At the dawn of the Silver Age, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko - three of comics' greatest talents - had readers crying, Make mine monsters, with a cadre of ten-ton terrors, from Torr to Manoo to the one and only Monsteroso! Backed up by weird tales of witchcraft, Martians and occult master Dr. Druid, it seemed that these titanic tales could never be topped. And then Lee and Ditko did just that, seamlessly transitioning into an all-new approach featuring aliens, time travel, ghosts and atomic nightmares! With lushly illustrated stories, Ditko set a new standard for comic art, and Lee raised the bar ever higher with his scintillating scripts. And, oh, in the last issue they created some guy named Spider-Man. Experience a lynchpin series in Marvel history! Collecting Amazing Adventures (1961) #1-6, Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 and Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15.
It's just another average day for Bliss, an ignored linguist at the Department of Defense. However, when Bliss unlocks the secret translation of an ancient scroll, terror rains from the sky... in the form of the BATTLE BEASTS! Unstoppable creatures armed to the teeth, the Battle Beasts are determined to make Earth their own personal war zone. Nothing can stop their merciless carnage. Nothing except perhaps a gentle word from the one woman who can understand them-Bliss! [(W) Bobby Curnow (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Daniel Brereton]
The Black Flame knows the perils of dream and nightmare are not only for children. The dangerous dreams of the lover and the poet beckon him as well. And in the presence of those he has saved from the Nightmare Realm, he attempts to find out why these three strangers have been targeted. A modern Dark Fantasy classic, The Black Flame epic is collected for the first time! Supernaturally stunning cover art by Daniel Brereton plus a gallery of tributes by Mark A. Nelson, Hilary Barta, Stephen Bissette, Shane Oakley, and Kelley Jones!
Hot on the trail of kidnapped faerie Violet Bell, the interdimensional detective Boone Dias finally corners the assassin that has been out for his blood and finds that the mystery runs deeper than Violet's disappearance.
Return with us now to those purple haze days of platform shoes, rhinestone studded sunglasses, the Panthers, disco and Blaxploitation in Forty-Four Caliber Funk, an anthology of street crime prose stories. From Daddy Cool by Donald Goines, Shaft by Earnest Tidyman, and the influences of Malcolm X, Timothy Leary, and William Burroughs with a soundtrack by Donna Summer, James Brown, and The Rolling Stones. The editors are Chester Himes award winner Gary Phillips and Robert J. Randisi, winner of the 2016 Killer Nashville John Seigenthaler Legends Award.
Hot on the heels of his latest graphic novel, Nocturnals: The Sinister Path, comes a rich collection of illustrations, many created in the last year, by five-time Eisner nominee Dan Brereton. This creator's penchant for rich color and bold line-work, depicting figures heroic and monstrous, feminine and bestial, shine here in a hardcover volume featuring cover art to several popular comics, lavishly indulgent private commissions, personal work, and an entire section of recent art devoted to his most popular creation, the Nocturnals.
From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and become representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young mage whom he gifts his powers to with the hope that someone good will take his place against the evil forces out to bring down his family and legacy.
Award-winning comics creator Dan Brereton delivers another jaw-dropping collection of brilliantly painted examples of his freelance work in the genres of fantasy, Sci-Fi, horror, adventure and pin-up illustration. This unique volume also delivers insights into Dan's creative process, sharing work-in-progress imagery, accompanied by discussion of approach, theory and technique in the artist's own words. A must have art book and reference for illustration and comics art enthusiasts alike.
A new volume of recent paintings and drawings by illustrator and comics-creator, Dan Brereton. Collecting illustrations ranging from spooky to heroic, fetching to monstrous. Features art inspired by characters from 'Nocturnals' in lush full color. Includes a Q and A with Dan, and Nocturnals flash-fiction by acclaimed novelist, James A. Moore.
The PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE EDITION contains sixteen more pages of bonus material!
story DANIEL BRERETON art DANIEL BRERETON, TED NAIFEH & FRIENDS cover DANIEL BRERETON JULY 8 280 pages. Full Color. The essential collection of DAN BRERETON's truly groundbreaking 'Nocturnals' graphic novels and stories continues in this second hardcover volume, presenting over 250 pages of material we couldn't fit into Volume 1. Doc Horror's crew of inhuman avengers, including his spooky daughter, Evening, tackle creatures hiding in the roughest hidden towns, the depths of the Earth, even the bottom of the sea. The nighttime world is crawling with dangers the sleeping populace is dimly aware of and only the Nocturnals stand watch. This handsome, must-have volume - for newcomers and completists alike - includes two miniseries: 'The Dark Forever' by DAN BRERETON and 'Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom,' story by BRERETON and art by TED NAIFEH (Courtney Crumrin, DEATH JR.), as well as the special 'Troll Bridge' and stories 'Spectres' and 'Beasts.' Extras include guest Introduction, sketches and afterword by DAN BRERETON.
In anticipation of the winter release of Dan Brereton's brand new Nocturnals graphic novel, The Sinister Path, this new compilation revisits the long out of print Nocturnals' first adventure. The Eisner nominated mini-series, Nocturnals: Black Planet, reintroduces Doc Horror, Polychrome, Starfish, and the Gunwitch to a new generation of the reading public. This 208 page collection, featuring a new cover, includes the entire Black Planet graphic novel along with the bonus 32-page story, Witching Hour.
The death of the powerful and mysterious Judge Hemlock opens the door to one macabre revelation after another, as Doc Horror, spooky daughter Evening, and an armed revenant called the Gunwitch, investigate a haunted house enshrouded in the occult. What the Nocturnals find in the dungeon-like basement - and the toy-filled attic - is only the beginning of a wild and deadly hunt, as the monstrous Hemlock children are once again free to roam the countryside, seeking revenge on anyone unlucky enough to cross their sinister path. Creator Dan Brereton tells us more about this original graphic novel in an Exclusive Interview!
Punk Mambo's final boss battle pits her against an enemy who has stolen phenomenal powers-there's no way she can win! In this spellbinding series finale, can Punk Mambo make the ultimate sacrifice to repay her debt? Find out the final fate of this fan-favorite character.
Go punk yourself! Punk Mambo is a hard-living voodoo priestess who grew up in London, then relocated to Louisiana's Bayou Country. Now, she's a mystical mercenary for hire. In her first-ever solo series, Punk Mambo investigates a series of abductions in the New Orleans gutter punk scene, stumbling upon a deadlier mystery that takes her to the haunted shores of Haiti. From writer Cullen Bunn (Venom) and artist Adam Gorham (New Mutants: Dead Souls) comes this hilariously horrifying breakout adventure for Valiant's fan-favorite mystic malcontent. Collecting the complete Punk Mambo five-issue limited series, along with Punk Mambo #0 from writer Peter Milligan and artist Robert Gill.
