PLATINUM STUDIOS FOR AUGUST

GHOSTING #1

Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Charles Carvalho, cover by Marc Wolfe.

As hazing is no longer legal on college campuses, fraternities and sororities have had to find a new way to test the mettle of their pledges -- Ghosting. Ghosting is designed to scare pledges out of their wits with pranks designed to play on their greatest fears. However, what happens if the ghosts are real?

32 pages, $2.99.

CONSUMED #2

Written by Asa Shumskas-Tait, art by Dennis Budd and Joe Caramanga, colors by Stu Chaifetz, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

Oliver fights with the eternal question: When is the right time to introduce your demonically-possessed girlfriend, Casey, to your interfering mother and brother (who happens to be a priest)? Plus, Gavin, Casey's ex-boyfriend has determined that this is the right time to bring forth Kavaleth, Lord of Kaos; and all of this before dessert is served.

32 pages, $2.99.

THE WEAPON #3

Written by Fred Van Lente, art by Charles Carvalho.

In order for our hero, Tommy Zhou, to save his partner, Megan, he must first defeat the Forest Demons' best fighter, Sequoia, and then pass through a maze of obstacles to get to the secret scroll of Bohidharma before the kidnappers do. Nobody ever said being a hero would be easy.

32 pages, $2.99.