Someone gets shot by a nurse with a sniper rifle. Deputy Kowalski gets more than he bargained for. Ghost Rider gets a sword. And we learn the dark secret of Highway 18, the scourge of western Montana. Plus, our first hint of events to come.

SCALPED #18
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Davide Furno
Cover by Tim Bradstreet
A stand-alone issue focusing on tribal policeman Franklin Falls Down. After years spent being the one good cop on a dirty rez, Falls Down is considering retirement. But for a man who knows everything there is to know about policing in Indian Country, there's one thing he's never learned how to do, and that's "let go."
On sale June 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

HELLBLAZER #245
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Sean Murphy
Cover by Lee Bermejo
"Newcastle Calling" Part 1 of 2, written by Jason Aaron (SCALPED, Ghost Rider) with art by Sean Murphy (Batman/Scarecrow: Year One). A group of naïve documentary filmmakers try to find out what happened to Mucous Membrane — an up-and-coming punk outfit (led by John Constantine) that met a mysterious end.
On sale June 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

GHOST RIDER #24
Written by JASON AARON
Art by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
What do you get when you take a maximum security prison filled with sinners of every sort and add a bonafide Spirit of Vengeance to the mix? A hot time in the old hoosegow, that’s what you get. In this first part of an all-new arc, Blaze goes behind bars, still hell-bent on vengeance, still looking for answers. But is he prepared to face the mysterious man in cell 17? The one with the sign on his door that says "Do not open under any circumstances"? The one who just got set loose? Uh oh. Bring your riot gear.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-FORCE: AIN'T NO DOG
Written by CHARLIE HUSTON & JASON AARON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO & WERTHER DELL’EDERA
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
"Ain’t No Dog": There will be blood. Gallons of it. Because Cyclops needs only one scalpel for a surgical strike mission and Logan’s the ideal man for the job. Tonight, Wolverine flies solo—dressed in black and operating off the grid. And when the night is through, there will be mountains of corpses, and no one to answer to. What could be better? PLUS, this one-shot features a solo Warpath story, as he learns what it really means to go home again.
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Watched the very last episode of THE WIRE and was thrilled to my core that it was so amazing and so totally satisfying.

Bought tickets for my wife and I to see Steve Earle in concert.

Turned in an issue of GHOST RIDER that I just know is going to make some fans hate me.

Watched Adam West fighting the shark from the BATMAN movie with my two year old son (He loved it, but not as much as he loves the theme song from the 60s SPIDER-MAN cartoon).

Found out that James Ellroy's next book in the "Underworld USA" trilogy comes out this summer (NEW ELLROY! NEW ELLROY!).

Hung out with the lovely people of the KC/St. Louis comic scene at Hurley Con in Joplin. Also met lots of fans and signed lots of books.

Bought a couple of George Carlin CDs.

Watched a documentary called FUCK.

Picked up copies of my new WOLVERINE issue at Elite Comics (Issue #63, in which Logan visits Kansas City, does shots, gets shot and gets slapped by a nun).

Didn't get enough sleep.

SCALPED #15 -- Final Version, originally uploaded by Jason Aaron.

Dash shoots things and gets slapped. Plus eye torture, arrowheads, Carol behind bars and a special appearance by BATMAN.