DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: CONAN #4

Conan #4 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Kurt Busiek, with art by Cary Nord and Tom Yeates and a cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"A captive Conan is brought north in chains and learns just how far off the mark was his vision of Hyperborea as a land 'of gleaming cities, of riches, and wonders, and exotic women, who live lives of serenity and contemplation, in peace with all manner of bird and beast, from the lamb to the griffin and milk and honey flow in streams from the hills.'"

Conan #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: EMPIRE #20

Star Wars: Empire #20 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Ron Marz, with art by Tomas giorello and a cover by Doug Wheatley.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Itıs six months after the destruction of the Death Star, and every Rebel in the galaxy has a price on his or her head. Worse, the Rebel Alliance still has not been able to locate a new, secret location for a base. But Princess Leia has an idea: an acquaintance from Alderaan has a hunting preserve on a small, uninhabited moon. It might be the idealt spot--provided she can persuade her friend to allow it, and that the Imperials donıt find out, and if the local wildlife doesnıt prove to be too dangerous...The perfect spot for the Rebel base may just be the perfect spot for a princess to die."

Star Wars: Empire #20 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: ULTRAMAN TIGA #9

Ultraman Tiga #9 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Tony Wong, Khoo Fuk Lung.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"It's all-out war! The alien presence controlling Japan's military reveals its true identity and makes a stand against the Ultraman called Tiga. As Tiga and the gigantic monstrosity take their fight to the skies, the former members of the Global Unlimited Task Squad are doing all they can to stop the anarchy in the streets below. Just when things canıt seem to get any worse, a new and deadlier enemy emerges; an opponent from Tiga's long-dead past carry a destructive secret and the power to lay the Ultra-warrior to waste! Continuing the electrifying Hong Kong series."

Ultraman Tiga #9 will be 40 pages and will cost $3.99.

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