‘Creature Corps’ #1 Debuts With TCG Collectable Character Cards
by Olly MacNamee
Writer Curt Pires (Fireborn, Lost Fantasy) and artist JOK‘s monster-battling new series Creature Corps will now also offer readers the chance to join in on the action with a special, collectable trading card game. And Image Comics has revealed three of the possible cards fans could get when they pick up the Creature Corps Cover B booster bundles.
Characters depicted on the cards include Gleaver (featuring art by Bjorn Barands), Regalleaf (featuring art by Dalton Rose), and Drakazoid (featuring art by Martin Simmonds), as well as two surprise cards you can only find when the debit issue drops next month.
Aach issue of Creature Corps will also feature an ongoing backup anthology series —The World of Creature Corps — including stories created by the likes of Franklin Jonas, Jordan Blum, Timmy Heague, Fred Kennedy, Stefan Tosheff, Juanse Eslava, and more to be announced.
Pires commented:
“I’m ecstatic to be partnering with Image Comics again for my biggest and craziest book yet. Creature Corps has it all: dark, irreverent deconstructionism of our childhood creature-battling crazes, giant-sized issues for only $4.99, the coolest trading cards around, and an all-star cast of contributors to the book. I’m so grateful for all the support on Fireborn and Lost Fantasy and can’t wait for readers, collectors, and retailers alike to experience Creature Corps for themselves.”
Creature Corps promises readers a fresh and irreverent remix of ’90s creature-battling paired with the sharp, ultra-violent satire of The Boys. In case you don’t know what this new series is all about, here’s the synopsis:
“In 1999, time broke and the Calamity Creatures arrived. Creatures from a desolate tomorrow, it took mankind no time to start battling them, and even less time for it to turn into the largest for-profit sporting event since the UFC: Creature Corps.
Dusty Gotem was 14 years old when he became Creature Corps world champion … and then walked away in disgust. Seventeen years later, he’s in hiding — until a time quake strikes and leaves his mother injured with massive medical bills.
There’s only one way to save her: reunite his team and become Creature Corps world champion again. Let the games begin.”
Creature Corps #1 is out on Wednesday, 2nd December with the following covers:
- Cover A by JOK
- Cover B by JOK Booster Bundle Variant (contains a polybagged secret cover for issue #2 as well as one of two random trading cards from the Creature Corps TCG. Including a chance to win a holofoil chase card!)
- Cover C by Jarret Hartnell
- Cover D by JOK Japanese Video Game Magazine variant
- Cover E by Blank Sketch
- Cover F by Tyler Kirkham
- Cover G by Flops
- Cover H by Jae Lee Standard Cover Variant
- Cover I Absolute Batman Homage 1:25 copy incentive by JOK
- Cover J Japanese Virgin Foil 1:50 copy incentive by JOK
- Cover K Cornerbox Variant 1:75 copy incentive by Flops
- Cover L Jae Lee Virgin Gold Foil 1:100 copy incentive
