IDW Publishing has released previews of this week’s releases, including Angry Birds #1, The Eighth Seal #2, GI Joe: A Real American Hero #223, My Little Pony: Friends Forever #24, The October Faction #12, Popeye Classics #42, Star Trek New Visions: Mister Chekov, Star Trek Academy #2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Series 3 #13, and Uncle Scrooge #10, as well as several trade paperback collections.
Official previews:
Angry Birds Comics #1—SPOTLIGHT
Kari Korhonen & Various (w) • César Ferioli (a) • Ciro Cangiolosi (c)
Angry Birds Comics returns! Just when you thought the winter doldrums were about to get you down comes a ray of comic book happiness in the form of the classic ANGRY BIRDS COMICS relaunch! Huzzah!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Angry Birds Comics are back and flying high in a new season of all-new adventures!
- Variant Cover by Jorge Pacheco!
Classic G.I. JOE, Vol. 17
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant, Ron Wagner (a) • Chris Madden (c)
Larry Hama picks up the original storyline from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero. Iceberg and his team are sent to the North Polar Icecap while Mainframe and Joe Colton battle against Firefly and Crystal Ball. Also, Flint, Lady Jaye, and Heavy Duty face an elusive and long-thought dead foe. Collects issues #166–175.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 244 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-506-8
Bullet points:
- The original Real American Hero storyline continues!
The Eighth Seal #2 (of 5)
James Tynion IV (w) • Jeremy Rock (a) • Ming Doyle (c)
A horrific conspiracy has lurked at the back of American government for hundreds of years, and it seems First Lady Amelia Cole is caught in the conspirators’ machinations. What do her visions have to do with the terrifying secret of the Eighth Seal?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- From James Tynion IV, writer of TMNT/Batman!
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #223: COBRA WORLD ORDER Part 5
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Stephen Mooney (c)
The Sleepers Awaken! COBRA’s covert agents, situated all over the world, activate and prepare to bring about the Cobra World Order. G.I. JOE scrambles to take them down—but it may just be too late!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- COBRA’s sleepers rise up—and enact the COBRA WORLD ORDER!
Mickey Mouse: Gift of the Sun Lord
Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Jonathan Gray, Bill Wright, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano, Jonathan Gray (a) • Andrea “Casty” Castellan (c)
“Omigosh!” Mickey, Goofy, and Eurasia Toft jump from one epic quest to another—battling ghastly ghosts, putrid Pete, and an awesome planet-size parasite! Follow the thrills and laughs in “Gift of the Sun Lord,” “Ghost of Man-Eater Mountain,” “Plan Dine From Outer Space,” and more!
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 116 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-514-3
Bullet points:
- Great All-Ages Fun!
My Little Pony: Friends Forever #24
Georgia Ball (w) • Jay Fosgitt (a) • Amy Mebberson (c)
Rarity has found a very difficult client in the form of Gilda the Griffon! Gilda demands the perfect uniform for a new sports team in Griffinstone. Rarity travels to the desolate kingdom and realizes there is more than fashion to be accomplished in the home of the Griffons!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The October Faction #12
Steve Niles (w) • Damien Worm (a & c)
This is where all of Geoff and Vivian’s training finally pays off as they battle the zombified hordes of Gristlewood in order to save their father and foil Merle Cope’s plans to destroy the Allan family.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Popeye Classics #42
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
First, the terrible Sea Hag and Bluto train a giant ape to smash Popeye. The second story features Popeye with Swee’pea in an outlandish U.F.O. adventure, the third finds our two-eyed sailor with Olive Oyl. Plus an O.G. Wotasnozzle comic and even MORE by the genius Bud Sagendorf!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99
Bullet points:
- Variant Cover by Fer Calvi!
Star Trek New Visions: Mister Chekov
John Byrne (w, photo-manipulation)
You met him as the navigator on the Bridge, but what roles did Pavel Chekov play aboard the ENTERPRISE before his promotion to the starboard seat? Find out as we go below decks for “Ensign Chekov,” heading your way in January, 2016.
FC • 48 pages • $7.99
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #2 (of 5)
Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott (w) • Derek Charm (a & c)
Don’t miss the latest chapter of the blockbuster mini-series that introduces a brave new cast of cadets to Star Trek lore! What is the mystery at the heart of Starfleet that connects this new crew to Kirk, Spock and rest of the iconic cast? The answers are inside, in this all-new adventure set in the new film universe!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Variant cover by George Caltsoudas!
TMNT Color Classics, Vol. 3 #13
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson (w) • Lawson (a) • A.C. Farley (c)
“City at War, Part 11!” The TMNT and Karai engage in a bloody battle against a dangerous group of Foot Elite Ninja, who are bent on avenging their dead Master Shredder!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Originally printed as Mirage TMNT #60, Volume 1.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 13: Vengeance, Part 2
Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz (w) • Mateus Santolouco, Cory Smith (a) • Mateus Santolouco (c)
The Turtles take the fight to Baxter Stockman, while Karai decrees a “Gauntlet” battle between ancient foes Splinter and Shredder all leading to a final showdown that will determine the fate of NYC, and the world, for years to come! Collects issues #48–50.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-523-5
Bullet points:
- It has all lead to this!
Uncle Scrooge #10
Abramo and Giampaolo Barosso (w) • Romano Scarpa, Rodolfo Cimino (a) • Dave Alvarez (c)
Ever wonder why Scrooge stays a bachelor? In “The Eternal Knot,” it’s all about a decades-old gold miners’ bet—until McDuck meets Gladys Dukehart, a mystery heiress whom it seems he can’t refuse!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Featuring a “Pirates of the Caribbean” variant cover from Massimo Asaro!
- Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #414!
- 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
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