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Dark Horse Comics took the industry by storm with its release of Aliens, a comics series that for the first time captured the power of film source material and expanded its universe in a way that fans applauded worldwide. Now, the first three Dark Horse Aliens series-Outbreak, Nightmare Asylum, and Female War-are collected in a value-priced, quality-format omnibus, featuring nearly four hundred story pages in full color. Written by screen and television scribe Mark Verheiden (The Mask, Battlestar Gallactica) and illustrated with consummate skill by Mark A. Nelson, Den Beauvais, and Sam Kieth, Aliens Omnibus Vol. 1 is an essential piece of the Aliens mythos and a great entry point into the storied Dark Horse Aliens library. [(W) John Arcudi, Mark Verheiden (A) Tony Akins & Various (CA) John Bolton]
Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Joao Ruas Disgusted with recent events in his own book, Jack Horner quits his own series, returns to FABLES in a big way and tries to pick up his on-again off-again romance with Rose Red while she's at her most vulnerable. But Jack Horner isn't the only wandering Jack who shows up at the Farm. In the meantime, Kevin Thorn is still safely ensconced in his writing retreat and about to start over on the universe, which would mean writing everything that currently exists out of existence! Scheduled to arrive on May 13 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS
Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Joao Ruas ""The Great Fables Crossover"" part 7 of 9! Jack Horner, meet Jack Frost. But wait a minute! Didn""t we already establish that Jack Horner was Jack Frost? Concerning the nature of his craft, Tom Clancy once opined that the ""difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense."" If this is so, how do we explain Jack being put in charge of the Farm and all of Fablekind? How do we explain Jack being allowed to babysit Bigby and Snow""s cubs? How does that make sense? We here at Fables headquarters can only come to one conclusion: as impossible as it may seem, Fables isn""t fiction, it""s real. Scheduled to arrive on June 10 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS
Every haunted house has a scary basement, sure. But this is the House of Mystery - this is the basement the other basements are scared of. And yes, we're going down there. And we're going to stay awhile. Meanwhile, Pirate Queen Ann Preston stars in a bloody symphony of lust, greed, desire and deception that begins with buried treasure and ends with buried bodies. Hit the high seas in a swashbuckling tale illustrated by Tony Akins (JACK OF FABLES). This issue also features a free preview of the new monthly series THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER! [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Luca Rossi & Tony Akins / Cover by Glenn Fabry]
JACK OF FABLES #9 - A 32 page comic published by DC Comics. [Written By Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art By Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover By James Jean]
Things have gone from bad to worse: Jack's lost his wife, he's the target of a very lucky lady, and his profits are headed down the toilet. What could possibly make it worse? Mister Revise and his legion of sinister librarians, that's what. On sale April 25 [Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by James Je]
JACK OF FABLES celebrates its one-year anniversary with a new story arc and a shocking new mystery cover artist! So what happens when you become the most well-known Fable in America? Jack starts to find out in a truly bizarre way. Also, in the Golden Boughs retirement village (and prison camp for Fables) Mr. Revise takes drastic steps to keep the escaped Fables from spilling the beans on him and his facility. [Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by CLASSIFIED]
Jack's been impaled by the sword Excalibur, and only the One True King can remove it from him. But where is he, and how long can Jack last with a sword sticking out of his chest?
[Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges : Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy: Cover by CLASSIFIED]
"The Bad Prince," Part 3. So now Jack's the center of all stories, huh? And if the story in question happens to involve a famous sword stuck in a famous stone, it probably shouldn't surprise us that Jack gets to play the stone. But wait! How can we have the Sword in the Stone story over here in Jack, when that simple-minded janitor fellow has the same sword over in that other Fables book? . [Written by Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by Brian Bolland]
In the conclusion of "The Bad Prince," our hard-luck group of crash survivors try to find a way out of the wilderness. And along the way we learn more about Wicked John, and our boy Jack doesn't like a bit of it. But it does give him an idea of how he might possibly get fabled Excalibur removed from his chest. In the story of the Sword in the Stone, Jack hates playing the stone.
[Written by Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by Brian Bolland]
Jack's sidekick Gary - the Pathetic Fallacy - takes center stage in the Golden Boughs Theatrical Society's production of Hamlet! With: Alice as Ophelia, a pair of squash rackets as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Wicked John as Laertes! But who's using the play as cover for an escape attempt? Find out in this thrilling issue that even your freshman Lit professor would be proud of! Note: This issue may contain streaking. [Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges / Art by Tony Akins / Cover by Zachary Baldus]
1883 was the year in which the scrofulous outlaw known as ""Smiling Jack Candle"" and his gang of desperadoes roamed the Western Territories, robbing and pillaging as they went. None durst stand up to the miscreant, until the day that a grim-countenanced stranger - a sheriff from back East who carried no gun - rode out to face him down. What happened next, you ask, and why does this sheriff seem so familiar...? [Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by Brian Bol]
Several great and terrible events occurred in 1883, but none so dire as the continuing depredations of the Jack Candle Gang in the Old West. No posse could stop them. Not even the legendary Pinkertons could find them. But now a mysterious unarmed sheriff is on Jack's trail, and a showdown is inevitable. [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by Brian Bol]
The tumultuous year 1883 comes to a close with the final showdown between Smiling Jack Candle and the Sheriff without a Gun. Get the women and children off the streets and board up your doors and windows - there's gonna be a killin'! [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by Brian Bol]
"Jack's Big Book of War" part 1 of 5. Jack has returned to the Golden Boughs not as a prisoner, but as its Commander in Chief! It's the beginning of an all-new storyline in which lives will be lost, pigs will appear magically and other things will happen that are so unbelievable, your head would quite literally explode if you were to read about them in condensed blurb form.
[Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & José Marzan / Cover by Brian Boll]
The siege is on! In Part 2 of the status quo annihilating storyline, ""The Siege of the Golden Boughs,"" Bookburner's army storms the gates and the fight begins in earnest! After this issue, the JACK OF FABLES universe will never be the same! Of course, whenever even the most minuscule event happens, the universe isn't technically ""the same"" afterward, but you get what we mean. Go buy it! [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & José Marzan / Cover by Brian Boll]
What's the "First Draft," and what is its awe-inspiring secret? Where did that extra pig come from? What's everybody reading? "The Siege of The Golden Boughs" enters its third installment and the tide begins to turn - but in whose favor? Expect answers, explosions, mayhem and extra tacos. [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan Jr. / Cover by Brian]
Part 4 of "Jack's Big Book of War." You know how they talk about the ""power of the printed word""? What they don't want to tell you is that this power is more than just how a bunch of ideas can convince people to do stuff. It's about how ideas can make things explode. So hold on to your hats, gang, these printed words are so powerful they're going to knock your socks right off your toes! [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan Jr. / Cover by Brian]
Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland Part 5 of 'Jack's Big Book of War.' This is the issue where all of the secrets are revealed! It's like a Sophocles play, but with explosions! In fact, we reveal so many secrets in this issue that we've had to hire two new interns at the Fables 'Secrets Lab' to dream up new ones. All this in preparation for the 'Great Fables Crossover Event' beginning right on this issue's heels! Scheduled to arrive March 25 32 pages, Full-Color, US MATURE READERS
Written by Chris Roberson Art by Tony Akins Cover by Brian Bolland Featuring an untold tale of Jack's past drawn by guest artist Tony Akins and written by guest-scripter and novelist Chris Roberson (HOUSE OF MYSTERY #13)! 'Jack 'n' Apes' is the exciting true story of the time our hero found himself in equatorial Africa in nothing but his underpants, was taken prisoner by a bunch of talking apes, and in no time had set himself up as their king. That's right, monkey fans, Jack was the real king of the jungle, so accept no substitutes. Kreegah! On sale July 22. 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS.
Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Jack's back out on his own, but after his grave insult to the artist who's drawing this story, what will become of Jack? Will the artist seek vengeance and have Jack go bald? Get fat? Grow a tail? Will he be covered in scabs and lesions? Or will the artist simply ignore the script and have Jack brutally murdered on the first page and bring in a replacement? Who knows? Anything is possible... Scheduled to arrive on August 19 32 pages. Full Color. US MATURE READERS
Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Jack Frost has fought the Keepers of the Fulminate Blade. He's being lauded as a hero in the ancient city of Landfall, but being a hero isn't maybe so great as Jack thought it might be. A promiscuous princess isn't the only danger awaiting Jack at Landfall castle. All this, plus Babe the Blue Ox in all his grandeur. Scheduled to arrive on January 27 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS.
Scheduled to arrive on February 24 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland Jack Frost, all things being equal, is a much better hero than his dad. You want monsters? We got ""em! You want quests and riches? We got ""em in spades! You want fish men from Venus? Well...we don't actually have those.
Written by MATTHEW STURGES & BILL WILLINGHAM Art by TONY AKINS & ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND The Page Sisters have a lead on the horde of books that went missing from the Golden Boughs way back when. Jack Frost has a lead on one of the most dangerous monsters he's yet to face. And just when he thought he was getting too old for this #!, Jack Horner has a lead on a tasty snack. Featuring a selection of the classic ""Jack Dragon & Gary"" newspaper strips of yore and your requisite helping of Babe the Miniature Blue Ox. Scheduled to arrive on AUGUST 25 32 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS
In this volume collecting issues #6-11, Jack reveals the secret of his former relationship with the illustrious Snow Queen - when he took her powers and became known as Jack Frost. And in present times, he lands in Las Vegas and meets his lovely new bride, a directionless heiress. Could it possibly be 'happily ever after' at last?
[Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges / Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy / Cover by James Jea]
Collecting JACK OF FABLES #12-16! Jack's now a wayward Fable in the heartland of America. Follow his extreme road stories as he reveals the secret of his former relationship with the illustrious Snow Queen (when he took her powers and became known as Jack Frost). Scheduled to arrive in June. [Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins, Andrew Robinson, Andrew Pepoy and]
Jack hits the road in seach of a lost city of gold in this new collection featuring issues #17-21. Aided by his sidekicks Paul Bunyan, Humpty Dumpty, Gary the pathetic fallacy and the mysterious Hillary Page, Jack's in for the adventure of a lifetime!
[Written by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham / Art by Tony Akins, Russ Braun and Others / Cover by B]
Get ready for Jack's adventures out West, as Smiling Jack Candle crosses paths with a grim sheriff from back East who carries no gun. Collecting issues #22-27 of the series Publishers Weekly says "any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy." [Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges / Art by Tony Akins, Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy / Cove]
Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges Art by Tony Akins & Jose Marzan, Jr. Cover by Brian Bolland When Bookburner's army attacks Revise's compound, Jack returns not as a prisoner but as Commander-in-Chief. In this new title collecting issues #28-32 of Jack's monthly series, secrets are revealed, including the strange relationships between Jack and the Page sisters. 128 pages. Full Color. MATURE READERS
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM and MATTHEW STURGES Art by TONY AKINS and ANDREW PEPOY Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND In this collection of issues #41-45, all that remains of a futuristic world is superstition and feudalism, while the old technology is now regarded as magic. Jack Horner seeks the magic blade to defeat the Giant King. But nothing is as it seems . . . 128 pages. Full Color.
Hades and Poseidon both have designs on the kingdom their brother Zeus left behind, but Wonder Woman doesn’t intend to let their turf war decimate the realm of man! It’ll take a big lie and some help from the mystery man known as Lennox to stop a holy war from breaking out – but what does Lennox know that Wonder Woman doesn’t?
Hades and Poseidon both have designs on the kingdom their brother Zeus left behind, but Wonder Woman doesnÆt intend to let their turf war decimate the realm of man! ItÆll take a big lie and some help from the mystery man known as Lennox to stop a holy war from breaking out û but what does Lennox know that Wonder Woman doesnÆt?
The first six issues of the critically acclaimed new WONDER WOMAN series are collected in hardcover! Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life - and when Wonder Woman learns who her father is, her life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera - so why is her sinister daughter, Strife, so eager for the truth to be told? Superstar writer Brian Azzarello creates a new direction for one of DC's best-known heroes, with spectacular art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins! [(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Cliff Chiang, Tony Akins (CA) Cliff Chiang]
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