MOONSTONE BOOKS FOR MARCH

KOLCHAK TALES: NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #1

Written by Christopher Mills, art by Tim Hamilton, covers by Dave Akins.

Zombies! Everybody hates them. But that appears to be exactly what Carl Kolchak finds to be stalking among the cornstalks in the small heartland town of Georges Corner, Nebraska. The simple task of covering just another festival pageant takes a dark turn... as it so often does in Kolchak's world... when people start disappearing, and the dead start walking! Watch out... they bite!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE PHANTOM #23

Written by Mike Bullock, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, colors by Bob Pedroza, cover by Rick Leonardi, Terry Austin and Bob Pedroza.

"Checkmate," part 3 of 5. Bangalla invaded! The biggest arc in Moonstone's Phantom run, culminating in the double-sized issue #25, continues! Warring armies spill over into the Deep Woods while the Phantom tries to uncover an insidious plot to overthrow the Bangallan Government.

32 pages, $2.99.

THE AVENGER: JUSTICE, INC. LTD ED. LITHOGRAPH

Art by Peter Caras.

This artist signed and numbered limited edition (limited to 200) fine art lithograph of the justice driven man with the mold-able face is painted by the original cover artist of the Avenger novels, Norman Rockwell taught-master artist Peter Caras.

18 inches by 24 inches, $49 (Remarked editiod, $89).

DOC SAVAGE: BRONZE ADVENTURER LTD ED. LITHOGRAPH

Art by Dave Dorman.

This artist signed and numbered limited edition (limited to 200) fine art lithograph of the pulp hero is painted by fan-favorite Star Wars artist Dave Dorman.

18 inches by 24 inches, $49 (Remarked editiod, $89).

BUCKAROO BANZAI: THE PREQUEL #1

Written by Earl Mac Rauch, art by Chew Chan, colors by Ken Wolak, covers by David Palumbo and Mat Haley.

"Of Hunan Bondage" is the wild epic tale that sets up the film! An adventure so secret, so wild, so hair raising, that it couldn't legally be told before now!

Buckaroo fins himself in dire straights: his rock and roll band on the road, no money, his voice lost, a doppelganger, the overthruster invention without inspiration... We also flashback on the origins of Banzai's musical career, and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, and the oft rumored about but never talked about in above hushed tones...the final fate of the Illinois Mongoose! Plus: the interweaving plots of the Chinese Secret Yak Police, and what happened to Peggy Priddy...and the insidious Hanoi Xan!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE AVENGER CHRONICLES

By various, covers by Peter Caras, Dave Dorman and Doug Klauba.

Moonstone Books presents this original anthology featuring 18 new tales of The Avenger, the first new Justice, Inc. fiction in more than 30 years! The Avenger Chronicles includes incredible, action-packed stories by some of today's best writers in comics and fiction including: Max McCoy, Robert Randisi, Ron Goulart, Tom DeFalco, Joe Gentile, Robert Greenberger, Clay and Susan Griffiths, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Paul Kupperberg, Chris Mills, Will Murray, Mel Odom, Gary Phillips, Martin Powell, James Reasoner, Richard Dean Starr and Dan Wickline.

In addition, The Avenger Chronicles includes stunning cover artwork by one of the original Avenger paperback cover artists, Peter Caras (creator of more than 1,700 cover paintings and a student of Norman Rockwell), and original interior illustrations by Andy Bennett (Vampire: The Masquerade) and Dave Aikins (Zombie, the Board Game).

Out of tragedy, a hero is reborn...

In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is made. In the raging flame of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human.

Wealthy and successful at an early age, Richard Benson was preparing to enjoy a long and happy life with his family when crime took away his wife and young daughter.

Once he was just a man, but now he is a machine of vengeance dedicated to the extermination of all crime. A figure of ice and steel, but more pitiless than both, Benson has become a symbol to crooks and killers--a terrible, almost impersonal force, masking cold genius and a nearly supernatural power behind a face as white and still as a dead man's mask. Only pale eyes, like ice in a polar dawn, hint at what awaits criminals when they invoke the rage of millionaire adventurer Richard Benson -- The Avenger!

Now, for the first time in over 30 years, the fearless/expressionless crime fighter; the man with the moldable face, the man with the shock white hair and the pale grey eyes, is back in action in a stunning collection of stories featuring all the action, adventure, and revenge Avenger fans have come to expect! From noir adventure and two-fisted action, to emotional tales of inner demons, join The Avenger for an E-ticket thrill ride!

336 pages, $17.95 (Limited edition hardcover, $44).