A MAN WITH NO PAST HAS SIX DAYS TO RECOVER HIS FUTURE. Dan Hutton lost everything. Adrift in the witness relocation program, Dan is told his new identity has been compromised - by two different groups each claiming to be US agents. Not knowing who to trust, Dan runs - back to the world that took everything he loved.

In the spirit of essayist David Sedaris and monologist Spalding Grey, SEAGLE and 19 emerging global cartoonists take drawn storytelling into the world of the "graphic essay." 19 stories of global attitudes about the naked body balance raw comedy, raw emotions, and raw cartooning. SEAGLE honestly chronicles his place as an undressed metaphorical fish out of water on different continents—from not recognizing a famous naked celeb in Hollywood to being naked and eaten by actual fish in Tokyo.

It's half the width of a normal comic, but double the excitement in VERTICAL, the final special format book in VERTIGO's tenth anniversary. Brando is a handsome 21-year-old daredevil riddled with cuts and bruises, and a mysterious past that compels him to leap off the world's tallest structures. Zilly Kane is a young, white-haired fashionista climbing the ladder of 1960s Manhattan to find fame and fortune. Will Brando pull Zilly down as he falls toward his fate, or will Zilly lift Brando up as she ascends to hers?

MAN OF ACTION STUDIOS brings acclaimed Vertigo creator and multiple Eisner nominee STEVEN T. SEAGLE (American Virgin, it's a bird, Sandman Mystery Theater) to Image Comics for the all-new, five-issue series, SOUL KISS - the story of a woman with vengeance on her mind and damnation on her lips. Animator Marco Cinello (The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Curious George) makes his comics debut providing lush, full-color artwork. A deal with the Devil gone bad leads production assistant Lili Bloom to strike a second deal with the Devil gone worse: To save her boyfriend, Lili must deliver ten innocent souls to Hell by sealing their fateswith a kiss.

The House, Rain Harper and the ghostly Juris are back, and so is the sickly compelling allure of people's secrets. What horrifying secret in Rain's past is coming back to haunt her?

Twenty years to the month after its original Comico publication, Dark Horse is proud to re-present The Amazon, some of the earliest work from acclaimed writer Steven T. Seagle and superstar artist Tim Sale!The Amazon Jungle is among the most ancient and biologically diverse places on earth, but it's being plundered for its resources and destroyed at a rate of thousands of acres a day. Reporter Malcolm Hillard travels to this remote land of mystery to investigate the disappearance of an American worker and sabotage at a timber site. Locals tell him it is the work of spirits of the Amazon, but Malcolm doesn't believe in anything like that -- until he sees something he can't explain deep in the jungle.

Alpha Flight: In the Beginning (1997) #-1 continues to Alpha Flight (1997) #1.

Team One: Stormwatch tells the same story as Team One: Wildcats, (Team One's fight against the Daemonite Helspont) but from the viewpoint of the characters that would go on to become members of Stormwatch.

One shot.

A Mini-Series which WildC.A.T.s team member Warblade stars in solo. Reno (Warblade's alias) goes to Japan once a year to hone his martial arts skills, but this year he goes with intentions of finding and killing his former best friend Pillar, who was possessed by a Daemonite when the two were in Cyberdata. During the series he also meets up with Ripclaw, the last member of the Cyberdata team, who is now part of Cyberforce.

Missing for months, Professor X seemingly returns - and debuts an newer, even more different team of X-Men! But when this new group kidnaps Shadowcat, something seems off to the real X-Men. The truth will spark a globetrotting hunt for Charles Xavier, leading to a showdown with the re-formed - but far from reformed - Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...and revealing the menace of Cerebro! But for the Children of the Atom to survive, must Professor X die? Plus: Gambit's back! But so is the Juggernaut! Meanwhile, Colossus has a ghostly Christmas, Kitty Pryde and Marrow play cat and mouse with the terrorist Flag-Smasher, and the X-Men find themselves trapped in a land of epic fantasy! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #360-365, X-MEN (1991) #80-84 and #1/2, and X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #22.

The original X-Men are back together! An injured Cyclops heads to Alaska for some rest and recuperation with Jean - but when she once again dons the costume of Phoenix, that can't be good for Scott's health! And as Beast, Iceman and Angel join them for old times' sake, will an uncanny adventure have them all feeling blue - and questioning their future as X-Men? Meanwhile, Dr. Cecilia Reyes has her own fateful decision to make! Wolverine faces a life-draining encounter as Sauron attacks! Rogue's powers lead her to a dramatic tipping point! Bishop and Deathbird are lost in space! Emotions run high with the Fantastic Four! And Sabretooth gets inside Logan's head! Plus: Peer into Cerebro's classified mutant files! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #351-359, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #17, UNCANNY X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL 1998 and CEREBRO'S GUIDE TO THE X-MEN.

In the year 2065, Allegra is the head of security for the sky city called Midian. It is one of two sky cities that orbit Earth which was devastated by the Gen-Virus years earlier. But Allegra's past is unknown so she sets out to uncover the secrets of her past.

The official, line for line, comic book adaption of the Constantine film.

An 11th-century Crusader comes to render a terrible judgment on the citizens of 21st-century San Francisco, setting off a firestorm of moral consequence in the hearts and minds of the people. This special low-priced Prestige Format one-shot of horror leads directly into the ongoing series.

Tensions mount as the body count rises in VERTIGO's newest urban-horror monthly! After her run-in with the rampaging Knight in last month's THE CRUSADES: URBAN DECREE, Venus begins to doubt her own senses and seeks out professional help. Meanwhile, as the violence in the streets continues, the manic radio talk-show host Anton Marx fans the reactionary flames of San Francisco public opinion.

How does anyone relate to a Man of Steel — much less Steve, with his own fear of death and the specter of a family history of a terrible illness hanging over him? Steve tears through every cultural and symbolic component of Superman's importance, leading to a series of stories told in a variety of styles that form one provocative question: How does the most important heroic icon of the 21st century affect our lives? A Superman story that doesn't feature Superman at all, IT'S A BIRD… is perhaps the most realistic Superman story DC Comics has ever published — a story about the character's profound power as a fictional ideal.

Voodoo and Zealot go on a vacation/training mission. Or at least that is what Voodoo is led to believe. Zealot has received word that she will encounter her missing child by the mysterious Providence. That child is in a country ravaged by war and strife.

HOUSE OF SECRETS' Rain hosts this first-ever VERTIGO holiday anthology, featuring winter tales of some of the line's most popular characters like Desire of the Endless, John Constantine and many more.

It's the dawn of a new era for the Man of Steel and a great jumping-on point for new readers - and it's only 10 cents! With the debut of a new Superman creative team, the powerful new Superman villain Amok and the enigmatic Futuresmiths, this is an issue not to be missed - and at this price, you won't have to! And wait 'til you see the surprise on page 22!