Happy Exquisite Corpses #1 Day!

Choose Your Fighter!

Happy Exquisite Day!

TODAY IS THE DAY! You can walk into the nearest comic shop and find the comic event of the year on the shelf. The whole Tiny Onion team is so excited for you to read this first issue. Tag us in your photos! We want to see your shop’s displays!

Remember that surprise I mentioned? Well here it is…

We snuck in a foil variant of Cover A for each 10 copies ordered of Cover A, and a foil variant of the killer card for each 10 copies ordered of the Polybag Cover C! We wanted to do something to say thank you, and figured this flashy surprise would catch your eye!

We are humbled by the reception to Exquisite Corpses. The market is in a state of change this year, and launching a new creator-owned series was risky. So, seeing all of the fan art, thoughtful reviews, cosplays, and how the series is spreading through word of mouth has warmed our hearts. We appreciate you. We hope you enjoy issue #1 half as much as we enjoyed making it. And let’s give a special shout to all of the retailers that KNEW about these secret foil variants and didn’t let it slip! THANK YOU, RETAILERS!!!!!

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Okay okay, that’s all well and good, but you don’t have a local shop? You can get a copy at Shop Tiny Onion. We’re sold out of the standard covers (!), but we still have our exclusive covers!

Starting with our EXQUISITE CORPSES #1 Shop Tiny Onion Exclusive Cover by Yoshi Yoshitani.

We also have our Exquisite Pink Sketch Cover, only available at Shop Tiny Onion.

Over the last three months, we have introduced you to the 12 killers that will face off in the quaint town of Oak Valley. Some have brain, some have brawn, and some are only armed with charm, but all of them are deadly and only one will remain!

WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GAME? Which killer are you choosing?

Fill out this hand dandy bracket, and tag us online.

In case you need a refresher, here are all 12 Exquisite Killers. Learn their stories to inform your decisions.

LEOPOLD STRONG:
NORTH CAROLINA selects LEOPOLD STRONG to wield THE HAMMER. Kill Count: 23. Height: 6' 5". Some killers might be afraid that an opponent could steal their signature weapon, but not LEOPOLD STRONG. He alone is strong enough to heft the massive mallet that he wields to pound flesh and bone into so much bloodied paste. It's unknown if he truly comes from the circus or merely likes the theatricality of the look, but what is clear is that LEOPOLD STRONG is easily the most physically imposing murderer in this year's games. Heave ho!

RECLUSE:
RHODE ISLAND selects RECLUSE to wield THE ROPE. Kill Count: 64. Height: 5' 10". An artist with wires and ropes, RECLUSE sets her own field of battle, drawing opponents into traps from which few leave intact. Though she's deadly on the move with a garrote in hand, RECLUSE prefers a patient approach, lying in wait until her razor-wires snare her opponents. Some say her love of ropes borders on fetishism, but few get close enough to find out the truth.

FOX MASK KILLER:
NEW YORK selects FOX MASK KILLER to wield THE SWORD. Kill Count: 87. Height: 5' l". Among killers-for-hire, there are a select few feared even by other assassins. The enigmatic swordswoman known as FOX MASK KILLER is at the top of that list, having achieved a reputation for completing her jobs with ruthless efficiency--and for chasing increasingly challenging targets. Whether she sees the tournament as just another paycheck, or a chance to push herself past her limits, remains to be seen.

PRETTY BOY:
GEORGIA selects PRETTY BOY to wield THE AXE. Kill Count: 36. Height: 6' 2". Despite what Hollywood tries to sell the masses, most serial killers are charmless, asocial monsters. Most, anyway. PRETTY BOY, on the other hand, could kill with a wink and a flash of his pearly whites. He prefers an axe, though. Like many a heartthrob, PRETTY BOY takes out his pent-up rage through wanton violence, splattering his six-pack abs with gore with every swing of the axe. He has the honor of wielding the weapon that won the very first game ever conducted, but the significance is lost on him--he's just here to look good and get bloody.

LADY CAROLINA:
SOUTH CAROLINA selects LADY CAROLINA to wield THE ARROW. Kill Count: 7 Height: 5' 8". No one from the patron families enters the games themselves. It is simply unheard of. So when LADY CAROLINA stepped foot inside the arena, the other families were aghast. She comes from noble stock and received the best training their money could buy, but it still feels like a transgression. Is she simply seeking a death-defying thrill? Or does she have a more personal reason for aiming her crossbow at this year's set of killers…

THE CONGREGATION:
NEW HAMPSHIRE selects THE CONGREGATION to wield THE KNIFE. Kill Count: 39. Height: 6' 0". The only killer in the game to turn down a fee from his patron family, THE CONGREGATION feels that taking a life is a higher calling--a monk-like tribute to whatever dark gods whisper in his ears. And while he's almost certainly a raving lunatic (you'd have to be, to cover yourself in the sliced-off faces of your victims), THE CONGREGATION'S knife has brought many offerings to his altar, and will no doubt bring many more still before his prayers are finished.

RASCAL RANDY
NEW JERSEY selects RASCAL RANDY to wield THE HANDS. Kill Count: 19. Height: 5' 11". There is a man inside the RASCAL RANDY costume, but that man doesn't matter. That man has never mattered. He was no one until he put the mascot head on for the first time, until he felt the life leave someone's body through the thickly furred gloves of the suit. The man inside the suit will wear any disguise if necessary, but his true skin is RASCAL RANDY, and god help anyone who sees him coming toward them on a dark night.

LAYLA BLAZE
DELAWARE selects LAYLA BLAZE to wield FIRE. Kill Count: 335. Height: 5' 3". They say some people just want to see the world burn, but LAYLA BLAZE will settle for seeing anything go up in flames. It's unclear if the burn marks that criss-cross her body are the results of fires that got out of control...or LAYLA BLAZE running out of any other kindling. All that can be said for sure is that she burns hot in life, love, and the act of killing, and leaves only ashes in her wake.

SLATER
MARYLAND selects SLATER to wield EXPLOSIVES. Kill Count: 124. Height: 5' 10". Tick...tick...BOOM! The hot young thing known as SLATER has never had a problem attracting attention, but his entourages have a habit of blowing up—as does anything else in his vicinity. Under the right circumstances, SLATER might have channeled his fascinations with pyrotechnics into something productive—instead, he's just a walking powderkeg.

NURSE PETE
VIRGINIA selects NURSE PETE to wield POISON. Kill Count: ???. Height: 5' 6". No one would guess that the unassuming, schlubby NURSE PETE had a body count approaching three figures, and that's just how he likes it. A compulsive killer who endlessly tweaks his deadly cocktails of paralyzing narcotics and tests them on patients around the country, NURSE PETE is usually content to slip from hospital to nursing home to pediatric ward, changing identities just in time to avoid being noticed. But the sum offered to him for joining this game would pay for oh so many tantalizing new chemical components...

G4M3R_KlD & CALVIN
CONNECTICUT selects G4M3R_KlD to wield ELECTRICITY. Kill Count: 9. Height: 4' 0". Aww, c'mon—you wouldn't hurt a little kid, would you? A product of the iPad generation, weaned on slur-filled gaming lobbies, G4M3R_KlD has no business being anywhere near an event like this, but he's so desensitized to violence that he has no qualms piloting CALVIN, his heavily armed drone, and aiming it at any target in sight. Kill counts are just high scores to this tyke, and he wants to see his name on the leaderboard.

LONE GUNMAN
MASSACHUSETTS selects LONE GUNMAN to wield THE GUN. Count: REDACTED. Height: 6' 3" Highly trained and highly dangerous, LONE GUNMAN puts years of combat training to use as he efficiently dispatches his opponents--or any collateral damage who get in the way. Dishonorably discharged for battlefield atrocities now sealed in government records, LONE GUNMAN'S penchant for excessive violence has become a benefit, not a hindrance, to his performance in this tournament …

Want to come to the release party? It’s this Friday in Los Angeles!

We’re teaming up with our friends at Revenge Of to throw an Exquisite Release party in Los Angeles next Friday, May 16th!

The release party will feature a private Corpse Crew signing with Adam Gorham, Becca Carey, Che Grayson, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Michael Walsh, Pornsak Pichetshote, and Tyler Boss. Plus! We’ll have exclusive merch, giveaways, spooky refreshments, treats from Deadly Sweet Co., a signing with artist Alex Pardee, and flash tattoos with Ghosted Tattoo Studio!

Party entry is free with purchase of Revenge Of Exclusive Cover, but space is limited, so get there early!

Exquisite Corpses Release Party
May 16th, 2025
7pm-11pm
Entry free with purchase of Revenge Of Exclusive Cover
Revenge Of Comics and Pinball
3420 Eagle Rock Blvd Unit #1, Los Angeles, CA 90065

• 5/12 - Let This One Be A Devil #4, Christopher Chaos Children Of The Night #1

• 5/19 - W0ldTr33 #15, Something is Killing the Children #42

• 5/26 - Exquisite Corpses #2

• 6/2 - The Department Of Truth #31, You'll Do Bad Things #4

• 6/23 - Christopher Chaos Children Of The Night #2

• 6/30 - Exquisite Corpses #3

• 5/14 - Exquisite Corpses #1, W0rldTr33 #14

• 5/21 - House of Slaughter Vol 6 TP

• 5/28 - The Department Of Truth #30, You'll Do Bad Things #3

• 6/4 - Let This One Be a Devil #4, The Deviant Vol 2 TP

• 6/11 - Something is Killing the Children #42, W0rldTr33 #15

• 6/18- Christopher Chaos Children Of The Night #1

• 6/25 - The Department Of Truth #31,You'll Do Bad Things #4

I’ll ask again, WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GAME? Who do you think will die first? Find out today at your local comic shop!

HAPPY HUNTING!!

Jazzlyn | Los Angeles | May 14th, 2025