Previews for 14 Dark Horse Comics Titles Released Wednesday September 16th 2009
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The following comic previews are for Dark Horse Comics titles on sale Wednesday September 16th 2009.
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Comics
- Beasts of Burden #1 – 3 Pages
- Citizen Rex #3 – 3 Pages
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #45 – 3 Pages
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars #9 – 3 Pages
TPBs & HCs
- 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man HC – 7 Pages
- Bride of the Water God Volume 4 – 3 Pages
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 5: Predators and Prey TPB – 3 Pages
- The Chronicles of Conan Volume 18 TPB – 3 Pages
- The Goon Volume 9: Calamity of Conscience TPB – 3 Pages
- Gunsmith Cats: Burst Volume 4 – 3 Pages
- Indiana Jones Adventures Volume 2 TPB – 3 Pages
- The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century (Limited Edition) – 3 Pages
- Usagi Yojimbo Volume 9: Daisho 2nd Edition TPB – 3 Pages
Previews
Beasts of Burden #1
– 3 Pages
Written by Evan Dorkin
Art by Jill Thompson
32pg
FC
$2.99When supernatural occurrences sweep the community of Burden Hill, it’s up to a heroic gang of cats and dogs to keep residents safe from harm.
A bizarre disturbance leads these four-legged neighbors on a wild-goose chase into the depths of the nearby forest, where loyalties are tested and lives come to an abrupt end.
Award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) first introduced these heroic characters in the anthologies The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, Witchcraft, the Dead, and Monsters, for which they won coveted Eisner Awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter.
Adventure, mystery, horror and humor thrive on every page of Beasts of Burden — a comic-book series that will capture readers’ hearts and haunt their dreams.
Citizen Rex #3
– 3 Pages
Written by Mario Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez
Art by Gilbert Hernandez
24pg
B&W
$2.99Truth Takers, mad scientists, organized crime . . . everyone wants a piece of the returned CTZ-RX! And they all get one when the mob makes its move, leaving Citizen Rex disassembled and his parts spread out across our fair city.
Co-creators of the universally acclaimed Love and Rockets, Mario and Gilbert Hernandez are alternative-comics pioneers. With Citizen Rex, these beloved luminaries re-team for their first major collaboration in years!
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #45
– 3 Pages
Written by John Jackson Miller
Pencilled by Brian Ching
Coloured by Michael Atiyeh
Cover by Benjamin Carré
40pg
FC
$2.99Despite a disastrous first encounter with the Crucible, Zayne Carrick is still determined to end the brutality they promote in their business. But this time, he plans to break them from the inside out!
Having set himself up to be captured by the slavers, when this former Padawan arrives at the Crucible’s training facility, it will be all he can do to survive, let alone focus on learning about their organization. His connection to the Force will give him an unexpected insight — one that he doesn’t necessarily want. And when a past nemesis of his friend Jarael appears, Zayne begins to worry that entering the Crucible may be the biggest mistake of his life!
Star Wars: The Clone Wars #9
– 3 Pages
Written by Henry Gilroy & Steven Melching
Pencilled by Scott Hepburn
Inked by Dan Parsons
Coloured by Michael E. Wiggam
Cover by Brian Kalin O’Connell
40pg
FC
$2.99Jedi Plo Koon and Kit Fisto have successfully removed one of the obstacles holding back their mission to free the Khormai people. If only they didn’t have to deal with a cowardly Captain, who can’t seem to keep out of trouble-and the Separatists’ assassin, Asajj Ventress, who is on their trail!
3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man HC
– 7 Pages
Written by Matt Kidt
Art by by Matt Kidt
192
FC
$19.95What would it be like to stand head and shoulders above everyone else — and to keep growing? Unable to interact with a fragile world that isn’t built to withstand your size? To live in a house that doesn’t fit you anymore — with a wife who doesn’t either?
Craig Pressgang’s life is well documented in his official CIA biography, Giant Man: Pillar of America, but the heroic picture it paints is only half the story. The continuous growth caused by Craig’s strange medical condition brings a variety of problems as he becomes more isolated and unknowable. Told in three eras by three women with unique relationships with Craig, 3 Story follows his sad life from his birth to the present.
Bride of the Water God Volume 4
– 3 Pages
Written by Mi-Kyung Yun
Art by Mi-Kyung Yun
176pg
B&W
$9.95Gods and mortals alike are in love with Soah! Driven from her husband Habaek’s magical kingdom, Soah’s life back on Earth has been pretty miserable so far, despite her many admirers. With Habaek’s mother and some of his supposed friends conspiring against him, will the cursed Water God finally come to his senses and rescue Soah?
Humor, drama, and a bit of horror combine in this story, as Soah tries to uncover the truth behind her strange husband’s curse and his previous wife’s early, brutal demise. Complicating everything, Habaek — her powerful, moody husband — must live in the form of a little boy during the day, returning to his true adult body at night.
* Bride of the Water God, with its enchanting, romantic storyline and elaborate, breathtaking artwork, was the top-selling shojo manhwa in Korea in 2006.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 5: Predators and Prey TPB
– 3 Pages
Written by Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z. Greenbert, Jim Krueger, Doug Petrie
Art by Georges Jeanty, Cliff Richards
Inked by Andy Owens
Coloured by Michelle Madsen
Cover by Jo Chen
160pg
FC
$15.95Buffy’s world goes awry when former-classmate-turned-vampire Harmony Kendall lands her own reality TV show, Harmony Bites, bolstering bloodsucking fiends in the mainstream. Humans line up to have their blood consumed, and Slayers, through a series of missteps, misfortunes, and anti-Slayer propaganda driven by the mysterious Twilight, are forced into hiding.
In Germany, Faith and Giles discover a town where Slayers retreat from a world that has turned against them, only to find themselves in the arms of something far worse. A rogue-Slayer faction displaces an entire Italian village, living up to their tarnished reputation as power-hungry thieves. And finally, with the help of a would-be demon lover, Dawn addresses her unfaltering insecurities.
* Collects issues #21-#25 and the short stories “Harmony Bites” and “Vampy Cat Play Friend” from MySpace Dark Horse Presents!
* A New York Times Bestselling series!
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 18 TPB
– 3 Pages
Written by Bruce Jones, Steven Grant
Art by John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Mark Silvestr, Alfredo Alcala, Val Mayerik200pg
FC
$17.95Taking over writing duties on Conan the Barbarian in the early 1980s, Bruce Jones brought his humor and horror sensibilities — as well as his knack for telling great short stories — to the title, invigorating John Buscema, who returned to work on the series with Conan #136. In The Chronicles of Conan: Isle of the Dead and Other Stories, these two comic-book titans lead Conan on a thrilling tour of Hyboria — from the monster-infested Bossonian Marshes to the hideous slave markets of Belthem — as Conan encounters strange, supernatural foes, beguiling women, and overconfident rulers.
* Stories like “The River of Death,” “Titan’s Gambit,” and the two-part “Spider Isle” adventure are meticulously restored and recolored, and Jones and Buscema are joined by such talents as Ernie Chan, Mark Silvestri, Val Mayerik, Alfredo Alcala, and others.
* This volume collects Conan the Barbarian issues #135 to #142, including all original series covers.
* Since rekindling the Conan franchise in 2004, Dark Horse has sold over 350,000 Conan graphic novels!
The Goon Volume 9: Calamity of Conscience TPB
– 3 Pages
Written by Eric Powell
Art by Eric Powell
128pg
FC
$15.95Multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of The Goon Eric Powell teams with acclaimed colorist Dave Stewart to bring this tale of humor, horror, and heartbreak to a close. Prepare for the usual weirdness, as only Powell and The Goon can provide: the living dead (children, priests, and pretty ladies), pretty living ladies, gypsies, backwoods children . . . “dogs” . . . crazy-weird cats, pimps peddling animal love, animals on the receiving end of said animal love . . . evil Shredded Wheat-men, more-evil undead burlesque-house owners, guys with tails, a woky (a woky?) . . . and more!
* The Goon Volume 9 collects the final installment of Goon Year (issues #28-#31)!
Gunsmith Cats: Burst Volume 4
– 3 Pages
Written by Kenichi Sonoda
Art by Kenichi Sonoda
192pg
B&W
$12.95Back from hiatus, the long-awaited return of Gunsmith Cats continues in this fourth exciting volume!
The road race may be canceled, but the gunplay continues, with our girls Rally and Minnie-May in the middle as usual. The bounty hunters and the rest of the Gunsmith Cats gang are in for lots more action as Kenichi Sonoda keeps bringing the goods in the book where T&A stands for triggers and ammo!
Indiana Jones Adventures Volume 2 TPB
– 3 Pages
Written by Mark Evanier
Art by Ethan Beavers
88pg
FC
$7.95When sixteenth-century stone carvings of animals start to go missing from museums across the globe, authorities think it’s a simple case of burglary. But Indiana Jones and Marcus Brody think otherwise. Legend has it that the statues serve as a key to finding a mysterious ruby, which is said to make its bearer invincible. It’s up to Indy to find the statues and the ruby before it falls into the wrong hands!
* Kid friendly and brimming with the very best parts of Indiana Jones, this book is perfect for anyone looking for stunning visuals, thrill-a-minute storytelling, and one unmistakable archaeologist!
The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century (Limited Edition) – 3 Pages
Written by Frank Miller
Art & Covers by Dave Gibbons
600pg
$99.99A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival, oversized, and slipcased hardcover volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen).
Our story begins in the squalid corridors of a maximum-security housing project, where a young girl will rise from the war-torn streets of Chicago to battle injustice in a world insane with corruption. She will be called a hero, a traitor, and nearly everything in between, but all along the way, her courage, her integrity, and her unwavering commitment to that most valuable of rights — liberty — will inspire a movement that will never surrender.
* Collecting meticulously remastered versions of every Martha Washington story, and features a comprehensive behind-the-scenes section, a new introduction by Frank Miller and extensive commentary by Dave Gibbons.
* The ultra-limited edition features tip-in pencil art by Dave Gibbons that is signed by both creators and numbered to only one hundred copies!
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 9: Daisho 2nd Edition TPB
– 3 Pages
Written by Stan Sakai
Art by Stan Sakai
216pg
B&W
$15.95A samurai’s sword is more than his weapon — it is his soul. As such, he must prove himself worthy of possessing a daisho, a matched pair of swords.
In his years as a warrior, fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills, Miyamoto Usagi has more than earned his swords. After braving many a battle and surviving tremendous bloodshed, Usagi continues his warrior pilgrimage. This volume finds him the reluctant participant in a duel for blood money and, later, enraged at the theft of his swords, Usagi pledges a new oath — to track the leader of a roving band of brigands and retrieve his daisho.
* Newly rescanned from Stan Sakai’s original art, this volume features new story notes!
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