New Releases by Will Conrad

LET THE TRIALS BEGIN! Superman is on a quest to restore his full power, and to do it he’ll need to survive a gauntlet deep in the heart of Warworld. Meanwhile, Steel uses her mastery of Genesis energy to create a white sun…but will this burst of power be enough to vanquish Mongul once and for all? As the mystery villain lurking in the depths is at last revealed, Kal-El will need to overthrow Mongul’s empire and save the Phaelosian race from total annihilation! Collects Action Comics #1043-1046, Action Comics 2022 Annual #1, and Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1.

PANTERA NERA AL FEMMINILE! Il regno del Wakanda è in pericolo. Qualcuno ha attentato alla vita di T’Challa, il leader politico e spirituale, e con lui in condizioni disperate serve un sostituto che erediti il mantello di Pantera Nera. Sarà la sorellastra Shuri? Preparatevi a scoprire alcuni tra i personaggi e i luoghi più straordinari del mondo Marvel in una crisi senza precedenti, dove si alternano antichi rituali e apparecchiature avveniristiche, il principio maschile e femminile ed elementi di fantascienza e di magia, come nella migliore tradizione delle storie di Pantera Nera. [CONTIENE BLACK PANTHER (2009) 1-12]

Tensions are rising between Dr. Sadao Shuzen and the Nazi officers. With James''s loyalty and identity having piqued the interest of the Nazis, things won''t simply go the way Shuzen wants. But that doesn''t mean James is safe—it''s out of the frying pan and into the fire as forces collide and lives are snuffed out in this dramatic finale at Unit 731.

Facing the horrors of history . . . James should be dead . . . and Dr. Sadao Shuzen is eager to get the inside scoop and see just what''s keeping him alive. But there are Nazi officers on site putting the doctor, prisoners, and their guards all on edge. With vivisection in his near future, escape might be James''s only way out—if he doesn''t want to leave in a body bag.

Facing the horrors of history . . . Prisoners of war James and John are realizing there''s more going on at this camp than their captors are letting on. With prisoners'' bodies getting sicker and weaker, escaping is a race against the clock. Meanwhile, Dr. Sadao Shuzen isn''t seeing the results he would like, and he''s facing a ticking clock of his own. Will anyone get out of Unit 731 alive?

Facing the horrors of history . . . A man can go by many names, and when someone has been around as long as Michael, he can gain more than just a few aliases. Now he''s Michael Smith, but back in the 1940s he went by James. When the obituary for John, who Michael met during WWII, comes up in the paper, Michael finds himself reflecting on a lifetime he left behind--and the horrors and experimentation he, John, and others, endured at the infamous Manchuria-based Japanese facility known as Unit 731.

Faith can''t resist a Deepscan mission in South America when she discovers that it centers around finding missing demon hunter Riley Finn. Faith and Riley have a past, and the girl has got a guilty conscience. When it becomes clear that a tribe of jungle-dwelling vampires are significant to Riley''s disappearance, Faith and her team have to call on their rusty Slayer skills! Across the Atlantic in London''s Magic Town, Amy the Rat has been seeking favors, and Angel is on alert--he knows the witch is after more than she''s letting on . . .

Serenity: Better Days follows everyone''s favorite space cowboys in a thrilling, action-packed adventure, where Mal and his crew take on a heist that promises a big payoff. But when one of Serenity''s crew is taken captive and tortured, the gang must put their enduring differences aside and work together to save one of their own, even if it means losing the cash prize of a lifetime! Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity, reuniting with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the bestselling 2005 series Those Left Behind.

Buffy Summers is a dysfunctional vampire slayer whose woes continue in this classic missing chapter from the Buffy mythology that bridges the gap between the film that started it all and the mega-smash hit TV series.

Buffy''s mother is dead, the emotions of Buffy and her friends are running high, and lots of little things are causing lots of little problems. With everybody preoccupied by grief, anger, guilt and regret, the fight against the forces of darkness doesn''t seem that crucial, somehow. Somebody should have told that to the swarm of angry, deformed, green demon-children that are tearing apart Buffy''s house and trying to chew off her face Want it or not, Buffy has a fight on her hands - but one of her closest friends is keeping a secret that is either the key to victory - or could get them all killed Also includes the slam-bang Night of a Thousand Vampires one-shot