THIS MARCH DYNAMITE TELLS “SAVAGE TALES” Cthulhu, The Hunter, Atlantis and More Join Dynamite’s Red Sonja in New Series

January 22, 2006, Runnemede, NJ – Dynamite Entertainment releases images and information announcing the debut of Savage Tales #1, a new series featuring a rotating cast of characters from the savage and brutal worlds of Red Sonja and the Hunter, Cthulhu and the Old Ones, Atlantis and more-all by an array of the industries top creators including Ron Marz, Leah Moore and Pablo Marcos!

The first issue of Dynamite’s Savage Tales debuts in March and will be available with covers by Arthur Suydam -- the man responsible for bringing dead heroes back to life on the covers of Marvel Zombies and Dynamite’s own Raise the Dead; Richard Isanove -- whose pencils and coloring skills have been featured on Origin, the Ultimate X-Men and upcoming Conan and Stephen King’s Dark Tower; Plus: Dynamite fan-favorite and long time Red Sonja artist, Mel Rubi!

Additionally, this premiere issue of Savage Tales from Dynamite Entertainment will also be available as a limited edition foil cover featuring the dramatic cover by Richard Isanove!

Savage Tales will ship six times a year and showcase storytelling talents such as Ron Marz, Leah Moore, John Reppion and Michael Avon-Oeming, along with the artistic superstars Pablo Marcos and Kevin Sharpe, as well as Dynamite fan-favorites Stjepan Sejic and Adriano Batista. The “Tales” themselves will feature familiar Dynamite characters like Red Sonja while expanding on other supporting characters like The Hunter from the Red Sonja ongoing series. Each issue will also contain all-new stories, starting with a tale of Cthulhu and The Old Ones and accounts from the lost city of Atlantis!

SAVAGE TALES #1 (JAN073508) STORIES AND ART BY VARIOUS; COVERS BY ARTHUR SUYDAM (50%), MEL RUBI (25%) AND RICHARD ISANOVE (25%)!

Issue #1 is led by Part One of a special Red Sonja story from Ron Marz and Adriano (NBSG: ZAREK) Batista! Savage Tales also features:
· Battle for Atlantis from writers Leah Moore and John Reppion with artists Pablo Marcos and Stjepan Sejic
· The Hunter -- from the pages of Red Sonja -- from writers Luke Lieberman and Michael Avon Oeming with artist Kevin Sharpe.
· Cthulhu and The Old Ones by Mike (Marvel's ZOMBIE) Raicht and artist Pere Perez.

Covers from Arthur (Marvel Zombies) Suydam, Richard (Stephen King's Dark Tower) Isanove and Mel (Red Sonja) Rubi!

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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