Issue Description

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the comic shop, Dark Horse unleashes another monstrous volume of comics from today's greatest creators! Boasting a brand-new story by Brazilian wunderkind Fabio Moon, this volume also features the second of three new Beasts of Burden stories by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson! Throw in continuing stories by Steve Niles, Robert Love, David Walker, Carla Speed McNeil, Filipe Melo, Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, and Howard Chaykin, and you'll find yourself on the receiving end of another eighty-page dose of ad-free thrills!

List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverFábio Moon1VarVariant CoverRobert Love2Story & Chapter TitlesResident Alien: Welcome to Earth! - Chapter 3Finder: Third World - Chapter 6The Adventures of Dog Mendonca and Pizzaboy - Chapter 3Beasts of Burden: Story TimeChangeBlood - Chapter 5Criminal Macabre: Die, Die My Darling! - Chapter3Number 13 - Chapter 5Marked Man - "Thighs & Whispers" - Chapter 6Skeleton Key: Room Service

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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