Nexus Archives HC (2005-2011 Dark Horse) comic books 2009-2011

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #47-52. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVE RUDE. Horatio, Judah, and the Badger have survived their reentry of the Bowl-Shaped World. As they head from outer rim to inner city, the threat that prompted this journey worsens: the Gravity Well is nearing collapse. The Web's population is evacuating in a panic, hoping to escape the artificialblack hole. By the time this installment of Baron and Rude's celebrated sci-fi series comes to a close, the desperate trio will fight a powerful, fusionkasting tyrant in mortal combat, Kreed the Quatro will be sentenced to death for the Mars massacre, and Horatio will hang up the Nexus mantle once and for all! A multiple Eisner Award-winning series that defined the careers of acclaimed creators Steve Rude and Mike Baron, Nexus is a modern classic not to be missed. Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #53-57 and Next Nexus (1989) #2-4. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by Paul Smith, Adam Hughes, Spyder, John Nyberg, and Bob Dvorak. Horatio has resigned his duties as Nexus, and the Merk has reassigned them . . . but to the Loomis sisters, who have been out for vengeance ever since Horatio assassinated their father. However, the staggering power that comes with being fusionkasters corrupts quickly, and Lonnie is so unnerved by her sisters' homicidal behavior that she escapes to the planet Procyon-home to none other than the always-scheming Ursula X. X. Imada and her and Horatio's twin daughters, Scarlett and Sheena. And when Sundra learns that Stacy and Michana are gunning for Horatio with Nexus powers, she decides to kill the Merk and damn the consequences . . . even if that means dooming Ylum. A multiple Eisner Award-winning series! Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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Volume 10 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #58-65. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by Steve Rude, Peter David, Greg Guler, and Phil Hester. History professor Stanislaus Korivitsky has been chosen by the Merk to inherit the role of Nexus, fusionkasting executioner of mass murderers. Far saner than his predecessors, Stacy and Michana Loomis, Stan immediately kills his first target and then sets off for A.J. Cronin-megalomaniacal CEO of a massively influential (and less than ethical) multiplanetary company, the Scorporation. But when A.J.'s terrifying single-mindedness outlives his own body, Stan, Horatio, and Sundra will face off with an unstoppable hunter/killer in a high-speed subzero chase . . . and if they survive, the antitechnology zealots of the Elvonic Order have a serious bone to pick with the new Nexus. Hardcover, 232 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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Volume 11 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #66-73. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by Mark Heike, Hugh Haynes, John K. Snyder III, and Luke McDonnell. Cover by Les Dorscheid. Saved from certain death by Sundra's shrewd business dealings, current Nexus Stan Korivitsky attempts to pick up where he left off: creating the University of Ylum and pursuing a relationship with Sonia, a former mole within the Elvonic Order. However, when the latter attachment is violently severed, Stan throws himself into his Nexus work with such brutal and indiscriminate fervor that even Ylum is forced to cut ties! Enter the Bad Brains, twisted Head-like beings who are all too willing to provide Stan fusionkasting powers in exchange for him enacting their vengeance. Meanwhile, a well-kept secret of the long-absent Merk is uncovered, the antitechnology god Elvon imperils Ylum, and Horatio's extended soul-searching travels come to a surprising conclusion. A multiple Eisner Award-winning series! Featuring early work from creators Luke McDonnell (Iron Man), John K. Snyder III (Grendel), and Mark Heike (Star Trek, Femforce)! Hardcover, 232 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #74-80. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by Hugh Haynes. Cover by Steve Rude. Praise be to Elvon, it's the final volume of Nexus issues from First Comics! This collection features game-changing story developments and issue #75, which brings readers the long-awaited showdown between Horatio and Stan. Only one of these two fusionkasters claiming the Nexus mantle will walk away from this slugfest in space, and the fate of neighboring planet Mars hangs in the balance! Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.