April is getting a little further underway through Dynamite Entertainment with their latest release slate being finalized. Set to arrive tomorrow, we’ve got a good mix of titles with the latest Barbarella and Legenderry Red Sonja hitting while on the James Bond side we get to graphic novels. One is the Casino Royale adaptation that goes to the original novel while the other is the strong Kill Chain series in collected form.
Barbarella #5
writer: Mike Carey
artist: Kenan Yarar
covers: Michael Kaluta (A)
Pete Woods (B)
Marco D’Alfonso (C)
Maria Sanapo (D)
Kenan Yarar (E-Sub)
Pete Woods (RI-B/W)
Marco D’Alfonso (RI-Virgin)
Michael Kaluta (RI-B/W)
FC | 32 pages | $3.99 | Mature
Barbarella’s never ending quest to repair her ship’s regulator and be on her way takes a detour to Falladim, where there’s a rush on for R.U.S.T.—Radically Unstable Space-Time! The rarest and most valuable stuff in the universe, even Barbarella can’t resist its mighty call. But competition brings out the worst in humans and aliens alike, and the Siren of Space is about to see what the worst really is!
James Bond: Casino Royale HC
writers: Ian Fleming, Van Jensen
artist: Dennis Calero
cover: Fay Dalton
FC | 160 pages | $24.99 | Teen+
AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!
Ian Fleming’s literary debut of British Secret Service agent 007 is stylishly adapted to the sequential art medium by Van Jensen and Dennis Calero in the official James Bond: Casino Royale graphic novel. Sent to a French casino in Royale-les-Eaux, Bond aims to eliminate the threat of the deadly Le Chiffre by bankrupting the ruthless SMERSH operative at the baccarat table. However, when the luck of the draw favors his enemy, 007 becomes the target of assassins and torturers in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.
James Bond: Kill Chain HC
writer: Andy Diggle
artist: Luca Casalanguida
cover: Greg Smallwood
FC | 160 pages | $24.99 | Teen+
COLLECTS ISSUES 1-6 + BONUS MATERIAL
When a counterespionage operation in Rotterdam goes catastrophically wrong, James Bond finds himself in the crosshairs of a plot to smash NATO. Someone is assassinating allied agents, and 007 is the next target in the kill chain. Having kept the peace for decades, the old alliance is collapsing, pitting MI6 against its former ally – the CIA! Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents the return of writer Andy Diggle (James Bond: Hammerhead, The Losers, Green Arrow: Year One) and artist Luca Casalanguida (James Bond: Hammerhead) as they plot the return of James Bond’s oldest and deadliest foe: SMERSH!
Legenderry: Red Sonja #3
writer: Marc Andreyko
artist: Rodney Buchemi
covers: Joe Benitez (A)
Joe Benitez (RI-B/W), Joe Benitez (RI-Virgin)
FC | 32 pages | $3.99 | Teen+
Red Sonja and the crew of the Nautilus attempt to bury a deadly element that could be used as the most shocking weapon they have ever seen when an old nemesis arrives to exact revenge!
