Exquisite Corpses #1—from James Tynion IV (The Deviant, The Department of Truth) and MichaelWalsh (Universal Monsters: Frankenstein, The Silver Coin)—just played another perfect round and sold out again at the distributor level. Image Comics has fast-tracked a reprint this week to keep pace with the runaway demand.
Exquisite Corpses is on track to become one of the most successful Image Comics launches of 2025 with year-to-date (YTD) orders for the series projected to break 150K total with this latest reprint. It’s Tynion’s third massive victory lap with Image and Walsh’s second horror anthology win after his breakout The Silver Coin.
In Exquisite Corpses, every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. Twelve of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one goal: last killer standing wins. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine—this year’s unlucky arena—the goal is much simpler. They must survive the night.
“As more and more readers find Exquisite Corpses, the more excited we are to keep growing this incredible universe of storytelling,” said Tynion. “We’re excited to celebrate Halloween with all of you with a new printing of issue one decked out in spooky season colors!”
Walsh added: “I’m in awe of the ongoing support and continued enthusiasm for this book. Thank you.”
The series came together in a writers’ room led by Tynion IV and Walsh and made up of “Corpse Crew” comics superstars Adam Gorham (Hellhunters), Becca Carey (Absolute Wonder Woman), Che Grayson (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), Gavin Fullerton (The Closet), Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Marianna Ignazzi (Catwoman), Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian), Tyler Boss (You’ll Do Bad Things), and Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet). Each issue of the series builds upon the last in a true ‘exquisite corpse’ game style, with a passing of the storytelling baton from creator-to-creator in a collaborative and competitive fashion.
Exquisite Corpses begins with a 13-issue story arc, but its world will expand with additional stories. There is also a companion trading card game and fans can collect killer cards early with ones exclusively found in polybagged Cover C variants of each issue. Fans eager to play the game early can collect all 13 polybagged issues to make a complete card deck set.
