ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - EXECUTIONER # 4 The Story:
Anita’s trapped in Harold Gaynor’s mansion, and her only way out is to go toe-to-toe with a voodoo priestess’ nightmarish creation! It’s the showdown everything has been building up to in the blood-soaked penultimate chapter of Laurell K. Hamilton’s best-selling thriller! Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - EXECUTIONER # 2 The Story:
Hamilton’s thriller continues! Anita Blake has figured out mysterious businessman Harold Gaynor’s endgame--and her role in it--and let’s just say it ain’t pretty. But now Gaynor has the animator dead to rights…and he’s not all that particular about HOW he’s going to make Anita realize his criminal plans. Is this the final count for everyone’s favorite vampire hunter? Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - EXECUTIONER # 1 The Story:
Current queen of the book charts and soon to be the star of her own television film, best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire hunter continues to take comics by storm! As THE LAUGHING CORPSE enters its haunting final act, Anita Blake thinks she has the deadly voodoo priestess who’s made her life hell dead to rights…but the necromancer is about to find out her nightmare’s only just begun! Find out why everyone in America is talking about Anita!Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - NECROMANCER # 5 The Story:
The second chapter of best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake thriller concludes! Voodoo priestess Dominga Salvador put a curse on professional vampire hunter Anita Blake, making the hunter the hunted. And for the first time since she was attacked by Dominga’s monsters, Anita comes face-to-face with the most-feared witch in America. It’s a showdown that sets the stage for THE LAUGHING CORPSE’s final act: EXECUTIONER! Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - NECROMANCER # 4 The Story:
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LAURELL K. HAMILTON’S THRILLER CONTINUES! Anita Blake has a problem: the one woman who could answer all of her questions about millionaire Harold Gaynor’s mysterious past isn’t talking. The vampire hunter—who’s been hunted and attacked by this self-made tycoon—wants the woman named Wheelchair Wanda to sing like a canary, and she’s not above causing a little hurt to make it happen. Sometimes even the good guys have to get dirty… Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - NECROMANCER # 1 VARIANT (1 FOR 10) The Story:
The second chapter of best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s thriller begins here! Vampire hunter Anita Blake has crossed the paths of the worst St. Louis has to offer--and now they want her out of the picture for good. But Anita isn’t the type of person to go down without a fight…and she’s going to make sure it hurts something fierce. Find out why Comic Bulletin calls the ANITA BLAKE series “Sexy…with a wicked sense of humor.” Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE # 3 The Story:
There's a monster on the loose in St. Louis, MO. and Anita Blake is on the case! After visiting the home of the local Voodoo Priestess in search of answers and witnessing things so evil she never thought them possible, and discovering her mentor's dark past, she is sent a deadly message in the night reminding her to be careful of what you seek...cause it just might find you. Go deeper into the mystery with Marvel's adaptation of the second novel from Laurell K. Hamilton's best-selling series!
Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE # 2 The Story:
The comic adaptation of the second book in Laurell K. Hamilton’s best-selling series continues here! Anita Blake has seen ghouls, zombies, vampires, and a host of other bloodthirsty monstrosities that could set a brave man to running, but when a murder scene leaves her with some disturbing questions, Anita realizes that something is going on that even she can’t explain. Enter Senora Dominga Salvador, the Godmother of Vaudun. Will she be able to help Anita discover just who or what is committing these murders? Or does she have her own plans for Anita?
Mature …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE # 1 The Story:
Anita Blake is back in the second volume of Marvel’s comic adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series of novels! What would you do for a million dollars? Would you resurrect a two and one half century old corpse? Harold Gaynor poses just that question to Animator and part-time vampire hunter, Anita Blake... Plus, some crime scenes are even too horrible for a vampire slayer… and the worse they are, the more questions they raise.
Mature Content …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE # 1 Monkey Variant The Story:
Anita Blake is back in the second volume of Marvel’s comic adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series of novels! What would you do for a million dollars? Would you resurrect a two and one half century old corpse? Harold Gaynor poses just that question to Animator and part-time vampire hunter, Anita Blake... Plus, some crime scenes are even too horrible for a vampire slayer… and the worse they are, the more questions they raise.
Mature Content …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 12 The Story:
This is it! The comic series adapting Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel Guilty Pleasures comes to its pulse pounding conclusion! The first startling book of the Anita Blake series ends here! Who has been slaughtering the vampires? Can Anita stop them? Who will live? Who will die? Who will remain undead? It all comes to a head here, as the titular vampire hunter and her dangerous ally Edward face off against the forces of evil. Don’t miss it!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 11 The Story:
Things really heat up this month for Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake as she deals with last issue’s revelation. Now that she knows who’s behind the recent spate of illegal vampire slayings, she just has to keep from getting torn apart by an army of ghouls! Caught between the deadly vampires she’s paid to kill, the vicious murderer whose been brutalizing them, and a psychopathic vigilante, you’ll never believe where things will lead in this pulse-pounding issue adapting the best-selling novel “Guilty Pleasures.”
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 10 The Story:
Things keep getting worse for Laurell K. Hamilton’s deadly vampire hunter as one of her allies in the hunt for the vampire killer is murdered! But vampire bites, ominous dreams, and persistent sociopaths won’t slow Anita down as she takes matters into her own hands and learns the truth about the mystery that’s been plaguing her: the identity of the perpetrator of the brutal and unlicensed slayings of “innocent” vampire citizens! Of course, having that knowledge doesn’t mean she’ll live long enough to share it! The adaptation of the best-selling novel continues here!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 8 The Story:
Anita and Phillip recover from the Freak Party only to come face-to-face with Master Vampire Nikolaos. What will she think of the Executioner’s newest findings in the Vampire Murders? Will the information Anita has save her life or endanger it? Meanwhile, the vampire murderer strikes again! Who is the latest victim of this mysterious killer?
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 8 Booth Variant The Story:
Anita and Phillip recover from the Freak Party only to come face-to-face with Master Vampire Nikolaos. What will she think of the Executioner’s newest findings in the Vampire Murders? Will the information Anita has save her life or endanger it? Meanwhile, the vampire murderer strikes again! Who is the latest victim of this mysterious killer?
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 7 The Story:
Guilty Pleasures is back! After a short hiatus, the hit adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series continues! What price will Anita pay in order to save her friend’s life and solve the Vampire Murders? Will she actually kiss Phillip? How far will Edward go in order to find out where the daytime resting place of the Master Vampires truly is? Where is Jean-Claude? And most importantly, who is behind the Vampire Murders?
What’s next for Anita Blake, you ask? The answers to all of those questions begin here!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE - VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH # 2 The Story:
The Anita Blake comic book event concludes! Laurell K. Hamilton and Jonathon Green reveal even more exciting secrets from the past of Anita Blake in this very special two-part series. Anita and Edward hunt a killer vampire, but can they find him before more innocent blood is spilled? How deep into the vampire psyche is Anita willing to delve in order to get her killer? And what will Anita sacrifice in order to stop this murderer from striking again?
New and old fans alike will be thrilled by this original story produced exclusively for Marvel Comics!
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE - VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH # 2 Zombie Variant The Story:
The Anita Blake comic book event concludes! Laurell K. Hamilton and Jonathon Green reveal even more exciting secrets from the past of Anita Blake in this very special two-part series. Anita and Edward hunt a killer vampire, but can they find him before more innocent blood is spilled? How deep into the vampire psyche is Anita willing to delve in order to get her killer? And what will Anita sacrifice in order to stop this murderer from striking again?
New and old fans alike will be thrilled by this original story produced exclusively for Marvel Comics!
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE - VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH # 1 The Story:
Her fans have been asking for it and now Laurell K. Hamilton is going to deliver. Laurell K. Hamilton, Dabel Brothers Productions, and Marvel are coming together to give readers a look into Anita Blake's past. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton herself, along with Jonathon Green, this July will see the release of part one of a two issue limited series that takes place almost a year before the events currently being chronicled in Guilty Pleasures. You will get to see the first time Anita and Jean-Claude meet, Anita's first time inside Guilty Pleasures, her first serial killer case, and a very early encounter with Edward. Prepare to be thrilled by this original story produced especially for comics.
40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 6 The Story:
Anita Blake has a major dilemma – she’s known professionally as a vampire hunter, but she has been recruited to help track down a serial killer who has been preying upon the vampire population of St. Louis. To break the case, she’ll need the help of Phillip, a junkie who is addicted to being preyed upon by vampires, and she’ll have to attend a freak party, where vampires and humans come together for a strange evening of pleasure and pain…
Adapted from the novel by New York Times Best-Selling author Laurell K. Hamilton, ANITA BLAKE: VAMPIRE HUNTER in GUILTY PLEASURES takes readers on a dark adventure through the underworld of an alternate reality where vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures are legal citizens of the United States. Find out why this series has been called “the surprise hit of 2006!” by fans and critics alike!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 5 The Story:
Anita Blake has become deeply involved in a murder mystery that threatens to shake the foundations of the vampire underworld of St. Louis, and she's not about to let the roadblocks she's encountered thus far stop her from solving the case. But she won't be able to do it alone - she's going to need the help of Phillip, a vampire junkie who can help her gain access to people and places she'd never be able to enter on her own. including a special vampire party where hunters like herself are definitely not welcome. Masterfully adapted from the novel by New York Times Best-selling Author Laurell K. Hamilton, ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER offers a thrilling ride through a world where vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night are legal citizens of the United States and where hunters like Anita Blake are called in whenever things get out of hand. Discover why this title is already being called the "surprise hit of 2006" by readers and critics alike!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 4 The Story:
Anita Blake has faced great horrors in her career as a vampire hunter and an animator of the undead, but being left in a dungeon with an army of were-rats is hardly her idea of a good time. Fortunately, she is able to escape when her vampire hosts intercede, but her good luck seems short-lived when she is brought before Nikolaos, the master vampire of St. Louis. What Nikolaos wants is unclear, but one thing is certain - even an experienced vampire hunter like Anita cannot stand against a being as powerful as this! But can she survive the night?
32 PGS./PARENTAL ADVISORY...$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 9 The Story:
The Church of Eternal Life is a place where vampires seek to convert willing humans to their alternative lifestyle. It promises immortality for its congregation and it is one of the few places that can actually deliver it. Sounds cozy, doesn’t it? Not to Anita Blake, the Executioner. What do you bet she’s not stopping by on a social call…?
Parental Advisory …$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES # 3 The Story:
Anita Blake has faced great horrors in her career as a vampire hunter and an animator of the undead, but being left in a dungeon with an army of were-rats is hardly her idea of a good time. Fortunately, she is able to escape when her vampire hosts intercede, but her good luck seems short-lived when she is brought before Nikolaos, the master vampire of St. Louis. What Nikolaos wants is unclear, but one thing is certain - even an experienced vampire hunter like Anita cannot stand against a being as powerful as this! But can she survive the night?
32 PGS./Rated T+ .$2.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE BOOK 2 - NECROMANCER PREMIERE HC The Story:
The second chapter of best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s thriller is finally here! Vampire hunter Anita Blake has crossed the paths of the worst St. Louis has to offer--and now they want her out of the picture for good. But Anita isn’t the type of person to go down without a fight…and she’s going to make sure it hurts something fierce. Find out why Comic Bulletin calls the ANITA BLAKE series “Sexy…with a wicked sense of humor.” Collecting ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - NECROMANCER #1-5. Mature …$19.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3528-9 Trim size: standard
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - ANIMATOR The Story:
Adapting the second novel in Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling ANITA BLAKE series! St. Louis is a city of the damned. The supernatural is commonplace, and the undead enjoy free rein. But whether warm- or cold-blooded, the laws of man still apply — and nobody dispenses justice better than Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter! This time out, a child’s parents are gruesomely slaughtered by an unknown entity. With the child missing and time running out for his safe return, Anita is called in to lend her special expertise as an Animator — one who can raise the bodies of the dead. But as she pursues the truth behind his abduction, she descends into a maelstrom of voodoo mysticism and the many dark secrets of her foes, her friends and — inevitably — herself! THE LAUGHING CORPSE continues the exploration of Hamilton’s inventive universe of vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghouls — and the brave hunter who tries to keep them all in line! Collecting ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE #1-5. Mature …$16.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION HC The Story:
New York Times bestselling author Laurell. K. Hamilton offers readers a brand-new experience in the world of Anita Blake! Fusing mythology, werewolves and vampires with a story loaded with mystery, action and romance, the Anita Blake novels take place in a world where vampires, werewolves and other creatures of nightmare have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an “animator” – a profession that involves raising the dead for a living. She is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she moonlights by investigating cases that are far too much for “conventional” police. But as Anita gains the attention of the vampire masters in her hometown of St. Louis, she also risks revealing an intriguing secret about herself – the source of her unusual strength and power. Collecting ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES #1-12. Parental Advisory …$34.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE BOOK 1 - ANIMATOR PREMIERE HC DM ONLY The Story:
Anita Blake is back in the second volume of Marvel’s comic adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series of novels! What would you do for a million dollars? Would you resurrect a two and one half century old corpse? Harold Gaynor poses just that question to Animator and part-time vampire hunter, Anita Blake... Plus, some crime scenes are even too horrible
for a vampire slayer… and the worse they are, the more questions they raise. Collecting ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE #1-5. Mature …$19.99
ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE BOOK 1 - ANIMATOR PREMIERE HC The Story:
Anita Blake is back in the second volume of Marvel’s comic adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling series of novels! What would you do for a million dollars? Would you resurrect a two and one half century old corpse? Harold Gaynor poses just that question to Animator and part-time vampire hunter, Anita Blake... Plus, some crime scenes are even too horrible
for a vampire slayer… and the worse they are, the more questions they raise. Collecting ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE #1-5.
Mature …$19.99
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH The Story:
Her fans have been asking for it; now, Laurell K. Hamilton delivers a look into Anita Blake's past. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton herself, along with Jonathon Green, THE FIRST DEATH takes place almost a year before the events being chronicled in GUILTY PLEASURES. Witness the first meeting of Anita and Jean-Claude, Anita's first time inside Guilty Pleasures, her first serial-killer case, and an early encounter with Edward. Prepare to be thrilled by this original story produced especially for comics! Collecting LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH #1-2 and ANITA BLAKE: GUILTY PLEASURES HANDBOOK
128 PGS./ Parental Advisory … $14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3476-3
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH The Story:
Her fans have been asking for it; now, Laurell K. Hamilton delivers a look into Anita Blake's past. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton herself, along with Jonathon Green, THE FIRST DEATH takes place almost a year before the events being chronicled in GUILTY PLEASURES. Witness the first meeting of Anita and Jean-Claude, Anita's first time inside Guilty Pleasures, her first serial-killer case, and an early encounter with Edward. Prepare to be thrilled by this original story produced especially for comics!
Collecting LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH #1-2, plus the ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES HANDBOOK.
Parental Advisory …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2941-7
LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH HC DM ONLY The Story:
Her fans have been asking for it; now, Laurell K. Hamilton delivers a look into Anita Blake's past. Written by Laurell K. Hamilton herself, along with Jonathon Green, THE FIRST DEATH takes place almost a year before the events being chronicled in GUILTY PLEASURES. Witness the first meeting of Anita and Jean-Claude, Anita's first time inside Guilty Pleasures, her first serial-killer case, and an early encounter with Edward. Prepare to be thrilled by this original story produced especially for comics!
Collecting LAURELL K. HAMILTON'S ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE FIRST DEATH #1-2, plus the ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES HANDBOOK.
Parental Advisory …$19.99