Junkyard Joe Volume 1 - by Geoff Johns (Paperback)

About the Book

The world knows Junkyard Joe from the comic strip by recently retired cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. It was there that the tragedies of combat and visions of a strange robot solider that saved his life still haunt him. However, dreams become reality when Joe mysteriously shows up on Muddy's doorstep, warning us of a new and impending war.

Book Synopsis

Decades after the Vietnam War, a veteran comes face to face with the mysterious military robot that saved his life.

Throughout history, unlikely and strange heroes have risen and fallen, their identities and lives a secret. But for a Great Evil to be stopped, their stories must be told. They are The Unnamed fighting The Unknown War.

From the explosive pages of GEIGER comes JUNKYARD JOE! The world knows him from the comic strip by recently retired cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. It was there that the tragedies of combat and visions of a strange robot solider that saved his life still haunt him. However, dreams become reality when Joe mysteriously shows up on Muddy's doorstep, warning us of a new and impending war.

Collects JUNKYARD JOE #1-6

About the Author

Geoff Johns is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer who's known for re-imagining superheroes of yesteryear--including DC Comics' Green Lantern, Justice Society of America, Aquaman and Shazam!--while also creating new popular characters to diversify and expand DC's mythology. Along with artist Gary Frank, Geoff recently launched a new creator-owned universe at Image Comics with GEIGER. He is currently showrunning the third season of the critically acclaimed Stargirl series for The CW and HBOMax, among other projects throughout media.

Gary Frank, a native of Bristol, England, began his comics career working on various titles for Marvel UK before entering the American comics scene as the penciller on Marvel's Incredible Hulk. Frank then came to DC Comics, where he was the original artist on Birds of Prey and pencilled the adventures of Supergirl. He has also worked on WildStorm's Gen13 as well as his creator-owned series Kin. Frank, along with writer Geoff Johns, has worked on the bestselling titles Superman: Brainiac, Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Shazam!, and the New York Times #1 bestseller Batman: Earth One, as well as the landmark issue DC Universe: Rebirth #1 and it's follow up, the gargantuan and ambitious Doomsday Clock.

His most recent projects, still in collaboration with Johns, are Geiger and Junkyard Joe, published by Image Comics.

Brad Anderson, originally from Kenora, Ontario, began his comic career after attending the Joe Kubert school in 1996. Shortly after returning to Canada he began painting comics at Digital Chameleon where he cut his teeth on some of the top comic characters in the business. After leaving as Art Director, he began independently working on Star Wars Legacy as well as Cat Woman at DC and Ultimate Hawkeye at Marvel.

Other works such as Justice League Darkside War, Doomsday Clock, Dark Knight the Master Race with Frank Miller, 3 Jokers, and Geiger among the many other titles over his, almost 30 years in the business.

Trained in traditional painting and illustration Anderson has fully drawn and colored his own work on covers like Junkyard Joe and Geiger. He also offers a full range of commission work from pencil, ink and full color.

Anderson joined the groundbreaking creator collective at Ghost Machine Productions as Lead Colorist, where he will be working on titles such as Geiger, Redcoat, Rook: Exodus and Hyde Street.