Stefan Petrucha

Papercutz, devoted to comics for kids, is now publishing the first-ever graphic novels comic featuring the world's most famous girl detective, Nancy Drew! With Stefan Petrucha scripting and Sho Murase providing artwork, the classic character is making big impact on the exploding graphic novel market. with over a quarter milion sold! The Nancy Drew digests are full-color, pocket-sized 96-page graphic novels published four times a year and priced at $7.95 paperback and $12.95 hardcover..
	#16: What Goes Up... Coming February 3, 2009 After Stealing a million in investment cash, a desperate robber commandeers a hot air balloon at the local exposition, only to be lost in a raging storm. The balloon was tracked to a high mountain area before going down. When Police Chief McGinnis refuses to take Nancy on the recovery effort, she and the girls stowaway with the investment bankers, also climbing the mountain, in an effort to recover their funds. Unfortunately, once the balloon is found, they learn that they’ve hung out with the wrong group – the bankers were in on it with the robbers!

	#15: Tiger Counter Nancy and her BFFs Bess and George encounter lions, tigers, and scares - oh, my! - when they investigate a missing cat mystery. But when the authorities learn exactly how many cats eccentric old Mrs. Eartha keeps in her house, they are forced to removed most of them because of the health code violations. But Hell hath no fury as a cat-woman scorned! That's when Nancy, Bess, and George run into escaped lions and tigers in the woods - and a deadly cat and mouse game ensues! Available in hardcover and softcover editions!

	#14: Sleight of Dan Nancy, Ned, and George attend magician Dan Devil’s show, and witness his assistant’s magical disappearance—except she doesn’t reappear! Seems Nancy can’t even go on a date without stumbling upon a mystery. In searching for the missing assistant, Nancy goes on a magical mystery tour of Dan Evil’s home and runs into a very hungry anaconda! Rather than become snake food, she agrees to become Dan’s new assistant—but what if she vanishes too?

	#13: Doggone Town When Nancy Drew and Ned Nickerson attempt to return a lost dog named “Togo” to its owner in the small town of Nevershare, they stumble onto a much bigger mystery—where did all the people go? The entire population of Nevershare is missing, except for one person, and she’s mean and not very helpful. Will Nancy solve this mystery before she and Ned also disappear?


	#12: Dress Reversal Nancy Drew -- fashion victim? Nancy's all dressed-up, with a place to go, but so's her jealous rival, Deirdre Shannon, in the exact same dress, going to the exact same place -- her big party! But the really bad stuff starts when Nancy is suddenly kidnapped, and it wasn't by the fashion police. Can Nancy's friends, Bess, George and Ned solve the mystery of the missing Girl Detective, or does the teen face a fate far worse than a mere wardrobe malfunction?

	#11: Monkey-Wrench Blues Papercutz presents the conclusion to the biggest Nancy Drew graphic novel adventure ever. "The High Miles Mystery," winds up with a race that could spell life or death for the girl detective! Hinkley is able to build a prototype for a new high-efficiency car based on a recently recovered engine. After seeing Nancy drive a tank and stop a speeding train, he wants her (and mechanic Bess) to drive the prototype in a government-sponsored race. The car with the best fuel efficiency wins a government development contract, money Hinkley and Credo would need to bring the car to production. But someone is determined that Nancy and Bess lose-- at any cost!

	#10: The Disoriented Express On its journey to Professor Hinkley’s research facility, Nancy Drew must protect an amazing creation that could possibly end the world’s energy crisis. Unstable and dangerous, the super fuel-efficient engine must be transported by a private train. But dark forces are at work, attempting to shanghai the miracle machine — literally at every turn by using computers to jam the switches! But while Nancy, and her friend George, attempt to determine which sinister suspect is behind these despicable acts, they soon realize that if their adversaries can’t succeed at stealing this miraculous machine, they’ll destroy the train, along with everything, and everyone on it! The Disoriented Express is the second in a series of three Nancy Drew adventures entitled The High Miles Mystery.

	#9: The Ghost in the Machinery Has Nancy Drew solved the world’s energy crisis? On a mission, sponsored by young, rich, and handsome Ralph Credo, Nancy teams up with eccentric scientist Roy Hinkley, to find an amazing high efficiency engine able to operate at an amazing 200 miles per gallon! The experimental engine, mounted on a tank, was part of an experiment during the final days of World War II. There’s just one problem, the engine and the tank are haunted. Ghost In The Machinery is the first in a series of three Nancy Drew adventures entitled The High Miles Mystery.

	#8: Global Warning Nancy Drew battles the Abominable Snowman! It happens at a new Bio-Dome facility in River Heights, where Nancy, Bess, and George get swept up in a mystery involving five different world environments encased within giant domes, animals and all. Its founded and funded by famed environmentalist billionaire, Cheri Goale. But before the Bio-Dome officially opens, Sasquatch appears within the Arctic dome creating havoc and endangering the future of the facility. Nancy Drew investigates, but is soon trapped within the dome with the legendary Bigfoot.

	#7: The Charmed Bracelet Ned Nickerson arrested for shoplifting! Nancy Drew threatened with a lawsuit! A rare computer chip stolen from Rackham Industries! It all gets even more exciting when Nancy receives a mysterious charm bracelet in the mail — and soon a crime is committed for each charm! Will Nancy, even with the help of Bess and George, be able to find the real culprit before Ned is convicted? Description

	#6: Mr. Cheeters is Missing When the eccentric Blanche Porter reports that her beloved Mr. Cheeters has vanished, it isnt your standard missing persons case. As Nancy Drew soon discovers, Mr. Cheeters, is a pet chimp. Or is he? Based on a preliminary investigation and information obtained from Blanches brother, Lawrence, the River Heights police dismiss the case as bogusdoubting that there ever was a Mr. Cheeters to begin with. But when Nancy Drew discovers theres a missing diamond necklace as wellshes on the case! Can Nancy, along with Bess and George, recover the great ape and the necklace, or has Blanche Porter made a monkey out of Nancy Drew?

	#5: The Fake Heir Nancy, along with Bess and George, find the wreck of an old yacht with a safe inside full of jewelry worth a small fortune. Cousins of the Druthers, who are clients of Nancys dad Carson Drew, owned the yacht. Their will leaves everything to Mr. Druthers, specifically excluding his spouse, (whom the cousins hated), but no ones seen him for ten years and the rumor is that Mrs. Druthers murdered him! Things take a surprising turn when suddenly Mr. Druthers reappears! But then Mrs. Druthers disappears! Join Nancy Drew as she solves the mystery of the fake heir!

	#4: The Girl Who Wasn't There Nancy gets a call for help late one night from a girl she befriended overthe phone when getting technical support to help fix her computer. When the line goes dead, Nancy is determined to get to the bottom of things. Soon, Nancy, her Dad, and friends George and Bess are on their way to India tofind Kalpana, the girl who wasn't there! It's only a matter of time before Nancy is captured by Sahadev the crime lord and is being sacrificed to Kali!

	#3: The Haunted Dollhouse To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Nancy Drew, this graphic novel features many subtle tributes to classic Nancy Drew adventures. River Heights is celebrating 'Nostalgia Week' and everyone in town is dressing up and acting like it was 1930 - including Nancy, Bess, and George! Wait till you see Nancy in her roadster! But when scenes of crimes displayed in Emma Blavatsky's antique dollhouse start coming true, Nancy has a full-blown mystery on her hands! Nancy's shocked when she stakes out the dollhouse, and witnesses a doll version of herself murdered! Will that scene become reality too?!

	#2: Writ in Stone Nancy and her friends must recover a missing boy and an important artifact — a stolen shorestone marker which supposedly proves the Chinese discovered America in 1421, decades before Columbus!

	#1: The Demon of River Heights Nancy starts her graphic novel series off literally hanging from a cliff. In "The Demon of River Heights," Nancy and co. are involved with student filmmakers chronicling a local monster legend that may turn out to be real!