NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS FROM 20th MAY 2015

New Books for the this Wednesday's New Comics Day 20th May


Graphic Novels / Trades

Dark Horse Comics
APOCALPTIGIRL AN ARIA FOR THE END TIMES TP Dark Horse Comics (W/A/CA) Andrew MacLean Alone at the end of the world, Aria is a woman with a mission! As she traipses through an overgrown city with a cat named Jelly Beans, Aria is on a fruitless search for an ancient relic with immeasurable power. But when a creepy savage sets her on a path to complete her quest, she'll face death in the hopes of claiming her prize.
ANGEL & FAITH SEASON 10 TP VOL 02 LOST AND FOUND Dark Horse Comics (W) Victor Gischler (A) Will Conrad (CA) Scott Fischer The most terrifying creatures in the universe collide! Faith's guilty conscience can't resist a Deepscan mission to find missing demon hunter Riley Finn in South America, but a surprise encounter with tribal vampires tests the slaying skills of Faith's team! In London's Magic Town, Amy the Rat has been seeking favors, and Angel is on alert-he knows the witch is after more than she's letting on . . . Collects Angel & Faith Season 10 #6-#10.	BPRD PLAGUE OF FROGS TP VOL 04 - Dark Horse Comics (W) Mike Mignola, John Arcudi (A) Guy Davis (CA) Mike Mignola A story that began in the first issue of Hellboy concludes with the BPRD team set to permanently wipe out the subterranean colony of frog monsters. The team track down Memnan Saa's hideout but soon find themselves in over their heads when old enemies like the Black Flame arrive to lay waste to the world. Collects B.P.R.D.: The Black Goddess, B.P.R.D.: The Warning, and B.P.R.D.: King of Fear.
GRENDEL VS SHADOW HC Dark Horse Comics (W) Matt Wagner (CA) Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner Sparks fly and bullets blaze when the original Grendel, Hunter Rose, is transported to 1930s New York and faces off with the original dark-night avenger, the Shadow! Two pulp-noir icons go head to head in a thrilling story written and drawn by legendary Grendel creator Matt Wagner. Collects the three-issue miniseries.	WORLD OF THE WITCHER HC Dark Horse Comics Dive deep into the world of monster hunters, as prominent characters from The Witcher take you on a guided tour of the fascinating dark-fantasy adventure. This gorgeous, illustrated hardbound volume contains in-depth knowledge about the locales, the deadly beasts that inhabit them, and the lethal weapons used to put them down.
DC Comics
BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 05 GOTHOPIA - DC Comics (W) John Layman & Various (A) Jason Fabok & Various (CA) Jason Fabok Who - or what - created this twisted vision of the Dark Knight's hometown? As far as anyone knows, Gotham City is and always has been a crime-free utopia, patrolled by the white-clad Batman and his sidekick Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catbird. Don't miss the strange adventure from DETECTIVE COMICS #25-29, including the amazing DETECTIVE COMICS #27!	BATMAN DARK KNIGHT UNWRAPPED DAVID FINCH DLX HC - DC Comics (W) Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato (A) Francis Manapul & Various (CA) Francis Manapul It's a bold new direction for DETECTIVE COMICS as THE FLASH creative team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato take over the creative reins! Batman finds himself knee-deep in a new mystery involving a deadly new narcotic that has hit the streets of Gotham City. Can the Dark Knight stop the threat before the entire town finds itself embroiled in a deadly gang war that could burn everything - and everyone - down to the ground? Collects issues #30-34 and DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #3.
EX MACHINA TP BOOK 05 - DC Comics (W) Brian K. Vaughan (A) Tony Harris & Various (CA) Tony Harris In this last EX MACHINA collection featuring issues #41-50 and EX MACHINA SPECIAL #4, Mayor Hundred descends into the sewers of New York City to learn why he was given the strange powers that helped him become the Great Machine, while a powerful new foe reveals a terrifying plan that's been in the works since the series began. Then, in the very last EX MACHINA adventure, will the mayor's new archenemy bring down his administration? Will the tragedies that Mayor Hundred warned about from the beginning come to pass?	FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS TP VOL 03 STANDING DC Comics (W) Simon Oliver (A) Alberto Ponticelli, Nathan Fox (CA) Nathan Fox Every journey starts with a single step. Cicero's started when he crashed into a TV repair shop and eventually landed in the FBP Academy. This new trade paperback collects FBP #14-19.
JLA TP VOL 07 - DC Comics (W) Joe Kelly & Various (A) Doug Mahnke & Various (CA) Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen The JLA must make a gut-wrenching decision: to maintain neutrality in a galactic conflict with their old foe Kanjar Ro or interfere in foreign politics by conducting a preemptive strike of its own. Plus, a standoff between federal authorities and a metahuman settlement leads to trouble! Collects JLA #77-93.	UNWRITTEN TP VOL 11 DC Comics (W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross & Various (CA) Yuko Shimizu In these final UNWRITTEN tales from issues #7-12, the three immortals - Wilson, Rausch and Pullman - are moving toward their respective endgames. But when was the last time they were all in the same room together? Answer: half a century ago, in Oxford, England. And the reasons for what they're doing now can be found in what they said to each other back then...
IDW Comics
LOCKE & KEY MASTER EDITION HC VOL 01 IDW Comics (W) Joe Hill (A/CA) Gabriel Rodriguez Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club, the critically acclaimed series takes on new life in a reformatted hardcover collection. The Locke & Key Master Edition, Vol. 1 features the first two arcs, "Welcome to Lovecraft" and "Headgames," with all-new cover art and design by co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez.	TRANSFORMERS TREASURY ED IDW Comics (W) John Barber, James Roberts (A) Nick Roche, Andrew Griffith (CA) Alex Milne THE NEW ERA BEGINS! Relive the birth of the modern era of Transformers comics with this giant-sized reprinting of stories that started More Than Meets the Eye and the current Transformers series! Reprints: TRANSFORMERS: THE DEATH OF OPTIMUS PRIME, TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #1, and TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE (2011) #1-in a massive 8.5 x13" edition!
Image Comics
STRAY BULLETS TP VOL 02 SOMEWHERE OUT WEST Image Comics (W/A/CA) David Lapham Somewhere out West is a town no one knows about-a desert town-whose inhabitants wait for the day a great earthquake will bring them beachfront property.  Here, three desperate friends on the run from the Mob and a young runaway Virginia Applejack will try to escape the nightmares of their pasts.  They'll band together to battle the demons that threaten to destroy them from within while taking on a corrupt town full of sex, drugs, and inbreeding.  Eventually, they'll be forced to make horrifying choices when their dark pasts finally catch up with them....	VELVET TP VOL 02 THE SECRET LIVES OF DEAD MEN Image Comics (W) Ed Brubaker (A/CA) Steve Epting The white-hot spy series from the creators of Captain America: The Winter Soldier is back! Everything Velvet Templeton ever believed about the worst night of her life has turned out to be a lie, and now she's coming back to London, taking the hunt back to the hunters, to find the truth or die trying. Don't miss the second volume in the adventures of comics' favorite new super-spy. Collects VELVET #6-10
Marvel Comics
AXIS REVOLUTIONS TP Marvel Comics FIt's a compendious collection of companion stories, spinning directly out of Marvel's newest blockbuster event, AXIS! As the Red Skull broadcasts hate across the globe, can the Avengers and X-Men quell the madness? Or will they be swept up in it? New world disorder is the name of the game as the Skull's havoc touches every mind on the planet - and the heroes' cure proves worse than the disease! Heroes go bad! Villains go good! And Thor goes...on a bender? Now, shock follows shock as Dr. Strange struggles against his hate, She-Hulk breaks the law, Sandman reaches out to help a friend in prison, Kitty Pryde robs a bank, and Nightcrawler decides to avenge the death of Wolverine...by hunting down Sabretooth! Experience the inverted world of the Marvel Universe like never before! Collecting AXIS: REVOLUTIONS #1-4..	CIVIL WAR TP MS MARVEL Marvel Comics (W/A) Various (CA) TBD As Marvel's Civil War tears apart the super-hero community, Carol Danvers must choose between enforcing the new Super Hero Registration Act...or facing prison. Aided by Iron Man, Wonder Man and the teenage hero Araña, Carol battles former allies to enforce a law she may not agree with. But to do what she thinks is right, will she tear apart a family? Plus: Carol's past comes back to haunt her! She and the X-Men's Rogue must put aside their differences when a second Carol Danvers appears, seeking revenge on Rogue! And what happens when a boy with the power to make his dreams reality reads Carol's autobiography? It's action and drama as Carol Danvers confronts the chaos of Civil War - and the deadly skeletons of her past! Collecting MS. MARVEL (2006) #6-10 and MS. MARVEL SPECIAL #1.
FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION: STRANGE DAYS TP Marvel Comics (W/A) Various (CA) Carlos Pacheco Life and death struggles for Marvel's First Family! Just when the FF were coming to terms with Reed Richards' demise, he makes a suitably fantastic return! But that means Doctor Doom is alive, too! How did they both survive? Hyperstorm has all the answers, but his incredible lineage means he may be the one foe the Fantastic Four can't beat. That's not the only problem Reed has - there's also the small matter of the Sub-Mariner's feelings for Sue! A rejuvenated Franklin completes the family reunion, but will a reassembled Fantastic Four have any room for Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man? The legendary band is back together, but their joy won't last for long. Onslaught is coming! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #403-416, FANTASTIC FOUR: THE LEGEND, ONSLAUGHT: MARVEL UNIVERSE and material from TALES OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.	SECRET WARRIORS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 01 Marvel Comics (W) Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis (A) Various (CA) Jim Cheung Nick Fury, former director of the now-defunct S.H.I.E.L.D, has gathered a special handpicked team. Young and untested, the Secret Warriors are the offspring of the most powerful forces on Earth - and with Fury's guidance, they might just have what it takes to save the world. But their mission is upended when Fury uncovers a bombshell Hydra conspiracy that reaches back for decades to the very beginnings of S.H.I.E.L.D.! As the Howling Commandoes reunite, and the Secret Warriors face Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers and Thunderbolts, the Leviathan stirs in the darkness, preparing to take on Hydra! The only group that can stop either of these world-conquering organizations is Nick Fury's Secret Warriors. But are these young soldiers unraveling under the pressure? Collecting SECRET WARRIORS #1-16, DARK REIGN: THE LIST - SECRET WARRIORS #1 and material from DARK REIGN: NEW NATION #1.
Other publishers
CLIVE BARKERS NIGHTBREED TP VOL 01- Boom Studios (W) Clive Barker, Marc Andreyko (A) Piotr Kowalski (CA) Riley Rossmo Before Fables, before Once Upon a Time, Clive Barker created a secret city of monsters that live among us. Don't worry if you've never seen the film: Clive Barker and writer Marc Andreyko (Batwoman, Manhunter), along with Piotr Kowalski's gorgeous art (Dark Tower, Sex), have crafted a story for horror fans new and old. With Clive Barker's vision for Nightbreed finally released - Nightbreed: The Director's Cut-this series gives readers the untold histories throughout time for the monsters of Midian that fans have been craving. The Nightbreed is a secret society of monsters and misfits that hide away from humans, but have been a part of this world since time immemorial. Explore both the past and the present of this clandestine tribe, unleashing new secrets and horrors as they fight to coexist with mankind. Collects issues #14.	THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING COMICS SC Tuttle Publishing (W) Comfort Love, Adam Withers For the first time in history, those looking to break into comics have an enormous number of realistic, proven options for doing so all by themselves, without having to rely on big comics publishers. It's an exciting time, but a confusing one for neophytes overwhelmed by numerous options. The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing Comics is the first book of its kind to help readers make sense of it all and take control of their comics-making destinies. It provides would-be creators with a definitive guide to the tools needed for breaking into modern comics via self-publishing. For those looking to create comics on their own terms, this book provides a road map to success.
DREAM FOSSIL: THE COMPLETE STORIES OF SATOSHI KON GN (W/A/CA) Kon Satoshi The definitive collection of cartoon short stories from movie director Satoshi Kon. From the internationally renowned director of Paprika and Perfect Blue, comes a collection of short stories penned as he transitioned from animator to comicker to movie director. Featuring 16 shorts, including his award winning debut Toriko, this collection dives into the heart of Satoshi Kon like no book has before.	ESSENTIAL EVANGELION CHRONICLE SC 1 SIDE A The Neon Genesis Evangelion television series revolutionized Japanese anime with its incredible animation, sophisticated storytelling, and its dynamic mecha designs. The Essential Evangelion Chronicle: Side A is the ultimate guide to the characters, events, and world of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Inside you'll find in-depth character profiles, relationship charts, technology specifications, battle tactics, episode summaries of the first, and much more. Covers episodes 1-13 of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion television series.
WILL EISNER: A SPIRITED LIFE DELUXE EDITION HC (W) Bob Andelman An expanded, full-color deluxe edition of the out-of-print biography that explores the fascinating life of Will Eisner, detailing a more than 70-year career that in which he spearheaded comics for adult readers and created the first widely accepted graphic novel, A Contract with God. From his childhood to famously turning down a proposal for Superman, to educating Army soldiers in P.S. Magazine, Eisner's personal and professional life is told in dramatic detail. In addition to hundreds of full-color images from Will's archives and private collections (not found in the original edition), this expanded Deluxe Edition includes a series of new interviews which clear the air on some topics left unfinished by the first edition, and add depth to the reader's knowledge of Eisner's body of work. Featuring an insightful introduction by Michael Chabon.