This week Dynamite Entertainment has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of five of its titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for a look at Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: The Night Witches #3, Highlander Origins: Kurgan #1, The Lone Ranger and Tonto #2, New Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts #4, and Army of Darkness #16.
GARTH ENNIS’ BATTLEFIELDS: THE NIGHT WITCHES #3
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: OCT08 4030
Writer: Garth Ennis
Penciller: Russ Braun
Cover: John Cassaday
Colorist: Tony Aviña
Genre: War
Rating: Mature
Anna finds both love and tragedy, as the savage Russian winter tightens its grip on friend and foe alike. Third Squad fight battles below zero, while Kurt is unable to ignore the horror of his comrades’ actions any longer. Germans and Night Witches come face to face in the worst possible way, colliding in a final storm of blood and bullets that leaves even the survivors scarred forever- as the first story in the Battlefields series reaches its horrifying conclusion.
HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: KURGAN #1 (OF 2)
Writer: Brandon Jerwa
Penciller: Carlos Rafael
Covers: Stephen Segovia (50%)Â and Carlos Rafael (25% and 25%) AND
Colorist: Carlos Lopez
Genre: superhero, fantasy, sword and sorcery
Rating: teen+
Highlander mastermind Brand Jerwa returns to the mythos with a special 2 issue mini-series event telling the origin of the barbaric Kurgan for the first time ever!
Joined by artist Carlos Rafael and lead cover artist Stephen Segovia, Highlander ORIGINS: KURGAN #1 (OF 2) is the definitive tale of the immortal Kurgan, Connor MacLeod’s most deadly foe! Never what you expect, Dynamite’s Highlander continues to thrill old and new fans alike!
40 pages featuring 32 pages of story and art!
THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO #2
Writer: Brett Matthews and Neil Turitz
Penciller/Inker: Vatche Mavlian
Covers: John Cassaday
Colorist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Genre: superhero, western, adventure
Rating: teen +
In “Reston” writers Brett Matthews and Neil Turitz are joined by illustrator Vatche Mavlian for a haunting tale of monsters and broken dreams… all in the once bustling mining town of Reston, where things are decidedly not what they seem.
40 pages featuring 32 pages of story and art!
NEW BATTLESTAR GLACTICA: GHOSTS #4 (OF 4)
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: OCT08 4039
Writer: Brandon Jerwa
Penciller: Jonathan Lau
Cover: Dennis Calero
Colorist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: Teen +
Featuring 32 pages of story and art (in a 40-page comic) depicting Dynamite’s first all-new cast of Galactica characters! Written by Brandon Jerwa, with art by Jonathan Lau and covers by Dennis (Legion of Super-heroes) Calero, our first-ever all-original Battlestar Galactica mini-series comes to an explosive conclusion!
ARMY OF DARKNESS #16
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: SEP08 3934
Writer: Jim Kuhoric, Mike Raicht
Penciller: Scott Cohn
Covers: Stjepan Sejic
Colorist: Ivan Nunes
Genre: Horror
Rating: Teen+
In the mountains, the Necronomicon has turned those around it into an undead and diseased land… with Ash still on guard, he must take the fight back to the forces of evil, even as he realizes that his solitary life may well come to a dramatic end! Written by Mike Raicht with James Kuhoric and featuring the art of Scott Cohn (all under a Stjepan Sejic!)
