TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 #29
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #29 will arrive in stores on Oct. 7 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Jane Espenson, with art by Georges Jeanty and covers by Massimo Carnevale and Jeanty.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"'Retreat,' part 4. Oz's temple in the Tibetan mountains is no longer a safe retreat for Buffy and her troops. Discovered by Twilight's magical agent, Amy, and bereft of their own magic, the army is preparing for a human war with guns, grenades, missiles . . . and Manpads -- it's not a laughing matter. People are about to die.
"But even without her own magic, Buffy is still a Slayer -- the Slayer -- and she has to lead the way to victory. Or at least . . . live to fight another day."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #29 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: INVASION #4
Star Wars: Invasion #4 will arrive in stores on Oct. 7 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by Tom Taylor, with art by Colin Wilson and a cover by Jo Chen.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"Twenty-five years after the events in A New Hope , the relentless assault by the alien invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong has plunged the galaxy into war. But word has come of a possible intelligence coup for the New Republic!
"Young Finn Galfridian joins Leia Organa and her children aboard the legendary Millennium Falcon for an undercover mission to a notorious refuge for pirates and smugglers. Meanwhile, Finnšs sister Kaye, held prisoner aboard a Yuuzhan Vong starship, is about to show the invaders that the galaxy is not defenseless!"
Star Wars: Invasion #4 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: WITCHFINDER: IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #4
Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #4 will arrive in stores on Oct. 7 from Dark Horse Comics. The issue is written by John Ostrander, with art by Jan Duursema and a cover by Dan Scott.
Here's how Dark Horse describes the issue:
"A horrific monster rampages through the streets of Victorian London, but not everyone wants to see the menace dead. The Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra wishes to capture the creature for their own dark purposes, and if Edward Grey is to have any hope of killing the beast before it falls into their hands, hešll have to seek aid in the most unlikely of places -- a lunatic asylum!
"Mignola and Stenbeck team up for this long-awaited glimpse into one of the Hellboy universešs greatest enigmas: nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey!"
Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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