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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012

DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #10

Written by: Andrew Chambliss, Scott Allie.

Art by: Cliff Richards.

Covers by: Georges Jeanty, Phil Noto.

Description: While Buffy is undertaking an away mission with Spike and Andrew, the SFPD is starting to really feel the effect of the rapid zompire population growth . . . With Buffy out of town, as the only Scoobies in the vicinity, Xander and Dawn have been approached for guidance. Buffy needs to get herself back together and home to SF quick, but facing Slayer Simone and her unexpected ally is going to make it a rough job!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: June 13.





FIRST LOOK: CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5

Written by: Brian Wood.

Art by: James Harren.

Cover by: Massimo Carnevale.

Description: "The Argos Deception," Part 2! Conan's pirate days may already be over! Captured for his past crimes in Messantia, the Cimmerian faces public execution before a mob baying for his blood. But will he really lose his head -- or is it all part of Belit's plan?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.50.

In stores: June 13.





FIRST LOOK: THE MASSIVE #1

Written by: Brian Wood.

Art by: Kristian Donaldson.

Covers by: Brian Wood and Rafael Grampa.

Description: In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, the environmental-action trawler Kapital scours the earth's oceans for its mysteriously missing sistership, The Massive. Captain Callum Israel, a man who has dedicated his life to the ocean, now must ask himself -- as our planet dies -- what it means to be an environmentalist after the world's ended. Callum and his crew will come up against pirates, rebels, murderers, and thieves as they struggle to remain noble toward their cause. Can you save a planet that's already doomed?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.50.

In stores: June 13.





FIRST LOOK: STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT -- ESCAPE #1

Written by: John Jackson Miller.

Art by: Marco Castiello.

Covers by: Benjamie Carre and Mike Hawthorne.

Description: Jedi Knight Kerra Holt's next mission starts with a very personal and ultrasecret investigation! But with the dark realities of Sith territory surrounding her, something unexpected may be taking hold of the lone Jedi! As she takes the first step toward her goal, Kerra knows there will be no turning back!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.50.

In stores: June 13.





FIRST LOOK: THE STRAIN #5

Written by: David Lapham.

Art by: Mike Huddleston.

Cover by: Mike Huddleston and E.M. Gist.

Description: Consistently a step ahead of the Centers for Disease Control, elderly pawnbroker Abraham Setrakian seems to have an intimate knowledge of the epidemic rapidly spreading across New York City and the hideous creatures it's spawning. How does he know what’s happening? Where did he learn about the grotesque monsters roaming the streets at night? And, most importantly, does he know how to stop them?

The scope of the mystery widens as the man who seemingly has all the answers reveals his history in the extermination camps of Nazi-occupied Poland and his first encounter with the beast behind Manhattan's invasion.

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.59.

In stores: June 13.

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