Image Comics Previews for April 8th

By Keith Hendricks • 9 years ago • Comics

Image Comics released a lot of great comics today, so when you head to the comic shop to get The Walking Dead, Saga, and Rat Queens, don’t forget robot drama Descender, the super-hero drama Jupiter’s Circle, and the space western Copperhead. Other comics of note include the last issue of Danger Club, which is released with two endings today, and the first issues of Savior, The Legacy of Luther Strode, and IXth Generation: Hidden War.

Big Man Plans #2

Story By: Eric Powell
Story By: Tim Wiesch
Art By: Eric Powell
Cover By: Dave Johnson

Cover Price: $3.50 Digital Price: $2.99 Big Man, by knee-capping a guy with a drywall hatchet, begins his bloody road of revenge as more clues to his mysterious motivations are revealed.

Birthright #6

Story By: Joshua Williamson
Art By: Andrei Bressan
Art By: Adriano Lucas
Cover By: Andrei Bressan
Cover By: Adriano Lucas
Variant Cover By: James Harren

Price: $2.99

NEW STORY ARC Mikey’s return has divided the Rhodes family in unexpected ways. Where do they go from here?

Copperhead #6

Story By: Jay Faerber
Art By: Scott Godlewski
Art By: Ron Riley
Cover By: Scott Godlewski
Cover By: Ron Riley

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

It’s payday at the copper mine, which means Sheriff Clara Bronson is in for a particularly rowdy Friday night. Plus, Boo is offered an intriguing partnership.

Danger Club #8

Story By: Landry Q. Walker
Art By: Eric Jones
Cover By: Eric Jones

Price: $2.99

The menace from beyond space has finally come to Earth. It is the end of all things, and our teenage heroes must now succeed where their mentors have failed. Don’t miss this cataclysmic final chapter in LANDRY Q. WALKER and ERIC JONES’s acclaimed superhero epic.

Danger Club #8: Alternate Ending Edition

Story By: Landry Q. Walker
Art By: Eric Jones

Price: $2.99

Descender #2

Story By: Jeff Lemire
Art By: Dustin Nguyen
Cover By: Dustin Nguyen

Price: $2.99

As the brutal robot hunting Scrappers close in on TIM-21, the events that first brought him to the mining colony on the outer edges of space are revealed.

Elephantmen #63

Story By: Richard Starkings
Art By: Axel Medellin
Cover By: Boo Cook

Price: $3.99

Miki and Farrell meet perhaps the strangest Elephantman of all.

FIve Ghosts #16

Story By: Frank J. Barbiere
Art By: Chris Mooneyham
Cover By: Chris Mooneyham

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99“MONSTERS & MEN,” Part Four Trapped.

IXth Generation: Hidden FIles #1

Story By: Matt Hawkins
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover By: Stjepan Sejic
Variant Cover By: Stjepan Sejic

Price: $3.99

An in-depth look at the realistic science of IXth GENERATION focusing on transhumanism, cybernetic enhancement, and genetic alteration in this dossier-style book featuring new art by STJEPAN SEJIC.

Jupiter’s Circle #1

Story By: Mark Millar
Art By: Wilfredo Torres
Cover By: Frank Quitely
Variant Cover By: Frank Quitely
Variant Cover By: Bill Sienkiewicz
Variant Cover By: Goran Parlov

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

The most celebrated superheroes in mid-century America seem to have it all— fame, riches, adoration—but tensions simmer beneath the glossy surface, threatening to crack open the secrets behind their public AND private exploits. Before the family dynasty in JUPITER’S LEGACY began, there was JUPITER’S CIRCLE—a story about a team whose personal dramas collide with super-powered spectacle!

Legacy of Luther Strode #1

Story By: Justin Jordan
Art By: Tradd Moore
Art By: Felipe Sobreiro
Cover By: Tradd Moore
Cover By: Felipe Sobreiro

Price: $3.99

Luther Strode returns. For five years, Luther Strode and Petra have been on the run. Now the time for running is over, and the Murder Cult is going down. The road to Cain starts here. JUSTIN JORDAN (SPREAD) and TRADD MOORE (All-New Ghost Rider) bring back Luther and Petra for their final adventure. The last chapter in the hit trilogy begins NOW. Special double-sized issue!

Nameless #3

Story By: Grant Morrison
Art By: Chris Burnham
Art By: Nathan Fairbairn
Cover By: Chris Burnham
Cover By: Nathan Fairbairn

Price: $2.99

As the exploration of vast structures on the surface of the asteroid Xibalba begins, more nightmarish secrets of a prehistoric cosmic war come crawling into the light. What soul-destroying truth lies buried in Xibalba’s immense tunnel network? What malignancies lie dreaming there? What is human? And what is NOT?

ODY-C #4

Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Christian Ward
Cover By: Christian Ward

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

The core of a fabled starship may make Odyssia’s journey home a matter of moments rather than months—but it comes at a price.

One-Hit Wonder #5

Story By: Fabrice Sapolsky
Art By: Ivan Fiorelli
Cover By: Stephane Roux

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

MINISERIES CONCLUSION! The end of the mob as we know it. So bloody that we invented a word for it: “binge killing.” You thought you saw everything in the Games of Thrones-style penultimate issue? Think again! Richie Reese’s final fate is revealed here. Which side is hexon? Who’ll go with a smile? Also: the Hollywood Killer’s next adventure is teased here.

Rat Queens #10

Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
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Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

Palisade is shattered and recovering from the grand battle against the Spawn of N’Rygoth while the Rat Queens try to pick up the pieces of their fractured bond. Hey, we never promised it would all be candy and drugs.

Saga #27

Story By: Brian K. Vaughan
Art By: Fiona Staples
Cover By: Fiona Staples

Price: $2.99

Poor Marko.

Savior #1

Story By: Todd McFarlane
Story By: Brian Holguin
Art By: Clayton Crain
Cover By: Clayton Crain

Price: $2.99

What if the MOST DANGEROUS man on Earth was also the one trying to do the MOST GOOD? The world is real. The people are normal. And then he appears! A man appears with no background, no memory, and no place to call home. But he has powers. Powers that seem resemble those we learned about in Sunday School. Could it be?! Is it possible that this man is much, much more than that? Is it possible that he is our “SAVIOR” in the flesh? And if he is, then why doesn’t he know who he is or how he got his powers? Strip away the spandex and trappings of the traditional comic superhero and ask yourself a simple question: “How would I react if GOD suddenly appeared in front of me, but everything we had been taught about him seems out of whack?” What you would have left, beyond your own doubts, is the presence of a man who has to deal with the fact that his appearance in the world is seen as both a blessing and a curse. Some will see him as a hero, a messiah. Other will see him as an enemy because there isn’t room for a person with god-like powers to disrupt the status quo of what we already believe. Some will rally behind him. Others will denounce him. But none of us will be able to ignore him.

Southern Cross #2

Story By: Becky Cloonan
Art By: Andy Belanger
Art By: Lee Loughridge
Cover By: Andy Belanger
Cover By: Lee Loughridge

Price: $2.99

Day two on board the SOUTHERN CROSS’s five-day voyage to Titan, and the mysteries are already piling up. Like where has BRAITH’s cabin-mate disappeared to? Just how many people have died on board the ship? And how many of those spirits are still haunting the dark corners of the SOUTHERN CROSS? The plot thickens as BRAITH starts making connections, leading her through doors that should have been kept shut.

The Surface #2

Story By: Ales Kot
Art By: Langdon Foss
Art By: Jordie Bellaire
Cover By: Langdon Foss
Cover By: Jordie Bellaire

Cover Price: $3.50

Digital Price: $2.99

There’s a traitor on the team, and a cityship arriving into the morphing utopia of The Surface will change everything. Just as the team finds what they were looking for—they are threatened by forces that might tear them apart!