Books published by Caliber Comics

A look at Sherlock Holmes in his “retirement” years as a news reporter is curious about the whispers at the University of a mysterious man rumored to be exploring and examining corpses in the dead of night. If it isn’t related to a crime, what could he possibly be searching for? The Retired Detective hints as that.This lead story is joined by another shorter tale as Sherlock and Watson are pulled into solving a maze set up by Lewis Carroll and the maze master, Mr. Townsend.Also included is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s unabridged classic tales, A Case of Identity.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets Armageddon!What if every possible disaster happened at once? Would you seek refuge in space? Travel to another dimension? Or perhaps take your chances with whatever life comes after this one? And what if those weren't so great either? Follow Anya and her brother Edgar as they try to navigate these difficult scenarios and more, while discovering that they may not even be able to depend on each other. But maybe everything will be okay...Maybe.Collects comic issues #1-5.

Before there was The Walking Dead there was Deadworld. One of independent comics longest running series with over 100 issues released and 1,000,000+ copies sold to date. Here is a different take on the global zombie apocalypse in this action packed, self-contained Deadworld spin-off story.A snow storm has engulfed New York City and with no snow removal possible, the metropolis becomes paralyzed...even the walking dead have trouble seeking out fresh meat. A group of survivors in the high rises attempt to flee the city during the storm but are pulled into a struggle between two intelligent zombies and their factions. The Giant rules the dead in the city but when King Zombie comes calling, things begin to escalate into a power struggle with the humans caught in the middle.A top notch writer/artist team of Mike Raicht (DC's Batman, MARVEL's X-Men United, IDW's G.I. Joe) with art from Federico Dallocchio (DC's Suicide Squad, Green Arrow) and Rafael Ortiz (Crossed) present this pivotal story.Collects the entire Deadworld Frozen Over story-line issues 1-4.

With over 100 issues released and 1,000,000 copies sold Deadworld arrived on the zombie apocalypse scene well before The Walking Dead and presents a different and unique take on the global nightmare.The epic finale to the first volume of Deadworld as the last three issues (#24-#26) are collected along with the introduction story of The Dead-Killer in Archives Book Six. In addition, “A Christmas in Louisiana” is included from the pages of “A Caliber Christmas” special edition. In the main story, the group decides to make a stand at the fort and lure the zombies in for a slaughter so that they can make their escape across the bridge into the desolated Upper Peninsula. Book Six of the Nine volume series brings all of the original Deadworld saga into print again!

Memorable television series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and Black Mirror, compel the viewer to confront the darker side of what it means to be human, the parts we'd rather not think about. They hold up a mirror to us and make us grapple with consequences of things like human greed, the will to power, selfishness, and many other monsters that lurk inside all of us.Marcello Bondi’s Tales from the Next Dimension follows in this science-fiction horror anthology tradition, collecting 17 thrilling stories from that strange, twilight corner of space and time where anything can happen and nothing is off limits!

It was the year 2000. Numerous reports of rabid animal attacks began to occur sporadically throughout the northern parts of United States. Many blamed these assaults on environmental changes that affected the neurology of the wildlife.  And once bitten by these animals, humans found themselves transformed into mindless carnivorous beings akin to zombies. But these reports soon became more widespread, and the last and only place that had not been infected at that time was the great Mississippi region.Well that was then...this is now.The walking dead have begun to make their presence felt here and all manner of mutated creatures are crossing the Mississippi River every day. Life has become an ongoing struggle for survival.Collected here are FIVE of humanity’s apocalyptic nightmares! Written by: Bradley Golden, Alex Barranco, Joe Wight, Marcus H. Roberts, Peter Breau and John Breau, with illustrations done by Phil Williams, Antonio Acevedo, Rod Espinoza, Dan Gorman, Shaun Barbour, Harrison Wood, Oscar Pinto, with cover art by Spike Jarrell, and editorial work completed by Andrea Lorenzo Molinari. Also included is a pin-up gallery from acclaimed artist Rod Espinoza.

In a vein similar to UNIVERSAL SOLDIER meets DEADPOOL!June 26, 1971. Location: Mr. Happy Food & Drink, outside El Paso, Texas. John J. Ramirez is a Vietnam veteran. While serving in Southeast Asia in the late 60’s, he was a test subject for an experimental combat performance enhancement drug – essentially a super-soldier serum. Now stateside, Ramirez can’t remember his own name or how he ended up here. His life has become a series of disjointed flashes – past and present, real and imaginary, continuously overlapping and morphing. And then there's that annoying Grim Reaper only he can see. The chatty bastard won't stop talking and calling him “bro.” Meanwhile, elsewhere in El Paso, Father Karras is a pastor who has determined he is a Knight of the Apocalypse, descended to Earth against the will of a too-forgiving God. Holding a sawed-off shotgun named Salvation, he sets out to do his work. At the Mr. Happy Food & Drink, the paths of these two men are meant to cross. There WILL be blood.

A tale of murder, motorcycle gangs, Charlie Manson, and the man who starred as TV's Marshal Hondo Bradley. California in the summer of '69 was a place of free love and hippie communes. But when Korean War Veteran and novelist Rory Hawkins spends the day interviewing George Clayton, former star of the hit TV western series Outlaw Pass, things take an unexpected turn when they cross paths with Charlie Manson at the Spahn movie ranch. Though this comic series is fiction many of the characters are real, and the story is rooted in historical fact, specifically Manson's desire to target celebrities for violence and his infamous residence at the Spahn movie ranch. Also, this series takes place during a very specific historical timeline (Saturday, August 2 - Monday, August 11, 1969), and the events are intertwined with the Sharon Tate and LaBianca family murders that took place during those days. It features meticulously research on the Manson murders and the narrative has been developed in a way so that the events in the story could be historically plausible and a resolution is reached without contradicting the historical record. Collects issues 1-7.

The acclaimed Vietnam Journal series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is collected and presented as a series of graphic novels. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Collects comic book issues 5-8. In BOOK TWO, 'Journal' must test his resolve in order to help others survive as he cannot sit ideally while events unfold around him. He finds himself in the infamous Iron Triangle with his troop company as they come across a village hamlet that was supposed to be evacuated but it wasn't. 'Journal' and a fellow medical patient rush to save some kids in the village that is about to be overrun by Vietcong. What they hadn't counted on was some G.I.s out for revenge against the Vietnamese...any Vietnamese. And having barely survived that encounter, an injured 'Journal' is sent back to the United States to recover and he discovers another type of war going on there as he sees firsthand the protests at home. Plus in a bonus short story, 'Journal' remembers his younger days covering the war in Korea a decade earlier. 

Welcome to the Deadworld! Long before there was The Walking Dead, there was Deadworld. Considered by many to be the godfather of the original zombie comic with over 100 issues and graphic novels in print and over 1,000,000 copies sold, Deadworld ripped into the undead with intelligent zombies on a mission and a group of poor teens riding in a school bus desperately try to stay one step ahead of the sadistic, Harley-riding King Zombie. Death, mayhem, and a touch of supernatural evil made Deadworld a classic and now here's your chance to get into the story!In this self-contained story arc, many humans find themselves trapped in a world of the walking dead and the living who will do anything to survive. The promise of Safe Haven reveals a much darker and sinister purpose, when victims find themselves in a medical facility which will stop at nothing to combat the zombie plague. In an effort to solve the growing plague, researchers try a scientific approach to save mankind - humans as guinea pigs! Natural diseases such as leprosy, AIDS, and cancer are used to infect the zombies. Survivors find that the greatest horror may not be the zombies but other humans. To the unfortunate, Safe Haven becomes known as the Slaughterhouse.Note that although Slaughterhouse is meant to stand on is own, it follows the story "Deadworld: Requiem for the World" and precedes "Deadworld: War of the Dead".Collects Deadworld Slaughterhouse comic issues 1-4.

Scott "Journal" Niethammer returns to report on the seemingly endless conflict and this time he heads into Cambodia as the incursion of that country is well underway by United States and South Vietnamese military forces. He is accompanied by a slightly erratic photographer with the unhealthy attitude that he is impervious to enemy fire when behind the camera's lens. While in Cambodia they meet a pistol packing, single-minded Nun and dozens of ethnic Vietnamese orphans who have been delivered a death sentence by Cambodia's new acting Prime Minister, Lon Nol. With Journal's help they make a desperate race for the border and salvation. Now wanted by the Judge Advocate General's office for questioning, Journal retreats back into Cambodia hoping the farce will all blow over. But he meets a female reporter as much an outcast from the mainstream media as he. Their similarities create a bond until the war finds a way to force the heavy hand of horror into their fledgling relationship. And lastly, racism and drugs rear their ugly heads as rear echelon United States troops are moved forward in a support capacity for the line troops. Their real world prejudices and minimal training threaten to rot the core of the effort from the inside out. And the ever present enemy awaits any opportunity to hand the Americans a sound defeat should there be a misstep in their favor. Collects Vietnam Journal Series Two comic book issues 6-10.

For fans of Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Dungeons and Dragons! Four normal modern day teenagers are plunged into a world they thought only existed in novels and film. They are whisked away to a magical Middle Earth land where dragons roam the skies, orcs and hobgoblins terrorize weary travelers, dark magic consumes kingdoms, and where unicorns prance through the forest. It is a world where man is just one race, joining other races such as elves, trolls, dwarves, changelings, and the dreaded creatures who steal the night. This is not a typical "dungeons and dragons" world, for this world follows the adventures of these teens into the unknown as we watch the world unfold in front of their eyes. What hope do the teens have in this strange world? How can they hope to survive against wizards, dwarves, elves, demons, dragons, and trolls if they had a hard time in high school? VOLUME TWO: Marjorie finds herself compelled to believe in different things and pulls away from Alex after having discovered him drunk in bed with the female warrior Letha Kazan. Lord Darkoth uses the hidden talents of Sandra to summon the Shinde Imas - the deadly Elf Slayer, as he continues his plans to conquer The Realm. The Rainbow Elves realize the Shinde Imas is readying for their destruction as Sandra begins to get an inkling of what Darkoth truly wants with her. While the plans of Drohm pull the Realm into an all-out war and even the dreaded Terrorreck will join. And Dom and Alex find out that you can't kill a troll…and they find out the hard way. From Caliber Comics now comes the entire Realm and Legendlore saga as a set of volumes that collects the long running critically acclaimed series. This book collects The Realm - Volume One issues 6-7, and the Tales of the Realm mini-series that depicted Lord Darkoth's assault on the Rainbow Elf Kingdom.

Considered by many to be the Godfather of the zombie comic genre, with over 100 issues released and 1,000,000 copies sold Deadworld arrived on the zombie apocalypse scene well before The Walking Dead and presents a different take on the global nightmare. Collecting the original Volume One series of Deadworld, issues 15-18 plus the Deadtales features that introduced the Amy character. Book Four on the nine volume Archive series brings all the original Deadworld stories back into print for the first time ever since they were originally released. In this book, Dan and Joey find themselves in a small town that seemingly is isolated from the zombie menace. They adapt to a life of normalcy and the global horror seems to ignore this haven. But of course, that won't last for long.

For fans of the TV series MINDHUNTER!What makes someone kill? The age old question of nature (genetics) versus nurture (conditioning) is still open to debate. What is not open for debate is Brandon's need to kill. But it isn't for revenge or fame or money...it's for penance. He may have had the perfect life of being a model by day and partier by night but underneath he is a tormented, murderous soul. And as the local investigating detectives along with the FBI find out, this is motive enough that fuels a mad quest which can be unstoppable. Brandon's coming for you, sinners. Collects comic book issues 1-2.

All new tale picking up from where the critically acclaimed CARBON graphic novel left off. Jacob "e;Heat"e; Hatfield leads Eden's survivors away from the liquefied sea of the burning coal but the chaos of a rapidly accelerating environmental disaster threaten to engulf the Earth. With the cryptic message of "e;Go to the Burning Spring. Make Red Salt,"e; the survivors race ahead of a double threat of the carbon demons and the new militia. Collects issues 1-6.

An anthology of illustrated stories about the comic book culture! Meet Norman Radinski, cosmic traveller and the spirit guardian of an entire art form. Join Captain Bill, comic store owner, whose store is stuck in 1971. Share in Kalabogie Jake's struggle with comic book addiction. Read the first Cerebus story since it was put to bed with issue 300. See Bif Davis pursue a comic book older than he is. And read about the comic book that changed Ron Kasman's life.From comic book author and illustrator Ron Kasman comes the follow-up to his acclaimed graphic novel The Tower of the Comic Book Freaks.

Before there was the Walking Dead there was Deadworld. One of the longest running independent comics in the market today with over 1,000,000 copies sold and over 100 comic issues and graphic novels published. Here are all the original Deadworld series collected into a nine volume series of Deadworld: Archives!In Book Three, containing issues 9-14 of the first volume, the remaining teens find themselves trapped in a decaying city with both zombies and humans who want to kill them. King Zombie leads an attack on the city and the teens see their opportunity for escape. But not all of them will make it out alive.

Its DIRTY DOZEN meets TIME BANDITS!October, 1944. Nazi fortunes appear bleaker by the day as the Allied noose around Germany tightens during the waning days of World War II. But in the bowels of the Wenceslas Mines, a terrible threat has emerged . . . The Nazis have discovered the ability to conquer time itself with the help of a new ominous device!Now a rag tag group of American GIs must stop this threat to the past, present, and future . . . While dealing with their past, prejudices, and fears in the process.With demons from their past . . . Unexpected betrayal . . . A brutal enemy, intent on destroying the timeline . . . With the odds stacked against them, the Time Grunts travel back in time, the free world's final hope against Nazi chrono-fascism. Will they succeed? And if so, at what price?!? Collects Time Grunts issues #5-8.

Award winning veteran comic writer and artist Gary Scott Beatty's jazz piano man Dean Fontessa returns in five standalone stories on a central theme that come together with a twist - like a masterful, cool jazz solo! Beatty's illustration style, inspired by jazz album cover design, drops readers into the late night music clubs of 1957. A fantastic, innovative and unique blend of art and text to depict the rhythm of the times!

When an immortal serial killer murders his wife and traps her soul in Hell, Detective John Dante acquires a mysterious glyph which allows him to cheat death and navigate the Nine Circles in a desperate attempt to save her. On this infernal journey, he must face hordes of lost souls, the monstrous three-headed dog Cerberus, and a demonic revolution intended to shake the foundations of reality itself. Will the love that he carries in his heart be enough or will the dark Pit swallow him whole?Collects comic book issues 1-6. Based loosely on Dante's poetic classic masterpiece The Inferno.

Strange Detective Mysteries is a science-fiction techno-thriller fantasy where several of the leading creative minds of the early 1900s are brought together to look into the death of Edgar Allen Poe and discover a conspiracy that threatens to destroy all of time and reality. Our saga begins with famed Western lawman Bat Masterson being summoned to a mysterious meeting in 1902 New York City. Upon arriving, he finds several others have been summoned; H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Nikola Tesla. When they are finally greeted by their aged host, Robert Tyler, they find that this rich patron has brought them together to solve the mystery of the murder of America's foremost literary genius, Edgar Allan Poe. An individual that no one else even believes was murdered? And who are the strange men in bowler hats who observe their every move and what evil from 1888 Whitechapel has followed them to New York City? Refusal of the unbelieveable can be as dangerous as knowledge itself as our group of heroes will soon uncover. Collects issues 1-4.

For fans of THE SANDMAN!The compelling saga of a man who lives forever. Germaine pulls the memories of those about to die and binds them into his own. He is a blend of memories and his own mind is a history of mankind. Germaine can claim immortality yet he has died a thousand deaths. He has traversed the paths of mankind for untold years with his companion, Lilith. But Lilith's disappearance and the perils of the modern world direct him to undertake a new quest — to surrender his immortality.This is the introductory story of Saint Germaine and collects the Saint Germaine comic series, issues 1-4 plus a bonus story - 'The Tragedy of Falstaff', based on the character created by William Shakespeare.

Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal is back with all new tales of Scott ‘Journal’ Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache, and the young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. This volume takes ‘Journal’ from late 1969, the Monsoon season, to May of 1970, and the beginning of the Cambodian incursion. As the war officially spreads into that neighboring country and tests the South Vietnamese Military on their capabilities of sustaining the war against the North Vietnamese Communists on their own. Along the way ‘Journal’ finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a juvenile sniper, and a private war for his own sanity as he is forced to fight a plague of rats at a forward firebase. And from a bitter sweet tryst in a back street bar in Saigon, to rolling into Cambodia with an untrustworthy cameraman new to his craft...the action never stops and questions about Neithammer’s career choice continually lay just below the surface.Collects issues 1-5 of Vietnam Journal Series Two.