Eric J. Moreels
Apr 19, 2004, 11:35 am
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellapra.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellaprat.jpg" align=left alt="Brian Pulido's Belladonna Preview Amorim preview"></a>Direct from Avatar Press, here are the publisher's solicitation copies and preview images for books which are due to ship in June 2004.
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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/fcbdbib.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/fcbdbibt.jpg" align=right alt="Back in Black: Brian Pulido Unleashed at Avatar preview"></a>BACK IN BLACK: BRIAN PULIDO UNLEASHED AT AVATAR
Cover: Paulo Siquiera
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski, Di Amorim, Paulo Siquiera
Readership: All Ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido is bringing an exciting new line of comics to Avatar Press this summer and our special FCBD book will feature extensive previews of his first three titles Belladonna (with art by Clint Hilinski), Unholy (with art by Di Amorim), and Gypsy (with art by Paulo Siquiera). Written with his loyal Chaos! Comics and Lady Death fans in mind, these new books feature the same dark drama and powerful stories that have made Pulido one of the stars of the independent writing scene. But now Pulido takes the excitement to a whole new level as he is Unleashed at Avatar!
PULSAR PRESS
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Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa Jr.
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hot new Stargate artist Jorge Correa Jr provides this amazing new cover of the SG-1 team ready for combat. This final issue of the P.O.W. series is action-packed as the forces of the SGC try to rescue a captive O'Neill! This exclusive cover is available here for the first time. Limited to just 1500 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sgcppri.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sgcpprit.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1 2004 Convention Special Prism Foil preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1 2004 CONVENTION SPECIAL PRISM FOIL
Retail Price: $12.99 US
Art: Jorge Correa Jr.
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The 2004 convention season starts here, as the SG-1 team rockets into Season Two continuity in an all-new tale of sci-fi adventure. When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis's military plans, SG-1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa'uld mothership. This special prism foil edition is limited to just 500 copies. These copies will ship bagged with a certificate of authenticity.
AVATAR PRESS
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Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Timothy Truman
Story: Joe R. Lansdale
Art: Tim Truman
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 72 pages
ISBN: 1592910211
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The cult favorite team of Joe R. Lansdale and Timothy Truman are back together bringing all the hilarious insanity and violence that made their Jonah Hex series modern classics. Except this time the kid gloves are off as they deliver even more mayhem, death, and of course zombies! Wayne is a bounty hunter, but he has the bad luck to be one in the middle of a desert filled with the undead. But he has to bring in his man if he wants to get paid and the dead folks best get out of his way if they know what's good for 'em. But of course, being dead, they don't. Joe Lansdale's over-the-top dialogue and Truman's crisp lines make this book a must read for fans of Garth Ennis and Warren Ellis' work, if you are not already a convert to the church of Lansdale.
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Retail Price: $10.99 US
Cover: Tim Vigil
Story and Art: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 80 pages
ISBN: 1592910238
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fans of horror rejoice, because Vigil is back! Nina, the Webwitch, has a special place in the evolutionary ladder, she is the bridge between the alien Spidernation and humans. Her choices can help determine who controls the globe in the next century. Biologically part of both worlds, but not fully embraced by either, she is torn between the desire to help the Spidernation expand and the human's quest to rid the world of the greatest predators the Earth has seen! The collected edition include all three issues as well as the special preview story from the Companion with art by the master of the macabre Tim Vigil and special assists from Adam (Witchblade) McDaniel.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellapr.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellaprt.jpg" align=right alt="Brian Pulido's Belladonna Preview preview"></a>BRIAN PULIDO'S BELLADONNA PREVIEW
Retail Price: $1.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido arrives at Avatar! Pulido unveils here the first of his dark new offerings, Belladonna, the story of a animal-controlling witch in Ireland 951 AD. She wants nothing more than a quiet ordinary life, but the Viking hordes ruin and kill everything she loves and drive her to unleash her vengeance. Contained without are the designs for the character, notes from Pulido on his development of the character, pages from the story and other exclusive material you won't find anywhere else! This Preview issue also features variant covers by Paulo Siquiera (artist on the upcoming Pulido book Gypsy) and Di Amorim (artist on the upcoming Pulido book Unholy).
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellaprs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellaprst.jpg" align=right alt="Brian Pulido's Belladonna Preview Siquiera preview"></a>BRIAN PULIDO'S BELLADONNA PREVIEW SIQUIERA
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Paulo Siquiera
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellapra.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bellaprat.jpg" align=right alt="Brian Pulido's Belladonna Preview Amorim preview"></a>BRIAN PULIDO'S BELLADONNA PREVIEW AMORIM
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special one shot unfolds the wings of Nightjar! Antony Johnston starts with an all-new text story with new pinup illustrations by series artist Max Fiumara, where we meet magic from this side of the pond, American Birds! Travel back to the birth of the jazz age, as a young girl named Demdyke arrives in New York, seeking to escape her tragic past in a whirlwind of music, drugs, sex and magic. But New York has its own Birds... and they don't take kindly to trespassers! Also included in this super-sized book are the copious design illustrations for the first Nightjar series and characters from artist Fiumara and Johnston's complete script to Nightjar #1.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njarhb1w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njarhb1wt.jpg" align=right alt="Nightjar: Hollow Bones #1 Wraparound preview"></a>NIGHTJAR: HOLLOW BONES #1 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, one shot
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njar4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njar4t.jpg" align=right alt="Nightjar #4 preview"></a>NIGHTJAR #4
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 4
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The story Alan Moore outlined is continuing on from where he left it two decades ago, this time by his frequent collaborator, writer Antony Johnston. In this electrifying final issue, magic, faith and friendship are all tested to the limits as Mirrigan and the Phoenix clash for the last time. Mirrigan's power is failing, her inexperience placing everyone in danger - and now she's led the Phoenix straight to her friends! But the Phoenix hasn't reckoned on the magic of the battlefield, and Mirrigan's link to the famous Pendle Witches may be stronger than anyone realized...
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njar4w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/njar4wt.jpg" align=right alt="Nightjar #4 Wraparound preview"></a>NIGHTJAR #4 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 4
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sknec3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sknec3t.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer #3 preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: NECROMANCER #3
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! On a secluded Philippine island, combat magician William Gravel's female target for assassination has been found. With an army of the undead hungering for their flesh and a renegade British scientist conducting chemical weapon experiments in the tropical jungle hell, Gravel curiously chooses to let her live. But as they fight for their lives against overwhelming odds, has Gravel postponed the American reporter's death-sentence to exploit her knowledge of the island's secrets... Or is it something more? Only a trip to the Body Orchard can possibly even the odds, but Gravel may only be postponing his own inevitable demise at the hands of the zombie hordes.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sknec3w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/sknec3wt.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer #3 Wraparound preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: NECROMANCER #3 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bbh2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bbh2t.jpg" align=right alt="Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #2 preview"></a>JOE R. LANSDALE'S BY BIZARRE HANDS #2
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Armando Rossi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed again in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue features the story "Not From Detroit", with art by Italian Armando Rossi. An aging car mechanic is simply not going to let Death take his wife, so he has to outsmart him. But it's not a easy game to play with the Grim Reaper himself! With Lansdale's biting wit and razor-sharp dialogue, fans of Garth Ennis are sure to love this new six issue monthly series.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bbh2w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/bbh2wt.jpg" align=right alt="Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #2 Wraparound preview"></a>JOE R. LANSDALE'S BY BIZARRE HANDS #2 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Armando Rossi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 6
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2t.jpg" align=right alt="Rich Johnston's Holed Up #2 preview"></a>RICH JOHNSTON'S HOLED UP #2
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The most-read Internet comic columnist, Rich Johnston, is now serving up his all-new all-twisted humor series! Is the replacement postman really a Fed in disguise? Is torture the only way to get at the truth... or is it just fun? Remember, the family that flays together, stays together. But when the feds mount a siege of the Holed family's shack in Idaho, it looks like history is about to repeat itself. Rich Johnston, gossip columnist for Lying In The Gutters, continues this dark family survivalist sitcom as moves to a new level of insanity.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2hs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2hst.jpg" align=right alt="Rich Johnston's Holed Up #2 Homeland Security Edition preview"></a>RICH JOHNSTON'S HOLED UP #2 HOMELAND SECURITY EDITION
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
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Retail Price: $22.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, 2 books bagged together
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special set of the wraparound covers for The Courtyard #1 and 2 are signed by both the adapter Antony Johnston and artist Jacen Burrows. This set is limited to just 150 and all copies ship in a bag and board with a certificate of authenticity.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/jfanhjgf.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/jfanhjgft.jpg" align=right alt="Jungle Fantasy #½ Al Rio Jungle Green Foil preview"></a>JUNGLE FANTASY #½ AL RIO JUNGLE GREEN FOIL
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Al Rio
Writer: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Jack Jadson
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Your every jungle fantasy is finally granted, with this new ongoing series! This special #½ issue features the first appearance and story with Lorelei, an all-new jungle babe! Newcomer Jack Jadson provides the beautiful art on this all new story! This special foil edition is limited to just 300 copies, all of which ship in a bag and board.
HELLINA vs PANDORA #0 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly 0 of 2
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! The catfight battle for all of Hell and Earth starts right here! Avatar's greatest female warriors get sucked into the biggest conflict ever, one for control of Hell itself! Scythe has set her sites on unifying all of Hell under one ruler, but that will prove no easy task with Hellina against her. When one of Pandora's most powerful artifacts is stolen, she is thrust into the fray as well, to face off with Hellina and the legions of Hell. All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
HELLINA vs PANDORA #1 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! The forces of Hell are at war, and a powerful artifact, the Seventh Horn, could decide the fate of the underworld. But Hellina has to first get it from Pandora, who isn't keen on letting go of something that could kill all of humanity! All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
HELLINA vs PANDORA #2 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! Hellina leads a fresh army of tens of thousands into an assault on the forces of Scythe, who has found an unexpected ally in Pandora. As the battle is engaged, Pandora meets Hellina for a final reckoning. But Pandora finds herself mysteriously attracted to Hellina, even in this most inappropriate of times. What magic is this? All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
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<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpt.jpg" align=left alt="Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel preview"></a>Direct from Avatar Press, here are the publisher's solicitation copies and preview images for books which are due to ship in July 2004.
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PULSAR PRESS
STARGATE SG-1: FALL OF ROME PREQUEL
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special one shot leads directly into next month's new epic series, Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome. The SG-1 team finds a vo'cume device that reveals the story of an ancient Roman Goa'uld that assumed the guise of Mars, god of war. When activated, the team learns the treachery laden fate of one of the most powerful and ambitious System Lords ever. Join Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c as they discover that Rome wasn't built in a day, but it could be destroyed in one. This special issue includes production sketches by new Stargate series artist Jorge Correa and a behind the scenes look at the history of the Roman pantheon!
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforppt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Photo preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1: FALL OF ROME PREQUEL PHOTO
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
STARGATE SG-1: FALL OF ROME PREQUEL WRAPAROUND
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpw.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpwt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Wraparound preview"></a>Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
STARGATE SG-1: P.O.W. #2 DRAKE PAINTED
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow2dp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow2dpt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: P.O.W. #2 Drake Painted preview"></a>Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Ryan Drake
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Don't miss this exciting new cover from hot new painter Ryan Drake! The SGC is under lock-down. An alien device threatens to turn Cheyenne Mountain into a smoking crater. It's a race
against time as General Hammond and the rest of the SG-1 team try to find a way to rescue O'Neill and disarm the Goa'uld doomsday device. This special cover is available here for the first time and is limited to just 1250 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sg04cssp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sg04csspt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1 2004 Convention Special Serpent Guard Photo preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1 2004 CONVENTION SPECIAL SERPENT GUARD PHOTO
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa Jr.
Readership: all ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Available for the first time, don't miss this special photo cover featuring the feared Serpent Guard! When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis's military plans, SG-1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa'uld mother-ship. O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c, and Daniel must infiltrate the serpent's lair and obtain the data crystals before the dread system lord can turn his full power against the Earth and her allies. Using information obtained from a mysterious informant, the team plunges into the mission - but will they find that their knowledge of the enemy is helping them... or being used against them? This special cover is available here for the first time and is limited to just 1250 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow1rb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow1rbt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: P.O.W. #1 Royal Blue preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1: P.O.W. #1 ROYAL BLUE
Retail Price: $75.00 US
Cover: Matt Busch
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Never before available, the ultra-limited royal blue is offered in Previews for the first time! For the die-hard Stargate SG-1 fans, this is the ultimate rare collectible. This royal blue foil edition is limited to just 100 copies, all of which ship with a certificate of authenticity in a special protective holder.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob6bd.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob6bdt.jpg" align=right alt="Frank Miller's Robocop #6 Break Down Edition preview"></a>FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP #6 BREAK DOWN EDITION
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 6 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Robocop is not looking so good after his battle with Robocop 2 and Juan Jose Ryp illustrates all his busted-up glory on this exclusive new cover! This variant edition is limited to just 1500 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob1pr.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob1prt.jpg" align=right alt="Frank Miller's Robocop #1 Prism Foil preview"></a>FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP #1 PRISM FOIL
Retail Price: $12.99 US
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 1 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The dynamic first issue of this massive series is now available in a special prism foil edition and is limited to just 500 copies. These copies will ship bagged with a certificate of authenticity.
AVATAR PRESS
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sksmtpb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sksmtpbt.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Strong Medicine TPB preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: STRONG MEDICINE TPB
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 72 pages
ISBN:1592910246
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for this fifth volume of the adventures of Combat Magician William Gravel and unleash a new series full of bad juju. Gravel finally escapes his deniable ops in the USA and is able to return to his home in London. But before he can even settle in, he gets sucked into a horrific child mutilation investigation. Because this child was killed in a very specific way, it was a muti killing designed to bring powerful magic to someone. And if Gravel can't stop him, many more children will die to create a black magician with very strong medicine.
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Ryp, Burrows, Wolfer, Martin
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First there was Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, now Antony Johnston carries on the Lovecraftian spirit with Yuggoth Creatures! Read the incredible memoirs of Anders Ericsson, Professor of Anthropology at the notorious Miskatonic University in Arkham! Join the Professor as he starts an amazing journey through the Lovecraft mythos, from the queer inhabitants of New Surrey to disaster on the ocean at the hands of unseen forces, and the mysterious Dagon... Can he stay sane in the
face of the universe's secret history? Six all-new Lovecraft Mythos stories from the pen of Antony Johnston are illustrated by an awesome collection of today's hottest artists, including Juan Jose Ryp, Jacen Burrows, Matt Martin, Mike Wolfer, Sebastian Fiumara and more!
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Ryp, Burrows, Wolfer, Martin
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 3
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! Against a setting of primal, tropical beauty, they move; flesh upon flesh, satisfying their animalistic, carnal desires... Before devouring one another in a shocking orgy of blood! These are the undead, the twisted products of a demented madman. Mankind's only hope of containing the curse of the living dead lies in the hands of one very special man: A combat magician. Disobeying his primary objective and determined to uncover the scientific source of the zombie horde, Sergeant Major William Gravel moves closer to discovering the truth... and will also find that the jungle is a very lonely place to die.
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 6
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The creative team from the smash hit The Drive-In is together again on this issues tale of horror! One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue sees THE PIT opened up in sequential form with art by Andres Guinaldo. A brutal town ritual forces two powerful men to battle to the death, or die! With Lansdale's biting wit and razor-sharp dialogue, fans of Garth Ennis are sure to love this new six issue monthly series.
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Rich Johnston, gossip columnist for Lying In The Gutters, continues this dark family survivalist sitcom as moves to a new level of insanity. Dropped in the Middle East by a President who got the idea from a film, the Holed Family continue their reign of terror across Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran blowing up anyone who looks slightly shifty. Which, as far as they're concerned, means practically everyone. As the Holeds come face to face with their "enemy", what will their learn about the human condition? This is the conclusion of Rich Johnston's dissection of the "All American Family" in this controversial yet warm-hearted series full of insanity, black humor, and jokes of generally poor taste. Clearly, from the publisher of The Unfunnies!
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Jungle Fantasy returns with exciting new writer John Layman taking over Fauna's tales starting with this issue! In this first chapter of a more light-hearted romp, Fauna looks like she will finally be rescued, but things don't go well... Art is by Anibal Maraschi. Also starting this issue is Tundra, with art by rising star Paulo Sequiera! Tundra's tribe lives in a series of volcanic caves in an arctic region. But outside lurk many dangers and her fate might be determined by a group of hostile Eskimos. With two starting stories, this issue is the perfect place for new readers to try out the sexiest jungle chick stories around.
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Paulo Sequiera
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
JUNGLE FANTASY #5 TUNDRA NUDE
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Paulo Sequiera
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
JUNGLE FANTASY #5 FAUNA NUDE
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
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Retail Price: $16.99 US
Art: Al Rio, Ron Adrian
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, 5 books in a bag
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Here is your chance to get caught up on the hottest Jungle babe action in comics! This set contains copies of Jungle Fantasy #½, #1, #2, #3, and #4. All five comics ship bagged together.
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: all ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 4
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special edition cover is the first in a line of actual Tarot Deck covers featuring the characters of Nightjar! Now follow the continuing saga of Mirrigan Demdyke, all based on Alan Moore's original notes. Eighteen years ago, Mirrigan watched her father's heart explode in their back yard. But on her deathbed, Mirrigan's grandmother reveals a secret - her father wasn't killed by one sorcerer, but SEVEN - and charges Mirrigan with an oath to make them pay for their treachery. If you're the latest in a line of powerful British sorcerers, avenging your father's death should be a walk in the park. Except when his murderers are even more powerful than you. Limited to just 1500 copies.
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Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover and art: Al Rio
Readership: all ages
Format: full color, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Special warehouse find, never before offered in Previews! This is an original first printing of the very first Avatar Coven book, with artwork by Al Rio! This special gold foil edition is limited to just 500 copies, all of which ship in a bag and board.
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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
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Cover: Paulo Siquiera
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski, Di Amorim, Paulo Siquiera
Readership: All Ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido is bringing an exciting new line of comics to Avatar Press this summer and our special FCBD book will feature extensive previews of his first three titles Belladonna (with art by Clint Hilinski), Unholy (with art by Di Amorim), and Gypsy (with art by Paulo Siquiera). Written with his loyal Chaos! Comics and Lady Death fans in mind, these new books feature the same dark drama and powerful stories that have made Pulido one of the stars of the independent writing scene. But now Pulido takes the excitement to a whole new level as he is Unleashed at Avatar!
PULSAR PRESS
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Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa Jr.
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hot new Stargate artist Jorge Correa Jr provides this amazing new cover of the SG-1 team ready for combat. This final issue of the P.O.W. series is action-packed as the forces of the SGC try to rescue a captive O'Neill! This exclusive cover is available here for the first time. Limited to just 1500 copies.
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Retail Price: $12.99 US
Art: Jorge Correa Jr.
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The 2004 convention season starts here, as the SG-1 team rockets into Season Two continuity in an all-new tale of sci-fi adventure. When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis's military plans, SG-1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa'uld mothership. This special prism foil edition is limited to just 500 copies. These copies will ship bagged with a certificate of authenticity.
AVATAR PRESS
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Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Timothy Truman
Story: Joe R. Lansdale
Art: Tim Truman
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 72 pages
ISBN: 1592910211
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The cult favorite team of Joe R. Lansdale and Timothy Truman are back together bringing all the hilarious insanity and violence that made their Jonah Hex series modern classics. Except this time the kid gloves are off as they deliver even more mayhem, death, and of course zombies! Wayne is a bounty hunter, but he has the bad luck to be one in the middle of a desert filled with the undead. But he has to bring in his man if he wants to get paid and the dead folks best get out of his way if they know what's good for 'em. But of course, being dead, they don't. Joe Lansdale's over-the-top dialogue and Truman's crisp lines make this book a must read for fans of Garth Ennis and Warren Ellis' work, if you are not already a convert to the church of Lansdale.
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Retail Price: $10.99 US
Cover: Tim Vigil
Story and Art: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 80 pages
ISBN: 1592910238
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fans of horror rejoice, because Vigil is back! Nina, the Webwitch, has a special place in the evolutionary ladder, she is the bridge between the alien Spidernation and humans. Her choices can help determine who controls the globe in the next century. Biologically part of both worlds, but not fully embraced by either, she is torn between the desire to help the Spidernation expand and the human's quest to rid the world of the greatest predators the Earth has seen! The collected edition include all three issues as well as the special preview story from the Companion with art by the master of the macabre Tim Vigil and special assists from Adam (Witchblade) McDaniel.
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Retail Price: $1.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido arrives at Avatar! Pulido unveils here the first of his dark new offerings, Belladonna, the story of a animal-controlling witch in Ireland 951 AD. She wants nothing more than a quiet ordinary life, but the Viking hordes ruin and kill everything she loves and drive her to unleash her vengeance. Contained without are the designs for the character, notes from Pulido on his development of the character, pages from the story and other exclusive material you won't find anywhere else! This Preview issue also features variant covers by Paulo Siquiera (artist on the upcoming Pulido book Gypsy) and Di Amorim (artist on the upcoming Pulido book Unholy).
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Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Paulo Siquiera
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
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Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special one shot unfolds the wings of Nightjar! Antony Johnston starts with an all-new text story with new pinup illustrations by series artist Max Fiumara, where we meet magic from this side of the pond, American Birds! Travel back to the birth of the jazz age, as a young girl named Demdyke arrives in New York, seeking to escape her tragic past in a whirlwind of music, drugs, sex and magic. But New York has its own Birds... and they don't take kindly to trespassers! Also included in this super-sized book are the copious design illustrations for the first Nightjar series and characters from artist Fiumara and Johnston's complete script to Nightjar #1.
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Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, one shot
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 4
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The story Alan Moore outlined is continuing on from where he left it two decades ago, this time by his frequent collaborator, writer Antony Johnston. In this electrifying final issue, magic, faith and friendship are all tested to the limits as Mirrigan and the Phoenix clash for the last time. Mirrigan's power is failing, her inexperience placing everyone in danger - and now she's led the Phoenix straight to her friends! But the Phoenix hasn't reckoned on the magic of the battlefield, and Mirrigan's link to the famous Pendle Witches may be stronger than anyone realized...
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 4
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! On a secluded Philippine island, combat magician William Gravel's female target for assassination has been found. With an army of the undead hungering for their flesh and a renegade British scientist conducting chemical weapon experiments in the tropical jungle hell, Gravel curiously chooses to let her live. But as they fight for their lives against overwhelming odds, has Gravel postponed the American reporter's death-sentence to exploit her knowledge of the island's secrets... Or is it something more? Only a trip to the Body Orchard can possibly even the odds, but Gravel may only be postponing his own inevitable demise at the hands of the zombie hordes.
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Armando Rossi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed again in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue features the story "Not From Detroit", with art by Italian Armando Rossi. An aging car mechanic is simply not going to let Death take his wife, so he has to outsmart him. But it's not a easy game to play with the Grim Reaper himself! With Lansdale's biting wit and razor-sharp dialogue, fans of Garth Ennis are sure to love this new six issue monthly series.
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Armando Rossi
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 6
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The most-read Internet comic columnist, Rich Johnston, is now serving up his all-new all-twisted humor series! Is the replacement postman really a Fed in disguise? Is torture the only way to get at the truth... or is it just fun? Remember, the family that flays together, stays together. But when the feds mount a siege of the Holed family's shack in Idaho, it looks like history is about to repeat itself. Rich Johnston, gossip columnist for Lying In The Gutters, continues this dark family survivalist sitcom as moves to a new level of insanity.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2hs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0604/holed2hst.jpg" align=right alt="Rich Johnston's Holed Up #2 Homeland Security Edition preview"></a>RICH JOHNSTON'S HOLED UP #2 HOMELAND SECURITY EDITION
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
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Retail Price: $22.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, 2 books bagged together
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special set of the wraparound covers for The Courtyard #1 and 2 are signed by both the adapter Antony Johnston and artist Jacen Burrows. This set is limited to just 150 and all copies ship in a bag and board with a certificate of authenticity.
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Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Al Rio
Writer: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Jack Jadson
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Your every jungle fantasy is finally granted, with this new ongoing series! This special #½ issue features the first appearance and story with Lorelei, an all-new jungle babe! Newcomer Jack Jadson provides the beautiful art on this all new story! This special foil edition is limited to just 300 copies, all of which ship in a bag and board.
HELLINA vs PANDORA #0 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 16 pages, monthly 0 of 2
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! The catfight battle for all of Hell and Earth starts right here! Avatar's greatest female warriors get sucked into the biggest conflict ever, one for control of Hell itself! Scythe has set her sites on unifying all of Hell under one ruler, but that will prove no easy task with Hellina against her. When one of Pandora's most powerful artifacts is stolen, she is thrust into the fray as well, to face off with Hellina and the legions of Hell. All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
HELLINA vs PANDORA #1 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! The forces of Hell are at war, and a powerful artifact, the Seventh Horn, could decide the fate of the underworld. But Hellina has to first get it from Pandora, who isn't keen on letting go of something that could kill all of humanity! All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
HELLINA vs PANDORA #2 CONNECTING ADULT COVER
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is one of the three-part adult triptych connecting cover set offered this month, drawn by the detail master, Juan Jose Ryp! Hellina leads a fresh army of tens of thousands into an assault on the forces of Scythe, who has found an unexpected ally in Pandora. As the battle is engaged, Pandora meets Hellina for a final reckoning. But Pandora finds herself mysteriously attracted to Hellina, even in this most inappropriate of times. What magic is this? All three parts of this set are limited only 750 copies!
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PULSAR PRESS
STARGATE SG-1: FALL OF ROME PREQUEL
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special one shot leads directly into next month's new epic series, Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome. The SG-1 team finds a vo'cume device that reveals the story of an ancient Roman Goa'uld that assumed the guise of Mars, god of war. When activated, the team learns the treachery laden fate of one of the most powerful and ambitious System Lords ever. Join Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c as they discover that Rome wasn't built in a day, but it could be destroyed in one. This special issue includes production sketches by new Stargate series artist Jorge Correa and a behind the scenes look at the history of the Roman pantheon!
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Retail Price: $2.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
STARGATE SG-1: FALL OF ROME PREQUEL WRAPAROUND
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpw.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgforpwt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Wraparound preview"></a>Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
STARGATE SG-1: P.O.W. #2 DRAKE PAINTED
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Cover: Ryan Drake
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Don't miss this exciting new cover from hot new painter Ryan Drake! The SGC is under lock-down. An alien device threatens to turn Cheyenne Mountain into a smoking crater. It's a race
against time as General Hammond and the rest of the SG-1 team try to find a way to rescue O'Neill and disarm the Goa'uld doomsday device. This special cover is available here for the first time and is limited to just 1250 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sg04cssp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sg04csspt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1 2004 Convention Special Serpent Guard Photo preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1 2004 CONVENTION SPECIAL SERPENT GUARD PHOTO
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa Jr.
Readership: all ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Available for the first time, don't miss this special photo cover featuring the feared Serpent Guard! When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis's military plans, SG-1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa'uld mother-ship. O'Neill, Carter, Teal'c, and Daniel must infiltrate the serpent's lair and obtain the data crystals before the dread system lord can turn his full power against the Earth and her allies. Using information obtained from a mysterious informant, the team plunges into the mission - but will they find that their knowledge of the enemy is helping them... or being used against them? This special cover is available here for the first time and is limited to just 1250 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow1rb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sgpow1rbt.jpg" align=right alt="Stargate SG-1: P.O.W. #1 Royal Blue preview"></a>STARGATE SG-1: P.O.W. #1 ROYAL BLUE
Retail Price: $75.00 US
Cover: Matt Busch
Story: James Anthony
Art: Renato Guedes
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Never before available, the ultra-limited royal blue is offered in Previews for the first time! For the die-hard Stargate SG-1 fans, this is the ultimate rare collectible. This royal blue foil edition is limited to just 100 copies, all of which ship with a certificate of authenticity in a special protective holder.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob6bd.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob6bdt.jpg" align=right alt="Frank Miller's Robocop #6 Break Down Edition preview"></a>FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP #6 BREAK DOWN EDITION
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 6 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Robocop is not looking so good after his battle with Robocop 2 and Juan Jose Ryp illustrates all his busted-up glory on this exclusive new cover! This variant edition is limited to just 1500 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob1pr.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/fmrob1prt.jpg" align=right alt="Frank Miller's Robocop #1 Prism Foil preview"></a>FRANK MILLER'S ROBOCOP #1 PRISM FOIL
Retail Price: $12.99 US
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 1 of 9
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The dynamic first issue of this massive series is now available in a special prism foil edition and is limited to just 500 copies. These copies will ship bagged with a certificate of authenticity.
AVATAR PRESS
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sksmtpb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sksmtpbt.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Strong Medicine TPB preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: STRONG MEDICINE TPB
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 72 pages
ISBN:1592910246
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for this fifth volume of the adventures of Combat Magician William Gravel and unleash a new series full of bad juju. Gravel finally escapes his deniable ops in the USA and is able to return to his home in London. But before he can even settle in, he gets sucked into a horrific child mutilation investigation. Because this child was killed in a very specific way, it was a muti killing designed to bring powerful magic to someone. And if Gravel can't stop him, many more children will die to create a black magician with very strong medicine.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/yugcre1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/yugcre1t.jpg" align=right alt="Yuggoth Creatures #1 preview"></a>YUGGOTH CREATURES #1
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Ryp, Burrows, Wolfer, Martin
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: First there was Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, now Antony Johnston carries on the Lovecraftian spirit with Yuggoth Creatures! Read the incredible memoirs of Anders Ericsson, Professor of Anthropology at the notorious Miskatonic University in Arkham! Join the Professor as he starts an amazing journey through the Lovecraft mythos, from the queer inhabitants of New Surrey to disaster on the ocean at the hands of unseen forces, and the mysterious Dagon... Can he stay sane in the
face of the universe's secret history? Six all-new Lovecraft Mythos stories from the pen of Antony Johnston are illustrated by an awesome collection of today's hottest artists, including Juan Jose Ryp, Jacen Burrows, Matt Martin, Mike Wolfer, Sebastian Fiumara and more!
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/yugcre1w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/yugcre1wt.jpg" align=right alt="Yuggoth Creatures #1 Wraparound preview"></a>YUGGOTH CREATURES #1 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Ryp, Burrows, Wolfer, Martin
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 3
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sknec4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sknec4t.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer #4 preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: NECROMANCER #4
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ellis and Wolfer return for another brutal series featuring combat magician William Gravel! Against a setting of primal, tropical beauty, they move; flesh upon flesh, satisfying their animalistic, carnal desires... Before devouring one another in a shocking orgy of blood! These are the undead, the twisted products of a demented madman. Mankind's only hope of containing the curse of the living dead lies in the hands of one very special man: A combat magician. Disobeying his primary objective and determined to uncover the scientific source of the zombie horde, Sergeant Major William Gravel moves closer to discovering the truth... and will also find that the jungle is a very lonely place to die.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sknec4w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/sknec4wt.jpg" align=right alt="Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Necromancer #4 Wraparound preview"></a>WARREN ELLIS' STRANGE KILLINGS: NECROMANCER #4 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Wolfer
Story: Warren Ellis
Art: Mike Wolfer
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 4 of 6
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/bbh3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/bbh3t.jpg" align=right alt="Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #3 preview"></a>JOE R. LANSDALE'S BY BIZARRE HANDS #3
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The creative team from the smash hit The Drive-In is together again on this issues tale of horror! One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue sees THE PIT opened up in sequential form with art by Andres Guinaldo. A brutal town ritual forces two powerful men to battle to the death, or die! With Lansdale's biting wit and razor-sharp dialogue, fans of Garth Ennis are sure to love this new six issue monthly series.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/bbh3w.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/bbh3wt.jpg" align=right alt="Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands #3 Wraparound preview"></a>JOE R. LANSDALE'S BY BIZARRE HANDS #3 WRAPAROUND
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Rich Johnston, gossip columnist for Lying In The Gutters, continues this dark family survivalist sitcom as moves to a new level of insanity. Dropped in the Middle East by a President who got the idea from a film, the Holed Family continue their reign of terror across Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran blowing up anyone who looks slightly shifty. Which, as far as they're concerned, means practically everyone. As the Holeds come face to face with their "enemy", what will their learn about the human condition? This is the conclusion of Rich Johnston's dissection of the "All American Family" in this controversial yet warm-hearted series full of insanity, black humor, and jokes of generally poor taste. Clearly, from the publisher of The Unfunnies!
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/holed3hs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/holed3hst.jpg" align=right alt="Rich Johnston's Holed Up #3 Homeland Security Edition preview"></a>RICH JOHNSTON'S HOLED UP #3 HOMELAND SECURITY EDITION
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Gonzalo Martinez
Story: Rich Johnston
Art: Gonzalo Martinez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfan5f.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfan5ft.jpg" align=right alt="Jungle Fantasy #5 Fauna preview"></a>JUNGLE FANTASY #5 FAUNA
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Jungle Fantasy returns with exciting new writer John Layman taking over Fauna's tales starting with this issue! In this first chapter of a more light-hearted romp, Fauna looks like she will finally be rescued, but things don't go well... Art is by Anibal Maraschi. Also starting this issue is Tundra, with art by rising star Paulo Sequiera! Tundra's tribe lives in a series of volcanic caves in an arctic region. But outside lurk many dangers and her fate might be determined by a group of hostile Eskimos. With two starting stories, this issue is the perfect place for new readers to try out the sexiest jungle chick stories around.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfan5t.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfan5tt.jpg" align=right alt="Jungle Fantasy #5 Tundra preview"></a>JUNGLE FANTASY #5 TUNDRA
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Paulo Sequiera
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
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Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
JUNGLE FANTASY #5 TUNDRA NUDE
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Paulo Sequiera
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
JUNGLE FANTASY #5 FAUNA NUDE
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequiera
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfanbset.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/jfanbsett.jpg" align=right alt="Jungle Fantasy Bag Set preview"></a>JUNGLE FANTASY BAG SET
Retail Price: $16.99 US
Art: Al Rio, Ron Adrian
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, 5 books in a bag
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Here is your chance to get caught up on the hottest Jungle babe action in comics! This set contains copies of Jungle Fantasy #½, #1, #2, #3, and #4. All five comics ship bagged together.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/njar1t.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/njar1tt.jpg" align=right alt="Nightjar #1 Tarot preview"></a>NIGHTJAR #1 TAROT
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: all ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 4
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special edition cover is the first in a line of actual Tarot Deck covers featuring the characters of Nightjar! Now follow the continuing saga of Mirrigan Demdyke, all based on Alan Moore's original notes. Eighteen years ago, Mirrigan watched her father's heart explode in their back yard. But on her deathbed, Mirrigan's grandmother reveals a secret - her father wasn't killed by one sorcerer, but SEVEN - and charges Mirrigan with an oath to make them pay for their treachery. If you're the latest in a line of powerful British sorcerers, avenging your father's death should be a walk in the park. Except when his murderers are even more powerful than you. Limited to just 1500 copies.
<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/covshgf.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/previews/ind/avatar/0704/covshgft.jpg" align=right alt="Coven: Spellcaster #½ Gold Foil preview"></a>COVEN: SPELLCASTER #½ GOLD FOIL
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover and art: Al Rio
Readership: all ages
Format: full color, 16 pages
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Special warehouse find, never before offered in Previews! This is an original first printing of the very first Avatar Coven book, with artwork by Al Rio! This special gold foil edition is limited to just 500 copies, all of which ship in a bag and board.