(BALTIMORE, MD) — (March 11, 2009) — May is Spawn Month and the March issue of PREVIEWS, the comic shop’s catalog, celebrates with a cover featuring Image Comics’ best-selling Hellspawn!

May heralds the release of the SPAWN: ARCHITECTS OF FEAR 64-page graphic novel from writer Arthur Claire and artist Aleski Briclot (the creative team behind Spawn: Simony), which finds an elite group of Angels known as the Caste of Architects turning to Spawn when one of their living weapons becomes uncontrollable. Responsible for absorbing damned souls to prevent them from entering Hell, this weapon has now turned on the innocent. But to secure Spawn’s help, the Architects have put his brother in harm’s way, which may not have been the best of ideas.

But that’s not the only fan-favorite creative team reuniting. Writer Mike Carey and artist Peter Gross – the Eisner-nominated team behind Lucifer – team to present Vertigo’s THE UNWRITTEN #1, PREVIEWS’ back cover this month.

Priced at just $1.00, this 40-page issue introduces readers to Tom Taylor, the basis for a fictional boy wizard from one of the world’s most popular novel series. But what if the world of the novels isn’t so fictional? What if Tom really is the boy wizard? Now, Tom will search through other literary works that have seen fiction and reality cross paths to learn the truth about himself, which may also lead to him learning more about the cabal behind it!

Plus, don’t miss these March PREVIEWS editorial features:

* Manga Month – March is also Manga Month for PREVIEWS, and to help kick off our celebration of the international sensation, Dark Horse Manga Editor Carl Horn provides a FLIPside interview on what’s next for Dark Horse Manga.

PREVIEWS Next: March Covers & Features

* IndieEdge: Our creator feature centers on BroadSword Comics co-founders Jim Balent and Holly Golightly, looking at the works that inspire the creative duo as well as their collaboration on BroadSword’s Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose.
* Sneak Peeks: This month, Image Comics spotlights pages from its Olympus #1 and the Spawn: Architects of Fear graphic novel.
* Plus: Staff Picks, Our Top 100 Comics and Bestseller Charts and much more!

PREVIEWS March’s Hottest Items

MARCH GEMS OF THE MONTH

In March, the PREVIEWS Gem of the Month top picks include: Dark Horse Comics’ Rapture #1, DC Comics/Vertigo’s Absolute Death HC, Marvel Comics’ New Mutants #1, Image Comics’ Fusion #1 and Wizard Entertainment’s Wizard #212.

PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVES

Each month, we offer items that you can only order through PREVIEWS and March features these great PREVIEWS Exclusives (PX): DST’s Stargate: SG-1 PX Ba’al Action Figure, Graphic-Sha Publishing’s How to Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style Volume 6 and Titan Publishing’s Terminator Salvation Magazine Special PX Edition.

All this and more is waiting in the March issue of PREVIEWS, which hits your local comic shop on Wednesday, February 25th at a cover price of $4.50. Ask your comic shop retailer on how you can qualify for a free issue, and remember that orders are due to your comic shop by March 14th for merchandise in this issue. To find a shop near you, visit www.comicshoplocator.com.

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