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THE BOY WHO MADE SILENCE #3

By Josh Hagler

Nestor Gudfred's gift of silence causes dysfunctional young couple Jimmy Johns and Trish Heaps to inexplicably visit each other's difficult pasts, which include abuse and the loss of a parent in the first Gulf War. Already, people in town are coming to expect miracles from Nestor, and Pastor Clearwater has been asked to get involved. If that wasn't enough, an upside-down cat-headed apparition seems to narrate the story.

28 pages, $3.50.

BREATHE HC

By John Sheridan and Kit Wallis.

China, the late 1700's. High in the mountains, in a poverty stricken village, lives a young girl. On a bright sunny day she's called home to discover that her whole family have been slain in a vendetta attack. Could it be the local Bao Gang, known for their bullying antics, opium smuggling, and employed by a wealthy farmer to stop the village from rebelling ó or someone closer to home? Collecting the four issue mini-series in a deluxe hard cover format.

100 pages, $19.95.

STARSHIP TROOPERS VOLUME 3: DAMAGED JUSTICE TP

By Tony Lee, Sam Hart and Shanth Enjeti.

Alone, deserted and with nowhere to turn, Will Tanner risks everything to prove his innocence by taking the fight to corrupt ex-sergeant Lock, while the Tigers fight for their own lives on a distant planet. With everything in the balance, will Tanner return as a hero to save the Tigers or as a casualty of war?

100 pages, $14.95.