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Long before there was The Walking Dead there was Deadworld. Here is a collection of short stories from the pages of Deadworld, one of the longest running zombie titles in the comics market. Deadworld has had over 100 issues and graphic novels released over the years and sold over 1 million copies. A supernatural plague has been unleashed on the world. The dead return to walk the earth...but this is no standard zombie story. The dead are just soldiers for those who have crossed the Gateway. The lead zombies are intelligent, sadistic, and in addition to having a hankering for flesh, enjoy the tortuous ordeals they put the surviving humans through. Now seven wayward teens on a school bus, scramble to escape the zombie apocalypse. Little did they know that there were also intelligent zombies and they had a plan...and they had a leader, King Zombie. Included in this 14 short story collection is the very first Deadworld story, "Black Sabbath", which introduced to the comics audience the hard biting scenes of zombies taking over the Earth. The classic tales, illustrated by the artist known as "the Deadworld artist", Vince Locke, are presented as an the introduction to one of Deadworld's most popular characters, the Dead-Killer. This proves to be a great collection piece for fans to discover the compelling need to feed on the saga of Deadworld. In Deadworld, death is only the beginning of the horror and this action packed assemblage of tales set in this zombie infested world illustrates perfectly the dilemma the humans face, not only from the hordes of zombies but from humans themselves.

Astronomer Max Finn is in Paris, reluctantly attending a SETI conference on the search for extraterrestrial life. One day sitting in a street cafe, a sad street musician named Erich Zann, draws his attention as the old man plays an eerie set of music on his violin. Now each night, those same eerie melodies haunt and plague Finn's dreams. Giving him nightmares about an impossible cosmic land ruled by Nyarlathotep, the messenger of the elder gods. This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER's Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). H.P. Lovecraft is considered one of America's most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft's distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings it into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Aldin Baroza who has worked in the animation field and on such programs as The Simpsons and Futurama, along with illustrating Steven Philip Jones' Nightlinger and Tatters comic book series. In addition to the comic book adaptation this volume also contains the original H.P. Lovecraft published story as written by him.

A comic book adaptation of one of Lovecraft's early stories. Harley Warren is an expert on violent criminals and assists the FBI in their profiling and pursuit of criminals who tend to be on the bizarre side. Warren believes in exploring the darker side of man, especially those who seek to live in the shadows of normalcy. When Warren comes across the book The Necronomicon, a book that can reveal the locations of the darkest and oldest mysteries of the stygian unknown, Warren wastes little time packing up his reluctant chronicler and assistant, Randolph Carter, to explore one such site.This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER's Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America's most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft's distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings them into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Christopher Jones who has worked on DC's Justice League, Batman Strikes, and Young Heroes in Love comic book series.In addition to the comic adaptation of the story, the original H.P. Lovecraft story is also included in this volume.

Sin Eternal is more than just a re-tooling of the immortal classic, Dante's Inferno. It plants itself firmly in the modern world and away from the political crimes that dominated Dante's work. It brings a very basic questioning of the man's faith as he witnesses some of the most horrendous punishments that could be exacted. The story covers the travels of the man who is sent to hell to examine the various torments and punishments that the sinners of Earth are forced to face each moment of eternity. From the slovenly gluttons to the fates of the suicides, from the heretics to the thieves, a variety of different levels are covered. From the ferry of Charon, the man is taken into the very depths of evil. He must escape the giant creature, Minos to the swallowing jaws of Cerebus. From the Dance of the Harlots who abused love to the gluttons who are encased in solid gold. Witnessing the Heretics, imprisoned in furnace like cells to the Industrialists, those who are taken over by the very machines they created. Those who kill in the name of God are forced into an unending battle of mutilation which leads to the River of Blood with the souls of Idi Amin, Hitler, and Stalin washing the crimson onto the shores. The Maze of Eternity blends into a surreal world of mystic images and fallen idols until he finally reaches the very source of evil itself, the Devil. But its not the traditional view, because after all, Lucifer was considered the Morning Star...the beautiful angel. All is not as it might first appear. "...a most distinguished and thought-provoking piece of work." - Chicago's New Age Magazine.

"Sherlock Holmes: adventure of the opera ghost originally appeared as a two issue series from Tome Press, a division of Caliber Comics. It was later released from Transfuzion Publishing as part of 'The cases of the twisted minds' and also included in the IDW publication of 'The curious cases of Sherlock Holmes'."

Inexplicable murders in the Catskills. A Hooverville of squatters plummets into a gigantic sinkhole during a ferocious thunderstorm, where their bodies are torn apart and devoured as if by some pack of wild animals. Arthur Munroe, a journalist at the scene, follows a trail of legends to an abandoned Dutch colonial mansion at the top of one of the nearby mountains to find answers.This Lovecraft story is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER''s Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America''s most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft''s distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source material, brings it into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated into graphic novel form by Octavio Cariello who has worked on DC''s Green Lantern, Deathstroke, Black Lightning, and MARVEL''s X-Men comic series.In addition to the comic book adaptation this volume also contains the original published Lovecraft story as written by him.

One of Lovecraft's early classics in an adapted comic book format. Do ghosts exist? Since childhood Jervas Dudley has visited a secluded and locked tomb on his family's Rhode Island estate. Dudley believes he can commune with the ancestral ghosts who inhabit the tomb, many of whom mysteriously perished during a wicked party over 200 years ago when a fire consumed the Dudley's first estate. Is Dudley mad?This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER's Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America's most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft's distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings them into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Octavio Cariello who has worked on DC's Green Lantern, Deathstroke, Black Lightning, and MARVEL's X-Men comic series.In addition to the comic book adaptation this volume also contains the original published Lovecraft story as written by him.

Denys Barry is strongly convinced that telepathy is possible and his clinical research at the Oakdale Institute supports his hypothesis. But Barry's research is jeopardized after he suffers a violent seizure during an experiment in which he seems to sputter "cosmic" nonsense. Soon after Barry discovers that a criminal patient named Joe Slaader was admitted into Oakdale at the same as Barry's outburst. Barry is convinced his mind somehow tapped into Slaader's delusion. And he will now skirt theoretical metaphysical laws to try to tap into that criminal's mind again.This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER's Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America's most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft's distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings them into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Octavio Cariello who has worked on DC's Green Lantern, Black Lightning, Deathstroke, and MARVEL's X-Men comic series.In addition to the comic adaptation of the story, the original H.P. Lovecraft story is also included in this publication.

For over 600 years the male descendants of the Chabrillane family have all inexplicably perished on their 32nd birthday. The legend of the curse began the night Henri Chabrillane, killed the alchemist Michel Mauvis. Michel's son, Charles, Le Sorcier cursed the Chabrillanes. Henri was 32 years old that night, and no male descendant has lived to see age 33. Now, the last Count de Chabrillane is about to turn 32.This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER's Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America's most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft's distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings them into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Octavio Cariello who has worked on DC's Green Lantern, Deathstroke, Black Lightning, and MARVEL's X-Men comic series.In addition to the comic book adaptation this volume also contains the original Lovecraft published story as written by him.

At the dawn of the 20th century, Jack London was considered one of the first literary writing pioneers in the rapidly growing world of magazine fiction. Having written numerous novels, short stories, poems and essays, he became a well-known celebrity and world-wide house hold name. Even today, Jack London's popular written works find a large reader audience and his stories have been adapted into feature films and television programs. Here are presented FIVE of his stories, adapted with illustrated art from award winning comic artists Ron McCain (DC's Batman, and Adventures of Superman, MARVEL's Wolverine), Guy Davis (Dark Horse's Hellboy and DC's Swamp Thing), Vince Locke (Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Judge Dredd, Deadworld), and Charles Yates (High Caliber, Frankenstein). Collected are Jack London's: A Piece of Steak, Chinago, The Death of Ligoun, Told in the Drooling Ward, and Koolau the Leper.

Sequel to H.G. Wells science fiction classic The War of the Worlds. The "Martian Invasion" has begun again and now mankind must fight, not only for their homes, but for their very humanity. Aliens were the stuff of legends, fairy tales, to scare children or to entertain those wanting to escape the mundane existence of their lives. Few men took them seriously, let alone saw them as a threat. Yet as mankind busied itself about their petty affairs, they were being scrutinized and studied, perhaps as narrowly as a scientist might watch under the microscope of the microbes that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. It happened slowly at first but by the third year, it seemed that the war was almost lost. And humanity was not going to be the winner. This story picks up with mankind fighting a fallback battle in the central plains of the United States against a new kind of biological weapon the aliens have unleashed on the planet. It centers on a group of surviving individuals who differ as to how they should live their future...either quietly hold down and go about their business and leave the aliens to the planet...or continue to fight a seemingly hopeless war and go out dying standing on one's own two feet. This is their story and the story of a mother and daughter who will try to survive the alien apocalypse. Collects comic book issues #1-5."Writer Randy Zimmerman has a fine grasp of drama, and spins the various strands of the story into a coherent whole...imaginative and very gritty." - war-of-the-worlds.co.uk.

Jack the Ripper is the most infamous killer of all time even though his victims probably only numbered five. What could compel someone to commit such heinous crimes? The answer is revealed when it is discovered that an actual evil force caused the deaths and used a host body. Now in the present the deaths begin anew and this time, it doesn't intend to stop at five. A crime team attempts to stop it and soon they become aware that one of its members may be succumbing to the very force they're trying to stop. Collects issues 1-3.

Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Liz Stride, Cate Eddowes, Mary Kelly...they were the victims that fed the legacy of the greatest killer of all time...Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper Illustrated is an examination of the most infamous serial killer of all time. Included are looks at the official victims, suspects, Whitechapel, and more, including some official photographs and newspaper articles of the time period. This short excursion provides a concise yet comprehensive survey and a perfect introduction to the complexities of the serial killer who has fascinated criminologists and mystery buffs for over a century. Artist Mark Bloodworth adds a number of drawn pages, conveying a dark and sinister look to his art as each of the victims is portrayed in their final moments with Jack. The script by Gary Reed, known for his work in bringing historical and literary works to graphic novel formats.

Remembered as the father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft is best known for tales of terror, cosmic abominations and especially his most famous creation, the dreaded Cthulhu! Few realize, however, the true creative breadth and depth spanned by Lovecraft, who penned stories of horror but also of fantasy, science fiction and even humor. Within this Mythos book, writer Brandon Barrows and artist Hugo Petrus go beyond tentacles and evil gods to explore the rare corners and the myriad worlds created by H.P. Lovecraft, and presented as an entertaining and terrifying adapted graphic novel! Some of the stories contained within: Pickman''s Model, The Strange High House in the Mist, The Curse of Yig, The White Ship, The Beast in the Cave, along with others to entertain and terrify.

"Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes originally appeared as a one shot issue from Tome Press, a division of Caliber Comics. It was later released from Transfuzion Publishing as part of 'The cases of the twisted minds' and also included in the IDW publication of 'The curious cases of Sherlock Holmes'."