- Death Walks the Streets (comics)
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Death Walks the Streets 
Death Walks the Streets Issue #0
June 2008Publication information Publisher The Scream Factory Schedule Monthly Format Limited series Genre Horror Publication date June 2008 – present Creative team Writer(s) James Zahn
Ben BrezinskiPenciller(s) Guilherme Balbi
Mark KidwellInker(s) Alex Silva Letterer(s) Kurt Hathaway
Jason MoserColorist(s) Javier Tartaglia
Milen ParvanovEditor(s) Troy Brownfield
Scott Licina
Janelle Siegel
David PeposeDeath Walks the Streets is a 2010 comic book limited series based on an unproduced screenplay for a film of the same title. The comic is a prequel, set three years prior to the timeline in the screenplay.[1][2]
Contents
Publication history
Death Walks the Streets was first released by The Scream Factory on June, 26 2008.[3] Issue #0 was released in a standard, retail edition featuring a Werewolf cover,[4] and a Wizard World Chicago 2008 convention exclusive, limited to 333 pieces.[5] The Wizard World version was available at their Chicago event, which was held from June 26–29, 2008.
On October 10, 2008 news hit that Fangoria Comics had been reinstated, and that Death Walks the Streets would continue under the Fangoria Graphix line, published by Fangoria.[6]
Further news arrived on October 31, as release plans for both digital and print editions of the title were announced.[7]
Due to continued internal restructuring of the Fangoria brand, Fangoria Graphix was once again shuttered in 2009 after releasing only one new issue of the Death Walks the Streets series.[8]
On February 19, 2010, rumors began swirling that The Scream Factory had been reinstated after a cover for a new issue of Death Walks the Streets surfaced online bearing the company's trade dressing.[9]
The return of The Scream Factory was confirmed on May 10, 2010 as Fearnet reported that the company had partnered with Panelfly to bring their comics into digital formats for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.[10]
Plot synopsis
Set three years before DWTS I, an Organization Soldier named Michael Labou leads a crew that includes his longtime friends Danielle and Malcolm. Charged with tracking down and capturing a person wanted by The Organization, it's anything but business as usual on the streets of New Marshall.
Vampires - Demons - Zombies - Werewolves - The Mob.
Reception
Ain't it Cool News stated that the zero issue contained "a pretty good story" along with "a great premise." [11] In regards to Issue #1 they said that "there’s something beneath the surface and just off in the periphery that oozes evil and the anticipation for the big satanic hoof to drop is palpable" along with declaring that "DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is a welcome addition to a line of comics that does printed horror right." [12]
Eric Anderson of The Pullbox called the series "smart horror at it's [sic] finest." [13]
Film adaptation
The comic book is a prequel to a possible film.
Death Walks the Streets in popular culture
Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris can be seen wearing a Death Walks the Streets T-shirt in the music video for the song "On the Brink of Extinction" from the album Time Waits for No Slave.
Notes
- ^ "Scream Factory Titles Announced" Newsarama
- ^ Death Walks the Streets in Comic Form Twitchfilm.net
- ^ Scream Factory News Terrortube
- ^ Retail Cover for DWTS Comic Horror-movies.ca
- ^ Dread Central Exclusive Look at Death Walks the Streets #0, 19 June 2008
- ^ Fangoria to Publish Comics Again Newsarama
- ^ A Very Fangoria Halloween - Publisher Back from the Grave, October 31, 2008
- ^ DWTS 1 Cover Art Revealed ReelComix
- ^ Is the Scream Factory Back for Business? Newsarama
- ^ Take your iPhone to The Scream Factory FEARnet
- ^ AICN review of Issue #0 Ain't it Cool News
- ^ AICN review of Issue #1 Ain't it Cool News
- ^ ThePullBox.com review of Issue #1 ThePullbox.com
References
- Death Walks the Streets at the Comic Book DB
External links
- Official website
- Death Walks the Streets comic on Myspace
- Death Walks the Streets at ComicSpace
- Death Walks the Streets at Facebook
- James Zahn on Scream Factory's Death Walks the Streets, Newsarama, June 12, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets Issue 0 Review, Horror-movies.ca, July 11, 2008
- Issue 0 Convention Exclusive Review, Midnightsliceofpie.com, July 4, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets 0 Review, Flamesrising.com, July 3, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets #0, Thepullbox.com, June 30, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets Issue #1 Cover Art, Reelcomix.com, July 6, 2008
Categories:- American comics titles
- Comic book limited series
- 2008 comic debuts
- Horror comics
- Comics based on films
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