Press Release
Dinosaurs? Check.Exotic locale shrouded in mystery? Check. Battle-hardened soldiers armed to the teeth? Check. Femme fatales as dangerous as they are beautiful? Check. History’s most evil villains? Nazis. Check.
We know what you’re thinking. How do I buy a ticket to this glorious wonderland of thrilling action?!
Well, luckily for you, dear comics reader, IDW Publishing is making passage to this many-splendored Fangri-La as easy as swinging by your local comic shop!
This May, IDW is proud to present HALF PAST DANGER, the maniacally explosive new miniseries by Stephen Mooney! Over six issues, fans will be treated to the action-packed, intrigue-soaked adventures of Staff Sergeant Tommy “Irish” Flynn, a soldier in the South Pacific in 1943 who’s about to uncover a prehistoric mystery while taking on an army of diabolical Nazis!
“I couldn’t be more thrilled about partnering up with IDW on HALF PAST DANGER,” said creator Stephen Mooney. “I’ve long wanted to produce a book of my own firmly set in the pulp world of action-adventure Saturday afternoon serials, and this is it. Nazis vs Dinosaurs, baby. History meets Prehistory in this two-fisted race against time. And there ain’t no time like HALF PAST DANGER!”
Accompanied by talents of colorist extraordinaire Jordie Bellaire and featuring variant covers by Tommy Lee Edwards, Declan Shalvey, Lee Bermejo, and a host of dazzling artists yet to be announced, HALF PAST DANGER is destined to be an absolute blockbuster and the kind of unbelievable adventure that will have fans wondering if fun like this shouldn’t come with a Surgeon General’s warning.
HALF PAST DANGER #1 (FC, 32 pages, $3.99). In stores 5/22/13.
Diamond Code: MAR130351
About IDW
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio.
IDW’s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Warner Brothers and Barry Sonnenfeld are attached to adapt LORE into a feature film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, with Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes and Sony bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.
