Meet J.J. COHEN, who played ‘Skinhead’ in the Back to the Future trilogy!
J.J. Cohen is an American actor who has appeared on stage, in film and on television, having gotten his start in the theatre doing musicals. Cohen appeared in all three parts of the Back to the Future trilogy, which was just the beginning of his film credits! Cohen’s other film roles include the 1985 film Secret Admirer, the 1986 drama film Fire with Fire, the 1987 film The Principal as White Zac, and 976-EVIL. Cohen’s most recent film was the 2000 film Almost Famous. Cohen has appeared in many television shows, including V: The Series, Baywatch, Amazing Stories, Pacific Blue, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Providence – and he was a series regular on the sexy nighttime soap opera Valley of the Dolls, playing record mogul Seth Stein!
Here are the comics and graphic novels that caught our attention in this month’s Previews!
To ensure that you get these books when they arrive, please call the store at 727-398-2665, or email our Books & New Comics Merchant at comics@emeraldcitycomics.com, to add these books, comics, and/or series to your in-store subscription!
Don’t have a subscription? It’s easy – sign up for at least three monthly comic book series, and stop by at least once a month to purchase them! Fill out a subscription form next time you’re at EC!
From the Previews Catalog #399, DECEMBER 2021 (for books arriving mainly in FEBRUARY 2022)…
NEW MASTERS #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Shobo (A/CA) Shof
Nigerian brothers SHOBO and SHOF present NEW MASTERS, a groundbreaking blend of science fiction, adventure, drama, and vibrant Afrofuturism. In a striking vision of West Africa under the thumb of alien colonizers, a motley crew of outcasts find themselves caught up in a power struggle for control of an ancient artifact with immense power.
ROGUE SUN #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Ryan Parrott (A) Abel, Chris O’Halloran (CA) Declan Shalvey
Yesterday: New Orleans’ greatest hero, ROGUE SUN, was murdered.
Today: rebellious teenager DYLAN SIEGEL discovers that Rogue Sun was his estranged father, Marcus-and that he’s inherited his father’s mantle. Tasked with protecting our world from the forces of the supernatural-and solving his father’s murder-Dylan will be forced to come to terms with the man he’s spent the majority of his life hating.
From acclaimed writer RYAN PARROTT (Mighty Morphin, Power Rangers, Dead Day) and rising star artist ABEL (Harley Quinn, Crimes of Passion) comes A SUPERNATURAL MURDER MYSTERY that explores the complicated bond between father and son and cements itself squarely in a corner of the IMAGE COMICS’ SUPERHERO UNIVERSE!
STEP BY BLOODY STEP #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Matias Bergara, Matheus Lopes (CA) Matias Bergara
An armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and-deadliest by far-civilizations… If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can’t ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing-except each other.
Multiple-Eisner nominees SI SPURRIER (X-Men), MATIAS BERGARA (Coda), and MATHEUS LOPES (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free.
Let’s take a walk.
“STEP BY BLOODY STEP may be my new favorite comic. SPURRIER, BERGARA, and LOPES have created something that celebrates everything comics can be: mysterious, inventive, bursting with imagination and also incredibly heartfelt without ever saying a word.” -JEFF LEMIRE
KILLER AFFAIRS OF STATE #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Matz (A/CA) Luc Jacamon
The Eisner-nominated series returns ahead of the upcoming David Fincher Netflix film!
Caught and put to work as an on-call assassin for the French government, Killer has to adjust to working with a handler, a partner, and living life as a civilian.
An underhanded target, a City Hall employee, leads Killer and his partner, Nicolas, toward a sinister web of city-wide corruption.
But while Nicolas assures Killer that it’s all for the greater good, will Killer ever be able to get back to his nihilistic lifestyle, free from debt and government associations?
Discover the Eisner Award-nominated series by artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia) ahead of the upcoming Netflix film directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en), and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class).
BLACK PANTHER #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) John Ridley (A) Juan Cabal (CA) Alex Ross
NEW CREATIVE TEAM, NEW DIRECTION – “THE LONG SHADOW” STARTS HERE!
Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley and Stormbreaker artist Juann Cabal launch an all-new BLACK PANTHER series with an action-packed espionage story that will upend everything in T’Challa’s life and have ramifications for the entire Marvel Universe!
Secrets from T’Challa’s past have come back to haunt him! Fresh from returning from his travels in space, Black Panther receives an unexpected and urgent message from a Wakandan secret agent! Now T’Challa must race the clock not only to save his agent, but also to keep his true agenda under wraps. Because if the truth comes out, it could cost T’Challa everything…
GRRL SCOUTS STONE GHOST #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Jim Mahfood
Superstar artist and comics-makin’ weirdo JIM MAHFOOD returns to his creator-owned GRRL SCOUTS universe for a brand-new six-issue miniseries! Join DIO, TURTLENECK JONES, and GORDI as they face off against the sinister and unpredictable evil of THE TEETH! Hilarious, over-the-top, psychedelic adventure will ensue, you guys! Packed from cover to cover (no ads!) with completely unique and eye-poppin’ MAHFOOD art, including bonus comics and behind-the-scenes fun! Plus, an absolutely stunning variant cover from our good friend PEACH MOMOKO! Feel the Funk!
FANTASTIC FOUR ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (A) Aco, More (CA) Steve McNiven
Sixty years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made history and brought about the beginning of the Marvel Age of comics with the release of FANTASTIC FOUR #1. Now a bevy of Marvel’s finest creators pay tribute to that monumental moment by reinterpreting, page by page, the story from that inaugural release as well as FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3, in which the entirety of the Marvel Universe attended the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm! Whether these are stories you’ve never read before or tales that you’re intimately familiar with, this is the perfect way to experience them anew!
RADIO APOCALYPSE #1
VAULT COMICS
(W) Ram V. (A/CA) Anand Rk
Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last Radio Station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasting into the unknown, a beacon in the dark for those who wander the lost places. Now change is coming to Bakerstown. Among the refugees flocking into an already precarious settlement, an orphan boy Rion, caught in an indiscretion, will twine his fate with the Radio Station. And in doing so, begin this mixtape of love and heartbreak and interminable hope. This soundtrack to the end of the world.
ROBIN & BATMAN #1
DC Comics
(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Dustin Nguyen
The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. This isn’t that story. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world…This is the story of Robin and Batman. The bestselling creative team behind the Eisner-winning Descender, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, reunite in Gotham City to tell the story of a remarkable young man learning to navigate an incredible new world!
REGARDING THE MATTER OF OSWALDS BODY #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A/CA) Luca Casalanguida
Where is Lee Harvey Oswald’s body?
The Kennedy assassination is a rat’s nest of conspiracy theories: mafia involvement, the second gunman, government cover-up… but the most important chapter of this sordid tale may just be the theory that the body buried at Oswald’s Rose Hill gravesite is not actually Lee Harvey himself.
Meet the ragtag group of “useful idiots” who are unwittingly brought together to clean up the crime of the century – a wannabe cowboy from Wisconsin, a Buddy Holly-idolizing (former) car thief, a world-weary Civil Rights activist ready for revolution, and a failed G-Man who still acts the part – and specifically, regarding the matter of Oswald’s body.
For fans of Department of Truth and Time Before Time comes an off-kilter crime thriller set in the shadows of history’s greatest conspiracy by Eisner Award-nominated writer, producer, and director Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man, The United States of Captain America) and artist Luca Casalanguida (Lost Soldiers, Scout’s Honor).
A crew is working on our roof this week, but they will be moving equipment out of the way more and more as they go. We will hopefully have spaces available in the “front” gravel parking lot in a day or two.
The Emerald City Book Club meets the FIRST SUNDAY of the month from 4:30 to 5:30pm in our Events Room, to chat about the featured book. We sometimes begin the meetings with a “Comics 101” introduction giving some historical, artistic, or social background on the book, and then we dive right into discussion!
The featured book for the next meeting will be announced at the end of the current ECBC meeting. That book is 20% OFF for the month leading up to its ECBC meeting! (The discount will be calculated at the register, and does not combine with any other discounts or programs).
ETERNALS TP VOL 01 ONLY DEATH IS ETERNAL
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Esad Ribic
Never die … never win. What’s the point of an eternal battle? For millions of years, one hundred Eternals have roamed the Earth, secret protectors of humanity. Without them, mankind would be smears between the teeth of the demon-like Deviants. Their war has waged for all time, echoing in our myths and nightmares. But today, the Eternals face something new: change! Can they – or anyone on Earth – survive their discovery? An Eternal has been murdered by one of their own, and this may not be the last such killing. But Sersi’s number one suspect is … Thena?! Plus: Titans clash in a city driven mad as Ikaris battles Thanos! From the thought-provoking minds of Kieron Gillen (YOUNG AVENGERS, UNCANNY X-MEN) and Esad Ribic (THOR: GOD OF THUNDER, SECRET WARS) comes a new vision of the classic Marvel mythology!
NEWBURN #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Chip Zdarsky, Nadia Shammas (A) Jacob Phillips, Ziyed Yusuf Ayoub (CA) Jacob Phillips
EASTON NEWBURN is a private detective without loyalties, investigating conflicts
between rival crime factions while collecting enemies along the way. In this DEBUT ISSUE, a man is murdered after stealing from his own mafia family, but they aren’t the ones who ordered the hit…
This new ONGOING SERIES from CHIP ZDARSKY (Daredevil) and JACOB PHILLIPS (THAT TEXAS BLOOD) features a riveting backup story, “BROOKLYN ZIRCONIA,” by rising stars NADIA
SHAMMAS and ZIYED YUSUF AYOUB!
DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #1
DC Comics
(W) Tom Taylor (A/CA) Yasmine Putri
An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Monarchs will die, kingdoms will rise, and what seemed the end of the world for many…was only the beginning! An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems… From worldwide bestselling writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, Superman: Son of Kal-El) and acclaimed artist Yasmine Putri comes a generational tale of good and evil within a brand-new DCU!
Saturday, November 20th from 11am to 2pm
(store remains open until 8pm)
GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE hits theaters on November 19th!
On Saturday, November 20th at 11am, come celebrate the release at our GHOSTBUSTERS DAY!
See the “Ectomobile” and meet the Suncoast Ghostbusters – great photo opportunities!
Sony Pictures & The Suncoast Ghostbusters will have free GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE posters for our Guests, while supplies last!
The Suncoast Ghostbusters are always on call to handle all your supernatural elimination needs! When not battling pesky poltergeists and saving the world, they’re working to raise money for numerous charities such as the American Cancer Society and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Here are the comics and graphic novels that caught our attention in this month’s Previews!
To ensure that you get these books when they arrive, please call the store at 727-398-2665, or email our Books & New Comics Merchant at comics@emeraldcitycomics.com, to add these books, comics, and/or series to your in-store subscription!
Don’t have a subscription? It’s easy – sign up for at least three monthly comic book series, and stop by at least once a month to purchase them! Fill out a subscription form next time you’re at EC!
From the Previews Catalog #398, NOVEMBER 2021 (for books arriving mainly in JANUARY 2022)…
KARMEN HC
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Guillem March
Spanish writer and artist GUILLEM MARCH, best known for his work on Batman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn, takes up his pen for a cutting-edge story about a highly unconventional angel named Karmen and the young woman she takes under her wing when heartbreak strikes too hard. Packed with intriguing twists and metaphysical musings, this gorgeously drawn series brings tenderness, heart, and humor to the delicate and difficult matters of life and death that we all face.
ARROWSMITH #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W) Kurt Busiek (A/CA) Carlos Pacheco & Various
The new KURT BUSIEK era at Image begins here, as he and superstar artist CARLOS PACHECO (Fantastic Four, Avengers Forever, Final Crisis, X-Men, Superman) bring you the much-anticipated return of ARROWSMITH! It’s World War I – but a war of wizards and dragons as much as bullets and barbed wire. Young airman Fletcher Arrowsmith plunges back into the heat of war – and finds himself behind enemy lines, facing a threat that could doom the Allied Powers. The first issue in a new ARROWSMITH-universe miniseries!
DC VS VAMPIRES #1
DC Comics
(W) James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg (A/CA) Otto Schmidt
The Justice League has long protected Earth from all manner of foreign and alien invaders over the years, always keeping a vigilant eye to the skies for the next threat. But what if the threat was already walking the Earth…hiding in plain sight…watching…waiting for their moment to strike… In the tradition of DCeased comes a terrifying new series from the twisted minds of James Tynion IV (Nice House on the Lake; Something is Killing the Children), Matthew Rosenberg (The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox; 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank; Hawkeye), and Otto Schmidt that will tear the Justice League apart in their war with the undead!
HARBINGER (2021) #1
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
(W) Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly (A/CA) Robbi Rodriguez
Can you make the world better if you can’t be better?
A telepath with no memory. A city of superpowered teenagers suppressed.
Redemption. Destruction. Rebirth. A new era of HARBINGER begins here.
Sunday, November 14th from 1pm to 4pm
This event will start at 1pm. Please arrive by 12:30 to register and get pairings done.
$5 entry fee, and all players get a foil card!
FORMAT:
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS!
The heroes had their fun with the “It’s All Good” format, now let’s be bad guys! All characters in your deck must be from Evil affiliations. This means no neutral characters are allowed, but someone with both good and evil (like Grant Ward) is allowed.
Also, the cards from the Banned list in Modern are banned for this as well. The ones that would apply to this format are:
Main Characters:
-Dark Phoenix
-The Mayor
-Outriders
Supporting Characters:
-Dark Phoenix
Plot Twists:
-Out of Time
Equipment:
-Machine (Invention)
PRIZES:
Organized Play Kit #5 will be used as prize support. First place gets to choose either the acetate card or the playmat. The other will be raffled to a random other player.
-1 Acetate Main Character Card
-1 Playmat
-5 Extended Art Foil Supporting Character Cards (Top Finishers Prizes plus one for Head Judge)
-25 Alternate Extended Art Foil Supporting Character Cards (Participation Prizes)
AND … if there are 7 or more players, a $10 EC Gift Certificate will be added to the prizes! Another $10 EC Gift Certificate will be added for every 3 additional players (10, 13, 16, 19, etc). These Gift Certificates will be offered as options for the top players, and/or raffled to a random player if the acetate card and playmat are already taken before the raffle.
Join us on Saturday, October 30th, from 11am-8pm and Sunday, October 31st, from 12pm-6pm at Emerald City Comics for this year’s Halloween Costume Contest!
We will have two separate contests this year, one for adults and one for kids!
First place for the Adult Costume Contest is a $40 EC GIFT CERTIFICATE and First place for the Kids Costume Contest is a $10 EC GIFT CERTIFICATE!
Each contestant will be photographed and these will be posted in a Facebook photo album, and the EC Team will choose the winner on Monday 11/1/21.
We will also have Candy for anyone who comes in costume!
PHOENIX SONG ECHO #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Rebecca Roanhorse (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Cory Smith
STRAIGHT OUT OF HER TRANSFORMATION IN AVENGERS, ECHO GETS AN
EXHILARATING SOLO SERIES FROM BESTSELLER REBECCA ROANHORSE!
Against all odds, one of the most powerful entities in the Marvel Universe chose Maya Lopez, a deaf street fighter, as its new avatar. And the burning question on everyone’s minds is: WHY?! But Echo is the last person to answer. Still learning her new cosmic abilities – and struggling with the Phoenix’s overwhelming personality – Echo strikes out to return to her roots. But the reservation has even fewer answers. And where power goes, evil follows. Someone wants Echo to fail – and unleash a power only the greatest heroes in
history have been able to control. Avengers artist Luca Maresca joins superstar writer Rebecca Roanhorse for a story that will light the universe on fire!
NUBIA AND THE AMAZONS #1
DC Comics
(W) Vita Ayala – Stephanie Williams (A/CA) Alitha Martinez
After the thrilling events of Infinite Frontier, Nubia becomes queen of Themyscira, but the new title also brings challenges. With the unexpected arrival of new Amazons, our hero is forced to reckon with her past and forge a new path forward for her sisters. Little does she know, a great evil grows beneath the island and it’s up to this former guardian of Doom’s Doorway to unite her tribe before paradise is lost forever! This unforgettable miniseries from writers Vita Ayala and Stephanie Williams, along with all-star artist Alitha Martinez (Future State) brings the fan-favorite character back to the DCU for good. After Nubia, the world of the Amazons will never be the same!
BATMAN THE AUDIO ADVENTURES SPECIAL #1
DC Comics
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Dave Johnson
Story By Dennis McNicholas, Bobby Moynihan, Heidi Gardner, Paul Scheer, And More Art By Leonardo Romero, Juni Ba, And More Ah, you hear that beautiful racket? That’s the music of Gotham City—the largest city in the world, the big gargoyle, the treasure of the night—anyone who calls it a crime-infested hellhole is dead wrong. No way hell has such great pierogies. So join us here (hear?) as we bring you the stories behind the stories behind the hit HBO Max scripted original podcast with this sensational prequel one-shot, written by the very creators and talent who lent their voices to the show. And unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know that after years of rumors we find out not only is the Batman real, not only is he one of the good guys, turns out, he’s gonna be a cop! With special appearances by King Scimitar, Stoveplate Sullivan, Billy Wristwatch, and others directly from the podcast, this oversize special brings you deeper into the mysteries behind Batman: The Audio Adventures!
STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC TRAIL SHADOWS #1
MARVEL PRH
(W) Daniel Jose Older (A) Dave Wachter (CA) David Lopez
JEDI KNIGHT AND PRIVATE EYE TEAM UP TO UNCOVER A MYSTERY THAT WILL CHANGE THE HIGH REPUBLIC FOREVER!
A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It’s a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator EMERICK CAPHTOR must solve the case before it’s too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, the Nihil and everyone in the galaxy, hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. He’ll need help. Luckily, Private Eye SIAN HOLT lives in the dark. Together, they’ll follow this trail of shadows wherever it leads. If they can work together, that is.
Here are the comics and graphic novels that caught our attention in this month’s Previews!
To ensure that you get these books when they arrive, please call the store at 727-398-2665, or email our Books & New Comics Merchant at comics@emeraldcitycomics.com, to add these books, comics, and/or series to your in-store subscription!
Don’t have a subscription? It’s easy – sign up for at least three monthly comic book series, and stop by at least once a month to purchase them! Fill out a subscription form next time you’re at EC!
From the Previews Catalog #397, OCTOBER 2021 (for books arriving mainly in DECEMBER 2021)…
WE RIDE TITANS #1
VAULT COMICS
(W) Tres Dean (A/CA) Sebastian Piriz
Kaiju hit hard. Family hits harder.
Trying to keep your family from imploding is a tall order. Kit Hobbs is about to find out it’s an even taller order when that family has been piloting the Titan that protects New Hyperion from kaiju for generations. Between a spiraling brother, a powder keg of a father, and a whole bunch of twenty-story monsters, she’s got her work cut out for her.
END AFTER END #1
VAULT COMICS
(W) David Andry, Tim Daniel (A/CA) Sunando C
Life is nothing if not a series of endings.
School. Jobs. Friendships. Love.
Until THE end.
Walter Willem’s end was fast and unexpected. His was an unremarkable life. So, how is it that his story continues as cannon fodder in an endless war waged against an insatiable darkness hellbent on consuming all of existence?
And is Walter right in believing he’s arrived in the midst of this titanic battle as the one destined to finally end it?
That’s the tale of the End After End.
MOTHER F GOOSE ONE SHOT #1
AFTERSHOCK COMICS
(W) Frank Tieri (A/CA) Joe Eisma
PRESTIGE FORMAT ONE-SHOT
The Three Little Pigs are gluttonous casino owners. Little Miss Muffet is a hard-nosed cop with arachnophobia. The Three Blind Mice are ocularly impaired assassins. Puss in Boots is a feline-faced scumbag.
Welcome to MOTHER F. GOOSE, where your favorite fairy tales are turned into twisted characters right out of a Tarantino movie. Picking up from “LITTLE RED HOOD” (SHOCK) and “ALONG CAME A SPIDER” (AFTERDARK), we will make you a promise: this is the book that will ruin your childhood. Sorry, kids!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #75
MARVEL PRH
(W) Zeb Wells (A) Patrick Gleason (CA) Art Adams
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is back to thrice-monthly because this story is pure jet fuel. Ben Reilly has returned to NYC and has fully taken back the mantle of Spider-Man, but what does this mean for Peter Parker? The greatest team of web-writers has come together with the most epic arachnid-artists ever assembled to bring you a Spider-story that will shake up Spider-Man’s 59th year in ways you CANNOT PREDICT!
DC HORROR PRESENTS SOUL PLUMBER #1
DC Comics
(W) Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, Ben Kissel (A/CA) John McCrea
From the creators of The Last Podcast On The Left, exorcism just got a whole lot easier. After attending a seminar hosted in a hotel conference room by a mysterious group called the Soul Plumbers, Edgar Wiggins, disgraced former seminary school student, discovers what he thinks is the secret to delivering souls from the thrall of Satan. But after stealing the blueprints and building the machine himself, out of whatever he can afford from his salary as a gas station attendant, Edgar misses the demon and instead pulls out an inter-dimensional alien with dire consequences for all of mankind.
The Emerald City Book Club meets the FIRST SUNDAY of the month from 4:30 to 5:30pm in our Events Room, to chat about the featured book. We sometimes begin the meetings with a “Comics 101” introduction giving some historical, artistic, or social background on the book, and then we dive right into discussion!
The featured book for the next meeting will be announced at the end of the current ECBC meeting. That book is 20% OFF for the month leading up to its ECBC meeting! (The discount will be calculated at the register, and does not combine with any other discounts or programs).
You can purchase the discounted book in-store or online:
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Kelley Jones & Various (CA) Dave McKean
Ten thousand years ago, Morpheus condemned a woman who loved him to Hell. Now the other members of his immortal family, the Endless, have convinced the Dream King that this was an injustice. To make it right, Morpheus must return to Hell to rescue his banished love – and Hell’s ruler, the fallen angel Lucifer, has already sworn to destroy him….
GUN HONEY #1
TITAN COMICS
(W) Charles Ardai (A) Ang Hor Kheng (CA) Bill Sienkiewicz
DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM AWARD WINNING WRITER AND CO-FOUNDER OF HARD CASE CRIME PUBLISHING CHARLES ARDAI.
When a gun smuggled into a high-security prison leads to the death of dozens and the escape of a brutal criminal, notorious weapons smuggler Joanna Tan is enlisted by the U.S. government: find the man she set loose and bring him down!
“Charles Ardai is very smart and very cool fellow.” – Stephen King
DEATHSTROKE INC #1
DC Comics
(W) Joshua Williamson (A/CA) Howard Porter
After suffering too many losses, Slade Wilson decides it’s time for a change. When he’s enlisted to work with an ages-old secret organization called T.R.U.S.T. who want to take down the heavy-hitter villains, he’s all in. They’ll supply him with an all-new team and resources for his new mission into the depths of the weirdest parts of the DCU, including a new partner…Black Canary! Wait what?! Enjoy explosions, kick-ass action, and new outrageous adventures as DC’s meanest S.O.B. gets tangled up in a major mystery building in the shadows of the DCU.
