JACK KIRBY TITLES
MISTER MIRACLE #1
Written by Tom King, art and variant cover by Mitch Gerads, cover by Nick Derington.
Scott Free is the greatest escape artist that ever lived. So great that he escaped Granny Goodness' gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, the former female fury known as Big Barda. Using the stage alter ego of Mister Miracle, he has made a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, which counted him among its ranks. You might say Scott Free has everything...so why isn't it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick -- except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on August 9.
THE NEW GODS SPECIAL #1
Written by Shane Davis, art and cover by Shane Davis and Michele Delecki, backup written and art by Walter Simsonson.
In a feature length story, Orion and Lightray must come to the aid of Forager and his people, as Kalibak has established a brutal dictatorship over the Bug colony. In confronting his evil brother, Orion faces the darker side of his own nature. And, in a back-up story, master comics writer/artist Walter Simonson tells a tale of a young Orion and his friend Seagrin. Also includes a reprint of a classic New Gods tale by Jack Kirby!
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on August 2.
THE NEWSBOY LEGION AND THE BOY COMMANDOS SPECIAL #1
Written, art and cover by Howard Chaykin.
Jack Kirby's two wartime kid gangs share their first adventure together in a novel-length tale written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin! When the Boy Commandos arrive in New York on the trail of a secret Axis agent, they're greeted as turf invaders by the crime-fighting Newsboys! Can these kids put aside their rivalry and join forces to protect the home front? Also features a Kirby reprint!
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on August 9.
THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1
Written by Dan Jurgens and Steve Orlando, art by Jon Bogdanove and Rick Leonardi, cover by Paul Pope.
Two new tales starring Jack Kirby's costumed Master of Nightmares from the 1970s. Sandman, Brute and Glob battle an onslaught of dreams so powerful that they are invading the dreams of other people! Then, a grown-up Jed Walker returns to his childhood home, only to find himself haunted by dreams from the past. Plus: a seldom-seen Sandman story from the 1970s!
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on August 17.
MANHUNTER SPECIAL #1
Written by Keith Giffen, Dan DiDio, art by Nick Bradhsaw, back-up story written by Sam Humphries, back-up art by Klaus Janson, cover by Bruce Timm.
Big-game hunter and private detective Paul Kirk has marshaled his skills to fight crime as the masked vigilante known as Manhunter. But now crime has reached epidemic proportions that may push him to the limits -- and draw the attention of the Golden Age heroes Sandman and Sandy! Plus: a short story featuring Etrigan the Demon by writer Sam Humphries and artist Klaus Janson and a Golden Age reprint.
48 pages, $4.99, in stores on August 23.