At last, the most shocking event in classic Battlestar Galactica continuity can be told, revealing the fate of the series' most beloved hero! The fleet has been travelling for ten years, and at last the human survivors seem to be leaving the war and the Cylons behind them. But the threats never go away. A voice from the past and a bizarre twist of fate leads Galactica into danger once again, and events will take place that will change everything, forever. With the life of Galactica's favorite son at stake, will Starbuck stifle his need for reckless revenge? Will Adama maintain composure and overthrow all odds? Or will the Cylon menace, stronger and more insidious than ever, wipe out humanity forever? Collects the complete comic book storyline from Battlestar Galactica: The Death of Apollo issues #1-6, plus the complete script to issue #1.
A stranger has kidnapped Sue's daughter, Lily. But he doesn't want her money, only her suffering-and he will kill Lily if Sue doesn't follow his every command. With detailed instructions, the faceless abductor leads Sue into a blinding snowstorm on the longest night of the year to a place she has not traveled to since childhood. The voice on the other end of her cell phone somehow knows Sue's deepest, most chilling secret-an ominous incident from her past, buried long ago... [(W) Matthew Scott, Tim Westland (A) Dietrich Smith (CA) David Peterson]
The only thing John Shaft wanted was a simple case, one where no one got hurt or killed. He figured working as a consultant on a low budget film would be easy money. He was wrong dead wrong.
After a high-profile case puts him in the headlines, private detective John Shaft is looking for something low profile and easy that will keep him out of the spotlight, out of danger. Shaft takes a missing person case that proves to be more difficult than he initially thought. At the same time, he is hired to be a consultant on a low budget film that may or may not be based on his life, and proves to be as dangerous as any job he's ever had. But when there's danger all about, John Shaft is the cat that won't cop out - even if it means squaring off against sadistic gangsters that want him dead.
From award-winning novelist Victor LaValle (The Changeling) and illustrator Dietrich Smith (Shaft: Imitation of Life) comes an intense, unflinching story exploring the legacies of love, loss, and vengeance placed firmly in the tense atmosphere and current events of the modern-day United States. When the last descendant of the Frankenstein family loses her only son to a police shooting, she turns to science for her own justice putting her on a crash course with her family's original monster and his quest to eliminate humanity. Collects the complete limited series. Victor LaValle is more than a writer. He speaks the language found behind words, and delivers readers into complex and textured worlds worth visiting again and again. - Clive Barker
