DC Comics In May 2011: Vertigo & Various

[ENGLISH] DC Comics tells us: DC Comics In May 2011, Part 2: Vertigo & various – American Vampire, Fables, The Twilight Experiment, iZombies, Northlanders, New York Five, Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, Hellblazer, DMZ, House of Mystery, The Unwritten, Sweet Tooth, Scalped, Mad Magazine, Gears of War, Starcraft, inFamous, Deus Ex…

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THE TWILIGHT EXPERIMENT TP
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art and cover by JUAN SANTACRUZ
Collecting the acclaimed 6-issue miniseries! Serenity, once humanity’s greatest champion, died defending the world she loved. She left behind more than a legacy of heroism — she left a son. For eight years, Michael has lived on a space station orbiting Earth. Raised by a computer, possessed of strange powers and hypersensitive to light, is Michael at last ready to join the human race?
On sale JUNE 8 • 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US

inFAMOUS #5-6
Written by WILLIAM HARMS
Art by ERIC NGUYEN
Covers by ED BENES
Based on the hit PS3 game! In issue #5, mysterious FBI agent Moya Jones has captured electric Super Hero Cole MacGrath and his only chance at freedom rests in the hands of one his greatest enemies, a psychopath named Sasha. Is this the end of Cole’s short career as a metahuman? And in the miniseries’ finale, the fate of Empire City hangs in the balance as electric super hero Cole MacGrath faces not only Kessler’s most horrific creation, a monstrosity named David, but also Moya Jones! How will the climactic events of this series lead into Infamous 2? Find out!
Issue #5 on sale MAY 11
Issue #6 on sale MAY 25
5 and 6 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

DEUS EX #4
Written by ROBBIE MORRISON
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE and SERGIO SANDOVAL
Cover by JIM MURRAY
The danger rises to explosive levels as the psychotic cyborg Durant continues his war against Sarif Industries. With the future of human evolution hanging in the balance, Adam Jensen engages in a relentless hunt for his former friend and current nemesis.
On sale MAY 18 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

KANE & LYNCH TP
Written by IAN EDGINTON • Art by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
Cover by BEN TEMPLESMITH
Following the bullet-ridden finale to the bestselling video game, Kane and Lynch decide it’s best for everyone if they go their separate ways. That is, until a contract is put out on their collective lives for a huge bounty – and every assassin and two-bit goon around the world is gunning for the volatile pair. Collecting the 6-issue miniseries!
On sale JUNE 15 • 144 pg, FC $17.99 US • MATURE READERS

RATCHET & CLANK TP
Written by T.J. FIXMAN • Art by ADAM ARCHER • Cover by CREATUREBOX
The bestselling Sony video game franchise is now an action-packed, galaxy spanning comic. With Dr. Nefarious defeated and the universe safe, galactic heroes Ratchet and Clank return to the Solana galaxy for some well-earned rest and relaxation. But when entire planets begin disappearing from the universe without a trace, Galactic President Qwark calls them back into action to solve the mystery. Collecting the 6-issue miniseries!
On JUNE 29 • 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US

COWBOYS HC
Written by GARY PHILLIPS
Art by BRIAN HURTT
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
From the author of the “Ivan Monk” detective novels comes a riveting original graphic novel about violence and race in modern society.
COWBOYS revolves around a racially motivated police shooting of Deke Kotto, a young African American man, by Tim Brady, a white undercover cop, inside a swanky club frequented by hip-hop stars, gangsters, Hollywood celebs and the drug kingpins that finance the whole operation. But the victim is actually an undercover officer on the trail of the gangsters, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
On sale JULY 13 • 192 pg, B&W, $19.99 US, 5.5” x 8” • Mature Readers

STRANGE ADVENTURES #1
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, SCOTT SNYDER, PETER MILLIGAN and others
Art by EDUARDO RISSO, JEFF LEMIRE, KEVIN COLDEN and others
Cover by PAUL POPE
1:10 Variant cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM
Don’t miss this eighty page collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo’s all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, we bring you eight science-fiction stories as only Vertigo can do them. Plus: the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso reunite to bring you the first chapter of their upcoming new series SPACEMAN!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
One-shot • On sale MAY 25 • 80 pg, FC, $7.99 US • MATURE READERS

CINDERELLA: FABLES ARE FOREVER #4
Written by CHRIS ROBERSON
Art by SHAWN MCMANUS
Cover by CHRISSIE ZULLO
The hunt for Cinderella’s longtime nemesis leads her from the heat of equatorial Africa to the chilly ski slopes of Switzerland. Cinderella and her companion, the Russian Fable Ivan Durak, have managed to stay one step ahead of the deadly assassin so far – but is their luck about to run out?
On sale MAY 11 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

FABLES #105
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Cover by JOAO RUAS
In “Super Team” part 4, Ozma’s super team is ready to fight, but there’s a complication: Mister Dark isn’t the only one of the Great Powers on the warpath. The North Wind just blew into town with bad news for Bigby: His ghostly son must die. Talk about bad timing! Remember when Bigby promised his father that “The next time I come after you, I’ve made arrangements to make sure I’m able to kill you”? That time is here! It’s father vs. son. Will Bigby survive one battle so he can help with the other?
On sale MAY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #15
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
“Ghost War” continues as Henry and his lost unit fight for their lives against a vicious new strain of vampire. Meanwhile, Skinner makes some unexpected moves and Pearl sets out on a perilous journey. The secret vampire war of The Pacific rages on!
On sale MAY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

HELLBLAZER #279
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and STEFANO LANDINI
Cover by SIMON BISLEY
Our newly married urban mage doesn’t know it, but his niece, Gemma, blames him for a brutal assault. Now she’s planning a suitably demonic revenge – and she’s dangerously out of her depth. Meanwhile, Constantine’s got himself a new thumb – but any pleasure this might bring him is cut short when his young wife reveals a terrible secret. Well, what did he expect? That married life would be one long honeymoon?
On sale MAY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #37
Written by MATTHEW STURGES
Art by LUCA ROSSI and JOSE MARZAN, JR and AARON CAMPBELL
Cover by ESAO ANDREWS
What happens next hasn’t happened, or didn’t not unhappen, or never was to have happened in the first place. Frankly, the proper tense for what happened to what happens next hasn’t been invented yet. In “Desolation” part two, Fig struggles to exist, but her existence is as problematic as our attempt to explain it! Meanwhile, a gang of mysterious strangers appeaS in the House of Mystery looking for one Lotus Blossom Mackenzie. Featuring a short story illustrated by Aaron Campbell (Green Hornet)!
On sale MAY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

DMZ #65
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI
Cover by JP LEON
“Free States Rising” concludes here as the final battle for the city of Manhattan, as well as the fate of the entire country, begins to unfold. Matty Roth, the ultimate embedded journalist, reconnects with his on-again off-again friend Zee, who finds Matty a very changed man since she last saw him.
On sale MAY 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

NORTHLANDERS #40
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by MATTHEW WOODSON
Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE
In the middle of a long Scandinavian winter, a solitary hunter stalks the forest for what seems like weeks on end. His elusive prey starts to take on added significance as the hunter descends into helplessness and despair, to the point that the skills of even this seasoned outdoorsman are put to the ultimate test. Lavishly illustrated by Matthew Woodson, whose illustrations have appeared in Wired, Spin, Penthouse, Glamour and more, “The Hunt” is destined to be one of the most memorable Northlanders stories to date.
On sale MAY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

iZOMBIE #13
Written by CHRIS ROBERSON
Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
This issue marks the beginning of the new story “5 Brains, 5 Months,” which will play out in “real time” over the course of the coming issues. In May, 2011, zombie girl Gwen and her friends solve a mystery just in time to keep an even more mysterious appointment with Amon, the sexy mummy, while the vampire girls add a new member to their number and the monster hunters prowl the streets. And in the first of a series of backup stories, we meet a group of government agents who will soon be making life very difficult for Gwen and company. But who are the Dead Presidents?
On sale MAY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

SCALPED #49
Written by JASON AARON
Art by R.M. GUERA
Cover by JOCK
The mysterious Catcher has always walked his own path, but for him, time is running out. As another searing story comes to an end, will Catcher finally run out of places to hide?
On sale MAY 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

STUCK RUBBER BABY TP NEW EDITION
Written by HOWARD CRUSE
Art and cover by HOWARD CRUSE

“Absolutely riveting . . . Maus, move over; a sa great graphic novel, you’ve met your match.” — BOOKLIST
“Complex, meticulously drawn . . . a gripping way to revisit those lurid days.” — THE WASHINGTON POST

The groundbreaking, award-winning semi-autobiographical graphic novel returns in a new edition featuring an introduction by Alison Bechdel, award winning author of Fun Home.
In the 1960s American South, a young gas-station attendant named Toland Polk is rejected from the Army draft for admitting “homosexual tendencies,” and falls in with a close-knit group of young locals yearning to break from the conformity of their hometown through civil rights activism, folk music and upstart communality of race-mixing, gay-friendly nightclubs. Toland’s story is both deeply personal and epic in scope, as his search for identity plays out against the brutal fight over segregation, an unplanned pregnancy and small-town bigotry, aided by an unforgettable supporting cast.
On sale JUNE 1 • 224 pg, B & W, $17.99 US, 6.875” x 9” • MATURE READERS

SWEET TOOTH #21
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE
Gus reluctantly joins Jepperd on a hunt for the missing girls, but the tension between the two continues to grow. Meanwhile, Singh and Johnny come face to face with a deadly new threat, and Lucy and the girls meet Walter Fish, an enigmatic survivor who may have more to offer than meets the eye. Don’t miss snowmobile gangs, yetis and more as the new story arc “Endangered Species” kicks off with a bang!
On sale MAY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

SWEET TOOTH VOL. 3: ANIMAL ARMIES TP
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE
In this new collection featuring issues #12-17, Gus and the other hybrid kids meet a new ally in the militia camp, but will he help them find a way out? And Jepperd begins to assemble an army of his own to take down the militia camp. But can he control the forces he’s set in motion? It’s the most explosive SWEET TOOTH epic yet!
On sale JUNE 8 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS

THE UNWRITTEN #25
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
“Citizen Taylor,” part 1 of 2! Back in the real world at last, Tom follows Lizzie and Savoy to New York and to the auction house of Christian Bolinbroke. Lots #1 to 200? The worldly goods of Wilson Taylor. And the only thing more dangerous than the other bidders is the auctioneer himself.
On sale MAY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS