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These collected editions of critically acclaimed series from AfterShock Comics are some of the year's most coveted graphic novels and always make thoughtful gifts. Find them at your local comic shop or neighborhood bookseller.


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Spectro

  • Release: 2022-05-25
  • Order Code: MAR221223

A Quartet of Quintessential Horror Tales from the Multi-Talented Juan Doe – Presented in a Single Prestige-Format One Shock!

SPECTRO explores the unnerving spectrum of fear through four terrifying stories rooted in a cosmic game of twisted karma and phantasmagoric terror:

1. What is at stake when sentient technology manipulates a man with projections of his desired self?

2. What are the consequences of excommunicating a member of the “nine” planets?

3. What is discovered when an explorer travels to Mars to ascend the tallest mountain in the solar system?

4. What happens when a scientist aboard the International Space Station is confronted with the most horrifying aspects of humankind?

In what realm of fear do these stories exist? SPECTRO.

Written and illustrated by Juan Doe (BAD RECEPTION, DARK ARK, ANIMOSITY: THE RISE) SPECTRO is a horror anthology from deep within the recesses of the mind of one of comics’ most prolific talents!

SuperZero Vol 1: The Beginning TPB

  • Release: 2016-08-03
  • Order Code: MAY161029

Collecting the first six issues of the hit series SUPERZERO, from Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael De Latorre.

Meet Dru Dragowski, a nineteen-year-old comic book fan who yearns to escape the normalcy of teenage life. Dreaming to become a real-life superhero for as long as she can remember, Dru recreates the origins of her favorite superheroes in the hope that she too, can become a hero herself.

"Palmiotti & Conner's SUPERZERO is a love letter to comic books..." - Newsarama

The Cullen Bunn Library: All My Little Demons

  • Release: 2021-01-13
  • Order Code: OCT201049

He is unquestionably AfterShock’s most prolific storyteller, having penned best-selling tales of horror, terror and suspense from our earliest days straight through to today and beyond. Now the best, most-requested AfterShock works of writer Cullen Bunn have been collected and presented in this deluxe hardcover volume – including short stories previously only available in the SHOCK anthologies. It’s the perfect gift for friends, family or, frankly, yourself.

Featuring:
BROTHERS DRACUL #1-5, DARK ARK: AFTER THE FLOOD #1-5, KNIGHTS TEMPORAL #1-5, UNHOLY GRAIL #1-5, WITCH HAMMER OGN, “Bloodflies” from SHOCK VOL 1, and “Man, I Am Evil, Dude” from SHOCK VOL 2

“I never bet against Cullen Bunn, and he hasn’t let me down yet.” – Lucas Fashina, Geekery Magazine

    The Girls of Dimension 13: The Complete Series TPB

    • Release: 2021-12-29
    • Order Code: SEP211178

    Four young women are brought together by a mysterious invitation. They soon learn that the building houses a portal to the other twelve known dimensions. and that a malevolent creature known as Abraxis has bound these dimensions together, enslaving them to his will.

    But the gatekeeper is missing. and now the only thing standing in Abraxis' way is a quartet of young women with powers they don't even know they have…for now.

    Written by Graham Nolan (The Chenoo. Return to Monster Island) and illustrated by Bret Blevins (Superman: The Animated Series. Justice League). This volume contains issues #1-#5.

    The Lion and the Eagle: The Complete Series

    • Release: 2023-03-01
    • Order Code: JUN221191

    The complete oversized prestige format miniseries from the mind of Garth Ennis!

    1944: Imperial Japan still commands most of Asia. Determined to regain their hold on Burma, the British send a special forces unit - the Chindits - deep behind Japanese lines. Their mission is to attack the enemy wherever they find him. What awaits them is a nightmare equal to anything the Second World War can deliver.

    Colonel Keith Crosby and Doctor Alistair Whitamore have old scores to settle, being veterans of the long retreat through Burma two years before. But neither the jungle nor the foe have gotten any less savage, and when the shooting starts and the Japanese descend on the smaller British force in their midst, every man will be tested to his limit.

    Writer Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher, DREAMING EAGLES) and artist PJ Holden (The Stringbags, World of Tanks, Judge Dredd) present a tale of hellish jungle warfare, as apparently civilized human beings descend into an apocalyptic heart of darkness.

    This 128-page volume collects the entire Prestige Format series, issues #1-4

    The Lollipop Kids - Seismic Press Edition

    • Release: 2022-02-16
    • Order Code: DEC211245

    When immigrants came to the new world they didn’t only bring their hopes and dreams, they also brought their MONSTERS. Years ago, early setters locked these monsters away in a secret prison deep in the woods of NEW AMSTERDAM so that they never would return to the Old World. Those woods have become CENTRAL PARK and now the monsters have escaped! NICK, 14, finds out that he is a “legacy” to a secret society that for the last 400 years has kept these monsters in check – he and a ragtag group of kids just like him have to put the monsters back before they get out of the park and destroy the city.

    Created by Adam Glass (ROUGH RIDERS, THE NORMALS, Teen Titans) and Aidan Glass, with art by Diego Yapur (The Night Projectionist, Priest: Purgatory), THE LOLLIPOP KIDS is an epic re-imagining of the things that go bump in the night…

    Already a hit selection among educators and librarians, with a loyal legion of vocal fans, this new SEISMIC PRESS edition is published in the YA category standard size of 6.5” x 9.5” and features the entire original series, issues #1-5.

    The Man Who F#&%ed Up Time: The Complete Series TPB

    • Release: 2020-12-23
    • Order Code: DEC198705

    Sean Bennett is just an ordinary lab worker in a high-tech lab with a prototype time machine. And, yeah, he’s got the same temptations any of us would have about going back in time to right old wrongs. So, when he meets a version of himself from the future who encourages him to do just that, Sean takes the temporal plunge. Only…can you guess what happens next? Did you read the book title? Yup. All of TIME is f#%&ed up now, and it’s up to Sean to correct it – or else!

    A time-twisted sci-fi action-comedy by multiple Eisner-winning writer John Layman (Chew, ELEANOR & THE EGRET) and artist Karl Mostert, this volume contains the entire series, issues #1-5!

    “The book looks great, its paced like a speeding Amtrak and pulls you in like a magnetic field, what more could you ask for?…” – Comic Crusaders

    Undone by Blood Vol 1: The Shadow of A Wanted Man TPB

    • Release: 2020-11-04
    • Order Code: SEP201033

    In Development for Television by bigbaldhead Productions and with a foreword by The Walking Dead’s NORMAN REEDUS!

    In the early 1970s, Ethel Grady Lane returns to her hometown of Sweetheart, Arizona with one thing on her mind: killing the man who murdered her family. But first, she’ll have to find him. As Ethel navigates the eccentric town and its inhabitants, she learns that the quaint veneer hides a brewing darkness. She has no choice but to descend into a ring of depravity and violence, with her only ally an Old West novel that follows famed gunslinger Solomon Eaton. As both stories unfold simultaneously, a love of fiction informs choices in reality, for better or worse.

    From the minds of Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson (The Dregs, X-Men, HER INFERNAL DESCENT) and artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott, Machine Gun Wizards) comes a neo-western that depicts the hard truth of seeking vengeance in the real world. Features issues #1-5.

    “UNDONE BY BLOOD excited me in a way that few comics have since The Walking Dead…this comic is one hell of a ride.” – Norman Reedus

    Undone by Blood Vol 2: The Other Side of Eden TPB

    • Release: 2021-11-10
    • Order Code: SEP211175

    The early 1930's: The height of the Great Depression and beginning of the Dust Bowl. Silvano Luna Del Rio works as a postman in Buttar, Texas. Reeling from a tragic past, with only a gun and a Western novel to his name, Silvano sets out to take back from the country that took so much from him by robbing the first skyscraper West of the Mississippi. But acts of retribution are never as simple as they seem, as his target is home to an eccentric fraternal brotherhood hiding their own dark secrets.

    By Silvano's side is an old west novel featuring famed gunslinger Solomon Eaton. As both stories unfold simultaneously, in true UNDONE BY BLOOD fashion, the mythic Western informs choices in reality, for better or worse.

    From the minds of Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson (The Dregs, X-Men, HER INFERNAL DESCENT) and artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott, Machine Gun Wizards) comes the next story in the critically acclaimed neo-western series that depicts the hard truths of seeking vengeance in the real world.

    This 128-page collection contains the entire second volume, issues #1-4.

    Unholy Grail Vol 1: Siege Perilous TPB

    • Release: 2018-03-07
    • Order Code: SEP181388

    Collecting all five issues of this hit AfterShock series!

    Arthur Pendragon was the king of all Britain. His story is legendary. Merlin. The Lady of the Lake. Excalibur. Camelot. The Knights of the Round Table. But these stories are bright lies painted over the truth. Here is presented the gospel of Arthur's bloody rise to power and his unholy reign. The legend of King Arthur is not the stuff of legends, but the fuel of nightmares.

    As Arthur descends into darkness, is there any lingering hope that he still might do something good?

    From writer Cullen Bunn (Uncanny X-Men, Deadpool) and artist Mirko Colak (Punisher) comes a Lovecraftian take on the Arthurian legend that HAD to be told at AfterShock!

    Holy cow is UNHOLY GRAIL awesome! The familiar Arthurian tale is twisted into blasphemous delights with beautiful art that hides no horrors. Successful in every possible way. Highest possible recommendation.” – Patrick Hayes of scifipulse.net

    Vineyard, The TPB

    • Release: 2023-09-27
    • Order Code: APR230961

    Wine to die for.

    THE VINEYARD is a family-owned winery that sows and reaps by the blessing of the great god of wine and revelry, Dionysus. However, the Vines family's patron god requires complete devotion in the form of four sacrificial killings a year before each harvest. This has been done in unfettered obeisance. But all of that changed when the family's patriarch, Didache Vines, was in a horrible accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

    Now, the sacrificial and murderous duties of the Vines family have fallen to wife and matriarch, Maranatha Vines. With harvest season fast approaching and the family short of their annual sacrificial killings, Maranatha's struggle with her conscience puts all of her family – husband, son and daughter – in jeopardy.

    Written by Brian Hawkins (Black Cotton, Believe in the Name, Don't Ever Blink) and illustrated by Sami Kivelä (CHICKEN DEVIL, UNDONE BY BLOOD, Abbott), THE VINEYARD is what happens when family values and otherworldly obligations collide.

    This 104-page volume contains the entire series, issues #1-4.

    We Live (Vol 2): Age of the Palladions TPB

    • Release: 2023-08-09
    • Order Code: JUL221081

    A Bold New Beginning to a Brave New World!

    Welcome back into the hopeful, apocalyptic world of Tala and Hototo.

    Six years have passed since Salvation Day, when Palladions emerged as the protectors of humanity, saving the five remaining Megalopolis.

    But nothing stays and the horizon always brings a new storm.

    These are dark times. The shield around Megalopolis 9 has lost thirty percent of its reach. The New Nature has learned to create cuts in the energy channels that power the Beacon and the Palladions. A never-ending horde of beasts siege the remains of the city.

    Tala and Hototo, along with friends new and old, must brave the wastes of this world to save the shield, and in doing so will face new clever and horrible Beasts, visions of a ruined future and even humans who have lowered themselves to the depths of depravity. Will they be successful? Or is humanity's brief reprieve from the apocalypse all but over?.

    WE LIVE: AGE OF THE PALLADIONS is a world of violence and beauty, a unique tale of the apocalypse as told by Inaki Miranda (Catwoman, Batman Beyond) and Roy Miranda, that invites both dread and hope.

    This 176-page volume contains the entire second arc, including Issue #1 Black, Issue #1 White and issues #2-#5. 

    Where Starships Go to Die TPB

    • Release: 2023-08-30
    • Order Code: NOV221081

    What in Hell is Happening at Point Nemo?

    Point Nemo – the farthest oceanic point on earth from any landmass. A spacecraft graveyard where rockets and satellites can be safely ditched on the ocean floor. In a near future ravaged by climate change, an African astronaut teams with an Indian shipping magnate to mount a dangerous salvage mission to recover the wreck of humanity's first interstellar starship. But what they find is beyond their worst nightmares.  

    Mark Sable (MISKATONIC, WAR ON TERROR: GODKILLERS) and Alberto Locatelli (The Believers, Cinque) bring you a sci-fi horror tale that will make you rethink the space race.

    This 128-page volume contains the entire series, issues #1-5.

    Witch Hammer OGN Hardcover

    • Release: 2018-12-19
    • Order Code: SEP181387

    Witch.

    The word conjures images of hags in black robes and crooked hats, standing over cauldrons of bubbling brew. But witches are among us, and we do not realize it. They are our friends and neighbors. They are our family members. They are our idols.

    And someone is murdering them.

    Agents Frontenac and Guinness are on the killer’s trail. But as they delve deeper into the hidden, magical world around them, they are haunted by a terrifying question – Is the killer doing the right thing?

    64 binge-worthy pages of mayhem, murder and magic from master storyteller CULLEN BUNN with art by DALIBOR TALAJIC, presented in an oversized hardcover edition.

    The first in a distinctive collection of compelling stories crafted by master storytellers and told in the way they were meant to be told.

    Original Graphic Novels from AfterShock. Shockingly Exceptional.

    “…entertaining, superlative and fast paced…as visceral as anything you have ever seen. More than a worthy entry in the canon of evil cult suspense books.” – Graphic Policy

    You Are Obsolete: The Complete Series TPB

    • Release: 2020-06-17
    • Order Code: FEB201412

    Beware the Children!

    A disgraced journalist is called to cover a mysterious story on an isolated European Island. As she investigates, she discovers the children have taken control and are somehow killing off all adults by their 40th birthdays. Now, she must discover the truth behind the killings while staying on the good side of the children’s harsh leader…or she’s next. Collects issues #1-5 of the spine-tingling hit series.

    “A terrifying thrill ride of a mystery that makes you more and more curious as you read it. 10/10.”  – Ronnie Gorham, AIPT!