Irredeemable and Incorruptible Finally Coming to Blows

BOOM! Studios is a publisher that thrives on setting off explosions. Well, not real explosions. They're not terrorists or anything. The explosions they like to set off are story based and one that has been building up power for a while now is about to come to a head. The Plutonian and Max Damage have always been adversaries, but readers surely want to know how they got to be that way in the first place.

Irredeemable #32 starts the first of a four-issue crossover between The Plutonian and Max Damage, continuing through Incorruptible #25 & #26 and Irredeemable #33. All titles will be written by Mark Waid and feature the art of Marcio Takara.

“This is the crossover we've been waiting to tell,” says BOOM! Studios Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ross Richie. “We get to peer deeper into Max Damage's origins. These two iconic characters have been powerhouse adversaries since the first issue and we are thrilled to add to the mythology of both of these great series.”

Full press release after the jump.

THE IRREDEEMABLE/INCORRUPTIBLE CROSSOVER YOU DEMANDED IS HERE! THE PLUTONIAN VS. MAX DAMAGE

October 13, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA - The epic match-up between the world's greatest hero-turned-villain and his arch villain-turned-hero is here! This December, read both IRREDEEMABLE and INCORRUPTIBLE for the full story on The Plutonian vs. Max Damage and their superhero adventures. These epic new titles from BOOM! Studios are both written by Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME, THE TRAVELER) with INCORRUPTIBLE's art by Marcio Takara and IRREDEEMABLE's art by Diego Barreto. BOOM! Studios offers the first part of this four issue crossover in the 22-page issue of IRREDEEMABLE #32 and the story continues in INCORRUPTIBLE #25. This action-filled arc concludes in IRREDEEMABLE #33 and INCORRUPTIBLE #26.

“This is the crossover we've been waiting to tell,” says BOOM! Studios Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ross Richie. “We get to peer deeper into Max Damage's origins. These two iconic characters have been powerhouse adversaries since the first issue and we are thrilled to add to the mythology of both of these great series.”

The legendary IRREDEEMABLE/INCORRUPTIBLE crossover continues toward its explosive conclusion! The Plutonian and Max Damage have always been epic adversaries… but how did they get that way? The crossover event that tells the story of their first face-off starts here! Not Reading INCORRUPTIBLE? You’re missing out! This is the first issue of the IRREDEEMABLE/INCORRUPTIBLE crossover: a can’t-miss issue of Mark Waid's multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated superhero series!

IRREDEEMABLE and INCORRUPTIBLE are written by Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME) with INCORRUPTIBLE's art by Marcio Takara and IRREDEEMABLE's art by Diego Barreto. Each issue features 22-pages of story and carryies a price point of $3.99 with a Diamond Code of OCT110916 for IRREDEEMABLE #32 and OCT110918 for INCORRUPTIBLE #25.

About BOOM! Studios
Founded by Ross Richie, 2009 and 2010's "Best Publisher" BOOM! Studios, an Eisner and Harvey Award-winner, generates a constellation of bestselling comic books and graphic novels with the industry's top talent, including Mark Waid's IRREDEEMABLE, new HELLRAISER comics written by Clive Barker, PLANET OF THE APES, 28 DAYS LATER, and Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?. BOOM!'s all ages imprint KABOOM! publishes Charles Schulz' PEANUTS, Roger Langridge's SNARKED, and Scholastic's WORDGIRL. BOOM!'s lit comix-focused imprint, BOOM! Town, recently won the Eisner Award for its first book, Shannon Wheeler's I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE FUNNIER.