{"product_id":"crowbound-1-ashcan-promo","title":"Crowbound #1 Ashcan Promo","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare pre-release ashcan for the next major collaboration from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen. \u003cstrong\u003eCrowbound\u003c\/strong\u003e reunites the bestselling, award-winning team behind Descender, Ascender, and Little Monsters for an all-new dark fantasy epic. Pitched as The Handmaid's Tale meets The Road with echoes of Kill Bill and Pan's Labyrinth, the story follows Rose, who strikes a soul-bargain with the mysterious Scarecrow Queen to save her daughter after the sinister Factory Men take her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAshcans are miniature, low-print promotional editions distributed ahead of a series launch to build advance buzz among retailers and collectors — scarce by design, not by chance. Lemire and Nguyen are signing a very limited preview ashcan of Crowbound #1 at SDCC 2026, keeping print runs tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crowbound #1 launches September 2026, with variant covers by Jeffrey Alan Love, Martin Simmonds, and Peach Momoko, plus a Dustin Nguyen wraparound edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy it matters for collectors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lemire and Nguyen's Descender\/Ascender run is one of the modern era's strongest creator-owned sales stories, and their prior books carry real long-term collector demand. An ashcan tied to their next \"huge in scope\" collaboration — signed at SDCC — is a classic ground-floor pickup before the full series builds momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Image Comics","offers":[{"title":"Crowbound #1 Ashcan Promo","offer_id":43671225532506,"sku":"0526IM8139","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3359\/4458\/files\/98BA4E04-8FB2-4005-AF50-D174281CAA2D.jpg?v=1784328018","url":"https:\/\/epic-panels-comics.com\/es\/products\/crowbound-1-ashcan-promo","provider":"Epic Panels Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}