To Terra comic books issue 1

Written by Peter Hogan. Art by Yanick Paquette and Hilary Barta. Cover by Terry Dodson. Everything you always wanted to know about your favorite alternate-earth super team but were afraid to ask! Peter Hogan and Yanick Paquette present a guided tour of all the ins and outs of Terra Obscura, revealing all manner of information on Tom Strong's buddy Tom Strange and his comrades. Plus, more background info on the ink that stirs the drink, Splash Brannigan! Sit back and enjoy Hilary Barta's delightfully inky interpretation of the liquid sensation! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Kieko Takemiya. The future. Having driven Terra to the brink of environmental collapse, humanity decides to reform itself by ushering in the age of Superior Domination (S.D.), a system of social control in which children are no longer the offspring of parents but progeny of a universal computer. The new social order, however, results in an unexpected byproduct: the Mu, a mutant race with extrasensory powers who are forced in exile by The System. The saga begins on educational planet Ataraxia, where Jomy Marcus Shin, a brash and unpredictable teenager, is nervously preparing to enter adult society. When his Maturity Check goes wrong, the Mu intervene in the great hope that Jomy, who possesses Mu telepathy and human physical strength, can lead them back home, to Terra. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 344 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $13.95.