Thursday, August 23, 2012



IMAGE COMICS REPRINTS IN SEPTEMBER
Issues of HARVEST, REVIVAL, and SAGA get new printings


Harvest #1 2nd printing coverHARVEST #1 Sells Out
Image Comics/Shadowline debut issue gets 2nd printing

The debut issue of HARVEST by A.J. Lieberman (COWBOY NINJA VIKING, TERM LIFE) and Colin Lorimer, a new mini-series from Image Comics/Shadowline depicting the underworld of the illegal organ market, has sold out and will be reprinted. The second printing of HARVEST #1 (JUL128128) will be in stores on September 19.

Originally released on August 1, HARVEST #1 follows disgraced surgeon Benjamin Dane as he falls under the power of the criminal syndicate that runs the organ black market and then decides to fight his way out — by taking back one organ at a time.

HARVEST #2 will be in stores on September 5.










Revival #2 2nd printing coverREVIVAL GETS TWO MORE REPRINTS
New printings of issues #1 and #2 in stores in September

REVIVAL, the new "rural noir" Image Comics series by Tim Seeley (HACK/SLASH) and Mike Norton (Battlepug), has the second issue has sold out at the distribution level the week of its release. A second printing (JUL128006) will be in stores on September 19.

REVIVAL #1 also sold out of its first and second printings, and a third printing (JUL128088) has also been scheduled to be in stores on September 19, the same day as REVIVAL #3.

Called "an unexpected windfall that evokes an uncomfortable feeling, piques interest and taunts curiosity" by Comic Book Resources, REVIVAL explores what happens in a small Wisconsin town after the dead rise — not to devour the living, but to simply return to their lives.








Saga #6 2nd printing coverSAGA CONTINUES TO SELL OUT
Issue #6 gets second printing in September

The sixth issue of SAGA closes the runaway bestseller's first arc on a strong note, as it has sold out and will receive a second printing. Every issue of the science fiction/fantasy epic by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples has sold out and received at least one reprint; SAGA #1 is on its fifth printing.

SAGA #6's second printing (JUL128120) is available for pre-order now and will be in stores on September 12. The series' first trade paperback (AUG120491), collecting the first six issues, will be in stores on October 10.






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