DARK HORSE COMICS FOR APRIL

3 STORY: SECRET FILES OF THE GIANT MAN   (one-shot) 

Written, art and cover by Matt Kindt. Some episodes from the life of Craig Pressgang were too sensitive even for the pages of 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, but now the full truth of his years as a spy can be told! Lending new meaning to the phrase “hiding in plain sight,” Craig’s missions to Paris, Cairo, and the Philippines make Secret Files an essential companion to the 3 Story graphic novel, as well as a perfect standalone introduction to Matt Kindt’s touching history of the Giant Man. Collects all three Giant Man stories from MySpace Dark Horse Presents. Includes a preview of Kindt’s new series, Mind MGMT! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN! ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 HC

Written by Edvard Moritz, King Ward and Mac Elkan, art by Edvard Moritz, King Ward, Mac Elkan, Fred Guardineer. Al Feldstein, Leonard Starr, Al Ulmer and Paul Reinman. The first ongoing horror comics anthology, Adventures into the Unknown! is finally collected into a series of deluxe hardcovers! The pre-Code delights found in this debut volume include inventive, exciting tales like “The Living Ghost,” “Kill, Puppets, Kill,” “The Affair of Room 1313,” and the ongoing “True Ghosts of History” feature — and contributions from Golden Age greats Fred Guardineer, Al Feldstein, Leonard Starr, Edvard Moritz, and others! Adventures into the Unknown! Archives Volume 1 reprints the first four issues of the popular, long-running horror anthology, which ran from 1948 to 1967. Foreword by Bruce Jones! 216 pages, $49.99, in stores on June 6.

ALABASTER: WOLVES #1 (L.S. of 5) 

Written by Caitlin R. Kiernan, art by Steve Lieber, cover by Greg Ruth, variant cover by Michael Avon Oeming. International Horror Guild Award-winning author Caitlin R. Kiernan brings one of her most enduring and popular creations to comics! For nearly as long as she can remember, Dancy Flammarion has fought monsters, cutting a bloody swath through the demons and dark things of the world, aimed like a weapon by forces beyond her control or questioning. But now, for the first time, Dancy finds herself alone — and the wolves are closing in. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

ANGEL & FAITH #9

Written by Christos Gage, art and variant cover by Rebekah Isaacs, colored by Dan Jackson, cover by Steve Morris. Still reeling from her father’s unexpected appearance, Faith goes rogue, taking on Drusilla and her pet demon. It’s time to burn off some anger. Angel is hot on her tail, but he may be too late to save her from Dru, and ultimately herself. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 25.

ANGEL & FAITH VOLUME 1: LIVE THROUGH THIS TP

Written by Christos Gage, art by Rebekah Isaacs and Phil Noto, colored by Dan Jackson, cover by Steve Morris. Angel has made bad choices in his life. Most recently? While possessed, he killed Giles. However, he believes he’s found a way to make amends, by bringing the Watcher back from the grave! Cue Faith — rebel Slayer, and Angel’s only ally — who only supports this harebrained scheme in order to keep her friend from catatonia. New threats emerge as this unlikely duo struggles against real and personal demons alike, while hitting the dark streets of London! Collects Angel & Faith #1-5, plus the Harmony one-shot. 136 pages, $17.99, in stores on June 20.

BALTIMORE: THE CURSE BELLS VOLUME 2 HC

Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, art by Ben Stenbeck, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Mike Mignola. A horrific ritual will create havoc on a small European town, as Lord Baltimore takes on the twisted blessing of vampiric nuns and an insane warlock! 144 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 13.

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: THE LONG DEATH #3

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, art by James Harren, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Duncan Fegredo. In a frozen camp full of slaughtered agents, two monstrous, long-running characters go head to head in a life-and-death battle! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: THE PICKENS COUNTY HORROR #2

Written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie, art by Jason Latour, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Beckey Cloonan. A reclusive vampire clan and a deadly mist create one of the most disastrous missions our heroes have ever faced! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 25.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 #8

Written by Andrew Chambliss, penciled by Cliff Richards, inked by Andy Owens, colored by Michelle Madsen, cover by Phil Noto, variant cover by Georges Jeanty. There is something seriously wrong with Buffy! She and Spike discover that the one person who can help her is actually . . . Andrew? Buffy’s situation becomes even more dire as she discovers that Simone, the Slayer with an enormous grudge, has been targeting her. 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 11.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #3

Written by Brian Wood, art by Becky Cloonan, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Massimo Carnevale, variant cover by John Paul Leon. Alone, Conan was the most fearsome warrior to ever walk the planet! Now, joined with the pirate queen Belit, he is swept to new levels of danger and passion. Wood and Cloonan continue to redefine the Cimmerian as he embraces piracy and begins his joint reign of the Black Coast alongside the deadly siren, Belit! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

CONAN VOLUME 11: ROAD OF KINGS TP

Written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Mike Hawthore, inkced by John Lucas and Jason Gorder, colored by Dave Stewart and Dan Jackson. The journey down the fabled Road of Kings is a treacherous one, filled with monsters, angry victims of Conan’s light fingers, and other thieving highwaymen. While Conan becomes caught up in palace intrigue along the way, a slaver kidnaps his companion, Olivia, determined to collect a ransom from her royal father! Collecting Conan: Road of Kings #1-#6, these are some of the most thrilling Conan stories ever printed! 152 pages, $19.99, in stores on June 27.

CREEPY COMICS #8

Written by Jeff Parker, Doug Moench and Rick Geary, art by Rick Geary, Colleen Coover and Kelley Jones, cover by Richard Corben. Uncle Creepy has unearthed another malicious mag’s worth of terror! 48 pages, $4.99, in stores on April 4.

CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 13 HC

Written by Bill DuBay, Bruce Jones, Steve Skeates and Tom Sutton, art by Richard Corben, Bernie Wrightson, John Severin, Sanjulian, Ken Kelly, Jose Bea and Leo Summers. It’s a lucky time to be a horror fan! Celebrate the tremendously terrifying thirteenth volume in the Creepy Archives hardcover series with classic tales by Bernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones, John Severin, and more, as the esteemed horror magazine hits another fruitful period of frightful delights in the mid-seventies! Collecting the classic Creepy magazines #60 through #63, plus several color pieces by Richard Corben, Sanjulian, and Ken Kelly — with black-and-white stories throughout by Tom Sutton, Jose Bea, Bill DuBay, Jose Gual, and many others. 256 pages, black and white, $49.99, in stores on June 20.

CRIMINAL MACABRE: DIE, DIE, MY DARLING!   (one-shot) 

Written by Steve Niles, art by Christopher Mitten, colored by Michelle Madsen, cover by Fiona Staples. Monster hunters Cal and Mo’loch are hired by a giant stranger and his fetal sibling to make a final stand in the war between good and evil. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 4.

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #11

Written by Francesco Francavilla, Steve Horton, Carla Speed McNeil, Steve Niles, Evan Dorkin, Tim Seeley, John Arcudi, Andrew Vachss, Neal Adams and Frank Barbiera, art by Francesco Francavilla, Carla Speed McNeil, Evan Dorkin, Neal Adams, Michael Dialynas, Jonathan Case, Victor Drujiniu, Tonci Zonjic, Geof Darrow and Luke Radi, covers by Francesco Francavila, Evan Dorkin and Tonci Zonjic. The continuing exploits of cunning assassin Amala, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder, Evan Dorkin’s House of Fun, and Steve Niles’s Criminal Macabre. This issue is also packed with the exciting premiere of Francesco Francavilla’s pulp-noir hero the Black Beetle, the return of John Arcudi’s The Creep, and a new story by Andrew Vachss with illustrations by Geof Darrow! And in an exciting feature by Frank Barbiere and Luke Radl, meet the killers known as the White Suits, who have left their bloody fingerprints throughout modern history. When a young girl encounters one of the Suits during a mob deal gone wrong, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever — or end it! 80 pages, $7.99, in stores on April 18.

DARK MATTER #4

Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, art and cover by Garry Brown, colored by Ryan Hill. Abandoned by one of their own, the remaining crew members are trapped planet-side as enemies orbit their position. Outnumbered and outgunned, their only hope rests with a suicidal last stand — and help from a most unlikely source… 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM VOL 2: REVELATION/SOLAR RISE TP

Written by Jim Shooter, penciled by Roger Robinson, Agustin Alessio and Diego Bernard, inked by Roger Robinson, Agustin Alessio and Fred Benes, colored by Agustin Alessio and Wes Dzioba, cover by Michael Komarck. Ruthless power broker Tanek Nuro has hacked into the operating system of the universe. With no limit to his monstrous ambition and only Doctor Solar in his way, a new Big Bang is about to begin! Plus, the mind-blowing origin of the Man of the Atom is revealed: how did a middle-aged physicist come to command the fires of creation? Everything you knew — and everything you didn’t — is about to cross the event horizon! Collects Doctor Solar #5-#8. 96 pages, $13.99, in stores on June 6.

GANTZ VOLUME 23 TP

Written and art by Hiroya Oku. The battle-hardened Osaka Gantz team has fought with courage and fury to wipe out most of the lower-level (but highly lethal) alien invaders. Now firing on all cylinders, the OGs set out to go toe-to-toe with the insanely powerful boss-class offworlders, including the elusive, shape-shifting “100 Point” boss, a creature that can appear as beautiful as it is deadly. The Tokyo Gantz squad can do little more than watch as the Osaka fighters soon realize that the constantly changing forms of the boss monster may be more than even they can handle! 216 pages, black and white, $12.99, in stores on June 20.

GATE 7 VOLUME 3 TP

Written and art by CLAMP. A battle for supernatural supremacy rages in Kyoto! When a strange dimension overlaps with our reality, Hana and the members of her Inou Squad use their mystical dominion over the elements to protect humanity against a torrent of invading creatures. Thrust in the middle of this war, Chikahito is a seemingly ordinary boy who’s been accepted into Hana’s group — but it’s possible that he has latent powers of his own! 184 pages, black and white, $10.99, in stores on June 27.

THE GOON #39

Written, art and cover by Eric Powell, colored by Dave Stewart. In order to try to compete with the gimmicks and rehashes of the Big Two superhero companies, Eric Powell has decided to completely sell out and relaunch the Goon in this super-epic, brand new, first-ever first edition of the 39th issue of The Goon! Not only do the Goon and Franky get new costumes, but we also discover there are different-colored versions of the Goon! Green Goon! Red Goon! Blue Goon! Purple Goon! What a plot! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 25.

THE GOON VOLUME 11: THE DEFORMED OF BODY AND DEVIOUS OF MIND TP

Written by Eric Powell and Evan Dorkin, art by Eric Powell, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Eric Powell. Sparkly, skinny-jean wearin’ vampires, wiener-eatin’ hoboes, multinational midgets, and 2010 Queen of Burlesque star, Roxi DLite, are just a few of the obstacles Goon and Franky are up against in this new collection from Dark Horse Comics! Plus, guest writer Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese, Beasts of Burden) pits Goon against the horrendous, bacon-eating behemoth, the Ten-in-One! Collects The Goon issues #34-#37, The Goon in “An Irish Wake” from USA Today, and The Goon’s on Vacation from Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London. 144 pages, $16.99, in stores on June 27.

GRENDEL OMNIBUS VOLUME 1: HUNTER ROSE TP

Written by Matt Wagner, art by Matt Wagner, Tim Sale, David Mack, Duncan Fegredo, Mike Allred, Guy Davis, Tedd Kristiansen, Ashley Wood, Mike Huddleson and Dean Motter. Matt Wagner’s masterpiece celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with the first-ever comprehensive collection of the complete Grendel saga! The first of four volumes presenting the entire series and following the chronology of the stories, this edition introduces millionaire Hunter Rose and his alter ego, the criminal mastermind Grendel! Volume 1 reprints Grendel: Devil by the Deed; the short story collections Grendel: Black, White, & Red and Grendel: Red, White, & Black, featuring a host of legendary guest artists; and the epic Grendel: Behold the Devil. 600 pages, black, white and red, $24.99, in stores on June 6.

GROO VS. CONAN #1 (L.S. of 4) 

Written by Mark Evanier, art by Sergio Aragones and Thomas Yeates, colored by Tom Luth. It had to happen: the most heroic warrior in history meets the stupidest as Robert E. Howard’s immortal Conan the Barbarian crosses swords with Sergio Aragones’ Groo the Wanderer in Groo vs. Conan #11. This four-issue miniseries was concocted by the Eisner Award-winning team of Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragones, aided by master illustrator Thomas Yeates and master colorist Tom Luth. Will Conan annihilate Groo? Will Groo turn out to be the man who can defeat Conan? We’ll see. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME HC

Written and art by Tim Conrad. Tim Conrad adapts Victor Hugo’s classic romance about a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda, who is framed for murder by the infatuated Archdeacon of Notre Dame. Only Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bell-ringer of the cathedral, can save her. Religious extremism, class distinction, fate, destiny, and sexual dynamics are played out in a rousing yarn of intrigue within the walls of the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame. 48 pages, $12.99, in stores on June 20.

JEREMIAH OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 HC

Written and art by Hermann. One of Europe’s most revered comics classics comes to America! At the end of the twentieth century, the United States is overcome by race hatred, and the ensuing civil war leaves only a few million survivors and a shattered society. Forced by circumstances into a series of violent moral compromises, innocent Jeremiah and his cynical friend Kurdy attempt to find their place in the postapocalyptic world without descending into savagery. Collecting the first three volumes of the acclaimed series, the Jeremiah Omnibus is one of the darkest, most dangerous sci-fi stories in comics! 152 pages, $24.99, in stores on March 21.

KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #4

Written by Tim Truman, art by Tomás Giorello, colored by José Villarrubia, cover by Andrew Robinson. The Rebel Four spring their trap on King Conan, sending assassins to slay the barbarian monarch in his sleep! After waking from a strange vision, Conan has his back up against a wall and his enemies in front of him — right where he wants them. If these traitors want his crown, they’ll have to take it! But even if Conan survives the assassination attempt, the evil wizard Thoth-Amon is back at full power and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and take the throne for himself! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 25.

LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE BURNING HAND #4

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, art by Tonci Zonjic, colored by Dave Stewart, covers by Mike Mignola and Dave Johnson. As dead gangsters bloody the floor of his secret hideout, crime-fighter Lobster Johnson goes head to head with the powerful Nazi boss — the Black Flame! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

MASS EFFECT: HOMEWORLDS #1 (L.S. of 4) 

Written by Mac Walters, art by Eduardo Francisco, colored by Michael Atiyeh, cover by Anthony Palumbo, variant cover by Mike Hawthorne. Mass Effect 3 lead writer Mac Walters kicks off a new series of single-issue stories featuring heroes and adventures essential to the story of BioWare’s latest blockbuster! Each issue will star one of the main characters of Mass Effect 3 in a story written by the BioWare writer who wrote that character in the game — beginning with a Mac Walters-penned tale of brash young gun James Vega! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 25.

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: THE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT VOLUME 11 TP

Written and art by Osamu Takahashi. Of all the unbelievable things that have happened, perhaps the most shocking is that Yui has finally managed to dig Kyoko out from her laboratory to join the crew on a forest retreat! Asuka and Shinji are bound to get close by accident, but wait — are they actually getting closer . . . ? Then it’s back to target training for the students . . . but this time the arena is their school, and this time the targets are shooting back! 184 pages, black and white, $9.99, in stores on June 6.

ORCHID #6

Written by Tom Morello, art by Scott Hepburn, colored by Dan Jackson, cover by Massimo Carnevale. With the rebel leader’s imminent execution forcing their hand, Orchid and Simon — with a few new allies in tow — must act now or see one of their last symbols of hope destroyed. But attempting to liberate anyone from dictator Tomo Wolfe’s clutches may be the bold act that gets them all killed. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

RAGEMOOR #2

Written by Jan Strnad, art and cover by Richard Corben. Ragemoor’s mad owner gets caught in a deadly battle between a horrible race of worm men and the vicious apes that guard his castle! 32 pages, black and white, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

RESET #1  (L.S. of 4) 

Written, art and cover by Peter Bagge, variant cover by Matt Kindt. If you could relive major events in your life, would you take a stab at making things better — and would your best attempts only make things worse? Or would you use your second chance to put your most twisted, perverted fantasies in motion? These are questions washed up actor and comedian Guy Krause asks himself after he signs up to be the main research subject for a virtual reality experiment. 24 pages, black and white, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

RESIDENT ALIEN #0    (mini series) 

Written by Peter Hogan, art and cover by Steve Parkhouse. Surviving a crash landing that ruins his spaceship, a stranded alien hopes to quietly live out his life in the sleepy town of Patience, USA, masquerading as a semi-retired doctor. He has some alien powers of empathy and the ability to mask his odd appearance from most people — but how long can he last undercover? After three long years of living below the radar, something in Patience is about to pull him out of hiding and into an uncomfortable spotlight! An alien adventure with humor, heart, and mystery. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

SILVER STREAK ARCHIVES FEATURING THE ORIGINAL DAREDEVIL VOLUME 1 HC

Written by Jack Cole, Jack Binder, Bob Wood, Dick Briefer, Ralph Johns and Kane Miller, art by Jack Binder, Bob Wood, Ralph Johns, Jack Cole and Fred Guardineer. Debuting in 1940 in Silver Streak Comics #6, the original Daredevil was a mute superhero who used boomerangs and his athletic abilities to wipe out American mobsters and international criminals. Capturing readers’ imaginations as he fought his nemesis, the evil Claw, the original Daredevil was a popular recurring character and eventual headliner in his own comic book series. In this volume, the first four expensive and hard-to-find Silver Streak Comics are finally collected in a deluxe hardcover volume! In addition to reprinting the original Daredevil’s debut episodes and early work by Jack Cole (Plastic Man), this essential volume of comic book treasures will present every story, gag strip, and text piece from the original anthologies! 280 pages, $59.99, in stores on June 27.

STAR WARS: AGENT OF THE EMPIRE — IRON ECLIPSE #5

Written by John Ostrander, pencils and cover by Stphane Roux, inked by Julien Hugonnard-Bert. Jahan Cross finally learns the truth about the deadly project called “Iron Eclipse.” Now all he has to do is defeat the crazed mastermind behind it all, keep his allies from double-crossing him, and escape the Corporate Sector with his life! All in a day’s work for an Agent of the Empire! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES — BOBA FETT IS DEAD #1   (L.S. of 4) 

Written by Tom Taylor), art and cover by Chris Scalf, variant cover by David Palumbo The news spreads from one end of the galaxy to the other like wildfire: Boba Fett, the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter, is dead. But when members of the team that killed Fett are themselves picked off one by one, Connor Freeman — the son of one of Jango Fett’s clones — gets pulled into the action in a most unexpected way! 40 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 25.

STAR WARS: DAWN OF THE JEDI — FORCE STORM #3

Written by John Ostrander, penciled by Jan Duursema, inked by Dan Parsons, colored by Wes Dzioba, cover by Jan Duursema. The balance of the Force on Tython has been thrown into turmoil. A ship has fallen from the sky, bringing with it a strange, dark, and hostile individual. Three young Jédaii who felt “called” to the site of the crash now fight for their lives with their swords and the Force. But live or die, the storm that will engulf the homeworld of the Je’daii has already begun! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 18.

STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT VOLUME 2 — DELUGE TP

Written by John Jackson Miller, penciled by Ivan Rodriguez, Iban Coello and David Daza, inked by Ivan Rodriguez and Sergio Abad, colored by Michael Atiyeh, cover by Joe Quinones. Alone, deep behind enemy lines, Jedi Knight Kerra Holt has a new plan — liberate her homeworld from the Sith! But when her arrival on the planet coincides with an ambush from a Hutt mastermind, her daring rescue quickly starts looking like a suicide mission. Collects the five-issue miniseries. 120 pages, $18.99, in stores on June 13.

STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC — WAR #4

Written by John Jackson Miller, penciled by Andrea Mutti, inked by Gigi Baldassini, colored by Michael Atiyeh, cover by Benjamin Carre. The battle for the future of the Republic is on! The Republic, the Mandalorians, and even some of the Jedi are corrupt — so Zayne Carrick is going to take matters fully into his own lightsaber-wielding hands. It’s high risk and utterly insane, and the allies Zayne has to work with aren’t exactly what you’d call trustworthy . . . but at least this time he knows that up front! 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on April 11.

STAR WARS OMNIBUS: DROIDS AND EWOKS TP

Written by David Manak and George Caragonne, penciled by Warren Kremer, Ernie Colon, John Romita and Mary Wilshire), inked by Jon D’Agostino, Carlos Garzon, Jacqueline Roettcher, Marie Severin, Joe Sinnott and Al Williamson and colored by George Roussos. Based on the children’s television cartoon series of the same names, Ewoks and Droids explores further adventures in the lives of the Ewoks on Endor and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. The Ewoks become embroiled in the dangers of their planet — lizard warriors, underwater kingdoms, magic spells — and the outside world — pirates, invaders, and more! The droids encounter more than one new master, war droids, megaweapons, time travel, and even Ewoks! This omnibus collects all the issues of the Ewoks and Star Wars: Droids comics series, released in the 1980s by Marvel’s imprint Star Comics. 528 pages, $24.99, in stores on June 20.

TALES OF THE BEANWORLD VOLUME 3.5 HC

Written and art by Larry Marder. A most peculiar mini-volume experience! Larry Marder presents his extraordinary creation in extraordinary color! Collecting the recent color Beanworld stories with long- out-of-print tales from Asylum, and newly colored by Marder, this volume not only answers burning questions about the process of the Beanworld, but also includes brand new pages that begin the highly anticipated “Summer” cycle of stories! Tales of the Beanworld is the perfect primer for readers old and new to Marder’s one-of-a-kind comics experience! Collecting never-before-reprinted stories from the Beanworld Holiday Special, MySpace Dark Horse Presents #14, and Asylum #1. 64 pages, $14.99, in stores on June 27.