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Whatnot Launches Heavy Metal Vol 2 & Liquid Kill In Feb 2023 Solicits

Whatnot Publishing is a collaboration between live streaming sales platform Whatnot, Inc. and Starburns Industries Press, who earlier this year bought Heavy Metal Magazine and related titles. Heavy Metal Magazine has been through a number of owners and controllers of recent years, with stories of internal coups, challenging comings and goings, non-delivery to customers, callousness and challenges from creators, former employees, their widows and estates. And now the previously planned Heavy Metal Magazine #321 is now Heavy Metal Volume 2 #1, and in Diamond Previews for February 2023. As well as a new series, Toni Infante's Liquid Kill #1 by Max Hoven, Aaron Crow and Gabriel Iumazark. And more from Wesley Snipes' Exiled, Ninja Funk and QUested in Whatnot Publishing's February 2023 solicits and solicitations.

HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR A KIM JUNG GI (MR)
WHATNOT – HEAVY METAL
DEC221739
DEC221740 – HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR B PEACH MOMOKO (MR) – 9.99
DEC221741 – HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR C CRASHDOWN (MR) – 9.99
DEC221742 – HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR D TAARNA VAR (MR) – 9.99
DEC221743 – HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR E HEAVY METAL 1 HOMAGE (MR) – 9.99
DEC221744 – HEAVY METAL VOL 2 #1 CVR F 10 COPY INCV KIM JUNG GI B&W (MR) – 9.99
(W) VARIOUS (A) VARIOUS (CA) Kim Jung Gi
To commemorate the passing of our friend, Kim Jung Gi, this special cover honors his final contribution to Heavy Metal. The master artist who inspired millions with his sprawling, elaborate live drawings and the incredible brushwork that appeared everywhere from museum exhibitions and galleries to comic art published by Marvel, DC, and more, gave joyously to the creative community to the very last and we are endlessly grateful for the opportunity to include his work in our new beginning.

• Cover art by the fan-favorite artist who brought you Marvel's Demon Days: Mariko returns to her roots at Heavy Metal with this incredible design in her signature style.
• Cover art by Crashdown series artist, Ben Templesmith, who established himself among comic fans with the gritty style he brought to the Image Comics series Fell and IDW's 30 Days of Night
• Heavy Metal's Queen of Concept Art, Tehani Farr delivers her vision of Heavy Metal's iconic sword-wielding First Lady, Taarna.

The legendary sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine commemorates the start of its 46th year with a brand new #1 issue, featuring original stories and serials and designed as a jumping on-point for new readers.

Author(s): Joe Trohman and Brian Posehn, Matthew Medney, Didier and Lyse Tarquin, Chris Anderson, Joe Harris
Artist(s): Scott Koblish, German Ponce, Federico Pietrobon, Didier and Lyse Tarquin, Santa Fung, Chris Anderson
In Shops: Feb 22, 2023
SRP: 9.99

LIQUID KILL #1 CVR A INFANTE (MR)
WHATNOT PUBLISHING
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DEC221746 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR B IUMAZARK (MR) – 3.99
DEC221747 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR C MACK (MR) – 3.99
DEC221748 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR D ROURS (MR) – 3.99
DEC221749 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR E CANNON VIDEO GAME HOMAGE (MR) – 3.99
DEC221750 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR F BLANK SKETCH (MR) – 4.99
DEC221751 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR G JUNG GI (MR) – 3.99
DEC221752 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR H 10 COPY INCV JUNG GI B&W VAR (MR) – 3.99
DEC221753 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR I 25 COPY INCV GHOST IN SHELL HOMAGE (MR) – 3.99
DEC221754 – LIQUID KILL #1 CVR J 50 COPY INCV KAGO (MR) – 3.99
(W) Max Hoven, Aaron Crow (A) Gabriel Iumazark (CA) Toni Infante
Barcelona-based illustrator and cover artist Toni Infante (Marvel, DC, Boom) joins Whatnot Publishing with
the launch of Liquid Kill.
LIQUID KILL follows sadist-slaughtering vigilantes as they encounter pure evil in a blood-soaked
cyberpunk future (à la GHOST IN THE SHELL meets JOHN WICK) written by the creators of the
critically-acclaimed series IT EATS WHAT FEEDS IT and artist Gabriel Iumazark (Boom! Studios).
For the staff and clientele of a mysterious island hotel, it's just another night of luxury and vice until
members of Liquid Kill (a notoriously violent, all-female militia), lay siege. Demanding compliance or death
as they gather intelligence, the adrenaline quickly floods the halls as the team eliminates all threats with ease
in their search for their kidnapped leader. That is until something is unleashed… something hungry.
If there's anyone prepared for the evils on the island, it's these fearless killers, but when the undaunted begin
to falter, their foe must be truly monstrous.
In Shops: Feb 15, 2023
SRP: 3.99

THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR A KAMBADAIS (MR)
WHATNOT PUBLISHING
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DEC221756 – THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR B VILLALOBOS (MR) – 3.99
DEC221757 – THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR C ASEVEDO (MR) – 3.99
DEC221758 – THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR D ESKIVO (MR) – 3.99
DEC221759 – THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR E GALINDO (MR) – 3.99
DEC221760 – THE EXILED #2 (OF 6) CVR F KENT (MR) – 3.99
(W) Wesley Snipes, Keith Arem, Adam Lawson (A) Eskivo (CA) George Kambadais
Cover by George Kambadais (DC's The Flash, Dynamite's Gargoyles).
WESLEY SNIPES (The producer and star of the Blade franchise) presents his original
series, THE EXILED, a genre-bending Sci-Fi Noir described as "Seven meets Blade
Runner."
Roach's world is flipped upside down when he's betrayed by the police force he works
for. His life is mysteriously spared by the Killer he is chasing and, on the other end of a
gun, learns of a silent war between humans and criminal aliens that have been exiled to
Earth.
In Shops: Feb 22, 2023
SRP: 3.99

QUESTED #3 CVR A JACINTO
WHATNOT PUBLISHING
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DEC221762 – QUESTED #3 CVR B WALLIS – 3.99
DEC221763 – QUESTED #3 CVR C RICHARDSON VIDEO GAME HOMAGE – 3.99
DEC221764 – QUESTED #3 CVR D CANNON – 3.99
DEC221765 – QUESTED #3 CVR E 10 COPY INCV CALERO FF7 HOMAGE VAR – 3.99
(W) Michael Calero, Thomas Parson (A) Kit Wallis (CA) Kim Jacinto
Cover art by Kim Jacinto (Marvel's Spider-Man 2099) with interior art by Kit Wallis
(series artist).
Wake Up. Put on shirt and tie. Receive your oar and hood. Ferry souls to their final
destination. Rinse and repeat…
A peak behind the glitz and glamour of the afterlife allows us to see that the afterlife
reveals that the task of transporting souls through the Underbraun has become
monotonous for the once noble race of the Ferryman. In this issue, we follow one
Ferryman's descent to his breaking point when he crosses paths with an enigmatic
passenger who knows too much.
The backstory of the mysterious Ferryman is revealed (and thankfully so is the plot of the
series…sort of) in this look into the events that lead up to Jinx's clash with the big bad in
issue one.
In Shops: Feb 08, 2023
SRP: 3.99

NINJA FUNK #4 (OF 4) CVR A MACK (MR)
WHATNOT PUBLISHING
DEC221766
DEC221767 – NINJA FUNK #4 (OF 4) CVR B RIEGEL (MR) – 3.99
DEC221768 – NINJA FUNK #4 (OF 4) CVR C KIRKHAM (MR) – 3.99
DEC221769 – NINJA FUNK #4 (OF 4) CVR D 10 COPY INCV KIRKHAM (MR) – 3.99
DEC221770 – NINJA FUNK #4 (OF 4) CVR E 25 COPY INCV BOSSLOGIC (MR) – 3.99
(W) JPG, Steve Schuitt (A) Alex Riegel (CA) David Mack
David Mack, known for his work on Marvel's Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and for
co-creating their series Echo, delivers his signature watercolor style to the continuing
adventures of Ninja Funk.
In an epic ultimate showdown, Ninja Funk clashes frequencies with B.A.D. Music while
an ongoing lover's quarrel between BB and LAZERWOLF distorts the hero's judgment.
With the lives of his companions on the line, will LAZERWOLF choose to REDLINE
again or will his past blind him to what needs to be done?
Ninja Funk's battle to save the Universe from B.A.D. Music peaks in this grand finale.
In Shops: Feb 01, 2023
SRP: 3.99

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