www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #7 July 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with R)

RADICAL PUBLISHING

INCARNATE #2
(W/A) Nick Simmons (A/I) Nick Simmons, Studio IL
From Nick Simmons, son of rock legend Gene Simmons and star of A&E’s GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS, the revolutionary new take on the undead continues! Captured by Sibyl, the controlling teenage daughter of a most formidable human enemy, the Revenant Mot and his protégé Connor are enslaved and forced to become her bodyguards. As Mot struggles with his killer instinct and jealous hatred for all humans, Ripley and the Revenant council conclude that Mot has betrayed them, and must be eliminated. Can even a lifetime of battle prepare Mot for the wrath of the Revenant council AND Anubis, Egyptian God of Death?
56pgs, FC (2 of 3) $4.99

HERCULES: THE KNIVES OF KUSH #3 (3 OF 5)
(W) Steve Moore (A) Cris Bolson (C) Clint Langley, Daryl Mandryk
The untold tales of Hercules continue as he returns to the battlefield to face the army of Amenmessu! The odds are always in his favor, but even if the Son of Zeus win the battle, the mysterious cult of the Knives of Kush will not go quietly. Who are the cultist spies in Seti’s palace? What is the secret behind the Knives of Kush? To divine the answers, Hercules and his companions must face their most formidable foe yet: Khadis, Lord of Lightning!
28pgs, FC (3 of 5) $2.99

REBELLION

2000 AD PACK SEPTEMBER 2009
(W/A) Various
The UK's award-winning anthology title features a stunning line-up of stories by some of comics' top writers and artists. Future lawman Judge Dredd continues his "Tour of Duty" in the Cursed Earth; a cadre of aliens launch an attack on avenger Shakara in "Destroyer"; Gene the Hackman meets the Wild Bunch in "Kingdom: Call of the Wild"; there are vampires galore in "Nikolai Dante: Lulu's War"; and there's intrigue in the corridors of Hell in "Necrophim: Hell's Prodigal." Contains issues #1651-1655. (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine Pack, PC SRP: $22.50

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #289
(W/A) Various
More pulse-pounding excitement from the world of Judge Dredd! Dredd discovers an old villain has returned from the grave in "Snakebite"; Brit-Cit Detective Judge Armitage closes in on his quarry in "The Mancunian Candidate"; and illusionist Darren Dead learns the truth behind the murders in "Eats, Shoots, and Kills." Plus more madcap Tank Girl mayhem, and this month's graphic novel reveals the origins of Armitage in Flashback. (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine w/ graphic novel, 64pgs, PC SRP: $10.99

NIKOLAI DANTE: AMERIKA GN
(W) Robbie Morrison (A) John Burns, Simon Fraser
It is the year of Tsar 2675 AD and the bastard son of the Romanovs, Nikolai Dante, has bonded with a cyberorganic Weapons Crest, an alien combat computer, which allows him to extrude lethal bio-blades. Tsar Vladimir has made Dante his troubleshooter — and now he has been sent to Imperial Russia-occupied America.
SC, 192pgs, FC SRP: $27.99

RED 5 COMICS

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES #1
(W) Kurtis J. Wiebe (A) Ash Jackson, Frank Zigarelli
They say we all have a monster lurking inside us. Four beautiful college girls uncover their secret passengers — mythic creatures of a long dead age. The surfacing of their true nature hurls them into a hidden world of awakening magic, wonder, and monsters in this double-sized debut issue.
56pgs, FC (1 of 2) SRP: $4.95

WE KILL MONSTERS #3
(W) Christopher Leone (A) Brian Churilla
Mechanics Jake and Andrew Basher team with a sexy ex-girlfriend to kill a terrifying giant insect monster with a homemade weapon rigged from spare car parts. While Andrew discovers a clue about the monsters' origins, Jake's latest fix of monster juice gives him a shocking new side effect!
32pgs, FC (3 of 6) SRP: $3.50