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Whilce Portacio Covers Killers for Valiant Pre-Order Bundle

Published Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:00:53 -0500

Valiant has announced the details of their pre-order bunder for Killers, the new series by B. Clay Moore and Fernando Dagnino hitting stores in July. For readers who pre-order Killers #1-5, they will not only get trade paperback style bonus content with each issue, but also exclusive variant covers for each one by superstar artist Whilce Portacio, fresh off his stint drawing the hit comic Major X at Marvel.

To get in on this sweet Portacio action, readers must pre-order the Killers bundle at their local comic book store by final order cutoff, which is July 8th. The first issue hits stores on July 31st.

Check out the covers below, along with more info from the press release:

New York, NY (June 6, 2019) – Valiant is thrilled to announce the KILLERS #1-5 PRE-ORDER EDITION BUNDLE, the latest in the publisher's initiative to allow readers to order a complete story arc or an entire run of a limited series in advance. Each KILLERS Pre-Order Edition issue will feature a cover rendered by comics luminary Whilce Portacio (Uncanny X-Men, The Punisher, Wetworks) and contain an extra eight pages of bonus material.

Written by B. Clay Moore (SAVAGE, Hawaiian Dick) and drawn by Fernando Dagnino (Superman, Suicide Squad), the Bundle is available to pre-order now at local comic book shops by the final order cutoff (FOC) date of Monday, July 8th. Issue #1 is set to debut on Wednesday, July 31st.

In KILLERS, five elite assassins are recruited by their former sensei to perform a deadly task for him, but what does he want from them, and what do they gain from helping him?

Released monthly from July 2019 through November 2019, each 40-page PRE-ORDER EDITION issue comes packed with cool extras—including creator commentary, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of the comics, character designs, and cover galleries—that can't be found anywhere else. Each issue is priced at $3.99, the same price as the regular-edition copies!

KILLERS #1
Written by B. CLAY MOORE
Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO
Cover A by JONBOY MEYERS (MAY192008)
Cover B by DIEGO BERNARD (MAY192009)
Cover C by KEN LASHLEY (MAY192010)
Blank Cover (MAY192011)
$3.99 | 32 pgs. | T+ | On Sale JULY 31st (FOC – JULY 8th)

KILLERS #1-5 PRE-ORDER EDITION BUNDLE
Written by B. CLAY MOORE
Art by FERNANDO DAGNINO
Covers by WHILCE PORTACIO (Issue #1: MAY192012)
$3.99 each [5 Issues] | 40 pgs. each | T+ | Issue #1 On Sale JULY 31st (FOC – JULY 8th)