SWEETIE CANDY VIGILANTE VOL 2 (2023)

You betta' watch out! You betta' not cry! Betta' save the date! Why?... This December, SWEETIE is hosting an exclusive INVITE-ONLY CHRISTMAS PARTY! Let the North Star guide you to her newly pepper-minted "Fortress of Sweetness" headquarters on Sweetie Candy Vigilante Islands to join Pixie Stix, Candy Wolf, Gummee Bear, Tinsel, and the rest of the sweet squad for the festivities. The guest list is a mind-blowing who's who from the world of the immortals, including THE GREAT PUMPKIN (who rises out of the pumpkin patch each All Hallows Eve), Candy Wolf's EX - yep, you guessed it, "Little Red" herself - and even all nine of Santa's star reindeer! Jingle, Jingle, Jingle! SLAY BELLS will ring, and because you've all been EXTRA-GOOD this year, as promised and hinted at throughout the series, CANDY WOLF will finally spill the SWEET tea on the backstory between SWEETIE and the North Pole's Boss "Nic," famously known as SANTA! Is he as "saintly" as he's been fabled? Was Sweetie once chosen to join the ranks of team North Pole? Did she take issue with Nic's buddy Krampus? And what was that odd little Elf Santa had gifted to Sweetie really up to while sitting on her shelf all day? Knock back the eggnog with Peter Cottontail and Jack Rabbit (who've already had one too many) and pull up a cozy chair alongside the yule log fire for the bitter-SWEET Christmas story in this special holiday-themed issue closing out the year AND Volume 2 of Sweetie Candy Vigilante! This issue's one-off, self-contained storyline is an excellent opportunity for anyone new to the series to jump in and experience first-hand what all the buzz is about, while at the same time it will satisfy the sweet tooth of any steady "candy vigilante" craving more from Sweetie and her unique world of candy-coated carnage! Choose from four fantastic covers, including a very special entry (Cover B) illustrated by legendary indie comics creator and artistic icon BOB BURDEN! Universes collide as his cult-classic antihero FLAMING CARROT makes a SPECIAL APPEARANCE, TEAMING WITH SWEETIE in the first Flaming Carrot crossover since his team-up with the world-famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three decades ago! Don't miss a sweet beat - order now and guarantee a copy under your tree this December! Includes a FREE MP3 download of "THE LAND OF HATCHY MILATCHY," the new single by OSAKA POPSTAR recorded specifically for this series. Look for the ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO STARRING SWEETIE and the CANDY VIGILANTE squad - coming in fall 2024!

Sweetie and the entire Candy Vigilante Squad (Candy Wolf, Pixie, Gummee Bear, Tinsel, Hansel and Gretel, Peter Cottontail, Jack Rabbit, and Honey B.) have settled into the fully operational "Fortress of Sweetness." Located on the Twin Islands in New York's East River, these sweet new digs are decked to the nines with candy-coated drip and equipped with a Sweetie Candy Vigilante-themed pinball machine that is all-in Hatchy Milatchy Multiball! The team gets a house call from ally Dr. Faerie Wilder, a.k.a. THE Tooth Fairy herself, revealing her integral role in the science and magic of Sweetie's defense weapons development and the relevance of Sweetie's "trinkets," (human teeth excised from those born bad to the bone and inherently evil) - all thanks to her cover/day job as a highly-skilled dentist. And speaking of bad to the bone, there is a truly evil darkness in NYC, and within that darkness is Genio "Bug" Vespa. The crime syndicate thug and self-made vermin whisperer pays a visit to Sweetie's new island compound under orders from Bart Volgare. Seeing what a busy little bee she's been, "Bug" poses as an extermination subcontractor dispatched by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection to investigate a potential contamination on the islands. Will the sweet squad tell him to buzz off - or let him in to see what their new "pestie" is all about? No need to get antsy, though, it's all goodie gumdrops... Sweetie's locked and loaded, and there's no stoppin' her Jawbreaker from poppin'! Even the Queen Bee Esmeralda bows to Sweetie with love and adoration, and is ready to do battle until the salty feel her sting! All this awaits, among other surprises - including the breaking news that the waters surrounding the "Fortress of Sweetness" are now populated with Sweetie's latest creation... Sweetish Piranha Fish! Isn't that NICE? TRICK OR TREAT...? DON'T MISS THIS ISSUE - AND BE SURE TO SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN! Also includes a FREE MP3 download of "THE LAND OF HATCHY MILATCHY," the new single by OSAKA POPSTAR recorded specifically for this series! ALL COVERS CARDSTOCK