Image Comics December 2021 Collection Solicitations
Image’s December 2021 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions!
This month’s lineup has a nice mix of collections. There are original graphic novels, trade paperbacks, a paperback compendium, and a hardcover deluxe edition. The standouts this month include titles like the Deadly Class Deluxe Edition Book Three, the third Killadelphia installment, and a new The Old Guard collection. However, there are plenty more gems within this list.
- Leone: Notes on a Life OGN
- Collects the original graphic novel.
- Release Date: December 21, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Acclaimed creator CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (The Flash, Daredevil: Battlin’ Jack Murdock) and rising star FRANCESCO COLAFELA present the true story of LEONE, an Italian man who immigrated to the U.S. to find fortune, freedom, and jazz and left it again to save lives. From the stage of his last concert in New York City, through the sound of his trumpet, Leone recounts his past and his future in an emotional, nonlinear memoir made of music and memories.
- Step into the shoes of an American immigrant in this timely tale about spreading love and strength wherever you go and never forgetting where you came from.
- The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton Vol. 1 TP
- Collects The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1-6.
- Release Date: January 18, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- For fans of CHEW and ASSASSIN NATION comes a new action-mystery series from Eisner Award nominees CHRIS SCHWEIZER (The Crogan Adventures) and KYLE STARKS (SEXCASTLE).
- The world’s most unlikable action star has been found dead, and his previous TV sidekicks are looking to solve the mystery. But how can you catch a murderer when almost everyone hates the victim? Now, these sidekicks are going to learn what it means to be the stars of the show—that is, if any of them survive the STUNTMAN WAR!
- Syphon TP
- Collects Syphon #1-3.
- Release Date: December 21, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- When fast-living EMT Sylas is entrusted with the power to sense and siphon pain from others, he finds a new purpose: easing the misery of those around him. But the more he uses this gift, the more he is cursed to carry the burden of others’ pain, and before long, he attracts the attention of mysterious forces who covet the power for themselves. Will Sylas continue on his noble mission, or will he fall back into his old impetuous ways?
- Comic book documentarian PATRICK MEANEY (Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods, The Image Revolution) teams up with artist JEFF EDWARDS (G.I. Joe) in a story by MOHSEN ASHRAF for a creator-owned noir fantasy that evokes the lore of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods alongside the psychological thrills of M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable.
- Time2 Omnibus HC
- Collects remastered versions of the project’s debut in the American Flagg! Special and its long-out-of-print first two volumes, “The Epiphany” and “The Satisfaction of Black Mariah.” Also includes the new 48-page volume “Hallowed Ground0,” plus many never-before-seen extras.
- Release Date: February 16, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- Graphically experimental, narratively daring, and visually explosive, HOWARD CHAYKIN’s TIME2 was a work ahead of its time. Now, on the project’s 35th anniversary and with the arrival of its long-awaited conclusion…it still is.
- Commanders in Crisis Vol. 2: The Reaction
- Collects Commanders in Crisis #7-12.
- Release Date: December 7, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Our world sits in the final reality. Empathy, unity, decency…every day, we lose something we thought we couldn’t live without. To save us all, the Crisis Command must give up everything they know—from their egos to their idealism—and go on a journey of rediscovery as the clock ticks towards annihilation. Standing in their way is the Extinction Society, an organization convinced that the only reasonable act for civilization is self-destruction. To survive, the Crisis Command has to be something more than superheroes, they have to be something better—and they have to inspire the last earth to do the same, so they can all meet tomorrow, together.
- The emotional conclusion to a prescient series from acclaimed writer STEVE ORLANDO (Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol: Milk Wars, Martian Manhunter) and artist DAVIDE TINTO (Marvel Action: Spider-Man).
- Copra Round Six TP
- Collects Copra #32-41.
- Release Date: December 28, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- COPRA returns with the long-awaited “Ochizon Saga”! Collecting the Image-released issues plus the subsequent Copra Press chapters, MICHEL FIFFE pits his cast of mercenary misfits up against cruel cyborg turncoats, reanimated doomsday agents, and a reality-warping cosmic dynasty. Jump into the thick of it with the world’s greatest superhero revenge machine.
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- Deadly Class Deluxe Edition, Book Three: Teen Age Riot HC
- Collects Deadly Class #32-44 and FCBD 2019 Deadly Class “Killer Set” One-Shot.
- Release Date: March 15, 2022
- Solicitation Details:
- Collects arcs 7–9 and the FCBD special of RICK REMENDER and WES CRAIG’s DEADLY CLASS, a darkly humorous coming-of-age drama that follows the teens of Generation X as they navigate a secret assassin academy training them to become corrupt tools of evil. This deluxe oversized hardcover, bursting at the seams with sketches, concept art, variant covers, and other extras, is the ultimate way to experience the 1980s underground!
- Killadelphia Vol. 3: Home is Where the Hatred Is TP
- Collects Killadelphia #13-18 and part two of werewolf tie-in story “Elysium Gardens”.
- Release Date: December 28, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- A new, horrifying chapter of the Eisner Award-nominated series from RODNEY BARNES, the writer behind such hit shows as Marvel’s Runaways and STARZ’s American Gods, and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, the artist who redefined SPAWN for a new generation.
- A new vampire king has entered the game, and his name is Thomas Jefferson! The third president of the United States plans to (literally) raise hell as he sets forth to craft a new America far more twisted than the one he sought to create two and a half centuries ago.
- Meanwhile, young Jimmy Sangster has been bitten and is quickly becoming a bloodthirsty creature of the night. Will SeeSaw and James Sangster Sr. be able to find a way to reverse his condition before his soul is lost forever, or will Jimmy’s newborn instincts take over and put everyone he loves in harm’s way?
- A Man Among Ye Vol. 2 TP
- Collects A Man Among Ye #5-8.
- Release Date: December 21, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- Pirate queen Anne Bonny is back with her crew of lady buccaneers after a harrowing escape from a Caribbean prison! But can they find a safe haven on land or sea after Calico Jack Rackham’s betrayal and the governor’s promise to hunt down and execute Anne?
- A MAN AMONG YE makes a splash as this action-packed second volume from writer STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (Harley Quinn) and artist JOSH GEORGE (2000AD Future Shock, Grimm Tales of Terror) hits the high seas!
- The Old Guard: Tales Through Time TP
- Collects The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1-6.
- Release Date: December 21, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- The bestselling, critically acclaimed THE OLD GUARD, now a hit Netflix movie starring Charlize Theron, returns with NEW stories by GREG RUCKA, LEANDRO FERNÁNDEZ, and an all-star lineup of guest creators, expanding the world of the immortal warriors in shocking ways! Meet the immortals’ families, witness never-before-seen adventures, and discover the first appearance of a major new character!
- Featuring writers BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, KELLY SUE DeCONNICK, MATT FRACTION, VITA AYALA, JASON AARON, DAVID F. WALKER, and more, and artists VALENTINE DE LANDRO, NICOLA SCOTT, MICHAEL AVON OEMING, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, MIKE HENDERSON, MATTHEW CLARK, KANO, and more!
- Spawn Compendium Vol. 2 TP
- Collects Spawn #51-100.
- Release Date: December 14, 2021
- Solicitation Details:
- COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FULL COLOR!
- TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation, SPAWN, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history.
- SPAWN COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2 presents the continued tales of Spawn as he journeys from the back alleys of New York City to the pits of Hell itself. Featuring incredible art from GREG CAPULLO (Batman) and stories from writers TODD McFARLANE and BRIAN HOLGUIN.
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