Marvel recently announced a new mini-series about a character who gets superpowers and only has 30 days to live and use them. The comic will be released in September with one issue a week, and Marvel has announced that the comic will be released digitally one week after the print issue comes out.
We have only seen one comic released in print and digitally on the same day, with that being the Invincible Iron Man Annual. The only comic to consistently do this on a regular basis is Justice League: Generation Lost, which DC has been putting out in digital and print since June with their app. Marvel has been at the forefront of the digital movement though, and are constantly trying out new things with their iPad and iPhone apps in order to try and figure out what consumers want and what will work well with retailers.
One Month To Live itself boasts an incredibly team to it, with Rick Remender, Stuart Moore, John Ostrander and Andrea Mutti all attached to the title. While no word on how much the digital copy will go for it, we do know the print version of the weekly comic will be $2.99. Keep your eyes open for it coming in September.
For the full press release from Marvel, check after the jump.
Heroic Age: One Month To Live Arrives In Stores & On the Marvel Comics App
In a world of unlikely heroes, Dennis Sykes is about to become Marvel’s unlikeliest, in an event that brings together the entire Marvel Universe! This September, Heroic Age: One Month To Live #1 begins a five-issue weekly event and each issue will debut the following week on the Marvel Comics app! An all-star creative team–including Rick Remender, Stuart Moore, Rob Williams, John Ostrander and more–brings you the story of an accident which gives Sykes incredible super powers…and a 30-day death sentence. Now, Sykes will leave his mark on the world, and he’s prepared to go through Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Avengers to complete his final journey!
“From the moment we read the script and saw the first pencils, we knew we had a special book in Heroic Age: One Month To Live,” said David Gabriel, Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales & Circulation.
“With so many major Marvel heroes guest-starring, this is the perfect book for current fans and new readers, which made it a natural to fit on the Marvel Comics app shortly after it hits stores.”
Everyone is the hero of their own story…but not every hero is a good guy.
Don’t miss a single issue of the gripping Heroic Age: One Month To Live, on-sale in September at comic shops and on the Marvel Comics app.
HEROIC AGE: ONE MONTH TO LIVE #1 (JUL100583)
Written by RICK REMENDER
Penciled by ANDREA MUTTI
Covers by MIKE FYLES
Rated T+ …$2.99
FOC–8/12/10, On-Sale–9/1/10
