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Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope TPB - nick & dent
 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... The events and players are very familiar but something isn't quite right. Luke Skywalker valiantly attacks the Death Star, fires his torpedoes -- and they miss their mark! Welcome to a Star Wars you never imagined, a Star Wars shattered, a Star Wars where the possibilities are ENDLESS! Dark Horse Comics is proud to introduce Star Wars: Infinities -- A New Hope , the first in a series of non-continuity Star Wars stories which are sure to delight Star Wars fans of all ages. Taking off from the end of events in the movie A New Hope , Infinities readers will follow Luke, Han, Leia, Threepio, and Artoo on a journey every bit as action-packed and fantastic as the original Star Wars trilogy. Collecting the four-issue miniseries. |
Predator Omnibus Volume 1
 Dark Horse Comics set the comics industry on its ear with its comics expansion of the Predator mythos, a comics series so true to the spirit of the original 20th Century Fox film blockbuster that concepts from the first Predator comics series were incorporated into the Predator screen universe. Now, the three core Dark Horse Predator graphic novels- Concrete Jungle , Cold War , and Dark River -and several other chilling Predator tales, some never before reprinted, are collected together for the first time, in a value-priced, quality-format omnibus, featuring over 400 explosive story pages in full color. Written by screen and television scribe Mark Verheiden ( The Mask, Battlestar Galactica) and comics legend Dan Barry and illustrated by Chris Warner, Ron Randall, Dan Barry, and others, Predator Omnibus Vol. 1 is an essential piece of the Predator mythos and a great entry point into the storied Dark Horse Predator library. The definitive comics collection of all things Predator starts here! |
Lost Squad TPB
 Join the group of elite WWII U.S. Army soldiers knows as the 'Lost Squad' as they take on vengeful spirits, flying Nazi commandos, mechanized spider-tanks and crazed demon solders. |
Darkness Ultimate Collection TPB
 With the highly anticipated THE DARKNESS video game from 2K just around the corner, Top Cow is releasing for the first time a collection of the best of THE DARKNESS. This video game collection brings together the essential COMING OF AGE origin story arc by Garth Ennis and Marc Silvestri, and the RESURRECTION story arc, by Paul Jenkins and Dale Keown, which re-launched THE DARKNESS and brought Jackie to a new level of prominence. And as a special bonus, this collection will feature an ALL-NEW six page bridging sequence which connects the story lines for a smooth reading experience! This is THE ESSENTIAL DARKNESS! |
Making Of Star Wars Definitive Story Behind Original Film TPB
 by J. W. Rinzler Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of George Lucas' epic Star Wars and featuring 'lost' interviews from the LucasFilm archives, this exclusive, official story offers a glimpse behind the movie that launched the saga in 1977 and changed filmmaking forever!" |
Necromancer TPB
 This is the story of Abigail van Alstine. Abigail is a stunning, smart high school student who just happens to be a natural spellcaster and adept in The Way. Abigail is thrust into the world of magic and soon ensnared in a larger conflict between the Church of Mali, an ancient demon, the Dark Agents, and the mysterious Hierarchy. What will Abby's inexperience cost her in this grand game? Necromancer is a gothic fantasy adventure brought to you by two storytelling powerhouses who pull you in and never let go! This collection includes all six issues, plus bonus material such as character designs, layout, and lots more. Find out about the book people have been talking about all year! |
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order TPB Vol. 9
 by Yukito Kishiro Our heroine, Alita, has finally penetrated the center of Melchizedek, the supercomputer who is holding her friend Lou's brain hostage. There she is transfixed by a vivid vision of the undead life of Caerula. As the waking dream continues to unfold, Alita learns the secret behind the origin of the Scrapyard where she was reborn, humanity's journey to the stars, and the responsibility that's been entrusted to her. Rating: T+" |
Nyc Mech TPB Vol. 2 - Beta Love
 Quentin's every day bus route gets hijacked by a woman aching to show him a little romance - even if it kills them both. This modern noir roller coaster ride rockets through a sci-fi NYC populated by lovelorn robots in what IGN called, 'The coolest book on the planet.' From the acclaimed team behind this summer's smash hit 24seven, VOL. 2. |
Ray Harryhausen Presents 20 Million Miles More #4
 by Scott David and Alex Garcia To the naked eye, Venus is a bright pinpoint of light in the morning sky. Twenty million miles closer, the enigmatic planet is hidden beneath a thick cloud layer obscuring deadly secrets shrouded in mystery for millennia. In this final chapter of the Ray Harryhausen-inspired epic, man returns to Venus for the first time in 50 years. What awaits them is something as deadly as it is astonishing. What they find will change the future of humanity as they pierce the veil of secrecy that blankets the planet! Prepare for the frightening legacy of the Ymir!" |
Star Wars: Empire TPB Vol. 4 - nick & dent
 She was the catalyst that helped to turn a rag-tag rebellion into the Rebel Alliance. She provided the impetus for the "Heroes of Yavin" in their attack on the Death Star. And she was the spark that ignited the flames of passion in one of the galaxy's most notorious rogues. "She," of course, is Princess Leia, the leader-and heart -of the Rebellion against Palpatine's galactic Empire. The four stories in this volume follow Leia from the weeks just before the events in A New Hope , to the time just before The Empire Strikes Back -from her first transforming experience with armed rebellion, to facing the ramifications of consequences of the destruction of her home planet, to the beginnings of true love. This volume collects the Star Wars: Valentine one-shot, plus issues #5-#6 and #20-#22 of the ongoing Empire series. Available worldwide from Dark Horse Comics (available in the UK from Titan) |
Fritz Lang's M HC
 Jon Muth's four-issue mini-series from 1990, based on Fritz Lang's suspense thriller, M, is collected for the first time in hardcove! In Fritz Lang's first sound film M (1931), Peter Lorre delivers a haunting performance as a serial killer - a whistling pedophile hunted by the police and brought to trial by the forces of the Berlin underworld. In 1990, a young artist, Jon J. Muth, continued his rise in the comic book industry by adapting the story into four comics published by Eclipse Comics. Long out-of-print, the adaptation has never been collected before. |
Doctor Who Classics #4
 IDW Publishing continues its re-presentation of classic Doctor Who comics from across time and space, each one featuring all-new coloring. In this issue, the opening of the 'Star Beast' saga turns the good Doctor into a living bomb-but why do the aliens who've done it want to kill the adorable extraterrestrial whose spaceship has just crashed in Britain? Plus, a complete short tale of the Doctor and K-9, 'Timeslip'! With storytelling courtesy of writers Pat Mills and John Wagner, and stunning newly recolored art by Watchmen's Dave Gibbons. |
Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales Here And Now #6
 IDW Publishing concludes its run of adapted short stories from acclaimed science-fiction author Cory Doctorow. In 'After the Siege,' young Valentine finds herself a reluctant player in a bloody and devastating attack on the city she calls home, in a world where wealthy and powerful countries go to war simply because weaker nations have broken their patent laws in a desperate effort to enhance their innocent lives. |
Gene Simmons Zipper #5
 Gene Simmons' stranger-in-a-strange-land tale continues, as Denizen Xeng Ral and the Etherian Hunters face off in an epic fight to the finish through the streets of Detroit. Meanwhile, Foster Deveroux and his Cosmic Defense Ministry plot their own nefarious scheme against Xeng's only Earth friends. By the acclaimed creative team of Children of the Grave, writer Tom Waltz and artist Casey Maloney. |
Doktor Sleepless #4 (Wrap Cover)
 Where is John Reinhardt? Some say he's returned to Heavenside as the strange radio voice of Doktor Sleepless. Some say his brain melted down a few years ago. Some say he's in an asylum in Heavenside and never left: including the cop who's pretty sure he put Reinhardt there, and, in fact, can still see him in his cell. So... who is Doktor Sleepless? And what's he doing with the weird implant technologies John Reinhardt gave to people three years ago? Just what the Doktor ordered! |
Serenity: Better Days #2
 Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity --and his 2005 bestselling miniseries Those Left Behind --with the three-issue comics series Better Days . The second issue of Serenity: Better Days , follows Mal and his rag-tag crew on a short-lived vacation, where they explore their fantasies and confront long-forgotten enemies. Whedon reunites with Brett Matthews ( Lone Ranger ) and Will Conrad ( Conan and the Midnight God ), his collaborators on Those Left Behind . Adam Hughes joins the team for covers. * Front covers by the critically acclaimed Adam Hughes. Prequel series to the blockbuster film Serenity by Joss Whedon. |
Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 4: Light and Dark TPB - nick & dent
 The Jedi are taught to use the Force for good; to avail themselves only to the light side. But the dark side can be a dangerous temptation to even the strongest Jedi, as Aayla Secura learns when she battles former Jedi-in-training Aurra Sing, and Quinlan Vos discovers when he crosses swords with a true master of the dark, Count Dooku. Set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars, this novel-length adventure is filled with espionage, betrayal, and amazing lightsaber battles. It all begins with a dangerous undercover assignment that leads to'well, we dare not reveal the shocking ending! A story that is sure to have Star Wars fans talking"and wondering whether the fate of the Jedi lies in the light, or the dark?This volume collects Star Wars: Republic issues 54 and 63, Star Wars: Jedi"Aayla Secura , and Star Wars: Jedi?Dooku . |
Black Pearl TPB - nick & dent
 Luther isn't a hero. He isn't motivated by honor or justice -- at best he's a regular guy. He went out that night, he followed that woman home, because he hoped to see something. What he saw was her abduction. What he did was save her . . . for himself. But the newspapers, the television, they turned it into something else, turned him into someone else. Now he's The Black Pearl, and the media won't let him quit. |
Star Wars: Jedi Council - Acts of War TPB - nick & dent
 Even in the days before the shadow of the Phantom Menace falls upon the Republic, the rule of the Senate is no guarantee of peace. When conflicts arise, it is the duty of the Jedi Knights, under the guidance of the Jedi Council, to protect the innocent and restore order. When the warlike Yinchorri threaten the stability of the Republic, a Jedi task force led by Mace Windu and including Qui-Gin Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi is sent to the Yinchorri system to settle matters, and they soon find themselves facing overwhelming odds on three different worlds. Collecting the four-issue series. |
Star Wars: Rite of Passage TPB - nick & dent
 A royal heir has been kidnapped -- along with Jedi Master Tholme, who was protecting the boy. Now two of Tholme's former Padawans have teamed up to rescue their Master, unaware of the forces arrayed against them. Their most immediate foes are a father and son team of Morgukai assassins, who have the training and the weapons to go toe-to-toe with Jedi. But behind it all are the machinations of the notorious Count Dooku!Collecting the four-issue miniseries. |
Star Wars: Dark Empire II 2nd Edition TPB - nick & dent
 One of the most influential tales in the history of Star Wars , Dark Empire II gets a brand new edition that includes Empire's End in the same volume for the first time! With the Empire in retreat, Luke Skywalker undertakes a quest to rebuild the Jedi. Yet he has spent time as the Emperor's thrall, and the taint of the Dark Side still lurks in his mind. When Palpatine unveils an insidious plan to conquer the galaxy using Han and Leia's own children, will Luke be able to stop his one-time master? Luke and Lando, Han and Leia, Threepio and Boba Fett-the gang's all here in one of the most important stories of their lives! • Collects the long out-of-print and highly sought after Empire's End ! |
Jim Starlin's Cosmic Guard TPB - Kid Kosmos
 With such past creative credits as Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Batman, 'Breed, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Odyssey, Dreadstar, the entire Infinity saga, and a list of so many more, creator/writer/artist/visionary Jim Starlin returns with his own brand-new series - The Cosmic Guard! A young orphan is chosen by a mysterious light from space to become the latest in a long line of Cosmic Guardians, super-powered defenders who are charged with protecting the galaxy. Ray Torres is literally teetering on the edge of suicide - planning to leap from the roof of the orphanage where he lives - when a shooting star changes his life forever by choosing him to join a long line of space superheroes called the Cosmic Guard. Featuring story and art from the legendary Jim Starlin, this Dynamite collection features the complete six-issue series, plus a complete cover gallery, sketch materials, and more!" |
Godland #23
 This is it! The return of NEELA ARCHER! But she's nothing like we remember - she's got the fever, and the only cureÖ is pressing her own, personal Cosmic Reset Button! But does Commander Adam Archer have a place in Neela's new world order?! |
Robotika For A Few Rubles More #3 (of 4)
 by Alex Sheikman & David Moran The longest fight in comic book history finally comes to an end after almost two issues of throwing punches. A surprising conclusion to a confrontation between Niko and Mr. Saint Just - the town is half destroyed and only one man walks away. Also the back-up story, 'Dr. Agon or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Cyber-Robotic Enhancement' by David Moran and Norman Felchle." |
Narcopolis #3 (of 4)
 Jamie Delano is back with this new science fiction masterpiece! The British writing maestro, who helped usher in Vertigo with his launch of Hellblazer, returns to comics with his radical new vision of the future. Gray Neighbor has now been fully sucked into being an agent of TRUST and with his infatuation, Agent Love, as his training officer, life might not be so bad. But a mission to deploy a CleanTeam causes his curious streak to rise up again and he goes searching for the truth in the bowels of the city, and the filthy secrets of MamaDream begin to reveal themselves. Crafting whole new chunks of language, and stunning concepts of a bizarre new world, Delano delivers a masterful new series that has to been seen to be believed! |
Injury Comics #2
 The all-new pulse-pounding Injury #2 gets in your face and doesn't know when to stop! The emotional rollercoaster set in motion in last issue's Maleau story jumps the tracks, as the malevolent leader of the Barnyard Animals corners the crime-fighting Manleau in a diner. And when the dust settles, will the newly-waxed floor be littered with cyborg parts? Also in this issue, Jeff Wilson draws a logo for his heavy metal band and attends a school picnic. Plus, more Heracles. Grab it, read it, don't miss it! |