On The Shelf:#ImageComics Solicitations For April 2016

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BlackRoad01_Cvr585x900BLACK ROAD #1
STORY: BRIAN WOOD
ART: GARRY BROWN & DAVE McCAIG
COVER: GARRY BROWN
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

 

Meet Magnus the Black, neither clean nor sober, neither Christian nor Pagan, but a man true to his word. When a ranking official under his care is brutally murdered, he’s prepared to hunt the killers to the frozen tip of Norway, religious war be damned.
Northlanders creator BRIAN WOOD returns to the Viking genre along with artist GARRY BROWN (The Massive, Catwoman) and DAVE McCAIG (Batman, American Vampire) in this all-new series.
TheFix01_Cvr585x900THE FIX #1
STORY: NICK SPENCER
ART / COVER: STEVE LIEBER
APRIL 6 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

 

AlohaHawaiianDick01_Cvr585x900A story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run things—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Bad people do bad things to each other in this frenetic, outrageous, sometimes off-putting new caper! If you liked classic crime comics like CRIMINAL and 100 Bullets we apologize in advance for letting you down!
ALOHA, HAWAIIAN DICK #1
STORY: B. CLAY MOORE
ART: JACOB WYATT
COVER: SEAN DOVE
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
The critically-acclaimed tropical noir returns for a brand new series! While Byrd remains in 1954 Hawaii, we meet another Byrd back in the States, and his impending arrival on the scene is destined to change the landscape of HAWAIIAN DICK forever.

 

thefadeoutcvrmagazineCRIM01_cvrCRIMINAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL DEADLY EDITION: MAGAZINE-SIZE VARIANT
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
APRIL 13 / 64 PAGES / FC / M / $5.99
BRUBAKERand PHILLIPS return ten years later to the world of CRIMINAL for one of their darkest and strangest tales yet. Teeg and Tracy Lawless co-star in this one-shot, a twisted 70’s noir about a father and son on the run. Also includes articles, illustrations, and behind-the-scenes extras.

 

TWD_TemplateGRIZZLY SHARK #1
STORY: RYAN OTTLEY
ART: RYAN OTTLEY&IVAN PLASCENCIA
COVER: RYAN OTTLEY & KELSEY SHANNON
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The sold out, cult hit black-and-white issue is back, now in full color! Followed by all-new issues that continue the bloody adventures of the world’s most feared animal, the Grizzly Shark!

 

Chew 11 coverCHEW: DEMON CHICKEN POYO #1
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART / COVER A: ROB GUILLORY?COVER B: SKETCH VARIANT
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The final episode of the groundbreaking and historic Poyo trilogy: DEMON CHICKEN POYO. Hell wants him. Heaven won’t take him. Earth needs him. That was also the tagline for that godawful Constantine movie. But Poyo is so badass, he stole it from Keanu Reeves!

 

Invincible127_Cvr585x900INVINCIBLE #127
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CORY WALKER
COVER: RYAN OTTLEY
APRIL 20 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
NEW STORY ARC
Mark has returned from the past… to a very different future. Now he has to pick up the pieces of his life and try to put them back together. INVINCIBLE co-creator CORY WALKER returns to the book to set the stage for the next chapter of Invincible’s life!

 

ThinkTankCD01_Cvr585x900THINK TANK: CREATIVE DESTRUCTION #1
STORY: MATT HAWKINS
ART / COVERS A, B, & C (incentive): RAHSAN EKEDAL
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
NOW AN ONGOING SERIES!
An unknown enemy destroys the technological infrastructure of the United States. Panic and conspiracy theories spread as David Loren and his misfit science team continue work on the TALOS project, trying to make “Iron Man” suits a reality in California.

 

TheDarknessHope_Cvr585x900THE DARKNESS: HOPE (ONE-SHOT)
STORY: CHARLIE HARMON
ART: D.P. DWYER
COVER: LINDA SEJIC
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
TALENT-HUNT WINNING CREATIVE TEAM!
In the future, Hope Estacado is a crusading science reporter and her father Jackie, the “World’s Greatest Hero,” has retired to the suburbs to live out his golden years in quiet contemplation. Hope’s about to make a discovery that will shake her to her core—a discovery that will have dark ramifications for the entire human race—and Jackie might be the only one who can help.

 

Drifter10_Cvr585x900Drifter10_CvrB585x900DRIFTER #10
STORY: IVAN BRANDON
ART / COVER A: NIC KLEIN
COVER B: GORAN PARLOV
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
Abram Pollux returns to Ghost Town, determined to even the score. But the rules have changed. New alliances are drawn, old friends become new foes, and each step closer to the truth brings Pollux that much closer to hell.

 

EoW25_CvrA585x900EoW25_CvrB585x900EAST OF WEST #25
STORY / COVER B: JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART / COVER A: NICK DRAGOTTA
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.50
The smashing conclusion of EAST OF WEST: YEAR TWO begins here. Witness the eventful last gathering of the Chosen before the Apocalypse begins. No one gets out alive!

 

LazarusSourcebook01_Cvr585x900LAZARUS SOURCEBOOK #1
STORY: GREG RUCKA, ERIC TRAUTMANN, DAVID BROTHERS, ROBERT MACKENZIE, & DAVE WALKER
ART: MICHAEL LARK & OWEN FREEMAN
COVER: ERIC TRAUTMANN & OWEN FREEMAN
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
“CARLYLE”
Following the revelations of “Poison” and leading into the bloody events of “Cull” with LAZARUS #22 in May, a new look at the world of LAZARUS: What’s it like to live life under the Carlyle regime? This is where you find out!

 

RatQueens16_Cvr585x900RAT QUEENS #16
STORY: KURTIS J. WIEBE
ART / COVER: TESS FOWLER & TAMRA BONVILLAIN
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
“WHEN BEARDS COLLIDE.” Part One
The Rat Queens return to Palisade to find that the world has moved on without them. The tavern is infested with would be heroes, drinking all the ale and getting in all the fights. What’s a warrior girl to do?

 

Spawn263_Cvr585x900SPAWN #263
STORY: TODD McFARLANE & ERIK LARSEN
ART: ERIK LARSEN & TODD McFARLANE
COVER: ERIK LARSEN
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
?NEW STORY ARC
Demons… GONE. Angels… DEAD. Our Hellspawn… Now HUMAN with NEW powers!

 

TokyoGhost06_Cvr585x900TOKYO GHOST #6
STORY:RICK REMENDER
ART / COVER A:SEAN MURPHY & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
COVER B:MATTEO SCALERA
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
Flak world’s new CCO, Davey Trauma, is making some changes to The Isles of Los Angeles more to his suiting. How could it get any worse? You’ll see. Constable Led Dent returns to his brutal beat, but he’s haunted by a ghost from Tokyo.

 

TWTD18_Cvr585x900THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #18
STORY:KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVERS A & B:JAMIE McKELVIE & MATT WILSON
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
NEW STORY ARC
An ideal jumping-on point. Persephone, live. The question is, will it be for more than one night? Don’t call it a comeback, as JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON return to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE for the most rock-and-roll everything-explodes arc of the hit series.

 

AiT11_Cvr585x900ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #11 (OF 11)
STORY: LARRY YOUNG
ART / COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / BW / T / $2.99
This one goes to eleven.

 

BITCH PLANET LOGO 1BITCH PLANET #9
STORY: KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
ART / COVER: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
APRIL 6 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Meet Eleanor Doane: President Bitch.

 

CircuitBreaker02_Cvr585x900CIRCUIT-BREAKER #2 (OF 5)
STORY: KEVIN McCARTHY
ART / COVER: KYLE BAKER
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
Introducing the sensational character-find of 20XX… Kuchi-kun! As retaliation against escalating anti-robot rage and rhetoric, a radicalized Sanrio-esque mascot massacres a primary school. Can our hero, Chiren, break the circuit of violence in time for her baseball game?

 

CitizenJack06_Cvr585x900CITIZEN JACK #6
STORY: SAM HUMPHRIES
ART: TOMMY PATTERSON
COVER A: TOMMY PATTERSON & DYLAN TODD
COVER B: RYAN STEGMAN
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The day after the election. Did America vote for Jack?

 

CryHavoc_004_CVR-A-solicits.inddCryHavoc04_CvrB585x900CRY HAVOC #4
STORY: SIMON SPURRIER
ART: RYAN KELLY
COVER A: RYAN KELLY & EMMA PRICE
COVER B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
My thing in action.

 

DarkCorridor07_Cvr585x900DARK CORRIDOR #7
STORY / ART / COVER:RICH TOMMASO
APRIL 6 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Tune in for the next installment of The Red Circle, as things head into all-out war.

 

DeadlyGridFinalDeadlyGridFinalDEADLY CLASS #21
STORY:RICK REMENDER
ART / COVERS A & B:WES CRAIG & JORDAN BOYD
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
END OF STORY ARC
“DIE FOR ME,” Conclusion
The Freshman Finals end, along with the life of another of our crew. ??

 

STL002839THE DISCIPLINE #2
STORY: PETER MILLIGAN
ART / COVER: LEANDRO FERNANDEZ
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99 ?
Melissa gets drawn deeper into a strange hidden world and realizes that her affair with Orlando isn’t just about sex. She discovers more about the Discipline, their weird enemy known as the Stalkers-and her own frightening potential.

 

DreamPolice01_CvrA585x900DREAM POLICE #10
STORY:J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
ART / COVER: SID KOTIAN & JUAN FERNANDEZ
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
Is Joe Thursday who he believes himself to be? Can Dream Police die? And if they do, what happens afterward? Hang tight because the events of this issue are going to permanently turn the life of Joe Thursday and the Dreamscape itself upside-down.

 

EM70coverELEPHANTMEN #71
STORY: RICHARD STARKINGS
ART: CARLOS PEDRO & AXEL MEDELLIN
COVER: DAN PANOSIAN
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
“WHITE ELEPHANT,” Conclusion

 

Emptyzone07_Cvr585x900EMPTY ZONE #7
STORY: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER & DARRAGH SAVAGE
ART: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER & LUIS NCT
COVER: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
APRIL 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
Dead cops, monster hunters, foolish lovers, and haunted corpses: Hank and Corinne arrive in Berlin and encounter the bloody secret lurking beneath the city’s streets.

 

FourEyesVol2_04_Cvr585x900FOUR EYES: HEARTS OF FIRE #4 (OF 4)?STORY:JOE KELLY
ART / COVER: MAX FIUMARA
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
There’s only one way for Enrico to guide Four Eyes through his first dragon battle… but is it worth the cost?

FUM06_Cvr585x900FROM UNDER MOUNTAINS #6
STORY:MARIAN CHURCHLAND & CLAIRE GIBSON
ART:SLOANE LEONG
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $2.99
An ancient witch and a powerful lord clash in open confrontation, ending their old feud and wrapping up the first volume of this series.

 

Huck06_CvrA585x900Huck06_CvrB585x900HUCK #6 (OF 6)
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVERS A & B: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
Huck and Orlov’s final showdown!

 

injection_07_00_titlesINJECTION #9
STORY: WARREN ELLIS
ART / COVERS A & B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
APRIL 20 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Simeon and Brigid are trying not to get killed in New York with Vivek, Maria is pulling her hair out, and Robin is changing his mind. The last time he did that, the Injection was born.

 

JupitersCircleVol2_06_CvrA585x900JupitersCircleVol2_06_CvrC585x900JUPITER’S CIRCLE VOLUME 2 #6 (of 6)
STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER C: WILFREDO TORRES
COVER A: BILL SIENKIEWICZ
COVER B: FRANK QUITELY
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
The team’s adventures lead them down unexpected paths.

 

Limbo06_Cvr585x900LIMBO #6 (OF 6)
STORY: DAN WATTERS
ART / COVER: CASPAR WIJNGAARD
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
The case of the Thumb draws to a violent close. Secrets are dragged from the static, and our detective finds out what kind of man he really is…

 

Mirror03_Cvr585x900MIRROR #3
STORY: EMMA RÍOS
ART / COVER: HWEI LIM
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
As old heroes falter, a humble minotaur seeks a path to escape the labyrinth.

 

Monstress05_Cvr585x900MONSTRESS #5
STORY: MARJORIE LIU
ART / COVER: SANA TAKEDA
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Maika struggles with the monster inside.

 

NM09_0coverNO MERCY #9
STORY: ALEX DE CAMPI
ART: CARLA SPEED McNEIL & JENN MANLEY LEE
COVER: CARLA SPEED McNEIL
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
Flashback issue: Charlene’s parents make inadvisable schooling decisions.

 

NowhereMen10_Cvr585x900NOWHERE MEN #10
STORY: ERIC STEPHENSON
ART: DAVE TAYLOR, JORDIE BELLAIRE, & EMI LENOX
COVER: DAVE TAYLOR & FONOGRAFIKS
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99
Monica Strange has a plan.

 

Outcast18_Cvr585x900OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #18
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: PAUL AZACETA & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
END OF STORY ARC
Kyle’s actions have been tolerated up to this point, but that time is over. The forces of evil are all around him and they are closing in. Kyle will soon learn that there is no escape.

 

PencilHead04_Cvr585x900PENCIL HEAD #4 (OF 5)
STORY / ART / COVER:TED McKEEVER
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
Poodwaddle’s previous Editor-in-Chief, who was tyrannical at best, has now been replaced by an all-controlling masochistic monster, hellbent on crushing anyone who opposes his hierarchy.

 

Postal12_CvrB585x900POSTAL #12
STORY: BRYAN HILL
ART / COVER B: ISAAC GOODHART
COVER A: LINDA SEJIC
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
In order to protect his mother and Eden, Mark embraces his darkest nature, risking his conscience, his soul, and his life to stop Eden from slipping into chaos.

 

PowerLines02_Cvr585x900POWER LINES #2 (OF 6)
STORY / ART / COVER: JIMMIE ROBINSON
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
“DENIAL”
A local youth and a middle-aged woman struggle with their newly discovered superpowers. Meanwhile, the media invades their privacy, their families don’t understand, and worse yet—the two superheroes don’t even like each other. All that changes when a mysterious man claims to have the answers.

 

ProphetEW04_Cvr585x900PROPHET: EARTH WAR #4 (OF 4)
STORY:BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
ART: GRIM WILKINS & GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS
COVER: SANDRA LANZ
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
The war for the tower into space.

 

Revival39_Cvr585x900REVIVAL #39
STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART: MIKE NORTON
COVER: JENNY FRISON
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Em and Dana come face to face with the Amish samurai who has been hunting them, and the Revivers start getting… hungry.

 

RocheLimitMonadic02_Cvr585x900ROCHE LIMIT: MONADIC #2 (OF 4)
STORY: MICHAEL MORECI
ART / COVER: KYLE CHARLES
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Sasha goes on a bold adventure; Alex reveals a terrifying threat.

 

saga_18_00_titlesSAGA #36
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
Freedom…?

 

Saints07_Cvr585x900SAINTS #7
STORY: SEAN LEWIS
ART / COVER: BENJAMIN MACKEY
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
The cult hit continues on its Holy Way as the Saints and Prophets continue to battle amongst the rise of the Children’s Crusade! Who will survive? Which side will save the World from certain demise?

 

SavageDragon214_Cvr585x900SAVAGE DRAGON #214
STORY / ART / COVER: ERIK LARSEN
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The Tantrum entity finds a new host and Officer Dragon is in for the fight of his life.

 

Sex27_Cvr585x900SEX #27
STORY: JOE CASEY
ART: PIOTR KOWALSKI
COVER: PIOTR KOWALSKI & SONIA HARRIS
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
What’s good for the goose…

 

Shutter20_Cvr585x900SHUTTER #20
STORY: JOE KEATINGE
ART / COVER: LEILA DEL DUCA & OWEN GIENI
APRIL 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
“ALL ROADS,” Part Three
Kate confronts the final three siblings she never knew… and they’re not happy to see her.

 

Snowfall03_Cvr585x900SNOWFALL #3
STORY: JOE HARRIS
ART / COVER: MARTÍN MORAZZO
APRIL 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Cooperative forces have come to retrieve the Formula stolen by the White Wizard long ago, but Project Snowfall is a secret they’ll wish they’d left buried.

 

Starve08_Cvr585x900STARVE #8
STORY: BRIAN WOOD
ART / COVER: DANIJEL ŽEŽELJ & DAVE STEWART
APRIL 13 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
Chef Gavin Cruikshank learns when to let go, when to hold on for dear life, and when to smash up a lawyer’s office with a baseball bat.
STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #14
STORY / ART / COVER:DAVID LAPHAM
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $3.99
Spanish Scott must make a fateful decision on who he wants to kill more.

 

TheViolent04_Cvr585x900THE VIOLENT #4
STORY: ED BRISSON
ART / COVER: ADAM GORHAM
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
“BLOOD LIKE TAR,” Part Four
Mason attempts to cover up his past crimes by committing a far more heinous crime.

 

TheViolent05_Cvr585x900THE VIOLENT #5
STORY: ED BRISSON
ART / COVER: ADAM GORHAM
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
“BLOOD LIKE TAR,” Conclusion
Mason’s quest to save his family has left a trail of death. Will his plan work or will it leave his family forever destroyed?

 

TWD153_Cover585x900THE WALKING DEAD #153
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO, & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
APRIL 6 / 32 PAGES / BW / M / $2.99
Heavy hangs the head.

 

Wolf08_Cvr585x900WOLF #8
STORY: ALES KOT
ART: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & LEE LOUGHRIDGE
COVER: RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ & TOM MULLER
APRIL 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
“APOCALYPSE SOON,” Part Four
Five years later, they meet again.

 

TWD_ColoringBook_Cvr585x900THE WALKING DEAD COLORING BOOK (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD &STEFANO GAUDIANO
MAY 4 / 96 PAGES / BW / M / $15.99
This over sized adult coloring book features art from throughout the long-running series. Sure, THE WALKING DEAD has never had color, but don’t let that stop you from coloring in all your favorite survivors and zombies! Just make sure to stock up on plenty of red…

 

SpawnColoringBook_Cvr585x900SPAWN COLORING BOOK (ADVANCE SOLICIT)
ART: TODD McFARLANE
APRIL 13 / 96 PAGES / BW / T / $12.99
Coloring books are not just for the little ones anymore! From fan favorite, TODD McFARLANE, comes the FIRST EVER SPAWN coloring book. Todd is known for his hyper detailed line work and now YOU are in the position of comic book colorist, designing a color scheme for some of SPAWN’s most memorable pages. This book is for SPAWN AND comic book fans alike. Be part of the SPAWN legacy

 

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