Image Comics February 2022 Collection Solicitations

Image’s February 2022 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions!

This is a month full of really interesting Image Comics collections. This includes two new Omnibus Editions and a new Deluxe Edition. On top of this, several paperbacks, like Astro City Metrobook Vol. 1, Frontiersman Vol. 1, Ice Cream Man, Vol. 7, and Undiscovered Country, Vol. 3 are also on the way.

• Night Mary TP
  • Collects Night Mary #1-5.
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Meet Mary Specter, a misunderstood teenage girl trained to be a lucid dreamer. Mary’s father runs a sleep disorder clinic where Mary enters the ghastly dreams of disturbed people in an attempt to help them. When a patient turns out to be a serial killer, the nightmare world and the waking one become intertwined, putting Mary in real jeopardy. Writer RICK REMENDER (LOW, BLACK SCIENCE) and artist KIERON DWYER (LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS) take you on a visually magnificent walk through the mind. 
• Astro City Metrobook, Vol. 1 TP
  • Collects Kurt Busiek’s Astro City, Vol. 1 (#1-6) & Vol. 2 (#1-12, #9).
  • Release Date: April 5, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • A hero dreams of flight. An alien spy prepares for invasion. A young man is mentored by a hero with dark secrets. A street criminal discovers a hero’s identity. And much, much more. Step into a world of heroes and see them from a whole different perspective. These are the multiple-award-winning stories that began the epic series and changed how we think about superheroes. 
• Echolands Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects Echolands #1-6. 
  • Release Date: March 29, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The story of Earth’s last war starts with Hope’s sticky fingers…
    • The multiple award-winning Batwoman team of J. H. WILLIAMS III (Promethea, The Sandman: Overture, Batman) and W. HADEN BLACKMAN (Star Wars, Elektra) reunites! They’re joined once again by colorist supreme DAVE STEWART and master letterer TODD KLEIN.
    • In a bizarre future world that has forgotten its history, reckless thief Hope Redhood holds the key to excavating its dark, strange past―if only she and her crew can escape a tyrannical wizard and his unstoppable daughter. But fate will send them all on a path leading to a war between worlds. 
• Frontiersman Vol. 1 TP
  • Collects Frontiersman #1-5.
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • A retired superhero is coaxed back into action by an environmentalist group, only to find life as a spokesperson makes him a target for old and new enemies alike! Doing a tree-sit protest to stop a logging company means everyone he’s ever had a problem with knows where to find him. And they come running. 

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• Murder Falcon Deluxe HC
  • Collects the entire Murder Falcon miniseries and Skybound X short story, along with covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover volume.
  • Release Date: May 17, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • From superstar creator DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, EXTREMITY)!
    • The world is under attack by hideous monsters, and Jake’s life is falling apart—until he meets Murder Falcon. Murf was sent from The Heavy to destroy all evil, but he can’t do it without Jake shredding up a storm.
    • Now, with every chord Jake plays on his guitar, the power of metal fuels Murder Falcon into all-out kung fu fury on those that seek to conquer Earth!
    • This new edition collects the entire MURDER FALCON miniseries and SKYBOUND X short story, along with covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover volume. 
• Razorblades: The Horror Magazine Year One Omnibus HC
  • Collects Razorblades: The Horror Magazine #1-5.
  • Release Date: April 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The self-published terror sensation finally arrives in a deluxe hardcover collecting the first year! Co-created by JAMES TYNION IV (DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, Something is Killing the Children) and STEVE FOXE, RAZORBLADES: THE HORROR MAGAZINE features over 350 pages of horror from some of the most cutting-edge names in the genre. From monsters in the closet to bodies stuffed in washing machines, RAZORBLADES redefines horror comics for the next era. Also includes prose, illustrations, and in-depth interviews with horror icons like SCOTT SNYDER. 
• The Me You Love In The Dark TP
  • Collects The Me You Love In The Dark #1-5.
  • Release Date: March 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a haunting new tale. An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town, hoping to find solace and inspiration—only to realize that the muse she finds within may not be what she expected. Fans of STEPHEN KING and NEIL GAIMAN will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror. 
• St. Mercy TP
  • Collects St. Mercy #1-4. 
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • From the writer of Jurassic World Evolution, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and Wanted: Weapons of Fate comes a revenge tale that spans millennia! No good deed goes unpunished.
    • When Mercedes Oro, a young missionary on the outskirts of a small frontier town, takes in and cares for a dying outlaw, the outlaw’s gang repays her by attacking her mission, killing her family, stealing the golden artifacts she swore to protect, and leaving her for dead with a dagger through her heart. Unbeknownst to the gang, the cursed dagger resurrects Mercedes, and she is reborn as St. Mercy, an avenging angel of death. Now, she’s out to recover her gold and deal violent retribution to those who wronged her, all while confronting Toctollissica, the spirit in the cursed Incan artifact that’s keeping her amongst the living. 

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• Crowded, Volume 3 TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: February 22, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Fired and ditched by Charlie, Vita sets off in hot pursuit of her former client and some answers. But Charlie’s not alone. She’s hired a brand new bodyguard, Circe, unaware she’s a killer who has been stalking Charlie since her crowdfunded assassination campaign began.
    • As this catastrophic throuple cat-and-mouses its way across America, feelings and knives and secrets will come out, including who started Charlie’s Reapr campaign and why everyone wants her dead. All leading to a bloody showdown with the shadowy group responsible for turning Charlie’s murder into a viral sensation. 
• Curse Words: The Whole Damned Thing Omnibus HC
  • Collects all twenty-eight issues originally published by Image Comics, the previously unpublished, full-length epilogue issue Curse Words: After Words, an introduction by Late Night With Stephen Colbert writer Daniel Kibblesmith, and pages upon pages of bonus material.
  • Release Date: May 17, 2022
    • HERE AT LAST from CHARLES SOULE (Star Wars) and RYAN BROWNE (GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS): CURSE WORDS: THE HOLE DAMNED THING, a massive omnibus collection of the magical, hilarious, oddly moving story of an evil wizard named Wizord, his talking koala sidekick Margaret, and their journey to be good (or at least slightly less bad) in this dark, unforgiving world of ours.
    • Collects all 28 issues originally published by Image Comics, the previously unpublished full-length epilogue issue CURSE WORDS: AFTER WORDS, with an introduction by Late Night With Stephen Colbert writer DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, and pages upon pages of bonus material. The definitive collection of the series that JOE HILL (JOE HILL’S RAIN, Locke & Key) calls a “terrific, terrific comic.”
• Ice Cream Man, Vol. 7: Certain Descents TP
  • Collects Ice Cream Man #25-28.
  • Release Date: February 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • ICE CREAM MAN—the critically acclaimed, bestselling anthological comic book series—continues here with four more unfortunate, enervating episodes of descent: a plane falls from the sky; a man climbs to the bottom of his family tree; Oscar’s blood pressure dips below 90/60! It’s a compendium of comedowns carefully calibrated for curious and crestfallen content consumers…so come join us below. 
• Man-Eaters, Vol. 4: The Cursed TP
  • Collects Man-Eaters: The Cursed #1-5 & Man-Eaters #13.
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Maude, now age 15, returns to her childhood summer camp to find that dark forces are lurking in the woods. MAN-EATERS: THE CURSED reunites the original Eisner-nominated MAN-EATERS creative team, led by New York Times bestselling thriller writer CHELSEA CAIN, for another tale of adolescent feminist derring-do and supernatural hijinks. Smart, laugh-out-loud funny, provocative, referential, scary, compulsively re-readable, and chock-full of collectible ephemera. Each volume comes with a Patriarchy Reparations packet. 

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• Manifest Destiny, Vol. 8 TP
  • Collects Manifest Destiny #43-48.
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • In 1803, Lewis and Clark were commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the uncharted United States westward. Not to mention kill every damn creature in their path.
    • Now, the Pacific Coast is within sight, and their long and terrifying journey is almost over. There is just the matter of resolving their bargain with a demon …
    • In 2013, CHRIS DINGESS and MATTHEW ROBERTS began their acclaimed historical adventure series…now, they conclude their adventure, and may God save our souls. 
• Undiscovered Country, Vol. 3 TP: Possibility
  • Collects Undiscovered Country #13-18.
  • Release Date: January 11, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The smash hit series by New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER (Dark Nights: Death Metal, WYTCHES) and CHARLES SOULE (Star Wars, CURSE WORDS), with art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer), newcomer LEONARDO MARCELLO GRASSI, and Eisner Award-winning colorist MATT WILSON (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, PAPER GIRLS) continues!
    • The journey through the transformed United States continues as our group of explorers ventures into the third Zone: POSSIBILITY, a region built on the endlessly evolving landscape of American creativity, from folklore to VR. The team will encounter bizarre transformations and amalgamations of the nation’s greatest cultural achievements as they try to survive long enough to tell a story of their own.