Dark Horse Presents #1 (of 36)
Concrete; Marked Man; Blood; Finder: Third World; Mister Monster vs Oooak!; Xerxes; How Interesting: A Tiny Man; Murky World; Star Wars: Crimson Empire III; Snow Angel;
April 30th, 2011
The legendary, premiere anthology is back! The 80-page spectacular, Dark Horse Presents returns with all-new stories by Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Richard Corben; a new Concrete story by Paul Chadwick, a new Crimson Empire story from the Star Wars universe, and an exclusive sneak peek of Frank Miller’s highly-anticipated prequel to 300, Xerxes!
The celebration continues with a brand-new, all-color Finder story by Carla Speed McNeil, a prose piece from science fiction legend Harlan Ellison, the return of Michael T. Gilbert’s Mr. Monster, and much, much more!
Note: Retailers had to order 20 copies total of the regular and variant issue and they could order one ultra-rare Paul Pope variant signed by one of the book's creators.
Table of Contents
| Comic | Chapter # | Chapter Name |
|---|---|---|
| Concrete: Intersection | 1* | Love, Fear, Hate |
| Marked Man | 1 | |
| Blood | 1 | |
| Finder: Third World | 1 | |
| Mr. Monster vs. Oooak! | 1* | |
| Interview with Frank Miller | -*** | |
| Xerxes Sneak Peek | -*** | |
| How Interesting: A Tiny Man** | - | |
| Murky World | 1 | |
| Star Wars: Crimson Empire III | - | The Third Time Pays For All |
| Snow Angel | 1* | |
| Aaaaaaaaaaah | - | |
| Personality Quiz | - |
*These chapter #'s either indicate a series of self-conclusive short stories, a series of one-pagers, or are simply not used in the actual story title but the story is continued in another DHP issue.
**A short story written by Harlan Ellison that originally appeared in the February 2010 issue of Realms of Fantasy - a bi-monthly magazine "dedicated to publishing the best in fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and artwork," and published by Damnation Books.
*** The Frank Miller interview and the Xerxes Sneak Peek did not appear in the digital version of the comic.