Upcoming Image Introduces

By: Rob Allstetter
Date: Friday, January 18, 2002

The next three issues of IMAGE INTRODUCES..., Image Comics' showcase title, will feature CRYPTOPIA, DOG SOLDIERS and REX MUNDI.

Each issue of the bi-monthly series features all-new characters and concepts in a full-length, self-contained story, along with a five-page preview of the next issue's main feature.

Here's how Image describes the three properties:

CRYPTOPIA (April): CRYPTOPIA is the story of Dr. Shannon Palmer a cryptozoologist whose insatiable quest for hidden species jeopardizes her work, her colleagues, and the last remaining vestiges of her self-respect. It's a high-adventure parable about the fine line dividing Man and Beast the dark parallels between us and the creatures with which we share our world and the tragic realization that all that really sets us apart from the animal kingdom are a pair of opposable thumbs. CRYPTOPIA is written by Ben Raab and features art by Pat Quinn, John Lowe and Mostafa Moussa.

DOG SOLDIERS (June): DOG SOLDIERS focuses on a top Navy SEAL who reluctantly leads an all-new team of bio-engineered combat soldiers on their first (and what is hoped by the Pentagon to be their last) mission, only to find himself championing their cause to be treated as equal human beings. DOG SOLDIERS is written by Rob Hunter, penciled by Pete Pachoumis and inked by Luke Rizzo.

REX MUNDI (August): REX MUNDI is a tale of murder, blasphemy, intrigue and the occult set in Paris during the early 1930s, but in a world that is only superficially similar to our own.

In REX MUNDI, the Catholic Church never lost its grip on power, nor did the landed aristocracy. Magic also exists, in the form of Cabalistic rites and rituals. Secret societies fill the political landscape, although few are aware of the full extent of their influence. The characters of REX MUNDI have stumbled onto a society claiming to posses the Holy Grail itself. But as they soon discover, the Grail is not merely a cup. It is a secret so profound it threatens to topple the monarchies of Europe and plunge the world into a devastating war. Discovering the Grail's mystery becomes the driving quest for the characters of REX MUNDI. Featuring story and art by newcomers Arvid Nelson and Eric J.