SDCC 2014: Dark Horse Comics reveals first round of exclusives

Dark Horse fans are going to have a lot to buy at this year’s SDCC.

The publisher always puts on a great show for comic book conventions and there are usually more than a few things on their list that fans just can’t leave the show grounds without. This year though, they seem to really be amping up the coolness with stuff from a whole bunch of properties (including Star Wars). And this isn’t even the complete list!

Between now and the show date, Dark Horse will also be putting out notice of exclusive items from their Game of Thrones lineup- so keep your fingers crossed as to what that might be. But while you won’t find any GoT here today, you will find the biggest assortment of exclusive items the company has ever put forth for a show- and the prices are pretty darned reasonable too. I was actually a little shocked at some of them and I think those Captain Midnight and Hellboy in Hell volumes are gonna have to come home with me.

So have a peek, make your notes as to what you’ll be targeting, and then sit tight because that Game of Thrones announcement should be along any day now… Oh, and as always, get there early if you want any of they stuff. SDCC exclusive stuff isn’t exactly known to hang around if you know what I mean.

1.Itty Bitty Hellboy Plush: 2014 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive 

7.25″ tall plush version of the colorful cartoon treatment of Mike Mignola’s characters by Art Baltazar and Franco featuring an San Diego Comic Con International logo t-shirt.

Price:  $15.00

Production Run:  500

Limit:  Two per person

 

2.Mass Effect Alliance Cruiser: Convention Exclusive Bronze Edition 

9″ long polyresin bronze finished Alliance Cruiser. Dark Horse has utilized digital assets direct from Bioware to faithfully capture all details in transforming this ship from a digital creation into our physical world.  

Price:  $60.00

Production Run:  350

Limit:  One per person

 

3.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 #5 San Diego Comic-Con International 2014 Variant Cover

When Buffy and crew try to wrest Xander from Dracula’s control, they begin a battle supreme with the terrifying demon that Dracula has become . . .

Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendan (writers)  * Rebekah Isaacs (artist) * Dan Jackson (colorist) * Andy Park (cover artist)

Price:  $5.00

Print Run:  1,000

Limit:  Five per person

 

4.Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir #1 San Diego Comic-Con International Variant Cover

Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir is based on unaired episodes of The Clone Wars television series! 

Jeremy Barlow (writer) * Juan Frigeri (penciler) * Mauro Vargas (inker), Wes Dzioba colorist), Chris Scalf (cover artist)

Price:  $5.00

Print Run:  1,000

Limit:  Five per person

 

5.Captain Midnight: Stolen Future Convention Exclusive Slipcase Edition

In the forties, Captain Midnight was an American hero, a daredevil fighter pilot, a technological genius . . . a superhero. Since he rifled out of the Bermuda Triangle and into the present day, Captain Midnight has been labeled a threat to homeland security. Can Captain Midnight survive in the modern world, with the US government on his heels and an old enemy out for revenge?

Captain Midnight Volumes 1 and 2 are featured in a deluxe convention exclusive slipcase.

Price:  $20.00

Print run:  400

Limit:   Five per person

6.Hellboy in Hell, Volume 1:  The Descent—San Diego Comic-Con International Hardcover Edition 

After saving the world in The Storm and the Fury but sacrificing himself and Great Britain, Hellboy is dead, cast into Hell, where he finds many familiar faces and a throne that awaits him. This deluxe hardcover treatment mirrors the recently released 20 Years of Hellboy hardcover, and fits beautifully next to it and the previous Library Editions.

Price:  $40.00

Print Run: 1,200

Limit: Two per person

7.EVE: Source Limited Edition

EVE: Source is your comprehensive source book and visual guide to the gargantuan universe experienced in EVE Online and DUST 514. Published by Dark Horse Comics and developed in close collaboration with the EVE and DUST 514 creative teams, this beautiful 200-page, full color hardcover will immerse readers in the history and lore of EVE through stunning artwork and never-before-released material detailing the settings, stories, races, and factions of the EVE Universe.

The Limited Edition contains: A beautiful black clamshell protective box with an embossed silver logo, two lithographs by EVE artists Borkur Eiriksson and Georg Hilmarsson in a protective sleeve, an anodized aluminum commemorative and numbered plaque embedded in the protective box, a unique CCP “source” code redeemable on the EVE Account Management site (https://secure.eveonline.com/).

The limited edition is bound in matte black JVP with embossed silver logo.

Price:  $90.00

Print Run:  1,400

Limit:  One per person

8.Usagi Yojimbo San Diego Comic-Con International Exclusive Lithograph 

An 18″ x 20″ Usagi Yojimbo lithograph signed by creator Stan Sakai to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Usagi Yojmbo.

Price:  $20.00

Print Run:  300

Limit:  Two per person

9.Itty Bitty Hellboy Convention Exclusive Hardcover

Witness the awesomeness that is Hellboy! The characters that sprung from Mike Mignola’s imagination, with an Aw Yeah Art Baltazar and Franco twist! This book has all the fun, adventure, and Aw Yeah-ness in one itty bitty package! That’s a true story right there. Collects Itty Bitty Hellboy #1–#5 in a hardcover edition exclusive to conventions.

Price:   $20.00

Print Run: 1,000

Limit:  Five per person 

10.The Witcher  #1 Convention Variant Cover

Legendary artist Stan Sakai has done a special cover of the tie-in series The Witcher, a canonical entry in the world of the Witcher video games, which have collectively won over 250 awards and sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide! All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition variant will benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai.

Price:  $5.00

Print Run: 1,000

Limit:  Five per person