Friday FOC Roundup for 10/18/19

Friday FOC Roundup!

Howdy Super Friends! Welcome to your weekly installment of Final Order Cutoff Roundup! Final Order Cutoff (FOC) happens every Monday and is our last chance to adjust our ordering numbers on books before they ship out to us! These titles are all on FOC this Monday, October 21st and most of these books are in shops on 11/13/19. If you would like to guarantee that you get 1 or 10 copies of any of these books, please let us know BEFORE 5PM on Monday, October 21st!

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From Dark Horse and in stores on 11/13 is Elfquest Stargazers Hunt #1 (of 6). When ElfQuest: The Final Quest concluded, it ended the hero's journey of Cutter Kinseeker, chief of the Wolfriders. But that was only the start of a new adventure for Cutter's "brother in all but blood," Skywise. Now the stargazer elf, who thought he knew everything about Cutter, discovers how mistaken he was. That, combined with a tragic accident involving his daughter Jink, sends Skywise on a quest of his own, from the elves' ancestral Star Home through uncharted space, and back to the World of Two Moons.Stargazer's Hunt has story by ElfQuest co-creators Wendy and Richard Pini, with script by Wendy Pini. Veteran Elfquest alumnus Sonny Strait returns at full force as the artist and colorist for the new series.

Next up from Dark Horse and in stores on 11/13 is Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas #1 Tales from the Umbrella Academy. Hazel and Cha Cha-the bizarre assassins who first appear in Umbrella Academy: Dallas and blew audiences away in the Netflix series-track down a rogue time agent and cross paths with a plot to discredit Christmas!The first Umbrella Academy spinoff! Cover A by Tommy Lee Edwards, Cover B by Jim Mahfood! $4.99

From DC this week comes Dollhouse Family #1 (of 6) as part of the Hill House Comics imprint on DC’s Black Label. On Alice's sixth birthday, her dying great-aunt sent her the birthday gift she didn't know she always wanted: a big, beautiful 19th-century dollhouse, complete with a family of antique dolls. In no time at all, the dollhouse isn't just Alice's favorite toy...it's her whole world. And soon, young Alice learns she can enter the house to visit a new group of friends, straight out of a heartwarming children's novel: the Dollhouse family. But while the Dollhouse family welcome her with open arms, in the real world, her family life is becoming much more complicated...and deep within the Dollhouse's twisting halls, the black room waits, with an offer to Alice. The house can fix all this, the black room says. All she has to do is say the words... Longtime collaborators Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Lucifer, The Unwritten) are joined by Vince Locke (The Sandman), to bring their most horrifying vision yet to Hill House Comics-a story that echoes into centuries past, into Alice's tormented future, and into the beating heart of the madness that makes up our world...literally. $4.99 Cover A by Jessica Dalva, Cover B by Jay Ancelato.

Next up from DC is Far Sector #1 (of 12). N.K. Jemisin, the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Broken Earth and Inheritance science fiction trilogies, makes her comic book debut with bestselling Naomi artist Jamal Campbell as they thrust you into a stunning sci-fi murder mystery on the other side of the universe! For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent. But that's all about to change in this new maxiseries that gives a DC Young Animal spin to the legacy of the Green Lanterns! $3.99 Cover A by Jamal Campbell, cover B by Shawn Martinbrough, Cover C by Jamie McKelvie.

Next from DC is Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #3 (of 5). Down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass, and what did Harley and Ivy find there? A tea party with some very unexpected and uninvited guests! It turns out the Mad Hatter has a game of his own to play, and Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn must decide between fight and flight. And is that gift Lex Luthor dropped off for Ivy actually of any use, or is it just a steaming pile of manure? Cover A by Mikel Janin, Cover B and C by David Finch.

Next up from DC is Question The Deaths of Vic Sage #1 (of 4). DC BLACK LABEL - PRESTIGE PLUS FORMAT - APPROX. 8.5" x 10.875"For years, Vic Sage has worn the faceless mask of the Question to clean up the streets of Hub City by sheer force of will. He knows right from wrong. He knows black from white. But what happens when he is drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the heights of Hub City power to the depths of its underground tunnels? What happens when things stop being black-and-white and start getting a little gray? And what happens when, in a secret chamber deep beneath the city, Vic Sage meets his own end...and his new beginning? Eisner-winning writer Jeff Lemire joins forces with the legendary art team of Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz to resurrect Vic Sage, only to destroy him all over again...and again... $6.99 Cover A by Denys Cowan, Cover B by Jeff Lemire

Finally from DC, Rwby #2 (of 7) is in stores on 11/13 and has an awesome variant cover by ArtGerm! Yang Xiao Long is listless after the fall of Beacon. Isolated from her friends and recuperating at home, she'll do anything to distract herself from her pain, but what can helping out around town do for her? Meanwhile, Blake Belladonna reminisces about her relationship with Adam Taurus and the White Fang as she makes her way home!

From IDW and in stores on 11/13 is Dungeons & Dragons Infernal Tides #1 (of 5). A new Dungeons & Dragons adventure begins here!Minsc and his friends are caught in the middle of devil-tainted corruption that has taken hold of Baldur's Gate. Unravelling the secret of its source will take our heroes to unexpected places and threaten the sanctity of their very souls. Even if they survive this perilous journey, there will be Hell to pay!Infernal Tides continues the D&D comic odyssey written by Jim Zub (D&D: Evil at Baldur's Gate, D&D: Shadows of the Vampire, Avengers) with artwork by Max Dunbar (Avengers, D&D: Legends of Baldur's Gate)! $3.99. Cover A by Max Dunbar, Cover B Character Sheet.

From Image this week and in stores on 11/13 is Family Tree #1! When an eight-year-old girl literally begins to transform into a tree, her single mom, troubled brother, and possibly insane grandfather embark on a bizarre and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America in a desperate search for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it's too late. But the farther they get from home, the more forces threaten to tear the family apart as fanatical cults, mercenaries, and tabloid Paparazzi close in, determined to destroy the girl-or use her for their own ends. A new genre-defying series written by New York Times bestselling author JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS, ASCENDER) and illustrated by acclaimed artist PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck, Green Arrow), FAMILY TREE combines mystery, action, and horror into an epic story about the lengths a mother will go to in order to keep her children safe.

From Marvel this week and in stores on 11/13 is Black Cat Annual #1! You are cordially invited to the wedding of Black Cat and Spider-Man!In lieu of gifts, please turn off all your security systems, laser grids and counterweight giant stone traps.All this AND a bonus story?! $4.99 Variant by Todd Nauck.

Next up from Marvel and in stores on 11/13 is Fallen Angels #1! THE DAWN DOES NOT BREAK FOR ALL!Psylocke finds herself in this new world of Mutantkind unsure of her place in it... but when a face from her past returns only to be killed, she seeks help from others who feel similar to get vengeance. Cable and X-23 join Kwannon for a personal mission that could jeopardize all Mutantkind! Main cover by Ashley Witter, Bagley Every Mutant Ever Cover, Larraz Young Guns Variant

Next up from Marvel is Morbius #1. MORBIUS IS THE LIVING VAMPIRE...OR IS HE MORE?ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES!For years, Nobel Prize winning biologist Michael Morbius has been struggling to cure himself of his vampirism, and now, for the first time in years, one may be within reach! But the path to it is littered with dangers and worse! $3.99. Cover A by Ryan Brown, Hotz variant, Ryp connecting cover Variant.

Next from Marvel is Punisher Soviet #1 (of 6). Garth Ennis (Co-Creator of The Boys & Preacher) is back at Marvel and writing the Punisher again, this time with art phenom Jacen Burrows (MOON KNIGHT, 303, Crossed) at his side.A dozen Russian mobsters lie dead at the Punisher's feet and he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger. If you know Frank Castle, you know this doesn't necessarily set his mind at ease.Who is in New York City decimating the Russian mob and can it be long before they come into conflict with Frank?

Lastly from Marvel, comes the Facsimile edition of Tomb of Dracula #10! Step inside the Tomb of Dracula, if you dare - and meet the deadliest enemy of the Prince of Darkness! His name is Blade, and he's a vampire hunter like no other - because he's part-vampire himself! The stakes are always high when Blade and Dracula clash, and that's never been more true than in their very first encounter! But what will fellow vampire hunters Quincy and Edith Harker make of Blade and his methods? This momentous issue of Dracula's classic series introduced the Daywalker - and set him on the path toward multimedia superstardom! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) #10.

From Boom! Studios this week and in stores on 11/13 is Folklords #1 (of 5). From Narnia to Harry Potter, we've seen our hero leave the real world for a fantasy world-but in Ansel's world of monsters and magic he's haunted by visions of our world with tailored suits and modern technology!Ansel embarks on his Quest to find the mysterious Folklords, hoping they can explain his visions...but looking for the Folklords is punishable by death. What will Ansel risk to find out about the world he has never truly belonged in? Eisner Award-nominated writer Matt Kindt (Grass Kings, Black Badge) teams with acclaimed artist Matt Smith (Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.) challenge everything you know about the line between fantasy and reality in a new series for fans of Die, Middlewest and Fables.

From Vault this week comes Black Stars Above #1! A young fur trapper flees her overbearing family only to get lost in a dreamlike winter wilderness that harbours a cosmic threat.The year is 1887 and a storm brews. Eulalie Dubois has spent her entire life tending to her family's trapline, isolated from the world. A chance at freedom comes in the form of a parcel that needs delivering to a nameless town north of the wilderness. Little does Eulalie know, something sinister hides in those woods and it yearns for what she carries. A chilling historical cosmic horror tale of survival from the deranged minds of Lonnie Nadler (The Dregs, Marvelous X-Men) and debut artist Jenna Cha. Cover A by Jenna Cha, Cover B by Nathan Gooden.

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