LIMITED CELEBRATION VARIANTS OF THE LEGENDARY CROSSOVER EVENT WITH MARVEL AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM
SHARPEN YOUR CLAWS…THE HUNT BEGINS TODAY, 2.26.26!
WHEN LEGENDS COLLIDE!
A quarter-century ago one extraordinary crossover event shook the comics’ world… an unlikely partnering between industry leader, Marvel Comics and rising independent publisher, Crusade Comics. The result was the extraordinary Wolverine/Shi: Dark Night of Judgment #1.
Wolverine/Shi: DNoJ #1 is a no-holds-barred, collision of steel, adamantium and two universes that launched the Battlebooks comic book/gaming system that saw Marvel’s most popular mutant, go toe-to-toe with Billy Tucci’s Sohei warrior in a battle for life and death that transcended continents, universes and time.
Now for the very first and only time in over 25-years, Crusade Comics is releasing a special Silver Anniversary celebration issue commemorating this epic event. Created by Inkpot recipients Beau Smith and Billy Tucci with inks by Rich Perrotta and colors by Atomic Paintbrush, Wolverine/Shi #1 thrusts the reader onto the burning, battle strewn streets of Tokyo. Wolverine questions the judgment and perhaps lost goals of Ana Ishikawa (Shi) that have placed her in a situation most desperate. Questions that inflame an already internal wound of the soul that Ana is fighting within herself.
The overused term, “battle to the death,” has become tired and worn out. The battle that Tucci and Smith inject Wolverine and Shi into deals with more than the bloodshed of a physical plane. It delves into the souls of these two warriors of legend as they fight for more than just life. They battle for the right to die on their own terms. This prequel of the Battlebooks gaming series set the stage for only one to walk away.
And only one will.
LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVES NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM
Crusade is offering several very limited collector’s editions of Wolverine/Shi #1 25th Anniversary Special for presale exclusively at www.billytucci.com. Each edition features the completely remastered and re-lettered comic book story that launched Tucci’s fabled Battlebooks comic book/gaming system along with never-before-published black and white artwork. F/C, 24 pages, cardstock, foil and metal covers, all signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci.
• WOLVERINE BERSERK SIGNED EDITION – $35 USD
• SHI TRIUMPANT SIGNED EDITION – $35 USD
• WOLVERINE/SHI 25th ANNIVERSARY SIGNED/NUMBERED SILVER FOIL EDITION – $65 USD
• WOLVERINE/SHI SIGNED/NUMBERED SNARL METAL EDITION – $100 USD
Crusade is also offering a discounted Wolverine/Shi #1 Book Bundle that includes both 25th Anniversary Cardstock Specials at $70.00 USD.
THE LIMITED EDTIONS!
N WOLVERINE/SHI CREATIVE TEAM BILLY TUCCI & BEAU SMITH TONIGHT LIVE ON YOUTUBE FOR THE BOOK LAUNCH!
Sharpen your claws! Join hosts Billy and Deb Tucci and special guest, BEAU SMITH for a furious Thursday Night Live and the launch of the WOLVERINE/SHI: DARK NIGHT OF JUDGEMENT #1 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION! Tonight, writer Beau Smith and artist Billy Tucci will showcase this very limited www.billytucci.com exclusive edition of the crossover that shook the comics’ industry! These exclusive include variant covers, numbered foil and metal editions that launch live at 7pm EST. The Tucci’s will also update fans on Shi: Gatecrasher’s finishing fulfillment and reveal their current Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1’s incredible colors by Fred Marinho!
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Crusade as also recently uploaded a limited amount of exclusive comic book specials at www.billytucci.com and are ready for immediate shipment. The newly constructed webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/ is the official depot for all things Shi, Ran and Crusade Comics.
About Billy Tucci
Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award. Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Icon for Dynamite Comics. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade has also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,800,000.00 since 2020.