. . . And in no hurry to come down once she discovers what awaits her! Fans won't want to miss out on the supernatural, medieval action when Xena: Warrior Princess--The Warrior Way of Death makes the first trade-paperback collection of the wildly popular Xena comic-book series available to comics fans and Xena-philes.

After she is crucified and left for dead by the Romans, a delirious Xena is given the dubious opportunity to decide her fate. Her choices: to relive the darkness of her painful and difficult past or to face the hideous reality of the present. What she decides lands her in Hell, literally, with the first name in evil himself offering her a place at his side if she'll do him a little favor. She is to lead a pure and powerful soul--a certain Norse God of Thunder--into Hell, in order to start a war against Heaven!

The story lines of the comic are interwoven with those of the finale of Season Four and the premiere of Season Five on the cult-hit TV show. Writer John Wagner explains, "The brief was to tell our own stories within the framework of events in the TV series. Events in the TV series were pretty startling. This is the dark side of the Warrior Princess--Extreme Xena!"

Featuring artwork by Joyce Chin and Walden Wong, this full-color, 88-page collection goes on sale June 14 for $9.95.