The one-shot special HACK/SLASH: ME WITHOUT YOU (Image Comics) is an action-packed issue about femme fatales, mobsters and assassins. Just as he did with Cassie Hack (previously in HACK/SLASH: MY FIRST MANIAC), creator Tim Seeley explores the origins of Vlad, the gentle giant. Before he became Hack’s sidekick, Vlad was just a lonely recluse walking the crime-ridden streets of Chicago.
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SPAWN #200 (Image) marks the landmark issue in this best-selling series. One chapter finally closes for the undead superhero, while another is about to begin. Long-time fans will surely be talking about the surprising last pages, which take the series in a completely new direction. To ring in this milestone event, creator Todd McFarlane invites other top-notch artists—such as Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld Marc Silvestri and Ashley Wood—to contribute variant covers.
RAT CATCHER (Vertigo Crime) delivers the goods on exploitative violence, hard-bitten characters and tough-talking dialogue. As dead bodies start piling up, the FBI is on a manhunt for a serial killer who assassinates mob informants. Readers will be blown away by the rough visuals and in-your-face storytelling.
The introduction to Ape Entertainment’s three-part miniseries FREAKSHOW (debuting January 26) presents a violent and bleak future, where monsters become the last hope for humanity. When a mad scientist becomes hell-bent on world domination, a group of deformed mutants must band together to stop him. Noteworthy and original, this comic has a lot to offer readers.
In Vertigo Comics’ extra-length issue HELLBLAZER #275 (out this week), John Constantine questions whether he should be walking up the aisle. The supernatural detective has cold feet on the day of his wedding in this story, titled “Bloody Carnations,” and members of both heaven and hell have their own plans to make sure the union never happens.
The first installment of Image Comics’ six-issue miniseries MEMOIR (out this week) establishes an intriguing and bizarre mystery that will keep readers guessing. Everyone in the small town of Lowesville is hiding a deep, dark secret; each resident has blood on their hands, but no one truly remembers what they did.
IDW Publishing presents INFESTATION, an ambitious crossover event that will tie in with their popular TRANSFORMERS, STAR TREK, G.I. JOE and GHOSTBUSTERS titles. This first-ever event ignites a zombie uprising that threatens to tear the universe apart. Fans will undoubtedly enjoy an all-out massive battle between zombies, vampires, ghost hunters, space cadets and giant robots.
Jam-packed with crime, sex, and horror, THE CHILL (Vertigo Crime; out now) is an exciting erotic thriller about a serial killer seducing and sacrificing young men in a sadistic manner. Detectives are having a difficult time tracking down a murderer who can change faces at ease. This fast-paced graphic novel consists of a gritty police procedural mixed with slasher elements.