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All 13 Beautiful Corpses killers revealed forward of subsequent week’s Picture Comics launch by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh…and associates
Picture Comics has revealed the identities of all of the assassins from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh’s new sequence as they descend upon the small city of Oak Valley to combat to the loss of life, in subsequent week’s Beautiful Corpses #1.
LONE GUNMAN:MASSACHUSETTS selects LONE GUNMAN to wield THE GUN. Kill Depend: REDACTED, Peak: 6′ 3″. Extremely skilled and extremely harmful, LONE GUNMAN places years of fight coaching to make use of as he effectively dispatches his opponents—or any collateral injury who get in the best way. Dishonorably discharged for battlefield atrocities now sealed in authorities data, LONE GUNMAN’S penchant for extreme violence has develop into a profit, not a hindrance, to his efficiency on this match… “Lone Gunman is the embodiment of the Beautiful Corpses competitors, in some ways,” stated Tynion. “This smirking, ornate masks being handed down era to era, turning tributes into faceless killing machines on the whims of the oligarchs…Powerful to get a lot scarier than that.”
LEOPOLD STRONG:NORTH CAROLINA selects LEOPOLD STRONG to wield THE HAMMER. Kill Depend: 23. Peak: 6′ 5″. Some killers is perhaps afraid that an opponent might steal their signature weapon, however not LEOPOLD STRONG. He alone is robust sufficient to heft the large mallet that he wields to pound flesh and bone into a lot bloodied paste. It is unknown if he really comes from the circus or merely likes the theatricality of the look, however what is evident is that LEOPOLD STRONG is well probably the most bodily imposing assassin on this 12 months’s video games. Heave ho!
RECLUSE:RHODE ISLAND selects RECLUSE to wield THE ROPE. Kill Depend: 64. Peak: 5′ 10″. An artist with wires and ropes, RECLUSE units her personal area of battle, drawing opponents into traps from which few go away intact. Although she’s lethal on the transfer with a garrote in hand, RECLUSE prefers a affected person method, mendacity in wait till her razor-wires snare her opponents. Some say her love of ropes borders on fetishism, however few get shut sufficient to search out out the reality.
FOX MASK KILLER:NEW YORK selects FOX MASK KILLER to wield THE SWORD. Kill Depend: 87. Peak: 5′ l”. Amongst killers-for-hire, there are a choose few feared even by different assassins. The enigmatic swordswoman often called FOX MASK KILLER is on the high of that listing, having achieved a fame for finishing her jobs with ruthless effectivity–and for chasing more and more difficult targets. Whether or not she sees the match as simply one other paycheck, or an opportunity to push herself previous her limits, stays to be seen.
PRETTY BOY:GEORGIA selects PRETTY BOY to wield THE AXE. Kill Depend: 36. Peak: 6′ 2″. Regardless of what Hollywood tries to promote the lots, most serial killers are charmless, asocial monsters. Most, anyway. PRETTY BOY, however, might kill with a wink and a flash of his pearly whites. He prefers an axe, although. Like many a heartthrob, PRETTY BOY takes out his pent-up rage by wanton violence, splattering his six-pack abs with gore with each swing of the axe. He has the consideration of wielding the weapon that gained the very first recreation ever carried out, however the significance is misplaced on him–he is simply right here to look good and get bloody.
LADY CAROLINA:SOUTH CAROLINA selects LADY CAROLINA to wield THE ARROW. Kill Depend: 7 Peak: 5′ 8″. Nobody from the patron households enters the video games themselves. It’s merely unparalleled. So when LADY CAROLINA stepped foot inside the sector, the opposite households had been aghast. She comes from noble inventory and obtained one of the best coaching their cash might purchase, however it nonetheless appears like a transgression. Is she merely looking for a death-defying thrill? Or does she have a extra private purpose for aiming her crossbow at this 12 months’s set of killers…
THE CONGREGATION:NEW HAMPSHIRE selects THE CONGREGATION to wield THE KNIFE. Kill Depend: 39. Peak: 6′ 0″. The one killer within the recreation to show down a price from his patron household, THE CONGREGATION feels that taking a life is the next calling–a monk-like tribute to no matter darkish gods whisper in his ears. And whereas he is virtually definitely a raving lunatic (you’d need to be, to cowl your self within the sliced-off faces of your victims), THE CONGREGATION’S knife has introduced many choices to his altar, and can little doubt deliver many extra nonetheless earlier than his prayers are completed.
RASCAL RANDY:NEW JERSEY selects RASCAL RANDY to wield THE HANDS. Kill Depend: 19. Peak: 5′ 11″. There’s a man contained in the RASCAL RANDY costume, however that man would not matter. That man has by no means mattered. He was nobody till he put the mascot head on for the primary time, till he felt the life go away somebody’s physique by the thickly furred gloves of the swimsuit. The person contained in the swimsuit will put on any disguise if vital, however his true pores and skin is RASCAL RANDY, and god assist anybody who sees him coming towards them on a darkish night time.
LAYLA BLAZE:DELAWARE selects LAYLA BLAZE to wield FIRE. Kill Depend: 335. Peak: 5′ 3″. They are saying some individuals simply wish to see the world burn, however LAYLA BLAZE will accept seeing something go up in flames. It is unclear if the burn marks that criss-cross her physique are the outcomes of fires that received uncontrolled…or LAYLA BLAZE operating out of some other kindling. All that may be stated for positive is that she burns sizzling in life, love, and the act of killing, and leaves solely ashes in her wake.
SLATER:MARYLAND selects SLATER to wield EXPLOSIVES. Kill Depend: 124. Peak: 5′ 10″. Tick…tick…BOOM! The new younger factor often called SLATER has by no means had an issue attracting consideration, however his entourages have a behavior of blowing up—as does the rest in his neighborhood. Below the suitable circumstances, SLATER may need channeled his fascinations with pyrotechnics into one thing productive—as an alternative, he is only a strolling powderkeg.
NURSE PETE:VIRGINIA selects NURSE PETE to wield POISON. Kill Depend: ???. Peak: 5′ 6″. Nobody would guess that the unassuming, schlubby NURSE PETE had a physique rely approaching three figures, and that is simply how he likes it. A compulsive killer who endlessly tweaks his lethal cocktails of paralyzing narcotics and exams them on sufferers across the nation, NURSE PETE is normally content material to slide from hospital to nursing dwelling to pediatric ward, altering identities simply in time to keep away from being observed. However the sum provided to him for becoming a member of this recreation would pay for oh so many tantalizing new chemical elements…
G4M3R_KlD & CALVIN:CONNECTICUT selects G4M3R_KlD to wield ELECTRICITY. Kill Depend: 9. Peak: 4′ 0″. Aww, c’mon—you would not damage just a little child, would you? A product of the iPad era, weaned on slur-filled gaming lobbies, G4M3R_KlD has no enterprise being wherever close to an occasion like this, however he is so desensitized to violence that he has no qualms piloting CALVIN, his closely armed drone, and aiming it at any goal in sight. Kill counts are simply excessive scores to this tyke, and he desires to see his title on the leaderboard.
Beautiful Corpses #1 launches as an preliminary 13-issue story arc, however will broaden with extra tales sooner or later. There may even be a companion buying and selling card recreation launching quickly, and followers can begin gathering killer playing cards early with ones completely present in polybagged Cowl C variants of every problem. The sequence uniquely got here collectively in a writers’ room led by Tynion IV and Walsh and made up of “Corpse Crew” comics superstars Adam Gorham, Becca Carey, Che Grayson, Claire Roe, Gavin Fullerton, Jordie Bellaire, Marianna Ignazzi, Pornsak Pichetshote, Tyler Boss, and Valentine De Landro. Every problem of the sequence will construct upon the final in an ‘beautiful corpse’ recreation type, with a passing of the baton, from creator-to-creator, to unfold the story in a collaborative and aggressive vogue.
Within the spirit of March Insanity, every problem of Beautiful Corpses will characteristic playoff brackets that observe the in-world competitors—and readers will have the ability to play alongside at dwelling, guessing who they suppose will dwell, who will die, and who will in the end win the sport. In Beautiful Corpses, each 5 years on Halloween, the wealthiest households in America play a recreation. Twelve of the deadliest individuals on the planet are dropped right into a small city with only one objective: the final killer standing wins. For the residents of Oak Valley, Maine—this 12 months’s unfortunate area—the objective is far easier. They have to survive the night time.
Beautiful Corpses #1 can be a triple-length debut problem, that includes 60 pages of story content material for simply $4.99, and can be obtainable at comedian ebook retailers on Wednesday, Could 14. The Cowl C variant not solely options the extra-length problem, but additionally an unique Beautiful Corpses: The Sport killer card inside a protecting polybag for $6.99.Cowl A by Walsh – Lunar Code 0325IM247Cover B by James Stokoe – Lunar Code 0325IM248Cover C by Walsh (polybagged with recreation card) – Lunar Code 0325IM249Cover D clean sketch cowl – Lunar Code 0325IM250Cover E “stealth variant” by Jenny Frison – Lunar Code 0325IM251Cover F 1:25 copy incentive by Alex Eckman-Garden – Lunar Code 0325IM252Cover G 1:50 copy incentive by Nimit Malavia – Lunar Code 0325IM253Cover H 1:100 copy incentive by Jae Lee & June Chung – Lunar Code 0325IM254Exquisite Corpses #2 can be obtainable at comedian ebook retailers on Wednesday, June 18 (Remaining Order Cutoff deadline for retailers is Could 26):Cowl A by Walsh – Lunar Code 0425IM328Cover B by Marianna Ignazzi – Lunar Code 0425IM329Cover C by Walsh (polybagged with Killer card) – Lunar Code 0425IM330Cover D “stealth variant” by [to be revealed] – Lunar Code 0425IM331Cover E 1:25 copy incentive by Riley Rossmo – Lunar Code 0425IM332Cover F 1:50 copy incentive by Martin Simmonds – Lunar Code 0425IM333Exquisite Corpses #3 can be obtainable at comedian ebook retailers on Wednesday, July 23 (Remaining Order Cutoff deadline for retailers is June 30):Cowl A by Walsh – Lunar Code 0525IM344Cover B by Valentine De Landro – Lunar Code 0525IM345Cover C by Walsh (polybagged with Killer card) – Lunar Code 0525IM346Cover D “stealth variant” by [to be revealed] – Lunar Code 0525IM347Cover E 1:25 copy incentive by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz – Lunar Code 0525IM348Cover F 1:50 copy incentive by Joshua Hixson – Lunar Code 0525IM349Exquisite Corpses may even be obtainable throughout many digital platforms, together with Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
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