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THE BOY WHO MADE SILENCE #2

By Josh Hagler.

The day-to-day lives of people in Nestor Gudfred's town are revealed as they make their way to the local parade, including Sarah Belcher, an elderly woman who humorously confuses her second husband with her first, who died in the Second World War. Ten-year-old Nestor, home for the first time since the accident that left him deaf, makes a startling discovery when he removes his bandages, and an unknown presence makes itself heard!

28 pages, $3.50.

STARSHIP TROOPERS #8

By Cy Dethan and Paul Green.

Paul Green's "Bad Blood" storyline reaches its stunning climax! The crazed Lo'Phon pursues the survivors of Vanauken's Alpha Team as the jungle around them erupts with monstrous Arachnids. Outnumbered and outgunned on all sides, Vanauken leads her team through a nightmarish alien landscape in a desperate bid to reach the Federation outpost before time -- and luck -- run out!

28 pages, $3.50.