Art cover variant. PLANET OF THE APES #2 (OF 3) ART COVER by IAN EDGINTON, PACO MEDINA, and JUAN VLASCO; cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Taking place after astronaut Leo Davidson's adventure on the ape world, the anti-human forces of Shiva's ape army seek to exterminate the integrated human and ape resistance led by the chimp leader, Seneca, and the human, Esau. Meanwhile, a double-agent walks a dangerous line, working for the ape army while smuggling arms and provisions to the rebels. When this agent is exposed, secrets are revealed that force both sides into a race against time for the ultimate weapon in the war...and for the chance to rule the Planet of the Apes!
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Written by Peter Ford and Michael Eury. Art by Chris Sprouse and Tim Hamilton.
Having left Catalyst: Agents of Change and Golden City to work for the United States government, Frank Wells, the nearly-unstoppable hero known as Titan, undertakes his first mission for the Feds: the dismantling of a group of superpowered teens called The Inhibitors, who blindly answer to a charismatic leader. But demons from Titan's past interfere, possibly making his first mission for the government his last...!
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Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Ron Randall. Cover by Denis Beauvais.
One false move and you're history! Max Walker walks the beat of the Time Enforcement Commission, but when he goes to the past to stop a time travelling criminal he finds that someone has ripped the space-time continuum to pieces and he no longer belongs in his own future. Walker has a last-ditch plan that just might repair the damage but he has to face his own personal nightmare to literally save his life!
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Written by Warren Ellis. Art by Paolo Parente and Davide Fabbri. Cover by Paolo Parente.
It's the story of the time before the invasion, before mankind was embroiled in battle with the insect-like creatures from another world. It's the story of the first contact between humanity and the alien species. And of how that initial contact sparked the first intergalactic war of all time.
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Written by BRIAN PULIDO. Pencils by LEONARDO JIMENEZ. Cover by GREG CAPULLO.
Rack & Pain go toe-to-toe with the all-new and improved Pile-powered Morgue in a battle to the death! Meanwhile, Web informs the galaxy of the latest death stats as he is also about to increase his own power base by becoming one with the Media-Net itself! Things are looking pretty grim for the fate of our favorite assassins even with the help of the rightful heir to the Pile's throne, Jenna, at their sides! This is the ultimate slug-fest you've been waiting for...even Rack's pooch Fang gets into the act!
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Written by BRIAN PULIDO. Pencils by LEONARDO JIMENEZ. Cover by GREG CAPULLO.
Rack & Pain convince their only ally, Jenna, to postpone her Remlack Thurmo Bomb attack and spill the beans on Web for setting them up and putting them at the top of their boss-man's death-wish list. Now, Morgue, in a newly reconstructed endo-skeleton body chassis energized by the power of the Pile itself, is on a rampage and Rack & Pain have to stay a step ahead of him.
Their mission: to get Web and clear their reputations as the finest hit men in the galaxy. This means not only clear-cutting a path through Morgue's army, but also editing a few thousand lives out of Web's Media-troops. The entire plan goes down the toilet when Morgue catches up to Rack & Pain and beats them mercilessly in page after page of wholesale destruction.
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Written by BRIAN PULIDO. Pencils by LEONARDO JIMENEZ. Cover by GREG CAPULLO.
After returning from a routine kill, Rack & Pain are caught in the troubled net of the ratings-hungry Web when they realize they've been set up to deliver their boss's own brother as a trophy. With boss-man, Morgue, furious with revenge, they begin to make plans to clear their "good" names. But first they've got to stay alive! The only way to do that is to fight every man, woman and alien on "The Pile," and in the rest of the star system.
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Written by BRIAN PULIDO. Pencils by LEONARDO JIMENEZ. Cover by GREG CAPULLO.
Rack & Pain. High end and low end. Rack, the living techno-weapon, cold and stealthy. Pain, the barbarian with incredible strength. Rack & Pain: best buddies to the death! Residing on the planet known as "The Pile," these hired assassins are under an exclusive contract with an intergalactic weapons dealer named Morgue.
Rack & Pain live a life of luxury few have ever dreamed of, but the good life is about to come to an end. After returning from a routine kill, they discover they are caught in the troubled net of the ratings-hungry Web. They've been set up to deliver Morgue's own brother as the trophy, and the ticker-tape parade is canceled!
RACK & PAIN is a mean-spirited slugfest with a wicked sense of black humor featuring more epic carnage and destruction than you can possibly imagine.
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Story and art by Vincent Giarrano.
Spirit-warriors Redblade and Vena want a toe-to-toe battle with their enemy, the demon Engetsu. What they get is a knock-down drag-out with the mighty Tull, half of whose dual-spirit identity Engetsu has enslaved! Non-stop superhero action from beginning to end.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Story and art by Vincent Giarrano.
Spirit-warriors Redblade and Vena want a toe-to-toe battle with their enemy, the demon Engetsu. What they get is a knock-down drag-out with the mighty Tull, half of whose dual-spirit identity Engetsu has enslaved! Non-stop superhero action from beginning to end.
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
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Written by DAS PETROU. Art & cover by JOHN WATKIS.
All agreements achieved in the talks between Church and State are in serious danger of being abandoned. The religious extremists attempt to seize power as the secret order of the Rosy Cross steps aside in the battle for England and Cardinal Mayhew shows his true faith in the cross.
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Written by DAS PETROU. Art & cover by JOHN WATKIS.
All agreements achieved in the talks between Church and State are in serious danger of being abandoned. The religious extremists attempt to seize power as the secret order of the Rosy Cross steps aside in the battle for England and Cardinal Mayhew shows his true faith in the cross.
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Written by DAS PETROU. Art & cover by JOHN WATKIS.
Thousands are dying within the Great Wall of London as the plague really begins to bite. Meanwhile, Barnett and Waterhouse are independently pursuing their quest to uncover the truth behind the ten "missing" priests. There's also a glimpse of the Secret Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross, seen performing in their Inner Sanctum...and Maurice Waterhouse is found. Finally, is the Pope really going to be assassinated? Or will he die a natural death?
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Cover by Dan Brereton, Stan Manoukian and Vince Roucher.
Giant-sized flip-book issue! Featuring 48 fat pages and: * Dan Brereton's The Nocturnals! * Tarzan and Shadow artists Stan & Vince debut their high-paced, ultraviolent "Metalfer"! * An all-new Starship Troopers story by Jan Strnad and Tommy Lee Edwards !
Rich Hedden tells the tale of Snipe, a monster hunter in Hollywood, where the true beasts come in the hundreds! * Jeff DeMos and Scott Gillis return to tell the tale of a man obsessed with circles in "A Hole in the Head." * Two covers -- one by Dan Brereton and one by Stan & Vince! Plus new strips by Diana Schutz, Bernie Mireault, & Rupert Bottenberg and Steven Weissman
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Cover by Peter Snejbjerg .
Old ladies with sharp objects are bad, especially in the world of The Lords of Misrule. Urban legends become real nightmares, courtesy of John Tomlinson and Peter Snejbjerg (who provides this issue's gruesome cover). Speaking of bad dreams, Trout's has gotten free, and he's just about to catch up with it. But what happens when you look in the face of your own terror? "Trout" is by Canadian artist Troy Nixey.
"Jack Zero," the new strip by Arnold Pander and European performance artist Zero Boy continues as Jack meets Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickock, Annie Oakley, and the love of his life, Rose Barclay. Hanging with these dangerous folk starts the Jack Zero legend, the stuff pulps are made of. Finally, in the first part of "Imago," writer John Arcudi and artist Brian O'Connell look at the difference between two generations of superheroes, as nobility clashes with grim and gritty.
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Cover by Al Williamson.
Variety is the spice of life, and nothing is spicier than DHP! First up, a delectable dish from Mark Schultz and Al Williamson. "One Last Job" is a short tale about an interplanetary bounty hunter who's ready to quit for the joys of love, but can't seem to keep himself from chasing just one more big score. Our second course is a healthy helping of The Lords of Misrule, currently enjoying its own DH miniseries. Taking urban legends and standing them on end, John Tomlinson and Peter Snejbjerg have brewed up a prequel that will keep you up all night.
This is followed by the tantalizing continuation of "Trout," Troy Nixey's surrealistic journey. Trout is in search of evil that escaped him when he wasn't paying attention, and he may end up uncovering more secrets than he was planning for. Finally, Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) offers his famous "Hectic Planet" dessert. A love lost is the worst thing in the world, especially when it has gone and died without telling you. Be careful, because mourning can be explosive. Topping it all off is a crisp afterdinner mint, a one-page tale about the intuitive power of friends and coping with loss. "Gather Ye Rosebuds" is by Bob Schreck, Casey Jones, and Monty Sheldon.
Oh, and don't forget our appetizer, a scrumptious cover by Al Williamson based on an idea he had when he was twelve, later sketched out when he was nineteen, and now finally finished, at an age where Al's far too charming to have to disclose how old he really is.
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Cover by Arthur Adams and Evan Dorkin.
Monkeyman and O'Brien make their return to these pages with an all-new serial by Legend cartoonist Arthur Adams! Our daring duo butts heads with Gorhemoth, the living garbage heap. Meanwhile, the only monster on Evan Dorkin's "Hectic Planet" is that twisted creature called love, and Halby is suffering at its hands!
In the final chapter of "Trypto the Acid Dog" by Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, and Steve Leialoha, the faithful canine saves his boy and family from the hands of evil; and in their last chapter, Dr. Spin and Spin Girl save comic books as we know them, ensuring future employment for their creators, Gordon Rennie and Roger Langridge.
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Cover by Frank Miller and Roger Langridge.
DHP continues to mix it up this month, and it's all decked out in its new flip-book format! Frank Miller provides a cover featuring the return of John Arcudi's misfit detective The Creep! Arcudi is joined by Firearm artist Brian O'Connell for a story that proves that pain, unlike beauty, is not just skin deep.
Also, Roger Langridge and Gordon Rennie bring us a hilarious send-up of classic silver-age superhero comics in "Dr. Spin," and Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, and Steve Leialoha present the third chapter of "Trypto the Acid Dog," in which the caped canine escapes the gladiator pit, only to find his family has moved to another town. Finally, the conclusion of Ed Brubaker's "Lowlife" trilogy cuts another insightful slice off the mass psychosis of modern society.
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Cover by Paul Pope.
All good things must come to an end. In this issue of DHP, three serials reach their finalès. In "Egg," by Frank Lovece and Christopher Schenck, Charlie's egg hatches, and what's inside is more than he or his father bargained for. Renée French comes to the bottom of her spiral into the bizarre and exposes the gooey center of "The Ninth Gland." Finally, the fate of Tubby and Vim is revealed in the final chapter of Paul Pope's "The One Trick Rip-Off." Pope provides a wraparound cover, sending everything off with a bang.
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Cover by Paul Pope.
New York is a young man's best friend -- if that young man has a steady job that pays big bucks. But to comic-book artist Al Milgrom, fresh off the bus from the Midwest, The Big Apple is the worst kind of enemy. He has no job and no friends. But what he does have is his "New York Pets"!
Join Al Milgrom -- one of the shapers of the Silver Age of comics -- in this behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a cartoonist. Plus the twists and dips keep on coming in Paul Pope's "One Trick Rip-Off"; Renée French continues to surprise us in "The Ninth Gland"; and the culinary wonders of the underworld are revealed in Jack Pollock's "Devil Chef"!
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Cover by Renee French.
Comics' longest-running anthology series serves up another feast of diverse delights, starting with a chunk of "The Ninth Gland" by Renée French, the creator of Fantagraphics's Grit Bath. It's the weird but strangely sweet story about a janitor named Huey Kittentank and two young girls who perform surgery to save the life of an unnamable foundling creature from the girls' back yard. More strange critters inhabit Jack Pollock's latest Devil Chef culinary caper, as the Chef's protégé-gone-wrong carries out unholy gustatory experiments using -- tapeworms!
Paul Pope's "The One-Trick Rip Off" continues its gritty excursion into a noir Los Angeles, replete with crime, thievery, and thuggery. Finally, newcomers Scott Gillis and Jeff DeMos offer the black humor of "The Perfect Tree," the story of a suicide attempt that doesn't go quite according to plan. Renée French and Laura Allred (Madman Comics) have created an eerily evocative cover, portraying Huey Kittentank from "The Ninth Gland." DHP #108 is your one-stop shop for all flavors from the sweet to the weird.
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Cover by Bill Wray.
A rock-hard projectile of indeterminate origin is forcing its way out of his buttocks! It's Big Blown Baby's first solid poo, and there's no way he's going to drop that golden brick without thousands of witnesses present to sanctify the proceedings! Join Ren and Stimpy animator Bill Wray and scatological scat-man Robert Loren Fleming for the bare-assed adventures of Big Blown Baby, in a tale heralding his four-issue miniseries!
And speaking of big, we've got the King of Monsters in an enormous bind -- it's the funniest Godzilla story you will ever read, courtesy of alternative comics legends Ed Brubaker (Prez) and Dave Cooper (Pressed Tongue). And then, after your sides are all sore from laughing, we hit you with a spot of serious entertainment, Paul Pope's latest chapter of "The One Trick Rip- Off," a crime-noir comic about a bunch of young toughs getting out-toughed by a dame. Three great tastes that go great together -- that's DHP #106!
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Cover by Casey Jones and Bruce Patterson.
The oldest and freshest anthology series in the comics business serves up another heaping helping of sophistication and diversity. The tales range from the supernatural to the absurd to existential to nitty-gritty crime fiction. The creators have prior credits that span the range of modern comics as well, from Ghost to Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor to Star Wars: Dark Lords of the Sith. Paul Pope, alternative comics genius, continues "The One Trick Rip-Off," a stylish, comics noir strip set in a near-future Los Angeles and focusing on a small group of thieves called the One Tricks. In "Cal Hairball," Steve Niles concludes his 4-part serial about Cal MacDonald, a paranormal investigator whose search for a murderer leads him into out onto a busy highway for a climactic confrontation with a werewolf.
Scott Musgrove and Darick Chamberlin's "The Pink Tornado" is the world's first stillborn superhero. In this last of 3 parts, he goes up against his arch-nemesis, Dr. Canada, the Provincial Man, a man with eerily detachable body parts. "That's Mr. Painter to You" concludes Stan Shaw's existential tale of a disaffected artiste named Alan Bland -- a coffee addict and tuba aficionado -- who becomes obsessed with an old painting found in his parents' home. Dark Horse Presents is the bastion of postmodern comics, 105 issues strong. Find out why readers around the world keep coming back for more, month after month. Kitsch, comedy, and noir. If you want any more than that, you're just getting greedy.
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Cover by Scott Musgrove.
A stillborn superhero; an artiste for whom life has lost all meaning; a gang of hard-boiled thieves in future Los Angeles; a paranormal private eye. Put these diverse elements into the same book and you have the 104th issue of the comics industry's premiere anthology title. In "The Pink Tornado," the world's first stillborn superhero confronts his arch-nemesis, Dr. Canada, the nefarious leader of the secret society known only as I.C.O.N.
"That's Mr. Painter to You" is the story of Alan Bland, a disaffected artistewith an unhealthy obsession for an old painting he found in his parents' home. In "The One Trick Rip-Off," a stylish, comics noir strip set in a near future Los Angeles, we meet a small cabal of hardbitten thieves, known to each other as the One Tricks. Finally, in "Cal: Hairball" we continue unfolding the story of Cal McDonald, paranormal investigator, whose search for a murderer leads inexorably to some truly weird characters who get even weirder, fiestier, and hairier during the full moon!
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