Dead Body Road Explained

Schedule:Monthly
Publisher:Image Comics/Skybound
Genre:Action
Issues:6
Bad Blood: 6
Main Char Team:Orson Gage
Bad Blood:
Bree Hale
Writers:Justin Jordan
Artists:Matteo Scalera
Bad Blood:
Ben Tiesma
Letterers:Pat Brosseau
Colorists:Moreno Dinisio
Bad Blood:
Mat Lopes
Editors:Sean Mackiewicz
Bad Blood:
Jon Moisan
Tpb:Dead Body Road
Isbn:978-1632150479
Tpb1:Vol. 2: Bad Blood
Isbn1:978-1534317215
Subcat:Image Comics
Sort:Dead Body Road
Limited:Y
Date:December – May 2013
Bad Blood:
June – December 2020

Dead Body Road is an American comic book series created by writer Justin Jordan and artist Matteo Scalera. It was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con by Skybound Entertainment as a collaboration with Image Comics, and began publication in December of the same year.[1] A trade paperback collecting the series was released in June 2014.

Plot summary

Orson Gage is out for revenge. Already damaged from a destructive career as lawman, Gage is going from broken to shattered as his wife is gunned down in a bank heist gone wrong. While the criminal gang that pulled it off is busy fighting amongst themselves about the blood-soaked rewards of their take, Gage is only looking for one thing: retribution.[2]

Bad Blood

A sequel miniseries was released in 2020, titled Dead Body Road: Bad Blood, which follows Bree Hale trying to save her brother from local crime boss Monk Sinclair. It ran for 6 issues from June to December 2020.

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedFormatPublication dateISBN
Dead Body RoadDead Body Road #1–6Trade paperback[3]
#1–6[4]

Reception

According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first trade paperback received an average score of 8.3/10 based on 70 individual reviews of the collected single issues.[5] The sequel series' trade paperback received an average score of 7.9/10 based on 26 individual reviews of the six issues.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Armitage. Hugh. July 23, 2013. Skybound announces 'Manifest Destiny', 'Dead Body Road' at Comic-Con. Digital Spy.
  2. News: Arrant. Chris. December 2, 2013. Justin Jordan Seeks Revenge in DEAD BODY ROAD. Newsarama. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216203504/https://www.newsarama.com/19700-justin-jordan-seeks-revenge-in-dead-body-road.html. December 16, 2013.
  3. Web site: DEAD BODY ROAD TP. December 4, 2020. Image Comics.
  4. Web site: DEAD BODY ROAD, VOL. 2: BAD BLOOD TP. December 4, 2020. Image Comics.
  5. Web site: Dead Body Road Vol. 1. December 4, 2020. Comic Book Roundup.
  6. Web site: Dead Body Road Vol. 2: Bad Blood. March 6, 2021. Comic Book Roundup.