Oni Press and The Nacelle Company have announced a major event in the history of the publisher’s growing stable of hit Nacelleverse series as Hugo Award-nominated, Locus Award-winning illustrator – and original Power Lords character designer – Wayne Barlowe lends his talents to January’s Power Lords #1 with his first-ever comic book cover! 

Debuting with two distinct editions of Power Lords #1 by writers Dennis Culver and Matt Hotson and artist V Ken Marion – as both an “open order” shelf cover and incentive, 1:50 “full art” variant featuring the complete detail of the artist’s unexpurgated painting – this Nacellverse milestone is a homecoming for Barlowe, who designed the Power Lords distinctive and enduring characters for the debut of the original Revell action figure line in 1983. 

In addition to designing the enduring visual identity of the Nacelleverse’s farthest-reaching cosmic heroes with the Power Lords, Barlowe has forged a distinctive and influential path with a career spanning illustration and concept art across more than 45 years in film, fiction, and toys. Originally reaping renown for his Hugo Award and American Book Award-nominated masterwork, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s talents soon transitioned from page to screen as he collaborated with some of the most renowned filmmakers of all time to forge the visual identities and environments for seminal science-fiction films, including James Cameron’s Avatar, Alfonso Cuarón’s Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy and Pacific Rim, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, and many more.

In addition to Barlowe’s near-nonstop work in film and television, he is also the author of several novels (God’s Demon, The Heart Of Hell). He has also written and illustrated a number of art books, including Expedition, Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials, Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy, Barlowe’s Inferno, Brushfire, The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe, and An Alphabet of Dinosaurs. Expedition aired as the Discovery Channel’s special “Alien Planet” in 2005.

Power Lords #1 will mark the first comic book cover Barlowe has ever created in his long and distinguished career and marks his singular return to the seminal toy franchise since the early 1980s.