Dark comic books issue 1

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1st printing.

Written by Mike Costa. Art by Neil Googe. Cover by Samwise Didier and Alex Horley.

In this original WORLD OF WARCRAFT graphic novel, a stalwart mage searches for a powerful artifact, stolen by Dark Riders, only to find his son accused of murder. A righteous priest, driven by a mysterious fervor, investigates a savage Wolf Cult. As the paths of these two men cross, a fantastic adventure emerges! Supported by a cast of brave heroes, the two find out just how dangerous the wolf cult and dark riders are.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Text by Rick Barba. Explore a universe run amok with savage beasts, bloodthirsty bandits, and the biggest bad of all-corporations, in this full-color hardcover encyclopedia of Gearbox's beloved videogame franchise! The universe of Borderlands is an inhospitable wilderness that spans every biome conceivable. It's also a land full of opportunity, but only if you have wits, skill, and guns. Lots of guns. Many come to Pandora in search of the Vault in the hopes of finding wealth, fame, or power. This is the definitive guide to the bold people who live there and in the surrounding galaxy, the mercenaries, monsters, and wilds they contend with, and the ridiculous arsenal they employ. Dark Horse Books and Gearbox present a bombastic guide to Pandora, its surrounding planets and the characters who live there. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Fine $8.30

1st printing. Collects Worst Dudes (2021 Dark Horse) #1-5.

Written by Aubrey Sitterson. Art and cover by Tony Gregori.

A dirty cop, a drugged-up back-up dancer, and an angsty adolescent god; the absolute worst dudes in the galaxy are on a raunch-filled hunt for a missing pop star.

It's a hilarious, aggressively weird, willfully vulgar detective story from noted reprobates Aubrey Sitterson (No One Left to Fight, The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling) and Tony Gregori (Deuce of Hearts, Karma Police).

Softcover, 120 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Wyrd (2019 Dark Horse) #1-4.

Written by Curt Pires. Art and cover by Antonio Fuso.

When the U.S. government runs up against situations too strange for them to handle alone they only have one asset to call in-Pitor Wyrd. Whatever mission needs doing, whatever mystery needs solving, the roguishly handsome and surprisingly tough Wyrd acts as a one-man black ops team.

Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects X (1994-1996) #1-11, X: One Shot to the Head (1994), Dark Horse Comics (1992-1994) #19-20, and X: Hero Illustrated Special (1994) #1-2. Written by STEVEN GRANT. Art by DOUG MAHNKE. Cover by FRANK MILLER. The city of Arcadia is the dark side of the American Dream. It's the land of opportunity, if you've got the money to buy it or the muscle to take it. The police are the best trained and equipped in the country, if you can afford their protection. Crime is under control, because crime is in control. For the corrupt and the ruthless, Arcadia is paradise on Earth. But a cold storm is blowing through the streets of Arcadia, a plague wind in black leather and torn cloth, a one-eyed, one-man judge, jury, and executioner whom the papers call "The X-Killer." He has set the new rules for Arcadia. Cross the line once, you'll receive a warning. Cross them twice, and X will mark the spot . . . where they'll find your body. X Omnibus Volume 1 collects for the first time the audacious, critically acclaimed Dark Horse series that made "grim and gritty" superheroes seem like cuddly plush toys. Violent and morally ambiguous, X walks the thin line between heroism and obsession and shows that sometimes the cure may be worse than the disease. X Omnibus Volume 1 features over three hundred story pages by creators including Steven Grant, Doug Mahnke, Chris Warner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Tim Bradstreet. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 352 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #129-137.

Written by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Art and cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin.

The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones!

It doesn't get any more iconic than this tale of triumph and tragedy! The X-Men have fought many battles, embarked on galaxy-spanning adventures and defeated enemies of limitless might - but none of it prepared them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own, Jean Grey, has gained cosmic power beyond all comprehension - and that power has corrupted her absolutely! Now the X-Men must decide between the life of the friend they cherish...and the possible destruction of the entire universe!

This touching tale of ultimate power and the triumph of the human spirit has been a cornerstone of the X-Men mythos for decades. Relive the saga that changed everything!

Softcover, 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Based on the story by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and Dave Cockrum. Adapted by Stuart Moore. Cover by Adam Kubert.

Jean Grey pilots a shuttle through a solar flare, saving the X-Men, and is possessed by one of the universe's greatest forces-the Phoenix. As she adapts to her new powers, the X-Men launch an assault against the clandestine Hellfire Club. Jean is tricked into betraying the X-Men, becoming first the Black Queen and then Dark Phoenix, wielding the power to destroy worlds.

Only the X-Men can stop her.

Hardcover, 368 pages, Text.

Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. Collects material from X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #1-7. Story and art by John Byrne and Tom Palmer. The first seven issues of John Byrne's fan-favorite X-Project are collected! This fan-favorite series chronicles the adventures of Marvel's original team of Merry Mutants after their Silver Age Saga had run its course and before the launch of the All-New, All-Different X-Men. Thrill to their explosive X-ploits in the Savage Land, as well as guest appearances by Ka-Zar, Magneto, Hulk, and The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, full color.

Add to cart Fine $9.80

1st printing. Collects Xena: Warrior Princess (1999-2000 2nd Series) #7-10. Written by John Wagner and Ian Edginton. Art by David Fabbri, Mike Deodato, Mark Heike, and Neil Nelson. Rome had better be ready to rumble! Eli, the man responsible for resurrecting Xena and Gabriella, is a prisoner set to die in the Roman Coliseum. To free Eli and his devoted followers, Xena must travel to the cultural and governmental center of the world and put her life on the line in the chariot race to end all chariot races before all of Rome in the Circus Maximus! But don't think the Romans will make things easy for her. Sparks will fly and heads will roll! Plus, Vikings, mercenaries, witches, monsters, and more! Softcover, 96 pages., full color Cover price $11.95.

1st printing. Collects Xena: Warrior Princess (1999-2000 2nd Series) #4-6. Written by John Wagner. Art by Joyce Chin, Mike Deodato, Jr., Clint Hilinski, Fabiano Neves, and Walden Wong. In the aftermath of dying and being resurrected, Xena travels to Egypt for some much needed R&R. But a run-in with slave traders and the rescue of a young girl in chains leaves little room for rest as Xena discovers the girl is Egyptian royalty and the center of a plot involving none other than Cleopatra - and Set, the Egyptian god of evil! Xena must stop the blood sacrifice that will bring the fearsome Set into this world, but she'll have to cut her way through the Egyptian priesthood and the Roman Army to get the job done! Softcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $11.00

1st printing. Collects You Promised Me Darkness (2021 Behemoth) #1-5.

Story and art by Damian Connelly (with the assistance of Ana Shadowcat).

Approximately every 75 years, Halley's Comet orbits around the sun, and every time this happens people around the world are born with incredible abilities, special auras that grant them with supernatural skills, but those auras can also be cursed.

Yuko and Sebastian, two siblings with special auras are constantly running from an evil being, known as the "Anti-everything," who feeds from these special auras, getting stronger with each intake.

This being is obsessed with their auras and will not stop until he feasts on them.

Softcover, 180 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death (2022 Dark Horse) #1-4. Written by Mike Mignola and Tom Sniegoski. Art by Craig Rousseau. Cover and Chapter Breaks by Matt Smith. Back Cover by Craig Rousseau. Returned from their adventures on a secret island, Hellboy and the Professor move with the B.P.R.D. from New Mexico to Connecticut. The relocation is tough on Hellboy: is he just homesick, or have scrambled memories from the island gripped the supernatural whippersnapper? Meanwhile, word of Hellboy's survival has also reached an unknown enemy, who failed to kill him once before but is determined not be foiled again . . . Hardcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

By Cassandra Peterson.

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself.

On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. But she survived. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra built model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price.

Due to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley, changed the course of her life forever, and led her to Europe where she worked in film and traveled Italy as lead singer of an Italian pop band. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul "Pee-wee" Reubens, honing her comedic skills.

Nearing age 30, a struggling actress considered past her prime, she auditioned at local LA channel KHJ as hostess for the late night vintage horror movies. Cassandra improvised, made the role her own, and got the job on the spot. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often funny, and sometimes heart-breaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 304 pages, Text .

Cover price $29.00.

Add to cart Very Good $7.10

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "By the Power of Astra!" Collects Zodiac Starforce (2015) #1-4.

Written by Kevin Panetta. Art and cover by Paulina Ganucheau.

An elite group of teenage girls with magical powers have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren't just combating math tests. They're also battling monsters!

But when an evil force infects leader Emma, she must work with her team to save herself-and the world-from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions!

Softcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "By the Power of Astra!" Collects Zodiac Starforce (2015) #1-4.

Written by Kevin Panetta. Art and cover by Paulina Ganucheau.

An elite group of teenage girls with magical powers have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren't just combating math tests. They're also battling monsters!

But when an evil force infects leader Emma, she must work with her team to save herself-and the world-from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions!

Softcover, 152 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

1st printing. Story and art by Bruce Zick. High atop the New York City skyline, an invisible war has raged for generations. As two nigh-immortal champions brawl for dominance of the ever-shrinking extradimensional Zone 27, the populace below remain oblivious of the cataclysm that could cause their annihilation from the rooftops above! Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

F. Newton Burcham art portfolio; 5 black, 2 blue, and 1 red art prints. 14" x 10.25"