Alex Ross painted cover featuring Xena. "The Marriage of Hercules and Xena," script by Tom Bierbaum and Mary Bierbaum, pencils by June Brigman (pages 1-3) and Aaron Lopresti (pages 4-20), inks by Claude St. Aubin; Xena and Herc get married to investigate a curse that causes women to murder their husbands on the wedding night. Xena illustration by Alex Ross. Xena by illustration June Brigman and Roy Richardson. 36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.