www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #4 April 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with O)

OLYMPIAN PUBLISHING

CURSED PIRATE GIRL #2
(W/A) Jeremy Bastian
In her quest to find her pirate captain patriarch, Cursed Pirate Girl takes a trip with Pepper Dice, a talking parrot, through the Obscurum per Obscurious and into the psychedelic depths of the Omerta seas. She and the talking parrot quickly encounter squabbling swordfish brothers who agree to aid the lost girl in her quest to find her father. They are successful in locating the first of the famed pirate shops, but is it her father's — or one of his monstrous rivals? (C: 0-0-1)
7x10, 36pgs, B&W (2 of 3) SRP: $4.95

ONI PRESS INC.

RESURRECTION VOLUME 2 #1
(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Justin Greenwood
The ground-breaking series from hit writer Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone) returns in a new, on-going full-color series! The invasion came swiftly and without warning. But after ten years of death and destruction raining down from above, the otherworldly oppressors have vanished. Why did the leave? Why did they attack in the first place? And where do the survivors go from here? Find out in this action-packed, intrigue-fueled new series!
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99

SALT WATER TAFFY VOLUME 3: THE TRUTH ABOUT DR. TRUE GN
(W/A) Matthew Loux
Brothers Jack and Benny Putnam are being dragged against their will on a boring, summer-long vacation with their family in Chowder Bay. But what promises to be a very bleak summer quickly becomes a series of exciting adventures in one of the most mysterious places on earth! The boys investigate a 19th century murder, a famed elixir, and an unusual ghost. As with everything else in Chowder Bay, not everything is as it seems!
SC, 6x9, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95

STEPHEN COLBERT'S TEK JANSEN HC
(W) John Layman, Tom Peyer (A) Robbi Rodriguez
Bursting out from the hit Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report — it’s Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen! In this stunning continuation of Stephen Colbert’s critically acclaimed, yet unpublished prose novel, everyone’s favorite sci-fi hero must stand against the enemies of freedom no matter what dark planet they crawl from! This deluxe hardcover collects all ten Tek Jansen comic stories, including the Harvey Award-nominated "Invasion of the Optiklons" and "Horn Like Me"! (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 136pgs, FC SRP: $19.95

UNION STATION GN (NEW EDITION)
(W) Ande Parks (A) Eduardo Barreto
New Edition! Kansas City, 1933. Frank Nash is a petty criminal being escorted back into town by train. FBI agent Vetterli, waiting for the convoy at Union Station, is expecting a routine assignment. What happens at Union Station that day is a massacre, with no one knowing who really pulled the trigger first. Newspaper reporter, Charles Thompson, is a witness to the events at Union Station and begins a personal investigation that may cost the lives of him and his family. In the tradition of Torso and Road to Perdition, Union Station is the true story that started J. Edgar Hoover's "war on crime" crime and helped shape the FBI into the agency they are today.
SC, 8x9, 128pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95

WASTELAND BOOK 4: DOG TRIBE GN
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Christopher J. Mitten
The sci-fi western epic continues! Michael and Abi have resumed their search for A-Ree-Yass-I, leaving the city's troubles behind them. But before they can cross the wasteland they must face the Dog Tribes — bands of nomads who live and die with hounds by their side. As two tribes go to war, Michael and Abi are caught in the middle!
MATURE THEMES
SC, 104pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95

STARS OF THE MONTH

MAINTENANCE VOLUME 1 TP
(W) James Massey (A) Robbi Rodriguez
Doug and Manny are no ordinary janitors; they work for TerroMax, Inc., the world’s biggest and best evil science think tank. When not dealing with toxic spill monsters and menial time machine repairs, they have to contend with their boss, a multitude of mad scientists, jetpack-equipped cavemen, alien repomen, and the cute girl who works at reception! (MAR073639)
SC, 6x9, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $9.95

SALT WATER TAFFY VOLUME 1: THE LEGEND OF OLD SALTY GN
(W/A) Matthew Loux
Eleven-year-old Jack Putnam and his eight-year-old brother Benny are being dragged against their will on a summer-long vacation with their family. And they're not off to somewhere cool like Disney World, but to a little port town in Maine named Chowder Bay, far from anywhere fun. But what promises to be a very bleak summer quickly becomes a series of exciting adventures in one of the most mysterious places on earth! (MAR083899)
SC, 6x9, 96pgs, B&W SRP: $5.95

SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 5: SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE UNIVERSE TP
(W/A) Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn't possibly be better! This means things are about to get infinitely worse. His band is in turmoil, and his own exes aren't making things any easier. And what's up with Ramona, anyway? She's been acting kinda weird ever since they moved in together. Scott's precious little life is coming back around to bit him in the butt, and it may not be pretty! (DEC084184)
SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95

WASTELAND VOLUME 1: CITIES IN DUST TP
(W) Antony Johnston (A) Christopher Mitten
A hundred years after the Big Wet, Earth is broken, and it is now a barren and infertile world where the few survivors struggle for survival. When Michael — a scavenger bearing strange gifts — calls at the shanty town of Providence, the effects are devastating. (JAN073790)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 160pgs, B&W SRP: $11.95

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