Writer/artist Ande Parks (“Green Arrow,” “Green Hornet,” “Lone Ranger,” “Capote in Kansas” and more) will be signing at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Speeding Bullet Comics, 614 N. Porter Ave. in Norman.

Parks will sign comics from his illustrious career, including his “Lone Ranger” No. 1 - which was set in the area that would become Oklahoma Territory.

Call (405) 360-6866 for more information.

Welcome to the first major event of Speeding Bullet’s action-packed September!

INSTANT VILLAINS WEEKEND!

After the success of the “Instant Heroes” event what else could be next but Instant Villains?

“Instant Villains” is a collaboration featuring the Oklahoma Comic Creators. Teams of creators will have an hour to create a super villain using the information provided.

There are two days to take part in this event - 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 and again at 2 p.m. on Sept. 21!

Teams of 1-4 creators each will have one hour to design a super villain and craft an origin. Each creative team will be presented with certain details at 2 p.m. that must be used in the creation of their character.

From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., teams will display their characters, and participants who were featured in the previous “Instant Heroes” collaboration will sign copies of the “Instant Heroes” comic.

In addition, to celebrate comics antagonists, all hardcover graphic novels will be buy one get one free all weekend!

DC Comics’ smash-hit Futures End spreads the seeds of doom across the DCU. And none sprout more deadly and foreboding than that of the Caped Crusader….

BATMAN FUTURES END #1
It’s five years later and Bruce Wayne is using dangerous science to help him continue his war on crime!

What is it The Dark Knight now employs that’s so deadly? Could it be the scores of robotic Batmen we see on the cover? And what forced Bruce to resort to such extremes?

Written by Scott Snyder & Ray Fawkes. Art by Aco.

It’s the beginning of the end of an icon! Three Months to Die ends here!

DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1
The loss of Wolverine’s healing factor all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade.

Logan has spent over a century being the best there is at what he does…but even the best fade away eventually.

Over the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a samurai, a teacher and so much more. But now, the greatest X-Men hero will play a role he’s never played before in this special weekly event brought to you by industry superstars Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.