SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006
FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: CVO: AFRICAN BLOOD #1
CVO: African Blood #1 will arrive in stores in September from IDW Publishing. The issue is written by El Torres, with art by Luis Czerniawski and a cover by Czerniawski and Hernandez.
Here's how IDW describes the issue:
"CVO, the top-secret CIA covert ops squad of Vampire agents, returns at last! The squad has finally been reinstated as America's first line of supernatural defense. They've been tasked with tracking down the source of magic artifacts used to spread terror, but along the way, Cross must face his past as a member of Delta Force... and the partner he left behind."
CVO: African Blood will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: FLARE #35
Flare #35 will arrive in stores on August 30 from Heroic Publishing. The issue is by Steve Perrin, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot, with a cover by Henry Martinez.
Here's how Heroic describes the book:
"Together again for the very first time! Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of our glittering goddess of the light's first appearance in comics with her first honest-to-goodness teamup with her electric little sister, Sparkplug. It's Flare's final showdown with a maddened Max Krueger and the manipulative Lady Darkon.
"Also in this issue, from out of the pages of Tales of the Champions, it's a special bonus Tigress adventure, by Wilson Hill and Dick Giordano, featuring a guest appearance by everyone's favorite WitchGirl, the naughty Black Enchantress!"
Flare #35 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.25.
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FIRST LOOK: SCARLET TRACES: THE GREAT GAME #2
Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #2 will arrive in stores on August 23 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Ian Edginton, with art and cover by D'Israeli.
Here's how Dark Horses describes the book:
"It is five decades after the Martians' failed attempt to invade Earth. Britain has become the world's undisputed leader of military technology, but the nation is cracking at the seams, and liberties are being revoked to maintain order. Now a face from the past steps forward to help save the future!
"The mysterious figure who saved the life of photojournalist Charlotte Hemming was none other than Robert Autumn. The aged gentleman adventurer-and hero of the previous graphic novel, Scarlet Traces-reveals that dastardly deeds are being done on Mars! Someone must go there and bring back the proof they need, and Hemming is the prime candidate. First she must travel incognito from the Earth to the Moon ... but even there, all is not what it seems. "
Scarlet Traces: The Great Game #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.25.
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