CREATOR OWNED HEROES (2012)

"story STEVE NILES, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY art / cover PHIL NOTO & KEVIN MELLON 'AMERICAN MUSCLE,' Part One by STEVE NILES & KEVIN MELLON The world ended a long time ago. How it happened exactly and what exists in the wasteland have always been a mystery. Now Chloe, Gil and a gang of rebels have escaped the last human stronghold and are blazing across Post-Apocalypse America in search of paradise."

"'AMERICAN MUSCLE,' Part Two by STEVE NILES & KEVIN MELLON Facing the realization that he has led the gang to a dead end, Gil takes matters into his own hands. Unfortunately, heading into a mutant infested desert my yourself leads to big, nast trouble. PLUS! An interview with PAUL POPE, a PHIL NOTO art gallery, con photos, and original articles all celebrating the creator-owned spirit! "

"story STEVE NILES, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY art / cover PHIL NOTO & KEVIN MELLON 'TRIGGERGIRL 6,' Part Three by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY & PHIL NOTO In this sci-fi thriller, Triggergirl 6 is underground and dealing with a violent gang as the entire secret service tracks her back to the place where she was created. Her world has just been turned upside down and its only going to get worse."

"story STEVE NILES, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY art / cover PHIL NOTO & KEVIN MELLON 'TRIGGERGIRL 6,' Part Four by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JUSTIN GRAY & PHIL NOTO The whopping final chapter in this sci-fi thriller, Triggergirl 6 has discovered who created her and why, and the President of the United States finally understands his place in the world in ways he never expected. "

"ALL-NEW STORIES BEGIN! 'KILLSWITCH,' Part One Part one of a brand new four-part story. Introducing Killswitch, an enigmatic, and devastatingly handsome killer with a fetish for blunt force, a strong code of honor, and more than a few skeletons in his closet. Killswitch is drawn into a game of death with the world's top assassins to find out who is behind the contract on his head - and why. 'BLACK SPARROW,' Part One A brand new two-part story begins, as a family living in the old west must reconcile that someone close to them might be a killer, or worse. A dark tale of haunting family dedication and the price we pay for love. PLUS! An with AMANDA CONNER, art galleries, con photos, and original articles all celebrating the creator owned spirit. "

"STARTING: a monthly feature featuring graphic strips and material by DARWYN COOKE. 'KILLSWITCH,' Part Two Locked in a Peruvian Prison, Kill Switch awaits a Mexican hit squad as he tries to discover who put a bounty on his head and why. The bullets fly as our hero is led into a deadly game of death against the world's best and most eccentric assassins, but the gloves come off when they threaten his family. 'BLACK SPARROW' Part Two His only son is dead, tried and hung for crimes the boy may or may not have committed. Now a father waits by the graveside. All he can do is pray and hope that his only son is not the evil the townspeople claim. Plus: Interviews, contests, art galleries, con photos, and original articles all celebrating the creator-owned spirit. "

"SPECIAL EXTRA PAGES ISSUE! A brand new story by STEVE NILES and SCOTT MORSE, and more madness from DARWYN COOKE! 'KILL SWITCH,' Part Three Locked in a Peruvian Prison, Kill Switch awaits a Mexican hit squad as he tries to discover who put a bounty on his head and why. The bullets fly as our hero is led into a deadly game of death against the world's best and most eccentric assassins, but the gloves come off when they threaten his family. 'MEATBALL,' Part One Detective Paul DeSanto works the seedy side of Los Angeles. He specializes in cheaters and losers, but he never chooses sides. In Hollywood cheats and loses work both sides of the street. After one of his operatives is eviscerated in an alleyway, DeSanto discovers the strange side of seedy. Plus: LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: INDEPENDENT SPIRITS a profile feature by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner spotlighting EVAN DORKIN."

"A monthly feature featuring graphic strips and material by DARWYN COOKE, plus: 'LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS: INDEPENDENT SPIRITS' a profile feature by CHRISTOPHER IRVING and SETH KUSHNER featuring JAMIE & GILBERT HERNANDEZ. 'KILL SWITCH,' Conclusion The game of death continues in it's final chapter as Kill Switch, surrounded by an army of blood thirsty assassins and dealing the last issue's betrayal, vows to hunt down and punish the person responsible no matter how long it takes! 'MEATBAG,' Part Two Potbelly Sanders is dead, deceased, expired. Now Detective DeSanto is on his own, and falling further and further into darkness. Part Two of 'Meatbag' concludes with a twist of bizarre noir by SCOTT MORSE and STEVE NILES in their first CREATOR-OWNED HEROES collaboration. Interviews, contests, art galleries, con photos, and original articles, all celebrating the creator-owned spirit."

"story / art STEVE NILES, JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY, SCOTT MORSE , GIANCARLO CARACUZZO & DARWYN COOKE cover A AMANDA CONNER & PAUL MOUNTS 'WEAPON OF GOD,' Part One Generations have gone by and now evil has shown its face and only one man can put a stop to it. Training his entire life, the man living in seclusion known only as 'the weapon of God' is sent on a mission to track down and destroy his mortal enemy, but not before making sure his legacy will live on with a gift from the holy ones. 'THEY COME BACK,' Part One Being a cop you get used to things being a certain way, a thief is a thief and dead is dead. When those certainties start to fade, Lou Vector's world and career start to crumble. It's tough enough being a cop. It's even tougher when THEY COME BACK. Interviews, contests, art galleries, con photos, and original articles, all celebrating the creator-owned spirit."