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Previews Of Image Comics' August Launches… Black Monday Murders, Kill Or Be Killed, Demonic, Eden's Fall, Lake Of Fire

Published Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:00:55 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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August. Five new comics launching from Image comics. Five new Previews…

BLACK MONDAY MURDERS #1

(JUN160575D, $4.99)

Creators: (W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Tomm Coker

"MAMMON"

ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money… and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is classic occultism where the various schools of magic are actually clandestine banking cartels who control all of society: a secret world where vampire Russian oligarchs, Black popes, enchanted American aristocrats, and hitmen from the International Monetary Fund work together to keep ALL OF US in our proper place.

KILL OR BE KILLED #1

(JUN160578, $3.99)

Creators: (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser (CA) Sean Phillips

The bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL, FATALE) launch their new monthly series: KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man who is forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret as it slowly ruins his life and the lives of his friends and loved ones. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of vigilantism, KILL OR BE KILLED is unlike anything BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done.

DEMONIC #1 (OF 6)

Cover A – (JUN160587, $2.99)
Cover B – (JUN160588, $2.99)

Creators: (W) Christopher Sebela (A) Niko Walter, Dan Brown (CA) Dan Brown, Niko Walter

SERIES PREMIERE

Detective Scott Graves will do anything to protect his family… even bargain away his soul. Now, the only thing to fear isn't New York's worst criminals, but what's already raging inside of him. After all, what's the cost of your soul when it's already damaged?

EDENS FALL #1

Cover A – (JUN160591, $3.99)
Cover B – (JUN160592, $3.99)

Creators: (W) Matt Hawkins, Bryan Edward Hill (A) Antonio Rojo (CA) Rahsan Ekedal

SERIES PREMIERE

Top Cow combines three of its most provocative titles (THINK TANK, THE TITHE, POSTAL) in an unflinching fable of revenge and consequence. FBI Agent James Miller (THE TITHE) follows a sociopath into the off-the-grid town of Eden, Wyoming on a personal mission of vengeance. The price of this vigilante justice will be paid in blood, and both Eden and James Miller will never be the same.

Fans of all three titles at the center of Eden's Fall should jump at the opportunity to see their characters interacting in a unique storytelling event that deals with powerful themes. "My personal belief is that justice and law aren't always related, not the way they should be," Hill told Comic Book Resources. "Most people who read and love comics have part of them that is willing to accept action outside of the law — as long as that action matches our sense of morality. The books Matt created, Postal, Think Tank and The Tithe are all moral explorations. Eden's Fall continues that, uniting these characters around that theme."

LAKE OF FIRE #1

Cover A – (JUN160597, $3.99)
Cover B – (JUN160598, $3.99)

Creators: (W) Nathan Fairbairn (A) Matt Smith, Nathan Fairbairn (CA) Nathan Fairbairn, Matt Smith

SERIES PREMIERE

It is 1220 AD, and the gears of the Albigensian Crusade grind on. When an alien mining-craft infested with a horde of bloodthirsty predators crash-lands in the remote wilderness of the French Pyrenees, a small band of crusaders and a Cathar heretic are all that stand between God's Kingdom and Hell on Earth.

Fans of stories that blend history and s-f have been waiting to sample Lake of Fire since it was announced at Image Expo. Expect that anticipation to increase as consumers take advantage of the value provided by this double-sized debut.