Lost Fantasy #1 heads back for a new printing
The highly-praised debut issue of the new JRPG-inspired ongoing fantasy-horror series Lost Fantasy—by bestselling writer Curt Pires and star artist Luca Casalanguida—has sold out completely at the distributor level and is leveling up with a second printing. Image Comics is rushing the first issue back to print this week—unlocking a new version of the Final Fantasy VII homage cover by artist Alex Diotto—in order to keep up with the heightened demand.
In Lost Fantasy, there’s a magical world that lies beneath ours, and first contact was made over a hundred years ago between the two worlds due to a natural disaster, resulting in a schism that allowed monsters to break through. Since then, secret monster slayers, known as The Great Hunters, have been working with global leaders to police the border and to keep our world safe from the creatures that lurk in the shadows. But last night, something broke through, resulting in a mysterious mass killing in Montana, and causing things to shift in a way that will ripple through both worlds. Now it’s up to rookie monster hunter Henry Blackheart to stop it…
The giant-sized comics also feature a serialized backup story, Indigo Children: Exodus, that continues Pires’ hit sci-fi series Indigo Children. The series features an homage variant cover series (Cover B of each issue) that is illustrated by Diotto, which pays tribute to iconic video games, manga, and stories that have influenced the series, including not only Final Fantasy VII, but also Berserk, Devil May Cry, and more to be revealed soon.
Lost Fantasy #1 second printing (Lunar Code 0225IM949) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 28 (Final Order Cutoff deadline for retailers is May 5).
