Criminal TPB Vol. 01 CowardMedia Release -- Image Comics is pleased to announce that CRIMINAL, the definitive crime series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, is returning to print with a series of strikingly-designed new editions. The first volume of six, COWARD, will be out in January, with one volume following each month until June.

With CRIMINAL, Brubaker and Phillips introduced a new take on noir that turned the genre on its head and cemented them as one of comics' top creative teams. Following the success of their horror-noir series FATALE, the writer and artist signed an unprecedented five-year exclusive deal with Image Comics and launched their newest collaboration, THE FADE OUT, in August.

Brubaker and Phillips' work is reaching a wider audience than ever before, and now those readers can explore the series that made the award-winning team's reputation with CRIMINAL.

CRIMINAL VOLUME 1: COWARD

ISBN 978-1-63215-170-4
Diamond Comic order code NOV140569
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In comic book stores January 28, bookstores February 10

CRIMINAL VOLUME 2: LAWLESS

ISBN 978-1-63215-203-9
Diamond Comic order code DEC140655
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In comic book stores February 25, bookstores March 10

CRIMINAL VOLUME 3: THE DEAD AND THE DYING

ISBN 978-1-63215-233-6
Diamond Comic order code SEP148066
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In comic book stores March 25, bookstores April 7

CRIMINAL VOLUME 4: BAD NIGHT

ISBN 978-1-63215-260-2
Diamond Comic order code OCT148093
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In comic book stores April 22, bookstores May 5

CRIMINAL VOLUME 5: THE SINNERS

ISBN 978-1-63215-298-5
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In comic book stores May 27, bookstores June 9

CRIMINAL VOLUME 6: THE LAST OF THE INNOCENT

ISBN 978-1-63215-299-2
128 pages, paperback, full color
$14.99
In stores June/July