Best Selling Books by Dark Horse Comics

Star Wars

Classic Star Wars: A New Hope

Available for the first time anywhere - the entire Star Wars saga available in a handy prepack. Follow the adventures of Luke and Han Solo as they battle the evil Empire. Be there when Darth Vader renounces evil and comes back from the dark side. Or start at the beginning when Anakin Skywalker was a young man full of wonder and dreams until his inevitable turn to the dark side. Enjoy all the stories from beginning to end of the saga with the Star Wars Episode I-VI movie bundle. This pack contains episodes I-VI of the movie adaptations at one fantastic low price. This collection will only be available for a limited time, so pick up your copy while supply lasts. May the Force be with You!

New York City''s Detective Schaefer has seen it all, from domestic murders to drug-gang executions. but Schaefer''s never seen the Big Apple awash in so much blood as tonight, with flayed bodies hung like meat being cured for mealtime. When Schaefer has a close encounter with one of the murderers, he realizes he''s run into something much bigger than the police suspect. Can even the toughtest cop stand up to the ultimate hunter?

In the mid-1970s, following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry''s best with the equally popular Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Now, for the first time in over 30 years, these primal tales, featuring Robert E. Howard''s most popular character, are available in this, the first in a series of massive trade paperbacks.

For many years, Elisa Cameron journeyed through the darkness of her own lost memories, searching for the perpetrators of her death and the source of her unearthly powers. Each answered question seemed only to unearth more mysteries. But at long last, the veil of deceptions, betrayals, and lies is drawn aside to reveal the stunning reality of Elisa''s existence.

With Michael Allred''s Madman: The G-Men from Hell series hitting the racks like a polkadot napalm balloon, now comes the atomic dessert, the long-awaited Complete Madman Comics Vol. 3, collecting Madman issues 11-15, including the four-part The Exit of Dr. Boiffard, the epic Madman maelstrom that still has comics readers young and old asking, How do you pronounce Boiffard? Plus: The Truth About Everything And All The Rest, a Madman title so long only a state-of-the-art trade paperback can hold it! Plus: the usual cosmic landfill of guest-artist pinups, galleries, beany copters, giant talking brains, and those cool little hors d''oeuvre swords! All in spectacular Mad-orama color by Laura Allred. You can''t handle the truth!

More than a dozen young artists and writers strut their stuff in this hefty collection. These strips are culled from Dark Horse''s on line comics talent search contest. Strip Search represents the best the strips posted. Ages 13+.

Covered primarily with sand and dirt, the searing heat of Ryushi''s nineteen-hour day causes most of the native creatures to burrow for shelter. It''s not anybody''s idea of a vacation spot - but the Predators aren''t looking for a vacation. And the Aliens aren''t looking to be disturbed . . .

Alex Fleming is SpyBoy, but doesn''t know it, until his dormant abilities are starting to surface.

In Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War a long-lost Predator clan stakes its claim for galactic dominance, intent on exterminating its rival clan, the self-same trophy hunters who have plagued Earth''s history. And if the advanced technology and military precision of this new threat weren''t enough, they have an even more terrifying weapon - a horde of Aliens under their malefic control. Earthmen must now side with the warriors who have relentlessly hunted them, but is the enemy of my enemy my friend or just another enemy waiting for its turn to strike?