Comic books October 2012

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Marcelo Matere Shadowplay: Part 2 of 3 - (W) James Roberts (A) Alex Milne SHADOWPLAY continues! On pre-war CYBERTRON, Prowl and Chromedome realize they've got a serial killer on their hands, and Orion Pax receives a summons from an old friend that will change his life forever! Cover price $3.99.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Transformers More than Meets the Eye (2012 IDW) #4-8. Written by James Roberts. Art by Nick Roche, and Alex Milne. Cover art by Alex Milne. Ratchet, Hot Rod, The Decepticon Justice Division, and Grimlock all take turns on the center stage as the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons transitions into a new phase! Softcover, 124 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Transformers More than Meets the Eye (2012 IDW) #4-8. Written by James Roberts. Art by Nick Roche, and Alex Milne. Cover art by Alex Milne. Ratchet, Hot Rod, The Decepticon Justice Division, and Grimlock all take turns on the center stage as the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons transitions into a new phase! Softcover, 124 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Cover by Andrew Wildman Loose Ends: Part 4 of 5 - (W) Simon Furman (A) Andrew Wildman LAST STAND! Things go from bad to worse as MEGATRON tightens his remorseless grip on planet Earth. Can the Wreckers save Kup? Can they reach the Ark in time? The odds have never been more stacked against them. But you know what they say: 'when all hope is gone...' And what exactly is up with Starscream? Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Guido Guidi Loose Ends: Part 4 of 5 - (W) Simon Furman (A) Andrew Wildman LAST STAND! Things go from bad to worse as MEGATRON tightens his remorseless grip on planet Earth. Can the Wreckers save Kup? Can they reach the Ark in time? The odds have never been more stacked against them. But you know what they say: 'when all hope is gone...' And what exactly is up with Starscream? Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Geoff Senior Loose Ends: Part 4 of 5 - (W) Simon Furman (A) Andrew Wildman LAST STAND! Things go from bad to worse as MEGATRON tightens his remorseless grip on planet Earth. Can the Wreckers save Kup? Can they reach the Ark in time? The odds have never been more stacked against them. But you know what they say: 'when all hope is gone...' And what exactly is up with Starscream? Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Livio Ramondelli (W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli OPTIMUS PRIME IN SPACE! Orion Pax-the former OPTIMUS PRIME-follows a rogue group of DECEPTICONS into one of the greatest mysteries ever to face the AUTOBOTS! Time will bend-and heroes will fall! Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Casey Coller (W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli OPTIMUS PRIME IN SPACE! Orion Pax-the former OPTIMUS PRIME-follows a rogue group of DECEPTICONS into one of the greatest mysteries ever to face the AUTOBOTS! Time will bend-and heroes will fall! Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Marcelo Matere (W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli OPTIMUS PRIME IN SPACE! Orion Pax-the former OPTIMUS PRIME-follows a rogue group of DECEPTICONS into one of the greatest mysteries ever to face the AUTOBOTS! Time will bend-and heroes will fall! Cover price $3.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Transformers (2009 IDW) #7-18, Transformers: Drift (2010 IDW) #1-4, Transformers Infestation (2011 IDW) #1-2. Written by Dan Abnett. Art by Nick Roche. Cover by E.J. Su. The re-presentation of IDW's Transformers Universe continues in volume 7! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 364 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.

(W) Ben Yee, Pete Sinclair (A/CA) Dan Khanna Two universes will collide as the war criminal, Ultra Magnus, and his crew of Evil Autobots escape from Optimus Prime's prison on Paradron and cross over from the Shattered Glass 'mirror universe' into the 'normal' Classicverse, fighting heroic Autobots, evil Decepticons, and anyone else who dares to stand in their war! Autobot versus Autobot, Decepticon versus Decepticon - get ready for the ultimate multiversal battle! Cover price $4.95.

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Cover by Menton3 (W) Steve Niles (A) Menton3 In a future overrun by out-of-control machines and monsters, a handful of human survivors try to fight their way back to a normal life. But what is normal in a world where both monsters and machines need human blood? And which are the real bad guys? Find out in this horrific new series by 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles and menton3, the demented artist behind Monocyte! Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Menton3 (W) Steve Niles (A) Menton3 In a future overrun by out-of-control machines and monsters, a handful of human survivors try to fight their way back to a normal life. But what is normal in a world where both monsters and machines need human blood? And which are the real bad guys? Find out in this horrific new series by 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles and menton3, the demented artist behind Monocyte! Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Story and Art by Dylan Edwards. Heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud funny, inventive, and informative, Transposes separates gender from sexuality and invites the reader to explore what makes a man a man. Features six fascinating true stories of transgender men who also happen to be queer. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Shouji Sato. Translated by Christine Dashiell.

Mochizuki General Hospital boats some of the most well-trained (and well-endowed) nurses in town. But though these ladies spend much of their day battling sickness, their after-hours are spent fighting a very different sort of disease...

Under the leadership of the hospital director, a handful of staff members and local teenagers form a group of mercenary assassins, targeting the "cancers" of society and excising those individuals before their wickedness spreads.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $13.99.

1st printing. Collects Trio (2012 IDW) #1-4.

Art and Cover by John Byrne.

ZAP! POW! BAM!-are sound effects you may actually see in this series, as John Byrne returns to his roots with a brand-new superhero series. Their code names are simple: ONE, TWO and THREE, but the world calls them ROCK, PAPER and SCISSORS. Together, they are Trio.

Softcover, 104 pages, Full color.

Cover price $17.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Frank Viva. There's so much to see at the bottom of the world! Join a young explorer and his best friend, Mouse, on a sea journey to Antarctica, where they make new friends with penguins and a whale - and have all kinds of fun. Young readers won't stop grinning as they're swept away by the strange and magical world created by Frank Viva, the bestselling author of Along a Long Road, and they'll want to start the book again as soon as they reach the end! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

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Cover by Tim Bradstreet (W) Ann Nocenti, Michael McMillian (A) Michael Gaydos An ancient and powerful nomadic wolf pack comes to Bon Temps to conduct its annual 'Great Hunt,' a ritualistic culling of an entire town over the course of a weekend. Can Sookie and Alcide convince the werewolves and vampires to work together and save the town? Cover price $3.99.

Photo Cover (W) Ann Nocenti, Michael McMillian (A) Michael Gaydos An ancient and powerful nomadic wolf pack comes to Bon Temps to conduct its annual 'Great Hunt,' a ritualistic culling of an entire town over the course of a weekend. Can Sookie and Alcide convince the werewolves and vampires to work together and save the town? Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Tim Bradstreet (W) Ann Nocenti, Michael McMillian (A) Michael Gaydos An ancient and powerful nomadic wolf pack comes to Bon Temps to conduct its annual 'Great Hunt,' a ritualistic culling of an entire town over the course of a weekend. Can Sookie and Alcide convince the werewolves and vampires to work together and save the town? Cover price $3.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects The Twelve (2007-2012 Marvel) #7-12 and The Twelve: Spearhead (2010).

Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI. Art by CHRIS WESTON. Cover by KAARE ANDREWS.

At last! The time-stranded heroes of WWII are back!

Who's behind the mysterious killings? The answer is electrifying - and one member of the Twelve will fall! It's madness, mayhem and more madness as the WWII heroes face off against the killer that has targeted them for death! All your questions will be answered, but nothing can prepare you for what comes next!

Softcover, 185 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Based on the story by Stephenie Meyer. Adapted by Youn-Kyung Kim.

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 448 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. When a zombie is taken prisoner by the Army, it need not be uselessly destroyed. In fact, just as our Army has a program to train dogs for combat roles, it has a program to train the captured Undead for combat roles. The manual in your hands is the Department of Defense's principle source of information on care, conditioning, training, and operations of our Army's Working Zombies. From basics, such as "HEEL" and "STAY" to negotiating obstacle courses, to tracking, searching, attacking, and even Zombies working undercover in the real world, this manual shows readers how our military trains zombies to be soldier zombies. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 256 pages, B&W Cover price $14.95.

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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) David Marquez (CA) Jorge Molina DIVIDED WE FALL!!! Guest starring CAPTAIN AMERICA Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 30 Variant Cover by Adi Granov (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) David Marquez DIVIDED WE FALL!!! Guest starring CAPTAIN AMERICA Cover price $3.99.

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Divided We Fall Tie-In! - (W) Brian Wood (A) Paco Medina (CA) Phil Noto DIVIDED WE FALL concludes with a startling ending that sends us into the next exciting chapter! A mutant refugee from one of the camps joins up, but where do their loyalties lie? The war for mutant liberation starts here! Guest-starring Nick Fury! Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Jacob Semahn, Ty Templeton (A) Nuno Plati, Ty Templeton The best new show on television! Live on paper! It's a sticky situation when Spidey has to save the New York Marathon from the TRAPSTER! Then! The WRECKER is wrecking everything! Including Peter Parker's grade in science class! Cover price $2.99.

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Divided We Fall Tie- In - (W) Sam Humphries (A) Billy Tan (CA) Michael Komarck Someone is working behind the scenes to divide the country, but who?! Ultimate Cap, Ultimate Iron Man, and Ultimate Thor finally reunited! ULTIMATES ASSEMBLE! A crisis in the United States forces the Ultimates into action! DIVIDED WE FALL continues to rock the Ultimate Universe! Cover price $3.99.

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Final Execution: Part 5 - (W) Rick Remender (A) Julian Totino Tedesco (CA) Jerome Opena It's all built to this: 'Final Execution' enters its last act! The new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants makes their move! Fantomex's deceptions come back to haunt the team! Cover price $3.99.

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Final Execution: Part 6 - (W) Rick Remender (A) David Williams (CA) Jerome Opena It's all built to this: 'Final Execution' enters its last act! The new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants makes their move! Fantomex's deceptions come back to haunt the team! Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Uncanny X-Force (2010 Marvel) #25-29.

Written by Rick Remender. Art by Mike McKone. Cover by Jerome Opena.

The Omegas vs. Uncanny X-Force - the battle begins! Who is this new team, and what is their grudge with X-Force? Meanwhile, Psylocke visits an old friend at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, but what she finds may shock her to the core! Then, what's left of X-Force goes up against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

Plus: X-Force land themselves somewhere you've never seen them, and a new member joins the team as Fantomex's deceptions come back to haunt them!

Hardcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

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(W) Kieron Gillen. (A) Daniel Acuña, Mike Del Mundo. (CA) Mike Del Mundo. AVX TIE-IN! The climactic end to the X-Men's greatest stand against Sinister! The culmination of everything Sinister has planned since Uncanny #1! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Story and Art by Theo Ellsworth. Theo Ellsworth's follow-up to his celebrated debut, Capacity, follows the displaced Izadore, currently in the form of a mouse, on his mindscape quest to regain his true form and full recall his true identity. The Understanding Monster Book One is an exquisitely rendered, often danger-fraught journey into the nature of creativity and inspiration. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $21.95.

(W) Megan Abbott. (A) Matteo Buffagni. (CA) Esad Ribic Acclaimed crime novelist and Edgar Award winner MEGAN ABBOTT (Queenpin, The End of Everything) takes on the Punisher! Cover price $3.99.

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The Wound: Part 4 of 4 - (W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu An evening with Tom Taylor turns into a date with armageddon as the extremist Church of Tommy hijacks the proceedings. Didge and Danny ride to the rescue, Tom confronts his own legend, and a very dangerous story comes out to play. The exciting conclusion to the latest chapter of the Hugo and Eisner Award nominated series! Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Tommy Taylor and the War of the Words!" Collects Unwritten (2009-2013 DC/Vertigo) #31-35.5.

Written by Mike Carey. Art by Peter Gross. Cover by Yuko Shimizu.

Tom Taylor goes to war against the cabal that has tormented, imprisoned and tried to destroy him!

Softcover, 240 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.99.

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1st printing. Written by Jess Smart Smiley. Harold is a friendly young vampire - but he loves candy so much, the dentist might have to pull his teeth! Now, what if he and the dentist, plus a couple friendly bats, all get caught up in the evil plots of the local witch? It's a wild magical romp for all ages, just in time for Halloween! Softcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W (with Green). Cover price $9.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Ice Death!" Written by Alex De Campi. Art by CHRISTINE LARSEN, TIM DURNING and CASSANDRA JAMES. Cover by Steven Belledin. 1812. As the mightiest army in the world is pitilessly ground into dust by the Russian winter, two soldiers, lost in a blizzard, are given a package by a dying general. Suddenly the young soldiers find themselves hunted by relentless, blood-eyed monsters out of their worst childhood nightmares. For those tales of terror and legend told across the Earth all have a kernel of truth: humans are not alone. And these monsters, now stuck in a world whose magic has drained away, will do anything to go home. Pity the humans caught in their path. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 352 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Blood of the Machine!" Collects Bloodshot (1993 1st Series) #1-8. Written by Kevin VanHook. Art by Don Perlin. Cover by Barry Windsor Smith. BLOOD OF THE MACHINE-The first in an all-new library of Valiant classic! Collected for the first time anywhere, the best-sellng title of the 90s is back! Re-presenting the first arc of his original adventures in the VH1 Valiant Universe, Bloodshot comes armed to the teeth with bullets, nanites - and questions. With all of New York as his battlefield, Bloodshot wages a one-mar war for the secrets to his past. But with the whole of New York's mafia underground hot on his tail, he'll soon realize that some questions are better left unanswered! With appearances from Ninjak, Eternal Warrior, Rai and more, no fan can miss this essential piece of Valiant history! Hardcover, 200 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Destiny Rising!" By L.J. Smith. Destiny Rising is the gripping conclusion to the Hunters arc in the New York Times bestselling series, created by L. J. Smith, which also inspired the hit CW TV show The Vampire Diaries. Elena Gilbert has never been an ordinary teenager. In love with the irresistible vampire brothers Stefan and Damon, she has died, been brought back to life, fought evil, and journeyed to hell and back to save Stefan. Now her most dangerous enemy, Klaus, has returned, and Elena realizes she must make a terrible sacrifice to protect her world . . . and fulfill her destiny. Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 400 pages, Text Only. Cover price $17.99.

Cover by Paul Renaud Hell on Earth: Part 1 of 2 - (W) Brandon Jerwa (A) Hubert Khan Michael The battle lines have been drawn! Dracula's horrific soldiers - and his new lieutenant - are on the offensive, but they'll have to get past Vampirella and her allies! The two-part HELL ON EARTH epic starts here! (And be sure to check out PANTHA #5 for even more of the story!) Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Fabiano Neves Hell on Earth: Part 1 of 2 - (W) Brandon Jerwa (A) Hubert Khan Michael The battle lines have been drawn! Dracula's horrific soldiers - and his new lieutenant - are on the offensive, but they'll have to get past Vampirella and her allies! The two-part HELL ON EARTH epic starts here! (And be sure to check out PANTHA #5 for even more of the story!) Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Ale Garza Hell on Earth: Part 1 of 2 - (W) Brandon Jerwa (A) Hubert Khan Michael The battle lines have been drawn! Dracula's horrific soldiers - and his new lieutenant - are on the offensive, but they'll have to get past Vampirella and her allies! The two-part HELL ON EARTH epic starts here! (And be sure to check out PANTHA #5 for even more of the story!) Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 15 Variant Cover by Ale Garza Hell on Earth: Part 1 of 2 - (W) Brandon Jerwa (A) Hubert Khan Michael The battle lines have been drawn! Dracula's horrific soldiers - and his new lieutenant - are on the offensive, but they'll have to get past Vampirella and her allies! The two-part HELL ON EARTH epic starts here! (And be sure to check out PANTHA #5 for even more of the story!) Cover price $3.99.

Dynamic Forces Exclusive Red Sketch Cover by Ale Garza - Limited to 450 copies - Includes Certificate of Authenticity. Hell on Earth: Part 1 of 2 - (W) Brandon Jerwa (A) Hubert Khan Michael The battle lines have been drawn! Dracula's horrific soldiers - and his new lieutenant - are on the offensive, but they'll have to get past Vampirella and her allies! The two-part HELL ON EARTH epic starts here! (And be sure to check out PANTHA #5 for even more of the story!)

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(W) Mark Rahner (A) Cezar Razek (CA) Nick Bradshaw Young, horny high school couples are being horribly mutilated by demonic Puritans. Time for Fluffy to take a study break and kick some supernatural ass! Meanwhile, Fluffy's pals are wagging their tongues at the hot new substitute teacher - Vampirella. When the iconic vampire and the teenage warrior face off, the clash is more epic than stripes and polka dots! Vampi continues to tear her way through pop-culture vampirism in dark, brutal - and cathartic - satire from writer Mark Rahner (Vampirella Annual #2, Rotten). Cover price $4.99.

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(W) Rick Remender (A) Declan Shalvey (CA) Tony Moore THE SAVAGE SIX TOOK THEIR SHOT - NOW VENOM TAKES HIS! With his darkest secrets exposed to those he loves, Flash Thompson has one name on his hit list: Jack O'Lantern! Series co-creator Rick Remender takes his final bow while Declan Shalvey (DARK AVENGERS) joins the book for Flash Thompson's defining hour as a hero! Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 30 Variant Cover by Michael del Mundo (W) Rick Remender (A) Declan Shalvey THE SAVAGE SIX TOOK THEIR SHOT - NOW VENOM TAKES HIS! With his darkest secrets exposed to those he loves, Flash Thompson has one name on his hit list: Jack O'Lantern! Series co-creator Rick Remender takes his final bow while Declan Shalvey (DARK AVENGERS) joins the book for Flash Thompson's defining hour as a hero! Cover price $2.99.

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Cover by Patrick Zircher (W) Cullen Bunn (A) Thony Silas 'THE MONSTERS OF EVIL' A NEW ERA OF SYMBIOTE-SUPER HEROICS BEGINS! The Avengers task Venom with bringing in Damion Hellstrom - but who are THE MONSTERS OF EVIL?! Rising star Cullen Bunn (WOLVERINE) teams with the Spider-verse's newest young gun, Thony Silas(ENDS OF THE EARTH) for a new dawn in the life of Flash Thompson! Cover price $2.99.