ALTERED CARBON ONE LIFE ONE DEATH HC DYNAMITE DEC200758 (W) Richard K. Morgan, Scott Bryan Wilson (A/CA) Max Fuchs From the world of the best-selling trilogy of books and the hit Netflix show comes a new chapter in the ALTERED CARBON universe! In the future, bodies can be changed like clothes, giving life an entirely new meaning - or lack of meaning. Takeshi Kovacs - once a member of the Envoy Corps, the elite, deadly troops of the Interstellar Earth Protectorate - now finds himself imprisoned... both in a jail and in an extremely weak body. When he learns that Envoys he served with in a battle he somehow can't remember have been stolen and sold to one of the richest people in the universe, Kovacs vows to rescue them and get revenge. Leaving behind a staggering body count as he blazes across the galaxy, he wonders why he has a hole in his memory... and what secrets that gap holds for understanding his future and himself.

NUCLEAR FAMILY #1 AFTERSHOCK COMICS DEC201131 (W) Stephanie Phillips (A/CA) Tony Shasteen America, 1957. ​Elvis dominates the airwaves and apple pie is served after every meal. But, with the dark cloud of nuclear holocaust looming, Korean War vet Tim McClean's major concern is taking care of his family in the atomic age.  When the first bomb does drop on an unexpecting Midwest city, Tim and his family find themselves plunged into a strange new world, where what's left of the Unites States has gone underground while continuing to wage war on Russia with unthinkable tactics.  Based on Philip K. Dick's short story Breakfast at Twilight, NUCLEAR FAMILY is written by Stephanie Phillips (Butcher of Paris, Heavy Metal, ARTEMIS AND THE ASSASSIN, RED ATLANTIS) and illustrated by Tony Shasteen (Star Trek). It is Cold War era science fiction at its most timely and terrifying.

BOYS DEAR BECKY TP DYNAMITE NOV200772 (W) Garth Ennis (A) Russell Braun (CA) Darick Robertson Twelve years after the events of The Boys, Hughie finds himself back home in Scotland where he intends to finally marry Annie in the company of friends and family. But the sudden appearance of a peculiar document sends our hero into a tailspin and threatens to bring the events of his nightmarish past crashing down on him in the worst possible way. There was one story about The Boys that Hughie never knew. Now, whether he likes it or not, he's going to. Collects issues #1-8 of The Boys: Dear Becky.

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X-MEN LEGENDS #1 MARVEL COMICS DEC200545 (W) Fabian Nicieza (A/CA) Brett Booth ALL-NEW TALES STARRING YOUR FAVOURITE X-MEN, SPANNING CLASSIC ERAS! Break out the yellows and blues, fire up the Danger Room and snap on your pouches as legendary X-writers return to classic eras of the mutant super heroes in ALL-NEW, in-continuity stories set during their fan-favourite runs! Fabian Nicieza kicks off the series with a special saga of CYCLOPS and HAVOK, as the SHI'AR return to Earth in search of the FORSAKEN ONE! But what secret will the Summers brothers uncover, and how will its revelation change what you thought you knew about the X-Men? Get ready for a story decades in the making! And come back each month as we dive deeper to expand the X-MEN mythos! Welcome back, legends: Hope you survive the experience. Rated T+

IMMORTAL HULK FLATLINE #1 MARVEL COMICS NOV200539 (W) Declan Shalvey (A/CA) Declan Shalvey ONE CREATOR. ONE HULK. ONE SUPERSTAR STORY! Declan Shalvey writes and draws an IMMORTAL HULK tale that gets to the heart of gamma! Every morning, Bruce Banner wakes up in a new place.  ​The Hulk is trying to tell him something - but Bruce has had enough of his green-veined alters. When a new gamma-powered villain shows up in a small New Mexico town, Bruce is forced to confront the source of his anger... and it's not what you expect. Don't miss an extraordinary tale from one of the industry's top talents! Rated T+

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER FAITH #1 BOOM ENTERTAINMENT DEC201001 (W) Jordie Bellaire, Jeremy Lambert (A) Eleonora Carlini (CA) Kevin Wada THE FUTURE OF THE BUFFYVERSE BEGINS HERE! The future of the Buffyverse begins in an all new one-shot revealing the secrets of Faith the Vampire Slayer. With no Watcher, no idea how to harness the power in her and no idea where it came from, Faith has fallen back on old habits  -and morals - to guide her.  But what happens when those morals don't line up with the Council's... or with Buffy's? The origin of Faith is revealed here for the first time, with a shocking ending to this issue! A perfect jumping on point for new and longtime Buffy fans alike that sets the stage for shocking events to come.

SHADOW DOCTOR #1 AFTERSHOCK COMICS DEC201127 (W) Peter Calloway (A) Georges Jeanty (CA) Mark Chiarello Years in the making, this is the true story of writer Peter Calloway's grandfather, Nathaniel Calloway, a Black man who graduated from medical school in the early 1930's. Unable to get work at any Chicago hospitals because he was Black, and unable to secure a loan from a bank to start his own practice because he was Black, he turned to another source of money in Prohibition-era Chicago: the Mafia, run by none other than Al Capone. As Calloway himself says, "On the one hand, his story represents the promise of America. On the other hand, it shows the worst of it."

STAR TREK DEBT OF HONOR FACSIMILE ED IDW PUBLISHING APR200771 (W) Chris Claremont (A/CA) Adam Hughes Don't miss the classic Star Trek tale by comic legends Chris Claremont and Adam Hughes, represented in an oversized magazine format. In this stunning adventure, Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise find themselves teamed up with the Klingons and Romulans to fight a galactic threat that no government dares admit exists.

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GENERATIONS FORGED #1 ONE SHOT DC COMICS OCT208735 (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Liam Sharp The follow up to GENERATIONS SHATTERED #1! Dispersed through time by the villain Dominus, our ragtag team of generational heroes - featuring 1939 Batman, Kamandi, Superboy, Steel, Starfire, Sinestro, Booster Gold, and Dr. Light - must find a way to restore the timeline…  ...and what they ultimately discover is something far, far greater. You’ll have to read it to believe it as time dies…. and generations rise!

TRUTH & JUSTICE #1 DC COMICS OCT208821 (W) Geoffrey Thorne (A) Jordi Tarragona, Chriscross (CA) Chriscross The DC Universe is synonymous with two words: Truth and Justice, and in the first issue of this new anthology series, Vixen takes center stage. Mari McCabe is many things: superhero, model, activist, but can she add godkiller to the list? Vixen teams up with Dr. Mist and Impala of the Global Guardians to face down an ancient deity that’s taken over the body of a scientist investigating powerful magical artifacts. Vixen will need to dig deep and use all the abilities in the animal kingdom to face down this powerful primeval threat!

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ETERNALS #1 MARVEL COMICS SEP200565 (W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Esad Ribic NEVER DIE. NEVER WIN. ETERNALS. What's the point of an eternal battle? For millions of years, one hundred Eternals have roamed the Earth, secret protectors of humanity. Without them, we'd be smears between the teeth of the demon-like Deviants. Their war has waged for all time, echoing in our myths and nightmares. But today, Eternals face something new: change. Can they - or anyone on Earth - survive their discovery?  From the thought provoking minds of Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Uncanny X-Men, Thor) and Esad Ribic (Secret Wars, King Thor) comes a new vision of the classic Marvel mythology! Rated T+

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KING IN BLACK THUNDERBOLTS #1 (OF 3) MARVEL COMICS NOV200448 (W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Juan Ferreyra (CA) Kyle Hotz KINGPIN'S KILLERS VERSUS AN ARMY OF UNKILLABLE DRAGONS! An army of evil space dragons have come to attack Earth and are starting with New York. MAYOR FISK has a plan for that. Assembling a group of killers, mercenaries, and just generally pretty horrible people like TASKMASTER, RHINO, STAR, MR. FEAR, and BATROC THE LEAPER, Mayor Fisk tasks them with saving the city or die trying...or die right then and there. The fate of the entire world may rest in the hands of the absolute worst people in the Marvel Universe. What could go wrong? Rated T+

KING IN BLACK RETURN OF VALKYRIES #1 (OF 4) MARVEL COMICS NOV200476 (W) Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk (A) Nina Vakueva (CA) Mattia De Iulis JANE FOSTER RETURNS! Once there was an entire army of Valkyries, but now Jane Foster is the only one. ​When the King in Black comes to Midgard, Jane must rebuild the Valkyries to help stop him -starting with Hildegarde, a warrior from Asgard's own hallowed halls, and X-Man Dani Moonstar, a former Valkyrie herself. But what Jane doesn't know... is that she never was the only Valkyrie after all. Who is the fourth warrior? Jason Aaron and Torunn Gronbekk (writers of Valkyrie Jane Foster!) reunite and team up with artist Nina Vakueva for a story that will rock the foundations of the Marvel Universe! Rated T+

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LEGEND OF SHANG-CHI #1 MARVEL COMICS NOV200511 (W) Alyssa Wong (A/CA) Andie Tong Deadly Hands vs. Deadly Blades! Someone has been stealing artifacts of WMD potential. It's up to Shang-Chi to find this person and stop them. But is he prepared to go toe-to-toe with Lady Deathstrike?! Parental Advisory

TRANSFORMERS ESCAPE #1 (OF 5)  IDW PUBLISHING OCT200410 (W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Bethany McGuire-Smith Spinning out of the main series, "World War" spills into this all-new limited series! As Cybertron descends into a state of war, countless civilians - unaligned with the Autobots, Decepticons, or any faction - are caught in the crossfire. Fortunately, a solution may be coming... Wheeljack, Hound, and some of Cybertron's greatest (and most infamous) scientists seek to reactivate the Ark program and evacuate the planet with huge spaceships. On the verge of war, will their efforts be enough to escape?

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No detailed FOC blog article this week, due to various colliding deadlines and the lack of any big new releases the week before Christmas. Due to the delay in getting this article up we're extending the deadline for FOC pre-orders to 8pm on Saturday 28th November, so head to PREVIEWSworld using the link below and let us know if you want anything ordered for you. ​Many thanks.  Head over PREVIEWSworld for the preliminary Final Order Cutoff list of all the new comic books and graphic novels due out in four weeks time - Wednesday 23rd December (or later in the case of some graphic novels, etc.). FINAL ORDER CUTOFF If you'd like to confirm a pre-order for anything on this list, please email us before 8pm on Saturday 28th November. This is the best way to guarantee your new comic books on day of release.  ​Please disregard the Monday due date listed on the PREVIEWSworld page - this is for US accounts only, the UK date is earlier than that.

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GHOST RIDER RETURN OF VENGEANCE #1 MARVEL COMICS APR201022 (W) Howard Mackie, Ed Brisson (A/CA) Javier Saltares THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR - THE RETURN OF VENGEANCE! MICHAEL BADILINO was a bad dude in life... and that landed him in hell.  But not just any old rung of hell, a layer so deep it's reserved for those special enemies of hell - one where a former SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE may suffer for all eternity! As LILITH's gambit against JOHNNY BLAZE and MEPHISTO for the throne of hell heats up, you can bet other players will enter the arena... and Badilino will find a way to ride again as VENGEANCE! Fan-favourite GHOST RIDER creators Howard Mackie and Javier Saltares return to the saga of the Spirits of Vengeance in an all-new tale as Vengeance brings his own brand of hellfire to the Marvel Universe! Rated T+

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KING IN BLACK IRON MAN DOOM #1 MARVEL COMICS OCT200529 (W) Christopher Cantwell (A/CA) Salvador Larroca Iron Man has risked everything to save Eddie Brock, but now he's left with nothing but guilt. As longtime 'frenemy' Doctor Doom shows up with both counseling words and ulterior motives, they'lll be forced to battle an all-too-familiar specter of the holiday season - albeit one now twisted and controlled by the recent invasion of Earth by the symbiote homeworld. As Iron Man and Doom fight as temporary allies, their unexpected encounter both with each other and a horrifying inversion of yuletide joy may ultimately reveal to them the true meaning of Knull-mas. Rated T+

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STRANGE ACADEMY FIRST CLASS GN TP MARVEL COMICS OCT200723 (W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Humberto Ramos The Marvel Universe's first school for sorcerers throws open its doors! The world has mysteriously changed in such an alarming way that Doctor Strange has finally done what he has avoided for decades and established an academy for the mystic arts! Young people from around the world with an aptitude for magic are brought together in New Orleans to study under Stephen Strange, Brother Voodoo, the Ancient One, the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Daimon Hellstrom and all your favorite Marvel mages. From mindful Mindless Ones to pan-dimensional games of tag, the Strange Academy is definitely living up to its name. But the students' first field trip lights a fuse that is going to blow up in a big way! School's in session - and it's going to be spellbinding! Collecting STRANGE ACADEMY #1-6. Ages 13 & Up

BLADE RUNNER 2029 #1  TITAN COMICS OCT201583 (W) Michael Green, Mike Johnson (A) Andres Guinaldo (CA) Peach Momoko (cvr A)/Syd Mead (cvr B)/Fernando Dagnino (cvr C)/Giovanni Valletta (cvr D)/Cosplay photo (cvr E) It is 2029 and Blade Runner Ash continues to hunt the streets of the rain-soaked dystopian world of Los Angeles for renegade Replicants, but this time she's trying to protect as many as she can find. The first comic to tell original, in-canon stories set in the Blade Runner universe returns! Written by Academy award-nominated screenwriter MICHAEL GREEN (Blade Runner 2049) and co-writer MIKE JOHNSON (Supergirl)!

DARK NIGHTS DEATH METAL THE SECRET ORIGIN #1 (ONE SHOT) DC COMICS AUG208292 Written by: Scott Snyder, Geoff Johns Art by: Ryan Benjamin Cover Art by: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado The DCU’s darkest secrets are explored while two titans clash! The heroes search for a way to defeat the Darkest Knight through the universe’s past, while Superboy Prime faces down the demonic Batman!

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #29 ENDLESS WINTER DC COMICS AUG208285 Written by: Andy Lanning, Ron Marz Art by: Amancay Nahuelpan, Marco Santucci Cover Art by: Kyle Hotz "Endless Winter" chapter seven! The past holds the key to surviving the Endless Winter, as the Justice League Dark seeks to resurrect both Swamp Thing and the spirit of Viking Prince. Queen Hippolyta reveals a shocking secret to Wonder Woman as the past and present collide. Buried secrets are unearthed as the Justice League and Justice League Dark must come together with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

BLACK ADAM ENDLESS WINTER SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT)  ENDLESS WINTER DC COMICS AUG208292 Written by: Andy Lanning, Ron Marz Art by: Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci Cover Art by: Dale Eaglesham "Endless Winter" chapter eight! Seeking to bolster his nation’s place in the world, Black Adam arrives in Gotham City demanding action to end the threat causing an endless winter across the globe. But Black Adam isn’t telling the world’s leaders everything - especially not that he’s faced the mysterious Frost King before and won. Find out what Adam’s hiding in the penultimate chapter of "Endless Winter."

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