The sinister one-shot tale on shelves just in time for Halloween—It Happened on Hyde Street: Devour Maytal Zchut’s scary-good debut writing effort for Ghost Machine, illustrated by French artist Leila Leiz with colors by Alex Sinclair, and lettered by Rob Leigh—has sold out completely at the distributor level, today, day-of-release. In order to keep up with escalating reorder activity for the Ghost Machine title, Image has fast-tracked the issue for reprint and urges fans to head to their local comic shop today to grab a copy before they’re gone from shelves.
It Happened on Hyde Street: Devour is perfect for fans of the recent horror movie The Substance and readers already familiar with the eerie residents of Hyde Street by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis (Blackest Night, Green Lantern, Aquaman), Brad Anderson and Leigh, which debuted earlier this month.
In Devour, readers meet Lily who needs to lose weight to fit into her wedding dress but struggles to shed some pounds. And what’s worse, her super-thin grandmother relentlessly disparages Lily’s approach, instead lavishing praise upon a quick-fix miracle supplement called Devour, as hawked by the mysterious health guru, Miss Goodbody. But is taking it worth the cost? In this extra-length one-shot nightmare, when it comes to Devour…all you need is one.
“I am so thrilled Devour is going to a second printing before it has even hit stores,” said Zchut. “I think this speaks to readers’ excitement over a topic not often covered and the fresh perspective that artist, Leila Leiz, and I bring to the story. Looking forward to seeing the response when the book hits shelves. I am very grateful to retailers for this show of faith in Ghost Machine and for believing in a new voice in comics.”
It Happened on Hyde Street: Devour, second printing (Lunar Code 1024IM874) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 27.
Hyde Street #1, second printing (Lunar Code 0924IM849) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 6.
Hyde Street #2 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 27:
- Cover A by Ivan Reis & Danny Miki – Lunar Code 0924IM363
- Cover B by Peter Snejbjerg & Brad Anderson – Lunar Code 0924IM364
- Cover C by German Peralta – Lunar Code 0924IM365
Hyde Street #3 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 26:
- Cover A by Ivan Reis & Danny Miki – Lunar Code 1024IM370
- Cover B by Steve Lieber & Wes Dzioba – Lunar Code 1024IM371
- Cover C by German Peralta – Lunar Code 1024IM372
All Ghost Machine titles, including Geiger, Redcoat, Rook: Exodus, and more, are also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Ghost Machine’s groundbreaking creator collective was launched at New York Comic Con in October 2023 and features a global best-of-class lineup of artists and writers whose award-winning and iconic works include a who’s who of comic book legends such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Aquaman, Stargirl, JSA, The Flash, The Ultimates, Black Lightning, Green Arrow and countless more: Brad Anderson, Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Geoff Johns, Rob Leigh, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Brad Meltzer, Ivan Reis, Peter Snejbjerg, Peter J. Tomasi, and Maytal Zchut. In an industry first, all of Ghost Machine’s creators jointly own and run the company, sharing in all of Ghost Machine’s publishing, media, merchandising and licensing. Each creator is exclusive to the company for their comic book work after completing projects already committed to. Ghost Machine recently boosted its already unrivaled creator roster with renowned inkers Andrew Currie and Danny Miki who joined on an exclusive basis alongside designer Steve Blackwell, in charge of the company’s publishing design. Earlier this year Brian Cunningham was named Ghost Machine’s first editor-in-chief.
With an eye towards fostering superstar creators of tomorrow, the company also set up the Ghost Machine Scholarship in June of this year with the famous Joe Kubert School.