Dark Horse have sent out their solicitations for April 2014, including 5 Star Wars comic book titles, a trade paperback, and a few other titles that are of interest. Read the full story for the full list and images.
Star Wars #16
Brian Wood (W), Stéphane Créty (P), Julien Hugonnard-Bert (I), Gabe Eltaeb (C), and Sean Cooke (Cover)
On sale April 9
FC, 32 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Establishing the new Rebel base on Arrochar, Wedge Antilles teaches the local pilots Rogue Squadron’s secret tactics, Luke Skywalker joins the Arrocharian militia on a “routine” mission, and Princess Leia balances her duty to the Rebellion with her upcoming duties as a royal wife. So why is everyone so uneasy?
- Writer Brian Wood gets to the heart of Star Wars!
“This is a great read and has been each and every issue.” – Comics List
The Star Wars #7
Jonathan Rinzler (W), Mike Mayhew (A), Rain Beredo (C), and Nick Runge (Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Ongoing
When Princess Leia falls into the hands of Darth Vader, General Skywalker, Annikin Starkiller, and Han Solo must go on the offensive against the Galactic Empire. But they have a secret weapon on their side-one that the Imperials have vastly underestimated: Wookiees!
- Official eight-issue adaptation of George Lucas’s original rough-draft screenplay for Star Wars!
“If you love Star Wars with every fiber of your being than you will find everything you love about Star Wars in these pages in a new and interesting way.” – All-Comic
Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows #5 (of 5)
Tim Siedell (W), Gabriel Guzman (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Trooper vs. trooper!
Stormtrooper Hock sabotages the remnant Separatists from the inside as they defend against Darth Vader’s advancing forces, and fights for his life against a figure from his past. At Vader’s side, Hock witnesses firsthand the power and ruthlessness of the man-machine he has followed into battle!
- Tim Siedell (@badbanana) has one of Time’s 140 Best Twitter Feeds!
Star Wars: Legacy #14
Corinna Bechko (W), Gabriel Hardman (W/A), Jordan Boyd (C), and Agustin Alessio (Cover)
On sale Apr 23
FC, 32 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Who IS Ania Solo?
A look into Ania Solo’s prison-camp past reveals a secret connection to the brutal bounty hunter who is desperate to bring her to justice-dead, not alive! But bounty hunters are only part of Ania’s problems!
“Bechko and Hardman do a fantastic job.” – Comic Booked
Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1 (of 4)
Matt Kindt (W/Cover), Marco Castiello (P), Dan Parsons (I), Gabe Eltaeb (C), and Adam Hughes (Cover/Sketch cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Matt Kindt writes Star Wars!
A young Rebel meets one of the Alliance’s best for his first mission. But the young man’s hero worship is crushed by the reality of Han Solo. A botched escape, a ship that doesn’t work – could it be that Solo is just a lucky bumbler whose luck has run out?
- Han Solo – the truth behind the myth!
- Covers by Adam Hughes!
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Volume 3 – Force War TP
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P), Dan Parsons (I), Wes Dzioba (C), and David Michael Beck (Cover)
On sale June 11
FC, 128 pages
$19.99
TP, 7″ x 10″
The battle that will decide the future of the Star Wars galaxy!
The Rakata, powerful users of the dark side of the Force, have invaded the Tython system to enslave the Je’daii…With Forcesabers in hand, the Je’daii fight, led by mad Je’daii Daegen Lok and the mysterious Force Hound Xesh. But when Xesh is captured, the direction of the war is changed…Collects Dawn of the Jedi: Force War #1–#5.
“The Force is indeed strong with this one.” – Comic Book Resources
Here’s a bonus comic for science fiction fans…
Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #5 (of 12)
J. Michael Straczynski (W), Pete Woods (A/Cover), and Matt Wilson (C)
On sale Apr 2
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
John Connor’s assault on Skynet is met with a devastating counterattack! Controlled by a human serial killer with no loyalty to mankind, the Terminators’ deadly mechanical efficiency is now matched with the creativity and pleasure for killing of a murderous psychopath!
- From the mind of superstar writer J. Michael Straczynski (Ten Grand, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor)!
- Pete Woods (Superman, Deadpool) shows us the ultimate man vs. machine battle!
“Recommended.” – Unleash the Fanboy
Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy #3 (of 6)
Dan Jolley (W), Jamal Igle (P/Cover), Ray Snyder (I), and Moose Baumann (C)
On sale Apr 16
FC, 32 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
A NEW TERMINATOR IN THE CLASSIC ERA!
With her mission to kidnap biotechnician Elise Fong compromised by the appearance of a massive, seemingly invulnerable killer, ex-CIA operative Farrow Greene calls on all her training for an epic, one-woman war against the stranger! Meanwhile, an army of mercenaries will stop at nothing to capture the Terminator technology!
- Writer Dan Jolley (Bloodhound, Prototype 2) brings the eighties-style action!
- Superstar artist Jamal Igle (Supergirl) turns up the heat!
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #4 (of 6)
Zack Whedon (W), Georges Jeanty (P/Variant cover), Karl Story (I), Laura Martin (C), and Dan Dos Santos (Cover)
On sale Apr 30
FC, 32 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
#WheresSerenity?
With help from the New Resistance, Mal and Serenity’s crew are crashing the secret Alliance facility from which River was rescued. She is certain they need to go there-now. Meanwhile, Zoe is in Alliance custody where she discovers that there is more immediate danger from fellow prisoners than anyone else…
- Buffy’s Season 8 and 9 artist conquers the galaxy!
- Zack Whedon returns to Serenity!
- The story finally continues after the film!
- Executive produced by Joss Whedon!
Frank Miller’s Big Damn Sin City HC
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover) and Lynn Varley (C)
On sale June 25
b&w/FC, 1,360 pages
$100.00
HC, 8″ x 12 3/16″
AS DAMN BIG AS THEY COME!
The biggest, baddest Sin City ever is here, just in time for fall’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For! This imposing volume, suitable for home defense, contains all seven of Frank Miller’s landmark Sin City yarns! In these tales of Marv, Dwight, Gail, Miho, Hartigan, Nancy, and the Yellow Bastard, no corner of Basin City is left unturned, and no bloody deed is left undone. Written with unmatched intensity and drawn in the starkest black-and-white imaginable, with blood-red bits of color, among others, the Sin City books make up the greatest crime saga in comics history, and Big Damn Sin City is the best way to rediscover the whole darn shootin’ match!
- Every blood-soaked page of Sin City to date!
- Over one million Sin City books in print!
Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City TP
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover)
On sale June 25
b&w/FC, 128 pages
$25.00
TP, 9″ x 12″
Frank Miller’s Sin City has set the gold standard for crime comics, both for Miller’s unflinching stories and for his visceral, powerfully charged art. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse is proud to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City to print, now in an affordable softcover edition. An astonishing look into a master’s process, containing pieces both published and unpublished, and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional images, this beautiful artistic showcase holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, could ever hope for.
- The out-of-print masterpiece, now in softcover!
- Available just in time for the release of Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For!
- Includes rarely seen art!
- Introduction by art historian R. C. Harvey!
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For HC
Frank Miller (W/A/Cover)
On sale June 25
b&w, 216 pages
$25.00
HC, 7″ x 10″
Stuck with nothing but a seedy gumshoe job and some demons, Dwight’s thinking of all the ways he’s screwed up and what he’d give for one clear chance to wipe the slate clean, to dig his way out of the numb gray hell that is his life. And he’d give anything. Just to feel the fire. One more time. But he can’t let himself lose control again, can’t ever let the monster out. And then Ava calls.
- Eisner Award winner for Best Limited Series!
- Back in hardcover for the first time in years!
