BOOM! STUDIOS Solicitations for JANUARY 2013


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JANUARY 2013

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake #1

Written By: Natasha Allegri

Art By: Natasha Allegri

Covers By: JAB, Joe Quinones, Vera Brosgol, Ethan Riley, Frank and Becky

Description: Fan-favorite Adventure Time sensations Fionna and Cake arrive to the hit adventure time comic! Join Cake the Cat and Fionna the Human in this totally algebraic new adventure, written and drawn by Fionna & Cake creator and Adventure Time storyboard artist Natasha Allegri! When Fionna rescues a feral flame boy from a pack of wild fire lions, it starts her on a quest she’ll never forget…

32 pages, $3.99.

Peanuts #5

Written By: Charles M. Schulz and Vicki Scott

Art By: Charles M. Schulz and Vicki Scott

Covers By: Charles M. Schulz

Description: Now an ongoing series! Peanuts is back for the new year with Snoopy’s most beloved personality taking center stage…The Flying Ace! Will his Sopwith Camel hold up against the Red Baron long enough for Snoopy to make it back to the cafe? for a cold, tall root beer? Charles Schulz’s beloved creations keep going strong with all-new stories mixed in with Schulz original Sunday strips.

32 pages, $3.99.

Garfield #9

Written By: Mark Evanier

Art By: Gary Barker, Dan Davis and Mike DeCarlo

Covers By: Gary Barker, Dan Davis and Al Jaffee

Description: What’s Garfield’s New Year’s Resolution? More lasagna, more pizza, and never ever to wake up on a Monday! Our amazing team returns for two more new Garfield stories, and this time they brought along a friend: tartist Al Jaffee, who draws this month’s variant cover!

32 pages, $3.99.

Roger Langride’s Snarked! Vol. 3 TP

Written By: Roger Langridge

Art By: Roger Langridge

Cover By: Roger Langridge

Description: Roger Langridge returns as his series comes to its thrilling conclusion! After a perilous high seas journey, our heroes have finally reached their destination: Snark Island. But what dangers will they encounter on their search for the missing Red King? Will Scarlett be able to save the kingdom from the clutches of the dastardly royal advisors? And what will become of the Walrus and the Carpenter?

Collecting issues #9-12 of the series. Join Queen Scarlett, baby Rusty, the Walrus, and the Carpenter as this chapter of their story comes to a close. This collection also features exclusive bonus content from Roger Langridge!

112 pages, $14.99.

Adventure Time #12

Written By: Ryan North

Art By: Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb

Covers By: Chris Houghton, Zack Sterling, Lilli Carre and David King

Description: BMO’s sick, but it’s not just any virus…it’s a magical virus! And now, Finn and Jake have to seek out a sorta-no-good-very-bad wizard to set things right!

32 pages, $3.99.

Bravest Warriors #4

Written By: Joey Comeau

Art By: Mike Holmes

Covers By: Tyson Hesse, Victoria Ying, Zac Gorman and Nate Bulmer

Description: Now ongoing! The bodacious conclusion to the debut arc! The Bravest Warriors have to band together to defeat the most nefarious villain of all…Sadness, bro! But Sadness isn’t going down without a weepy fight!

32 pages, $3.99.

Deathmatch #2

Written By: Paul Jenkins

Art By: Carlos Magno

Covers By: Whilce Portacio and Trevor Hairsine

Description: The battle royale continues as the world’s greatest superheroes are forced to fight each other to the death in a mysterious, otherworldly prison. Who will be crowned the victor in this month’s grudge match? More importantly, who will be the loser? And will the cabal of Sable, Meridian, Sol Invictus, and the Manchurian be able to decipher the mysteries of the prison before one of them is selected to enter the arena?

32 pages, $3.99.

Freelancers #4

Written By: Ian Brill

Art By: Joshua Covey

Covers By: Reilly Brown and Drew Johnson

Description: The wild and crazy first arc of the breakout hit series comes to its thrilling conclusion! Val and Cass’ hunt for their missing man (and the rest of their payday) has led them back to the Kung Fu Orphanage where they built their bonds and learned how to break bones. Now, they will learn secrets about the dojo that should have stayed buried… Oh, and that missing man? He’s back & ready to kick their butts.

32 pages, $3.99.

Grace Randolph’s Superbia #3

Written By: Grace Randolph

Art By: Russell Dauterman

Covers By: Stephane Roux and Russell Dauterman

Description: After last month’s shocking events, Hella struggles to keep her carefully constructed suburban world from crumbling around her… While Jeremy and Eli attempt to escape the jungles of Mongolia, with the Daughters of Bright Moon hot on their tail, the Jenkins marriage hits a snag as Tia wishes to rejoin the “workforce…” Zari and Sara’s play-date is crashed by an uninvited visitor, and Gio makes an announcement that shocks the world, but none more so than Paul… All that, and a cliffhanger!

32 pages, $3.99.

Steed & Mrs. Peel #5

Written By: Caleb Monroe

Art By: Will Sliney

Covers By: Lorena Carvalho and Dan Davis

Description: Mods…IN SPACE…. It’s well established that our spies are the swingingest secret agents in all the land, but what about in the galaxy? Emma Peel and John Steed enter the Space Race, thanks to the rocket-fueled talents of Caleb Monroe and Will Sliney!

32 pages, $3.99.

Hellraiser: The Road Below #4

Written By: Brandon Seifert

Art By: Haemi Jang

Covers By: Tim Bradstreet and Nick Percival

Description: Final issue! Ruling Hell isn’t as easy as it looks… Kirsty Cotton has been thrown into the middle of a decades-long family feud, and her choices will end it once and for all. The bloody finale to Kirsty Cotton’s “Year One” story!

32 pages, $3.99.

Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #5

Written By: Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman

Art By: Damian Couceiro

Covers By: Gabriel Hardman and Charles Paul Wilson III

Description: New arc! After the destruction of Ape City, Doctor Zaius, his family, Cornelius and Marcus are faced with the difficult and often treacherous task of rebuilding…but what terror lies beneath the ruins? Find out what the Ape City cataclysm has awoken…

32 pages, $3.99.

Planet of the Apes Volume 4 TP

Written By: Daryl Gregory

Art By: Carlos Magno

Cover By: Carlos Magno

Description: The Planet of the Apes saga continues! Don’t miss the fourth volume of the sci-fi masterpiece that pits man versus ape in the continuity of the landmark original feature film. The world has changed — humans seemingly have learned their place, and the utopia that Voice Alaya sought for her people has seemingly arrived at last. Writer Daryl Gregory and artist Carlos Magno continue their run on Planet of the Apes! Along with issues #13-16, this volume also collects the Planet of the Apes Annual, including stories by Jeff Parker, writer/artist Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko and artist John Lucas.

144 pages, $19.99.

Fanboys vs. Zombies #10

Written By: Sam Humphries and Shane Houghton

Art By: Jerry Gaylord

Cover A By: Jerry Gaylord,

Cover B By: Dominike “Domo” Stanton

Description: Hey… you remember Rob and Burger? Two of the founding members of the Wrecking Crew, one of them had a thing with Jenna and the other was a bit loose in the cage with a penchant for going hyphy? Whatever happened to those dudes? Find out here, in the very first FvZ flashback issue!

32 pages, $3.99.

The Hypernaturals #7

Written By: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning

Art By: Tom Derenick and Andres Guinaldo

Covers By: Tom Derenick and Kris Anka

Description: With their greatest enemy on the loose, the Hypernaturals are left with little choice but to pursue the only avenue of inquiry they have left, one that might save the Quantinuum, or plunge the universe into a greater, more terrifying darkness…

32 pages, $3.99.

Higher Earth #9

Written By: Sam Humphries

Art By: Francesco Biagini

Cover A By: Frazer Irving

Cover B By: Garry Brown

Description: The final issue! For the first time in her life, Heidi is absolutely certain of what she must do next…and Rex is forced to face the consequences of the events he has set in motion, as the final push against Higher Earth comes to its epic conclusion!

32 pages, $3.99.

Extermination #8

Written By: Simon Spurrier

Art By: V. Ken Marion

Covers By: Tom Derenick and Antonio Fuso

Description: Final issue! It all ends here in the heart of the Abattoir, Nox and Red Reaper attempt to unleash Absolute on the world. Will their final gamble succeed in ridding our dimension of the EDDA infiltration? Will they both survive the encounter? And what will become of the post-post- apocalypse? The superhero epic comes to its conclusion, straight from the minds of Simon Spurrier and artist V Ken Marion!

32 pages, $3.99.

Extermination Volume 1 TP

Written By: Simon Spurrier

Art By: Jeffrey Edwards and V. Ken Marion

Cover By: Trevor Hairsine

Description: We lost. They won. In the wake of an apocalyptic alien invasion, the world’s greatest super-heroes and deadliest super-villains must form an alliance to prevent their own extermination. Two archenemies — Nox, a driven hero, and the Red Reaper, a ruthless villain — form a volatile partnership for the greater good. The enemy of your enemy is your friend…but will they be able to ultimately put aside their bitter past to prevent global genocide? What happens when all the battle lines are redrawn and foes become unlikely allies in a desperate war for the fate of the very planet, and the outcome of a species?

Written by Simon Spurrier, Extermination is a super-hero survival story by an author that boldly explores the dark crevices of an entire genre! Collecting issues 1-4 of the twisted new series, join Nox and Red Reaper on their trek across the ravaged American countryside, amassing former friends and foes for the ultimate battle of resistance.

128 pages, $19.99.

SOURCE: Comics Continuum & Bleeding Cool