Garth Ennis is well known for mixing genres to get a new spin. Just a Pilgrim was a sci-fi western; Unknown Soldier mixed The X-Files with a Rambo-esque super-soldier; and Preacher has more crossed genres than we can think of - a western road trip with vampires, Christian mythology and ultra-violence. Pride & Joy follows the same vein, based on the traditional thriller but with good dashings of horror, romance, comedy and a little sentimental claptrap.

Ennis's traditional storytelling tools crop up all over the place, with strong language, plenty of blood and his use of flashback to flesh out the characters as he goes along. Unfortunately, as has happened with his previous shorter works, the characters are too flat and don't get enough time to expand into individuals. As a result you're left with stereotypes: the sulky teenager; the bright, charming eight-year-old; the hero (haunted by a shady past); the Laurel and Hardy crime duo; and the mad-for-revenge psychopath who's after the lot of them. Ennis chooses to keep them close to predictable type and it does the book few favours.

Higgins's artwork is varied throughout the title. His cover paintings, taken from each of the original four comics that make up this book, are flawlessly beautiful - as photographic and atmospheric as movie posters. But the illustration of the story itself has a tendency to slip in terms of quality every now and then.

The first issue of this all-new series includes "24 Hour Room Service" and "A Creepy Homecoming," both written by Peter David, penciled by Kieron Dwyer, and inked by Tom Sutton, as well as "Bloodsuckers" by David, penciled Gene Colan, and inker Steve Leialoha. Also in this issue: "Turn of the Wheel," written by Jo Duffy, penciled by James Fry, and inked by Viscardi. Distributed by Dark Horse Comics, this is the first of the new Creepy stories published under the Harris label.

Legends was a six issue comic book limited series published in 1986-1987 by DC Comics, which had plot threads running through several other DC comic titles, crossing over into them (each individual crossover/tie-in had a Legends Chapter # header on the cover). The series was plotted by John Ostrander, scripted by Len Wein, pencilled by John Byrne, and inked by Karl Kesel.

The six issues of the Legends series could be read as an abbreviated story by themselves, or you could read all 22 chapters as a longer story that included the Legends issues as well as issues from other titles including Batman, Superman, and Secret Origins.

Legends served mainly as a launching pad for several new comic series, including the latter-day Flash title, Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis's comedy/action take on the Justice League, and the villain-based black ops Suicide Squad. The series also saw the post-Crisis introduction into the DC Universe of Captain Marvel as well as Wonder Woman, who had been rebooted by DC Comics at the same time Legends was being published. The impact on the universe made out its cast of caped superheroes to be called "Earth greatest heroes," akin to Marvel's Avengers who were Earth's Mightiest Heroes, in which later would be comprised as a roster for the new JLA.

Deathlok (sometimes also referred to as "Deathlok the Demolisher") is a Marvel Comics anti-hero, a cyborg, created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench. The first Deathlok appeared in Astonishing Tales #25; and several subsequent characters have used the "Deathlok" identity since then.

Luther Manning

Colonel Luther Manning was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was the "first" Deathlok, a soldier who, after being near-fatally injured, woke up in the body of the experimental Deathlok cyborg in the post-apocalyptic future. He battled against the evil corporate and military regimes that had taken over the United States, while simultaneously struggling to not lose his humanity. He encountered Spider-Man and Captain America in various time travel storylines; in the latter story, he was able to overthrow the megalomaniac who had taken over the United States. Luther Manning remained in his near-future alternate reality, searching for a purpose in life and unable to disconnect himself from the machine he is a part of.

Deathlok robot

This prototype, created by Harlan Stryker, was destroyed by the Thing.

John Kelly

Made for the US Army by Harlan Ryker after studying Luther Manning's cyborg body, the first Deathlok cyborg in modern Earth-616 continuity was John Kelly, now known as Siege.

Michael Collins

Professor Michael Collins was the second Deathlok to be created in the modern era and also the second to be created for the traditional Marvel Universe; he was an African-American pacifist and family man working for the Roxxon Oil cybernetics corporation, whose brain was transplanted against his will into a robotic killing machine. Although his brain was intended to serve only as a medium for the robot's programming, he was able to assert his will over it (installing a "no-killing parameter" into its programming) and had a brief superheroic career as he desperately searched for his human body, hoping it still existed. This Deathlok's cyborg body first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #62, and Collins' brain was placed in it in Deathlok (volume 1) #1. The brain connected to this cyborg body in the Marvel Comics Presents story was that of a soldier named John Kelly, whose mind was later transferred into another cyborg body and became the vigilante called Siege. Collins himself was later transported to an alien planet where he was forced to live on for years until being rescued with the aid of several other heroes. However, his rescue required the sacrifice of Greg Willis, the super hero known as Gravity. As a thank you, Collins arranged Gravity's funeral. When Willis' body was later stolen by a living, alien planet known as Epoch, Collis enlisted the aid of the Fantastic Four in retrieving it.

Jack Truman

Jack Truman was an agent of the international espionage outfit S.H.I.E.L.D. who was transformed into a cyborg to battle the Red Skull. He later swapped his minds into the body of another former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Larry Young. Truman is presumably living a normal human life in Young's body, while Young is presumably still trapped in the body of a Deathlok unit.

Multiples

Multiple unnamed Deathlok units were seen in issues 1 - 6 of the fourth Black Panther series. Possessing no human sentience, they were automatons created out of the corpses of soldiers killed in Iraq.

Angel Love was a comic book series created by Barbara Slate, published by DC Comics in the 1980s, as well as the lead character of this series. The first issue was dated August 1986. Despite its cartoony style, and some superficial stylistic resemblance to "girl humor" comic books of an earlier era such as Millie the Model, Patsy Walker, and Katy Keene, it was not intended as a children's comic; it covered "adult" issues such as drug use, pregnancy, and sexual abuse, and did not bear the Comics Code Authority seal. The 1987 Angel Love Special which wrapped up the series bore a "For Mature Readers" advisory on its cover. Nevertheless, its letter column sometimes featured letters from children.

Angel Love is a young woman who has moved from her native Scranton, Pennsylvania to New York City in hopes of finding a career as an artist. So far, however, the only career she has found is as a roller-skating waitress at a restaurant. Her adventures are portrayed sometimes with realism, but sometimes with fantasy elements such as talking cockroaches and a "guardian angel" she has drawn which comes to life to attempt to grant her wishes.

This comic book's unusual combination of style and subject matter made it difficult to market successfully, and it apparently failed to find sufficient audience to survive; it was cancelled after only eight issues (#8 was dated March 1987). The "special" issue published soon afterward wrapped up the storyline, featuring Angel's attempt to convince her long-lost sister (now running for United States Congress and worrying about the political ramifications of revealing her long-suppressed family history) to supply her bone marrow to possibly save their mother from cancer.

Night Nurse is a character in the Marvel Comics universe known for her willingness to help injured superheroes, who first appeared in Daredevil (vol. 2) #58 and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Although she uses the word "nurse" as part of her codename, she claims to be a doctor. Night Nurse is also the name of a Marvel Comics title published in the early 1970's, which the new character has apparently been named after.

Night Nurse was a Marvel Comics title that lasted four issues in late 1972 and early 1973. The series, which straddled several different genres, focused on the adventures of three female roommates who worked the night shift at the fictional Metropolitan General Hospital in New York City: Linda Carter, Georgia Jenkins, and Christine Palmer.

The series was written by Jean Thomas, then the wife of comics writer and editor Roy Thomas, and drawn by Winslow Mortimer. The stories, unlike most of Marvel's offerings at the time, contain no superheroes or fantastic elements. However, the night nurses do encounter a fair amount of "danger, drama and death", as the cover tag proclaims, as they work to foil bomb plots, malpracticing surgeons, and mob hitmen. Night Nurse, like the "relevant comics" of the early 1970s, also attempted to address real-world social issues; Night Nurse #1 features a scene where a character asking why his poor neighborhood is the one always experiencing power outages. "Why not Park Avenue for a change?".

Night Nurse #4 is the only issue of the series that takes place away from Metro General and New York City. This story shifts away from the urban drama of the first three issues and instead features Christine embroiled in a suspenseful gothic adventure, complete with a foreboding mansion, dusty secret passageways, and mysterious lights.

Forever Maelstrom is a university professor with an odd name, but his name is the least of his oddities. He travels through time as easily as you or I cross the street, and he chit-chats with the most famous figures in history just as we would talk on the phone with our families. His friend -- and endentured servant -- is a talking wolf, and his deadliest enemy is an Elvis-obsessed, armored super-villain who yearns to rule over all existence... and he's about to succeed.

Super-Team Family is an comic book anthology series published by DC Comics in the 1970s that lasted for fifteen issues. The first issue was published with a cover date of October/November 1975, while the final issue was dated March/April 1978. The series published a mix of new a reprinted stories.

The Nightstalkers is a fictional trio in the Marvel Comics universe who had reluctantly banded together to fight occult and supernatural threats.

It was composed of the vampire-hunters Blade and Frank Drake (who had fought Count Dracula in the 1970s series Tomb of Dracula); and, also from that series, private detective Hannibal King, a "neo-vampire" with vampiric abilities but only a craving, not a need, for drinking blood. They were gathered by Doctor Strange in Nightstalkers #1 (Nov. 1992) to battle an immediate threat, but under his larger, hidden agenda.

Before being formally gathered as Strange's Nightstalkers, the trio had founded the detective agency King, Drake, and Blade, later renamed Borderline Investigations.

After Strange manipulated the trio into forming the Nightstalkers, the team fought the many supernatural enemies that were emerging, including the Lilin; Meatmarket; HYDRA's Department of Occult Armaments (DOA) and its renegade Dracula clone, Bloodstorm, who slaughtered that division, including its chief, Lt. Belial; and, ultimately, the one-time Lord of Vampires, Varnae.

A revised version of the Nightstalkers was depicted in the 2004 movie Blade: Trinity starring Wesley Snipes as Blade, Jessica Biel as Abigail Whistler and Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King. In the movie, Blade was not a Nightstalker himself but allied with them, albeit reluctantly, as they were younger and in his eyes less experienced. In contrast to the more mature and reserved Hannibal King depicted in the comics, Reynolds revision of the character was in keeping with his history of humorous, extroverted characters such as Van Wilder. Frank Drake did not appear as a Nightstalker and decendant to Dracula, but rather as Dracula himself (but only referred to as Drake). Abigail Whistler was the ad-hoc leader of the group. Also, unlike the comic, there were several lesser members who, being unsuited for physical action, stayed at headquarters in supporting roles.

Twisted Toyfare Theater is the most popular feature in the monthly magazine Toyfare. Originally titled Twisted Mego Theatre, it is a humorous comic strip done in the fumetti style by photographing toys on sets built by the magazine’s staff, and using Photoshop to add effects and word balloons. The strips predominantly feature a line of toys called Megos (a line very popular in the 1970’s, during the youth of much of the magazine’s staff), and principally those based on Marvel Comics characters, such as Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk. Collectively, the strips take place in a fictional world called Megoville. The series is well known for its bizarre humor and pop-culture references.

Megos based on other properties, such as television shows like CHiPs, Star Trek, and the Dukes of Hazzard make frequent appearances alongside the Marvel characters. Originally, Megos based on DC Comics characters also appeared, but there were certain legal issues brought up which led to their removal. Reprints of strips featuring DC characters have been edited so that now other characters appear in their place.

The broad scope of the writers of TTT has called for the presence of many characters which were never officially released under the Mego toy line to appear. This has led the creators of the strip to create, or to commission creations, of dozens of different characters.

Additionally, a large variety of other toy lines have been featured, either independently, or alongside the Megoville characters. These lines have included Star Wars, Smurfs, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Masters of the Universe, and a host of others. The Marvel Mego characters have also met their "evil twins" twice, in the form of the other toy lines based on Marvel characters, such as Marvel Legends.

While Twisted Toyfare Theater features toys based on pre-existing characters, their personalities are usually caricatures of the original.

Thrud the Barbarian is a comic character created by Carl Critchlow in 1981. Although Thrud himself is widely viewed as being a parody of Conan the Barbarian, particularly as depicted in the Arnold Schwarzenegger films, inspiration for the character's adventures and adversaries is drawn from several fantasy sources.

During the 1980s, a Thrud comic strip was a regular and popular feature in the role-playing game magazine White Dwarf. In 2002, continued interest in the character from role-playing enthusiasts and a desire to be free to experiment with a new artistic style prompted Critchlow to self-publish a series of award-winning full-length Thrud the Barbarian comics.

Once the Thrud strip ran its course in White Dwarf, Critchlow worked on other comics including the Judge Dredd/Batman crossover story The Ultimate Riddle, first published in 1995. His work on this story was fully painted, and while considered impressive was also criticised as being forced, confused and muddy. Critchlow was developing a new style based on line-drawings with computer colouring, but having been pigeon-holed as a painter did not believe that he would be able to interest anyone in this very different style.

When attending gaming conventions, Critchlow found that he was often remembered for his work on Thrud and recognised that there was still an interest in the character. He therefore decided to create and self-publish a full-length Thrud the Barbarian comic as a way to get his new style noticed.

In a word, Thrud is a psychopath. Depicted as an eight-foot tall barbarian with a huge, exagerrated physique and a very, very small head, Thrud engages in mindless slaughter whilst remaining blissfully unaware of the unfolding storyline. Dressed in a pair of large, furry boots, a loincloth and a tiny helmet, and wielding an enormous axe, Thrud is a caricature of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian striking Frank Frazetta-style poses while hacking and slashing monsters into bits.

Author Raymond Chandler wrote, ìDown these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.î

Chandler was talking about his own character, Philip Marlowe, but he could just as easily been referring to the Hire, the star of BMW Filmsí series of short films. Now Dark Horse and BMW Films are bringing The Hireóthe enigmatic hero capable of doing the hard thing for the right reasonsóto the comics page.

Just as each of the films is directed by a different top director, each issue of The Hire will be a stand-alone story by a different top creator or creator team. First up: Matt Wagner, the creator of Grendel and Mage.

When the Hire is asked to sneak a rich manís spoiled, scandalous daughter out of town, he thinks the worst heíll have to deal with are persistent paparazzi. Then the bullets start to fly

"Sixty-six thousand miles-per-hour is approximately how fast the Earth travels through space. At that speed, you'd think things would at least be a little exciting. As we all know, however, all you really get is a blurred landscape and a lot of dead bugs on the windshield.
"Sadly, the old girl doesn't know enough to pick a direction and keep on running. As with most of us, tedious routine maintains a demoralizing effect that keeps the Earth traveling in the same circles.
"Take, for example, New Jersey; where Fate and Destiny are routinely harassed at the toll booths and abandon us in disgust. Here, we have only accidents."
from the diary of EVIE PRYCE

That's what EVIE thinks, anyway. But one night the cycle of "tedious routine" begins to disintegrate in Squareville, New Jersey. EVIE'S stuck in a humiliating summer job. Her dreams of escaping small town life in search of fame and fortune as a great artist in the glamorous cities of the world are seeming more and more unlikely.
Not far away DON PEPE TRIDESTA, a.k.a. "JOEY THREE-HEADS", the shady circus boss with a mind worthy of three master criminals, hatches new money-making schemes in the hope of paying off the price on his head. He is unaware that the infamous "TOOLBOX TWINS", BIG SAL and LITTLE SAL, have already been hired to rub him out. In fact, they've just arrived in town...
Meanwhile, MAYOR JONATHAN BELL continues his strange habit of residing in the two-bit room over Shakey's Saloon. Is he hiding from his estranged wife EMMA? What exactly is going on up there?
Speaking of EMMA, who is the strange, shadowy figure hiding in her cellar?
Of course, all of this is peanuts compared to the arrival this very same evening of RIDLEY VOZZ, ambassador from the distant planet TELEVANIA. He has the paperwork to prove his government's claim to the land now occupied by Squareville -- as of five thousand years ago! He's been sent to earth on a mysterious mission to transport the mile-square chunk of dirt to his planet. But the townsfolk aren't budging, and everyone becomes stranded together when RIDLEY uses his spaceship's energies to lift Squareville away with him!
Sound like a bad situation? Not as bad as what befalls Squareville when EVIE accidentally unleashes a burst of the ship's extraterrestrial energies, causing garden vegetables to grow to the size of buidings, insects to expand to schoolbus proportions, and otherwise inanimate objects -- like EVIE'S art project -- to come to life. As a result, the ship and the space-island of Squareville are out of even RIDLEY'S control.

Who among Squareville's strange assortment of characters holds the key to their survival, and can they all stop arguing long enough to act on it?

A young boy named Kidale is anointed with the power of a reincarnated Solar Exalted and becomes the catalyst for conflict and heroism in the glittering glass city of Chiaroscuro. In a world where the gods have turned their attention away from mankind and incredibly powerful exalts stride forth to remake Creation in their image, legends will be forged and sacrifices will be made.

Hundreds of years in the future, Manhattan has become a deadly slum, run by mutant crime-lords and disinterested cops. Stuck in the middle is a young girl who thought she had no future, but learns she has a great destiny. In a world so poisoned that it doesn't notice the monsters on its streets, how can a street kid like Fray unite a fallen city against a demonic plot to consume mankind? Joss Whedon, the celebrated creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, brings his vision to the future in this unique tale. As inventive in the comics medium as in that of television or film, Whedon spins a complex tale of a skilled thief coming of age without the help of friends or family, guided only by a demonic Watcher.

When we last saw Cuban exile and Miami gangster Tony Montana, his cocaine-fueled body was riddled with bullets in the 1983 Brian DePalma cinematic classic, Scarface. Now, IDW Publishing proudly presents the second coming of Tony Montana in the sequel to the end-all-be-all of gangster movies with an all-new five-issue comic book miniseries—Scarface: Scarred for Life.

The blood-soaked tale picks up where the movie left off, as Tony Montana survives—you read that right—but just barely. Having lost almost everything—including very nearly his life—Tony must once again claw his way to the top of the sun-drenched Florida underworld. If the odds were stacked against the gangster before, he now stands in the shadow of odds stacked twice as high.

30 days of night




30 days of night - Dark Days.




30 days of night - Return to Barrow.



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30 days of night - Bloodsucker tales.




30 days of night - dead space.




30 days of night - Annual and calendar.

Crawling from the wreckage of 30 Days of Night: Dead Space is this latest continuation of the 30 Days saga. In "Spreading The Disease," Agent Michael Henson has all the evidence he needs to prove to the world that vampires exist... until the government takes it all away.

Now, urged on by a mysterious "friend," Henson must follow a path of carnage and gore in hopes of finding the answer to why anyone would want to put a vampire into space, with his only lead being to follow the fangs. Written by Dan Wickline, with artwork by Alex Sanchez and Tony Sandoval, and a cover by Sanchez.

Thanks for the addition to the 30 Days of Night, Bonzo.

Are you going to keep updating your series as they come out with new comics?