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char: the shade/richard swift, creator: paul cornell, title: batman beyond, title: saucer country

BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #2

Written by ADAM BEECHEN, DEREK FRIDOLFS and DUSTIN NGUYEN
Art by NORM BREYFOGLE, DUSTIN NGUYEN and DEREK FRIDOLFS
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
On sale MARCH 21 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
The excitement continues in this oversized title chronicling the adventures in the Beyond Universe and making their print debut here!
One of Batman's most explosive villains is back! In an effort to regain his status in the criminal underworld, however, he loses the one thing he loves best...and now all of Gotham may pay the price!
The new Justice League Beyond adventure continues, as the League goes in search of AWOL member Micron – who may or may not have gone native while investigating Kobra! A larger, darker secret is about to be revealed...and it could spell doom for Earth!

Hey, Mad Stan is implictly alive again after Beechen killed him off in the first story, neat! ^^

THE SHADE #6

Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by JAVIER PULIDO
Cover by TONY HARRIS
1:10 Variant cover by JAVIER PULIDO
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more details.
On sale MARCH 14 • 32 pg, FC, 6 of 12, $2.99 US • RATED T+
An immortal villain named The Inquisitor enacts his plan to bring hell to Earth, starting in Barcelona. Luckily for the city (and the rest of the world), the Shade happens to be in town... Don't miss out on a series that MTV Geek calls "a perfect comic book"!

Shade continues to have pretty covers, yay! Also, is this the guy that the Shade fought in one of the Infinite Crisis tie-ins?

THE NEW DEADWARDIANS #1

Written by DAN ABNETT
Art and cover by I. N. J. CULBARD
1:10 Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
On sale MARCH 28 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 8, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Another vampire/zombie comic? Really, Vertigo?
Trust us. This is different.
In post-Victorian England, nearly everyone of the upper classes has voluntarily become a vampire to escape the lower classes who are all zombies.
Into this simmering cauldron is thrust Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who's got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead!
But when the body of a young aristocrat washes up on the banks of the Thames, Suttle's quest for the truth will take him from the darkest sewers to the gleaming halls of power, and reveal the rotten heart at the center of this strange world.
THE NEW DEADWARDIANS is brought to vivid life by fan-favorite writer Dan Abnett (RESURRECTION MAN, LEGION LOST) with art by newcomer I. N. J. Culbard (At The Mountains of Madness).

This seems interesting, reminds me of Anno Dracula, which had something of a similar premise (which is an alternate history where Dracula didn't loose, and went on to marry Queen Victoria, and as such a new vampire upper class takes over the British Empire, and a government agent is tasked with solving a series of vampire slayings)... Wait, that makes this seem to be the exact same story...

SAUCER COUNTRY #1

Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art and cover by RYAN KELLY
1:10 Variant cover by SEAN MURPHY
On sale MARCH 14 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Arcadia Alvarado, the leading Democratic candidate for President of the United States, says she was "abducted by aliens."
As the Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico, she's dealing with immigration, budget cuts and an alcoholic ex. She's about to toss her hat into the ring as a candidate for President in the most volatile political climate ever.
But then...a lonely road and a nightmarish encounter have left her with terrible, half-glimpsed memories. And now she has to become President. To expose the truth – and maybe, to save the world.
Arcadia's quest is at the heart of this new monthly series from writer Paul Cornell (DEMON KNIGHTS, ACTION COMICS, Doctor Who) and artist Ryan Kelly (NEW YORK FIVE, NORTHLANDERS). With the help of her quirky staff, Arcadia will pursue the truth of her abduction into danger, mystery and awe. SAUCER COUNTRY is a dark thriller that blends UFO lore and alien abduction with political intrigue, all set in the hauntingly beautiful Southwest.

This I'm looking forward to. :) Paul Cornell is always good, and I've always been interested in UFO Lore, despite it being utter bunk.