Comic Book Boom! Origins #7

The comics of the early '90s packed in every kind of promo item imaginable, but our personal favorite was the poster.

We're setting stretch goals to bling out the Comic Book Boom! Kickstarter edition with the ultimate '90s gimmicks – and that means we'll need a poster! Our email subscribers are selecting one of these options:

What else goes into an ultimate edition? There are more goodies waiting to make their big leap, dear readers!

Finally, congrats to Kenny L. on winning three rad '90s books!

All summer long, we're giving away totally extreme back issues to lucky subscribers who help us pick origin stories for our characters. Here's the winning origin story for Shadow Shark:

During a deep sea mission, hot-headed Navy SEAL Torchy Ormez strayed from her team – and into the lost city of Atlantis. Discovering a mystical katana blade, she emerging as Shadow Shark, sworn to defend the high seas from the dread Cyber Pirates by any means necessary.

Help tell the next chapter of our origin story

Lucky gadabouts who help us create origin stories could win even more vintage '90s comics from the Gadabout Gada-Vault.