FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: FADE FROM GRACE #1

Fade From Grace #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Beckett Comics. The issue is written by Gabriel Benson, with art by Jeff Amano.

Here's how Beckett describes the book:

"'Love Never Fades.' All men want power. But all John ever wanted he found in his wife Grace. One day with his wife in danger, John found within himself an astonishing power. As his power grows, so does the burden placed upon his shoulders. Soon he finds himself having to choose between the love of his life, and the nobility in his heart. As with many choices, fate refuses to let him decide on his own. Together, John and Grace learn that power may wane, fame is fleeting, but love never fades."

Fade From Grace #1 will be 32 pages and will cost 99 cents.

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FIRST LOOK: RUULE VOL. 2: KISS & TELL #3

Ruule Vol. 2: Kiss & Tell #3 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Beckett Comics. The issue is written by Jeff Amano, with art by Craig Rousseau and colors by Giulia Brusco.

Here's how Beckett describes the book:

"No one in town can believe that notorious Private Eye Sam Swede is getting married, especially to a mob bossŠ– daughter. Then again no one ever accused Sam of being too bright. And while Sam is busy preparing his nuptials, the mob is busy plotting thirty ways to bring the man down. Sam might not see trouble coming, but he always finds a way to punch back."

Ruule Vol. 2: Kiss & Tell #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $1.99.

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FIRST LOOK: THE BALLAD OF SLEEPING BEAUTY #2

The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Beckett Comics. The issue is written by Gabriel Benson, with art by Mike Hawthorne and colors by Mike Atiyeh.

Here's how Beckett describes the book:

"'Only An Outlaw Could Save Her!' In this dark re-imaging of the classic fairy tale, legendary gunfighter Cole Jarrett has spent his life searching for his wife's killer and collecting scalps until eventually he finds himself with a noose around his neck. The night before he is set to die, the kid next to him spins a tale about a beautiful lady cursed to spend the rest of her days imprisoned in sleep for sins she didn't commit. The kid's story haunts Cole, and he vows to join the quest as soon as they find a way to escape the gallows."

The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $1.99.

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FIRST LOOK: FIERCE #2

Fierce #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday, Aug. 11 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Jeremy Love, with art by Robert Love and Jeff Wasson.

Here's how Dark Horse Comics describes the issue:

"Jonathan Fierce, a profiler for the FBI gifted with psychic abilities, failed to stop an explosion which has just killed his team of fellow agents, the only real family hešs ever had. The FBI wants to charge him with the crime. Now Fierce is hunted by the Feds and on the run from the crime syndicate that killed his team. Miraculously, Fierce can hear the voices of his slain teammates, giving him the skills and abilities to become a one man strike force. Now hešs going deep under cover into the Jamaican underworld to strike at the heart of the syndicate and uncover the facts behind the conspiracy against him."

Fierce #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.

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FIRST LOOK: OCEAN #1

Ocean #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 20 from DC Comics. The issue is written by Warren Ellis, with art by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story and a cover by Michael Golden.

Here's how DC describes the issue:

"Warren Ellis returns with a universe-spanning science fiction tale. Beyond the inner planets lie the gaseous giants, Jupiter being the largest of all. Orbiting Jupiter is the moon Europa, a hard orb floating in frigid space. Lying beneath Europa's half-mile-thick mantle of shear ice is an ocean, the only one in the solar system that's not on Earth. And within those cold waters could rest the key to life on Earth - and quite possibly it's extinction."

Ocean #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.

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