ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT Solicitations for SEPTEMBER 2012

The Killer Volume 4: Unfair Competition HC

Story By: Matz

Art By: Luc Jacamon

Cover By: Luc Jacamon

Description: After his misadventures in Venezuela, our Killer retires to Mexico, but his Colombian cartel friend Mariano and the Cuban agent Katia are not far behind. Soon he finds himself drawn back into the great geopolitical game between Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States, with oil revenues and political independence at stake. Even when he finds himself in unusual territory as the shadow owner of an oil company developing Cuba’s off-shore deposits, the need for his usual skill-set is never far away.

128 pages, $19.95.

Mouse Guard: The Black Axe #6

Story By: David Petersen

Art By: David Petersen

Cover By: David Petersen

Description: In the last leg of Celanawe’s quest for the Axe and its meaning, he is led to discover a secret order of mice who guard its secrets and history, its maker, and others like him. The knowledge of his having recovered the Axe leads Celanawe to a difficult decision. The end of the issue holds one final surprise for longtime Mouse Guard fans! Features a pin-up by Mike Mignola.

24 pages, $3.50.

Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume 1 Leather-Bound HC

Story By: various

Art By: various

Cover By: David Peterson

Description: Archaia is taking its reputation for producing high-quality graphic novels one step further, offering for the first time limited-edition, leather-bound copies of some of its most popular titles! Featuring a lush, black leather case wrap with gold-leaf etching, these editions are extremely limited with only 400 copies in existence and will not be available in bookstores! Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Vol. 1 is an anthology collection of stories set in the world of Mouse Guard, featuring the work of artists and storytellers handpicked by series creator David Petersen.

144 pages, $39.95.

Return of the Dapper Men Lether-Bound HC

Story By: Jim McCann

Art By: Janet Lee

Cover By: Janet Lee

Description: Archaia is taking its reputation for producing high-quality graphic novels one step further, offering for the first time limited-edition, leather-bound copies of some of its most popular titles! Featuring a lush, black leather case wrap with gold-leaf etching, these editions are extremely limited with only 400 copies in existence and will not be available in bookstores! In the stunningly illustrated, modern fairy tale Return of the Dapper Men, 314 dapper-looking gentlemen rain down on a faraway land populated by children and sentient machines in order to start time again.

144 pages, $49.95.

Syndrome Leather-Bound HC

Story By: Daniel Quantz and R. J. Ryan

Art By: David Marquez

Cover By: David Marquez

Description: Archaia is taking its reputation for producing high-quality graphic novels one step further, offering for the first time limited-edition, leather-bound copies of some of its most popular titles! Featuring a lush, black leather case wrap with gold-leaf etching, these editions are extremely limited with only 400 copies in existence and will not be available in bookstores! In Syndrome, the lives of an ambitious scientist, a naive actress, a tormented production designer, and a condemned serial killer intersect in this thriller that asks, Can evil be cured?

112 pages, $39.95.

Spera Volume 2 HC

Story By: Josh Tierney

Art By: Kyla Vanderklugt & Various

Cover By: Afu Chan

Description: Exiled princesses Pira and Lono travel to the bustling city of Kotequog to avoid the clutches of Pira’s mother, the Evil Queen. Obtaining jobs as adventurers, the two best friends set out on a series of quests that land them in perhaps more excitement than they’d bargained for. Told in four chapters and a series of stand-alone shorts, each drawn by a different rising talent in comics, Spera: Volume 2 brings the same gorgeous artistry as its debut installment.

166 pages, $24.95.

The Secret History Omnibus Volume 3 HC

Story By: Jean-Pierre Pecau

Art By: Igor Kordey

Cover By: Igor Kordey

Description: Since the dawn of time, Dyo, Reka, Aker, and Erlin, the four Archons who headed the Four Houses, have fought each other to control the fate of hunmankind. But times change, and an evil Fifth Archon, William of Leece, is attempting to bring about the Apocalypse. Translated from the series’ original French publication and collects The Secret History issues #15-20.

344 pages, $34.95.

SOURCE: Comics Continuum