Nexus Archives HC (2005-2011 Dark Horse) comic books 2007-2009

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #26-32. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVE RUDE. In this volume, the enigmatic executioner meets his match in the evil Clayborn. If that weren't enough, Horatio's uncle, a religious anti-technology zealot, arrives on the moon of Ylum with the mission of destroying the Gravity Well-the same well that Ursula X. X. Imada, spy and mother to Horatio's twin daughters, hopes will soon suck in the 400 billion people of the Web! Uncle Lathe incites a riot and has his eye on a deadly, Head-designed battle cruiser to further his crusade. Judah takes on the task of training Scarlett, Nexus's extremely powerful young daughter, and Dave and Nexus travel to the library at Alexandria . . . in 47 B.C.! Plus, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola kicks off a series of stories with guest artists, including Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Rick Veitch, Jackson Guice, and more. Vootie! Hardcover, 220 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #33-39. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVE RUDE. Ylum shakes with the Merk's rage! Nexus sent Gucci-trained Quatro assassins Kreed and Sinclair to do his work of killing mass-murderers, but since then they've butchered over three thousand people in pursuit of two hundred! Now afflicted with a Quatro disease that will not allow them to stop, the pair are demolishing Mars and Nexus must intervene before the planet's authorities go nuclear. Sundra joins an intrigue in the Crystal Ballroom's library, Nexus infiltrates a Chernenko prison, and the "young" chairperson of the Central Committee-Konstantin-escapes captivity with Clausius the Slaver. Meanwhile, General Loomis's daughters plot their revenge! Hardcover, 220 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #40-46. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVE RUDE. The Merk is restless, dissatisfied with Nexus's performance as champion and executioner since the massacre on Mars. The fallout from that incident is just beginning: Of the two Quatros responsible, Sinclair has disappeared, and Kreed is being tracked by two Gucci assassins hired by the Martian government. The Merk now psychically reaches out to Michana-the youngest daughter of the late General Loomis, bent on revenge. Nexus doesn't have the luxury of worrying about any of this, though . . . the artificial black hole known as the Gravity Well is on the verge of collapse, which endangers the entire solar system! He and Judah Maccabee set out to appeal to the one creature who can manipulate black holes . . . Ashram, resident of the Bowl-Shaped World. The only time the duo encountered this strange world, they were with the likewise bizarre Badger! Hardcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #47-52. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by STEVE RUDE. Horatio, Judah, and the Badger have survived their reentry of the Bowl-Shaped World. As they head from outer rim to inner city, the threat that prompted this journey worsens: the Gravity Well is nearing collapse. The Web's population is evacuating in a panic, hoping to escape the artificialblack hole. By the time this installment of Baron and Rude's celebrated sci-fi series comes to a close, the desperate trio will fight a powerful, fusionkasting tyrant in mortal combat, Kreed the Quatro will be sentenced to death for the Mars massacre, and Horatio will hang up the Nexus mantle once and for all! A multiple Eisner Award-winning series that defined the careers of acclaimed creators Steve Rude and Mike Baron, Nexus is a modern classic not to be missed. Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Collects Nexus (1983-2008) #53-57 and Next Nexus (1989) #2-4. Written by MIKE BARON. Art by Paul Smith, Adam Hughes, Spyder, John Nyberg, and Bob Dvorak. Horatio has resigned his duties as Nexus, and the Merk has reassigned them . . . but to the Loomis sisters, who have been out for vengeance ever since Horatio assassinated their father. However, the staggering power that comes with being fusionkasters corrupts quickly, and Lonnie is so unnerved by her sisters' homicidal behavior that she escapes to the planet Procyon-home to none other than the always-scheming Ursula X. X. Imada and her and Horatio's twin daughters, Scarlett and Sheena. And when Sundra learns that Stacy and Michana are gunning for Horatio with Nexus powers, she decides to kill the Merk and damn the consequences . . . even if that means dooming Ylum. A multiple Eisner Award-winning series! Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.