Image January 2023 Solicitations

Image January 2023 Solicitations

The Image January 2023 Solicitations are here! Captain Marvel’s Kelly Thompson kicks off Black Cloak, Invincible receives a compendium hardcover, Soule and Browne’s Eight Billion Genies hits an eight-issue oversized hardcover, and much more!

Common abbreviations

  • TP/TPB: Trade Paperback
  • SC: Softcover (like a TPB)
  • HC: Hardcover
  • FC: Full Color
  • DM: Direct Market. This refers primarily to comic book stores or online shops that order via the same means as a comic book store (primarily Diamond or Lunar). Places like Amazon or Barnes and Noble will generally NOT have these variants.
  • FOC: Final Order Cutoff – The time an order has to be submitted by the vendor. Also when you need to get your order in by at TalesofWonder for preorders.
  • RES: Resolicit – A new listing for a product that was previously solicited in PREVIEWS or New to Order, and which is being listed anew since the original Solicitation was cancelled either by the vendor or by Diamond.
  • O/A: Offered Again – This designates an item that has been previously solicited and released, but is being solicited again.

ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO PAPER SHORTAGES, PRINTER JAMS, AND SHIPPING CONFLICTS.

Hardcovers

EIGHT BILLION GENIES DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 1 HC

STORY: CHARLES SOULE
ART / COVER: RYAN BROWNE

APRIL 19 / 246 PAGES / FC / M / $39.99

TRIM SIZE: 7.25″ x 10.75″

ADVANCE SOLICIT

If you had one wish…what would you wish for? What if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? That’s EIGHT BILLION GENIES.

Eight seconds after magical genies grant every person on earth one wish, the world is transformed forever…and that’s just the beginning!

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author CHARLES SOULE (UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, Light of the Jedi) and superstar artist RYAN BROWNE (CURSE WORDS, GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS) comes the most thought-provoking, hilarious, terrifying, and emotional ride of the year.

Collects EIGHT BILLION GENIES #1-8

STARHENGE, BOOK ONE: THE DRAGON & THE BOAR DELUXE EDITION HC

STORY / ART / COVER: LIAM SHARP

APRIL 19 / 176 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99

TRIM SIZE: 7.25″ x 10.75″

ADVANCE SOLICIT

Revered creator LIAM SHARP cuts loose in his visually stunning masterpiece, STARHENGE, BOOK ONE: THE DRAGON & THE BOAR!

A future MERLIN travels to 5th-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling killer robots from robbing the universe of magic! Meanwhile, Amber Weaver’s lively present-day narrative reveals how she becomes drawn into a war across time.

The Terminator meets The Green Knight in this enthralling epic inspired by the Arthurian sagas!

Collects STARHENGE, BOOK ONE: THE DRAGON & THE BOAR #1-6

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1 HC

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CORY WALKER, RYAN OTTLEY & BILL CRABTREE
COVER: RYAN OTTLEY

JANUARY 25 / 1024 PAGES / FC / T+ / $99.99

To celebrate INVINCIBLE’s landmark 20th anniversary, the first 48 issues of the greatest superhero comic in the universe are being collected into one massive hardcover edition—exclusive to the direct market!

Mark Grayson is just like most everyone else his age—except for the fact that his father is Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. When Mark develops powers of his own, it’s a dream come true. But living up to his father’s legacy is only the beginning of Mark’s problems…

Collects INVINCIBLE #0-47

HACK/SLASH DELUXE EDITION, VOL. 3 HC

STORY: TIM SEELEY
ART: EMILY STONE, BRYAN BAUGH, DAN LEISTER & MORE
COVER: MATT MERHOFF

MAY 3 / 432 PAGES / FC / M / $49.99

TRIM SIZE: 7.5″ x 11.1″

ADVANCE SOLICIT

In almost every slasher movie, there’s one girl who makes it all the way to the end. She’s the survivor…the final girl. Meet Cassie Hack, the lone survivor of an attack by the vicious slasher known as the Lunch Lady. Now Cassie and her monstrous partner Vlad travel the country, hunting down and killing other slashers before they can leave a trail of blood and terror.

This HACK/SLASH DELUXE EDITION collects issues 18-34 of the HACK/SLASH ongoing series, as well as the award-winning “ENTRY WOUND” one-shot, and features the debut of fan-favorite characters Cat Curio and Samhain. Also includes a brand new bonus story by TIM SEELEY!

Collects HACK/SLASH #18-34 and the “ENTRY WOUND” one-shot

STRINGER: A CRIME THRILLER HC

STORY: PATRICK KINDLON
ART / COVER: PAUL TUCKER

Trade Paperbacks

ABOVE SNAKES, VOL. 1 TP

STORY: SEAN LEWIS
ART / COVER: HAYDEN SHERMAN

JANUARY 18 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $14.99

A supernatural Western about DIRT, a man out to avenge his wife’s death with nothing but a bloodthirsty vulture to guide his way. What happens when the story of Dirt’s pain gets stolen by others and the world he thought he understood turns upside down? Featuring the incredible work of the team behind THUMBS and THE FEW, this thrilling new series is best described as Deadwood meets The Sandman.

Collects ABOVE SNAKES #1-5

PUBLIC DOMAIN, VOL. 1 TP

STORY / ART / COVER: CHIP ZDARSKY

JANUARY 18 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99

Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture’s greatest hero: THE DOMAIN! But his sons Miles and David have a complicated relationship with both the creation and their creator. Can they convince their dad to fight for their family’s legacy?

This fun and heartfelt series written and illustrated by Eisner winner CHIP ZDARSKY (SEX CRIMINALS, Daredevil) explores a WILD ALTERNATE WORLD where comic book creators aren’t properly acknowledged or compensated for their creations!!

Crazy, I know!! Collects PUBLIC DOMAIN #1-5

BLOOD STAIN, VOL. 4 TP

STORY / ART / COVER: LINDA SEJIC

MARCH 15 / 176 PAGES / FC / T+ / $16.99

ADVANCE SOLICIT

Elliot Torres finally found a job she can keep, and Vlad Stein finally found an assistant worth keeping. Turns out, things are looking up for both of them. However, at the crossroads where overactive imagination meets sleep deprivation, mundane life turns unpredictable. Vlad finds himself in desperate need of assistance, but luckily, assistance is in Elly’s job description. Together, they are about to face their first great hurdle in this new volume of BLOOD STAIN.

PRODIGY, VOL. 2: THE ICARUS SOCIETY TP

STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER: MATTEO BUFFAGNI

JANUARY 11 / 152 PAGES / FC / M / $15.99

TRIM SIZE: 6.5″ x 10.1″

THE MAGIC ORDER and KING OF SPIES writer MARK MILLAR is back with his favorite creation Edison Crane, and this time he’s brought along the amazing Star Wars artist MATTEO BUFFAGNI to blow you all away. Edison Crane is the world’s smartest man, but what happens when he’s targeted by an entire CLUB of geniuses who also fly too close to the sun? Meet THE ICARUS SOCIETY.

Collects PRODIGY: THE ICARUS SOCIETY #1-5

THAT TEXAS BLOOD, VOL. 3 TP

STORY: CHRIS CONDON
ART / COVER: JACOB PHILLIPS

JANUARY 18 / 144 PAGES / FC / M / $16.99

As a winter storm looms over Ambrose County in January of 1992, a local woman’s body is discovered and believed to be the latest victim of a horrifying West Texas serial murderer known as the Red Queen Killer.

CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (Halt and Catch Fire, The Blue Flame, Iron Man) calls the series: “…the perfect kind of Texas noir—timeless, sinister, funny, kind, and poignant.”

Collects THAT TEXAS BLOOD #14-19

Single Issues

BLACK CLOAK #1

STORY: KELLY THOMPSON
ART / COVER A: MEREDITH McCLAREN
COVER B: JEFF DEKAL
COVER C: CHRISTIAN WARD
COVER D: PEACH MOMOKO
COVERS E & F: TULA LOTAY

JANUARY 11 / 56 PAGES / FC / T+ / $4.99

SERIES PREMIERE

Eisner Award-winning writer KELLY THOMPSON heads to Image for the first time with BLACK CLOAK, an all-new series with artist MEREDITH McCLAREN! Blade Runner style mixes with SAGA-esque drama in a delectable fantasy/sci-fi blend as two Black Cloaks try to solve the murder of a beloved prince in Kiros, the last city in the known world, before his murder tips the city into war. The mystery begins in a spectacular TRIPLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE for $4.99!

IMMORTAL SERGEANT #1 (OF 9)

STORY: JOE KELLY
ART / COVER: KEN NIIMURA

JANUARY 18 / 40 PAGES / BW / T+ / $3.99

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Award-winning I KILL GIANTS storytellers JOE KELLY (Deadpool, Savage Spider-Man) and KEN NIIMURA (Eisner Award-winning Umami) return to yank on your heartstrings with IMMORTAL SERGEANT!

On the eve of his unwelcome retirement, Jim Sargent (aka “Sarge”) a grizzled, old-school detective, catches a break on a murder case that’s haunted him for decades. Unfortunately, Sarge must drag his anxiety-riddled adult son, Michael, along for the ride or risk losing the lead forever. Can this dysfunctional duo overcome their own hang-ups, blindspots, and secrets to catch a killer? 

SPAWN: UNWANTED VIOLENCE #1 (OF 2)

STORY: TODD McFARLANE
ART / COVER A: MIKE DEL MUNDO
COVER B: MIKE DEL MUNDO VIRGIN VARIANT

JANUARY 11 / 48 PAGES / FC / T+ / $4.99

MINISERIES PREMIERE

Information can be one of the most valuable resources in the world. It can also be one of the most difficult to obtain. Luckily for Spawn, he has the FREAK. The Freak is a master of getting what he needs out of a subject. But as the Freak works at extracting the whereabouts of “File F,” Al witnesses an act of senseless VIOLENCE—one that he can’t ignore.

The writing of TODD McFARLANE meets the incredible art of MIKE DEL MUNDO in SPAWN: UNWANTED VIOLENCE, a two-part miniseries that forces Spawn to confront the very nature of good and evil!

INFERNO GIRL RED: BOOK ONE #1 (OF 3)

STORY: MAT GROOM
ART / COVER A: ERICA D’URSO & IGOR MONTI
COVER B: FRANCESCO MANNA
COVER C: NICOLE GOUX
COVER D (1:10): NICOLA SCOTT & ANNETTE KWOK
COVER E (1:25): ELEONORA CARLINI
COVER F (1:50): MARCELO COSTA & ERICA D’URSO

JANUARY 25 / 56 PAGES / FC / T / $5.99

MINISERIES PREMIERE

A new school, new relationships, new possibilities—for any teenager, big moves are both challenging and exciting. But it’s a whole other thing for Cássia Costa…because an ancient cult and their army of demons has ripped her new home of Apex City out of our universe and cast it into darkness!

To have any hope of saving it, Cássia must survive the worst night of her life, embrace a secret legacy, and find the courage to fight when all seems lost—as the blazing light of hope in the dark, Inferno Girl Red!

From creators ERICA D’URSO (The Mighty Valkyries) and MAT GROOM (SELF / MADE, Ultraman), the saga of the newest Image Comics superhero begins here!

INFERNO GIRL RED is a Massive-Verse series.

THE MAGIC ORDER 4 #1 (OF 6)

STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER A: DIKE RUAN
COVER B: DIKE RUAN B&W VARIANT
COVER C: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
COVER D: BLANK

JANUARY 25 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99

MINISERIES PREMIERE

BRAND NEW ARC! The Magic Order is in turmoil after Cordelia is forced to expel her brother. Whispers of discontent persist among the other wizards. They’re tired of the rules they’ve all been living under—and now a coup is brewing.

NEMESIS: RELOADED #1 (OF 5)

STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER A: JORGE JIMÉNEZ
COVER B: JORGE JIMÉNEZ B&W VARIANT
COVER C: STEVE McNIVEN
COVER D: FRANK QUITELY
COVER E: FIONA STAPLES
COVER F: BLANK

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

MINISERIES PREMIERE

The world’s most evil comic book is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping them? Isn’t that how this is supposed to go? Trigger warning: Too violent and too cool for some!

INVINCIBLE #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: CORY WALKER & BILL CRABTREE

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

In 2003, ROBERT KIRKMAN & CORY WALKER debuted their groundbreaking comic book series. In the 20 years since, INVINCIBLE has become the most successful new superhero franchise of the century.

This special facsimile edition recreates the highly sought-after first issue to give fans one more chance to own this piece of entertainment history.

INVINCIBLE UNDELUXE #1

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER: CORY WALKER

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / BW / T+ / $3.99

Kicking off a yearlong celebration of INVINCIBLE’s 20th anniversary!

Prepare yourself! It’s time to revisit the historic independent series that took the entertainment world by storm 20 years ago! Follow Mark Grayson’s journey again, from the very beginning, but this time in STUNNING BLACK & WHITE!

This “undeluxe” version will feature a memorable array of variant covers as well as an installment of The Cutting Room Floor, featuring ROBERT KIRKMAN’s original handwritten plot and commentary. This undeluxe, not-quite-definitive presentation of the story in thrilling black and white will NOT be collected any time soon!

ROCKSTAR & SOFTBOY GO TO SPACE (ONE-SHOT)

STORY / ART / COVER: SINA GRACE

JANUARY 25 / 64 PAGES / FC / M / $8.99

TRIM SIZE: 6.5″ x 10.1″

The dirtiest, flirtiest BFFs in comics are back, and holy moly are they in dire straits! After getting brutally rebuffed by the most influential dudes in Lost Angeles, Rockstar and Softboy pack their bags and GO TO SPACE. Acclaimed creator SINA GRACE revisits the 2022 fan-favorite comic for more hijinx than ever before! How, a world away from the world, can these two get into more trouble and learn more about their exquisite friendship!? Only one way to find out!

SAGA #61

ART / COVER: FIONA STAPLES
STORY: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC

SAGA is back, and it’s time for another epic season of emotional adventures and shocking surprises for Hazel and her star-crossed family!

SCOTCH McTIERNAN’S HOLIDAY PARTY (ONE-SHOT)

STORY: GERRY DUGGAN, BRIAN POSEHN & SCOTT KOBLISH
ART / COVER: SCOTT KOBLISH

JANUARY 4 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

First came the 4/20 special, then came Scotch McTiernan’s Halloween party, and now the former Deadpool chums form Voltron again to bring you Scotch’s holiday bash. Emphasis on bash. The most powerful Scrooges in the human race are visited by the Ghost Of Christmas Future when they try to colonize Mars. All the fun, insanity, and thought-provoking violence of the first two comics are perfected in this third holiday installment. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll buy one to read and one to slab for your descendants.

STRINGER HC

STORY: PATRICK KINDLON
ART / COVER: PAUL TUCKER

APRIL 19 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $22.99

ADVANCE SOLICIT

TRIM: 7.25″ x 10.875″

1983. Tournament tennis. A racquet stringer turned small-time drug dealer gets in over his head transporting a gym bag of cocaine across Europe. Carrying a half million in narcotics puts him on the radar of every dangerous man on the continent. Whoops.

20TH CENTURY MEN #6 (OF 6)

STORY: DENIZ CAMP
ART / COVER A: S. MORIAN
COVER B: IGOR KORDEY 

JANUARY 25 / 48 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99

MINISERIES FINALE

SPECIAL EXTRA-LENGTH ISSUE!

It’s all led to this—an all-out battle between the Iron Star, President Goode, and the inhuman monster known as 6Bill! Can Azra save her people, or will they become more collateral damage in this war of Super Powers?  

3KEYS #4 (OF 5)

STORY / ART / COVER A: DAVID MESSINA
COVER B: PAOLO VILLANELLI

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Noah and Theon’s journey across a devastated New York City takes a monstrous turn for the worst in this, the penultimate chapter of their perilous attempts to slow the Old Ones’ encroachment into our reality.

Featuring an exciting variant cover by PAOLO VILLANELLI (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters)!

ALL AGAINST ALL #2 (OF 5)

STORY: ALEX PAKNADEL
ART / COVER A: CASPAR WIJNGAARD
COVER B: DANI
COVER C (1:25): LUANA VECCHIO

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

In the second chapter of ALEX PAKNADEL & CASPAR WIJNGAARD’s gripping new series, the Earth habitat is under military control and is being strip-mined for its genetic riches. Its most fearsome predators are now fair game for a species that can graft their most lethal traits into terrifying biological warsuits.

However, unbeknownst to General Cov’n and his alien warriors, the hunters have become the hunted. Helpless, the habitat’s lone human survivor, lusts for revenge on his captors and will stop at nothing to see them torn limb from limb.


Featuring exciting variant covers by DANI (COFFIN BOUND, The Low Low Woods) and 2022 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award-winning artist LUANA VECCHIO (LOVESICK, BOLERO)!

ART BRUT #2

STORY: W. MAXWELL PRINCE
ART / COVERS A & C: MARTÍN MORAZZO & MAT LOPES
COVER B: ALEX ECKMAN-LAWN

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Stuck inside the Mona Lisa, Arthur, Manny, and Margot walk through the charred landscape and try to figure out what destroyed our favorite smiling painting.

And outside the canvas, Margot investigates an art class gone very wrong…

Featuring new letters, new covers, and another new Silver Age-style backup story, the lost adventures of Art Brut continue here!

BLOOD STAINED TEETH #8

STORY / COVER A: CHRISTIAN WARD
ART: PATRIC REYNOLDS
COVER B: ANDREA SORRENTINO

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Fancy a bite? Atticus travels deeper into First Born society and books himself a table at the Lobster Pot, a high-end Vampire restaurant where policy is B.Y.O.H.—Bring Your Own Human, that is—because nothing is more delicious than a human full of divine experience.

BONE ORCHARD: TEN THOUSAND BLACK FEATHERS #5 (OF 5)

STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART: ANDREA SORRENTINO & DAVE STEWART
COVER A: ANDREA SORRENTINO
COVER B: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
COVER C: MARTIN SIMMONDS

JANUARY 11 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

MINISERIES FINALE

SPECIAL EXTRA-LENGTH ISSUE!

There is one final adventure for Jackie and Trish in their twisted fantasy world. When Trish heroically steps forward against the Dark Lord, will she be struck down, or will she save Jackie and herself from unspeakable fates?

CREEPSHOW #5 (OF 5)

STORY: STEVE ORLANDO & CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN
ART: MARIANNA IGNAZZI & ANWITA CITRIYA
COVER A: CHRIS BURNHAM & ADRIANO LUCAS
COVER B: KELLEY JONES & MICHELLE MADSEN
COVER C (1:10 RETAILER INCENTIVE VARIANT): VANCE KELLY

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

MINISERIES FINALE

The Creep scares up two all-new standalone stories in this star-studded anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series.

STEVE ORLANDO (Marauders) and MARIANNA IGNAZZI (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) scare up a sensational yarn about a young man who’ll go to extreme lengths to retain his youth.

CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN (Scream: Curse of Carnage) and exciting newcomer ANWITA CITRIYA invite you to a debutante ball so horrifying, you’ll be crawling out of your own skin.

DARK RIDE #4

STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART / COVER A: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
COVER B: MICHAEL WALSH
COVER C: SWEENEY BOO
COVER D (1:25 RETAILER INCENTIVE VARIANT): TONY FLEECS & DENNIS CULVER


JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC

“WILLIAMSON and BRESSAN have crafted some truly horrifying attractions, and you’re going to want to get a seat right up front.” —JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, Something is Killing The Children)

The secret of Arthur Dante’s deal with the devil is revealed.

Now, Halloween and Sam, heirs to the empire, must decide whose side they’re really on.

THE DEAD LUCKY #6

STORY: MELISSA FLORES
ART / COVER A: FRENCH CARLOMAGNO
COVER B (1:20): VALENTINO LASSO

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC

The city of San Francisco is in the midst of an all-out war between the Salvation Gang and Morrow. When Bibi’s true allegiances are called into question, she’ll be forced to confront the consequences of her own actions, and what she needs to do next.

THE DEAD LUCKY is a Massive-Verse series.

FLAWED #5 (OF 6)

STORY: CHUCK BROWN
ART / COVER A: PRENZY
COVER B: FRANCESCO TOMASELLI

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The origins of the Skinwalker serum are revealed, an evil from Relic’s past returns to shatter her world, and Gem and Detective Davis join forces to take down a physically and mentally twisted Higgs.

GOSPEL #3 (OF 5)

STORY / ART: WILL MORRIS
COVER: VER

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Stripped of their possessions, the fate of the quest balances on the tip of Pitt’s storytelling tongue. Meanwhile, deep in ancient woodland, grace, guile, and a murderous blade stalk our heroes. With one eye always on her legacy, will Matilde see the danger coming?

GUNSLINGER SPAWN #16

STORY: TODD McFARLANE
ART: BRETT BOOTH
COVER A: DAVID MACK
COVER B: KEVIN KEANE

JANUARY 11 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

Parts of Gunslinger’s storied past are finally becoming clear. But there are secrets being kept from him that, if revealed, might set him on a new path of vengeance!

HELL TO PAY #3 (OF 6)

STORY: CHARLES SOULE
ART / COVER B: WILL SLINEY
COVER A: DAVE JOHNSON

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99

The source of the plague of cursed hellcoins upon the earth has been revealed—and Maia and Sebastian Stone have realized they cannot destroy it alone. They must recruit aid from another of the Shrouded College’s agents, retired magical bon vivant Arturo Peroni. But he has racked up a sorcerous debt of his own, and it’s about to come due!

HEXWARE #2 (OF 6)

STORY / COVER B: TIM SEELEY
ART / COVER A: ZULEMA SCOTTO LAVINA
COVER C: VALENTINA PINTI

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The service android Which-Where has purchased a soul, saving Jessie Marks. But, there is a cost: she must return beings who escaped from Hell to their masters…vampires, werewolves, demons. Now she hunts Low-Town for monsters, unaware that she’s also hunted…by the vampire-witch, Sister Invictus!

HITOMI #4 (OF 5)

WRITER: HS TAK
ARTIST: ISABELLA MAZZANTI
COVER A: CLARK BINT
COVER B: JASON MUHR

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The time of war has come to the land. Hitomi spurns Yasuke’s warnings and joins a military campaign, hoping to make a name for herself. To Yasuke’s dismay, she does…

I HATE FAIRYLAND (2022) #3

STORY / COVERS A & B: SKOTTIE YOUNG
ART / COVER C: BRETT BEAN
COVER D: PEACH MOMOKO

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Meet the Gertlins! Gert’s latest trip to Fairyland is as messy, complicated, and disturbing as ever. Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (MIDDLEWEST, TWIG, THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK) and artist BRETT BEAN (Marvel’s Rocket and Groot) continue the triumphant return of I HATE FAIRYLAND!

IMAGE! #10 (OF 12)

STORY: GEOFF JOHNS, DAVID F. WALKER, CHUCK BROWN, JOHN LAYMAN, JEFF BOISON, IVAN BRANDON, SKOTTIE YOUNG, BRENDEN FLETCHER, PATRICK KINDLON & DEAN HASPIEL
ART: ANDREA MUTTI, SANFORD GREENE, JOK, ZOE THOROGOOD, TULA LOTAY, PAPER D, SIMONE GANE, KATIE SKELLY, ANDY MacDONALD, SKOTTIE YOUNG, ERICA HENDERSON, MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG & DEAN HASPIEL
COVER: SANFORD GREENE

JANUARY 25 / 64 PAGES / FC / M / $5.99

As we head toward the finish line with our all-star celebration of Image’s 30th anniversary, DAVID WALKER, CHUCK BROWN & SANFORD GREENE join in with an all-new BITTER ROOT short, JOHN LAYMAN & JOK premiere their new upcoming series IN HELL WE FIGHT, IVAN BRANDON & ANDY MacDONALDS reunite for a new NYC MECH tale, and JEFF BOISON teams up with ZOE THOROGOOD, TULA LOTAY, PAPER D, SIMON GANE & KATIE SKELLY for “WTFK, A Lyrical.”

Plus: more of “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI, “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERICA HENDERSON, “Gehenna” by PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG, “Billy Dogma” by DEAN HASPIEL, and, of course, “Stupid Fresh Mess” by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

JUNKYARD JOE #4

STORY: GEOFF JOHNS
ART / COVERS A & D: GARY FRANK & BRAD ANDERSON
COVER B: GABRIEL RODRÍGUEZ & BRAD ANDERSON
COVER C: RACHAEL STOTT

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

The tales of Mad Ghost’s Unnamed continue as danger closes in on Muddy Davis and the robot soldier known only as Joe. But it gets worse when Muddy’s young neighbor Emily becomes tangled in the complex web that threatens all of their lives. A sinister faction is gaining ground to claim Joe for their own…and they won’t leave any witnesses.

KAYA #4

STORY / ART / COVERS A & B: WES CRAIG

JANUARY 4 / 24 PAGES / FC / T / $3.99

As they near their destination, Kaya’s brother Jin attempts to use magic to help his wounded sister and the Lizard-Rider Seth admits his feelings for Kaya. But does she feel the same?


Meanwhile, unexpected threats are converging around our battered adventurers.

Featuring a Moebius-inspired variant cover by WES CRAIG!

KILLADELPHIA #27

STORY: RODNEY BARNES
ART: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER & GERMÁN ERRAMOUSPE
COVER A: JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
COVER B: BEN TEMPLESMITH
COVER C (B&W NOIR EDITION): JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

“THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME,” Part Three

The sold-out, Eisner Award-nominated horror series continues! From RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel’s Runaways and STARZ’s American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN.

Undead president George Washington and his vampire army are put on the defensive as they fight for survival against Toussaint Louverture and his Haitian guardians. But will they be able to turn the tide, or will heavy losses and insurmountable odds seal their fate and leave the Sangster family broken for good?

Also available in NOIR EDITION, featuring black-and-white line art interiors!

KING SPAWN #18

STORY: SEAN LEWIS
ART: JAVI FERNANDEZ
COVER A: DAVID MACK
COVER B: VON RANDAL

JANUARY 4 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

END OF STORY ARC

Disruptor takes a walk through the fiery pits of HELL in search of the perfect gift. Meanwhile, Spawn and the KING SLAYER join forces to stop a monster.

KROMA BY LORENZO DE FELICI #3 (OF 4)

STORY / ART / COVER A: LORENZO DE FELICI
COVER B: JAKUB REBELKA
COVER C (1:10): JAKUB REBELKA B&W VIRGIN VARIANT
COVER D (1:25): LORENZO DE FELICI B&W VIRGIN VARIANT

JANUARY 4 / 56 PAGES / FC / T+ / $7.99

Discover the most visually stunning comic of the year!

Kroma’s hellish descent into the visible spectrum beyond the Pale City finds her hunted—by men, by beasts, and by…ghosts? But she won’t let anything stop her from uncovering the secrets of the King of Colors and her own mysterious past.

THE LEAST WE CAN DO #5

STORY: IOLANDA ZANFARDINO
ART: ELISA ROMBOLI
COVERS A & B: ELISA ROMBOLI & IOLANDA ZANFARDINO

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Between taking part in a risky undercover mission at the new Buckingham Palace, beating up soldiers, feeding starving people, and striving to ignore the new tension between her and her captain, Uriel must also focus on her most important personal task…remaining true to herself.

LITTLE MONSTERS #9

STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER A: DUSTIN NGUYEN
COVER B: PATRICIA MARTÍN

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

As the vampires continue to discover startling secrets about the Elders’ actions in the past, the deadly fallout continues in their present. Will the vampires burn everything to the ground now that they know the truth? And who is going to save Ray from his human captors?

LOVESICK #4 (OF 7)

STORY / ART / COVERS A, B & C: LUANA VECCHIO
COVER D: FABRIZIO DE TOMMASO

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

As Domino struggles with the aftermath of a near-fatal ambush by the Bloodcels, her cannibal partner in crime Jack barges back into her life with buried memories and unresolved grudges in tow to push her fragile psyche even further.

MONSTRESS #42

STORY: MARJORIE LIU
ART / COVER: SANA TAKEDA

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

NEW STORY ARC

The only way forward is a return to the past, as Maika and her friends find themselves in an unsettling yet familiar world…

NIGHT CLUB #2 (of 6)

STORY: MARK MILLAR
ART / COVER A: JUANAN RAMÍREZ
COVER B: JUANAN RAMÍREZ B&W VARIANT

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $1.99

Danny Garcia is a High School student who was bitten by a vampire, but he isn’t going to mope around and be some annoying goth. He’s going to be a superhero, and he’s bitten his best friends too so they can form a team. This is going to be great. Note the $1.99 price! Take THAT, Marvel and DC!

NITA HAWES’ NIGHTMARE BLOG #12

STORY: RODNEY BARNES
ART / COVER A: SZYMON KUDRANSKI
COVER B: DAVI GO

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

END OF STORY ARC

“MURDER BY ANOTHER NAME,” Conclusion

From the universe of Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA comes a terrifying tie-in horror series by acclaimed Marvel writer RODNEY BARNES and fan-favorite SPAWN artist SZYMON KUDRANSKI.

Jackie the Ripper’s reign of vengeance comes to a head as she faces off against the one woman who might be able to stop her: Nita Hawes! But victories don’t come without cost…what could Nita possibly have left to lose? Find out in this shocking conclusion to the second story arc!

OLD DOG #5

STORY / ART / COVER A: DECLAN SHALVEY
COVER B: PAUL AZACETA

JANUARY 25 / 24 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The exciting new action series by DECLAN SHALVEY continues with a brand new mission.

Some kind of freak accident has set a gruesome creature loose in the halls of Black Circle. Is this an attack? Can Retriever stop this creature before Black Circle is eaten from the inside?

PLUSH #3 (OF 6)

STORY: DOUG WAGNER
ART / COVER A: DANIEL HILLYARD & RICO RENZI
COVER B: TONY FLEECS
COVER C:  JORGE CORONA & SARAH STERN

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

ROAD TRIP! The cannibalistic furries have abducted Devin away on a fiery SWAT van road trip to visit the group’s creepy mansion of horrors. Keebler drives and Scratch rides shotgun as Kasha and Devin argue whether he’s suitable enough to eat or not.

RADIANT BLACK #22

STORY: KYLE HIGGINS
ART / COVER A: EDUARDO FERIGATO
COVER B: FRANCESCO MANNA
COVER C (1:25): CHRIS EVENHUIS

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Nathan left Los Angeles with forty thousand dollars in credit card debt, no job prospects, and no superpowers.

Eighteen months later, with forty thousand dollars in credit card debt, no job prospects, and a superpowered secret identity that he shares part-time with his best friend, he’s going back.

RADIANT BLACK is a Massive-Verse series.

RADIANT PINK #2 (OF 5)
STORY: MELISSA FLORES & MEGHAN CAMARENA
ART / COVER A: EMMA KUBERT & REBECCA NALTY
COVER B (1:25): HELENA MASELLIS

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

Impossibly far from home and unable to rely on her powers, can Eva and her new companion survive long enough to figure out a way back? Or is this the end of Radiant Pink? And if it is…what do we do with the rest of this miniseries?

RADIANT PINK is a Massive-Verse series.

REVOLVERS #4 (OF 4)

STORY: JOHN ZUUR PLATTEN
ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN DiBARI & SIMON GOUGH

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

MINISERIES FINALE

In a series of stunning revelations and double-crosses, Hampton eventually, and painfully, solves the mystery of his own death. Now, he sets out in search of vengeance, redemption, and forgiveness from the wife he wronged while living. 

ROGUE SUN #11

STORY: RYAN PARROTT
ART: ABEL
COVER A: LUANA VECCHIO
COVER B (1:20): PARIS ALLEYNE

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

With an unexpected new ally at his side, Dylan’s life might finally be heading in the right direction. But Hellbent has other plans, and everything our hero cares about is set to burn as the two face off for a final showdown!

ROGUE SUN is a Massive-Verse series.

THE SCORCHED #14

STORY: SEAN LEWIS
ART: STEPHEN SEGOVIA
COVER A: DAVID MACK
COVER B: DON AGUILLO

JANUARY 18 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

The rift between Spawn and the Scorched continues to grow, and just as the tension reaches its boiling point, a call for help arrives. A call that the team can’t ignore.

SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER 2 #6 (OF 7)

STORY: JODY LEHEUP
ART: NIL VENDRELL
COVER A: DAVE JOHNSON
COVER B: STEPHEN GREEN

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

The final battle begins as Silva leads a citywide revolt against Ursa Major and his forces. Will Shirtless finally rejoin the fight?

SPAWN #338

STORY: RORY McCONVILLE
ART: CARLO BARBERI
COVER A: DAVID MACK
COVER B: FRANCESCO TOMASELLI

JANUARY 25 / 24 PAGES / FC / T+ / $2.99

It’s time for Spawn to take the next step in his war against Heaven and Hell!

TWO GRAVES #3

STORY: GENEVIEVE VALENTINE
ART / COVER A: MING DOYLE
COVER B: ANNIE WU

JANUARY 11 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

A stand of aspen trees shares a single root system; connected deep and out of sight, they can survive almost anything. Death can only hope that’s true as he tries to hide Emilia.

VOYAGIS #3 (OF 5)

STORY / ART / COVER A: SUMEYYE KESGIN
COVER B: NIL VENDRELL

JANUARY 25 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99

A close encounter of the weird kind. Sen meets JOY, a human ghost living in the DREAM ZONE that now occupies Sen’s mind. But as Sen tries to make sense of Joy and her alien Earth culture, a dangerous assassin sent by the tyrant PRIMORIS awaits his chance to strike…

GENRE: Science Fiction

THE WALKING DEAD DELUXE #54

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER B: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE McCAIG
COVER A: DAVID FINCH & DAVE McCAIG
COVER C: TULA LOTAY
COVER D: ARTHUR ADAMS & DAVE McCAIG

JANUARY 4 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Newly arrived and making an impression, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene are earning their keep.

This deluxe presentation in STUNNING FULL COLOR also features another installment of Cutting Room Floor and creator commentary.

GENRE: Dystopian, Horror

THE WALKING DEAD DELUXE #55

STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART / COVER B: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE McCAIG
COVER A: DAVID FINCH & DAVE McCAIG
COVER C: FRANCIS MANAPUL
COVER D: JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
COVER E: ARTHUR ADAMS & DAVE McCAIG

JANUARY 18 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

The group finds their footing on the road once more but is haunted by the memories of those they lost. GENRE: Dystopian, Horror

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