New Releases by Dennis Hopeless

A post-apocalyptic monster story teeming with horror, Lovecraftian-inspired monstrosities, romance, and one devil-may-care teenager named Lupe who is much more than she seems. SMILES HIDE WHAT LURKS BENEATH. Sanity-eating monsters ended humanity. The unlucky few who survived now hide in the cracks of a broken world. And yet somehow, beneath the graveyard that used to be San Antonio, Rico met Lupe, the girl of his dreams - and an enigma. How did she get here? And why is she smiling? No one survives out in the street. No one smiles where the monsters lurk. But Lupe does. Join teenagers Rico and Lupe as they journey through a the desolate landscape of monstrous devastation - and their own obstacle-ridden relationship. Heart Eyes explores themes of loneliness, mental illness, being your own worst enemy, and human connection reflecting the pandemic and post-pandemic world in which we live. For fans of Lovecraftian monsters and horror, weird romance, post-apocalyptic fiction,Caitlin R. Kiernan (Houses Under the Sea ,The Tinfoil Dossier series, Vile Affections, Tales of Pain and Wonder, Daughter of Hounds, Alabaster, Comes a Pale Rider), the Ellen Datlow-edited Lovecraft''s Monsters, James Tynion IV''s Something is Killing the Children, Robert Kirkman''s Oblivion Song, Scott Snyder''s Undiscovered Country, Bad Girls, Rick Remender''s Low, Justin Jordan''s The Spread, and Human Remains. Collects the complete five-issue series.

Collects SPIDER-WOMAN (2014) #1-10, SPIDER-WOMAN (2015) #1-5 and #8-17, and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #1 The mother of all Spider-Woman sagas! Writer Dennis Hopeless takes Jessica Drew on a life-transforming journey - beginning by embroiling her in the multidimensional insanity of SPIDER-VERSE! Then, Jess heads back into the investigating business with reporter Ben Urich at her side. And their first case is a doozy: Someone is kidnapping super villains'' loved ones! Get ready for a new nemesis in Lady Caterpillar - and a prickly Silver Age bad guy joins Team Spider-Woman! But he isn''t the only addition to the cast: Jess is a mother-to-be! What a terrible time to be abducted by Skrulls! And just as Jess'' baby arrives, the Marvel Universe erupts in a second superhuman Civil War! Will new mom Spider-Woman stand against her best friend, Captain Marvel?

Save the day, destroy the world... Harvey Award-winning writer Dennis Hopeless (Star Wars: Darth Vader-Dark Visions) and breakout star Emilio Laiso (Marvel''s Spider-Man: Velocity) unleash Valiant''s most powerful protector in this complete deluxe edition hardcover! Torn from the past and bonded with a living alien armor, will X-O Manowar become the hero the world needs? As an all-new futuristic force arises to destroy the planet, only this ancient warrior king has the courage to stand against impossible odds in this thrilling jumping on point for Valiant''s flagship character! Collecting the complete X-O MANOWAR (2020) #1-9, DIVINITY III: ARIC, SON OF THE REVOLUTION #1, VALIANT 2020: THE YEAR OF HEROES FCBD SPECIAL, and VALIANT UPRISING FCBD SPECIAL, along with 20+ pages of rarely seen art and extras!

The War for Earth-3 may be over, but the battle at home is only heating up! As egos clash, bugs ambush, and a big-#$% parademon tries to eat his own teammates, an explosive confrontation between Peacemaker and Bloodsport will leave you breathless! As Ambush Bug would say: “HELP! I’M TRAPPED IN SOLICIT COPY!”

The War for Earth-3 comes to a close as the Crime Syndicate, Teen Titans, the Flash, and Suicide Squad all battle in one final conflict that decides who lives, who dies, who makes it back home, and who’s left stranded on Earth-3. With the Justice Squad’s plan to take over the alternate Earth and claim it as their own, the heroes of the Teen Titans and conscripted members of Rick Flag’s Suicide Squad must finally work together...but have they waited too long to stop Amanda Waller?

As the War for Earth-3 begins to rage, Rick Flag’s new Squad-including Cheetah, Mirror Master, Peacemaker, and a parademon of Apokolips-confronts Waller with a mission to bring her home and stand trial for her crimes. But Waller didn’t go to Earth-3 alone and now the Squad must face its predecessors, including the deadly Talon, Match-a clone of Superboy-and the Justice Squad’s newest member from Teen Titans Academy.

The Teen Titans, the Flash and the Suicide Squad all collide on Earth-3-home of the evil Crime Syndicate-on the hunt for former Task Force X mastermind Amanda Waller. As Waller tries to take over the alternate Earth and dethrone evil versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and other heroes that rule it, her former partner-Rick Flag-arrives on E-3 bent on making Waller pay for her crimes, while the Titans and Flash hunt for a missing academy student they believe was kidnapped by Waller to form her mysterious Justice Squad.

Upgrade or die... X-O Manowar has saved the planet from hostile forces countless times, but faced with a threat unlike anything he has fought before, and with his newly modified armor glitching, his situation is about to get much, much worse... Blaze into battle with Harvey Award-Nominated Writer Dennis Hopeless (All-New X-Men) and breathtaking artist Emilio Laiso (Marvel''s Spider-Man: Velocity) as they continue the series Multiversity Comics calls "the definition of what great superhero comics can be"! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2020) #5-9.

Rick Flag attacks! The Squad has their hands full with the marvel that is Earth-8, and soon learn that this “test” was actually just a decoy for Waller’s real Suicide Squad. If they’re going to get off Earth-8, they’ll have to get through a whole other Squad in the process! And just as Flag is about to take down Waller once and for all, he’s betrayed by a double agent in his ranks!

RICK FLAG ATTACKS! The Suicide Squad barely manage to steal an alien technology from Oa only to find themselves cut off from their transport back to Earth and on the run from Lanterns and Thanagarians. And no backup is coming from Earth because Amanda Waller is under fire from her onetime ally, current-time enemy: Rick Flag!

A city overrun by an unstoppable threat. A clash between titans. And a diabolical plan revealed. The epic conclusion of Dennis Hopeless and Emilio Laiso?s X-O MANOWAR run cannot be missed!

The truth about X-O Manowar''s armor revealed. A devastating plan unfolds. And the evil mastermind behind it all gets a cosmic upgrade. The penultimate chapter of Dennis Hopeless and Emilio Laiso''s epic run brings big changes to the Big Apple?

A bond destroyed. Power wielded recklessly. A deadly force on the attack. X-O Manowar?s world will be shattered.

X-O Manowar has saved the planet from hostile forces countless times before, but the new threat that looms in front of him is unlike anything he has faced before. And with his sentient alien armor glitching, X-O?s situation is about to get much worse?

Featuring new cover art by Tyler Kirkham and Arif Prianto, the VALIANT 2021 FCBD SPECIAL puts NINJAK front and center. The must-read issue is packed with content, including? ? A brand new X-O MANOWAR story from Harvey Award-winning writer Dennis Hopeless and breakout star Emilio Laiso. It?s the perfect jumping-on point as Valiant?s flagship hero prepares to ?Upgrade the World? this Summer! ? A special advance preview of THE HARBINGER #1, an all-new series from co-writers Jackson Lanzing and Colin Kelly with superstar artist Robbi Rodriguez that promises to take Valiant?s psiot rebel in a vivid new direction! ? Plus, find out how the world?s greatest spy responds to being unmasked, hunted, and trapped in a first look at NINJAK #1, the pulse-pounding thrill ride from Ringo Award-winning writer Jeff Parker and legendary artist Javier Pulido. ? Finally, get a sneak peek from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Jon Davis-Hunt of what?s to come in the terrifying pages of SHADOWMAN!

An all-new adventure starts here in Part 1 of ?Upgrade the World!? Harvey-Nominated Writer Dennis Hopeless and breathtaking artist Emilio Laiso return to the epic saga of Aric of Dacia, aka X-O MANOWAR, as he battles an unknown nanite monstrosity that is devouring the earth. Will our hero out of time finally evolve into the warrior of the future or will X-O Manowar drown with their past?

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Amazing Spider-man & Silk: the Spider(fly) Effect (2016) #1-4, Spider-woman Alpha (2016) #1, Spider-Gwen (2015B) #7-8, Silk (2015B) #7-8, Spider-woman (2015) #6-7 and Spider-woman Omega (2016) #1.

Save the day, destroy the world? Torn from the past and bonded with a living alien armor, will X-O Manowar become the hero the world needs now? As a futuristic force arises to destroy the planet, only this ancient warrior king has the courage to stand against impossible odds! Harvey Award-winning writer Dennis Hopeless (All-New X-Men) and breakout star Emilio Laiso (Marvel?s Spider-Man: Velocity) unleash Valiant?s most powerful protector! Collecting X-O MANOWAR (2020) #1?4

Collects Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (2015) #1-5, Enchanted Tiki Room (2016) #1-5. Discover the secrets of the wildest ride in the wilderness! For more than three decades, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has wowed millions of visitors at Disney theme parks across the globe — now discover the never-before-told saga of how Barnabas T. Bullion’s dangerous gold mine of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad became the haunted legend it is today! Then, welcome to the Enchanted Tiki Room, a place of legend…fantasy…and mystery! On this isolated island populated by talking (and singing) birds and plants and ancient Tiki gods, almost anything can happen — and it will! But when a plane arrives with new visitors, it sets off a chain of events that threatens the very future of the Tiki Room! Say it ain’t so! Two of the most beloved attractions in all the Disney Kingdoms provide the settings for a pair of magical adventures filled with action, adventure, romance, humor and fun!

Does Manowar make the armor? A new threat towers over X-O. Will he have the strength to bring the titan down? Dennis Hopeless and Emilio Laiso?s epic journey brings X-O to a stunning crossroads!

Who would win in a fight: X-O Manowar or a cybernetic tech monster formed out of lava? In order to prevent catastrophe, will Aric hand over the X-O armor to a new ally?

A new threat emerges from the fires of X-O?s latest battle! Can X-O save the day, or does the world need a new kind of hero?

Relive these tales of heroes who were reborn as the Infected...corrupted versions of some of DC''s greatest heroes, now gifted with new powers, but whose souls have been blackened by the Batman Who Laughs. Supergirl, Hawkman, Shazam, Blue Beetle, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and former Teen Titan Donna Troy are all transformed-and now they are pawns in the Batman Who Laughs'' efforts to destroy the heroes of the DC Universe! Collects Supergirl #36, Hawkman #18, The Infected: King Shazam #1, The Infected: Scarab #1, The Infected: Deathbringer #1, and The Infected: The Commissioner #1.

Harvey Award-winning writer Dennis ?Hopeless? Hallum (Star Wars: Darth Vader?Dark Visions) and breakout star Emilio Laiso (Marvel?s Spider-Man: Velocity) unleash Valiant?s most powerful protector! Torn from the past and bonded with a living alien armor, will X-O Manowar become the hero the world needs? As a futuristic force arises to destroy the planet, only this ancient warrior king has the courage to stand against impossible odds!

When Jaime Reyes is in trouble, a powerful scarab transforms him into a super hero. Jaime never asked to be the Blue Beetle, but he’s been doing his best to live up to the power within. Now the most sinister evil this or any other world has ever seen has his sights set on turning Jaime toward the darkness...and the Batman Who Laughs always gets what he wants. Spinning out of the events of Batman/ Superman and “Year of the Villain” comes the tale of a hero fighting the evil inside, and whose friends and family are about to pay the price...

After nearly twenty years wrestling around the world, AJ Styles has finally made it to the mountaintop of sports entertainment, WWE, and is focused on capturing the most prestigious title in the business, the WWE Championship. Before he became The Face That Runs The Place, AJ Styles spent nearly twenty years traveling the world, making sacrifices, all with one goal: proving himself as the best in-ring performer, bar none. Now, for the first time ever, see how the Phenomenal One’s quest led him to WWE, and how he took the biggest stage in sports entertainment and made it his own. Dennis Hopeless (Cloak & Dagger, All-New X-Men) and illustrator Serg Acuña team up for this tale of overcoming challenges and striving to be the best.