Image United Prelude Sneak Peak

October’s IMAGE UNITED prelude to reveal the secrets behind the crossover event of the century! The books will give a sneak peak at the upcoming Image founder crossover event!

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September 2009 (Berkeley, CA) – This October IMAGE UNITED begins with
a  four-part prelude backup feature revealing the secret history of the
highly anticipated Image Comics founder crossover in SAVAGE DRAGON #153, WITCHBLADE #131, INVINCIBLE #67 and SPAWN #195!

"These backups are not a preview, this is completely original material not collected in the upcoming mini-series," writer Robert Kirkman
said. "The IMAGE UNITED PRELUDE will debut Whilce Portacio’s new
character, FORTRESS, and set up his role front and center in the
overall Image universe. Plus, there’s a surprise that’s going to shock
an awful lot of fans. It’ll be your first hint the crossover isn’t
limited to the seven characters we’ve seen."

The
IMAGE UNITED prelude will be a four-part adventure featuring
participants of IMAGE UNITED illustrating in the unique jam comics
style the crossover is already known for. All four chapters come in
addition the full-length features of each issue, starting with SAVAGE
DRAGON #153’s set up for the upcoming ‘Dragon War‘, WITCHBLADE #131’s all-new status quo, INVINCIBLE #67’s conclusion to the Cory Walker illustrated two-parter and finally SPAWN #195’s series farewell to artist Whilce Portacio.

SAVAGE
DRAGON #153 (AUG090362), a 32-page full color comic book for $3.50,
will be in-stores October 7th, 2009. WITCHBLADE #131 (AUG090388), a
32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will also be in-stores October
7th, 2009.  INVINCIBLE #67 (AUG090355), a 32-page full color comic book
for $2.99, will be in-stores October 21st, 2009. SPAWN #195
(JUN090393), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.95, will also be
in-stores October 21st, 2009.

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