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Scarlet #1 Sells Out And Returns With Second Printing!

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Scarlet #1 Sells Out And Returns With Second Printing!

After an overwhelming debut, Scarlet #1 has sold out at Diamond (though copies may still be available at the retail level) and will return with Scarlet #1 Second Printing Variant! The award-winning, megastar team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev bring readers the comic experience of the year! Scarlet is the story of a woman pushed to the edge by all that is wrong with the world. After witnessing the corruption and failings of the society in which she lives, Scarlet decides to take a stand and fight for what is right! Jam-packed with suspense, drama, action and intrigue, Scarlet #1 Second Printing Variant has got something for everyone. Get in on the ground floor of the first creator-owned series by Bendis since Powers and the first creator-owned series by Maleev, with the debut of a fresh new character that already has everyone talking.

“On behalf of Alex and myself I would like to thank all the readers and retailers for making the debut of Scarlet one of the great moments of our lives,” explained Brian Bendis.  “We raise our glass to many more issues to come!”

Fans and critics alike can’t get enough of Scarlet #1!

“A great first issue… Scarlet has some stuff she wants to tell me, and I can’t wait to hear it.” – Johnny Destructo, Ain’t It Cool News

“Scarlet #1 is an incredibly exciting, original and re-inventive book.” – Dan Phillips, IGN.com

“Outside of works like Watchmen, Maus, and A History of Violence, ‘art’ is rarely used to describe comic books. This is exactly what Scarlet accomplishes.” – Ben Johnson, Mania.com

“It’s a strong start to what looks like the best work from Bendis in years, and maybe the best work from Maleev ever. Scarlet #1 feels personal and passionate, from cover to cover. 4 ½ stars out of 5.” – Timothy Callahan, ComicBookResources.com

“Scarlet #1 is as close to a great indie film as a single comic book issue can come, with all of the blood, sweat and tears that go into making it laid out on the page.” – Ron Richards, iFanboy.com

“Best Comic of the Week.” – James Fulton, ComicsNexus

What caused Scarlet to embark on this world-changing mission? How will she fight the injustices of a system that no longer cares about her? Find out in Scarlet #1 Second Printing Variant! This is the start of a new American Revolution!

SCARLET #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUN108052)

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

Art & Cover by ALEX MALEEV

Mature…$3.95

FOC – 8/5/10, On-Sale – 8/25/10

SCARLET #1 2nd Printing

O X Revealed as Bendis and Maleev’s Scarlet

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ScarletFor a few weeks now we’ve been teased with Marvel by a graphic sporting just an “O” and “X”.  Today it’s been revealed it’s related the Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s creator owned project Scarlet for Marvel’s Icon imprint.

The bi-monthly series will focus on the titular Scarlet, a woman who “is pushed down by a very corrupt government and finds herself with the strength she didn’t know she had to fight back, and her fight actually sparks a new American Revolution,” elaborates Bendis. “It’s a book that starts very small, but then gets very large very quickly. It was inspired in part by writers like Paddy Chayefsky, who [wrote the movie] ‘Network.’ He created this world that was almost a parody [of our own], and then all of a sudden [we realize] it’s actually the world we live in.”

Bendis is no stranger from political themes and exploring real world situations in his writing and Scarlet will be no exception exploring the grey areas in the world we live in.

“How would a modern society react to something like that? Could that happen in this country today? And how would it work? Would it be a political threat [or] would it be a corporatized threat? I mean, there’s a lot that could happen, and I thought this was a strong enough, big enough idea that it was worth going ahead on. It’s something I really wanted to write about, something I certainly wanted to read about, and I know some people will see this as some sort of statement about politics in this country and it’s not, it’s about this person. And much in the vein of ALIAS or my work on Jinx it’s hopefully a very strong female protagonist who doesn’t always have the right answer and struggles with it.”

Scarlet #1 hits stores in July.

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