New Releases by Greg Rucka

When an ancient ritual requires Wonder Woman to protect a young woman from anyone who threatens her, it pits the Amazon Warrior against her Justice League ally, Batman! And while an array of enemies, including Silver Swan and the more dangerous than ever Dr. Psycho, attack Wonder Woman on all fronts, it’s the publication of Princess Diana’s book that opens her to an assault by a new and deadly foe - the malevolent Veronica Cale - and places Wonder Woman’s island homeland of Themyscira in grave danger. Best-selling writer Greg Rucka (DETECTIVE COMICS) teams with artists JG Jones (FINAL CRISIS), Drew Johnson (SUPERGIRL), Shane Davis (SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE) and more for the start of his legendary run on the title as Wonder Woman stands against mortal foes and faces the machinations of the gods themselves! Collects the highly sought after WONDER WOMAN: THE HIKETEIA and WONDER WOMAN #195-205.

“WONDER WOMAN YEAR ONE” Chapter One Running parallel to Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp’s “The Lies,” Rucka and artist Nicola Scott weave the definitive and shocking tale of Diana’s first year as Earth’s protector.

“THE LIES” Chapter One. Why has the Lasso of Truth stopped working for the Amazon Princess? Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman’s past unravel her present! THEY SAID IT: “Drawing Wonder Woman isn’t just drawing a comic, it’s drawing an icon—the most famous and recognizable female superhero in the world,” exclaims artist Liam Sharp. “To get to draw her in her 75th year, with a new storyline scribed by no less than Greg Rucka, makes this without a doubt the most important drawing gig of my 30 years in comics.”

Four of the most critically acclaimed writers in comics¾Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid¾are joined by breakdown artist Keith Giffen and a host of the industry’s finest pencillers and inkers to create this unprecedented event in comics history. DC’s groundbreaking publication of the weekly comic 52 tells the story of a “missing” year in the DC Universe¾in real time. The cataclysmic events of INFINITE CRISIS have left the world without its three biggest icons¾Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman¾and the question is asked: who will stand up in their absence? Now, in the first of two volumes, 52 is collected with bonus material after each chapter, including concept designs, page breakdowns, scripts, alternate story elements, and more! Collects 52 #1-26.

Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD... and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate. Now someone is targeting Rowan, someone who knows her secrets and means to expose her... or worse. Collects BLACK MAGICK #1-5.

"Originally published in single magazine form in SUPERMAN 218, 219, 220, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 442, 443, ACTION COMICS 829, WONDER WOMAN 219, 22."

"This volume collects issues #1 through #5 of the Dark Horse comic-book series Dragon Age: Magekiller."

"Originally published in single magazine form as 52 1-26"--Indicia.

BOOK 1: AWAKENING, PART 2 of 5. Rowan considers a spark, a hand, a body.

The hammer falls this Halloween! From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning writer GREG RUCKA (LAZARUS, Stumptown, Gotham Central) and superstar artist NICOLA SCOTT (Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Earth 2)! Detective Rowan Black works robbery/homicide for the Portsmouth PD, but her greatest mystery is the truth about herself...both who she has been, and who she will become. Yet there are others in Rowan''s world with very long memories, and the power that one person holds, another will always covet. PLUS, each issue also features an all-new work of original fiction by GREG RUCKA! A new gothic-noir ongoing series about legacy, destiny, redemption...and the price of magic.

Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee team-up for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows everyone''s favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the Millennium Falcon on a top-secret mission for the Rebellion. Hidden in the story are also hints and clues about the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-read for fans old and new!

Passions run high when a beautiful woman wanders out of an abandoned subway tunnel. With no memory of who she is or how she got there, Veil must figure out who to trust and what she is, as her past is slowly revealed. Collects Veil #1-5. From the Eisner Award-winning Greg Rucka comes a new series guaranteed to have you scratching your head. Beautifully produced and with stunning pulp-style artwork from Toni Fejzula, this is one mystery you will want to continue unravelling.

Greg Rucka''s fan favorite private eye is back in a new ONGOING series illustrated by Justin Greenwood (Image Comics'' THE FUSE)! Things never go according to plan for Dex Parios--it doesn''t matter whether it''s work or play. When a weekend of soccer fun (both playing and watching!) turns ugly, it''s up to Dex to get to the bottom of the violence before a heated rivalry transforms into an all out war!

The thrilling follow-up to Alpha continues the Jad Bell series from New York Times bestselling author Greg Rucka. Still recovering from traumas both physical and emotional, Jad Bell is tasked with bringing in the Uzbek, principal organizer of the terrorist attack that nearly cost Bell his ex-wife and daughter. But the Uzbek''s just the beginning: his employer, the Architect, has already set in motion another, even more devastating attack. At the center of it all are two women under deep cover. One, as beautiful as she is deadly, has just been dispatched on American soil to execute the Architect''s deadly plans. The other is an American just emerging from a complex web of lies, whose intel may be the only hope Bell has to stop the assault before it begins. But after years of pretending to be somebody else, can she be trusted?

The truth about Veil leads even more eyes to focus on the strange young woman found wandering out of an empty subway tunnel. Passions run high around her as the body count increases, but is she just an object of desireor a force to be reckoned with in her own right? From Eisner Award winner Greg Rucka!

A conjuring doesn''t work out as planned, and one man''s life is in danger . . .but when you have the powers of the devil at your fingertips, how bad can it get? Double-crossed and angry, the mystery man is on the hunt . . . and Veil is his target. From Eisner Award�winning writer Greg Rucka (_Whiteout_, _Stumptown_, _Queen & Country_, _Gotham Central_)!

''FAMILY,'' Part Three Forever, now a ''guest'' of Family Morray in Mexico, shares a message and ultimatum, and gets to know her opposite number, the Morray Lazarus, Joacquim. In Los Angeles, the Twins continue their plot against their father, using Forever as their pawn.

In a dystopian near-future government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and posession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family''s holdings through deception and force as their protector, their Lazarus. Shot dead defending the family home, Forever''s day goes downhill from there.

After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate “No Man''s Land” live amid a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies continue their fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour. In this final volume, Lex Luthor swoops in to help rebuild Gotham City—but his secret plan is to secure the ownership of much of the city''s real estate! In the chaos of the waning days of the city''s crisis, The Joker strikes, kidnapping a number of infants and killing members of the Gotham City Police Department. The end of this epic saga features such creators as Greg Rucka, Denny O''Neill, Chuck Dixon and more! Collects BATMAN CHRONICLES #18, BATMAN 3572-574, DETECTIVE COMICS #739-741, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #125-126, ROBIN #73, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #93-94, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #59-61, NIGHTWING #38-39, BATMAN: NO MAN''S LAND #0 and BATMAN: NO MAN''S LAND GALLERY #1.

For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By the end, they wonder-will they be able to escape with their lives? Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan "Jad" Bell, is Wilsonville''s lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse. Trained since the age of seventeen to save innocent victims from impossible hostage situations, Jad scrambles to assess the threat and protect the visitors. He will come face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way-and presents a threat Jad may not be able to stop.

After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City uninhabitable and ordered all citizens to leave. It is now months later and those that have refused to vacate ''No Man''s Land'' live amidst a citywide turf war in which the strongest prey on the weak. Batman and his allies continue their fight to save Gotham during its darkest hour. Taking on a new costume and persona as Batgirl, the Huntress joins forces with Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, while Nightwing, the former Robin, tries to help the city''s remaining citizens in any way he can. But as Batman begins to realize that he is fighting a fight he can''t win, he collapses into a state of despair from which he may never recover. NO MAN''S LAND VOL. 2 collects stories from some of the great Dark Knight scribes of all-time, including Denny O''Neil, Greg Rucka, Kelley Puckett and Chuck Dixon. Collects BATMAN #567-568, DETECTIVE COMICS #734-735, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #119-121, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #87-88, BATMAN CHRONICLES #17, ROBIN #67, NIGHTWING #35-37, CATWOMAN #72-74, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #56-57 and YOUNG JUSTICE: NO MAN''S LAND #1.

Time to get back to work. For Frank Castle death comes easy ... life is where things gets complicated. Fully loaded with the eisner winning writer Greg Rucka (Batwoman, Queen and Country, WOLVERINE) and neo-superstar artist Marco Checchetto (Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil), the BiGGEST GUN of all returns with blood on his hands and vengeance in his eyes. As New York City''s body counts continue to rise, the city''s streets are teeming with more methodical criminals than ever and a police force doing its best to keep its head above water. The Punisher has returned to serve his own brand of justice with everything he''s got ... but can he survive the darkness stored in his own arsenal? Plus bonus pages exploring some of the new personalities in Frank''s life ... and how closely intertwined living is with dying. COLLECTING: THE PUNISHER 1-6, MATERIAL FROM SPIDER-ISLAND: I LOVE NEW YORK CITY

Waitresses [Author]; arms dealers [Author]; human traffickers [Author]; pregnant crime lords [Author]; bad dreams and feral female fighters can''t stop Wolverine from carving his way to victory in this razor-sharp series reboot by acclaimed novelist and comics scribe Greg Rucka (Whiteout [Author]; Queen & Country). And see Logan do what he does best against his archenemy [Author]; Sabretooth! Plus: the unsettling threats of Cry and Vapor! Guest-starring Nightcrawler! Collecting WOLVERINE (2003) #1-19.

This volume collects two separate cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit. Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of important evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about Officer Kelly''s strange mutation. Plus, the dead body of Robin, the Boy Wonder is found on the streets. Now the detectives of Gotham Central must try to solve the mystery of his death while dealing with his former associates, Batman and the Teen Titans!

The second volume of the Eisner and Harvey Awardu00adu00ad-winning GOTHAM CENTRAL series is collected in hardcover, brought to you by acclaimed writers Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, and artist Michael Lark, with additional art by Greg Scott, Brian Hurtt and Stefano Gaudiano. This volume also features an introduction by Duane Swierczynski. Cops just don''t have it easy in the city of the Bat. Not only do they have to deal with the violence and corruption of the world''s most notoriously crime-infested city, catering to some of the most insane and homicidal criminals, but they also have to deal with a vigilante who''s hell-bent on playing by his own rules. And to make things worse, the Joker is terrorizing the city at Christmastime-randomly executing people with a rifle, and no one from the Mayor on down is safe! Plus, more stories involving the girl whose job it is to turn on the Bat-signal, a series of gruesome murders that grab the attention of The Huntress, and an old case of unfinished business for disgraced detective Harvey Bullock. Collects issues #11-22 of the original series.

A ''World Without Superman'' is a very dangerous place, indeed, and only the all-new Nightwing and Flamebird stand between the good (and not so good) folks of Earth and an impending shadow of doom! Eisner Award-winning writer Greg Rucka (FINALCRISIS: REVELATIONS) teams with rising star Eddy Barrows (TEEN TITANS) to kick off a bold new era for ACTION COMICS!

Codename: Patriot'' Part 2! Nightwing & Flamebird are hot on the trail of the psycho sleepers when they run into another deadly duo—Reactron and Metallo! What do these two want, and how does it tie in with General Lane''s plans? Meanwhile, Superman and Supergirl arrive on Earth searching for the shooter, but will their actions end up causing more harm than good? And in part 2 of the new co-feature, Captain Atom''s memory is falling apart right in the heat of battle—can he keep it together without annihilating an entire town? Luckily a deadly new player is about to take that choice out of his hands—permanently...

Batman meets CSI in this third collection from the awardwinning series. Detective Renee Montoya investigates the disappearance of evidence amid a gang war and travels to Keystone City in an attempt to unveil the truth about a fellow officer''s strange mutation. Plus, the dead body of Robin is found on the streets, forcing the detectives to solve the case while dealing with Batman and The Teen Titans.

"Originally published in single magazine form in Gotham central 23-31"--Colophon.

"Ex-cop Renee Montoya was at the end of her rope, until her friend Vic Sage -- the original faceless avenger known as The Question -- passed on his masked persona to her before his untimely death. Now as the new Question, Renee is on the hunt for the near-mythical ''Crime Bible'' -- a dark text that has been passed between master criminals for years"--Jacket.