From Publishers Weekly
A spooky collaboration between novelist and comics writer Gaiman (Sandman; and see review of American Gods, above) and creepy shock rocker Cooper, this is the story of Steven, a boy with many fears: girls, ghost stories and growing up among them. On a dare, he steps into an odd theater and meets a mysterious, top-hatted showman, an Alice Cooper-like figure (complete with dark eye-circles) who offers him a way to avoid his fears by simply giving up his "potential" and staying forever in a dreamy netherworld of spirits and wraiths. And after encountering Mercy, a beautiful ticket-taker in the ghostly theater, Steven gives the offer serious consideration. Cooper is the inspiration for the Grand Guignol of this demonic theater, a chilling metaphor for the seductive allure of complacency and indolence. Gaiman's story is a whimsical horror tale about confronting the fears within, and Zulli's black-and-white illustrations have a dark, emotive line, presented in a brownish, bloodlike hue that makes even a mundane, autumnal street scene seem eerie and foreboding.

Collects the four-issue mini-series. Co-published with DC Comics.

From Dark Horse Comics
Florida-based writer Ron Marz began his writing career as a journalist but traded in his press badge for comic-book writing in 1990 when he determined that it was more fun to make up stories than report them. In the last eleven years, Marz has written extensively for publishers including DC, Marvel, Cross Gen, Image, Acclaim, and Dark Horse. He is notorious among fans of the DC Universe for co-creating the new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, who battles against the acid-blooded Aliens of sci-fi film lore in the hit cross-over graphic novel adventure, Green Lantern vs. Aliens, co-published by Dark Horse and DC Comics. Marz' other comics credits include work on Silver Surfer, Superboy, Manowar, DC vs. Marvel, and Dark Horse's Star Wars Tales and Star Wars: Darth Maul.