Comic books in 'Knight', graded by CBCS

Cover by James E. Lyle. Edited by Joe Pruett. Stories by Steve LeBlanc, Gary Reed, Caleb Monroe, Kat Roberts, Ben Fisher, Elton Pruitt, Travis Gibb, Mike Henderson, Carlos de Anda, Renzo Podesta, Juan Pablo Milito, James Lyle, Daniel LaFrance, and R.G. Taylor. Desperado continues the long-running eclectic comics anthology. The Tragedy of Falstaff: A St. Germaine Tale; Frog-Boy; Filling in the Gaps. Final issue of the series. 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $5.99.

Pat Mills script Kevin O'Neill art Cover price $1.50.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Pat Mill amd Bryan Talbot. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

By C.D. Regan. In a dark atmospheric Earth set a thousand years in the future, a plague wiped out most of humanity and allowed demons to invade. Humans struggle to survive in this "neo-primordial" apocalyptic world of mythic horror. Written for mature readers in the vein of J.R.R. Tolkien and Clive Barker. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Mike Carey Consultation by Neil Gaiman Art and cover by Glenn Fabry. Mike Carey (LUCIFER, HELLBLAZER) and Glenn Fabry (THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, PREACHER) continue their thrilling 9-issue adaptation of the popular novel by Sandman co-creator Neil Gaiman! Richard Mayhew hates heights, but he finds himself trailing behind the mad Marquis De Carabras on his errand anyway. And just when he thinks he's finally finished with this whole affair, he finds that he's become a phantom in his own life. But if he doesn't want Croup and Vandemar to make him a "real" ghost, he needs to find Door before it's too late. On sale July 27 ? 2 of 9 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Written by FRANK TIERI. Pencils & Cover by MICHAEL RYAN. 'THE LAST DAYS OF CAMELOT' It's time-travel time! New Excalibur is called upon to save King Arthur and his legendary Camelot from total destruction. But what exactly is it that has devastated this once mighty realm? Believe us, it's not what you think! Guest starring Black Knight! Part 2 (of 3)! 32 PGS./Rated A. Cover price $2.99.

Wizard World Convention Exclusive. Limited to 1500 copies. By Robert Jordan. 32 pgs. B&W with color wraparound cover.

Direct Edition. Script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by George Perez, inks by Romeo Tanghal. Wonder Girl fights alongside the Titans of Myth as they lay siege to Olympus in "Clash Of The Titans". Part 2 of 2, continued from the previous issue. 27 pages of story. Perez cover. Cover price $0.60.

The Elseworlds Annuals, the DC Universe's journey into remote realms of possibility, continue as the New Titans rise in a magical world of sword and sorcery, where the heroes, villains and supporting cast members emerge as wizards, warriors, witches and demons. Written by Marv Wolfman and Louise Simonson, with pencils by Scott Lee. Cover by Mike Deodato. New Format. Cover price $3.50.

Cover by P. Craig Russell . The King's Ankus; Mowgli journeys to an ancient city in the jungle and learns about man's greed; adaptation of Rudyard Kipling 's Jungle Book. Brunhilde illustration. Stranded illustration. Klingsor Casts A Spell. Scripts and art by P. Craig Russell. 36 pgs., full color. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

by Manning, Welborn, O'Grady, & Ross Psychological horror in the vein of The Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt has returned! In these first three tales of terror, a one night stand becomes a conspiracy of Lovecraftian proportions; a man stranded at sea with his pregnant wife considers a ghoulish pact for survival; and a glimpse into Hell reveals Lucifer's plan to use the seven deadly sins to begin the Armageddon! Cover price $3.50.

September 2006. This issue: HORDES - New Warlock Tactics; Iron Kingdoms - Scrutator and Exemplar Classes; WARMACHINE - Sul Theater of War Plus Painted Superiority Cavalry! Cover price $5.99.

This issue: HORDES: Evolution - Cavalry Preview; WARMACHINE: Guts and Gears - Utterly Twisted...The Leviathan and Striders. Plus: Summer Rampage! A HORDES vs. WARMACHINE League Player Kit Inside! Cover price $5.99.

This issue: WARMACHINE - Legends on the Charge - Legends Mercs & Dragoons; Old School Destruction - The Destroyer in Guts & Gears; Secrets of the Wild - Skorne Army Tactics. Plus - New Iron Kingdoms Fiction, Asphyxious in the Gavyn Kyle Files, and more Monsterpocalypse Factions. And even more content for: HORDES, and Iron Kingdoms. Cover price $5.99.

by Aaron Williams In the tradition of Knights of the Dinner Table and Dork Tower, Nodwick chronicles the comic adventures of a medieval, adventuring threesome and their henchman. In this issue, our heroes are hired to find the lost Temple of Skizzopreen. Unfortunately for Nodwick the henchman, his companions will require him to endure avalanches, nymphomaniacal priestesses, and a dragon with a penchant for explosives. b&w, 32pg" Cover price $2.95.

by Aaron Williams This issue finds our heroes embarking on a quest to save the Henchmen's Graveyard from plunder by a rogue henchman and a trio of black-clad villains. What's worse, the bad guys are some of the most powerful adventurers around! Nodwick and his friends must resort to using brains to best these foes. Cover price $2.95.

by Aaron Williams "The 13th Edition"?What would happen if someone tried to dominate all magic everywhere by imposing the use of a flawed operating system? Well, after trying the system a few times (and surviving the resulting disasters), Artax and his friends set off to stop Macroscoff's plan to make the 13th Edition Magic System the dominant (and only) way to use magic. Can they stop this monolithic company? Can their demonic lawyers be defeated? Can they count on the help of a wizard who casts spells using multi-colored apples? Will we get sued by someone currently in trouble with the Justice Department? This issue features an awesome cover by acclaimed artist Tony DiTerlizzi! b&w, 32pg Cover price $2.95.

by Aaron Williams "There will be only me!" That's the cry that heralds Nodwick's head being lopped off... for the 20th time. Those pesky immortals have surfaced on the land of Nodwick, and it's up to our favorite henchman's pals to help him survive the head- harvest. Why are these sword-waving people coming after a mere henchman? Can Artex and Yeagar resist the temptation of attaining immortality themselves? Should Piffany give up the duct tape and switch to Velcro? Read Nodwick #6 for the answers to these, and many more nagging questions. b &w, 32pg Cover price $2.95.

What happens when the powers running the cosmos make a major mistake and give god-like powers to those who can't be trusted with sharp objects? Find out when Yeagar discovers he can fly, bend steel in his bare hands, and leap piles of hirelings in a single bound. Will his compatriots join his Legion of Superb Heroes, or will they convince him to find some way to hang up his cape? b&w, 32pg Cover price $2.95.

by Aaron Williams Just in time for the holidays, it's a tale of yuletide... uh, death, actually. Will Nodwick return to the Land of the Living after yet another tragic adventuring "accident," or will he listen to the angels that are trying to convince him to pass beyond the veil for good? Also, read the epic tale of one adventuring group (Nodwick and company, of course) as they take on 13th Century Realty and the Hollow of Hazardous Horror! b&w, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams "Landlords of the Realm." As all Nod-o-Philes will recall, our heroes recently came into possession of a dungeon of their own, the famed "Hollow of Hazardous Horror." What they didn't know is that it's in a covenant neighborhood. If they don't get its evil quotient up to specs, the bank will foreclose on not only the dungeon, but on the owners' house! Can Yeagar change his skills to monster capturing rather than slaying? Can Artax find any magical solution to entice malevolent beasties into living in the Hollow? Can Piffany bring herself to make someplace more evil? Will Nodwick escape being used as creature bait? b&w, 32pg $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

By Aaron Williams Yeagar has won the powerful Gauntlet of Supremacy, and it looks like his adventuring career can't go anywhere but up. However, the history of the artifact seems to be strewn with lots of nasty deaths, catastrophe and eventual insanity. Will our heroes be able to stop the curse and free Yeagar from its grip before he launches a world domination tour? Piffany has a plan, but for it to succeed, she and her companions have to delve into Yeagar's very soul! All this and more in the pages of Nodwick #16! b&w, 48pg $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

by John Kovalic And you thought fixing foreign cars was complicated. How about trying to extract an evil artifact from someone's very essence? Nodwick, Piffany, and Artax are on a metaphysical "Fantastic Voyage" into Yeagar's soul to free him from the Gauntlet of Supremacy before it drives him bonders. Will they succeed, or will their former comrade be doomed to run rampant leaving they world in ruins? b&w Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams "Grim Fairy Tales"?Adventuring in a land of dragons, fairies, and magic should be the norm for our heroes, but something seems amiss when they find themselves dealing with Sleeping Beauties, Trolls under bridges, and gnomes that can spin straw into gold! Will Nodwick and company escape this land of fantasy and return to their own? And who's behind their farcical fairy tale, anyway? Pick up Nodwick #18 and find out! b&w, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams "Krutz"?Witness that rarest of events: the birth of a new cuss-word! Yes, friends, "krutz" is the answer to your every vulgarity need, be it adjective, adverb, verb, noun, whatever! "Krutz" can do it all! But what's this? Does "krutz" come with a price? Will too much "krutz"-ing lead to world-dooming events? Can Piffany's anti-krutz crusade save Yeagar from having a one-word vocabulary? b&w, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams The Orb of Omniscience has been uncovered! This mighty object allows the user to know everything about everything, and gives them a little cognitive boost in the process. In this issue, the fight over the Orb continues, but with a little hitch in everyone's plans: It seems to have fallen into the hands of our heroes' latest inept employee: Nitwick the henchman! b&w Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams Nodwick has come into possession of a legendary band of metal. Can he get rid of it before becoming a victim of countless orcs, dwarves, elves, and a myriad of other weirdos with a hankering for this one ring? See LOTR skewered as it has never been before! b&w Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams Nodwick and company go on a sea monster hunt! Some horned helmeted people have hired them to stop this plague upon their seafaring, but are the heroes up to the challenge? Do henchmen make good sea serpent bait? Will they need a bigger boat? b&w Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams. The great Nitwick hunt is on! Our heroes know he's got something that could determine the fate of the world, but where to find the world's most worthless henchman? And what are they willing to do to get what he has? Join Nodwick and the gang (and their new pet Dragon) as the medieval mirth and mayhem continue! 32pgs, B&W Cover price $2.99.

By Aaron Williams. The final battle against an evil god of dark magic has begun, and it's in Nodwick's home town! Our heroes have to find a way to breach their town's defenses without giving a passage to the horde of unspeakable creatures laying siege to Krutzing Hollow! 32pgs, B&W Cover price $2.99.

By Aaron Williams. Whoops! After taking a hit from the Gauntlet of Supremacy, Yeagar finds himself teetering between life and afterlife! Can Piffany and her fellow clerics bring him back to the land of the living? How will his friends fare against Baphuma'al without his sword to aid them? And will the Fang & Flagon go out of business without its most intoxicated patron? 32pgs, B&W Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams He who rules the universe will first rule... the gazebo? The final battle between good and icky-badness is nearing its climax as the struggle for a nexus of power has shifted its location to a pavilion in a public park. Can Nodwick and his friends defend the public from Baphuma'al and his army of monstrosities? Don't miss this epic of medieval hilarity and struggle for festive wooden structures everywhere! 32pgs, B&W Cover price $2.99.

by Aaron Williams It's the last battle with Baphuma'al, so we're going out with... a wedding? Have our heroes finally met their match as this god of dark magic wrests victory from the forces of good? Will Piffany have any bridesmaids at her nuptials? And just who is she marrying, anyway? Pick up Nodwick 36 as this epic story arc comes to something resembling an end: you won't want to miss this one! 32pgs, B&W Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. By Aaron Williams. This volume collects Nodwick's earliest beginnings from Dragon Magazine! In the Nodwick Adventure Log Volume 1, you get all of the four-panel strips and the famous spoofs of classic Dungeons & Dragons adventures! Plus, you'll see some of the early one-panel fantasy cartoons that got Aaron Williams his start in cartooning. And did we mention this is the first Nodwick publication in full-color?! Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #1-6. It's the first collection of the world's favorite henchman and his adventuring employers! This book is jam-packed with hilarious adventures about insane gods, megalomaniacal magicians, pretentious immortals, Hench Games, and more! If you missed any of the first six issues of Nodwick, here's your chance to see what all the laughter is about! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #1-6. It's the first collection of the world's favorite henchman and his adventuring employers! This book is jam-packed with hilarious adventures about insane gods, megalomaniacal magicians, pretentious immortals, Hench Games, and more! If you missed any of the first six issues of Nodwick, here's your chance to see what all the laughter is about! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #7-12. It's the second collection of stories from the fan-favorite Nodwick comic book! The hapless hench-hero and his employers match wits with ancient gods of evil, travel to alternate dimensions, meddle with powers beyond those of mortal men, delve into dark dungeons, and more! As an added bonus, you get a continuation of the "Rest Index Peace" from Volume 1, listing every brush Nodwick's had with death (some nearer than others)! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Obligatory Dragon on the Cover!" Collects Nodwick (2000-2006) #19-24. It's the fourth collection of the Nodwick comic book! Containing more hench-hilarity, this volume coontinues the fantasy foibles of everyone's favorite henchman! See the genesis of the cussword "krutz"! Thrill to a medieval musical! And See the best LOTR parody this side of the Shire! All this, and more, in "Obligatory Dragon on the Cover," the fourth volume of the Nodwick Chronicles! Softcocer, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

The future kind of sucks, and that goes double for Dana Stevens - she's stuck in a dead-end tamale delivery job, and she's way too old to be living with her mom. But in the online fantasy world of Jarvath, she's an elite warrior. When she slays the wife of celebrity game character King Heremoth, her fame seems all but guaranteed - that is, until the game spins totally out of control. Cover price $2.99.

SECOND PRINTING The future kind of sucks, and that goes double for Dana Stevens - she's stuck in a dead-end tamale delivery job, and she's way too old to be living with her mom. But in the online fantasy world of Jarvath, she's an elite warrior. When she slays the wife of celebrity game character King Heremoth, her fame seems all but guaranteed - that is, until the game spins totally out of control. Cover price $2.99.

Written by Scott Beatty Art by Chris Sprouse & Karl Story Covers by Darick Robertson The End of Days has come to the WildStorm Universe, as the Paladins fight for their city's very existence against the coming destruction. But when the riders of the Apocalypse appear - is the end truly at hand? And what role does the newly returned hero from WildStorm's past play in the bigger picture: will he be their savior or their doom? Issue #4 on sale 4 of 6 ? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Cruz cover. Written by Darren G. Davis. Art by Shelby Robertson, Sean Murphy and Various. The entire TidalWave universe comes together for an amazing series that shines the spotlight on the characters that you demanded to see more of! Every member of the superhero group that was introduced in 10th Muse #1 will be featured in this self-entitled series called The Odyssey. The series features many characters that needed extra pages to tell their tales, from Orion the Hunter and Ares, to Judo Girl and Medusa. The Odyssey will feature the hidden gems of TidalWave in their own adventures! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Written by ROY THOMAS Pencils & Cover by GREG TOCCHINI To fulfill his promises to the goddess Circe, Odysseus sails to the Land of the Dead to uncover the next step in his legendary journey. Despite eluding Sirens and Cyclops, ogres and enchantments, Odysseus continues to encounter grave danger as his ship fast approaches the two fabled monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, from whose grasping arms and madly swirling whirlpools no ship has ever escaped. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Character/artist listing: Air-Walker by Jerry Ordway; Ancient One by Carl Potts; Banshee by Dave Cockrum; Baron Blood by John Byrne; Baron Strucker by Mike Zeck; Baron Zemo I by Bill Willingham; Black Knight I by John Bolton; Bloodstone by Tony Salmons; Bucky by Ron Frenz; Captain Mar-Vell by Jim Starlin; Changeling by Bill Reinhold; Count Nefaria by John Byrne; Darkoth by Rich Buckler; Death-Stalker by Bill Willingham; Destroyer by Walt Simonson; Dracula by Dave Simons; Drax the Destroyer by John Byrne; Egghead by Al Milgrom; Foolkiller by Armando Gil; Gamora by John Byrne; Ghost Rider by Bob Budiansky; Giant-Man by Ron Wilson; Green Goblin by John Romita, Sr.; It by Al Milgrom; Jackal by Don Perlin; Jocasta by Kerry Gammill; Korvac by Dennis Jensen; Lilith by Nestor Redondo; Mantis by Bob McLeod; Man-Wolf by George Perez (taken from Marvel Premiere #45). Also: Defunct Teams - - Ani-Men by Luke McDonnell; Champions of Los Angeles by Bob Budiansky; Freedom's Five by Andy Mushynsky; Howling Commandos by Mike Zeck; Invaders by Alan Kupperberg; Kid Commandos by Kyle Baker; Leatherneck Raiders by Paul Becton; Liberty Legion by Kim DeMulder. Also: Death in the Marvel Universe by Jim Starlin. John Byrne/Joe Rubinstein cover. Cover price $1.00.

Written by JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, MIKE O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL HOSKIN, MADISON CARTER, MARKUS RAYMOND, ROB LONDON, SEAN MCQUAID, KEVIN GARCIA, STUART VANDAL, CHRIS BIGGS, JACOB ROUGEMONT & RONALD BYRD Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY The OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE continues its 2010 campaign to catalogue the multiverse! This offering of ALL-NEW encyclopedia-style profiles features an impressive collection of aliens (Shatterax, Aakon, Rigellians)! Groups (ARMOR, Secret Warriors, MI13)! Mutants (Alchemy, Graymalkin, Murmur)! The heroes we love (Butterball, Val de Fontaine, Johnny Guitar), and the baddies we love to hate (Condor, Arthur Nagan, Lascivious)! Featuring ORIGINAL ART for dozens of characters! 64 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99 Cover price $3.99.