BAD IDEA Builds Playable Console Game For Kolstad, Venditti, Maleev's WARBIRD -- Play On Your Game Boy! ⋆ First Comics News

Only 36 exist. The world’s first incentive video game.

Last August, BAD IDEA blew minds with the debut of an authentic, CGC comic with a vampire stake stabbed through the heart in CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition.

In April, we did it again with the first-ever comic book filmed for VHS with THE HAB: THE VHS.

This July, its time for comic fans to level up their collection with the ultimate incentive, something no other publisher has dared to produce. The BAD IDEA dev team is proud to present WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE GAME!

Yes, we’ve built an actual, playable 8-bit Shoot ‘Em Up WARBIRD video game and it’s completely compatible with any Game Boy system.

Step into the cockpit of one of the next-gen Russian Spearhead jets and play as high-end repo man Cole Norton. It’s time to complete your mission and get the deadly jet safely into the hands of the US military. But prepare for enemy fire! The Russians aren’t letting their crown jewel get away without a fight. They’ve sent the remaining Spearheads on a search and destroy mission with orders to fire at will!

Featuring box art by Eisner Award-winner Frank Quitely (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN), the acclaimed artist behind the designs of WARBIRD, and in-game art directly inspired by Eisner Award-winning interior artist Alex Maleev!

And just like the infamous Impaled Edition — ONLY 36 EXIST.

Actual WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE VIDEO GAME Gameplay Stills

WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE GAME SPECIAL FEATURES:

Super-limited Game Box Featuring Eisner-winner Frank Quitely Art
Exclusive Game Cartridge Compatible with Game Boy Systems
Limited Edition 8-Bit Comic Book

WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE GAME takes flight on July 22nd alongside WARBIRD #1.

Derek Kolstad, the blockbuster screenwriter behind JOHN WICK, and New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (SUPERMAN ’78), the writers behind the blockbuster mega-hit PLANET DEATH, re-team.

They’re joined by Alex Maleev, the Eisner Award-winning master illustrator known for his seminal work on Daredevil, who is taking the reins on interior art in WARBIRD #1!

All join forces for the white-knuckle, globe spanning blockbuster of the summer.

These video game comic book collectibles are available now on a first come, first served basis. Once they’re gone, they’re gone forever.

To secure one before they are all gone simply:

Contact your local comic shop and pre-order your WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE GAME. Tell your shop to email BAD IDEA at siena@badideacorp.com and confirm an order of 500 or more copies of WARBIRD #1 (lunar code: 0526BD0615) before Final Order Cutoff, Monday JUNE 22
The first 36 stores to pledge will secure one (1) exclusive WARBIRD: THE CONSOLE GAME
All pledges must be authenticated by BAD IDEA.

WARBIRD #1 interior art by Alex Maleev, will be fully colored

*** WARBIRD #1 ***
Written by DEREK KOLSTAD & ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by ALEX MALEEV
Colors by DEAN WHITE
Covers by MICHAEL CHO, FRANK QUITELY, J.G. JONES & MORE
$5.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR
ORDER BY MONDAY | IN STORES

Cole is a repo man of the highest caliber, repossessing heavily guarded mega yachts from billionaires, private planes from captains of industry, and everything in-between. If it’s got an engine, he can drive it, ride it, or fly it straight out from under the nose of an army of guards, for a 10% fee.

But now he’s been brought the job of a lifetime—an impossible job. One that will bring him face to face with the highest stakes. The Russians have stolen aeronautical military secrets from China, France, Germany, the UK, and the US to Frankenstein together the ultimate bleeding edge, next-gen fighter jet: the Spearhead.

There are only three of them in existence. They are an absolute force of nature dominating every global hotspot from Syria to Ukraine. Cole’s been hired to steal one… and destroy the other two. And at a price of $500 million each, his fee is a cool $50 million.

But this isn’t a repo. This is outright theft. And failure doesn’t mean jail time and fines—it means a bullet to the back of the head.

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