Sunday, June 7, 2015

12 Collected Series/Graphic Novels Worth Checking Out

Are you a binge TV water? Maybe you'd like to binge on all your media. If that's the case, here are 12 collected series (multiple issues of a comic book title)/graphic novels with an order due-date of Monday, 6/8/15.

ALIENS SALVATION HC
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Dave Gibbons (A) Mike Mignola, Kevin Nowlan (CA) Mike Mignola
On The Rack: 9/2/2015
Price: $10.99
One of the most memorable Aliens tales ever told, now available as a premier-edition hardcover! When the most pious crewman aboard the Nova Maru is forced to abandon ship with his mad captain, the two are marooned on an inhospitable and remote world-and they're not alone . . .




EC ARCHIVES TWO FISTED TALES HC
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W/A) Harvey Kurtzman & Various
On The Rack: 9/9/2015
Price: $49.99
Writer/artist/editor Harvey Kurtzman teamed with legendary artists Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Al Feldstein, John Severin, and others to create these powerful stories of struggle and humanity that are considered to be among the best war stories ever told. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to present this first incredible volume, collecting Two-Fisted Tales #18-#23.



LADY KILLER TP
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Joëlle Jones, Jamie S. Rich (A) Joëlle Jones (CA) Joëlle Jones, Laura Allred
On The Rack: 9/2/2015
Price: $17.99
Josie Schuller is a picture-perfect homemaker, wife, and mother-but she's also a ruthless, efficient killer! She's balanced cheerful domestic bliss with coldly performed assassinations, but when Josie finds herself in the crosshairs, her American Dream life is in danger! Collects issues #1-#5.






BATMAN HC VOL 07 ENDGAME
DC COMICS
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Greg Capullo, Danny Miki (CA) Greg Capullo
On The Rack: 9/30/2015
Price: $24.99
The Joker is back in these stories from BATMAN #35-40! For years, The Joker has regarded Batman with a sick, twisted love. But now, the Clown Prince of Crime is done playing. He's going to kill Batman. And he's going to do it using those whom Batman loves the most: the Justice League. The Joker returns to Gotham City with a deadlier agenda than ever before, using every tool at his disposal to finally kill the Dark Knight. That includes turning Batman's allies against him in the bloodiest brawl that he's ever had to survive.

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS DLX ED HC
DC COMICS
(W) Frank Miller (A) Frank Miller, Klaus Janson (CA) Frank Miller
On The Rack: 9/23/2015
Price: $49.99
THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS #1-4 and THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN #1-3 are collected in a deluxe edition! In a dystopian future, Gotham City cries out for help, and Batman returns, joined by Carrie Kelley to face off against The Joker, Two-Face and Superman!




GREEN LANTERN NEW GODS GODHEAD HC
DC COMICS
(W) Robert Venditti & Various (A) Ethan Van & Various (CA) Lee Weeks
On The Rack: 9/9/2015
Price: $34.99
In these stories from GREEN LANTERN/NEW GODS: GODHEAD #1, GL #35-37, GL CORPS #35-37, GL NEW GUARDIANS #35-37, RED LANTERNS #35-37, SINESTRO #6-8 and GL ANNUAL #3, Highfather learns that ring-wielders stole secrets of cosmic importance from beyond the Source Wall! Now, Highfather must breach the wall - but first, he needs his own set of rings!



JOKER ENDGAME HC
DC COMICS
(W) James TynionIV & Various (A) Kelley Jones & Various (CA) Andy Kubert
On The Rack: 9/23/2015
Price: $29.99
Gotham City is overrun by Jokerized victims, and The Joker himself is prowling the streets. Even as Batman confronts the Clown Prince of Crime, ordinary citizens and Arkham inmates must confront the mark The Joker has left on the city and themselves. Is anyone truly safe? This jam-packed collection features backup stories from BATMAN #35-39, BATMAN ANNUAL #3, GOTHAM ACADEMY: ENDGAME #1, BATGIRL: ENDGAME #1, DETECTIVE COMICS: ENDGAME #1 and ARKHAM MANOR: ENDGAME #1.

GODZILLA HC HALF CENTURY WAR
IDW PUBLISHING
(W/A/CA) James Stokoe
On The Rack: 7/8/2015
Price: $34.99
Collects James Stokoe's mini-series in an oversized hardcover with an expanded art gallery including new content! The year is 1954 and Lieutenant Ota Murakami is on hand when Godzilla makes first landfall in Japan, which begins an obsession with the King of the Monsters that lasts 50 years!




MONSTER MOTORS TP
IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Brian Lynch (A/CA) Nick Roche
On The Rack: 7/1/2015
Price: $17.99
In Transylvania, Kentucky, genius mechanic Vic Frankenstein and his android assistant iGOR battle Cadillacula, an evil vampire-car that sucks gas out of other vehicles! Also getting in on the action is Minivan Helsing, four-wheeled monster-hunter! Collects the one-shot, the two-part story "The Curse of Minivan Helsing," and a special all-new story featuring...Witchcraft Carrier!



SAVED BY THE BELL TP
IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Joelle Sellner (A) Chynna Clugston Flores, Tim Fish (CA) Chynna Clugston
On The Rack: 7/1/2015
Price: $12.99
Flores All your favorite characters-Zack, Slater, Kelly, Lisa, Screech, and Jessie (and Mr. Belding, of course!)-are back at Bayside High for freshman year, trading in brick phones and mullets for iPhones and Twitter accounts.





WICKED & DIVINE TP (MR)
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson (CA) Matthew Wilson, Jamie McKelvie
On The Rack: 7/1/2015
Price: $14.99
Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #6-11 The critically-lauded best-selling hyphen-abusing series of stardom, divinity, and death returns with a second volume that's even grander than the first, because it contains six issues instead of five. THE FAUST ACT is over. Welcome to FANDEMONIUM. Includes cover gallery and anything else we'll cram in the back, because we just can't help ourselves.


IMPERIUM TP VOL 01 COLLECTING MONSTERS
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
(W) Joshua Dysart (A) Doug Braithwaite (CA) Raul Allen
Collecting IMPERIUM #1-4.
On The Rack: 7/1/2015
Price: $9.99
A psychic dictator, an inhuman robot, a mad scientist, a murderous alien, and a superpowered terrorist are about to try and take over the world...and you're going to be rooting for them every step of the way!

Toyo Harada is the most dangerous human being on the planet. Imbued with incredible powers of the mind, he has spent his life guiding humanity from the shadows. But today he is a wanted man. His powers are public knowledge, his allies have turned to enemies, and he is hunted by every government on the planet. Instead of surrendering, Harada has one last unthinkable gambit to play: to achieve more, faster, and with less, he will build a coalition of the powerful, the unscrupulous, and the insane. No longer content to demand a better future, he will recruit a violent legion from the darkest corners of the Earth to fight for it. The battle for utopia begins now!

Start reading here as New York Times best-selling creator Joshua Dysart - writer of the Harvey Award-nominated series HARBINGER - and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (UNITY, Justice) begin the daring new superhero saga of the year.

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