Tony Simmons

Capt. Gideon Argo & The Flying Zombies Tony Simmons

Soaring out of the ashes of The Great War, Capt. Gideon Argo gathers a crew of experts to assist him on a massive undertaking-nothing less than protecting the innocent of a war-ravaged world from the forces of darkness. The Flying Zombies, named for a daring squadron of international pilots that flew against Imperial Germany, become the crew of the airship Shadow, rushing across national boundaries to aid those in need. In the "Slave Bazaar of Zanzibar," Argo joins forces with Capt. Bullshark Dempsey and the infamous Lady Dominique Menou to break a slavery ring and uncover a lost mystical artifact. Then "The Galvanic Golem" stalks the cobblestone streets of a village south of Prague, leaving bodies disfigured in its wake. "The Blood Beast from Beyond" finds Argo and his crew rushing to the aid of their enemy, Col. Anton Horatio of Black 23, who is trapped in a Romanian village high in the Carpathian mountains, where a vampiric plague has spread. Soon after, the crew braves the Himalayas in search of the lost city of the Eternal Sun, where insidious darkness has descended-"Shadows of Shambhala." Finally, a Zombie's secret origin is revealed in "Air Apparent."In addition, this volume collects a timeline of the crew's arcane adventures, an all-new introduction by author Mark Boss ("One Bullet") and illustrations by Jayson Kretzer ("Wannabe Heroes"), as well as additional art by the author, and an invitation to those who are brave enough to join the crew!The adventures of Capt. Gideon Argo are set in those years between the World Wars, a time that was both filled with scientific wonder and mysteries, as much of the planet remains unexplored. Forces both mortal and supernatural struggle for dominance over a world still reeling at the loss of life and madness of war. With inspiration taken from the pulp heroes of the past, Gideon Argo promises to be a hero for the ages. Climb aboard the Shadow and join the never-ending battle-Zombies Fight On!