The adventures of Red and Mister Woof have only just begun. In Fablewood, all of the stories that have ever been told live side-by-side. But it is an evil place, overseen by the awful Mister Grimm and his cadre of Think Police. Red and Woof want to escape to a world where their friendship isn’t prohibited, but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead in the Dark Forest.

"Ill Met in Lankhmar" is the tale of their first meeting- adventurers blessed with a touch of innocence and youthful naivete. This is a story of dark romance- and evil as old as time itself- set in the murky streets of the once great city of Lankhmar.

The Eternal Empress has waged war against the countries of Saia for over one hundred years and now her sights are set on the last country standing. Within the brutal Empire's workforce, a young woman receives strange visions that give her the courage to escape her fate...or run straight toward it.

A STAB in the Dark.A group of activists from the animal rights group STAB (Stop Treating Animals Badly) breaks into the remote Malsum Island Research Facility, determined to document the horrific abuse of animals by pharmaceutical giant ReGen Corp. They discover too late that the horrors in ReGen's laboratory exceed anything they could have imagined in this first installment in the Apocalyptic comic book series from writer Shawn French and illustrator Mortimer Glum.

For 40 years, the exploits of Elric have thrilled comic book fandom, beginning with his introduction to the world of comics in Marvel's Conan The Barbarian #15 in 1972. Now, Michael Moorcock, the godfather of the Multiverse concept, brings one of the most critically acclaimed and most recognizable figures in the history of fantasy fiction back to sequential art! This Free Comic Book Day edition heralds the new ongoing Elric series featuring a crisis across multiple worlds that will involve Moorcock's other famous fantasy franchise characters: Corum of the Scarlet Robe and Dorian Hawkmoon. Meet the Pale Prince in an epic that could only be called The Balance Lost! And make sure you don't miss the new ongoing series this summer! Written by white-hot New York Times bestselling author Chris Roberson (Superman, iZombie,Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love)!

There came a time when there was great movement upon the earth and above it, when the destiny of men and gods was hammered out upon the forge of fate, when monstrous wars were brewed and mighty deeds were designed. And there rose up in this time, which was called the age of the Young Kingdoms, heroes. Greatest of these heroes was a doom-driven adventurer who bore a crooning runeblade that he loathed. His name was Elric of Melniboné...king of ruins...lord of a scattered race that had once ruled the world.

Elric is faced with Agak and Gagak, monstrous sorcerers from a dimension too far removed from our reality for most beings to comprehend. Each incarnation is given several companions to take along before entering a massive double-tower structure in which they find their respective opponents. Eventually, the groups come to the understanding that these are not towers but living beings! It's then that the incarnations of the Eternal Champions fuse to form a single massive entity resembling a Hindu god with four faces, four arms, and four legs. Using a massive version of their combined weapons they slice through a horde of demons to kill Agak and then Gagak...

NEW  SERIES! The most daring art thief in Paris has struck again, and the police have assigned their best detective to the case. His only clue? A single white feather left at the scene. Could this feather belong to the thief? To the thief’s accomplice, an oversized talking egret? Or will his investigation lead him to somewhere even stranger? (Answer: all of the above.) Presenting a peculiar and unforgettable tale of birds and banditry, paintings and pets, larceny, love and… lamprey-wielding assassins? From the legendary creator of THE MAXX and co-creator of SANDMAN, Sam Kieth, and the considerably less-legendary creator of CHEW, John Layman!

For Dragon Age newcomers, this comprehensive volume brings you up to speed on everything you need to know about the regions, religions, monsters, magic, and more! For dedicated fans, never before have the secrets of BioWare's epic fantasy been revealed so completely and so compellingly! Filled with never-before-seen art by the creators of the games! New Dragon Age game coming in 2013! From the writers and artists of the Dragon Age games. The definitive guide!

BioWare’s best-selling fantasy franchise lives on in these canonical comics from Dark Horse! Elven squire Vaea and her knight arrive in Kirkwall for Varric Tethras’s appointment as viscount. A talented thief, Vaea takes on an easy job . . . but when she chooses to change the terms of the deal midheist, she is entangled in a dangerous mission that is surely above her pay grade.An essential addition to the Dragon Age canon!Covers by Sachin Teng!

Jonathan Romero, aka "Dead Romeo" makes a deal in Hell and comes back from the grave. He meets Whisper and walks into town with her. They depart and “Dead Romeo” heads to a bar to meet up with his evil vampire buddies. They have a mission to complete that allows them to stay out of Hell. They decide to catch a quick snack, which seems to include Whisper. Will “Dead Romeo” partake?

This si the story of what happened to Darrian Ashoka following the events of Lucifer's Halo. When last we saw our would be hero he was sailing on a massive aircraft-carrier towards Europa, the land of his fathers, in hopes of finding himself. Dawn, the goddess of birth and re-birth, told him he would be going on a journey and that before he would se his goddess again he would make love to whores and rape queens.It seems that no matter where he goes he sees his goddess everywhere, but can any take her place in his soul?Find out what is in store for Darrian across the ocean and see how Dawn's predictions take shape as his life takes some unexpected turns.

Roland continues his journey towards the Dark Tower in his search for the Man in Black, but will he betray young Jake along the way?

CONCLUDING THIS CHILLING CHAPTER OF STEPHEN KING'S DARK FANTASY EPIC! With magic doors appearing, his eyes changing color, strange voices in his head, and monstrous lobstrosities hungry for his flesh, can the drug-addled Eddie Dean survive his desperate mission to Miami?

The four issue adaptation of the first book in the second volume of Michael Moorcock's Corum cycle, TheBull and the Spear represents the final mini-series adapting Moorcock's work produced by First Comicsbefore the company folded.

Webster is a bundle of nerves headed into his first day of high school, but whatever academic and social horrors he feared are nothing compared to what's in store for him as he stumbles into an unsanctioned street level spelling bee! And this ain't no staged production, either - letters fly like jump kicks and the losers leave bruised and beaten more often than not! Soon he's propelled into the fast-paced world of competitive spelling by the mysterious Outlaw King and his cohort the Black Queen. Does Webster have what it takes to get the spelling world buzzing? Find out in this word-based battle royale from web-sensations Ananth Panagariya (Johnny Wander) and Tessa Stone (Hanna is Not a Boy's Name)!

An all-new Young Animal miniseries begins! Forager is just one of the Hive before he breaks out of his cocoon and finds himself in a mysterious house in an unknown realm. There he meets all kinds of strange creatures: a ghostly girl, a talking teddy bear and otherworldly weirdos that have literally jumped out of his worst nightmares. But these interdimensional oddballs are nothing compared to the evil General Electric, who is on the hunt for a reality-bending metal that could alter the fabric of life itself. To stay one step ahead of him and preserve the multiverse, Forager must travel through alternate dimensions to seek the metal and, hopefully, catch up with that cagey stuffed bear. If he does it, will he finally be able to distinguish himself as a New God? DC’s Young Animal celebrates Jack Kirby’s centenary with this new six-issue miniseries-and who better to tackle this task than the Eisner Award-winning Allred clan! Featuring scripts by Lee Allred (BATMAN ’66), art by Michael Allred (Silver Surfer) and colors by Laura Allred (Lady Killer), BUG! is truly a family affair.

With his dying breath, an Indian Shaman unleashes an ancient curse upon his murderers, the miners of Brimstone, and the richest gold stake ever found in the High Sierras. A week later, the town is overrun and its communication lines cut. With all the honest men fighting the Civil War, the desperate mining investors put together a collection of outlaws, killers and thieves to re-take Brimstone ... by any means necessary. Led by 'The Viper,' a brooding gunslinger whose brutal exploits are the stuff of Western legend, the vicious posse finds the bullet-ridden town littered with dismembered corpses but its gold stores untouched. In Brimstone, the most feared men in the West have finally found the very heart of fear.

Reporter Walt Maddocks has made it his business to find people who don't want to be found. Currently, that's Flora Black, who briefly achieved fame when she saved a high-profile political candidate from an assassin's bullet. No one has seen her since, but Maddocks is convinced she has connections to a professional escort named Blackie, and just possibly the mysterious Black Orchid.

Before introducing the modern version of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman wrote this dark tale that reinvented a strange DC Comics super hero in the Vertigo mold. Featuring spectacular art by Gaiman's frequent collaborator, DaveMcKean, BLACK ORCHID. After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, as this demigoddessattempts to reconcile human memory and botanical origins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her death. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in the Amazon rainforest, this book takes thereader on a journey through secrets, suffering and self-rediscovery.