New Releases by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Warren Worthington III has it made. A senior at St. Joseph''s Prep, he''s smart, tall, handsome, and rich; a star both on the field and in the classroom. All the girls want to date him, all the guys want to be him. There''s just one problem... Warren''s changing. Something''s happening to his body - humps have started to grow under his shoulder blades, and they''re getting bigger and more painful every day. See the never-before-told origin of one of the X-Men''s five founding members, and his first encounter with an unsolvable, unrelenting evil - the Hunter! Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Sensational Spider-Man), with groundbreaking art by Adam Pollina (X-Force), who returns with a vengeance to the X-Men! Collects Angel: Revelations #1-5.

It moves from the madcap to the contemplative, from two-handed sparring to intimate confessions, from the absurd to the downright practical, back and forth, up and down. Swinging, in short. I think of it as a Reconciliation Comedy. Opposing armies meet, When people think of Hollywood''s mad side, most have visions of the ego-driven maniacs or burned-out has-beens that appear in films such as Sunset Boulevard or The Player. But few probably imagine anything like the world of GIZMO LOVE. Brutally dark, yet

THE STORY: In this urban thriller loosely inspired by A Midsummer Night''s Dream , a fifteen-year-old runaway named Nihar is living on the streets, hustling to survive. When he meets a well-intentioned (and well-off) graduate student named Jes

THE STORY: Poor Bethany Palmer hasn''t slept in thirteen years. When her husband, Warren, steals their son, Andrew, away in the middle of the night, her already fragile grip on reality starts to weaken--even as she sets off after them on a nightmaris

THE STORY: Transplanting characters from The Tempest to present-day New York, ROUGH MAGIC is a Shakespearean action-adventure-fantasy in the tradition of Harry Potter and The X-Men that conjures a mythical, magical meta-universe in which the

THE STORY: Prep-school senior Brandon Hardy is brilliant, athletic, popular and charming--the kind of student that makes St. Joe''s School for Boys proud to call its own. However, his privileged life threatens to collapse when a disturbing videotape

THE STORY: Off the icy shores of Newfoundland, on a remote island, the Clarke family threatens to break apart. The father, Addison, a marine biologist, desperately pursues the ocean''s most elusive creature--Architeuthis, the giant squid--while his es

Collects Angel: Revelations #1-5.

THE STORY: A contemporary comedy that moves at the speed of lightning, BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY chronicles the hilarious, bittersweet misadventures of twenty-something New Yorker Ethan Keene. A semi-successful comic book writer by day (he writ

The War has ended, but the fallout continues. As Spider-Man and his family get used to the new status quo - other Spider-men begin appearing all over the city. Who''s creating these arachnid dopplegangers and why? And will Peter Parker be able to stop them, and whoever''s behind them, before more lives are lost?

The second massive hardcover collecting the status-quo-shattering Back in Black saga! Reeling in the aftermath of Civil War, Peter Parker has plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe: Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man! In Sensational Spider-Man, as Spider-Man and his family get used to the new status quo...other Spider-men begin appearing all over the city. Younger, less-experienced versions of our web-spinning hero, causing havoc wherever they go. Who''s creating these arachnid doppelgangers and why? And will Peter Parker be able to stop them, and whoever''s behind them, before more lives are lost? And in Spider-Man Family, Peter Parker and his supporting cast get all-new, untold tales featuring the original alien symbiote black costume. Collecting Sensational Spider-Man #35-40 and Annual #1, Spider-Man Family #1-2, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man and Marvel Spotlight Back in Black.

THE STORY: THE MYSTERY PLAYS is two interrelated one acts, loosely based on the tradition of the medieval mystery plays. In the first play, THE FILMMAKER''S MYSTERY, Joe Manning, a director of horror films, survives a terrible train wreck--only to be

The X-Man known as Nightcrawler is a man with a foot in two worlds - one the daylight world of super heroes and super-villains; the other a netherworld of demons and angels, ghosts and monsters... human and otherwise. With the looks of a devil and the soul of a kind, ordinary man, Nightcrawler is used to being pulled in both directions. Now, he might be asked to go where the other X-Men won''t - into the shadows that have always called to him! Does he have what it takes to get to the bottom of the strange deaths of thirteen children - and more importantly, is he strong enough to take on the sinister forces behind it once he does? Collects Nightcrawler#1-6.

When time starts slipping and disappearing, the Fantastic Four slip into the time stream to investigate. Plus, blind sculptress Alicia Masters, a friend of the Four, has had her eyesight restored by her father, the seemingly reformed Puppet Master--but at what price?

Potential bankruptcy threatens to do more damage than any super-villain to the Reed family. Plus, a camping trip to the New Jersey Pines Barrens uncovers an alien threat.

Archie is no stranger to exciting crossovers but you''re not going to believe this one until you read it! FOX''s hit TV series GLEE is next in line to cross paths with the Riverdale gang! Writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (GLEE) teams with superstar artist Dan Parent (Archie Meets KISS) in a story which sees the Archie-verse collide with the cast of GLEE. How will Archie and friends react when they meet their counterparts? Are their alternate universes two sides of the same coin? A new year of Archie stories starts here with this epic event that answers those questions and more!

"Archie Meets Glee," Part Four. The hit crossover concludes with this epic finale! After half of the Riverdale gang swapped places with the New Directions kids, Archie must get everyone home and fast! Their worlds are about to collide literally and time is running out. Will Archie meet his counterpart Finn Hudson in the dreamscape in time to stop the collison? Don''t miss the thrilling conclusion to Archie Meets Glee, the hit FOX TV series!

"Archie Meets Glee," Part Three. Dilton Doiley invented a machine that opened a wormhole between Riverdale and an alternate, mirror-verse with kids exactly like the Archie gang. Now Dilton and his new BFF Artie are trying to rebuild the Portal-Porter before the delicate balance between universes is disrupted by a kiss between star-crossed teens. Even the possibility of a Betty-Puck romance would set off a chain-reaction of cataclysmic events ending with not one, but two worlds imploding!

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the CW''s Riverdale comes RIVERDALE: VARSITY EDITION VOL. 1 -- the premium, hardcover collection of the comic series set in the universe of the TV series. This title offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale''s wholesome facade.