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Final issue of the series. Cover art by Henry Kiefer. "Scaramouche," original story by Rafael Sabatini, art by Henry Kiefer; Andre-Louis Moreau is pursued as a political enemy of France; In his journeys, he performs in the Comedia dell'Arte as Scaramouche, in which guise he can spy upon the very people who seek his life; Later, he becomes pupil to a fencing master and soon has the skills he needs to face his enemies. "The Shark Fighters" article; Information about battling sharks underwater. "The Necklace," original story by Guy de Maupassant; Mathilde borrows a necklace from her friend Jeanne to wear at a party, but after losing it she spends her fortune acquiring a replacement; Only after Mathilde falls into poverty and becomes a beggar does she learn Jeanne's necklace wasn't expensive at all--it was an imitation; Adapted from the 1884 short story "La Parure" by Guy de Maupassant. "Tank Tactics at Carthage 241 B.C." article; Information about siege warfare in Carthage. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Written by ERIC JEROME DICKEY. Penciled by DAVID YARDIN & LAN MEDINA. Cover by MIKE MAYHEW. For Ororo and T'Challa, things are about to go from bad to worse. As the bond between them continues to grow in unforeseen ways, tensions simmer to the boiling point in the camp of the men who are hunting them. To say that the De Ruyter brothers aren't seeing eye to eye is to put it mildly. The outcome of their power struggle will have grave repercussions for Ororo and T'Challa. True Believer, you won't want to miss this key issue of the limited series that tells the untold love story between Marvel's two pre-eminent Black super heroes -- Storm and the Black Panther! Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Chris Bachalo. Written by CHUCK KIM Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO As an army of vampires descends on San Francisco, the X-Men find themselves in dire straights. The good news is that they may have just discovered a means for stemming the invasion. The bad news? What they need is in the clutches of the vampires themselves. Luckily, the X-Men have two thieves in their employ that may just be able pull off such a heist. Hold on to your wooden stakes, X-Fans...STORM and GAMBIT are in for a bumpy ride! 40 PGS, FC Cover price $3.99.

(W) David Hine (A) Doug Braithwaite, Ulises Arreola (CA) Doug Braithwaite story DAVID HINE art DOUG BRAITHWAITE & ULISES ARREOLA cover DOUG BRAITHWAITE What are the Wireheads? And why is a godforsaken frontier planet so important to the future of the human race? The stakes are raised as the murder team heads into the forbidden lands of the Elohi. Cover price $3.50.

(W) David Hine (A) Doug Braithwaite, Ulises Arreola (CA) Doug Braithwaite Season one builds to a tragic climax as the team discovers that everything they thought they knew about Amaranth is a lie. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Butch Guice and Eduardo Barreto. Cover by Butch Guice. As the American forces move further inland, the resistance grows more and more fierce. An entire nation takes up arms for a struggle to the death and a clash of cultures. Far from the chaos of the front, a secret is uncovered that may turn the tide against the U.S. as the Third Reich strikes a final, surprising blow from the grave.32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

Story by Tom Bierbaum and Mary Bierbaum. Art by Willie Peppers and Andrew Dimitt. Cover by Willie Peppers. Calibers short-lived attempt to launch its Sky Universe of superheroes. The Stormquest team makes its last stand. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.95.

Created and plotted by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. Written by Sean Ruffner. Art by Brett Booth and Trevor Scott. The Warguard, a group of meta-humans so powerful, dangerous, and utterly uncontrollable, are a Doomsday Weapon to be unleashed only against the most dangerous foes. Now a cadre of Daemonites has taken control of three members of the Warguard and the only thing standing in their way is StormWatch. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $1.95.

Watchmen Variant Cover by Mark Irwin. Story by Warren Ellis. Art by Tom Raney and Randy Elliot. Talk about experimenting in various genres: we take a look at the 96-year history of Jenny Sparks, presented as the comics artists of perspective time periods might have done – not to mention that we finally get to find out exactly what that horrible thing that happened in the '60s was about. 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.50.

Cover A by Miguel Sepulveda. The Dark Side: Part 5 of 6 - It's the unstoppable murder machine vs. the Eminence of Blades when the Midnighter takes on Prince of Lies, Harry Tanner! As Adam One stands trial before the shadow cabinet, Stormwatch loses two members, and the mystery horn from SUPERMAN #1 reappears to deliver a final page that will change Stormwatch forever! NOTE: The events of this issue's startling finale carry over into StormWatch #6, Superman #6, and Grifter #7. Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by Miguel Sepulveda. The Dark Side: Part 5 of 6 - It's the unstoppable murder machine vs. the Eminence of Blades when the Midnighter takes on Prince of Lies, Harry Tanner! As Adam One stands trial before the shadow cabinet, Stormwatch loses two members, and the mystery horn from SUPERMAN #1 reappears to deliver a final page that will change Stormwatch forever! NOTE: The events of this issue's startling finale carry over into StormWatch #6, Superman #6, and Grifter #7. Cover price $2.99.

Betrayal: Part 2 - (W) Peter Milligan (A/CA) Will Conrad Midnighter must die! The unthinkable happens when StormWatch's mission to capture the renegade Midnighter turns into an assassination plot! Don't miss the stunning (and permanent) transformation of a StormWatch member! Cover price $2.99.

Story: Alan Cowsill and Ian Abbinett. Art: Andrew Currie. Nosgoth R.I.P.? The final battle...when the joking had to stop. Deluxe B&W Format. Cover price $2.00.

Cover A by Mike Huddleston. When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event-an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness. Cover price $1.00.

David Lapham (W), Mike Huddleston (A/Cover), and Dan Jackson (C) As an eclipse covers New York City in midday darkness, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team from the Centers for Disease Control struggle to find an explanation for what happened to Flight 753. But when the symptoms don't add up to chemical warfare, and bizarre circumstances unexplained by modern medicine arise, Ephraim begins to entertain the ramblings of a Holocaust survivor who knows too much about this unknown threat. Cover price $3.50.

(W) Daniel Lapham (A) Mike Huddleston (CA) Dan Jackson, Mike Huddleston Dr. Ephraim Goodweather scrambles to prevent a possible epidemic and find out what caused the deaths of hundreds of passengers on Flight 753. Terrorism? Chemical warfare? An airborne disease? None of the likely candidates have reared their heads, but as the first night since the incident at JFK International Airport falls on Manhattan, the question is . . . what will? Cover price $3.50.

(W) Daniel Lapham (A) Mike Huddleston (CA) Dan Jackson, Mike Huddleston The first night has fallen, and pale creatures roam the streets as a dark shadow creeps over New York City. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather is no closer to solving the mystery behind these strange incidents, and-though he doesn't know it-a new visitor to the city has arrived with plans to thwart his efforts even further! Cover price $3.50.

(W) David Lapham (A) Mike Huddleston (CA) Dan Jackson, E.M. Gist On the offensive, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his companions arm themselves and head deep below New York City to smoke out the leader of the vampire menace. But before they can enter his lair, they're paid a deadly visit from the towering beast himself-the Master! Cover price $3.50.

(W) David Lapham (A) Mike Huddleston (CA) Dan Jackson, E.M. Gist The Silver Angel was famous. A legend in the world of lucha libre, he battled vampires during the Saturday matinee, and, in the ring, no man could withstand his mighty wrestling moves. That was then. Now a broken, poor old man wasting away in New Jersey, the Silver Angel must call upon the courage of his youth to defend his home against real-life monsters! Cover price $3.99.

Written by El Torres. Art and Cover by Guillermo Sanna. 'Listen to me. They are here and there at the same time. The Feeders. They drain your sanity out… to feed the things beyond. So the only way to avoid them is… being insane.' 'That's why you killed your brother?' 'No. I sent his soul to the Other Side to kick their butts.' 28 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $3.99.

What if your past, everything you knew, was a lie -- a cover story for your true past on another world? One by one, the Stranded have awakened to their true selves, their true memories, and the amazing powers that are their birthright. Now, in this concluding issue, their protector Tamree gathers them together for a final battle against the assassin called Janus. But one of their own has run amok, cutting a bloody swath of destruction across the world. Before this issue is over, Stranded's lives will become much, much more complicated -- and dangerous. Cover price $2.99.

Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI & SARA "SAMM" BARNES Pencils & Cardstock Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on a collision course with destiny ? a journey that will force him to search the deepest corners of his own heart...and the outer reaches of the cosmos! Masters of the comic book medium J. Michael Straczynski, Samm Barnes & Brandon Peterson chronicle the adventures of the Master of the Mystic Arts in the year's most highly anticipated origin story! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$3.50 UPC: 5960605606-00211 Cover price $3.50.

Dead Love: Part 2 of 3 - Written by Jesse Bausch. Art and Cover by James Callahan. Renfield's search for his missing lost love takes him down dark paths of intrigue, while the appearance of the Little Green Mafia complicates matters. Answers lead to more questions as Dracula's Renfield and Frankenstein's Igor Vorlic fight to protect the seedy monster underbelly of Hollywood in the 1950's. 48 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Story, art and cover by Dave Hine. A tale of horror focusing on Alex, a sinister telepath, and the evil games he plays with a delivery boy and his elderly landlord. Sukumar merely wants to deliver the groceries, but is instead fed mysterious mushrooms by Alex, who proceeds to reveal his murderous past. 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $3.95.

Story, art and cover by Dave Hine. A tale of horror focusing on Alex, a sinister telepath, and the evil games he plays with a delivery boy and his elderly landlord. Having revealed his mental powers, Alex continues to tell Sukumar the strange secrets of his landlord, recluse Anthony Corbeau, who is concealing a terrible secret about the suicide of his wife years before. 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $3.95.

The death of his father only seems to make Anthony Corbeau's strange obsessions more extreme, and Sarah starts to learn more about the sinister family secret concerning Anthony's mother. SPAWN and District X writer DAVID HINE continues his gothic masterpiece. Cover price $2.99.

SPAWN, SILENT WAR and DISTRICT X writer, DAVID HINE, concludes his gothic horror masterpiece. Cover price $2.99.

In a seemingly futile attempt to halt the ancients from annihilating all life on Earth, Bethany and crew join forces with those who set the ancients free. Everyone gets exactly their heart's desire-and everyone dies. Cover price $2.99.

Regular cover. Man lighting cigarette. $3.50 cover price. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. It's never a dull day being a magician and even more thrilling when Warren Ellis unleashes the next of the disturbed stories of William Gravel. From the fan favorite creative team that brought you Strange Kiss and Stranger Kisses comes the next horrific chapter, Strange Killings! For the second time in history, the British Government sends in its crack troops, the Special Air Service, to quell a major prison riot. But not even these, the most accomplished and frightening soldiers on Earth, are equipped to face what lies at the center of the prison, the heart of the riot. In fact, the only man in the SAS qualified to deal with the horror within is the recently disgraced Sergeant Major William Gravel: combat magician. Mature Readers, 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Man with smoking gun standing on pentagram. Title in blue. $3.50 cover price. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer continue to unfold the adventures of the baddest man in comics, William Gravel! The situation must be grim at Wessex Prison. Not only has the SAS been brought in to quell one of the worst prison riots on record, but something has spooked these hardened veterans in the worst of ways. Disgraced SAS soldier and combat magician William Gravel is pulled away from his twilight existence committing deniable war crimes to deal with this atrocity. There's another magician in the prison and William Gravel is being sent in to pull him out. There will be many strange killings before the night is out. William Gravel may be one of them. Mature Readers, 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

Wraparound cover. Brown title. Man on roof behind skulls w/ green light through them. $3.95 cover price. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer continue to unfold the adventures of the baddest man in comics, William Gravel! The situation must be grim at Wessex Prison. Not only has the SAS been brought in to quell one of the worst prison riots on record, but something has spooked these hardened veterans in the worst of ways. Disgraced SAS soldier and combat magician William Gravel is pulled away from his twilight existence committing deniable war crimes to deal with this atrocity. There's another magician in the prison and William Gravel is being sent in to pull him out. There will be many strange killings before the night is out. William Gravel may be one of them. Mature Readers, 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Not Silver Foil Title. Not polybagged with certificate. Regular Edition. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! Something with the unholy hunger for human flesh lurks in the Philippine jungle, a horror whose global political ramifications could shake the British government to its very foundation. But eradicating its trail from England is not Sergeant Major William Gravel's assignment. Curiously, the S.A.S.'s top combat magician has been given the seemingly simple task of assassinating one investigative reporter. Before this dark mission's end, however, Gravel's morality as a man will be put to the ultimate test and thrust him into a fight for his life against an army of the undead...and quite possibly his very own countrymen. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Platinum Foil Edition polybagged with Avatar certificate of authenticity and limited to 500 copies. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! Something with the unholy hunger for human flesh lurks in the Philippine jungle, a horror whose global political ramifications could shake the British government to its very foundation. But eradicating its trail from England is not Sergeant Major William Gravel's assignment. Curiously, the S.A.S.'s top combat magician has been given the seemingly simple task of assassinating one investigative reporter. Before this dark mission's end, however, Gravel's morality as a man will be put to the ultimate test and thrust him into a fight for his life against an army of the undead...and quite possibly his very own countrymen. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

"Wrap" cover. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. For Sergeant Major William Gravel, another routine "K" duty begins to slip into the darkness of his most disturbing adventure yet. Arriving in the Philippines, Gravel's covert mission is simple: Assassinate a reporter investigating a renegade British scientist conducting illegal chemical weapons tests in the region. As the combat magician closes in on his target, his assignment becomes a bit more complicated with his discovery of the dismembered remnants of an S.A.S. squad...and an army of vicious, flesh-hungry zombies stalking the remote island paradise! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. The action heats up in the penultimate issue of Ellis' and Wolfer's latest brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! Trapped with an innocent reporter in the jungles of the Philippines, Gravel has figured out the secret of the island and why the British government wants it kept hidden from the rest of the world. But that won't help him fight the zombie horde that is closing in on him and the woman who means more to him than he will admit. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis' Combat Magician William Gravel may have a bigger problem than he can deal with. London is consumed by race riots and the hatred has spread to even the police who are now fighting each other. Gravel has finally figured out who is behind it all, but it turns out to be the one person he prayed wouldn't be involved. Someone with more experience than Gravel himself has. The horrific conclusion is finally here, not for the faint of heart. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis' Combat Magician William Gravel may have a bigger problem than he can deal with. London is consumed by race riots and the hatred has spread to even the police who are now fighting each other. Gravel has finally figured out who is behind it all, but it turns out to be the one person he prayed wouldn't be involved. Someone with more experience than Gravel himself has. The horrific conclusion is finally here, not for the faint of heart. 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Wraparound Cover, man getting shot in the head. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer return for more Strange Killings! Before his disgrace and removal to solo deniable duties, Sergeant Major William Gravel was part of SAS team Alpha One Four. He hasn't seen his teammates since his fall. He knows only that they're still in the job, doing the things he used to do. Which doesn't remotely explain why, while he's moonlighting in New York, the Alpha One Four team should be seen blowing away a newly-elected mayor -- a military man himself -- and then vanishing into thin air. This series digs deep into William Gravel's magic past and begs an answer to one of the greatest combat magician secrets: What is the Body Orchard? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Regular Cover. $3.50. Man standing on taxi, firing 2 guns. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis continues to shock with Strange Killings! William Gravel is supposed to be in Britain, resuming his duties -- but he's still in NYC, trying to work out why his old SAS team seems to be committing atrocities on American soil -- and running the risk of being suspected of them himself, being the only SAS man in a city reeling from killings with an SAS signature. With his team apparently out of control and contact, Gravel finds himself on the wrong end of everything and every turn simply offers more questions. Do the members of Alpha One Four know the answer to the greatest combat magician secret: What is the Body Orchard? 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

Warren Ellis script Cover price $3.95.

Cover pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia. Edited by Al Fago. "Beautiful Night for Murder!", script by Carl Memling, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Ernie Bache; Ferdy Costigan murders his domineering wife and puts the blame on a serial killer on the loose. "Moment of Decision," art by Dick Giordano; Tim Fenwick is a robber and murderer on the run; Loaded with two heavy bags of money, Fenwick has a choice: Pay off his cruel creditor Ozzy or turn himself in to the police? "Quick Exit," art by Art Cappello; Guy stealing the box office of a circus has to hide inside a lion's cage. "The Witch of Winchlozick" text story. "Surprise Ending," art by Dick Giordano; A murder plan goes wrong; The wrong person is killed, but the killer won't live long, either. "Dead Man's Revenge," art by Tony Tallarico; Two rivals for a woman's love kill each other at sea. "10 Cent's Worth of Doom!", script by Carl Memling, art by Stan Campbell; A holdup murderer feels haunted by a special dime his victim was carrying; He gets hectic, nervous and finally loses his head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

story JUSTIN JORDAN art & cover TRADD MOORE Luther Strode is just your average nerd until he sends away for a bodybuilding course from an old comic book, one that works a whole lot better than he ever imagined. His newfound strength and strange talents make school a lot easier, but they've also caused some very, very bad people to take a very, very keen interest in him. Things will never be the same for Luther Strode...if he survives. Cover price $2.99.

2nd printing variant cover. story JUSTIN JORDAN art TRADD MOORE Luther Strode is just your average nerd until he sends away for a bodybuilding course from an old comic book, one that works a whole lot better than he ever imagined. His newfound strength and strange talents make school a lot easier, but they've also caused some very, very bad people to take a very, very keen interest in him. Things will never be the same for Luther Strode...if he survives. Cover price $2.99.

The acclaimed new series continues as Luther decides to take advantage of his new talents and become a hero. He's got the powers, he's got the costume, but is it enough? Meanwhile the Librarian is tightening the noose around Luther's life as the body count begins to pile up. Cover price $2.99.

story JUSTIN JORDAN art / cover TRADD MOORE Luther tries to rescue Petra, and things end bloody. Meanwhile, Pete and Luther's Mom are left alone to face something unimaginably worse. Not everyone gets out of this issue alive. The penultimate issue of the hit series.""(W) Justin Jordan (A/CA) Tradd Moore Cover price $2.99.

Black and White Limited Series. This is the miniseries that started the Strangers in Paradise phenomenon. As Francine recovers from her accident, Katchoo decides to teach Freddie a lesson hell never forget. Story and art by Terry Moore. Black and white; 36 pages. Cover price $2.75. First printing Cover price $2.75.

Gold Series Reprint; Black and White Limited Series. This is the miniseries that started the Strangers in Paradise phenomenon. As Francine recovers from her accident, Katchoo decides to teach Freddie a lesson hell never forget. Story and art by Terry Moore. Black and white; 36 pages. Cover price $2.75. Cover price $2.75.