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THEY ALSO HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF TOPOGRAPHY. I peer cee THERMOPYLAE, ‘OVER ONE, Mi A ite \ ue ey ‘ DO AOD OG z “THEIR STRENGTH OF THEIR NUMBERS COULD BE NULLIFIED. ‘SOMEWHAT. ~~ “KING LEONIDAS, THE LEADEI2 OF THE SPARTANS, | UNDERSTOOD THE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE. THE WEAK BECAME MORE THAN THEI NUMBERS. POWE LEONIDAS’ MIND. HIS STRATEGY. “THE SPARTANS HELD GACK THE PERSIANS.BYERY TIME A MAN HAS SAID He WANTS TO PROTECT Me, THAT MEANT HE WANTED TO CONTROL ME.0 BE CONTINUED...MAIL CAL HEY THERE, POSTAL FANS! ‘Thanks so much for picking up this issue of Postal. It means so much to all of us here at Top Cow, and, as always, we ask that if you enjoyed this issue, please recommend it to your friends and put in on your pull list at your local comic shop! We love making this book, and we hope you love reading it, and we hope to keep putting it out for many issues to come! If you've been following this book since issue #1, you know that writer Bryan Hill can be a pretty insightful guy — it’s safe to say that we're fans of his. If you want more of that insight, you can actually read Bryan in conversation with some other smart comic book people, and read interviews and op-eds conducted by him at comicsbeat.com — there’s one up there now with Jonathan Hickman and another with Greg Pak that’ll knock your socks off. But we know that comics is what you care about, which is why we want you to check out Romulus — Bryan Hill and Nelson Blake II’s new creator-owned series, coming this October from Top Cow. Dig on this solicit text, and check out some art below: “Our world isn’t free. All of us, for generations, have lived under the secret control of The Ancient Order of Romulus. One young woman, raised by them, trained by them, betrayed by them, must push through her fear to take a stand against the silent evil that masters our world. Her name is Ashlar, and her war begins with the brutal first chapter of the new Image series ROMULUS, from writer BRYAN HILL (POSTAL) and artist NELSON BLAKE T(MAGD) Pretty cool, right? But why should we leave you hanging with just one art preview? Flip the page and read a quick preview of Eden’s Fall #1, the first of a three-issue miniseries taking place in Eden, and featuring characters from this book — along with a few friends from Think Tank and The Tithe. I's in stores now, and co-written by Bryan Hill and Matt Hawkins — check it out! Have something to say about the new arc? We'd love to hear from you! Send your letters for the Postal team to fanmail@topeow.com (and if you want, mark them “Okay to Print,” and we'll put them here for all to see)! Who knows, Postmaster Mark might even take a look at it himself.'T NEED You, JO NOT TALK, TMNOT TRYING To Have THE LAST Wor, ‘SAM. sur IFT Hea Your Voice TWON'T Be ABLE To Get THROUGH WHAT I HAVE: ‘TO SAY. 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