BLOODSTRIKE #1
Story / Art / Covers A & D: Rob Liefeld
Cover B: Dan Fraga
Cover C: Karl Altstaetter
X-Force, Cable, and Deadpool creator ROB LIEFELD returns to comics with a new ONGOING series, a lively romp that reveals a more mature side to LIEFELD than fans have previously experienced. A new recruit to the Bloodstrike program, (his identity as a mystery man from the historical Extreme Universe soon to be revealed!) struggles on a covert mission and loses his life as well as his junk to the mysterious TRAGEDY ANN!
JULY 8 / 32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
CHRONONAUTS, VOL. 1 TP
Story: Mark Millar
Art / Cover: Sean Gordon Murphy
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF $9.99!
Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly are time travelers whose plans go off-course, leading to wild adventures in the time-stream.
Collects CHRONONAUTS #1-4
120 Pages / FC / M / $9.99
COPPERHEAD #9
Story: Jay Faerber
Art / Cover: Scott Godlewski & Ron Riley
32 Pages / FC / T / $3.50
DEAD@17, VOL.7: THE BLASPHEMY THRONE TP
Story / Art / Cover: Josh Howard
Collects DEAD@17: THE BLASPHEMY THRONE #1-7
180 Pages / FC / T+ / $19.99
DESCENDER #5
Story: Jeff Lemire
Art / Cover: Dustin Nguyen
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
EAST OF WEST, THE APOCALYPSE: YEAR ONE HC
Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art / Cover: Nick Dragotta
The oversized prestige collection of the First Year of The Apocalypse.
Collects EAST OF WEST #1-15
504 Pages / FC / T+ / $49.99
FOUR EYES: FORGED IN FLAMES REMASTERED TP
Story: Joe Kelly
Art / Cover: Max Fiumara
In anticipation of the next FOUR EYES arc due in September: Reprinting act one of the epic saga of Enrico, a boy living in an alternate 1930s New York where dragon fighting is the city's number one underground sport and the cause of his father's untimely death. Enrico's literal trial by fire begins here!
Collects FOUR EYES #1-4
96 Pages / FC / T+ / $9.99
IMAGE GIANT-SIZED ARTIST’S PROOF EDITION: BLACK SCIENCE #1
Story: Rick Remender
Art / Cover: Matteo Scalera
The all-new IMAGE GIANT-SIZED ARTIST’S PROOF EDITION series will present special artistic achievements in their raw form in an oversized format. MATTEO SCALERA’s lush line art from BLACK SCIENCE #1 is presented in glorious black and white inks with gauche washes at 11 X 17.
32 Pages / BW / M / OVERSIZED / $20.00
INJECTION #3
Story: Warren Ellis
ART / COVERS A & B: DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
24 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
J. SCOTT CAMPBELL: TIME CAPSULE HC
Text: Richard Starkings
Art / Cover: J. Scott Campbell
In 2004, RICHARD STARKINGS spent Election Day with fan favorite artist J. SCOTT CAMPBELL talking about his first ten years in comics. Richly illustrated with black and white art from CAMPBELL's files, the conversation covers GEN13, DANGER GIRL,WILDSIDERZ, and triggered his association with Spider-Man. Also featured is a 16-page color section.
256 Pages / BW / M / $49.99
Limited Signed & Numbered Edition $75
THE MANTLE #3
Story: Ed Brisson
Art / Cover: Brian Level
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
RED ONE: WELCOME TO AMERICA HC
Story: Xavier Dorison
Art / Cover: Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
What happens when America's Greatest Hero...is actually a Russian Spy?
Collects RED ONE #1-2 & bonus material in an oversized European-style hardcover
OVERSIZED (9.5” x 12.5”)
80 Pages / FC / M / $14.99
ROCKET GIRL #8
Story: Brandon Montclare
Art / Cover: Amy Reeder
32 Pages / FC / $3.99
RUNLOVEKILL #4
Story: Jon Tsuei & Eric Canete
Art / Cover: Eric Canete
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
SAGA #30
Art / Cover: Fiona Staples
Story: Brian K. Vaughan
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
SHUTTER #13
Story: Joe Keatinge
Art / Cover: Leila Del Duca & Owen Gieni
Shutter Year Two Begins Here!
The next major stage begins here by introducing SHUTTER's most important character since Kate herself.
Pages / FC / M / $3.50
SHUTTER VOL. 2: WAY OF THE WORLD TP
Story: Joe Keatinge
Art / Cover: Leila Del Duca & Owen Gieni
Released the same day as the new story arc!
144 Pages / FC / M / $14.99
SKULLKICKERS VOL. 6: INFINITE ICONS OF THE ENDLESS EPIC TP
Story: Jim Zub
Art: Edwin Huang & Misty Coats
Cover: Edwin Huang & Espen Grundetjern
Collects SKULLKICKERS #31-33 & #100
144 Pages / FC / T / $16.99
STARVE #2
Story: Brian Wood
Art / Cover: Danijel Zezelj & Dave Stewart
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, VOL. 1: BLACK HOLES FOR THE YOUNG TP
Story: Eric Stephenson
Art / Cover: Simon Gane & Jordie Bellaire
Special Low Introductory Price!
They look the same, but they act different, they think different, and they have abilities we can only dream of.
They're not like us.
Collects THEY’RE NOT LIKE US #1-6
144 Pages / FC / M / $9.99
THE WALKING DEAD #144
Story: Robert Kirkman
Art: Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, & Cliff Rathburn
Cover: Charlie Adlard & Dave Stewart
32 Pages / BW / M / $2.99
IMAGE COMICS TITLES ON SALE JULY 15
DRIFTER #6
Story: Ivan Brandon
Art / Cover A: Nic Klein
Cover B: Eduardo Risso
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
THE EMPTY #5
Story / Art / Cover: Jimmie Robinson
32 Pages / FC / T / $3.99
EMPTY ZONE #2
Story / Art / Cover: Jason Shawn Alexander
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS #10
Story / Art / Cover A: Ryan Browne
Cover B: Steve Seeley
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
INVINCIBLE #121
Story: Robert Kirkman
Art: Ryan Ottley, Cliff Rathburn, & Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Cover: Ryan Ottley & Jean-Francois Beaulieu
24 Pages / FC / T+ / $2.99
ISLAND #1
Story / Art: Brandon Graham, Emma Rios, & Ludroe
Cover: Brandon Graham
PRETTY DEADLY artist EMMA RIOS and KING CITY, PROPHET, and MULTIPLE WARHEADS writer/artist BRANDON GRAHAM bring you a new ONGOING COMICS MAGAZINE. Each issue holds three issue-length chapters of new work from various creators around the globe. PRINTED OVERSIZED WITH NO ADS!
112 Pages / FC / M / $7.99 / OVERSIZED
LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME, VOL. 1 HC
Story: Rick Remender
Art: Greg Tocchini
Cover: Alex Maleev
The critically acclaimed, smutty, sci-fi, and noir first collaboration between RICK REMENDER (LOW, DEADLY CLASS) and GREG TOCCHINI (LOW, Uncanny X-Force) is finally back in print, remastered, and delivered in a glorious hardcover format.
Collects LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #1-3
184 Pages / FC / M / $24.99
MORNING GLORIES #49
Story: Nick Spencer
ART: JOE EISMA
Cover: Rodin Esquejo
40 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
POSTAL #5
Story: Bryan Hill & Matt Hawkins
Art / Cover B: Isaac Goodhart
Cover A: Linda Sejic
New Story Arc
With his mother’s blessing, Mark now clandestinely goes through all incoming packages and what he finds opens up a whole Pandora’s Box about what’s really going on in the town of Eden.
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99
RAT QUEENS #13
Story: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art / Cover: Stjepan Sejic
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
REVIVAL #31
Story: Tim Seeley
Art: Mike Norton
Cover: Jenny Frison
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
REYN #6
Story: Kel Symons
Art / Cover: Nathan Stockman
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $2.99
SAVAGE DRAGON: CHANGES TP
Story / Art / Cover: Erik Larsen
Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #199-204
128 Pages / FC / T+ / $19.99
SAVIOR #4
Story: Todd Mcfarlane & Brian Holguin
Art / Cover: Clayton Crain
32 Pages / FC / T / $2.99
SECRET IDENTITIES #6
Story: Brian Joines & Jay Faerber
Art: Ilias Kyriazis & Ron Riley
Cover: Ilias Kyriazis
32 Pages / FC / T / $3.50
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #10
Story: Jason Aaron
Art / Cover: Jason Latour
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
SOUTHERN CROSS #5
Story / Cover: Becky Cloonan
Art: Andy Belanger & Lee Loughridge
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
TREES #11
Story: Warren Ellis
Art / Cover: Jason Howard
24 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
IMAGE COMICS TITLES ON SALE JULY 22
8HOUSE: ARCLIGHT #2
Story: Brandon Graham
Art / Cover: Marian Churchland
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
DEADLY CLASS #15
Story: Rick Remender
Art / Cover: Wes Craig
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
THE DREAM MERCHANT TP
Story: Nathan Edmondson
Art: Konstantine Novosadov, Anthony Hope-Smith, & Stefano Simeone
Cover: Konstantine Novosadov
Winslow is a troubled boy with a recurring dream. When mysterious alien figures show up to literally dissolve the memories out of Winslow’s mind, Winslow realizes that his dream may be the most important memory in the world, and one that has been wiped from the collective minds of everyone on earth.
Collects THE DREAM MERCHANT #1-5
144 Pages / FC / M / $15.99
EAST OF WEST #21
Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art / Cover: Nick Dragotta
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.50
KAPTARA #4
Story: Chip Zdarsky
Art / Cover: Kagan Mcleod
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.50
MANIFEST DESTINY #18
Story: Chris Dingess
Art / Cover: Matthew Roberts & Owen Gieni
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $2.99
PISCES #4
Story: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art / Cover: Johnnie Christmas
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
SEX CRIMINALS #12
Story: Matt Fraction
Art / Cover: A Shed-Full Of Car Keys
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
SEX CRIMINALS #12 KATE LETH XXX COVER
Story: Matt Fraction
Art: Chep Durkdurk
Cover: Kate Leth
Second of five XXX variant covers shipped in a solid polybag so it cannot be seen until opened. One print run only.
32 Pages / FC / M / $4.69
SAVAGE DRAGON #207
Story / Art / Cover: Erik Larsen
New Story Arc
Malcolm Dragon, Battle Girl, and Rex Dexter go into Dimension-X to rescue Angel Dragon and bring Mr. Glum to justice.
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99
SONS OF THE DEVIL #3
Story: Brian Buccellato
Art / Cover: Toni Infante
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
SPAWN #255
Story: Paul Jenkins
Art / Cover: Jonboy
32 Pages / FC / T / $2.99
SPREAD #9
Story: Justin Jordan
Art / Cover: Kyle Strahm & Felipe Sobreiro
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE & ROSES #7
Story / Art / Cover: David Lapham
32 Pages / BW / M / $3.50
TALES OF HONOR: BRED TO KILL #2
Story: Matt Hawkins
Art / Covers A & B: Linda Sejic
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99
VALHALLA MAD #3
Story: Joe Casey
Art: Paul Maybury
Cover: Paul Maybury & Sonia Harris
32 Pages / FC / T / $3.50
WAYWARD #10
Story: Jim Zub
Art / Cover A: Steve Cummings & Tamra Bonvillain
Cover B: Hanzo Steinbach
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
WOLF #1
Story: Ales Kot
Art / Colors: Matt Taylor & Lee Loughridge
Cover: Matt Taylor
Bestselling new star writer ALES KOT teams up with white-hot artist MATT TAYLOR and DEADLY CLASS colorist extraordinaire LEE LOUGHRIDGE for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! The crime noir thrills and characters reminiscent of True Detective meet with mythical stakes worthy of Neil Gaiman's Sandman in this original fantasy/horror/crime saga for mature readers. Antoine Wolfe, a hard-boiled paranormal detective with a death wish, has to cope with sudden responsibility for an orphaned teenage girl who might be the key to the impending apocalypse, California-style. The road to hell and back begins in a MAX-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with fifty-eight pages of story and no ads!
64 Pages / FC / M / $4.99
IMAGE COMICS TITLES ON SALE JULY 29
IXth GENERATION #6
Story: Matt Hawkins
Art / Cover B: Atilio Rojo
Cover A: Stjepan Sejic
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99
THE DYING AND THE DEAD #7
Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art / Cover: Ryan Bodenheim
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.50
ELEPHANTMEN #66
Story: Richard Starkings
Art: Axel Medellin
Cover: Boo Cook
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC #5
Story: Gabriel Hardman & Corinna Bechko
Art / Cover: Gabriel Hardman & Jordan Boyd
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
JUPITER’S CIRCLE #5
Story: Mark Millar
Art: Davide Gianfelice
Cover: Frank Quitely
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
LOW #8
Story: Rick Remender
Art / Cover: Greg Tocchini
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
MATERIAL #3
Story: Ales Kot
Art: Will Tempest
Cover: Tom Muller
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
MICE TEMPLAR V: NIGHT’S END #4
Story: Bryan J.L. Glass & Michael Avon Oeming
Art: Victor Santos & Serena Guerra
Cover A: Michael Avon Oeming
Cover B: Victor Santos & Chandra Free
“The Coming Dawn”
56 Pages / FC / T / $5.99
MYTHIC #3
Story: Phil Hester
Art: John Mccrea & Michael Spicer
Cover: John Mccrea, Michael Spicer, & Rian Hughes
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
ODY-C #6
Story: Matt Fraction
Art / Cover: Christian Ward
What happened to Ene the Conqueror and He of Troiia after they departed for their home at the end of the Great War?
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.99
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #11
Story: Robert Kirkman
Art / Cover: Paul Azaceta & Elizabeth Breitweiser
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
RASPUTIN #7
Story: Alex Grecian
Art: Riley Rossmo & Ivan Plascencia
Cover: Riley Rossmo
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
ROCHE LIMIT: CLANDESTINY #3
Story: Michael Moreci
Art / Cover: Kyle Charles
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.50
SATELLITE SAM, VOL. 3: SATELLITE SAM AND THE LIMESTONE CAVES OF FIRE TP
Story: Matt Fraction
Art / Cover: Howard Chaykin
Collects SATELLITE SAM #11-15
144 Pages / BW / M / $14.99
SEX #23
Story: Joe Casey
Art/Cover: Piotr Kowalski
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
THIEF OF THIEVES #31
Story: Andy Diggle
Art / Cover: Shawn Martinbrough & Adriano Lucas
32 Pages / FC / M / $2.99
THE TITHE #4
Story: Matt Hawkins
Art / Covers A & B: Rahsan Ekedal
32 Pages / FC / T+ / $3.99
VELVET #14
Story: Ed Brubaker
Art / Cover: Steve Epting & Elizabeth Breitweiser
32 Pages / FC / M / $3.50
ZERO, VOL. 4: WHO BY FIRE
Story: Ales Kot
Art: Ian Bertram, Stathis Tsemberlidis, Robert Sammelin, Tula Lotay, & Jordie Bellaire
Cover: Tom Muller
Collects ZERO #15-18
136 Pages / FC / M / $14.99
COMICS SECTION
AARDVARK-VANAHEIM
STAR OF THE MONTH
CEREBUS VOLUME 6: MELMOTH TP
(W/A/CA) Dave Sim
Dave Sim's Cerebus began as a parody of Conan, but expanded and grew into much, much more! Intellectual, entertaining, and thought provoking, Cerebus was one of the longest running independent black-and-white comics published! Melmoth collects issues #139–150. (STK000173) (STAR00431)
SC, 7x10, B&W SRP: $20.00
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ABSTRACT STUDIOS
RACHEL RISING #35
(W/A/CA) Terry Moore
Rachel finds herself at the mercy of a madman, but what worries her most is the ethereal figure watching her from the shadows. Rachel has seen her before but they've never met. She is Ma Malai, the angel of death, and she's come for Rachel. (STK675548)
24pgs, B&W SRP: $3.99
AC COMICS
CRYPT OF HORROR #26
(W) William Woolfolk & Various (A) George Evans & Various (CA) Unknown
More great 1950's horror reprints! 24 full never before reprinted Precode scare stories! Special focus on Fawcett's This Magazine Is Haunted; The Purple Claw, former EC greats, and the macabre art of Steve Ditko! Other artists include George Evans, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Gene Colan, and Dick Ayers! (STK676378)
SC, 7x10, 140pgs, B&W SRP: $29.95
AFTERBURN
TEMPERED STEELE #2
(W) Robert Wayne Hickey, Bill Nichols (A) Steve Redinger & Various (CA) Kevin Sharpe
Kevin's life is forever changed as Tempered Steele. He leads the Heroic Age but will be it be a blessing or a curse? Appearances by The Darkness Chronicles (Skystorm Origins) and Skorch (Blood & Roses: Paradox Wars). (STK675579)
32pgs, FC SRP: $3.99
Action Lab Entertainment
PRinceless—Raven: The Pirate Princess #1
(W) Jeremy Whitley (A) Rosy Higgins, Ted Brandt
(CA) Rosy Higgins & Ted Bradt, Katie Cook
Spinning right out of the pages of Princeless, it’s the ongoing adventures of Raven Xingtao, The Pirate Princess. Raven if ready to set off on a quest for revenge against her brothers who have stolen her inheritance. The monthly ongoing series picks up right where Princeless Volume 3 left off and has the same creative team with Variant covers by Katie Cook, Mike Hawthorne, and Richard Case, limited to 2,000 copies each!
32pgs, FC $3.99
Princeless: Be Yourself #2
(W) Jeremy Whitley (A/CA) Emily Martin
In their quest to save Adrienne’s sister Angoisse from the Grimmorium Swamp, Adrienne and Bedelia have been trapped and captured by the nefarious goblins. What do the goblins want with them…and what happened to Sparky after they crashed in the swamp? Plus, Adrienne’s brother Devin sets out on a quest of his own!
32pgs, FC (2 of 4) $3.99
The Adventures of Aero-Girl #3
(W) DeWayne Feenstra (A) Axur Eneas
(CA) Axur Eneas, Juan Paul Reibeling
The Fantastic Fantoccini and his army of evil muppets attacks! The motivation behind Dr. Chimera’s most sinister plot to change Foxbay forever is revealed. Will Foxbay’s newest powered pair be ready to stop him?
32pgs, FC (3 of 4) $3.99
Herald: Lovecraft & Tesla #5
(W) John Reilly (A) Tom Rogers, Dexter Weeks
(CA) Tom Rogers
Mark Twain’s retirement party turns deadly when the book golem William Wilde arrives. Meanwhile, Harry Houdini and Susan Lovecraft learn more than they should when they infiltrate one of Aleister Crowley’s séances.
32pgs, FC $3.99
Kids of the Round Table #3
(W) Robert Tinnell, Aaron J. Shelton
(A/CA) Brendon and Brian Fraim
Kevin, Maggie, and Ben find themselves in a parallel world where the magic of Camelot still rules and agents of both Merlin and Morgan le Fay make their presence known. Can these would-be successors to the Knights of the Round Table survive a supernatural attack? Aaron J. Shelton joins the KOTRT creative team as co-writer with this issue!
32pgs, FC (3 of 4) $3.99
Vamplets #5
(W) Gayle Middleton, Dave Dwonch
(A) Amanda Coronado, Bill Blankenship (CA) Amanda Coronado
Destiny Harper is in deep trouble, and she will need the help of Rasket, Lycinda and mysterious Madame Simone to thwart the plans of the evil Vammette!
32pgs, FC (5 of 6) $3.99
Puppet Master #5
(W) Shawn Gabborin (A) Michela De Sacco,Yann Perrelet
(CA) Michela De Sacco & Daniel Morales
Breathing fresh air for the first time in decades, the souls once condemned to Toulon’s Puppets have been freed to live in flesh and bloos bodies. But if they are out of the Puppets… who’s in? “THE REBIRTH” continues, to explore the world and mythos created in the cult classic Puppet Master film series! Variant Covers: Color, Sketch, & Photo cover of Torch limited to 1,500 copies each.
MATURE THEMES
REGULAR—32pgs, FC $3.99
TORCH PENCIL VARIANT—32pgs, FC $4.99
TORCH COLOR VARIANT—32pgs, FC $4.99
TORCH PHOTO VARIANT—32pgs, FC $4.99
GRONK 6-INCH PLUSHIE
Take home the friendliest monster this side of the Dark Forest! Based on the lead character in fan favorite writer/artist Katie Cook's series, Gronk is 6 inches of pure adorableness, and is sure to delight your family... and maybe even your cats!
Plush Toy $11.99
Zombie Tramp Statue
Commemorating the one year anniversary of the ongoing Zombie Tramp comic book series, the fan favorite supernatural undead powerhouse gets her first statue! Designed by creator Dan Mendoza, and sculpted by Eye 5 Toys, this 1/6th scale hand-painted collectible stands 12 inches tall. The design replicates Zombie Tramp's trademark cute-but-sexy style, and even includes her copy of the Necronomicon as it's base! Available in both a regular, and Limited Edition signed & numbered edition by Dan Mendoza, limited to just 50 pieces worldwide!
REGULAR EDITION—Statue $199.00
LIMITED EDITION—Statue $299.00
Gravedigger #1
(W) Christopher Mills (A) Rick Burchett
(CA) Rick Burchett, Dario Carrasco, Ian Sokoliwski
The popular noir web series returns to print… Framed for the murder of a mob boss’s daughter, “Gravedigger” McCrae is on the run in a South Florida paradise, pursued by a relentless crew of killers. His pursuers think tracking him down will be easy, but Digger McCrae is particularly dangerous prey. Gravedigger is a master class in hard-boiled comic action! Featuring artwork from multiple Eisner award-winning artist Rick Burchett (Batman Adventures, Lady Sabre and the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether), and includes a limited variant cover by Dario Carrasco.
REGULAR—32pgs, FC (1 of 3) $3.99
VARIANT—32pgs, FC (1 of 3) $4.99
Zombie Tramp #13
(W/A) Dan Mendoza (CA) Dan Mendoza, TMChu
Special anniversary issue! Dan Mendoza returns for the one year anniversary of the ongoing series in a special issue written and drawn by the Zombie Tramp creator himself! As Janey makes her way to Florida for vengeance, she's offered a chance at forgiveness to one of those that wronged her and set her on her twisted path. Features regular and risqué variant covers by series creator Dan Mendoza (risqué limited to 2500 copies) and a variant cover by series artist TMChu (limited to 2000 copies), and for the first time a blank “sketch” cover (limited to 1500 copies).
MATURE THEMES
REGULAR—32pgs, FC $3.99
RISQUE LIMITED—32pgs, FC $3.99
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