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SCRATCH COMICS
CLAUDIA CHRISTAINS DARK LEGACIES #3 CVR A FABRY (MR)
(W) Chris McAuley, Claudia Christian (A) Glenn Fabry, Chris Stockton (CA) Glenn Fabry
The Alien invasion picks up pace and Special Investigator Major Jessica Steele is sent on an off-world mission that may turn the tide early on and give the Earth and its allies a fighting chance of survival.
However, things quickly start to go wrong until she meets an old flame who reminds her of her past and may be able to help her find the answers she seeks. That's if they live long enough of course. (STL381632) (C: 0-1-1)
MATURE THEMES
40pgs, FC SRP: $5.99
SILVERLINE
KAYLESS (COMPLETE SET)
(W) Brent T Larson (A) Luis Czerniawski (CA) Luis Czerniawski & Various
This special pack collects all four issues of the Kayless mini-series. In 1967, the CIA sent astronauts into space to investigate an astronomical anomaly. Unfortunately, before they could report their findings, they mysteriously vanished never to be seen again. That is until today, when one of those long missing astronauts, Scott Anders, crashes to earth and emerges, powerful, totally unscathed and hellbent on one purpose- to return to where he has been for all those decades. But where has he been? How did he gain his new invulnerability? What is the mysterious organization that stands in his way, determined to protect the secret of Kayless at all costs? The answers to these mysteries are here in one complete bundle of excitement. (STL381058)
FC SRP: $19.96
STREET NOISE BOOKS
HYBRED GN
(W) Jamie Mustard (A) Francesca Filomena
Set in a future-adjacent, alternative Los Angeles, this is a story of staggering poverty, drugs, and violence and of an artistic child who finds beauty in the ugly and sublime hope in our conflicts. Nine-year-old Johnny James lives in The Casque, the poorest neighborhood in Greater Angeles, where he shares a one-room apartment with his mother, stepfather, two brothers, and an army of cockroaches. He spends his days in the sweltering heat of the neighborhood, at the movie theaters, playing tackleball, or drawing�but there's no money for him to go to school. As death, addiction, and violence swirl through the neighborhood, Johnny grows up with friends, adventures, and magic around him. And he discovers how to use art, beauty, and personal strength to transcend the forces destined to hold him back. (STL381034) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $20.99