Dark Horse has sent out solicitations for their January 2011 titles, including 4
Star Wars comics, 1 trade paperback, plus other cool titles for sci-fi fans!
STAR WARS: INVASION #6—RESCUES part 6 (of 6)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Dec 15
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
The rescues have all been attempted, and the rescuers—Finn Galfridian and his sister Kaye—have learned fateful lessons about the Yuuzhan Vong invaders.
But Finn has also learned a secret about his mother and received clues about the mystery surrounding him. Finn knows that someday he must go back to the fight to free his homeworld from the invaders, as well as return to Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Academy and complete his Jedi training. But first he has a mission that he must complete in order to complete himself…
A new era in Star Wars comics!
Set within the time frame of the New Jedi Order novels from Del Rey!
STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT #4—AFLAME part 4 (of 5)
John Jackson Miller (W), Ivan Rodriguez (P), Belardino Brabo (I), Marcio Loezer (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Joe Quinones (Cover)
On sale Jan 12
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Jedi Kerra Holt prevented the destruction of the mining colony of Chelloa…but she also began a Sith-on-Sith war, and the colony is in the middle!
Complete annihilation has not come to the planet of Chelloa by the hand of Sith Lord Odion, but a war between him and his rival brother, Lord Daiman, might not leave much of the planet for either of them to rule. It’s up to Kerra to find the advantage in the rivalry between the two Sith.
John Jackson Miller is also writing a Knight Errant novel for Del Rey starring Kerra Holt.
Read about Kerra Holt here first in Dark Horse comics!
STAR WARS: LEGACY—WAR #2 (of 6)
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P/Cover), Dan Parsons (I), and Brad Anderson (C)
On sale Jan 26
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Changing the face of the galaxy as you know it!
It’s all-out war as the Sith Empire unleashes its forces—and its secret weapons—on the rest of the galaxy. As Emperor-in-Exile Roan Fel loses ground against the Sith, he plots to use the enemy’s own devices against them—regardless of the cost in innocent lives.
Meanwhile, Cade Skywalker has a plan to draw out Darth Krayt for a showdown, a Sith spy within Fel’s ranks is revealed, and Fel’s own spy meets her fate!
The final chapter of Legacy continues!
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND #1 (of 5)
Haden Blackman (W), Rick Leonardi (P), Dan Green (I), Wes Dzioba (C), Tsuneo Sanda (Cover), and Douglas Wheatley (Cover)
On sale Jan 26
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
New series starring Vader!
Still haunted by the events in Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader must set aside his past and put his future on hold for a mission to the mysterious Ghost Nebula to locate—and if possible, rescue—a missing Imperial expeditionary force.
But what seems a perfect opportunity to lose himself in his duty is complicated by two factors: he is paired with a willful yet highly competent co-commander, and the officer they are being sent to locate is the son of Vader’s rising nemesis, Moff Tarkin.
All-new series starring Vader, the darkest lord of the Sith!
The first of twelve twenty-fifth anniversary covers. Collect them all!
STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC VOLUME 1—BLOOD OF THE EMPIRE
Alexander Freed (W), Dave Ross (P), Mark McKenna (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
On sale Mar 2
FC, 96 pages
$15.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
Set in the newest corner of the Star Wars galaxy!
After hundreds of years, the Sith Empire has returned to the galaxy, determined to crush the Republic that sent them into exile. For young Sith Teneb Kel, it is his only chance to rise above his lowly beginnings as a slave and prove his worth to the Dark Council. Yet their mission for him is unexpected. He will not hunt Jedi, but rather a fellow Sith—the Emperor’s apprentice!
The release of The Old Republic promises to be a Star Wars event of the highest order, a game-changing moment that will mobilize legions of fans to explore a never-before-seen piece of the Star Wars mythology!
Introduces major events and characters from LucasArts and BioWare’s massive multiplayer online game!
Written by Alexander Freed, a senior writer behind the game!
MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER #5
Jim Shooter (W), Bill Reinhold (A), Jesse Delperdang (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and
Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Jan 26
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Ongoing
The year is 4000 CE, twenty-one years since the first uprising of sapient Q-ROBs was crushed. A new rebel leader has arisen—Jocko, a Q-ROB engineer with a burning vendetta against Magnus and especially Leeja Clane.
Magnus has been popular among several generations of comics readers.
Reimagined by comics legend Jim Shooter.
The never-before-revealed origin story of Magnus’s mentor and adoptive father—robot 1-A, the first Robot Fighter!
TUROK, SON OF STONE #3
Jim Shooter (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), José Villarrubia (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Jan 5
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Ongoing
Alone against the Aztec horde!
They cut out your still-beating heart and offer it up to the gods before your dying eyes to keep the sun rising. Thus do the Aztecs serve their faith. The Shorn Ones—the deadliest, most fearless warriors ever to walk the Earth—drag Turok’s young friend Andar and the beautiful Aasta to the sacrificial altar, where Maxtla, the Aztec god-king, raises the obsidian dagger. Only Turok can save them—one man alone against a thousand!
Turok, Son of Stone is one of comics’ truly iconic characters, popular for half a century.
Industry legend Jim Shooter returns to the character he redefined in the 1990s to overwhelming sales and critical success.
Inspired the wildly popular Turok, Dinosaur Hunter game and Turok, Son of Stone animated feature.
DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM VOLUME 2
Paul S. Newman (W), Frank Bolle (A), and George Wilson (A)
On sale Mar 23
FC, 216 pages
$19.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
Physicist Phillip Solar survives a nuclear accident that forever changes his life by transforming the very molecules in his body! Absorbing a dangerous amount of atomic radiation, Doctor Solar finds himself endowed with incredible powers over matter and energy. In the classic 1960s stories created by Paul S. Newman and Frank Bolle and reprinted in this volume, Solar finds his mysterious powers changing and evolving, faces threats to those close to him, and continues to fight the deadly, world-threatening machinations of the archcriminal Nuro! When dangers and disasters threaten the innocent, Doctor Solar flies into action!
This volume collects issues #8 to #14 of the original 1960s comic-book series Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, including all original series covers, a bonus “Science of Solar” section, and retouched interiors.
One of Dark Horse’s first archival collections—now available in an affordable softcover edition!
Foreword by modern Doctor Solar writer Jim Shooter!
JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WARLOARD OF MARS
Marv Wolfman (W), Chris Claremont (W), Gil Kane (P), Walt Simonson (P), Frank Miller (P), Sal Buscema (P), and others
On sale Mar 2
b&w, 632 pages
$29.99
TPB, 7" x 10"
The greatest hero of two worlds, spacefaring adventurer John Carter of Mars, returns! Marvel at these classic tales of danger and daring as John Carter battles deadly opponents, warring civilizations, and a host of Barsoomian beasts, and see for yourself why Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter has been one of fandom’s favorite sci-fi characters for nine decades!
Featuring comics legends Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Gil Kane, Frank Miller, and many more.
This volume includes all twenty-eight issues of John Carter: Warlord of Mars plus all three annuals, collected for the first time!
