FREE Special Preview Edition of Batman: Earth One To Be Released on July 19th
DC’s official statement:
DC Entertainment and comic book retailers across North America are declaring Thursday, July 19 “The Dark Knight Rises” Day to celebrate the arrival of this summer’s most anticipated film opening in theaters and IMAX ® on Friday, July 20. Fans who visit their local comic book retailer on July 19 will receive a free, special edition comic book featuring several exclusive previews of current and upcoming Batman comic books and graphic novels. More than 500,000 copies of the free Batman comic book will be handed out that day on a first-come, first-served basis.
The free Batman: EarthOneSpecial Preview Edition comic book features the first chapter of the highly anticipated graphic novel BatmanEarthOne written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Gary Frank, as well as a preview of Batman Vol. 1 The Court of Owls, the New York Times #1 best-selling graphic novel collection of the hit series written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo.
“The arrival of The Dark Knight Rises in theaters is a seminal moment for comic book readers and moviegoers; what better way to mark the occasion than with a free Batman comic book that rewards a broad range of fans and taps into the unprecedented excitement surrounding this film,” stated DC Entertainment Vice President of Marketing, John Cunningham.
Well, it is definitely cool of DC to do this. I’ve really been looking forward to reading Batman: Earth One and cannot wait to get my hands on this preview.
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drewtos reblogged this from final-five and added:
Don’t forget to grab this FREE Batman comic on Thursday…
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ant-astic reblogged this from final-five and added:
This is a cool thing to do for new readers. Not sure how many new readers will actually show up, though.
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