Rogue Angel and Mack Bolan comics to be published
IDW Publishing and Gold Eagle Books® announce agreement to create comics with mystical swords and blazing bullets
San Diego, CA (December 7, 2007)—Starting in February, explosive pulp adventure takes on a whole new meaning when IDW Publishing and Gold Eagle Books (www.readgoldeagle.blogspot.com/) release the first issue of their newly formed publishing partnership—Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales, an original comic book tale featuring Gold Eagle’s bestselling prose heroine, Annja Creed, the daring archeologist and modern heir to Joan of Arc’s mystical sword. And the action and adventure will pick up even more steam in April with the release of Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: The Devil’s Tools #1, featuring the immensely popular and long-running action hero, Mack Bolan.
Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales, a five-issue miniseries, is scripted by Harvey Award-winning writer/editor Barbara Randall Kesel (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction), illustratedby Renae De Liz (Nightmare World), and inked and colored by Ray Dillon (Noble Causes). Rebecca A. Wrigley (Disney Feature Animation) will provide covers for the series, and the debut issue will also feature a variant cover by Rogue Angel novelcover artist Tim Bradstreet (Punisher). In this miniseries, Annja’s drive to explore unrecorded, shadowy history leads her to Virginia City in search of a rumored manuscript that could change the public perception of Mark Twain forever.
Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: The Devil’s Tools is written by popular Mack Bolan novelist Douglas Wojtowicz, with interiors by SL Gallant (Marvel Adventures) and colors by Luis Antonio Delgado (Gene Simmons House of Horrors). Rebecca A. Wrigley will be lending her talents to the covers here, as well. Mack Bolan, a.k.a. the Executioner, has been the inspiration for countless payback warriors since the series’ inception in 1969. In The Devil’s Tools, Bolan returns in an explosive five-issue mini-series that pits him against a conglomerate of enemies who are representative of the Executioner’s many literary conflicts—from his War against the Mafia to his battles with the KGB in the ‘80s, and modern organized crime and terrorism.
Feroze Mohammed, Executive Editor at Gold Eagle, speaking about the new partnership with IDW, said, “I feel very fortunate to have been associated with The Executioner series for the past 20-plus years, the highlight of which was going behind the scenes for a number of hours with Don Pendleton, creator of the series, on three separate occasions. We discussed the book series at length, but I’m fairly certain there was no mention of the series as comics. Occasionally over the years Gold Eagle teams have discussed the possibilities, but that’s as far as it went. Now, Gold Eagle and IDW Publishing are about to embark on not one, but two great comic book adventures: The Executioner and Rogue Angel.
“I was privileged yet again to be a member of the three-person Gold Eagle team that developed the Rogue Angel concept. The idea for this series was conceived in Barcelona, Spain of all places. The rest is sort of history as this “angel” took flight to great acclaim as a bi-monthly book series in July 2006. IDW Publishing took one look at the series and decided they would like to join forces with Gold Eagle on another comic book adventure. It’s of course a pleasure to work with the folks at IDW who are very patient, gracious, and highly professional. Thus far we’re on the same page, so to speak.”
IDW Editor Tom Waltz agrees, stating, “We’re definitely on the same page, no doubt about it. I’ve been a huge fan of the Mack Bolan prose stories for many years, so I was ecstatic when IDW President Ted Adams gave me the green light to approach Gold Eagle about the Executioner license. Things got even better when Gold Eagle not only showed an excited interest in bringing Bolan’s adventures into the comic book realm, but Annja Creed’s (a.k.a. Rogue Angel) as well. Rogue Angel was a new title for me when we started this process, but one I’ve quickly come to dig as much as the Bolan books, and
I’m proud as heck to be part of the team that will bring these fascinating pulp heroes to comic book and graphic novel readers everywhere. Working with Gold Eagle has been wonderful, and our talented creators are churning out awesome stories and artwork. I can’t wait for fans, old and new, to see what we have to offer.”
Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales #1 will be in stores in February and is available for pre-order now with Diamond Previews Code DEC073714. Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: The Devil’s Tools will be in stores in April.
ABOUT IDW PUBLISHING
IDW Publishing is a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among its best-selling titles are Hasbro’s THE TRANSFORMERS; Paramount/CBS’s STAR TREK; Fox’s ANGEL; Konami’s METAL GEAR SOLID; and Peter David’s FALLEN ANGEL. IDW’s 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film from Sony Pictures was released last month and was the #1 movie in its first week of release. IDW has other films in development at Dimension Films and Paramount Pictures as well.
ABOUT GOLD EAGLE BOOKS®
Hard-hitting action and edge-of-the-seat adventures are the rule with Gold Eagle Books, a premier action-adventure publisher. Even the most discriminating readers’ needs are met with a wide range of popular categories, such as future fiction, science fiction, paramilitary action, martial arts adventure and post nuclear holocaust excitement. Gold Eagle Books publishes 42 titles per year. Gold Eagle is an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Limited which is, itself, a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B).
Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales Art Preview
The Executioner: The Devil's Tools Art Preview
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