The Mates are the greatest super team of all time, straight out of England and into our hearts: Crusader, The Solicitor, Vizier and Zipper. But who are the heroes behind the mania? How did they meet? And what’s next for The Mates?
You’ll find out in this unique 6-issue miniseries from DC/Vertigo written by David Tischman (Bite Club) with art by Glenn Fabry (Neverwhere, Preacher) that pulls back the curtain to reveal the men behind the masks.Greatest Hits looks at The Mates, from their humble 1960s beginnings, through the drug-fueled 1970s, and into the techno ’80s, the grungy ’90s, and to the present day. This is The Mates from the height of their glory to the depths of excess, as filmed by a struggling Hollywood director - one with his own dark ties to the team. If you like other Vertigo books; If you like British Pop Culture and

DC’s MINX line expands with Janes in Love the all-new sequel to the 2007 graphic novel The Plain Janes written by Cecil Castellucci with art and cover by Jim Rugg.

When The Plain Janes was released USA Today called it one of the Best Graphic Novels of the year and that “This graphic novel for girls feels like a teen movie and teaches young women the joy of being original.”

• The art attacks continue when

Highlights this week include: Two, count them two, new Stephen King books from Marvel: Dark Tower: Treachery #1 (of 6) and The Stand: Captain Tripps #1 (of 5); lots of Secret Invasion related titles: Secret Invasion #6 (of 8), the all-new ongoing Deadpool #1, Secret Invasion: Inhumans #2 (of 4), Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #3 (of 3) and Secret Invasion: X-Men #2 (of 4); the European-produced Wolverine: Saudade One-shot; Cable #17 doesn’t ship until October 1, but instead we have the Cable King-Size Special #1; a new World of Warcraft mini-series Ashbringer #1 (of 4); the Hernandez Brothers return with the all-new annual Love & Rockets New Stories; John Byrne does more Star Trek with Star Trek - Romulans: Hollow Crown #1 (of 2); the Hulk Legends Build a Figure Action Figures 200801 and there’s always plenty more to choose from if those aren’t your style!

Recently Brad Meltzer’s new novel, The Book of Lies, arrived in stores. As you may have heard, it touches upon one of Meltzer’s biggest passions: the creation of Superman.When the author was researching his book, though, he discovered something even more disturbing than anything he had read in a comic book. The Cleveland home where Jerry Siegel created the Man of Steel was in terrible shape. In hopes of restoring this historic landmark and to show how ordinary people can contribute to any cause, Meltzer has launched the website OrdinaryPeopleChangetheWorld.com. So far an impressive team of writers, artists and Superman fans has latched on to the cause, including Stephen Colbert, Alex Ross, Neil Gaiman, Tim Sale, Richard Donner, Mike Mignola, Jim Lee and Dave Gibbons. They have contributed an array of auction items, including artwork, a walk-on role on the NBC show Heroes, the chance to “name the next villain in Ed Brubaker’s creator-owned comic book” and lots more.

Love & Rockets: New Stories #1 reboots the beloved ongoing Love & Rockets comic into a fat, annual graphic novel-length package! Jaime launches the new format with a story that’s unusual even for him - a full-on, pulse-pounding super-hero yarn! Maggie’s longtime friend Penny Century has finally realized her longtime dream of acquiring super-powers, but at a terrible personal cost. Now she rampages through the galaxy, half mad with grief, and a motley group of super-heroes assembles to try to stop her - led by Maggie’s girlfriend Angel and her mysterious neighbor Alarma, and involving a number of characters longtime Love and Rockets fans will delight in recognizing. The epic-length 50-page story (only the first half of the saga!) combines Jaime’s razor sharp characterization and superlative art with wildly inventive, Kirby-style slam-bang super-hero action. Then Gilbert Hernandez explodes with

DC Comics presents a special, new edition of the Watchmen Graphic Novel, featuring a brand-new cover by original artist Dave Gibbons. The Watchmen International Edition is created especially for the international market, but is also being made available in the U.S. and Canada.Written by Alan Moore with art by Gibbons, and the source material for the upcoming Watchmen Movie in March, Watchmen is one of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, and has only grown in stature since its original publication. Along with the new cover by Gibbons, this volume features

Presented for the first time in North America Wolverine: Saudade (French for “longing, yearning or to be greatly missed”) is an all-new Wolverine tale by two of Europe’s top creators, writer Jean-David Morvan and artist Phillipe Bouchet. Both creators are known for their science fiction graphic novel Wake (Sillage in the original French) that is available through NBM Publishing in the United States.

• While on holiday in Brazil, the X-Man known as Wolverine has his motorcycle stolen by a group of young boys - one of whom has a secret. When a brutal gang kidnaps the boy, Logan sets off on a quest to find him - leading to a deadly encounter with a corrupt faith healer who may not be