Dark Horse kicks off the new millennium* with a very special issue of our flagship anthology Dark Horse Presents. Through a bizarre numerical confluence, landmark issue #150 falls in January 2000. Two thousand divided by one hundred fifty equals thirteen and a third-almost exactly** the number of years that have passed since DHP #1 hit the stands. What all this means is anybody's guess, but I suspect it has some cosmic significance at which future generations will marvel. Or not.

Anyway, DHP #150 is a special 48-page issue featuring a heady mix of old and new-all of which will serve to set the tone for the next year or so of that title. Dubbed DHP2K by the weasels*** in Dark Horse's Marketing Department, the issue includes a Buffy the Vampire Slayer story by Doug Petrie (one of the show's writers) and artists Cliff Richards and Joe Pimentel; Paul Chadwick's award- and heart-winning Concrete; a visit with Jack Pollock's demonic gourmand Devil Chef; "Dirges in the Dark," a real-life story of loss and gain by exciting newcomer Chris Brunner; and the conclusion to the current, serialized adventures of The Nevermen, the greatest heroes you've never heard of, by Philip Amara and Guy Davis. Who knows? I may even throw in a few more surprises.

A book like this doesn't come along everyday, but as I said, I'm hoping that this special issue will set the pace for the new millennium, so if you miss it you won't have to wait a thousand years for another one. Still, why chance it?

* Yes, I'm aware that the new millennium doesn't actually begin until 2001, but the rest of the world, god bless 'em, is dead set on 2000 as the start date. Who am I to swim against the tide?

** I said "almost." It's really more like thirteen and a half years, but I won't say anything if you won't.

*** "Marketing weasels" is a term coined by our own v.p. of Marketing, Michael Martens, so I feel free to use it affectionately, and with no disrespect (at least as far as he knows). A marten, interestingly enough, is a member of the weasel family.