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DARK HORSE PRESS RELEASES
Dark Horse Comics Celebrating Twenty Years 1986-2006

Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima tell the tale of a master ninja in Path of the Assassin

Path of the Assassin (known as Hanzo no Mon in Japan) is the story of
Hattori Hanzo, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protectTokugawa Ieyasu—the shogun who would later unite Japan into one great nation. As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, Hanzo must use vast and varied ninja talents. Living in the shadows near Ieyasu, Hanzo himself must learn to become a complete man as he guides his master to the same destination.

Path of the Assassin is a worthy and entertaining addition to the Koike and Kojima samurai manga library and will be presented un-retouched in the original Japanese right- to -left format.

Path of the Assassin features story by Kazuo Koike with art by Goseki
Kojima. Volume 1 arrives on sale June 28 with a retail price of $13.95.

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All-new Star Wars: Legacy series to launch with special 25 cent issue!

Welcome to the beginning of a grand, new chapter in the Star Wars saga! This special 25Ά comic sets the stage for the launch of the new Star Wars: Legacy series, which begins in June.

More than a hundred years have passed since the events in Return of the Jedi and the days of the New Jedi Order. There is a new evil gripping the galaxy, shattering a resurgent Empire and seeking to destroy the last of the Jedi. Even as their power is failing, the Jedi hold to one final hope: the last remaining heir to the Skywalker legacy.

It’s a brave new galaxy for Star Wars fans, at once familiar and surprising—interplanetary intrigue and adventure on an epic scale; iconic heroes and villains cast in new roles and caught in surprising
new situations. Everything you’ve loved about Star Wars, but nothing you expect!

Star Wars: Legacy #0 features story by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema, with art by Duursema and Sean Cooke. This special issue arrives May 17 with a retail price of only25Ά!

Teen superhero Lindsay Goldman is back with all new adventures in GoGirl!: Robots Gone Wild

The award-winning GoGirl! is back with two exciting new adventures in
one volume in this original graphic novel from creators Trina Robbins
and Anne Timmons.

Video games can get too realistic, as the flying teenager, GoGirl! discovers in “Prisoners of the Machine,” when she and her friends find themselves trapped inside a computer and menaced by giant anime-robots! And in “Double Trouble,” GoGirl!’s arch-enemies create a robot that looks just like her, except that it has the mind of a master criminal. How can our heroine convince the cops that she didn’t rob that bank, when everyone saw her do it? Plus, GoGirl!’s sidekick, Haseena, tired of always being rescued by the flying teen, takes up sleuthing herself in “Haseena Ross, Girl Detective.”

GoGirl!: Robots Gone Wild features stories by Trina Robbins with art by Anne Timmons. It arrives on sale June 28 with a retail price of $14.95.

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Goon creator Eric Powell draws special Conan one-shot!

A special one-shot story in honor of Conan creator Robert E. Howard’s
centennial will feature art by the lovely and talented Eric Powell, creator of The Goon. This issue tells the story of one wild and fateful night in the life of a young storyteller in an Aquilonian farming community—the night Conan, Janissa the Widowmaker, and Kalanthes, priest of Ibis, came to town, pursued by all the demons of hell. Always a dreamer, telling tales of great deeds in faraway lands, the storyteller gets a look at all-out action, heroism, and sacrifice on the dusty streets of his home town, and is forever changed by the experience.

Conan #28 features story by Kurt Busiek, art by Eric Powell, colors by Dave Stewart, and cover by Tony Harris. Issue #28 arrives May 17with a retail price of $2.99.

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Award-winning creators Fαbio Moon and Gabriel Bα bring their unique talents to the short story collection De:Tales.

Fαbio Moon and Gabriel Bα are Brazilian twins who share an award-winning talent for comics and an abiding love of the medium. Following in the wake of brothers Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez and Tomer & Asaf Hanuka, Moon & Bα bring their considerable skills to Dark Horse in De:Tales, their first major American release!

This collection of short stories features the pair working together, in tandem, or separately—trading off on the roles of writing and illustrating, sharing those roles, or flying solo. Brimming with all
the details of human life, their charming tales move from the urban reality of their home in Sγo Paulo to the magical realism of their Latin American background, living up to the twins’ critical acclaim and proving that they are a talented pair to watch out for.

Praise for the work of Moon and Bα:

” …A perfect blend of fluid storytelling and contemporary style . . .
A+.”
—Tom McLean, Variety

“Packed with luscious allegorical imagery . . . “
—Blogcritics.org

De:Tales is written and illustrated by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. It
arrives on sale June 28 with a retail price of $14.95.

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Steve Niles’ Criminal Macabre returns to Dark Horse in special one-shot!

He’s ba-aaaack! Cal McDonald—the hair-triggered, smart ass, tough guy, private dick- monster hunter comes back to Dark Horse this month, and he’s brought his strangest nemesis with him.

Horror maestro Steve Niles collaborated with fantastic artist Kyle Hotz (Marvel’s Manthing, Dark Horse’s Billy the Kid ) to bring to vivid, spooky life Cal’s first-ever encounter with a real-deal golem. From the folklore of Jewish mysticism, the earthy homunculus is given shape and purpose by a grief-stricken father, out to exact vengeance on the man who attacked his daughter. In a bizarre twist of fate, the golem is loosed on the world With no master and only one known purpose—to kill!
Cal’s gotta do whatever it takes to stop this marauding hunk of clay from a pointless killing spree or . . . or, there’s gonna be a pointless killing spree!

Criminal Macabre: Feat of Clay features story by Steve Niles with art
by Kyle Hotz. This special one-shot arrives on sale May 31 with a retail price of $2.99.

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Star Wars Spanish-language graphic novels arrive in
North America!

Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 1, Star War: Empire Volume 1, and Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 are the initial titles to be released.

Dark Horse Comics is pleased to announce for the first time ever Star
Wars Spanish-language graphic novels will be available in North America.

Coupling the enduring popularity and universal appeal of Star Wars with the growing Hispanic population (over forty million strong in the United States alone), Dark Horse is offering three initial titles in Spanish, Clone Wars: Defense of Kamino;Clone Wars: Adventures; and
Empire: Betrayal .

Ever since the Clone Wars were mentioned in the very first Star Wars film, fans have been dying to know more and The Defense of Kamino brings the galaxy-wide conflict into full view. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are part of a Jedi fighter squadron sent to protect the installation, but they learn that there are heroes fighting for the Separatist cause as well as for the Republic, and that Jango Fett, though dead, still has something to say!

In Clone Wars: Adventures, on the night-world of Nivek, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must first overcome the limitations of fighting in the dark before they can take on the dreaded Shadowmen. Incredible action, hot art, and lightning-fast pacing are coming your way in this new take on the Star Wars galaxy!

Empire: Betrayal takes place in the weeks before the events in Star Wars: A New Hope, as the Death Star is readied for its fateful first mission, a power-hungry cabal of Grand Mofs and Imperial Officers embark on a dangerous plan to kill Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader and seize control of the Empire! But even the galaxy isn’t enough of a prize to sate the ambitions of some of the conspirators, and before
long the would-be assassins are turning on one another.

These special Star Wars Spanish-language editions arrive in stores June 14. Titles and prices are as follows: Clone Wars Volume 1: Defense of Kamino $14.95 (ISBN- 1-59307-581-2), Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1 $6.95 (ISBN-1-59307-580-4), Empire Volume 1: Betrayal $12.95 (ISBN- 1-59307-582-0).

Darkhorse.com launches new making of comics feature Archenemies broken down step by step!

Now on darkhorse.com is a very cool new feature showing step-by-step the process of making a comic book! From scripts, to pencils, to inks, to lettering… each and every step of the typical comic making process is shown in an easy-to-use point and click format. Go to www.darkhorse.com and take a behind the scenes look at Drew Melbourne’s hilarious tale of a superhero odd couple, you may never look at your roommate the same way again!