PRESS START: Agent 47 and Atari Classics

by Andrea Purcell

It’s dangerous to go alone, so take August’s PRESS START: Video Game Comics and Collectibles Column!

Protect humanity’s last remnants in Warframe, get your fill with the Kirby Ice Variant Nendoroid, witness the rise of a killer in Agent 47 Birth of Hitman, and more in this month’s PRESS START! Level up your comics and collectibles with PRESS START!

Video game-related items are sprinkled through each month’s PREVIEWS catalog, and we go through to pick out the coolest products. With everything from comics and art books to statues and toys, the PREVIEWS catalog is full of everything a gamer needs.

Don't wait to reach a save point. Head to your local comic shop to pre-order all of the cool items in this month’s column and many more!

Warframe #1

Image Comics is bringing the critically acclaimed free-to-play shooter game Warframe to comics with a new series written by Top Cow’s Matt Hawkins, co-written by rising star Ryan Cady, and featuring art by Studio Hive. Warframe #1 (AUG170601) transports readers to the far future where what’s left of humanity scramble to survive a galaxy rife with conflict. As they scavenge for long lost technology and forgotten secrets, only the Tenno can keep these precious items from falling into the wrong hands. As a faction of enhanced soldiers scour the earth for a powerful and forgotten artifact, it’s up to a lone Tenno warrior and a blinded girl to stop them before the tide of war is forever shifted. 

Kingdom Hearts Sora Vinimate

The star of Kingdom Hearts is being brought to life from Diamond Select Toys with the new Kingdom Hearts Sora Vinimate (APR178984). Dressed in his Kingdom Hearts 1 outfit, this four inch figure is the perfect memento of the time spent traversing different Disney worlds and saving them from the Heartless. Celebrate fifteen years of the best-selling and beloved franchise - and eagerly await the next installment – with the original Keyblade wielder. 

Agent 47: Birth of Hitman #1

The most ruthless assassin in video games is coming to comics with a new series from Dynamite Entertainment that gives fans a glimpse into the origin of this terrifying killer in Agent 47: Birth of Hitman #1 (AUG171498). Following the tales of both 47 and his handler Diana Burnwood before they were operatives of the shadowy International Contracts Association, this series explores how they first met in a story motivated by blood, bullets, and revenge. As Diana searches for the person responsible for the death of her parents, 47 – the one responsible for the brutal murders – is struggling to free himself and his brother from the institute which bred them as remorseless killers.  

Kirby's Dreamland Kirby Nendoroid Ice Kirby Variant

Kirby is celebrating his 25th anniversary and now you can bring him home with a limited variant of the bestselling Kirby Nendoroid. The Kirby’s Dreamland Kirby Nendoroid Ice Kirby Variant (MAY178316) shows off the pink puffball in a shocking shade of blue, complete with an ice crown. Kirby comes packaged with a variety of faces, including his standard smile, serious Kirby, and his inhaling face; and several ability items like Parasol, Fighter, and Star Bullets. Plus, the original Kirby Nendoroid is being re-released alongside this variant version, and as a special bonus the Ice Kirby variant will come with an additional sleeping face plate for the original Kirby figure to bring out the Dreamland in your Kirby collection!

Atari Classics: Atari Force Mini Comics Collection

Travel back to a simpler time with Dynamite Entertainment’s collection of the original Atari 2600 mini-comics. Atari Classics: Atari Force Mini Comics (AUG171514) compiles a nostalgia inducing collection of the classic Atari comics that came packaged with the best-selling 2600 cartridges. With work from legends of the industry like Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Mike DeCarlo, and more the adventures of the Scanner One and her crew will transport you back to the 1980s and have you digging that wood-grain Atari out of storage. As an added bonus, this collection also includes the original Centipede mini-comics!

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Andrea Purcell is a Web Content Writer for PREVIEWSworld.com and a part time assistant to busy comic creators. Her favorite past times are singing karaoke at comic conventions and memorizing obscure trivia about random pop culture.