Image Comics Previews for February 18th
Highlights of this week’s Image Comics releases include the first issue of the dysfunctional superhero story, Secret Identities, the third issue of the much tweeted and tumblr-ed Bitch Planet, the first issue of the Nerdist inspired Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars, the second issue of the fantasy Reyn, and the fifteenth issue of Lazarus.
Nerdspan’s review of Secret Identities #1 can be found by following this link. Fans of Lazarus will also want to check out the extensive interviews with the creators and reviews of the series by following this link. Fans of Image’s Reyn will also want to read our reviews and creator interviews here.
The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #4
- Story By: Kurt Busiek
- Art By: Benjamin Dewey
- Cover By: Benjamin Dewey
Price: $2.99
With the Great Champion away, the city is vulnerable to Goodfoot’s machinations.
Bitch Planet #3
- Story By: Kelly Sue DeConnick
- Art By: Robert Wilson Iv
- Cover By: Valentine Delandro
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
“Too Big to Fail” reveals the specific events leading to zaftig Penny Rolle’s incarceration. ROBERT WILSON IV (Knuckleheads)
joins KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) on art duties for this flashback issue.
Criminal Vol 2: Lawless TP
- Story By: Ed Brubaker
- Art By: Sean Phillips
- Cover By: Sean Phillips
Cover Price: $14.99
THE BEST-SELLING CRIME SERIES CONTINUES IN THIS STRIKINGLY-DESIGNED NEW EDITION FROM IMAGE! LAWLESS: A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS take the world they created in CRIMINAL, VOL. 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics can be.
Deadly Class #11
- Story By: Rick Remender
- Art By: Wes Craig
- Art By: Lee Loughridge
- Cover By: Wes Craig
- Cover By: Lee Loughridge
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
Marcus and Maria fight for their life, and their love, as the sins of their past come crashing down all around them, wielding Uzis, shotguns, and machetes. Steel your nerves for the heart-pounding finale to the second arc of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG’s DEADLY CLASS.
Drifter #4
- Story By: Ivan Brandon
- Art By: Nic Klein
- Cover By: Nic Klein
- Variant Cover By: Rafael Albuquerque
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
A killer is loose in Ghost Town and monsters roam the streets. Every step Pollux takes towards the truth brings him closer to the grave.
The Fuse #10
- Story By: Antony Johnston
- Art By: Justin Greenwood
- Cover By: Justin Greenwood
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
“GRIDLOCK,” Part Four What does terrorism look like on a space station? Klem and Ralph are about to find out—and so are you. You lucky readers. “Sets a new standard for the genre.”— Comics Alliance
Goners #5
- Story By: Jacob Semahn
- Art By: Jorge Corona
- Cover By: Jorge Corona
Price: $2.99
“WE ALL FALL DOWN,” Part Five. Hard answers and death await as the Latimers take the fight to Bellweather Sanatorium.
Invincible #117
- Story By: Robert Kirkman
- Art By: Ryan Ottley
- Art By: Cliff Rathburn
- Art By: John Rauch
- Cover By: Ryan Ottley
- Cover By: Cliff Rathburn
- Cover By: John Rauch
Price: $2.99
A family adrift.
IXth Generation #2
- Story By: Matt Hawkins
- Art By: Stjepan Sejic
- Cover By: Stjepan Sejic
Price: $3.99
Aphrodite IX has the Witchblade and several other Artifacts have also appeared, destroying the delicately balanced utopia. Who is wielding the Darkness and why is it so hellbent on killing all of the IXs?
Lazarus #15
- Story By: Greg Rucka
- Art By: Michael Lark
- Cover By: Owen Freeman
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
“CONCLAVE,” Part Five The Conclave concludes, and Malcolm’s plan seems on the verge of success, but one thing still stands in his way: Jakob Hock has demanded a Trial by Combat, and now Forever must fight the Lazarus of Hock’s choosing to the death…
Manifest Destiny #13
- Story By: Chris Dingess
- Art By: Matthew Roberts
- Art By: Owen Gieni
- Cover By: Matthew Roberts
- Cover By: Owen Gieni
Price: $2.99
NEW STORY ARC! Venturing deeper into the heartland, the expedition discovers another arch, which can only signal new trouble, while Sacagawea experiences complications with her pregnancy…
MPH #5
- Story By: Mark Millar
- Art By: Duncan Fegredo
- Cover By: Duncan Fegredo
- Variant Cover By: Greg Tocchini
Price: $2.99
Down to the last MPH pills, the gang finds their speed powers running on empty just as the Feds close in. Will they have enough juice to make it through a final showdown? And at last, we learn what makes the mysterious Mr. Springfield so dangerous. MILLAR & FEGREDO dish up an epic finale you’ll never see coming!
Peter Panzerfaust #23
- Story By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
- Art By: Tyler Jenkins
- Cover By: Tyler Jenkins
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
“ON TILL MORNING,” Part Three Paris burns. Ammunition depots are blown sky high, fueling stations burn in a raging inferno, and no German official is safe from the vengeance hand of the Lost Boys. A war is coming.
Reyn #2
- Story By: Kel Symons
- Art By: Nathan Stockman
- Cover By: Nathan Stockman
Price: $2.99
Reyn returns Seph to her father and the Followers of Tek, who ask him to join them on a mission to stop the Venn from destroying Fate.
Rumble #3
- Story By: John Arcudi
- Art By: James Harren
- Cover By: James Harren
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
It’s literally a whole new world of head-lopping action in this issue as things really start to open up—and all the broken pieces come together. Finally, we’re bringing you the origin of Rathraq! And, in a way, the origin of everybody else, too.
Savage Dragon #202
- Story By: Erik Larsen
- Art By: Erik Larsen
- Cover By: Erik Larsen
Price: $3.99
Stripped of his lightning powers, Malcolm Dragon finds that he can no longer rely on the one thing that kept him alive! Now he faces his most fearsome challenge yet—at a time when he’s at his most vulnerable. Malcolm Dragon fights the Deadly Damsels of the Vicious Circle! Raptor! Vein! Samurai! Insect! Tigress! Volcanic! Climax! Double-Paige!
Secret Identities #1
- Story By: Brian Joines
- Story By: Jay Faerber
- Art By: Ilias Kyriazis
- Art By: Charlie Kirchoff
- Cover By: Ilias Kyriazis
- Cover By: Charlie Kirchoff
Cover Price: $3.50
Digital Price: $2.99
The supergroup known as The Front Line have just invited new hero Crosswind to join them. But what they don’t know is that Crosswind is a mole, sent to learn all their secrets. And the Front Line have LOTS of secrets. Writers BRIAN JOINES and JAY FAERBER and the stunning art team of ILIAS KYRIAZIS and CHARLIE KIRCHOFF bring you classic super-team action and intrigue for the 21st century. Behind every mask is a secret…
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Presents: Sparks Nevada: Marshal on Mars #1
- Story By: Ben Acker
- Story By: Ben Blacker
- Art By: J. Bone
- Art By: Jordie Bellaire
- Cover By: J. Bone
- Cover By: Jordie Bellaire
Price: $3.99
BASED ON THE HIT NERDIST PODCAST! Shine your astro spurs and don your robot fists! Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings fear to robots and aliens…and hope to humans who make this frontier planet their home. He is…SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS!
Umbral, Vol.2: The Dark Path TP
- Story By: Antony Johnston
- Art By: Christopher Mitten
- Cover By: Christopher Mitten
Cover Price: $14.99
THE PARANOID DARK FANTASY CONTINUES! Rascal has escaped the city—and the clutches of the terrible Umbral shadow-creatures, disguised as humans! But danger also haunts the dark mist of the Bulaswode, and as betrayal prepares to stab her in the back, Rascal must choose whether to trust her friends…or an Umbral! Master worldbuilders ANTONY JOHNSTON (THE FUSE, Wasteland) and CHRISTOPHER MITTEN (Criminal Macabre, Wasteland) bring you a dark fantasy unlike anything you’ve seen before! Collects UMBRAL #7-12