He may someday become the greatest mage the world has ever seen, but before that day comes, Tim Hunter must learn to balance the perilous lure of magic against the everyday problems of youth and the strange forces that are attracted to his power. In Part 1 of the 3-part "Bindings," the decaying state of the Faerie realm leads the enigmatic Falconer to Earth in search of Tim. But other forces are interested in Tim, including some who may offer clues to his true parentage.
Written by John Ney Rieber, with art by Gary Amaro and Peter Gross. Painted cover by Charles Vess.
Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.95.
WRITTEN BY JOHN NEY RIEBER; ART BY HERMANN MEJIA AND DOUG HAZLEWOOD; PAINTED COVER BY CHARLES VESS
The miniseries starring the most popular supporting character from THE BOOKS OF MAGIC nears a spellbinding conclusion. Strangely changed by her time in Faerie, earth girl Molly O'Reilly must rescue her flitling friend Yarrow, while the mysterious exile Briar Rose confronts an angry Queen Titania. But the secret to Faerie's survival may lie with the imprisoned King Auberon ? who also holds the key to lifting Molly's curse.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (3 OF 4)" Cover price $2.50.
Written by John Ney Rieber; art by Hermann Mejia; painted cover by Charles Vess
The most popular supporting character from THE BOOKS OF MAGIC takes center stage in an exciting miniseries. On her return to Faerie, Molly O'Reilly meets Briar Rose ? a mysterious, long-banished fairy who may be friend or foe. But before she can rescue King Auberon, Molly must face other dangers, including a depraved dwarf, a mystic marsh ? and her own cat.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 pg. (2 of 4)" Cover price $2.50.
The miniseries revealing the secrets of The Books of Magic's Titania and Auberon concludes. At last, Queen Titania is pregnant and all of Faerie anxiously awaits the birth of the heir to the throne. But once the child is born, only the Amadan and the mysterious midwife Bridey will learn the truth and share in the shocking choice Titania must make and live with forever.
Written by Bronwyn Carlton. Art by Peter Gross. Painted cover by Hermann Mejia.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
Long live the King? Auberon is finally crowned King of Faerie, but close advisers have been plotting his overthrow all along. How will the young monarch avoid their trap? Written by Bronwyn Carlton. Art by Peter Gross and Vince Locke. Painted cover by Hermann Mejia.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
The sequel to the popular Books of Faerie miniseries reveals the story of the haughty Auberon, King of Faerie. A group of nobles hatches a bold plan to overthrow mad King Magnus, whose depraved rule is destroying the Faerie realm. But when a rogue troll throws a wrench into the works, all the nobles' plans hinge on a young boy...a boy who will one day become Faerie's greatest ruler.
Written by Bronwyn Carlton. Art by Peter Gross and Vince Locke. Painted cover by Hermann Mejia.
Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.50.
The strange journey concludes as Mister E, the blind occult vigilante, takes young Tim Hunter forward through time, to the end of the universe. There, Tim must decide whether he will become the greatest sorcerer the world has ever known. Guest appearances by Swamp Thing's daughter Tefe, Dr. Fate, Destiny and SANDMAN's sister Death.
Written by Neil Gaiman, with fully painted artwork and painted cover by Paul Johnson.
Prestige Format. Cover price $3.95.
Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Werther Dell'Edera Cover by Marcelo Frusin
If the good citizens of Blackwater thought they had it bad before, they're about to find out how good it was as the Federal Army takes real control of Blackwater. Without a sheriff, the town's at the mercy of the invaders - and they don't take prisoners.
32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Werther Dell'Edera Cover by Marcelo Frusin
As Blackwater suffers under the crushing boot of a sadistic Federal captain, Ruth finds herself an unlikely ally, and in an even more unlikely position.Will she have to save Blackwater before she can burn it down
32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Werther Dell'Edera Cover by Marcelo Frusin
Atticus continues to try his hand at bounty hunting, with some shocking results. As the Federals dig their heels into Blackwater, Ruth finds the hills around the town getting too crowded for comfort. Will her secret be exposed? And what of Wes
32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
Written by Brian Wood. Art by Riccardo Burchielli Cover by Wood Artist Riccardo Burchielli returns for the 5-part "Public Works" story arc.
Now that he's a free agent after severing his contract with Liberty News, Matty goes undercover as a day laborer on various construction sites around the city. And it doesn't take long before he stumbles on some shady business with Trustwell, Inc., the corporation behind most of the reconstruction.
32 pg, FC MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
The explosive anthology miniseries concludes! In writer/artist David Lloyd's "The Big Snooze," a mutt with a nose for trouble takes a bite out of crime--literally; in "The Initiation" (written by Joe R. Lansdale and Rick Klaw, with art by Tony Salmons), a trio of teens faces their biggest fears outside the local convenience store; and in "Electric Chinese Death" (written by Richard Bruning, with art by Mark Chiarello), a pair of mob enforcers wander into the wrong part of Chinatown.
Painted cover by Dave Gibbons. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Rebax Format. Cover price $2.95.
WRITTEN BY JEPH LOEB; ART AND COVER BY CHRIS BACHALO AND ART THIBERT.
A taste of unbelievable power, a loved one in surreal peril, a shady deal gone dangerously wrong...the lost souls touched by the mysteriously powerful presence of Amanda White find their lives dramatically changed by the single choice she allowed them to make. At least one of those souls wants to take it all back ? immediately. But Amanda, spinning a mesmerizing tale of a horrible, final choice made on a 17th-century killing ground, may not be in a bargaining mood...
MATURE READERS FC, 48 PG. (2 OF 3) " Cover price $5.95.
Damien breaks out of the military base and chases the freakish Crassus through the swamp. There they find a lavish estate where a decadent jet-set crowd pays for the privilege of an exhibition of...the grotesque.
Written by Dave Louapre, with art by Vince Locke. Photo cover by Stan Gaz and Richard Bruning.
Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.95.
Mildred the Mother takes center stage as the Witches continue their attempt to exact vengeance for a brutal murder. In Victorian England, a young Sir Richard Francis Burton learns the ways of sorcery and of life, but the path he chooses may not suit the Witches' purposes. This issue features the art of Michael Zulli.
Written by James Robinson with Alisa Kwitney, and framing sequence art by Teddy Kristiansen. Painted cover by Michael Kaluta.
Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $2.95.
Mildred the Mother takes center stage as the Witches continue their attempt to exact vengeance for a brutal murder. In Victorian England, a young Sir Richard Francis Burton learns the ways of sorcery and of life, but the path he chooses may not suit the Witches' purposes. This issue features the art of Michael Zulli.
Written by James Robinson with Alisa Kwitney, and framing sequence art by Teddy Kristiansen. Painted cover by Michael Kaluta.
Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $2.95.
WRITTEN BY DEVIN GRAYSON; PAINTED ART BY JOHN BOLTON AND SEAN PHILLIPS; PAINTED COVER BY BOLTON
In the powerful conclusion, Meg's online deathmatch goes disastrously wrong. With her fantasy life now as shattered as her real life, she must decide if either of them is worth living any more.
Prestige Format. MATURE READERS FC, 48 PG. (3 OF 3) Cover price $5.95.
WRITTEN BY DEVIN GRAYSON;PAINTED ART BY JOHN BOLTON AND SEAN PHILLIPS; PAINTED COVER BY BOLTON
A VERTIGO 3-issue miniseries begins. Meg Chancellor discovers herself ? by becoming someone else ? in the seductive escapism of a fantasy-based online world.
MATURE READERS FC, 48 PG. (1 OF 3) PRESTIGE FORMAT Cover price $5.95.
WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE LEIALOHA; COVER BY PASCAL ALIXE.
The stunning miniseries based on the character from THE SANDMAN: WORLDS' END continues. Separated from the beautiful Calcinia by the magical wiles of her jealous would-be groom Lord Bulgus, Petrefax continues alone on the quest to find a wizard who can literally save Calcinia's soul. But Bulgus has laid a deadly roadblock in the young undertaker's path.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (3 OF 4) Cover price $2.95.
WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE LEIALOHA; COVER BY PASCAL ALIXE.
The stunning miniseries based on the character from THE SANDMAN: WORLDS' END continues. Separated from the beautiful Calcinia by the magical wiles of her jealous would-be groom Lord Bulgus, Petrefax continues alone on the quest to find a wizard who can literally save Calcinia's soul. But Bulgus has laid a deadly roadblock in the young undertaker's path.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (3 OF 4) Cover price $2.95.
WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE LEIALOHA; COVER BY PASCAL ALIXE.
The popular SANDMAN PRESENTS line ? based on characters and concepts from THE SANDMAN ? expands into untraveled worlds of magic with SANDMAN PRESENTS: PETREFAX. This 4-issue VERTIGO miniseries showcases Petrefax, the young undertaker from the WORLDS' END storyline, as he strikes out from the Necropolis in search of journeyman work ? only to find he's got a full-time job just staying alive! Written by Mike Carey (SANDMAN PRESENTS: LUCIFER) with stunning, intricate art by Steve Leialoha (NEVADA) and beautiful covers by Pascal Alixe (THE BATMAN CHRONICLES, GEN13), PETREFAX takes us to Malegrise, a land with the look of 18th-century England and a culture of magic all its own, where nearly every citizen is a sorcerer.
When the beautiful, stubborn Calcinia Smith tries to escape a forced marriage by using gypsy magic to feign her death, she becomes trapped in a physical limbo ? her soul intact, but her body dead and deteriorating fast. Hired to embalm her, Petrefax is now the only one who knows her secret ? and the only one who can keep her "alive" with his skills. Pulled into Calcinia's cross-country quest to escape her fate, Petrefax must contend with supernatural monsters, bigoted aristocrats, and the sorcerous wrath of her jilted groom in a rousing tale that finds humanity in magic, and humor in the trappings of death.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (1 OF 4)" Cover price $2.95.
WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ILLUSTRATED BY STEVE LEIALOHA; COVER BY PASCAL ALIXE.
The popular SANDMAN PRESENTS line ? based on characters and concepts from THE SANDMAN ? expands into untraveled worlds of magic with SANDMAN PRESENTS: PETREFAX. This 4-issue VERTIGO miniseries showcases Petrefax, the young undertaker from the WORLDS' END storyline, as he strikes out from the Necropolis in search of journeyman work ? only to find he's got a full-time job just staying alive! Written by Mike Carey (SANDMAN PRESENTS: LUCIFER) with stunning, intricate art by Steve Leialoha (NEVADA) and beautiful covers by Pascal Alixe (THE BATMAN CHRONICLES, GEN13), PETREFAX takes us to Malegrise, a land with the look of 18th-century England and a culture of magic all its own, where nearly every citizen is a sorcerer.
When the beautiful, stubborn Calcinia Smith tries to escape a forced marriage by using gypsy magic to feign her death, she becomes trapped in a physical limbo ? her soul intact, but her body dead and deteriorating fast. Hired to embalm her, Petrefax is now the only one who knows her secret ? and the only one who can keep her "alive" with his skills. Pulled into Calcinia's cross-country quest to escape her fate, Petrefax must contend with supernatural monsters, bigoted aristocrats, and the sorcerous wrath of her jilted groom in a rousing tale that finds humanity in magic, and humor in the trappings of death.
MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (1 OF 4)" Cover price $2.95.
Merv Pumpkinhead is one of the most popular characters in THE DREAMING, serving (albeit kicking and screaming) as the caretaker of the Sandman's castle for centuries. In the VERTIGO Prestige Format one-shot
THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: MERV PUMPKINHEAD AGENT OF DREAM, readers discover the shocking truth (at least the way Merv sees it): that Merv is much more important a figure than his humble janitorial profession might indicate. Merv believes that sweeping floors and cleaning toilets is just an elaborate cover to protect his true role as Merv Pumpkinhead, Super-spy Agent of Dream. Written by Bill Willingham (PROPOSITION PLAYER, THE DREAMING) with art by Mark Buckingham (DEATH: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE, THE TITANS) and John Stokes (THE INVISIBLES) and a lavish painted cover by Kevin Nowlan ("Jack B. Quick" in TOMORROW STORIES),
THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: MERV PUMPKINHEAD is a hilarious tale of Merv's secret double life. When powerful dreams go wrong, the Sandman takes care of them personally. But if lesser inhabitants of The Dreaming strike out on their own, then Merv is charged with reining them in. Our story switches back and forth between Merv's reality ? where he is a dashing super-spy decked out in a tuxedo and seducing beautiful but deadly enemy agents ? and real reality, where things are a little more mundane (though still dangerous). When Merv accepts a mission to apprehend an errant dream that has escaped from the Dream King's castle with a magical band of sand, he embarks on his most perilous adventure yet. But is the crimebuster's fascinating lifestyle of action and intrigue for real, or is it all in his big pumpkin head?
Cover price $5.95.
WRITTEN BY GARTH ENNIS; ART BY STEVE DILLON AND JOHN MCCREA; PAINTED COVER BY GLENN FABRY
A one-shot revealing the early days in the romance of Jesse and Tulip. There was a time before Jesse Custer ever encountered the force known as Genesis, when he was a young man, stubborn and reckless and madly in love with the his pistol-packin' sweetheart, Tulip O'Hare. Theirs was a wild love, and their adventures even wilder, as seen in PREACHER: TALL IN THE SADDLE, a VERTIGO Prestige one-shot. Written and pencilled by PREACHER co-creators Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (with inks by HITMAN's John McCrea and a painted cover by Glenn Fabry), TALL IN THE SPECIAL finds Jesse and Tulip tasting the outlaw life and getting into some deep trouble.
When our heroes lose a trailer-load of stolen cars in a high-speed chase, their none-too-happy employer offers them a chance to make amends: drive a shipment of stolen horses to a slaughterhouse. Jesse's refusal sets the stage for a high noon showdown ? one that pits them against ruthless horse-thieves, vicious arms dealers, and a criminal enterprise more heinous than they ever could have imagined!
MATURE READERS FC, 48 PG. " Cover price $5.95.
