The exciting adventure of Aspen's newest female heroine begins here! The mysteries surrounding private investigator LADY MECHANIKA and her origin begin to unfold as she heads to a rundown city known as Satan's Alley. Located on the lower eastside, it is an area of town under siege by the presence of a murderous creature of unknown origin. While a weapons manufacturer has issued a reward for the unknown slayer, drawing a crowd of bounty hunters looking to cash in, Lady Mechanika's purpose is far more personal - information that could lead to the truth about her creation. Featuring a 13-page story that sets the stage for the brand-new LADY MECHANIKA #1 issue coming next month, make sure to get in on the ground floor of the next exciting series! Complete with an additional sketchbook section, never before seen art, and a stunning cover by creator Joe Benitez himself, this special #0 issue is not to be missed!

We are introduced to Lady Mechanika, a half-human, half-mechanical woman who is trying to learn about her past.

THERE'S A NEW LADY IN TOWN! From the imaginative mind of Joe Benitez with colors by the incomparable Peter Steigerwald, comes this all-new supernatural action-adventure series! The tabloids dubbed her 'LADY MECHANIKA', the sole survivor of a psychotic serial killer's three-year rampage through London. Found locked in an abandoned laboratory amidst countless corpses and body parts, with her own limbs amputated and replaced with mechanical components, her life began anew. With no memory of her captivity or her former life, LADY MECHANIKA eventually built a new life for herself as a private detective, using her unique abilities to solve cases the police couldn't or wouldn't handle. But, she has never stopped searching for answers... Now, disturbed by haunting memories from her past, LADY MECHANIKA is consumed by a need for answers and focuses all her efforts on investigating the mystery of the Mechanical Girl. The trail leads her to a traveling show run by a band of gypsies, where help might not come as easily as anticipated. But even with the aid of the Gypsy Queen, can LADY MECHANIKA discover who created the Mechanical Girl and why? And will the answers bring her one step closer to uncovering the truth about herself?

LADY MECHANIKA's quest to retrieve the 'Mechanical Girl' along with her mysterious maker takes her up to the clouds, where she must infiltrate a masquerade ball aboard Lord Blackpool's airship high in the sky. While the nefarious Blackpool showcases a new advanced weapon added to his impressive armament catalog to a captive audience, Mechanika discovers something quite unexpected, that may hold a clue to her own creation!

Lady Mechanika’s investigation of the mechanical corpse leads her to Lord Blackpool, a weapons dealer with whom she’s had a prior disagreeable altercation. When she hears that the grand scientific symposium Mechani-Con is holding its annual Masquerade Ball aboard Blackpool’s new airship the Helio-Arx, she devises a plan to sneak on board and search for clues, but she isn’t the only unexpected guest.

Lady Mechanika has discovered the birthplace of Seraphina’s involuntary metamorphosis: a gruesome secret laboratory aboard Blackpool’s airship. Will she also find the answers to her own origins amid his menagerie of mechanically enhanced creatures? Join us for the captivating conclusion to the Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse in this giant-sized finale!

Die junge Frau weiß weder ihren Namen noch irgendetwas über ihre Vergangenheit, und schon gar nicht, wer ihr diese künstlichen Arme verpasst hat. Die allerdings verschaffen ihr übermenschliche Kräfte, und so entschließt sie sich, das Beste daraus zu machen: Sie ermittelt auf eigene Faust überall dort, wo sich sonst niemand kümmert - oder traut. Immer in der Hoffnung, dabei vielleicht Hinweise auf ihre Herkunft zu finden. Und das in einem spätviktorianisch inspirierten Ambiente, in dem fanatischer Fortschrittsglaube und Fantastik eng miteinander verwoben sind. Ein Fortschritt, der buchstäblich über Leichen geht auf dem Weg zur Erkenntnis. Die Optik ist eher düster, aber durchweg brillant, der Humor vorwiegend bissig und die Action reichlich.