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PREVIEWS July 2019's Gems of the Month

Time to sparkle and shine! Ani-Mia is back and she's sporting several of July's GEMS OF THE MONTH! Below, get a look at what's arriving in comic shops from BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Marvel. And once you've picked your jaw up off the ground, taking a deeper dive below before hitting up your local comic shop to pre-order. 

IMAGE COMICS
NOVEMBER HC VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Matt Fraction (A/CA) Elsa Charretier
One phone call for help and all hell breaks loose for three strangers connected by bad luck, a twist of fate, and a gun in a puddle of rain. In the middle of a dense criminal underworld, these strangers' lives collide on one fateful and bloody night in this epic novelistic thriller by MATT FRACTION and ELSA CHARRETIER, with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and stunning hand-crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY.

One night. One city. Three women. NOVEMBER.
In Shops: Oct 30, 2019
SRP: $16.99
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IMAGE COMICS
SFSX SAFE SEX #1 (MR)
(W) Tina Horn (A) Michael Dowling (CA) Tula Lotay
SERIES PREMIERE

Notorious kink writer TINA HORN teams up with artist MICHAEL DOWLING (Unfollow, Death Sentence) for SFSX, a social thriller about sex, love, and torture that reads like SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead crossed with Oceans 8-with a SUNSTONE twist!

In a draconian America where sexuality is bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique bondage skills, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their friends, and fight the power!
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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DARK HORSE COMICS
EVERYTHING #1
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A/CA) I. N. J. Culbard
EVERYTHING is a gleaming new mega-department store which arrives to extraordinary thrill-and rapidly escalates to inexplicable mania in the small town of Holland, Michigan.

When random hellish fires and unshakable psychic disturbances start to overtake the community, a few-like depressive out-of-towner Lori and a suspicious local named Rick-begin to suspect EVERYTHING and its catalog-perfect manger, Shirley.

Who-or what-exactly is in charge here . . . and what insidious plans are in store?

From Christopher Cantwell, acclaimed writer of She Could Fly and co-creator of AMC;s Halt and Catch Fire, and celebrated artist I.N.J. Culbard (The New Deadwardians, Brink) comes a new monthly ongoing series. Everything: a truly bizarre story about the most horrifying pursuit of happiness you've ever read.
In Shops: Sep 04, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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DARK HORSE COMICS
ETHER DISAPPEARANCE OF VIOLET BELL #1 (OF 5) CVR A RUBIN
(W) Matt Kindt (A/CA) David Rubin
From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer's David Rub n comes the third installment of this fantasy adventure that's Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Seuss.

The Faerie King's daughter is missing, and only portal jumper Boone Dias can track her down. Jumping from one magical crime scene to another, he uncovers a bizarre plot featuring assassin eggs, weird pirates, ice deserts, and more noir absurdities.

o Pinups by Gabriel Walta, Kevin Nowlan, Paul Azaceta, and more!
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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DC COMICS
HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY #1 (OF 6)
(W) Jody Houser (A) Adriana Melo, Mark Morales (CA) Elena Casagrande
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are taking their show on the road in this new miniseries! They'll have to evade villains and heroes alike while they explore their relationship and unpack their time and experiences at Sanctuary. Set after the events of HEROES IN CRISIS and smack in the middle of "Year of the Villain," it's a journey across the DC Universe that will change their friendship forever...if they live that long!
In Shops: Sep 04, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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DC COMICS
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES MILLENNIUM #1 (OF 2)
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Sorrentino, Andre Araujo, Scott Williams (CA) Ryan Sook
Brought to you by some of comics' greatest talents, this epic story spans the course of 1,000 years and, for the very first time, connects all of DC's future timelines! Starring the unlikeliest of DC heroes as she learns to cope with newfound immortality and roams through the disparate societies of Batman Beyond, Kamandi and Tommy Tomorrow, wrestling with her own inner demons and desperately trying to find her purpose in an ever-changing world. Do not miss this truly unique take on tomorrow's DC Universe, all leading up to a special launch on the millennium!
In Shops: Sep 04, 2019
SRP: $4.99
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IDW PUBLISHING
GI JOE #1 CVR A EVENHUIS
(W) Paul Allor (A/CA) Chris Evenhuis
Tyranny is on the rise as Cobra topples governments and spreads its ruthless power across the globe. In these trying times, desperate measures are taken. The new G.I. Joe program recruits civilian spies and saboteurs: ordinary people, living in occupied territories, who will put their lives on the line to strike back through clandestine but high-impact missions. Join these new recruits as they resist Cobra control, fight to make a better world for all, and find out just what they are capable of.
* Featuring your favorite Joes, alongside brand new characters!
* A new vision of G.I. Joe for a new generation!
* G.I. Joe like you've never seen before!
In Shops: Sep 18, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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BOOM! STUDIOS
(USE JUL198621) SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #1 CVR A DELL
(W) James TynionIV (A/CA) Werther Dell'Edera
* GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (Memetic, Batman: Detective Comics) teams with artist Werther Dell'Edera (Briggs Land) for an all-new limited series about staring into the abyss to find your worst fears staring back.
* When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories-impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows.
* Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see.
* Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done
In Shops: Sep 04, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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BOOM! STUDIOS
JIM HENSON DARK CRYSTAL AGE RESISTANCE #1 CVR A
(W) Nicole Andelfinger (A) Matias Balsa (CA) Mona Finden
+ AN OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES!
+ Return to another world, another time, Before the Age of Wonder. The Skesis rein over Thra, but there are distant echoes of rebellion. Gelfling and unlikely heroes emerge to champion what is good and just, but their paths to legend started long ago. Epic tales of adventure, magic, and mystery send us back in time to the Age of Resistance to witness the untold histories that forged these protectors of Thra.
+ Based on a story by Jim Henson 's Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series writers, Will Matthews & Jeffery Addiss, Nicole Andelfinger ( Lumberjanes ) and Matias Basla ( Sparrowhawk ) present an official prequel to the next chapter of the pop culture phenomenon, now streaming on Netflix.
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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MARVEL COMICS
STRIKEFORCE #1
(W) Tini Howard (A) German Peralta (CA) Andrea Sorrentino
NO COMPROMISE. NO MERCY.
ALL NEW, ONGOING SERIES!
From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
Rated T+
In Shops: Sep 25, 2019
SRP: $3.99
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