Jason Martin

Kei and Yuri, The Dirty Pair, have leveled cities, slaughtered armadas, and even destroyed whole planets, all in the line of duty! Now the dastardly Kevin Sleet launches his secret weapon against the destructive duo . . . a psychotic clone of Yuri! If two members of The Dirty Pair can lay waste to entire worlds, what's going to happen with three?

The Dirty Pair have fought hard to maintain a reputation as the roughest, toughest "trouble consultants" in the United Galactica. They've battled murderers, bootleggers, mercenaries, and entire space armadas, all in the line of duty! But now the dangerous duo must face their greatest challenge yet: a convention center full of Dirty-Pair groupies! And somewhere, lurking among the metal-bikini-clad-costume-contest losers, the cyborg autograph hounds, and the preachers of impending Armageddon, a fanatical cadre of genetic terrorists and a neurochemically imbalanced, homicidal Yuri clone share a common goal: to wipe out the Dirty Pair!

To those that lived in the age of heroes, this would be the future. To those that live here, there is no future. For life is a zombied existence spent toiling in factories and huddled in rations lines -- all under the heel of the mechanical enforcers known as the Bio-Technic Law. That is, until the old man with the crutch emerges from the shadows, choosing mere boys to unearth a forgotten legacy. A power buried for untold years . . . in the Graveyard of Heroes. Enter Johnny Stomp. The Second Story Kid. And Rags Murphy, Man of the Cloth. Together, they will fill the shoes of the greatest heroes to ever walk the earth.

After robbing the Graveyard of Lost Heroes and using their new-found power to raid a Rations Distribution Center, there's only one thing left for the Foot Soldiers to do -- run! Because now they're hunted criminals in a world where right is wrong and heroes are villains. Plus, the mystery of the girl in the B.T.L. continues, the Second Story Kid stands and lies at the same time, Rags Murphy makes some friends, Johnny Stomps on more Beetles, and one of the Foot Soldiers kicks the bucket!

Rags Murphy is dead. Ripped apart by a blast from the robot oppressors known as the B.T.L. But who really killed Murphy? Was it Story, whose lie about the girl in the Beetle sent the members of the team in different directions? Or was it Johnny Stomp, who's suicidal Beetle-stomping runs betray a hidden guilt? And what of the people Rags himself healed last issue? The answer and Johnny Stomp's most destructive death-trap for the Beetles yet awaits those readers on the path sane fans would fear to tread.

All that was left of Charlie was his ashen figure on a wall . . . until one of Rags Murphy's healing cloths revived those ashed along with the bricks they were stuck to. The question is, will Charlie join the Foot Soldiers once he discovers that their new friend, Flower, is the Beetle that blasted Charlie to ashes in the first place? Or will the Foot Soldiers see the writing on the wall? "Enter Checkpoint Charlie" answers the question once and for all as to whether walls have ears and features the coolest cover yet!

There is one battle you cannot win, a battle in which you become your own worst enemy. In this third and concluding chapter of "Arcadia Nocturne," Ghost's demonic new adversary, Cameron Nemo, ushers her on a treacherous, deadly journey... inside herself. It's a brief glimpse at the past of the mysterious Ghost... a glimpse she may not survive!

All Elisa Cameron wanted was a decent job, a nice apartment -- in short, a normal life. What she got was a paranormal life! Elisa Cameron is Ghost, the star of Dark Horse's wildly popular series and host of her second collection of stories. Ghost: Nocturnes does what its title implies -- evokes the thoughts and feelings of the night.

According to the Bible, the Devil was an angel cast from Heaven to serve punishment in Hell. Often, New York City can feel like Hell, and the Big Apple has its very own Devil . . . or is he an angel of death? Saving the best for last, Matt Wagner (Mage: The Hero Defined) brings the talents of Jason Pearson (Body Bags), Troy Nixey (Trout), Woodrow Phoenix (Sugar Buzz), Jay Geldhof (The Lost), and Chris Sprouse (Supreme).