Stranger Comics has announced that Diamond Comics expects to sell out of Vampire Hunter D #1 by this weekend. Demand for the book has been strong and feedback from many retailers indicates that the title was under ordered. The 2^nd printing will be available to order from Diamond Comics next week with an expected in store date of December 14^th. The artwork for the 2^nd printing will be an inked version of Jae Lee’s variant cover which has already been released in a color retail version and a penciled retailer incentive.

Written by Brandon Easton with artwork by Michael Broussard, Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars is based on a previously unpublished story by franchise creator Hideyuki Kikuchi. It represents the first ever western style comic adaptation of the long-running Japanese novel series. The comic series is being produced in partnership with Unified Pictures and Digital Frontier, producers of the upcoming animated series, a US and Japanese co-production.

Additionally, Stranger and the CBSI podcast have jointly announced a variant for the first issue to be sold to benefit the son of artist Steve Rude. Steve’s son Brandon recently underwent 2 surgeries and has several more to go. Stranger is donating the variant to help Steve with the medical bills. 100% of proceeds will go to the Rude family.