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Limited 1 for 15 Variant Cover by Gabriel Hardman (W) Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman (A) Damian Couceiro Deep in the caves near the Forbidden Zone, Milo, Vitus, and Cornelius find themselves cut off from the rest of their party, and face the grim task of fending for themselves with no help or hope of rescue! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Plugged In features interviews with comics greats Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas and Elliot S! Maggin who speak candidly about the early days of Atari along with comics pros Jimmy Palmiotti, Chris Bachalo, Mike Deodato, Joshua Ortega, and Rick Remender discussing their work on the current generation video game hits! There are interviews with other artists and writers who made the leap to working in video games full time, including an in-depth interview with Trent Kaniuga (CreeD) about working as one of the architects of the long awaited Diablo III! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $16.95.

By Drew Hayes. Poison Elves creator Drew Hayes passed away in spring 2007. After working through material provided by his family, Sirius Entertainment is proud to honor Drew's memory and creation with a slate of his completed and un-finished works. Poison Elves #80 will consist of a series of vignettes, culled from both finished and un-finished pages by Drew, pointing in the direction of where the saga was headed when he died. Drew's long-time editor, Keith Davidsen, provides additional explanatory material, and there will be contributions from Sirius publisher Robb Horan, Drew's daughter Mary Hayes, and a few surprise friends. 'Deathreats,' the popular forum of Poison Elves fans worldwide, will also appear where Drew will be remembered by those of whom he was most fond - his readers. Cover price $3.50.

Limtied 1 for 20 Variant Cover by Terry Moore (W) Robb Horan (A) Osvaldo Pestana Montpeller Part 1: 'Presumed Dead.' Continuing the master work of departed indie legend, Drew Hayes, Ape Entertainment is proud to present the return of Poison Elves! Cover price $2.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Guild War!" Collects Poison Elves (1995-2004 2nd Series) #13-25. Story and art by Drew Hayes. Painted cover Janine Johnston. Softcover, 130 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Volume 6 - 2nd and later printings. "Guild War!" Collects Poison Elves (1995-2004 2nd Series) #13-25. Story and art by Drew Hayes. Painted cover Janine Johnston. Softcover, 130 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Comic strip reprints. Features include Smokey Stover, Smilin' Jack, Terry and the Pirates, Dr. Bobbs, Etta Kett, Spooky, Grin and Bear It, Polly and Her Pals, the Gumps, Elza Poppin, Gang Busters, Toots and Casper, and Gasoline Alley. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jay Disbrow and others. Romance comics with teen angst from L.B. Cole's Star Publications. After a minor dalliance results in a fatal accident, scandal and divorce, a woman wonders if murder is next on the agenda. A gal goes to work at a dance hall, a scandalous job at the time, but she's just trying to support her family. A strait-laced girl decides to have a little fun for once, and the inevitable result is kissing in a stolen car, a night in jail, and her mom in the hospital with worry, just like she said. Scandal; My Ten Cent Love; A Twist of Fate; Love Must Be Faithful; I Was "Starved for Love"; My Repentance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

(W) Mark Waid (A) Paul Azaceta Mark Waid (52, Kingdom Come) and Paul Azaceta (Daredevil, B.P.R.D.) return to their smash hit crime series Potter's Field! The detective known only as John Doe pins identities to New York's anonymous dead, moving grave to grave-but now he's stumbled onto a pattern, and a conspiracy that leads all the way back to the horrors of September 11th! Cover price $3.99.

Written by Brian Wood. Art and Cover by Steve Rolston. The final issue is here -- and it's a freaking free-for-all fight! The punk rock scene Heavy Parker once ruled has turned its back on him and left him out in the cold. But while Heavy is down, he's certainly not out. He's determined to take back his apartment and his life from his hardcore ex-girlfriend and her crew of NYC thugs if it's the last thing he does! It's black eyes and blacker humor in this final brutal confrontation! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Written by JUDD WINICK Art and cover by SAMI BASRI Going toe-to-toe with her equal. Power Girl finds out that life isn't always divine! Meet Divine: a powerhouse of a woman gunning to become Power Girl's replacement! Cover price $2.99.

Cover art by Jerry Ordway. Shelter from the Storm, script by Jerry Ordway, pencils by Pete Krause, inks by Mike Manley and DeMulder. Final Night crossover in which Superman visits Fawcett City and helps the Marvels rescue citizens from the Final Night storms. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.75.

WRITTEN BY ABBY DENSON. ART BY RICARDO GARCIA FUENTES. COVER BY PHIL MOY. A blizzard closes Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, and the Girls get a day off - but they're too snowed under with crimefighting to have fun. It'll take an Abominable Snowman to chill them out! FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.

WRITTEN BY ROBBIE BUSCH AND SHERYL SCARBOROUGH; ART BY CHRISTOPHER COOK AND MIKE DECARLO; COVER BY PHIL MOY In stores June 18. The City of Townsville is shivering in the summertime ? thanks to the weather-warping villainy of Mojo Jojo! Plus, Blossom and Buttercup face off in a super-powered staring contest. FC, 32 PG.$2.25 Cover price $2.25.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Ancient History!" Collects Preacher Special: Saint of Killers (1996) #1-4, The Story of You-Know-Who (1996), and The Good Old Boys (1997).

Written by Garth Ennis. Art by Pugh, Ezquerra, and Case. Painted cover by Glenn Fabry.

A trade paperback collecting the stories of some of the oddest members of Preacher's supporting cast. Learn the secrets of Jesse Custer's nemesis Arseface, his Gran'ma's henchmen - Jody and T.C. - and the deadly and tormented Saint of Killers. This volume features a gallery of the original covers, a new painted wraparound cover by Glenn Fabry and an introduction by writer Garth Ennis.

Softcover, 224 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Collects Predator: Cold War (1991) #1-4. Written by Mark Verheiden. Art by Ron Randall and Steve Mitchell. Cover by Ray Lago. Beautiful, bold Lt. Ligachev is two months into her first command position at a pumping station in the Siberian oil fields when her men are slaughtered by an invisible foe. She escapes, barely. New York City detective Schaefer has run into Predators before on the mean streets of the United States, and survived. Now Ligachev and Schaefer are sent to winter-ravaged Siberia by their bickering governments to eliminate the Predators -- if they can just keep the Americans and Russians from killing each other first. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

199509 - Dave Sim is interviewed about Cerebus; Mike Allred interview on Madman; Aliens vs Predator: Booty Part 8 (2-page strip) (mistakenly listed as 'Part 9' in the strip itself) by Barbara Kesel and Ron Randall; Jeff Rebner and Richard Friend discuss Cybernary; Len Wein discusses The Allies; Chap Yaep discusses Grifter/Badrock; Q & A with Jim Valentino; Robert Napton discusses Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within and Avengelyne; Michael Kaluta interview; Chris Foss interview. Covers: Sin City: Silent Night by Frank Miller; Seekers by Glen Barr. Cover price $2.25.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takeshi Konomi. It's Seishun's laid-back master versus Yamabuki's crazy ace! Shusuke and Jin's match continues, and it looks like it won't be the easy win Seishun expected. Jin uses his skills as a loose cannon to volley unpredictable shots, bringing the game to a tie. Jin's aggressive play dominates the court until Shusuke unleashes the third of his triple counter shots. But will the Haku Gei (White Whale) be enough to save the day? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $7.99.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

Joe Kubert cover and interior art.

This is the 6th issue, July-Dec. 1962 issue indexing PS #116-121. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back cover feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

This is the 34th issue, the January-December 1979 issue indexing PS Magazine #'s 314-325. PS The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Indexes are published twice yearly and cover the first six and the last six months of each year. The interior is text only (an index), but the front and back color feature full page illustrations from the Will Eisner (creator of the Spirit) Studio.

Written by GARTH ENNIS. Penciled by LAN MEDINA. Cover by TIM BRADSTREET. He took away their husbands, and they want payback. Five mob wives unveil their plan to take down the Punisher. But a new player moves onto the field -- one they hadn't anticipated. And she's got plans of her own. 32 PGS./Explicit Content Cover price $2.99.

The face to face you've all been waiting for as ex-Hydra and AIM agents work together to bring down the Punisher. Frank is up against a soldier who is more like him than either of them realize. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory. (W) Greg Rucka. (A) Marco Checchetto (CA) Marco Checchetto. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Punisher (2004-2009 7th Series Max) #37-49. Written by GARTH ENNIS. Art by LEANDRO FERNANDEZ and LAN MEDINA. Cover by TIM BRADSTREET. This deluxe hardcover collects PUNISHER MAX VOL. 7: MAN OF STONE and PUNISHER MAX VOL. 8: WIDOWMAKER, plus extras. In MAN OF STONE, two new players arrive to work out a lethal grudge as British Special Forces and Taliban insurgents face off in the Afghan highlands. One is Frank Castle, the man they call the Punisher. The other is General Nikolai Alexandrovich Zakharov, Soviet war criminal, known as the Man of Stone. Neither will stop until the other is dead - and Zakharov has brought not only a platoon of elite shock troops, but CIA traitor Rawlins, blackest of black operators. Castle has allies of his own, but this is old, bad, bloody country. You go to war in Afghanistan...and everybody dies. And in WIDOWMAKER, five Mafia widows are going to try what so many of their menfolk failed at: They're going to take the Punisher down. But they're not the only ones out for revenge. You spend your life married to organized crime, you end up with things in your past you'd rather forget. And for these women, the past is coming back in the worst way possible. Armed. Deadly. And hungry for justice. Hardcover, 296 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

Written by JASON AARON. Penciled by ROLAND BOSCHI .Cover by CHRIS BACHALO. 'AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.' It just wouldn't be Christmas without the Punisher, now would it? There's no room at the inn for a mobster and his pregnant wife who are on the run from rival gangsters, but lucky for them Frank Castle is in a giving mood. Though keeping them alive won't be easy, what with three vicious gun-toting wise-guys and a wacked-out pimp named Shepherd all hot on their trail. But then nobody ever said Christmas miracles came easy, did they? 48 PGS./Explicit Content Cover price $3.99.

Bloody Variant Cover. Written by JASON AARON Penciled by ROLAND BOSCHI Cover by CHRIS BACHALO 'AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN' It just wouldn't be Christmas without the Punisher, now would it? There's no room at the inn for a mobster and his pregnant wife who are on the run from rival gangsters, but lucky for them Frank Castle is in a giving mood. Though keeping them alive won't be easy, what with three vicious gun-toting wise-guys and a wacked-out pimp named Shepherd all hot on their trail. But then nobody ever said Christmas miracles came easy, did they? 48 PGS./Explicit Content Cover price $3.99.

Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY Art & Cover by MARK TEXEIRA 'Tis the season... for revenge. Following an eight casket funeral, a group of vengeful mob widows go holiday shopping for the perfect assassin to take down the man responsible -- and enlist the services of the lovely and lethal Sicilian assassin known as Suspiria. 48 PGS. / PARENTAL ADVISORY Cover price $3.99.