September is just around the corner (I know, I know, summer’s just starting) but the impending arrival of fall brings some good things: Football, cooler weather, and some bitchin’ Skybound titles. All of these books are absolutely humming right now, and they’ll be grooving even harder in a couple months. Get hyped.
BIRTHRIGHT #39
STORY: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
ART/COVER: ANDREI BRESSAN & ADRIANO LUCAS
SEPTEMBER 4 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | TEEN+ | $3.99
The world has lost its mind! The clash between Mikey Rhodes and Mastema has unintended consequences, leading to dark days ahead…
EXCELLENCE #5
STORY: BRANDON THOMAS
ART/COVER: KHARY RANDOLPH & EMILIO LOPEZ
VISIONS OF EXCELLENCE VARIANT: ASHLEY WOODS
SEPTEMBER 18 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | MATURE | $3.99
Spencer’s ascension through the ranks of the Aegis comes at a cost. Plus, one of the Aegis’s rules is broken—leading to the introduction of an incredible, new sorcerer!
OBLIVION SONG BY KIRKMAN & DE FELICI #19
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: LORENZO DE FELICI & ANNALISA LEONI
COVER: LORENZO DE FELICI
SEPTEMBER 11 | 28 PAGES | FULL COLOR | TEEN+ | $3.99
START OF NEW ARC
Who ARE the Faceless Men? Finally… SOME ANSWERS.
OUTER DARKNESS #10
STORY: JOHN LAYMAN
ART/COVER: AFU CHAN
SEPTEMBER 11 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | MATURE | $3.99
The entire crew of The Charon is infected with a plague that makes them increasingly violent and murderously insane. Except for the kitty, who is miraculously unaffected. So who’s gonna save the day?
Spoiler warning: Meow!
OUTPOST ZERO #13
STORY: SEAN KELLEY MCKEEVER
ART/COVER: ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI & JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU
SEPTEMBER 18 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | TEEN+ | $3.99
As the Outpost reels from a devastating setback, Alea and Sam’s unrelenting search for answers leads them to the truth they’d most hoped and feared to learn.
REAVER #3
STORY: JUSTIN JORDAN
ART: REBEKAH ISAACS & ALEX GUIMARES
COVER: BECKY CLOONAN
SEPTEMBER 11 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | MATURE | $3.99
Madaras is going to hell, and only Hell’s Half-Dozen can stop it. Their suicide mission brings them to an outpost deep within enemy territory to pull a brazen heist using all their most notable skills: deception, seduction and murder.
REDNECK #24
STORY: DONNY CATES
ART/COVER: LISANDRO ESTHERREN & DEE CUNNIFFE
SEPTEMBER 25 | 32 PAGES | FULL COLOR | MATURE | $3.99
END OF ARC
The Bowmans have survived Asilo Del Muerto and come out the other side. Will Asilo Del Muerto survive the Bowmans, though?
THE WALKING DEAD #195
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
SEPTEMBER 4 | 32 PAGES | BLACK & WHITE | MATURE | $3.99
“The Swordsman Strikes”
It’s the end of the line… FOR SOMEONE.
ASSASSIN NATION VOL. 1 TRADE PAPERBACK
STORY: KYLE STARKS
ART/COVER: ERICA HENDERSON
SEPTEMBER 18 | 112 PAGES | FULL COLOR | MATURE | $14.99
Everyone gather around! Did you hear? Two-time Eisner winner Erica Henderson (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead) has a new book that is hella full of swears, an excessive amount of violence, and a ton of murders. Welcome to ASSASSIN NATION.
The World’s Former Greatest Hitman hires the 20 best assassins in the world to be his bodyguards. These mean-as-hell hired guns and murderers must work together to keep the new crime boss safe, survive, and also attempt to solve the mystery of who’s trying to off him!
Written by two-time Eisner nominee Kyle Starks (Rick and Morty, Rock Candy Mountain) in the vein of his action-comedy cult classics Sexcastle and Kill Them All, ASSASSIN NATION is the bombastic, adrenaline-fueled murder fest you’ve been waiting for!
Collects ASSASSIN NATION #1-5.
ACTION/ADVENTURE, HUMOR
OBLIVION SONG VOL. 3 TRADE PAPERBACK
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: LORENZO DE FELICI & ANNALISA LEONI
COVER: LORENZO DE FELICI
SEPTEMBER 11 | 128 PAGES | FULL COLOR | TEEN+ | $16.99
In the wake of the world’s SECOND transference event… everything is different now.
Collects OBLIVION SONG #13-18.
ACTION/ADVENTURE, SCIENCE FICTION
THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 16 HARDCOVER
STORY: ROBERT KIRKMAN
ART: CHARLIE ADLARD, STEFANO GAUDIANO & CLIFF RATHBURN
COVER: CHARLIE ADLARD & DAVE STEWART
SEPTEMBER 4 | 304 PAGES | BLACK & WHITE | MATURE | $34.99
This hardcover collection features twelve issues of the hit comic book series, along with covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long-time readers and fans of the AMC TV show.
Rick leads the Commonwealth’s Governor, Pamela Milton, on a tour of the various communities Alexandria is aligned with. Naturally… terrible things begin to happen very quickly, and what’s done can’t be undone.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #181-192.
HORROR, DRAMA
