BOOM! Studios is proud to announce that DEATHMATCH #1, the highest launching original series from the company to date, has completely sold out at the distributor level and the publisher has rushed to a second printing.
Tom Derenick art
DEATHMATCH, the newest original comic series from BOOM! Studios, is a dark, psychological deconstruction of the superhero genre by writer Paul Jenkins (Inhumans, FAIRY QUEST) and artist Carlos Magno (PLANET OF THE APES). The full debut issue of this series carries a cover price of just one dollar. DEATHMATCH #1 second print will be available for order from Diamond Comic Distributors the week of January 14th and in stores in early February.
Comic book fans should keep in mind first printings of DEATHMATCH #1 may still be found at the local comic shop nearest you. Not sure where to find your nearest comic retailer? Use www.comicshoplocator.com to find one!
THE SUPERHERO BATTLE ROYALE YOU CAN’T GET FROM MARVEL OR DC! A powerful and mysterious supervillain has imprisoned the world’s greatest superheroes, forcing them to fight to the death until there is but one victor. It’s kill or be killed as we settle the score on all those hypothetical superhero match-ups in the ultimate DEATHMATCH.
DEATHMATCH #1 second print ships with a must-have all new cover by Tom Derenick (HYPERNATURALS) under a Diamond order code of NOV128196. DEATHMATCH #2 is eligible under Diamond’s FOC program today, January 7th, under Diamond codes NOV120975-78, and ships with dynamic covers by Whilce Portacio (Incredible Hulk) and Trevor Hairsine (X-O Manowar). Issue #2 will be in stores on January 30th, 2013.