Fox, IDW Team for New A-Team Comic Book Series

In anticipation of the summer film release The A-Team, Fox Licensing & Merchandising and IDW Publishing plan to release a new comic book series based on the property.The two new series, "A-Team: Shotgun Wedding" and "A-Team: War Stories

April 6, 2018

In anticipation of the summer film release

The A-Team,

Fox Licensing & Merchandising and IDW Publishing plan to release a new comic book series based on the property.

The two new series, "A-Team: Shotgun Wedding" and "A-Team: War Stories," will provide the back-story for the characters, as well as the team's first missions of the upcoming film, which will hit theaters on June 11. The comics are co-written by Chuck Dixon ("G.I. Joe") and Erik Burnham ("Namovor: Game Day"). Illustrators include Hugo Petrus, Casey Maloney, Alberto Muriel, Guiu Vilanova and Michael Gaydos. "War Stories'" titles based on characters Hannibal and B.A. will be available in March, followed by Face and Murdock in April. Meanwhile, "Shotgun Wedding No. 1" will hit stores on March 10, followed by "No. 2" on March 24. In addition, each series will be gathered into individual graphic novels for retail in May.

"This comic project is the ideal collaboration between the studio, the production, the filmmakers and the publisher

maximizing everyone's talents for the best product," says Virginia King, vice president of U.S. sales for Fox Licensing & Merchandising. "IDW has demonstrated their ability to bring on some of the best writers and artists in the comic book industry and work closely and effectively with all the constituents. The A-Team has a huge following and these comics, much like the upcoming film, contemporize this enormously popular action-adventure franchise and deliver fresh, compelling stories and art to the fans."

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