Multiple issues of the white-hot bestseller Exquisite Corpses—by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, and the “Corpse Crew” of creators—have sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics has fast-tracked issues #2 and #3 of this popular thriller back to print this week in order to keep up with demand.

In Exquisite Corpses, every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. Twelve of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one goal: last killer standing wins. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine—this year’s unlucky arena—the goal is much simpler. They must survive the night.

Exquisite Corpses #2 features a knife-wielding zealot covered in human skin, a heartthrob with an axe, a pint-sized sociopath with a high-powered drone, and so much more…the killers are descending on Oak Valley—and the body count is rising. Walsh and Tynion IV are joined by rising star Marianna Ignazzi for this bloody chapter to the story.

In Exquisite Corpses #3, the blood gets pumping when death is administered to the hospital, and two of the game’s deadliest killers meet-cute at the concert hall. Walsh and Tynion IV are joined by Pornsak Pichetshote for this bloody chapter to the story.

The series came together in a writers’ room led by Tynion IV and Walsh and made up of “Corpse Crew” comics superstars Adam Gorham, Becca Carey, Che Grayson, Claire Roe, Gavin Fullerton, Jordie Bellaire, Marianna Ignazzi, Pornsak Pichetshote, Tyler Boss, and Valentine De Landro. Each issue of the series builds upon the last in a true ‘exquisite corpse’ game style, with a passing of the storytelling baton from creator-to-creator in a collaborative and competitive fashion.

Exquisite Corpses begins with a 13-issue story arc, but its world will expand with additional stories. There is also a companion trading card game and fans can collect killer cards early with ones exclusively found in polybagged Cover C variants of each issue. Fans eager to play the game early can collect all 13 polybagged issues to make a complete card deck set.

Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 1:

• Exquisite Corpses #2, third printing – Lunar Code 0725IM1692
• Exquisite Corpses #3, second printing – Lunar Code 0725IM1693
• Exquisite Corpses #3, second printing (polybagged with a Killer card) – Lunar Code 0725IM1694