| Schedule: | Monthly |
| Publisher: | Image Comics/Skybound |
| Genre: | Action |
| Issues: | 6 Bad Blood: 6 |
| Main Char Team: | Orson Gage Bad Blood: Bree Hale |
| Writers: | Justin Jordan |
| Artists: | Matteo Scalera Bad Blood: Ben Tiesma |
| Letterers: | Pat Brosseau |
| Colorists: | Moreno Dinisio Bad Blood: Mat Lopes |
| Editors: | Sean Mackiewicz Bad Blood: Jon Moisan |
| Tpb: | Dead Body Road |
| Isbn: | 978-1632150479 |
| Subcat: | Image Comics |
| Sort: | Dead Body Road |
| Limited: | Y |
| Isbn1: | 978-1534317215 |
| Tpb1: | Vol. 2: Bad Blood |
| Date: | December 2013 – May 2013 Bad Blood: June 2020 – December 2020 |
Dead Body Road is an American comic book series created by writer Justin Jordan and artist Matteo Scalera. It was announced at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con by Skybound Entertainment as a collaboration with Image Comics, and began publication in December of the same year.[1] A trade paperback collecting the series was released in June 2014.
Orson Gage is out for revenge. Already damaged from a destructive career as lawman, Gage is going from broken to shattered as his wife is gunned down in a bank heist gone wrong. While the criminal gang that pulled it off is busy fighting amongst themselves about the blood-soaked rewards of their take, Gage is only looking for one thing: retribution.[2]
A sequel miniseries was released in 2020, titled Dead Body Road: Bad Blood, which follows Bree Hale trying to save her brother from local crime boss Monk Sinclair. It ran for 6 issues from June to December 2020.
| Title | Material collected | Format | Publication date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Body Road | Dead Body Road #1–6 | Trade paperback | [3] | |
| Dead Body Road: Bad Blood | Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1–6 | [4] |
According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first trade paperback received an average score of 8.3/10 based on 70 individual reviews of the collected single issues.[5] The sequel series' trade paperback received an average score of 7.9/10 based on 26 individual reviews of the six issues.[6]
