FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: MISPLACED #4

Misplaced #4 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Devil's Due Publishing. The issue is written by Josh Blaylock, with art by Blaylock and a cover by Blaylock and Sunder Raj.

Here's how Devil's Due describes the book:

"Alyssa was born in Realm 77, a hi-tech utopia whose controlling government feared her constant challenging of authority. So much so that they ordered her death. Even after escaping to Earth, Alyssa was pursued, as dormant powers she didnšt even know she had were unleashed. Reunited with her robo-dog, Tink, and powered up, Alyssašs ready to face her foes and storm Realm 77 for the answers she seeks... and do some serious damage in the process."

Misplaced #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.50.

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FIRST LOOK: SAMURAI: HEAVEN AND EARTH #1

Samurai: Heaven and Earth #1 will arrive in stores on Dec. 1 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Ron Marz, with art and cover by Luke Ross.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:

"How far will a man travel for love? What battles will he fight? Will he cross heaven and earth to be by the side of the woman he loves? Beginning in the feudal Japan of 1704, Samurai: Heaven and Earth follows a lone samurai warrior sworn to be reunited with the love of his life who has been spirited away by his enemies. His pursuit of her will carry him farther than he could have imagined-from his native Japan to the sprawling empire of China, across Europe, and finally to Paris itself. There, in the fabled halls of King Louis XIV's Versailles, he must cross blades with the greatest swordsmen ever known if he is to reclaim his love."

Samurai: Heaven and Earth #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: B.P.R.D: THE DEAD #2

B.P.R.D.: The Dead #2 will arrive in stores on Dec. 8 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, with art and cover by Guy Davis.

Here's how Dark Horse describes the book:

"Mysterious shrines are appearing across the Midwest-shrines to frog-like gods that mean gruesome death for anyone who encounters them. But before the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense can pursue this threat, Johann is overcome by a mysterious presence lurking deep beneath the new B.P.R.D. headquarters. Meanwhile, Abe Sapien wrestles with demons of his own in an old house on the coast of Rhode Island. The secrets of his past are not only revealed to him, but take terrible form before his very eyes."

B.P.R.D.: The Dead #2 #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: RUNNERS: BAD GOODS #5

Runners: Bad Goods #5 will be in stores in February from Serve Man Press. The issue is by Sean Wang.

Here's how Serve Man Press describes the issue:

"Runners: Bad Goods #5 finds Bocce and Sky racing through the alien city on a stolen skybike while pursued by legions of mounted police. Meanwhile, the other runners return to the city and their cat-and-mouse game with the police and the pirate Hamron as Roka attempts a daring high-speed rescue of his missing crewmates."

Runners: Bad Goods #5 will be 24 black-and-white pages and will cost $2.95.

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