May 2002 Solicited Releases

The comics and related items on this page are scheduled to ship from Avatar in May, 2002. These items should be available for order from your favorite comics retailer. If not, you can order direct from Avatar via our direct sales agent Comic Cavalcade right here.

  • Warren Ellis' Atmospherics Graphic Novel
  • Warren Ellis' Scars Sampler (75 cents!)
  • Steven Grant's Mortal Souls #3
  • Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Bigger Dicks #4
  • Shi: Poisoned Paradise Preview
  • Tim Vigil's Webwitch Companion
  • Variants for Alan Moore's Glory, The Coven, Webwitch, and more!

Warren Ellis' ATMOSPHERICS GN
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Ken Meyer
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Ken Meyer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 48 pages, square bound graphic novel

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warren Ellis and painter Ken Meyer unleash a totally remastered version of this terrifying alien tale that has been out of print for many years and never before collected into one graphic novel. She's in a hospital. Except it may be a police station. She's been traumatized. Or she's been arrested. She's the only living witness of a cattle-mutilation style attack on humans. Or she's a multiple killer who has a psychotic reaction to heroin use. Who may not survive discovering who she really is. This deluxe square bound graphic novel also features all the stunning paintings Ken Meyer produced for the series, many of which have never seen print, a special section focusing on how Ken creates his work, and a new introduction by Warren Ellis!




Warren Ellis' ATMOSPHERICS GN Hardcover with sketch
Retail Price: $34.95 US
Cover: Ken Meyer
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Ken Meyer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 48 pages, square bound graphic novel

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special Previews Exclusive hardcover edition features a new Ken Meyer cover and each copy comes packaged with an original Ken Meyer sketch! All copies shipped bagged with a certificate of authenticity. Limited to just 500 copies.


Warren Ellis' SCARS Sampler
Retail Price: $0.75 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 10 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Writing maestro Warren Ellis and artist extrodinare Jacen Burrows are together again for this major new series. Launching this Fall, the six issue Scars series promises to be one of the greatest Ellis works yet and this ultra-cheap sampler is a perfect way to get a sneak peek months before the first issue is released. He's a cop trying to deal with the extremes of homicide detail and the realities of the chaotic world he works in ? who finally falls on a case that doesn't fit into his coping mechanism. A case that speaks directly to the one question he's tried never to ask himself. How much of a monster do you have to become in order to stop one? This special sampler shows six sequential pages of the series as well as an all-new four page essay from Warren Ellis.



Steven Grant's MORTAL SOULS #3A
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Philip Xavier
Writer: Steven Grant
Artist: Philip Xavier
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 3 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Steven Grant's horrific crime masterpiece comes to its terrifying conclusion. Detective Eric Sharpe has finally put the pieces together and now realizes the enormity of the problem the husks of the dead and one of their leaders, Traduce, pose to the living. But as the only person who can see their true selves, he is having a hard time convincing others of the problem. In fact, Sharpe's own partner is defending Traduce to the death and now Eric must decide if he is willing to cut a swath of death through the living in order to eliminate the dead! Along with French superstar artist Phil Xavier, Steven Grant is continuing to push the envelope of the genre and you don't want to miss this explosive conclusion!




Steven Grant's MORTAL SOULS #3B Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Philip Xavier
Writer: Steven Grant
Artist: Philip Xavier
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 3 of 3

Ennis and McCrea's BIGGER DICKS #4A
Retail Price: $4.95 US
Cover: John McCrea
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: John McCrea
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 48 pages, monthly, 4 of 4

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Dougie and Ivor have never been mistaken for rocket scientists, but now it appears that their latest plan for fast cash is going to end up with both of them chopped into small pieces by very irate gangsters. Would madman Garth Ennis and John McCrea do that to their loved heroes? Or course they would, these men have no limits to their depravity! In fact the true levels of sickness that these bollocks unleash upon these very pages make grown men laugh themselves into convulsions. And those few readers who might have previously had pure virginal minds will become sick twistos like the rest of us comic folks. To top off the madness, they have even included a sneak peak of this summers forthcoming sequel! We must be sick just to publish this truly immoral material, and odds are high that while you laugh your butt off to the full-on, over-the-top humor you will be offended. But just to be sure you are, it is also available with a special hilarious Guaranteed to Offend cover! So bend over and steel yourself for the final Bigger Dicks!

Ennis and McCrea's BIGGER DICKS #4B Guaranteed to Offend
Retail Price: $4.95 US
Cover: John McCrea
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: John McCrea
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 48 pages, monthly, 4 of 4

You can take an uncensored peek at this cover on the May Adult Releases Page

SHI: Poisoned Paradise Preview
Retail Price: $1.99 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Writer: Billy Tucci
Artist: Karl Waller
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Billy Tucci's Shi is launching at Avatar! Shi: Poisoned Paradise is the first of Billy Tucci's all-new stories of Shi through the ages, and takes place in Feudal Japan during a tumultuous time of Samurai and Ronin. This full color series launches this summer and now you can get a special look at the luscious pages by Karl Waller and see the work in progress on the book. Death has a new face, Shi, and she's back in full force this summer, don't miss out!



SHI: Poisoned Paradise Preview - Ron Adrian
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Writer: Billy Tucci
Artist: Karl Waller
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages


SHI: Poisoned Paradise Preview Spirits Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Karl Waller
Writer: Billy Tucci
Artist: Karl Waller
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Series artist Karl Waller provides this beautiful piece for our exclusive edition of this special preview book. Billy Tucci's Shi is launching at Avatar! Shi: Poisoned Paradise is the first of Billy Tucci's all-new stories of Shi through the ages, and takes place in Feudal Japan during a tumultuous time of Samurai and Ronin. This full color series launches this summer and now you can get a special look at the luscious pages by Karl Waller and see the work in progress on the book. Death has a new face, Shi, and she's back in full force this summer, don't miss out! This special edition is limited to just 1500 copies.




Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH Companion
Retail Price: $4.95 US
Cover: Tim Vigil
Writer/Artist: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Tim Vigil's all new Webwitch series is coming soon, and this special Companion provides a special new prelude story! That's right, an exclusive lead-in to the #1 issue can only be found in this limited Webwitch Companion featuing luscious art by the one and only Tim Vigil. This book also includes a special look at the characters of the upcoming series and at the Webwitch adventures before now. For Webwitch and Tim Vigil fans, this is a book you don't want to miss! All the covers are limited to just 3000 copies each!



Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH Companion - Waller
Retail Price: $4.95 US
Cover: Karl Waller
Writer/Artist: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, one shot

Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH Companion - Martin
Retail Price: $4.95 US
Cover: Matt Martin
Writer/Artist: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, one shot



 


Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH Companion - Extreme Adult
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Tim Vigil
Writer/Artist: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, one shot

You can take an uncensored peek at this cover on the May Adult Releases Page


Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH Preview Temptress Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Sean Shaw
Writer/Artist: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Sean Shaw provides this steamy new cover for this hot Preview! Tim Vigil is ready to unleash an all-new masterpiece, 5 years in the making! His three issue Webwitch series is completely self-contained and totally accessible to the new reader. All three issues are already completely drawn and this special preview book gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how this brilliant work came together. With background and inking assists from Adam (Witchblade) McDaniel and Jeff (Faust) Austin, the final pages are simply some of the finest of Tim Vigil's illustrious career! Fans of horror rejoice, because Vigil is back and better than ever! This special edition is limited to just 1500 copies.


COVEN: Tooth and Nail #1 Prism Foil
Retail Price: $12.95 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Writer: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Ron Adrian
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 40 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The lycanthropic Darkwolf has come seeking vengeance upon his sister Fantom, and Spellcaster is caught in the middle after she is bitten by Darkwolf and infected with his dreaded curse. In a desperate scramble against time, Spellcaster, Fantom and Scratch must fight tooth and nail against Darkwolf and his pack as they make their way across town to the one man who may be able to prevent Spellcaster from being doomed to life as a werewolf! All copies ship bagged and boarded with a certificate of authenticity. This Prism Foil is limited to just 500 copies.


 

Alan Moore's GLORY #2 Freedom Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Karl Waller
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Marat Mychaels
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: full color, 32 pages, 2 of 4

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Karl Waller offers up Glory in all her splendor on this stunning new cover. Alan Moore's most eagerly anticipated series continues as Glory strides between the two worlds she lives in , our mortal Earth and her mother's godly Thune, and she tries to come to grasp with her new found mortal love. But something is very wrong with Thune and the Gods themselves tremble as Glory's world literally falls apart! Alan Moore's reputation for brilliant characterization and his staggering ability to create new realities as vivid and alive as our own is fully displayed in this wonderful work. This special edition is limited to just 1500 copies.

 



COVEN: Tooth and Nail #1/2 Fantom Edition
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Karl Waller
Writer: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Ron Adrian
Readership: All Ages
Format: full color, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The vampire Fantom finally gets her chance to shine on the brand new cover. Coven continues with a blast of adrenaline as Spellcaster's peaceful night of surfing and self-reflection is shattered when the were-beast known as Darkwolf bursts upon the scene and rips her world apart. His goal: to find his hated twin sister Fantom and make her life a living hell! Superstar Ron Adrian provides the best looking pages of his life in this all-new issue that leads directly into issue #1. This special edition is limited to just 1500 copies.





THRESHOLD #45 Demonslayer Connecting cover
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Marat Mychaels
Artists: Marat Mychaels, Phil Xavier
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 48 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Marat Mychaels' Demonslayer has been heating up the pages of Threshold for the past several issues. Now available for the first time is the beginning chapter of the Demonslayer saga in this special connecting cover. There will be one of these connecting covers on each of the first six issues of Threshold with Demonslayer that are all beautiful works of art on their own, but combine to create one huge image! This special edition is limited to just 750 copies.