Full Color | Part 1 of 5 Written by J.M. DeMatteis Art by Mike Ploog Twelve year old Cody DiMaro's best friend is Paul Brightfield and Paul Brightfield isn't human: He's the last of The Old Ones, ancient elemental beings from The Time Before when no man walked the Earth and magic was a given and Cody is the only one in all the world who knows Paul's secret. One October night, Paul vanishes...at the same moment that a massive cocoon burrows up out of the earth: Within the cocoon lies a hate-filled creature that will soon destroy Cody's life and everyone he loves...

The Bwa-ha-hilarity continues! Featuring Giffen and DeMatteis doing a full-blown Justice League-styled super team their way, with characters entirely of their own creation! The Brigade comes together to stop a globe-threatening villain, only to break into smaller sub-divided teams on sub-missions fighting smaller threats. Piecing together a larger puzzle, in this issue everything begins to come together and make sense, as the Planetary Brigade begins to answer this question: why won't Harry Cutter die? Bonus: a pin-up by the legendary Silver Age great, Sal Buscema!

More Giffen and DeMatteis Bwaha-ha-ha hilarity. A sister book to HeroSquared. The Planetary Brigade is a group of heroes fronted by Squared's Captain Valor and Grim Knight. Meet Mr. Brilliant - earth has never met a smarter, or more smug, hero. Earth Goddess - by day, she's a sweet, unassuming wallflower, but when the Earth needs her, she turns into a gargantuan guardian of the planet. Purring Pussycat -sweet, sexy... what's she hiding? The Third Eye - spiritual mystic. The Mauve Visitor - strange visitor from another world, or cute little Smurf-like dude? Together, there're in a league all their own.

Captain Valor! The Grim Knight! Mauve Visitor! Mr. Brilliant! Earth Goddess! And introducing The Fighting Man! Now it can be told for the first time - how the Planetary Brigade formed! A three issue mini-series telling three different stories from three different eras of the Brigade, but featuring one single villain, the nefarious MISTER MASTER! In this issue - a Brigade formed! In this issue - a Brigadeer quits! Man, that was fast, huh? More Bwah-ha-hilarity from Giffen and DeMatteis, a follow-up to the sold-out critical fan favorite Planetary Brigade mini-series!

It's the fantastic debut of the high-flying Fox! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO's Bored To Death) and Eisner Award-winning writer Mark Waid (Daredevil, Thrillbent) bring the legendary, pulp-style hero The Fox to life in Freak Magnet! When photojournalist Paul Patton, Jr. donned a superhero costume, he thought it would be a quick way to make some news—now the strange and unusual just can't help but be drawn to the freak-magnetism of the fabulous fighting Fox! Then, acclaimed writer J.M. DeMatteis (Abadazad, Justice League 3000) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Mike Cavallaro (Parade, Savior 66) take us back in time for an all-new story featuring the world's first patriotic superhero and leader of the New Crusaders, The Shield! What connection does the Shield's top-secret mission in the Arctic have to do with the Fox's diamond-studded adventure? And what ultra-powerful villains have arrived to wreak havoc?? Read on, dear reader—The Fox and the Shield have their work cut out for them!

The "Bwah-haha" is back! Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis bring their patented brand of super-hero humor over from Atomeka to Boom Studios! Milo is a slacker in this world, but the next parallel world over, he's the super-hero, Captain Valor! Valor's world has been destroyed, and now he's moved in with Milo. How is Captain Valor going to fit in to a world that doesn't have super-heroes? And how is Milo going to deal with finding out that Valor's girlfriend Steffie is the super-villain, Caliginous? And what happens when Caliginous makes a romantic play... for Milo?

The fantastically-foxy finale IS HERE in Freak Magnet pt 5: "Future's End"! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO's Bored to Death) is joined by acclaimed writer J.M. DeMatteis (Abadazad, Justice League 3000) to conclude the "Freak Magnet" saga of the pulp-style hero The Fox! Our hero has won the day and defeated his evil adversaries, so why does he now find himself trapped 70 years in the past, side-by-side with the legendary hero of WW2 known as THE SHIELD?! And what does the Shield's arctic battle-royale have to do with the diamond realm?! And will SOMEONE please tell The Fox, aka Paul Patton Jr., why he can't just have the simple, freak-free life he wants?? Don't miss the finale to end-em-all!

NEW RED CIRCLE SERIES! From the world of the New Crusaders, comes the high-flying FOX! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO's Bored to Death) and Eisner Award winning writer Mark Waid (Daredevil, Thrillbent) continue the saga of the legendary, pulp-style hero The Fox in FREAK MAGNET Part Two: "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"! When the beautiful Queen of Diamonds enlists our hero to save the diamond realm from the deadly Druid, the FOX faces a whole new dimension's worth of pitfalls, peril and—familiar faces?! Then, acclaimed writer J.M. DeMatteis (Abadazad, Justice League 3000) and Eisner-award nominated artist Mike Cavallaro (Parade (with Fireworks), The Life and Times of Savior 28) take us back in time for an ALL-NEW story featuring the world's first patriotic super hero and leader of the New Crusaders: THE SHIELD! What connection does Shield's top-secret mission in the arctic have to do with the Fox's diamond-studded adventure? And what ultra-powerful villains have arrived to wreak havoc?? Read on, dear reader—The Fox and the Shield have their work cut out for them!

The return of Mister Master! In a nod to the "Go-Go Checks" era of a certain Distinguished Competition, we catch up to the Brigade years after issue #1, as Mister Master returns... with an army of deadly gophers? And he's madder than ever! How can the Brigadeers be the same team - but composed of totally different members? A self-contained snapshot of an era of Brigade history that builds off the story elements of issue #1! More insanity from the Bwah-ha-ha Boys, Keith Giffen and JM DeMatteis, showcasing their distinct brand of comedy now exclusively at Boom! Studios!

BOOM! Studios becomes the exclusive home for Giffen and DeMatteis' "Bwah-ha-ha" humor! If you're not getting it here, you're not getting it anywhere else! This issue: A story of two funerals. Milo and Captain Valor attend a funeral, and Milo finds himself blamed for the death! It's no Bwah-ha-haaing matter, he's a wanted man! Meanwhile, Stephanie holds her own funeral - for Milo!