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Top Cow Comics June 2005

By The Editor
May 29, 2005 - 16:58

Rising Stars: Bright #1-#3 set
Rising Stars “Special” Matthew Bright takes center stage in this mini-series, detailing Bright’s career as a New York cop in pursuit of a mad bomber. Fiona Avery (Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead) writes, while superhero vet Dan Jurgens provides the art. The entire mini-series is available here, priced just below original cover price!
Three comics $7.99
Three comics $17.99 with #1 signed by writer Fiona Avery

No Honor #1-#4 set
Random is a thief with no honor. Tannen is a samurai who knows only honor. When Random steals an ancient samurai sword, Tannen’s spirit is released, and occupies Random’s body. Together, the two spirits-in-one-man must return to Japan to lay Tannen to rest. Fiona Avery (Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead) writes, with art by Clayton Crain. The entire mini-series is available here, priced just below original cover price!
Four comics $8.99
Four comics $18.99 with #1 signed by writer Fiona Avery

Hunter-Killer #4
Mark Waid and Marc Silvestri's EXPLOSIVE ongoing series!
(W) Mark Waid (P) Marc Silvestri (I) Joe B. Weems V (Col) Steve Firchow (Cov) Marc Silvestri
Ellis, the young Ultra-Sapien whose powers just emerged, is trapped inside the Hunter-Killer compound. Worse, he knows that the moment he leaves, the enigmatic man known only as “Wolf” will find him and kill him. Ellis noses around the compound and starts to see that not all is as it appears. Who are these other agents working for Samantha and her bosses? And why must their existence be kept a secret? The answers are brought to you by the stellar creative team of Waid and Silvestri!
Full color 32 pages $2.99 ongoing series

Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead #3 (of 6)
The Rising Stars tradition continues!
(W) Fiona Avery (P) Staz Johnson (I) Wayne Faucher (C) Steve Firchow
Lionel Zerb, the Rising Stars “Special” who communes with the dead, has met his match. His minions have been searching for another realm where spirits must go when they finally dissipate from this plane of existence. At long last, one of his minions has found a home where not even the dead dare to enter. Lionel's first encounter with something even MORE frightening than the spirit world begins! Great new Rising Stars action is brought to you by Fiona Avery (Amazing Fantasy, Araña) and Staz Johnson (Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus)!
Full color 32 pages $2.99 part 2 of a 6-part storyarc

Witchblade #87 "Heart of the City"
Chris Bachalo art!
(W) Ron Marz (Pencils and Colors) Chris Bachalo (I) Jon Holdredge (Cov) Adam Hughes
Artistic superstar Chris Bachalo (X-Men, Death) joins the Witchblade team for a special stand-alone issue! Detective Sara Pezzini finds herself with a new job description within the NYPD, and it's not one she's terribly happy about. But even before she can settle into her new role, she comes face-to-face with a murderous entity that’s been lurking in the heart of the city for literally hundreds of years! Chris Bachalo and a brand-new status quo make this the perfect issue to jump on board the book that the critics are saying "Truly stands toe-to-toe with the top sellers of the industry." (Paperbackreader.com).
Full color 32 pages $2.99 continuing series
ALSO AVAILABLE: Top Cow Fine Art Lithograph of this cover! A limited edition of 250 pieces, reproduced at the highest quality possible at 12x18 inches!
Limited edition lithograph $19.99
Limited edition lithograph signed by artist Adam Hughes $29.99

Top Cow Triple Play: Freshmen, Necromancer, V.I.C.E.
Three ALL-NEW series, only 99¢!
(Writers) Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov, Aron Coliete, Joshua Ortega, (Artists) Leonard Kirk, Tyler Kirkham, Francis Manapul
Top Cow rolls out the best of it’s all-new offerings for 2005 with six-page previews of three great new series!
• Seth Green (yes, “Scott Evil” from the Austin Powers movies) and writing partner Hugh Sterbakov combine superheroes and college life in the uproarious Freshmen, with art by Leonard Kirk (JSA)!
• The FBI’s Critical Response Unit responds only to the worst situations…’cause sometimes, it takes bad men to do a bad job. V.I.C.E. is the brainchild of Crossing Jordan TV writer Aron Coleite and artist Tyler Kirkham (Darkness/Superman)!
• Abigail van Alstine has always had “the knack”—a natural talent for magic. But when she gets in over her head, she finds sorcery is not all fun and games. Best-selling sci-fi novelist Joshua Ortega (Frequencies) and artist Francis Manapul (Witchblade) roll out Necromancer!
Full color 24 pages 99¢ one-shot special

Tomb Raider: The Greatest Treasure of All
Five years in the making…at last!
(Writer) Dan Jurgens (Painted art and cover) Joe Jusko
The greatest Tomb Raider saga ever is worth the wait! Lara thought she had recovered the most precious items history had to offer…until now. Hop on for Lara's most unique adventure ever as she treks through the jungle of death to experience the unreal. This is classic Lara Croft at her best in a very special story by original Tomb Raider scribe Dan Jurgens, with stunning, lavish, painted art by Joe Jusko. See the book George Pérez calls “an out-and-out revelation!”
Full color 48 pages $6.99 one-shot special

Darkness #21 “The Reckoning”
A NEW villain enters the Darkness!
(W) Brian Buccellato (P) Francis Manapul (I) Kevin Conrad (Col) Brian Buccellato (Cov) Dale Keown
Darkness-bearer Jackie Estacado slips off to Alaska, land of the midnight sun, to escape the all-encompassing darkness. But his trip takes a sour turn when Jackie is confronted by a soul even more tortured than his own…and more powerful. With no darkness to sustain him, how can Jackie face…the Reckoning?
Full color 32 pages $2.99 ongoing series

Witchblade vs. Frankenstein’s Monster: Monster War #3 (of 4)
It’s MONSTROUS! Top Cow against classic monsters!
(W) Chris Golden and Tom Sniegoski (Art) Joyce Chin (Col) Scott Kester (Cov) Joyce Chin and t’k
Investigating a series of savage murders at a New York City brothel, Witchblade-bearer Sara Pezzini finds herself face-to-face with the legendary monster of Frankenstein! It’s supernatural weaponry vs. an immortal creature cobbled together from the pieces of the dead in a battle royal! Plus, Tomb Raider Lara Croft and Dr. Jekyll come to the city in pursuit of the Magdalena who is searching for her new lord and master…Dracula.
And don’t miss NEXT month’s chapter: The Darkness vs. Mr. Hyde!
Full color 32 pages $2.99 Part 3 of a 4-part storyarc

City of Heroes #2 "Hard Crash," pt. 2 of 3
The NEW comic series based on the SPECTACULAR video game!
(W) Mark Waid (P) David Nakayama (Col) Sonia Oback (Cov) Rodolfo Migliari
Paragon City is under full lockdown! Mysterious foes have forced the city's defenders to come up with a new definition of "hero." Powerless, the Freedom Phalanx has turned to the one man who holds the solution to solving their crisis—but he's nowhere to be found! Where is Statesman? Eisner-Award winning superhero writer Mark Waid brings you the action, with Kubert School grad and Wizard contest winner David Nakayama on art!
Full color 32 pages $2.99 ongoing series

The Tenth: Darkk Dawn
The Tenth’s ORIGIN story!
(W) James Bonny/Tony Daniel (P) Tyler Kirkham (I) Matt Banning (Col) John Starr (Cov) Tony Daniel
Tony Daniel's classic creation is back in an all-new, double-sized, stand-alone story! Tomb Raider scribe James Bonny and Darkness/Superman artist Tyler Kirkham show you how it all began as the mysteries of the Tenth are revealed. Join Espy, Zorina, and Victor as their lives are forever changed by the sinister experiments of Rhazes Darkk. Not only their future, but the future of humanity will hang in the balance.
Full color 48 pages $4.99 one-shot special graphic novel

Battle of the Planets: Endgame #1 (of 2)
(W) Munier Sharrieff (Art) Wilson Tortosa (Cov) Rodolfo Migliari
ARROW: G-Force rides again!
Writer Munier Sharrieff returns to revisit the G-Force crew, picking up right where he left off in Top Cow’s smash-hit original Battle of the Planets series. Who was the mysterious force seen in the original series? What new peril will he be putting the team into? And how will it result in G-Force battling…itself? All will be revealed here!
b/w 24 pages $2.99 part one of a two-part series

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