Broken Frontier

BF has previews of Image Comics' titles going on sale Wednesday, April 7. The publisher's offerings this week include Invincible Returns #1, Proof #26, Turf #1 and Weird World Of Jack Staff #2.

IMAGE FIRSTS: SPAWN #1
story TODD McFARLANE
art & cover TODD McFARLANE
32 PAGES / FC
$1.00
Todd McFarlane's arcane superhero discovers the truth behind his unholy resurrection.

IMAGE FIRSTS: CHEW #1
story JOHN LAYMAN
art & cover ROB GUILLORY
32 PAGES / FC
$1.00
Bizarre culinary crimes investigated by the FDA's premier psychic detective.

INVINCIBLE RETURNS #1
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art RYAN OTTLEY, CORY WALKER & FCO PLASCENCIA
covers DAVID FINCH, DARWYN COOKE, ERIK LARSEN & RYAN OTTLEY
40 PAGES / FC
$3.99
AT LONG LAST, INVINCIBLE RETURNS TO HIS ORIGINAL COSTUME! 
After the shocking events of the Invincible War and the cataclysmic battle with Conquest, Invincible is ready to turn the page to a bold new era: just in time for THE VILTRUMITE WAR, starting in next month's INVINCIBLE #71!  This special self-contained issue will bring readers new and old up to speed on everyone's favorite superhero comic.  If you've never read INVINCIBLE, now is the time to dive in! And if you've been reading since the beginning: You know it's all been leading up to this moment!  Either way, hold onto your hats!

PROOF #26
story ALEXANDER GRECIAN
art CHRIS GRINE
cover RILEY ROSSMO & CHRIS GRINE
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
"BLUE FAIRY"
The baby fairy, Joy, travels across the habitat in search of his dead father. A special stand-alone story with art by guest illustrator Chris Grine.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

TANK GIRL: DIRTY HELMETS (ONE-SHOT)
story ALAN MARTIN
art & cover RUFUS DAYGLO
MARCH 3
32 PAGES / BW
$3.99
SECOND IN A LINE OF SPECIAL TANK GIRL ONE-SHOTS FROM IMAGE!
Tank girl returns to her army roots when she receives special orders from a long-forgotten de-coding machine and decides to act upon them - she has to confront more than just the enemy in this twisted, ridiculous tale. And, in a special bonus story, the army rears its head again as Tank Girl's brain is cloned and used to power a new state-of-the-art tank. DIRTY HELMETS is a classic retro-styled TANK GIRL book for war movie lovers of all ages.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

TURF #1
story JONATHAN ROSS
art & cover TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
A four-issue, hard-boiled noir crime thriller with girls, guns, fangs and aliens.
New York, 1929. The height of prohibition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city, dealing in guns, girls and illegal liquor. But the arrival of the mysterious Dragonmir Family from Eastern Europe with more of a taste for blood then booze coincides with a series of brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves.  As the gangs fall before the fangs, only a handful of mobsters survive. But an unlikely alliance formed between tough guy Eddie Falco and a character from a LONG way from New York City - a long way from Earth in fact - offers the humans a glimmer of hope. As the strong willed young reporter Susie Dale from the Gotham Herald tries to survive in the middle of the maelstrom, and an ancient prophecy unfolds, no one can guess who's going to win the battle for this particular slice of Turf.
RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #22
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art JASON HOWARD
cover JASON HOWARD & FCO PLASCENCIA
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
"LEGACY," Part Two
Mecha-Maid's life is torn apart as the greatest threat she's ever faced comes in the form of... her own daughter?!  It's a story Gary Hampton, The Astounding Wolf-Man knows all too well... and yet another common thread to bond this unlikely couple together.  All this and more in the ramp-up to the monumental 25th issue!

VIKING, VOL. 1 HC
story IVAN BRANDON
art & cover NIC KLEIN
144 PAGES / FC
$24.99
The most violent criminal underworld in history! Fine and Egil, brothers - one bad, one worse - are trying to stab and steal their way to a seat at the table. Two men at war with the world around them, but today's the day the world fights back! From the writer of CROSS BRONX comes a crime book for the 9th Century.

THE WEIRD WORLD OF JACK STAFF #2
story & art PAUL GRIST
cover IAN CHURCHILL
32 PAGES / FC
$3.50
The heroes of Castletown have to fight together against the menace of the Muddy Man!  Includes bonus stories featuring Alfred Chinard and Morlan the Mystic!