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Head Lopper Doubles Image Comics Order, Red Roots #1 Heads To 60,000

Head Lopper #1 doubles its orders on its previous #1, while Red Roots #1 heads to 60,000 sales, from Image Comics

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  • Head Lopper #1 doubles orders compared to its 2016 debut, signaling huge renewed interest in the series.
  • Red Roots #1 nears 60,000 sales, with orders nearly quadruple Lorenzo De Felici’s last solo outing, Kroma.
  • Image Comics sees sales surges across multiple titles, riding a wave of collector and speculator excitement.
  • Retailers predict If Destruction Be Our Lot #1 will join the indie speculator boom alongside Head Lopper.

I'm hearing from our friendly source inside Image Comics – let's call them Deep Stoat – that Head Lopper #1, Andrew MacLean's return to the Image series, has gotten twice the orders that his original Head Lopper #1 launched back in 2016. Bleeding Cool. We heard earlier from our source that the publisher saw orders jump for nearly three dozen titles in March. Some even saw increases as high as 200%, and while there were many Invincible covers on the racks, not all of those increases could be attributed to the team-up campaign. So, not only is Head Lopper another in a growing list of examples of Image successfully returning to a series formerly on hiatus, but it's yet another indication of how Image Comics' stock is once again on the rise across the board, with ongoing and newly launching titles all seeing the benefits, and no signs of slowing down.

To further that momentum, Lorenzo De Felici's highly anticipated Red Roots #1, which had the full support of Robert Kirkman's early-and-breathless praise as well as highly collectable Ryan Ottley and Mike Mignola variants to boot, I heard came in with orders just shy of 60.000 at FOC. While not quite the same lofty heights as De Felici scaled with Kirkman on the likes of Oblivion Song and Void Rivals, I am told that orders for Red Roots #1 are nearly four times higher than De Felici's last solo outing, 2022's Kroma.

I can tell you that it is expected that Red Roots #1 will hit readers with the kind of twist ending that opens the world up to some possibilities – think Eight Billion Genies #1. I suspect Red Roots will see multiple sell-outs as a result. Meanwhile, Head Lopper looks a bit like this… with artwork that might grow the fanbase beyond the longtime series devotees.

Next up? Retailers who have already read If Destruction Be Our Lot #1 and predict that this new offering from Matthew Rosenberg will join Red Roots, Head Lopper, Narco, Tigress Island, White Sky, Feral, and D'Orc as Image titles joining the Great Indie Speculator Boom Of 2026, which has seen speculators and collectors… well, lose their heads…

  • Head Lopper #1 by Andrew MacLean 
    Dive into HEAD LOPPER for ANDREW MACLEAN's masterclass in kinetic action and dark humor. Witness Norgal behead mythic beasts while his chatty, severed-witch-head companion, Agatha, provides relentless sass. It's visually stunning, high-fantasy carnage that proves decapitation is better with company. Celebrate 10 YEARS of this award-winning, hit series with a NEW *extra-length* NUMBER ONE!
  • RED ROOTS #1 by Lorenzo De Felici
    The lives of a professional killer and a high school teacher are bound by a terrifying, mysterious force. 29th of April, 2026.
  • IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Andy MacDonald and Francesco Segala
    GIANT-SIZED FIRST ISSUE! Humanity is extinct and all that remains are the robots who once helped us. Despite the computer viruses, electricity addiction, and rampant cannibalism, the robots are happier now doing their jobs in peace. But not an animatronic Abraham Lincoln. He just wants a friend. Brilliant artist Andy MacDonald (Doctor Strange, Wonder Woman), and adequate writers Mark Elijah Rosenberg (Approaching the Unknown, Year Million) and Matthew Rosenberg (WE'RE TAKING EVERYONE DOWN WITH US, 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank) bring you an ongoing sci-fi adventure about finding purpose, preventing World War 4, and really lonely robots. 2026-05-06

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of comic books The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne and Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and Forbidden Planet. Father of two daughters, Amazon associate, political cartoonist.
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