June 08 Solicitations
Monday, 17 March 2008


Xombie: Dirge Vinyl Figure

Frequency of Publication: One time

Intended Audience: 12+

Genre: Horror / Adventure / Collectible Vinyl

Format: 8” full color vinyl figure

Retail Price: $40.00

UPC Code: 882142-00163-00101



Artists: Based off of character design by Xombie creator, James Farr



Devil’s Due POP premieres it’s first ever vinyl toy as Xombie: Reanimated’s hero Dirge steps into the real world as a posable 8” figure armed with his shovel for fending off the dangers of his bizarre world. Expect this original offering to go fast!



Part of the brand new Devil’s Due POP line of toys and usable artwork. Production piece shown, final product may vary.




Straight out of the hit online animated series and Devil’s Due’s Xombie Reanimated comics, Dirge comes 8” tall with a shovel and four points of articulation.




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Xombie: Dirge Vinyl Figure (Devil Dirge)
Frequency of Publication: One time

Intended Audience: 12+

Genre: Horror / Adventure / Collectible Vinyl

Format: 8” full color vinyl figure

Retail Price: $75.00

UPC Code: 882142-00163-00102




Artists: Based off of character design by Xombie creator, James Farr


Only 400 units of this exclusive limited edition version of the Dirge Vinyl exist and it’s back to the underworld they go.

Part of the brand new Devil’s Due POP line of toys and usable artwork. Production piece shown, final product may vary.



Straight out of the hit online animated series and Devil’s Due’s Xombie Reanimated comics, Dirge comes 8” tall with a shovel and four points of articulation.




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NinjaTown: Adventures of the Wee Ninja Vol 1

Frequency of Publication: One Shot

Intended Audience: All Ages

Genre: Awesome / Humor

Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, perfect bound

Retail Price: $6.50

UPC Code: 882142-00164-00001




Author: Art Balthazar & Franco Aureliani (Tiny Titans)

Artists: Art Balthazar & Franco Aureliani (Tiny Titans) & Various


Cover Artist: Shawn Smith


Step into a world where ninja is a lifestyle and the high flying, high kicking antics of NinjaTown are just part of the scenery. Nothing will prepare you for ingenuity and fearsome acrobatics the inhabitants of NinaTown summon when called to task.



The Wee Ninjas appear in their first ever comic book adventure!



Wee Ninja and Ninjatown are products from the line of hot designer plush toys called “Shawnimals.” With thousands of micro-plush Wee Ninja chase figures selling like hotcakes, and a Nintendo DS Ninjatown game coming next year, now is the time to get on the Shawnimals bandwagon before they explode into a phenomena. DDP is happy to issue this as the first in many more Ninjatown offerings.




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Halloween: Nightdance Poster
Frequency of Publication: Poster

Intended Audience: 15+

Genre: Horror / Movie Tie-In / Action

Format: 18” x 24”, Full Color Poster

Retail Price: 5.99

UPC Code: 882142-00154-00001




Artists: Greg Capullo



Superstar artist Greg Capullo (SPAWN) terrified readers with his striking cover to HALLOWEEN: NIGHTDANCE #3, and now the terror comes home with the first full-color poster from the mini-series! Don’t miss out on this incredible HALLOWEEN collectible!



A high-quality print of the amazing original art by GREG CAPULLO (SPAWN)! Own the poster version of the most acclaimed cover from the hit HALLOWEEN mini-series!



The perfect gift for fans of the HALLOWEEN movie franchise!





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G. I. Joe: America’s Elite #36 (part 12 of 12)

Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+

Genre: Action/Adventure, Military/Espionage, Martial Arts.

Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.

Retail Price: $5.50

UPC Code: 882142-00100-03601




Author: Mark Powers

Artists: Mike Bear, Mike Shoyket, Pat Quinn & Jean-Francois Beaulieu

Cover Artist: Michael Golden


This is it! It’s all been leading to this issue! The war finally brings the G.I. Joe team and Cobra face-to-face! Every feud, every drop of bad blood, all the history between these two groups finally meet on the battlefield for THE knock-down, drag-out fight of G. I. Joe comics! Twenty-five years of payoff happens here!



WORLD WAR III part 12!



The FINAL issue in this monumental series! Don’t miss out on the conclusion of the most ambitious G.I. Joe story ever published!



RETAILER INCENTIVE COVER BY HERB TRIMPE, THE FIRST G.I. JOE ARTIST!





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Hack/Slash #13
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series

Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 15+

Genre: Horror, Action, Comedy.

Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched

Retail Price: A - $3.50 B - $3.50

UPC Code: Cover A – 882142-00076-02401 Cover B - 882142-00076-02402




Author: Mark Kidwell with Tim Seeley
Artists: Tim Seeley, Emily Stone & Courtney Via
Cover Artists:
A –Tim Seeley

B – Brandon Graham


Part two of the intense Bump storyline! Edgar Dill wants to cleanse women of their sins by sculpting their skin – when he meets Cassie, it’s a whole new ballgame of hacking and slashing! Plus: while this is happening, Lisa and Chris continue to deal with their new best friend… Just how do you explain a hell-dwelling demonic puppy to the neighbors, anyway?


Originally solicited as the HACK/SLASH VS. BUMP one-shot! Presented in it's entirety with new pages added by series regular Emily Stone!

Selling Points: The ever-popular ongoing series continues!

-Soon to be a major motion picture from Rogue Pictures and Universal Studios!




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Pogrom #4
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series

Intended Audience: TR – Teen Readers 15+

Genre: Horror / Action / High Fantasy / Adventure

Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched

Retail Price: $3.50

UPC Code: Cover A – 882142-00159-00401




Author: Matthew Tomao
Artist: Josh Medors
Cover Artist: Sunder Raj

Pogrom's epic journey across a post-apocalyptic Earth continues! What is the price of a man's humanity? Traversing the wastes of a future China, Pogrom falls in with an ancient monastic sect, whose chants have a mysterious and amazing purpose. All the while, the third sin, the salacious Lust, follows closely at Pogrom's heels!


- Controversial new tale with an elaborately mapped out mythology for readers to soak up

- Packed with real historical and cultural references compiled by the writer.



Introducing WRATH!




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Drafted #8

Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+

Genre: Action Adventure / Sci Fi

Format: Standard Comic, 32 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.

Retail Price: $3.50

UPC Code: 882142-00147-00801




Author: Mark Powers (G.I. Joe: America’s Elite)

Artist: Rebekah Isaacs (Hack/Slash, Twilight Zone)

Cover Artist: Tim Seeley


The entire series thus far comes down to the events in this issue. As humanity faces the greatest threat it’s ever known, harrowing truths are revealed and everything the drafted humans think they understand will get turned on its head as they could never have expected.



Great jumping-on point!



-Slated to be a major motion picture from New Line Cinema!

-“Drafted is constantly proving to be an epic apocalyptic tale of humans standing up to save their own world.” –Cinema-Crazed.com




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Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons #4
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Ongoing Series

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+

Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure

Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.

Retail Price: Cover A - $5.50 Cover B - $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover)

UPC Code: Cover A - 882142-00155-00401 Cover B - 882142-00155-00402




Authors: Ed Greenwood, Roger E. Moore

Adapted by: Jeff Grubb, Stan!

Artists: Juanfran Moyano, Javier Sanchez Aranda

Cover Artists:
A – Nadir Balan
B – Marc Fishman


“Elminster at the Magefair” finds the Sage of Shadowdale and Storm Silverhand under siege by a formidable undead enemy from Elminster’s past, while the Dragonlance saga’s most famous kender, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, relates his remarkable adventure with a curious magical ring in “A Stone’s Throw Away.”



-A double-sized monthly anthology exploring the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons!

-Spotlighting the popular characters Elminster of Shadowdale and Tasslehoff Burrfoot.

-Featuring stories and scripts by bestselling fantasy authors and award-winning game designers Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Stan!, and Roger E. Moore.




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Hack/Slash Vol. 4 TPB – Revenge of the Return Part 4
Frequency of Publication: Trade Paperback

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 15+

Genre: Horror, Action, Comedy.

Format: Trade Paperback, approx 144 pgs, FC, perfect bound

Retail Price: $18.99

ISBN: 1-934692-18-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-18-9




Author: Tim Seeley (Loaded Bible)

Artists: Emily Stone & Rebekah Isaacs

Cover Artist: Mike Bear


The survivor of an attack by a slasher turned murderer of murderers, Cassie Hack and her monstrous companion Vlad continue their mission to rid the world of those that would harm others… In this collection, they face a murderous priest wannabe in a good world gone mad, a skin peeling wraith from their past and the most disturbing threat of all: murderous children gone horribly wrong. More dark humor from the mind of Tim Seeley!



Collects issues #5-10 of the incredible ongoing series!



-Soon to be a major motion picture from Rogue Pictures and Universal Studios!




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The Comic Cover Art of Dungeons & Dragons Vol 1 Hardcover
Frequency of Publication: Art book

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+

Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure

Format: Art Book, approx 300 pgs, FC, hard cover with dust jacket

Retail Price: $49.99

ISBN: 1-934692-19-0 ISBN 13: 978-1-934692-19-6




Artists: Tim Seeley, Tyler Walpole, Todd Lockwood & Various

Cover: Volta/Slawomir Maniak



Following in the footsteps of the Dungeons & Dragons publications that have come before, the covers of Devil’s Due’s D & D comics feature cover art that is evocatively beautiful and stand as works of art in and of themselves! Collected for the first time – every cover from the FORGOTTEN REALMS, DRAGONLANCE and EBERRON series – in one gorgeous coffee table book! Featuring art by Todd Lockwood, Tyler Walpole, Tim Seeley and more!

Contains EVERY Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Eberron & Worlds of D&D cover from DDP in the last six years!

Hard cover with dust jacket.




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Forgotten Realms vol 7: The Legacy #3 [of 3]
Frequency of Publication: Monthly Limited Series

Intended Audience: Teen Readers: TR 12+

Genre: High Fantasy / Adventure

Format: Standard Comic, 48 pgs, FC, Saddle Stitched.

Retail Price: Cover A - $5.50 Cover B - $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock cover)

UPC Code: Cover A - 882142-00156-00301 Cover B - 882142-00156-00302




Writer: R.A. Salvatore

Adapted by: Andrew Dabb

Artist: Rob Atkins

Cover Artists:
A – Rob Atkins
B – Tyler Walpole

The unexpected – and unwanted – battle against Drizzt’s family continues! Facing not only the dark elves he never wanted to see again, but Drizzt also has to deal with his archenemy, Artemis Entreri! As if that wasn’t enough, a tragic loss faces Drizzt and his closest friends… one that will irrevocably change their lives forever!
The Saga of Drizzt continues!



Written by New York Times Bestselling author R.A. Salvatore!




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Devil’s Due Tees
Genre: Apparel

Format: Color: Black - Mens: L & XL, Womens: S

Retail Price: $25.00

UPC Code: Mens Large: 882142-00165-00101 Mens XLarge: 882142-00165-00102 Womens Small: 882142-00165-00103




Artists: Josh Blaylock & CZR



Now you can show off your comic pride with this stylish new shirt featuring an amazing twist on the classic DDP logo! Are you wearing the shirt, or is the shirt wearing you? Features exactly enough holes for you to get your body in and out with great ease!

Part of the brand new Devil’s Due POP line of toys and usable artwork.



Show off your DDP pride!