From DC Comics:

There comes a time when even gods must die, as Jim Starlin (Mystery in Space, Infinity Gauntlet) brings Jack Kirby's cosmic Fourth World saga to a close with an epic eight-part series featuring Darkseid, Mister Miracle, the New Gods, the Forever People and more, encompassing the entire DC universe.

When its major supervillains mysteriously vanish into thin air, a dangerous power vacuum opens up in the Gotham City underworld. As multiple factions and leaders make a play to take control and lead the remaining rogues, can Batman, Robin and their allies prevent the rise of a new kingpin -- or will they inadvertently causing an all-out criminal civil war? Beginning a nine-part Countdown tie-in from writer Frank Tieri (Weapon X) and Jim Calafiore (Exiles).

In the double-sized debut of new series artist Gary Frank (Supreme Power), and continuing on from JLA/JSA crossover 'The Lightning Saga', Superman is reunited with the original Legion of Super-Heroes from the 31st century -- but what shocking revelations will they reveal about the Man of Steel's future?

The new Justice Society of America welcomes the latest addition to its ranks, a refugee from a parallel Earth overrun by super-powered thugs turned dangerously amoral vigilantes: the Kingdom Come Superman. Original visionary Alex Ross joins series writer Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Teen Titans) to craft the long-awaited sequel to the biggest DCU event of the past twenty years.

An uneasy detente between the Authority and StormWatch Prime is shattered when secret computer files of former StormWatch leader Henry Bendix are cracked, revealing the location of a mysterious bunker in the American southwest. Whatever dark technology is contained inside could change the face of the planet; will the Authority finally realise their dream of a 'finer world', will StormWatch strike a crushing blow against superpowered rogues, or will a shadowy third party seize total power for themselves? The next chapter of the Authority saga is crafted by rising star writer Christos Gage (StormWatch PHD) and artist Darick Robertson (The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Wolverine).

Minor celebrity, amateur DJ and recovering cocaine addict Morrison Shepherd is fresh out of prison and back as unofficial leader of the Vinyl Underground, a loose coalition of countercultural outsiders investigating paranormal crimes the regular authorities are too scared to touch -- or too close-minded to even notice. UK television writer Si Spencer (Torchwood) joins indie artist Simon Gane (Paris) for a bold Vertigo ongoing series mixing age-old mysticism with modern crime noir and contemporary street culture.

Television journalist Vic Sage spends his working days attempting to expose the political corruption and social inequality that plague his home of Hub City, with few results -- but after hours he dons a faceless mask and forces those responsible to answer the Question. Veteran writer Denny O'Neil's hugely acclaimed 1980s reinvention of the classic Steve Ditko character is collected for the first time in a trade paperback of issues #1-6, and featuring Batman, Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon and many of the DCU's top martial artists.

When the New Jersey National Guard unit of part-time civilian soldiers is indefinitely deployed to a seemingly never-ending series of wars in the Middle East, idealistic kids fresh out of high school are thrown onto the battlefield alongside middle-aged corporate managers and bored housewives -- and the all-new modernised military has approved some unconvential means of keeping its new front-liners motivated. Iconoclastic writer-artist Rick Veitch (Swamp Thing, Can't Get No, The Question) delivers one of his most wildly creative and subversive works yet in the hit new Vertigo series.

When the villainous Vulturions stage a daring smash-and-grab for highly classified US government documents, it's up to the elite 'Scarlet Spiders' unit of armoured wallcrawlers to track them down -- but who is the familiar face behind one of the Iron Spider masks, and what is their connection to a classic Spider-Man villain and Spidey himself?

The original Fantastic Four is back together, just in time to confront a time-travelling visitor who claims the future must be saved from a tyrannical plan for world domination Reed Richards has been plotting since the superhero Civil War. Is Reed secretly a traitor to the Initiative and everything the FF stands for, and could humanity's saviour be Victor von Doom?

Forty years after consuming the immense cosmic power of Galactus and venturing into space to consume all they could find, the zombiefied former superheroes of Earth have returned home -- only to find the remnants of humanity they left behind may have evolved into something even more monstrous. Are you ready for the Marvel Zombies Civil War? The irreverent smash hit series returns with a second helping from the original creative team of Kirkman (Walking Dead), Phillips (Sleeper) and Suydam.

The aftermath of the House of M saw the world's mutant population reduced from millions to a few hundred, the X-gene apparently erased from existence, and the desperate investigations of Beast have concluded only that mutantkind faces inevitable extinction. But now Cerebra has detected the impossible birth of a new mutant, and the X-Men must race to find it -- not knowing Mystique's new Marauders and William Stryker's fanatical Purifiers are both way ahead of them. The very future of the mutant race is at stake as the biggest X-Men event in a decade kicks off with a double-sized special from award-winning writer Ed Brubaker (Uncanny X-Men, Captain America) and superstar artist Marc Silvestri.

Possessed by a religious fervour and divine right to separate the guilty from the innocent, when the Foolkiller strikes your soul is laid bare for all to see -- along with the rest of you. A classic Marvel character is reinvented for a mature modern audience by bestselling crime novelist Gregg Hurwitz and artist Lan Medina (District X, Fables).

The reborn Earth's Mightiest Heroes face their greatest ever challenge when time-travelling dictator Kang the Conqueror, in league with son the Scarlet Centurion, mounts a full-scale invasion of the entire Earth -- and with legions of power-hungry supervillains supporting Kang's massive army in return for a place in his new world order, not even the Avengers and their many allies may be enough to prevent a divided world from falling. Collecting the complete 'Kang Dynasty' epic from Avengers #41-56 and Avengers Annual 2001.

The last surviving member of an unnamed alien race and psychically connected to teenager James-Michael Starling, is Omega the Unknown fighting for truth and justice or does his cosmic power conceal a dark secret? The life and death of one of Marvel's strangest ever superheroes is collected in its entirety, featuring the original ten-part series plus the two-issue epilogue from Defenders #76-77.

With a devastating alien invasion fleet heading straight towards Earth, the Fantastic Four recognise the need for additional superhero firepower -- but will the temporary addition of Spider-Man to their ranks be enough to save the world? The shocking conclusion to Civil War and its aftermath are nowhere to be found in a retro-tacular limited series from writer Jeff Parker (Agents of Atlas, X-Men: First Class), the final published work of late artist Mike Wieringo (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Fantastic Four).

For promising young college student Dara Brighton it was a day much like any other -- until three mysterious strangers appeared at her door looking for a unique sword, sweeping her into a dangerous hidden world beyond her wildest imagination. From the creators of Girls and Ultra comes a new five-part modern fantasy series.

Captain Dynamo may have been the world's greatest superhero, but he wasn't the most faithful husband. In the aftermath of his shocking death and as his many enemies prepare to attack en masse his widow uncovers five illegitimate children, each of whom have inherited one of Dynamo's fabulous powers. Can five strangers band together to continue their father's legacy and save the city? The new series from writer Jay Faerber (Noble Causes).

The acclaimed creators of The Walking Dead, Fear Agent and Sea of Red kick off their new horror anthology series Crawl Space with the ultimate zombiesploitation tale. In the hot summer of 1977 a sleazy film producer has gathered an all-star cadre of adult entertainment stars for a weeklong shoot, but when they emerge from the isolation of the studio they find a zombie plague has overrun Los Angeles.

Deep within the swamplands of the planet Mimban lies a powerful crystal capable of granting almost complete mastery over the Force, making its possessor all but invincible. With the Rebel Alliance's destruction of the Death Star still reverberating throughout the cosmos, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia face off against Darth Vader in the race to retrieve the crystal and the power to save the galaxy -- or destroy it. Reprinting the expanded comics adaptation of the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, penned by prolific science fiction novelist Alan Dean Foster and bridging the gap between the original Star Wars and sequel The Empire Strikes Back, from writer/inker Terry Austin and penciller Chris Sprouse (Tom Strong).

Collecting Tales of the Jedi stories 'The Golden Age of the Sith', 'The Fall of the Sith Empire', 'Knights of the Old Republic' and 'The Freedon Nadd Uprising', this giant omnibus is the definitive introduction to the pre-history of the Star Wars Expanded Universe and stories of the first Jedi Knights opposing the dark lords of the Sith.

From the smaller publishers:

The Wormwood saga continues in an original graphic novella, as Pope Jacko prepares to send the reborn Anti-Christ straight back to hell by dispatching holy assassin Brother One, the Killer Eunuch. The sacrilegious stories keep on coming from Preacher writer Garth Ennis.

Joe Dunn is one of the last of the old guard, the gunmen dedicated to defending the common man with honour and integrity -- but Joe has been away from town a long time, and in his absence the world has moved on. By the time he's finished making things right and reminding people what the west was all about, there may not be anyone left. Acclaimed writer Garth Ennis (Punisher, The Boys) takes on the Western genre in a mature readers limited series.

When happy child Jason stumbles upon the truth that his mum and dad aren't his real parents and he is the product of a genetic engineering experiment, he gets very, very mad. Originally produced as a strip for the British edition of GQ magazine, lost classic Bad Boy by comics luminary Frank Miller (All Star Batman, Sin City, Daredevil) and acclaimed illustrator Simon Bisley is now available in a deluxe and totally remastered hardcover collected edition.

Eleven highly graphic and truly terrifying horror stories from massively acclaimed 100 Bullets artist Eduardo Risso and Borderline collaborator Carlos Trillo are presented in English for the first time in a collected edition from Dynamite Entertainment.

Jacob and Miller are the only children of the Matriarch, the world's greatest supervillainess, and bad guys in training themselves at the Necessary Evil Academy. When mum is slain at the hands of a superhero they are anxious to finish up their studies and exact revenge, but as they investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding their mother's death they uncover secrets that suggest they are destined to become far more than common costumed villains.

When Hack/Slash stars Cassie and Vlad discover a string of missing women have turned up dead in the deep south, they hit the road to investigate -- only to find the trail leads straight to the woodland home of Bump's resurrected serial killer Edgar Dill. A horror crossover special just in time for Halloween, from Bump writer Mark Kidwell and Hack/Slash artist Tim Seeley.

The heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons bring their eternal robotic conflict from destroyed homeworld Cybertron to Earth in a giant 500-page omnibus of IDW's relaunch of the Transformers comics line, featuring fan-favourite Transformers writer Simon Furman and artists including EJ Su, Don Figueroa and MD Bright. Collecting the limited series Infiltration, Stormbringer and Escalation plus Spotlights on Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot and Ultra Magnus, all in a single deluxe oversized hardcover volume.

Cleo and friends continue their struggle for acceptance in the swampy south college town of Wet Moon, but will their own secrets and insecurities prove too great a burden to bear? Writer-artist Ross Campbell returns with the third original graphic novel in the acclaimed Wet Moon series.