Mad Cave Studios is excited to share details of our FLASH GORDON publishing program with our retail partners!
THE FLASH GORDON SERIES LAUNCHING ON “FREE COMIC BOOK DAY” WILL CONTINUE IN JULY 2024
The #0 FCBD issue not only springboards into an ongoing series, but also includes backmatter content that forecasts Mad Cave’s far-reaching FLASH GORDON and DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH publishing plans, outlined below.
FLASH GORDON #1 will hit stores on July 24th (with FOC deadlines set for June 24th from Lunar/Diamond).
Issues #1-5 comprise the first complete storyline, with a consistent cover program across all issues that entails:
- Cover A from regular series artist Will Conrad
- Cover B connecting covers from Frazer Irving
- 10-Copy Retailer Incentive
HOWEVER, to launch our debut issue in a BIG WAY, Mad Cave is offering six (6) spectacular #1 cover variants to the Direct Market, shown below.
While FLASH GORDON #1 is featured in Diamond and Lunar’s May catalogs, the subsequent FLASH GORDON #2 will next appear in the July catalogs. This solicitation schedule will grant our comic shop partners the ability to evaluate issue #1’s actual sales momentum in their stores in early July, weeks before the FOC deadline for issue #2. The series will then ship monthly for the remainder of the year.
We’re excited about FLASH GORDON, and hope you are, too! 2024 will be an explosive return for the character to comics, and Mad Cave Studios appreciates your support!
A DIVERSE LINE OF RELATED COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL GENERATIONS OF READERS
As mentioned above, our FLASH GORDON #0 Free Comic Book Day comic includes a timetable that outlines our entire publishing plan for FLASH GORDON and related products in 2024.
Our plans include:
- A DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH trade paperback collecting the 1987 Marvel/Star miniseries by Stan Lee, Bob Harras, Alex Saviuk, and more.
- A biannual line of FLASH GORDON CLASSIC COLLECTION hardcovers of vintage comic strips by Alex Raymond.
- A brand-new eight-issue DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH miniseries.
- The FLASH GORDON QUARTERLY anthology comic book series.
- The FLASH GORDON ADVENTURES! all-ages original graphic novel by Art Baltazar and Franco, published by our acclaimed Papercutz imprint.
Two of the above projects are already available for order from Lunar and Diamond:
DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH TRADE PAPERBACK
Collecting the 1987 Miniseries
Order from Simon & Schuster Via your Sales Rep: 9781545800812
FLASH GORDON
CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL. 1
Vintage Comic Strips 1934-1937
Order from Simon & Schuster Via your Sales Rep: 9781545813201
