December 2004 Solicited Releases

The comics and related items on this page are scheduled to ship from Avatar in November, 2004. These items should be available for order from your favorite comics retailer. If not, you can order direct from Avatar via our direct sales agent Comic Cavalcade.

Here's a link to the complete list of December 2004 Solicited Releases in the store.

Solicited for December:

Alan Moore's HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD #1
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Sebastian Fiumara
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Lorenzo Lorente
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 4

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: One of Alan Moore's greatest works and his most critically acclaimed novella of all time is now painstakingly adapted to comic books. Moore's frequent collaborator Antony Johnston has carefully preserved the story as it is presented in sequential form with stunning grey-painted art by new sensations Lorenzo Lorente and Sebastian Fiumara, all under the watchful eye of Moore himself. This four issue masterpiece launches with an extra large first issue. What would you pay to learn the innermost secrets of wizards? Young prostitute Som-Som has made the ultimate sacrifice; literally sworn to secrecy by cosmetic surgery, the two halves of Som-Som's brain have been severed, leaving her able to hear and see... but not speak or act. Now Som-Som's unique attributes will put her firmly in the center of an impossible dilemma, as an old friend return to The House Without Clocks, and a deadly game of domination begins... Available in regular and wraparound covers by Fiumara.








Alan Moore's HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD #1 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Sebastian Fiumara
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Lorenzo Lorente
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 4











Alan Moore's YUGGOTH CULTURES TPB
Retail Price: $19.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Ryp, Talbot, Wolfer, Burrows and more
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 192 pages
ISBN: 1592910262


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The career-spanning short works of Alan Moore are collected here with over 50 pages of additional material that was not in the original mini series! Added in are fascinating obscure interviews about the man, his craft, and magic as well as essays from Moore himself and loads of additional new artwork! The magical mind of Alan Moore is unleashed in this tome. Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths features tons of Alan's classic short sequential comic book stories that have been long out of print, stories that have never before been seen, and special developmental sections with original script pages and comments from Alan and the creators. Include is the amazing Nightjar, a story written 20 years ago to run in legendary British comic anthology Warrior Magazine, but never fully drawn. With art by Bryan Talbot, the first part of the story is finally illustrated and sees print here along with Moore's notes on where the series was originally going to go. As a special bonus, we include Alan's original script. Also included is the story Zaman's Hill, originally written for Moore's aborted novel titled Yuggoth Cultures, now seen in sequential form by master illustrator Juan Jose Ryp! Furthermore, two long lost collaborations with Bryan Talbot, the classic Itchy Peterson story illustrated by Val Semieks, a short story drawn by frequent Warren Ellis collaborator Mike Wolfer, a short adapted by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Marat Mychaels, and story by Hunt Emerson, and another Lovecraftian story from the aborted novel Yuggoth Cultures, illustrated by the Courtyard artist Jacen Burrows! Rounding out the works is a piece that is vital to any fan's Alan Moore collection, "I Keep Coming Back" with art by Oscar Zarate. This powerful story set in Whitechapel is a Coda to the masterpiece From Hell! Of course, all the material is written by Alan Moore himself! To top it off this volume has an extensive interview with Moore as he discusses Yuggoth Cultures, the stories inside, and some of the amazing tales the lead to their creation.












Alan Moore's YUGGOTH CULTURES HC
Retail Price: $27.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Ryp, Talbot, Wolfer, Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 192 pages
ISBN: 1592910270

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This full-color deluxe hardcover is limited to 1000 copies. Diamond Caut 4.




Alan Moore's HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD Preview Convention cover
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Sebastian Fiumara
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Lorenzo Lorente
Readership: mature readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: New series artist Sebastian Fiumara lushly renders this stunning art nouveau cover, offered in Previews now for the first time. This multi-layered story is set in a fantastic world of wizards and magical creatures, but still a place where human desires motivate everything. This special preview book shows some of the amazing pages, character designs, and costumes from Lorente as well as the first few pages of Alan Moore's story. Limited to 1500 copies.






Joe R. Lansdale's THE DRIVE-IN TPB
Retail Price: $12.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 112 pages
ISBN: 1592910289

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Collected here is the complete four issue series with bonus material including a new interview with Lansdale himself about the writing of The Drive-In. Joe Lansdale's epic of insanity finally comes to comics, 10 years in the making! The original novel has a huge cult following as it personifies the best in Lansdale's writing, and this comic adaptation is true to the original- it's undiluted, unaltered Lansdale at it's finest adapted by top scribe Chris Golden. When a group of friends decide to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theater horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem- but only on the screen. As a mysterious force traps all the patrons inside the Drive-In, the worst in humanity comes out. Filled with Lansdale's razor sharp whit and black humor, The Drive-In is a darkly humourous masterpiece! For fans of Garth Ennis, Joe Lansdale will be just what you are looking for and this series is further enriched by the stunningly detailed art of Andres Guinaldo and cover by superstar artist Jacen Burrows.




Garth Ennis' 303 #3
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Garth Ennis, the author of Preacher and writer of Punisher, is unleashed on his newest major, full-color, creator-owned epic! This all-new series features the astounding artistic talent of Jacen Burrows (Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Warren Ellis' Scars) and the luscious colors of Nimbus Studios. The truth is revealed, leaving the Russian Colonel with a task so terrible that he turns his back on all he has known. But there are battles still to be fought high in the peaks of the North-West frontier, and all concerned soon realize that Afghanistan isn't finished with them yet. One man and his ancient rifle set off on a rendezvous with death, in 303 issue 3. Available in regular and wraparound covers by Burrows.





Garth Ennis' 303 #3 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6





Ennis and McCrea's DICKS Winter Fun Special #1
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: John McCrea
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: John McCrea
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: 'Tis the season once again, and the most demented creators in comics, goofy Garth Ennis and jovial John McCrea, open up another bag of goodies for all you cheerful boys and girls. Ah, who are we kidding, this is more twisted grot from a couple of sick minds. It nothing sacred to these crazy Irishmen? Sadly, no. Prepare yourself for more Christmas-time offensivness with Dougie, Ivor, Wanker and the whole gang in the tale "Yule Log in the Bog." It evil, it's bleak, come laugh with all us freaks! Available in regular and offensive covers by McCrea.



 

Ennis and McCrea's DICKS Winter Fun Special #1 Offensive
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: John McCrea
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: John McCrea
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

You can take an uncensored peek at the cover for this item on the December Mature / Adult Cover Graphics Page


LADY DEATH #1 10th Anniversary Edition
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Steven Hughes
Readership: All ages
Format: full color, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Avatar continues the re-launch of Lady Death here! The classic bad girl book that defined the genre is now a decade old and we are celebrating it with a 10th Anniversay Edition! This special edition of the original Lady Death #1 features all the manic energy of Steven Hughes artwork and Brian Pulido's script for the original launch for the character with newly re-mastered scans of the artwork. Now you can own an affordable copy of one of the most-popular back issues of the past ten years, with stunning new cover art. As well as this regular cover, also available with a painted cover by Romano Molenaar, a Black Leather cover with art by Matt Martin (limited to 600 copies), and a special Premium by Matt Martin (limited to 2000 copies).






LADY DEATH #1 10th Anniversary Edition Painted
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Romano Molenaar
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Steven Hughes
Readership: All ages
Format: full color, 32 pages





LADY DEATH #1 10th Anniversary Edition Premium
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Matt Martin
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Steven Hughes
Readership: All ages
Format: full color, 32 pages







LADY DEATH #1 10th Anniversary Edition Leather
Retail Price: $29.99 US
Cover: Matt Martin
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Steven Hughes
Readership: All ages
Format: full color, 32 pages






Brian Pulido's UNHOLY #1
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The next Pulido sensation starts right here, with art by Di Amoim! This three issue tale is set in the crummy under-crust of modern day Detroit, Unholy is the story of Penny, a stoner, rebel, teen who is a non-believer in God. After a fatal accident, she's drafted by God to be His assassin, a God she doesn't even believe in. As a fallen angel, she is caught in a shadow war waged on city streets, in plain clothes, between Heaven and Hell. With her new found allies, a dominatrix, an ex-mob hit man and an alcoholic priest, she is dumped into the front lines of the war for salvation. But can she even survive her first twenty fours hours as a newborn fallen? As well as this regular cover, also available with covers by Ron Adrian, a wraparound by Amorim, a Black Leather cover with art by Amorim (limited to 600 copies), and a special Premium by Walter Geovani (limited to 2000 copies).











 

Brian Pulido's UNHOLY #1 Adrian
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3




Brian Pulido's UNHOLY #1 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3





Brian Pulido's UNHOLY #1 Premium
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Walter Geovani
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This deluxe edition is limited to just 2000 copies.








Brian Pulido's UNHOLY #1 Leather
Retail Price: $24.99 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This black leather cover is limited to just 600 copies.





Brian Pulido's BELLADONNA #4
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 5

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido's full-color tale of vengeance continues! Colleen MacGrath's wedding to Donovan was to unite two powerful Irish families in bliss. Instead, all their hopes and dreams were laid to waste by marauding Vikings. Now a year later, on Samhain, Morrigan the Celtic goddess forces Colleen to rise and claim vengeance as Belladonna! In this issue, Belladonna tightens the noose around the neck of her Viking opponents and throws down the gauntlet of final battle! It is time for a reckoning, their entire army against just her! The lands will flood with the blood of the evil as Belladonna is unleashed! With stellar art by Clint Hilinski and stunning colors by Nimbus Studios, Belladonna will appeal to the legions of fans of Lady Death. As well as this regular cover, also available with covers by Ron Adrian, a wraparound by Hilinski, and a special Premium by Paulo Siqueira (limited to 2000 copies).






Brian Pulido's BELLADONNA #4 Adrian
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 5




Brian Pulido's BELLADONNA #4 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 5




Brian Pulido's BELLADONNA #4 Premium
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Paulo Siqueira
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 5

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This deluxe edition is limited to just 2000 copies.







Brian Pulido's BELLADONNA #1 Lioness Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 5

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Top-tier artist Ron Adrian unleashes this sultry cover of Belladonna and one of her animal minions. Wexford Ireland, 950 AD. Colleen MacGrath's wedding to Donovan was to unite two powerful Irish families in bliss. Instead, all their hopes and dreams were laid to waste by marauding Vikings. Now a year later, on Samhain, Morrigan the Celtic goddess forces Colleen to rise and claim vengeance as Belladonna! Belladonna is a tale steeped in passion, violence and darkness as only Pulido can tell it. Limited to 1500 copies.





NIGHTJAR #4 Tarot
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 4

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special edition cover is the fifth in a line of actual Tarot Deck covers featuring the characters of Nightjar! In this electrifying final issue, magic, faith and friendship are all tested to the limits as Mirrigan and the Phoenix clash for the last time. Mirrigan's power is failing, her inexperience placing everyone in danger - and now she's led the Phoenix straight to her friends! But the Phoenix hasn't reckoned on the magic of the battlefield, and Mirrigan's link to the famous Pendle Witches may be stronger than anyone realized...






NIGHTJAR #1 Wraparound Test Print Platinum
Retail Price: $15.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: all ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 4


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: What makes this comic book so special is that the foil is on the wraparound cover, not the standard cover. Test prints are done by the printer to make sure that all the alignment is OK on the foil press and that the foil is adhering properly on the front cover of the comic book before they print the normal print run. These are usually created on overprinted copies of the same cover that will be foiled later on, and then discarded by the printer. There are no other foil editions of the wraparound cover. The net result is this is the rarest Nightjar comic book ever! Eighteen years ago, Mirrigan watched her father's heart explode in their back yard. That was fair, because Mirrigans father was Emperor Of All The Birds - the most powerful sorcerer in Britain - and that was how they arrange their successions. But on her deathbed, Mirrigan's grandmother reveals a secret - her father wasn't killed by one sorcerer, but SEVEN - and charges Mirrigan with an oath to make them pay for their treachery. If you're the latest in a line of powerful British sorcerers, avenging your father's death should be a walk in the park. Except when his murderers are even more powerful than you. Now the seven Birds have a new target... Mirrigan. Limited to 117 copies, all packaged in a bag and board with a cerificate of authenticity.






STARGATE SG-1: Aris Boch #1 Rubira Painted
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Lucio Rubira
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Painting super-star Lucio Rubira serves up this stunning piece of Aris Boch ready for action! The SG-1 team stumbles upon the aftermath of a firefight between rival System Lords and the self proclaimed greatest bounty hunter in the universe, Aris Boch. Wounded and in need of assistance the sarcastic mercenary returns to the SGC with the team and offers them an intriguing trade proposition. If they will ambush the envoy of Cronus and obtain the drug he needs to stay alive, he will give them a DNA sample of his Goa'uld resistant blood. With the prospect of eliminating human Goa'uld host possession forever, the team undertakes the risky mission. Will Boch keep his end of the bargain or is he plotting to cash in on the hefty bounty for SG-1's lives? Limited to 1500 copies.








STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Constant Threat
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Lucio Rubira
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Rubira paints this stunning shot of SG-1 aware of the danger that always awaits them. The SG-1 team finds a vo'cume device that reveals the story of an ancient Roman Goa'uld that assumed the guise of Mars, god of war. When activated, the team learns the treachery laden fate of one of the most powerful and ambitious System Lords ever. Join Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c as they discover that Rome wasn't built in a day, but it could be destroyed in one. Limited to 1500 copies.








STARGATE SG-1 2004 Convention Special Creation Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This exclusive wraparound cover by series artist Jorge Correa was previously only available at this summer's Creation Stargate conventions. It is offered here in Previews for the first time! When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis's military plans, SG-1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa'uld mothership. O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c, and Daniel must infiltrate the serpent's lair and obtain the data crystals before the dread system lord can turn his full power against the Earth and her allies. Limited to 3000 copies.








ROBOCOP: Killing Machine Special #1 No Escape Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Steven Grant
Art: Anderson Ricardo
Readership: MR
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juan Jose Ryp serves up a Robocop reminder - you can't escape his justice! A bored rich kid gets his kicks hacking into what's left of the Detroit grid, triggering random power failures and screwing up transit, causing various tensions that Murphy and Lewis have to cope with to maintain public order. Thwarted by Robocop, the hacker tries to hack into Robocop's systems, but finds something else instead in the depths of OCP's computer system, still online in the wake of the company's collapse. It's the next step up from Robocop: a prototype robo-soldier, literally a killing machine, that never received a human brain. But the hacker provides the brain by remote, sending the Killing Machine out into Detroit to find and destroy Robocop. Limited to 1500 copies.







Frank Miller's ROBOCOP #8 Obliterate Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 8 of 9

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: It's Robocop and Lewis with guns ablazing on this Ryp masterpiece of an exclusive new cover! Robocop is on his last legs, beat up, torn down, and damaged. But now he has to leap into his greatest fight yet and a far more sinister person takes over the indestructible Robocop 2, with plans of finishing off Robo once and for all! It is wall-to-wall action in this penultimate chapter of the most violent series of the year! This series continues to take the original Frank Miller Robocop story and faithfully adapt it into comics form by Steven Grant in order to capture every bit of the frenzied flavor that Miller wants with lusciously detailed artwork by Juan Jose Ryp. Limited to 2000 copies.
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