To encourage readers to try its new line of titles, CrossGen Comics has offered readers a money-back refund. To qualify for the offer, readers must buy CrossGen Chronicles #1 (MAR001524E, $3.95) and the first three issues of any one of CrossGen's four monthly titles (i.e., Mystic #1-3, Sigil #1-3, Scion #1-3, or Meridian #1-3, all of which debut in the April Previews). After reading the four issues, if readers do not feel they've received value, they can package up the four comics, along with a legible, hand-written note explaining why they didn't feel they received value from the issues, and send it by Nov. 30, 2000, to:CrossGen Money Back Challenge l 4023 Tampa Rd. Suite 2400 l Oldsmar, FL 34677

Within three weeks, readers will receive a check from CrossGen for the full retail price of the comics. CrossGen will donate the returned comics to charity.

"CrossGen is creating a brand-new universe filled with dynamic heroes, vile villains, and interesting new worlds. Stories to grab readers and pull them in," said CrossGen Manager of Media Relations Ian M. Feller. "We want readers to give them a try, and not just one issue. Two years of planning have gone into the creation of the detailed framework that makes up the CrossGen Universe."

Readers are asked to keep these points in mind when sending for the refund: no photocopies of a letter will be accepted; illegible letters will not receive a refund; and only one return per person, per family, and per address will be refunded.

"CrossGen is confident in the quality of the comics we will be producing," Feller emphasized. "So confident, in fact, that we are willing to do something never done before in the comic book industry."