tense worlds where nothing is black and white.” —_Publishers Weekly

CRIMINAL TP VOL 02 LAWLESS NEW PRINTING (MR)

Creators: (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Val Staples (CA) Sean Phillips
Price: $16.99 | ISBN: 9781534385078 | Product Code: 1124IM266

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

Celebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, the second story arc of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ groundbreaking crime series returns to print with a stunning new cover painting and design.

CRIMINAL, VOL. 2: LAWLESS is story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS take the world they created in Volume 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics can be.

CRIMINAL, VOL. 2: LAWLESS_ _continues the critically acclaimed comic book series from ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS—the creative team behind FATALE, NIGHT FEVER, WHERE THE BODY WAS, and more.

FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL TP VOL 01 (MR)

Creators: (W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Garry Brown
Price: $9.99 | ISBN: 9781534328839 | Product Code: 1124IM267

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL_ _has it all—otherworldly intrigue, gunslingers and samurai, the dead, the dying, the undead, and of course…romance.

The sun set on samurai and gunslingers at roughly the same time, but our two leads didn’t die off quietly. In the East, a samurai would rather die with her weapons than surrender them to a sword hunt. In the West, the gunslinger follows his revenge to the bitter end. The future lovers are mortally wounded a world apart and awake together in a purgatory ruled by a ruthless society of damned warriors. Asami and MacRaith will need to overcome the dead, the dying, and the undead.

Can love redeem them? This first volume is violent, mysterious, thrilling, and sexy.

From GERRY DUGGAN (X-Men, Deadpool) and GARRY BROWN (Babyteeth).

Collects the oversized first issues of FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL # 1-4

KILL OR BE KILLED COMPENDIUM TP (MR)

Creators: (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser (CA) Sean Phillips
Price: $59.99 | ISBN: 9781534333949 | Product Code: 1124IM268

In-Store Date: 2/12/2025

ADVANCE SOLICIT

BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS bestselling series is finally collected under one cover! Grad student Dylan must kill one person who deserves it every month, and the deeper he gets in, the more he realizes how many people there are that deserve it.

Catcher in the Rye meets Death Wish in a dark take on the vigilante genre that became a cracked reflection of the world around us.

This deluxe paperback edition contains 20 issues of KILL OR BE KILLED, as well as the covers and a new afterword by ED BRUBAKER.

POWER FANTASY TP VOL 01 (MR)

Creators: (W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Caspar Wijngaard
Price: $9.99 | ISBN: 9781534395565 | Product Code: 1124IM271

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

“Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the U.S.A.”

There are six such people on Earth. The planet’s survival relies on them never coming into conflict.

Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock with KIERON GILLEN (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, DIE) and CASPAR WIJNGAARD (HOME SICK PILOTS, ALL AGAINST ALL) in the first collection of this new, critically adored, sell-out epic.

Collects THE POWER FANTASY #1-5

Select praise for THE POWER FANTASY:

“A book constructed with artfulness and nuance and a care that borders on being obsessive. This is a good one, folks, and it has my highest recommendation.” —JONATHAN HICKMAN (_X-Men, _THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS)

“An absolute must-read comic by two of the absolute best in the business.” —JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH,_ Something Is Killing The Children_)

“It’s intense, yet understated, and gripping. Ripe with the potential for drama, intrigue, nuance, depth, and meaning, THE POWER FANTASY is primed to explode superhero comics.” —ComicBook.com

“If you like your comics full of big ideas, laced with dark humor and the unnerving sense that the end of the world is just one family squabble away, this one’s for you.” —GamesRadar

“KIERON GILLEN’s script is complex, intelligent, and deeply compelling, offering the smartest take on superpowered beings in years. The visuals from CASPAR WIJNGAARD are stunningly detailed, finely directed, and wildly colorful, all combining to make possibly the best debut comic of the year so far.” —Monkeys Fighting Robots

“Thought-provoking and dynamic in equal measures, with outstanding art. 10/10” —Comicon.com

“A rich and rewarding story about existential questions when super powered gods walk amongst us… In a world where nuclear war is still possible and war rages overseas, THE POWER FANTASY feels well-timed and apt.” —AIPT

“A perfect debut issue.” —Graphic Policy

WITCHBLADE TP VOL 01

Creators: (W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto (CA) Marc Silvestri, Arif Prianto
Price: $9.99 | ISBN: 9781534360600 | Product Code: 1124IM272

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

“Hard-boiled supernatural noir hypercharged for the 21st century.”—KIERON GILLEN (DIE, PHONOGRAM)

The first volume of a new WITCHBLADE series combines a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the ’90s Image Revolution, which shaped generations of top creators.

New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings.

Electrified with power, strength, healing, pleasure, and rage, every temptation lures her from her mission to find her father’s killer. Sara thinks she possesses the Witchblade—but does it possess her? First printing introductory price of $9.99 for a 200-page collection! This volume will also include a three-page scene, only available with this collection, heralding the return of one of Top Cow’s Flagship characters to the new continuity in 2025, Jackie Estacado, also known as The Darkness! Collects issues #1-6 plus the WITCHBLADE #1/2 origin story from 2021.

ASTRO CITY METROBOOK TP VOL 06

Creators: (W) Kurt Busiek (A) Brent Anderson, Alex Ross, Carmen Carnero, Matthew Clark, Rick Leonardi, Mike Norton, Ron Randall (CA) Alex Ross
Price: $34.99 | ISBN: 9781534350380 | Product Code: 1124IM274

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

The Broken Man’s history, spanning over a century and a half, is revealed at last. Michael Tenicek, Astro City’s most tragic survivor, hosts a support group for others like himself. And in between, we meet or re-meet heroes and villains ranging from Jack-in-the-Box to Mister Manta to Kittyhawk, G-Dog and the Pet Patrol. Star creators KURT BUSIEK, BRENT ANDERSON, ALEX ROSS, and friends bring to live the heroes, villains, and others of comics’ most astonishing city.

Collects ASTRO CITY, VOL. 3 #35-52

DEATH VIGIL TP VOL 01 NEW PRINTING

Creators: (W/A/CA) Stjepan Sejic
Price: $24.99 | ISBN: 9781534395138 | Product Code: 1124IM275

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

Gifted? Join the Death Vigil in their ongoing war against the ever-growing power of the Primordial Enemy! The only catch is you have to die first. Become a corporeal immortal Death Knight, and obtain reality-altering weaponry in the neverending battle between Good and Evil.

Collects DEATH VIGIL #1-8

DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH TP VOL 05 (MR)

Creators: (W) James Tynion IV (A) Martin Simmonds, Alison Sampson, Various (CA) Martin Simmonds
Price: $16.99 | ISBN: 9781534369498 | Product Code: 1124IM276

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

Confronted with an enemy intent on exposing their secrets to the world, the Department of Truth made a shocking choice—go public first. But to understand Lee Harvey Oswald’s risky gambit, we have to return to where it all started: Dallas, 1963, as President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passed the grassy knoll…and a woman in red with X’s for eyes picked up a rifle in the window of the Texas Book Depository. 

ALSO IN THIS VOLUME: Marilyn Monroe’s life was stranger than fiction. So strange that she may have slipped out of reality herself.

Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (W0RLDTR33, The Nice House on the Lake) and Eisner Award-nominated artist MARTIN SIMMONDS (UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: DRACULA) reveal the truth behind the shot heard around the world, while acclaimed artist ALISON SAMPSON (Sleeping Beauties) joins for a very special tale about a uniquely American icon. 

Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #23-27

INVINCIBLE TP VOL 07 NEW EDITION

Creators: (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Ryan Ottley, Bill Crabtree (CA) Cory Walker, Dave McCaig
Price: $14.99 | ISBN: 9781534375062 | Product Code: 1124IM278

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

NOW A HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO!  

These all-new definitive softcover editions collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series from the very beginning, with stunning new covers from CORY WALKER & DAVE McCAIG.    

Invincible must assemble a team of Earth’s mightiest defenders to go out into space and prevent what could well be the end of mankind! 

Collects INVINCIBLE #35-41 

NIGHTS SEASON ONE TP VOL 02 (MR)

Creators: (W) Wyatt Kennedy (A/CA) Luigi Formisano
Price: $16.99 | ISBN: 9781534350809 | Product Code: 1124IM279

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

“A dazzling drama of big scares and bigger emotions.”—AIPT

Off the heels of Gray’s terrifying transformation, secrets are revealed and new questions arise. So do new enemies. Time is running out, the apocalypse is coming and Vince and Gray are at the forefront. From this moment onward, everything changes.

Collects NIGHTS #6-12

RADIANT BLACK TP VOL 06

Creators: (W) Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark (A/CA) Marcello Costa, Eduardo Ferigato
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781534397248 | Product Code: 1124IM280

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

THE CATALYST WAR CONCLUDES!

Both Nathan and Marshall are pushed to their limits by the alien force that originally forged the Radiants—but only one will do the unthinkable to emerge victorious. THE CATALYST WAR ends here—and the future of RADIANT BLACK will never be the same!

Collects RADIANT BLACK #28 A and B, #29 A and B, and #30 A and B.

SPAWN SCORCHED TP VOL 05

Creators: (W) John Layman, Todd McFarlane (A) Stephen Segovia (CA) Marcial Toledano Vargas
Price: $17.99 | ISBN: 9781534379633 | Product Code: 1124IM282

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

The Throne of Hell now belongs to Nyx, who has banished Spawn and The Scorched team to Earth, leaving Jessica Priest and her team without their powers. Things take an unexpected turn when Jason Wynn makes a surprising comeback, leading Jessica, and the team to continue the fight. Powerless, will they all make it back alive?!

Collects THE SCORCHED #27-32

LUCKY DEVILS #1

Creators: (W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Ryan Browne
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304230300111 | Product Code: 1124IM227

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Good Omens meets CURSE WORDS in this new series from the duo behind smash-hit EIGHT BILLION GENIES!

THE LUCKY DEVILS is a tale of two rebellious demons who decide to start a revolution in Hell—and the two ordinary, 20-something humans they’re going to manipulate to do it. A cheeky, satirical look at Good and Evil, THE LUCKY DEVILS_ _explores Faustian bargains and temptation in a rip-roaring, hilarious new way.

SEASONS #1

Creators: (W) Rick Remender (A) Paul Azaceta, Matheus Lopes (CA) Paul Azaceta
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304231000111 | Product Code: 1124IM233

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

SERIES PREMIERE

Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn are the Seasons Sisters, the daughters of the world-renowned Seasons Detectives. Ten years ago, their famous parents disappeared. Left to raise themselves, the sisters formed an unbreakable bond. Now that bond is tested as the sisters fall prey to sinister forces. The youngest sister, Spring, is the last hope of saving them from a fate worse than death. Will Spring be able to piece her shattered family back together before it’s too late for them all?

RICK REMENDER (BLACK SCIENCE) and PAUL AZACETA (OUTCAST) weave an elevated tale of whimsical horror unlike anything ever experienced in comics and it all starts with this double-length premiere issue!

Perfect for fans of BOUNDARY-BREAKING HORROR in all forms.

DEATH OF COPRA #1

Creators: (W/A/CA) Michel Fiffe
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304228000111 | Product Code: 1124IM239

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

MINISERIES PREMIERE

A new chapter in the kinetic, addictive superhero series that pays homage to the ’80s Suicide Squad run of John Ostrander, Kim Yale, and Luke McDonnell.

The critically acclaimed superhero engine of revenge is back for its final act! Witness a trusted institution of brutality dismantle itself with style and grace, heart and power. Series creator MICHEL FIFFE closes out his signature epic by unleashing his cast of mercenary misfits one last time at full throttle.

SPAWN NO HOME HERE #1

Creators: (W) Daniel Henriques (A/CA) Jonathan Glapion
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985304233400111 | Product Code: 1124IM244

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

SERIES PREMIERE

What happened to Sherlee Johnson, the seven-year-old victim of the infamous serial killer Billy Kinkaid? NO HOME HERE, an epic new chapter in the Spawn Universe, explores the fate of the innocent young girl. Her harrowing adventures with The Stranger are laid bare as her story and the world she now inhabits is revealed. With a story conceived in the twisted mind of newcomer DANIEL HENRIQUES and interior art by celebrated artist JONATHAN GLAPION, the reader will explore parts of the Spawn Universe never before seen. This series will ship bi-monthly starting in January, and it will still cost only $2.99!

PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ #1

Creators: (W/A/CA) Otis Frampton
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304229700111 | Product Code: 1124IM245

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

SERIES PREMIERE

Return to the Land of Oz in this new comic book adaptation of L. FRANK BAUM’s classic novel THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ—perfect for fans of YOUNG & STRAHM’s TWIG.

OTIS FRAMPTON (ODDLY NORMAL) brings his unique style to the seventh book in this classic fantasy series. Join Ojo the Unlucky, Scraps the Patchwork Girl, and Bungle the Glass Cat on an amazing quest that takes them on a whirlwind journey from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City!

BLOOD TRAIN #1

Creators: (W) Adam Glass (A/CA) Bernard Chang
Price: $7.99 | UPC: 70985304232700111 | Product Code: 1124IM246

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

28 Days Later meets _The Ruins _in this high-stakes standalone horror story.

After backpacking through Asia, a group of friends climb aboard the Siberian Express to start their journey home. Little do they know, they’ve bought a one-way ticket to hell, as one of them has been infected with a bioweapon that will turn them into a monster who will slaughter everyone on the train. And the bioweapon will start World War Three if it reaches its destination in Europe. Now, these friends must make a difficult choice: kill someone they love to save the world or die trying. From NINTH CIRCLE, bringing you the BEST horror each month by the industry’s TOP creative talent!

NOTE: this one-shot will be perfect bound, magazine trim size (8.5 x 10.875) & feature a cardstock cover.

FINDERS KEEPERS #1

Creators: (W) Vita Ayala (A/CA) Skylar Patridge
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304214300111 | Product Code: 1124IM248

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Comics powerhouse VITA AYALA (New Mutants, Static: Season One) and superstar artist SKYLAR PATRIDGE (Absolute Power: Ground Zero, Supergirl) reunite for a new type of action-adventure tale, following a Puerto Rican reverse Indiana Jones—a thief stealing from museums to return artifacts back to their native cultures. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #28

Creators: (W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Martin Simmonds
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303032402811 | Product Code: 1124IM252

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

NEW STORY ARC

For the first time since the Department of Truth was founded, its highest official just revealed the whole, sordid history to a journalist—a journalist who happens to be Cole’s husband. Can their relationship survive the cold, hard facts? And will it all be for nothing once Black Hat mounts their counter-offensive to the DoT’s riskiest gamble yet?

ICE CREAM MAN #43

Creators: (W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985302543604311 | Product Code: 1124IM255

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

“One Page Horror Stories”

It’s a star-studded, make-your-jaw-drop-to-the-floor issue of ICE CREAM MAN!

The challenge: make a comics horror story that’s only ONE PAGE LONG.

And boy, did we find some amazing folks ready to take that one on!

Issue 43 will feature one-page horror yarns (all drawn by MORAZZO and O’HALLORAN) from:

-GRANT MORRISON

-PATTON OSWALT

-GEOFF JOHNS

-KELLY SUE DeCONNICK

-JEFF LEMIRE

-MATT FRACTION

-ZOE THOROGOOD

-and more!

There will also, of course, be plenty of weird one-pagers from W. MAXWELL PRINCE and Team ICM—we wouldn’t want to miss out on all the fun!

WITCHBLADE #7

Creators: (W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto (CA) Marc Silvestri, Arif Prianto
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304035400711 | Product Code: 1124IM257

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

NEW STORY ARC

New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini is this generation’s bearer of the Witchblade, a mystical gauntlet wielded by one woman in a generation meant to balance the forces of Darkness and Light. For years, Sara has been on the hunt for the identity of her father’s killer, and the paths have led her to billionaire Kenneth Irons. Irons has money, power, and associates from the darkest corners of the underworld. Among them, a young member of the Franchetti crime family on the verge of his twenty-first birthday, enters the story, and Sara’s world will never be the same as Jackie Estacado, this generation’s bearer of The Darkness, makes his first appearance and rocks the Top Cow Universe to its core!

BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN #6

Creators: (W) Joe Casey (A/CA) Paul Fry
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303977800611 | Product Code: 1124IM283

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

WHAT THE HELL IS “BLOOD CON”?! That’s the question everyone will be asking when this explosive extravaganza—this paean to modern marketing—is announced. But properly marketing a new superhero team is nothing compared to actually being on it. Don’t miss the madness!

CREEPSHOW VOL 3 #5

Creators: (W) Ed Brisson, Kami Garcia (A) Kael Ngu, Isaac Goodhart (CA) Martin Morazzo
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304094100511 | Product Code: 1124IM287

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

MINISERIES FINALE

CREEPSHOW, VOL. 3 wraps with a pair of delightfully dark tales! Renowned writer ED BRISSON (Batman) and acclaimed cover artist KAEL NGU (making his interior work debut) bring a frightening fable that starts with hiking and camping—and ends with kicking and screaming! 

Then, bestselling author KAMI GARCIA (Teen Titans: Raven) nails her nightmares to the page with artist ISAAC GOODHART (Catwoman) in a story about two very different sisters and one horrifying new home!   

DEAD EYES THE EMPTY FRAMES #5

Creators: (W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) John McCrea
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304099600511 | Product Code: 1124IM290

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

MINISERIES FINALE

It’s all gone to hell. The final fate of the paintings revealed! No money—mo problems. Dead Eyes was always a wanted man, Wheels has betrayed him—and now the city of Boston has a name to go along with that black mask: Martin Dobbs. The day he always dreaded is here. Who lives? Who dies? All will be revealed.

DEADLY TALES OF THE GUNSLINGER SPAWN #3

Creators: (W) Jimmy Palmiotti (A) Patric Reynolds (CA) Marcial Toledano Vargas
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985304169600311 | Product Code: 1124IM292

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

In under 48 hours, the Gunslinger’s life underwent an unexpected transformation, granting him extraordinary powers and newfound abilities. Simultaneously, it unleashed a hidden realm of existence that had eluded him until now, akin to opening Pandora’s box.

DOLL PARTS A LOVESICK TALE #2

Creators: (W/A/CA) Luana Vecchio
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304187000211 | Product Code: 1124IM294

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Madeleine’s adolescence is in full swing: boys, horror movies, gore sites, and dangers lurking around every corner. But Mad’s a big girl now. She knows how to handle herself… Right?

DUST TO DUST #2

Creators: (W) JG Jones, Phil Bram (A/CA) JG Jones
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304195500211 | Product Code: 1124IM299

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

In the heart of the Great Depression, photojournalist Sarah and her two young charges are engulfed in a massive dust storm that threatens all of the residents of New Hope, leaving behind death and destruction.

FERAL #10

Creators: (W) Tony Fleecs (A) Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson (CA) Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303949501011 | Product Code: 1124IM301

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

END OF STORY ARC

TRAPPED LIKE CATS!

Elsie and Lord must put aside their differences to protect Gigi and her kittens from the horrors of the Cat Lady’s creepy old shack deep in the rabies-infested woods. With no food and no way out of the tiny basement, will the cats do the UNTHINKABLE to survive?!?

You won’t believe what happens in the thrilling conclusion to the second arc of this smash-hit series.

FREE AGENTS #7

Creators: (W) Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza (A) Stephen Mooney, Triona Farrell (CA) Stephen Mooney
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304038500711 | Product Code: 1124IM305

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

END OF STORY ARC

FINAL ASSAULT on THE VAULT! Barrage sends the Agents on a multi-pronged mission against Verena DeVault to secure her trove of alien tech and artifacts.

But if they succeed, what then? What does Barrage plan to do with all that power? 

The answer could mean the end of the Free Agents!

GI JOE #3

Creators: (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire (CA) Tom Reilly
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304167200311 | Product Code: 1124IM308

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

THE BIGGEST COMIC BOOK LAUNCH OF THE DECADE GETS DEADLY!  

As tensions rise within G.I. Joe—and punches are thrown—Cobra hunts a venomous new ally… 

GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #313

Creators: (W) Larry Hama (A) Chris Mooneyham, Francesco Segala (CA) Andy Kubert, Tamra Bonvillain
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303878831311 | Product Code: 1124IM314

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

DESTRO versus COBRA COMMANDER… WINNER TAKES ALL! 

GEIGER #10

Creators: (W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Gary Frank, Brad Anderson
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303965501011 | Product Code: 1124IM317

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

THE RETURN OF JUNKYARD JOE!

As Tariq Geiger’s quest to find a cure to his radioactive condition continues, he finds himself once again face to face with the U.S. Army’s most dangerous weapon. But with Geiger’s powers growing out of control, who will come to his rescue? You won’t believe it.

GUNSLINGER SPAWN #40

Creators: (W) Todd McFarlane (A) Carlo Barberi (CA) Marco Failla
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985303221204011 | Product Code: 1124IM320

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

When Gunslinger looks into a mirror. He no longer sees a face that is his own. Every day he spends in the present makes him realize that he may never have the opportunity to return home and set things right.

HACK SLASH BODY BAGS #4

Creators: (W) Tim Seeley (A) Stefano Caselli, Steve Kurth (CA) Tim Seeley
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304125200411 | Product Code: 1124IM322

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

MINISERIES FINALE

Cassie and Vlad are desperately trying to leave Terminus, pursued by the entirety of Sinn’s police department! Good thing they’ve got new pals Panda and Mack on their side!

EXCEPT…Panda and Mack are body baggers, and a gig is a gig!

The most twisted crossover of the year comes to an epic conclusion, as the slasher-hunting duo goes to absolute war wit the bounty-hunting daddy-daughter duo!

HORNSBY & HALO #3

Creators: (W) Peter J. Tomasi (A/CA) Peter Snejbjerg, John Kalisz
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304166500311 | Product Code: 1124IM324

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

A blizzard hits the town of Warwick…but it’s hardly a natural occurrence, as rogue agents of Heaven and Hell try to disrupt the tenuous peace between realms, using Rose Hornsby and Zack Halo as pawns. The storm’s “ethereal” qualities raise the dead from their graves to reclaim their personal valuables stolen by the Halo family before being buried. And Zach and Rose discover the hard way that “finders keepers” won’t deter angry zombies!

HYDE STREET #4

Creators: (W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Brad Anderson
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304127600411 | Product Code: 1124IM327

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

The hit horror series continues! Witness, if you will, the demise of a good man in a town without pity. A caring man, with aspirations to be known among his peers as one of Hollywood’s finest actors, only to see these colleagues snicker at him when he’s typecast as a famous film monster made of human patchwork parts. But, as we’ll see, life imitates art in Tinseltown, down a boulevard called…Hyde Street.

I HATE FAIRYLAND (2022) #19

Creators: (W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Brett Bean
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303625801911 | Product Code: 1124IM330

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

“HAPPY END GAME,” Part Four of Five

War is upon Gert and the Fairyland forces—and they are outnumbered! I mean, come on, they’re facing an army of Fairylanders that Gert has killed, led by her oldest nemesis. That’s A BIG NUMBER, and one evil HAPPY! Back in Kansas, Dorothy Gale is questioning her choice to stay out of the fight. The battle is ON!

JUVENILE #2

Creators: (W/A/CA) Jesus Orellana
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304188700211 | Product Code: 1124IM334

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

After discovering Max’s secret, Sara is determined to learn more and pushes him to reveal the truth behind his telekinetic powers. But as dark secrets unravel, will she be ready for the shocking revelations that await?

KING SPAWN #42

Creators: (W) Rory McConville (A) Yildiray Cinar (CA) Francesco Tomaselli
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985303170304211 | Product Code: 1124IM337

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

Something old and malevolent is lurking in the shadows of New York City. Even with his powers fully restored, can Spawn defeat this ancient evil before more innocents are taken? RORY McCONVILLE takes over the writing chores of KING SPAWN and sends Al down a dark, horrific path where he learns that even a Hellspawn can be hunted.

KNIGHTS VS SAMURAI #5

Creators: (W) David Dastmalchian (A) Fede Mele (CA) Mirko Colak
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985304101600511 | Product Code: 1124IM339

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

In the aftermath of a horrific Dragon attack, the tension has reached its peak. Sanada and Charles must make a decision. Admit that they are not each other’s enemy, or remain loyal to those they serve and continue with the bloodshed.

LEGO NINJAGO SHATTERSPIN #5

Creators: (W) Tri Vuong (A) Tri Vuong, Riccardo Robaldo, K.J. Diaz (CA) Tri Vuong
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303995200511 | Product Code: 1124IM341

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

MINISERIES FINALE

With their true enemy revealed, Garmadon and his students face impossible odds. Can they master the power of ShatterSpin in time and save the Wolf Clan? 

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, the Minifigure and NINJAGO are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. 2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved. 

MOON MAN #7

Creators: (W) Scott Kid Cudi Mescudi, Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark (A) Federico Bertoni (CA) Rob Schrab
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303917400711 | Product Code: 1124IM342

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

The mission continues. Seven minutes is an eternity. The moon awaits.

THE MOON IS FOLLOWING US #5

Creators: (W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Riley Rossmo, Daniel Warren Johnson (CA) Riley Rossmo
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304090300511 | Product Code: 1124IM345

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

The final battle is at hand. FOR PENNY!!!

NAPALM LULLABY #9

Creators: (W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Bengal
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303952500911 | Product Code: 1124IM347

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

All too often those we love most turn on us. Sometimes, whether we’re paying attention or not, we turn on them. Everyone justifies their own self-interests, but in the case of Sam and Sarah, it carries repercussions for us all.

NULLHUNTER #4

Creators: (W) Michael Walsh (A) Gustaffo Vargas (CA) Michael Walsh
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304126900411 | Product Code: 1124IM349

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

On a mission to apprehend a dangerous rebel leader, Clay battles a brute too big and powerful even for his bionic brawn. So how will he bring in the Boar? The fourth chapter of NULLHUNTER, the cyberpunk retelling of Hercules from writer MICHAEL WALSH and artist GUSTAFFO VARGAS, is out in January.

REDCOAT #9

Creators: (W) Geoff Johns (A) Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson (CA) Bryan Hitch, Brad Anderson
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303967900911 | Product Code: 1124IM353

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Everyone has a drinking buddy, but there’s none more magical than Johnny Appleseed! An American legend, Johnny lived an adventurous life, particularly when he crossed paths with our immortal British redcoat Simon Pure, who shared his pursuit of a good time with good drink. What secrets does Simon reveal in his inebriated state? Plenty.

SPAWN RAT CITY #10

Creators: (W) Erica Schultz (A/CA) Ze Carlos
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985303966201011 | Product Code: 1124IM356

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

Peter and Quinlan are on the run as fugitives, with PTS and the military closing in fast. But what’s worse is that the Deviant has lost control, and the Hellspawn symbiote is raging!

ROCKETFELLERS #3

Creators: (W) Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul (A/CA) Francis Manapul
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304168900311 | Product Code: 1124IM358

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

Where are The Rocketfellers? Hiding out in the 21st century, that’s where, as a relentless bounty hunter from the 25th century continues to track our time-traveling renegade family down by any means necessary! But just as the family starts to feel comfortable in their new surroundings, they attract attention from an unexpected threat closer to home…

SACRIFICERS #14

Creators: (W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Max Fiumara, Dave McCaig
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303807801411 | Product Code: 1124IM361

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

“No Light Beyond,” Part 3 (of 4)

When making a choice of who to trust in a life-or-death situation, do you choose what you’ve seen with your own eyes or what you feel in your heart?

SAVAGE DRAGON #274

Creators: (W/A/CA) Erik Larsen
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985305211127411 | Product Code: 1124IM363

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

“Back From the Dead!”

The vicious despot from Dimension-X is revealed! Mr. Glum returns, and he has his eyes set on Angel Darling and the subjugation of all mankind! Meanwhile, Malcolm Dragon frantically tries to locate Glum’s captive—Frank Darling, who may well be humanity’s only hope! Comes with our highest possible recommendation!

SPAWN SAM AND TWITCH CASE FILES #11

Creators: (W) Jordan Barel (A) Thomas Nachlik (CA) Raymond Gay
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985303953201111 | Product Code: 1124IM365

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Max Williams, aka Twitch, has always been a good cop and an honest cop, but someone has set him up. He’s taking the fall for a shooting that wasn’t his fault. Sometimes that’s the job. You have to ride it out until you can prove your innocence. But now that someone is threatening his family, Twitch will have to take the law into his own hands.

SNOTGIRL #17

Creators: (W) Bryan Lee O’Malley (A) Leslie Hung, Rachael Cohen (CA) Leslie Hung
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985302200801711 | Product Code: 1124IM367

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

While Lottie navigates the ins and outs of her new relationship, we turn our attention to Caroline’s mysterious brother Virgil. Just who the heck is this guy? What does he know? Who knows what he knows? And why? And how? And what? And huh? Only in SNOTGIRL!

SPAWN SCORCHED #38

Creators: (W) John Layman (A) Stephen Segovia (CA) Kevin Keane
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985303270003811 | Product Code: 1124IM369

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

The Scorched are back at full strength. With the Dead Zones repaired, their powers have returned, and they are starting to feel like their old selves. But that also means that enemies from their past, like the Vicerator, are back as well, and she is planning to take out the Scorched once and for all!

SPAWN #362

Creators: (W) Todd McFarlane (A) Brett Booth (CA) Marco Failla
Price: $2.99 | UPC: 70985300214736211 | Product Code: 1124IM371

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

Spawn’s mission should have become easier with the return of his powers. But unfortunately for him, there have been those who have been waiting, planning, and building up their armies. Knowing that, at some point, they will have the opportunity to strike back at Al Simmons.

STANDSTILL #6

Creators: (W) Lee Loughridge (A) Alex Riegel (CA) Andrew Robinson
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 70985304065100611 | Product Code: 1124IM374

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Continuing to unravel, RYKER RUEL, seemingly, finds himself wrapping up his REVENGE TOUR in ITALY. COLIN, at home, further obsessing over his own DEVICE, becomes the ROTTEN APPLE of the GOVERNMENT’S EYE.

MIRKA ANDOLFOS SWEET PAPRIKA OPEN FOR BUSINESS #3

Creators: (W) Steve Orlando (A/CA) Emilio Pilliu
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304165800311 | Product Code: 1124IM376

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

Aubrey struggles to balance an impossible tightrope—juggling his open relationship with Persica, a secret affair with Kren, and the overwhelming demands of editing Durian. Breaking the rules of his open relationship is out of character for Persica, and it’s only a matter of time before things take a turn for the worse… The exciting third issue of the erotic romance drama in the style of the original SWEET PAPRIKA series, building off characters introduced in the Eisner-Award nominee SWEET PAPRIKA: BLACK, WHITE, AND PINK #1, written by STEVE ORLANDO (Scarlet Witch, Marauders, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS) and illustrated by the amazing Italian artist EMILIO PILLIU (X-Men: The Wedding Special).

STONEHEART #9

Creators: (W/A/CA) Emma Kubert
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303722400911 | Product Code: 1124IM381

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

Swept into the harrowing waves of the Glass Sea, Shayde Whisper and Juniper Meadows face a growing tension when they are confronted by an even bigger problem…a leviathan-sized problem! Before being sucked into the beast’s hurricane, Shayde desperately looks to the Voice for help and instantly regrets it.

TIN CAN SOCIETY #5

Creators: (W) Peter Warren (A/CA) Francesco Mobili, Chris Chuckry
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985304096500511 | Product Code: 1124IM382

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

The TCS gang goes up against Caliburn in a deadly showdown, ready to come face to face with the shocking monster behind the mask. But, as our brilliant Val knows all too well, sometimes it’s just when you think you know the answer that you find out you were asking the wrong question all along.

TRANSFORMERS #16

Creators: (W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Jorge Corona, Mike Spicer (CA) Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303861001611 | Product Code: 1124IM384

In-Store Date: 1/8/2025

Autobots vs Decepticons vs ! 

SPAWN VIOLATOR #6

Creators: (W) Marc Andreyko (A/CA) Von Randal
Price: $5.99 | UPC: 70985304063700611 | Product Code: 1124IM389

In-Store Date: 1/29/2025

The Violator’s tale is coming to its end. His adventures and manipulations through human history are reaching their crescendo. How much of it was true? How much of it was the embellishment of a sadistic and insane demon? Who really cares? It was a great story, right? The Violator’s new best friend certainly thinks so.

VOID RIVALS #16

Creators: (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche (CA) Lorenzo De Felici
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303768201611 | Product Code: 1124IM391

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

SKUXXOID vs. PYTHONA! The battle you didn’t know you wanted!

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #104

Creators: (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Charlie Adlard, Dave McCaig (CA) David Finch, Dave McCaig
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303037910411 | Product Code: 1124IM396

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

Carl takes the Saviors problem into his own hands. 

This deluxe presentation in STUNNING FULL COLOR also features another installment of Cutting Room Floor and creator commentary.  

WALKING DEAD DELUXE #105

Creators: (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Charlie Adlard, Dave McCaig (CA) David Finch, Dave McCaig
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303037910511 | Product Code: 1124IM399

In-Store Date: 1/15/2025

Negan asks Carl to sing him a song.

W0RLDTR33 #13

Creators: (W) James Tynion IV (A) Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire (CA) Fernando Blanco
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303729301311 | Product Code: 1124IM402

In-Store Date: 1/22/2025

Ellison continues to piece together the sad, strange story of the girl who would become PH34R, hoping to discover the key to defeating the Undernet. But each new revelation poses more questions than answers…and he’s becoming less and less sure that the end of this rabbit hole leads anywhere he wants to go. 

WHATS THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE #21

Creators: (W) Matthew Rosenberg (A/CA) Tyler Boss
Price: $3.99 | UPC: 70985303242702111 | Product Code: 1124IM406

In-Store Date: 1/1/2025

Sometimes you travel to the ends of the Earth just to find out that everyone is really not so different. And they all want to kill you. Academy meet the Degenerates.