IDW Publishing Comic Book releases for Wednesday March 19th, 2014

What does IDW Publishing have on the slate for genre comic book fans this week? Check out some great books featuring your favorite heroes including TMNT, Doctor Who, GI-Joe, Star Trek, Transformers, and more! So what are you waiting for??!! Start scrolling!

Artful Daggers: Fifty Years Later—CERTIFIED COOL
Adam P. Knave, Sean E. Williams (w) • Andrew Losq (a & c)
Fifty years after a time traveler brings science and technology to the medieval ages, corporations have replaced kingdoms, and the future teeters on a bleak precipice. Agents and assassins, hired for their specialties by the rivaling companies, stem the flow of information with the flow of blood. But the current system can’t hold, and the balance of power is shifting…
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-885-2

Danger Girl: The Chase
Andy Hartnell (w) • Harvey Talibao (a) • Dan Panosian (c)
On the trail of a vitally important—and wildly volatile—briefcase, the Danger Girls enter into what amounts to the most treacherous and dangerous game of hot potato of all time! Abbey, Sydney, and Sonya use any and all means to traverse towns, cities, states, countries, continents(!) in their relentless pursuit to retrieve—and keep!—this unstable ticking time bomb… before it begins its countdown to unimaginable danger!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-904-0

The Dreamer, Vol. 3: The Battle of Harlem Heights
Lora Innes (w & a & c)
Bea Whaley’s vivid dreams about the American Revolution continue in this all-new graphic novel! In the 21st Century, Bea’s friends and family begin to suspect that something is wrong, but Bea knows she cannot tell them about her dreams. As tensions rise, she struggles to return to the 18th century, where her friends’ lives are threatened by the ever-growing war—and this time, she just might be too late to save them.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-886-9

Edison Rex, Vol. 2
Chris Roberson, Dennis Culver (w) • Culver (a & c)
Edison Rex continues his efforts to transition from super villain to super hero, in his quest to be the self-appointed defender of Earth. However, the other heroes are not convinced about Rex’s change of heart and the other villains are less than pleased with his new career.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-916-3

Felix the Cat Paintings
Craig Yoe, Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, David Gerstein & Paul Castiglia (w) • Don Oriolo (a & c)
The multi-talented Don Oriolo has brought us Felix The Cat’s adventures through movies, television, comic books, merchandising, and song. Don’s paintings are colorful, imaginative, and a fitting tribute to his muse, the World’s Most Famous Cat, Felix!
Foreword by Craig Yoe and essays from cartoon aficionados Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, David Gerstein, and Paul Castiglia. What Fun!
HC • FC • $34.99 • 168 pages • 8.5” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-839-5

G.I. Joe #14
Paul Allor (w) • Steve Kurth (a & c)
SIREN’S SONG! The G.I. JOE team goes toe-to-toe with COBRA’s newest agent! SIREN knows all of COBRA’s secrets—and with the eyes of the world on DUKE and the squad, how will they break her spell?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Illegitimates <#4 of 6>
Taran Killam & Marc Andreyko (w) • Kevin Sharpe (a & c)
The Illegitimates go tropical as Dannikor’s deadly plan begins to unfold! But, can these five newbies bring down the man who murdered their father before it’s too late? Meanwhile, what is orbiting the earth and what do the Illegitimates’ mothers have to do with it? The adventure continues in the fourth chapter of the Illegitimates’ inaugural mission!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Judge Dredd: Big Drokkin’ Treasury Edition—CERTIFIED COOL
John Wagner, more (w) • Kevin O’Neill, Mike McMahon, Cliff Robinson, Ron Smith, Ian Gibson (a) • Cliff Robinson (c)
An oversized array of classic Judge Dredd stories drawn by a murderer’s row of beloved 2000AD artists not yet published by IDW! “The Law According to Judge Dredd,” Judge Minty, monkey business, zombies, Uncle Ump, and even Santa Claus all make an appearance in this big drokkin’ book.
B&W/FC • 72 pages • 9.25” x 14.25” • $9.99

Magic: The Gathering – Theros <#5 of 5>
Jason Ciaramella (w) • Martin Coccolo (a) • Michael Komarck (c)
A new threat stalks the nightmares of the people of THEROS and it’s up to Dack Fayden to figure out a way to stop this new enemy. But will Dack’s own dreams be overtaken before he can confront this threat? Perhaps he will have to seek help from the gods of Theros before he can stop Ashiok, the Nightmare Weaver!
FC • 32 pages • $4.99

The Maxx: Maxximized #5
Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs (w) • Kieth (a & c)
After Laying on the couch and feeling sorry for himself, being spied upon by some isz… Maxx plunges down the proverbial rabbit hole, and encounters the “Crappon in the Hat,” tries to save a fish, spills some beans, discovers a little girl (who’s a developmentally stunted version of the Jungle Queen), then struggles to make sense of it all… and finding himself on Julie’s couch again.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Mean Streets: A Crime Anthology
Christopher E. Long, Kevin Colden, Ben Wagner, Palle Schmidt (w) • Andy Kuhn, Colden, Nathan St. John, Schmidt (a) • Robert Hack (c)
The Mean Streets of IDW are explored in this collection of four crime stories: Easy Way by Christopher E. Long and Andy Kuhn, The Devil’s Concubine by Palle Schmidt, Fishtown by Kevin Colden, and Baja by Ben Wagner and Nathan St. John.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 456 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-887-6

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #17
Katie Cook (w) • Andy Price (a) • Price, Brenda Hickey (c)
“Reflections” part 1. The start of this epic four-part story will see the ponies travel to a new world in desperate need of aid… that is, if they can discover the secret spells of Starswirl the Bearded! Secret traps and magical danger are only the first steps on the ponies greatest adventure yet!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The Other Dead <#6 of 6>
Joshua Ortega & Digger T. Mesch (w) • Qing Ping Mui (a) • Sam Shearon (c)
Tommy, Az, the President, and the other survivors are stranded amidst the most nightmarish menagerie of Zombie Animals imaginable! All-star creators Kevin Eastman (TMNT), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T Mesch (Agent 88) join up with rising star Qing Ping Mui for the action-packed conclusion of the year’s most talked-about and critically acclaimed new horror series!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Popeye Classics #20
Bud Sagendorf (w & a & c)
Featuring a grand western tale, the kind Popeye fans love! And the genius Bud Sagendorf does his own thing in a non-Popeye comic featuring a rousing kid character Bud created named Sherman. Plus, more entertaining Golden-Age goodness!
FC • 52 pages • $3.99

Samurai Jack #6
Jim Zub (w) • Brittney Williams (a) • Andy Suriano (c)
In this issue: Fans demanded it and IDW delivers – The return of the Scotsman! The humungous highland hooligan and the stoically stalwart samurai team up once again! This time they battle against a bizarre mystic curse that—okay, that part’s a secret but trust us, it’s a doozy!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek, Vol. 7
Mike Johnson (w) • Erfan Fajar (a & c)
War breaks out across the stars as the Klingon and Romulan Empires fight for supremacy, with the Enterprise caught in the middle! Don’t miss this epic all-new story set after the events of the blockbuster movie STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-882-1

Steve Canyon, Vol. 4: 1953–1954
Milton Caniff (w & a & c)
Volume 4 of The Complete Steve Canyon opens with Steve as the newly minted Light Colonel bringing the jet age to the town of Indian Cape—and the natives are after an old friend’s scalp! Can Steve and new sidekick Pipper the Piper find a way to still an entire town’s wrath? Canyon encounters old friends throughout 1953 and into 1954: Princess Snowflower, the irascible Dogie Hogan, and the leader of a band of Hooligans on horseback. Of course, there are girls, girls, girls—Herself Muldoon, Summer Olson, plus Miss Mizzou, still wearing that trench coat! Then Steve looks up the Indexes, and the sparks really start to fly near the top of the world!
HC • PC • $49.99 • 336 pages • 11” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-855-5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire <#3 of 3>
Paul Allor (w) • Andy Kuhn (a & c)
Baxter’s gambit reaches its endgame, but Fugitoid has some tricks up his sleeve! With the fate of the Utrom race in his hands, whom will the robot scientist end up saving? The dramatic past of the Utroms will have dire consequences in the present day!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters, Vol. 2
Mairghread Scott, Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
As the Dinobots lend a hand to their fellow underground Autobots things quickly go awry as the very planet begins to quake and shift. Is Cybertron crumbling to its ultimate death or will it be reborn?
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-926-2

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #27: Dark Cybertron
John Barber & James Roberts (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
DEATH OF A HERO! BUMBLEBEE! RODIMUS! ULTRA MAGNUS! PROWL! One will fall in final battle with SHOCKWAVE! This one is for all the marbles, folks—it just doesn’t get any bigger than this!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers Regeneration One #100—GEM OF THE MONTH
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman & Guido Guidi (a) • Andrew Wildman, Guidi (c)
THE GREATEST ENEMY… the greatest challenge… shall come from within. And there will be an ending. This is it, the battle the TRANSFORMERS must win, and yet dare not. The original and founding TRANSFORMERS comic comes to an epic and giant-sized conclusion, with all-out battle on CYBERTRON. Or should that be “Cybertrons”? Shocks, surprises, guest stars and more. It may be a cliché, but this one really does have it all.
FC • 48 pages • $5.99