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Bad Idea take 655,000 orders for Planet Death # 0 by John Wick creator , Derek Kolstad … just 5.000 more than Keanu Reeves ' BRZRKR get
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When Boom Studios bring out theBrzrkr#1 amusing book co - created byKeanu Reeves , they claim pre - orders of 615,000 copies , and 650,000including the second printing , of which only 15 % was generate by retailers . Well , today , Bad Idea Comics has claimed orders of 655,000 by comic ledger retailers ofPlanet Death#0 , co - create byJohn Wick ’s creatorDerek Kolstad . 5,000 more thanBrzrkrgot , letting Bad Idea claim it as " the expectant selling independent comic book since 1992 which is whenYoungblood , SpawnandWildCATSwere first published at Image Comics .
Now , it may be far-famed thatPlanet Death#0 was made available to retailer in bundle of 25 for $ 7.50 each , with further discounts available for bigger club . Which is less than Free Comic Book Day titles cost retailers . Oh , and transport in time for Free Comic Book Day . Also oh , 1:500 variant copies of a Joe Quesada wraparound binding … .
" BAD IDEA is lofty to announce that the debut issue of the coming sci - fi epic PLANET DEATH has sell 655,000 transcript , make it the largest selling independent comic book in over 30 twelvemonth , since Jim Lee ’s WildC.A.T.S. # 1 in 1992 . PLANET decease # 0 , arrives in store on April 30th and is timed to take reward of the largest exclusive retail day in comics — Free Comic Book Day — the following Saturday , May 3rd .
" PLANET DEATH tag the first time a spoiled IDEA comic is being distributed , via Lunar Distribution , widely , to all comic shops . PLANET DEATH # 0 is still presently in its allurement period in which comic stores place their orders and the final sales count is expect to climb even higher . The current total represents orderliness from stores that have taken a position early . Major fiat have been send by New Dimension Comics , Third Eye Comics , Bedrock City Comics , Collector ’s Paradise , Borderlands Comics and Games , DCBS and Atomic Empire . The all - new BAD IDEA Prestige Format circumscribed series is co - written by blockbuster film writer Derek Kolstad , creator and writer of the internationally acclaimed , box post dominate motion pic enfranchisement JOHN WICK , as well as the multi - award winning activity - thriller NOBODY and its upcoming sequel for Universal Studios , and New York Times easily - trade author Robert Venditti ( Superman ' 78 , Green Lantern ) with seer artist Tomás Giorello ( Star Wars , Conan ) and ten - meter Eisner accolade - winning colorist Dave Stewart ( Hellboy , Star Wars ) . "
" We ’re perfectly blown out and frankly humbled by the massive reaction to PLANET DEATH . Until now , the only way fans have been able-bodied to get our funnies has been exclusively through 250 BAD IDEA Destination Stores . This record - dress launch for our first wide release is a clear signal that fan everywhere are eager to dive into the phenomenal books , like PLANET DEATH , that our creators are work up . " said BAD IDEA CEO & Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani .
" We could n’t be prouder of the awe-inspiring narration Derek , Rob , Tomás and Dave have put together and ca n’t expect for the world to see it . “Millions of nautical mile from home , hundreds of ship fall into the stormy atmosphere of a unfriendly frozen world . On board , an army of resolute world and cleaning lady brace for the coming assault .
" They are an encroachment violence , on an impossible mission — demolish the devastating enemy artillery garrison below . Corporal Scott and his multitude are in the forefront but the human forces are no match for their savage alien opposer . Scott ’s battalion is dead within moment . He is its lone subsister . The landing place forcefulness annihilated , the battle is lost . Against overwhelming odds , Scott dares the unthinkable — hybrid behind foe lines , survive the lethal landscape , parry gaining control by unpitying foe , resist natural marauder , confront human deserters and finish the mission singlehandedly . lock in his suit of full combat battle armor , substantiate only by what he can stockpile , and driven by Earth ’s ire , Scott must do by himself what an entire army could not . Destroy the arm . Return home .
satellite Deathis the first title in a slating of upcoming Bad Idea comics includingOrdained , Cul - De - Sac , Survive , Save NowandHabitat . Derek Kolstad is writing the feature adaptation ofOrdained , andAkela CooperofM3ganandMalignantis writing the screenplay forThe Lot .
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