Broken Frontier

Devil’s Due has released its full list of solicitations for August 2008, including an expanded catalogue that introduces new series, graphic novels, and toys from Capcom, Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia, alternative comics sensation Jeffrey Brown, and the hit television show Monster Garage.

August will see the premier of Devil’s Due’s first release in a new line of Capcom video game-based properties, Bionic Commando, which will be written by Hollywood screenwriter Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Hack/Slash). The new series will tie in to the universe of the upcoming game, reintroducing the classic hero.

Also headlining August from DDP will be the 99-cent preview issue of Milo Ventimiglia’s new series Rest. Scripted by writer Mark Powers (G.I. Joe: America’s Elite, Drafted), Rest is a brand new conspiracy action/thriller about a drug that replaces sleep.

Part of DDP’s growing library of titles will be new original graphic novels shipping in August, including the action horror OGN Chopper Zombie from the makers of the reality television show Monster Garage. Additionally, DDP will partner with Vin Di Bona Productions to publish Serpo, an OGN about the U.S. government’s dealings with extraterrestrials.

As the Devil’s Due Pop line of vinyl toys, journals, and usable artwork continues to grow, DDP will present “Balls,” the first in a line of vinyl toys based on Jeffrey Brown’s Incredible Change-Bots. The transformable robot comes with an exclusive mini-comic by Brown.

DDP AUGUST SOLICITS

Bionic Commando #0 - 99c Special
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: Video Game Tie-In /Adventure / Sci - Fi
Format: Standard Comic, 24 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: $.99
UPC Code: 882142-00172-00001
 
Writer: Justin Marks (Masters of the Universe and Voltron screenwriter)
Artist: Mike Bear
Cover Artist: Sean Philips

At the whim of social prejudice, Nathan Spencer fell from grace in the Federation he once saved. Stripped of his bionic arm and cast out of society, Spencer is reluctantly called upon once again to fight – this time against his fellow bionic outcasts who are waging war against the government that rebuked them.

Preview #0 issue only 99 cents!
 
Balls: Incredible Change-bots Vinyl Figure
Frequency of Publication: One Time
Intended Audience: 12+
Genre: Collectible Vinyl
Format: 6” full color vinyl figure
UPC Code: 882142-00163-00201
 
Artists: Based off of character design by Incredible Change-bots Creator: Jeffrey Brown
Created by indie comics phenomenon Jeffrey Brown, the Incredible Changebots packed all of the loving sarcasm and action packed humor any child of the 80’s harbors for transformable robots. Now, his spoof becomes its own line of vinyl toys from Devil’s Due POP!

Part of the brand new Devil’s Due POP line of toys and usable artwork.
Actually transforms between robot and golf cart modes!  Includes exclusive 6 page Incredible Change-bots "Balls" comic!
 
Chopper Zombie OGN
Frequency of Publication: Original Graphic Novel
Intended Audience: MR – Mature Readers 17+
Genre: Horror / Action
Format: Trade Paperback, approx 144pgs, FC, trade paperback
Retail Price: $18.99
ISBN: 1-934692-37-9  ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-37-0
 
Author: Todd Livingston and Thom Beers
Artist: Scott Keating
Cover Artist: Scott Keating
Sometimes it takes dying to really live!  When a motorcycle builder refuses to sell his innovative fuel formula and engine design to a greedy corporation, he is murdered and his inventions are stolen! But what he died for also brings him back to life when he is drowned in his own fuel and he returns as a zombie -- giving him the skills and confidence to exact revenge and claim what is rightfully his! The Producer of MONSTER GARAGE and DEADLIEST CATCH and the writer of THE BLACK FOREST bring you the evolution of horror with CHOPPER ZOMBIE!

-From visionary television creator Thom Beers (“Monster Garage,” “Deadliest Catch,” “Ice Road Truckers”) and award-winning writer Todd Livingston (“The Black Forest,” “The Wicked West,” “The Living and the Dead”) comes this twisted tale of revenge and brain-eating!
-CHOPPER ZOMBIE will be promoted on television during the airing of new episodes of MONSTER GARAGE!
-Visit CHOPPERZOMBIE.COM for exclusive preview pages!
 
Drafted #10
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: Action Adventure / Sci Fi
Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: $3.50
UPC Code: 882142-00147-01001
 
Author: Mark Powers (G.I. Joe: America’s Elite)
Artist: Rebekah Isaacs (Hack/Slash, Twilight Zone)
Cover Artist: Rebekah Isaacs

The plight of humanity reaches crucial levels as the enemy they have been preparing for arrives at Earth! With the loss of someone they cared for plaguing their thoughts, can our team hope to stand against the invading army? Plus, a desperate mission takes another group of humans far beyond where any have gone before… could they be the hope all humankind is waiting for?

-In development to be a major motion picture from New Line Cinema!
 
Dragonlance Chronicles Vol. III: Dragons of Spring Dawning HC 2
Frequency of Publication: Graphic Novel
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Graphic Novel, 144 pgs, FC, hardcover with dust jacket
Retail Price: $34.99
ISBN: 1-934692-38-7 ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-38-7
 
Writers: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Adapted by: Andrew Dabb
Artists: Pere Perez, Julius Gopez
Cover Artist: Jeremy Roberts

The final chapter in Weis’ and Hickman’s acclaimed Trilogy! Divided by the enemies that surround them from all sides, the ragtag, unlikely group of heroes called the Companions struggle to defeat the forces of the evil queen Takhisis and her dragon armies, with the fate of the world at stake!
The final chapter of the epic Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy! Everything has been building to this!
This fantasy epic is the perfect gift for fans of Lord of the Rings, and Dungeons and Dragons fans! Now in hardcover! 
 
Forgotten Realms Vol 7: The Legacy TPB
Frequency of Publication: Graphic Novel
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Trade Paperback, approx 144 pgs, FC, trade paperback
Retail Price: $18.99
ISBN: 1-934692-31-X ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-31-8
 
Author: R.A. Salvatore
Adapted by: Andrew Dabb
Artist: Robert Atkins
Cover Artist: Tyler Walpole
 
After years of running form his past, the dark elf can hide no more! The one thing he feaed most of all has happened! His violent, revengeful family has returned! The drow are back and are threatening the life Drizzt worked so hard to build. With his archenemy Artemis Entreri working alongside his vile kin, does Drizzt stand a chance in defending those he loves?

Collects all three double-sized issues of The Legacy series in one volume!
 
Forgotten Realms Vol. 8: Starless Night #1 [of 3]
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: Cover A - $5.50  Cover B - $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover)
UPC Code: Cover A - 882142-00169-00101  Cover B - 882142-00169-00102

Writers: R.A. Salvatore
Adapted by: Andrew Dabb
Artist: Juanfran Moyano
Cover Artists:
A – Robert Atkins, Joey Stone and Wes Dzioba
B – Tyler Walpole

After years of running, Drizzt is finally prepared to face his past. To do so, he has to go to the one place he never wanted to see again… the underground realms where the sun never shines: The Underdark! Unknown to Drizzt, his dearest friend Catti-Brie follows him there in order to help him on his quest… can either of them hope to survive the terrors that lay under the surface?
 
Hack/Slash #15
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 15+
Genre: Horror, Action, Comedy.
Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched
Retail Price: A - $3.50  B - $3.50
UPC Code: Cover A – 882142-00076-02701  Cover B - 882142-00076-02702
 
Author: Tim Seeley
Artists: Emily Stone & Courtney Via
Cover Artists:

A – Joe Jusko                                                                                                                      
B – Tim Seeley
 
Cassie's quest to find her long-lost father leads her to New Mexico, and her family’s origins will bring her face to face with the Re-Animator’s Herbert West. In the first ever Yuzna-licensed crossover, this story will cross over into the worlds of Hack/Slash and the Re-Animator films and see the horrific return of Hack/Slash’s first slasher!
 
Not just a cheap knockoff, this is the real Re-Animator as created by H.P. Lovecraft and envisioned by filmmaker Brian Yuzna!
Featuring Jeffrey Combs in his Re-Animator role as Herbert West!
In development to be a major motion picture from Rogue Pictures and Universal Studios!
 
Halloween: 30th Anniversary Special
Frequency of Publication: One-shot
Intended Audience: MR – Mature Readers 17+
Genre: Horror / Action / Movie Tie-In
Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched
Retail Price: Cover A/B - $5.50  Cover C - $9.50 Cover D - Retailer Incetive
UPC Code: Cover A – 882142-00154-00501  Cover B – 882142-00154-00502
Cover C – 882142-00154-00503  Cover D – 882142-00154-00504
 
Author: Stefan Hutchinson
Artists: Danijel Zezelj, Jim Daly, Tim Seeley, Jeff Zornow, Brett Weldele
Cover Artists:
A – Tim Seeley
B – Brett Weldele
C – Tom Mandrake - Masters of Comic Book Horror Cover
D – Retailer Incentive by Jeff Zornow

It’s been 30 years since the John Carpenter first unleashed is vision of terror with the original HALLOWEEN. Now, Devil’s Due joins the anniversary celebration with this double-sized issue of five short stories featuring Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis!

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original Halloween film! A must-have for all fans of Halloween and John Carpenter!
Featuring a cover by Tom Mandrake (Batman, The Specter, Grimjack)!!
Interior art by Danijel Zezelj (Desolation Jones, Loveless, Captain America), Tim Seeley (Halloween: Nightdance) and more!
 
Mercy Sparx #0 – 99c Preview
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure / Sci - Fi
Format: Standard Comic, 24 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: $.99
UPC Code: 882142-00170-00001
 
Writer: Josh Blaylock
Artist: Matt Merhoff
Cover Artist: Josh Blaylock

Meet Mercy Sparx - a Devil Girl hired by the big shots in Heaven to secretly take down rogue angels.  In this issue, Serendipity, a muse turned DeeJay battles it out with our unlikely heroine.  It's either succeed and get a free pass through the pearly gates, or fail and risk going somewhere much worse.
Josh Blaylock’s first creator-owned work since 2005
Selling points: Preview #0 issue only 99 cents!
 
Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons #6
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: Cover A - $5.50  Cover B - $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover)
UPC Code: Cover A -  882142-00155-00601 Cover B -  882142-00155-00602
 
Authors: R.A. Salvatore, P.N. Elrod
Adapted by: Mike O’Sullivan, P.N. Elrod
Artists: Juanfran Moyano, Ricardo Sanchez
 
Cover Artists:
A – Francis Tsai
B – Rafael Kayanan
 
The R.A. Salvatore classic “Guenhwyvar” unveils the origin of the magical black panther that would become companion to the legendary drow hero, Drizzt Do’Urden, while in the Ravenloft tale “Caretaker,” the vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich demonstrates the nightmarish methods by which he maintains dominion over the cursed realm of Barovia.
- A double-sized monthly anthology exploring the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons!
- Adapting the works of best-selling authors R.A. Salvatore and P.N. Elrod, with scripts by Elrod and Mike O’Sullivan (G.I. Joe)
- Interior art by Juanfran Moyano (Dragonlance Legends) and Jerry Beck (Evil Ernie, Something Wicked), and cover art by Rafael Kayanan (Conan, Star Wars, Spider-Man) and Francis Tsai (Heroes for Hire, Marvel Adventures).
 
Golden Age Sheena: The Best of the Queen of the Jungle TPB Vol. 2
Frequency of Publication: Trade Paperback
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 15+
Genre: Adventure / Action / High Fantasy / Movie & TV tie-in
Format: Trade paperback, approx 144 pgs, FC, perfect bound
Retail Price: $18.99
ISBN: 1-934692-39-5  ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-39-4
 
Author(s): Eisner/Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various
Artist(s): Eisner /Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various
Cover Artist: Eisner /Iger Studios and Various

Continuing DDP’s reprints of the classic Golden Age SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE!  Featuring classic comics from the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, this second volume features stories from the Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios.  Also featured in this collection is an essay and annotation by Stephen E. de Souza (Screenwriter of DIE HARD).  A guaranteed must-have for any classic comic collectors!

Featuring a special never-before-reprinted SKY GIRL story from the pages of JUMBO COMICS by legendary Golden Age artist Matt Baker!
Includes an essay and annotation by Stephen E. de Souza, screenwriter of Die Hard.
 
Voltron: A Legend Forged #2 [of 5]
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: Cover A - $3.50  Cover B - $3.50  Cover C - $3.50  Cover D - $3.50 Cover E - $9.99 PX Foil
UPC Code: Cover A -  882142-00164-00201 Cover B -  882142-00164-00202 
Cover C -  882142-00164-00203  Cover D -  882142-00164-00204 Cover E -  882142-00164-00205
 
Writer: Josh Blaylock
Artist: Mike Bear
Cover Artists:
A – Tim Seeley
B – Josh Blaylock
C – Jeremy Roberts
D – Chris Lie
E – Tim Seeley PX Exclusive FOIL

The Voltron Force lands light years away and 1200 years in the past where they are saved by mysterious group of warriors – the Knights of Altarus. Before long, the team learns that they're about to witness history in the making, and play a part of the origin of Voltron himself.
 
For the first time ever, this series will dare to tell the incredible origin story of the Voltron project! 
 
SERPO OGN
Frequency of Publication: Original Graphic Novel
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 12+
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Format: Trade Paperback, approx 120pgs, FC, trade paperback
Retail Price: $14.99
ISBN: 1-934692-40-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-40-0
 
Author: Jason M. Burns
Artist: Joe Eisma
Cover Artist: Roger Robinson

Based on the true story of the U.S. Government’s secret extraterrestrial exchange program! In 2005, according to government files,12 intrepid Americans journeyed to the distant, alien planet SERPO to live among its people! This OGN It’s Close Encounters meets X-Files, from the people who brought you URBAN MONSTERS!
 
-An all-new original graphic novel written by indie phenomenon Jason M. Burns!
-From Invisible Hand Studios (Image’s URBAN MONSTERS ) and executive producer Vin di Bona!
 
REST #0 - $0.99 Special
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+
Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Standard Comic, 24 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.
Retail Price: Cover A - $0.99 
UPC Code: Cover A - 882142-00171-00001
ISBN: N/A  ISBN 13: N/A
 
Writer: Mark Powers
Artist: Vicenc Villaragassa
Cover Artists:
A – Roger Robinson and Elizabeth John
 
Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Russ Cundiff  (Mall World) join forces with Devil’s Due to bring you REST, a pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller in the tradition of The Bourne Identity and The X-Files! REST tells the tale of John Barret, a white-collar New Yoker whose life changes when he becomes addicted to a drug that prevents him from falling asleep!
 
-The first comic by Milo Ventimiglia, the star of HEROES!
-Don’t miss this exciting prelude to the 4-issue miniseries coming this fall from Devil’s Due Publishing!
 
Sabbath: All Your Sins Reborn TPB
Frequency of Publication: Graphic Novel
Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 15+
Genre: Super Hero/ High Fantasy / Adventure
Format: Trade Paperback, approx 144 pgs, FC, Perfect Bound.
Retail Price: $18.99
ISBN: 1-934692-41-7  ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-41-7
 
Writer: Matt Tamao
Artist: Josh Medors
Cover Artist: Sunder Raj

Is a man consumed by pure evil capable of redemption?  Forged in the fires of sin, dead torturer Sabbath is reborn, a specter hell-bent upon reclaiming his lost human senses.  Battling the Avatars of Sin, Sabbath consumes the suffering of massacre victims, growing in strength. Will this newfound strength draw Sabbath back to his humanity or push him further away?
Collects the first arc of the sold out POGROM comic! 
 
Halloween: Night Dance #1 [of 4] – 2nd printing
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 17+
Genre: Horror / Movie Tie-In / Action
Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched
Retail Price: $3.50 
UPC Code: 882142-00154-00111 
 
Author: Stefan Hutchinson
Artists: Tim Seeley
Cover Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz

Michael Myers returns! On October 31st, evil descends on the small town of Russellville, Illinois. A young girl named Lisa discovers that a secret from her past has come back to haunt her, and he’s leaving a trail of bodies in his wake!
 
-Now in it’s 2nd printing! 
-Michael Myers returns! A new four-issue miniseries continuing the story from the classic 1978 film by John Carpenter!
-Written by the director of the Halloween: 25 Years of Terror documentary!
 
Halloween: Night Dance #2 [of 4] – 2nd printing
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series
Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 17+
Genre: Horror / Movie Tie-In / Action
Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched
Retail Price: $3.50
UPC Code: 882142-00154-00211
 
Author: Stefan Hutchinson
Artists: Tim Seeley
Cover Artist: Tim Seeley

Terror comes to the small town of Russelville, Illinios! At a state fair, childhood friends Sean, Nikki, and Lisa come face to face with the shape himself – Michael Myers! The body counts rise and the horror is taken to the next level in the 2nd issue of this terrifying new series!
 
-Now in it’s 2nd printing!
-Continuing the classic story from the original John Carpenter film!
-Written by the director of the Halloween: 25 Years of Terror documentary!