In a statement, Johns said “Gary and I have been secretly working away on Geiger since we finished up ‘Doomsday Clock’ earlier this year and we couldn’t be more excited to be doing our first creator-owned book for Image. Now that we’re miles ahead of the release schedule, we can finally talk about it. ‘Geiger’ was inspired by the early days of Image when wonderfully all-new, graphic characters like Todd McFarlane’s Spawn,’ Erik Larsen’s ‘Savage Dragon’ and so many more were at the forefront of their publishing line. It was such an exciting time as a reader for us, and we’re hoping to tap into that excitement again with the unexpected and unknown with Geiger. ‘Doomsday Clock”s Brad Anderson is bringing his beautiful palette to the book.”
Johns’s last creator-owned comic was “The Possessed,” a supernatural WildStorm book from 2003, while Frank previously created “Kin” and illustrated “Midnight Nation” at Image in the early 2000s. (It also marks Johns’s first project outside DC since 2004.) Frank said, “It feels like we’ve been assembling this monster in a hidden tower for an age and waiting for the right storm to pass. I think we have something full of heart and horror and humanity and, now that we’re close, I’m hugely excited to see it released into the World.”
Image publisher Eric Stephenson said, “At Image, nothing gives us more satisfaction than showcasing extraordinary talent, so publishing new work by the likes of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank is a true event. There are few writers in modern comics whose names carry the same weight as Geoff’s, and Gary has been one of the industry’s best artists over two decades, so it’s been difficult to contain the excitement we all have over working with them on this incredible new series.”
