Comic books August 2001

By Rumiko Takahashi. After vanquishing a demon posing as a beautiful woman, Miroku's thoughts turn to long-buried memories of his youth, when a terrible accident changed his life forever. Will returning to his home temple resolve his tangled past, or does death await the cursed monk? Then, Kagome and Inu-Yasha spot Nataku spying on them, but it turns out to be just another of his avatar golems. When will the real Nataku show his face? b&w, 40pg (4 of 15). Cover price $2.95.

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Iron Man no. 43 cover by keron grant frank tieri/keron grant/rob stull It's Speed meets Die Hard when Iron Man becomes a bomb! Iron Man has been turned into a bomb! And he's going to explode in 15 minutes! Confused? Good! All will be revealed in chapter two of "Big Bang Theory!" Cover price $2.25.

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By In-Wan Youn and Kyung-Il Yang. Cheju Island, a lush and exotic place where old world values still exist, as do old world Demons. The Island is a place, where people are aware that their souls can be stolen by evil in both the darkness of night or the light of day. It is also a place where vigilance and custom are not just words but a way of life. Miho, a woman of beauty, intelligence and temper, comes to the Island to teach, and is immediately caught in this world of terror and the supernatural when a demon attacks her... and she is saved by a mystery man with seemingly only one mission... demon killing. A delicate balance is upset, and for the Island and its people, the world is about to change! TokyoPop's first Korean manwha! From Daiwan, Korea's leading Manwha Publisher! Daiwan is also a leading animation company that's worked with Toei Animation in Japan as well as Ruby Spears, Hanna Barbera and others in America. In-Wan Youn is very well known as the creator of Soma's Legendary Record. Kyung-Il Yang is the artist of the very popular Japanese series, Zombie Hunter! MATURE READERS. b&w, 48pgs. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Jack Cole was well known in the 1950's for his work on crime and horror titles, and for his satire in the pages of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Magazine. But, this graphically inventive cartoonist's best known creation is the stretchable and off-centered super hero known as Plastic Man. In this edition is collected some of Cole's most energetic and extraordinary work. Also included is an homage to Cole and his creation by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and cartoonist Art Spiegelman and renowned graphic designer Chip Kidd. Softcover, 136 pages, full color. NOTE: Tragically, in 1958 Cole unexpectedly took his own life. It is a subject Cole's friend, Hugh Hefner, discusses in the mock-documentary "Comic Book: The Movie" with interviewer Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker). - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. Jack Cole was well known in the 1950's for his work on crime and horror titles, and for his satire in the pages of Hugh Hefner's Playboy Magazine. But, this graphically inventive cartoonist's best known creation is the stretchable and off-centered super hero known as Plastic Man. In this edition is collected some of Cole's most energetic and extraordinary work. Also included is an homage to Cole and his creation by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and cartoonist Art Spiegelman and renowned graphic designer Chip Kidd. Softcover, 136 pages, full color. NOTE: Tragically, in 1958 Cole unexpectedly took his own life. It is a subject Cole's friend, Hugh Hefner, discusses in the mock-documentary "Comic Book: The Movie" with interviewer Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker). - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist Cover price $19.95.

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JADE #4 by Sniegoski & Golden, Lashley, Arnold, & Fotos This is it, the pulse-pounding final chapter of the "Turn Loose the Dragon" saga! Suddenly in touch with her humanity again after 400 years, how will the vampire sorceress, Jade, cope with the burgeoning threats posed against her criminal empire by the resurrected White Dragon and the anti-crime organization, Kuei? This issue has it all as a trusted subject, within Jade's ranks, is revealed as a traitor! Mr. Ko hatches a mad scheme to take the White Dragon's power as his own, and Jade is forced to embrace the one thing in all the world that she despises most if she is going to be victorious against those that threaten her plans for China ? she must embrace technology! Catch this nail- biting conclusion to the high-octane, martial arts epic! Cover by Ken Lashley, Curtis Arnold, and Fotos. FC, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

JADE #4 by Sniegoski & Golden, Lashley, Arnold, & Fotos. This is it, the pulse-pounding final chapter of the "Turn Loose the Dragon" saga! Suddenly in touch with her humanity again after 400 years, how will the vampire sorceress, Jade, cope with the burgeoning threats posed against her criminal empire by the resurrected White Dragon and the anti-crime organization, Kuei? This issue has it all as a trusted subject, within Jade's ranks, is revealed as a traitor! Mr. Ko hatches a mad scheme to take the White Dragon's power as his own, and Jade is forced to embrace the one thing in all the world that she despises most if she is going to be victorious against those that threaten her plans for China ? she must embrace technology! Catch this nail-biting conclusion to the high-octane, martial arts epic! Cover by Ken Lashley, Curtis Arnold, and Fotos. FC, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

by Jay Stephens Who says there are no comics for kids? And who says that just because it's for kids that you can't read it, too? I mean, milk comes out of your nose if you're 10 or if you're 40, right? Anyway, you definitely want to read Jetcat Clubhouse, because Jay Stephens is one of the neat-o coolest comics creators out there. And Jetcat is the greatest elementary school-aged super-hero to ever don a cape. And her friends ? like Tutenstein, the dead boy king; Teen Idol, the gnarley stone-headed crime-fighter; and Oddette, the kid rock star ? are pretty keen, too. And since this is an odd numbered issue, it means in addition to 16 pages of regular Oni Press black-and-white comics, you get eight pages of full-color comics, in addition to a brand-new cover. b&w, 16pg Cover price $3.25.

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WRITTEN BY BEN RAAB;ART AND COVER BY STEVE ELLIS AND LUKE RIZZO Not just Jezebelle's future, but the future of the entire Harrison heritage is on the line in the soul-shattering conclusion to WildStorm's mystical miniseries. Harper at last has learned what it means to be Jezebelle, and a hero. To right a terrible wrong, she travels to Hell, and finds it not a fire and brimstone inferno, but a dark mirror of her own high school. There, she fights not only for the soul of her condemned boyfriend Jake, but also for his redemption...and hers, as well. FC, 32 PG. (6 OF 6) Cover price $2.50.

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Terror Incognita Part 1 of 4. WRITTEN BY MARK WAID; ART AND COVER BY BRYAN HITCH AND PAUL NEARY. In the aftermath of the JLA's battle against Id, perhaps the greatest threat the JLA has ever faced resurfaces after years of psychic imprisonment: the White Martians (from JLA: NEW WORLD ORDER)! Only this time they're organized and stalking the members of the world's greatest super-team, turning their closest friends against them. But how can even the JLA combat shapeshifting foes that can't be found? FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.25.

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JLA: BLACK BAPTISM #4 WRITTEN BY SEAN SMITH AND RUBEN DIAZ; ART BY JESÚS SAIZ AND KEITH CHAMPAGNE; PAINTED COVER BY TIM BRADSTREET In stores June 13. The dark conclusion to the mystical miniseries finds the JLA making one last stand against the demon mob, The Diablos. Unfortunately, placing their faith in the soulless mage Faust may have cost the JLA the battle and the Sentinels of Magic their lives. And once the Diablo's mysterious patron is revealed, the fates of Tempest and Blue Devil are sealed! FC, 32 PG. (4 OF 4) Cover price $2.50.

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WRITTEN BY JOHN OSTRANDER; ART AND COVER BY VAL SEMEIKS AND PRENTIS ROLLINS In stores June 6. When the fledgling Justice League of America finally hits its stride, other great heroes finally begin to consider joining the ranks of the World's Greatest Super-team. Neither Batman nor Superman had ever been on a team before this moment in history ? yet when one joins, the other does not. In the face of great hardship, why does Batman step into the limelight, while Superman stays away? The answer will astound you! FC, 48 PG. (2 OF 7) Cover price $3.50.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Storya nd art by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. An entire country's future and humanity are at stake. The final chapter of Joan pits Emil against her for Dauphi one final time. Will Emil's fate be the same as Joan of Arc's -- a fiery execution? Or will divine forces intervene to save the heroine's life and preserve the long-deserved unity of France? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Never has an artist been more exalted or vilified throughout his career and afterwards. John Singer Sargent was best known for his remarkable portraits, mostly high-society commissions, which many of his critics hailed as mere "art applied to social requirement and social ambition." However, no one can deny the opulence with which he portrayed his wealthy patrons, nor the luminosity of his other subject matter, be it foreign landscapes, people or architecture. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color.

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WRITTEN BY DAVID S. GOYER AND GEOFF JOHNS; ART BY STEPHEN SADOWSKI AND MICHAEL BAIR; PAINTED COVER BY ANDREW ROBINSON The extra-sized conclusion to "The Return of Hawkman!" The JSA has been scattered across Thanagar, leaving Hawkman and Hawkgirl to pick up the pieces. Only by reuniting the team, and their spirits, can the Hawks put a stop to the horror that is Synn. Plus, startling revelations about Jay Garrick's past and the Hawks' future. Look for a signed version in the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. FC, 48 PG. Cover price $3.75.

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Volume 4 - Issue 1 (#183). Judge Dredd (script by John Wagner, art by Cam Kennedy), Lenny Zero (script by Andy Diggle, art by Jock), The Ro-Busters (script by Pat Mills, art by Dave Gibbons), Wardog (script by Dan Abnett, art by Patrick Goddard/Dylan Teague), D.R. and Quinch (script by Alan Moore, art by Alan Davis), and Lazarus Churchyard (script by Warren Ellis, art by D'Israeli). 7-5/8 in. x 11-5/8 in.; part color, part black and white; 96 pages.

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by Craig Boldman & Rex Lindsey "Lemon Harangue": Jughead agrees to mind a lemonade stand for a neighborhood kid, but winds up convincing all the customers not to buy it ? more for him to drink! FC, 32pg Cover price $1.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Narumi Kakinouchi. Experience the thrills of martial-arts action in Juline by Narumi Kakinouchi, author of the popular manga/anime, Vampire Princess Miyu! In a faraway village, in a magical land, live Juline, Bakuya, and Seika, daughters of the top three martial-arts schools. Join them on a quest to uncover the mystery of the Black Pearl, a new clan shrouded in shadows. Juline and the other clan leaders face a new threat in the form of the Black Pearl Guardians. Who are these mysterious warriors, and what is their link to the princesses' past? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 165 pages, B&W Cover price $12.95.

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Cover by BILL SIENKEWICZ; Written by GARTH ENNIS; Art by CARLOS EZQUERRA; Colors by PAUL MOUNTS On the dry, inhospitable surface of the Atlantic ocean floor, blazing napalm devours clothes, skin and faces in Garth Ennis' Just A Pilgrim #4-"Firestarter." Superstar artist Bill Sienkewicz creates a dazzling cover with the Pilgrim and his blazing guns! As Pilgrim and the refugees continue their journey, more battles ensue with an attack by the sadistic Castenado's bloody buckers who strike with fury. The Pilgrim surprises all with his astounding battle tactics and manages to lead west through the Atlantic ridge mountains and then to behold the place where the giants came to die. As refugees question their options in the face of certain death, the Pilgrim calls on them to have faith in God's purpose as he asks them to make the right choice It's amazing action-packed science fiction written by Garth Ennis (Punisher/Preacher).Just A Pilgrim features dramatic artwork by CarlosEzquerra (Judge Dredd/Adventures In The Rifle Brigade), vivid colors by PaulMounts and is edited by Jimmy Palmiotti (co-founder/editor Marvel Knights). FC, 32pg Cover price $2.99.

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WONDER WOMAN WRITTEN BY STAN LEE (LEAD STORY) WITH MICHAEL USLAN (BACKUP); ART BY JIM LEE AND SCOTT WILLIAMS (LEAD), WITH GENE COLAN AND TOM PALMER (BACKUP); COVERS BY JIM LEE AND ADAM HUGHES The most surprising project of 2001 continues as comics legend Stan Lee presents his take on Wonder Woman ? illustrated by Jim Lee! In the jungles of Peru, beautiful idealist Maria Mendoza is powerless to save her father from a local tyrant. But when she discovers an ancient artifact ? a golden staff ? that connects her more fully to her heritage, she becomes a paragon of power the likes of which the world has never known. For more information, see the feature article. Prestige Format. FC, 48PG Cover price $5.95.

July/August 2001. This issue: The Heavy Weights - Sound & Vision; Win a Mark Ryden Art Book; Learn to Paint Like Shag; Rockart of Ages - Stones, Hendrix, Oasis; The Pizz - Cruising with the Lord of Lowbrow. Cover price $4.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Buichi Terasawa. In the Tensho Era of Japan, 500 years ago, a man was born who defied the will of a demon; a man who had the gods of good on his side; a man destined to battle evil...his name was Kabuto. Somehow, Kuroyasha Douki, the vile Black Night Demon, escaped his prison in hell and returned to the earthly plane to wreak vengeance on the family-line of Kabuto. None can escape his deadly magic and masterful skills with the blade; however, the gods of the North, West, East and South band together to help Kabuto stand for justice. With the questionable help of a diabolical talking sword that his own father forged, Kabuto may live another day to see his own sons born. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 5-in. x 7-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $11.95.

NO Dust Jacket - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Buichi Terasawa. In the Tensho Era of Japan, 500 years ago, a man was born who defied the will of a demon; a man who had the gods of good on his side; a man destined to battle evil...his name was Kabuto. Somehow, Kuroyasha Douki, the vile Black Night Demon, escaped his prison in hell and returned to the earthly plane to wreak vengeance on the family-line of Kabuto. None can escape his deadly magic and masterful skills with the blade; however, the gods of the North, West, East and South band together to help Kabuto stand for justice. With the questionable help of a diabolical talking sword that his own father forged, Kabuto may live another day to see his own sons born. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $11.95.

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Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Rabbit Hunt!" Collects Kane (1994-2001 Dancing Elephant) #5-8. Story and art by PAUL GRIST. Detective Kane returns to active duty with the New Eden Police Dept. following a six-month suspension in the wake of shooting and killing his partner, Dennis Harvey. His fellow police officers give Kane a welcome back gift: a couple of bullets with his name on them. It's a bad day for Mister Floppsie Whoppsie, New Eden's self-styled Rabbit for Hire. The freelance rabbit business isn't going as well as it should. He's hung over. The rent's due. There's a knock at the door and a gun-wielding homicidal maniac barges into the room. That's when things start to go downhill! Softcover, 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.50.

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May All Your Hits Be Crits. Story, art and cover by Jolly R. Blackburn. A solid example of how clever writing can compensate for simplified art in comics. The lives and real-world concerns of a group of gamers are revealed by their wacky interplay around the fantasy gaming table. End of the World as We Know it!; Bleeding Profusely; Pullin' the Duty; The Disgraced Ones. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story by Jolly R. Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson, and David S. Kenzer. Art and cover by Brendon Fraim and Brian Fraim. A spin-off of the beloved Knights of the Dinner Table strip, portraying the role-playing gamers world from their characters point of view. The complete Bobarello saga, as Knuckles is transformed into a woman whom everyone wants to kill; The original Takin Out Bobarello strip. Let the GM Be a Lady Tonight; Takin Out Bobarello: Part I; Hack-n-White (interlude); Takin Out Bobarello: Part II. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Pulido & Kaminski, Reis, & Pimentel. The ground-breaking Lady Death: Alive! series concludes in explosive fashion! This is it Diva of Death fanatics ? Lady Death discovers the mysterious secrets behind the powers that brought her to her strange new world ? and faces one of the greatest of its Dark Forces, a merciless new enemy who knows all of her secrets! Will she remain alive or will Lady Death's fate take another course? Find out what happens ? you won't want to miss this one! FC, 32pg (4 of 4) Cover price $2.99.

Cover by Scott Lewis, Limited to 2500 copies. Cover price $2.99.

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LADY DEATH/MEDIEVAL WITCHBLADE #1 by Brian Augustyn & Romano Molenaar. The crossover event you never expected has arrived! Two of today's most celebrated comic femme fatales join forces when Brian Pulido's Lady Death and Top Cow Productions' Medieval Witchblade meet for the first time ever! When all Hell lets loose, can these two women set aside their differences, find a common ground, and defeat a sinister enemy? Or will their combined efforts fail?! Find out what happens! Written by Brian Augustyn ? it's the perfect story for all Lady Death and Witchblade fans! Ships with a 1:4 variant cover by Marc Silvestri. FC, 40pg Cover price $3.50.

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Dynamic Forces Green Foil Edition with Certificate of Authenticity, limited to 299 copies.

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penciled by Romano Molenaar Get your first look at the explosive crossover event of the year with this Lady Death/Medieval Witchblade Preview Book! The two dynamic divas of comics are both here within the pages of this awesome preview book. It will be filled with preview artwork, sketches, interviews and plot points to help prepare you for this highly anticipated crossover! FC, 24pg Cover price $1.99.

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penciled by Romano Molenaar Get your first look at the explosive crossover event of the year with this Lady Death/Medieval Witchblade Preview Book! The two dynamic divas of comics are both here within the pages of this awesome preview book. It will be filled with preview artwork, sketches, interviews and plot points to help prepare you for this highly anticipated crossover! FC, 24pg Cover price $1.99.

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by John Lustig, & Dick Giordano Is romance too important to take seriously? John Lustig thinks so. The second issue of this critically-acclaimed series features another hilarious helping of Lustig's warped rewrites of old romance comics. Among the redialogued classics in this issue is "Remember to Forget Me!" the tale of a love-bruised heroine who vows to give up men, but can't stop thinking about them. Other treats include a Lustig-scripted story with new art by Dick Giordano, a Giordano interview, samples of Lustig's popular Last Kiss comic strip from Comic Buyer's Guide, and the winning entries from readers who entered the write-your-own Last Kiss contest. Cover by Giordano. b&w, 48pg Cover price $4.99.

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(W) Locke (P/I) Long Vo A bi-monthly ongoing series. "Foodchain ? Part 1" Oftentimes, the person holding the biggest gun decides who lives or dies. The continent of Nsen runs on a justice system enforced solely by gunners-- bounty hunters who have modified their bodies with crude cybernetic weaponry. We follow the gunner, Revolver, to Hamilton City, only to find himself up against the biggest gun of them all; Krayde / The Cannon. Dead-Alive contracts, wild outlaws and kinetic gun slinging action accent this medieval western punk universe, where the gun is law and greed reigns supreme. It hurts to get shot by a cannonball. Note: This issue includes a full 24-page story in full color plus a bonus gallery of full color illustrations and development sketches. FC, 32pg Cover price $2.95.

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Print run limited to 15,000. By Augustyn, Molenaar, and Arnold. Chaos! presents a mythical world of fantasy like you've never seen! Victoria Noble never fit in, living in a world of hard realities and harder lessons. She's a dreamer and a romantic. Residing in New York City, Victoria far prefers to live in her books of fantasy and myth, never expecting that her two worlds are about to clash. Though no one on earth realizes it, the world and another co-exist, separated by a gossamer-thin intra-dimensional barrier. That other realm is a wild, primordial one, in which magic and myth reign supreme. An evil wizard-king schemes to merge the two realities, which will destroy Earth in the process! Only a chosen visionary, one who can see in both worlds can save the day. To her surprise, Victoria is that one champion. It's a battle between realms to save the entire multi-universe from evil sorcery! A tale of belief and heroism that will open your imagination! FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.99.

Variant Edition #1. No cover price. Limited to 2,500 copies. Cover price $7.50.

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WRITTEN BY DAN ABNETT AND ANDY LANNING; ART BY PAUL RIVOCHE AND RICK BURCHETT; COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY In stores June 20. On "Braal," we follow Dyrk Magz, the former Legionnaire known as Magno (and the only Braalian without magnetic abilities), as he returns home as a member of the Science Police. But when Dyrk stands in the way of a gang that looks to shake up the United Planets, he's in for a horrible shock: he discovers one of the gang members is a former teammate! In the backup story (illustrated by Rick Burchett), tour several planets with U.P. Vice-President Winema Wazzo, whose problems not only stem from being unable to find her missing daughter (former Legionnaire Apparition), but from slowly having to accept the facts that the President gradually is laying waste to the entire United Planets! FC, 48 PG. (3 OF 6) Cover price $3.95.

Vol. 47, #2. The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field. This issue: Big Ideas, Big Talent, Big Hair - Interview with Award-Winning Artist Bob Eggleton; Interview with Andy Duncan; Locus Awards Winners; Reviews of the "Year's Best Fantasy" Anthologies. Cover features Bob Eggleton and Andy Duncan. Cover price $4.95.

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Volume 11 - 2nd and later printings. "Talisman of Hades!"

Written by Kazuo Koike. Art by Goseki Kojima. Cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.

The #1-selling graphic-novel sensation continues!

The Lone Wolf and his cub, father and son, are separated by the hatred of the Yagyu - and the path to togetherness is lined with blood and honor. As Ogami continues his search for little Daigoro, he must battle deadly Yagyu assassins and aspiring, cocky samurai. He prepares to give them a taste of his blade. Meanwhile, Daigoro visits a crazed old woman living under a bridge, and teaches her a valuable lesson. In these and other stories in this volume, Lone Wolf and Cub continue to unlock the mystery of the Yagyu, one step closer to the truth behind his quest for vengeance.

Prepare for more legendary action, in a handy size that fits in your back pocket!

Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. "Stones!"

Written by Kazuo Koike. Art by Goseki Kojima. Cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.

A woman driven to insanity by the murder of her child and her own subsequent rape, and the horribly burned husband seeking her revenge; unseen samurai under the thumb of a power-hungry woman; a beggar ronin seeking the downfall of his greedily ambitious wife; a good-for-nothing beggar willing to use a child to make easy money; a lady magician threatened by swindling gangsters: all of these people have something in common - the need to regain their honor, and this quest almost always means death. Ogami Itto, a wandering ronin on a road to vengeance, has been paid to put these folks back on that path, at any cost. For this grim samurai and his infant son, there is nothing left in this world except honor, vengeance, death, and blood. Fortunately, there's plenty of each to go around.

Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 304 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 12 - 2nd and later printings. "Stones!"

Written by Kazuo Koike. Art by Goseki Kojima. Cover by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.

A woman driven to insanity by the murder of her child and her own subsequent rape, and the horribly burned husband seeking her revenge; unseen samurai under the thumb of a power-hungry woman; a beggar ronin seeking the downfall of his greedily ambitious wife; a good-for-nothing beggar willing to use a child to make easy money; a lady magician threatened by swindling gangsters: all of these people have something in common - the need to regain their honor, and this quest almost always means death. Ogami Itto, a wandering ronin on a road to vengeance, has been paid to put these folks back on that path, at any cost. For this grim samurai and his infant son, there is nothing left in this world except honor, vengeance, death, and blood. Fortunately, there's plenty of each to go around.

Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 304 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.95.

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Cover by David Alvarez & Mike DeCarlo. Stories by David Cody Weiss, Barry Liebmann and Mark McKain. Art by David Alvarez, Walter Carzon, Leo Batic, Mike DeCarlo and Horacio Ottolini. Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner in ancient Egypt in "Cheops Stix"! Plus, Bugs gets involved in an ancient feud in the Ozarks in "A Cupid for Stupid and Stupid"! And Marvin tells Bugs that everything on Mars is powered by carrots and that therefore Mars needs to claim all of Earth's carrot supply in "Carrot Conquest"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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WRITTEN BY MIKE CAREY; ART BY PETER GROSS AND RYAN KELLY; PAINTED COVER BY JON VAN FLEET In stores June 13. "Triptych: The Two-Edged Sword" ? the second of three linked but freestanding stories. Hybrid angel Elaine Belloc runs away from home and embarks on a quest to find her dead friend Mona. Taking in Hell and the Dreaming along the way, Elaine meets friends and foes she never dreamed existed ? and learns that there's a whole lot more to life and death than meets the eye. Featuring cameos from THE SANDMAN favorites Brute and Glob. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

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Stories and art by Ted Nomura, Justo Miranda, and Paula Mercado. Cover by Ted Nomura. In this alternate-history world, the Axis powers succeeded in extending the war into 1946, allowing artists Nomura and company to create fanciful jet fighters and other aircraft as part of Hitlers Luftwaffe air force. This tech manual gives detailed specifications on the hypothetical German fighter jets used in the Families of Altered Wars series. Kleins Jager: Introduction; The Reichdreams Concept; German Rocket Planes; German Pulsejet Planes; German Jet Planes; German Glider Planes. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.99.

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Cover by C. F. Payne. Stories and art by Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Anthony Barbieri and Bill Wray, Mike Snider, Darren Johnson, Desmond Devlin, John Caldwell, John Prete & Joe Raiola, Amy Gillett, Brian Farrelly and Sean Farrelly, Josh Gordon, Greg Leitman, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Irving Schild, Hermann Mejia, Tom Richmond, Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Scott Bricher, Peter Kuper, and Sergio Aragones. Parodies of TV sitcoms Becker and The King of Queens, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Nine-day wonders of the 1990s, featuring art by noted caricaturist Drew Friedman. Theme restaurants that didn't take. Sergio Aragones' version of The Mummy Returns. Mad's takes on dashboard lights, plastic surgery, and the National Parks. Monroe, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Mad's 50 Worst Things About Sports; A Mad Look at The Mummy Returns; 15 Minutes of Fame - Mad's Latest Disposable Dozen; The Miracle Jerker; The Garish Institute For Impulsive Plastic Surgery; The King-size of Queens; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a National Park; Mad's Guide to Out-Of-Business Theme Restaurants and the Reasons They Went Belly Up; Monroe and... The TV Commercial; Spy vs. Spy; Dashboard "Idiot Lights" We Desperately Need; The Shoddier Image; Bicker; Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds; Fold-In. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $2.99.

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Stories and Art by The Usual Gang of Idiots. An Xtra Large assemblage of MAD cLassiX. In this issue: Featured Artist George W! That's right, George Woodbridge is our Artist of the Issue! Plus: Duck Edwing's Invisible Man! Also: Harrison Ford's 4 most feeble flicks. And: Exclusive Book Excerpt - MAD Neumanisms: More Half-Wit & Wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman. 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Heaven and Hell!" Collects Madman Comics (1994-2000 Dark Horse) #16-20.

Story and art by Mike Allred. Introduction by Steven T. Seagle.

Frank Einstein has never led a normal life - as far as he knows - but lately his topsy-turvy times have been undeniably loony.

In this fourth collection chronicling the life of comics' coolest undead guy, Frank goes from holiday giddiness to super-secret paranoia, friends become enemies, and sworn enemies become … saviors? In this tome of 136 colorful pages, Frank makes amends with a beatnik ghoul, meets Santa Claus, gets his house fixed up, and goes on an unexpected adventure. It turns out fellow undead foes, Mattress and Crept, have gotten themselves in a snag, and it's up to Frank to find out what's up.

Mysteries are explained, but there's plenty of confusion to take its place. It's a kooky book - take a look!

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.95.