Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne has been bounced back and forth between a variety of publishers, but it looks like we’ll be seeing the avenging angel’s return in the pages of a new ongoing published by Image Comics. While Avengelyne was created by Liefeld, Mark Poulton and Owen Gieni will be handling the writing and artistic duties, respectively, in this book. Be sure to read the whole press release behind the cut, and be sure to check out Avengelyne #1 in July (if, you know, that’s your kind of thing).
Check after the jump for the full press release.
More than a decade ago, Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld (creator of YOUNGBLOOD, Deadpool) introduced a beautiful and vengeful angel to comics. She fought the demons of the 1990s, providing fans a story of good vs. evil on an apocalyptic level. Now, following in the footsteps of Liefeld, writer Mark Poulton (Koni Waves) and artist Owen Gieni (Sore Thumbs) are announcing a relaunch of AVENGELYNE for Image Comics.
“As with any of my creations, I try to marry the right creative team with a character, and after a long chat with Mark Poulton, I knew he was the writer for the gig,”
Rob Liefeld said of his decision to relaunch AVENGELYNE with an all-new creative team. “Mark has chronicled the adventures of a female lead in his Koni Waves series for the past several years, so he is a natural for AVENGELYNE. Artist Owen Gieni worked up the best samples I’ve ever seen. Both are ready to treat Avengelyne fans to amazing, daring and controversial new story lines.
“We are all hard at work on the third issue, these guys are hungry and eager to deliver AVENGELYNE to a new generation of fans!”
“Rob is the reason I wanted to get into the comics business in the first place,” Poulton stated. “To be able to relaunch AVENGELYNE with Rob at Image is a dream project. Owen and I are committed to doing a lengthy run on the series that will define the character.”
“Working on Avengelyne is truly a dream come true for me!” exclaimed artist Owen Gieni. “My goal is to do as long a run as I can, get better each issue, and to do it monthly! We hope to touch all corners of the larger Image universe, reintroduce a ton of Rob’s classic characters and create a bunch of crazy new ones. This book is a pure dream to draw. I’m in Heaven.”
Poulton further explained: “The appeal of the character for me wasn’t the demons or the scary monsters she faced, but the fact that she was fighting for redemption. She had fallen from grace and was paying for her sins. She’s flawed. When you combine that aspect of the character with the demons, scary monsters, and supernatural world she lives in the possibilities for stories are endless.”
The redesigned supernatural heroine, AVENGELYNE, will return to comics to continue her search for atonement by correcting the wrongs of villains the likes of Torment, an aptly named psychotic serial killer, and Red Dragon, who appears to have found a new human vessel. With this new characterization of Liefeld’s original character, artist Owen Gieni’s depiction of AVENGELYNE is not only sexy, but ready to battle all the plot twists that Poulton has up his sleeve for her.
AVENGELYNE #1 (MAY110432), a 32-page full color comic book priced at $2.99, will be available for order in the May issue of Diamond Previews catalog and goes on sale July 20th, 2011.
