Check Out a 10-Page Unlettered Preview of “Ten Grand”

Say what you will about things like “Superman: Grounded” or “Before Watchmen,” but it’s hard to deny that people aren’t generally excited to hear about the return of Joe’s Comics – especially when the first new book on the imprint features art by Ben Templesmith.  J. Michael Straczynsi may regularly court the fanboy version of controversy, but most of us still fondly remember books like “Midnight Nation” and “Rising Stars.” To get something potentially like those books again? Well, we’re paying attention.

So to whet your appetites, how about some unlettered Ben Templesmith pages from “Ten Grand”? I mean, what better way to get excited about a comic than to stare longingly at the gorgeous artwork it will contain?

Take a look:

“Ten Grand” #1 comes out May 1st. Here’s the solicit:

Story by: J. Michael Straczynski
Art By: Ben Templesmith
Cover By: Ben Templesmith & Ben Templesmith
Variant Cover by: Bill Sienkiewicz

Joe Fitzgerald was a mob enforcer until the day he met Laura, who convinced him to leave that world behind. Before quitting, Joe agreed to one last job, little realizing that the man he’d been sent to kill was deeply involved in demonlogy. He survived Joe’s attempt and came after him, fatally wounding Joe and killing Laura. As he lay dying, an angelic force (who may or may not be what she appears) pointed out that where she is going, he can’t follow, and where he is going, he wouldn’t want her to follow. But if he will agree to work for them as a different kind of enforcer, they will bring him to life and keep on bringing him to life every time he is killed in a righteous cause. The reward: for those five minutes of death, he will be with Laura again. Would you endure an eternity of pain and death, dying over and over, to be with the woman you love for just five minutes each time you died? Most people might say no. But Joe Fitzgerald isn’t most people.

A bold new era begins with the long-anticipated return of Joe’s Comics, the imprint that brought you MIDNIGHT NATION and RISING STARS. All-new stories from J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Thor, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman: Earth One) return in 2013 with an action packed line up featuring everything from superhero action to supernatural thrillers. Watch this space as a new wave of exciting, challenging and experimental stories begins!