"It is so pleasant to know that in an era that is still chock-a-block overflowing with superheroes Spandex-clad that there is still room for heroes from the old school." - Examiner.com A tale of blood and vengeance set in the rip-roaring 1930s, this graphic novel stars Arron Day, alias Blackjack, an African-American soldier of fortune. Blackjack returns to his boyhood home in Cairo, joining forces with martial-arts expert Maryam and mercenaries Bo and Red to seek long-overdue revenge on a charismatic Bedouin warlord known as The Cobra. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as a Notable African-American-Interest Title, this Dover graphic novel marks the first time that issues 1-3 of Blackjack: Book 1: Second Bite of the Cobra have been collected in one deluxe edition. Exclusive Bonus Material: * New Foreword by Joseph Illidge, editor of Batman: No Man's Land * New Afterword by award-winning inker David Colley * New cover art by Scott Hanna AUTHOR: Alex Simmons is a freelance writer, teaching artist, and public speaker as well as an arts and education consultant. The author of more than 17 young adult novels, he is the co-creator of an African-American hero for DC Comics' Batman books and has chronicled several tales of Scooby-Doo.