Dare Detectives TPB (2004 Dark Horse) comic books 1990 or later

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Snowpea Plot!" Story, art and cover by Ben Caldwell. The wild and wondrous vision of cartoonist extraordinaire Ben Caldwell (author of Action! Cartooning), The Dare Detectives throws Disney-esque illustration into the pop-culture blender to create a screwball smoothie of epic proportions. Reformed crook Maria Dare has assembled a team of misfits to crack the world's weirdest cases! They have brains ... they have guts ... but they don't have a clue! And in their first adventure ... The Dare Detectives are finished! Rent's due and their license is suspended, but Dare's going-out-of-business festivities are interrupted by Madame Bleu-whose abominable snowmen pets are on a chef-stealing, radio-robbing, snowpea-swiping crime wave! Dare races against the clock to hunt down Madame Bleu with the help of corrupt cops and Chinatown's old crime boss ... but can these bunglers really prevent the most audacious-and inexplicably convoluted-crime of the century? Softcover, 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/2 in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Royale Treatment!" Story, art and cover by Ben Caldwell. Luck's no lady for the Dare Detectives! They've tracked femme fatale criminal mastermind Madame Bleu and her snowpea-swiping gang of pandas and abominable snowmen to the ruins of the infamous Royale casino, but a traitor threatens to close the case on Dare- permanently! Will old friends and new enemies save the day? Can Toby go a whole issue without breaking something? And what's with the snowpeas??? Softcover, 5-1/2 in. x 7-1/2 in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $6.95.