If your pull list’s been missing a wild brawler of a comic, Andrew MacLean has you covered.
The Head Lopper creator is teaming up with gonzo artist Alexis Ziritt (Space Riders) for Death Fight Forever, a five-issue miniseries crashing into comic shops this February from Image Comics. Think ‘90s beat-’em-up arcade chaos meets heavy-metal energy, and you’re in the right arena.
“Death Fight Forever was born from a love of ’90s beat ‘em up video games and a desire to write a comic that highlights some of the coolest art styles of our time,” said MacLean.
The series follows super-thief bruiser brothers Crash and Bash Biggle as they join forces with the larger-than-life Commander Thunderfang to take down interdimensional crime lord Lord Slyther. But things take a sharp turn when Bash has a fateful clash with Marla Mendoza—leader of the COPZ gang and Slyther’s deadliest enforcer—which sets him on a path he never saw coming.
You can feel the Street Fighter-meets-Contra energy coming off the preview pages:
MacLean drew the first issue’s main cover, and here’s a variant by Ziritt:
The first issue arrives in stores Feb. 18.