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Get a first look at Franklin Jonas and Curt Pires’ Lost Fantasy spin-off Fireborn

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Lost Fantasy fans can sneak a peek at early pages from co-creators Curt Pires, singer/songwriter Franklin Jonas, and rising star artist Patrick Mulholland’s upcoming series launch Fireborn. This new tale will be set in the same world of the beloved Lost Fantasy series and will hit shelves next month from Image Comics.

Fireborn follows Aaron Hillburg who is just another rich-kid failson ghosting his responsibilities, hopping rooftops, and hating his billionaire father in peace… until a mysterious floating dragon egg bonds to him and ignites a hidden lineage of ancient magic inside his body.

Now every violent outlaw wizard, biker cultist, and supernatural warlord between New York City and The World Beneath is hunting him—and they’ll burn the world down to pry the egg from his corpse.

Fireborn #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 15.

Fireborn #1
  • Cover A by Mulholland – Lunar Code 0226IM0287
  • Cover B by Mulholland Invincible Homage – Lunar Code 0226IM0288
  • Cover C by Mulholland Absolute Homage – Lunar Code 0226IM0289
  • Cover D by Jae Lee Foil – Lunar Code 0226IM0290
  • Cover E Blank Sketch – Lunar Code 0226IM0291
  • Cover F 1:15 copy incentive by Patrick Mulholland Design – Lunar Code 0226IM0292
  • Cover G 1:25 copy incentive by Patrick Mulholland Invincible Homage Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0293
  • Cover H 1:50 copy incentive by Patrick Mulholland Absolute Homage Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0294
  • Cover I 1:75 copy incentive by Jae Lee Black & White & Blood Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0295
  • Cover J 1:100 copy incentive by Patrick Mulholland Franklin Jonas & Curt Pires Signed Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0296
  • Cover K by Tyler Kirkham – Lunar Code 0226IM0297
  • Cover L by Kirkham Black & White & Blood Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0298
  • Cover M by Jae Lee – Lunar Code 0226IM8001
  • Cover N I Hate Fairyland Team-up variant – Lunar Code 0226IM8021
  • Cover O I Hate Fairyland Team-up NSFW variant – Lunar Code 0226IM8022

Lost Fantasy #9 will be available at local comic shops on Wednesday, April 15 as well:

  • Cover A Luca Casalanguida – Lunar Code 0226IM0423
  • Cover B Maxi Diallo Play – Lunar Code 0226IM0424
  • Cover C Alex Diotto – Lunar Code 0226IM0425 
  • Cover D INC 1:15 Maxi Diallo Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0426
  • Cover E INC 1:25 Alex Diotto Virgin – Lunar Code 0226IM0427
  • Cover F TBA – Lunar Code 0226IM0428
  • Cover G I Hate Fairyland Team-up – Lunar Code 0226IM8025
  • Cover H I Hate Fairyland Team-up NSFW – Lunar Code 0226IM8026

Fireborn #2 will be available at local comic shops on Wednesday, May 27:

  • Cover A Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0326IM0319
  • Cover B Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0326IM0320
  • Cover C Inc 1:15 Patrick Mulholland Virgin – Lunar Code 0326IM0321
  • Cover D Inc 1:25 Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0326IM0322
  • Cover E Inc 1:50 Francesco Tomaselli – Lunar Code 0326IM0323
  • Cover F Francesco Tomaselli – Lunar Code 0326IM0324

Fireborn #3 will be available at local comic shops on Wednesday, June 24:

  • Cover A By Patrick Mulholland
  • Cover B By Patrick Mulholland
  • Cover C 1:15 Copy Incentive By Patrick Mulholland 
  • Cover D 1:25 Copy Incentive By Patrick Mulholland

Preview: Final Boss #5

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Final Boss #5

(W) Tyler Kirkham (A) Tyler Kirkham

In the bloody sands of the forgotten desert. Tommy and Rabak are in the fight of their lives with the Forsaken tribe queen Ritual and her clan of cannibals. Can Tommy free the prisoners and find the answers he came here for in this intense blood soaked conclusion to Volume one!

Final Boss #5

Gert goes on a Line-Wide Rampage in I Hate Fairyland Team-Up Variant Bloodbath Covers this April

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When Spawn team-up variants were announced, Gert was annoyed. When Youngblood team-ups were unveiled, Gert began sharpening her axe. And when Invincible team-up variants were revealed, Gert screeched: “I HATE TEAM-UPS!” Image Comics is all-in on Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland this April in celebration of the milestone #50 issue and warns fans of a highly deranged Gert, and her Fairyland pals, taking Image covers hostage all month long.

In addition to the characters’ cameo appearances on the covers of some of Image’s hottest ongoing series, the title logos on each book will be redesigned to mirror the instantly recognizable I Hate Fairyland look.

Created by Skottie Young, I Hate Fairyland #1 debuted in October 2015. The series has sold out and gone back-to-print multiple times and received mass critical acclaim. It remains one of the most popular, bestselling ongoing Image series to date.

I Hate Fairyland characters will appear on the covers of:

On sale Wednesday, April 8:

  • Blood & Thunder #12 Cover E I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by EJ Su – Lunar Code 0226IM8011
  • D’orc #3 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Brett Bean – Lunar Code 0226IM8016 
  • D’orc #3 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Brett Bean – Lunar Code 0226IM8017 
  • Die Loaded #6 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by David Lafuente – Lunar Code 0226IM8014
  • Die Loaded #6 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW David Lafuente – Lunar Code 0226IM8015
  • Spawn #374 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Brett Booth – Lunar Code 0226IM8030

On sale Wednesday, April 15:

  • Fireborn #1 Cover N I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0226IM8021
  • Fireborn #1 Cover O I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Patrick Mulholland – Lunar Code 0226IM8022
  • Invincible Universe Battle Beast #8 Cover G I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Ryan Ottley – Lunar Code 0226IM8023
  • Lost Fantasy #9 Cover G I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Vanessa Cardinali – Lunar Code 0226IM8025 
  • Lost Fantasy #9 Cover H I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Vanessa Cardinali – Lunar Code 0226IM8026
  • Narco #2 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Daniel Hillyard – Lunar Code 0226IM8029
  • Witchblade (2024) #20 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Giuseppe Cafaro – Lunar Code 0226IM8032

On sale Wednesday, April 22:

  • Invincible Universe Capes #6 Cover F I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Mark Englert – Lunar Code 0226IM8024
  • Youngblood #100 Cover M I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Rob Liefeld – Lunar Code 0226IM8035
  • Corpse Knight #1 Cover I I Hate Fairyland Team-Up – Lunar Code 0226IM8012
  • Darkness Vs Angelus Cover F I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Pat Boutin – Lunar Code 0226IM8013

On sale Wednesday, April 29:

  • Feral #22 Cover D I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Tony Fleecs – Lunar Code 0226IM8018
  • Feral #22 Cover E I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Tony Fleecs – Lunar Code 0226IM8019
  • Final Boss Masked Vigilante (one-shot) Cover H I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Tyler Kirkham – Lunar Code 0226IM8020
  • White Sky #3 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by J.P. Mavinga – Lunar Code 0226IM8031
  • Wrestle Heist #5 Cover B I Hate Fairyland Team-Up by Kyle Starks – Lunar Code 0226IM8033
  • Wrestle Heist #5 Cover C I Hate Fairyland Team-Up NSFW by Kyle Starks – Lunar Code 0226IM8034

Preview: Final Boss #4

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Final Boss #4

Written by Tyler Kirkham
Art by Tyler Kirkham

In the underbelly of Farthica TOMMY and RABAK were led to a safe haven. CRANK’S Merc and Vile. Where they were geared up for any future problems they may encounter on this crime — ridden island. After defeating WAR HOG and his goons with the help from the mysterious MASKED VIGILANTE, Tommy and Rabak head to the forgotten desert to hopefully find some answers.

Final Boss #4

Final Boss: Masked Vigilante Ratchets Up the Body Count this April

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From Tyler Kirkham’s explosive Final Boss series comes its most dangerous mystery yet. Final Boss: Masked Vigilante spotlights the shadowed assassin in a standalone one-shot that reveals her lethal origins and expands the Final Boss mythos. The issue hits shelves in April from Image Comics.

Long hidden in the shadows, the Masked Vigilante finally takes center stage. Her origin story unfolds as she unleashes a deadly, custom-built arsenal to dismantle a ruthless crime syndicate.

Final Boss: Masked Vigilante (one-shot) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 29:

  • Cover A by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0226IM0330
  • Cover B by Leon Govender – Lunar Code 0226IM0331
  • Cover C by Mario Gully – Lunar Code 0226IM0332
  • Cover D 1:25 copy incentive by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0226IM0333
  • Cover E INC 1:50 copy incentive by David Finch – Lunar Code 0226IM0334
  • Cover F INC 1:100 copy incentive by Kirkham (Virgin) – Lunar Code 0226IM0335
  • Cover G INC 1:250 copy incentive by Finch Foil (Virgin) – Lunar Code 0226IM0336

Final Boss #2 has its moments but shaky dialogue and inconsistent art add up

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Final Fight #2

When mysterious supernatural powers awaken within him, underground fighter Tommy Brazen realizes his grandfather’s cryptic stories about their godlike abilities weren’t just folklore. As Tommy’s powers manifest in a brutal way, he’s forced to confront the truth of his new abilities and the violent destiny that comes with them. Final Boss #2 gets the story really rolling but inconsistent art and just bad dialogue diminishes the fun.

Written by Tyler Kirkham Final Fight #2 gets things going as Tommy goes from his underground fight to a the mysterious island his grandfather discovered and got his mysterious power that’s now Tommy’s. There’s something that generally works about it all in a B-movie sort of way. Kirkham has mined 90s video games with a dose of Mortal Kombat, Final Fight, and others. There’s a certain charm about it all. But, that charm loses its luster by dialogue that’s laughable at times.

It’s possible Kirkham has purposely done that for dialogue. Tommy talks about breaking his knuckles in a fight but his opponent is getting it much worse… as the opponents head explodes from the punch. It’s D-level cheese that lacks charm and laughably bad at times. Tommy at another moment talks about how his father ran away and they don’t know what his fate is but then soon after he states he doesn’t want to die like his father, a contradiction as to his father’s fate. It’s small things but they add up.

Those small things extend to the art. Kirkham handles the art along with David Miller. Color is provided by Ifansyah Noor and lettering by Zen. Here there’s inconsistency with some art looking absolutely fantastic and other moments, not up to Kirkham’s excellence. It’s possible that’s Miller’s work but it’s noticeable and kills the momentum for the comic. A visual moment involving rope defies physics and logic, again it’s the small stuff that distracts and boy does it. When Tommy arrives to the mysterious island we get glimpses of the inhabitants who aren’t exactly human. There’s talks of gods and demigods but without a more thorough explanation the background visuals turn from interesting to wtf quickly. But, when the art clicks, it really clicks. There’s a violence that’s just so over the top it tuns the comic comedic.

Final Boss #2 much like the first issue is turn your brain off entertainment. It’s not meant to be dissected, it’s one you just roll with. It’s a series that feels like it’s meant to be a bit of a throwback to the past when comics were more visual flash than logic but here the flash isn’t consistent enough to pull that off. You can see what Kirkham and the team is going for here and it has good DNA at its core but two issues in and it overall isn’t quite coming together.

Story: Tyler Kirkham Art: Tyler Kirkham and David Miller
Color: Ifansyah Noor Letterer: Zen
Story: 7.0 Art: 7.5 Overall: 7.0 Recommendation: Read

Image Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Preview: Final Boss #2

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Final Boss #2

(W) Tyler Kirkham (A) Tyler Kirkham, David Miller

When mysterious supernatural powers awaken within him, underground fighter Tommy Brazen realizes his grandfather’s cryptic stories about their godlike abilities weren’t just folklore. As Tommy’s powers manifest in a brutal way, he’s forced to confront the truth of his new abilities and the violent destiny that comes with them.

Final Boss #2

Final Boss #1 comes out Swinging and Scores a Second Printing

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Tyler Kirkham’s Final Boss didn’t just hit the shelves, it landed a clean shot to the jaw and knocked out the last of the inventory at the distributor level. Reorders are hammering like body shots, prompting Image to rush the debut back to print this week to keep the series in the ring.

The second printing will feature artwork by Ryan Ottley of Invincible fame.

Final Boss drops readers into a no-holds-barred, turbo-charged thrill ride—a love letter to classic beat-’em-ups and over-the-top action epics. Tommy Brazen, ex-street brawler turned powered-up merc, is trying to forge his own path. But when he starts unlocking pieces of his hidden past, he realizes the real endgame is far more complex than he ever imagined.

Final Boss #1, second printing will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, January 14:

  • Cover A by Ryan Ottley – Lunar Code 1125IM8012
  • Cover B virgin 1:25 copy incentive by Ottley – Lunar Code 1125IM8013

Final Boss #1 feels like a bit of a throwback to 90s comics

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From the dynamic creator and artist, Tyler Kirkham (Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern), comes a thrilling new action hero: Tommy Brazen in FINAL BOSS! Get ready for an over-the-top adventure that’s a high-octane nod to classic action stories. Trying to forge a new path, Tommy uses his newfound powers for various paid enforcer gigs and street fights, only to uncover a past far more complex than he ever imagined.

Story: Tyler Kirkham
Art: Tyler Kirkham, David Miller
Color: Ifansyah Noor
Letterer: Troy Peteri

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Tyler Kirkham’s Final Boss Powers Up with 21 Retailer Exclusive Covers

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Tyler Kirkham’s Final Boss series launch is leveling up with a slew of eye-popping, highly collectible retailer exclusive covers this November from Image Comics.

This high-stakes, action-cranked ongoing series marks Kirkham’s debut at Image and it will pack serious firepower with variant covers by fan-favorite legends like V. Ken Marion, Ryan Ottley, Jae Lee, and Kirkham himself.

Final Boss drops readers into a no-holds-barred, turbo-charged thrill ride—a love letter to classic beat-’em-ups and over-the-top action epics. Tommy Brazen, ex-street brawler turned powered-up merc, is trying to forge his own path. But when he starts unlocking pieces of his hidden past, he realizes the real endgame is far more complex than he ever imagined.

Comic shop retailers on board with their very own exclusive Final Boss #1 covers include:

Final Boss #1 by Kirkham will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 19:

  • Cover A by by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0925IM0269
  • Cover B by V Ken Marion – Lunar Code 0925IM0270 
  • Cover C by Ryan Ottley – Lunar Code 0925IM0271
  • Cover D 1:25 copy incentive by Kirkham “Blood” – Lunar Code 0925IM0272
  • Cover E 1:50 copy incentive by Kirkham “Action Figure” – Lunar Code 0925IM0273
  • Cover F 1:100 copy incentive by Jae Lee (foil) – Lunar Code 0925IM0274
  • Cover G INC 1:250 copy incentive by Jae Lee (gold foil) – Lunar Code 0925IM0275
  • Cover H INC 1:500 copy incentive feat. Remarque Sketch by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0925IM0276
  • Cover I Youngblood Team Up variant by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0925IM8033
  • Cover J Youngblood Team Up B&W Virgin variant by Kirkham – Lunar Code 0925IM8034
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