Dark Horse has sent out solicitations for their August 2009 titles, including 5
Star Wars comics, plus some other cool titles for sci-fi fans!
STAR WARS: INVASION #2 (of 5)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale Aug 5
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Miniseries
Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and the soldiers of the New Republic were able to pull off a last-second evacuation of some of the civilian refugees from Artorias, but for Finn Galfridian it was too little, too late. Finn’s mother and sister have been taken prisoner by the Vong, and his father was left behind with a delaying force to allow the refugees to escape.
Now Finn finds himself at the new Jedi temple on Yavin 4, where he is to undergo training—but what he really wants is to get back into the fight!
This series is set during the New Jedi Order, approximately twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi, and the galaxy, are facing their first real threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors called the Yuuzhan Vong!
The Yuuzhan Vong invasion has begun!
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS #8
Henry Gilroy (W), Steven Melching (W), Scott Hepburn (P/Cover), Dan Parsons (I), and Michael Wiggam (C)
On sale Aug 12
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Faced with the worst storm in the ice-planet Khorm’s history, Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Kit Fisto embark on an impossible mission—to destroy the Separatists’ mountain fortress. But their assignment has been made harder still by information divulged by a Republic captive—and the arrival of Asajj Ventress and her elite Commando droids!
Clone Wars action on ice!
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #44— THE REAPING part 2 (of 2)
John Jackson Miller (W), Bong Dazo (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)
On sale Aug 19
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
The latest masquerade of the Hot Prospect and its crew has been discovered!
Up against the Crucible, a massive slave-trading organization, Zayne Carrick is having another streak of unfortunate luck. Zayne and Jarael entered a comet-mining facility with the intention of freeing its slaves and taking a knife to the miners’ profits, but when the Crucible is tipped off that imposters are nudging in on their territory, a death-defying space battle ensues!
Don’t miss this conclusion to the story that exposes a shocking truth about one of KotOR’s most-loved characters!
STAR WARS: LEGACY #39—TATOOINE part 3 (of 4)
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P/Cover), Dan Parsons (I), and Brad Anderson (C)
On sale Aug 26
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Separated from his pirate pals and caught in a sandstorm at an abandoned moisture farm (yes, that moisture farm) with an Imperial agent, a Jedi ghost, and a pair of Anzati assassins, Cade Skywalker has had better days. All he needs now is a visit from his dear old mom!
Oh, and back on Coruscant, the Sith are placing someone new on the throne . . .
STAR WARS: DARK TIMES #16—BLUE HARVEST part 4 (of 5)
Mick Harrison (W), Douglas Wheatley (P), Dave McCaig (C). Douglas Wheatley and Dustin Weaver (Cover)
On sale Aug 26
FC, 40 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Former Jedi Dass Jennir has woven a tangled web of lies in his quest to topple two opposing gangs. Now, all the threads are about to break, and the gangs will tear the town apart in a war that may doom those Jennir sought to save—but not before they take their vengeance out on him!
PREDATOR #2 (of 4)
John Arcudi (W), Javier Saltares (A), Andrew Elder (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Aug 26
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries
Where there is armed conflict, there is money to be made. And in the midst of a third-world civil war, the military contractors of Graham Directive Security have sold their skills to shield their corporate clients from the sectarian violence tearing a country apart. But the GDS guns-for-hire soon discover that they are in the midst of not one, but two civil wars, one of extraterrestrial origin. And while the brutality and ruthlessness of mankind is well documented, it is nothing compared to the heartless savagery exhibited by the star-spawned Predators, especially when warring clans of the alien terrors are each sworn to wipe the other from existence.
The hunt is on as Predator returns to comics with a vengeance in a lethal new series written by John Arcudi (Aliens, B.P.R.D.) and illustrated by Javier Saltares (Ghost Rider).
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Dark Horse Predator series.
Featured in Free Comic Book Day!
INDIANA JONES OMNIBUS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES VOLUME 2
David Michelinie (W/A), Herb Trimpe (W/A), Larry Lieber (W), Archie Goodwin (W), Jackson Guice (A), Steve Ditko (A), and others
On sale Oct 21
FC, 368 pages
$24.95
TPB, 6" x 9"
Clouds of war gather ominously over Europe…the Great Depression grips the world…but one globe-trotting archaeologist’s thirst for adventure and discovery remains undaunted by his times in The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones!
Writer David Michelinie continues to team up with notable comics artists Steve Ditko, David Mazzucchelli, Herb Trimpe, and Jackson Guice to entertain Indy fans everywhere! This massive volume collects twelve full issues of the 1980s ongoing series—along with the official adaptation of Temple of Doom—for the very first time.
The Dark Horse series Indiana Jones Omnibus: The Further Adventures is the first modern collection of Indiana Jones material originally published by Marvel!
The first three Dark Horse Indiana Jones Omnibus editions have combined to sell over 45,000 copies!
