Three #1 issues are among the variants, including GHOSTED
#1 by Joshua Williamson and Goran Sudzuka with a cover by Matteo Scalera, a
convention exclusive edition of SATELLITE SAM #1 by Matt Fraction and Howard
Chaykin with black-and-white cover art by Chaykin, and SIDEKICK #1 by J.
Michael Straczynski and Tom Mandrake with a cover by Whilce Portacio.
Giving some heft to Image’s Comic-Con offerings are four
hardcover editions released by the Image imprints Skybound and Top Cow. At the
Image imprint Skybound, CLONE VOLUME ONE by David Schulner and Juan Jose Ryp,
INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOLUME ONE by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley, THIEF OF
THIEVES VOLUME TWO by Robert Kirkman, James Asmus, and Shawn Martinbrough; and
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOLUME TWO by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
will be for sale in limited quantities each day. The hardcover edition of THINK
TANK VOLUME ONE by Matt Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal will be for sale at the Top
Cow booth.
Other variants to be sold at the Image booth are a
special foil-cover variant of CHEW #35 by John Layman and Rob Guillory and TEN
GRAND #4 by J. Michael Straczynski and Ben Templesmith. In addition to the
THINK TANK hard cover, Top Cow will be selling an exclusive APHRODITE IX #3
“Cosplay” edition with a photo cover. A complete list, with images, of Image
variants can be found on the Image Comics blog.
On the merchandise side, Image Comics will be selling
their Image Comics logo tote bags and T-shirts, which made their debut at Image
Expo in San Francisco on July 2. Also available will be the “Lying Cat”
T-shirts featuring brand-new artwork of the fan-favorite character from the
wildly popular SAGA by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.
From Skybound, the four “Faction” THE WALKING DEAD
T-shirts from the upcoming story arc “All-Out War” — Survivors, Hilltop,
Saviors, and Kingdom — which also went on sale first at Image Expo, will be
available. Skybound will have other exclusive merchandise at their booth,
including a THE WALKING DEAD electric guitar, wristwatches for THE WALKING DEAD
and INVINCIBLE, and Todd McFarlane Toys Governor in Riot Gear action figure,
and Rick, Carl, and Negan PVC figures. A complete list, with images, of
Skybound exclusive merchandise can be found on the Skybound website.