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BOOM! First Look: A Vicious Circle #1 cover by Inhyuk Lee

‘A Vicious Circle’ follows the story of two men cursed to roam across time and space in an unending cycle of violence and revenge.

Courtesy of BOOM! Studios, AIPT can exclusively reveal a never before seen variant cover for A Vicious Circle #1 by Inhyuk Lee. The prestige 3-issue original series from writer Mattson Tomlin, with artist Lee Bermejo, arrives in comic book shops on December 14th. It follows the story of two men cursed to roam across time and space in an unending cycle of violence and revenge.

The first issue will also feature a main cover by Lee Bermejo with variant covers by Jae Lee and Alex Garner.

So what’s A Vicious Circle about?

Shawn Thacker is a trained assassin from the future who seeks revenge on the only other man with his affliction—each life they take forces them both to involuntarily travel between vastly different past and future eras. Spanning from 22nd century Tokyo to 1950s New Orleans to the Cretaceous Era and beyond, the two mortal rivals are locked in a battle of wills that spans millions of years, all to alter the course of history.

With each time period, legendary artist Lee Bermejo adjusts his artistic style to pay homage to luminary comics artists and historical master painters, presented in a prestige, oversized format!

Check out Lee’s cover below.

BOOM! First Look: A Vicious Circle #1 cover by Inhyuk Lee

Check out the other covers below!

BOOM! First Look: A Vicious Circle #1 cover by Inhyuk Lee BOOM! First Look: A Vicious Circle #1 cover by Inhyuk Lee BOOM! First Look: A Vicious Circle #1 cover by Inhyuk Lee

For more on this news, read the official press release below.

LOS ANGELES, CA (November 10, 2022) – BOOM! Studios revealed today the variant cover by InHyuk Lee (Something is Killing the Children) for A VICIOUS CIRCLE #1, the premiere issue of a prestige 3-issue original series from director, creator of Project Power, and one of the screenwriters behind the upcoming Batman sequel, Mattson Tomlin, with Lee Bermejo, iconic artist behind the smash hits Batman: Damned and Joker, and letterer Becca Carey (Batgirls) about two men cursed to roam across time and space in an unending cycle of violence and revenge, available in December 2022. 

Shawn Thacker is a trained assassin from the future who seeks revenge on the only other man with his affliction—each life they take forces them both to involuntarily travel between vastly different past and future eras. Spanning from 22nd century Tokyo to 1950s New Orleans to the Cretaceous Era and beyond, the two mortal rivals are locked in a battle of wills that spans millions of years, all to alter the course of history. 

With each time period, legendary artist Lee Bermejo adjusts his artistic style to pay homage to luminary comics artists and historical master painters, presented in a prestige, oversized format!

A VICIOUS CIRCLE #1 features main cover art by series artist Bermejo, and also variant covers by highly acclaimed illustrators Alex Garner (Batman) and Jae Lee (Grim).

A VICIOUS CIRCLE is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Wynd by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas; Basilisk by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Briar by Christopher Cantwell and Germán García; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; The Approach by Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, and Jesus Hervas; Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier and Charlie Adlard; Behold, Behemoth by Tate Brombal and Nick Robles; and the upcoming Specs by David M. Booher and Chris Shehan; Once Upon a Time at the End of the World by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, and Nick Dragotta; and Know Your Station by Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Harkonnen from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Michael Shelfer; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Melissa Flores and Simona Di Gianfelice; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.

Print copies of A VICIOUS CIRCLE #1 will be available for sale on December 14, 2022 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.  

For continuing news on A VICIOUS CIRCLE and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

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