VIRGIN COMICS FOR JULY

DEVI #1

Written by Siddharth Kotain, art and cover by Mukesh Singh.

Be a part of history! This is Virgin Comics debut issue.

The rapid decay of the city of Sitapur and its festering crime forged by the fearsome renegade god Bala has forced the divine pantheon to re-birth a fierce feminine warrior by the name of Devi!

Taking the form of a young city girl now cast as a "warrior of the light," the Devi finds her only ally is a burnt out detective whose made quite a name for himself as a hunter of the strange creatures that lurk the city's underbelly.

A modern take on a very ancient myth.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 12.

SNAKEWOMAN #1

Created by Shekhar Kapur, written by Zeb Wells, cover by Jeevan Kan.

Here comes Virgin's Director's Cut Line! Created by director Shekhar Kapur (Oscar-nominated Elizabeth, The Four Feathers) with comics writer Zeb Wells.

Jessica Peterson. Born 1981. First kiss 1996. Graduated with honors 2002. Moved to Los Angeles 2006. Within three years, she will have killed 68 men.

Student...Waitress...Mass-Murderer...Jessica Peterson Is The Snake Woman.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 19.

THE SADHU #1

Written by Gotham Chopra, art and cover by Jeevan Kang.

I was once a "Sadhu" -- what, in the East, they call mystics. I was sitting on the threshold of moksha -- spiritual liberation or enlightenment as it's called. But I'm not one anymore.

Because I lusted after something else, something just as primal and ubiquitous. It's called revenge. Virgin Comics presents an epic quest created by VC's chief creator Gotham Chopra, and India's premier comic artist Jeevan Kang (Spider-Man India).

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 26.