Never mind ABBA, look who else is getting back together forty years later! And SHIFT comic magazine has them…

Yes, it’s true! A comics industry partnership forged in fire, well, all right, at Marvel UK, is getting back together after nearly four decades… Unfortunately, some pop group stole the thunder out of this important news item but, but what could be more exciting than a brand new one off story by Simon Furman (Death’s Head, To the Death and so much more) and Barry Kitson (Azrael, L.E.G.I.O.N, Spider-Man, The Avengers), working together for the first time since Transformers, back in the 1980s?

Transformers by Simon Furman and Barry Kitson, for Marvel UK
Transformers by Simon Furman and Barry Kitson, for Marvel UK

Coming to the SHIFT Winter Special at the end of the year – more details soon – this will be a smashing treat… and publisher GetMyComics has been teasing us with all sorts of hints of even more goodies to come in that.

Plus, there’s been a hint that Barry is working on something else for SHIFT for next year, too!

“We are honoured that Barry Kitson will be working with us,” says SHIFT publisher Adrian Clarke. “Having worked with DC and Marvel on such titles as Azrael, L.E.G.I.O.N, Spider-Man, The Avengers plus British titles like 2000AD, Transformers, etc, Barry will feature on a standalone story in our Christmas issue … and then something pretty exciting next year!

A “sketch” Barry Kitson did, of SHIFT regular Kora

“So pleased to be working with Barry Kitson again!” enthuses Simon Furman. “It’s been too long!”

If such excitement is too much to contain, while not track down the latest 100-page regular issue of SHIFT in your newsagents, or direct from GetMyComics?

Issue 7 of the comic magazine, on sale now, includes plenty to entertain, including “To the Death” from Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, an all-new “Killatoa”pullout and a free Lakes International Comic Art Festival bookmark featuring art by Dave McKean!

Plus, don’t miss out on a 20-page flipbook all about the amazing “First Men On Mars”, soon to be seeking backing on Kickstarter, from Gary Erskine, Simon Fraser, Mike Collins and Paul McCaffrey and Paul Mathews, which looks absolutely fantastic!

Issue 7 also features the seventh parts of ongoing series “Soulwind”, “Shifter”, “To The Death” and “Kora”, and the third parts of “Dega” by Dan McDaid, and “Crucible” by John Freeman and Smuzz.

Available now in newsagents along with two more great titles, Shift Presents…. Brawler! and Shift Presents…. Pat Mills’ SPACEWARP!, or you local comic shop – why are you still here?

Buy SHIFT #7 direct from GetMyComics here

Shift Presents…. Brawler!

SHIFT Presents… Brawler. Cover art by Mark Montague
SHIFT Presents… Brawler. Cover art by Mark Montague

The first in a line of SHIFT special editions – we are working with a number of publishers and creators to highlight their work, and bring it to an unsuspecting public!

This special edition is produced with Time Bomb Comics and ComicScene, and features strips from Time Bomb’s two Brawler comics and the ComicScene 2021 annual. Featuring an array of the UKs best independent creators, SHIFT Presents… Brawler contains 11 action packed stories in an 84 page package, designed to fit with your existing SHIFT collection!

This edition is being made available online, and will be posted early July – several weeks before release in shops. Online orders come with an art print of the cover by the astounding Mark Montague!

Featuring: Major Rakhana by Steve Tanner, Pete L Woods and Bolt-01; Westernoir by Dave West, Gary Crutchley and Matt Soffe; Wolfheart by Ferg Handley, James Devlin and Bolt-01; The Baker Street Irregulars by David Morris and Patrick O’Connor; Amnesia Agents by Jason Cobley and James Gray; Space Banshee Exorcist by Katie Cunningham, Danielle Weber and Bolt-01; Dick Turpin and the Crawling Terror by Steve Tanner, Roland Bird, Brett Burbridge and Bolt-01; Shaman Kane by David Broughton; Karl Kampe the Adventurer by Jorgen Karlsson, Hakan Aydin and Ichsan Ansori; Harker by Roger Gibson and Vincent Danks; Mandy the Monster Hunter by Matt Warner, Mark Adams, Atlantisvampir and Nikki Foxrobot – plus exclusive features!

Shift Presents…. Pat Mills’ SPACEWARP!

SHIFT Presents… Spacewarp cover by Charlie Gillespie

This special edition is produced with Millsverse Publications and Pat Mills, and brings the amazing Spacewarp PUNX Edition to shelves in a brand new newsstand format, with a brand new cover by Charlie Gillespie and bonus one-page colour strip for this edition. Online orders come with a FREE art print of the cover!

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR REALITY. IT’S ALREADY BEEN WARPED!

From Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and developer of Judge Dredd, comes SPACEWARP, a British Science Fiction comic of great NEW hero comic strips for the Science Fiction world we live in today. Featuring Special Forces One at war with Giant Viruses! Jurassic Punks versus Dinosaurs! Xecutioners: authorized to terminate Aliens! Slayer – one Robot in a Galactic war against a million Space Knights. Hellbreaker escapes from Hell to punish the Living.

Featuring: Fu-tant – a terrifying school for Mutants! Space Cops! Mutant secret agents! Killer robots! Virus armies! Alien invasions!

All interacting in a unique Spacewarp Universe! Inventive, action-packed, heartfelt, heroic, humorous, fast-paced and fantastic value for money – as only the Brits know how.

Aimed at ordinary readers of all ages.

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