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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:29

So many Image previews this week, we've split 'em in two! First up, your books for more mature readers, including the return of the killer cock Poyo in Chew #12, the debut of a new "Badass With a Badge" in Officer Downe, orc battles nymph in Orc Stain #4, a serial killer strikes post-Katrina N'Awlins in Sweets #1, and the Luna Bros' latest epic wraps up in The Sword Vol. 4.

 

CHEW #12 

story JOHN LAYMAN

art & cover ROB GUILLORY

32 PAGES / FC 

$2.99

“JUST DESSERTS,” Part Two

The killer cock Poyo returns! Feathers will fly, and blood will spill! Plus: Tony Chu undercover!

RETAILER WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES 

 

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OFFICER DOWNE (ONE-SHOT)

story JOE CASEY

art & cover CHRIS BURNHAM

48 PAGES / FC

$4.99

FROM THE DEVIANT MINDS WHO BROUGHT YOU THE CULT HIT, NIXON’S PALS — A TWISTED NEW KIND OF CRIME COMIC!

He walks the eternal beat…and delivers the eternal beat-down! Much more than man…he is policeman! It’s hyper-violence on the mean city streets, from JOE CASEY (Avengers: The Origin) and CHRIS BURNHAM (X-Men: Manifest Destiny)—an all-new special in which a lone Badass With A Badge takes on the scourge of the criminal underworld: Headcase Harry! The Fortune 500! Zen Master Flash! Not even death itself can stop this powerhouse of justice! You’ve never experienced “command presence” like this! This is one cop that’ll keep coming back for more…even from beyond the grave!

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORC STAIN #4

story JAMES STOKOE

art & cover JAMES STOKOE

32 PAGES / FC

$3.99

"BOWIE THE POISON THROWER"

After collapsing from the effects of a strange poison, One-Eye finds himself in the clutches of a dreaded Swamp Ramba; a notorious nymph-witch known to perform bizarre and deadly experiments on any stray orc that crosses their path.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

 

 

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SWEETS #1 (of 5)

story, art & cover KODY CHAMBERLAIN

32 PAGES / FC

$2.99

A spree killer terrorizes New Orleans days before Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. Detective Curt Delatte just buried his only daughter, and he’s in no condition to work. But when the bodies pile up, he masks his grief and joins the hunt through the bowels of the Big Easy. It won’t be long until his city—and his evidence—gets washed away.

CHAMBERLAIN, a native of southern Louisiana, makes his writing debut with this dark and gritty miniseries.

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

 

 

 

 

 

THE SWORD, VOL. 4: AIR TP

story JOSHUA LUNA

art & cover JONATHAN LUNA

168 PAGES / FC 

$14.99

Three powerful siblings entered Dara Brighton's home and brutally murdered her family right before her eyes. With the help of a powerful sword and her two friends, she has vowed to exact revenge on the three. 

 

Dara's epic quest concludes in this final volume, and her last target is Malia, the air-goddess who murdered Dara's father. Dara has already fought Malia's brothers—Zakros, the water-god, and Knossos, the earth-god—but nothing can prepare Dara for the wrath of the last god standing.

 

RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES