As fans around the world fill out their holiday wish
lists, Dark Horse announces the early release of two of the year’s most
anticipated collections in time for Black Friday!
Polar: Came from the Cold, by Victor Santos (The Mice
Templar), is a guns-blazing espionage action-adventure in the grand tradition
of Jim Steranko and Frank Miller. This graphic novel is a brutal, fast-tempo
story of revenge that Newsarama says is “as ice-cold as its name.” Though Polar
was originally released as a silent webcomic, Santos has crafted a script as
hard boiled and intriguing as his art for this hardcover collection.
The Best of Comix Book: When Marvel Comics Went Underground! is a collection of the long-out-of-print underground Comix Book
series (1974–1976), originally edited by Denis Kitchen and Stan Lee for Marvel
Comics. The collection includes work from underground creators such as Joel
Beck, Kim Deitch, Justin Green, Harvey Pekar, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman,
Skip Williamson, and S. Clay Wilson. The book features an introduction by Lee,
a foreword by Kitchen, and an essay by James Vance (Kings in Disguise),
accompanied by unpublished artwork, photographs, and correspondence from Kitchen’s
archives.
Both Polar: Came from the Cold and The Best of Comix
Book: When Marvel Comics Went Underground! move up from an original release
date of December 11 to a November 27 on-sale date. Now, that’s something to be
thankful for! Look for these at your local comic shop next Wednesday!