IDW releases for September 16, 2009

Angel #25

Juliet Landau & Brian Lynch (w) Franco Urru (a) Urru & Nick Runge (c)

Juliet Landau continues her two-part Angel adventure that returns Drusilla to the fold in a bloody big way! Concluding Dru’s adventure inside a special asylum, where she either just presided over an insane rampage, or imagined the entire thing.

Digger and Friends #2

Jack Brigio (w) Diego Jourdan (a & c)

The all-ages adventures of NASCAR mascot Digger and his friends continue here! In this issue, two more funny-animal tales of adventure, as Digger gets closer to his dream of riding in a race car, all the while continuing to evade the dreaded Lumpy Wheels!

Doctor Who Classics Series 2 #10

Steve Parkhouse (w) Mick Austin (a) Parkhouse & Charlie Kirchoff (c)

IDW’s newly recolored reprints of classic Doctor Who tales from years past continues. In this issue, the adventures of the Fifth Doctor continues in “Lunar Lagoon” and Part 1 of “4-Dimensional Vistas.” Featuring all-new colors by Charlie Kirchoff.

Ghostbusters Displaced Aggression #1

Scott Lobdell (w) Ilias Kyriazis (a) Ilias Kyriazis (c)

“GO WEST, YOUNG VECKMAN!” In chapter one of this all-new Ghostbusters adventure, the ‘Busters have been defeated by the pan-dimensional demon lord Kozar’Rai-Father of Gozer, the villain has separated them across the time stream! Dr. Peter Venkman is trapped in 1886, and his only chance to return to present-day Earth and free all of humanity from the Rule of Kozar’Rai has him teaming with a very unexpected (and very beautiful) ally!

GI Joe Origins #7

Chuck Dixon (w) Alex Cal (a) Cal & Tom Feister (c)

Why did Mainframe go AWOL in the first place and vanish to where the Joes could never find him? Get the whole backstory on what’s going on with the G.I. with the I.Q. while his adventure with Snake Eyes is going on the pages of the current issue of G.I. JOE’s monthly series (both tales written by Chuck Dixon, to boot!)

Star Trek Romulans Schism #1

John Byrne (w & a & c)

War! From behind the scenes, the Klingons loose their unsuspecting puppets, the Romulans, against the forces of the Federation. But the Klingon Emperor is impatient with the slow pace of the conflict, and back on Romulus there are already some who begin to see through the Klingon schemes. The final arc in John Byrne’s Romulans tales begins here!

Transformers All Hail Megatron #15

Nick Roche & Denton J. Tipton (w) Nick Roche & Casey Coller (a) • Roche & Coller (c)

The redefined characters of Kup and Perceptor take center stage as we see how Kup recovered from his insanity (as well as his near-death experience), courtesy of Spotlight: Kup writer/artist Nick Roche, and what led Perceptor to reject science and take up snipering!

Veil #3

El Torres (w) Gabriel Hernandez (a) Hernandez & Ashley Wood (c).

Chapter 3: “Evil.” Something is going terribly wrong in Crooksville, Maine. Ghosts wander the streets, people are going insane… the Slug Man from the other side is ripping the Veil between our realities. Chris Luna was the only person that could peer beyond the Veil… but what happens when everybody can see it?

Locke & Key Volume 1 Head Games HC

Joe Hill (w) Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)

New York Times bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the Eisner-nominated creators behind the acclaimed Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, return with the second hardcover L&K collection. In Head Games, we are introduced to some new characters, explore the backstory of the town and the Locke family, and experience a second magical and mind-altering key. The collection also includes bonus sketches and backup material from Rodriguez.