Dark Horse Comics for January 07, 2009

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #21: Harmonic Divergence



Creators: Joss Whedon
Writer: Jane Espenson
Artist: Georges Jeanty
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure

Television writer Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica) returns to Buffy the Vampire Slayer in Season Eight. Espenson is the first of five acclaimed writers that tackle this groundbreaking story arc--where Buffy fans are introduced to a new world where vampires are in and Slayers are out.
Cue Harmony, the bubblegum cheerleader from Sunnydale High whose ambitions include blood sucking and stardom. Espenson teams with series artist Georges Jeanty and Executive Producer Joss Whedon, in "Harmonic Divergence."

2008 Eisner Award winner-Best New Series.
Publication Date: January 07, 2009
Format: FC, 40 pages
Price: $2.99
UPC: 7 61568 14111 5 02111

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #2



Writer: Mike Mignola
Artist: Duncan Fegredo, Guy Davis
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola
Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure

Hellboy contends with treacherous huntsmen, mystic visions, newly awakened bands of vicious giants, and a talking bird as he continues his journey across the rolling hills of England. Things far stranger await, should Hellboy's enemies succeed in resurrecting the Queen of Blood . . .

Hot on the heels of the 2008 summer film release Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo reunite with Hellboy: The Wild Hunt to follow up on the events of their best-selling 2007 series Hellboy: Darkness Calls.

This issue also includes a backup story written by Mike Mignola and drawn by B.P.R.D. artist Guy Davis!

Mike Mignola is a 2008 Spike TV Scream Award nominee for Best Writer (Hellboy: Darkness Calls, Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus).

Publication Date: January 07, 2009
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99
UPC: 7 61568 15366 8 00211

Kull #3 (of 6)



Writer: Arvid Nelson
Penciller: Will Conrad
Colorist: José Villarrubia
Cover Artist: Andy Brase
Genre: Fantasy, Action/Adventure

With Pict leader Ka-Nu's ominous warning still ringing in his ears, Kull must confront a more immediate crisis-the wrath of his first wife, the Lady Igraine, whose venomous tongue threatens the validity of his claim to the throne. If that weren't enough, Kull must still meet with Brule, the formidable-yet-contentious Pict warrior whose insights will lead to a horrific revelation.

Praise for Arvid Nelson's Rex Mundi series:

"[Arvid] Nelson compellingly stretches the medium." -Entertainment Weekly

"Truly original ideas are worth their weight in gold, but a truly original idea executed with as much intelligence and obvious passion as Rex Mundi is priceless. A top-of-the-stack comic, month after month." -Brian K. Vaughn

Publication Date: January 07, 2009
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99
UPC: 7 61568 14695 0 00311

Solomon Kane #4



Writer: Scott Allie
Penciller: Mario Guevara
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Cover Artist: John Cassaday
Genre: Horror, Action/Adventure

An action-filled frenzy! With his host wounded--and bodies piling up in both the Black Forest and the Castle of the Devil--Solomon Kane tries to keep himself and his deceptively simple companion, John Silent, from quick deaths on the gallows. The lovely, scheming Mahasti is missing, supernatural horrors lurk in the forest, and Baron von Staler becomes a bit unhinged. Expanding upon Robert E. Howard's unfinished "Castle of the Devil" story, writer Scott Allie (Devil's Footprints, Star Wars: Empire), newcomer Mario Guevara (The Lone Ranger and Tonto), and coloring visionary Dave Stewart (Umbrella Academy, Hellboy) deliver a compelling, horror-filled adventure that is faithful to Howard's original Solomon Kane work.

"Solomon Kane is one of the toughest Robert E. Howard heroes to adapt to the comics page, but Scott Allie and Mario Guevara have done a stunning job. Unsettling, moody, and eerily beautiful, their Kane is absolutely worthy of his creator." -Kurt Busiek

Publication Date: January 07, 2009
Format: FC, 32 pages
Price: $2.99
UPC: 7 61568 14921 0 00411