New Releases by Brian Azzarello

From writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo, the team behind the best-selling BATMAN: DAMNED, JOKER tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City—a harrowing night of revenge, murder and crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others.

Azzarello und Risso sind zurück! Der neueste Streich des Eisnerprämierten Erfolgsduos, das uns so großartige Comics wie 100 Bullets und Batman: Broken City beschert hat, wagt sich mit MOONSHINE in die tiefsten Hinterwälder der Appalachen zu Zeiten der Prohibition. Lou Pirlo, ein Gangster aus New York, soll einen Deal mit Hiram Holt, dem besten Moonshiner von West Virginia, abschließen. Was er jedoch nicht weiß: Holt ist nicht nur ein rücksichtsloser Verbrecherboss, sondern hat auch ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis ... in ihm fließt das übernatürliche Blut eines Werwolfs.

The stunning conclusion to the groundbreaking miniseries by the critically acclaimed team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo is here! BatmanÕs most baffling case brings him face to face with his worst nightmare in this highly anticipated finale!

DC BLACK LABEL, the highly anticipated new imprint from DC Comics, starts here! The Joker is dead. There is no doubt about that. But whether Batman finally snapped his scrawny neck or some other sinister force in Gotham City did the deed is still a mystery. Problem is, Batman can’t remember…and the more he digs into this labyrinthian case, the more his mind starts to doubt everything he’s uncovering. So who better to set him straight than…John Constantine? Problem with that is as much as John loves a good mystery, he loves messing with people’s heads even more. So with John’s “help,” the pair will delve into the sordid underbelly of Gotham as they race toward the mind-blowing truth of who murdered The Joker. BATMAN: DAMNED is a bimonthly super-natural horror story told by two of comics’ greatest modern creators-a visceral thrill-ride that proudly puts the “black” in BLACK LABEL.

BRIAN AZZARELLO, SIMON BISLEY and NICK FLOYD unite for a shocking fantasy epic that expands the world of 3 Floyds Brewing Co. into the bloodiest and most beer-soaked comic on the shelves. Collects 3 FLOYDS: ALPHA KING #1-5

DC Comics proudly presents BATMAN BY AZZARELLO & RISSO: THE DELUXE EDITION-tales of one of comicsÕ most iconic characters by two of its trailblazing talents. They transformed the modern crime comic with their legendary series 100 BULLETS. Here Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Azzarello (JOKER; LUTHOR) and artist Eduardo Risso (Logan) take aim at an even darker target-the Dark Knight himself-in a deluxe hardcover that brings all of their Batman stories together in one volume. BROKEN CITY Gotham is a city of shadows, as twisted and dangerous as the monsters and maniacs who haunt it. As he pursues a murderer down a path that leads to some of his greatest enemies, can even the Dark Knight Detective withstand its psychological horrors? KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE The world has hit a flashpoint. Suddenly history has changed, and an aging, ruthless Thomas Wayne wears the mantle of the Bat in place of his slain son, Bruce. Will the sins of the father destroy the city? BATMAN: WEDNESDAY COMICS A murder draws the Batman into a battle over a billionaireÕs estate. Money is the root of all evil, and the Dark KnightÕs about to dig deep. GOTHAM KNIGHTS In this stunning black-and-white Batman story, GothamÕs protector probes the mind of a madman in a search for the true nature of power-over life and death. Collects BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #8, BATMAN #620-625, WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-12 and FLASHPOINT: BATMAN - KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1-3.

From writer BRIAN AZZARELLO and artist, EDUARDO RISSO--the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind the crime classic, 100 Bullets--comes a brutal new series that puts a horror twist on a classic gangster tale! Set deep in Appalachia during Prohibition, MOONSHINE tells the story of Lou Pirlo, a city-slick "torpedo" sent from New York City to negotiate a deal with the best moonshiner in West Virginia, Hiram Holt. Lou figures it a milk run, but what he doesn''t figure is that Holt''s just as cunning and ruthless as any NYC crime boss. Not only will Holt do anything for his illicit booze operation, he''ll stop at nothing to protect a much darker, bloodier family secret. Collects issues 1-6

Gotham''s newest villain, the woman known as Pix, is hunting down the men who destroyed her life while Bane and Batman are left following the trail of bodies. Meanwhile, Batman is still reeling from Bane''s stunning revelation last issue. ''Tabula Rasa'' part 3.

"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger."

Frank Miller, along with co-writer Brian Azarrello and artist John Romita Jr., revisit the gritty world of to the best-selling and genre-defining graphic novel, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, with this time telling prequel, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE, The tale of Batman’s last adventure before his retirement and eventual return years later. As the Joker is manically returned to Arkham Asylum, Bruce Wayne is struggling to train his sidekick and heir apparent, the new Robin, Jason Todd. While a new string of bizarre killing sprees involving Gotham City’s elite take up Batman and Robin’s attention, critics begin to question if the Dark Knight has a right to endanger the life of a child. What does night after night of danger and brutality do to a child? And what is the Joker planning? THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE presents this prequel story to THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS plus a variant cover gallery, pages from Frank Miller''s original script and pencils by John Romita Jr.

"MOONSHINE," Part Two Gangster Lou Pirlo thought he was stepping up in the NYC mob when he got sent to Appalachia to broker a big moonshine deal. Instead, he stepped right in the middle of a good ol'' fashioned family feud...and when one of the family might be a werewolf, things get bloody right quick. Continuing the new series from the legendary creators of 100 Bullets!

What happens when you find out the whole world is a joke? You become the Comedian. Writer Brian Azzarello teams with artist J.G. Jones to explore the mad mind of one of WATCHMEN''s darkest characters.

John Constantine knows the secrets of his native England like the back of his nicotine-stained hand. Unfortunately for him, he’s now a world away from that green and pleasant land. Constantine has returned to America, and this time he’s landed in the worst place imaginable: a cell in a maximum-security prison, with a 35-year sentence for murder. Adapting to his new environs will require a steep learning curve, but the world’s greatest magician is nothing if not flexible. In fact, the question that his fellow inmates should be asking is not how this strange-talking newcomer will endure being locked up with society’s worst offenders, but rather how they are going to survive the experience. That’s because Constantine has a few more stops to make on his stateside tour, and, unlike his cellmates, his journey begins in the joint rather than ending there. But when he arrives in the rural town of Doglick, West Virginia, to make personal amends for his crime, what he finds going on behind its closed doors shocks the famously world-weary sorcerer to his hardened, cynical core. Acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello is joined by legendary artists Richard Corben, Marcelo Frusin and Steve Dillon for a terrifying expedition into the darkest corners of the Land of the Free in JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER VOL. 14: GOOD INTENTIONS, collecting issues 146-161 of the signature VERTIGO series together with the nostalgic tale “The First Time” from VERTIGO SECRET FILES: HELLBLAZER.

The third chapter of the Eisner Award-nominated anthology features stories written by Neil Gaiman, Warren Wllis, Peter Gross and many more.

This Vertigo anthology features stories by top talent that explore the dark nooks and crannies of an always timely topic--war. Beneath the napalm-scorched Vietnamese countryside, a crew of tunnel rats encounter a horror beyond their wildest imagination...On the mean streets of Chicago''s Southside, a mortally-wounded gang-banger tells how he lost his nerve in battle...On the blood-drenched fields of Feudal Japan, two warring Shoguns devise an ingenious way to settle their decades-old dispute.

Batman and Robin prepare for war with the Master Race, and an ally returns from an unlikely placeÉ

This legendary Vertigo horror anthology will blow your mindÑprovided itÕs still attached to your body. You never know what will set someone off: a child wandering away from their parent; an elevator door opening on a private moment; a phone call to a stranger in the middle of the night. The most innocent of actions can lead to the most dire of consequencesÑjust thinking about it is enough to make you flinch. No one apprehends this disturbing tendency better than the warped talents whose paranoid ravings are contained within these pagesÑan alarming compendium of frenzied hallucinations and lurid musings pulled directly from the glistening brainpans of the greatest minds in comics. Featuring work by John Arcudi, Bernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Frank Quitely, Joe R. Lansdale, Bruce Timm, Mike Carey, David Lloyd and many more, FLINCH BOOK TWO collects FLINCH #9-16.

The greatest talents of American and European comics unite for a Batman story like none other! Written by Matteo Casali (CATWOMAN) and Brian Azzarello (DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE), BATMAN: EUROPA features art by superstar Jim Lee (JUSTICE LEAGUE) as well as European comics artist superstars Giuseppe Camuncoli (SPIDER-MAN), Diego Latorre and Gerard Parel. The Dark Knight is finally facing an enemy that even he canÕt defeatÑa deadly, custom-engineered virus that will drive him mad and then kill him within a week. But Batman isnÕt the only one infectedÉthe homicidal madman known as the Joker is also stricken. Now, the two mortal enemies must rely on each other if either one is to survive. As they follow the clues, their search fo8r the man who targeted them has them crisscrossing EuropeÑfollowing clues in Berlin, fighting automatons in Prague, haunting the Paris catacombs and more. Can Batman and Joker survive working together? Or will the Dark Knight and his deadliest enemy die together, far from Gotham City? Collects BATMAN: EUROPA #1-4 of the 4-issue miniseries.

The hardest thing for Batman is to admit his greatest strength: He''s just one man, and sometimes he needs help. With so much at stake, will he turn to help of the Super variety?

The continuation of the groundbreaking, Eisner Award-winning series-including the pivotal story arcs ÒA WakeÓ and ÒPunch Line.Ó If you were given a chance at deadly retribution with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? ThatÕs the opportunity that a man called Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special briefcase containing an untraceable gun and one hundred rounds of ammunition. To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, the offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. But beyond the dilemma of whether or not to pull the trigger lies a deeper and even more troubling concern: just who is making these actions possible-and why? Collects 100 BULLETS #59-80.

To kill without consequence: If you were given a chance at deadly retribution with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? That''s the opportunity that Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special briefcase containing an untraceable gun and one hundred rounds of ammunition. To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, the offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. But beyond the dilemma of whether or not to pull the trigger lies a deeper and even more troubling concern: Just who is making these actions possible-and why? This third of five volumes reprinting all 100 issues of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso''s 100 BULLETS collects issues #37-58 of their acclaimed Vertigo series, and includes never-before-seen character sketches by Risso for an unproduced 100 BULLETS video game.

This is the moment that Batman Beyond has traveled back in time to stop-the moment when his terrible future is born. Five years from now, the world of tomorrow is on the brink of creation. Brainiac has arrived from the stars, and intends to take New York City with him as a souvenir. It''s enough to bring Superman out of self-imposed exile, but not even the Man of Steel or his former teammates on the Justice League may be enough to stop the alien conqueror. Can Batman Beyond, Stormwatch, the Justice League Dark, Firestorm and others stop both Brainiac and Brother Eye? Or will the future die along with them? It all leads up to this. Jeff Lemire (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Brian Azzarello (WONDER WOMAN), Dan Jurgens (THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN), Keith Giffen (JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001) and artists such as Patrick Zircher (THE FLASH) redefine the future of the DC Universe! Collects #31-48.

Every hero has an origin. Discover the secrets behind the greatest heroes of the DC Universe, as told by teams of all-star creators. What makes the Flash run? What makes Cyborg tick? What forces animate Wonder Woman? What is the secret parentage that even Wonder Woman doesn''t know about? Why was Mera nearly Aquaman''s killer before she became his wife? How did the Huntress lose a world, but gain a new super-heroic identity? What did Bagirl create that nearly destroyed her life? Fan-favorite creators including writers Brian Azzarello (WONDER WOMAN), Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher (BATGIRL), Cullen Bunn (SINESTRO), Marv Wolfman (NEW TEEN TITANS), Paul Levitz (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES) and Robert Venditti and Van Jensen (GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH) and artists Goran Sudzuka (WONDER WOMAN), Miguel Sepulveda (RED LANTERNS) and Jonboy Meyers (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA) bring the origins of the DC Universe heroes to life like never before! Collects SECRET ORIGINS #5-11.

Five years from now, the future that Batman Beyond came back in time to stop is already in motion. Brother Eye has taken over Cadmus, and has taken the refugee heroes of Earth-2 as its mind-controlled slaves. Superman has walked away from humanity, and another hero wears the mantle in his place. And in deep space, Stormwatch are dead, victims of the true threat from beyond our universe...the being we know as Brainiac. But while heroes still live, there''s still hope. On Arrow Island, Green Arrow has faked his own death and used the cover to begin recruiting an Army to take the fight to Brother Eye. And even those who swore they''d never be heroes again-like Red Robin and Firestorm-find themselves drawn back into the battle. The fight for the future of the DC Universe is on!

How far would you go for revenge? If you were given a chance at deadly retribution with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? That''s the opportunity that a man called Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special briefcase containing an untraceable gun and one hundred rounds of ammunition. To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, the offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. But beyond the dilemma of whether or not to pull the trigger lies a deeper and even more troubling concern: just who is making these actions possible - and why? This second of five volumes reprinting all 100 issues of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso''s 100 BULLETS collects issues #20-36 of their acclaimed Vertigo series, and also includes Azzarello''s original script for "The Mimic" from issue #20.

THE EPIC CONCLUSION!As the War on Olympus rages on, the fearsome First Born ascends as its God-King and Wonder Woman is locked in a desperate battle with him for the destiny of all immortals. But Olympus must fall, and its rightful ruler must be restored-and she must make a decision that will affect the lives of those she loves most!The acclaimed, NEW YORK TIMES best-selling team of Brian Azzarello (JOKER, 100 BULLETS), Cliff Chiang (GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY), and Goran Sudžuka (Y: THE LAST MAN) astonish complete their epic runs with the story of what remains when a mad god reigns in WONDER WOMAN: BONES (collects issues #30-35 and a story from SECRET ORIGINS #6)!

Five years from now, the DC Universe is reeling from a war with another Earth, leaving the world unprepared for an approaching evil that threatens to destroy the future. As heroes are turned into mindless villains, the planet as we know it is no more. The only salvation lies in the past, where this future apocalypse must be averted. Can a time-traveling Batman Beyond help a massive cast of the DCU''s finest avert the impending apocalypse? Written by a cast of the industry''s best talents, including Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens, this new epic series will expose the secrets of the New 52 universe! Collects issues #0-17.

Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang''s critically acclaimed Wonder Woman reintroduces The New Gods! Wonder Woman’s world is shocked to its core when her eldest brother, the First Born, is freed from his slumber. Now, with her family in ruins and her friends scattered, she must turn to Orion and the New Gods of New Genesis to save herself and Zola’s newborn from the First Born’s wrath! Collects WONDER WOMAN #19-23.

Wonder Woman''s life is changed forever when she is called on to take the place of War on Olympus! An epic new era of WONDER WOMAN begins here, as Diana must decide if the path set out for her is one she wants to take. But there''s no time for Wonder Woman to fully comprehend the fallout as her family gathers to prepare for an assault on Olympus!The last time the First Born came for Olympus, it took the death of the God of War to stop him. With Wonder Woman as the new God of War and the First Born more determined than ever to claim his birthright, things are about to get violent indeed!Collects WONDER WOMAN #24-29, and WONDER WOMAN #23.2 FIRST BORN.

Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It''s a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war--but where are Earth''s Greatest Heroes to stop it? Batman Knight of Vengeance: Wayne Casinos towers over Gotham City, but even the bright lights can''t keep the dark shadows from enveloping the city. When the Joker kidnaps the children of the city''s district attorney, the Batman takes the case. But the man under the mask may not be the Dark Knight we know! Deadman and the Flying Graysons: Come to see the greatest show in the world of FLASHPOINT--featuring the body-bending Ragdoll, the amazing Flying Graysons and the star performer, the death-defying Deadman! However, when the Amazons come looking for the mysterious helmet of Fate, will the show go on or get cut short? Deathstroke and Curse of the Ravager: Most of Europe lies underwater thanks to the ongoing battle between Amazon and Atlantean, but one man braves the rough waters in search of his missing treasure. Deathstroke the Terminator enters the world of FLASHPOINT. Secret Seven: One among them will betray them all! Who are the secret seven? This Batman volume collects FLASHPOINT: BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1-3, DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #1-3, DEATHSTROKE AND THE CURSE OF THE RAVAGER #1-3 and SECRET SEVEN #1-3.