New Releases by David Hine

72 SEITEN SPAWN-ACTION! Einem Abstecher ins Voodoo-verseuchte New Orleans folgt der Auftakt zur "Geschichte dreier Brüder", in dem es Spawn mit einem Dämonentrio zu tun bekommt, das Armageddon überstanden hat und die neue Welt in vollen Zügen genießt. Außerdem: der Abschluss des "Spawn: Godslayer"-Epos.

The one where Jackie dies! This is the way it had to end. Sara Pezzini goes head to head with Jackie Estacado and the Darkness. Sometimes there are no winnersÉ

NICHT NUR FÜRS PRIESTERSEMINAR! Das Ende der Welt: Spawn ist tot, vernichtend geschlagen von Judas (ja, genau dem Judas!), und Jesus (der Jesus?) ist glücklich. Schauplatz dieses Irrsinns ist L.A., während New York gerade den Reitern der Apokalypse zum Opfer fällt. Herrlich pseudoreligiöse Geschichten, randvoll mit schrägen Referenzen an das berühmteste Buch der Welt (die Bibel!!!). Der nächste Coup des kongenialen Zeichner-Duos Todd McFarlane und Philip Tan!

NICHT NUR FÜRS PRIESTERSEMINAR! Das Ende der Welt: Spawn ist tot, vernichtend geschlagen von Judas (ja, genau dem Judas!), und Jesus (der Jesus?) ist glücklich. Schauplatz dieses Irrsinns ist L.A., während New York gerade den Reitern der Apokalypse zum Opfer fällt.Herrlich pseudoreligiöse Geschichten, randvoll mit schrägen Referenzen an das berühmteste Buch der Welt (die Bibel!!!). Der nächste Coup des kongenialen Zeichner-Duos Todd McFarlane und Philip Tan!

DAS ENDE IST NAH! Himmel und Hölle rüsten zum letzten Gefecht und jeder Rekrut ist willkommen. Da wird auch schon mal zu unsauberen Mitteln gegriffen, um die Reihen zu füllen, denn ein paar Millionen Seelen mehr oder weniger können den Unterschied ausmachen. Und Spawn könnte das Zünglein an der Waage sein ...

Die Abenteuer des schwärzesten und coolsten Comics der Geschichte gehen genau da weiter, wo sie beim Infinity Verlag aufhörten. Nyx wagt sich immer weiter in die Stadt Hell, die nicht mehr die zu sein scheint, die sie einst war. Seit Spawn nicht mehr auf dem Thron sitzt, stürzt Hell ins Chaos ab und ist mit dem neuen Regenten zu einem Polizeistaat geworden. Selbst mit der Hilfe des Redeemer sind Nyx'' Überlebenschancen gering.

ARMAGEDDON: DAS ENDE IST NAH! Während Al Simmons/Spawn in der Hölle festsitzt und von Mammons Schergen gefoltert wird, beginnt auf der Erde das Ende aller Tage, das Armageddon. Flüsse verwandeln sich in Blut, die Toten steigen aus den Gräbern und der Himmel verfinstert sich. Spawn ist womöglich der Einzige, der den biblischen Weltuntergang noch aufhalten kann. Das ahnen auch die beiden Police Detectives Sam und Twitch, die sich auf den beschwerlichen Weg ins Inferno machen, um ihren unliebsamen Bekannten zu suchen.

Der Engel Zera attackiert die Vergessenen in einer Schlacht, die über die Vorherrschaft im Himmel entscheidet. In Indien taucht Kali auf, die Göttin des Todes, und errichtet ihr Schreckensregime. Sam und Twitch entdecken das Geheimnis der inneren Stimmen von Spawn. Und die Zwillinge legen noch ein paar Briketts nach ...

DARKNESS FALLS IN WITCHBLADE''S 19TH ANNIVERSARY! In another life Jackie Estacado was Sara Pezzini''s lover and the father of her child. Now he has used the power of the Darkness to endanger the whole of human existence and only the Witchblade can stop him. Here at last is the untold story...the Death Of Jackie Estacado!

"THE AGE OF REASON" Jenny is losing her mind, Hope is becoming more corrupted by her Darkness abilities, and an ancient, more powerful evil is about to return to the surface of our world. What will it take for Jackie Estacado to reclaim the Darkness and put an end to the madness that he helped create? Collects THE DARKNESS #112-116

SERIES FINALE! As The Darkness virus becomes a citywide epidemic, the Old Gods run rampant. What will it take for Jackie Estacado to reclaim the Darkness from his nefarious Doppelganger?

When a crime team arrives on the frontier planet of Amaranth to investigate a series of mysterious deaths, they begin to uncover secrets that could unravel the fabric of the universe. With elements of westerns, mysteries, and political thrillers, this critically-acclaimed series is far more than just "CSI in Space." The first season builds an enigmatic and complex world that will surprise and horrify you. Collects STORM DOGS #1-6

Steve Newman cleans house for the dead until the day he stumbles upon a collection of comic books that shouldn''t exist. Dinosaurs, zombies, provocative women and a hero willing to give up his life for his dreams.

A classic film noir set in a Lovecraftian world, Ryder on the Storm follows Ryder, a private eye hired by the beautiful femme fatale Katrina Petruska to investigate the horrifically bizarre suicide of her lover, Michael Hudson. Ryder''s journey to solve the case and finish Hudson''s work leads him to discover a truth more sinister and terrifying than he could ever have imagined- daemons walk among us. Now, he must team up with the latest daemon hunter, Charles Monk, to take down the cabal of ancient evil controlling the city while struggling to reconcile the dark side of his own nature.

Written by DAVID HINE Art by JEREMY HAUN Cover by CLIFF CHIANG Following Black Mask''s destruction of Arkham Asylum, Dr. Jeremiah Arkham has rebuilt the Asylum following the design of his mad Uncle Amadeus. But will the new Arkham be a haven for the criminally insane - or a house of torture? Collecting BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL - ARKHAM ASYLUM #1, ARKHAM REBORN #1-3 and DETECTIVE COMICS #864-865. On sale August 4- 144 pg, FC, $12.99 US

The end of an era. When Al Simmons was murdered, he made a deal with the demon Malebolgia and became a Hellspawn so that he could return from the grave. Now he faces death once again and this time there is nothing that can save him from the jaws of Hell.

The end of Spawn. ''Nuff said.

Spawn battles his inner demon. Is he a force for Good or Evil? If Evil wins, Wanda dies. If Good triumphs, this is the end of Spawn. We mean it!

Spawn battles his greatest enemy... HIMSELF! When Al Simmons was resurrected as a Hellspawn, he became symbiotically connected to his living necroplasmic costume. Now that costume has turned against him, and it''s tearing him apartÉ

War is Hell. France, July 1st 1916 -- the bloodiest day in the history of human conflict. On the battlefield of the Somme, one man makes the ultimate sacrifice. A new Hellspawn is born and the dead rise to follow him into endless war.

Imagine you are a monster, abandoned by your family, confined to a locked room, friendless and alone. Imagine you are so repulsive that the only people who can stand to look at you are the ones who are paid to attend to you. Imagine you have been given unbelievable power. Imagine what you would do... The stunning conclusion to ''The Monster in the Bubble.''

People are dying and witnesses swear the killer is a ghost. Police profiler Marc Simmons thinks he knows better, but his suspect has the perfect alibi. Can Spawn solve the riddle of ''The Monster in the Bubble?''

The showdown! The Hellspawn known as Gunslinger hits town, aiming to bring Hell to the high plains. The townspeople have one chance of survival. One man who will go up against the Gunslinger... if they don''t lynch him first.

Collect no. 170-175 of "Spawn, " including the "Legend of Gunslinger Spawn."

As Spawn continues to explore the past, he finds that Mammon''s influence on the Simmons'' family goes back further than he has imagined. Al Simmons'' great-great-grandfather was a Buffalo Soldier, but what happened when this hero of the Old West crossed paths with an emissary from Hell? Two words: Gunslinger Spawn!

"A Tale of Three Brothers" continues as Al Simmons becomes a cold-blooded killer, while his brothers follow their own paths, one to become a man of justice, the other descending into drug addiction and mental breakdown. As the memories flood back, Spawn begins to realize that it was no accident that he was chosen to become a Hellspawn.

What made Al Simmons the person who grew up to be Spawn? Al struggles to recover his lost memories of an encounter with a sinister stranger. An encounter that led to bloody murder and changed the destinies of three young men in "A Tale of Three Brothers."

When Spawn re-made the world he closed the portals to Heaven and Hell. With no fresh souls to torment, the demons are getting restless. In this issue, the door is breached. One man faces judgement and if he is guilty the price will be a one-way ticket to eternal damnation.

Are your kids misbehaving? Nothing puts wayward teenagers back on the straight and narrow faster than a dose of Hellfire. And who better to create the genuine experience than a couple of honest-to-god demons. Ab and Zab are born again in "Hellhouse."

Desperate to regain her powers of magick, Nyx seeks help among the Voudou community of New Orleans. But the price she has to pay proves too high. Only Spawn can save her from the evil she encounters. The problem is, the last time they met, Spawn swore to kill her if their paths ever crossed again. Poor Nyx. Out of the cauldron and into the fire.