Death Dealer (painting)

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Death Dealer is an iconic 1973 fantasy painting by Frank Frazetta. It depicts a menacing armor-clad warrior with a horned helmet, whose facial features are obscured by shadow, atop a horse, holding a bloody axe and shield. The image eventually lead to spinoffs of varying merchandise, including subsequent paintings of the warrior, novels, statues, and most recently, a comic book, published by Image Comics.

Contents 1 Original Painting 2 Other Death Dealer Paintings 3 Media Tie-Ins 3.1 Novels 3.2 Statues and Action Figures 3.3 Comic Book

[edit] Original Painting

[edit] Other Death Dealer Paintings

Frazetta later painted several other Death Dealer paintings, including ones to be used as covers for the comic book series (see below).

[edit] Media Tie-Ins

[edit] Novels

The various pieces of art of Death Dealer spawned a short lasting novel franchise, written by author James Silke. Four novels were published, in order: Prisoner of the Horned Helmet , Lords of Destruction, Tooth and Claw, and Plague of Knives.

[edit] Statues and Action Figures

Scultper Randy Bowen produced the first statues based upon the character. Dark Horse Comics published several statues of the character, both fullsize and miniature.

Diamond Distributors published a series of Frank Frazetta action figures in the form of statues. Among the works were the original Death Dealer and one of the future renditions.

Filmswords.com has created a helmet based upon that of the Dealer.

[edit] Comic Book

A small amount of Death Dealer themed comic books and graphic novels saw print. The first series was published in 1995 by company Verotik. The 4-issue series was written by musician Glenn Danzig and illustrated by Simon Bisley (issue 1), Liam Sharp (issues 2 and 3), and by Arthur Suydam (issue 4). Frazetta provided covers for the books as well.

The most recent Death Dealer comic book is produced by Image Comics, which began production of a limited series comic book featuring the origin of the character in 2007. The book's creators are Nat Jones, Jay Fotos, and Joshua Ortega. The main plot is by Jones and Fotos, who do the artwork in pens and colors. The story tells of an ancient land, and how two warring nations fought in an epic war, until the Death Dealer appeared and slaughtered both sides. When the two kingdoms forged an alliance, the Dealer disappeared for years, until returning years later.