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DEATH VALLEY #1

Written by Keith Champagne, art by Shawn Moll.

Doc Holiday! Billy the Kid! Frank James! Belle Starr! Sitting Bull! Led by Charles Bolles (aka Black Bart), these infamous legends descend upon the unforgiving sands of Death Valley in search of untold riches. To stop a mysterious evil far greater than their combined notoriety, the crew must become heroes -- with the lives of an innocent Indian tribe at stake, as well as the safety of the burgeoning free world.

32 pages, $3.99.

DEADWORLD VOLUME 1: REQUIEM FOR THE WORLD TP

Written by Gary Reed, art by Vince Locke and Dalibor Talajic.

Being developed as a major motion picture from the producer of Coraline and the writer of X2 and Watchmen! Isolated pockets of humanity struggle to survive against the mindless hordes of zombies that are taking over the Earth. A group of teens are confident that they can survive against the slow moving "geeks," until something happens that shakes their confidence to its core -- intelligent zombies, led by the chain-smoking, Harley-riding, sarcastic being known only as King Zombie.

160 pages, black and white, $16.99.

EXTINCTION GN

Written by Stephen Nilson, art by Kevin Stokes.

Dr. Chris Perry spent the good part of his adulthood dealing with the dead. A brilliant pathologist, his position as Chief Medical Examiner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital provided him with the perfect working environment. A deadly virus swept across the globe, wiping out 90 percent of life on Earth, but some who were infected didn't die. Chris must find a cure for the disease before a madman, calling himself Hannibal, and his army sacks Chris' haven on Prince Edward Island and harvest the uninfected population as cattle.

104 pages, black and white, $12.99.

MAXIMUM BLACK: THE ART OF TIM BRADSTREET SC

By Tim Bradstreet.

Maximum Black is the first-ever collection of illustrations by Tim Bradstreet covering his first decade in the industry. Gorgeous black and white illustrations throughout chronicle Bradstreet's early days illustrating RPG's, trading cards, comics covers, and his breakthrough work on White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade. Maximum Black also features 16 full-color pages, plus rare glimpses of Bradstreet's long-awaited Red Sky Diary. Forward by Guillermo del Toro.

128 pages, $24.95.