New Releases by Joshua Hale Fialkov

For hundreds of years, vampire Andrew Stanton kept mankind safe from the horrors of the supernatural world, thanks to a truce he made with his ex-lover Mary, the Queen of the Damned. But now that truce has reached a bloody end and Andrew must do everything in his power to stop Mary and her dark forces from going on a killing spree!

As ''The Secret'' concludes, the mastermind behind all the trouble that Superman and Batman have been plagued with ever since that dead body washed ashore in Metropolis stands revealedâu0080u0094and it''s none other than the Clown Prince of Crime the Joker!

Someone has gotten close to finding out the true identity of Batman, and now that person has turned up dead! Superman is about to discover just how gray the world of The Dark Knight really is. ''The Secret'' part 2.

The Secret'' part 1! A body has washed up in Metropolis, and it looks like Batman''s the killer! Superman knows better, but Clark Kent gets assigned to go to Gotham City to investigate.

Six New #1 Issues for only Five Bucks! In an unparalleled publishing initiative, Top Cow proudly presents a collection of six never-before-seen first issues of upcoming series bound in a single collection. Sunset by Christos Gage (Avengers Academy) and Jorge Lucas (The Darkness) tells the tale of an old Vegas enforcer on a quest for revenge in his twilight years. The Pilot Season 2008 winning team of Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman (The Authority) and Afua Richardson (Cyblade) returns with Genius--a story of a young African-American military genius taking over LA''s gangs. Jason Rubin (The Iron Saint) and Tyler Kirkham (Green Lantern Corps) unveil the supernatural murder-mystery Mysterious Ways. B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) and Nelson Blake II (Magdalena) take you deep into space horror with Black Vault. And reintroducing Top Cow''s Minotaur imprint come two dark series: Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal''s (The Cleaners) generational serial killer Echoes, and Last Mortal, a supernatural noir adventure from Filip Sablik, John Mahoney, and Thomas Nachlik.

Disinherited prince, Macedonian general, and immortal Kyrian finds his fate intertwined with that of Amanda Deveraux in a battle against a lethal vampire in which the fate of a boring accountant and the entire human race hangs in the balance.

Ex-surgeon Robert Bellarmine leads a ragtag team of for-hire trauma-scene cleaners, contracted with sanitizing some of the nastiest crime and accident scenes in the tricounty LA basin. Faced with gruesome hotel rooms and alleyways painted in blood, the team finds itself battling the grim, unknowable face of the supernatural. But by focusing on the scientific explanation, no matter how aberrant or extraordinary, they counteract centuries-old superstition to prove things are seldom what they seem ... They may, instead, be worse.

Featuring more than 100 pages of never-before-seen material! The Harvey Award—nominated sensation that rocked the comics world–and left readers hanging in sheer suspense–is now a full-length graphic novel that finally carries the stunning Elk’s Run saga to its shocking conclusion. The town of Elk’s Ridge, West Virginia, was built on a dream: The dream of war-scarred Vietnam veterans to live in peace and harmony, in a place untouched by violence, crime, corruption, or greed. A living Norman Rockwell painting, governed by the most basic values and free of all things considered undesirable by its founders. It was supposed to be paradise. And for a while, it was. Over the years, some in Elk’s Ridge have grown restless. They fear their refuge has become a prison . . . or a tomb. And they yearn to do the forbidden: escape. But when one desperate bid for freedom ends in a tragic accident, a heinous act of mob justice suddenly tears the idyllic mask from this promised land and the evil its residents sought to keep out blooms from within. Now, as a deadly chain reaction of events threatens the future of Elk’s Ridge, its elders gird for battle against the real world. And a group of terrified teens prepare to make their own stand–against the people they once trusted and the only life they’ve ever known. Because there’s nothing left to do but fight or die. A chillingly lyrical tale, rendered in starkly beautiful, visceral artwork, Elk’s Run is an unforgettable and unrelentingly powerful graphic novel event not to be missed. With an introduction by Charlie Houston, author of Already Dead From the Trade Paperback edition.

In 2007 Top Cow unleashed a unique concept on the world of comics -- "Pilot Season" -- which showcased five self-contained issues starring established characters by five unique creative teams. And then, partnering with MySpace, Top Cow allowed fans to vote online to determine which two characters received their own series in 2008. For the first time in comics history a publisher put the fans directly in control of their publishing schedule and the response was thunderous!

Witness how Andrew Bennett became a vampire! Who was the monster that attacked him? How did his powers develop? And why is he the only vampire able to control his terrible hunger for blood?

Slam Bradley''s been framed for murder--with Batman and the entire GCPD in pursuit, can he solve it before getting himself killed? "Slam" part 2.

John Stewart is the only Lantern who knows about a terrible threat coming for the universe...but if he makes it back to Oa, will he choose to serve in an unrecognizable Corps made up of the strangest new recruits ever to wield a ring?

Gotham private eye Slam Bradley finds himself in quite a predicament...caught between the Black Mask gang, Gotham P.D., and Batman--can things possibly get worse?

Slam Bradley''s window of survival''s closing as Batman, the Black Mask, and the GCPD are closing in--does he have one final ace left up his sleeve? "Slam!" finale!