Dead Body Road

Dead Body Road is an American comic book series created by writer Justin Jordan and artist Matteo Scalera. It was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con by Skybound Entertainment as a collaboration with Image Comics, and began publication in December of the same year.[1] A trade paperback collecting the series was released in June 2014.

Dead Body Road
Cover to first issue. Art by Matteo Scalera.
Publication information
PublisherImage Comics/Skybound
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
GenreAction
Publication dateDecember 2013 – May 2013
Bad Blood:
June 2020 – December 2020
No. of issues6
Bad Blood: 6
Main character(s)Orson Gage
Bad Blood:
Bree Hale
Creative team
Written byJustin Jordan
Artist(s)Matteo Scalera
Bad Blood:
Ben Tiesma
Letterer(s)Pat Brosseau
Colorist(s)Moreno Dinisio
Bad Blood:
Mat Lopes
Editor(s)Sean Mackiewicz
Bad Blood:
Jon Moisan
Collected editions
Dead Body RoadISBN 978-1632150479
Vol. 2: Bad BloodISBN 978-1534317215

Plot summary

Orson Gage is out for revenge. Already damaged from a destructive career as lawman, Gage is going from broken to shattered as his wife is gunned down in a bank heist gone wrong. While the criminal gang that pulled it off is busy fighting amongst themselves about the blood-soaked rewards of their take, Gage is only looking for one thing: retribution.[2]

Bad Blood

A sequel miniseries was released in 2020, titled Dead Body Road: Bad Blood, which follows Bree Hale trying to save her brother from local crime boss Monk Sinclair. It ran for 6 issues from June to December 2020.

Collected editions
Title Material collected Format Publication date ISBN
Dead Body Road Dead Body Road #1–6 Trade paperback June 25, 2014[3] 978-1632150479
Dead Body Road: Bad Blood Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1–6 January 27, 2021[4] 978-1534317215

Reception

According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first trade paperback received an average score of 8.3/10 based on 70 individual reviews of the collected single issues.[5] The sequel series' trade paperback received an average score of 7.9/10 based on 26 individual reviews of the six issues.[6]

References
  1. Armitage, Hugh (July 23, 2013). "Skybound announces 'Manifest Destiny', 'Dead Body Road' at Comic-Con". Digital Spy.
  2. Arrant, Chris (December 2, 2013). "Justin Jordan Seeks Revenge in DEAD BODY ROAD". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  3. "DEAD BODY ROAD TP". Image Comics. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  4. "DEAD BODY ROAD, VOL. 2: BAD BLOOD TP". Image Comics. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  5. "Dead Body Road Vol. 1". Comic Book Roundup. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  6. "Dead Body Road Vol. 2: Bad Blood". Comic Book Roundup. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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