Image Comics September 2021 Collection Solicitations

Image’s September 2021 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions!

This month there are plenty of new and exciting collections on the way. A few awesome new comics are getting their first volumes, like The Good Asian Vol. 1 and Nocterra Vol. 1. There are also a few exciting miniseries collections on the way, like HAHA or Stray Dogs. I’m also personally excited for Monstress Vol. 6: The Vow, as Monstress is just a great series.

• The Good Asian Vol. 1 TP
  • Collects The Good Asian #1-4, plus covers by Sana Takeda, Annie Wu, Jen Bartel, David Johnson, and more.
  • Release Date: September 28, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Writer PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE’s long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed INFIDEL with stunning art by ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI (OUTPOST ZERO)! Following Edison Hark—a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective—on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban, the Chinese, as they’re besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes.  
• Oddly Normal Book 4 TP
  • Collects Oddly Normal #16-20
  • Release Date: September 7, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Oddly’s adventures in Fignation continue as two mysterious figures from the past return to cause trouble for her and her friends.
• Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book HC
  • Collects the original graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: October 19, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Bestselling crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.
    • It’s 1988, and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul. How hard could that be, right? But what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn, and Ethan will risk everything that still matters to him.
    • Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS, PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED—and a must-have for all BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS fans! 
• HAHA TP
  • Collects HAHA #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 28, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • ICE CREAM MAN writer W. MAXWELL PRINCE brings his signature style of one-shot storytelling to the world of clowns—and he’s invited SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN COMICS to join him for the ride.
    • HAHA is a genre-jumping, throat-lumping look at the sad, scary, hilarious life of those who get paid to play the fool—but these ain’t your typical jokers.
    • With chapters drawn by VANESA DEL REY (REDLANDS), GABRIEL WALTA (Vision), ROGER LANGRIDGE (Thor), and more, HAHA peeks under the big top, over the rainbow, and even inside a balloon to tell a wide-ranging slew of stories about “funny” men and women, proving that some things are so sad you just have to laugh.  
• Jules Verne’s Lighthouse TP
  • Collects Jules Verne’s Lighthouse #1-5. 
  • Release Date: October 19, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • In this adaptation of the JULES VERNE classic, set in the year 2717, the Lighthouse is a supercomputer the size of a skyscraper that guides spacecraft through a turbulent sea of wormholes. Maria Vasquez has chosen this isolated base to escape her troubled past, but now she and her glitchy nanny bot, Moses, are the only ones who can stop a crew of murderous pirates from seizing the most devastating weapons ever created.  
• Luther Strode: The Complete Series TP
  • Collects The Strange Talent Of Luther Strode, The Legend Of Luther Strode, And The Legacy Of Luther Strode.
  • Release Date: October 26, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Luther Strode is an average teenage nerd until he sends away for the Hercules Method, a bodybuilding course that promises to give him the body of his dreams. But the powers he unleashes make him a target for a murder cult as old as mankind, cost him almost everything, and take him across the world in the fight to take back his life. 
• Nocterra Vol. 1: Full Throttle Dark TPCollects Nocterra #1-6.
  • Release Date: October 19, 2021
    • Solicitation Details:It’s been 10 years since Val Riggs saw the sun swallowed up by darkness. Ten years since nearly everyone she knew was infected and changed into hideous shades. Now a ferryman providing transport for people and goods, she traverses the deadly unlit roads in her eighteen-wheeler, taking on whatever evils the night provides. When the promise of an illuminated sanctuary crosses her path, Val must undergo a journey far beyond the limits of any ferryman before her. But with a loved one in the throes of infection, time is running short…
    • Legendary creators SCOTT SNYDER (Dark Knights: Death Metal, WYTCHES) and TONY S. DANIEL (Batman, Deathstroke) unveil horrors beyond any shade in this pulse-pounding new ONGOING SERIES. 

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• The Silver Coin Vol. 1 TP
  • Collects The Silver Coin #1-5
  • Release Date: October 12, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The story starts with a failing rock band whose fortune changes overnight when they find the mysterious Silver Coin. Next, it helps handle some mean girls at sleep-away camp. Follow the curious token as it changes hands over centuries—from Puritan New England to the scavenged junklands of 2467—and discover how much pain a cursed coin can purchase.
    • Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with all-star collaborators—CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS)—on this new ONGOING horror anthology series for mature readers. 
• Stray Dogs TP
  • Collects Stray Dogs #1-5
  • Release Date: September 21, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • It’s scary being the new dog.
    • In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall…Wait! Where’s her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what’s happening, and how she’s going to survive this.
    • They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog—just bad owners.
    • STRAY DOGS is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER. It’s Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs. 
• Ultramega by James Harren Vol. 1 TP
  • Collects Ultramega by James Harren #1-4.
  • Release Date: October 19, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • A cosmic plague has spread, transforming everyday people into violent, monstrous kaiju. Only the Ultramega—three individuals imbued with incredible powers—hold the line against this madness. Their battles level cities and leave untold horror in their wake. Now, the final reckoning approaches for the Ultramega…but is this a war they can even win?
    • Fight monsters and stand with humanity in this new Skybound Original from the greatest artist of his generation, JAMES HARREN (RUMBLE, BPRD) and Eisner Award-winning colorist DAVE STEWART (Black Hammer). 
• Deadly Class Vol. 10: Save Your Generation TP
  • Collects Deadly Class #45-48.
  • Release Date: October 26, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Everyone’s favorite assassin undergrads are back! It’s a new era, but old habits die hard—and old grudges die even harder. Can the latchkey kids of a forgotten generation find their footing in a world that can’t understand them and doesn’t care to try? 
• Head Lopper Vol. 4: Head Lopper & The Quest for Mulgrid’s Stair TP
  • Collects Head Lopper #13-16.
  • Release Date: September 28, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • With high-stakes action and big imagination, Norgal and Agatha embark on a quest to find an invisible staircase to the heavens, atop which sits Mulgrid the All-Knowing. With dark assassins everywhere, Norgal hopes the aid of Mulgrid will give him the upper hand. Slashing their way through gorgons, bombing their way past gargantuan spiders, and navigating the politics of a kingdom on the brink of collapse, the fellowship must make teamwork a priority to survive.
• Lady Mechanika Vol. 3 TP
  • Collects Lady Mechanika: The Lost Boys Of West Abbey #1-2.
  • Release Date: September 29, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Lady Mechanika’s investigation into the murders of “undesirable” children in Mechanika City triggers an unexpected reaction from her subconscious self. Could the killer somehow be connected to Lady Mechanika’s mysterious past? A great entry point for new readers into this imaginative steampunk series! 
• Monstress Vol. 6: The Vow TP
  • Collects Monstress : Talk-Stories #1-2 and Monstress #31-35
  • Release Date: September 21, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • War has engulfed the Known World, and Maika Halfwolf is at its epicenter. As she and her friends grapple with the consequences of their actions, long-buried secrets and long-awaited reunions threaten to change everything. Join MARJORIE LIU and SANA TAKEDA in the newest volume of this Eisner, Hugo, Harvey, and British Fantasy Award-winning series.
    • Plus, learn about the happier childhood days of Kippa and Maika in MONSTRESS: TALK-STORIES 1 and 2! 
• The Scumbag Vol. 2: Moonflower TP
  • Collects The Scumbag #6-10.
  • Release Date: November 2, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • “MOONFLOWER” The world, once again, rests in the hands of the worst person on it! Ernie Ray Clementine—a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker—accidentally received a power-imbuing serum, making him the world’s most powerful super spy. This time, Ernie is going to the moon to stop MADAM HIVE—leader of an evil hippie cult, THE MOONFLOWER—who plans to use a mind-altering love-ray to transform every human on Earth into a like-minded hippie. 
• Swing Vol. 4 OGN TP
  • Collects the original graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: September 28, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • A SUNSTONE crossover event! Dan and Cathy are on a trip to New York and decide to visit the BDSM club featured in the SUNSTONE books by STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ. Hijinks ensue as some familiar characters from SUNSTONE meet our swinging duo! And, oh yeah, Cathy is pregnant!

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