FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

FOR XENA, THE "CONTEST" IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
Does The Warrior Princess Have What It Takes To Win Contest Of Pantheons?

August 21, 2006, Runnemede, NJ – Dynamite Entertainment released images and information today regarding XENA #4.  Scheduled to ship in October, this issue continues the Warrior Princess’ legendary challenges in the “Contest Of Pantheons!” and concludes the opening storyline.

“This issue may mark the end of our opening story, but we have a lot of BIG things planned for Xena! After sending her to Hades in “Contest” it’s difficult to imagine what else we can throw at the Warrior Princess, but our team has designs of Herculean proportions,” stated Dynamite Entertainment. “John Layman and Fabiano Neves are creating the legendary (and fun) stories, so fans can rest assured that they know how to push our heroine to her limits… and beyond!”
 
XENA #4 (AUG063203), Written By John Layman; Art By Fabiano Neves; Colored by Chris Garcia And Richard Isanove; Cover Art By: Fabiano Neves (25%), Photo (25%) And Adriano Batista (50%)!

The Warrior Princess is no stranger to death, but when she and Autolycus enter the realm of Hades, they find that all is not as it should be with the Lord of the Dead! What's next for Xena after the closing of our special Xena event? Find out in this issue! You won't believe who she'll be meeting next!

Artist Adriano ("Red Sonja", "Battlestar Galactica") Batista provides another stunning Xena cover along with regular cover artist Neves and another thrilling photo cover!

FANS, ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE NEVES VIRGIN COVER!

FANS, ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE NEGATIVE ART EDITION OF THE BATISTA COVER!

For art and more information please visit: http://www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/p-C105538.html
 
Dynamite plans to have incredible support for this release with house ads, Diamond Previews Ads, online ads through Newsarama, Comic Book Resources, and other partner websites, as well as prints ads in Comic Shop News!

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ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling titles and properties.  Beginning with their Army of Darkness comic book series – launching as the #1 independent comic in July of '04 – and recently ranked the #1 selling Independent Horror comic -- and continuing to their best-selling Red Sonja series – issue #0 alone selling over 240,000 copies and ongoing issues and one-shots recently ranked among the best-selling titles in unit sales and dollar volume – and not only has Dynamite consistently released Red Sonja as THE top selling single comic outside of Marvel and DC Comics, Dynamite successfully places more titles in the Top 100 than most non-Marvel, non-DC publishers.  Dynamite's new monthly Battlestar Galactica series is the company's first major launch of '06, debuting with an impressive 175,000 copies in initial orders sold for the introductory #0 issue. The recently released ongoing Highlander comic book series has exceeded 100,000 copies for issue #0.
 
Now, in addition to the ongoing Red Sonja and AOD series, DYNAMITE has released the all-new Battlestar Galactica comic by Greg Pak and Nigel Raynor – launching with a specially priced #0 issue, having sold in excess of 175,000 copies and recently featured in the pages of TV Guide, A classic Battlestar Galactica comic book series, Xena by John Layman and Fabiano Neves, a Darkman vs. the Army of Darkness mini-series and is preparing the Lone Ranger with Brett Matthews and John Cassaday – and Dynamite has more on the horizon!
 
In addition to the creators mentioned - Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics, including Alex (Justice) Ross, John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Michael (Superman/Batman, Aspen Comics) Turner, Jim (All-Star Batman) Lee, Michael (Red Sonja) Avon Oeming, Mike (Red Sonja/X-Men) Carey, Jim (Justice) Kruegar, Greg (The Incredible Hulk) Pak, Brett (Serenity, The Lone Ranger) Matthews - as well as working with up and coming new talent and enhancing strong creators!
 
The company also produces new and classic material from such creators as Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench's Six from Sirius, Tim Truman's Scout, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's Borderline and other titles including Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, in addition to reprint editions of classic Red Sonja material and more.