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CHRIS CLAREMONT
& JOHN BOLTON |
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THE
BLACK DRAGON |
by Chris Claremont & John Bolton
Introduction by Anne McCaffrey |
Paperback: 184 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569710422 |
$17.95
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| It is the Year
of Our Lord, 1193. King Henry has just died and Richard Coer du Leon still
battles abroad for the flag of England. This is the world of James Dunreith,
who returns home to Britain from far-flung battlefields following the death
of his liege-lord, Henry. It is a world of the kind of eldritch horrors
that skulk in the dark corners of the medieval psyche. It is a world of
moldered beings that crawl from their graves to claim the living, a world
filled with the stuff of which nightmares are made. |
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| A longtime writer
of Marvel Comics' The Uncanny X-Men and author, with
George
Lucas, of Shadow Moon combines talents with award-winning
British artist John Bolton in this fantasy adventure set in 1193
England. Branded a sorcerer, James Dunreith, exiled by his lord
and king, Henry, is pressed into the service of his queen, Eleanor of Acquintaine,
to seek out one who rebels against the crown.
Demonstrating a great knowledge
of the folklore and mythology of the British Isles, THE BLACK DRAGON
weaves a story of intrigue around the time that Christianity began displacing
the original religions of the Isles. The story is mature, but frankly presented,
which may make it unsuitable for young readers. While the story does not
contain gratuitous violence or sexuality, it does deal with these issues
as real occurences of life. Those easily offended by frank displaying of
this subject matter may want to investigate further before buying. However,
the story and the artwork make this an enjoyable graphic novel for those
mature enough to handle such sensitive materials. |
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| CRUX |
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Volume
One:
Atlantis
Rising |
by Mark Waid, Steve Epting, Rick Magyar,
&
Frank D'Armata |
Paperback: 176 pages
CrossGen Comics
ISBN: 1931484147 |
$15.95
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| Millennia ago,
the Atlanteans were the self-styled mentors to the newborn race known as
homo-sapiens. But when a mysterious cataclysm plunged Atlantis and its
people beneath the waves, six – and only six – awoke one thousand centuries
later to find their island city forgotten and in ruins, their brothers
and sisters caught in an unshakable slumber...and Earth devoid of all life.
Now the one, simple question that drives them is this: Whatever happened
to the human race? |
| Crux combines
the most primal and exciting elements of super-hero comics with imaginative
science fiction reminiscent of Isaac Asimov`s Foundation and Larry Niven`s
Ringworld.
From the Publisher
Born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown,
Alabama, Mark Waid bought his first comic in 1966 at the beginning of TV's
Batmania and has never once since entertained the notion of not buying
comics. In 1987, Mark joined DC Comics as a staff editor and two years
later left to pursue a full-time freelance career that spanned the 1990s
and into the early 2000s. That period led to award-winning runs on The
Flash for DC Comics and Captain America for Marvel Comics. In 1996, he
co-created the Eisner award winning Kingdom Come at DC Comics. Since then,
he has worked for every major comics publisher and has authored a broader
range of well-known comics characters---including Superman, Batman, Spider-Man,
the X-Men, and Archie---than any other writer in the history of the medium.
With his encyclopedic knowledge of comics history, Mark also serves as
an historian; he has published hundreds of articles and four books on the
subject, and has fielded research questions from sources as diverse as
Time, Variety, and the Library of Congress. Mark writes Ruse at CrossGen,
nominated for a 2002 Harvey Award as Best Series and for Best Single Story,
and for which Mark himself was nominated as Best Writer.
Dimensions (in inches): 0.30 x 10.20 x 6.60
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| RICARDO
DELGADO |
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AGE
OF REPTILES:
TRIBAL
WARFARE |
| by Ricardo Delgado |
Paperback: 128 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569711011 |
$14.95
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| A Silent
Fantasy of the Distant Past
When a roaming Deinonychus
band steals the eggs of a family of Tyrannosaurs, the T. Rexes want revenge!
Their plan--an ambush by the sea where the band is chowing down on turtle
eggs.
Everything is according
to plan until an Ichthyosaur--one of the biggest, baddest sea monsters
to have ever lived--jumps into the battle! |
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| For anyone who
loves dinosaurs, this is one of the most beautifully detailed comics about
those big extinct lizards. Ricardo Delgado, whose credits include several
movie and television storyboards and designs, presents this wordless comics
that, precisely because there are no words to clutter up the story, feels
like a strange kind of lost film footage. This edition features introductions
by special effects legend Ray Harryhausen and film maker John Landis.
An incredible story about
dinosaurs told silently with equisitely acurate artwork. Ricardo Delgado
received an Eisner for his work on this series. |
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DELGADO |
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AGE
of REPTILES:
THE
HUNT |
| by Ricardo Delgado |
Paperback: 152 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569711992 |
$17.95
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After his mother
is eaten by a pack of certosaurs, one frightened young allosaur must make
his way across a dangerous desert before he meets the same fate, in a graphic-novel
adventure set in the Jurassic.
Once again,
Ricardo Delgado
produces astoundingly detailed dinosaurs that seem to live and breathe.
The second book in the series. |
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For
more DINOSAURS, see S.R.
BISSETTE'S TYRANT®
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