LAWFUL #1 sneak preview – please preorder with your local comic shop by May 20!

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Friends, I’m absolutely thrilled to share an exclusive preview of the first five pages of LAWFUL #1, the first issue of a brand new comic book series written by Greg Pak (hey, that’s me!), drawn by Diego Galindo, colored by Irma Kniivila, and lettered by Simon Bowland.

LAWFUL #1 hits stores on June 12 — but May 20 is the final order cutoff date for comic shops to order the book from the publisher, BOOM! Studios. So please ask your local comic book shop to preorder the book for you TODAY!

LAWFUL tells the story of two young heroes coming of age in a world in which any time you break the rules, you turn a little more into a monster. Check out the FreakSugar interview for more about the series — and feast your eyes on the gorgeous pages below and the covers from Qistina Khalidah, Miguel Mercado, and Erica Henderson!

I’ll say it once again — PLEASE do preorder the book with your local comic book shop! An indie book like this depends hugely on preorders, and you can make a huge difference with just one call. Thank you so much!

Qistina Khalidah cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung and Eris on a rock before a walled city with a mix of 1970s-style buildings and medieval towers and walls, overgrown with trees. Eris is a young white woman in a black leather jacket with horns and a cheetah paw and tail. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl and satchel.

PAGE ONE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: Wide shot of a funky city surrounded by a moat on an alien landscape. Crumbling 1970s style buildings along with newer but more medieval-like walls and towers. CAPTION: NEW SANCTUM. SUNG'S VOICE: DON’T--! SFX (something falling into the moat): SPLOOSH Panel 2: Eris, a white girl with orange hair and a cat tail raises another rock to throw into the moat. Behind her, Sung, an Asian boy standing next to a cart filled with junk and debris, watches apprehensively. ERIS: Relax, Sung. SUNG: My dad says we're not supposed to DO that, Eris! SUNG: There are MONSTERS in that water! Panel 3: Rock hits the water. ERIS (off): Aw, no one’s seen any for MONTHS! ERIS (off): And it’s more FUN that trucking all this crap down to the DUMP. Panel 4: Eris eyes Sung. ERIS: Okay. ERIS: Now you. Panel 5. Sung scratches his head, looking away. ERIS: Come oooon! ERIS: You ever gonna LIVE or what?Panel 1: Sung smiles at Eris. SUNG: Hmp. ERIS (off): Thaaat’s it! Panel 2: Sung kicks a tiny rock off of the wall into the water. SFX: tink Panel 3: The rock hits the water. SFX: plink Panel 4: Eris and Sung eye each other. ERIS: See? That wasn’t the end of the word. ERIS: The grown-ups just wanna keep us SCARED so we do what they say. ERIS: If you ask ME-- Panel 5: Sung and Eris look down in shock. SFX: HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ERIS: Oh no… SUNG:Wha…?PAGE THREE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: A giant red reptilian monster surges up over the wall towards them! MONSTER: GRRRAAAAA! SUNG AND ERIS: AAAAA! Panel 2: The monster charges forward, slashing at them. Sung pushes Eris back out of the way. SUNG: GET BACK! ERIS: Gah! SFX: SKLAAANG Panel 3: The monster charges at Sung, who stumbles back! MONSTER: GRRAAAAAA! SUNG: AAAH! PAGE FOUR of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: The Champion, an Asian man with a beard and long hair wearing armor and carrying a plexiglass riot shield and Korean-style sword, charges across the frame, blocking the monster’s attack. SFX: SKLAAAANG CHAMPION: Not today, beast! Panel 2: The Champion stabs the monster. SFX: SHAAANG CHAMPION: You’ve been BANISHED! Panel 3: The Champion kicks the monster off the wall, back into the moat. CHAMPION: FOREVER! Panel 4: The Champion kneels by Sung. CHAMPION: Are you all right? SUNG: Y-yes. I-- Panel 5: Wider shot so we can see a group of villagers staring at them. CHAMPION: What if the monster had reached THEM? CHAMPION: The security of ALL depends on EVERYONE obeying the RULES.PAGE FIVE of LAWFUL #1 Panel 1: New angle -- the Champion is turning to look at blood seeping from cracked slashes in the armor over his shoulder. SUNG: Daddy… SUNG: I’m…I’m sorry. CHAMPION: Hnn. Panel 2: The Champion looks down sternly. CHAMPION: THIS… this is NOTHING… CHAMPION: …compared to what you’ve done to YOURSELF. CHAMPION: Now you’ll learn the BLESSING… CHAMPION: …and the CURSE… CHAMPION: …that keeps us SAFE. Panel 3: Sung starts to unbutton his shirt. CHAMPION: If you BREAK the RULES… SUNG: Nngh! Panel 4: Sung stares down in alarm - -there are three red scales on his chest! CHAMPION: …everyone will SEE it. SUNG: Ah! Panel 5: Close on the grim Champion. CHAMPION: And if you KEEP breaking them… Panel 6: Close on Sung, ashamed and fearful, buttoning his shirt back up. CHAMPION: …YOU’LL become a monster YOURSELF.Credits page for LAWFUL #1. Written by Greg Pak Illustrated by Diego Galindo Colored by Irma Kniivila Lettered by Simon Bowland Cover by Qistina Khalidah Variant covers by Miguel Mercado, Erica Henderson, Qistina Khalidah Logo Designer Keith Wood Designer Grace Park Editor Shantel LaRoqueMiguel Mercado variant cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung gritting his teeth and clutching his chest, looking out towards us, while a reptilian monster looms behind him. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl and satchel.Erica Henderson variant cover for LAWFUL #1 showing Sung and Eris sitting on the stoop of a brownstone watching with some surprise as a big red monstrous tail goes by in the foreground. Eris is a young white woman in a black leather jacket with horns and a cheetah paw and tail. Sung is a young Asian man with a kind of cloak/shawl.