IDW TITLES FOR MAY 29th: NEXT MEN, THE MUMMY, ROGUE ANGEL AND MORE

[MattBrady]

IDW has provided Newsarama with the first five pages of its projects shipping this week.

The Compleat Next Men, Vol. 1

John Byrne (w & a & c)
In the 1990s, acclaimed writer/artist John Byrne created an all-new world of superheroes and explored their impact on the planet in a realistic way, a book that quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed titles in his storied career. Now John Byrne’s Next Men is being collected in its entirety in thick B&W volumes that offer 300 pages of story and art. Volume 1 collects the 2112 graphic novel, the #0 issue, and the first 12 issues of this masterful run.
TPB • B&W • 432 pages • 6.625” x 10.187” • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-173-1

The Mummy Movie Prequel: The Rise & Fall of Xango’s Ax #2

Joshua Jabcuga (w); Stephen Mooney (a & c)
Journey back into time when men were men, mummies were resurrected vengeance-seeking rulers riding monstrous mastodons, and all the action-adventure yarns you wanted were just a rack of pulps away! Join father-son team Rick and Alex O’Connell in the continuation of their pre-Mummy 3 tale as they find themselves locked in battle with the dreaded King Xango and his army of tribal warriors. Brought to you by the treasure-hunting team of writer Joshua Jabcuga (Scarface: Devil in Disguise) and Stephen Mooney (Angel: After the Fall’s “First Night”).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales #4

Barbara Kesel (w); Renae De Liz (a); Rebecca A. Wrigley (c)
Gold Eagle Book’s novel heroine continues her first foray into comic books. Abandoned and left to die, Annja finds help in the world of Mark Twain, with possibly another, otherworldly helper. Written by Harvey Award-nominated writer Barbara Kesel and featuring stunning art by Renae De Liz.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

[MattBrady]

Star Trek Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment #2

D.C. Fontana & Derek Chester (w); Gordon Purcell (a); Joe & Rob Sharp (c)
The untold fourth year of the Enterprise’s legendary five-year mission continues! With the Enterprise crippled and out of phase in a cloaking experiment gone haywire, a Romulan strike force storms the starship, looking for revenge over their stolen technology. Kirk and Spock, meanwhile, must find a way to repel the invaders, while at the same time reverse the experiment and restore the ship—before it fades away completely! From Star Trek grande dame D.C. Fontana and longtime Trek writer Derek Chester, with art by fan-favorite artist Gordon Purcell. The celebrated Sharp Brothers continue to provide covers for the series.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Intelligence Gathering #5 (of 5)

Scott & David Tipton (w); David Messina (a & c)
It's the final issue of the all-new adventure of the crew of the Enterprise-D! Someone's been leading Captain Picard and company across the galaxy—but why? And who's behind it? The stakes are raised on a planetary scale, in the grand finale of Intelligence Gathering, from the creative team of Scott & David Tipton and David Messina, the rising stars of Star Trek storytelling who brought you the hit miniseries Klingons: Blood Will Tell!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Gene Simmons Zipper #6

Tom Waltz (w); Casey Maloney (a & c)
Denizen Xeng Ral has defeated the Etherian Hunters only to face off against the Celestial Defense Ministry militia in a final bloody battle... the amazing first story arc of Gene Simmons' stranger-in-a-strange-land tale reaches its spectacular conclusion! Written by Tom Waltz (Children of the Grave), with art by Casey Maloney (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between).
FC • $3.99 • 32 pages

[Stéphane G]

Cool to see a black & white reprint of Next Men. The Essential/Showcase/Phonebook/Complete format is prefect for this title.

But frankly you could have put better scans for the preview.

[Chris Noeth]

I hope the final pages from the B&W Next Men book will look better in print than the art shown above.

[AirDave817]

The Complete Next Men - cool! I'll have to pick that one up.
I met Gordon Purcell on Free Comic Book Day - he's a really personable, friendly guy. I had no idea how versatile he was. Star Trek and Justice League Unlimited. He drew my favorite issue of JLU - Batman, Elongated Man, Martian Manhunter and Detective Chimp against Grodd.

[-Armando523-]

cool beans...

[cookiejar]

cool to see Next Men... but when is All Hail Megatron coming out?

[painters_eye]

Originally Posted by Chris Noeth

I hope the final pages from the B&W Next Men book will look better in print than the art shown above.

Agreed. If the black and white actual print is exactly like these scans I would not buy it. Maybe someone could log on and let us know if the quality represented in this article is analagous to the actual printing.

[johnnyrocket]

Too bad the Next Men wasn't collected in color. I'd get that in a heart beat.

[Ryall]

Originally Posted by cookiejar

cool to see Next Men... but when is All Hail Megatron coming out?

It's a July release.

And please everyone, just flip through the Next Men book. It's hard to make tiny 72-dpi b&w jpegs look impressive. The book is really gorgeous and is a great showcase for John's lineart. The pages are clean and crisp.

[AbacusComics]

Awesome stuff, Ted and Co.!

[Rikk Odinson]

Originally Posted by johnnyrocket

Too bad the Next Men wasn't collected in color. I'd get that in a heart beat.

Verily.

I hate black and white reprints of stuff that was intended for color.

[artiepants]

Originally Posted by Rikk Odinson

Verily.

I hate black and white reprints of stuff that was intended for color.

i know, i got one Essential, and reading it just makes me tired.

[Doc Nero]

The Next Men preview looks like it came through a 10 year old fax machine.

Will be nice to see the Hellboy appearance again.

[asutton1]

Originally Posted by Ryall

It's a July release.

And please everyone, just flip through the Next Men book. It's hard to make tiny 72-dpi b&w jpegs look impressive. The book is really gorgeous and is a great showcase for John's lineart. The pages are clean and crisp.

That's odd, I seem to recall black and white previews on the site before that looked decent; certainly better than these which look more like photocopies of photocopies of photocopies...

[tgail]

Originally Posted by painters_eye

Agreed. If the black and white actual print is exactly like these scans I would not buy it. Maybe someone could log on and let us know if the quality represented in this article is analagous to the actual printing.

these images look like they were index color files when they were resized. If they'd been converted to RGB or gray scale before resizing, they'd have looked much better.

[Adam Strange]

Originally Posted by Stéphane G

Cool to see a black & white reprint of Next Men. The Essential/Showcase/Phonebook/Complete format is prefect for this title.

But frankly you could have put better scans for the preview.

I'm not a fan of the B&W reprints. I prefer full-color books even if they are on lower quality paper.

[EMeadow]

I think only Diamond west coast accounts got these books this week.

Midtown had none of them on their shipping list (the only IDW item they got was a Locke and Key variant) and I know they didn't show up on my DCBS list of comics I'll be getting when the box gets shipped out over the weekend.

So the other half of the country should be getting them next Wed.

[JFx]

Amazing job at IDW I love this company more every day.

[coy_dog0]

Next Men...the first comic book I ever put in the recycle bin.