Issue Description

In this jam-packed issue of DHP, Mike Richardson interviews artist extraordinaire and Shaolin Cowboy creator Geof Darrow! Plus, delve into the alternate history of Howard Chaykin’s Custer, enjoy the return of Steve Moncuse’s Fish Police, and read new comics by Patrick Alexander!

Howard Chaykin returns to the pages of DHP with Custer!

Michael Avon Oeming’s The Victories, Shannon Wheeler’s Villain House, and Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Alabaster continue!

Story & Chapter TitlesGeorge Armstrong Custer: The Middle Years *Alabaster: Boxcar Tales - Chapter 5The Victories - "Babylon Fading" - Chapter 3Journeymen- "80 Ticks" - Chapter 3Arcade Boy - Chapter 2A Conversation with Geof Darrow (Interview conducted by Mike Richardson)Villainman - "The Superhero Who Helps People by Committing Violent Crimes!"Tiger Lung: Beneath the Ice - Chapter 2Clark Collins and the Exponential AttractionVillain House - "Satan's Son" - Chapter 2F.P.B.C. (Fish Police)

* Excerpted from "The Prairie to the White House", by Elizabeth Bacon Custer.

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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