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ANTARCTIC PRESS

ALIAS BLACK & WHITE #2 (OF 7)

(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Todd Fox (CA) Brian Denham

"Stormfront" Antarctic Press makes a name for itself with the return of this '90s crime drama (unrelated to either the later Marvel comic or the espionage TV series) from longtime Batman writer Chuck Dixon.  FBI agent Neal Mathis is convinced that a string of seemingly unconnected murders is actually the work of the same man.

CAT SHIT VOL 03 #1 (OF 3)

(W) Motofumi Kobayashi (A) Motofumi Kobayashi

FIRST TIME IN PRINT IN ENGLISH! Perky, Rats and Botasky, the members of special forces unit Cat Shit One, have left the jungles of Southeast Asia for the island tropics just off South America.  For our hirsute heroes, it ain't just the humidity, it's the heat of battle!

COOKIE & KID VOL 02 #4 (OF 5)

(W) Alex Kosakowski (A) Alex Kosakowski

Showdown at the Old Blackthorn Tree!  With the Hill King and the Kingsguard hot on their trail, and the sneaky crooked Hube lurking in the shadows, Cookie and his friends have one last chance to rescue the human child's lost dog.  But Cookie has to choose: save the dog, or get his hands on more delicious sweet treats.  Can he overcome his own selfishness?

EXCITING COMICS #17

(W) Various (A) VARIOUS (CA) Randy Green

A triple threat of thrills this issue!  Having just defeated Firecracker and saved the children's hospital, John and Diana form an unlikely alliance and resume the journey toward Paradise City and the truth about John's past in "Nothing-Man" by John Rhodes, N.S. Kane and Dylan Hall!  Larry Higgins, Samir Simão and Dan Olvera's "Nyobi" takes us on a whirlwind journey through turbulent times as Nyobi defends a young woman from the hostility of a spiteful, ignorant mob looking to strip her of her rights.  And in "Fallen Justice" by Cary Kelly, Steven Forbes and Harold Edge, the world's greatest superhero, Justice Theata, discovers a terrible secret that will alter his life forever.

GOLD DIGGER #290

(W) Fred Perry (A) Fred Perry

Only ten more issues to go as the series races toward a tour de force in issue 300! The Umbra is no more, but this cosmos is still being dragged into the abyss of the previous!  There's no way in this universe to stop it, but what about the Umbra's home universe?  But how to restart that cosm?  Wait!  Our universe-on-the-brink still functions!  And the mechanism used to defeat the Umbra could perform just like EMPYREAN JUMPER-CABLES! But that'd never wo-could it?!?

HORROR COMICS #8

VAMPIRE NINJA ONO PART 2 OF 2

(W) Ben Dunn (A) Matthew Weldon

"Vampire Ninja Ono, Part 2 of 2" At dawn, Alex wonders if the fading images of the night before were a bad dream or something more sinister.  If he hopes to survive another night in Tokyo, he must uncover the real reason he was brought to Japan as well as the truth behind the masked woman known only as Ono.  Don't miss this pulse-pounding conclusion to the introduction of Antarctic Press's newest bad girl!

HORROR COMICS NIGHTMARE GALLERY ONE SHOT #0

(A) Various

They say you can't tell a book by its cover, but we think the shivers crawling down your spine at these images would beg to differ!  Chill with the chills from this shiver-filled showcase of our most fearsome frontispieces, sure to make you relive your fondest nightmares!

JUNGLE COMICS #5

(W) VARIOUS (A) Various (CA) Alessio Nocerino

Rhula and JoJo enter the valley of the dinosaurs as they chase illegal poachers into a forbidden jungle in part 2 of "Green Hell" by Chuck Dixon and Alessio Nocerino.  In "David and Goliath", by Scott O. Brown and Robespierre Feitoza, the titular heroes continue to defend their jungle paradise from an invasion of giant spiders.   A deadly virus infects a jungle village in "Ebola" by John Crowther and Dell Barras.  And in part 2 of Paul Beale and Jenny Godin's "Hidden Island", the plane crash survivors contend with staying alive, unaware they are being observed by hungry eyes!

OBE OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE TP

(W) Kerry Valderrama (A) Christopher Allen

Collects O.B.E. #1-4 In a dystopian near-future, nearly everybody can astral project, or OBE (Out-of-Body Experience), which has caused worldwide decimation.  As civilization struggles to combat the addiction to OBEing, a haunted detective must work with a lonely social worker to catch an elusive killer who has learned how to hunt from the astral plane.  This fantastical, philosophical, action-packed detective story explores how humanity faces extinction and yet refuses to bow down, while simultaneously evolving to thrive in a new society based between this world and the next.

PUNCHLINE COLORING BOOK #0

(A) Matthew Weldon

Think you can come up with a better punchline than the pros?  Eager to see if you've got what it takes?  Now's your chance to prove yourself!  Test your coloring superpowers on these specially selected Matt Weldon art pieces from the hit series Punchline.  Membership in the Daughters of Hercules is not necessary!