VERTIGO Solicits (December 2014)

Vertigo Comics has released info and images for their December Solicits. These are some of the finest books on the market and I highly recommend both Dead Boy Detectives, Fables, Fairest, BODIES and so much more. These comics are more for adults but do not let that fool you. Check out a Vertigo title today and see what I am talking about.

WOLF MOON #1
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by JEREMY HAUN
Cover by JAE LEE
1:13 Variant cover by JEREMY HAUN
On sale DECEMBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Don’t miss the start of this new 6-issue miniseries! WOLF MOON is a horrific werewolf hunt unlike any other. When Dillon Chase’s family was slaughtered by the wolf, his life was forever changed. Dillon sets out to destroy the creature, but he soon learns that lycanthropy is far more insidious than the legends ever said. With each full moon, he draws closer to the monster – and with each full moon, he becomes more aware that in order to stop the wolf, he must kill a human being and become a fearful monster himself.

THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE SPECIAL EDITION #4
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
On sale DECEMBER 24 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS
This Special Edition will include the entire fourth issue of the new miniseries before coloring, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at J.H. Williams’s unique process. Williams’s original coloring will be shown in addition to the black, white and gray tones of the original work. Plus, the lettering will be translucent, allowing the reader to see the exquisite artwork behind the word balloons. This issue also features a Q & A with a member of the creative team and an exclusive look at new material.

ASTRO CITY #18
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by BRENT ANDERSON
Cover by ALEX ROSS
On sale DECEMBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
A 4-part spotlight on Quarrel and Crackerjack begins as they face a real crisis: what does an aging crimefighter do when time starts to take its toll? Plus, a look into Quarrel’s origins – and the end of the line for one of Astro City’s most stalwart heroes. A rich, bittersweet and very human look inside the super human life.

ANIMAL MAN VOL. 7: RED PLAGUE TP
Written by JAMIE DELANO
Art by STEVE PUGH, RUSS BRAUN, PETER SNEJBJERG and others
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale JANUARY 14 • 408 pg, FC, $24.99 US • MATURE READERS
Tragedy strikes Animal Man’s daughter Maxine in these stories from issues #64-79 – but is it the result of a government conspiracy? Animal Man attacks Washington, D.C., with an army of rats and birds. Then, Animal Man forms a new religion and leads a group of followers intent on securing humanity’s place in the mystic realm known as the Red.

EX MACHINA BOOK FOUR TP
Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
Art and cover by TONY HARRIS
On sale JANUARY 21 • 272 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS
In these tales from issues #30-40, super hero-turned-mayor Mayor Mitchell Hundred is summoned to Rome for an audience with the Pope. But as he makes his travel plans, he is unaware of the assassin who has him in his sights. Then, a masked adventurer thrills New York City but threatens to derail the upcoming Republican National Convention – and the political future of Mitchell Hundred hangs in the balance.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #8
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
On sale DECEMBER 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
With Skinner and Calvin leading the space race, back on Earth it’s time to face the most guarded stronghold in the country: Area 51! Felicia and Pearl go behind the fence to expose the nation’s extraterrestrial secrets. What do they encounter floating in the test tubes? Find out here!

FAIREST #32
Written by MARK BUCKINGHAM
Art by RUSS BRAUN
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale DECEMBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
The big day has finally arrived, and the Lottery winners are drawn. Who has the winning tickets? More importantly, will they be passports to liberty and happiness, or five tickets to trouble? And speaking of trouble, will the Fox family make it to the Farm before their pursuers catch up with them? And if they do make it, will anyone there be happy to see Reynard again? It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire in the thrilling conclusion of “The Clamour for Glamour”!

FABLES #147
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Backup story art by RUSS BRAUN
Cover by NIMIT MALAVIA
On sale DECEMBER 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
“Happily Ever After,” part seven! Rose Red, still at her magical old home in the woods, learns why she and Snow are so special – and why they have become lodestones for the accumulation of great powers. And much to her surprise, she finds that she is truly happy here for the first time since she can remember. But can she remain there, never go back to the mundy world or Fabletown, and avoid the battle with Snow that seems all but inevitable? Plus: “The Last Story of Jack of Fables” illustrated by Russ Braun.

FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS #16
Written by SIMON OLIVER
Art by ALBERTO PONTICELLI
Cover by NATHAN FOX
On sale DECEMBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
With the secrets of his father’s final work laid bare will Adam sign up to save the world? New series artist Alberto Ponticelli makes his debut in this issue that kicks off a new story arc in world where physics has gone mad!

BODIES #6
Written by SI SPENCER
Art by DEAN ORMSTON, PHIL WINSLADE, MEGHAN HETRICK and TULA LOTAY
Cover by EDUARDO RISSO
On sale DECEMBER 24 • 32 pg, FC, 6 of 8, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
Four time periods, four detectives, four murders, identical M.O, identical location, same body – and now four murderers step into the frame, all very different yet all unnervingly familiar. It’s time for our detectives to face their quarry, but which is the hunter and which is the prey?

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #12
Written by TOBY LITT
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and RYAN KELLY
Cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM
On sale DECEMBER 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
After her whirlwind adventures with Charles and Edwin, Crystal’s supernatural entanglements can’t be shrugged off – particularly when Charles is looking to get as entangled as metaphysically possible. And so, Crystal is almost relieved when Tragic Mick turns up at the tree house, bringing with him a very unexpected visitor.

COFFIN HILL #14
Written by CAITLIN KITTREDGE
Art by RYAN KELLY
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale DECEMBER 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Travel back to a summer night in 1970 when Coffin Hill saw its worst mass murder in over 200 years. A gang of killers who cut a bloody swath across the USA roll into the sleepy village…but they didn’t count on what they would find in the house at the end of the last street in town – or on the ghosts of Coffin Hill, who are only too eager to add more souls to their ranks.

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES VOL. 2: GHOST SNOW TP
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and RYAN KELLY
Cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM
On sale JANUARY 28 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
In these stories from issues #7-12, Charles and Crystal set out to prove that Charles’s father did not murder his mother, and to find out whether Crystal really can bring her friend back from the grave.

COFFIN HILL VOL. 2: DARK ENDEAVORS TP
Written by CAITLIN KITTREDGE
Art by INAKI MIRANDA
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale JANUARY 21 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
While Eve delves into the terrible truth about the night she caught up with the notorious Ice Fisher, Nate struggles to protect the town’s remaining witches from the menace of witch hunters. Collects COFFIN HILL #8-14.

THE NAMES #4
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art by LEANDRO FERNANDEZ
Cover by CELIA CALLE
On sale DECEMBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 8, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Things seemed to be looking up for Katya and her stepson Philip’s quest to discover who killed Katya’s husband – but now the arrival of the Surgeon complicates matters. Katya discovers the truth about the Surgeon’s origins, Philip reveals he’s never seen a woman naked, and the Dark Loops make a move.

THE KITCHEN #2
Written by OLLIE MASTERS
Art by MING DOYLE
Cover by BECKY CLOONAN
On sale DECEMBER 17 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 8, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In part two of the all-new crime drama THE KITCHEN, the girls find their newly claimed criminal empire under threat when a sleazy hustler blackmails them for more money than they have. Can they get it together in time and keep control of the Hell’s Kitchen underworld? Or will they have to take more drastic measures to protect their turf?

THE INVISIBLES BOOK THREE DELUXE EDITION HC
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by PHIL JIMENEZ, CHRIS WESTON, MICHAEL LARK and others
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale FEBRUARY 4
336 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $29.99 US MATURE READERS
In this third INVISIBLES collection, the team launches an assault on an underground New Mexico lab to free the cure for the AIDS virus from the alleged inventors of the disease: the U.S. government. Collects THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2 #1-13.

NORTH 40 TP NEW EDITION
Written by AARON WILLIAMS
Art and cover by FIONA STAPLES
On sale JANUARY 21 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
The residents of an isolated rural area discover superhuman – and supernatural – power in their midst in this title collecting the hit 6-issue miniseries. The power stops at the county line, but inside the afflicted area, something ancient and malevolent stirs as new monsters arise. Can Wyatt, an unlikely hero from the wrong side of the tracks, join forces with Sheriff Morgan and town outcast Amanda to keep the county from imploding or being eaten by mighty Cthulhu?

HINTERKIND #13
Written by IAN EDGINTON
Art by FRANCESCO TRIFOGLI
Cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
On sale DECEMBER 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Step back in time to before the deadly plague that almost wiped out mankind took hold in “A Diary of the Plague Years” part 1. From the streets of New York to the boulevards of Paris and the mountain strongholds of Afghanistan, the beginning of the end starts here as the Sidhe prepare to unleash their long-awaited revenge. War has been declared – and we have already lost!

THE UNWRITTEN: APOCALYPSE #12
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by PETER GROSS
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
On sale DECEMBER 17 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS • FINAL ISSUE
“And I awoke, and found me here…”
Wilson Taylor delivers the apocalypse the only way he knows how: at his son Tom’s expense. It’s the end of the world as we know it. But there’s no need to worry because it’s just a story. Isn’t it? Don’t miss the extra-sized conclusion to the fan-favorite Vertigo series!

SCALPED DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC
Written by JASON AARON
Art and cover by R.M. GUERA
On sale FEBRUARY 18 • 272 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $29.99 US • MATURE READERS
The first eleven issues of the acclaimed series are collected in hardcover for the first time! Dashiell Bad Horse has come home to the reservation armed with a set of nunchucks, a hell-bent-for-leather attitude and a dark secret. But nothing has changed – except for the glimmering new casino, and a once-proud people overcome by drugs and organized crime. Includes sketch material by artist R.M. Guera.

ABSOLUTE TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1 HC
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Art by DARICK ROBERTSON, RODNEY RAMOS and others
Cover by GEOFF DARROW
Advance solicit • On sale April 22 • 512 pg, FC, 8.25” x 12.5”, $125.00 US • MATURE READERS
Collecting the first 21 issues of Warren Ellis’s dystopian masterpiece! After years of self-imposed exile, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st century surroundings.