Local comic shops are placing their orders for the best books in August Previews highlighting the comics and trades due out in October. ?There are three big new projects that Avatar fans can’t miss:
Garth Ennis’ War Stories #1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ? ? ?Garth Ennis’ War Stories find a new home at Avatar with the 
launch of this ongoing monthly! Pulling tales from real conflicts throughout modern history, this series is where a master storyteller brings the horrors of war to life in comics. Ennis travels the timeline to pull some of the most harrowing tales of valor and bloodshed from history?s most 
violent battles with his trademark wit and spot-on dialogue to show the humanity within the inhuman horrors. The first story is Castles in the Sky, a tale of early bomber pilots and their incredibly difficult missions. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Good Girl Nose Art, and Battle Damage Retailer Incentive covers by Matt Martin.
Crossed Vol 1o TPB
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ? ? ?GARTH ENNIS returns to the horrifyingly brutal world he 
CrossedVol10TPBcreated with a story that fans have waited over five years for! The Crossed outbreak created a miserable grueling world of monsters that dash out all hope of survival and ensures a terrifying end to everything in their path. For the first time, master storyteller Garth Ennis takes you back to the early days of outbreak and delivers the unexpected ? a patient zero tale. With the outbreak spreading like wildfire across the globe, a group of 
soldiers attempt to piece together how the disease spread so quickly and to reverse the horror they see taking place in the streets. And as they struggle to catch up with events, a fleet of nuclear-armed planes carry the extinction of the human race as they race towards America, with only one British flight crew to stand in their way. No one can deliver this level of poignant horror like Garth Ennis. In a world where there is no help and there is no hope?there is only the Crossed. Crossed Vol 10 collects the story Thin Red Line from issues 50 ? 56 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands series. Available as both a TPB and Hardcover.
Crossed Special 2014
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: ? ? Justin Jordan locks us in our nightmares as this Special takes 
us to Federal Prison! Jesse Bullock is not a good man, but a very hard man. Down for armed robbery and assault, the only crimes they were able to prove, he has but one good quality: he loves his cousin Otis. When they end up imprisoned at the same jail, Jesse intentionally gets himself 
denied parole to make sure he’s there to protect Otis, who isn?t the sharpest tool in the shed. But that job gets much harder when the Crossed spread inside those escape-proof walls! Jordan and artist Fernando (Stitched, Crossed) Heinz unleashes this new oversized horror tale that will scar your fragile mind with depraved misery. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Torture and Red Crossed Retailer Order Incentive covers by Gabriel Andrade. Also as special 4 cover Pool Party set, with art by Matt Martin, that is limited to just 500 sets!
Check with your local comics retailer to reserve copies of these frightening new?October titles.