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DUCK & COVER #2

(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Rafael Albuquerque

Our survivors venture through what was once their town looking for a beacon of hope. But they soon realize that some beacons aren't seen, but heard.

GROO: MINSTREL MELODIES #2

(W) Sergio Aragones, Mark Evanier (A/CA) Sergio Aragones

The minstrel and his daughter continue to weave tales of Groo across the land-both celebrating his unique idiocy and warning others of his deadly deeds! Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier deliver another hilarious Groo adventure, with exquisite colors by Carrie Strachan and Eisner Award-winning lettering work by Stan Sakai!

SEANCE IN THE ASYLUM #1

(W) Clay McLeod Chapman (A/CA) Andrea Mutti

1865. Defrauded spiritual medium Alicia Wilkinson is brought to The Ashcroft Hospital at the behest of Dr. John James Templeton. He offers Alicia a second chance to revive her once-thriving career: Perform a séance amongst the patients in order to drawing out their mental maladies. Alicia performs her first series of séances with the patients-including traumatized soldiers returning from the Civil War, women whose sanity has slipped through their fingers-only to realize their sessions might work all too well. What no one knows is Alicia is a fake. A liar. A cheat... So why are the patients suddenly acting possessed?

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES — ECHOES OF FEAR #2

(W) George Mann (A) Vincenzo Federici (CA) Eduardo Mello

Jedi Knight Reath Silas and Jedi Padawan Amadeo Azzazzo delve deeper into the history of the Echo Stones. In doing so, they unearth the epic tale of Jedi Master Barnabas Vim and his Padawan Vix Fonnick as they try to recover an Echo Stone from the hands of a Jedi Wayfinder who risks being seduced by its force-amplifying power.

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES PHASE III — DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCLUSION ZONE #1

(W) Daniel Jose Older (A/CA) Jake Bartok

The marauders known as the Nihil have stranded hundreds of worlds in a part of the galaxy known as the Occlusion Zone. With communications blocked and ships unable to enter, Jedi Knights Keeve Trennis and Elzar Mann have turned to centuries-old technology to send messages of hope into the Zone. The messages they receive in return-from Jedi younglings, Padawans, and Knights, and more-will set the stage for the final battle between the noble Jedi and the nefarious Nihil.

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES — SABER FOR HIRE #4

(W) Scott Cavan (A/CA) Rachael Stott

The epic miniseries comes to a shocking conclusion! The identity of the sinister Child of the Storm revealed. A past confronted and a sacrifice made as Ty Yorrick and her apprentice face their biggest challenge yet. Ty's life will never be the same!