ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT FOR JUNE

RUBICON HC

Story by Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Capel, written by Mark Long, art and cover by Mario Stilla.

Five paramilitary Navy SEAL operators defend the residents of a remote mountain farming village in Afghanistan from attacks by marauding Taliban. Led by the war-weary Hector, the operators and villagers form mutual bonds of honor and respect leading up to a climactic battle where the "Lions of Panjshir" are desperately outnumbered. Story by Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie and founding member of SEAL Team 6, Dan Capel. Written by New York Times best-selling author Mark Long.

128 pages, $24.95.

MOUSE GUARD VOLUME 3: THE BLACK AXE HC

Written, art and cover by David Petersen.

This is the third collected volume in the continuing saga of the fantasy comic series, Mouse Guard, serving as a prequel to the two previous volumes. Set in 1115, this is the story of how the Guardmouse Celanawe's paw first touched the legendary weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic axe. This hardcover collection will include an epilogue, pinups, a 22-page section of maps, guide pages, and cutaways, as well as reprinting the 2010 Free Comic Book Day story as a prologue to the tale.

208 pages, $24.95.