Sneak Peeks: Dark Horse Comics September 11, 2013

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Dark Horse that will come out September 11...

BRAIN BOY #1
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Penciller: R. B. Silva
Inker: Rob Lean
Colorist: Ego
Cover Artist: Ariel Olivetti, Juan Doe

When the United States Secret Service needs to stop an assassination before the killer’s even decided to buy a gun, they call the world’s most powerful telepath: Matt Price, a.k.a. Brain Boy. But when the secret agent that can read anyone’s mind finds that a powerful psychic network has been hidden from him, Brain Boy begins to wonder whether he knows everything or nothing at all!


B.P.R.D.: 1948 TPB
Writer: Mike MIgnola, John Arcudi
Artist: Max Fiumara
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola

Atomic-bred monsters are killing civilians in the Utah desert, pitting Professor Bruttenholm, guardian of the child Hellboy, an Anders, the agent possessed by vampires, to investigate. All signs point to a mysterious glass element discovered in the desert as the origin of these dangerous creatures entering our world. Collects the five-issue miniseries.


THE BEST OF MILLIGAN & MCCARTHY HC
Writer: Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy
Artist: Brendan McCarthy

One of comics’ most fruitful collaborations gets its due in this deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from Peter Milligan (Hellblazer, X-Statix) and Brendan McCarthy (Judge Dredd, The Zaucer of Zilk There is still nothing else like Freakwave, Paradax!, Skin, and Rogan Gosh, and this volume is the ideal starting place for new readers! Collecting twenty years’ worth of the pair’s finest work from Vanguard Illustrated, Strange Days, 2000 AD, and Vertigo.


BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #25
Writer: Andrew Chambliss
Artist: Georges Jeanty
Inker: Dexter Vines
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Phil Noto, Georges Jeanty

Buffy can’t ever just be a vampire Slayer, can she? Always, the world seems to want more, and as the lives of her loved ones are threatened, Buffy shows why she is the Chosen One. Whatever is thrust upon her, she can handle it! Er . . . sometimes with a little help from her friends.


THE HALLOWEEN LEGION: THE GREAT GOBLIN INVASION HC
Writer: Martin Powell
Artist: Thomas Boatwright, Diana Leto
Cover Artist: Thomas Boatwright, Diana Leto

A team of extraordinary guardians from a place of eternal October protect Woodland from supernatural menaces—but can the Skeleton, the Witch, the Ghost, and the Devil defend the sleepy rural town from a full-on UFO invasion? A pulpy, all-ages adventure that stirs up breezy Halloween memories!



RESIDENT ALIEN: THE SUICIDE BLOND #1
Writer: Peter Hogan
Artist: Steve Parkhouse
Colorist: Steve Parkhouse
Cover Artist: Steve Parkhouse

A straightforward suicide . . . or a murder? At first, undercover alien Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle thinks the local police have this death solved, and then things get personal when one of his only human friends becomes a suspect. Also: The feds figure out that Harry’s hiding in the Pacific Northwest!



THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS #4
Writer: Gerard Way, Shaun Simon
Artist: Becky Cloonan
Colorist: Dan Jackson
Cover Artist: Becky Cloonan, Gabriel Ba

“Love. It makes people do dangerous things . . . It’s an emotion better suited for the uncivilized class.”

Wanted fugitives Blue and Red, porno droids that have disobeyed the strict rules of Battery City in the name of love, make a run toward freedom. Will they make it to the city line before BLI pulls their batteries? In the desert, the Girl makes a life-changing discovery and suffers the loss of a dear friend. The party’s over and it’s time to fight!



X #5
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Tony Parker
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Eric Nguyen

Disguised as harmless suburbanites, “the Rents” are actually psychotic assassins, determined to take their place at the top of Arcadia’s food chain. Leigh delivers X’s traditional warning . . . but ends up in a construction-site firefight with some very unpleasant soccer moms!