Killadelphia Deluxe Edition, Book One
Description
Finally, the acclaimed horror title which was nominated for an Eisner Award for "best new series" is collected in a stunning hardcover featuring the first 12 issues and more! From RODNEY BARNES, the breakout star comics scribe and television writer behind HBO's Winning Time, and the show-stopping artist who redefined SPAWN for a new generation, JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER. When a small-town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered father, revered Philadelphia detective James Sangster Sr., he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality...and vampires. Now, it's up to Jimmy and an unexpected companion to stop long-thought-dead President of the United States John Adams from building an undead army and staging a bloody new American revolution. There's a reason they say you can't go home again. Welcome to Killadelphia. Collects KILLADELPHIA #1-12 and chapters 1-5 of the terrifying werewolf tie-in story ELYSIUM GARDENSProduct Details
Price
$39.99
$37.19
Publisher
Image Comics
Publish Date
November 22, 2022
Pages
360
Dimensions
7.56 X 11.1 X 0.79 inches | 2.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781534323490
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About the Author
Rodney Barnes is the award-winning writer/producer of HBO's Showtime, Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Marvel's Runaways, Starz's American Gods, and a host of other television programs and films. He has also authored graphic novels for Lion Forge's Quincredible and Star Wars - Lando: Double or Nothing, as well as Falcon for Marvel Comics. He is now writing Killadelphia for Image Comics. Rodney resides in Los Angeles.
Reviews
"Sparely written, beautifully rendered and topical, Killadelphia is a genuinely frightening horror graphic. Can't wait to read the next issue!" --Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due
"It's the best graphic novel I've ever read. Five times more graphic and eight times more novel." --Chris Rock
"Killadelphia is such a kick-in-the-head, radically brilliant take on modern vampires that you want to rejoice. Tight writing, gorgeous art and yes, genuine scares and laughs. A love letter to the genre and a ransom note to America. My brain is still spinning." --Patton Oswalt
"Easily awarded the max of five stars, and I very highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys comics like Spawn, and The Walking Dead." --Impulse Gamer
"Killadelphia is the stunning and fresh horror fable I've been craving. This one feels like a classic." --Jordan Peele
"A dark, deep, seamless story that plays into multiple genres without becoming fully any one of them, the book offers a tantalizing nightmare of urban horror that feels real, rich, and mysterious. It'll infect you if you let it, and you should." --ComicBook.com
"It's the best graphic novel I've ever read. Five times more graphic and eight times more novel." --Chris Rock
"Killadelphia is such a kick-in-the-head, radically brilliant take on modern vampires that you want to rejoice. Tight writing, gorgeous art and yes, genuine scares and laughs. A love letter to the genre and a ransom note to America. My brain is still spinning." --Patton Oswalt
"Easily awarded the max of five stars, and I very highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys comics like Spawn, and The Walking Dead." --Impulse Gamer
"Killadelphia is the stunning and fresh horror fable I've been craving. This one feels like a classic." --Jordan Peele
"A dark, deep, seamless story that plays into multiple genres without becoming fully any one of them, the book offers a tantalizing nightmare of urban horror that feels real, rich, and mysterious. It'll infect you if you let it, and you should." --ComicBook.com
