Action Lab Entertainment Solicitations April 2018

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ACTIONVERSE #7 FEATURING MIDNIGHT TIGER

Writer(s): Ray-Anthony Height, Vito Delsante
Artist Name(s): Éric Van Elslande (art), Wilson Ramos, Jr. (colors), Justin Birch (letters)
Cover Artist(s): Éric Van Elslande
Variant Cover(s): Ray-Anthony Height

THE FIGHTIN’ FELINE HAS RETURNED TO THE ACTIONVERSE! After appearances in STRAY, Gavin Shaw, aka Midnight Tiger, is back in the saddle in a new four-part story arc entitled “STRONGER.” Gavin’s entire status quo changes as new villains arrive in Apollo Bay and the legacy of Lionsblood flips his world upside down! Art and cover by new regular artist, Éric Van Elslande!

32 pgs./ T / FC                   $3.99


ATHENA VOLTAIRE AND THE SORCERER POPE #3

Writer(s): Steve Bryant
Artist Name(s): Ismael Canales (art), Emily Elmer (colors)
Cover Artist(s): Steve Bryant

Athena and company attempt a desperate gambit to keep the Nazi occultists from obtaining the final piece of the mysterious tablet!

32 pgs./ T / FC                   $3.99


GHOUL SCOUTS VOLUME 2: I WAS A TWEENAGE WEREWOLF #2

Writer(s): Steve Bryant
Artist Name(s): Mark Stegbauer & Jason Millet
Cover Artist(s): Mark Stegbauer
 & Jason Millet

While the scouts scramble to determine the identity of the werewolf, the sightings (and attacks!) continue!

32 pgs./ E / FC                   $3.99


HELM #1
Writer(s):
 Jehanzeb Hasan
Artist Name(s): Mauricio Caballero, Miguel Angel Reyes
Cover Artist(s): Mauricio Caballero

Pursued by the merciless LEGION, the mysterious witch LUNA LUMERE, wanted for a laundry list of “crimes against the Commonwealth,” evades capture in an effort to intercept a train carrying ELDRICK SPELLSONG, JR., a “magick-maker” she believes to be the key to unlocking an age-old prophecy.

32 pgs./ T / FC                   $3.99


HERO CATS OF STELLAR CITY: SEASON FINALE (VOLUME 7)

Writer(s): Kyle Puttkammer
Artist Name(s): Andy Duggan
Cover Artist(s): Andy Duggan
Inks: Brandon Page & Andy Duggan
Colors: Sigi Ironmonger, Meg Daunting, Daniel Hooker
Letters: George Gant 

Winter arrives in Stellar City! Can Ace and his Hero Cats survive the cold? Season One concludes, and just wait till you see how this one ends!

96 pgs./ E / FC                   $11.99


JUPITER JET #5

Writer(s): Jason Inman & Ashley Victoria Robinson
Artist Name(s): Ben Matsuya (Lineart), Mara Jayne Carpenter (Colors) Taylor Esposito (Letters)
Cover Artist(s): Ben Matsuya (Cover A) Art Baltazar (Cover B)

The battle for Olympic Heights ends here! Jupiter Jet faces off with Praetor Pluto in the skies and the fate of her family hangs in the balance! Can Jupiter Jet survive a battle against Praetor Pluto’s robot army? What is Pluto’s master plan? And a shocking conclusion that will change everything in Jupiter Jet’s world. 

32 pgs./ E / FC                   $3.99


MIRACULOUS: VOLPINA
Writer(s): Zag Entertainment

Artist Name(s): Zag Entertainment
Cover Artist(s): Zag Entertainment
Arranged and Adapted by: Cheryl Black and Nicole D’Andria

Marinette is flipping out: Adrien seems to have taken an interest in a new student, Lila. The young girl tells Adrien that she knows a lot about superheroes and that she even knows Ladybug!  Marinette turns into Ladybug to foil her but makes her a deadly enemy by humiliating her. Spotted by Hawk Moth, Lila gets akumatized and turns into Volpina, the mistress of illusions. Volpina pretends to be a superheroine wanting to form an alliance with Cat Noir and Ladybug, but she has only one goal: divide and destroy!

64 pgs./ A / FC                   $4.99 


MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR #8
Created by: Thomas Astruc

Written by: Thomas Astruc, Mélanie Duval, Fred Lenoir, Bryan Seaton & Sébastien Thibaudeau
Artist Name(s): NA
Cover Artist(s): Ellen Ceretta 
Letters by: Justin Birch
Edited by: Nicole D’Andria and Bryan Seaton

This is the final chapter of the second volume of original stories based on Zag Entertainment’s popular television show! Ladybug and Cat Noir face one of their toughest foes yet. Will they be able to save Paris (and themselves), or is this their final fight?

32 pgs./ A / FC                   $3.99 


PRINCELESS: RAVEN, THE PIRATE PRINCESS YEAR 2 #7

Writer(s): Jeremy Whitley
Artist Name(s): Christine Hipp, Xenia Pamfil
Cover Artist(s): Christine Hipp, Xenia Pamfil

When you sail with the same crew of people across a big body of water, you can’t get away from them.  Now several of the relationships that have developed are coming to a fever pitch and with nowhere to go, things are about to get serious.  And no relationship is more fraught than Raven and Ximena.  At this point the two of them are bound to either kiss or fight.  Which one will it be?

32 pgs./ A / FC                   $3.99


BABY BADASS #3

Writer(s): D.E. Schrader
Artist Name(s): Tim Larsen 
Cover A – Tim Larsen Regular Cover (unlimited)
Cover B – Chuck Pires Risque Cover (limited to 2000)

Cover C – Chris Delara Variant Cover (limited to 1500)

Joey and Baby Badass arrive in Larouth and discover a secret which could lead to the salvation of civilization. Meanwhile, Colonel Killjoy and Shiver form a brutal alliance to hunt them down. Later, our heroes are introduced to Professor Locke and the Way Underground, the noble but flawed Resistance which includes escaped misft M.O.T.H.E.R. experiments known as “The Superfluous Six.”

Special Features: Includes risqué variant cover by Chuck Pires, and variant “Revolution” cover by Cris Delara.

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $3.99 


BLACK BETTY #4

Writer(s): Shawn Gabborin
Artist Name(s): Michela Da Sacco
Colorist(s): Rosa “Rosakaz” Rantila

Cover A – Michela Da Sacco Pin-up (unlimited)
Cover B – Michela Da Sacco Pin-up Risque (limited to 2500)
Cover C – Marco Maccagni artist variant (limited to 2000)
Cover D – Marco Maccagni Battle Damaged (limited to 2500)
Cover E – Chad Cicconi (limited to 2000)
Cover F – Chad Cicconi Tattered & Torn (limited to 2500)

Betty is forced to take a trip down memory lane… and she’s not too happy about it! Get a behind-the-scenes look at what makes Betty Betty as she has to relive some of her worst memories… including the truth behind the “disappearance” of her mother.

Retailer exclusive covers are available, please contact bseaton@actionlabcomics.com.

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $4.99 


DANGER DOLL SQUAD VOLUME 2 #1
Writer(s): Jason Martin, with Dan Mendoza and Bryan Seaton

Artist Name(s): Winston Young
Cover A – Winston Young cover (unlimited)
Cover B – Winston Young Risqué variant (limited to 2500)
Cover C – Marcelo Costa variant (limited to 1500)
Cover D – Marcelo Costa risqué (limited to 2000)
Cover E – Bill McKay variant (limited to 1500)
Cover F – Bill McKay risqué (limited to 2000)
Cover G – Dan Mendoza variant (limited to 2000)
Cover H – Dan Mendoza risqué (limited to 2500)  

The popular Danger Zone team-up event series returns!! Zombie Tramp, Vampblade, and DollFace come together again, and this time they’re forced into battle… in space! When a new cosmic threat plucks the girls from Earth and places them into their galactic combat arena, can our lethal ladies measure up against the baddest gladiators from across the cosmos??

The next Zombie Tramp universe crossover starts here, with covers from some of the series’ hottest artists (each with their own risqué variant as well)!

Retailer exclusive covers are available, please contact bseaton@actionlabcomics.com.

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $4.99 


DOLLFACE #16
Writer(s): Dan Mendoza & Bryan Seaton

Artist Name(s): Marco Maccagni
Cover A – Dan Mendoza (unlimited)
Cover B – Dan Mendoza Tattered & Torn variant cover (limited to 2000)
Cover C – Chad Cicconi Pin-up variant cover (limited to 1500)
Cover D – Chad Cicconi Pin-up Tattered & Torn variant cover (limited to 2000)
Cover E – Dan Mendoza variant cover  (limited to 1500)
Cover F – Dan Mendoza Tattered & Torn variant cover (limited to 2000)

With the appearance of Vampblade to help Lila and the gang, the numbers even out on the battle ground. But is it enough?

Retailer exclusive covers are available, please contact bseaton@actionlabcomics.com.

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $4.99


GINGERDEAD MAN MEETS EVIL BONG #2
Writer(s): Brockton McKinney 

Artist Name(s): Sergio Rios
Cover A – Sergio Rios
Cover A – Photo Cover

Gingerdead Man returns from his exile in Bong World, but the Candy Wizard has granted him a terrible wish! To make matters even worse, the evil Synthia has returned with her VHS Misfits, a group of cyborgs compiled from Gingerdead Man’s previous victims! Now it’s up to Eebee the Evil Bong and Lana the shopkeeper to roll up their problems and smoke out the truth!

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $3.99


SUBSPECIES #2

Writer(s): Cullen Bunn & JimmyZ
Artist Name(s): Daniel J. Logan
Cover A – Daniel J. Logan Main Cover (unlimited)
Cover B – J. Travis Smith (limited to 1500)

After spending years trying to get her life back to a semblance of normality, what threat could possibly be big enough to reunite Michelle with Radu? A foe so evil and vile that the two of them need to travel to Prejmer in order to try and stop it.

32 pgs./ M / FC                   $3.99 


THE CONSULTANT VOLUME 1

Writer(s): Jason Sterr 
Artist Name(s): Daniel Mainé 
Cover Artist(s): Simon Fraser

Marcus Greenberg has a very particular set of skills, as a former Navy S.E.A.L., he does the dirty work of our nation’s superheroes, keeping his clients out of the papers and off of death row.  With the help of his assistant Russell, a reformed shape-shifting supervillain, Greenberg is the go-to-guy for making super-sins disappear.  When the hero Spartan is arrested for murder, its sets off a chain of events that threaten not only Marcus’s business model, but the lives every super-powered “hero” in his rolodex.  Collecting The Consultant #1-4.

128 pgs./ M / FC                   $14.99