IDW Previews for February 25th
There’s lots of 80s goodness in this week’s pull from IDW, whether the Eclipse Airboy comic treasury, My Little Ponies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garbage Pail Kids, Transformers, or GI Joe.
Airboy Archives, Vol. 3 (of 5)
Chuck Dixon, Michael T. Gilbert, Timothy Truman, Michael H. Price (w) • Gary Kwapisz, Graham Nolan, Ron Randall, Dan Spiegle, Larry Elmore, Michael T. Gilbert, Stan Woch, John K. Snyder III (a) • Timothy Truman (c)
Collecting the Eclipse Comics series issues #26–34, the one-shots Air Maiden’s Special, Airboy and Mr. Monster, and Airboy Meets the Prowler, plus all of the Skywolf backup stories.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 308 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-216-6
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Collected for the first time!
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Volume 3 of 5!
Creature Cops: Special Varmint Unit #2 (of 3)
Rob Anderson (w) • Fernando Melek, Novo Malgapo (a & c)
A pack of griffins is on the loose and tearing up the city—and that’s the least of the problems for this band of misfit animal cops! A dead (human) body has veteran officer Kaminski on the trail of a hybrid animal fighting ring… that might just be related to a ten-year-old cold case that nearly ended Kaminski’s career—and life!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- The (human) murder investigation deepens!
- A creature that you—and the officers—never expected!
- Plus, more panda dogs than you can shake a stick at!
D4VE #1 (of 5)—SPOTLIGHT
Ryan Ferrier (w) • Valentin Ramon (a) • Fiona Staples (c)
Primetime TV; mortgages; traffic jams. The robots conquered earth, wiping out all life in the galaxy, but nothing changed. Meet D4VE, the greatest robot war hero, now trapped behind a desk at a soul-sucking day job. Can something, somewhere snap him out of this slump? This is D4VE’s mid-life. Crisis.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Featuring a cover by Saga artist, Fiona Staples!!
- “D4VE is a master class in robotic mid life crisis and is ripe with laughs.” – Bloody Disgusting
- “Both Ferrier and Ramon are relative newcomers to the industry, but their outstanding work on D4VE makes them two creators to keep an eye on in the future” – The AV Club
- Variant Cover by Valentin Ramon!
Dead Squad #4
Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia (w) • Michael Montenat (a) • Blond (c)
Creators/Writers Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia (Jericho, Human Target) take Dead Squad #4 down a solemn and surprising road. The Dead Squad’s former commanding officer, Colonel Fischer, turned traitor and snuffed the lives of his own men to cover his tracks. Now a temporarily reanimated Blake, Hooper, and Shane have Fisher in their custody. Will the Dead Squad recover the cutting-edge biotics that might extend their stays of execution? Or will they be thwarted by the next step in Fisher’s plan?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues #2 (of 4)
Erik Burnham (w) • Nacho Arranz (a & c)
The cast of the GALAXY QUEST have enjoyed a career resurgence since returning from their intergalactic adventure, but all that is about to be interrupted by Qint, an alien with a very surprising ax to grind against Jason Nesmith and the crew of the NSEA Protector!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Picking up where the classic movie with the massive cult following left off!
- Written by Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)!
Garbage Pail Kids: Love Stinks—SPOTLIGHT
Peter Bagge, Dean Haspiel, Mark Pingitore, Joe Simko, Various (w & a) • Pingitore (c)
In December, the Garbage Pail Kids were dragged kicking and screaming into the world of comic books. Now, those miscreants are right where you’d expect to find them… in love? That can’t be right, you say? Well, if loving GPK is wrong, we don’t want to be right. So join the Kids as they celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way they know how: the exchange of bodily fluids (and solids)!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Garbage Pail Kids: Love Stinks—Deluxe Edition
Peter Bagge, Dean Haspiel, Mark Pingitore, Joe Simko, Various (w & a) • Haspiel (c)
A variant cover from Dean Haspiel, shrink-wrapped with an exclusive official GPK sticker by Brent Engstrom!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
- Revisit the pop-culture phenomenon from the minds of Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, and many others!
- Featuring the most loved creators in alternative comics!
- Classic GPK Bowen Arrow variant cover
G.I. JOE, Vol. 1: The Fall of G.I. JOE
Karen Traviss (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Jeffrey Veregge (c)
DOES THE WORLD NEED G.I. JOE? Cobra has become an international peacekeeping force… and the future of G.I. JOE looks bleak. SCARLETT leads what’s left of America’s ultimate fighting force—but will she be able to keep the team together? Real-world action and politics collide… and nothing will be the same.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-220-3
- Collects the first four issues of the new series.
G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra #2 (of 5)
Mike Costa (w) • Paolo Villanelli (a & c)
SNAKE EYES begins his mission for COBRA: tracking down the former COBRA COMMANDER’s son and bringing him in. But SNAKE EYES is not the only COBRA agent on the hunt… as Storm Shadow enters the fray, looking for revenge!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Will Storm Shadow have his revenge against SNAKE EYES?
Haunted Horror #15
Various (w & a) • Bernard Baily (c)
Beware! The dead are walking again! Under this terrifying Bernard Baily cover you’ll find a crypt-full of never reprinted Pre-Code classic horror comics by brilliant artists!
The comics the U.S. Senate, Dr. Fredric Wertham, and your mom didn’t want you to see! You’ll discover grisly, gory, gruesome art and shocking stories in these banned comic–all lovingly restored!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Joe Frankenstein #1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT
Graham Nolan & Chuck Dixon (w) • Graham Nolan (a & c)
An action/horror/adventure tale by the creators of Bane, Graham Nolan and Chuck Dixon! Young Joe Pratt discovers, upon meeting the monster of his ancestor, that he is the heir to the Frankenstein name. A legacy that may get him killed if the creatures of the night have their way…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• All-new series by the creators of Batman villain, Bane!
Judge Dredd: Anderson, Psi-Division
Matt Smith (w) • Carl Critchlow (a) • Mimi Yoon (c)
In an all-new adventure from Cassandra Anderson’s early days in the Mega-City One Psi-Division, writer Matt Smith and artist Carl Critchlow present “King of the Six Sectors.” It all starts with Anderson awaking from an unusually strong vision of an attack on the Megapolitan Museum showcasing Cursed Earth artifacts.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-221-0
- “Smith’s sonorous script enriches a visual narrative that could easily have told the story on its own.” –BigComicPage.com
My Little Pony: Adventures in Friendship, Vol. 2 HC
Ted Anderson, Bobby Curnow, Alex De Campi (w) • Ben Bates, Brenda Hickey, Carla Speed McNeil (a) • Sara Richard (c)
The adventures continue with these tales of fun and friends! Featuring one-shots about Pinkie Pie and Applejack, plus a third story of the two friends entering a baking contest!
HC • FC • $9.99 • 76 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-225-8
- Great for kids!
Orphan Black #1
John Fawcett, Graeme Manson & Jody Houser (w) • Szymon Kudranski (a) • Cat Staggs x8 (c)
One. Of a kind. Sarah’s life was changed dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looked just like her. Sarah learned that, not only were she and the woman clones, but there were others just like them, and dangerous factions at work set on capturing them all. Now, the mysterious world of Orphan Black widens, with new layers of the conspiracy being peeled back in this miniseries by co-creators John Fawcett and Graeme Manson!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Orphan Black co-creators Graeme Manson and John Fawcett expands on the saga with all-new material exclusive to the comic books!
- Includes clues and Easter eggs for the highly anticipated third season, coming in April!
- Each issue will explore the life of a different clone, starting with Sarah!
- Art this issue provided by Szymon Kudranski (Spawn, Detective Comics)!
- The first issue includes eight covers, each depicting Sarah with another clone or Felix!
- Variant Cover by Nick Runge!
Orphan Black #1 Complete Box Set
Want to collect all the covers, but don’t have the time to chase them down? Buy the entire set, which comes in a deluxe collectible box! Includes all eight standard covers!
FC • 32 x 8 pages • $29.99
Star Trek #42—Five-Year Mission
Mike Johnson (w) • Cat Staggs (a & c)
“Behemoth,” part 2 of 2: In the epic finale of “Behemoth”, the crew of the Enterprise faces an alien threat unlike any they have encountered before – in any timeline! It’s a race against time to save the ship or be stranded in uncharted space! Don’t miss this all-new adventure overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, director of the new movie!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals #1 (of 4)—SPOTLIGHT
Paul Allor (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)
Old Hob, Slash, Herman the Hermit Crab, Mondo Gecko and Pigeon Pete have become a force to be reckoned with in the TMNT ongoing — and now they’ve got their own miniseries, in which their teamwork will be put to the ultimate test! When someone close to the group is kidnapped, the Mutanimals end up on an adventure more wild and dangerous than they could have imagined! What mysteries lurk at…The Null Group?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- The fan-favorite mutant group reimagined for a new generation!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #20
Landry Walker (w) • Dario Brizuela, Chad Thomas (a) • Brizuela (c)
“Flavor of Fear” part 2! Michelangelo has uncovered the hidden truth behind everyone’s strange behavior! With his brothers incapacitated by a devastating mental attack, it’s up to Mikey to save the day!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #43
Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Cory Smith (a) • Smith, Eastman (c)
“Attack on Technodrome” Part 3! A major battle on Burnow Island unfolds! Will the Turtles be able to help Fugitoid to deactivate the Technodrome before it’s too late? Meanwhile, Splinter and the Mutanimals go up against Karai and the Foot!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Twists and turns abound in one of the biggest storylines yet!
- Variant Cover by Aaron Conley!
Transformers: Drift—Empire of Stone #4 (of 4)
Shane McCarthy (w) • Guido Guidi (a & c)
FINAL FATE! This is it—DRIFT and RATCHET show down against the STONE ARMY! Will DRIFT rejoin the AUTOBOTS—or forge a new fate in the farthest reaches of the galaxy?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Drift: Empire of Stone #4 (of 4)—Subscription Variant
Shane McCarthy (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Sarah Stone (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- This issue’s fallout will impact TRANSFORMERS comics for years to come!
- Ties in directly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
Zombies vs Robots #2
Chris Ryall, Steve Niles (w) • Anthony Diecidue,Val Mayerik (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
“Inherit the Earth!,” part 2! Even on a dead, nuked Earth, the zombies remain. But how? And both the dead and some of the bots seem to have gained sentience? But why? Also: new humans join the fight? But who? Some answers and more questions are presented here! And in “The Orphan,” part 2, a new friendship is threatened by, of course, hordes of zombies and one very disturbed robot.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
An all-new ongoing series that “roboots” ZvR!
- Ongoing stories written by ZvR co-creator Chris Ryall and The October Faction creator Steve Niles!
- Interior art by Anthony Diecidue, Howard the Duck co-creator Val Mayerik!
- Covers by ZvR co-creator Ashley Wood and James Stokoe!
