This June, Image Comics beats a horse to death and you’re all invited to watch! It’s a new comic that’s not new at all… but it is dark. “How dark?” you ask? It’s so dark Image had to use the word twice – Dark Skullkickers Dark!

Image’s PR and Marketing Director Jennifer de Guzman said:

This may be the worst thing we’ve ever done. It’s a pale reflection of the industry’s need to spin rebooted series through endless hype, turning the crazed hamster wheel of entertainment promotion until it’s fallen apart. Good-bye, integrity.

Dark Skullkickers Dark #1, written by old industry pariah Jim Zub and drawn by young pencil jockey Edwin Huang, wraps up the fourth story arc of Skullkickers, the series people keep saying they’ve heard about but haven’t had a chance to try yet but, dangit, they will at some point if they see the collections on sale or something.

If you’re one of the few and proud collectors of Skullkickers irritated that you won’t have aSkullkickers #23 to add to your collection, fret thee not. In addition to the regular “Dark Dark” cover Image is offering a special “issue #23 variant” B cover to keep your collection copasetic. They’re looking out for you, baby.