New Releases by Paul Tobin

Three tremendous standalone adventures! Collecting three Plants vs. Zombies original graphic novels into one deluxe boxed set! The set also features an exclusive, double-sided poster and a brand new piece of never-before-seen art by fan-favorite artist Ron Chan on the slipcase! Return to battle with an unlikely plant hero, as he rescues his new friends in Garden Warfare Volume 2. Crazy Dave continues to protect Neighborville and confront Zomboss when their lastest fracas finds them feuding in a book club in War and Peas. In Dino-Might, watch Zomboss flood Neighborville''s yards with pets, problems, and dinosaurs! Three humor-filled adventures that all ages can enjoy! These graphic novels also include bonus stories by Alexandria Land and Philip Murphy! Collects Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Volume 2, Plants vs. Zombies Volume 11: War and Peas, Plants vs. Zombies Volume 12: Dino-Might, an exclusive Plants vs. Zombies Graphic Novel Boxed Set #5 double-sided poster and a brand new piece of art from Ron Chan on the back cover of the slipcase.

Dr. Zomboss invents a Cold Crystal, which is capable of freezing Neighborville, creating an eternal winter and burying both plants and humans in snow and ice! With most of the benevolent, zombie-battling plants chilled and immobile, Zomboss hopes to lead his cold-blooded zombie troops on a mission to overrun the city. It''s up to Nate, Patrice, Crazy Dave, and the fieriest plants to adapt, fight on, and save Neighborville - with the help of pirates! From Eisner Award-winning writer and series mainstay Paul Tobin (Bandette, I Was the Cat), who collaborates with Cat Farris (Emily and the Strangers, My Boyfriend Is a Bear) on this original, standalone graphic novel.

When global threats surface, they must contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Ant-Man! Wolverine! Spider-Man! It''s all-ages action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Featuring Thor, Hammerhead, Tigra, and The Griffin. Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #28-31.

Facing the foes no single super hero could withstand! When global threats surface, they must contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! It''s all-ages action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Featuring the Thing, Puppet Master, the Mandarin and the Rhino! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #36-39.

Collects Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #13-16. All-ages action featuring your favorite Marvel super heroes! Bulldogs are about the best dogs in the world. Everyone knows that. But when the Leader decides to use a robotic bulldog to steal all of S.H.I.E.L.D.''s private files, it''s up to She-Hulk, Spider-Man and Tigra to clean up after the dog! Then, all Hawkeye wanted was to show the Blonde Phantom a new exhibit at the art gallery, but the art gallery is in a bank lobby, and on this day the bank lobby is featuring more than art; it has a gang of bank robbers! And when the Hulk and Tigra show up on the red carpet for Hollywood''s biggest awards night, it looks like it''s going to be a truly magical night...that is until the super villain known as Mysterio shows up! PLUS: Spider-Woman, Beast and Giant-Girl team up to play detective when Hercules is found unconscious!

Fashion Week is always a hectic time for models, and this year is no exception. Between escaped wolves, robbery attempts, and overly friendly police officers, Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold, Chili Storm, and Millicent (Millie the Model) Collins are testing the limits of their endurance. But when a brilliant young set designer is found murdered with three bullet holes in his back, and Millie proves to be the prime suspect, the models are forced to play detective in order to save one of their own! Collects Models, Inc. #1-4.

Multi-Eisner award-winning writer Paul Tobin pens a fantasy epic of the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher--one of the few remaining monster hunters from the critically acclaimed video game fantasy The Witcher by CD Projekt Red! Featuring story art by Joe Querio, Piotr Kowalski, Max Bertolini, with a bonus sketchbook section and additional art by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Dan Panosian (Slots), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Duncan Fegredo (MPH), Simon Bisley (Lobo), and a cover by Mike Mignola (Hellboy). Collects issues #1-#5 of the Witcher comic series House of Glass, Fox Children, Curse of Crows, and collected for the first time, Killing Monsters one-shot--and features annotations from the creators of the comics, as well as a sketchbook section.

Banana Sunday, the classic story by Eisner Award-winning Bandette co-creators Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, is now presented in full color, with a brand-new introduction and bonus materials! Kirby Steinberg is having a bit of trouble fitting into her new school. Sure, there''s the usual problems associated with being from "somewhere else," but this time the new kid also happens to be the guardian for three talking primates. Chuck, the professorial orangutan. Knobby, the love-stricken spider monkey. Go-Go, the befuddled golden gorilla. These primates have learned to speak, thanks to the scientific processes of Kirby''s father. Or have they? What''s their real story? That''s what Nickels—Kirby''s new best friend and unfortunately dedicated school reporter—would like to discover. Can Kirby find time to develop a relationship with Martin, the dashing nerd? Steer clear of Skye, the high school''s #1 pillar of arrogance? Keep Knobby, Chuck and Go-Go from causing untold catastrophes? And, above all, will Kirby be able to hide the real origin of these three simians from Nickels? Oh, probably not.

Multiple Eisner-award winning author Paul Tobin returns, with Brittney Williams making her Plants vs. Zombies debut with another imaginative addition to the New York Times bestselling series! On your bookmarks...get set...GO! Let the bookish battle commence! When Dr. Zomboss and Crazy Dave find themselves members of the same book club, a literary war is inevitable! The position of leader of the book club opens up and the plants vs. zombies rivalry heats up as Zomboss and Crazy Dave compete for the top spot while Nate, Patrice, and their intrepid plants take on the zombies in a scholarly scuffle for the ages!

Calling all Cat-Tail Commanders and Spudmarines--the battle for clean water begins! As soon as Dr. Zomboss discovers Lake Gumbo near Neighborville, Gargantuars start posing on Muscle Beach, volleyballs bounce off bungee zombies, and Zomboss uses a giant underwater drill to muddy and pollute the lake! Neighborhood defenders Nate, Patrice, and Crazy Dave spot trouble and grab all the Tangle Kelp and Party Crabs they can to quell another zombie invasion! Having a new Security Gourd group, the unique Kelptomaniac, and returning pig-dog Twister on their side, Paul Tobin and Ron Chan return to the series they helped make a bestselling hit--with bonus stories by Kevin Burkhalter and Christianne Goudreau.

The New York Times best selling series is back! Every year as Halloween draws near, strange creatures and weird contraptions start appearing in everyone''s lawns in Neighborville. A Neighborville Halloween is weird enough, but Zomboss and his zombie army want to turn the holiday into their own scarier Lawn of Doom celebration! With Zomboss filling everyone''s yards with traps and special zombies, Crazy Dave, young genius Patrice, neighborhood daredevil Nate, and a batch of brave, boisterous plants fight back in contests of best tricks, best treats, and best costumes! Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin and fan-favorite artist Ron Chan tell this tale of Halloween hijinks! Written by multiple Eisner Award-winner Paul Tobin! In time for Halloween--the secrets behind PopCap''s annual Lawn of Doom event! For fans of the phone and console video games! The official comic of the addictive video games!

The adventures continue for sixth-grade genius inventor Nate Bannister and his best friend Delphine in the third book of The Genius Factor series. It''s Friday the 13th again, and Nate hasn''t just done one really outrageous thing. He hasn''t even done THREE crazy things like normal. No, this time he''s gone and hidden his science vials full of his inventions throughout the town of Polt. He''s trying to avoid the Red Death Tea Society as always, who continue to hunt him down. They know where Nate lives now, so his only choice is to conceal his experiments in places they wouldn''t think to look. But things are about to go very, very wrong, including: an overwhelming amount of toads in Polt, zebras running wild, and lightning storms that won''t quit. Nate and Delphine have been in lots of trouble before, but this is their most disastrous Friday the 13th yet . . . and we can''t promise a happy ending quite yet.

PopCap''s immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics! Dr. Zomboss erroneously believes that all humans hold a secret desire to run away and join the circus, so he aims to use his newly created "Big Z''s Adequately Amazing Flytrap Circus" to lure Neighborville''s citizens to their doom! Not only does starting a zombie circus prove difficult, though, but once plant-friendly neighborhood defenders Nate and Patrice infiltrate his show, Ringmaster Zomboss and his hapless zombies are in for a garden-ful of trouble! Paul Tobin and Jacob Chabot join forces to deliver Plants vs. Zombies: The Greatest Show Unearthed, another standalone, all-ages PvZ graphic novel.

"Originally issued as Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare #2 by Dark Horse Comics in 2015"--Title page verso.

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Explore the dark and gritty world of the hit video game series, as Geralt and Ciri become embroiled in a brutal story of revenge. In this ruthless world, the past always comes back to haunt you, and nothing is as it seems. Collects issues #1-#5 of the Dark Horse Digital series The Witcher: Curse of Crows.

A new, standalone Plants vs. Zombies graphic novel by award-winning creators Paul Tobin (Bandette, Mystery Girl) and Brian Smith (SpongeBob Comics, The Stuff of Legend)! Evil mastermind Zomboss is back, hoping to buy the same factory at the center of Neighborville that his nemesis Crazy Dave is eyeing! Zomboss wants to build a zombie factory, of course, and position his new army in the best location possible. Will Crazy Dave, his helpers Nate and Patrice, and their batch of intelligent plants beat Zomboss to the punch and get the factory for themselves? The Battle Extravagonzo is on! • Eisner Award-winner Paul Tobin continues his acclaimed PvZ run! • All-ages insanity from award-winning creators Paul Tobin and Brian Smith! • The official comic of the addictive video games! • The best-selling game adaptation roars forward!

It''s Friday the 13th again, and for sixth grade genius Nate Bannister, that means doing three more not-so-smart things to keep life interesting. But he has bigger problems than his own experiments. His nemesis, the Red Death Tea Society, is threatening to unleash a swarm of angry bees on the city of Polt if Nate doesn''t join their ranks. But then a new group of people with murky intentions shows up -- the League of Ostracized Fellows -- and they want Nate as their own, too. To top it off, he''s convinced there''s a spy in his very own school. Nate must once again team up with his new, resourceful, friend Delphine to save the day. They''ll need the help of Nate''s crazy gadgets, such as his talking car Betsy and super-powered pets Bosper the Scottish terrier and Sir William the gull, if they hope to see another Friday the 13th. Because they might be battling more than just sting-happy bees and villains with a penchant for tea this time around. Awards for Bandette Winner, Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic Winter, IndieFab Award - Bronze, Graphic Novels & Comics

Every Friday the 13th, 6th grade genius and inventor extraordinaire Nate Bannister does three not-so-smart things to keep life interesting. This time, he taught a caterpillar math, mailed a love letter, and super-sized his cat Proton before turning him invisible. As Nate and his new (well, only) friend Delphine race to stop Proton from crushing everyone and everything in town, they come face-to-face with Sir Jakob Maculte (the twenty-seventh lord of Mayberry Castle and leader of the nefarious Red Death Tea Society). Known for its criminal activity, killer tactics, and impressive tea brewing skills, the Red Death Tea Society will do anything to get in their way. Nate and Delphine must pull out every mind-blowing gadget, half-perfected invention, and unproven but theoretically sound strategy they''ve got up their sleeves in order to survive to see Saturday the 14th! Eisner winner Paul Tobin''s extraordinarily madcap middle grade debut features black and white illustrations from film talent Thierry Lafontaine and is the first of five novels in the series. Awards for Bandette Winner, Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic Winner, IndieFab Award - Bronze, Graphic Novels & Comics

Crazy Dave''s brainy niece Patrice, neighborhood daredevil Nathan Timely, and a batch of bold plants discover "Zomboss''s Secret Plan for Raising a Zombie Army Underground and Then Swallowing the Entire City of Neighborville Whole!" A rare Boom Boom Mushroom must be found in order to save the humans above ground! Crazy Dave and a strange new animal friend (maybe stranger than Dave!) search for the powerful mushroom, while Zomboss puts his plot for subterranean subterfuge in motion! This collection includes the main "Boom Boom Mushroom" story arc, along with all bonus stories from Plants vs. Zombies comics #10-#12! PopCap''s immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics! These digital books are aimed at game players of all ages!

Sun-powered, plant-driven speedsters take on imp-powered, zombie-driven hot rods! Let the races begin! Crazy Dave faces the incredibly tough Don''t Blink videogame--and he also challenges Dr. Zomboss to a series of contests to determine the future of Neighborville! The car-filled competition is underway, and Crazy Dave and Dr. Zomboss are neck and neck! Paul Tobin (Bandette, The Witcher) and Ron Chan (Star Wars, The Guild) return to deliver another hilarious zombie battle to your burg! Collects Plants vs. Zombies comics 7 to 9. PopCap''s immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics! These durable, value-priced hardcovers are aimed at game players of all ages! Praise for previous volumes of the Dark Horse Plants vs. Zombies series: "This is one of the more fun video game adaptations that I''ve read . . ." -Front Towards Gamer "This witty comedic tale with delightful art and rich colors definitely does justice for what started out as a tower defense game. Impressive." -Comic Crusaders "It has light-hearted humor and makes the characters of the video game even more interesting." -Nuke the Fridge "Capturing the tone of the game perfectly, this team brings the madcap of Popcap to brilliant life and imagination, with all the humor, wit, and ice cream you could hope for." -Fanboy Comics

Trine Hampstead knows everything. Ask her a question like “Where are my keys?” or “Is he cheating on me?” or “How are there perfectly preserved mammoths in recent ice?” and she just knows. She’s the Mystery Girl. The only things Trine doesn’t know are anything else from the last ten years of her life or why a killer has targeted her! Collects Mystery Girl #1–#4. “Paul Tobin is a master storyteller and Mystery Girl will only add to his mythos.”—Pop Culture Uncovered “Mystery Girl is exciting, filled with energy, and has a lot to offer in its story hook.”—Comicosity

Lawrence, the mystical Boom Boom Mushroom, appears at last! Will Crazy Dave and the kids convince him to help save Neighborville? An explosive underground battle closes our latest story arc! Also: Paul Tobin and Jacob Chabot give us a look at Zomboss''s secret collection of stylish socks. This issue includes bonus stories by PopCap Games senior creative director Jeremy Vanhoozer!

A new story arc begins! A group of young plants--led by Fred the Sunflower, Jeff the Bloomerang, and Grrawrr-Bear the Bonk Choy--move out of Crazy Dave''s garage and into his huge family mansion in Neighborville. Nate and Patrice head over with them to make sure they don''t accidentally destroy the place, but why is Dr. Zomboss spying on them? What secrets does he hope to learn and convey to his zombie army? Artist Andie Tong (Zodiac, Tron: Betrayal) joins writer Paul Tobin (Bandette, Marvel Adventures) for the feature story! Bonus stories by Karim Friha, Nneka Myers, and others!

When Ming the Merciless launched an all-out assault on planet Earth, the colorful band of heroes known as Kings Watch led the resistance... and triumphed! Now, across the cosmos, in the dark corners of our very planet, and even throughout time, Earth''s defenders continue the mission, separate and yet together in spirit! Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov, Mandrake the Magician, Jungle Jim, Lothar (in his identity as the new Phantom), and Prince Valiant join friends new and old to face the combined forces of Ming and the all-new, all-deadly Cobra!

When a mysterious madman returns to claim Boston''s sanity, Declan Thomas can only fight him by fulfilling a dark prophecy. With each step, with each use of his abilities, with every ounce of effort he gives to hold onto his sanity, he grows colder. Step by step, moment by moment, closer and closer to zero. With his body failing and his sanity crumbling, Declan balances between falling into madness and falling onto a dinner plate, because Nimble Jack is back, he''s hungry, and to him sanity is just a matter of degrees.

Trine may be down for the count, but shes not out yet! Left for dead in a frozen Siberian wasteland, she has already solved the mystery of how to survivethe bad guys just dont know it yet. And when she gets back to London, one shadowy groups misdeeds will be brought to light. Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque flip the mystery/detective genres on its head.� Newsarama

**Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque flip the mystery/detective genre on its head.�-Newsarama** Trine knows the answer to any question, except how she knows it. But thats a mystery for later. The mystery for now concerns frozen mammoths in Siberia, and Trine, who never leaves London, wants to go see them herself. And close behind her is a killer whos targeted Trine for reasons even she doesnt know. * A new adventure from **Paul Tobin**, cocreator of the Eisner-winning Bandette!

Get ready for the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare graphic novel! Based on the hit video game, this comic tells the story that leads up to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, the game! How did the "Zombossification" of surburbia begin? Where did all the powerful new plants and zombies come from? Here''s where you''ll find out! Written by Paul Tobin (Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse, Bandette, Banana Sunday) and illustrated by Jacob Chabot (Mighty Skullboy Army, SpongeBob Comics), don''t miss this hilarious, action-packed, all-ages, zombie fightin'' adventure! Something sinister has taken over suburbia. Are your . . . brainsssss . . . prepared for the zombie infestation? Praise for one of the previous volumes of Plants vs. Zombies from Dark Horse: "If you are a fan of plants, zombies, Plants vs. Zombies, or all-age adventure comics, take a look at Plants vs. Zombies: Lawnmageddon. It''s a quick read and good fun, and if you''re still in the Halloween mood in November, it fits that zombie itch you may still have." --Comic Attack "Laugh-out-loud funny." --IGN

Humans in hot rods, zombies in raucous roadsters, and plants perched in radical racers! The car-filled competition for Neighborville is underway, and Crazy Dave and Dr. Zomboss are neck and neck! Paul Tobin (Bandette, Colder) and Ron Chan (Star Wars, The Guild) return to deliver another hilarious zombie battle to your burg! "Artist Ron Chan and colorist Matthew J. Rainwater [do] an excellent job of capturing the bright, cheery art style of the PvZ games and generally creating an energetic, vibrant cartoon landscape."—IGN