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+++++ BOOM! STUDIOS FOR MAY X ISLE #1 By Andrew Cosby, Michael Alan Nelson and Greg Scott. From the creator of this summer's Sci-Fi Network TV Show Eureka, Andrew Cosby! A team of researchers drift on the ocean, lost, in their quest for an enigmatic island that's never been explored. Washing on its shores, they find a dense, terrifying jungle populated with animal and plant life that has evolved along a completely different path. What secret does this isle hold? In the tradition of Jurassic Park, but with creatures more likely to have been designed by alien designer H. R. Geiger. 24 pages, $2.99. HERO SQUARED #1 By Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Joe Abraham. So what do you do when you can't seem to get along with your parallel world superhero alternate self? You both go to therapy! Milo and Captain Valor decide to sit down and work it out, and the results are... well, let's just say that the session's going to be really expensive. 24 pages, $3.99. STARDUST KID #4 By J.M. DeMatteis and Mike Ploog. The Stardust Kid moves from Image Comics over to Boom! Studios! With K.M. and Nathaniel kidnapped by The Woman, Cody and Alana continue their search for the mysterious Stardust Kid: Before they're done, they'll encounter murderous insects, inscrutable plant spirits and a Living Fire that will burn away everything Cody knows -- finally revealing the astonishing truth about the Stardust Kid. But will the Kid's magical emergence come too late to save the world Cody knows... and the family he loves? 32 pages, $3.50. TAG #1 By Keith Giffen and Kody Chamberlain. Spine-snapping horror in the tradition of the movie The Ring! When an average joe strolls down the street after a fight with his girlfriend, a random stranger "tags" him, handing off an ancient pagan curse! Now he's literally dead < and rotting < as he sees his body begin to decompose every day before his very eyes. Cursed, he must either surrender, or find the next victim to "tag." 24 pages, $3.99. WAR OF THE WORLDS SECOND WAVE #3 By Michael Alan Nelson and Chee. The battle for survival in the wake of the aliens' return continues! With a young girl's life imperiled, Miles leads a team of survivors into a small rural town which has descended into chaos and anarchy. Ruled by a corrupt lawman who hates outsiders, things become even more perilous when one of them starts turning on their own. With danger like this, who's worrying about the aliens! 24 pages, $2.99 +++++ IMAGE COMICS MAY 2006 SOLICITATIONS IMAGE COMICS THE ART OF BRIAN BOLLAND, HC art & cover by BRIAN BOLLAND Often referred to as the "artist's artist," BRIAN BOLLAND has spent the last quarter century producing some of the most memorable and inspiring illustrations the comic industry has ever seen. This handsome volume is a retrospective of this astonishing artist's career and a look at the man himself. Also available as a signed & numbered edition - $79.99 May 31 176 pg FC $49.99 EMISSARY #1 written by J.R. RAND art & cover by JUAN E. FERREYRA created & co-plotted by JIM VALENTINO "REVELATION 1:4" Messiah or Anti-Christ? Terrorist or savior? The world's first superhuman or alien invader? Who is the Emissary and what is his mission? When he reveals himself high over New York City, how will people react? And more importantly, what will he do when the government tries to kill him? Emissary is a re-examination of the superhero mythos, which asks the question: How would the world react to a real superhuman? With awe or with fear, with joy or with hatred? May 3 32 pg FC $3.50 FIVE FISTS OF SCIENCE GN written by MATT FRACTION art & cover by STEVEN SANDERS True story: in 1899, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla decided to end war forever. With Twain's connections and Tesla's inventions, they went into business, selling world peace. So what happened? Only now can the tale be told-- in which Twain and Tesla collided with Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age. Turn of the century New York City sets the stage for a titanic battle over the very fate of the mankind. May 17 112 pg FC $12.99 THE LAST CHRISTMAS #1 (of 6) written by GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN art by RICK REMENDER & HILARY BARTA cover by GEOF DARROW CHAPTER ONE: "TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS" After the apocalypse no one is safe - even at the North Pole. After tragedy strikes, Santa withdraws from life and turns his back on Christmas. When he finally emerges from seclusion, the old world is gone forever and as Santa struggles to find his way in a post-apocalyptic world, can he find a way to save Christmas too? This true story of the last Christmas is action-packed, funny and sad. It stars Santa, the Elves, a good boy, lots of naughty marauders and of course, Gary the Snowman. May 24 32 pg FC $2.99 NEGATIVE BURN #1 by BRIAN BOLLAND, FEDERICO DALLOCCHIO, PHIL HESTER, DAN JURGENS, JONATHAN LUNA, RON MARZ, PATTON OSWALT, JAMES A. OWEN, ERIC POWELL, GREG RUTH, MATTHEW SMITH & WILL VALLEY cover by JORDAN RASKIN One of the most revered and award-winning comic anthologies of all time returns the way it began.as a MONTHLY series! As always, each issue allows the best creators a showcase and also introduces readers to the best young talent available. May 24 64 pg BW $5.99 NIGHT TRIPPERS GN written by MARK RICKETTS art by MICAH FARRITOR cover by MICAH FARRITOR & MARK RICKETTS Once upon a time in swinging London, around 1966, there was a serial killer who loved Elvis, a fab foursome that worshipped Satan, trendy vampires looking for kicks, an ancient and hungry evil, young and hungry love and...there was revolution in the air. Get your trip together, baby. Tune in, turn on and FANG out! May 17 184 pg FC $16.99 RUMBLE IN LA RAMBLA #1 (of 3) written by FELIPE FERREIRA art & cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE "A THREE BOSSES TALE" Did you ever want to know how does it feel like to be a crimelord? A mere victim entangled in an endless cycle of revenge. Want to know more? So, welcome to La Rambla, a corrupt city where the ruthless reign and the cowards crawl. And meet Dozer, Santo and Albino Jensen, three rival crimelords who have peacefully ruled the city together for the last 10 years. That is, until someone decides it's time for a change... Now the question is: Who is this mysterious person and when will the bloodshed stop? May 17 32 pg FC $2.99 STAGGER LEE GN written by DEREK McCULLOCH art & cover by SHEPHERD HENDRIX On Christmas Eve 1895, shots rang out in a St. Louis barroom. A hundred years and a thousand songs later, this ordinary little murder had become a legend. This is the true story of what happened after Stagger Lee shot Billy. May 3 205 pg BW $17.99 GIRLS VOL. 2: EMERGENCE TP written by JOSHUA LUNA art & cover by JONATHAN LUNA In the lush, rural backdrop of Pennystown, Ethan and his neighbors lived a peaceful kind of life. Now, things have changed.drastically. Clones, spawned from a mysterious girl, are preying on the townspeople and paranormal activity is escalating into a full-blown catastrophe. As the questions pile on, only one thing remains certain-nothing will ever be the same. Collects Girls #7-12. May 10 152 pg FC $14.99 MAGE VOL. 2: THE HERO DEFINED TP written by MATT WAGNER art & cover by MATT WAGNER In the eagerly awaited sequel to the Mage, Vol. 1: The Hero Discovered TP, Kevin Matchstick's path brings him into the company of other legendary heroes, reborn in the modern world under the most everyday guises. Trouble arises when their purpose and challenges seem to be drying up and the number of supernatural "nasties," rapidly diminishing. Have the forces of darkness been DEFEATED, or is there a more sinister manipulation at work? Collects Mage: The Hero Defined #1-15. May 3 432 pg FC $24.99 SPAWN COLLECTION VOL. 2 TP written by TODD McFARLANE & OTHERS art by TODD McFARLANE, MARC SILVESTRI & GREG CAPULLO cover by TODD McFARLANE OUT OF PRINT FOR YEARS! Witness the power of pure Spawn with this essential collection! It all started in 1992. Todd McFarlane's smash hit Spawn. What? Don't have those early issues? Oh, yeah.they've been out of print for years! Well, here they are in a brand new collection - bigger and badder than ever!!! This collection includes Spawn #13-33 and features the pulse-pounding art and stories of the master himself, TODD McFARLANE! This collection also includes MARC SILVESTRI's Spawn issue and GREG CAPULLO's first issues. Collects Spawn #13-33. May 31 464 pg FC $29.95 STUPID COMICS COLLECTION TP written by JIM MAHFOOD art & cover by JIM MAHFOOD All four issues of the fan-favorite Stupid Comics under one cover! Including the rare, out of print Stupid Comics #1! Plus: 30 pages of all-new, never-before-seen strips! Political and social satire at its finest! Collects Stupid Comics #1-4. May 3 152 pg BW $12.99 THE WALKING DEAD VOL 5: THE BEST DEFENSE TP written by ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover by CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN As the survivors settle into their prison home something has drawn them out into the open... out of the prison... out of their sanctuary. This is a major turning point for the over-all story of The Walking Dead and it sets the stage for years to come. Collects The Walking Dead #25-30. May 31 136 pg BW $12.99 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES BATTLE POPE #9 (RES) written by ROBERT KIRKMAN art by TONY MOORE & CORY WALKER cover by CORY WALKER & VAL STAPLES Featuring a never-before-published story by ROBERT KIRKMAN and TONY MOORE! Pope and friends settle into their new home. Plus, Pope finds himself daydreaming about a past encounter in a story illustrated by CORY WALKER. May 10 32 pg FC $2.99 ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES BOMB QUEEN #4 (of 4) written by JIMMIE ROBINSON art & cover by JIMMIE ROBINSON The battle for New Port City comes to an explosive conclusion! Bomb Queen is pushed to the edge and unleashes all her destructive fury against Robert Woods. But the politician has tricks up his sleeve and now Bomb Queen faces an enemy even she can't defeat, forcing her to launch the ULTIMATE weapon in her arsenal! May 10 32 pg FC $3.50 RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES DOLL AND CREATURE #3 (of 4) written by RICK REMENDER art by JOHN HEEBINK & MIKE MANLEY cover by HARPER JATEN Enter the Gipper, a right wing fanatic with a Ronald Reagan mask bonded to his face. Guarded by a team of lobotomized street kids that he deploys as suicide bombers and his radical right wing street gang The GOP, he will set the world clock back and return it to virtuousness at any cost, even if it means sending us into a new dark age by flooding the streets with the monster creating drug, Gray Matter. May 3 32 pg FC $2.99 FEAR AGENT #5 (RES) written by RICK REMENDER art by JEROME OPENA cover by TONY MOORE Lost, beaten and left for dead, Heath Huston must face the demons of his inevitable future. On the other side of the world, left in the robot city of Retilia, Mara pleads with the remaining organic life on the world to rise against the new automaton regime. With the Feeders progressing ever closer to Earth will Heath solve this quandary in time to return and save his home world? Fan favorite and Russ Manning award winner Jerome Opena begins his first arc as alternating artist to Tony Moore! Also this issue a special back up by Steve Niles (Bad Planet) and EJ Su (Transformers)! May 17 32 pg FC $2.99 ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED FELL #8 written by WARREN ELLIS art & cover by BEN TEMPLESMITH A dead body outside Idiots Bar brings the personal and professional together very awkwardly for Detective Richard Fell, Snowtown PD; because his friend, bar owner Mayko, is being blamed by the dead man's friends for his death... Like all episodes of Fell, this is a self-contained story that any reader can enter without previous knowledge of the title, at the world-beating price of $1.99 American. GIRLS #13 written by JOSHUA LUNA art & cover by JONATHAN LUNA Ethan's girl troubles just seem to keep multiplying.and multiplying and multiplying. The offspring spawned from his one night fling remain on the loose, preying on the people of Pennystown. In order to find a way out of this nightmare, everyone must stand as one. But when temptation beckons, can the men be trusted? May 10 32 pg FC $2.99 GODLAND #11 written by JOE CASEY art by TOM SCIOLI cover by TOM SCIOLI & RICHARD STARKINGS BOOK ELEVEN: NEVER SAY JANUS As Commander Adam Archer enters the final confrontation with Friedrich Nickelhead in his scary-ass Funhouse, the crisis in Manhattan reaches infinite proportions! The dreaded King Janus has a plan to cross over to the other side -- no matter how many die in the process! Comicbook trends come and go, but the mighty GODLAND train keeps rolling on! May 31 32 pg FC $2.99 HYSTERIA: ONE MAN GANG #3 (of 4) written by MIKE HAWTHORNE art & cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE THE ALL CAR CHASE ISSUE! Bruce has to fight two speeding cars full of Eggs Gang reinforcements as they hurtle down a busy expressway! Meanwhile, Detective Santiago is trying to catch both gangs and lock them up for good! Pick up this extra-length issue full of high-speed highway fighting! May 3 32 pg BW $2.99 INTIMIDATORS #6 written by NEIL KLEID art & cover by CAFU created & co-plotted by JIM VALENTINO "LAST BEST HOPE," Part Six An Intimidator has died at Atrocity's hands and she's about to find out that payback, like her, is a bitch! While the team fights to retake their home from Atrocity, one of the recaptured inmates tells Astroman her story. Our first arc comes to its explosive conclusion as our moral marvel faces the hardest choice of his career -- kill or be killed! May 32 pg FC $3.50 INVINCIBLE #33 written by ROBERT KIRKMAN art & cover by RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE The story from Marvel Team-Up #14 continues! Angstrom Levy makes his play against Invincible - sending him from dimension to dimension in an attempt to weaken him. Can Invincible figure out a way to stop him before Angstrom succeeds in killing him? The answer will SHOCK you! April 24 32 pg FC $2.99 LIBERTY MEADOWS #37 (RES) written by FRANK CHO art & cover by FRANK CHO It's finally here!! It's not a hoax. It's not a dream. A brand- new issue of Liberty Meadows. Testosterone and estrogen runs high as Ralph and Jen race for speed supremacy. Frank battles his inner demons as Brandy's wedding nears. May 31 32 pg FC $2.99 RETAILER WARNING - Contains mild cartoon nudity LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS VOL II #3 written by MIKE BULLOCK art & cover by JACK LAWRENCE "BETRAYAL! Part 3 of 4" Joey, Courtney and the Big Cats of the Night Pride must journey through mysterious caverns in order to save the Stuffed Animal Kingdom. But even with their newfound ally in Marco the Polar Bear to guide them, something dangerous lurks in the dark of the caves. May 17 32 pg FC $2.99 NOBLE CAUSES #20 written by JAY FAERBER art by JON BOSCO cover by GABE BRIDWELL Witness a day in the life of Cosmic Rae, and get your first look at what this robotic super-hero does when the Nobles aren't watching. May 3 32 pg FC $3.50 PvP #26 written by SCOTT KURTZ Art & cover by SCOTT KURTZ Scratch and Skull. They're the new odd couple. A super- intelligent cat bent on world domination and his bumbling Troll owner who has to try to keep him in line. My god...it's a premise that can't fail. Look out, Garfield. Step aside, Marmaduke. There's a new animal on the comic strip scene ready to appeal to the lowest common demoninator...all the way to the BANK! May 24 24 pg BW $2.99 RETRO ROCKET #3 (of 4) written by TONY BEDARD art & cover by JASON ORFALAS Retro and Sparky face their darkest hour, on the run from the alien invasion force known as The Quorum. They mount a desperate two-man insurgency against Earth's conquerors, and capture an enemy pilot for interrogation. Now comes the hard part: how far they are willing to go to make him talk? May 31 32 pg FC $2.99 REX MUNDI #18 written by ARVID NELSON art by JUAN FERREYRA cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS Europe is at war. Julien and Genevieve must flee the Duke's country estate, but even if they make it out, can Julien trust Gen to stay by his side? May 10 32 pg FC $2.99 ROCKETO: JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN SEA #8 written by FRANK ESPINOSA & MARIA TAYLOR art & cover by FRANK ESPINOSA "HISTORIES" The Journey continues. After Rocketo is reunited with his crew, a mythical figure appears to reveal the true history of the Old World and the story of the Hidden Sea. Meanwhile, the villainous Scarletto finds the deadly Robot and makes his plans. May 17 32 pg FC $2.99 SAVAGE DRAGON #126 written by ERIK LARSEN art & cover by ERIK LARSEN Mister Glum takes over the world. The deadliest menace of all time has taken control of the planet Earth. But where is the Savage Dragon? May 31 32 pg FC $2.99 SHADOWHAWK #12 written by JIM VALENTINO art & cover by JIM VALENTINO & CHRIS MCFANN "RISE," Part Four The four-part saga that redefines ShadowHawk ends here...but it's only the beginning! Eddie and the new ShadowHawk confront not only each other, but the true nature of heroism and their own limitations while seeking to rise above them. It's a confrontation that comes with a heavy price for each man, both of whom will be changed forever. May 24 32 pg FC $3.50 SPAWN #158 written by DAVID HINE art by by PHILIP TAN & DANNY MIKI cover by PHILIP TAN & TODD MCFARLANE Are you ready for The Rapture? Our advice is to say your prayers and avoid flying. This issue has the biggest revelations yet, but our lips are sealed. May 31 32 pg FC $2.95 SEA OF RED #10 (RES) written by RICK REMENDER & KIERON DWYER art by SALGOOD SAM & PAUL HARMON cover by KIERON DWYER The Sanguinan sect has awakened its vampire sleeper cells around the globe. Every major city has been over run. Marco Esperanza must find a way to fight his Sanguinan programming to follow the call to war in order to assist Blackthroat in his quest for humanities last hope-- the blood of Christ. May 10 32 pg FC $2.99 ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED TRUTH, JUSTIN & THE AMERICAN WAY #3 (of 5) written by SCOTT KURTZ & AARON WILLIAMS Art & cover by GIUSEPPE FERRARIO It's the day after his bachelor party, and Justin's running out of time. He's stuck in this mysterious alien suit, his fiancee is ready to kill him, and the FBI thinks he's a russian spy. To make matters worse, Agent Baxter McGee thinks he's found a weapon to take Justin down... a weapon with an orange jumpsuit and a kung- fu grip?! 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