Moonstone Books Solicitations for October 2009

Moonstone Books has released the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in October 2009.

Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker:
THE RISE & FALL OF CARL KOLCHAK

Written by Dave Ulanski
Art by : Ron Frenz, Chris Burnham, Pat Olliffe,
Cover: Joe Jusko

208pgs, 7” x 10”, $19.95
10 digit: 1-933076-58-5
13 digit: 978-1-933076-58-4

TV’s premiere paranormal investigator returns!  “The seatbelt light is off, feel free to move about the country” is the  theme here, as Kolchak’s gaining popularity sends him to Seattle, to New  Orleans, even to Egypt. But who or what has set up our downtrodden reporter’s  lucky streak… and what sends him headlong into his downward spiral? This  collection of “Tales of the Night Stalker” issues one through seven pits Kolchak  against plant monsters, a man-eating shadow, gremlins, Sasquatch, a  mummified vampire, Bloody Mary, and even a beautifully seductive demon from Hell.  Yes, our favorite report has seen better days- and believe it or not, these  are some of them! But how much horror, and tragedy, can one man take?

SHERLOCK HOLMES and KOLCHAK the Night Stalker
“Cry for Thunder” Signed/numbered Ltd Ed HC

Story: JG
Art: Andy Bennett, Carlos Magno
Cover: Leonardo Manco
100 pgs, color, 7” x 10” HC, $45.99
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This volume contains the entire hard to get best-selling 3 issue mini series!  Each book will be signed and numbered by the artist and writer! Limited to 300 copies!  Not a dream, not a hoax, not a parallel universe!  Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery… one hundred years apart from each other!  The lawless wild west- the hidden world of Victorian London- the present day hell of Hollywood…there…and back again.

…one of the strangest stories never told…

Printed in the USA, Publishers Graphics, ILL

The PHANTOM: Checkmate

Written by: Mike Bullock
Art: Silvestre Szilagyi
Cover: Douglas Klauba

132 pages, color, squarebound, 7 x 10, $15.95
10 digit: 1-933076-62-3
13 digit: 978-1933076-62-1

Just in time for the Sci-Fi Channel’s Phantom movie!

“If you’ve never read the adventures of the Phantom before, or if you’ve been away for a while, this is a great [place]to get back on-board.” – Comixtreme

Voted “Best Phantom Story of 2008 from any Publisher” – The Chronicle Chamber
“The Phantom is worth the price of two comic books from DC or Marvel.” – Comics  Bulletin

This volume collects the Phantom story “Checkmate”, which ran in issues #21-25,
Rebels warring in Bangallan jungles, terrorist attacks in the streets of Mawitaan and an old enemy suddenly freed from prison for no logical reason. Is this a series of unrelated events or part of something far more sinister?

To the outside world, this man, seemingly immortal, has always worn the mask. As the legend grew, it transcended the life of any one mortal.
And that legend became THE PHANTOM!

High adventure and intrigue in the African jungle, on the high seas, and in the streets!  There is always justice that needs to be served, whether it’s in the present…or the past.

Kolchak the Night Stalker:
Monsters Among us

Written by David Michelinie, Christopher Mills
Art by : Don Hudson, Tim Hamilton
Cover: Woodrow J. Hinton III

188pgs, 7” x 10”, $18.95
10 digit: 1-933076-59-3
13 digit: 978-1-933076-59-1

TV’s premiere paranormal investigator returns!

“Mills’ purple prose narration evokes Darren McGavin’s voice and gives the book the verisimilitude necessary to contrast the premise as well as serve as a catalyst for comedy.”-comicbulletin.com

Two, two, TWO titanic and terrifying tales, collecting the Kolchak “Frankenstein Agenda” and “Night Stalker of the Living Dead” mini series! The farmlands don’t always hold peace and quiet, as these two complementing Kolchak tales illustrate with an eerie clarity. In one town, Kolchak stumbles across a hulking mutation of a man-gone-wrong, and becomes as wanted by the U.S. Army as the creature they are stalking! And in yet another small town, there is a secret behind the silent, endless acres of corn… a secret that is turning townsfolk into decaying, walking dead! Kolchak has best use his… BRAAAAINS… if he’s going to get out of this one!

via Moonstone Books