Exterminators (2005) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Mar 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore Cover by Philip Bond. Imagine Six Feet Under with cockroaches and you've got Vertigo's twisted new monthly series THE EXERMINATORS, written by breakout debut writer Simon Oliver with spine-tingling visuals by Eisner-nominated artist Tony Moore (The Walking Dead), a smart, scary, darkly comic tale of roaches, rats, raccoons and the men who kill them for a living. THE EXTERMINATORS centers on a dysfunctional group of bug killers prowling the barrios and bungalows of Los Angeles - the thinnest point on the shaky borderline between civilization and the violent chaos of nature. Henry James, the newest exterminator, sees the job as a means to cleanse the sins of his dark past. He has a hard time getting his view across to his careerist girlfriend, sociopathic partner, and the general bunch of freaks he calls co-workers. But what the 'bug brothers' of Bug-Bee-Gone Co. don't understand is that human beings may be the true pests - and bugs could be the real exterminators. Featuring creepy-crawly covers by Philip Bond (VIMANARAMA), THE EXTERMINATORS mixes disturbing characters, killer cockroaches and sinister secrets into a unique and unsettling series that branches out from the underbelly of L.A. into the heart of an ancient mystery, a sacred scarab beetle and a weirdly ominous locked box. It's a bug's world. We just live in it. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #2
Published Apr 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore Cover by Philip Bond. The creepy new series by writer Simon Oliver, Eisner Award-winning artist Tony Moore (The Walking Dead) and cover artist Philip Bond (VIMANARAMA) continues with 'Bug Brothers,' Part 2 of 5. You'd think industrial-strength insecticide would be unfit for human consumption, but AJ apparently never got the memo - as Henry learns when he makes a stomach-turning discovery and Saloth deduces that the Draxx poison does more than kill bugs. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #3
Published May 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore. Cover by Philip Bond. In Part 3 of the 5-part 'Bug Brothers,' Henry gets a new partner: Stretch, a Zen master in a 10-gallon hat. When they visit an L.A. mental hospital to clean out the pests, they instead find horrific suffering and corruption - to which Stretch concocts a most creative response. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #4
Published Jun 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore. Cover by Philip Bond. Part 4 of the 5-part 'Bug Brothers.' In spite of Henry's efforts to poison them, the roaches in the Perez apartment multiply faster than any exterminator can wipe them out. Henry is left with no choice but to make a daring, bug-defying rescue. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #5
Published Jul 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore. Cover by Philip Bond. The creepy-crawly conclusion of the 5-part debut story arc, 'Bug Brothers.' The Bug-Bee boys declare a 'Code 4' at the Perez building, where roaches now rule, with ravenous swarms standing ready to devour anyone in their path. Henry and Stretch must battle for their lives, using every poison in their arsenal. Don't miss the series that Ain't it Cool News says, 'blew me away - jump onto this book now.' Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #6
Published Aug 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Tony Moore. Cover by Philip Bond. Part 1 of the new 4-part story 'Insurgency.' Stretch and Henry get an emergency call to dispose of a black widow that's been terrorizing the clientele of a local S&M club. What Henry encounters there will change the course of his newfound mission in life. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #7
Published Sep 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Tony Moore & Jay Leisten. Cover by Philip Bond 'Insurgency,' Part 2 of 4. Stretch and Henry trail Bug Brother Kevin to one of his after-hours haunts where they find that he's the star of a savage 'sport' that makes Fight Club look tame. Meanwhile, the cockroaches stage a sudden attack and AJ returns - or does he? Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #8
Published Oct 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Chris Samnee. Cover by Philip Bond. A special stand-alone issue with guest art by rising star Chris Samnee (Queen and Country) presents Henry with a problem that could turn out more tragic than any pitched battle with bugs: the dreaded 'two girlfriends' conundrum - proving that the only force more potent than nature is the human heart. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #9
Published Nov 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Tony Moore & Ande Parks. Cover by Philip Bond Part 3 of the 4-part 'Insurgency.' The cockroaches take their guerilla war to a frightening new level, staging suicide attacks on the Los Angeles power grid. Is it six-legged heroism, or insect terrorism? As the resulting outages lead to mass panic, man turns against man, paving the way for a roach revolution. And Nils reveals a secret deep in Bug Bee Co.'s past that may shed light on the horror. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #10
Published Dec 2006 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & Ande Parks Cover by Philip Bond The calamitous conclusion of the 4-part 'Insurgency.' Nothing is more deadly than a militia of insects willing to kill themselves for a cause. The Bug-Bee boys discover that the cause is to turn man's own considerable waste products against him. And one Bug Brother will have to give his own life to hold back the rise of the roaches. For now. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #11
Published Jan 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Mike Hawthorne Cover by Philip Bond Part 1 of the 2-part 'Brother #38,' featuring guest art by Mike Hawthorne (Queen and Country, Umbra). The mysterious Dr. Saloth reveals an unexpected romantic side as he courts his would-be soul mate, Professor Neal, with some dining al fresco amongst the vermin of the evening. But that's not all he reveals, as Neal awakens hideous secrets from Saloth's long-buried past. On sale November 1 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #12
Published Feb 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Mike Hawthorne. Cover by Philip Bond. Concluding the 2-part 'Brother #38,' featuring skin-crawling guest art by Mike Hawthorne. A chance encounter with an old associate threatens to destroy Saloth's romance with Professor Neal - and more importantly, his research into the world of vermin - by exposing painful truths about his past. To continue his life's work, Saloth must confront this interloper from another era and silence him - permanently. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #13
Published Mar 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Tony Moore & Ande Parks. Cover by Darick Robertson. Part 1 of the new 4-part story 'Lies of our Fathers.' The Bug-Bee-Gone boys bury one of their own and another remains missing, but nature waits for no man, so the business of bug-killing must go on. When Henry attempts to quell an an infestation in a hospital ward, a figure from his past reminds him that the worst vermin are often human. Featuring a cover by Darick Robertson. ? 32 pg, FC US MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #14
Published Apr 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver. Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas. Cover by Philip Bond. 'Lies of Our Fathers,' Part 2 of 4. A nemesis from the darkest period of Henry's past is determined to force his way back into Henry's life. Now Henry has a problem even more dangerous than the vermin running wild across Los Angeles. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #15
Published May 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond 'Lies of Our Fathers,' Part 3 of 4. Secrets from Henry's prison past are catching up with him. Crone is determined to take the Brotherhood in an insidious new direction. And he's going to make Henry a part of it, whether Henry wants to be or not. Meanwhile, Mrs. Perez seeks professional help for her problem with small furry things. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #16
Published Jun 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Concluding the 4-part 'Lies of Our Fathers.' Laura makes a major career move that puts her in a position to help Henry stop the flood of illegal Draxx into the city's poorest neighborhoods. But how she uses her newfound power could leave Henry's life in ruins. Meanwhile, a new insectile threat approaches Los Angeles. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #17
Published Jul 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Ty Templeton Cover by Philip Bond Part 1 of the 2-part 'Showdown at Scatshot' featuring guest art by Ty Templeton. Stretch and Saloth attend an exterminators convention where, as at any convention, the real, sordid drama takes place away from the floor. When he runs into a group of former colleagues, Stretch must confront the dangerous secrets of his past. Meanwhile, Saloth gets a disturbing tip about the secret of Draxx. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #18
Published Aug 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Ty Templeton Cover by Philip Bond Concluding the 2-part 'Showdown at Scatshot' featuring guest art by Ty Templeton. Stretch goes on a mission to learn who set him up to take the fall for the casino robbery and when he does, he's got a particularly nasty and un-Buddha-like revenge in mind. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #19
Published Sep 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Darick Robertson & John Lucas Cover by Tony Moore The creepiest Exterminators arc yet starts here, with gleefully gruesome guest art by premier penciller Darick Robertson (TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE BOYS). Crone's operation to flood the streets of L.A. with Draxx has begun. But the city faces an even more catastrophic threat: an invasion of the giant, killer cockroach known as the Mayan Hisser. Only the exterminators of Bug-Bee-Gone stand between the bugs and the collapse of urban civilization. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #20
Published Oct 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Darick Robertson & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Guest art by Darick Robertson! Faced with overwhelming odds, the Bug-Bee crew locks and loads for its apocalyptic showdown with the invading Mayan Hisser army, while in the Ocran boardroom, the newly power-mad Laura is putting together a secret army of her own. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #21
Published Nov 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Darick Robertson & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond The Bug-Bee boys go to war in Part 3 of 'Crossfire and Collateral!' The Mutated Mayan Hissers are somewhere in the bowels of L.A., ready to unleash their assault on our civilization. But the Exterminators discover that tracking an enemy with 3,000 years of practice hiding from humans is their most difficult out-call yet. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #22
Published Dec 2007 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Darick Robertson & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Part 4 of 'Crossfire and Collateral.' Henry and Stretch find themselves trapped in a warehouse with a pile of weapons, two angry drug dealers and, gathering outside, a vast army of Mayan Hissers -cat-sized flesh-eating cockroaches hopped up on Draxx and bent on destroying what passes for civilization in L.A. Good thing the Bug-Bee boys have a plan. Don't they? Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #23
Published Jan 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Darick Robertson & John Lucas Cover by Glenn Fabry The explosive conclusion of 'Crossfire and Collateral,' the most skin-crawling EXTERMINATORS arc yet! Henry and Stretch must form an unlikely alliance with the drug kingpin Otiz to have any hope of escaping the Mayan Hisser onslaught. But under the command of Henry's resurrected partner, CJ, the Hisser army will stop at nothing to win. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #24
Published Feb 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Original series artist Tony Moore returns for a stand-alone issue! Stretch and Henry draw a plum assignment aboard a cruise ship. But their working vacation turns to watery weirdness as they battle an infestation of skull-busting butterflies in a below-decks dungeon catering to passengers' most twisted fantasies. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #25
Published Mar 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Of all the weird things Henry James has witnessed at Bug-Bee-Gone, the resurrection of his dead, drug-addled, demented partner, A.J., is the weirdest. Now, for the first time, the truth behind A.J.'s return to Earth goes public, in this special issue tracing A.J.'s twisted trip through an unreal version of the ancient Egyptian afterlife. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #26
Published Apr 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Ty Templeton Cover by Philip Bond & David Hahn Laura learns an age-old lesson in how power corrupts - and how the only thing worse than power is finding out you never really had any. When she realizes that the Koribati Islanders have been manipulating her all along, Henry's wayward ex-girlfriend begins a harrowing descent into madness. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #27
Published May 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by John Lucas Cover by Tony Moore John Lucas provides guest art for the stand-alone story 'Raising Ché.' The teen years are tough for Mrs. Perez's newly adolescent son Danielo. His first girlfriend awakens an emerging sense of his Latino identity and quickly draws him way over his head into her dangerous world. Now it's up to Henry James to help Mrs. Perez rescue her son again. ? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #28
Published Jun 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Part 1 of 'Bug Brothers Forever.' The bug-god Atan (returned to Earth in the form of Henry's depraved ex-partner AJ) and his army of Mayan Hissers begin a massive attack. They need one last key to open the mysterious box - and the Bug Bee Gone boys have got it. As the Hissers lay waste to Los Angeles, Henry, Stretch and the crew steel themselves for what could be their final, heroic stand. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #29
Published Jul 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Part 2 of 'Bug Brothers Forever.' The eclipse of Saturn is coming fast, and that means the ancient bug god Kheperon is ready to return to Earth. That leaves the Bug-Bee crew no time to mourn a fallen comrade or repair their collapsed headquarters, because the reincarnated AJ is readying his hisser army for its final, apocalyptic assault. ? 32 pg, FC ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #30
Published Aug 2008 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
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Final issue - Written by Simon Oliver Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas Cover by Philip Bond Vertigo's most skin-crawling series crashes to an apocalyptic conclusion as the boys (and girls) of Bug Bee Gone fight the battle they always knew was coming: humanity's last stand against the chaos of nature. There's no guarantee that anyone will survive, but if Henry, Stretch, Nils and the rest can't make a last stand against the killer cockroaches, no one else will. Don't miss the ending of this cult-classic comic never to be duplicated. ? 32 pg, FC, ? MATURE READERS ? Final issue Cover price $2.99.
