BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS FOR JUNE

GEARZ #1

Written by Dan Rafter, pencils by Thiago Silva, covers by Silva and Rantz.

From the creator of the 10th Muse comes the newest female group of unlikey heroes. Lonely high-schooler Karen Miller just wanted a dog. Instead, she got three of the most powerful, deadliest and hippest robot bodyguards to hit the sleepy town of Westville.The good news? Karen's three robots ­quickly become her best friends. The bad news? Someone very high up, Oval Office high up, wants those robots back. And he won't stop at anything. Can an ordinary, if slightly unpopular, teen survive killer robots, super-powered school custodians, snotty classmates, chemically boosted monsters and hooded assassins while staying on track to become class valedictorian? Karen Miller's about to find out

32 pages, $3.99.

VIOLET ROSE #2

Written by Emma Davis, art by Brian Hess, covers by Hess and Rantz.

The sixth-grade super sleuth is back in the second mystery of the Violet Rose series. In this story, Violet Rose and her friends attend a local carnival that has come into town. People are complaining that random items are missing. Everything from money, to prizes, to watches are disappearing right off the wrists of customers. Violet Rose is the carnival's last hope for returning peoples stuff before the carnival is run out of town.

32 pages, $3.99.

RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS: FLYING SAUCERS VS. THE EARTH #3

Written by Ryan Burton, art by Alan Brooks, covers by Brooks and Jeff Rebner.

The mini-series continues in the penultimate issue, as the Warlord of Aberann decides to show the Earthlings a sample of the aliens' power by tampering with the sun! Ashur Tynn and his crew of outcasts must journey to a forgotten kingdom in the center of the sun to stop an unimaginable force that threatens Earth's survival! But how can they do this if Ashur is in prison?

32 pages, $3.99.

INSANE JANE #4

Written by Zachary Hunchar, art by Mendoza, covers by Nadir Balan and Mendoza.

All of your questions will be answered. The villain is revealed. Lives hang in the balance. The end is here. Or, perhaps, what's really arrived is the end of the beginning.

32 pages, $3.99.

TIGER AND CRANE #3

Written by Alex Leung and Randall Zamcheck, pencils by Mark Louie Vuycankiat, cover by Marco Hasmann.

Baron Akashi and Force 777, Japan's infamous secret service, lead a swathe of terror in their wake as they continue their search for the mythic Staff of the Monkey King. Meanwhile, Agent Foster Dulles, races to find the Black Tiger, and enlist the martial arts hero in his cause to find the Staff.

32 pages, $3.99.