Dead Boy Detectives comic books issue 1

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Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Nimit Malavia. The Sandman Universe grows as two of its most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares--including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Alex Eckman-Lawn. The Sandman Universe grows as two of its most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares--including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Tyler Crook. The Sandman Universe grows as two of its most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares--including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Filipe Andrade. The Sandman Universe grows as two of its most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares--including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Limited 1 for 50 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Yoshitaka Amano. The Sandman Universe grows as two of its most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and dead best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares--including a bloodthirsty krasue. Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close by to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that simply will not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Writing by Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham. Art by Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine. Cover by Mark Buckingham From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. DEAD BOY DETECTIVES is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore. Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 13 Variant Cover by Cliff Chiang, Mark Buckingham. Written by Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham. Art by Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine. From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's dead boys get their own monthly series! As fans of storybook detectives, Edwin Paine (died 1916) and Charles Rowland (died 1990) will take on any and all mysteries - including their own untimely deaths! The dead boys head back to St. Hilarions, where bullying headmasters continue to rule the school. But when they investigate the lingering mysteries of their own deaths, they meet a young girl named Crystal whose tech skills and strange link to the undead earn her a place as a new detective. DEAD BOY DETECTIVES is a fast-paced adventure series that takes us from the bustling streets of contemporary London to Japanese-inspired video games and dangerous worlds perched somewhere between the now and nevermore. Cover price $2.99.

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WRITTEN BY ED BRUBAKER; ART BY BRYAN TALBOT AND STEVE LEIALOHA; COVER BY DAVE MCKEAN In stores June 20. Edwin & Charles, the British school boys who cheated Death of The Endless in THE SANDMAN: SEASONS OF MISTS, set up shop as detectives-for-hire from their tree house in back of a haunted mansion. But their first case may be more than they can handle. For more information, see the feature article. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. Collects The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives (2022 DC) #1-6. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote. Art by Jeff Stokely. Cover by Nimit Malavia. Two of the Sandman Universe's most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades--and best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl's disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying Thai ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares! Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close to the boys' adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics--both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that will simply not go unanswered... Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood! Softcover, 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Schoolboy Terrors!" Collects Dead Boy Detectives (2013) #1-6 and material from Witching Hour (2013 DC/Vertigo, Ghosts (2012 DC/Vertigo), and Time Warp (2013 DC/Vertigo).

Written by Toby Litt. Art by Mark Buckingham and Gary Erskine. Cover by Mark Buckingham.

Charles and Edwin begin to unravel the mysteries of their own demise while trying to protect tech-savvy sleuth Crystal from a similar fate. Also includes the short stories "Run Ragged" from WITCHING HOUR, GHOSTS, and TIME WARP.

Softcover, 160 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $9.99.

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1st printing. Collects Dead Boy Detectives (2013) #1-12 and material from Witching Hour (2013 DC/Vertigo, Ghosts (2012 DC/Vertigo), and Time Warp (2013 DC/Vertigo). Written by Toby Litt. Art by Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine, Andrew Pepoy, Ryan Kelly, Russ Braun, Victor Santos, Al Davison, and Emma Vieceli. Cover by Mark Buckingham. Edwin Paine and Charles Roland have a lot in common - theyre both English schoolboys who love a good detective story, and theyve been known to dabble in mystery-solving themselves. Theyre also both dead, a condition which has proven to be less of a hindrance than one might think. From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's intrepid dead schoolboys head back to the horror that is St. Hilarions School; the place where they both were murdered. Softcover, 304 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jill Thompson. Neil Gaiman's inimitable sleuths from THE SANDMAN: SEASON OF MISTS star in their own Manga Digest. THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES, guest-starring Death of the Endless, is brought to life by award-winning artist Jill Thompson (THE SANDMAN: BRIEF LIVES, Scary Godmother). Based on the overwhelming success of her first Manga Digest, DEATH: AT DEATH'S DOOR, Thompson has crafted an amazing original mystery that will appeal to both SANDMAN fans and shojou Manga enthusiasts. Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, the dead British teenagers who are always on the run from Death, travel stateside to solve a missing persons case. Our intrepid heroes have been contacted by young Annika Abernathy, a student at a posh International Academy in Chicago. It seems that Annika's best friend has vanished. For Rowland and Paine to investigate the case properly, they decide to enroll as students at the school. And since it's an all-girls academy, the duo is forced to go undercover ? in drag. Secret passages, food fights, and far too many fashionistas abound as the Dead Boy Detectives solve the case and learn a lot about life from the precocious daughters of international ambassadors and famous rock stars. As a bonus, this digest also features a free 8-page excerpt from DEATH: AT DEATH'S DOOR. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $9.99.

1st printing. Collects Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives (2001) #1-4. Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Bryan Talbot and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Dave McKean. Collected for the first time, this tale stars Edwin and Charles from THE SANDMAN: SEASON OF MISTS. Their first case involves a string of grisly murders - and the immortal Hob Gadling. Softcover, 104 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. Collects The Sandman (1989-1996 DC/Vertigo) #25, The Children's Crusade (1993 DC/Vertigo) #1-2, The Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives (2001) #1-4, Dead Boy Detectives (2013) #1-12, Jill Thompson's The Dead Boy Detectives; an original middle chapter to the Children's Crusade from Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade HC (2015 DC/Vertigo); and stories from Vertigo Winter's Edge (1998-2000) #3, Ghosts (2012 DC/Vertigo), Time Warp (2013 DC/Vertigo), and The Witching Hour (1999 Vertigo) #1; and pages from Death: At Death's Door GN (2003 DC/Vertigo Digest), Swamp Thing (1982-1996 2nd Series) Annual #7, and Doom Patrol (1987-1995) Annual #2. Written by Neil Gaiman, Ed Brubaker, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Rachel Pollack, and Jill Thompson. Art by Matt Wagner, Chris Bachalo, Mike Barreiro, Bryan Talbot, Steve Leialoha, Mark Buckingham, Gary Erskine, Russ Braun, Ryan Kelly, Lee Loughridge, Mark Wheatley, and Jill Thompson. Cover by Chris Bachalo. Written by Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Jill Thompson, Neil Gaiman, Ed Brubaker, and others Art by Mark Buckingham, Jill Thompson, Bryan Talbot, Chris Bachalo, and others Stepping out of the pages of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, the Dead Boy Detectives are thrust into the mystery of a lifetime. Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine were murdered at boarding school, but that hasnt stopped them from living out their dreams. While avoiding Death (literally) they enjoy a ghostly afterlife by reading mystery novels, watching thrillers, and hanging out in their clubhouse. Aspiring to the (un) life of a detective, the two will take on their first case and unwittingly fall prey to supernatural horrors galore and a life(less)long obsession with solving creepy, scary capers. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 800 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $100.00.