Broken Frontier

Jade Fire #1
Written by Brian Augustyn
Art by H.S. Park
Colors by Transparency Digital

Synopsis:
Somewhere in Asia, aeons ago, stood the city. Even then it was older than any of its millions of residents could remember. Created as a bastion of peace, learning and human dignity, the huge, walled metropolis existed in blissful harmony since the beginning. But now a serpent of corruption slithers in the shadows of this paradise. Now evil has set its sights on the city and its citizens. Stirred by this spreading dark stain, the Goddess wakes. The protective spirit of the city-entwined in everything that is good about the place-she senses the infestation and takes steps to combat it. Xian was a serious and dedicated student one day, living a life of ease and serenity in her beloved city. Then the murders started and evil came to the city for the first time. When the Goddess implored her to take up the mystic green sword and become the champion against corruption, Xian could only assent. Now, she is Jade Fire, and only she can strike against the heart of darkness beating ever louder beneath the silent streets of the city. She's ready to fight to save her home, even if it means battling the devil himself. And it just might!

In this issue:
The peaceful, bucolic morning in the city dawns like every other, until the first body is found, brutally murdered and left as a bloody sign of the dark changes to come. Who is the dead man? What dread future does his death foretell? And can even a mystically empowered champion stand against the black power that seeks to destroy a city that has never had to fight for itself? Jade Fire will have to find the answers or she and everyone she loves is doomed.

Intended for all ages
Full Color
Comic book size
40 pages (each issue will contain 32 story pages)
$3.50
On sale in April 2005

Barbarossa and the Lost Corsairs #2
Written by Brian Augustyn
Art by H.S. Park
Colors by Transparency Digital

Synopsis:
In a wild adventure that spans the universe from the high seas of our world in the Middle Ages to an extra dimensional realm of deadly monsters, strange civilizations and wild science, the exciting series stars the historical, red-bearded pirate known as Barbarossa and his crew of rowdy privateers. Along with the Countess Julia of Fondi--a "captive" of great beauty and greater thirst for excitement, Barbarossa and his men struggle to survive this impossible new world. Finding their way home is the goal to be sure, but not before the freebooters take their fill of thrilling adventure and fabulous treasure!

In this issue:
One moment they plied the storm-tossed waters of earth, the next found the privateer, Barbarossa and his crew sailing the vast waters of a fantastic new realm of magic, mystery and sudden terror. Battling for their lives against a huge monster from the depths, the crew soon takes refuge with a nearby island kingdom and is made welcome. The new world is not only plagued by lethal sea creatures, they learn, but by political intrigue and imminent global war. Barbarossa and his people know there's more to the welcome they receive than meets the eye, and the murderous attacks from the shadows on their first night confirms this suspicion. What's going on-and can the crafty pirate find a way to profit?

Intended for all ages
Full Color
Comic book size
40 pages (each issue will contain 32 story pages)
$3.50

On sale in April 2005