HEROIC PUBLISHING FOR AUGUST

FLARE #39

Written by Steve Perrin and Lou Mougin, art by Mark Beachum, Jim Valentino and Karl Story, cover by Beachum.

Mark Beachum returns for a very special 39th issue of Flare, teaming up with writer Steve Perrin for an untold tale of Flare's mother, the legendary Golden Warrior. The year is 1947. The war is over. And Katrina Feran has returned home to her native Chicago, hoping to put her troubled past behind her. But there's little chance of that when the savage original Tigress comes to town! Also in this issue, Flare's electric little sister Sparkplug faces her own shadow from out of the past in the classic adventure, "Perceptions," by Lou Mougin, Jim Valentino and Karl Story.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.

CHAMPIONS #39

Written by Roy Thomas, Dan Thomas and Lou Mougin, art by Howard Simpsons, E.R. Cruz and Scott Clark, cover by Dell Barras and Cruz.

Champions goes all-electric! For the first time in color, Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt star in the classic adventure, "Blow-Back." by Roy and Dann Thomas, Howard Simpson, and E. R. Cruz. Then Flare's little sister Sparkplug moves over into the pages of Champions starring in the classic adventure, "A Singular Repentance," by Lou Mougin and Scott Clark.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.