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A troupe of TV horror hosts visits Mystic Grove, but they're not prepared for the real terrors of the town known as "Fear City." Guest-starring M'sleu Phanteau and Elvira's rival Spooky Suzie, it's the lead-up to our most shocking issue ever! Don't miss "Carnival of Goals" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, with a three-ringer of a cover by Howell and Steve Leialoha. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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As HorrorFest begins, TV horror hosts from around the country gather in Mystic Grove to oversee the carnival--but lurking behind the scenes, a grotesquely disfigured vampire seeks the only person who might be able to restore him--his grieving wife. Don't miss "Hallowed Ground" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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HorrorFest turns out to be aptly named, as shocking deaths mount. Nico and Caffrey are seized by their killing madness, Adam makes a heart-wrenching discovery about his son Mason, and Mac's plot against Kathryn comes to a chilling peak. If you think you're strong enough, you won't miss "Cliffhanger!" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, with a nail-biter of a cover by Howell and Steve Leialoha. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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In the wake of the shocking deaths that marked HorrorFest, the characters take stock of their lives and unlives. For the Deadbeats, it's their lasted campaign of fear; for Southie and Brittany, it's the triumph of eternal love. And for the humans, it's a surprising panoply of dreams and desires. Don't miss the poignant coda called "Yearnings!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. B&W Cover price $2.50.

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Getting raided by vampires can really take the wind out of a man's sails, so to let off steam, a bunch of Fear City guys strut off into the night to do "guy stuff" until their revels are interrupted by the violent Southie, off on a tear of his own. It's all in "Guys' Night Out." By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Steve Leialoha. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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When the mayor's wife went over the cliff, it scotched his chances to stay in office. Now the real culprits are revealed: the ones who plotted to gain control of the vampire-plagued town. Also, the fourth membership slot in the Deadbeats appears to be taken--but vampires Martine and Colleen will be sorry about the results! It all happens in "Dark Dealings!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Steve Leialoha. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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A wraith of roiling energy has been possessing select Fear City denizens for months. Now its secret is revealed, along with the reason for its vendetta against the marauding vampire band known as the Deadbeats. Will they survive its brutal attack--or will their fate be decided by King Hermano? It's all in "Dodging the Bullet!" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, with a monstrously good cover by Howell and Steve Leialoha. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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Now that the shambling zombie-creature has become the Deadbeats' fifth member, the vampire band's full strength is pitted against an attempt by Father Gutierrez to exorcise their evil spirits from Fear City. It's all in "A Matter of Faith!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Steve Leialoha. Cover price $2.50.

The Ventucrats, a secret society that will gamble on anything, proffer a wager that could cost challenger "Lucky" Garner his life: He has to stay alive for one week in Fear City! Meanwhile, chance also plays a part in Dr. Ralston's tenuous reconciliation with Hermano the Vampire King, and the cautious holiday celebrations of the town's populace. It's all in "The Wolf Got My Feet!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Steve Leialoha. Cover price $2.50.

Fear City has seen many extraordinary characters, but none more so than dashing adventurer and romancer, Adam Collier. But why do the women he wins over keep winding up missing or dead? Meanwhile, turmoil within the Deadbeats threatens to destroy both Kip and Nico's bloodsucking careers in "You Never Can Tell!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Steve Leialoha. Cover price $2.50.

All Tomorrow's Parties! - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. The sultry chanteuse Contessa DiMiera comes to Fear City, but is her engagement at the Bat Club merely a ruse to mask her vendetta against adventurer Adam Collier? Meanwhile, ghastly moans from a seaside cavern lead to the discovery of a shocking secret! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Dodging and Weaving - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Al Vey. The mystery surrounding Ricardo's disappearance deepens, the vampiresses Martine and Colleen fall into enemy hands, and Southie risks everything to save his undead bride Brittany. Meanwhile, the sultry Contessa's campaign against adventurer Adam Collier puts several lives in jeopardy. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

House of Fiends! - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Finally, the horrors that stalk the town of Mystic Grove have a place to roost. Evil squatters have taken possession of the mansion that Dr. Ralston plans to buy, and they're using it as the site to terrify both the living and the undead. All are at risk, from young hero Kirby to the vampire princess Brittany, to the malicious Deadbeats themselves. One thing is clear: not everyone will survive the horror that waits within! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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After Life - Beyond Death - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Nick Cardy. The mystery villain's been revealed - but the true terror of the 'House of Fiends' has only just begun! Everyone trapped inside - human and undead - becomes a victim. Which star-crossed couple's happiness will be destroyed forever? The heartbreaking answer is in this issue! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Turn...and Face the Strange! - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. After the shocks and surprises in the House of Fiends, the Deadbeats regroup with their unexpected new fifth member, whose powers will put the town in more danger than ever before! Plus, one love affair has been brutally ended, two vampires' threats are no more, and one of the town's heroines totters on the brink of death! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Passion Play! - By David, Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. The latest Deadbeat stalks with the group, but there is no joy in the event. Likewise, the latest addition to the vampire hunters has a personal interest in making sure that Southie pays for his crimes against Boelyn Bove and her daughter. Also, the bat cultists' full-scale attack against adventurer Adam Collier prompts a horrible realization about Adam's long-missing wife! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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A Cult Above the Rest - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. The lurking bat-cultists strike -- and both Adam Collier and Dakota Kane are their targets! Also, the vampires' recent kills prompt Mayor Riggs to enact a bizarre new law, and the strange secret of the Contessa is revealed! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

True Britt - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Now that Southie's vampire paramour Brittany has returned to her human state, she now regards him as her captor and tormentor. Is it madness for her to torture him in return -- by flaunting her contempt and her new, other lovers? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Get Out of Dodge - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Al Milgrom. Dracula leads the Deadbeats now, and they're following his plan to eliminate the pretender vampire king, Hermano. None of this sits well with Dodger, the group's former leader, though, and he's determined to break the stranglehold that the world's most famous undead menace has over his old comrades! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Mommy's Home - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Finally, the lure of her family ties proves too strong for Madame Melina to withstand. Too bad, though, that she's been transformed into a voracious vampire! How will Christine and Dakota react when they find out that "Mommy's Home"?! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Upheavals! - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. The vampire Southie's got a secret...and he's keeping it bound and terrified in a cave by the beach! Meanwhile, government forces move into Mystic Grove to take charge of the initiative against the undead, while the holidays bring several town residents surprising news about their missing loved ones! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Special Delivery! - Written by Richard Howell. Art by Richard Howell & Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Brittany's unnatural pregnancy threatens several lives -- including hers -- as it surges forward at an alarming rate! Also, Dracula's plot claims two more victims, and old enemies unite to hasten Mayor Riggs' downfall! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Restless Spirits! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Two women have been transformed into vampires...and each of them has her own undead agenda! Plus, Brittany and Manny's baby demonstrates strange powers! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Ghostly lights in the night menace a troupe of homeless men, and their only savior is...Hermano, King of the Vampires? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Mixed Messages! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Southie and Brittany's undead bliss is marred by Britt's bizarre personality shifts, while vampire Tina's mission to kill her brother hits a snag. Meanwhile, Hermano's otherworldly encounter will change the fate of Fear City forever! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Shocks! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Dr. Ralston and Hermano the Vampire King restore their alliance; Dakota and Christine mount an inter-dimensional rescue effort; and Dracula orders the destruction of one of his own! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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One Moment in Time! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. The Deadbeats recruit a new menace into their ranks; Hanson's attempt to lift Nico's curse yields horrifying results; and moments before the bands of time unravel, Dracula's vengeance strikes down his most hated enemy! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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World of Vampires! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Kirby Collier finds himself adrift in a sea of familiar faces -- horrible counterparts of his closest friends and relatives, here the vampire rulers of a brutal society in which humans are bred for their blood! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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A Dark and Dismal Fate! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Plunged into an awful alternate future in which monsters have overtaken Mystic Grove, Kirby Collier allies himself with the grown-up children of his friends -- and his own twins -- to oppose the evil intruders! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Hot Fun in Someone's Time! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Finally, Kirby returns to his own time-band, unfortunately, too far back -- to his parents' wild youth! More importantly, will Adam and Rachel live long enough to create Kirby -- with the town's first vampire targeting them for death? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Despite Kirby's sacrifice, the destruction of all that is, was, and ever shall be looms over both the living and the undead of Fear City. Ultimately, King Hermano must stand alone to defeat the creature that consumes time-bands, in "Chronovore!", this arc's concluding chapter, by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Lachance. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

Attempting to bring normality to Fear City is a struggle, but Dakota Kane and Buddy Bradford shoulder the task when their new travelers' inn debuts. Trouble is, their first customers are the latest grouping of those vile vampires the Deadbeats, in "Dead and Breakfast!" By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Lachance. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

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Years ago, Erik Powell's Med School roommate entered into a demon's bargain for wealth and success. Now the cost has become more frightful than he knew. Can Drs. Powell and Ralston save his soul, or will the attempt destroy them all? Find out in "Double Jeopardy" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Lachance. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

It's still Claypool Jump-In Month, and Dracula himself visits Fear City to use his unparalleled power to extract all of King Hermano's secrets from Mason Collier. Everything gets mixed up in "Dark Shadows of the Past" by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell and Lachance. B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.

No One Here Gets Out Alive! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Dracula's evil "five-by-five" plan requires that the fifth Deadbeat slaughter his entire family. Now that Nikolas has become undead, will he surrender to the Lord of Vampires' dreadful directive? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Face to Face! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Jim Mooney. The vampiress Brittany makes a breakthrough in her bipolar shifts between her undead self and the human she once was, but the effort may cost her Southie, the one she loves the most! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Stand With Me! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Years ago, young woodland scouts Dakota Kane and Cain VanSloan narrowly escaped the talons of a monstrous backwoods beast. Now that terror reaches forward to rend a bloody swath through Mystic Grove's present! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Bloodline! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Jim Mooney. Finally, the secret behind exorcist Randall Hanson's mysterious mission to Fear City is revealed -- plus his shocking connection to one of the vampire kings -- and the Deadbeats emerge horrifyingly worse for it! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

The Unkindest Cult of All! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. As the 'Year of Climaxes' concludes, detective Mike Trigger uncovers the secret behind the roving city Chiroptolis and -- along with Kirby, Mason and Dakota Kane -- invades it, to battle the bat-god Murcielago and discover the fates of the kidnapped Adam and Rachel Collier! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. A jump-in issue for new readers! A horrible doom looms over Fear City! Can this be the wave of the future? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Joe Rubinstein. Comics' premier vampire epic! The only vampire who's immune to Kirby Collier's corrosive blood is his other-worldly counterpart. Now Vampire Kirby intends to destroy his rival, heedless of the fact that Kirby is crucial in the town's mission to prevent the disaster that's fated to destroy Mystic Grove! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

No Brother of Mine - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Kirby's evil undead counterpart is no longer blocked from draining the blood of innocents. He embarks on a murderous rampage, and his first victim might be another vampire since young Mason Collier is determined to stop the carnage before it starts! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Lost, Lonely, and Wretched! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Louis Lachance. Christine's frightening descent into madness takes her to a vision of her own future -- as a murderous, undead creature of the night! Hopefully, her friends can prevent her unknown attacker from killing her and transforming her into a vampire! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Drawn Swords! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Richard Howell & Steve Leialoha. Hermano the vampire king has been brought into the struggle to avert Fear City's coming disaster. He's been brainwashed to believe that the cataclysm will be caused by one particular person...and that Hermano can save the town by killing Kirby Collier! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Tear Up This Town! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Howell & Joe Sinnott. With Kirby gone, the campaign to protect Mystic Grove from the looming disaster is in shambles. Neither the mortals nor the vampires can defuse the fearsome forces of destruction, leaving Radu, the White Wizard, as the town's only hope! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Heaven Can't Wait! - By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran. Cover by Howell & Joe Rubinstein. Final Issue! Once Kirby Collier was seen as the town's only hope, but now he's beyond all aid himself, having passed into the afterlife. There, he encounters many familiar faces and learns the full import of the doom that destroyed Mystic Grove! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Deadbeats (1993-2007) #1-12.

Written by Richard Howell. Art and cover by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran.

Alienation. Peer pressure. Vampires. Kirby and Mason Collier thought moving to Mystic Grove could suck, but they didn't expect generations of bloodsuckers. Reprinting the classic series from Claypool Comics in omnibus format!

Softcover, 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Deadbeats (1993-2007) #13-25.

Written by Richard Howell. Art and cover by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran.

Alienation. Peer pressure. Vampires. Gothic horror tears through the families of Mystic Grove, as the undead come to claim what they want! Continuing the classic series from Claypool Comics in Omnibus format!

Softcover, 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Deadbeats (1993-2007) #26-37.

Written by Richard Howell. Art and cover by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran.

Peer pressure. Vampires. Gothic horror tears through the families of Mystic Grove, as the undead come to claim what they want! Continuing the classic series from Claypool Comics in omnibus format!

Softcover, 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Deadbeats (1993-2007) #38-48.

Written by Richard Howell. Art and cover by Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran.

Alienation. Peer pressure. Vampires. Gothic horror tears through the families of Mystic Grove, as the undead come to claim what they want! Continuing the classic series from Claypool Comics in omnibus format!

Softcover, 288 pages, B&W.

Cover price $25.00.