Death Walks the Streets is a 2010 comic book limited series based on an unproduced screenplay for a film of the same title. The comic is a prequel, set three years prior to the timeline in the screenplay.[1][2]
| Death Walks the Streets | |
|---|---|
 Death Walks the Streets Issue #0 June 2008 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | The Scream Factory |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | June 2008 – present |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | James Zahn Ben Brezinski |
| Penciller(s) | Guilherme Balbi Mark Kidwell |
| Inker(s) | Alex Silva |
| Letterer(s) | Kurt Hathaway Jason Moser |
| Colorist(s) | Javier Tartaglia Milen Parvanov |
| Editor(s) | Troy Brownfield Scott Licina Janelle Siegel David Pepose |
Publication history
editDeath Walks the Streets was first released by The Scream Factory on June, 26 2008.[3] Issue #0 was released in a standard, retail edition featuring a Werewolf cover,[4] and a Wizard World Chicago 2008 convention exclusive, limited to 333 pieces.[5] The Wizard World version was available at their Chicago event, which was held from June 26–29, 2008.
On October 10, 2008, news hit that Fangoria Comics had been reinstated and that Death Walks the Streets would continue under the Fangoria Graphix line, published by Fangoria.[6]
Further news arrived on October 31, as release plans for both digital and print editions of the title were announced.[7]
Due to continued internal restructuring of the Fangoria brand, Fangoria Graphix was once again shuttered in 2009 after releasing only one new issue of the Death Walks the Streets series.[8]
On February 19, 2010, rumors began swirling that The Scream Factory had been reinstated after a cover for a new issue of Death Walks the Streets surfaced online bearing the company's trade dressing.[9]
The return of The Scream Factory was confirmed on May 10, 2010, as Fearnet reported that the company had partnered with Panelfly to bring their comics into digital formats for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.[10]
Plot synopsis
editSet three years before DWTS I, an Organization Soldier named Michael Labou leads a crew that includes his longtime friends Danielle and Malcolm. Charged with tracking down and capturing a person wanted by The Organization, it's anything but business as usual on the streets of New Marshall.
Vampires - Demons - Zombies - Werewolves - The Mob.
Reception
editAin't it Cool News stated that the zero issue contained "a pretty good story" along with "a great premise."[11] In regards to Issue #1 they said that "there's something beneath the surface and just off in the periphery that oozes evil and the anticipation for the big satanic hoof to drop is palpable" along with declaring that "DEATH WALKS THE STREETS is a welcome addition to a line of comics that does printed horror right."[12]
Eric Anderson of The Pullbox called the series "smart horror at it's [sic] finest."[13]
Film adaptation
editThe comic book is a prequel to a possible film.
Death Walks the Streets in popular culture
editNapalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris can be seen wearing a Death Walks the Streets T-shirt in the music video for the song "On the Brink of Extinction" from the album Time Waits for No Slave.
Notes
edit- ^ ""Scream Factory Titles Announced" Newsarama". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ Death Walks the Streets in Comic Form Archived 2008-04-27 at the Wayback Machine Twitchfilm.net
- ^ Scream Factory News Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Terrortube
- ^ Retail Cover for DWTS Comic Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Horror-movies.ca
- ^ Dread Central Exclusive Look at Death Walks the Streets #0, 19 June 2008
- ^ Fangoria to Publish Comics Again Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Newsarama
- ^ A Very Fangoria Halloween - Publisher Back from the Grave, October 31, 2008
- ^ DWTS 1 Cover Art Revealed Archived 2008-07-13 at the Wayback Machine ReelComix
- ^ Is the Scream Factory Back for Business? Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Newsarama
- ^ Take your iPhone to The Scream Factory FEARnet
- ^ AICN review of Issue #0 Ain't it Cool News
- ^ AICN review of Issue #1 Ain't it Cool News
- ^ ThePullBox.com review of Issue #1 ThePullbox.com
References
edit- Death Walks the Streets at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
edit- Official website
- Death Walks the Streets at ComicSpace
- Death Walks the Streets at Facebook
- James Zahn on Scream Factory's Death Walks the Streets, Newsarama, June 12, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets Issue 0 Review, Horror-movies.ca, July 11, 2008
- Issue 0 Convention Exclusive Review, Midnightsliceofpie.com, July 4, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets 0 Review, Flamesrising.com, July 3, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets #0, Thepullbox.com, June 30, 2008
- Death Walks the Streets Issue #1 Cover Art, Reelcomix.com, July 6, 2008