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Establishment (2001) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Establishment (2001) 1

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores September 12. Spinning out of the 8-page preview story in THE AUTHORITY #24, THE ESTABLISHMENT is WildStorm's newest ongoing series, delivering super-hero action with a British attitude. Charlie Arrows, Jon Drake, Equus, Scarlet, Mister Pharmacist, and others form the government sanctioned team that keeps all the weird, wild and world-threatening stuff away from the general populace. For more information, see the feature article. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #2
    Establishment (2001) 2

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores October 24. WildStorm's newest series continues! Old-school gangster Charlie Arrows never imagined that one day he would become one of the good guys. But when a bloodthirsty band of Daemonite and human mercenaries threatens to overrun his home town of Hobb's Bay and butcher its inhabitants, Charlie figures it's time to make a stand. But Hobb's Bay is only a fraction of a far greater whole, and the extent of the role that Charlie has to play is beyond even his comprehension. To discover the truth, the first thing he has to do is die. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #3
    Establishment (2001) 3

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores November 21. The new series with a British attitude continues! Ghostly Establishment team member Truelove traverses Dead Space to retrieve the lost soul of Charlie Arrows from a very personal Hell. Back in the land of the living, Mister Pharmacist discovers that there's more to Charlie than meets the eye. He may just be the most potent super-human on the planet. If so, is reuniting the body and soul of the dead gangster such a good idea? Meanwhile, the Daemonite mercenaries ? and their enigmatic employer ? have problems of their own. There's a traitor in their midst, their shields are down, and a squadron of Royal Air Force jet fighters is closing in fast. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #4
    Establishment (2001) 4

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores December 19. The first storyarc of WildStorm's newest British-flavored hit rockets to an astonishing conclusion! As a squadron of Royal Air Force Harrier Jump Jets engage the stolen Kherubim warship in a dogfight over London, its crew of Daemonite mercenaries discovers they've been seriously duped by their unassuming human ally Paul Frost ? who deliberately wants to pitch them in a head-to-head conflict with The Establishment. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #5
    Establishment (2001) 5

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores January 23. In 1950s England, when the British Space Group was part of the Sliding Albion affair, an exploratory mission was sent to Venus. Radio telescopes had indicated signs of life there, so noted pilot and adventurer David Dauntless and his crew left in their ship, the Alexandra, to take a closer look. They were never seen nor heard from again. Until now. It's now fifty years later and Dauntless and his crew have just landed in Hyde Park ? and they haven't aged a day... FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #6
    Establishment (2001) 6

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores February 20. The returning heroes have become media darlings. Having missed out on the last fifty years of history, everyone wants to know what they think of our modern world. However, not everyone is convinced they're quite who they say they are ? especially Mister Pharmacist ? which is why the Alexandra's ship's doctor, Dr Rosemary, is quietly trying to kill him. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #7
    Establishment (2001) 7

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores March 20. The Establishment must forgo its long-held covert status and fight a very public holding action against the ever-growing army of Venusian killing machines. It's down to the erratic Mister Pharmacist to find a way of stopping them for good. In the process, we discover the astounding origin of the eccentric Mister P. FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #8
    Establishment (2001) 8

    Written by Ian Edginton; art and cover by Charlie Adlard As the team adjusts to life in the media spotlight, over in Russia, the dead walk the earth and hellish creatures prowl the streets, preying on terrified civilians. Meanwhile, Russia's own government super-heroes won't lift a finger until they've been paid what they're owed, back-dated to the fall of the Soviet Union. Enter the Establishment, on loan from the British Government, facing the evil dead on one hand and picketing superhumans on the other. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #9
    Establishment (2001) 9

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores May 15. Having traced the source of Russia's zombie problem to several nuclear power stations, fueled, not by fissionable material but by the harnessed negative energy of captive demon-god embryos, the team has to prevent a China Syndrome of Biblical proportions! Only the former ghost, Truelove, can save the day. But is he willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and die again to prevent Hell from paying a house call? FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #10
    Establishment (2001) 10

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores June 19. The Establishment manages to drive the demon-god embryos back into Deadspace, but not without the loss of yet another team member. While their numbers dwindle, ex-gangster Charlie Arrows finds himself recruited into the enigmatic Dr. Orwell's own line-up of the weird and wonderful. Their first task: a jailbreak to spring Lorenzo, the near-human former husband of Jenny Sparks! FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #11
    Establishment (2001) 11

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores July 17. With George Bulman dead, Truelove's soul is stranded in DeadSpace ? the afterlife off-shoot from the Bleed ? with little hope of ever returning to the land of the living and a nice cup of tea. As the team desperately searches for a means to retrieve him, the enigmatic Dr. Orwell and his own meta-humans are embarking on their own seemingly "mission impossible" ? to steal the lobotomized alien god that tried to wipe out all life on earth (in THE AUTHORITY) and kick-start its brain! FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #12
    Establishment (2001) 12

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores August 21. Drake and the rest of the Establishment finally discover just who their friends and enemies are. Orwell and his team ? now including Jenny Sparks' former alien husband Lorenzo ? launch a commando raid on Moonbase Straker... on the dark side of the moon, where the lobotomized god-being from the Authority is being held for study. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #13
    Establishment (2001) 13

    WRITTEN BY IAN EDGINTON; ART AND COVER BY CHARLIE ADLARD In stores September 18. Final issue. Out of space, out of time, with entropy encroaching at the heat death of the universe, the Establishment convinces the legendary Majestic and the vampiress Our Lady Eurcrastia to help them prevent Orwell from re-programming the vast God-machine that was the WildCATS' Hadrian. Orwell's aim? To kick-start a new universe in his own image! FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.