IMAGE COMICS JUNE 2010 RELEASES

Image Comics has released their solicits for June 2010


THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN # 1 (of 6)
story DAVID HINE & SHAKY KANE
art & cover SHAKY KANE
JUNE 2
32 PAGES/FC
$3.99
ALL NEW SIX-ISSUE SERIES!
Relive the Golden Age of comics! The Legendary Kane and Hine return to their greatest creations! SEE! Coffin Fly Vs. Zombie Nam Vets! The Shield of Justice walks the Dead Beat! The Unforgiving Eye sees all, forgives nothing! Red Wraith: He’s red! He’s dead! Ramona: Buxom, Beautiful and Bound! Big 2 Publishing, eat your heart out!
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES



HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC #1(of 4)
story TIM SEELEY
art DANIEL LEISTER
cover A TIM SEELEY & NEI RUFFINO
cover B JENNY FRISON
JUNE 9
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
Critically acclaimed cult horror hit HACK/SLASH comes to Image Comics in a new miniseries that explores Cassie’s first case! 16-year-old Cassie Hack has just been forced to kill her mother, the undead murderer known as the Lunch Lady! Now faced with overwhelming guilt, she must decide if she can make a life with her foster parents or use her new-found slasher killing skills to save other screaming teenagers! But does the apple fall far from the tree?

A perfect jumping-on point for new readers and a previously untold
tale for old fans!


HACK/SLASH OMNIBUS, VOL. 1 TP (new printing)
story TIM SEELEY
art STEFANO CASELLI, DAVE CROSLAND & SKOTTIE YOUNG
cover TIM SEELEY
JUNE 9
300 PAGES / FC
$29.99
At the end of every horror movie, one girl always survives... in this case, Cassie Hack not only survives, she turns the tables by hunting and destroying the horrible slashers that would do harm to the innocent! Alongside the gentle giant known as Vlad, the two cut a bloody path through those who deserve to be put down... hard!


HACK/SLASH, VOL. 3: FRIDAY THE 31st TP (new printing)
story TIM SEELEY
art EMILY STONE & MATT MERHOFF
cover TIM SEELEY
JUNE 9
152 PAGES / FC
$18.99
Surviving the first horror movie is tough. Surviving the sequel is near impossible. Making it to the third? Now that's, well, superhuman! Cassie and Vlad manage to get to their third trade paperback collection of "Hack/Slash!" But there, they have to face murderous dolls, medical miscreants, and satanic rockers...will they make it to the end in one piece?


DUST WARS #1 (of 3)
story CHRISTOPHER "MINK" MORRISON
art & cover DAVIDE FABBRI & PAOLO PARENTE
JUNE 2
24 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“GUNTER VALLEY,” Part One
Twistory present's PAOLO PARENTE's pinup girl & awesome robot world like you have never seen. Read along as Koshka's Russian KV-47 Squad & a rag tag group of American's join together to destroy Axis Commander Sigrid Von Thaler's top secret base deep behind enemy lines. This time Sigrid is poised to end the Dust war with one final assault on Europe with her new mammoth Gunther robots. Can the Allies save the day? Be sure not to miss the first of three new issue series from PAOLO PARENTE's ever-growing DUST universe. This time it's DUST WARS!



DYNAMO 5: SINS OF THE FATHER #1 (of 5)
story JAY FAERBER
art JULIO BRILHA
cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY
incentive cover KELSEY SHANNON & MARC DEERING
JUNE 23
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
Dynamo 5 returns in an all-new miniseries! As the team struggles to adjust to their new powers, they must combat an alien menace with its roots in an untold adventure featuring Captain Dynamo, Omni-Man, Supreme, and other Image heroes!

Plus the debut of NOTORIOUS, a new bonus feature by JAY FAERBER & JOE EISMA! A masked crime fighter targets a powerful mob family. But what are his true motives?



META 4 #1 (of 5)
story & art TED McKEEVER
cover TED MCKEEVER & DANA MORESHEAD
JUNE 9
32 PAGES / BW
$3.50
An amnesiac astronaut is helped by Gasolina, a muscular woman who dresses up as Santa all year round. As they travel New York City for one man's answers of self, it becomes an expedition to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves.

In true McKeever fashion, Meta 4 is a combination of distorted mystery, dark humor, conflict both physical and mental, and friendship all set against the backdrop of wretchedness and hope!

MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

BRIGADE #1
story ROB LIEFELD
art MARAT MYCHAELS
covers MARAT MYCHAELS, ROB LIEFELD & MIKE CAPPROTTI
JUNE 30
32 PAGES/FC
$3.99
"GENOCIDE"
BATTLESTONE. SEAHAWK. COLDSNAP. THERMAL. KAYO. STASIS. LETHAL. Together they are BRIGADE. Thirty years ago, a crashed alien spacecraft was retrieved by the U.S. government. A warning of an impending invasion was heeded and an alien defense initiative named Brigade was formed. 30 years later, Genocide arrives, looking to finish earth off for good. Fueled by alien technology and biology, only a Brigade can stop them! A complete re-imagining of the original smash series by the original creative team of ROB LIEFELD and MARAT MYCHAELS.


SEA BEAR & GRIZZLY SHARK #1
story & art RYAN OTTLEY & JASON HOWARD
cover RYAN OTTLEY & JASON HOWARD
JUNE 23
48 PAGES / BW
$4.99
THEY GOT MIXED UP!
Do not go out at night: GRIZZLY SHARK lurks in these woods. There are many dangers of the deep, but none so deadly as SEA BEAR! Thrill to the adventures of these two exciting new characters. Told in two full-length stories written and illustrated by RYAN (INVINCIBLE) OTTLEY and JASON (THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN) HOWARD. Also featuring a special prose origin story written by ROBERT KIRKMAN!


THE PRO (one-shot) (new printing)
story GARTH ENNIS
art & cover AMANDA CONNER & JIMMY PALMIOTTI
JUNE 2
72 PAGES / FC
$7.99
BACK IN PRINT!
Reintroducing the outrageous story of THE PRO in a paperback version of the deluxe hardcover edition. Just when you think GARTH ENNIS has gone too far, just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets, just when you thought no one would go near the idea of the world’s first superhero prostitute… here comes THE PRO! Plus, in “The Pro Meets the Ho,” our plucky heroine faces a super-powered “soiled dove” whose powers of perversion exceed the Pro’s own!
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

CREATURE TECH OGN (new printing)
story DOUG TENNAPEL
art & cover DOUG TENNAPEL
JUNE 16
224 PAGES / BW
$17.99
From DOUG TENNAPEL the creator of Earthworm Jim, MONSTER ZOO and Ghostopolis comes a new edition presented for the first time by Image Comics! Featuring 16 new pages of TENNAPEL’s rough development sketches and pin ups from ROB SCRAB and C.S. MORSE.


I KILL GIANTS TP
story JOE KELLY
art & cover J.M. KEN NIIMURA
JUNE 2
184 PAGES, BW
$15.99
Barbara Thorson, a girl battling monsters both real and imagined, kicks butt, takes names, and faces her greatest fear in the bittersweet coming-of-age story called "Best Indy Book of 2008" by IGN. AICN says "…a great mini full of eccentricity, humor and humanity that I not only highly recommend, but hope to see get some well deserved attention come Eisner time."
Collects I KILL GIANTS #1-7

THE MICE TEMPLAR, VOL. 2.1: DESTINY, PART 1 TP
story BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
art VICTOR SANTOS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
JUNE 9
208 PAGES / FC
$17.99
Karic might be the Chosen One...but what does such a title even mean for the young mouse who desires only to save his family from a monstrous fate. Under the training of exile Cassius, Karic learns what it truly is to be a Templar knight and warrior. While One-Arm Leito rallies his fellow prisoners, struggling to become a leader against impossible odds. Both mice find themselves on a collision course with destiny.
FOREWORD BY GAIL SIMONE!
Collects MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #1-5

PROOF VOL. 4: JULIA TPB
story ALEX GRECIAN
art & cover RILEY ROSSMO
JUNE 9
128 PAGES / FC
$16.99
Murder, heartbreak and Bigfoot steampunk action in the book NPR calls "the most memorable series of the year!" 150 years ago, Proof was a Victorian circus star while the serial killer Springheel Jack was stalking London's back alleys. When Proof and Jack both set their sights on the same woman, she doesn't stand a chance!
Collects PROOF #18-23

PUG OGN (RES)
story DEREK McCULLOCH
art & cover GREG ESPINOZA
JUNE 30
104 PAGES / BW
$14.99
Six years ago, the Darlinger fight ended Jake's career, cost him his family, and put him in a downward spiral that looked like it had no end. Now he's doing collections for a small-time loan shark and thinking maybe it's time he set a few things straight in the world.

From award-winning writer DEREK McCULLOCH (writer of the Eisner-nominated STAGGER LEE) and artist GREG ESPINOZA, PUG is an unsparing tale of a good man trapped in a life of brutality – 15 rounds of blood and bad memories.

THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 12: LIFE AMONG THEM TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
JUNE 2
144 PAGES / BW
$14.99
At long last, the survivors of ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIE ADLARD’s acclaimed post-apocalyptic survival adventure find the hope they’ve longed look for. Can a town not yet ravaged by the horrors unleashed on Earth possibly be all it’s hoped for? Is there a far more sinister secret behind their newfound safe haven? Even worse, can people forever changed by the worst in humanity ever hope to get back to their old selves? The next chapter of the Walking Dead is set to change everything.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #67-72
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AGE OF BRONZE #30
story ERIC SHANOWER
art & cover by ERIC SHANOWER
JUNE 16
24 PAGES / BW
$3.50
“BETRAYAL,” Part 11
Pandarus pulls strings to finally get those reluctant lovers Troilus and Cressida together. The Trojan War is in full swing and so is the behind-the-scenes intrigue. Meanwhile, Helen’s pregnant and wants to leave Troy, but getting past the enraged women of the city is more difficult than expected.
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CHEW #12
story JOHN LAYMAN
art & cover ROB GUILLORY
JUNE 23
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“JUST DESSERTS,” Part Two
The killer cock Poyo returns! Feathers will fly, and blood will spill! Plus: Tony Chu undercover!
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CHOKER #5 (of 6)
story BEN McCOOL
art & cover BEN TEMPLESMITH
JUNE 23
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
ISSUE FIVE: THE RIPPER
With the final showdown between the police department and Hunt Cassidy looming large, the drug dealer’s former captive unleashes an onslaught of her own. And as the stark reality of Johnny Jackson’s reinstatement is revealed, his plot to put things right surprises just about everyone…
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES


COWBOY NINJA VIKING #7
story AJ LIEBERMAN
art & cover by RILEY ROSSMO
JUNE 23
24 PAGES / FC
$3.99
There’s always a point in a mission where everything goes to hell, people die, and the team bonds as they realize they’re on their own. Two of those three things happen in this issue and one of them is NOT “and the team bonds.” With their Bangkok mission in shambles, the one person they’re supposed to protect dead, and CNV literally missing…Duncan & Co. are just starting to grasp how deep their hole goes.

“…GREAT DIALOGUE AND BANTER, LOTS OF HUMOR, FANTASTIC ACTION, AND THERE REALLY IS A SOLID SPY/ESPIONAGE/ASSASSIN PLOT GOING ON… EVERYONE WOULD DO WELL TO EXPAND THEIR MINDS A BIT AND SEE WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT.” –AIN’T IT COOL NEWS

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DEAD @ 17: THE WITCH QUEEN #4 (of 4)
story & art JOSH HOWARD
cover by JOSH HOWARD
JUNE 9
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
IT'S NARA VS. THE WITCH QUEEN!
When the dust settles, what will be the fates of Asia, Violet, Joan and Mel? The shocking conclusion sets the stage for the upcoming final chapter of Dead@17!


ELEPHANTMEN #28
story RICHARD STARKINGS
art MORITAT
cover by STEVE SKROCE
JUNE 30
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“QUESTIONABLE THINGS,” Part Five
Hip Flask versus agents of MAPPO – and Flask has nothing left to lose.


FADE TO BLACK #4 (of 5)
story JEFF MARIOTTE
art & cover DANIELE SERRA
JUNE 16
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
Deceit, treachery, double-crossing, the quest for popularity — it’s like a little piece of Hollywood was dropped into the sacrificial circle of the cannibal cult! Our heroes learn that some of the dead are still breathing and what they believed about each other is all wrong. Meanwhile, the cannibals’ real plan becomes clear...

WRITTEN BY AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST JEFF MARIOTTE (ZOMBIE COP, COLD BLACK HEARTS), WITH ART BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ILLUSTRATOR DANIELE SERRA (PRAY FOR DEATH).

GOD COMPLEX #7
story DANIEL BERMAN
art JOHN BROGLIA
cover MICHAEL AVON OEMING
JUNE 16
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
Will Paul survive the underworld long enough to retrieve the Ambrosia and save Sophia? Paul finds a new companion... someone else in trouble? or someone who will be key in helping Paul in his Quest? Let's just say, monsters are bigger in the underworld. It's no surprise that surviving in the underworld is complex!


GØDLAND #34
story JOE CASEY
art & cover TOM SCIOLI
JUNE 30
24 PAGES/FC
$2.99
BOOK THIRTY-FOUR: THE WORKS
Imagine the most mind-blowing epic of our times… then double it! Now cram that into a solicitation that compels you to pre-order multiple copies! You have just experienced an Iboga-sized event. You know what we’re dealing here: It’s cosmic crack for your comic-addled brains!

GØDLAND RØCKS! ALL OTHER COSMIC SUPERHERO EPICS CAN SUCK IT!


THE GREAT UNKNOWN #5 (OF 5)
story DUNCAN ROULEAU
art & cover DUNCAN ROULEAU
JUNE 23
32 PAGES/FC
$3.50
MINISERIES CONCLUSION!
After Zach Feld discovered his thoughts were being plundered for profit by the auction house website Imind, he embarked on an existential odyssey across a landscape of loser-dom to stop the most bizarre identity thieves of our time! Only, as Zach reaches the end of his journey he’s discovered that his enemies may not be who…or what…he thought they were! Don’t miss the mind warping end to this “low-fi sci-fi” that answers the question, “What’s the fun in knowing?”


HAUNT #9
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art GREG CAPULLO & TODD McFARLANE
cover GREG CAPULLO
JUNE 2
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
After many months of training Daniel Kilgore is now being sent on his first mission. Deep into enemy territory, he has to use everything he’s learned, and all his brother knows in order to get out of this alive. Witness HAUNT at full power, in action for the first time!


INVINCIBLE #74
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover RYAN OTTLEY & FCO PLASCENCIA
JUNE 23
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
THE VILTRUMITE WAR CONTINUES!
The traitor is revealed as the Viltrumite Empire’s Grand Regent Thragg launches a full-scale assault on the Coalition of Planets home base on Talescria. It appears that all is lost, but The Coalition isn’t going to go down without a fight.


KING CITY #11
story BRANDON GRAHAM
art & cover BRANDON GRAHAM
JUNE 16
32 PAGES / BW
$2.99
The cat master army arrives in King City. To break out of the extraterrestrial brothel, our heroes have to get past the watchful eye of a sniper who is the best at what he does – and his clone (also the best). Also, Mr Pimpossible and Goons!
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES


THE LIGHT #3(of 5)
story NATHAN EDMONDSON
art & cover BRETT WELDELE
JUNE 9
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
“COMPANY”
Coyle and Avery travel inland with new companions, and as day breaks they discover how far the deadly fingers of the virus reach.


SAM & TWITCH: THE WRITER #3(of 4)
story LUCA BLENGINO
art LUCA ERBETTA & FABIO BONO
colors FILIPPO RIZZU
cover LUCA ERBETTA
JUNE 9
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
NEW CRIME FICTION MINISERIES SHIPPING BI-WEEKLY!
This top-notch team of Italian artists and writer continue their spin on hard-boiled crime fiction from the boroughs of NYC.

PART THREE: “THE SECRET INHERITANCE OF FRANCIS MERRILL”
New York City is at the mercy of the snowstorm of the century.
In these extreme conditions the destiny of an eclectic group of people cross paths – as if they were actors following a script created by the killer known as The Writer.

Priests and vengeful husbands are on the trail of the killer and so are Sam and Twitch. Who will decipher the story of The Writer? While the snow continues to pile up, so does the body count.


SAM & TWITCH: THE WRITER #4 (of 4)
story LUCA BLENGINO
pencils LUCA ERBETTA & FABIO BONO
colors FILIPPO RIZZU
cover LUCA ERBETTA
JUNE 23
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
PART FOUR: “THE LAST CHAPTER”
“… There’s no beginning without end, there’s no end without a beginning…”

The hunt is over, and all the pieces of the puzzle are found, but it turns out they don’t all fit together. Sam & Twitch are racing against the clock and the weather to stop The Writer and discover his biggest secret yet!


SAVAGE DRAGON #161
story ERIK LARSEN
art & cover ERIK LARSEN
flip cover ANDREW DIMITT
JUNE 2
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“DRAGON WAR,” Aftermath
The war is over, but the battle continues! Revealed as possibly the greatest menace on the face of the earth Savage Dragon must now face a world united against him! The Dynamic Daredevil returns – and you're not going to believe who and what are waiting in the wings!

PLUS our second in a series of TWISTED SAVAGE DRAGON FUNNIES! This one’s by ANDREW DIMITT, featuring Savage Dragon and Roughneck!


SHADOWHAWK #2
story DAN WICKLINE
art TONE RODRIGUEZ
cover BEN TEMPLESMITH
variant cover TONE RODRIGUEZ
JUNE 2
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
“RESURRECTION,” Part Two
The pulse-pounding return of the original ShadowHawk continues! A masked suicide bomber took out a crowded church while the TV cameras rolled, so how is he now standing in the middle of the hottest nightclub event in the city? Meanwhile, Blacklight wants to know why her best friend is in a coma and why someone else is wearing his costume. If that wasn't enough for our hero, enter: Krimson.

SPINNING OUT FROM THE UNIVERSE-SHATTERING EVENTS OF IMAGE UNITED – THE ORIGINAL BACK-BREAKER RETURNS! FEATURING PART 2 OF A BACK-UP STORY CALLED "BACK PAIN" WRITTEN BY STEVE NILES AND ILLUSTRATED BY SHADOWHAWK CREATOR JIM VALENTINO!

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SHUDDERTOWN #4
story NICK SPENCER
art & cover by ADAM GEEN
JUNE 30
32 PAGES /FC
$3.50
Nothing is what it seems to be as the mysteries of Shuddertown slowly unravel, exposing a truth too terrible to face, but too powerful to run from. And for Homicide Detective Isaac Hernandez, uncovering the facts behind the ghost killings might only mark a tortured beginning.
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES


SPAWN #204
story WILL CARLTON
art SZYMON KUDRANSKI & TODD MCFARLANE
cover SZYMON KUDRANSKI
JUNE 30
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
A MASSIVE MANHUNT ERUPTS IN THE PAGES OF THIS MONTH’S SPAWN!
After a stint of silence, and unwillingness to give his enemies answers, Spawn suddenly loses the only person that matters in his life. Sara’s kidnapping sends Clown and Spawn on a wild chase through the city, but a surprise attack by Bludd throws them off course. Can they find Sara before she takes her last breath?


TURF #3
story JONATHAN ROSS
art & cover TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
1:20 variant cover JOSH ELLINGSON
1: 50 variant cover WILLIAM STOUT
1:100 variant sketch cover TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
JUNE 30
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
"BADFELLAS"
The gangs of New York are either dead or in hiding. The cops are on their way to tackle the Dragonmirs, a family of blood drinking Strigoli (that’s vampire to you and me) from Romania. But the bloodsuckers have set up a little reception party for the Cops on Brooklyn Bridge, and things don’t look too good for New York's finest. Mankind's last hopes rest with former Gang Boss Eddie Falco, now telepathically linked with the Alien Squeed from Anth. Together they head to Harlem, where they must persuade The Reverend Samuel King and his men to join with them and confront the monstrous threat that the Dragonmirs are re-awakening... the first vampire, the "man-killer”... "the Old One!"
MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES


THE WALKING DEAD #74
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art & cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
JUNE 16
32 PAGES / BW
$2.99
A life restored by His glory.

MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES


THE WEIRD WORLD OF JACK STAFF #5
story PAUL GRIST
art & cover PAUL GRIST
JUNE 30
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
John Smith regains his memories of Jack Staff, but finds out that's not good news when he realizes that Professor Fate still wants the secret of the Sword of Devastation!

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BARON VON SHOCK? #2
story ROB ZOMBIE
art & cover DONNY HADIWIDJAJA & VAL STAPLES
JUNE 30
32 PAGES / FC
$3.99
The story continues in ROB ZOMBIE'S latest creation! Leon's popularity as Baron Von Shock soars beyond his wildest dreams! But then the crap hits the fan when Baron Von Shock goes up against... Baron Von Shock?!?

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES