February 2003 Solicited Releases

The comics and related items on this page are scheduled to ship from Avatar in February, 2003. These items should be available for order from your favorite comics retailer. If not, you can order direct from Avatar via our direct sales agent Comic Cavalcade.

Here's a link to the complete list of February 2003 Solicited Releases in the store.

Solicited for February:

  • Alan Moore's The Courtyard #2
  • Warren Ellis' Scars #4
  • Shi: Pandora's Box #1
  • Hellina #0
  • Jungle Fantasy #2
  • the newest editions of Webwitch, The Coven, and more

Alan Moore's THE COURTYARD #2
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 2 of 2

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The master of the written word, Alan Moore, teams up with artist Jacen Burrows for this truly horrifying work of sequential terror! FBI man Aldo Sax has an amazing service record with the FBI. His legendary skills at piercing together the most baffling of cases has gotten him assigned to what may be his most confusing case yet. He has almost zero leads to go on, but the one hunch he does have takes him from a concert by the Ulther Cats to the mysterious courtyard in front of the home of a purported drug dealer. What follows is a whirlwind of sudden activity and unexpected twists that leads to a surprise ending that will shock you.This Lovecraftian tale of horror is stunningly illustrated by Jacen (Bad World, Scars) Burrows and fully rendered in gray tones by Nimbus Studios. The first Alan Moore sequential horror work in years is here at Avatar!




Alan Moore's THE COURTYARD #2 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 2 of 2



Steven Grant's MORTAL SOULS TPB Vol 1
Retail Price: $9.95 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Steven Grant
Artist: Philip Xavier
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 72 pages square bound
ISBN:1-59291-003-3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The master of crime comics, Steven Grant, unleashes his most haunting work yet! Human beings are a merger of body and soul, but the two don't die at the same rate. Sometimes one outlives the other. When a soul outlives its body, we call it a ghost. We have no word for what happens when a body outlives its soul. But the Hebrew Qabalists did. That word is "qelipoth": meaning, literally, the husks of the dead. They're dangerous creatures, once men but now without souls, consumed by their own emptiness and hunger and hating the living for the mere condition of being completely alive. Pursuing an unpredictable killer, police detective Eric Sharpe watches his life turn into a waking nightmare as he gains "the sight" - and he discovers Qelipoth not only exist, but they are everywhere. And now they want him dead. Punctuated with bloody staccato action and underscored by a puckish world view, Mortal Souls blends the rhythms of horror comics and crime comics. And it's going places neither crime nor horror comics have ever been before.

Warren Ellis' SCARS #4
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 4 of 6

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Warren Ellis continues to serve up his long-awaited brilliant crime opus, Scars, with the stunning art of Jacen Burrows! John Cain has been faced with the most horrific murder of a child, one who was taken apart and neatly piled in boxes. As he struggles to cope with it, he also slowly moves down the path of evidence, trying to piece together how the horror happened. John becomes convinced he has a solid lead on the madman, but his peers think he is reaching at straws. But John is a man on a quest; a quest for a monster. And he won't let a single lead go unearthed as his passion to stop the killer only burns more brightly every time he thinks about it. A crime novel in six issues by Warren Ellis & Jacen Burrows.






Warren Ellis' SCARS #4 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Jacen Burrows
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jacen Burrows
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly, 4 of 6




SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1 Tucci
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Shi is back in an all-new sequential tale featuring Juan Jose Ryp's amazing art! Desperate for passage to Europe, Tori No Shi is willing to trade her services as an assassin for passage on a boat. All she has to do is kill a stranger she is told is an immortal demon. A woman named Pandora. But evil lurks in many forms and not everything is as it appears in this action packed epic that takes Shi to the very edge of living Hell! The Tiger of Death has a new face at Avatar!

SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1 Al Rio
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Al Rio
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages




SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1 Ryp
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages


SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1 Haley
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Matt Haley
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages

SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1/2 Tucci
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Billy Tucci
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Spanish superstar Juan Jose Ryp takes the artistic reigns of Shi in this tale of Tori No Shi in the distant past. Her quest for passage to Europe takes her into dangerous territory as she must unravel the mystery of a monster of legend in order to retrieve a mystic arrow that she can trade for freedom. But the mission is far more dangerous than she expected and now she must face the legendary beast itself! This special issue leads directly into Shi: Pandora's Box #1.

SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1/2 Adrian
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages



SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1/2 Ryp
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

 

SHI: PANDORA'S BOX #1/2 Haley
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Matt Haley
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Artist: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 16 pages

JUNGLE FANTASY #2 Al Rio
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Al Rio
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Sean Shaw
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, bi-monthly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The second issue of the jungle book to end them all is filled with even more dinosaur action than the first! Doug Miers writes and Ron Adrian draws the first chapter of the new story Ivory about a prehistoric mother who is forced into action to protect her newborn babe. Fauna swings back into action in the triumphant return of artist Sean Shaw picking up her story over two years in the making! With her ship wrecked and her rescue party never coming, Fauna is going to have to adjust to life in a Jurassic world. For fans of babes, dinos, and jungle action do not want to miss this amazing series with sultry art by some of greatest artists in the business!


JUNGLE FANTASY #2 Martin
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Matt Martin
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Sean Shaw
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, bi-monthly

 

JUNGLE FANTASY #2 Adrian
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Ron Adrian
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Sean Shaw
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, bi-monthly


JUNGLE FANTASY #2 Shaw
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Sean Shaw
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Sean Shaw
Readership: All ages
Format: B&W, 32 pages, bi-monthly

 

JUNGLE FANTASY #2 Nude
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Sean Shaw
Story/Art: Ron Adrian, Sean Shaw
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, bi-monthly


You can take an uncensored peek at the cover for this item on the Feb Mature / Adult Cover Graphics Page

HELLINA #0
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Hell's mistress is back and unleashed in this all new book! Sandra wanted nothing more than to go to college and move through life like a normal person. But a sudden abduction by a demonic cult takes her down a path she never expected as she is turned in the assassin Hellina! Perfect for fans new and old, this issue features Hellina's full origin and tons of never before revealed information about her secret past, allies, and those who want to kill her! Writer Robert Lugibihl and stellar new artist Rafa Lopez bring the heart-ripping vixen back to life as never before!

HELLINA #0 Fillion
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Patrick Fillion
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

HELLINA #0 Wraparound
Retail Price: $3.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

 

HELLINA #0 Adult
Retail Price: $6.00 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Story: Robert Lugibihl
Art: Rafa Lopez
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages

You can take an uncensored peek at the cover for this item on the Feb Mature / Adult Cover Graphics Page

HELLINA Genesis Box Set
Retail Price: $39.95 US
Cover: Greg Weed
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: Box set containing 7 books

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Celebrating the return of Hellina, we offer many of the rare original limited edition Hellina books in this special series of box sets. This Hellina Genesis Box Set contains the original Hellina #1, #1 Nude, #1 Nude Gold, Fury of Hellina #1, Hellina Genesis #1, #1 Platinum and #1 Platinum Nude. This deluxe box set ships with all 7 listed books inside a specially edition box with a certificate of authenticity. This special edition is limited to just 100 boxes.

 

Tim Vigil's WEBWITCH #2 Nude Connecting cover
Retail Price: $5.95 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Artist/Writer: Tim Vigil
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 32 pages, monthly 2 of 3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The stunning Spanish mega-star Juan Jose Ryp provides this jaw-dropping second part of the Webwitch #1-3 connecting cover set. Nina has a special place in the evolutionary ladder, she is the bridge between the alien Spidernation and humans. And her choices can help determine who controls the globe in the next century. Biologically part of both worlds, but not fully embraced by either, she is torn between the desire to help the Spidernation expand and the human's quest to rid the world of the greatest predators the Earth has seen! This special edition is limited to just 1000 copies.

You can take an uncensored peek at the cover for this item on the Feb Mature / Adult Cover Graphics Page

COVEN: Spellcaster #1 Finch Prism Foil
Retail Price: $12.95 US
Cover: David Finch
Artist: Al Rio
Readership: All Ages
Format: FC, 32 pages

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Amazing warehouse find, never before offered! Coven fans went crazy for this amazing work by artist Al Rio when it was first released and now you have a chance to get this rare edition, offered for the very first time! This limited Prism foil edition ships bagged and boarded with a certificate of authenticity. This special edition is limited to just 500 copies.

COVEN: Tooth & Nail #1/2 and 1 Gold Foil Set
Retail Price: $15.95 US
Covers: Ron Adrian, Karl Waller
Artist: Ron Adrian
Readership: All Ages
Format: FC, 16 & 32 pages, 2 books in a bagged set

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Ron Adrian amazed fans with his stunning work on the Coven: Tooth & Nail series and now you can get these special gold foils thanks to an amazing warehouse find, these have never been offered before! This limited Gold foil set of two books ships bagged and boarded and is limited to just 400 sets.

BLACK TIDE #4A Miller
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Mike Miller
Writer: Debbie Bishop
Artists: Mike Miller
Readership: All ages
Format: FC, 32 pages, bi-monthly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Free recap comic with every issue! A copy of Black Tide: The Story So Far, comes polybagged with every copy of Black Tide #4. This free full color issue with pages from the past also contains new character sketches, data and history from the ancient realm. The journey to enlightenment is not an easy one. Past karma, conflicts, emotions and judgements cloud the path of three reluctant heroes as they battle their own inner demons while fighting evil in a black ops unit called the Deceivers. In this emotional issue, secrets are revealed and the hidden realm of the Draconian Warrior is unveiled as Kaila risks everything to help Justin understand the conflicts of his past. But his presence sparks an uprising not seen in Atlantis since its destruction thousands of years before. In the rage of battle, Kaila discovers deceit that rips into her very soul, beginning a catharsis that cuts her off from everyone she knows and loves. With the special recap book included, this becomes the perfect starting point for new readers!

BLACK TIDE #4B Murphy
Retail Price: $3.50 US
Cover: Sean Murphy
Writer: Debbie Bishop
Artists: Mike Miller
Readership: All ages
Format: FC, 32 pages, bi-monthly