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The Matrix meets The Wizard of Oz in BEYOND REAL: The Complete Series, a mind-bending psychedelic journey through the nature of reality – and who we really are.QUESTION REALITY. When struggling artist June is injured in a severe car accident that leaves her boyfriend in a coma, she begins to experience strange visual phenomena. When June discovers that the world she considers “reality” may be a computer simulation, she must set out on a journey of possibility and peril into the metaphysical layers of the simulation to reach the world’s creator and save her true love from death. Beyond Real explores simulation theory, the creative spirit, the nature of reality, and the struggle for self-determination. Are we real – or are we living in a computer simulation?What is reality? Is death an illusion?Enter the world that is … Beyond Real. Beyond Real, written by Zack Kaplan (MINDSET from Vault Comics) is joined by a slate of spectacular artists including Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Jordie Bellaire, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dennis Menheere, Jorge Corona, and Liana Kangas. Collects the entire six-issue mind-altering and acclaimed series! For fans of: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Matrix, Alice In Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, What Dreams May Come (Richard Matheson), Promethea (Alan Moore & J.H. Williams III), The Invisibles (Grant Morrison), Flex Mentallo (Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely), Ghost in the Shell, Nonplayer (Nate Simpson),Permutation City (Greg Egan), Sea of Tranquility (Emily St. John Mandel), The Restoration Game (Kevin MacLeod), The Peripheral , Agency,and Neuromancer (William Gibson) ,Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), and Neil Gaiman, "Visually arresting. Unlike anything ... seen before. 10/10" - Kabooooom! "As close to perfect as my be possible. 10/10" - The Pullbox "A visual feast. 9.5/10" - AIPT "Mind-blowing and visually stunning. 9/10" - Capes and Tights "A sci-fi mindf*uck in the best possible way. 9/10" - Derry Comics

PORT OF EARTH: Imagine if aliens came toEarth not in war or peace, but with a business deal: open up a spaceport here onEarth in exchange for advanced technology. But when our alien visitors breakPort restrictions and wreak havoc in our cities, it falls to the newly formedEarth Security agents to hunt down and safely deport the dangerous rogue aliensback to the Port of Earth. A gritty sci-fi action thriller from new comic bookwriter Zack Kaplan (ECLIPSE) and Andrea Mutti (REBELS, STAR WARS, BATMANETERNAL, PROMETHEUS).

The Port of Earth is open for business to all galacticalien travelers, but as our alien business partners secretly visit Earth, anunresolved alien threat emerges, and recently traumatized Earth Security AgentsRice and McIntyre must balance between protecting humans and alien visitorsalike, while shouldering the fate of Earth's autonomy of our own planet'ssecurity. A politically-charged, thought-provoking sci-fi action thriller fromZack Kaplan (ECLIPSE) and Andrea Mutti (REBELS, STAR WARS, BATMAN ETERNAL,PROMETHEUS).Collects PORT OF EARTH issues#5-8.

In a deal with an alien business Consortium, humanityhas opened a Port of Earth for galactic travelers. After countless violent,deadly incidents between aliens and humans, alien soldiers have been stationedhere to help bring peace. Now the leaders and agents of our Earth SecurityAgency must stop deadly alien outbreak, contain a growing human resistance andnavigate a delicate relationship with our alien partners - or sacrificehumanity's authority over our own security and risk planetaryoccupation.Collects PORT OF EARTH#9-12

PORT OF EARTH writer ZACK KAPLAN teams up with hotartist newcomer GUILHERME BALBI in a new dramatic sci-fi MINISERIES, BLADERUNNER meets ROCKY. In an inverted future, evolved robots have resurrectedhumans for manual labor, but when a tribalistic cultural clash breaks out, afearless human fighter and a frustrated, displaced robot will square off in apublic MMA-style sport fight of epic stakes to finally prove which is supreme:man or machine?Collects: Metal Society #1-5