Considered the first true superhero book, Action Comics arrived on the scene in 1938 and remains the longest-running comic book in history. Though Action Comics began as an anthology, collecting a variety of tales, over the past few decades it has become a monthly title dedicated to it's launch character, Superman.

CHRISTOS GAGE takes his network television hardboiled crime sensibilities back to the violent world he created to reveal the fate of police superhero turned vigilante, John Dusk. With Dusk's fall from grace, every scumbag lawyer in the city is leading the charge to have the criminals he put away released from prison. But the thugs are finding that life behind bars is safer than facing Dusk's brand of permanent justice on the streets. As the body count increases, the former friends and loves in Dusk's life face the difficult challenge of trying to bring in one of their own. With a bounty on his head and pressure mounting for his arrest, the authorities take an insane chance by unleashing an unstoppable maniac to take him down. But sometimes the cure can be far worse than the disease.

Super-star writer Christos Gage gets to cuts loose with his first series at Avatar with a seven issue epic that kicks off here with a specially priced #0. John Dusk is a man of honor. He has been fighting crime inside the rules of the law. He respects the laws he's been sworn to uphold. But day after day, bringing in the same scum, and watching the revolving door of justice... there comes a time when a man is pushed too far. When you're bound by rules that the bad guys ignore, when the criminals are going free, when the worst kind of man is loosed on the world, when do you finally take a stand? Where do you draw the line between being the good guy, and getting the job done -- for good? Absolution is the story of masked heroes pushed to the brink, standing on their own, and against their best friends. Sometimes, a man just needs killing. This first chapter of the story features a standard cover by Jacen Burrows and a Wraparound cover by Juan Jose Ryp.

The Eaters by Peter Milligan and Dean Ormston. Jonah Hex : Riders of the Worm and Such by Joe R. Lansdale, Timothy Truman, and Sam Glanzman. Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Ghostdancing by Jamie Delano and Richard Case. Artist's Jam: a 2 page article in which different artists show who their creative muse is (this article is not a preview and is exclusive to this title). Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins and Sean Philips (reprints 3 pages from Hellblazer #89). Goddess by Garth Ennis and Phil Winslade. Hexy (a brand new Invisibles story with King Mob) by Grant Morrison and Duncan Fegredo. A 1 page montage of covers from Jonah Hex, Eaters and Hellblazer.

A century ago, paranormal investigator Edward Gray fought and destroyed a powerful warlock off the coast of the island of Saint-Sébastien. In the early 1980s, the B.P.R.D.'s newest agent was sent to retrieve the warlock's remains. But Abe Sapien is ill prepared for the dark forces that block his way. Written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and featuring the haunting art of Jason Shawn Alexander (Damn Nation, The Secret, The Escapists), Abe Sapien: The Drowning is the story of Hellboy and B.P.R.D. mainstay Abe Sapien's first solo adventure.

Whatever happened to Abe Sapien? The first issue of this new ongoing explores that very question.

ABC: A-Z is the first in a series of six one-shot specials featuring card-stock covers brought to you by an amazing collection of comic book creators, filled with page after page of informative material guaranteed to satisfy ABC fans everywhere! This initial volume reveals all the secrets and will answer any questions about Tom Strong and Jack B. Quick, along with their supporting casts and gadgets!

Who will live? Who will die? Who will get diaper rash? Find out as the X-Babies face the A-Babies in the tie-in to end all tie-ins! Which side will crawl away victorious?

In the distant future, Verloc Nim wakes up in the middle of nowhere, remembering nothing of his former life. But when Verloc is handed his diary by a robot-ape called Churchill, he is able to revisit his past. His life, he discovers, was a miserable one. He lost his business, his family, and his friends because he refused the technological advancements of society. The eye implants, the pharyngeal filters, the genetic modifications, he went without all these. He was astray in a society he deeply resented - that is, until his brother, Conrad, took him to another planet to retrieve a mysterious substance called aama.

Meet Carpe DIEm: the world's seven greatest, colour-coded assassins (one for each day of the week, though everybody hates Mondays).When danger calls, they're sent to whack the planet's deadliest and most outrageous villains -- from demon-summoning chefs to hordes of killer clowns!

Don't miss this stunning first step into an amazing collision of worlds!

The worlds of Earth, Wonderland, OZ, Neverland, Mars, Pellucidar and Elysium collide like never before -- and Alice of Wonderland is trapped in the middle!Alice has grown up in the shadow of the Wild Woods, a place filled with mysterious portals to other worlds, through which all manner of creatures spill. Now Alice and her allies must protect the Weirding Willows from those who would invade them -- as well as face the deadly problems brewing at home! From Frankenstein's Monster to Doctor Moreau, the Wicked Witch to Mowgli, the Weirding Willows are filled with familiar faces -- like you've never seen them before!

Spinning directly out of AVX! Like AVX: VS., this book brings you two stories every month by the industry's top creators!

WHAT IF WE FOUND A CURE FOR DEATH? Two of comics' most acclaimed creators, SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire) and JEFF LEMIRE (DESCENDER, Moon Knight, Sweet Tooth) unite to create a three-part epic like no other, set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. Years after the discovery, one man starts to question everything, leading him on a mind-bending journey that will bring him face-to-face with his past and his own mortality. A unique combination of comics, prose, and illustration, A.D.: AFTER DEATH will be serialized monthly as three oversized prestige format books written by SNYDER and fully painted by LEMIRE.

GET SMASHED...OR BE SMASHED! Valiant's (somewhat) dynamic duo are going "IN THE BAG" for AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES from rising star Rafer Roberts and comic book superstar David Lafuente!

Join us in a brand new Marvel comics adventure as your favorite heroes journey through the calendar year one month at a time!

It's Halloween in the Marvel U! What does that mean for KATE BISHOP, A.K.A. HAWKEYE? Well, I can't tell you here but I CAN guarantee it involves a haunted house, some witty one-liners, and a bad guy shot full of arrows...

It's time to give thanks for...THE PUNISHER?! When an op goes south, Frank Castle finds himself in a subterranean game of cat and mouse! It's a life or death tale that'll satisfy more than any turkey dinner!

Presenting: A Mother's Day story to curdle to blood! Meet the sinister Wendigo Sisters! Will the combined might of She-Hulk and Wolverine be enough to stop them from murdering their OWN MOTHER? Could there be more to this story than we're telling you? Probably! Read and find out!

When business is down in March, Scott Lang's Ant-Man Security Solutions will take just about any job offered to them- including stealing back stolen goods! But all is not as it seems! Join writer Amy Chu and artist Ryan Browne as they team together for this Spring Break themed heist!