Issue Description

Don't miss the continuing exploits of cunning assassin Amala, Carla Speed McNeil's Finder, Evan Dorkin's House of Fun, and Steve Niles' Criminal Macabre.

This issue is also packed with the exciting premiere of Francesco Francavilla's pulp-noir hero the Black Beetle, the return of John Arcudi's The Creep, and a new story by Andrew Vachss with illustrations by Geof Darrow!

And in an exciting feature by Frank Barbiere and Luke Radl, meet the killers known as the White Suits, who have left their bloody fingerprints throughout modern history. When a young girl encounters one of the Suits during a mob deal gone wrong, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever ... or end it!

List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverTonci Zonjic1VarVariant CoverFrancesco Francavilla2Story & Chapter TitlesThe Black Beetle: Night Shift - Chapter 1Amala's Blade: Skull and Crossbows - Chapter 3Finder: Third World - Chapter 9Criminal Macabre: They Fight By Night - Chapter 2House of Fun featuring Milk and CheeseThe Occultist: Damned Can Dance - Chapter 1The Creep - Chapter 1Pig (short story by Andrew Vachss)Blood - Chapter 8The White Suits - "The Way Out" - Chapter 1

Dark Horse Presents (2011)

Publisher

Dark Horse Comics

Volume Description

Dark Horse Presents (DHP) is an eighty-page, monthly anthology comic published by Dark Horse Comics. It is the first comic book ever printed and published by Dark Horse Comics, however this is the third incarnation and second print volume of DHP.

Dark Horse Presents Volume 1 (1986-2000; 157 issues plus annuals and specials)MySpace Dark Horse Presents or MDHP (free online anthology that ran from July 2007 - August 2010; 63 issues collected in 6 trade volumes)Dark Horse Presents Volume 2 (2011-present)

This volume of DHP usually features all-new mini-stories, many of which have many chapters that are published in consecutive issues of DHP, and occasional interviews with artists and sneak previews of upcoming series.

List of characters who are featured in DHP:B.P.R.D. (#8)Black Beetle (#11-13)Captain Midnight (#18-20)Concrete (#1-3)Ghost (#13-15)Hellboy (#7, 14, 31-32)Jaeger (#1-7, 10-18, 20-21)Lobster Johnson (#9)Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT (#19, 31)Michael Avon Oeming's The Victories (#20-22)Mister X (#12-14, 33-34)Mr. Monster (#2-3, 17, 27-30, 33-34)Nexus (#12-15, 23-26, 29-34)Resident Alien (#4-6, 18-20)Trekker (#24-29)X (#19-21)

As of issue #34 the character with the most appearances is Jaeger who the main protagonist of "Finder: Third World" that also is the longest running story in DHP with 18 chapters followed by Nexus with 13 appearances and chapters.

List of ongoing titles that debuted in DHP:The Massive (#8-10)X (appeared in #19-21)List of mini-series that debuted in DHP:Alabaster: Wolves (five-part mini-series; Alabaster debuted with "Boxcar Tales" in DHP #18-22)Amala's Blade (four-part mini-series)Ghost (four-part mini-series and 3rd volume starring Ghost; later followed by a 4th volume)Mister X: Eviction (three-part mini-series)Number 13 (three-part mini-series)Resident Alien: Welcome to Earth! (three-part mini-series)Resident Alien: The Suicide Blonde (three-part mini-series)The Black Beetle: No Way Out (four-part mini-series)The Creep (four-part mini-series)

Most of these mini-series may have been kicked off with collected zero issues; see list below.

List of collected editions:Amala's Blade #0 (#9-11)Criminal Macabre: Die, Die, My Darling! (#4-6)Criminal Macabre: They Fight by Night (#10-13)Ghost #0 (#13-15)Mister X: Hard Candy (#12-14)Nosferatu Wars #1 (#26, 28-29)Number 13 #0 (#2-6)Resident Alien: Welcome to Earth! #0 (#4-6)Resident Alien: The Suicide Blonde #0 (#18-20)Rotten Apple (#2-5)The Black Beetle #0: "Nightshift" (#11-13)The Creep #0 (#11-13)X #0: The Pigs (#19-21)

In brackets: Issue number/s of appearances in DHP plus additional information if any.

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