Six issues of this comic series produced by Kinetic Underground were published between July 2005 and June 2006 through Devil’s Due Publishing. The first two issues were only distributed promotionally, before the commercial run began in February 2006. killer7 Vol.1 mostly retells the events of the killer7 video game, leading up to the Killer7‘s assignment at Ulmeyda City, with some minor reframing from writer Arvid Nelson.
Issues
- #0 (July 2005) was included with GameStop and EB Games preorders of killer7.
- #½ (July 2005) was sold exclusively at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con.
- #1 (February 2006) also had an exclusive 2006 New York Comic-Con cover.
- #2 (March 2006)
- #3 (May 2006) also had a variant with cover art by Sanford Greene.
- #4 (July 2006) also had two variants with cover art by Sanford Greene.
Credits
- Sanford Greene — cover art (1A, 2, 3B, 4B, 4C)
- Bong Dazo — illustrator (1, 2, 3, 4), cover art (½, 1B, 3A, 4A)
- Edwin David — illustrator (0, ½), cover art (0)
- David Forrest — president (Kinetic Komicz), creative director, design, colouring
- Arvid Nelson — writer
- Josh Blaylock — president (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Marshall Dillon — associate publisher (Devil’s Due Publishing, last credited in #½)
- Sam Wells — assistant publisher (Devil’s Due Publishing, first credited in #1)
- Susan Bishop — VP marketing, office manager (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Mark Powers — editor-in-chief (Devil’s Due Publishing, last credited in #½)
- Michael O’Sullivan — associate editor, senior editor (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Chris Crank — computer operations (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Evan Suit — art director (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Tim Seeley — staff artist (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Sean Dove — graphic designer (Devil’s Due Publishing)
- Brian J Crowley — staff letterer (Devil’s Due Publishing, first credited in #1)
- Caitlin McKay — webstore manager (Devil’s Due Publishing, first credited in #1)
- Eiji Onobu — vice president (X-Plus, last credited in #½)
- Clarissa Desumala — director of operations (X-Plus, last credited in #½)
- Takao “John” Ohashi — president (X-Plus, first credited in #1)
- Yasutomo Naruto — director of operations (X-Plus, first credited in #1)
- Adam Guenther — sales & marketing manager (X-Plus)
- Shu Tanaka — licensing manager (Capcom USA)
- Rob Pereyda — licensing assistant (Capcom USA, first credited in #1)
- Laili S. Bosma — product marketing manager (Capcom USA)
- Toshihiro Tokumaru — licensing team (Capcom)
- Taki Enomoto — licensing team (Capcom)
- SUDA51 — original direction, original story
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE — original direction, original story
- Shinji Mikami — original producer
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi — original producer
- Dr. Emily Forrest MD — senior editor (Kinetic Komicz)
- Eugene Perez Jr. — project manager (Kinetic Komicz), design, colouring, lettering
- Kurt Hanson — international licensing director (Kinetic Komicz)
- Alex Jimenez — research and development (Kinetic Komicz)
- Izzy Dakat — public relations (Kinetic Komicz)
- Kinectic Underground — developer (Kinetic Komicz)
- Kunoichi — ad sales (Devil’s Due Publishing, first credited in #1)
Nomenclature
- killer7
- killer7 Vol.1
Notes
- Death Blow Icons would like to give special thanks to killer7 Vol.1 director David Forrest, who assisted in the writing of this report. David clarified many details that were not as well known, and some which were never documented at all.
- Some of the comic staff changed names and roles during production, while others went on to be known by other names. Illustrators Yang and El Dazo went on to publish their work as Edwin David and Bong Dazo, respectively. Before Michael O’Sullivan took over as senior editor in #1, he was an associate editor credited as Mike O’Sullivan in the earliest issues. Chris Crank, credited with Devil’s Due’s computer operations, was listed as Crank! from #1 until the final issue. Susan Bishop was last credited as office manager in #½. All roles remained the same from #1 until the end of production.
- While Kinetic Kolorz was credited with digital designs and colouring, these were actually the work of David Forrest and Eugene Perez Jr. Additional work was done by other digital artists while David and Eugene worked on other series, however, the names of these artists were not provided.