Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.

Brody hoped it was just a hallucination. But no, the teenaged ghostly girl who'd come face to face with him in the middle of a busy city street was all too real. And now she was back, telling him she needed his help in hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden supernatural powers. Thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley joins Dark Horse to launch his most original and action-packed saga to date in Brody's Ghost, the first in a six-volume limited series. * Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt's Plan B have acquired Miki Falls, a four-volume manga series created by Mark Crilley. * Crilley is best known for his Akiko young-adult novels and comic books. From the creator of the Eisner-nominated Akiko!

Everything has changed for Brody since teenaged ghost Talia entered his life. Now trained in the supernatural arts, strong in mind and body, and with Talia's murder solved, Brody has mere hours to stop her killer from making his ex-girlfriend Nicole the next victim. Everything Brody has worked for has been building up to this day. But first, he'll have to pull his greatest feat yet--convincing a furious Talia to help him escape from jail! Even if he manages that, the race is on save Nicole before her criminal boyfriend or the police find him!

Brody gets a pivotal lead in his search for the Penny Murderer and his quest to save his ex-girlfriend's life! But to follow it, Brody has to break ties with his ghostly guide Talia, just when he needs her most! * From multiple Eisner nominee Mark Crilley (Akiko, Miki Falls)! * Brody's quest races toward its climax! * Bargain-priced 96-page digest!

After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his home, Brody learns that things can get even worse when he begins seeing a ghostly teenage girl watching him in the street. What he hopes is a hallucination proves all too real when the ghost tells him she needs his help hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden ghost talker powers.

When Brody comes face to face with a ghost, she tells him he is a ghost seer and she needs his help catching a killer.

Brody knew that being mixed up with Talia, a dead girl turned ghost, was going to change his life forever. He just didn't realize it was going to involve going head to head with one of the most vicious gangs in the whole city. But here he is, giving himself over to the bizarre training methods of Kagemura, an ancient samurai ghost, to transform himself from a flabby slacker to a peak-condition fighter capable of bringing the city's most dangerous criminals to their knees. Don't miss the second installment of Brody's Ghost, Dark Horse's exciting saga from thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley.