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Cover art by Ariel Olivetti. "Soul Brothers, Part Two: The Gospel According to Lobo," script by Alan Grant (as Matthew Grant), art by Ariel Olivetti (as Mark Olivetti); Lobo regains consciousness within a black void, not knowing where he is or how he arrived here; Without warning he is suddenly struck by some invisible force; The blows continue to come from the darkness until the Main Man decides to fight back; He throws his fists hoping to land a punch on his mysterious assailant; Also enveloped by the pitch, Etrigan is blind-sided by an unseen foe. After being struck several times, the Demon ignites a flame in the palm of his hand to illuminate his surroundings, revealing his former ally Lobo to be the source of the fighting; As the two combatants brutalise each other, Lord Nytemayr watches with pleasure as his captives are pitted against one another, trapped within the illusion of his Sphere of a Thousand Nightmares. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

BLOODLINES, DC's Summer Annual crossover event, begins here. From interdimensional space come lifeforms as ferocious and predatory as they are hideous...shape-shifting parasites that inhabit a living spaceship and harbor a terrible secret that threatens the planet Earth. It's death from beyond the stars for an angry Main Man when Lobo is ordered by Chief Dox to investigate a disturbing rift in space. But Dox places special L.E.G.I.O.N. agent Layla in charge of the mission and Lobo finds that he's met his match in the butt-kickin' department...especially when Layla goes on to become the first New Blood in the DC Universe! Continues in Superman The Man of Steel Annual (1992) #2. Written by Alan Grant, with art and cover by Christian Alamy. 68 pages. New Format. Cover price $3.50.

The Elseworlds Annuals event, the DC Universe's journey into remote realms of possibility, continues in "A Fistful of Bastiches." The term "Wild West" takes on a whole new meaning as Lobo saddles up for some rough-riding adventures. From stories about the "Lone Fragger and Tontbo" to the "Fragnificent Seven," this outrageous stampede across the American frontier sets off with guns a-blazing by writer Alan Grant, and art by Christian Alamy, Sergio Aragones, Martin Emond, Carlos Ezquerra, Barry Kitson, Ray McCarthy, Frank Gomez, Kevin O'Neill, Val Semeiks, Robin Smith, John Ridgway, Peter Gross, Dave Johnson, Chris Alexander, Wayne Faucher, Gabriel Morrissette, Kieron Dwyer, Dwayne Turner, Pablo Raimondi, Dusty Abell and John Dell. Cover by Gomez. New Format. Cover price $3.50.

The Year One Annuals continue, exploring pivotal events and untold stories of the DC Universe's greatest heroes. Revealed at last: the story of the one and only bastich in the fraggin' universe who ever trounced the Main Man. Now that bastich is back and Lobo wants a piece of him...preferably his still-beating heart! Written by Alan Grant, with art by Carl Critchlow. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown. Cover by Aaron Kuder. The all-new Lobo brings the ultraviolence to his new ongoing series! If the first few blood-soaked pages of this issue don't shock you - nothing will! Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Ben Oliver. Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown. The all-new Lobo brings the ultraviolence to his new ongoing series! If the first few blood-soaked pages of this issue don't shock you - nothing will! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown, Alisson Borges and Nelson DeCastro. Cover by Aaron Kuder. Against his better judgment, Lobo defends the Earth against alien attackers! Plus, learn more about Lobo's mysterious past! Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown, Alisson Borges and Nelson DeCastro. Against his better judgment, Lobo defends the Earth against alien attackers! Plus, learn more about Lobo's mysterious past! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown, Alisson Borges, Nelson DeCastro, Keith Champagne and John Livesay. Cover by Aaron Kuder. Learn the truth about Lobo, including why he left his home, how he adopted the code he lives by and how he's going to defeat six deadly assassins trying to destroy the Earth! If that's not enough, wait till you see what he does when a special guest star is revealed on the last page of this issue! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown, Alisson Borges, Nelson DeCastro, Keith Champagne and John Livesay. Cover by Francis Manapul. Learn the truth about Lobo, including why he left his home, how he adopted the code he lives by and how he's going to defeat six deadly assassins trying to destroy the Earth! If that's not enough, wait till you see what he does when a special guest star is revealed on the last page of this issue! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown and Alisson Borges. Cover by Ben Oliver. Continued from the pages of last month's BATMAN/SUPERMAN #17! Lobo's on mission to save Earth, and he doesn't have time for distractions - especially from the Last Son of Krypton! Get ready for Lobo versus Superman! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Reilly Brown, Alisson Borges and Cliff Richards. Cover by Ben Oliver. As Lobo grows closer to preventing the destruction of Earth, an old foe returns and reveals Lobo's role in the destruction of his home world. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

There's trouble on Paradize, a planet whose citizenry is fed up with its idyllic, utopian existence and decides that it's time for a change. The populace wants to embrace capitalism and industrialization. But Paradize's all-knowing and omnipotent ruler, Gawd, will have none of it. So the populace does what anyone would do: they put a contract on their supreme being...an assignment that's ideally suited to the baddest bastich in the universe, the ever-maimin' Lobo! Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer, Klaus Janson and Dick Giordano. Painted cover by Dwyer. Suggested for Mature Readers. We Mean It. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Gawd strikes back by focusing all his twisted power on confounding the Main Man. It's babes, babes and more babes...with Lobo caught in the middle. He's beginning to believe the planet Paradize is aptly named, until he's sent to meet the darkest ruler of the underworld, who happens to be Gawd's brother - Dave. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer and Dick Giordano. Painted cover by Dwyer. Suggested for Mature Readers. We Really Mean It. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Dave, Gawd's brother and ruler of Paradize's underworld, tells Lobo that the Main Man must defeat Gawd if he ever hopes to leave. Dave's final plan to depose the supreme being of Paradize is set in motion when he contacts Abbot Costello to instigate a planetwide rebellion. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer and Dick Giordano. Painted cover by Dwyer. Suggested for Mature Readers. We Really Mean It. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Lobo leads a violent, uproarious siege on Gawd's celestial fortress, where the Main Man must contend with the awesome power of Paradize's ruler and the Four Johnnies of the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Abbot Costello instigates a planetwide rebellion, leading the citizenry to the very gates of Gawd's cathedral. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer and Dick Giordano. Painted cover by Dwyer (after Michelangelo). Suggested for Mature Readers. We Really Mean It. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

So, okay, BLAZING CHAIN OF LOVE pushes the boundaries of humorous adventure (and - sigh - love!) as only a bastich like Lobo can as the main man's working once again for Ramona, the hairdresser/skip tracer. This time he's on the trail of a beautiful murderess who's hiding in the harem of Sultan Algor...a harem the size of New Jersey full of very lovely - and lonely - ladies. But lonely enough to settle for the likes of Lobo? Will Lobo survive the bounty of feminine wiles? Will he still find his bounty? Who knows? YOU will, if you buy this comic. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art by Denys Cowan. Painted cover by Dan Brereton. New Format. Suggested for Mature Readers. Cover price $1.50.

1st Printing - In this one-shot, Lobo reaches right out of the comics page and selects a fanboy from the audience to be his prime student in a demonstration of bounty hunting, Lobo style. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer, Kevin O'Neill, Martin Emond, Frank Gomez and Robert McCallum. Painted cover by Simon Bisley. Suggested for Mature Readers. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

2nd Printing - In this one-shot, Lobo reaches right out of the comics page and selects a fanboy from the audience to be his prime student in a demonstration of bounty hunting, Lobo style. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Kieron Dwyer, Kevin O'Neill, Martin Emond, Frank Gomez and Robert McCallum. Painted cover by Simon Bisley. Suggested for Mature Readers. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

Lobo puts on some pinstripes, and we ain't talkin' about a Yankee uniform here, we're talking about prison stripes. How did the Main Man end up behind bars, you ask? Well, bein' drunk and disorderly had something to do with it--oh, and maybe head-buttin' the judge until he was a bloody pulp also had something to do with the harshest, severest prison sentence ever handed down in the history of the universe--1000 years. I guess 'Bo had a failure to communicate! Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Rafael Garres. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.50.

Fanboys and speculators, watch out! The Main Man is hitting the convention circuit in search of another copy of SUPERMAN #75, the polybagged edition with the armband, because he laughed so hard reading his first copy that he tore it in half! And that's exactly what he'll do to any fanboy who tries to gouge him! It's the LOBO CONVENTION SPECIAL, and it's the most fun you'll have all summer. Imagine the satisfaction of seeing Lobo coping with registration lines, cleaning his teeth with hologram trading cards, and using polybags as only he can. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art and cover by Kevin O'Neill. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Someone's put a bounty on Deadman's head, and it's Lobo who decides to bring him in...dead or deader! The Main Man gets hold of some special weapons designed to help him capture a ghost that can body-hop. But neither of them realizes that they're playing into a sinister master plan designed to draw Deadman to the planet Apokolips...and into the clutches of Darkseid. Written by Alan Grant, with art, full process color and cover by Martin Emond. 52 pages. New Format. Cover price $3.50.

The most evil and sadistic entity in the cosmos has set its sights on Ramona, Lobo's heart-broken ex-boss, and it's up to the Main Man to track down the bastich who got her in deep-frag with the Interstellar Revenue Service! Writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant are reunited for this outrageous 4-issue miniseries, illustrated by Alex Horley, with a painted cover by Paolo Parente. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.25.

The Interstellar Revenue learns to its abject horror that in all the cosmos, there still remains a single individual insane enough not to have paid his taxes. Guess who? Meanwhile, Bronc Chavez is still on the lam with Ramona's money and Lobo crashlands on Estrogyn-9. What's a boy to do? Warning: this issue contains some memorably offensive humor. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant. Art by Alex Horley. Painted cover by Paolo Parente. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.25.

Getting off Estrogyn-9, Lobo tracks down Porque Chavez, only to walk into an IRS trap! Chavez is acquitted on the spot, but Lobo isn't about to give up, especially if it means a conflagration dance with the Mambo Mayhem Band! Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant. Art by Alex Horley. Painted cover by Paolo Parente. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.25.

In the conclusion of this raucous miniseries, Lobo does to the IRS what other people only dream about! Live through him. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant. Art by Alex Horley. Painted cover by Paolo Parente. Mature Readers. FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.25.

When the Demon Etrigan hires Lobo to help a dragon destroy the Earth, the Main Man decides it's just the kind of Halloween Party he enjoys! The one thing the demonic duo didn't count on was that the dragon might decide they'd make a nice appetizer before chowing down on terra firma! Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Vince Giarrano. FC, 32 pg. Mando Format. Cover price $2.25.

A fantastic adventure starring th' Main Man, with painted art by Hermann Mejia. In order to save the life of a comatose alien leader, peace-loving scientists miniaturize an expert surgeon and her bodyguard--along with a little submarine called the Savior--into his butt. The plan sounds good, except for one minor detail: the belligerent, drunken bodyguard is Lobo, and things go just about as badly as you can imagine. Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Hermann Mejia. FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

Among the artists blackmailed by the editor into contributing pin-ups for this volume: Dusty Abell, Christian Alamy, Derec Aucoin, Kyle Baker, Jim Balent, Darryl Banks, John Byrne, Denys Cowan, John Dell, Kieron Dwyer, Scot Eaton, Martin Emond, Carlos Ezquerra, Vince Giarrano, Keith Giffen, Frank Gomez, Stuart Immonen, Phil Jimenez, Dave Johnson, Kelley Jones, Barry Kitson, Tom Mandrake, John McCrea, Mike McKone, Mick McMahon, Kevin O'Neill, Mike Parobeck, Howard Porter, Steve Pugh, Val Semeiks, Liam Sharpe, Mike Wieringo, Phil Winslade and Mike Zeck. Painted cover by Simon Bisley. Miraweb Format. Cover price $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

Lobo Goes to Hollywood - Written by Alan Grant. Art and Cover by Christian Alamy. When the Main Man gets wind that a bunch of dweebs on Earth are shooting a movie based on his life, everyone involved in the flick -- even the poor mooks giving tours on the studio lot -- had better take cover as Lobo "acts" out his disappointment in this uproarious, irreverent one-shot! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.

Written by Scott Ian. Art and cover by Sam Kieth. A Lobo story like nothing you've seen before! You can imagine that when you live life the way the Main Man lives life - loud, loose, and ludicrously violent - you might pick up an enemy or two along the way. An enemy like, say, oh I don't know, Satan himself. And Satan, my friends, does not play around. Hell's iron-fisted ruler has a serious mad-on for the last Czarnian, and he's gonna hit Lobo right in his blackened, scabrous heart. So Lobo's just gonna have to hit him harder. Repeatedly. In the FACE. But first, Lobo has to go to Hell...a little sooner than anticipated! Metal icon Scott Ian of Anthrax makes his comics debut, joining forces with visionary creator Sam Kieth to bring you a Lobo story that's so over the top, you won't even remember what the top used to look like! Bleeding dolphins, demonic Chihuahuas, the world's worst cruise ship, exploding moons, severed heads, and still more sick fraggin' stuff all await you on the Highway to Hell - don't miss a single twisted page! 64 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

Written by Scott Ian Art and cover by Sam Keith It's been a long hard road into Hell, but Lobo's face to face with Satan at last! And make no mistake, he's going to stab the Devil right in his... adorable... blond-haired... pretty... What the frag?!? This is not what the Main Man was expecting, people! Anthrax icon Scott Ian and warped genius Sam Kieth have clearly lost their minds - join them, won't you? On sale December 2 o 2 of 2 o 64 pg, FC, $6.99 US Cover price $6.99.

Light up at your own risk, 'cause when the Main Man makes a bet with his pal Jonas that he can quit smoking--everybody'd better take cover!!! Lobo is not, shall we say, more pleasant to deal with during nicotine withdrawal. What for humans is an ordeal, becomes nothing less than a natural disaster for the poor mooks on the same planet as the Last Czarnian! But watching Lobo go through every hilarious nerve-fragging moment may well be worth it...Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Carlos Ezquerra. FC, 32 pg. Cover price $2.25.

It's a "bad hair day" of no small proportions for the Main Man when a pair of evil bastiches catch him with his guard down in LOBO: IN THE CHAIR, a twisted and irreverent one-shot. Lobo's spent a couple of months in the galactic outback, scrounging on a horrible planet where he's been bounty-hunting a tribe of bad guys. Now he's back home, accompanied by an overflowing cartload of dead bodies, and ready to collect his loot. He's so glad to be back that he's only a little upset that he got everybody he was looking for except the Winter Brothers, a pair of mooks he'll have to track down later. The trouble is, after all that hard work, the Main Man stinks. He's dirty, sweaty and in need of a good clean-up. So it's off to the barber shop. But who should come crawling out of the woodwork but the aforesaid Winter Brothers, who seize the opportunity to exact revenge...and do things that are too horrible to contemplate, both to Lobo...and his hair. Written by Alan Grant, with art and painted cover by Martin Emond. New Format. Cover price $1.95.

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They're galactic pariahs - the rejected and downtrodden scum of the universe: hated an despised by all. They're the legion of illegitimate children of Lobo...and they're none too fond of dear old daddy. But when Su, one of his daughters, unites a hundred spawn of Lobo to get revenge on their marauding pop, she must choose their plan of attack carefully, making sure that Lobo is in a certain place at a certain time...so she arranges to have Lobo drafted! Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art and cover by Giffen. Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.50.

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Lobo reports to boot camp on a moon of Czarnia, not knowing that everyone in training is one of his illegitimate offspring...all of whom want him dead! Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art and cover by Giffen. Proudly Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.50.

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It's all-out war as a pack of hostile aliens assault the bogus military base and Lobo is forced to fight alongside his horrible children. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art and cover by Giffen. Sternly Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.50.

In the conclusion of this miniseries, Lobo does everyone in in extremely entertaining ways. Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, with art and cover by Giffen. Lovingly Suggested for Mature Readers. New Format. Cover price $1.50.

Law and order meets chaos incarnate in this one-shot! Transported to Mega City One, Lobo teams up with Judge Dredd to crack skulls and beat down a wild uprising of the Undercity mutants. Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner. Art by Val Semeiks and John Dell. Prestige Format. FC, 48 pg. Cover price $4.95.

DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics present an absolutely hilarious team-up! Lobo's Alan Grant is joined by The Mask's John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke as they take the wackiest pair in all of comics to new heights of frag-all frivolity and zany adventure. In issue #1, bounty huntin' Lobo tracks down The Ultimate Bastich, a guy who looks like a really, really evil version of The Mask. When the trail leads the Main Man to Earth, the mask has been donned by a small time thug named Ira, resulting in a chaotic fight that completely destroys New York City. And that's just the set-up. Written by Alan Grant and John Arcudi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Keith Williams. Cover by Doug Mahnke. FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics present a conclusion to this team-up that's so absolutely hilarious we're gonna tell you exactly what happens and it won't spoil a thing! In issue #2, Lobo and the Mask begin their intergalactic quest to find the Ultimate Bastich. But whenever the Main Man gets close, the Mask screws things up for him at every turn. Eventually, they fall into a Black Hole, go back in time, find a version of Lobo before he met the Mask, and abuse the hell out of him. This works just fine until Lobo actually puts on the Mask at which point the violent absurdity goes off the fraggin' scale! More rollicking good fun! Written by Alan Grant and John Arcudi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Keith Williams. Cover by Doug Mahnke. FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $5.95.

By all that is holy, what sort of insane mischief has the decrepit, disgusting monster known as Lobo been up to in the last couple of hundred centuries? It's worse than you may have imagined, as the Main Old Man, bloated and hateful, tries to adapt to the majestic world beyond tomorrow. It ain't gonna be pretty, that's for sure. Written by Alan Grant. Art and cover by Greg Luzniak and Mark Propst. FC, 32 pg. Mando Format. NOTE: The DC One Million series consists of 31 issues including a 4-issue mini-series and 27 individual one-shots. Cover price $2.50.

Lobo goes on a rampage and an innocent bystander lands in the hospital. So what else is new?! It may be business as usual for Lobo, but not for John Doe, the Main Man's aforementioned innocent victim and the subject of LOBO: PORTRAIT OF A VICTIM. The hilarity begins as Doe has a typical bad day at home with the family and decides to go out with his buds for a beer. Unluckily for him, Lobo was meeting his date in the same sleazy bar. What happens next is a healthy dose of Lobo-style fraggin' fun - ultraviolent, extraraucous and semifatal for that poor sap, John Doe. Written by Alan Grant, with art by Val Semeiks and John Dell. Painted cover by Glenn Fabry. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

"Fraggin' Wauugh!" Story by Alan Grant. Art by Val Semeiks and Ray Kryssing. In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, the Master of Quack-Fu, Howard the Duck, and the Main Man, Lobo, are merged to create Lobo the Duck. The world is in ruins and all of Earth's heroes are dead and gone. In this post-apocalyptic landscape only the creature known as Lobo the Duck can thrive. Cover price $1.95.

Ready for a little head-bashing? Think you're man enough to play the Maim Game? Lobo is! Like that's a surprise, right? Check out the slammin' action in the 4-issue miniseries LOBO: UNAMERICAN GLADIATORS, where the Main Man plays the game for fabulous prizes...and, of course, the opportunity to lock horns with the baddest bastiches in the galaxy and kick the butts of his fellow contestants! Up for grabs is a year's holiday for two in the palace of pleasure on Waltsworld, a jewel-encrusted bazooka and all the gold you can grab from the vaults of Gazza. And for the last gladiator standing, the star prize is the planet Zarotey. But does Lobo care about prizes? If he wanted a planet, he'd fraggin' well take one. He's playing the Maim Game for the fun of it. And in Mondo Carno, where anything goes, the Main Man is sure to find the meanest kind of fun. Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Mike Mignola. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

Let the games begin! It looks like Lobo is the favorite contestant in this year's Maim Game! But Johnny Caesar has plans for the Main Man, and if events such as The Slay Ride, The Pin Ball Pit or The Acid Bath don't stop him, fellow contestants like the Ladies from Hell, the Flies or Krakas the Khund will! Either way, Johnny Caesar comes out a winner. Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Mike Mignola. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

It's frag or be fragged for the eight surviving members of the Maim Game. The Satan Brothers may be ahead on points, but Lobo is gaining fast. M.C. Johnny Caesar thinks he's got a great scam going here, but Vril Dox knows better and he's ready to bust Johnny...but only if the Main Man survives the Hive of Death! Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Mike Mignola. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

As the Maim Game continues, a presumed dead Lobo returns to the arena to teach Johnny Caesar a lesson. The games were fixed and Johnny was behind it all. Now Lobo's out for blood in the nuclear conclusion to the baddest games of all time! Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Mike Mignola. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

WRITTEN BY KEITH GIFFEN; PAINTED ART AND COVER BY ALEX HORLEY In stores June 4. Ruder and cruder than ever! The epic tale of Lobo's struggle to regain his mojo as the baddest bad-ass in the universe unfolds in this 6-issue miniseries. Forced to take the most demeaning jobs a hitman can grab, Lobo vows to take on the Herculean task of being crowned "the greatest mass-murderer ever known." But new foes, almost more vile than Lobo himself, emerge to challenge him every step of the way. Expect fun, frolic, bad taste, and body bags! For more information, see the feature article. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (1 OF 6) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

WRITTEN BY KEITH GIFFEN; PAINTED ART AND COVER BY ALEX HORLEY In stores July 2. The miniseries following the exploits of the galaxy's badder-than-ever bastich continues! Lobo finds himself on a planet of ticking time bombs! For these beings, self-explosion isn't just a form of expression ? it's a way of life! And things go from bad to worse when a new villain steps in to menace everyone's favorite anti-hero! Featuring all the vulgarity and sheer cheekiness you know and love, plus so much more! MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. (2 OF 6) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.