Image Comics March 2022 Collection Solicitations
Image’s March 2022 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions!
This month sees another full batch of Image Comics collections. This includes the fourth installment in the Reckless series, reprints for the classic Cyberforce series, and the next volume in several ongoing comics. Plus, there is a pretty awesome-looking deluxe hardcover coming for the Ice Cream Man series (What is Ice Cream Man?), solicited as the Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition.
- The Ghost in You: A Reckless Book HC
- Collects the graphic novel.
- Release Date: April 26, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- The fourth book in the bestselling RECKLESS series is here! Crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS present yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.It’s the winter of 1989 and Ethan is out of town, so this time, Anna has to tackle the job on her own. When a movie scream queen asks her to prove the mansion she’s renovating isn’t haunted, Anna will stumble into the decades-long mystery of one of Hollywood’s most infamous murder houses…a place with many dark secrets—some of which might just kill her.Another hit from the award-winning creators of PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED—and a must-have for all ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS fans!
- The Complete Cyberforce, Vol. 1 TP
- Collects Cyberforce #0, Cyberforce: Tin Men Of War #1-4, Wildcats: Killer Instinct #5-7, Cyberforce Vol. 2 #1-13, Cyberforce Origins: Cyblade #1, Cyberforce Origins: Stryker #2, and Cyberforce Annual #1.
- Release Date: June 7, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING! To coincide with the groundbreaking 30th anniversary of Top Cow and Image Comics, Top Cow proudly presents the original stories that launched CYBERFORCE, including the very first story, “Tin Men of War.” Through the brilliant art of MARC SILVESTRI, new and old fans alike can revisit the introduction of classic characters like Velocity, Ripclaw, Heatwave, Cyblade, Stryker, Impact, and Ballistic to the world of comics. All this and more, gorgeously rendered and assembled in this first volume of absolute collected editions. First time back in print since 1992!
- The Complete Cyberforce, Vol. 1 HC
- Collects Cyberforce #0, Cyberforce: Tin Men Of War #1-4, Wildcats: Killer Instinct #5-7, Cyberforce Vol. 2 #1-13, Cyberforce Origins: Cyblade #1, Cyberforce Origins: Stryker #2, and Cyberforce Annual #1.
- Release Date: June 7, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING! To coincide with the groundbreaking 30th anniversary of Top Cow and Image Comics, Top Cow proudly presents the original stories that launched CYBERFORCE, including the very first story, “Tin Men of War.” Through the brilliant art of MARC SILVESTRI, new and old fans alike can revisit the introduction of classic characters like Velocity, Ripclaw, Heatwave, Cyblade, Stryker, Impact, and Ballistic to the world of comics. All this and more, gorgeously rendered and assembled in this first volume of absolute collected editions. First time back in print since 1992!
- Hellcop, Vol. 1: Welcome to Hell TP
- Collects Hellcop#1-5.
- Release Date: March 30, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- When mankind first broke through the walls between dimensions, nothing could have prepared them for what they would find in Known Reality Plane 1301-A: it was absolute Hell. Literally. A covert security force was quickly assembled to patrol the Hellplane and ensure that none of the nastier denizens made their way Earthside. They were dubbed the Pan-Dimensional Security Corps.
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- Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 1 HC
- Collects Ice Cream Man #1-12.
- Release Date: June 14, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- “I’ve literally never read anything like this ‘genre-defying,’ sorta-anthology thing, but it’s f*cking awesome. The writing is strange and deeply unsettling, and the artwork is gorgeous. The new comic I most look forward to reading each month.” —BRIAN K. VAUGHAN (SAGA, PAPER GIRLS)Collecting the first twelve issues of the critically acclaimed, bestselling anthology comic ICE CREAM MAN, this oversized hardcover offers a veritable super-sundae of storytelling flavors. From the haunting inaugural issue, to an exploration of opioid abuse, to a lauded three-tiered silent meditation, to even the far reaches of future outer space—there’s a sliver of suffering here for everyone. The Ice Cream Man is coming around the block…can you hear his sweet little song?
- Paris OGN HC
- Collects the graphic novel.
- Release Date: May 25, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- A new and expanded edition with artwork created specially for this volume!Juliet, a penniless American art student, travels to the city of light to study painting. To pay her way, she paints portraits of wealthy debutantes. One of her subjects is Deborah, a young English woman suffocated by the narrow expectations of her aristocratic family. Juliet is equally confined by the rigid academic structure of her art education and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Deborah.Juliet and Deborah’s love for art brings them together, even as their friends and family try to drive them apart.A fairy tale romance where the old and new worlds collide, drawn by SIMON GANE, the artist behind Eisner-nominated Ghost Tree and THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, and written by ANDI WATSON, author of The Book Tour, Kerry and the Knight of the Forest, and the forthcoming Punycorn.
- A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance, Vol. 1 TP
- Collects A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #1-5.
- Release Date: April 26, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- When an unassuming man stumbles upon a dark-web contract assassin’s vicious plot to kill an innocent target, he turns himself into one. The Professional meets Road to Perdition in this story of a family’s unlikely guardian being hunted by rich and powerful men who are used to getting away with everything. Join New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, BLACK SCIENCE) and ANDRÉ ARAÚJO (GENERATION GONE, Man Plus) for a uniquely atmospheric murder mystery with sudden bouts of brutal violence.
- Second Chances TP
- Collects Second Chances #1-4.
- Release Date: March 22, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- Second Chances Hotline—call now and get a new identity! All you need is some cash, a proper referral, and a very good reason to start over.When Leblanc, the man behind the hotline, is approached by a shady figure from his past, he’s forced to accept a new client who doesn’t meet any of the requirements—a client with chemically induced amnesia in desperate need of protection.Up-and-coming writer RICKY MAMMONE and artist MAX BERTOLINI (The Witcher, Nathan Never) explode onto the scene with this psychedelic, action-packed, bizarre noir that feels like John Wick punching through an existential French New Wave fever dream.
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- Deep Beyond, Vol. 2 TP
- Collects Deep Beyond #7-12.
- Release Date: March 22, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- Dr. Pamela Bell is missing, and an unlikely group of misfit researchers is in hot pursuit. But there is also a traitor among them, someone who would rather Pam not be found at all. Will the intrepid researchers get the answers they seek in the depths, or will the things they discover there only bring about new—and more dangerous—questions? The 100 and Death Stranding meet LOW in the thrilling conclusion of the high-octane dystopian adventure series from acclaimed creator MIRKA ANDOLFO (UNNATURAL, MERCY, SWEET PAPRIKA), writer DAVID GOY, rising-star artist ANDREA BROCCARDO (Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Empyre: X-Men), and colorist BARBARA NOSENZO (The Ballad of Halo Jones).
- Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee, Vol. 4: Scorched Earth TP
- Collects Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee #13-18.
- Release Date: January 11, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- The bestselling series created by ROBERT KIRKMAN (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE, OBLIVION SONG) and CHRIS SAMNEE (Daredevil, Black Widow) continues! The one who wields the fire power is destined to save the world, but Owen Johnson has turned his back on that life. He doesn’t want the power—he never did. He only wants to raise his family and live his life, but unseen forces are at work to make that impossible. Danger lurks around every corner as Owen’s past comes back to haunt him.
- Radiant Black, Vol. 2: Team-Up TP
- Collects Radiant Black #7-12.
- Release Date: March 22, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- The first wave of cosmic forces has arrived on Earth, desperate to reclaim the Radiant, and the only thing standing in their way is RADIANT BLACK and some unexpected new allies. And afterwards, as time goes on and the world begins to heal, Marshall makes a dramatic choice that sends him to a place beyond imagination, a place that just might change everything—again.
- Two Moons, Vol. 2: Ghost War TP
- Collects Two Moons #6-10.
- Release Date: March 22, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- Decades after the Civil War, the Pawnee Nation has been almost totally confined to a reservation in Oklahoma, but Shaman Two Moons, once again in Kansas, is seeking the help of Irish immigrant Doctor Frances Shaw. The ghosts of the Indigenous men and women killed in the “Indian Wars” will not rest, and the conflict is far from over!
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