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Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) comic books

  • Issue #1A
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 1A

    (W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Alberto Alburquerque There's something up there. As newly elected President Stephen Blades reads the letter left for him in the Oval Office by his predecessor, he learns this stunning secret: seven years earlier, NASA discovered an alien construction project in the asteroid belt. A crew of heroic astronauts was sent to investigate, and they're nearing the conclusion of their epic journey. Don't miss the first chapter in this thrilling tale of real-world space travel, intrigue, and secret histories! Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1B
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 1B

    SECOND PRINTING (W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Alberto Alburquerque There's something up there. As newly elected President Stephen Blades reads the letter left for him in the Oval Office by his predecessor, he learns this stunning secret: seven years earlier, NASA discovered an alien construction project in the asteroid belt. A crew of heroic astronauts was sent to investigate, and they're nearing the conclusion of their epic journey. Don't miss the first chapter in this thrilling tale of real-world space travel, intrigue, and secret histories! Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1DOLLAR
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 1DOLLAR
    • Discounted from $2.50.
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    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque and Guy Major. Get the first issue of the hit series for $1! There's something up there. As newly elected President Stephen Blades reads the letter left for him in the Oval Office by his predecessor, he learns this stunning secret: seven years earlier, NASA discovered an alien construction project in the asteroid belt. A crew of heroic astronauts was sent to investigate, and they're nearing the conclusion of their epic journey. Don't miss the first chapter in this thrilling tale of real-world space travel, intrigue and secret histories. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #1PHANTOM
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 1PHANTOM

    Phantom Variant Cover. Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. There's something up there. As newly elected President Stephen Blades reads the letter left for him in the Oval Office by his predecessor, he learns this stunning secret: seven years earlier, NASA discovered an alien construction project in the asteroid belt. A crew of heroic astronauts was sent to investigate, and they're nearing the conclusion of their epic journey. Don't miss the first chapter in this thrilling tale of real-world space travel, intrigue, and secret histories! 28 Pages, Full Color.

  • Issue #2
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 2

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. A hundred million miles from home, trapped in a ship without power, the crew of the Clarke battles to repair their vessel before they run out of oxygen. Meanwhile, on Earth, President Blades tours Project Monolith, a secret research facility tasked to develop super-weapons to defeat an expected alien invasion. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #3A
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 3A

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by by Alberto Alburquerque. How do astronauts have sex in space? Relationships among the Clarke crew are explored, while a signal from a mysterious asteroid provides clues to the nature of the alien presence in Earth's solar system. On Earth, intrigue deepens as one of President Blades' closest advisors suffers a savage attack! Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #3B
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 3B

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by by Alberto Alburquerque. How do astronauts have sex in space? Relationships among the Clarke crew are explored, while a signal from a mysterious asteroid provides clues to the nature of the alien presence in Earth's solar system. On Earth, intrigue deepens as one of President Blades' closest advisors suffers a savage attack! Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #4
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 4

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. The crew of the Clarke has their first real encounter with the alien technology being built in the asteroid belt, while back on Earth, President Blades discovers the truth behind the brutal attack on his closest advisor, and unseen forces continue to move against him. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #5
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 5

    (W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Alberto Alburquerque An expedition to explore an alien artifact turns into a desperate fight for survival; and President Blades orders a special forces team to take down the most unlikely target imaginable. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #6
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 6

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. The first arc of Letter 44 comes to a close: new life arrives in deep space, the crew of the Clarke learn important truths about the reason the aliens have come to our solar system, and President Blades teaches his enemies what it truly means to go up against the President of the United States. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #7
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 7

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Joëlle Jones. Before she led the crew of the Clarke, Charlotte Hayden was a celebrated anthropologist and physicist. What made her decide to leave life on earth behind - possibly forever? Plus, the first appearance of the mission's most mysterious astronaut - Rowan - scheming jerk that he is. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #8A
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 8A

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Six months into the presidency, President Blades has deployed sci-fi superweapons to end wars in the Middle East, opening him to attacks from all sides, including a Congressman once romantically linked with the First Lady. Meanwhile, in space, as construction on the alien Chandelier is finally completed, the crew of the Clarke will truly understand what they're facing. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #8CON
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 8CON

    Convention Exclusive Variant Cover by Gabo. Written by Charles Soule. Art by Alberto Alburquerque. Six months into the presidency, President Blades has deployed sci-fi superweapons to end wars in the Middle East, opening him to attacks from all sides, including a Congressman once romantically linked with the First Lady. Meanwhile, in space, as construction on the alien Chandelier is finally completed, the crew of the Clarke will truly understand what they're facing. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #9
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 9

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Isobel Blades, First Lady, pays a visit to Congressman Chris Higgins, a former love interest rumored to be plotting Stephen's impeachment. In the asteroid belt, the purpose of the Chandelier becomes clear, as it powers up for the first time. Earth's solar system will never be the same. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #10
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 10

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. The Clarke is under attack from alien craft sent by the Chandelier! Two of the crew are trapped in a breached - and now sealed - lab, and must employ desperate measures to survive. On earth, the superweapons deployed by Blades to end America's involvement in foreign wars do the opposite as a cycle of deadly escalation begins. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #11
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 11

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. President Blades reflects on his mounting cycle of mistakes as the Chief Executive, and visits an old friend for advice. On the Clarke, a crew member's suspicious behavior gets him locked in the brig, but a medical emergency involving infant Astra might see him released no matter the consequences. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #12
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 12

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Impeachment proceedings have begun against the president, while Stephen receives game-changing information about America's true enemy. Meanwhile, the crew of the Clarke prepare for a last stand as the ship is boarded. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #13
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 13

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. President Blades reveals the truth about Project Monolith to the world, hoping to end a global war before it starts. In space, most of the crew of the Clarke has been taken captive by unknown forces. A desperate gambit is attempted to retrieve them, and we get our first look at the alien visitors. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #14
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 14

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Drew Moss. Special one-shot issue illustrated by Terrible Lizard's Drew Moss! When Project Monolith was first coming together, Colonel Overholt was the top choice for the Clarke's military leader. But he brings with him Sergeant Willett, a smart-mouthed engineer too curious for his own good. Willett's inability to follow orders may land him - along with Overholt - in hot water, but he can't shake the feeling that Project Monolith is hiding something... 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #15
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 15

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. World War Three. Nine months have passed since US President Stephen Blades revealed to the world the existence of an alien presence in the asteroid belt. The planet has erupted into chaos, with sweeping social, economic and military upheaval touching every corner of the globe. Nine months have passed since the crew of the Clarke was abducted by the alien visitors and brought aboard their moon-sized space station, the Chandelier. They have been living there ever since, not allowed to leave or communicate with Earth - but enough is enough. The time has come for answers. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #16
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 16

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. As World War III continues to rage, domestic unrest concerning our alien visitors has deadly consequences for President Blades. In space, we learn more about the aliens'... alterations to baby Astra. And Manesh finally gets some action! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #17
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 17

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. President Blades realizes that he is running out of time to win World War III, and makes a decision that will change the course of history forever. In space, the Clarke astronauts approach the Builders - the alien visitors to our solar system - with a desperate plea to save the Earth from a world-ending disaster. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #18
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 18

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. INVASION. President Blades commits his coalition forces to a take-no-prisoners drive across Europe, in an effort to win World War Three in one decisive stroke. Up in space, the Clarke astronauts discover that Willett has jeopardized all of their lives in a last-ditch effort to warn the Earth of the asteroid currently on a collision course with the planet. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #19
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 19

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Reeling from a brutal setback in his efforts to win World War Three, and news that an even larger threat is on a collision course with Earth, President Blades finds an unexpected ally that could allow him to make one last play. On the Clarke, Gomez steps up with an incredibly dangerous plan involving the enigmatic alien Builders, and baby Astra offers her own contribution. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #20
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 20

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. DARK MATTER: Part 6--Third Arc Finale. President Blades' back is against the wall, and he's considering truly desperate options. The Clarke astronauts try to wrest control of the planet-killing Chandelier away from the alien Builders. A great city is destroyed. A sacrifice is made. Deep truths are revealed. It's the end of the world, and the latest game-changing chapter in the Letter 44 saga. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #21
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 21

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Ryan Kelly. Special one-shot issue illustrated by Ryan Kelly (Lucifer, Three)! We leap back to the recruitment drive for the Clarke astronauts - the ship's launch is imminent, and time is running out to find a suitable crew. Two possibles have been identified: Donald Pritchard, renowned astronomer, and Alberto Gomez, a skilled soldier in the US Army with extensive medical experience - but Project Monolith's recruiters will need to push past every limit to convince these men to leave their world behind... forever. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #22
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 22

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Major Gabriel Drum has arrived on Earth, emerging from the very asteroid he was left on over a year ago and looking noticably... different. Determined to speak with the President, he'll let nothing stand in his way, and it looks like Blades' only option is to hear Drum out. The crew of the Clarke are unaware of Drum's existence, however, and are instead dealing with the consequences of going against the Builders' wishes. With Gomez gone, none of the crew is safe from the Builders' wrath. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #23
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 23

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. President Blades struggles with the savior's burden placed on him by the mysterious return of Major Gabriel Drum, while Drum seeks to confess his own multitude of sins. The crew of the Clarke desperately seeks a method by which their fuel-less, drifting craft can travel the millions of miles between them and the closest safe haven this side of Jupiter. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #24
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 24

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Charlotte has taken matters into her own hands in order to get baby Astra back from the Builders, and it just might cost her life. Major Drum continues his confession, shedding some light on the early days of the Clarke mission, while ex-President Carroll calls an old friend for some dirty business. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #25
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 25

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Mission commander Charlotte Hayden has departed the relative safety of the Clarke on a desperate mission to recover her kidnapped child. Her confrontation with the alien Builders will drastically alter the trajectory of the series. Meanwhile, President Blades does everything he can to make Earth a slightly better place for the world's billions during their last months alive. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #26
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 26
    • Signed by writer Charles Soule with Lone Star Comics certificate of authenticity.

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. Modifications have been made to the Chandelier. Now, exponentially more powerful, it prepares to fire at an approaching danger. What is this danger, and why do the Builders feel so compelled to destroy it? Meanwhile, Carroll attempts to blackmail Drum in order to get himself in with the 666 who will survive the end of the world. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #27
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 27

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. The truth is here. The crew of the Clarke won't take it sitting down, though, and make a plan to appeal one last time to the Builders-but one of them has something more drastic in mind. On Earth, the 666 prepare to leave for good-including Blades' son, Mark. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #28
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 28

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alise Gluskova. Special one-shot issue illustrated by Alise Gluškova (Abe Sapien)! A brilliant surgeon and a brilliant software engineer must be convinced to join a manned mission to the asteroid belt, crucial to the survival of the human race. The problem-it's a one-way trip, they both know it, and they both quite like their lives on Earth. Learn how Manesh Kalani and Kyoko Takahashi were recruited into the Clarke crew, in an issue designed to fill in crucial puzzle pieces in the Letter 44 saga! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #29
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 29

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque. No one has ever set foot on Mars soil-until now. After the crew of the Clarke crash-land into the red planet, they'll need to figure out a way to survive-especially when the Builders come looking for them. On Earth, Blades gets some disturbing news about the 666 meant to survive the end of the world, as well as the contents of a recently blown-up mountain in Nevada. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #30
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 30

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. President Stephen Blades prepares for the most important press briefing of his career. Likely the most important press briefing of all time - it's time to let the world know the truth about what's coming. On Mars, negotiations with the Builders have failed. The surviving crew of the Clarke must flee for their lives... but with no ship, on a dead planet, where can they go? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #31
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 31

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Alburquerque. No one knows when the end will come, only that it will come, and soon. There is no hope for the world, but humanity remains intact. On Mars, the crew of the Clarke are in a last-ditch effort to keep the Builders from taking what they want most - Astra - and leaving the rest of them for dead. Charlotte is determined to keep Astra with her family until the end - whenever it may come. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #32
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 32

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Langdon Foss. Where did the alien Builders come from? What is the source of the mysterious End that threatens the very fabric of the universe itself? At last, with four issues left in the series, get the answers to these and other fundamental questions about the Letter 44-verse... BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Special one-shot issue illustrated by Langdon Foss (Get Jiro)! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #33
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 33

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque. THE END IS NEAR. The first of three final installments that will bring the award-winning series to a close. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #34
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 34

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Jimenez. Alburquerque THE END IS HERE. The second of three final installments that will bring the award-winning series to a close. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #35
    Letter 44 (2013 Oni Press) 35

    Written by Charles Soule. Art and Cover by Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque. THE END IS HERE. The final installment that will bring the award-winning series to a close. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.