Comic books November 2004

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Written by Akira Yoshida Penciled by CHRISTIAN GOSSETT Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz The Hand ? few names have ever instilled such terror in the very soul of the Marvel Universe! Elektra witnesses a mystic ceremony that leads her to the never-before-revealed origin of The Hand, the world's most deadly assassins! In feudal Japan, a single murder fuels one young samurai's struggle for dominance ? a struggle that will lead to the inception of this immortal ninja clan. And when a foreign merchant sends his beautiful daughter to learn the ways of the warrior, a cycle is set in motion that will change the Marvel Universe... forever. 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+...$2.99 Issue #1 UPC: 5960605619-00111; Issue #2 UPC: 5960605619-00112 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Akira Yoshida Penciled by CHRISTIAN GOSSETT Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz The Hand ? few names have ever instilled such terror in the very soul of the Marvel Universe! Elektra witnesses a mystic ceremony that leads her to the never-before-revealed origin of The Hand, the world's most deadly assassins! In feudal Japan, a single murder fuels one young samurai's struggle for dominance ? a struggle that will lead to the inception of this immortal ninja clan. And when a foreign merchant sends his beautiful daughter to learn the ways of the warrior, a cycle is set in motion that will change the Marvel Universe... forever. 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+...$2.99 Issue #1 UPC: 5960605619-00111; Issue #2 UPC: 5960605619-00112 Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written by Richard Pini and Wendy Pini. Art and Cover by Wendy Pini. Following in Cutter's footsteps, family and tribemates pursue their chief to warn him of a dire threat. But they're taken as slaves into the towering Blue Mountain, stronghold of the ancient Glider elves. Now, Cutter and Skywise must penetrate the mountain's labyrinthine secrets to rescue their kind! Softcover, 5-in. x 1/2-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Hybrid!" By Jason Moser. The dangers have never been greater as Silas Corbin takes an elevator ride into destiny, Chris Hendrickson stumbles upon an ancient evil re-awakened, and Angelica Cain decides the fate of the world. A new breed of evil has arrived with exploding monkeys, and killer succubi. Welcome to Hybrid! Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

Elvira's pal Gardenia's stage musical is threatened until a spell enables Elvira to give the lead role her own spin, in "Broadway Sorcery of 2004!" by Howell, Cool and Wiacek. Also, in "It Takes Two to Tango-Tango" by Strom and Smith, Elvira's racy pin-up shoot lands her in danger! B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Karl Bollers Penciled by Will Conrad Cover by GREG HORN "BLOOM" Part 3 (of 6) Emma's high school teacher ? who you'll recall was fired for kissing her ? is back in her life! This can only mean one thing: draamaaa! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$2.99 UPC: 5960605432-01511 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Joe Kelly Art and cover by Ted McKeever The miniseries continues with a Hollywood brawl when Enginehead really starts losing it and the Metal Men are sent in to bring him down! All is lost until Tin realizes what Enginehead truly is and gives a small part of himself to make Enginehead "flexible." On sale Sept 1 ? 6 of 8 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #73-99, Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #82, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner (1968) #1 and Iron Man (1968-1996 1st Series) #1-11. Written by STAN LEE. Art by DON HECK and GENE COLAN. Cover by DON HECK. It's armored action at its best as Iron Man faces Ultimo; the Mandarin; the Titanium Man, the ever-popular communist menace; and more! Guest-starring S.H.I.E.L.D., the Sub- Mariner and the Hulk! Includes the first run of Iron Man's solo series! Softcover, 584 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

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Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Tony Harris & Tom Feister Cover by Harris The fast-paced political thriller continues with Part 3 of the 4-part "State of Emergency!" Mayor Mitchell Hundred realizes that someone from his super-heroic past as "The Great Machine" may very well have a connection to the snowplow murders plaguing the city! MATURE READERS On sale Sept 22 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.95 US Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Chris Claremont Penciled by Aaron Lopresti Cover by Andy Park "FOOD FIGHT" Part 1 (of 3) Professor Xavier has now assembled his ragtag team of Magneto and Callisto, with youngsters Wicked, Freakshow and Shola under their tutelage. Already struggling to keep the peace in Genosha as well as between themselves, will the team have the strength to get to the bottom of simultaneous terrorist attacks on X-Corp offices around the world? 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$2.99 UPC: 5960605540-00511 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Tony Bedard Penciled by James Calafiore Cover by Mizuki Sakakibara "LIVING PLANET" 1 (OF 2). The Exiles must stop the Avengers and Doctor Doom before they destroy the Earth! And did someone say Ego, The Living Planet? You bet they did! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Bill Willingham Art by Tony Akins & Jimmy Palmiotti Cover by James Jean "War Stories," Part 2 of 2, featuring guest art by Tony Akins (MASKS: TOO HOT FOR TV) & Jimmy Palmiotti (CATWOMAN). A band of American infiltrators is behind enemy lines and in for the fight of their lives deep in World War II Germany as a mythical monster is pitted against Bigby Wolf. Cover price $2.50.

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Written by Peter David Art by David Lopez & Fernando Blanco Cover by Brian Stelfreeze The head of the Hierarchy has given Juris an ultimatum: He can dispose of the Fallen Angel or lose his position running Bete Noire and possibly his life! How dedicated is Juris to protecting his former lover? The Angel's life hangs on the answer. MATURE READERS On sale Sept 8 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.95 US Cover price $2.95.

November 2004. Seed of Chucky; Exclusive Interview - Stephen King's scariest movies; Halloween's hot horror The Grudge - Sarah Michelle Gellar and the cursed cast; Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects - first news & pix; Species III - they want your body; Fango Video's Choking Hazard - Euro zombies; Blade: Trinity - Wesley Snipes vs. Dracula. Seed of Chucky cover. Cover price $7.99.

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Written by Mark Waid Pencils & Cover by Mike Wieringo AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED TIE-IN! "FOURTITUDE" Part 2 (of 3) With public opinion of the FF at an all-time low and with all of Manhattan endangered by a mysterious alien overlord, which member of the team will make a decision that will radically change the Fantastic Four for some time to come? 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$2.99 UPC: 5960604456-51811 Cover price $2.99.

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Pulp magazine devoted to exploring the paranormal. Articles and Stories. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 128 page, Text (with B&W Illustrations and Photos.) Cover price $4.95.

Volume 13 - #8 - November 2004. Mysterious Beauty Bai Ling - Sky Captain to Star Wars. Plus: Erica Durance - Smallville's Lois Lane; 25 hottest virtual vixens; Jennifer Tilly does herself; Kristanna Loken bites back; Stargate's Michael Shanks; touch down with Jamie Sweers. Cover price $6.99.

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1st printing. Written by JAY FAERBER. Art and cover by ANDRES PONCE. Ask any single mother: Raising a teenage daughter is tough. On top of the fights about boys and homework, they're always borrowing your favorite stuff...your make-up, your shoes, your mask. For years, Rebecca Reed, a.k.a. Firebird, kept her secret identity from her teenage daughter, whom she hid at a boarding school, far from her enemies. But now the secret's out, Emily Reed knows her mother's a superhero, and Emily herself possesses superpowers. Staying at the boarding school would only complicate things, so Rebecca brings Emily back home. Now, while Emily learns how to be a superhero, Rebecca learns how to be a mother. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.

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Written by Dan Jolley Art and cover by ChrisCross & Rob Stull Part 2 of "Everybody Wants You," guest-starring Superman and The Flash! Tortured with guilt following the discovery of a horrifying new facet of his power, Jason Rusch must accept that even Firestorm the Nuclear Man can't always survive on his own. On sale Sept 1 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.

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by Wilson Hill, Gordon Purcell & Terry Pallot After more than a decade, it's the long-awaited return of comics' shining goddess of the light! That's right, Flare is back at last, starring in all-new, full-color adventures by Wilson Hill, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot! But while she's been gone, her greatest enemies have been far from idle! Something bad is taking shape. And unless Flare can put a stop to it, the undead legions of Tartarus will soon be loosed upon the earth. Plus, a bonus story starring Flare's electric little sister. Cover by Daerick Gröss. FC, 28pg$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Geoff Johns Art by Howard Porter & Livesay Cover by Ethan Van Sciver Part 1 of the 3-part "Sins of the Father," guest-starring Green Arrow, Hawkman, Zatanna and The Atom, and tying into IDENTITY CRISIS! The Flash has a personal crisis when he discovers that not everything he believed about the legacy of Barry Allen is true! ? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.25.

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Written by David Tischman Art and cover by Timothy Green II. They've survived a full-scale attack by the Suit's makers, kept the Philadelphia cops at bay, and strengthened their loyalty to one another. But where do four small-town boys' lives go from here, when nothing can ever be the same again? Final issue. On sale Sept 15 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.

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Regular edition. by Warren Ellis & Carla Speed McNeil Frank Ironwine is illustrated by Carla Speed McNeil (Finder). Ellis describes the creation of Frank Ironwine in the vein of "crime pulps (like) Raymond Chandler (and) Dashiel Hammett. Crime is the map we build our houses around. Everything's based on crime. This is how Frank Ironwine sees the world. New York's built on the bones of the people who were murdered to make it happen." Cover by Carla Speed McNeil. MATURE AUDIENCES 32pgs, B&W$3.50 Cover price $3.50.

Purple Foil Edition polybagged with Avatar Certificate of Authenticity and limited to 650 copies. by Warren Ellis & Carla Speed McNeil Frank Ironwine is illustrated by Carla Speed McNeil (Finder). Ellis describes the creation of Frank Ironwine in the vein of "crime pulps (like) Raymond Chandler (and) Dashiel Hammett. Crime is the map we build our houses around. Everything's based on crime. This is how Frank Ironwine sees the world. New York's built on the bones of the people who were murdered to make it happen." Cover by Carla Speed McNeil. MATURE AUDIENCES 32pgs, B&W$3.50 Cover price $3.50.

STEVE NILES (W) and GREG RUTH (A) On sale November 17, FC, 32pg, $2.99 Young Trevor Owen and his "freak" brother Will are almost at the end of their road? they've fled the family farm where Will spent his entire life hidden from the world, chained up in the barn. Their parents are dead. And now they're on the run from the law while Gristlewood Valley burns with the flames they started. But all the terror and heartbreak will be worth it if they can make it out of the Valley alive?and take the other three living "freak" children the town has hidden with them. But are four six-year-old freaks of nature and two of their "normal" older siblings any match for a well-armed sheriff and his posse? Don't miss the stunning and heartbreaking conclusion to this year's most resonant and unpredictable horror series. ? Comics Buyer's Guide says "Greg Ruth's darkly sketchy, moodily creepy art evokes the great Gene Colan and fits the disturbing story extremely well." Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Robert Curley. Art by Stephen Mooney and Stephen Thompson. When detective Jack Dixon is called in to solve a spate of gruesome murders plaguing Hollywood's elite, the outcome reveals more than he had planned. Hard-boiled fiction served up with a side order of B-Movie cool. Freakshow is comics noir of the finest kind! Published in Ireland. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Natsuki Takaya. Delving into the recesses of Kyo's past, we find the Sohma trio returning home on a rainy day. There a mysterious man who has known Kyo for a long time meets them. Trust, loyalty and the bonds of family and friendship are tested, as Tohru must help Kyo deal with the "monsters" that he's been trying to avoid. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

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by Aaron Williams It's the hit web-comic that brings readers the true non-lives of three (well, four if you count the webcam) gamers and their misadventures... rolling dice, slaying dragons, and being, well, nerds. Printed in "widescreen" format, this volume collects the first year (and then some!) of the funniest RPG antics this side of a Piers Anthony d20 supplement. Roll for initiative this November! b&w $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Written by Shouji Gatou. Art by Retsu Tateo.

This year, the holidays are full of surprises, and the battles that will be fought won't be on any ordinary battlefield. When it comes to playing on Kaname's home turf, watch out! This demure high school student knows how to kick butt and take names.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 172 pages, B&W.

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

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Cover by Dr. Comet. Stories and Art by Bill Fitts and Monsieur Le Eh. Your only monthly source for anthropomorphics! In this issue: "The Three Lil' Kittens Go To Summer Camp" by Bill Fitts. Plus: "Timo & Beverly Save The Rain Forest" by Monsieur Le Eh. Also: Illustration by Shon Howell. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

#14. Volume 4, Issue 2. "Water -- Water!" As G-8 heard that pitiful cry, he knew that the strange plague had struck again, that more Yanks had been turned into cringing beasts who yelled and begged and killed - for water. Death stalks the Front as G-8 follows the devil's hounds straight into a madman's sky trap.Reprinting the entire story from G-8 and His Battle Aces, in facsimile format, "The Mad Dog Squadron," originally published November 1934. Softcover, 112 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $9.95.

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House of Cards: Part 1 of 6 - Written by John Layman Pencils by Georges Jeanty Cover by GREG LAND The Ragin' Cajun is back with a vengeance in his very own ongoing series! Ever wonder what GAMBIT gets up to when he's not out saving the world with the X-MEN? Welcome to the exciting but treacherous terrain of the New Orleans underworld, where Gambit's skills and mastery are unquestioned...but this time, his confidence might be his downfall! Join writer JOHN LAYMAN and artist GEORGES JEANTY this September for the breakneck adventures of the smoothest, most charming devil ever to wear the X! 32 PGS. (EACH)/MARVEL Cover price $2.99.

Dynamic Forces Edition signed by John Layman and limited to 200 copies. Includes DF certificate. House of Cards: Part 1 of 6 - Written by John Layman Pencils by Georges Jeanty Cover by GREG LAND The Ragin' Cajun is back with a vengeance in his very own ongoing series! Ever wonder what GAMBIT gets up to when he's not out saving the world with the X-MEN? Welcome to the exciting but treacherous terrain of the New Orleans underworld, where Gambit's skills and mastery are unquestioned...but this time, his confidence might be his downfall! Join writer JOHN LAYMAN and artist GEORGES JEANTY this September for the breakneck adventures of the smoothest, most charming devil ever to wear the X! 32 PGS. (EACH)/MARVEL Cover price $2.99.

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House of Cards: Part 2 of 6 - Written by John Layman Pencils by Georges Jeanty Cover by GREG LAND The Ragin' Cajun is back with a vengeance in his very own ongoing series! Ever wonder what GAMBIT gets up to when he's not out saving the world with the X-MEN? Welcome to the exciting but treacherous terrain of the New Orleans underworld, where Gambit's skills and mastery are unquestioned...but this time, his confidence might be his downfall! Join writer JOHN LAYMAN and artist GEORGES JEANTY this September for the breakneck adventures of the smoothest, most charming devil ever to wear the X! 32 PGS. (EACH)/MARVEL Cover price $2.99.

First printing. Comic strip reprints of Frank King's Gasoline Alley from July 26, 1920 to Dec. 31, 1920. Horizontal format, side-stapled with tape on the spine, 13-in. x 8 1/2-in., 96 pages, B&W.

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Writer: Brandon Jerwa Artist: Tim Seeley with Jason Millet Cover: Tim Seeley Format: 32 pages color comic. Saddle stitched. Retail Price: $2.95 UNION OF THE SNAKE Part I?The Joes are facing a time of crisis unlike any other in their history. Hawk has been crippled, and has left the team. The international media is crucifying them for their apparent role in a tragedy on US soil. Cobra, under Destro's leadership, are more powerful than ever before. And now, the team is being broken apart... Meanwhile, Destro continues to consolidate his power, driven by the major revelation he learned last issue. And he draws ever nearer a goal he has long sought?one which would make him the single most dangerous man on the planet... Cover price $2.95.

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Writer: John Ney Rieber Artist: Darryl Banks Cover: Tom Derenick Format: 32 pages color comic. Saddle stitched. Retail Price: $2.95 They've given up everything to become Joes?their lives, their families, even their identities. They've become outlaws from their own government?but now, they must deal with something that could shatter the team forever: One among them is a TRAITOR?an agent of COBRA! Who is the spy? And will suspicion pull the Joes apart before Cobra can even take advantage? Meanwhile, a ghost from the Baroness's past comes back to haunt her... Cover price $2.95.

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Writer: Dan Jolley Artist: E.J. SU & Tim Seeley Cover A: Tim Seeley and EJ Su Cover B: Francois Baranger Format: 32 pages color comic. Saddle stitched. Retail Price: $2.95 Even as their fragile alliance begins to fray, the Joes and Cobra are sent into Earth's future to retrieve the displaced Ratchet?and are given a terrible glimpse of what humanity's fate could be. For in this possible future, the planet has been conquered by Shockwave and the Decepticons. It is a world in which massive Transformer city complexes roam the planet in robot form...where man has been all but wiped out...and the only resistance faced by the thinking machines are the freedom fighters called the Dreadnoks! Special notes: Written by Eisner nominated writer DAN JOLLEY. Cover price $2.95.

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Writer: Dan Jolley Artist: E.J. SU & Tim Seeley Cover A: Tim Seeley and EJ Su Cover B: Francois Baranger Format: 32 pages color comic. Saddle stitched. Retail Price: $2.95 Even as their fragile alliance begins to fray, the Joes and Cobra are sent into Earth's future to retrieve the displaced Ratchet?and are given a terrible glimpse of what humanity's fate could be. For in this possible future, the planet has been conquered by Shockwave and the Decepticons. It is a world in which massive Transformer city complexes roam the planet in robot form...where man has been all but wiped out...and the only resistance faced by the thinking machines are the freedom fighters called the Dreadnoks! Special notes: Written by Eisner nominated writer DAN JOLLEY. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Ed Garcia. Stories and art by Mike Curtis, Dennis Clark, Ed Garcia, Charles Gray, Shelly Pleger and Jerry S. Loomis. A short-story anthology set in the world of popular furry series Shanda the Panda. The kids drive to Panama City for spring break; a spoof of Snoopy and the Red Baron; A furrys pet housecat; Yoyo connects with her boss in a big way. 40 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $4.99.

By Phil and Kaja Foglio with Laurie E. Smith. The Wulfenbachs believe that Agatha is dead. Meanwhile, she continues to travel with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure, Zeetha starts her on warrior training, a monster attacks and the Circus's secret is revealed. FC, 32pgs. Cover price $3.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City!" Collects Girl Genius (2001-2004) #4-6.

Written by Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio. Art and cover by Phil Foglio.

Adventure! Romance! Mad Science!

Meet Agatha Clay, Transylvania Polygnostic University student with the drive to create... and the worst luck in the world! Continuing Phil & Kaja Foglio's "gaslamp fantasy series," plus an additional story - all presented in a large, art-book format!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $32.95.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City!" Collects Girl Genius (2001-2004) #4-6. By Phil & Kaja Foglio. Adventure! Romance! Mad Science! Meet Agatha Clay, Transylvania Polygnostic University student with the drive to create... and the worst luck in the world! Continuing Phil & Kaja Foglio's "gaslamp fantasy series," plus an additional story ? all presented in a large, art-book format! Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Human Factor!" Collects GO BOY 7 HUMAN ACTION MACHINE (2003) #5-8. Written by Bryan Augustyn. Art by Jon Sommariva, and Todd Demong. When Jonny Zero's blood was infused with lifesaving nanotech plasm his life was changed forever. No longer simply a teenaged boy, Jonny became GO BOY 7, Human Action Machine! Now Jonny's life is one adventure after another as he battles the evil, nonsensical genius of THE CULTIST, who seek the destruction of logic, reason, and Go Boy 7! In this collection, the Cultistís devastating creativity with anarchic giga-technology threatens civilization yet again, and an enigmatic new player is in town: BioAgent! Who is this sudden hero, what is happening to Jonnyís body, and what is the origin of the Cultist? Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Going Home!" Ronson is the God of Alcohol... not that he wants to be. Follow Ronson, a mortal from Earth, as he awakens to discover the strangeness of the planet Arr-Kelaan and of his newfound abilities - and of his desperate attempts to leave it all behind and try to go home. First of two graphic novels. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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By Fred Perry. Luan and Gar begin their treacherous journey through the Proving Grounds, traversing a gauntlet of traps, dangers, and guardian spirits ? and that's just to reach the first of the "True Trials." There they must face magical manifestations of their most potentially crippling enemies ? their own doubts and fears. 32pgs, FC$2.99 Cover price $2.99.