DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS -- HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1955 -- BURNING SEASON

Written by: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson.

Art by: Paolo Rivera.

Cover by: Paolo Rivera.

Description: In this first part of a five-issue miniseries, we meet Mata Hari in prison at the end of her life as she writes her memoir--part romantic tale of a Javanese princess who performed ''sacred'' nude dances for Europe's elite, and part real-life saga of a disgraced wife and mother, who had everything she loved taken from her. But, as she sits trial for treason and espionage, we hear another tale: one of a flamboyant Dutch woman who became ''the most dangerous spy France has ever captured'' -- a double agent who whored herself for secrets, lived a life of scandal, and loved only money. Leading us to ask . . . who was the real Mata Hari?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: Feb. 21.