January 20th IDW Previews: Amazing Forest #1, Judge Dredd #2, and More

IDW Publishing has released previews of this week’s releases, including Amazing Forest #1, GI Joe: A Real American Hero #224, Judge Dredd #2, Transformers #49, Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #6, and Weird Love #11, as well as some hardcover and trade paperback collections, and one Welcome to Oz coloring book.

Official previews:

Amazing Forest #1

Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas (w) • Julien Dufour, Matt Rota, Melody Often, Yumi Sakugawa (a) • Ulises Farinas (c)

Tales for the bold. Ideas for the strange. Wicked concepts that stir the minds of those with darkness in their hearts. A modern anthology that lends itself to a time when stories were short and ugly. Written by Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas, each comic is drawn by a different amazingly talented artist, each lending their unique talents to bring horrible happiness to the readers’ skulls!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• A collection of the greatest stories ever told, from the minds of Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas (Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero)!
• 32 pages of pure allegorical madness!

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #224: COBRA WORLD ORDER Part 6

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Stephen Mooney (c)

Snake in the Grass! Just when G.I. JOE thinks its safe, COBRA reveals another layer to the Cobra World Order, as a close ally is revealed as a traitor. Can G.I. JOE survive this betrayal?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• G.I. Joe cannot escape the true grasp of the COBRA WORLD ORDER!

Horror by Heck

Don Heck (w & a & c)

Don Heck was the co-creator of Marvel’s Iron Man and the long time Avengers artist. In the 1950s Heck did a score of artistically brilliant and extremely beyond-the-pale, extremely gruesome, Pre-Code Horror comic book covers and comics. The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics now gives it’s loving attention to this unsung horror master! This beautiful hardcover book sports the usual Yoe Books detailed history, rare images reproduced from original art and more mind-blowing ephemera to give a fascinating look at the dark side of Dapper Don Heck.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 Pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-463-4

Bullet points:

• Look for the other Chilling Archives of Horror Comics books: Jack Cole’s Deadly Horror, The Worst of Eerie Publications, Tom Sutton’s Creepy Things, etc.—collect them all!

Judge Dredd #2

Ulises Fariñas & Erick Freitas (w) • Dan McDaid (a) • Fariñas (c)

Mega-City Zero, Part 2! As Dredd continues to unravel the mystery of what has become of Mega-City One, he encounters a community devoid of law and order in a story that could only be called “Flame Wars!”

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• Dredd boldly goes where no Judge has gone before!
• New ongoing series by rising stars Ulises Fariñas, Erick Freitas, and Dan McDaid!
• Variant cover by Nick Pitarra (Manhattan Projects)!

NOS4A2 Wraith Deluxe Edition

Joe Hill (w) • Charles Paul Wilson III (a & c)

This signed limited edition of Joe Hill’s classic-in-the-making novel, NOS4A2 is signed by Joe Hill and Charles Paul Wilson III, and hand-numbered to 999. This new collection will include the 176 page graphic novel prequel, Wraith. Exclusively for this collection, Wraith series artist, Charles Paul Wilson III has created 26 illustrations (13 color, 13 black and white) a new full-color dust jacket and a map of Christmasland that will be used as end pages. Wilson will also be personalizing each Christmasland-themed signature plate with a small original sketch inside a gruesomely twisted advent calendar. This oversized hardcover is packaged in an ornate hand-built cloth slipcase, and features a debossed cloth cover.

HC w/slipcase • FC • $150.00 • 864 pages • UPC: 8-27714-00976-7

Bullet points:

• Limited to 999 signed numbered hardcover copies, in hand built slipcases.
• Each Deluxe Edition comes with an original small sketch by Charles Paul Wilson III!

Star Trek, Vol. 11

Mike Johnson, Scott Tipton, David Tipton (w) • Rachael Stott, Toney Shasteen, The Sharp Bros. (a) • Joe Corroney (c)

The U.S.S. Enterprise is on a Five Year Mission of discovery into uncharted space. Volume 11 contains the stories “The Tholian Web” and “Deity,” from issues #46–49 of the ongoing series and the one-shot Special “Flesh and Stone.”

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-521-1

Bullet points:

• “Continues the ongoing series’ trend of entertaining, well-composed stories that capture the essence of Trek.” –GraphicPolicy.com

Transformers #49

John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)

CONQUERORS: CONCLUSION! The most dramatic action ever taken by an AUTOBOT sets the stage for next month’s mammoth issue 50. Earth and CYBERTRON. OPTIMUS PRIME and GALVATRON. SOUNDWAVE and COSMOS. It all comes together at four billion miles an hour.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• The end of the world as we know it!
• Leads directly into next month’s epoch-changing issue 50.
• They always say “this changes everything.” Hey, we’ve done it, too. But hold tight, TF fans—because the last page of this issue changes everything.
• Variant Cover by Alex Milne!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Animated #6

Georgia Ball (w) • Priscilla Tramontano (a & c)

VEHICONS AMOK! When the DECEPTICON called STEELJAW stumbles upon three lost VEHICONS, he convinces them he’s on a mission from MEGATRON—a deception that puts them on a collision course with BUMBLEBEE and company!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• All-new stories set expanding the universe of the hit Cartoon Network series!
• More fan-favorite characters from TRANSFORMERS PRIME enter the world of TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE!

TF VS G.I. JOE: Tyrants Rise, Heroes are Born

John Ney Rieber (w) • Jae Lee (a & c)

Reprints the fan-favorite series set in World War II. Cobra Commander unleashes Megatron and the United States creates the G.I. JOE team to combat them.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • 978-1-63140-495-5

Bullet points:

• Back in print!

WEIRD Love #11

Richard Hughes, Ruth Roche, and various (w) • Matt Baker, and various (a) • Ogden Whitney (c)

The cover story alone, “Jailbird’s Romance”, would cost you a couple of grand on the collector’s market! It’s drawn by the demented duo Ogden Whitney and Richard Hughes. More bizarre stories include “It’s Like Love, Pussycat!” “Pick-up,” and in “Savage Kisses,” a knife-wielding, half-naked, island girl fights Nazis and wins the heart of an American soldier. Then, it gets worse, with the most sordid comic story we’ve ever printed!

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Worlds of Color: Welcome to Oz Adult Coloring Book

Eric Shanower (a & c)

Follow the yellow brick road to happiness and wonder with this charming adult coloring book from Eisner-winning creator Eric Shanower! Dorothy and all her friends are here, waiting for your coloring to bring all of Oz to life.

TPB • B&W • $9.99 • 64 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-517-4

Bullet points:

• Eric Shanower’s award-winning artwork is waiting for your one-of-a-kind touch!