New Releases by Fabian Nicieza

ÒTHE EIGHTH DEADLY SINÓ part one. A murdered priest. A desecrated grave marker. A kidnapped child. A secret key. A mystery whose solution could upset the world order. For Batman and Robin to stop the rampage of a zealot named Amon, the Sixth Sinner, they first have to halt a deadlier foe intent on making sure Amon succeeds. To end the killer''s mad scheme, Batman faces Azrael, Death''s Dark Knight!

Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #68-75, Spider-Man: Lifeline #1-3. Relive a Spidey epic decades in the telling! It all begins with a classic struggle over a petrified tablet said to hold the secret to eternal life! It''s a priceless relic that a lot of dangerous folks want to get their hands on - like the Kingpin of Crime, the Shocker, Man Mountain Marko and Maggia boss Silvermane! But the tablet has a lesson to teach: be careful what you wish for! Years later, Hammerhead sets his sights on the sought-after stone - and its full secrets are revealed in a free-for-all drawing in the likes of Boomerang, the Sub-Mariner and the Lizard! Only a Spider-Man and Doctor Strange team-up can prevent the lifeline tablet from wreaking havoc!

Collects Wolverine (1988) #47-57. Wolverine returns to Weapon X! Determined to uncover the secrets of his past, Logan heads back to Canada with Jubilee u0097 and tracks down the facility where his life was turned upside down! As suppressed memories begin bubbling to the surface, perhaps Professor X and Jean Grey can unlock the mysteries inside Wolverineu0092s head. Or does S.H.I.E.L.D. have the answers he seeks? Logan had better not get too close to the truth, or heu0092ll trigger the Weapon X fail-safe! Then, a close encounter with Mystique will take Wolverine to the end of time! Itu0092s claws versus blades when Shatterstar attacks! And Wolvie and Gambit must bail out Jubilee in Japan. Facing down the Hand, can Wolverine prevent another death in the family u0097 or will tragedy strike? The Larry Hama/Marc Silvestri run reaches its dramatic conclusion!

""Simple Lessons"" - This special issue is co-written by Ken Flatt, winner of the TROUBLEMAKERS writing contest! Jacinda Monroe is the bomb! She runs New Brunswick High with a hip-hop flair, a basketball jones and no interest in schoolwork. Christine Helvin is a spaz. She runs from girls with a hip-hop flair. And she''s a brain the size of Rhode Island. So what happens when two girls from the opposite ends of the high school social food chain get together for tutoring? A heartfelt story where both come to terms with what each of them can and cannot do. And a few patented Troublemaker twists in there as well.

""Accidents Will Happen"" - How hard could it be to run an errand? When the person fetching the groceries is Calamity Jane, you don''t want to know! One chaotic event leads to another, and pretty soon, the fate of the planet hinges on a blue poodle and a can of Lemon Pledge. Don''t ask...just read it and find out!

Why hasn''t Parker''s body been given a proper burial? Why is he being kept in a Top Secret portion of ZEUS: Control? Zach and Jane try to find out the truth about ""The Chrysalis Chamber""! Meanwhile, XL continues to investigate the powers of a mysterious patient at a Texas INQUEST facility (a prelude to the HARBINGER Event).

""Human Interest"" - Reporter Andrew Chase''s determination to discover the truth about the genetically engineered Troublemakers leads him to a confrontation with G&G. The decision Chase makes on whether to run his story or not sets in motion a chain of events which will radically affect the Valiant Universe.

He''s your number one, and these are his #1s! (Plus some other weird numbers.) Deadpool''s dazzling debut steals the New Mutants'' spotlight, leading to his very first limited series. Then brace yourself as the degenerate regenerates into nine new titles! The ever-social sociopath gives top billing to his bro Cable, teams up with a demigod and even hangs with his own zombified head before assembling a whole Corps of alternate Deadpools! Plus: Five completist-confounding comics with the exact same name, from the Classic era to the All-New All-Different age! All together now: "Deadpool''s #1! Deadpool''s #1!" Collecting NEW MUTANTS (1983) #98, DEADPOOL: THE CIRCLE CHASE #1, DEADPOOL (1994) #1, DEADPOOL (1997) #1, CABLE & DEADPOOL #1, DEADPOOL (2008) #1, DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #1, DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #899, DEADPOOL CORPS #1, DEADPOOL (2013) #1 and DEADPOOL (2015) #1.

The heroic Trinity is long gone and their legacy fades by the minute. But where exactly are Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman-and will they ever return? Don''t miss the halfway point in this action-fueled, weekly series exploring the three greatest heroes of all time!

Daredevil (1964) 253-270, Punisher (1987) 10

STARRING HEROES FROM THE PRE-FLASHPOINT DC UNIVERSE! Once, there were infinite Earths. Then there came a Crisis... a Zero Hour... a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. But some worlds must now fight for their future-in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time and space and sealed them behind impenetrable domes. Now, after a year, the domes will come down-and the heroes and villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume: THE ATOM: It''s Atomic fusion as Ray Palmer joins forces with Ryan Choi against the man who killed him-Deathstroke the Terminator! SPEED FORCE: Wally West leads the Flash Family in a race to protect their city against the onslaught of Flashpoint''s warmongering Wonder Woman! THE TITANS: With their team in tatters, Starfire, Donna Troy and Arsenal are the last line of defense against the world-conquering Extremists! BATMAN AND ROBIN: It''s up to a dysfunctional Bat-family-the Dark Knight Detective, his son Damian and his prodigal protu008egu008e Jason Todd-to stop an Extremist invasion of Gotham City! HARLEY QUINN: When the going gets tough, the tough get crazy-which is why Harley Quinn is teaming with Poison Ivy and Catwoman against Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew! The legends of the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe make a last stand against threats from worlds both brutal and bizarre in CONVERGENCE: FLASHPOINT BOOK TWO!

Supergirl''s life takes a turn for the worse in this volume collecting SUPERGIRL #23-27 and a story from ACTION COMICS #850. When Kara is confronted by a ghost from Krypton, what revelations from her past will come to light?

Once, there were infinite Earths. Then there came a Crisis...a Zero Hour...a Flashpoint. Worlds lived. Worlds died. But some worlds must now fight for their future-in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time and space and sealed them behind impenetrable domes. One year later, the domes will come down-and the heroes and villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL: It''s no laughing matter as Blue Beetle and Booster Gold lead the team against heavy-hitting heroes from the grim world of Kingdom Come! CATWOMAN: Selina Kyle must defend Gotham City against a Dark Knight like no other-the Kingdom Come Batman! SUPERBOY: The wisecracking Teen of Steel is Metropolis'' only hope against three of Kingdom Come''s greatest warriors: Red Robin, the Flash and Superman himself! GREEN ARROW: The Emerald Archer and his son, Connor Hawke, must join forces against familiar faces-the Black Canaries of Kingdom Come! SUICIDE SQUAD: Bane and Cyborg Superman, two of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel''s deadliest foes, spearhead an invasion of Kingdom Come''s Green Lantern stronghold! The heroes and villains of the ''90s DC Universe battle against one of the greatest Elseworlds tales ever told in CONVERGENCE: ZERO HOUR BOOK ONE!

X-Force (1991) #5-10, X-Force Annual #1, X-Force (1991) #11-15

Canu0092t get enough of the Merc with a Mouth? Well, have we got the book for you, collecting Deadpoolu0092s incredibly hard-to-find early appearances, titanic team-ups, anthology antics, and gratuitous guest-shots by the sassinu0092 assassin! From hanging with Marvel superstars Nomad and Silver Sable, to giving a much-needed sales boost to losers like Wolverine and the Avengers, the erstwhile Secret Defender, and Hero For Hire, (sweet Christmas!), sure gets around. Complete your Deadpool collection right here! Collecting Nomad (1992) #4, Secret Defenders #15-17, Wolverine (1988) #88 and #154-155, X-Force (1991) #47 and #56, Heroes for Hire (1997) #10-11; Plus material From Avengers (1963) #366, Silver Sable & the Wild Pack #23 and #30, Wolverine Annual u009295 and u009299, Contest Of Champions #2, Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #10, and Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #2.

Batman''s immortal foe, Ra''s al Ghul, should be dead at last - so how has he returned to haunt The Dark Knight? And what does his return have to do with Batman''s teenaged son, Damian - whose mother is Ra''s al Ghul''s daughter, Talia? It will take thecombined skills of Batman, Robin and Nightwing to get to the bottom of these mysteries and stop Ra''s al Ghul''s insidious plans! Written by superstars GNRAT MORRISON (BATMAN), Paul Dini (DETECTIVE COMICS) and Peter MIlligan (ROBIN), BATMAN: THE RESURRECTION OF RA''S AL GHUL is filled with shocking twists and stunning revelations! Collects Batman #670-671, ROBIN #168-169, DETECTIVE COMICS #838-839, NIGHTWING #138-139, BATMAN ANNUAL #26 and ROBIN ANNUAL #7.

Collects Avengers (1998) 24-34, Annual 2000, Thunderbolts #42-44. Earth''s Mightiest Heroes vs. Marvel''s Most Wanted, and more! The crisis of the Eighth Day pits the Avengers against the unstoppable force that is the Juggernaut, while Triathlon''s first day as an Avenger takes the team south of the border and back in time thousands of years! And how does the mystery of Madame Masque match the curse of Count Nefaria?

Collects Uncanny X-Men #376-377, Cable (1993) #73-76, X-Men (1991) #96-97, Wolverine (1988) #145-147. Setting his grand plan for godhood into motion, Apocalypse dispatches his agents to capture the world''s most powerful mutants, the fabled Twelve: Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Iceman, Sunfire, Polaris, Cable, Bishop, Mikhail Rasputin, the Living Monolith and Magneto. Having himself planted the seeds of the Twelve legend, Apocalypse hopes to siphon their power, granting him omnipotency. Desperate to stave off his ascension, the X-Men must strike a temporary truce with Magneto to battle the warlord''s forces as the Twelve are assembled -- and one longtime member seemingly sacrifices his own life to end the threat of Apocalypse once and for all!

It''s time for a little ""Hero Worship"" as Ninjak guest-stars! A riot breaks out at Menlo Park Mall, Rebound kicks butt and we introduce the mayhem of...The Bellicose Brothers!

Rabble Rousers part deux! Katherine Desmond makes her move to take control of the Troublemakers. Jane must make a fateful decision between her mom or her dad. Parker goes to summer school. And Christine goes to the beach with a boy! Whew, lots of cool stuff!

There''s a new teen team in town and they''re looking to kick some Troublemaker butt! It''s the dynamically dangerous debut of the Rabble Rousers! But where did they come from? And how does their existence tie in to Galloway & Galloway?

XL and Rebound go where no Troublemaker has gone before -- into outer space! NASA needs G&G''s help to fix a communication satellite which is suffering orbital decay. But what starts out as an incredible adventure turns into a shocking -- and deadly -- encounter with an alien life form very familiar to old-time Valiant readers!

What if you could go back in time and fix a mistake you made? Would you? Strange energy readings are discovered in a remote region of Asia. XL will soon find out when G&G decides to investigate by sending the Troublemakers on their first field mission. Madness ensues when XL, Blur and Rebound accidentally release the insanity that is Crunchtime! Can the kids stop the temporal displacing wacko as he traverses wildly throughout time? Will XL fix what she did wrong on her first day of school?

Deputized by Batman himself, David Zavimbe dons Wayne Tech-designed armor to become the protector of his native Tanisha as a part of Batman, Incorporated. A police officer by day, David fights against the corruption in his country both in and out of costume, trying to set right a war torn region of Africa. Batwing''s alter-egos have never been under more fire. Within the bureau, David must fight against one of the most crooked cop forces on the continent. In his armor, Batwing tries to take down the deadly Father Lost and the Sky Pirate, who both put David''s closest allies in danger. This third volume of BATWING: ENEMY OF THE STATE writers Judd Winick (BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD) and Fabian Nicieza (RED ROBIN) team with some of the industry''s brightest young artists. Collects BATWING #13-18.

Bruce Wayne may have been missing, but Gotham City''s criminals and crimefighters kept the action alive in his absense! Now that he''s made a long return trip to the land of the living, Batman finally gets a chance to reunite with those charactersclosest to him. Featuring Batman''s greatest allies and enemies, friends, foes and loved ones, these eight interconnected tales connect Bruce Wayne''s past to Batman''s exciting future! Spotlighting Oracle, Red Robin, Catwoman, Robin, Dick Grayson,Commissioner Gordon, Ra''s al Ghul, the Outsiders, Batgirl and more! Collects Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Batman and Robin #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Red Robin #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Batgirl #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Outsiders #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Catwoman #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Oracle #1, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Commissioner Gordon #1, and Bruce Wayne: The Road Home - Ra''s al Ghul #1.

Collects Cable & Deadpool #43-50. Deadpool has titanic team-ups with Wolverine, Captain America, Dr. Strange, Brother Voodoo, Ka-Zar and the Fantastic Eight?! Plus, the dreaded Venom Symbiote has multiplied, and made some new friends of the prehistoric variety, giving the Merc with a Mouth his final opportunity to prove himself the ultimate hero or the ultimate villain!ÿ

Grant Morrison returns to BATMAN with an all-star roster of artists along with him including Andy Kubert, Tony Daniel and Frank Quitely to celebrate The Dark Knight''s milestone 700th issue featuring stories spotlighting each of the Batmen from different eras - Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne.

Collects Cable & Deadpool #36-42. Deadpool has decided to face the skeletons in his closet, dive deep into that dark void he calls a soul and rattle things up a bit. First order of business: Taskmaster. Second order of business: a knock-down drag-out BRAWL! Plus: The aftermath of the X-Men''s battle against the Hecatomb has cost Cable a huge chunk of his island paradise.

BATMAN R.I.P. and FINAL CRISIS saw the end of Batman. Now, months following the disappearance of her protector, Gotham City sits at a precipice and it may be too far gone for Nightwing, Robin, Commissioner Gordon and the rest of the city''s heroesto save the day. Amid the fires, rioting, looting and gang warfare, one question rings out from the souls of Gotham''s desperate citizens: Where is Batman? With guest-stars galore, the destruction of a sacred Gotham City institution and an endingthat will have everyone talking, this event written and drawn by Tony Daniel (The Tenth) and other top creators features the battle to take on the Mantle of the Bat. Who has earned the right? Who thinks they deserve it? Robin? Nightwing? Jason Todd? Two-Face? Catwoman? Batgirl? Who will ultimately win the BATTLE FOR THE COWL? Collects BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL #1-3, GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN DEAD? #1 and GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN ALIVE? #1.

Seven heroes from the 31st century have traveled back to the present day. Their mission: Save their future from annihilation. But when the future tech they brought with them fails, they find themselves trapped in a nightmarish world that, for them, is the ultimate struggle to survive! The Legionnaires struggle to find the hulking bio-terrorist Alastor, who released the deadly virus that has nearly wiped out the present day DC Universe, but with teammate losses mounting and new enemies popping up at every turn, the Legionnaires may never be able to return home. Collects issues #1-7.