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Dynamite Launches The Sovereigns #0 With Turok, Magnus, Solar, Doctor Spektor For $1, With Ray Fawkes, Chuck Wendig, Aubrey Sitterson and Johnny Desjardins

The Sovereigns #0 launches as a 48 page issue for $1 from Dynamite in May, combining Gold Key characters  Turok, Magnus, Solar and Doctor Spektor in one book, by Ray Fawkes and Johnny Desjardins, with additional stories by Chuck Wendig, Aubrey Sitterson and Kyle Higgins.

Writer Ray Fawkes says, "The Sovereigns is the story of all the legendary Gold Key characters at the apex of their careers as heroes — and at their moment of greatest crisis. It all begins and ends with Turok, King of the Lost Valley. It turns out his life and his kingdom are more important to the survival of the world than everybody knew."

"The Turok you expect won't necessarily be the Turok you expect. We're taking the character in a different direction, and boy howdy, I think we're going to drag him through Hell along the way," says Chuck Wendig. "Getting to take an old character for a new spin is always a fun challenge, and Turok in particular, allows us to go gonzo – I think this is a story world ripe for action, adventure, and spectacular weirdness. This is not what came before, but the spirit of the character and the world remains. My goal is to bring in new fans, but also satisfy those who came before."

"Doc Spektor is back and he's younger, scuzzier and more self-destructive than ever before" says writer Aubrey Sitterson. "You're going to see Doc banish malevolent spirits, tangle with subway shoggoths, attend rooftop parties with clans of warring fairies, summon demons and, most challenging of all, try to win back his fed-up girlfriend while sharing an apartment with a monstrous roommate. It's more heavy metal than goth, and it's the brutal, fun, soap operatic occult comic you've been waiting for."

Writer Kyle Higgins says, "Magnus is a character with a rich history, and a premise that's an absolute blast – how do you not love a guy who fights futuristic robots? When I'm looking at whether or not write an established character, the number one thing for me is how far we're able to push things. Can we find an interesting, unique way in? Can we do something different with the concept, while still staying respectful to what's come before? Dynamite has been tremendous in giving me a massive runway to flip things on their head and turn this into a book that's very, very different. I'm having a blast, and can't wait for people to see what the idea of a 'robot fighter' looks like in 2017."

The dramatic cover artwork to The Sovereigns #0 will be provided by the talented Stephen Segovia (Titans). Three special "Sneak Peek" variant covers are available as retailer incentives, including artwork by Desjardins, Segovia, and Philip Tan (Suicide Squad), respectively.

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