titans announced Will Eisnerof John Law It will be reprinted in a new collection to be published on March 4, 2025. Will Eisner’s Complete Works of John Law will be a 152-page hardcover collection containing Eisner’s original writing on the character Gary ChalonerOut-of-print reboot, previously unpublished bonus stories, and forward from Eisner’s longtime publisher Dennis Kitchen. The book is published as part of Titan’s Hard Case Crime edition and retails for $24.99.
John Law Created in 1948 by legendary cartoonist Will Eisner as part of a planned series of self-published comics. The exploits of the eyepatch-wearing police detective and his shoeshine boy pal were ready for an issue, but were shelved when the planned line wasn’t approved. Portions of the story were later repurposed by Eisner for his more popular syndicated ongoing show soul 1950. Catherine Yronward And it was revived in 1983.
After Eclipse went off the air in 1994, the character was revived with new work by Australian cartoonist Gary Chaloner, who had collaborated with Will Ace before his death Will Eisner rebooted the comic. That now out-of-print collection John Law: The Walking Dead Published in 2004 by IDW.
Titan Request:
Will Eisner’s John’s Law Collection
Screenwriter: Will Eisner
Artist: Gary Chaloner
Publisher: Hard Case Crime, Titan Comics Publishing
HC, 152 pages, FC, $24.99
ISBN: 9781787745353
On sale March 4, 2025No matter where people live, whether they are nomads or city dwellers, they must have a law and a person to enforce it.
Meet Crossroads City Detective John Law. Strong, decent, hard-working and tenacious. He was a man who believed in law and order. He is the last of an endangered breed.
In 1948, Will Eisner produced the first issue of John Law Detective, which he intended to add to a series of self-published comics. However, after Eisner’s Baseball Comics, Kewpie Comics, and Pirates Comics failed to find an audience, John Law never appeared on newsstands again and was quietly discarded, and in 1950, his final Much of the original artwork from the famous comic has been reimagined.
Featuring an original story by Will Eisner, the book is a remake of Gary Chaloner’s 2004 award-winning work and includes a previously unpublished John Law Story ), and forwarded by Eisner’s longtime publisher Denis Kitchen, this is a must-have not only for Eisner fans, but for comic collectors of all ages.
Will Eisner’s John Law Collection will be available in bookstores, comic shops, and digital stores on March 4, 2025.
Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet UK.
