Graphic Classics #12

A moonlit desert camp sets an atmospheric, mysterious tone on Chris Moore's cover — a brooding man in the foreground gazes toward a luminous woman seated near a glowing lantern, the crescent moon and sandy dunes hinting at exotic, faraway intrigue. This twelfth volume in the Graphic Classics anthology series adapts adventure fiction from Sax Rohmer, Damon Runyon, Zane Grey, and Alexandre Dumas, with Rod Lott and J. B. Bonivert bringing Rohmer's "In the Valley of the Sorceress" to life alongside ten more thrilling tales. It's a richly varied collection that makes 2005 a fine year for fans of pulp-era storytelling in graphic form.