VAULT CONTINUES ‘FREE-TO-RETAILER’ MODEL WITH ‘BEYOND REAL’ #1

For the second time this fall, Vault Comics is offering retailers the first issue of a new series for free.  The publisher will ship free copies of Beyond Real #1, standard cover only, to retailers in bundles of 25.  The new series is written by Zack Kaplan with art by Fabiana Mascolo, Toni Fejzula, Vincenzo Riccardi, Dennis Menheere, Jorge Corona, Luana Vecchio, and Liana Kangas, who will hand off the artwork to one another as the series progresses.

Scout Comics First Look: Forever Forward #1

A new time travel sci-fi is coming this August exploring time travel through “the future” as an Odyssey-style mythic journey called Forever Forward. Launching into comic shops on August 24th via Scout Comics, the new series is by writer Zack Kaplan and artist Arjuna Susini with colors are by Brad Simpson and letters by Jim Campbell.

EXCLUSIVE Vault Preview: Mindset #1

Courtesy of Vault Comics, we have a first look at Zack Kaplan and JOhn J. Pearson’s Mindset. Set for release June 29th, check out our interview with Kaplan to get further details on the series. Mindset is a sci-fi series about mind-controlling tech and the dangers of technology.

EXCLUSIVE: Top Cow’s Metal Society Pits Robots vs. Humans in Blade Runner-Meets-Rocky Action

Zack Kaplan returns to Image Comics and Top Cow for the new series Metal Society, with one woman entering the ring against robots.

Fan-favorite comic book creator Zack Kaplan is coming back to Image Comics and Top Cow Productions with the upcoming science fiction series Metal Society.

Joined by artists Guilherme Balbi and Marco Lesko and letterer Troy Peteri, the new series features a futuristic world where robots have already conquered the Earth, with humanity reborn to perform manual labor for the machines across the planet. The five-issue miniseries follows a young woman growing increasingly frustrated by her robotic overseers before deciding to fight them in the ring for public hand-to-hand combat matches to determine if human or machine reigns supreme. The covers to Metal Society #1 are illustrated by Balbi and Qistina Khalidah.

Dark Horse Comics Reveals First Look at New Series Break Out (Exclusive)

Dark Horse Comics is taking readers on a wild science fiction adventure in their new series Break Out, and we’ve got your first look at the new cosmic series! Break Out is written by Zack Kaplan (Port of Earth, Join The Future) and features artwork by Wilton Santos (Excalibur, Dawn of X), colors by Jason Wordie (God Country, Wasted Space), and lettering by Jim Campbell (Wasted Space, Giant Days)  and you can check out two covers for the upcoming launch in the images below. Break Out! tells the tale of a world that is being overrun by a force from another dimension. They are abducting teenagers and putting them in their mysterious floating prisons, but when they take the wrong person, they will seal their own fate.