Dark Horse has sent out solicitations for their September 2010 titles, including 4
Star Wars comics, plus other cool titles for sci-fi fans!
STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC—THREAT OF PEACE #3Rob Chestney (W), Alex Sanchez (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
On sale Sept 1
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
Under the thumb of a treaty that was negotiated after the Sith sacked Coruscant, the Jedi have attempted to maintain the illusion of peace—until now! Even as one battle ends on Balmorra, another begins on Dantooine, where Jedi Satele Shan finds herself clashing sabers with an enemy that threatens not just her body, but her soul! As the treaty begins to crumble around her, Satele knows something desperate must be done to save the galaxy from the return to war!
Critical events prior to LucasArts and BioWare’s soon-to-be-released massive multiplayer online game!
Scripted by one of the writers behind the game!
Discover a new Star Wars era!
STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES - A TALE OF JANGO AND BOBA FETT #2 (of 4)
Tom Taylor (W) and Chris Scalf (A/Cover)
On sale Sept 29
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Then: Jango Fett, the most dangerous assassin/bounty hunter in the galaxy, never fails to get his man. But Jango has never had a success that has affected him this way.
Now: Boba Fett has taken up his father’s mantle and lived up to Jango’s fearsome reputation. But a secret from the past has Boba working a case he would normally dismiss and wondering if he actually knew his father as well as he thought . . .
Across the generations, and across the galaxy, if a Fett is on your trail, you’ve reached a dead end!
Fully painted art by Purge artist Chris Scalf!
STAR WARS: INVASION - RESCUES #4 (of 6)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Sept 29
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
Jedi-in-training Finn Galfridian learns a secret about his mother that he never knew, but the knowledge only leads to new questions about himself and his unusual ability.
Meanwhile, Kaye Galfridian leads a New Republic attack against a Yuuzhan Vong base, not realizing that the Vong commander’s tactics are meant to buy him time to learn more about his most hated foe: Kaye’s brother, Finn.
New allies, new enemies, and a turning point in the lives of the Galfridian family!
MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER #2
Jim Shooter (W), Bill Reinhold (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
At the feet of the milespires of the utopian megalopolis North Am, in the shadowy regions where the dregs of humanity dwell, Magnus invades the stronghold of the "Metal Mob"—human criminals who use robot muscle to plunder and terrorize the city. Big Guns, the cyborg mob enforcer, along with scores of brutal thug-robs and assassins, stands between Magnus and the "Pens," where kidnap victims await ransom, auctioning into off-world slavery, or being sold by weight as a protein source to the Arcturians. Leeja Clane and the stunningly beautiful Cinnette, both kidnap victims, are prime material for the chattel trade. In a lawless land, Magnus fights against an army of ruthless killers to save the Metal Mob's prisoners, especially the woman he is quickly falling in love with.
Magnus is back with a vengeance! Written by comics legend Jim Shooter and illustrated by Bill Reinhold.
Re-imagined by comics legend Jim Shooter!
PREDATORS
Marc Andreyko (W), David Lapham (W), Paul Tobin (W), Guilherme Balbi (A), Victor Drujiniu (A), Gabriel Guzman (A), and others
On sale Nov 3
FC, 184 pages
$19.99
TPB, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
The film adaptation and complete expanded story in one volume!
Action-packed, blood-drenched lead-ins introduce the main characters from the film, played by Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne, and set up Rodriguez's reboot of the Predator film series by showing how the characters fought for their lives and arrived on the Predators' alien planet. Then, after an adaptation of the film itself, find out what happened to the surviving characters immediately after the movie, when they were stranded on the hostile world with only each other—and the faint hope of escape—to help them outlast the Predators.
Robert Rodriguez teams with Dark Horse for this expanded version of this summer's Predators film!
Collecting the prequel and sequel comics. Telling one massive, novel-length story!
SERENITY: SHEPHERD'S TALE
Zack Whedon (W), Chris Samnee (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Steve Morns (Cover)
On sale Nov 24
FC, 56 pages
$14.99
HC, 7" x 10"
One of Serenity's greatest mysteries is finally revealed in Shepherd's Tale, filling in the life of one of the show's most beloved characters—Shepherd Book!
Who was Book before meeting Mal and the rest of the Serenity crew, how did he become one of their most trusted allies, and how did he find God in a bowl of soup? Answers to these and more questions about Book's past are uncovered in this original graphic novel by rising stars Zack Whedon (Dr. Horrible, Terminator, Fringe) and Chris Samnee (Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps, Daredevil). A pivotal chapter in the ongoing Serenity saga, Shepherd's Tale is also a rollicking, action-packed epic in its own right!
Shepherd Book's past finally revealed!
Dark Horse has sold over 125,000 copies of the original Serenity trade paperback!
"Dark Horse's Serenity displays the key ingredients of the series in a substantial and entertaining way." —brokenfrontier.com
THE TERMINATOR: 1984 #1 (of 3)
Zack Whedon (W), Andy MacDonald (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Massimo Carnivale (Cover)
On sale Sept 29
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
After the shocking events he witnessed in humanity's future, Kyle Reese has made the history-changing jump from the year 2029 to a world previously beyond his imagining—1984 Los Angeles.
It's a time before the war, before Skynet, but not without danger, as Kyle begins his mission to find and protect Sarah Connor from time-traveling T-800s. Close behind is Kyle's friend Ben, with a crucial mission of his own. Hot off the critically-acclaimed Terminator: 2029, Zack Whedon and Andy MacDonald begin the next chapter of Kyle's journey toward destiny in their gripping reimaging of James Cameron's classic.
Zack Whedon and Andy MacDonald return to their groundbreaking reinvention of The Terminator!
"Reads like a collection of storyboards for lost scenes from the Terminator line of movies."
—Comic Book Resources
1 for $1 Program
Go back to the beginning with Dark Horse's 1 for $1 comics!
Get in on the ground floor of twelve featured titles from our popular comics pantheon. See what started it all in these first-issue classics from Dark Horse Comics.
1 for $1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Andi Watson (W), Joe Bennett (P), Rick Ketcham (I), Guy Major (C), and Art Adams (Cover)
On sale Sept 8
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
Buffy Summers is not like other girls. She's been chosen to save the world from the vampire plague, and balancing saving the world with high school is no easy task.
1 for $1: Groo
Sergio Aragonés (W/A) and Mark Evanier (W)
On sale Sept 1
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
If you thought Groo was a dangerous idiot, wait till you see how dangerous he is now that he's intelligent.
1 for $1: Magnus, Robot Fighter
Russ Manning (W/A)
On sale Sept 8
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
In the year 4000, with the human race threatened by robots that would enslave mankind, one man alone has the power to fight back—Magnus, Robot Fighter!
1 for $1: Serenity: Those Left Behind
Joss Whedon (W), Brett Mathews (W), Will Conrad (P), Laura Martin (C), and John Cassaday (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
Firefly - the story of a ship full of mercenaries, outlaws, fugitives, and one law-abiding prostitute running across the fringes of space. The crew of Serenity once again find themselves broke and on the wrong side of a number of very large firearms…
1 for $1: Star Wars Legacy
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P), Dan Parsons (I), and Brad Anderson (C)
On sale Sept 1
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
The Jedi Temple is attacked, an Emperor is betrayed, and the Sith are born anew! A lot can happen in a hundred years, but all of the above happens just in this first issue! Not since Luke Skywalker first stepped aboard the Millennium Falcon has the galaxy seemed like such a vast, exciting, dangerous place!
1 for $1: Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1
Gerard Way (W), Gabriel Bá (A), Dave Stewart (C), and James Jean (Cover)
On sale Sept 15
FC, 28 pages
$1.00
Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong…
Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they've ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world one more time?
