Featuring Witch Hunter, Topaz, Amber Hunt and Shuriken! Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Leonard Kirk, Robert DeCastro, Shannon Gallant, Vinton Heuck, Jim Amash and David Mowry. Painted cover by Hajime Sorayama. Cover price $2.50.
Cover art by Paul Johnson. Spook, part 1 starring Batman and The Spook, script by James Robinson, art by Paul Johnson
while snowbound in a mansion, Bruce Wayne and other businessmen find that someone or something is killing them off one by one.
32 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Criminals, Part 1 of 2. Savage crimes are being committed in Gotham City...seemingly by men already on Death Row, with one suspect executed years ago. Batman goes undercover into Blackgate prison as an inmate and becomes caught between killer prisoners and corrupt guards.
Written by Steven Grant, with art and cover by Mike Zeck. Deluxe format.
Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by Steve Yeowell and Dick Giordano. Favorite Things, script by Mark Miller, pencils by Steve Yeowell, inks by Dick Giordano; the Chessmen break into Wayne Manor and steal a train engine that was a gift from his parents, spurring the Batman into action.
32 pgs. Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by John McCrea. Infected part one, script by Warren Ellis, art by John McCrea; hallucinating, genetically engineered soldiers are going on a killing spree, spurring Batman into action.
32 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by John McCrea. Infected part two, script by Warren Ellis, art by John McCrea;
one viral, genetically engineered soldier remains, and Batman must capture him before he infects Gotham City.
32 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover art by J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray. Conspiracy, Part 2, script by Doug Moench, pencils by J.H. Williams III, inks by Mick Gray
Batman continues his investigation into a series of Satanic killings.
32 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Standard edition. Cover art by Josue Justiniano. Theatre of Pain Act 2, script by Brian Pulido, art by Josue Justiniano; Chastity splits her nights between hanging with her boyfriend's punk band and assassinating vampires for the Countess; The vampire council meets and tries to discover who is killing off their most powerful members; Fed up with doing the Countess' dirty work, Chastity threatens to quit until her benefactress kidnaps Billy to compel her to continue her bloody task. 36 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
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A girl named Frija helps Luke and the droids survive after their crash on the ice planet Hoth. The girl and her mean father turn out to be robots.
Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Al Williamson and Allen Nunis, inks by Steve Buccellato. Cover by Tom Yeates and Matthew Hollingsworth.
Cover price $2.50.
***Water damage***
Luke, Tanith, and Tanith's father become slaves of the Serpent Masters. C-3PO and R2D2 appear to be destroyed.
Script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Steve Buccellato. Cover by Williamson and Matthew Hollingsworth.
Cover price $2.50.
Written by Kazuo Koike. Art and Cover by Ryoichi Ikegami.
After defeating Tateoka in a fierce battle, Freeman plans to assassinate the vulgar businessman who hired Tateoka to seek Oshu's wife. Freeman calls upon Bagwana, a beautiful black female assassin, to set the trap. Prologue for the new episode involving the Russian mafia also included.
32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.75.
Steven Grant (w) Stephen Mooney (A)
Presenting an all-new storyline set firmly in the world of comic books, sure to appeal to comic book fans and CSI fans alike! Grissom and his CSIs take in a Las Vegas comic convention that ends in tragedy?the death of online gossip columnist Rich Johnston. The suspects are many?among them Marvel Comics E-I-C Joe Quesada, Ed Brubaker, Marc Silvestri, Robert Kirkman, Ben Templesmith, Peter David, Greg Rucka, and many other well-known comic creators! Can the CSIs solve the crime before "dead is dead" becomes commonplace at the con?
FC, 32pgs Cover price $3.99.
Cover pencils by Joe Benitez, inks by Joe Weems V. Untitled story, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by David Finch (pages 1-4) and Clarence Lansang (pages 5-22), inks by Victor Llamas, Jonathan Sibal, John Livesay, Andy Owens, and Marco Galli (assistant);
Jackie enlists a mystical helper to track down a mysterious town called Wyrmwood where Jenny issued a frantic phone call for help.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
Cover pencils by Joe Benitez, inks by Joe Weems V. Untitled story, script by Malachy Coney, pencils by Clarence Lansang and Ken Lashley, inks by Jonathan Sibal, Andy Owens, Victor Llamas, John Livesay, and Marco Galli (assistant)
Jackie learns that another Estacado in a much earlier time had helped create the mysterious town called Wyrmwood that seems to exist outside the real world; Now the current inhabitants want Jackie to release them into real world so they can spread chaos; Instead, Jackie swallows the whole town back inside himself using the Darkness to end the threat and save Jenny.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.
Story and art by Nelson.
The showdown has come, between the monstrous Eudaemon and the other-dimensional demon Mordare, and the battlefield is New York City's Empire State Building! Meanwhile, across town in Central Park, the Eudaemon's single human ally is fighting a holding action against Mordare's demon dogs! Non-stop action from one of comics' emerging new superstars!
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Story and art by Nelson.
The Eudaemon's mighty purple muscles take on Mordare's bone-white evil for the fate of the world in the blow-the-doors-off finale to the most action-packed miniseries of the year! As one reader commented: "...retire all your previous power fantasies about mutants! The Eudaemon may just be the new champion of bad-attitude heroes. Word."
32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.
Written and illustrated by Ted McKeever; painted cover by McKeever
Writer/artist Ted McKeever explores an unforgettable afterlife in a haunting VERTIGO miniseries. As the mystery woman called Faith adjusts to life after death -- in the urban netherworld of Murr -- her new companions are watched by demons and attacked by angels. The key to it all is a murderer who's figured out how to kill the already-dead souls of the people of Murr. But whose side is the killer on?
MATURE READERS FC, 32 pg. (2 of 5)" Cover price $2.50.
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY TED MCKEEVER; PAINTED COVER BY MCKEEVER
Writer/artist Ted McKeever's stylish, haunting tale of a very different afterlife concludes. As the smoke clears from Heaven's Holy invasion of the realm known as Murr, the winners rejoice, the losers go underground...and the diabolical plan of a wild-card killer is revealed.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (5 OF 5)" Cover price $2.50.
Tracey Farrand is a troubled young woman who thinks she is either possessed of extraordinary ESP--or else she is mad. Seeking a place to rest and sort out her life, Tracey makes her way to the remote and atmospheric small town of Placer's Bend high in the High Sierra mountains. But all too soon Tracey discovers that this mountain retreat is a "psychic hot zone" containing a romantic ghost, a supernatural predator, and an ancient, inhuman, savagely compelling entity--all three of whom have their sights set on Tracey.
This 6-issue miniseries is written by Lee Marrs, with art by Bill Koeb and special coloring effects by Marrs.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
Plagued by nightmare visions, Tracey tries to escape her sense of freakish isolation by joining the local search and recovery group. But while her physical ability is what lands her a spot on the team, it is Tracey's ungovernable psychic talent that leads her straight to the murder weapon--and to the seductively innocent ghost of the dead victim.
Written by Lee Marrs. Art and cover by Bill Koeb.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
*Sticker on cover*
The mystery deepens as this 6-issue miniseries continues. After locating the murder weapon, Tracey finds friendship--and the promise of something more--in the tightly knit search-and-recovery team. But even though her new life is enticing, Tracey finds the spirit of the dead victim exerts an even stronger attraction.
Written by Lee Marrs. Art and cover by Bill Koeb.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
