What’s On Comic Book Stands – March 7th

Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping 03/07/2012. As always check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

New York Times best-selling, award-winning creator Bill Willingham presents a new series starring the female Fables. Balancing horror, humor and adventure, Fairest explores the secret histories of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, Snow White, Rose Red and others. The first 6-issue arc follows the misadventures of Briar Rose after she is stolen away by the goblin army in ‘Fables’ #107. Fan-favorite artist Phil Jimenez returns to Vertigo to pencil the opening storyline. Award-winning cover artist Adam Hughes provides covers, starting with a wraparound cover on issue #1 of ‘Fairest’.

In ‘Star Wars: Crimson Empire III — Empire Lost’ #5, Kir Kanos, the last surviving member of the Emperor’s Royal Guard, finds himself teamed with his former enemy Mirith Sinn on a mission for the New Republic. But their secret parley with an Imperial representative becomes an ambush from which some will not return. Meanwhile, the Imperial hardliners reveal their true target!

Marv Wolfman reimagines his classic adventure series Night Force for the new millennium! There’s a conspiracy under way that’s been going on for hundreds of years. One determined cop has unknowingly scratched the surface and suddenly finds himself summoned to Wintersgate Manor. But this chilling menace may prove to be too big even for Baron Winters.

“Infinite Oppenheimers.” What if the research and development department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for a series of other more unusual programs? What if the union of a generation’s brightest minds was not a signal for optimism, but foreboding? What if everything… went wrong? Welcome to ‘The Manhattan Projects’, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of ‘The Red Wing’. Brought to you by award-winning writer Jonathan Hickman and possibly the best new talent of the year, Nick Pitarra, ‘The Manhattan Projects’ is a look at history through a darker, much stranger, lens.

All this plus… News of the new Spider-man has finally spread to some very familiar characters. The Scorpion is in New York and the Big Apple is feeling his sting! What does Uncle Aaron have planned for Miles and his new powers? Find out in ‘Ultimate Comics: Spider-man’ #8.