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STARGATE SG-1: Aris Boch #1
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The SG1 team stumbles upon the aftermath of a fire-fight between rival System Lords and the self proclaimed greatest bounty hunter in the universe, Aris Boch. Wounded and in need of assistance the sarcastic mercenary returns to the SGC with the team and offers them an intriguing trade proposition. If they will ambush the envoy of Cronus and obtain the drug he needs to stay alive, he will give them a DNA sample of his Goa’uld resistant blood. With the prospect of eliminating human Goa’uld host possession forever, the team undertakes the risky mission. Will Boch keep his end of the bargain or is he plotting to cash in on the hefty bounty for SG1’s lives? Available in regular, wraparound by Correa, painted by Ryan Drake, and photo cover editions.

STARGATE SG-1: Aris Boch #1 Photo
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

STARGATE SG-1: Aris Boch #1 Wraparound
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

STARGATE SG-1: Aris Boch #1 Painted
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Ryan Drake
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome #3
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 3 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The final all-action issue of the greatest SG-1 tale yet! Teal’c is thrown into the futuristic gladiator arena to face the Legends monsters from mythology crafted into cybernetic killers. Captain Carter and Colonel O’Neill are imprisoned and being prepared to for Goa’uld possession. Daniel must face an ancient Goa’uld exile in hopes of rescuing the team and averting an all out attack on Earth. Everything comes to a head as the team faces certain death and the potential annihilation of the planet. Can SG1 find a way to save themselves from the new dawn of the Roman Empire or will all of civilization fall beneath the heel of Mars? Available in regular, wraparound bu Correa, and photo cover editions.

STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome #3 Photo
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 3 of 3

STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome #3 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 3 of 3

STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome Prequel Battle Teal’c Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Ryan Drake
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hot painter Ryan Drake provides this dynamic new cover of Teal’c ready to fight! The SG1 team finds a vo’cume device that reveals the story of an ancient Roman Goa’uld that assumed the guise of Mars, god of war. When activated, the team learns the treachery laden fate of one of the most powerful and ambitious System Lords ever. Join Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal’c as they discover that Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it could be destroyed in one. This special issue includes production sketches by new Stargate series artist Jorge Correa and a behind the scenes look at the history of the Roman pantheon! Limited to 1500 copies

STARGATE SG-1 2004 Convention Special Wraparound Purple Test Print Foil
Retail Price: $49.99 US
Cover: Jorge Correa Jr.
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa Jr.
Readership: all ages
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: What makes this comic book so special is that the foil is on the wraparound cover, not the standard cover, and in special purple foil, which we have never used before. Test prints are done by the printer to make sure that all the alignment is OK on the foil press and that the foil is adhering properly on the front cover of the comic book before they print the normal print run. These are usually created on overprinted copies of the same cover that will be foiled later on, and then discarded by the printer. There are no other foil editions of the wraparound cover. The net result is this is one of the most limited Stargate comic books ever! When the SGC learns the location of vital tactical information about Apophis’s military plans, SG1 must execute a daring snatch-and-grab operation to retrieve it from the Goa’uld mothership. O’Neill, Carter, Teal’c, and Daniel must infiltrate the serpent’s lair and obtain the data crystals before the dread system lord can turn his full power against the Earth and her allies. Using information obtained from a mysterious informant, the team plunges into the mission but will they find that their knowledge of the enemy is helping them…or being used against them? This edition is limited to just 150 copies. Each copy ships with a certificate of authenticity and in a bag and board.

STARGATE SG-1: Fall of Rome #1 O’Neill Painted Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Ryan Drake
Story: James Anthony
Art: Jorge Correa
Readership: All Ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, 1 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Powerful new Jack O’Neill cover from painter Ryan Drake! The SG1 team blasts into summer with an all-new, full-color, action packed series! Following ancient clues found on a remote world, the SG-1 team travels to a Goa’uld graveyard that has a deadly hidden secret. Banished for over two thousand years, a rogue System Lord called Mars has cultivated an entire civilization with one purpose ­ to travel back to Earth and lay waste to it. Can SG1 find a way to keep a world of cybernetic Goa’uld bent on enslaving the human race from completing their conquest of Rome and beyond? In Stargate SG1: Fall of Rome #1, Jack O’Neill, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal’c discover that while Rome wasn’t build in a day, it could be destroyed in one! Limited to 1500 copies.

ROBOCOP: Killing Machine Special #1 Crowd Control Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Steven Grant
Art: Anderson Ricardo
Readership: MR
Format: Full color, 16 pages, one shot

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juan Jose Ryp works more of his magic on this exclusive new cover. This special one shot introduces the new creative team of Steven Grant, no stranger to Robocop as he adapted Frank Miller’s series, and artist Anderson Ricardo. A bored rich kid gets his kicks hacking into what’s left of the Detroit grid, triggering random power failures and screwing up transit, causing various tensions that Murphy and Lewis have to cope with to maintain public order. Thwarted by Robocop, the hacker tries to hack into Robocop’s systems, but finds something else instead in the depths of OCP’s computer system, still on-line in the wake of the company’s collapse. It’s the next step up from Robocop: a prototype robo-soldier, literally a killing machine, that never received a human brain. But the hacker provides the brain by remote, sending the Killing Machine out into Detroit to find and destroy Robocop. To his surprise, the robotic systems dominate and the Killing Machine has its own program: total annihilation! Limited to 1500 copies.

Frank Miller’s ROBOCOP #7 Dr. Love Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Frank Miller
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 7 of 9

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Juan Jose Ryp dishes up the sexy Dr Love on this hot new cover! Everything spirals out of control as Delta City goes up in flames! The cops are being hunted by the Rehabs, and they don’t even have enough bullets to defend themselves. Robocop takes the fight right to the OCP headquarters, but a special surprise is waiting for him… It is wall-to-wall action as we build to the conclusion of the most violent series of the year! This series continues to take the original Frank Miller Robocop story and faithfully adapt it into comics form by Steven Grant in order to capture every bit of the frenzied flavor that Miller wants with lusciously detailed artwork by Juan Jose Ryp. Limited to 2000 copies.



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Garth Ennis’ 303 #1
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Garth Ennis, the author of Preacher and writer of Punisher, is unleashed on his newest major, full-color, creator-owned epic! This all-new series features the astounding artistic talenty-ilJacen Burrows (Moore’s The Courtyard, Ellis’ Scars) and the luscious colors of Nimbus Studios. Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a dozen Russian special forces soldiers race their British opponents for a secret neither of them can imagine. The Russian leader, a warweary Colonel who knows no other life but conflict, carries old ghosts that refuse to let him be but the battle that awaits him deep in this ancient land will change his life forever, and send him on a journey no sane man would contemplate. The ultimate soldier meets his destiny, in issue #1 of 303! Available in regular and wraparound covers by Burrows.

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Garth Ennis’ 303 #1 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Garth Ennis
Art: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 1 of 6

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Joe R Lansdale’s BY BIZARRE HANDS #6
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 6 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Two special stories in this final harrowing issue! One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue sees the Indian artist Dheeraj Verma, bring the tale “God of the Razor” to sequential life! A second tale illustrated by Verma is also included, “My Dead Dog, Bobby”. It’s Lansdale, so you know people die in really bad ways. Available in regular and wraparound covers by Burrows.

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Joe R Lansdale’s BY BIZARRE HANDS #6 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Dheeraj Verma
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 6 of 6

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Joe R Lansdale’s BY BIZARRE HANDS #3 Connecting cover
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Story: Joe R Lansdale
Art: Andres Guinaldo
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This is the third of a six-part connecting cover featuring the World of Joe R. Lansdale! Drawn by super-star artist Jacen Burrows, these limited covers all fit together to form a huge image! The creative team from the smash hit The Drive-In is together again on this issues tale of horror! One the most popular horror novel writers, Joe R. Lansdale, is unleashed in this all-new series that adapts some of his favorite short stories, all chosen by Lansdale himself, into comic form for the first time. This issue sees THE PIT opened up in sequential form with art by Andres Guinaldo. Limited to just 750 copies.

Brian Pulido’s BELLADONNA #2
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 5

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Brian Pulido’s full-color tale of vengeance continues! Colleen MacGrath’s wedding to Donovan was to unite two powerful Irish families in bliss. Instead, all their hopes and dreams were laid to waste by marauding Vikings. Now a year later, on Samhain, Morrigan the Celtic goddess forces Colleen to rise and claim vengeance as Belladonna! In this issue, Belladonna begins to hunt down those responsible for her death, and discovers that coming back to life may have given her other powers! However, coming back from the dead brings it’s own burdens, problems that Belladonna must face before the Vikings kill her again. With stellar art by Clint Hilinski and stunning colors by Nimbus Studios, Belladonna will appeal to the legions of fans of Lady Death. As well as this regular cover, also available with covers by Ron Adrian, a wraparound by Hilinski, and a special Premium by Walter Geovani (limited to 2000 copies).

Brian Pulido’s BELLADONNA #2 Adrian
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 5

Brian Pulido’s BELLADONNA #2 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 5

Brian Pulido’s BELLADONNA #2 Premium
Retail Price: $9.99 US
Cover: Walter Geovani
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: Full color, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 5

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This deluxe edition is limited to just 2000 copies.

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Brian Pulido’s WAR ANGEL Book of Death
Retail Price: $2.50 US
Cover: Walter Geovani
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Walter Geovani
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Pulido cuts loose with an exciting new book set a few hundred years in the future at a special introductory price! Technology has failed man and there is a return to the medieval times, but with a twist. Instead the world is populated by all sorts of supernatural beings and monsters. Into this supernatural wasteland comes War Angel, a coldhearted killer who shows little remorse or regard for life. Her past is unknown, but she has no conscious, a quick temper and a taste for mayhem. This special intro book features an all-new story where War Angel comes to Las Vegas, now renamed Sodom, and gets in between two warring supernatural gangs who deal the drug Grace. War Angel pits the gangs against each other, but in the end she may have to kill them all! Also, get an inside look at War Angel material not seen in the Pulido FCBD book including character designs, a cover gallery, an introduction by creator Brian Pulido, and more!

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Brian Pulido’s WAR ANGEL Book of Death Riot Girl Edition
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Walter Geovani
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Walter Geovani
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

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Brian Pulido’s WAR ANGEL Book of Death Wraparound
Retail Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Walter Geovani
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Walter Geovani
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

Brian Pulido’s BELLADONNA Preview Anger Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Clint Hilinski
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Clint Hilinski
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Belladonna shows her rage on this new cover by series artist Hilinski! Pulido unveils here the first of his dark new offerings, Belladonna, the story of a animal-controlling witch in Ireland 951 AD. She wants nothing more than a quiet ordinary life, but the Viking hordes ruin and kill everything she loves and drive her to unleash her vengeance. Contained within are the designs for the character, notes from Pulido on his development of the character, pages from the story and other exclusive material you won’t find anywhere else! Limited to 1500 copies.

Brian Pulido’s UNHOLY Preview Pretty in Pink Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Brian Pulido
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Penny gets her day started on this sexy cover new from Amorim. Set in the crummy under-crust of modern day Detroit, Unholy is the story of Penny, a stoner, rebel, teen who is a nonbeliever in God. After a fatal accident, she’s drafted by God to be His assassin, a God she doesn’t even believe in. As a fallen angel, she is caught in a shadow war waged on city streets, in plain clothes, between Heaven and Hell. With her new found allies, a dominatrix, an exmob hit man and an alcoholic priest, she is dumped into the front lines of the war for salvation. But can she even survive her first twenty fours hours as a newborn fallen? Get an inside look in this preview book featuring material not seen in the Pulido FCBD book including scripted pages, character designs, a cover gallery, an introduction by creator Brian Pulido, and more! Limited to 1500 copies.

NIGHTJAR Hollow Bones #1 Tarot cover
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Max Fiumara
Story: Antony Johnston
Art: Max Fiumara
Readership: all ages
Format: B&W, 48 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This special edition cover is the fourth in a line of actual Tarot Deck covers featuring the characters of Nightjar! Antony Johnston starts with an all-new text story with new pinup illustrations by series artist Max Fiumara, where we meet magic from this side of the pond, American Birds! Travel back to the birth of the jazz age, as a young girl named Demdyke arrives in New York, seeking to escape her tragic past in a whirlwind of music, drugs, sex and magic. But New York has its own Birds… and they don’t take kindly to trespassers! Also included in this super-sized book are the copious design illustrations for the first Nightjar series and characters from artist Fiumara and Johnston’s complete script to Nightjar #1. Limited to just 1500 copies.

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HELLINA vs PANDORA #3 Angels of Death Edition
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Di Amorim
Story: Doug Miers
Art: Di Amorim
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: color, 32 pages, monthly 3 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Series artist Di Amorim serves up this sultry new cover. The ultimate bad-girl catfight is here, with all of Hell at stake! The demonic forces of Hell have collided into the largest battle the world has ever seen. But while the war rages on, Hellina is surprised by someone from her past, who holds a deadly power over her. Can Pandora stop the madness before it spills over to the realm of the living? Limited to 750 copies.

Tim Vigil’s WEBWITCH TPB Nude cover
Retail Price: $10.99 US
Cover: Tim Vigil
Story and Art: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 80 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Vigil dishes out this exclusive hot new nude cover! Fans of horror rejoice, because Vigil is back! Nina, the Webwitch, has a special place in the evolutionary ladder, she is the bridge between the alien Spidernation and humans. Her choices can help determine who controls the globe in the next century. Biologically part of both worlds, but not fully embraced by either, she is torn between the desire to help the Spidernation expand and the human’s quest to rid the world of the greatest predators the Earth has seen! The collected edition include all three issues as well as the special preview story from the Companion with art by the master of the macabre Tim Vigil and special assists from Adam (Witchblade) McDaniel. Limited to 600 copies.

JUNGLE FANTASY #5 Nude Wraparound
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Anibal Maraschi
Story: John Layman
Art: Anibal Maraschi, Paulo Sequeira
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, quarterly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Fauna bumps into her sister Flora, au natural! Jungle Fantasy returns with exciting new writer John Layman taking over Fauna’s tales starting with this issue! In this first chapter of a more light-hearted romp, Fauna looks like she will finally be rescued, but things don’t go well… Art is by Anibal Maraschi. Also starting this issue is Tundra, with art by rising star Paulo Sequeira! Tundra’s tribe lives in a series of volcanic caves in an arctic region. But outside lurk many dangers and her fate might be determined by a group of hostile Eskimos. With two starting stories, this issue is the perfect place for new readers to try out the sexiest jungle chick stories around. Limited to 750 copies.

Alan Moore’s YUGGOTH CULTURES #1-3 Silver Seal Convention Editions Set
Retail Price: $15.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Bryan Talbot, Juan Jose Ryp, and others
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, bagged set of 3 books

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: These special convention editions have not been available in Preview before now, each book in the set carries a special silver seal of authenticity noting it as one of only 200 copies. Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths features tons of Alan’s classic short sequential comic book stories that have been long out of print, stories that have never before been seen, and special developmental sections with original script pages and comments from Alan and the creators! The debut issue features the amazing Nightjar, a story written 20 years ago to run in legendary British comic anthology Warrior Magazine, but never fully drawn. With art by Bryan Talbot, the first part of the story is finally illustrated and sees print here along with Moore’s notes on where the series was originally going to go. Limited to just 200 sets.

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SHI: Poisoned Paradise #1 2002 Convention Gold Seal
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: William Tucci
Writer: William Tucci
Artist: Karl Waller
Readership: all ages
Format: FC, 32 pages, 1 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warehouse find of a 2002 Convention Edition! This special edition features a Gold Seal on the front cover noting it as one of only 300 copies. Poisoned Paradise is the first of Billy Tucci’s all-new stories of Shi through the ages and is set in the Feudal times of warlords, samurai and wandering Ronin. After a vicious sword battle, an injured Shi is taken in by a small village to recover. But there will be little time for rest as Shi must defend these innocents against an incoming samurai army! This special edition is limited to just 300 copies.

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SHI: Poisoned Paradise #2 2002 Convention Gold Seal
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: William Tucci
Writer: William Tucci
Artist: Karl Waller
Readership: all ages
Format: FC, 32 pages, 2 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warehouse find of a 2002 Convention Edition! This special edition features a Gold Seal on the front cover noting it as one of only 300 copies. Shi has gotten trapped in between a vicious warlord that wants her dead and an innocent village that has taken her in to heal after her severe wounds of her last battle. With no choice but to engage the huge samurai army, she assembles what little help she can find and prepares for what will certainly be her most deadly battle! This special edition is limited to just 300 copies.

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SHI: PANDORA’S BOX #1 2003 Convention Gold Seal
Retail Price: $5.99 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warehouse find of a 2003 Convention Edition! This special edition features a Gold Seal on the front cover noting it as one of only 300 copies. Shi is back in an all-new sequential tale featuring Juan Jose Ryp’s amazing art! Desperate for passage to Europe, Tori No Shi is willing to trade her services as an assassin for passage on a boat. All she has to do is kill a stranger she is told is an immortal demon. A woman named Pandora. But evil lurks in many forms and not everything is as it appears in this action packed epic that takes Shi to the very edge of living Hell! This special edition is limited to just 300 copies.

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