Flare Annual #2
If your local newspaper never carried the Flare Sunday comic strip¸ this is your chance to see what you missed. The 2009 Flare Annual features a collection of 44 full-sized¸ full-color installments of the weekly adventures of comics' glittering goddess of the light¸ with stories by Dennis Mallonee¸ and artwork by Mark Beachum¸ Tim Burgard¸ Gordon Purcell and Mark Propst. Villains featured in these strips include the amazing Darkon¸ the sinister Doctor Pomegranate¸ the savage Tigress¸ and the superswift Dash. You'll get to see guest appearances by Lady Arcane¸ Sparkplug¸ and none other than Santa's li'l elfin granddaughter Chrissie Claus!
Cover by Mark Beachum