New Releases by Ed Brubaker

All the threads of the mystery come together, as Charlie and Gil barrel headfirst towards trouble!

Another secret about the murder comes to light!

Act Two of the acclaimed Hollywood Noir from the best-selling team of Brubaker and Phillips. Collects THE FADE OUT #5-8.

Velvet''s hunt has led her into a dark web of lies and murder, and as the secrets come to light, they all point to one place - Washington DC, to the very halls of world power. Can Velvet find "The Man Who Stole The World" or will she die trying?

The best-selling crime series continues in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. CRIMINAL, VOL. 3: THE DEAD AND THE DYING -- It''s the ultimate ''70s noir from the noir masters! A beautiful but damaged woman returns home with nothing but vengeance on her mind, and two best friends, one the son of the city''s crime kingpin, are caught in the crossfire. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS get experimental, with three interlinking viewpoints that tell a tragic tale.

Velvet walks a deadly path into the past for answers, as her story takes its darkest turn yet!

The bestselling crime series returns in strikingly designed new editions from Image, starting where it all began: CRIMINAL, VOL. 1: COWARDu0084a new take on noir that turned the heist story on its head and created a whole new underworld for BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS to explore. BRUBAKER & PHILLIPSÍ recent series FATALE and The FADE OUT have brought their work to a wider audience of new readers, and now is the perfect time to show them the work that made the award-winning teamÍs reputation! ñBrubaker and PhillipsÍ books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.î -Brian K. Vaughan

Velvet takes her battle right to the heart of the agency''s headquarters, literally.

THE SECOND ARC CONTINUES! While Velvet_s been on the run, ARC-7''s top men have been hunting her...now they have her trail, and soon she''ll be in Colt''s sights.

The first arc draws to a shattering conclusion.

The life story of the man-monster called The Bishop. As always, every issue of FATALE includes extras and articles every month!

Ed Brubaker continues his noir-style portrait of Selina Kyle and the growing criminal element in Gotham City, along with new artist Paul Gulacy. An outbreak of gang war in the streets of Gotham City leads to a kidnapping that affects one of Selina''s friends-but when she tries to trace the kidnappers, she ends up fighting the Penguin and a ruthless, cybernetically enhanced mafia enforcer known as Zeiss. Collects CATWOMAN #25-37.

NEW STORY ARC! Nicolas Lash is in the deepest trouble possible, and there''s only one person who can save him now... the problem is, trouble is her business. And don''t forget all the back page extras you can only find in FATALE''s single issues every month!

Collects Captain America (2004) #22-24. Captain America has fallen into a clash with his government and his friends, and the people close to him are paying the price. The life of Cap''s girlfriend, Agent 13, is torn apart as her superiors use her divided loyalties against her. Elsewhere, a new villain emerges; the Red Skull begins to make himself known; and the Winter Soldier again comes face-to-face with Cap. But which side will he choose?

On the run from her own agency, Velvet must find out what really got Agent X-14 killed, and the only way to do that is retrace his steps... and that''s a pathway of dead bodies, ruined lives, and angry mercenary soldiers. And along the way, one of Velvet''s darkest secrets is revealed. Don''t miss the second issue of this white-hot new series, from the hit creators of the CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER saga!

FATALE finally arrives in modern times, as Nicolas Lash''s research from his prison cell draws out old enemies. And him with nowhere left to run.

In this new volume collecting CATWOMAN #10-24 and CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1, The Black Mask, longtime foe of Batman, has his sights set on Gotham City’s East End to house his drug trafficking empire. When Selina Kyle discovers the Black Mask’s intentions, she declares war against his operation. Don’t miss the noir-style tales written by Ed Brubaker!

From the co-creators of Gotham Central and FATALE comes a lost crime noir masterpiece. SCENE OF THE CRIME was the first time ED BRUBAKER and MICHAEL LARK worked together--before their acclaimed runs on Daredevil and Gotham Central-- and it was inked by SEAN PHILLIPS. This is where it all began, with a hard-hitting mystery story, a modern day ''Chinatown'' that garnered nominations for Best Miniseries and Best Writer in the 2000 Eisner Awards. Also included in this new collection are behind the scenes art and stories, a new foreword by BRUBAKER, and many other extras.

Superstar penciler Patrick Zircher joins award-winning writer Ed Brubaker! Former super villains in Witness Protection are being murdered! Does this have anything to do with the return of an old foe and ex-lover into Captain America''s life? Cap must unravel the clues and solve this mystery before he becomes a target himself - but how will he handle the shocking truth when the new Scourge''s secret identity is revealed? Collecting Captain America 11-14, Captain America (1968) 328

Cap struggles to find his faith while the new Hydra rises from the ashes and makes their first deadly moves! And what secret has Cap been keeping throughout Fear Itself? Superstar artist Alan Davis joins the all-star creative team as best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker brings you action-packed espionage in the Mighty Marvel Manner! COLLECTING: Captain America 6-10

Batman vs. the Penguin—the epic showdown! Collects the storyline from BATMAN #582-585 by Ed Brubaker and Scott McDaniel.

Best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Steve McNiven bring you the next huge chapter in Steve Rogers'' life, and it''s a perfect jumping-on point for fans of the Cap movie! A funeral for a fallen friend turns into a race against time as the original Captain America makes his explosive return! Find out the secrets of the mission that went wrong in WWII, and why old friends are now old enemies! It''s all-out Cap action and history the way you like it,in a cage match for your comic-reading pleasure. COLLECTING: Captain America (2011) 1-5

Who is the mysterious old man who lies on his deathbed in a hospital in 1939, and how does his passing mark the beginning of the first heroic age of the Marvel Universe--and signal the rise of the superhumans? Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting unveil the defining story of the origin of the Marvel Universe, revealing the hidden connections that unite the earliest costumed champions, and whose reverberations are felt dramatically into the present day! It''s a world on the brink of war, and the race is on to create the world''s first super-soldier! Collecting Marvels Project (2009) #1-8.

Witness Batman''s first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel Batman: The Man Who Laughs, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes Detective Comics #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.