ASH VS. THE MONSTERS (AND MORE) ROUND ONE, AND MORE!

Army of Darkness Collected Vol. 5 Due in May

January 25, 2006, Runnemede, NJ – Dynamite Entertainment announced that Army of Darkness issues 8 through 13 will be collected in the ARMY OF DARKNESS: ASH VS. THE MONSTERS (AND MORE) TRADE PAPERBACK!

Scheduled for a March release, the collection will be featuring a Direct Market Cover Edition with art by AOD veteran Nick Bradshaw, as well as a special Mass Market Edition with art by Cammo!

This "monstrous" six issue collection features not only the Ash vs. the Monsters storyline, but the two issues that lead into the cross-over event of the 2007, ARMY OF DARKNESS VS. THE MARVEL ZOMBIES, including the sold-out issue #13!

From the creative team of writer James Kuhoric along with artists Kevin Sharpe and Fernando Blanco, the Ash vs. The Monsters (And More) Trade Paperback collects issues 8-11 of the Dynamite series, which comprise the "Monsters" storyline that pits Ash against Dracula and introduces the vampire’s daughter, Eva, plus Frankenstein’s monster and more; Issues 12 and 13 present Ash's final conflict with the Deadites and the Necronomicon, ending with the “Death of Ash” and his introduction to the world of Marvel Zombies!

The 164 page collection also includes a complete cover gallery! As Dynamite and Marvel gear up to release the MARVEL ZOMBIES VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS cross-over mini-series, this, and all other Dynamite ARMY OF DARKNESS Trade paperback collections are a great place to get started – or get caught up – with the all-new comic book adventures of Ash! .

ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling titles and properties. Beginning with their Army of Darkness comic book series – launching as the #1 independent comic in July of '04 – and recently ranked the #1 selling Independent Horror comic -- and continuing to their best-selling Red Sonja series – issue #0 alone selling over 240,000 copies and ongoing issues and one-shots recently ranked among the best-selling titles in unit sales and dollar volume – and not only has Dynamite consistently released Red Sonja as THE top selling single comic outside of Marvel and DC Comics, Dynamite successfully places more titles in the Top 100 than most non-Marvel, non-DC publishers. Dynamite's new monthly Battlestar Galactica series is the company's first major launch of '06, debuting with an impressive 175,000 copies in initial orders sold for the introductory #0 issue. Dynamite’s ongoing Highlander comic book series launched to excess of 100,000 copies sold for issue #0. The recently released The Lone Ranger #1 sold out on its first day in comic shops and whose 2nd print sold out within a short time of releasing in comics shops.

Now, in addition to the ongoing Red Sonja and AOD series, DYNAMITE has released the all-new Battlestar Galactica comic by Greg Pak and Nigel Raynor – launching with a specially priced #0 issue, having sold in excess of 175,000 copies and recently featured in the pages of TV Guide, A classic Battlestar Galactica comic book series, Xena by John Layman and Fabiano Neves, a Darkman vs. the Army of Darkness mini-series and is preparing the Lone Ranger with Brett Matthews and John Cassaday – and Dynamite has more on the horizon!

In addition to the creators mentioned - Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics, including Alex (Justice) Ross, John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Michael (Superman/Batman, Aspen Comics) Turner, Jim (All-Star Batman) Lee, Michael (Red Sonja) Avon Oeming, Mike (Red Sonja/X-Men) Carey, Jim (Justice) Kruegar, Greg (The Incredible Hulk) Pak, Brett (Serenity, The Lone Ranger) Matthews - as well as working with up and coming new talent and enhancing strong creators!

The company also produces new and classic material from such creators as Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench's Six from Sirius, Tim Truman's Scout, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's Borderline and other titles including Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, in addition to reprint editions of classic Red Sonja material and more.

For updated information on Dynamite Entertainment and their titles, please visit the Dynamite website at www.dynamiteentertainment.com