Sneak Peeks: Dark Horse Comics May 22, 2013

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Dark Horse that will come out May 22...

AKANEIRO #1
Writer: Justin Aclin
Artist: Vasilis Lolos
Cover Artist: TBD

From the brilliant imagination of video game auteur American McGee comes a dazzling reenvisioning of Red Riding Hood set in the wondrous world of Japanese folklore! Justin Aclin and Vasilis Lolos take Kani a young woman torn between two cultures on an epic adventure battling devious yokai for the fate of her world!




DARK HORSE PRESENTS #24
Writer: Frank Barbiere, CaitlĂ­n R. Kiernan, Ron Randall, Fred Van Lente, Phil Stanford, Peter Hogan, Dan Jolley, Mike Baron, Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal, Shannon Wheeler
Artist: Ron Randall, Shannon Wheeler, Micah Kaneshiro, Steve Lieber, Freddie Williams II, Patric Reynolds, Phil Winslade, Leonard Kirk, Steve Rude, Melissa Curtin
Cover Artist: Raymond Swanland

Introducing Blackout, An all-new hero!

Step into the darkness with the brand-new Dark Horse superhero Blackout, written by Frank Barbiere with art by Micah Kaneshiro! Get ready for sci-fi action with the return of Ron Randall’s Trekker! Take the case and save the world with Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal’s Hunter Quaid! Plus, new installments of Alabaster: Boxcar Tales, Nexus, Crime Does Not Pay, Brain Boy, King’s Road, Bloodhound, and Villain House!



THE DEEP SEA (ONE-SHOT)
Writer: Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray
Artist: Tony Akins
Colorist: Paul Mounts

Paul Barry’s obsession with the ocean took a turn when his crew’s vessel was lost in a deep sea descent mission—with his crew inside. Fifty-five years later, with the recovery of the ship, Paul is about to discover the horrific mysteries of time and the abyss. From the pages of Dark Horse Presents.




EXILE TO BABYLON TPB
Writer: David Lapham
Artist: Patric Reynolds, Matthew Southworth
Cover Artist: Patric Reynolds

In 2040, a private military operative of reeducated gang members—the Blackshield Angels—are the only hope of liberating a vital fuel supply from a criminal overlord. Blackshield’s best agent struggles through betrayal, love, and a seemingly unending war zone—Zone 12—to complete his mission through a dangerous world where tattooed warlords reign supreme and giant satellites watch men from above like gods.




HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #2
Writer: Corey Taylor
Artist: Richard Clark
Colorist: Dan Jackson
Cover Artist: Jason Shawn Alexander

Traveling through his new reality, the Human stumbles across an unlikely ally. But with the zombielike Numbers hounding their steps, they must make some unusual choices to avoid capture in an unknown world, with troubling consequences. But can the Human really trust his new friend’s advice and find his way home again?




LOBSTER JOHNSON: SATAN SMELLS A RAT
Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi
Artist: Kevin Nowlan
Colorist: Kevin Nowlan
Cover Artist: Kevin Nowlan

The artist of Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish returns for two-gun vengeance!

Someone is killing off skid row bums and dumping their corpses. The only one who can deliver justice is Hellboy’s favorite gun-blazing vigilante.



LONE WOLF AND CUB OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 TPB
Writer: Kazuo Koike
Artist: Goseki Kojima
Cover Artist: Frank Miller

A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse Manga with new, larger editions of over 700 pages, value priced. The brilliant storytelling of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of Goseki Kojima create a graphic-fiction masterpiece of beauty, fury, and thematic power. Collects Lone Wolf and Cub volumes 1-2, and stories from volume 3.



THE MASSIVE #12
Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Danijel Zezelj
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Cover Artist: J.P. Leon

When the crew of the Kapital gets trapped in an ice field, Captain Callum Israel ventures out on foot to continue the pursuit of The Massive. He quickly gets lost in the increasingly dangerous weather, and the reality of the risks he’s asked his crew to take fully hits him. When it does, it threatens to break him completely.



MIND MGMT #11
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Matt Kindt

Once, Mind Management’s agents were trained in its remote headquarters, Shangri-la. Now, with MIND MGMT shut down—at least officially—its location has been erased from every former agent’s memories. So how do you find a secret base? With a secret map.






STAR WARS: LEGACY #3
Writer: Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman
Artist: Gabriel Hardman
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover Artist: Dave Wilkins

Ania Solo and her friends have been chased, blockaded, and shot at, and now they’re stuck on a world of molten sulfur all because an Imperial Knight wants them dead. Just when things seem bleakest, another Imperial Knight shows up! Is he here to help them, or help destroy them?