Comic books July 2011

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1st printing. By Mike Ashley. Whatever you thought about Science Fiction think again, and keep on thinking, because that is what Science Fiction does. Science Fiction prepares us for the future and cope with the present by asking the questions "What if...?" and "Just suppose..." This books takes a look at what Science Fiction has achieved and hopes to achieve. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color.

Supergirl/Batgirl Cover by Amanda Conner (Hardcover) - By Robert M. Overstreet. Entering its fifth decade as the preeminent source of comic book pricing information, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. In addition to a choice of covers - Thor (by signature Mighty Thor artist, Walter Simonson!) or Supergirl/Batgirl (by Power Girl superstar Amanda Conner!), this 41st edition includes all the new insights, features, and data, along with the most comprehensive listing of comics and all-new entries in the Overstreet Hall of Fame. Perfect for both new collectors and seasoned enthusiasts. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 1,120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $35.00.

Supergirl/Batgirl Cover by Amanda Conner (Softcover) - By Robert M. Overstreet. Entering its fifth decade as the preeminent source of comic book pricing information, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. In addition to a choice of covers - Thor (by signature Mighty Thor artist, Walter Simonson!) or Supergirl/Batgirl (by Power Girl superstar Amanda Conner!), this 41st edition includes all the new insights, features, and data, along with the most comprehensive listing of comics and all-new entries in the Overstreet Hall of Fame. Perfect for both new collectors and seasoned enthusiasts. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 1,120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.95.

Thor Cover by Walter Simonson (Hardcover) - By Robert M. Overstreet. Entering its fifth decade as the preeminent source of comic book pricing information, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. In addition to a choice of covers - Thor (by signature Mighty Thor artist, Walter Simonson!) or Supergirl/Batgirl (by Power Girl superstar Amanda Conner!), this 41st edition includes all the new insights, features, and data, along with the most comprehensive listing of comics and all-new entries in the Overstreet Hall of Fame. Perfect for both new collectors and seasoned enthusiasts. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 1,120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $35.00.

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Thor Cover by Walter Simonson (Softcover) - By Robert M. Overstreet. Entering its fifth decade as the preeminent source of comic book pricing information, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. In addition to a choice of covers - Thor (by signature Mighty Thor artist, Walter Simonson!) or Supergirl/Batgirl (by Power Girl superstar Amanda Conner!), this 41st edition includes all the new insights, features, and data, along with the most comprehensive listing of comics and all-new entries in the Overstreet Hall of Fame. Perfect for both new collectors and seasoned enthusiasts. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 1,120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.95.

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Written by ERIC SHANOWER Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG When Ozma asks the Nome King to release the Royal Family of Ev, he proposes a guessing game that seems easy enough to win. Ozma and her followers agree to play. But as the Oz people begin to disappear, Dorothy realizes that the Nome King has stacked the deck against them. She and her friends have little hope of escaping the Nome King's sinister underground palace. Loved by both critics and fans, Ozma of Oz triumphs as another wonderful Frank L. Baum adaptation! 32 PGS./All Ages Cover price $3.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Envy!" Written by Alcante. Art and cover by Didier Pagot. Tibor and Eva work at Synapse, a corporation specialized in advanced software engineering. One day, a simple industrial accident throws their lives into chaos. Who is the beautiful mathematician Alicia Pallas, founder of Synapse? The sinister Blacksmith, who relentlessly hunts Eva and Tibor? The rich and powerful Mr King, who seems to be pulling all the strings? And, more importantly, who are Tibor and Eva themselves, and what terrible purpose is hidden behind their existence? Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $11.95.

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Kodansha Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Hitoshi Iwaaki. They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $10.99.

Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Shin looks like an ordinary high school boy, but he has a terrible secret: an alien parasite has infected his body. This mysterious creature is ruthless, deadly, and utterly indifferent to human suffering . . . and it is beginning to assert itself over Shin. As Shin fights for control of his body, can he also hold on to his humanity? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $10.99.

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Kodansha Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story, art, and cover by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Shin looks like an ordinary high school boy, but he has a terrible secret: an alien parasite has infected his body. This mysterious creature is ruthless, deadly, and utterly indifferent to human suffering . . . and it is beginning to assert itself over Shin. As Shin fights for control of his body, can he also hold on to his humanity? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $10.99.

Kodansha Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Aliens parasites have invaded Earth and taken over the minds of ordinary people. Shin has been infected with a parasite, but he still can think and act for himself. Now hes been approached by two mysterious victims of the invasion: Tamiya, a beautiful schoolteacher, and Shimada, another student. What do the aliens want with humanity… and with Shin? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $10.99.

Kodansha Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Shinichi, an ordinary high school student, is the only one who knows that aliens have invaded Earth and are controlling the minds of thousands of unwitting victims. Its a secret too dangerous to share . . . but too big to cover up. Then Shinichi meets Kana, a brave young girl with a strange gift that may allow her to detect the alien parasites. Has Shinichi at last found an ally to combat these creatures? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 306 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $10.99.

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(W) Aron Warner, Phillip Gelatt (A) Brett Weldele Brent Marks is not a freak. He's one of the 'Pariah,' a group of teens who become extremely intelligent after being cured of a genetic disorder. Although in most ways a normal teen, Brent is considered dangerous and is tracked down by the government who see these kids as an enormous threat. Can he evade them? What do they have planned for Brent and the others? Cover price $3.99.

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(W) Aron Warner, Phillip Gelatt (A/C) Brett Weldele Why are the most elite black-ops forces chasing a 16-year-old girl across the country? Why can't they find her? And why do they want to kill her? Because they think Lila Ellerman is a terrorist who released a deadly virus into the wild. But really, she's just a girl with a crush on a guy named Brandon. Yes, she's figured out the science of controlling anti-matter, but that doesn't make her a criminal. Will she be able to protect her friends and keep them from being taken prisoner, or worse? Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Cartography by Rob Lazzaretti. TRAIL OF TERROR! Stand against the denizens of the night in the Carrion Crown Adventure Path. In battles against dreaded vampire lords, brutal werewolves, and abominations from beyond space and time, you'll scour the breadth of the mysterious realm of Ustalav. The Carrion Crown Poster Map Folio is your lantern in the dreadful dark, charting your course through the entire campaign. Within the map folio, you'll find a huge 8-panel poster map of the country of Ustalav, along with four 4-panel poster maps of the gothic cities of Ardis, Caliphas, Karcau, and Lepidstadt, all major locations in Ustalav, the setting for the terrors of Carrion Crown Adventure Path, the maps inside can serve as the sinister surroundings for all manner of mysteries, murders, and macabre machinations in any RPG campaign. The shadows of Ustalav gather - dare you gaze within? Cover price $15.99.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Be Good, Little Puppy!" Written by JERRY HOLKINS. Art by MIKE KRAHULIK. Two and a half million passionate, obsessed daily readers can't be wrong! Penny Arcade is one of the most-read webcomics ever, with multiple books now in print. Chockablock with gaming in-jokes and pop-culture commentary, this comic is the ultimate epic of the gaming life, and essential reading for geeks everywhere. Penny Arcade follows the adventures of Gabe and Tycho, two obsessed gamers with a deliciously wicked sense of humor and an irreverent way of looking at the world. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. NOTE: Published by Del Rey Books. Cover price $15.00.

1st Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1939-1940!"

Written by Lee Falk. Art by Ray Moore.

The first, original, and best masked hero to ever grace the pages of comic strips and comic books returns in the third volume of Hermes Press' complete reprint of The Phantom. The strip hit the funny pages of newspapers well before the Dark Knight or Superman made their first appearances and set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips. Included in this volume are four complete Phantom adventures utilizing original King Features syndicate press proofs.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $39.99.

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(W) Jim Krueger, Brendan Deneen (A) Dean Zachary Phoenix vs. Phoenix? Ed Tyler, otherwise known as the Phoenix, battles none other than the Phoenix! The classic 1970's Phoenix costume makes a return and it's worn by none other than Ed's best friend, Max. How is this possible? What is the strange, glowing device embedded in Max's chest? And how can Ed possibly defeat an enemy who is not only more powerful than himself, but is also like a brother to him? Cover price $2.99.

Volume 13, issue 1 - Level 1. Writtenby Carol McAdams Moore. Art and Cover by Mike Dammer. Sometimes getting a pet isn't all it's cracked up to be, as a young caveman learns when he finds an egg containing a baby dinosaur! Dogs weren't always Man's Best Friend! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

1st printing. Written by Lewis Helfand. Art by Sachin Nagar. A new deadly drug is about to flood the streets of New York City. The police have no leads on who is producing the drug, or where it is coming from. As far as Praveer Rajani, a reckless Interpol agent, is concerned the only way to prevent countless deaths lies in a handful of mysterious photographs. But what are the photographs leading him to? Is Praveer being told that his life is spiraling out of control, and he now has one chance to put things right? Softcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

story TOP COW'S FINEST art / cover TOP COW'S FINEST TAKE CONTROL! After five years, the annual Pilot Season has become a comics institution and a unique engine for debuting new ideas and properties into comics! Get your first look at this year's competition, which begins in October, including the list of creative teams, this year's concepts, and an early look at the art from each book. You'll also get an early look at upcoming series from previous winners like GENIUS and 39 MINUTES. We can't tell you much more, because it's still Top Secret, but we will give you this hint: 8. 4. 2. Cover price $1.00.

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Cover A by Karl Richardson. (W) Daryl Gregory (A) Carlos Magno (C) Karl Richardson [A], Carlos Magno [B], Karl Richardson [C] Get your hands on these damn dirty Apes! Ripped from the continuity of the first five Apes films, the first story arc in this ongoing series comes to a bloody conclusion! Secrets are revealed... and someone will pay! Man? Ape? Both? Discover for yourself as the next great Apes saga continues - written by award-winning novelist Daryl Gregory! Cover price $3.99.

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Cover B by Carlos Magno. (W) Daryl Gregory (A) Carlos Magno (C) Karl Richardson [A], Carlos Magno [B], Karl Richardson [C] Get your hands on these damn dirty Apes! Ripped from the continuity of the first five Apes films, the first story arc in this ongoing series comes to a bloody conclusion! Secrets are revealed... and someone will pay! Man? Ape? Both? Discover for yourself as the next great Apes saga continues - written by award-winning novelist Daryl Gregory! Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Cover by Scott Keating. (W) Daryl Gregory (A) Carlos Magno (C) Karl Richardson [A], Carlos Magno [B], Karl Richardson [C] Get your hands on these damn dirty Apes! Ripped from the continuity of the first five Apes films, the first story arc in this ongoing series comes to a bloody conclusion! Secrets are revealed... and someone will pay! Man? Ape? Both? Discover for yourself as the next great Apes saga continues - written by award-winning novelist Daryl Gregory! Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. By Robert Silverberg. Three novels of the Spaceways. Never before reprinted since their original appearances and with a new introduction by the author, three novels of science fiction adventure - The Planet Killers, The Plot Against Earth, and One of Our Asteroids Is Missing - blaze back onto the scene, revealing early masterworks of one of the genre's most gifted and celebrated authors. Cover price $15.99.

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1st printing. Written by Jason M. Burns. Art by Rolando Mallada. When Ooga questions the gods and their relentless pygmy pounding, the gods strike back, taking away the gift of immortality bestowed upon the islanders and forcing Ooga and the gang on a dangerous mission to recharge the Gem of Life, which fades a little more with each new pygmy death. Based on the best-selling iPhone app. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 100 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

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We Can Be Heroes: Part 1 of 2 - Written by JUDD WINICK. Art by HENDRY PRASETYA. Cover by SAMI BASRI. Karen Starr has big plans to get Starrware back up and running, involving the media, Africa and Bruce Wayne. But when a terrorist shows up in Gotham City she must put aside her day job - again! - so Power Girl and Batman can save the day! Unfortunately for them, this 'terrorist' is a metahuman, and while Power Girl may not remember it, their paths have crossed before. 32 pg, FC, Cover price $2.99.

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Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES Cover by MIKE PERKINS WHO KILLED CRIME-BUSTER? Power Man and Iron Fist, our non-profit private eyes have figured it out, but they have to fight their through every homicidal maniac in SEAGATE PRISON to prove it! Plus: Noir's true identity! The fate of Vic Alvarez's girlfriend! The Divine Right! Commedia Dell'Morte! Dogs and cats living together! Van Lente and Alves bring you the senses shattering conclusion! 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.

COVER ART: The latest projects from DC Comics and Image Comics! Now more than ever, PREVIEWS is there to show the tales, toys and treasures in your future! This July issue features items scheduled to ship in September 2011 and beyond. Cover price $4.50.

Volume 42 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takeshi Konomi. Final Volume! The Seishun boys are just one match away from the national title! Ryoma brings out every shot he knows against Seiichi "Child of the Gods" Yukimura. But Yukimura's strange powers cause Ryoma to lose his sense of touch, then his sight. Swinging blindly, his hearing even begins to fail. Can Ryoma come back to win the Nationals for Seishun, or does he "still have a long ways to go"?! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 172 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Johnny Ryan. Prison Pit blends Angry Youth Comix creator Johnny Ryan's fascination with WWE wrestling, grindhouse cinema, Gary Panter's "Jimbo" comics, and Kentaro Miura's "Berserk" Manga into a brutal and often hilarious showcase of violence like no other comic book ever created. Prison Pit Book 3 continues the unprintablynamed lead character's blood-soaked travails through the pit where life is short and mercy is in even shorter supply. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

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Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

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Frank: Part 2 - Written by Jason Aaron Penciled by Steve Dillon Cover by DAVE JOHNSON The Punisher's war on crime has come to a dead stop. Locked in a high-security prison, his arms and legs in casts and hooked to life support, Frank Castle is at the mercy of every lowlife in the place, dreaming of being the one who finally put him down. But what troubles Frank aren't the attempts on his life, but the memories shaken loose by Bullseye. Memories of a time when he wasn't yet the Punisher, but a husband and a father... 32 PGS./Explicit Content Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Before her comics were serialized in the New York Times Sunday Magazine ("Watergate Sue," 2007) or released by Fantagraphics Books (Artichoke Tales), Kelso was crafting and self-publishing her own works. Queen Of The Black Black collects the best of these early works, creating an engrossing chronicle of an ambitious young cartoonist carefully developing her own unique style and approach. Softcover, 160 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Cover by Fabiano Neves. Written by ARVID NELSON. Art by EDGAR SALAZAR. Sonja's taken enough poison to kill a wooly Rhinoceros. But she's no wooly Rhino, she's Sonja! She awakens from her poison-induced coma into a very new reality: Thulsa Doom has destroyed her capital, and with the help of his evil god, Set, he is rounding up Sonja's subjects, for an unknown but surely extremely unpleasant purpose. Thulsa hires the very mercenary band whom Sonja fielded against the Emorans to hunt the refugee Queen down. Not all of the mercenaries are feeling good about their new assignment, but don't they have much say in the matter - Thulsa will kill them if they don't succeed! Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Carlos Rafael. Written by ARVID NELSON. Art by EDGAR SALAZAR. Sonja's taken enough poison to kill a wooly Rhinoceros. But she's no wooly Rhino, she's Sonja! She awakens from her poison-induced coma into a very new reality: Thulsa Doom has destroyed her capital, and with the help of his evil god, Set, he is rounding up Sonja's subjects, for an unknown but surely extremely unpleasant purpose. Thulsa hires the very mercenary band whom Sonja fielded against the Emorans to hunt the refugee Queen down. Not all of the mercenaries are feeling good about their new assignment, but don't they have much say in the matter - Thulsa will kill them if they don't succeed! Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Red Queen!" Collects Queen Sonja (2009-2013 Dynamite) #6-10.

Written by Arvid Nelson. Art by Jackson Herbert. Cover by Lucio Parillo.

After the thrilling opening adventures of the all-new, all-different Queen Sonja, Dynamite proudly presents the next chapter in the She-Devil with a Sword saga! Featuring the Dynamite debut of writer Arvid (Kull) Nelson and artist Jackson (Avengers/Invaders) Herbert, Sonja finds herself warily upon the throne and facing a new and deadly threat from within... and without!

Includes a complete cover gallery.

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Driver for the Dead (2010 Radical) #1, FVZA (2009) Federal Vampire Zombie Agency #1, Time Bomb (2010 Radical) #1, Hercules The Thracian Wars (2008 Radical Comics) #1, and Hotwire (2009 Radical Entertainment) #1. Softcover, 192 pages, full color.

Promotional Edition (Game Stop Exclusive). Cover by Stephan Martiniere. Arvid Nelson (W), Andrea Mutti (P), Pierluigi Baldassini (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), Glenn Fabry (Cover), and Stephan Martiniere (Variant Cover) The groundbreaking new game from the developers of Doom and Quake is almost here, but first Dark Horse presents an essential introduction to the world of Rage! The Earth has been devastated by collision with an asteroid, with a tiny fraction of the population surviving in life-sustaining arks, only to awaken in a wasteland controlled by a global military dictatorship called the Authority. But a rescued scientist learns that the Authority has lied to her and the other survivors about how this new world came to be. Cover price $3.50.

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Arvid Nelson (W), Andrea Mutti (P), Pierluigi Baldassini (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Glenn Fabry (Cover) Dark Horse's essential chapter in the story of Id Software's hotly anticipated game Rage continues! The Authority has seized power and is carrying out cruel 'experiments' on radiation victims, but when a scientist discovers the true extent of its deceptions, she finds herself an enemy of the state, with only a fledgling resistance to turn to. Arvid Nelson (Rex Mundi) and Andrea Mutti (DMZ) delve deeper into the secrets of Rage, working directly with the game's creative director, Tim Willits, in a new take on postapocalyptic intrigue! Cover price $3.50.

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(W) Nick Lyons (A) Sean Lee (C) K. Michael Mayne, Dan Glasl In issue one of this four-issue mini-series prequel to Bluewater Comics' hit series, Victoria's Secret Service, readers are introduced to the sexy, skilled thief named Rain (a.k.a. Scarlet) as she takes on high-risk, high-reward jewelry theft jobs! Cover price $3.99.

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Werewolves, vampires, zombies - written by Alix Clinkingbeard and penciled/inked by Jean Kang, 12 pages, B&W.

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(W/A) Jeff Smith Something is happening to the world around him - maybe to the Universe itself - and RASL is forced to return to the scene of his earlier crime to investigate. But could it be a trap? RASL #11 begins the countdown to the series' conclusion in RASL #15! Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. Collects Ratchet and Clank (2010 DC/Wildstorm) #1-6. Written by T.J. FIXMAN. Art by ADAM ARCHER. Cover by CREATUREBOX. The bestselling Sony video game franchise is now an action-packed, galaxy spanning comic. With Dr. Nefarious defeated and the universe safe, galactic heroes Ratchet and Clank return to the Solana galaxy for some well-earned rest and relaxation. But when entire planets begin disappearing from the universe without a trace, Galactic President Qwark calls them back into action to solve the mystery. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Cliff Rathburn.

400 years have passed since Death failed to eradicate all life. Death has returned with a more insidious plan to retrieve a magical gem from the hands of Reaper, who has become a prominent warlord and has amassed a small army to protect his village and wealth. Unknown to Reaper, he is about to lose everything; for Death's new strategy can't be stopped.

Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 62 pages, full color. MATURE READERS

Cover price $4.99.