The Woods (2025)
When a Midwestern high school is mysteriously transported to the middle of an alien wilderness, the students and faculty must build a fragile new society, but lurking forces threaten to unravel their chances of survival in the second book of the GLAAD Award–winning young adult graphic novel trilogy.It’s been over one year since the students and faculty of Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were suddenly transported countless light years away to the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Despite the chaos of their first year, the students have begun to build a life in this new world, a burgeoning society out of the ruins of their past. But mysterious forces are conspiring to bring it all crashing down. . .Written by New York Times bestseller James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children) and illustrated by Michael Dialynas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wynd), this volume collects the second installment of the critically acclaimed series Scott Snyder (Batman) calls a “dark, epic read.”Collects The Woods #13–24.
A high school disappears from Earth…and lands in the middle of an alien nightmare.On October 16, 2013, Bay Point Preparatory High School mysteriously vanished from suburban Milwaukee, only to reappear on a strange, forest-covered moon in an unknown part of the universe. With no answers and no way home, students and faculty face a terrifying alien wilderness filled with unimaginable threats and nightmarish encounters alongside their desperate attempt to reclaim normalcy in a rebuilt society.With rising tensions, shifting loyalties, and a looming cosmic threat, the path home is anything but clear. Can they survive the strange secrets that led to their arrival together? Or will the truth ultimately destroy them first?From GLAAD Media Award–winning and Eisner-nominated writer James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) and acclaimed artist Michael Dialynas (Wynd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) comes a genre-bending saga.Collects The Woods #1–12.
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The Woods Book One
A high school disappears from Earth…and lands in the middle of an alien nightmare.On October 16, 2013, Bay Point Preparatory High School mysteriously vanished from suburban Milwaukee, only to reappear on a strange, forest-covered moon in an unknown part of the universe. With no answers and no way home, students and faculty face a terrifying alien wilderness filled with unimaginable threats and nightmarish encounters alongside their desperate attempt to reclaim normalcy in a rebuilt society.With rising tensions, shifting loyalties, and a looming cosmic threat, the path home is anything but clear. Can they survive the strange secrets that led to their arrival together? Or will the truth ultimately destroy them first?From GLAAD Media Award–winning and Eisner-nominated writer James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake) and acclaimed artist Michael Dialynas (Wynd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) comes a genre-bending saga.Collects The Woods #1–12.
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The Woods Book Two
When a Midwestern high school is mysteriously transported to the middle of an alien wilderness, the students and faculty must build a fragile new society, but lurking forces threaten to unravel their chances of survival in the second book of the GLAAD Award–winning young adult graphic novel trilogy.It’s been over one year since the students and faculty of Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were suddenly transported countless light years away to the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness. Despite the chaos of their first year, the students have begun to build a life in this new world, a burgeoning society out of the ruins of their past. But mysterious forces are conspiring to bring it all crashing down. . .Written by New York Times bestseller James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children) and illustrated by Michael Dialynas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wynd), this volume collects the second installment of the critically acclaimed series Scott Snyder (Batman) calls a “dark, epic read.”Collects The Woods #13–24.