Here’s one more random fact about CTU Agent Jack Bauer: he now needs
more than one shot to knock out comics fans. Where once Jack could be
contained in 48 pages, now he needs a six-part miniseries to properly
do justice to his exploits.
Following on the success of the three
previous 24 offerings—24: One Shot, 24 Stories, and 24: Midnight
Sun—IDW Publishing is proud to present the first-ever 24 comic book
miniseries, 24: Nightfall.
Jack Bauer’s rough days are not
only contained to the medium of television. 24: Nightfall is a
prequel to the ongoing hit Fox television series. Before the clock
started ticking on season one, Jack Bauer was the head of an elite
Special Forces team sent to take down the mass-murder, Victor
Drazen—a most challenging task by any means, especially in the
war-torn former Yugoslavia. Events quickly spiral out of control, as
the hunters become the hunted—and the truth behind the pivotal
Operation: Nightfall is revealed.
24: Nightfall, a six-part
adventure premiering in November, is written by regular 24 writers
J.C. Vaughn and Mark L. Haynes, the team that brought you 24:
Midnight Sun, and with pencils and inks by Jean Diaz. Variant covers
on each will be provided by Joe Corroney (Spike vs. Dracula). All of
Corroney’s covers will make up on large poster image, as
well.
"For fans of 24, particularly those who have been on
the edges of their seats since Season One, this is the story that
sets everything in motion for Jack Bauer," said co-writer J.C.
Vaughn. "The events in Season One were directly related to events two
years to the day earlier. Now our readers will get to see exactly
what happened and lead to the coolest show on
television."
“IDW Publishing and its talented team takes the
24 fans to a place before the series begins—and the writers continue
to deliver on the taut, engaging and almost addictive quality of 24
in this creative iteration. If you’re a fan of the televison series
24—then this prequel will satisfy beyond expectations,” added
Michael Peikoff, Vice-President 20th Century Fox Licensing &
Merchandising.
24: Nightfall #1 (Diamond Order Code
SEP063363), the first issue of an all-new, 32-page six-issue
miniseries, premieres in November 2006.
