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July PREVIEWS Gems of the Month

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Here's the scoop on the July PREVIEWS Gems of the Month! Have a look at what's available to preorder now from BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Marvel. All shipping to comic stores starting in September.

Pre-orders for these big titles are available now at your local comic shop! Order or wishlist them now via PREVIEWSworld PULLBOX!

Gems:

IMAGE COMICS
FRONTIERSMAN #1 CVR A FERRARI (MR)
(W) Patrick Kindlon (A/CA) Marco Ferrari
PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! team PATRICK KINDLON & MARCO FERRARI retunite for an all-new ONGOING SERIES at Image! Classic Green Arrow-style adventure blends with the thoughtfulness of Concrete in a superhero odyssey for mature, but uncynical, readers! Frontiersman is coaxed out of retirement by an environmentalist group, only to find that being a spokesperson makes him a target for old and new enemies alike! For the superhero reader looking for more.
In Shops: Sep 22, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #46

IMAGE COMICS
PRIMORDIAL #1 (OF 6) CVR A SORRENTINO (MR)
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Andrea Sorrentino
Mind-bending sci-fi collides with Cold War thriller in this six-issue miniseries by the bestselling and Eisner-winning creative team behind GIDEON FALLS!
In 1957, the USSR launched the dog, Laika, into Earth's orbit. Two years later, the USA responded with two monkeys, Able and Baker. These animals never returned. But, unbeknownst to everyone, they did not die in orbit...they were taken. And now they are coming home.
In Shops: Sep 15, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #42

DARK HORSE COMICS
MAZEBOOK #1 (OF 5) CVR A LEMIRE
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Jeff Lemire
From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer creator Jeff Lemire comes this ambitious and haunting comic series about family, mourning, and reality.

A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a mysterious phone call one night from a girl claiming it's her and that she's trapped in the middle of a labyrinth. Convinced that this child is contacting him from beyond this world, he uses an unfinished maze from one of her journals and a map of the city to trace an intricate path through a different plane of reality on an intense and melancholy adventure to bring his daughter back home.
  
The only way out is in . . .
In Shops: Sep 08, 2021
SRP: $5.99
PREVIEWS Page #92

DARK HORSE COMICS
STRANGER THINGS TOMB OF YBWEN #1 (OF 4) CVR A ASPINALL
(W) Greg Pak (A) Diego Galindo (CA) Marc Aspinall
It's January 1985 the Hawkins crew survived their battle with the mind flayer, but Will and Joyce are still reeling from the recent death of Bob Newby. Will's friends have been too busy with their girlfriends to notice how much he is struggling. After he and Mr. Clarke discover a mysterious map Bob left in a box of old nerdy memorabilia, Will rallies the crew to investigate.
  
Is there a secret hidden in the hills of Hawkins?
In Shops: Sep 29, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #96

IDW PUBLISHING
STAR WARS ADV GHOST VADERS CASTLE #1 (OF 5) CVR A FRANCAVILL
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Megan Levens (A/CA) Francesco Francavilla
Join Cavan Scott, Francesco Francavilla, and a host of classic Star Wars artists in the epic conclusion to the Vader's Castle saga! Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle is a horror-packed, star-studded, five-week event guaranteed to haunt your dreams.
   In issue #1, life is looking up for Lina and Milo Graf and Crater, but Milo has been having nightmares... about zombie droids! Find out what's causing these dreams and if Milo can handle being haunted by the GHOSTS OF VADER'S CASTLE.
In Shops: Sep 22, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #128

IDW PUBLISHING
TMNT THE LAST RONIN DESIGN ARCHIVE #1
(W) Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz (A/CA) Kevin Eastman, Esau Escorza, Issac Escorza
Never-before-seen behind the scenes artwork and design notes from TMNT: The Last Ronin #2 and #3-pulled straight from the mind of TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman and poured unfiltered onto the page! Cyborg ninjas, a transformed skyline, formidable ocean walls... you've visited the New York City of TMNT: The Last Ronin-now take a deep dive into what went into building the terrifying dystopia of the hottest comic of 2021! Go one step beyond the Director's Cut-every page of this deluxe oversized square bound edition is all-new, packed with never-before-printed material providing an unprecedented look behind the curtain of an unprecedented comic book event! Prove to your grandkids that you were here when it happened!
In Shops: Nov 17, 2021
SRP: $8.99
PREVIEWS Page #130

MARVEL COMICS
DARK AGES #1 (OF 6)
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Iban Coello
This is what the Watcher has been watching for!
•  A danger older than the Earth threatens everything. For once, the heroes who have saved the planet so many times are almost powerless in the face of it.
•  X-Men and Avengers assemble. Spider-People and Fantastic Four come together. Heroes for Hire fight alongside Champions.  
•  None of it will be enough.
•  The lights are about to go out.
•  The world outside our window...is about to end.
•  An all-new saga of the Marvel Universe as you've never seen it before from Tom Taylor and Iban Coello!

Rated T+
In Shops: Sep 01, 2021
SRP: $4.99
MARVEL PREVIEWS Page #2

DYNAMITE
RED SONJA (2021) #1 CVR A ANDOLFO
(W) Mirka Andolfo (A) Giuseppe Cafaro (CA) Mirka Andolfo
MOTHER, PART ONE. Industry icon MIRKA ANDOLFO presents an all-new vision for the She-Devil With A Sword, in a thrilling new ongoing series! Our story begins in a village on fire, set by members of the dreaded Three-Eyed Shezem. When Red Sonja arrives, the only survivor of the flame is a lively child with curious white tattoos. The child will become Sonja's travel companion, on a journey from hardened ice to imposing forests, where dangerous secrets wait to be revealed...
Begin a trailblazing adventure with MIRKA ANDOLFO (Unnatural, Mercy) and incredible artist GIUSEPPE CAFARO (Suicide Squad)!
Neapolitan artist and writer, Mirka Andolfo is one of the most complete and eclectic Italian creators in the international field.  Her Mercy series was published almost simultaneously in Italy (November 2019, Panini Comics), France (January 2020, Éditions Glénat) and United States (March 2020, Image Comics).
Her ControNatura (Panini Comics) is one of the most successful Italian series of the last few years. Published in the USA by Image Comics under the title Unnatural, it's a best-selling hit with several reprints already.
Andolfo has been collaborating with DC Comics since 2015, having lent her pencils to such titles as Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Bombshells, Teen Titans, Green Arrow, R.W.B.Y. and Hex Wives.
Also as an artist, she's drawn comics for Dynamite and Aspen, as well as some short stories for Vertigo and DC's Young Animal, and she's working on covers for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Valiant, BOOM! Studios, Aspen, Zenescope.
In Shops: Sep 01, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #156

BOOM! STUDIOS
MAW #1 (OF 5) CVR A KRISTANTINA (MR)
(W) Jude Ellison S. Doyle (A) A.L. Kaplan (CA) Ariela Kristantina
What happens when one woman becomes the real monster society has always made her out to be?  Dragged by her sister Wendy to a feminist retreat on the remote island of Angitia, Marion Angela Weber hopes to gain some perspective and empowerment... that isn't at the bottom of a bottle.  But everything is horribly derailed after an assault on their first night there. The violent encounter awakens something in Marion she never imagined, triggering warped mutations in her body, and awakening a hunger she can't bring herself to name.  When the townsfolk react with suspicion and violence, what unforgivable act will transform Marion into the very monster they've made her out to be?  A provocative five-issue horror series by award-winning journalist and opinion writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power) and artist A.L. Kaplan (Full Spectrum Therapy) that explores the anger of women trapped by society's expectations and the reclamation of power through collective rage, perfect for readers of Redlands and Something is Killing the Children.
In Shops: Sep 15, 2021
SRP: $3.99
PREVIEWS Page #202

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