Sneak Peeks: Dark Horse Comics June 27, 2012

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Dark Horse that will come out June 27...

FATIMA: THE BLOOD SPINNERS #1
Writer: Gilbert Hernandez
Artist: Gilbert Hernandez
Cover Artist: Gilbert Hernandez, Peter Bagge

Comics luminary Gilbert Hernandez envisions his strangest, most thrilling future yet! A drug called “spin” offers the wildest trip imaginable, followed by its users’ inevitable, rapid deterioration into undead flesh eaters. Despite the side effect, the drug is so popular that the human population is dying out! With no cure to be found, the beautiful, lovesick Fatima may be the only thing standing between the survivors and the apocalypse. Get ready for four issues of zombies, drug lords, and gorgeous women!


ANGEL & FAITH #11
Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Rebekah Isaacs
Colorist: Dan Jackson
Cover Artist: Steve Morris, Rebekah Isaacs

When yet another unexpected visitor shows up on Faith and Angel’s doorstep, the pair are pulled into a quest that has the potential to give Angel everything he’s been looking for—you know, if they succeed and survive.



B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: EXORCISM #1
Writer: Mike Mignola, Cameron Stewart
Artist: Cameron Stewart
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Viktor Kalvachev

Field agent Ashley Strode, last seen in B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs, is deployed to a Mexican village after a demon commands her to release one of its brethren, or lose the soul of a small child.




MIND MGMT #2
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Matt Kindt
Cover Artist: Matt Kindt

Matt Kindt’s cutting-edge spy-fi series continues!

Young journalist Meru’s investigation into MIND MGMT, an espionage unit of psychic spies, and the rogue field agent whose defection nearly destroyed the entire operation becomes even more complicated when the CIA takes an interest! But whose side are they on? As the story takes her from Mexico to Zanzibar, Meru discovers more clues about MIND MGMT’s history and encounters some of its victims, all while pursued by tireless Immortals!

RESIDENT ALIEN #2
Writer: Peter Hogan
Artist: Steve Parkhouse
Cover Artist: Steve Parkhouse

A stranded alien bides his time in the sleepy town of Patience, USA. Living undercover as a semi-retired doctor, his only hope is to stay off humanity’s radar until he can be rescued. When he’s pulled into a surprising murder mystery by the town’s desperate mayor and struggling police chief, Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle learns more about the human condition than he ever wanted to. He also finds police procedural work to be oddly appealing, and it’ll certainly kill time until he’s found. Acclaimed creators Peter Hogan (2000 AD, Tom Strong) and Steve Parkhouse (Milkman Murders, Doctor Who) deliver a truly unique sci-fi adventure tale with heart and humor!


STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES—BOBA FETT IS DEAD #3
Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Chris Scalf
Cover Artist: Chris Scalf

Boba Fett’s half-clone half brother Connor Freeman has stepped into a firefight! Tasked with protecting Boba’s former wife and daughter while Fett’s killer is found, Connor finds himself up against a Devaronian hit-squad!

Meanwhile, as Darth Vader searches for the intruder who so explosively infiltrated the Imperial base on Blackfel, the intruder is setting up an elite stormtrooper platoon for a huge fall!

THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 22 (TRADE-PAPERBACK COLLECTION)
Writer: Michael Fleisher, Jim Owsley
Penciller: John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Val Mayerik
Inker: Ernie Chan, Val Mayerik, Bob Camp
Colorist: Armando Gil, George Roussos, Christie Scheele, Steven Mellor

Legends say that even demons fear to tread the Pictish wilderness after the sun has set. But the threat of hordes of savage Picts is not enough to keep Conan the Barbarian from the lure of a king’s treasure . . . and Tetra, the beautiful daughter of a Brythunian nobleman. While seemingly lost without Conan’s protection, Tetra will show Pict and Cimmerian alike that she is far, far more than she seems! Collects Conan the Barbarian #168–#173 and Conan the Barbarian Annual #8 and #9.


CONAN VOLUME 11: ROAD OF KINGS TPB
Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Mike Hawthorne
Inker: John Lucas, Jason Gorder
Colorist: Dave Stewart, Dan Jackson
Cover Artist: Doug Wheatley

The journey down the fabled Road of Kings is a treacherous one, filled with monsters, angry victims of Conan's light fingers, and other thieving highwaymen. While Conan becomes caught up in palace intrigue along the way, a slaver kidnaps his companion, Olivia, determined to collect a ransom from her royal father! Collecting Conan: Road of Kings #1–#6, these are some of the most thrilling Conan stories ever printed!

THE GOON VOLUME 11: THE DEFORMED OF BODY AND DEVIOUS OF MIND TPB
Writer: Eric Powell, Evan Dorkin
Artist: Eric Powell
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Eric Powell

Sparkly, skinny-jean wearin' vampires, wiener-eatin' hoboes, multinational midgets, and 2010 Queen of Burlesque star, Roxi DLite, are just a few of the obstacles Goon and Franky are up against in this new collection from Dark Horse Comics! Plus, guest writer Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese, Beasts of Burden) pits Goon against the horrendous, bacon-eating behemoth, the Ten-in-One! Collects The Goon issues #34-#37, The Goon in "An Irish Wake" from USA Today, and The Goon's on Vacation from Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London.

THE GUILD VOLUME 2 (TRADE-PAPERBACK COLLECTION)
Writer: Felicia Day, Jeff Lewis, Sean Becker, Kim Evey, Sandeep Parikh
Penciller: Darick Robertson, Kristian Donaldson, Ron Chan, Becky Cloonan, Tim Seeley
Inker: Ron Chan, Becky Cloonan
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Georges Jeanty

Set before the first season of the show, these hilarious stories delighted fans and newbies alike and introduced plots that influenced the show itself, including season 5’s backstory of Tink, originally hinted at in these pages. Featuring a huge variety of comics’ best artists as well as many of the talents key to the web series, and leading directly to the moment Zaboo unexpectedly appears at a startled Codex’s front door in episode 1, this collection comprises a true “season 0” of The Guild! Collects the one-shots The Guild: Vork, The Guild: Tink, The Guild: Bladezz, The Guild: Clara, and The Guild: Zaboo.

HOUSE OF NIGHT (HARDCOVER COLLECTION)
Writer: P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Kent Dalian
Penciller: Joƫlle Jones, Karl Kerschl, Joshua Covey, Daniel Krall, Jonathan Case, Eric Canete
Colorist: Daniel Krall, Jonathan Case, Eric Canete, Ryan Hill, Dan Jackson
Cover Artist: Steve Morris

Until recently, Zoey Redbird was an average high-school student worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts. But priorities have a way of changing when you’re Marked as a vampyre, enroll in the vampyre academy House of Night, and have to figure out a whole new social hierarchy, affinities for elemental magic, and physiological changes that make you crave blood! Collects issues #1-#5 of the series.

Follow Zoey, and her group of devoted friends, as they turn to The Fledgling Handbook, a historical vampyre tome, in hopes of better understanding this big, new world of vampyrism.

SILVER STREAK ARCHIVES FEATURING THE ORIGINAL DAREDEVIL VOLUME 1 HC
Writer: Jack Cole, Jack Binder, Bob Wood, Dick Briefer, Ralph Johns, Kane Miller
Artist: Jack Binder, Bob Wood, Ralph Johns, Jack Cole, and Fred Guardineer

Debuting in 1940 in Silver Streak Comics #6, the original Daredevil was a mute superhero who used boomerangs and his athletic abilities to wipe out American mobsters and international criminals. Capturing readers' imaginations as he fought his nemesis, the evil Claw, the original Daredevil was a popular recurring character and eventual headliner in his own comic book series. In this volume, the first four expensive and hard-to-find Silver Streak Comics are finally collected in a deluxe hardcover volume! In addition to reprinting the original Daredevil's debut episodes and early work by Jack Cole (Plastic Man), this essential volume of comic book treasures will present every story, gag strip, and text piece from the original anthologies!


TALES OF THE BEANWORLD VOLUME 3.5 HC
Writer: Larry Marder
Artist: Larry Marder

A most peculiar mini-volume experience! Larry Marder presents his extraordinary creation in extraordinary color! Collecting the recent color Beanworld stories with long- out-of-print tales from Asylum, and newly colored by Marder, this volume not only answers burning questions about the process of the Beanworld, but also includes brand new pages that begin the highly anticipated "Summer" cycle of stories! Tales of the Beanworld is the perfect primer for readers old and new to Marder's one-of-a-kind comics experience! Collecting never-before-reprinted stories from the Beanworld Holiday Special, MySpace Dark Horse Presents #14, and Asylum #1–#6, with new material!

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