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Spawn Haunts Multiverse

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SPAWN HAUNTS MULTIVERSE!

TODD McFarlane Productions is to provide the free preview comic to be bundled with the inaugural issue of the American edition of Multiverse.  While details have yet to be finalized, TMP will begin the 20th anniversary celebrations of its flagship character with a giveaway featuring not only fan favorite Spawn but also Haunt and a plethora of other exclusive material.

Published by Hell Freezes Over through Ardden Entertainment, Multiverse #1 will be available in February 2012 to coincide with the brand new London Super Comic Con and The Image Comics Expo celebrating 20 years of publishing.

Priced at an introductory $4.99, Multiverse features news, reviews, interviews and an insider view of the industry as well as previews of up and coming titles. It is compiled and edited by veteran comicbook journalist and author Mike Conroy, who said, “Spawn was one of the titles that helped launch the 1990s comics boom and I’m delighted that Todd and his crew have chosen Multiverse to kick off their celebrations.”

Commenting on the launch of the magazine and the inclusion of the free TMP comic, Ardden co-publisher Richard Emms said, “We (Ardden) are very excited to be publishing one of the coolest comicbook news magazines this industry has ever seen and to be giving away a free Todd McFarlane comic is a dream come true for our launch in February.

“2011 has seen the rise and rise of the comic book industry and 2012 looks set to build on that success. It’s the perfect time to be releasing a magazine like Multiverse and we are certain that fans will embrace the concept,” he added.

Multiverse #1 is being offered on page 239 of the current Previews (for February-shipping product) under order codes DEC110838 and DEC110839.

Multiverse is Coming to the US

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COMING TO AMERICA

IT’S THE magazine I, Vampire writer Joshua Hale Fialkov hails as “beautifully designed, with a modern, smart sensibility about mainstream comics that’s been missing from print comics journalism for a long time” and it will be available in the US for the first time in February.

In conjunction with Ardden Entertainment, British-based Hell Freezes Over is launching a US edition of its flagship title. Highly regarded not only by its readers but also by comics professionals, whether they be writers, artists, editors or publishers, Multiverse is the full color magazine that prompted one reader to say: “The content is informed, easy to read, lacks post-modern nonsense and packed into a well-structured format. I loved the balance of popular heroes and emerging or independent coverage with what comes across as educated and balanced prose.”

Multiverse is Britain’s leading comics magazine. Promotionally priced at $4.99, the first issue of the 68-page American version is being offered on page 239 of the current Previews (for February-shipping product) under order codes DEC110838 and DEC110839.

Discussing the title, publisher/editor Mike Conroy said, “Its main focus will unashamedly be the popular – read commercial – end of the business. That’s not just the ubiquitous superheroes but Star Wars, Star Trek, G.I. Joe, Transformers and similar spin-offs and licenced titles alongside zombies, vampires and other such horrors.

“Even so,” continued the veteran comics author/historian, “we certainly won’t be neglecting the innovators out there on the cutting edge, whether their print run is 100 or 100,000. We’ll be covering their latest titles as they continue to expand the boundaries of our medium.

“My goal has always been to produce an entertaining title that occupies the middle ground between the late Wizard and the moved-to-another-plane Comics Journal – that is just straightforward reportage without to the hype or the cerebral dissection. I think Multiverse is that magazine,” Conroy concluded.