Image Comics Summer 2022 Catalog
Image Comics recently released the Image Book Summer 2022 Catalog. This provides a look at many of the collected editions that will be released over the course of next summer.
To simplify what to expect, the following list provides details for each upcoming collection. It contains the contents, release date, format, and solicitation overview for each new book. This list also contains a link to a store page for preorders.
- Arrowsmith Volume 1: So Smart In Their Fine Uniforms
- Collects Arrowsmith Vol. 1 #1-6.
- Release Date: May 3, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- The return of a classic! An oversized, fully remastered collection of the fantasy-adventure epic to accompany the all-new series. Young Fletcher Arrowsmith learns the true cost of war in an alternate history where dragons and magic spells are as much a part of World War I as bullets and barbed wire. This edition, in hardcover for the first time, will present the art as PACHECO originally intended.
- Fire Power By Kirkman & Samnee, Book 1
- Collects Fire Power #1-12. Also includes covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover volume.
- Release Date: May 3, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- Bestselling series created by Robert Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE, OBLIVION SONG) and Chris Samnee (Daredevil, Black Widow)!
- The one who wields the fire power is destined to save the world, but Owen Johnson has turned his back on that life. He doesn’t want the power, he never did. He only wants to raise his family and live his life, but unseen forces are at work to make that impossible. Danger lurks around every corner as Owen’s past comes back to haunt him.
- Karmen
- Collects Karmen #1-5.
- Release Date: May 3, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- Spanish writer and artist GUILLEM MARCH is best known for his ongoing, extensive work with DC Comics on Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn and has worked as an artist on several graphic novels including the English editions of Monika with Titan Comics and The Dream with Europe Comics. Here, he takes up his pen for an edgy new volume about a highly unconventional angel named Karmen and the young woman she takes under her wing when a case of heartbreak strikes hard. Packed with surprises and metaphysics, this gorgeously drawn series deploys tenderness and humor as it dives deep into topics that matter.
- Razorblades, Volume 1
- Collects Razorblades #1-5.
- Release Date: May 3, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- Not currently listed.
- The Scumbag, Volume 3: Goldenbrowneye
- Collects The Scumbag #11-14.
- Release Date: May 3, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The world is caught in an all-out war between Scorpionus and Moonflower as the two enact their plans to force their versions of utopia on us all! Our hope for liberation is a drug addled, metalhead pervert and his flying Trans Am–Agent Scumbag! Quit being a jerk and come for one final spin with RICK REMENDER (Seven to Eternity, Deadly Class), ROLAND BOSCHI (Winter Soldier, Ghost Rider) and Ernie Ray Clementine as he sets everything right in the world for everyone! Or the exact opposite! Why would we tell you how the story ends in this blurb?!
- A Thing Called Truth
- Collects A Thing Called Truth #1-5.
- Release Date: May 10, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- A workaholic scientist who wanted to save the world and a woman who fears nothing except discovering her own destiny find themselves mixed up in a chaotic on-the-road adventure through Europe together.
- Will they manage to find a middle ground between their opposite way of life, at least long enough to be able to complete their mission?
- And what if it leads them to an unexpected romance?
- A chaotic LGBTQ road trip!
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- Curse Words: The Whole Damned Thing Omnibus
- Collects all twenty-eight issues, 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
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- 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.
- King of Spies, Volume 1
- Collects King of Spies #1-4.
- Release Date: May 17, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The world’s greatest secret agent has six months to live. Does he die quietly in a hospital bed or make up for a lifetime of bad decisions? He’s been propping up an unfair system for over forty years. Now he knows where all the bodies are buried and has nothing to lose as he turns his guns on everyone who ever made a buck as they created the mess we’re in right now.
- Murder Falcon Deluxe
- 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
- Hardcover
- 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!
- Swing Volume 5
- Collects the graphic novel.
- Release Date: May 24, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Dan and Cathy’s epic journey into sexual discovery comes to an end in this final volume of this arc of Swing! Outed, aging and just trying to live their best life, will their love overcome all? Will there be a happy ending? Heh.
- The Silver Coin, Volume 2
- Collects The Silver Coin #6-10.
- Release Date: May 24, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The saga of The Silver Coin continues as the cursed token is spent again and again. First, a haunted arcade cabinet twists the dreams of a young boy. Then, the coin finds its way to a street magician who’s lost his way amongst the opulence of a desperate city. Follow the money—across decades, centuries—and the nature of a curse will be revealed.
- Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with all-star collaborators JOSH WILLIAMSON (NAILBITER, BATMAN/SUPERMAN), RAM V (SWAMP THING, BLUE IN GREEN), MATTHEW ROSENBERG (HAWKEYE, 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK), and VITA AYALA (NEW MUTANTS, THE WILDS) on this new ongoing horror anthology series for mature readers.
- Redneck, Volume 6
- Collects Redneck #31-36.
- Release Date: May 31, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The Bowmans are vampires who have quietly run the local barbecue joint in their small town for years, living off cow’s blood. Their peaceful coexistence ends as generations of hate, fear, and bad blood bubble to the surface–making it impossible to separate man from monster! By superstar writer DONNY CATES (Venom, Crossover) and artist LISANDRO ESTHERREN.
- The conclusion of the REDNECK family saga! War is coming to the Bowmans, and with it comes death and destruction. Some will live, many will die.
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- The Magic Order, Volume 2
- Collects The Magic Order #1-6.
- Release Date: May 31, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The sequel to the smash-hit first volume by Mark Millar and Olivier Coipel is drawn by the peerless Stuart Immonen (Empress, Star Wars, New Avengers).
- This time the story moves to England and the London chapter of The Magic Order, tough Guy Ritchie-style gangsters who have a problem with some Eastern European Warlocks moving into their territory in a magical turf war like you’ve never seen before. Can Cordelia Moonstone, the new leader of the group, keep the peace?
- Cyber Force 30th Anniversary Complete Collection, Volume 1
- Collects Cyberforce #0, Tin Men Of War #1-4, Killer Instinct Crossover With Wildcats #5-7, Volume 2 #1-13, Origins: #1, Cyblade #2, and Stryker and Cyberforce Annual #1.
- Release Date: June 7, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING! To coincide with the groundbreaking 30TH Anniversary of Top Cow and Image comics. Top Cow proudly presents the original stories that launched the series, collecting the very first Cyberforce story, “Tin Men of War.” Fans can go back and rediscover the introduction of characters like Velocity, Ripclaw, Heatwave, Cyblade, Stryker, Impact, and Ballistic to the world of comics with brilliant art by Marc Silvestri. All this and more, gorgeously rendered and assembled in this first volume of absolute collected editions. First time back to print since 1992!
- Cyber Force 30th Anniversary Complete Collection, Volume 1
- Collects Cyberforce #0, Tin Men Of War #1-4, Killer Instinct Crossover With Wildcats #5-7, Volume 2 #1-13, Origins: #1 Cyblade, #2 Stryker, and Cyberforce Annual #1.
- Release Date: June 7, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitations Details:
- GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING! To coincide with the groundbreaking 30TH Anniversary of Top Cow and Image comics. Top Cow proudly presents the original stories that launched the series, collecting the very first Cyberforce story, “Tin Men of War.” Fans can go back and rediscover the introduction of characters like Velocity, Ripclaw, Heatwave, Cyblade, Stryker, Impact, and Ballistic to the world of comics with brilliant art by Marc Silvestri. All this and more, gorgeously rendered and assembled in this first volume of absolute collected editions. First time back to print since 1992!
- Rick Grimes 2000
- Contents currently unlisted.
- Release Date: June 7, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Beyond THE WALKING DEAD… RICK GRIMES 2000!
- Rick Grimes was a small-town police officer. Then the world fell to the walking dead. But the dead were only the start… and a new tale of alien horror begins here.
- Superstar writer Robert Kirkman (INVINCIBLE, FIRE POWER) and superstar artist Ryan Ottley (INVINCIBLE, Amazing Spider-Man) present what’s the the wildest WALKING DEAD story ever. This hardcover collects the entire RICK GRIMES 2000 story originally serialized in the pages of SKYBOUND X.
- SUPERHEROES, HORROR
- Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition Book 1
- Collects Ice Cream Man#1-12.
- Release Date: June 14, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- “I’ve literally never read anything like this ‘genre-defying’ sorta-anthology thing, but it’s f*cking awesome. The writing is strange and deeply unsettling, and the artwork is gorgeous. The new comic I most look forward to reading each month.” –Brian K. Vaughan, Saga
- Collecting the first twelve issues of the critically acclaimed, best-selling anthology comic ICE CREAM MAN, this oversized hardcover offers a veritable super-sundae of storytelling flavors. From the haunting inaugural issue, to an exploration of opioid abuse, to a lauded three-tiered silent meditation, to even the far reaches of future outer space—there’s a sliver of suffering here for everyone. The Ice Cream Man is coming around the block…can you hear his sweet little song?
- Inkblot, Volume 3
- Collects Inkblot #13-18.
- Release Date: June 21, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- As a last effort to impose her dominance on the cat, the Seeker creates a magical bell collar so she can track it across the realms. Her invention only increases her frustrations, until her long lost brother makes an adjustment that allows her to control the feline. With the power of the Void finally at her hands, she must choose how to use it.
- The Creep
- Collects the classic The Creep stories from Dark Horse Presents.
- Release Date: June 21, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Oxel Karnhus is a private detective like no other. With the face of a brute and the broken heart of child, he navigates the mean streets of 1980’s Manhattan in four neo-noir tales that test his courage, his wits, and his ethical core. Fan favorite artist Dale Eaglesham provides the fully rendered pencil art — faithfully reproduced for the first time in this new edition. An additional story illustrated by Brian O’Connel is included, all with remastered dialogue by Eisner nominated writer John Arcudi
- Clementine, Book 1
- Collects the graphic novel.
- Release Date: June 28, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- FROM THE WORLD OF ROBERT KIRKMAN’S THE WALKING DEAD…
- …CLEMENTINE LIVES!
- Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own.
- But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement.
- As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival…might be each other.
- A coming-of-age tale of survival written and illustrated by two-time Eisner award winner Tillie Walden (Spinning, On a Sunbeam).
- Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost
- Collects Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost #1-6.
- Release Date: June 28, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Superstar artist and comics-makin’ weirdo JIM MAHFOOD returns to his creator-owned GRRL SCOUTS universe for a brand new adventure!
- Join DIO, TURTLENECK JONES, and GORDI as they face off against the sinister and unpredictable evil of THE TEETH! Hilarious, over the top, psychedelic action will ensue, you guys! Packed from cover to cover with completely unique eye-poppin’ MAHFOOD art, including bonus comics, and behind the scenes fun! Additional artwork from PEACH MOMOKO, JIM RUGG, MATTEO SCALERA, and more! Feel the Funk!
- What’s The Furthest Place From Here Volume 1
- Contents currently unlisted.
- Release Date: June 28, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Not currently listed.
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- Adventureman Volume 2: A Fairy Tale of New York
- Collects Adventureman #5–9.
- Release Date: July 5, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD? For Claire Connell, it meant becoming the inheritor of the legacy of legendary pulp hero the Adventureman. Now Claire’s learning that to fight Adventureman’s fights means she’s the one who must fight Adventureman’s foes, past AND present…
- Mirka Andolfo’s Sweet Paprika Volume 2
- Collects Sweet Paprika #7-12.
- Release Date: July 19, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- Not currently listed.
- Nocterra Volume 2: Pedal to the Metal
- Collects Nocterra #7-11 & Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special.
- Release Date: July 19, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- After escaping abject terror in the events of Full Throttle Dark, Val, Em, Bailey, and the Ferrymen are seeking out the location of Eos, the place where evil was first unleashed onto the world as the sun was forever set. As our heroes traverse the shade-infested waters, shocking new pacts will have to be forged if they ever hope to survive.
- Legendary creators Scott Snyder (Dark Knights: Death Metal, Wytches) and Tony S. Daniel (Batman, Deathstroke) provide all-new scares in the next arc of this pulse-pounding hit ongoing series. Also included, a chilling origin tale for series antagonist Blacktop Bill.
- Oblivion Song by Kirkman & De Felici Book 3
- Collects Oblivion Song #25-36. Also includes covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized hardcover volume.
- Release Date: July 19, 2022
- Hardcover
- Solicitation Details:
- A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. Nathan Cole was the only one to have never given up searching the apocalyptic hellscape of Oblivion. Now, he embarks on a new journey with full knowledge of Oblivion and what caused the Transference! The fate of the Earth rests in his capable hands!
- Ordinary Gods, Volume 2
- Collects Ordinary Gods #7-12.
- Release Date: July 26, 2022
- Paperback
- Solicitation Details:
- The last time the Prodigy awoke, the world narrowly avoided armageddon.
- For the first time in millennia, the Awakened are finally united. On the run after the explosive events of Brazil, and with the agents of the One King close at every turn, Christopher’s mission is finally clear: destroy the God Machine.
- It’s time to end the world.
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