Next Men TPB (1993-1996 Dark Horse) John Byrne's comic books 1990 or later

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #1-6. Story and art by John Byrne. Five mutates from Project Next Men escape the elaborate decades-long secret experiment to find themselves in a completely unfamiliar world. During a mysterious encounter in the desert, Bethany, Nathan, Danny, Jack, and Jazz begin to realize that they have been locked in a shared fantasy-world. Now they must come to terms with the real world and their strange powers before their former captors track them down. Featuring a new painted cover by John Byrne. Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Parallel!" Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #7-12. Story and art by John Byrne. Six months have passed since the events that brought the Next Men from the Greenery into the everyday world -- six months spent training and testing their unique powers. Now Jack, Bethany, Nathan, and Jasmine are sent on their first mission, to the former U.S.S.R. to confront their counterparts, a handful of super-powered Russian mutates -- and a ghost from their past. And Danny, left behind for his own safety, goes on a quest of his own -- for his mother. Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Fame!" Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #13-18. Story and art by John Byrne. Introduction by Archie Goodwin. One minute you're running in the shadows, a complete stranger in an uncaring world. The next you're in the spotlight, and everyone wants a piece of you. And they'll slowly pick you apart, piece by piece, until you've nothing left to give. That's how Fame works, as you'll find out in this third volume chronicling the saga of John Byrne's Next Men. When the Next Men are thrust into the spotlight of stardom by a publicity-hungry comics publisher, a lone sherriff believes the super-powered teens can shed some light on the grisly murders in his small Arizona town. From unknowns to celebrities to fugitives, the Next Men take the roller-coaster ride of a lifetime and find that it falls short of an E ticket! Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Faith!" Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #19-22. Written by John Byrne. Art by John Byrne and MIke Mignola. The first appearance of Mike Mignola's Hellboy is just the icing on the cake in John Byrne's Next Men: Faith! The Next Men, having been falsely convicted of murder, break out of jail and go underground...literally. They head for the abandoned subway tunnels of New York and find them less abandoned than everyone thought, filled with a secret community of homeless people. But they can't stay hidden forever, and when the government's forces finally track down the Next Men it becomes both an exercise in survival and a lesson in betrayal. Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Power!" Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #23-26. Story and art by John Byrne. The power to move mountains; the power to challenge armies; the power to atomize an entire city. One young woman gains absolute power, the kind that makes real anything she wishes. With that kind of power she could destroy the world. But she doesn't want to destroy it; she wants to control it. Can the genetically enhanced juveniles known as The Next Men reel her back in, or will mankind fall to her megalomaniacal whims? Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Lies!" Collects John Byrne's Next Men (1992) #27-30. Story and art by John Byrne. The Next Men awoke from a virtual-reality paradise to escape from the evil Senator Hilltop and have been running and looking for answers ever since. But what happens when one Next Man wakes up again? Jasmine awakes to another reality, one in which Bethany likes the fast lane, Jack likes guys, and she is supposed to like her husband -- Hilltop! Another serpentine chapter of intrigue unfolds for the super-powered Next Men, as Jasmine tries to determine what is the truth, and what is Lies. This four-issue series, collected for the first time, weaves the loose plot lines into a startling tapestry and ends the first chapter of the Next Men with a bang! Softcover, full color. Cover price $16.95.