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Spend the holidays with Bill & Ted and Death Dealer spotlights Opus Comics’ Final Order Cut Off

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On FOC Monday, November 21, for December 21 on sale, Opus Comics has a new BILL & TED special and the latest installment of our flagship title DEATH DEALER. Plus, a COVER GALLERY featuring the amazing covers we’ve had for the first five issues.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Holiday Special

Roll over Beethoven, the Wyld Stallyns have their own ode to joy to share with the world! John Barber (Back to the Future) and Butch Mapa (Marvel Action: Avengers) bring you this most triumphant message of peace, love, and misunderstanding. Plus, another bonus story featuring Rufus by Barber and Juan Samu!

$6.99 • 40 pages
OCT221846 Cover A – Butch Mapa
OCT221847 Cover B (1:5) – Beethoven Action Figure
OCT221847 Cover C (1:10) – Wayne Nichols

Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8

Critically acclaimed animation writer Mitch Iverson (Dota: Dragon’s Blood) and world-renowned artists Esau & Isaac Escorza and Luis Antonio Delgado (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) chronicle the next chapter in our hero’s twisted life, where in order to atone for a terrible deed, he must literally go through Hell—both of them!

$4.99 • 32 pages
OCT221852 Cover A – Clara Tessier
OCT221853 Cover B – Frank Frazetta
OCT221854 Cover C (1:5) – Tyler Walpole
OCT221855 Cover D (1:10) – Dave Dorman
OCT221856 Cover E  (1:20) – Dave Dorman unbranded

Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer Cover Gallery #1

Collected in one volume are the awe-inspiring and epic covers to the Death Dealer series. Artists include Simone Bianchi, Frank Cho, Gabrielle Dell’Otto, David Finch, Joseph Michael Linsner, Dan Panosian, Paul Renaud, Bill Sienkiewicz, and many more!

$4.99 • 40 pages
OCT221857 Cover A – Liam Sharp

Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer Cover Gallery #1

Preview: Elvira Meets Vincent Price #5

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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #5

writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (E-RI/BW), Juan Samu (F-RI/Line Art),
Dave Acosta (G-RI/Line Art)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+

A famous “scream queen” actress is missing, and Elvira and Vincent Price join forces again to find her… even if it means literally breaking the fourth wall, and entering the world of a slasher movie. Can the Mistress of the Dark save the Final Girl before a sadistic director traps her forever in a digital nightmare? Meta-thrills, chills and bad puns from writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Drawing Blood) and Juan Samu!

And the mistress of the dark has never looked better under this busty bevy of covers: Acosta! Samu! Marques/Bone and a photo of the lady herself!

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #5

Review: Transformers/Back to the Future

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Transformers/Back to the Future

As a 80s kid, I feel like I grew up in the heyday of Saturday morning cartoons. There was nothing like waking up at 6:00a.m, those mornings and watching cartoons all the way through lunch. At first, it was only a few cartoons that we would watch and mostly on one channel. As time went on, and the television networks began to compete, figuring out what to watch became more of a burden.

I, of course, have my favorites to this day, one of the most recent ones being revitalized, was the two versions on Netflix, of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.  The other one being Transformers, which has seen it revitalized via movies and its own series on Netflix. As nostalgia is big business and any time fans get to see two franchises cross over, it is often met with excitement. In another crossover from IDW we get Transformers /Back To the Future, where the worlds collide in a completely new adventure.

We are taken to 1985, where Doc Brown has just time traveled to 2015 in his DeLorean, but what make this time different is a pair of Decepticons, Starscream and Ravage, were spying on him, deducing that humans have figured out time travel through quantum physics. Eventually Megatron finds out, and so does the Autobots, thanks to Bumblebee, which changes everything in the future. As Doc Brown’s neighbor and protégé, Marty McFly, awakens the next morning after Doc Brown time traveled, to a world ran by Decepticons.as he finds a way to escape the prisoner camp that his family is in, and finds a new Autobot, Gigawatt, who just so happens to transform to a DeLorean. As Marty adjusts to this new reality, he even finds out that his skateboard is a Transformer named Skilz, and he also finds out how they came into power. As Rumble from the Decepticons followed him to 2015, and proceeded to take over Earth using technology from Cybertron. Eventually, Doc Brown reemerges, looking to liberate Earth from Decepticons, through inspiring others and by chance, runs into Marty and the Autobots with his parents.  It would not be too long before Megatron’s spies come out of the woodwork, and a fight between the Autobots and Decepticons take place on Hill Valley’s town square, one that would reveal a Decepticon hiding in plain sight, The Clock Tower. As the Autobots fight the Clock Tower, Marty and Doc realize they must travel to 1985 to stop the Decepticons form the following them to the future. By Book’s end, Martyy awakens the Autobots before the Decepticons could sabotage them, Biff becomes the Autobots mechanic and everything is right in the world when he goes back to 1985.

Overall, Transformers/Back to the Future is an excellent crossover that will have fans of both franchises cheering them on in this fun escapade to the future. The story by Scott is exciting. The art by the creative team is beautiful. Altogether, one of the better crossover stories IDW have done in a long while.

Story: Cavan Scott Art: Juan Samu
Color: David Garcia Cruz Letterer: Neil Uyetake
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Preview: Transformers/Back to the Future

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Transformers/Back to the Future

(W) Cavan Scott (A/CA) Juan Samu
In Shops: Jan 19, 2022
SRP: $15.99

Great Scott! Pop-culture juggernauts collide in the ultimate 1980s (and 1950s and 2010s) showdown! Things are getting heavy-and nothing’s as heavy as a Transformer! Marty McFly has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime to a new, better Hill Valley-everything’s looking up for him! That is, until Marty and his friend Doc Brown’s time machine attracts the attention of the Decepticons! With one small mistake, Marty finds himself once again thrust into an adventure to stop the Decepticon plot in the past, present, and future… all with the help of a new time machine… the Autobot Gigawatt!

Transformers/Back to the Future

Preview: Elvira Meets Vincent Price #4

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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #4

writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (E-RI/BW), Juan Samu (F-RI/Line Art), Dave Acosta (G-RI/Line Art)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+

A famous “scream queen” actress is missing, and Elvira and Vincent Price join forces again to find her… even if it means literally breaking the fourth wall, and entering the world of a slasher movie. Can the Mistress of the Dark save the Final Girl before a sadistic director traps her forever in a digital nightmare? Meta-thrills, chills and bad puns from writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Drawing Blood) and Juan Samu!

And the mistress of the dark has never looked better under this busty bevy of covers: Acosta! Samu! Marques/Bone and a photo of the lady herself!

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #4

Preview: Transformers/Back to the Future

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Transformers/Back to the Future

(W) Cavan Scott (A/CA) Juan Samu
In Shops: Dec 29, 2021
SRP: $15.99

Great Scott! Pop-culture juggernauts collide in the ultimate 1980s (and 1950s and 2010s) showdown! Things are getting heavy-and nothing’s as heavy as a Transformer! Marty McFly has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime to a new, better Hill Valley-everything’s looking up for him! That is, until Marty and his friend Doc Brown’s time machine attracts the attention of the Decepticons! With one small mistake, Marty finds himself once again thrust into an adventure to stop the Decepticon plot in the past, present, and future… all with the help of a new time machine… the Autobot Gigawatt!

Transformers/Back to the Future

Preview: Elvira Meets Vincent Price #3

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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #3

writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (RI-E/BW), Juan Samu (RI-F/Line Art), Dave Acosta (RI-F/Line Art)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+

The two titans of horror and comedy unite in comics for the very first time! Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price!

Elvira and Vincent’s Ghost arrive in Cairo, hot on the trail of the missing movie that can save the world from Amun-Ra! It’s a game of cat-and-mouse among the pyramids, as a pair of silent comedy assassins stalk Elvira and Vincent, ancient crypts are infiltrated, angry goddesses are awakened, and tourists are confused… in a story we call “Raiders of the Lost Schlock!” Adventure, horror, and temples of doom but no crystal skulls, we promise… in this latest issue from writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Legenderry: Vampirella) and artist Juan Samu (Black Panther, Transformers)!

Issue #3 features a continuing all-star cast of cover artists, including fan favorites Dave Acosta, John Royle, series artist Juan Samu and a stunning photo of the gorgeous lady herself – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark!

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #3

Preview: Transformers #35

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Transformers #35

(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova (CA) Juan Samu
In Shops: Sep 22, 2021
SRP: $3.99

“Sea of Rust,” part two! Termagax has many secrets – information that could forever tip the scales in the favor of the Autobots or the Decepticons. As the Decepticons close in, she allows Optimus Prime and the two other Autobots she respects into her inner sanctum to share her knowledge. But will the Autobots be able to act on it before the Decepticons start their siege? And where does Skywarp factor into the equation?

Transformers #35

Preview: Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2

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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2

writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (RI-E/BW), Juan Samu (RI-F/Line Art), Dave Acosta (RI-F/Line Art)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+

The two titans of horror and comedy unite in comics for the very first time!

Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price!

Elvira and the Ghost of Vincent Price continue their quest to find a lost cult movie… AND save the world from the wrath of an awakened Egyptian god. Their journey takes them to the crumbling country estate of a reclusive film director and his movie-star bride, but things go all Dr. Phibes before you can say House of Usher! Come for the sexy horror, stay for the terrible puns and movie trivia! From writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Twilight Zone: The Shadow) and artist Juan Samu!

Issue #2 features a continuing all-star cast of cover artists, including fan favorites Dave Acosta, Anthony Marques w/ J. Bone, series artist Juan Samu and a stunning photo of the gorgeous lady herself – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark!

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2

Preview: Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1

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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1

writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), John Royle (C), Photo (D), Authentix (E), Juan Samu (RI-F/Line Art), John Royle (RI-G/Line Art), Dave Acosta (RI-H/Line Art), Juan Samu (RI-I/BW), John Royle (RI-J/BW), Dave Acosta (RI-K/BW)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+

The two titans of horror and comedy untie in comics for the very first time! Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price!

Elvira is back, with her greatest costar ever! The ghost of Vincent Price is a spirit with a mission, and only the Mistress of the Dark can help! The Apocalypse is coming, and it’s going to be live-streamed for binge-watching, but a long-lost movie can save the world… if only the movie star specter

and the horror hostess with the mostest can find it in time! Thrills, chills, and all sorts of terrible puns!

Issue #1 features an all-star cast of cover artists, including fan favorites Dave Acosta, John Royle, series artist Juan Samu and a stunning photo of the gorgeous lady herself – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! David Avallone is Dynamite’s go-to writer for all things Elvira, having recently completed several arcs of the horror hostess with the mostest’s adventures and joined for the first time by artist Juan Samu, fresh from drawing the great adventures of Hasbro’s comics universe at IDW.

Elvira Meets Vincent Price #1
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