Huntress returns in an all-new one-shot adventure! Gotham's Violet Vengeance lived through a lot in the last few weeks...including her brain being invaded by a violent parasite bent on sending her on a deadly slugfest bender. Not fun, amiright? Well, Helena Bertinelli is no one to mess withâ”and when the villainous Vile's parasite gives her the ability to see through the eyes of his victims? You best believe she's gonna track him down and pop an arrow in that slimeball. Look out, Batman, Huntress is on the prowl... One-shot.
Huntress returns in an all-new one-shot adventure! Gotham's Violet Vengeance lived through a lot in the last few weeks...including her brain being invaded by a violent parasite bent on sending her on a deadly slugfest bender. Not fun, amiright? Well, Helena Bertinelli is no one to mess withand when the villainous Vile's parasite gives her the ability to see through the eyes of his victims? You best believe she's gonna track him down and pop an arrow in that slimeball. Look out, Batman, Huntress is on the prowl... One-shot.
We dont choose who we save, Bruce. You treat the patient who needs your help.Thomas Wayne Shadows of the Bat begins here! In the prelude to Januarys epic new Detective Comics event, Mayor Nakano has signed off on the construction of a new Arkham Tower in the heart of Gotham City, and the Bat-Family is torn. Batman has long seen Arkham as a necessary, if flawed, cog in the gears of Gotham Citya temporary solution to larger problems that in many ways mirrors his approach as Batman. Nightwing, however, who grew up watching Arkham mutate into a villain factory, believes a different approach is needed. But Bruce and Dick will need to see eye to eye on more than just Arkham Tower, as a new villain known as THE MAEGER MAN wreaks havoc in the streets and becomes the embodiment of Gothams broken system!
A Goonies-style adventure tale from David Lapham! Tunnels made by a legion of giant bugs crisscross the fields below Weeville, and only one thing can stop them from overrunning this quaint California town: the Juice Squeezers. A covert group comprised of scrawny tweens, the Squeezers are the only ones who can fit into the cramped subterranean battlefield and fight the insects on the frontlines! • Eisner Award-winning creator David Lapham! • A bug-gore-filled young adult action adventure story in the vein of E.T., The Goonies, and Stand by Me! [(W/A) David Lapham (CA) David Lapham, Lee Loughridge]
Tunnels made by a legion of giant bugs crisscross the fields below Weeville, and only one thing can stop them from overrunning this quaint California town: the Juice Squeezers. A covert group of scrawny tweens, the Squeezers are the only ones who can fit into the cramped subterranean battlefield and fight the insects on the frontlines! Collects stories from Dark Horse Presents #26-#28 and issues #1-#4 of the miniseries. • A new series from Eisner Award winner David Lapham (Stray Bullets, The Strain). [(W/A/CA) David Lapham]
Advance solicited for June release! Guns and revenge. As American as the wicked west. Ricky Toledo is going to find the man that killed her mother, and revenge is going to be sweet. Ricky was 15 when she fell hard for a handsome drifter who rented a room in her family home. Then he killed her mother and got her father sent to prison for it. It's three years later, and Ricky will stop at nothing to get revenge. A broken young woman and her trusty companion-a gold Smith and Wesson 45 named Golddigger-track a serial killer hiding in plain sight as a travel blogger. It's a dark, grimy game of cat and mouse through a tangled American landscape. And, like all the best crime noir, it's a twisted love story.
After a decade out-of-print, another great El Capitán graphic novel returns! David Lapham's love letter to classic noir takes you down the long, dark road of obsession, sex, betrayal, and murder. Peeling back the carefully constructed facades of each character, he exposes the true nature of their humanity and propels you toward a final, horrifying revelation. Collects MURDER ME DEAD #1-9 [(W/A/CA) David Lapham]
Unable to kill the Master-the powerful vampire behind the epidemic infesting New York City-Dr. Ephraim Goodweather begins to self-destruct as battle lines are drawn. It's now up to a handful of humans-an ailing pawnbroker, an exterminator, a scientist, a gangbanger, and an alcoholic-to stop an ancient evil from devouring the human race! This collection includes issues #1-#4 of the acclaimed series and the short story featured in Dark Horse Presents. [David Lapham (W/A), Mike Huddleston (A), Dan Jackson (C), Lee Loughridge (C), and E. M. Gist (Cover)]
Somewhere out West is a town no one knows about - a desert town - whose inhabitants wait for the day a great earthquake will bring them beachfront property. Here, three desperate friends on the run from the Mob and a young runaway Virginia Applejack will try to escape the nightmares of their pasts. They'll band together to battle the demons that threaten to destroy them from within while taking on a corrupt town full of sex, drugs, and inbreeding. Eventually, they'll be forced to make horrifying choices when their dark pasts finally catch up with them... Collects Stray Bullets #8-14.
Beth and Virginia have relocated to Los Angeles where things only appear more normal... Take a ringside seat for these brutal tales of twisted emotion that will knock you to the mat and have you seeing stars... Collects Stray Bullets #15-22.
New Story Arc! The Eisner Award-winning team of David and Maria Lapham bring you the next volume in the Stray Bullets Trade Paperback Collection. Stray Bullets: Dark Days tells the story of Beth and Virginia's time in Los Angeles, fourteen-year-old Virginia's growing relationship with the young boy Bobby, and the horrible kidnapping that rips apart all of their lives. A gut-wrenching noir thriller of small joys, big horrors, and the crushing weight of guilt... Collects Stray Bullets #23-30. Major Plot Point: The defining moment in the lives of Stray Bullets two major characters, Beth and Virginia.
Runaway Virginia returns home to the very unloving arms of her widowed mother. An outcast at home and at school, no one can imagine just how far she'll go to protect herself and her new friend, Leon. Collects Stray Bullets #31-41.
A little boy learns too late that running your mouth can get you run over. A young babysitter gets in way over her head when she's hired tos it by a dangerous man with a dangerous request. A young couple's hopeful visit to the city turns to anything but when they step into the middle of a mob turf war and watch more than just friends die. And a young man just trying to help his hustler cousin out of a bad spot instead becomes the ultimate killer. These are only some of the eight stories comprising KILLERS, the newest arc in the ongoing world of STRAY BULLETS. Each story stands on its own but collectively they tell the twisted story of two teens -- Virginia and Eli -- both scarred by tragic childhood intersections with the Baltimore underworld, drawn together in the sleepy seaside town of Sandcastle, unable to escape their dark pasts....
On the run, used, abused, and taken for all they're worth, Beth, Orson, and Nina are just hoping to live through the night, but three little numbers and a comic book just might make that impossible...
Things fall apart for Annie, as they often do...but as they say, it's not how many times you fall down that counts, but how filthy, stinkin' rich you get when you pick yourself back up.
Before the Cock's Crow heist, there were the good ol' days, when love filled the air and murder was something done to...other people.
You never saw this pair coming, but now, the world of crime will never be the same again.
An unholy (and objectively quite icky) union leads to a massacre in a small town.
Dark and twisted, funny and heartbreaking, intimate and epic-Sunshine & Roses tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like Stray Bullets,and with Sunshine & Roses, the uncompromising Eisner Award-Winning team ofDavid & Maria Laphamtake the series to a new high. Collects Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses #1-8.
What would you do for love? How far would you go for revenge? Sunshine & Roses tells the story of a boy and a girl: how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like Stray Bullets and with Sunshine & Roses, the uncompromising, Eisner Award-winning team of DAVID AND MARIA LAPHAM craft a heist story like you never seen. Collects Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses #9-16.
The getaway is always the trickiest part of any heist. It gets even trickier when the one place you go to hide and the one person you're counting on hiding you is just about the worst place and worst person you could have ever picked. Is it self-sabotage or a secret plan of revenge? Collects STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #17-24
Steal the money and drugs-check. Get gone-check. It was supposed to be all over. These were supposed to be the good times-the days of sunshine and roses. So why don't they feel that way? Collects Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses #25-32.
A ONE-TIME PRINTING DIRECT MARKET EXCLUSIVE! The original five story arcs of one of the all-time greatest crime comic series are collected in this GIANT 1,200 page volume. The Innocence of Nihilism, Somewhere Out West, Other People, Dark Days, and HiJinks and Derring-Do appear in their entirety. Collects Stray Bullets #1-41. [(W) Classified (A) Classified (CA) Classified]
Peter Stanchek and his band of teenage runaways are harbingers of a new age, born with the power to change the world... or break it. Plagued by emerging psionic powers he hardly understands, Peter turns to Toyo Harada and his Harbinger Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding and teaching young people like Peter. But when Peter learns to what lengths Harada will go to further his secret agenda, he turns on his mentor, gathering a group of like-minded rebels. On the road and always just one step ahead of Harada and his hit-squad of super powered Eggbreakers, these renegade harbingers will have to learn how to use their powers to change the world for the better along the way. This deluxe hardcover collects the critically acclaimed masterpiece that kicked off a whole new age of superheroes from legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars) and David Lapham (Stray Bullets). Collecting Harbinger (1992) #0-7 in a deluxe hardcover format, complete with process art, sketches, and more rarely seen back-up material from the Valiant vault
Collected for the very first time - the debut adventures of the H.A.R.D. Corps in the original Valiant Universe, from legendary creators Jim Shooter (Secret Wars), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), David Michelinie (Amazing Spider-Man), Bernard Chang (Green Lantern Corps) and more! The most important technological breakthrough of the century might also be its most dangerous. After years of trial and error, multinational conglomerate Omen Enterprises has finally perfected a cybernetic brain implant that will change the face of modern warfare forever. With a legion of ex-soldiers at their disposal, Omen is building the private army of the future - a squadron of enhanced commandos that calls itself the H.A.R.D. Corps! But even with the powers of flight, telekinesis, and mind control at their command, not everyone is willing to volunteer for servicebut Omen has ways of making you fight for a paycheck. Collecting Harbinger (1992) #10-11 and H.A.R.D. Corps (1993) #1-6 for the first time anywhere, VALIANT MASTERS: H.A.R.D. CORPS VOL. 1-SEARCH AND DESTROY also comes complete with process art, sketches and more rarely seen back-up material from the depths of the Valiant vault! [(W) Jim Shooter & Various (A) David Lapham & Various (CA) Jim Lee]
