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 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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Cover by Stan Shaw.
Jack Kirby is the undeniable King of Comics. He created most of the heroes we all grew up with. But superheroes weren't his exclusive subject matter -- he also drew westerns, crime stories, romance comics . . . and Bible plates. In the 1970s, Kirby illustrated his favorite scenes from the Old Testament; not comic stories, but illustrative plates. "It was the best work of his life," says Roz Kirby. "The artwork he was most proud of." For a look at the greatest work of the greatest illustrator comics has ever known -- will ever know -- be sure to order your copy of Dark Horse Presents #103. And as if that's not enough, the most diverse anthology in comics runs the gamut this month, ranging from the slyly hip to the angst-ridden to the weird and supernatural.
The world's first unborn superhero, "The Pink Tornado," debuts in this issue, "Mr. Painter" continues the story of a disaffected artiste, Alan Bland -- a coffee addict and tuba aficionado -- who becomes obsessed with an old painting he finds in his parents' home. 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. "Cal: Hairball" is a mystery featuring Cal McDonald, paranormal investigator, whose pursuit of some weird characters puts him hot on the trail of a murderer. This month, these weird characters show themselves as even weirder by killing Cal's client! Kitsch, comedy, comics noir, and Kirby -- if you're wanting anything more, you're just getting greedy!
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Cover by Shannon Wheeler.
Shannon Wheeler's "Too Much Coffee Man" makes its Dark Horse Presents debut this issue as his send-up of Dante's Inferno explores the levels of coffee hell: the rush, the jitters, and the crash. "Blackheart" by Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely continues.
Seneca must confront the evil of Kane, who unleashes his poisonous scheme to destroy all people who do not fit his fascist views of the world. Rick Geary gives us "Night Drive," a lyrical prose work examining the mysteries of the evening on a fantasy ride to the outer limits.
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Cover by Kilian Plunkett.
Paul Chadwick's back, with an all-new companion tale to his remarkable new miniseries Concrete: Killer Smile. Don't miss this exciting introduction, by one of Legend's most respected creators. Lord Parsons accuses Master Architect Overton of murder most foul in the thrilling conclusion to our cover story, "The Eighth Wonder," but when Dr. Agrine -- the victim -- appears, all hell breaks loose in the most amazing chase scene in comics' history!
Looking forward to the future's Information Highway? Beware! Rick Geary's "The Phantom Telephone" reveals the insidious terror that lurks beneath that brushed steel! Also in this issue, during the breathless finale of "Star Riders," we finally get to see what Tabada wears under that miniskirt!
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Cover by Andrew Robinson.
Amelia Hand, a gorgeous soldier of fortune in the 24th century, would kill for a little rest and relaxation after five months inside a cramped cockpit. Studebaker, a virtual Eden of a planet, promises all that and more, if she can only make it past the natives, who have grown rather... attached to her. This month's Dark Horse Presents features "A Breath of Fresh Air," written by science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans and beautifully illustrated by Andrew Robinson.
In part 2 of "The Eighth Wonder," master architect Overton is still afraid that Dr. Agrine is dead, but beneath the sunlit supports of The Bridge, the good doctor is planting the seeds of a rebellion that promises to change the face of the world. Provided he can survive the assassination attempts, of course! Also in this issue, we continue the tale of Leroy and Tabada's desperate gamble as they continue the grueling Rally. When most of the contestants die by the first round, the competition gets mean!
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Cover by Mike Dringnberg.
Dark Horse Presents is proud to debut "The Painted Horse," a tale of freedom and sacrifice set in ancient Japan. The retired Emperor Uda faces a terrifying demon to save his people. "The Painted Horse" features beautiful art by Mike Dringenberg, co-creator of DC's Sandman and Death, and a script by fantasy author Kij Johnson. Also in this issue, Étienne Gagnon and Alex Racine bring us part 1 of the hilarious "Star Riders."
With his ship, the Cachalot, at stake, space jockey Leroy enters the Mikorian Rally, the only galactic event with more casualties than participants. His only crewmember is Tabada, an alien princess whose enthusiasm overpowers her common sense. Kilian Plunkett stunned readers with his art in Aliens: "Backsplash" and Aliens: Labyrinth. Now he's back, with Peter Janes' "The Eighth Wonder," a story of the construction of the Trans-Atlantic Bridge. It's definitely one for the (alternate) history books!
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Cover by Francisco Solano Lopez. Robert Boyd and Francisco Solano Lopez present "Buoy 77," a tale of desperation, greed, and treachery.
When the crew of the Sogeco Explorer lose a valuable scientific instrument near the village of Viçosa, they entice the locals with a small reward for its return. But a small reward to the Americans is an unbelievable fortune to the villagers, and some people would resort to anything to get a fortune -- even murder!
Christopher Moeller's Shadow Empires concludes in this issue as Hano Khazar escapes the palace, and seeks help among the people. But Khazar is a warrior, and warriors are rarely trusted by the common man. Eddie Campbell's Hermes vs. The Eyeball Kid continues this issue. The Eyeball Kid has escaped certain death in the whirling maw of a dam's generators only to face Hermes, who is prepared to use the Beetle Suit!
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Cover by Chris Moeller.
This issue leads off with the first chapter in an all-new science fiction epic: The Shadow Empires, by writer-artist Chris Moeller, who also provides the painted cover. Then, it's round four of Eddie Campbell's smashing epic, Hermes vs. The Eyeball Kid!
The Kid might be down, but he's far from out and Hermes better keep his wits about him. There's more up Eyeball's sleeve than a stubby little arm. Also: the final chapter of Gary Davis' Paleolove. Daishon discovers there's much more to Gessa than he had ever imagined. And the more he finds out, the more he regrets!
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Cover by Ray Largo.
Meet Cross: outlaw, freelance avenger, and, when the situation calls for it, professional killer. He's just the kind of person the Predators might take an interest in -- which is why the government's Predator Task Force wants him! Next month Predator: Race War debuts as a four-issue color miniseries.
Story by novelist Andrew Vachss, adapted by Randy Stradley and artists Jordan Raskin and John Beatty. Also: Jo Duffy and Maya Sakamoto's Nestrobber preview concludes, and the heroine of Gary Davis' "Paleolove" seeks a love potion from Mudwike, the dwarf. Painted cover by Ray Lago .
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Cover by Paul Chadwick.
If variety is the spice of life, this is one spicy issue! First up, award-winning writer/artist Paul Chadwick returns to the pages of the book that launched his most famous creation: Concrete! Next, writer Ed Brubaker and artist Eric Shanower present part two of "An Accidental Death." A girl is missing, and only two teenage boys know the guilty secret behind her disappearance.
Finally, the Doctor may be in, but he's definitelyway out! Dr. Giggles operates as only he can. Scripted by writer/director Manny Coto and illustrated by Alan J. Burrows, Dr. Giggles prepares to leap onto the silver screen in the film of the same name from Dark Horse and Largo Entertainment! Front cover by Paul Chadwick, back cover by Doug Mahnke
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.
