Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2018

Furious

Staring into a fractured mirror of her life, the world's first superhero, Furious, seeks to atone for her past sins by doling out rage-fueled justice! But the spotlight of our celebrity-obsessed media threatens to undo her noblest efforts and expose her true identity before she can achieve redemption.

The media can't get enough of the high-flying supercelebrity known as Furious! But the authorities are convinced she's a danger and a menacethey've had more than enough of the privileged vigilante! Stuck in the crosshairs of her past, Furious must balance her desire for justice with her quest for redemption. 

Cadence Lark's past is riddled with fiery ruin and personal train wrecks, and she's desperate to prove her worth, if only to herself. As Furious, she must tame her own fears, while ensuring the creeps of the world know justice! When she is signaled to help at a rooftop fire, she heeds the call.

An innocent man is dead because of Furious, and she's not going to restor feel less guiltyuntil she finds his killer! Returning to the scene of the crime, she takes out her anger on any punk in sight, but is she after justice or just trying to bury her guilt beneath a beating?

Furious meets her nemesisa dangerous and deranged shadow from her pasthead on. The life of an innocent hangs in the balance as the two face off, and Furious's doppelgänger, obsessed with unmasking the celebrity vigilante, fights to expose the truth at any cost! As the media broadcast this public showdown, can Furious overcome her own demons in time to save the day?

Infantry

Who is Infantry? What is his agenda? Is he a new hero of the people... or merely a pawn in a larger game? The hordes of NEMESIS are America's greatest enemy, attacking it from within at its highest levels of power. What does this have to do with a mysterious super-agent, the lone survivor of a doomed experiment in human peformance enhancement?

nsurance investigator Charlie Alexander has stumbled upon a mystery that could have global implications. While the masked soldier known as Infantry makes himself the number one enemy of Nemesis, Charlie slowly tears at the shroud of secrecy surrounding the destruction of a aboratory hidden in the south pacific - an investigation that makes him a target of Nemesis, the C.I.A., and possibly Infantry himself...

Charlie Alexander is just a normal, workaday insurance investigator who has stumbled onto an incredible mystery. After coming face to face with the man called Infantry, Charlie is more determined than ever to find out who he is. But what possible answers could be held by an elderly man in a remote part of Wyoming? And while Charlie edges ever closer to understanding, Infantry himself is hunted by the unstable "Slither." A political thriller wrapped up in an action tale.

Even as Charlie Alexander begins to uncover some truths behind his recent encounters with the C.I.A. and its connection to his investigation, the mystery surrounding the man called Infantry deepens. How is he connected to a century-old man who claims to have once been the country's greatest weapon? While Charlie digs for the facts, Infantry confronts the three most deadly assassins in the world!

Ferro City

His partner is dead. The cops are out to pin it in on him. And the only solid proof he has to clear himself is a tiny gadget that could grant ten million sentient robots their freedom: the Medusa Key. Too bad the Ferro City mob wants it too.  

Ferro City boils over! Robot detectives, gorilla thugs, French gangsters and Russian mobsters heat things up as Cy Smithe and Kate Weston track her father's killer and the one piece of technology that's the key to the mystery. 

As the Medusa Key spreads its electronic influence, a new twist is tossed into the search for a killer. Smithe and Weston confront the steel handed crime kingpin known as the Hurrah Maharaj!  

Why are steel fisted gangsters and corrupt cops double-crossing each other to decide the final fate of Private detective Cy Smithe and the elusive Medusa Key? Find out as Smithe and One-Eyed Ivan face off in a rooftop shoot-out over Ferro City! The robotic pulp science fiction boils over as young robotologist Kate Weston is kidnapped and her father's killer is finally revealed! 

Dead Future King

King Arthur rises from the dead to a realm he suspects is Avalon, only to discover that he has awoken instead to a post-apocalyptic England ravaged by zombies. While hunted by the dead, Arthur is rescued by a mysterious savior, Mr. Rice, who leads him to an old friend who holds the clues to Arthur's presence in this futuristic world.

Arthur is reunited with the wizard Merlin who explains to the "Once and Future King" the reasons for his return to the future: England and most of the world has been infected by a plague of the undead; Merlin believes it is Arthur's calling to reclaim his kingdom and cure the land. Although doubtful of his ability to do so, Arthur still agrees to meet with a group of survivors who Merlin assures will support their cause. Along the way, Arthur, Merlin, and Mr. Rice encounter a ruthless envoy of Marauders who have a strange connection to the zombies.

A clandestine meeting proves to be a trap for Arthur and Merlin when they are taken captive by a squad of Marauders led by Lt. Broons. The Marauder regime is very interested in Arthur and the implications of his return. With help from Mr. Rice Arthur, Merlin escape with Damon and Julia, two members of a resistance group called the Fort Nels. The group make it as far as the entrance to the Fort Nels camp when they are swarmed by a pursuing pack of Marauder zombies.

A murderous squad of Marauders and their zombie horde have Arthur cornered. Locked in a deadly duel with the Marauder leader, Arthur must overcome this insurmountable foe or succumb to a grisly end.

Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2018

King Tiger

Blood, death, and firethe darkest kind of magic. A monstrous secret from King Tiger's past has found the mystic warrior, but can Tiger's skills and sorcery triumph against an unthinkable supernatural obscenity linked to his own destiny? If the Tiger falls, the Dragon will rise!

King Tiger has secrets: dark truths about himself he dare not reveal. But his pastand his destinyhave been exposed, breaking the heart of the woman who loves him and pitting the mystic warrior alone against the Dragon and its demonic progeny who seek the blood of the Tiger!

In the ruins of a once-thriving city, King Tiger battles alone against the Dragon and its brood. It's a fight he must win if he is to confront the most damning secret of his lifea secret made monstrous, all-devouring flesh. If Tiger falls, so does the world! 

King Tiger has used all his strength, expended every weapon, cast his last spell. His adversary is trapped, and Tiger is trapped with it. But Rikki Boyd, the woman whose heart he broke, refuses to let Tiger die alone. When magic fails, can the heart prevail?

Dienstag, 29. Mai 2018

Dishonored - The Wyrmwood Deceit

The city of Dunwall: whaling capital of Gristol and industrial hub of the Empire of the Isles. Twelve years have passed since Corvo Attano scuppered the Lord Regent's duplicitous plot against the crown and cleared his name of the Empress Jessamine's murder. Now little older and perhaps a little wiser, Corvo sets his sights on the future and securing an apprentice to continue his legacy. But when confronted by an impossible face from his past, the magically-gifted assassin finds himself once again drawn into a supernatural conspiracy, one that threatens to shake the very foundations of his ancient city!

A face from Corvo's past draws the Lord Protector deep into a nest of jeopardy. Meanwhile, Officer Cottings' investigations lead her to Wyrmwood Place in the heart of Dunwall's arcane district.

Barely surviving his ordeal with Broken Tom, Corvo stalks his childhood for answers about his lost sister's whereabouts. But is there something untoward about his new companion?

Corvo’s search for his long-lost sister reaches its heady climax as sorcery and suspicion spills onto the streets of Dunwall. But will his new protégé survive the arcane machinations she finds herself embroiled in? Find out in this thrilling conclusion to the series.

Legend

LEGEND is a 4-issue miniseries telling the story of Hugo Danner, a man blessed with super-human strength and invulnerability, but cursed with all-too-human failings. This miniseries details the physical, emotional and social ramifications of Hugo's abilities as he grows to manhood, desperately searching for acceptance and for the role he's meant to play in the world. 

The engaging 4-issue drama by Howard Chaykin and Russ Heath continues! Hugo Danner's powers are both a blessing and a curse a fact that becomes more apparent as he reaches his adolescent years! Invulnerability and incredible strength can't help him when it comes to dealing with love, heartache and human failings.

 Hugo questions his powers and wonders what his true purpose really is. As a way of atoning, he enlists in the Army to help his country during the Vietnam War. What will happen when he realizes that he cannot help resolve the conflict even with all his powers?

The conclusion to Howard Chaykin's and Russ Heath's incredible story! Hugo Danner continues of search for his true self and his place in this world, but how can he help people when all they see is a pariah? And what happens when he realizes that all his powers cannot help him when his true foe is human nature?

Rise of the Black Flame

The bizarre origin of the BPRD’s greatest foe. Young girls are going missing from the cities of Siam, and the trail leads to the jungle hideout of a bloodthirsty cult wielding an ancient evil power, the Cult of the Black Flame. Christopher Mitten joins the Mignolaverse!

The bizarre origin of the B.P.R.D.s greatest foe Rumors of the Black Flame cult practicing human sacrifice lead downriver and deep into the jungle, while the groups guide is plagued by dreams of a dark goddess.

In an ancient temple lost deep in the jungle, the heroes find proof of the rumored human sacrifices and answers about the Cult of the Black Flame.

A narrow escape from hooded attackers slows the team on their mission to stop a cult's human sacrifice, while their strange guide's dark visions become more urgent but no less mysterious.

The heroes’ search finally ends at the temple of the Black Flame cult, but they don’t arrive in time to stop what they find there.

The Next

Acclaimed fantasy novelist Tad Williams (Tailchaser's Song, Shadowmarch) takes the DCU to the next level in a miniseries featuring Art by Dietrich Smith (AQUAMAN, OUTSIDERS) and Walden Wong (DAY OF VENGEANCE)! Meet "The Next," a group of super-powered individuals who bring chaos — and a new super-villain — with them when they cross over from another dimension!

The new miniseries by fantasy writer Tad Williams heats up! The Iron Ring has sent the emissary called Sion to bring the Next back to their home for judgment and sentencing...but they can't go back without killing Monikka! And even Superman has a tough time going up against Sion...

Superman is trapped in a time anomaly. Can even the Next — super-powered beings who can change the world in their wake — rescue the Man of Steel? Will Superman's power be enough against Sion, the killer sent from the Next's home dimension to kill them?

The fist of the Iron Ring, the otherdimensional enforcer known as Sion, threatens the new superhero team The Next — and if they're threatened, Monikka's life hangs in the balance! Only Superman is strong enough to go mano a mano with Sion — but is even his power enough?

A showdown between Superman and Sion! Metron warns that the entire Metaverse is threatened! Monikka Wong and her other-dimensional companions are caught between the Fist of the Iron Ring and the end of everything!

The incredible miniseries conclusion! It's "Monika Wong vs. the End of Everything," or Superman, the Next and Metron vs. the Oblivion Shadow, the most unimaginable threat to ever threaten our world!

Mechanism

In the aftermath of an alien invasion, a prototype military robot is rushed into the field before it is combat-ready. Now attached to a group of survivors, it studies them to learn what it means to be human. Will it come to understand man as a noble creature worth preserving or that the human race isn't worth saving at all?

The Geckos receive a vicious new leader, while Protos learns what it's like to see someone die.

Protos is adopted by a young boy who has lost his family.

The Geckos invade the walled city of Philadelphia while Protos assembles the war-torn robots of the past into an assault force.

END OF STORY ARC Humanity's strongholds fall to the Geckos while across the world broken robots gain new life. Protos joins with his parent mind.

John Flood

What's to Love: Justin Jordan exploded onto the comics scene just four short years ago with The Strange Talent of Luther Strode and caught everyone by surprise. Now he brings us John Flood, a series that combines the metaphysical with the procedural in a way we think is really fresh. Joining him is Jorge Coelho, whose fantastic work on Polarity and Sleepy Hollow made him a BOOM! favorite. Perfect for fans of Desolation Jones and Sherlock Holmes. What It Is: As the result of a government experiment, John Flood no longer needs to sleep, but now he's in a constant dream state and sometimes can't tell what's real and what isn't. But a side effect is that he sees patterns and makes connections no one else can, which serve him well in his new "career" as a make-shift PI. Together with a burly ex-cop, Flood begins to investigate when he "sees" one man responsible for thousands of unsolved murders, but now he himself has caught the killer's attention...

Flood takes Berry out on an unusual first case for a crash course in his oddball techniques.

In trying to stay two steps ahead of the killer, Flood puts the one closest to him in the most danger.

John is on his way.

Tate and Berry both race to get to Flood in the police station for very different reasons.

Final issue! The cat-and-mouse game between Flood and Tate comes to a dangerous conclusion.