KURT BUSIEK (W), FABIAN NICIEZA (W), JOHN SEVERIN (P), BRUCE TIMM (P), DAVE STEWART (C), and CARY NORD (Cover) FOR MATURE READERS
Bruce Timm, the innovator whose work has changed the face of American animation as well as American comics, and John Severin, the legendary artist of EC's Two-Fisted Tales, Image's Desperados, and Vertigo's Caper, team up to give fan-favorite Cary Nord a month off. Busiek and Timm join forces on a brief, sadistic little adventure involving a girl, a wizard, a monster, and Conan's very morbid sense of humor. Busiek teams with sometimes writing partner Fabian Nicieza (Avengers/Thunderbolts) and the great John Severin to pick up a loose end from Conan #3, as Conan's destiny is misinterpreted by a series of luckless warriors and shameless opportunists, leading to nothing but misery.
Cover price $2.99.
by STEVE NILES and BEN TEMPLESMITH
Working as a private dick is weird business, no matter how you look at it. But working as a private dick in a world populated by ghouls, monsters and other creatures of the night? well, that's as weird as it gets. Welcome to the world of Cal McDonald. When a bizarre string of strangulation murders hits the streets of Los Angeles, and the bodies are found covered in blood, at first it seems like a madman is on the loose. But when it's revealed that the blood isn't from the victims?and in fact, it's not even of human origin?Cal sets his sights on a rendering warehouse close to where the bodies were found. 30 Days of Night creators Niles and Templesmith give whole new meaning to the phrase Meat Is Murder.
Cover price $2.99.
The Guide to Dark Horse Comics. An in depth look at Dark Horse's titles up to 1996 with current prices for the time.
Written by Charles W. Rozanski, owner of Mile High Comics.
Full color, 96 pages, standard paper stock, squarebound. Cover price $6.95.
Written by Matt Wagner.
The Devil's influence spreads throughout the city like ripples on a pond, leaving a path of shattered dreams and destroyed lives in its wake. Only it's not just the Mafia, hitmen, and urban scum who feel Grendel's heat. Before long, those on the periphery -- the doctors, lawyer, and hotel employees -- are also pulled into the Devil's sinister web. Meanwhile, Grendel's alter-ego Hunter Rose finds his relationship with his adopted ward Stacy slipping through his bloody fingers. He may be able to eradicate his enemies, but he's helpless to hang on to those he loves. Wagner and company continue their exploration into Grendel's twisted psyche and the seductive pull it holds over all who encounter it as, once again, Wagner's razor-sharp scripts are brought to life by an outstanding line-up of comics' hottest artists.
48 pages, B&W&Red. Cover price $4.99.
Cover by James O'Barr.
This issue includes two adaptations of Andrew Vachss stories as well a new, previously unpublished short story by Vachss titled "Step on a Crack", with illustrations by Tim Bradstreet. Enemy Ace artist George Pratt adapts "Cripple", and Jerry Prosser (Exquisite Corpse, Aliens: Hive) and James O'Barr (The Crow) adapt "Anytime I Want".
Cover painting by James O'Barr. B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Written & inked by MATT WAGNER. Pencils by PATRICK McEOWN. Cover by SIMON BISLEY.
Ten-year-old Jupiter Niklos Assante, heir to the throne of the Grendel-Khan, is stolen from the retreat in which his rapacious stepmother has hidden him away from the rightful reins of power. The child is worth a hefty ransom, but there seems to be more than money on the mind of his kidnapper - who is none other than Grendel!
Cover price $2.50.
The Modern Prometheus: Part 1 of 2 - Written by Lovern Kindzierski. Art by Stan Manoukin and Vince Roucher. Cover by Michael Kaluta.
Tarzan encounters the concrete jungle! New York's scientific community is fighting over rights to the notebooks of Dr. Victor von Frankenstein, and the jungle lord finds himself pulled into the middle of the fray when a hulking monster figures into the mix. This issue features Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Frankenstein's monster!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
The Modern Prometheus: Part 2 of 2 - Written by Lovern Kindzierski. Art by Stan Manoukin and Vince Roucher. Cover by Michael Kaluta.
The notes of Dr. Victor von Frankenstein, the greatest scientific mind of the nineteenth century, have fallen into the hands of the greatest scientific mind of the twentieth century, Thomas Edison. Tarzan is determined that Edison will not repeat the mistakes of the late Dr. Frankenstein . . . but there's a hulking beast that has his own stake in all of this!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Cover by Arthur Suydam.
It's the final confrontation between a dangerously determined group of outlaws and the king of the jungle... a titan clash of wills that resounds through the jungle. The prize is not only a lost city of gold, but life itself!
B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Written by Elaine Lee. Artr and cover by Michael Kaluta.
From stage play, to graphic novel, to its own series! Starstruck returns in a twelve-issue, 48-page format to be released in three volumes of four issues per volume. A total of 592 pages of some of the most brain-teasing, eye-pleasing comics ever published. 320 pages of this series will be comprised of all-new art and story by creators Elaine Lee and Mike Kaluta, while the remaining pages (which have been previously published) will undergo some retrofitting, so as to make the entire package complete. Enjoy the space adventures of Galactia 9, the brave Amazon warrior, Sister Bronwyn of the Cosmic Veil, and Bruscilla the Muscle, the Galactic Girl Guide. This issue features 26 pages of all-new material, as well as an all-new cover by Mike Kaluta.
48 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
Regular edition, cover and interior are in full color. #1 of Arcadia. Frank Miller cover. Tim Bradstreet inks.
Regular Edition (costume is blue). Comics Greatest World ARCADIA WEEK 1: #1-X #2-Pit Bulls #3-Ghost #4-Monster
Cover price $1.00.
Adapted by Joel Goss and Michael Kaluta. Art and cover by Michael Kaluta.
The Shadow's arch-enemy, Shiwan Khan, is in New York. He has designs on a scientific project with deadly potentials. Shiwan Khan's plan? Kidnap the head scientist, Reinhardt Lane, father of Margo Lane. To save New York, The Shadow must track down Shiwan Khan -- but can The Shadow defeat a foe whose power to cloud men's minds is equal to his own?
FC Cover price $2.50.
JOHN JACKSON MILLER (W), TRAVEL FOREMAN (P), MICHAEL ATIYEH (C), and TRAVIS CHAREST (Cover)
Fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick, charged with the murder of his fellow Jedi-in-training, has uncovered a junked droid that may contain vital information . . . too bad his former masters have just caught up to him! Trapped on a desolate moon surface bombarded with asteroids, Zayne's situation seems hopeless, even with a motley crew of space stragglers at his side. But when those same scoundrels bring the droid back online, the truth revealed is far darker and more menacing than any of them could have imagined. Now, Zayne must prove his innocence, not only for his own sake, but for that of the entire Jedi order! ? Continuing the ongoing monthly series set four thousand years before the rise of the Empire and the fall of Anakin Skywalker (and eight years prior to the events in the Knights of the Old Republic video game). ? A great starting point for anyone interested in following the Star Wars saga beyond the films.
FC, 32pg. Cover by fan-favorite artist Travis Charest! (WildC.A.T.s)
Cover price $2.99.
Claws of the Dragon: Part 4 of 6 - Written by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema. Art by Jan Duursema and Dan Parsons. Cover by Travis Charest.
In the heart of the Sith Temple on Coruscant, an unexpected acolyte trains in the ways of the Sith. Captured by Darth Krayt, Cade Skywalker has made an unholy bargain with the usurper Emperor. Is Cade following in the footsteps of Vader? A turning-point issue in the most surprising Legacy arc yet!
Cover price $2.99.
In one of the most unorthodox crossovers to date, DC's Dark Knight meets Mike Mignola's Hellboy! Ted Knight comes to Gotham City to lecture at a conference on alternative energies sponsored by Wayne Industries. But when Knight is kidnapped by a group of magic-wielding Nazis called the Knights of October, Hellboy offers his aid to Batman to help find Ted and thwart the Knights of October in their plans to marshal the Golden Age Starman's knowledge for their own nefarious purposes. As the heroes track the kidnappers--and their victim--to the Amazon jungle, they'll need some additional help: from Ted Knight's son Jack, Starman. Co-published with Dark Horse Comics. No interior ads.
Written by James Robinson. Art and cover by Mike Mignola. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.
By Mike Mignola, Jason Armstrong, and others; cover by Mignola
Hellboy is off to England to slay a dragon. Right. If it were only that easy... Plus: the moon turns red! A giant meteor is on a collision course with Earth! An alien monster rampages through Neutron City! Only the atomic might of Doc Thunder can save us!
b&w, 32pg" Cover price $2.95.
Cover A by Kevin Nowlan. Story by Mike Mignola, Art and Lettering by Kevin Nowlan.
Sucked into a giant spacecraft full of mutated livestock, Hellboy must fight his way through giant robots, strange webbing, and evil aliens to get back to terra firma!
Cover price $3.50.
Written by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas. Art by E.R. Cruz. Cover by John Bolton.
More exciting adventure on the high seas with Cormac and his Viking shipmates as they try to rescue a beautiful Briton from the Pictish Moon-god Golka on the deadly Isle of Alters! Adapted from the stories of Robert E. Howard--creator of Conan.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.95.
Written by John Arcudi. Art by Mitch Byrd and Brian Garvey. Cover by John Bolton.
IRS agent Philo Drut begins efficiency tests on RoboCop, but what are his true motives? Meanwhile, a robot abducts former OCP scientist Crimmins from his prison cell and takes him to a mysterious trio of hoodlums. When RoboCop discovers that yet another scientist, Szyck, is in grave danger, he assigns himself to the case. But instead of Szyck, RoboCop finds himself face to face with a mechanical adversary he hadn't counted on!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Cover by Arthur Adams.
This month Dark Horse Comics takes you from the bottom of the ocean to the jungles of Africa, from the pyramids of Egypt to the depths of outer space. This globe- (and galaxy-) spanning issue features the titanic might of Godzilla, King of the Monsters in part 2 of "Godzilla: Blast from the Past"; the savage fury of Predator in part 2 of "Predator: The Pride at Nghasa"; the limitless tenacity of James Bond, agent 007, in part 4 of "James Bond: Light of My Death"; and the fathomless cunning of Aliens in "Aliens: Taste" -- all wrapped up in a monstrous cover by Arthur Adams!
FC. Cover price $2.50.
1st printing. Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Bernie Wrightson.
Everything they are, everything they do, is designed to propagate their species. And everything he does is designed to protect life, especially human life. Deep in the Amazon jungles, the two will collide. Human against inhuman. Man against beast. Batman against Alien. Don't miss this exciting, pulse-pounding conclusion as the Dark Knight Detective confronts the ultimate horror!
48 pages, FC. Cover price $4.95.
Cover by Barry Windsor Smith. Written by Jim Shooter and John Ostrander. Art by Lee Weeks.
A Predator stalks North Am 4001, searching for his most prized trophy -- the X-O Manowar helmet. The stolen trophy has fallen into the hands of a certain Goph, a man called Magnus, whose steel-mashing strength has earned him the title Robot Fighter -- thus the stage is set for the battle of the 41st century!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.95.
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Written by Ian Edginton. Art by Vince Giarrano. Cover by Simon Bisley.
Continuing from the Terminator: Secondary Objectives series. Dudley, the half-human/half Terminator must fight impulses that pressure him to eliminate the humans Mary Randall and Astin. With another Terminator still on their trail, the three must decide quickly whom to trust, and how to fight Terminators on both ends of the timeline! Think you've seen all the films? Wait until you see how the 88-model Terminator rebuilds itself from scrap!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
