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Usagi Yojimbo Volume 9: Daisho 2nd Edition TPB

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

A samurai's sword is more than his weapon-it is his soul. As such, he must prove himself worthy of possessing a daisho, a matched pair of swords.

In his years as a warrior, fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills, Miyamoto Usagi has more than earned his swords. After braving many a battle and surviving tremendous bloodshed, Usagi continues his warrior pilgrimage. This volume finds him the reluctant participant in a duel for blood money, and, later, enraged at the theft of his swords, Usagi pledges a new oath-to track the leader of a roving band of brigands and retrieve his daisho.

* Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho 2nd edition is newly rescanned from Stan Sakai's original art and features new story notes! Includes an introduction by James Robinson.

Now back in print!

Usagi Yojimbo Volume 10: The Brink of Life and Death 2nd Edition TPB

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins' guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger -- but it's all in a day's work when you walk the thin line on the brink of life and death.

* Usagi Yojimbo: The Brink of Life and Death 2nd edition features completely remastered art and a look inside Stan Sakai's research and influences with new story notes! Includes an introduction by writer Kurt Busiek.

Now back in print!

Usagi Yojimbo Volume 8: Shades of Death 2nd Edition TPB

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

In this volume, Usagi teams with his friend Gen, a rhino bounty hunter, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect an aging sensei from an evil ninja clan. His travels also take him to a remote village under threat from deadly assassins, where only Usagi stands between their merciless blades and a community's destruction.

* This edition of Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Death features completely remastered artwork and new story notes, highlighting Stan Sakai's exhaustive research into the world of feudal Japan! Features an introduction by acclaimed artist William Stout.

Now back in print!

Dark Horse Comics Solicitations for November, 2010

comicbookresources for Hellboy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:06:49 +0000

Dark Horse has released images and solicitation information for new comics on sale in November 2010 including "Axe Cop," " "Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil," the final issue of "Fear Agent" and more.

Making of Star Wars: Blood Ties #1 Cover

New from Dark Horse Comics — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

A new Videos download is available at DarkHorse.com

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CCI: Hellboy, The B.P.R.D. & Beyond

comicbookresources for Hellboy — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:58:01 +0000

Creator Mike Mignola confirms his return to interior art on Hellboy, discusses what mythic influences are shaping the future of the long-running serial and shares an exclusive look at upcoming cover art.

Tarzan Archives: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 6 HC

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Rediscover a legendary team-up in adventure comics, collected for the first time! Former Walt Disney Studios artist Jesse Marsh illustrated these inventive stories from Gaylord DuBois for a full nineteen years, expanding the mythology of Edgar Rice Burroughs' world-renowned character in the process.

The first tales of Tarzan of the Apes ever to be told in comics form, this collaboration was read by millions and has proved an enduring vision of the iconic jungle man. After nearly sixty years, these stories of rip-roaring adventure and good clean fun are as charming and entertaining as ever.

* Collects Tarzan issues #28-#32 and Tarzan's Jungle Annual #1, from 1952.

Usagi Yojimbo Volume 24: Return of the Black Soul HC (Limited Edition)

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

For years, as Miyamoto Usagi has wandered the countryside, an unseen, malevolent entity has been tracing his steps. Thought dead since the events of Grasscutter, the demon Jei -- the Black Soul -- has been inhabiting the body of the swordswoman Inazuma, intent on destroying the evil he claims to see in Usagi!

Meanwhile, Boss Bakuchi, shamed by his inability to avenge his son's death, doubles the bounty on the killer-Inazuma. The money brings out scores of bounty hunters, unaware that they are merely a flock of sparrows intent on bringing down an eagle.

The hunt for Inazuma also draws Usagi, hunters Gen and Stray Dog, and a mysterious stranger named Isamu, each with his own motive. As the threat of the Black Soul reemerges, this epic storyline reveals at last the true origin of Jei!

* Collecting "Sparrows," the dramatic return of the demon Jei, and "The Darkness and the Soul," Jei's long-awaited origin, plus the Usagi short from Free Comic Book Day 2009.

* Introduction by Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times.

* The hardcover with dust jacket includes a signed and numbered tip-in, limited to 350 copies.

Vampire Hunter D Volume 15: Dark Road Part 3

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail -- or perish.

*o Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to continue presenting the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere!

* Features seven gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration.

Baltimore: The Plague Ships #1

New from Dark Horse Comics — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Months after a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with deadly vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, is on the hunt for the creature responsible for this chaos and his own personal tragedy. What he uncovers is a terror as horrific and frightening as any he's seen on the battlefield.

* Based on the novel by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden.

* Mike Mignola reunites with Witchfinder artist Ben Stenbeck!

Praise for Baltimore or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire:

"Mythic adventure, midway between Lovecraft and the Brothers Grimm. The book burns with black inspiration." --Sci Fi Magazine

"Outstanding, gorgeously told and wildly inventive. Mike Mignola's outstanding black-and-white illustrations turn the book into a beautiful object and add to its overall storybook quality. He and Golden have outdone themselves with Baltimore, a gorgeous, haunting tale that may well become a classic." -Fangoria