Behold A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The World’s Unholiest CGC Slab

Just One Week Left To Stake Your Claim On CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition!
There’s just ONE WEEK LEFT to secure your copy of the wildest CGC slab in comic book history —CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition!

New York Times best-selling writer and horror comic legend Mike Carey (LUCIFER, X-MEN) is finally making his long-awaited return to comic shops onAugust 6th, joining forces with fine art illustrator Jonathan Wayshak (SPAWN: VIOLATOR) to unleash a brand-new series, one that will change vampire mythology forever — CUL-DE-SAC.

To mark this genre-shaking new series, we teamed up with an elite team of engineers, a 30-year veteran woodworker, and a Hollywood special effects artist to handcraft the CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition — a CGC-graded, ultra-limited comic book impaled with a handcrafted wooden stake. Limited to just 36 in existence.

Today, we are thrilled to give you an exclusive peek behind the curtains of this ultra-limited comic book history-maker with never-before-seen build shots from our team of expert craftsmen.

The limited edition comic inside CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition, with a micro print run of just 36 copies.
Each certifiably undead copy sports a vampire bite, leaving two fresh fang marks, and a trail of blood in its wake.
The stakes are sourced from a remote grove of Eastern Red Cedar trees tucked away in the wilds of Appalachia. High powered saws cut them to size before they are whittled by hand to their final specifications.
Before and after the whittling and staining process.
A splash of Hollywood special-effects, wizard-crafted gore. Can you name one of the film franchises this practical effects team has worked on?
After the intense buildout, each of the CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Editions is then whisked away to CGC headquarters to receive official certification and grading.

Finally, they’ll be shipped to the first 36 comic book stores around the world who lock in an order of 500 copies or more of CUL-DE-SAC #1!

Available on a first come, first served basis, these monstrosities are going fast, but there’s still time to secure one before they’re all gone.

To secure your limited edition CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition:

  • Have your local comic book store confirm an order of 500 copies or more of CUL-DE-SAC #1 (lunar code: 0625BD465) with BAD IDEA (siena@badideacorp.com).
  • The first 36 stores to pledge will secure one (1) exclusive CUL-DE-SAC #1 Impaled Edition.
  • All pledges must be authenticated by BAD IDEA.

But hurry! Stores must lock in their order by Final Order Cutoff, Monday July 7th!

*** CUL-DE-SAC #1 ***
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art & Cover by JONATHAN WAYSHAK
$5.99  |  48 PGS.  |  FULL COLOR
FOC JULY 7, 2025 | ON SALE AUGUST 6, 2025
What lurking evil lies hidden at the end of the cul-de-sac?

Nestled in a tucked-away corner of sleepy suburbia, the Kingsley, Herriman and Ortega families seemed like any other close-knit neighbors. So nothing seems amiss when Mrs. Kingsley piles all the neighborhood kids into the family RV for their annual summer camp-out. But in the dark of the woods, she unleashes a grisly, bloodcurdling display, revealing their families’ shocking secret—their parents are vampires and they’re eager to pass on their legacy.

Now the children must choose—to join them and revel in their awesome dark powers or live out their lives as mortals. But when they return home, they confront a gruesome scene—their parents dead on the floor, brutally murdered by an elite squad of vampire hunters. And the hunters? They’re looking to finish the job. Now the kids are on the run, chased by vampire hunters, the police, and even a shadowy cabal of their fellow vampires as they search for answers to unlock the secret of what they really are before their fates are sealed forever.

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