Comic books in 'Concrete TPB (Dark Horse)'

1st printing. Collects Concrete: Fragile Creature (1991) #1-4. Story and art by PAUL CHADWICK. When you're seven-feet plus of walking, talking stone, you're bound to draw the media spotlight, especially when you live in Tinseltown. Concrete's celebrity status is sometimes a pain in the buttress...but it does bring the occasional paycheck gig. When the producer of a low-budget science-fiction film approaches Concrete to use his prodigious strength to help save money on the film's FX budget, the siren call of Hollywood draws Concrete like a moth to a flame...a seven-thousand-dollar-a-week flame, that is. Softcover, PC/PB&W. NOTE: See also Concrete TPB (2005) Vol. 3 "Fragile Creature!" Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. Collects Concrete: Killer Smile (1994) #1-4. Story and art by PAUL CHADWICK. Standing in the shadow of celebrity has its ups and downs, as Concrete's personal assistant, Larry Munro, knows all too well. But there are darker places than any shadow, as Larry learns the hard way when he is taken hostage by a psychotic gunman who forces Larry to be his chauffeur on a road trip destined to end in disaster...unless Larry can muster the courage to act. The return of Paul Chadwick's award-winning Concrete has ushered in a resurgence of interest in the acclaimed series, and Killer Smile is Chadwick's darkest Concrete work, a harrowing tale Frank Miller called 'edge-of-your-seat suspense, full of unpredictable twists and turns.' Softcover, full color. NOTE: See also Concrete TPB (2005) Vol. 4 "Killer Smile!" Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. Collects Concrete: Think Like a Mountain (1996) #1-6. Story and art by Paul Chadwick. Concrete was just going to observe a group of Earth Firsters - to see firsthand what they were all about and to write about their efforts to save an old-growth forest. But that was before the group talked Concrete into illegally entering Canada, and before they 'monkey-wrenched' some logging equipment, and before the owners of that equipment unexpectedly showed up. Now Concrete has to decide why he's really here - to observe these people, who would risk lives to save the planet, or to join in their crusade. Softcover, 160 pages, full color. NOTE: See also Concrete TPB (2005) Vol. 5 "Think Like a Mountain!" Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. Concrete: Strange Armor (1997) #1-5.

Story and art by PAUL CHADWICK.

A troubled man seeking spiritual renewal in the wilderness experiences a wholly unexpected rebirth-as a walking monolith, half a ton of animate stone able to perform astonishing feats of strength and endurance but forever denied many of life's fundamental pleasures. As Concrete, Ronald Lithgow becomes an overnight celebrity and the focus of dark government operatives desperate to keep the secret of his metamorphosis from the public. Concrete must struggle with the loss of his humanity while discovering, perhaps for the first time, what it truly means to be human.

Paul Chadwick's award-winning Concrete has been called 'the best comic being published by anyone, anywhere,' and Strange Armor is the definitive origin story of one of the most original and moving characters in all of graphic fiction.

Softcover, 208 pages, PC/PB&W.

NOTE: See also Concrete TPB (2005) Vol. 6 "Strange Armor!"

Cover price $16.95.