DARK HORSE FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: SHI: JU-NEN #1

Shi: Ju-Nen #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is by Billy Tucci.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:

"Dark Horse celebrates Shi's 10th Anniversary with a new Tucci series. Ana Ishikawa returns to her native Japan where she desperately tries to avert an all out war between the secretive sects of the Kyoto and Nara Sohei. And with the Narans of the verge of annihilation, the Kyoto Sohei are about to rub it in -- with the encouragement of the Yakuza and with potentially disastrous consequences. Once again, Ana in the guise of Death Incarnate, will take up the naginata and don her grandfather's Kabuki face paint in order to save both cities, even if it means turning to her father's murderer Masahiro Arashi to do so."

Shi: Ju-Nen #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: THE NAIL #2

The Nail #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Steve Niles and Rob Zombie, with art by Nat Jones and a cover by Simon Bisley.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"Horror-writing wunderkind Steve Niles and rock-and-roll goremonger Rob Zombie slice open your darkest nightmares with this second installment in their terrifying team-up project. On-the-road pro-wrestler Rex Hauser (a.k.a. The Nail) and his family are being stalked across the Badlands by a murderous gang of honest-to-Satan bikers from Hell ... and to his heartbreak and horror, the bastards got to his wife. Traumatized but alive, she recounts her moments of terror at the hands of the horrendous, hog-riding monsters, but not before the family's only escape route is blocked. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no one around for miles to help ... the Badlands just got worse."

The Nail #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: JEDI -- YODA

Star Wars: Jedi -- Yoda will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Jeremy Barlow, with art and cover by Hoon.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"A double-sized Clone Wars special. He is arguably the most respected Jedi Master of all time, but even the great Yoda cannot predict or control the outcome of every situation. As the violence of the Clone Wars spreads across the galaxy, Yoda is called upon to lead a clone army against the forces of a king who befriended him two hundred years before. Seeking a peaceful resolution by following the Force, Yoda is hampered by suicidal enemy soldiers, hot-headed young Jedi, single-minded Clone Commanders, and by the unwavering beliefs held by his one-time friend. It's the diminutive Jedi's most dangerous mission yet‹where a single wrong move could change the course of the war!"

Star Wars: Jedi -- Yoda will be 48 pages and will cost $4.99.

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