WAR IS COMING! Shadow Moon just got out of jail, only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain as to where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard—thrusting Shadow into a deadly world of the supernatural, where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a brewing war between old and new gods hits a boiling point. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award–winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time! NEIL GAIMAN! P. CRAIG RUSSELL! SCOTT HAMPTON!

Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed story now in comics! Fresh out of jail, Shadow Moon finds himself recruited as a bodyguard for the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday, only to be interrupted and kidnapped by the dangerous Technical Boy, who wants answers as to Wednesday’s plans. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award–winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time! \* A Starz TV show by Bryan Fuller (NBC’s Hannibal) based on the novel will debut this spring. “The American Gods comic is going to be an astonishing, faithful, and beautiful adaptation.”—Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman! During an overnight stay at their home, Shadow awakens to a visit from the third of the Zorya Zorya Polunochnaya. The Midnight Sister’s advice is ethereal and strange, yet vital . . . and Shadow can’t seem to separate reality from the dream world. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award—winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman adapted as a comic series for the first time! \* A Starz TV show! "Russell’s lyrical layouts bring Gaiman’s visual, vivid prose to life like no other artist."—Comic Book Resources

Strange things continue to plague Shadow and Wednesday as their mad American road trip takes them all the way to a surreal roadside attraction, the House on the Rock, where they encounter Mr. Nancy and the worlds largest carousel! The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula awardwinning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time! \* A Starz TV show! "Russells lyrical layouts bring Gaimans visual, vivid prose to life like no other artist." -Comic Book Resources

As Wednesday attempts to rally his fellow gods to fight, Shadow is kidnapped by men in black—Mr. Wood and Mr. Stone, who brutally interrogate and beat him for answers on the coming god war. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awardwinning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time! \*A Starz TV show! ''Russells lyrical layouts bring Gaimans visual, vivid prose to life like no other artist.''—Comic Book Resources

Shadow makes his way into a seemingly deserted forest where a loudmouthed bird tells him to go to ''Kay-ro'' to meet ''Jackel.'' Unable to make heads or tails of this advice, he sets out on a new leg of his journey, where he is about to meet the strangest gods thus far. . . The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awardwinning novel and Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time! \* A Starz TV show! ''Russells lyrical layouts bring Gaimans visual, vivid prose to life like no other artist.''—Comic Book Resources

Shadow meets with the proprietors of Ibis and Jacquel Funeral Parlor. Mr. Ibis offers Shadow work—as long as he is not squeamish. Shadow reluctantly agrees, and Mr. Jacquel assures him that in their line of work, the dead stay dead . . . but is this morbid guarantee enough to tempt Shadow's guilty conscious over the edge?

Still in the employ of Ibis and Jacquel, Shadow sees his share of dead bodies . . . but doesn t ever expect them to be gods. When Mad Sweeney turns up and blames him for maliciously giving away his lucky coin, Shadow can only plead innocence—and the leprechaun then claims he is certainly doomed. \* A Starz TV show from NEIL GAIMAN!

This supernatural American road trip fantasy tells the story of a war between the ancient and modern gods. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and new Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a graphic novel for the first time! The first in a three-volume adaptation of Neil Gaiman's modern classic! Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard—thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent. Collecting the first nine issues of the American Gods comic book series, along with art process features, high res scans of original art, layouts, character designs, and variant covers by BECKY CLOONAN, SKOTTIE YOUNG, FÁBIO MOON, DAVE MCKEAN, and MORE!