Sneak peek of preview pages revealed from upcoming issue #3
The highly buzzed-about Blood Squad Seven #1 by Joe Casey (MCMLXXV, Butcher Baker the Righteous Faker) and Paul Fry (Spider-Man 2099, Star Wars) has sold out completely at the distributor level and will be rushed back to print this week in order to keep up with escalating demand.
“We’re psyched over the response so far to Blood Squad Seven,” said Casey. “Paul and I—along with the entire creative team—are putting everything we have into this series. Hopefully, more readers will get hooked as we ratchet up the tension—and the action—with each new issue. We promise the best is yet to come!”
Up next for readers in Blood Squad Seven #3, the truth is finally revealed! A serpent in the garden! As rot from deep within threatens to take down the new team before they’ve even launched, drastic measures are taken to control the story—no matter who has to die in the process! This exciting new issue will introduce Ripcord 3.0.
Spinning out of the recent Dutch miniseries, Blood Squad Seven explores ’90s super team dynamics through a contemporary lens and feature surprise cameo appearances from some recognizable fan-favorite Image characters.
Thirty years ago, Blood Squad Seven was America’s most popular superhero team. Its members were seen on television, on magazine covers, scoring million-dollar endorsement deals… They were celebrities and they were everywhere.
But that was then… this is now. And so, a new generation of modern-day heroes takes up the mantle—or perhaps, the poisoned chalice—fulfilling a promise made decades ago: to be the heroes that a fractured America needs.
While deconstructions of superhero nostalgia typically center around the classic characters of the Silver Age, Blood Squad Seven will delve deep into ’90s comic book themes with this reimagining of what would happen if heroes from that decade returned to action after a 30-year absence.
Available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 24:
- Blood Squad Seven #1, second printing – Lunar Code 0324IM947
- Blood Squad Seven #3 Cover A by Fry – Lunar Code 0524IM274
- Blood Squad Seven #3 Cover B by Ryan Quackenbush – Lunar Code 0524IM275
- Blood Squad Seven #3 Cover C 1:10 copy incentive by Mike Hawthorne – Lunar Code 0524IM276
- Blood Squad Seven #3 Cover D INC 1:20 copy incentive by Jim Rugg – Lunar Code 0524IM277
Blood Squad Seven is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Select praise for Blood Squad Seven:
“It’s all just so brilliant and it makes me so damn angry.” —Robert Kirkman
“GREAT! You nailed the tone and the characters are all intriguing as hell.” —Geoff Johns
“It’s love, and anger, and respect, and breaking shit, and putting it back together. Keep it coming, Joe and Paul.” —Tim Seeley
ABOUT JOE CASEY
Joe Casey is known for his Eisner Award nominated cosmic superhero epic, Gødland. His critically acclaimed run on the series Wildcats and Automatic Kafka landed on numerous “best of the decade” lists. His genre-busting cult-favorites Officer Downe and Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker helped propel him onto MTV.com’s list of the 10 best writers of 2011. In 2013, Casey launched new titles on the Man of Action imprint at Image Comics: Sex, a current critically-acclaimed series, originally previewed in Playboy, and his series The Bounce, now available as a graphic novel. Valhalla Mad debuted in May, 2015 from the man Comics Alliance described as “the most dangerous man in comics.” In 2013, Casey created a one-shot comic, Modern Romance, for the prestigious 60th Anniversary issue of Playboy. Officer Downe was adapted as a feature film starring Kim Coates and with Casey as screenwriter/producer. Casey is also part of Man of Action Entertainment, a collective of creators that includes himself, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle.
ABOUT PAUL FRY
Paul Fry is a UK based comic book artist having worked for DC, Heavy Metal Magazine and Marvel Comics. He was the artist on the Alpha and Omega 30th Anniversary Spider-Man 2099 Exodus series and has contributed to the Star Wars universe on titles such as Star Wars: Life Day, Han Solo and Chewbacca, Star Wars Revelations, and The Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary one-shot, Max Rebo.