GET YOUR FIRST LOOK AT WHAT CEX IS PUBLISHING THIS MAY January 20, 2023 by CEX Publishing THE SOVIET UNION’S BIGGEST SECRET FINALLY EXPOSED! Who or what is JOSIF? Find out this May! It’s the dawn of the space race and the Soviet Union has successfully beaten the United States to space. But the CCCP has more sinister designs for its space program, a means to rid themselves of their biggest mistake! Finally, the story of JOSIF, the first gorilla in space can be told! Brought to you by writer Davide Barzai and introducing Italian artist Fabiano Ambu! Check out JOSIF 1957 #1 this May! Also, as the newly reopened Academy of Black Magic students make their way through the underground city of Scholomance they are met by the vampiric creature Ornansis. Is he friend or foe? Find out in SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS #2! Featuring a 1:10 variant cover by living legend Ben Templesmith! Finally, comes a creation tale inspired by the folklore of the Atayal people of Taiwan. Drawn by legendary Taiwanese artist Chang Sheng, THE FIRST THREE introduces the first people, two men and one woman, to earth, but is two men one too many? Find out this May! What Retailers Need to Know about Josif 1957: Italian superstar artist Fabiano Ambu makes his American debut. Two-issue, 48 page, limited series. Features a 1:10 incentive cover homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey. On sale May 2023 JOSIF 1957 #1 Written byDAVIDE BARZI Illustrated byFABIANO AMBU Cover AFABIANO AMBU Cover BFABIANO AMBU Cover CFABIANO AMBU Debuting the work of Italian super star artist Fabiano Ambu! You know about Laika, the Cosmonaut dog sent into orbit on Sputnik 2. But no one knows about JOSIF, the first gorilla in space! Born on Josif Stalin’s birthday and subjected to terrible genetic experiments, Josif soon grew far too powerful. The leadership of the Soviet Union did all they could to stop him. But not everything went as planned! Featuring a 1 in 10 variant homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey by Italian super-star Fabiano Ambu! Diamond IDFEB231258 / FEB231259 / FEB231260 Lunar Product Codes0223CX224 / 0223CX225 / 0223CX226 UPCCover A: 793945974566 00111Cover B: 793945974566 00121Cover C: 793945974566 00131 SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS #2 Written & Illustrated byJOSEPH SCHMALKE Cover CBEN TEMPLESMITH Malena’s backstory is revealed, as the students continue their journey through the underground city of Scholomance towards the Academy of Black Magic. The children and Headmaster are met by Ornansis, a vampiric creature who will pick their class’s weathermaker (an untouchable student). Malena lets Matthew know there could be a sinister plot underway by other students who wish to thin out the competition. Featuring a 1:10 variant cover by living legend Ben Templesmith! Diamond IDFEB231262 / FEB231263 / FEB231264 Lunar Product Codes0223CX228 / 0223CX229 / 0223CX230 UPCCover A: 793945974542 00211Cover B: 793945974542 00221Cover C: 793945974542 00231 THE FIRST THREE Written byCHRIS PALIQAW, ATUNG YUPAS Illustrated byCHANG SHENG Cover ACHANG SHENG Cover BCHANG SHENG The age of humanity begins! The first three people on Earth burst out of a rock womb to find themselves in a paradise of talking animals and obedient firewood. But two men and one woman is one man too many, and enough… never is. Inspired by the real-life creation legends of the Tayal people of Taiwan. Introducing legendary Taiwanese artist Chang Sheng to Western audiences for the first time! Diamond IDFEB231256 / FEB231257 Lunar Product Codes0223CX222 / 0223CX223 UPCCover A: 793945974573 00111Cover B: 793945974573 00121 OUTLAND ENTERTAINMENT NORTHERN STEELE Written bySCOTT SCHMIDT Illustrated bySLOBODAN JOVANOVIC Cover bySLOBODAN JOVANOVIC, JEREMY D. MOHLER In 1897, the world descended upon the frozen hills of the Yukon Territory, mad with gold fever. But little did they know the perils and pitfalls that awaited them. A trail lined with dead horses and stalked by a man-killer, a haunted cave mined by an army of the dead, and an endless swamp teeming with terrible serpents. And even then there was more. Enter the legendary Sam Steele of the North-West Mounted Police, commander of men and master of the wilderness. With knife and pistol, horse and saber, brute strength and keen mind, the mightiest Mountie of them all takes to the task of saving the gold-seekers from men and monsters alike. Diamond IDFEB231261 Lunar Product Codes0223CX227 WARLOCK 5 VOLUME 1 OMNIBUS Written byGORDON DERRY Illustrated byDEN BEAUVAIS Cover byDEN BEAUVAIS The Warlocks protect the Grid. They are the last line of defense against the awful forces of chaos that lurk in the darkness outside the Grid. There’s only one problem. They hate each other. With a forward by Cullen Bunn! Lunar Product Codes0223CX231 ISBN9781947659612