Image Comics October 2021 Collection Solicitations
Image’s October 2021 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions!
This month has a lengthy lineup of great collections. There are several trades with plenty of excitement behind them, like the finale of the Ascender series in Ascender Vol. 4: Star Seed or Emilia Clarke’s comic book debut in M.O.M.: Mother of Madness. There are also larger collections that are set to gather a ton of comics, like the Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta Compendium, Paper Girls: The Complete Story, the Saga Box Set, or the Unnatural Omnibus. This makes for a solid month for both larger and smaller books.
- Friday Book One: The First Day of Christmas TP
- Collects Friday #1-3.
- Release Date: November 9, 2021
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- Collected in print for the first time—a young adult detective hero finally grows up in the first volume of this genre-defying, post-YA masterpiece from award-winning creators ED BRUBAKER (RECKLESS, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, PULP, KILL OR BE KILLED) and MARCOS MARTIN (THE PRIVATE EYE, Daredevil).
- Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past. Now she’s in college, starting a new life on her own—or so she thought. When Friday comes home for the holidays, she’s immediately pulled back into Lance’s orbit and finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town…
- This is literally the Christmas vacation from Hell, and they may not survive to see the New Year.
- The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering
- Release Date: October 26, 2021
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- Award-winning comic book letterer and founder of Blambot.com NATE PIEKOS provides in-depth tips and techniques for modern digital comic book lettering. From creating your own lettering templates and developing design skills to crafting emotive dialogue and dynamic sound effects, PIEKOS offers a comprehensive look at what it means to build a lettering career in the comics industry today.
- Featuring a foreword by famed X-Men letterer TOM ORZECHOWSKI.
- Fine Print Vol. 1 OGN TP
- Collects the original graphic novel.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- How do you deal with a broken heart? Junk food? Excessive drinking? Dubious contracts with ancient gods? For Lauren Thomas, the queen of bad decisions, the answer is always the worst possible choice. So when she finds herself with the rare opportunity to have her broken heart patched by the highest-rated god of desire, what could possibly go wrong?
- A tale of gods, mortals, love, lust, death, and bad decisions—that all starts with a simple bite of a golden apple.
- M.O.M.: Mother of Madness HC
- Collects M.O.M.: Mother of Madness #1-3.
- Release Date: December 14, 2021
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- Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE’s debut! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Bath time’s at seven, bedtime’s at eight, and crime-fighting never sleeps when villains from Maya’s shadowy past come to collect. Comedy and chaos await with co-writer MARGUERITE BENNETT (DC Comics Bombshells, Animosity) and glamorous artist LEILA LEIZ (Horde)!
- Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta Compendium
- Collects Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta #1-48.
- Release Date: November 9, 2021
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- This massive volume collects the complete bestselling horror series from THE WALKING DEAD creator ROBERT KIRKMAN!
- Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life, and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it!
- Paper Girls: The Complete Story TP
- Collects Paper Girls #1-30.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- Finally, the entire Eisner Award-winning epic in one complete volume, featuring a new cover from co-creator CLIFF CHIANG!
- Four twelve-year-old newspaper delivery girls from the year 1988 uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this critically acclaimed series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.
- Saga Box Set
- Collects Saga Vol. 1-9 TP with a set of 6 x 9 cover prints exclusive to the box set!
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- Hey, retailer friends! BRIAN K. VAUGHAN here, interrupting your regularly scheduled solicitation to say THANK YOU for your undying patience while FIONA STAPLES and I have been hard at work on the second half of Hazel’s epic journey. We promise that exciting news is coming, and we wanted to offer your customers a cool new way to catch up on our Eisner Award-winning series: this gorgeous box set, collecting all nine of our bestselling trade paperback collections in one affordable package. We think it’s the perfect way to introduce any “mature readers” who haven’t yet tried SAGA to our weirdly wonderful universe. Thanks again, and we look forward to gracing your stands with more issues very soon!
- Summoners War Vol. 1 TP
- Collects Summoners War: Legacy #1-6.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- Skybound dives into the wondrous world of SUMMONERS WAR, the popular mobile game where magical monsters are summoned in a never-ending battle of good vs. evil!
- Rai knows there’s only one way out of her nothing town—to become a summoner! But when she’s recruited by Abuus Dein as an apprentice, she embarks on the adventure of a lifetime and is thrust into a war for the fate of the world.
- Journey to Alea alongside JUSTIN JORDAN (THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE, REAVER) and newcomer LUCA CLARETTI for an action-packed fantasy perfect for new readers.
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- Time Before Time Vol. 1 TP
- Collects Time Before Time #1-5.
- Release Date: October 26, 2021
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- 2140. To escape a world with no future, many turn to the Syndicate—a criminal organization that, for the right price, will smuggle you back in time to the promise of a better yesterday. Tatsuo, a Syndicate smuggler, wants to leave his life of crime behind, but when an FBI agent disrupts his escape plan, they both find themselves hunted across time by his former employers.
- A mix of SAGA and Looper, TIME BEFORE TIME is a sci-fi crime tale that proves the one thing you can never escape is your past.
- Unnatural Omnibus HC
- Collects Unnatural #1-12.
- Release Date: November 9, 2021
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- Leslie J. Blair is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, and she hates her job. Her world is dominated by a totalitarian government that interferes in the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors for so-called “unnatural” relationships. Leslie dreams of something different for herself, but these dreams are quickly becoming dangerous. And when she wakes up, it feels as if she’s being watched.
- For the first time, the whole suspenseful erotic fantasy series that made MIRKA ANDOLFO (MERCY, SWEET PAPRIKA, DEEP BEYOND, Punchline, Wonder Woman) a rising star is collected in a unique hardcover book, featuring loads of bonus content and an all-new cover by MIRKA herself.
- Ascender Vol. 4: Star Seed TP
- Collects Ascender #15-18.
- Release Date: October 12, 2021
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- The epic space fantasy saga from creators JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN that began in the pages of DESCENDER comes to a spectacular conclusion!
- As Mother rallies her forces to wipe out the resistance, our heroes meet an old friend who reveals the untold secrets of the universe. With the fate of all things hanging in the balance, who will remain standing when the forces of magic and technology collide?
- Bitter Root Vol. 3: Legacy TP
- Collects Bitter Root #11-15.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- The monster-hunting Sangerye family has faced terrifying challenges in their fight to protect humanity, and while they have suffered pain and loss, they have never been defeated. That is about to change. A great evil has invaded Earth—and the Sangeryes are not prepared for the battle they must face. But if they cannot protect the world, who can?
- See the Harlem Renaissance as you never have before as the Eisner Award-winning series continues!
- The Department of Truth Vol. 2: The City Upon a Hill TP
- Collects The Department of Truth #8-13.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- Cole Turner thought he’d joined the right side in the war for the Truth. But the more he learns about Lee Harvey Oswald’s tenure leading the Department, the less sure he is. And as Tulpas start to gain a stronger foothold in the real world, Cole’s time to decide where he stands is running out.
- The second arc of smash-hit series THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH from JAMES TYNION IV (Batman) and MARTIN SIMMONDS (Dying is Easy) is collected here!
- Hack/Slash Deluxe, Vol. 2 HC
- Collects Hack/Slash: The Series #1-14 & Hack/Slash Annual #1, plus an All-New Hack/Slash Bonus Story.
- Release Date: October 26, 2021
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- The HACK/SLASH collection readers have been waiting for! This second comprehensive omnibus contains the first 14 issues of the original ongoing series, plus the first annual, and features memorable encounters with some of Cassie’s most notorious slasher foes—including Acid Washed, Father Wrath, and the Georgia Peaches. Also includes a brand-new bonus story by TIM SEELEY!
- Inkblot Vol. 2 TP
- Collects Inkblot #7-12.
- Release Date: October 12, 2021
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- Oblivious to the profound grief it has caused the Seeker, the cat continues to meander through time and space, wherever its mood takes it. Occasionally evasive and consistently playful, it threatens to destroy what little control the sorcerers have over the realms and unravel what truths the Seeker knows of magic itself.
- Moonshine Vol. 5: The Well TP
- Collects Moonshine #23-28.
- Release Date: November 9, 2021
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- Torpedo-turned-werewolf Lou Pirlo finally returns to NYC, and he’s come at just about the worst possible time. With Prohibition on its last legs, happy days are here no longer for those in the rum-running business. As an all-out war brews between Joe the Boss and the Holts of Appalachia—AND Lou’s lost love Delia returns—Lou’s life is about to get a whole lot messier…or is it bloodier?
- Writer BRIAN AZZARELLO and artist EDUARDO RISSO, the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind the crime classic 100 Bullets, bring this brutal series to its sobering conclusion.
- Sea of Stars Vol. 2: The People of the Broken Moon TP
- Collects Sea of Stars #6-11.
- Release Date: November 2, 2021
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- From writing duo JASON AARON (SOUTHERN BASTARDS, Thor) and DENNIS HALLUM (Cloak and Dagger, Vader: Dark Visions) comes an all-ages science fiction series, featuring dazzling art by STEPHEN GREEN (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.) and cosmic colors by RICO RENZI (Spider-Gwen)!
- Young Kadyn thought being lost in the wild heavens was the most fun a kid could have. But now he’s beginning to see the true face of the deep-space danger all around him. Meanwhile, his father Gil, who’s been fighting every step of the way to find his son, may have finally hit his breaking point…and completely lost his mind.
- The tender heart of the The Neverending Story meets the space-faring scope of Star Wars in the stunning conclusion to this galaxy-spanning adventure!
- SFSX (Safe Sex) Vol. 2: Terms of Service TP
- Collects the original graphic novel.
- Release Date: November 16, 2021
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- Popular creator TINA HORN continues her cyberpunk thriller SFSX (SAFE SEX), teaming up with up-and-coming artist G. ROMERO-JOHNSTON for the latest volume of this sexy adventure comic.
- After their previous adventures in sex, love, and torture left them separated and traumatized, the Dirty Mind heroes must face the totalitarian Party’s latest “social program”—one involving uncanny sexpots and a twisted men’s rights movement.
- This intelligent and colorful dystopian satire is perfect for fans of Ex Machina, Black Mirror’s “San Junipero,” and Pose. Pick up the latest installment of the critically acclaimed series SyFy Wire says, “effortlessly captures the feeling of this revolutionary and terrifying moment in time.”
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