New Releases by Ian Edginton

After a swordfight, Amane, a young samurai with a haunted past, is left for dead—only to be saved by a mysterious tattooist who imbues Amane with the immortal spirit of an oni demon. From that day on, Amane ages no more. Amane learns of another with a similar oni—one that requires its host to kill—which leads Amane to the realization that the "other" is the man who murdered his sister years ago. But when his decades-long quest for the murderer causes him to cross paths with a maniacal serial killer intent on murdering the woman Amane loves, the only one who can help him is the man who killed his sister. Collects the four-issue miniseries.

Emily Briggs was a top supermodel until she was turned into a vampire! Now she uses her supernatural powers to protect the innocent as they navigate the corrupt world she fell prey to.

All bets are off in quake-ravaged, desolate Gotham. Villains run amok and Batman has his gloved hands full controlling first the Skinners, then The fist of Serendipity, a local Chinatown gain that has cornered the market on precious electrical power. But they are just small potatoes compared to the more sinister threats that face the Dark Knight and his stalwart squad of Gotham defenders. Bane makes a return to wreak havoc, The Joker and his faithless Harley Quinn are setting up explosive traps all around the city, The Penguin has his beady eye on Gotham’s finances… This volume collects the issues: BATMAN #569-71, DETECTIVE COMICS #736-738, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #58, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #122-124, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #90-92, ROBIN #68-72, and BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND SECRET FILES #1.

Leviathan, the world''s largest ocean liner, has been lost for tweny years in a desolate mist-laden ocean. When people start to be murdered, former cop Detective Sergeant Lament is tasked with solving the crime… In 1928 the largest cruise liner the world has ever seen is launched. With a crew and passenger complement totalling nearly 30,000 people the Leviathan is bound for New York. However, it never reaches the Big Apple and simply... disappears! Twenty years later - with the Leviathan stranded on an unearthly sea - Detective Sergeant Lament begins to investigate the mystery at the liner''s heart. What he discovers will change his world forever - but it might just bring the Leviathan home... From the creators of Scarlet Traces and The Great Game comes a unique story that will continue to haunt the reader long after the last page has been turned!

After suffering a cataclysmic earthquake, the U.S. government has deemed Gotham City as 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. As gangs terrorize the ravaged populace, the Scarecrow uses a church relief project as a real life lab to test his experiments in fear. But with the return of the vigilante, Batman, and the appearance of an enigmatic new Batgirl, justice returns to Gotham. BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND VOL. 1 is the first chapter in the monumental crossover event that changed Gotham City and the Dark Knight forever. Collects BATMAN: NO MAN'S LAND #1, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #83-86, BATMAN #563-566, DETECTIVE COMICS #730-733, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #51-55, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #117-118 and BATMAN CHRONICLES #16.

A year after the defeat of Professor Moriarty''s revenant horde and the fire-bombing of London, restoration is well under way. Yet, from across the sea, ancient eyes cast their hungry gaze upon the still vulnerable capital...Dracula is coming! Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the wreck of the ship, the Demeter-its crew missing, the corpse of its Captain lashed to the ship''s wheel-and soon realize this is merely the opening salvo of war from beyond the grave!

Wrongly branded a traitor by his fellow samurai, Amane is attacked and left for dead. When he is found by a mysterious tattoo artist, his life is savedand changed forever! Connected to an immortal _oni_ through a mystical tattoo, he creates a new life for himself as Enma, an apprentice tattooist. But Enma's new life comes at a price he has yet to realize_ Based on an acclaimed novel, _Ura-Enma_ by Fumi Nakamura, from Japan.

Years have passed for the immortal samurai, now called Enma. He has embraced the demon within him and his new life as a tattoo artist, and has learned more secrets about his own master's former apprentice, who is also possessed by an immortal demon . . . And, when the daughter of an old friend comes to Enma for help, the immortal has a chance to repay a life debt. * Feudal! Steampunk! Japan! _ _

Investigating the mysterious deaths in Yokohama, the immortal samurai Enma finally stumbles on a lead that takes him to his master's former apprenticeanother demon-possessed immortalfor an explosive confrontation. Enma's sway over the demon within him is challenged. His ultimate fate is decided when the girl he loves takes a central position in the conflict... * A mystical tale of love and honor set against a fantasy backdrop of a changing steampunk Japan!

Years have passed since Enma Houshou received the tattoo that put the demon of immortality inside him. Though he has not aged or changed, the world around him has, becoming a Westernized wonderland of steam-powered marvels. But with the advances come new terrors--such as the murderous "Yokohama Ripper." Could it be that after so much time Enma has located his sister's killer? Has he found another man with a demon tattoo? * A mystical tale of love and honor set against a fantasy backdrop of a changing steampunk Japan! _ _

"Pour l''amour de Dieu, de quoi s''agit-il''" Quand Mille Marv Morstan passe au 221B Baker Street. l''histoire "totalement inexplicable" qu''elle raconte chamboule le coeur du Dr John Watson, et sort son ami Sherlock Holmes de la léthargie dans laquelle il s''était plongé. Qui d''autre que le seul détective en consultation de Londres pourrait résoudre le mystère de l''officier de l''armée disparu, de l''unijambiste, de son complice aux pieds nus, du coffre au trésor disparu et du... "signe des quatres" ? "Il s''agit d''un meurtre..."

"The game is afoot! In turn-of-the-century England, a lone ship arrives from the Black Sea beached and crewless, save her captain, dead and tethered to the wheel. With nine men missing and a very curious cargo aboard, only one man is fit to unravel the mystery - London's brilliant consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes! With the assistance of the faithful Doctor Watson, Holmes uncovers a plot against Her Majesty Queen Victoria to overthrow her kingdom through a plague-like corruption of her bloodline. And the evidence suggests that at the epicenter of this gruesome conspiracy is none other than the ancient and abhorrent Count Dracula! Borrowing from both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker, writer Ian Edginton faithfully weaving together an artful take of intellect and horror in this epic face-off between two litrary icons."--Page 4 of cover.

Le corps d''un homme mort est trouvé dans une pièce maculée de sang... alors même qu''il n''y a aucune trace de blessure sur celui-ci. Un nom a été partiellement écrit en lettres de sang sur le mur. Une alliance de femme a été trouvée... La sensationnelle histoire que Sherlock Holmes suit à la trace, d''un immeuble miteux de Londres aux plaines sauvages de l''Ouest américain, offre un cas de jurisprudence à sa " science de la déduction " alors que pour son nouvel ami le Dr Watson, la plus grande énigme c''est Sherlock Holmes lui-même.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. 'The words of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, yet even he finds his skills tested to their limit as he and his erstwhilecomrade, Dr. John Watson are confronted with the most extraordinary case of their career—the dead are returning to life! Can a plague of Biblical proportions be far behind for Victorian London? And who...or what...is behind the resurrection of these ravenous revenants?

From the mystical city of Shambhalla to the ends of the Earth comes a tale of magic, mystery and the motivations of power. It is the world of Ala ad-Din, better known as ALADDIN. Thief, gambler, liar and cheat, Aladdin''s reckless soul falls under the eye of the sorcerer Qassim, who has spent his life scouring the sands for the Dreaming Jewel. This lost relic of shattering power will enable Qassim to steal the magic of the Djinn of the Lamp and reshape the world in his own malicious design. But to do so, he requires a mystical ability carried within Aladdin''s blood...power that not even Aladdin himself knows about. An epic adventure that twists the classic saga into dark, unexplored territories with multi-Eisner nominated writer Ian Edginton!

IDW brings you this lavishly illustrated adaptation of Richard Matheson's tale of newspaper publisher Rudolph Deutsch facing his impending demise. To help Deutsch forestall his death and to learn the secrets of life after death, a team of experts must survive a night in Belasco House, a place known amongst the local townsfolk as "Hell House." The notorious Belasco House starts to exert its dark influence on the group of scientists and spiritualists as they unearth the perverse and wretched secrets from within its walls. Hell House has let them in... but will it ever let them leave?

Oscar Wilde's classic tale of a man who, exhilarated by his friends' praise of his youth and beauty, asks to be able to retain them eternally has been elegantly transformed. The adaptation retains 'all the wonder of Oscar Wilde's text' while portraying the story 'in a fresh, new fashion.'

After almost four decades of conflict, the British invasion of Mars is at a stalemate, Prime Minister Spry struggles to maintain order at home by revoking liberties, and gentleman adventurer Robert Autumn seeks to discover the Prime Minister's ultimate objective.

From the pen of legendary science fiction author and futurist, H.G. Wells, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present their adaptation of the most famous science fiction novel of all time: The War of the Worlds! In the closing years of the 19th century, the genteel tranquility of Victorian England is shattered by the arrival of an invasion force from the red planet - Mars! Methodical and merciless, the Martians are intent on nothing less than the conquest and subjugation of the human race. Told from the point of view of an ordinary man caught up in the carnage and chaos, witness firsthand how the then greatest empire in the world is brought to its knees by the Martians' cool alien intellect and the implacable heat ray!

La fin du 19e siècle. Alors que d''étranges explosions sont observées à la surface de Mars, d''énormes cylindres métalliques commencent à s''abattre dans la campagne anglaise. De ces cylindres vont émerger des créatures d''un autre monde et leurs invincibles machines de guerre. Face à elles, la population n''a d''autre solution que la fuite tandis que l''armée tente de les ralentir tant bien que mal. La fin de l''humanité est-elle arrivée ? Ian Edginton et D''Israeli signent ici une adaptation fidèle et vibrante de l''œuvre incontournable de H.G. Wells.

The sanity and sexuality of the four Hell House investigators start to dramatically unravel as the unearthly presence within the Belasco House preys upon their bodies and minds. The House has killed before...is history about to repeat itself? IDW's adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic tale of terror continues here!

"T'K," part 1 of 2...When a powerful player in the Top Cow universe is found dead, NYPD detective and Witchblade-wielder Sara Pezzini is on the case. But what Sara find goes much deeper than any routine homicide, and the reverberations will be felt throughout the Top Cow Universe for months to come!

The carnage continues as another longstanding Top Cow character dies! Witchblade-wielder and homicide detective Sara Pezzini investigates events that will reverberate throughout the Top Cow Universe for the next year...and we're introduced to Tony Daniel's new series, Humankind, as well!

Captain David Gold and the Starfleet Corps of Engineers face their greatest challenge yet when they must confront an old friend who has become the universe''s most dangerous terrorist.

The human rebel Esau and the ape leader Seneca are facing a trial for crimes against the ape state. Never in their wildest dreams did they think they would be rescued mere seconds from certain death by the once great gorilla warrior, Attar! Usually reclusive, he has received a message that could finally lead him to his friend, the chimp, Ari. Esau, Seneca, and Attar head deep into the uncharted wilds fighting side by side in a battle with a primal, ancient evil one that reveals the dark side to the origins of ape and human alike!

Several decades after human astronaut Leo Davidson's adventure on the ape world, ape society has been torn apart from within by a horrible civil war that's erupted between ape rebels advocating human integration and the fearful but powerful ape regime. Is the ape Seneca and his scattered but loyal followers of humans and apes enough to defeat the charismatic Shiva and her imposing ape army? The conflict has reached a bloody stalemate. But Shiva has a deadly secret that will end the war...and wipe out mankind! After all, the only good human is a dead human!

Aliens are roaming the Tokyo subway system on a future Earth, but when Predators--the galaxy's most dangerous hunters--descend to stalk them, and a billionaire seeks to glean the secret of eternal life from them, the situation on the ground becomes extremely volatile. Original.

Paul is mysteriously taken to a fantastic world called Pakkins' Land by a giant eagle. He is befriended by extraordinary talking animals - Gus, a brave lion-like creature and Mr. Branbles, a large but friendly bear. The three of them set out to find the lost King Aryah.

Professor Ernst Kleist has achieved the impossible: he has genetically engineered powerful, obedient Aliens. When an operative from the funding organization is sent to do a routine check up, he finds Kleist''s methods to be... unorthodox. "There is an adage," says Kleist, "about omelettes... and breaking eggs." The horror of nature is dwarfed by the terror of the man toying with it! Ian Edginton weaves a complex tale of a man driven to harness nature''s most violent creature, and the horrors involved with what he must become to achieve his goal. The terror is exquisitely illustrated by Will Simpson in what proved to be the most harrowing Aliens tale yet. Brace yourself for the collected Aliens: Rogue!