www.86thfloor.com     PREVIEWS VOL. XVIX #3 March 2009  

Independent Comic Publishers
(Companies beginning with R)

RADICAL PUBLISHING

CHOLLY AND FLYTRAP: CENTER CITY HC
(W/A) Arthur Suydam
The classic noire action-adventure from comics superstar Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies), now collected for the first time, with new, hand-painted colors from the creator himself! Center City remains the belly-button lint of surviving society, a final human outpost oozing crime and racial tension between man and machine. Enter Cholly and Flytrap, who get caught in the crossfire between the city's two power brokers: the Siamese-twin Hobbs Brothers and paranoid paraplegic millionaire Amiel Luvitz. When sumo-master Flytrap is mistakenly shanghaied and forced into slavery in a secret fight world, his partner Cholly's odyssey to rescue him from certain doom begins. A ground-breaking and compelling epic told by an ultimate storyteller, now in a deluxe hardcover edition.
HC, 7x11, 156pgs, FC SRP: $19.95

CITY OF DUST: A PHILIP KHROME STORY TP
(W) Steve Niles (A) Zid, Garrie Gastonny, Brandon Chng
Collecting the critically-acclaimed 5-issue miniseries from the dark mind of 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles! A chilling vision of the future reveals a world where police now patrol for Crimes of the Imagination, including stories of fiction, fable, and religion. Homicide detective Philip Khrome doesn't enforce Imagination, but when a brutal killing spree strikes his city, Khrome finds himself face-to-face with a perpetrator who has merged reality with superstition — and society itself may hang in the balance.
SC, 144pgs, FC SRP: $19.95

HOTWIRE: REQUIEM FOR THE DEAD #4
(W) Warren Ellis (W/A) Steve Pugh
What do you do when your city is under siege from a riot, your personal war against the "Blue Lights" has spun into all-out chaos, and all the good choices are long since gone? If you're Alice Hotwire, you risk everything to face the horror of Amir Malik and uncover a truth that could both save the city — and destroy it at the same time. Available with covers from Steve Pugh, Jelena Djurdjevic, Garry Leach, and Alan Brooks.
PUGH COVER—28pgs, FC (4 of 4) SRP: $2.99
DJURDJEVIC COVER—28pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
LEACH COVER—28pgs, FC SRP: $2.99
BROOKS COVER—28pgs, FC SRP: $2.99

SHRAPNEL #5
(W) M. Zachary Sherman (A) Bagus Hutomo
The planet-shattering conclusion! The war for galactic freedom reaches its final moments as the Alliance Marines storm through the militia's resistance. Faced with imminent defeat, Sam realizes that their only hope lies with the one person who understands the Marines well enough to utterly destroy them — herself. Available with covers from Marko Djurdjevic and Bruno Werneck.
DJURDJEVIC COVER—52pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $2.99
WERNECK COVER—52pgs, FC SRP: $2.99

REBELLION

2000 AD #1634-1637
(W/A) Various
Delivering 32-pages of high-octane excitement every week, 2000 AD is the UK's award-winning SF anthology title! The psychos are crawling out of the woodwork and future lawman Judge Dredd must team up with a specialist Psi-Judge in "High Spirits" by Ian Edginton and Dave Taylor; freedom fighter Bill Savage is wanted for a series of brutal killings in "1984" by Pat Mills and Patrick Goddard; the death-count is rising but an unlikely savior may just lead the survivors of the crashed Flight 303 to safety in "Zombo" by Al Ewing and Henry Flint; and the kids are not alright on the Ravenglade estate in an all-new horror thriller, "Cradlegrave," by John Smith and Edmund Bagwell! (C: 0-1-2)
#1634—Magazine, 32pgs, PC SRP: $4.50

JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #285
(W/A) Various
More pulse-pounding excitement from the world of Judge Dredd! A new line-up of stories begins in this issue. Dredd investigate nefarious deeds in one of the city's many asylums in "Psycho-Block" by John Wagner and Colin Wilson; and Brit-Cit Detective Judge Armitage gets on the case when leading citizens start losing their heads in "The Mancunian Candidate" by Dave Stone and John Cooper. Plus, more anarchic fun with Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo, interviews, reviews, and more. Plus, in the bagged graphic novel, The John Higgins Collection, a stunning line-up of Dredd stories by one of the UK's leading comics artists. (C: 0-1-2)
Magazine w/ graphic novel, 64pgs, PC SRP: $10.99

THE 86ERS: TOUCHDOWN TP
(W) Gordon Rennie (A) Karl Richardson, P.J. Holden
The Acoma system, a Souther-held warzone in their galaxy-wide conflict with the Norts. Centered around a gas giant, its once rich moons make it a valuable mining sit — and the job of protecting the regular supply route falls to the 86th Air Support Reconaissance Squadron. More commonly known as The 86ers, this regiment is a dumping ground for every failure and freak! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 96pgs, FC SRP: $20.99

THE COMPLETE ACE TRUCKING VOLUME 2 TP
(W) Alan Grant, John Wagner (A) Massimo Balardinelli
Join Ace Garp and his outrageous alien crew on the spaceship Speedo Ghost as they ply their trade on the galaxy's highways and byways. This rabble of misfits are unlike anything readers will have encountered before — meet huge bodyguard GBH, the skeletal Feek the Freek, and sarcastic ship's computer Ghost as they try to make an honest living against insufferable odds. This second volume completes the collection of classic thrill-power and includes a host of exciting extras. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 336pgs, B&W SRP: $24.99

RED 5 COMICS

ATOMIC ROBO AND THE SHADOW FROM BEYOND TIME #2
(W) Brian Clevinger (A) Scott Wegener
A true Lovecraftian horror rampages through New York City. Armed with nothing but Charles Forst and a pair of Tesla-built Lightning Guns, Atomic Robo must stop the Shadow from Beyond Time before it swallows the world in darkness — forever!
32pgs, FC (2 of 5) SRP: $3.50

RUDE DUDE PRODUCTIONS

NEXUS: THE ORIGIN REMASTERED
(W) Mike Baron (A) Steve Rude
Nexus: The Origin received three Eisner awards, including Best Single Issue, and dozens of 4-star write-ups and reviews. This double-sized, definitive issue remains as cutting edge and relevant today as on the days of its release in 1991. This new release includes 8 exclusive bonus pages featuring unseen material by Steve Rude, and an all-new, fully-painted cover by Rude. It's all here, from the beginning! See why Nexus: The Origin has become a fan classic to span the decades.
SC, 56pgs, FC SRP: $4.99

RUSS COCHRAN

OFFERED AGAIN

O/A HOPALONG CASSIDY: AN AMERICAN LEGEND LEATHERBOUND EDITION
(W) Grace Bradley Boyd
Grace Bradley Boyd, now 95, recalls her early days in Brooklyn and her coming to Hollywood in the early 1930's as a new Paramount starlet. Here is the story of Grace and Bill Boyd, with the entire film career of both of them and the story of Hopalong Cassidy woven into the tapestry. Theirs was a love story, a remarkable one, and the story of how William Boyd literally became the fictional character Hopalong Cassidy, and how he soared to a worldwide popularity with millions of children. The volume features introductions by President Bill Clinton and singer Don McLean. This limited edition of only 1,000 copies is bound in real genuine cowhide (not bonded leather, real leather) with sterling silver decoration on the cover. Each copy of the limited edition is hand signed personally by Grace. (C: 0-0-1)
HC, 9x12, 368pgs, FC SRP: $300.00