US publisher Vault Comics announces Local Comic Shop Gift Card Initiative

By John Freeman on March 27, 2020

Aiming to support Local Comic Shop retailers in these trying times caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Montana-based US comics publisher Vault Comics, an independent publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and supernatural horror comics, has announced their Local Comic Shop Gift Card Initiative.

Readers who purchase gift cards from their Local Comic Shop will receive free, early copies of Heavy #1 by Max Bemis and Eryk Donovan, and Hundred Wolves #1 by Myke Cole and Tony Akins, months ahead of release.

Vault’s LCS Gift Card Initiative has five easy steps:

1) Call, email, or reach out via social media to your local comic book retailer.

2) Purchase a gift card from them for any amount.

3) Submit any proof of purchase, along with the local comic shop you purchased your gift card, here

4) Vault Comics will send participants an email containing free, advanced, digital copies of Heavy #1 by Max Bemis and Eryk Donovan, and Hundred Wolves #1 by Myke Cole and Tony Akins

5) If you like the two issues, add them to your subscription list at your local comic shop.

Vault strongly emphasises that participants should obey any shelter-in-place mandates that may be active in their areas. They strongly encourage participants to call, email, or reach out to their local retailers via social media to purchase these cards. Do not put anyone’s health at risk

Heavy #1 – Cover A by Eryk Donovan

HEAVY #1
Writer: Max Bemis
Artist: Eryk Donovan
Colorist: Cris Peter
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Designer: Tim Daniel

Bill may be dead, but he’s got a job to do.

Welcome to the Big Wait, where folks who do’t quite make the cut go to work off their debt. Everyone in the Wait’s got a job. Bill is a Heavy, whose job is policing the multiverse, making sure bad eggs get what’s coming to them. He’s on track to earn his Climb and reunite with the woman he loves… until he meets his new partner: the worst dude of all time.

Heavy is The Punisher for neurotics; Inception for the impatient; Preacher for… well, it’s a lot like Preacher. Max Bemis and Eryk Donovan bring you a story about the existential purpose of dumb boys with big guns.

Hundred Wolves #1 Cover A by Tony Akins

HUNDRED WOLVES #1
Writer: Myke Cole
Artist: Tony Akins
Colorist: Vladimir Popov
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Designer: Tim Daniel

The Hundred Wolves are bloody-handed terrors of the steppe. Andrei and Oksana have left the Cossack band to raise their daughter on a farm they hold from the noble Count Ostoja, but the raiding life isn’t done with them. Both the Hundred Wolves and the couple’s new liege lord wish to employ their deadly skills-and neither will take no for an answer.

From celebrated author Myke Cole (The Sacred Throne Trilogy, The Shadow Ops Trilogy) and venerable artist Tony Akins (Fables, Hellblazer, Wonder Woman) comes a story of war and family, blending historical fiction with a touch of fantasy.

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.