(November 2010)

Dark Horse, 2010 Series
Price
3.50 USD
Pages
32
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics [facing left]
Barcode
761568168990 00411
Editing
Amy Arendts (credited) (designer); Daniel Chabon (credited) (assistant editor); Samantha Robertson (credited) (associate editor); Scott Allie (credited) (editor); Mike Richardson (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

"Number 4 in a Series" per title page. Copyright 2010 Michael Mignola and Christopher Golden per indicia. "Printed by Cadmus Communications, Easton, PA, USA."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Baltimore / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as M [squared])
Inks
Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as M [squared])
Colors
Dave Stewart (credited)
Letters
Amy Arendts ?

Genre
historical; horror-suspense
Characters
an unnamed monk; the Red Death (personification)

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ben Stenbeck
Inks
Ben Stenbeck
Letters
Amy Arendts (design); typeset

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover presents the title, credits, and indicia with illustration.

The Plague Ships [Chapter 4] (Table of Contents: 2)

Baltimore / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Mignola (credited); Christopher Golden (credited)
Pencils
Ben Stenbeck (credited)
Inks
Ben Stenbeck (credited)
Colors
Dave Stewart (credited)
Letters
Clem Robins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You told me that sailors think this island is haunted, but how strong is their fear? Will the smoke of our fire be enough to draw them?
Genre
adventure; historical; horror-suspense
Characters
Lord Henry Baltimore; Vanessa Kalderas; Demetrius Aischros (introduction; silent cameo; flashback); Elowen Baltimore (introduction; death in flashback); Haigus (flashback cameo); an unnamed monk (introduction); the Red Death (personification; vision)
Synopsis
While shipwrecked, Lord Baltimore tells Vanessa of his tragic return home during the plague-halted War and his encounter with a monk who spoke of his destiny.

Indexer Notes

Title from inside front cover. Story begins: "You told me that sailors think this island is haunted ..."

[Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)

Script
various
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
various

Indexer Notes

Pgs. 13, 14, 23, 24, 31, & 32 of the publication contain advertisements for, respectively, Lili St. Crow's Strange Angels novels from Razorbill; the Hellboy Zone on the Dark Horse website; Dark Horse's B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth — New World, with art from cover to #1; Dark Horse's Conan: Road of Kings, with art from Doug Wheatley's cover to #1; Dark Horse's Hellboy: The Storm, with art from cover to #2; and the online videogame Star Wars: The Old Republic from BioWare and LucasArts.

[Letters Page] (Table of Contents: 4)

Post War / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Allie (signed)
Pencils
Mike Mignola
Inks
Mike Mignola
Colors
Dave Stewart
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Allie provides replies and additional commentary.

Indexer Notes

Letter writers are Tim of Bolton [sic] and Dirk Bauman.
Next Month box has cover detail from #5.

Horsepower! October 2010 (Table of Contents: 5)

Horsepower / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Patrick Thorpe (signed)
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
various
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Thorpe discusses changes in Dark Horse's Conan series and other Robert E. Howard projects. The monthly hype page also includes Dark Horse masthead and You Love Comics! We Love Comics, Too! entries on cartoonist David Follett and Old West outlaw Billy the Kid.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Baltimore
  2. 1. [Title Page]
  3. 2. The Plague Ships [Chapter 4]
    Baltimore
  4. 3. [Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Letters Page]
    Post War
  6. 5. Horsepower! October 2010
    Horsepower
This issue was modified by
  • Brian Saner Lamken
  • James Ludwig
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Patrick Wood