Top Cow Solicitations - October 2010

Top Cow have published solicitations for their October 2010 releases and, alongside Witchblade, The Darkness: Four Horsemen and Artifacts are a number of Pilot Season 'pilot issues', convention variants and what looks like a fantastic collection of never-before-seen first issues of upcoming series for just $4.99.


TOP COW FIRST LOOK VOLUME 1 TRADE PAPERBACK
Story: CHRISTOS GAGE, MARC BERNARDIN, ADAM FREEMAN, JASON RUBIN, B. CLAY MORE, JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, JOHN MAHONEY & FILIP SABLIK
Art: JORGE LUCAS, AFUA RICHARDSON, TYLER KIRKHAM, NELSON BLAKE II & THOMAS NACHLIK
Cover: TOP COW’S FINEST
OCTOBER 6 / 160 PAGES / FC / TRADE PAPERBACK, $4.99

Six New #1 Issues for only Five Bucks!
In an unparalleled publishing initiative, Top Cow proudly presents a collection of six never-before-seen first issues of upcoming series bound in a single collection. Sunset by Christos Gage (Avengers Academy) and Jorge Lucas (The Darkness) tells the tale of an old Vegas enforcer on a quest for revenge in his twilight years. The Pilot Season 2008 winning team of Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman (The Authority) and Afua Richardson (Cyblade) returns with Genius—a story of a young African-American military genius taking over LA’s gangs. Jason Rubin (The Iron Saint) and Tyler Kirkham (Green Lantern Corps) unveil the supernatural murder-mystery Mysterious Ways. B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) and Nelson Blake II (Magdalena) take you deep into space horror with Black Vault. And reintroducing Top Cow’s Minotaur imprint come two dark series: Joshua Hale Fialkov & Rahsan Ekedal’s (The Cleaners) generational serial killer Echoes, and Last Mortal, a supernatural noir adventure from Filip Sablik, John Mahoney, and Thomas Nachlik.


PILOT SEASON: CROSSHAIR #1
Story: JEFF KATZ
Art: ALLAN JEFFERSON
Cover: MARC SILVESTRI
OCTOBER 6 / 32 PAGES / FC / PILOT ISSUE / $3.99

After settling into the life of loving husband and devoted father in the suburbs, a former assassin for the CIA learns he’s been brainwashed to kill the President of the United States. To his horror, Justin Weller has discovered that in less than 48 hours something or someone will trigger his suppressed program and send him into deadly and irreversible action. Weller must discover his triggering mechanism and uncover who is behind the conspiracy that will pitch the world into chaos.

Created and co-written by Top Cow founder Marc Silvestri (X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia) and co-writer Jeff Katz (Booster Gold) with art by Allan Jefferson (War Machine), Crosshair introduces a new kind of action comic.

PILOT SEASON: THE ASSET #1
Story: FILIP SABLIK
Art: DAVID MARQUEZ
Cover: JENNY FRISON
OCTOBER 13 / 32 PAGES / FC / PILOT ISSUE / $3.99

Finding that someone special in the modern age isn’t easy; but online dating sites promise matches based on multi-faceted personality profiles. So what happens when you meet the woman of your dreams but she turns out to be more than what she seems? Madeline would be the perfect girlfriend if it wasn’t for the fact that she’s trying to get Doug killed.

Created and written by Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik (Black Diamond) and debuting up-and-coming artist David Marquez (Syndrome) along with a cover by Jenny Frison (Angel), The Asset redefines the femme fatale for the digital age.

PILOT SEASON: 7 DAYS FROM HELL #1
Story: BRYAN EDWARD HILL & ROB LEVIN
Art & cover: BRIAN STELFREEZE
OCTOBER 20 / 32 PAGES / FC / PILOT ISSUE / $3.99

Ex-pat turned mercenary John Bishop is mortally wounded, but spared from Hell by a renegade demon seeking redemption. The price of John’s salvation? He’s reborn as the demon’s personal assassin and charged with ridding humanity of our worst criminals, sadists, and murderers...with a seven-day deadline for each kill.

Redemption can take a lifetime. John Bishop only has 7 days.

Created and co-written by the team behind Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box, Bryan Edward Hill and Rob Levin, with jaw dropping art from industry legend Brian Stelfreeze (Wednesday Comics).

PILOT SEASON: MIDWAY EARTH #1
Story: MARC SILVESTRI & DAVID WOHL
Art: STJEPAN SEJIC
Cover: MARC SILVESTRI & STJEPAN SEJIC
OCTOBER 27 / 32 PAGES / FC / PILOT ISSUE / $3.99

Our home planet is the strategic prize in a brutal war between two alien races. As the crucial midway point between them, the one that wins our world will win a conflict that has raged for thousands of years.

The earth is burning and the fate of mankind rests in the hands of a shattered man and a mysterious girl from a distant galaxy. Haunted by the loss of a choice made, Michael Clark tries to save a world caught in the crossfire of an intergalactic war. An entire race will depend on a single decision he must make – a decision that will see him sacrifice everything he holds dear and forever change the world we know.

Created and co-written by Marc Silvestri (X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia) and David Wohl (Executive Assistant Iris) with art by Stjepan Sejic (Witchblade), Midway Earth re-imagines the alien invasion story in a way never seen before.

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