DC Comics In June 2012: Vertigo & Others

[ENGLISH] DC Comics tells us: DC Comics In June 2012, Part 2: Vertigo & Others – American Vampire, iZombie, American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares, Fairest, Fables, Hellblazer, Scalped, Unwritten, Spaceman, Saucer Country, Invisibles, Uncharted, Gears of War, Mad Magazine…

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MAD MAGAZINE #516
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots
On sale JUNE 20 • 56 pg, FC, $5.99 US
School’s out! Go ahead, put your brain in neutral and catch up on the latest issue of MAD. We won’t tell.

MAD ARCHIVES VOL. 4 HC
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots
ADVANCE SOLICIT • On sale NOVEMBER 7 • 248 pg, FC, 6.625” x 10.1875”, $59.99 US
• Collects MAD #19-24! Hoo hah!
• Includes “Mickey Rodent,” “Sounds Effects,” and a tribute to Will Elder, because why not?
• Written by Harvey Kurtzman, with spectacular art by Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Will Elder and others.

GEARS OF WAR #24
Written by KAREN TRAVISS
Art by POP MHAN
Cover by COLIN WILSON
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • FINAL ISSUE
• Series finale
• This series final features the comics debut of QUEEN MYRRAH, leader of THE LOCUSTS!
• Leads readers into GEARS OF WAR 3 game!

UNCHARTED TP
Written by JOSH WILLIAMSON
Art by SERGIO SANDOVAL and POL GAS
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale JULY 11 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• Based on the critically acclaimed and best-selling PlayStation 3 video game!
• A quest for the legendary “Amber Room” launches Nathan Drake on a journey to the center of the earth.
• Collects the entire 6-issue miniseries!

END OF NATIONS TP
Written by RICARDO SANCHEZ
Art by YVEL GUICHET and MIKE S. MILLER
Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE and KARL STORY
On sale JULY 25 • 128 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• Collecting END OF NATIONS #0-4!
• Based on the highly anticipated MMORTS game from Trion Worlds!
• Following a global economic collapse, the Order of Nations has taken control – but resistance fighter Shane Barrett struggles to save his family, and maybe the world.

RIGHT STATE HC
Written by MAT JOHNSON
Art by ANDREA MUTTI
Cover by NESSIM HIGSON
On sale AUGUST 8 • 152 pg, B&W, 6.75” x 9”, $24.99 US • MATURE READERS
Just in time for the fall presidential election, Mat Johnson, acclaimed writer of INCOGNEGRO, delivers a race-against-time political thriller about a militia group that’s plotting to assassinate the second African- American President of the U.S.
In the week leading up to a major campaign speech, the Secret Service discovers that an extremist militia group is plotting to assassinate America’s second African American President. The best chance to avert this crisis is to infiltrate the group using an ex-Special Forces war hero turned conservative media pundit named Ted Akers. While Akers’s politics make him a hero to the right-wing fringe and no friend to the current Administration, he takes the assignment and what follows is an adrenalinefueled race against time to stop a President from dying and a country from being ripped apart.

FAIREST #4
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by PHIL JIMENEZ and ANDY LANNING
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale JUNE 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
What is it with the Snow Queen and her love of/addiction to stories? And how does that little blue bottle imp plan to take advantage of her weakness? Can he really spin a tale so compelling that the evil queen of ice and sorrow will willingly let them all go in peace? Let’s find out as we hear the rest of Sleeping Beauty’s tale, and learn how Ali Baba ended up stranded in this bleak and snowy world.

FABLES #118
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Backup story art by SHAWN McMANUS
Cover by JOAO RUAS
On sale JUNE 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Planning a visit to Toyland? Here are a few simple rules: 1) Bring your own food. Plastic pies and hamburgers won’t fill you up. 2) Stay away from the tattered, broken toys called the Discardia. They’re dangerous and they’re up to something. 3) If you find yourself in trouble, try to find the Fisher King. He’s the only one who can help you now.

FABLES VOL. 17: INHERIT THE WIND TP
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM, STEVE LEIALOHA, SHAWN McMANUS, ZANDER CANNON, JIM FERN, P. CRAIG RUSSELL, ADAM HUGHES and others
Cover by JOAO RUAS
On sale JULY 4 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
The tights and capes have been stored away forever, but where do the Fables go from here? Bigby and Snow White’s cubs try to move forward after learning a hard lesson about life and death in this collection featuring issues #108-113 of the acclaimed series.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE: LORD OF NIGHTMARES #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
On sale JUNE 13 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 5, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Hot on the heels of last year’s award-winning AMERICAN VAMPIRE miniseries, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, we return to postwar Europe and the vampire-hunting agency known as The Vassals of the Morning Star! Agent Felicia Book has had a dark life, filled with tragedy, but she has finally found peace, raising her adoptive son, Gus. But when the Vassals return for help tracking the most powerful vampire of all time, she soon learns nothing can prepare her for the threat inside The Coffin…
A great companion to the ongoing series and a perfect jumping-on point, LORD OF NIGHTMARES features amazing art by Dustin Nguyen!

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #28
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:10 Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for details.
“The Blacklist” begins here!
The next AMERICAN VAMPIRE epic begins here with part one of “The Blacklist.” 1950’s Hollywood is in the grip of “The Red Scare,” but in this twisted tale it’s more than just the political scene that runs red. Our gal Pearl and Skinner Sweet return to the town where it all started for them, only to learn that things have gotten much worse since they left This massive story with major revelations is NOT to be missed! Plus, this issue features a variant cover by BATMAN artist Greg Capullo!

iZOMBIE #26
Written by CHRIS ROBERSON
Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
On sale JUNE 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Things have gotten pretty crazy for the good people of Eugene, Oregon, in recent months, and now matters are going from bad to worse. Gwen knows what she has to do if she’s going to be able to stop things from going from worse to WORST, but can she bring herself to do it? What price will she pay to save the world?

HELLBLAZER #292
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Guest art and cover by SIMON BISLEY
On sale JUNE 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
When John Constantine and Epiphany Greaves see a trashy werewolf movie it triggers disturbing memories of guilty sexual stirrings, lycanthropic aristocrats and socially mobile gangsters. But can John remember who was in that little red riding hood? And can Epiphany be sure what kind of beast she’s sleeping with? Find out in the one-shot tale “The House of Wolves” featuring art by the amazing Simon Bisley.

THE NEW DEADWARDIANS #4
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art and cover by I.N.J. CULBARD
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 8, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Inspector Suttle, closing in on the perpetrator of the impossible crime, must escape the living terror of Zone B’s East End if he is to chase down the remaining leads. Can the living ever let the dead go free? And if the investigation extends beyond the cordoned comfort of London, into the bleak Restless Wastes, what other horrors will he face?

THE INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by STEVE YEOWELL, JILL THOMPSON, CHRIS WESTON, JOHN RIDGWAY, STEVE PARKHOUSE, PAUL JOHNSON, PHIL JIMENEZ, TOMMY LEE EDWARDS, MARK BUCKINGHAM, DUNCAN FEGREDO, MICHAEL LARK, PHILIP BOND, IVAN REIS, WARREN PLEECE, GRANT MORRISON, SEAN PHILLIPS, FRANK QUITELY and others
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale AUGUST 15 • 1,536 pg, FC, $150.00 US • MATURE READERS
Collecting for the first time ever in one book: all three volumes of the blockbuster series by Eisner award-winning writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN)! Follow the adventures of The Invisibles, a secret organization out to battle the physical and psychic oppression brought upon humanity by the interdimensional alien gods of the Archons of Outer Church!
This massive book includes THE INVISIBLES #1-25, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2 #1-22, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 3 #12-1, and stories from ABSOLUTE VERTIGO #1 and VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #1.

SPACEMAN #7
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, 7 of 9, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Orson is hunted down by the cops, the bounty hunter, and the gang bent on kidnapping Tara. And as he gets squeezed, something precious slips through his fingers…

SAUCER COUNTRY #4
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art by RYAN KELLY
On sale JUNE 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Why is there a gap in the Governor’s files when it comes to Roswell? Michael investigates the secrets of his abduction, powerful enemies gather against the Alvarado campaign, and Arcadia makes the most desperate decision of her life.

SWEET TOOTH #34
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE and NATE POWELL
On sale JUNE 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
A special stand-alone story called “The Ballad of Johnny and Abbot” with incredible guest art by multiple award-winning artist Nate Powell (Any Empire)! Johnny and Abbot are brothers, but they couldn’t be more different. What created this rift between them, and can Johnny fix it before it’s too late?

SCALPED VOL. 9: KNUCKLE UP TP
Written by JASON AARON
Art by R.M. GUERA
Cover by JOCK
On sale JULY 25 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
In this volume collecting SCALPED #50-55, war breaks out on the reservation as Red Crow loses his grip on the reins and Dash Bad Horse faces his toughest and fiercest foe yet.

SCALPED #60
Written by JASON AARON
Art by R.M. GUERA
Cover by JOCK
On sale JUNE 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS • FINAL ISSUE
IT ALL ENDS HERE.

THE UNWRITTEN #38
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
On sale JUNE 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
The weird cultists who worship Tommy Taylor are the chief suspects in a series of bizarre disappearances – and a young, relentless detective thinks she’s found a way to crack the case. Plus, puppetmaster Madame Rausch is on her deathbed – but can she find the strength to pull the final strings?

DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD #4
Written by SELWYN SEYFU HINDS
Art by DENYS COWAN and JOHN FLOYD
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPA
On sale JUNE 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Dominique finds herself trapped at The Crossroads, the pathway between flesh and spirit, where she faces an inquisition from a handful of lethally unpredictable voodoo gods. From sailing the River of Souls with Baron Samedi, god of death, to confronting the overwhelming vastness of the Universe from the back of Damballah the sky serpent, Dominique’s trials will strip her bare…and threaten her very soul.