An exciting recurring tradition for fans of action-packed genre tales in comics and the pulp traditions, Dynamite announced another Savage Tales release this February.
Fan-favorite scribe and pulp fiction mastermind David Avallone (Elvira, Bettie Page) is back for the latest winter time gift for readers, contributing all three new original stories within this special oversized issue featuring cardstock covers. He’s joined by a trio of rising star artists, two of which are recent graduates from the prestigious Kubert School for comics illustration.
“This was a great opportunity for me to go back to a trio of characters I’ve always enjoyed writing,” said David Avallone. “I’ve been a fan of John and Dejah since discovering them in my early teens. Vampirella was the first comics character I ever wrote, and I’ll always have a special affection for her. Finally, Dynamite gave me a chance to imagine a new future for Gullivar Jones in previous issues of Savage Tales, and I continue that story here.”
One of the biggest power couples of pulp have an untold tale revealed, as Avallone pens “Mutiny on Mars” starring John Carter and Dejah Thoris. To draw the Barsoom-trekking adventure, Eman Casallos (Pathfinder, Army of Darkness) comes in with his honed skills.
An underrated and favorite pulp figure, Captain Gullivar Jones’ next hotly anticipated tale is shown in “His War” drawn by Kubert graduate Hamish Munro-Cook.
Last but certainly not least, one of Dynamite’s biggest heroines gets the spotlight, as Vampirella’s “The Real Thing” is chronicled by Avallone and Mariano Benitez-Chapo, also a Kubie rising through the ranks.
It doesn’t end there though, as those three are topped off with a special bonus reprinting the “Seeing Red” story starring Red Sonja by Kurt Busiek and Benjamin Dewey, originally seen in the pages of fellow anthology Red Sonja: Black, White, Red.
With the pages full of action, romance, and fearsome foes, such a book packed with classic reading mandates a crop of jaw-dropping covers in the pulp painting and illustration tradition. The quartet of take-no-prisoners covers are contributed by Arthur Suydam, Bjorn Barends, Joseph Michael Linsner, and cosplayer Rachel Hollon. It’s all the perfect package to stave off cabin fever as fans enter the throes of winter.
SAVAGE TALES: WINTER 2025 SPECIAL is slated for release in February 2025 at comic book retailers, Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and more.
