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Gail Simone to Write Seven Days, Catalyst Prime's First Super-Mega-Crossover Event

Published Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:27:43 -0600

Jack Kirby once said, "Kid, you haven't made it in comics until you've had your first super-mega-crossover event." Well, it looks like Catalyst Prime, the self-billed "most diverse universe of heroes" in comics has finally made it, because this July, the Lion Forge imprint will run it's first super-mega-crossover event, Seven Days. Written by Gail Simone with art by José Luís, Seven Days will be a seven-issue series that a press release says "will unite the heroes of the CPU for seven issues that count down the days of a week that may be the final one in the history of humanity."

Probably not though, because if it's the end of humanity, you can't have any more super-mega-crossover events, and the thing about super-mega-crossover events is they're a lot like Lays potato chips or lines of cocaine — you can't just have one. So presumably the CPU heroes will make it out of this Universe-shattering event one way or another, or at least most of them will, to survive to crossover another day.

Or, like Stan Lee once said, "Kid, remember that time I said you haven't made it in comics until you've had your first super-mega-crossover event?"

Check out the press release below:

ST. LOUIS, MO–Two years ago, "The Event" rocked Free Comic Book Day, and emerged as one of the most talked about titles of that first Saturday in May. This was the introduction of the Catalyst Prime Universe, a new seven-title superhero universe built around genuine representation in comics, hinging on a cosmic event distributing powers to characters from all walks of life.

Now, legendary comic book scribe and Catalyst Prime Universe architect Gail Simone unleases Catalyst Prime: Seven Days; a series that will unite the heroes of the CPU for seven issues that count down the days of a week that may be the final one in the history of humanity.

"I love comics, I love superheroes, and this is everything I ever want in superhero comics," says Gail Simone. "It's huge stakes, it's a mind-bending threat that actually makes you wonder how YOU would handle it, it's noble heroes and terrible villains and weird allies and oh, yes, the sky is on fire. And we have seven days to say goodbye to Earth."

Simone concludes, "Come on, that's just exciting. You don't need to know the Catalyst Prime Universe, you can jump right in. This is our big budget blockbuster, and I couldn't be happier to be doing this, or prouder of the team I'm doing it with!"

Lorena Payan was the first to realize a meteor was hurtling towards Earth two years ago. Now, she's the first to realize the Earth is in danger once more from something equally cosmic but far more sinister. As a mystery figure dubbed, the Obsidian Men, begin appearing silently all over the globe our heroes Noble, Summit, and Accell join together to investigate, kicking off this seven-issue series.

"As someone who's been a part of the Catalyst Prime Universe since it was launched, it's been something special to see the line grow, develop, and change as it has," says Catalyst Prime editor, Desiree Rodriguez. "To be a part of the development of Seven Days, the event everything has been building to these last couple years, is a real special experience."

Catalyst Prime: Seven Days is written by Gail Simone, with art by José Luís (Teen Titans), and will be solicited in Diamond's May dated PREVIEWS catalog, and on shelves of finer comic book shops everywhere in July.