CREATURE CORPS #1

SERIES PREMIERE- GIANT SIZED FIRST ISSUE! In 1999, time broke and the CALAMITY CREATURES arrived. Creatures from a desolate tomorrow, it took mankind no time to start battling them, and even less time for it to turn into the largest for profit sporting event since the UFC: Creature Corps. Dusty Gotem was 14 years old when he became Creature Corps world champion… and then walked away in disgust. Seventeen years later, he’s in hiding—until a time quake strikes and leaves his mother injured with massive medical bills. There’s only one way to save her: reunite his team, and become Creature Corps world champion again. Let the games begin. Created by CURT PIRES (FIREBORN, LOST FANTASY) and JOK (51) CREATURE CORPS is a fresh and irreverent remix on the creature battling phenomena of the ‘90s mixed with the sharp ultraviolent satire of The Boys. COVER B: BOOSTER BUNDLE - contains a polybagged secret cover of CREATURE CORPS #1 as well as one of five random trading cards from the CREATURE CORPS TCG. Including a chance to win a holofoil chase cards!

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