EXCLUSIVE: Oni Press Unveils Exclusive Advance Editions Of ‘Out Of Alcatraz’ #1, Free For All #1 And ‘Plague House #1’ At ComicsPro
by Olly MacNamee
The attendees of this year’s ComicsPro Comic Book ComicsPRO Comic Book Industry Meeting, held in Glendale, CA, will be able to get their hands on exclusive and hyper-limited, “Rough Cut” editions for three of its new comic releases of 2025. Oni Press will have limited editions (500 apiece) of Out of Alcatraz #1 by Eisner Award nominees Christopher Cantwell (Iron Man, Briar) and Tyler Crook (Epitaphs from the Abyss, Harrow County), Free for All #1 by Eisner Award nominee Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees), and Plague House #1 by writer Michael W. Conrad (Double Walker, Wonder Woman) and Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm (Miles Davis & The Search for Sound). It’s worth noting that these exclusive ComicsPro editions will only be available on Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22nd at Oni Press’ retailer roundtable sessions. And even if you do miss out, standard issues will also be available too.
Here are more details and preview art for the three titles debuting exclusively at ComicsPro:
Out of Alcatraz #1
“Born from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, this taut and breathtaking original limited series launches with a double-sized, 48-page debut.
Convicts Frank Morris and Clarence Anglin have washed ashore in San Francisco after surviving their infamous escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in June 1962. They soon meet their gruff and disappointed handler, a mysterious young woman who’s also running from something, and hope to quickly get their way north to the border—if they can even make it out of Modesto alive. As a dogged federal manhunt and chance encounters threaten the desperate convicts, everyone involved is about to discover the same bloodstained truth: life on the run is an even more hellish prison than Alcatraz could have ever been.”
Free for All #1
“From Eisner Award–nominated writer/artist Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees) comes a 56-page, self-contained one-shot that delivers a brutal new vision of capitalism by combat . . .
In the future, the World Finance League exists to benefit all, randomly choosing those from among the billionaires and trillionaires of the world and presenting them with a choice: either donate half of their assets to the common good—or defend them in ritual combat.
Reigning champion and real estate magnate Ted Brooks has 22 victories under his belt—defending the wealth he schemed and stabbed to get—when he is forced to face his ex-wife, Luella Dominguez, in a fight to the death. Luella has been training, waiting for this moment. But will she have what it takes to defeat the man who would do anything—absolutely anything—to keep his fortune?
It’s every shareholder for themselves when death and bankruptcy collide in Free for All #1, a giant-sized, one-shot spectacle of commerce and carnage coming this March from Eisner Award–nominated cartoonist Patrick Horvath!”
Plague House #1
“This spring, architect of terror Michael W. Conrad (Wonder Woman, In Bloom) and 2024 Ringo Award–winner Dave Chisholm (Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound) begin a deep and disturbing excursion into 21st century–horror with a new kind of tale that will rebuild the four walls of the American ghost story from the foundation up . . .
Thirteen years ago, Orin McCabe was a family man living a privileged life in the suburbs. Today, he’s condemned to death row for murdering his entire family in an unexpected fit of hammer-wielding brutality. In the aftermath of his heinous crime, it’s fallen to a trio of eclectic, but dedicated, ghost hunters — Jacob, the holy man; Holland, the skeptic; and their leader, Del, a true believer in the occult and worlds beyond—to surveil the abandoned McCabe home in search of proof for the existence of the undead . . . and whatever supernatural source may have possibly fueled McCabe’s inhuman massacre. But this ill-matched and uneasy squad of investigators is about to discover something much more terrifying than any ordinary spirit. . . . Something much more pernicious, much more contagious, that if not contained, could take full advantage of America’s unquenchable appetite for violence and deliver a plague of blood unto us all . . .”
Out of Alcatraz #1 FOC: 2/24/2025
On sale March 19th 2025 | $5.99 | 48 PGS. | FC
Free for All #1 FOC: 3/3/2025
On sale March 26th, 2025 | $7.99 | 56 PGS. | ONE-SHOT
Plague House#1 FOC: 3/10/2025
On sale April 2nd 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS | FC
