| PORTLAND, OR (October 21, 2025) A STORY SO EXPLOSIVE THAT IT WILL HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU PASS ON! – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner- and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., present to you, fine reader, a first look at “Fire in the Hole” from the upcoming OUTLAW SHOWDOWN #1, on sale October 22. Written and illustrated by the legendary Tony Moore(The Walking Dead, Battle Pope) “Fire in the Hole” relishes in betrayal, death, and dismemberment that you will never be able to unsee. So, if you’re brave enough to look on, do so with caution because . . .
“Fire in the Hole” may not be suitable for the eyes of the weak or considered cowardly!
As the sun settles high above this bone-dry stretch of mesa, wipe the blood from your boot heels and place your wagers as Oni Press and EC Comics raise their pistols . . . to pump six cylinders of hot lead and cold hearts into OUTLAW SHOWDOWN—EC’S FIRST GIANT-SIZED, 56-PAGE SPECIAL celebrating REVENGE and RETRIBUTION on the lawless frontiers of the Old West! Gunfighters, scoundrels, butchers, and bandits—they’ll all join us here to draw down on fate itself as coffin-bound creators John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Christopher Cantwell (Out of Alcatraz), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Tony Moore (The Walking Dead), and Ann Nocenti (Daredevil) rain hellfire and fury from the holsters on their hip.
Plus, also featured as an extra-added bonus: A newly remastered and authentically restored tale of Old West retribution and recoil from the EC vaults by comics masters Harvey Kurtzman(Two-Fisted Tales) and Jack Davis (Tales from the Crypt)!
SOME COMIC BOOK COMPANIES ASK YOU TO CHOOSE: DEATH OR GLORY? AT EC COMICS, WE SAY . . . WHY NOT BOTH?! And we will continue to tempt your fate by telling you to CHOOSE A COVER THAT MAKES YOU RIDE INTO A BLAZE OF GLORY! Pick your poison with covers by Lee Bermejo (Joker), Ladrönn(Cable), Tony Moore, Shawn McManus(Fables), and Rian Hughes (The Multiversity).
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EC OUTLAW SHOWDOWN #1
WRITTEN BY JOHN ARCUDI, CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL, TONY MOORE, AND ANN NOCENTI
ART BY SEBASTIÁN CABROL, DAVID LAPHAM, DAN McDAID, AND TONY MOORE
COVER A BY LEE BERMEJO
COVER B BY TONY MOORE
COVER C BY LADRÖNN
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY SHAWN McMANUS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY TONY MOORE
ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY RIAN HUGHES
BLANK SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE
ON SALE OCTOBER 22th, 2025 | $8.99 | 56 PAGES | FC
IOC: 8/30/2025
FOC: 9/29/2025 |
