GET YOUR FIRST LOOK AT WHAT CEX IS PUBLISHING THIS APRIL December 23, 2022 by CEX Publishing THE FUTURE OF FOOD IS IN SPACE! Can alien life sustain a hungry planet? Find out this April! As the global population grows and the demand for food increases, humanity looks to other sources of food, including space. Written by Matt Carr and illustrated by Lane Llyod (Egged, Transformers), Mise En Place explores the depths humans will go to feed themselves, and what could happen if the food fights back. This One-Shot features a cover by Nicole Goux (Shadow of the Batgirl, Forest Hills Bootleg Society) and arrives in stores this April. Also, the epic adventure of mystic hero Sereno concludes. Will Sereno’s secret origin hold the key to salvation? Find out in SERENO #3! Finally, this is the collector’s item that started it all! Originally released at New York Comic Con 2022, the SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS ASHCAN is limited to only 200 copies! What Retailers Need to Know about Mise En Place: One-Shot Features two covers including one by Shadow of the Batgirl artist Nicole Goux. On sale April 2023 MISE EN PLACE Written byMATT CARR Illustrated & Cover B byLANE LLOYD Cover ANICOLE GOUX After consuming every animal on Earth, humanity turns to the stars, enslaving, butchering and consuming creatures from across the galaxy. But now the food is fighting back — in spectacularly gory fashion! Tuck in your napkin for this messy, pulpy, over-the-top tale of bloody revenge. Dinner is served! Diamond IDJAN231417 / JAN231418 Lunar Product Codes0123CX234 / 0123CX235 UPCCover A: 793945974559 00111Cover B: 793945974559 00121 SERENO #3 Written & Illustrated byLUCIANO VECCHIO Cover BPAULA BOFFO SUKERMERCADO The final pieces of the super ritual fall into place. Rise Photophobos, god of Anti-Light! In a villains’ world, SERENO is the prey, Rufián shows his true colors, and the hero’s Secret Origin might hold the key to salvation in an esoteric all-out Battle for Godhood! Diamond IDJAN231420 / JAN231421 / JAN231422 Lunar Product Codes0123CX236 / 0123CX237 / 0123CX238 UPCCover A: 793945974535 00311Cover B: 793945974535 00321Cover C: 793945974535 00331 SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS YEAR ONE ASHCAN Written & Illustrated byJOSEPH SCHMALKE Collect the preview edition that started it all! The Academy of Black Magic has reopened its doors for the first time in 200 years! Seventy-two children will walk through the Academy doors for freshmen year. But only seven will graduate and walk out alive! Joe Schmalke’s epic tale of childhood terror starts here, and you have the opportunity to own this ultra-rare collectible edition – before the darkness takes over the world! Lunar Product Codes0123CX239 UPC793945974542 OUTLAND ENTERTAINMENT WARLOCK 5: THE RETURN Written byCULLEN BUNN Illustrated byJEFFREY EDWARDS, ANDY POOLE Five touchstone realities exist at focal points along the Grid. From each of these realities, a Warlock is chosen to act as one of five Guardians. But somebody, or something, is killing Warlocks. Diamond IDJAN231419 Lunar Product Codes0123CX240