All three stories have appeared in quiet, little places where you probably couldn't find them, and all three are self-contained. For introducing new readers to the streets of Sin City, or for filling the weeks between issues of The Big Fat Kill, Sin City: The Babe Wore Red can't be beat.

While newly elected Mayor Sharp is the public face of Arkham City, the secret manipulator behind the scenes is the nefarious Dr. Hugo Strange. Sharp presents the walled encampment as Gotham's ultimate solution to crime, but Strange has a secret, darker agenda. He's recruiting his own security force--one that will answer only to him and whose ultimate goal is the death of Batman.

The prequel to the best-selling graphic novel of all time! Discover what happened before WATCHMEN when Brian Azzarello and J.G. Jones deliver the earlier days of the Comedian--the ironically named vigilante whose grim outlook on life led to events that would change the world forever. This series contains material suggested for mature readers.

His name is Judge Death and in his eyes all life is crime! Together with his brothers Fear, Fire, and Mortis, the super-fiend from Deadworld is determined to end all life in Mega-City One once and for all! This compilation features classic Judge Death tales from the pages of 2000 AD. Presented with all-new colors.

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. For ten years, one man has relentlessly marched a path to world domination, dissolving governments, destroying armies, and demolishing any and all opposition to his Grand Empire--a monarchy which now spans the globe and holds six billion people in its totalitarian grip. His name is Golgoth, and he has achieved his fondest dream...only to realize that it's his worst nightmare. For now, in order to maintain his rule, Golgoth must wage constant war against a virtual phalanx of enemies: terrorist freedom fighters, alien invaders...even his own hand-picked Cabinet of Ministers, most of whom scheme constantly to overthrow their emperor. His allies are few; his foes, endless. Winning the crown of Earth is one thing. Holding onto it is another thing entirely. From the creative minds behind the best-selling JLA: YEAR ONE and KINGDOM: PLANET KRYPTON comes EMPIRE, Gorilla Comics' first ongoing monthly series. Written by Mark (KINGDOM COME, JLA, CAPTAIN AMERICA) Waid and illustrated by Barry (JLA: YEAR ONE, FLASH AND GREEN LANTERN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD) Kitson, with colors by Chris (PUNISHER) Sotomayor, EMPIRE changes the rules of action-adventure comics ... forever. Plus: An all-new exclusive prologue story to next month's Gorilla lauch: Crimson Plague by George (Avengers) Perez.

Four issues mini-series.

Collected in JSA Omnibus vol. 1.

In this spectacular graphic novel, Panter has transformed his protean punk hero Jimbo into the protagonist of a reinterpretation of Dante's Purgatorio. After years of comparing Dante and Boccaccio to find commonalities between the two, Panter developed a narrative of his own that includes literary and pop references regularly injected throughout the captions of the reinterpreted cantos.

33 years ago, Christian Angelos, last of the warrior Archangels, mysteriously disappeared. But now the forces of Hell are assembling, and Heaven desperately needs its agent. Unfortunately, Angelos has finally resurfaced, only this time as Hollywood's hottest star with no memory of his prior life. Worse, his enchanted lance -- the only weapon capable of killing arch-demon Daemon Malecent ? is missing. It's time for GUARDIAN ANGEL, Heaven's last line of defense, to battle once again!

A dying man is found and aided by a small boy. Slowly the man begins to seek the truth behind his past, but the closer he gets to the truth, the more deadly his quest, with cannibals after his blood and nightmarish demons after his soul. What is the secret of the dead man, what has happened in his past that has made him seek out the quiet of the grave? An astonishing secret and a brutal truth will be revealed in this tale of blood and revenge.

"Jimbo's Inferno is the hugely anticipated sequel (or prequel, as it was actually completed first) to Jimbo In Purgatory. In this volume, produced to the same exacting standards as 2004's Purgatory, Jimbo, accompanied by his trusty guide and ride Valise, visits Hell (here envisioned as a gigantic subterranean shopping mall called Focky Bocky), and in so doing runs across minotaurs, drug-addled punkettes, UFOs, giant robots, and more, leading him to such profound questions as, ""Why do so many recreational activities involve smoke and heat?"".

Renowned horror and western writer Joe R. Lansdale reunites with his Jonah Hex collaborator, artist Timothy Truman, to tell the grittiest, roughest, downright meanest Conan story ever seen in comics. This five-part series begins in the wretched wastes of Stygia, a burning, grinding stretch of desert so desolate the only thing more unforgiving is its inhabitants. There, Conan comes to the aid of an old ally, uncovers a scheme to acquire untold-of wealth, and punishes his foolish enemies most cruelly. Yet when his treasure hunt reveals an alluring spirit with long-unsatisfied needs, the Cimmerian knows a gentler touch is required to win the day. Teaming the wild, scathing wit of Lansdale with the unflinching vision of Truman, Conan and the Songs of the Dead is an unprecedented take on the grand hero of sword and sorcerypushing one of the most brutal heroes of literature to new extremes!

King Conan is haunted by the ghost of his first-and some say greatest-love. If he is to ever know peace again, he must put her spirit to rest. Who is the mysterious sorceress Conan enlists to aid him in his quest, even as she secretly plots against him? And can the barbarian survive the danger-filled journey across the never-ending ocean, back to the forbidding temple on the coast, where his lost love met her end? Collects Conan: The Phantoms of the Black Coast #1–#5. From the artist of The Lightning Thief and Scott Snyder's Severed.

Collects X-Force (1991) #49-56, Cable (1993) #29-31, X-Man #14, & X-Force/Cable Annual 1995.The shadow of Onslaught looms over Cable and X-Force! As a subtle evil begins its rise, the Askani'son faces destiny's call - which means a devastating confrontation with his counterpart from the Age of Apocalypse, Nate "X-Man" Grey! Meanwhile, X-Force is caught up in an unholy alliance between Sebastian Shaw and the horrifying Holocaust! As all hell breaks loose, the team will target their own leaders, Cable and Domino - and that means things get explosive! Threats lie in wait including the Blob, the Mimic, Selene, the Externals and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Boomer approaches Meltdown, there's Risque business for Warpath, and Siryn must enlist Deadpool's help to regain her freedom! Plus, Cable and X-Force face impossible odds - as in, Impossible Man odds!

Collects Astonishing Tales (1970) #25-28, 30-36; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #46; Marvel Spotlight (1972) #33; Marvel Two-In-One (1975) #27, 54; Captain America (1968) #286-288.Col. Luther Manning has been locked in a state of living death. He is no longer a man, but a mockery of a man. He has become an amalgam of reanimated flesh and computer circuitry, stripped of his family, his humanity -- but not his will. He has become Deathlok the Demolisher -- a weapon of war programmed solely for destruction.

Tunnels made by a legion of giant bugs crisscross the fields below Weeville, and only one thing can stop them from overrunning this quaint California town: the Juice Squeezers. A covert group of scrawny tweens, the Squeezers are the only ones who can fit into the cramped subterranean battlefield and fight the insects on the frontlines! Collects stories from Dark Horse Presents #26–#28 and issues #1–#4 of the miniseries.

Collects Cable (1993) #59-62, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #371, X-Men (1991) #91, X-Men Annual '99, Deathlok (1999) #1-11.Meet Jack Truman, the highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. operative known as Agent 18. A fateful encounter with Cable is about to land him square in the sights of Project: Deathlok, a S.H.I.E.L.D. initiative so secret even Nick Fury is in the dark about it! But when the Red Skull strikes the Helicarrier in an attack that draws the X-Men into battle, Agent Truman is transformed into the all-new, all-different Deathlok! S.H.I.E.L.D. has upgraded Truman's body - but what happened to his mind?

Collects X-Men Prime #1 ; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #322-326; X-Men (1991) #42-45, Annual '95; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #8.The X-Men have just averted the Age of Apocalypse, but the threat of Onslaught is right around the corner - a villain so powerful he put the unstoppable Juggernaut into a coma! But before the X-Men can learn more about this shadowy foe, they must face Gene Nation, led by the vicious Marrow, and help Magneto's Acolytes battle Apocalypse's son Holocaust, who escaped the AoA into the Marvel Universe! Plus, how will the world react when the Legacy virus is made public? Can Rogue handle learning Gambit's greatest secret? And did Sabretooth's brain damage truly change his personality, or is he a time bomb waiting to go off? All this, and the Xavier Institute enrolls a new student!

Two survivors of a global catastrophe disguise themselves as corpses to survive in a land of the walking dead. Soon the two friends save a lovely young gun-crazy woman named Betty, who becomes a source of rivalry between them. With hundreds of zombies out for a snack, the three try their best to blend in so as not become the next item on the menu. From the mind of Mike Richardson, creator of The Mask and The Secret, comes this hilariously frightening tale of Straw and Whip who have lived through a plague that's left the world with seven billion brain-hungry zombies.

Tom Strong in "Skull & Bones" by Steve Moore, Humberto Ramos & John Totleben; Jack B. Quick's "Amazing World of Science!" by Alan Moore & Kevin Nowlan; Promethea and Little Margie in "Misty Magic Land" by Steve Moore & Eric Shanower; Greyshirt's advertising supplements by Rick Veitch; Top 10 in "DeadFellas" by Alan Moore & Zander Cannon; Tom Strong serial lobby card by John Cassaday; The First American and U.S.Angel in "The FIRST First American!" by Alan Moore & Sergio Aragones; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen game by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill; Splash Brannigan in "Specters From Projectors" by Alan Moore & Kyle Baker; Cobweb in "He Tied Me to a Buzz-Saw (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" by Alan Moore & Dame Darcy; ABC Wizard Preview (reprinted from America's Best Comics Preview (1999) #1) by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse & Al Gordon. Inside covers by Sprouse & Gordon. Cover by Alex Ross. Back cover by Gene Ha.