New Buck Rogers #1 Cover By Matt Wagner

[ENGLISH] Dynamite tells us: The future is looking better and brighter every day thanks to Dynamite Entertainment and Eisner Award winner, Matt Wagner! In addition to the Buck Rogers 50/50 covers to issue #1 by Alex Ross and series cover artist John Cassaday – Dynamite has just announced a surprise 1-in-5 Matt Wagner cover for Buck Rogers #1, due out in June!

Wagner’s Eisner Award winning approach joins two other Eisner Award winning artists (John Cassaday and Alex Ross) for covers on Buck Rogers #1, with writer Scott Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael for the beginning of one of the most anticipated new series of 2009 (and beyond)! Matt’s powerful rendition of the iconic hero is fully colored and, as a bonus for fans and retailers, « seeded » in to the series at 1:5 ratio.

The futuristic adventures of Buck Rogers from Dynamite Entertainment has launched in time for for Free Comic Book Day (May 2nd), with the all-original #0 issue, « The Death of Buck Rogers », available to fans for just .25 cents! But the journey doesn’t stop there… Buck Rogers #1 is set for release in June with 50/50 cover artists Alex Ross and John Cassaday… and now a surprise 1-in-5 Matt Wagner cover!

« Matt’s dedication to every project he works on made his desire to draw a Buck Rogers cover that much more gratifying to us.  We had to get his cover on issue #1, and felt it would be a great surprise for retailers and fans, and also to show our support by announcing it closer to the orders being submitted to Diamond.  We’re honored that Matt would join us on this historic launch! »

Demand is high for Dynamite’s Buck Rogers, with initial sales of the #0 issue clocking in at close to 75,000 copies for the Direct Market, and Dynamite planning an aggressive 20% overprint to meet retailer demand for re-orders.

Issue #0 will ship from Dynamite to be in stores by April 22nd, and retailers can decide to sell the books right away (give away the books right away for those that choose to), or save them for Free Comic Book Day.

BUCK ROGERS #1
Rating: TEEN+
Covers: John Cassaday, Alex Ross
Writer: SCOTT BEATTY
Penciller/Inker: CARLOS RAFAEL
Format: Comic Book

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ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling titles and properties.  Beginning with their Army of Darkness comic book series – launching as the #1 independent comic in July of ’04 – and recently ranked the #1 selling Independent Horror comic — and continuing to their best-selling Red Sonja series – issue #0 alone selling over 240,000 copies and ongoing issues and one-shots recently ranked among the best-selling titles in unit sales and dollar volume – and not only has Dynamite consistently released Red Sonja as THE top selling single comic outside of Marvel and DC Comics, Dynamite successfully places more titles in the Top 100 than most non-Marvel, non-DC publishers. Dynamite’s new monthly Battlestar Galactica series is the company’s first major launch of ’06, debuting with an impressive 175,000 copies in initial orders sold for the introductory #0 issue. Dynamite’s ongoing Highlander comic book series launched to excess of 100,000 copies sold for issue #0. The recently released The Lone Ranger #1 sold out on its first day in comic shops, went in to an immediate 2nd printing, and the 2nd printing sold out from Dynamite! Now, in addition to the ongoing Red Sonja and AOD series, DYNAMITE has released the all-new Battlestar Galactica comic by Greg Pak and Nigel Raynor – launching with a specially priced #0 issue, having sold in excess of 175,000 copies and recently featured in the pages of TV Guide, A classic Battlestar Galactica comic book series, Xena by John Layman and Fabiano Neves, a Darkman vs. the Army of Darkness mini-series and is preparing the Lone Ranger with Brett Matthews and John Cassaday – and Dynamite has more on the horizon! In addition to the creators mentioned – Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics, including Alex (Justice) Ross, John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Michael (Superman/Batman, Aspen Comics) Turner, Jim (All-Star Batman) Lee, Michael (Red  Sonja) Avon Oeming, Mike (Red Sonja/X-Men) Carey, Jim (Justice) Krueger, Greg (The Incredible Hulk) Pak, Brett (Serenity, The Lone Ranger) Matthews – as well as working with up and coming new talent and enhancing strong creators! The company also produces new and classic material from such creators as Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench’s Six from Sirius, Tim Truman’s Scout, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso’s Borderline and other titles including Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar, in addition to reprint editions of classic Red Sonja material and more.

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