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It’s the holidays yet again, and that means it’s time to join EVERYONE’S FAVORITE GWEN (take that, Stacy!) and celebrate good times, come on! Only problem is…somehow this year’s festive traditions seem to be a little…off…and Gwen’s the only one who notices. FEATURING: Gwenpool (duh), Spider-Man, Red Skull, Punisher and even Deadpool! This is one present you know you gotta buy yourself!

In this collection of short stories, we introduce new, never before seen Squarriors characters, reveal an original story of Mercy Sparx’s youth from the world of Sheol as a prelude to Mercy Sparx: Year One, a short story featuring Badger vs. everyone’s favorite shirtless world leader, and wrap with the Public Relations short “How to Dragon Your Train,” where a train derailment PR disaster goes bad when a team of hungry dragons are sent to airlift out the victims.

What’s to Love: If you’re loving the comics being released under the BOOM! Box imprint, delve into a world of more of the same stories! From the wacky to the touching, you’ll never know what you’re going to get. Here’s a hint: brand-new Lumberjanes, Giant Days, Munchkin, Cyanide & Happiness, and Power Up stories! What It Is: We reached out to a bunch of our favorite creators with one mission in mind: to bring original, unconventional characters and stories to life. The Mix Tape is an eclectic collection of stories based on characters that are anything but your average lot. Narwhal Janitors and Urban Cowboys are just the tip of these stories that are best described as “off the beaten track.”

“Miami Vice Remix” #3 continues the series’ energy-filled run of high stakes undercover Miami street action, juggling several different plots to surprisingly efficient results. The creative team of Joe Casey and Jim Mahfood, both known for their renegade creative styles, continue their “why not” attitude of throwing together wild concepts and seeing what sticks as Crockett and his pet crockettdile Elvis square off against his ex-partner’s brother while Tubbs experiments with the Miami bath salts that have been plaguing the streets, turning users into Voodoo-fueled zombies. At no point in the last sentence was the plot of the comic book, based (loosely) on an ’80s NBC television show about cool undercover cops, hyperbolized or exaggerated. Casey, having used the first two issues to allow readers to get into the rhythms of his take on Miami’s most notorious police, begins pulling out all the stops in this issue. It takes no time getting to the action as Sonny must contend with his dea

Like the 1980s iconic and trendsetting television series that it’s boldly based on, Joe Casey and Jim Mahfood’s “Miami Vice Remix” #1 explodes with wall-to-wall color and style but does so with a flamboyance and attitude all its own. Back in the day, few — if any — TV shows, including “Miami Vice” itself, featured as many self-censored f-bombs as this comic or contained something so prominently akin to one of this decade’s dominant storytelling genres: zombies. No, Miami hasn’t been overrun by the undead, but Casey and Mahfood nevertheless go for something notably different from a straight-out adaptation or continuation of the series. It’s a daring take that’s not unlike the TV series when it debuted: it’s edgy, stylish and has a sense of cool despite its decades-old setting. With the characters likely already known to most readers, Casey doesn’t take any time out for leisurely introductions; instead, readers are reintroduced to detective partners Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs in