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TABLE OF CONTENTSDark Horse BooksAliens: No Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Aliens Omnibus Vol. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Berserk Vol. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Berserk Vol. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Blade of the Immortal Vol. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Blood+ Manga Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Blood+ Manga Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Blood+ Vol. 2: Chevalier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35BPRD: Killing Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 4 . . . . . . . . . 19Buffy: Season Eight Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Chronicles of Conan Vol.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Conan: Born on the Battlefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24The Complete Green Lama Archives Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . 42Creepy Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Eden Vol. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Fear Agent Vol. 4: Hatchet Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Fistful of Rock & Roll: 21st Century Rock Poster Art . . 45Fluffy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Gantz Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Ghost Talker’s Daydream Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Grendel: God and the Devil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Harvey Classics Library Vol. 4: Baby Huey . . . . . . . . 42Hellboy: The Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Hellboy Vol. 8: Darkness Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hellboy: Monsters of Hellboy II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Hellboy: Oddest Jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Hellboy II: Art of the Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Hellboy II: The Golden Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Indiana Jones Adventures Vol. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . . 21Indiana Jones Omnibus Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Jackson 500 Vol. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44K Chronicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 7 . . . . . . . 39Lankhmar Vol. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Lobster Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18The Mask Omnibus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26MPD Psycho Vol. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Oh My Goddess! Vol. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Oh My Goddess! Vol. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Path of the Assassin Vol. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Penny Arcade Vol. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Postage Stamp Funnies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Predator Omnibus Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Red String Vol. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Roy Rogers Archives Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Scrambled Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Star Wars: Clone Wars Photo Comic . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Star Wars: Dark Times Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Star Wars: Legacy Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Star Wars: Omnibus—Droids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Style School Vol. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Tales of the Fear Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Terminator Omnibus Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Terminator Omnibus Vol. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49The Umbrella Academy Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Usagi Yojimbo: Tomoe’s Story Vol. 22 (Limited EditionHardcover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Usagi Yojimbo: Tomoe’s Story Vol. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28A Wind Named Amnesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Wondermark: Beards of Our Forefathers. . . . . . . . . . 27Workshop of Filthy Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43X Omnibus Vol. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26BACKLISTSDark Horse Archives & Art Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Essential Manga/Manhwa for 18+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Journal & Stationery Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Mike Mignola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Movie Tie-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Omnibus Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5412SUMMER 2008

hellboy Vol. 8: darkness callsISBN: 978-1-59307-896-6Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Mike MignolaArtist: Duncan Fegredo andDave StewartSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 192Format: Trade paperback, full colorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Horror/Action AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 48Publication Date: May 2008MARKETING PLAN• $20,000 marketing budget• Press coverage confirmed orexpected: New York Times(200,000 impressions),Complex Magazine (330,000impressions), MTV (5 millionimpressions), Giant Magazine(400,000 impressions), LosAngeles Times (200,000impressions), Vice Magazine(200,000 impressions),Newsarama (2 million hits permonth), Publisher’s Weekly(24,000 impressions),Entertainment Weekly (150,000impressions)Hellboy has finally returned from his adventures at sea, but no sooner has he settled on landthan a conclave of witches drags him from his respite and into the heart of Russian folklore,where he becomes the quarry of the powerful and bloodthirsty witch Baba Yaga. Bent on revengefor the eye she had lost to Hellboy, Baba Yaga has enlisted the aid of a deathless warriorwho will stop at nothing to destroy Hellboy.Creator Mike Mignola turns over drawing duties to Duncan Fegredo (Enigma, Ultimate Adventures)for a new chapter in the life of the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Hellboy: Darkness Calls collects the entire six-issue miniseries, along with two new epilogues—onedrawn by Mignola, and one by Fegredo—and an extensive sketchbook sectionfrom both artists.• Hellboy: Darkness Calls includes many plot elements from the major motion picture, HellboyII: The Golden Army, directed by Academy Award winner, Guillermo del Toro and slatedfor release in July 2008!• Hellboy: Darkness Calls will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts ofpress generated by the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army!Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200813

HELLBOY II:ART of the movieISBN: 978-1-59307-964-2Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Guillermo del Toro, MikeMignolaArtist: Sergio Sandoval,Francisco Ruiz VelascoSize: 8 1/2" x 11"Page Count: 200Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Horror/Action Adventure/MovieTie-inRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 30Publication Date: May 2008Cover for solicitation onlyThe anticipation is ratcheting up for one of this summer’s biggest action-adventure events,Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Dark Horse is taking you behind the scenes! As we delvedinto the original box-office hit, this two-hundred-page tome likewise presents the most extensivelook into the film’s evolution, from early concept art and diary sketches to photos of thefinal props, sets, and filming. A unique look at filmmaking and the art of graphic novels. DelToro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola once again bring their world-renowned talents to bearon a brand-new chapter in Hellboy’s history—a visual feast only they could produce. Get yoursneak peek well before the celluloid hits the screen!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Offers a “sneak peek” before the movie opens with exclusive stills and material!• Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie includes Guillermo del Toro’s complete screenplay for thissummer’s blockbuster motion-picture, Hellboy II: The Golden Army!• Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie also includes original storyboards as well as commentaryfrom Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola, and director Guillermo del Toro!Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200815

ISBN: 978-1-59307-965-9Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Guillermo del Toro, MikeMignola, Sergio Sandoval, andFrancisco Ruiz VelascoSize: 8 1/2" X 11"Page Count: 168Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorGenre: Horror/Movie Tie-inRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 30Publication Date: May 2008THE MONSTERS OF HELLBOY IIDark Horse Books16Cover for solicitation onlyTrolls, goblins, beastly fairies, and haunting “angels” are only part of the grotesque menagerieof otherworldly creatures populating the world of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. This bookdives into the renowned imaginations of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, director Guillermo delToro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth), and artists from throughout the film’s production—from originalconcept designs to photos of the final costumes. The Monsters of Hellboy II explores thescores of beasts and fiends that appear in the upcoming summer blockbuster, with art and commentaryby such talented production designers as Francisco Ruiz Velasco and Sergio Sandoval.The lush and disturbing worlds of the Troll Market and magic realm are explored, as are theirstrange inhabitants . . . butchers, fishmongers, street musicians, and vendors of all bizarreshapes, sizes, and professions.A fascinating look at inspired filmmaking and character design, this excellent standalone bookalso acts as a rich companion to our illustrated script book, Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie.KEY SELLING POINTS:• The Monsters of Hellboy II will be released in time to take advantage of the massiveamounts of press generated by the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army!• Co-written by the brain trust behind the visuals on Hellboy II: The Golden Army—MikeMignola, Guillermo del Toro, Sergio Sandoval, and Francisco Ruiz Velasco!• Co-writer Sergio Sandoval was widely acclaimed for his creature designs from Guillermo delToro’s Oscar-winning film, Pan’s Labyrinth!SUMMER 2008

hellboy: ODDEST JOBSISBN: 978-1-59307-944-4Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: Mike MignolaSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 216Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteOther Works by Author:Hellboy: The Lost Army; Hellboy:The Bones of Giants; Bubba Ho-TepGenre: Action Adventure/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 45Publication Date: July 2008Cover for solicitation onlyAnd you thought Hell was weird . . .Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminariesincluding Bram Stoker Award winners Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep) and ChinaMiéville (King Rat), cross-genre sensation Barbara Hambly (The Windrose Chronicles), celebratedmystery writer Ken Bruen (The Dramatist), best-selling science fiction and fantasy novelistTad Williams (Otherland), and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale ortwo about the world’s greatest paranormal detective, as some of the biggest names in horror,mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Hellboy: Oddest Jobs is a Christopher Golden edited anthology which includes all-new Hellboyshort stories from many of today’s top fantasy and science fiction authors including BramStoker Award winners, Joe R. Lansdale and China Mieville!• Hellboy: Oddest Jobs contains numerous illustrations by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!• Hellboy: Oddest Jobs will be released in time to take advantage of the massive amounts ofpress generated by the release of the major motion-picure, Hellboy II: The Golden Army!MARKETING PLAN:• $20,000 marketing budget• Press coverage confirmed orexpected: New York Times,Complex Magazine, MTV,Giant Magazine, Los AngelesTimes, Vice Magazine,Newsarama, Publisher’sWeekly, Entertainment Weekly• Tradeshow Support: (includingHellboy promotional giveawaysand graphics displayed): Comic-Con International—San Diego,New York Comic Con, LondonBook Fair, American LibraryAssociation, Dragon ConAtlanta, and Book Expo America• Advertising campaigns withhouse ads in all Dark Horsetitles, ads in Rue Morgue andWizard Magazine, plusDiamond Previews Ads as wellas covers and banners TBD• Dark Horse Website (5.1 millionhits per year), Extended On-LinePreviews, “Making of” Features,Hellboy “Zone,” featured onDHP My Space special monthly(270 million hits)Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200817

ISBN: 978-1-59307-975-8Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Mike MignolaArtist: Jason ArmstrongSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 140Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Other Works by Author:Hellboy, B.P.R.D., Ferro CityGenre: Science Fiction/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN• Cross promotions with all otherDark Horse Hellboy titles, andwith Hellboy II: The Golden Armymovie release• Huge presence on Dark HorsePresents: MySpace feature, whichhas over 270 million hits everyyear!Cover for solicitation onlyLOBSTER JOHNSON:IRON PROMETHEUS“Beware my claw, for I’ve come to inflict justice!”After years of captivating fans from the pages of Hellboyand B.P.R.D., the pulp-style adventures of LobsterJohnson take the limelight in this collection of TheLobster’s first solo series. Written and featuring a coverby Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, and drawn byJason Armstrong (Ferro City, The Sensational Spider-Man), Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus is a wildride full of fearsome monsters, mad scientists, andthreats from the world beyond.KEY SELLING POINTS:• “This is pure pulp action-adventure fun. It’s like IndianaJones meets the Rocketeer meets the Shadow meetsDoc Savage” —Wizard Magazine• Direct from the pages of B.P.R.D. and featured in thissummer’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army motion-picture,Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus is written by Hellboycreator Mike Mignola!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-956-7Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: John Arcudi, MikeMignolaArtist: Guy DavisSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 140Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Other Works by Author:Hellboy, Doom PatrolGenre: Action-Adventure/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 60Publication Date: May 2008MARKETING PLAN• Cross promotions with all otherDark Horse Hellboy titles, andwith Hellboy II: The Golden Armymovie release• Huge presence on Dark HorsePresents: MySpace feature, whichhas over 270 million hits everyyear!B.P.R.D.: KILLING GROUNDSomething deadly is loose in the halls of the B.P.R.D.!The B.P.R.D. will need all of its new resources—fromJohann’s new body to Panya, the team’s newest (or maybeoldest) member—to handle the deadly forces thathave wormed their way into the heart of the its headquarters,as the line blurs between the hunters of the supernaturaland their prey. Killing Ground returns the B.P.R.D.to its roots in visceral supernatural horror that will leavethe Bureau forever altered.KEY SELLING POINTS:• A direct follow-up to the events in B.P.R.D.: Gardenof Souls.• Co-written by Hellboy and B.P.R.D. creator MikeMignola!• Many of the cast of B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research)will be featured in Guillermo del Toro’s HellboyII: The Golden Army to be released in Summer ’08!18SUMMER 2008

BUFFY The vampire slayer:OMNIBUS VOL. 4Volume Four of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibusseries concludes Buffy’s high school career, wrapping upSeason Three of the show’s storyline. Collected in thisvolume are: Buffy issues #9–11, 13–15, 17–20. Buffy theVampire Slayer: Bad Dog; Buffy the Vampire Slayer:Spike and Dru, Who Made Who; Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel:The Hollower. The complete “Bad Blood,”saga written by Andi Watson (Clubbing), the first attemptat making a “season” of the comics, where Buffy battlesa sultry vampire who hungers for a lot more than blood.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Includes first comics work by Buffy the Vampire Slayertelevision series writer Doug Petrie, and critically acclaimedartists Eric Powell (The Goon), Ryan Sook(Star Wars: Rebellion), and Cliff Richards (Buffy SeasonEight #10).• Includes the first Angel miniseries, The Hollower, writtenby acclaimed Buffy novelist, Christopher Golden (Baltimore:or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire).• The Buffy Omnibus books collect the earliest Buffycomics and are an excellent precursor to Joss Whedon’sBuffy the Vampire Season Eight series.• Combined sales of the first two volumes of the BuffyOmnibus series is over 50,000 copies all in less thanfour months!ISBN: 978-1-59307-968-0Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CanPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 368Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Genre: Action-Adventure/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: May 2008BUFFY SEASON EIGHT:NO FUTURE FOR YOU VOL. 2Eisner Award–winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: TheLast Man, Ex Machina) tackles Joss Whedon’s Buffy theVampire Slayer Season Eight with “No Future for You.”When a rogue debutant Slayer begins to use her power forevil, Giles is forced to recruit the rebellious Faith, whoisn’t exactly known for her good deeds. Giles offers Faitha clean slate if she can stop this snooty Slayer from wreakingtotal havoc—that is, if Buffy doesn’t beat her to it.Georges Jeanty (The American Way) remains at the topof his game as series artist, and Whedon stays on as ExecutiveProducer in this direct follow-up to Season Sevenof the smash-hit TV series.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Eisner Award–winning writer Brian K. Vaughan joinsJoss Whedon on Buffy Season Eight.• This volume also includes a standalone issue “Anywherebut Here,” written by Whedon and drawn bylongtime Buffy artist Cliff Richards.• Brian K. Vaughan is a writer on the hit TV show Lost.• Buffy: The Long Way Home (the first volume of BuffySeason 8) sold over 50,000 copies in under threemonths!ISBN: 978-1-59307-963-5Price: $15.95 U.S./$19.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse ComicsWriter: Brian K. VaughanJoss WhedonArtist: Georges Jeanty and CliffRichardsSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 120Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author:Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina,Runaways, LostGenre: Horror/Action AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 19

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOMOF THE CRYSTAL SKULLMOVIE ADAPTATIONCover for solicitation onlyThe intrepid Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is back in his biggestadventure yet! This time, the world-renowned archaeologistfinds himself caught in a series of events that allpoint to a discovery unlike any other. But will his rivalsin pursuit of this priceless treasure seize his quarry fromright under his nose? Not if he, and a few unexpectedcompanions, have anything to say about it!The thrill and the humor, the action and the romance, thehat and the whip—everything you love about Indy ishere: this is a tale sure to please longtime fans as well asfoster a whole generation of new ones!KEY SELLING POINTS:• The official graphic novel adaptation of the firstblockbuster motion picture of 2008, Indiana Jonesand the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull willbe extensively cross-promoted with other Indiana Joneslicensees and on numerous film-related websites!ISBN: 978-1-59307-952-9Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: George Lucas, DavidKoepp, John Jackson MillerArtist: Luke Ross, Fabio Laguna,Dan JacksonSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 96Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 12+Other Works by Author:Writer: Star Wars Knights of theOld Republic, The Incredible IronMan, Crimson DynamoGenre: Action AdventureRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 60Publication Date: May 2008MARKETING PLAN:• $20,000 marketing budget• Press coverage confirmed orexpected: New York Times,Complex Magazine, MTV,Giant Magazine, Los AngelesTimes, NewsaramaINDIANA JONES OMNIBUS: VOL. 2Excitement and danger follow Dr. Henry Jones Jr. aroundthe globe in this collection of classic, long out-of-printstories! From Greece to Germany, the South Pacific tothe seas of the Vikings, his race against the Nazis to recoverartifacts like the Golden Fleece, the Philosopher’sStone, or the Spear of Destiny will run him afoul of legendarymonsters, ancient cults, and armies of the undead!Undeniably thrilling, these are the stories that defined themeaning of adventure.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Five book-length adventures compiled into a singlevolume, this massive tome contains the greatestexploits in the life of the world’s most famous archaeologist—IndianaJones!• Contains Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece, IndianaJones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil, Indiana Jonesand the Iron Phoenix, Indiana Jones and the Spear ofDestiny, Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates.ISBN: 978-1-59307-953-6Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse ComicsWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 352Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 12+Genre: Action AdventureRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 20Publication Date: June 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 21

ISBN: 978-1-59307-974-1Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Rick RemenderArtist: Jerome OpeñaSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 128Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 12+Genre: Science Fiction/Superhero AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008FEAR AGENT VOL. 4:HATCHET JOBAbandoned in deep space, near death, and with no hopeof rescue, Heath learns the cost of crossing the nefariouspirates of the Centurion Nebula. Back on the moon basea mysterious figure from Heath's past arrives as a harbingerof more hard days for humanity.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Fear Agent is an ongoing series from Dark HorseComics.• Combining the aesthetic elements of all three of thegenres that made EC comics the high water mark of sequentialstorytelling: science fiction, war, and horror!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-959-8Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Rick RemenderArtist: Eric NguyenSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 136Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 12+Genre: Science-fiction/SuperheroRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: May 2008TALES OF THE FEAR AGENTDown on his luck and drunk as a skunk, Heath Hustonalien exterminator stumbles upon a corrupt and immoralalien race using religion as a justification to drain a sunof the energies that sustain it. This race of scumbags alwaysfinds a rationale to put economic bottom lines beforethe cost to life and the environment. With no love formoney-grubbing heartless manipulators, Huston hireshimself to stop the twisted operation in hopes of savingthe lives of billions of creatures . . . and maybe for a bitof personal satisfaction.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Featuring an impressive lineup of creators, includingPaul Renaud, Steve Niles, Jeff Parker, Shane White,Eric Powell, Francesco Francavilla, B. Clay Moore,Rick Spears, Rich Woodall, Matt Talbot, Ivan Brandon,K.R. Whalen, Dan Panosian, and more!22SUMMER 2008

GRENDEL: GOD and THE DEVILIn the centuries since the mask of Grendel was last seen,humanity’s survived a third World War, the fall of WesternCivilization, and the rise of an all-powerful church state.But when the depraved Pope Innocent XLII begins constructionof a new church tower hiding a powerful anddeadly secret, two men will rise against the church’s corruption.One is Orion Assante, a man determined to exposethe Pope for who he really is. The other is a mysteriousfigure wearing the all-too-familiar face of Grendel!Grendel: God and the Devil masterfully interweaves sanitywith madness, churches with corporations, and goodwith evil in one of the most stunning and prophetic storiesof modern comics.ISBN: 978-1-59307-967-3Price: $29.95 U.S./$35.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Matt WagnerArtist: Tim Sale, John K. SnyderIII, Jay Geldhof, Bernie Mireault,Jeromy CoxSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 320Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Crime/Action Adventure/ScienceFictionRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 25Publication Date: June 2008Cover for solicitation onlyOne of Wagner’s riskiest and most compelling works,this massive volume will thrill every Grendel fan, anddazzle anyone searching for a great story told in a wholenew way.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Matt Wagner’s magum opus: never before collected.• Featuring the eye-popping art that launched John SnyderIII into comics art stardom!PENNY ARCADE VOL. 5Join us, intrepid explorers, as we journey once again intothe depths of the Penny Arcade archives, facing eldritchcurses and monstrous perils aplenty in our quest to unearththe ancient treasures of the year 2004 A.D.!Marvel at the mysteries laid bare within, at these tales ofepic gaming, appliances gone bad, square dancing bloodfeuds, and so much more! Face, if you dare, the ominousforeboding of The Last Christmas, the challenging depthsof Twisp and Catsby, and the poignant tragedy of TheWandering Age!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Includes every strip posted on penny-arcade.com during2004.• A treasure trove of bonus material, including creatorcommentary.• Special foreword by actor, writer, and blogger extraordinaireWil Wheaton!• Dark Horse has sold over 100,000 copies of PennyArcade in less than two years!ISBN: 978-1-59307-814-0Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Jerry HolkinsArtist: Mike KrahulikSize: 7" x 9"Page Count: 136Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Genre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: July 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 23

ISBN: 978-1-59307-981-9Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Kurt BusiekArtist: Greg RuthSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 160Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Action Adventure/FantasyRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: May 2008CONAN: BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELDWriter Kurt Busiek and artist Greg Ruth team up to giveyou the story of Conan’s early life, from his birth on aCimmerian battlefield to his coming-of-age as a warriorin the pivotal Battle of Venarium. Sewing the seeds of theBarbarian’s momentous career, this chronicle of Conan’syouthful conquests—both martial and carnal—alsoshowcases master storytellers Busiek and Ruth’s work atits finest.“[Ruth’s art] is gorgeous to look at, conveying a differentbut equally lush vision of Cimmeria and the rest of Hyborea.”—The Fourth RailDark Horse BooksMARKETING PLAN:• Special focus on Robert EHoward’s anniversary• Direct mail piece for publiclibrary book buyers• Exclusive “25-cent” comics forretail incentive advertise theConan line• Featured at Gencom; WizardWorld; Comic-Con International:San Diego; ALA• Also re-launching previously outof-printRobert E. Howard titles,cross-promoting all Conan titles• Dark Horse web support:www.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits per year)• Dedicated Conan zone on DarkHorse My Space (over 50,000Friends)ISBN: 978-1-59307-960-4Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Roy ThomasArtist: VariousSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 544Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Action Adventure/FantasyRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: May 2008KEY SELLING POINTS:• Conan: Born on the Battlefield tells the story ofConan’s birth and his coming-of-age as a warrior!• Written by one of the most popular writers of the newDark Horse Conan, Kurt Busiek!• Since rekindling the Conan franchise in 2004, sales ofDark Horse Conan books is approaching one-quarterof a million copies!SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: VOL. 3Conan’s phenomenal popularity in the early comics seriesConan the Barbarian would soon reach new heightsthanks to a supplementary publication whose very namewould come to represent quality in epic-fantasy storytelling—TheSavage Sword of Conan! These pulp tomeswould become an inspiration to generations of Conanfans, containing some of the best adaptations and pastichesof Robert E. Howard’s work ever to be seen insequential form.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Features a heart-stopping adaptation of the classic Howardtale: The Jewels of Gwahlur.• This is the first time these stories are being collected withover five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery!• Included in this volume are tales featuring the stunningart of such comics luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith,John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom,Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and many more.24SUMMER 2008

CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOL. 15ISBN: 978-1-59307-971-0Price: $16.95 U.S./$20.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Len Wein and J. M.DeMatteisArtist: John BuscemaSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 182Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Fantasy/ActionAdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008As Conan pushes his way across the Corinthian desert landscape, the Cimmerian soon learns heis not alone in this vast and desolate wasteland.The clash of swords and the mystery of sorcery collide in this jam-packed collection as themighty barbarian finds himself face-to-face with the seductive Princess of the Mist, a tenaciousabomination, and the god of death, himself!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Showcases the last eleven issues of John Buscema’s legendary first run on Conan the Barbarian.• Since rekindling the Conan franchise in 2004, sales of Dark Horse Conan books is approachingone-quarter of a million copies!Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200825

ISBN: 978-1-59307-927-7Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: John ArcudiArtist: Doug MahnkeSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 376Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author:Aliens, Predator, The Terminator,BPRD, Gen13, Metal MenGenre: Action Adventure/Humor/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: August 2008THE MASK OMNIBUS: VOL. 1It has all the makings of an epic adventure: An ancient artifactis rediscovered; a mask of unknown origins, withunforeseen power and magic. But who knew that afterdonning this mask even the wimpiest geek would becomean indestructible shape-changing super-tornado with amind for mischief and an appetite for destruction?Equally adept with gun, knife, bat, bomb, pie, or batknife-gun-pie-bomb,our geek-turned-super-freak, TheMask cuts a crazed swath of cartoon mayhem. In hiswake he leaves only rubble—and laughs. Unfortunatelyfor Stanley, owning the mask is no picnic, especiallywhen every unsavory psycho on the planet wants to gethis hands on it . . . and his face under it!Dark Horse BooksMARKETING PLAN:• Tradeshow support, includingcreator and artist signings atComic-Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World andDragon Con• Exclusive online extendedpreview posted on My Space:Dark Horse (50,000 friends)• Support throughwww.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits)• Advance reviews anticipatedfrom such sources as EntertainmentWeekly online, Publisher’sWeekly, IGN and moreISBN: 978-1-59307-939-0Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 352Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author:Aliens, Aliens vs. Predator,Predator, The TerminatorGenre: Superhero AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN:• Press confirmed or expectedfrom: Alternative WeeklyNewspapers (various), NewYork Times, Wizard Magazine,CBR, Newsarama, Oregonianand more• Trade Show Support plusregional library and bookshows• Dark Horse Website (5.1 millionhits per year) Extended On-LinePreview, Desktop Downloads,Dark Horse NewsletterKEY SELLING POINTS:• This original comics trilogy inspired the hit film TheMask, which has grossed over $450 million worldwidesince its release in 1994!• Volume one collects The Mask, The Mask Returns,and The Mask Strikes Back (long out of print) for thefirst time!• Writer Arcudi and artist Mahnke have worked on anumber of the most popular comics series for DarkHorse, Marvel, and DC. The Mask is the series thatfirst brought Arcudi and Mahnke to prominence.X OMNIBUS: VOL. 1The city of Arcadia is the dark side of the AmericanDream. It’s the land of opportunity, if you’ve got themoney to buy it or the muscle to take it. The police arethe best trained and equipped in the country, if you canafford their protection. Crime is under control, becausecrime is in control. For the corrupt and the ruthless, Arcadiais paradise on Earth. But a cold storm is blowingthrough the streets of Arcadia, a plague wind in blackleather and torn cloth, a one-eyed, one-man judge, jury,and executioner who the papers call “The X-Killer.” Hehas set the new rules for Arcadia. Cross the line once,you’ll receive a warning. Cross them twice, and X willmark the spot . . . where they’ll find your body.Violent and morally ambiguous, X walks the thin linebetween heroism and obsession and shows that sometimesthe cure may be worse than the diseaseKEY SELLING POINTS:• Features over 300 story pages by creators includingSteven Grant, Doug Mahnke, Chris Warner, JimmyPalmiotti, and Tim Bradstreet.• X Omnibus Volume 1 collects for the first time the audacious,critically acclaimed Dark Horse series thatmade “grim and gritty” superheroes seem like cuddlyplush toys.26SUMMER 2008

Wondermark: The Beards ofOur ForefathersISBN: 978-1-59307-984-0Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter/Artist: David MalkiSize: 8 1/8" x 8 1/4"Page Count: 96Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN• Support with creator website:www.wondermark.com, pluscreator signings and appearancesplanned• Tradeshow support includingComic-Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World, andDragon Con• Exclusive online extendedpreview posted on MySpace:Dark Horse (50,000 friends)• Support throughwww.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits)Dark Horse Comics is proud to present this handsome hardbound collection of David Malki’sIgnatz-nominated comic strip “Wondermark.” One of the Internet’s new generation of self-syndicatedcomics creators, Malki repurposes illustrations and engravings from nineteenth-centurybooks into hilarious, collage-style comic strips.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Wondermark is nationally syndicated in the print edition of The Onion, enjoying a circulationof over 700,000!• New installments of Wondermark appear twice-weekly at http://wondermark.com along witha hilarious blog from David Malki! The Wondermark site enjoys over 172,000 unique visitorsper month.• Beards of Our Forefathers includes 20+ pages of brand-new material created especially forthis volume and never published online!Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200827

ISBN: 978-1-59307-948-2Price: $59.95 U.S./$71.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter/Artist: Stan SakaiSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 184Format: Limited editionhardcover, black and whiteRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Action AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: July 2008USAGI YOJIMBO VOL. 22:TOMOE’S STORYISBN: 978-1-59307-947-5Price: $15.95 U.S./$19.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter/Artist: Stan SakaiSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 184Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Action AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: July 2008Dark Horse BooksLearn why Tomoe is the most valuable retainer of Lord Noriuki of the Geishu Province, thenplunge into a terrifying ghost story where a string of mysterious murders points to a womandead for ten years. Finally, experience the mesmerizing beauty of a formal tea ceremony, asUsagi and Tomoe share this spiritual event to mark the rabbit ronin’s departure from the provinceto resume his travels.This volume chronicles the evolution of the relationship between Usagi and Tomoe, with a collectionof stories ranging from exciting to exquisite. Tomoe’s Story captures the very essence ofwhat has made Usagi Yojimbo a hit for over twenty years!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Some of the earliest adventures together are collected with one of the most popular Usagistorylines in recent history.• Reprinting Tomoe stories that have been out of print for more than fifteen years.• Includes Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1–3 (originally published by Fantagraphics) and UsagiYojimbo #90–93.• Introduction by Heidi MacDonald, of Publishers Weekly.• 2007 Harvey Award Winner!28SUMMER 2008

The UMBRELLA ACADEMY:Apocalypse Suite VOl. 1ISBN: 978-1-59307-978-9Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Gerard WayArtist: Gabriel Bá, Dave StewartSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 192Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Genre: Action Adventure/Horror/Superhero AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: July 2008Cover for solicitation onlyGerard Way, of My Chemical Romance, makes his comics writing debut in this outrageoussuperhero epic that Grant Morrison called “An ultraviolet psychedelic sherbet bomb of wit andideas. The superheroes of the 21st century are here at last . . . ”In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born bywomen who’d previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreevesadopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, “To save the world.”These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes withbizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadlyEiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, theteam disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite justin time to save the world once again.MARKETING PLAN:• Tradeshow support, includingcreator and artist signings atComic-Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World, andDragon Con• Exclusive online extendedpreviews and “Making of”features posted on My Space:Dark Horse (50,000 friends)• Support throughwww.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits)• Advance reviews anticipatedfrom such sources as EntertainmentWeekly• Fans of the band My ChemicalRomance also support this titleon their sites!Dark Horse BooksKEY SELLING POINTS:• This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expandedsketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way.• Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way, from the hugely popular rock band,My Chemical Romance!SUMMER 200829

Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-943-7Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter/Artist: Keith KnightSize: 8 1/2" x 11"Page Count: 500Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author: AreWe Feeling Safer Yet?, The Passionof the Keef, What a Long StrangeStrip It’s BeenGenre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: August 2008MARKETING PLAN• Tradeshow support, includingcreator and artist signings atComic Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World, andALA Library Conferences• Cross-promotion with artist’ssite: www.kchronicles.com• Reviews and attention anticipatedin alternate weekly newspapers,art sites and media such asEntertainment Weekly, The LosAngeles Times, and more• Special exclusive previewslaunched on the Dark HorseMySpace page (50,000 friendsand counting)ISBN: 978-1-59307-972-7Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Simone LiaArtist: Simone LiaSize: 6 5/8" x 7 1/4"Page Count: 192Format: Hardcover, black andwhiteRecommended Age: 12+Other Works by Author:Billy Bean’s Dream, Monkey andSpoon, BothGenre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN:• Tradeshow support, includingcreator signings• Support throughwww.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits) and on Kids Zone• Advance reviews anticipatedfrom such sources as SchoolLibrary Journal, Publisher’sWeekly, Booklist, New YorkTimes Book Review, EntertainmentWeekly, and YALSA/ALA• Artist will also heavily promoteonline on her own website:www.simonelia.comK CHRONICLESDark Horse Comics is proud to present the first comprehensiveomnibus collection of rapper/cartoonist KeithKnight’s Harvey Award-winning, semi-autobiographicalcomic strip, the K Chronicles. An unabashedly provocativemix of political and social satire, it tackles such touchysubjects as racism, violence, and sex with a self-deprecatinghumor, personal honesty and light-hearted goofinessrarely found in a newspaper comic. The result is accessibleyet subversive, compassionate and political, without beingpreachy. Reminiscent of Calvin and Hobbes, Knight’sdrawing style is fluid and dynamic, and his great strengthis the deftness of his wide-ranging wit–simultaneouslylight-hearted and wild, clever and conscious.KEY SELLING POINTS:• “Fluid, energetic and wild . . . very, very smart and very,very funny.” —Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks• “Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknownvector in the vast cartoon universe.” —Garry Trudeau“Doonesbury”• “It’s hard to make a comic that is this funny while alsoso frequently profound. Keith Knight deals with somany issues with both gravitas and such a light touch,while never missing a chance at a cheap laugh. This isthe work of a master.” —Dave Eggers A Heart-BreakingWork of Staggering GeniusFLUFFYFluffy is a young rabbit with a human daddy named Michael,an anxious bachelor stuck in an uncomfortable,uncommitted relationship with a woman who just happensto be Fluffy’s preschool teacher. One day Michaeldecides to take Fluffy away for an impromptu trip tovisit relatives in Sicily—and away from the overzealousaffections of Miss Owers. Neither bunny nor man is trulyprepared for the worldly excitement of a suspected kidnappingin Sicily, and both will be forever changed bythe experience.This delightful graphic novel masterfully blends cutecartooning with an unexpectedly rich story that willcharm readers of all ages.KEY SELLING POINTS:• First US edition of the internationally acclaimed andheartwarming graphic novel from Simone Lia.• Suitable for all ages graphic novels section• Author/artist Simone Lia describes her charming, bestsellinggraphic novel Fluffy as “a story of unanswerablequestions, love, despair, adventure, and happiness.”• For a better look at the work of Simone Lia, go towww.simonelia.com!30SUMMER 2008

SCRAMBLED INKISBN: 978-1-59307-951-2Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6 5/8" x 10 1/4"Page Count: 176Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Fiction/ArtRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: July 2008Cover for solicitation onlyKadogo was the youngest and smallest member of his flock. Thiswould not have been a problem if Kadogo were an eagle, an owl or a vulture. Butit was a problem, a really BIG problem, because Kadogo was a tick-tick bird-thesmallest bird in the jungle. And on top of thathe was the smallesttick-tick bird in hisfamily.Hollywood’s hardest-working animators bring their blockbuster talent to comics to tell storiestoo big for the silver screen in this jam-packed, jaw-dropping, just-plain-fun compendium ofillustrated awesomeness!Hilarious and moving, undeniably innovative and stunningly beautiful, each tale transforms thepage into a lushly realized world of imagination—a surefire prize for any fan of illustration oranyone looking for a great yarn spun in a whole new way.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Featuring DreamWorks Animators Dave Pimentel, JJ Villard, Dave Derrick, Jenny Lerew,Ken Morrissey, Keith Baxter, and Ennio Torresan.• The creators of Scrambled Ink are all animators at DreamWorks Studios with credits on suchblockbuster films as Bee Movie, Shrek and Madagascar!MARKETING PLAN• Tradeshow support, includingcreator and artist signings atComic-Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World• Possible cross-promotion withmovie site: thebeemovie.com• Reviews and attentionanticipated in alternate weeklynewspapers, art sites andmedia such as EntertainmentWeekly, The Los Angeles Times,and more• Special Library focus on theDark Horse Librarian’s pagewitha postcard mailing to over2,000 acquistions librariansand graphics featured at ALAand regional library shows• Special exclusive previewslaunched on the Dark HorseMySpace page (50,000 friendsand counting)“I’m glad to introduce theseartists who helped makeBee Movie a success. Youwill enjoy their artwork,wit, and quirky sense of humoras much as I did.”—Jerry SeinfeldDark Horse BooksSUMMER 200831

ISBN: 978-1-59307-958-1Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Gina BiggsArtist: Gina BiggsSize: 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"Page Count: 208Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 12+Genre: RomanceRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: May 2008RED STRING VOL. 3With a dear friend moving to Tokyo, an arranged marriagepending, and a difficult teacher holding a grudgeagainst her, Miharu Ogawa is having one of her worstsemesters in school ever! Her friends aren’t having aneasy time, either. After breaking down and finally expressingher feelings to Fuuko, Maya seeks solace andadvice from Karen—who isn’t really an expert in loveand is having her own relationship problems. “LoneWolf” Hayashihara struggles with the fact that he’s actuallymaking friends, a new character—Jun Mataichi—arrivesto stir up a little more confusion, and a snowy accidentbrings two bickering souls closer together.Red String delivers all of the great surprises and romanticmoments you’ve come to expect and enjoy!KEY SELLING POINTS:• This is the third volume of Gina Biggs’s successful andlong-running web comic.• Red String will appeal to fans of shojo romance!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-835-5Price: $16.95 U.S./$20.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 8 7/8" x 10 1/8"Page Count: 176Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 14+Genre: Art/How-toRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 30Publication Date: August 2008STYLE SCHOOL VOL. 3The third volume of Japan’s leading manga and animeinstructional magazine. Learn the techniques of Japan’stop manga and anime artists, showing step-by-step methodsto help today’s up-and-coming illustrators master theuse of pen, brush, paint, marker, screen tones, computermodeling, and other tricks of the trade. Gain insight intothe weapons of choice of today’s top creators, especiallythose brands and tools that are so hard to find outsideJapan. Experience the eye-popping art of tomorrow’smanga and anime stars, with page after gorgeous page ofspectacular visual imagination.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Find out how to submit your work to be considered forpublication in upcoming issues of Style School Magazinein Japan!• One of the most successful art publications in Japan,published for the first time in English.• Contains many “How to” techniques for many differentart styles!32SUMMER 2008

ISBN: 978-1-59307-935-2Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Asuka KatsuraSize: 5 " x 7 "Page Count: 208Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Manga/HorrorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 25Publication Date: May 2008BLOOD+ MANGA VOL. 2Saya seems, from all appearances, to be an ordinary teenagegirl suffering from amnesia. Living with a foster familyjust outside an American military base in Okinawa,Japan, she soon discovers that she is anything but normal.She learns she is an apparently immortal warrior, who hasties dating to ancient Egyptian times if not earlier. Forcenturies she has been locked in a battle against a race ofvampiric creatures known as Chiropterans, monsters thatseem intent on destroying all life on Earth.In an epic tale that crisscrosses the globe from the streetsof Japan to Vietnam, Russia, France, England, and ultimatelyNorth Carolina and New York City, Saya battlesto save the world while searching for the secret of herlost memoriesKEY SELLING POINTS:• Blood+ is a multimedia sensation, with an animatedseries, two PS2 games, two novels series, and threemanga series!• The Blood+ animated series currently airing in the USas part of the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim blockreaches 82.1 million American homes!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-936-9Price: $10.95Publisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Asuka KatsuraSize: 5" x 7"Page Count: 200Format: Trade paperback, blackand white (4 color pages)Recommended Age: 16+Genre: Manga/HorrorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 25Publication Date: August 2008BLOOD+ MANGA vol. 3This third, pivotal volume reveals one of the biggest secretsin the Blood+ mythos—but you’ll have to wadethrough plenty of violence, betrayal, and sacrifice beforeyou get there. Hagi shows just how resilient he can be;Kai is as stubborn and reckless as ever; and confused,sweet Riku is once again in the wrong place at the wrongtime. Speaking of time, this volume also features a longerflashback sequence that takes us to the 1800s andanother violent episode in Saya’s curious, catastrophiclife! A brutal skirmish, eye-popping gore, and some enlighteningflashbacks open this central volume to theBlood+ manga series, as Saya faces her brutal tormentorCharles head on.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Asuka Katsura’s Blood+ manga series is the official adaptationand companion to the popular Production I.G/Aniplex anime series that became a hit on the CartoonNetwork's Adult Swim!34SUMMER 2008

Blood+ Vol. 2: ChevalierFollowing the traces of Diva, the leader of the Chiroptera,Saya and her group make their way to Russia. Butawaiting their arrival is Diva’s powerful protector Chiroptera,“The Chevalier.” In the middle of the battleagainst this new threat, Saya is told a horrible truth—“It is because you are one of us.” Is Saya a human, orsomething more sinister . . . ?KEY SELLING POINTS:• The official novelization of the international hit continues!• Created by Mamoru Oshii, directior of the hit filmGhost in the Shell, and developed by the highly influentialanimation studio Production I.G, this characterhas been embraced by audiences on both sides of thePacific.ISBN: 978-1-59307-931-4Price: $8.95 U.S./$10.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Ryo IkehataArtist: Chizu HashiiSize: 5" x 7"Page Count: 256Format: Trade paperback, 16black and white illustrationsGenre: Manga/HorrorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 25Publication Date: August 2008A WIND NAMED AMNESIA/invader summerThe Apocalypse didn’t end with a BANG, but with awhimper. Silently, the “amnesia wind” swept away all ofmankind’s knowledge. Thousands of years of humancivilization vanished overnight as people forgot how touse the tools of modern civilization; who they were, howto speak, everything. Technology decayed as mankindwas reduced to an extremely primitive level. Two yearsafter the devastation, a young man explores a nation reducedto barbarism: America.Miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm, he is accompaniedby a young woman—somehow spared theobliterating effects of the amnesia wind. Pursued by arelentless killing machine, they search for those responsiblefor stealing their memories.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Hideyuki Kikuchi’s popularity has been growing overthe last three years, with over 17 million Japanese languageVampire Hunter D novels in print; 100,000 Englishlanguage Vampire Hunter D novels are in print asof 2007, Dark Horse Books Vampire Hunter D novelssell nearly 20,000 with every new title• Includes two long-sought-after novels together in onevolume!ISBN: 978-1-59307-934-5Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Hideyuki KikuchiArtist: Yoshitaka AmanoSize: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"Page Count: 288Format: Trade paperback, 15black-and-white, 1 color imagesRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author:Vampire Hunter D, Wicked CityGenre: Fantasy/Science FictionRights:U.S.+CAN+UK+NZ+AUSCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN• Featured at book industrytradeshows throughout the year,including New York Comic-Con,Book Expo America, ALA, andother regional library tradeshows• Manga fan site publicity sentout to draw from existing fans,plus support on Dark HorseWebsite: www.darkhorse.com(5.1 million hits per year)• Featured on Dark Horse’sMyspace page (50,000 activemembers and growing)Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 35

ISBN: 978-1-59307-864-5Price: $13.95 U.S./$16.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse Manga/Digital Manga PublicationsWriter/Artist: Kentaro MiuraSize: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"Page Count: 208Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Other Works by Author:Berserk 1–22, artist of Japan andKing of WolvesGenre: Manga/Horror/FantasyRights: North AmericaCarton Quantity: 20Publication Date: June 2008BERSERk vol. 23Desperate as Guts, the Black Swordsman, has been toreunite with his former captain and lover, the now-madCasca, he’s quickly learning that being together is asdangerous as being apart. What should be a simple journeyto the safety of Puck’s homeland proves to be agauntlet of perils, as the Mark of Sacrifice each bearsbrings the fury of Hell down upon them, and Guts discoversthat in his darkest moments he himself is thegreatest danger to the woman he loves.Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a fiery manga apocalypse,an ominous omnibus of furious action, fearsomehorror, and funereal humor that strikes a power chord inthe hearts of its devoted followers and strikes down therest like a scythe through wheat. Bring in the sheaves!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Over 100,000 books sold in this series in one year alone!• Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an18+ content advisory.• Popular anime was inspired by this manga series.Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-865-2Price: $13.95 U.S./$16.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse Manga/Digital Manga PublicationsWriter/Artist: Kentaro MiuraSize: 5 1/8" X 7 1/4"Page Count: 208Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18 +Other Works by Author:Japan and King of WolvesGenre: Manga/Horror/FantasyRights: North AmericaCarton Quantity: 20Publication Date: August 2008BERSERK vol. 24Desperate to find a sanctuary where his lover, Casca willbe safe from the demons drawn to her Brand of Sacrifice,Guts the Black Swordsman pushes his motley band offollowers onward toward fairy Puck’s homeland, Elfhelm.With new allies who make their home in a mysticallyguarded woodland paradise, Guts’ goal seems withinreach, but danger lurks in the shadows of even themost dazzling utopias, and even fairy witchery may notprotect the wondrous kingdom from an army of marauding,murderous trolls!Created by Kentaro Miura, Berserk is a runaway mangalocomotive, a crashing colossus of teeth-rattling action,spine-chilling horror, and taboo-breaking humor thatfires the boilers of its devoted devotees and just fires therest. Ashes to ashes!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Popular anime as well as manga.• Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and carries an18+ content advisory.36SUMMER 2008

GHOST TALKER’S daydream Vol. 1Ghost Talker's Daydream is a horror anime created bySaki Okuse and Sankichi Meguro. It tells the story of MisakiSaiki, a young woman with a troubled past, a professionaldominatrix in one of Tokyo’s most exclusive S&Mclubs. However, her real money is something she likeseven less than being a dominatrix. Ever since childhood,Misaki has had the ability to see and communicate withghosts, and that talent is put to use by the Livelihood ProtectionAgency, who has Misaki paired with SouichiroKadotake, a martial-artist who happens to be deathly afraidof ghosts. Using her gifts, Misaki is able to help troubleddeparted spirits to resolve what is troubling them and allowthem to move on to the afterlife. If all THAT isn’t oddenough, Misaki, the heroine, is an albino and a virgin.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Sexy and dark story from writer Saki Okuse (Twilightof the Dark Master) and artist Sankichi Meguro.• Fans have been waiting for this book to be released inEnglish.• Very successful anime based on this series of books• Ghost Talker’s Daydream comes shrink-wrapped andcarries an 18+ content advisory.ISBN: 978-1-59307-950-5Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter: Saki OkuseArtist: Sankichi MeguroSize: 5 1/8" x 7 1/16"Page Count: 216Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Genre: Manga/Horror/HumorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: July 2008MARKETING PLAN• Featured at tradeshows such asAnime Expo, Dragon Con,Comic-Con International: SanDiego, ALA, Book ExpoAmerica, and regional librarytradeshows• Advance review copies sent toover 25 news and mediacontacts• Online promotion withwww.darkhorse.com andMySpace“Best Manga of 2007”by Wizard Magazine!EDEN: VOL. 10Hiroki Endo continues to push Eden in new directions,introducing strange sci-fi horrors and dynamic charactersin dangerous settings across the globe. By 2112, the ClosureVirus has already wiped out about one-third of theworld’s population, but it mutates again to infect not onlypeople and living creatures—but inorganic matter aswell. Dubbed the “Disclosure Virus,” this new threatoverruns several major cities, creating huge crystallineshapes with the matter it absorbs. Relentless action isramped up again in the pages of Eden’s complicated, violentstory arc!KEY SELLING POINTS:• “Endo mutes manga distinctives for realism’s sake . . .keeps the violence short and sharp, inserts a few lowkeysatiric jibes at late-twentieth-century sociopolitics,and paces the narrative to facilitate milieu and characterdevelopment. He conjures a postapocalyptic aura ofnear-palpable mystery.” —Ray Olson (Booklist)• Hiroki Endo’s Eden is a demonstration of what sciencefiction can offer when thoughtfully engaging the worldrather than just offering tired parables.” —Scott Green(Ain’t It Cool News)• Eden comes shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ contentadvisory.ISBN: 978-1-59307-957-4Price: $12.95 U.S./$15.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Hiroki EndoSize: 5" x 7"Page Count: 232Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Other Works by Author:Eden volumes 1–10, Hiroki Endo’sTanpenshu (Short Stories) volumes1 and 2Genre: MangaRights: North AmericaCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: May 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 37

ISBN: 978-1-59307-969-7Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Hiroaki SamuraSize: 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"Page Count: 168Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 16+Other Works by Author:OhikkoshiGenre: Manga/Action AdventureRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 45Publication Date: June 2008BLADE OF The immortal:badger hole—vol. 19The time for reconnaissance, planning, and waiting isover! Rin and Dōa, desperate to be reunited with theirfriends (or even reassured that they’re alive), take theirfirst bold steps in penetrating Edo Castle’s defenses andfoiling Kagimura’s foul “immortality” experiments! Atrip to an old doctor, a chance encounter with a highstrungpeasant, and an appearance by a strange, all-newItto-ryū warrior combine to make this volume an importantseries of encounters in persistent Rin’s quest to findManji and Isaku—and in her own growth as a warrior!The “Badger Hole” is a dank passageway that leads to anunderground tunnel system beneath Edo Castle. Withsome new skills and tricks, the two young ladies bravedarkness and the promise of death to run headlong towardKagimura’s cruel prisons, where Manji hangsdrugged and helpless!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Hiroaki Samura’s acclaimed Blade of the Immortalmanga series has won awards across the globe, includingthe Eisner Award in America, the prestigious MediaArts Award of Japan, and two consecutive BritishEagle Awards.• Eighteen volumes of this modern classic already availablein the Dark Horse backlist!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-513-2Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter: Kazuo KoikeArtist: Goseki KojimaSize: 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"Page Count: 320Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Other Works by Author:Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of theAssassin, Crying FreemanGenre: Manga/Action AdventureRights: Worldwide ENGCarton Quantity: 56Publication Date: May 2008PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL. 12The march continues as Japan’s future shogun moves tothe center of Japan to claim it as his own. But along theway he’ll have to deal with intense and complicated politics,strange and sometimes perverted fighting techniques,and a rapidly changing samurai culture in oldJapan. And often the history of Japan all rests on thewiles of shogun-to-be Ieyasu’s clever and loyal ninja,Hattori Hanzo.Lone Wolf & Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojimaare experts at weaving an intense and sometimesoddly sensational yarn, and this quasi-historical tale of ayoung man’s rise to the top of samurai politics doesn’tpull any punches.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Path of the Assassin comes shrink-wrapped and carriesan 18+ content advisory.38SUMMER 2008

Corpse delivery servicevol. 7Alternating between black humor and bloody horror, TheKurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is like Scooby-Doomeets Se7en. Guided by a mercenary empathy, the fivecollege kids of Kurosagi have a calling they can’t explainto anyone—that’s a common problem when your job involvescarrying around corpses and body parts.And in solving the problems of their clients, they oftenfind the living are more terrible and fearful than the dead.Collecting can take over a fan’s life . . . but what if ittakes over their death as well? Zombie robot otaku andplastic surgery disasters are only the latest faces of horroras Kurosagi continues their eternal struggle to turn corpsesinto cash.ISBN: 978-1-59307-982-6Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter: Eiji OtsukaArtist: Housui YamazakiSize: 5" x 7"Page Count: 216Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Other Works by Author:MPD PsychoGenre: Manga/HorrorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 20Publication Date: July 2008KEY SELLING POINTS:• Acquire this manga for adult collections for the naturalisticartwork that shows attention to human emotion,the social observation, and the banter between themembers of the delivery service.” —Christine Gertz,Library Journal• Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and stickeredwith an 18+ advisory.MPD PSYCHo Vol. 5After last volume’s surprising betrayal and bloodbath,Amamiya—the multiple personality detective of the IsonoCriminal Research Lab—faces a new threat in the form ofthe young “Lucy 7” deviants! In the midst of new murderousmesses, bumbling Detective Sasayama finds himselfin a criminal profiler contest fueled by the Japanese media.An American profiler arrives to work on a decade-old serialkiller case at an elementary school, but the real groupthat he represents and his ultimate goals are as mysteriousas MPD-Psycho’s huge “barcode puzzle.” The GakusoSociety pulls some strings, the American begins to huntdown children, and this volume of MPD-Psycho promisesto be the most titillating and confusing yet—but you’lllove the ride! Jump on, as more players enter the fray andmore inventive atrocities abound.Fans of the Takashi Miike MPD-Psycho television adaptationwill find more clues to the “barcode puzzle,” moreinventive murders, and surprisingly humorous momentsin this smart manga seriesKEY SELLING POINTS:• Recently named one of Publishers Weekly’s “150 BestBooks of theYear” out of over 6,000 books reviewed.• Each volume comes shrink-wrapped and stickeredwith an 18+ advisory.ISBN: 978-1-59307-962-8Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.95 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter: Eiji OtsukaArtist: Sho-u TajimaSize: 5" x 7"Page Count: 192Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 18+Genre: Manga/HorrorRights: U.S.+CAN+UKCarton Quantity: 30Publication Date: June 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 39

ISBN: 978-1-59307-970-3Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Kosuke FujishimaSize: 5 1/8" x 7 3/16"Page Count: 200Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 10+Other Works by Author:Oh My Goddess! Colors, You’reUnder Arrest!Genre: Manga/Humor/RomanceRights: North AmericaCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: June 2008OH MY GODDESS! VOLUME 9Ever since a cosmic phone call brought the literal younggoddess Belldandy into college student Keiichi’s residence,his personal life has been turned upside-down,sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions!When Urd and Skuld are called back to the heavenlyrealm for remedial training, Belldandy and Keiichi arealone at last! But two things are going to complicate theirgetting closer as man and woman—Belldandy has comedown with a mysterious illness, and thanks to foolingwith Urd’s medicine to try and cure her, Keiichi isn’t aman anymore—he’s a woman!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Oh My Goddess! is the longest-running manga on theU.S. market.• Includes four pages of color, Mini-Goddess strips, anda message from creator Kosuke Fujishima.• Bonus back section for U.S. edition includes fan letters,art, and notes on this classic series.• OMG! #9 is part of a regular release schedule for DarkHorse where both new and old volumes (now redonein Japanese format) switch off every two months.Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-979-6Price: $10.95 U.S./$13.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse MangaWriter/Artist: Kosuke FujishimaSize: 5 1/8" x 7 3/16"Page Count: 160Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteRecommended Age: 10+Other Works by Author:Oh My Goddess! Colors, You’reUnder Arrest!Genre: Manga/Humor/RomanceRights: North AmericaCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: August 2008OH MY GODDESS! volume 30As powerful (and wrathful) as Belldandy’s older sisterUrd is, what’s the real reason she never became a GoddessFirst Class? Now, in order to finally achieve thatexalted state, Urd must fulfill a challenge decreed byPeorth—give Keiichi a certain amount of happiness!That sounds fine . . . until you realize that with Urd, givinga certain amount of happiness is going to mean inflictinga great amount of misery first!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Oh My Goddess! inspired two recent anime TV seriesfrom Media Blasters and ADV Films, as well as theimport “Belldandy” figure from Kotobukiya.40SUMMER 2008

creepy Vol. 1ISBN: 978-1-59307-973-4Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 240Format: Hardcover, black-andwhitew/color tip-in platesRecommended Age: 14+Genre: HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 15Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN• Tradeshow support includingComic-Con International in SanDiego, New York Comic Con,Book Expo, Wizard World, andDragon Con• Exclusive online extendedpreview posted on MySpace:Dark Horse (50,000 friends)• Support throughwww.darkhorse.com (over 5.1million hits)• Advance reviews anticipatedfrom such sources as EntertainmentWeekly online, RueMorgue, Publisher’s Weekly,IGN, and moreGather up your wooden stakes, your blood-covered hatchets, and all the skeletons in the darkestdepths of your closet, and prepare for a horrifying adventure into the darkest corners of comicshistory. Dark Horse Comics further corners the market on high quality horror storytelling withone of the most anticipated releases of the decade, a hardcover archive collection of legendaryCreepy magazine.This groundbreaking material turned the world of graphic storytelling on its head in the early1960s, as phenomenal young artists like Bernie Wrightson and Neal Adams reached new artisticheights with their fascinating explorations of classic and modern horror stories.This archive collection is the first time the original Creepy has ever been collected in its entirety—an event comics fans have anticipated for decades!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Brilliant, classic Creepy stories from 1964–1966 raised from the dead after twenty-five years.• Featuring work by such comics luminaries as Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Alex Toth, andFrank Frazetta.• Archive editions of Creepy will be the cornerstone of any horror fan’s library.• Volume One reprints the first seven terrifying issues of the magazine’s original run.Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200841

Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-977-2Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Jerry Beck (introduction)Artist: Leslie Cabarga (designerand editor)Size: 7" x 10"Page Count: 480Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 8 +Genre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 25Publication Date: July 2008MARKETING PLAN• Promotion at comic conventions,book tradeshows (12 times peryear)• Huge MySpace Comic Books/Dark Horse push (becoming themost popular category on MySpace with over 50,000 friends)• Promotion on publisher’s sitewww.darkhorse.com (5.1+million visits per year)• Promotion on Dark Horse Kid’sZone• Reviews expected from LibraryJournal, School Library Journal,Publishers Weekly, EntertainmentWeekly, and moreISBN: 978-1-59307-942-0Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Mac RaboyArtist: Mac RaboySize: 6 1/4" x 10 1/4"Page Count: 208Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: 12+Other Works by Author:Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordoncollections, Captain Marvel, Jr.Genre: Action-Adventure/SuperheroRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 15Publication Date: May 2008MARKETING PLAN• Promotion at comics conventions,book tradeshows (12times per year)• Huge MySpace Comic Books/Dark Horse push (becoming themost popular category on MySpace)• Promotion on publisher’s sitewww.darkhorse.com (5.1+million visits per year)HARVEY CLASSICS LIBRARYVol. 4: BABY HUEY“That’s some duck” for adventure, fun, misunderstandings,and victories aplenty.Oversized, oblivious, and oh-so-good-natured ducklingBaby Huey first delighted audiences in 1949 when heappeared in the pages of Casper the Friendly Ghost, butquickly lumbered his way into the bigger world of cartoonsand his own comic-book series! Join Baby Huey,his lovingly baffled parents, and his duckling pals in thisjumbo collection of classic stories.Guaranteed to “quack” you up! Baby Huey is a great bigbook of fun.KEY SELLING POINTS:• The loveable lug in king-sized diapers gets his own collectionin Dark Horse’s Harvey Comics Classics series.• Collects over four hundred pages of long out-of-printBaby Huey stories from the Golden Age of comics.• Giant-sized laughs for all ages.THE COMPLETE GREEN LAMAVOL. 1Chanting “Om Mani Padme Hum,” the wealthy JethroDumont transformed into the Green Lama—a flyingfreedom fighter made famous in comics by the distinguishedand imaginative artist Mac Raboy. This Buddhistsuperhero used special powers gained in a pilgrimageto Tibet to fight master criminals, monstrousdictators, and inequality across the globe! Lama madehis debut in April 1940 in the pulp fiction anthologyDouble Detective, but he is most well known in hiscomic book incarnation—especially the stories drawnby Raboy in the eight-issue Green Lama series.KEY SELLING POINTS:• First volume features an introduction by free speechactivist and patron saint of comics collecting ChuckRozanski (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund).• Long-deserving archival treatment, these enchanting,historic Golden Age tales are now available to fans whocan’t spend thousands of dollars on original issues.• Reprinting Green Lama #s 1 to 4 (originally publishedby Spark Publications).• Exclusive and rare bonus stories featuring the adventuresof Lieutenant Hercules, Rick Masters, AngusMcErc, and others by Raboy.42SUMMER 2008

ROY ROGERS ARCHIVES VOL. 1Happy Trails! Roy Rogers rides again in this deluxe volumepresenting the earliest comic book adventures ofAmerica’s favorite western star! Return to the heyday ofthe West, when Roy Rogers, with his golden palominoTrigger, conquered the American frontier one thrilling actof daring-do at a time!Pop culture icon, hero to generations of boys and girls, andthe straightest-shooting, fastest-riding cowboy of them all,Roy Rogers left an indelible mark on the American landscape.These classic comics, in a handsome hardcover editionfit for the “King of the Cowboys” are a perfect way toexperience the excitement, humor, and romance that captivatedmillions.ISBN: 978-1-59307-966-6Price: $49.95 U.S./$59.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6 1/4" x 10"Page Count: 240Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: 12+Genre: Action Adventure/WesternRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 15Publication Date: July 2008KEY SELLING POINTS:• Dark Horse Archives program has had great responsewith fans, collectors, historians, and librarians. These arehigh-quality books that make rare material accessible.• The Roy Rogers Archives collects the Roy Rogers comicstrips for the first time!• Featuring art from the brother team of Chuck andThomas McKimson (under the pseudonym of “Al Mc-Kimson”) who were well-known for their work withmany animators including Tex Avery. Chuck McKimsonwent on to serve as art director for comics at DellPublishing.WORKSHOP OF FILTHY CREATION:THE ART OF JOHNNY ACEAND KALI VERRAFrom the darkest depths of artistic angst, from the steamingpits of punk-rock putrescence, from the grinding gearsof the Kustom Kulture Krypt comes The Workshop ofFilthy Creation: The Art of Johnny Ace and Kali Verra.Beginning with his career as an official Big Daddy Rothartist, veering through the birth of punk poster art, andnow surfing on the cutting edge of lowbrow art and thenew Kustom Kulture explosion, Johnny Ace (and his studiocohort, Kali Verra) has taken art by the throat andtaught it a lesson it’ll never forget!Eye-wrecking posters, Fink-tastic sculptures, voodoopinstriping, and every manner of doodad, gimcrack, andunholy talisman imaginable are on display.KEY SELLING POINTS:• “Johnny Ace is The King!” —Ed “Big Daddy” Roth• The first-ever collection of work from Johnny Ace Studios,Workshop of Filthy Creation includes posters forsuch rock luminaries as The Cramps and Dick Dale!• For a better look at the work of Johnny Ace Studios logon to www.acekustoms.com!ISBN: 978-1-59307-924-6Price: $19.95 U.S./$23.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksArtist: Johnny Ace and Kali VerraSize: 8" x 11"Page Count: 112Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Art/Non-fictionRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 30Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN• Author will promote book atregional bookstore signings• Promotion at comic conventions,book tradeshows (12times per year)• Huge MySpace Comic Books/Dark Horse push (becoming themost popular category on MySpace) MySpace link will alsoinclude author’s Johnny AceStudios MySpace site, whichalso promotes relatedmerchandise• Promotion on publisher’s sitewww.darkhorse.com (5.1+million visits per year)Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 43

ISBN: 978-1-59307-976-5Price: $14.95 U.S./$17.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Tim BiskupArtist: Tim BiskupSize: 5" x 5"Page Count: 112Format: Hardcover, full colorRecommended Age: All agesGenre: Art/Non-FictionRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 84Publication Date: July 2008JACKSON 500 VOL. 4Celebrating mid-century graphic design with a twist of “baroquemodernism” and a dash of punk rock confidence!Continuing the series of five hundred tiny business card–sized paintings, The Jackson 500 Volume Four featuresmore of the infectious art that is signature Biskup: roundededges, imaginative style, themes, and color theories.Many of these tiny paintings became the basis for largerpaintings and prints. Tim Biskup works as a backgroundanimation artist. He’s also a prolific painter, and his styleis inspired by the work of the eminent LP album coverartist Jim Flora, but he’s has a delightfully eclectic assortmentof other influences, such as Japanese pop andearly Disney layout artists, blended in.KEY SELLING POINTS:• “To do what he does takes an effort in understandingjoy. Even Biskup’s darker creations carry a weightlessquality that makes them attractive and enjoyable.”—Sebastian Frye, lucidforge.com• Paintings 301 to 400 (of 500) in Tim Biskup’s TheJackson 500 series.• Look for Tim Biskup journals, stationery, and drinkcoaster sets from Dark Horse Deluxe!• If you’ve never seen the art of Tim Biskup, you’re infor a major treat—www.timbiskup.com!Dark Horse Books44ISBN: 978-1-59307-983-3Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter/Artist: Shannon WheelerSize: 3 1/2" x 2"Page Count: 108Format: Hardcover Boxed Set, 3books, black and whiteRecommended Age: 14+Other Works by Author:Screw Heaven, When I Die I'mGoing to Mars; How To Be Happy;Too Much Coffee Man's AmusingMusingsGenre: HumorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 1128Publication Date: July 2008MARKETING PLAN• Author will promote book atregional bookstore signings• Promotion at comic conventions,book tradeshows (12 times peryear)• Huge MySpace Comic Books/Dark Horse push (becoming themost popular category on MySpace) MySpace link will alsoinclude artist’s Too Much CoffeeMan MySpace site, which alsopromotes related merchandise• Promotion on publisher’s sitewww.darkhorse.com (5.1+million visits per year)POSTAGE STAMP FUNNIESFrom the pages of The Onion, and the wry mind of cartoonistShannon Wheeler comes the year’s funniest—andmost charmingly packaged—collection of new comicsyou’ll see this year. For more than ten years Wheeler hascultivated a distinctly pointed and playful sense of humorin the pages of his independent comics, Too MuchCoffee Man and How to Be Happy. Postage Stamp Funniesframes his wit with even more focus, as each cartoondelivers its punch in a single postage stamp–sized panel.KEY SELLING POINTS:• For the first time, three tiny hardcover books revisit thefirst year of Wheeler’s run in the legendary humornewspaper—pint-sized fun and great for gift shops aswell as bookstores.• Wheeler’s Too Much Coffee Man has more fans thanever before and the live entertainment event Too MuchCoffee Man: The Opera has achieved cult status.• The popularity of this mini-book format was proven bythe success of The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak,which has sold over 75,000 copies!• Postage Stamp Funnies runs every week in The Onion,enjoying a circulation of over 1,000,000!SUMMER 2008

FISTFUL OF ROCK & ROLL:21st Century Rock Poster ArtISBN: 978-1-59307-724-2Price: $29.95 U.S./$35.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Sal CanzonieriArtist: VariousSize: 8 1/2" x 11"Page Count: 400Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Other Works by Author:Electric Frankenstein! High EnergyPunk Rock & Roll Poster ArtGenre: Art/Popular CultureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: July 2008MARKETING PLAN• Author will promote book atregional bookstore signings• Promotion at comics conventions,book tradeshows (12times per year)• Huge MySpace Comic Books/Dark Horse push (becoming themost popular category on MySpace), including “Look Inside”sneak previews of art andinterviews• Promotion on www.darkhorse.com(5.1+ million visits per year)• Other book events planned atgalleries and alternative eventsHot on the hellish heels of Sal Canzoneiri’s Electric Frankenstein! High Energy Punk Rock &Roll Poster Art comes an even more blasphemous blast of raw poster power, A Fistful of Rock& Roll: 21st Century Rock & Roll Poster Art. A brain-frying collection nearly as big as a Marshallstack, A Fistful of Rock & Roll is an up-to-the-minute cross-section of today’s boomingrock poster scene, showcasing hundreds of works by top poster artists from every dive, hellhole,dungeon, and landfill from sea to shining sea, creating a deafening visual tribute to justabout every goddamn cool band you can imagine!Get kicked in the eyeballs and give your sensibilities the beating they so richly deserve!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Posters for such incredible bands as The Cramps, The Hives, Iggy Pop, Velvet Revolver, JamesBrown, Ministry, High on Fire, Misfits, Motorhead, Ramones, Rob Zombie, and hundreds more!• Featuring posters, album art, and other graven images from a virtual who’s who of the rockart scene, including Johnny Ace, R Black, Brian Ewing, Alan Forbes, Derek Hess, GilbertHernandez, Tara McPherson, Obey/Shepard Fairey, Print Mafia, Stainboy, and more.• Forewords by The Mad Peck and Steven Cerio (both of whom are rock artists, rock stars, andgraphic artists in their own right).Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 200845

ISBN: 978-1-59307-945-1Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Mick HarrisonArtist: Dave Ross, Lui Antonio,Alex WaldSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 120Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Science Fiction/ActionAdventureRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 40Publication Date: August 2008STAR WARS: DARK TIMES VOL. 2At the dawn of the Galactic Empire, two beings a galaxyapart will do the unthinkable to save those in their care,only to risk losing themselves in the process.After Order 66 forces Jedi Master K’Kruhk to take desperatemeasures in defense of some Padawan younglings,he believes he has found for them a peaceful oasisin an oppressed galaxy. But little does K’Kruhk know,a faraway drama involving Bomo Greenbark and thesmuggling crew of the Uhumele will alter his future forever.Meanwhile, these dark times have taken muchfrom Bomo Greenbark, but he cannot—will not—let ittake his newfound friends. No matter what it takes,Bomo will fight to his last breath.KEY SELLING POINTS:• This story takes place the heretofore unexplored timebetween Episode III and Episode IV.• Preorders for the first volume of Star Wars: Dark Timeshave topped 10,000 copies!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59307-961-3Price: $9.95 U.S./$11.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 5" X 7 1/2"Page Count: 96Format: Trade paperback, fullcoverRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Action Adventure/Science-FictionRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 60Publication Date: May 2008STAR WARS: clone warsphoto comicIn the epic struggle for control of the galaxy, the Republic’sclone trooper armies wage war with the droid legionsof the Confederation. With the evil Count Dookuleading Separatist forces, it falls to Jedi such as Obi-WanKenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and even Master Yoda tolead the Republic to victory!KEY SELLING POINTS:• Covering a seminal era in Star Wars history, theseCartoon Network episodes take on a whole new lifeas action-packed comics adventures!• This manga-sized volume adapts the Star Wars CloneWars: Animated Series to comics using images takendirectly from the Emmy Award–winning show!46SUMMER 2008

STAR WARs OMNIBUS: DROIDSBefore the fateful day Luke Skywalker met Artoo andThreepio for the first time, those two troublesome droidshad some amazing adventures all their own! Entangledwith pirates, bounty hunters, rock monsters, and the notoriousspace criminal Olag Greck, they do their best tostick together in a dangerous galaxy where anythingcan happen.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Presenting every Droids story published by DarkHorse, this vast volume follows R2-D2 and C-3PO ina series of stories fun for Star Wars fans of all ages!• Containing the out-of-print classics, “The KalarbaAdventures,” “Rebellion,” the never-before-collected“Seasons of Revolt,” and featuring “The Protocol Offensive”plotted by C-3PO himself, actor AnthonyDaniels, these tales brim with the wonder and whimsythat made this unlikely pair the most popular droidsin the galaxy!• Perfect for young readers graphic novel section.ISBN: 978-1-59307-955-0Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 440Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Science Fiction/ActionAdventureRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 20Publication Date: June 2008STAR WARS: LEGACY VOL. 3“Claws of the Dragon”—one hundred years after theevents in Return of the Jedi, Luke’s descendant CadeSkywalker is captured by the Sith, Emperor Darth Kraytunveils his true identity, and a secret chapter in the life ofObi-Wan Kenobi is revealed. When Cade attempts torescue the Jedi he turned over to the Sith during his daysas a bounty hunter, the last Skywalker soon finds himselfin the clutches of Darth Krayt. There, Cade must confronthis past and decide once and for all: will he remainthe Emperor’s prisoner or become his thrall? Learnwhether the Skywalker line lives up to the triumph ofLuke or returns to the tragedy of Anakin!KEY SELLING POINTS:• This is the future of Star Wars and it’s exclusive toDark Horse.• The Star Wars: Legacy series is a continuation of thestories that began with the original trilogy.• The first volume of Star Wars: Legacy has sold over20,000 copies in less than eight months!ISBN: 978-1-59307-946-8Price: $17.95 U.S./$21.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: John OstranderArtist: Jan Duursema, DanParsons, Brad AndersonSize: 7" x 10"Page Count: 144Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 10+Genre: Science Fiction/ActionAdventureRights: WW-UK-NZ-AUSCarton Quantity: 50Publication Date: June 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 47

ISBN: 978-1-59307-926-0Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 384Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Science Fiction/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: July 2008ALIENS OMNibus VOL. 4Like sports, the victor is he who wants it more. Unlikesports, the loser earns extinction.Mankind has fought for survival over countless millennia,but nothing has threatened humanity’s existence likethe murderous Alien scourge. While some have tried touse the creatures’ deadly abilities to serve their own selfishends, no one can dance with the devil, and ultimatelyonly one species must prevail. To that end, men haveturned their own lethal instincts and cold intellect againstthe monsters, creating engineered plagues, cyberneticfighting suits, and even bogus android aliens, but survivalrides not on technology, but on the primacy of themost deep-rooted, feral instincts.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Dark Horse Comics’ critically acclaimed Aliens seriesset the bar for how the universe of a popular film couldbe expanded through graphic fiction!• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem slated for Christmas2007 release, will spotlight the franchise and demandfor Aliens projects will be at an all-time high!• Nearly four hundred story pages in full color, somenever before collected.• Writers include horror novelist Chet Williamson, aswell as John Arcudi, Henry Gilroy, and more!Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59582-004-4Price: $6.99 U.S./$8.50 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: B. K. EvensonSize: 4 3/16" x 6 3/4"Page Count: 288Format: MMPBGenre: Horror/Science FictionRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 45Publication Date: July 2008ALIENS: NO EXITAfter thirty years of cryogenic sleep, Detective AndersKramm wakes to a changed world. The alien threat hasbeen subdued. Company interests dominate universaltrade. Terraforming is big money now, with powerfulmen willing to do anything to assure dominance overother worlds.But Kramm has a secret. He knows why The Companykilled twelve of its top scientists. He knows why thealiens have been let loose on the surface of a contestedplanet. He knows that the information he has is valuable,and that The Company will do everything it can to stophim from telling his secret to the world.Haunted by memories of the brutal murder of his family,Kramm is set adrift amid billion dollar stakes . . . with aliensaround every corner, waiting for him to make a mistake.KEY SELLING POINTS:• With the release of Alien Versus Predator 2: Requiemin December 2007, this novel series should see heightenedinterest not only during the theatrical release ofAVP2, but a second shot of excitement when the DVDis released in 2008!• B.K. Evenson is the pen name of Brian Evenson, winnerof the 2004 International Horror Guild Award forhis short story collection The Wavering Knife.48SUMMER 2008

TERminator omnibus vol. 1They came from another time to ensure that the futurewould belong solely to the machines. They are Terminators—indestructiblekilling engines hiding inside shellsof flesh and blood. Tireless, fearless, merciless, unencumberedby human emotion, dedicated to the completeeradication of mankind. But despite the frailty of humanflesh, nothing is as immortal as the human spirit, andeven the strongest metal will bend to the will of a motherfighting for the future of her children. Dark Horse Comicshas long been regarded as the heavyweight championof adapting film blockbusters to graphic fiction, and TheTerminator is one of the finest examples of bringing topcomics talents to the expansion of a premier action/adventuremythos.KEY SELLING POINTS:• The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a new Fox TV seriesbased on the Terminator films, launches in January2008, starring Lena Headey (300), Thomas Dekker(Heroes), and Summer Glau (Serenity).• Top creative lineup, including Ian Edginton, Matt Wagner,James Robinson, Paul Gulacy, and John Arcudi.• The three Terminator films have generated over a billiondollars of international box-office, making it oneof the most popular film franchises of all time.• A fourth Terminator film is currently in development.ISBN: 978-1-59307-916-1Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 352Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Action-AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: February2008MARKETING PLAN• Features expected in Wizardmagazine, EntertainmentWeekly, and more• Tradeshow promotion atWizard World, (300,000attendees annually), Comic-ConInternational in San Diego, andother related conventionsthroughout the year• Reviews and features targetingnational news and print media• Special highlights on DarkHorse MySpace page (nearly50,000 friends)• Ongoing Dark Horse onlinefeatures: www.darkhorse.com(over 5.1 million hits per year)TERMINATOR OMNIBUS VOL. 2The Terminators never sleep. They don’t need food orwater. The heat of the desert gives them no pause. Thedarkness of night does not halt their deadly gaze. Bulletswon’t stop them. Their humanity cannot be appealedto—because they have none. Sent from the future, theirmission is clear and unrelenting, to erase the lives of anywho threaten their future dominance, any who would attemptto deny the rise of the Machine. But that whichman has created, man can destroy, and so . . . the war forthe future begins today.KEY SELLING POINTS:• Featuring the art of Bill Jaaska, Jackson Guice, GuyDavis, Mel Rubi, Trevor McCarthy, and others; writersinclude: Bill Jaaska, Guy Davis, Mel Rubi, Trevor Mc-Carthy, and more.• Collects The Terminator: Hunters and Killers; Terminator:Endgame; The Terminator Suicide Run (DarkHorse Presents #138); The Terminator Special/TheTerminator; The Terminator: The Dark Years.ISBN: 978-1-59307-917-8Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 376Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Action-AdventureRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: March 2008Dark Horse BooksSUMMER 2008 49

ISBN: 978-1-59307-925-3Price: $24.95 U.S./$29.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: VariousArtist: VariousSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 344Format: Trade paperback, fullcolorRecommended Age: 16+Genre: Science Fiction/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 24Publication Date: June 2008MARKETING PLAN:• Exclusive Dark Horse comicAlien vs Predator: Sand Trapsold only through Best Buy topromote the AVP DVDcollection! Gift set availableNovember 27 to coincide withmovie release (limited to10,000 worldwide)• Features in Wizard magazine,Entertainment Weekly, and more• Tradeshow promotion atWizard World, (300,000attendees annually), Comic-ConInternational in San Diego andother related conventionsthroughout the year• Reviews and features targetingnational news and print mediaPREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL. 3Death often hides in the dark, isolated corners of theearth—in thick woods, steaming swamps, or angry seas.These natural dangers of animal, weather, and terrain oftengive rise to legends and folk tales of demons, serpents,and ghosts to put an understandable face to theunknown. And while many myths have a basis in reality,some are reality, the reality of the presence of Predators:alien hunters as savage as they are intelligent, as cunningas they are merciless. And when rational men stand faceto face with a sea serpent, a Gollywomp, or the New JerseyDevil bent on taking trophies, they have but twochoices—fight the myth or become history!KEY SELLING POINTS:• 2004’s Alien vs. Predator film was #1 at the box officeon its opening weekend and re-invigorated the Predatorfranchise.• New AVP film slated for Christmas Day 2007 releasewill attract even more fans.• Large fan base built over nearly thirty years of films,comics, novels, games, toys, etc.• Value-priced, quality package featuring over threehundred story pages, many never before collected.• Featuring work by top comics creators, including EisnerAward winners Evan Dorkin and Mark Schultz andlegendary artist Gene Colan.Dark Horse BooksISBN: 978-1-59582-080-8Price: $12.99 U.S./$15.99 CANPublisher: Dark Horse BooksWriter: Fritz LeiberSize: 6" x 9"Page Count: 344Format: Trade paperback, blackand whiteGenre: Science Fiction/HorrorRights: WorldwideCarton Quantity: 35Publication Date: June 2008LANKHMAR VOL. 6Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have traveled the width andbreadth of the land of Nehwon, in search of adventureand fortune. Now lost at sea, their ship drawn out on theGreat Equatorial Current, their journey brings them toRime Isle, a tragic island populated by vagabonds andwanderers. The island is also home to a race of gods,schemers and manipulators that plague the humans fortheir amusement. Will Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser beable to escape the island, or be trapped forever as pawnsof the gods?KEY SELLING POINTS:• “One of the great works of fantasy in this century . . .unequaled in its ironic wit, mordant romanticism, andbaroque invention, as well as a range of tone and affectnot usually associated with the genre . . . ”—Publishers Weekly• Fritz Leiber shares the throne with JRR Tolkien, RobertE. Howard, and CS Lewis as a founding master ofthe fantasy genre. The recipient of numerous awards,including eight Hugo awards (as well as the GrandMaster award from the Science Fiction Writers ofAmerica), the Nebula, and a Bram Stoker LifeAchievement award, Leiber has legions of fans.50SUMMER 2008

STATIONERY SETSEach stationery set includes 8 writing sheets (four different styles), 6 envelopes (4 different styles), and a set of stickers. Packaged with a printedbelly-band, all inside a protective plastic bag. All sets have a suggested retail price of $4.99.APAK978-1-59617-612-6CAMILLIA D’ERRICO978-1-59617-588-4AMANDA VISELL978-1-59617-559-4DOMO978-1-59617-565-5JOURNALSEach journal is 128 page, spiral-bound, measure 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", with designer interiors for your writing enjoyment. All Journals have asuggested retail price of $9.99, unless otherwise noted.APAK978-1-59617-611-9AMANDA VISELL978-1-59617-560-0CAMILLIA D’ERRICO978-1-59617-589-1DOMO “FLOCKED”978-1-59617-591-4$14.99Dark Horse BacklistDOMO PHOTO978-1-59617-564-8RED TANGO978-1-59617-577-8stationery set also available978-1-59617-576-1CATHY OLIVAS978-1-59617-573-0stationery set also available978-1-59617-572-3SUMMER 200851

MIKE MIGNOLAHELLBOY ANIMATED VOLUME 1: THE BLACK WEDDINGBy Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones, Jeff Matsuda, Rick Lacy, and Fabio Laguna978-1-59307-700-6 80pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Ages 8+ Rights WW $6.95HELLBOY ANIMATED VOLUME 2: JUDGMENT BELLBy Jim Pascoe, Tad Stones, and Rick Lacy978-1-59307-799-0 80pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Ages 8+ Rights WW $6.95HELLBOY VOLUME 1: SEED OF DESTRUCTIONby Mike Mignola, John Byrne, and Mark Chiarello978-1-59307-094-6 128pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY VOLUME 2: WAKE THE DEVILby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-095-3 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY VOLUME 3: THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHERSby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-091-5 176pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY VOLUME 4: THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOMby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-093-9 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95Dark Horse Books BacklistHELLBOY VOLUME 5: CONQUEROR WORMby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-092-2 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY VOLUME 6: STRANGE PLACESby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-475-3 128pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY VOLUME 7: THE TROLL WITCH AND OTHERSby Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, and Richard Corben978-1-59307-860-7 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95THE ART OF HELLBOYby Mike Mignola978-1-59307-089-2 200pg softcover 9" x 12" Ages 16+ Rights WW $29.95HELLBOY JUNIORby Mike Mignola, Bill Wray, Dave Cooper, Stephen Destefano, Pat McEown, Hilary Barta, Glenn Barr, andKevin Nowlan978-1-56971-988-6 120pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95HELLBOY: ODD JOBSby Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and others978-1-56971-440-9 216pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95HELLBOY: ODDER JOBSby Frank Darabont, Charles De Lint, Kim Newman, Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola, and more!978-1-59307-226-1 216pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $14.95HELLBOY: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 1by John Cassaday, Joe Casey, Jason Pearson, Mike Mignola, others978-1-56971-622-9 128pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95HELLBOY: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 2by John Cassaday, P. Craig Russell, J. H. Williams, Scott Morse, Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, Gene Colan978-1-56971-953-4 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 1: HOLLOW EARTH AND OTHER STORIESby Mike Mignola & Various978-1-56971-862-9 120pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 2: THE SOUL OF VENICE AND OTHER STORIESby Mike Mignola and others978-1-59307-132-5 128pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.9552 SUMMER 2008

B.P.R.D. VOLUME 3: PLAGUE OF FROGSby Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and Dave Stewart978-1-59307-288-9 144pg softcover 7"x10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 4: THE DEADby Mike Mignola and others978-1-59307-380-0 152pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 5: THE BLACK FLAMEby Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi978-1-59307-550-7 168pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 6: THE UNIVERSAL MACHINEby Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi978-1-59307-710-5 144pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95B.P.R.D. VOLUME 7: GARDEN OF SOULSby Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, and John Arcudi978-1-59307-822-9 152pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.95MOVIE TIE-INSMIGNOLA/MOVIE TIE-INS300by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley978-1-56971-402-7 88pg hardcover 13" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $30.00APPLESEEDby Shirow MasamuneEach volume is softcover 7" x 10" Ages 16+ Rights US & CANAPPLESEED BOOK ONE 3rd ED.: THE PROMETHEAN CHALLENGE978-1-56971-070-8 132pg $16.95APPLESEED BOOK TWO: PROMETHEUS UNBOUND978-1-56971-071-5 132pg $16.95APPLESEED BOOK THREE: THE SCALES OF PROMETHEUS978-1-56971-072-2 132pg $17.95APPLESEED BOOK FOUR: THE PROMETHEAN BALANCE978-1-56971-074-6 216pg $17.95THE FOGby Scott Allie and Todd Herman978-1-59307-423-4 88pg softcover 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Ages 14+ Rights WW $6.95FRANK MILLER: THE ART OF SIN CITY978-1-56971-818-6 128pg hardcover 9" x 12" Ages 16+ Rights WW $39.953-piece case bindingFRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 1: THE HARD GOODBYE 2nd ED.978-1-59307-293-3 208pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR 2nd ED.978-1-59307-294-0 208pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 3: THE BIG FAT KILL 2ND ED.978-1-59307-295-7 184pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $17.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 4: THAT YELLOW BASTARD 2ND ED.978-1-59307-296-4 240pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $19.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 5: FAMILY VALUES 2ND ED.978-1-59307-297-1 128pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $12.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 6: BOOZE, BROADS, & BULLETS 2ND ED.978-1-59307-298-8 160pg softcover 6" x 6" Ages 16+ Rights WW $15.00FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY VOLUME 7: HELL AND BACK 2ND ED.978-1-59307-299-5 312pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $28.00Dark Horse Books BacklistKONG: KING OF SKULL ISLANDby Joe DeVito, Brad Strickland with John Michlig978-1-59582-021-1 176pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW-JAP $19.95SUMMER 200853

MOVIE TIE-INS/OMNIBUSMAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAINby Bruce Campbell, David Goodman, Rick Remender, and Hilary Barta978-1-59307-397-8 104pg softcover 7"x 10" Ages 16+ Rights WW $13.95OLD BOY VOLUME 1by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi978-1-59307-568-2 208pg softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN+UK $12.95ONE MISSED CALL 1 + 2by Yasushi Akimoto and Mayumi Shihou978-1-59307-747-1 264pg softcover 5" x 7" Ages 16+ Rights US+CAN+UK $14.95PATHFINDERLaeta Kalogridis and Christopher Shy978-1-59307-671-9 168pg softcover 7"x 10" Ages 14+ Rights WW-GER-JAP $17.95SERENITY: THOSE LEFT BEHINDby Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad, and Adam Hughes978-1-59307-449-4 80pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 14+ Rights WW $9.95OMNIBUS COLLECTIONSALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1by Mark Verheiden, Mark Nelson, Den Beauvais, and Sam Keith978-1-59307-727-3 384pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95Dark Horse Books BacklistALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2by Various978-1-59307-828-7 448pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95ALIENS OMNIBUS VOLUME 3by Ian Edginton, Peter Milligan, Jim Woodring, Dave Gibbons978-1-59307-872-0 376pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95ALIENS VS. PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 1by Various978-1-59307-735-8 384pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95ALIENS VS. PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 2by Various978-1-59307-735-8 448pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOLUME 1by Various978-1-59307-784-6 230pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOLUME 2by Various978-1-59307-826-3 296pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOLUME 3by Various978-1-59307-885-0 320pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95DARK HORSE HEROES OMNIBUSby Mike Richardson, Randy Stradley, and Chris Warner978-1-59307-734-1 488pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 14+ Rights WW $24.95INDIANA JONES OMNIBUS VOLUME 1by William Messner-Loebs, Dan Barry, Lee Marrs978-1-59307-887-4 352pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 14+ Rights WW $24.95PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 1by Mark Verheiden, Dan Barry, Chris Warner, Ron Randall, Dan Barry, and various978-1-59307-732-7 440pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.95PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOLUME 2by John Arcudi, Andrew Vachss, Randy Stradley, and Evan Dorkin978-1-59307-733-4 360pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 16+ Rights WW $24.9554 SUMMER 2008

OMNIBUS/ARCHIVES/ART BOOKSSTAR WARS: OMNIBUS VOLUME 1—TALES OF THE JEDIby Various978-1-59307-830-0 440pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $24.95STAR WARS: OMNIBUS VOLUME 2—TALES OF THE JEDIby Tom Veitch and Kevin Anderson978-1-59307-911-6 464pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $24.95STAR WARS: OMNIBUS—X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON VOL 1by Various978-1-59307-572-9 296pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $24.95STAR WARS OMNIBUS X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON VOL 2by Various978-1-59307-619-1 288pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $24.95STAR WARS OMINBUS X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON VOL 3by Various978-1-59307-776-1 360pg softcover 6" x 9" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $24.95DARK HORSE ARCHIVES & ART BOOKSAL CAPP'S LI’L ABNER: THE FRAZETTA YEARSby Frank FrazettaEach volume is hardcover 9" x 12" All ages Rights WW $18.95VOLUME 1 (1954-55)978-1-56971-959-6 128pgVOLUME 2 (1956-57)978-1-56971-976-3 128pgVOLUME 3 (1958-59)978-1-56971-977-0 128pgVOLUME 4 (1960-1961)978-1-59307-133-2 120pgALIENS/PREDATOR PANEL TO PANELby Various978-1-59307-479-1 192pg softcover 9" x 12" Ages 16+ Rights WW $19.95THE ART OF COMIC-BOOK INKING 2ND EDITIONby Gary Martin and Various978-1-59307-405-0 192pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" Ages 12+ Rights WW $24.95plus 8 art boardsTHE ART OF MATT WAGNER’S GRENDELby Matt Wagner978-1-59307-789-1 200pg hardcover 9" x 12" Ages 17+ Rights WW $39.95THE ART OF USAGI YOJIMBOby Stan Sakai978-1-59307-493-7 200pg softcover 9" x 12" Ages 10+ Rights WW $29.95THE ARTIST WITHINby Greg Preston978-1-59307-561-3 216pg hardcover 12 1/2" x 11 1/2" Rights WW $39.95101 photographs, 101 illustrationsBLAST OFF!: ROCKETS, RAYGUNS, ROBOTS, AND RARITIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGEOF SPACE TOYSby S. Mark Young, Steve Duin, and Mike Richardson978-1-56971-576-5 256pg hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" Ages 10+ Rights WW $34.95COFFIN: THE ART OF VAMPIRE HUNTER Dby Yoshitaka Amano978-1-59582-061-7 200 pg softcover 14" x 11" Rights US+CAN+AUS+GB+N. IRE $39.95w/hardcover slipcaseDark Horse Books BacklistCOMICS BETWEEN THE PANELSby Steve Duin and Mike Richardson978-1-56971-344-0 500pg hardcover 9" x 12" Ages 10+ Rights WW $34.95SUMMER 200855

ARCHIVES/ART BOOKSDOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOMEach volume is hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" All ages Rights WW $49.95DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 1by Paul S. Newman, Bob Fujitani, and Frank Bolle978-1-59307-285-8 208pgDOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 2by Paul S. Newman, Frank Bolle, Matt Murphy, and George Wilson978-1-59307-327-5 200pgDOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 3by Paul S. Newman, Frank Bolle, and others978-1-59307-374-9 200pgDON BLUTH’S THE ART OF ANIMATION DRAWINGby Don Bluth978-1-59582-008-2 112pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $14.95DON BLUTH’S THE ART OF STORYBOARDby Don Bluth and Gary Goldman978-1-59582-007-5 112pg softcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $14.95ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN!: HIGH-ENERGY PUNK ROCK & ROLL POSTER ARTby Sal Canzonieri978-1-59307-044-1 160pg softcover 9" x 12" Ages 16+ Rights WW $19.95Dark Horse Books BacklistFAIRIESby Yoshitaka Amano978-1-59582-062-0 80pg hardcover 8 7/16" x 11 15/16" Rights WW ENG $24.95FUTURA: THE ART OF RICH BLACKBy Rich Black978-1-59582-136-2 112pg hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $19.95GUNGRAVE ARCHIVES ARTBOOKBy Yasuhiro Nightow978-1-59307-522-4 256pg softcover 8 1/4" x 12" Ages 14+ Rights U.S.+EUR+AUS+NZ+SA$19.95LONELY HEART: THE ART OF TARA MCPHERSONby Tara McPherson978-1-59582-102-7 112pg hardcover 8 1/2" x 11" Rights WW $19.95MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTERby Russ Manning, Robert Schaefer, and Eric FreiwaldVOLUME 1978-1-59307-269-8 200pg hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 2978-1-59307-290-2 200pg hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 3978-1-59307-339-8 176pg hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" Ages 14+ Rights WW $49.95NEXUS ARCHIVESby Mike Baron and Steve RudeVOLUME 1978-1-59307-398-5 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 2978-1-59307-455-5 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 3978-1-59307-495-1 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 4978-1-59307-583-5 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 5978-1-59307-584-2 216pg hardcover 7" x 10" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95PIN-UP: THE ILLEGITIMATE ARTby Jim Silke978-1-59582-005-1 96pg softcover 9" x 12" Rights WW $19.95PLASTICLANDBy Frank Kozik978-1-59307-875-1 112pg hardcover 9" x 13" Rights WW $29.9556 SUMMER 2008

ARCHIVES/ART BOOKSROBOTS & DONUTSBy Eric Joyner978-1-59582-116-4 176pg softcover 9" x 12" Rights WW $24.95STAR WARS: PANEL TO PANEL—FROM THE PAGES OF DARK HORSE COMICSTO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAYby Various978-1-59307-261-2 192pg softcover 9" x 12" Ages 12+ Rights WW-UK-NZ-AUS $19.95TARZAN: THE JOE KUBERT YEARSby Joe KubertEach volume is hardcover 6 1/4" x 10 1/4" Ages 12+ Rights WW $49.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-404-3 200pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-416-6 208pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-417-3 216pgTIM BISKUP'S 100 PAINTINGS BOOKby Tim Biskup978-1-59307-051-9 112pg hardcover 5" x 5" All ages Rights WW $14.95TIM BISKUP’S JACKSON 500 VOLUME 1by Tim Biskup978-1-59307-355-8 112pg hardcover 5" x 5" All ages Rights WW $14.95TIM BISKUP’S JACKSON 500 VOLUME 2by Tim Biskup978-1-59307-533-0 112pg hardcover 5" x 5" All ages Rights WW $14.95Dark Horse Books BacklistSUMMER 200857

Dark Horse Books BacklistMANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+BERSERKby Kentaro MiuraEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $13.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-020-5 224pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-021-2 240pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-022-9 240pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-203-2 240pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-251-3 240pgVOLUME 6978-1-59307-252-0 224pgVOLUME 7978-1-59307-328-2 232pgVOLUME 8978-1-59307-329-9 232pgVOLUME 9978-1-59307-330-5 240pgVOLUME 10978-1-59307-331-2 240pgVOLUME 11978-1-59307-470-8 240pgVOLUME 12978-1-59307-484-5 232pgVOLUME 13978-1-59307-500-2 240pgVOLUME 14978-1-59307-501-9 240pgVOLUME 15978-1-59307-577-4 240pgVOLUME 16978-1-59307-706-8 240pgVOLUME 17978-1-59307-742-6 240pgVOLUME 18978-1-59307-743-3 240pgVOLUME 19978-1-59307-744-0 232pgVOLUME 20978-1-59307-745-7 232pgVOLUME 21978-1-59307-746-4 248pgVOLUME 22978-1-59307-863-8 224pgCRYING FREEMANby Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi IkegamiEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights WW ENG $14.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-478-4 408pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-488-3 400pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-489-0 408pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-498-2 408pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-499-9 384pgJAPANby Buronson and Kentaro Miura978-1-59307-332-9 216pg softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $12.95KATSUYA TERADA’S THE MONKEY KING VOL. 1by Katsuya Terada978-1-59307-304-6 136pg softcover 6" x 8 1/4" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $14.95THE KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICEby Eiji Ohtsuka and Housui YamazakiEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN+UK $10.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-555-2 208pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-593-4 224pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-594-1 208pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-595-8 224pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-596-5 208pgVOLUME 6978-1-59307-892-8 192pg58 SUMMER 2008

MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+LADY SNOWBLOODby Kazuo Koike and Kazuo KamimuraEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights WW ENG $14.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-385-5 288pgVOLUME 2: THE DEEP-SEATED GRUDGE978-1-59307-443-2 224pgVOLUME 3: RETRIBUTION PART 1978-1-59307-458-6 224pgVOLUME 4: RETRIBUTION PART 2978-1-59307-532-3 288pgMAILby Housui YamazakiEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN $10.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-566-8 208pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-591-0 208pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-592-7 208pgOCTOPUS GIRLby Toru YamazakiEach volume is softccover 4 1/2" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN+UK+AUS+NZ $12.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-480-7 192pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-540-8 192pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-611-5 192pgEDEN: IT’S AN ENDLESS WORLD!by Hiroki EndoEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $12.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-406-7 216pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-454-8 208pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-529-3 224pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-544-6 208pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-634-4 216pgVOLUME 6978-1-59307-702-0 240pgVOLUME 7978-1-59307-765-5 216pgVOLUME 8978-1-59307-787-7 224pgVOLUME 9978-1-59307-851-5 232pgGHOST IN THE SHELL VOLUME 1 2ND EDITIONby Shirow Masamune978-1-59307-228-5 368pg softcover 7" x 10" Ages 18+ Right WW-JAP-UK $24.95GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: MAN-MACHINE INTERFACEby Shirow Masamune978-1-59307-204-9 312pg softcover 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $24.95GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5: HUMAN-ERROR PROCESSOR978-1-59307-815-7 176pg softcover 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $17.95Dark Horse Books BacklistSUMMER 200859

MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+GUNSMITH CATS BURSTby Kenichi SonodaEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US + CAN $10.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-750-1 192pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-767-9 192pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-803-4 192pgINTRON DEPOT Iby Shirow Masamune978-1-56971-085-2 148pg softcover 9 1/2" x 13" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $44.95INTRON DEPOT 2: BLADESby Shirow Masamune978-1-56971-382-2 112pg softcover 9 1/2" x 13" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $44.95INTRON DEPOT 3: BALLISTICSby Shirow Masamune978-1-59307-007-6 128pg softcover 9 1/2" x 13" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $49.95Dark Horse Books BacklistINTRON DEPOT 4: BULLETSby Shirow Masamune978-1-59307-282-7 128pg softcover 9 1/2" x 13" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN $49.95PATH OF THE ASSASSINby Kazuo Koike and Goseki KojimaEach volume is softcover 4" x 6" Ages 18+ Rights WW ENG $9.95VOLUME 1: SERVING IN THE DARK978-1-59307-502-6 320pgVOLUME 2: SAND AND FLOWER978-1-59307-503-3 312pgVOLUME 3: COMPARISON OF A MAN978-1-59307-504-0 312pgVOLUME 4: THE MAN WHO ALTERED THERIVER’S FLOW978-1-59307-505-7 304pgVOLUME 5: BATTLE OF ONE HUNDREDAND EIGHT DAYS978-1-59307-506-4 312pgVOLUME 6: LIFE'S GREATEST DIFFICULTY978-1-59307-507-1 320pgVOLUME 7: CENTER OF THE WORLD978-1-59307-508-8 312pgVOLUME 8: SHINOBI WITH EXTENDING FISTS978-1-59307-509-5 302pgVOLUME 9: BATTLE FOR POWER PART 1978-1-59307-510-1 304pgVOLUME 10: BATTLE FOR POWER PART 2978-1-59307-511-8 296pgVOLUME 11: BATTLE FOR POWER PART 3978-1-59307-512-5 320pgSAMURAI EXECUTIONERby Kazuo Koike and Goseki KojimaEach volume is softcover 4" x 6" Ages 18+ Rights NA+UK $9.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-207-0 328pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-208-7 304pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-209-4 312pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-210-0 304pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-211-7 304pgVOLUME 6978-1-59307-275-9 304pgVOLUME 7978-1-59307-276-6 304pgVOLUME 8978-1-59307-277-3 304pgVOLUME 9978-1-59307-278-0 304pgVOLUME 10978-1-59307-279-7 224pg60 SUMMER 2008

MANGA/MANHWA FOR 18+SATSUMA GISHIDENby Hiroshi HirataEach volume is softcover 5 1/8" x 7 1/4" Ages 18+ Rights U.S.+CAN $14.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-517-0 264pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-518-7 280pgBANYA: THE EXPLOSIVE DELIVERY MANby Kim Young-OhEach volume is softcover 5" x 7" Ages 18+ Rights US+CAN+UK+AUS+NZ $12.95VOLUME 1978-1-59307-614-6 184pgVOLUME 2978-1-59307-688-7 184pgVOLUME 3978-1-59307-705-1 184pgVOLUME 4978-1-59307-774-7 184pgVOLUME 5978-1-59307-841-6 200pgDark Horse Books BacklistSUMMER 200861