Dark Horse Comics June 2021 Collection Solicitations
Dark Horse’s June 2021 solicitations are out and we’re looking at the collected editions. This month, there is a pretty wide range of material coming out. There are a few regular collections, some graphic novels, and quite a bit of paperback omnibus editions. This month is a little light on hardcover collections but still contains plenty of solid content.
- Lost on Planet Earth TP
- Collects the original digital series Lost on Planet Earth.
- Release Date: August 3, 2021
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- It’s 2381, and Basil Miranda, on the verge of graduation, knows exactly what she’s doing with the rest of her life and always has: a primo assignment on the best ship in the fleet alongside her best friend in the world. She has meticulously prepared herself, and the final Fleet Exam is tomorrow. But what if none of that is what she really wants? And why hasn’t she ever asked herself that before?
- Lost on Planet Earth is the latest expectation-defying series from Visaggio, the Eisner-nominated writer of Kim & Kim and Eternity Girl. Lost on Planet Earth reunites Visaggio with artist Aguirre. The pair previously collaborated on Kim & Kim and created the acclaimed series Morning in America; they are joined by letterer Zakk Saam and editor Joe Corallo.
- Crimson Flower TP
- Collects Crimson Flower #1-5, including all covers and bonus material.
- Release Date: August 24, 2021
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- From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Matt Lesniewski (The Freak) comes a brand-new, mind-altering journey through Russian folk tales, trained assassins, and government conspiracies.
- After losing her family in a violent home invasion, a woman uses folk tales to cope. In a blood-soaked journey toward revenge, she tracks down the man responsible for her family’s deaths, only to discover a startling government plot-to weaponize folk tales and use them to raise children into super assassins.
- The Victories Omnibus TP
- Collects The Victories trade paperbacks volumes 1-4.
- Release Date: September 7, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Not long from now, all that will stand between you and evil are the Victories: heroes sworn to protect us from crime, corruption, and the weird designer drug known as Float.
- In this complete collection of Eisner Award-winning Powers cocreator Michael Avon Oeming’s hit superhero series-we follow the mature and bizarre lives of heroes and gods as they fight against the villains, conspirators, and powers that plague their city while battling the demons that haunt their souls.
- Bacon and Other Monstrous Tales HC
- Collects Boogie Picker (8 pages from DHP #131), Bacon part 1 (15 pages from Oni Double Feature #3), and Bacon part 2 (15 pages from Oni Double Feature #4), and much more.
- Release Date: September 7, 2021
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- Superstar artist Troy Nixey will take you on a journey through the creepy and otherworldly in this collection of never-before-collected tales! From alien invasions to monsters lurking in the unseen, this beautifully illustrated book is a must-have for any horror and science-fiction fan! Collecting stories from Nixey’s early days at Oni Press and Dark Horse to the relaunch of Fangoria, as well as never-seen-before material and a bonus sketchbook section!
- Soupy Leaves Home (Second Edition) HC
- Collects the graphic novel and includes an educator’s guide written by Meryl Jaffe, PhD.
- Release Date: August 17, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Pearl Plankette ran away from her home to escape an abusive father and unhappy future. Disguised and reborn as a boy named Soupy, she hitches her star to an unlikely hobo and they begin their journey from the cold heartbreak of their eastern homes toward the sunny promise of California in this train-hopping, depression-era coming-of-age tale.
- Steeple Volume 2 TP
- Collects “two-part continuation of John Allison’s (Giant Days) new series Steeple!”
- Release Date: August 17, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Former curate Billie has moved on to a new path . . . as a priestess in the Church of Satan. Meanwhile, her friend Maggie has made a similar switch-from Satanist to church-bound do-gooder.
- When a mysterious visitor is found in a cave, an ancient evil from the unknowable depths of the Pacific Ocean is hot on their heels . . . and so is Christmas! In the midst of the madness, Billie does her best to arrange an improbable Saturnalia truce between the churches of England and Satan.
View our list of Upcoming Dark Horse Comics Trade Paperbacks right here!
- Kabuki Omnibus Volume 4 TP
- Collects the original Kabuki: Masks of the Noh and Kabuki: Scarab, with extras.
- Release Date: August 24, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- The Noh operatives believe Kabuki has gone rogue and is now deemed a liability. With instructions to infiltrate the Control Corps installation, they have one goal: find Kabuki. If she’s dead, bring back her corpse. If she’s alive . . . bring back her corpse. Kabuki’s fellow assassins take center-stage and face the cost of being an agent of Noh.
- The EC Archives: MD HC
- Collects the complete run of MD, recolored digitally using the original palette, featuring art by legendary comics talents Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingels, and George Evans.
- Release Date: August 17, 2021
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- Dramatic tales of medicine and surgery, and of modern medicine’s constant struggle against illness and injury. The doctor is the hero of these stories, where diseases can be just as deadly as a murderer.
- Avatar: The Next Shadow TP
- Collects the four-issue miniseries.
- Release Date: August 24, 2021
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- Clan rivalries erupt amid turmoil in an untold story set immediately after the events of James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster film Avatar! Jake Sully maintains his position as leader of the Omatikaya Na’vi clan, but with their Hometree destroyed, he begins to doubt his place among them. As the Na’vi and human feud persists, tensions between the clans begin to escalate as longstanding family animosities ignite-spawning treachery and betrayal!
- Nexus Newspaper Strips Volume 1: The Coming of Gourmando TP
- Collects the “Gourmando” story. Also includes the newly remastered “Nexus: The Origin” comic and the classic Rude hand-painted Sundra story, “When She was Young.”
- Release Date: August 31, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Something long dormant beneath the surface of Ylum comes alive, triggering a visit from the planet-devouring Gourmando and his mysterious ally. With powers far beyond those of even Nexus himself, this unstoppable being banishes Nexus to an unknown realm-and the only way out is to face one’s worst fears!
- Vampire Hunter D Omnibus: Book One TP
- Collects the first three volumes of Vampire Hunter D.
- Release Date: August 31, 2021
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- In this bizarre and deadly far future, the most dangerous thing of all is not a vampire, but the one who hunts them-the one who is half them-a dhampir, the unearthly beautiful wanderer known as D. The Vampire Hunter D omnibus collects the first three novels in author Hideyuki Kikuchi’s adventure horror series: Vampire Hunter D, Raiser of Gales, and Demon Deathchase. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, this book is only the beginning of a legend!
- Gantz Omnibus Volume 7 TP
- Collects Gantz volumes 19-21.
- Release Date: September 7, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- After earning enough combat points, the Gantz alien fighters have three choices: freedom, better weapons, or to resurrect a dead Gantz warrior. Will they further risk their own lives to bring back a fallen friend or abandon the comrades who have bravely fought beside them?
- What’s Michael?: Fatcat Collection Volume 2 TP
- Collects What’s Michael? volumes 7-11.
- Release Date: August 31, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- What’s Michael? FatCat Collection volume 2 gathers out-of-print original What’s Michael? volumes 7 to 11 for readers young and old! This huge tome features the out-of-print What’s Michael? volumes Fat Cat in the City, Show Time, The Ideal Cat, Sleepless Nights, and the shocking Planet of the Cats. Introduction by historian and manga stalwart Zack Davisson (Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan)!
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