IDW PUBLISHING FOR APRIL

IDW Publishing has provided The Continuum with its solicitation information for April.

Following is a rundown:

30 DAYS OF NIGHT: RETURN TO BARROW #2

Written by Steve Niles, art and cover by Ben Templesmith.

When Wayne Kitka goes to Barrow, Alaska--four days before it goes dark for another winter--to learn the truth about his brother William's death, he finds that the truth isn't always easy to come by, and Barrow is a hell of a lot scarier than he expected! The series that revitalized horror comics continues in this sequel series.

32 pages, $3.99.

ALEISTER ARCANE #1

Written by Steve Niles, art and cover by Breehn Burns.

Aleister Green loves playing late night TV horror host Aleister Arcane in his hometown of Jackson, OK. But Jackson's establishment forces him off the air and into unhappy retirement. Now Aleister has a new fan--will Jackson ever be the same? More groundbreaking horror from Steve Niles with Breehn Burns.

32 pages, $3.99.

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION‹DEMON HOUSE #3

Written by Max Allan Collins, art by Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood.

When the Demon House turns out to be a veritable maze of secret passages and escape routes, the Vegas CSI's have their work cut out for them trying to investigate a crazy crime scene. Meanwhile, a series of robberies grows more violent. Will Grissom and crew find the culprits before more victims are added to the list?

32 pages, $3.99.

CSI: MIAMI--THOU SHALT NOT

Written by Kris Oprisko, art by Renato Guedes and Ashley Wood.

The discovery of a businessman¹s hanging body leads Horatio Caine and his team of Miami CSI's into a labyrinthine case involving duplicity, deception, and double dealing. The clues pile up, but so do the bodies, and it's anyone's guess who did what to whom. Based on the hit TV series.

48 pages, $6.99.

DARK DAYS

Written by Steve Niles, art by Ben Templesmith.

30 Days of Night was the first huge trade paperback success of 2003, topping graphic novel bestseller lists for months. Now its sequel, Dark Days, is collected into a trade paperback, and history is set to repeat itself. The six-issue miniseries follows Stella Olemaun¹s efforts to warn the world about the threat the vampires pose‹the vampires who overran Barrow, Alaska, killing her husband and most of the town. With an exclusive introduction by screenwriter Eric Red (The Hitcher, Near Dark), the flat-out terror of Dark Days will reaffirm the dominance of Niles and Templesmith over the realm of illustrated horror fiction.

144 pages, $19.99.

GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DAWN OF THE DEAD #1

Written by Steve Niles, art by Chee.

When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth. A group of four mismatched survivors takes refuge from a zombie plague inside a shopping mall. The sequel to Romero¹s classic Night of the Living Dead now takes on new life in a comic adaptation by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Wake the Dead) and new art star Chee (Wake The Dead).

32 pages, $3.99.

DRACULA'S REVENGE #1

Written by Matt Forbeck, art by Szymon Kudranski, cover by Tommy Lee Edwards.

Someone is savagely butchering the prostitutes of Whitechapel. Sounds familiar -- except it's been a decade since Jack the Ripper stalked these streets. And Springheel Jack never drank his victims¹ blood... But Dracula¹s been dead for eleven years, so why has Abraham Van Helsing been summoned to London? Based on the new Dracula's Revenge boardgame from Human Head Studios.

32 pages, $3.99.

THE SHIELD: SPOTLIGHT #4

Written by Jeff Mariotte, art by Jean Diaz, painted cover by Tommy Lee Edwards.

The murder of a TV personality brings media attention down on the Barn--but it might bring another kind of attention, when it appears there may be a more sinister motive for the murder than was first apparent. When politics come into play, who looks out for justice? More hard-hitting cop action based on the record-breaking, award winning TV hit.

32 pages, $3.99.

SILENT HILL: DYING INSIDE #3

Written by Scott Ciencin, art by Aadi Salman, cover by Ashley Wood.

What could be more fun that a journey to a mist-enshrouded town where evil lives and arcane messages hold the key to immeasurable wealth and power? For seventeen-year-old Lauryn and her Goth friends, this Hell seems like Heaven...until the demon-child Christabella arrives! Plus, the shocking fateof Troy Abernathy is revealed. Exclusive variant cover by Silent Hill Art Director/Monster Designer Masahiro Ito!

32 pages, $3.99.

UNDERWORLD: RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW #3

Story by Kris Oprisko and Danny McBride, script by Kris Oprisko, art by Nick Postic and Nick Marinkovich.

Raze, the Lycan, was one of the most popular characters in 2003's hit movie Underworld. Now Underworld screenwriter Danny McBride and Kris Oprisko, who wrote the comic book adaptation of the film, team up to show the pain and terror of transformation, as Raze is born into his new, blood-soaked reality.

32 pages, $3.99.