Image Comics Solicitations – Previous Three Months
FEBRUARY 2013
The Activity #13
Written By: Nathan Edmondson
Art By: Mitch Gerads
Cover By: Mitch Gerads
Description: “SOLIDAO”
THE ACTIVITY continues into Volume III! After the stunning events in Minneapolis, the team is on stand-down pending an investigation. A call from one of Switchfoot’s friends in the Israeli Defense Force, however, turns into an unsanctioned mission with dire consequences. Meanwhile, there is trouble at Fort Belvoir.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 6.
Artifacts #26
Written By: Ron Marz
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover By: Stjepan Sejic
Description: “THE FESTERING OF EREWHON”
Tom Judge’s plans to recruit Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini in his quest to overthrow Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado didn’t pan out quite the way he expected. In a desperate grasp to turn his fortunes in battle, Tom has turned his attention to attacking the perversion of the universe Jackie created at its core. But will Tom do what needs to be done when he brace himself to end the life of an innocent bystander?
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Bedlam #5
Written By: Nick Spencer
Art By: Riley Rossmo
Cover By: Frazer Irving
Description: “A great weeping.”
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 20.
Blackacre #3
Written By: Duffy Boudreau
Art By: Wendell Cavalcanti
Cover By: Brian Churilla
Description: Bird, Sinclair’s chief operative in the Hinterlands, welcomes a battered Hull into his circle of mercenaries – but a terrible realization has shaken Hull to the core, and now there’s no one left to trust. Meanwhile, a dark army approaches, tightening its grip on the countryside.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Change #3
Written By: Ales Kot
Art By: Morgan Jeske
Cover By: Morgan Jeske
Description: Did you ever wake up to find / A day that broke up your mind?
The astronaut is falling. Someone is dead. Someone is dying. Someone needs saving. Now.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Chew #32
Written By: John Layman
Art By: Rob Guillory
Cover By: Rob Guillory
Description: Revelations! Fights! Milkshakes!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Clone #4
Written By: David Schulner
Art By: Juan Jose Ryp and Felix Serrano
Cover By: Juan Jose Ryp and Felix Serrano
Description: Luke Taylor is about to be a father any day now, but who is his “father”? The scientist behind the cloning project is the most wanted man in America, but where is he? And what will the rebels do when they get their hands on him?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Comeback #4
Written By: Ed Brisson
Art By: Michael Walsh
Cover By: Michael Walsh
Description: Things go further upside down for RECONNECT Agent Mark Thompson. His partner is dead and his mission failed. Now both the FBI and his former employer, a man more frightening than any government agency, are hot on his tail. One wants him in jail, the other wants him dead.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 20.
Creator Owned Heroes #9
Written By: Steve Niles, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Scott Morse, Ciancarlo Caracuzzo and Darwyn Cooke
Art By: Steve Niles, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Scott Morse, Ciancarlo Caracuzzo and Darwyn Cooke
Covers By: Amanda Conner / Paul Mounts and Scott Morse
Description: “WEAPON OF GOD,” Part One.
Generations have gone by and now evil has shown its face and only one man can put a stop to it. Training his entire life, the man living in seclusion known only as “the weapon of God” is sent on a mission to track down and destroy his mortal enemy, but not before making sure his legacy will live on with a gift from the holy ones.
“THEY COME BACK,” Part One.
Being a cop you get used to things being a certain way, a thief is a thief and dead is dead. When those certainties start to fade, Lou Vector’s world and career start to crumble. It’s tough enough being a cop. It’s even tougher when THEY COME BACK.
Interviews, contests, art galleries, con photos, and original articles, all celebrating the creator-owned spirit.
48 pages, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Cyber Force #5
Written By: Marc Silvestri and Matt Hawkins
Art By: Khoi Pham and Sunny Gho
Cover By: Marc Silvestri
Description: THE END OF THE NEW BEGINNING!
The Chairwoman of the massive CDI corporation will stop at nothing to get back her runaway daughter, Velocity. In her rampage, she has ordered the execution of every member of the rogue Cyber Force faction who stands in her way. But Velocity has turned and, faced to confront her mother, she doesn’t know what’s worse – being annihilated alongside her compatriots, or having her memory wiped clean with a brain box implant.
32 pages, free, in stores on Feb. 20.
The Darkness #112
Written By: David Hine
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover By: Stjepan Sejic
Description: “TWISTED TALES OF HOPE!”
On the verge of adolescence, Jackie’s daughter Hope is following in her father’s footsteps and is starting to grow into the young lady that she was always destined to become. But there is Darkness in her blood. And when she wanders into the woods alone, surrounded by things that go bump in the night, Hope wonders if she is the creature to actually fear.
Guest artist STJEPAN SEJIC joins series writer DAVID HINE on the goriest, most unchained storyline of THE DARKNESS to date!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Elephantmen #47
Written By: Richard Starkings
Art By: Axel Medellin
Cover By: Camilla D’Errico
Description: “SLEEPING PARTNERS,” Part Six.
Sahara must give up her baby, before it is even born.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
The End Times of Bram & Ben #2
Written By: James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art By: Rem Broo
Cover By: J.A.W. Cooper
Description: Bram’s wild and very public response to the Apocalypse brings a cult of followers to his door – and warring agents of the End Times! Ben, meanwhile, gets blue balls and a trip to Hell. Destruction! Betrayal! Crotch-grabbing! And the violence kicks into high gear!
40 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Epic Kill #8
Written By: Raffaele Ienco
Art By: Raffaele Ienco
Cover By: Raffaele Ienco
Description: Secret Ops director Hugo Paxton gives Song her first mission: take down another out of control super-powered operative – code-named Red-Hand – or see her uncle killed!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Fatale #13
Written By: Ed Brubaker
Art By: Sean Phillips and Dave Stewart
Cover By: Sean Phillips
Description: It’s the curse of the Femme Fatale in the old west, for those who like horror and noir in their spaghetti western. Another standalone FATALE FLASHBACK issue, and a perfect place for new readers to jump on board! And remember each issue of FATALE contains extra content, articles and artwork that are not available anywhere but the printed single issues.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 20.
Five Weapons #13
Written By: Jimmie Robinson
Art By: Jimmie Robinson
Cover By: Jimmie Robinson
Description: 13-year-old Tyler finds himself in a specialized school where assassins send their kids for education and training in one of the five deadly weapons. Tyler doesn’t have a weapon or any fighting skills, but he still plans to graduate by beating every weapon master in the school because he has a powerful ability that nobody can match: his razor-sharp mind! JIMMIE ROBINSON twists the insanity of BOMB QUEEN in a fun new series that will keep you guessing to the end.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
Glory #33
Written By: Joe Keatinge
Art By: Ross Campbell
Cover By: Ross Campbell
Description: “WAR TORN,” Part Three, In final battle.
The penultimate issue of ROSS CAMPBELL and JOE KEATINGE’s GLORY saga ties threads together from its very beginning amidst the most brutal war Glory has ever fought. Destinies will be realized. Lives will be destroyed. The end begins here.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Great Pacific #4
Written By: Joe Harris
Art By: Marton Morazzo
Cover By: Marton Morazzo
Description: “TRASHED!” Part Four
Settling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has led Chas Worthington down an insanely dangerous path. But when the lovely and mysterious French aviator, Zoe crashes onto his island nation, things only get worse. Meanwhile, the corporation and the government Chas fled conspire to drag his fugitive hide back to Texas!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Guarding the Globe #6
Written By: Phil Hester
Art By: Todd Nauck and John Rauch
Cover By: Todd Nauck and John Rauch
Description:; This is IT! Set’s plan for world domination has been building since issue #1, but who is this new challenger? This battle between titans will destroy the world if the Guardians don’t stop them, but not every Guardian is walking away from this one…
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Hack/Slash #24
Written By: Tim Seeley
Art By: Elena Casagrande
Cover A By: Elizabeth Torgue and
Cover B By:Tim Seeley, Nate Lovett and Francesco Gaston
Description: “FINAL,” Part Five.
Samhain pits the girls against each other in the ultimate battle to see who is the TRUE “Final Girl.” Betrayals and beheadings galore as the penultimate chapter of “Final” arrives!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
Haunt #31
Written By: Joe Casey
Art By: Nathan Fox
Cover By: Nathan Fox
Description: Showdown in Mexico! Kurt Kilgore is determined to rescue Mirage – no matter what it takes! But when she becomes the target for violent insecticide, is the power of the Haunt enough to protect her? But the biggest question remains: where is Daniel Kilgore?! Doesn’t it take TWO brothers to create a Haunt?!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Hell Yeah #7
Written By: Joe Keatinge
Art By: Andre Szymanowicz
Cover By: Andre Szymanowicz
Description: “EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS RIGHT,” Part Two.
HELL YEAH’s shocking new direction continues as the battle of the century arrives: Ben Day vs. Getting His Ass Handed To Him!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 13.
Hoax Hunters #7
Written By: Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley
Art By: Axel Medellin
Cover By: Axel Medellin
Description: “HAUNCHYVILLE,” Part Two
With one of their own held captive by the albino king and his army of gnomes, the Hoax Hunters forge an uneasy alliance with Donovan and the Hoax Hunters Hunters to uncover the secrets of Haunchyville.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
I Love Trouble #3
Written By: Kel Symons
Art By: Mark A. Robinson
Cover By: Mark A. Robinson
Description: “LIFE ON MARS”
Thomas, a blind telepath, recruits Felicia to work with him at the Mars Corporation. Mars is a huge global conglomerate, with their dirty fingers in a lot of pies, most notably the emerging field of nation-building. With her unique talent – able to get to anyone, anywhere – Mars is looking to turn Felicia into an assassin capable of paving the way for new business opportunities.
24 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
It Girl & The Atomics #7
Written By: Jamie S. Rich
Art By: Mike Norton
Cover By: Michael and Laura Allred
Description: “THE WORLD IS FLAT” Part 1 of 2.
REVIVAL’s MIKE NORTON returns for an It Girl solo adventure. Our heroine has gone to the Alps to rescue a kidnapped scientist and keep his game-changing secret invention out of the wrong hands. Prepare for super-powered spies, mechanical men, and
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
The Legend of Luther Strode #3
Written By: Justin Jordan
Art By: Tradd Moore
Cover By: Tradd Moore
Description: The true enemy has been revealed, leaving Luther and Petra to fight against foes they don’t have a chance of beating. As the brawl continues, an ancient evil says hello. The hit series continues.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 6.
MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet #5
Written By: Lee David Zlotoff and Tony Lee
Art By: Will Sliney and Owen Jollands
Cover By: Andie Tong and Ciaran Lucas
Description: MINISERIES CONCLUSION
The hit comic series draws to an end, co-written by MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff! MacGyver! Moscone! Moscow! A fight to the death to save the world! Who will make it out alive? And who will never be the same again?
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
The Manhattan Projects #11
Written By: Jonathan Hickman
Art By: Nick Pitarra
Cover By: Nick Pitarra
Description: “BUILDING”
Following the dramatic events of The LOGIC REVOLUTION, what will the Science Lords of the Manhattan Projects do with an Earth they now completely control? NOTHING GOOD.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
Mara #3
Written By: Brian Wood
Art By: Ming Doyle and Jordie Bellaire
Cover By: Ming Doyle
Description: Seeing her friends and supporters abandon her, and instead of trying to suppress her newfound powers, Mara goes public. Openly displaying her rapidly developing abilities, she challenges the bias and discrimination. People start to see her as not a freak, but rather someone who can’t be stopped, and that starts to make a lot of very serious people very concerned. Socially-aware superheroics in a world we’ve never seen. Brian Wood, Ming Doyle, and Jordie Bellaire bring the goods.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Mind the Gap #9
Written By: Jim McCann
Art By: Rodin Esquejo and Dan McDaid
Cover By: Rodin Esquejo
Description: “WISH YOU WERE HERE,” Part Four.
A loss of life! A loss of innocence! A terrifying return! Actions are taken and consequences are so far reaching in this SILENT issue that will have you holding your breath & leave you speechless.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Nowhere Men #4
Written By: Eric Stephenson
Art By: Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellaire
Cover By: Nate Bellegarde and Fonografiks
Description: Everybody’s on the run.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Perhapanauts: Danger Down Under #4
Written By: Todd Dezago
Art By: Craig Rousseau
Covers By: Craig Rousseau and Mike Maihack
Description: “The AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE,” Part Four.
More and more members of the Team go missing as The Perhapanauts become desperate, battling a Monster that preys on FEAR! …And would someone please tell this talking mongoose to SHUT UP?! Also: Molly and her Team are desperate as well, as El Cuero proves to be a cryptid that cannot be corralled!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 6.
Prophet #34
Written By: Brandon Graham and Simon Roy
Art By: Simon Roy
Cover By: Malachi Ward and Matt Sheean
Description: New father Prophet survives an assassination attempt while an unseen 13,000-year-old creature from Old Earth manipulates the Empire council.
32 pages, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Repossessed #2
Written By: JM Ringuet
Art By: JM Ringuet
Cover By: JM Ringuet
Description: In this explosive new issue the repo crew heads to Death Valley and Miami, closing in on the possessed Sarah. But some traps are laid in their path and powerful Demons ambush them. Is there more to Sarah than they know? Who wants her and who’s protecting her?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Revival #7
Written By: Tim Seeley
Art By: Mike Norton
Cover By: Jenny Frison
Description: Dana tracks down a wolf in sheep’s clothing serial killer. Talk show pundit, Clyde Birch comes to down and all hell breaks loose. And, those Check boys are up to something nasty.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Saga #10
Written By: Brian K. Vaughan
Art By: Fiona Staples
Cover By: Fiona Staples
Description: Marko and Alana’s long-lost babysitter Izabel finally returns to the fold, but at what cost?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Snapshot #1
Written By: Andy Diggle
Art By: Jock
Cover By: Jock
Description: Jake Dobson is your typical nerd; works at the Near-Mint Rhino comic-book store in San Francisco. But when he finds a lost cell phone, he’s horrified to discover it’s full of snapshots of a murder victim. Suddenly he finds himself hunted by a vengeful hitman who wants his phone back… and Jake in a body bag! And then things start to get *really* complicated…
32 pages, $2.99, in store on Feb. 5.
Son of Merlin #1
Written By: Robert Napton
Art By: ZID
Cover By: ZID
Description: THE BATTLE BEGINS ANEW
Simon Ambrose is a brilliant young professor at MIT. Always somewhat out of sync with the rest of the world, Simon is a man of science and does not put much stock in faith. When he discovers that he is the bastard son of the world’s greatest wizard Merlin, he is forced to put his skepticism aside and embrace a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies. Science and magic collide in this introductory priced first issue! For $1, you can’t afford to miss this next step in a battle that has been waged for ages!
32 pages, $1, in stores on Feb. 6.
Spawn #228
Written By: Todd McFarlane
Art By: Szymon Kudranski
Cover By: Todd McFarlane
Description: “COLLATERAL DAMAGE”
DEATH! BETRYAL! PARANOIA! THE CURSE OF THE SPAWN SPREADS! As Jim Downing has violently sought answers to the many mysteries surrounding his work with The Program, those closest to him have gone about their lives. And while the darkness within Jim continues to grow, he is not the only one haunted by the curse of the Spawn.
Witness the dark realities of those whose lives have been touched by Jim’s rebirth, as the shadows of damnationbegin to take hold. Changing lives. Threatening lives. Taking lives!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Storm Dogs #4
Written By: David Hine
Art By: Doug Braithwaite and Ulises Arreola
Cover By: Doug Braithwaite
Description: What are the Wireheads? And why is a godforsaken frontier planet so important to the future of the human race? The stakes are raised as the murder team heads into the forbidden lands of the Elohi.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
Thief of Thieves #13
Written By: Robert Kirkman and James Asmus
Art By: Shawn Martinbrough and Felix Serrano
Cover By: Shawn Martinbrough and Felix Serrano
Description: Conrad and Augustus are trapped with nowhere to run from the cartel and FBI. Can father and son’s first heist together end in any way but death or capture? Find out in the conclusion to THIEF OF THIEVES second arc!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Think Tank #6
Written By: Matt Hawkins
Art By: Rahsan Ekedal
Cover By: Rahsan Ekedal and Brian Reber
Description: Slacker Genius Dr. David Loren can hack into the military industrial complex computer network to reclassify 3-Quinuclidinyl Benzilate from a class 2 pathogen to a class 5 pathogen. He can disassemble the micro-power device of Dr. Sejic to appropriate its extensive battery life for his surface thought reader. But can he save himself from the confines of his own mind?
32 pages, black and white, $3.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth #2
Written By: Ken Kristensen
Art By: MK Perker
Description: “CANDY WITH STRANGERS,” Part Two.
Todd, imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit, falls into the crosshairs of the Aryan Nation. Meanwhile, his father stalks a celebrity Scientologist, his mom gets laid in a parking lot, and a headless Girl Scout is mauled by junkyard dogs.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Uncanny Skullkickers #1
Written By: Jim Zub
Art By: Edwin Huang
Cover By: Chris Stevens
Description: The UNCANNY SKULLKICKERS: Two hard-headed mercenaries kill monsters and cause havoc in their search for money, fame and adventure! A bold new direction! A perfect jumping-on point! A newly added adjective! Our nineteeth issue, but also a new issue #1! It’s all here, people! Don’t make us use more exclamation marks!!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 27.
The Walking Dead #107
Written By: Robert Kirkman
Art By: Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn
Cover By: Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn
Description: Rick is, once again, pushed BEYOND his breaking point.
32 pages, black and white, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 6.
Where is Jake Ellis? #4
Written By: Nathan Edmondson
Art By: Tonci Zonjic
Cover By: Tonci Zonjic
Description: “CHAPTER NINE”
Together, Jon and Jake will face a realization neither of them is prepared for. Does Jon have what it takes to save Jake and himself?
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on Feb. 13.
Witchblade #164
Written By: Tim Seelye
Art By: Diego Bernard and Fred Benes
Cover By: John Tyler Christopher
Description: “HOPE THROUGH THE DARKNESS”
Sara Pezzini moved to Chicago to escape her failures and to leave her demons behind her in New York. Her new life in the Windy City has been far more difficult and far stranger than she ever expected. Until now, her past has stayed buried. But when Rapture bearer Tom Judge and Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado come a knocking, Sara risks the discovery that her new life in Chi-town may not have been a decision that she made for herself.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 20.
Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #4
Written By: Brandon Seifert
Art By: Lukas Ketner
Description: When you have a magical disease, you go to the Witch Doctor. But where do you take the Witch Doctor when he’s the one who needs help? And how far will Doc Morrow’s assistant go… to save his boss’ life?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
COLLECTIONS
The Darkness: Rebirth Vol. 2 TP
Written By: David Hine
Art By: Jeremy Haun
Cover By: Jeremy Haun
Description: “BREAKING DARK”
Jackie Estacado never feared much of anything, except the Darkness itself. Then the rules changed. Rival Bulgarian gangs are starting to encroach upon his turf. Jackie’s wife, Jenny, is losing her mind. Jackie is no longer the host to the Darkness and with everything cracking at the seams he has neglected to notice that his daughter, Hope, has something terribly, terribly wrong with her. Jackie thought he was invincible, but he will soon learn that there are things in this world that even the Darkness should fear.
Collects THE DARKNESS #106-110.
160 pages, $14.99, in stores on Feb. 27.
Debris TP
Written By: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art By: Riley Rossmo and Owen Gieni
Cover By: Riley Rossmo and Owen Gieni
Description: In the far future, humanity has doomed planet Earth to rot and decay, covering her surface with garbage. Now, ancient spirits called the Colossals rise from the debris and attack the remaining survivors, forcing the human race to the brink of extinction. After an attack leaves their people without water, Maya, the last Protector, sets out on a journey for pure water, to save the world before the monsters bring it all to an end.
128 pages, $14.99.
Ravine TP VOL. 1
Written By: Stjepan Sejic
Art By: Stjepan Sejic
Cover By: Stjepan Sejic
Description: “THEY ARE A POWERFUL FOE, BUT THEY WILL FALL!”
In a fantastic world far from our own, an ancient magic spell almost split the world in two and left an endless ravine in the north. One man, Nebezial Asheri, driven by the deaths of his wife and daughters will attempt to reclaim that magic and bring his loved ones back to life. The forces of an entire city, Paladia, will rise to oppose him, but his greatest foes will be a ragtag band of an outcast wizard, a dragonrider, and their allies.
Artist extraordinaire STJEPAN SEJIC (ARTIFACTS, WITCHBLADE) branches out into his first ever creator-owned and original property for Top Cow! Presented in a perfect-bound, dramatically oversized issue format, RAVINE is an epic about the lengths one man will go to to reconstruct his family, and the forces of good who must stop him at all costs.
128 pages, $9.99, in stores on Feb. 13.
Super Dinosaur TP Vol. 3
Written By: Robert Kirkman
Art By: Jason Howard
Cover By: Jason Howard
Description: Escape from Inner-Earth! Derek Dynamo is a prisoner of The Exile – who has taken him deep into Inner-Earth. Now Super Dinosaur must assemble a team to save his best friend, but along the way, he will learn the secret of Inner-Earth – something that could bring about the fall of human civilization! Collects SUPER DINOSAUR #12-17.
112 pages, $12.99, in stores on Feb. 29.
Zed: A Cosmic Tale GN
Written By: Michel Gagné
Art By: Michel Gagné
Cover By: Michel Gagné
Description: When a cute little alien named ZED demonstrates his invention to the Hierarchy of the Galaxy, something goes wrong – terribly wrong! Before long, ZED’s universe is thrown into complete turmoil and our little hero must face nearly insurmountable odds trying to survive and save the very fate of his home world.
Imbued with a dark edge, peppered with pure silliness, and wrapped up in a childlike sense of wonder, ZED’s adventures will keep readers tickled and captivated from start to finish.
Originally published in comic book form over a period of eleven years, ZED has been completely revised and remastered for this definitive edition.
280 pages, black and white, in stores on Feb. 13.
SOURCE: Comics Continuum & Comic Book Resources
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