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Avatar Takes Their Big Sale To Comic Book Store Customers

Avatar Press is the publisher of Bleeding Cool. Just wanted to say that up top. Because this is a news story I would cover whatever the ownership. Avatar, publishers of Crossed, Providence and Uber are currently running a line-wide 75% sale on ComiXology. Which is pretty massive but not unheard of. Publishers often discount comics digitally.

Avatar Takes Their Big Sale To Comic Book Store CustomersBut doing it in print is harder. You get trade paperbacks which can technically work as a discount on the original printed issues. Some publishers issue $1 first issues a few months after the launch of a popular series to help people catch up. Some also dicsount first trade paperbacks to $10 for similar reasons.

Behind the scenes, some publishers offer massive discounts to retailers. Those discounts can be passed onto readers – or not. It's down to them. Most often stores are happy to take the increased margin with an idea to maybe passing some of that discount on, come the holidays.

But, with the new Diamond Previews and comics shipping in October, Avatar Press are taking those book discounts directly to comic store customers to order themselves. Not only that, but advertising what they are doing on the Customer Order Form that accompanies copies of Diamond Previews.

So, for October, rather than running any new titles, they are running listings for heavily discounted collections, each at $5.99. Including work by Alan Moore, Anthony Johnston, George RR Martin, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Si Spurrier, Jason Burrows, John McCrea , David Lapham and more.

Here are the details cut and pasted from the order form…

AVATAR PRESS INC

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ALAN MOORE FASHION BEAST TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Alan Moore & Various (A/CA) Facundo Percio
ALAN MOORE has redefined the graphic novel with his seminal works – Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, and Neonomicon are essential to any readers discovering the comic book medium. At long last, Moore's time lost masterpiece is presented in deluxe trade paperback and hardcover collections of the complete ten issue Fashion Beast series. Doll was unfulfilled in her life as a coat checker of a trendy club. But when she is fired from the job and auditions to become a "mannequin" for a reclusive designer, the life of glamour she always imagined is opened before her. She soon discovers that the house of Celestine is as dysfunctional as the clothing that define the classes of this dystopian world. This unique reimagining of Beauty and the Beast was written in 1985 alongside Alan Moore's comics masterpiece Watchmen. Beautifully illustrated by Facundo Percio (Anna Mercury) and meticulously adapted by Antony Johnston (Yuggoth Cultures), this is another must have entry in the graphic novel masterworks library by Alan Moore. (STL060196)
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SC, 7×10, 256pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GEORGE RR MARTIN FEVRE DREAM TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Daniel Abraham, George R. R. Martin (A) Rafa Lopez (CA) Felipe Massafera
From George R.R. Martin, author of the New York Times best-selling novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, comes a moonlit tale of feuding vampire clans, death, and debauchery in the bayou! Set in 1857 along the muddy Mississippi, FEVRE DREAM introduces Abner Marsh, a remarkably ugly man who longs to captain the fastest steamboat on the river. When a pale, mysterious gentleman named Joshua – who keeps strange hours and stranger friends – approaches him with an offer of partnership, Abner's dreams appear to come true… though he may have unleashed a nightmare on the unsuspecting shores! Adapted by Hugo-nominated author Daniel Abraham and artist Rafa Lopez, this graphic novel stays faithful to Martin's original dark vision, immersing the reader in the tortures and joys of vampire society. Available in softcover and hardcover formats, with illustrated covers by Felipe Massafera (Alan Moore's LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE). (STL060658)
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SC, 7×10, 192pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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CALIGULA TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) David Lapham (A) German Nobile (CA) Jacen Burrows
In an age of depravity, one man's appetites horrified the entire Roman Empire… the mad emperor, Caligula. When his family was brutally slaughtered by Caligula and his court, Junius travels to Rome to avenge their deaths, but discovers that the emperor cannot be killed, no matter how horrific the wound! Renamed "Felix" and admitted into Caligula's court as a pet, confidante, lover, and biographer, the young man witnesses the worst depravity and brutality that the ancient world has to offer: virgin blood ceremonies, rigged gladiator fights, and dinner parties where guests are randomly slaughtered. Can Felix maintain his sanity in the face of so much horror and discover the secret behind Caligula's mysterious supernatural power over life and death? All six issues of the first series are collected here. The modern master of horror, David Lapham (Crossed Vol. 2: Family Values, Stray Bullets), joins talented painter German Nobile in a descent into the darkest corners of Rome's history. (STL060218)
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SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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CALIGULA TP VOL 02 SP ED (MR)
(W) David Lapham (A/CA) German Nobile
They thought the mad emperor, Caligula was destroyed. But his evil lives on, hiding in plain sight. Now good Laurentius must track down the demon to stop the slaughter in the streets and to avenge his wife's death. But the demon is not alone this time. It seems that others with hellish powers have risen up and are shaping the world of the new ruling class. Even young Nero, his son, has a demonic influence changing the boy and directing him to take up the grievous excesses of his father. The modern master of horror, DAVID LAPHAM (Crossed Vol. 2 & 3, Stray Bullets), joins talented painter GERMAN NOBILE in a descent into the darkest corners of Rome's history. Collects issues #1 – 6 of the Caligula Heart of Rome series. (STL060219)
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SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Warren Ellis' hugely popular web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here, collected in print for the first time in this gorgeous, full-color trade paperback! The first arc of the ongoing, post-apocalyptic saga is a must-have for fans of the online series, or a perfect starting point for new readers! Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. This is the story of what happened next. So welcome to Whitechapel, some years from now, just barely above ground in a flooded England, where a clan of eleven strange people with purple eyes — the Freakangels — have carved out some sort of a life for themselves. A life that starts to show big cracks when a girl called Alice from Manchester turns up with a shotgun and a grievance, having met the lost, prodigal last Freakangel, who had very different ideas about what they should do with themselves and this flooded future England. Because the Freakangels have a big secret: Something very bad is their fault. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story. (STL060244)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Volume Two of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, Freakangels, is here! his installment collects the entire second arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders — but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. Night has only just fallen, but strangers already creep through Whitechapel with the worst of intentions and the weapons to see them through. In Freakangels: Volume Two, we discover just how bad the situation in sunken England has become, and we meet the last of the eleven strange Freakangels. But the twelfth, sinister Mark, is still out there somewhere. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story. (STL060247)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 03 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Volume Three of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire third arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years later, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders–but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME THREE, the FreakAngels begin to address how to build their community while a serial killer stalks in their midst. Everything almost comes crashing down around them as one of their own breaks their most valued rule. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story. (STL060248)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 04 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Volume Four of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire fourth arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they successfully defended their home from raiders — but the post-apocalyptic drowned London that the eleven Freakangels survive in is never a safe place, and never surrounded by friends. In fact, there's a serial killer stalking in their midst, and one of their own has broken their most valued rule. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME FOUR, as the clan faces danger from nearly every direction, it's time to really take a look at what happened six years ago. Back when there were twelve FREAKANGELS. Back when they were all running for their lives. Because a lot of things have changed, but maybe not as many as they thought… Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story. (STL060250)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 05 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Volume Five of award-winning author Warren Ellis' ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire fourth arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. They've made a new friend, and together they've successfully defended their home from outside attackers, a ghost from the past, and threats from within. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME FIVE, everything you thought you knew about the 'Angels is wrong. In fact, much of what *they* thought was true simply hadn't been sufficiently examined. While Alice keeps watch over Whitechapel from the watchtower, the twelve Freakangels — that's right, *twelve* — down below are forced to re-examine their lives… and their deaths. Ellis' ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story. (STL060252)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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FREAKANGELS TP VOL 06 SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Paul Duffield
Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, they used their psychic powers in unison and accidentally flooded the world. Today, they live in and defend Whitechapel, perhaps the last real settlement in soggy London, from the evil machinations of one of their own — a "FreakAngel" gone rogue. But when Mark, the bad seed, returns and forces his old friends to expand their consciousness beyond all concepts of space and time, they discover there's something coming… something dark and terrible beyond the borders of Whitechapel, closing in for the kill. Writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield proudly present the last stand of the FreakAngels in this final, gorgeous sixth volume of the 2010 Eagle Award-winning online web comic! (STL060255)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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BLACK SUMMER TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Juan Jose Ryp
Warren Ellis' eight-issue opus of masked hero revolution, Black Summer, complimented by the stunning and explosive art of Juan Jose Ryp, is nothing less than a sequential masterpiece. The world goes black in this story of super-powered heroes and villains. When the political situation in the United States becomes more than Horus can stand, and he moves to take matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, not all of his other team-mates are quite so eager to throw the world into chaos, and an epic conflict forms. With Horus and the rest of the surviving Guns facing off against the military and each other, no one is safe as the bodies start to fall! (STL060208)
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SC, 7×10, 192pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DISENCHANTED TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) Simon Spurrier (A/CA) German Erramouspe
SIMON SPURRIER welcomes you to Vermintown! The smash-hit webcomic is collected for the first time! Nobody gives a crap about the little people any more. Once they were the mainstay of folklore: goblins, leprechauns, pixies, and fey. But now? Dispossessed, forgotten, doubting even their own traditions, they've trickled into Vermintown: a vast and vile city of a million inch-tall malcontents. Sprawling through an abandoned subway station deep beneath London, here myth has given way to sleaze, drugs, gangland violence and interracial hatred. Vermintown is where magic went to die. What ever happened to magic? Disenchanted answers that question with all the ugliness of the fairy slums in this first chapter of the collected webseries disenchantedcomic.com. (STL060238)
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SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DISENCHANTED TP VOL 02 SP ED (MR)
(W) Simon Spurrier (A/CA) German Erramouspe
Violence, crime, drug use, and racism rule on the streets of Vermintown. SIMON SPURRIER has created a fascinating city of angry fairy folk that have become far too much like the human race that no longer believes in them. The smash-hit web comic takes you into a metropolis of vices that unflinchingly shows us what happened to the fairy folk of yesteryear. Now this living and breathing city holds a darkness that has rotted it to the core. Vermintown is where magic went to die. And in its streets the worst evils in us are now poisoning the last remaining magics in the world. Disenchanted will change the way you look at fairy tales forever. This volume collects the complete second arc of the weekly web series www.disenchantedcomic.com. (STL060240)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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ABSOLUTION TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Roberto Viacava (CA) Jacen Burrows
One of the most critically acclaimed recent superhero stories is finally collected along with all-new material! All seven of the original issues of ABSOLUTION are here as well as a huge cover gallery and an all-new Crime Files segment with additional information on John Dusk's allies and most feared villains! You've seen Christos Gage's work for Marvel, Wildstorm, IDW, and others, but you've never seen his imagination unleashed with absolutely no restrictions… untiln ow. ABSOLUTION introduces John Dusk, a superhero in a world where they're a sanctioned arm of law enforcement. But this veteran hero has been scarred by his exposure to man's infinite capacity for evil, and he's seen one too many perpetrators escape justice. One day he crosses the line… lets a murderer die… and discovers it feels good. Surrounded by sociopaths, both human and superhuman, who he knows will prey on others if they're not stopped — permanently — how far will he go, knowing every step he takes puts him further on a collision course with his teammates Alpha and The Servant, not to mention his homicide detective girlfriend? Drawing on his experience writing for TV crime dramas like Law & Order: SVU, and his years of acclaimed work on comics like G.I. Joe: Cobra, StormWatch: PHD, and Avengers: The Initiative, Gage and artist Roberto Viacava bring you a riveting, no-punches-pulled saga that fans of shows like The Shield and Dexter, or comics such as Powers and Sleeper, won't be able to put down. John Dusk just wants to be forgiven… but he doesn't want to stop. This amazing collection is also available as a Hardcover edition with an all-new cover by artist Juan Jose Ryp that is limited to just 1,500 copies.
All seven of the original issues of ABSOLUTION are here as well as a huge cover gallery and an all-new Crime Files segment with additional information on John Dusk's allies and most feared villains! (STL060090)
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SC, 192pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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ABSOLUTION TP VOL 02 RUBICON SP ED (MR)
(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Daniel Gete, Paul Duffield (CA) Daniel Gete
Screenwriter CHRISTOS GAGE takes his network television hardboiled crime sensibilities back to the violent world he created to reveal the fate of police superhero turned vigilante, John Dusk. With Dusk's fall from grace, every scumbag lawyer in the city is leading the charge to have the criminals he put away released from prison. But the thugs are finding that life behind bars is safer than facing Dusk's brand of permanent justice on the streets. As the body count increases, the former friends and loves in Dusk's life face the difficult challenge of trying to bring in one of their own. With a bounty on his head and pressure mounting for his arrest, the authorities take an insane chance by unleashing an unstoppable maniac to take him down. But sometimes the cure can be far worse than the disease. This collection also features the Happy Kitty origin special issue! John Dusk continues his slide into darkness with this all new collection of Absolution Rubicon #1-5 and the Happy Kitty Special. (STL060091)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DAN THE UNHARMABLE TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) David Lapham (A/CA) Rafael Ortiz
Whether you're looking for a detective, hired muscle, a blackmailer, or bedroom entertainment for the ladies, Dan's your man. He's not afraid of anything, and why should he be? He's completely invincible. You can beat him with a lead pipe, stick him in the oven, throw him off a bridge, or shoot him in his noggin, and it's all the same to him. All he needs out of life is just enough cash to keep him in cigarettes and beer for a night or two, and beyond that, he doesn't have a care in the world. But Dan's bohemian paradise is all about to change. Back before he was so unharmable, he left a few loose ends. Now those loose ends are growing up and their mother's been murdered, which not only means that Dan has to solve his most personal case yet, but he's now legally responsible for four human beings who are anything but unharmable… This first volume collects the complete first story arc from issues 1-6 of Dan. Explosive crime noir as written by a master of the genre, Eisner Award-winner David Lapham! (STL060225)
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SC, 7×10, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DAN THE UNHARMABLE TP VOL 02 SP ED (MR)
(W) David Lapham (A/CA) Rafael Ortiz
Fan favorite writer DAVID LAPHAM has created one of the truly original gonzo comics of the decade. Dan is the man. He's a self-made slacker who some might call a bum, but he calls perfect. After all, he doesn't need much, some good tunes, a couple of bucks, and a warm spot to take a nap in. Of course, his sort-of-maybe-wannabe kids keep getting into trouble with the most insane killers imaginable. It's enough to give a guy cancer just thinking about it. But this unharmable likable bumpkin has to get his act together and help the kids before social services splits them up or a secretive Hollywood society of killers turn them into ground beef. Explosive and imaginative crime noir as written by a master of the genre, Eisner Award-winning writer David Lapham. Collects issues #7 – 12 of the Dan the Unharmable series. (STL060227)
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SC, 7×10, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DICKS TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) John McCrea
Meet Dougie and Ivor, two unlucky and foul-mouthed private investigators whose first case is the very height of outrageous carnage and perverse hilarity! This first volume collects the oversized issues #1-4 of Dicks as well as a very special Dicks-tionary! A dead body at their doorstep is just the start of their troubles, as they double-cross a local crime lord, accidentally kill (and zombify) Ivor's irate uncle, anger the hulking thug named Big Billy, and dodge the bullets of Dougie's spurned father-in-law. Will these scoundrels get to the bottom of their first case… or even survive the day? Garth Ennis and John McCrea, the creative team behind Hitman, deliver pages and pages of over-the-top violence and certain-to-offend humor, just the way you like it! (STL060231)
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SC, 176pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DICKS TP VOL 02 SP ED (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) John McCrea
You've never met two men more crude and down-on-their-luck than Dougie and Ivor! Following their first explosive foray into private investigation, they turn tail and pursue a different childhood dream: taking the world by storm as rock stars. But in true Dicks fashion, the music industry's rife with hedonists and criminals, all out to get the boys from Belfast. Will our favorite scoundrels survive their celebrity with their most precious body parts intact? GARTH ENNIS and JOHN MCCREA, the creative team behind Hitman, deliver their unique brand of over-the-top violence and certain-to-offend humor, just the way you like it! This volume collects Dicks #5-10. (STL060237)
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SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DICKS TP (MR) VOL 03 END OF TIME SP ED (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) John McCrea
In the long-awaited third collection of the bestselling, award-winning masterpiece Dicks, beloved heroes Dougie and Ivor find themselves with a chance to change history- by traveling through time to defeat a deadly threat to their hometown of Belfast. But dark forces emerge to defend the great Icons of Ulster Bigotry- and with long-time enemies Lord Bluevein of the Dong and Satan himself in the mix, what hope have our bumbling private eyes of getting out alive, never mind saving the day? Garth Ennis and John McCrea wind up the greatest comic book saga of all time, in the magnificent Dicks: To The End of Time, Like. This volume collects issues #1-6 of the Dicks: To The End of Time comic book series. (STL060234)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GARTH ENNIS 303 TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) Jacen Burrows
Now back in print! Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows weave a modern-war masterpiece! Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a dozen Russian special forces soldiers race their British opponents for a secret neither of them can imagine. The Russian leader, a war weary Colonel who knows no other life but conflict, carries old ghosts that refuse to let him be. The battle that awaits him deep in this ancient land will change his life forever, and send him on a violent journey no sane man would contemplate. The ultimate war-worn soldier meets his destiny, in 303! This epic tale features the astounding artistic talent of Jacen (Crossed) Burrows. (STL060257)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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STREETS OF GLORY TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Garth Ennis (A/CA) Mike Wolfer
In the past fifteen years, Joseph Dunn hasn't seen much of the little civilization Montana had to offer in 1899, but his absence along with the death of a generation has rendered the atmosphere unrecognizable. Dunn is the last of the drifters that independently roamed the western frontier of the United States in the 19th century. These were men who fought with nobility, wits, and an easily un-holstered gun at their side. The body count will rise when Dunn's trigger finger is forced to settle new problems with the only solution he knows. (STL060665)
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SC, 7×10, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DARK GODS TP VOL 01 SP ED (MR)
(W) Justin Jordan (A) German Erramouspe, Michael DiPascale (CA) Christian Zanier
Justin Jordan is unleashing some ancient evil! For millennia the human race has felt safe in its orderly world never imagining the chaos that lurks just outside the boundaries of reality. The mysterious Murdock leads The Storm, a group of heroes that are humanity's last line of defense against the brewing Primordial Chaos and The Serpent, Tiamat herself! Her hideous monster children slowly emerge ahead of Tiamat's return as human-creature hybrids set upon inflicting horrors in their wake and preparing the world to submit to the ultimate force of chaos. The Storm has to prevent this invasion, stop the rest of humanity from breaking into panic, and hold back the flood of horrors that come with the return of the original evils, the Dark Gods themselves! This volume collects the Dark Gods #1 – 6 comic book series. (STL060229)
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SC, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GRAVEL TP VOL 01 BLOODY LIARS SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer (A) Raulo Caceres, Oscar Jimenez (CA) Oscar Jimenez
William Gravel carves a bloody path of death in his first full-color collection! Gravel Volume 1 features the first eight issues (#0-7) of this on-going series from Warren Ellis and co-writer Mike Wolfer with art by Raulo Caceres and Oscar Jimenez, as well as a special cover gallery! Long-buried and lost in antiquity, a unique book of magic once existed, filled with such extraordinary and arcane spells, supernatural rites, and inherent power that its possessor would be either unequaled, or driven irrevocably insane. Recently unearthed, the Sigsand Manuscript has been divided into six pieces and distributed among the Minor Seven, Britain's great Occult Detectives. With the Sigsand in their grasp, the Seven now wield more power than they were ever meant to possess — and William Gravel is not happy about it. Once a member of their Order but unceremoniously replaced within their ranks, the SAS Sergeant Major and Combat Magician is on a mission of revenge, redemption, and quite possibly rebirth, as he takes on the members of the Minor Seven one-by-one. And God help each of Gravel's former colleagues should they decide not to relinquish their sections of the Sigsand to the one man who might have the supernatural skills and restraint to use the reconstituted manuscript without accidentally destroying the Earth in the process. They all promised to use the unholy power wisely, but Gravel knows they are all Bloody Liars! (STL060659)
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SC, 7×10, 192pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GRAVEL TP VOL 02 THE MAJOR SEVEN SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Mike Wolfer
This second color volume of Warren Ellis' and Mike Wolfer's on-going adventures of Combat Magician William Gravel is now available, collecting issues 8 through 14 of the series. After carving a bloody path through his fellow members of the Minor Seven, the last thing Sergeant Major William Gravel expected was to be welcomed with open arms into a much more prestigious ensemble: The Major Seven. But enlistment as the newest recruit among the Master Magicians of England comes with a price, and a penance. Before Gravel can fully gain acceptance within their ranks, the Major Seven have two tasks for him. The first, to reform the Minor Seven, whom he personally crushed with his own hands. The second, to uncover the murderer within the Major Seven who killed one of their own, the woman whose place Gravel will fill if he completes his inaugural assignments. Trouble is, the six remaining members of the Major Seven are just like the Minor Seven, a pack of bloody liars. And before he's done, the seasoned Combat Magician will make it very clear to the overseers of Britain's occult hierarchy that a penance, and a price, is not only his burden to endure. (STL060660)
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SC, 7×10, 176pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GRAVEL TP VOL 03 LAST KING OF ENGLAND SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Mike Wolfer
It's never a dull day, being the last king of Britain's magicians, and before this bloody day is through, Combat Magician William Gravel will be rocked to the foundations of his beliefs and powers of the occult. After his systematic and murderous elimination of the members of both the Minor Seven and the Major Seven, Gravel now stands supreme, but being the King is not as glamorous as it sounds. He's reformed the Minor Seven, filling their ranks with young, working-class occult detectives, but their powers and Gravel's own leadership skills are about to be put to the test when a twisted, demented magician who didn't make the cut decides to show Gravel the error of passing him up for selection. To complicate his life even further, the British Government is breathing heavily down Gravel's neck as the body count of innocent British citizens rises. But is Downing Street's concern solely for public safety related to Bible Jack's terrorist attacks on London, or is it something more politically-motivated? Collecting issues 15-21 of the Gravel series, this incredible and violent chapter in the Gravel saga completes the three-part story arc that began in GRAVEL VOLUME 1: BLOODY LIARS and continued in GRAVEL VOLUME 2: THE MAJOR SEVEN. (STL060661)
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SC, 7×10, 176pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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GRAVEL TP VOL 04 COMBAT MAGICIAN SP ED (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Gabriel Rearte
WARREN ELLIS' hardened combat magician, William Gravel returns with a violent new adventure taking him into the heart of Japan to face a rogue magic wielding assassin. Written by long-time Ellis collaborator, MIKE WOLFER, this tale returns the hard as nails Gravel to action against supernatural forces that threaten to reveal the very existence of the Combat Magicians and leaves a wide trail of victims in its wake. This volume includes a special introduction chapter to the world of Gravel for new readers and brings one of comics longest running independent characters back to the bloody violence filled world he pioneered. Artist Gabriel Rearte vibrantly creates the ultra-violent combat magic-fueled assassin's domain with horrors that are right out of your worst nightmares. Gravel Vol 04 Combat Magician collects issues #0 – 4 of the comic book series. (STL060662) (C: 0-1-2)
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SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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DOKTOR SLEEPLESS TP VOL 01 ENGINES OF DESIRE SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Ivan Rodriguez (CA) Felipe Massafera
Warren Ellis' satirical-political science fiction novel begins with a simple question: Where is the Future We Were Promised? But the man asking the question is not going to be content until he's taken apart the very city of Heavenside to find the answer! Doktor Sleepless and his sultry and murderous Nurse are broadcasting non-stop intrigue to a city populated with beautiful Shrieky Girls, angry Grinders, corrupt police, and the Doktor's old flame Sing Watson, perhaps the only person who really knows how dangerous things are about to get. You may not have your jetpack, but the good Doktor has just the prescription you've been looking for! (STL060241)
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SC, 7×10, 216pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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IGNITION CITY TP SP ED VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Gianluca Pagliarani
Where did the space heroes go to die? From Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics, comes a retropunk "future of the past" where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. Grounded space pilot Mary Raven has come to the interzone settlement in the middle of Ignition City, Earth's last spaceport, to recover the effects of her dead father (STL060663)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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WOLFSKIN TP SP ED VOL 01 (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer (A) Gianluca Pagliarani, Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Felipe Massafera
Before history was recorded in stone and ink, some men wrote it in blood! Warren Ellis' barbarian epic is finally collected, just in time for the new series coming late 2009! From the time before history began, in the time when the continents were still connected by land, from the harsh climes at the top of the world, a Northish soldier wrapped in a cape of wolfpelts walks south, into the forests of the High Midlands that are now Europe, to find a village cut in two by travelers from the East. Soon, he too is torn — between duty to the lives he has ruined just by finding them, and duty to the hideous murder-god of the Northish wastes and the berserker drugs that are his sacrament… Warren Ellis cuts loose to unleash his take on the genre fans demanded he assault with full color art from Juan Jose Ryp and Gianluca Pagliarani! Wolfskin fuses heroic fantasy in the mode of Conan, the Viking sagas, and samurai fiction into a single story of weird history and apocalyptic violence. This first volume collects the original 3-issue series with art by Ryp, Annual #1 with art by Pagliarani, and a huge cover gallery all wrapped in a stunning new painted cover by Felipe Massafera! (STL060667)
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SC, 7×10, 120pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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WOLFSKIN TP VOL 02 HUNDREDTH DREAM SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis, Mike Wolfer (A/CA) Gianluca Pagliarani
Before history was recorded in stone and ink, some men wrote it in blood! The entire Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream six issue series is collected here. Wolfskin, a nomadic warrior, hopes to find a new purpose in life after the accidental slaughter of his own tribe while in the throes of an uncontrollable berserker rage. Hired as a guide and swordsman for a rescue mission to the volcanic ice plains, he travels north with a band of misfits and magicians whose skills and ideology is perched between prehistory and the advent of technology. What dreadful enemy will they face on the outskirts of civilization, and will Wolfskin even have a place in the world should he slay it? A new heroic legend from the darkest corridors of time, as chronicled by long-time collaborators Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer (Gravel) with stunning art by Gianluca Pagliarani (Crossed 3D)! (STL060668)
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SC, 7×10, 160pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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ANNA MERCURY TP VOL 01 THE CUTTER SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Jacen Burrows & Various (CA) Felipe Massafera
Dancing amid the spires of a city called New Ataraxia, there is a woman who can cloud men's minds, leap across buildings as if weightless, unerringly fire twin automatic pistols in the most insane conditions, and disappear in a crowded room. She fights against the political repression of an insane technocratic society, and she comes from a place that no-one in New Ataraxia has ever heard of. And she's got one hour to save the city from itself! (STL060198)
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SC, 7×10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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CAPTAIN SWING TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Raulo Caceres
From the sparking-mad mind of Warren Ellis, the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY, comes an electrical romance of a pirate utopia thwarted! In the London of 1830, newly-minted copper Charlie Gravel keeps seeing things he's not supposed to: a crooked Bow Street Runner with a flintlock revolver, high-flying vessels that are not supposed to fly, and the violent Scientific Phantasmagoria popularly known as Spring-Heeled Jack. With the coming of Captain Swing and his Electrical Pirates, history shall never be the same! This crackling new graphic novel is illustrated by Raulo Caceres in a stunning woodcut style, capturing the classic literary feel from days of yore. Available in softcover and hardcover formats, with illustrated covers by Raulo Caceres. (STL060221)
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SC, 128pgs, FC SRP: $5.99

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WARREN ELLIS BLACK GAS TP SP ED (MR)
(W) Warren Ellis (A) Max Fiumara, Ryan Waterhouse (CA) Jacen Burrows
A tiny island with an odd history sits off the east coast of North America, resting on the faultline of the underlying tectonic plate, ignored by almost everyone. Then comes the night of the big storm, the shift in the faultline, and the release of something foul from the Earth's core, blown across the little town on Smoky Island. The only two people on the island outside its reach are now trapped on a black spit of rock with a population who aren't people anymore, monsters that started eating one another an hour ago! (STL060666)
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144pgs, FC SRP: $5.99


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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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