Marvel celebrates 50 years of Deathlok with new one-shot
Marvel announced DEATHLOK 50th ANNIVERSAY SPECIAL #1 will hit shelves September 18th, delivering an all-new chapter in the character’s wild history. The giant-sized one-shot will be written by Christopher Priest and Justina Ireland, along with art by Dale Eaglesham, Matthew Waite, Luke Ross, & the return of Denys Cowan. The special issue features a main cover by Ken Lashley and a variant by Nick Bradshaw.
The synopsis from Marvel:
Travel back to the ruins of Manhattan for an action-packed, laser-blasting, building-smashing, explosive adventure uncovering secrets of a world that will excite new and longtime fans. Witness the world of tomorrow where everything went horribly wrong, filled with danger around every corner, brutal villains, as the reluctant half-man, half-machine’s latest mission culminates in an ending designed to shock your technology-tormented brain!
Official Press Release
In 1974’s STRANGE TALES #25, one of comics’ most offbeat heroes was born: Deathlok! This September, celebrate the iconic cyborg’s unique legacy alongside an all-star lineup of comic book talent in DEATHLOK 50th ANNIVERSAY SPECIAL #1!
The giant-sized one-shot will be written by industry superstar Christopher Priest and New York Timesbestselling author Justina Ireland, known for her recent work on STAR WARS: SANA STARROS and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BLOOD HUNT. The time-spanning story will be drawn by an epic lineup of artists including Dale Eaglesham, Matthew Waite, and Luke Ross. DEATHLOK 50th ANNIVERSAY SPECIAL #1 will also mark the grand return of Denys Cowan, a definitive Deathlok artist who reinvented the character in the early ‘90s.
An amalgam of reanimated flesh and computer circuitry, former military strategist Col. Luther Manning was locked in a state of living death. Stripped of his family, his humanity, but not his will, Manning became the cyborg, Deathlok the Demolisher—a weapon of war programmed solely for destruction!
A bold blend of science fiction, horror, and war, Deathlok’s genre-shattering sagas pushed the limits on dystopian storytelling. Fifty years later, this tragic cyborg hero’s take is more relevant than ever and readers won’t want to miss where his path takes him next!
Travel back to the ruins of Manhattan for an action-packed, laser-blasting, building-smashing, explosive adventure uncovering secrets of a world that will excite new and longtime fans. Witness the world of tomorrow where everything went horribly wrong, filled with danger around every corner, brutal villains, as the reluctant half-man, half-machine’s latest mission culminates in an ending designed to shock your technology-tormented brain!
"I'm always excited and humbled to write anything in the Marvel universe, but Deathlok as a character is especially important to me because as a U.S. Army veteran, his origin story really resonates in a horrifying way," Ireland shared. "So I'm excited to dig into the emotional core of what makes Deathlok so unique, while also having some fun."
Check out the main cover by Ken Lashley as well as a variant cover by Nick Bradshaw and preorder DEATHLOK 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 at your local comic shop today!
