MEGADETH: DEATH BY DESIGN

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The MEGADETH: DEATH BY DESIGN 350-page graphic novel is presented in a 12.25”x12.25” prestige “album” format .

THIS HEAVY METAL EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION WILL COINCIDE WITH RELEASE OF MEGADETH’S 35th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, ‘WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS”

This year marks the 35thanniversary of the release of MEGADETH, to which the band is set to releasetheir ultimate greatest hits compilation, WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS, on March 22. To further celebrate this, MEGADETH has partnered with premiere comics publisher, HEAVY METAL, to create the ultimate fan experience with a 350-page anthology of comic stories inspired by all the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled DEATH BY DESIGN, features stories written and illustrated by top talent from the comics, film, television and music world, all inspired by the songs from the album.

The project, carefully curated by DAVE MUSTAINE and HEAVY METAL, is a powerful book that gives both insight and understanding into the universe of MEGADETH and its harrowed mascot, VIC RATTLEHEAD.

MEGADETH, working in close collaboration with HEAVY METAL, has collected an unprecedented pool of talent for MEGADETH: DEATH BY DESIGN – making it any comic book or MEGADETH fan’s dream. Brendan Small teams with Belen Ortega for Hangar 18. Dan Fogler writes an apocalyptic tale insanely drawn by Andy Belanger for Rattlehead. An A-list talent pool rounds out the roster featuring Tim Seeley , Ben Templesmith , Brian Wood , Justin Jordan & John Bivens , Leah Moore & John Reppion , Joe Keatingue , Christine Larsen , Frazier Irving and more than 50 other talented creators. John Gallagher’s brilliant cover is a face melter.

SONG || Writers & Artists

Rattlehead || Dan Fogler & Andy Belanger

Mechanix || Ben Meares & DAF

Killing Is My Business || Alex de Campi & Mack Chater

The Conjuring || Llexi Leon & Kevin West

Wake Up Dead || Tony Lee & Gyula Nemeth

Devils Island || Sebastian Girmer & Esau Escorza

Good Mourning / Black Friday || Leah Moore, John Reppion & Ben Templesmith

Set The World Afire || Diego Agrimbau & Agustín Alessio

In My Darkest Hour || David Baille & Conor Boyle

Holy Wars…The Punishment Due || Tim Seeley & Ignacio Calero

Hangar 18 || Brendon Small & Belén Ortega

Tornado Of Souls || Patrick Kindlon & Marco Turini

Rust In Peace…Polaris || Hector Lima & Garrie Gastonny

Five Magics || Johnathan LaMantia

Take No Prisoners || ML Miller & Carlos Granda

Skin O' My Teeth || PM Buchan & John Pearson

Angry Again || Homero Rios & Anton Kokarev

Symphony Of Destruction || Justin Jordan & John Bivens

Sweating Bullets || Sean Lewis & Axel Medellin

A Tout Le Monde || Llexi Leon & Richard Friend

Train Of Consequences || James Harvey

Reckoning Day || Jeff Burandt & Jason Gongour

Trust || Frazer Irving

She-Wolf || Curtis Pires & Antonio Fuso

Wanderlust || Abraham Martínez & Patricio Delpeche

Dread and the Fugitive Mind || Jonathan Land & Andrea Mutti

Blackmail The Universe || Haylar García & Abel

Washington Is Next! || Haylar García & Kevin Enhart

Head Crusher || R.G. Llarena & Danijel Zezelj

Public Enemy No. 1 || John Ostrander & Miguel Mora

Kingmaker || Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli

The Threat Is Real || Joe Keatinge & Anand Radhakrishnan

Poisonous Shadows || Chistine Larsen

Death From Within || Alex de Campi & Wilfredo Torres

Dystopia || David Baille & Simeon Aston