DABEL BROS. PRODUCTION FOR JUNE

MONTE COOK'S PTOLUS #2

Written by Monte Cook, art and cover by Caanan White.

Sheva Callister knows she's on a wild goose chase -- but she's in too deep now, and her ghostly partner is destroyed in a surprising skirmish. With the help of a couple of hired swords, Sheva continues her journeys through Ptolus, the city by the spire, hoping to uncover who -- or what -- is behind her trouble. But danger lurks at the end of this chapter, and Sheva may not live to see the end of the story.

32 pages, $2.95.

MICHAEL LENTS PREY ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES #1

Written by Mike Raicht, art by Alex Sanchez, cover by Lance Laspina.

Ten thousand feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean in the deepest part of the Solanca Trench, a drilling team suffers a mysterious catastrophic accident. In an attempt to solve the mystery, the Prometheus Corporation turns to disgraced marine biologist Cloyce Witticker to find out just what went wrong. But what Cloyce discovers will change his life forever: an ancient creature never before recorded in human history, a new species so deadly, that it makes humanity its prey.

32 pages, $2.95.

ORSON SCOTT CARDıS WYRMS #2

Written by Orson Scott Card, adapted by Jake Black, art by Adriano Batista, covers by Adriano Batista and Andrea Melissa de Leon.

Patience needs to speak to her father honestly for the first time, something thatıs easily accomplished now that he is dead and his head is preserved so that his wisdom can be called upon by future rulers. But as Patience learns the truth about who she is and what her father had intended for her, she realizes that she must get out of the city before she is eliminated by Oruc the usurper. And as Patience makes her way out of the city and looks for her servant Angel, she feels the urge of the "Cranning Call" -- a strange psychic beacon that has led many to vanish into the wilderness forever...

32 pages, $2.99 (wraparound cover, $5.95).

ORSON SCOTT CARD'S RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #4

Written by Orson Scot Card, adapted by Roland Bernard Brown, art by Renato Arlem, covers by Arlem and John Buxon.

Things have changed in the years following the arrival of the "Red Prophet," and Carthage City is no longer thriving as it once was. So when Hooch Palmer arrives in town with his normal supply of whiskey, he finds himself being treated with less respect than usual, and winds up sitting in the stockade. Using his special "knack," Hooch starts a fire that raises the city to the ground. But Governor Harrison has ordered someone to shut Hooch up for good, and he may not make it out of Carthage City alive...

32 pages, $2.95 (wraparound cover, $5.95).

RAYMOND E. FEIST'S MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #3

Written by Raymond E. Feist, adapted by Michael Avon Oeming and Bryan J.L. Glass, art and covers by Brett Booth.

The magician's apprentice Pug has struggled for months with his inability to harness the magical energies inside him. But when a riding session with the Princess Carline becomes a dangerous adventure, Pug discovers that his power is more than enough to save the day. But as Pug is honored for his heroism, a sign that things are about to change forever arrives on the shores of Crydee...

32 pages, $2.99 (wraparound cover, $5.95).

MARSHAL #3

Written by Bill Tortolini and Andrew LoVuolo, art and Cover by Abdul Rashid.

The Marshal is beaten, and while his accomplice, Fawn, helps to break him out of the Merkaid Corporation's research facilities, things don't go as easily as planned. A bruised and battered Marshal copes with the recent struggles and defeats he has suffered and takes the entire burden and guilt of the situation upon himself, only to realize that his biggest challenge lies just around the corner. And now the corporation is about to bring the fight to the Marshal on his own grounds -- New Houston...

32 pages, $2.99.

ROBERT SILVERBERG'S MAJIPOOR CHRONICLES SEVENTH SHRINE GN

Written by Robert Silverberg and Sean J. Jordan, art by Anders Finer.

A grisly murder has taken place in the ruins of an ancient city on the peaceful world of Majipoor and the Pontifex Valentine has arrived to investigate the crime. But as Valentine and his companions delve deeper into the mystery, they discover that these ruins contain secrets much deeper than anyone ever knew... and that the indigenous Metamorphs are holding back information related to their own dark history. Can Valentine and his friends locate the murderer... or did the violent act have something to do with a ritual sacrifice related to the fabled Seventh Shrine?

164 pages, $14.95.