Reveal represents a new format for Dark Horse and is intended to showcase the publisher's top- quality action-adventure comics. The full-color, 64-page collection includes: an all-new Buffy the Vampire Slayer story from Scott Lobdell and Jeff Matsuda; an autobiographic short from X-Men and Wildcats team Joe Casey and Sean Phillips; Peter David and Alex Maleev's return to SpyBoy; Lone Wolf 2100 by Francisco Ruiz Velasco and Leinil Francis Yu; and new strips by Craig Thompson (Goodbye, Chunky Rice), and others. Also included in this collection is a rarely seen, little known comic strip by major 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso. The original of this two-page strip, titled "The Dream and Lie of Franco", is housed at the Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy. Rounding out the anthology is an interview with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and director Guillermo Del Toro, who are currently collaborating on the feature film adaptation.
"I love working on anthologies, and I think they're a perfect place to show what a publisher is all about," commented Reveal editor Scott Allie. "This book is what I think Dark Horse does best - High quality action-adventure stories, one step away from superheroes, with a focus on unique voices, great writing, dynamic art, with a bit of humor and fine art to boot. My hopes are to publish this book a couple times a year, and use it to present gems like the Picasso strip, which most people I've talked to have never even heard of."
Reveal hits stands November 27 with a retail price of $6.95.