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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, Stray Bullets, 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.
 
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The bestselling, award winning creative team behind such sales chart toppers as Descender, Ascender, and Little Monsters—Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen—will re-team with an all-new ongoing series in the upcoming Crowbound. This dark fantasy epic was announced last night at New York Comic Con to a packed room of comic shop retailers at the Lunar Distribution retailer event. Crowbound is set to launch from Image Comics in March 2026.

Both Lemire and Nguyen will appear on this afternoon's Image Comics Presents: The Future of Comics panel from 2 - 2:45 PM at North-Room 408 to share more details.

At thirteen, every child begins their life inside The Factory—a vast, monolithic superstructure that cleaves the world in two—pulling levers, pushing buttons, and never knowing why. But Ava is a beautiful girl and the sinister Factory Men decide hers will be a fate of “special service” up the coast. Left reeling from their violent separation, her mother, Rose, embarks on a desperate rescue attempt when she strikes an uncertain bargain with the eerie, otherworldly Scarecrow Queen…

"Crowbound has been a project Dustin and I have been developing for several years, and we are incredibly excited to finally unleash it," said Lemire. "This is our next major collaboration, something huge in scope like Descender was, but this story will also break uncharted territory for us creatively. If Descender was a sprawling space opera, then Crowbound is a sprawling dark fantasy revenge saga filled with heart, emotion, and rage, all rendered in the way only Dustin Nguyen can.”

Nguyen added: "Not only am I excited to explore this entirely new world with Jeff, but also excited to discover entirely new ways to tell stories and an exciting new direction for my art on this next book as well- this happens every time I collaborate with Jeff."

Fueled by fury, grief, and an undying love, Rose sets out on a nightmarish journey across the lowlands—a haunted, post-apocalyptic dreamscape crawling with strange creatures, forgotten gods, and the twisted remains of the old world—to find her daughter at any cost.

Crowbound is a blood-soaked fairytale, steeped in Southern Gothic dread and Neo-Western grit, where one woman's hope flickers fiercely against the encroaching shadows.
 
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Tyler Kirkham’s Final Boss series launch is leveling up with a slew of eye-popping, highly collectible retailer exclusive covers this November from Image Comics.

This high-stakes, action-cranked ongoing series marks Kirkham’s debut at Image and it will pack serious firepower with variant covers by fan-favorite legends like V. Ken Marion, Ryan Ottley, Jae Lee, and Kirkham himself.

Final Boss drops readers into a no-holds-barred, turbo-charged thrill ride—a love letter to classic beat-’em-ups and over-the-top action epics. Tommy Brazen, ex-street brawler turned powered-up merc, is trying to forge his own path. But when he starts unlocking pieces of his hidden past, he realizes the real endgame is far more complex than he ever imagined.

Comic shop retailers on board with their very own exclusive Final Boss #1 covers include:

Final Boss #1 by Kirkham will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 19:

  • Cover A by by Kirkham - Lunar Code 0925IM0269
  • Cover B by V Ken Marion - Lunar Code 0925IM0270
  • Cover C by Ryan Ottley - Lunar Code 0925IM0271
  • Cover D 1:25 copy incentive by Kirkham “Blood” - Lunar Code 0925IM0272
  • Cover E 1:50 copy incentive by Kirkham “Action Figure” - Lunar Code 0925IM0273
  • Cover F 1:100 copy incentive by Jae Lee (foil) - Lunar Code 0925IM0274
  • Cover G INC 1:250 copy incentive by Jae Lee (gold foil) - Lunar Code 0925IM0275
  • Cover H INC 1:500 copy incentive feat. Remarque Sketch by Kirkham - Lunar Code 0925IM0276
  • Cover I Youngblood Team Up variant by Kirkham - Lunar Code 0925IM8033
  • Cover J Youngblood Team Up B&W Virgin variant by Kirkham - Lunar Code 0925IM8034
Final Boss #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Early praise for Final Boss:

"Every page of Final Boss hits like a fist to the face, but like Tommy Brazen, you can't help but keep coming back for more, more, more—because this is an adrenaline-fueled, blood-splattered joy of a story. Come for the epic brawls, stay for the eon-spanning mystery and the soulful journey of a man trying to find himself." —Benjamin Percy, Wolverine, Punisher

"Enforcers, gods, super powers and a tournament fighting RPG format that has my mind racing with possibilities. Final Boss is a boss." —Kyle Higgins, Radiant Black, Ultraman

"Final Boss reminds me of my youth, the fighting games I used to play and how I searched for my missing dad and found supernatural powers from a necklace my grandpa got from finding an ancient magical city in WW2. Good times!" —Ryan Ottley, Invincible, Hulk

"DON'T MISS THIS intense, action-packed blockbuster video game meets action adventure by the amazing (Tyler Kirkham)! If you like big crazy fun, THIS IS IT!" —Tony Daniel, Batman, Deathstroke

"A retro-fueled, over-the-top extravaganza of muscle-bound mayhem, blood and beatdowns. Kickass fun, with '80s-style action mixed with no holds barred ringside brawlin' and brutality." —John Layman, Chew

"Do you remember when comics were completely HARDCORE?! Tyler Kirkham sure ******* does! Final Boss is a hyper violent, blood-stained throwback to the testosterone soaked Image Comics of the '90s. Fans of ass-whooping, battle damaged macho comics—this is your FINAL warning: Final Boss is about to beat the crap outta everyone." —Tony Fleecs, Stray Dogs, Feral, Local Man

"Final Boss fires on all cylinders. Art, story, and a memorable character that I want to see more of." —Gem Mint

"Final Boss is a high octane, action-packed '90s nostalgia book everyone must have: All gas, no brakes." —Tim Manalo, Uncensored Nerds Network

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Travelers down the Yellow Brick Road have a new stop to make—The Patchwork Girl of Oz has been lovingly stitched into a dazzling new graphic novel series with the first volume available now from Image Comics. Adapted from one of L. Frank Baum’s most beloved Oz tales and illustrated by Oddly Normal creator Otis Frampton, this enchanting reimagining is bursting with heart, brains, courage—and magic enough to delight readers young and old (and their little dogs, too).

With the Wicked sequel film just over the rainbow, there’s never been a better time to revisit the magical land of Oz in all its quirky, colorful glory. Fans eager for more stories beyond just Elphaba and Glinda’s will find The Patchwork Girl of Oz a perfect companion piece—offering a fresh journey through Baum’s whimsical world, filled with offbeat heroes, unexpected twists, and that unmistakable Ozian charm.

“L. Frank Baum and his ‘wonder stories’ have been a huge influence on me and my work, and adapting an Oz book into a graphic novel has been a dream of mine since I first started making comics," said Frampton. "The Patchwork Girl of Oz is one of Baum’s best stories and I hope that readers of all ages will enjoy seeing his amazing characters come to life in this new series.”

In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, readers join Ojo the Unlucky and his newfound friend, Scraps—the exuberant and unpredictable Patchwork Girl—on an epic quest to find the magical ingredients needed to free Ojo's uncle from a wicked spell. Along the way, they encounter an array of oddball characters, face perilous challenges, and uncover the deep mysteries of Oz! This spellbinding graphic novelization of the classic children's novel will transport readers to a world where anything is possible, and every patch tells a story…

The Patchwork Girl of Oz trade paperback by Otis Frampton (ISBN: 9781534332492, Lunar Code 0525IM477) is available at local comic book shops, independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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Image Comics and GONKBONK are teaming up to slip something extra merry onto comic shop shelves this year with the debut of the 2025 Image Comics Holiday Blind Bag—a limited, highly collectible, holly-jolly surprise perfect for a stocking stuffer this December.

Each festive blind bag will include one (1) rare ratio variant—guaranteed to be at least a 1:25, but could even be a 1:100 incentive ratio variant—plucked from the archives at random to delight collectors this season.

Some of the series whose incentive ratios may appear as a 2025 Image Comics Holiday Blind Bag include:

Artificial
Assorted Crisis Events
Author Immortal
Bitter Root: The Next Movement
Blood & Thunder
Bug Wars
Death of Copra
Death to Pachuco
Department of Truth
Deviant
Escape
Everything Dead & Dying
Exquisite Corpses
Falling in Love on The Path to Hell
Feral
Finders Keepers
Free Planet
Gehenna Naked Aggression
Ghost Pepper
Hector Plasm Hunt The Bigfoot
I Hate Fairyland
I,Tyrant
Invincible Universe: Battle Beast
King Spawn
Lost Fantasy
Lucky Devils
Power Fantasy
Radiant Black
Rogue Sun
Seasons
Skinbreaker
Spawn The Curse of Sherlee Johnson
The Voice Said Kill
This Ends Tonight
Ultramega
Unchosen
Viking Moon
W0rldtr33
We're Taking Everyone Down with Us
Witchblade
Youngblood Deluxe


The 2025 Image Comics Holiday Blind Bag (Lunar Code 1025IM8131) will retail for $20 and be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 24.
 
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RADIANT BLACK

For the first time ever, the debut issue of Radiant Black by Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ultraman) and Marcelo Costa—and the first entry to kick off the ever-expanding, interconnected Massive-Verse superhero empire—will be reprinted in black-and-white in celebration of the series’ fifth anniversary. Radiant Black & White one-shot is a stripped down version of the #1 issue that showcases Costa's crisp inks and hits shelves in February 2026 from Image Comics.

This special release will also boast cover art by David Finch and include the script to issue #1 for the first time ever.

“Five years of Radiant Black—that’s a wild milestone to wrap my head around. This series has meant so much to me, and I’m immensely proud of what our team has built," said Higgins. "Radiant Black and White #1 is a chance to revisit where it all began in a really intimate way, showcasing Marcelo’s stunning line art and the original script for issue one. I’m thrilled we get to present the comic in this format and celebrate how far the story—and our readers—have taken us.”

In Radiant Black #1, readers meet Nathan Burnett, who just hit 30—and rock bottom. Two dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and a one-way ticket back to his parents’ house to live. But when he stumbles upon the cosmic force known as the Radiant, everything changes. Imbued with unimaginable power, Nathan’s shot at redemption becomes a battle for survival—because the beings who forged the Radiant want it back… and nothing in the universe will stop them from reclaiming it.

Radiant Black & White (one-shot) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 11, 2026:
  • Cover A by Finch - Lunar Code 1225IM0296
  • Cover B 1:20 pencils by Finch - Lunar Code 1225IM0297

Radiant Black & White will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.


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