The kind folks at Avatar press have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the June 2015 Previews, scheduled to ship starting August 2015.
WAR stories 01 TPB new EDITION
$24.99
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston
MR, Color, 240 pages
For the first time in a decade, the original war stories are back in print! fully re-mastered, these spectacular works have never looked so good. featuring some of the finest war comics ever done, with scripts by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Crossed, The Boys) and art by some of the most significant names in comics. Collected in volume 1 are:
Johann’s Tiger
Drawn by Chris Weston (The Filth).A German tank crew face their own damnation in the twilight of the second world War, as old ghosts and old sins catch up with them.
D-Day Dodgers
Drawn by John Higgins (Pride & Joy). British soldiers in the remote Italian campaign find themselves combating a forgotten war, while others closer to home reap the glory.
Screaming Eagles
Drawn by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Exhausted by years of combat, American paratroopers come to the end of the road- and are all of a sudden given a unusual reward.
Nightingale
Drawn by David Lloyd (V for Vendetta). A royal Navy escort ship on the nightmarish Arctic convoy run hits trouble- and only the supreme sacrifice will earn her crew redemption.
Features an afterword by Ennis talking about the real-life origins of all four stories.
WAR stories 02 TPB new EDITION
$24.99
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: David Lloyd, Cam Kennedy, Carlos Ezquerra, Gary Erskine
MR, Color, 240 pages
A new re-mastered edition of the second volume of the original war Stories, written by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Crossed, The Boys) and featuring art by some of comics’ all-time greats. volume 2 features:
J for Jenny
Drawn by David Lloyd (V for Vendetta). The nightly operations of an RAF Lancaster bomber are harmful enough, but discord among the crew could imply their end.
The Reivers
Drawn by Cam Kennedy (Rogue Trooper). In the western desert, an SAS patrol wreaks in night-time raids against German units- but their leader holds a dark secret all his own.
Condors
Drawn by Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd). during the brutal Spanish Civil War, four soldiers from four different armies find they have a lot in common- but not quite enough to end the conflict.
Archangel
Drawn by Gary Erskine (Dan Dare). A down on his luck RAF pilot runs afoul of his commanding officer, and ends up “volunteering” for a frightening one-way trip.
Features an afterword by Ennis in which the real-life inspiration for the stories is revealed.
DARK GODS VOL 01 TPB
$19.99
Cover: Christian Zanier
Writer: Justin Jordan
Art: German Erramouspe, Michael DiPascale
MR, Color, 160 pages
Justin Jordan is unleashing some ancient evil! For millennia the human race has felt safe in its orderly world never imagining the chaos that lurks just outside the boundaries of reality. The mysterious Murdock leads The Storm, a group of heroes that are humanity’s last line of defense against the brewing Primordial Chaos and The Serpent, Tiamat herself! Her hideous monster children slowly emerge ahead of Tiamat’s return as human-creature hybrids set upon inflicting horrors in their wake and preparing the world to submit to the supreme force of chaos. The storm has to avoid this invasion, stop the rest of humanity from breaking into panic, and hold back the flood of horrors that come with the return of the original evils, the Dark Gods themselves! This volume collects the Dark Gods #1 – 6 comic book series.
CROSSED: wish YOU WERE here VOL 01 – 04 TPB SLIPCASE EDITION
$59.99
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Art: Fernando Melek, Javier Barreno
MR, Color, 4 Volumes
This four volume collection of Simon Spurrier’s complete award winning Crossed: wish You Were here Volumes 1- 4 is beautifully presented in a value priced collector’s slipcase edition for the first time! A contagion—or a curse—has decimated the planet. marked with a bloody cross, the Infected are driven to indulge their sickest desires. In this world of psychos, savages, and sexual predators, the few remaining uninfected learn to keep moving: endlessly fleeing fate. This is the story of those who refused. Those who are too desperate, too angry, or too broken to hide from horror. It’s the story of a comic-book writer who witnessed the downfall of London, and now finds himself in the midst of a new community, a new start, on a barren island off the Scottish coast. Pretending, just for a while, that he’s safe, that he’s useful…that he has a future. It won’t last. There’s no sanctuary. No combating back. No hope. There’s only the Crossed.
MERCURY heat #2 regular CVR
$3.99
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Cover &Art: Omar Francia
MR, Color, 32 pages, ongoing monthly
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