Comic books August 2014

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Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. Cover by Stephen Segovia. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Dynamic Forces edition signed by Alex Ross and limited to 10 copies. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. Cover by Alex Ross. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Black and White Incentive Variant Cover by Gabriel Hardman. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Black and White Incentive Variant Cover by Adrian Syaf. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Black and White Incentive Variant Cover by Stephen Segovia. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $115.00 View scans CGC Signature Series Paper: White Signed and Sketched by Michael Uslan on 9/7/14 Convention Sketch Cover. Label #1278883020 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

B&W Baltimore Comic-Con Cover by Alex Ross. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Virgin Cover by Alex Ross. Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color.

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Written by Michael Uslan. Art by Giovanni Timpano. Cover by Alex Ross. An airliner vanishes en route without a trace! It's the crisis that brings together, in a historic team-up for the first time ever, Street & Smith's super-star trinity: The Shadow! Doc Savage! The Avenger! This historic cross-over is 75 years in the making, JUSTICE, INC. begins here, spawned by a horrific tragedy of death and destruction secretly orchestrated by some of the most powerful and unexpected villains in the history of the pulps! Chapter 1 (of 6): 'The Time Machine!' 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Geoff Johns. Art by Doug Mahnke. Cover by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado and Rod Reis . Introducing the new Power Ring! But who is she? What does she want? And how will her presence affect the team? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Mike Allred. Written by Geoff Johns. Art by Doug Mahnke. Introducing the new Power Ring! But who is she? What does she want? And how will her presence affect the team? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Geoff Johns. Art by Doug Mahnke. Cover by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado and Rod Reis. Introducing the new Power Ring! But who is she? What does she want? And how will her presence affect the team? This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Art and Cover by Howard Porter. They've been plotting for months, and now Cadmus' plans come to fruition! The FIVE's true leader is revealed at last! And The Flash dies - again! It's just another a day in the life of the future Justice League. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by J. M. DeMatteis. Art by Andres Guinaldo and Walden Wong. Cover by Mikel Janin. Lost in the living dimension called The Between, the Justice League Dark fights to save Zatanna's soul! Will Nightmare Nurse's sacrifice save them all or damn them to an eternity of nothingness? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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DC Collectibles Bombshells Variant Cover by Ant Lucia. Written by J. M. DeMatteis. Art by Andres Guinaldo and Walden Wong. Lost in the living dimension called The Between, the Justice League Dark fights to save Zatanna's soul! Will Nightmare Nurse's sacrifice save them all or damn them to an eternity of nothingness? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Rebirth of Evil!" Collects Justice League Dark (2011-2015) #22-29.

Written by Jeff Lemire and J.M. DeMatteis. Art by Mikel Janin, Dan Jurgens, Tom Derenik, Vincente Cifuentes, Guillermo Ortego, and Jordi Tarragona. Cover by Ivan Reis. Back Cover by Mikel Janin.

When Superman is stricken by a mysterious illness, Wonder Woman leads the JL Dark on a quest to find Pandora's Box and a cure it may contain - but the Phantom Stranger pleads with the team to stop before they accidentally end the world!

Softcover, 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

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Written by Jeff Lemire. Art and Cover by Mike McKone. It's all out battle issue as Hawkman has a showdown with Lobo as the League is teleported to Rann to face the shape-changing alien called Byth! This looks like a job for Supergirl! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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DC Collectibles Bombshells Variant Cover by Ant Lucia. Written by Jeff Lemire. Art by Mike McKone. It's all out battle issue as Hawkman has a showdown with Lobo as the League is teleported to Rann to face the shape-changing alien called Byth! This looks like a job for Supergirl! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Ben Oliver. Written by Jeff Lemire. Art by Mike McKone. It's all out battle issue as Hawkman has a showdown with Lobo as the League is teleported to Rann to face the shape-changing alien called Byth! This looks like a job for Supergirl! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Jeff Lemire. Art and Cover by Mike McKone. It's all out battle issue as Hawkman has a showdown with Lobo as the League is teleported to Rann to face the shape-changing alien called Byth! This looks like a job for Supergirl! Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Jeff Lemire. Art and Cover by Mike McKone. It's all out battle issue as Hawkman has a showdown with Lobo as the League is teleported to Rann to face the shape-changing alien called Byth! This looks like a job for Supergirl! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Matt Groening, Ian Boothby, David Degrand, Shane Houghton and Terry Delegeane. Art by Jacob Chabot, David Degrand, John Delaney and Jason Ho. Cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote and Nathan Kane. It's time for everyone's favorite alien enslavers to take center stage. Experience these tantalizingly tentacled 'things from another world' as Bongo pulls back the curtain and presents the Rigellian rapscallions, as you've never seen them before! 30 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Collects Katana (2013 DC) #1-10 and Justice League Dark (2011) 23.1: THE CREEPER.

Written by Ann Nocenti. Art by Alex Sanchez, Cliff Richards, Rebecca Buchman, Juan Castro, Le Beau Underwood, Phyllis Novin, Art Thibert, Fabrizio Fiorentino, Wayne Faucher, ChrisCross, Keith Champagne, Prentis Rollins, Tom Derenick and Andy Owens. Cover by David Finch.

The former assassin and new Justice Leaguer embarks on a quest to restore the Outsiders to their former glory! Will she succeed, or will she be overcome by the power of her sword, the Soultaker?

Softcover, 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Jules Feiffer. Jules Feiffer's Kill My Mother is a loving homage to the pulp-inspired films and comic strips of his youth. Channeling Eisner's The Spirit, along with the likes of Hammett, Chandler, Cain, John Huston, and Billy Wilder, and spiced with the deft humor for which Feiffer is renowned, Kill My Mother centers on five formidable women from two unrelated families, linked fatefully and fatally by a has-been, hard-drinking private detective. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $27.95.

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Written by Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col. Art and Cover by Andy Belanger. Juliet, Hamlet and Captain Cesario must escape the clutches of mutinous Viola and her pirate crew or else face an even larger threat - the cannibal Lucius. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col. Art by Andy Belanger. Cover by J. K. Woodward. Juliet, Hamlet and Captain Cesario must escape the clutches of mutinous Viola and her pirate crew or else face an even larger threat - the cannibal Lucius. Cover price $3.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Matz. Art and Cover by Luc Jacamon. For the first time ever, Volumes Three and Four of the Eisner Award-nominated series THE KILLER are collected in a definitive omnibus. After four years away from a world of violence and corruption, the Killer is drawn back to the life of a hired gun. Though his brief retirement has not dulled his skills or resolve, new jobs will threaten his way of life and the very foundation of his morality. From the creative team of Jacamon and Matz, this collection tells the continued story of one assassin's journey through a world of relentless violence. Softcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 295 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Kings Watch (2013 Dynamite) #1-5.

Written by Jeff Parker. Art and cover by Marc Laming.

Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician are together again... for the first time!

When strange phenomena fill the skies and all humanity shares the same nightmarish vision, three iconic heroes rush headlong into danger to save us all! While playboy adventurer Flash Gordon uncover an alien menace, the ghostly jungle champion known as The Phantom faces murderous creatures in the African wild. But it's only Mandrake, a stage performer in touch with the mystic realms, who knows how these horrors are related... and how they threaten to shatter the Earth. Brought together through the efforts of reporter Dale Arden, the eccentric Professor Zarkov, and man-of-action Lothar, the heroes must overcome the Cult of the Cobra and their otherworldly allies!

Includes Jeff Parker's original script to issue #1, character sketches, a complete cover gallery and more!

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Collects Secret Service (2012 Marvel) #1-6. Written by Mark Millar. Art and Cover by Dave Gibbons. From the writer of KICK-ASS and the artist of Watchmen comes a collaboration decades in the making! The world's greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as we know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? Meanwhile, what's the link between a series of kidnapped sci-fi stars, the murder of an entire town and a dark secret from inside Mount Everest? Under Uncle Jack's supervision, Gary's spy skills and confidence blossom - but when the duo learns what's behind the celebrity kidnappings, the knowledge comes at a price. The conspiracy begins to unravel, but who can be trusted when so many prominent figures seem to be involved? It's a must-be-seen-to-be-believed action spectacle! Hardcover, 160 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Tsutomu Nihei. In his follow-up to the hit Biomega series, Tsutomu Nihei tackles the world of hard science-fiction by creating a modern space comedy inspired by the genre's hits from his youth. Nagate Tanikaze is the lead fighter pilot protecting said space colony from a race of shape-shifting space giants! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 210 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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Story and Art by Jolly Blackburn. This multiple award-winning comic magazine features the hilarious misadventures of a group of gamers (the Knights) and their friends, along with useful role-playing and other articles for gamers, from a gamer's perspective. It's a slice of (fantasy) life in strips, articles, reviews and features, and a wonderful celebration of the gaming culture! Cover price $5.99.

Volume 45 - 1st printing. Collects Knights of the Dinner Table (1994- ) #155-158. Story and Art by Jolly Blackburn. This new perfectbound trade paperback contains four full issues worth of classic strips from Knights of the Dinner Table! It's always a great time to pick up these hysterically funny strips, so don't miss out on this incredible addition to any gamer's bookshelf! Softcover, 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Anda Sadanatsu. Art and cover by CUTEG. The very best of friends are about to become the worst enemies. When five normal and well-adjusted teens at Yamahoshi Academy form the Cultural Research Club, all is right with the world. The closeknit club of girls and boys are perfectly happy in their daily school life - until a supernatural being known as the Heartseed enters the picture. Now the lives of the five friends are turned upside down, as they start swapping bodies and minds. Inner secrets, hidden pasts and dark urges are revealed to one another. Will the Heartseed and his mindbending powers pull the five friends apart forever? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $12.99.

Heroes Haven Exclusive Fight Edition cover by Scott Blair - Limited to 69 copies. Homage to "We Can Do It" Rosie the Riveter poster. NOTE: Not all copies may be signed, See individual item notes.

Heroes Haven Exclusive Fight Edition SB cover by Scott Blair - Signed by Brian Pulido & Scott Blair - Limited to 5 copies. Homage to "We Can Do It" Rosie the Riveter poster.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Lady Rawhide (2013 Dynamite) #1-5. Written by Eric Trautmann. Art by Milton Estevam and Rey Villegas. Cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Lady Rawhide, the masked heroine of the West, returns in an all-new adventure! This time, she faces not only the corrupt forces of the government - bent on cowing the populace through privation and cruelty - but also a new team of vigilantes: The Sisters of the White Rose. The Sisters, inspired by Lady Rawhide's actions, have taken up the struggle against tyranny. Although she supports the Sisters' aims, Lady Rawhide is forced to stand against their bloody methods! Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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Written by Alex De Campi. Art by Rey Villegas. Cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. As Lady Zorro battles with her urge to exact vengeance on the General, Hugo is ridden down by the mercenary troops, brought back to the mansion, and tortured. The General uses Hugo's theft of an axe as an excuse to exert martial law on Alta California, wresting command from (and arresting) Capitain Ramón. Can Lady Zorro rescue Hugo, the axe, and the Capitain from a mansion teeming with ruthless mercenary soldiers? The odds are almost impossible... and Lady Zorro will find herself using a rallying cry that she never thought would pass her lips. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Alex De Campi. Art by Rey Villegas. Cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. As Lady Zorro battles with her urge to exact vengeance on the General, Hugo is ridden down by the mercenary troops, brought back to the mansion, and tortured. The General uses Hugo's theft of an axe as an excuse to exert martial law on Alta California, wresting command from (and arresting) Capitain Ramón. Can Lady Zorro rescue Hugo, the axe, and the Capitain from a mansion teeming with ruthless mercenary soldiers? The odds are almost impossible... and Lady Zorro will find herself using a rallying cry that she never thought would pass her lips. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Art by Scott Kolins. Cover by Tyler Kirkham. With 'help' from the Wanderer and G'nort, Larfleeze sets out to destroy the Council of Ten! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Andre Sirangelo. Art and Cover by Gabriel Iumazark. Ivan uses his hypnotism skills on Landell in hopes of finally helping Harumi locate Damon. However, what they learn may not be what they want to hear, especially when it leads them straight into the hideout of the Nonchalants, Backbone's archrival urBex team. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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2nd Printing - Written by Tom Waltz. Art and Cover by Casey Maloney. Marcus Fall is a battle-hardened soldier in a long-running inter-planetary war. After multiple combat tours, Fall is finally able to leave the military and return to his beloved wife and son. But his happy homecoming comes to a tragic end when a suicide bomber murders his family. Devastated, Fall returns to the war with one bloody mission in mind: revenge against the enemy… every last one of them. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Tom Waltz. Art and Cover by Casey Maloney. IDW's original sci-fi/military drama continues! Marcus Fall and two other Merkonian soldiers are tasked with a top-secret mission to extract a high-ranking Krovinite officer from a neutral medical refuge. But Fall continues to be haunted by the murder of his family by a Krovinite suicide bomber. Can he be trusted to bring back their quarry alive, or will his own death be the only thing that stops him from continuing his deadly swath of vengeance against the enemy he hates? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Tom Waltz. Art by Casey Maloney. Cover by Phil Hester. IDW's original sci-fi/military drama continues! Marcus Fall and two other Merkonian soldiers are tasked with a top-secret mission to extract a high-ranking Krovinite officer from a neutral medical refuge. But Fall continues to be haunted by the murder of his family by a Krovinite suicide bomber. Can he be trusted to bring back their quarry alive, or will his own death be the only thing that stops him from continuing his deadly swath of vengeance against the enemy he hates? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Greg Rucka. Art and Cover by Michael Lark. 'EXTRACTION' A stand-alone in the critically-acclaimed and New York Times bestselling series, this issue sets the stage for the third arc of LAZARUS, 'Conclave.' In the wake of his failed attempt to seize control of his Family, Jonah Carlyle ran for his life and straight into the arms of the enemy. But in the embrace of the Bittner and Hock Families, there is no shelter, aid, or comfort to be found. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

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Revised Edition - 1st printing.

By Kenneth G. Henshall and Tetsuo Takagaki.

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that is perfect for self-study or use in a classroom setting.

Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two Japanese sets of phonetic letters, hiragana and katakana, known collectively as kana, that must be mastered before the Japanese kanji can be learned.

Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana provides beginning-level students of Japanese a thorough grounding in the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols or syllabaries. A comprehensive introduction presents their primary function, origin, pronunciation and usage. The main body of the book is devoted to presenting the 92 hira and kata characters along with their variations, giving step-by-step guidelines on how to write each character neatly in the correct stroke order, with generous practice spaces provided for handwriting practice.

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W.

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Revised Edition - 2nd or Later Printing.

By Kenneth G. Henshall and Tetsuo Takagaki.

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that is perfect for self-study or use in a classroom setting.

Written Japanese combines three different types of characters: the Chinese characters known as kanji, and two Japanese sets of phonetic letters, hiragana and katakana, known collectively as kana, that must be mastered before the Japanese kanji can be learned.

Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana provides beginning-level students of Japanese a thorough grounding in the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic symbols or syllabaries. A comprehensive introduction presents their primary function, origin, pronunciation and usage. The main body of the book is devoted to presenting the 92 hira and kata characters along with their variations, giving step-by-step guidelines on how to write each character neatly in the correct stroke order, with generous practice spaces provided for handwriting practice.

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W.

Written by Bill Willingham. Art by Sergio Fernandez Davila. Cover by Joe Benitez. THIS IS IT! The moment you have been waiting for since landing in the Big City with Magna Spadarossa: the appearance of RED SONJA! Monsters, villains, and bloodshed fill this issue as The Steampunk She-Devil fights her way through the beast laden lands of Monstocity to unravel the true mystery of this saga: what are these beast men, what is their connection to the multitude of identical and assassins, and where do they all come from? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Red Sonja Concept Art Cover by Johnny Desjardins. Written by Bill Willingham. Art by Sergio Fernandez Davila. THIS IS IT! The moment you have been waiting for since landing in the Big City with Magna Spadarossa: the appearance of RED SONJA! Monsters, villains, and bloodshed fill this issue as The Steampunk She-Devil fights her way through the beast laden lands of Monstocity to unravel the true mystery of this saga: what are these beast men, what is their connection to the multitude of identical and assassins, and where do they all come from? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Vampirella Concept Art Cover by Johnny Desjardins. Written by Bill Willingham. Art by Sergio Fernandez Davila. THIS IS IT! The moment you have been waiting for since landing in the Big City with Magna Spadarossa: the appearance of RED SONJA! Monsters, villains, and bloodshed fill this issue as The Steampunk She-Devil fights her way through the beast laden lands of Monstocity to unravel the true mystery of this saga: what are these beast men, what is their connection to the multitude of identical and assassins, and where do they all come from? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Incentive Johnny Desjardins Original Art Travelogue Variant Cover. Written by Bill Willingham. Art by Sergio Fernandez Davila. Cover by Joe Benitez. THIS IS IT! The moment you have been waiting for since landing in the Big City with Magna Spadarossa: the appearance of RED SONJA! Monsters, villains, and bloodshed fill this issue as The Steampunk She-Devil fights her way through the beast laden lands of Monstocity to unravel the true mystery of this saga: what are these beast men, what is their connection to the multitude of identical and assassins, and where do they all come from? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.