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80-Page Giants Featuring Red Sonja and Vampirella Bring Bundles of Reading!

Dynamite Entertainment has announced a brand-new line of comics packed with reading for an affordable price, as Vampirella and Red Sonja lead the way with the first two 80-Page Giants in the new year!

The She-Devil With a Sword slashes into her first overflowing 80-Page Giant featuring four fabulous stories. Readers can check out the tale “Dragons” from 2009’s Red Sonja Annual #2 by writer Christos Gage and legendary artist Pablo Marcos. Another gorgeous short story “Seeing Red” from Red Sonja: Black, White and Red #1 (2021) is included, from the team of Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey. The book is rounded out with two full length epics from Sonja’s original Dynamite series. Ron Marz and Lee Moder‘s tale from Red Sonja #30 and Eric Trautmann and Patrick Berkenkotter‘s from Red Sonja #60, from 2008 and 2011 respectively.

For the first-ever Vampirella 80-Page Giant, adventures from nearly five decades apart are included. One of the most legendary stories in the character’s history is “Death’s Dark Angel” by the definitive creative team of her early era of Archie Goodwin and José González was originally published in Vampirella #12 (1971). Another industry-shaking short is “The New European” by Alan Moore and Gary Frank from 1997 marking the 100th anniversary of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Then readers can taste test the opening acts of two revered runs on the character with the first issue from the 2014 series by Nancy Collins and Patrick Berkenkotter, and then the 2019 kickoff of Christopher Priest‘s still ongoing tenure alongside artist Ergün Gündüz.

Both books feature original covers by Roberto Castro, and are also available with a “retro” styling with inset snapshots of some of the included epics.

Preview: Myopia Trade Paperback

Myopia Trade Paperback

Writer: Richard Dent
Artist: Patrick Berkenkotter and Freire Ronilson
Cover: Patrick Berkenkotter
152 pages | Science Fiction | $19.99 | Teen+

A homeless man is mysteriously abducted. A journal is left on the edge of a subway platform, filled with stories about a world that doesn’t exist. Not far from here a scientist is murdered in cold blood. The only clues are his burned down lab. A magnetically propelled motorcycle, and a man walking around New York City with the last living falcon on the planet.
Imagine a world where your every thought, your every move, is filtered through The Central Lens Network. Now imagine being a twelve-year old boy and discovering a special pair of lenses that allow you to access this network undetected. This is exactly what happens to Matthew Glen the day his father is murdered then two years later mysteriously appears back in his life.
In a style that echoes back to the Dark Age of Comics when graphic novels were coming into an art form of their own, “Myopia” merges science fiction with noir steampunk into a thrilling alternative reality, where government and big business use entertainment devices to cover up a new authoritarian landscape.

Myopia Trade Paperback

Preview: Project Superpowers Omnibus Vol. 3: Heroes and Villains TP

Project Superpowers Omnibus Vol. 3: Heroes and Villains TP

writers: Alex Ross, Joe Casey, Phil Hester, J.T. Krul, Brandon Jerwa
artists: Edgar Salazar, Carlos Paul, Jonathan Lau, Mike Lilly, Jackson Herbert, Heubert Khan Michael, Patrick Berkenkotter
cover: Alex Ross
FC | 448 pages | $34.99 | Superheroes | Teen +

Collects four graphic novels featuring your favorite Superpowers characters; The Death-Defying ‘Devil, The Owl, Masquerade, and more. Also includes the Project Superpowers Free Comic Book Day comic and the Project Superpowers Xmas special. 448 pages for one great price.

Project Superpowers Omnibus Vol. 3: Heroes and Villains TP

Preview: Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol. 3 TP

Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol. 3 TP

writer: Nancy A.Collins
artists: Patrick Berkenkotter, Crizam Zamora, Aneke
cover: Terry Dodson
FC | 424 pages | $34.99 | Teen+

COLLECTING VAMPIRELLA (2014) #1-13, ANNUAL 2015, & PRELUDE TO SHADOWS

Collecting the complete Vampirella series by Nancy A. Collins in one massive, 424-page omnibus!

Vampirella is sent by the Vatican to investigate the kidnapping of a little girl by Ethan Shroud and the Chaos cultists, only to become the centerpiece of a ritual invoking Lady Umbra, the sister-bride of Chaos, that leaves her marked as a living sacrifice to the dark goddess who rules the shadows.

Then…Vampirella assumes the role and obligations of Lord Drago, joining The Kabal, a clandestine organization of supernatural creatures. When a strange, rabies-like plague spreads through the slums of Sao Paolo like wildfire, infecting victims with homicidal fury, the Kabal calls upon Vampirellato capture the disease’s murderous creator — one of The Accursed, a human condemned to eternal life for his sins: the fabled Dr. Faustus.

VAMPIRELLA is back and returns to her horror roots with Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nancy A. Collins (Swamp Thing, Sunglasses After Dark, Jason vs. Leatherface) and Patrick Berkenkotter (Avengers/Invaders, Red Sonja).

Preview: Myopia: Rise Of The Domes

Myopia: Rise Of The Domes

writer: Richard Dent
artist | cover: Patrick Berkenkotter, Ronilson Freire, Mohan
FC | 40 pages | $4.99 | Teen +

30 PAGES OF ART AND STORY!

In the second installment of this speculative steampunk thriller, the stakes are raised as the government decodes more of the virus that has been planted in the mysterious domes discovered at the magnetic poles. This leads to Ledge betraying Molly’s trust and placing Matthew’s psychological health in danger. Meanwhile the mysterious James Chase begins his first day of work at the invasive Formula Media Corporation where he meets Jill, the executive Formula Media Assistant who processes all the psychic imprints connected to the Central Lens Network.

Based on an award-winning story, Myopia migrated to Dynamite from a successful Kickstarter supported by George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Dean Koontz and Jim Butcher. Don’t miss the exciting continuation of the critically acclaimed first issue, hitting a 9.0 on Comic Book Round Up and reviewed in international, award winning magazines such as River Styx, which publishes some of the most important writers of our time, including many Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners.

Preview: Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol 2 TP

Vampirella: The Dynamite Years Omnibus Vol 2 TP

Cover: Paul Renaud
Writer: Brandon Jerwa
Art: Heubert Khan Michael, Patrick Berkenkotter
Price: $39.99
Rating: Teen +

Vampirella, a lethal beauty waging a war against the undead and demonic, must defend her recent actions to a tribunal deep within Vatican City. Hell is coming to Earth, and only Vampirella and her trusted allies can stop it!

Bad blood and old grievances are put aside when a deadly coven of witches threatens to unrival all time and reality, and Vampirella finds herself stranded one hundred years in the future. A vision of things to come forces our heroine to make a painful decision, forever altering her fate.
Then, what begins in the shadowy jungles of a voodoo island empire will reach its astonishing conclusion in Hell itself! Everyone’s favorite dark heroine will be pushed to the breaking point as her sanctuary is threatened, her love is at risk, and her own mother might just be her worst enemy after all! It’s a story of endings and beginnings!

Dynamite Releases Myopia: Rise of the Domes in February

Following the successful launch of 2016’s stylistic steampunk thriller, Myopia#1, Dynamite Entertainment, writer Richard Dent, and artist Patrick Berkenkotter have once again partnered to bring fans the next entry into the futuristic science-fiction universe with Myopia: Rise of the Domes, a 30-page special set for release in February 2018!

In this second installment, the stakes are raised as the government decodes more of the virus that has been planted in the mysterious domes discovered at the magnetic poles.  This leads to Ledge betraying Molly’s trust and placing Matthew’s psychological health in danger.  Meanwhile the mysterious James Chase begins his first day of work at the invasive Formula Media Corporation where he meets Jill, the executive Formula Media Assistant who processes all the psychic imprints connected to the Central Lens Network.

Preview: Myopia #1

Myopia #1

writer: Richard Dent
artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
cover: Cezar Razek
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

Based on an award-winning story by writer Rich Dent, “Myopia” merges speculative fiction and steampunk into a thrilling alternative reality.  Armed with a special set of lenses that make him almost invisible inside the Central Lens Network, James Chase sets out on a mission to stop the new world order’s violation of the Magnetic Energy Agreement.  At first sold as a device to make life more convenient, the lens now works as a tool for the government to hide the devastation unleashed from excessive mining of the earth’s core.  Myopia migrated over from a successful Kickstarter supported by George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Dean Koontz, and Jim Butcher.  Don’t miss this debut issue!

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Preview: Vampirella Vol. 2 Collection

Vampirella Vol. 2 Collection

writer: Nancy A. Collins
artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
cover: Mike Mayhew
FC • 224 pages • $24.99 • Teen+

Nancy A. Collins, the bestselling author of Sunglasses After Dark, Vamps, and Swamp Thing, redefines the horror heroine Vampirella for a new generation of horror comic fans!  When Vampirella assumes her new role as Queen of the Nosferatu, she inherits a membership into The Kabal, a clandestine organization of witches, werewolves, vampires, and other supernatural creatures. Sworn to protect the status quo of their shadow world, The Kabal hunts down and neutralizes renegade monsters and fanatical cultists before they can trigger the Apocalypse. As a strange rabies-like plague spreads through the slums of Sao Paolo, infecting its victims with homicidal fury, Vampirella races off in pursuit of Dr. Faustus, the creator of the disease. But the mad scientist is only one part in a global plot of destruction, and his fellow conspirators are perhaps too long-lived and powerful to defeat!

This volume collects issues 7-13 of the hit series and features a complete cover gallery, and an original script by Nancy A. Collins!

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Preview: Vampirella #13

VAMPIRELLA #13

Nancy A. Collins (w)
Patrick Berkenkotter (a)
Mike Mayhew, Jenny Frison (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC l 40 pages l $4.99 l Teen+

Vampirella must deal with a palace coup in the conclusion of the “God Save the Queen” story arc in this special Unlucky 13 issue. When her lover, Tristan, is kidnapped and tortured by her enemies, Vampirella must decide whether or not to abdicate the throne in favor of the evil Count Savanovic or fight to remain Queen of the Nosferatu with the aid of a former ally—one that also happens to be more than a little dead.

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