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"Curse of the Gesu" Story and art by Yuzo Takada.
One day Yakumo, a high-school student in Tokyo, met a girl named Pai. Pai was not human. She was Sanziyan-unkara, an immortal being with mysterious powers. Yakumo promised that he would find a way to make Pai human. Together, they set out to Hong Kong on a great adventure that was to begin a modern legend! Now, the adventures of Pai and Yakumo continue!Yakumo returns to Japan believing that he can resume his old life as a high-school student, an existence he had left behind -- ignoring Pai's warning that to do so will subject everyone he knows to the evils of hell itself.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Chapter 2: Duty - Story and art by Frank Miller. Color by Lynn Varley.
The word is out: Sparta is on the march. From farms and hamlets rally brave Greeks -- to face hellish war in the narrow mountain pass called The Hot Gates. The odds are long, and the stakes are high: All hope for human freedom hangs in the balance!
Cover price $2.95.
Chaos! Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics -- with assistance from Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, and others present a collection of stories and illustrations from an incredibly diverse array of talented writers and artists. The New Yorker's Eric Drooker contributes a cover showing a cityscape that is simultaneously ancient and modern, mournful and hopeful, with an artist at the center, empowered to interpret a tragic landscape.
Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie. Art by Sebastian Fiumara. Cover by Dave Stewart and Sebastian Fiumara.
Abe Sapien battles his way through terrible Ogdru Hem and human monsters as the world comes crashing down around him, on his quest to reveal his own role in the end of the world.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.
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Cover by Greg Ruth. Written by Caitlin R. Kiernan. Art by Steve Lieber. For nearly as long as she can remember, Dancy Flammarion has fought monsters, cutting a bloody swath through the demons and dark things of the world, aimed like a weapon by forces beyond her control or questioning. But now, for the first time, Dancy finds herself alone-and the wolves are closing in.
Written by Steven Grant. Art by Christopher Taylor and Rick Magyar. Cover by Arthur Suydam.
What's the only thing worse than having to face an alien? Doing it AGAIN! And now Ripley's up against them for the third time.
FC Cover price $2.50.
Written by Steven Grant. Art by Christopher Taylor and Rick Magyar. Cover by Arthur Suydam.
Ripley finds that the most horrifying thing about fighting Aliens may actually be the battle within.
FC Cover price $2.50.
Written by JOHN WAGNER. Art by PAUL MENDOZA & ANDY MUSHYNSKY. Cover by KILIAN PLUNKETT.
There's a ship cutting through space like a bullet, its crew a five-man surgical strike team with a single mission: Destroy Aliens! But when the crew members of the Nemesis land smack in the middle of a full-blown hive, they're not sure if it's the answer to their prayers or the beginning of a nightmare!
Cover price $2.50.
Written by JOHN WAGNER. Art by PAUL MENDOZA & ANDY MUSHYNSKY. Cover by KILIAN PLUNKETT.
There's a ship cutting through space like a bullet, its crew a five-man surgical strike team with a single mission: Destroy Aliens! But when the crew members of the Nemesis land smack in the middle of a full-blown hive, they're not sure if it's the answer to their prayers or the beginning of a nightmare!
Cover price $2.50.
Written by CHET WILLIAMSON. Art by TIM HAMILTON & TIM BRADSTREET. Cover by BRADSTREET & GUY BURWELL.
Normal faceless human guinea pigs aren't proving to be any more adept at drawing the necessary screams out of Damon Eddington's pet alien, Mozart, than any of the other animals were. Damon, increasingly dependent on the addictive and mind-muddling alien jelly, schemes to trap his cohort, Darcy Vance, as fodder for Mozart's murderous desires.
Darcy's parry with Mozart provides minimal satisfaction for Damon, who's seeking nothing but the ultimate love and death cry of anguish from the alien to record for his symphony. But the jelly is affecting Damon's reasoning, and he may be ready to overstep the bounds of reason in his pursuit of the apocalyptic scream!
Cover price $2.50.
"Virtually Real." Caryn Delacroix doesn't know if she is going insane, having nightmares, or stuck in virtual reality in this confusing, dream-like issue.
Script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Jackson Guice, inks by Eduardo Barreto. Cover by John Bolton.
Cover price $2.50.
Written by Randy Stradley. Art by Phill Norwood and Karl Story. Cover by Phill Norwood.
The quiet settlement on the planet Ryushi is turned into a battleground as the Predators clash with the vastly superior numbers of the Alien horde--with the few remaining humans caught in the middle fighting both sides! However, when it becomes apparent that the Aliens are winning, the humans and the Aliens are faced with a tough choice: trust each other--or die!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Written by RANDY STRADLEY. Art by JIM HALL & RICARDO VILLAGRAN. Cover by RICHARD CORBEN.
Aliens and Predators: two deadly species fighting for domination of an otherwise abandoned world. What they didn't count on was the added confrontation of the deadliest species of all...humans! Guns are pumped, knives are wrapped, and claws are sharpened in preparation for the all-out battle for the planet Bunda! Three bloodthirsty armies prepare themselves for an all-out WAR!
Cover price $2.50.
Written by RANDY STRADLEY. Art by MARK G. HEIKE & RICARDO VILLAGRAN. Cover by RICHARD CORBEN.
War is all about lines, the kind you draw between your enemies and your allies. But those lines become blurred in this concluding issue! Machiko Noguchi has abandoned her Predator allies and joined the human survivors on Bunda. But perhaps she'll reconsider her position when the humans find themselves caught between the ultimate in rocks and hard places! It's the final battle of this all-out war, with the Aliens on one side and Predators on the other, and the outmanned humans hang their only hopes on a fearsome and uncontrollable suit of MAX berserker armor! Cover price $2.50.
Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Gary Dumm, Scott A. Gilbert and Josh & Joe Zabel. Cover by Scott A. Gilbert.
If you've never before been to a comics convention, there's no need to start now! Instead, pick up the latest issue of Harvey Pekar's autobiographical comic American Splendor, in which he tackles the comings and goings of the summer convention scene. Knowing that places are only as good as the people who inhabit them, Harvey focuses his sights on con guests and attendees in three brand-new stories. In "Huckster" and "The Worst Possible Job," Harvey tells the life story and working methods of Kapitan Kartoon, a budding artist with brilliant salesmanship.
B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Written by HARVEY PEKAR. Art by GARY DUMM, JOSH NEUFELD, FRANK STACK & JOE ZABEL.
Continuing the amazing chronicle of the comic-book world's greatest autobiographer, focusing on the aftermath of one man's experiences with cancer. In "Flight to Chicago," Harvey and his wife Joyce experience frustration and exhaustion as a simple trip turns into an agonizing obstacle course. "Windfall Gained" tells the tale of tragedy turned to happy accident when Harvey's impatience on a snow-covered street turns to gold. Finally, in "Bloodletting," Harvey must face the difficult choice of surgery. This is an entertaining and informative look at one man's life, filled with all the drama and comedic pratfalls that we've come to expect from day-to-day existence.
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Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Chris Marrinen and Brian Garvey. Cover by Dave Dorman.
Reporter Dennis Hough sees a golden opportunity (not to mention dollar signs) when he's asked to help with a governor's re-election campaign. The only catch is...Hough must deliver the American as the governor's new spokesman, and the American has joined s mysterious cult and disappeared!
FC. Cover price $2.50.
Cover by Arthur Adams. Remember all those pulp magazines from the `30s, before comics became all the rage? Welcome to Dark Horse's updated and slightly offbeat version, a confessional about, well, animals. This spoof contains a variety of decidedly twisted but not-so-funny animal tales, written and drawn by a variety of artists, all wrapped up behind a dynamite good-girl-with-bunny cover illustration by Art Adams!
Written by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi, art and cover by John Bolton.
Ash, the hero of Sam Raimi's cult-classic film Evil Dead II. Armed with his chainsaw and shotgun, Ash finds himself stranded in the Middle Ages battling the resurrected armies of the dead!
Complete set of 3
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Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVEN BUTLER, MATT HALEY & VAL MAYERIK. Cover by BUTLER.
All hail Badger, the multi-faceted hero with multiple personality disorder! He pops out his head for the first time in years in this secret, never-before-revealed origin story, featuring the return of Ham the Weather Wizard, Badger's medieval Welsh druid buddy. The pair are trapped in a modern-day American mental hospital...or are they? It looks as though the inmates are making their bid to run the asylum! With one thinking he's more men than man and the other going through a Middle Ages life crisis, this comic's sure to stand out from the rest of your collection!
Cover price $2.50.
Cover by Dan Lawlis and Ian Akin. The Wild, The Beautiful, & the Damned, script by John Arcudi, pencils by Dan Lawlis, inks by Ian Akin
Comics' Greatest World's babe on wheels, Barb Wire, definitely has her hands full this issue: she's been contracted to capture supervillain Hurricane Max, but the assassin known as Deathcard keeps getting in her way; tougher-than-tough bad guy Mace Blitzkrieg plans to unleash his nasty Prime Movers on Steel Harbor, now that the powerful Motorhead has left town; and to top it all off, she's got to hire a new bouncer for her Hammerhead Bar and Grille!; But little does Barb know that there's an all-new Ignition on the way to make her life even more difficult!
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
Cover by Dan Lawlis and Jeff Albrecht. Cycle of Fire, script by John Arcudi, pencils by Dan Lawlis, inks by Ian Aiken
There's chaos on the streets of Steel Harbor as Mace Blitzkrieg wreaks havoc, blowing up police precincts; Since Motorhead's no longer around to take down Mace, it looks like it's up to Barb to save the day--but the assassin Deathcard has other plans for her, as does Hurricane Max, who's blown into town; The hot new Barb Wire art team of Dan Lawlis and Ian Akin returns for another explosive issue.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
Cover by Dan Lawlis and Jeff Albrecht. Ghost in the Machine, script by John Arcudi, pencils by Dan Lawlis, inks by Ian Akin
When Avram Roman, Sr. comes to Barb Wire looking for information regarding the son he thought was long dead, little does he realize that his offspring has been cursed with a fate far worse than death: Avram Roman, Jr. has become the hideous creature known on the streets of Steel Harbor as The Machine; But a shadowy figure from The Machine's past has his own plans for Avram, Jr., making a father-son reunion very unlikely.
36 pgs., full color. $2.00. Cover price $2.00.
Written by JOHN ARCUDI. Art by DAN LAWLIS & IAN AKIN. Cover by LAWLIS & JEFF ALBRECHT.
In the hard-hitting, emotional conclusion to "Ghost in the Machine," the Machine is forced to face five freakish foes whose powers match - and maybe even surpass - his own. And there's little that Barb Wire can do to help her ghoulish comrade, since the Machine is determined to handle things his way!
Cover price $2.50.
