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The Marked return for Halloween

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Fan-favorite duo David Hine and Brian Haberlin re-team for a special Halloween treat for readers just in time for Halloween with The Marked: Halloween Special one-shot out from Image Comics.

Once every hundred years The Marked are challenged to a game called Rogue’s Night. It’s a game, like Russian Roulette is a game, like Christians vs. Lions was a game. The stakes are high and if The Marked lose, we all lose.

Here’s how it works: Rogue was a powerful witch who was kicked out of The Marked four hundred years ago for using Dark Magic. Every century she takes her revenge by choosing a location to unleash her mischief demons. This time her target is Holy Mountain, Texas, where a radical evangelist called Pastor Jonah is burning books and banning Halloween. According to the pastor, leftists and liberals are literally Satan’s demons in human form. As night falls on Halloween, it looks like he was right. The demons are here and it’s all tricks with no treats for the God-fearing citizens of Holy Mountain.

Their only hope of survival lies with the “witchy freaks” known as The Marked, the very people they tried to kick out of town.

Did we mention, that if The Marked fail to send the mischief demons back to Hell before midnight, they get to wreak havoc across the world for the next hundred years?!

Check out the bloody mayhem in regular hellish color or sit back and watch the demons leap off the page in our special 3-D version with exceptionally rare “BLINK” version.

The Marked: Halloween Special one-shot (on sale at local comic shops on Wednesday, October 12):

  • Cover A by Haberlin & Van Dyke – Diamond Code AUG220100
  • Cover B by Haberlin & Van Dyke – Diamond Code AUG220101 

The Marked: Halloween Special one-shot 3D edition (on sale at local comic shops on Wednesday, October 19):

  • Cover A by Haberlin & Van Dyke – Diamond Code AUG220102
  • Cover B by Haberlin & Van Dyke – Diamond Code AUG220103 

The Marked #1 Heads Back to Print

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Image Comics has announced that the critically-acclaimed creative team behind the breakout steampunk adventure series Sonata—Brian Haberlin and David Hine—have scored another hit in the series The Marked. The new urban fantasy series from Image and Shadowline is sold out at the distributor level and has been greenlit for a second printing in order to keep up with customer demand.

The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You’ll believe in magic—terrifying, soul-destroying magic.

The Marked #1 second printing (Diamond Code SEP198325) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 20.

The Marked #1 second printing

Sonata #2 and Sonata #3 Sell Out and Head Back to Print

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Image Comics and Shadowline have announced that both Sonata #2 and Sonata #3 — by critically acclaimed writer David Hine and artist Brian Haberlin — are being rushed back to print in order to keep up with the growing demand for the action-packed, steampunk fantasy series. 

In Sonata, Sonata travels through a hidden underworld where she discovers impossible science, a giant killer bird, and a young man named Pau, who sees himself as her knight in shining armor. He is also the son of the rival Tayan leader, which makes them deadly enemies.

The buzz for this hot new series coincides with excitement for the creative team’s other forthcoming collaboration, The Marked, which will launch from Image and Shadowline this October. 

The Marked may look like a group of cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. 

Sonata #2, second printing (Diamond Code JUL198214) and Sonata #3, second printing (Diamond Code JUL198215) will both hit stores on Wednesday, September 11. The final order cutoff for comic shop retailers is Monday, August 19. 

The Marked #1 Cover A (Diamond Code AUG190025) and The Marked #1 Cover B (Diamond Code AUG190026) will both hit stores on Wednesday, October 16. The final order cutoff for comic shop retailers is Monday, September 23.

Sonata #2, second printing
Sonata #3, second printing
The Marked #1

Brian Haberlin and David Hine Reteam this October for The Marked

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Image Comics has announced that the critically-acclaimed creative team behind the smash-hit series Sonata—Brian Haberlin and David Hine—will reteam for an all-new ongoing fantasy series this October, titled The Marked and perfect for fans of The Shadowhunters and Charmed. 

The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. 

With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked. You’ll believe in magic—terrifying, soul-destroying magic.

The Marked #1 will hit local comic shops on Wednesday, October 16.

The Marked #1