OCTOBER 2008 RELEASES
ANTOINE SHARPE, THE ATHEIST #3

Hyper-intelligent investigator Antoine Sharpe is called to a sleepy town North Carolina to investigate the unusual disappearances of newlywed brides. Local legends haunt the town's residents, but Sharpe suspects something more horrible than the even darkest myths of mankind's past preys on the women of Bent Creek.

Written by Phil Hester (The Darkness, Superman Confidential)
and drawn by Kevin Mellon (Gearhead, 13 Steps).

32 pages, black and white, $3.99    Diamond Order Code AUG08 3975                 

 

DEADWORLD:
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
DIAMOND SPOTLIGHT TITLE!

 In this self contained story arc,  humans find themselves trapped in a world of the walking dead and the living who will do anything to survive.  The promise of Safe Haven reveals a sinister purpose, when victims find themselves in a medical facility which will stop at nothing to combat the zombie plague.  In an effort to solve the growing plague, researchers try a scientific approach to save mankind---humans as guinea pigs!   Natural diseases such as leprosy, AIDS, and cancer are used to infect zombies.  Survivors find that the greatest horror may not be the zombies but other humans. To the unfortunate, Safe Haven becomes known as the Slaughterhouse.

Written by GARY REED (Saint Germaine, Renfield)
                          Art by SAMI MAKKONEN  (Blue, Chemistry Set)

 32 pages, black and white, $3.99                               Diamond Order Code AUG08 3977

 

DEADWORLD
CHRONICLES
 DIAMOND SPOTLIGHT TITLE!

An anthology set in Deadworld featuring ALL NEW stories.  The majority of the pages are comic book pages with full length stories. In "The Quest", a woman searches for her husband even though he;s a zombie.  "The Coming of the Queen" reveals an old woman who somehow keeps zombies away.  "Full English Breakfast" shows the horror on the other side of the Atlantic, plus many other stories. 

Written by Gary Reed, Chris Dows, Colin Clayton,
Gary Francis, Stu Kerr and others.

Art by Steve Beckett, Mark Bloodworth, Bill Bryan, Tomm Gabard, Wayne Reid, Kevin Thomas, Dalibor Talajic, and others

                                 112  pages, black and white, TRADE, $15.99                    Diamond Order Code AUG08 3976
 
MONSTERPOCALYPSE #2
Monsters from outer space rampaging across the globe, dinosaur like creatures attacking power plants and monstrous creatures from beyond appear with no other purpose than to cause death and destruction. If all this wasn’t bad enough for the men and women of G.U.A.R.D. a new and mysterious army of giant robots are appearing around the world, but whose side are they on and what is their agenda? process. 

Written by Stephan Nilson
Art by Karl Waller,  Rick Bonilla, and  Marek Okoń
 

32 pages, full color, $3.99                  Diamond Order Code AUG08 3979