Baltimore: The Curse Bells (5-issue series; Dark Horse Comics) Published Aug-Dec, 2011   Monsters are overrunning Europe, and Baltimore, the only one who can put an end to these horrors, must find and kill Haigus, the vampire responsible for this chaos. Following reports that Haigus is holed up in a cloister, Baltimore finds a haven full of death and black magic, and the creature at the heart of his obsession! Baltimore: A Passing Stranger (Free Comic Book Day 2011 giveaway; Dark Horse Comics) Published May, 2011  Dark Horse pairs two series with heroes battling the mysterious evils of the world--Baltimore in war torn Europe circa 1920s, and Cal MacDonald from Criminal Macabre in modern day Los Angeles. Both FCBD stories are excellent entry points to these fantastically horrific and compelling comics series. Baltimore: The Plague Ships (5-issue series; Dark Horse Comics) Published Aug-Dec, 2010 Issue #1 - August 4, 2010Months after a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with deadly vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, is on the hunt for the creature responsible for this chaos and his own personal tragedy. What he uncovers is a terror as horrific and frightening as any he's seen on the battlefield.  Issue #2 - September 1, 2010Setting sail from a harbor choked with sunken ships, where plague victims are burned in great furnaces, Lord Baltimore reveals a terrible incident that took place during the war, where his men fell victim to creatures that feast on the freshly dead, and Baltimore himself first met the vampire who has become his obsession.  Issue #3 - October 6, 2010After a furious storm rips apart their ship, Baltimore and Vanessa wash up on an island shore in the midst of a graveyard of submarines. While taking refuge they stumble upon a ruined plague ship--a vessel used to burn vampires--now entrenched in a grotesque and dangerous fungus.  Issue #4 - November 3, 2010While hunting the vampire responsible for the death of his family, Lord Baltimore gets stranded on a haunted island, where horrible fungus spores cover the beaches and rotting corpses don't stay dead.  After a weird array of plague vampires attack them on the island shore, Vanessa suspects that Lord Baltimore may be damned after all.  After a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, fights his way through bloody battlefields, ruined plague ships, exploding zeppelins, and submarine graveyards, on the hunt for the creature who’s become his obsession. This hardcover collects issues #1-#5 of the miniseries and features an extensive sketchbook section. |
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