If you just can’t wait to find out what happens in the next episode of The Strain miniseries on TV, you might want to pick up the graphic novel editions because the first three of the four anthologies are on currently on sale for just $2.99 each! The last time we shared this series of graphic novels with you they were all priced between $9.99 – $10.49, so grab those first three quick at the bargain price.
The Strain Volume 1 (4/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99)
When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders.
Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event–an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness. In one week, Manhattan will be gone.
In one month, the country. In two months–the world. This horrifying first chapter introduces an outbreak of diabolical proportions that puts a terrifying twist on the vampire genre! Collects issues #1 through #11.
The Strain Volume 2 (4/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99)
A vast conspiracy has made it nearly impossible for the CDC’s Dr. Ephraim Goodweather to convince the world that there’s a vampiric epidemic spreading across Manhattan.
His only hope is to go head to head with the ancient evil responsible for the wave of bloodthirsty vamps set to drown the Big Apple… but can the strain be stopped?!
* Based on the trilogy of novels by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. *
Now an FX TV show!
The Strain Volume 3 (3.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99)
Note that the two 1-star reviews currently posted for this title are both cases of user error. One customer thought he was buying the text novel, the other misunderstood how the graphic novel series is titled vs. the text novel series. The two 3-star reviews are from customers commenting on the negative reviewers’ remarks. All other reviews for this title are 5-star, as of this writing.
Unable to kill the Master—the powerful vampire behind the epidemic infesting New York City—Dr. Ephraim Goodweather begins to self-destruct as battle lines are drawn.
It’s now up to a handful of humans—an ailing pawnbroker, an exterminator, a scientist, a gangbanger, and an alcoholic—to stop an ancient evil from devouring the human race!
This collection includes issues #1–#4 of the acclaimed series and the short story featured in Dark Horse Presents.
* Now a TV show on FX! * The Strain Trilogy continues with THE FALL!
The Strain Volume 4 (no reviews yet, currently priced at $10.49)
As the CDC’s Dr. Ephraim Goodweather makes one last attempt to stop the swiftly moving vampire plague, he sends those dearest to him (his son and his partner) away from the city–a decision the doctor will soon regret.
Meanwhile, a ragtag gang of street fighters joins forces with an elderly pawnbroker to secure an ancient tome that may reveal the secret to stopping the Master and his legion of vampires.
Prepare for a showdown that will forever alter the landscape of the world! Adapted for comics by Eisner Award-winning writer David Lapham (Stray Bullets) and artist Mike Huddleston (Butcher Baker, The Coffin), this collection includes issues #5-#9 of the acclaimed series!
Now a television show!