Comic books in 'John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction'

1st printing. Collects Tales of Science Fiction: Surviving Nuclear Attack (2019 Storm King) #1-5.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Joe Harris. Art and cover by Cat Staggs.

As the Cold War widened in the 1950s, military hero, George Kutter and his family trained to be legacy survivors in the event of an atomic exchange with the Soviet Union. Prepared to wait out the aftermath of nuclear war, they were subjected to myriad simulations, scenarios and stresses in hopes of helping salvage something of their family, their country and humanity from the ashes of a conflict with the Russians that never happened. But when a group of hunting buddies stumble upon a seemingly abandoned fallout shelter in the present-day Pennsylvania wilderness, a crash course in Cold War paranoia, propaganda and control awaits.

What was the nature of the secret Archonite initiative? What lengths did the United States go to in order to prepare for all-out war and its aftermath? What did the Kutter Family endure in perpetration for their duty? And if World War III never broke out... why are they still down there?

Written by Joe Harris (Rockstars, The X-Files) with art and covers by Cat Staggs (Crosswinds, Death of Superman), this collection includes all five issues, plus covers, in one beautiful volume!

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Written by David Schow. Art by Andres Esparza, Sergio Martinez, and Janice Chiang. Cover by Tim Bradstreet.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

At Tattersall Prison, a max-lock for the baddest of the bad, sleepless nights are the norm... until a fireball from the sky turns the night shift into a nightmare - trapping guards and cons on the inside, cops on the outside, and escapees in-between... all of them threatened by a hideous alien invader which needs nice, warm human bodies in which to incubate. From the outside, it looks like a replay of Waco, but from the inside, it's more like Dante's first draft of the Inferno. Psychotic Fraiser Bonner leads an army of convicts with a grudge against lead guard Wayne Jessup, whose crew is marooned inside with no means of exit. Black ops spook Elaine Farris tries to call the shots as captive guards get executed by Bonner. Farris dreads the moment she will have to call in her "expert," Conrad Gant, whose life she destroyed six years earlier. Why? Because Gant knows about the alien interlopers, who use the human form as a chrysalis and shed the envelope of flesh to produce Earth-compatible conquerors... and Gant was hounded into silence by Elaine and her fixers. Now the clock is ticking and there's an invasion to be stopped, as minute by minute, guards perish and alien numbers grow stronger, with the aim of spilling out of the prison cordon and into the rest of the world. It's a hostage situation. It's a battle between species. It's Earth's most serious Standoff.

The Standoff is the third entry in John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction, created especially for Storm King's John Carpenter and Sandy King by David J. Schow with the cinematic art team behind VAULT, Andres Esparza and Sergio Martinez. All five issues are collected here to offer a chapter play that's half suspense thriller, and half science fiction fever dream. Whose side would you take? It's time to lock and load for The Standoff... and watch out for those nasty, flying alien bugs every step of the way.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Richard P. Clark and Janice Chiang. Cover by Tim Bradstreet.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

August 1977. Astronomers detect the so-called "WOW" signal: a burst of sound from deep space, near the constellation Sagittarius. The signal is believed to be extraterrestrial in origin. Today. In a desert town one hour north of L.A., Lieutenant Ron Pinkerton watches in horror as law-abiding citizens begin to lose their minds. Then astrophysicist Marisa Stringfellow appears, telling Pinkerton the craziest thing he's ever heard: an alien entity is taking over minds one by one and using their hijacked bodies to create as much mayhem as (in)humanly possible. The tell-tale sign: a violent twitch that means: goodbye, nervous system. Now humanity's last chance lies in the hands of hardboiled cop and a heartbroken scientist... that is, until one of them begins to twitch.

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Edited by Sandy King. Written by James Ninness. Art by Andres Esparza, Sergio Martinez, Janice Chiang, and Tim Bradstreet.

When the moon-bound crew of Gaia stumbles across an enormous alien vessel, more technologically advanced than their own, priorities change. The mystery deepens when the crew discovers the name of the vessel along the hull, written in English: VAULT.

Softcover, 104 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King.

Vortex is the second story in John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction! Join us as Dixon and his team come up against Dr. Dole Andersen, a man with a secret so terrible that he threatens to pull us all into Hell with him! Join rescue crews, scientists, investigators, special forces soldiers, families and monsters, sacrifice and chaos. Join us as we face inhuman terror and incredible heroism. Join us in another far-flung adventure set on the edge of a universe under the watchful eye of the Horror Master, John Carpenter, himself! Join us in the Vortex.

Softcover, 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Tales of Science Fiction: Redhead (2019 Storm King) #1-5.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art and cover by Jason Felix.

Marnie Young, an executive assistant in San Diego, is a sweet girl who wouldn't hurt a fly. She's also super lonely. But one night, without warning, Marnie has a violent seizure; co-workers recoil in horror as she writhes on the floor. Two days later, Marnie wakes up in a hospital room. As her vision comes into focus, she sees 17 doctors and nurses dead on the floor, blood splattered everywhere. Soon she discovers the shocking truth: Marnie has become lethal, and everyone who comes within three feet of her dies instantly! Which is really going to mess up her dating life (if she had one). Is there a cure?

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Andrea Mutti and Gigi Baldassini. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Andrea Mutti and Gigi Baldassini. Introduction by Duane Swierczynski.

It's 2022. We all know the world has lost its collective mind. But not quite like this... with random strangers teaming up to commit bizarre acts of violence and self-destruction, from the Santa Monica Pier to the 101 Freeway to a posh Beverly Hills mall. Our only hope lies with four complete strangers, all of whom have had devastating encounters with this phenomenon, who team up in search of answers.

Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Story and art by Dennis Calero. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Dennis Calero.

In this sci-fi horror, an experiment in faster than light travel goes terribly wrong. Unintended side effects will drop pilot David Peeler into a living nightmare when alternate versions of himself start appearing, each one more deranged than the last.

Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Written by David J. Schow. Art by Andres Esparza. Cover by Cat Staggs. Back Cover by Andres Esparza. Introduction by David J. Schow. Two cutting-edge scientists race to be the first to make alien contact. One finds a golden entity that offers to cure the worst Earthbound diseases. Simultaneously the other has discovered a creature that seems more monstrous, or even a ghost. Is it Earth's first contact... or last chance? Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $15.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Based on a Story by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by Mike Sizemore. Art by David Kennedy. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by David Kennedy. Introduction by Mike Sizemore.

Humanity has moved on after the Benson Disaster. In the decades following the loss of the space station along with almost its entire crew a new kind of life has been forged out even further into the Veil Nebula aboard a new type of habitat: The Barringer. But a connection back to Jake Dixon, the man who sacrificed everything to stop a nameless horror reaching Earth, now pulls back those few survivors and an all-new crew to face fresh monsters and familiar terror.

Mankind believes it has tamed the organism freed from the dark years ago. Survivors believe they have seen the last of that horror and those that died stopping it.

What they don't know is that they're in John Carpenter's universe and all bets are off.

Softcover, 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Created by John Carpenter and Sandy King. Written by David J. Schow. Art by Andres Esparza. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. Back Cover by Andres Esparza. Introduction by David J. Schow.

Is it one of those assemble-the-team deals? You bet! The scientist. The murderer. The mercs. The witch. And the half-human visitor from the Underneath. The mission: Recover the most amazing mineral power source ever discovered. The target: Miles beneath the Earth's crust, teeming with monster denizens we haven't seen in centuries.

It's a one-way trip straight to Hell.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.