PREVIEWS #287 (VOL. XXII #8, AUG12)
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PREVIEWS #289
October 2012
COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics
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Dark Horse
GHOST #1
Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) and Phil Noto (A/C/Cover)
On sale Oct 10
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Miniseries
The enigmatic Ghost, along with paranormal investigators Tommy and Vaughn, takes to the streets of Chicago in search of the crystal-powered machine that first conjured her, hoping to find clues to her mysterious past life. But the machine’s original owners have a deadly agenda of their own. Picking up right where Ghost #0 left off, Ghost #1 continues Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel) and Phil Noto’s (Angel & Faith) reimagining of Dark Horse’s greatest heroine! Variant cover by Alex Ross!
GHOST OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 TP
Eric Luke (W), Martin Lodewyk (W), Ivan Reis (P), H. M. Baker (P), John Cassaday (P), Randy Emberlin (I), Bernard Kolle (I), Gary Martin (I), Chris Chalenor (C), and Tony Harris (Cover)
On sale Dec 19
FC, 368 pages $24.99
TP, 6" x 9"
If you don’t believe that life is tough when you’re dead, ask the spectral avenger Ghost. It isn’t easy chasing your murderers through the blood and slime of the Arcadia underworld, but when your dead sister returns to wreak vengeance on the entire city, being dead seems like small potatoes compared to fighting your own Silhouette! Collects Ghost (first series) #27-#36, Ghost Special #2, Ghost Special #3, and “The Woes of Sinful Bachelors” from Dark Horse Presents #145–#147.
THE ADVENTURES OF DR. MCNINJA VOLUME 2: TIMEFIST TP
Chris Hastings (W/A) and Anthony Clark (C)
On sale Dec 5
FC, 232 pages $19.99
TP, 7" x 10"
More adventure than your puny mind can handle as the doctor and the whole McNinja clan battle pirates, clones, sentient dinosaurs, haunted spaceships, and sibling rivalry!
Award-winning cartoonist Chris Hastings’s riotously funny, time-bending series returns with all-new tales of monsters, mayhem, and the occasional mustache.
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #17
John Layman (W), David Chelsea (W/A), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A/Cover), Tony Puryear (W/A), Phil Stanford (W), Jimmy Palmiotti (W), Justin Gray (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Michael Avon Oeming (W), Colin Lorimer (W/A), Sam Kieth (A), Richard Corben (A), Patric Reynolds (A), Tony Akins (A), and Victor Santos (A)
On sale Oct 24
FC, 80 pages $7.99 / Ongoing
This issue features the return of Colin Lorimer’s UXB and Michael T. Gilbert’s Mr. Monster! Plus, another Edgar Allan Poe story adapted by Will Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Richard Corben and a new short written by Michael Avon Oeming and illustrated by Victor Santos! 80 pages! No ads!
DARKSIDERS II: DEATH’S DOOR VOLUME 1 HC
Andrew Kreisberg (W), Roger Robinson (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Joe Madureira (Cover)
On sale Dec 26
FC, 64 pages $12.99
HC, 7” x 10”
Delving into the days before the Apocalypse, Darksiders II: Death’s Door is a pivotal contribution to the world of the anticipated new game! Created in collaboration with Joe Madureira’s Vigil Games, this original story follows Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, on a mission to destroy a rogue demon. Chasing the creature across magical realms and even through time, Death takes on a heart-pounding adventure that reveals some of the greatest mysteries of the games!
• Reveals essential secrets from the world of the upcoming game!
• Collects issues #0-#5 of the digital-only series.
MIND MGMT #6
Matt Kindt (W/A/Cover)
On sale Oct 24
FC, 24 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
Henry Lyme’s past is revealed, but investigator Meru wasn’t prepared for Lyme’s shocking confession about tragedies in her own life. Learning that her world-spanning journey has been just another part of the psychic spy’s game, Meru fights back, as MIND MGMT’s first arc reaches its twist-filled climax!
• Each issue includes bonus shorts that won’t be in the collections!
MICHAEL AVON OEMING’S THE VICTORIES #3 (of 5)
Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover) and Nick Filardi (C)
On sale Oct 17
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
Faustus's haunted past catches up to him when he's sent to recover a childhood friend gone AWOL. Meanwhile, armed with Faustus’s deepest secret, the Jackal continues his mission to turn the hero into a bloodthirsty killer.
THE UNTOLD TALES OF DOG MENDONÇA & PIZZABOY
Filipe Melo (W), Juan Cavia (A), and Santiago Villa (C)
On sale Oct 24
FC, 40 pages $2.99 / One-shot
Flanked by his demonic assistant Pazuul and the “unpaid intern” known as PizzaBoy, overweight Portuguese werewolf “Dog” Mendonça narrates his own bizarre origin story, taking us from a traveling circus to a Nazi laboratory to the depths of Loch Ness! And when we catch up with the present-day Mendonça, can his team adjust to the new fame and outrageous fortune that come from being published by Dark Horse Comics? Bite into the raucous adventure that was first serialized in Dark Horse Presents—now in one comic!
THE MASSIVE #5
Brian Wood (W), Garry Brown (A), Dave Stewart (C), J. P. Leon (Cover)
On sale Oct 10
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Ongoing
Running low on crucial supplies, the crew of the Kapital head for a supposedly abandoned science station in Antarctica. But when Mary, second in command aboard the Kapital, and Ryan, the only American aboard, find the station occupied, a supply run turns into a deadly fight for survival.
• A new series from New York Times best-selling author Brian Wood.
• Features exclusive extra material only available in the print-edition!
TARZAN: THE ONCE AND FUTURE TARZAN
Alan Gordon (W), Thomas Yeates (W/A/Cover), and Lori Almeida (C)
On sale Oct 31
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / One-shot
Just in time for the 100th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan of the Apes, artist Thomas Yeates (Prince Valiant, Conan) spins a surprising new tale that drops the lord of the jungle in an unfamiliar setting—the future! Can Tarzan’s vine-swinging skills serve him in the half-flooded ruins of a future London?
TARZAN: THE RUSS MANNING YEARS VOLUME 1 HC
Gaylord DuBois (W) and Russ Manning (A)
On sale Dec 26
FC, 288 pages $49.99
HC, 7” x 10”
Experience three of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels as drawn by Russ Manning, the most beloved comic-book interpreter of the lord of the jungle! Collecting Tarzan #155–#161, #163, #164, #166, and #167, from the 1960s, this volume is an essential addition to any comics fan’s collection!
• Collecting Russ Manning’s adaptations of Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, and Tarzan the Untamed!
BILLY THE KID’S OLD TIMEY ODDITIES AND THE ORM OF LOCH NESS #1 (of 4)
Eric Powell (W/Variant cover), Kyle Hotz (W/A/Cover), Tracy Marsh (W), and Daniel Brown (C)
On sale Oct 17
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
The world believes the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett, the Kid is very much alive, the hired gun of a traveling spectacle of biological curiosities—or “freaks,” as Billy calls them. Billy and crew head to Loch Ness to rescue their lizard-skinned comrade from Count Dracula.
THE GOON #43
Eric Powell (W/A/Cover) and Mark Buckingham (A)
On sale Oct 31
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Ongoing
When Sproule’s Biological Curiosities and Wild West Extravaganza pulls into town on Halloween, it’s all tricks and little treats for Goon and company. The cast of Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities guest-star in this multigenerational mystery. Includes a black-and-white Goon short illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Fables).
THE CREEP #2 (of 4)
John Arcudi (W), Jonathan Case (A), and Ryan Sook (Cover)
On sale Oct 10
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
The case that Oxel couldn't give up on has sucked him in deeper as he looks for answers. But why? Not for money, not even for curiosity, so why? What sins can he hope to uncover—or wash away?
CREEPY COMICS #10
H. P. Lovecraft (W), Doug Moench (W), Matt Weinhold (W), John Arcudi (W), Jim & Ruth Keegan (W/A), Dan Braun (W), Bob Jenney (W/A), Kelley Jones (A), Darick Robertson (P), Richard Corben (A), Peter Bagge (A), Bob Jenney (A), Richard P. Clark (I), and E. M. Gist (Cover)
On sale Oct 3
b&w, 48 pages $4.99 / Ongoing
In honor of the greatest horror writer of them all, Uncle Creepy presents an all-Lovecraft special. We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy! Leading off with the twist-filled conclusion to Doug Moench and Kelley Jones’s mind-blowing “The Lurking Fate That Came to Lovecraft,” this issue also includes takes on the master from the teams of John Arcudi/Richard Corben and Matt Weinhold/Darick Robertson, a classic reprint of “The Rats in the Walls,” and a variety of other Lovecraft-inspired features! For once even Uncle Creepy is scared!
EERIE PRESENTS EL CID HC
Budd Lewis (W), Gonzalo Mayo (A), Bernie Wrightson (A), and Sanjulian (Cover)
On sale Dec 26
b&w, 96 pages $15.99
HC, 8 3/8” x 10 7/8”
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar — also known to historians as El Cid — was an eleventh century Spanish military commander who led both Christians and Moors into battle. In the pages of Eerie magazine, however, writer Budd Lewis and artist Gonzalo Mayo transform El Cid into a larger-than-life fantasy warrior, battling dragons, trolls, and sirens for his life — and demons for his soul! This deluxe hardcover collects every El Cid adventure that ran in Warren Publishing’s Eerie magazine in the mid-1970s, featuring the elaborately detailed artwork of Mayo, plus Eerie’s original historical background feature.
• Cover painting by Sanjulian, frontispiece by Bernie Wrightson (Frankenstein)!
B.P.R.D.: 1948 #1 (of 5)
Mike Mignola (W/Variant cover), John Arcudi (W), Max Fiumara (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Dave Johnson (Cover)
On sale Oct 17
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
The Nazi occult bureau threatened to destroy the peace that followed the end of World War II. One year after the war, Professor Bruttenholm, guardian of the child Hellboy, enlisted a special task force to connect the dots between a series of massacres and a mad vampire nobleman. Now the B.P.R.D. launches an investigation of an atomic-fueled space-travel experiment that's apparently unleashed horrific monsters in the Utah desert.
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #100: THE RETURN OF THE MASTER part 3 (of 5)
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Tyler Crook (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Ryan Sook (Cover)
On sale Oct 31
FC, 32 pages $3.50 / Miniseries
A special B.P.R.D. task force reaches the stronghold of a mad Russian scientist and his cult of followers only to find themselves trapped in a deadly fortress full of horrific black magic.
B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH VOLUME 4: THE DEVILS’ ENGINE AND THE LONG DEATH TP
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), John Arcudi (W), James Harren (A), Tyler Crook (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Dec 5
FC, 176 pages $19.99
TP, 7" x 10"
Agent Johann, the ectoplasmic man, leads a special task force through the monster-filled Northwest woods in order to hunt down and kill the man he blames for leaving him a disembodied spirit. In the Southwest, agent Devon and the psychic crust punk Fenix form an uneasy alliance in order to escape a horde of giant bat-faced monsters.
EX SANGUINE #1 (of 5)
Tim Seeley (W/A/Cover), Josh Emmons (W), and Carlos Badilla (C)
On sale Oct 17
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Miniseries
One’s a natural born killer — a remorseless hunter restlessly prowling the night for victims to quench an unnatural bloodlust. The other’s a vampire. A bored vampire. His centuries of existence have left him world weary and detached, until one day his thirst is reinvigorated when the deadly and intricate work of the Sanguine Killer catches his eyes.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #14
Jane Espenson (W), Karl Moline (P), Andy Owens (I), Michelle Madsen (C), Phil Noto (Cover), and Georges Jeanty (Variant cover)
On sale Oct 10
FC, 32 pages $2.99 / Ongoing
Buffy television scribes Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg take readers on a special two-part adventure where a new kind of Slayer emerges in a world without magic! As the zompire epidemic threatens a small California town, Slayer and Watcher join forces to eradicate an overwhelming new evil.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 VOLUME 2: ON YOUR OWN TP
Andrew Chambliss (W), Scott Allie (W), Georges Jeanty (P), Cliff Richards (P), Karl Story (I), Andy Owens (I), Dexter Vines (I), Michelle Madsen (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Dec 5
FC, 144 pages $17.99
TP, 7" x 10"
With the Scooby gang on the skids, Buffy finds herself increasingly alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in “real world” problems (i.e., not the slaying of pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make her own choices, but that doesn’t mean she won't need a little handholding along the way. Cue Spike, compelled to stand by his best friend in her moment of need. Together they'll tackle the increasing zompire population and a rogue Slayer out for blood. Collects Buffy Season 9 #6–#10; and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In Space No One Can Hear You Slay!” from Free Comic Book Day 2012.
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