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for the lovely @insanely-creative-things! Happy birthday! The alternative title for this chapter is: Local Wine Uncle Takes Child to Illegal Street Races

“You know Soundwave is going to offline you if I get caught,” she hummed as she sat in the driver seat. Knockout’s laugh echoed through the speakers.

“If you get caught,” he reminded her. “You can’t stay in the ship all the time Shockie. Even hatchlings got to leave their nest more than you.”

She didn’t have a good rebuttal against that, instead just sitting back as they pulled up into the line. Almost immediately, the person to the right rolled down his window and keyed KO’s arm, making her cringe. “Just don’t kill him while I’m here,” she just asked. “I still have nightmares from when I broke my arm.”

The mech just let out a growl, and they shot forward, leaving her to sigh in resignation.

He was quick, she wouldn’t argue against that, but if she wasn’t bracing herself for every turn, no doubt she’d be slamming her head against the window at every bump. As they came up to the black car, she just turned her head away, hearing the tires squealing and the metal-on-metal crash as the human was sent soaring off a cliff edge.

“He’ll live,” the mech murmured, and she felt tension bleed out of her, replaced with a giddy sense of excitement.

“Then let’s finish this!”

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The next day, she couldn’t stop her fifth yawn as she walked down the sidewalk towards where Bulkhead was supposed to pick her up. It would be her first time actually seeing where the physical Autobot Base entrance was going to be, and she messed it up by going out last night.

“You ok?” she jumped as Jack pulled up beside her.

“I didn’t think humans could yawn that much,” Arcee agreed quietly, making her snort.

“Just wait until finals come up,” she murmured. “If they’re anything like what I did online, all of us are going to be pulling 24 hours or more.”

“Ratchet won’t like that,” Jack agreed. “You did online classes? I thought you were homeschooled.”

“Uh, yeah, Up until, maybe, like, I was 12 or 13? Then S-my dad enrolled me online because his job was getting more and more difficult to do at home.” Jack just nodded, not looking too deeply into her answer. “Anyways, gotta go to, uh, Bulkhead? I think?”

“Good luck with Miko,” he chuckled, letting Arcee drive off. She’d deny it to this day that her little huff of laugh was anything more than slight fondness.

Things were… tense, later on. Miko had been blasting loud music through her phone, which helped keep Ashi awake, but… the Autobot base entrance wasn’t what she was expecting. It was a literal mesa base. No wonder they could never find it.

But that wasn’t a real concern. Jack was late.

Arcee made sure he was never late, so why, after two hours of being out of school, was he not at the base yet?

He wasn’t there when she went to the Nemesis portal spot, but no, she wasn’t concerned, ok?

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Ashie yelped as someone picked her up, holding her in their hands. “We’re going out again Shockie,”

The redhead groaned at Knockout’s words. “I need to get this report done,” she argued. “While I still remember where the base entrance is!”

“One little race isn’t going to hurt hatchling,” Breakdown called from the next room, where he had a buff kit ready to go. “We both know Commanders Starscream and Soundwave will be the first ones to forgive you if a report is late.”

“But it’s still the principle!” she tried to argue.

“Ah ah! We’re going out, and nothing you can do or say will stop it,” the red mech’s words sounded as final as a nail in a coffin (whatever that meant) so she put on a long-suffering face and looked at Breakdown.

“How do you deal with him?”

“I don’t.”

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“Are you getting enough sleep?” Jack asked quietly as they walked down the steps, and she just grimaced.

“Yeah, my brothers are just assholes,” she shrugged. “They like playing pranks on each other and shooting nerf guns in the middle of the night, and Dad put me between their rooms to try and stop it. I just got caught in the crossfire.”

“Ouch,” Jack hissed. “You should tell them to knock it off, at least until Mr. Gregory’s test is done.”

“I’ll think about it,” she hummed.

“Hey, I’ve been looking for you!” Both her and Jack turned around to see Sierra exiting the school. “The race, how great was that? I was like, yeah, go Jack!”

“Race?” she murmured, and Jack’s eyes widened.

“You can’t tell O-,” he cut himself off.

“Jack totally blew Vince out of the water with that sweet bike of his,” Sierra told her. “He promised to take me on a ride.” Something made her blood both boil and freeze.

“Oh?” she just choked out instead, hating how small it sounded.

“Before we met!” he tacked on. “Sierra, this is Ashi, my girlfriend. And Ashi, the race was no big deal,”

“You got that right,” Vince snarled, pushing between her and Jack, forcing her to take some steps back. “If you think you can run with the big boys: the circuit, tonight, 11 pm.” She glanced at Sierra, whose eyes were flickering between her and Jack before the teen’s voice caught her off guard.

“Deal,”

Oh, Primus, she was going to kill him.

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She didn’t go to the Autobot base that day, instead going directly to the ship, to the medbay where Knockout was checking Megatron’s vitals.

“Shockie, what a wonderful surprise! Anything you need dear?”

“There’s a race circuit going on tonight at 11,” she said, getting straight to the point. “I need to be there.”

Knockout frowned. “Even I wasn’t going to have you go out three days in a row. What’s so special about this?”

She swallowed, knowing full well what was about to happen. He was the only one aside from Breakdown and Megatron who knew what the power of the words she was about to say was. “My soulmate will be racing in it.”

Knockout froze before turning to her in an accusing way. “You were supposed to keep us updated if you met them,” he reminded her quietly, too quietly for the mech. “Why didn’t you?” She shifted her gaze to her feet and murmured her response. “That was too quiet for my audio receptors to pick up. Louder now.”

“He’s…” her voice was nothing more than a whisper, but it seemed to echo through the room. “He knows the Autobots… he’s my key to getting behind their defenses.”

“Slag,” Knockout said, and she felt it. “Slaggit, hatchling, you can’t have anything normal happen to you, can you?”

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When Knockout pulled up to the line, she was expecting Jack and Arcee, but definitely not Bumblebee, and the red mech seemed to feel the same as her if the quiet curses seem to say anything about it. “I’ll be quick,” she promised, exiting the passenger door and quickly weaving her way through the crowd to Jack and Bee. “Jack,”

“Ashi!” he snapped around, staring at her in surprise. “What’re you doing here?”

“One of my Uncles is racing tonight,” she stressed, shifting her gaze to Bee rapidly, hoping he’d get the hint. Judging by how pale he turned, he seemed to get it. “I just came to wish you luck, and there won’t be any hard feelings, right? Uncle K can be a bit mean in these things.”

“No hard feelings,” he echoed back. “You’ll be safe?”

“Only if you are,” she sighed, quickly going back to Knockout. “He knows you’re here, but not you exactly.”

“He knows you’re a Decepticon?” Ok, so maybe Knockout was still a bit pissed off at her.

“He accidentally got warped into our ship, and our first words were said while I was in uniform. And then we met out of uniform and it only took a day for him to realize who I was.” she still felt bitter over it, but just shrugged instead.

Somehow, Vince ended up between Knockout and Bumblebee, and she was very grateful for the blackout windows and the redhead teen tried to glance her way. “Creep,” she grumbled, bracing as the countdown started.

In a second, they were off, Bee and Vince instantly duking it out for first and second while Knockout stayed back in a casual third. “He’s not really trying to struggle, is he?” Knockout mused aloud, making her laugh. She did notice he was driving a bit more carefully, and she was thankful for that, even if he was watching Bee’s movements to do it.

Then, Knockout gained on Vince and spun him out, making her laugh. He continued driving forward, obviously trying to get first in what would possibly be the only friendly Autobot-Decepticon interaction for a while, when the yellow bot began to swerve, signaling that he had realized who was behind him. Knockout moved to follow him, and she realized in abject horror he had pulled his ion guns out.

“Knockout,” she warned.

“Relax. I don’t plan on hitting them. Fear is a good motivator.” he fired, and true to his word, every shot missed, and the two Autobot allied quickly left the drainage ditch in favor of an actual road with Knockout still following. Bee was suddenly trailing something, and it took her a moment to realize what it was.

“Oil!” She yelled, but she was a moment too late as Knockout spun, and by the time she was finished, she was feeling sick and seeing stars.

“Primus, Sparkie, you ok?”

She let out a wheeze and held a thumbs up. “Fucking shoot him for me,” she choked out. “I’m going to throw up in the ditch.” Immediately, the door opened, and she launched herself out of his alt-mode and onto the road.

As he started to drive away, she stumbled to the side, where she hung over the rails and…

Oh god, were they really hiding under a bridge?

Jack at least had the decency to look ashamed as he caught sight of her, but it quickly turned to disgust as Vince pulled up and got out of his car. Knockout screeched to a halt, backing up to her.

“It’s the school bully,” she murmured. “He’s an ass and a creep who can’t take no.” Knockout silently transformed, and her phone vibrated from her jean pocket. Taking a glance at it, she read:

Want me to teach a skeeze a lesson then?

Maybe her grin was a bit too feral as she nodded. The mech immediately reached down, pulling him up and tossing him into the air as he transformed. The teen was bound to the passenger seat, and without a thought, she hopped into the driver's seat with a grin. “Let’s go, Uncle K,” she giggled, and Vince’s eyes went wide as he realized who she was. He was knocked out not even a second later, so it was ok.

“What’re we gonna do with him?” she asked. “He’s only a year older than me, so he’s still technically a kid, not an adult.”

“So major body harm is out of the question then.” Knockout mused. “Psychological isn’t though. You said he couldn’t take no for an answer?”

“He’s made me his main target, but there’s probably a dozen other girls he’s tried this with before and it worked, otherwise he wouldn’t be so insistent.”

She finished up the final note just in time to hear cars circling the building, making her sigh. “Fun’s over,” she said.

“At least we got some enjoyment tonight,” Knockout sounded just as disappointed as she felt. She finished folding the papers up as much as she could while they were on the move, and as she finished stuffing them in Vince’s pockets, the sound of a semi-horn made her freeze.

Oh, Primus, they called in Prime??

The large mech immediately slammed them off the road, and it was only Knockout’s quick thinking of tying her down with straps that she hadn’t immediately been ejected as he slammed into a ditch. It left her in a daze, and all she could really do was just lay there, slumped over as Knockout frantically tried to get his back wheels on the ground.

“Stay online Shockie!” he called, thunderous footsteps getting closer and closer. As Prime easily picked Knockout up, she realized how much deep slag she was about to get into when she got back to Nemesis.

The passenger door was ripped off, and Vince was removed, and she could all but feel the disgust from Optimus as he grabbed her as well, throwing Knockout to the side. The mech transformed an angry, desperate look on his facial plates.

“Give her back,” he snarled, but he faltered as Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead all pulled up. “Slag you! Slag you all to the pits!” He drove off, leaving her alone, injured, and surrounded by enemies.

“Are you alright, Miss Lawrence?” Prime asked.

“Think you broke my ribs,” she murmured. “When you slammed into him.” he might’ve had a mask over his face, but just through his optics alone, she could tell how much that sentence hurt, and she planned on weaponizing it.

“Let us get you to Ratchet then,” he murmured. Bumblebee rolled a window down, showing Jack with a pained face of his own. A morbid part of her wondered if he had felt her pain whenever one of the ‘bots had shot her or not.

“This was my fault,” Jack’s voice was distant as if he was getting farther away.

“We must get these two to medical immediately,” Prime cut him off, and she noted in a sense of vindication that he was jostling Vince around while keeping her perfectly still. “Explanations can come later.”

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She hadn’t even realized she had passed out until she woke up, once again in the comically large medical berth, IVs carefully hooked up to her. A glance at the clock told her that calling Soundwave would definitely result in death, so she just carefully turned it off and slipped it under her pillow. He knew how to remotely turn it off if he needed to talk to her.

“Should you not be contacting your parental unit?” Ratchet asked, making her grimace.

“I should’ve done it the second I realized something was off with the race,” she admitted. “Calling this late in the morning would just result in him getting angry at me.”

“Is he not usually angry?” Ratchet’s voice held confusion, so she just tilted her head. “The bruises and cuts across your body indicate you were attacked.”

“Are you trying to ask if my father…?” she trailed off, just staring blankly at him. “I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed when I’m in the base, Ratchet, but I trip over everything. I fell down the stairs a few days ago here and you didn’t react, so I just thought you knew not to get too worked up.”

“I-” the mech sputtered, turning away. “Your ribs are wrapped, no running or exercise for the next two months. Optimus would like to talk to you before you leave about what happened.”

“I got kidnapped, not much more I can say,” she shrugged.

The look he gave her told her she hadn’t been convincing enough.

#Transformers #Transformers Prime #TFP #Ashi Lawrence (OC)#Ashi #Jack Darby #Arcee #Bumblebee #Knockout #Breakdown #Optimus Prime #tw: mention of possible child abuse #but not really because the 'cons would happily die for Ashi #You cannot change my mind the Knockout would be THE WINE UNCLE #LIKE HE'S THE SAME COLOR AS WINE TOO #Love is a Glitch Commission #Love is a Glitch (Fic)

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My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise, Part 1 Transcript

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Stinger]

O: So I'm like, “No, I'm just fine with pretending this never happened, honestly.”

[Intro Music]

O: Welcome to our April Fool’s Special!

S: The Transformers/My Little Pony: Friendship in Disguise crossover.

O: Specifically, issues 1 and 2 here. An episode covering issues 3 and 4 will be released in a few weeks. Um, so obviously our podcast doesn't normally talk about ponies.

S: For all that it too was a popular Hasbro franchise in the 80’s- I mean, still is.

O: Yes. I will attempt to give a short blip about My Little Pony characters that show up, but we're gonna kind of assume that you know the mane six. Which is Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. Ah, Specs has seen some of the My Little Pony episodes, whereas I have seen... all of it at this point. Um, so I'm reasonably familiar with most of the characters. And uh, for the record, Twilight Sparkle is my favorite, but that's because she's basically me. [laughs]

S: This was a crossover comic that was released in 2020 (for your information).

O: Uh, most of the Transformers characters in here are part of kind of the regular G1 cast that you're all probably used to seeing in various things. Most of them we've talked about. There's a few we haven't um, because they just haven't popped up in the series yet. [Like Arcee.] The exceptions being Gauge who's from IDW2, and Windblade who's from IDW1, Cyberverse, and several other things.

S: Mm-hm. They did some fun things with the fonts and some of the other visuals in this.

O: Such as using the Transformers font for ‘Equestria’ and the My Little Pony font for ‘Cybertron’.

S: Mm-hm. And the character’s speech bubbles use the fonts from their respective series.

O: Some of the issues are done by who I think is the current artist for the My Little Pony comic series. While the rest are done by Transformers comic artists- like, plural, several of them.

S: And with that we begin.

O: Part 1: Transformation Is Magic!

S: In Equestria, a pony by the name of Quibble Pants is standing in front of a newsstand complaining about some very applicable meta issues.

O: Quibble's a side character. His whole shtick is that he picks apart plot and whatnot.

S: He's a bit of a nitpicker.

O: The newsstand pony tells Quibble (and by extension us) that this is all for fun. So don't worry too much about continuity here, guys.

S: Mm-hm, a loud clap of thunder transitions us to a nearby mountaintop where Queen Chrysalis is up to nefarious plots

O: She [Chrysalis] is villain. She is the queen of the changelings. She can transform into different creatures, basically, or different ponies. I think, judging by some of the background characters in some scenes later, that this is after she's lost control of most of the other changelings? Though she does have a small group working with her here.

S: She plans to bring forth other changelings from other worlds to take over Equestria.

O: I'm sure you can see where- where this is going. [laughs]

S: Mm-hm, and now, on cybertron.

O: The Autobots and Decepticons are fighting, shocker.

S: The Decepticons are clearly trying to take control of a malfunctioning space bridge.

O: A space bridge that Shockwave is convinced is breaching other dimensions.

S: Suddenly, all of the Autobots and Decepticons are zapped away through a portal.

O: Leaving only poor Grimlock to smash into view a few seconds later... thinking they have all ditched him.

S: Poor Grimlock.

O: Poor Grimlock. [laughs]

S: Back in Equestria, Twilight shows up with several royal guards to stop Chrysalis but it's too late and a portal opens, sending the Cybertronians zooming past through the air.

O: Twilight is horrified to see that Chrysalis has summoned living things that are about to go ‘splat’ onto the ground, or more likely ‘crunch’! [laughs]

S: Or possibly clank, if someone slows them down-

O: [laughs]

S: But I mean, who knows? Twilight speeds off to try and save the newly arrived Cybertronians. While Chrysalis stays behind to acquaint herself with Megatron.

O: Bee is both surprised and resigned to see himself falling to a colorful death.

S: But Optimus grabs Bee's hand, and intends to break his fall with his own body.

O: Optimus, are you okay? Do you need to talk? I feel like you need to talk. We need- we need to get you into therapy, dude.

S: It's all the self-sacrificing, but yes.

O: [laughs]

S: Yes, he needs some therapy. The two are saved by Twilight’s a very timely arrival and magical powers.

O: The Cybertronians are just as surprised by the ponies, as the ponies are of them.

S: Bee attempts to blend in by transforming into vehicle mode, to Twilight's consternation. But Twilight says that doesn't really help him blend in, but it's okay if they're different!

O: She comments on their ‘shape-shifting magic’ and that Chrysalis will be disappointed that they're friendly.

S: To which Optimus says... unfortunately, they are not all friendly.

O: And then we are given the most amazing image. [laughs]

S: Queen Chrysalis, as happy as a kid in a candy store, on top of a tank, aka Megatron.

O: Seriously, it's one of the best images in the comic. [dissolves into laughter] And one that was shared I think, pretty frequently after the comic came out? So it's very funny.

S: Mm-hm.

O: And we begin part 2 of issue 1: Shine Like A Diamond.

S: Rarity and her staff at her Manehattan boutique have been volun-told to get Starscream all dolled up for his coronation.

O: You know, the outfit he's in in the G1 movie, the purple cape and the crown get up.

S: Rarity attempts to calm him down, because he is being a snippy asshole during all of this.

O: Yes, with vague, implied threats throughout.

S: Mm-hm, so Rarity says, “Happy, healthy subjects show just how good their king is, don't they?”

O: A car is heard in the distance, much to Starscream's surprise, as he didn't think the ponies had cars. Which, he is correct!

S: Mm-hm, Arcee barrels into him with a flying kick.

O: And Starscream retreats.

S: Leaving Arcee and Rarity to introduce themselves.

O: They seem to become fast friends as Rarity thanks Arcee, and Arcee tries to help clean up the mess Starscream has made.

S: Unfortunately, Starscream returns with the rest of his trine in tow.

O: Arcee intends to fight them alone, but Rarity generates a magic shield to help protect Arcee while she fires on the jets.

S: Thundercracker takes a direct hit, while Starscream and Skywarp are herded closer together by Arcee's fire.

O: Once they're close enough, Rarity uses her magic to wrap the fabric from Starscream's cape, that she was helping make earlier, around the two of them.

S: Skywarp says, “This is stupid! I'm out,” and teleports away.

O: Leaving Starscream to nosedive to the ground with a boom.

S: Arcee compliments an exhausted Rarity on her help.

O: While they both agree they would do anything for their friends, and for each other! Now, you may notice that none of the My Little Pony characters have been shown in the Transformers universe, but that is about to change.

S: In issue 2, part 1: Inspiring.

O: It would seem that Twilight's assistant, Spike (the dragon) is wandering around the Ark writing a letter to Twilight.

S: Of course, with Grimlock being the only one left behind, he's presumably found Spike and brought him to the Ark.

O: Spike is of course very enamored with the big old Dinobot.

S: And Grimlock seems to like Spike quite a bit too. Even holding him in his open palm while they get an alert from Teletraan about an attack.

O: Said attack, by way of the Constructicons, who have come to destroy the Ark while everyone else is away.

S: Grimlock transforms into dino mode and meets them.

O: Grimlock makes the mistake of saying, “Puny Decepticons, even together you no match for Grimlock!”

S: To which, they respond by forming Devastator, and stomping the absolute crap out of him. “Grimlock and Grimlock's big mouth.”

O: Spike shouts words of encouragement to Grimlock, but quickly sees that the Dinobot is losing.

S: So he thinks, looks at the Ark, comes to a realization, and then runs inside to make his realization happen.

O: Inside, Spike flips through two large books. ‘Modern Cybertronian For Everyday Conversations’ and ‘Teletraan I For Dummies’.

S: He then climbs onto Teletraan’s console and starts the main engine cycle countdown.

O: Spike yells at Grimlock to get down.

S: Which is, you know, not that hard as Devastator is still stomping on him.

O: Devastator is then blasted by the bit of the Ark that's still sticking out of the ground, causing Devastator to fall to pieces.

S: The Constructicons flee, and Spike checks on Grimlock. Spike still feels pretty down about himself, because all he did was press some buttons. But Grimlock says Spike did even more than he did.

O: “Spike learned new language, and operations system in short time! Spike think of using busted engine as canon! Spike use pronouns!”

S: Grimlock tells Spike that Spike inspires him, and that he's full of potential.

O: Spike collapses into a happy little puddle of dragon that Grimlock called him, “Inspiring.” Their friendship is so cute! [laughs]

S: And now it's time for part 2 of issue 2: They Eat Ponies, Don't They?

O: We are brought onto the stage of a cooking show, “Prepping With Pinkie,” hosted by Pinkie Pie.

S: And a special guest, Gauge!

O: And all I can think is- Arcee she still one of her parents in this continuity? Is Arcee worried about her child!? [laugh]

S: And in the spirit of cultural exchange, Pinkie and Gauge will be sharing some of their favorite recipes in today's program. I never thought about giant robots having recipes before this, and I didn't want to think about it.

O: [laughs] Pinkie is, of course, making cupcakes. While Gauge has brought iron filing casserole.

S: Poor Pinkie and ah, several audience members are questioning their decision based on their facial expressions.

O: Pinkie goes to start her cupcakes, but suddenly everything starts shaking.

S: [singing] Dun, dun, dunnnn!

O: [snorts]

S: A space bridge appears with Shockwave stepping out of it.

O: He has, by his own admission, come to ‘spice things up.’

S: Ah, time for some puns. Unfortunately, his recipes require a bit more audience participation.

O: Shockwave’s apparently come to discover how much pony it takes to fuel one Decepticon.

S: [sighs]

O: [laughs]

S: He transforms his hands into a grater and a whisk, respectively.

O: Pinkie and Gauge evade him, causing him to demand that they stay still so he can finish his experiments.

S: Oh god, by attempting to whisk them!?

O: [laughs] I know, I know! I'm not saying it's sane!

S: I know, I mean, I read it too.

O: [laughs]

S: It’s just, now I have vivid mental images of this being attempted and everyone being very…

O: Confused? [laughs]

S: Yes. Gauge whacks him in the head with a cookie sheet, completely bending it out of shape, and tries to get Pinkie to flee.

O: Pinkie refuses, but in the background the show's audience is running through the exit door- at least part of their audience is running through the exit- exit door.

S: Mm-hm. Shockwave transforms his hands again, this time to a spork and spatula. Sporking them to death is not gonna work, dude!

O: Tell him that! [laughs]

S: Mm-hm, again, with the mental images. Gauge rips off the spork and spatula, sending Shockwave falling backwards, where Pinkie trips him.

O: Pinkie and Gauge grab some frying pans and bean Shockwave's face in between them.

S: Shockwave, thoroughly beaten by a small Cybertronian child and a pony, is kicked back into the space bridge and disappears.

O: The remaining audience claps.

S: And 47 minutes later, the duo tries the other's culinary... contributions.

O: Pinkie declares it as success, though her face implies she didn't enjoy the iron filing casserole.

S: In the background, Gauge is clearly trying to politely spit out the cupcake in a towel. [laughs]

O: And that ends issue 2. So, join us next time for issues 3 and 4 where we will finish this mini-series.

S: And that just about wraps it up for us today. Remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark-Podcast for any additional information, show notes, or links we may have mentioned. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter at AftersparkPod (all one word), and various other locations by searching for Afterspark Podcast, such as AO3, iTunes, Spotify, and Youtube, just to name a few. And feel free to send us questions on Tumblr, Youtube, or AO3. Till next time, I’m Specs.

O: And I’m Owls!

S: Toodles.

[Outro Music Plays]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #72—Cover A: Dave Wachter

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Dave Wachter (a & c)

“Pantheon Family Reunion,” Part 2 of 2. A group of powerful and mysterious beings who decide the course of history can’t seem to stop arguing with each other. What happens when they realize that mutants may threaten their world order?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #72—Cover B: Tom Whalen

Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (w) • Dave Wachter (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

New allies and enemies emerge!

Only 3 more issues until the landmark 75th issue!

Variant cover by Kevin Eastman!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #12—Cover A: Freddie Williams II

Erik Burnham (w) • Sophie Campbell (a) • Freddie Williams II (c)

“Karai’s Path,” part 1 of 4. Karai has always embodied the Foot Clan. With the Clan under the control of Splinter, what path will Karai take during her travels in Japan? Danger and intrigue await Karai, Koya, and Bludgeon!

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #12—Cover B: Tom Whalen

Erik Burnham (w) • Sophie Campbell (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

An exciting new story arc that will have serious ramifications for the TMNT!

From TMNT fan-favorite creators Erik Burnham and Sophie Campbell!

Don’t miss the Shredder cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Sophie Campbell!

Rom Vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #1—Cover A: Alex Milne—SPOTLIGHT

John Barber & Christos Gage (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)

Meet the universe’s only Cybertronian Solstar Knight! Hundreds of years ago, Rom discovered Stardrive, the sole survivor of a doomed space probe. Stardrive committed herself to protecting the galaxy from the Dire Wraiths… but when the Decepticon called Starscream makes a deadly deal, Rom and the Transformers are forced into a collision course… with Stardrive caught between two worlds!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rom Vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #1—Cover B: Nick Roche

John Barber & Christos Gage (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rom Vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #1—Cover C: Paolo Villanelli

John Barber & Christos Gage (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Paolo Villanelli (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

An all-star lineup of Christos Gage (Rom), John Barber (Optimus Prime), and Alex Milne (More Than Meets the Eye) tell the never-before-revealed secret history of Rom and the Transformers!

Introducing a major new character!

Variant cover by David Lafuente!

Rom #13—Cover A: David Lafuente

Chris Ryall & Christos Gage (w) • David Messina, Guy Dorian & Sal Buscema (a) • David Lafuente (c)

“Long Roads to Ruin,” part 3. The penultimate issue of Rom’s opening salvo against the Wraiths! But whose side are Orphion and Livia on?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rom #13—Cover B: Chris Panda

Chris Ryall & Christos Gage (w) • David Messina, Guy Dorian & Sal Buscema (a) • Chris Panda (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rom #13—Cover C: Richard Wentworth

Chris Ryall & Christos Gage (w) • David Messina, Guy Dorian & Sal Buscema (a) • Richard Wentworth (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rom #13—Cover D: Raffaele Ienco

Chris Ryall & Christos Gage (w) • David Messina, Guy Dorian & Sal Buscema (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Rom cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Raffaele Ienco!

Hasbro Presents: Revolution Complete

John Barber & Cullen Bunn & Various (w) • Fico Ossio & Various (a) • James Biggie (c)

THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN! Celebrating more than a decade of stories by IDW and HASBRO, this unprecedented event draws everything together—and leaves nothing standing. The REVOLUTION is here—TAKE A STAND!

Collects Revolution issues #0–5 as well as all of the Revolution One-Shots, including Transformers, G.I. JOE, Action Man, Rom, Micronauts, and M.A.S.K., with an expanded cover gallery.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 328 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-965-3

Advance solicited for September release!

The complete Revolution saga in one oversized hardcover!

Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3 (of 3)— Cover A: Fico Ossio

John Barber & Various (w) • Robert Atkins & Various (a) • Fico Ossio (c)

If you’re new to the Hasbro Universe or a long-time fan, this book is for you! Featuring a veritable TON of bios on your favorite characters, from P to Z, plus papercraft projects, a map of the Heliopolis, the Micronauts’ ship, and a fantastic story leading in to the next huge Hasbro event!

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3 (of 3)— Cover B: Sam Lotfi

John Barber & Various (w) • Robert Atkins & Various (a) • Sam Lotfi (c)

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Written by today’s top Hasbro U talent including John Barber, Aubrey Sitterson, Chris Ryall, David Mariotte, Brandon Easton, Cullen Bunn, Mairghread Scott, and Jimmy Johnston.

Art by some of today’s top Hasbro Universe artists including Robert Atkins, Guido Guidi, Simon Gough, Marcelo Ferreira, Fico Ossio, and Jack Lawrence!

Exclusive paper-crafts, posters and stories in every issue!

Variant cover by Marcelo Borstelmann!

Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #4— Cover A: Alex Ronald

Cullen Bunn & Jimmy Johnston (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Alex Ronald (c)

The threat of Karza enerchanged with Micronus Prime has the Earth prepared to bow down before him. Oz and the Micronauts are undaunted though. With the help of the Transformers, Oz thinks they can win. What will become of Acroyear? And what does the arrival of a Time Traveler mean?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #4— Cover B: Tom Whalen

Cullen Bunn & Jimmy Johnston (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Baron Karza cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Andrew Griffith!

M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #9— Cover A: Ryan Brown

Brandon Easton (w) • Igor Lima (a) • Ryan Brown (c)

In the penultimate chapter of M.A.S.K., Matt Trakker and his allies battle massive mutated creatures in the bowels of the Earth as an internal power struggle threatens to tear the team apart. The secret infiltrator continues to sow distrust, if M.A.S.K. survives the monsters, can they survive each other?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #9— Cover B: Tom Whalen

Brandon Easton (w) • Igor Lima (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #9— Cover C: Aurelio Mazzara

Brandon Easton (w) • Igor Lima (a) • Aurelio Mazzara (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Matt Trakker cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Marcelo Perez Dalannays!

REVOLUTIONARIES #8—Cover A: Igor Lima

John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Igor Lima (c)

OPTIMUS PRIME VS. BARON IRONBLOOD! The final mystery is revealed as Baron Ironblood reveals his true identity! Only by teaming with Transformers leader Optimus Prime do the Revolutionaries have a chance to save Earth—and the whole Hasbro universe! The senses-shattering conclusion to Revolutionaries leads directly into next month’s massive crossover event!

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

REVOLUTIONARIES #8—Cover B: Tone Rodriguez

John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Tone Rodriguez (c)

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

REVOLUTIONARIES #8—Cover C: Santipérez

John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Santipérez (c)

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Special, over-sized series finale! Everything has been leading up to the earth shattering revelations found in this issue!

With major repercussions, the countdown to the next major event starts here!

Variant cover by Pierre Droal!

Optimus Prime #9—Cover A: Kei Zama

John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)

THE LIFE OF SIDESWIPE! A Junkion machine finally gives long-injured Sideswipe a new lease on life! But when his brother goes missing, Sideswipe and Arcee return to Cybertron—and nothing will be the same between them ever again.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Optimus Prime #9—Cover B: Casey W. Coller

John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Optimus Prime #9—Cover C: Tom Whalen

John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Optimus Prime cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by ZEROB!

Transformers: Lost Light #8—Cover A: Jack Lawrence

James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)

THE HUNT IS ON! Ever lost something and spent forever looking for it? Try visiting Troja Major, the lost property capital of the universe. Just bear in mind that it’s better known by another name: the Howling Town. And the Autobots are about to find out why.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Lost Light #8—Cover B: Nick Roche

James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Nick Roche (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Lost Light #8—Cover C: Tom Whalen

James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Megatron cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Alex Milne!

Transformers: Till All Are One #12—Cover A: Sara Pitre-Durocher

Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)

Starscream makes his most desperate move yet in order to protect himself from Elita One’s rising power. But for once the master of manipulation’s only choice is to make himself helpless to another. Good thing no one’s got a grudge against Starscream, right?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Till All Are One #12—Cover B : Priscilla Tramontano

Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Priscilla Tramontano (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Leading into next month’s major crossover event!

Variant cover by ZEROB!

Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two, Vol. 6

John Barber, James Roberts, Mairghread Scott (w) • Phil Jimenez, Andrew Griffith, Sarah Stone, Brendan Cahill, Atilio Rojo, James Raiz, Livio Ramondelli, Nick Roche, Robert Gill, Alex Milne (a) • Guido Guidi (c)

Presenting IDW’s Transformers comics in preferred reading order! The end of everything! Shockwave makes a move millions of years in the planning—an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons! Only the combined forces of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Rodimus can save their world—but billions of miles and eons of war leave our heroes divided, in “Dark Cybertron.” Plus, Windblade takes the planet by storm—but where did she come from—and what does her secret mean for the future of the Transformers?

Collects Dark Cybertron #1 and Finale, More Than Meets The Eye issues #23–27, Robots In Disguise issues #23–27, and Windblade issues #1–4.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 388 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-085-7

Advance Solicited for September release!

The best way to catch up on the Transformers universe!

G.I. JOE #8— Cover A: Aaron Conley

Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a) • Aaron Conley (c)

It’s the battle you’ve been waiting for! No, not G.I. Joe versus Cobra… it’s Snake Eyes versus Quick Kick! When Snake Eyes steps out of bounds, only Quick Kick stands in the way of the ninja commando. Who is the team’s true martial arts champion? Well, you’ve gotta read to find out!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE #8— Cover B: Giannis Milonogiannis

Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a & c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE #8— Cover C: Tom Whalen

Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Don’t miss the Snake Eyes cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Santipérez!

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #242— Cover A: S L Gallant

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

Just when things seem back to normal for the Joes—well, as normal as things can get for our heroes—nefarious forces once again plot their doom! Who will step up this time to face off against the latest threat to justice, freedom, and liberty?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #242— Cover B: John Royle

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • John Royle (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Clue #2 (of 6)— Cover A: Derek Charm

Paul Allor (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Derek Charm (c)

After multiple murders rock the mansion, our earnest investigators discover a mysterious room that may hold all the answers. Meanwhile, Upton works to make all the guests happy—and keep them alive!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Clue #2 (of 6)— Cover B: Nelson Daniel

Paul Allor (w) • Nelson Daniel (a & c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Clue #2 (of 6)— Cover C: Nick Roche

Paul Allor (w) • Nelson Daniel (a) • Nick Roche (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

A NEW TAKE ON THE CLASSIC DETECTIVE GAME—WITH NEW DESIGNS BY ARTIST NELSON DANIEL UPDATING ALL THE CLASSIC CHARACTERS!

Dungeons & Dragons: Frost Giant’s Fury TPB—SPOTLIGHT

Jim Zub (w) • Netho Diaz (a) • Max Dunbar (c)

Mighty giants stir across the land and before their crushing might, nothing is safe. Badly injured after their encounters in the Demiplane of Dread and now lost in the frozen northern reaches of the Forgotten Realms, the Baldur’s Gate heroes will be tested like never before. Roll for initiative, a new Dungeons & Dragons adventure begins!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-928-8

Advance solicited for August release!

“The most recent example of D&D’s influence comes by way of the Netflix original series Stranger Things.” –Geek and Sundry

Ghostbusters 101 #5 (of 6)— Cover A: Dan Schoening

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)

The Ghostbusters have found out what’s bringing their dimensions together—and for once, it doesn’t have anything to do with a sinister beam of light heading into the sky! Tech nerds from two dimensions will need to put their heads together and build something that’ll solve the problem (and at least half of them hope any solution includes a satisfying explosion!).

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Ghostbusters 101 #5 (of 6)— Cover B: Tim Lattie

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a) • Tim Lattie (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Ghostbusters: Interdimensional Cross-Rip—Certified Cool

Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c)

When a confrontation with the vengeful elder god Proteus goes awry, Peter, Ray, Winston, and Egon will meet… The Real Ghostbusters! But even the combined might of eight ’Busters may not be enough to stop Proteus from getting his revenge. Plus, the guys pack their bags and head international! After a bust at the United Nations the boys, and girls, in gray are engaged to investigate some Old World hauntings, where they begin to unravel a mystery that sends them around the globe.

Collects the 2015 Annual, the Get Real mini-series, and Ghostbusters International #1–11.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 380 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-960-8

Advance solicited for September release!

New introduction by director Ivan Reitman.

Back to the Future #22— Cover A: Marcelo Ferreira—SPOTLIGHT

Bob Gale & John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)

“TIME SERVED, PART 1!” On a mission to uncover the secrets that sent Jailbird Joey Baines to prison, Marty is trapped in 1972—and the DeLorean has vanished! Things go from bad to worse when Biff Tannen teams with 18-year-old Joey to break into a house… and they drag Marty along! Their target: Doc Brown’s mom!!!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Back to the Future #22— Cover B: Tom Whalen

Bob Gale & John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The bombastic beginning of the final arc for this first volume of BTTF ongoing stories, concluding with a special double-sized issue #25!

Don’t miss the Doc Brown cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Star Trek: Boldly Go #10—Cover A: George Caltsoudas

Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a) • George Caltsoudas (c)

Scotty returns to the Yorktown base to check in on construction of the new Enterprise… only to find that building the flagship comes with unexpected perils!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: Boldly Go #10—Cover B: Jason Badower

Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a) • Jason Badower (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Variant cover by Cryssy Cheung!

Star Trek: New Visions, Vol. 5

John Byrne (w & a & c)

All-new, feature-length tales set in the Star Trek: The Original Series universe, done in a unique, one-of-a-kind photomontage style. This volume collects the stories “Swarm,” “The Hidden Face,” “Sam,” and the never-collected-before short story “More the Serpent Than the Dove.”

Collects issues #12–14.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-088-8

Advance solicited for August release!

“Byrne’s writing is strong, as always, and his story line is courageous in using Star Trek to address social issues often viewed as a ‘third rail’ in other forms of discourse.” –ComicWow.TV

Star Trek/Green Lantern, Vol. 2: Stranger Worlds—SPOTLIGHT

Mike Johnson (w) • Angel Hernandez (a & c)

The galaxy-spanning crossover epic continues in this sequel to the blockbuster STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN: THE SPECTRUM WAR! Captain Kirk and Hal Jordan lead the combined might of Starfleet and the Lantern Corps on an all-new adventure against new foes!

HC • FC • $24.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-966-0

Advance solicited for September release!

“This issue has all the action and adventure you’d expect to find and the surprises at the end make this installment a great read.” — Blog of Oa

“Stranger Worlds is terrific fun for comic book fans of both Star Trek and Green Lantern.” — TrekMovie

Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 3

Various (w) • John Stokes, Jim Baikie, John Canning, Ron Turner, Frank Bellamy (a) • Various (c)

This third volume reprints all comics from 1972 to 1979 and concludes the 3-volume series that presents the complete Star Trek UK comics. Bonus material includes various one-shots and annuals, as well as strips created for various merchandise and toys. Star Trek expert Rich Handley provides the second half of a detailed encyclopedia of all things Star Trek from these British comics. Exploring the minutiae is half the fun of enjoying a franchise, and when it comes to Trek, there’s no end of trivia to devour.

HC • FC • $49.99 • 272 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-967-7

Advance Solicited for September release!

“The book is a marvelously oddball artifact of Trek lore. The stories themselves are similar to what Gold Key was publishing in America—that is to say, cheesy and clunky but charming nonetheless. The difference, though, is that the UK strips are flat-out gorgeous.” —13thDimension.com

Star Trek: TNG: Mirror Broken #3 (of 6)—Cover A: J.K. Woodward

Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a & c)

The heist is on! Jean-Luc Picard and his cadre of mutineers set their plan into action, with the spoils the greatest prize of all: the Empire’s only Galaxy-class starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: TNG: Mirror Broken #3 (of 6)—Cover B: George Caltsoudas

Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • George Caltsoudas (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

As seen on Free Comic Book Day!

With the arrival of the Enterprise’s new Chief Medical Officer Beverly Crusher comes another question: whose side will she be on?

Variant cover by Tony Shasteen!

Star Trek Waypoint #6—Cover A: Gabriel Hardman

Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko (w) • Gabriel Hardman, Christopher Herndon (a) Gabriel Hardman (c)

Nurse Chapel questions whether or not to continue her medical training until a shuttle incident prompts her to make decisions that will forever change her future. In the second story, Captain Kirk is forced to work with the Romulans after a biological weapon is unleashed, with unexpected – and surprising – results.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek Waypoint #6—Cover B: Tom Whalen

Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko (w) • Gabriel Hardman, Christopher Herndon (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

2 stories from the fan-favorite Image sci-fi hit, INVISIBLE REPUBLIC!

One story from the Original Series era, and one from the never-before-seen Phase II era!

Don’t miss the Original Series Spock cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Photo variant cover!

The X-Files #16—Cover A: menton3

Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • menton3 (c)

“Resistance,” Part 3 (of 4): With Scully under arrest, Mulder must partner with a hated enemy in order to bring down a corrupt official.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The X-Files #16—Cover B: Tom Whalen

Joe Harris (w) • Matthew Dow Smith (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Executive produced by The X-Files creator Chris Carter!

Don’t miss the Flukeman cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

The X-Files: Origins—Dog Days of Summer #2 (of 4)—Cover A: Chris Fenoglio & Corin Howell

Jody Houser & Matthew Dow Smith (w) • Chris Fenoglio, Corin Howell (a & c)

Before the FBI, before the X-Files, they were just two teenagers in search of the truth. On Martha’s Vineyard, a strange encounter with a deaf girl sends 13-year-old Fox Mulder on the hunt for a mysterious signal. While in San Diego, young Dana Scully looks into a plane crash somehow tied to the man she helped put in jail. Two kids, two mysteries, one conspiracy that threatens the future of humanity.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The X-Files: Origins—Dog Days of Summer #2 (of 4)—Cover B: Cat Staggs

Jody Houser & Matthew Dow Smith (w) • Chris Fenoglio, Corin Howell • Cat Staggs (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The hit miniseries of last summer returns!

Mulder and Scully star in separate tales depicting their teen years!

See what made them into the characters we’ve come to love!

Especially crafted for young adult readers!

Mystery novel variant covers by Cat Staggs (Orphan Black)!

Orphan Black: Deviations #5 (of 6)—Cover A: Cat Staggs

Heli Kennedy (w) • Wayne Nichols (a) • Cat Staggs (c)

In a world where Sarah managed to save Beth from taking her own life! With this single twist of fate, the Clone Club comes together in a completely different manner and the mystery of Project LEDA unfolds in new, exiting ways! See all your favorite characters return in an all-new light!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Orphan Black: Deviations #5 (of 6)—Cover B: Fico Ossio

Heli Kennedy (w) • Wayne Nichols (a) • Fico Ossio (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Find out what happens in a world… where Sarah saved Beth!

Ask your retailer about the papercraft covers!

Variant cover by Kelly Blake!

Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #4— Cover A: Ulises Fariñas

Ulises Fariñas & Erick Freitas (w) • Daniel Irizarri (a) • Ulises Fariñas (c)

Judge Dredd continues his mission to restore order to a lawless land! With settlements overflowing with garbage and sewage, Dredd goes on a mission of mercy. It’s a dirty job, but Dredd’s gotta do it!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #4— Cover B: Tom Whalen

Ulises Fariñas & Erick Freitas (w) • Daniel Irizarri (a) • Tom Whalen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Mega-City Zero storyline continues!

Don’t miss the Judge Dredd cover by Mondo artist Tom Whalen, part of our Tom Whalen Cover Month!

Variant cover by Valentin Ramon!

24: Legacy—Rules of Engagement #4 (of 5)— Cover A: Georges Jeanty

Christopher Farnsworth (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Georges Jeanty (c)

The clock has been reset with 24: Legacy, and this limited series explores the past of its new leading character, Eric Carter, who led the elite squad responsible for killing an infamous terrorist leader and, consequently, forced into hiding. But before he was a national hero and a wanted man, Carter learned the Rules of Engagement in the streets of Iraq and Washington, D.C.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

24: Legacy—Rules of Engagement #4 (of 5)— Cover B: Photo

Christopher Farnsworth (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Photo (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Based on the new hit iteration of the 24 franchise!

Executive produced by Manny Coto and Evan Katz, writers of the show!

Covers by Georges Jeanty (Serenity)!

ach issue will have a photo cover featuring the cast of the show!

Written by Christopher Farnsworth, journalist, screenwriter and the author of The President’s Vampire series.

Kull Eternal #2— Cover A: Luca Pizzari

Tom Waltz (w) • Luca Pizzari (a) • Luca Pizzari (c)

Robert E. Howard’s legendary warrior king returns! Kull of Atlantis as been called from his mysterious mirror limbo throughout America’s history to wage battle during major crisis events—so-called Fourth Turnings—that mark the death of one age and the birth of another, greater one. Now, the time as come for the final Turning… but can Kull survive America’s greatest crisis and claim his long-prophesized New Atlantean throne?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Kull Eternal #2— Cover B: Alex Sanchez

Tom Waltz (w) • Luca Pizzari (a) • Alex Sanchez (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Robert E. Howard’s legendary warrior king as you’ve never seen him before!

Written by Tom Waltz (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and illustrated by Luca Pizzari (Marvel’s Black Knight).

Action, adventure, romance, and political intrigue spanning the ages!

Variant cover by Julio Das Pastoras!

Wynonna Earp: Season Zero #2 (of 5) —Cover A: Chris Evenhuis

Beau Smith (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • Chris Evenhuis (c)

As Wynonna Earp’s old gang—The Banditos—start dropping one by the one, the villains responsible for the hit job reveal themselves. They want something The Banditos hid away long ago—and Wynonna is the key!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Wynonna Earp: Season Zero #2 (of 5)—Cover B: Photo

Beau Smith (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • Photo (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Never-before-told story that ties into Syfy’s Wynonna Earp TV series!

Wynonna Earp returns to Syfy in June!

Secrets of Wynonna Earp’s past revealed!

Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #10— Cover A: Ilias Kyriazis

Arvind Ethan David (w) • Ilias Kyriazis (a & c)

With Dirk’s fateful decision made, will he meet his maker? Guest starring Douglas Adams himself! Featuring favorite characters from the original books as well as the cast from the TV series, including Samuel Barnett and Elijah Wood!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #10— Cover B: Photo

Arvind Ethan David (w) • Ilias Kyriazis (a) • Photo (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The star of two (almost three) beloved Douglas Adams novels!

Written by executive producer of the TV series Arvind Ethan David!

Executive produced by Max Landis (Chronicle and Superman: American Alien), the writer of the BBC America TV series!

Each issue will have a photo cover featuring the cast of the show!

Variant cover by Robert Hack!

Darkness Visible #6— Cover A: Livio Ramondelli

Mike Carey & Arvind Ethan David (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)

When the demons came, humanity reluctantly learned to share the world with another sentient race. Eighty years later, this uneasy co-existence has spawned an endless terrorist conflict. This special issue, with guest artist Livio Ramondelli, reveals the secret backstory of forensic scientist Glory Kullinek.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Darkness Visible #6— Cover B: Dave Kendall

Mike Carey & Arvind Ethan David (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Dave Kendall (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

From bestselling author and screenwriter Mike Carey (Unwritten, Lucifer, Girl with All the Gifts) and Arvind Ethan David (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) comes an all-new, original world of darkness and demons.

Diablo House #1—Cover A: Santipérez—SPOTLIGHT

Ted Adams (w) • Santipérez (a & c)

Located along the sleepy coastal town of La Jolla, California, Diablo House lets you make your dreams come true – if you dare. Surf-bum and Diablo House host, Riley, takes us into his home and shares the stories of the people who let their desire come at the cost of all else. Inspired by the classic horror comics of the past!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Diablo House #1—Cover B: Santipérez

Ted Adams (w) • Santipérez (a & c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Inspired by classic horror comics of the past!

Written by IDW CEO, and co-founder, Ted Adams and illustrated by Spanish newcomer, Santipérez!

Variant cover by Gabriel Rodriguez!

Saucer Country—SPOTLIGHT

Paul Cornell (w) • Ryan Kelly (a & c)

THEY’RE UP THERE… Meet Arcadia Alvarado, Governor of New Mexico and Presidential hopeful. She’s dealing with immigration policy, budget cuts, an alcoholic ex–and she was abducted by aliens. Or was she? It’s a strange road to the White House but Alvarado is determined to get there because she has information that could stop an alien invasion and save the world.

Collects all 14 issues of the original series.

TPB • FC • $29.99 • 300 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-095-6

Advance solicited for August release!

“Writer Paul Cornell weaves strands of alien abduction creepiness and energetic, Aaron Sorkin-style banter deftly.” — Kabooooom

Saucer State #3 (of 6)—Cover A: Ryan Kelly

Paul Cornell (w) • Ryan Kelly (a & c)

With a real alien ship a year away from Earth, Arcadia’s far right political foes are suggesting something that sounds horribly like revolution. Meanwhile, fairies are offering her ex-husband a cake-for-access deal. No, really. It’s the start of a quest that will unlock the secrets of reality as the series takes its unique mixture of House of Cards and Jeff Kripal to… Russia? Soon readers everywhere will be able to say, “Oh, they went there.” Because there is where we live.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Saucer State #3 (of 6)—Cover B: Jeffrey Veregge

Paul Cornell (w) • Ryan Kelly (a) • Jeffrey Veregge (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Picks up where Saucer Country left off!

One of the very few mainstream comics to be nominated for SF’s prestigious Hugo Award!

Tackles real world US politics from the point of view of a female President!

Brutal Nature: Concrete Fury #5 (of 5)— Cover A: Ariel Olivetti

Luciano Saracino (w) • Ariel Olivetti (a & c)

Captured by his worst enemies with the fate of his family uncertain—there’s seemingly no escape for Curt. But will the shapeshifting masks reveal the true nature of Curt’s warrior spirit before it’s too late?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Brutal Nature: Concrete Fury #5 (of 5)— Cover B: Ariel Olivetti

Luciano Saracino (w) • Ariel Olivetti (a & c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The beautifully painted story continues, featuring art by comics superstar Ariel Olivetti!

Starstruck: Old Proldiers Never Die #6 (of 6)

Elaine Lee (w) • Michael Kaluta (a & c)

Annie takes Harry to heaven—Blue Heaven—where he finds Miz Ti, the Galactic Girl Guides, some disturbing sensory input, and a little more than he’d bargained for. He’s reached the end of his story, but is Harry ready for the afterlife? Old friends are there to guide him, but he’s just not feeling himself!

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Completely new coloring, and 50% new art from Michael Kaluta over the course of the series!

Real Science Adventures: The Flying She-Devils #4 (of 6)—Cover A: Scott Wegener

Brian Clevinger (w) • Lo Baker (a) • Scott Wegener (c)

Action, Adventure, Excitement—oh wait, I’m sorry, what? We’ve already been sued? I’m sorry, how much? Okaaay, well! You better order a lot of these and help us out.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Real Science Adventures: The Flying She-Devils #4 (of 6)—Cover B: Brooke Allen

Brian Clevinger (w) • Lo Baker (a) • Brooke Allen (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

From the pages of Atomic Robo, the Flying She-Devils embark on a new daring adventure!

The spinoff story to the online sensation—in print for the first time!

Dread Gods #1—Cover A: Tom Raney

Ron Marz (w) • Tom Raney, Bart Sears(a) • Tom Raney (c)

Ominous Press launches with the first of three limited series set in a science-fiction/fantasy universe of epic heroes and insidious villains. In DREAD GODS, gods in a fantasy world discover they’re actually monsters in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Acclaimed creators Ron Marz and Tom Raney join with art master Bart Sears to usher in adventure like no other! Includes a backup tale by Bart Sears, and a wealth of added content.

FC • 48 pages • $3.99

Dread Gods #1—Cover B: Bart Sears

Ron Marz (w) • Tom Raney, Bart Sears (a) • Bart Sears (c)

FC • 48 pages • $3.99

Special over-sized issue at regular price!

The Ominous Universe starts HERE! Introducing new worlds of epic adventure!

Gods and monsters unleashed in a fantastic landscape!

Written by Ron Marz (Green Lantern, Witchblade) and lavishly illustrated by Tom Raney (X-Men, Thor)!

Created by comic master Bart Sears!

Variant covers by Kenneth Rocafort and Neal Adams!

Locke & Key: Heaven & Earth Deluxe Hardcover Edition—SPOTLIGHT

Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez & Jay Fotos (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)

Following the Small World deluxe edition, this special deluxe release finally reprints the oft-requested and long-denied Eisner-winning one-shot, “Open the Moon!” Plus the other long-sold-out one-shot, “Grindhouse!” PLUS plus: the even more hard-to-find IDW 10th anniversary Locke & Key tale, “In the Can!” And additional covers, behind-the-scenes photos and more, all wrapped up in a beautiful 72-page hardcover package.

HC • FC • 72 pages • $14.99 • ISBN: 978-1-68405-181-6

The long-sold-out Eisner-winning “Open the Moon,” re-presented at last!

Along with the nearly impossible-to-find one-shots “Grindhouse” and “In the Can!”

Plus additional Locke & Key covers, photo gallery and more!

Brand-new cover by L&K co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez!

Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium—CERTIFIED COOL

Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunlavey (w & a) • Ryan Dunlavey (c)

The inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, and more! Reprinting the classic series in bold new color!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 144 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-925-7

Advance solicited for August release!

Presented in all-new color!

Featuring new stories about the pioneering women in comics!

“Comics has finally gotten the history—and the historians—it deserves.” —Matt Fraction

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score TPB—CERTIFIED COOL

Richard Stark, Darwyn Cooke (w) • Darwyn Cooke (a & c)

“The Score” is a high-octane trip across America, as Parker assembles a dozen of the best caper men he can find to knock over his most audacious target yet: an entire town. They scheme, they prepare, and they execute with military precision unaware that the whole thing is about to blow up in their faces. Long considered a high watermark in the Parker series, this new graphic adaptation brings the original to violent, double-crossing life.

TPB • PC • $17.99 • 160 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-996-7

Richard Stark’s classic crime novel adapted by Darwyn Cooke.

Winner of the prestigious Eisner Award.

Time & Vine #1—Cover A: Thom Zahler—CERTIFIED COOL

Thom Zahler (w & a & c)

A grade school history teacher, looking for a respite from her life’s problems, finds the ultimate escape when the owner of a local winery reveals its secret to her: drink the right glass of wine in the right tasting room, and travel back in time to the year it was bottled. Together, they’ll journey through the history of the 200-year old winery… as well as their own.

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Time & Vine #1—Cover B: Thom Zahler

Thom Zahler (w & a & c)

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Night Owl Society—CERTIFIED COOL

James Venhaus (w) • Pius Bak (a & c)

High school loner David Foxworth’s best friend is killed by a local mob boss, and the police won’t do anything about it. With nothing but his allowance and an overdeveloped sense of right and wrong, David gathers a group of fellow outsiders and misfits and decides to take matters into his own hands. By night they sneak out to disrupt the mob’s business and by day they maintain their perfect GPAs. They are The Night Owl Society. But, one of them is hiding a secret that could destroy the team. Will they survive without getting killed or grounded?

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 100 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-933-2

Advance solicited for August release!

The Outsiders meets The Departed in this cutting piece of genre fiction.

D4VEocracy—SPOTLIGHT

Ryan Ferrier (w) • Valentin Ramon (a & c)

After conquering 34RTH as the greatest robot war hero, then saving it from invading aliens, D4VE’s next campaign gets political! In the wake of a robo-political assassination, D4VE begins a presidential campaign. A hip new app startup has other plans for the robot society, however, and creates the perfect political rival. The third arc of the acclaimed D4VE series returns in D4VEOCRACY.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 100 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-927-1

Advance solicited for August release!

“True to form, D4VEOCRACY is silly in how comically true-to-life it can be, but that’s what makes it so good. Ferrier and Ramon’s mix of unique writing and art continue to breathe life into the robot world, as we’re greeted with familiar themes from earlier arcs that better prime us for what’s to come.” –The Fandom Post

P. Craig Russell’s Strange Dreams Artist’s Edition—SPOTLIGHT

Don McGregor, Marc Andreyko (w) • P. Craig Russell (a & c)

This gorgeous Artist’s Edition features two classic stories by master artist P. Craig Russell. The first is the final Killraven collaboration between Russell and McGregor in Marvel Graphic Novel #7, followed by Russell’s Doctor Strange: What is it That Disturbs You, Stephen? Both stories are complete and stand-alone adventures, and delicately delineated in Russell’s lovely illustrative style. Rounding out this Artist’s Edition will be a gallery section with earlier examples of Russell’s Killraven and Doctor Strange works.

BW • 12×17” • HC • 144 pages • $125.00

Jungle Girls

Mitch Maglio, Craig Yoe (editors) • Matt Baker, Maurice Whitman, L.B. Cole (a) • L.B. Cole (c)

An anthology that collects the best Golden Age (1940s–1950s) comic book stories featuring strong female versions of Tarzan. The sassy, brassy, and beautiful girls of the four-color Golden Age don’t just rule the jungle, they look good doing it, too! Strong, sexy, leopard-clad women fight apes, lions, and evil white-man traders while the Tarzan-like boyfriends cling to their vines watching admiringly from a safe distance.

HC • FC • $29.99 • 160 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-915-8

Advance solicited for September release!

“[Craig Yoe’s] work on publications and artists that time forgot has made him the Turner Classic Movies of comic book historians.” –USA Today

Weird Love #19

Various (w) • Various (a) • Fred Kida (c)

As if roller derby wasn’t weird enough now it gets the funky Pre-Code romance comic book treatment! Plus there’s another story involving steamy female wrestlers! How about the cringe-worthy “Henpeck House”?!? Then there’s “They Called My Dad Old Bad” the less said about that the better! “My Secret Heart” is incredibly surreal wackiness. Plus a love advice comic you must read: “How to Make a Man Miserable!”

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Popeye Classics #60

Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)

The classic Bud Sagendorf stories just keep getting nuttier, crazier, and funnier! Olive pits Popeye and Bluto against each other because she wants to … BUILD A WALL! More stories: one with a saucy mermaid that P.O.’s Olive, another with O.G. Wotasnozzle. Plus TWO MORE FEATURES!

“There’s no comics with as much pure undiluted comic bookiness, stream-of-consciousness, and outlandish stories. They’re super fun!” —Gutters & Panels

FC • 32 pages • $4.99

Variant cover by “Toxic” Tommy O’brien!

Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice—SPOTLIGHT

Hugo Pratt (w & a & c)

In this affectionate tribute to his hometown, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese’s return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets… or if it’s merely “the stuff that dreams are made of,” as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett’s novel featuring another Maltese.

TPB • B&W • $22.99 • 64 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-926-4

Advance solicited for August release!

Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.

R. CRUMB: From the Underground to GENESIS—CERTIFIED COOL

R. Crumb (a & c)

The Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris (Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris) presents a premier retrospective exhibition on one of the greatest illustrators of the past fifty years: Robert Crumb. One of the pioneers of Underground comics, he represents a mythical figure in American counter-culture.

HC • PC • $44.99 • 240 pages • 9” x 11.75” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-109-0

Advance solicited for August release!

“During adolescence I couldn’t fit in… but it freed me to drop that Hollywood ideal and pursue the people that I thought attractive.” — R. Crumb on his work (The Guardian, 4/24/2016)

The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History—CERTIFIED COOL

Doug Ellis, Ed Hulse, Robert Weinberg, Mike Ashley, Tom Roberts (w) • N/A (a & c)

A team of experts in each of the ten major Pulp genres, from action Pulps to spicy Pulps and more, chart for the first time the complete history of Pulp magazines—the stories and their writers, the graphics and their artists, and, of course, the publishers, their market, and readers.

Each chapter in the book, which is illustrated with more than 400 examples of the best Pulp graphics (many from the Editors’ collections—among the world’s largest) is organized in a clear and accessible way, starting with an introductory overview of the genre, followed by a selection of the best covers and interior graphics, organized chronologically through the chapter.

HC • FC • $39.99 • 240 pages • 9.75” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-091-8

Advance solicited for September release!

The first definitive visual history of the Pulps.

A Story of Men—CERTIFIED COOL

Zep (w & a & c)

In this original graphic novel, the last time that the rock group Tricky Fingers found themselves in the same spot was eighteen years ago for a concert in the BBC studios that was supposed to launch their career… but instead ended in catastrophe. Since then, this group of friends that once harbored dreams of revolutionizing rock has parted ways, most drifting into musical obscurity. Except Sandro. His initiative brings the group together for the weekend to find out where life has taken them. How their fortunes have faired. To see if they’ve learned anything since they were teenagers.

HC • FC • $19.99 • 64 pages • 9.25” x 12.25” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-961-5

Advance solicited for September release!

Tap into “what could have been” and “what never was” in this powerful story of friendship and betrayal from French illustration powerhouse, Zep.

Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories—CERTIFIED COOL

Brian Coldrick (w & a & c)

A twisted figure crawling out of a tunnel. A giggling crowd of masked watchers. A reassembling corpse. What could be behind you, just waiting for you to turn around?

Behind You is an illustration series, a comic with no panels, where each piece is essentially a separate story. Each tale is one image and one piece of text; an unsuspecting victim with someone, or something, behind them. Entries range from the amusingly weird to the genuinely unsettling. Inspired by spooky films, books, myths, and Internet tall tales, Behind You is full of scary set-ups but leaves lots of blanks for the reader to fill in with their own narrative.

HC • FC • $15.99 • 152 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-953-0

Advance solicited for September release!

Featuring an introduction by Joe Hill!

Begun as a webcomic in early 2015, the series has amassed fans including the likes of Joe Hill, Ramsey Campbell, and Neil Gaiman, and has been featured by io9, APlus, and The AV Club.

Jérôme K. Jérôme Blôche, Vol. 1: The Shadow Killer —SPOTLIGHT

Alain Dodier & Pierre Makyo & Serge Le Tendre (w) • Alain Dodier (a & c)

By day, the 20-year-old wanna-be sleuth Jérôme translates detective novels, while by night he’s enrolled in Professor Maison’s correspondence course for private eyes. And when fifteen people in Paris have been killed by poisoned darts, Jérôme gets his first case, capturing a flamboyant assassin who uses a blowgun. Unfortunately, things get off to a rocky start when the professor appears to be victim number sixteen!

Translated in English for the first time.

HC • FC • $14.99 • 56 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-902-8

Advance solicited for September release!

The first book in an ongoing series that has been a hit with Young Adult readers in Europe.

Hap And Leonard: Savage Season

Joe R. Lansdale (w) • Jussi Piironen (a & c)

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn’t be more different. Hap is an East Texas white boy with a weakness for all women. Leonard is a gay, black Vietnam vet. Together, they stir up more commotion than a firestorm. But that’s just the way they like it. When Trudy, an ex-flame of Hap’s returns promising a huge score, Hap lets Leonard in on the scam. That’s when things get interesting. Joe R. Lansdale’s classic dark thriller has been adapted and vividly bought to life by Finnish illustrator Jussi Piironen. He stays faithful to the original novel and creates a visual treat for Hap and Leonard fans.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-184-7

Advance solicited for September release!

The first-ever Hap and Leonard graphic novel!

Savage Season is the basis for the first season of Sundance TV’s Hap and Leonard!

Joe R. Lansdale’s classic dark thriller has been adapted and vividly bought to life by Finnish illustrator Jussi Piironen!

Sax Rohmer’s Dope—CERTIFIED COOL

Trina Robbins (w & a & c)

A talented young actress becomes fatally ensnared in London’s mysterious and glittery drug culture of the early 20th century. Trina Robbins’ comic book adaptation of Sax Rohmer’s sensational 1919 novel. DOPE was both the first novel to speak openly about the world’s international drug trade, and the first story to center around the death of a celebrity by drug overdose. As for the art, it is considered by many (including Trina herself) to be her best work ever as an illustrator.

HC • FC • $24.99 • 96 pages • 8.25” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-957-8

Advance solicited for September release!

Trina Robbins was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of its few female artists. Both as a cartoonist and historian, she has long been involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists.

Skylanders: Spyro & Friends Quarterly: FULL BLAST!—Cover A: Jack Lawrence

Ron Marz & David A. Rodriguez (w) • Jack Lawrence & Various (a) • Jack Lawrence (c)

Join Spyro and his fellow Skylanders as they embark on all-new adventures! Stealth Elf, Eruptor, Jet-Vac and all your favorites are here; ready to battle Kaos and all the various vile villains of the land!

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

Skylanders: Spyro & Friends Quarterly: FULL BLAST!—Cover B: David Baldeon

Ron Marz & David A. Rodriguez (w) • Jack Lawrence & Various (a) • David Baldeon (c)

FC • 48 pages • $4.99

New format—quarterly schedule, 48 pages!

Skylanders Academy season 2 premieres on Netflix this Fall with a third season already approved!

Skylanders Imaginators has been dubbed “…without question the best in the series…” by Forbes.com

There has never been a better time to be a Skylander fan!

Hanazuki: Full of Treasures #2— Cover A: Nico Peña

David Mariotte (w) • Nico Peña (a & c)

“Little Blue Hemka.” Oh no! Blue Hemka’s been flattened! Good thing Hanazuki’s here to help—if she can convince Sleepy Unicorn to use his magic!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Hanazuki: Full of Treasures #2— Cover B: Yasmin Sheikh

David Mariotte (w) • Nico Peña (a) • Yasmin Sheikh (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Based on the second episode of Hanazuki: Full of Treasures, the digital first series with millions of views on YouTube!

Don’t miss the RI cover by the animated series artist: Nicoletta Baldari!

Seriously, this is book is both cute and cool—just like you irresistible yumbuckets!

The Powerpuff Girls: The Time Tie #3 (of 3)—Philip Murphy Cover A

Haley Mancini & Jake Goldman (w) • Philip Murphy (a & c)

After being zapped by Mojo Jojo’s Time Tie, Buttercup ends up in Regency (old-timey-fancy) England! When the villainous Dandy absconds with a rare chronogem, Buttercup is going to have to take him down with extreme pride and prejudice if she wants to get back home to help her sisters defeat Mojo Jojo!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Powerpuff Girls: The Time Tie #3 (of 3)—Andy Cung Cover B

Haley Mancini & Jake Goldman (w) • Philip Murphy (a) • Andy Cung (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Powerpuff Girls are back in a brand-new three-issue series!

Each Powerpuff Girl travels to a different era and place in time in her own special issue!

Variant cover by Jarrett Williams!

Jem and the Holograms: Infinite #2 (of 3)—Cover A: Stacey Lee

Kelly Thompson (w) • Stacey Lee (a & c)

The FIRST EVER Jem/Misfits Crossover Event continues here in “INFINITE PART THREE!” Jem and The Holograms are transported to another world where they (and unlikely allies The Misfits!) must save the world from JEMCORP, a corrupt corporation that now controls all Hologram Technology!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Jem and the Holograms: Infinite #2 (of 3)—Cover B: Veronica Fish

Kelly Thompson (w) • Stacey Lee (a) • Veronica Fish (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Jerrica, Aja, Shana, and Kimber re-united with their father, Emmett Benton! Sort of!

And just who is behind JEMCORP?! The answer may surprise you! All the music, all the fashion, all the romance, all the sci-fi shenanigans begin here!

Interconnecting subscription covers on both Jem: Infinite and Jem: The Misfits: Infinite by Veronica Fish!

Variant cover by Genevieve FT!

Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits: Infinite #2 (of 3)— Cover A: Jenn St-Onge

Kelly Thompson (w) • Jenn St-Onge (a & c)

The FIRST EVER Jem/Misfits Crossover Event continues here in ” INFINITE PART FOUR!” Outside the walls, free of JEMCORP synergy technology, a resistance is building, one led by none other than bandmates and girlfriends Kimber and Stormer!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits: Infinite #2 (of 3)— Cover B: Veronica Fish

Kelly Thompson (w) • Jenn St-Onge (a) • Veronica Fish (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

It’s going to take Jem and The Holograms, The Misfits, AND their alt-reality counterparts all working together to save this world…is that even possible?

And will Pizzazz be able to live with the fact that she must never reveal Jem’s secret? Some things may be too much to ask!

Interconnecting subscription covers on both Jem: Infinite and Jem: The Misfits: Infinite by Veronica Fish!

Variant cover by Caspar Wijngaard!

Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits—SPOTLIGHT

Kelly Thompson (w) • Jenn St-Onge (a) • M. Victoria Robada (c)

Their songs may be better, but the Misfits have lost their label and nobody will touch them in the music business. On the ropes and desperate to get back on top, they’re forced to consider the worst case scenario… A MISFITS REALITY TV SHOW. Though it promises the chance to get them back in the spotlight, it comes with a heavy, privacy-destroying price.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-930-1

Advance solicited for August release!

“The good news is that IDW is all about giving people the Jem And The Holograms they really wanted.” –A.V. Club

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #56—Cover A: Agnes Garbowska

Christina Rice (w) • Agnes Garbowska (a & c)

“Wings Over Yakyakistan” part 2 of 2. The dragon invasion of Yakyakistan continues and Spike and Pinkie Pie must find an unusual way to make peace before it’s too late!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #56—Cover B: Sara Richard

Christina Rice (w) • Agnes Garbowska (a) • Sara Richard (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Peace in Equestria hangs in the balance!

Variant cover by Mary Bellamy!

My Little Pony: Legends of Magic #4—Cover A: Brenda Hickey

Jeremy Whitley (w) • Brenda Hickey (a & c)

The legend of Flash Magnus is revealed as a courageous act is needed to overcome an out-of-control storm that threatens Griffonstone!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: Legends of Magic #4—Cover B: Zachery Sterling

Jeremy Whitley (w) • Brenda Hickey (a) • Zachery Sterling (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

A perilous path for Pegasi!

Variant cover by Trish Forstner!

My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel #2—Cover A: Andy Price

Ted Anderson (w) • Andy Price (a & c)

As My Little Pony: The Movie nears, discover the new characters that will change the course of Pony history in this series! In this issue, an eccentric group takes to the skies on the search for adventure and treasure!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel #2—Cover B: Tony Fleecs

Ted Anderson (w) • Andy Price (a) • Tony Fleecs (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Humor and danger abound in this issue!

Variant cover by Kaori Matsuo!

Mickey Mouse: Darkenblot

Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Jonathan Gray, Lorenzo Pastrovicchio (w & a) • Lorenzo Pastrovicchio (c)

The future is now! The high-tech city of Avantgarde has a cutting-edge robot police force–but it’s just become the Phantom Blot’s deadly private army! Can Mickey brave high-tech horrors to stop his old foe? Or will Avantgarde decide Mickey is part of the problem? Omigosh!

Collects IDW’s Mickey Mouse issues #16–18.

TPB • FC • $12.99 • 124 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-932-5

Advance solicited for August release!

“These stories are great at showcasing characters we don’t see much of in America.” —Bleeding Cool

Uncle Scrooge #28—Cover A: John Loter

Romano Scarpa, Thad Komorowski (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • John Loter (c)

“The Bodacious Butterfly Trail,” Part 2 of 2! A centuries-old bug with a built-in treasure map is leading Scrooge McDuck to fortunes untold—but now the terrible Beagle Boys might be one step ahead!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Uncle Scrooge #28—Cover B: Daniel Branca

Romano Scarpa, Thad Komorowski (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • Daniel Branca (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #432!

Concluding the USA debut of a classic Golden Age tale by Disney legend Romano Scarpa!

Variant cover by Marco Mazzarello!

Walt Disney’s Christmas Classics

Frank Reilly (w) • Floyd Gottfredson; Manuel Gonzales; Floyd Norman; John Ushler (a) • Various (c)

A delightful book for Disney fans of all ages. The Disney Christmas newspaper strip debuted in 1960 with “Peter Pan’s Christmas Story,” in which Captain Hook tries to sabotage Christmas. It was such a success that new stories were created yearly, each self-contained, each featuring characters from another animated movie, and each leading up to Christmas Eve and Santa off to deliver his presents. The “Disney-villain-wants-to-spoil-Christmas” plot was exploited with inventive variations each year. Stories include “Cruella’s Very Furry Christmas,” “Snow White’s Christmas Surprise,” “Dumbo and the Christmas Mystery,” “Cinderella’s Christmas Party,” “The Three Little Pigs’ Christmas Story,” and many more. All 28 special holiday stories are collected in a book for the first time.

HC • FC • $39.99 • 228 pages • 11” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-006-2

Advance solicited for September release!

A new perennial classic! Disney holiday newspaper strips to enjoy every year!

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #739—Cover A: Massimo Fecchi

Lars Jensen, David Gerstein (w) • Flemming Andersen, Daan Jippes (a) • Massimo Fecchi (c)

“Nest of the Demonbirds!” By popular demand, Donald Duck is yanked back into the Tamers of Nonhuman Threats—just in time for a hideous (and slightly hilarious) battle with feathered, ferocious freaks of nature!

FC • 48 pages • $5.99

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #739—Cover B: Walt Kelly

Lars Jensen, David Gerstein (w) • Flemming Andersen, Daan Jippes (a) • Walt Kelly (c)

FC • 48 pages • $5.99

Donald and Fethry have a new mission with the Tamers of Nonhuman Threats—courtesy of fan favorites Lars Jensen and Flemming Andersen!

New format—quarterly schedule, 48 pages!

Enjoy a classic cover by the legendary Walt Kelly (Pogo) on our subscription variant!

DuckTales #0—Cover A: Marco Ghiglione

Joe Caramagna (w) • Gianfranco Florio, Paolo Campinoti, Andrea Greppi, Roberta Zanotta (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)

DuckTales (woo-hoo) returns! Featuring beloved characters like Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, and Huey, Dewey and Louie, this new #0 issue is the perfect jumping on point for fans old and new in anticipation of the brand-new series coming Summer 2017!

Experience the wackiest, quackiest hijinks in two brand-new (Duck) Tales!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

DuckTales #0—Cover B: Marco Ghiglione

Joe Caramagna (w) • Gianfranco Florio, Paolo Campinoti, Andrea Greppi, Roberta Zanotta (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The animated series has already been greenlit for a second season!

A full DuckTales series coming soon from IDW Publishing!

Variant cover by Marco Ghiglione!

Tangled: The Series: Adventure is Calling

Scott Peterson & Various (w) • Ivan Sharvin, Ludmila Steblianko, Aleaya Baarsukova & Various (a) • Diogo Saito (c)

Heed the call for adventure, with all your favorites from Disney’s hit animated show! Gorgeously illustrated stories starring Rapunzel, still finding her way in the kingdom of Corona, with Eugene at her side! But will she be able to be a princess, make her family happy, and ALSO follow her adventurous heart?

TPB • FC • $9.99 • 72 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-198-4

Featuring original stories, plus one adaptation of the hit television show!

Tangled: The Series airing regularly on the Disney Channel, with Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Eugene—the same cast as the feature film!

Advance solicited for August release!

Sh*t My President Says: The Illustrated Tweets of Donald J. Trump

Shannon Wheeler (w & a & c)

Some people are saying, I don’t know, you tell me, but a lot of people are saying this is the greatest book of the year. This guy, Shannon Wheeler, he draws these cartoons for the New Yorker, MAD, the Onion—he’s very, very, good, okay? Now he’s illustrated the most incredible tweets. Wow! You won’t believe what he does with these tweets. I mean, these tweets changed the world, folks. It’s true! It’s very true. EVERYONE is going to want this book — even the haters and losers (Sad!).

HC • BW • $15.99 • 120 pages • 5” x 6.5” • ISBN: 978-1-60309-410-8

Spacebat and the Fugitives (Book One): Tacos at the End of the World—CERTIFIED COOL

Chris Sheridan (w & a & c)

Spacebat, the galaxy’s greatest misfit, is pressed into service by three children to battle robots, psychics, and even the very laws of nature to stop a mad scientist, his army of ill-mannered robots, and (worst of all), a universe-bending machine.

FC • 120 pages • $14.99 • 10.24 x 7.25” • ISBN 978-1-60309-414-6

Romp across reality in a wide-ranging escapade for all ages from acclaimed cartoonist Chris Sheridan (Motorcycle Samurai, Plants Vs. Zombies), featuring bold lines, quirky characters, outer-space adventures… and tacos.

Korgi: Short Tails— Cover A: Christian Slade—CERTIFIED COOL

Christian Slade (w & a & c)

Korgi: Short Tails is a 48-page comic book collecting all seven Korgi stories from Free Comic Book Day, together with a brand-new adventure called “Cloud Cat.” A robot loses its head, finger-puppets battle, a dragon learns to breathe fire, and Sprout the Korgi (of course) stuffs himself with delicious treats! Slade’s lovingly detailed pen-and-ink drawings bring his fantasy world to life in small slices, all bound up within a new fully-painted cover.

B&W • 48 pages • $4.99

Korgi: Short Tails— Cover B: Christian Slade

Christian Slade (w & a & c)

B&W • 48 pages • $4.99

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Christian Slade’s heartwarming Korgi series!

“Guaranteed to be loved by children. Its Disney-esque beauty and Bone-like comic timing and fantasy adventure are thoroughly enjoyable, and Slade’s black-and-white draftsmanship is impeccable.” — The AV Club

Superf*ckers Forever—CERTIFIED COOL

James Kochalka (w & a & c)

Jack Krak is Back! After kind of destroying the world (whoops!), the wonderfully profane and destructive Superf*ckers are brought back to life to hang out, make out, punch each other out, and generally cause a ruckus. But when their leader, SuperDan, insists on their help in rescuing an old friend still trapped in Dimension Zero will it lead to the SuperF*ckers return to glory, or will they remain selfish jerks? Collecting all five issues of Superf*ckers Forever, the first-ever Superf*ckers comic series by creator James Kochalka, and featuring back-up stories by acclaimed indie creators!

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-089-5

Advance solicited for August release!

“Crashing through the threshold between stupidity and genius.” —Paste Magazine

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Showdown: Bebop & Rocksteady

Daryl Andrews & Adrian Adamescu (d) • Various (a) • Robert Atkins (c)

Heads up Turtles, Bebop and Rocksteady have invaded the New York City Sewers! You’ll need to act fast to save your friends from their clutches in this semi-cooperative board game. Use your knowledge of the sewers to work as a team while trying to out think, out maneuver, and outplay Bebop and Rocksteady. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Showdown: Bebop & Rocksteady you’ll face off against two of your deadliest foes, in the most precarious setting yet.

2-4 players • Playable from ages 10+ • 30 minutes • MSRP $29.99 • UPC: 8-27714-01273-6

A sewer crawling, Tile-Laying Board game of head-to-head combat!

First in an all-new series of standalone board games featuring the heroes and villains of TMNT!

Outpost: Siberia

Jon Gilmour & Daryl Andrews (d) • Ron Joseph (a) • Matthew Sweeney (c)

Welcome to Outpost 1, an observatory in the isolated frozen tundra of Siberia! You and your team have been studying the area, but last night, a massive storm set in, bringing with it a pack of nightmarishly strange creatures. Now, trapped by the weather and these beasts, your crew’s only hope is to use your meager resources to defend yourself and wait out the storm. Ration carefully and you may see the sun again. Designed by Jon Gilmour (Dead of Winter) and Daryl Andrews.

2-5 players • Playable from ages 12+ • 30 minutes • MSRP $19.99 • UPC: 8-27714-01271-2

A cooperative card game of survival at any cost!

First in a series by premier game designer Jon Gilmour (Dead of Winter)!

Advance solicited for August release!

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