Playing Solitaire and Other Stories

Three outstanding stories from award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Mark Shainblum, collected for the first time!

PLAYING SOLITAIRERachel Steinberg wasn't really Solitaire. She was just a nice Jewish girl from suburban Montreal. She never asked for superhuman powers, nor the relentless, grinding cycle of violence and alienation that...   [click here for more]

Northguard: New Triumph #2

One of the best superhero series of the independent era returns! Before Dark Knight, before Watchmen, Northguard was on the cutting edge of superhero realism.

In issue #2, PACT's secret war with ManDes turns deadly when a captured terrorist escapes and takes hostages on the corporation campus. But don't worry, Northguard can handle ...   [click here for more]

Northguard: New Triumph #4

One of the best superhero series of the independent era returns! Before Dark Knight, before Watchmen, Northguard was on the cutting edge of superhero realism.

Issue #4 features Chapter Two of "Target Red/Target Blue", as this classic tale of superpower espionage and intrigue turns vicious and bloody!

Northguard and his new companion Manon Desch...   [click here for more]

Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion #1

One of the best superhero series of the independent era returns! Before Dark Knight, before Watchmen, Northguard was on the cutting edge of superhero realism.

Three years after the end of Northguard: New Triumph, Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion debuted from Caliber Comics.

The action never stops as the war between PACT an...   [click here for more]

Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion #3

One of the best superhero series of the independent era returns! Before Dark Knight, before Watchmen, Northguard was on the cutting edge of superhero realism.

Three years after the end of Northguard: New Triumph, Northguard: The ManDes Conclusion debuted from Caliber Comics.

It all comes to a dramatic conclusion in the last...   [click here for more]