SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND (2009)

"(W) Miranda Kwok (A) Allan Jefferson (C) Chris Lie No blade can kill him. No man can defeat him. Every gladiator fears him. He is Theokoles, the Shadow of Death, an unstoppable giant of pain and suffering. Learn the twisted origin of the deadliest opponent Spartacus will ever face!"

"(W) Jimmy Palmiotti (A) Dexter Soy (C) Joel Humberto Herrera Young, frail Barca cannot save his mother or his village from Roman marauders, and his father Mago bitterly disowns him. But that vengeful day eventually creates Barca, the Beast of Carthage, a towering man of muscle and hate. In Roman hands, Barca must survive the gladiators' arena long enough to get the bloody satisfaction he craves."