* Participating Stores may possibly receive an Exclusive Lenticular Cover Card that customers can affix for a DIY lenticular cover or keep as a sticker. Details being worked out.

Note:  Not Final Cover.

ANIMOSITY: THE RISE HC
By Marguerite Bennett and Juan Doe
64 pages / Full Color
$19.99

Exclusive for Local Comic Shop Day!

“The Animals thought, spoke and took revenge. The dust has settled and the blood has dried, but a new force is rising in the West, ready to help Animal-kind seize power in the dark new world to come…”

Spinning out from Marguerite Bennett’s (INSEXTS, Bombshells and Batwoman) hit new series ANIMOSITY is this special collection, illustrated by Juan Doe (AMERICAN MONSTER, WORLD READER)! Witness the devastating effects of “The Wake” and how it affected other parts of the world on that terrifying day!

This hardcover edition, printed in the European Graphic Album size of 8.4 x 11.6, will be the only solo collection of this limited series ever printed. This oversized edition collects all three issues of this spin-off from the fan-favorite Animosity series. Available for the first time, and limited to 1,500 copies, as an exclusive for Local Comic Shop Day.

Following up on the first two Rick and Morty Local Comic Shop Day® Treasury Editions (2015, 2016), Oni once again offers the fan-favorite Rick and Morty Local Comic Shop Day Treasury Edition in 2017!

Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s hilarious hit Adult Swim animated show RICK AND MORTY has its own comic book series from Oni Press! Join degenerate superscientist Rick Sanchez as he embarks on all-new adventures with his awkward grandson Morty, his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry.

This special double size treasury edition for Local Comic Shop Day includes issues #17 and #26, two hilarious standalone issues written by Kyle Starks (Sexcastle, Kill Them All) and illustrated by series artists Marc Ellerby and CJ Cannon. Come for the jokes, stay for the crushing ennui. Wubba lubba dub dub!

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Following up on their Hit Graphic Novel, Our Cats More Famous Than Us, Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota offer us more Johnny Wander!   EXCLUSIVE TO LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY®

In 2008, Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota launched the auto-bio webcomic Johnny Wander.   Early this year, Oni published a collection their work entitled Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us.   Eight years, four cats, and three moves were chronicled in the graphic novel with a foreword by Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Ghosts).

Oni is following that Hardcover up with this comic EXCLUSIVELY for Local Comic Shop Day.

Hirsh and Ota’s charming reverie about new adulthood will appeal to fans of Kate Beaton, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and Jeffrey Brown-along with anyone who’s just winging it.

For more information about Johnny Wander:    http://www.johnnywander.com/about

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Marvel Comics to offer a special 999 limited print run of Captain America #395.

To celebrate Local Comic Shop Day®, DC Entertainment is releasing two items.

The first is a 1,000 print run of Batman: Hush 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition HC.   It has no front cover trade dress and new black and white Jim Lee Cover art.

The second item is a “Lost Variant”.   It is a Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #1 with cover art by  PAULO PANTALENA.  Print run is 3,000.

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BATMAN: HUSH 15TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION LCSD VERSION HC
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Cover by JIM LEE
This special version of the new BATMAN: HUSH Deluxe Edition hardcover
features new cover art by Jim Lee presented in black and white with no
front cover trade dress, limited to just 1,000 copies for LCS Day
partipating stores only!
In this classic tale, Batman sets out to learn the identity of the
mysterious villain known as Hush. But Batman ends up facing the most
intense case of his life as secrets from his past flood into the present!
Guest-starring the Dark Knight¹s greatest allies and enemies, this title
presents BATMAN #608-619, a 6-page segment from Wizard #0 and a 2-page
origin story that originally appeared at dccomics.com, collected as a
Deluxe Edition hardcover for the first time, along with a brand-new cover
by superstar artist Jim Lee!
376 pg, FC, 7.0625² x 10.875² € $49.99 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by JASON FABOK
Variant cover by PAULO PANTALENA
The debut issue of the smash-hit miniseries that rocked comics shops in
December is back in a special edition with a variant cover by Paulo
Pantalena, available only to LCS Day participating stores only!
The first major event storyline of DC¹s Rebirth era begins with a day
Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the
existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team
of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a
deal-breaker for Earth¹s paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet
that the Wall and her Task Force X won¹t go down without the fight to end
all fights as this weekly series gets underway!   Print Run is 3,000 units.

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Thor Ragnarok,  in theaters in early November, 2017, will show for the first time planet Sakaar on the big screen.    To tie into the excitement of this movie, Marvel is releasing a special Planet Hulk Hard Cover for Local Comic Shop Day.

With new cover art by Nick Bradshaw, this edition will be the only hard cover treatment of this storyline unless you go up to Omnibus size.

A whole new world of hurt!  Betrayed by Earth’s heroes and exiled into outer space, the man-monster hulk has landed on the distant planet Sakaar, ruled by the tyrannical Red King.   Sold into Slavery, Hulk becomes the Green Scar, the planet’s mightiest Gladiator.

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We are super excited!   BOOM! Studios has just announced that they are offering two EXCLUSIVE items for Local Comic Shop Day®!  (A WWE ROYAL RUMBLE PRINT and a SABAN’S POWER RANGERS BLIND BOX).   These instantly collectible items will be available in strictly limited amounts—500 units for the print, and 250 units for the blind box.

The beautifully illustrated WWE ROYAL RUMBLE PRINT ($19.99) by artist Brent Schoonover (Generations: Captain Marvel & Captain Mar-Vell) measures 16” x 20” and is the culmination of 12 connecting covers of BOOM! Studios’ acclaimed WWE comic book series. This frameable image features over three dozen Superstars—including The Ultimate Warrior, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Finn Bálor, and many more—as they battle it out in the Royal Rumble match of fans’ dreams.

Each SABAN’S POWER RANGERS BLIND BOX ($99.99) contains a copy of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Year One: Deluxe hardcover; a limited-edition Mighty Morphin Power Rangers lithograph by Acme Archives featuring one of the Rangers, including rare Green and White Rangers; and two random, limited-edition variant covers from previous Mighty Morphin Power Rangers issues. In addition, 25 random blind boxes will contain copies of the hardcover signed by Saban Brands—Haim Saban (Creator of the Power Rangers franchise), Brian Casentini (Executive Producer, Power Rangers content), Melissa Flores (Director, Power RangersContent), and Judd “Chip” Lynn (Executive Producer, Power Rangers television series)—the company behind Power Rangers.

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Retailers, you have until September 18th, 2017 to register at www.comicspro.org/lcsd2017.