JUNE 2024 CATALOG

Revisit the vampire tale that kick-started a modern horror comics revival in this second collected deluxe edition. A town plunged into darkness, a group of vampires hungry for blood, and only a husband-and-wife sheriff’s team to stop them. This premise set the stage for an iconic horror franchise that went on to become a feature-length film from Sony Pictures in 2007. The story continues far beyond Barrow in this second deluxe edition.

Fourteen years ago, Emma and Andrew Walker suffered a devastating loss when Mandy, their 6-year-old daughter, was kidnapped. Her unrecognizable body was found one week later. The case and resulting media coverage moved an entire nation to the point that everyone knew who the Walkers were. Everyone felt sympathetic...which indirectly propelled the Walker's businesses and careers. Years pass, and now their second child is missing--can they find her in time?

From the legendary SCOTT SNYDER and GREG CAPULLO! After training around the world, Bruce Wayne has returned to Gotham City, only to find his home has experienced some deadly changes at the hands of the Riddler. Will his new skills be enough to save the city from its mysterious fate?

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Alley Oop must rescue the town of Silene from a rampaging dragon - and win the affections of the beautiful Princess! Also featuring Alley's rise from Cad to King as the irrepressible 'Big Charley,' as well as his hitmaking twist as 'King Willie' on the radio! Reprinting all daily strips from 1963.

To be reincarnated into another world with the promise of a 'cheat' power is one thing. But to be reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you're powerless? That's another thing entirely! Now the newly-born Reinhart-Hart to his new friends-must find his way through a dangerous world... but luckily he's got magic that's quite literally off the charts!

The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of full-color hardcovers, where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! At long last, this 1945-49 volume covers the comic book industry during the aftermath of World War II, when scores of writers and artists returned from foreign battlefields to resume their careers. It was a period when readers began turning away from the escapist entertainment offered by super-heroes in favor of other genres, like the grittier, more brutal crime comics. It was a time when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Young Romance, inaugurating a golden age of romance comics.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 22, 2024

Meet Skinner Sweet, the first American vampire in recorded history. Stronger, faster, and fiercer than your average vampire, Skinner is unaffected by sunlight and was already cruel and ruthless when he was still just a man. Now that he's virtually immortal, he has the power to exact revenge on anyone who crosses him--and may the Lord have mercy on anyone who does.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 1, 2024

From legendary writer Grant Morrison and acclaimed artist Chaz Truog comes the character-defining epic that took Animal Man from standard superhero into the strange and bizarre! Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer Grant Morrison redefined DC’s Animal Man for an entire generation. The groundbreaking series follows Buddy Baker, the hero with animalistic powers wrestling between his life as a caped crusader and supporting animal rights. With the pressure of being both a father and “the world famous” Animal Man, Buddy Baker’s life is about to change in ways that could only be told through pen and paper.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 1, 2024

Aquaman has lost everything. His kingdom. His family. His hand... Fitted with a prosthetic harpoon, he must reclaim his throne and uncover the truth of Atlantis. Peter David's seminal run is finally collected in its entirety for the first time ever.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: DECEMBER 3, 2024

A hardcover art book chronicling the development of the dark science-fiction time-looping rouguelike bullet hell adventure shooter! When Selene Vassos crash-lands on a mysterious alien planet while in search of a cryptic signal, she's made to face treacherous landscapes, hostile creatures, and a ceaseless time loop that returns her to the moment of her crash each time she would otherwise have died. This oversized volume collects concept art of the volatile biomes and terrifying enemies, as well as insightful commentary from the game's creative team. Dark Horse Books and Housemarque collaborate to present The Art of Returnal. Journey alongside Selene through a beautiful and dangerous world with art and anecdotes from the developers of the BAFTA-winning game.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 22, 2024

In Asterix and Obelixs Birthday, the creators celebrate the series 50 year anniversary with a collection of tall tales and taller travel trails for the one and only Asterix, who deserves a great big birthday treat. Then in Asterix and the Picts, Asterix and friends travel to Scotland, where they meet the painted men, also known as the Picts, and they learn that these men do more than paint. Finally in Asterix and the Missing Scroll, Julius Caesar is raging over a missing scroll that may or may not be Caesars own Comments on the Gallic War. Will all these exciting adventures affect our humble Gaulish friends?

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The first half of Brian Michael Bendis' radical Avengers revamp is collected in one massive volume! When the Avengers are disassembled by an insane Scarlet Witch, a new and decidedly different team rises to take their place - including Spider-Man, Wolverine and Luke Cage! These New Avengers face down a prison break, the secrets of the Sentry, the menace of the multi-powered Collective and more - and even find time to celebrate the marriage of one of their own.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JANUARY 7, 2025

The first half of Brian Michael Bendis' radical Avengers revamp is collected in one massive volume! When the Avengers are disassembled by an insane Scarlet Witch, a new and decidedly different team rises to take their place - including Spider-Man, Wolverine and Luke Cage! These New Avengers face down a prison break, the secrets of the Sentry, the menace of the multi-powered Collective and more - and even find time to celebrate the marriage of one of their own.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JANUARY 7, 2025

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But, much to his surprise, she doesn't weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called 'crab' took away all her weight... Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.

One of the most influential Batman stories of all time is back in print for the first time in more than a decade, now available as an oversize deluxe edition hardcover! In 1988, comics legends Jim Starlin (creator of Thanos) and Bernie Wrightson (co-creator of Swamp Thing) teamed for the thrilling four-issue series Batman: The Cult, one of the most celebrated Batman stories that stands next to other classics of its era like Batman: Death in the Family and Batman: The Killing Joke.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 8, 2024

The groundbreaking three-issue miniseries is collected in its entirety. A tale of the sea, of Pirates, Vikings, Queens, and bears, we follow each as they war with each other and try to assert dominance over the past and future of our world.

Béla Lugosi's commanding presence, hypnotic voice, and mesmerizing gaze made him the embodiment of Count Dracula, a role that has established him as a cultural icon and a legend of the silver screen forever. But there's so much more to this captivating individual than meets the eye. This definitive biography of the man behind that menacing cape takes you deep into the personal life of Béla Lugosi as no other biography can.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Hail Satan and help with your kid's math homework! It's the return of everyone's favorite demon-summoning family next door, the cartoon black-metal band Belzebubs! Sløth is juggling his stay-at-home dad obligations with his lifelong dream of being a black metal icon. His breadwinner wife, Lucy, is fed up with her job and just one meltdown away from sacrificing her colleagues to Satan. Their teenage daughter, Lilith, is wielding the effects of her raging hormones on her boyfriend, Sam-who also happens to be Sløth's new drummer.

Celebrate the genius and artistry of Tim Sale with one of his earliest published works, Billi 99. While his collaborations with Jeph Loeb on stories such as Spider-Man: Blue, Batman: The Long Halloween and Superman: For All Seasons, would elevate Tim to legendary status, Billi 99 revealed Tim's master storytelling talents. Billi 99 contains over 200 pages of breathtaking, lovingly painted, duo-shade art, with the hand lettering that would become Tims official font. Sarah and Tim's book went on to be nominated for three Eisner awards! Set in 1999, Billi 99 embodies a cautionary tale in which corporate greed and corrupt government affected an America very much like our own today. With that, they posed the question, what is power when everything has been taken away?

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Years after Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City's greatest heroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God, Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer, took up his mantle and carried on the legacy of her father. Years after that, Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn't picked up the hammer in years.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 8, 2024

From international superstar MIRKA ANDOLFO (SWEET PAPRIKA, MERCY, UNNATURAL, Harley Quinn, Punchline) comes a new horror comedy graphic novel that only Andolfo can deliver-asking the question: how many fans is your soul worth? In a world where pop stars have ascended to divinity, and the masses bow in veneration to a new generation of viral superstars-angels and demons thrive on this exaltation, and revel in this spotlight that grants them unimaginable power. Clelia, the reigning queen of pop, finds her throne shaken by a newcomer radiating with enigmatic charm. As her fans waver and the public eye threatens to wander, Clelia and her demonic agent, Father Lev, are thrust into a battle for dominance on this exhilarating stage of music and mysticism.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

From international superstar MIRKA ANDOLFO (SWEET PAPRIKA, MERCY, UNNATURAL, Harley Quinn, Punchline) comes a new horror comedy graphic novel that only Andolfo can deliver-asking the question: how many fans is your soul worth? In a world where pop stars have ascended to divinity, and the masses bow in veneration to a new generation of viral superstars-angels and demons thrive on this exaltation, and revel in this spotlight that grants them unimaginable power. Clelia, the reigning queen of pop, finds her throne shaken by a newcomer radiating with enigmatic charm. As her fans waver and the public eye threatens to wander, Clelia and her demonic agent, Father Lev, are thrust into a battle for dominance on this exhilarating stage of music and mysticism.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Collected for the first time, the second tale in the Shrouded College universe, created by Charles Soule and Will Sliney, which began with Hell to Pay. In this all-new standalone installment in the supernatural horror-adventure saga, three down-and-out astronauts are tasked with the ultimate heist: breaking nine deadly, ancient vampires out of a space prison orbiting the sun.

After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's mising? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock-a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players-is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!

The year is 1863. It is a turbulent time in Japan, as rising anxieties about the modernizing world coincide with the decline of the shogunate, and the possibility of civil war looms. Danger seems to lurk around every corner in Kyoto, and a cabal of well-hidden imperial loyalists is slaying the Shogun's supporters from the Aizu Clan. When the daimyo of Aizu contracts the Mibu Roshigumi to investigate and bring the killers to justice, it seems like the perfect opportunity for the cash-strapped group to find a powerful patron who will bring them under his wing.

Poor Lucille. You are in the elbow of your life, the place where it bends. What will you do? Your name is Lucille. You live on Girl Island, one of two islands created when the world was cleft in twain by an entity bigger and more powerful than you. But you have a secret. Your secret is that despite living on Girl Island, you are a boy. You fear deep down in your insides, that you may have been a boy for a very long time. And so you leave your home and your mother and begin the journey to Boy Island. Although it may be treacherous, it is the only way forward.

He has taken you to the stars and beyond, now Jim Starlin takes you to Hell. Starlin’s other epic creator-owned series, Breed, is the story of Raymond Stoner, a down-on-his-luck ex-soldier who discovers his true heritage: he is the half-breed spawn a demon father and a human mother. Now Raymond must defend our world from demonic hordes, all while trying not to lose own humanity.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: DECEMBER 31, 2024

In 15th-century Mesoamerica, Donajand Itzcacalotl travel to the Oracle of Lyobaa in the hopes of learning the secret behind Donajs missing father. But instead of receiving information, they find themselves roped into a quest to stop the assassination of the great Emperor Ahuizotl! This is easier said than done when faced with a mysterious group of black-clad killers who want nothing more than to send the known world tumbling into chaos. Along the way, the two will have to navigate new friends, old enemies, and corn people as they try to save the emperor before it's too late!

THE FOURTH VOLUME IN THE CLASSIC Conan omnibus collection! In this action-packed omnibus, Roy Thomas and artistic collaborator John Buscema bring the saga of Bit and her quest for the crown of Asgulun to a conclusion. It's a tale that will forever change Conan's life - and the adventures that follow feature a more savage Conan, fiercer than ever and truly unbound! Plus: a massive trove of original art, essays, and behind-the-scenes material! COLLECTING What If (1977) #13 & Annual (1973) #4-5, the continuation of Hour of the Dragon

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 15, 2024

THE FOURTH VOLUME IN THE CLASSIC Conan omnibus collection! In this action-packed omnibus, Roy Thomas and artistic collaborator John Buscema bring the saga of Bit and her quest for the crown of Asgulun to a conclusion. It's a tale that will forever change Conan's life - and the adventures that follow feature a more savage Conan, fiercer than ever and truly unbound! Plus: a massive trove of original art, essays, and behind-the-scenes material! COLLECTING What If (1977) #13 & Annual (1973) #4-5, the continuation of Hour of the Dragon

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: OCTOBER 15, 2024