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An Explosive Secret is Revealed in Your First Look at Bronze Faces #3

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Bronze Faces #3. Celebrated authors Shobo and Shof draw from their Nigerian heritage for the heist of a lifetime. Joined by Eisner-winning illustrator Alexandre Tefenkgi, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Bronze Faces continues on May 28, 2025. Prepare for a story that’s at once an exhilarating adventure and a breathtaking descent into mythology, history, and the horrors of colonialism.

An explosive secret is finally revealed in the middle of Timi, Sango, and Gbonka’s latest heist! As their plans evaporate into turmoil, the crew scrambles to escape capture under the barrage of gunfire and a frantic chase through the Porto Novo channel. But a devastating turn of events threatens to unravel their plans for the future as well as the survival of one of their own…

Bronze Faces #3 features main cover art by series co-creator Shof and a variant cover by acclaimed illustrator Jahnoy Lindsay.  

Bronze Faces #3

Stolen Artifacts and a Heist to Steal Them Back in Your First Look at Bronze Faces #1

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Bronze Faces #1. Celebrated authors Shobo and Shof draw from their Nigerian heritage for the heist of a lifetime. They are joined by illustrator Alexandre Tefenkgi, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Prepare for a story that’s at once an exhilarating adventure and a breathtaking descent into mythology, history, and the horrors of colonialism.

Soho, London. Estranged childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka reunite on the eve of the British Museum’s historic purchase of the works of Timi’s late father. Timi has been invited as a “guest of honor,” but what the Museum is heralding as a triumphant acquisition, the trio see as nothing short of brazen cultural theft.

Emboldened by a night of drinking and shared outrage, the friends concoct a scheme to steal back the seminal artwork themselves!

But when the trio find themselves in possession of “The Register,” a document outlining dozens of colonial-era stolen artifacts, their sights turn even higher to the Benin Bronzes–the British Museum’s cache of nearly 1,500 works of stolen art from the Kingdom of Benin…

Bronze Faces #1 features main cover art by series co-creator Shof, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Alexandre Tefenkgi, Dan Mora, and Tula Lotay. It comes to stores February 5, 2025.

Bronze Faces #1

Shobo, Shof, and Alexandre Tefenkgi Bring Nigerian Mythology to BOOM! Studios with Bronze Faces

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Celebrated authors Shobo and Shof draw from their Nigerian heritage for the heist of a lifetime. Joined by Eisner winning illustrator Alexandre Tefenkgi, Shobo and Shof bring Bronze Faces to BOOM! Studios in 2025. Prepare for a story that’s at once an exhilarating adventure and a breathtaking descent into mythology, history, and the horrors of colonialism.

Soho, London. Estranged childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka reunite on the eve of the British Museum’s historic purchase of the works of Timi’s father. Timi has been invited as a “guest of honor,” but what the Museum is heralding as a triumphant acquisition, the trio see as nothing short of brazen cultural theft.

Emboldened by a night of drinking and shared outrage, the friends concoct a scheme to steal back the seminal artwork themselves!

But when the trio find themselves in possession of “The Register,” a document outlining dozens of colonial-era stolen artifacts, their sights turn even higher to the Benin Bronzes–the British Museum’s cache of nearly 1,500 works of stolen art from the Kingdom of Benin…

Bronze Faces #1 features main cover art by series co-creator Shof, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Alexandre Tefenkgi, Dan Mora, and Tula Lotay.