Double the Bruce, double the fun!
A wet dream for Bruce Campbell fans, Dynamite Entertainment and IDW Publishing have just announced today that Army of Darkness will meet Bubba Ho-Tep in, well, Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep, a crossover comic book series from writer Scott Duvall and artist Vincenzo Federici that’ll mash together two of Campbell’s most beloved roles.
In Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep, Ash embarks on a soul-searching road trip to Texas on a hunch that Elvis Presley may still be alive and kicking (and supposedly vanquished a mummy)! What follows is a series of universe-spanning events that involve an Elvis jumpsuit with special time-travel abilities, a trip to 70’s Vegas, plus the reveal of an evil new Book of the Dead, the Necronomicon Ho-Tep.
“Being a huge fan of the character of Ash, and by extension, actor Bruce Campbell, I was instantly drawn to the movie Bubba Ho-Tep, based on an original story by the great Joe R. Lansdale, and starring Campbell as Elvis. Immediately upon release, I added it to my DVD collection, and I would group it with Army of Darkness because it felt like a companion piece to it,” said author Scott Duvall. “Often viewing them in close succession, I knew the Ash and Elvis team-up would go together like peanut butter and banana. These two worlds already fit so well together in tone, it made it totally plausible that they could co-exist on the same plane. Wanting to see what it would be like if Ash and Elvis interact is a big part of what sparked this, and so I’m thrilled we’ll get to finally see that in these pages.”
The first issue of Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep will have a selection of different variant covers, and you can check out three of them below. Expect #1 in February 2019.
