Fans eager to get their hands on physical copies of Mortal Kombat comics won't have to wait out the digital cycle long! DC Comics announced their Beyond The New 52 Group Solicitations for January, 2015 headlined by the first issue of Mortal Kombat X!
The 40 page debut issue -- announced as a digital-first title at New York Comic Con -- will ship with interlocking Scorpion and Sub-Zero covers by Ivan Reis (Green Lantern, Blackest Night). The $3.99 debut will also come with a collectible limited 1:10 variant with artwork from NetherRealm Studios!
Also part of the Beyond The New 52 group - the latest issues from instant digital hit Injustice: Gods Among Us. The NetherRealm inspired series, now in its third volume, paved the way for Mortal Kombat's long awaited return to comics.
MORTAL KOMBAT X #1
Written by SHAWN KITTELSEN
Art by DEXTER SOY
Scorpion variant cover by IVAN REIS
Sub-Zero variant cover by IVAN REIS
1:10 Video game art cover
On sale JANUARY 7 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • DIGITAL FIRST
Get over here…for an all-new digital-first series set before the events of 2015’s highly anticipated game Mortal Kombat X! Prepare yourself for the brutal adventures of all your favorite Mortal Kombat characters and witness the rise of the next generation of Kombatants!
This premiere issue features two interlocking covers by superstar artist Ivan Reis!
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #7
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by BRUNO REDONDO and MIKE S. MILLER
Cover by MIKE S. MILLER
On sale JANUARY 7 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
It all began when Superman learned that his wife, Lois Lane, was pregnant. But then came The Joker’s terrible machinations, and the horrible tragedy that took her life and destroyed Metropolis. From that moment, Superman – and the world – were changed forever. But suppose none of that had ever happened?
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR THREE #8
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by BRUNO REDONDO and MIKE S. MILLER
Cover by NEIL GOOGE
On sale JANUARY 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Wonder Woman is back – and she’s not happy with what’s happened since she left. She’s kicking butt and taking names, and Sinestro is the first on her list! Plus, it’s payback time for Superman’s enemies, and neither Batman’s Gotham City-based resistance nor Constantine and his mystical allies are safe from the coming storm. But Constantine still has a trump card to play.
Mortal Kombat X promises to contextualize and expand upon the world of the 2015 fighting game - utilizing the extensive catalogue of characters and world accumulated over twenty years worth of games! Rookie writer Shawn Kittelsen spoke highly of MK during New York Comic Con, expecting to utilize around 40 characters for the comic!
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