The Executioner: IDW's Comic Book Preview

Check out this sneak peek of Mack Bolan's return to comics!
Don Pendleton's The Executioner: The Devil's Tools will be a 5-issue miniseries from IDW Publishing. The first issue hits in April 2008 and the book will run monthly, with a trade paperback collection of all five issues to be released in November 2008.


No stranger to Gold Eagle readers, Douglas Wojtowicz (author of Executioner novels "Double Play" and "Aftershock", just to name a few) is spinning the tale of The Devil's Tools, with art by SL Gallant (Marvel Adventures) and colors by Luis Antonio Delgado (Gene Simmons House of Horrors). Covers will be handled by Rebecca A. Wrigley (Disney Feature Animation). We'll be previewing finished art soon and hope to chat with Doug about the transition of Mack from books to comics, but for now, feast your eyes on the in-process artwork!

IDW's Rogue Angel Comic Book Series

Annja Creed's comic book adventures begin Febuary 2008 in a monthly five-part miniseries from IDW Publishing. Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales will then be collected in a trade paperback collection of all fives issues releasing in September 2008.


Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales is written by Harvey Award-nominated Barbara Kesel (Hellboy:Seed of Destruction). Visuals are handled by interior arist Renae De Liz (Nightmare World), inker/colorist Ray Dillon (Noble Causes) and cover artist Rebecca A. Wrigley (Disney Feature Animation).

In this miniseries, Annja's drive to explore unrecorded, shadowy history leads her to Virginia City in search of a rumored manuscript that could change the public perception of Mark Twain forever.


IDW will be releasing two covers for the first issue: Rebecca's stunning art (appearing at the top of this post) and a variant cover featuring Tim Bradstreet's cover art that will also be appearing on the cover of our Rogue Angel: Serpent's Kiss novel (Rogue Angel: Serpent's Kiss will be available in bookstores January 2008).

Watch for more updates, and details on IDW's Executioner comic series.

Gold Eagle Books and IDW Partnership

Beginning in February 2008 IDW Publishing will be releasing comic book and graphic novel versions of The Executioner and Rogue Angel!

IDW Editor Tom Waltz shares his thoughts on the partnership: "I've been a huge fan of the Mack Bolan prose stories for many years, so I was ecstatic when IDW President Ted Adams gave me the green light to approach Gold Eagle about the Executioner license. Things got even better when Gold Eagle not only showed an excited interest in bringing Bolan's adventures into the comic book realm, but Annja Creed's (a.k.a. Rogue Angel) as well.  Rogue Angel was a new title for me when we started this process, but one I've quickly come to dig as much as the Bolan books, and I'm proud as heck to be part of the team that will bring these fascinating pulp heroes to comic book and graphic novel readers everywhere. Working with Gold Eagle has been wonderful, and our talented creators are churning out awesome stories and artwork. I can't wait for fans, old and new, to see what we have to offer."

IDW Publishing is a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among its best-selling titles are Hasbro’s THE TRANSFORMERS; Paramount/CBS’s STAR TREK; Fox’s ANGEL; Konami’s METAL GEAR SOLID; and Peter David’s FALLEN ANGEL. IDW’s 30 DAYS OF NIGHT film from Sony Pictures was released last month and was the #1 movie in its first week of release. IDW has other films in development at Dimension Films and Paramount Pictures as well. We're really excited to see Mack and Annja in their hands!

We'll be sharing more details and showcasing the creative teams of both comics in the next few days, so stay tuned for more!