Limited Blu-ray™ Collector’s Edition Includes Skin-Crawling Special Features and An Exclusive Master’s Bust!

“The Strain” Season One

Experience the first season of TV’s hottest, most blood-curdling sci-fi series – from Executive Producers – Writers Guillermo Del Toro, Carlton Cuse and Chuck Hogan – along with behind-the-scenes special features that explore the story’s journey from bestselling novel to hit show.

When a freak virus kills most of the passengers on an airplane, Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), head of the Center for Disease Control’s “Canary Team,” is immediately called to the scene. The only way to stop the terrifying disease is to face its source – a sinister supernatural creature whose evil intent seems more powerful than any force on Earth – in this chilling series that also stars Mía Maestro, David Bradley and Sean Astin.

Special Features
●	In the Beginning
●	A Novel Approach
●	He Is Here
●	Setrakian’s Lair
●	Audio Commentary on Select Episodes
●	Deleted Scenes

“The Strain” Season One Premium Blu-ray™
Street Date:	June 9, 2015
Prebook Date:	May 6, 2015
Screen Format:	Widescreen: 1.78:1
Audio:	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:	English SDH, Spanish, French
Total Run Time:	596 Minutes
U.S. Rating:	TV-MA
Closed Captioned:	Yes

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DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES

THE STRAIN: THE NIGHT ETERNAL

CONTINUING GUILLERMO DEL TORO AND CHUCK HOGAN’S ACCLAIMED VAMPIRE EPIC!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR —As the world gears up for the premiere of the new FX television program adapting the original novel trilogy The Strain, Dark Horse announces The Night Eternal, the third comics chapter of this ongoing vampire epic, adapted by David Lapham and Mike Huddleston.

Following the first two comics series, The Strain and the recently wrapped The Fall, The Night Eternal will begin on August 20, just after The Strain’s television debut on FX!

It’s been two years since the Master’s plan succeeded and a near apocalypse coated the world in darkness. Now able to roam freely, the Master’s legion of vampires rule the world—a horrifying police state where humans are harvested for blood. As humanity despairs, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and an unlikely team of heroes continue their fight against extinction, all the while hoping to unlock the secret to the Master’s demise. The final chapter in the Strain Trilogy, the series that put a terrifying twist on the vampire genre, begins here.

Dark Horse is giving readers a chance to catch up on what they’ve been missing with a one-dollar reprint of the first issue of The Strain. This horrifying first chapter of the original Strain saga takes readers back to the beginning of an outbreak of diabolical proportions. On shelves June 18.

It doesn’t stop there! July will see the reprint of the entire first series of The Strain in a deluxe hardcover. This all-new edition will collect the first eleven issues in 272 full-color pages for only $29.99! On sale July 9 in comic shops everywhere.

July will also see the release of The Strain Volume 4: The Fall, wrapping up the second series. This collection arrives at your local comic shop on July 2 for $19.99.

Read the comic! Watch the series!

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DARK HORSE COMICS COLLECTS

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S THE STRAIN!

JUNE 8, MILWAUKIE, OR—Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan bring their New York Times best-selling series of novels, the Strain Trilogy, to Dark Horse Comics with an ongoing adventure that takes a terrifying spin on the vampire genre. 

Renowned comics creator David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Silverfish) and artist Mike Huddleston (The Coffin, Butcher Baker) join forces in this comic book adaptation unlike any other—bringing del Toro and Hogan’s vision to life in a story that casts a deadly plague over the whole of humanity. The Strain Volume 1, collecting issues #1–#6 of this ongoing series, is a horror story unlike any other!

When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Centers for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event—an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness.

Praise for Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain:

“[The Strain] is one of the scariest comics on the stands, as genuine surprises await the reader at every turn of the page. Usually, such big reveals are left to the final moment, but with The Strain there’s almost a cliffhanger every few pages and that makes this series a truly surprising, and enjoyable, read.”—Broken Frontier

“One of the year’s best books. If I were to give you one bit of advice while reading this book, don’t read it in the dark.”—Comic Buzz 

The Strain Volume 1 is on sale November 14 in comic shops everywhere!

About Dark Horse

Founded in1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and Guillermo Del Toro, and comics legends such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, including The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton’s Tragic Toys for Girls and Boys, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.

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Dark Horse Does Vampires Right Digital Sampler

If you've got a taste for bloodsuckers, then look no further! Dark Horse does vampires right and gives readers who crave creatures of the night a crypt full of creepy comics!

Step into the world of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9, as everyone's favorite Slayer adapts to her new life in San Francisco. Then check out Angel & Faith, where the vampire with a soul and the once-evil Slayer work to atone for past sins.

This preview issue also features Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's Baltimore, which follows a vampire hunter living in a world beset by a post–World War I vampire infestation; samples from P. C. and Kristin Cast's story of a vampyre boarding school in House of Night; and Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain, in which Manhattan suffers from a vampiric plague!

• Issue features selections from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #1,Angel & Faith #1, Baltimore: The Curse Bells #1, The Strain #1, and House of Night #1. Plus, the entirety of a short story entitled "Magical Mystery Tour Featuring the Beetles," a previously unreleased, digital-only retailer exclusive from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9.

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As a reminder: ALL REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Publication Date: March 14, 2012

Format: FC, 32 pages

Price: $3.50

UPC: 7 61568 19174 5 00411

The plane full of dead have been transformed into something different. Abraham knows what is behind this plague that will sweep through the populace and destroy it all. Ephraim is on the right track thanks to Abraham, but he is actions may not be enough to stop anything.

The frail Mr Fitzwilliam’s plan is slowly unfolding, could it be that this shell of a man is the mastermind behind the planet’s downfall? He's a little fragile to be a Renfield, but he's definitely had his hand in this cookie jar.

Ephraim’s ex wife’s is trying to cut him some slack, but the new husband thinks Ephraim is playing the sympathy card, not realizing that a stable home is no longer an option.I mean seriously, has he not seen the news in the last few hours? Danger is closer than any of them could ever imagine. Ephraim’s banging his head against a wall looking for answers that aren’t coming fast enough.

Gabe is out of control, and not even his manager will be able to reign him in.

Poop, that is the answer so far, and like all the others only leads to more questions. Ephraim finally learns that all the survivors have been released, except one, and he’s missing. He’s likely just as peachy as the rest of the survivor’s have been. Nothing a good staking and burning won’t fix I’m sure.

Abraham comes face to face with Gusto, but locked in a cell with a bitten Felix is likely to be the last place either of these guys want to be in a few hours.

Hogan and Del Toro have flawlessly delivered their twist on the classic vampire tale flawlessly so far. Seriously I have nothing to complain about. Between their wildly perversions of the mythos, to Huddleston’s increasingly blood soaked canvas, this story is showing no signs of slowing down. The action isn’t continuous, but  the heightened levels of panic are.  This series is only getting better, and missing out on it is a travesty. 

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As a reminder: ALL REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Publication Date: February 08, 2012

Format: FC, 32 pages

Price: $3.50

UPC: 7 61568 19174 5 00311

The end of the world has arrived in the form of a plane full of thought to be dead passengers, none of them decomposing, their bodies filling with a milky white substance. The elderly Abraham may be the only man who knows what’s coming, and he’s finally tracked down Ephraim, who’s in a position to make a difference, but it may be too late, much too late, especially from the viewpoint of Ansel’s dogs.

Abraham knows a little too much about the situation, and in Ephraim’s defense Abraham is a little manic in his need to be heard, to save everyone. But even with this vital bit of information there is doubt in Ephraim’s mind, the rants of a crazy man cannot go unheard, or the entire planet is doomed because of inaction.

 Ansel took his hunger out on his pets, and fellow passenger Gabriel has the same inclination, but his pets are of the human variety, and they’d stand little chance against his hunger if not for his body guards.

The murdering kitties’ victim is found, and more clues from the plane are uncovered thanks to Abraham, but instead of answers they lead to more questions. As night falls, samples are lost, and all hell is starting to break loose.

Gusto’s dark uneasy feeling won’t leave him, and his intuition isn’t far off, when his mistake comes to bite him in the butt.

Hogan and Del Toro have again delivered another chilling chapter. So much is at stake, and just when you think the drama can’t get any more intense it does. Mike Huddleston continues to up the eerie ante with his frightening depictions. This is one of the best horror stories out there, and should not be missed.

Check out a preview at Dark Horse.

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As a reminder: ALL REVIEWS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Publication Date: January 11, 2012

Format: FC, 32 pages

Price: $3.50

UPC: 7 61568 19174 5 00211

Last time we headed into Strain territory, there was a plane of mostly dead, with no explanation, and something not on the cargo manifestation. We know something is about to wipe out the human race, something no one will be able to stop, but exactly what it is, is still unknown.

The item in the cargo hold seems to be a coffin of compost, that holds plenty of secrets, and the bodies from the plane aren’t decomposing. Ephraim’s gut feeling is right one the money, gloom and doom are surely on the horizon, their only hope may lie in the three plane survivors. The human race is truly doomed if these guys hold our keys to survival.

As the solar eclipse takes center stage, something else is unleashed. Maybe more of the same, but definitely nothing good even if it brings out lots of furry purries.

The revelations of the autopsies are nothing comforting. And re-inventing the wheel cannot come fast enough. Abraham comes face to face with Ephraim, but it may already be too late, much too late.

Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro have crafted an absolutely intriguing and chilling story, but Mike Huddleston goes above and beyond with the art. This is one of the creepiest comics I’ve read. Congrats for delivering plenty of scares and high tension. If you’re a horror fan you should be reading this one, its one of the best out there, and it’s only in its second issue.

Check out a preview at Dark Horse.

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