MERCURY HEAT (2015)

"Blasting out of the incredible Free Comic Book Day Mercury Heat Debut comes Kieron Gillen's World-building space epic! This ongoing monthly is pure Gillen, Mercury Heat introduces the sci-fi world of the future where individuals are identified by genetic markers and personality types to fill roles in society, the troublemakers end up on Mercury. Luiza wanted to help people, she wanted with all her heart to be a police officer. But the automated Grapevine system had other plans for her. There are only a few legal options for someone branded with her neuroprofile. As an adult Luiza's dream came true - just on Mercury where she enforces laws with extreme prejudice as a bounty agent in a world of hard-as-nails miners and cyborgs. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Designs Incentive Cover by series artist Omar Francia. This first issue also has a Black Leather cover, limited to just 750 copies!"

"Kieron Gillen continues to kick things into high gear with the ongoing sci-fi epic Mercury Heat! Luiza is faced with a real murder mystery, and one that gets harder to solve with all the people trying to kill her! But she'll explore the dark corners of her new home of Mercury and push things too far before she is willing to admit defeat. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Designs Incentive Cover by series artist Omar Francia. "

"Kieron Gillen delves deeper into his new world of Mercury as surly cop Luiza goes for wild ride on the surface!. The smash-hit of FCBD continues monthly with the sizzling sci-fi world where cyborgs and memory crystals crash into a good old-fashion cop drama! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Designs Incentive Cover by the Silva Brothers. "

"Kieron Gillen is unleashed in an original sci-fi epic like you've never seen! Cantankerous cop Luisa is on the trail of a killer and no amount of psychotic cyborg locals are going to get in her way. Fast paced action mixed with awesome sci-fi concepts makes Mercury Heat the must read thrill ride of the year. The smash-hit of FCBD continues monthly with the future world where cyborgs and memory crystals crash into a good old-fashion cop drama! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Interstellar Incentive Cover by Nahuel Lopez."

"Civilization on Mercury has become a mobile frontier town with all the lawless criminal elements of the old west. No one wants the duty of policing the violent miners and cyborgs that populate the territory. No one except Luisa who has dreamed of being a police officer since she was young. But this cop isn't your regular law enforcement agent. She's a hardnosed fighter who pulls no punches in Kieron Gillen's original sci-fi epic! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Interstellar Incentive Cover by Nahuel Lopez."

"Kieron Gillen's bombastic new sci-fi epic delivers a full force first story arc finale! Luiza has stumbled into a much bigger conspiracy than she could have imagined. Cybernetic criminals and enhanced mob bosses are just the tip of the iceberg in the boiling cauldron of Mercurian violence. Now one woman who always wanted to be something other than the neuro profile she was assigned must use her unique penchant for viciousness to bring these untouchables down. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Interstellar Incentive Cover by series artist Nahuel Lopez."

"Robert Black came looking for a story but what he found is a world of misery and woe. He's become a broken man only beginning to accept the horrors of the Lovecraftian world are real and hiding in plain sight. Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows have delivered a slow burn tale of fear and underlying dread that has delighted fans and scholars alike. Moore has written every cover detail, every single page, and every nuance of this work to create his most fully-realized vision to date. Fans of Moore's immersive style and meticulous grasp of storytelling will be thrilled to add this essential piece of comics history to their collections! Available with Regular, Pantheon, Portrait, Dreamscape Wraparound, Women of HPL, and a special Ancient Tome Incentive cover, all by collaborator Jacen Burrows."

"The second powerful arc of Kieron Gillen's slick sci-fi epic kicks into high gear as Luiza discovers that some childhood horror stories are all too real. Something far worse than criminals has come to Mercury and the destruction it delivers eclipses anything she's ever dealt with. This plague is utterly devastating to the unfortunates who call the mining planet their home and now a woman with a penchant for busting skulls has to find a way to deal with something far more sinister and deadly than she's ever encountered. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, Excessive Force, and a special Interstellar Incentive Cover by series artist Nahuel Lopez."

"Luiza saved the Mercury colony from the terrorist attack, but she has no time to enjoy her new found celebrity as a nightmare is unleashed. Some horrors are easier to kill than others. And soon she discovers that this fight is no bar brawl where she can punch her way out of trouble. This is something ancient and terrible that can't be reasoned with or dissuaded from perpetuating its misery. This is evil incarnate. Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, and Excessive Force by series artist Nahuel Lopez."

"The infection on Mercury is revealed to be none other than the legendary Crossed disease, but how can that be? That was a work of fiction, right? Now Luiza finds herself in a position of having to eradicate this rapidly spreading horror before it can overtake the population of the mining town. Luiza is earning her pay on this mission! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, and Excessive Force by series artist Nahuel Lopez."

"Luiza is starting to piece the true source of the horror at the remote outpost together. The appearance of the 'Crossed' is tied to a much bigger and even more insidious problem. Someone is playing god here and their choice of entertainment is the very lives of the other occupants of the facility. Now Luiza must find a way to end the game before she's forced to kill every last person in the station. Alone and with limited options, it's time for this one woman wrecking crew to bring down the hammer! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, and Excessive Force by series artist Nahuel Lopez."

"The last issue of Mercury Heat is here and it promises to go out with a nuclear blast sized bang! Luiza is ready to dole out some catastrophic payback to the miscreants that turned a station full of innocents into a charnel house. Now with the true nature of the 'Crossed' discovered and scum-bags behind it in her sights, can this one woman wrecking machine manage to save the day without costing everyone at the station their lives? It's a no holds barred race to the finish with a Nuclose-enhanced cop unleashing the hounds of war! Available with Regular, Wraparound, Art Nouveau, and Excessive Force by series artist Nahuel Lopez."