Comic books April 2014

(W) George Gladir (A) Bill Yoshida & Various (CA) Jeff Shultz, Bob Smith It's time for the student-faculty bowling night! It's teachers vs. students and, while the teachers may be older and have plenty of years of bowling experience on their side, some changes to the game might lean in the kids' favor! Find out who gets the most strikes in 'For Whom the Bowl Tolls'! Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. Written by Anastasia Shestakova. Art and cover by Crimson. In the continent of Consume, an endless war rages between bitter rivals: the Segua Kingdom vs. the Ninteldo Empire. Upon his dinosaur steed, the stern Emperor Marcus has led the Ninteldo Empire to near-victory. Now, with the majority of Consume under its control, Ninteldo has Segua up against the ropes. Enter a fleet-footed lad named Gear, who seeks vengeance against Ninteldo for his brother's death. After joining Segua's Army, Gear is enlisted in the Special Forces, due to his amazing speed. Yet the inexperienced, hasty youth may not be ready for the realities of war - or he might just become the Segua Empire's last and greatest hope. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 244 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

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First Contact: Part 2 of 4 - (W) Paul Levitz (A) R. B. Silva, Joe B. Weems (CA) Emanuela Lupacchino Power Girl and Huntress come face to face with the Superman and Batman of the DC Universe for the first time in chapter 2 of 'First Contact'! Continues in next month's BATMAN/SUPERMAN #9! Cover price $2.99.

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1st printing. Written by Aubrey Sitterson. Art and cover by Chris Moreno. During the 1960's, Grant Worth's ability to control machines made him a legendary figure in Detriot. But when Worth's powers become obsolete because of society's own progress, he is forced to discover what happens when a superhero can no longer be super! Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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Written by Joe Hill. Art and Cover by Charles Paul Wilson III. Chapter 5: 'Shoot the Moon.' A laughing malevolent moon rises over Christmasland, and turns red snow black, as Agnes Claiborne and Chess Llewellyn make a final doomed, desperate run for freedom. Every cruel child is on the hunt for them; every cruel ride is engineered for their destruction. As if that wasn't bad enough, King Geek is looking to claim a new title for himself... as the new Lord of Christmasland! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Written by Joe Hill. Art by Charles Paul Wilson III. Chapter 5: 'Shoot the Moon.' A laughing malevolent moon rises over Christmasland, and turns red snow black, as Agnes Claiborne and Chess Llewellyn make a final doomed, desperate run for freedom. Every cruel child is on the hunt for them; every cruel ride is engineered for their destruction. As if that wasn't bad enough, King Geek is looking to claim a new title for himself... as the new Lord of Christmasland! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Eric Nguyen. Cover by Garry Brown. X faces his greatest challenge of the series as four villains-suicidal maniac Deathwish, stargazing supercriminal Carmine Tango, risk-taking assassin Gamble, and a new threat no one suspected-converge on Arcadia's lone vigilante . . . but the cruelest stab of all comes from a friend! Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Dogs of War!" Collects X (2013 Dark Horse) #5-8. Written by Duane Swierczynski. Art by Eric Nguyen and Tony Parker. Cover by Eric Nguyen. When X attacks the notoriously corrupt narcotics squad known as "The Dogs of War," the manipulative Lt. Setter fights back by pitting him against the last few honest cops in Arcadia . . . and X's battle escalates into a war for the soul of the city! Includes the disturbing story of "The 'Rents," three murderous suburbanites! Swierczynski's treatment of the titular psychopathic vigilante takes a surprising turn. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. NOTE: "Dark Horse's uber-violent '90s hero is back with a vengeance." - Nerdist Cover price $14.99.

Written by Frank Spotnitz, Gabe Rotter, Shannon Eric Denton and Dave Sim. Art by Stuart Sayger and Andrew Currie. Cover by Sam Shearon. The X-Files writer/producer Frank Spotnitz returns with an untold tale from Mulder and Scully's first stint with the FBI. When a man returns from the dead with a warning for his wife, the agents investigate and cross paths with a very peculiar priest. And in the second story, Cerebus creator Dave Sim writes his first-ever The X-Files story and first scripted licensed work in... forever? with 'Talk to the Hand,' a nightmarish tale starring a sleeping Dana Scully! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Dave Sim. Written by Frank Spotnitz, Gabe Rotter, Shannon Eric Denton and Dave Sim. Art by Stuart Sayger and Andrew Currie. The X-Files writer/producer Frank Spotnitz returns with an untold tale from Mulder and Scully's first stint with the FBI. When a man returns from the dead with a warning for his wife, the agents investigate and cross paths with a very peculiar priest. And in the second story, Cerebus creator Dave Sim writes his first-ever The X-Files story and first scripted licensed work in... forever? with 'Talk to the Hand,' a nightmarish tale starring a sleeping Dana Scully! 48 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

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Written by Joe Harris. Art by Matthew Dow Smith. Cover by Francesco Francavilla. The shifting sands of Saudi Arabia have attracted pilgrims, consumed armies, and made men rich beyond their wildest dreams. But when an ancient weapon is discovered beneath a newly tapped oil field, Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves pulled back into a black game as slippery as the X-Files have ever revealed... and you won't believe who's turning up to join them. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover Written by Joe Harris. Cover and Art by Matthew Dow Smith. The shifting sands of Saudi Arabia have attracted pilgrims, consumed armies, and made men rich beyond their wildest dreams. But when an ancient weapon is discovered beneath a newly tapped oil field, Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves pulled back into a black game as slippery as the X-Files have ever revealed... and you won't believe who's turning up to join them. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Photo Variant Cover. Written by Joe Harris. Art by Matthew Dow Smith. The shifting sands of Saudi Arabia have attracted pilgrims, consumed armies, and made men rich beyond their wildest dreams. But when an ancient weapon is discovered beneath a newly tapped oil field, Agents Mulder and Scully find themselves pulled back into a black game as slippery as the X-Files have ever revealed... and you won't believe who's turning up to join them. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects X-Files Season 10 (2013 IDW) #6-10. Written byJoe Harris. Art by Elena Casagrande, Silvia Califano, Michael Walsh, Greg Scott, menton3 and Tony Moy. Cover by Carlos Valenzuela. As Scully and Mulder try to deal with the fallout from the actions of a mysterious group that has been targeting anyone associated with the X-Files and causing their return to the Bureau, reports that a creature from their past has returned sends Mulder heading to Martha's Vineyard and Scully to Quantico. Also, witness the return of the informant known only as "X," the rise of the Chittering God, and "More Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man." Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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Cover by Rock-He Kim. Written by Simon Spurrier. Art by Rock-He Kim. Almost every sovereign state in the Marvel Universe makes use of sanctioned superhumans to protect national interests and pursue a covert agenda. The United States has the Secret Avengers. The United Kingdom has MI13. And mutantkind has X-FORCE. In this dirty, secret, no-holds-barred, deadly game of superhuman black ops, veteran X-Man Cable and his team will spy, torture, and kill to ensure that the mutant race not only has a place in the world…but also a stake in it. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Variant Cover by Phil Noto. Written by Simon Spurrier. Art by Rock-He Kim. Almost every sovereign state in the Marvel Universe makes use of sanctioned superhumans to protect national interests and pursue a covert agenda. The United States has the Secret Avengers. The United Kingdom has MI13. And mutantkind has X-FORCE. In this dirty, secret, no-holds-barred, deadly game of superhuman black ops, veteran X-Man Cable and his team will spy, torture, and kill to ensure that the mutant race not only has a place in the world…but also a stake in it. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 100 Variant Cover by Phil Noto. Written by Simon Spurrier. Art by Rock-He Kim. Almost every sovereign state in the Marvel Universe makes use of sanctioned superhumans to protect national interests and pursue a covert agenda. The United States has the Secret Avengers. The United Kingdom has MI13. And mutantkind has X-FORCE. In this dirty, secret, no-holds-barred, deadly game of superhuman black ops, veteran X-Man Cable and his team will spy, torture, and kill to ensure that the mutant race not only has a place in the world…but also a stake in it. Cover price $3.99.

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Variant cover by Katie Cook. (W) Simon Spurrier (A) Rock-He Kim (CA) Katie Cook Almost every sovereign state in the Marvel Universe makes use of sanctioned superhumans to protect national interests and pursue a covert agenda. The United States has the Secret Avengers. The United Kingdom has MI13. And mutantkind has X-FORCE. In this dirty, secret, no-holds-barred, deadly game of superhuman black ops, veteran X-Man Cable and his team will spy, torture, and kill to ensure that the mutant race not only has a place in the world…but also a stake in it. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Terry Dodson. Written by Brian Wood. Art by Kris Anka. AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 50 Variant Cover by John Cassaday. Written by Brian Wood. Art by Kris Anka. AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 100 Variant Cover by John Cassaday. Written by Brian Wood. Art by Kris Anka. AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

Animal Vairant by David Lopez. (W) Brian Wood (A) Kris Anka AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Terry Dodson (W) Brian Wood (A) Kris Anka AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Variant Cover by David Marquez (W) Brian Wood (A) Kris Anka AN ALL-NEW SISTERHOOD! The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves…but never all at the same time! Lady Deathstrike has put together an all new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and take over the world. Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, her cabal go on a global hunt for the most powerful of them all…an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her almost-destruction. Meanwhile, M settles in and Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime. Cover price $3.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects X-Men Chronicles (1995 Marvel) #1-2, Tales from the Age of Apocalypse (1996 X-Men), Tales from the Age of Apocalypse (1997 Factor X), X-Man Minus 1 (1997), X-Man (1995-2001) #53-54, Blink (2001) #1-4, X-Universe (1995) #1-2, Exiles (2001-2008 1st Series Marvel) #60-61, X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (2005) #1-6 and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One Shot (2005), What If (1989-1998 2nd Series) #77 and #81, What If X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (2006) - AND material from Hulk Broken Worlds (2009) #2, X-Men Prime (1995), X-MAN ANNUAL '96, X-Men: Endangered Species (2007), Exiles: Days of Then and Now (2008) and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse (2005).

Cover by Adam Kubert and Batt.

It's a return trip to the dark, dystopian Age of Apocalypse!

Untold tales of Apocalypse's rise to power and the beginning of the X-Men's underground resistance! Blink's extradimensional exploits! The desperate struggle of Earth's remaining non-mutant heroes! And in the wake of Apocalypse's defeat, a deeply scarred Earth tries to rebuild. But some of the AoA's most powerful mutants have escaped into the Marvel Universe!

All the orphaned AoA adventures are collected in one oversized volume!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 992 pages, full color. Rated T

Credits:

Written by Howard Mackie, Tony Bedard, John Francis Moore, Brian K. Vaughn, Scott Lobdell, Ralph Macchio, Terry Kavanagh, Judd Winick, Akira Yoshida, Mariano Raicht, Benny Powell, and Warren Ellis.

Art by Terry Dodson, Steve Epting, Ian Churchill, Joe Bennett, Nick Napolitano, Roger Cruz, Trevor McCarthy, Carlos Pacheco, Alan Davis, Luke Ross, Jim Calafiore, Chris Bachalo, Hector Gomez, Kevin Hopgood, Dave Wilkins, Talent Caldwell, Paco Medina, Alvin Lee, Jonboy Meyers, Mark Brooks, Bryan Hitch, Jeff Matsuda, Paul Pelletier, Gary Frank, Mike Perkins, Arnold Pander, Wayne Nichols, Carlos Ferreira, Klaus Janson, Al Vey, Al Milgrom, Joe Pimentel, Bud LaRosa, Tyson McAdoo, Cam Smith, Robin Riggs, Mark Farmer, Mark McKenna, Tim Townsend, Batt, Juan Vlasco, Scott Hanna, Steve Moncuse, Bob Wiacek, Scott Hepburn, Wellington Diaz, Norm Rapmund, Rodney Ramos, Rick Ketcham, Mark Irwin, Jaime Mendoza, P. Craig Russell, Tom Palmer, Hector Collazo, Jay Pallot, John Livesay, and Mike Haleib.

Cover price $99.99.

1st printing. Written by Richard Thomas. Art and cover by Pat Olliffe. ALL-NEW, UPDATED ART! A 48-page hardcover storybook that re-tells the uncanny origin of Professor Xavier and his team of mutant Super Heroes - The X-Men! Professor Charles Xavier has always been different. Charles is a mutant, and possesses miraculous powers of mind control. But Charles has a dream for humans and mutants to live together in peace. And so he has formed the X-Men, an extraordinary band of men and women including Cyclops, Wolverine, and Storm, to rid the world of violence against man or mutant. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $8.99.

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Written by Simon Spurrier. Art by Tan Eng Huat. Cover by Mike Del Mundo. 'FOR WE ARE MANY' CONCLUSION! • Collapsing under the weight of his dead father' disappointment, Legion's god-like powers spiral out of control, leaving the fate of mutantkind in the balance. To what ends will Legion go to save the world from himself? • This is it. This is the end. Anything can happen… Cover price $2.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "For We are Many!" Collects X-Men Legacy (2012 2nd Series) #19-24.

Written by Simon Spurrier. Art by Khoi Pham and Tan Eng Huat.

It's the climactic story to which this series has been building, guest-starring the allies Legion has made along the way - and not all of them will emerge unscathed!

One of Legion's most troublesome personalities threatens to annihilate an alien species, and S.W.O.R.D. director Abigail Brand is on the case - but will she be able to work with David to solve this extraterrestrial conundrum? Legion prepares for a final showdown with the monster in his mind that wears his deceased father's face, but the demonic Professor X has escaped into the real world.

What price will Legion pay to stop him from razing the Earth? And prophesied to stop Legion, will Young X-Man Blindfold take matters into her own hands and extinguish her first love? One thing's for sure: As this groundbreaking series concludes, anything is possible!

Softcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Muertas!" Collects X-Men (2013) 3rd Series #7-12. Written by Brian Wood. Art by Terry Dodson and Kris Anka. Cover by Terry Dodson. The X-Men have taken down super villains, aliens and their own future selves - but never all at the same time! Longtime X-foe Lady Deathstrike returns - while Karima struggles to remember herself, Rachel comes to terms with her relationship with Sublime, and a new member joins the team! Lady Deathstrike has assembled a new Sisterhood, her own illuminati to take down the X-Men and enslave the world. And Psylocke is first in the Sisterhood's crosshairs! Recruiting the likes of Typhoid Mary and Enchantress, Deathstrike's cabal goes on a global hunt for the most powerful ally of all - an enemy who holds the X-Men responsible for her near-destruction! But when this foe awakens, will either team be able to handle her? Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

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Written by Robert Venditti. Art and cover by Diego Bernard. Prelude to Armor Hunters: Part 2-Who - or what - is the man called Malgam? Aric of Dacia, a fifth-century warrior bonded to alien armor and transplanted to the modern day, is now the most important weapon in the arsenal of M.E.R.O., the top-secret American intelligence organization that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. In order to protect his people, Aric must undergo dangerous missions in space, but nothing can prepare him for the stunning secret that awaits him in the stars! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Clayton Henry. Written by Robert Venditti. Art by Diego Bernard. PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS - PART 2! Who - or what - is the man called MALGAM? Aric of Dacia, a fifth-century warrior bonded to alien armor and transplanted to the modern day, is now the most important weapon in the arsenal of M.E.R.O., the top-secret American intelligence organization that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. In order to protect his people, Aric must undergo dangerous missions in space, but nothing can prepare him for the stunning secret that awaits him in the stars. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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Second Printing. Written by Robert Venditti. Art by Diego Bernard. PRELUDE TO ARMOR HUNTERS - PART 2! Who - or what - is the man called MALGAM? Aric of Dacia, a fifth-century warrior bonded to alien armor and transplanted to the modern day, is now the most important weapon in the arsenal of M.E.R.O., the top-secret American intelligence organization that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. In order to protect his people, Aric must undergo dangerous missions in space, but nothing can prepare him for the stunning secret that awaits him in the stars. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "At War with Unity!" Collects X-O Manowar (2012 3rd Series Valiant) #19-22.

Written by Robert Venditti. Art by Cary Nord. Cover by Clayton Crain.

X-O Manwar - locked in battle with Valiant's all-star superteam, Unity!

X-O Manowar finally has it all, and his people finally have a land they can call home...but threats from all sides now threaten to destroy the man inside the armor, Aric of Dacia, and the peace he has struggled to secure. While unrest stirs and Aric's camp threatens to rebel against him, the most dangerous strike force ever assembled - Unity - have joined forces with the Harbinger Foundation's Toyo Harada to achieve but one goal: destroy X-O Manowar before his actions push in western civilization to the brink of all-out nuclear annihilation.

Collecting X-O MANOWAR by New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Green Lantern) and acclaimed artists Cary Nord (Conan), Vincente Cifuentes (Batgirl), and Diego Bernard (Eternal Warrior), prepare yourself for an all-new story arc of the epicenter of the year's biggest comics event that will X-O Manowar - and the Valiant Universe with him - forever changed.

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Clamp. The latest chapter in the critically acclaimed xxxHOLiC franchise from manga legends CLAMP, creators of Tsubasa and Chobits! The highly anticipated return of high school medium Watanuki and the mysterious witch, Yuko, as they take on new wishes and new enemies! Beautifully seductive artwork and uniquely Japanese depictions of the supernatural will hypnotize CLAMP fans! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

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Written by Ales Kot. Art by Jordie Bellaire and Matt Taylor. Cover by Matt Taylor. Zero and Zizek come to a place fifty-six miles away from Juarez, Mexico. There is business to be made in human misery. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Ales Kot. Art by Jordie Bellaire and Matt Taylor. Cover by Tom Muller and Sean Phillips. Zero and Zizek come to a place fifty-six miles away from Juarez, Mexico. There is business to be made in human misery. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Story and Art by Dan Mendoza. Now that Janey and her mysterious new friend Morning have reached their destination, things get even more volatile as a friend from the past comes to visit our Zombie Tramp. Double-crosses, revenge, and the Necronomicon all collide in the conclusion to The Taint Train of Terror! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Story and Art by Dan Mendoza. Now that Janey and her mysterious new friend Morning have reached their destination, things get even more volatile as a friend from the past comes to visit our Zombie Tramp. Double-crosses, revenge, and the Necronomicon all collide in the conclusion to The Taint Train of Terror! Alternate 'risqué' variant cover also available (limited to 1,000 copies). 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.