Monarch Series

SERIES PREMIERE A new tale of terror and high-stakes science fiction hits close to home! Growing up in the city of Compton is tough enough as it is, but as Travon has learned all too well, growing up as an orphan in the city of Compton with gang members hunting you down every day is even tougher. But all of that is about to change, because today is the day that aliens make first contact with Earth-and it only spells doom for life as we know it! Death, devastation, and mayhem-can a single teenage boy rise to the challenge and protect his surrogate family and friends...or will he die trying? From RODNEY BARNES, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s Winning Time, and up-and-coming Marvel artist ALEX LINS comes a new tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat!

"STRANGER FROM ABOVE," Part Two It’s Earth vs. Aliens-with one teenage boy standing between them-in this tale of terror and high-stakes science fiction! From RODNEY BARNES, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s Winning Time, and up-and-coming Marvel artist ALEX LINS comes a new tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat! Young Travon has ventured beyond the makeshift shelter of his high school’s walls in a desperate search for food and rations for the surviving students-but no heroic act goes unpunished. Travon finds himself captured and at the mercy of these strange beings from another world, but what do they want with him? Why are they attacking Earth? And will he ever see his beloved Daysha again, or is he as doomed as the rest of the world?

"STRANGER FROM ABOVE," Part Three An alien invasion has rocked the world and no one is safe! Young Travon’s desperate search for rations for the surviving students has put him face-to-face with these strange visitors who’ve hunted and killed everything in their path. But why have they let him live thus far? And just when things couldn’t get any worse, betrayal strikes from the unlikeliest of places, turning everyone’s world upside down! From RODNEY BARNES, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s Winning Time, and up-and-coming Marvel artist ALEX LINS comes a tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat!

"STRANGER FROM ABOVE," Part Four Aliens are wreaking havoc on the city of Compton and the rest of the world, and only one young man stands in their way! As Travon finds a way to escape his extraterrestrial captors, Daysha, the love of his life, comes face to face with an even more dangerous threat from the unlikeliest of places. Will Travon make it back in time to save her, or will these star-crossed lovers be ripped apart forever?! From RODNEY BARNES, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s Winning Time, and up-and-coming Marvel artist ALEX LINS comes a tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat!

MINISERIES FINALE "STRANGER FROM ABOVE," Part Six The shocking conclusion! Travon, our teenage hero growing up in Compton, has been revealed as the alien invaders’ Monarch-an emissary sent to Earth with the intention of taking over the planet. But love has gotten the better of him, and now he fights for the life of Daysha and every human on the planet! With former friends now turned enemies and an alien horde breathing down his neck, can Travon find a way to defeat them both, save the world, and get the girl...or is the human race doomed?! From RODNEY BARNES, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s Winning Time, and up-and-coming Marvel artist ALEX LINS comes the epic finale in a tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat!

It’s Earth vs. Aliens…and one teenager standing between them, in this new tale of terror and high-stakes science fiction! Growing up in the city of Compton is tough enough as it is, but as Travon has learned all too well, growing up as an orphan in the city of Compton with gang members hunting you down every day is even tougher. But all of that is about to change, because today is the day that aliens make first contact with Earth—and it only spells doom for life as we know it! Death, devastation, and mayhem—can a single teenage boy rise to the challenge and protect his surrogate family and friends…or will he die trying? From **RODNEY BARNES**, the star comics writer behind the Eisner-nominated series **KILLADELPHIA** and the writer/executive producer of HBO’s **_Winning Time_**, and up-and-coming Marvel artist **ALEX LINS** comes a tale of love, triumph, disaster, and defeat! **Collects MONARCH #1-6**