New Releases by Fred Van Lente

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! This is it — the final showdown between Peter Cannon and the usurper who stole his legacy! The two masters of the Lightning Vessel face off in the memory-haunted mansion where young Peter’s childhood ended — and the survivor will claim the mantle of the true Living Thunderbolt, Destroyer of Death! Warrior monks FRED VAN LENTE and JONATHAN LAU channel all their remaining chi into Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #3, immortalized with calligraphic covers by CAT STAGGS, EMANUELE ERCOLANI, and DANIEL SCALISI, as well as an historic Icon image from ALEX ROSS!

The police have the Storybook Kingdom theme park in lockdown as they grill witnesses of the fairy-tale murders…but that just makes everyone trapped inside the next potential victim of the terrifying masked slasher known as The Girl With No Hands. Princess-Detective Tanith has been imprisoned in Storybook Jail, accused of The Girl’s crimes herself—can she escape in time to learn the hideous secret lurking in Rapunzel’s Tower?

Who will be the fairy-tale serial killer’s next victim among the “cast members” of the Storybook Kingdom theme park? Prince Prince Charming (yes, his name is Prince) of the Queen’s Guard? Joelle, the Littlest Mermaid? Jamar, a.k.a. John Henry, the Steel-Driving Man? Two of the above? All of the above? Princess-Detective Tanith must save them by exposing the masked killer in time!

The Bourne Identity meets X-Men in Bloodshot, an all-new origin story and a heart-pounding adventure featuring the popular comic book character from Valiant Entertainment. He wakes up in the middle of the woods with chalk-white skin, the ability to heal from any injury, and no memory of who or what he is. He is Bloodshot, and now he’s caught between the shadowy defense contractor that wants to capture him, and the underground network of dangerous psychics that want to destroy him. Now, Kalea, the young woman who found him, has a target on her back just for trying to help. To save himself and his friends, Bloodshot must stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery of his own identity—and deal with the real possibility that his own family are the ones who most want him dead.

You must be this tall…to DIE! Once upon a time, in a strange land called Florida, a masked psycho starts murdering cast members of the Storybook Kingdom theme park in ways identical to the gory original Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Princess-turned-detective Tanith is the only person who can unmask the killer before she and her friends are all Dying Unhappily Never After! Toon-themed terror from six-time New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies), artist Chris Panda (Chocklit Shoppe of Horrors: Night Shift, Rom: First Strike), and letterer Becca Carey (Radiant Black, Golden Rage).

Back on the scene again after taking some time off to be dead, the unstoppable killing machine known as JENNIFER BLOOD has found herself a whole new class of scumbags to target. But wait, what’s she doing helping a vicious Nazi biker gang rob a bank? Has the world gone crazy? Or is this all part of Jennifer’s master plan to take them down? In any case, there’s definitely a whole lot of violence on the way! Court reporter FRED VAN LENTE (Marvel Zombies) and sketch artist ROBERT CAREY (The Outsiders) bring you the official transcript of the ensuing mayhem in Jennifer Blood: Battle Diary # 3 — embellished with artfully arranged mugshots from CAREY, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI!

Stop rubbing your eyes, fanboy, they don't deceive you! Everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth stars in a third on-going series, hacking and wisecracking his way across the Marvel Universe. First up: when master assassin Arcade and Nightmare, Lord of the Dream Dimension, join forces to destroy Wade Wilson and THE INCREDIBLE HERCULES, they get more than they bargain for, taking on two of the MU's most irresponsible heroes! Drunken mayhem, bad jokes, and billions of dollars of property damage ensue!

A brand-new arc and jumping-on point, ""BLOOD DEBT,"" begins here! A mysterious woman staggers into a clinic for criminals and collapses from her injuries! * The crooked head surgeon is convinced that he has JENNIFER BLOOD sedated and under his control and plans to sell the most wanted woman in the world to the highest bidder! But another of his patients is a legendary hit man on his last legs with other plans for Blood--and the trauma ward starts to overflow when they team up!

This massive collection features three classic Halo tales by some of the best writers and artists in comics. Halo: Uprising follows the Master Chief as he single-handedly takes on the Covenant's miles-long Forerunner Dreadnought as it makes its way to Earth! Then, join the ranks of the UNSC's meanest, most battle-hardened Marines in Helljumper, as a group of ODST respond to a remote science colony's SOS call and discover an enormous Covenant military presence! Finally, a UNSC ship encounters a strange phenomenon that sends it plummeting toward an unknown planet. The Spartan Black fireteam needs to unlock the secrets of an ancient Forerunner installation if they're going to survive the experience but, to complicate matters, they're not the only ones shipwrecked. Check out their story in Halo: Blood Line!

It all comes to do this! Our motley band of heroes from across space and time has made a final stand in an isolated monastery high in the Himalayan mountains against the zombie plague sweeping the multiverse...as the secret hand behind the zombie plague at last reveals itself! But is it too late the worlds of Dynamite from an unstoppable wave of undead?

Who are the cosmic beings known only as the Psi-Lords? And how will they change the course of the Valiant Universe? Four space explorers awake in an otherworldly prison known as the Gyre with no memory of how they got there. Sent by space agencies from across the Earth and gifted with strange new celestial powers, these spacefarers will have to work together to survive. And out in these star-flung reaches, they?ll have nothing but their wits to guide them. That, and a mysterious voice in their heads that tells them if they want to escape and find their way home there is one thing they must do? Find the Psi-Lords. New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER; GENERATION ZERO) and stunning artist Renato Guedes (SHADOWMAN) team up for a brand-new, galaxy-bending adventure! Collecting PSI-LORDS #1?8.

Highlighting the illustration of Brian Ching and Guiu Villanova, Conan Omnibus 7: Witchcraft and Warfare offers over 400 story pages of ancient empires, bloodstained steel, and vile magic. Award-winning comics writer Fred Van Lente adapts Robert E. Howard's "Xuthal of the Dusk" and "A Witch Shall Be Born." To heal his broken heart, Conan travels to the desert kingdoms to peddle his sword arm and seek treasure. But there will be little time for mourning when the barbarian warrior encounters his nemesis, the Stygian necromancer Thoth-Amon!

Mystério, le Vautour, Silvermane, le Rhino, le Scorpion et les autres super-vilains de New York ne laissent aucun répit à Spider-Man. Derrière chaque adversaire vaincu se dresse une nouvelle silhouette, prête à frapper Peter Parker et ses proches. Au cours de sa carrière, l'infatigable justicier a toujours réussi à les vaincre. Mais lorsque leurs motivations ou leur identité changent, ces criminels deviennent plus difficiles à vaincre et surtout... beaucoup plus dangereux !

The medium is the message! Comics come in many forms, from all around the world. What better way to discover them than through a comic book? The bestselling, mind-blowing graphic history of our favorite medium continues--now focusing on specific regions of the world and their contributions to the comic book art form. The Graphic Novel! From its Swiss roots in 1835 to today's American bestseller lists, with crucial spin-offs in France and Belgium. The British Invasion! 2000 AD had a big impact in 1986, as creators from across the pond elevated storytelling to new heights, but the British tradition stretches back much further. Manga! Japanese artists also have a long history of graphic storytelling, but ninjas, mecha, and magical girls have taken the world by storm in recent decades, and those are only scratching the surface. Undiscovered territory! Comics and their characters are everywhere, for everyone! From the digital revolution to comic characters in film, comics have never been more widely available, or appealed to more diverse audiences. Now in color, with added features, including HerStory of Comics: spotlights on influential female creators and their impacts on the form.

Into the badlands? As the only force standing between her tribe and total extinction, War Mother must protect every man, woman, and child?no matter the cost?as she braves the long journey across the mutant-infested jungles and irradiated steppes once known as South America. But when this sworn guardian discovers that the new homeland she seeks might not be the haven it was promised to be, she?ll have to save her people from the one thing she never could have anticipated: themselves! Join New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and explosive artist Stephen Segovia (NINJAK) as they send War Mother on her darkest mission yet...and bring her first high-powered solo series to a brutal breaking point!

SHOWDOWN! Green Hornet, Kato & The Spirit vs. Kid Kraken and his army, in a fully evacuated Chicago! And if our heroes somehow manage to survive the deluge of henchmen descending upon them, they MIGHT discover the mystery of the dead astronaut with the knife in his back...

Collects Slapstick #1-6. Steve Harmon was an average teenager with an average job as your average clown, living in average New Jersey. But after being zapped by weird and mysterious extradimensional energy, Steve became Slapstick — a living, breathing cartoon character! Now, after joining — and then quitting — Deadpool’s Mercs for Money, Slapstick is striking out on his own! Sure, he’s gotta move back in with his parents, but he gets to team up with the Amazing Spider-Man and meet adorable (but deadly) little minotaurs, so there’s that! And when he embarks on a very personal mission, Slapstick will have to work with far stranger allies — like the War D.O.G.S., America’s Best Friends! But can these patriotic pups help Steve get to Dimension Ecch, where a throne of games awaits him?

As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group includes a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy “blue collar” comic, and a past-her-prime Vegas icon. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. Marooned without cell phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. But who is doing the killing, and why? A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. It’s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you’ll never see coming!

Z Nation: Black Summer – Part One A prequel set in the world of Syfy''s #1 scripted hit zombie series Z Nation, Black Summer is as bad as the apocalypse gets. A worldwide drought and famine when most of the surviving population dies and turns zombie. As the remnants of humanity cling to existence, fan favorite Charles Garnett returns to send a new team on a desperate new mission: Retrieve a possibly untouched cache of the food substitute Soylent Z from Galveston, Texas. But when mission leader Israel Johnson and his small team arrive in Galveston, they''ll face a threat unlike anything ever seen before in the zombie genre. Featuring Z Nation''s signature blend of horror, humor and heart, Black Summer is the start of a new six-issue miniseries from acclaimed writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies, G.I. Joe) and Craig Engler, based on the long running series Z NATION by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler.

Based on the popular game series, Assassin's Creed: Templars Volume 1: Black Cross collects the first five issues of a brand new story arc exclusive to Titan Comics. Collecting the first arc of the brand new explosive Templars series, from the world of Assassin's Creed, Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero offer a new perspective on the century-spanning feud between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order

Monströse 250 Seiten um Robert "The Walking Dead"Kirkmans Marvel-Zombies in deutscher Erstveröffentlichung! Diesmal wird nicht nur die Squadron Supreme zum Untoten-Problem. Howard the Duck, Dum Dum Dugan u.a. müssen zudem in einer Alternativwelt kämpfen, in der Nazi-Zombiesden Zweiten Weltkrieg gewonnen haben ...

Det. Sebastian Greene is determined to rescue his partner, Sana, even if it exposes his true demonic nature, but his only clue is the monster killing people all over New York. Can he find Sana, take down the killer, and protect himself from the powerful alien forces corrupting the NYPD? Fred Van Lentes newest original comic series!

"Originally published in single magazine form as Big trouble in Little China no. 13-16"--Indicia.

The streets of Shanghai have erupted into utter chaos as Black Cross finally evades the henchmen of Big-Eared Du and heads to the International Settlement to establish just how much trouble the Shanghai Rite is in, and he learns that the corruption goes deeper than he ever could have imagined...

Fred Van Lente and Guiu VilanovaÈs new series is an H. P. Lovecraft inspired take on a murder mystery.ð”Infinite Comix Det. Sebastian Greene fights for his life against an Innsmouth monster! And Det. Sana Fayez is hot on GreeneÈs trail, closer and closer to discovering his secret identity but hounded by fish-faced Mafiosi. Will they be able to survive long enough to stop the Juice Box Killer? Fred Van LenteÈs newest original comic series!

From the award-winning team that brought you ARCHER & ARMSTRONG comes a centuries-spanning race against the clock! Join New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente and acclaimed artists Clayton Henry, Francis Portela, and Pere P?rez and to find out why Wired says ?this long-overdue series is Ivar?s time to shine?? At this very moment in Geneva, Switzerland, history is being made. A thousand meters underground inside the Large Hadron Collider, researcher Neela Sethi is about to discover time travel ? and jeopardize her life in the process. But she doesn?t know that yet. Ten minutes from now, every deadbeat chrononaut, wannabe conqueror, and misguided protector of the timestream will be banging down her door. Good thing that the legendary Ivar, Timewalker, got there first?right? Now it?s down to history?s most jaded, most tempestuous time traveler to stop the worst of everything that is, was, and will be?before time runs out! Collecting?IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1?12?along with 20+ pages of rarely seen designs, process art, and extras in deluxe, oversized hardcover.

Writer Fred Van Lente''s incredible run on Conan reaches its epic conclusion! Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, was born with a twin sister, Salome--but by an ancient doom placed on their bloodline Salome''s chest bore a scarlet half-moon birthmark: the mark of the witch! Left to die in the desert, Salome survived instead, and grew up to embrace her malevolent destiny . . . and now she''s back, to take vengeance on all of Khauran! Featuring perhaps the most famous event in the Conan mythos, Conan''s crucifixion, this spellbinding volume collects Conan the Avenger #20-25.

When a biological weapon is hijacked from a secret facility in Nevada, the president calls in two of his top guns: Captain Midnight and Brain Boy! Will the two disparate heroes, a time-displaced inventor from World War II and a snotty psychic Secret Servi

Secrets! Shenanigans! A spectacular for the ages! Someone call the fire marshal because Valiant?s all-star celebration for Archer & Armstrong is about to get out of control! Red-hot creators Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER), Ray Fawkes (Batman: Eternal), John Layman (Chew), Karl Bollers (Watson and Holmes), Clayton Henry (HARBINGER), Joe Eisma (Morning Glories) and a jam-packed roster of special guests are throwing a gigantic finale for Valiant?s conspiracy-busting, history-smashing swashbucklers ? and they?ve brought along a heap of all-new tales to kick this hullabaloo into high gear! Featuring the true story of Armstrong?s first drink, the secret origin of Mary-Maria, the debut of a brand new breed of villain for the Valiant Universe, and much more, this very special volume collects ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #24, ARCHER & ARMSTRONG: THE ONE PERCENT #1, and stories from the oversized ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #25 anniversary spectacular, alongside the never-before-seen ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #0: DIRECTOR?S CUT! Don?t miss this one-of-a-kind look inside the script, art, and character designs of Archer & Armstrong?s acclaimed origin issue!

"This volume collects issues #7-#12 of the Dark Horse Comics monthly Conan the Avenger series."