From Image Comics:
"The
highly lauded, launch-of-the-Summer The Power Fantasy #1 by Kieron
Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Die, Darth Vader, forthcoming We Called
Them Giants) and Caspar Wijngaard (Home Sick Pilots, All Against All)
has sold out completely—yet again—at the distributor level and is being
rushed back to print in order to keep up with rapidly mounting reorder
activity.
"The series launched earlier this month with a rare pre-release sell-out
and has picked up speed with readers each week since it hit shelves.
The feeding frenzy for stock of this series' debut issue has triggered
an equally rare, second, pre-release reprint—a feat accomplished by
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' similarly buzzy Saga #1, second
printing."
Seven page preview below
August 7, 2024
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Caspar Wijngaard
Cover A: Caspar Wijngaard
Cover B: Stephanie Hans
Image Comics
A daringly uncompromising new superhero hero epic, The Power Fantasy offers an edge-of-your seat read in which every character is a nuclear weapon on the brink of detonation... And the entire planet is on high alert.
It’s a world where “Superpowered” has a specific meaning. It’s reserved solely for those with the destructive potential of the nuclear arsenal of the most powerful nations on Earth. There are presently six superpowered beings, and the future of the planet is reliant on them never, ever coming into conflict.
Early praise for The Power Fantasy:“I can tell a couple pages into a book if it has legs—if the writing’s good, if the art is well done, and if it’s going to find an audience. However, when I got to the end of the first issue of Power Fantasy I knew that I was looking at the better version of that. A book constructed with artfulness and nuance and a care that borders on being obsessive. This is a good one, folks, and it has my highest recommendation.” —Jonathan Hickman, X-Men, The Black Monday Murders
“The jaw-dropping climax of the first issue takes an already great read and shoots this book into the stratosphere. An absolute must-read comic by two of the absolute best in the business." —James Tynion IV, The Department of Truth, Something Is Killing The Children
“It's intense, yet understated, and gripping. Ripe with the potential for drama, intrigue, nuance, depth, and meaning, The Power Fantasy is primed to explode superhero comics.” —ComicBook.com
"If you like your comics full of big ideas, laced with dark humor and the unnerving sense that the end of the world is just one family squabble away, this one's for you." —GamesRadar
"Thought-provoking and dynamic in equal measures, with outstanding art. 10/10" —Comicon.com
The Power Fantasy #1, second printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 11: Cover A - Lunar Code 0624IM916
Cover B - Lunar Code 0624IM998
The Power Fantasy #1, third printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25: Cover A by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0524IM936
Cover B 1:10 copy incentive by Wijngaard foil - Lunar Code 0524IM937
The Power Fantasy #2 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 18: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0724IM375
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0724IM376
Cover B by Sweeney Boo - Lunar Code 0724IM377
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive (Pantone) - Lunar Code 0724IM876
The Power Fantasy #3 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 16: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0824IM405
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0824IM405
Cover B by Paulina Ganucheau - Lunar Code 0824IM406
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive by Rian Hughes (Pantone) - 0824IM407
The Power Fantasy #4 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 13: Cover A1 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0924IM388
Cover A2 by Wijngaard - Lunar Code 0924IM388
Cover B by Chip Zdarsky - Lunar Code 0924IM389
Cover C 1:50 copy incentive by Rian Hughes (Pantone) - Lunar Code 0924IM390
The Power Fantasy will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com.
Given the quality behind it, it's hardly surprising that The Power Fantasy #1 sold out so rapidly! The popularity of this cartoon serves as a timely reminder of how important it is to select interesting contract law research paper topics that can elicit a comparable degree of attention and participation. Gillen and Wijngaard are masters at drawing in crowds.
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