SOMETHING NEW

NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS

AND TRADE COLLECTIONS

18 JUNE 2014

New in store this week: Fan favourite creator Paul Pope's ESCAPO is finally back in print, in a beautiful new edition complete with plenty  of fantastic bonus features to make it worth the wait, the BEFORE WATCHMEN trades for Rorschach and The Comedian and Nite Owl and Dr Manhattan, THE ART OF FRANK QUITELY, the complete run of Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell's critically acclaimed GLORY, Nightcrawler returns from the not-quite-dead in AMAZING X-MEN VOL 1, and the first volume of Ed Brubaker's 60s spy thriller VELVET.
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AMAZING X-MEN TP VOL 01 QUEST FOR NIGHTCRAWLER

An amazing new era for the X-Men starts here, courtesy of superstars Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness! Ever since Nightcrawler's death, the X-Men have been without their heart and soul. But after learning their friend may not be gone, after all, it's up to Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Iceman, Northstar and Firestar to find and bring back the fan-favourite fuzzy blue elf! Can the heroes save Nightcrawler's soul from his father, the evil Azazel, when they find themselves separated and split between Heaven and Hell? Pushed over the edge, the Beast gives into his savage side even as Nightcrawler rallies the X-Men to take on Azazel and his hellish hordes! Must one of the team make the ultimate sacrifice? Guest-starring Nightcrawler's mother, Mystique! Collecting AMAZING X-MEN (2013) #1-6.
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP JUDGMENT DAY

Roger Stern's fan-favourite run comes to a celestial conclusion! For the life of Hercules, the Avengers must storm the very gates of Olympus and take on an entire pantheon of all-powerful Greek Gods! Do our heroes stance a snowball's chance in Tartarus? Then, Magneto's on trial, and he needs all the help he can get! The X-Men aren't sure what his scheme is, but they're positive they don't want the Avengers and the Soviet Super-Soldiers to find out before they do! It's three-way warfare as the world watches, with the Master of Magnetism's freedom - and conscience - as the prize! Plus: Jarvis stands alone, and Dr. Doom conquers the world! Guest starring the West Coast Avengers! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #278-285 and ANNUAL #16, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #27: EMPEROR DOOM, X-MEN VS. AVENGERS #1-4, and WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2. 

BAD VENTURES OF BOBO BACKSLACK GN 

Oh, geez! There is no one as unlucky in all of North Dakota as Bobo Backslack. All he wants to do is work hard at his job, get a girlfriend and make his mom proud, but it seems that all forces from the natural to the supernatural are poised against him. His miserable life is exquisitely detailed within these pages. 

BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN RORSCHACH TP

Writer Brian Azzarello brings his gritty, nuanced storytelling to these two unforgettable characters. COMEDIAN, featuring art by J.G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS, Wanted), plants the famed war hero within the context of modern American history, as we discover the role he played in the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination. In RORSCHACH, Azzarello teams with artist Lee Bermejo (JOKER, LUTHOR) to show how one of the most dangerous vigilantes the comics world has ever seen became even darker. Collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN #1-6 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH #1-4. 

BEFORE WATCHMEN NITE OWL DR MANHATTAN TP

Writer J. Michael Straczynski is joined by artist Andy Kubert in flight with the gadget-savvy hero known as Nite Owl, as Dan Dreiberg inherits the role from Hollis Mason...but can Dreiberg work with the vigilante called Rorschach? Then, JMS teams with fan-favourite artist Adam Hughes for a tale of Dr. Manhattan. For Dr. Manhattan, past, present, and future are one and the same. But as he observes the events of his life, do they remain the same? This volume collects BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL #1-4, BEFORE WATCHMEN: DR. MANHATTAN #1-4 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: MOLOCH #1-2. 

BLOODHOUND TP CROWBAR MEDICINE 

Ex-con and FBI consultant Travis Clevenger doesn't have superpowers, but he can put a beatdown on anyone who does! When a superhuman tragedy shocks the nation, a rogue scientist announces that he can avert future disasters by granting powers to citizens who pass his personal background check! The ensuing wave of new superhumans sets in! Collects the five-issue miniseries and a story from Dark Horse Presents #23-#25! 

CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN TP VOL 08 ROAD EMPIRE 

With the tide of war turned, Conan's armies assault the Nemedian capital. But the greatest threat to Conan is not Nemedian steel, but the steeled heart of a boy raised in the black arts and dedicated to Conan's destruction-Conan's lost son, Taurus! 

Collects Conan the King #36-#41. 

DICKS TP VOL 02 

You've never met two men more crude and down-on-their-luck than Dougie and Ivor! Following their first explosive foray into private investigation, they turn tail and pursue a different childhood dream: taking the world by storm as rock stars. But in true Dicks fashion, the music industry's rife with hedonists and criminals, all out to get the boys from Belfast. Will our favourite scoundrels survive their celebrity with their most precious body parts intact? GARTH ENNIS and JOHN MCCREA, the creative team behind Hitman, deliver their unique brand of over-the-top violence and certain-to-offend humour, just the way you like it! This volume collects Dicks #5-10.

ESCAPO HC

From the mind of three-time Eisner Award-winner Paul Pope comes Escapo! Like a feverish mash-up of Fellini films, Heavy Metal magazine, and classic Jack Kirby comics, Escapo tells the tale of a circus escape artist extraordinaire, who can escape from any situation - even from Death himself! However, there is one force even more powerful than the Reaper which Escapo must face. A meditation on life, love, and mortality, Escapo is not to be missed! Originally published in 1999 and long out of print, the new Z2 edition of Escapo is fully coloured and redesigned in the French BD format, featuring 50+ pages of bonus content. Included here is the rare two-page alternate ending, only seen in the French edition, as well as a new ten-page story and added pin-ups and sketchbook content by Paul Pope. 

FEAR MY DEAR BILLY DOGMA EXPERIENCE HC

Hardboiled romance has gone galactic in Emmy Award-winning artist Dean Haspiel's Fear, My Dear: A Billy Dogma Experience. Super-powered paramours, Billy Dogma and Jane Legit's pathological War of Woo unearths the chaos of a cosmic deity and Billy uncovers the psychedelic horror of an eighth "deadly sin" when he travels to the heart of his mind to face the truth of his past... and his future. Remastered from the original webcomics series, Billy Dogma is "the last romantic antihero," a passionate bruiser head-over-heels for his knock-em-dead dame. Created in 1995, Billy Dogma is Dean Haspiel's ongoing love letter to the insanity of love.

GLORY COMPLETE SAGA HC

THE ACCLAIMED APOCALYPTIC WAR SAGA COLLECTED IN ITS ENTIRETY!
ROSS CAMPBELL (Wet Moon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and JOE KEATINGE (Marvel Knights: Hulk) finally collect their critically-acclaimed and brutally told saga of one warrior and her family torn apart by a millennia-old intergalactic war. This is the complete story, collected in its entirety for the very first time in a deluxe oversized hardcover edition. Includes never-before-seen sketchbook material, scripts, commentary, and interviews.

GRAPHIC INK THE DC COMICS ART OF FRANK QUITELY HC

Frank Quitely's finely detailed artwork has been gracing the pages of DC comic books since he the 1990s. Quitely quickly earned a name for himself illustrating fellow Scotsman Grant Morrison's FLEX MENTALLO, JLA EARTH 2, as well as Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS. This title collects all of Quitely's Paradox BIG BOOK stories, his ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and BATMAN & ROBIN covers and much, much more! 

GREEN LANTERN LIGHTS OUT HC (N52)

In this epic event from GREEN LANTERN #24, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #24, GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #23-24, RED LANTERNS #24, GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #2 and GREEN LANTERN #23.1: RELIC, Relic has arrived! The lights of the Lanterns are fading as the emotional spectrum is being drained. It's up to Hal and the Green Lanterns to rally the Corps if they are going to survive! 

LARFLEEZE TP VOL 01 REVOLT OF THE ORANGE LANTERNS

In his debut solo adventure, Larfleeze meets Laord of the Hunt, a pandimensional cosmic entity that believes all living things are prey - and he's out to turn the universe into his own private hunting reserve! And the only things worse than Laord are the deadly beings he can summon! This new collection features issues #1-5 of Larfleeze's monthly series, plus the backup stories from THRESHOLD #1-6.  

PARKER THE HUNTER NOVEL HC ILLUS BY DARWYN COOKE

In 1962, Donald E. Westlake, writing under the pseudonym Richard Stark, created what would become one of the most important and enduring crime fiction series' ever produced-PARKER. Westlake wrote more than 20 Parker novels, many are considered classics of the genre, and a number of which have transitioned to the big screen. Most notable of these is Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, released in 1967. Westlake received many accolades during his distinguished career, including being named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writer's of America, that prestigious organization's highest honour. 

Darwyn Cooke has adapted four Parker books as graphic novels so far, including the recently released Slayground. The first three, The Hunter, The Outfit, and The Score have all won Eisner and Harvey Awards. He will be providing all-new colour illustrations for The Hunter, the first in a series of hardcover prose novels released in chronological order and featuring Cooke's art.
The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loves and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind-to coldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him! 

PHOTOBOOTH A BIOGRAPHY GN

For almost a century chemical photobooths have occupied public spaces. In the last decade these machines have started to rapidly disappear, causing an eclectic group of individuals from around the world to come together and respond. Meags Fitzgerald has chronicled the photobooth's fortuitous history and the events that gave rise to the desperate need to save them. Having traveled in North America, Europe and Australia, she's constructed a biography of the booth through the eyes of technicians, owners, collectors, artists, and fanatics.  
PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER GN COMPLETE ED 

This puppet may not be a real boy... but he just might be a real hero. When bloodthirsty monsters invade Pinocchio's hometown and kill his father Geppetto, Pinocchio discovers a new benefit to his magical nose: telling lies produces a never-ending supply of wooden stakes to combat the vampire hordes! Will Pinocchio be able to defeat these horrors, avenge his father, and save his friends? For the first time, the complete trilogy is collected together in a single deluxe softcover edition. Jensen (Green Lantern Corps) and Higgins (Knights of the Living Dead) present a captivating blend of comedy, horror, romance, and adventure, rooted in the original Italian novel but brought, as if by magic, to new life. 

PREACHER TP BOOK 04 

This title spotlights Jesse Custer's battle with the Saint of Killers and the forces of Starr originally presented in PREACHER #34-40. Also included: the PREACHER SPECIAL: ONE MAN'S WAR, PREACHER SPECIAL: THE STORY OF YOU-KNOW-WHO and PREACHER SPECIAL: THE GOOD OLD BOYS.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREAT DISASTER FEAT THE ATOMIC KNIGHTS

In these stories, heroes including the Atomic Knights, Kamandi and Hercules must face a post-apocalyptic future brought about by the mysterious "Great Disaster" in the run of Atomic Knights tales from STRANGE ADVENTURES, plus 1ST ISSUE SPECIAL #1, HERCULES UNBOUND #1-10, KAMANDI #43-46, WEIRD WAR TALES #22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 42-44, 46-49, 51-53, 64, 68, 69 and 123, HOUSE OF MYSTERY #318, SUPERMAN #295, HOUSE OF SECRETS #86, 95 and 97, THE UNEXPECTED #215 and 221 and AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #12. 

SUPERMAN HEL ON EARTH TP (N52)

H'el comes to Earth in stories from SUPERMAN #13-17, SUPERBOY #14-17 and SUPERGIRL #14-17! This figure from Krypton's past hopes to revive the dead planet - in place of Earth! As hero fights hero, will the Kryptonians be able to defeat H'El, who is their equal in every way? 

TWILIGHT ZONE TP VOL 01 

From the mind of J. Michael Straczynski, Hugo Award-winning creator of Babylon 5 and writer for the blockbuster films Thor, Changeling, and World War Z! Trevor Richmond is a Wall Street investor who embezzled millions and is about to tank the economy. Desperate to avoid the consequences for his actions, he goes to Expedited Services, which offers to help him disappear and enjoy a life of leisure in a new identity. But what exactly is this new life, how much is freedom worth, and what happens to the old life when someone else shows up to claim it? This captivating first volume will push the boundaries of The Twilight Zone into new and uncharted territory - a journey that will travel into the past and the future, into murder and revenge, and finally into the sunrise of nuclear Armageddon!

VELVET TP VOL 01 BEFORE THE LIVING END 

From the bestselling creators of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" comes this smash-hit spy thriller with a unique new twist!
When the world's greatest secret agent is killed, all evidence points to Velvet Templeton, the personal secretary to the Director of the Agency. But Velvet's got a dark secret buried in her past... because she's also the most dangerous woman alive. 

WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED 1979-2014 HC 

Founded in 1979 by Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper, World War 3 Illustrated is a collective of first-time and professional artists who use confrontational comics to shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy. This full-colour retrospective exhibition is arranged thematically, and includes such topics as housing rights, feminism, the environment, religion, police brutality, globalisation, and depictions of conflicts from the Middle East to the Midwest. World War 3 Illustrated also illuminates the war we wage on each other - and sometimes the one taking place in our own minds.