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Spawn #315 1st Appearance of Plague on Presale at 35% Off Cover Price

SPAWN #315 WILL FEATURE BARENDS, SEGOVIA & THREE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE MCFARLANE ART PROCESS VARIANTS
Plus first appearance of The Plague
PORTLAND, Ore. 01/27/2021 — Image Comics is pleased to unveil five breathtaking Spawn #315 covers featuring artwork by Björn Barends, Stephen Segovia, and three covers by Greg Capullo and two of those inked by Image Comics President and partner Todd McFarlane.

The trio of Capullo/McFarlane variants will highlight each stage of the team’s creative process—from raw pencils, to inks, to the final colored version done by the colorist FCO (known for his Batman and Metals coloring). Also… Introducing the first appearance of: The PLAGUE…!

Collectors will want to jump on board and acquire all three of these highly sought after covers, along with those done by Barends and Segovia, when all of them land in stores Wednesday, February 24. 

Spawn #315 begins part three of the “Omega Society” storyline. Spawn. Medieval Spawn. Plague. And Monolith take on the gigantic force of OMEGA-SPAWN.

“Beginning with the introduction of a brand new character called the PLAGUE. We continue the recent success of the Spawn comic, driven by the awesome efforts of comic shops across this nation (and around the world), we will once again deliver on exciting covers that will excite the readers and help keep the sales of this title as strong for retailers as possible,” said McFarlane. “Through these complicated times, working as a team with retailers have given all of us some wonderful results we will strive to continue in 2021.”

Spawn #315 will be available on Wednesday, February 24. 
Spawn #315 Cover A Barends
Spawn #315 Cover B Capullo & McFarlane
Spawn #315 Cover C Segovia
Spawn #315 Cover D 50 copy incentive Capullo Raw Pencils
Spawn #315 Cover E Capullo & McFarlane B&W
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Spawn #314 Will Showcase Capullo & McFarlane Art Process in Three Breathtaking Variant Covers

SPAWN #314 WILL SHOWCASE CAPULLO & MCFARLANE ART PROCESS IN THREE BREATHTAKING VARIANT COVERS
PORTLAND, Ore. 12/21/2020 — Image Comics is pleased to unveil three stunning Spawn #314 covers drawn by Greg Capullo and inked by Image Comics Co-Founder Todd McFarlane, which will showcase the creative process from the raw pencils, to the inks, and finally the colored version. All three of these collectible covers will showcase the three steps in making a comic book cover and each will be available at comic shops in January.

In Spawn #314, fans will see the return of Omega Spawn…! This towering super-villain becomes the driving force towards Spawn assembling his new Super-Team. Medeival Spawn joins the action this issue!

“I think it will be interesting and educational for readers to be able to see all three of the big creative steps that goes into making any cover. In this particular case they’ll be treated to the astonishing penciled artwork by iconic artist Greg Capullo (Batman, Spawn, DC Metals). This is the ‘raw’ cover,” said McFarlane. “Then there will be a black & white, inked version in which I get to ink over Greg’s wonderful work. Then lastly, there will be the usual full colored version of this piece displaying the skillful hand of FCO (famed colorist of many of Capullo’s past projects [Batman, Haunt, DC Metals].)

“If you’re lucky enough to find all three and can put them on your wall it will be a spectacular looking tribute to an important part of making any comic.”

The “raw” pencil cover highlighting Capullo’s art will be a 1:50 incentive cover variant.

Spawn #314 will be available on Wednesday, January 27.  

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More New LCSD 2020 Variants on Presale!

PORTLAND, Ore. 10/30/2020 — Image Comics will participate in ComicsPro’s Local Comic Shop Day 2020 this year on Wednesday, November 25 with four exclusive variants in celebration of the Direct Market retailers.

The variants will include a special Green Eggs & Ham homage variant of ICE CREAM MAN #20 by W. Maxwell Prince & Martín Morazzo, a flashy gold foil edition of the INVINCIBLE #1 by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker for fans getting excited about the upcoming Amazon Prime Original TV adaptation, a gorgeous gold foil edition of the MONSTRESS: TALK STORIES #1 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda that even professor Tam Tam will approve of, and a comic shop name-dropping variant of SPAWN #312 by Todd McFarlane himself to feed fans’ feverish Spawnmania.

“Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and all of the amazing creators we work for and with are proud to be part of a marketplace that is both fiercely independent and resoundingly resilient, and this year, with stores everywhere still recovering from the effect a worldwide pandemic has had on their businesses, it’s more important than ever to give our retailer partners a lift in whatever way possible,” said Eric Stephenson, Publisher & Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics. “None of us would be able to do what we do without the support of comics shops, and by continuing to participate in annual events like Local Comic Shop Day, especially with Todd’s retailer appreciation variant for SPAWN #312, we hope it’s clear that Image Comics supports them as well.”

About ICE CREAM MAN #20 —
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Three fish, four fish, have some more fish. Five fish, six fish—are you sickish? Seven fish, eight fish…it’s getting late fish. Nine fish, ten fish, everyone you love will die and life is pointless so why even get out of bed you little worm you sick little insect with your sad flailing arms and creepy-crawly legs my god I’ve never seen such a pathetic specimen how sad how truly tragic…red fish, blue fish. 

Green Eggs & Ham homage LCSD 2021 edition of the standalone issue from ICE CREAM MAN that sold out multiple times and caused a stir for it’s creepy satirization of classic children’s stories.

About INVINCIBLE #1 —
Strange things begin to happen to Mark Grayson as he develops superpowers. Luckily, his dad is around to show him the ropes, at least he WOULD be if he weren’t so busy saving the world all the time. Mark is forced to go out on his own, and try and figure out how all this superheroing business works. The results are a monumental disaster. Meanwhile, there’s trouble at school when Mark is dragged into a fight of epic proportions.

This LCSD 2020 edition of the debut issue of the long running INVINCIBLE series by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker will introduce the action packed adventure to a whole new audience of readers since its original launch in 2003. Now fans can revisit the iconic superhero story of Mark Grayson in anticipation of the upcoming Amazon Prime Original TV show adaptation coming soon and featuring the voices of fan-favorite Steven Yeun (THE WALKING DEAD), Academy and Golden Globe award winning J.K. Simmons, and two time Golden Globe winning Sandra Oh of the popular TV series Killing Eve!

About MONSTRESS: TALK STORIES #1 —
Bridging the gap between the fifth and sixth arc (which resumes in January 2021), MONSTRESS returns with TALK-STORIES, a two-part limited series that invites you to eat dumplings beside the fire and listen as Kippa recounts a defining moment from her childhood.

Whether caught up on the latest issue of MONSTRESS or not, fans will enjoy this delightful spinoff and will want to get their hands on this highly collectable Gold Foil LCSD edition. 

About SPAWN #312 —
This LCSD 2020 SPAWN #312 cover will be a variant of Todd McFarlane’s cover for the issue—only instead of listing out the names of those who’ve contributed to SPAWN over the years, this LCSD 2020 cover will wraparound and feature the names of retailers who are registered for the 2020 Local Comic Shop Day festivities! (For retailers who haven’t registered yet, there’s still time! Pop over to comicspro.com/lcsd2020 and register before 5pm PDT on Sunday, November 1 and you’ll be added to the cover!)

About LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY—
Local Comic Shop Day® 2020 will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 25 this year at participating local comic shops. Local Comic Shop Day is sponsored by ComicsPRO – the Trade Organization for comic book stores. ComicsPRO is a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to improving the comic book specialty market. The goals of ComicsPRO are: to help to develop better marketing and daily business practices for comic book retailers, to improve the condition of their industry by educating the public about comic books in general, and to provide a voice for independent comic book retailers. Visit localcomicshopday.com for more information.