Exclusive First Look At The Legends In WWE: FOREVER #1 One-Shot

BOOM! Studios issued the following press release to Wrestlezone, detailing the WWE Legends and creative team involved in WWE: FOREVER #1, the new one-shot special that will hit stores on January 30th, 2019.

Wrestlezone is also happy to reveal a first look at some of the artwork and panels included in the new book; the full gallery is after the press release below.

The issue is a 50 page, ultra-packed special with never-before-told stories, including a showdown between Razor Ramon and Ted DiBiase, the rise of the Excellence of Execution, Bret Hart, and a hilarious caper where Bobby “The Brain” Heenan attempts to kidnap Matilda the Bulldog.

First Look at the Legends in WWE: FOREVER #1

Discover Brand New Stories In and Out of the Ring in January 2019

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 7, 2018) – BOOM! Studios and WWE today revealed a first look at WWE: FOREVER #1, the all-new oversized one-shot special featuring action-packed stories of the greatest WWE Legends on-sale January 30, 2019.

You’ve never seen the Legends like this before! The team of Michael Kingston (Headlocked) & Michel Mulipola (WWE) return to document the rise of the Excellence of Execution, Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Brent Schoonover (Captain Marvel) recounts when Bobby “The Brain” Heenan attempts to kidnap Matilda the Bulldog. Lan Pitts (WWE) and Carlos Magno (Planet of The Apes) bring us a showdown between Razor Ramon and Ted DiBiase at a jewelry shop. Arune Singh and Kendall Goode (WWE: NXT Takeover) reveal the true origin of the partnership between Money Inc. tag team partners Irwin R. Schyster and Ted DiBiase. Derek Fridolfs (Adventure Time) shows us what happens when the electrifying Junkyard Dog gets pushed too far!

WWE: FOREVER #1 features a main cover by Rahzzah (Luke Cage), along with a wraparound preorder cover by Kendall Goode (The Doorman) and a variant cover by Marco D’Alfonso (I Am Groot) that will connect to variant covers for WWE #25 and WWE WRESTLEMANIA 2019 SPECIAL.

“Each of the stories in WWE: FOREVER #1 reminds us why each of these Superstars became Legends!” said Chris Rosa, Editor, BOOM! Studios. “An all-star team of writers and artists tackle untold stories of some of WWE’s greatest performers, making this a special issue jam-packed with fun and action you won’t find anywhere else!”

WWE: FOREVER is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to a world-class group of licensed comic book series and ambitious original series, including Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Planet of the Apes,Bone Parish, Mech Cadet Yu, Grass Kings, and Klaus.

Print copies of WWE: FOREVER will be available for sale on January 30^th, 2019 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) and on November 6^th at bookstores or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.

For continuing news on WWE: FOREVER and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

ABOUT WWE

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