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Dark Horse Releases for January 9th

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A new year is dawning, and with it some new goodness from Dark Horse Comics. Including Star Wars #1, a new launching of the Classic Star Wars we all know and love.

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH #103: THE ABYSS OF TIME PART 1

 

A group of agents enter an abandoned warehouse in Chicago, only to discover the site of a hundred-year-old magical ritual and an old Hyperborean weapon, which leads to shocking revelations about man’s prehistory and the legacy of the Ogdru Hem!

* From the pages of Hellboy!

* Cowritten by Mike Mignola!

Harren excels equally at the epic and the personal.” —Comic Book Resources

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #17

Ripped from the middle of a zompire battle, Buffy finds herself face to face with Illyria and a mystical council in LA. She’s been unwillingly recruited to take down a former enemy while her friends in San Francisco are left in a Buffy-less lurch with dire consequences . . .

* TV’s Illyria joins the cast of Season 9!

* Executive produced by Joss Whedon!

EERIE COMICS #2

Eerie returns with two new tales of science gone amok, plus a classic from the dungeon! Mike Allred (iZombie,Madman) embellishes Damon Gentry’s (“The Horror Robber”) tale of communication breakdown between us and “Our Friend the Ant,” while Brian Clevinger (Atomic Robo) and Evan Shaner (Buddy Cops) warn of aliens’ most insidious invasion plan yet in “Signaling the End”!

* Mike Allred returns to Dark Horse!

* Presented in glorious, ghoulish black and white!

 

GHOST #3

Ghost finally discovers her true name and identity! As they investigate the mysterious disappearances surrounding a crystal-powered box, Ghost and her accomplices, Vaughn and Tommy, uncover a shocking conspiracy that stretches deep into Chicago’s history of political corruption. The stage is set for Ghost’s confrontation with the demonic mastermind who pulls all the strings—if Doctor October doesn’t get to her first!

* Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Avenging Spider-Man) revives one of Dark Horse’s most popular characters.

 

STAR WARS #1

This is Star Wars as you remember it . . . and as you have never seen it before! We’re taking you back to those heady, adventure-filled days following the destruction of the Death Star—when the Empire ruled, the Rebels were on the run, and the galaxy was a dangerous place whereanything might happen!

* Writer Brian Wood (The Massive, Conan the Barbarian).

* Artist Carlos D’Anda (Batman: Arkham City).

* Cover artist Alex Ross!

* Classic era, classic characters, all-new Star Wars!

This issue comes with a code to download a free digital issue of the comic!

 THE STRAIN #10

On the offensive, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his companions arm themselves and head deep below New York City to smoke out the leader of the vampire menace. But before they can enter his lair, they’re paid a deadly visit from the towering beast himself—the Master!

* Soon to be a TV series!

* Adapts the Strain Trilogy from director Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan!

TO HELL YOU RIDE #2

The townsfolk’s chemical efforts to bring snow lead to a horrifying nightmare as mad science mixes with mother nature to release a curse buried for a hundred years in rock—the results will melt flesh from bones in the small Colorado town.

* Written by horror movie icon Lance Henriksen (Millennium, Aliens, Near Dark)!

* Dark Horse horror gets under your skin!

CHERUBS! HC

Falsely accused of heaven’s first homicide, five churlish cherubim escape to New York in pursuit of the renegade archangel Abbadon on the eve of the Apocalypse! Befriended by exotic-dancer Mary and chased by unstoppable Seraphim terminators, the Cherubs alone stand against hell’s hordes as Satan prepares to make war, not love!

* Bryan Talbot is an award-winning graphic-novel pioneer and innovator.

* Mark Stafford is one of the UK’s hottest indie artists!

* Features Cherubs!: Hell on Earth, a previously unpublished four-issue series.

CONAN VOLUME 13: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST HC

Kicking off Dark Horse’s sweeping adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Queen of the Black Coast,” Conan turns his back on the civilized world and takes to the Western Ocean. Finding first danger and then passion in the arms of the pirate queen Bêlit, the Cimmerian begins a new life of pleasure and pillage along the Black Coast, in this epic of romance and terror! Collect issues #1-#6 of the Conan the Barbarian series.

* A bold new take on the Cimmerian from Brian Wood!

* Great jumping-on point!

CREEPY COMICS VOLUME 2: AT DEATH’S DOOR TPB

Continuing the terrifying tradition of the odious original, Dark Horse’s Creepy brings a modern flavor to classic horror! In this vicious volume, your dear Uncle Creepy presents over a dozen new spine-tingling stories from twisted talents including David Lapham, Jeff Parker, Doug Moench, Joe R. Lansdale, Jason Shawn Alexander, Timothy Truman, Rick Geary, Colleen Coover, Emily Carroll, Nathan Fox, and more! With so much fear to go around, this awful omnibus is sure to keep you drenched in a cold sweat all the way through! Collecting issues #5–#9 of the series.

OREIMO VOLUME 2 TPB

Things are heating up at home for Kyosuke and his little sister Kirino! It’s getting difficult for Kirino to keep her love of kids’ anime and naughty video games a secret, especially from her nosy clique of popular girls and her stern, strict father! With all this chaos, might it be possible for Kirino to turn to her brother and really see him as a friend? Clever and engaging, Oreimo is full of surprises!

* A second season of the anime is planned for 2013!

RESET HC

If you could relive major events in your life, would you take a stab at making things better—and would your best attempts only make things worse? Or would you use your second chance to put your most twisted, perverted fantasies in motion? These are questions washed up actor and comedian Guy Krause asks himself after he signs up to be the main research subject for a virtual reality experiment! This new hardcover graphic novel from Harvey Award-winning writer/artist Peter Bagge—creator of Hate and Apocalypse Nerd—collects the hilarious, offbeat Reset comic-book series in its entirety.

* Multiple Harvey Award-winner Peter Bagge!

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SAVAGE SWORD VOLUME 1 TPB

From the mind of pulp titan Robert E. Howard comes a slew of thrilling tales of savage heroism and brutal adventure! This collection features larger-than-life Howard heroes like Dark Agnes, El Borak, the Sonora Kid, and, of course, Conan, and showcases some of today’s top creators like Sean Phillips, Tony Parker, Joe Casey, Paul Tobin, and many, many more! This trade paperback collects all the original material from Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword #1 – #4, along with a cover and pin-up gallery.

* Over 140 pages of savagery!

Elliott Miller

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