For this season of Storied Arcs, Mike and Alex will be dipping back into the world of horror as they get ready to discuss the “farm noir” zombie (question mark?) story Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton from Image Comics. As usual, the guys start off by talking about what drew them to this book and how they came initially read it, given that neither particularly trend to horror. Then they go through some of the comics history of its creators, Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, as well as series regular cover artist Jenny Frison. Finally, the guys wrap up with a spoiler free tease for the comic to get you into the story (mostly spoiler free, that is; Mike drops a minor spoiler for issue #1, but he was reading Image’s official description of the series compendium, so whose fault is it really?).
There are several ways to find and read Revival (including the aforementioned compendium, which is scheduled for release September 25, 2024), and like with similar length comics we’re covered before, we will be using the Deluxe Editions as our discussion breaks. The issues breakdown as follows:
Deluxe Edition Volume 1: issues #1-11 + Free Comic Book Day 2012 story
Deluxe Edition Volume 2: issues #12-23 + Chew/Revival #1
Deluxe Edition Volume 3: issues #24-35
Deluxe Edition Volume 4: issues #36-47
[Each Deluxe Edition is also two trade paperbacks combined.]
We can’t to jump into this story, so go read Revival Deluxe Edition Volume 1 (issues #1-11 + FCBD 2012 story) wherever you get your comics and join us back here next week to kick off the discussion!
