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

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.