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Preview: Project Superpowers: Blackcross Collection

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Project Superpowers: Blackcross Collection

writer: Warren Ellis
artist: Colton Worley
cover: Tula Lotay
FC • 176 pages • $19.99

COLLECTS THE COMPLETE, 6-ISSUE MINI-SERIES

All small towns have secrets. All small towns have ghosts. Blackcross, in America’s Pacific Northwest, has more secrets than most… and it is being haunted by something impossible. Something is reaching out from the other side of the night, through the forest and mist of this remote town, to grasp at the hearts of a handful of people… and they may not discover why they’re being hunted until it’s much too late. Forget what you know about Project Superpowers, as award-winning writer Warren Ellis and artist Colton Worley take readers on a sinister journey away from the brightly-clad heroes of the Golden Age, and into the shadows of Blackcross, a supernatural noir thriller of ordinary people stalked by an otherworldly killer.

Preview: Project Superpowers: Blackcross #6

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #6

writer: Warren Ellis
artist: Colton Worley
covers: Tula Lotay (a), Declan Shalvey (b)
subscription cover: Gabriel Hardman
incentive covers: Colton Worley (The American Flag), Tula Lotay (“virgin art”), Declan Shalvey (B/W art), Gabriel Hardman (B/W art)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+

FINAL ISSUE!

The American Spirit is in Blackcross. Six haunted people are in his murderous path. This is where it ends.

Preview: Project Superpowers: Black Cross #5

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

Project Superpowers: Black Cross #5

Warren Ellis (w)
Colton Worley (a)
Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FANS, ASK YOUR RETAILER FOR THE:
Colton Worley Exclusive Art retailer incentive cover
Tula Lotay “Virgin” Art retailer incentive cover
Declan Shalvey B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Gabriel Hardman B/W Art retailer incentive cover

The American Spirit has Federal Agent Bart Hill’s throat in his hand. Maggie Allen is bleeding from the eyes. Marietta Chesler and Rob Benton are burying a body. Gary Preston is still missing, presumed incinerated. All these people were part of an escape plan, but it’s all gone wrong. In the penultimate episode of Blackcross, secrets are told, threats become real, and six haunted people are about to be murdered.

Preview: Project SuperPowers: Blackcross #4

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Brett

Project SuperPowers: Blackcross #4

There’s a dead body in Marietta’s home, and the Blackcross townsfolk haunted by another world have to make peace with their ghosts if they’re going to survive what’s coming for them — a killer on his way to Blackcross, who may be trying to save this world by killing them.

Preview: Project Superpowers: Blackcross #3

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Brett

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #3

Warren Ellis (w)
Colton Worley (a)
Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FANS, ASK YOUR RETAILER FOR THE:
Colton Worley Unique Art retailer incentive cover
Tula Lotay “Virgin” Art retailer incentive cover
Declan Shalvey “B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Gabriel Hardman “B/W Art retailer incentive cover

Rob Benton is in hospital and his secret is about to be revealed. But there’s another secret that he doesn’t even know he has, and now Marietta Chesler, possessed by the spirit of something from The Other Side, is coming to tear it out of him. Across town, Jeff Dumont has quietly returned from Tibet, even as The American Spirit is circling Blackcross like a raptor. When Bart Hill, head of the American Spirit case, finds out, he might not think it’s a coincidence — but something else is already stalking Bart…

Preview: Project Superpowers: Blackcross #2

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Brett

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #2

Warren Ellis (w)
Colton Worley (a)
Tula Lotay , Declan Shalvey, Gabriel Hardman, Colton Worley (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FANS, ASK YOUR RETAILER FOR THE:
Colton Worley Exclusive Art retailer incentive cover
Tula Lotay “Virgin” Art retailer incentive cover
Declan Shalvey B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Gabriel Hardman B/W Art retailer incentive cover

In the quiet Pacific Northwestern town of Blackcross, something terrible is happening. A man has burned himself to death by the lake, but there’s no body. A man under witness protection is under threat. A serial killer is murdering his way towards the town limits. And supernatural figures stare out through mirrors and windows, haunting their own doppelgangers. The alternative history of Blackcross is reaching out through the mist to lay its claws on the real world.

Sell-Outs and New Printing Roundup

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Brett

Here’s some of the announced sell-outs and new printings from the past week!

Dynamite Entertainment

Project Superpowers: Blackcross has sold through its entire first printing at exclusive distributor Diamond Comics. To satisfy demand, issue #1 of the new series by veteran comic writer Warren Ellis and artist Colton Worley will be made available to retailers with a second printing that features an all-new cover from superstar artist Darick Robertson, featuring the fan-favorite character Black Terror.

Image Comics

Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen‘s Descender #1 has sold-out at the distributor level and will get a second printing. That issue will hit shelves on April 1.

Image Comics has slated the following issues of new bestselling creator-owned series — Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine de Landro, Desender by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Shadowline Comics’ The Empty by Jimmie Robinson, and Rumble by John Arcudi and James Harren — to subsequent printings in order to meet demand and will be increasing print runs for forthcoming publications.

Bitch Planet #2, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158230)
Bitch Planet #3, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158231)
Desender #1, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158232)
The Empty #1, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158238)
Rumble #3, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158239)

The decision to increase overall print runs to accommodate increasing demand among bricks-and-mortar retailers comes on the heels of feedback at the annual ComicsPro meeting in Portland, Oregon last month.

Preview: Project Superpowers: Black Cross #1

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Brett

Project Superpowers: Black Cross #1

Warren Ellis (w)
Colton Worley (a)
Jae Lee, Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey (c)
Fans & retailers, order the cover of your choice!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+
FANS, ASK YOUR RETAILER FOR THE:
Gabriel Hardman Exclusive Art retailer incentive cover
Colton Worley Exclusive Art retailer incentive cover
Jae Lee B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Declan Shalvey B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Gabriel Hardman B/W Art retailer incentive cover
Jae Lee “Virgin” Art retailer incentive cover

All small towns have secrets. All small towns have ghosts. Blackcross, in the Pacific North West of America, has more secrets than most. And it is being haunted by something impossible. BLACKCROSS, a supernatural extension of the PROJECT SUPERPOWERS mythos, is a ghost story about something reaching out from the other side of the night, through the forest and mist of this remote town, to grasp at the hearts of a handful of people who may not find out that they’re the targets of a strange killer until it’s much, much too late.

Around the Tubes

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Brett

Hope everyone has a nice MLK day, and take a moment about the man whose life we remember today.

Around the Tubes

The Beat – The Devastator/Beat Convention Exhibitor Survey is out: which cons are loved, which are hated – Interesting.

Kotaku – UK Man Arrested For Christmas Day Attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network – Good.

ICv2 – Kinberg Confirms ‘Fantastic Four’ Reshoots – Pretty common actually.

Around the Tubes Reviews

ICv2 – Angel & Faith: Season 10 Vol. 1

CBR – Conan/Red Sonja #1

The Herts Advertiser – Cyclops: Starstruck

Bam Smack Pow – Deadpool #40

The Herts Advertiser – Hulk: Banner DOA

The Beat – Jupiter’s Legacy #5

ICv2 – The Mighty

CBR – Nameless #1

The Beat – Project Superpowers: Blackcross #1

Comic Vine – Project Superpowers: Blackcross #1

The Herts Advertiser – Wolverine: Three Months to Die

The Beat – X #21

Around the Tubes

Warren Ellis’ Project Superpowers Epic, Blackcross, Welcomes Colton Worley and more!

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Brett

Dynamite Entertainment has announced the full creative team for Project Superpowers: Blackcross, a supernatural thriller written by comic book luminary Warren Ellis. Colton Worley, the fan-favorite Dynamite mainstay whose previous works include The Shadow Now and The Complete Dracula, will lend his atmospheric, hyper-realistic art style to the project. The March 2015 debut of Blackcross will be supported by a generous helping of variant covers from industry superstars and previous Ellis collaborators, including Jae Lee, Tula Lotay, Declan Shalvey, Jason Howard, Gabriel Hardman, and interior artist Colton Worley himself.

In the all-new Project Superpowers series, Warren Ellis and Colton Worley take readers on a sinister journey away from the brightly clad heroes of the Golden Age, and into the small town of Blackcross, nestled in the Pacific Northwest. All small towns have secrets, but Blackcross has more secrets than most… it’s a lonesome place, haunted by something truly impossible. Project Superpowers: Blackcross is a ghost story about something reaching out from the other side of the night, through the forest and mist of a remote town, to grasp at the hearts of its unsuspecting residents — victims who won’t know that they’re the targets of a strange killer until it’s much, much too late.

Dynamite first announced Ellis’ participation in a Project Superpowers series in April 2014.

Alongside a handful of Dynamite’s most beloved cover artists, Project Superpowers: Blackcross #1 will showcase a number of artists from Warren Ellis’ most popular recent releases, including Declan Shalvey (from Ellis’ acclaimed run on Marvel’s Moon Knight), Tula Lotay of the Image Comics title, Supreme: Blue Rose, and Jason Howard of Trees. Jae Lee, the superstar artist of Batman/Superman, has a long history of providing highly sought-after cover editions for Dynamite Entertainment titles, as have Gabriel Hardman (Magnus: Robot Fighter) and, of course, Colton Worley.

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #1 will be solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ January 2015 Previews catalog for release in March. Project Superpowers: Blackcross will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms.