I've Got Ace Frehley, I've Got Peter Criss

Get ready for a brand new comics publisher: KISS Comics Group. That's right. The band that understands makeup and pyrotechnics like no other is launching a new title, and this time they'll be in charge. Well, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, anyway. KISS Comics Group will be working in conjunction with Platinum Studios to create the newest thing in awesome.

There have been KISS comics in the past, but this one will certainly take the cake. Entitled KISS 4K, it will be the first series actually produced with the input of the band themselves. And the special over-size collector's edition of KISS 4K #1 will go down in the record books as the biggest single comic book ever printed. This "Destroyer Edition" will probably be the most rockin' thing to hit comics stores-- EVER. When shown a photo of the ginormous comic, Jon just said "WHOAH! That's as big as Paul Stanley. At least as big as his hair." I think that really says it all.

Fans can look forward to an ongoing series starting by May, with Ricky Sprague writing and Kevin Crossley penciling. Promo art reveals some pretty rad characters, like "Starchild" and "King of All Beasts". I can't help but wonder what Mr. Frehley and Mr. Criss think of all this, but they probably signed away their right to an opinion about KISS or any product involving KISS long ago.

The Destroyer Edition of KISS 4K #1 will, it seems be available only at Wizard World Los Angeles this March. If you miss it, there will be a regular old traditionally sized comic available, too. But it won't score you nearly as many points with the ladies.

-Elizabeth