DARKMAN VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS RAGES ON!

Special Cross-Over Event Continues in October

August 16, 2006, Runnemede, NJ – DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT today released images and information for the second issue of the all-new ARMY OF DARKNESS mini-series event – DARKMAN VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS! This issue is scheduled for release in October.

"Everyone is having a blast with this title. The fans are hungry for it and we’re ready to serve it up,” commented DYNAMITE SPOKESPERSON J. ALLEN. "With such a legendary creative team -- Kurt Busiek with Roger Stern and artist James Fry -- at the helm, how can we go wrong! It’s a fun ride!”

DARKMAN VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 (OF 4) (AUG063206) By Roger Stern And Kurt Busiek, Art By James Fry; Covers By: George Perez, Nick Bradshaw and Photo (Shipping In Equal Ratio)!

Taking the place this month of the regular AOD series this month, AOD/Darkman features, the creative team of the legendary Roger Stern, Kurt ("Superman") Busiek and artist James Fry! Joining this all-star creative team is DC Exclusive artist George ("Infinite Crisis") Perez and AOD favorite Nick Bradshaw on the issue #2 covers - plus another great photo cover!

In issue #2, Ash and Darkman fight against the hordes of undead taking control of the city. The Only problem? The Deadqueen's ready to take them both on -- and take them both down! Don't miss out on this cross-over of the year!

FANS, ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE GEORGE PEREZ NEGATIVE COVER!

FANS, ASK YOUR LOCAL RETAILER ABOUT THE GEORGE PEREZ BLACK AND WHITE COVER!

ABOUT DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT:
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties. Beginning with their ARMY OF DARKNESS comic book series – launching as the #1 independent comic in July of ’04 – and recently ranked the #1 selling Independent Horror comic -- and continuing with their best-selling RED SONJA series – issue #0 alone selling over 240,000 copies and ongoing issues and one-shots consistently ranked among the best-selling titles in unit sales and dollar volume outside of Marvel and DC Comics -- DYNAMITE successfully places more titles in the Top 100 than most non-Marvel, non-DC publishers. Most recently DYNAMITE’s new monthly BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series debuted with an impressive 175,000 copies in initial orders sold for the introductory #0 issue, and was featured in the pages of TV Guide. Additionally, the introductory HIGHLANDER #0 debuted with over 100,000 copies pre-sold and was featured in a follow-up article in TV Guide as well.

For the remainder of 2006, DYNAMITE is preparing a CLASSIC BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comic book series from writer Rick Remender and artist Carlos Rafael, XENA by John Layman and Fabiano Neves, a DARKMAN VS. THE ARMY OF DARKNESS mini-series and THE LONE RANGER with Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello, Dean White and John Cassaday – and DYNAMITE has more on the horizon!

In addition to the creators mentioned - Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics, including Alex (Justice) Ross, John (Astonishing X-Men) Cassaday, Michael (Superman/Batman, Aspen Comics) Turner, Jim (All-Star Batman) Lee, Michael (RED SONJA) Avon Oeming, Mel (RED SONJA) Rubi, Stephen (RED SONJA) Sadowski, Mike (RED SONJA/X-Men) Carey, Jim (Justice) Krueger, Greg (The Incredible Hulk) Pak, Brett (Serenity, THE LONE RANGER) Matthews – and a host of up and coming new talent and fan favorite creators!

Aside from their monthly periodical comic book series, DYNAMITE also produces new and classic material from such creators as Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench’s SIX FROM SIRIUS, Tim Truman’s SCOUT, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso’s BORDERLINE and other titles including Jim Starlin’s DREADSTAR, in addition to reprint editions of classic RED SONJA material, ARMY OF DARKNESS and more.

For updated information on DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT and their titles, please visit the all-new DYNAMITE website at www.dynamiteentertainment.com

ABOUT DAVIS MERCHANDISING CORP
Davis Merchandising Corp, a multi-award winning global turnkey organization, partnered with Davis-Panzer Productions, Inc., provides merchandising, product development, manufacturing and direct marketing of quality licensed entertainment properties sold direct-to-consumer through catalog, Internet, television, print and inbound/outbound telemarketing. They host eCommerce stores and create print catalogs for properties such as: HIGHLANDER® (Film and TV series), Stargate SG-1™ and Atlantis™, Xena: Warrior Princess™, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys™, and Conan®. For additional information, visit www.davismerchandising.com.