New Releases by Stefan Petrucha

Meet the Fairies from Pixie Hollow in a magical collection of comics! Follow Tinker Bell and the rest of the Fairies in this giant four-in-one collection that features classic stories originally published in the volumes titled Prilla''s Talent, Tinker Bell and the Wings of Rani, Tinker Bell and the Day of the Dragon, and Tinker Bell to the Rescue. It''s always the perfect time to return to Never Land!

Without Death, What''s Left to Fear? The Orpheus Group tells its clients that it has peeled back the mysteries of life and death. Its investigators can separate their spirits from their living flesh and interact with the ghosts and spirits caught, unseen but often felt, in our world. Rumors say that Orpheus even employs ghosts itself. Some call it hogwash and skullduggery, but Orpheus calls it market opportunity. Plenty Four novellas from exciting voices in contemporary horror peel back the layers of the Orpheus phenomenon. The investigators themselves are traumatized and wounded folks, existing in a world where their fears are made manifest. Worse still, digging into the lands of the dead may have awoken something from the unseen depths. Orpheus has made a profit on the afterlife, but it remains to be seen if anyone will survive to cash their paychecks.

The tenth title in Titan Books'' Marvel fiction reissue program, featuring the Captain America story, Captain America: Dark Designs. Steve Rogers knows the art of survival better than most. Decades under ice will do that to a man. But the Avengers chipped more than rock-hard morality and super strength out from under that permafrost. When Cap takes out a terrorist cell threatening to poison the world, he''ll discover a threat far more deadly. An incurable virus has hidden in his body for years -- and now it''s come to the surface. To save the world, he''ll have to return to his own personal hell: deep freeze. And he''ll have to take an old friend with him. Having survived his own death by inhabiting a clone of Steve Rogers, the Red Skull has inherited the virus -- and he''s a little less willing to play martyr. As the deadly disease shifts and evolves, new patterns emerge. Can Captain America contain the Red Skull before the virus runs rampant?

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. After a nervous breakdown, genius double-doctorate Harry Keller wasn''t looking for A-Time, but he found it. Like many explorers before him, he soon learns that the terra incognita is dazzling and dangerous, because whatever happens in A-Time also has an effect here, from benign to devastating. And, just like those explorers, Harry Keller thinks he''s the first. Being wrong, of course, he stumbles onto a devious plan to have Ronald Reagan re-elected president, so he can die in office and fulfill the Zero Curse! And yes, in context, it makes total sense! Can Harry set things right before he''s locked away for keeps? Here, collected in a single volume for the first time is best-selling author Stefan Petrucha''s 1989 comic book debut, with art by the late, great Tom Sutton, at his quirky best, psychedelic colors by Paul Mounts and eye-popping covers by Jeffrey K. Potter, known for his work for Analog and Asimov''s Science Fiction magazines. Collects comic issues 1-4. A Caliber Comics release. "This series still trumps most current comics in terms of creativity and mental stimulation." - Behind the Times Comics Review "Readers will witness a rare event in comic books, the introduction of a major new talent, Stefan Petrucha. Even more amazing is this intense, well-written, highly original book." - Suspended Animation

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. THIS ISSUE: "Quiet Island" - After a nervous breakdown, genius double-doctorate Harry Keller wasn’t looking for A-Time, but he found it. Like many explorers before him, he soon learns that the terra incognita is dazzling and dangerous, because whatever happens in A-Time also has an effect here, from benign to devastating. And, just like those explorers, Harry Keller thinks he’s the first. Discovering that an ex-junkie’s suicide is linked to millions of future death, Harry takes the poor sap into A-Time, only to have to go mano-a-mano with a Quirk determined to make sure that someone off themselves – and it doesn’t care who! Squalor is best-selling author Stefan Petrucha''s 1989 comic book debut, with art by the late, great Tom Sutton, at his quirky best, psychedelic colors by Paul Mounts and eye-popping cover by Jeffrey K. Potter, known for his work for Analog and Asimov''s Science Fiction magazines. A Caliber Comics release.

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. THIS ISSUE: "Masters of the Dance" - Embracing the crazy within (because, really, what else can you do?) Harry not only finally figures out he’s not the first to visit A-Time, but that someone else has been attempting to rearrange the future and re-elect Ronald Reagan (yes, this takes place in the late 80s), so he can die in office and thus fulfill the presidential Zero Curse! Unfortunately, this entails all sorts of other bad stuff which Harry has to stop. I swear, it all makes sense (of a sort) in this thrilling conclusion! A Caliber Comics release.

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. THIS ISSUE: "Jokerman" - With Tippicks brain turned to mush, Harry finds himself committed to an asylum, but that doesn''t stop his visions of presidential assassinations pass. It doesn''t even stop a visit from a major Archetype, the Trickster, who takes Harry on a laugh filled journey into the personal tragedy that made him who he is, but now threatens to destroy him. A Caliber Comics release.

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. THIS ISSUE: "The Tao of Tippicks" - Wounded by the Quirk he fought in Issue One, Harry Keller finds he has a new proclivity for finding tall buildings and trying to jump from them! With Harry acting stranger than ever before – which is really impressive – his friend Jetty gets him a physic professor to play with. But will the esteemed Tippicks make Harry sane, or will A-Time drive the professor batty? A Caliber Comics release.

A Story in Three Parts, a Character in Six. Think people can be disingenuous? Of course they can and in the future they try on new personas like hats. Unfortunately, Hieronymus Jones overdoses it with the TPGs (temporary personality grafts), leaving his original personality utterly destroyed. That would be okay, since he''s kinda boring, until an experimental cure gives him not one, but six new permanent personalities. Rather than fight over territory, each inhabits a different part of his body, and soon finds they can break apart at will! There''s: Bogey, the hard-boiled right arm; Kik-li, the Kung-Fu master right leg; Jake, the self-involved torso; Buckley, the too-smart head; Don, the romantic left arm and; Tootsie, the femme fatale left leg! Together, they fight corruption and crime as the strangest superhero team ever! THIS ISSUE: "All of Me", the exciting conclusion, the desperate rebel leader Bernardo plots to bring down the mega-wall protecting NYC from the rising sea. Can Counterparts stop him? As it turns out, no! But when Derkle attempts to escape in his mini-sub, they may still be able to bring the wicked CEO to their special, piecemeal form of justice! From bestselling author Stefan Petrucha (MARVELS''s Captain America, Daredevil) A Caliber Comics release.

A Story in Three Parts, a Character in Six. Think people can be disingenuous? Of course they can and in the future they try on new personas like hats. Unfortunately, Hieronymus Jones overdoes it with the TPGs (temporary personality grafts), leaving his original personality utterly destroyed. That would be okay, since he''s kinda boring, until an experimental cure gives him not one, but six new permanent personalities. Rather than fight over territory, each inhabits a different part of his body, and soon finds they can break apart at will! There''s: Bogey, the hard-boiled right arm; Kik-li, the Kung-Fu master right leg; Jake, the self-involved torso; Buckley, the too-smart head; Don, the romantic left arm and; Tootsie, the femme fatale left leg! Together, they fight corruption and crime as the strangest superhero team ever! THIS ISSUE: "An Arm and a Leg", no one is legit! The Counter-Parts team is approached for help by rebel leader Bernardo, whose own personality is actually a TPG. Meanwhile, Sherman Derkle, Jr. son of Sherman Derkle, Sr., CEO of the evil corporation producing TPGs, secretly aids the rebels to bring down his own father. From the mind of bestselling author Stefan Petrucha (MARVEL''s Captain America, Daredevil) A Caliber Comics release.

The Dark Ages Clan Novel Saga is a 13-volume series of novels set in the world of Dark Ages: Vampire, released by White Wolf from 2002 to the end of 2004. The series begins with Dark Ages Clan Novel 1: Nosferatu and ends with Dark Ages Clan Novel 13: Tzimisce. Inspired by the original modern-day Clan Novel Saga for Vampire: The Masquerade, this series begins with the end of the original Vampire: The Dark Ages era and continued into the time-frame of Dark Ages: Vampire. The 13 novels are written from the POV of one clan each during the turbulence that swept through the mortal and Cainite societies of Europe following the fall of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade. These novels, unlike the original Clan Novel Series, are chronological, happening one after the other rather than overlapping. Dark Ages Clan Novel #2 Assamite: The Highest Stakes For the Children of Haqim, the Middle-Eastern vampires Europeans call Assamites, there can be no more important battle. Christian crusaders are amassed in Constantinople threatening the Muslim Egypt and the Holy Land. Harnessing their zeal is a powerful vampiric Templar who dreams of taking Jerusalem and destroying Clan Assamite. Standing against him is Amala, a skilled Child of Haqim who finds herself drawn to the Templar and his pronouncements of divine sanction. Can one woman stop a crusade? Does she even want to? Dark Ages: Assamite continues the epic thirteen part series of Dark Ages Clan Novels, chronicling a vast conflict among the vampires of the Middle Ages. The War of Princes rages.

The legacy of the Power Rangers stretches far beyond the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Angel Grove. This volume collects action-packed stories of some of the most legendary teams: Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo Rangers, Super Samurai Rangers, Megaforce Rangers, and the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Based on the revolutionary TV series, this collection features stories by a team of all-star writers including Tom and Mary Bierbaum (Legion of Super-Heroes) and Dan Slott (The Amazing Spider-Man), along with fan-favorite artists Todd Nauck (Young Justice), Ron Lim (Silver Surfer), and many more.

Sixth title in Titan Books'' Marvel fiction reissue program: Stefan Petrucha puts his pen to the classic "Stone Tablet Saga," which ComicsReview.com calls "Stan Lee''s Marvel and Spider-Man at their peak." Take a swing through Spider-Man''s past! Hoping to snag some rent-paying photos of his arachnid-like alter ego in action, Peter Parker goes looking for trouble--and finds it in the form of a mysterious, mythical stone tablet coveted by both the Kingpin and the Maggia. Caught in the crosshairs of New York''s most nefarious villains, Peter also runs afoul of his friends--and the police! His girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, isn''t too happy with him, either. And the past comes back to haunt him years later when the Maggia''s assumed-dead leader resurfaces, still in pursuit of the troublesome tablet. Plus: With Aunt May at death''s door, has the ol'' Parker luck disappeared for good? A novel based on the classic "Stone Tablet Saga," adapted and expanded for the present day.

Jonathan, yearning to be a part of the hotel business like his father-in-law, Drac, opens a motel in the Swiss alps. With the help of his wife, Mavis, and little Dennis, the family remodels a run down motel to tip-top monster shape! But after numerous mishaps, monsters won’t even check in! Not even humans will check in! It’s up to Jonathan to get to the bottom of the mystery and save Motel Transylvania!

Based on the all-new television series focusing on the earlier teenage years of Dracula’s daughter Mavis and her three closest friends, Hank N. Stein, Pedro and Wendy Blob. With Dracula away on “Official Vampire Business,” Mavis finally sees her chance to show her father what she can do. With the help of her friends, she decides to put her brilliant ideas of how to run the Hotel into motion, but—enter Aunt Lydia, Dracula’s older and authoritarian sister. While Mavis and friends are ready to let loose and have fun, Aunt Lydia pushes for even more order and tradition at the Hotel.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA is under attack--the owner of the nearby Kakieland theme park, the notorious Stephen Cling, has launch a viral anti-monster smear campaign claiming that monsters are scary! That keeps guests away from HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA and threatens the existence of the monsters'' beloved refuge. Drac, Frank, Murray, Wayne, Griffin, Blobby, as well as Mavis, Johnny, Dennis, and Winnie, must find a way to win back the public''s trust and save HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA or else they''ll be forced to return to the Bad Old Days when monsters were feared and shunned.

Deep in the heart of downtown Angel Grove, Tommy discovers a villainous threat. One of Rita Repulsa''s monsters, the devious Bones, is hiding in an alleyway ready to strike. As the Green Ranger launches a powerful attack, Rita arrives to settle the score. Original.

When danger threatens the small town of Angel Grove, five ordinary teenagers must become extraordinary. These original Power Rangers stories follow Zack, Kimberly, Billy, Trini, and Jason as they battle evil forces from destroying their world.

In “Tiger Counter,” Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George, have volunteered at the River Heights Animal Protection Center, never dreaming that they might soon need protection from the animals. But that’s what happens when a truck delivering circus tigers breaks down by the woods, and the big cats escape. Nancy and her friends were nearby responding to a call from Mrs. Eartha—one of her pet cats was attacked by a coyote—when suddenly they’re swept up in the deadly mystery of the missing tigers. In “What Goes Up...” Nancy Drew gets caught up—lieterally—with a crook with a million dollars in stolen cash. Chief McGinness is in hot pursuit, so the desperate thief decides to escape in Nancy’s hot air balloon—except he doesn’t want Nancy along for the ride. Let’s hope that what goes up can come back down... alive!

The funniest new stars from Nickelodeon are featured in all-new comics! See Harvey Beaks try to be as adventurous and wild as Fee and Foo! See Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket get involved in a Seinfeldian comedy plot that pulls each of them into a crazy story that comes together in the end! See SwaySway and Buhdeuce, Breadwinners, do what they do best—deliver delicious breads in their rocket van and breakneck speed (and we all know how painful that can be)! See Sanjay and his pet snake Craig continue to enjoy the finer things in life—such as enjoying hot wings while watching a Tufflips double feature!

Two Nancy Drew mysteries- In "Doggone Town," Nancy and Ned investigate the mysterious disappearance of the entire population of a town, and Nancy finds a new pet. In "Sleight of Dan," Nancy solves the mystery of a missing magician''s assistant-while avoiding the jaws of a hungry green anaconda.

"Buhdeuce Rocks the Rocket!" - it''s a book length adventure recounting the epic story of Buhdeuce''s first solo delivery! When Buhdeuce experiences a crisis of confidence, Swaysway decides it''s time for Buhdeuce to make his first bread delivery on his own (with Swaysway secretly keeping an eye on him, of course). Unfortunately, Oonski the Great thinks having only one Breadwinner to deal with is the perfect set-up for a "Brioche Heist". Can Buhdeuce rescue his precious cargo and save his (inadvertently) kidnapped partner? We''re not sure. But we do know that this book features an awesome aerial duck-fight. So that''s reason enough to check it out, right?

Harvey Beaks is the main protagonist of Harvey Beaks. Harvey has a big head and an even bigger heart, which is why everyone in Bigbark Woodsloves him! He may be a rule follower, but after Fee and Foo show him some amazing adventures, this bird might just spread his wings.

Em Deadpool: Dog Park somos apresentados a Wade Wilson, o Deadpool, um dos personagens mais inusitados do Universo Marvel. Neste romance, inédito no Brasil, o Mercenário Tagarela tem uma missão tragicômica: salvar a humanidade de terríveis filhotinhos de cachorro. Ok, falando assim pode até não parecer tão terrível, mas é preciso mencionar que esses fofinhos têm uma tendência um pouco incômoda de transformar-se em monstros gigantes. A Deadpool cabe descobrir quem está por trás desse plano maligno. De preferência, com todos os seus órgãos intactos. Ao leitor cabe deleitar-se com o humor ácido e escrachado de Stefan Petrucha (autor de Jack, o estripador, em Nova York), de preferência sozinho, para não ser flagrado em ataques súbitos de riso.

"Monkey-Wrench Blues" and "Dress Reversal" In "Monkey-Wrench Blues" Nancy (and mechanic Bess) is asked to drive a fuel-efficient prototype in a government-sponsored race. But someone is determined that Nancy and Bess lose- at any cost! Plus, when Bess and George help Nancy pick out a dress for Deirdre''s big party, little do they suspect it''s the identical dress Deirdre will be wearing. After a minor altercation with the perturbed hostess, Nancy leaves the party only to be grabbed by a dark figure, tossed into a van and kidnapped! That leaves Bess and George, with some help from Ned, to try and solve the mystery of exactly what just happened to Nancy in "Dress Reversal."

Parts one and two of The HIGH MILES Mystery! Has Nancy Drew solved the world''s energy crisis? On a mission, sponsored by young, rich, and handsome Ralph Credo, Nancy teams up with eccentric scientist Roy Hinkley, to find an amazing high efficiency engine able to operate at an unbelievable 200 miles per gallon! The prototype engine, mounted on a tank, was part of an experiment during the final days of World War II. There''s just one problem, the engine and the tank are haunted.

Ned Nickerson arrested for shoplifting! Nancy Drew threatened with a lawsuit! A rare computer chip stolen from Rackham Industries! It all gets even more exciting when Nancy receives a mysterious charm bracelet in the mail – and soon a crime is committed for each charm! Will Nancy, even with the help of Bess and George, be able to find the real culprit before Ned is convicted? Plus, Nancy Drew battles the Abominable Snowman in "Global Warning"!

This is the story Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fans have been waiting over 20 years for-- the untold story of the origins of Tommy-- the Green Ranger! How did Rita Repulsa choose this teen over others to wage war against the Rangers? This is the only place to find out. Note to fans: this graphic novel takes place right after the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode "Green with Evil."

In "The Fake Heir" Nancy, along with Bess and George, find the wreck of an old yacht with a safe inside full of jewelry worth a small fortune. Cousins of the Druthers, who are clients of Nancy''s dad Carson Drew, owned the yacht. Their will leaves everything to Mr. Druthers, specifically excluding his spouse, (whom the cousins hated), but no one''s seen him for ten years and the rumor is that Mrs. Druthers murdered him! Things take a surprising turn when suddenly Mr. Druthers reappears! But then Mrs. Druthers disappears! Join Nancy Drew as she solves the mystery of the fake heir! Then, in "Mr Cheeters is Missing" when the eccentric Blanche Porter reports that her beloved Mr. Cheeters has vanished, it isn''t your standard missing persons case. As Nancy Drew soon discovers, Mr. Cheeters, is a pet chimp. Or is he? Based on a preliminary investigation and information obtained from Blanche''s brother, Lawrence, the River Heights police dismiss the case as bogus – doubting that there ever was a Mr. Cheeters to begin with. But when Nancy Drew discovers there''s a missing diamond necklace as well – she''s on the case!